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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1933
Page
4
Saline Observer lists subscription price and miscellaneous charges for notices. Card of thanks condolences resolutions poetry announcements obituaries and marriage notices have set rates. paid entries apply to personal or business benefits.
The Charlotte Republican-Tribune argues against diverting whiskey revenue to schools after noting October arrests in Ann Arbor rose 53 from September and one extra October day. It questions using liquor funds to bolster education and criticizes boxing revenue funding school playgrounds as undignified.
Claudius BE Wade of Chicago College of Commerce warns that the public is near a landmark socio economic shift as sentiment favors socialism under a rebranded platform. He cites wealth disparities, high executive pay, and NRA reforms, urging business to align with future government action.
In a plea from the Ionia County News the Home Merchant calls for respect for local businesses during the depression and urges readers to buy at home. The piece lauds the perseverance of Main Street merchants and asks for widespread support to help restore national and local prosperity during National Recovery Week.
Forty-eight people were charged under the financial responsibility law in the first 17 days. Seven were convicted of driving while intoxicated and one for leaving the scene of an accident. The Blissfield Advance notes steady beet Hauling with 12 722 trek loads totaling 112 TLT GAY pounds received at the Great Lakes Sugar Co plant.
Michigan Secretary of State Frank D. Fitzgerald announced that 1934 license plates would be placed on sale November 15 at all branch offices. Relief measures target motor vehicle owners amid tax and revenue declines from 1933, with many 1933 plates usable only at half rate through March 1, 1934. Police and officers are urged to recognize the new plates starting on sale day.
Mrs. John Gooding spent Thursday with Mrs. Jacob Stscher and called on Mrs. Eliza Phillips and Mrs. Lewis Hrnst of Saline. Anna Kelsey visited John Gooding and Alger Allison. Alger Allison spent time with the Crittendens of Saline. Alger attended a Friendship class party at Mrs. Charles Tower in Saline. Miss Mary Stauch returned to Detroit after visiting her parents Joseph and Mary Stawch.
Mr. and Mrs. Langstaff spent Thursday in Ann Arbor. Jack Langstaff is building the fires. At the school this winter the Jewells entertained Detroit friends. The teacher and pupils held a Hallowe en party. Richards and Riggs attended a show in Ann Arbor Sunday evening. D G Richards family visited Jackson and Riggs homes.
Macon residents and area families travel to Detroit Tecumseh Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor visiting relatives and attending funerals. The report lists numerous names including Pallian Schaffer Elien Collins Walter Morden and Ronald Ladd among others with trips to hospital and farm visits.
Saline city council met Monday evening November 6 with Mayor Sugden presiding. Members Uphaus Gross Cook Fairbanks attended and bills were approved after discussion. Notable charges include Edward Muir coal 7.25 Saline Telephone 6.90 Detroit Edison 435.21 and several salaries and welfare items. The session adjourned subject to mayoral call with clerk Lottie Wallache recording.
The Washtenaw County Chapter launches a November 11 Armistice Day drive inviting every adult to join the American Red Cross. Membership funds aid local programs with most support staying local, while fifty cents of each annual fee goes to the national organization. Mrs. Edward Clark leads the roll call with a volunteer panel.
A SHS page mixes pep and class notes. Seniors stage the play Dying to Live with auditions set for November 16. Readers learn shorthand, literature, civics, and science while reporters note exams, new students, sports drills, and ongoing history and language studies.
Exhibits from every North American region will travel to the Chicago International Livestock Exposition December 2 to 9 to contest international championships. Special trains bring purebred cattle horses sheep and swine from across the country to the Chicago stock yards for the event. A separate note mentions a separate incident in Flint Michigan where a window display was smashed and a metal bridge was stolen.
A church notes summary describes a joyful Sunday with lively services and a promising Sunday School class. Cotton is superintendent with Carl Geddes aiding, Mrs House as chorister, and Miss Eileen Martin as pianist. Evening program features three youth meetings at 6 45 and an 7 30 service with a choir.
Morning worship at 10 o clock with The Vision of God. Sunday school at 11 15 led by Harry Holmes. Epworth Leagues meet at 6 30 for Senior and Junior groups. Evening service at 7 30 featuring Back Streets. Wednesday choir practice. Thursday 7 30 first quarterly conference with Dr A J Halmhuber in charge. Saturday 7 30 junior choir practice.
St Johns Lutheran Church Bridgewater announces divine services at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11 with English services on the second and fourth Sundays. Community invitation extended amid local notes on street railway bodies sold cheaply and repurposed by farmers. An opossum capture near Campbelltown is reported along with a coon hunt update.
A column from Honemarker's Corner suggests using squares of cloth and dyed fabrics to craft Christmas gifts and table decor. Ideas include card table covers from dyed flannel, handkerchiefs from large squares, and hot dish mats braided from dyed old silk and rayon underwear.
The article describes light colored worn stockings dyed in bright colors for hooked mats and a slumber robe made from scraps of silk in varied colors. It notes inexpensive base fabrics such as muslin madras cambric or voile can be bought white and dyed, enabling items like cot covers bedspreads curtains draperies and pillows.
Milan Chapter No. 106 C. E. S. will entertain the Eastern Stars of Washtenaw county at the school auditorium on Friday November 17. About 200 delegates and members are expected from seven chapters of the county.
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