Nominees For The Coming City Election
The following have been placed in nomination to run for council men at the election to be held on Tuesday November 3 Samuel Lambarth Henry Schroen Alwin T Gross Clarence Haarer John Schleh Mark B Sugden Harry Anderson Charles Alber Arthur J Hoffman Marion Murray Constable Bert Gillen Justice of the Peace Albert C Lange Thirty years ago tuberculosis was responsible for 11 out of every 100 deaths in the United States Today it is responsible for four out of every 100 deaths Credit for much of the success of the tuberculosis fight goes to the penny Christmas seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Lambarth
Henry Schroen
Alwin T. Gross
Clarence Haarer
John Schleh
Mark B. Sugden
Harry Anderson
Charles
Alber
Arthur J. Hoffman
Marion Murray
Bert Gillen
Albert C. Lange
United States
Record Crowd Attends Fair
A record crowd of over 1 200 attended the Community Fair on Friday night for the seventh annual event. The program featured music by the band and Glee Club, a Marine Life of a Marine film, an operetta by fifth and sixth graders, and an amateur contest with multiple prize winners. Proceeds fund bonds and stamps with two War Stamp booths selling 30 30 dollars worth of stamps. exhibits included rural school displays, an antique show by the Home Economics Club, and thanks to sponsors and volunteers from local businesses and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine
Bobby Cook
Earl Moehn
James Thomas
David Campbell
Billy Burgess
Helen Hart
Jane Hart
Louis Ernst
Harry Smit
Gleason
Dell
Home Economics Club
F.F.A. Club
Hubert ‘Bearss
Glee Club
Schmid’s Food
Saline Dairy
Morton's Poultry Farm
Saline Valley Farms
Elmer Steele
Sturm General Furnishings
Parsons’ Clothing
William Austin
D. G. Reidheiser
Wiedman Auto Service
Haarer’s Quality Market
Saline Observer
Gross Hardware
Saline Savings Bank
Reveling’s Drug Store
Kroger Grocery Co
Fosdick & Ford
Owen J
Auction Sale Near Saline and Clinton This Saturday
The undersigned will sell at public auction on the premises seven miles west of Saline or four and a half miles east of Clinton on Highway 112 Saturday October 24 at 1:00 pm. Items include National cash register General Electric refrigerator kerosene heaters home size ranges gas and coal ranges and more equipment utility items and household goods. Ray Stevens Prop Clarence Cook Auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline
Clinton
National Cash Register
General Electric
Garland
Foltheim
Kelvinator
Hamilton Beach
Penn Oil
Ray Stevens
Clarence Cook
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Charles E. Gross
Mrs. Charles E. Gross thanks friends for cards letters and plants sent during her recent illness. TRY AN OBSERVER LINER.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Gross
Sight-seeing horse buses and route changes in wartime Detroit
The piece notes Washington tours in horse drawn vehicles may return with gas rationing. It mentions 35 mph speed limits removing signs, a shift from yellow to white lines, and NO PASSING zones. It covers Red Cross efforts, 18 19 year olds drafted for dressings, mail speeds from Australia, and a 90 year Whitmore Lake hotel loss. It also cites plastic uniforms, a flying boy’s bout, local flora, coyote hunts, fingerlings, holiday food, and soldiers’ gifts, with Michigan beet harvest help.
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Washington, D. C
Woodward Avenue
Grand Circus Park
Detroit
State Highway Department
Cenent
Red Cross
Federated Church
Australia
Whitmore Lake
Arthur Lutz
Benton Harbor
Lenawee
Hillsdale
Ohio
Conservation Department
Michigan
Susterka Lake
Belleville
The
Alaska
Iceland
Africa
Petoskey
Cadillac
Michigan State College
Stationary Kitchen Opens to Red Cross Members
The Red Cross laboratory kitchen at North hail opened Sept 25 for the Canteen monthly luncheon. It serves as a practical mass feeding space with two gas ranges and an electric refrigerator. A adjoining dining room seats fifty for members and friends from across the county.
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County
Red Cross
North Hail
Amn
Arbor
The
Red ‘Cross
Glasses fitted by Toledo optometrist in Milan
Dr. Frank Gifford, Toledo optometrist, will examine eyes and fit glasses Saturday from 2 30 to 9 45 P M at the Milan Hotel office upstairs. Ninth year serving Milan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gifford
Toledo Optometrist
Milan Hotel
Qupstairs
Milan
Milan Big Reds Slip Past Saline 6-0 in Rain
Milan defeats Saline 6 to 0 as Hallock leads the Big Red line. Saline struggles with a slippery ball and four of sixteen completions. Milan earns five first downs to Saline’s two, setting up a league showdown with Dundee Vikings next.
