1932-03-10; Saline Observer

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THE
VOLUME 51
•SALINE,   WASHTENAW  COUNTY, MICHIGANj   "THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1932
NUMBER 21
i
yt£ INVITE—
..YOU..
To Make Use of Our
Complete Banking
SERVICE
The Saline Savings Bank
The One Story Bank on the Corner
Dixie Service is the Best Service!
There Is No Puzzle About
DIXIE SERVICE
Regardless of-what is said or liow much money is
spent to saylt, there's, only one real test of service:
Does, it please YOU?
That's the question Dixie puts to itself for every
individual customer. It explains why you'll find the
Dixie Mnute Man studying YOUR car, JTOUR driving problems, YOUR likes and dislikes.-
There's no puzzle, no ballyh'oo, about Dixie service.  It is custom-cut for YOU!
STAEBLER OIL COMPANY
Leave orders with J. G. Tubaugh, phone 288, or with
Maurice Henderson, phone 272
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acquire. By assuring wholesome news-columns as
"neighbors" for advertising, The Observer attracts
believeable, trustworthy sales messages in print.
] Bowling Championship-     4-j
j Won By Haarer's Five^
Three . Games   Won  From   Tanner
Thursday <Gave Butchers'
Two Game Lead.
Hidden Money.. Is     . j
Beginning to Show     " j
Up; Says^Mr..Ewald!
County Farmers Elected
Officers Here* Thursday
NEW WAYS FOR NEW DAYS
Oliver Hart Parr Tractors
a size and type for every need including
Row Crops.
Oliver Farm Equipment
both tractor and horse drawn. - Genuine
Oliver Repair parts.
Fitch Sales Corporation
Haarer's bowlers settled   the city ]
championship' last  Thursday  night; _
when they "defeated the -Tanner'five
three straight games, as Wiedman's
team could do no" better than to take
two from the Kroger men Tuesday.
Archie .Lawrence set a new high record for the season's bowling, when'he
tipped   220 'pins   over  on - Tuesday
night. " Xiloyd'  Fairbanks" had '"high
, three game total for the week with
509, and Haarer's "won high honors
for teams with a total of 2369 piSs.- ;
j    The   high   scores   for   the   season
. were:    Archie Lawrence, high individual score, 220: Del. Tanner, high:
' three game total, 537; and Tanner's
. team high team total with 2376.       j
The games for the entire tournaf
ment were: ■■
Won Lost-!
Haarer   17 "10   J
Wiedman,    15   12   I
Kroger  12   15   J
Tanner   10   17   I
The scoring for the week was as.
follows:
HAARER ,;
Harmon   179   159   157     495*
E. Schmid   184    171   140     495
Wahl  189   121   135   • 445,
B. Gillen .. 160   142   173     475
Pfaus   176   154" 129     459
Anti-Hoarding ■ Campaign I9 Bringing Out Some Interesting Facts.     " *
Body Passed .on Five Resolutions At
j Meeting Held at Fedorat>ed
j ... Church.
Henry. T. - Ewald, chairman for
Michigan, is receiving reports \3aily
of-money that has long-been-in hiding* heing brought out under the influence 'of the campaign" and put
into" circulation.   These are evidences
j  , Approximately 150 persons attend-
, ed the meeting and election of the
' Washtenaw   County   Farm   Bureau,
held  here at  the Federated church
last Thursday noon. . s"
|    Five resolutions "were passed upon
unanimously. . .They were: . Indorse-
of. confidence-being restored. Some- ment of the Smith-Hughes act mat
thing definite and practical is being- ™.£* Possible the .leaching, of agricul
done and;,the people'are responding' tural subiects,- in_;hi£rh  schools:- m
"rural subjects^ in_;high schools;-' "in
dorsement of the continuance of agricultural extension, work, in this
county and. the state; approval of the
state bureau.program promoting agriculture; indorsement of the* national marketing act and the efforts of
the Federal „Farm Board to aid the
farmer and finally, indorsement of
the limitation -on taxation being
sponsored Jjy the Michigan Farmer.
