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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1942
Page
3
Readers record social visits including Mrs. Ralph McHenry in Jackson and the Nisslys in Saline. Resignations and moves abound as Miss Armbruster’s fiancé departs for service, families relocate in Detroit and Adrian, and new town attorney William Laird is named. Deer hunting trips draw many locals.
Allison Gable plans an addition to his house in Central York. Glenn Allison of Ann Arbor called on his cousin Alger Allison. Jesse Bird Sr and family host Floyd Bird and relatives in California. A new house is rising on the George Desbrough farm where his mother once lived. Visitors Sunday include xar Woelper and Edward Alber from Ann Arbor and Omalev spouses. Mike and Tom Omalev of Detroit spent time with Jim Omajev’s family, Mike having just returned from California and a work assignment there.
Pvt. James Wiggins writes to his mother from Hawaii bound unit life but he is censored and cannot reveal any details. The River Rouge Herald notes the soldier mentions well being, unspecified destination, and inability to share dates or diaries. He asks his mother to mail the envelope and signs with love.
Michigan farmers grow wheat with most of it milled for bread and pastry flours by Michigan millers whose products are widely used. The text also notes a hypothetical wartime death toll headline about a new disease in the United States.
Michigan State College extension expert Y H Bowser outlines 1943 garden prep including storing extra vegetables, digging root crops, and using cool basements or pits. He notes proper onion storage, cleaning crop remnants, selecting a new garden spot if possible, and making compost with manure and phosphate to boost soil and conserve moisture.
Michigan ranks among the first ten states in producing many crops including buckwheat sugar beets potatoes field beans field peas soybeans hay alfalfa seed red clover seed apples peaches pears cherries asparagus and more. War Bonds encourage thrift and saving to aid America with ten percent from every pay day.
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