1946-08-22; Saline Observer

              The Saline Observer
■VOLUME 63
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,     THURSDAY, August 22, 1946
NUMBER    46
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School Begins
September 3rd
All But Four Of
Last Years' Teaching
Staff Returns
ROTARY TO AID IN
ORGANIZING BUGLE CORP
The fall semester of the
school year of 1946-47 will begin here September 3, is the
announcement o f Superintendent Leo Jensen, who states
that school hours will remain
the same as of last year, 8:45
to 11:45 A. M. and 12:45 to
3:45 P. M. Registration of
students will take place at the
high school Tuesday forenoon,
September 3, beginning at 8:45
o'clock.
A full staff of qualifie'd
instructors has been employed
and will meet for assignments
and instructions at the school
at 9:00 A. M., September 2.
"The school is fortunate this
year," declared Mr. Jensen, "in
having to obtain but four new
teachers. This is a remarkably
low turnover considering the
scarcity of teachers and the demand for them in other areas.
Many schools have not as yet
a full staff.
The high school is fully accredited by .the University of
Michigan and it is hoped that
with the new equipment ana a
well selected faculty the educational program can be made
even more efficient this coming
year.
The building has been completely cleaned and four additional rooms redecorated, contributing much to its appear-,
ance."
The faculty for the coming
year includes Superintendent
Leo L. Jensen, M.A., University
of Michigan; Principal (instrumental music) J. W. Edwards,
M.A., University of■• Michigan;
science, George Bonich, B. S.,
St. Thomas College, St. Paul,
Minn.; vocational agriculture,
Charles Osgood,' B.S., Michigan
State, M.A., U. of M.; vocational home economics, Mrs Francis
Revard, B.S.,. Northern Michigan College of Education,
Marquette; physical education,
i(coach) George Everetts, B.S.,
Michigan State Normal; mathematics, TV_is& Marion Bunte,
A.B., Albion College.
English and art, Mrs. Eugene
Logan, B.S., Michigan State
^Normal; social studies, Randall
Coates, A.B., Michigan State
Normal; English and Latin,
Mrs. Mildred Haswell, B.S.,
Olivet College; commercial,
Miss Donna Linden, A.B.,
Michigan State Normal; shop
and fifth and sixth grades,
Clair Collins, life certificate,
Michigan State Normal; third
and fourth grades, Miss Mary
Morden, life certificate, Michigan State Normal; second and
third grades, Mrs. Janet Wilson,
B.S., Michigan State Normal;
first grade, Miss Joanne Won-
dergem, life certificate; kindergarten and vocal music, Miss
Mary Gobdel, A.B., University
of Michigan.
A committee from the Saline
Rotary Club is devising means
to aid in securing instruments
for a girls' bugle corp which
will be organized this year
among students at Saline High
School. Don Ford heads the
committee which was given the
assignment by Rotary President Harold Miller at their
Thursday noon meeting at the
Saline hotel. V
Gerhard Cekau gave some of
the -high lights of the recent
National Butchers' Convention
at Cleveland, Ohio. It was- the
first to be held since pre-war
days and while they declared
against subsidies, the OPA and
regulations, Gerhardt said the
old familiar faces of pre-war
days were present and they
were a prosperous looking
bunch.
Dinner guests were George
C. Kyte, Berkley, Cal; E. E.
Ezekiel, Louisville, Ohio; E. J.
Soell, Port Huron; C J. Corello,
Milan; C. Harris, Dearborn and
C. L. Carlton, Clinton.
Community
Fair Oct. 3-5
Efforts Being Made
Ta Out-Do Any
Previous Event
Mills  Property Being  Platted
New Incentive To Builders
Sub-Division Will
Provide  46 Residential
Lots  In West  Saline
Free Training
For Veterans
'ScUfonfal
Death Comes To
GeorgeFeldkamp
Was Vice-President
And A Director Of
Saline Savings Bank
George J. Feldkamp, age 87,
passed away at his farm home
in Saline township on US-112,
Saturday afternoon. He had
been ill for some time. Born
in this community, Nov. 5,
1858, he was the son of Aaron
and Rosina Feldkamp.
