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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1942
Page
2
A collection of quips from Unkel Josh quoted in the Boyne Citizen, plus editorial bits from The Laingsburg Press. It notes humor on decoys and worry, reflections on appearances, and a public health art sale in Michigan. It also mentions rising tuberculosis deaths among children in England and a broader postwar fight for children's lives.
The Saline Observer lists publication facts including post office mailing as second class matter in Saline Michigan. It lists staff Sim R Wilson publisher M C Boutelle editor and pricing: subscriptions $1 per year six months 50 cents three months 25 cents outside Michigan $1.50. Card of thanks six cents per line obituary and marriage notices free poetry five cents per line entertainments with admission six cents per line minimum twenty five cents.
A reader guide offers sugar-saving honey apple crisp and a hearty vegetable soup. The apple crisp combines sliced apples honey and a crumb topping baked until tender and crisp. The vegetable soup uses a bone broth base with onions carrots okra green beans potatoes and tomatoes simmered until vegetables are tender.
Editorial from The Michigan Times reprints criticism of Detroit Office of Civilian Defense plans. It questions spending on metal signs for air raid wardens, 50 000 sterling silver lapel buttons, and a new OCD newspaper. Critics call the moves wasteful and unfair amid material shortages.
The column records social visits and relocations including Mrs. Fleming Jones in town, Miss Olive Braun from Ann Arbor, and Mrs. Agnes VanDuzer of Toledo. It notes building projects by George Barr, Herman Bredernitz, and Peter Stevenson, plus a plan for a live business club and a large veneer shipment destined for Hamburg. A birthday luncheon for Ila Henderson and the death of Charles Burkhart are mentioned.
The 36th Christmas seal goes on sale Monday November 23 to fund tuberculosis control in Michigan. Theo J Werle warns war conditions raise TB deaths and outlines plans for case finding tuberculin tests chest X rays and public education plus aid to ex patients and research.
The report warns Michigan papers have ceased publication in nine months and predicts one quarter of U S printing establishments may fail within two years. It notes radio and handbill campaigns threaten rural papers and cites a merchant who refused local ads yet circulated flyers in cars and as wedding news. The Bloomingdale Leader.
Hens in Michigan laid an estimated 1 1638 600 000 eggs in the first nine months of 1942 with support from state poultrymen. The figure underscores wartime poultry production efforts and patriotic farming.
The message for the day centers on Strengthen the Stakes with an organ prelude and offertory and a choir performance. Church school meets at 11 15 with Arthur Wilson supervising studies in Christian Living. Epworth League gathers at 6 30 for praise and worship for youths. A Thanksgiving union service at 10 a m in the Federated church encourages attendance and faith.
Reverend William H Bach leads Sunday 10am worship and a Thanksgiving message. Sunday school at 11 15 with classes for all ages. Evening services at 7 45. Midweek prayer at 7 30 and choir practice Thursday. Friday November 20 church family night. Thanksgiving union service with Rev Lendrum. 1942 Christmas seal features a red barn. Tuberculosis authorities note bovine TB control improves barn safety.
Home economics extension staff at Michigan State College recommend poultry fish eggs cheese beans and nuts as main meat alternatives. Emphasizing nutrition patriotic eating, the guide notes flavor protein iron and B vitamins are maintained with these foods plus whole grains leafy greens and potatoes. Beans, especially navy beans grown in Michigan, appear in several regional preparations including New England style with salt pork and molasses, Michigan flat-pan baked beans, and Western style with onion and tomato.
Rev H L Engel presides at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church with a 10 a m service and 11 a m Sunday school marked in German for Thanksgiving Day observances.
St James Evangelical Reformed Church in Saline Township invites everyone to attend divine services every Sunday at 2 10 a.m. with Sunday school at 11 15 a.m. Rev C A Baneberg is the pastor located five miles west of Saline on US 112.
St John s Lath Church Bridgewater M C Philipp Pastor offers Divine services at 10 30 a m and Sunday school at 11 am English services held the second and fourth Sunday each month Everyone invited.
The text urges using observer advertising columns to reach a large audience at low cost. It contrasts wartime and health statistics with a plea to read weekly grocery ads in The Observer for savings, mentioning Saline stores and weekend specials.
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