1917-03-22; Saline Observer

              Saline
VOL   XXXII.
SALINE, WASHTENAW CO., MICH., THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1917
NUMBER 27
SCHOOL NOTES
Harold Richards has left school.
Janitor Will Towler, who has been
ill, has returned to his work.
Supt. A. A. Metcalf attended a banquet in Ypsilanti Monday .evening.
The ninth grade has begun their
study of "The Merchant of Venice."
Charles "Rogers, who has been v.ery
ill with pneumonia, is much better.
The junior and senior play will be
given Friday evening, March 23, in
the opera house.
Mildred Richards and Helen Ban-
are out of school on account of sickness.
Several students of the school took
part in the program at the Woman's
Club meeting last week.
Lizzie and Edward Smith, who
have been exposed to scarlet fever,
will be out of school for ten days.
Supt. J. J. Powels of the Clinton
school has asked for complete outlines of Saline's six-six plan for his
school.
Supt. D. C. Bowen of Dexter .was
here last week inspecting the six-six
plan, which is to be installed in Dexter next year.
OBITUAKY.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Fritz,    who    has
been in poor health for over a year,
passed  away  on Tuesday    morning,
; March 20, 1917, at the home of her
son, Julius Fritz, in Lodi.
!    Wilhelmina  Keubler   was  born in
Wuertemburg, Germany, on February
1 11, 1S34, and was one of a family of
! two children, she having a brother in
, Germany.   On December 26, 1858, she
I was  married to John  Fritz  in* Germany and to this union seven child-
j ren were born, six of whom survive,
j five sons, Julius of Lodi, John of Sa-
I line, Adolph of Ann Arbor, William
. of Lansing and Rudolph of California,
and    one    daughter,    Mrs.    Theodore
Stollsteimer   of  Lodi.    Another   son,
Edward Fritz, died about two months
ago.
The funeral services were held this
morning at 10 o'clock from the residence of the ' son in Lodi, and 11
o'clock from the Salem church in
Scio, Rev. Thrun officiating. Interment in the Scio cemetery.
i Miss Lorena Klumpp, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Klumpp, Jr., is on
i the sick list.
'    Mr.   and  Mrs.   C.   F.   Unterkircher
i moved last week from the house on
Bast Michigan avenue recently purchased by Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Wilson,
to their new home on McKay street.
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TO THE VOTERS:
Your loyal support of my candidacy
for the republican nomination for Circuit Judge in the recent piim*-"es is
deeply appreciated by me; and I desire to extend my thanks to yoa for
your efforts in my behalf.
At this time I urge your support of
George W. Sample for Circuit Judge.
Mr. Sample is capable of filling the
office in an able manner and will
make a good judge for Washtenaw
county.   He is fair and square.
JOHN KALMBACH.
Board of Cemetery Trustees
Report.
To   the   Village   Council   of    Saline,
Mich.
Gentlemen:
The Board of Cemetery Trustees of
said village desires respectfully to
report that never in the history of
Oakwood cemetery has it looked better than during the last summer.
The sexton has taken pride in trying
to make the cemetery look beautiful
and if the lot owners would render
such care as they snould to the lots,
there would be few if any prettier
spots for the resting place of the
dead, than Oakwood cemetery.
We regret to say, however, that
many fail to give the care to their
lots which is needed. Many who live
in the village or in the country near
by allow their lots to grow up with
weeds and rubbish, and become not
only an eyesore in themseives but
also detract much from the appearance of the surrounding ianascape.
People who do revere the dead and
try to make beautiful their resting
place, have cause for real vexation,
when their careful labors are nullified by the unkempt appearance of
the lot belonging to a slovenly or
careless neighbor.
The t one thing necessary to make
our cemetery as beautiful as it ought
to be is uniformity. Every lot should
be cared for the same as every other
lot. Many cemeteries do not permit
the planting of shrubs and flowers.
We ourselves desire that the practice
shall be discontinued. A clean, level,
velvety sod is the most perfect covering for a grave.
But in order to secure uniformity
in caring for the lots, it is necessary
that the sexton or caretaker of the
cemetery be employed for all of his
time during about six months of the
year. Being paid by the month, he
would be at the command of the board
and would give all the lots equal
care. All would be raked, mowed
and cared for in like manner, and at
the same time; and the cemetery
would give up the patch-work, hit-
and-miss appearance which it now
has, and become a beautiful "God's
Acre." People who ordinarily pay
the sexton for annual care, or who
do the work themselves, would then
pay the money directly to the board,
and the board would then pay the
sexton a salary by the month. Of
course in the old part of the cemetery
a great many lots are filled with the
dead, and there are no living friends
and relatives. In these cases the village must pay for the care of the lots.
In other cases the owners of lots are
not residents of the village, but live
in adjoining townships or in other
states. Nearly all these persons
would pay the proper fee to keep the
graves of their friends looking well.
If any one should refuse to have his
lot cared for, the charge should be
made against the lot and collected
the same as for other delinquencies,
or in case of non-taxpayers, the lot
could be sold for the unpaid charges.
