1947-05-15; Saline Observer

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The Saline Observer
VOLUME 64
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,     THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1947
NUMBER 32
Junior Feeders Vie For Fall Fair Honors
Detroit-Edison
To Number
City Streets
At the Council Meeting of May
U2th, Mr. Warren of the Detroit
Edison Company presented a
county unit numbering system
plan with special regard to' the
City of Saline and expressed the
liope that in the near^future the
entire county of Washtenaw will
be numbered completely from
east to west and from north to
south. These numbers will proceed through both rural cand
municipal areas, and win continue consecutively wifii cno
breaks. As is the case in the
City, there are several discrepancies in the present numbering
system and. the populace of the
City has not been too number
conscious. The Tieason for this
is that there is no local mail
delivery. A request to the post
Office Department in Washington
is to be made soon and if a
certification can be made that
the City has completed a recent
unit numbering system it will
•carry a great deal of weight in
procuring   local   mail   delivery.
The new numbering plan will
begin at both the northerly limits
of the City and the easterly
limits. The begininng numbers
at these points will be in the
7000s. Due to the fact that the
intersection of Michigan Avenue
and Ann Arbor street is very
close to the geographical center
of the City this will be the intersecting points of 82G0' both
directions. This will simplify
the numbering effectively. All
north and south streets north of
Michigan Ave. will be below
8200 and sotith of Michigan Ave.
will be above 8200. All east and
west streets east of Ann -f^pv
-will be below 8200" and west of
Ann Arbor street will be above
8200.
This numbering system installation engineering and planning
will all be done by the Detroit
Edison Company at no cost to
the City, inclu'ding the actual
changing of the present numbers.
It is now planned to begin the
actual number changing in about
two weeks.
Saline's Junior Livestock Feeding Club has reached the halfway mark in its first season-
venture in the growing of beef
cattle. The twenty-six members
of the Club are making splendid
progress with their animals,
which, according to the rule's of
the Association, are to be shown
at Saline's Fall Fair for judging and are to be auctioned to
the highest bidders at that time.
The three steers shown here
with their owners are a fair
sample of the entire herd and,
according to several of the Club's
sponsors who have viewed all of
the animals the boys and girls
.are feeding,, there isn't a bum
steer in the bunch.
Pictured here are three Club
members with their steers which
were recently photographed by
Mayor Alwin Gross.
Three of 26 Steers In Club Members' Feed Lots
Dorothy Marion and Her Black  Angus
The Junior Livestock Associa-
.tion will expand the scope of its
operations with the organization
of a lamb and pig feeding club,
members of which are to begin
their projects on June 1 and
July 1,. respectively. A-- mating
of members of the Association
.and parents, and sponsors was
held Monday night when Jesse
Hewens, Ypsilanti,. spoke on the
care and feeding of lambs, and
Ernest Girbach spoke on the
_e selection, feeding and care of
pigs.
""-Clarence Haarer discussed the
latter half of tlie steer feeding
period and plans for the fall
show and sale. Motion pictures
were shown by Mayor Gross,
which preceeded a directors'
meeting presided over by President Fihkibeinei-. Prospective
feeders of lambs or pigs may
secure all information, necessary
for joining the Club by contacting the director, Charles Osgood.
Mrs. Helen Tewes
Cuest Speaker
At Study Club
The last meeting of the Child
Study Cluhv until meetings are
resumed again next September,
will be held in the auditorium
at Saline Valley Farms, Tuesday
evening, May 20, with Mrs. Helen
Tewes, teacher in the University Elementary school at Ann
Arbor, guest speaker. School
teachers and members of the
board of education are to be
special guests of tile club, and
the public is also invited. The
meeting will start at 8 o'clock.
