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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
2
Saline Observer explains publishing terms including prices for subscriptions and notices. Card of thanks and poetry charged per line, obituaries and marriage notices free, minimum 25 cents, six cents per line for announcements of entertainments with admission.
Officials urged regular publication of accounting showing where and how every dollar is spent. The statement frames transparent budgeting as a fundamental democratic principle.
Lieut Harold Mulbar discusses the threat of Nazism Communism and Fascism in the United States. He warns they act as a united front during revolutions, with trained individuals infiltrating churches schools colleges unions and groups like the American Youth Congress to sow discontent and split society.
Trinity Evangelical Church will hold its annual Mission Festival with three services. Pastor A W Hueschen of Pigeon Michigan will speak in English at 10 am and in German at 3 pm. Missionary W Winter of Flint will preach at 8 pm. Free will offerings will be collected. Bible school begins Sept 28 at 1 30. Ladies Aid and Men's Club meet next week. Prominent district men to speak.
The Methodist Church invites worshippers to 10 a m services headed by Minister Fred A Lendrum. Reports of the Visitation Campaign will be presented and the sermon Recovery as theme. An organ prelude and offertory, choir anthem follow. Church school at 11 a m with intelligent religion study led by Arthur Wilson superintendent. If you have no church home you are welcome to join us.
Rev Roy J Miller to resign as pastor at Federated Church with a special church meeting set for Oct 6 at 11 o clock to fill council vacancies and act on his resignation The presbytery will convene Oct 9 to consider the congregation s decision The notice also notes Rally Day and Ladies Aid election plans and a sermon titled Gods Love too high for me Barber wire is cited as a major factor in western American life narration
Organizations in Washtenaw and Livingston counties can learn details of the Detroit Huron Clinton Parkway Proposal ahead of the November election. A Washtenaw Livingston Speakers Bureau, led by Dr Henry S Curtiss, is arranging qualified speakers for clubs and groups, with contact points at Paul Ungrodt Ypsilanti and Dr Curtiss Ann Arbor.
The Willing Workers met at Mrs. Louise Ellis’s Belleville home with 24 present. The group opened with singing, devotionals by Mrs. Pearl Gilbert, and a school session style program led by Mrs. Mildred Lutz. The quilt drawn last spring was chosen, and plans for the October annual meeting at Mrs. Grace Holcomb’s home were announced.
Judges and visitors praised the Huron oat shown in Detroit for yield and quality. CG D. Finkbeiner of Saline led the effort as Huron oat weighed 47.14 pounds per bushel, far above standard 8.2 pounds. The variety, bred at Michigan State College, swept open class awards and yielded 116.3 bushels per acre in an Ira H. Butterfield class.
Miss Julia Gordon visits Kalamazoo and many friends across Michigan in brief social notes. Local residents travel, host gatherings, attend events, and share family news with relatives in Ann Arbor Detroit and Clinton as well as nearby towns.
Farmers face late planting and uncertain fall weather as bean piles cure in fields. H. R. Pettigrove of Michigan State College notes rain and green vines hinder drying, while the McNaughton system by O. J. McNaughton of Mulliken stacks four windrows into a single row to protect and dry beans.
Divine services at 10 a m Sunday school at 11 English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everybody cordially invited.
A quick cake icing method is shared. Whip cream until stiff then fold in sugar cocoa and salt in small portions. Blend thoroughly add vanilla and chill before spreading on cake.
Michigan State College researchers discuss winter storage and packing for locker plants and home canning. Notes cover meat handling for rural lockers, wrapping with waxed paper, temperatures around 15 degrees, and rapid turnover to reduce costs. Also outlines year round fruit use and jelly making to prevent sugar crystallization.
Washtenaw-Livingston Boy Scout Council invites all Troops and Packs to display at the Kiwanis Club Hobby Show at Ann Arbor Masonic Temple on Sept 27 and 28. About 150 Scoutmen are expected at the Scouters Conference in Waldenwoods on Oct 2 with Frank W. Braden as speaker.
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