1947-03-06; Saline Observer

              VOLUME    64
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,     THURSDAY, March 6, 1947
NUMBER 22
Saline Pastors Present Pre-Easter Messages
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(The following is the first in a
series of articles to appear in
The Observer during the Lenten,
season by the pastors of the
churches in Saline. Probably at
no period in the history of this
nation have world conditions
been so chaotic, nor the future
so fraught with, -tragic disaster
for mankind. -America, alone,
is practically the last bulwark
of ■ Democracy and therefore,
Christianity. These are indeed
times for sober thought and this
newspaper takes quick advantage of the opportunity to devote
its leading columns to the ministers of our city.—Editor.)
LENTEN   POISE
At Federated church Sunday
morning, Reverend Henry McKenzie, pastor,, preached on
»'tLe(nten Poise.*1 Among, other
things he said, Lent is a meditative period. We look introspec-
tively and we look forward to
the events of Passion Week.
Throughout the year we try to
transform, the world but during.
Lent wa try to transcend the
world. For forty-six weeks we
develop science^ invention, sindus-
try and commerce but for these
six weeks we are concerned witih
making a life rather than making a living. •
Lent is a period to ask, "Why
are we here? Where are we going? What are the governing
motives. Why have we all this
tragedy ? Where is the universal
solvent?"
We have developed smart men
■but. we have failed to produce
good men. We have a science but
we have not with the same effort created a philosophy. We
have built industry but not a
theology. Lent is a period for
disciplining the soul to higher
things. It is knowing- more than
the life, of art, it is the art of
life—something away from- clamor, away from the iron that rusts
and granite that turns to dust.
It is life abundant; eternal and
omniscient. .„     * -.  ,.
vTtfis Jiard for us in- tins, driving, competing, superficial, materialistic, matter-of-fact ' world
to -understand spiritual things.
Spiritual things are spiritually
discerned. We must "be still
and know that I am. God." We
all give cups of cold water but
fail to drink from the heavenly
sprirjg. We give bread but fail
to e&t the bread served in the
Upper Room. We are- creatures
of panic. We cannot be saved
until we gain spiritual poise.
We have gone far and fast but
where are we? Whirl is king.
We are like the cowboy getting
on the bronco and riding off in
every direction.. The wages of
hurry is death. Someone has
said we are going nowhere at
seventy miles per hour.
In this sea of hustle and bustle
we are to take our bearings,
find our position, follow the
stars, watch, the compass., We
have been thinking of what is—
now we ought to thick of what
ought to be. If you have played
the part of a coward like Abraham, or broken the tables containing the Ten Commandments
like Moses; or repeated the sins
of Samuel and Eli;, or shown passion like David; if you have lost
your moral values or weakened
your will—-Lent is the time to
pray "Create in me a clean heart,
O God, and renew a right spirit
within me"'.
The greatest need at this time
is to confess sin. I mean in the
church and out of it. Christ
condemned tha sins within the
synagogue more than he condemned those outside the syna-^
gcogue. The sins of the spirit .are
more deadly than the sins of ihe
flesh, yet,- the cults who underestimate the power of sin ar^
building upon sinking sand., Sin^
is .more than a mistake, or a
means of growth, or an error in
process. Sin is powerful enough
to crumble civilizations, ta fell
empires and totter dominions.
Rose-water theology of love and
light never brought a renaissance, reformation or a system
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Charter member^ of the. newly
organized * Junior Chamber of
Commerce at their first dinner
and husiness meeting held at the
Saline Hotel last Thursday evening are, left to right, standing,
Ralph Bowen, Kenneth De,ckert,
LaVern Armbruster, Maurice
Robbins^, Donald Rapp. Seated,
left to righ.t, Milton Hartman,
director; Robert Morton, director;
Myron Gallagher, Jr., secretary;
Lee Robison,., president; Erwin
Schmid,    vice-president;    Armine
Westphal, treasurer; Richard
Michalke, director. Other charter members who were unable to
attend are Lawrence Deede and
George Malinczala.,
Kejnneth Heininger,, president
of the, Ann Arbor Junior Chamber of Commerce and members
of that organization provided the
entertainment features of the
evening and presented Thor
Marsh, Ypsilanti, national director of. the JCC, who gave an interesting talk on the aims and
purposes of the organization.
