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VOLUME 49
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY/MICH., THURSDAY,. MAY 1, 1930..,,
NUMBER 28
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Successful
Banking
To us of this organization, growth is
indicative of our success as bankers, but
only because it proves that we are satisfying the people of the community we serve.
That above all else is our ambition, and
for that reason you will find in this bank an
atmosphere of cheerful, helpful,, courtesy
which will go far toward making a connec-.
tion here a pleasant and profitable one.
Saline Savings Bank
The One Story Bank on   the Corner
SENIOR PLAY WAS
j    Mary Mood, as Maude Mullen, was i $PLENDID   PROGRAM
I the   girl for whom   Francis   Briscoe
WELL   PRESENTED '■risked so muci. ^d she played her
.-,"' :■ : part to perfection, with Just enough
dignity and reserve to add charm to
FOR FRIDAY NIGHT
Complete  stocks  at lowest prices
at Dietiker's.
jTwo  large  Audiences  Enjoyed   the hg°  challenge.
"Mummy and'lflie Mumps." :     Florence Hertler played the part of
—  Dulci'e   Dumble whose   fiancee, Wil-
"One inch of Joy surmounts' of grief liam Laidlaw, was forbidden speak-
a span, ing privileges with her.   Love found
Because to  laugh is proper  to  the a way,  an honorable way,  without
man." breaking   niles,   and   tne  bell   hop
  ..proved a blessing in disguise.
You would agree with Francis Florence Sloss was at home with
Rabelais had you witnessed the pre- her cast and proved the truth or the
sentation of  ''The  Mummy and the adages,  "All's well that ends well,"
Mumos,"  by the  Senior  class Wed-  ^f "Lave ^ find a *»*. or make j Piano-Waltz
. lt* ' Klager,
nesday and Thursday evenings. There      As   head   of   ae  ^^   Agatha'
w.re more than inches of Joy; there Laidlaw, matronly, aristocratic, pur-
were yards upon yards of it. And poseful, and ambitious, was imper-
there was laughter, proper laughter, sonated by Katherine Briggs. With
and rich humor, clean and whole- suver gj-gy coiffure, arisocratie eye
some, and one Just had to laugh glasses, conventional black costume,
whether or no. Some of us are Katherine was a typical "dean of
laughing yet and hope to continue for women" in a collegiate institution,
some time to come. These are Just some impressions of
There were ten characters in the ^ outsider who enjoyed the play and
cast. It was an amateur play with- appreciates the educational values at-
out amateurishness.    The successful tached to these activities.
To Be Given in the Federated Church
By Pupils  of Miss Mills.
House to rent. Herman Bredernitz,
phone 270-F3. 28
Following is the program that will
be presented by pupils of Miss Mills
in a recital at the Federated church
Friday evening:
PART I
Processional     "War      March     of
Priests," played by Wesley Dietiker.
Fairy — Song — Spring       Greeting
of     Raindrops—Lois
presentation was doubtless due to not rknk as an mxSa t critici£J'
natural ability of the performers but it is offere(J in sincerit and wim
coupled with efficient, and sufficient, ■ a «Thank You" to the Class and
coaching by one who thoroughly un- [meir instructor, Mrs  Darling
derstood the task. ;.	
The production was  a "three act
ate.
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Don't take a chance on inferior foods. Buy your
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reasonable prices.
FRUITS  AND  VEGETABLES
Our line is always complete and fresh. Call and see
our display, or telephone us your order.
play" with location at Fanella, a
girl's school, near Boston. Of course
a girl's1 school is always interesting
to most of us and this school "ran
true to color" throughout the play.
Federated Church Notes
C. E. Kircher. D. D„ Paistor
Last Sunday was a great day at
the Federated church.   The fine aud
•  a  . -r     -     . ^ ^ _. iences of interested people are  evi-
Act I presented the reception room denc£S of   th&  churdh,s        ^ and
at   Fanella   on   a   certain   morning,  usefulness.
George Martin,  as, James Slammon,,      Next Sunday bag much in store for
bell hop, in green uniform and brass yoU:   Come and S6e_ We &lw ■
buttons,   freckled,    two   front   teeth, spfendid music led b    ^ t   * __
missing,    vigorously   chewing   gum,  cboirs.    WorsMp  and sermon at 10
went about his tasks as bell hops us- a. m> Young People and Junior En-
ually do.    George was funny to look  deavor   7:15   p.   m.    The   University
at and when he did his work we won*  Gospel Team at 8:00
dered how he could do such sensible      For   next   Sunda "   we   have   the
things' in  so perfectly silly manner.   T>romi>-;-. of _  rnor,_i TD=m *,.™-  «_   : "*"*-*■     * "*""     -.u.«-w>     ~_r     ±*.
tt_ t__ „ Dwi™,rrt ™«iry»ii Hrtt   TP™^fl°f j_ ?° ??LTeanLf-rom "i*3, Martin and Florence Wiedmayer.
