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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1936
Page
4
The Saline Observer advertises policy on notices and notices pricing. Card of Thanks and poetry lines priced. entertainments with admission charged billed per line. minimum charge applies. Obituary and marriage notices published free. other notices charged at regular rates.
A reflection on rural living along side roads contrasting tourist areas with quiet neighborhoods. The piece praises well kept homes, modern conveniences, and accessible education and entertainment through radio and telephone while applauding neighbors and their thrift, steadiness, and pride in home beauty.
A welcome visitor editorial notes newspapers as a preferred home reading item and contrasts with intrusive door to door selling. In Hillsdale county a test oil well will be drilled on the Jacob Beck farm near the Jonesville Hillsdale road by C L Nelly of Mt. Pleasant with equipment ready at 2500 to 3000 feet. Beck hopes the region lies in an oil belt and funds the test.
Ann Arbor Daily News notes federal figures estimate it costs $96.18 to educate a city child for a year, while rural costs are lower. The piece argues schools now perform many home duties, shaping behavior, health, and talents, and remain a bargain while urging continued budget restraint.
Ten rules from a trade journal emphasize proactive effort and clear vision. Key points urge pursuing opportunities, crediting smarter rivals, building capital with ideas, maintaining faith, staying loyal, guarding worries, and following sound advice while making independent decisions. The list ends with courage and integrity as paths to respect and achievement.
A Michigan State College farm management study by K T Wright and R E Loomis analyzes tractor use on farms of 103 acres averaging 250 hours yearly and 308 acres averaging 398 hours. Costs show small farms at 136 dollars and large farms at 258 dollars, with labor and power costs per acre varying by tractor use.
In Bridgewater Miss Pearl Wackenhut married Erwin Wild in a home ceremony before an improvised greens arch. Rev M C Philipp officiated. Maid of honor Esther Wackenhut and best man Harold Wild assisted. Out of town guests included Chester Lowman and Mrs James Lynch. The couple planned a Niagara Falls honeymoon with trips through Canada and via Cleveland and Central Indiana.
Entomologist Ray Hutson reports late second brood of cool jing moth threatens Michigan’s commercial apples. He urges immediate spraying with standard sprays and notes arsenical sprays require washing fruit. Also advised is destroying breeding sites for the shot hole borer to protect peach, cherry, plum, and apple crops. Michigan 4 H camps at MSU and other sites drew 1,957 participants this summer.
The Washtenaw-Livingston Council executive board meets at McKenny hall Ypsilanti for the first fall session to review summer scouting activity and a Newkirk reservation camp report. Plans for autumn quarter and football game ushering and troop reorganization are discussed alongside growth in membership from 1022 to 1302 and new troop formation.
Rev Miller of Detroit will occupy the pulpit Sunday at 10 o clock. All are invited to attend. Sunday school at 11 15. Young people meet at 6 30 in the evening followed by worship at 7 20. Mid week service Thursday at 7 30 p m.
Morning worship at 10 o clock and Epworth Leagues at 6 30 p m. No evening service. Wednesday evening prayer service. Thursday evening choir meeting.
Divine services at 10 am Sunday school at 11. English services every second and fourth Sunday. Pastor M C Phillipp invites all. Also a note on licensed anglers nationwide and an invitation to share this copy with friends.
Sermon subject Sunday morning at 10 o clock Worry. German and English services alternate Sundays with English on the second and fourth Sundays each month. Visitors welcome. Farmers are advised to regularly inspect flocks and discard unprofitable birds.
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