1932-05-12; Saline Observer

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VOLUME 51
SALINE,   WASHTENAW. CXDUNTY,  JMICJUGAN,   THURSDAY,- MAY 12, 1932
NUMBER 30
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GOOD BANKING
FOR YOU
Good Banking Relations
are Fundamentally
Important to every
kind of Business.
You are invited to
take advantage of the
Banking Facilities this
Bank offers.
The Saline Savings Bank
The One Story Bank on the Corner
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FLASH
Dixie Gasoline has a high anti-knock rating . .. it
is clean, pure and odorless... it is specially tested for
your climate—and it starts like a flash!.
If you like responsive action at any speed—if you
want the assurance of an instant start whether your
car has been standing for minutes or hours—use-
Dixie Gasoline.
STAEBLER OIL COMPANY
Leave orders with J. G. Tubaugh, phone 288, or with
Maurice Henderson, phone 272
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Don't Gamble with the...
FUTURE
SEVENTY CENTS FOR WHEAT
. For a limited time only.   Call at our store and
we will give you detailed information.
Fitch Sales Corporation
PHONE  15—SALINE, MICHIGAN
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BASEBALL
SALINE HIGH SCHOOL
vs.
MILAN HIGH SCHOOL
THE OLD RIVALS—DON'T MISS IT!
WIEDMAN'S FIELD
Tmesday, May 17, 3:30 p. m.
ADMISSION 25c
Lightning Destroys" «
E. Langstaff Home
Firemen Unable to Get Water After.
Small Supply in Wells Had
Become Exhausted.
Fire, following- a bolt of lightning,
completely destroyed tbe homft of
Edward Langstaff, located about 2\i
miles south of Saline, eacLyr^Friday
evening.
.Tlie local fire department arrive"!
on the scene to find the roof already
in flames and could nave saved -the
rest of tne house but for the fact
that the water supply was very low,
and -the wells were drained before the
flames could be extinguished.    "",,_*
Tbe house was burned to -tie
ground but firemen and friends succeeded in removing tbe greater part
of the furniture. No barns or outbuildings were burned. Tbe loss is
estimated at approximately $3,000.
Sutherland P. T A. Elects
Officers At May Meeting
Members Voted t« Set Aside Money
for the Purchase of New
. library Books.
The May meeting of the Sutherland
Parent-Teachers Association was held
at tbe school house Friday evening.
It was voted to set aside a definite
amount of its past year's profits to
buy library books, and it was.decided
to remodel the stage curtains and
purchase material for a backdrop.
After the business session the annual election of officers was conducted, resulting as follows:
President—-Harrison Harwood.-
First Vice President—Mrs* Ernest
Sutherland,
Second Vice President—M.- Scbus-.
ter.
Secretary and Treasurer—Grant
Oody.
A3 there was no prepared .program
the members joined in singing. Refreshments were served by Mrs.
Schuster.
The next meeting will be held on
Friday, September 16. Tbe first
meeting will be held a month earlier
this year in order to make early
preparations for the coming school
year. ....
Held Mother-Daughter
Banquet Friday Night
Annual Dinner and Program at M. E.
Church Was Well
Attended.
The annual Mother-Daughter *oan-
qiiet of tbe Methodist church was
held in the church basement Friday
evening, with a good attendance. The
following program, representing a
garden, was enjoyed by an:
Mother Nature—Mrs. Roy Rogers.
Planting My Garden—-Mrs. <J. U.
Wheeler. ' *
Blossoming Time—Miss Esther
Bowen.
Hummingbirds—Mrs.* C. F. Fitzgerald and Miss Irene.
American Beauty Rose:—Mrs, Earl
Dietiker.
A Nightingale—Miss Eunice Ban
Cutting My Garden—Miss Maiion
Rouse.
Butterfly—Shirley Stephenson.
Caterbury Bell—Mrs. Ray Davis., *
Warblers— Mrs. Luther Briggs and
Miss Katherine, Mrs. C. A. Joraau
and Mrs. Norman Ash.
Forget-me-not—-Mrs. R. Eweing.
, To the Garden of Tomorrow—Miss
Edith Rose Parsons.
Guests from out of town were Mrs.
Luella Huhphrey of Detroit, Mrs. Edwin Warner,, Jackson; Mrs. Walter
Brackel, Mrs. Max Blaess, Mrs. Julius Lindenschmidt, Mrs. Fred Layher
and Mrs. Emanuel Cook, Ann Arbor;
Mrs. Lewis Cool and daughters, St.
Johns, and Mrs. 'Sophia Reeves.
