1946-01-03; Saline Observer

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The Saline Observer
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volume m
SALINE,   WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,   THURSDAY, JAN. 3, 1946
NUMBER   13,
See Prosperous
Times Ahead
YOUR CAR CHEAPENED
ON NEW YEARS DAY
Used car ceiling prices took a
four per cent cut in value on
New Years Day under OPA
regulations, designed to cover
depreciation.
  As an example, the top legal
There will be    unprecedented price  of a Ford  V-8  de  luxe
opportunities     for   the    wide- tudor  sedan  sold  "as is*
Clothing Drive       Michigan To Have™£*TSKL.
Through January  A Healthier Fruit
Rotarians. Are Mostly
Optimistic   Concerning
The Future
Henry J. Kaiser
Promoting Aid For
European Sufferers
Through Inspection
And Eradication Of
Diseased Plants
be-
Mrs. Sarah Hitchingham, 83,
died* Wednesday, December 26
at the home of Oscar Hosmer,
7989 Bridgewater Road, having
been an invalid for the past
three years.    She was born4in
Death Comes To
Mrs.Ida Burkhardt
Estimable Lady
Had Spent Lifetime
In Saline And Vicinity
Following a long period of ill
...___     New   York.   Dec—Following     Under the new program De- Augusta Township in 1862 and hp^tir'Mr? Tdr^.H^v^TO*
^„_ „     _ _     ..____           _____         will closely the clearance of thelast gun tnis tali in compliance with was married to Daniel Hitching- ™ed  awav Ll ™™w
awake and progressive business drop from $634 to $609 in the Christmas packages post offices the    Destructive    Insect    and ham in   Milan June   19, 18E0. Member % TZ ZTrf
man in the ten year period tliat east, from $706 to $678 in the will  begin  to  receive   clothing ^laJlt Disease Act No. 72, Pub- she is survived by   four sons her   daughter     Mrs     Rneben
man in the ten year period tliat east, irom a>7Ub to ipb'/s m tne wm uegm to receive cioumig -*t-™> ■""««»«'f^L7, - '7.- Slle 1S survived by tour sons her daughter Mrs Rueben
lies ahead, and the outlook for middle west and from $76S to gifts from the American people-1& Acts of 1945, Charley Figy, and three daughters. Funeral Finkbeinei with whom she had
Saline is a busv. prosperous one $735 n the far west. to the suffering people in bomb- Director of the  State  Depart- services    were    held Saturdav LaA^___ZlZtl Zx7™ +TT w
with keen competition and large     OPA has ordered the four per ed-out lands,  according  to  an ment  of  Agriculture,    reports morning    from    St.    	
success for   those who are on cent cuts to take effect every order   of   Postmaster   General that  neglected 'and  abandoned Catholic  Church  in  Whittaker
their toes and prepared to take six months
advantage of the opportunities  —
which lie ahead, was the pre- n   .        A
diction of Francis Lockwood at Caravan Here Un
the meeting of Rotarians Thurs- o,l <_-!__.
day, when eaeh member told of J aUUarV Z4tn
the outstanding event in his life
during the past year, and made
predictions for the future.
Harry Hersch, a comparative
new comer to Saline, predicted
the opening of a new dairy bar
in 1946 and Alwin   Gross    ex-
With Display Of Farm
Labor Saving Devices
At SaUne High School
Robert E. Hannegan wiiich was fruit   trees  and  fruit  infested -where burial was also made,
made public today. .with    insects  and    contagious	
Henry  J. ■ Kaiser,    national plant diseases are being remov- «.,-_«
chairman of the Victory Cloth- ed at    the rate of   5.000    per fTrFPPTlTiPIn SPTmS
ing Collection, declared that the week.   Approximately    4500 a- W-^U-ictu to-ciiua
order to all postmasters author- cres of negelected grape vine- Greeting's
ized and directed them toper- yards have also been removed =•
mit local committees of the na- since the Grape Berry Moth
tion-wide clothing drive to place program was instituted in 1940.
