Washtenawisms

WASHTENAWISMS

There is considerable talk of enlarging the area of the Lodi cemetery.

A new interlocking railroad switch has been put in at Pittsfield Junction.

The Ypsilanti waterworks pumped 14,242,780 gallons of water in November.

Hogan, Gadd & Van Tuyle, of Bridgewater, shipped 1,400 sheep one day recently.

The Manchester Lodge, A. O. U. W. has taken in 73 new members in the last two years. 

Fred Heninger has purchased the William Rhodes farm on the road between Ypsilanti and Saline.

The A. O. U. W. paid Mrs. Jacob Miller, of Manchester, $2,000, her husband having been buried Dec. 2.

Twenty-five dollars has been raised towards purchasing an organ for the Sunday school of St. John 's church in Sharon.

Charles Norton, of Ypsilanti, while skating Monday near the Peninsular mills, collided with another skater and broke his collar bone.

William McAndrew, a well known Ypsilanti boy, is a prominent candidate for the superintendency of one of the large Brooklyn, N. Y. , schools with a salary of $5,000.

The Saline L. O. T. M. has elected the following officers: Mrs. Glasier, commander; Mrs. Bennett, lieutenant commander; Mrs. D. A. Townsend, record keeper; Mrs. LaRue. treasurer; Mrs. Shaw, chaplain; Mrs. Lamkin, sergeant; Mrs. Lindenschmidt, master-at-arms ; Mrs. Reeves, sentinel; Mary Marken, picket; Mrs. Allen, organist.

Meridian Chapter, R. A. M. , of Manchester, is officered as follows: H. P., Mat D. Blosser; K., C. W. Case; S., Fred Spafard; C. of H., H. C. Calhoun; P. S. , T. B. Bailey; R. A. C., Wilbur Short; M. 3d V., F. H. Blosser; M. 2d V., A. J. Lowery; M. 1st V., A. M. Yocum; treasurer, G. J. Haeussler; secretary, C. J. Robison; sentinel, S. Hammond.

The Manchester Lodge, A. O. U. W., has elected the following officers: M. W., G. L. Feldamp; foreman, E. O. Westgate; overseer, Artie Jacquemain; recorder, J. E. Blum; financier, Chas. Younghans; receiver, Wm. Koebbe; guide, Ed. Deatle; I. W., John Curry; O. W. and janitor, John Jackson ; medical examiner, Dr. C. F. Kapp; trustee, Henry Landwehr; representative to grand lodge, J. E. Blum; alternate, Geo. Nisle, sr.