1945-12-06; Saline Observer

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Saline Observ
VOLTJME 63
SALINE,   WASHTENAW   COUNTY,  MICHIGAN,       THURSDAY, DEC. 6, 1945
NUMBER   9
Within This
Area
City Nears Goal In Victory Bond Drive
Charles E. Bowling, 66, died
suddenly Tuesday morning at
his home, 1900 W. Ellsworth
Road, Pittsfield Township.
Funeral services will be held
today, Thursday at 4 p. m.
Tells Of Campaign  Two More Days and $7,475 Yet To Go
In Pacific Theatre Everythin^ 0ver the T°eBut the E's
Sgt.   Alfred   Schmid
Interests   Rotarians
With His Experinces
Circuit Judge James R.
Breakey, Jr. is presiding judge
at St. Joseph trying county cases on the docket there. Judge
Breakey said that the December
jury will not be called until
Dec. 17.
Last week the lights went on
again all over Ypsilanti in celebration of the Yule season,
when more than 1,600 colored
electric light bulbs in festoons
across the streets in the various
business districts turned on for
the first time since December,
1941.
A torchlight parade, led by
"Santa Claus" and the high
school girls' drum and bugle
corps and a similar group of
Boy Scouts, passed through
most of the main streets. The
Ypsilanti High School Troubadours, a group composed of
students, traveled about the
the city singing Christmas carols.
Washtenaw County is now in
eleventh place in the contest
among Michigan's 88 counties
for the British flag to be a-
warded to the county in the
state having the highest per
capita purchase of E, F and G
Bonds in the Victory Loan
Drive.
"Under the terms of the
award, the county winning the
flag will have permanent possession of it. It is proposed
that the award will be presented by the British prime minister or the British ambassador.
Population figures to be used
in deciding the winner.
The flag is the original flag
flown in England in the country
there having the highest per
capita purchase of British Victory Bonds.
Rev. J. Adam Fahling, pastor of the «Milan Lutheran
church, died at his home, 13980
Hitchingham Rd., Wednesday
evening, of last week.
He was bom in Ottawa county June 19, 1892, the son of
George and Barbara Fahling.
He attended Concordia College
in Milwaukee, Wis., and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.
He married Clara Kraft July
25, 1915, and during his pastorate lived at McAllister and
Wellston, Okla., from 1914 to
1920. He then went to Sawyer, Mich., where he remained
until 1924. He then accepted a
call to the Martini Lutheran
church in Hamtramck, until
1939 when he accepted the po-
lition of executive secretary of
•11 Lutheran churches of greater Detroit. In April, 1945, he
came to St. Paul's Lutheran
church in Milan.
In addition to being a pastor,
Rev. Mr. Fahling published a
number of books and church
literature.
Staff Sergeant Alfred H.
Schmid, lately returned from
service in the Pacific area, told
Rotarians Thursday- some of
his experiences as an operations
officer with the Army Air
Forces. Stationed in Hawaii
where he aided in the training
and operations of P 40 and
P 47 combat groups, he told of
the invasion of Saipau and of
the wonderful work of army
engineers in the construction
of the air strip there. It was
on Saipan that his outfit had
its base until they went on to
Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Saipan is in the Marianas and it
was from that base that the
P 37's plastered Truk and soft-
tened up the above mentioned
island defenses of the Japs
before the Navy and the Marines and then the Army drove
their defenders into the sea.
It was from there, too, that the
B 29's raided Tokyo and Japan
proper.
Sgt. Schmid was on Iwo
when the Jap envoys landed on
their first hop to Manila to
sign the surrender terms with
General MacArthur, and he exhibited some excellent official
photographs of the Japs and
their white plane with the green
crosses and also photographs of
their headquarters, the personnel, of Iwo and Oldnawa. Not
very much impressed with that
portion of the Pacific, Alfred
pictured the coral islands as
rather barren and vegetation
sparse and scraggly. Okinawa,
however, was an exception in
that the natives had terraced
the hills and in some places it
was very attractive. The one
note that dominated his very
interesting impromptu talk was
that of the desire, uppermost is.
every serviceman's mind—to
get the "job" finished and get
back home.
Speaking of the unification
of the services, he said he
agreed with Eisenhower, Mac-
Arthur, Doolittle and others,
that it would tend to increase
the efficiency of all our operations and effect economies in
both lives and money.
