1945-06-14; Saline Observer

              The Saline Observ
VOLUME 62
SALINE,   WASHTENAW   COUNTY. MICHIGAN,   THURSDAY,   JUNE   14,   1945
NUMBER-36
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Free Labor
Little Money
Built Pool
And Morenci City
Manager Says
Everybody For It
A group of Saline people,
largely members of the City
Park Commission, made a trip
to Morenci, Fridayxevening under the leadership of C. H. Osgood, chairman, for the purpose
of looking over the swimming
pool and gathering what information they could from City
Manager Glennis Green, one of
the original promoters of the
swimming pool project there.
Those making the trip were
Mrs. Bernice Martin, Mrs. Grace
Clark Orwick, Mrs. Osgood,
Mrs. Max Fosdick, Mayor
Alwin Gross, Edwin Her-
ing, Don Burkhart, Clarence
Haarer, Sam Lambarth, Clyde
Lowe and Myron Gallagher.
Very favorable conditions existed in Morenci in 1941 when
have of course had to get along
without showers and bath houses. Users of the pool have to
get into their bathing togs at
home and return home to get
out of them. In spite of that inconvenience, five thousand persons used it last year, 300 being the largest number any one
day. We have a lady in charge
during the summer, and pay
$100 per month for her services.
It works out very satisfactorily.
Out of a total appropriation, by
the City, of $600 to cover from
July 1, 1944 to May 1, 1945,
for labor and supplies, a total
of $279.81 has been disbursed."
Asked "What would you do,
if you had it to do over," Green
replied, "Nothing. Except, perhaps, to build it bigger," and
added, "This thing is a big as-
Detroit Edison
Will Spend
Millions      ..<
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Right In
Our Own
Back Yard"
Power Company Has
Giant Program
In The Offing        %
Saline Man Builds
Garden  Cultivators
In "Leisure" Hours
While it still powers the* war
industries of Southeastern Michigan, greatest Allied arsenal in
the world, The Detroit E3ison
Company already is launched
into  its  program  for meeting
One more of the many straws
that show which way the wind
is blowing, as regards the
thinking and doing of thousands
of Americans now employed in
war industry, is the activity at
dener applies the motive power.
The cultivator shoes, teeth, or
what-have-you, are pieces of
metal clipped sort of diamond
shape and welded together in
gangs of three and five and are
attached to the extreme ends
of the handles. The cultivator
is light, but extremely sturdy
and a very necessary adjunct
to an3d_ody's garden activity.
Last week the shop turned out
its 500th cultivator, which are
being made for a jobber in Ypsilanti. This quantity production is made possible with the
help of Merle Hoffman, "leisure
time" arc-welder.
County Group
Entertained at
Curtiss Home
At Annual
Meeting Of
Historical Society
The Lord is holding me up."
—James Walter Wilson, aged
120, Vidalia, Ga., "oldest man
in the U. S."
The "MightylSeventh" Would
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How Many Will
Be Here Ten
Years From Now
How many people are
likely to be in this community ten years from now?
Are there economic resources that can be developed? How can the community do its part in the conservation of the soil?
What is the best way to
provide adequate medical
and hospital facilities for
the population?
What goals should the
community strive to reach
in educational activites?
Did you know that Michigan's
lagging campaign for sale of
E-bonds would go over the top
in 24 hours IF you and I and
other citizens transferred just
7 cents of every dollar in savings deposits into war bonds?
We didn't either.
Seven cents, already saved,
isn't going to cost anybody anything. Invested in war bonds,
it will earn 33 1/3 per cent additional return in 10 years.
That's the astonishing bargain,
the world's best investment, of
the E-bond.
We were interested in a
warning from the senate finance
committee, of which Senator
Arthur Vandenberg is a member, that inflational pressure has
reached an all-time high. The
amount of money deposited in
banks is tremendous. Louis J.