Community
Fair Meeting
Tonight
The annual meeting of the
Saline Community Fair Association will be held . at the Saline
high, school tonight and everyone in the area interested in the
event is urged to be present.
There will be election of officers
and other business of importance
transacted and light refreshments
served.
Examination
For Local
P.O. Job
Open competitiye^e^min^pn
leading to penfl^n_S'? appciint-*
ment to positions in the 'Saline
post office, is announced by the
local secretary, of the U. S. Civil
Service Commission.
The position is for substitute
clerk, the basic pay for which, is
$1.04 an hour with increases
added' annually. This job is
limited to the patrons and temporary workers of the Saline post
office. Application forms mayA be
obtained from the local secretary
at the post office. They, must be
filled out and filed with the Regional Director, TJ. S. Civil Service Commission, 433 W. Van
Buren St., Chicago 7, Illinois, not
later than March 20, 1947.
Saline Has
Lower Quota
For Red Cross
The quota for Saline in the
March drive for funds for the
International Red Cross is $500,
which is lower than in previous
years. Mrs. Ethel Hunt is the
local chairman and the drive is
being sponsored by the American
Legion   Auxiliary.
At Thursday's Rotary meeting,
Rear Admiral Lawrence C.
Leever, retired, TJ. S. Naval Reserve,, of Ann Arbor, a veteran
of World Wars I and H, was introduced by Rev. Alvin Siemsen,
program chairman, and delivered
an inspirational talk on the
captivities of the Red Cross, or
which he is the county chairman.
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Rabbit Club
To Meet
The Ann Arbor Rabbit Breeders Ass'n will meet Sunday,
March 9, at 2:30 p.m. at the
home of Ray Wells, 2435 iS. Main
St., Ann Arbor. The chinchilla
demonstration which was not
held last month, will be held av
this meeting. Judge Dickinson
will  be   in  charge.
Study Club
Hears Doctor
Dr. Livinia MacKaye, pediatrician at the TJ. of M. hospital,
spoke on the subject, "Sex Education" at the Tuesday meeting
of the Study Club at the school.
She stressed tha importance of
having a home atmosphere where
children can ,feel free to ask
questions. Hostesses were Mrs.
Louis Bowen and Mrs. Harry
Anderson. Tha next meeting
will be held at 8 p.m., March 18,
at the home of Mrs. Gordon
Prout. The speaker engaged is
Agnate Fenger of Ann Arbor,
whose topic will be "Sex Training  of  Children".
A meeting of Saline Local,
Michigan Milk Producers' Association, will be heldf at the Saline
high school on Monday, March
10 at 8 o'clock.
Junior Farm
Bureau Meets
The meeting of the Saline
Community Junior -Farm Bureau
was lield on February 25 at the
home of Joyce Burmeister. After the business meeting the
.group was entertained with, five
interesting movies which were
shown by Clayton Ernst. The
group is making plans for a
dance to be given soon after
Easter. Refreshments were
served by the hostess.
Independents
Defeat Milan
Quint 53-46
The re-vamped Saline Independents cage team finally managed
to win a basketball game Moa-
day night. After suffering seven
defeats this season, the locals
came through in good style ro
bump off a highly touted Milan,
city team which boasted sucli
former Big 'Reds as Al Hosier
and Dane Greashaber in their
line-up.
With a pitifully small crowd
in attendance, the contest got
under way as the locals immediately took the inijfciative and
dumped in three buckets and one'
free throw before the" Milanites
could even net a single point.
The first period work of Bill
Koebee and George Everett
eclipsed anything the visitors had
to offer. Saline led 17-11 at the
quarter.
In the second canto Kenny
Kramer really got hot. The big
"bad" redhead pcumped in five
neat two-pointers in a grand display o f heads-up basketball.
Milan too came to lif.eas a whole
new team came in to; rack up
seventeen points, pulling up to
within one point of catching the
leading Salinians,. The. halftime
score':    Saline   29—Milan   28.  _    "
Tha third quarter was the Independents' worst. In this stanza
they, were outseoTed 14-10 by the
refreshed visitors who commandeered the lead chiefly on the
shooting pf Dean Bodley. Bodley
connected four times to help put
his teammates Out front, 42-39,
at the end of the third.