The directors  elected were:    One
j                                888 747 724 2369
i TANNER
'Wittbracht  _._.  179 159 146 484
Ash   147" 133 103 383
W. Burkhardt.... 166 155 122 443
Fairbanks ....,.„ 136 118 129 383
. Tanner  147 157 107 411
775    722
,   KROGER
Dummy   125 . 125
Gross  172    138
I D. Burkhartr  130   112
Fitzgerald  137   127
Gruenwald   145   172
607 2004
125 375
166 476
120 362
177 439
176 493
in'a way that seems to mark a defin
Ite end to present conditidns." 1
One business man in Detroit reported to Mr. Ewald the .other day
that for years he had been saving
every -gold piece that came into his
"possession with  the idea that in an
emergency  he   would ' always' have
something   stored away   that could ,
not depreciate.   A very considerable ■
sum had accumulated in his safety r
deposit box. Since the starting of vear term- w"Mam Austin, York;
the campaign, however, he began "to . Walter Gale, Superior; F. R. Clem-
feel "that about the worst thing he Ients- Lodi: tw» vear term» Frank
could do was to keep gold, or money ! ^'Ser, Salem; George Haab, Free-
of any kind, put of circulation when dom'> RPland steiD. Aa* Arbor"
it might   be -doing  its  part  to re-   three   vear  term'   Cnarles  McCalla,
: establish credit. At the same time. Pittsfield; Clyde Breining, Augusta;
hertrealized that he was losing the j D»vid Maier,-Northfield.
price of a good suit of clothes every i The speakers at the meeting were:
year in interest Hence, he had gone : W. W. Billings, vice president of the
to his safe deposit box, taken out his ! state bureau, who appeared for M. L.
hoard of gold and deposited it in a ,Noon. r president; Mrs. Edith Wagar,
fevih|s^Cco'unt with a local bank. , a director of the..state- bureau, and
BCe:.las.devoting some time each day (Arthur   Kalder,    superintendent    of
,ljnow to hunting about among friends   schools.    . •  ■   ..
■and acquaintances to find others who ]  --	
j have money hidden, and trying to in- j Prominent Young People
• ation tteai to put " back int° cir°ul" I    Married Sunday Morning
A letter from Col. Frank Knox* na- j
. tional chairman, cites some interest- j
ing instances of hoarding discovered ]
Pay your cemetery dues. 21
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All sales;'cash. - Mo credit.   Saiina
Mercantile Company. •   -   "   -      ;l
For Sale-^liate and early potatoes,
Robert Love, phone 198-F24.      .21
Chevrolet State -Body Truck, only
$50,00 down. ■ Wiedman Auto Co.
For Sale-rHorse,3 yrs^old, weight
1,300 .lbs, Dtepot.- Bakity,.Rfd .3, Sar-
line."      - " "20
Pay -your cemetery dues. 21
-Genuine Petroleum Coke at'?10-0&
per ton-delivered in your.bin." Saline
Mercantile Company. '
To Rent—My home on West Henry
street. - Robert Cullen. Inquire at
Citizens Bank. 23
For Sale—Whipping cream, 20c
pint; dairy butter 30s pound. Dan.
Hertler, phone 184-F21. 20"
For Sale—Two new milch Holstein
cows with calves by side. Arthur
Heininger, phone 194-F2. I7tf
i   ■ 709    672
j ,       WIEDMAN
Dummy  .. 125  .125
Fairbanks   198   143
Martin .___     91   170
Lawrence _  133   169
Bridges    137    124
764 _ 2145
125 375
168 , 509
144 405
178 480
163 424
in one district in Pennsylvania;
i Four miners' families living in one
large house, have $8,200 tucked away
in various places in the frame building.
An old woman walks   about   the
streets with   $1,000   in  her pocket-
.' book, the remainder of $1,600 she
drew from the local bank last fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Fitzgerald Will
Spend Honeymoon .Visiting
at Benton Harbor,
Ronald Fitzgerald and Miss Lillian
Bracey were united in marriage at
8:30 Sunday morning in the Methodist church by Rev. Simon Schofield.
