1945-12-27; Saline Observer

              The Saline Observer
VOLUME 63
SALINE,   WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,   THURSDAY, DEC. 27, 1945
NUMBER   12
Within This
Area
Demonstrating an inability
or unwillingness to withstand
the strain of maintaining a
home during war-time approximately 2,100 Washtenaw County couples attempted to solve
their problems in the divorce
courts during the war years,
and in more than 50 per cent
of the cases a divorce was
granted. In 1944 alone, S9S
decrees for divorce were filed
with the County Clerk, which
was an increase of 38 per cent
over the previous year.
The rise in divorce rates,
which began in 1940, was
matched almost immediately by
an equal increase in number of
marriage licenses issued, until
in 1942, 1,188 applications were
filed, more than in any other
year in the history of the county. At the close of the wax-,
however, marriage rates began
falling off towards a normal
level, but divorce figures remain above the pre-war average. Since June, 228 decrees
have been granted.
Apparently, alarmed by the
trend, both Circuit Court Judge
James R. Breakey and Probate
Judge Jay G. Pray expressed
concern for the youth of the
county. Presiding over only
those cases waived to him by
the Probate Court, Judge
Breakey said that 'all the juvenile cases I have ever handled,
with the possible exception of
two, came from broken homes,"
and Judge Pray estimated that
35 per cent of the juvenile
problems in the county could be
attributed directly to divorced
or separated parents. The fact
that there were 322 juvenile
complaints received by the sheriff's office in 1944 is indicative
9f the gravity of the situation.
also rank high in remodeling
plans, according to the report.
New roofing and heating plants
are required by many dwellings..
Home owners in Michigan
will spend an estimated
$268,125,000 and those of the
nation more than $5,500,000,000
for major repairs in the next
five years, Jordan believes.
Ample funds, at low interest
charges, are available for such
work tli">wgh commercial
banks, sa^^m and loan associations, credit uniors and mutual
savings banks, he pointed oat.
regular wheel chairs, it cannot
furnish the type needed for
special cases. Consequently, she
said, the Red Cross has undertaken the work of soliciting
funds for the purchase of these
chairs. The Sarah Caswell Angell
chapter is planning to furnish at.
least one of the chairs. Mrs.
Worley also announced that the
chapter had provided 23 Christmas gifts to be distributed at
Percy Jones hospital.
Yuletide Program
Rotary
Club Members Enjoy
Turkey Dinner and
Exchange of Gifts
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Vets'—Crippled   Children
Funds Are Enriched
.By Over §750.00
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Saline Rotary Club's party at
the Polar Bear *Inn Thursday
night, last week, . was a huge
success from all angles .A great
crowd filled the building to
capacity and enjoyed the ca**d
game; winners of which were a-
warded either a turkey or a
chicken. Lucky Don Ford was
the winner of a small cash prize
p-"d tbe good-natured boos of
his  friends,  both  of which  lie
accented   with   the   nsn"l   Don .	
Fordian- prin.    The 75-OJH. steer      .
went to Stanley Goodff^ow. o* Filial MlteS" FO!
tho.   Ypsilanti     St"***   Hrc?r4Xil
a/nd as cnea"** as co"1d bA ri-a+p-"-
-p-inQ-rl   pi-  "{chic?  f-jyrva ■fcTip"' fS-j-nrvl'-'-J
Fnr'i  ryf the T?n+"—'  Hub was
swelled bv over $750.00.
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Bliss 1943 draws her aim on SEjster 1946 as New Year is ushered in
on peacetime America.
irr
eld Saturday
Catherine iSm-gar
Saline High School
Lonore-j
School Program
More than $4,244,000 is expected to ibe spent during the
next five years by Washtenaw
County home owners on remodeling and repair work.
The year of 1946 promises te
inaugurate one of the greatest
eras in American history for
home repairs and modernization, predicts the Tile Council
of America. "Few developments will contribute • more to
employment and general prosperity in any community," says
R. E. Jordan, chairman, of the
Council's Residental Construction Committee.