Dutch Song—Ruth. Martin.
Swiss Yodel Song—Helen Hutzel.
Welsh Song—Louise Alber.
My Normandy—Grace 'Clark.
Japanese Cherry Dance and Lullaby—Betty King.
Sailors   Dance!—Stanley Hartman.
Priscllla—Mildred Smith.
An Irish Lilt—Mildred Kohler.
Hieland Laddie—Dale Fosdick.
Gitana Mazurka—Mildred Ernst.
Japanese Tea Party—Margaret
Bersuder.
Austrian Song—Betty Harwood.
Donnybrook Fair—Alvin Marion.
PART n
March and chorus from 'Tannhaus-
er—A Pilgrim)—Melvin Hartman.
Waltz Song from Faust—(Marguerite) Marion Maurer.
March from "Aiida"—Dale Fosdick. ' \
William Tell Selections — (Ma-
thilde) Martha Reyer.
"The Heart Bowed Down" from
"Bohemian Girl"—Ruth Martin and
Mildred Smith.
Lucia di Lammexmoor—(Lucia, the
bride)  Lucile Schmid.
Rigolletta Quartette—(Gilda) Gertrude Laubengayer.
Hear Me Norma; Last Rose of
Summer—Vocal    duets    by    Eileen
He was an awkward Dick all right.  University of Michigan     These men
We're laughing at him yet.                   ' will come filled with the great spirit
Erwin Schmid, as Francis Briscoe,   Gf the best- things.    You will want
gained access to the school by imper-  to hear them speak and gi K
sonating  an  archcologist. who  could  this service in mind
also speak seventeen languages, but.     Two more new members were wel-
he found difficulty in sustaining th-)COmed into membership of the church
impersonation when  asked to  coach ] Sunday morning
one of the girls in her study of for- ; .. _ _'	
eign languages. However, later in
the entaglements that, arose, when
the would escape the clutches of the
sheriff, he appeared as a lady, with
blond wig, glittering pendants, pow-
Methodist Church Notes
S.  Schofield. Minister
The road to success was not sur-
Phone 86
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Orders may be left at Neumaier's    Phone 272
II Trovatore Selections—(Leonore)
Wilma Schumacher.
Gipsy's Song from II- Travatore—
Vocal solo by Betty Harwood.
Sextette from "Lucia"—Piano duet
by Lucile Schmid and Esther Lederer.
Martha Medley—(Martha) Eileen
i Martin. ,
"I dreamt I dwelt in Marble Halls"
—Vocal solo from Bohemian Girl—
Wilma Schumacher.
Pilgrim's Chorus from Tannhauser
—(Elizabeth)—Esther Lederer.
Toredor Song from Carmen—
(Toreador)—Wesley Dietiker.
New Virginia Dance; Star Spang-
All sales cash.   No credit.
Mercantile Company.
Saline
For Sale—Reed baby buggy in good
condition. • Phone 176. 28     ,
Wanted—Washings.   Called for and
delivered.    Phone 190-F31. 29
Tractors   save   time   and   time   is-
money.    Parsons & Dodge.
Pasture, and  fields   for
rent.   William Schnirring.
corn, for
26-Sx
Star Leader Oil Range with built-in
oven, $39.65. H. Gross & Sons.
See the New Chrysler Six and Plymouth cars at Parsons & Dodge.
Service   on
guaranteed.
all   cars.     All   work
West Side Garage.
Trucking    of    all
ashes,  dirt, gravel.
kinds—hauling
Call 208-F3.
For  Sale—New platform scale at
a big saving.    Wiedman Auto Co.
For Sale—House and lot on West
McKay street, $1,250.   Edw. J. Muir.
Wanted—To buy all kinds of hay. _,
E.   L.   Klager,   BKdgewater,   phone.
186-F11.
We are plleiased to announce a reduction in Tractor prices. Parsons.
& Dodge.
Lost—Boy
school and
phone 258.
Scout   knife,   between-
home.      Lloyd    Mood,.
Alemiting service for all makes of
cars. Prices reasonable. Wiedman.
Auto Company.
The New Chrysler Six is a dandy.
Just step in to Parsons & Dodge and
see for yourself./
For Sale—Good team work horse-?.
