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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1937
Page
4
The Saline Observer lists rates for Card of Thanks and poetry at six and five cents per line respectively, with obituaries and marriage notices free. Entertainments with admission charged cost six cents per line, minimum two cents. benefits for individuals or businesses charged at regular rates.
Dr J Halsey Gulick, headmaster, set up a confiscated slot machine in the mathematics room. Students played with fake money to study probability. They learned a jackpot hit about once in 4,000 plays, costing $200 for a $5 win, and the next payoff about once in 2,000 plays. The result: gambling proved less popular in his school.
A district regrets its role in shaping youth after a notorious inmate’s escape. The community’s reaction and the boys’ imitation of the gangster as a heroic model are examined, highlighting influence on juvenile behavior.
The article urges immediate action at accident scenes explaining how applying pressure with fingers at specific points can control bleeding before medical help arrives. It notes pamphlets are available from drug stores libraries scouts leaders and insurers to learn the method.
B A Hodge of Hast Base Line Road recounts a Sunday incident at the Hodge farm orchard. A young man wearing a yellow roadster climbed the fence with a lavender shirt full of apples and tried to toss them at Hodge before fleeing, leaving both shirt and fruit with the farmer in Northville.
The piece reports a busy start to the school year with teachers guiding lessons, students recalling vacation lessons, book club activities, a printing project by Warren Hale and Helen Hart, and plans to run a classroom store. It notes perfect attendance among several students and outlines Michigan Teachers Retirement Fund features enacted on July 9 1937.
September 9 enrollment of 20 in home economics and open to eighth grade girls. Students learn canning methods with grades nine, eleven, and twelve using open kettle, cold pack, hot pack. District volunteers provide canned goods to local women. Fire Prevention Week runs October 3-9 with emphasis on inspections and hazard removal. NFPA materials available to teachers.
Teachers and civic groups are urged to book a new four reel hour long film The Beneficent Reprobate. It portrays alcohol and tests from Northwestern University Medical School and will be provided free with projection equipment. Requests should send two preferred dates to the Department of Public Instruction.
D F Reeves bought the house and land south of town from Arthur Derr. Mrs. Fred Rowe entertains a friend recently returned from China as a missionary. Mr and Mrs George A Uphaus moved to Michigan Avenue last week. Several local visits and family events are noted with Ann Arbor and Detroit connections. Duck hunters Fosdick and Moehn bag mallards at opening. Dorothy Alber wed Walter Hibler on September 23 and will live in Detroit. Abbie Stoddard, wife of Lucius Stoddard, dies in Saline. Preston Rouse, Mattie Brotherton, and R B Rouse visit relatives. Ila Hendershot visits Katherine Cody. Cody anniversary surprise. Central York shines at county fair with prizes for club poultry and a guessing contest. Birthday dinner honors Lewis Kuebler with many local and neighboring guests.(note: summarization keeps entities and events from the source within limits)
A flurry of short notices reports moves visits and family gatherings across Ann Arbor Battle Creek Jackson Saline Milan and nearby towns. Names include Dr Skinner Mrs Cammet Mr and Mrs Rosse Miss Estella Tate Marvin Warner and several local families. One obituary notes Jennie Bixby of Milan and another quotes William Green on industrial organization.
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