1917-06-14; Saline Observer

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VOLUME XXXVII.
SALINE, WASHTENAW CO., MICH., THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1917.
NUMBER 39.
EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATES
STORM TOOK HEAVY TOLL
TORNADOES
Many people in this county who lost their
building's in the recent tornado had sums of
money of greater or less amount in their homes,
which will doubtless never be recovered and
will result in total loss.
It is even reported that one unfortunate
man of mature years had his life savings secreted in his home; and now after losing' several years interest on his money he has actually
lost all of his principal.
Don't take chances with YOUR MONEY by
keeping it in the house. Put it in this STRONG
BANE. It will draw interest here. And when
'misfortune overtakes you, (if it ever should)
you can step into our bank and draw. your
money when most needed. It matters not- if
you should loose your Bank Book your money
will be safe just the same.
SALINE SAYINGS BANK
State Batik No. 395
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SERVICE
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Now Is The Time to Buy a
Refrigerator
We have a good stock at Right Prices
Puritan Oil Cook Stoves
Boss Oil Cook Stoves
Ovens for all Cook Stoves
Ice Cream Freezers
Screen Doors and Window Screens
Red Barn Paint at $1.25 a gallon
Barn Paint Oil at 85c a gallon
HENNE'S HARDWARE
Quality First, Last and Always
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Twenty -three Students Were Award-.
ed   Diplomas
The eighth grade exercises were
held in the school hall Friday. Mr.'
Lott of Ann Arbor gave the boys and
girls a talk on 'Building," which was '■
greatly enjoyed by them. The Senior and Junior high schools rendered
some delightful music. At the
close of the exercises County School
Commissioner Evan Essery gave diplomas to the following:
Ella Burkhardt.
Ronald Baylis.
Mac BeGole.
Russell Collins.
Catherine Louise Cody.
Esther Eisele.
Irene Clough.
Ellwyn Guenther.
Alwyn Gross.
Eutema Herter.
Helen Klumpp.
Karl Klumpp.
Luella Lambarth.
Robert Larmee.
Mabel Meyers.
Ray Price.
Hazel Richards.
Carl Schmid.
Amanda Katherine Schlee.
Elsa Wiedmayer.
"*   Will A. Wiedmann.
Walter  Wellington.
Walter Wiedman.
CLOSING WEEK OB SCHOOL
Drop in and get a
Warm days are on the way and you'll need one.
Fresh Fruits
Nice line of Bananas, Lemons and Oranges.
If you like them with your ice cream or sodas, or
if you care to take them home, we have a tasteful
line of
Nabisco Wafers        Ginger Snaps
Lemon Snaps Cookies
Remember we're headquarters for everything in
the line of
Ice Cream and Sodas, Soft Drinks, Etc.
HOT OR COLD LUNCHES AT ALL HOURS
SALINE CANDY KITCHEN
William Poppos, Proprietor Plione 245
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Presbyterian Chnrch News
Rev. W. H. Hoffman, Pastor.
The usual service Sabbath morning.   The pastor will be present.
We will join in the Baccalaureate
services in the M. E. church in the
evening.
Sabbath school after morning service.
Y. P. S. C. E. at G o'clock; subject,
"Reverence." The pastor will lead,
but he needs your help.
Sabbath morning, June 24, a representative of the Anti-Salcon League
will o ccupy the pulpit. A good audience should greet him, for temperance
is a live issue and we should keep
ourselves posted on how this great
reform movement is progressing in
the state and nation.
Children's Day was of unusual interest; many of the parents were
present; the church was beautifully
decorated with flags and flowers; the
children took their parts well and a
large audience greeted them. Those
who arranged the program and drilled the children have reason to be
grateful with the result of their
labors.
The Ladies' Aid at Mrs. Amos Miller's was greatly enjoyed. It was the
annual summer outing, when everyone is attracted by the chorus of nature. Gathered as we were in that
hospitable home, chatting the happy
hours away, we little realized a terrible cyclone was devastating one of
the fair sections of the state only a
few miles away.
For nearly thirty years Presbyterian Sabbath schools have been contributing their Children's Day offerings to the work of Sabbath school
missions. The amount given exceeds
$1,500,000. More than 20,000 Sabbath
schools have been organized and
1,500,000 persons enrolled in them.
More than 24,000 churches have
grown out of these schools and many
a desert place has blossomed into
fruitfulness.
Christian Science Notes
The Christian Science society of
Saline is an authorized branch of
The First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Boston, Mass.
Services are held in the hall over
the Citizens bank.
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock.
June 17, 1917. Subject: God The
Preserver of Man.
