1947-02-06; Saline Observer

              The Saline Observer
VOLUME    64
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,       Thursday, feb: 6, 1947
NUMBER    IS
Hopes Are High For
Liberal Resoonse To
A.
Urgent Call For Aid
Community Urged To Contribute Liberally,
To Alleviate Suffering in War Ravaged
Countries.   Collection By Scout Troop
Recently Wed
Saline churches have launched
a campaign here for overseas
relief in the nature of a clothing
drive which will culminate in 'a
pick-up of articles of apparel
Sty the Boy Scouts this coming
•Saturday.
World peace is something yet
to be attained. Americans can
do more to win that peace by
laying the foundations of friendship and understanding through
^id to .suffering humanity. The
need for clothing is now at on all
time peak, with one third of the
•world's population seriously
menaced by the lack of it. It is
useless to feed people who may
nevertheless -die of exposure because of lack of. adequate
heating facilities indoors and bitter cold without. The import-
•ance of the immediate collection
«f used xCldthing .and warm
blankets cannot be over emphasized- The.appeal of the Saline
churches comes direct to all of
ais. Thoughtful citizens have
"contributed .a full page advertisement in this newspaper to call
cattention- to the importance of
this clothing drive. Here is an
opportunity ior call to play a'part.
Every individual in SJaXine ifeaij.
•contribute something. <Out of
the abundance of our comfort ,we
■can contribute to the comfort "of
the, thousands of thousands "who
may perish without it.
Here then is another opportunity for Saline to outdo itself.
cSeleet every garment or warm
piece of clothing you can get
along without and Trave it .ready
when the Scout Troop makes the
•collection Saturday.
Any garment that has from
three to six months, of use yet
remaining can be "used.. AU
clothing should be clean and
mended Woolen      garments
thorougly aired and . brushed.
Shoes should be tied together in
pairs by, their laces. Pack your
contributions in clean cartons or
fold neatly in "bundles and be
sure to have them ready Saturday.
"Let us make this ClcEHing
I>rive the "kind of success that
Saline is noted for:"
as hostesses. Harry Logan,
principal of Slosson junior high
school, Ann Arbor, spoke on the
subject, "Discipline at home and
in the school." Next meeting will
be Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. at the school
when Dr. Joseph Hartsook, Ann
Arbor, will discuss dental care
for children. Mrs Clarence Johnson will be the hostess.
Buck Passing
On Tax Jam
GENE ALLEMAN WRITES
FROM LANSING IN
MICHIGAN MIRROR
Mr. aaid Mrs. Richard Michalke
Michalke-Towers  In Our Schools
Maystead
Defends Co-op
FARMERS ONLY GROUP
WHO BUY AT RETAIL
AN© SELL WHOLESA1 *T
SALINE MAN
WEDS DETROIT
GIRL
JOINT JUNIOR .AND
SENIOR MEETING
WSCS Group
Meetings
"Wednesday 'evening, February
12th* all members of the W.S.C.S.
of the Methodist church are
urged to attend "the Tegular .meeting. A program has been planned
and Mrs. Cecil Davenport, newly
appointed president, will preside.
Final arrangements will be made
for the annual fathers and sons
banquet to "be Md in the parlors
of the church the evening of February 20. Severe cold weather
Tuesday evening caused a smaller
attendance than usual at the
group meetings.Mrcs. Roy Rogers
was host to the Esther Circle
at her home on N. Ann Arbor
street, with Mra Luther Briggs
as leader;, the Mary L Chapter
met with Mrs. Don Ford, W.
Hpnry street. Mrs. Arthur Miller
presided at a short business ses-
ion, which was followed by a
social time. Mrs. Ford served
coffee and a delicious desert
lunch. The president, Mrs. Miller,
invited the group to her home
in March. Surprised was Mrs.
Grover Burgan, member of the
Ruth Chapter when she arrived
at the home of hostess Mrs.
Rosie Woodbridge, E. Henry
street, as an honored guest at an
impromptu stork party. Small
tables were set with appropriate
appointments at which, a dainty
lunch was served to twenty
lacSes. A lovely gift was presented Mrs. Burgan. A short
"business meeting followed.
