1927-05-26; Saline Observer

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OBSERVER
VOLUME 46
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY", ,MTCH.,   THURSDAY, MAY 26, 192?
NUMBER 35.'
TO HAVE MONEY
HERE'S WHAT'S NECESSARY—.
SYSTEMATIC Planning yony work
FOCUSING yoiu- powers upon the problems before yon.       " ,
BRINGING your faculties to bear upon the subject at hand.
THEN-10% or more of whatever you
earn can be placed here at compound
interest "AND YOU HAYE IT."
There is much, meaning in being,
comfortably fixed..
Saline Savings Bank
The One Story Batik on the Corner
Phone 86
MARTIN TUOSS
HIGH-TENSION TRAFFIC
DEMANDS DIXIE GASOLINE!
This quality gasoline folr sale at all Staebler-
Kempf stations and at 1,500 other places in
Michigan.
THE POWER TO PASS—THAT'S DIXIE GAS!
STAEBLER OIL COJitet
Orders may be left at Cook's Garage      Pfcoaie '61*
Program Has Been Arranged:'
MEMORIAL DAY  „ T „.   t   1  _   T
^^       I were walking to school,,-' Mrs. Lm-z-
TO   BE   OBSERYED; elei-e    reminisced.    "We   would   see'
•   —:—r- ' jwagcn loads of these nergoes passing.
American Legion in Charge anil Good !, Broad grins would be on their faces,
their teeth flashing, for they were
happy to have escaped. We, my
brother and I, were afaid of them,
though, ancl used, to always run away
from them." Mrs, Larzelere,,, is past
eighty, but her eyes sparkled and
her voice grew vibrant as she talked
of the old days. "Why I- haven't
thought about these things for years,"
she concluded.
Mr. Hull was barn in 1S42 and has
spent most of his life in and "about
Saline. For years he was one of the
leading merchants of the town., "In
those days," he said, "Saline was the
leading trading center of this community, but autrmvbi'ies have
changed all of that I am not sorry
though, for I) have a car of my own
and use it. all. the time/'
"Many times when my brother and]    Complete stocks at lowest prices at
Dietiker's.
(Coryriali'.^-K-P.T.
Celebrate Sixty-Fifth       ]'" .
Wedding Anniversary (Know Your Neighbor
Mr.
The Quality Grocery
PHONE 86
FOR GOOD THINGS TO EAT
Make This Your Food Shop!
THIS IS YOUR GROCERY. • It is built on service
and satisfaction to enstoimers. Here's a complete
line of staple and fancy groceries guaranteed to
be the highest grade., Thebeist food iat the lowest
prices..   Phone- us for prompt delivery.
and Mrs. lewis  Ernst,  Sr.,
serve Event at Home or
Their Son.
Ob-
Kev.  S.  T.
I tor of Federated Church.
j    Memorial Day will be observed here
j Monday    with    appropriate    services,
community   singing   and   band   con-
j cert.    Wjilliam B.  Lutz  Plost of  the
j American Legion  has been busy of
late preparing for the event, and Post
Commander Ben Uphaus is deserving
' of much credit for his efforts ancl success in being able to give our people
the following splendid program:
9:30.   Assemble  at school grounds.
:     9:45.   Parage-.
I    10:00.   American  Legion memorial
j service at the cemetery.
Services at school grounds:
.Invocation.—Rev. Reuben  Crosby.
Seng—S drool.
Address—Professor    Henderson   of
the U. of M.
Song—School.
. Benediction—Rev. S» T, Dunk.
Band concert.
Anyone wishing to  donate  flower
•fior the decorating of ■soifllers' graves
.■are asked to. please lea've them at the
iiLegioai. hall before S:00 o'clock Mon-
i*3ay morning.
i
■i» Sw.fe*
We Carry Fine, Select Groceries of AH Kinds
The freshest of country produce, fruits of
all kinds in their season^ the best of 'every variety
of canned delicacies—nothing" 'lacking for your
table or your culinary preparations. Tlhis .store
comes about as near meeting every jgrocery need
asj it is possible for any one store, to provide.
E. H. COOK & SON
PHONE 45 • .   S**LINE
Sixty-five year's of married life together is'a very rare oiccurrence, but
very few couples being spared to enjoy such an event.
