1930-12-25; Saline Observer

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SALINE'S
HOME NEWSPAPER
FOR 49 YEARS
VOLUME 50
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICH* THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1930
NUMBER 10
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...MERRY...
CHRISTMAS
It is a holiday which always brings ■ its
measure of cheer regardless of the times.
After all, expressions of friendliness and
good will are never more acceptable than
when times are bad and the' outlook
gloomy.
And so more than ever before do we,
the officers and directors of this bank, wish
to extend to you and yours the season's
greetings, a Merry Christmas to you, one
and all.
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We believe that the coming months will
bring a return of prosperity and/it is our
hope that 1931 will bring to you a full share
of happiness and a greater realization of
your material ambitions.
Saline Savings Bank
The One Story Bank on    the Corner
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The QUALITY Grocery
You may be able to buy cheaper, but you can't buy better
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Season's Greetings
And all good wishes for the -Health,
Happiness and Prosperity of every
one of you throughout the New
Year.
I Phone 86
MARTIN fUOSS
Regardless of Weather
■Witfi DIXIE Motor Oil in your crank case, DIXIE
zero lubricants in your transmission and differential,
DIXIE anti-freeze solution in your radiator—and
DIXIE Gas in your tank, winter driving becomes a
luxurious convenience and pleasure.
Start 1930 with DlXlfe, and both you
and your car will have the Happiest
Driving New Year you've ever had.
Use DIXIE Quality and DIXIE Service and your
car will Run Better, Go Farther, Last Longer, and
Cost Less to Operate.
Leave orders at Noonan & Ehlenberg's, phone 28S
or with Maitrice Henderson, Phone 272.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL
STAEBLER OIL COMPANY
To the People of Saline and Vicinity
We Extend a Very Merry
CHRISTMAS
and a Happy and Prosperous
New Year
CARL'S PLACE
cy Pavements Cause
Many Accidents Here
Several Cars Are Severely
Damaged in Week
End Crashes.
Three    People    Slightly    Injured in
Mishaps in and Near
Saline.
Three people were slightly injured
and five cars -were damaged in two
accidents on US-112 west of Saline
Friday morning and early Saturday
morning.
A Dodge sedan belonging to Ar
thur Nixon of Inkster, in which he
was riding with his brother and son.
skidded into the front end cf an Interstate Trucking Company 20-tcn
truck on the curve by the Benton
church at 9 o'clock Friday morning
causing it to jack-knife and crash
into a Tanner farm service store
truck driven by Albert Hagen, which
was parked fciy the sid'e of the road.
The driver of the Dodge sedan was
slightly- cut by flying glass.
The pavement was' icy and the
Dodge sedan went into a skid as it
passed the Tanner truck, which had
just drawn off to the gravel shoulder
of the road, and hit the front end of
the heavy truck which was coming
from the opposite direction and
caused it to skid. It went into the
ditch and partially demolished a culvert before ripping' off one side of
■the Tanner truck and Anally ended
up against a tree in the yard "of Mrs.
B. Teepe.
The driver of the Dodge was
slightly cut and F. Derabis of Detroit, who was riding in the truck,
was also cut. None of the others
were hurt. Charles Carmen of Detroit drove the truck.
The truck had only been driven
8,000 miles and it was very badly
wrecked. Late Friday it was hauled to Detroit. Tanner's truck was
badly smashed, having the whole
left side of the machine torn off.
The Dodge was the least ."smashed of
any of the cars involved, losing
only a fender and some glass in addition to a wheel.
R. M. Hogard of Detroit was driving a Chevrolet coach through to
Kansas City when he skidded 5
o'clock Saturday morning at the toot-
tom of the hill near the Saline tourist camp on US-112 and Went into
the ditch. His eight year-old daughter
who was riding with him, was
slightly cut on the forehead while he
suffered a severe cut on the arm, received while attempting to crawl
out of a window of the machine after
the accident. There "were two other
cars in the party .
Hogard stated- that he lost control
of the car as he hit a slight bump.
The two were treated by a local
physician and returned to Detroit
The car was badly damaged, several
windows being broken and the hood
caved in.
A truck, which was parked .in
front of The Tavern, skidded down
into a Ford coupe that was parked
in front of The Observer office and
knocked it out into the middle of the
street early Saturday morning. The
truck continued its driverless journey and ended np in front of rthe B".
J. Boettger home. The running
board of the coupe was damaged.
New Charter Adopted By
South Lyon Making Ciiy
Oakland     County    Village    Follows
Plan   Contemplated  for
This Community.
SUNOCO  GAS E." MICHIGAN  AVE. §
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Those little Liner Ads don't cost much but they
seem to do the business.   Try 'em.