8 yrs. old; one single horse, 4 yrs.
old.   D. Bakity, rfd 3. 29
Goodyear or Goodrich Tires at Mail
Order Prices. Why send away for-
them. Geo. V. Cook and Son.
veyed by an idler, and is littered with
dered nose, low cut evening gown of dfecarded conceifcs.
blue satin,  pumps  and flesh  colorec      Simda    morning> j^y 4.    Services
silk   stockings,    and   with    changed  hegiQ at 1Q 0.clock_  Kev_ Mr_ Womer j
voice  conversed  with  the  detective,  secretary of the Michiga,a Lord.s Day led Banner—Piano duets, EileenMar-
his transformation from masculine to Alliance> ^     each ^ mornin„ ser. tin md Fl0rence Wiedmaye*.
the feminine was complete-.  He aetea mon     -^ _enior cho-r ^ nt I  '
the part of stylish lady to perfection,   the followin    program of music:
and   only   his   square   shoulders   be-      —   -   -      _.....>        _ _    	
trayed the disguise.
Kerry Gordon, as William Laidlaw, a lawyer, had troubles of his
own, his aunt who is- dean of the
school, interferes with his plans and
tries to crush the sweet sentiment
that stirs and glows in the heart oi
the young lawyer and is shared by
one of the fair students in this girl's
school.   Kerry acted his part well.
Perkins, the sheriff, was impersonated  by Dean  Gordon.    The  sheriil
Prelude,   Sicilians—John F. Vincent.
Quartet, The Beautiful Valley of
Prayer—Fillmore.
Offertory, Hymn to the Setting
Sun:—Frederick Lacey.
Anthem, Teach Me O Lord—Wm.
Bathes.
Postlude, March, Solenella—George
N. Rockwell.
Sunday school at 11:15. Epworth-
League services at 6:30. Topic, The
Quest for God. Evening service at
7:30; 65 beautifuly colored slides on
was called in an attempt to solve th.  South America", "East of the Andes,
supposed robbery of the place when a Also h slides_    Entertaining and
informing.
Wednesday    evening   prayer    and
IN MEMORIAM
LIBERTY THEATBE
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MAY 2nd. and 3rd.
"Dark' Streets"
— AND 2 REEL COMEDY -
~ WEDNESDAY, MAY 7th. ~
"SOUTH SEA LOVE"
/ IP AVAILABLE
and chapter 2-"EAGLE OF THE NIGHT"*
Take advantage of opportunities—read the Liner Adsl
string of pearls mysteriously disap
peared.    For  naturalness  in  action,
under the spell of mystery, and offl-  bibl_ study
cious  bombast  in  the  realization  of      D_ nQt fQ ^ e&
the importance of official authority. ^ ^aer-Daughter banquet.    Fii-
Dean Gordon could qualify for a po-   .„      „„,•-,„ „°    0    *r.*~ ■,
... .,      .     .__,   . . ■__ day evenmg, May 2—this week,
sition on the sheriff's force right now. 	
Sir Hector Fish, the archeologist,
and scholar, who really spoke seventeen languages, was none other than The Directors of the Citizens Bank
Oscar Wheeler. The professor was of "Saline^ Michigan, take this means
due to lecture before the school on of expressing their .profound sorrow
archeology, using a mummy to aid in at the death of their highly esteemed
his illustrations, but was suddenly associate, Mr. Beverly P. Davenport,
afflicted with an attack of the His loss to them is irretrievable,
mumps and sent to quarantine. Howe He was connected with the bank as
ever, he was determined to fill his en- an officer/ and director from its or-
gagement and escaped quarantine. He ganization in 1902, as its cashier for
managed to remove the mummy from seven years and as its president for
the shipping box and placed himselt more than twenty-one years, during
therein. Thus he was shipped by ex- which time his associates learned to
press and carried into the reception know and appreciate his wise coun-
room of the school. He escaped from sel and his exceptional business abii-
the box when one of the girls, curious ity which was at all times controlled
to see the mummy, opened the box. by the highest standards of honor
The antics of the .professor in trying and integrity.
to   escape   detection  and   arrest  for      As a Board they feel it fitting that
breaking   quarantine  were   amusing they should pay tribute to the sterl-
and   often  near    pathetic.     He  was  ing qualities  of character and busi-
aided by Muriel Woodbridge, who as ness   attainments,   and   the   friendly
Anna   Hampton, was   the   girl   who  disposition    of    their    deceased    co
opened the box and   discovered   the worker, to the invaluable services he
living   mummy.      Muriel    proved    a gave to the bank, to his unswerving
friend indeed and produced a climax fidelity to the interests intrusted to
when she aided the professor in dis- bim, and   to   the  pleasant  relations
guising  himself  in order  to escape which  always  existed  between him
arrest.   The transformation was cont and the directors,
plete and the professor was a lady      They deeply feel that in his pass-
beyond    question.      Muriel   was    so  ing the community has lost a most
natural in her acting that we found valued and lovable, citizen, counselor
ourselves   forgetting   that  she   was and friend.
acting.   And when in the closing act'      They   also   wish   to   convey   their
when all difficulties had been adjust- heartfelt sympathy to the surviving
ed,   and  the  girls  had found  their members of his family,
places by the side of their gentlemen
friends,  and had heard ***the  "word"
they had longed to, hear,   and had
Christie:! .Science Notes
The Christian Science Society of
■Saline holds its services in the hall
above the Citizens bank Sunday at
10:30 a. m.
