1946-09-12; Saline Observer

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yOLUME 63
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,     THURSDAY, SEPT. 12, 1946
NUMBER    49
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The program and premium list
for Saline's Community Fair
will be ready for distribution
next week, it will be the most
imposing of anything of a like
nature undertaken here in
years. Premiums which totaled
$600 last year will be practically doubled and a new class
in  the  livestock   division  will
provide    competition    between 	
three herds of dairy cattle of
different breeds. Because of the A meeting of exceptional in-
more liberal premiums offered, terest to local legionaires, was
officials feel that prospects are that of Thursday night at the
bright for an outstanding live- Legion hall when Second Dis-
stock show this year. trict Committeeman Hubert A.
Three   full
Spur Fund Drive
or Memorial
Visiting Legionaires
Add1 Interest To Meeting
Of Local Organization
Rogers-Robison
Wedding
Alberta Robison, daughter oi"
Mr. and Mrs. Micah Robison of
Macon road became the bride
■of Kenneth Rogers, son of Mrs.
Floyd   Rogers at   a   4~ o'clock
ceremony    performed    in    the
Federated church on Saturday,
September 7th. The couple was
united    in   marriage by   Rev.
Bach before the altar decorated
with baskets of white gladioli.
Before   the   ceremony,   Mrs.
a*-.,*   »m  t-.ait.o- Bparss of Sm-ine-nort  Comman-     Farm    equipment   needs    in &   Orchard   Supply,   Comstock Robert Houck of Ypsilanti, sang
,.._.-n «. w   tLv?S  dlr H   D   Kf and AdkrtaSt Michigan were presented by a Park; seated, left to right, B.   "Because" and "I Love thee."
planned for, Thursday, Friday   derH   D. Jgwej  and Adjutant ^ agricultural  imple- W. Kramm, "Caterpillar" east-      Given   in   marriage   by   her
lnd SSSS i°1°btee?' daS? PoB/S and Attorney meat dealers of the state in a ern division parts manager; father, the bride wore a white
™tpj as Farmer's W Me?" John Mellott and Walter An- meeting with representatives Floyd Poppy, Fenton; and C. A. jersey floor length gown with
SSS*' nJ IfTwin ^WInn to S e^ofX Arbor of Caterpillar Tractor Co. at Barabe, "Caterpillar" assistant a gold sequin girdle trimmed in
S ±h+ with   a SoTllS feve nresenandI aided in the the Company's main office and eastern sales manger. silver  braid. Her  white  Juliet
$ fi'SnrlT, F?i& wlfte SoSt of several import facto^ in Peoria' Illinois- The While this group met in the cap heid in place a shoulder
SdStldl ^hFerFSLreWFarm- tZ?^^ts^wJXtheTute j^^ **»k wSl' Striates Mr^Gross^™ ^ ■ ^ ?* 7™ ?"*
ers  of American and will fea- Post is undertaking. SU™fllS» ST,fef    ™    ™S   of   comnS   exeSiv,*  ^  2&™7  im^ss  Sloves
ture  a  livestock  auction  sale,      Decoration of the Legion hall, ^^vp    A    ^   of   Cross SS^m WaSton vWoustv  I di   ^^i.-?   Whlte   P1*aye
o rexr.-cnx-cxT.nc. -Pr,r,+i-,oii „™a u   pntprfa.nmPTit nrnararn fnr thp sentative,  A.   Gross   ot   Gross weie in. wasmngton vigoiousiy  book with white roses.
LppTSp   Sri   MifaHilh w^^SfsSdffraSSl Implement   Co.,   Saline;   R.   B   protesting  UNRRA'S   determi-      The   bride's    sister/   Gladys
sdS Sns   contSs anfa KionTflltake inthe  Com! Collis of Benton Harbor; Paul nation to   ship  the  company's  Robison) was her onl^ atteni
Sl^tt^SStett"^   of   Morrissey Farm entire output for foreign relief.   ent. She wore   a   floor  length
The matters   under   discussion.     A
ot  f®feie @i tne 0&mfe&c^ez>
aqua dress with rose colored
gloves and a net shoulder
length j/eil.
Sheldon Rogers acted as best
man and Ted Robison and
Merlyn Graf were the ushers.
