1946-12-19; Saline Observer

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.VOLUME 64
SALINE. WASHTENAW COUNTY. MICHIGAN.
THURSDAY, DEC. 19, 1946
NUMBER   11
Put On Spread
For Saline High
Football Squad
.-..City Manager Glenn Hart, in
the role of master of ceremonies, looked over a lineup of
some forty Saline high school
football players on last year's
squad seated at a banquet table
.at the high school Thursday
evenirig, and extolled the virtues of this and that player
and the shortcomings of others
•and prevailed upon Coach Everett to take the floor and briefly remark that though' Saline
High failed to win a game, "We
did the best we could!"
Don   Ford,   hailed   before   a
court of justice, fought against
the imposition of a  §2.50- fine
for indiscriminate parking within the city limits without regard for fire hydrants,  double
parking or on or offi the curb.
Hart   claimed   that   Ford   was
jfthe  recipient of  many  tickets
.and   failed   to   lionor   any   of
them and was as guilty as all
..get-but,   and   said   it  with  an
oath, and under oath. Declared
guilty and fined, Ford laughed
and was declared in contempt
.of court. Rotary's sergeant-at-
•arms is still seeking to collect
the fine .as it was Saline Rotary Club that put on the banquet for the boys, each one of
whom was-  under   the   protective care of a Rotary member.
Butch Jordan, assistant to
.Coach Fritz Crisier in coaching
^the line, in - football- and -assist-.
-ant wrestling coach at the U. of.
.M., spoke briefly and showed
pictures of the Michigan-Wisconsin game which Michigan
-won, 28-6.
Jordan, whose home is" at
Clare, attended the •University from 1937 to '40 and
played guard and tackle on the
football team. Members of the
.senior class prepared and served
the banquet.
through the period of lowest
production without a shortage
of fluid milk as prevailed in several of the major markets in the
country, he said.
"The seasonal low point apparently has now passed and we
do not anticipate any future
danger of a milk scarcity in this
area," stated Simmons. "A
large percentage of our 10,000
members in the Detroit milk-
shed have arranged their breeding schedule to provide fresh
cows during late November and
early December and production
now is showing an upward trend
which should continue at a
moderate rate throughout the
winter. For some time past
there has been a disposition for
farmers to retire from the dairy
field but with government controls lifted and the price of milk
brought more nearly in line
with other commodities, we believe more farmers will lool.
favorably upon dairying in the
future than they have for the
last five years."
Community Service Effort To Wind Up
In A Joint Euchre Party Saturday
Night At The Legion, Hall    -
ones, under heavy load, when
held up at the light are unable
to get out of low gear for nearly
fifteen-miles due to ascent up
the Irish Hills, but if they can
high-tail it through town, have
comparatively easy going the
rest of the -way.
The Saline Rotary Club's
Community Service party and
the American Legion party
scheduled for Friday and Saturday nights this week, have
been banned by the Washtenaw County Sheriff's department.
Officials of the two organizations were notified that they
would be open to prosecution if
their party plans were carried v
out and they therefore abandoned them.
Last year the Rotary Club
sold numbers on a fat^steer and
held a raffle of turkeys at the
Polar Bear Inn, the funds received to be used in behalf of
crippled children. This year the
funds were to be devoted to
local community service of vari
ous kinds. The Legion party
was to have been of quite the
•same nature and was to feature the drawing of a prize
automobile.
So, by the sheriff's dictum,
the folks will cut out the feathers and the fuss, will hold a
joint euchre party on Saturday
night to which everybody is
invited, and have the drawing
for the Rotary's fat steer and
the Legion's automobile.
While Mchigan law does not
allow keno games, or gambling
among the common run of folks
it does legalize pari-mutuel betting on horse racing and the
state takes a cut on the profits! Consistency, thou art a
jewel!
WILL PUBLISH EARLY
NEXT WEEK
Next week's issue of The
Saline Observer will he in the
mail on Tuesday and\ correspondents, and others* with announcements for next week
are requested to get tftSir
material in by Mondaymom-
ing at the latest, and by Saturday if possible.
