1947-04-24; Saline Observer

              The Saline Observer
VOLUME 64
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,     THURSDAY, April 24, 1947
NUMBER   2»
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Crash Fatal
To Belleville
Woman
Married In
Candlelight
Service
Mrs.  Harold   Girbach
Iii a head-on collision on US-
112,  a mile  and a half west of
Saline, at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon,      Mrs.     Emily      Wilson
Clark,   66,.  a   Resident   of   Belleville,,   was   killed,,   her   husband
painfully   injured,     and    William
Frey, Wyandotte, bruised and cut
about the face.       " '7
The    accident   occurred,   when
Mrs.    Clark,     going    west,     attempted to pass another car  on
the  hill  at  that point and  collided head-on with the  Frey car
coming from the west. The force
of   the   impact   raised   both  cars
into   the   air   with   the   crushed
fronts   interlocked,   leaving   Mrs.
Clark,   pinned   under   the   wheel,
dead.   Frank    Clark,    the    dead
woman's     husband     is     in     the
Saline    hospital    and    has    been
visited there by a son from California   who   had  gone  to   Belleville to visit them.
Mrs.   Henry  McKenzie   of   Saline,  driving east,  was following
the Frey  car and witnessed! &e      The St. Paul's Evangelical and
accident.   Frey   was   treated   for   Reformed  church  was   the  scene,
his  injuries at  the hospital  and   of a  candlelight wedding service
released. on Friday evening af 7:30 o'clock
                    when Eileen Carla Moehn, daughter   of   Mr.    and   Mrs.   Carl   J.
Moehn   of   Saline   was united  in
marriage to Harold Girbach, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Girbach of
Clinton.
Rev.   Alvin   Siemsen   read   the
service   before   the   altar   which
was flanked with tall candelabra,
palms and large baskets- of white
gladioli   and.   snapdragons.
Erwin  Scherdt  cf  .Ann   Arbor,
cousin  of  the bride,   sang "If  I
Could Tell You," and '"Because."
The  bride,   given   in   marriage
by her father, wore a white satin
grown     fashioned     with     long
pointed sleeves, fitted bodice  and
double   sweetheart  neckline.   The
net   overskirt   was  appliqued   in
...... .     . satin,   ending   in   a   short   train.
^.^^Lr^ZTf^L^ al"  Her   double   veil  of  illusion  was
held   in  place  with an   arrange-
StateApproves
Wheeler Court
According to statements of
Edward A. Smith, registered engineer of South Bend, Indiana,
the property owned by Matilda
A. Wheeler, 203 N7 Lewis street,
which has been replatted for a
residential development, to be
known as "Wheeler Court" and
which was approved by the city
council in their regular meeting
on December 9, 1946, has now receive,?! final approval by the state.
It was stated that the owner
expects,   to   proceed    with street
AMERICA'S PIONEER AUTO BUILDER . . . Death came to the
famed auto industrialist, Henry Ford at his home in Dearborn, Mich.
With Mr. Ford was his ever loyal' wife. Born July 30, 1863, he was 83
at the time of his death. He married Clara J. Bryant, daughter of a
Greenfield farmer on April 11, 1888. She is shown in center. The present head of the Ford Company, Henry Ford II. is shown at the right.
Enter Into New Ten Faculty
Agreement for Members To
Fire Protection Remain
At a meeting of officials of
Saline, Pittsfield, Lodi and York
townships and the City of Saline
here Tuesday night a new fire
protection agreement was negotiated. The amount stipulated, in
the contract agreements for the
services to be rendered will enable the city to purchase an additional piece of fire apparatus
necessary to efficiently execute
the contract with the townships.
The agreements, which are to be
signed by the various township
boards and the city officials will
become effective on and after
June 1 and will remain in effect
for a period of three  years.
cordance with city standards as
rapidly as equipment and materials are available'.
In addition to the Wheeler
residence which is now located
within this plat, this residential
development will provide eleven
large home sites in the northwesterly part of the city.
ment of rosebuds and she carried a bouquet of white roses and
white -hyacinths.