Charges, that political spoils^
men are planning to wreck
Michigan's model corrections' system and are denying to its supporters adequate opportunity to
prepare their defense, appeared
in news dispatches from the
state capital last week. Only a
very brief time was promised Dri
Arthur E. Wood of the University of Michigan and president of
the Michigan Corrections Association, Tuesday, to plead for retention of the present act. An.
officer of the Department of Corrections declared that, were ihe-
hearing postponed a few days,
judges, prison administrators,
parole officers;,, leaders of the-
State bar and other interested;
citizens would be prepared to
testify, and1 he condemned the
Senate committee's "steamroller"
tactics.
Because of the attempt to return to the old spoils system, and
the stir it has provoked, we print
the following letter which came
out of Lansing last week.
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Eldene Finkbeiner, Club President
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David Levliet and His Critic
Mothers and
Daughters
Are Honored
Universal
Military
Training
Universal military training was
the subject brought to the attention of Rotarians Dy Lawrence
Deede, Thursday, who explained
the provisions "of the Act now
embodied in a bill which has
been introduced in Congress and
has the backing of the American
Legion, the V. F. W., AMVETS
and   other   organizations.
The plan would produce each
year a force of 800,000 to 1,000-
000 young men trained in the
lastest methods of \vai?„ and
trained to use the latest development in arms. Young men woula
be enrolled upon xgraduation
from high school and be given a
course in basic training and an
apportunity to select the course
of study or training along the
lines  that  suited   them best.
At all times the.United States
woud have a reserve force of not
less* (than 2,40,0,000 men whose
training would be- not more than
three years old, and another 2,-
400,000, men whose trainingwould
be four,, five and six years' old,
all of whom could De given refresher training in a very short
period.
Declaring that a strong America will prevent World War Hr,
the speaker urged Rotarians to
write their Congressmen and
Senators in behalf of. the bill.
The Rotary Club voted to con-
tribue §50 to the Student Council
for their 5600 fund for the purchase of 200, chairs for use in
the   high   school   auditorium.
One hundred and ten attended
the mother, and. daughter banquet of the Federated church on
Thursday, evening. The tables
were very attractively decorated
with miniature Maypoles with
clothespin dolls around them.
Each individual favor matched
colors with the large centerpieces, which were flanked with
bouquets of individual corsages
for each mother and daughter.
Invocation was given by Mrs.
McKenzie, Mrs. Dan Hall was
toastmaster and Mrs. Hazel Cook
was song leader with Mrs. Dorothy Kazmaier of Ann Arbor at
the piano. Miss Phyllis Hall
gave the toast to the mothers
and Mrs. Luella Parsons responded for the mothers. A
solo was sung by Rosina Jaeger
and three sound movies were
shown.
To Organize
Ball Team
Roy Brassow, manager of the
local entry in the" Tri-County
Baseball League, announces that
anyone interested in making the
team should appear for .practice
at the city park ball diamond
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The season's opener is scheduled
for June 1 at .Ann Arbor.
St. Paul's church was packed,
with 203 persons at the mother
and daughter banquet held on
Friday     night. The     opening
prayer was made by Mrs. Alvin
Siemsen and group singing was
led by Mrs. Kenneth Taylor, Mrs.
Ed Hering acting as toastmaster.
Piano solo, by Karen Taylor;
toast to the mothers by Mary
Meister; response by her mother,
Mrs. William Meister; piano duet,
Mrs. Reuben Finkbeiner and her
daughter, Lois. Mrs. Helen M.
Tewes, who is in the post graduate "school at the University of
Michigan, was the guest speaKer
for the evening and choose as
her topic, "Enjoying Our Children." Vocal solo by Mrs. Kenneth Taylor accompanied by her
daughter, Karen. The program
was closed with the Lord'.s
Prayer in unison. During the
evening, corsages were, presented
to the oldest mother, Mrs. Carrie
Rentschler; youngest mother,
Mrs. Glen Weber; the mother
with four daughters present, Mrs.
Raymond Burmeister; youngest
daughter, Cheri Lynne Wood,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Wood.
The decorations were carried
out with the traditional Maypole
with matching individual baskets.
