1943-07-08; Saline Observer

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SALINE,   WASKEENAW  COUNTY. MICHIGAN  THURSDAY, JULY  8, 1943
NUMBER 40*
Future Is Uncertain
I
Thei-. will T_*e -periods .after *t_ie *\war when
jobs smd money will Trot be -as ptentiful
as fhey are itaday. "_Mow "is the time 'to save
for the future. "Now :is *the itime *to save
for fuiame -saramty,
Spend toaily _£or essentials
Invest substenrtially .and a^iilarly
.    in XL a War Bonds
Make B^aaiar ds_*§M_i£E__s daa a ssavvings
2iCeOT-CQ±
Saline Savings
Bank
The ©ne Story Bask On the Corner
OFFICE^ SUPPLIES
We have a lot of things for your office
Typewriter  Paper
Second-sheets
Carbon Paper
Typewriter Ribbons
Cheap Loose-leaf  Binders
Staples
Stamp Pads
Datens
Sca_. Books
Books
Writing Ink
Stamp   Pad Ink
Duplicate Cfearge Slips, carbonized
Scratch   Pads
Paper Clips
Insert Sheets for Binders   -
Rubber Stamps made  to  order
Duplicate Receipt Books
Pencil Carbon Paper
Artgum  Dry  Cleaner
Carter's Ink
Rubber Stamps Made te Order
Orders taken for Loose Leaf Ledgers, Etc.
The Saline Observer
Telephone 6§R2
Saline
TAKE A TIP FROM  THE ARMY
■VtffifC
2 OR 3 TIMES DAILY!
THE
COMPLETE
PROTEIN FOOD
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Shop EARLY in the Day
EARLY   la   the  week!
Snowloaf       §1.29
Golden Eagle    SI.29
Hayden's    §1-35
Fresh Fruits
and Vegetables
Apples    lb.  15c
BANANAS?
New Cabbage .— 2 lbs. 25c
Celery Stalks —  2 for 35c
Carrots—elrisp 2   bunches   21c
CANTALOUPES
LUSCIOUS  CHjBRRIES
Green Peas     pound  21c
California ORANGES
Sweet Onions — 2 lbs. 25c
Peppers       10c
Plums       lb.   27c
RADISHES
GREEN    ONIONS
New Spuds       peck,   95c
Hot House Tomatoes,  lb.,  41c
Lemons    doz.  55c
Grapefruit    4 tor 31c
Very Nice Letter
From "Biff" Finkbeiner
i —■	
I Experience In   Fax-off
'      ■    Recounting  Interesting
North Africa.
Ob serv a tions  Surprise Speakers
At notary uiuk.
JULY 4th this year, should.,
have been a safer, saner day.
Fireworks were banned by law
and gasoline rationing helped to
eliminate some accidents, so we
didn't have a chance of doing
very much, that was unsafe or in-
Rep. <Bo£eph Warner
Antl Dr. K. Ciya* Kora
Of   Vpsiia_ita   Heard.
Matt Delivery Speeded
I Up By New Method
• Unit Numbers   Being
| Added To Addresses
In   Many   Large   Cities.
The   speaker   chairman   of   the      The new method of speedigg up
Ss L_?_i3!oa Costs
More MoneY--
UpYourPayroll
Savings today
f _, — _  -...V. ._£,___..,_. -.. ...-_.. «_ -..V  __.-    -. __        Mf U*___> "_.