On May 21, 1962 Lewis Ernst and
Catherine Frey were married at the
home of'the bride in Monroe and at
once went to Waltz in Wayne county,
where they resided until December 2,
1925,, when, because of feeble health, .
they came to Saline to spend their !
remaining years, with their son, Lewis Ernst, Jr., and family. i
Saturday, May 21, .1927, 65 years
of happy and congenial companionship
had been enjoyed by this aged couple.
They were born in 1S43, there being
.only eight days difference in their
ages) _Mrs.. Ejrnst is a native of Bavaria and Mr. Ernst of Wurt^emburg, ;
Germany. ._, < j
Sunday afternoon and evening, the j
children of this distinguished couple,
came to the home of M,r.  and Mrs.;
Lewis Ernst   on   North   Ann   Arbor
street to join their parents in cele- |
Rev. S. T- Dunk ;of the Federated
church, was bomv in Kent county*
England, in the year 1S90.   His fath- j
THE TLN'BERGROUNT)  RAILWAY
vivid
er was a Saiknaker by trade and so, -
as    a.   boy    he haa the  edueatdional'
advantages  of   the   middle  -class   of
England,    which   permitted    a   fair
amount of schooling.
bratlmg the. anniversary of 65 years
With Decoration    day come
thoughts   about our -different    wars,;
fnot "least among •them, our rClsil wa*
the war in which northerners faugh
to free the slaves 'of the .south. v But.
little doss one think of the days pre-'
t ceding the war when many tin inn-o-
j een.6 'looking farm 'house -concealed a
[ runaway slave "who -was trying to es-
{ ca,pe to  Canada.   'There are numer-
\ ous    old homes   :around  Saline    in
.' which many Slaves have 'found shel-
\ te,l*.
\    Two aid-time residents   •xsf Saline,
i Jolm -W. Hull   ana     Mrs.
Elizabeth
j Larzelere,  can  recall   the   days  gone
j by when hundreds of slaves    passed
£ through  the  town  in  the stealth  of
* night, -on their -way to Canada    and
'' freedom.    The   colored jpeople   were
I brought  into  Miidhlgan,   where   they!
i made   their   first    stop   at  Clinton.
gFronii 'Clinton they were "brought on'
r; to . Saline,,  and    thence to    Detroit!
[ where 'but a short) journey in a boat
s awaited "themj
j     "The colored, jpeople were    always
OUR CEMETERY
Just a few moss stained slabs of
stone to the casual observer—the
names, dates and inscriptions dimmed
by tlie years.. Yet this small group
of markers, clustered together on the
hillside, suggests much of the histor
of Saline pioneers, "James Ford,
1811 \" "Little Alice, 1S5S;" "Edwina
R. Pope, 1S49, daughter of the Rev.
Charles Evans," are some of the
names found on the. oldest stones in
the Saline cemetery.
Names, some of which are being
perpetuated by Saline residents toll day, some -carried to points far away
1 and still others that died with their
owners, are to "be found here. Perhaps nowhere e^lse can the names of
some o fthe early residents be recalled except by these simple- memorials,.
Just names and dates, and maybe
some of the early residents be recall
•line of poetry placed by the loved
ones who were "left behind. But they
are more than family history, they
are Saline history..
ago,  and   the   event   proved  a  most i
pleasant one for all.   M,r. Ernst is in ;
very poor health, yet he took his part!
in the affair exceptionally well. !
•   Those of the children present were: |
Mr. and Mrs. Will Bmst: of New Bos- \
ton,   Mr.   and   Mrs.  John   Ernst   of , a lay .preacher iin. England, he eame j never to took at the. negroes any more
WaHitz, Mr.  and Mrs.  Otto Ernst and ! to this continent in 1911 and" settled !than-  was    necessary.,   for    then  we
sou, Clyde., of Plymouth*. Mr. and Mrs. j in TOTonto„ Canada, where he again |oauld sa*^lat ™> Won't seen them,"
Ferdinand Ernst of Dexter, and L-w-',    . ,.      ,      , I    ~^ew slaves were ever caught after
is Ernst of Sialine-.   Mrs. John Helber, jtO0,k UP hls edu;cat'lral'   0n* TCar wa5j they once reached Michigan, the two
•j accompanied by  some   -white man,"
Mra Larzelere explained, -"and they
jmsually traveled    In     large  lumber
JTeragons."     "My  father,"   she  eontin-
After having a little experience asjaed, ''Always told my mother  and I
sister of Mrs. 'Ernst, of Dexter was al- j ssent at ^Master University, the j 0ia friends deeflared. Nearly all the
so present. The- only daughter, Mrs. i next year and -a, half lie -woiifced in-the j people in the vicinity of Saline sym-
Mary Moore of Montana, was unable jcity -Gospel Mission ana in -1914 -he I paffldzed with the -slaves, so they
to come. . > graduated   from   the   Toronto   Bible   did all    thiey   could   to    help  them,
During the afternoon several pic- \ college. ■ some giving food and shelter, some
tures of the famiBy were taken, which | In the,summer of 1'915, jVIt. Duntlonly closing their eyes to what was.
