1945-10-18; Saline Observer

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VOLUME 63
SALINE,   WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ' THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 194.5
NUMBER 2
Louis Stull Meets
Tragic Death
York Township Farmer
Trampled To Death
By Mad Bull
Belgian Lass Of
Six   Years  To
Have Good Care
bie.petitdn,is printed *fu" Harold Vaughn
Because     of     the     concern Adopts Orphan
among a substantial number of 	
citizens and the .belief . that
neglected and dependent children and juvenile delinquents
under the custody of the Court
are not properly cared for we
Funeral   services   were   held ask the  Committee on Proba- tt
here Tuesday for Louis Stull, tion and Juvenile Delinquency ^31"ns' jias adopted Anna
whose death occurred Saturday of the Board of Supervisors to Wyteri' 6-year-old Belgian girl
afternoon when he was the vie- study and investigate condi- in Belgium; through the Foster
tim of the attack of a mad bull, tions. If this belief is wrong, Parents Plan for War Children,
«outh of Saline on Maple road, the fears of the public mind it was announced yesterday by
Mi-. Stall's son, Gene, had left should be allayed, and Judge Mrs. Edna Blue, Plan executive
the house to brin°- up the Bray exonerated from the chairman. American headquart-
cows, and Stull had gone to the many criticisms now current. If ers of the Plan are at 55 West
barnyard to water the bull, an conditions are found to be what 42nd street, r>ew lork Uty.
1800-lb. five-year-old Brown the public generally believes, At present.the Plan, is oper-
Swiss. There were no outcries we also ask the Board of Super- ating 56 children-s projects m
heard from the victim of the visors to remedy such condi- England, Italy, Malta, Belgium
■bull's attack but Gene became tions. *f* Fran£e ^ ^sv caring for
'alarmed when he neared the The survey of the probation Maltese, Czech, Polish Dutch,
scene and saw the bull loose services of the Circuit Court by French, Italian, British, Span-
and then discovered the crush- Ralph Hall Feriss, Assistant ish, Norwegian, Danish, Ger-
ed mutilated Jbody of his fath- Director of Corrections in man, Austrian, Hungarian and
er. With the help of neighbors charge of probation of the Belgian children,
the body of the lifeless man State of Michigan, made at the The child is one of the proj-
was   rescued,   but   only   after request of the Board of Super- ects that the organization op-
they were  compelled to shoot visors, makes clear that at the — .
the enraged beast tune   the   survey   was   made
There were no' witnesses to there were many criticisms of
the tragedy which ocurred in the-.W in which the Juvenile   ,
the brief period of about twen- Divls™n <? the p™bate Court   I     .
ty minutes from the time he °f    Washtenaw    County    was   i -  , /^-i
left  the  house and  until  his handling the problems of. juve- • .       -„    .-. -•
son returned with the cows. He mles-. ^e. Primary   report   ,   -   . .-   . *   - \     ■
was heard to yell at the animal wa| ™wf ,Axi8as* 28' ^
when he first entered the barn- a*d the final report was filed
yard, but there was no note ?arch ™> .^5. It is our be-
- lief that little has been done
Mrs. George Seeger ^Z?L.\Z^t^ & Old Resident Of
Buried Sunday    ■ £E? f JSLS^ta 1iX Saline Twp. Dies
  -whole   United- States,   and  in 	
Was A Lifelong fifteen   years   it   is   estimated Mrs. Wilhelmina Papsdorf
Resident Of The       x that it would cover the globe. Was Long Associated
Community
After deducting the tithe, the
balance left for replanting has
With St. James Parish
#*;
of alarm in his voice, and no
hint of the tragic event that
followed,
< •*-
to    improve    conditions    since
that time, with the exception of
.  Final "rites were , held  from **\^f*ZLj£ S.'TSSS
the Lockwood Funeral Home at 2^ythf ?^ds w?rT a?afie
officS SfJh^.f^S ?S "hevoimol WWeebif?hrs
officiatmg, and burial was made ,,. f    p .,    npw<,mTlpr Tories
in Oakwood cemetery. °$„J£Ll"ffS^tP Lf°™
tv,t     <_,. ii i-        j? of certain cases,  on the per-
Mr.   Stull  was- a  native   of sigtence   of  criticisms,  on Pthe
16 1911. He came to Saline in
Montpelier, Ohio, bom August
1933, and was married to Marguerite Acton Weller December
27, 1934.