Mr. Feldkamp, at the time Of
his death was vice-president
and a director of the Saline
Savings Bank, which he helped
to organize 38 years ago. He
was also a director of the German Mutual Fire. Insurance Cos
for 33 years.
Survivors include five sons,
Reuben Feldkamp, Pittsfield
township; Omar Feldkamp, Saline; Arthur Feldkamp, at
home; Aaron Feldkamp, Lodi
township, and Elmer Feldkamp,
Ann Arbor; two daughters,
Mrs. Viola Burmeister, Freedom township, and Miss Edna
Feldkamp, at home. A brother,
Julius Feldkamp, Roseburg,
Ore.; two sisters, Mrs. Martha
Westphal, Saline, and Mrs.
Daniel Klein, Sahne township;
23 grandchildren and 14 greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services were neld at
2:30 P. M. Wednesday at the
residence and at St. James'
Lutheran church, Saline township, of which Mr. Feldkamp
was a member, at 3 o'clock.
Rev. C. A. Haneberg officiated
and burial was in St. James'
cemetery.
An important meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary will
be held Tuesday, August 27, at
8 p. m. at the home of Mrs.
Mary Lee, 207 E. Michigan
avenue.
The date for the annual community fair, sponsored by
Saline Community Fair Association and the Future Farmers,
has been set for October 3-4-5.
Many new features are being
planned for another big 'event.
The fair will again be held at
the school and in tents adjacent, with the special events
taking place on the newly prepared field north of the school.
Lynford Rentschler, F.F.A.
manager, together with his
assistant Aaron Gerbach, have
made considerable headway in
the preliminary arrangements
having booked outstanding performances for Thursday and
Friday nights. They are planning many new features to help
celebrate the close of the war
and the returning veterans to
our community and county.
There will be the usual horse-
pulling contest, horse show,
live stock show, pig scramble,
pets and costumes for the
youngsters with many new
events to be announced soon.
Everyone planning to exhibit
should be making plans to enter their best products from
the farm, .garden or kitchenas
the competition is becoming
keener each year. A place is
being made for each and evc-""-
one in the community to enter
some of their selected articles
in order to help make the fair
more enjoyable and to win the
coveted blue ribbons and liberal
cash awards.
A meeting is being held at
the school Friday, August 23,
at. 8:30 P. M., of all officers
and. directors to complete all
necessary plans and any person
interested in assisting in the
fair is invited to attend to
share in the plans for this
outstanding event.
Peaches For
Everyone
Now comes a new "addition to
the City of Saline, located in
the western section of town,
comprising 46 building lots for
residential purposes. The property, recently purchased by
Edwin Hering from Miss Vesta
Mills, has been surveyed for
boundaries and contours and the
extending of Russell iand McKay
streets west to Mills street,
which will run north and south,
and give access to West Michigan avenue. Mills street will
mark the west boundary of the
plat, running north two blocks
to Russell street. The center
of the section will be traversed
by McKay street, as" noted a-
The Thurston Flying Service
located at the north hanger of
the Ann Arbor Airport, has
something big in the way of
pilofe training for veterans in
this area. Througjithe rehabilitation training program and
the Veterans Administration,
private, commercial, instrument and instructor ratings are
made possible to veterans. For
every year of service he may
obtain up to $500 for flight
training. One year of service
is the equivalent of a private
license.
Clarence J: Thurston, pictured above   with   a   new   all-
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Good-bye summer; good-bye,
good-bye.
There used to be a saying
that there were but three
seasons, the Fourth of July, the
Fowlerville Fair and winter.
The idea that it was meant to.
convey was that of brief summers and long winters.
Ask any of the young folks
who will be trudging back to.
school September 3rd and"
they'll tell
-/\_o<* you that  the
f'^<2r summer vaca
tion went like
the snap of a
slingshot. Labor Day always ushers
in a new era.;
The swimming holes are abandoned with
the ringing of the school bells;
the trout streams are taboo
and there comes a haze in the
air that presages frosts, equi-
noxial storms, Indian Summer-
and falling leaves. A little tinge
of sadness, too, creeps in with
the passing of another summer,
which the poet caught in the
finale of his song, "Good-bye
Summer,   good-bye,  'goodbye!"
Thurston And The New All-Metal "Swift'1
And A Blush On
Every Cheek.
