1947-01-23; Saline Observer

              The Saline Observer
.VOLUME 64
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,     THURSBAY, JAN. 23, 1947
NUMBER    16
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omes I o oalme Ambition,
Rural   Progress   Caravan   From   Michigan State
College Will Make Second Visit   Here   From
i 10 A. M. to 3:30 P. M.   Monday,   January  27
Farmers from all sections of
the county and neighboring- communities will be headed Saline-
ward Monday,, when the Agricultural Department of Michigan
State College Rural Progress
Caravan sets up its exposition in
the  Saline high school.
Farmers in all sections of the
state last year greeted the visit
of the Caravan with high enthusiasm and,-, one of the largest
crowds of last year's tour was
that which turned out here. The
Caravan makes but one visit in
each county of the lower penin-
f sula and made its first tour last
year. It was originated to take
the place of the annual Farmers'
Week at East Lansing, which
■was discontinued with the advent "of World War H and which
is impossible to continue now because of the congested conditions
at  the  college.
The Caravan exhibit is of
considerable scope and requires a
floor space of 6,500 square feet
"but is amply provided for
through use of the school auditorium and halls. For the convenience of visitors, lunches and
refreshments will be provided at
the school and the several eating
establishments in the city are
well prepared to take care ofthe
requirements of a large number.
» Saline, long heralded as the
( farm implement center of Wash
tenaw county and of the baby
chick industry, strikes, a special
note of interest to the farm
fraternity and the several implement dealers and hatcherymen
combine with the remainder of
-• the townsfolk in extending a
warm welcome to their friends
throughout the county. In .this
connection, Saline Hatchery hokls
open house during the day and
celebrates its tenth anniversary
•with souvenirs being given to all
yisitors.
The Caravan will open its exhibition to the public Monday
morning at ten o'clock and will
continue until 3:30. p.m. A large
staff of farm, specialists will accompany the Caravan and are
ready with a fund of valuable
information on practically any
- > farm, problem.
F.B. Annual
Meeting
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE AND
©RGANIZATION  AIMS
AKE TOLD
(Contributed)'
The Washtenaw County Farm
Bureau meets January 29, 12:00
soon, at the Methodist Church,
Ann Arbor, for their annual
meeting. All members are urged
to attends Mr. Larry Brandon,
Secretary of the Indiana Farm
Bureau, will be the speaker.
Since the founding of tlie Farm
Bureau in Broome Co., New
York,, in 1911, farm organization
lias gone a long, way in memberships and therefore in, accomplishments. The Farm Bureau in
the nation represents 1, 128, 259
farm families and represents the
strongest spokesman for rural
people in Washington. The Farm
Bureau  in  Michigan  speaks  for
•45, 110 farm families and in
Washtenaw County 1152 farm
families.
What does the Farm Bureau
mean to you, Mr. Farmer? Rer
member when farmers huilt and
maintained the roads in their
own communities? When cities
asked for and obtained improved
roads between cities and towns,
built at tha expense of' adjacent
property, owners? The. injustice
of this system was brought to
the attention of legislators • and
the Covert tax was replaced by
the weight and gas tax, so those
who used the roads could pay for
them.
Remember when you paid a
sales tax on machinery, fertilizer,
seeds, etr. used in producing consumer goods, and the Farm
Bureau with the support of local
Co-ops carried this issue to the
Supreme Court and won the Sales
Tax exemption?
Remember when your license
for your farm trucks! and trailers
was more expensive than it is
today ? These rates were not
lowered by tax groups of their
own free will and initiative. They
were lowered because some farmers were organized and went
to the proper authorities and
showed that these farm vehicles
were not used on the roads nearly as much as similar commercial ones. With tha support of
their fellow Farm Bureau members,, they discussed the issues
and gained the support of other
groups until the legislature was
convinced they should have a
lower rata When an injustice is
being done, your organization
must have the strength of membership to take the initiative to
see tliajt.. this injustice is corrected. """One man alone '"• may be
caught in the "squeeze"', but he
is not helpless if he is a member
of   an influential   organization.