boxes in post office lobbies to In a recent survey it is esti-
receive clothing donations. mated that  out of a total of
Mr. Kaiser  also    announced some fifteen million fruit trees,
Michigan Newspapers
Chosen As Medium
For 1946 Best Wishes
_.__ _.*,-_=« xxxxxx ^xi.xxx   „xx,„„    ™      Washtenaw County is includ-that Nelson A. Rockefeller, for-there   are   approximately   four . "     .
plained how he became saddled ed on the schedule for the Rural mer Assistant Secretary of million that are neglected or a- Through their president,
with one more job when the im-Progress Caravan on January state, will serve as the ;New bahdonvad, in additon to some Fred A. Simonsen, and the med-
Zent dealers of the area 24th for one day. This exhibi- York City chairman of the col- two thousand or more acres of mm of. attractive adyertise-
SSed and pronounced   him ion will be from* 10:00 a. m. to lection. vineyards.   Reliable     statistics ments  in  Michigan  daily  and
SKm 4:00 p. m. and will be held at     Mr.  Kaiser also    announced indicate, that there is a yearly weekly newspapers Greenfield's Kelormea ..lmrcll aM   m
EtEveryone seemed agreed the   Saline   High   School.   The that 9,607 communities though- f ss j^about 20 percent^ fruit Restaurags of Detroi.are <bx- ana ^rormea onurcn ana   ox
that  the    future  held    great caravan is being sponsored by out America are organized to-due to   insects   and   diseases tending New Years greetings theparties Aid since the organ
promise desptte the chaotic pre- the Saline    Rotary Club. JDie conduct  clothing  drives  under The value of the tree fruit and to their many patrons m the 1?™Mn^er^re f£e daugh-
ient   and Lockwood added the Rural Progress Caravan will in- the local chairmanship of 4,313 ™neyards amounts to over $37, state. fcuiviving nei are live aaugn
.   '.-.      . _j.-i.-_   j.--    IJ   „..,,!»   A(\   li-nnol   -foaf   ,-v-P   Jio-nla-o-c    ™^   „~J   ,  _. £..., 000.000:   Pilwh   VfiflV. TVTlll
_       .,   made her home during the last
Joseph s few years.
Mrs. Burkhardt was born in
Bridgewater Township, the
daughter of Fred and Mary
Zahn Stierle, and had spent her
entire life in this vicinity.
March 29, 1888 she was united
in marriage to John Burkhardt,
who preceded her in death July
11, 1937. For many years the
couple had lived on their farm
on the Tecumseh Road, and
later moved to Saline where
they resided on East Henry
Street and a few years after
Mr. Burkhardt's death she
went to live with her daughter.
Mrs. Burkhardt was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical
and Reformed Church and   of
Number of patrons served in tersj Mrs- Erwin Schill of Ypsi-
be"ke^ii7becaSse"^iy "return: models and equipment which will direct county-wide drives. ; Fruit growing has become the Greenfield restaurants will ^ti> ^n^'IchSik^of* ISl
ing veterans would be entering show labor saving ideas assem- One community, South Hero, "such a sP£ciakf d industry m reach the amazmg total of over ^ ywm smenK g aim
business for themselves and the bled from Michigan farms and Vt., has completed its clothing Michigan that the small private 4,500,000 during 1945 or about ffe^t Lake anHlrs Ruben
easy merchandising era,  when the   Research   Laboratory's   of collection.    The  606    residents ot home orchard is fast &sap^ four times  the    population of ££a^L-    ^fu    r£!L    Tt
-• '• * "'     Michigan   State   College.    The 0f this village on an island in Pearmg.    The  expense        ---   -	
over. exhibits will
"What a fine community, in- panels- 4x6— ~0  __._... „. „_„_____._._. „„tl.._.. ^ „*~      ,-.-,,       ,        ,.,.,.      ,    „ __.    _-, „
deed."  exclaimed  Henry_ Leut- working    models and    a largenational  campaiRn.   MJs.. H^" S^^ <Ste«i_S^£Sii> rf^thlJSS^vS^thl^SS: Atao sarvfvinff are three terfh-
One 1T   Buermann,   local  chairman, gggg ot^an %£T™Z_ Sf' & nnTl3^ ^^STS. ers, Fred Stierle of Ypsilanti;,
Finkbeiner    with    whom    she
goods sold theiuselves, would be Michigan   State   College.    The 0f this village on an island in Pearmg.    The  expense  of nee-Detroit.    These       millions     of dausxhters     Mrs
-'-"-"- —•" contain 85 display lake    Champlain began    their fssary equipment and spray for hungry patronsi consumed quan- x™™-    "^ and Mil   Anianda
5 ft. together with drive a month in advance of the t]ie proper    care of the   trees titles  sufficient for the  army ££*"•^^l/w SrSS
Guenther preceded her in death.
