1936-12-31; Saline Observer

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THE
VOLUME 56
SALINE,  WASHTENAW   COUNTY,   MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1937
NUMBER 13
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36-1937
reciation
mcere
Let us thank you for your
.feusleess favors in the year.
mow closed, and express the
wish that 1937 will be the
year In which your dreams
"rue.
The
Bank
ings
The One Story Bank On the Corner
>_l
le Up The Difference
in the drop in egg prices, you would have to increase
pitoduetion 10 per cent.
Larro Egg Mash will do the trick.
Give it a fair traial and watch results.
Also in stock, Meat Scraps, Packer's Salt, Grit, Crac&ed Corn,
Bone Meal, Charcoal, Cod Liver Oil, Bran, Middlings, Dog Food, Calf
Meal, Stock Yeast, Stock Tonic and Conditioner, Epsom Salts, Morton's Smoke Salt, Liquid Smoke, Sausage Seasoning, Larro, Golden
Eagle and Snow Loaf Flour, as well as Pancake Flour and Table Corn
Meal.
Have you one of our calendars?   Call for
one when down town
Cofc
.s>„
eed Store
ifhat more an we say than
y New Year
at mm can we do than strive
tliroEghoit the year to serve you
better thai ewr?
Anthorized Bistribifors For Schick Electric Razors
s Drug Store
PHONE
SALINE
Lovely Wedding
I        Christmas Day
Miss Lucille Bowersox of Ann Arbor
Is Married in the Home of
Her Uncle, W. D. Hart.
At a four o'clock wedding on
Christmas day, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Hart, their niece
Miss Lucille Bowersox, of Ann Arbor
was united in marriage to William
O. Warner of Bay City. The bride
is the daughter of Mrs. M. L. Bowersox of East William street,, Ann
Arbor, and the bridegroom is the son
of  C. L. Warner of Lauerdale, Fla.
In the presence of forty-five guests
the impressive double ring ceremony
was read by Dr. E. W. Blackman
of Ann Arbor, the bridal party standing in a bay window made beaut'ful
with palms, tall candelabra with
ivory tapers, and baskets of white
chrysanthemums and pink snap-
dagons. After the singing of "O
Promise Me" by Mr. W. D. Hart,
the bride, preceded by her maid of
honor, Miss Emma Mae Pollitz, of
Detroit, entered the room with her
uncle, Mr. Hart, who gave her in
marriage, Lohengrin's Bridal March
being played by Mrs. C. F. Unterkircher. Mr. Warner was attended
by his cousin, Howard Carrothers,
or Ann Arbor as best man. During
the ceremony Mrs. Unterkircher
played "I Love You Truly."
HOWDY i
A friendly column with something ]
to inspire and help you, to interest j
you, or to amuse you, contributed a3 ]
much as possible by your friends and j
neighbors. :
A Light in the Window
Saline Clubs Enter
Rural Drama Contest
In our excited hearts
Though we  are glibly saying
"The Old Year dies; the New Year
lives!"
Oh,   God
Teach us Time knows no death.
God, patient of beginnings,
Help  us  this day to see
In  earthly  bulbs,   spring  flowers;
In  man,   the   Christ;
In years,   eternity.
-Violet Alleyn Storey.
Finals Will Come Off   at Michigan
!        State College February 1-5,
! During Farmers' Week.
j False whiskers and cracked voices
j are coming back into style, briefly,
i as community groups in Michigan re-
I hearse for parts and for competition
i in the annual rural drama contest.
| Rural drama of the kind that knits
j communities    closer    together    and
brings back appreciation for the hid-
..r^0161 -^^ £"*%_    ! den talents of persons whom we know
From   "A   Prayer   for   the   New  is to be  brou|ht into  the spotlight
r"   I again   in  six districts in Michigan.
THE OBSERVER LINERS
Classified Advertising
each subsequent insertion.