Golden Text: Isaiah 4:5. "The
Lord will create upon every dwelling
place in Mount Zion, and upon her
assemblies, a cloud and smoke by
day, and the shining of a flaming fire
by night: for upon all the glory shall
be a defense."
Sunday school convenes immediately after the Sunday morning service.
All are welcome.
Methodist Church Items
Rev. E. R. Stevenson, Pastor.
Morning   worship   at   10   o'clock.
' Subject, "The Sin of Meroz."
j    Baccalaureate sermon to the high
school senior class Sunday evening at
7 o'clock.
A welcome to all services.
Trip to Stricken Districts Reveal
Many Sa,d Sights.
To one who has; not been an eye
witness of the ravage of the terrible
storm and cyclone which passed
through the central part of Washtenaw county on Wednesday, June 6, it
will be very difficult to picture or
give-much of an idea of the immense
amount of damage done and the tremendous power of a cyclone and its
unlimited destructive energies.
Great damage was wrought in and
around Sharon hollow. It then lifted,
only to drop again about half a mile
west of Rogers' corners in Freedom.
A telephone lineman told the writer
that he, sitting in an auto a short distance east, saw the two clouds come
together and with a duck, a twist and
a roar, business was at hand. Before
he could run the car into a stable the
"twist' had caught him and the ear
was picked up, whirling, and landed
right side up, driver in seat, c*n tap
of the telephone wires. Then came a
big limb from somewhere which landed on top of auto and man,, crushing
through the wires to the ground, man
uninjured;  auto lost its top only.
From this start the storm took a
straight course following the highway
to Roger's, corner, where it took a
square turn directly north, continuing
in the road for nearly two miles.
Then it shot off to the northeast until
it reached the Parker farms, where it
again poured out its fury, continuing
with more or less damage until it
reached the Smith Bros, farms in
Scio when it would seem, "vengence
is mine," broke loose again. It then
partially lifted, doing slight damage
until Delhi village was reached.
While not "wiped off the map" as repotted, this little hamlet is a desolate
and demoralized place. Its many
large evergreens which have for years
given beauty to the plaee, are only a
mess of tangled splinters. The large
square brick house you pass on entering the village was totally twisted to
bits, only the cellar walls remaining.
Only a few of the dwellings on the
west side of the village escaped and
the big iron bridge which crossed the
Huron river was lifted from its
foundation and lays at the river bottom a short distance away.
Id Northfield and Salem the storm
was very severe, causing one death
iu Salem township, the Rentschler
boy. Mrs. Walter Rentschler was very
seriously injured, her back broken
and spinal cord almost entirely ruptured; she also has a compound fracture of an arm and a fractured breastbone.
In taking the path from northwest
Freedom on to Delhi the sight is awful and it reminds one that man has
no idea nor conception of Nature's
power to do and undo. Huge trees,
oak and hickory, not only torn from
their moorings, but twisted and broken. Several farmers lost every building comprising their homes and much
of the furniture was carried miles
away. Clothing in many places was
■caught in the upper limbs of the few
standing trees. In two places in' particular large houses were carried several feet from their foundations while
the plastering of the houses seem uninjured.
The large brick church at Rogers'
corner was not injured about its auditorium, while the roof, steeple and
bell were torn away. Another freak
—a barn was lifted, carried over another barn, and set upon its rcjof in
the front yard. Of a brick school
house in Scio township there is
scarcely a souvenir. At one home
where house, barns, large trees and
orchard are all swept away," there
still stands in the front yard a small
maple tree uninjured, with debris
scattered all around it. A strip of
timber back from the road a short
distance presents a peculiar appearance, with broken limbs and hundreds
<qf places on the trunks of the; large
trees where spots of bark a foot
across are torn off. The light snots
on dark trunks seem very odd and
cause one to think of the great artillery charges in war- that we read
about. While there are many more
things in connection worthy of mention, time and space will not permit.
Only one other direct death has
been reported. Oscar Hazelschwerdt,
who was bailing hay at the Schiller
farm, was crushed as the barn collapsed, while another man and team
of horses in the same barn escaped.
Some of the stricken families have
erected tents for living quarters.
Grain crops and hay will doubtless
suffer much as it will be impossible
for many of the losers to have buildings erected in time as the season for
hay is in sight. A. J.
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Many  Important Events  Carded for
the Next Few Days.
Commencement week at Saline high
school opens Sunday night with the
baccalaureate sermon which wiU t>e
preached by Rev. E. R. Stevenson at
the Methodist church. The topic of
the sermon will be "Investments."
The graduates number six, a much
smaller number than usual from Saline school.
