1947-08-07; Saline Observer

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Along The
Main Drag
0First report received from a
party of our local fishermen was
that one had drowned; second report, confirmed, that he had just
fallen in the lake. Karnes are
withheld pending notification of
nearest of Mn. 0Just about a
month ago you were wondering
if summer weather would ever
arrive. ©The movement of wives
to join husbands overseas has
been labeled "Operation Hen-
peck." by army men. ©Herman
Heininger's Implement Store
parking area has a smooth coat
of tar via . . . wouldn't Michigan
Ave. be a sight to see if given
the same! The reduction in
noise from those gallopin' steel
•skeletons, Haulers Inc., when
they hit the "craters" would be a
relief. ©What's the matter with
Saline fans, that more of them
■don't enjoy the free entertainment down at the City Park? . ..
they can, and have, beat Milan.
©Postcard received, in the mail
said Legion meeting tonight at
8:30. ©The question women ask!
■Can't more people water their
lawns other than Monday morning? My wash water looks like
the Saline river at flood time.
©There was the literary moron
who thought "Forever Airiber"
was a traffic signal that got
stuck on the center light. ©The
new addition to Saline Mercan-
tile's grain storage was filled to
capacity Tuesday with 15,000 bu.
They will receive more as grain
cars become available. ©There's
t'be a Jaycee meeting at the Saline Hotel tomorrow night; seven o'clock catches, dinner. ©Plans
for the lighted ball park at Saline high school are progressing
according to Hoyle. Head of the
building Commission, Beasley,
stated that Bill Lyons offiered to
draw a blue print of an ideal layout for this project; that City
Manager Hart is in the process
of finding out the facts on the
cost of materials, labor, etcetera,
and as socn as this information
is gathered a meeting will be
called and the findings discussed.
©One public spirited citizen
chased two slightly inebriated
characters, from the high school
lawn . . . and remarked . . .
Where's the new police force
that was to go on duty July 1?
Main Drag has it that no date
was set for action, but instead
funds voted for a fiscal year be-
■gSiing, july 1, to support two
law enforcing men and! a patrol
car, to be. readied as socn as
—soon as possible. Two likely
prospects have been found, one
from town, one from out of town,
the only hold-up being the delivery of the scout car which is
expected any day. The prevailing opinion was, that with traffic
control being the rcnjri r^ 7
for this addition to tin. -*..7 x,7.1,
it would be fruitless to have
twe bluecoats, whistles in hand,
trying to stop a Mack truck
coming head-on at 60 per.
©This week's nomination for the
Ancient Order of Inconsicterates:
The fellow who even mentions
the weather on one of these hot,
sticky days.
The Saline Observer
VOLUME 64
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,      THURSDAY, August 7, 1947
NUMBER  44
Editorial
Comment
Warns Of
Infantile
Paralysis
Dr. Otto K. Engelke of the
county health department reports
that within the last few days
several cases, of infantile paralysis cf varying, degress of intensity  have  been reported.
A 16-year-old girl near Milan,
a 4-year-old, boy on Warren road,
near Saline and a 4-year-old girl
near Mooreville, are the cases
reported.
The health department advises
parents to watch closely fcr these
symptoms: colds, sore throat,
nausia and vomiting and soreness of the muscles. When such
symptoms appear it is advisable
to  call the doctor at once.
The county chapter of the National Foundation of Infantile
Paralysis will pay all hospital
costs for any polio victim, regardless of their financial status.
Black and
White Cattle
Show
The breeders of pure-bred
Holstein-Friesian dairy ca&le for
the Counties of Washtenaw and
Wayne have combined their efforts through the Association
known as "Washtenaw-Wayne
Holstein Breedsts • Association."
On August 28, 1947 they will
hold their showing of Black and
White Dairy Cattle at the park
in Saline. The get-together of
Black and White enthusiasts and
their friends will get underway
with a basket luncheon at neon
and from then on activities will
move forward smoothly with a
well-desixgned program. The various classes of cattle, calves,
yearlings, milk cows and male
animals, will be judged by a competent person who will also give
a demonstration setting forth
the good points of the various
cattle and telling of the type of
cattle that we should all strive
to have* This demonstration
will fee very educational. Make
arrangements to attend and
bring all of your interested
friends. Any one who has cattle to show should contact the
Association Secretary, Mr. Lowell Spike, Chelsea or the County
Agricultural Agents at Ann Arbor, and Wayne. The Rotary
Hlub of Saline is assisting in the
. • avors to develop a program
that will be of great interest.