wffi, for many years to come be highly j settled ia his Brat pasfijrate at North   gring on.
jpriezed.as mementos of this pleasant iBranch, Michigan, -where he was "My father's house was a station
and rare occasion, '■ orda-'aied   to   the   Baptist   niihsistry. on what was caMed the underground
 _ That same year he married Miss C-  railway,*' Mr. Hull said-   "Sometimes
FfH'nierS*   ClUTl   MeettTiJ?    ■ ?'L     Campbell,"   -who    had  graduated -we had as many as 27 negroes in the
i with him from thie "Birola college, .house at one time. All the women
Four years were Spent at "North would heDp prepaire the food, and the
Branch and one year at Cass City msa would do their share also,, so
and then, with the hope of Improving
the broken health of Mr. Bunk, the
family moved -to Minnesota, Part of
his -time there was spearc in ministering to the spiritual*!, -wants of the
church at Lake Crystal aind the re-
'mainder in attending Winnebago
Junior college, where he took college preparatory work. In»the fall
of 1923 he accepted the caMi to
Saline  and moved here..
While here this young pastor has man arid his wife for many years,
not been idle, for besides amply tak- AH that could be seen from the road
ing care of the duties attached to his was the smoke from the chimney of
church, he has-received a Bachelor the cabin, according to Mrs. Larz-
6t Arts degree fromi the State Normal  elerei
college at .Ypsilanti. and for the .past      in the spring and fall- most bf the
L. year has been doing part time Work negroes came through, although- there
  ai* the Uniiveraaty of Michigan,    He were    a few straggjllers    during any
l^h-rid+ia-n   Co" AT •*•        : WiU recli6ve his Jfaster's degree from season.   They traveled only at night
OniiSl'lttn SCieUCe  JNOteS    j the university in August." and were sheltered during the day in,
Tha   Christian  Science  Society of      Mr Dunk has five children—three hqspiitlable farmhouses.   At dusk they
ginls and two- boys. He .has, also, would sneak out of their house'and
two brothers in • Canada and three ail pile into rickety old lumber wag-
brothers and an aiged father in Engi on.s, happy as the chances of. their
land, Whom he expects to visit short- being   caught  gradually    dimisished
THE  WILLING- WORKERS
The :&kib met at the home of C. R.
Waite May 19, with tlie usual number In attendance, including several
invited guests. After the business
meeting, in which it was voted that
$25.00 s"hould.,.be given the flood suffers, there was a short urogram.
Song by tlie club, "There's Music in*
the Air,"" acc.ompainied on the piano
"by Mrs. Helen Pierce. Two readings
were given by Mrs. Grace Cook,
~Mashi," 'by R- Tagore and "How to
Tell a Butler," and other etiaaett?
,- Will, Rogers. Mrs Cook's readings
-were pronounced good. The next
meeting will be held June 16.,. (Corpus
Christ! Day) with Mrs Ada Lutz as
hostess. Roll (call will, be, "A
Pleasant Situation."
For Sale—0- I. C. stock hags.
Hanson, phone 199-F3.
Genuine   Ford   Batteries    at
Wiedman Garage for only §12.00
Otto
35
the
olants.
Pointed   cabbage
Jacob Vise!, Monroe street.
Genuine Exide Batteries for only
§12.00. G. V. Cook, authorized Chevrolet dealer.
ICE1—Those wishing ice for th,e*
summier months, call Aaron WedsH-
meyer, phone 276. 35tf
Monuments, Markers and Cemetery-
Work of all kinds. Jos. L. Axnet, Ann-
Arbor, Michigan, phone S914.
