1946-09-19; Saline Observer

              The Saline Observer
VOLUME 63
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,      THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 1946
NUMBER   50
Fair To Be Community's Greatest Event
One of the community's
most ambitious programs is
that being prepared for the
three day Fair here Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, October
3, 4 and 5. At a meeting held
at the high school Tuesday
s\ night, final details were mulled
over, and everything is shaping up, to the end that coming
up are three days which will be
outstanding—providing there is
a satisfactory amount of cooperation on the part of the weather man.
fr The Fair premium list covers
- 318 entries, and premiums offered in the livestock division
are double what they were last
year. Dairy herd premiums are
$25, $15, $10 and $5 and a
change has been made in the
rules allowing herd entries to
compete in other classes.
The Mid-Way with rides and
various     concessions;    evening
shows in the school auditorium;
•   contests, / football   game,   merchants'    exhibits;    the   flower
show, the crops, vf ruits and vegetables  displays; the livestock
.    "      pet stock, rural schools, hobby
> handicraft and other divisions;
the grand fireworks display; the
horsepulling contest and the
big Rodeo; and a parade a mile
long on Veterans' Home Coming
Day will finally wind up a
round of exciting events which
will be capped by a grand ball
in the High School Auditorium
Saturday night.
The complete program covering the three days follows:
THURSDAY
Farmers and Merchants Day
8 A. M. to 12 A. M. Placing of
(jf*    »     entries -# t-
12:30 P. M. Judging Begins
1:00 P. M. Livestock Judging
in front of tents
2:00  P.  M. Judging    light
horses
Home   Economics   Program,
Gymnasium
2:30 P. M. Judging    teams
(horses)
3:00 P. M. Horsepulling Contest
8:00 P. M. High School Band
W. J. R. Entertainers—Marshall Wells, Gymnasium
10:00 P M. Fireworks
.«** FRIDAY
■Students Day
1:00 P. M. Junior   Tractor
Backing Contest
1:30 P. M.. Senior   Tractor
Backing Contest
2:15 P. M. Pig Scramble
2:00 P. M. Fat Stock Auction
8:00 P. M. Gymnasium
High School Band
Ford' Entertainers
Sergeant W.  Fernelius
SATURDAY
Veterans' Day '
12:30 P. M. Pet Contest Judging
12:45 P. M. Floats    and   Costume Judging
1:00 P. M. \Parade
1:30 P. M. Roaeo
8:00 ?. M. Gymnasium
D.3.T1CG
10:00 P. M. Pig Drawing
To Live In Saline
Library Gift of Edison Institute
Victim of Auto
Accidet Dies
Injuries Prove Fatal To
Herbert J. Prout, Father
Of Saline Physician
As a result of injuries sustained in an autombile accident
at Grayling, AUxgust 29th, while
enroute to his former home in
Ironwood, Herbert J. Prout,
father of Dr. Gordon Prout,
Saline physician, died at St.
Joseph's Mercy Hospital at Ann
Arbor, Tuesday night at 8:45
o'clock.
Mr. Prout, who had made his
home in Miami, Florida, since
1933, had spent a month here
with his son previous_to leavijag
on the fateful trip north. . Funeral services will be held Saturday at Ironwood with interment in- Riverside cemetery,
Rev. Ivan Gonsser, pastor of the
Methodist church, Ironwood,
officiating.
Mr. Prout was a native of
England, and was born on Jan--
unary 4, 1869rthe'son of William and Jane Cole-Prout. He
came to America in 1882, settling at Ironwood and remained
there until establishing his
home in Florida in 1933. His
wife, Sarah, preceded him in
death June 5, 1942.
Surviving, besides his son,
are-two daughters, Mrs. Lois
Norred, Dallas, Texas *and Mrs.
Elizabeth Jessup, of Grand Rapids and four granddaughters.
The remains rested -at the
Lockwood Funeral Home Wednesday evening and on Thursday were transported to Iron-
wood for the final rites.
Mr. Prout was a member of
the White Temple Methodist
church at Miami, Florida.
