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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1934
Page
4
The Saline Observer lists rates for notices and classifieds including condolences and resolutions at 6d to 5d per line, entertainment advances at 6d per line, minimum 25c. primaries and marriage notices published free. charges apply for notices benefiting individuals or businesses.
The Rotarian Magazine notes teachers need encouragement as they face additional duties and reduced salaries. Parents should recognize and support educators to keep them inspired while children spend much of their day in class. Cardinal Newman is cited on giving one’s self as the best offering to children.
The article notes about 60 percent of farmhouses need extensive repairs, 20 percent require new roofs, 15 percent need new foundations, with total repair costs estimated at 3.5 billion dollars averaging 575 per house. It states most rural homes lack interior plumbing and modern labor saving devices and that farm homes lag urban homes by about 25 years. It argues rural reconstruction would reduce unemployment and boost purchasing power as construction normalizes.
In Clinton County, an itinerant worker who attached himself to a $17 automobile burned highways until crashing into another car. He was arrested for drunk driving, fined, and ordered to surrender his license and plates. Local mockery suggests restoring his license would require $11,000 cash deposit to the secretary of state. The piece compares this burden to historic wealth gaps noted by Ionia News.
A Liberty booklet from the Adventist church cites a surge in fatal accidents in the past four months due to drinking drivers. It argues the government must limit intoxicants for motorists to protect public safety, comparing alcohol impaired driving to dangerous machinery and stressing that one second can avert tragedy.
Mr and Mrs Alger Allison visited his father David Allison near Mooreville Friday. Mrs Alger Allison spent Wednesday with Miss Catherine Andry and Miss Bertha Clertier. York Baptist B Y P U met with Mrs Hattie Murray and Electa Friday evening. Mr and Mrs Tracy LeBaron and Donald Rust of Ypsilanti visited John Gooding Wednesday. Frank Gable Orra Zeloff and Hattie Murray attended Berea Association at Laingsburg Tuesday and Wednesday. Elwin Saunders and children visited Mrs Hattie Murray Saturday night and brought daughter Margaret back to school at the M I S MLC. Mrs Hattie Murray and family hosted supper Friday for Ella Locke of Portsmouth Ohio, John Hudson and daughter Catherine of Cincinnati Ohio, and Mary Debenham of Milan.
Leon Geyer suffered a severe fall while working in the barn Friday evening. Sunday visitors included Mrs. Glen Knicely and son Billy of Saline and Mrs. William Cody. Lawrence Champain of Mt. Clemens and former residents visited friends. Royal Oak residents Ernest Skinner visited Mrs. William Harwood. Joan Klemmer visited in New York. Students from here attend St. Thomas High and University of Michigan. Lenawee County Fair attendees included Mrs. William Harwood and children. Dinner hosted by Mrs. Arthur Wilson honored relatives and guests from New York and Adrian guests.
Mr and Mrs Adrian Hansman visited in Detroit on Thursday Raymond Girbach returned from Pontiac for the weekend Miss Julia Gordon and Theodore Stimpson visited Mrs Ralph Hammond Mrs George W Cook of Saline spent Sunday with Mrs Grace Hammond Mrs R G Deem of Detroit visiting her daughter Mrs Glenn Gordon over the week Mr and Mrs Dean Gordon and daughter Phylis Dee of Rochester visited Mr and Mrs Glenn Gordon Clyde Cole and sons Ivan and Albert and Miss Black of Ann Arbor called on Mrs Mary McMann and Miss Ella Tuesday evening
D G Richards works north of Ypsilanti for a few days. Miss Anna Milkey attended A Century of Progress from Friday. Mr and Mrs D G Richards and Mr and Mrs Clifford Richards were in Dundee Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Emil Milkey visited Will Lasno in Milan last week. Mr and Mrs Harold Allison stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Dunn. Mrs Cathers substitutes for Miss Young whose mother is sick and under quarantine.
Edwin Howell resumes work at University of Michigan Marion Crittenden in Lansing for a few days. Families visit relatives in Romulus Dearborn Flint Wellsville Ypsilanti and Jackson. People attend colleges, hospitals, and host visits with friends and relatives from Michigan and New Jersey.
The article urges punctual arrivals for 8 45 and 1 00 calls and cooperation from parents and pupils to maintain regular attendance. It notes occasional illness, farm help in emergencies, and the harm caused by habitual lateness. Playground progress and band practice are mentioned as improving student life. The piece marks the close of the first school month with optimism for continued effort.
Fifteen years ago Miss Margaret Fairbank prepared to enter the University of Michigan as classes opened Monday. Arthur Wissly Walter Cook and Bernard Mason planned to resume studies there, while G M Bradley visited his daughter Mrs Edward Henne and returned to Lansing. A Methodist church homecoming marked Epworth League anniversary with an evening service and a pink and lavender asterisk decorated meeting.
Thirty years ago Michael Alber lost a cow tied to an apple box. Corn harvesters have worked hard since last week’s hard frost. The village plans a boundary extension meeting next Tuesday. A marshmallow and dog roast drew several young people to Mr Mead’s flats Tuesday night. Miss Mayzie Wheeler visited her aunt and will travel to New York to board the steamer St Paul for Paris to study French and music.
Federated Church notes worship at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday with an 11:15 a.m. Sunday school led by S. Y. Cotton and Carl Geddes assistant. Mrs House chorister and Eileen Martin pianist. Young people's societies meet at 7 p.m. Communion service planned one week from next Sunday at 10 a.m. on October 7.
We are beginning our full program of services after the summer vacation period. Morning worship at 10 o clock. Victory in Advance at 11 15 Sunday school Supt H A Holmes Classes for all grades. 6 30 p m Epworth Leagues Senior and Junior 7 30 evening worship Service and Success. Wednesday evening Bible study and prayer service.
Divine services at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11. English services on the second and fourth Sundays. Everyone is cordially invited. Joe Haas of the Holly Herald quotes a saying about life and happiness from Cassopolis Vigilant.
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