BUss Curtiss, Richard Clark and
Misses   Norma   and   Esther  Bowen
[were the only attendants.    Immedi-
Another woman drew $35,000 from   ately after the ceremony ftey went
to their home, the S. A. Fitzgerald
residence, where a three course
-breakfast was served by Mrs. C. F.
five banks and scattered'it about her
house in various hiding places.   Col.
.rKhox's    informant    said:      "I   saw
^$1,200 of this money in $10, $20 and 'Fitzgerald and-daughUj, ftenev.
Sn^-.-,.„s■--...-.. ■-■-.-■   y>-   T — -T>---.      f   The bride was beautifully gowned
684 731 768 2183
:^%5Qt bills". ,
j     A".workman who applied for foo'd I in
lavender   taffeta- trimmed   with
at a charity organization of the city
lace. The maids of honor .were gown-
Estimates Given On Road
Improvements For County
According   to" Report    Saline   Will
, Have Benefit of S12.500 in
Repair Work.
L. D. Townsend, engineer-manager
of the Washtenaw county road .^commission, handed in, in his report to
•the commissioners Friday,,an estimate of the retread work' which he believes should be done during the ensuing year throughout the county. *■ .
. The report stated that $52,394
should be spent on retread work and
in improving the condition of culverts. 'The commissioners have taken
the report under advisement, M.
Townsend's -estimate was that:
$10,532 should be spent on 7.2 miles*
of the Portage lake road; $10,000 on
four miles of the Saline road; $2,895
on 4.6 miles of the Milford road;
$2,000 on • another 4.6 miles if the
Milford road and 7 miles of the same
road would receive $12,420; $1,120 on
the Packard road; $3,000 on highways ih Saline, Dexter and Milan,
and $3,000 should be spent on the
Huron River drive.
An additional $13,000 could be
spent in the following ways: $5,000
on the Osborne bridge approaches,
$3,000 for the bridge at Cherry Hill;
$2,500 for the bridge at Whittaker;
$1,000 for the bridg,» at Saline kid
$1,500 for culverts on the Packard
road.
was found* to have hidden $900 in his } «*  «   blue and   pink,  respectively.
house . , Soon after the breakfasct Mr. and'
; The infojrmant continued: "A \ Mrs. Fitzgerald left for Benton Har-
1 woman put"$3,000 in her Dutch oven, j bor, where they will visit their uncle,
{ Her-daughter, visiting her, decided j Barnes Fitzgerald, and wife. They
lite bake a cake to surprise her ! also wUl visit other pomts of inter-
! mother.    The cake cost $3,000—and j est m the state.
was 'mJother surprised?" ; i -"       ~   ~    ^.T
j     Thieves robbed a merchant's home. iSaline - RotailanS    May
j but overlooked $3,000 he had tucked
away in a bureau drawer.
1 The police .department" of New
i Kensington, near Pittsburgh, _ sent
i out a: report of the robbery of a resi-
Ldehce, the thieves -taking $6,300 in
! currency.
Sponsor 4-H Corn C^ub
BiscJussion   of   Plans   Outlined   By
Arthur Hagen; Committee to
Meet This Afternoon.
. For a few weeks the business ses-
j H. A. Harnngton, of the Detroit j ^ of ^ Rota club haVe been
j Board of Pommerce, said a Detroit,-.^^ ^^ considering the mat-
Lbuilder a few days ago sold a home {ter Qf Sp0nsoring a 4.H .corn club.
j for $12,000, -the purchasers, husband j Last Thursday Arthur Hagen, countv
j and wife, making the down payment j club,leaaer was present, and outlined
1. of $5,000 in crumpled bills which had , ^ appropriate program, which was
-,;been stuffed away in hiding in their | freel ^^ss^ and ^m he acted
1 home and; had doubtless been accum- j b    a committe at a meeting to
ulating over a considerable period.      tDe held this afternoon.
This is .quite the moist ambitious
undertaking of the Rotarians to date.