The recent rains gave an additional boost to the peach crop
in most of the peach growing
areas of Michigan and, more
than likely, will help Michigan
break all peach production
records this season. Charles
Figy,   Director   of   the   State
bove, and Mills street of course
will be a new addition to the
city.
While'the entire lay-out. has
been platted ori^ paper, the actual survey of the lots has not
been completed. Except for
corner lots, each will have a
frontage of 66 feet and all improvements such as water, sewers and drainage and streets
will be made.
"While it seems difficult to
hurry things," remarked Mr.
Hering, yesterday, "we do hope
to get the streets opened up
and graded yet this fall. Henry
Atwell, Ann Arbor, is in charge
of the engineering details and
is working in close Cooperation
with city officals in the basic
installations with the object of
having the project meet the approval of the FHA, thereby enabling prospective builders to
take advantage of the long-term
financing provided by that
agency."
metal "Swift," at the north
hangar of the airport,, declared
Monday that this is the veterans' big; opportunity to secure
flight training in their leisure
time,"free of cost, and that full
information on the subject is
available at the airport at any
time.
The Jews may come into
their own after all. If and when
Russia and the Western powers'
come to grips they may be
left in a very favorable position. A few more of those
bright flashes over Norway
might culminate in an explosion
on this side of the ocean. If
they ever do, and the dust
finally settles, it may be found
that London, Washington and
Moscow are no more. ■ That
would leave the Ghinese, the
Indians, the._Africans and the
Wandering Jews free to work
but a new civilization, and the
top master minds would certainly build a new Jerusalem
that'would dominate the earth.
Vets' Terminal
Leave Pay
Application Blanks To
Be Sent Through Mails
Alleman Fears For Scenic Trip
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Notes from a traveler's journal:
What is going to become of
Captain Joe Beach's delightful
leisurely "Toonerville Trolley"
and river boat excursion to the
Tahquamenon Falls in Luce
County, Upper Peninsula?
The state conservation department has appropriated $50,-
000 to build an improved highway to the upper and lower
Tahquamenon Falls—two of the
scenic attractions of Michigan's
famed north country.
The road will'start at Para-
dise_ on Whitefish Bay, Lake
Superior. It will proceed fourteen miles west to the lower
falls and thence several miles
more to within' a quarter mile
of the upper falls. To safeguard the falls from the noise
of motor traffic, the state will
require travelers to park their
' cars and to walk over a trail to
the upper falls. There the
visitqrs will view the 200-foot
wide waterfall.
As we traveled on Captain
Beach's excursion early in
August, the question arose of
Avhat would happen to this unusual day's journey to the falls.
The average American seems
inclined to go places as quickly
as possible. Leisure is a luxury
in a two week vacation. We
hope travelers will not overlook Joe's opportunity for a day
of relaxation. On our trip we
saw numerous deer, many
.ducks, and one bear.
Two so-called' "night clubs"
mark the town of Dollarville, a
mile and a half south of Newberry.
In company wth a group of
newspaper people we visited
one of these hot spots. A piano
player was banging away. A
few minutes- later, when the
word was relayed of the Monday night "rush" a drummer
arrived to reinforce him.
It seemed to be a far cry
from the „ pioneer times when.
Robert Dollar was a "cookee"
in a nearby logging camp and
later rose ta become.the president of the Dollarville Lumber
Company with vast mill and
timber holdings., Dollar invested his logging profits in a
steamship line. Yes, the Dollar
Line of today was started on
dollars earned by the ex-cookee
of the Upper Peninsula many
years ago. a
Life is in constant transition,
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IN THIS
AREA
Department o f Agriculture
states that according to the
Federal State Crop Reporting
Service, last year's record
peach crop of 4,400,000 bushels,
which broke all previous records, is expected to be exceeded
this year. Their estimate as of
August 1 shows 4,428,000
bushels. If this record production materializes, it will be 70
per cent over the ten-year
average.
This year's crop will be of
especially good quality. New
methods have been developed
which have aided materially-in
the control of brown rot of
peaches, and the dry weather
has helped control insect pests
and diseases.
- The early peaehes are now
being harvested. The harvest
of the major portion of the
crop in southwestern Michigan
usually starts this week, with
the peak of the season around
Labor Day. Now is the time
for consumers to, be making
plans to secure their supply of
quality Michigan peaches.