Saline Farmer
Character In
Sound Picture
THIS COMMUNITY
LIKES MUSIC
rt -3K
m
_ -*5>- ,
Fewer Farmers
Ship More Milk
-. Despite the fact that there
were 373 less farmers shipping
milk-'into the Detroit market in
November of this year than
for the same month in 1945,
production showed an increase
•of hy% per cent, according to
figures just released by Howard F. Simmons, Secretary-
Manager of the Michigan Milk
Producers' Association, flis report also showed a -slight increase in consumption of bottled milk and cream for the
same comparable period, al-
• though here was a small drop in
November . as- compared with
October of this year.
Favorable "Veather and ade-
quate supplies of all kinds of
feed were among the factors
contributing to each producer
being able to ship 18 .pounds or
better than 9 per cent more
milk this November than last,
stated Mr. Simmons. The increased held per -herd was in
large measure responsible for
t h e   Detroit   market   going
Steer Project
GetsUnderway
Eighteen young steers were
brought to Saline Tuesday and
distributed among a mv. t oer of
youthful buyers to raise and
finish for a fat steer show and
sale to be held next year during tlie Saline Community Fair.
The distribution of the animals took place at Haarer's
barn south of town and were
:,drawn. by, lo.t._,They v?.er.g. a..nice
"typy bunch of Tfierford 'calves',
averaging .about 400 pounds,
showing .good breeding and
good frames which under proper growing conditions should
make a fine Fair exhibit nine
months from now.
The project contemplates setting up an organization of
young farm boys and girls who
are interested in feeding stock
under a program to be later defined by the association, which
will govern the dates of starting the different feeding projects, including sheep, hogs, and
cattle, and the time and methods of disposal of the stock. It
is also proposedthat the youngsters have an adult to sponsor
their individual project, such as
a local businessman or merchant, and thereby increase local
interest in the project and also
the competition. One big boost
was given at a meeting Saturday night when Dan Levleit
stated that Soybrands, Inc.,
would furnish the. supplement
and minerals free to the young
feeders who took part- in the
project and who desired to avail
themselves of the offer. The
Saline Observer also has posted
an award of S25 for the champion steer of the lot as judged at
the Community Fair of 1947.
The idea originated last Fall
at a Fair board meeting and a
committee headed by Clarence
Haarer undertook to get the
project underway. It was later
brought up at a Rotary meeting and met general approval
but no action was taken on the
matter. Haarer and Charley
Osgood investigated a similar
project at Adrian which has
been going very successfully for
nearly a dozen years and decided to initiate a liKe program
among the farm boys and girls
of the Saline communi+y.
A crowd of about 80 interested citizens attended the drawing and there -were 24 boys
and girls present who desired
to take part in the project.
More steers will be provided
next week by Clarence Haarer
to take care of the remaining
entries. The names of the
18' boys and girls who roped
their steers and loaded them on
trucks to take home with them
and other entries are Charles
Goodnoe, Wayne Luckhardt,
-Bruce Arend, George . Osborn,.
Don Mueller, Bruce Phillips,
Clarence Kohler, Gerald Xlark,
William Wallo, Barbara Goodnoe, .Gerald Haarer, James
Steirle, Kendall Rogers, Gerald
Goodnoe, Bobby McTaggert,
Helen McTaggert, Walter Sally,
Douglas Hoeft, David Levleit,
David Marion, Luther Schaible,
James Gleason, Donald Wied-'
man, Eldene Finkbeiner and
Charles Kohler.
Mayor Alwin Gross was present and took motion pictures of
the event and Dan Levleit,
Superintendent of Schools Leo
Jensen and Allen Fox, livestock
insurance representative, discussed the project and its operation.
Talk Is Cheap
But Worth
A Radio
A smooth gentlemen visited
town last week and through a
nice line of chatter, left town
with a $40 radio which cost him
not a cent. Entering one of
our business . establishments,
hurriedly—he was in a rush
for the local Legion members
were holding a noon meeting to
decide whether to giv§ a.radio,
away" and/ ""could" he have one"
to show them and help them
decide quickly?" The shopkeeper complied—and the radio was
was gone!
