1947-05-22; Saline Observer

              The Saline Observer
VOLUME 64
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,     THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1947        °  "'
NUMBER 33
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Housing Shortage Her
Published in this paper last
week was an advertisement of a
four-room apartment fcr rent.
There were upwards of thirty applicants for that apartment.
There were upwards of twenty-
nine disappointed.. Said'~me last
applicant when this was written,
"I have been seeking an apartment or a home for my family
for the past year without success,." and he has lots of company fcr rarely does a day go by
when there is no inquiry at this
office for  living  quarter^.
At the present time there is
very little construction being-
done here, and it is net because
of a lack of good home sites.
Two new plots have been surveyed and laid out recently,
Wheeler Court and Saline
Heights, and both are very desirable building spots. However
preliminary work" has been
started for two d,wellings on
Saline; Heights.
It is interesting to note the
calibre of the people who have
expressed a desire to make Saline their, home. There are very
few of the 'drifter' type among
them; teachers, lawyers, busi-
nessmeny executives. Largely
they have been of a class which
is a distinct value to any community, and Saline, not being
able to accommodate them, is the
loser thereby.
The situation in Saline, however, is not much different than
in other communities. The high
cost of home building is the big
discouraging factor. Estimates
now aire that labor eats up 80
per cent of the investment
against 20 .per cent for materials.
A local contractor advises that
some . building materials have
dropped recently as much as 40
per cent. There is no" aouDt
that when things level off, Saline,
along with ihe rest of- the country, will witness an unparalleled
building boom.
Fire Loss Es
Estimated at
$10,000
Fire departments from Manchester, Bridgewater and Saline
battled a disastrous fire which
destroyed the large barn on the
Ralph Haeussler farm located on
the Bethel .Church rpad, west of
Freedom church,  Saturday night.
Livestock, with the exception
of a few lambs, were removed
from the 40x80. foot structure
after the fire was discovered, but
the. remainder of, the contents
consisting of hay and grain were
consumed with the building with
an estimated loss of $1C>,0C0. Efforts of the three fire crews were
directed ' toward saving the adjoining   buildings.
make what we say car.y
weight,"
Col. G. G. Atkinson, Army
Air Corps, declared: "We mtfst
have a trained air force. Before
that we must have something to
train—men."
It will be the aim of the veterans' groups, and the state committee, to carry these warnings
to the general public and create
a wide-spread demand for adequate  national   defense.
Yets Fashion Legion Flowers     Steer Feeders,
Mrs. Orainer
Answers Final
Summons
Trinity Church
Confirmation
Sunday
A Pentecostal Festival and
Confirmation service will be held
at 'Trinity Lutheran church Sun-
.day morning- at 10 o'clock when
a. class of ten will be confirmed.
The Confirmation services' which
are ustial each year on Palm
Sunday, were delayed because of
the work being done on the interior of the church in preparation for the observance of the
.seventy-fifth anniversary of Trinity church.
Included in the Confirmation
class are Joyce Alber, Harry
Anderson, Wilma Beck,, Llcyd
Bredernitz, Donaia Feldkamp,
Jean Hack, Hild Heusel, Nelson
Jants, Norman Lambarth and
Barbara Marion.
Following the services Sunday
morning group pictures will be
taken of the congregation, the
Sunday school, the Ladies' Aid
and the Confirmation- els""
To Combat
Paralysis
Plans tor aid ta infantile par-
ralysis victims throughout the
state during the coming polio
season were announced today,
following a conference ' of Michigan leaders of the Sister Kenny
Foundation.
William G. Baxter, State Administrator and spokesman for
the  group, said:
' One of the most important
developments was the decision to
bring the nurses now in training under Michigan supervision
for the epidemic season. They
would be available, to aid in
treating polio patients \_7 tHS
true unmodified, Kenny method,
also to supervise emergency
wardsi and teach volunteer-
workers in the necessary Kenny
technique. This is very important
because, of the dire shortage of
texChhiciahs who .are "completely
trained in the genuine Kenny
method.     *
"We also hope to have a mobile
unit ready to rush into isolated
areas with, full equipment and
staffed to aid in any emergency.
"Plans for the Sister Kenny
hospital are progressing rapidly
and an o.k„ from Kenny Foundation experts is expecfett this
coming week pn a suitable location." |
Bater continued: "We want to
do everything possible to aid
when this dread disease strikes.
