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SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY* MICHIGAN,     THURSDAY, JAN. 30, 1947
NUMBER    17
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Entertains On
Anniversary
SALINE HATCHERY "TIOST
TO  OVER  100   GUESTS
McSAFETY VISIT HERE
WAS  SPONSORED  BY
FORD DEALER
'Pleutt fan, t6e
4 *7ffafit4iO*t
SATJNE MAN
BURIED  MONDAY
Saline Hatchery's tenth anhi-
Vejrsary was celebrated at the.
Saline high school auditorium
Tuesday night, when over a hundred .guests were seated at the
banquet tables and were royally-
entertained. A chicken, dinner
was served Frankenmuth style,
as the Songbusters of Station
WPAG, Ann Arbor, entertained
With a repetition of their regular
morning broadcast,, the commercial portion of which proclaimed
the excellence of "Saline Hatchery Chicks of Known Breeding."
Guests present were largely
flock-owners who supply the
hatching eggs, for the incubators
of Saline Hatchery and, while
"Art" Hagen, the proprietor, has
made such a gathering an annual
event, this tenth anniversary was
made .an especial occasion with
red roses for the ladies and
souvenir pencils for the men. A "•
presentation of corsages to several ladies whose breeding flocks
had proved of exceptional merit,
was made by Frank Campbell,
and Howard Heath, WPAG master of ceremonies, arranged for
the selection of a king and queen
of the hatchery chicks and much
merriment ensued when Bob
Gilliam was choosen king and
Mrs, Raymond Girbach, queen,
with the special privilege of
kissing any male or female present for the balance of the evening. Mrs. Hagen led the assembly in singing several songs and
Bob Freeman of the Dr. Sals-
bury.'s Laboratories talked on
Poultry. Health Problems with
Howard Zindell of Michigan
State     College    discoursing     on
• Sgt. Fernelius and Jerry McSafety of the Detroit Police Department made a recent visit to
Saline, when the couple were,
dinner guests of the Rotary Club
and the Sergeant ate for the
both of them and made believe
that Jerry did the talking,"
Fernelius and his companion
visited the school and deltrened
one of his safety talks to the
school children and spent the
afternoon at the Wiedman Auto
Sales, has visit to Saline having
been sponsored by. the proprietor,
F. O. Wiedman.
FEBRUARY   SALINE   VALLEY
COMMUNITY P.ARTY
The -February party of the
Saline Valley Community Club
will be held in the former recreation hall, Monday evening, at
8 o'clock. The program will consist of community singing led by-
Harold Vaughan, to be followed
by a talk on "Building a Radio
Program," by Prof. Garveau of
the University of Michigan, who
has had a wide experience in
teaching radio work and who
covers the student program, at
the University.
Joe Cook and his orchestra will
furnish music for square dancing
with Irwin Clark doing the
callinT.
Following many months of ill
health, Edward John Feuerbacher
passed away Friday night at his
hprne. 400 N. Ann Arbor street,
age*66 years. For forty years
he served this area as a blacksmith, retiring in 1946.
He was the son :of John and
Christina Feuerbacher, born May
26, 1890 in Saline and spent his
entire life here.
May 18, 1904 he was* married
1 to Vadah CIcugh of this place.
Mr. Feuerbacher was a member
of Trinity Lutheran church. He
is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Virgil Brown, of Ann
Arbor; a son, Eugene Feuerbacher at home; a brother,
Clarence, of Beverly Hills, Calif.;
and four grandchildren. Funeral
rites were held Monday afternoon
at the Lockwood funeral home.
Rev.   H. L.  Engel   officiated.
Burial was made in  Oakwood.
Modern as Michigan is the
above scale model of .the proposed
permanent residence at Lansing
for the Governor of Michigan, as
approved by the State Board of
Auditors. The model, which is
complete even to miniature furniture and pictures on the wall,
was displayed for the first time
last   Friday   to   Michigan   news-
COMMUNITY FAIR
BOARD MEETING
Spring Bride
The first regular meeting of
the Saline Community Fair
Board will be held tonight at 8
o'clock at the high school.
"SA number of important items
of business will be discussea. and
all members and others interested in becoming active in the
advancement of this community
enterprise, are urged to be*pres-
ent.
ARTIST  SCHILLING
MIGHT TRY THIS
One of Saline Hatchery's
dealers from a neighboring
section of the state, attending
the anniversary meeting Tuesday night* declared that two
of his customers had cflock production) records" of 220 eggs
average and still another who
had a flock record of 240i eggs.
Artist Schilling may find some
very good models for his artistry, in Saline.