The   reception   was   held at
Hottest  issue  in  the forth- between   such   grants in  fiscal the home of the hide's parents
torium   in   the evening.     ..--v. ____-„_v--.-,   ~~~~   ~ x—     „ ,    ... ,. ,,.
midway,   with   Ferris   Wheel, concerted  drive for  additional Gene  Alleman s  Michigan  Manoi
Merry-Go-Round    and   various members    is    planned    with a
other   concessions  will provide quota set for 25% increase in
the   colorful   atmosphere   of a 1947.
real county fair. There will be      Measures are being taken to
life   and  motion   and   exciting- swell the Memorial Home fund,
events of interest and of an ed- a project    which    the    Legion                  d   y      campaign    is year ending 19*6 and the pre- i^diatelv "after^"the"""cere-
ucational     and     inspirational hopes to get under way m the „~~°o1  777 %   77a   oqlL +qy lU-TiW TO!>rV snr>h vpvptiiip" lmmeaiareiy    aiter   xne    ceie
-natnrp   th-w.na-hn.it   tho   thiree y,(7sr fntnrp     or    as    soon as P10P0sal  no.   2,   the   sales tax ceding years sucn revenue . mony.    The   bride's table   was
nature   tnrougnout   tne   thiee near lutuie,    ot    as    soon as diversion    amendment    to the      This   phraseology would   do centered with a tierred weddina-
days of the Fair. building materials become avail- r:„:i7;„i-                                         instil fi. a   Philadplnhia law- ce^erea 71™ a tieiiea weaamg
Saturdav will hP TTompr-nTniTiP- nh.e    To sr.nr this woe-ram   a constitution.                                    justice to a rniiaaeipnia law cake   and   giadi0li   were   used
baturciay win oe xiomecommg a.oie.    10 spui tnis program, a      Tf tlli„ ^p^mp^ ;, c,jOI,ted yer,   so  we  made   an   inquiry thrnn«rhout thp homp
Day and will be dedicated espe- new 1946 Ford, contributed by ,   1:t tnis amendment is aaopteu  j    »               dpnartmpnt of nub- tn™ugnout tne iiome.
cially in honor of returned Ser- the Weidman Auto Co   will be by voters on Nov. 5, Michigan at tne state aepai uiienu o± puu When the young couple left
vicemen.      It    will    be    "open given away to some lucky con- Public schools wfll receive ap- J^  mstructwn  as  to  wnat  it f            wedding   trip  through
house" to all men in uniform tributor to the fund.   At anoth- proximately      $100,000,000     a ac™^uy ™e^Lmed that con. northern Michigan Mrs. Rogers
and they will be the guests of er meeting scheduled for Thurs- f^™1^™™*- Tliey n0W tmufn<J of *t*U^S^ to pubhc w?^e .a cherry red wool dress
the Fair at the big Rodeo to day evening, September 19, fin- ?et $60,000,000.                           , tmuance ot state mu tppuDiic Wl1|.tiack   accessories   and   a
be held  in the  afternoon fol- al details will be completed and     The Michigan Education As- ^00is   as   computedlor^j whlte rose corsage,
lowing   the   parade.   And  the Commander    Norman    Hedger sociation has done a neat flip- ^SaW t^Ai ntrrP^t nf thP For_2§r daughters wedding,
"'    '-"   ail &§ l©dgg will be has asked for a full member- flop on the question. Orginally ^ te revSle^W tel Mrs" Robis6nr^ore a-Fiul^1C°l_
■       "       -"" '                        officials condemned roundly theI ^fc^ ?« 9/T'^™t   ^ins ored   crepe dress -^ith   black
tax diversion amendment jT last -^^JS^ o^^JSl ac?essorie?-  ,Her hat was wme
A lot of the big boys are
getting all hot and bothered
about the success of the nation's annual food venture.
Seems < that they are generally
fearful that the tremendous
harvest of corn and wheat will
knock the bottom out of things
and that there will be a big
crack-up in the prices of these
grains.
All this seems rather silly
in view of the fact that famine
conditions will remain critical
in many parts of the world for
several years to come. Indeed,
there has never been a time
when near starvation and undernourishment did not exist
to a large extent in some portions of the globe.
There is a need in the world
for all of the surplus food that
America can produce. An Export Commodity Corporation
could, in conjunction with the
UNRRA, provide a market for
the surplus to the world's
hungry people, who all like to
eat. And it appears to us that
a food surplus, any thue, is a
mighty nice  thing  to have.
One of the mysteries of fife
is this country's fear of abundance. Too much corn, we burn
it for fuel. Too much wheat,
we feed it to the hogs. Too
many hogs, we kill and bury.