Willow Run airport is about
to blossom into full bloom as
airline passenger center,- with
six lines, instead of the present
one, utilizing the facilities for
passenger and freight service.
The magnitude of the operations can be envisioned when
it is considered that Capital
Airlines-PCA is now operating
28 flights at the airport.
It should be possible, in the
very near future, for travelers
in this area and more remote
communities, to take off at
Willow Run directly for practically any city in the United
States.
There are predictions, even
this early, that a hotel, a large
restaurant    and garage,    with
several    shops in   fact,    a
small community—will come
into being at the port.
Thus the Washtenaw county
area becomes one of the nations
foremost aerial transportation
centers almost overnight, suddenly finding itself with practically complete conveniences for
sky travel after Having none
whatever for many years.
The airport should mean
much to the region, in an
economic sense. Also, with six
airlines participating in 'its
utilization, the University of
Michigan will benefit in no
small way. It is developing
Willow Run as an aeronautical
engineering laboratory, and the
revenue derived from transpof-
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The Armed Forces Leave
Act of 1946 has been passed by
the Congress and signed by the
President.
It now appears definite that
all application blanks will be
distributed through local post
offices and that, when completely filled out, will be mailed to
the Finance Officers at the stations where discharge was
effected (separation centers, for
the most part). Payment in
cash and/or bonds will be sent
the veteran from the same
place.
The original discharge certificate will undoubtedly be required as an attachment to the
application form. It is inevitable that some will be lost.
Veterans should send them by
registered mail.
If the veteran does not know
how much unused furlough time
he should be paid for, he may
leave this space blank and the
finance officier will compute it
for him.
Sums under $50 will be paid
in cash. Larger sums will be
paid in $25 bonds or multiples
thereof, with odd balances m
cash. (A veteran having $f36
due him would receive five $25
bonds and $11 in cash). Bonds
will be dated 30 days after discharge; thus the i longer a veteran has been out of service,
the sooner he can cash in his
bonds. .
Bonds are non-transferable
and non^-negotiable, except as
regards G. I. insurance. They
may be used to pay. premiums
or conversion costs.    . '
Furlough time accumulates
at the rate of 2% days per
month for all former enlisted
personnel starting from 8 Sept.
ember 1939. Number of days of
furlough actually taken (not to
exceed 120 days) should be deducted and the balance multi-
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Livers of female sharks,
have a far greater content of
vitamin A than the male.
After all, it is well for us to
realize that it is just about
touch and go. We really should
be a frightened people, taking
no chances with a peace that
might be brought about. But we
doubt very much if the average
American is much disturbed
over world affairs. Had the
> home land been bombed a trifle
during the late continued-con*
flict, it might have had a beneficial effect upon us. As it isi
that feeling of aloofness and
separation from it all, is sort
of all too-pervading. It is not
a very healthy sign, because if
our little difficuly with Russia
is not straightened out and we
come to atomic blows with her,
it will be finis for us both.
It is well to admit, however,
that common people of all nations have very little to do with
either war or peace. It just
stands to reason though, that
those who do the bleeding and
the dying have very little heart
in stirring up a war; but they
don't have heart enough, strong
enough, insistent enough, to demand peace and make it stick.
America today should ■ speak
as one voice. We want peace in
this world, NOW! Let Russia
have her Communism; if it is
better than Democracy, more
power to her. While our diplomats fritter the precious moments haggling over some little
nation's greedy grab, along
with our own oily Iranian fingers, the big question of eternal
peace becomes smothered in
the fog of fumbling, futile
bickering.
It would be refreshing indeed if the army of doplomatic
men and their secretaries and
lackeys and observers and
hangers-on could be reduced to
Uncle Joe and Uncle Sam. Possibly two could strike up a
bargain to live peaceably together in . this big world.- We
believe it could be done, if oil,
and coal and trade and finance
—and pelf—could be kept out
of it.
Too many big shots, the
world over, have had too much
to say about the peace of the '
world during past centuries.
Common Humanity should do
the talking from here in.
; Kentucky/   with-    six,    hag "
furnished mpre_Speakers of the
House of Representatives than
any other state.
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