Declaring that farmers as a
group are the only ones to the
■country who buy at retail and
sell at wholesale, Ivan K. May-
stead, Hillsdale farmer, and head
of the Michigan Milk Producers
Association, speaking at' the
Saline Rotary Cluh last, week on
the subject of farmers' coopera*
tives, said that these organizations o&iy""spfung'"up and*S6ur-
islied in those communities where
the farmer felt he was being discriminated against, and were
never a threat to any other
•establishment which conducted
its business on a 'sound basis.
The fairness of the exemption
of cooperatives from taxation.,
■which is being attacked by the
CNational Tax Equality League,
was explained by Maystead who
said that any profits which were
made by Cooperatives and divided
among their members was subject to the federal income tax.
In the discussion.which folfewed,
Carl Curtiss disclosed that corporate .profits were subject to
-double taxation, the corporation
tax .and the individual income
tax.
" Harry, Herch, program chairman, introduced the speaker and
Secretary Jensen- introduced
Bruce Phillips ^of Milan, his "protege in the steer feeding project,
.and T„ M. Clay, .East Lansing;
JL. G. Randolph, Ann Arbor;
C L. Carlton,. Clinton, .and Walter C. Osgood, Saline, as dinner
guests.
A wedding ceremony was performed Tuesday, January 14, at
St. Thomas church, Ann. Arbor,
which united in marriage Miss
Taffy Towers of Detroit, and
Richard Michalke of Saline. The
service was read in the presence
of the immediate families. Drees-
■sVp. a beige gabardine suit, the
"priue's head dress was white. veiling and lily of the valley. She
wore a corsage of white gardenias and red roses. Her matron
of honor was Mrs. Laurence
Deede, who wore a suit of blue
gabardine and a corsage of red
roses. Arthur Michalke was his
■brother's best man. Following
the ceremony, the guest* 'returned
"to Five Point Place where a
toast was 'iiiade to the'-bride" and
bridegroom. A wedding break-
-fast followed, which was served
on a table covered with white
linen and centered with a beautiful bride's cake. White lighted
candles, white mums, and pale
yellow snap dragons completed
the setting. Formerly from New
York City, Mrs. Michalke was
•singing with the "Bluatones"
when she became a member of
The Civic'Light Opera*'Company
of Detroit and Pittsburgh. The
couple spent a short honeymoon
in Chicago. They are now making their home at 405 East Michigan Ave.
Plans are being made by the
Juniors for ttiHit annual Joint
Junior and Senior Meeting. It is
to be held on March. 11, 1947 at
the Saline High School. We are
planning to put on a round table
discussion on parliaitientary procedure. All officers hre urged to
attend The speaker will be announced later. A special entertainment contest between the
Community Junior Farm Bureaus
is going to be put on. Additional entertainment is being planned* Everyone is invited to attend this meeting.
RANKIN-GOODIN
WEDDING
YOUTH HOSTEL
RECEIVES CHARTER
Don C. Campbell, chairman of
the local committee sponsoring
the Saline Valley Farms Youth
Hostel has received the official
AYH Charter for the current
year from the national headquarters of American Youth Hostels
at Northfield^, Mass. The House-
parent is Mrs Frank Boyer.
Members of the committee are:
Mr. and Mrs. Harold' Vaughn,
"Mrs. Don Campbell, John Rule,
Mr. .and Mrs. Max Haswell, and
Harold Gray.
Saturday evening, February 1,
at the Methodist parsonage in
Dundee, Miss'. Doris Goodin,
daughter of Mrs. Vera Allison of
Milan, "became the bride of
Charles Rankin, also of MUan.
The Reverent!; Charles Bragg performed the ceremony. Mrs. Rankin, a nurse, and employed at
Dr. Gordon Prout's office in,
Saline since last September, was
a member of the nursing staff
at the Saline General hospital for
four years prior to her present
position. Mr. Rankin works at
the Ameican Foundry at Milan.
They will reside on Stony Creek
road
SALINE F. F. A. VS.
CHELSEA F. F. A.
By Roy Klager
Oft the 29th-^bfii January.- - the
Saline Future Fartners went to
Chelsea/ to play a basketball
game -with the Chelsea F. F. A.
Both teams pf the Saline Chapter won a victory over their opponents. The reserve team won
their game in 6& overtime by
Doug Hoeft sinking a field; goal.