We seem to thrive better on
scarcity, when people go hungry, when money is tight and
prices are high. We haven't
yet learned, as a nation, how to
ban_^ our surplus against a
rainy day. We are desperately
afraid of a planned economy.
ah even* -that., gfeeakl f §§l" '§£> ship attendance at that time.
in. The Rodeo show will cover *'   " =
a period of two hours and a BUTTON COLLECTION ON
half   and   will   include   many EXHIBIT IN DETROIT
magnificent animals and expert
week  the   association's   gover-
the   qualifying   clause,
freeze into the state constitu-
velvet and she wore a corsage
ning board went on rec6rd as ^Hbr' use^of ^he^choX'a  of   white   ^by   mums-     The
favoring it.   A vigorous c«™- tl0n ±0r use ot   -e scil00ls  a cr™™'* ww wm-P a
equestriens and startling show-      Mrs. Edith Fuoss at one time Pa!??„ wiU be waged to wo°
groom's mother w.ore a fushcia
■favoring it.   A vigorous  cam*  ,  , , aTnmmt pm,al to aT,rjroxi_ -siuuiuo-iuu^ ^x0 » ^.r~
the $0T, a™ount equal to anproxi   ^      trimmed m black sequins
- mately 60 per cent of §ale@ tax and a black hat with fushcia
manship. Abig dance with  a president of the Michigan But- vo**f- DrODOSal is the outcome ^nue-         ^    „. u.        ^   trim/She  wore   a   corsage   of
good band in the high school ton Society and recently of the f i^ffiJJXSiiSs S?by     WBr ***** ^? Michigan Ed- ^^ab/mums.
auditorium   wiU   wind   up .the National Society,  is exhibiting <*£S™&™ MicSSn's   kaain? Motion association has conduct- ^Titet  their  honeymoon Mr.
three day Fair, Saturday night. some of >er choice buttons as ggfJof tf ^Stte 1&- jLSS^fn^S^S1^ ^   Mrs.   Rogers   ffi   be   at
lef ™J>J°* mowe st^| a^- home   in   their   apartment   on
^ 4.   •*   u    «.    Tv/r- i,-        -r *       «"=" ^— 1CK.o.a^_   ^f*flS   S? c1o?e   to  ffi Michigan  avenue.    They  both
^L^L^etfeT^t « Ai^Jfcifc ^1 n%^oftheaVl^^nt0Veo% jgl attend college in Ypsilanti
STATE POLICE HUNT 2
IN SLAYING AT MILAN
at the J.  L. Hudson  store in
i™ J!SS& ty}^L LS municipalities,   strategist   de-
and the need for more funds
Speak Vows At
St. James
• . State Police .investigating the 21, inclusive  Mrs. Fuoss owns ^d ^ otl^er inUx^ mU5t CSh^JS £ «w
fatal   shooting    of   Floyd    J. a   large   collection   of antique b   incorporated into the pm.; ^°£J™£. h^d 2to,f ^ied
Amos, junk dealer whose body buttons gathered from al   cor- A   coali&on  would   break   the ^yxE0^* fh_f m!a lnlKJ
was found at his home Aug. 31, ners of the earth.    She is co- lir)State ranks on N^v,  5.. the MHA lobbying
disclosed today that they were author of a button text book, PH©»ee initiatorv tuitions 2*? b8 ^er.The state consti-
sppWt.0- a Stafp Prison of "Blark Glass Buttons" Besides *ien^B lnmatory petraout. tuti©h Will guarantee, for years
seeiang    a    btate    rrison    01    rsiacK uiass ouitoiis.   ces-iaes ^eye circulated m leading cities ta pr>^_  _ t„hstaTitiallv hio-hpr
Southern Michigan parolee and black glass, pearl buttons are ^n^p. fnr   +hp   snbmi&^fth  to       e<m!?'     supstantiaiiy mgner ^.nm.t„„a Uxr wQWn
■another man who had escaned her sneeial delight and will be filing tor   tne   suPimssion  to proport10n of state aid than the      Given jn marriage by Walde
anotner man wno nda et»(-cipt;u nei  specidi a-eiigiu, <um ww oe  th    voters  on  Nov.   5  of the J^hnnl* hnvp ever rprpivpd man   Haab   of Ellsworth   Rd.,
from prison. -exhibited   m shadow-boxes   at ^11™™„• amPTidTYiPnt H ^i-ti'cle scti?<ils nave ever receivea. man   nado   ol ^n&wuxui   jc^u.,
Another   narolee    has   been the Detroit show. touowmg amendment to article      Between now and November Stella    Kohler    of   Maplewood
mitstioned at Jackson   thefol - te,_.c£ ^e Consti+tu^on:. 5 the voters will have to make Ave., Ann Arbor, daughter of
SpS s^id  All thri men they COUPLE HONORED BY ?h?i,toe ft** f a ^I7 °n UP  their  minds  about several Mrs- Matilda Kohler of Saline
^TwSS'M^STa^ PHURrS rwnm T?  dolar 'M  sale,l under  a things. spoke   her  marriage  vows   to
t& ^f S$ hfnk   virA  a CHURGH CH0IR state sales tax on the present     0ne is whether the schools Harold J.  Peplau,  son of Mr.
