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VOLUME 52
SALINE.  WASHTENAW  COUNTY, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1932
NUMBER 6
I--V3
Deposited in a Savings
Account will make
Y DAY
'gain
READY MONEY ALWAYS PUTS
BARGAINS AT YOUR DISPOSAL
BE DETERMINED TO MAKE A
■ SHOWING WITH A HEALTHY
BANK ACCOUNT    .
START  ON DOLLAR DAY!
SALINE   $
SAVINGS
BANK
THE ONE STORY BANK ON THE CORNER
TS STORE
Offers Dollar Day Bargains
SATURDAY, NOV. 26th
I     8 yards Best Percale ......J1.00
10 yards Challie  $1.00
10 yards 15c quality Light-
Colored Outing  $1.00
8 yards Stevens 18-inch
Unbleached Crash »......* $1.00 .
6 yards No. 60 Berkley.. $1.00.
2 pairs Ladies 69c Hose ..$1.00
6 pairs 20c Hose, Men's,
Ladies' and Children's $1.00
2 Ladies 65c* Outing
Gowns ...:. $1.00
60x76 Double Blankets, tan
and grey ,.:...  $1.00
2 Work Shirts, 65c
quality  $1.00
Men's Heavy Canvas Gloves,
15c quality  10c
Our Special Overall 75c
10% DISCOUNT ON ALL GOODS NOT LISTED HERE
EXCEPT RUBBERS
NO CASH COUPONS GIVEN
14-H Clubs Will -Have Icteesting Ex-
I        hibits at School Auditorium;
; Report^ and Stories.
Four extra pages of .The- Observer
are required' thi_^ week to present the
.many worthwhile bargains row merchants have in. store for townspeople
•and residents' of She city's trading-radius. Several hundred extra papers
will be distributed to acquaint, all of
this event, w___ig.hi: in previous years
■has been highly ^successful. All indications point' to] a. large crowd:, here
.en Saturday to 'take in the 4-_H -exhibits, and if th£ b-usiness places d~
not haye as, larger a trade as in other
years on, Dollar Day it will not ba .the
fault of the bargains; .offered up one
'side of the street? and down the-other.
-In.these* -time's "it behooves everyone
to stretch .a dollar as far as possible,
and Saline Dusinsss concerns have
been very generous in. assembling so
many items Of ev;srd:a,y use that can
be purchased ah' -such reasonable
prices, and. yoiitar-er'prg-ed-to take advantage, -of as,, m-any ibf them as possible, and thus assure another such
event the latter .part of what is fast
approaching—-1933.
The    4-H Club Program
Im -a letter-to all 4-CK members Arthur Hagen tslls. them that "everything is set for the community 4-H
Club- show, whichrwill.be lield on Sac^
urday, November ,26.".:
The    following'   exhibits    will    be
Undertakers -Convened
Here Friday Afternoon
made by the -members of the clubs
that are participating in this sowr-
Canning — According to requirements as stated oil page 41 of the
1931 edition of the canning club book.
Pood Study—Ossnplete note book,
and a dish that you have learned to
prepare, etc.
-  Com—Teh ears.    **
All livestock cluh members, including beef, dairy, pig and sheep, will,
exhibit a complete ration for their
animal -for one day. This food ration
should be accompanied by -a poster
-telling the kind of animal, age, approximate weight,, 'and any other information of valaue.
Reports and stories must accom-
rpany exhibits. AU such that have,
.been- sent' to Mr. Hagen will be
brought by himi to Uie show, Exhibits must -be in: place hy noon,.
* Awards—(Ribbons will be awarded
within each club. A grand chanipioh-
ship ribbon will be awarded to the
most outstanding exhibit of its kind
at the show. Clubs of like projects
■will -compete with, 'each other for a
championship club exhibit ribbon-
The judges will announcer their selection of delegates on. Man day evening at the banquet. Bach club is
planning to be-ready to put on prac-
-.tieal -demonstrations that any one
■visiting the show will benefit by.
These demionstraiticns will be given
'from; 2 to 4 in. the 'afternoon and
from 7:30 to 9 in the evening.
4-H Feed  Sponsored THE OBSERVER-LINERS
By The Rotary Club       Classified. Advertising
.Rotary Anns tc Prepare Share of t_o
Blenti ana the Men Are to
Wait on Tables.