We are indebted u> ivuss Aiice sane. People of this locality have month, Francis Lockwoood, had mail deliveries, through addition
Burmeister for the following on- been accustomed to attending expected failed to tppear las. of a branch post office number to
teresting letter: The American Legion parade and; Thursday, but the fates were the address on mail delivery-
June 1,   Somewhere  in Africa, celebration at  Ypsilanti  over  the: kind  to  him  just  the   same,  for in large cities, is being placed in
I'll write you a long letter ior holidays.    This     year,     however   Representative   Joseph Warner and operation   rapidly.   Within   a  few
a  change.  We  have  a  letter  on they   were   cancelled   because   of, .__■_•.   R.   Clyde   Ford   of  Ypsilanti days after initiation of the plan,
the bulletin board which  we  are fear   of   possible riots   among an * came over to make up attendance under   instruction   of  Postmaster
.to use as an example of what to estimated forty or fifty thousand   and   did a  fine job   of   pinch-hit- General Frank C.  Walker, nearly
write.,   so   if   this   sounds  a little who  attend  the carnival at  Rec-jting. all  the  postmasters  in" the large
different, think nothing of it. reation park yearly. The carnival'     Mr.   Warner   told   of   some   of cities affected had assigned postal
■ The lighting in North Africa was held east of Ypsilanti, but j the things the Legislature had unit numbers to their branch of-
is already two weeks in the past, not under LegiQn sponsorship. I accomplished and outlined a few fices, millions of residents had
but life hasn't changed much for Some of us celebrated on Sunday, i matters that will be taken up been advised of the number to be
.us; the sun is still hot and the withotot excessive pleasure driv- j by, the Legislature the coming added to their addresses, and a
bugs bite just as hard. But there **>£,_ D5** picnics, swimming, fish-' winter. He stated that the State • considerable volume of mail alls one sure sign that things have ing and boating, at the nearby: now has a surplus of $35,000,000,' ready was carrying the number-
changed—it's the style now to lakes, or golfing. Others observed j 20 of which are earmarked lor assigned. It was estimated that
sport a Jerry helmet on the radi- ^ 5tn, which was the legal hoi-; payments to soldiers after the soon practically all whose add-
ator of your truck cr jeep. These iday, provided they were not em-' war has been won. Mr. Warner resses are affected will have been
helmets are square box-like af- Ployed at some of the defense j is in favor of a t.% sales 'tax, one- notified of their postal unit num-
fairs  which make our  round  tin PIants   which   operated   on   full j quarter of which is to be return- bers.
j>ots look  like   stream-lined  bon- schedules.   The  OPA enforcement; ed to villages and cities to help      Rapid   increase   in   volume   of
.nets. staff, aided by state police,  kept! in paying for increased costs ih mail and the loss of spme thirty
It's a .right to see mud-spatter- a check on vacation and pleasure i government.                                        . thousand postal employees to the
<ed   G-   I.  trucks   roll   down   the driving over the holidays and vio- j     Dr. Ford said that he had ap- armed  forces  made  it  necessary
road,   a   cloud   of   African  dust lators were punished. "A" ration j pered  before   the   club  so  many to adopt the plan. The number is
trailing behind and the helmet, a oobk holders were allowed to be. times  as  a  speaker that he   did placed after the name of the city
: Nazi    scalp     leading    the   way. 120 miles from home while B and j not dare to make any sort of an  and indicates the branch post of-
Most   of   our   trucks   (the   army c book holders were afiowe-T only • address for fear he'd just repeat nee    through    which    delivery   is
calls them vehicles)  have acquir- a  distance of 45 miles away.       ; something  the  members  had  al-  made. Each resident of the large
ed names.  British  drivers go  big - — *V —              '     ***   ', ready   heard,   so   he   told   a   few   cities is asked by his postmaster
fox  sentimental names  reminding MICHIGAN   WEATHER hasn't> humorous stories to  fill" in.            .'to add the postal unit number to
them of girls   back  home.   Some been   monotonous,   at   least   not I    Rotarians     Rev.     William     A. hig return address, and to notify
are    Madge,   Elain,    and    Sarah for the past few weeks. The 16-1 Jolinson   and   D.   D,   Conklin   of all  to  whom he writes  that his
June. Most  of  the   G.  I.   drivers day heat wave which started on \ Milan were  guests.                          ; address   is hot  complete  without
prefer nickn__m.es like Buck Rog- June 11 was broken when rain hit •  ■  ;the number.