6c per Una first insertion. 4!c per line
ftllVIMUM CHARGE. 25 CENTS
Read the ads as carefully as you
read tlie news articles.
Farm for Rent—2 miles northeast
of  Saline.    A.   E.   Cole. 13tf
Use    Good    Luck   Laying   Mash.
Salme Mercantile Company.
For long   service  buy  Bali   Band
Bubbers.    Sold by G. L. Parsons.
Contests will be held  to   determine
jtop winners during Farmers' Week,
TESTED RECIPES
An Excellent Coffee Cake ! February 1 to 5, at Michigan State
To    serve    to    your    New    Year j College.
In Washtenaw county, the Model
Homemakers' Club, Delhi Home
Economics Club, Scio H. E. Extension
Club, Salme Valley Farms, West
Bridgewater H. E. Extension Club
and Saline H. E. Extension Club, will
participate in a directional period
January  12  at Ann   Arbor.    Three
serve
guests:
1 cupful of strong coffee  (boiled).
%  cupful of butter.
1 cupful of brown sugar.
1 egg.
4  cupfuls  of flour.
1  heaping  teaspoonful  of  baking
powder.
1 tablespoon of cinnamon.
1 teaspoon of cloves.
1%   pounds  of  seeded  raisins.
_.  pound  of currants.
\i pound of chopped citron,
groups in the afternoon, beginning at
1 o'clock, three in the evemng beginning at 7 o'clock. C. H. Nickle of
the speech department at State Col-
I lege is assisting the groups in prep-
well   beaten   egg.     Sift   flour   and
a^u   i^v. _.Uu x-uxj,. -       'baking powder and add alternately
.  ^bnde was beau^ly gowned ^     «f '
m white satm with a long tulle ved Bake in a mo^rat^ oven for about
held m place by a wreath of orange t       hour
blossoms   and  carried. Johanna Hill ■
roses and white sweet peas. Miss
Pollitz chose for her gown aquamarine crepe and she carried;. Talisman
roses with matching snapdragons.
Refreshments were served at small
tables with decorations of pink
sweet peas, while the bride's table
was centered with a beautiful wedding cake and decorated with pink
streamers from the chandelier to the
table.
After the supper the young couple
left for a trip to Chicago.
Mrs. Warner is employed in the
office -Of the Ann Arbor Board, of
Education, and Mr. Warner, J a
graduate of the U. of M., Is a teacher in Bay City.
Among the out of town guests was Advantage of it!
the bride's sister, Mrs. Walter Mur-' - - — - —
phy, of  Chicago.
Cream butter and sugar; add the'aration for their district ^contests
The six groups selected as the most
accomplished in presenting drama
will compete in the morning and afternoon of Friday, February 5, at
East Lansing during the annual
Farmers' Week program at tlie college. Judges will name the three
winners and their community groups
will be awarded first, second and
third place banners for the 1937
drama contest.
Ginger Snaps that  Snap
1   pint of  molasses.
1 tablespoon of soda.
1  cupful   of  shortening.
1 tablespoon of ginger.
1  tablespoon of cloves. o
1 tablespoon of cinnamon.
Flour to make a stiff batter.
Boil the molasses 5 minutes; remove from fire and add soda, Shortening, spices and flour. Set away
to cool. Roll out thin and baJce ill
a hot oven.
From The Observer Jan. 5, 1881
Blanket your  house  plants.
Good skating   is reported on the
Protests To Be Filed
Against Poor Service
Business   Firms  Oa   Ypsilant--HUls-
dale Branch Don't Relish Two
, STalns Per Week.
