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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
2
An ad promotes Adherika in a SIL VER color bottle with three laxatives for balanced bowel results and five carminatives to soothe upset stomach and gas. Relief is claimed within two hours or less, with sales through Your Druggist.
The Saline Observer lists publisher and hoster names, post office filing as second class matter, single copies at 2 cents, yearly subscription $1.00, six months 50 cents, three months 25 cents, outside Michigan $1.50 yearly. Card of thanks 6 cents per line. poetry 5 cents per line. obituaries and marriages free. announcements with admission charged 6 cents per line. minimum 25 cents.
The editorial argues that every government official or board spending public funds must publish regular accounts detailing how each dollar is spent as a fundamental democratic principle.
A large sealed capsule was buried at the New York World's Fair containing items of daily life such as a phonograph and radio. The capsule is to remain unopened for 4,000 years, preserving 20th century customs for future generations while public libraries help record its location for eventual retrieval and study.
Federated Church announces events with Rev Roy J Miller ministering Thursday choir practice at 8 pm Oct 3 and Sunday Oct 6 worship at 10 am Sermon The Cube of Love Special meeting at 11 am to elect council members Ronald Tower and William McTaggart to replace W D Cook and Mrs Bruce Dodge and to act on the pastor's resignation Sunday school at 11ff15 with G Graydon Everett as superintendent
Reports of the Visitation Campaign will be presented and recovery will be the sermon theme. Organ prelude and offertory, anthem by choir. Church school at 11 a.m. Intelligent religion for present day living, subject for study. Arthur Wilson, superintendent. If you have no church home we invite you to worship with us.
A miscellaneous bridal shower for Mrs. Ernest Girbach nee Jeanne Lindemann was held Saturday afternoon at Mrs. Sidon Heatley’s home by Spiegelberg school district ladies. The guest of honor received gifts, refreshments were served by Mrs. Ernest Hopkins and Mrs. Heatley, and guests enjoyed games and prizes.
The Huron League faces a pivotal Friday as four teams Milan Roosevelt Flat Rock and Saline hold unbeaten records. Saline and Roosevelt clash likely to end one team’s hold, while Romulus Ypsi and other squads sharpen for upcoming contests. Adolescents and veterans mix as Dan Vreeland-led Rams threaten, and Saline’s Joe Martin returns to form amid changing lineups. Also featured is Mrs Saidie Orr Dunbar guiding tuberculosis education and health efforts with Drs Brink Gardner emphasizing public health in Michigan.
About 80 attendees filled O. Hi. S. Hall for a 1 PM luncheon hosted by the Saline Woman's Club with Willing Workers and Macon Woman's Club. Guest speakers Mrs. Harl Warner of Detroit and Mrs. Julio del Toro of Ann Arbor received gifts of appreciation amid fall flower arrangements.
Divine services at 10 a m Sunday school at 11 English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everybody cordially invited.
The Old Timers faced the Former Stars in a 9 to 9 tie after 14 innings at Saline baseball park. Veteran pitchers Barry German at 65 and Owen Hoeft hurled for their squads while the Old Timers lineup included 35 plus year players and names like Lord Westphal Cub Kuebler and Bob Girbach as they plan a rematch to settle the deadlock.
Local notices list visits among residents and relatives in Ann Arbor Battle Creek Detroit and Milan. Families host and visit kin while Saline plans a new health nurse and move details for the Hunt house are noted.
Local notes report Miss Mae Wheeler in Detroit on business and a birth to Mr. and Mrs. George Schmid Jr. in Saline. A home purchase, social meetings, a wedding, and a church anniversary are listed, followed by a poetry appeal about kind words and a fall housecleaning feature. Waffles recipe and fruit dessert instructions close the page.
We present the history of Bethel Church in Freedom township led by Pastor W F Baumann, marking the centennial anniversary and detailing past events and milestones in the church’s development.
Roy Jacob Bihlmeyer of Manchester and Esther Bertha Finkbeiner of Saline have applied for a marriage license. Mr and Mrs Sam Lambarth and daughter Helen called on Edwin Haab and Miss Betty Ormsby, both patients at St Joseph's Mercy hospital in Ann Arbor.
Bethel Evangelical Church in Freedom township traces its 1829 founding by 25 German families under Rev. Frederick Schmid. It progressed from a tog house to a stone church by 1909 and modernized in 1940, with English now common in services. The 321 members form part of an 867 souls, taught by eleven pastors since 1840. Julius Baumgras survived a bee attack, horses killed.
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