ers, Hattie's Hearse,  or Bowl of here  a  week ■ ago   Sunday,   June  Willing Workers Meet ill C'     Residents of small cities, towns
Courst."  I   named   mine   "Sweet 27. On the 26th the thermometer'     The June  meeting of the Will-!and  rural  ^g10*"8  should  inquire
. Alice."   Rudy  named his   "Michi- read a high of  91.3  degrees.  By' jng Workers was  held with Mrs   °f    their    corresP0ndents    in    the
■ gan Kid" and Owen has his nam- last Wednesday we brought out Mabel Needhaim Thursdav aft-' la*£e cities concerning the num-
' ed "Ann Arbor." Owen is now a winter   blankets   and warm top-' ernoon,   June 17.   The   president ber assi£ned to tn& city resident's
corporal in another platoon. coats,   as   the   temperature   took'caiied the meeting to order. The braJlcn   P08*-   office  so   that   the
Those newspaper stories aboiut a 50-degree dip—registering at 1 ci_i, decided tc. buy three sets of|mail ma^r ^ exPedited-
all the prisoners we took in Tu- 42.9. Rumors had it that there ■ spoons for the newly married j. Under the new plan, mail that
nisia didn't lie, nor did the stories had been a frost, but there was I couples in the club The family!is sent to large cities, carrying
about how they clogged the ho proof to it. On Saturday," the j picnic was decided on, to be held'the Postal unit number, will be
roads. You should have seen that mercury climbed back into the ' at the home of Mr and Mrs. Idistributed more quickly than is
long column of German and high 80's. This meant good news j Raymond Girbach on Thursday!! P0SsiDle now and with much less
Italian trucks—miles and miles for farmers and-gardeners, whose; jyiy 15. it will be potluck andjstra"n on.tl,e P°stal clerks. While
of them, puffing their way around l crops   need   warm   cays for   fast j bring your own dishes. ' ' mail   which    does  not   bear   the
those sharp African curves on •• growth ater having been delayed "Home Gardens" was the topic! number will be delivered about
the way to prison camps. Yes, by an unrea_5onab"y late spring. • for Qle program Mrs Lorena ias rapidly as at present, it will
it's true that many of the pris- — V — 'Heininger    acting' as   chairman, Inot PeceiZe, £";  benefit   <*   the
oners drove themselves to the big;     LARGE, JUICY pink waterme:- ■ with  Mrs.   Grace  Hammond, Mrs. i spee^e*.   distribution,
stockade,   and   it's   true   lots  of ons;  peaches,  pears, plums, apri-: Emogene Smith, Mrs. Clara San-      Subscribers living:   in
them   didn't   seem   too   unhappy  cots,  black   cherries,   grapes,   red: gree   and   Mrs.
about   the deal.   Many,   especially  and   black raspberries, blueberries, i sistin"-.
Clarence,
phone 152.
Oo^k,      Auctioneer,
Heating and sheet metal work,
furnace cleaning and repairing.
R. G. Wahl, phone 160.
For Sale—Sow- with nine pigs.
Bernard Buigar, 2% miles east
of Saline an US-112. 40
Desirable building lots with
sewer and "water. Terms given.
Wiedman Auto Co., Saline.
For Sale—Pfister hybrid seed
corn. Frank Kanitz, phene 237F21*
Milan.    % mile south of Cone.
For Sale—1841 Ford DeLuxe
2-door, low . mileage, excellent-
condition.   Wiedman   Auto   Co.
"Used cams wanted. WiU pay
top prices for good late modela
W5e__n_jn Auto Company, Salttiev
Poultry will definitely be good
property this season. , Put in that
ertra lot of chicks.   We are stia
j hatching. Saline Hatchery.
i  :	
;    We   have   a   complete   line   of
, Sal-bury**,, remedies .to treat coccidiosis  and   'othe..   diseases   in.
poultry. Morton Poultry Farm.
!    Wanted   —   Dead   and   useless
stock; houses $5.00, cows §4. Call
i collect    Tecumseh    350.      CarroU
i Frost, Licensee for Darling & Co
! Especially equipped to repair
auto parts and jraim. jnachineiSy.
I Welding of all* fidnds. Brooks
I Brothers will fix it Jf anyone
, can.    Phene 101.
Dead, Use-ess Farm Animals
• removed. Horses 55.00, cows $4.00.
Prompt service, including Sundays
call 484, Adrian, reverse charges,
Adrian, Mich.    Adrian Tankage Co.