—"Lifted" from Gene Alleman's
Nims, commissioner of revenue,
predicts another buying surge
in Michigan as soon as reconversion is completed and consumer goods are available at
stores.
In the meanwhile, why not
buy more bonds?
Michigan Mirror on Page 2.
Turn to the edtorial page
2 and read the article "Local
Planning is Urged Now" as
advocated by Dr. Charles E.
Hoffer, professor of 'sociology at Michigan State College.
set to this community and one
of our greatest aids in the battle against juvenile delinquency.
The community that gets along
without one pays for it just the
same in more ways than one."
We Wuz Just
Another
Sucker
But We Didn't
Take A Very
Healthy Bite
the pool was built. A nearby
contractor on a road job did the
excavating at a cost of $75 for
which he would have ordinarily
charged $300. A building the
city had razed, f urnshed > materials for building the forms
and with four cement mixers
furnished gratis, .one at each
corner of the excavation, the
walls were poured, in a single
day when the community folks
turned out and supplied the
labor. A picnic dinner and an
evening meal in the new park
site where the pool is located,
added a sort of festive touch to
the occasion, and enthusiasm
ran high.
The total labor cost for the
entire project was $687 and
$1,453 were expended for materials. The pool, 100x50 ft. is
9 feet deep at one end, 18 inches at the other. The water
level determines the depth of
the water where the little tots
splash, and cutting it down to
six inches reduces the depth
at the lower end to 8 feet. Seventy-five thousand gallons "of
water are required to fill the
pool which is drained and refilled every ten days during the
three months in which it is operated. The City Water Department makes no charge fqr
water service, and has an annul net of around $2,000.
Morenci and Sahne have one
thing in common, good, pure
water. In the Morenci neighborhood are numerous flowing
wells and to the south, of that
lovely city a certain community is known by the name of
Fountain Valley.
"The outbreak of the War
sort of held up the completion
of our plans for the pool," Mr.
Green explained to the group
from Saline, as they heard his
story out in front of his gas
station between interruptions of
waiting  on patrons,  "and we
Pretty well fussed up last
week cutting over the little
sheet from 12 to 13 ems measure and adding four more pages
and brightening up The Observer somewhat, we fell rather
easy prey to what we and a lot
of others in the community feel
is a cheap racket.
Two rather prepossessing fellows dropped in at a very busy
moment to take up just as little of our time as they possibly
could, but with the object of
selling us a piece of cardboard
—name our own price—bearing
a replica of the discharged
Serviceman's button and this
inscription, "To Every Wearer
of This .Button, Thanks'" The
Serviceman is entitled to our
undying gratitude, but not that
kind of a bird who travels the
country selling these cards for
his personal enrichment.
The pair, one of whom represented himself as a member of
the American Legion, the other
an ex-Serviceman who was the'
beneficiary of this scheme, was
told at this stop that if the latter would settle his score on the
basis of a 50c payment and
measure any sacrifices that he
had made at a price that cheap,
we would be glad to wipe our
slate clean as far as he was concerned. We also informed the
pair that it would be extremely
dangerous for anyone to offer a
half dollar as a measure of
thanks to any returning Sahne
Serviceman.
Yes, we wuz a sucker, but
then again, they wuz cheap
fishermen
the pent up demands for an era
of peace.
Millions will' be spent in expanding, reconditioning and reconverting Edison plants and f a-
clities as the need for tanks,
planes, ships and guns is superseded by the market for the
implements of peace.
The best evidence on how the
Company may be expected to
meet those demands is contained in the record of how it met
the obligation and the challenge
of war.
It means litle to say that in
1944 The Detroit Edison >__!<,m-
pany put 3,400,000,000 kilowat-
hours of power into the life
lines of industry, but it is a bit
clearer when it is explained that
that power was equal to the
strength of 40.500.000 Jiien
working eight hours a day for
300 days.
