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FOR 49 YEARS
VOLUME 50
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUT
AY, DECEMBER 11, 1930
NUMBER S
lipVi Winkle
( so ihe story goes)
slept Tor twenty years
 a savings account
meant nothing to him i
Lt it DOES to those
mhoare WIDE-AWAKE! ■
Saline Savings Bank
The One Story Bank on   the Corner
The QUALITY Grocery
You may be able to buy cheaper, but you can't buy better
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for Fall Driving
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are diffrent from summer.
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grade.
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Cost Less to Operate.
Leave orders at Noonan & Ehlenberg's, phone 288
or with Maurice Henderson, Phone 272.
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East Michigan Avenue
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SERVICE AT OUR MODERN NEW
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Ice Cream—Tobacco—Sandwiches
Sunoco Oil Prevents Hard Carbon
of good cheer at Christmas time comes from that
satisfied feeling with good food and plenty of it.
Here you may find the groceries that go into making
Christmas a time of good cheer.
Phone 86 MARTIN   fUOSS
Mpoments
Workers On Scliool
Calls   For   Cooperation   to
Carry on Work Just
Commenced.
Grateful for Support Shown so Far
by Community and Looks
Toward Future.
By -Edward Alber
j President of the Board of Education.
On    the    first anniversary  oi"  the
i vote   of    the    school district, which
gave    the    board    of    education the
power to erect a new school building,
! that building was dedicated. Twelve
I months   ago . last   k'riday to a day,
I the district instructed the board  to
! go about building a. new school. With
' the formal dedication, a plan- of sev-
' eral years standing has been brought
to a realization.
Credit for the fine job that has
been done on the building should go
to a number of individuals. Much ot
the original plan was the work ot
the superintendent of last year, i.
S Nurnberger. He sat up many
nights working over the original
rough plans of the structure, ms
training and previous experience
aided materially in the final layou.
where several features show considerable foresight on his part.
The architects were more than
willing to cooperate in every, wav to
make the building suit the needs of
the community as the board and superintendent saw -them, ^yterv
I good' bit of credit for the fine
manner in which they carried out
their all-important part of the con
struction. .
The contractor was placed ma
very pecular situation, but, in spite
of it he did as excellent a ]ob as
Could L wished for. He bid very
low on the proposition, hf* order to
get the job. His margin of profit
was considerable under what he
could normally expect. W-thout
whimpering he went ahead witht the
iob and carried it out just as though
he were making the usual, profit on
the undertaking. He was as willing
to make changes and go to extra
trouble as rf he were receiving the
usual percentage. __
Most of the sub-contractors were
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Jedicddoii Program
he d iriday Night
Goodrich  Issues   Challenge
to Hard Work With
New Building.
"1868-1*330"    Tableau    Presented    at
Exercises  Showing Youth
and Age.
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The old school bell, which hung iu
T. S. NTOHVBERGER
. Superintendent or schools at Saiino
from 1926 to 1930 and who had -.*. Io.
i to do with the plaiunhg of the nsw
building. Now superintendent at
Oscoda.
Herman  Gross
who as treasurer of the board has
had much to do with the financing of
the new school.
Observer Liners sure get results. This is proven out
in various ways every week. Get the habit of using
them when you want to sell or buy anything.
verv agreable in their dealings with
the board. However, most of them
dealt directly with the general contractor.
• The board is very well pleased
with the individuals and companies
with whom they had business. For
the most part, they were very obliging in all of their contracts and helped to make the work on the project
full of -jnjoymerit.
Another group, to whom the board
is indebted., is the citizenry of the
town who have given of their time,
money and effort that the building
might become a reality. Many
courtesies have been shown in a
financial way by the business men.
Instead of making this ah opportunity to realize handsome profits,
they have sacrified that the school
district might be benefited. Many
others have contributed their time
and energy when asked and aided
in various ways. To all of these
people, tihe iboard is very grateful.
However, the task of the citizens
,of the community has just started.
The school is not built, for today or
tomorrow, but for the multitudes of
tomorrow that are to come. The
school is an investment in education,
an investment in the youth of Saline.
Full dividends may not be realized.
unless the educational advantages of
the plant are made use of. There are
a multitude of opportunities present
with this fine structure.
All that is needed to make >these
opportunities blossom forth into constructive effort is the cooperation ,of
the three units in the oubhc school
system; the tax-payers, the board of
education and the faculty. There
are a number of forward-looking
projects that confront us. We
would like to see a larger student
body enrolled. We would like to see
a greater diversity of coures offered,
especiallly along vocational lines
such as manual training, cooking
and sewing and agriculture, to offer
as incentives to the young people to
attend the high school.
These axe but a few of the plans
that could be carried out to the
benefit Of the community as a whole,
which is our aim at all times. We
can get that only through the cooperation of tax-payers, the faculty
and the 'board of education. We are
grateful for the support given our
program so far and believe that we
will be backed further when the advantages of the new school are
made more apparent.