heuser,  "where    there are no number of farm' gadgets.
nor needy,"  and    Alvin of these that will be of special explained that three pre-Christ- ?*
Therefore, ed 219,000 dozens of eggs, 95, ««» * rea ^iene oi xpsiiana,
*s to keep 700 pounds of butter, 1,646,000 He™^.Stie^ f A™, .Ar^?'
ineyardsaS pounds   of   potatoes,   1584,340 ^d Wilham Stierle of this city;
Siemsen""declared  hTs  greatest interest to Washtenaw farmers mas sewing bees were held to it behoves the growers .^ j.v^ (UU jjuuuus ^ u^^, j.,^,w,w^      fl Will-      Stierle of thiscitv-
thrill was his coming to Sahne is  a  gutter cleaner for  dairy salvage    garments    that    were ^ orchards and vineyards a* pounds   of   potatoes,   1,584 340 J^ SStflS^   idte
and g<nng fishing with a cane barns, says H. S. Osier, County wn and ripped. nearly  free   from   insects   and Bounds of vegetabes and 923 greaSandSen    A   gSS
pole and Clarence Haarer. Gor- Agricultural Agent, The Cara- The victorv Clothing Collect- P^nt diseases as is possible m j?35 pounds of fruit. Much of f™xg^1 rS^h^1 ^s
don Prout repeated the remark van is scheduled 'for a 3.000 ion. scheduled from Jan. 7-31, order |° .msm\ themselves a this vast onantitv of produce J^/1^ ^.y ^ Okinawa
of an old Saline resident who mile trip during January, Feb- seek* 100.000 000 used gar- f°P of clean, healthy quality came from the farms and dai- SfW wMe sei^Lg withfte
when   asked     wbe-e   he ..liv^ ~t«v und  H^b   nnd  will be mt >s  in addition to shoes and S^.   „    . A   ___       £ iU   „      lies of the Wolvenne state. Marines
promptly
"replied,""Saline,   the snown in 'oi> Miciug^u counts,   -ph/, .„.    Each    contributor •i^1^^"the intention of the Bur-     The  success    story    of
Mr.
I eau of Plant Industry tw. con- Sira^csen. is-in the finest trad-
Funeral    services were held
finest town in the world and It will be a combination of State-invited to attach gond-will mes- T0" "/■ '-'"i" --^^^^j   ™-.y*i~ ciru^cbexi. its-m uue ±um»x. l_.-«u- -n7ednes{jav afternoon    at 1-30
-   -       - " ■      inue to make inspections of all tion of American ingenuity and ]^negf fS™d   g^SS
Ann     Arbor   is    eight    miles Fair and Farmers Week exhib- sages to clothing gifts.