Most of us can remember when
"dad had to "Shell out" tuition
money for his sons and daughters who graduated from the
eighth grade and wished to enter
high school. Tuition was not the
only problem. Getting the young
people to and from school was, in
many cases, even more baf1-"^0;.,
Many of us still shiver at i"'
side-curtain flapping  "Model T".
The Farm Bureau for many
years fought a year by year battle in connection with the school
aid distribution which is now regarded aa quite equitable. The
state payment of tuition to
eighth grade graduates from our
primary school districts who go
to high school is no accomplishment. The Farm Bureau has
been, aiding' tha county school
districts and providing many of
our farm boys and girls an opportunity to become more useful  citizens.
-»When the Farm Bureau Services started to work, with similar groups of Farm Bureau members in Ohio and Indiana to furnish larger volume of fertilizer,
they, were able to contract for
the entire output of a fertilizer
plant in Lockland, Ohio. This
competition by th© farmers' own
organization in- the fertilizer
trade caused all brands of fertilizer in Michigan to be sold for
soma $12.00 per ton cheapen It
is another case where it paid all
Michigan iarmers when some of
them began pulling together.
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Richard   Bell,   farm  crop   spe-   suit    of   using   hyhrid   seed   in  part of the Michigan State Col-
cialist at MSC, points to the re-   planting corn.   This exhibit is a  lege Rural Progress Caravan.
kins, Township Chairman, Dexter Twp.; Mrs. Lewis Hasel-
swerdt, Township Chairman,
Lima Twp.; Mr. Ralph Leland,
Township Chairman, Northfield;
Mr. Curtis Hamilton, Township
Chairman, Salem Twp.; Mr. Edwin Aprill, Township Chairman,
Ann Arbor Twp.; Mrs. Walter
Zeeb, Township Chairman, Sylvan   Twp,.
Enrollment in 4-H Clubs is dependent upon the interest of boys
and xgirls of club age and their
parents, together with the efforts
and cooperation of local community organizations. Lima
township probably has one of the
best organizations for promoting
the 4-H program. They have a
township 4-H organization of
Cont'd on Page 2
MORTON   STARTED  IN
POULTRY AT AN
EARLY  AGE
ers in Washtenaw County will be
out asking tbeir neighbors to
join the Farm Bureau. Tha activities will start with a meeting
of volunteer: workers at the
Pittsfield Grange Hall, Monday
evening, Feb. 3, at 8 o'clock
where they will receive instructions and materials for the campaign. Tuesday, Feb. 4, and Wednesday, Feb. 5, workers will
cover the county in pairs to renew old memberships and ask
non-members to  join.
When your neighbors call on
you say, "Yes, of course I want
to help in thfe cause for the betterment   of  agriculture."
County  Agent  Osier  Gives  Resu me
Sxt&M&M' yttonA *)a @ouetty
Choose Board
Of Directors
Improve Water
Service
City Installs New
Combination   Pumping
Head On West Well
--it-
Plan First—Then Remodel
The eight inch sanitary. sewer
on Clark street, from Harris
street easterly is now completed
and in operation, and the eight
inch Sewer on Bennett street,
from Harris street westerly has
also been re-built and is in operation. This rebuilding will alleviate the past overloaded condition of the N. Harris street
system. " ™grding to City Mana-
jmU^Kftff^x.x.t. The water plant
BHIR^ments and reconditioning
nave been completed and a combination pumping head installed
on the West well. This head
makes possible the delivery of
water by an electrically operated
pump under ordinary conditions,
or by a gasoline powered pump
in the event of an electrical
power  failure.
The East well at the water
plant has been completely renovated. The pump was pulled,
and cleaned and repaired. While
the pumping equipment was removed from the well, the well
itself was bailed and acidized.
It was also Sound necessary to
repair a break in the well casing
by inserting a sleeve.
The   recent   improvements   at
the water plant now enable the
plant to  deliver water  at maximum efficiency.