Mother-Daughter Banquet
At St. Paul's On Friday
[ { Cne Hundred Were Present at Din-
i
ner and Program .Held in
Church Parlors.
Saline Woman's Club
Holds 27th Banquet
Annual  Affair   Held   Tuesday Noon
With About Forty-five Members in Attendance.'
The twenty-seventh annual banquet
of the Saline Woman's club was held
Tuesday noon in the dining ball ot
the Federated church, with about 45
members present. The tables were
very prettily decorated with the club
colors, yellow and white. The programs were arranged in tbe form of
place cards with the photograph of
the person adorning the outside cover.
Tbe following program was rendered.
Club,, Song, words and music oy
Miss Vesta Mills—Assembly.
"Lilacs,", by Berwald,' and "To a
Wild- Rose," by McDowell—Club Sextette.
Mrs. Roland A. Cornell of Detroit,
past district president, gave the principal -address, "What is Happening in
Women's Clubs."
Mrs. Luther Briggs paid tribute to
the past presidents and Mrs. Thomas
Shurtz presented -each one with a bud
vase and rose. Mrs. Briggs also gave
a toast to the retiring president, Mrs.
Shurtz, and Mrs. Fred Burkhart presented her with a bud vase and rose.
Mrs. Bessie Collins presented Mrs.
Cornell with a bouquet of roses.
The following1 guests were present:
Mrs. -Stephenson of Ypsilanti, Mrs.
Fred Gross of Royal Oak and two
past presidents, Mrs. Jack Wilson of
Ann Arbor and Mrs. Ben. Roller.
Youth Slays Station
Attendent Over Nickle
George   Brown,   60-Yeaf-Old   Adrian
Man, Killed Trying to Collect
for Soft Drink.
Because George Brown, -60-year-old
gasoline attendent, Adrian,- followed
Mm to his car denianding a nickie in
payment for "a bottle of pop, an unknown youth drew a revolver and
fired on Brown, wounding him in the
neck and killing him instantly. The
slayer then fled -with a companion in
a large blue sedan with tan stripes
on the body. State police and sheriff's officers have been unable to locate the youth.
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Council Proceedings
The annual Mother-Daughter banquet of St. Paul's church was held
Friday evening in the church dining
hall, about one hundred being present. The room was prettily decorated in pink and white. Immediately
after the banquet the* following program was rendered, Mrs. Henry
Groeb acting as toastmaster:
For the Mothers—Mrs.- Casper
Groeb.
Piano solo—Eileen Moehn.
For the Daughters—Helen Armbruster., )
Piano solo—Ruth Schleh.
Reading, "None Like a Mother"—
Martha Hieber.
Piano duet—Lucille and Mane
Schmid.
Reading "duet, "Wonderful Mother
of Mine"—Mae Schroen and Velma
Jedele.
Poem,'"Mothers' Day"—Mrs. Louise .Schroen.
Rev.. C H. Wittbracht presented
the oldest and youngest mother and
the youngest daughter with a token.
Council meeting held in the council chamber on Monday, May 2.
Mayor Susrden in th.° chair
Councilmen present: TJpnaus,
Gross, Cook, Fairbanks.
Clerk read the minutes of the previous meeting and they were approved as read.
A member of the County Road
Commissioners was present and gave
figures on putting oil and grave* on
Monroe street. Motion by Cook, supported by Uphaus, that the County
Road Commissioners be requested to
take over central" 20 feet of Monroe
street from Michigan avenue to- city-
limits and that the council signify its
■willingness to assume half the cost
for treating this portion of road with
oil mixed gravel. Carried unanimously. ^« .   .   '
Moved by Fairbanks, supported by-
Gross, that the council_accept the
budget as submitted by the clerk.
$13,25200, with an estimated inconH
of $6,000.00. Tax rate $12.50 per
thousand.
4 Motion by Cook, supported by
Fairbanks, that $6,000 be transferred
from administration fund to water
fund.