MliVLMDM CilAilGV.. 25 CENTS
Go pur line first .insertion, 4c per line
cafli  s*-__.-,t*_jiiL-jii   _____erU'**__.
Following the annual 4-H club exhibit, which, will be given .at the high
school Saturday afternoon and evening ef this week—and of which a
notice appears elsewhere in this paper—the Rotary cluh will appear in
a new role, its aeeenbers carrying
loaded trays of eatables to the members of the different 4-H clubs of this
vicinity at the annual feed and get-
together of the clubs and their parents.   '
Look over the ads. in. this paper.
Men's Workshirts, 50c at Parsons'.
Carhartt Overalls 98c at Parsons'.
Did you pay your cemetery dues?
Do.
„,,-«, .... .     .     Fancy Socks, 2 pairs 25c, at Far-
This feed— sponsored this year for -SOns'
the first time by the Roitarians—will " ___^
Special Values, Boys' Sweaters 'at
Parsons'..
Watkins Products. Callphone 285.
H. S. Gardner.
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Piano for sale cheap.   107 W. Hen-.
6
Headlight  Best  Pra-Shrunk Overalls, 9Sc,at Parsons'.
Good used tractors for sale,
man Auto Company.
Wied-
Y BOARD MEMBER
TAKEN BY DEATH
;District  Meetfnjj "Quite  Largely   At-
! tenderl;-Delightful Program
Was Rendered. .
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M- Bridges
were hosts to ths:[SO'Utheastern Counties Funeral Directors Asso?iation
Friday evening-,' A bounteous ch-ck-
en dinner was* served at 6 o'clock at
The Tavern,- afterjjWhich the guests
■returned to the! .Bridges Funeral
Home where a very enjoyable evening .was spent,     r
•Mayor Sugden, in his pleasing manner, t welcomed thfe directors- to our
fair city and gave: va very instructive
talk. Miss Irene FitzGerald rendered
several violin numbers, accompanied
by her mother ac the piano. Miss
Maurin? Ewing .gave several, humorous readings. Both these 'young lad-
ise are artists in their lines and their
contributions werefeyery much enjey-
■ed-jbysflll.-.^ - *-*!&%&$.•■■<■ -.^-^—i«fe^*s
A pleasing -chimes- organ recital
was given by Mr. McGee of Toledo.
Ohio, the instrument being-, installed
for the occasion, and which added
much to the pleasure of the event-
Guests who. were not members of
the association included Mayor and
Mrs. Sugden, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
•Tenter o'; Manchester. R. Slittler of
Ann Arbor, Mi*, and Mrs. C. F. Fitz-
gsrald and daughter, Miss. Irene, Mir.
and Mrs. R. W. Ewing- and daughter,
Mis__   Maurine.
I have opened a garage for reparian all makes of cars, at rear of my
home, and -will appreciate a shara o*
your work. Rate 60c per hour.
Lance Rogers, phone 22.
I have opened "a garage for repair
of -aU makes of cars, at. rear of my
home, and will appreciate a share of
your work. . Rate 60c . per hour.
Lance iRogers, phone 22.
Mrs.  Leslie  Gsd_!ar_l Wa.  Active  in
Chur.-'h and Social Circles.
(Grand.Rapids Press, Nov. 16)
Mina Bordine Goddard, 54, wife of
Leslie W- Goddard. former United
States harbor engineer here, died
Wednesday morning at her home, 619
Windsor-ter., S, E- Heart disease
was the cause of her death.
Mrs. Goddard* was bom in Saline,
March 12, 1878. She finished -the Saline- High school in the class of 1894
and then went to the Ypsilanti Normal college, from which she was
graduated two years later, and the
same year began teaching in the Ypsilanti public schools, and later in
Grand- Rapids previous to her marriage 18 years ago. She was active
in church, welfare and club work, including membership, on the Y." W. C-
A. hoard and chairman of the Y resi-
I'dences.-committee'.-- 'She—was' affiliated*
with First Methodist church and
active in its organizations, serving as
chairman of the house committee.
She was a member of Women's City
club and Ladies' Literary club.
Besides her husband, she leaves her
father, Nathan Bordine of Saline; a
sister, Mrs. Myrtie 'Holmes of Ypsilanti, and an aunt, Miss Mary Griffen
of Saline.