Milk Meeting
Here Feb. 5
...F-x
MILK  PRODUCERS   OF
SALINE LOCAL IN
annual Meeting
ELLIS   RITES
paper  editors at the  79th Anni-  lodging    of   visiting   dignitaries,  HELD SUNDAY
versary Convention of the Michi-   offices   for   the   governor and   a 	
gan Press Association, Inc. Alden secretary, an apartment for the Funeral services were held
B. Dow of Midland, the architect, governor's bodyguard and family, Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. at
is world famous for his modern rooms .for servants and other the Lockwood funeral home for
functional style of buildings. The accommodations. According to Charles Ellis, who died early
home will'combine residential and Governor Kim Sigler, no immedi- Friday morning at his home on
business needs of Michigan's ate construction is planned In Arcona Rd., York township, fol-
governor and his family with view of the state's financial prob- lowing several months illness,
provisions   for   state   receptions,   lean and lack of veterans* housing.      *•    Ellis   was    the    son    of
 ..            Charles and  Amanda  Clark Ellis
and was born in Saline township,
May 11, 1868, and lived in this
community his entire life.
He is survived by a nephew,
Charles Phelps of Ferndale.
Burial took place in the Mooreville cemetery with the Rev.
George Moore of Ann Arbor  of-
Begins Four-Year Construction Program
The Detroit Edison Company   duction     capacity     because     we
this month began a four-year
construction program which calls
for the expenditure of $96,000,
000" and which will increase the
heard   someone   make  a   speech  ficiating.
about    'the   glorious  future'     of 	
Southeastern   Michigan   We   are      Burt   E.   Rogers   died
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
some of the ideals for hatchery-
men and flockowners to strive
for.
In. opening the meeting and
greeting his guests, Mr, Hagen
expressed his appreciation for the
cooperative efforts of his flock
owners and "explained to them
"Why Hatcberymen Do Some of
thei Things They- Do."
Most every section df Washtenaw county was represented at
this gathering and a number
from several neighboring ..communities. The, banquet wa% served by. the Ruth Circle of WSCS^
Mrs- C. O. Woodbridge, chairman, and a bouquet of red roses
■which centered the speakers table
was presented them by Mr. Hagen in appreciation for their efforts.
Saline Hatchery held open
house all day Monday and had
hundreds of visitors during the
day. Customers names were entered in several prize contests
and the drawing of the winners'
names was made Tuesday night
at the banquet, one of whom was
a lady in Wisconsin.
Saline Local of the Michigan
Milk Producers Association will
hold its annual meeting at the
Saline high school Wednesday
night, February, 5, with a banquet at 7:45.
Ernest Girbach, local president,
Stated Tuesday that/ Jvan K.
Maysteacl of Hillsdale, presid-nJ-,
of. the State Association 'ill tc
present and deliver the main address and that the Songhusters
of WPAG and the Singing Sentinels of Kaiser-Frazer Corporation will furnish entertainment.
Attendance at the annual
meeting last year was over 300
and an even larger gathering is
expected here next Wednesday
because of the present situation
regarding milk prices. Open, discussion of the producers' problems, always a live topic, is a
feature of the annual meeting
and they sometimes wax warm
declared Mr. Girbach. Waynard
Carr, Route 1, Saline, is secretary-treasurer of the Saline local.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Deede of
Saline have announced the engagement of their daughter, Lois,
(Penny) to David McHenry of
Newburgh, N Y. The couple will
be married in the spring.
Miss Deede, a graduate of the
' Saline high school, is now em-
.^teyced in the' offices "of the
T^^versal Die-Casting &" Mfg.
Co. Her fiance, an employee of
the Shell Oil Co., attended
Clarkson College in New York.
He is a former officer in the
Army Air Forces.
