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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1940
Page
1
A brief meditation recalling the Pilgrims hardships and their example of giving thanks. The message invites readers to observe Thanksgiving as more than a feast, honoring sacrifice and resilience.
A Saline Michigan band concert drew full seating as the community raised 88.30 with 7.50 expenses. A $700 donation from Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Curtiss was given to fund band uniforms, with no conditions. The Curtisses and Mrs Curtiss also sent a formal letter of support to Superintendent Bearss.
The week starting November 25 is set for Coming Generations Week by 471 Michigan banks and trusts under the Michigan Bankers Association with state education department and high schools cooperation. Seniors from public and parochial schools will visit banks for tours and meetings, leading to local and state contests writing 150 words on Why I Would Choose Banking for My Life Work. Saline High participants may win local prizes of 5, 3, and 2 dollars, with state prizes including 75 dollars and an all expense weekend at Mackinac Island, 50 dollars with a Great Lakes boat trip, and 25 dollars plus four Detroit Tigers game box seats. Hubert A. Bearss and Hazen Jewell coordinate plans for a successful week.
Read the liner ads for an optometry service run by Dr. Frank Gifford with eye exams and glasses fitted every Saturday from 2 30 to 9 36 PM at the Milan Hotel office.
George Meader prosecutor elect spoke to the Rotary Club at The Tavern on the Merit bill. He argued against lobbyist influence and praised civil service reform as a public benefit despite initial cuts. The group also discussed a football banquet committee and band instrument funding for the school.
Dr. A S Hall head of Washington College science department from 1896 to 1927 was honored with an unveiling tablet in the new Science building on November 16 1940. The inscription credits his scholarship teaching and devotion and notes the Alumni Association funded a Red Arrow train trip for his observance and a stay with Dean J S William Jones in Chestertown.
A Thanksgiving service will be held at the Methodist church from 10 to 11 on Thanksgiving morning. The theme centers on Why the Thanks. The choir will assist. If you have no regular church home, worship with us. American railroads use about 1 286 000 miles of telephone and telegraph wires in their operations.
About 125 women and seven pastors from 10 of 13 region churches attended the Ann Arbor Regional Women's Guild fall conference at St Paul’s Church on Wednesday November 13. The event featured devotions by Mrs A W Juergens and a program noting church anniversaries, with talks on stewardship and open forums on departmental work. A presentation on Mothers of America and a display of Hungarian and Evangelical Synod histories closed the formal program. Rev H S von Rague presented a white embroidered altar cloth brought by his mother from Germany for the occasion.
The Willing Workers annual dinner took place at Mooreville hall on Thursday November 14 with 58 attendees. Euchre and socializing preceded a meal. tables featured autumn fruits and calemia streamers on linen. The December meeting will be at Mrs Ardis Heininger home with a 10 cent gift required.
After the November 5 vote by Wayne, Washtenaw, Oakland, Macomb and Livingston counties, parkway and park financing gains authority for a Michigan river valley recreation system. Taxation for parkway improvements caps at 25 cents per $1,000 valuation across the counties. Also noted are forest acreage figures for the Philippines.
A long column reflects on storms leaving debris on Michigan avenues and torn signs, then shifts to women's roles in preparedness via Red Cross knitting and sewing. It recounts historical notes from Charles Laughton on acting research, Thanksgiving origins, and a midwest turkey shortage. Local notices mention weddings, sales, and services in Saline.
The St James Evangelical church witnessed a Saturday marriage as Martha Finkbeiner wed Clarence Girbach with a double ring ceremony conducted by Rev Ernest Brenson. The couple will reside at Bone at Kinsley after November 23. A separate note reports a burglary at Brown’s Sinclair filling station with $20 and petty theft from a vending machine, under Clinton Local.
For sale O S C stock hog and eight fine wool rams listed by C A Jordan in Texas.
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