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Polio Victim
Phillip, 4-year-old< son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Dechert, is being treated at University hospital for polio and - is much, improved.
Breeders Ass'n
To Meet
The Ann Arhor Rabbit Breeders Association will meet Sunday,
August 10, at 2 p.m., at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. William A.
Weinhardt, on Bethel Church Rd.
Rabbit breeders attend this
meeting! We have plans that
will benefit every breeder in the
county.
Floyd E.  Gentner,
Publicity  Chairman.
Mary J. Woodward who recently joined the 4-H club staff at
Michigan State college will serve
as an assistant state club leader.
Previous to this appointment
she had been Oakland county
home demonstration agent since
1942.
Miss Woodward "has her Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State college and was employed in the extension office
there before going to Oakland
county.
*2&e  *?We (Zamftcuuf.
Dear Editor:
I should like to add a fervent
Amen to your editorial of July
31st. It takes real courage to
criticize, even constructively, any
condition existing in a community
as small as ours, but particularly
where one is a voluntary civic
enterprise and the other a paying advertiser and large utility.
I once operated a telephone
switchboard, a duplicate of our
Saline board. That was back in
19171 and '18. Until I saw the
board here I could not understand the poor service we are receiving. Now it is hard to believe we get ■a.s good service as
we  do.
A paid ad in this same issue
of the paper makes a feeble
apology and explanation for the
poor conditions and states the
Company hopes to rem9dy it in
•the future.
It would be easier to swallow
ads such as these if some, effort
to modernize this system had
been made long before the war
brought about this worn out excuse of shortages. It would also
make it easier to bear this abominable service if a statement
were to be made as to the extent of the intended (?) improvements and evidence shown of
orders placed for the equipment
so badly needed.
We bet the executives of the
Michigan Associated aren't riding
in Model T*s. They should be
though if they buy their cars as
they purchase Telephone equipment.
Let's have more of these grand
editorial comments. We need
'em.
Respectfully   yours
A.  L.   G.
Up North With
The Cateys     *
Dear Observer Readers:
A few days ago, like hundreds
of other Michiganders, we packed
our lunch'basket"and duffiel bag,
hopped into the family jalopy
and "tcok to the woods."  .
The few observations we make
here .are not intendent for those
of you who annually make a
pilgrimage into the north country but rather for those who for
one reason or an other are denied
the privilege. My wife joins, me
in the hope you may find some
pleasure in seeing through our
eyes a little of the beauty that
unfolded before us as we rolled
along.
Leaving the south country via
US-27, we pointed the nose of
the Pontiac into the north and
proceeded to forget responsibilities, possibilities and Michigan
avenue's   shrieks  and   screeches.
A few miles north of Ithaca
the north begins. The line of demarcation is so pronounced one
cannot fail to note it. The vast
cut over lands are spread Before
us. For miles we traveled
through popal, spncu* and tamarack studded 'avenues, sometimes
skirting lakes that look like
diamonds in an emerald setting.
Perhaps far away, sometimes
right beside us, flows a sparkling
river hastening on to its predestined, end.
Arriving at the heart of th»
cut over area south of the
Straits, we turned from the main
highway and drove nearly eight
miles over country by-paths,
Indian trails and oia, deserted
logging roads, to a lovely cabin
or hunters lodge on the banks
of   the   Muskegon   rivet.
The place is one of nature's
beauty spots. In the front yard
is anchored a can..« for our enjoyment. Beautiful evergreens
and oak trees shade the place
and give it a feeling of peace-
fulness and repose. Inside tne
cabin was a complete housekeeping outfit and supplies, of all
kinds, cupboards, sink, pump,
range and dishes. The convenience of arrangements would put
to shame.vmany .a permanent
home down in civilization   (?).
Crossing the Straits into the
Upper Peninsula we entered a
new experience. Due to an abundance of moisture, the countryside has retained its usual luxuriance. The beautiful evergreens
cover the land. Looking miles
ahead, the highways seem but
tiny paths through never ending
forests.
We spent a day at the "Soo"
and watched with interest the
going and coming of the ships
through the locks; so marvelous
and yet so simple. Some days
as many as one hundred boats,
carrying 90,0,00 tons of "shipping,
pass through. An official told us
that mere tonnage passes through
these locks in a year than
through all the locks in the
world  combined.