*-. Funeral services will be held at the
residence at 10 o'clock Friday morning with Rev- George H. Mc Clung of
First Methodist church officiating:
Burial will toe" at Saline.
be a pot-luck affair and will be given
on Monday evening, November 28, in
the   high   school    gymnasium.     The
Rotary  club furnishees meat,- coffee,
and' ice cream -for -the: Bunch,  while
the club mem-bees and their families
will bring   each   bread  'and   butter
sandwiches or buttered rolls for their
own family, 'also a dish of one of, the   ry street," Saline.
following to pass around the table:
Jell-o or any salad, or a hot dish of.
vegetables, or a cake, or a plate of
cookies, or a jar of pickles- |
"The   comedy   of   the   evenings—to I
those who know the membership of
Ithe Rotary club, will he 'that every-.
ROtarian-^ihcluding. ^ • especially _ the. _
I officers—will NOT sit down, to table
; to- feed themselves, but will tote trays
-j of food to the 4-H Club members and
j their families.   While this will he a :-     Wanted—Livestock   of.   all
new  experience . for    them, ' it   will   John Probyn, phone 251.
doubtless be very beneficial to their j  .* " ;
figures, some of which have acquired .     PiC.r sale^-Piymouth Rock puW
a distinct trace of embonpoint TO^CLauie Keubler, phone149-F2   P    7
the.passing qf years.   This is really, ' * J  * *
becoming more than a trace as is .the
noticeable absence  of hirsute  a-dor-
meht   in   the   accipital   and   parietal
regions   of   the   cranium.    Doubtless
the   corrective ' work   of  the  table-
waiting will be noticed in the change
in appearance of the Rotarians.   At
any rate, it will be an improvement
since—as a comedian 'remarked re-
1 cently—"Any change will, be for the
! better," /
All sales casn.    No
Mercantile Company.
credit,    eaiine
kinds.
Labor prices reduced from 20 to'
60%.    Wiedman Auto Company.
Ford    Tudor    with    1932    license,
$35.00. Wiedman Auto Co., Saline.
For   Sale—Purebred    White   Rock
cockerels.    Albert Graf,  phone   192-
4tf
F3.
i The details regarding the banquet j Wanted—To rent an. 80 to 120 acre-
{were gleaned fmm, a letter- sent out ■ farm on shares. Inquire at this of—
i to all 4-H Club members by County ; fice. 6
! Agent Arthur Hagen- this week. (The ! - ■ :	
^personal comments anent the RotSir- • Repossessed Mo.del A Ford Sport
I ians were not included in'Mr. Hagen's ] Coupe, only $125.00. Wiedman Auto-
! letter.) After the feed, the xollowing j Company.
] program will be given- |  r— —
! Community singing of old. familiar ] Pitless farm scales, nearly new..
I songs, led by Edward F Henne. Priced   to    sell   quickly.    Wiedman.
!    Introduction of Toastmaster— C A. | Auto Company.
1 Ourtiss, president of Rotarians. !  7 ■—
I Toastmaster's acknowledgement,— : Save Dollars' on repair labor_.
! Arthur Lutz? toast-master. • ^r^es reduced 20 to 60%.    Wiedm.an.
■]«,-•W*&lcome^Sinir'-Rr-""WilsdB75Rot*^^ ~        "'      :   r"
! vice-president. ... I =—: ^-—^^
1    Response—-Albert '■ Gall,    president '     Orders for rubber stamps may be-
LARGE AUDIENCE
ATTENDS  P. T. A.
Playlet,   "The   Anybody   Family   on
j Sundaij' Morning"  One ol
j Features of Prog-ram.
Willing. Workers Meet
With Miss Julia Gordon
Large Attendance; Sewing Done for
Starr Commonwealth Home
Near AlbioiT.
The club met with 'Miss Julia Gordon November 17 for their annual
dinner, with more than sixty in attendance.
After a .bcomtiful' meal was served
the new president -called the meeting
to Older and all repeated the Lord's
prayer. A^ter a short business session
in which it was voted to donate 40
yards of toweling, hemmed and taped 1
ready for use, to the Starr Common- .
wealth,  "Mizpah." "was repeated and '
the club spent ths 'remaining--time in
pleasant interocurse.    ■ ■
No place-was announced for the December meeting.