fcorth." its   brought   to   the   different  ._
Testifying lo the aggressive- counties of Michigan., An addi- pARM REC0RDS GAN SAVE
ress of local businessmen, Pres- tional feature of the show will m^w atvtt* nrr\Tvri?v
ident   Fred   Wiedman  declared be an exhibition of homemade llMiL A]SU xmjjx&x
that there were more farm im- devices and gadgets now being
plements sold here than in any used    bv Washtenaw    Counts
fi-uit
trees     and     vineyards honest work.    He was born on „ ,     ,     ...   . „,
throughout   the   state,   seeing a  farm   m   Spencer   township, g°™e  and  at    2-°°  from St
notice on property owners who Kent      *■""         tu~.-c~~4-  ram
county,   near
Tv™*,™!-  -ca-tu's Evangelical and Reform- ^
«,? i5' ed Church with the Rev. Alvin
fail   to   remove   neglected   and Michigan, the son of the late w™     nS.Hmr
Hfooacp,. nln-nfa nir,.    *a     n/r™    tr„v,o     Tew™- biemsen    otticiatmg,
Michigan farmers  seeldng a
diseased plants
other place in Washtenaw coun- facrmers to beln solve some of profitable   New Year's   resolu- J^JfchiS'an Plan
ment  took
Cemetery.
place  in
Counseling Centers
Are Proving Of Great
Benefit To Veterans
ty and    the volume    of baby their labor shortages.
chicks produced and sold here  -.	
and at Bridgewater, which is on
Sahne rural route,  is not ex- (jUemSeV COW
ceeded elsewhere in the county. ■_-_ t
Harold Miller and Alfred Sch- SetS   KeCOrd
mid both declared that the high _______
light of the year for them was     „ ,   , ,       XT       n     A
their separation from the Ser- , Peterborough N. H-A
vice and again doSing civilian daughter ?f the registered
clothes, while Don Ford and Ed guer£?ey, sire^
-"     aoiced in thead-^11^1'8.    ]„ T
Silies E EvIrv^ti°ng?neraS ^^|^ coveted Stf J^^^^iS."^ i^ancTdurin^Ihe"month^
agreed that the ending of the??..^"^.?^
tion might heed the suggestion -^T tkt* i
of keeping a farm account re- jftQW JNatlOll  Wide
cord. 	
Dr. Byron R. Bookout, extension specialist in the Michigan
State college farm management
department, says good farm
management depends on the
judgment of the operator and
Reports tabulated from 81 of education
Michigan's   veteran   counseling
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Peter
Simonsen,       Danish-Lutherans
who were well known in their 	
community  as   farm  operators XTT .       _        .. __
and food producers.   He attend- WaS (jfOOCl  Year
ded school in the Dixon district, thi   .„   o,^,.,^*    ,«
Planning to become a dentist, Jb Or   feCOUting
he started to work at an early 	
age; working in restaurants
part time to supply needed
funds with which to further his
Inter-
Oakwood
1945 One Of Strongest
Advancement Years
In Scout History
Salineeglv5kv fanning of the^ai-m bust 'SJ^eSTflS 26 SS     He ****** a ^ inf ** ■■   Beating one of the strong-
«uwiTO   »jxxjC j-v,jj j,^ xxxxxx ^^ ^     ,.,     ,      tT. ^a*1™    Valley v SouT^  n]ane,  mu„t y_e,ve centers reveals tnat ^t>,u/ vet-     d ^ ,   regard for the busi- est advancement years m the
R^s'sM recced in "the ad- Sf Sev'laSns Tc^ £l "loundS Sibbest wS Sf^S *   0^^^d -ss of feeding people and so Scout Council history, Dr. Har-
vent of a new addition to their gabne^Valley Fa,rms, cJncgJa- tQ ^^ foandation is by con. 3™°^^?the month rf decided to make dt Ws career' ry- ToWsley'   ^an-man  of^ the
_ __ „_„    Improvement fuIti^ records on the farm en- November.    July  reports  from
record. She is two and one-half terpnse.   An ideal system that the  same centers showed only
n-F i-ha fet,™ ^v0 f^om .rvoat ^ear   old     Excalibur's    King's S1^ tne
bLS^S         g ^      M'ary which produced 10,783.0 ret?rn  1S
happmess:  pounds     of    milk   and     518.1 ""^ m"*~
Five Children
Fire Victims
war and the peaceful prospects
of the fill
happiness.
