1946-05-16; Saline Observer

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VOLUME 63
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,     THURSDAY, MLAY 16, 1946
NUMBER   32
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Community Farm
Groups Meet
County  Organization
Of Women Divided
Into Four Districts
Alma College Choir Will Sing Here On Tuesday, May 21
The Washtenaw County Federation of Associated Women
held their third meeting at the
home of Mrs. Robert Tefft,
corner of Six Mile and Earheart
Roads, Northfield Township,
Thursday, May 9.
Potluck dinner was served at
12:30 p.m. The community farm
groups were represented as follows : president, Mrs. Dan
Hall, Lodi group; vice-president,
Mrs. Raymond Klumpp, Southwest Lodi. group; secretary-
treasurer, Mrs. Ferman Clements, Pittsfield group; Mrs.
Lloyd G. Steiner, Lodi group;
Mrs. Robert Tefft, Mrs. Wes-
sell, Wordon group; Mrs. Marvin
Breitenwisher, Bri d g ewater
group; Mrs. Lowell Parr, East
Manchester group; Mrs. Paul
Feldkamp, Sharon group; Mrs.
J. J. Wagner, Webster group;
,Mrs. Harmon Gale, South Salem
group; Mrs. T. " Wanty, Mrs.'
Dibble, West Augusta group;
Mrs. Raymond Klumpp, Mrs.
David Pastor, Southwest Lodi
group; this, -latter group will
plan programs in advance for-
the community groups of the
entire county. Divided into four
sections, the county will have a
representative from each section to serve with the officers
as a board of directors las follows: Mrs. J. J. Wagner,
Dexter; Mrs. Hattie Frederick,
Ann Arbor; Mrs. T. Wanty.
Ypsilanti; and Mrs. Lowell
Parr, Manchester. In the afternoon a very interesting discussion about home refrigeration
was enjoyed; and the opportunity to see a home built freezer
accomodating 1250 lbs. of meat.
The freezer was 63 cubic ft.
capacitv. Mrs. Lloyd G. Steiner
of Saline will be hostess for the
next meeting, Thursday, July
25th.
No Pulling Of
Punches Here
On Tuesday, May 21st, at
11 a. m., the Alma College
Choir will sing before an assembly of all the students in
Saline High School. The Choir
is making its annual spring
tour, during which one of the
highlights is a broadcast from
Station WJR in Detroit on May
18th.
The group is one of the best
choral groups, in Michigan and
has been" in demand in schools
and churches all over the state.
The thirty-six voice choir,
under the directorship of Professor Eugene F. Grove, includes in its repertoire selections from Bach, Palestrina,
Gounod, Christiansen, Lvovsky-
Lamont, and Will James.    Solo
ists are* Jean Slaski, mezzo-soprano; Wilma Breu, contralto;
and Glenn  Sempsrott, tenor.
The group comes here by invitation of the assembly committee of the student council at
Saline Union School.
To Organize Soft
Ball League
As Part Of The
Summer Recreation
Program
BOLZ-JENKINS
WEDDING
George Everett, Sahne high
school coach, wiU direct the recreation* program this summer
at the park and announces that
a softball league will be organized as fan important part.of
that program.
Coach Everett is hopeful that
at least six teams "vvjll be entered in the league,, and more
if possible, and suggests' that
any organization or individuals
interested in entering a team,
contact him at the high school.
SIX HUNDRED GUESTS
ATTEND  BANQUETS
FOUNDED SCHOOL
30 YEARS AGO
Celebrating the founding of
Henry Ford
Trade School
■30 years ago,
a banquet will
be staged by
alumni, faeul-
ty, and the
students Oct.
26 in Detroit's
Masonic '.Tem-
p 1 e. General
Chairman of
the committee in charge is John
Dobrei, who ■ graduated in '30,
and is how .student counselor
at the school.
CHILD STUDY CLUB
MEETS MAY 21
The Child Study Club will
meet Tuesday,. May 21, at 8:00
at Sahne Valley Farms. Miss
Esther Everett will speak on
the subject "Democracy in the
Home."
Miss Everett is an Instructor
in the Department of Home
Management and Child Development at Michigan State College,
Lansing. She also does part
time research in the field. She
is co-author of a technical publication and also of a popular
leaflet on the subject of work
simplification of household
tasks. Don't forget the time
and place. Anyone desiring
transportation contact Mrs. Don
Campbell. Husbands .arid
friends are invited.
