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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1943
Page
2
The service at 10 a.m. includes Holy Communion with organ prelude and choir music. Church school begins at 11 o clock led by Superintendent Arthur Wilson. A warm welcome is extended to all attendees.
The Federated Church invites all to Sunday worship at 10 30 am with Sunday school for all ages and junior senior young people sessions. Evening service at 7 45 pm led by the camp young people. Thursday prayer meeting and choir practice follow.
The Saline Observer lists post office entry for Saline Michigan as second class matter. It notes subscription rates 1.09 per year and 1.50 for outside Michigan, with 3 cents single copies. Card of thanks and poetry require payment. obituary and marriage notices are free. paid announcements and entertainments incur 6 cents per line with a 25 cent minimum.
Michigan prepares for the third war loan drive opening September 9 with support from the State War Finance Committee and Civilian Defense. Councils of Defense through Civilian War Service Boards mobilize to assist local War Finance Committees in canvassing for bond pledges, with volunteers handling clerical work publicity exhibits speeches and promotion.
State Health Commissioner H Allen Moyer warns August and September are peak months for infantile paralysis in Michigan. He urges immediate medical attention for symptoms such as fever nausea vomiting neck stiffness or back pain to reduce the risk of paralysis. Nineteen cases have been reported to date with a seven year average of 35. Respirators numbered seventy seven across 28 counties are available for respiratory muscle involvement.
Warren Finkbeiner visits Troy Ohio for the state Rec Poll cattle sale and buys two purebred heifers to boost his herd. He now farms ten mature cows and six yearlings, selling a few calves and heifers for breeding. The dual purpose breed blends beef and milking traits and includes cows yielding about 40 pounds of milk daily, with weights around 1400 pounds. Nebraska official Sloane notes only one cow could surpass Warren’s Clinton Local. A new tuberculosis pamphlet from the Michigan Tuberculosis Association urges tuberculin testing for entering school children. The Observer also notes wedding invitations available.
Birth announces Virginia Ruth born to Mr and Mrs Paul Klueter. Various social visits, family gatherings, church events, and community outings noted. Attendees include the Hack reunion with 42 people, Norman and Dexter visitors, and multiple trips to Detroit, Ann Arbor, Cincinnati, and Charleston. A town band outing and upcoming concert are mentioned along with local school teacher assignments and improvements to water mains and a standpipe project.
Rotary minutes recount speaker disappointments at Wampler Lake fishing stories and a Boy Scout camp report. A letter from Capt Harold A Miller describes life in the jungle and a Danbury era home, ending with a note on divine services and Sunday school in San Francisco APO 712.
A humorous note on bravely facing a nylon stocking sale. The piece also includes a peach sponge cake recipe and wartime tips from Michigan State College about keeping pots black to save fuel, explaining how dull finishes absorb heat while shiny surfaces reflect it.
Pastor A Haneberg presides over Divine services each Sunday at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11 15 am. Located five miles west of Saline on US 122. Everyone welcome to attend.
A condensed note suggests calling one hundred people shows why using Ob server advertising columns is easier and cheaper and can reach many times more potential customers.
Several meetings and gatherings are scheduled for Boy Scout troops and cub packs this September and October. Leaders and district officials plus a Pow Wow at Camp Newkirk and a Waldenwoods leaders’ dinner are listed with dates and venues.
The Treasury must raise thirteen billion dollars in the Second War Loan drive, a sum equal to one sixth of the estimated war cost for the great year 1943.
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