! Nurnberger Points Out
! Features of Building
Congratulates   Community   0:1   New
Structure and Urges- L.u-ge
Use of It.
By T. S. Nurnberger
(Former  superintendent  of  schools.)
The Board! of Educ-jtion and ' the
community of Saline ii indeed to be
congratulated upon it_r| splendid new
school building. This Slant will give
Saline accommodations which be
among the best in any town of its
size.
One of the outstanding features 01
this building is the combined auditorium and gymnasium. The design
of this room was made after consultation with Mr. Goodrich and!: Mr.
VanderiBelt of the State Department
and after visiting and studying
many other ' buildings. The features
of this room will not be described
here but will be appreciated by the
community with use.
Another feature of this building is
the heating system.. --jariis iie-iung
plan is modeled after tnat used m
Detroit, the feature or wnicii is additional radiators placed) in the win--;
dow sills to prevent cold radiation
from the windows. This allows aii
the space in the room to be used for
school purposes and! removes tnt.
necessity for children next to the
radiators being too hot and ■ those next,
to the windows being too cold, -a-h
parts of the room are equally comfortable. The same type of heating,
system is being used in the 'University of Michigan's model new elementary school.
The manual training room, lunch
room, domestic science d'epartmeii-,
study and library, fine classrooms,
and other features makes this buila*
ing outstanding. Also this building
is designed to allow for expansion as
future needs may require. Another
entrance and classrooms may be
added" on the north end' and then the
building will symmetrical from the
front. The north end may be extended to the back as far as desired.
Thus this building will.not need to
be discarded because of being outgrown.
It may not be fully appreciated
but it is true that Saline is getting
a lot of building for the money. The
Board of Education saved the District about $25,000.00 by carefully
redesigning the original plans and
reducing the cost from $175,000.00
to less than §150,000.00. This reduction in cost was made without lessening the size or , number of classrooms or gymasi-im.
Again in conclusion I congratulate
the board upon its accomplishment.
I rejoice for the boys and girls and
the advantages which--they are going to have. Also I hope that the
facilities of the school will be made
available to the whole community.
This was a community project and
to toe successful all should share in
its use and benefits. Again let me
rejoice with you Board, Parents, and
Children.
the belfry of the Saline Union School
for sixty years, standing on the new
and modern stage of the auditorium
of the new bmlding representing the
old and new, typified the spirit that
prevailed at the dedication exercises
on Friday evening when the new
school structure was officially turned over to the board of education
and the faculty>;and dedicated to the
service of the youth of today and the
youth of the years to come.
Immediately after the band concert the curtains -were closed and the
auditorium was darkened. Suddenly
the old, familiar note of the school
bell rang out from the stage and the
curtain? was opened, showing the old
bell itself in the dim light, ringing
just as it has for decades past. Beside it was an American flag and
in a half circle about it with their
hands at salute stood the children of
the first grade while behind them
the old "guard," fourteen men and
women who attended the old Union
school in. its earliest days. The
tableau brought forth a burst of applause from the audience, most of
whom had answered the call of the
old bell many times. The tableau
was called "1868-1930."
The dedication program in the
evening climaxed the day's activities at the school. Startin-*' at one
o'clock, the classrooms were open to
inspection while classes were in
progress. From six until, seven-
thirty, the building was thrown open
to view by all who wished to see it.
At sevehrthirty the Boy Scout
band, under trie direction of George
Austin and! supplemented by several
older players -from former: musical
prgamzations, gave a concert. The
auditorium *, filled up rapidly during*
the    performance    and shortly after
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Haider Is Optimistic
About school Future
Ee-deres    Building    Suited
Well to-Needs of
Community.
Points  Ahead  to Proposed  Increase
in Number of Subjects to
Be Offered.
A. A. KALDER
Present* superintendent "of schools
who supervised the construction of
the new building and presided at the
dedication  exercises  Friday  evening.
Architect Gives Description of New Saline School
Tells    of Modern    Facilities    Found
in   Structure   Which   Add
to Value.
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F. D. FORD
Who presented the board of education with a check for $1,000 to be
used for equipping the auditorium.
Lifelong resident of Sa'ine and former student in the old .school building.
eight everv seat in the room was occupied. Inclement weather did not
seem to discourage the crowd, for if
many more had come the room could
not have held them all.
Shortly after eight the "1860-
1930" episode was presented. This
presentation was the plan of
William Austin of the board of education 'and was carried out with
the help of Superintendent A. A.
Kalder, who presided at the dedication exercises.
Following the episode, the formal
exercises were opened by Rev. C. E,
Kircher, who pronounced the invocation. Mr. Kalder then introduced
George Austin who played; two
cornet solos.
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By LYNN W. FRY
Member of the firm of Fry &
Kasurin,  architects
With the completion of the new-
school, shown above, Saline has
available one of the most modern
schools in the state of Michigan
The building, which was erected at a
cost of approximately $150,000, is a
15-ioom school for the teaching o;
all primary and high school grades;
and including rooms for domestic
arts, manual training and a combination auditorium and gymnasium.
