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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1926
Page
2
Fragmentary social column lists visits, church events, and family movements involving residents from across the area including Richards, Murray, Stecher, Bailey, Locke, and Dicks. Many lines read as garbled OCR yet mention neighbors stopping by homes, attending meals, services, and gatherings on varied days. The mix shows a bustling, interconnected community with frequent home visits and church participation.
The Richards family held a pot luck reunion at D. G. Richards home with fifty five attendees. The program included America, prayer, and histories read by family members. Attendees included George P. Whaley Clifton Richards Sidney Yape and many others from Michigan and Detroit. The same officers were retained for the year and a meeting was set for Labor Day next year.
A string of weekend visits and family gatherings is noted as relatives from Wayne, Tecumseh, and nearby towns spent Sunday and Monday with kin. Several local residents, including the Kuder family and Miss Viola Graham, hosted or visited relatives, sharing meals and joyful conversation.
A Stewart Warner Safety Council graphic outlines the U S automobile toll with 22000 deaths and 660000 injuries yearly. It traces a 660 mile line from New York to Detroit to show the scale of preventable accidents caused by careless driving and pedestrians.
Gar Davenport drives a Hudson as school opens in Lodi district 10 with Miss Adams of Ann Arbor as teacher. Henry Flannigan hauls two large woodchucks weighing 14 and 16 pounds. The Schaffers spent a weekend at their new farm plowing for wheat. The Davenports and N C Davenport family members visited Trish Hills Sandlake Tecumseh and Ridgeway. Mrs Irving LeBaron visited her sister and joined a dinner with relatives in Ann Arbor.
Dorothy Manguy and relatives visited. Alva Whitfield returned from New York. School began Monday with Mrs Harwood in her third year. Mr and Mrs R D Richards of Milan and Mr and Mrs Sidney Yape of Ann Arbor visited Dr G Richards. Graves reunion attended at Mr Howe's in Milan.
The Michigan Tuberculosis Association reports July and August clinics across the Lower and Upper Peninsulas found 536 new tuberculosis cases. Many were previously undiagnosed, with early cases needing sanatorium care or outpatient attention. Acting president L L Mautner of Saginaw highlights the effort to organize, publicize, and transport patients to care, noting that the seals’ work extends beyond clinic days to aftercare and reporting.
The Stewart-Warner Safety Council says 727 of 1,390 auto fatalities in seven months were pedestrian fault. Jay walking tops risky causes, with 62 percent from street crossing without intersections. Children playing in streets account for 31 percent and coasting 8 percent.
Roundabout notes a sheriff race surge in Kent county with 14 candidates and bumper sticker protests in Muskegon. Joe North from Brooklyn shows a five pound bass, while Charlevoix hosts a unique one man golf course operation earning substantial summer proceeds. Ronald Porter, 11, and Cincinnati-based uncle Charles Barnes are jailed in Ogden township after a car with 276 quarts of bootleg liquor is found.
Probate Office of Washtenaw County notes a petition to legally change Celia E Kozlowski to Celia E Kozier. Attorney Lee N. Brown of Ypsilanti represents the petitioner. Public notices run August 6 1926 with publication dates August 19 1926 and September 29 1926.
State of Michigan Washtenaw County Circuit Court Chancery announces a stock-date case in Ann Arbor requiring the defendant Alber E Leader to appear within three months. Publication of this order will begin in Saline Observer within two weeks. Attorney Lee N Brown of Ypsilanti represents the plaintiff. Proceedings dated August 7, 1926 with dates Aug 12 19 26 Sept 29 16 23 listed.
Court in Ann Arbor orders statutory publication in the Saline Observer for the Stenger divorce case between Mildred O. Stenger and Edward C. Stenger. Clerk Claramon E. Pray signs. Attorney Lee N. Brown of Ypsilanti placed the order on September 2 14.
In Michigan Chancery at Ann Arbor on September 2 to October 14 an action by Alice Youngs against Theodore R Youngs is recorded with Clerk George W Sample and attorney names. The filing period spans from September 2 to October 14.
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