Julia   Catey   as-
the Italians, were smiling and and a few strawberries are dis-
singing. At least the fellows are played at local grocery stores, so
getting to look at some German we have a wide variety of fruits
'. equipment, and again the news- to choose from, if -we care to pay
papers didn't lie when they said the high price at which sofne of
the Nazis left a big pile of it them are selling. ,We are paying
behind. I guess the fellows in the at least three times as much as
radio section are the most pleased. we used to for celery. If the
because no matter what else you' celery leaves are in a good condi- |
say   about   him,   Jerry   certainly * tion it   would   be   wise to   save
j them for  use  in  flavoring soups I
Twenty-one members and five
guests. The September meeting
will be held with Mrs. Jessie
Robison, Macon  road.
cities in
which the plan .is beine inaugurated are asked to- notify this
office of their postal unit number.
New Subscribers In June
Harold Jones.
Rtussell Acton
Ambrose  Jacobs.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Betty    Jane    Feidfeainip,
; knows how to build a radio.
I     Now  that   the shooting   is   all' or meat-loafs.
I over for a while for the ground — v —
troops   in   North   Africa,   Uncle j    j^j^j     MARRIAGES     set    a
Sam has raised a few of the cen- -^.^ in this county   A total of
. sorship   restrictions;   at   least   I  134 couples   applied   for   licenses! Michigan   avenue,   one   year
can  tell   you   where   we  .anded,  to wedj which ^eeds last June's; Saturday, July 10.
and where   we   have been.     We number by e5ght couples   During!     Audrey Ann Fmkbteiner, Pieas^
landed   in   French   Morocco   and  the   first   half ^   ms   vear   ggg, a^t Lake road, 1 yeaxs old Mon,.
; those   first   letters   I   wrote you  couples applied for Ucens'es at the i day. July 12.
,were   written   there. We   landed  emmty cleric's office. •    Dorothy   Burmeister,   12
: about   20   miles   south   of Casa-j __.   , oW  on   Saturday,   -July 3.
1 blanca near  a little  town, called!    wheat,,    h<dWs.    +<„,-     .c! 	
^^^-a^a^^t^^^^.but. it wiii^S a^iBattling The Black
el Nov. 8 about half an hoUr be- S^t VS^VfiS! Market III Meats
ifore dark. We worked qpite haxd .^B^^L^^^^^      The  black  market
East
old
5'ears
in meat  is
to get our equipment a^ore. We ^f^^l  toS 'STftJ.U  *najor   Problem   today.   These,
were in . that   vicinity   until   tne inf  «  XJd b£ Btarv FottToS iale^   operations   have  £L)   rob-
j first of^December, then we _™*ed, Z^T^^'STZ^e^^ f y<*> Pd y°Uf family °f * ^
town    caiieq .  _*__.      _   tion of the meat vou should ha.v.
Water Dues. Are Due
Will be at the Citizens Bank
July 16, 1843, to ccllect \yater
dues.
Frank   Camburn,   Treasurer.
We have a good supply of
poultry equipment—nests, electric
feeders aid fountans. Fill your
needs  before  too  late.
■  Saline Hatchery. •
In Britain, about 150,000 tons
of timber, salvaged from bombed
buildings, haVe been refinished
and made into crates and boxes
for important war uses.
. OBSERVER LINERS .
Classified Advertising
6c per line first insertion, 4c per
line   each   subsequent  insertion
MINIMUM  CHARGE 25  CENTS
Wolverine
Parsons'.
Work     Shoes     at
For Sale^—Fordson tractor, single   bottom   16^-inch  lOUver  plow,
1 light 4-wheel trailer   with   stock
j raek,   Model   T   ten   truck,   law
steel wagon, also one young Holstein   cc-w   due tn   freshen soon,
and   some  pigs.    S.   V.    Snyder,
10956   Maeon   road. 42
AN ESSENTIAI.
WAR INDUSTRY
NEEDS HELP
TO  "KEEP 'EM        ■'-    _.
ROLLING" "     .
Braliemen """
Switchtenders ""'    '
Telegranh  Onerators _
Yard  Clerks
Apply      Sunennteri'.fnt's     Office^
NYCRR.   Jacknnn. Mich.