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Saline High
Milan High
Reds
Hornets
Milan
Hallock
Red
Saline
Dundee Vikings
Mertz
Gramer Greenman
Haeussler Squirer
Schaefer
Ces Apnarcinn
Smith Goernorn
Anderson Steinman
Anderson Edwards
Weee Hallock
Hirth Bodler
Jahnke Johnson Steiner
Koebbe
Armbruster
Hack
Butler
Riskey
Local School Records Historic Enrollment and Repairs
Since opening on September 3, the local school has enrolled 398 pupils the largest in its history. Teachers have increased workload due to labor turnover and higher wages in industry and larger district staffing. The curriculum has been compressed and shop training authorized for forty boys by state and university directives. Desks and chairs were refurbished and moved to where needed, saving about $80. The school remains accredited for two more years and stands improved despite wartime conditions.
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Saline
MacIntyre
State Department of Instruction
University of Michigan
Bearss
Farewell Party For Departing Citizens
A Methodist Sunday school farewell reception honored Mr. and Mrs. Harry Feeman and Mr and Mrs. C F Fitzgerald and Miss Irene. Attendees enjoyed devotionals, a flag salute, singing, patriotic numbers, poems by Edgar Guest, and a luncheon. An election ad for Burr to Congress closes the event.
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Methodist Sunday School
Harry Feeman
C.F. FitzGerald
Irene
Katherine Briggs
Martin
Mesdames Jordan
Briggs
Curtiss
Holmes
Fruwandia
Sibelius
Kremer
America
Edgar Guest
Roy Rogers
Catherine Briggs
Dr. Lendrum
Ladies’ Quartet
Grey
C. Jordan
Peters
Juliet Stark
Neighborhood war clubs planned across Washte naw county
Mrs. Finley Riggs leads a county wide push to form neighborhood war clubs under local defense councils in every township. The program aims for total mobilization with home and street level involvement including salvage campaigns, nutrition outreach, and price control discussions, starting from Ann Arbor.
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Washtenaw County
Finley Riggs
CDVO
War Savings Committee
Council
Ann
Arbor
Riggs
Margaret Blaney
Lansing
State
USC
Gordon Anthony
Ann Arh
Saline County Births and Health Notes
Saline General Hospital reports Mrs Clarence Strickland and infant daughter discharged October 14. Mr and Mrs George Camburn announce a son born October 16. Mr and Mrs Lowell Spike announce a daughter born October 18. Beulah Ann Kellogg had tonsils removed Monday. Mrs Arthur Hagen admitted for surgical treatment Monday. Mrs George Barr returns for dressings on alternate days. eye improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Strickland
Sawyer
Mulder
George Camburn
Lowell Spike
Little Beulah Ann Kellogg
Arthur Hagen
George Barr
For Sale Classified Notices and Advertisements
ObServer line rates and multiple for sale notices list items from cabbage to livestock and furniture. Names and contact details include Mrs Haar Macon road W B Kelly Whitaker road 117 W Michigan Ave Paul Sa Andrew Hartman Edwin Nissly A S Hall Dan Hert Jer & Son with various phone codes and farms such as Morton Poultry Farm for rock springers and dairy cows.
Various Local Advertisements and Auctions Listing
A dense page of classified ads from Saline area listings includes For Sale items such as breeding ewes livestock hogs and horses, used cars and auto parts, heating and sheet metal work, poultry equipment, and hatchery notices. Also appears are contact details for C. R. Parsons Alfred Walker Wiedman Auto Co. Wares cover farm supplies, anti freeze heaters and Master Mix feeds with volume discounts. Local auctioneer Clarence Cook advertises phone numbers while Villages like Adrian and Saline are referenced for services and delivery.
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Social Party
O. E
U.s.war Bonds
Sion
Lockwood Funeral Home
Pascal
Idaho
Schmid’s Food Market
California
Burr
Congress
Pol
Observer
Haar
Macon Road
W. B. Kelly
Whittaker Road
Michigan Ave.y
Chester White
Paul Sa
Lewis Scherdt
Observer Office
Edwin Nissly
Morton Poultry Farm
the Observer
Hart Shell
Andrew Hartman
Kiefer
A. S. Hall
Shropshire Ram
Shropshire Rams
Dan
Hert Jer & Son
Wolverine
Parsons
Wood
Lambarth Brothers’ Hardware
C. R. Parsons
CO. I. C
Alfred Walker
R. G. Wahl
Wiedman Auto Cemzpen Salim
Wiedman Auto
Wiedman Auto Company
Cali
Carroll Frost
Darling & Co
Wiedman Auto Co
Mortorig ® & Poultry Farm
Brooks Brothers
Mam
Adrian
Adrian, Mich
Adrian Tankage Co
Motorola
Gulf Service
Hayden
Saline Mercantile Co
Main St
Ann Arbor
Mich
Saline Theatre
Lew. Ayres
Lionel Barrymore
Richard Arlen and
Jean Parker
Rosalind Russell
Fred Macmurray
Robert Preston and
Nancy Elly
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