But even with Hosier, Bodley
and Greashaber on the job, the
Milan rally petered out in the
final ten minutes of play. The
locals boomed forth With, 14
points as every Salinian scored,
whale the visitors were able to
garner  only four.
The addition of QSeorge Everett
—5a^_aturs&;_$Mete^fc thers'-ever
wasf one—certainTy~bd^stered both
the offensive and defensive po-.
tential of the independent quint
His rebounding was superb. The
few fans who were present
marvelled at Everett's ability to
be "johnny-on-the-spot" when it
came to working under both the
backboards. His ability as a
"feeder" was equally as accurate.
Time and time again a well-
timed pass would leave the local
coach's hands and find its target
—the, eager mitts of a Saline receiver who lost little time in putting it where it was supposed to
go. Everett was the high, point
man of the game—his 14 point
total topping every man on tha
floor. Kenny Kramer, • Independent forward, tallied 12 counters;
and Bill Koebbe was just one
point behind with. 11.
For Milan, Dean Bodley and
Jack Sweet were the leading
scorers. Bodley amassed 8 points,
while feweet registered 7.
Next Monday night the Independents will meet the clELssy
Ypsilanti State hospital quintet
on the local court in the main
event of a double-headerer, which
will also feature a preliminary
contest between Coach Marion
Voglesong's Saline high girl-
hoopsters and Peggy Steiner's
Alumnae sextet.
Stierle's Golden Wedding
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Woman's Club
Pays Tribute
To Mrs. Lewis
Mrs. J. N. (Mary Hammond)
Lewis,, former junior vice-president of the International Circle
of King's Daughters, an active
member of the Detroit Review
Club for many years and a past
president of the Detroit Federation of Women's Clubs, retired
as president of the Saline Woman's Club, Tuesday, which office
she held during the past two
years, and in concluding ner annual report delivered a very
thoughtful and striking summation of the problems and responsibilities of the women of today.
Said Mrs. Lewis,
"Another page to add to the
history of the Saline Woman's
Club and with it has gone tha
record of what we—-have done,
and what we have tried to do;
ea£h to stand alike the judgment
of their own value. In express-^
ing to you my gratitude for your
support, I hope to do so personally, and with individual emphasis. My association with you
has been pleasant and your universal kindness and willingness
to serve have made rough places
smooth* and your voiced appreci-
  ation of- m,y efforts, Chowever in-
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stierle, A short program followed the adequate, has given me courage
whose srolden weddine anniver- ^ner including vocal duets by .*> carry on; ^our president has
wnose   goiaen   weaajng.   anniver m„irtlpiT1M. «,d. Mrs. *>een present at each, meeting of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stierle
sary fell on Monday, March 3rd,
the
Elmer Rothfiiss who were accom- ^ club and the directors
celebrated it on Sunday, March panied by Mrs Reuben Finkbein- meetings; lias represented your
2nd at the home of their son, er. The selections were: "Tlie club at. the district meetings, the
Rudolph, 4345 Braun road. There Lord is My Shepherd," and cauntv: meetings, also, the county
were 50 relatives and friends who "Jesus Still Leads On." executive board meetings. At
partook of the. dinner at noon. Rev. Alvin Siemsen performed, the -December meeting of the De-
Mrs. George Steeb and Mrs. an anniversary marriage service ^ Federation .of Roman's
Amos Luckhardt were the kitch- and C. D. Finkbeiner played sev- Clu°s«. X.^ Present and had a
en committee while Lois Fink- eral violin selections. pafi, *? "^ ProS^am-
beiner of Saline and Beatrice Guests were from Ann Arbor, . Toda£ th*re " a?e F_*tem»
Schenk of Ann Arbor were wait- Ypsilanti,  Pleasant Lake,, Toledo, "^ from economic conditions,
ress.es.    The  color scheme    was  and Saline.
problems of taxation and govern-
white and yellow with the tables      Mr. and Mrs.  Stierle were re-  ff1^1 l*^^™ which ehal-
centered,   with    yellow    daffodils  cipients of many lovely, gifts, and 7~*Z   attenn°a-    i*e   youtil   <*
and white snapdragons.
a sum. of money.
WSCS Groups   Joan Wurster
Hold Meetings Chosen for
In spite of drifted roads many CSiylc^  C^_*A^%
today,   are   only   expressing   our
time and the xgreater freedom of
'expression that has been born of
otir very national institutions.