Now in order to reach the desired
end—a beautiful and an uniformly-
kept cemetery, with a sexton working
on a salary—several things may be
considered. A special cemetery tax
might be levied; a sufficient amount
might be appropriated out of the general village funds; or collections
from those who pay for annual care
can be made, and the balance made
up from the general fund.
But in whatever manner the details may be arranged, the Board of
Cemetery Trustees would like to have
authority for this coming year to
put the sexton on a salary and have
the cemetery cared for in an uniform
manner. 'We will then collect all we
can in the usual way, and then ask
the village council to appropriate
whatever else shall he needed. This
board hereby respectfully requests
that the council approve this plan,
and that it will arrange for the reception of a detailed report by this
board at the next regular meeting,
giving such estimates as may be possible. If it then seems feasible, the
board asks authority to put the plan
in operation for at least one year.
In the latter part of the year last
past,' Oakwood cemetery lost the
faithful old sexton who had been its
caretaker for almost twenty years.
Jacob Lutz died November 23, 1916,
and was buried in Oakwood where he
had labored so long and so well.
This board desires hereby to record a
recognition of his fidelity, and our
appreciation of his service. George
Finkbeiner has succeeded Mr. Lutz,
and has shown care and thoroughness
in his work.
During the past year the activities
of the board have not been many.
The fence along the front of the cemetery, which was rustfed and unsightly, has been painted and preserved.
The dead trees, which afforded all of
us a great deal of anxiety lest they
fall and destroy monuments, or injure
those passing beneath, have been removed without damaging a grave or
a stone, and without any expense to
the village.
We planned last year to extend the
water system into the old part of the
cemetery, but because of the very
high prices of galvanized pipe, the
work had to be put over. The sewer
which caved in has heen repaired,
and some other minor repairs have
been made. The retaining wall on
the driveway by the Donaldson lot
has been reported to you before, but
we have not been able to have it rebuilt. This must be done this summer if possible. ^.—.-
One thing which mars the beauty
of the cemetery as much if not more
than anything else, is the terrible
dust from the street. In dense clouds
it floats over the cemetery all summer, obscures the verdure, and makes
filthy the monuments, fences, vault
and mausoleum. It befouls the grass
and ruins the clothing of those who
have to walk through the paths to the
i graves of their dead.   A few loads of
j water, sprinkled in front of the ceme-
j tery every day, would be of the greatest help to secure cleanliness, beauty
and comfort.   As the street does not
j properly come under the  control of
; this board, we urgently demand that
i the council arrange to have the street
' in front  of  Oakwood sprinkled this
summer.
People who carry flowers, to the
graves should he good enough to take
them away when they wither. This
board has no fund to gather up and
cart away rubbish which many
thoughtless people leave scattered
about the cemetery. If it be considered not a burden to carry flowers to
a grave out of respect for the beloved
dead, it should be regarded as a duty
equally sacred, to take the faded and
withered garlands away. There is
one thing which has caused the board
a great deal of annoyance, and which
is so reprehensible in itself that it
must be stopped. We refer to the
fact that some good people take
the faded flowers from their own
lots and throw them upon the lot of
some other person who is not there
to see the violation of the graves of
the dead.
The most notable of all these.desecrations is upon the lot of Dr. Draper
and that of Dr. Gurley. As these deceased men have no friends nor relatives left to care for their graves, the
Board of Cemetery Trustees will defend their resting place, and protect
their graves. 'Even if need be, prosecutions will be made to prevent violation of the graves.
This board once more requests
those who visit the cemetery to help
to make Oakwood a sanctuary for the
birds and harmless little animals.
Feed the squirrels and the birds by
scattering a few nuts or seeds along
the drives or paths. If you have or
will procure an attractive bird house,
which you will devote to a good purpose, just donate it to the board, and
it will be placed in a suitable location. Do not place these in the cemetery, but leave them with some member of the board. We will place them
where they will be useful and ornamental, and provide homes for the
sweet songsters of God's great outdoors.
J. B. WALLACE,
O. C. WHEELER,
CHARLES DIETIKER,
Board of Cemetery Trustees.
Saline, Mich., March 15, 1917.
Culhane's Comedians.
The above well known touring
stock company will begin an engagement of one week at the Saline opera
house starting on Monday, March 26.
The company comes here direct
from a stock engagement at the Post
theatre, Battle Creek. They present a
line of new and up to date plays,
changing play and vaudeville each
night. The play selected for the opening night'is the New York success,
"The Turning Point," a play that ran
for over eight months at the Hudson
theatre, Broadway, New York. The
cast   is an unusually strong one, the
company being headed by Miss Henrietta Valli and she has in her support such well known and capable
artists as Harry Warner, Robert Coe,
William H. -Chase, Lottie Weston,
Clementina St. Felix, and last hut not
least, Will E. Culhane, one of the
cleverest comedians in theatricals.
High class vaudeville is introduced
between the acts, making the performance a continuous one. Bargain
prices will preyail. Children under
twelve years, 10c; adults, 15c. Reserved seats, 25c; can be secured in
advance at the bakery.
Will the Band Play?