Machinery School At
As  a result of  the curtailing of
.......i -,-r,/.  --«,,;;.,   A-^,_,rf«o 4= . „w„» ■■ service on the railroad between Yp-
%_££. ofT AmenCa 1S ^^i silanti to Hillsdale to two days pir
Mr&Ruel Miils   we are sorrv to',week' Petitions of protest are being
sav   is seriouslv Ul                           TO'secured all along the line to present
^_.      !T,T_?J.   n-,Lw   „„.   ,„.*__ to   the  Interstate   Commerce   Corn-
Mr.  Hubert  Humphrey   and  wife _.„„.„  „..  -Tr„_,v,,-„_,i- —>   r->    „„/i
of Detroit have  been ^siting *ela- ™*sl°*   Lw£ ™fe £4™™^™
„   . - T        :-,  tives here.    -Mr. H. returned  Tues- ^ ^.^ublic UUUtles Comimsslon
Bridgewater    Jan.    9 day evening,   but «,« re- ,-at^£!a agents of  this branch
  -fflam   with;,Mrs.   Ruel   -Mills.     Mr.. J=
Announced by H.  S.  Osier,   County . Humphrey informs us that he is well ^lt  of heavv^freShrsWnments hi
Agricultural Agent; Another in        £ea*"th   the  knitting   business gj 0^t h^7acS on^part  S
Ann Arbor January 5. ^Sso Se^ 5 Sahne S en^gfd   «* New York Central Lines is  be'
  w fSy°„ f ht'^JnS^tt y°nd    comprehension,     and    it    is
Two machinery schools u* being i ?^J^f„rAte running with ^^ ^^ ^ fee aWe tQ ^
announced by H. S. Osier, county ag- .a I°xton ISmr  hiforms us that the'away with tt f0r lon-   We have no
ricultural agent, for January.    One! nP____°n 5n\t^Xts    in    Saline fear of  toeir ever beins allowed t0
will be held on January 5 at the Ann . eemeterv  Lrm^ 1881   waT 22font remove tbe  "^ from ttdB branch;
Arbor implement Company, Aim Ar-; ?„™3 S^^Lr        WM a'  ° too much lucrative business, but if
bor, ana the other on January 6 at      jjg!? raidart   now  occupies  his ^ Powers **""  be Permit ifc <*"*
j Jacob Maurer's store at Bridgewater.' n^^t^W MWtotoMi^ evidently  ^   curtail  service to  a
• a   t  t>_,.i   „,^/i„it„TOi „-.._,„._;.,., _.-■_ new quarters over JNicnois iirotners m^^^  and  ^^  make  tile  sys.
A. J. Bell, agridultural extension en-  g£~e
:gineer, M. S.  C, will conduct these '	
. schools which will begin at 9:30 iQ   *   tr     •  j  t> T
the morning and continue until 4 in A   Varied JtTOgl'am  IS _       _
ithe afternoon. i EniOVed Bv Rotarians  degree  in  retaining  former  service
1    A worn mowing machine will b?' ^"J^jw **3   «« » *».       should lose no  time  m si-inns the
tem pay  "The Dutchman's one per
'■ cent"  dividends.
Everybody interested in the least
providedby some firmer who will as- ! Poems    Songs ^a Remarks  Served Petiti°ns.
sist Mr. Bell in making thejiecessary ,       to 'Complete Perfect Event at      j
Tavern Last Thursday.
ad3UStaierits 'and repairs. These machinery climes are arranged for the
purpose of  calling the  attention  of j    A   varjed   program   was   enjoyed
Mrs. Delia Drake
Miss   Delia   Drake,   83   years   of
age,   died ^Friday   morning   at   her
farmers to the fact that by taking! by Rotarians at the weekly meeting 5^e  in Benzoma,  after  an illness
-      —     — '- " """-   J        "" She  was  born
care of needed repairs and adjust-|^ ^he Tavern"last Thursday""noon., c:pwrn1 mmrh.
ments fhe operation of the machines w -& nipHUpr rav. an interest- ;of several months,
iwill   "be    much   more    efficient.    A LJ7" f_0SlTxonZierv^fol-: on May 21,  1853, in Lodi township,
!mg   report   on   xoutn_J=___n____ioj_ ^ daugllter of Mr   and j^g. Gov.
ernor  Drake,   and   resided   in  Ann
Men's winter Union Suits 89c-§1.00-
$1.15-§1.35  to  §3.95 at  Parsons'.