The Clerk read the following bills:
Roy Gilbert, labor.     16.74
Layne Ohio Co., alterations
to pumps  * ,—- 561.00
H. Gross & Sons, merchandise   17.13
Charles Miller, gravel    26.00
John Fritz, labor. ,       8.45
Frank King, hauling g-ravel.... 104.00
C. "E. Alber, merchandise     19.06
Mayer-Schairer Co. record
book    .....      6.00
Detroit Edison Co., lights
and power -....   458.65
Municipal League, dues     30.00
Waiter Dunn, welding _..      5.7'**
Edw. Muir, coaL       9.71
Fred Luckhardt, labor.       7.00
Uphaus & Schroen, wiring
water, department -    19.20
O. C. Wheeler, chemicals,
fire department  r. 112.62
A. L. Westphal, meals for
tramps      10-10
Geo. V. Cook & Son, labor
and oil      15.55
A..Klumpp, salary and meals..   17.85
J. A. Alber, salary    83.33
C. E. Alber, salary  83.33
Melvin Alber, two weeks
salary        70.00
Alwin Gross, board of review.. 3.00
Walter Cook, board of review     3.00
Sugden and.Gilbert, labor    29.11
Sugden and Whipple, labor.    17.67
Schumacher   and Backus,
water pipes 111.12
.Motion by Uphaus, supported by
Cook, that bill be allowed and orders
drawn for the same, Uphaus, Cook.
Gross, not voting: '
■ Motion by Fairbanks that we' adjourn subject to call of Mayor.
MARK B. :SUGDEN1 Mayor.
LOTTIE1 WALLACE, Clerk.
For Sale^—Eight" weeks- old pigs.
W. L. Rundel, phone 166-F2.    '   30*
Everything Ready
For Corn Project
Arthur   Lutz   Appointed   "Leader   of
Thirteen Boys Now Eager
to   Start.
Thirteen contestants are now ready
to start the corn growing- project
sponsored by the local Rotary club,
according to a report made at the
weekly meeting held at The Tavern
Thursday evening.
Arthur Hagen, county 4rH cluo
leader, gave a short talk to the Rotarians and part of the* contestants
and their fathers who. were in attendance, in which he stated that
those who entered would be furnished
.with seed corn if they desired a quantity, or would be permitted to use
some of their own.
Arthur Lutz was_ appointed district
leader and will . assist the boys in
every way possible; coaching them
from time to tinie in Keeping "their
records. A meeting will be held at
his home- on Wednesday evening,
May 18.
Hackley W. Butler, Ann Amor,
wen Known globe trotter, amused
and entertained those in attendance
with picture slides of places and objects he had seen in his travels over
the world and gave interesting explanations of them.
The Rotarians had as guests nine
of the thirteen boys entered in the
project, and their fathers. The boys
-were; Clair Gilbert, Robert Finkbeiner, Warren Finkbeiner, Glen
Weber, Hollis Carr, Walter Bredernitz, Willard Feldkamp, Harlow
Riggs and John Burg.
Name Contest Winners
Of County 4-H Clubs
Nearly 1,000 Boys and Girls  Spent
Saturday at Achievement
day Exercises.
Approximately 1,000 boys and girls
spent Saturday at Ferry Field, attending the 4-H club achievement
and field day exercises, under the supervision of Arthur E, Hagen, county
club agent, and Miss Cora L. Haas,
county school commissioner.
Among .those from this, district
who will attend the state-contests to
beheld at East Lapsing are: Robert
Gross, Lodi, winner of the music
memory contest; Melvin Hartman,
Pittsfield, poultry project; Leroy
Tirb and Elmer Blumhardt. Bridge-
water, handicraft, and Margraret
Rawson, Bridgewater, clothing judging team.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to .express our thanks to
the telephone operators, the Fire Department, friends and neighbors, who
did so much to help us at the time of
our fire.
Edward Langstaff and "Family.
THE OBSERVER LINERS
Classified Advertising
raNIMUM CHARGE. 25 CENTS
6c per line first insertion, 4c per lin*
each subsequent" insertion.
For Sale—Two cows and 18 pigs
Andrew Ernst, phone 183-IT13.      aax
Chevrolet Stake Body Truck, only
$50.00 down.   Wiedman Auto Co.
For Sale—9 Poland China pigs «3
weeks old. M. Sage, phone 191-
F2. 31
For Sate—3-year-old colt, well
broken. Herman- Kohler, phone 142-
F3. 30tf
For Sale—4 brood sows and stock
Hog. Kenneth Gordon,- pnoiie J.95-
F22.
For Sale—Fresh Holstein heifers
or cows. Fred Braun, phone 183-
F31. 32
For Sale—A glide lawn swing,
steel cot and small -table. John Guthardt, phone 267. 31
To Let—16 acres of pasturage for
season. Well '*> watered by living
stream.   Mrs. Cora Walters.     30tf
All new fresh goods in stock for
the Penslar one-cent sale at Sugden's
on May 18, 19, 20, 21. See the many
articles listed in our ad next week.
You rwill save money if you go to
the Penslar one-cent sale at Sugden's
next Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday. Watch for our ad.
next week. *
For Sale—Several purebred Duroc
Jersey boars six months old; also on2
yearling boar;" all cholera immune.