Involve Local Persons hbut as they have a way of putting
  ] over what tasks they set for them-
!selves,;all are quite hopeful of mak-
jing this undertaking successful, too.
i Much more will be said about it fc.
1 next week's Observer.
i . Joseph Kelly, Ann Arbor Rotarian.
also was a guest at the meeting.
Three Auto Accidents'
Six    Slightly    Injured    in    Crashc
Friday Night; Two in
Sunday Wreck.
j     Several young people from Saline
were   involved   in   three   accidents
j which   occured   over
AUCTION .SALE-
Having decided to quit farming I
will sell at public auction on the
premises known as the Lingthorn
farm, 2% miles southwest of Cone
and 2 miles east of Britton, on
Saturday, March 19, 1932,
commencing at 12 o'clock sharp, the
following described'property:
Terms:   Cash.
-   Two fresh Holstein cows 8 yrs. old;
heifer one year old.
14 good ewes, due to lamb in April.
Chester White sow7 1% yrs. old,
due April 4th.
30 White L_eghorn chickens.
Nearly new farm wagon, Stude-
baker wagon, gravel wagon, binder,
drill, Roller, corn planter, mowing
machine, cultipacker, two drags,
spiketooth drag, ensilage cutter,
grindstone, Burch -plow, corn sheller,
riding plow, 2-horse cultivator, .1-
horse cultivator brand nevr," sugar
beet cultivator, washings machine,
wringer, washboard, butter churn,
water separator, hard coal heater,
more tools and small articles.
100. bushels of. corn, 2 bushels of
sweet clover seed. •
LEWIS NAGY.
GUY 1HOMPSON, Auctioneer.
the   week end.   KEEPER OF GREAT SEAL
; The first took place on' the Britton I OLDEST STATE EMPLOYEE
i road when a car driven by Wendell • Major Albert Dunham, keeper of
', Tower collided with anotheTTauto- the Great Seal of Michigan in tho de-
i mobile an'd was thrown into the ditch, partment of" state, was guest of hon-
: Tower was quite seriously injured or at a banquet of veteran state em-
{ and was removed to a hospital at ployees recently. Major Dunham is 87
j Ann Arbor for observation but was ' years of age and on April 1 will have
' returned to the home of his parents,   serve'd Michigan  for 38 consecutive
years. He is the oldest state employee, both in age and in years of
service.
j Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tower, Satur-
1 day.    His companions, Nora Gordon
and   Daisy   Gleason, suffered   Issser
, injuries.   The cars were badly damaged.
A second accident occurred Friday
night, when a west-bound car struck
. the one driven by Earl Rowe, son of ■     MINIMUM CHARGE. 25 CENTS
. Mr. and Mrs. John Rowe,  on Ens' ■ 6c per ,ine first itltMrtiorii 4c Der !in,
■ Michigan  avenuer—?HIs- companions, j ..a,.tl wHsrquont insertion.
Miss   Nsrine   Riggs!'  and   a   cousin j " * 	
from Detroit, as well as Roe sustain- j     Experienced woman desires house
THE OBSERVER LINERS
Classified Advertising
For   Sale — Cornstalks.
Stierle, phone 137-F23. -
' ed minor cuts and bruises. Both' cars ; work.    Phone 273-F3.
were considerably damaged.
The third accident happened Sat-
'. urday*- night,   ,when a Detroit   car
struck" the one driven -by Alfred My-
j ers; between Saline "and Ypsilanti,
' and rolled it into Uie ditch.    Both
machines   were,  badly  smashed  and 1
j atho.ugh the occupants,of uie Mye;   j
J car, the only ones to be injured, were ; Call 50-F2
! only slightly cut and bruised, the re-
I suit might have been somewhat .more
1 serious, as   the  machine was   much
21tf   "
Charles
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Milk -7c per quart.   Bring your, bottle.    317 E. Michigan Ave. 21
For Sale-
-1,000 bushels A-i corn.
