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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1942
Page
2
The Saline Observer explains its pricing for notices and announcements. Card of thanks and obituaries are free. poetry costs 5 cents per line. entertainment ads with admission charged cost 6 cents per line. minimum charge is 25 cents.
Leo J. Dunlavy of Hamburg township describes a 2000 foot diversion ditch built last spring on a 30 acre field that slowed water flow, reduced soil erosion, and increased soil absorption. He notes water now drains via sodded outlets, lowering road runoff and aiding contour plowed corn.
Central York Mrs Hattie Murray entertained relatives at a pot luck supper on Labor Day. Mr and Mrs Marion Murray of Saline were guests of Mrs Hattie Murray Saturday evening.
Worship at 10 a m features organ prelude and offertory with music by the choir. Church school at 11 15 a m on The Perils of Favoritism taught by Arthur Wilson. Church board of education meets Tuesday 7 45 p m in the parlors. Wednesday includes lengthy discussion and prayer. Education remains our chief weapon against tuberculosis.
Attention Brother A. C. Gaston of Ann Arbor runs in the Republican Primaries for Sheriff. Sept. 15 is the date. The vote is expected to be very close and supporters are urged to cast their ballots.
A jumble of social notices recounts visits and travels among Flint and Saline families including Randall Coates and Kenneth Taylor. Church events at St Paul and Federated church are announced with speakers, music and a John Gospel series. A letter from Earl Nelson Jr in India is shared highlighting his service and travel hardships.
The article notes the backbone of the world’s greatest Navy lies in its battleships of the line. These ships displace about 35 000 tons and cost up to 70 000 000 dollars. It states a score of such ships exist in the Atlantic and Pacific.
A National Geographic bulletin notes no all round substitute for mica exists despite years of research. Mica remains vital as an electrical insulator in fuses, telephones, spark plugs, light sockets, mag nets, and radio condensers, with the US as major consumer and importer amid wartime disruptions.
Scientists note the Eastern cotton rat’s rising importance as a model for infantile paralysis research. They say the animal’s susceptibility to poliovirus strains and potential for testing cures could lead to a life saving vaccine or treatment, with Dr. Harold K. Faber of Stanford University endorsing the need to curb this dread disease.
A wartime notice explains scout cars as low-slung armored transports for troops. Each vehicle costs 5 000 dollars and supporters are urged to invest ten percent of wages into War Bonds to help the Ordnance Department reach its quota quickly.
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