Leaving the "Soo" we turned
westward into the heart of Paul
Bunyan's old haunts. Evidence
of Paul's former presence is to
be found on every hand. Gas
stations and even hotels are
named for him. Thousands of
post cards bear his likeness, or
tell of some great feat of
strength. In the very depths of
Paul's country we took a ride of
one hour on a tiny, narrow-
gauged railway, in open coaches;
then changed to a river boat and
rode another two hours down the
Tahquamenaw river. Then we
walked a mile through a virgin
forest of pine and came at last
to "Michigan's Niagra", Tahquamenaw Falls.
The falls have a drop of fifty
feet and on either side are
towering walls one hundred feet
high, covered with over-hanging
evergreens. The water falling so
far forms a heavy mist in which
one sees all the colors of the
rainbow. It is beautiful, to put
it mildly. Viewed from a distance it looks like *a great curtain
of many colors suspended between walls of evergreen.
The deer we saw along the
river bank were very tame.
Some were does accompanied by
one, sometimes two, fawns. They
added much to the enjoyment of
the crowd and the beauty of the
scenery.
It was here to theses falls
Paul Bunyan used to bring his
great blue ox, Babe^ for his; annual bath. You. see Babe was so
large that Paul, though a great
man, was not tall enough to
brush- his back. So each summer they came to ttie falls and
Paul would stand Babe under
the falls while he would go above
where he always kept a great
brush. He would cut a pine tree
of medium size and fit it into
the brush for a handle. Then
standing on the ledge at the
edge of the falls he'd scrub
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BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE . . . Student Veteran Clarence E. Roberts, Albuquerque, anff-Mrs. Roberts, formerly of Donnelly, Idaho, inspect a collection of dream houses on the University of New Mexico campus.
Little Mary Beth, passing up the week-end houses and New England designs, has spotted her favorite
pueblo architecture with the flat roof. Student Roberts, sobered by critical housing conditions, is willing to
settle for anything.
Diuhle-
Schnirring
Wedding
In a ceremony held Saturday
night in 'the chapel of the Zion
Lutheran church, Ann Arbor,
Miss Betty Schnirring, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Julius E. Schnirring, of Ann Arbor, was united
in marriage to Wilbert C. Diuble,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph
Diuble of W. Ellsworth Rd. Rev.
E. C. Stellhorn officiated in the
presence  of  50 guests.
Miss Lois 'Schnirring, sister of
the bride, anfl Harold Diuble,
brother of the bridegroom, attended the coupled
An ivory slipper satin gown
was chosen by the_ bride, whose
fingertip veil was attached to a
crown of orange blcssoms. She
carried white roses with ivy and-
swainsona. Mr. Scnnirring gave
his daughter in marriage.
The maid of honor was gowned
in powder blue satin and net and
carried yellow roses. She wore
matching roses in her hair.
Dean Hutzel, cousin of the
bridfe, and Elmer Diuble, brother
of the groom, seated the guests.
A reception was held at the
Schnirring home for 175 guests.
Mrs,. Eltcn Renz cut the wedding
cake, while Miss Joyce Braun or
Saline and "Mrs. Clifford Finkbeiner poured. Miss Kathryn
Lindauer, Mrs. Dorothy Girbach
and Mrs. Oscar Boehnke assisted
and Mrs. Dean Hutzel was in
charge of the guest book.
After a wedding trip to Yellowstone Park, the couple will
be at home August 18, at 303
Wilton   St.,   Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Diuble, a' former resident
of this vicinity, attended Saline
high school before moving with
her parents to Ann Arbor. She
was honored at several showers,
one of which Miss Joyce Braun
of Saline was hostess,.
Grammer-
Dennis
Wedding
Returns Front
Study Trip
To Europe
Miss Jean Dennis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dennis of Ann
Arbor, was united, m marriage to
Kenneth Gramer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Olaf Gramer of Saline, Saturday afternoon al 2 o'cIol-k by
the Rev. C. H. Wittbracht at his
home on E. Michigan avenue.
The couple were attended by
Miss Dorothy Curd of Ann Arbor andi Roger YanDuren of
Saline.
Mrs. Gramer is a graduate of
Ann Arbor high school and is
employed at the Hoover Company
in Ann Arbor, while Mr. Gramer
graduated from the Saline high
school and was, in the navy for
two years and nine months, serving overseas for 32 months. He
is employed at King-Seeleys, Ann
Arbor.
On their wedding trip to northern Michigan, they called on her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
Annala, near Marquette. They
will make their home at 101 Russell street.
