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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1941
Page
2
The column observes fall approaching with turning leaves and seasonal refreshments. It reports progress on remodeling the Bartlett house and notes Ford bomber plant workers in Ypsilanti now work ten hours daily with time and a half overtime approved in Washington.
The Walk-In-The-Water became the first steamboat to ply the Great Lakes linking Detroit and Buffalo in 1818. The vessel demonstrated steam power on the inland waterway, marking a milestone in North American transport history.
Publication details for Saline Observer include publisher signatures and post office status. Subscription costs are listed at 1.00 per year, with six and three month options, and outside Michigan rates. Office policies note charges for card of thanks, poetry, and entertainment announcements.
A wartime update from Fort Custer Michigan describes the 28th Evacuation Hospital unit. The report notes medical detachments, field efficiency, and nearby training activities supporting frontline operations.
Grant Marshall of Burlington Iowa is appointed assistant executive of the Washtenaw Livingston Boy Scout Council effective Sept 22 after a selection committee led by Ira M. Smith. Marshall, a Grinnell College graduate, previously led camp programs in Iowa Minnesota and is active in Scouting clubs.
The Federated Church invites all members and visitors to Sunday worship at 10 o clock with a sermon on Stewardship. Sunday school follows at 11 15 with classes for all ages. Evening services at 7 45 feature talks The New Jerusalem and Tattie Tale Gray. Wednesday hosts the Ladies Aid annual meeting at Mrs Ferman Clements home with officer elections. Presbyterian missionary collection and a Revelation study prayer meeting follow.
The notice announces a limited run of extra copies of Home and Farm a Christmas booklet with calendar plates for 1942 1943 and 1944. Sold for 25 cents each from early October for out of town friends or relatives with advertising free covers. Arrange early as supply is limited.
A government campaign explains retail stores do not take fees for Defense Bonds and Stamps. Citizens can save through regular payroll deductions or small regular gifts, such as pennies daily or a dollar on birthdays, to accumulate funds for bonds. Post offices banks and savings institutions sell the bonds, or write to the U S Treasurer for mail order forms.
Probate Court of Washtenaw County orders creditors to present claims for the estate of Clara L. Walz by November 28, 1941 at ten in the forenoon. Public notice to run in The Saline Observer for three successive weeks before the hearing. Judge Jay G Pray presiding. September 15, 1941.
Macon and nearby towns see a flurry of social visits. Miss Jennie Knapp stays with the Phillip Sprout family in Pinckney while Miss Mary Gon from Detroit visits Miss Ardith Bailey. Ypsilanti hosts guests of the Biddle and Frost households as well as other relatives and friends visiting from Northville, Akron, Cairo, Sand Creek, Hicksville, and Jackson. The article notes birthday celebrations for Jane Spitler and multiple gatherings at the homes of the Pow ers, Bugbee, and Covert families across several Michigan communities.
Residents from the Mooreville area visited the Adrian Fair last Thursday and Friday. The Willing Workers met at Lena Gordon’s home with 11 members and two visitors. The Birthday Club gathered with 11 members. prizes in Pedro went to Alice Collins and Lizzie McCaughy. Betty Baston turned six. parents treated 82 children and a teacher to ice cream and cupcakes at Mooreville school. Betty received gifts.
Mrs Emma Drake visited Friday with Mrs Bert Moore. Elmer Drake spent Sunday with his brother Harold and family. Mrs Bert Moore called on Mr and Mrs Jacob Bruckner. Burckner is ill. William Braun stayed Friday to Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ray Armbruster in Dearborn. Oscar Hirth and children visited Mr and Mrs Bert Moore. Robert Bowen and baby of Jackson were Sunday dinner guests of their cousin Mrs Bert Moore. Mrs Andrew Campbell and others called on Mrs William Lindemann. William Lindemann hosted a dinner Sunday for son Walter’s birthday anniversary.
Worship at 104. M with sermon The Truth for Troubled Times. Organ prelude and anthem by choir. Church school 11 15 led by Arthur Wilson superintendent. 2 30 p m Visitation Campaign committee meeting. Activities review lit erature and lay work for all church school workers. Also district missionary institute and Woman's Society Rainbow division meetings scheduled in late September and early October.
In Washtenaw County Ann Arbor 31582 on September 198th day 1941 Judge Jay G Pray presiding. John W Rae Administrator with Will Annexed filed final administration account and petition for allowance. October 21 1941 hearing set at ten o clock for examining and approving account. Publication required for three weeks. Nora O Borgert Register of Probate. Sept 25 Oct 2 9 1941.
The Probate Court of Washtenaw County Michigan orders publication of the annual account of Michael J. Kenney as administrator. A hearing to examine and allow the account is set for October 11, 1941 at 10:00 AM at the Probate Office in Ann Arbor. Notice to be published in The Saline Observer for three consecutive weeks. Jay G. Pray, Nora Borgert.
Woodsmen and factory workers leave woods and join the army, prompting manufacturers to warn the public that paper sacks may become scarce. The revival of market baskets as an alternative is suggested, reflecting wartime adjustments in supply.
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