The speaker was presented
by Don Ford, program chairman, and Norman Eiglm and
George Heath of Mian and
Walter McPeck of Ann Arbor
were visitors. Art Moehn was introduced as the Junior Rotarian and the club voted to reimburse the high school athletic
fund for the expense of the
football squad's attendance at
the annual banquet at the U. of
M. Sam Lambarth presided in
the absence of President Fred
Wiedman.
Saturday will mark the end, officially, of the great Victory Bond Drive over the nation.
It is predicted that the .country will go over the top as
usual. -7
In seven previous Bond^campaigns, Saline never failed
to meet its quota. The City's War record of "Backing the
Attack" is one of which we can be justly proud, and on this
Thursday, with two more days yet to go, we are confident
that this community will be able to point with pride to the
success of the last Bond Drrge.
The quota of §60,000 in Corporation Bonds has been
subscribed 100 per cent and |he $20,"600 quota of F. G, and
other series Bonds is over th6 top by 24 per cent.
All that is lacking now is the sale of $7,475 in E Bonds.
Saline High School-students are out on the job of selling. You are on the receiving end. The extent of your cooperation these last two days will spell success or failure for
this final Victory Drive.
Can you buy another $100 Bond? A §50 Bond or a $25
Bond of the Series "E?" It may be just the amount needed to put Saline over the top.   Do it today.
Ypsilanti
line Lad
Miss Alice Feldkamp
Becomes Bride of
Raymond   Wiedmayer
two candelebra.
Miss- Clara Schroen presided
at the piano playing the wedding march and accompanying
her sister, Mrs. George Wood,
who sang "Because."
The bride was lovely in a
gown of white net over satin,
fashioned with a sweetheart
neckline and short sleeves. She
wore a strand of pearls, and a
shoulder length veil. Her flow-
took place ers were a   bouquet   of   white
Following the ceremony a reception was held for about one
hundred guests which included
the bride's 87 year old grandfather, George Feldkamp. The
bride's table was laid with a
three-tier wedding cake topped
by the traditional bride and
groom, candles and flowers, and
refreshments consisted of icecream, cake and coffee. Mrs.
Arthur Armbruster, Mrs. Lee
Tescher and Mrs. Louise Schroen served, and were assisted
by the bride's cousins, Sylvia,
Marian, Irene and Betty Feldkamp, and the grooms cousins,
Jean Hartman and Evelyn
Wiedmayer.    Mrs. Clarence
Roehn, the bride's sister, and
Sirs. Arthur Alber of Freedom,
the groom's sister, seated the
guests who were from Saline,
Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Clinton,
Freedom, Missouri and Illinois
and who were registered by
Mrs. Noel Walker of Ypsilanti,
who had charge of the guest
book.
The bridegroom received his
honorable discharge from the
Army on November 2nd with
the rank of corporal in the Air
Corps after serving since Mar.
4, 1941, most of the time in
Canada and Alaska. He will
be employed at the Saline Mercantile Co. The bride is an
employee of the Barnes, Gibson and Raymond Plant in Ann
Arbor. Mr. and Mrs. Wiedmayer will be at home to their
friends at 214 West Michigan
Ave.   Saline.
New Pastor To Be
Installed Sunday
Rev.  George Daschner
Comes To St. Johns
Church In Bridgewater
A lovely wedding
Friday evening, November 30, roses,
at the ..home of Mr. and MrsJa., Miss Mildred Burmeister,
Ruben Feldkamp on Bemis cousin of the bride, was maid
Road, when their daughter of honor attired in a gown
Alice, was united in marriage of yellow net and satin. Her
to Raymond Wiedmayer sou of flowers were Talisman roses.
Mrs. Christina Wiedmayer of Edwin Weidmayer, of Slater,
Ypsilanti, formerly of Saline Mo. served his brother as best
Township. The service for the man.
double ring ceremony was read For her" daughter's wedding
by the Rev. Alvin Siemsen at Mrs. Feldkamp chose a laven-
seven-thirty o'clock before an dar dress with black accessories
improvised alter formed with and Mrs. Wiedmayer wore a
two large bouquets of yellow black dress trimmed in white,
and white baby mums and Both wore corsages of red
white snapdragons,   palms  and roses and   white   baby   mums.
