1945-09-20; Saline Observer

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The Saline Observer
VOLUME 62
SALINE,   WASHTENAW COUNTY, MCHIGAN,   THURSDAY,  SEPT.   20,   1945
NUMBER 50
valine Community Fair Will Be THE Big Event Of The Year
Warner Frowns On
Beer Garden Hours
CORRECTION
Hillsdale Fair dates, Adv.
Page 3, should read Sept. 23-
29  inclusive.
State Representative
Says They Are 'Menace
To BoyS and Girls
- sentiment is * encountered, a
meeting will be arranged to
which all foreign service veter-
Date Set For ©ctober 3-4 With
Attractions Exciting Interest
Greater Than Former Years
quire  to  return  two   animals
Thursday and Friday, Obtob- ?.u.ire  TO +re™™  ™°   an™>
er 4 and 5, are the dates of *£* year twelve pigs are avail
State  Representative Joseph ans will be invited
Warner,    .Ypsilanti,     gave    a  Fair Oct. 4-!>
rstllGl* COITlT)I*G}lGlisiVG ITGViGW  OI
the bills passed by the last leg- YOUNGSTERS ENTER AND   £e~ SalTne"' Co^unity""Fa£ fble ^J*! b°ys^ho are able-
islature- that have'now become ROB   SHELL   STATION which were determined upon at t0.,,caJctl.17?ltL. iJ5*ese1 CQ?t:t „
laws on our statute books. In-     -.       .       ., ,      , the   annual   Fair   Association wm. be. Md at the local ball
troduced  by  Clarence  Haarer,     Two   juveniles  were   chased meeti     at the Hi h school pri. park since the school grounds
September  program  chairman, around   the   neighborhood   of d      J' s have been recently plowed and
at    last    Thursday's    Rotary the school house, captured and     ^    £ many-of the seeded and unfit for tlus Pur"
T«oo+.7.o-  -Rat.   Wa,~npr ro-pfared placed under arrest by Chief of _, ^ tms; iliieew"s xu<uiy vi. ««
SrSartaV^S.gP?STn" Police Bert pen and his dep- £» £*£»  were  tossed        _FajI 0ct. ________
Sfsi^fS SSX 3£rBtv1Sena,Sa f,^ ^%"^K"«S *«£ Saline Marine One
SnStStPorS:mG?18,000,S- f/h, H OU Station, oper- £_?%£ £$J£gi g
nnn+« SI fiq non 000. Amonff this ated   by   William   Haras,   and ^ ^  anairs. it was aeuaea to
000 to ^lbd,uuu,uuu-Among xms j alihr   rifle--which hold a horse-pullmg contest, on
year's appropriations he listed taken a .^cahbre ntle^-fthich Thurgday   afternoon   again _as
Of First In Japan
$35,000,000
for   schools   was   recovered—a   number
Z;r^dwSM 500000 foirwel- ?4<>-00 from the till. They were creased prize money being of-
giene, and i^&uu.uuu ioi wei   i___maA ^Tar_ +n +|na .„,„,<.*,,__. nf fered the winners.. An enlarged
R. A- Van Doren and
Four Others Have
That Distinction.
were   $77,000£00 jcor ^cnoois, ^y^s'^riatST and was  done .last year,  with in
WWLW fS wei $40.00 from the till. They were creased «n» ™™v i™„ of.
turned over to the custody of x?i~
said he has a fund the county sheriff.    The boys riding
nOO for service men's were aD0Ut 14 and 16 years of range
yet practically un- ?ge and had been seen loiter- ?PP°F
mg in the vicinity of the oil LU 4^
'SoldTers' exemptions of prop- station earlier in the  evening aJ„^fx, "^w^VwolSeiSw rine from Saline. This distinc-
J     J '  -■• ■    ™A  laf<"*   ™w   fT,°   ™h   ™»« assist m tnese two mtexesFmg tion goes to five yeteran leather
necks  who  hit the  beach  to-
■favo turned over to the custody of   .,..       .       , ....  t,  . ,
^e state, said he, has a fund the county sheriff.    The boys ^nj class ^ab^beea ar 	
of $50,000,000 for service men's were about 14 and 16 years of JJ^uS Yo aU Tocaf SeiS 0ne of the first five Marine£
benefits, as yet practically un- ?ge and had been seen loiter- KSv their animSs StSi- to land on the shore of tht
touches a* m the vicinity of the .oil £ ohsplay then animals   Stan  Japanese homeland was a Ma.