After finishing his    schooling. Advancement Committee of the
he went to Grand Rapids and Washtenaw-Livingston Boy
the farmer the greatest 9 ses^^etoa^callTnrfor "the bec^me associated with the res- Scout: Council today announced
& _ y,»t>o  veterans  camng_ 101   uie +QM1,QTlto „„01.af0^ hv ti1P    late that
the combination  of
same  services.
This definitely taurants operated by the
Mr. W. E. Lawrence.
448  promotions  in   rank
and 937' Merit Badges had been
cash record and farm inventory. shows the trend to be upward —•   •■• -■       ,     .      earned bv Scouts 0f Washtenaw
Keeping a cash record of ex- iT, „ hi„h desree In 1910 he went to Rochester, eamea oy scouts 01 wasnrenaw
„,     xxxxxx.^  _   _     f_   Penses^ and income throughout m &£*& tf Se state with 8, New Ycn-k, as an executive in a and Lmngston counties during
This   record   was   supervised tlle, yeai\is a great time-sa;ver 875   veterans   applying   at  the chain of popular eatingQ nlaces .   iVentv one Courts of Honor
by the Mchigan State CdUege and ™ay be a money-saver .when center in November.    This was He w«e to Detroit m   916 and ^J^ ^^Sn^^011^
uy^ uie iviiom^anj^Tcaxe  uoiiete the farmer flles his aimaai m. 00.0-Tie+   0   «„.,„•«   nf  9.8flS  fnr m 1924 became the sole owner ^ie   neja-    Advancements     to
poinds of    butterfat on
daily    milking for  one
twice
year.
Winkleman Family
Tragedy Touches
Relatives Here
and reported to The American
Guernsey Cattle Club for approval and publication.
WILLING WORKERS HAVE
: and operator of "the Greenfield Second  Class- staled    261;_to
First Class 82; to Star Rank 75;
to Life
Rank 8.
The total of 937 Merit Badg-
TMfflnVW es du"*"in£ the    year compares
lesraur^nb favorab]v    ^th    previous- records.    J.     Don   Lawrence    is
man of Advancement in ^the
7-ivinp-ston District with David
Strart A dva.upemerit Chairman
in the Middle District.
r»i?,P*PTlviW^T RFSPONDS "
TO TWO ALARMS
Tliis was
against a figure  of 2,863 for m
come tax    return.    Such a re- Julv_    Grand   Rapids   was  sec-
cord makes it possible for him ond with 1,497 in November as restaurants.
to classify his expenditures at compared to 407 in. July.    The     Since then, Mr. Simonsen has i?.^1* nanJv ^' ana TO .■nid»ie
the  time  thev  are  made  and smallest total was Leslie with been President o^ the Michigan
g-reatlv simnlifies the prepara- five  m NovemlDer  and one in Restaurant and Caterers' Asso-
■ Mrs. Franlc Karn received the CHRISTMAS PARTY tion of tne tax return. juiy.    Leslies's center is a vol- ciation   and     other
tragic news last week that the   "Ose of the cash record  and nutary, part time service where- organizations in which he is to-
five children of her niece, Mrs.     The Christmas party of the the     inventory    provides   the as   Detroit operates   full   time dav a director and active leader.   haivrrian     f   Advancement   in
Otto Winkelman, were burned Willing Workers   was held  at farmer with a   useful tool for ^th a staff of 20. Bit Jove of people and tireless Yusilantf District and Rev.
to death in'their home in Rose- the home of Mrs. Albert Faust analyzing  his     business. - The    Michigan    pioneered   in; the efforts to serve his community Eobert Philll-TO of HowelI Chairr
ville on Friday evening before on   Jordan Road,   with an at- inventory shows what he had at establishment of local counsel-with    respect   and  proficiency
Christmas. The children's fath- tendance of thirty'. three mfim-tlie beginning of the year and ing centers.    Today Michigan's has set an example widely re-
er,  Pvt.   Otto  Winkelman was bers. the casla records gives inform- pian is  being  emulated  across cognized in his profession.