W. E. Dietiker, licensed embalmer
and undertaker.    Phone 175-F2.
Dr.   H.   S.   Gildard,   Chiropractor,
106 W. Mich. Ave., Saline. Phone 27.
Dr. Hess' Stock and Poultry Tome
now on sale by Saline Mercantile Co.
For Rent—Apartment for light
housekeeping. 402 East Michigan
avenue. 13tf
Roller skating every night. Private
skating parties. East Cross street,
Ypsilanti. 13
10 Fords and Chevrolets priced below $100.00. They are real bargains.
Wiedman Auto Co., Saline, Mich.
It's not too late to order pretzels
and fried cakes for that New Year
party. Saline Bakery..
LIST YOUR FARM PROFERTT
WHERE FARMS ARE SOLD
Write A. C. Gaston, Aim Arbor, Michi.
Coal and Coke. All kinds. Now.-
is the time to place your order be*.
fore the prices advance.   E. J. Muir.
All can have a permanent now..
TwoT Marvel oil waves for $5.00.
Bring your friend. Helen's Beauty
Shop.
For your linoleum: Lihex, Rogers.
Synthcote, Johnston's Glo-Coat, Old;
English Wax, B. P. S. Varnish. E.
J. Muir.
Come dance and play cards Janu--
ary 7th at Hertler's hall.   Lunch included,   25c   each.     Benefit   of   the-
Fosdick school.
Repairs ordered for all makes of
furnaces, stoves and ranges. All-
kinds of tin and furnace work
promptly done.   E. J. Muir.
Wanted — Ambitious, energetic-
young man desirous of learning the-
automobile business. Have good opportunity for man willing to work..
Wiedman Auto Company.
Faulty eyesight results in nervous^-
ness, headaches, fatigue. Have your
eyes examined regularly. Dr. L. O.
Gibson, U. of M. graduate, oculist, 45
years in practice. 549 Packard St.,
Ann Arbor.
smooth running clean cutting mower(rowed"bv "each member'"readm?   or the *«JSMer of Mr. and Mrs. Gov-
1 rives real satisfaction to thP onerator  lowea   ??   e^cn  me™;Der  reaauig   ui   ernor   E>rake,   and    resided
gives real sausracuon to tne operaror j            si        m   another   way    some,,. vounsr woman
and -rreauires less uower from horses : ..il- °._ . ,-„„ ,.-_<.i. «._. v,,i_>. i Aroor  as a young woman.
Deceased is survived by a  niece,
^tractare3 l6SS P°Wer fr°m h°rSeSJs^ti_nent'in keeping"with the Yule
°rA'trastaSar schools held in other ?__TLaIoT ^number of very good j Mrf Michael  Sage, west of Saline,
counties, Mr. Bell has found that too!    ^r^cjyde Ford  of the- YpsUai^|and several other meceS and neph"
many  -mowers   have   worn   knives, „,   * _       id  „  wonderful,  ^     ,. __,      „     ,_.       ^   a.
Iwarped pistons, broken sections, lag-,t!?w»'trf tC Vmrt  influence of!    The   body  'was   brouSht   to   Ann
einff   cutter   bars    and   the   mower! ?lbuteJ°- ?"_,    -      S? infllience ?r 'Arbor on Monday and funeral serv-
gmg   cu--er   oars,   ana   tne   mower Jesus Qjrist during the past nearly  . -.  1d   iCpertav    morninp-
ttongue earned too low, any one,  or i ~    a.-c_^,,-„„a,   -.„™    ..,«„„   t>.ai-.ices   were   neia   luesaay   morning,
on.fn*i„T,   w_..,-,r,.  ™£~;L— '_.ffl_;two   thous-md   years,   stating   that - ^j... interment ^ Foregt Hiu ceme.