ey Gall nd Albert Lange are to
erty taxes on valuations up to and later -jsvhen  the  job  was assist
$7,500, is made up to local as- discovered, a search was made eveiut>-
sessment districts by a "check for them which resulted in ihe livestock division ttias gether when the ramp of their
from the state treasury. The their apprehension about 11 been j greatly ^ improved ^ and landing craft was let down on
10 per cent tax on liquors is o'clock.
also returned to cities, villages
and townships on a per capita
basis.
Among the new laws he mentioned, is the tax on bank deposits of .40 on a thousand
dollars—a fine of $100 for anyone harboring a stray dog for
a period of 48 hours!
-Fair Oct. 4-5-
should  stimulate the . interest *gf^jj of Futtgu gaM       d
of   exhibitors with an  increased d     p£ninsula that projects in.
showing m the different breeds +_. rp^,™ -,_,„„ ^„TV,%.i-„ „„„+.
Was Resident Here 5^-^^5*55^^ *g*^Jz**S£?- ot
mals, will be judged in one gen- pnTT,^„_„ «p»   -pLir+i, •Mv>..i-nac
For Fifty Years -l class instead of different ^S»S. B^JftSSi
\feedl pa-S, in. leT K7S- 19«  of 102 Russell street,  Sa^
Ernest Girbach is devoting him- ,. '    OTtel.nT1 nf nirH,.™
,»,,,. m    .      j. line, veteran of Okinawa.
Funeral   servces   were   held self   to   the   improvement   of     CorpQPal w. H   SelbVj 24, of
r  Tuesday for  Mrs.   Anna  Gut- this division. Amsterdam, New York,'also a
The mounting costs of state hardt, a resident of the com- Coming three weeks earlier veteran of Okinawa,
government are in line with muity for the past 50 years, this year improves the oppor- Pfc# M- L. ghumake, 20,
public demands and the increase whose death occurred Sunday tumty of local exhibitors of Temple, Texas, who took part
in state revenues. In com- at the Saline General hospital flowers to make a good showing in the Emirau, Guam and Ok-
menting-on the ineojne.frem at the age?-afy 71.. She wsis at the Fair-as most all *a\\ ,iaawa operations.
liquor sources, Rep. Warner the widow of^Johfl, Guthardt, flowers will still be m hloom. Corporal $. C^S^ulding, 24,
deplored the tremendous sums to whom ^he ' cwas married provided early frosts do not gheridan, Irtd.. who participated
which the public spends for in- March 21,1895,^nd had made make their appearance Mrs. ^ the conquest of New-Georgia,
toxicants and declared that the her home m Saline and vicinity Oarence Wurster and Mrs.. Emirau> Guam and Okinawa,
operating of beer gardens un- since that time.; Mark B. Sugden are taking over He has been overseas since* Feb-
til 2 o'clock in the morning is     Born June 15, 1874, she was this   department. ruary 9> 1943.   He was a mem_
a menace to the future welfare the daughter-of^ John and Car-     Extra   precautions   will - be ber of the old Fourth Raiders,
of" our boys and girls. '-•••%^   rie Ben^^^CiSt.,Lima town- taken to provide against the re-     Corporal  H.  E.  Hough,   24,
Charles H. Osgood has been ^P-" ' Hep' husband died Jan. currence of some of the crfti- Miami,   Oklahoma,   veteran   of
enrolled as a member. 23. 1943, and- their only son, cisms  directed at  the  canhed the      Bougainville,      Emirau,
The  young man  who  gave Herman,,  died; Jn* 1928.   One and baked goods section of the Guam and Okinawa campaigns.
such a" good demonstration of brother, * John-,-Grau,   of   Ann Fair last year  and  the large     -j^ landing of the five" Ma-
.sleight-bf-hand work the week Arto  survives: :Services were entry   expected   in   the  Home rines   was   Teported   by   Staff
before  was  Bernie  Nounk  of held from, tb^ liOck^ood funeral Economics  division,  under me Sergeant  Ed  Meagher of Ta-
• Brighton- home  and  interment  made  in direction   of   Miss   Richardson, comaf "Washington,   a   Marine
Guests were Rotarians Ledn the; Saline v<^nieteiy.
