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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1931
Page
3
Tenor John McCormack, famed in opera and concert, will perform in Ann Arbor in the Choral Union Series. The article highlights his outdoor athleticism, robust health, and a career spanning eleven hundred engagements across multiple continents.
Mrs Hazel Cook defeated Miss Sylvia Gross in a nine hole final to win the Saline City Golf tournament ladies flight title. The match stayed close through eight holes before Cook took the ninth and the trophy amid strong city interest and sportsmanlike play.
Washtenaw County Chapter to host regional Red Cross conference September 21 with national reps from Washington and St Louis. 1931 marks the 50th anniversary of the American Red Cross. Delegates will also plan enrollment with new chairs from other chapters and meet for the roll call in November. The Midwest headquarters in St Louis calls the event highly important. National convention delegates urged reaching 7,000,000 members.
A miscellaneous shower was held Friday at the Masonic club rooms for Mrs Rudolph Gross. About seventy relatives and friends attended for an evening of dancing and cards. the couple recently returned from an 8,000 mile western tour visiting Yellowstone Painted Desert Petrified Forest and the Grand Canyon of Colorado.
The state administrative board in Lansing ordered a 15925 project at Walter J. Hayes state park in the Irish Hills. Charles Hoffmaster, superintendent, said a new community building will be erected and roads will radiate from the main paved road to picnic grounds and bathing areas at Wampler's lake and the other lakes.
St John’s Lutheran Church Ridgewater announces divine services at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11 a m The English services are held every second and fourth Sunday of the month All are cordially invited to attend
Saline Rotarians and guests enjoyed a noon Rotary event where the City Golf Tournament awards were handed out. L. H. Fairbanks won the championship trophy and E Henne took the first flight silver medal. Consolation prizes included a humorous nod to Robert Fucss, with J. W. Canfield receiving the reporters trophy for organizing and reporting progress. Attendees included L. E Fairbanks, Dr. L. EH. Fast, G H. Gilbert and J. W. Canfield.
Fire destroyed two barns on William Essenberg's farm three miles southeast of town last Thursday night. Firemen arrived about 10 o clock but could not save the 34 by 44 foot basement barn and the 24 by 46 foot horse barn. hay rye oats tools were lost and a sow died in the blaze. Both buildings were insured. Essenberg found two men in his vineyard. after ordering them out and releasing the dog he sought help and returned to see the barns burning.
Police report a new form of scam at an oil station on US 112 west of town. Two men in an Illinois-licensed car persuaded the proprietor to try a punch board offering cash prizes. After losing, the men claimed a $50 prize from the station, then left. The board was removed.
Frank W. McLane of Ypsilanti, president of Washtenaw County Fair Association, reports the 1931 exhibition satisfactory despite bad weather and a low mood. Receipts will be about $2,500 short of last year, but expenses are lower and obligations should be met. The exhibition is called a genuine success for exhibits and attractions.
The sale of the bankrupt Raisin Brook Packing Company was held at the plant on M-50 recently. Between six and seven hundred people attended, about half being breeders there for the creditors meeting. Equipment sold in lots at prices well below replacement cost.
A reader notes that regularly reviewing the Liners column each week can establish a beneficial routine and foster consistent engagement with the paper’s notices and features.
A student from Ann Arbor Engineering College was seriously injured when a car driven by Otto Muller of San Francisco and carrying Louis Hopkins of Detroit veered off the road four miles west of Saline. Muller Hopkins and the hitchhiker survived, with others escaping. They were treated at the scene and then taken to Ann Arbor and St Joseph’s Mercy hospitals.
In Wash tenaw County Probate Court at Ann Arbor on September 14 1931 Judge Jay G Pray approves petition by Arthur A Kalder to admit a last will and testament and appoints a hearing for October 16 1931 at 10 a m. Public notice requires three weekly insertions in The Saline Observer. Nora O Borgert Register of Probate.
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