Testimonial meeting Wednesday
evening at 7:30.
A cordial invitation is given to all.
Sunday school immediately follows
the morning service to which pupils
under 20 may be admitted.
"Everlasting Punishment" will be
the subject of the lesson-sermon in
all Christian Science churches on
Sunday, May ""4.
Among the citations which comprise the lesson sermon are the following from the Bible: "The Lord
redeemeth the soul of his servants:
and none of them that trust in him
shall be desolate"  (Ps. 3_:22).
The lesson sermon also includes
the following passages from the
Christian Science textbook, "Science
and Health with Key to the Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy: "Ths
good man finally can overcome his
fear of sin. This^ is sin's necessity,—
to destroy itself. Immortal man
demonstrates the government of God,
good, in which is no power to sin*'
(p. 405).
Place your order for the Gencrai.
Electric Refrigerator with us.
Uphaus & Schroen..
Body,   fender   and   all   kinds   of
bumping welding.
'  West Side Garage.
WE    SELL    GOODYEAR   TIRES
AT MAIL ORDDH. PRICES.
WESDMAN AUTO COMPANY.
Use Avlcol Tablets for White Dia> -
rhoea and Cholera and keep those
chicks healthy.   Saline Mercantile Co
USE WONDER FEED FOR THOSK
LAXING HENS. NONE BETTER
SALINE MERCANTILE COMPACT.
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Hot weather will soon be here.
Place your order for a Kelvinator
Electric Refrigerator
H. Gross & Sons.
1926 CHEVROLET TRUCK
Fisher   cab   and   stake   platform.
Very good tires with good spare.    A
very serviceable truck at an exceptionally low price.    Only $125.00.
GEO. V. COOK & SON
Authorized Chevrolet Dealers
1925 CHEVROLET SEDAN
This car has had exceptionally
good care and is still very serviceable. Only ?40.00 down. Total price
$100.00.
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Used Tractors at Parsons & Dodge.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the
CITIZENS BANK, Saline, Mich.
waited for, Muriel could not get the
professor to speak. He couldn't "get
the word" he wanted, and she said,
"Why,-, you speak seventeen languages and can't get the word," she" seemed actually disappointed. It was real
acting. -    _
1927 CHEVROLET COACH
Gray Duco  finish,  smooth motor,
good tires.    Only $50.00 down, balance monthly payments.   $150.00.
GEO. V. COOK & SON
Authorized Chevrolet Dealers
Wanted—General
269.
sewing.
Phone
29
Wanted-
26-F2.
-Hay.
Carl Smith, phone
39tf
Orders    taken
Earl Fosdick.
for   canary   birds.
Odd Jobs Wanted. .Richard Clark,
phone 224-F2. 29
1929 CHEVROLET SEDAN
See this car.^ Inspect the fine Duco
finish, ride behind its smooth six cylinder motor. Very low mileage. $475.
GEO. V. COOK & SON
'   Authorized Chevrolet Dealers
1928 CHEVROLET COACH
Green Duco finish—shines like new.
[(Oversize   tires   with   thousands   of
miles of service.   Sweet running mo-
|/tor.    $225.00.
GEO. V. COOK & SON
Authorized Chevrolet Dealers .
1926 CHEVROLET SEDAN, §135
Price-reduced  on this good four-
door sedan.   .Drive this car and you.
will realize what a good buy it is.
GEO. V. COOK & SON
Authorized Chevrolet Dealers
1929 CHEVROLET  SEDAN
Finish   and   upholstery  like   new.
Tires good—mileage low.
GEO. V. COOK & SON
Authorized Chevrolet Dealers
1926 CHEVROLET SEDAN
In excellent condition, good tires,
some new; reconditioned motor. Drive
this car and you will appreciate its
value.    $135.00.
,    GEO. V. COOK & SON
Authorized Chevrolet Dealers
Property Buyers Attention
If interested in buying for a home
or an investment, I have several
good houses, vacant lots and business
properties in Saline and Ann Arbor;
also large and small farms in Washtenaw, Monroe and Lenawee counties
priced right and on easy terms. Buying real estate, now, your purchase is
an investment wisely made.
A. C. Lange, Saline, Phone 767