Flowers were daffodils and for-
sythia.
tired to the auditorium for the
program, which was in charge of
Mrs. Walter MacArthur, Sr.,
chairman, and Mrs. Paul Lee
and Mrs. Walford Larson. The
program was as follows: Invocation, Mrs. Carl A. Curtiss; welcome, Mrs. Cecil Davenport;
group singing led by Miss Katherine Briggs; Pledges were led
for the mothers by Mrs. Walford Larson and for the daughu
ters by Sharon Larson; solo by
Mrs. Frank Campbell accompanied by Mrs. Merritt Martin;
Reading, "Mother of Long Ago,"
composed by Mrs. Julius Lindenschmidt and given by Mrs. Paul
Lee; Poem, "Then and Now/'
given by Mrs. R. _. Hocking ana
posed by Mrs. Grover Burgan,
Mrs. P. Kellogg and Mrs. John
Baker; group sin-ging; gifts were
presented by Mrs. MacArthur to
the oldest mother, Mrs. Dora
Brown, who was v86 years old
and is Mrs. Harry Holmes' mother; the gift for the four generations went to Mrs. Sam Boyd
and family; Mrs. Leslie Jordan
received the gift ISr having five
daughters present. Mrs. Annie
Locke MacKinnon, story specialist
gave se(vefr_l very interesting
stories and the program was
closed with a song.
Joyce Alber; Susie, Christene
Jensen; Jerry, Hilda Sally; Mary,
Marlene Jensen; "Girl," Margaret
Lange; Tommy, Clarence Kohler;
Bill, Jack Burmeister; Bob, Mac
Gonsor; Mrs,. Curly, Marlene
Hirth;   Margie, Joyce Westphal.
"Sylvester and His Saxaphone,"
is the title of the second play
and the cast is composed of,
John Harsh, LloyS Nissley; Catherine, Betty Von Sosson; Mary
Lou - Jane,! Pat "White; Aunt
Corianda, Connie Gross; Sylvester Simperson, diaries Goodnoe;
A Burglar, Paul Woods.
Jack Arend
In France
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. "Jack"
Arend and children, Ann and
Lewis, of Harrison, Ark., arrived here at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Arend, Sunday. He and one other from the U. S. Forestry department were selected to spend
tcwo 'months on a conservation
study in France by request of
the French gbvemnSait. He left
by plane for WstShin^on, Monday night, where lie was to meet
his corworker and was scheduled
to arrive. in Paris today. Jack
has been with the forestry service since receiving his Master's
degree at he U. of M., except
for the time he served as a
lieutenant in the Navy Reserve
during the war. Mrs. Axend and
the children will remain with relatives here and in Chelsea during
her  husband's   absence.
The Daily Vacation Bible
school of the Federated church,
will be held from June 9 to 20th.
Boys and girls of four years ana
up are welcome to attend.
There were 128" at the mother
and daughter banquet held^at
the Methodist church, Thursday
evening. The tables were centered
with spring flowers flanked on
either side with pastel candles,
with individual lacy nut cups
tied with pastel shades of ribbon. _
Following the dinner they re-
Preparing
Two Plays
The Saline High school freshman class has begun practice on
two one-act comedies which will
be presented in the high school
auditorium May 21. "Highest
Bidder Gets a Date" is.the title
of the first play, with the cast
being, "Snorkey," Ruth Faust;
"Snuffy,"   Jerry  Jordan;   "Bish,"
Announces
Poppy Day
May 24th will be Poppy Day
in Saline and throughout the
United States, Mrs. Milton A.
Hartman, President of Saline
Unit of the American Legion
Auxiliary,   announced today.
On that day everyone will be
asked to wear a memorial poppy
in honor of the dead of the two
world wars and to make a' contribution for the. welfare of the
disabled veterans, their families
and the families of the dead.
Volunteers from the Auxiliary
and young women's 'groups of the
city will distribute the flowers on
the streets throughout the day.
Mrs. Sam Lambarth^ poppy chairman of the Auxiliary, will be in
general charge. Plans are being
made to cover the city completely
so that everyone will have an
opportunity to honor the war
dead and aid the living victims
of the  two  conflicts.