-Miss Winifred Geis of Ypsilanti, her maid of honor, was
gowned in aqua marquisette with
long -full sleeves and. carried a
bouquet of .yellow roses and
■snapdragons.
-Bridesmaids were Miss Carol
Uphaus, Saline, and Miss Marie
■Girbach of Clinton, sister of the
.groom,' who were _ressed in yellow marquisette fashioned on the
•S'aBftfe'S ■yuota -of $5.00 in the game lines as the maid of honor,
annual #tid Cross Drive was more Their-flowers were bronze snap-
t-han doubled by the "contributions dragons. '_ All ^attendants _wore
made by ;the -ideal organizations, flower arrangements in their hair,
business firms "and -individuals, -Best man was John Girbach of
accordirfg to the statement "of Clinton, brother 'of the groom,
•Mrs. -Ethel -Hunt, chairman, -and -all(i ushers were Clarence Gir-
Mrs. Edward Clark, secretary- _ach of Saline, brother of the
treasurer of the local Chapter, .groom, -and Arthur Moehn of
to whom a large measure of, the galine, brother of the bride,
'splendid -results  achieved -are  to      Ring    bearer    wa s     Leonard
Doubles Red
Cross Quota
be     credited. _ The   -contributions
"are as^folibws:
349  Memberships  ______ •■$349.00
Contributions -L -471-00
'Organizations  -_i_____r__    '75:00
"Finns    __,___i_c__^__.__
:Busiftess ___"^__—-—
Schwartz* -son of Elmer'Schwartz
"of Ann Arbor, cousin oi the bride.
'He -carried ~a -white pillow.
A reception -followed in the
church -dining room with Mrs.
125.00 -Edward -Scherdt of. Ann Arbor
~98:0n -^nd "Mrs. -Francis Lockwood of
-Donations (less than $!)-__ -4-85 Saline, -presiding at the __ tea
V     Total _    *?lxA22:85-.table. "They ~'were  -assisted" by
- "'" "Mrs. Hjrmand   Bredernitz,   Mrs.
!'¥ .-**1««.   fl«. «%w*«U< 'Nick   'Leitermah,     Mrs.     Glenn
'liUCfCy   IgUarier  Weber,  -Mrs.    Clarence   Girbach,
M -     m        M ■     f ■Mrs. "Robert "Girbach,  Mrs.  Reu-
lSUnK  mISHXIK "tfen-Finkbeiner, Mrs. Clara Fink-
-  . beiner,  _Mi?s. 'Arthur   Heiningei',
_ ,   -     -x,.    TT .      .     'Mi's.'■ Charles - Kern    and    Mrs.
. Say   L.( Deppmanh,. ' Route 7;2, ^rjggar  Weber.
' Saline,, held the lucky'ticket1 that    - Marttp. Eisete • Of  -A3¥n   Arbor
cemmandered the deluxe "kitchen -g^-giiai^e "6f the guest book.
! sink that- several  hundred; otljer ..-pte-nx^tial -p^t-iefe   given   for
ticket holders' held 'an" option, on. .X^ '-j^^ "'<^e, &   lunchecn   and
up   until  the   last   moment  Fri-.V sjlo<v^T By -Mi§s Ruth Goodlander
'day night, when.the Masons, je-^ _%&n j^-bor and. a shower by
. linquished. ownership   of   it ..'^.-^^■g. w:ifii Geis  and Miss  Carol
tween acts' at the,^owd.^«^^;.;^^ftsfesj>;£i--gSIgle_
• of "Abie's Irish Rose," %t 'tfefe Sar-    --Mrs. Girbach is a graduate of
" line High school. 1%.%.-M&seijs"GBp- /galine   High   school   and   Cleary
vote the. proceeds to &teit -Build- ^Business   College.  -    Site   served
' ing fund. • ynth the Waves and is employed
 ■ — ^ --.. ,---t,     in the'accountingvdepartment at
. I've   been   ite.lb&Jof "notable.  i^-juiqhigah League,  while Mr.