. Use Avicol Tablets for White Diarrhoea and Cholera and keep those
chicks healthy.   Saline Mercantile -Co.
For Sale—One or two horses, suitable for a team; also fresh new rnilk^
cow  with   calf.     Mr.   Jensen,  phone'.'
1S6.F3. 35      ■
For Sale—Or trade for livestock,
hay mower, double springtooth harrow, and hay rake. B. F., Barkham,
phone 59. 34-5x
Don't forget   to   treat your grain
with Anti-Smut    Nothing better nor
easier   to   apply.    Saline   Mercantile .
Company.
For Sale^—Bedded -plants, tomato,
cabbage and all garden plants at' the
Greenhouse, 200 West Michigan aven-
'ue, phone 23,
Buy your bread at the Saline Bak* - '
ar.y, where you  can buy a 24^ounce   '
loaf of bread for 9 cents, or 3 loaves
for 25 cents. O. C. Woelper.
Emil H. Arnold, Optometrist. 226
S. Main street Ann Arbor, specializes
in expert eye examinations and
glasses  at  reasonable prices.
PLENTY OF FERTILIZER ON
HAND. GET YOURS WHEN YOU
WANT TO USE IT, OR CALL US
AND WE WILL DELIVER IT. OUft
PRICES ON FERTILIZER ARE ALWAYS RIGHT. SALINE MERCANTILE CO.
Patronize your home industry by
buj'ing Saline made bread at the Saline Bakery. The quality guaranteed
equal to the best, and where you can
buy sandwich bread at 8 cts. per loaf.
O. U. Woelper.
The Saline Farmers' club held an
evening metting- at the home of Mr-
arid Mrs. Chairles H. Miller May 144
cal,led to-order by the president,
Arthur Miller. The Lord's prayer
was repeated^
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved. Roll cal1
was responded to by "My Favorite
Holiday." . .
Henry Bredernitz gave a very instructive ta3|k on- the cost and maintenance of good roads.
Mr. Carr of Wayne county told^ of
their work with, icrippled children
and was given arising vote of-thanks.
Meeting adjourned to meet with
Mr. and Mrs. C. F, Hildner June 11.
, .After the meeting Mrs. Miller
served a delicious dinner, and a very
pleasant evening was spent.
they were no great trouble, except
for getting the food to feed so many.
I can still Temember how good the
food tasted' that some of the old
ccfloired cooks used to prepare," he
continued.
One man, a Mr. Glover,* who lived
on the Manchester road between
Clinton and Saline, built a log cabin
a way back from the road in a hollow,  and there kept an old colored
THE OBSERVER LO^ERf
. Classified Advertising
6c per line first insertion, 4c per line
each subsequent insertion.
MINIMUM CHARGE, 25 CENTS
SOME EXTRA GOOD BUYS
1926 Chevrolet Coach, 1926 Chevron
let Landau and a 1925 regular Che^
rolet Sedan.
GEO. V, COOK
Authorised Cherrolet Dealer
Phone 61
Early    cabbage
Greenhouse.
plants    at    The
I wish to announce that I am prepared to do paper hanging in a satis*-
factory manner at .reasonable prices.
Will be glad to show you my samples
of wall paper and figure on your. work.
Charles Wolford, phone 237-F2.
For Sale—Brown mare, wt 1350.   A
good one.   E. L. Cramer. 36
Wanted—Good girl, to wonk -in the
Saline Confectionery. 35
For Sale—A few lots on North Ann
Arbor street.   Phone 19. 33tf
For Sale—Sow and ten pigs. Herman Kohler, jpihone 142-F3.
For Sale—Yellow Dent seed corn.
iLewis Scherdt,-.Phone 1S8-F12.       35
Property Buyers, Attention!
If interested in buying a home or
for an investment, I have several gooft
houses in Saline, Clinton, Ann Arbor
and Washtenaw county farms for im.-*-
mediate possession; also have a -few
business places and vacant lots at"
right prices. Will be glad to show
them at any time. A. C. Lange, Saline, phone 76.
Saline holds its services in the hall
over the Citizens bank, Sunday at
10:30. a, 10.
.'"Subject; 3Ancient and Modern Neer
romanlcy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism: Denounced.
ly.