On Tuesday evening at The Tavern
occurs the Junior-Senior banquet,
which will be larger this year than
common because of the large number
in''ttie Junior class. Extensive plans
have been laid- to make this affair
one of the prettiest of the week.
Exercises this year were to have
been different than formerly, as there
was planned Class Day Exercises
at which time each member of the
class was to have part in the program. This was planned for Tuesday evening and work had begun on
the compositions when the war call
took half of the class to the farms,
preventing the completion of the
plans.
On Wednesday evening at eight
o'clock is Commencement proper, with
Dr. C. O. Hoyt, Ph. D.r as speaker.
Dr. Hoyt is a Saline product, ha\inf.
attended school here over forty years
ago, after which he climbed rapidly.
He attained his Doctors degree at
Jena under the teaching of the gieat-
est philosopher of modern times.
Rudolph Euchen. He also is the
author of a number of valuable texts
on education. Following the address
Supt. Metcalf will speak the closing
words to the class and present the
diplomas.
Those graduating this year are:
Robert Young, Stella Westphal, Clarence Derr, Elizabeth Smith, Elton Osborne and Ruth Morris.
The plan adopted last year of
charging a small fee of ten cents will
be carried out this year.
Thursday evening at the school hall
the Alumni association will hold its
regular meeting. This year there will
be no banquet as usual but instead a
social evening and light refreshments.
Friday the entire senior high school
motors to Wampler's Laike for the
final .event, which promises to be the
liveliest picnic ever held. The
change to the six-six plan has enlarged the number attending by adding the Sophomore class, making it a
senior high affair.
Tickets for graduating evening
June 20, will be on sale at Wheeler's,
beginning Monday morning.
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Carl Haller of Detroit has purchased the Rockwell place on East
Henry street and with his family has
taken possession.
SAFETY FIRST
Many people in the cyclone swept
district lost all their valuable papers;-
such as deeds, abstracts, fire insurance policies and even tornado policies which they particularly need
just now. Don't take chances with
your valuable papers when you ean.
rent a SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX in
the strong new vault of the SALINE
SAVINGS BANK for only $1.00 per
year.
Gingham Dresses
for Ladies and Children are here.
They are made by the
Lowell Mfg. Co.
and are guaranteed for wear and
fit.
Prices, 75c to $2.00
BURKHART BROS.
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Bananas, Oranges, Lemons and
PINEAPPLES
Lettuce, Onions, Asparagus, Tomatoes, Cucumbers
Strawberries are coming fine
Fresh Berries Daily-
Try a cake of Fleischrnann's Compressed Yeast
Moxley's Oleomargarine 1 and 2 pouad bricks   ,
Use it where you use bu'ter
All goods delivered promptly
Bring me your Butter, Eggs and Farm Products
Phone 86 -MARTIN- fUOSS
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Marriage Licenses.
Luman Stoddard, 28, Ann Arbor;
Mabel Bouten, 20, same.
Arthur Hynes, 34, Ann Arbor;
Myrtle Novinger, 29, Gaines.
Joseph Winslow Place, 26, Toledo;
Lois Irma Townley, 25, Ann Arbor.
Eye Specialist Coming.
N. Hillsburg, one of Detroit's noted
eye specialists, will make his first
appearance here on Tuesday, June 19,
at The Tavern, and all having trouble
with their sight will do well to give
him a call.
CARD  OF THANKS.
We felt deeply touched by the assistance of our neighbors and friends
during our recent fire, for which
please accept our sincere thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hoeft.
Come to Central Minnesota.
This country is adapted to diversified farming, stock raising, dairying, all classes of small grains, com
clover, timothy and other grasses,
vegetables and small fruits. Prices
reasonable.
We also have lands in Northern
Minnesota, and can furnish, any size
tracts desired. Low prices and easy
terms.
Benton County Beal Estate Co-
Sank Rapids, Minnesota.
In busy cities or the country road, the Ford
is a favorite over the whole motor field. There
are strong reasons why half the buyers of
America demand Ford cars. They have proved
their worth under the. most trying conditions
in all parts of the world. People buy Ford cars
because they know what they have done and
will do. They have become one of the everyday necessities. Touring Car $360, Runabout
$345, Coupelet $505, Town Car $595, Sedan.
$645, all f. o. b. Detroit. On display and for
sale by
'    F. O. WIEDMAN'S GARAGE, SALINE
PHONE 75-F2.
Goodyear and jFirestone Tires.
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Buy All Kinds Of
Baked Goods
At the "HOME BAKERY" and be SURE of fresh
goods. If we tell you they are FRESH you
ean bank on it.
Schnebelt's Bakery