We will cooperate with any individual,, group or organization to
the best of our ability."
Mrs. Christine Gramer, a
pioneer resident of Washtenaw
county, passed away at the
home of her son, Olaf, 101 Russell street, Saline, Saturday
night, following a long, illness.
She had made her home here
with her son for several years,
her husband, the late Peter
Gramer, having died February 5,
1929.
Mrs. Gramer was a native of
Freedom township, where she was
born May 14,. 1857 and, was the
daughter of John George and
Fredericka Gross- Schumacher.
She was a member of St. Paul's
church, in Saline in the vicinity
of which she had spent her entire lifetime. •
Surviving are three sons, Olaf;
Victor, of Los Angeles, Calif.;
and Alpha of York township;
six grandchildren; one sister,
Mrs. Laura Rentz, and one brother, William Schumacher, both of
Bridgewater township.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
St. Paul's church, Rev. Alvin
Siemsen officiating, and burial
was made in Oakwood cemetery.
Make Tour
Contributions by the Saline
Rotary Club,, the American Legion, Saline Mercantile Company,
Herman Heininger, Universal Die
Casting & Mfg. Corp., and CaTi
Curtiss completed the $600 funa
necessary for the Student Council
of the Saline schools to purchase
200 chairs for the school auditorium, it was announced at a
meeting of tlie Saline Rotary
Club,  Thursday noon.
.An address by a milk inspector for tha city of Detroit, ex-"
plaining the reasons for certain
regulations with- which the milk
producers must comply, was followed by a question and answer
period pertaining to the subject.
Today the Rotary Club plans
to be hosts to the members of
the Junior Livestock Feeding Association and following dinner at
the Saline hotel, will make a
tour of the farms where the
feeding projects are being held.
dctmiaC
May lo,  194.?   "
The Saline Observer,
Saline,   Michigan
Dear   Sir:
I have heard several rumors
about the parent teachers meeting last Tuesday night. If these
are true it is high time the taxpayers understand what is going
on. Ideas such as these will cost
money and I for one do not like
interfering with School Board Affairs. There is no reason to put
ideas into tlie teaciiers neads that
ordinary houses are not good
enough for them to live in. There
may be a place for crackpot
ideas but we cannot afford to try
them here.
A Taxpayer.
Legion Elects
Officers
Again this year The American Legion hired hospitalized war
veterans to make the memorial poppies that will be placed on
sale this weekend in every community throughoctft ' the state.
Shown above is one of the flower makers, with his nurse, at the
Michigan Veterans-Facility in Grand Rapids. Two-million poppies
have been fashioned by the veterans for; the MicBigan sale. Proceeds will go to needy ex-servicemen,, and their dependents.
Announced
Willing Wias
Entertained
Last Thursday, Mrs. Robert
Hammond, entertained thirty
members and four -guests of the
Wxjlling Workers in the Hammond
hoine  on  Willow  Rd.
The roll call was answered with
the name of a composer, several
giying a brief resume of the
composer's works. Mrs. Lloyd
Catey gave an interesting talk
en the life ar."* music of Mozart
and Mrs. J. INT. Lewis, on the
pastor- composer of "Blest Be
the   Tie   That  B:~3s."
After tie biumess meeting and
reports of delegates to Washtenaw County Federation cf Women's Clubs, the meeting was
turned over to Mrs. Lecn Greashaber, who presented a program of music.
* Sally Stimpson opened the program by playing "The Big Brown
Bear"   and  "Melody  Preludes."
Gene Austin, played "Distant
Bells," and his sister, Kay,
-played two numbers, "The Silver
Nymph"  and  Tarantella."
Mrs. Rphert Merchant sang
two beautiful numbers, "Alice
Bine Gown" and "Bsautiful
Dreamer," accompanied by Mrs.
Merritt Martin.   _'-
Whe program closed by everyone joining in and singing,,
".America. The Beautiful," and a
hyjnn "My Faith-Looks tip to
Thee." ■■....
The meeting adjourned to meet
With Mrs. Claude Gilbert in June.
' Contributed.
South Saline
Group Meets
The South .Saline group of the
Farm Bureau met Thursday,
May 15 at the.home of Mr. and
Mrs. Owen Bauer, with 21 members present.