This isv the last meeting of
the year. Everyone try and
come. .   ,   ■
Those affairs sponsored by
our churches to stimulate
Christian fellowship and which
go far in the building of a
better community, and ultimately a better world, were manifest here last week when the
doors of the high school auditorium were opened Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings to approximately 6 0 0
mothers and daughters. At
ekch banquet the tables were
attractively decorated in pastel
shades, with bowls of lilacs,
tulips and other spring flowers
in profusion. The program
Wednesday evening was''sponsored by the Methodist church.
Mrs. Charles Miller acted as
toastmistress, introducing Marion'Simons, social-service worker at Ypsilanti State Hospital,
speaker of the evening; Mrs.
Alvin Siemsen of St. Paul's
church was .toastmistress for
the Thursday evening program;
while Mrs. Mark Sugden welcomed the guests Friday evening for the Federated church;
all following with special musical numbers and community
singing. Honored guests were
Mrs. Emily Fosdick and Ifrs.
Grover Burgan, oldest and
youngest mother present at the
Methodist banquet; Mrs. Caroline Rentschler and Mrs. Owen
Zahn at St.- Igaul's banquet; and
on Friday ^'evening Mrs. B. J.
Spitler and'Mrs., William Kealey
at the Federated banquet. Mrs.
Max Ross and five daughters
and Mrs. Paul Klueter and five
daughters, attended the Methodist and Federated banquets,
respectively.
Emanuel Lutheran Church;
Ypsilanti, _was the scene of the
wedding Of Raymond Bolz, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bolz,
of Ypsilanti Township, to Dorothy June Jenkins,, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Farrel S. Jenkins
of Belleville, The Rev. H. C.
Sipe officiated -at the double
ring service. The ■ bride was
attended by her sisters, the
Misses Betty and Margaret Jenkins, while Kathleen McCullough was the flower girl. Walter Bolz of Norvell was best
man, while Frederick Helm of
Dearborn; ushered. A reception was held after the ceremony at the Boltz^ home on
Bemis road, after which the
couple left for a short wedding
trip. The bride is a,graduate
of Dearborn High School and
attended Chautauqua Institution, having been recently employed by General Motors. Mr.
Bolz, a war veteran and former
Lodi resident is employed by
the government.
Milan-Saline Open
Season Here Today
In Start of Ford
Western Division
Interplant Competition
YEAR CLOSES FOR
SALINE W7OMEN'S CLUB
HELD IN SALINE ON
FRIDAY, MAY 24
The first Poppy Day of peace
will see more than - 25,000,000
Americans wearing memorial
poppies in honor of the dead of
both world' wars. Every poppy
to be offered by the American
Legion Auxiliary for wear in
honor of the war dead on Poppy,
Day has been made by a disabled veteran of World War I
or II. The poppies have been
made in approximately 100 veterans hospitals and convalescent
workshops located in every part
of the country.
TRAFFIC DETOURED ON
SALINE-BRIDGEWATER  RD.
, Due to reconstruction of M-ll
between Saline and Bridge-
water, traffic on this highway
is being detoured over US-112
from Saline to Clinton, thence
north to M-ll east of Manchester. Completion date of work
approximately October 15,1946.
COUNTY ASSOCIATION
O. E. S., MAY 24
Washtenaw County Association of O. E. S. will -meet in
Ypsilanti, Friday, May 24, with
an afternoon and evening session and a 6:30^ dinner. Reservations must be made by the
20th. Phone Mrs. Davenport,
262R3.
COUNTY FEDERATION
OF WOMEN'S CLUB
The annual meeting of the
Washtenaw County Federation
of Women's Clubs will be held
at the Macon Methodist Church
Saturday, May 18th with the
Macon Woman's Club as hostess. The morning session will
begin at 10 o'clock at which Dr.
Engelke of the county Health
Department will be the speaker.
The program for the .afternoon
has been arranged by the Macon Club. A pot luck dinner
will he served at noon, and
every one is ask'ed to bring her
table service and a dish to pass.
A copy of the Saline Review,
published here by D. B. Sherwood, under date line of .March
29. 1873, was found in, the
office of the Manchester
Enterprise recently and mailed
to us by Editor Farley.. George
W. Barr, 227 South Ann Arbor
Street, who came here with his
parents 82 years ago, and has
lived here ever since, was quite
interested in the old copy, and
related that as a boy he had
worked in the Review office
and had run. errands for the
publisher, the office being located in the buildinsr now occupied
by the Saline Hatchery. Mr.
and Mrs. Barr, bv- the way, are
living in the old homestead
built hy his*/father 75 years
ago. '-
What was intended to be a
practical joke didn't seem so
funny to Harold Finch a week
ago Tuesday evening when a
fellow workman at the Milan
Ford Plant hooked a charged
wire to his belt and sent a
shock up his spine. The wire
was carrying a heavier, voltage
than usual, he has been confined to his bed most of the time
since as a result of the prank,
but is improving.