Women Promote
Yuldettde Activity
Urge Special Efforts
Be Made For Outdoor
Christmas  Decorating
The Rev. George Daschner
will be installed at St. John's
Lutheran Church, Bridgewater,
next Sunday afternoon, Dec. 3
at 3 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. Yoc-
hum, President of the Michigan
District of the A. L. C. will officiate, assisted by the Revs.
E. C. Stellhorn of Ann Arbor,
H. C. Sipe of Ypsilanti, M. W.
Brueckner of Chelsea, M. C.
Phillipp of Belleville and Vicar
Otto Emmelhanz of Ypsilanti.
Pastor Daschner was born at
Monroe Michigan. He received
his education at Monroe, graduated from Concordia College,
Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Concordia
Seminary, Springfield, 111. He
was ordained to the ministry at
Monroe, and accepted a call as
missionary to Brazil, where he
served fifteen years in the mission field. He also held pastorates at Stratford, Ontario, and
Burr Oak, Mich. Until the
completion of the remodeling of
parsonage he and his wife
will reside at 22 S. Adams St.,
Ypsilanti. Rev. and Mrs. Daschner have four children, Lt. Walter Jr. with the Army Intelligence in Korea; S-Sgt. Theodore, with the armed forces in
Germany; Paul of Ypsilanti;
and Mrs. L. H. Ahlgrim of Paw
Paw, Michigan.
OUTSTANDING 4-H records ia clothing, canning, field crops and
better farm and home methods have won 1945 state championship
honors for four Michigan club members. Each receives an all-expense
trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. The winners,
who were selected by the state club office, and brief outlines of their
records follow:
Mildred BeckwitK
Ruth Hoyt
John Bray
Pedestrian Escapes
With Minor Bruises
Roy Rogers Victim
Of Traffic Accident
SUNDAY BAPTISM
AT ST. PAUL'S
Richard Owen, the three-
months old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Owen Zahn was baptized -on
Sunday morning at St. Paul's
Evangelical and Reformed
Church by the Rev. Alvin
Siemsen. Sponsors for the rite
were the baby's cousins, Mss
Betty Zahn of Ann Arbor and
Theodore Westphal, of the U.S.
Navy, who was home on a
twenty-day furlough, having
been stationed on the Battleship South Dakota, Admiral
Halsey's famous flagship. Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas . Zahn Entertained the family at dinner in
himor of their grandson's
baptism.
Roy Rogers met with a
rather painful accident last
Friday evening about 8:30,
while crossing Michigan Ave.
from the Keveling Drug Store
to the Gross Hardware. Just
as he had almost reached the
curb the light changed and
Gerald Coe driving from the
East and turning the corner
onto North Ann Arbor Street
struck Mr. Rogers. He was
taken to the Saline General
Hospital immediately and first
aid applied after which he was
returned to his home. X-rays
taken the following morning
revealed no bones broken ex-
cent a couple of cracked ribs,
but he was painfully bruised
and suffered some shock.
Mildred Beekwith, 19, of Milford, won. highest rating in the
state 4-H Clothing Achievement
activity with her nine year record of sewing, mating over or
mending 34 garments. The girl
also knitted many articles for her
home. Mildred also served her
club as clothing project leader.
Her Chicago Club Congress trip
award is provided by the Educational Bureau of the Spool Cotton Company.
Ruth Hoyt, 18, of St Louis, is
the winner of the 1945 state
award of a Chicago Club Congress trip in the National 4-H
Canning Achievement, provided
by the Kerr Glass Corp. During
seven years in club work the girl
put up 1,661 jars of vegetables,
fruits, meats, soups, jams and
jellies. She won many placings.
on her exhibits, including $62.75
in cash prizes. Ruth completed
28 projects. She has served her
club as secretary, vice president
and leader for four years. She
also gave 36 talks, several demonstrations and participated in judging contests.
John Bray, 17, of Saginaw, has
been selected as" the state's top
ranking participant in the first
year of the National 4-H Field
Crops activity, in which International Harvester provides the
awards. The boy's record shows
that during the last four of his
seven years in club work he
raised 2S acres of corn, 35 acres
of beans, 13 acres of beets and 4
acres of potatoes, which returned
him $4,430.23, includihg ?50.50 in
cash prizes. He adopted the following improved prac "ses: crop
rotation, plowing undar sweet
clover and selecting recommended
varieties of seed. He received
first place on his achievement
booth at the- Michigan State -4-H
- show.