Applications   from    those    now
employed   in war  industries  wiU
not be considered.
down    to   a   little    town    called ■ _-£_-   "'    ~d" tcT"~dra_ia1_i^*W a I tion of the meat vou should have
Giercif   and    stayed  the*e   until £fbSlic£eS^°  a£d   ™mf^e    *  had in  the last four months,  or
the later part of April Later we S^JftL^^ i^* g!   (2) enabled you to buy-at above
crossed  French  Morocco and   en- %£$J?rt  ffwS^___$I! ceUfa«   P"ce^-more    than    your
tered Algeria.  I  got in  to  Oran j£™   ,^ rePlLited^^ Tecum ' fair 5»« °f meat,
once and that is how I happened Sr^eids'  toh   Reives  S_ i     A  comprehensive    control   pro-
\\TJe6 BW™LIMSaW Vf™ ^e-t_ntt   ttthfS  thlor2uof\^^    *    under   way,  including
™«*%rT%£?^t£^£ ^^   harvest  and the  ?emaSd£' P°*t rationing of meat suppUes
Teds.   They were   in   the   s^ue &f ^ ^ ^ cJiurch, hcenses for  all slaughterers, and
* tPPz]  charity.   The   first   crop   in 1941'm<?re   . uniform,      easier-enforced
in    tte^Me^te^uSS ™* c^ by sickle, the next year's ■ Pnce cellmSs-
harvest    was    cradled   and    this
He sure is in a swell place
a   swim
Sea;    now    that   really   is   blue harvested   bv   a
water,   and   clear.   It   would   be ^Pp*   "   wi"   he harvested   by   a
, andi if it hadn't been salt water. ■ M-yeax-old    horse-drawn    reaper
When things were getting hot. Harmon Rus^93-year-old man of
.in Tunisia we moved in the back;Adnaa rt ^^^ xt-
* door. The first Germans we saw j V
Consumers can now play ah
important role in stamping out
the black market in meats, and
here's how:
(1) Be sure all meat you buy
comes from a carcass stamped
with  the  permit  number  of  the
We   have   government
Saline  Mtercantile Co.
wheat
Pratts    Poultry    Remedies    at
Lambarth Bros.  Store.
Lace   curtains   done.   Will   call
for  and deliver. Phone 199F13.
For Sale—11 Chestes- White
pigs, c Clarence Johnson, phone
141F13. 40
i the censor would  allow. | =«^««"«x  '"""'-;»   »~«*«  «l , shown  the    wholesale
!     We've   heard   and read a   lot i ficials. The netw ration books wiU • stamp thereon
! about   the   Germans    and   there i J« needed  by  tteart.  Applica-1     (2     Don,    ' &
: isn't   a   dogfiace   in   Africa  who, to   Properly   filled   «,t   along, ^ } ^v&t-and don't
doesn't respect him as a mighty with the back cover of tte e*-; asbutcher attempt to justify
■totugh customer. We are glad to PirmS oooh and the current tire, w her . ,3^3^^ -w^"
• hear that the legend of his P,ner-! ^e^cti^ r^^ may be either | m^     ,£. ^
'superiority has   been   punctured,. mailed or taken to the board head-' duration      .°
! and the boys are plenty proud of quarters  to   be  processed   It has      REMEMBER     Biack     Markets
the equipment you are sending us; ^en advised that you ^ther dip ejdst ^^^ customers.
ifrom the States. if P™ tbe three separate pieces B refusing to buy their meat-
i     With the  Nazis   out  of  Africa  ^ether   so _ that   none   wiU   be                    ^    stam£ -
;and the war one step nearer com-;lost: otheirvvjse, it vould mean * NatioiIal Association of
;pletion I dream more often of: holdmg back the book and incon-. Business Bureaus.
, the   day when   Til    be    coming ■ vemencmg the applicant. | 	
around   the   bend   into   the   Ann j
imp^G n^a
NAPH1HA     f___   _-._-._,!.
SOAP ^c eac^
FREE DELIVERY DAILY
! Arbor depot. Every move seems to'. RATION   NEWS
take us farther   from   home, butj
' the  fellows  sav.   the farther  wet    For   the   information   of   those
; Notice Of Annual
! Schnol Meeting
For   Sale—12 acres or  less   of
timothy hay. 9608 Mooreville Rd.,
phone 141F2. _0x
Wanted—People in this vicinity
who have any legal printing "required in th*. settlement of estates, etc., will confer a favor by
havin_r it sent to this newspaper.
