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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1954
Page
2
Rev H L Engel leads 10 am divine services and 11 am Sunday School at Trinity Lutheran. Bible school is Saturday at 9 am. Children’s Choir and Adult class meet Tuesday evening. Mary Martha Guild gathers Thursday evening in the church basement. Annual Voters meeting planned for October.
The Federated Church outlines a full week of events led by Henry McKenzie including a 9 45 a m church school and 11 00 a m divine worship with a life a sacrifice and a song theme. An adult choir provides special music and nursery care is offered by the Ladies Aid Society. Night services include a 7 45 p m song service on religion and a 6 30 p m Young People Society with a Halloween party planned. Choir rehearsals are set for Thursday October 21 and a Halloween party October 28 with a Friendship Class meeting canceled.
The Saline Methodist Church schedules morning worship at 10:00 with a sermon on Practicing the Holy Habits of Life. Sunday School at 11:00 and youth fellowships at 3:00 and 2:00. Harvest Festival visit to Chelsea Old People’s Home. Missionary Institute led by Miss Mabel Lawrence with Rev. Robert Geiger as guest preacher. Spiritual Life Mission week Nov 30 to Dec 7 hosted by Detroit Conference churches.
St Pauls Evangelical & Reformed in Alvin held a Harvest Home Observance with ingathering of produce for the Evangelical Home For Children and Aged. The Youth Fellowship collected newspapers and magazines on Saturday. Holy Communion will be celebrated on Reformation Sunday October 31.
The Ladies Aid Society announces its annual clothing drive for Korean Relief. Acceptable items include warm clothing with six months of wear, blankets, layette items, children's shoes, and over shoes. Bring items to the church during service hours over the next three weeks. drive closes November 10. Monetary gifts to cover shipping are accepted.
Freedom Township Bethel Church led by Pastor Y W Menzel lists English worship at 10:00 a.m. and Sunday School at 11:00 a.m. No Junior Choir on October 21 and 28. Women attend regional meeting at Bethlehem Church in Ann Arbor on October 28.
St Andrews Church invites attendance at Sunday Mass at 10:00 a m with confessions at 9 30. A Sunday family gathering runs 1 30 to 4 30 in the church basement. The altar society sponsors an annual harvest chicken dinner on Wednesday November 3 from 5 30 to 8 00 with further details to come.
The Reverend Theo Schmale of Ann Arbor speaks at morning worship 10 a m with Sunday School at 11 15 a m The Chancel choir rehearses Thursday at 8 15 p m Pastor Engelsdorfer attends annual mission festival at First Church Flint Michigan as guest preacher.
The W S C S of the Methodist Church hosts Miss Mabel Lawrence, a returned missionary from India, at Saline Church on Monday October 25 at 8:00 p m. She will also address several Ann Arbor District churches that week. Miss Lawrence, born in Fitchburg and UM alumna, spent 39 years in India before returning in November 1953. All church and Youth Fellowship members are invited.
A Household magazine note says you can repaper a wall about three times before you must peel back to the plaster. It warns that wall imperfections or previous wallpaper will likely appear after the third layer.
Two Michigan State College agricultural economists propose measures to increase milk consumption to reduce a surplus. They suggest strategies to encourage higher intake and adjust marketing approaches to boost demand.
Officers for the year 1955 were chosen at a Wednesday meeting of the Federated Church Ladies Aid Society. The group will install them at the December meeting, with posts including President Mrs Carl Carr and Vice Presidents Mrs Paul Reed and Mrs Paul Klueter, Secretary Mrs Mark Forsythe, Miss Mary Morden Treasurer. The next meeting is Annual Guest Day on November 10 in the church parlors.
Economists E B Jones and Gerald G Quackenbush outline a two price plan in which the milkman sells regular milk at the standard price and offers an additional discount for extra milk during peak seasons. The scheme uses fall winter consumption as a base and aims to boost sales for dairies and improve family diets. Details appear in M S C Agricultural Experment Station Quarterly Bulletin.
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