Saline Couple
Wed In
Hazel Park
J. L. Arend has returned from
his study tour in Europe and is
spending- a week resting at the
home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Arend, track passed
through here in early May on
his way to France for a special
assignment in that country at
the request of the French government. At the completion of
this mission, the tour was extended to two weeks in Switzerland, one week in England, and
one week in the low countries including Euxembourg. A ten-day
scheduled trip into Germany had
to be cancelled because of the
acute   food   shortage.
Despite some language difficulties and many physical hardships including very little food,
no .sugar, milk, soap, or fresh
water, either to drink or for a
bath, Jack feels the trip was still
worthwhile from the standpoint
of the. assignment, but it was no
vacation or sight-seeing trip. A
voluminous technical report was
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County
4-H Show
St. Jame's
Childrens' Day
Program
"A little child shall lead them."
This bit of scriptural truth will,
in a sense,, be verified in the
Children's Day service of St.
James' church, Saline township,
next Sunday, August 10, at 10
a.m. The children of the Sunday
school will be the teachers and
preachers in tlfis service. A
large number of small children
and some juniors will offer the
audience some wholesome and inspiring messages in songs recitations and exercises. The program is as follows.
Opening of service. Congregational singing, scripture reading,
and prayer by the pastor.
Recitations: "Children's Day
Greeting," Fay Wiedmayer; "This
is the Day We Love," Nancy
Taylor; "We Welcome Children's
Day,-" Blanch Snay. Seng by .the
Sunday school, "Sunbeams Are
Smiling."
Exercise, "Follow the Shepherd," by Mrs. Michael Sheehan's
class—Melvin Roehm,- Or man
Roehm, Irene Roehm, Nancy
Taylor, Wanda Roehm, and Larry Finkbeiner. Song by the Sunday school, "Hark, 'Tis the Shepherd's Voice I Hear."
Exercises, Mrs. Robert Gir-
baefc's class—"Why We Love
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Miss Donna Crawford Little,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
C. Little of Saline, exchanged
vows with Herbert Carl Lange,
son of Albert C. Lange of Saline
at 7 o'clock on Friday night.
Rev. William H. Bach of the
First Baptist church in Hazel
Park performed the ceremony at
the  Hazel  Park  parsonage.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, chose a yellow
gabarddne suit with brown accessories, off-the-face brown felt hat
and wore a corsage of white
roses. Her only. attendant, Miss
Naioma Faufet, wore a grey
■wool suit and black accessories
and a red rose corsage.
M. Warren Martin of Saline
served as best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Lange are both
graduates of Saline high schcol.
Their wedding trip took them to
Mackinaw Island and o t h e r
points in northern Michigan.
The couple will make their home
at 302 E. Henry street, Saline.
Mrs. Lange is employed, in the
office of Eberbach's and Mr.
Lange at Johnson & Company,
Ann Arbor.
Plans are being made for the
annual Washtenaw County 4-H
Fair to be held AUxgust 21, 22
and 23 at the County Fair
Grounds.
This show climaxes the summer 4-H programs and is an opportunity to' exhibit work completed throughout the year.
There will be at least 400
individual exhibitors in addition
to exhibits by rural schools,
demonstrations, and exhibits by
all 4-H clubs.      '      v
At a recent- meeting of the
county 4-H council, superintendents of "buildings and departments were appointed. This
show promises to be larger than
it has  been in previous  years.
The Ann Arbor Junior Chamber of Commerce is cooperating
in developing this event.
Notice
Were Wed In
Ann Arbor
Miss Beverly May Teasdale of
Ann Arbor, became the bride of
Robert A. Steinke at 4 o'clock
Sunday afternoon in the Zion
Lutheran church in Ann Arbor.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Vyron J. Teasdale,
.Ann Arbor. Mr. Teasdale is the
manager of the Kroger store in
Saline. Mr. and Mrs. Steinke
are graduates of Ann Arbor high
school and. he served three years
with the armed forces, with two
years in the European theatre.
The couple are on a" motor
trip through the Smoky Mountains to Birmingham,  Alabama.
LINER ADS GET RESULTS.
The City Water Dept. issues the following order,
effective immediately, . and
continuing until further
notice:
All unnecessary use of
city water must cease immediately.
No lawn sprinkling will he
permitted; however use of
water for gardens will be
permitted.
These regulations are put.
in effect to allow the,, wells
at the water plant to recover from present excessive use
of water.
The operations at the waiter plant have been seriously;
hampered these past three-
wteeks, due to the heavy use*
of   water.
