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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1937
Page
4
The Saline Observer lists rates for notices including Card of Thanks and poems, with six cents per line for entertainments notices and a minimum charge of two cents. Obituaries and marriage notices are free. personal or business notices incur regular rates.
Michigan Investor comments on editorials in Otsego Union about banking service charges. The State Savings Bank argues changes are needed under new laws and conditions. Banks must cover costs by charging for services such as cashing out of town checks and accounts with heavy activity.
A juvenile court judge assigns a social worker to educate the parents of a 16 year old girl before custody transitions. He urges frank discussion of reproduction to forearm adolescents and stresses forewarning as protection against future issues. A separate report notes Luther Cook’s dairy barn near Cement City burned, with cows rescued and neighbors aiding, as Brooklyn fire department arrived to fight the blaze.
Local publication motto emphasizes serving readers with thorough reporting on housing, community events, and daily life through the Observer.
Hartland hosts an October 11 gathering at Waldenwoods to introduce the new assistant executive Hart Woodall 23 a University of Alabama and National Training School grad who has six years in scouting service. He will assist Scout Executive Walter MacPeek and speak at Camp Newkirk events.
The rural school opened August 30 with nine students. Lloyd Hughes leads beginners with 21 flash cards. Seventh grade notebooks compile clippings pictures and maps. Marian Feldkamp has seven books read. Monthly health races crown winners Marie Dieterle Marian Feldkamp and Charlotte Phelps in September. Perfect attendance for the first month honors Sylvia Feldkamp Charlotte Phelps Marie Dieterle Marian Feldkamp and Raymond Surman.
Bridgewater Station reports a 100 percent first month attendance with 19 enrollments. New students from Detroit Ena and Billy Listerman join. a globe, drinking fountain, and furnace pipe are installed. Students Irene Finkbeiner Dorothy Meyer Paul Mueller Henry Bergland Ruth Mueller made perfect spellings. Citizenship Club officers include President Irene Finkbeiner Vice President Earl Bersuder Secretary Dorothy Meyer Treasurer Mary Ernst. Bridgewater beat Kuebler 11 to 9 in a local baseball game. Bereneice Harris is the teacher.
The Ivncene dog a greyhound from the Balearic Islands is named as the oldest living breed. A note suggests readers can save on a year’s subscription by reading the newspaper ads each week.
Detroit visitors and local social events fill the week with visits to Dexter Belleville Ann Arbor and Jackson. Weddings anniversaries and moving plans mix with lyceum organizing efforts and community notes.
Mrs. and daughter of Manchester visit with relatives in town while Harold Rouse Preston Mason and Edwin Paul travel to Lansing for Michigan Agricultural College events. The Saline Farmers Club plans a meeting October 11 hosted by Mr and Mrs Ralph Hammond. George H Jewett, former Saline resident and brother of Henry Jewett, dies in Jackson. James Carven’s funeral held in Dansville Methodist Church. Ethel Sweet begins teaching in Gooding district replacing ill Abbie Kelsey. Faye Crittenden returns from Grand Rapids to visit after nurse training. Harvey Bennett and wife visit daughter Mrs Silas Briggs. Bennett aged 82. Charles Cubitt Sr longtime Pittsfield township resident dies. born 1824 in England. Presbyterian harvest festival suffers rain but attendance and finances improve. Bertha Laing and Jacob J Browner marry at the Laing home with ceremony by Rev. C A Led er. Flower girls Viola Stoll Emma Stierle maid of honor Anna Klumpp. Will Seitz attendant.
The notice urges homes offices factories and farms to adopt a lasting fire prevention plan during Fire Prevention Week. It cites 15 000 yearly fire deaths with 65 percent women and children, a $300 million annual fire department cost, and 80 of fires caused by carelessness. It also advises chimney cleaning and establishment inspections and notes a British scientist observed young chicks pecking to learn food.
An advertising sheet argues for dignified media and rejects low quality options likened to hiring a mite or elf as a salesman. It urges patronage of reputable outlets to ensure proper appearance and impact of ads.
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