About this time of year one's
thoughts begin to turn to summer activities, and in line with this we are
wondering if Saline is again to enjoy
those splendid open air concerts by
the band.
We don't know of anything that
provides more pleasure for town and
country* people, for the amount expended, than the music so generously
given by the band boys during the
past few years. The fact that other
towns nearby provide concerts, moving picture and vaudeville entertainments r"ather "lavishly, it would seem
as though it is up to Saline to do
what she can along this line.
When the solicitor for the band
calls for his annual pj-omise of support, greet him with a* smile and say,
"yes sir, with pleasure," and subscribe to the good work. The boys devote long hours to practice, and as a
usual thing are very liberal with
their time and talents, and the least
any of us can do to show ou rappre-
ciation is to get into the bandwagon
and help push.
The Men's Banquet.
The men's banquet in the Methodist church parlors Friday .evening
was a great success. The fifty-six
men who were present enjoyed a
feast, of good things from the beginning to the end. The Epworth
League under the management of
Miss Mae Wheeler knows how to prepare a banquet and regardless of the
H. C. of L., the men had the pleasure
of sitting down to a feast that included potatoes, not as the dessert but
as the regular staple with meat.
The following menu was served by
silent and graceful and, of course,
pretty waitresses: Fruit salad and
wafers, creamed veal, escalloped potatoes, brown and white bread, pickles, jelly, ice cream, cake, coffee.
This banquet was given by the
Men's Bible class, of which D. A.
Townsend is teacher. J. W. Hull,
the president of the class, was toast-
master and happily managed the program for the evening.
D. A. Townsend responded to a
toast, '"Our Class." The men present were made to understand that
the Men's Bible class stood for something in christian work and men were
urged to attend every meeting of the
class and good would come to them
in consequence.
The music was furnished by a
quartette consisting of Messrs. Payne,
Merle Barr, Clarence Derr and John
Finch. These men gave some fine
music.
Rev. E. R. Stevenson spoke on the
uncommon thing among men, "Common Sense."
H. W. Bartlett spoke on the subject, "Community Uplift." He had
to preface his remarks with a few
words about "Our Girls." Mr. Bartlett is certainly at home and interested in both subjects. What was
said about community uplift was
very appropriate and practical.
The speaker of the .evening was
Mr. Webster Pease, Professor of
Mathematics in the Ypsilanti Normal school. With delight the men
listened to his address on the subject, "The Master Craftsman." Every
one present wanted to be such a
workman as was described and were
inspired to be by the words and personality of Mr. Pease. The Master
Craftsman is the workman who need
not be ashamed of his work because
he has not bungled or messed or
spoiled his work by carelessness or
indiffereence to it.but putting heart
and soul and mind into it, seeks to
do a finished work and so make his
work always the best. Mr. Pease is
welcome in Saline and the men will
always be on hand when he speaks.
Presbyterian Church News
Rev. W. H. Hoffman, Pastor.
Subject Sabbath morning: "Man's
Discovery of Himself."
The evening service will be in
charge of the young people's society.
A special program, is being arranged,
in the interest of the work among the
negroes of the south. Africa is today
the strategic battleground between
Mohammedanism and Christianity.
Y. P. S. C. E. at 6 o'clock; subject,
"The Saloon, the Foe of Society."
The leader, Arthur Lutz. Let us all
rally arounti. the president and have
an enthusiastic meeting. The missionary study class will review the
first chapter on Latin America.
This Sabbath will be review in
Sabbath school and many points of
interest will be emphasized and discussed.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening
at 7:30. Christ, the world's supreme
gife, have you received Him into your
heart and life?
The boards of the church close the
31st of March. This Sabbath will be
your last opportunity to make your
offering.
We have had many stormy and unpleasant Sabbaths and quite a number have stayed at home. I wonder
if such a state of the weather would
have prompted any one to cancel
their weekly engagements. Think it
over yourself.
We have all been amused at the
cartoons where "a feller needs a
friend" and we have felt a sympathy
for the boy in his awkward dilemma.
Would it not be well in the sunshine
of cheer, just to start out to show
ourselves a bit more friendly, less
critical and faultfinding, and hunt
for the good in the other fellow?
This world is proving a hard battleground for some people, and the kindly smile, the helping hand, the word
of encouragement, the sympathetic
look will work wonders and prove to
others that we ourselves have a large
measure of the love of Christ.
Willing Workers' Meeting
The Willing Workers were pleasantly entertained at the home of Mrs.
Hovey Needham last Thursday. The
hostess served a fine dinner at noon,
after which the president called the
meeting to order. After the usual
opening exercises, a short business
meeting was heid. Mrs. Gilmore
gave a recitation, which was enjoyed
by all.
The meeting was then adjourned to
meet with Mrs. Charles Rhoades in
April.
Methodist Church Items
Rev. E. R. Stevenson, Pastor.
"The Strait Gate" is the subject
Sunday evening.
Communion Sunday morning at 10
o'clock.
Sunday school at 11:30.
Epworth League at 6 o'clock. Leader, Elson Shaw.
Prayer -meeting Thursday evening
at 7:30.
Come.   A welcome to all.
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