NOTE—Members of the American Legion are urged to be
present at a meeting tonight
■\\dien matters of great importance are to be discussed.
*pact<}> s^tfacct Cm SckvaU
Engagement Is
Announced
Beginning with this issue the
Observer will print a series of
articles concerning the local
school system. These articles,,
will consist of informative
news items which will present
to the public an accurate picture of the activities transpiring in the Saline school. It is
hoped that the series will do
much to improve school and
community relations and that
through them a new era of harmonious co-operation will result* all to the mutual benefit
of every one concerned.
cultured citizen of his community. Every student who shows
meritorious ability in the
sciences is being encouraged in
every way possible to go on to
college.
Valentine-Harris
Wedding
Norton's New Mill For Thumb Area
/4 1/inyia Stand o£ 'Pine
E. L. Norton,- president of
the Norton Timber Company,
Waterloo, Indiana, and well
known in this community as a
logging operator for the past
several years, is shown above
unloading a new Corinth saw
mill just purchased from the
Corinth Machinery Company, of
Corinth, Mississippi.
This mill will be set up on
the Black River in the Thumb
District of Michigan, and logs
will be supplied from a virgin
stand of timber containing in
excess of 2,000,000 feet, a tract
which Mr. Norton acquired
some time ago. Included in this
boundary is some 500,000 feet
of very fine white pine and
hemlock which will find ready
sale during these times" of.
lumber shortages.
A permanent camp, typical of
the many which Michigan has
enjoyed in. the past, has been
built on the river and will accommodate sixteen workers.
Over fifty per cent   of   the
ground on which the timber
stands is very rough, with
grades of 10 and 12 per cent,
and logs will go to the mill tree
length, by use of a BG2 detract tractor equipped with Car-
con winch and employing a
junior Carco arch. A special
crew will buck the logs into
shorter lengths on the mill
yard. Two Reo trucks equipped
with Gramm trailors will handle the daily cut of 10,000 feet
and assist in the movement of
logs to the mill.
Operation of the mill will be
in charge of John Markell, well
known to Michigan lumbermen
from his long association with
the -Antrim fcpn Company, of
Antrim, whe^for many years
he was superintendent of their
large mill, acting as such when
they finished their cut in 1944.
George Forsyth, veteran sawyer from Marysville, California,
is anxiously waiting for the
first log to be rolled on the carriage.
A double-ring ceremony at St.
John's church, Ypsilanti, Saturday, September 14 united in
marriage Florence E. Harris of
Saline and Gordon F. Valentine,
son of Mr.' and Mrs. Paul J.
Valentine of Dearborn. Fr.
Hoerauf officiated.
Miss Harris, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William R. Harris of
S. Ann Arbor St., was given
in marriage by her father and
was gowned in white chiffon
with touches of lace on the
shoulders and neck line. Her
fingertip veil was caught with
orange blossoms, and she carried a crescent bouquet of
gardenias.     ——ns^-
Doris Rule, a" roommate of
the bride, acted as maid of
honor. Her gown was pink satin
and net with a matching head
piece. She carried pink carnations and white baby mums.
The bridesmaid was Verna
Valentine, sister of the groom.
She wore a blue net dress with
satin cape sleeves and' satin
trim on the skirt, and a matching head piece. She carried
pink carnations and blue del-
phinums.
Paul Valentine was his brother's best man. Seating the
guests was Robert Harris,
the bride's brother.
For her daughter's wadding,
Mrs. Harris wore a brown
dressmaker suit and matching
accessories. . Her corsage was
gardenias.
Mrs. Valentine wore black
velvet with a fuschia plumed
hat and a corsage of gardenias.
Following the service at the
church, a wedding breakfast
was served at the home of the
bride's parents in Saline. Later,
at the Allenel Hotel, Ann Arhor, 50 guests were served
dinner at a table lighted with
candlelabra and centered with
a wedding cake topped with a
minature bride and groom.