Because of lack of materials
and manpower during the war.,
majority of the county's 24,116
dwelling units are in need of
some kind of repair or remodeling work. Kitchen improvements and modernization of
bathrooms, installation of tiled
showers and in some homes
addition of a second bath top
the nation's list of most wanted major improvements. Jordan
said.*"
Outside paint jobs are needed
on more than 50 percent of
homes, and addition of rooms
and    construction    of    porches
Who Said Weak Sex
Dominating the entrance to
the Saline High School is alarge
figure of Santa Claus and a
decorated Christmas tree which
welcomed the throng that attended the program there
Thursday night. The elementary grades and the vocal music
department furnished the numbers on the Christmas program
which was of exceptional merit.
Old Saline
Resident Had
Suffered Stroke
One Of Six Chosen In
Washtenaw County For
Citizenship Award
I
With the Victory Bond drive
officially over, but with credit
to be received for any sales
made up to the 31st day of December, Saline has again gone
over the top and has oversub-
jsq psc;o{TB rjionb -&.I3A0 poqtras
in the eight campaigns.
Probably no other single individual has contributed so
much to the success of these
campaigns as Bond Chairman
Carl Curtis, who will be prompt
to give a lar°re share of the
credit to the Valiants who supported his efforts and to the
school boys and girls who helped beyond measure. It is a record of which the community
is i'ustly proud.
Quotas and sales in the Victory Campaign up to date are
as follows:
Series E, Quota. $27,500.00;
Safes,   $30,675.00—111%.
Corporation Bonds, Quota,
860,000.00; Sales, $66,560.
00—111%.
Other Bonds, Quota. $20,000.
00: Sales, $29,400.00—
147%.
Memuers of the Saline Rotary ^iu.o ix&a a gxand Uliriot-
mas party at uie ba:me Mot^l
Thursday noon, witn a turkey
dinner, plum pudding and ail
the trimmings, a beautifuny
decorated Cnristmas tree and
an exchange of gifts. Each gilt
was accompanied by a piece of
poetry, original with the givtcr,
and in most cases very applicable, and humorous. Pop-guns,
oil trucks, telescopes, airplanes
and one carrying the admonition not to open 'till New Years,
were among the gifts exchanged and which produced much
merriment. Paul Lambert led
in the singing of Christmas
carols and being nut on the
snot, "Rev, Alvin Siemsen and
Rev. Hocking sang a duet, the
excellence of which left their
sr-onsor-^ very much suhdu^i.
Henrv Le^tfteusfir acted in the
role of Santa Claus and the--*e
wasn't a hoy present who ]afT~-
^ a gift. P"""<udeut F-W
Wip^man nroo'ded over the
festive gathering with ho*Hd°v
p-vorHonsnoc-c; and presented
each me"v'""T with a ^ck of
^a-m'Tipr /-""""*<5. r->^.ding the gentlemen of the doth.
Was In'Implement
Business For Years
Miss Catherine  Burgar   was
Prominent Manchester
Businessman   Dies
Mrs. William H. Barr died at     —- -.      , .      - _.    __->_        m       i   -n       i     -i
her home, S. Ann Arbor street one of six   Washtenaw county Qag J/ailk i__]XDlodeS
Wednesday, December 19th, the high school girls awarded Good  '       *r
result of a paralytic stroke Citizenship pins at a meeting of
which she suffered a few days the Sarah Caswell Angell chap-
previous, ter   of  the  DAR  held  at
STOCEHOLDERS
NOTICE  OF   MEETING
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Citizen's Bank
of Saline, Mchigan; will be held
at the bank's office on Tuesday,
January 8, 1946, from 1:00 to
3:00 o'clock P.M. Standard Time
for the purpose of electing directors for the ensuing year and
for the transaction of such other business as may properly
come before the meeting.
The Citizens Bank OF Saline
Thawing a gas tank on the
       _ _ tha cm' of Bob Lombard by the aid
Maud"' Estelle Congdon was home rf Mrs. Carl Stuhrburgof of a torch resulted in a small
born in Chelsea, July 26, 1870, Harding Road, Thursday, Dec- fjre at the Hoeft Service Sta-
daughter of Arthur and Sarah ember 20. ' tlon  Sunday _ afternoon    which
Congdon. The   Good   Citizenship   pins was   extinguished   quickly   and
In young woman   hood   Miss were presented on behalf of the caused butshght damage.