Garbage Collection
Recently a new garbage contract "has "been negotiated; due to
the fact that th© new garbage
collector, is unfamiliar with most
Of the previous practices,, it will
facilitate collections much more
if all persons will place gai^&ge
receptacles outside their rear
doors. At the present time residential collections are being made
on "Mondays and Tuesdays, and
business establishments Tuesdays,  Thursdays and Saturdays.
MEETING OF THE
ETUDE  MUSIC  CLUB
The Michigan State College ,to place a model in the new floor
Rural Progress Caravafi will plan. This is one of the many
stress planning before remodel- ^ a ta the second a^,^ e^
ing.   Here Fred Roth, MSC agn-   .      . J . ' . „,
cltura!   engineer,    shows   J.   G.   tensl0n se™ce tour °f new ferm
Hays,   caravan   manager,   where  and home ideas.
The January meeting of the
Etude Music Club was held
Saturday at the "home of Mrs
Wilma Hinderer, S. Ann Arbor
St. The members were given a
musical "spelling contest and enjoyed a program as follows:
"The Sleigh," Marjie Hieber;
"Oh! Dem Golden Slippers," Jean
Bredernitz;. "Birthday Party."
William Anderson.
Evelyn Korte, Marie Socks.
Carlene Hinderer, and Donald
Jeppeson, each had a birthday
and birthday cake in their honor
was  enjoyed.
Prize winners were Jean
Bredernitz, music program;
Marie Socks, spelling contest;
and Marjie Hieber, music time
test.
At the next meeting which
will be held Feb. IS, members
will start working on their music
scrap books.
Agricultural Extension Service
is a part of the function of
Michigan State College brought
directly to the individual counties of the state. The work is
in charge of the Agricultural
Agent and is administered in
three separate units. Home Economics Extension work is under
tha direction of the Home Demonstration Agent, Miss Frances
Wilson^ the 4-H Club work is
under the supervision of the 4-H
Club leader, general Extension
work is under the direction ofthe
County Agricultural Agent and
covers the field of agricultural
production, marketing, cooperation with farm organizations,
implement dealers, elevator men,
livestock breed  associations,   etc.
If tha aims and purposes of
Agricultural Extension work
could be summed up in one sentence it might well be, "Efficiency in production, justice in
distribution and success* in living."
Last year the Home Economics
work included projects in Home
and Surroundings; Food Preservation; Food Selection and Preparation; Health and Safety
Work; Home Management;
Clothing and Textiles; Family
Relationship and Recreation; and
Community Life, The projects
are organized on a community
group basis. Women interested
in taking this work get together and- organize a group with
officers and two leaders. The
leaders of the different groupff
meet together in one or more
training centers in the county
and receive the lesson from the
specialist or Miss Wilson, the
Home Demonstration Agent
They in turn present it to their
group members.- This year there
are thirty-four organized groups
with 610 members enrolled. Last
year 519 were enrolled. The reports turned in by the group
members showed that 1,127 non-
members were helped with some
part of the program.
In addition to organizing,
directing and doing part of the.
group instruction, the Home Demonstration Agent met with various community groups of the
county and assisted them with
with their program. She met
with Pbpkins Red Cross group
and discussed "Post War Equipment Buying." Movies on "People of China and Hawaii" were
shown at the Dexter Extension
group. At the Saline Valley
Farm Community Club the subject of Vacation and Family Recreation was discussed. She also
discussed club work for our
children with the Dexter Child
Study Club, and Home Economics
work in Washtenaw County at
meetings of Pomona Grange,
Veterans Wives Club of Willow-
Run, Associated Women of County Farm Bureau; and the Lincoln
School Women's Club.
During the year Horn© Economics Extension work reached
1,225 farm families and, 480 other
families have been influenced by
some phase of the ■work.
The Home Demonstration
Agent also assists with the girl's
4-H Club program. Last year
there were 30 4-H Clubs with
229 members enrolled; 191 completed; 723 articles were made
valued at $1,216.31. There were
also two Personal Account Clubs
with 20 members and one Personal Grooming Club with five
members; 20 Food Preparation
Clubs with 150 members enrolled; 11 Food Preservation Clubs
with 63 members enrolled; three
Home Management Clubs with
1& enrolled.