There was no Legion meeting: just a slick guy doing his
stuff.
Conductor Jerry Edwards
and his high school band held
a concert in the school" gymnasium Thursday night of last
week at which no more than a
hundred persons were present.
It was a very good program and
a credit to both the director
and his pupils but very disappointing in point of attendance,
and at the conclusion of the
program Edwards deplored the
fact. It seems' fair to assume,
however, that the community is
very much interested in the
high school band and when the
proper publicity is given to av
event of this nature the. hand
director. will have little cause
for complaint concerning attendance.
, Perry "Hayden, Tecumseh miller, is producing a sound niotion
picture, under his own supervision, and in this connection
he was accompanied to Chicago
Friday by C. D. Finkbeiner,
who contributed to the picture
as the. donor of the cubic-inch
of wheat which started the dynamic kernels tithing_project,
and Floyd Jacobs of Manchester, the first farmer to plant
dynamic kernels and contract to
give a tenth of his harvest to
the church. Others included in
the picture are Dr. Walter
Maier of the Lutheran Hour, a
Mr. Craft of Chicago., R. G. La-
Tourneau, famous American and
European manufacturer, Millard Prior, Mansfield, David
Petty of North Carolina and
Clarissa Clements, Louisville,
Ky., American Mother of 1946.
WOMEN'S GLEE CLUB
AT STATE HOSPITAL
OVER 700 AWARDS
PRESENTED SCOUT TROOPS
Truck Driver
Burned Up;
Drives On
LODI EXTENSION
GROUP MEETING
Members and families of the
Lodi Extension group met Saturday night for a Christmas
party at the home of Mrs. Erwin Frederick of S. Wagner
road.
The evening was spent in
playing games, singing Christmas carols, and exchanging
gifts. Refreshments were
served.
The next regular meeting will
be held Jan. 9 at the home of
Mrs. Earl Steed of Ellsworth
road.
Long engagement just means
that she's still seeing if she
can do better.
During the slippery weather
in town the. first of the week
the driver of an automobile
swung his car across the pavement in front of an approaching truck and not being able to
complete the turn, was forced
to back up and then swing onto
the road before turning east.
The truck was forced to come
to a sudden halt or hit the car.
Having lost what momentum it
had, the truck had a hard time
malting the grade and it took
about as much time to make
the few rods to the light at the
intersection of Ann Arbor and
Michigan Ave., as it would to
travel ten miles. There was
more smoke coming from the
cab of that truck than from the
exhaust.
It is said that trucks approaching Clinton count very
heavily on catching the green
light  in   that  town.   TKe  big
"David' Stuart, chairman bf
the advancement committee of
the Washtenaw-Livingston boy
scout council has announced the
following awards 'as a summary
of advancements in the scout
troops served by the council
during. 1946.
Scouts advanced' to second
class in the middle district, 86;
in the Ypsilanti district, 18; in
the Livingston district, 26:
Scouts advanced' to the first
class in the middle district, 31;
Ypsilanti district, 16; Livingston district, 12.
Merit ■ Badges vearned. Middle
district, 210; Ypsilanti district,
179; Livingston district, 157.
Advanced to Star rank. Middle district, 11; Ypsilanti district, 14; Livingston district,
12.
Advanced to Life rank. Middle district, 2; Ypsilanti district, 3; Livingston district, 5.
Advanced to Eagle rank. Mid^
die district,- 3; Ypsilanti district, 0; Livingston district ,1.
Eleven courts of honor were
held in the Middle district,
three in the Ypsilanti district
and five in the Livingston district.
All indications are f that 1947
will be a year of even stronger
progress in scouting advancement in the districts of the
Council.
A Christmas concert will be
presented at the Ypsilanti State
Hospital auditorium at 12:30 p.
m., Thursday, December 19th.
Marguerite V. Hood, Conductor, will direct the University of
Michigan Women's Glee Club
through a program consisting
of five especially selected sacred
carols, three fine selections of
secular and Christmas music,
■and -.five .of.-the old'familiar-
carols. There will also be several solos by Rose Susanne Der-
derian and Susanne Smith.