Relatives and friends of the
families were entertained at the
home of the groom's parents, in
Dearborn in the evening; after
which the newlyweds left for
a northern wedding trip.
The bride chose a white
gabardine suit with black accessories for her trip.
Mrs. Valentine is a graduate
of Saline high school and attended Michigan State Normal
college.
Mr. Valentine graduated from
Fordson high school, Dearborn
and will coptihue his studies
at Michigan State IvTormal college,    majbring   in    business
Few Salinians are aware of
the changes which have occurred in the Science Department
of the high school. Last year
the three major sciences, biology, physics, and chemistry,
were made laboratory courses.
Heretofore, these sciences were
simply recitation courses, with
an occasional demonstration
thrown in and that only when
.the availability of equipment
and material would permit.
Last fall the Board of Education authorized the purchase
of sufficient physics equipment
to keep a class of twenty-four
students busy for ninety minutes, twice weekly, in the laboratory. This equipment can be
used by as many students as
are enrolled in the physics
classes. In 1945-46 there were
two such classes of twenty
pupils each. The money expended, in, order to train the stu-*.
dent to develop self-reliance and
initiative via the investigation
method was in the neighborhood of $400.
This year the same thing was
done with the chemistry classes
which are two in number and
each of which has twenty pupils
enrolled. Just before the opening day of school approximately
$400 worth of chemicalware
and reagents were delivered
and are now being used to give
the Saline High chemistry student the best possible preparation in this science. It might
surprise many people to learn
that the science stockroom now
contains well over 300 reagents.
Before the present science
teacher was added to the faculty, biology was a recitation
course. Now there are two
weekly laboratory, periods, in
which the pupils study specimens, living and preserved, representative of all the main
divisions of both the plant and
animal kingdoms. Most of these
specimens "were purchased from
reliable biological supply houses
and are the best possible.
For all of the science classes
various visual aids have been
obtained. The chemistry classes
now have a periodic chart, a
chart depicting the International Metric System and a strain
removal chart. There are the
following biological materials:
A human skeleton; models of
the eye and ear; two acquaria;
an eye-test chart. All classes
are receiving the benefits of appropriate educational sound motion pictures. Each class will
see at least twelve carefully
selected and correlated pictures.
The general plan followed in
the science classes is two-fold
as far as educational objectives
are concerned. First, the prospective college student is being
adequately prepared for future
advanced work; and, secondly,
the terminal student is being
given enough, subject matter
of such a mature that he will
becolne a more useful and more
administration. He was recently
discharged from the, Aimy,
after serving three and one-
half years in the Medical Corp.
Mr. and Mrs. Valentine will
live at 407 East' Michign Ave.,
Saline.
Three years ago when L. L.
Jensen, the present superintendent, took over the administration duties, there was scarcely
enough football equipment to
dress twenty-two boys so they
would be properly and safely
attired for a practice scrimmage. During the past three
years much has been done to
improve the athletic department. The football equipment
has been completely restocked.
Now there is enough equipment
to practice a squad of forty
boys and enough to dress well
over two full teams for regular
games. New basketball suits
have been acquired as well as
new fan-shaped basketball
backboards for the gymnasium.
This winter basketball fans will
be able to enjoy the games more
fully, because a new electric
scoreboard, which is on order,
will soon be delivered and installed.
Work on the new -football
field north of the school is also
being continued. By next fall
the field will be ready for play.
It will be equipped with bleachers and lights for night games.
Approximately $400 worth of
books were delivered to the Saline public schools this* week.
This library was the gift of
the Edison* Institute school
which was closed this past
summer. The books were secured through the co-operation
of Don Currie and are very appropriate for elementary grade
use.
The Saline school officials
consider this gift a very valuable .addition to the school
library .and extend thanks to
the Edison Institute and Mr.
Currie.   .
Miss Lutz, wh,ose engagement to Richard E. Cole, Ann
Arbor, was announced in the
Observer last week by "her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Karl F.
