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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
2
Divine services at 10 a m and Sunday school at it. Singlish services every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everybody cordially invited.
Rev C A Haneberg of Saline township 5 miles west of Saline on US 112 invites worshippers to divine services each Sunday at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11 15 a m All are welcome Reader urged to check the liner ads for details
The Saline Observer lists postal details and pricing for subscriptions and notices. Publisher Sim R Wilson and Reporter Esther Landwehr are named. rates include $1.00 yearly in Michigan and $2 elsewhere, with 5 cent copies and 6 cents per line for paid notices. Obituaries and marriage notices are free. minimum 25 cents.
In September 1944 Michigan readers face a presidential and general election on November 7 with a separate state ballot. The piece discusses voting changes, potential voter confusion, Gallup poll insights on Roosevelt and Kelly, and campaign plans by Republicans and Democrats, plus four proposed constitutional amendments and the duty to balance war news with domestic concerns.
The piece notes wartime concerns shape daily living from gasoline rationing to sugar shortages and wage issues. It questions how much these factors will influence voting on Nov. 7 and whether Michigan candidates understand their impact on judgment.
Washtenaw county residents attend Detroit fair and win prizes. Local names include Finkbeiner Lutz Stierle and Osborn descendants. A Saline gun club plans formation and a bus accident near York injures none. Teachers earn 86 certificates in Ann Arbor exams.
Miss Hazel Fucss leaves for White Plains New York to begin another year. Arthur Day and family attended a conference at the AME church in Detroit. Crops damaged by hot dry weather. Richard Clark visited his uncle in Evanston. Community Choir to meet at Federated church. Norma Bowen starts second year as Rockwood teacher. Herman Rentschier and Herman Bredernitz motor to northern Michigan. Mrs Norman Ash hosted a bridge luncheon at Feldkamp cottage Portage Lake. Grover Alber Detroit and Grover Burgan visited Wampler's Lake. Henry Goltz announces daughter Helen's marriage to Herman Teneberg of Dexter on Aug 31. Carl Smith doing strong hay business shipping to Detroit. Seven carloads shipped last week. Born Sept 5 to Mr and Mrs Albert Hoeft a daughter. Louise and Winifred Woelper visit Ypsilanti. Bessie Carven leaves for Detroit library position. Karl and Bernard Boettger trip north. Helen Finch leaves for North Adams to teach. Emanuel Lambarth builds a new home four miles north of Saline. Ann Arbor visitors include Chris Alber Mrs Herman Gall and Albert. Northern Michigan resort season reportedly strong. Emma Burrow returns from Mackinac Island. Linnie Rogers Gertrude Collins Ruth Sturm and Mery Morden resume Detroit school work.
Thirty years ago George W. Bernard visited Detroit on Sunday. A daughter was born Tuesday August 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bailey. Prof. A S Hall and son Dan left for Chestertown Maryland. St Pauls church had a picnic in the Arceiter prove last Thursday afternoon. Mrs William Visel and children of Bridgewater spent the weekend with Jacob Visel and family.
A daughter Carol Ann was born last week to Mr and Mrs Arnold Guerther. Mr and Mrs George Cloakey visited Mr and Mrs Bert Moore on Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Charles Shannon and Mrs Hrima Bruckner called on Miss Gertie Drake Friday evening. Mrs Emma Brickner stayed with her brother and wife Mr and Mrs Bert Moore. Mr and Mrs Ymis Reed Miss Ruth Guenther and Mrs Charles Naylor were callers Sunday afternoon. Ruth Guenther spent the weekend with her sister Mrs Cyrus Reed. Nancy Heusel was a guest of Mrs Reed recently.
The Michigan Conservation Commission limits mink trapping for one year from October 1, 1944. In the Upper Peninsula trapping is barred except November 1–30, and in the Lower Peninsula north of Town 16 North and west of Saginaw Bay trapping is barred except November 15–December 15, while south of that line and east of Saginaw Bay including Huron County trapping is barred except December 1–31. Signed June 13, 1944 by Chairman Harry H. Whiteley and Secretary Wayland Osgood, countersigned by Director P. J. Hoffmaster.
The Federated Church invites worship at 10 30 with Sunday School at 11 30 and evening service at 7 45 The Gospel service features singing and sermons The Friendship class meets Wednesday for potluck sewing and prayer meeting at 7 30 8 30 choir practice is also listed The note references Michigan deer hunting regulation changes in 1881 indicating legislature actions beyond season length limits.
A short poem from Dumb Animals about a Downy Woodpecker visiting a yard. The bird inspects branches on an apple tree, feeding on worms without soliciting food from humans while sparrows and blue jays demand scraps. The workman’s neat, unsoiled appearance highlights the diligent bird.
Mrs Evelyn Cohen home service director urges using the new airmail form obtainable at the post office for letters to prisoners of war or civilian internees in Germany. If sent to civilian internees strike out prisoner of war and substitute civilian internee. Ordinary paper is acceptable but Form 2277 postcard is for the Far East only. Red Cross North Hall offers boxes for POW packages. many were held up due to bad packing or wrong size, and boxes of approved size are provided free to next of kin for Germany.
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