The Rev. Robert DeWitt of
St. Luke's Episcopal church,
Ypsilanti, will present a short
Christmas message and give the
closing benediction.
NEW SUGAR STAMP
VALID JAN. 1
OPA has announce that a
new consumer spare ration
.stamp for five pounds of sugar
will be made valid on Jan. 1,
1947, and will be good through
April 30.
"It is anticipated," the an-
•nouncement said, "that thesec-s
ond consumer stamp for 1947$
will be made good before this
stamp expires, thus increasing
the present consumer ration of
five pounds of sugar for each
four month.""
"An additional ten pounds jjer
person was allowed in 1946 Tor
canning.
OPA also said that industrial
sugar allotments fox the first
quarter of 1947 will remain unchanged from the last quarter
of 1946.
We've heard that worry is
the interest paid on trouble
before it's due.
THURSDAY CLOSING
■ With few exceptions the
stores and business places in
Saline will be closed all day
the two Thursdays following
Christmais and New Years
Day.
Here Where The Tall Corn Grows
'atme* iWw& @a«t£eAt
Don McCrone 'has just been
named 1946 Washtenaw county
corn growing champion for producing a yield of 96.60 bushels
of dry shelled corn per acre in
a five-acre plot on his farm near
Mian, according to a bulletin
just received from headquarters
of the 1946"National DeKalb
Com Growing Contest.
This record yield wins for
Mr. McCrone the coveted County Corn King Placque presented
each year to the farmer producing the county's largest officially measured yield in the DeKalb
contest.. This also makes him
eligible to participate for state
and national corn growing contest awards, as well.
Mr. McCrone's- winning^ corn
field was checked by disinterested parties, and the information
gained by the\-.study of growing
practices he used will be utilized
to help other farmers improve _
their com yields. The corn
growing contest was inaugurated eight years ago and has been
.entered by thousands of farmers, in over twenty states and
Canada each year.
Other good' yields entered in
the contest this year by farmers in the county are: R. G.
Layher, Saline, 91 bu. per acre;
Howard Miller, Saline, 88 bu.
per acre; Lauren Finkbeiner,
Clinton, 87 bu. per acre; Finkbeiner Bros.,-Saline, 78 bu. per
acre; and Max W. Ross, Saline,
76 bu. per acre.
 \
Farmers' Needs Are Many and They Have
tt&c$6e4t Income On TReeatd
SEIBOLD TRnJMVIKATE . . . Althonsfli they have at one time or
another daring the past five years competed on Michigan State college's swimming team, the Seibold brothers, Jackson, Mich., win swim
together for the first time this winter. They are shown talking it
over with MSC Coach Charles McCaffree, jr., • right. From left to
right: . Paul, Dave, Jack and Coach McCaffree. Dave was recently
discharged from the .army.. Each Seibold is a_topflight breaststrokerj,-
Nearly doubling their annual
gross income in comparison with
1940, as reported by the U. S.
Bureau of Census,' Washtenaw
County farm families last year
produced crops and livestock
with the record value of more
than $9,338,000.
This huge increase infarm
revenue will undoubtedly result
in heavy demand for general
farm improvements and home
remodeling' when materials
become more plentiful, according to a study released by the
Tile Council of America. With
every . industry anticipating
greater business in the state
than before the war, floor and
wall tile manufacturers alone
expect their sales here to triple
in the next few years.
"Increased sales o£ industrial
products mean in turn .a new
.level of prosperity   for " every
local businessman. and! worker,"
.said D. P. Forst, chairman of
the Council's Residential Construction Committee.
Volume of -home" modernization throughout the country
will be greatly stepped ..up as
result of the present rapid extension of electric service to
rural areas, according to the
study. Harvest remodeling demand is anticipated for' the installation of running water, tiling of bathrooms and improving kitchen layouts, Forst said.
Forst also pointed out the
need for replacing much of the
war-weary machinery on the
3,006 farms, listed for this
county in tlie 1945 census figures. "The demand for new
trucks and other equipment, as
well as for home remodeling,
demonstrates the importance, of
the farm market and makes it.
one which no businessman or
manufacturer can . afford to
overlook," he said.