FUTURE FARMERS TO
GO ON THE AIR
at his
prepared to spend nearly $25,- home in Jackson on Friday and
000,000 a year for the next four was brought to Saline for burial
power-producing capacity of the years because sober judgment on Monday. Mr. Rogers was
system by 22.4 per cent. Ex- convinces us that such an ex- born in Saline, Jan. 1869 and
penditures for 1947 will approxi-   penditure is  necessary." lived here the early part of his
mate $20,000,0,00. The turbo-generators to be in-   life.    He is survived by his wife
Out    of    the    $20 000 000    will   stalled   at   Trenton   Channel  will   and one sister, Mrs. B. E. Gates,
come   the   final   parent   on   a   be the largest of any in the «mu~   of Detroit.-
100 000 horsepower turbo-genera-   P^y'3 four Power Plants   ^nen 	
tor at the Marysville plant which   operating at   full   load   each,   of XOGAL PILOT TO  GO
will   be   put   into   operation   on   "^    S6"6"1^™, Jf    Te*mie jm* ELORIDA AIR TOUR
March 1.    Out of .that sum also   1.900,000 pounds of high pressure^   ^'-".      '   . ,.,,„
will  come the first payment- on   J^gh    temperature_ steam- each■ -  j^g-   j^y,^   j^   son of Mr",
the   installation   of   two   133,000   *°l?   To   create   tJfas  steam   jts   and j^  R   Q  Layher, Rome 2,
horsepower    turbo-generators    at   b01jer* ™U"S(: W»0 tons, of coal  Saline>   fa   one  of   ^^^5   of
the Trenton Channel Plant.    The   ***   400,0.00   tons   of   condensed  participants ta th& Sixtb Annua!
first of these two turbo-genera-   water a day. Each generator vail. Gulf   Air   Tour   to   moTidsL_   ^
tors is scheduled to go into ser-   produce    enough    electricity    to   ^yent whichi is Dringin    into q^
vice  in  1949;   the  second,  later. ™*ft. the  residential, commercial  air me bag^t number of private
Their  total   cost,  with   housing,   ana industrial needs of the aver- piIots fa the history of aviatiolli
boilers,   stacks  and other  neces-   "S« city of 200 Op0 population..     Major M  wmiamS)  noted d
sary equipment will be from ?26,-      ***** for .1947..include the con-  flyer< Pu]itzer t^^y, ^i^^ ^
000,000 to $30,000,000. struction   of   seven   new  substa- .j^ of ^ aviation department
Costs of the 1947 program are  tlons "■ *** Detroit metropolitan .^  t^ Gulf  Qil  Companies,  dis-
divided approximately as follows:  arfa anf 12 elsewhere in Detroit  close<i receiltiy.
Power Plants $3,000,000   f^son territory.   The largest of      DesigIled   to   encourage   cross-
Substations 4,000,000   these projects is. a  new station  CQUntry Gying_, ms  unusual ^
Overhead and underground trans- ?ear ^ter to meet the rapidly Tour is open to Uot Qf a
missions  lines 2,500,000   ^creasing .load in this  territory.   plane of ^g hors6power or less.
Feeder   lines,   transformers,   new 95B:ers„1.wUl   De.    °cateT ,       -b~ Several   thousand   private   pilots
meters                              4,500,000 Clair  Shores,  at Van Dyke and from m oyer  ^ Fcounti[!   * are
Buildings, steam heating and gas ^en Mile Roads,, at Carpenter and expe<;te<i   to   take   part   in  thig
extensions                      3,000,000 ***»; \ Roads, near Ami Arbor, flighit    Pilots will use the nearest
Land                                    2,0.00,000 at Thirteen  Mile and Rochester of   four   especially   worked   out
Construction     and     automotive Roads and m Monroe. Gulf Airways to piorida   all of
Many   of   the   company's  lines whi(,T,  ^„   „,,_„*—„.--.,:  k.,.^,,.-
MEXIOANS   TO  HEAR
OF 'BIBLICAL WHEAT
AUXILIARY /SPONSORS
GIRL  SCOUTS
Salinei Girl _ Scouts. now have
as their sponsors the Legion
Auxiliary, Their former spon-
,sor. was the Saline Woiflatfs
Club.
Perry Hayden, founder of Die
/'Biblical Tithing Wheat" project,
;left last week for Mexico,, wliere
he will give illustrated talks on
the project in several ciaK'S, ia~
eluding Monterey, Sah, Luis
Potosi, Guadalajara, and Mexico
City. Accompanying him are his
wife and daughter, Mary Jane,
and Raymond J. Jeffreys, of
Columbus, O., who is writing a
book about the subject.
Tha local chapter, Future
Farmers of America, will appea?
on a progam, on Station WPAG,
Ann Arbor,, Monday morning
next at 8:15. They will appear
on the Farm Breakfast hour ahd
respond to questions proposed by
Mr. Allen, Milan agricultural
teacher, relating to the Future
Farmer organization. This quiz
program is new and is expected
to prove of great interest to the
farmer audience of WPAG.
equipment 1,000,000 ,. .j-VJ,.._   . ,.xxxx,.x  w«i  \sjuversre at Orlando,
Here is why the job must be.  ™*s\ *>. extended to fake care of  branching out from that city to
. the increasing load   Further  ex-   i— x.    _/".- . . J
which will  co&vSrge at Orlando,
x,     .-        ■■    ,    „   ,-.   xx. '  toan&hing out
the increasing load   Further ex-   botb Plorida.s    east    and    west
 w. ,                             ,          ,-_            _,               , . —"■"'    ■«-- *v*j.j.v*a. »>       cast,
Detroit   Edison's   total   power tensions  to  the alternating  cur- coasts    Free oil an<i        ine wm
output in 1946 was 2%  per cent rel* network are being installed be provi<tejd participants by Gulf
ov£  1&45   production.   Twice in ™   downtown  Detroit   to   supple- deglei& at some 70 fateImedlate
ment the direct current lines.
