The Detroit times., 1916-07-17
City News in Brief

a fine roof garden will he main
tained ON top Of the new eS0o.oD0
Central Methodist church house.
ams-sve. east. near Woodward-ave.,
which II is expected will be ready
In October The NTH noor OF the
building will DO devoted to sthlet.
les. with completely equipped
gymnasium. swimming pool. etc
With y membership limited 60 80
persona. the Detroit Thrift society
has been organized by group OF
Detroit investors and business
men for the purpose Of investing
the capital paid In by members.
Every one OF the members will he
included In the personnel OF some
one OF the required boards. Charles
t.. Buch. Detroit manager Of the
Whitehead 4 HoAg Co. Is presi-
dent
town parks arc osses In the sweit-
ering city heat. IsounGers In the
south end Of Washington-bl blvd.
Sunday evening. We're spread THICK
the strains OF Russian hand
which was regaling sunday might
diners In Hotel Cadillac, With the
music 81 tho many piece band was
as accessible Ia the park deniEsns
as 10 the diners who paid sub
stantlal sum 10 near IL
"Bsck 90 nature" was the slogan.
pressed persons. whose sleeping
apartments were too torrid or too
crowded 10 pass the night In.
stretching themselves on the
grass In the parks. with ncwspa-
pers taking the place OF bed linen.
they slept In the open air In many
places. In Cass park the seekers
of relief from the heat were lolling
h. tvet ~
sun UP.
ia always heard that people thought
of queer things when f"cinx
death. but ! never dreamed that
when my time came | would De
even quNerer than most folk" said
one woman 20 another on the street
car az she related narrow escape
from death 81 an automobile party.
Of which she was member sat
nrd.v DO you know when I saw
that train bearing down on us and
I realized that we had mighty
slim chance OF being alive second
later. my one thought was that
wished I had strengthened my eu-
Can you beat that? And that's the
reason that I spent most OF yes
t-rday going through the dressers
~ home and putting them In or
der"
In the nfty-second annual business
C!ety. Sunday afternoon. in Concor-
dia hall. the following officers
were elected President. F w
Marschuer. vice-president. Thco-
dore Kress; secretary. Carl Kunze.
treasurer. Gus Merters; librarian.
A Diedrich: assistant librarian.
William Doernbrocck. house com
mittee, l. F. Schmidt. F. wisroth.
4. Perske, entertainment commit
tee. A ortman. =. Meyer. H. w.
Hanson.
their father and mother didn't Rp-
peal to the four Graham children.
whose ages range from four 20 10
years Placed with Mrs r V
shepherd at Ortonville a week ago.
the youngsters soon began 10 clam
or for home. Mrs r. shepherd.
IN despair. brought them TO the
Detroit police and as the parents
were found 10 have moved away
tenac-blvd. tho children were ia
ken TO the Juvenile detention home
Sunday their mother, Mrs George
Graham. claimed them.
"on~ OF the joys TO Offset the bad
roads one usually ENDS IN makiug
dctours in country driving IL the
finding OF so many beauty spots
and charming scenery hitherto un-
suspected, when one has kept close
" 10 the main thorouEhfarcs." said
weekend motor enthusiast
particularly rich in the scenic un-
expected. and although many Of
the roads In both these counties
are simply atrocious. the country
through which they wander IL
beautiful beyond compare. The