"The Saturday before Memorial
Day has been observed as Poppy
Day in all parts of the country
for many years," saia Mrs. Hartman,, in announcing the date of
this year's observance. "Poppies
have been worn in memory of
the war dead ever since the close
of World War I. They are replicas of the wild flowers which
grew on the battle fields of
France and Belgium, fought over
in both wars, buC they have
come to symbolize memory for
those who died in any part of
the world.
"The poppies which the Auxiliary will distribute are all handmade, shaped from crepe paper
by disabled veterans in hospitals
and convalescent workshops
throughout the country. The
disabled! men take special pride
in making the flowers to honor
their fallen comrades and the
work is valuable to them as occupational therapy, besides bringing them much needed earnings."
Woman's Club
Holds Final
Meeting
Singing, "Praise,, God from
Whom all blessings flow," led
by Mrs. Carl Curtiss, members
and guests of the Saline Woman's
Club sat down to a three course
one o'clock luncheon in the dining room at the Methodist
church, Tuesday, bringing to a
close the activities, of the club
until Fall.
Tables were attractively decorated in white and yellow with
center-pieces of narcissus of
many varieties. On the speaker's
table was a beautiful arranger
ment of white snapdragons, tulips, daffodills, jonquils and yellow narcissus.
The program was held in, the
reception room arfij the retiring
president Mrs. J. N. Lewis, presided. Singing, "America," and
the salute to the ' flag were led
by Mrs. Edward Clark and Mrs.
Reuben Finkbeiner reported on
the recent meeting^-of the County
Federation of Woman's Clubs at
Milan.
. Mrs. Henry McKenzie, speaker
of the afternoon, chose "Gardeners" as the subject of her address, portraying rife as a garden
with its worthy goals and high
ideals and principles of" character as the flowers of our lives..
"Friendliness" and "Our Wish"
were two duets sung by Mrs.
Curtiss and Mrs. . Briggs, to the
accompaniment of Mrs. Merritt
Martin, at the piano, and which
were dedicated to, the retiring
president who concluded the program by presenting the keys of
the club to .the new incumbent
of the office, Mrs. Ray Niles.
Dancing to the music of the
Bergl's Orchestra followed. Refreshments were sold in the Home
Ec. room. Those .who didn't care
to  dance could play cards.
Door prizes which were donated by merchants, were given out
at 10:00t The Student Council
wishes to thank these merchants
who helped us by donating these
prizes.
The Student Council members
worked hard to make the chair
project a success^ We thank
every organization and Individual
who helped make ft so.
All the committees have not
yet reported so we'll let you
know how many chairs have
been ordered.
Student  Council
The chair benefit party went
off. very successful. The program
started at 8:00 wftjl students
participating. We tried to get
outside entertainment for a regular floor show, but the acts were
already booked for that date.
We hope the listeners enjoyed
the programi.
W. H. S. To
Visit Detroit
Members of the Washtenaw
Historical Society will meet at
the north door of the Michigan
League, Ann Arhor, at 1 o'clock
Saturday, where they will leave
for Detroit to visit the Detroit
Historical Society at 2:30 which
is located directly back of the
Detroit Public Library at 441
Merrick street. Tea will be
served from 3:30 to 4 o'clock
and the meeting is for members
only.
Fine Record of
Milan Herd
The Trinity Lutheran congregation worshiped in their Aewly
remodeled church Sunday morning at lfli:0O.- It has heen under
construction since the first Sunday in January. The church has
decided to observe their 75th
anniversary the last Sunday in
June.
The Saline Fire department
was summoned Saturday morning to the home of Eugene Betz
in Bridgewater to extinguish a
small roof fire caused by sparks
from  the   chimney. __
The 24-cow herd of registered
Holstein-Friesians owned by
George F. Alger, Milan, has recently completed a year of production testing with the average
butterfat production per cow being more than 2 times as much-
as that of the nation's average
dairy cow.