After a brief discussion on the
Farm Bureau and. Manufacturing,
refreshments were served by the
hostess. The rest of the evening
was spent playing euchre with
prizes for   the winners*.
They are glad to welcome «j.
and .Mrs. Leon Fela;:amp and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lambarth
to   the   group.       Contributed.
Announcement was made last
weekend of the engagement of
Miss Suzanne Hart, a junior at
Purdue University, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. Waldo Hart,
13901 Clifton Blvd, Lakewcod,
Ohio, to Marvin Edward Olson,
son of Mr. Rolf Olson of Lon0'
Beach Cal., and Mrs. T. A". Ragal
of Saline. The announcement
was made when Mr. and Mrs.
Hart went to the university to
see their daughter fcr Mother's,
Day. ^Miss Hart, a member of
Alpha* Xi Delta," is city editor of
the. university's newspaper, Exponent. She is a member of
Alpha Lambda Delta and Delta
Rho Kappa, both honorary societies, and last week end was
elected to another honorary s_-
ciety, Gold Peppers. Mr.. Olson
is a member of Sigma Pi, Skull
and Crescent, honorary society,
and is on the business staff of
the Exponent.
Judging by last year's record,:
two million npppies, The American..; Legion*?.:'.flSemod.aL ..flower^-,
will be purchased, hy the people^
of  Michigan   during   the   annual/
peppy sale, set for this weekend,
May   22v   23   and   24.   Proceeds
will  be used  to  aid needy  veterans  and their dependents,  and
to  .help    maintain    the    Legion
Chiid.^en's Billet at  Otter  Lake.
Members of Michigan's 540
Legion posts and 370 Auxiliary
units -will participate in the
state-wide sale of the, little red
poppies that will be worn in
honpr of the war- dead.
Made .by disabled veterans of
both world wars, no two of the
flowers are exactly alike:* Some
come from the hands of mert who
were hurt nearly 30 years ago,
and are still hospitalized. Others have been shaped by young
veterans wounded in Europe or in
me Pacific,, during the second
conflict,
•- M0ingTpie-. ppppies_ has ..twp
important^, benefits for ih'e-licais-
abled men.' First, it enables
theih to earn money. The American" Legion -and Auxiliary pay
them: for every poppy tliey make.
To actually earn money again ia
an enccura-ging experience for
these men after long months of
helplessness.
Second, the work is valuable
as - occupation therapy. It occupies their hands and helps
them get well.
E<cppies were first worn in
America in 1918 to honor the
men who fell on Flanders field,
and the wearing of these flowers
•on the Saturday before Memorial
day soon became a nationwide
ei stem The po^py is also the
memorial flower of Great Britain, and is worn throughout the
British Empire on Armistice Day.
Newly "elected officers of William B. Lutz Post pf The American Legion are. Commander,
Dean Burkhardt; Sr. Vice Commander, Ralph Uphaus,; Jr.
Viee-Ccmmander, Lorin Alber;
Adjutant, Norman Wiedmayer;'
Chaplain, Jack Winkle: Sgt at
Arms, Harold Wilson, Historian,
Don Burkhardt.' Regular, meetings of. the Post are held the
first Thursday in the anonth and
start at 8:30. p.m.
Memorial Day services here
. wilL be' .iiji charge of Johnnie
.Green and all organizations pa.7-~
ticipating should contact him.
Clifford Finkbeiner will be in
charge of the firing squad and
Carl Moehn in charge of the
flags at the. cemetery.
Anonymous letters., unsigned hy
the names of the writers, -we
usually consign to the waste
paper basket; but because of the
misconception the "writer evidently has of the local situation
and the problem that is faced'
by the school -board in taking
care of the teachers it hires,-, we
place it at the head of this
article.
Housing school teachers Is always more or less of a problem,
and. at a. meeting of parents,
teachers and others at the school
about three weeks ago a coito-
mittee was appointed to devise-
some means of easing the situa-.
tion.
Good teachers with proper"
qualifications are in great demand throughout the country,
and they naturally accept ppsl-
tiona that entail the least hardships from the standpoint of living accomodations, etc. Schpal
official? have the problem of
h/busingf four teachers, one "by
.June 15, ahd they ask the cooperation of everyone in securing
these   accommodations.