Special activities of the Home
Demonstration Agent included
Home    Economics    Achievement
Day; 4-H Achievement Day;
County 4-H Girl's Camp; Rural
Women's Camp; Farm Women's
Week; 4-H Club Week; Preparation of News Articles; and Radio
Broadcasts each week on Tuesday at 12:30. p.m.  over WPAG.
The yearly program in Home
Economics Extension is determined' by a vote of members enrolled and is directed by a County Executive Committee in cooperation with the Home Demonstration Agent, Miss Frances
Wilson. The members of the
committee consist of two each
from five districts together with
the Past County Chairman.
These members are:
Mrs.   Donald   Staebler,   Superior
Township
Mrs.   Harvey   Sandersan,  Ann
Arbor Township
Mrs. Wayne Teaehout, Lodi
Township
Mrs. Glenn Birdy Superior* ■*
Township
Mrs.  Douglas  Leffler,   Ypsilanti
Township
Mrs. Wm. Bahnmiller, Lima
Township
Mrs. Wilbur Hatt, Sylvan
Township
Mrs. John Norcross, Bridgewater
Township
Mrs. Paul Feldkamp, Sharon
Township.
Mrs. P. W. Smith, Scio Township
Mrs.   Ray,   Wurster,   Ann.  Arbor
Township
The County 4-H Club program
is under the direction of the
County 4-H .Club Agent. Last
year Mr. Lyle Thorburn directed
this work very efficiently until
October 15 when he left the
county service. A new County
4-H Club Agent is expe&Sl to
begin work about February 1.
4-H Club work is organized
farm and home projects carried
on by boys and girls 10 to 21
years of age under the direction
of a local leader in cooperation
with the county 4-H Club Leader. These groups consist of five
or more boys and girls selecting
a definite project like Clothing,
Canning, Livestock, Gardening,
Poultry, etc. In order to recSve
credit, each member keeps a
written record of the work and
makes a public exhibit. Members meeting these requirements
are then eligible to receive
awards and honors such as scholarships, pins, certificates of
achievements, medals, special
trips, etc. The ideals of club
work are exemplified in the 4-H
pledge which members repeat at
the close of their regular club
meetings. As a true club member
I pledge:
My  Head to  clearer thinking
My Heart to greater loyalty
My Hands to larger service
My Health to better living
The 4-H Club program is
directed by the County 4-H Council in cooperation with the
County 4-H Club Agent. This
Council consists of six older 4-H
Club members and four local
leaders who are elected at -the
Annual County 4-H Convention.
The Chairman of the different
townsMp 4-H Club Committees
is also a member of the Council.
At present they are: Ruth
Oakes, 4-H Club Member, Superior Twp.; * Shirley Miller, 4-H
Club Member, Superior Twp,;
Durwood Mullreedv 4-H Club
Member, Ann Arbor Twp.; Helen
Ruhlig, 4-H Club Member, Dexter Twp.; Evelyn Feldkamp, 4-H
Club Member, Sharon Twp.; Dean
Coy, 4-H Club Member, Scio
Twp.; Jane Downer, 4-H Club
Miember, Lima Twp.; John Beal,
4-H Leader, Sharon Twp.; Helen
Siasi, 4-H Leader, Lima Twp.;
Raymond Schairer. 4-H Leader,
Scio Twp.: Jack Bradbury, 4-H
Leader, Lima Twp.; Ernest Hop-
Saline Community
Steer Club Meets
At High School
Members of tha Community
Steer Club with their parents and
sponsors to the number of 40,
met at the high school Monday
night and heard R. J. Laser,
Adrian agricultural extension
agent, talk oh the junior livestock feeders association in Lenawee county which lias been in
operation there for a numbej- of
years with great sucress and today numbers over 100 members.