Vedder of Milan and Dr. Dean " -_:^7-7L7^fa£_ 0cii:;&-5-
M. Myers of Ann Arbor, rand
Frank Deede, Saline.
—Fair Oct. 4-5—^
The Servfcenian's
Would Establish
VFW Post Here
should   stimulate   interest..-^in Corps   Combat -Correspondent,
these classes.-- w}10   was   formerly   with   the
In generalthe premium lists Tacoma" Times.
will be quite similar to those     , pafr Qct. 4-5	
r**i       i   '* «/'    ■".•m.T i     of a year ago and will be ready T        . ^ , r\       \
Slant After Nearly for distribution the first of the Legion Does bood
Ifl '7 •"-.-   ■*•■■ T week.   A copy will be mailed to -^y-     ,    TT
Four Yeats In        every patr°n °f the two rural worK Here
■ - * •" routes out of Saline and placed 	
, - in   the   homes   of   every   local
 '                          The following is an excerpt student.    They   will   also   be     A discussion of Veterans af-
George H. Gee, commander of from a letter ' written by a available at The Observer office fairs at a meeting of the Com-
the 5th District of Michigan serviceman located in Europe, and many of the local business munity Council at the home of
Veterans of Foreign Wars  of In  a   congratulatory   birthday places. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Schmid in
the U. S., conferred with over- letter to his dad, he takes stock ^ material aid in the financ- August led to the appearance
seas veterans and civic leaders of the fact that time in the mg 0f ^g -pa[r \s the contri- here September 4th of Karl
in Saline Tuesday regarding Army Air Forces are adding to foution by the State, which Karsian, Ann Arbor Director of
plans for the organization of a the years to his life and with matches the amount paid out by Veterans Affairs, who gave an
new V.F.W. post in Saline.       upwards of four years devoted the   community   for   premium exhaustive account of the ac-
His visit here was prompted to war time pursuits, the fac- awards. These local funds are tivities of his organization in
by several inquiries from men ing of civilian life again, is not the contribution of the local behalf of returning veterans,
from this area now in service, viewed without some little trep- merchants and different civic He spoke before a meeting of
who have already affiliated with idition- He writes: "I too am organizations. Merchants so the Council held at the home
the organization. These men growing old, and during these contributing have the privilege of Mr. and Mrs. William Camp-
have expressed a desire to find four years in the Army I have 0f erecting display booths bell, East Henry street, at
an active unit of the V.F.W. made notes, laid plans, studied which add oreatly to the at- which time Carl Moehn of the
functioning in their home town pro and con", but must confess tractiveness *of the Fair. Ajneican   Legion,   enlightened;
when they return, with a qual- that  a return  to  civilian  life ' _      .   the group as to the consider-
ified service officer prepared to sometimes frightens one. Yes I -p- m°st elaborate program is a^g ^ ^ j^gHm was fur-
answer their many questions agree that the Russians, Eng- "^mS aranged tor the two eve- ^g^g veterans here. In view
and assist them in all phases lish and French should .occupy £m° entertainments which will of the fad_ that tliese two ag_
df veterans welfare and reha- —but yes—we should also, he _ announced next week and encies are able to fully meet all
bilitation work.   - Every man over heTe is an am- added accommodations are be- the   requirements   of   the   re-
The V.F.W., founded in 1899, bassador from the United in£ provided for the large turning soldier, it is the opin-
is composed of overseas veter- States—some bad, but mostly crowds which are anticipated. ion of many fchat the setting
ans bf all war campaigns and good. The American has it so An added attraction Friday up 0f an office of Veterans Af-
expeditions under the American over the men of these countries afternoon will be a tractor faivs jn this, city would be un-
flag, and already includes more that the women, for instance, wagon-backing contest. Con- necessary under the circum-
than 700,000 World War II all go for them, shunning their testants will be required to back stances *
veterans. own men. Most all of the dances the four-wheeled wagon over a  Fair Qct   4.5	
The establishment of a unit are American, the music Amer- given course and the winner will '
in Sahne will make available to ican, the theatres, the automo- be determined by the time re- Messrs. l. turner ruioon,
the returning service men of biles, American. The people quired to perform the feat, director of placement, bureau,
this community the services of think we are aU rich. Politically, This event will be .open to any- and Ira M. bmitti, registrar, oi
both state and national agencies the country needs us here and one and will provide the farm- the University of Michigan,
of the organization. Tliese ag- its responsibility we should erette the chance to demon- were visitors- at The Observer
encies have been developed on share as we have influenced the strate her abilities along this office Tuesday, on their way to
the   background   of   46   vears peace plans as. well as having line. Tecumseh,  where  Purdon  was
experience in veterans welfare influenced the winning of the A foot ball game between s™ul<£ *° ad°„ress a meeting
and rehabilitation work. war-    However,    the    Regular Saline and Flat Rock will be 0± tlie -Kotaxy oiub.
