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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1953
Page
2
Entered as second class matter in the Post Office at Saline Michigan under the act of March 3 1879 Subscription price 2 50 per year in advance in Michigan 3 00 per year in advance out of state and in U S Possessions Single copy 05 Advertising rates upon request
The article notes Lee MaeArthur recovering from coffee scalds suffered last Tuesday morning. It records social visits: Carl and Lutz hosts a Friday gathering honoring the Schroen family moving to Saline, Henry Burgess and family visiting Reese, Alma Larson visiting Anita resident, Helen Lambarth returning from Michigan State College, and Clarence Derr visiting his sister and brother in law Harry Friis on Sunday.
Ration Book 4 is available at the school this afternoon and Friday from 1 to 5 PM. Aimed at students and families, the distribution runs during these two sessions.
Twenty years ago last week the paper ran late after the machine that moves papers failed. Workers welded and then hauled the long shaft to Ann Arbor for repair, delaying the Observer by 24 hours. Nearby locals visited, celebrated an anniversary, and a correction note followed a regrettable error.
St Pauls Church announces tomorrows supper with a note that spinach replaces squash if not liked. Dr Unterkircher visits Battle Creek while Mrs J B Wallace attends the OBE Grand Chapter in Lansing. Local chatter includes visits, a shooting in Adrian and a sauerkraut trick by a saloon keeper.
Secretary of State Dulles compares living costs in New York and Moscow noting a New Yorker must work 27 minutes to buy a pound of butter while a Muscovite needs three hours for the same item. The remark highlights wage and price gaps in two nations.
A historical survey lists vast price and time gaps between New York and Moscow. It shows sugar at 3% minutes versus six hours, milk 7 vs 42 minutes, eggs 25 minutes vs nearly three hours, shirts 1 hour vs 22 days, and overshoes 1 day versus 138 days, highlighting severe inefficiencies and material shortages in Moscow.
Henry J. hurdles a 40 foot leap shown midway in Aut Swenson's Thrillcade. The show uses Kaisers and Henry J cars exclusively in a daredevil stunt driving act for Middlewestern crowds. This was the 80th jump for this car, far beyond the usual life expectancy of thrill show vehicles.
Dr Albert W Judd age 62 of Lansing will retire after 21 years as assistant state veterinarian with the Michigan Department of Agriculture due to ill health. He joined as TB inspector September 1 1932 after earlier veterinary practice in Bear Lake and Beulah. He was advanced to assistant on May 7 1950.
The Department acting director George S McIntyre invites qualified veterinarians to apply before Nov 9 for interviews by the Agricultural Commission at the Lewis Cass building in Lansing. 1952 data show Michigan wild animal meat and fur valued over 15 million dollars, enough to buy 1,800 homes, with 9,989 tons of meat feeding 28,500 four person families.
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