Congdon was employed in Ypsi- chapter by Mrs. Morrill LeRoy CATTXre,  rnT.T>Tw     *
lanti,   at   which place she met of E. Jefferson   St.,   chairman ,ir^™„ " „■ ™ A oa
William H.    Barr, whom    she of the Good Citizenship pilgrim- MARRIED  oO   ¥EAKb    ^-
married June 3rd, 1896. am   committee.   Selection   was
They came to Saline to make
age
A    very    pleasant    occasion
«. ■   i ™ dependability,  service, lead- .  \   ^ Q *X&t <™»   w
their home. pvohin   and Tiatrinti^m   Mr«   Le- took PlaCe at the home'  Satul_
Mrs  Barr was a member   of I      P' PTl? I   J     j£a day    December    22nd    at 214
-uifa. jDd.ii wd,b d iffimuei oi Roy announCed that the girls M^.,, -o-,,™.^ „t,.ep+ TOi,PT>
the Presbyterian Church, Ypsi-™n h„ „i,ari+p.T. m.p<sfa af the JNo™ Hains stieet, wnen
!„..!-.• .c„. .„     r_.A   i.~   Wlil De cnaptei   guests   at   tne .,.,,,_.„_   ^.Q^^^iiHTOT.   -friPnHs
lanti for many years,   but   be- state conference to be held in
children,  grandchildren, friends
fame
Methodist church in 1919; and it an opportunity to oe cnosen vpav, have massed si nee their
: while attending a service c+„f. ^iio-rimq to atteuH the 55th yeais nave Passe5, .sm^e ineJt
re. that she was stricken by ^LPSTr,n^Sffjt hrfd ™*?»*      d^   Fnends_ and
SCOUT EXECUTIVE STARTS
ON 12TH YEAR OF SERVICE
HERE
a   member of the Saline li^ph "affirand RanidVand "have and relati'res met to remind^Mr.
-•<- i- -•- -«-.«- — j--i. Ataicliat^iandKapidsandime     d M      Jacob gmith that 50
to   be   chosen
was
ther
he*- fatal illness. in Mav at Atlantic Citv. , ,.;; _   m   f. p-,fPT1f? +i1Pir sin-
Monrmnar the loss of a loving     Fpatured in the musical   nro- ±0U1 p: , extend then sm
j.HfvM nxnther are Mr  Barr, J^toSg the Xmool we ^™sies_Sd^\wS I
neighbors called    from two to
A native of Freedom town*
ship, where he was bom Jan. 18,
1873. Otto Henry Davidter pa-
sed away Wednesday December
19th at Ms home in Manchester.
He entered the hardware and
implement business early in life,
and retired in 1936 because of
ill health.
He was a member of Emmanuel Evangelical and Reformed
church and a charter member of
the Knights of Pythias lodge
No. 244. He was past chancellor
commander of the lodge and served as master of the exchequer.
Surviving are his wife; one
son, Royal of Manchester; three
sisters, Mrs. Henrietta Landwehr, of Jacksou, Mrs. Meta
Landweher, of Saline, and Miss
Flora Davidter, of Manchester,
also a niece, Mrs. Elmer E'fele,
of Dethel Church.
Funeral rites were""" held at
Manchester Saturday afternoon,
December 22.
Mrs     FeVu   Hart ?*" A V0Cf ?!   and A^s- **?? the immediate family and invit- CARD OF THANKS
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Walter MacPeek, Scout Executive of the Washtenaw-Livingston Boy Scout Council will
begin his 12th year of service
with the Scout Council on December 27th. He came here in
1934 from Washington.'D. C.
Mi*. MacPeek is one of 250
men in the United States with
the longest service in the professional service of the Boy
Scouts of America, having been
first employed by the Chicago
Council in 1925 and later serving in the Northshore Suburban
(Chicago) Council, Milwaukee
and Washington, D. C.
Mr.' MacPeek headed a national study commission on Scouting Reading Program in 1935
and is serving at present as a
member of the Advisory Board
of Editors of the Local Council
Exchange publication. He is
Superintendent of the Church
School of the First Presbyterian
Church of Ann Arbor and Chairman of the Recreation Division
of the Ann Arbor Council of
Social Agencies.
T^e?rof Ardiam Mvs. Irene f?yd|r ^Granger Ave flutist. ^ ^estl nunibering 35.
