Saline Observer notice on pricing and policies
The Saline Observer lists publisher and editor names, postal matter classification, and pricing terms. It specifies single copies at 3 cents, subscriptions $1.00 yearly, 50 cents six months, 20 cents three months, outside Michigan $1.50 yearly. Card of thanks 6 cents per line. Obituary and marriage notices free. Poetry 5 cents per line. Announcements of entertainments with admission charged 6 cents per line. Minimum 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Marketing Specialist Examinations Open in 1941 USDA Programs
The Civil Service Commission announces exams for Marketing Specialist with the Surplus Marketing Administration and Agricultural Marketing Service. Salaries range 2600 to 4600 dollars. applications due December 18, 1941. Separate lists for Higgs Processing Poultry Processing Poultry Products Dairy Milk and Livestock and Meat Standardization.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Surplus Marketing Administration
Agricultural Marketing Service
Department of Agriculture
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Washington, D. C
Defense Savings Stamps and Bonds Promotion Details
The article explains Defense Savings Bonds as a simple way to show gratitude to Americans. It notes denominations sold at retail: 10 cent, 25 cent, with stores also carrying 50 cent, 1 dollar, and 5 dollar stamps. Stamps available at post offices, banks, and savings and loan associations. mail orders from the Treasurer of the United States.
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Defense Savites
Defense Savings
Defense
Bank
Trinity Ev Lutheran Church Services and League Meeting
Rev H I Engel presides at 10 a m German Divine service and 10 a m English worship at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. The League is scheduled to meet Thursday evening.
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League
Births and social notes from the region
Births reported for a son and a daughter in November. local families hosting visitors from Toledo Detroit and Ann Arbor. church revival adds nine members at York Baptist church. Local events include a village basketball team formation and planned travel for bank bankers association meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Gall
Mark Sweetland
Max Fosdick
Ralph Long
Grace Akin
Toledo
Helen Goltz
Ann Arbor
Henry Goltz
Thomas Zahn
Mike Teufel
Durward Young
C. A. Jordan
Nina Jackson
Lewis Ernst
Jennie McMichael
Dexter
York “Baptist ‘Church
Ann
Men's Choral Society Christmas Cantata at Local Church
The Men's Choral Society of Highland Park will present a Christmas cantata in the local Methodist church on Sunday afternoon December 14 sponsored by the Get Acquainted class of the church. The group visited Saline last spring delivering a sacred concert that was very well received.
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Highland Park
Saline
Federated Church Sunday Worship and Activities
The Federated Church invites all to Sunday worship at 10 o clock with a sermon on Ephesians chapter five. Sunday school follows at 11 15 and a Christian Endeavor session at 6 30 led by Miss Mary Ellen Kendal studying Adoniram Judson. Evening service at 7 45. Midweek prayer at 7 30 and ladies aid meeting Wednesday afternoon at the church.
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Ephesians
Christian Hindeavor
Adoniram Judson
Mary Ellen Kendal
Ladies’ Aid
St Johns Lath Church Services Announced
Divine services at 10 a m and Sunday school at St English on the second and fourth Sundays each month. Everyone is cordially invited. The Sarine Observer office offers all kinds of printing.
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Sarine Observer Office
Home Hodgepodge and Holiday Cranberry Recipes
An old household column offers ideas for entertaining children on stormy days and seasonal cranberry recipes. It includes Sowing and Reaping aphorisms, a cranberry orange pie recipe, and tips for arranging livings rooms with traffic paths, a center of interest, and grouped furnishings for comfort.
Camp Davis Letter Reveals Move to Fort McDowell
Pvt Edward D Mamarow writes from Camp Davis to the American Legion Ladies about orders to Fort McDowell California in January 1942. He notes a possible furlough over Christmas and the New Year and hopes to reconnect with Saline area buddies.
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Camp Davis
N.gc
American Legion
Saline
Fort McDowell
San Francisco
Calif
West Coast
Michigan State College specialists urge practical home design
Michigan State College experts Ruth Peck and Jessie Marion advise rural families to prioritize comfort over style. They promote arranging furniture to suit family needs, creating warm play spaces for children, and treating home as a small democracy where every member has a place.