- places but for *8mp?Iete luxury I  Qij._a.ch   is 'a   graduate   of   the
prefer home. Clinton High school, and had four
half- years "in "the army, two of
,whieh were."in Europe. He is
:einpioyed" in "the Clinton Woolen
Mills.    -   	
Following*, a .short wedding trip
in the east 'fhey will make their
fcojne at 215T E." Michigan avenue,
Saline. *
Scales Tell
Age of Fish
The tiny serrations on fish
scales have a direct relation to
the age of fish, William C. Beck-
man, assistant fisheries biologist
of the Institute -for Fisheries Research of the Michigan Department of Conservation, cooperating with the University of Michigan, told Rotary Club member's
here in an address. Thursday at
their dinner meeting on the invitation of Rev. R. S. Hoekinj,,
April  program; chairman.
His conclusions are based on
the study of hundreds of thousands of fish scales over a period
of many years and he declared,
are fairly accurate. He. also
spoke On the subject of the department's new fish management
program. Recent studies and surveys have shown that the pro-
miscous planting of fish in lakes
and, streams is a poor method of
improving the fishing. In mest
cases it has proved detrimental.
Overstocked lakes ' retard the
growth of fish, which in some,
species have beete. known to-make
a growth 'of IS incites in a single
year. Ftood abundance -in the
habitat of the fish provides for
their quick growth -and when a
balance of food snppty and population are maintained it will
never be necessary to "plant"
fish as they -propaxgate faster
than they ever could be "fished
out." The old practice of dumping thousands of fingeriings into
lakes already taxed beyond their
food supply has been abandoned.
Mr. . Beckman answered many
queries at the close of his address, but had do answer as to
why hungry fish in an overstocked lake refuse to bite.
Saline Rotary club sponsors a
representative at Boy's State,
held annually in Lansing and has
named Luther S^dhaible for that
honor. "Visitors present were
Rev. William Johnston, -Milan;
Earl C. West, Plymouth, and
James H. Moses, Bloomfield, Ind.
The majorty of the teaching
staff, cf Saline schools have contracted to remain here for the
coming year 1947-48, there being but four of the faculty who
are leaving, Miss Mary Gobdell,
kindergarten teacher of Montague; Mrs. Janet Wilson, Ypsi-
anti, second grade; Jerry Edwards,. Ann Arbor, principal and
music teacher"; ariS Miss Logan,
Ypsilanti,. English and art. Besides replacing these teachers,
a additional elementary teacher
will be hired to relieve the overload in those grades which will
enable the school to offer a niuch
better educational program, in
that field.
The ten faculty, members remaining are George Bonich, Eve-
lith, Minn., English; Randall
Coats, Sahne, History; George
Everett, Buffalo, N. Y., coach and
history; Charles S. Osgood, Saline,, agriculture; Mrs.. Mildred
Haswell, Saline, English and
Latin; Mrs. Marion ^oglesong,
mathematics; Clare Collins,. Saline, shop and science; Miss Mary
Morden, and Miss Joan Wonder-
gem\ elementary, and Miss Donna
Linden,   commercial.
Nine Sons
Honor Mother
On Birthday
Mrs. Sarah Kanitz, of 71 First
street, Milan was honored on her
76th birthday, Sunday, March 30.
with a surprise party given by
her children. Guests included
seven sons, their wives and child-
en, totaling, 4U in-all.
A buffet dinner and supper
- were served. Guests on the eve
of her birthday were her two sisters, Mrs. Roy Ricliards and husband, and Mrs. William Mackin
and  husband,   both  of  Milan.
During the day she received a
long distance call frcm her
youngest son, Theral, of Traverse
City and a special delivery letter from her oldest son, Walter,
from Alma.
Mrs. Sarah Kanitz is the mother of nine sons, all living and
married. She herself, is from a
family of 14 children, of which
10 are girls.