*%.
and Canada became a Teality.
Even some of the.'southerners aided
Testimonial'   meeting    Wednesday    Federated : CHltfCll   NOtftS the slav^' ^escaping.   Mr. Hull! re-
evening at 7:30.             '                        "*             .    g t Dnmc P^tnr members ,.oue   southerner;,   :a   slave
.  „„„,,, w-3, 3,      .     .        .      ,,                     6>. 1. uunk. castor holder himself, who helped the slaves
A cordial invitation is given to all.      m,_ .....        3 •  .
„     ,    '.'.•',*.         ,.   ■       „,              Tne  morning  service   at  10:30   is of less-kind masters to escape.   This
Sunday school imttnediately follows  j.^1   ,.,,,, -          . .         , ., • ,               .  ,     ,                    . . .
.,                                         v   *j  «j~j-v"o  thg i^gncaj], hour for worship, and the man alays earned a long, cane which
the morning, service to which pupils  week  will  surely   go
•under 20 imay be admitted., r
better if you  had concealed   in it a   long dagger.-
, avail yourself'of this opportunity.        The dagger was attached to the han-
~ . 1     Tj)6 gybing    service    will be    a die of the cane, and.could be read-
• Wanted—People' in this vicinity , union memorial one and the people ily puplled out and used in case of
who have any legal printing required ' of the community are urged to be emergency.. One time -while bringing
in the settlement of estates, etc., to ' present. . a boat load of runaway slaves across
have it sent to this newspaper. The • The Young . Peoples' service this the Ohio .river .some ' men accosted
rates are 'universal 'in such, matters,; week Thursday evening' will meet, at him and tried to take the slaves away
and to have your notices appear in 17:00 instead of 7:30, to enable the fromhim., "And. he ran. the dagger
this paper it is only neceksary to ask young people to attend .before the clean through one of them," Mr.
the probate Judge to nnd theme li«re.  operetta. •'* '     '•    • Hull declared.    .
Try our Solite High Test gasoline
Tho ■ car will start easier. Wiedman
Auto Company.
For Sale—Heavy 3.-year-old colt;
allso a quantity of ear corn. Alfred
Daniels, phone 37.     " 35
For Sale^—No. 9 Garland range, in
fine condition, 3-burner oil stove.
Cheap for cash. A." D.. Crittenden,
phone 44. 35
AB parties owing Sanford Hardware Co. can pay same at the residence of A. R. Lee;
Sanford Hardware Co.
I buy, old horse hair furniture, .old
lamps, melodeons, pistols, early
glass, old whiskey flasks, American
stamps,, relics, etc. F, Hewitt, Historic Walker Tavern, Brooklyn, Michigan. 38
' Court Gynn, formerly with the
Thompson Sales of Detroit, state distributors of Chrysler cars, has taken
charge of the shop at the Red Front
garage and. is" now ready to do all
sorts of repair work on all makes of
cars.
..**3W.  .»?3.3,>£j.-V.  fti.j.>.-..A^*y^sTia.-*S^*3l
Use The Liner Columns
Ly.«j-&^*i*L~-js'5
ME. H05IE SEEKER
On a double lot only one block: from
main four corners of Saline, I ftave
a Real buy for someone wanting niee
home. It is of block and brick con*
struction, 10 rooms, full basement,,
water and electricity. Also hiproof-
barn 2-car garage. This is priced to*
sell.
EDWIN C. WARNER
Farm Land Specialist
300 E. Henry St. Phone 15r
Prices now in effect on Washtenaw-
Quality Chicks. Grade A White Leghorns, White Rooks, and White Wyan-
dottes, 14c; Barred Rocks and Reds',
13c; English White Leghorns, ^tlc?
Odds and ends, 9c. AH Michigaa
Acevredited and satisfaction guaran-s-
teed. Come and see us or send for <
catalog. We can furnish everythingr
you need for raising chicks. Washte,-1- -
nay Hatchery, Geddes Road, Ann Arbor.
Wlhy Pay Hoiise Rent?
$2,000; down will buy a modern home-
in fine 'location; new. double, garage on.
large lot
—OR—
Buy one of the choice lots on Miehi*
gan Ave. and build, where prices are-
sure fo advance. :
W. ft. FOWLER
TJse The lonejp Colurana ;
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