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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
2
Divine services at 10 30 a m. Sunday school at 11 English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everyone invited. Pastor M C Phillip.
Rev. C. A. Haneberg presides over divine services every Sunday at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11 15 in Saline Township five miles west of Salne on US 112. Everyone is welcome. Read the liner ads now.
The Saline Observer, published by Sim. R. Wilson with Esther Landwehr as reporter, is entered at the Saline Michigan post office as second class matter.
The notice lists subscription rates and pricing for notices and poetry in a historic paper. Six Months outside of Michigan at $2 per year and Soldier Subscriptions at $1.25 yearly. Single copies cost 5 cents. Card of thanks and poetry charged per line. Obituaries and marriages published free. Announcements with paid admission charged 6 cents per line with a 25 cent minimum.
A survey of Michigan’s prep for peacetime notes a move to disband Civilian Defense, labor gains, and wage debates. It highlights political risk for Republicans, inflation fears in farm land, and proposals to curb land prices while veterans buy farms under the GI Bill.
In Washtenaw County Circuit Court a chancery order for publication names Julius M Gauss William F Gauss and others as defendants with unknown residences. Defendants must appear within three months and answer within fifteen days after service. Publication required for six weeks in The Saline Observer.
Miss Ruth Dunbar visits with Mrs. Kenneth Bench as the Ray and Kuhn families share Sunday with the C. E. Ray household. Rev. Haneberg attends Rev. Schreiber’s funeral in Detroit. Kohler family joins Hertler reunion at Hannah Hertler’s home. Junior Farm Bureau chats at Waldenwoods near Brighton. attendees listed. John Kohler Sr. hosts 85th birthday dinner. grandchildren present except armed forces. Charles Wheelock farm history noted. Mr. Kohler’s health and cataract ops mentioned.
Worship at 10 a.m. features organ preludes and choir music under Minister Fred A Lendrum. No church school. Official board meets Tuesday at 7 45 p.m. General meeting of W S C S Wednesday in church parlors. Affirm the reality of God worship Him. Michigan’s gray squirrels decline as fox squirrels rise in southern counties over 100 years of land clearing. The average man clings to thinking he is above average.
Prentiss M. Brown of Detroit Edison cites three competing claims over ten million dollars in war taxes. He argues the federal government is due the funds, rejects Detroit city excise and rate actions, and criticizes the Michigan Public Service Commission order as undervaluing property and inadequately reflecting unsettled taxes. Edison serves 800,000 customers over 7,500 square miles with 7,000 employees.
A utility asserts residence rates remain unchanged since the last war though costs rose. It says home customers pay half the rate and that maintaining low prices aids customer support and company growth.
Rev William H leads Sunday worship at 10 30 with Sunday school 11 30 and youth at 6 45. Evening service 7 45 features sermon and song. Wednesday prayer 7 30 and choir 8 30. Subscribe for The Observer.
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