The total pumping over a
24 hour period has been so
great, tfcat the welts have
had no chance to recover at
all.
Glen J. Hart;,
City Manager.
The Magic  Carpet
Rub the lamp, and when the
genii appears, crawl under the
wheel,, and the moolah will do tche
rest. For in Michigan the Magic
Carpet spreads and reaches out
in all directions to the land of
the Blue Waters and a maze _f
mirrored lakes anS singing
rivers;. of hazy reaches and accessible beauty spots tucsecl
away in piny nooks; where camp
smokes linger orr the ridges an
the approach of night and the
tang of the pine is almost to be
tasted.
You don't know where cyouTis
going, you're simply car your
way.
You may be heading fin: Jfife
north andt dickering with yourself to escape the -heat and the
Magic Carpet, spread before
you, may take you to. the Huron
shores, to Harbor Beach, Port
Austin or the rolling waves a£
Bayside which will make you aa
eager  child  again.
You choose the parting of the
ways at Standish and if yaa.
forego the perch at Tawas ;xnc&
the .walleyes at AuSable dams,
the Carpet is spread for Mio ancE.
the rainbows and brooks ofc
Luzerne and the waters of the
hinterland..
There the aroma of the t___-
berries fill . the air, the haze of
the Straits is already on the hols-
and the spikes o» the conifers
pierce   the   skies.
The Magic Carpet spreads everywhere, and the genii is your
willing servant; but it still takes
moolah. And the moolah will
take you over the Straits and
to the Copper Country or to tha
St. Mary's river and the North
Channel to Munuscong or Raher
Bay. To the east lies Drummond Island, and there the sua
shines and the winds blow anS
the rains come and the cfisb
abound.
There also the Carpet loses
some of its. magic. However,
there's still magic in the bumps
that keep you from nodding and
becoming surfejted with the unending beauty of God's country,
still largely unspoiled by tie
ravages of man.
Rub the lamp, and lov a sparkling stream appears, where the
shade is the deepest, the CjjneS:
most inviting and peace,prevades
the scene, j A little moolah an<£
the nighf~is spent in dreamless
slumber and with the dawn tha
Carpet spread before .you reveals the highway to a Heaveis
never dreamed of on this earth-
Tucked away in a snug little
cabin backed up agjJinst sen almost impenetrable forest, your
gaze picks up the line of freighters moving through the channel
on their way to and from, the
Soo. A tiny aspen near tie
cabin door spreads its leaves like
tiny flags to the breeze and whispers of the mystery of the watesr
and the land, long grown oia
while civilization was still in tha
making.
A land of dreams and a lanfl
cf realities!
A large segment of the commerce of the nation passes in a
steady flow, and there is a thrill
in the deep-throated signals o£
passing ships silhouetted against,
the island background. Thea-
twinkling lights, when night descends, keep you up when yoiEi
should be in bed.
Rub the Lamp with moolai—u
and an out-board takes you. skimming * over the Channel where-
the big pike and muskies, .enraged by the crazy thing yoim. .
call a lure, snap your lines anc?-'
break your tackle and live to
spawn a mess cf small ones far
your next vacation trip.
Michigan is about as popular
with Ohioans as it is with MIcIm-
iganders. Twenty-five years age-
one saw as many Ohio licenses-
on cars in the north as they diA
Michigan licenses. On Raber Bay-
is an Ohioan and his family,.
permanently located. Pleasant
cottages, excellent service and am
indefatiguable determination te>
please visitors. They _love tie
out-of-doors, the waters, tie
.woods and the lancL They ate
a very good sort. They who
love the beauties of nature are
just bound". tb-» be that way.       °
The bracing air, the delightfiS
water;, the green hills and va2ej_
appeal   to  the  best  there is- fi"
man.      There  where  the- Magi
Carpet unrolls endlessly ihctjr t_t
north you'll find a pleasant coon
try and hospitable people.
.Just rub the lamp; roll ad
upon the Magic Carpet, ami •**»»
genii will take care of you.—*3_t
geni and, the moolah—into" Se
land" of-' the Wanderlust and f_a
romance of" Northern- Michigaa.
The Women's Guild of the S.
Paul's church will meet on Wednesday night, August-: 13, at 8
o'clock in the Fellowship room.
The Spiritual Life- departmeai
will have charge of the meeting
with Mrs. Ed Hering as c___>
man. The serving committee fsxB
be Mrs. Kenneth Taylor, IMxs.
Alvin Siemsen and. Mrs. C&zas-
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