bery   at   Amos   junK   yara   a     __ -^ _    ~ base be returned to cities, vil- should have more money. Here and-   Mrs.    Julius    Peplau    of
£p'„+ ran v_« r*A«%**. m&&   v,^eTrimt^, Lutheran church lages    townships   and   school we believe the MEA 1¥ffl ^e 0Il galine at st_ James. Evangeli-
-- Sergt. LeoVan.Lonan|vSta|6 f^oir had a party for Mr. and .districts; half apportioned per firm ground.   Augh Shoenfieid, cal  church,   Saturday  evening.
.Police detective, has ao^iM in Mrs_    Howard Buettner   after -capita   among   cities,   villages one of the begt liters of the The Rev. Haneberg officiated,
.the. investigation^^^^Ugh a choir practice, Tuesday evenaig, aM    townships   according    to Detroit News, recently made a      Mrs.   Haab   was   matron   of
•rifle wasrfoynd,, beneMn Amos   September 3rd. The ©au^le was '-edunty populations, and half ap- detailed studv of the Michigan honor
rtioned to school districts on
of the   primary   school
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A_NSf@MCE DAUGHTER'S
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and'M^s.'Karl F. Lutz of
Hobranna Farm, Saline -announce    the    engagement 'vof
The bride's gown was of lace
and net; and the four tiered
veil fell from a cap adorned
with orange blossoms. She carried white roses. Her only at
and in addition annual SALIN.E HOSPITALITY
candles,   favors   =and  -a   large grants be made school districts raivrira Tn mrrp wfkOT?
cake.       Refreshments     were from general funds in ratio to W^b 1« mi^*OK&
served   mk the iparty   ended sales tax revenue of preceding       . b      f th   members 0f tendant wore white marquisette
with, a reading of "The Jewish fiscal years but not less than ^S^^fo1S^£ and carried gladioli and asters.
We-Mng" Sby -Paster-H. Engel. that borne between suchl grants Women's   Gufld   of  St    Pau?s      For    Mr.    Peplau,    -Bernard
 ,  ,        . m fiscal year endmg. 11946 and chS are atten(5nff the bien- Bohn of Detroit, acted as best
IT IS-BUT -IT ISN'T the preceding year's revenues?" SSn^SiS^ffi MichS- man while tlie bride's brother,
 :_ The amendment would divert " j..^onvtsntion uj. uie ivj.iuiugd,ii xrohW of Saline ush-
theVdaughter, Karlen Gretch-     While the^alfe^f the Cana- one-third   of  the  present  tax, S^Wd^ B^Mehem 2ed
en, to F 2/c Richard Earl Cole, ,dian  dollar   Is °on   par  with or  one cent,  to  the following g^d Sf ^f   Reformed      Folowing   the   ceremony   a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl H. American ihoiiey, holders of the local governments: .. X?ch Ann Arbor  tfeS   reception was held at the Koh-
Cole  of  1420  Rosewood Ave., foreign   currency   should  bear     One-half of one cent, or 16- f^JX^^S ^^ lev home in Saline.
Ann Arbor. Both are graduates in mind that.Jthere are certain 2/3 per cent of the^ present 3- ™dations   in   ^i   Arotr      The bride is  a graduate of
*       ~     l " ,~--   '---"■-    school,   and   Mr.
of   Ann   Arbor   High   School, ^sts   in connection  with   the cent tax  would be returned to f^°^mbers    have    offSed Saline   high
Miss Lutz is employed "at^the exchange orcurrencies. and oe- cities, villages and townships on *** h^s°etoS house deiegates Peplau is a Wayne high school
Sahne Valley Farms. Mr, Cole, cause, -of ^at fact  they are a;percapite basis according to the^ ^ ^f^^io's'graduate.
a member of, the Coast Guard, bound > take a certain loss county pbpulatons. ScheTof Th7 denomination *""Following a   short   wedding
is on duty on the U,S.C.G.C. with-the^ business of cpnvert-     The    remaining    one-half of ™he| £ ^SS of trip Mr. and Mrs. Peplau wfll
^dota. No wedding date has ^Canadian money into Amer- one ce^nt, 0^16 2/3 p^cent^of %^ **£%&.,«   the lt£ *%K Maplewood Ave., in
to   public   school districts   oh Wabash in Indiana.