Your
YEAR
In appreciation of the friendship
yora have shown toward us, we take
this means of extending you the
Season's Greetings, wishing you
the happiest New Year you have
ever experienced.
Siie Mercantile
EVf-RYTHING IN BUILDING SUPPLIES
ile Co.
ices   were   held   Tuesday   morning,
all of. which, prevent maximum effi- I LWO + uloUBSUiu, **■*■'_• °">"ti_f»r+"*tn ****
Iciency in the operation of the mow-'g? "^Sks itery"
! er. IVlr. BeU also says that oftentimes , "** o ^7~*r:^x,„„nT,   f„  tbp   nm-  ~	
ihe-greatest cause of heavy draft and I ^ XSS^BS^-Sf- S ! SAUNE WmlAN'S CLtJB
ISafeeiiS o°ut aofC°Sus°timlhnt SS!™^, of  «* =**"   Whifh '"I    The   Sahne  ^o^n's   Club   held
!a few minutes time during the win- I thoroughly   eiyoyea. ^^ anTmal Christmas party at the
■ter  season   will  overcoml most   of L,P.r- J- *• ^f1*^™^^   J^v home of Mrs. Martin Fuoss Tuesday
I these difficulties. , Whitcomb   Riley   during   his   eariy aftemoon.    After the  regular busi-
There will be a general discussion J**™. **"* f°r t?-lren^^d^r °L___\ ness session the program, in charge
by Mr. Bell on the repair of the boomer poets hfe read a_coup e 0( ^ Fine Axta department with
mowing machine and binder knotter °f P15 Yf11^0^ -poems' ^iSr Mrs. Mark B. Sugden as leader, led
head troubles at 1:30 each day. Swimmin' Hole" bemg one of themu ^ g^, and gtunts to get ^e
Farmers are invited to attend either Pjr'uPua°P the memb^ reaa alcmcl ladiea ta the gp^ of m_ occasion,
of these schools. Questions will be iile following verse of Robert Burns Gifts we2;e exchange and ice cream
answered on the repair of other farm Poem> mentioned m last week s re- ; and cSarigtmas cakes served as a
machinery besides binders and mow-;POEt of the club: ' ! climax to   a most  enjoyable affair,
ers. JThen let us pray that come it may, The next meeting will be held with
As come it will for a' that, !Mrs. Dan Hall on January  5.
That  sense and worth,  o'er   a'  the- 	
earth j CARD OF THANKS
May I-ear the gree, and a'  that; j 	
For a" that, and a* that, J    I wish to thank all my relatives,
It's coming yet, for a' that; I neighbors  and friends who  remem-
Pittsfield Township Taxes
I will be  at the following places
to receive taxes:
Citizens Bank, Dee. 16, Jan. 12, 26.
Savings Bank, Dec. 29, Jan. 21.
Samuel   Morgan,   Treasurer.
GET INFORMATION ABOUT the
Finlay Automatic Stoker. We have
literature here for you. It's interesting reading. Phone 23578 collect.
Furnace cleaning and repair service
on all makes. Carl Heinselman, 319
N. Main St.   Ann Arbor. 13
Let Art fix your radio. Guaranteed
repairs on all makes. Tung-Sol tubes.
Parts for all sets. Day and night service. Shell Station, Saline-Ann Arbor-Pleasant Lake Roads. Saline
phone 1S1-F13. Your neighborhood
dealer, Grunow, Philco. Tubes tested
free.    Art Klager,  Proprietor.
Saline Folks In Florida
Having A Grand Time
Aprills   Have   Joined    the   Tourist
Club and Meeting People From
all Over; Ernsts Are Happy.
Mrs. Fred Aprill writes:
Winter  Haven,   Florida.