E. M. Bradley.
Pay your cemetery 'dues. 21
BEST HEADLIGHT OVERALLS
Shrunk    denim,-,special   Saturday
smaller and lighter than-the"one that t 98c"  .G..L.- Parsons,
hit it.
For Sale—Yellow Dent -corn, * 75r
In- her divorce suit,-Mrs. Jeanette   per' hundred; "Whipple's yellow sweet*
Liebser of. Chicago* testified that'her | corn seed, 15c per lb.   35 acres oats
husband "always wanted to stay horned ground to rent.^   Al. Springer, phone
and do the housework. - ' - 204-F2. *" -      ■ 22
USE NO-DUS SOLUTION
To treat your coal.
Saline Mercantile Company.
For Sale-—Eating .and seed potatoes. Otto Schwocko farm, 3 miles
west on M-ll" and % mile north.
House for Sale or Rent—8 roomsr
furnace and bath; double garage. Elmer Stimpson, phone 195-F41.     22
Automobile Insurance. May we-
quote our low rates on a Citizens'*
Mutual policy?    wiedman Auto Co-
Use Avicol Tablets for White Diarrhoea and Cholera and keep thoge--
■Jhicks healthy.  Saline Mercantile Co*
1927 Essex Sedan, Good condition—
$12.00 monthly and a small down,
payment will buy this car. Wiedman-
Auto Company, Salin«,
Fordson Tractor Parts.   We carry-
a complete stock.   Now is the time-
to   repair   your   tractor.     Wiedman
Auto Company, Saline.
1929 Durant Sedan.    Excellent finish, new tires. Only $34.00 down payment, balance easy Hi C. C    Wiedi--
man Aiito Company, Saline.
For genuine Pocahontas, Elknorn^.
Dundon, Ford -Coke, D., L. and W-
Hard Coal, phonj 47 or 103-
Edw. J. Muir.-
"Pate .1929 Pontiac Sedan, 6r wire-
wheels, looks and runs like new.
$125.00 down will buy this car, balance easy terms. Wiedman Auto*
Co., Saline.
LAST CALL ON BLANKETS
Single blankets, 85c value, ' 50c.
Double blankets, 1.65 value, $1.00.
Fart wool, 72x80 double, 2.95 values
now $2.00.   G. L. Parsons.
MARCH SPECIAL
Any purchase of $1.00* or more
made" in my shop during March will
be subject to a 10% discount.
George W. Seeger Harness Shop.
I will give piano lessons, 20 minutes, to children under mine years of
age for 50c, beginning; March 1st.
Older pupils may have their first ten
lessons at a reduction.     Vesta Mills.
Iliave theragency for (Standard?
Petroleum Coke, which is the highest grade coke dn the market today.
A trial order will convince you.
Edw. J. Muir.
1926 CHEVROLET TRUCK
Stake  body and  cab.    Also  have
dump body to fit.
GEO. V. COOK & SON,
Authorized Chevrolet Dealer
International Blu-flame oil burner
—no smoke—no dirt. Sets inside
your range. See one in operation at
my home. Its cheaper than coal or
wood. Chris. Ernst, Agent, Bridge-
water. 20-lx
Saline Township Tax Notice
Having- been granted an extension
of two weeks, I will be at the Savings Bank Saturday, March. 5, and at
the Citizens Bank Saturday, March
12, to receive taxes. Will accept
at any time at my home.
CHARLES  GRAF, Treasurer.
Quality chicks from blood tested
stock. Hatched in Smith incubators,
most scientific way of hatching. We
invite you to inspect our hatching
and also* flocks -from which you get
your chicks. Chix fumigated three-
times during each hatch. 25,000 chix
each week- Klager Hatchery, Bridge-
water.
WANTED—People in this vicinity
who have .any legaKprinting required
in the settlement of estates, etc.,
will conferr; a favor by having it sent
to this"newspaper. The-rates are-
universal in vsuch- matters- -and -to*
-have your notices, appear in -this
paper it is only necessary-to ask the
Probate 'Judgesto send them to The.
Observer.
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Pay your -cemetery dues.        21   ;•