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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
2
The Saline Observer lists Sim R Wilson as publisher and M C Boutelle as editor. It notes postal registration in Saline Michigan as second class matter and details subscription rates and pricing for notices and announcements.
The editorial argues every government official handling public funds must publish regular accounting of expenditures detailing where each dollar is spent. It asserts this transparency as a fundamental democratic principle.
University Musical Society announces two firsts for the choral union season Sunday concerts and radio broadcasts. Notable performers include New York Philharmonic under Barbirolli on Nov 24, Marian Anderson in Oct, and Horowitz in Jan with multiple grand orchestras and a March 4 finish by Enesco. The 48th May Festival is scheduled for May 7 to 10.
The sermon will use Fortitude as its theme at the 10:00 a m worship with organ and choir. Church school led by Arthur Wilson at 11:00 a m. A September 22 visitation drive by three leaders Mrs C O Woodbridge Harry Holmes and Walter MacArthur with seven teams each will visit all members. The effort precedes World Wide Communion Sunday October 6 urged by the Federal Council of Churches.
The Federated Church led by Rev. Roy J. Miller holds morning worship at 10:00 with a sermon titled The Impanent Christ. Sunday school follows at 11:15. A Baptist Society business meeting with Mrs. Charles Tower is set for Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday features Help Lift circle meeting.
Divine services at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11. English services every second and fourth Sunday monthly. Pastor M C Philipp invites all. Liners ads get results.
Warm hearted Mrs Unterkircher helps a hungry man with a banana and money amid busy street life. Mrs Warren packs to move west as others praise dahlias and civic chatter. Local items include Telzal bread device, an electric fly trap, Dr Bixby outdoors, grapes tempting youngsters, and a boy returning home after a run. Saline fans cheer Schoolboy Rowe as Tigers defeat the Yankees.
Joseph Sweeney Sr hosted guests from Detroit on Monday while Rena Towler and J A Alber of Saline visited the Bailey home Sunday. Edith Bailey stayed a week with Aunt Mrs David Thrasher in Bridgewater. Joseph Sweeney Jr from Detroit vacationed three days with his father. Crane road residents Mr and Mrs Tracy LeBaron and Mrs Mary Le Baron stopped by Alger Allison’s Sunday. Mrs Alger Allison visited Mrs S Cotton and daughter Katherine Adamski Friday. Adamski baby Gerald Sumner known as Gerry Sy named. Pensions for Revolutionary War widows paid through 1932.
George Hartman and family spent Sunday in Toledo. Various visits connect residents with Detroit Ann Arbor Lafayette and Michigan City. A marriage announced for Helen Marie Freischmann to Ernest G Boettger. School enrollment rises across primary and high levels. A birthday party honors D F Schairer. An accident injures George Bible when a tank wagon overturns in a creek area.
Rev H L Engel leads 10 a m Divine Service with Holy Communion in English. Sunday school held after morning service. church council meets Thursday in the school house. Southeastern district conference meets next Tuesday and Wednesday in Lansing. Annual Mission Festival on Sunday Sept 29. Bible school begins fall term Saturday Sept 28.
Readers share simple craft ideas including turning a pickle jar into a vase using crepe paper and shellac. A salmon and corn loaf recipe is given with steps to bake and options to enhance the cream sauce. Michigan State College home economics staff stress vitamin A rich seasonal vegetables and fruits for all ages, noting night blindness and skin health as consequences of deficiency.
West Saline notes show multiple visits between Graf Bondie Shaffer Arend and Ditmer families in Willis and Waltz. The Seeger reunion at Wolf Lake drew many attendees including Matthew Seeger and Albert Graf. The Dell school reopened for a second term with Dorothy Fairbanks teaching. 14 pupils enrolled. W P Schwoche attended Theodore Lieloff’s golden anniversary in Plymouth with about 100 guests at Hotel Mayflower.
Dundee visits Saline in the Huron League curtain raiser at 3:45 with Dundee favored to test Saline’s defense early on. Saline’s backfield features captain Bernard Bamer with two rookies, while the Saline line aims to match the visitors’ forward wall as the locals rely on reserves late.
Mrs Ruth Dinellys high school art class will hold a flower show in the gym on September 25 at 3 pm Entries may be submitted from 1 pm that day at the gym Town people clubs and students are invited to enter in decorative designs or arrangements Three prizes will be awarded with final judging by faculty and community members The home economics class will serve tea and musical numbers will be performed A band concert and glee club performance will follow as part of the new school event
Eleven farmers met at the Polar Bear Casino Friday night to elect their committeemen and alternates for the Soil Conservation Program. Edgar Forsythe and Robert Hammond were elected with John Wiedmayer Fred Winkbeiner and Fred Arend as alternates. After the meeting the group was treated at the tavern by Forsythe and Hammond.
The Saline Grange met at Mooreville hall with a good crowd. Master George Day presided and the group praised their county fair booth which placed second. The lecturer led a round table on Booster Night September 30 with a baking contest judged by two Grange members and proceeds from an auction. Wedding bells rang for past master Ernest Girbach. Members share travels to the north and Chicago. Booster Night invites new members. Refreshments were served by Day, Arend and Wild.
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