Mr. Gee will return to Saline Army men should be over here, preceded   by  the   annual   hog  Fair Oct. 4-5	
next week for further conferenc- and not we who axe civilians scramble. Since each of the six Dental colleges graduate 1,-
es,   and   if   enough   favorable at heart."    v _ .* winners  of last year are re- 700 dentists each year.
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Hillsdale Fair To
Open Sunday
Dr. Leon Fram
Will Speak on "One
Nation   Indivisable."
CONFLICT    .   .   .    groups
Perhaps the one thing we must
guard against most, in putting this
humpty-dumpty world back together again, is to avoid building up
group antagonism.
If a Russian makes a speech
which angers us, we must not conclude that his remarks are representative of all Russians.
If a labor leader stirs our
wrath by calling a strike for
some petty cause, we must not
assume that all laborers, or all
members of his union, are to
be condemned.
If the head of a manufacturing concern attempts to reduce the earnings of his employees, we mustn't Jump to
the conclusion that all industrial leaders are "out to get"
labor.
If one company or one union goes
in for race discrimination, we must
not assume that others are planning similar discrimination.
Most of us are much too prone
to condemn a group because of the
actions of a few individual members of that group. On the international front such an attitude
leads inevitably to warfare. .And
on the domestic front it causes
wide splits in our national unity
which do irreparable damage and
result in conflicts that cannot help
but delay our nation's progress.
LABOR    .   .    management
It is going to be difficult, if not
impossible, to wipe out some of the
group antagonism which has a real
hold dn our people—particularly
that which exists between labor and
management.
There are undoubtedly many industrial managers who are so incensed against labor unions that
their natural reaction is one of
keen enjoyment as they contemplate ihe possibility of being able
to put the screws on labor. During
the war, many of them will tell you,
they haven't been able to run their
own businesses—they have had to
put up with waste, inefficiency and
super moUycoddling in order to
keep the men operating" tfieir
plants.
Labor leaders, on the other hand,
know that with certain companies
the men would still be getting starvation wages if it wasn't for the
organized insistence on better conditions.
Both sides have strong cases
and can give vivid examples
to prove their point. But fair-
minded, unemotional analysis
will also show that there are
many labor leaders who do hot
make excessive demands and
' there are many industrial leaders who would treat men fairly,
and pay the highest wages they
could,. whether their workers
were organized or whether they
weren't.
ta order to avoid conflict of ciast
against clafes and group against
group, wa must try to consider each
case individuajly. We must try i<
stop blaming all labor for ihe slot some individual" members •■:
their group and we must avoid
blaming all management for the
sharp practices of a tew industrialists.
INDIVIDUALS   .   .   varied
A woman who lives in the country visited Detroit. When she returned she was asked at a local
club meeting to tell about her trip,
In telling of her experiences she
said, in a tone indicating that she
expected to shock her audience, "I
met a man who was a member of
the United Automobile Workers
Union—and you know, he was really a very nice fellow."