Mrs. Kanitz is the former Sarah
Smith, daughter of Mr. and, Mrs.
William H. Smith, who then were
living on a farm near Coldwell,
HI. With her father interested in
live stock farming, the girls as
well as the boys soon became apt
in the handling of stock, especially horses. Mrs. Kanitz reminisces that many happy hours
were spent as she and her sisters
and brothers galloped horses
about the neighborhood.
The. entire family reached
adulthood and married, had
homes of their own, and thus afforded many more happy hours
together as a family at reunions,
whose numbers sometimes ex-
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Engagement
Announced
>'£**
Miss  Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schwartz
of York township, announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Audrey Genevieve, to Leon
Lawrence Herter, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Herter of Ann Arbor.
The4bride-elect graduated from
Milan High school in 1946 and
is now employed ,£t King Seeleys
in Ann Arbor. Her fiance graduated from Ann Arbor High
school in 1943. He served two
years in the IT. S. Navy in the
Pacific area. -He is employed at
the Pontiac Garage in Ann
Arbor. The young couple plan
a micVsummer wedding.
&dito>Uatx
It will be interesting to vie???
the city assessment roll this
spring and to note the increase
in the valuation of personal
property, if any. Regarding his
assertion that the local tax situation was lousy, City Manager
Hart declared, since he began
taking assessments, that it was
worse than tliat. Looking ovesr
a sample of tax declarations and
comparing them with prior year^
we agree with the city manaxger.
Several pieces of- property have
never been on the rolls, and, a
large number have been assessed but a small fraction of their
valuations. It is not inferred
tliat anyone has been doing any
chiseling. _ It is only the naturaJ
result of*' never having set up a.
program on a business basis wita
any de.gree of. uniformity in determining valuations for tax.
purposes. We believe that when,
the city manager has his records
completed Saline will have a.
comprehensive tax roll for the
first time, and in all probability
an equitable one, and the chances
are that you will-note little if
any increase in your next tax
statement.
Little Willie
In Person
He's supposed to be the world's
funniest comedi&n and he is
slated, to appear in^ Saline <">n the
evening of May 1 at the high
school for the benefit of Salme
Boy Scouts. He will be accompanied by Champion Fiddler,
Forrest Rye, formerly of the
Grand Ole Opry of WSM, -Nash-
vMXe. Tena., wh© with the Sagebrush Boys and Mountain Red
from "WCAR, ^Pontiac, will
JKreivKfe 9B '-vfehing sof riotous
merriment.
Herein is.-_ •'splendid opportunity to inake a substantial contribution, toward._tc_e "welfare xjf
:t_e _triy Scouts of Saline and at
the same time get your -full mpn-
ey's wortn '-ot 'enjoyable entertainment .The, event is being
spohis&red hy the Saline Rotary
Club, meitfitiefs of which have
tickets available or they can be
purchased at either The Citizens
B'ank or galine  Savings Bank.
They Flood
Basements
Married In
Macon Chapel
Miss Phyllis Klagstad of Ypsilanti, daughter of Mr...and Mrs.
Lloyd Klagstad of Manistique,
was united in marriage to Paul
S. Lambarth, son of - Mr. and
Mrs. Sam G. Lambarth of Saline,
at a candlelight service on Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock in the
Martha Mary Chapel in Macon.
Rev. Alvin Siemsen of the St.
Paul's Evangelical and Beformed
church nf Saline performed the
ceremony before an altar flanked
with spring flowers and palms.
Mrs. Merritt Martin of Saline'
was the organist and played,
"Because," "O Promise Me," and
"Ave Maria," preceding the wedding march-
Mr. Klagstad gave his daughter
in marriage and she wore a
gown with a slipper satin top,
sweetheart neckline with leg
o'mutton sleeves.- Her floral lace
skirt ended in a train. With
this she wore a single strand, of
pearls and, a fingertip veil held
by an arrangement of rosebuds,
and carried a hand bouquet of
white roses.