POST OFFICE SEEKS BIDS
ON MAIL ROUTE
Decehlber the output hit an all-
time high. That includes, of „■"«» ^™Ff"y e*pecw w puuq g p- ^ from ^
course, the heaviest demands of 110 ^s of farm mes m 1947, secure ^ Tour UcatiJs
the'war days when the great in- a, Pr°l?ct .w^* wiE nearly com- from ^ local Qulf airport deal.
dustrial plants were running in Plete the ** °f makmg electrical er^ pUots can take Qff time
eight hour shifts around the ?er™* a^We ^ evexy farmer ^^ January; 2nd ^4 CJ com.
clock. m ADetr0lt Effon -tffitory. plete the tour by January 26th.
Production in 1946 surpassed Approximately 650 men are Th can fl .Jndlviauaiiy. or in
4hat in 1945 because of the £<™ employed m the company s groups 0f their own choosing and
steadily increasing demand from ^ construction torce. adoui can visit t of m a
residential,  farm and commercial 20°  more will be,  added in 1947 6e8^
customers.   Company officials ex- and PWbaWy another 650 in 1948. ,	
pect. that   the   increased   use   of
'Open for bidding is the "star
route" mail-carrying contract
for service between Ann Arbor
and the Saline and Bridgewater
communities. Two trips daily are
specified for the impute. These
bids are due in Washington Feb.
20.
Bidding blanks, as well as information on regulations and
specifications governing the contract, are available at the main
post office in Ann Arbor.
CHURCHES   TO   HOLD
CLOTHING DRIVE
MARANATHA CLASS
ELECTS OFFICERS
Tha Maranatha Class of Federated church was entertained in
the home of the pastor Thursday
evening. The regular . business
meeting was held andT .games and
refreshments were enjoyed. Ronald ,Tower was elected president
of the class and Mrs Streeter is
to be the new seeretary and
treasurer.
Something New in Housing
ANN ARBOR MAN
TO ADDRESS CLUB
' CHICKENS OF TOMORROW ... Black and white reproduction o:t oil
■ painting by Arthur O. Schilling, poultry artist, judge and authority,
of his conception of what the "Chicken of Tomorrow" should took
like;  A nation-wide contest is now being conducted to select the iieal
market iowL
Harold Lo.gan, principal of the
Slauson junior high school, Ann
Arbor, will discuss "Discipline in
the Home and School" at next
Tuesday afternoon's meeting of.
the Child Study Club. The meeting will be held at the school
and will begin at 3:15 p.m.
electricity by these three classes   600 FORD ACRES SOLD
of  customers  will  be   continuing	
and consistent. six hundred, of the 9,60.0 acres      Saline   churches   will   combine
Use -by industrial customers of farm land the Ford Motor Co. their efforts in behalf of a • cloth-
was retarded in the early owned in the Macon area have ing drive for the needy in for-
months of 1946, but rose steadily been sold in a dispersal of the eign lands and with the aid or
later in the year and is expected holdings that started last month the Boy Scouts, will have a pick-
to increase sharply early this according to R. H. Powell, di- up on Saturday, February 8.
year. rector of real estate for the com-  .	
"Through many years the De-  pany. Would   the  party  who   saw   the
troit   EdisOn   Company has  sue-   accident on    U. S. 112    at    th«,
cessfiilly anticipated the growth Karen Louise Webber, small viaduct, Thursday evening around
of "Detroit and Southeastern daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen 10 pan., please contact A. S.
Michigan in terms of people, Webber, was baptized Sunday, Jones, 472 E. Chicago St. Jones-
hom'es,     stores    and    factories,"   at  St. Paul's  church. ville, Mich.,, or Ph. Collect 543.
Prentiss M. Brown, chairman of
the board, explained. "Merchants,
housewives and Indstrialists have
found power in the lines ready
for use as soon as connections
cOiilS be made. Detroiters have
come to accept the availability of
electricity as they do the air
from the open window. But that
availability of power has been no
happenstance, no xgift from, nature. The power is there because
of <^ireful planning and prompt
action."
