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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1937
Page
4
The Saline Observer outlines pricing for notices and entertainment ads with six cent per line rates for notices and five cents for poetry. Obituaries and marriage notices are free. A federal lumbering contract with Hines Lumbering Co. yields about $1,260 per working day.
In early fall, a drifting, desperate class of transients appears along roads. The piece warns of "human wreckage" who beg rides and feed on generosity, urging housewives to secure doors and avoid danger as these wanderers drift from home ties and shelter.
In Bend Oregon foresters of the U S Forest Service oversee conservation by selectively marking ripe ponderosa pines for cutting. They assign maturity numbers four to the oldest trees and use four to one quotas, aging stands by cone shapes and bark wear while aiming to renew forests for future harvests.
The essay satirically links American women and cows through walking styles and habits. It jokes about hoofed comparisons, gum chewing, eyebrow plucking, and concludes the joke may flip to cows walking like women. It notes Jeep Rentschier going to college signals further changes.
The Washtenaw Livingston council executive board approved a 7 percent budget increase for 1938 to improve service in 14 communities and boost membership and activities. A scoutmasters committee led by O B E Roszel will organize a leaders gathering with their ladies on Sunday afternoon October 24 at Newkirk Scouthaven near Dexter with a buffet at 6 pm and a tour of six new cabins.
A juvenile court case reveals a father warned that deception can push a boy toward stealing. The youth, wanting money and to impress a classmate, chose an unscrupulous, quick path after being denied an allowance and home work duties.
A warning stresses the danger of running a motor in a closed garage. It urges opening windows and doors wide for ventilation to prevent lethal carbon monoxide buildup, which is colorless odorless and deadly within minutes.
A reflective meditation on ascent and descent, noting that happiness comes while climbing but realization of an inevitable fall toward death follows the peak. The passage contrasts slow ascent with rapid descent and ends by urging readers to save through newspaper ads.
Dr and Mrs Guy T Eatner of Toledo visited Saline friends on Saturday. Various local visitors and events are noted including funerals, family visits, and a Wheat Exposition prize. The Latine Farmers Club postponed meeting to October 21 at Heilman home. PTA formed first meeting electing officers Burkhart Aprill Jackson.
Mrs J B Wallace attends O E S grand chapter meeting in Saginaw this week. Miss Maude Friis attends a matinee in Detroit while Maude Adams stars in Peter Pan. Miss Mable Needham of Detroit visits sister Mrs Fred Kanouse in town. Alfred Parsons and wife of Dakota stay with George W Barr family. John Gates plans move to Detroit after selling home to Matthew Ehnis. Rev G A Chittenden to begin Baptist church services. John Schleh and wife move into rooms above Schmid market. Mrs William Jarvis and daughter Mabel of New Orleans winter with mother in law Mrs A S Jarvis. D A Townsend buys Rev Papsdorf property and moves to town. Electric railroad work begins with heavy rails and tracks laid in village center. Andrew Riggs, longtime resident, dies. survivors include brothers William and Alfred Riggs and sister Mrs Harvey Bennett plus son Bert. Friday birthday party for Mrs Agnes Van Duzer hosted at home with John Gillen family and Nellie Martin of Ypsilanti and Michael Gillen with Agnes and Lilian of Adrian.
Statement of ownership and management for The Saline Observer weekly in Saline Michigan lists publisher Sim R Wilson as owner and business manager and editor M C Boutelle of Ypsilanti. No other holders are named. The document bears a 27 September 1937 notary affidavit by H A Holmes.
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