The new building is located directly in front of the old school building
which is being torn down, and the
space will be leveled to provide addd-
•tional playground facilities. The new
-building is two stories high, with
partial basement, built-of reinforced
concrete fireproof construction with
face brick and Indiana limestone ex
terior. Tlie new-'building replaces tlie
old structure, ■which was much toe
small and sadly lacking in most oi
the requirements of a modern schoc*.
building.
Will Accommodate 500
.The school at present has an enrolment of 350 pupils. The new
building will accommodate 500 students and is designed with provision
for future expansion to the north.
"In designing the building, the ar
chitects, Fry & Kasurin of Aim Arbor, had in mind primarily the giving to the students the latest educational facilities and to the taxpayers
of the district a building which
would afford a minimum of maintenance and upkeep at a .reasonable
cost. The total cost of the building,
including 'the architects' fees, equipment, and the like; was kept within
the $150,000 bond issue voted by the
people.
The following description of the
structure is given by Lynn W. Fry
and Paul Kasurin, who -form the firm
of Fry & Kasurin, architects who designed the school.
The Jbuilding, of an L shape, faces
west, and while of a compact plan is?
so arranged, without resort to light
courts, to -obtain the proper supply
of natural light and air in ever-
part. It has a frontage of 180 feef
on the west elevation and 109 feel
on the south.
The main school entrance is on the
west side, leading to the entrance
hall which is particularly wide, ir
order to afford ithe needed space for
the individuals using it. The entrance to the auditorium is on the
south side, giving the. public access-
to this portion of the 'building without going through the school proper.
Auditorium Seats 850
The 'auditorium has a seating capacity ^of   more   than   850   persons
There is a large stage with dressing
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View of' the^new building from    corner of North Ann  Arbor and  McKay streets.
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By A. A. Kalder
(Superintendent of Schools)
In writing this article, the p-ie
thing that stands out above "all
j others is the fact that—with very
few exceptions—the whole citi?;er-ry
j of Saline has forgotten that there
jwere ever two sides to the argument
1 as to whether or not a new school
should be built, and have cooperated
whole-heartedly and fen...eiy with
the builders of the new building, lt.
speaks volumes for-the future that
this attitude prevails so .universally,
and it seems to have characterized
the planning and building of the
building itself in that.—in almost
every particular—all the people of
the community seem to have lent
suggestions as to the best ways of
getting the most for the money out
of the proceeds of the bonds. All
have given whole-heartedly and generously of time- and—in many cases
—of their money and labor to do
something "for the school."
To come back to the building itself, it seems, to one who has attempted to work witri our present enrollment- in the old building, that the
new one is splendidly suited to our
needs. To consider the mission of a
school—and therefore the planning of
the school building—one must consider that we are no longer living in the
days of the late sixties, or even in
the days of the "Roaring Nineties,""
but that this is a day in the second
quarter of the twentieth century and
that we must do more than "teach,
the children in the "three R's." We
must teach them social usage, vocational basics, modern sociology, the:
basis for manual arts, music, art,
athletics, drama, and all the modem,
touches which differentiate the
schools of today from the schools of
the past century. Whether we like
all the things which do so differentiate us from the pedagogues of the
earlier days or not, we must handle
the situation as it now exists. It is
here, what will.we do with it? This.
is the question which we must faces
and not -the question, "Do we .like-
it ?" It is here and we have "toi handle it and we may as well like it as
not. To do otherwise is to adopt the
attitude   of   the   great   exponent   of
Edward Alber
president of the board of education
and leader for the new building.
American manufacturing in this, the
Machine Age.
He is, without a doubt,-the leading
exponent of the most modern methods of manufacturing, yet he spends
millions in attempting to bring back
the dances and customs of a bygone
day, even while totally ignoring the
living conditions among ^the hundreds
of thousands of his employes. Under
Dean S. S. Marquis he established
the most modem of social service departments, yet, I believe that it is
discarded today. One of the early
defenders of the Great American
Melting Pot in its' functioning in
making foreign immigrants into useful America citizens, it seems to the
laymen that he has totally forgotten
this earlier theme to take up in its
entirety the idea of old-time dancing.
Do not misunderstand me, this is
NOT an attack upon one of America's greatest men—in riiany ways—.
but. it is an honest attempt to call
YOUR attention to the fact that
TODAY is not yesterday, that we
must  conduct  ourselves  accordingly.
rl believe that the most necessary-
parts of the new building are-it3-
heating, ventilating, plumbing, and
most-needed room is its gymnasium.
In the -heating, ventilating, and.
plumbing, we have trie foundations-
of modern health education translated, into concrete' form. If there is
any known thing which is preferable
to good health, if there is any one
thing which you would not exchange
for it, then the writer doesn't know'
of this one thing. The new building
with its clean and well-lighted and
heated toilet rooms, its commodious
rooms' for the housing and operation
of the heating and ventilating machinery, its broad expanse of well-
through the architect and builders—
of making our children of the future
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