They, were ahead in the first
three periods, but in the 4th
Chelsea came through to tie the
Salinians 22-22. The final score
was 22 for Chelsea and 24 for Saline. Doug Hoeft was high point
man w^th 12 points.
The first team won by quite
a big margin At the end if the
first" quarter it was 12 to 0 in
favor of the Saline Boys. At tEe
end of the half itj.cwas 16 to C
I n the third quarter the boys
from Chelsea happened to ^ink 3
field goals while the Saline boys'
put in a few baskets leaving the
score at 6 to 23. In the last
quarter the Saline boys were told
not to make too many baskets
but regardless they pushed the
score to 35 to 9 in Saline's favor.
Eldxene Feldkamp wag high
point man with 12 points. Sometimes during the game you'd
think it was a football game instead of a basketball game.
Politely asking mayors and
school officials to relinquish their
newly-secured millions of additional sales tax money, Governor
Kim Sigler has given them an
interesting  alternative.
Here it is: Propose NEW
TAXES whereby the State of
Michigan can maintain . vitally
needjed public services and avert
a prospective deficit estimated-
now at  583,000,000.,
If the mayors and school people advocate new taxes as the
way out, Governor Sigler could
proceed to ask the legislature to
re-submit the sales tax amendment to tha voters at the April
election whereby voters would
have a clear-cut choice of two
thongs:..
• Remove the sales tax amendment from, the constitution and
thus end the earmarkings of approximately 75 per cent of the
sales tax funds for non-state
public services.
: OR—Enact NEW TAXES as
advocated by cities and scKOCls;
Here, ta a nutshell, is the coming  showdown at  Lansing.
Whether. Sigler -can .hang taxation responsibilities on the cities
and schools is another matter.
He evidently will try to do so.
The latest move of the governor reminds Us of a super chess
game at which millions of dollars
are at stake. The players are
the State of Michigan, as represented by state officias and state
legislators; mayors ofk cities and
officials: of" pfuWie^ScfijooI districts.
In the niidde, as „ usual, is . the
public—the taxpayer who must
foot the bill.
In a preliminary message to
the lexgislature last Thursday,,
Governor Sigler declared that he
would not support a proposal to
repeal the sales tax amendment
unless it were accompanied J'by
a definite guarantee to the
schools and the cities that their
problems would be considered
fairly and honestly and with justice at this session of the legislature."
Abie's Irish Rose
Who would give a "definite
guarantee?" We presumed he
meant the leaders of the legislature, such as the chairmen of
key committees.
Caught between the alternative
of becoming the advocate of new
taxes or agreeing to a compromise whereby the sales tax
amendment 'would -be taken off
the bookSi the mayors" and school
leaders have a "fine kettle cf
fish" to fry As we see it, the
Governor's move was a smart
strategic one to get the proponents of the amendment to, recommend new taxes—a position
which he has carefully avoided
so far—or to agree to a compromise solution whereby the legislature would "guarantee" adequate financial support.
If" the amendment proponents
cling to their newly-found millions from the sales tax, feeling
secure behind a constitutional
amendment that received popular,
support in November, then the
governor has a clean-cut issue at
hand cut and dHed, wrapped up
With a string around it. Instead
of the governor advocating new
taxes, the mayors and school people will do so!
In his inaugural message early
in January, Governor Sigler declared emphatically that he was
against new taxes and against a
deficit in the states treasury^ It
was former Governor Comstock
who was tagged as the man who
introduced the sales tax. Corn-
stock lasted two years. Sigler
apparently realizes the perils
politically of new taxes. He
would much prefer to have someone else take on the dubious
honor of becoming its sponsor.
His "no new taxes-lib deficit"
stand prompted an interpretation in this column that the gov-
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See Stabilized
Milk Market
DISTRIBUTORS-DEALERS
SEE INCREASED DEMAND
IN LOWER PRICES
n's
PICTURES TAKEN FOR
YEAR BOOK
By Dorothy Dieterle
R.ABBIT ASSOCIATION
TO MEET  SUNDAY
The Ann Arbor Rabbit Breeders Ass'n will meet Sunday, Feb.
9 at 2:30. p.m., at the home ot
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Groggel,, 5115
NoHar road, Ann Arbor. Plans
Sire being made to have Judge
Dickinson of Albion lead a discussion on heavyweight and
giant chinchillas. This meeting
is open to all persons interested
in rabbits. FJT.A. and 4-H students and! leaders are invited.