serving in Japan and was flown     The hostess served a delicious ation on the different farm en- the nation. It is basically sound. „,
home after he was notified of meal  at  noon    followed  by  a terpnses. By being able to make The first obligation to a vet- N0T g0 MANY TO
the      tragedy.    The    children, Christmas    program conducted some estimate of costs, and spot €ran is a community obligation. mF DTTRINfi 1046
three boys and two girls, rang- by Miss Ella McMann. &e financial "leaks", the farm- The state has formulated many "w "^	
ed in age from 18 months to     Miss Lois Holcomb gave two er is guided in making changes plans to fill federal gaps.    The
seven   years.   The fire it   was recitations   on Christmas,   and in his business that may bring federal  government has  made
thought was caused by an over- everyone answered the roll call greater profits,. many valuable services *vnd ben- _ ^  auu ^   xuui ^^
heated oil stove and trapped the with  a  Christmas  verse.   The     Though a simple notebook ar- efits available to veterans.   All public health standpoint accord-   7^ -j^^^y brought.out the
children in their upstairs rooms, program was concluded by sing- rangement is helpful in keeping of these must be coordinated, ing to a report of Dr. Wilham ^,.     Department which report-
The mother and another young ing carols and ther exchange of records,   a  prepared   book will as well  as local services,  and DeKleine, Commissioner of the    ,       esneehl damage occurred
lady staying with her were lac- gifts. save the farmer time and give made available to vetei-ims thru Michigan        Department        of *,       ^f ^ at the ^     e 0^
erated   and   burned   trying to     The  meeting    adjourned by better    results,    suggests  Mr. local counseling centers in order Health. The general death rate ,     Zahji   to wMch    they
save the children, but were re- repeating the Mispah and the Bookout.   Many    farm    equip- that  confusion does  not leave is expected to drop slightly be- Saturday forenoon
leased  after a couple  of days invitaton to   meet,   with   Mrs. ment   and   supply   firms   have the veteran in a state of mind low last year's rate of 10.05 per d  gmall  damage   the  e»-
from Mercy Hospital, Mt. Cle- R0y Stoddard for the January these account books for distri- which causes him to want to 1000 population to about the t t of whicll wag 3b]l'0je in the
mens. -   -■ meeting. ; bution.  and the farm manage- throw up his hands- in disgust five year average of 9.9._   The
Funeral services for the child- '- i :  ment department at the college and consign all benefits to the infant   death   rate,   considered
ren were held last Thursday at DROP WITHOUT BREAKING has   prepared and    distributed inferno belo™ by health workers  to be  the
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church   De- '  " s"ch books for    several years,     ._.-   most    delicate    index   of  the
troit.   Neighbors    and   friends     A reduction of from three to The department has two tvnes TO SHOOT THE SHAFT health status, t.._    ,
in Roseville and in Fraser, their six cents a dozen in the ceiling *v3iiabie. one resigned especial- The Saline Archers Club will the lowest in Michigan's his- The Sahne Woman s Uut>wiU
native home, solicited fnnds as- price of eg^s will become effect- 1v for income tax pumoses and start up again with a meeting ton7-. There was no overall F-e^t on iuesdav jarmary «tli
sisted by the Goodfellows so jve todav throughout the Lower the other for ma king farm bus- Januua'-y 11 at 7:30 in the old increase in the communicable at the home ol^cMrs. Marry An-
that the couple would be assur- Peninsula the OPA has an< iness analysis. These may be bpera house, according to Joe diseases with the exception of ^n. Meivoift' btreet,.at two-
ed a new home . nounced. Continued on Page 8- Bondie, club secretary. diphtheria. thirty o clock. ..^
The year 1945 was a favor^
able  one in Michigan from  a
A slight explosion in a shaft
at the R. and B. Tool Company
roof.
WTT.T.  F,MT"TC*«T,ATN
this vear ^ifbe WOMEN'S CLUB