An average of 415 pounds of
butterfat and 12,022; pounds of
milk has been officially recorded.
Milking- was done 2 times daily.
The highest producer in the
herd was Grahill Bessie River
Falls, a 5-year-old, which produced 546 pouifds of butterfat
and 15,475 'pounds of milk*
Mrs. Luther Briggs was hostess to the regular meeting of
the Past Matrons' Cluh on Monday noon. Birthday 'honors were
given to Mrs. J. B. Wallace, Mrs.
Sam G. Lambarth, and *Mrs.
Hugh Austin.
Deputy Sheriff Eugene Betz,
in Saline, Tuesday, issued a warning to dog ewners to pay license
fees before Tune 1 and avoid the.
penalty or paying double after
that date.
Basements for tlie new homes Mr. ahd Mrs. Warren Gross at-
of   Charles   Kern?   and   Armine tended   theC convention   of   the
Westphal have been dug in the Society of Plastic Industry -held
new Saline Heights subdivision, in Chicago last week.
Dr. and Mrs. William Nichols
and son have moved To Wayne
where they will take over the
dog And cat hospital .ormerly'run
by Dr. Groschell.
Senator, G. Elwood Bonine
(Farmer) Vandalia, Mich., expenses $958.91; Senator Elmer R.
Porter (Farmer) Blissfield, Mich.j
expenses $458.42; Senator, Stanley Nowak (Labor Organizer),
Detroit,   expenses   §137,61.
This story is written by a man
who worked inside the walls of
Jackson prison for thirty-seven
months. He worked tlie "graveyard" shift and both daylight
^shifts. He is a world war veteran. He has. the basic training
of an engineer.
In going through the expense
vouchers for the above nan-ed
senators we -were surprised to
find in the Auditor General's files
on April 14, 19474 that: Senator
Bonihe turned in hotel bills for
Mr. and Mrs. Bonine and daughter, with the hotel room cost_
ing §10.50 per night. A note
typed on that expense voucher
states that, "due to injury to
Senator Bonine's hand it was
necessary for Mrs. Bonine to accompany him on trips."
The total expense bill for October and November, 1946, for
Senator Bonine is recorded as
§311.29. We do not find any expense vouchers for Senator porter and Senator Nowak for those
two months. We do-Hot find, any
bill for Attorney Searl for those
two months. Senator Bofitne was
apparently operating as a one-
man committee The senator may
have reached the conclusion that
Mrs. Bonine could do the work
of two senators any day. The
inclusion of the family was perhaps an over_sight in typing the
expense voucher, which may be-
corrected in some'future expense-
voucher.
■ Senator Ivan A. Johnston, the
gentlemen who is having so muck
trouble with the grand jury in
Macomb county, introduced the
resolution to create the penology
committee on April 25, 1945. It
is alleged that the chairman of
the senate committee which, re- .
ceived the resolution, reported it *
out to the floor without presenting it to members of this committee. It was shoved through
on that memorable April 26, 1945,
when sixty-four bills were passed
and 332 million dollars were appropriated and then the legislators "skLdaddled" for home.
Vernon J. Brown,, former Lien*
tenant-Governor, was advised to,
"not appoint the members of the
committee" because the prisons
Were then under investigation. K
He was further advised that, "it
would be difficult to find three
senators "who were qualified to
investigate our penology system".
Mr. Brown went ahead and selected two farmers and a labor
organizer to do the job. From
the standpoint of honesty, one
could-not do better than to select
farmers^ and representatives of
labor.
We contend that It takes verg
important qualifications in addition to that of "honesty df purposes" to do the jo~b. Tne development of penology technique
has been a long and slow process.
It* has taken years upon years
of research on the part of men
and women, who are experienced
in penology, rehabilitation, management and supervision. In this
work we find the psychiatrists
and also judiciary representatives
who have * a "vital, personal interest in the successful w:ork of -
bringing the penal system of
America up. to the point of satisfactory opgration. ,„. -s
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