We    are    enjoying    Florida,    are
meeting    many    nice    people,    and" acquitted themselves nicely,
amusing ourselves  in various ways,)    Rev   Bert Ede will be the guest
playing shuffieboard.  etc.    We have'speaker   at   today's   meeting.     His
! joined the Tourist Club here, which subject    will     be     "Regrets     and
• is quite active, and club rooms open Hopes."
; every   afternoon   and   evening   for:
That" man to man."the wide world. bered me while I was in the hospi-
-    0'erj ital.    I especially wish to thank the
Shall brothers be for a' that. j Junior   Class   of   the   Saline   High
__.    ,       „. , -  T_. ,      . „,   __ 'school for the fruit and the League
Luther  Dicks and Richard Ward, of ^ 1_iI_ity Lutheran church for
student guests for the month, were  ___ ^dy. Roland Goltz.
called upon for a few remarks and
j various   things.    Tve gotten myself
ja job—playing the piano at the
(regular weekly social meetings, for
; the_ singing.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my deep appre-
_    _ ciation for the many varied gifts re-
We   find more  Ohio  people   here.ceived during my long illness.
than any other state, but they  are
very friendly to all.
Mrs. Lewis Ernst  writes*.
Bradenton, Florida.
Mrs. Anna Clough.
{if-biary Association Annual Meeting
YORK TOWNSHIP TAXES
ATTENTION: FARMERS
The original company to pay for
dead and disabled stock is now paying: horses $4.00, cattle $3.00, hogs,
sheep and calves accordingly. No
strings to this offer. Prompt service.
Power-loading trucks. Phone collect
to Millenbach Brothers Company,
Detroit, Vinewood 15210.
For Sale or Trade—Two Powers
motion picture machines, motor, with
equipment for projection. Can be operated by hand or with motor. Good
machine for school or anyone wanting to open a theatre. One of the
machines is set up ready for inspection. "S7I11 sell or trade for good
house car trailer. Write W. C. Bowers, North Adams, Mich.
FOB  SALE  OK TRADE
I will be at the following places
on the days named for the purpose
of receiving taxes for York Township,
which are now due and payable:
Jan. 2, Peoples State Bank, Milan.
Jan. 8, Saline Savings Bank.
Jan. 9, Peoples State Bank, Milan.
Jan. 16, Peoples State Bank-Milan.
Jan. 22, Citizens Barrik, Saline.
Jan. 23, Peoples State Bank, Milan. {
Brick and cement block business
building in good Indiana town of 800
population, 47 miles northwest of
Indianapolis. Building is 40x120 feet;
part of it is two-story, with a 6
j room modern apartment above; a
garage, -4-0x50; a business room 20x
70 and a theatre room 20x70. The
building fronts on two of the main
streets of the town. Ideal spot for
someone wanting to engage in, the
garage business. Will sell cheap
for cash or trade equity for Michigan farm land. Write W. C. Bowers,
North Adams, Mich.
The annual meeting of the Saline;
Received  Saline paper this morn-' Library  Association  for  election ofi
iing,   a welcome visitor, ' --_.-_
ithe town news.
in_mrm-—^-"-'-'
mr '    BEAD THE LENEB ADS NOW.      ' ent.
Jan. 30, Peoples State Bank, Milan.'    HAYDEN'S   "1900"  FLOUR ig a
Feb. 5, Saline Savings Bank. | quality product. You'll bake up many
Feb. 6, Peoples State Bank Milan, j loayes per sack' of white bread, with
Harlan Holcomb,   Treasurer, j fine texture, having a delicious flavor.
It doesn't keep well,—it is so good
the family won't let it alone. Exchange  your wheat   for  this  good
flour at the HAYDEN —
CUMSEH, MICHIGAN.
We enjo? directors will be held at the Library | if experience is a very expensive the family won't let it alone. Ex-
i Friday evening, January 8, at 7:30. j teacher, it does not follow that "the-change your wheat for this grt>oc
I'All members are urged to be pres-jother fellow's experience" cannot be j flour at the HAYDEN MILLS. TE?
'taken advantage of at l3ss cost.