In 1944 Detroit Edison produced 88 per cent more power
than it did in 1939 when the
war started in Europe. It accomplished that remarkable increase in production with an increase in power house capacity
of only 21 per cent. It was accomplished with an actual decrease in the 'number of company employes. In 1939 The
Detroit Edison Company was
employing an average of 6.550
persons. In 1944 the total was
down to 6,227.
While other costs of living
and manufacturing rose Jstead-
ily through the five.year period,
See Edison Page 8
odd hours of the evening, holidays and such hke, in the workshop of Henry Erskine at 103
West McKay street.
Erskine is employed at the
Ann Arbor plant of the Hoover
Ball Bearing Company, and does
a full week's work there. In
the garage setting back from
his house, he has a machine
shop where he does welding and
miscellaneous repair work for
farmers of the community and
others, in his so-called leisure
hours. But imagination and mechanical ability—coupled to a
vast ambition—have done things
to him, as they have to millions
of his fellows throughout the
country. And now Erskine is
maldng garden cultivators, and
turning them out in considerable
numbers as a profitable side
line. Reconversion and returning veterans may or may not
disrupt the steady job at the
ball bearing plant, but, and this
is the point we are trying to
make, the Henry Erskines of
America will be taking that in
stride and are themselves making provision against that very
day. They are riding two
horses, in the event that one is
shot from under them.
The garden cultivator this ingenious metal worker fashions
is of all metal construction.
The wheel is a welded metal
band; the spokes, two eliptical
bands centered at the hub,
through which the axle runs
and is attached to the handles
on either side where the gar-
Swimming Pool
Increase Seen
In State
Expert Estimates 200
WiU Be Built In
Five Years After War
$30,000
Of Goal
Short
AG TEACHERS TO
MEET IN JULY
The 26th annual summer
conference for Michigan teachers of vocational agriculture
will be held July 16-20 at Michigan State College. Dr. Harold
M. Byram, professor of education and secretary of the conference committee announces.
Approximately 225 persons
from all sections of the state
are expected to attend.
Thirty Thousand Dollars
Still To. Go
To reach the goal of $75,000
—the quota set for Saline in-
the sale of Series E War Bonds.
To date Sahne sales of the
various War Bonds stands as
follows:
Series E, $46,387.50; quota
$75,000.
Series F, $18.50.
Series G, $6,900.
li/2% and 2V_%, $13,000; all
others, $90,000.
.   7/8%, $35,000.
Total purchased, $101,306;
quota $165,000.
At a meeting of the local committee held Wednesday evening
it was decided that no War
Bond auction, such as have been
held in Saline during previous
drives, would be held for the
Seventh War Loan Drive.
Saline has always met its responsibilities and has "gone
over the top" in each drive, and
committee Has every confidence
that this will be done again this
time.
The people are urged to immediately go to the post office
or either of the Saline banks
and make application at once
for the bonds which they will
purchase to help win the war
against the Japs, and to again
meet the high quota assigned to
our people.
 Behind	
Your Bonds
Lies _he Might of America
GOLD, SILVER, COPPER
Billions of dollars' worth of gold,
silver and copper have eom_ from
the mountains of-- Montana since
John White In.July, 1862, made the
first' "pay" -discovery of ore on
Grasshopper Creek; and Bannock
Camp arose. Higher ground was located at Alder Cr«ek fee-next year,
then Virginia City took the laurels
and after that __elena,vtheearnp that
became the capital eity^Such" resources are onls|a sra-U-'part of t_e
vast resour.es Baching Hp your War
Bonds. V. Si Treasury Department
More than 200 public and
private swimming pools will
be built in Michigan within
five years after the war, according to a recent study by a
prominent swimming publication.
"Increased stress on swimming in the armed forces, the
intensive instruction program
of the Red Cross and the grow^
ing pollution of open waters
will result in doubling swimming f acilities everywhere," said
Sylvan Hoffman, editor of Beach
and Pool, who forecasts that
the nation will construct about
10,000 new pools in the fi:rst
five postwar years.