C. Dean Allen, of Grand Rapids, received the Club Congress
trip award for his achievements
in the Westinghouse 4-H Better
Methods Electric award program.
The boy has been a 4-H Club
member for six years. Among
hisc better methods • achievements
are the construction of an electric pig brooder and a crate and
bale conveyor. > He repaired numerous electrical appliances and
analyzed the job of feeding chickens. As a means of simplifying
the Job, he proposed installing a
300-pound capacity mash bin, an
improved feeder, an electrical
water heater, and reducing mortality by purchasing two smaller
lots of chicks.
-   AU <jf these activities were conducted under the. direction of the _
Extension Service of the State "Agricultural College arid' TJSDA cooperating.
The Saline Woman's Club
meeting of November 27, at
the home of Mrs. Martin Fuoss
was presided over by Mrs. J. N.
Lewis, with the order of business being followed by the
reading of reports, and it was
decided that "White Gifts" be
brought to the next meeting
which will be in the nature of
a Christmas party at the home
of Mrs. Max Fosdick, December
11. The gifts will be turned
over to the Children's Aid Society and each package is to be
marked stating whether the
gift is for a boy or girl and the
age. Members of the Club were
also urged to do as much outdoor decorating for the Holidays as possible and to urge
friends and neighbors to do
likewise so that Sahne will show
response to the holiday spirit of
peace and goodwill. It was also
voted to give a donation to jthe
Starr Commonwealth for boys
at Albion.
The program for the after-:
noon entitled "The American
Home" was prepared by Mrs.
Charles Jordan and Mrs. Thomas Shurtz and included an excellent review of three of Delia
Thomas Lutes' books on the pioneer life of early Michigan residents, partially historical, but
principally descriptive of the
home and family lives of people
of the nineteenth century. The
books she reviewed were "Gabriel's Search" the scene of
which takes place mostly in
Jackson County and includes
Lenawee and Washtenaw.
Five girls of the Home Economics Department of the High
School gave talks befitting the
program title. Joan Ellsman
discussed. Nutrition; Doris
Alber, Why are Vitimins and
Minerals Essential to the Body;
Constance McCarbery, Food
Preservation; Alice Lambarth
Food Preservaton in the Home
and Elala Street, Child Care,
which were deeply appreciated
giving the members of the Club
an idea of what is being given
in that particular course.
Mrs. Frank Campbell favored
the Club members with, a solo,
'Homing.' --=> _..
SALINE SCOUT TROOP
REBUILDING TOYS
Saline Boy Scouts are work-
ing on a Christmas project
which should commend itself
to everyone interested in bringing cheer to those who may
otherwise have a cheerless
Ghristmas.
Scouts- here are meeting
three times each week during
the weeks preceding Christmas
repairing toys for the underprivileged and make the request that anyone having such
articles which can be repaired
and repainted donate them to
the Scout Troop, some member
of which will call and pick them
up. Call Gene Jacoby, 79R2
or Clarence Sawall, 157R2
and your contribution will be
promptly taken care of.
ANNOUNCE DAUGHTER'S
ENGAGEMENT
Announcement has been made
of the engagement of Mss Agnes Wallo to Pvt. Merritt Martin Jr. Miss Wallo is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Wallo of Bethel Church Road,
while Pvt., Martin's parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Martin of
this city.
Miss Wallo is a graduate of
Roosevelt High School. Pvt.
Martin, a graduate of Saline
High School, is now serving
overseas with the Marine Corp.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
AUNT TILLIE GOES
TO TOWN
The Bethel Church League
Players are presenting a play
tonight, Thursday, December 6,
at 8:15 at the Sahne High School to whichi they are cordially
inviting the public. The play,
entitled "Aunt Tillie Goes to
Town" is described as a riotous
farce in three acts by Wilbur
Braun, and is presented under
the auspices of the Young People's League of Bethel Evangelical and Reformed Church of
Freedom Township, under local
direction. Young people taking
active t>arts in the play are:
Alta and Doris Kuebler, Marilyn
Eisele, Mldren Burmeister,
Barbara Bauman, Victor Haeussler, Frederick Weidmayer, Andrew Luckhardt, Leon Heimerdinger, Marian Feldkamp and
Marie   Dieterle.-