Surviving are  his wife,  one
£*
stories   of  individual  cases   of
which  we,   as  private  citizens _ 	
have knowledge, but on which erates.   The case history of* the
we   have  been   unable   to   get child who has been "adopted"
legal proof and on an interview follows:
n , j      ,.       made by   one   of  our  number      Anna   Wyten,   6   years   old
son   Gene   and  one  daughter, vvitb thp Jud?e of Probate on \    $     Nationality
Ruth, at home; three brothers, 4^i iq   iq^c.        - WT,_.,_.'
Belgian.
We are particularly concerned      Anna is one of five children.
Anril 19   1945
Sheldon and George Stull, both
of  Adrian,  and  Lorenz  James ,,,.,„„. . ,    ,     .     ^ 4.        *._      i -ia    ^a
Stull, Ypsilanti, and two sisters, that the following points be m- She isamost woithy child and
Mrs. Clarence Snyder and Mrs. vestigated.
Continued on Page 3
Lee Matthews, both of Adrian.
Handling Of
Juvenile Cases
Reciprocity Meet
Under Fire; Petitions
Urge Prompt And
Thorough Investigation
Dr. F. E. Lord Of
Ypsi Normal Was
Guest Speaker
has suffered dreadfully as a
result of the war. She has been
hungry to the point of starvation, and acutely cold. She has
suffered through the fierce and
constant bombings, by both the
Germans and the Americans.
The father was deported to Germany as slave labor, and has
not been heard from since. The
mother died from malnutrition,
and self denial, caused bv hardship during the occupation by
A petition urging that the On Tuesday, October 9, the the Germans. Anna is now liv-
handling of juvenile cases by Saline Woman's Club, Macon ing in a colony in Belgium, and
Washtenaw county's probate Woman's Club and Tlie Willing being helped by tbe Plan..-Here,
court be fully investigated was Workers met at the Methodist she is being cared for, and is
presented to the Board of Su- church for their annual Red- given the attention and love
pervisors last week over signa- procity meeting. A most de- she needs so much. She has
tures of more than 100 citizens licious and abundant potluck made a little progress, but, it
from various parts of the dinner was enjoyed by the 63 will take a long time to erase
county. wl10 attended. Tables were dec- the   years   of   insecurity,   and
The petition was referred to orated with "last-of-the-garden'! nervous    instability    that    she
the five-man "Juvenile Affairs" bouquets, lovely in their splen- now has.    She is not a strong
. committee   of  the   Supervisors did array. child, and the doctor, in order
with instructions that the After dinner the following to nut weight on her, has pre-
committee was  to bring in  a program was presented: scribed,    cod    liver    oil.    She
report before the end of the Vocal Solos—Miss Katherine sleeps better at night now.
present session which is expect-Briggs: "Joy" and "I Love a and is seldom disWbed bv
ed to conclude some time this Little Cottage." ° nightmare. She has been corn-
week.   _ Readings—Mrs.   C.   H.   Os- *nletelv re^oth-ed ?nd is now at-
Allegmg    widespread    belief good: "Being Thankful," C. W. tending scho<7\ reo-'^arlv, where
that   juvenile   cases   were   not l. Day; "Two 'Mericana Men," she is a good pupil.