Jesse Hewens, Rfd 1, Ypsilanti, phone
7136-F12. 28
Is your house metal weather stripped ? • You will be surprised at !iow
little it will cost now. . Satisfaction
, guaranteed. Free estimate on request. J. W. Cole, "Box 22,"br -ph'ohe
29. 30':
■ All sales cash.    No credit,    salina
Mercantile Company.
Wanted—Livestock   of   all   kinds-
John Probyn, phone 251.
To Rent—My house on West Henry St.   Mrs. Anna Woelper.     28tf
For Sale—Seven pigs 6 weeks old.
John Hartman,. phone 204-F21.   30
For Sale— D.,L. & W. Blue Brooder Coal.   Edw. J. Muir coal ofiice.
For Sale—Everbearing Strawberry-
plants 75c per 100.  Phone 145-F21.
For Sale—Pickett's Early Yellow-
Dent seed corn. Fred Gross, phone
236. si
To "Rent—House on East Michigan
Ave. Inquire at 217 East Henry
street. 32
Orders for rubber stamps may be
left at The Observer office. Prompt,
satisfactory service.
Bring in your paint coupon and get
a sample can of B. P. S. paint or varnish free.   E. J. Muir.
Genuine Petroleum Coke at $10.00
per ton delivered in your bin. -Saline
Mercantile Company. N
USE NO-DUS SOLUTION ,
To treat your coal.
Saline Mercantile Company.
Automobile Insurance. May wo
quote our low rates on a Citizens'
Mutual policy?    Wiedman Auto Co-
Use Avicoi Tablets for White Diarrhoea and Cholera and Jceep thoss
•-hicks healthy.  Saline Mercanti'© Co*
A complete line of farm implements and parts is now ready for
your inspection at Herman, Heining-
e'r's Garage.
Expert body and fender work, upholstering, spray painting, and service on all cars. West Side Garage-
John E. Dicks, Prop.
1927 Essex Sedan.   Good condition.-
$12.00   monthly   and a small   down *
payment will buy this car.  Wiedman
Auto- Company, Satin**.
Fordson Tractor T?arts. We carry-
a complete, stock. Now is the time-
to repair your tractor. Wiedmatu
Auto Company, Saline.
1929' Durant Sedan.. Excellent finish, new tires. Only $84.00 down payment, balance easy U. C C Wiedman Auto Company, Saline.
Saline Auto Laundry open for business. Prices reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed. Al. Henderson,
202 West Henry St., phone 55-F5.
For genuine Pocahontas, Elkhorjtv  s
Dundon, Ford Coke, D., L. .and W.
Hard Coal, phona 47 or 105-
Edw. J. Muir.   -
FORD MODEL T COACH
With 1932 License plates. $25.00.
GEO. V. COOK & SON,
Authorized Chevrolet Dealer
To Rent—10-room house and acre
of land on farm 1% rtniles southwest
of Saline, $15 per month.* Inquire of
Chris. Braun, 807 "W. Liberty St., Ann
Arbor.    Some fruit on place.
Late 1929 Pontiac Sedan, 6 wire
wheels, looks and runs like new.
$125.00 down will buy this car, balance easy terms. Wiedman Auto
Co., Saline.
".      WELL DRnXING
SPECIAL
During April and May,  $1.50 per
foot, 4-in. steel casing.   L. G. Baker,
phone 235. - 32
I have the agency for (Standard)
Petroleum Coke, which is the highest grade coke on the market today.
A trial order will convince you-
Edw. J. Muir.
Annual spring one-cent sale at?
Sugden's starts Wednesd8iy. You buy
•any item on the list and get another
just like it for one cent. Watch for
our ad. in the next-issue of this paper
CHEVROLET STAKE TRUClV
This good Chevrolet -truck and foody
for only $65.00. We also have a aump
body that will fit this truck.
GEO. V. COOK & SON,
Authorized Chevrolet Dealers.
Bring in your eggs for hatching.
The same careful, prompt attention
is given every order, no matter how
large or small. We handle thousands
of *chix each week. Chix fumigated
three times during each hatch. We
invite you to -inspect our flocks.
Klager Hatcery, Bridgewater.
WANTED—People in this vicinity
who have any legal printing required
in the settlement of estates, etc.,
will confer a.favor.by having, it-sent.-
to this newspaper." The rates are
universal in such matters and to
have your' notices appear in this-
paper it is only -necessary to ask .the
Probate Judge to send them tn The
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