About  the  crackpot ideas and
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Gus Mix Tells  -Hymonth
Of F.Bureau     Choir Here
Ets
Mew Scout
Executive
Legion Fights
Public Apathy
m answer to the American
Legion's call, all veterans' organizations in Michigan are joiinno-
forces in a campaign to combat
the rapid disintegration of this
country's military strength, and
marked public apathy toward national defense. A 3-man steering
committee has been named to
direct a state-wide drive to create support for universal military training and other security
need?.
"American air power already
has slumped to third place," said
Milton D. Campbell of Washington in urging the Michigan
committee to start its campaign
immediately. "Russia, will build
100,000 military planes tnts
year; we're going to build 1,800,"
declared Campbell, wlui- is director of the Legion's national defense -commission. ■=
Other warnings were sounded
by top Army and Navy officials.'
Said Rear Admiral T. Earl Hipp;
chief of the field- branch of the
Bureau of Supplies ancL Accounts:
"I don't want to forecast that
we axe pn the brink of a disaster,
but in an unsettled world with
leadership being thrust upon us,
we   must   have   some   force   to
Joe A. Juncker, scout executive
of the Rogers Clark area council of New Albany, Ind., has heen
appointed scout executive for the
Washtenaw-Livingston council of
the  Boy  Scouts  of America.
Herbert P. Wagner, president
of the Washtenaw-Livingston
council, in announcing the decision of the council's executive
board, said Mr. Juncker was expected to assume the position
about June 1. He will replace
Walter MacPeek, who recently
resigned to accept a position,
with the Grand Valley Boy Scout
Council  at  Grand Rapids.
In selecting him for the position, the executive board was
impressed by Mr. Juncker's record at New Albany where he
has been able to show a continuous increase in the fiumber
of scout units,, number of scouts,
and. volunteer scout units„ in his
area. He has developed the
scout camp site in his area into
a beautiful. and practical, camp
and has various local groups
working on a long term, improvement program which will make
it one of -the. .outstanding, .scout
camps in the, Middle West.
Mr;-'-Jui»^r'->'h^Vtcaken * "ah-
active interest in civic affairs in
New Albai%J> HeriS'a-mfeml^^f
the New ipSany Board of SSrade,
Junior Cl^niber of Commerce
and. of tSui-Rotary Club, vile is
married- and:, has three, children.
Mr. Juncker is a graduate of the
-Evansvilley Ind.,  college.
The Southwest Lodi Farm Bureau group met at the iiom* f
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Klumpp, rTi-
d.iy, wit5- x-S .-—icj-
The meeting opened with prayer
and was followed by a discus-
sion of old and new business.
Mrs. David Pastor reported on
the meeting of the Women's
Commutes of the Farm Bureau
held at the heme of Mrs. J. J.
Waggoner at Dexter, at which
Jud^e Breakey, xguest speaker declarer1 that during his two years
oo the tench be had never had
a criminal case involving a regular church attendant or a genuine farnrer.
Gus, Mix explained to th?
group, "Why dues were raised to
$10 and the benefits to bs derived therefrom." R.efrsshments
were served hy the hostess upon
adjournment and , card,3 were
played. The June meeting will
be held at Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Klumpp'a on the ZO'Tt.
The Chancel Choir cf the Pres-
byte.ian church at Plymouth will
be guests of the. Federated church
on Sunday eveningy May 25, at
eight o'clock in the concluding
evening worship service of . the
season Evening meetings will
be  resumed  again in the  fall.
The director of the choir, Miss
Loretta Petrosky, has announced
that the choir will sing the following anthems:, "With a Voice
-i Singing,-' by Shaw; "Grant Us
Thy ixo.y Peace^" ly Pal-st-ina;
"A Prayer for, the Family of
Nations,' by Harris; "A Hymn "Of
Freedom," by Thiman, and, "The
Lord Bless You and Keep Ycu,"
fey Lutkin. Miss Petrosky will
also preside at tlie. organ. The
Rev. Henry McKenzie, pastor of
the Federated church, will speak
briery.
Wind Up With
Pance
Interlochen
Judith Haswell, '* daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Max V. Haswell. a
Saline High student,, has been
chosen for membership in the
National Music Camp at Interlochen for the coming summ.cr.
She will leave for Interlo-.hen
about June 18 for. the eight week
period. The entrance requirements sse. enti ely on a m-^rit
basis.
