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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1941
Page
2
The column notes a reader attending the Detroit College of Nursing and praising the weekly hometown updates provided by the paper. It highlights the value of staying in touch with local residents through the column and mentions a mother arranging the visits.
Hammond District Lloyd Carey was a Sunday dinner guest of Mr and Mrs Claude Gilbert. Blissfield visitors Sunday included Mr and Mrs Kerry Gordon and Mrs Lena Gordon. Mr and Mrs E J Forsythe attended a Lansing banquet Monday and were entertained by Tim Doolittle's orchestra. Neighbors gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs BE M Gilbert Monday for a party in honor of Claire Gilbert who left Wednesday for camp and received a beautiful gift.
St James Evangelical Church in Saline Township A A Haneberg pastor holds German services first and third Sundays and English on others with Sunday school at 11. John Kefalas a 52 year old cobbler at Ypsilanti State Hospital died Friday when a house under repair collapsed on him at 7800 Carpenter Road near the hospital. State police and volunteers freed the body after about an hour.
The Saline Observer lists Sim. R. Wilson as publisher and M. C. Boutelle as editor. It notes post office mailing in Saline Michigan as a second class matter and provides pricing: single copies 3 cents, subscriptions $1.00 per year, six months 50 cents, three months 25 cents, outside Michigan $1.50 per year.
Obituary and marriage notices are published free of charge. Poetry requires 5 cents per line. Notices of entertainments with admission charged require 6 cents per line. Minimum charge is 25 cents.
The Washtenaw County Health Department has one public health nurse, Miss Pearl M. Haist, with effort underway to hire a second after Mrs. Martha Jefferson left. The nurse conducts maternity, infant, school, and orthopedic health activities, disease control, tuberculosis and venereal disease work, water and milk inspections, and coordinates with the sanitarian to improve home and school health conditions.
The University of Michigan marks the 100th anniversary of its College of Literature, Science and the Arts on Oct 15. James B. Angell Hall houses administrative offices and classrooms including the president's office, with Mason Hall named for Michigan’s first governor Stevens T. Mason noted as the college’s first home.
Boy Scouts nationwide honor Theodore Roosevelt with activities in October including the 22nd Roosevelt Memorial Pilgrimage on October 18 in Oyster Bay New York. Washtenaw-Livingston Council will plant a Roosevelt memorial tree at Camp Newkirk near Dexter with ceremony at 3 PM and hope to involve Fielding H. Yost.
Rev. H. L. Engel presides at Trinity Evangelical Catholic Church with Divine services in German at 10 a. m. including Holy Communion and a Sunday school at 11 o'clock.
Worship at 10 with organ preludes and choir music. Sermon theme Plus One. Church school at 11:15 on The Quickening Power. Epworth League at 6:30 with Junior led by Miss Stark and Senior with Mr and Mrs Willis Hunting. Board of education meets Tuesday at 7:45 for church school workers.
The Federated Church announces Sunday services including 10 o'clock worship with the pastor speaking, 11:15 Sunday school for all ages on The Holy Spirit, and 7:45 evening evangelistic service on One Year to Live. Midweek prayer and Revela tion study. All are welcome.
A regional kitchen roundup shares baked ham with oranges and Brazil nut glaze, pineapple rice dish, and kitchen tips. Also notes on new cotton hose, full fashioned fits, better shaping, colors, and practical wear for farm and housework.
A collage of local social notes. Visitors and travels in Toledo Pontiac Ann Arbor Chelsea Manchester and Royal Oak. Movements include marriages births and civic events with several named individuals and places. The item also mentions a murder verdict sentencing Sam Mocer and a local auto business sale in Saline.
The Detroit office enlists 68 recruits on the last day of September breaking monthly and daily Midwest division records. Commander Carson R. Miller notes 575 Michigan volunteers plus eight Ohio counties, with older specialists enlisting as highly paid petty officers for wartime service.
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