The rates are universal in such,
matters and to haye your notices
appear in this paper it is onlv
necessary to ask the Probate
Jhidge to £«_!_, them tio The
Saline Observer. .
FLAGS—.
We have a large stock of new
tires and tubes. Guaranteed tires
at a saving. Wiedman Auto Co.,
Saline.
We have codliver oil for
polultry on hand in bulk. Bring
your container. Morton Poultry
Farm.
To Rent—i rooms unfurnished,
2nd flat. Must have oil stove.
9317 Michigan, US-112, 2 miles
west   of   Saline. 41
Holstein bulls for sale, or
let for their keep. Henry Hammond, 5 miles sout of Saline on
the  Britton road. 41
Master Mix chick masn will
grow your pullets to he better
layers this fall. We have special
broiler   mash   for   broilers.   Eco-
get from home the sooner thei who are renewing their gasoline District No. 1 fr. of the City of
war will be iwon, so the farther! A books, you may obtain your SaUne for ^ election of school
we go the sooner we'll be back application now at your gas sta- 0fljcers 3^,3 the transaction of
there. j tion  or   ration   board.   Fill   out such other busilless ^ ^^y law_
Now I'll tell you the towns: carefully and mad or bring to thejfuHy come before it, will be held
we've either been in or passed Saline Ration Board with your; at Qjg school Auditorium on
through: Fedala, Casablanca, Rar tire inspection record and the Monday, the 12t-_. day of July
bat Mehnes. Fez. Giercif, @ay-,back cover from your present A 1941Si at g oclock p. m.
ds. Oran and Constatine. I can; book. Your next A book will Dated this 3rd" day of July,
not tell vou where we are now..then be mailed to you. Please 1943.
That's  all for now.  Evervbody is'attach your tire inspection record:     signed:   Mrs.   Anna  Miller
and A book cover to your appli-i Director
cation so they will not be lost in
handling.
The  annual meeting of  School' nomical, dependable. Mortoh Poui-
I     AH Sizes — AH Fabrics
I Price Range to Fit All Purses I
IFOY   62'1 So- m**311 st-\
I JC \J __\.     .Ann Arbor, Mich. |
try Farm, phone 65R2.
okev here. Hope to hear from you
soon. Yours.
{ Biff.
(Pfc. Clifford  K.  Finkbeiner.
I A *N' 36102692.   Anti-Tank Co.,
i 30th Tnf.. APO No  3.
I Care "Postmaster, New York City,
New York.
BUY. WAR BONDS.
Eye Sight Seirviee
See Dr. Frank Gilford, Toledo
Optometrist for eye examination.
Glasses fitted. Office: Milan Hotel.  Saturday 2:30 to 8:35 p. m.
CARD   OF  THANKS
I wish to thank our friends
and neighbors for the beautiful
floral offerings and other kindnesses shown me upon the death
of my husbandj Roy Loeffler.
Mrs. Gertrude Loeffler.
FARMS  WANTED
We have customers waiting
for large or small farms. Let us
knolw what you have as the demand far exceeds our supply. Ed.
Luttermoser, 34*23 Plymouth Rd.,
Plymouth, Mich. Livonia 2704.   1
See a 93 year old farmer operate a 90 year old self rake
reaper (Loaned by Ford's Museum at Dearborn) to cut the 3rd
crop of Tithing Dynamic Kernals
East of Hospital in Tecumseh, at
10:30 A. M. Saturday, July 10.
Volunteers needed to sickle,!
cradle, and bind whest. Get in the
movies too. Prizes for 10 oldest'
men. Hayden Flour Mills, Inc.
SaiineTheatre
Friday  and  Saturday
ffiOY   ROGERS   in
MH0|
—ALSO—
Fighting Devil
Dogs
With   ___E£ POWELL   and
H-CBMAK  MUX
Son.,   Mon., and  Toes.
Ma-inee   Sunday,   3  p. m.
RED  SKELTON in
WHISTLING
IN DIXIE
Wednesday and Thursday
LORE_I__A YOUNG and
BKIAN   AHERNE
A Night to
Rememher
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