. George Silveus, who is a
member of this year's graduating class of the Saline High
School, joined'the Navy about
a month ago and is at present
stationed at Great Lakes Naval
Training Station. His friends
may address him at Co. 146,
IU.S.N-T.G., Great Lakes, M.
Softball teams of the hydro
plants of the Ford Motor Company will be divided into two
leagues to be known as the
Eastern and Western divisions
and enterplant competition will
take place on Tuesdays, starting May 14, for the eastern
outfits and on Thursdays, commencing May 16, for the westerners.
Teams and managers composing the eastern division are:
Milford, Arnold Haner; Northville,* Ward Riley; Waterford-
Phoehix, Mike Spitz; Plymouth-
Newburg, Louis Norman; Nankin Mills, John H. Vaughn, and
Ypsilanti, Bill Leslie.
Western division   nines   and
managers are:   Brooklyn-Sharon, D. Bammer; Manchester..E.
Waltz;    Saline. Luther Dicks;
Milan,  Steve  Kerke's;-.'Diin^ee,
Merl E. Regel, and Flat Rock,
Merl Boudrie.      .. ... -
• All games will .start at 6
o'clock. Season* plans call for
a playoff at the • end of the
regular season of• play between
the teams with a .500' or better
average.
Following is the schedule for
the western division:
First Round
Thursday, May 16, Flat Rock
at Brooklyn-Sharon, Dundee at
Manchester, Milan at Saline.
Thursdav, May 23. Brooklyn-
Sharon at Dundee, Flat Rock at
Milan, Manchester at Saline.
Thursdav, May 30. Milan at
Brooklvn-Sharon, Saline at Dundee. Manchester at Flat [Rock.
Thursday, June 6, Brooklyn-
Sharon at Saline, Milan at
Manchester, Dundee at Flat
Rock.
Thursdav, June 13, Manchester at Brooklyn-Sharon, Flat
Rock at Saline, Dundee at
Milan.
Second Rouftd
Thursday, June 20, Brooklyn-
Sharon at Flat Rock, Manchester at Dundee, Saline at Milan.
Thursday, June 27, Dundee
at Brooklyn-Sharon, Milan at
Flat Rock, Saline at Manchester.
Thursday, July 4, Brooklyn-
Sharon at Milan, Dundee at Sahne, Flat Rock at Manchester.
Thursday, July 11. Saline at
Brooklyn - Sharon, Manchester
at Milan. Flat Rock at Dundee.
Thursday. July 18, Brooklvn-
Sharon at Manchester, Saline
at Flat Rock, Milan at Dundee.
TWO DESTRUCTIVE
FIRES LAST WEEK
Fire destroyed a bam and the
contents including hay, straw,
a hayloader and a brooder along
with 500 chicks on the Pardee
farm, east of Clinton, oh US-
112, Thursday afternoon, last
week, in spite of the efforts bf
both the Tecumseh and Saline
fire departments. At the same
time the Clinton fire department was battling a, blaze on
the Charles Geiger farm, in the
vicinity, which destroyed the
house and a large part of the
contents.
The last meeting of the Saline Woman's Club for the club
year was held at the Methodist
Church on Tuesday, May 7, featuring a 1 o'cloek luncheon served by the Esther Chapter of
the >W. S. C. S. The social
committee had arranged beautifully appointed tables for the
41 members and guests present.
The tables were laid in white
and centered by bouquets "of
yellow tulips, wliite narcissus
and tiny buttercups, flanked by
yellow candles. Yellow napkins
completed the color scheme of
gold and white, the Club's official colors.
Following . the h-^icheon the
group went to the "church auditorium for their meeting and
prograjn. Baskets of orchid
'•Jilac^and bouquets of spring
'floweii formed the" decorations. Mrs. J. N Lewis presided
at the business meeting which
was opened by singing "America" with Mrs. C. F. Unterkircher at the piano. The Salute
to the Flag was led by Mrs.
Francis Lockwood. Attention
was called to the Adult Education Institute to be held at the
Rackham Building, Ann Arbor,
on May 14-16 wiiich all club
members are eligible to attend.