Saline has a model to follow in the
matter of shifting to city form of
government with South Lyon now ap
proving the charter which -was pre
sented to the voters a few days ago
The new charter of this Oakland
county city is said by Harold D
Smith, director of the Michigan Municipal League, to be the best written
for cities of the fifth class. It is thir
class that Saline officials hope to
make 'this village.
South Lyon is slightly smaller
than Saline hut most of the advantages accruing to it from the new
type of government would be of the
same advantage to this muncipality.
Among the provisions in ithe South
Lyon charter are elimination of all
elections except the biennial fall
elections, an adminstrative set-up
modified to best fit the needs of the
city, and coverage of all points
deemed) necessary or desirable, leaving out all state statutes formerly
printed in charters and which in
time become only "dead wood."
The experience of this newly made
city in the next few months under
their charter will be watched with
interest by citizens here interested
in the move to make Saline a fifth
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HIS is your town and my town; and that means
not only those who live within the corporation
limits but those \yho live in the surrounding rural
districts, who make this town their trading center, who attend its
churches and whose sons and daughters are enrolled in its schools.
This, then, is OUR town.
We have helped build it up together; we have made it a better
place in which to live and given it its character as a representative
American community; we have worked together and played together; we have enjoyed prosperity together and suffered adversity
together; and both have served to bind us more closely to each other.
There is one institution in our town which can justly lay claim to
no small part in making our community what it is. That is the Home
Paper. Chronicler of the news which keeps the people of our community informed of the activities of their neighbors and therefore
gives them a better opportunity to know one another; interpreter
of the spirit of our community, of its ideals and its needs to make it
a better community; and leader in the movements which answer
those needs and promote the welfare of our community, your Home
Paper is happy at this time to extend to all of its friends in this
friendly community a friendly greeting: Merry Christmas!
And in this glad season when we all can know the joy of giving,
let us add to our list just one more gift—a gift of loyalty to our community. Let us highly resolve to carry over into the new year the
spirit of Christmas. Let there be "peace on earth, good will to
men" not only on this day but in the days to come as we work together for the best interests of your town and my town—our town
-our community. _THE pUBUSHER
Many Compliments Given
On Christmas Operetta
Mrs. 'Ailreen   Brown   Directs   Fines
Program of Kind Ever Put
on By  School.
Ypsi* Central Takes
Measure of Saline
Skinner,  rf  ...... 0 0
Gaitner,  if    0 1
Perdue, lf  0 1
Stitt  (C), c  _  4 1
Johnson,  c -   _  0 0
Spencer   c   0 0
Wales,  lg ...._ .-   3 0
Hart, lg  -*-  0 0
Moler,  rg    2 0
Sprentall, rg  0 0
10 5
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LADIES'   MIGHT   PLANNED
BY SALINE ROTARIANS
Event     to     be    Held    January    8;
E. F. Henne Sings Solo at
Meetfng.
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Totals
Saline Reserves—8.
Dieterle, rf   0      0       0
Marion,   rf     0      0       0
Armbruster,  lf    113
Byrd, lf  1     0      2
Gall, c  -  0      0       0
Lindemann, c  *  0     0      0
Wiedmeyer, lg   0     0      0
Rogers, rg  0     0      0
Gross, W., rg   113
Totals - 3 2
Ypsi Central Reserves—8.
Sprentall, rf   1 0
Metevier, rf   3 0
"B. Renton, If   1 0'
H. Renton, c   0 0
Osburn, c  3 0
Townsley (C), rg   6 0
Stadimvller, lg   0 0
i-ians were laid for ladies' night
to he held on January 8 at the Rotary club meeting Thursday at The
Tavern. The president, Dr. j. VB.
Wallace, appointed a committee to
see about arrangements.
As part of the .program, Edward.
Henne sang a Christmas solo,   "The
Birthday of a   King."   He   was   ac- "
compained by Mrs. W. J Hartline.
Arthur Kalder confessed to having a birthday this month, but as he
was a trifle loath to disclose which
no . one pressed the matter and."
he got off with making p. few remarks.
Leigh Townsend of Ypsilanti was
a guest. , \
"Not Guilty" or "Santa Claus Acquitted'," the Christmas operetta
staged by the children Of the first six
grades Thursday evening in the
school auditorium, was the first full
evening's performance to use'the facilities of the stage equipment in the
new building.
About 500 people attended the production,., which was said by many to
have been the best of its kind ever
put on by the school. The performance went off without a hitch and, "j
considering that the players were all j
under 12 or. 13 years old, the record
is quite remarkable.
The leading characters took theii
parts very well. Luther Dicks, as
Santa Claus, did exceptionally well.
All of the others were good and the
full production deserves a lot of
credit.