The meeting, in charge of
Charles Osgood, agricultural instructor, elected twelve directors, six from the youthful steer
feeders, three of the p'arents and
three of the sponsors. At a
later meeting they will elect officers and complete the details,
of /the plan under which Ijje <£$
ganization will operate The local
project was. started off with very
bright prospects and 27 calves
are being raised by club members
for showing at the Community
Fair next October.
Wayne Lipp, Adrian 4-H Club
leader, and a members of the
Lenawee county feeders club for
the past ten years, gave the
Saline club members some valuable information from his years
of experiences as a livestock
feeder.
FORMER   SAUNE  MAN
DEES AT SANTA ANA
Daniel Bayha, age 79, was
found dead ih his home at 625
N. Parton St., Santa Ana, Calif.,
of congestion of the heart, on
Jan. 12.
Born in Germany, the retired
farmer lived in Santa Ana 23
years. Surviving are a nephew,
Walter in Berkleyy Calif., and a
brother Carl, in Santa Ana. He
also had brothers and sisters
living in Germany.
"Bob" Morton, proprietor of
Morton's Poultry Farm, Saline,
started raising chicks when he
was 13 years of age—hy the
mother hen method. In 1934, as
a member of a local 4-H Club,
he built his first brooder house
and a year later, while working
on his father's farm, he built
the first section of a laying
house. Morton was originally interested only in white leghorns
and in his last year in Saline
high school he became a member
of the F.F.A. In the farm crops
class.
Graduating in the Class of '36
he built two more brooder houses
and the following year added a
basement and feed room to the
original laying house, the basement being used for a hatchery.
In 1938 he built another addition to his laying house and in
1939 began specializing in white
leghorns, having about 800 hens
which supplied his hatching eggs.
About this time Bob had developed quite a feed, business and
his expanding business in 1941
caused him to erect a new hatchery building, on which he did the
construction work himself, and
installed additional incubators.
In 1942 Morton began raising
white and barred plymouth rocks
and also installed all new Peter-
sime incubators, 42,000 capacity
and of the latest design.
In 1943 Bob took on a partner, and she, Mrs. Morton, has
taken" an active interest in the
business ever since.
The M3ortons have just completed a new laying, house, 24x
164 feet with feed room and
elevated granary at one end. It
is modernly equipped with all
conveniences and labor saving devices. They farm 140 acres,
producing a large part of the
gram supply for,, their 2,000
breeding- birds attd Mcoday Morten
takes considerable satisfaction in
realizing his boyhood plans of
owning and operating a breeding
farm and producing chicks from,
his own stock for the local trade
and. xgiving them better than
average chicks. Morton's stock
is used by several commercial
hatcheries for their own flock improvement and people from many
neighboring communities come,
here for their baby chicks and
poultry supplies each season.
Two full time employees assist
the Mortons in their thriving enterprise and every courtesy is
extended to ' visiting poultrymen
who are cordially invited to visit
the farm and especially, so during the Rural Progress Caravan's
visit to Saline next Monday.
YORK LADY
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
JEWELRY STORE TO
OPEN   HERE
Mrs. Geogre Malinczak- will
open a jewelry store in the rooms
above Georges Tavern with a
complete line of- watches, rings,
costume jewelry, etc., and will
also do jewelry repair work.
An oyster supper will be served
at 6:30, Jan. 28, when Saline
Masons work the Master Degree
Mrs. Leslie Bailey, of York
Twp., celebrated her eightieth
birthday anniversary Monday
with members of her family, who
helped her enjoy a beautifully
decorated birthday cake^ on
which were 80 lighted candles.
Present were Mrs. Fred Winkler, granddaughter and Mr.
Winkler of Saline and Emmett
Bailey, her grandson.
Saturday evening guests of
Mrs. Bailey were Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Rauser, and Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Bailey of Ann Arbor.
Many lovely gifts were presented
her.
MSC Caravan Shows Value Of Research
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axgricultural  engineer  and  chair- The   extension   service   caravan
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Progress      Caravan     Committee s
shows.how a Uttle planning and homemaking ideas.
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