"That is no boost. It is a
statement of policy and procedure. We believe that unless we
act now we may find ourselves
unable to meet the demands of
the not too distant future. Obviously it is our obligation to
provide power when tbe people
need it, not a year, or two late-
We are not expanding  our tvttv.
Ibis model five-room bungalow, the first of its kind, was erected fren;
prefabricated aluminum sections in 19 days by the Butler Manufacturing Company in Kansas City. Blue asphalt shingles were selected
for the roof to provide long lasting fire resistance and a pleasing
contrast with the white sidewalls. A central utility room, for heating and storage, plus a breezeway connecting with the garage are
added features of this model home.
Crowds Hfere
See Caravan
FARMERS FROM OVER
COUNTY   VIEW   DISPLAY
OF RURAL   PROGRESS
Visitors from all over Washtenaw county were in Saline
Monday to witness the Michigan
State College Rural Progress
Caravan display at the Saline
high school. More than 2,100
visitors were checked through the
building during the morning and
afternoon The display, while instructive and interesting in many
respects, failed to impress visitors to the extent that it did last
year, due -probably to the fact
that it consisted largely of
graphs and charts and except for
a couple of items, was devoid of
any actual mechanical devices
such as were exhibited here last
year.
It was, however, a very worthy
event, and made an occasion for
county farmers to pay a visit to
Saline where they were made
welcome by the implement dealers, hateherymen and appliance
store and feed dealers. The
weather was ideal, the town still
retains its appeal as a farm
trading center, and the Caravan's visit to Saline gave opportunity to visiting farmers to
combine business with pleasure
with an outing besides.
COUNTY FEDERATION
MEETS TOMORROW
The mid winter meeting of the
Washtenaw County Federation of
Women's Clubs will be held at
1:30, Friday afternoon, January
31 at tha Ladies Literary Club
house on North Washington St.
in Ypsilanti, with the the Ypsilanti Federation as hostess. The
speaker will be Miss Sorenson, a
•county social worker. Also tche
regular meeting of the Saline
Woman's Club will be held Tuesi
day, February 4 at 2:30 p.nu, at
the home Of Mrs. Cecil Daven-
3j.ocrt. ^,32sg ■Sfcnbjeet is on .Youth
Guidance. ' Mrs. William Lyons
has secured a speaker for the occasion. . •
Publicity   Committee
WOMAN'S  CLUB
The Saline Woman's Club met
at the home of "Mrs. Francis
Lockwood, Tuesday afternoon,
January 21, with a number of
guests present. The meeting opened with the Collect and salute
to the flag and the business session was conducted by the president, Mrs. J. N. Lewis. Mrs.
C. H. Miller, program chairman^
introduced Mrs. A. E. Clerky who
presented an interesting musical
program, telling the origin' Of
several familiar songs, which
were then sung by Miss Katherine" Briggsv with Mrs. Merritt
Martin accompanying. The songs
were, "Wait 'Til The Sun Shines
Nellie", "Hiawatha", "There'll
Be A Hot Time In The Old Town
Tonight,," and others. The speaker was Ralph Gerganoff of Ypsilanti, whose subject was, "What's
new in architecture". He began
in % the huilding profession as a
carpenter but has become a well
known architect and designer of
homes and public buildings. He
talked principally of the ranch
type house which is so popular,
since many seem to prefer having all rooms on one flo~6r, but
said that it need not be modernistic, but colonial or any other
desired style. He compared the
convenience and cost of houses
with and without- basements, but
proved with figures that the latter is the more expensive, and
said that for Michigan a basement is more practical, as is a
vestibule more necessary. That
the cost of a new house can be
estimated at $10 a square foot.
That styles in homes change
every ten or fifteen years and
that anyone familiar with building can readily tell the age of
the house. Mr. GerganofE discussed picture windowsy which he
said need small windows for
ventilation unless there is air
conditioning which is too expensive for the average house: also
the disadvantages of thermos
panes. He discussed various
kinds of construction,, such as
cement and cinder block, concluding that stone or brick or. a
good wood siding are best. He
told of the different kinds of
heating, including radiant heat-
ingy and gave a brief outline for
a workable and convenient kitchen arrangemet. Outside painting was also includied^, and he said
that the best paint and the best
painter cannot make a good job
unless weather conditions axe
right. Mi-. Gerganoff very generously answered the many questions which the ladies submitted
on various building subjects.
Publicity   Committee.