The Senior class of the Saline
High school will mark the closing
of their school activities with a
semi-fcrmal May dance Friday
night and are planning to make
it a greater event than any that
has preceded it Kenny Edwards
and his orchestra will hi-light
the affair and dancing will start
at 9 o'clock and continue until
12. During the intermission the
' I.Iay Queen,." attended by her
court, will te crowned and, tfcr~e
will be a floor show. The Seniors
extend an open invitation to
everyone to attend. Tickets may
be secured rrom any member or
purchased at the door.
Bay Production
Wood Fuel Abou, g, miliion tons -f bay were
More wood is used for fuel tnan    cut -m ^ v  s  5n 1946
for amy other purpose. .
That 169 farm people were
accidentally killed in Michigan
during " 1946,. " Agriculture " has
more, major accidental wcrk
deaths than any major industry.
That's why 'Farm, jfafefy Week
will be  observed July 2,0  to  26.
That Governor, Earn Sigler will
relate his . cowboy experiences
over - Michigan State College's
radio: station WKAR at 12:30
p.m. Tuesday, June 3, as "a "tea-"
ture for June Dairy Month. , . .
That'the Sigler-family is moving
to the governor's summer resi-,
dence on Mackinac Island^ adjoining the old fort, about the
middle of June. The governor^
will .fly up for weekends.
That 540 American Legion
posts; and. 370 auxiliaries will of--
fer poppies for sale May 22-24;
that each red poppy is made by a
hospitalized wal- veteran who
sells the poppy to the Legion;
that the funds raised will assist
worthy veterans.
That the spring growing season in Michigan, is already^ 12
days behind schedule; that Holland had to import tuhps. for its
Tulip Festival last week"; that
Charles Figy (MichiganJ agricultural com.rnissicn) believes; the
1947 peach crop will be just
peachy—it £may even top the
1946 record, yield of- 4,536,0CG
bushels.
That the* average women- who
complains -about "the price or
clothes or fruit almost never
sews her cwn clothes bf cans her
own   fruit. _ 'Taint  funny,. either.
That Senator Arthur Vanden-
rence seaway to the Great Lakes
whereby cost of the same would
be paid out of tolls paid by
boats.
That Michigan has forest tracts
owned by 370. schools and 125
cities under terms of a state law
enacted in, 1931.
. That Michigan's newest member of the Sxta^e conservation
commission-r-Dier Fletcher of"
Bay City—is p* of the grandest
hosts on the AuSable. We still
glow at the memory of the sight
of two trout fishermen returning
their live creel to the AuSable
after a day's float. That is real
sportsmanship.
That the U. S. Health Service
estimates a million of us Americans" become infected each year,
with tuberculosis germs and that
100,0.00i of us develop an active
disease and take ill". The X-ray-
is "still the best preventive.
That the city of Detroit made
$45,00.0 profit last year out of
a city-owhed_ restaurant which,
sells  been
That it pays to be feebleminded, at least in Elba township in Lapeer county. This
township is receiving a windfall
of $12*1000 from Lansing is a
result of the sales tax diversion
amendment! Why? Because 60
per cent of the folks who live in
Elba township are residents of
the state home for feeble-minded
in Lapeer- - \
That the. Gwinn's hardware
store gets results from newspaper advertising such as this:
"What could be nicer than a"
home complete; where you go to>
the privy* without "wetting, your-'
feet." Could it be that Mr. Gwinn.
has  heard .'Oklahoma"?
That the betting at the state
capitol is ten to "one that the
state treasury will have a red-
ink deficit by the end of the
coming fiscal year. Legislators
are not tax-minded; rural vs.
city antagonism is at the root of
the  differences. 7
That the Hastings Manufacturing Company, ntakeis ol piston
rings, is now operating only four
days a week due to lack of orders. About 100 worSers have
been laid pffi. Another recession
sign: The Dow Chemical Company at.Midland also has a. top-
heavy inventory and. is sfowing
down production.
That both General Electric ami
Packard, which recently granted
wage "boosts;" are now" increasing
prices once more.
|That the Royal trailer' coach
factory, ?-t Hasting," founded m
1940, is now turning put^ 12 to
14 hand-made trailers eacli weefcp
that the trailer, 21 or 24 feet in
length, is virtually a custom-
made cabin on two wheels; that
the price for the 21-foot "model
(which we inspected at Hastings,
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