While working in her home, basis   of the primary    school
been set.
. Ann Arbor.
AN ISOLATED CASE While working in her home, oasis   01  tne primary    scnooi Saline women's bowlmg ERNEST ESSEX
The    onlv- -known   infantile Mrs. Minnie Lewis took hold of census whereby every child, 5      Ihe ba me women s oowung —^_
paralysis  victfiSW^ the bare handle of her vacuum to 19 years old, ^counted ^ague ^^ ^fiay,     Funeral    rites   for ' Ernest
Sity is Mardftfcn;%augh- cleaner while having her other      As an added inducement for Marian GfllespbVOOjinnraaay ^ WMs
S    of Rev, and .Mrs     LlJyd hand on a pail of water  She' educators to   30m  hands   with September^at SUB0 P^^J Methodist church at twoo'clock
age.
Hansen ^^ffi&«^d_TX w"as"immediately glued to both city municipalities .in the new which time the secretary Jom ^S^teSioon.
returned home Sunday from the would  have  been x electrocuted tax   diverson    the   amendment the Ann Ar^^16 ^zmx      Deceased was 73 years of
University -of Michi|an hospi- but for the timely arrival of her was-worded to insure that pub- present;   to    d^s    wiou Sunday, at his
ta?   whefe she was a patent son, who pulled the cord.   Her he  schools  would  continue  to ^tions  ^" Stajn^0aJJtend farm home,  9565  Willis road,
smce Sesday.    She  isPih life washed by the prompt ^cew^ their   regular   annual ^a™J£W^™$^     Omtfatteg   at  the   ^fervices
"SheV'much life'was-Saved by the prompt receive   their   regula.    _.—~ ----- -- r,—   t        members
slight and    efficient    service    of    a grants "in ratio to sales tax re- and any othei team memoes
were  Rev.   Percy Lomas  and
better    having   only   a   slight and    efficient    service    ot    a gram,   m muu tu ^ ^ IC- »- „„.   ™~   - _ R       p A
S£5 tKoL. Lt*r had physician,  who was  .W  at ta-- - preced^ gg -». who. so ggfr^ ^      EeY. ctales Caxey.
no paralysis.
once. She is improving slowly, but not less than that borne
Remember the "3 cents for
Comstock," which so many protested when the Michigan Sales
Tax fijjst became effective? Jt
fihally vcatfght on and has become quite an institution. It
is a tax which catches everybody, even the kids, and has
mounted steadily over the years
until this year it is estimated
that it will approximate $150,-
000,000.
A constitutional amendment,
Proposal No. 2, which will be
voted on in the November
election, would divert one cent
of the three to cities, villages,
townships and school dstricts.
Practically every state offical
is against the amendment, being fearful that many authorized Dublic services would have
to be curtailed drastically.
You'll be hearing a lot of noise
over this amendment before
next November, and it will
come from .the boys who have
never yet had too much money
to spend. . -
No doubt the costs of state
government have increased;
payrolls and the number of
employees are the greatest in
history, and they have climbed
along with the increase of revenue. We believe that state
governments wfll always find a
use Jny^j. ;e monies that can
be WIitW into the public
treasury. The farther the government gets away from the
local governing units, the less
they will be influenced by local
sentiment. Sales tax revenues
originate in these units and are
entitled to a share of the returns. One wfll remember that
it took quite a fight to get a
portion of the weight tax revenues returned to the townships
and municipalities.
Financing our public school
system has become a mighty
headache and the schools are
naturally out for some of the
sales tax velvet. There are no
institutions more important to
the future of our state and nation, than our educational institutions. If the voters in November shove through Proposal No.
2 our public school system will
be benefited immeasurably, not
to mention the relief. it will
bring to many cities and towns
throughout the state.
Do you believe in signs'? We
do, but only when there is enforcement back of them. The
figures 25 are marked in large
letters on the .city streets,
reiterating what everyone, who
has a driver's license, knows is
state lawrin such areas. We
doubt very* much that it will
be effective in stopping speeding. It takes cops to do that.