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Michigan State College
Ruth ‘Peck
Jessie Marion
Michigan
Seen and Heard continues notes on thrift and wartime resource care
The column praises thrift and achievement by American women and notes their resilience in wartime tasks. It mentions Walter Hinderer returning from New Jersey on a four day pass, Melvin Schaefer assisting at the post office, and street crews marking parallel parking to handle rising traffic. It urges saving waste materials like metals and paper for military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hinderer
Wiedman
New Jersey
Melvin Schaefer
O'Neill
Methodist Church Advent Sunday Worship Plans Issued
The service at 10 a m features The Key of Life sermon theme with organ prelude and offertory by the choir. Church school at 9:15 led by Arthur Wilson with Epworth League sessions at 6:30 p m. Christmas party brings a ten cent gift. Meetings this week include Rainbow division with Mrs C A Curtiss Monday, Dependable division with Mrs Ford Thursday, Third division with Mrs Alwin Gross Wednesday, mid week Bible study I Corinthians, choir rehearsal Thursday, and the annual Ypsilanti Ann Arbor district Men’s Club meeting Friday at First Methodist Church with Dr M S Rice as speaker.
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Arthur Wilson
Epworth League
C. A. Curtiss
Ford
Alwin Gross
I Corinthians
Ann Arbor
First Methodist Church
Ypsilanti
M. S. Rice
Saline Hospital Updates and Local Births
Saline General Hospital reports Mrs Ernest Dunagan home Saturday much improved. Frank Hollis is improving after cataract surgery. Floyd Rogers is very ill from a stroke last Wednesday at work. Mrs Rhoda Ball of Milan has gone home with her son after a prolonged hospital stay. Mr and Mrs Jack Thompson of Milan welcomed a son born Tuesday evening.
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Ernest Dunagan
Frank ‘Hollis
Floyd Rogers
Rhoda Ball
Milan
Jack Thompson
Hertler Family Social Ties Amid Illness and Thanksgiving
Mrs. Rudolph Hertler underwent a hospital operation at St. Josephs and showed improvement on Monday. Visitors included Mrs. Ernest Skinner and Miss Mary Hertler. Thanksgiving guests included Miss Catherine Hertler, Miss Emma Hertler, and Gottlieb Hertler. Mrs. Anna Kelsey died suddenly after a period of poor health.
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Rudolph Hertler
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ernest Skinner
Royal Oak
Mary Hertler
Allison
Misses Mary
Bertha Hertler
Patricia Allison
Martz Road
Alger Allison
Mary
Catherine Hertler
Detroit
Emma and
Gottieb Hertler
Ann Arbor
Anna Kelsey
State Farmers Enter at Chicago Hog Show Parade
Entries head to Chicago for the livestock show November 29 to December 6 from William Adams Litchfield Cesar Farms Farmington Warren Finkhbeiner Saline Michigan State College and others. Pens of Tamworth Hamp shires Berkshires Chester Whites Poland China hogs appear with crops and grain exhibitors including J M Fair Sturgis open pollinated yellow corn C D Finkbeiner and Son Saline oats first in Region 24. Also alfalfa wheat corn barley and many entries in horses cattle sheep swine and wool.
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Chicago
William Adams
Litchifield
Tamworths
Cesar Farms
Farmington
Hampshires
Warren Finkhbeiner
Saline
Berkshires
Michigan State College
J. M. Fair
Sturgis
C. D. Finkbeiner and Son
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Observer
South Main
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Frank Kibler
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Ypsilanti Vistor
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L. Nissly
Wilber Coe
A. G. Cobb
Lorenzo Elliott
Fred Schaible
Laura Schaible
Freedom Township
John Geddes
Pittsfield Center
W. H. Sweet
Carl Hauser
John Hauser
Jackson
George Barr
Florida
C F. Unterkircher
T. Raab
R. W Mills
Vesta
B. P Davenport
Bankers Association
New Orleans
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Great Canal
Mike Alber
Marvin Warner
O. Gordon
Emmett Hendershot
Everett Davenport
Manchester
Fred Henne
Emma Bradley
A. Hauser
Edward Henne
Harold Rouse
Dr. Woodbridge
Washtenaw County Sunday School Association
Federated Church
William H. Bach
St. John’s Lath
Bridgewater
M. C. Phillipp
Thackery
Yours Truly
Pfc
Edward D. Mamarow
Edward Mamarow
Fred A. Lendrum
Central York
Vero
Silas Silo
Mercantile Co
Forbes School
Ben Uphaus
American Legin and Rotary Club
Lockwood Funeral Home
Sally Sheer Shop
Olga Coal
Barth Brothe
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Wheeler’s Drug Store
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