being handled adequately,' the ȣ>a Leetla Boy" and "Between
document urged that the inves- Two Loves," T. A. Daly,
tigation be undertaken to al- A(1(jTO(,e n, v t. j m-A
lay "fears of the public" and to c A4d}%s7"Bx7 %. E< . L°ld'
exonerate Judge Jay G. Pray ^.^ ESc?tl^ Department,
if the criticisms are unfounded, M^higan State Normal College.
or to provide a basis for cor- Dr- Lord spoke of how Mich-
recting conditions if the public i£an handicapped children are
concern is justified. cared for, and of Normal class-
Included in the request are es where teachers are specially
more than 20 questions on trained to teach these children,
which - the petitioners asked an<i the need* for more such
specific information about the schools in the state lie d~clt
handling of cases by Judge on the affliction that cause
Pray and County Agent Arch children to be classed as under-
Wilson. privileged, • such'" as   deafness.
Judge Pray said that he had blindness, infantile paralysis,
read the petition. "I have no mental deficiency and epilepsy,
comment,'' he said, except that Children with criminal tenden-
I will welcome the investiga- cies should be segregated. Dr.
tion and will co-operate with Lord said that Mchigan has
the committee in every way done a great deal of work for
as soon as they request infor- these children but there is lots
mation. more to be done. . People with
"As far as I am concerned, normal children should be very
anyone interested, will be wel- grateful. "*\
come   to   attend   any   meeting       - * ~   '* *'	
with the  committee  and pre- NOTICE
sent   any   question.   I'm   not
afraid to give out any informa- All people, interested, m return about the conduct of my organizing the Cubs, be at school
office;"      " Tuesday, Oct. 23, 8 p. m.
Harold Vaughn, Saline Valley     Death came to Mrs.  George exceeded the  state average of     WnT,.TOl   aavrTz„ati ,   ,,
irms.    has    "adonted"    Anna W. Seeger at the Saline General Michigan, every year.     . forZ   wS'L  LS
hospital, Friday morning, where- Last year's 230 acre tract ™L £!;*?„?*
she had been critically* ill dur- was on land furnished by Hen- ™ Jednesday. afternoon, Oct.
ing the preceding two weeks, ry Ford, but this year's plant- f* * «* the Haxis e Fu nei-alHom e
Mrs. Seeger was liandicapped ing is so large that no single ™ ^f0^,^1 ^e Eev" ^ies5
by ill health for more than tract of land in Michigan could ^ *e Chnton Congregational
20 years, and in recent years handle it, so the seed has been ^f LC=S g< f^ ?apS"
had been confined to her home, parceled out to about 250 farm- °J w^! Z Y &t thec]l°?ie
Two weeks ago her condition ers throughout the country, °* ^. son' ,B™> ,m Sahne
niade hospital care a necessity, who are now planting the genu- ^^P ef lv Monday mom-
During the years, days of illness ine Biblical Wheat and will {n|a* ^e age of 83 years fol,
were borne patiently and were give the tithe to more than 150 J"™« an extended period of ill
not permitted to interfere with different churches. nea^n-
her home making responsibil- A representative field of the The deceased was the daugh-
ities famous Dynamic Kernels is be- ter  of  Mr.   and  Mrs.   George
Mrs. Seeger was born in York ing planted inside the race ^Iohr and was a native of La
township, the daughter of track at the Adrian Fair Porte Ind. In her young worn-
George and Christina Schroen, Grounds, where the huge official anhood she was married to the
March 19, 1876. Her marriage celebration will be held during -f\ev- 0ttoj Papsdorf and with
to Mr. Seeger was an event of the harvest next summer. The him seiived in several churches
March 19, 1902. After farm- wheat will be cut,, threshed, m oluo and Michigan before
ing for ten years she and her ground into flour, baked into coming to St. James Evangeh-
husband moved to Saline and biscuits and fed to the multi- -cal church, Saline township, in
here the remainder of her life tudes in the grandstands, right October, 1906. They remained
was- spent.    When  St.  Paul's before their very eyes. there   for   thirty   years   until
church was established in 1906 "The elaborate plans being ^^L1^61116^ m,th? summ^r
she became numbered among its completed by Perry Hayden, in of 1936 when they took up resi-
cbihlhunicant members and her co-operation with the Lenawee dencejwith their daughter, Mrs.