RECITAL AX AUDITORIUM
• Lucia Davis Simons presents Mae
Schroen and MarjoriB Boettger in vocal and piano recital in the auditor-
iumi Wednesday evening, November
30 at 8 o'clock.   The program;
Old English: Should He Upbraid,
Bishop; Cherry Ripe, Horn-—Helen
Simons at piano.
Sonatine: Spirituoso, Adagio, Allegro—Clementi.
Aria.: Yes, at Length 'tis the Moment—Mozart.
Two part-Invention* No. 1-^Baoh.
Pasterelle—Haydn.. Helen Simons
at piano.
In the iHush of the Twilight Hour—■
Geibel.
The Slumber Boat1—Jessie L. Gaynor.   'Marjorie Boettger at piano.
Barchetta—Nevin. .. .
Tumble Weed—Bliss-.
Marrjorie is ten years, old, and has
studied since last April.
A full house attended the meeting
of the P. T. A. in. the auditoijuui
Monday evening. After a short business session the folic, wing program,
which was thoroughly appreciated,
was presented: ~.
Several selections by the school
band.
Vocal solos; "The Home iRoad" and
"To My First Love"—E. F. Henne.
A playlet, -'The Anybody Family
no Sunday Monring," pleased, immensely. The characters were taken
by Mrs. Pearl Gilbert, Mrs. KuX
Hanson, Mrs- -Hazel Gordon, Mrs. Ban
Uphaus, Misses Daisy Gleason, Dorothy Gordon and Eleen Girbach.
Thanksgiving and Christmas songs
wea.e- sung by the -a ssembly. Tnij.
part of bae programi was sponsored
by the fifth and sixth grades and announced by Mrs. S. G. Lambarth.
Saline Jir. 4-H Clubs.
Music—Finkbeiner's   Orchestra.
"Achievement Awards — Arthur
Hagen, County Club Agent.
Vocal Sole'—-Edward F.  Henne.
Address^—Dr. W. D. Henderson.
University o'f Michigan.
Till We Meet  Again—All  present
A letter is going out to "all Rotary
Anns this wesk, announcing their
part in the evening's fun and feeding.
As is usual, they are sentenced to
kitchen, police for the supper time
while their lords and*" masters ('?.)
tote the feeding, materials to- the tables,. A loud and voluble protest ir.
possible, but not expected.
Seriously, the occasion is one thpt
is intended to promote a better j
acquaintance between the> vari-us 1
parties orrncerned and we hope that!
all of the 4-H Club .members, as well
as all the Rotarians,-will be present
in. order to get better acquainted. The
writer knows personally evey mem-
"her of both clubs and he feels that
they would be benefitted by knowing
each other. Also, he wants- fo se=
hcW good: the Rotarians are at juggling dishes while they aren't eating
Persor'3.l .knowledge leads him i-
back these men against any other
club in the World at cleaning plates
while the particit!ants are seated at
table, but -he has his doubts about
their adeptness as waiters.
left.at Ths Observer office,
satisfactory service
Prompt,
Genuine Petroleum Coke at 510.,00
per ton delivered in your bin. v Saline
Mercantile Company.
USE NO-DUS SOLU'J'ION '
To treat your coal.
Saline Mercantile Company.
Automobile Insurance, itfay wo
quote our low rates 011 a Citizens'
Mutual policy?    Wiedman Auto (lo.
, Use Avicol Tablets lor VVhitt. Diarrhoea and Cholera and keep those
■.•hicks healthy. Saline Mercanti'f> Co-
Nine o'clock .the evening of Dollar
Day Wheeler's will entertain: every>-
in town at the drawing of .their door
prize.
Radio service, all makes and models. Shoo at Gross' hardware, phone
101;- evenings, 34-F22. Walter 'W.
Sehneider. 9
'Expert body and fender work, upholstering, spray painting, and service on all cars. West Side Garage.
John E. Dicks, Prop.
THAT EDLECIION VOTE
•Last weak we miade a valiant effort
to. untangle previous errors in record^
ing the vote for comrmisioners in the
recent election, and almost succeeded.
As recorded it was all right except
that no figures appeared after the
name of Ben Uphaus, Who led the
field. Here we try it again:
'   Benjamin B. Uphaus, 417.