- "I do nob think .there are, less
beautiful and womanly girlss nor
less  manly  young-men;, but the
vibration of the age has.speeded
. .. . ..     ,  .,   .       «_,._*.'_._■      *Mm.wM.m.w= UP*   while   elders   stand   aghast;.
from   the   country attended   to. "*»**»     ^""^     . they   are   failing to   meet ■ and
group meetings, of the W.S.C.S. Joan Wurster has been chosen understand ^ new ^0^^
Tuesday  evening    At  the home as   the   outstanding   girl   in   the  E ^^ studie4
°5 ?f\,Arairr ^ er' JfembeIs JumoF «*¥» °£ ■tte Salme lugh art ^^^ ^ ^ c^scious.
of the Mary L circle and guests  school  and will represent  Saline ev atrain   o£   iar
enjoyed a business session, a pro- at the Wolverine Girls' State lingeril^ to ^ memory builds
gram of readmg^. an unpersona-  which will be held at the.Univer-   a   M her    t of    per^onamy.
tion  and   contests.   The   hostess   sity of Michigan on a date tenta-   E fi ht fQJ. moral^ expression
served a dainty lunch. There tively set as June 22. HaUie ^ ^ c^^ty evel£ fignt
were six guests present Trie Jane Mehler has been chosen as fcr better lawg 'expressing ad-
circla will meet m April at the  alternate. vancai   social   structure   is   just
home   of   Mrs.   Max Ross,   Man-       Girls' State is an annual event  ^^   mucll  mm(^ er   ^ ^
Chester road in   Michigan   and   is   sponsored   control of ^ t flood o£ WQ_
Mrs.    Thomas   Shurtz    opened  locally    by   the   ladies    of    tne manhoodi   Through  the personal
her home for the meeting of the  American  Legion  Auxiliary. awakening     in    thought,     there
Ruth   circle.   Twenty-five   mem- 	
bers   and   four   guests   attended.  __ m _„     _  _   —__- ■
President Mrs Woodbridge, PlttSfield HOSt
opened    the   meeting.   A    shoir
program and reading followed ftft TaAfll. GfOIlD
the routine business. The hostess * ** __lw%A_i w_tW.t*JJ*
carrying   out   the   theme   of   St.      The,   Pittsfield    Farm    Bureau
comes the demand that all government contact witli the home,
shall be to the end of home building, and not of home destroying. Intelligent thought is required to sift the true from tlie
false,, in the floods of propaganda
The Daniels'
Anniversary
About 125 relatives and friends
attended the open house during
the afternoon, and the family
gathering in the evening, at tlie
home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Daniels honoring his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Daniels, on the
occasion of their-golden wedding
anniversary. Mr. and Mrs.
Daniels received the felicitations
of many friends and were the
recipients of lovely anniversary
gifts which Mrs. Daniels opened
in the presence of their guests
following an evening, of cards and
' dancing. Refreshments wert
served later. Guests were froia
Ypsilanti, Dexter, Bridgewater
and Saline.
•Patrick's  Day colors  in  refresh-   group held their monthly  meet- that   are  swefiping ^  co^y.
ments and decorations,  served a   ing    by    entertaining    the    Lodi Ag cmzens ^^ club womenii 0rie
very dainty lunch, at small tables,   group   at   the   Grange   hall   on o£  Qur greater  contributions to
Mrs.  Ralph Hammond will have Monday, Feb. 17,, at 7:0.0.   It was QUr country>s,weifare is to famii-
the circle meeting in April.             a    potluck    affair   with    almost iarize ourselves ^^ todays pTdi}.