interest and support of that County Fair Board, will make Carl Finkbeiner, m Sahne town-
cjiurch was faithfully main- this the most .spectacular inter- ship. The Rev.-Popsdorf passed
teihed until her death. She national humanJnterest story away a year later,- and Mrs.
was a member of the Ladies' hi the world,'' says Raymond Papsdorf since then resided
Aid Society, and of the Order J- Jeffreys, 'an Ohio publicist. most of the. time with her son,
of Eastern Star. "The colorful parades, cutting Bruno,  spending  some  of the
Funeral services were held and harvesting pageants show- winters with her son, Paul, in
Sunday at 2:30 o'clock' at St.' ing equipment used from Bibli- Chicago. During her long resi-
Pa,ul's:cHur.ch,.Rev. Alvin Siem- cal days, down to the modern dence in the parsonage of St.
•sen officiating, with burial" in combines, and reports from the James she endeared herself to
[Oakwood cemetery. farmers  throughout  the  coun-  the members of the congrega-
• Surviving Mrs. " Seeger are try who are making possible tion, taking an active _ part in
her husband, her daughter, the completion of this stupend- the work of the Ladies' Aid,
Mrs. Lucille Henderson, two ous final year of the project, giving assistance in the Sun-
granddaughters, Mrs. Carl Cro- will mae this great religious day school and in earlier years
thers of Columbia, S. C. event a living demonstration in the Bible school,
and Miss Phyllis Henderson, of the Biblical truths regarding Mrs. Papsdorf is survived 'by
Washington, D. C; a brother, sowing, reaping, re-birth and four sons, Rev. Theodore Paps-
Mr. Henry Schroen; a sister, tithing," says Perry Hayden, dorf of New Bremen, Ohio, who
Mrs. Alma Wood, and a number the Quaker miller aiid* founder was the first pastor of the local
of  nephews   and   nieces.     She of the demonstration.      ' St, Paul's church following its
was preceded in death by an in-  organization in 1906;  Fred,  a
fant son, a sister, Mrs. Charles Don't confuse the number of prominent artist in Detroit; Dr.
Guthard, and three brothers fiends j^ou can count up with paul Papsdorf, physician and
who died in infancy. the number you can count on. dentist in  Chicago;  Bruno,  of
" Saline township; and one daugh
ter, Mrs. Carl Finkbeiner, lately of Napoleon,Ohio, 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
  — t Interment was in the family
Will Greatly Increase Was Theme Of '      lot in St. James cemetery with
The Facilities Of This   ' Address By Judge the Rev. Carl Haneberg of St.
Local Service Medium Payne At Rotary James church officiating at the
    graveside services.
To meet the demands of their     Patriotism with a cap P was 	
greatly expanding business, The the theme of the  addreSs de- T„ct   "Rif^cj   Vf\Y
Sahne Mercantile Company are iivered by Judge Jay H. Payne JU^&1'   lfclMra   A UX
enlarging  their   store   building of the Municipal Court of Ann J?vaA   "Rv_ot_i_™
on North Ann Arbor street by Arbor bei0re Rotarians at their r reU   nxeiUUIl
extending the frontage 72 feet weekly meeting at the Saline 	
to the north and running back Hotel last Thursday.    It dealt       . Services Today, For
to a depth of 60 feet. wjth the very fine work done Old And Respected
The footings for the founda- by civic clubs and by all indi- Resident Of Saline
dation are already in and Man- viduals who take their citizen- 	
ager Walter Hirth. stated that ship in this glorous country se- Fre(i Brenion 78 years old
construction of the ^upright riously. Stressing that we died Monday night at the Sa'
which was started Tuesday, should all try to keep America line General Hospital after a
would be carried on to comple- American, he called attention i0Xl„ iuness. Born Jan. 26, 1867,
tion this fall. The new addi- to the fact that free men share jn Freedom township, he was
tion will have one large display each other's problems and that the son of Carl and Catherine
window, with the bulk of the there is no room in the United Messerschmidt Brenion. His
room being devoted to storage States for class hatreds or big- wjfe the former Lydia' Feld-
purposes.     •        .-■■..-. otjyd       P d   1*    d   th   kamp, died in 1925.