BASKETBALL
TONIGHT
The Saline Independent Basketball team will meet up with
the Ypsilanti Beer Cooler team
of Ypsilanti at the Saline High
School Gym, at 8 o'clock tonight. Admission prices are 30
and 50 cents.
Turn out and give the Independents a boost ana they'll
give you a run for your money.
Be there tonight!
BANQUET to
BE HELD SOON
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
AT STUDY CLUB
The Child Study Cluh met at
the high school Tuesday after-
■npon with Mrs. Don Campbell
snd Mrs. Harold "Brown acting
' The program committee has
been announced for the fathers
and sons banquet to be held ia
the Federated church on February 20th. It includes Ronald
Tower, Clarence Johnson and the
pastor of the church, Rev. Henry
McKenzie. A committee fromi fhe
Ladies Aid Society wall serve the
dinner and tickets may be obtained from a committee headed,
by Miss Mary  Morden.
JUNIOR FARM
BUREAU NEWS
A group of Juniors on January
22, went to Adrian to a leadership training school put on by
the State Junior Farm Bureau.
Different classes and discussion
groups were helcl for each One of
the different offices explaining the
duties and functions of each one.
Our January meeting was held
on the 14th. We had a member
of the Identification Bureau of
the Sheriffs "Department as guest
of honor. He explained the finger printing system of the bureau, and showed us pictures and
explained all of the other function of the Identification Bureau.
H. S. Osier, County Agr. Agent
is going to be at our Feb, 11
meeting with some moving pictures. We are also going to have
a Tall Talkers contest.
On January 28, pictures were
taken for the yearbook. They
consisted* as a whole, of the
basketball players, football players, librarians, office girls, Glee
Club, Journalism, Future Farmers, Student Council, Home Ec,
Faculty, Band,- Drum Corp,
Cheerleaders etc.
The pictures were being taken
all morning and afternoon. Phyllis Milkey and Dolores Cekau
made the announcements to each
room when and what pictures
were to be taken next. This was
another off day because the
students would be in class for a
while, then out. The teachers
had a hard time keeping track
of their students, especially for
Roll Call.
We are all anxious to see, how
these pictures turn out and read
the Yearbook now.
Ella Rayburn
Burton Harrin-gton, freshman
vet from Corunna, and Ella Ray-
burn, sophomore from Evans-
ville, Ind, have the lead roles
of Abie and Rosie in the Adrian
College   Players'    production    of
>S^^^^^
THE SENIOR PLAY
By Harry Steiner
The Seniors had a pubic demand to put their play" on again.
They voted and decided to put
it on January 30, which was last
Thursday night. The Seniors
worked hard to get this play
brushed up.
It is my opinion that the Seniors got a raw deal with the
weather man. On account of the
deep snow people couldn't get
around to getting to the play. On
top of it all, it thawed the same
day which made it all the worse.
You couldn't park along the curb
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.ABIE'S IRISH ROSE, to be presented cm, the stage of the Croswell Theatre in Adrian on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 3:30 and 8:30
p.m.
The regular meeting of the
Saline Woman's Club was held
Tuesday afternoon' at the home of
Mrs. Cecil Davenport. Mrs. J. N.
Lewis presided at the business
session. Among other items he
called attention to the annual
meeting to be held March 4th,
and a change of place will have
to be made. She appointed Mrs.
Thomas Shurtz, Mrs. Edward
Clark and Mrs. Luther Briggs
as the nominating committee for
new officers.
The- meeting was then turned
over to Mrs. Davenport who was
acting program chairman for the
day. She introduced Mr. H. C,
Harrison, Superintendent of Recreation for the city of Ypsilanti.
Mr. Harrison gave the high
lights of his work and the outline of a recreational program
for  smaller communities.
The recreational activities of
Ypsilanti are under a city ordinance, with about 60 per cent of
the operating fund being from
city taxes. The remainder from
the Community Chest and fees.
There are two buildings and
three schools used as centers for
the city. Gilbert house is under
a full time organized program
director, and various types of
pastime are going on throughout the day; nursery schools in
the morning, luncheon of civic
clubs during the noon and early
afteroon, then after school'hours
the scouts, teen agers and young
adults into the evening. Their
programs consist of crafts,
creative arts, tap dancing, quiet
games, swimming, and gym. The
opetating expense of this house
is between "six and seven thousand dollars a year.