Vost of Detroit, and Mrs. Eunice Mrs. Smith, accompamed by her The honored C0U13ie have
Tnwei- nf Saline- also a sister mstructor> Mlss Pansy E- J- four children, Mrs. John Jaeger
Mi<5S Nellie Congdon of P*ills' Jolmson of Forest ct-> sanS of Ypsilanti, Mrs. Ray Davis of
dale, and fourteen °randchildren  "Gesu Bambino" bv Pietro Yan Saline, Edward Smith of South
- Funeral   services   we^e   held and "Parla" b^ Arditi. Bend,  Indiana and Mrs.  Keith
Saturdav at 2 n m in the Sa- Mrs- Snyder, a pupil of Aug- Laing of Sarnia, Out.; nine
«ne Method^t Chn^h The r,st Witteborg of the Detroit grandchildren and eleven great-
Rev,  R.  s.   HnoMnff" offieated. Symphony orehestra,    nlaved a grandchildren
Burial took place at Oakwood  sonata by Vinci. "Melodie" from , Formeriy, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
piace at uakwood. uq ^       Q ^ ^_ iived at Newago, Michigan com-
" uetto bv Mozart She was accom- v>S to this community m 1909
•panied bv Mrs. Estelle Titier of where tney lived on a farm two
Brochman Blvd and 0Iie-nal1 nilles west 0± lhe
The Way Home  1 , ^ John s.'w^ of oak--^eo-toMs^ 1^1926 they
1^4^' %™T*Z°*Jt. ^ have since lived,
Sgt. Theurer On
fay Home
We wish to employ this
means to express our heart
felt appreciation of the many
contributions and acts of kindness and words of sympathy
extended to us by our friends
and neighbors during our sad
bereavement and to thank the
Rev. Hocking for his comforting words and to Mr s. Hocking
for the sweet music.
W. H. Barr And Family   5
Mss Nellie Congdon   '
ter's Red Cross committee   and     jjany    beautiful
chairman of the camp and hos- ^*esented them. •
' *n
gifts were   j:
S-Sgt. Willard K. Theurer, son pital   committee   of   the   Red 	
of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Theurer, Cross, spoke on the    need   for ^ELL KNOWN LADY
of Saline, is on his way home, special wheelchairs for the spin- dies HERE SUNDAY
He    is    one of    2,000 high- al and double amputee cases at     Mrs   Florence Finch of Mon-
pomt Army veterans whom the percy    jones    hospital.    These roe  Street,  a  resident of this
Magic Carpet   is bringing back chai        she    stated   are to be city for many years passd away
^AN0WR6S ^ y'S-S- g^en to the veterans when they at the Saline General Hospital
liAJNUVEK. ;f ,.     .       .,  . J Sunday, December 23rd after a
The  U.S.S.   HANOVER—one leave the hospital. ten d^'   mness ^^ pneumon-
of more than 250 carriers, bat- Funds Solicited ia_
tleships,   -cruisers, and    attack     Mrs. Worley    explained that .	
transports in the Navy's famed while the government furnishes     Jacob R. Steeb, 82 years of
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.iiiss Xace GxtiiuancSler, Chicago,
proves thai, the w^r years have
teughenefl American women. She
holds aloft husky Jack Miner. She
apparently hasn't been informed
that she belongs to the weaker sex.
CUBS ATTENTION I
Our "Christmas party tonight!
„ Don't forget your gift and
your parents.
New members accepted,
"Magic Carpet" fleet—left Okinawa, December 3.
. Upon arrival in Seattle passengers will go directly to the
Separation Centers nearest their
CARD OF THANKS
age, died Sunday at St. Jdseph
Mercy Hospital. He had lived
Ms entire life in Ann Arbor and
Washtenaw   County.    Survivors
I wish to thank my relatives include a brother, John Steeb
homes to complete the formali- and many friends for kindness- of Pittsfield township, two sis-
ties of obtaining their discharg- es extended me during the past ters, Mrs. Emanuel ApnU, Scio
es before returning to civilian several weeks of my illness. township, and Mrs. Robert
ljf6t _^ljaji Mrs- Sarah Robison   Armbruster of Lodi township.
THIRTY-SIX POINTS Richard
O'Brien, Dufur, Ore., a former
paratrooper, " holds 36 discharge
points worth of triplets. The babies'
'were flown from Atlanta, Ga., to:
their home, establishing a record t
of being the youngest set of trip-!
lets ever to fly. _ ■ .^aswLaL*^.^, „V
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