There are plenty of people who
don't have much contact with industrial communities who think
that all union members wear horns.
But if they met a sizable group of
workers they would undoubtedly
come to the conclusion that unions,
like all other organized groups, include all types of people and should
not be judged as a group.
Similarly, the laborer who
works in a factory where the
management seems to have no
interest in the welfare of workers is apt to conclude that aU
business management is "the
enemy." But if he met with a
large group of business men he
would find that they too include
aU different types—some of
whom are fighting against Ia-
- bor and others who are more
interested in the welfare of
their employees than in anything else.
Ii we are going to have a united,
smooth-running nation we must all
try to stop taking sides. And the
very best way to avoid group
clashes is to avoid thinking of people in terms of groups, but to think
of each group as a varied assembly of individuals.
We may debate the question ol
whether there are some "good Germans" or "good Japs" but we all
know that, in every sizable group
of Americans, there are plenty of
individuals who, if we knew them,
would win our respect and admiration.
The Hillsdale County Fair will
open Sunday, Sept. 23, with a
religious program sponsored by
the Hillsdale County Council of
Churches. Dr. Leon Fram of
of Detroit has been secured for
the address Sunday at 3 p. m.,
which will be preceded by a
concert of the Hilldale High
School band. Dr. Fram will
speak on "One Nation Indivisible."
End of hostilities in the Pacific has enabled Mr. Harry B.
Kelley, fair secretary, not only
to enhance the quality of entertainment to be presented the
week of the 23rd but to" provide
conveniences and comforts
which would not bave been possible two months ago. No
longer hampered by gasoline rationing, crowds in record numbers are expected to pour into
the Hillsdale fairgrounds for
the first peacetime fair in four
years. - They will not be bothered by insects for the first
time in the 95 year history of
the fair, because DDT, the
famous bug killer, will be
sprayed over the grounds by
DDT Distributing Company,
Decatur, Michigan. Dust lias
been reduced to a minimum by
ihe completion this year of the
blacktopping of the fairgrounds
roads and paths. More parking
space for automobiles has been
added _ by filling in the swamp
land in the southeast section
of the grounds. The interior of
the racetrack . grandstand. and
several buildings have, been repainted. Also adding greatly
to the physical appearance of
the grounds is the completion
of the new all-steel fericuig-.
The Hillsdale Fair this year
lias booked Barnes-Carruthers
of Chicago, one of the finest
stage productions ever offered
here. Some of the, acts have
on major USO circuits in recent
months. Lifting of "the trans-
. portation ban will ..increase the
field of trotters: and facers attracted to the Hillsdale fair
for .five days of racing with
purses boosted this year to a
total of $6,000. All winners
will be decided by ''photo finish" equipment
Sport events will include the
world's champion heavyweight
and lightweight horse gjilling
contests. The heavyweight
event, will take place Tuesday
morning, Sept. 25, at 9:30
o'clock, with the lightweight
event run off Wednesday mom-
at 9:30. An eight team baseball tournament with finals Saturday, Sept. 29, and horseshoe
pitching" will round out the
sports program.
All available exhibition space
has been reserved, including a
new and enlarged location for
farm machinery at the rear of
the grandstand. Over §9,000*=
in cash premiums will be-
awarded. Michigan State fail-
exhibits of Tamworth swine,
Suffolk, Dorset, Corriedale, and
Cheviot sheep are also being-
shown at the Hillsdale fair this
year.
Of interest to many fair
goers, including service men,
will be the exhibit of war equipment which has been returned
to this country after use in
Europe. All service men and
women in uniform will be admitted free throughout fair
week.
Other features of the fair include the Women's Congress
programs, the nightly livestock
cavalcades, a public auction on
Friday of 4-H club livestock:.
Saturday's "calf scramble", and
concerts by the Jonesville,
Quincy, and Hillsdale high"
school bands.
Tuesday  is  school  children's
 Fair Oct. 4-5  day.     Thursday  is   set   aside
"We grow good people in our as everybody's homecomins-
small towns.''—Westbrook Peg- while Saturdav will be Soldiers"
ler, columnist. and Sailors' day.