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SALINE. WASHTENAW COUNTYTHURSDIiFormer Saline Boyii!Murdered By Thugsiii] Clifford A. Slang Interrupted Holdup Men at Work In Ann Arbor and Was Fatally Wounded.iearly life. He was married to Jewell Hart, daughter - of lt;• Mr. and Mrs. James Hart of Ypsilfmti, in 1924 and came to Ann Arbor ps manager of a Kroger store in 1925;In 1927 he began as:A^deputy sheriff under Sheriffs EimSt M., Wurster and transferred' to the police department in 1929.siiiifiiClifford A. Stang of Ann Arbor-, an old Saline boy, was murdered by; hold-up men in Conlin . Wetherbee’s clothing store in Ann- Arbor last Thursday afternoon, shortly after he had entered, to make a 'small purchase and St which time ^he hold-up' was getting under way.We arerindebted to the Daily NevJte for the bulk of the following matter pertaining to Mr. Stang, and his funeral:Iiiii•*iiiiiuIIImm!iii©0hni.ri-• ■ y*-i /*. % lt;FEATUREmMarie’r ivr;t.anliliCLIFFORD A. STANG (Courtesy Ann Arbor Daily News)(Too late for last week)The eleventh ;grade-| sponsored the prograifi for Iasfc3wee%, with Charles P Collins acting as* chairman. i.The High School £led Club sang | ^ “A Hundred 'Pipers abd'Awa,' “The I Keel Raw,” and “Into Parliament,” | directed by Miss Sisson, with Betty J £ Harwood at the piatto: i '' Carl Harwood replied two amusing j * poems, “Johnny's Histbry Lesson” and j “Pat McKarfchy’s Ideai” ?Nona Milhan, Rubena Bredernitz j and Betty Harwood sang “The Isle j of Capri” and ‘ “My -Darling,” with “Blue Moon” as an encore. They were accompanied on the piano by rDale Fosdick, \ fThe assembly sang “Old,Black Joe j ^ to see who sang the loudest, led by - 1Miss Sisson.Maxine Fosdick tap-danced, with her sister, Jean, accompanying heron the piano.The assembly was dismissed afterthis enjoyable hour of entertainment.w13rffne1Special police deputies were on duty at the police station and in downtown areas as Stang’s fellow policemen formed a guard of honor at his funeral Sunday, which was attended by more than 2,000 persons. It was the largest funeral in recent years.Ijtev. Bert Ede of Sftline, the village where Stang was born and spent most of his youth, officiated at a service marked by simplicity and brevity at the request of the family.In addition to city firemen and police officers from Ypsilanti, Jackson and Detroit who were present, hundreds of .-others who had been Patrolman Stang’s friends were present at the services at the Muehlig chapel. Many were forced to stana outside.Members of the police and fire commissions and city officials were present as honorary pall bearers.Active pall bearers were SheriffJacob B. Andres, Deputy M. A. Al-ber, L. D. Tanner, Sgt. Norman Cook, and Officers Clark Earl and Herbert Rapp.Nearly the entire population of Saline was present at Qakwoodcemetery, at Saline, to witness burial services performed by the Masons, .of which .Stang was a member. Dr.j. B. Wallace directed .the ritual as worshipful master, of the lodge.Mr. Stang is survived by his widow; his mother, Mrs. Catherine Stang; and four sisters, Mrs. * Gertie Lutz, Mrs. Luther Briggs and Miss Edith Stang of Saline and Mrs. Robert Ewing of Ewen.A minstrel show was given by the twelfth grade as their entertainment for last week’s program. It was given over the network, of Station SHS. The German band opened the program and played* several numbers throughout the program. The minstrel characters were: '*Master of Ceremonies—Don Royal. Bones—Leonard Marken.Tambo—Jesse Bird.,Smudge—Karl Bird.Pimento—Ervin Feldkamp. Shinbone—Alwin Jedele.Lopear—Ray Clark.Sockeye—Glenn Hamlin.Foghorn—Stan Hartman. \The Harlem Rytlim Sisters’ sexteta i _ 1. n II -he!rit11; tttiV ! Sw351ittsang “Stars Fell on Alabam ” “Pardon My Southern Accent” and “Dinah.” The sextet consisted of Nona Milhan, Marguerite Halsey, Muriel Karn altos, Clara Lambarth, Lorna Lange and Marie-Schmid, sopranos, with Miss Sisson at the piano.A trio, Glenn Hamlin, Don Royal and Stan Kartman, sang , several southern songs, “Dixie,” “Virginnyand others. r* ' V .The station signed, off and theaudience returned to their rooms for dismissal.1 £I Cii £fti 1rc* •“An Officer tb the End” Say Pals of Stang.