Mrs. James Moser of Bloomfield, Indiana, sister of the
groom, was, her mat. on of honor
and was gowned in dusty rose
taffeta with a sweetheart neckline, fitted bodice and full skirt.
Her hand bouquet was of yellow
daffodils,
Mrs. -Jack Towler of Whittaker
and iGss Opal Richardson of
Ypsilanti were bridesmaids, wear^
■ing identical light blue dresses
of marquisette and carrying pink
snapdragon hand bouquets. All
attendants wore matching flowers in their hair, and gold bracelets, a gift of the bride.
Robert Klagstad of Manistique,
brother of the bride, was best
man and Kenneth Rogers and
Rudolph Layher, Jr., of Saline
were ushers.
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Mr. and Mrs. E- J. Beasley
announced the engagement of
Mrs. Beasley's sister, Jean
Carleen Burkhart, to LaVere
Austin of Dundee at a family
dinner in the Burkhart apartment on Monday, April 7, on the
occasion of Miss Burkhart's
birthday anniversary. The wedding will take place on Thursday,. May 1, at high noon in the
Church of St. Thomas, Ann Arbor, and will be attended only by
tlie immediate relatives. A wedding breakfast will be served in
the Saline Hotel dining rcoin.
Mr. Austin is the- son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde -Austin of Dundee and
is in the employ of the Hoosier
Engineering Co. of Ohio.
We recall an old gentlemen
who used; to say, "I like to stand
from where I sit and view tas,
passing scene," and we cannot
help but wonder if he would get
the same kick out of things if
he were alive today. For the
passing scene is unlike anything
that has gone before and future
generations are bound to Icokc
back upon this age and macveL
at the  stupidity of. men.
None but a psychiatric artist
of the futuristic typ_i with an
unbalanced brush, and a crazg:
touch could ever portray tt
faithfully. A great American
once toid the nation that we had
nothing to fear but fear itself,
and today that seems to "be
plenty.
Miss Clara Bowen,- a former
Saline resident, is here from Oak-
land^ Calif., visiting her mother,
Mrs. Florence Bowen, ahd assisting- her friend, Miss Jean Burkhart with her wedding plans.
Miss Bowen will act as maid of
honor in that event.
I returned, and saw under the
sun, that the race is- not to the
swift nor the battle to. the
strong, neither yet bread to the
wise,, nor yet riches, to the men
of understanding,^. noB yet favor
to the men of skill;-: but time
and chance happenethc' to them
all.
—So why  the. eternal hustle?
Hansel and
Gretel
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Salme Men
On the Air
• Baiine".was'represented on the
WPAG. Goodwill Tour . Sunday
afternoon by. City. ' Manager
Gleim THart, Lee Robison and
"Erwin Schmid, president ' and
vice-president, wspectiv'ely, of
the Saline Junior Chamber of
•Commerce. Hart touching en the
history of Saline; the Jaycees the
plans they hope to-get under way
in the near future.
City Manager Glenn Hart during the past two weeks has completely covered all of the personal
property in Saline on a. survey
and states that the equalization
real estate survey will have to
wait until aid in the form of
manpower to conduct." the survey
_by the .State Tax Commission
"arrives. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, all real "property
in Sahne will bP placed on the
assessment roll on the basis of
52 .per cent of the actual value
in the year 1942.
The *C6uncil has passed an 'edict,
an.d-all property owners, tenents,
and -occupants of buildtaxgs within the city -are to be -notified in
writing that all roof leaders,
cistern over-flows, or any -other
of surface water connections to
the city's sanitary sewer system
must be removed within a period
of 30 days from the date of
such-notice.
Bruce Bennett is believed, to be
the first Saline veteran of World
. W?ar H to receive his bonus check
from the state.   It arrived Wednesday.
Child Study
Club __
Mrs. Paul Lee opened her home
Tuesday evening to members of
the Child Study Club. There
were 24 present ./
Following a routine business
session, an interesting and help-
"3Eul talk was given by the Rev.