Win* w M* o-nafa trend fwayTom family'life as - i™V™? £^J^SSS"
Motor Magnate      known a /eneration or two ago. %*> £f • Jf: ^S^SJl^S
An^ Onnlrai- MilW ci«ng a £ew of two homes at Chester and Phillip Bremon of
Ana i4UaKer Miller thefastWorld,sFail.inChicago. Santa   Monica    Cahf     several
'■—---  .        ,          „ ,,         .   °    nieces and nephews. A member
~"  One showed the father sitting _.p Q4.   p_„,.    „-u„,.„i,    w  v,*.a
-        Seem To Have It reading an evening paper with £JV^-S?,8 ™?fev Si wJ
In The Bag-Dynamic Ws son close by doing his home ^ped m thls commulty a» his
Tithing Wheat work; nlother was in the kitch- m|uneral services ^ ^e heM
Henrv FoixflhT motor ma- ^Tasll™g dishes and daughter   t 2 Thursday (today) at
liemy iioia, tne motoi mag- drying them. The modern home q+  p„i,. „u,„.„i. -.^+1-, tc?o.t   ai
nate,   and  Perry  Hayden,   the w4  shown as dark.  The boy ^ ^1 s chuiehmthE ev. Al.
Tecumseh Quaker miller, are was ^Kb. his gang on a street ^thIS+ nfffS&.rf- Ti£J£
shown here holding a shoulder, corner, we've forgotten where ^b^t!f0S,Ciai?^f^S,1 e^s
bag last year with the famous tlle daughter was, but father ^-^ ** ^ffl^Tql^
Dynamic Kernels "Biblical Tith- and mother were in a beer gar- "eral S°mf f1 -if^ • f^:'
ing Wheat" during the sowing den down the street. Support- d?y7, ^ hody wiU he m state
of   the   great   230   acre   field, ing the implication that parents £*   +-e ChnJC}l lr°m .noo\nn}1\
Build Addition To
Mercantile Store    w^h A Cap P
Continued on Page 8'
FORD & HAYDEN PLANTING
BIBLICAL TITHING WHEAT
which  originated from a tiny have much to do with the nres-
the time of the services. Burial
y*-gfe.jB
HENRY FQRD—PERRY HAYDEN
cubic inch° of grain planted in ent delinquency problem Judge ^U be at Oakwood cemetery,
a small patch 4 ft. by 8 ft. in Payne stated that in the last padt, ni? TCTA-xr-R-a
1940, to demonstrate, some Bi- fecal year in his court there ^AKU UJJ  i*iainjs__>
ble lessons in- tithing and re- were brought before him 351     We wish to express our deep
birth. people between .the ages of 17 appreciation to   -(Sie   nieghbors
The tithe was taken out for and 21, and such cases are ever and friends for their sympathy
the   church   after   each  year's on the increase;  some of the and acts of kindness during our
crop was harvested, and the en- charges filed against this group recent bereavement,
tire    balance    replanted    each are very serious 'and naturally     Mrs. Marguerite Stull and
year.    This  year's  crop  from it  is   assumed  that  in   many Family.
the 230 acres was 5,187 bushels, eases the parents must be at —; ■—
which will require more than fault. Howver, there is duty He who .takes more liberty
2,500 acres for planting the for all adults, and that is to than he is willing to grant is
sixth, and last crop of the ex- Continued on Page 8 unfair and unjust.