Outdoor pools, now about 60
per cent in operation throughout the country, will show a
slight gain over indoor in future construction, according to
Hoffman. Tile will continue to
be used extensively for pools
because of its sanitary features
and ease of cleaning. Chief
change will be demand for new
designs and more use of color
he predicted.
"In general, municipal pools
will be larger, with wading and
diving separated from swimming sections," Hoffman said.
"Tile indoor pools will be in
greatest demand by schools and
colleges, where swimming, like
other body building' exercises,
will be stepped up after the
war," he declared.
Michigan now has about 400
pools, according to estimates
of Beach and Pool. Swimming
facilities of private estates,
camps, hotels, schools, country
clubs and pool operators, as
well as municipalities, are included in this figure.
The greatest number of U. S.
swimming pools—an estimated
4,000 of the national total of
10,000—are owned by municipalities and counties, according to Hoffman. YMCA's, colleges, schools and hotels come
next, with 2,500, while private
estates claim 1,500 pools, country clubs 1,200 and commercial
interests 800.
Members of the Washtenaw
Historical Society were guests
of the Saline Library Board
here Saturday afternoon. About
67 members from Ann Arbor,
Ypsilanti, Manchester, Dexter
and Sahne met at the library
where they inspected the building and registered. From there
they went to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Curtiss where
the regular business meeting
was held in the spacious recreation rooms in the basement.
Professor Loreh, the retiring
president, opened the meeting
giving a short talk on arousng
the interest of the younger people in continuing the society
and stressed the need for a
permanent home for the organization.
Geneva Smith, secretary, told
of meetings during the past year
and reported a membership of
187.
Treasurer's report was read
and accepted.
Mrs.-Hazzard, who has charge
of the filing system listing
residents of Washtenaw county,
gave a good report of her work
and urged people to co-operate
in furnishing names and data
for family records.
Howell Taylor, custodian, reported articles of interest in
connection with early history
having been donated and urged
contributions of old maps,
books, utensils, etc.
Mrs. Lloyd Catey gave a
short history of the library,
which was organized in 1900.
She also told some historic
facts about some of Saline's
older buildings.
The secretary read Mr. Taylor's article on the history of
the Curtiss house, built in 1876
by Mr. William H. Davenport.
He spoke of the style of architecture and good material used
in its construction. He told of
the restoring and preserving
the style in remodeling. Many
of the original pieces of furniture are still in use, some of
which were purchased at the
Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876.
Election of officers resulted as
follows:
President — Ernest Allmen-
dinger, Ann Arbor.
First Vice President—Walter
Staebler, Ann Arbor.
Second ^ice President—Mrs
Lunan Seamans, Ypsilanti.
Third Vice President—Mrs.
Bessie Collins, Saline.
Fourth Vice President—Mrs.
B. F. Burtless, Manchester.
Secretary and Treasurer-
Geneva Smith, Ann Arbor.
Custodian — Howell Taylor,
Ann Arbor.
Historian — Dr. F. Clever
Bald, Ann Arbor.
After the meeting adjourned .
the guests were invited to inspect the house and grounds.
Tea, coffee, cakes and wafers
were served in the dining room,
Mrs. Ray Niles and Mrs. Roy
Rogers presiding. . Spring flowers graced the dining room table as well as the other rooms.
TO OPEN SERVICE
APPLIANCE STORE
Frank Deede, who came to
Saline three years ago and has
worked at the Willow Run plant
on electronic equipment, will operate a modern Radio and Appliance store at 109 East-Michigan Ave., in the Surge store,
doing sales and service. Mr.
Deede has been in radio work
for over 20 years and operated
a similar store at Carrington,
N. D., until three years ago.
"Our   returning   "servicemen!
will   add   thousands   of   independent   achievements   on   ev-|
ery  level  of life."—James A.
Emery,  general  counsel,  Natl.
Assn. of Manufacturers.