The first act took place five days
before Christmas in a toy shop. The
kindergarten played Christmas airs
and several solos, duets and choruses
were sung. The second act was laid
in a police court room and the general program was the same as in the
first act.
The stage settings were very distinctive and aided materially in giving, the production a Christmas atmosphere. Mrs. Aileen Brown, director of music and art, was in general charge of the Operetta and she
was assisted by the grade teachrs.
Misss Dorothy Warner, Mary Morden, Mildred Whitman, Catherine
Prosser and Marjory MacQueen. The
ladies, as well as Professor Kalder,
were given deserved presents between acts one and two by Santa
Claus.
Local Boys Show Up Weil
In Second Half After
Poor First Frame.
Alumni Hall Cornerstone
At Ypsi To Be'Laid Soon j
Construction    on   New   Building   Is
Expected to be Finished
by Next September.
Construction on Charles McKenny
Hall, new alumni ibuilding of the
Michigan State Normal college, has
progressed rapidly, since the ground
breaking on November 8. The excavation for the new structure has
been finished and the basement
work is nearing completion.
The cornerstone will he laid' as a
feature of the Educational Conference'which will toe held January 16
and 17.
Construction is expected to be
completed on .the new building by
September, -1931, and will be welcomed by the increasing student
body for whom such a building is
neeed as a student center.
Charles McKenny Hall has been
made possible through the organized
effort of thousands of alumni of the
Normal college who have worked
consistently to make possible this
new addition to the campus.
Someone stole all*the chickens belonging to Mrs. Thomas Terrine of
Sutton, W. Va., except her rooster,
and left the following note around
its neck: "I'll be back for this one
later."
Reserves  Are  Snowed  Under  28  to
8   by   Powerful   Ypsilanti
•    Contingent.
Saline high dropped its opening
encounter of the basketball seasor
■Friday night to Ypsilanti Central 25
to 16, ibut the game, while a defeat
was no disgrace and showed a lot of
good talent that should be dangerou.°
when it comes up against schools in
in the same class.
li took half the game for the loca1
boys to get accustomed to each
other and the opposition. They managed to make only one field goal in
this frame while the Ypsi boys collected eight. The second half saw a
different story, however.
The Saline defense of Gross and
Arend tightened up and the Noma)
city boys scored two baskets from
the floor while Saline's scoring combination began to operate and managed to put the ball trough the hoop
six times for a total of 12 points.
Jim Gross scored the only basket
in the first half and added two more
in the second. He also sunk a\ foul
shot which gave him high point
honors with seven. The combination that saw play in the second half
was made up of veterans except for
Armine Westphal who went in for
Teachout late in the second quarter.
Westphal played a fine game in hi**
first appearance with the varsity and
should develop into a good forward.
Saline's old trouble of too much individual play was evident again in
this encounter, but they were not as
bad as they have .been in former
years. The boys worked very well
together and should go a long wav
during the remainder of the season.
Captain" Stitt of the Ypsilanti team
was their mainstay on offense scoring four field goals and a foul throw.
Wales also stood out for the visitors.
At half time the score stood at 20
to 4 with Saline looking not too good
but the lads came hack and showed
a remarkable game in the second
half corn-pared to what they were
demonstrating" in the first frame.
The second team was rather snowed under and only managed to collect three field goals during the
whole encounter. They put up a good
battle and' "Puffy" Gross played a
heady game at guard. Armbruster
also shown for the reserves. Can-
tain Townsiey did great things for
Ypsilanti, collecting 12 points for
His team. The next game is on
January 9 with Chelsea here.
LINEUPS
Saline—16.
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Teachout, rf  ----- °      °      °
A. Westphal, rf   10      2
E. Westphal, lf   0     11
Ernst  (C), c  -,-. *2      0       4
Howard,  c     0      0       0
Gross,  rg  -   3      17
Arend, lg   10      2.
Totals C 7     2    16
Ypsilanti Central—25.
Secrest, rf  - - 12      4
Totals 1*     0
Referee,- Harvey  Straxib, U.  of
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OBITUARY
OBITUARY
Mrs. Ella Ida Zommerman. wife of
Fred C. Zimmerman, passed away at
her home Saturday at 10 a. -m., after
a week's illness. Funeral services
were held at the home at 1:30 Monday with Rev. Adolf Lederer officiating. Burial was in PakwOod cemetery.
Mrs. Zimmerman was a life-long
resident of Saline. She was born
here on December 22, 1894, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Boettger.
Survivors are Mr. Zimmerman;
two daughters, Elaine and Ina
Claire; her father and mother; two
sisters, Mrs. B. L, Longfellow of Saline and Mrs. R. J. Gauss of Dexter;
five brothers, Walter Boettger of
Ann Arbor, Karl of Dexter, Bernard
of Saline, Paul and Ernest -Of Detroit; and many nephews and nieces.