The other house, Park Ridge,
is under the paid director but
is more or less of a "drop-in"
type of program. There are
games, playground equipment,
and all the facilities of the
otther house but the people just
drift into any recreation they
wish at the time.
The programs at the schools
are much less expensive and often
easier to establish, heating, janitor service and much of the
equipment is already there. In
contrast to the special houses the
cost of the school recreational
centers runs about one thousand
dollars per year.
Mr. Harrison said he was often
asked "why the stress on recreation so much more now days
when in years gone by it was
unheard of. The main reason is
that the mode of living today has
changed so from that of forty
years ago. As an illustration he
pointed out that a few years ago,
Ypsilanti was considered a rural
area while today it is practically
a part of suburban Detroit and
"In conformity with the national downward trend cf prices
of dairy products, a reduction of
the wholesale price of Class I
milk in the Detroit Market from.
?5.0O to $4.71 per hundred weight
became effective February 1st.
This brings the price of fluid
milk back to the level of last
November and should have a
stabilizing effect in today's fluctuating food market as it will
equalize retail milk variations in
prices which have contributed- to
the confusion in consumers',
minds,, stated Howard F. Simmons, Secretary-Manager of the
Michigan Milk Producers' Association,  in announcing the chnnge.
"During the month of January
there were sharp de<dines-in £he
prices paid by manufacturers, for
milk going into butter, cheese,
canned milk and other- diairjr
products. In the Detroit ftoilk-
shed, condensery pricesr, jipopjjeel
from §4.12 a hundredpreigljt . in
December to $3.86 during.".the
first half of January.'- Qn "ihe
Chicago market, the -wholesale
price of $2-score butter -.'went
down from 75% cents.jto 59%
cents a pound In the Chicago
district where milk prices are
set by Federal marketing orders,
the price of butter is a major
factor in determining the price
of fluid j milk. As a result of the
drop in butter, milk prices also*
declined sharply. The same ' i3
true in near-by Ohio cities, all
pf which have an influence-on-the-
ISIichigah^ milk market.
"''"Milk dealers and distributors
in Detroit are of the opinion
that a greater demand for fluid
milk will result from the revised
schedules of retail' prices made
possible by the reduction in cost.
It is anticipated that increased
demand not ony for milk but for
butter and cheese as well, will
stabilize the milk and dairy business throughout the country as
prices now are at levels whichi
bring them in line or below prices
on other food commodities,"
stated Simmons.
FARM BUREAU IN
ANNUAL MEETING
- The annual meeting of tha
Washtenaw County Farm Bureau
was held in the First Methodist
church, Ann Arbor, Wednesday,.
Jan. 29, with Larry Brandon*
Indiana Farm Bureau secretary,
delivering an .address. Election,
of officers was held and .two
'amendments to the constitution
voted upon.
PAST MATRONS' CLUB.
MEETS  MONDAY
The Past Matrons' Club will
meet at the home of Mrs- Sam
Lambarth, Monday, foe a 1
o'clock luncheon, with members
taking along needle, thimble, and
thread
will become more so.
The more congested the area
tthe more the need for supervised
recreation. But he warned his
listeners to understand that recreation is not and never will be
a cure for delinquency.. It combats it, and helps avert it* but
it is not the. cure. After all,
most children's habits and life
pattern are nearly formed by the
time the child is six years old.
In turn, a recreation program
should include study courses or
advise centers to help the parent
in the problem of helping the
child.
He closed by saying the greatest preventative of delinquency'
was better and more family
units, family activities and family understanding. Children need
recognition, they have excess •
energy and must have suitable
outlets. lit is up ti the adults
to provide safe and supervised
means for those who do not have
adequate ways to attain these for
themselves.
The Cluh is deeply indebted to
Mrs. William Lyons, chairsan for
the day, for the very interesting and worthwhile talk.
As there was no further business, the meeting adjourned and
tea was served Mrs. Carl
Curtiss poured
The next meeting will be Tuesday, February 18 at the hornet
of Mrs.  Edward Warner.
Publicity CommlEtee.   .