Lloyd E. Fairbanks, 391.
Mark B- Sugden, 390.    "'
Alwin Gross, 338.
Waiter D. Cook,. 326.
Edwin H. Feldkamp, 204.
Emanuel Rentschler, 173. J_x
Chris. Rentz, 161.
- Now, we think, it is ready for your
scrap-book.
.Tphn   Elwell, tenor, pupil of   Carl
Lindegren, will ropan a class for priv-
« j j . j   t»   j.      •   __.    ' ate  voice  instruction.     Those  inter-
Addressed Rotarians • ested caii phone 41.
Rev. Bertram Ede
Regular Thanksgiving Program Held
at the Tavern Last Thursday -Noon.
Mr- and Mrs. Clarence Ulrich are
enjoying freshly picked strawberries
from their garden on East street.
They recently picked three quarts
which were the equal of amy berries
picked -in June.—Chelsea standard. -
NO.TXCE
William G. Wtells of Jackson can be  _     ^____ „   _    ___  __,____<!.___  _,^_.s__-
seen at Mrs. Clough's every--Monday'ab^t io incheslcng recently" -ItTwa.
Mrs. Anna Ahrens of Parkers Corners  was bitten  by* a  small  saake.
afternoon.
. Some wonderful bargains in personal- stationery, greeting and bridge
cards, etc-,-at.The Observer office
See our window "display;-
a copperhead snake, quite common
along the Ohio River and in Indian?
but seldom seen- here. Th?. wcvn'
was cauterized and anti-venom
serum was- rushed from -Lansing' and
given her.—'Pinckney Dispatch.
'Owing to the fact that no meeting
of the Rotary club is to be held today, the regular Thanksgiving program was given last Thursday. Several appropriate songs were sung and
Miss Schaller favored1 the iclub with'
two vocal solds, "The Lord Is My
Shepherd"' and "The Songs My.
Mother Taught Me." which were
thoroughly appreciated.
Rev. Bertrajn Ede was 'the guest
speaker, and in, an informal manner
tailked to the "boys" for half an hour.
covering in his remarks many of the
things we- have to be tha-ikful for.
not only 'at this time-of the year, tot
aU of "the 'time. T^e speaker stressed
the fact that we should he thankful
for the many ittodern improvements
all are enjoying in this day and age,
for home and children, for e"oi''*-n to
e!at and a place to sleep and, last but
n'"t -le3st, the wish to look to Grd f«~
faith to meet the future. He was
warmly applauded at irhs close and
all were of the opinion it wa"? one of
the best meetings, the club has enjoyed this year.
Some wonderful bargains in personal stationery, greeting and bridge
cards, etc., at The Observer office.
See our window display.
SURPRISE
Everyone will receive a twenty-five
cent gift with each $1.50 purchase at
Wheeler's Dollar Day.
j Lost—On US-112, -between Saline
and Ypsilanti, large brown zipper
' purse. Contains title of car, driving'
; license, glasses- Reward. • Finder
1 please return to Box 12, Observer office. ~ 3'
: Mrs. Vera Wise is spending"" Bar-
•' gain Day Sat Wheeler's 'Pharmacy.
. She .^nd her clever friends will find it
. a pleasure to purchase their Christ-
j*mas Gifts at unusually low prices.
1931 CHEVROLET SEDAN
••'    This car operates like new.    Blue
'duco finish and- Goodyear tires on this
-' car.    Let us give you a ride in it.
■ Price greatly reduced.
I GEO.-V. COOK & SON,
{        Authorized Chevrolet Dealers
WANTED—People in this vicinity
who have any legal printing requirec1
in the settlement of estates, etc.
will confer a favor by haying it_ sen.
to this newspaper.! The rates art
universal in such matters and to
have your* notices appear in thip
Daper it is only necessarv to ask tht
Probate Judge to send them -t.r Tht
Observer.
GOOD COAL AT RIGHT PRICES
Standard Petroleum Coke.
Koppers Miami Coke.
Koppers Pocahontas.
Koppers Elkhom.
Dundon Red Ash.
D., L. & W. Hard Coal.
EDW. J. MUIR.
Some wonderful bargains in .personal stationery, greeting and bridgw
cards, etc', at The Observer office.
See our window display.