Ralph Paul Lambarth, infarct son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Robert
Lambarth of Lodi township, passed
away Saturday evening at h.ome'l'rf"
ter a short illness.
He was horn July 23, 1930, in Lipdi
township and is survived by a sistW,
Mildred Anna, and his parents. Tfl|e
funeral was held- Monday, Decemb
22, with a- prayer service at the resi-^
dence at 2:30 p. m. and church services at 3 p. m. at Trinity Lutheran ■
church, Rev. Adolf Lederer officiating.   Burial -was in Lodi cemetery.
A  BIG  INDUSTRY
Few people know how big the
printing industry is. Even the publishers themselves do not realize that
the printing business pays out more
for labor than almost any. other industry in America. For example, its-
payroll is almost four times that or
the motor-vehicle plants. In the average printing Office more than 50
per cent of the income is immediately paid for labor, which in turn spend'
its income in the home community..
—Minnesota Press.
Don't overlook the liner Ads.
Just Like a
Duck Likes Water
So does a busy reader
like Observer liners.
Everybody reads 'em
6c per line first insertion then 4c per line
, Complete  stocKs  at  lowest prices J     For  Sale—New platform scale at
at Dietiker's. a D*g saving.   Wiedman Auto Co
All sales cash.   No credit.    Saline
Mercantile Company.
Blotters,   convenient size,  30c per
pound, at The Observer office.
Alemiting service for all makes of
cars. Prices reasonable. Wiedman
Auto Company.
For Sale—Nearly new player piano
with rollls.   Wiedman Auto Co.
Several used show cases and counters. Also parts storage bins. Wiedman Auto Co.
1925 FORD  COUPE $50.00
•   "Wiedman Auto Company.
To   Rent—Nice   rooms   for   light
housekeeping.  Miss Cobb, phone 253.
Use Avicol Tablets for White Diat-
MODEL T FORD TRUCK
With stake body.    $50.00.    Wiedman
A.uto Company.
TIRES
WE    SELL    GOODYEAR
AT MAIL ORDER PRICES.
WD3DMAN AUTO COMPANY,
Place your order for the Gencrtj.
rhoea  and  Cholera  and  keep  those j Ii-1*T'f £T. olue/ *-"*■"«■ *
chicks health-.*,   aalinp Wprn^rii.. <-„    Electric Refrigerator with us
chicks healthy.   Saline Mercantile Co
COAL   AND   COKE   SCREENED
OR FORKED, AT RIGHT PRICES.
Uphaus & Schroen.
Goodyear or Goodrich Tires at Mail
Order Prices.    Why  send  away  for
SALINE MERCANTILE COMPANY | %%_   "^ v7gE^3»'
Hart-Parr 15-30 Tractor. Condition perfect. Price resonable. Par
soils & Dodge.
Coal for threshing; also Scranton
hard coal, stove and chestnut sizes:
Pocahontas, Ford Coke. A trial order will convince you these are quality coals. Edw. J. Muir.
The International Harvester Co.
have perfected a Milking machine
that is certainly wonderful in its operation and second to none in price
and quality. Let us show you how
this milking machine works. Parsons & Dodge.
HAVE YOUR FURNACE
cleaned with our Electric Vacuum
Furnace Cleaning Outfit, which will
positively do the work without making any dust or dirt in your house.
Phone your order to The Saline
Mercantile Co. or inquire of William
Martin.
Credit Bureaus in other towns and
cities are calling for credit reports
on the people of Saline and surrounding country. The record we
have, on file has to be given. Help
us to make good reports. We cannot
give you good credit ratings unless
you have satisfactory ratings/with
your   home   merchants.     Merchants
Service Bureau.
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We pride ourselves on our. quick
service. When in need of printing of
any kind, call The Observer, phone
60-F2.
Give The Observer a call when in
need of statements, letter heads, envelopes, etc. Our telephone is No.
60-F2.     '
See the new all steel ball-hearing
FARM WAGON. It has Tractor
hitch and horse hitch. High or low
frame.   Parsons & Dodge.
Typewriters,, ribbons: check protectors, ribbons; carbon paper ancr
other office supplies at The Observer
office.
Have several prospects for 'farms.
Have house, furnished rooming houses and flats showing good income in
Ann Arhor and Detroit to exchange.
Address H. R. Ship-nan* care Brooks-
Newton, Inc., Brooks Building, Ann
Arbor.   Phone 2-2571.
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JOHN A. FITCH
AUCTIONEER
Sixteen years experience has
taught us how to conduct your auction sale successfully.. Upon request
we will furnish you the names and
addresses of hundreds of our clients.
We guarantee results or no charge.
Telephone-15 or 75.. Saline. „
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