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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1953
Page
2
F W Giesel Jr and A J Coley are listed as advertising representatives in the notice. The item names their professional roles and affiliation in the local business section.
The list records visits and gatherings around town including Mr and Mrs Max Ross hosting a party at the Reids Ross home, Mrs George A Speacher of Birmingham calling on her brother Karl Fluegel, the Muirs returning from Owen Sound, and families traveling to South Branch, Detroit, Manistee, Whitmore Lake, Bridgewater, and Clayton. It notes a Ruth Faust shower with twelve guests, David Cuff's Panama leave, and multiple house guests and weekend trips among residents and visitors.
Mr and Mrs George Martin and family vacationed at Tawas Bay Michigan with Mrs Merritt Martin and son joining them. Emil Carl Sattler and Harry Anderson depart tonight for Quebec returning Sunday with Egan Gross arriving from Germany. Mrs Wahl and Mrs Ryan hosted at Mrs B Cotton’s home. Thelma Wahl left for Holland after vacationing with her parents. Bernard Stremler visited Wahl home. Merritt Martin and family plan several days at Commerce Lake with Bernice Rowsey. Lee Robison and Robert Harrison attended the Jaycee convention in Grand Haven.
Saline and the State Safety Commission join the annual September Watch Out For Kids program. Chief Love warns motorists to watch for children returning to school after vacations as he cites over 3 000 children being struck in prior periods.
The police chief urged extra vigilance in school zones during early September to curb speeding after 80 deaths in Michigan roads over the past year. He warned that drivers who hit a child may be blamed on the child's carelessness, describing the incident as deeply unpleasant.
The fourth annual Future Farmers of America Regional Leadership Training Camp ran August 17 to 19 at the Boy Scouts Camp on Wolf Lake. Camp officers Roger Missimer Lloyd Gray Gene Stalens Arnold Girbach Norman Stoll and John Comstock led sessions to train chapter leaders in guiding activities for the year.
Michigan conservation officials denounce the bounty system for foxes as costly and ineffective while the fox population grows. The department paid 11 345 bounty claims in the first six months of 1953, 2 000 more than the same period last year, prompting interest in predator control or new fox hunting clubs as a sport and potential savings.
The camp provides officer training group leadership and recreation with softball volleyball track and swimming contests in tournaments to crown champions. Cadets learn new skills and enjoy activities. Officers and advisors come from Monroe Washtenaw Lenawee Hillsdale and Jackson counties.
A home cooking note praises casseroles as easy family meals. The recipe blends salmon noodles vegetables soup and milk in a 144 quart dish baked at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes yielding four servings.
Students from Saline Napol eon Parma Chelsea Springport and other towns met and spoke with John Pickthall British Exchange Youth about farm life in his country. At camp end officers were elected with Carl Cornstubble named president for next year.
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