Lutz of Robrana Farm, Saline-
has just returned from an interesting trip through the
South and to Havana, Cubav
She made the trip with the<1
James Cox family, formerly of
Ann Arbor, who are now making their home in Sarasota,
Florida. Mss Lutz also visited
friends in Miami, and at Flat
Rock, North Carolina, spent
several days at the home of a
friend of the family, the
author^ -Carl Sgftdburg,
Mr^'Gple, -a- "inember of- the
U. S. Coast Guard, is stationed,
aboard the Coast Guard Cutter
Mendota.
FUNERAL HELD MONDAY
FOR FORMER RESIDENT
Sgt. Waekenhut
On Way Home
Sergeant Harold W. Waekenhut, 19 years old of Saline, a
paratrooper with' the 11th Airborne'Division, has recently left
for the United States in preparation for his discharge from
the service. He was formerly
assigned to company G of the
187th Paraglider Inf., stationed
at Camp Siedenburg, near Sapporo on Hokkaido, Japan's
northern island, i
Waekenhut entered the Army
at Detroit, on the 25th of August, 1941, and after completing his basic training, was appointed to the Pacific theater
of duty, joining the 27th Division on Okinawa. He was later
reassigned to the 11th Airborne
Division at Sendai, Japan, and
soon qualified for the parachutist rating with the No. 11 class
of February 14, 1946, and has
been with the outfit since that
time.
Serving in the Pacific theater of operations, Harold is now
entitled to wear "on his jacket
the Asiatic Pacific ribbon, in
addition to the Japanese Occupation ribbon, the Silver Wings,
and his Good Conduct medal,
when he returns to the States
and home.
Prior to Ms enlistment in the
service, Waekenhut attended
the Saline Mgh school, graduating in June of 1944. He was
employed as an automobile mechanic and intends to continue
the job in the near future..
Sgt. Wackenhut's father, Mr.
William Waekenhut, and two
sisters, Viola and Dorothy, live
at 8075 Warner road in Saline.
The remains of Mrs. Walter
Eibler, a former resident' of
this community, were brought
here for burial in Oakwood
cemetery, Monday afternoon.
Dorothy Alber, daughter of
Charles and Ida Alber, was
born on June 13, 1903 and made
her home here until her mar*-
riage to Walter Eilber on September 23, 1922. She was a
graduate of Saline high school.
Since her marriage she and Mr,
Eilber had made their home in.
Dearborn where they were;
members of the Evange&caL
Lutheran church.Her death, occurred Friday night at her
home at 5130 Maple' road. She
had been ill for the past year.
Besides her husband she is
survived by three daughter;
Mary Ann, Shirley and "vTCg_-__-
ia, at home; her mother; Mrs.
Ida Alber, also of Dearborn, and
a brother, Miles, of Ann Arbor.
Funeral services were held
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon
at the Howe-Peterson funeral
home in Dearborn.
GLENN WOOD DIES IN
OMAHA, NEB.
Friends of the family in
Saline will be interested to
learn of the death of Glenn
Wood, son of George and Ida
Shaw Wood, which occurred
Monday morning, September 9,
at Omaha, Nebraska. Death resulted from a heart attack.
Funeral services were held in
Omaha on Thursday afternoon.
DEMOCRATS VISIT
SALINE
"The two kinds of people on
earth that 1 mean, Are the
people who lift and th e people
Who lean." '(Ella W- Wflcox)
Goodwill Industries, will be in
Saline, Thursday, Sept. 26 to
collect contributions which" may
be made to that charity. Donors may telephone 24 Saline
for particulars.
William R. Kelley, democratic candidate for Congress;
Leslie A. Wike, candidate for
county corner; John E. Marshall, a Van Wagoner representative and Bernard W. Butler,
chairman of the Washtenaw
County Democratic Committee
and head of the local National
Committee fund drive, were in.
Saline, Friday, contacting leading Democrats in furtherance
of the campaign. Mr, Marshall
states that Pat Van Wagoner
is very much, in favor of the
passage of the Veterans* Bonus
amendment to be voted upon
tMs fall. -