A pleasant social evening waa «,very     member     present.   After lems and to pr6pare intelligently
spent  following   a  business  ses-  the   supper   the   group   gathered fQr tbe decisions weTOUSt m^.
sion conducted by president, Mrs.   around for a  farm  quiz.   Three The tashj of me cM)s is to sUm_
Luther Briggs, when eleven mem-  members from each group were 1]late   fhaagb^  ielp ^  to   keep
bers   of   the   Esther   Circle   and   chosen-   *™*°-   *£« .Lodl   S™UP firm  in  the faith,  and steadfast
one   guest   met   with   Mrs.   Lee were   -Oliver    Sterner     Lorina to    ^   -principals    ^a   virtues
Hart, Tuesday evening. Light re-  Klumpp and Emerson  Haeussler, wMch toaa& AmBttBe- a ^.eat na_
freshments    were    enjoyed.   For  --*   from   the   Pittsfield   group ^^
the April meeting of this group, Oral Bassetl, Mrs. Edmonds and commemorating tne eighty-
Mrs. Edgar Forsythe and Mrs. Cax}t0IL HerUjer. Each, contea- ^^ birthday anniversary of
Harry Holmes will be co-hos- *?-* was asked what h.e or she ^^ presideIltj club members and
tesses at the former's home, E. ^°^ht °f *e Jtrm-. ^U guests sang, "Happy Birthday,"
Michigan avenue.                                ^ ^ benefited by it.   The con- ■        ^^ charles lml     program
testants agreed it was neighbor- -cllairnla      ^ a few v£.y well
ly, ^ucational and it's a group chosen     wor<^     expresse<i     ti_e
wtach    should    have     developed club,s a         iation for Wleader-
years before it hai   They agreed ^        the past two  years,
that thfey had either directlyor ^ as   a5testimoIlial  pre^ted
mdrrectty   benefited   by   it.   The Lewis ^^ a lovel   c         e
Clarence     Haarer    was   quiz  ended   by   the   Lodi   group w               flowe       an^ a
hostess  at a  party  given  Satur- . having • 20 points more-than tlie 7f\ r>in set.
day afternoon at the St.  Paul's  Pittsfield group.   There were two p        p
Nursery Class
Party
Mrs.
church for her Cradle Roll class  jackpots questions, _ one   for  the
and   their   mothers.   The   babies   contestants and one for the au-
Mrs. T. J. Irelan and Mrs. Sam
•Boyd, hostesses,, at their home at
102 E. Henry street, .served at-
and their mothers were welcomed - dience* * Charles McCalla 'gave a  ^v^™    and    delicious   refresh.-
There's a lot more to milking
a cow than sitting, down with a
bucket or attaching a machine
.... or so they, are finding, out
in the Dairy Science Department
at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. W..*E. Petersen, well known-
authority of that school, has been
talking, that fact for some time
and believes that' more of the
scientific facts should be. shown
to the farmer.
With that in mind, he has
helped to make "No Hand Stripping', a sound and color film,
that tells the whole story to be
shown at the Ajnerican Legion
hall, Saline on March 10 at 1:30
p." m, and at the Gleaner hall,
3*_> miles north of Ann Arbor on
Pontiac Trial at 8:00 p.m. on
March   11. . .      .
Na-a-a-r-row!
Mrs. J.B. Wallace was startled
Sunday night while crossing the
street on a red light, when a
'car coming from tha west made
a lefthand turn unto-N. Ann Arbor street and stopped just as
the car touched her coat Although Mrs. Wallace was unhurt,
both she and the driver- of the
car were pretty much, shaken
up. OxVer the incident.  «,    t
with   a   program   given   by   the talk on   Farm   Bureau  products
church,   school   nursery   class in- and how the -farmer "profits more—
cluding   the   following   children: by buying Farm Bureau products
Dianna   Westphal,    Donna   Jean than any other brand
Dechert,    Barbara    Ruth    Frey, The  meeting 'was: then - closed
Patricia   Smith,  Frederick Raus, and  for   the  remaining  part   of
Bobby and "Tommy Green, Bruce the evening   the   groups   played
Holzhauer,   Lyle   Wahl,   Barbara cards.                      ^
Schmid   and   Julie   Ellen   Trum.- The  Pittsfield  group wants to
bull. thank the Lodi group for making
Refreshments   were   served t>.y the-. evening   so   profitable   and
the Woman's Guild and the child- they    sincerely   hope    the    Lodi
ren    enjoyed   games   for   enter- group had fun.
' tairanent.   There were  Si moth- _.        Contribute^.,
ers and 35  children present. .     	
Alwin   Gross,   Emerson   Ehnis
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Mrs. Martin Fuoss returned and Ormand Bredernitz, attended
•home from St. Joseph's Mercy the John Deere meeting at Fen-
hospital, last, week.   . '- '.    tea* on Wednesday.