‘FOR PETE’S SAKE”We want to tell you a little about our Junior play this week, as it is to be o-iven Friday and Saturday nights, j March 29 and 30. The play is ascreaming comedy in three nets, contains 12 characters, and is packed with excitement from beginning to end.4 Jasmine Jackson, the colored cook, is deathly afraid of ghosts and matters aren’t helped any by a live ghost running around scaring the wits out of everyone. . P.eter Pepper-dine, a young college ntudent whose favorite sport seems tonbe telling lies and getting caught sometimes, but more often getting away, with them, succeeds in telling and ;g§tting away 'with the biggest lie in-his career.We are sure you will befell rqpaid by seeing “For Pete’s Sake, presented by the Junior class of. Saline Highschool.IirCi3(r3il11Icc]£-*I1By Robert Hewett in the1A police officer to the last second he lived.”If the grave of. Patrolman ,CliffordA. (Sid) Stang, shot and killed when he attempted to fight two thugs after he was disarmed, bears an epitaph, that is* the inscription suggested by Sgt. Norman E. Cook, life-long friend of the slain officer.' 'Hard-lipped police officers stood silently in police headquarters remembering the easy smile and friendly jokes of the “best liked man on the force” who had signed his name to the daily report sheet for the last time.“Sid was one of the best men I had,” Chief Lewis W. Fohey said. “He was a good officer,”During the six years in which “Sid” Stang was a member of the police force he established himself as one of the most courteous and efficient police officers on the force. It was because of his personality and consideration of others that he was der tailed as motorcycle patrolman.“It was almost a pleasure to be stopped by Sid Stang,” one motorist said when he was haled info court.In Chief Fohey’s private letter file are many testimonials to Stang’s personality.“The department has had many letters from motorists, inside and outside of the city, complimenting Stang on the manner in which he treated speeders,” the chief stated.One of the -incidents which is retold more often than any other concerning Stang is the story of how he overtook a speeding motorist several years ago. Instantly observing that a woman'in the car was apparently ill. Stang turned on his siren .and cleared a way to the hospital, where a child was bom to the woman a few minutes later.Stang was known to many Ann Arbor residents not only as a policeman but through his activities as a horseman. He was regarded as one of the most proficient riders in this vicinity.The officer was born May 8,. 1899, in Saline where he spent most of his(Bows'Saline’s Skill£Trim Lenawee County Seat Marks- j men by 22 Points) Shurtz ? High f or. Saline, v - -}In the match with Adrian last j week there wasn't much in the way of sensational marksmanship displayed by men on either team. Shurtz} made a total of ITS to lead his team { and Billing ton* led the Adrian bunch jwith a total of 181. -This is the way they performed: jSAUNEPr.Cook ...... 99Shurtz*..... ------- 98Pennington .............94 #Armbruster -------------- 98Dicks .......................... 983i3ii£St.7680807979To. 1 175 178 ! 1741 177 i11Ic177881!ADRIANHoisington ______________ 98Billington -----... 95Johnson---------------------97Hammill .....--------------- 95Hindes...................—~ 988375687080181; 170 \\I1Ii1651'Ce165;.178!859Southern Michigan Rifle League HOW THEY STANDSalinewLPet91.90082.80028.20019.100All pullets supplying eggs for our Leghorn Foundation Matings weigh 4 lbs. and up. Their dams laid 187 eggs average in their first year. Sires heading this flock have dams’ records of 202 to 224 eggs in their first year. Sires’ dams 202 to 296 eggs in one year. Price in lots of 500, $10 hundred. Others for less. Order today. Saline P. O. 'strcVr.3aclt;•r*\VFor Sale—Corn stalks, $5 per 100. Seed oats 65e per bushel. Unscarified sweet clover seed, $6 per bushel. Craig Heath, 3 miles south,. one-half mile west of Milan. Phone 106-F12.v3CCft*hlt;*»*
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Saline Observer
Saline, Michigan, US
Thu, Mar 28, 1935
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