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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1944
Page
2
Divine services at 11 a m and Sunday school dates for St John’s Lath Church Bridgewater M C Philipp Pastor plus Saline Township services at 10 a m with 11 15 Sunday school. Public notices include subscription rates and charges for obituaries marriages and event announcements with per line rates.
A straw election held at the High school on Tuesday November 7 shows grade by grade results for candidates Dewey and Roosevelt. Sevenths Dewey 15 Roosevelt 4, Eighth Dewey 14 Roosevelt 53, Ninth Dewey 21 Roosevelt ?, Tenth Dewey 15 Roosevelt 9, Eleventh Dewey 26 Roosevelt 8, Twelfth Dewey 16 Roosevelt 8, Miscellaneous Dewey 4 Roosevelt 1. Total for Dewey and Roosevelt not fully stated.
Harry F. Kelly 100 votes Edward J. Fry 37. Earl Michener 98 Redmond Burr 39. Our school joins the Junior Red Cross with 10.9 percent membership from kindergarten through high school. We collected $23.12. Bliss Morden’s third and fourth graders led per student giving. Mrs Eisch’s second graders ran a case record.
Fourth grade notes prize winners for a news reader raffle with Mildred Hart and Rose Findley among top earners. They report growing an indoor garden, fundraising for Junior Red Cross, Thanksgiving posters, class photos, and election of Elaine Culliton and Marilyn Graf as Junior Red Cross representatives. Also mentions Halloween drawings and requests for hospital pictures for soldiers.
Worship at 10 am with sermon Belief Casual or Deliberate. Organ prel ude and choir. Church school at 11. Walter Towler superintendent. Mon 1 to 8 pm student prayer circle led by Mrs Co A Curtiss. Tue 7:45 pm youth prayer. Wed 7:30 pm Board Education Bible study. Thu 10 am Thanksgiving service in Federated Church.
Federated Church hosts 10 30 morning worship with a Thanks giving message The Brimming Cup All welcome Sunday school 11 30 with classes for all Young People 6 45 Ma rie Finch in charge Evening service 7 45 gospel program and timely message Tuesday November 21 family potluck supper followed by devotional Thursday union Thanksgiving service Rev Fred lendrum to deliver message All are invited
A wartime note praises war bonds for training an aerial communication effort in the Pacific. It describes American soldiers in the Admiralty Islands sending a message with a carrier pigeon and urges continued Bend purchases until victory over Tokyo.
Fifteen years ago the Federated church served about two hundred at a chicken dinner. The Washtenaw County Order of Eastern Star met in Saline. Local rotary, hunting trips, and various societal events reveal a busy week with a house fire on North Maple Avenue and a hunter’s tale of a missing hen.
Reform voice in a speech argues against reliance on any single leader. He warns that long term peace and prosperity do not depend on one indispensable man, citing America's founding ideals and the risks of autocratic concentration.
Alger Allison called at the Bailey home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Don Richards spent Sunday with the Baileys. Edward Myers moved from Willoughby Acres to Floyd Amos farm and moved the little house there. Mr. and Mrs. Ziva Omalev visited their daughter in Detroit from Friday to Sunday. News was received of the death of Mrs. Guy Richards of Braden ton Missouri. She died in October and is survived by her husband in Florida and an adopted son Howard Richards of Garden City.
Mrs Hattie Kuder aged 91 widow of Alonzo Kuder died early Monday at her farm home in Saline township her birthplace She was a member of the Saline Federated Church Surviving are two daughters Mrs Frank Stilts and Mrs Leom Vealey four grandchildren and a great grandchild Funeral services were held at 2 30 Wednesday at the Kutler home with burial in Macon cemetery
Saline General Haspit reports the Diables twins returned home last Thursday. They are one month old and healthy. Other local notices mention births and medical patients from Milan and Clinton, with several new daughters listed and hospital stays noted.
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