Zemdt of the Christian Memorial
church of Ann Arbor. His subject was "Religion in the Heme."
An   open   discussion  followed^
Hostesses were Mrs. Leonard
Hutzel" and Mrs. Anth»ny Gordon.
Last Rites For
John F. Seeger
John Frederick Seegar, 74, retired Saline township farmer, died
Sunday evening at the Washtenaw   County   Infirmary    after    a
-lingering illness. Born in Sialine
township October 10, 1872, the
son of -Matthew .and Christine
Hack Seeger, he had spent -his
entire life in the community -except for the last year of his -illness. -He was a member of the
Trinity Lutheran church of Saline, the pastor of which, Rev.
H. L. Ecrigel, officiated at the
funeral services held from the
Lockwood funeral home on Wednesday. He was laid tq rest in
the Union cemetery on Manchester road.
Survivors include two brothers, George, of Saline and Rohert,
of San Francisco, Calif., and
three sisters,  Mrs. Charles  Graf,
:and :Mrs. Louise "Luckhardt, Saline, and Mrs. William 'Hause of
Wolf Lake.
Meet In Milan
May 3rd
Thirty members attended the
regular monthly meeting of the
Willing Workers, Thursday, April
17, at the home of Mrs. Harlan
Holcomb, Arkona road, at which
a communication was read announcing the annual meeting of
the County Federation of Women's
Clubs at Milan Methodist church,
May 3. Registration will be at
10:00 a.m., with a potiucn
luncheon at 12:30, the coffee being furnished by the hostesses
club. Election of officers and a
fine arts program will be held
in the afternoon.
Roll call was answered by responding with the name of
famous Bible women. The devo-
tionals were .conducted by Mrs.
Raynor Scudder and the program
chairman,* Mrs. Waynard Carr,
provided appropriate contests on
famous women. Mrs. Fern Irelan presided-at the piano. After
repeating "the Mispeh the meeting adjourned until May when
the meeting will be held at the
home <& Mrs. Robert Hammond.
Tomorrow night, April 25; is
the night ?"when witches, cookie
children, niSgie' ' cottages and
magic broomsticks will come to
life. They can all be seen and
heard at the high scnool at.SilS^
p.m., when the 'Saline Higli.
school girls1 Glee Club, under the.
direction of Miss Mary Gobdel,
present their, interpretation, of.
Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel." The story and music, will-
be, of interest to both young and.
old. Proceeds will be us.ed: toi
purchase a record player fon the;
school.
Saturday
Auction
Funeral Today
In Ann Arbor
Funeral services will be held
this 'afternoon at the Muehlig
funeral home. .Ann Arbor,- for
Mrs. Pauline Barbara Aprill, who
"passed away at her home, 1331
-Zeeb road, in Scio township- following an extended illness. Deceased was born in Freedom
township, Dec. 9, 1876, and was
the widow of J. Adolph Aprill,
who died in 1938. Survivors are
a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Bista at
home;'4 two sons, Walter of Ann
Arbor and Elmer of Scio; two
xgrandchildren: two sisters, Mrs.
Gustave Neyer of Chelsea and
Mrs. Samuel Bauer of Bridge-
water; four brothers, Herman
Haas of Freedom township, Edwin J". Haas ot Dixboro, William
D. Haas' of Lodi and Emanuel
F.  Haas   of   Ann   Arbor.
Clarence Cook, Saline auctioneer, will conduct a sale on the
Mrs. Martin Kech farm five miles
west of Ann Arbor at 1SQX Zeeb
road, just north of the Scio
.church; Saturday beginning at.
12:'G0 sharp. There are seven,
head of cattle, 2_ mixed ewes, 2S
head of swine, five ducks, two
10-20 International tractors in
good condition, farm machinery
and tools, hay, grain, kitchen
range, typewriter, new Heatrola.
and other household goc-ls.
Terms, of course, are cash. Earl
McCleery wil act as clerk.
unless^act
wiMieiofi.
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