The county federation meeting
will be held at the Methodist'
Church, Macon, on May 18th,
with a potluck dinner, each one
bringing her own; table service.
It was recommended that each
driver attempt to fill her car
to eliminate excessive telephoning to make such arrangements.
Mrs. Lewis introduced the newly elected officers, Mrs. L. H.
Monagin, first vice president,
and Mrs. Bessie Collins, custodian, all others holding over
from the present year.
Mrs. Ronald Tower sang "The
Lord's Prayer" and "Mother
Machree" accompanied by Mrs.
Merrit Martin at the piano. The
guest for the day was Miss
Alice Lloyd, Dean of Women at
the University of Michigan, who
spoke on "Tlie position of Women In the Post-war World,"
beginning with the statement
that each individual must pos-
ess enough initiative in life and
purpose enough to carry it out
to be successful. It is up to the
women too form the standards
of the world. She described an
era as being a period of years
in which certain things are accomplished, and that for the
past j2,000 years we had been
living in the Christian era and
she hoped we were still in it.
Also, since the beginning of
World War I we are definitely
in a scientific era and that it
is our place to see that It fits
into the Christian era. Since
the last two wars have been
won, we are still continulng"the
struggle for peace and must
make this era a constructive
one for permanent peace. In
carrying out the thought of the
present scientific era she told
of the numerous miracles that
had, taken place in a life time,
the telephone and'the radio at
first thought impossible and
impractical are now commonplace and necessities. In transportation the automobile and
the airnlane have made advanced strides.which were developed
most highly during the war. In
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(Gene Alleman)
Why all the hue and. cry today over food?
Newspaper headlines tell, the
encouraging news that Michigan farmers are rushing wheat
to grain elevators, in response
to a national call for famine
relief. It is forecast tliat nearly
1,000,000 bushels will be delivered by the end of. next week
(May 25) and that ultimately
from 1,500,000 to 2,00.0,000
bushels of an estimated 6,000,
000 Michigan bushels in storage
will be hurried to east-coast
ports on the way to Europe.
Hurry, hurry, hurry is the
appeal.
All of which prompts an observation: Why wait 12
months to do somthing about
an emergency that was clearly
foreseen?
The first responsible warning
about post-war food shortages
was voiced in April, 1945—a
good 13 months ago—by Judge
Samuel Rosenman who at President Roosevelt's request visited
Europe on the eve of Germany's
surrender.
In July, 1945, Joseph C. Grew
(then under secretary of state)
repeated that warning:
Then on Sept. 29, 1945 the
agriculture department said
that "only substantial food imports from outside sources can
save millions of Europeans from
near starvation in the coming
winter."
But that isn't all—not by a
long shot.
On November 2, 1945, the
state department reported that
350,000,000 persons desperately
needed food, and President Truman told Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada that "we
^expect to ship a^.- (the food), we
cah" possibly " spire". * Remember—that was in November
some six months ago.
On Feb. of this year the President said the .United States-
might have', to return to meat
rationing too Save others from
starvation.
Then on March 1 he set uj.
the famine emergency committee with -Herbert Hoover as
chairman, ;|and on {March 17
Hoover waSSsent abroad to get
the facts—iMnd you, to get the
By April 18 the White House
decided that American millers
must set aside 25 per cent of
the wheat they normally consume in making- flour, earmarking this set aside for export to Europe.
What did' the country do a-
bout the urgency of hastening
life-vital food to the distressed
countries of Europe—especially
fo those who were our- Allies
during the war?'
In the first quarter the wheat
exports of this country were 12,
000,000 tons short of our .commitments for that period. On
April 19 came a special price
premium on wheat and corn,
coupled with another administrative appeal for action.
Just last week Dean Acheson,
acting secretary of state, said,
the United States fell 150,000
tons short on its relief exports
in the first week of May. Our
quota was 250,000 tons of food.
We sent about 100,000 tons.
The difference fortius one
week—the 150,000 tons just
mentioned—would have made
330,000,000 loaves of bread,
enough to supply the minimum
weekly ration for 71,500,000
persons^-men, women and
children. That much was probably wasted in this country by
•careless householders and restaurant operators. Americans
have always been extravagent
with their food; during the
World War they consumed more
food per capita than before the
war—believe it or not.
Why Washington has dillydallied for months, avoiding a
showdown on the food issue
and hesitating to impose restrictions, is {probably answered hy
the fact that 1946 is an election
year. Politicians don't want to
do anything that might be unpopular with well organized
pressure groups back home
 So don't continue the draft of
young men after .May 15.   It
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