1947-11-13; Saline Observer

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The Saline Observer
VOLUME 65
SALINE. WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NOV. 13, 1947
NUMBER   6
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Editorial
Comment
ENROLLMENT POSTER
Troth Arihouced
With all of the years that our
tax experts have had for an exhaustive study of what is equitable and just in the assessment
of income taxes, it seems to us
that a fair system should have
heen put into operation by this
time.
It should be comparatively
simple to arrive at the amount
that could be considered a subsistence income for the average
American family. Such an income should not be subject to
taxation, because if figured on a
subsistence basis, any tax taken
from that income would deprive
those families of a decent standard of living.
First find the base, and then
start taxing; and as the income
increases above the subsistence,
point,, start graduating the tax
from, there  on up.
And even at that, the head of
a family With the bare subsistence income would not be
escaping the multitude of hidden
taxes whichj like leetches, are
attached to every one of the
articles he has to buy to keep
body and soul together.
Sorry that we are unable, to
publish, the letter signed, "Dissatisfied Telephone Subscriber,"
because it does not carry the
writer's real signature. We are
especially pleased to publish letters sent to this newspaper, but
they must bear the name of the
writer. If it is requested that
the name be withheld, we will do
that. But your letters to us
must be signed.
Seven drubbings in a row, and
never licked! We're not' ririuch
of a football fan, but we know
that's quite a beating to take
and come up fighting. -While
Saline High School's • football
squad figured low in the scoring
they displayed/ a spirit and a
determination unmatched in the
Hurdn TCeafa^^atfTirGund^jc^^ie
season.' with a moral victory
vastly superior to that which
was chalked against them on the
score board.
All honor to the victors in the
Huron League. They certainly
rode the high tide all the way
through, and while it is of course
purely speculative, we wonder if
they would-have been* as, strong
in defeat as the Salinians who
lashed out with everything they
had until the last whistle blew.
We do not know how proud
-we would be of the Hornets in
, victory. They were magnificent in defeat.
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More than 18,000.000 Junior Bed Cross members in D. S. elementary and
secondary schools serve their communities, their country, and their world.
This year's program highlights educational rehabilitation abroad and aid
to convalescent children in this country. This 1947-48 enrollment poster is
[the work of the artist William A. Smith of New York City and Toledo, O.
Saline Schools Have
100 Pet. Representation
Fifty per cent of the schools
of the Washtenaw County Chapter of the American Junior Red
Cross have completed their campaign for enrollment for service.
Other schools have reported progress in their drives.
At the September and October
Gounty Council meetings there
has been a total of 471 junior and
senior high school representatives.
Doris Alber and Betty Noble,
representatives to the Junior Red
Cross Council from' the Saline
High School, reported at the
October meeting that the .Saline
Elementary Schools and High
School have 100 per cent membership in Junior Red Cross.
To Complete
Electrification
Of Farms
Miss Peggy Louise Osgood of
Saline will be married to Harold
A. Anderson of Hartford, Conn.,
Nov. 29 in Ann Arbor.
West Saline
Farm Bureau
Elects Officers
Milk Producers
At MSC
tester McCoy
Cpl. Martin Gets
Amphibious
Training
Cpl. Merritt W. Martin, Jr.,
TJSMC, son of Merritt W. Martin
of 223 South Ann Arbor St. has
•participated in the Navy and
Marine amphibious training exercises held on the Southern Cal-
fornia Coast. About 9,000 Navy
and Marine Corps personnel, 43
ships, and 300 planes participated
in the various phases of the exercises..
The amphibious demonstration
included landings on the Silver
Strand at Coronado, on San Cle-
mente Island, and at Camp Pen-
dleton^ just north of Oceanside.
- Navy-Marine Corps teamwork
which brought success in the amphibious campaigns of the war
was reproduced in these exercises, and new men were trained to
take the places of the Pacific
veterans who are no longer in uniform.
Ladies' Society
Elects Officers
Reports "made by-officers of the
Michigan Milk Producers Association to the 450 delegates assembled at Michigan State College
for the 31st annual hieeting ofthe organization, disclosed the
year ending September 30, saw
new records established for production and dollar volume, of sales
by the association.
In his report, Secretary-manager Howard, F. Simmons stated
that more than a Billion and a
quarter pounds of milk were
handled and the return from sales
was $59,243,70t3 or one-third more
than in the preceding year. Membership in the association increased by 800 members and
activities were extended to new
markets in Midland and Traverse
City.
In his annual message, President Ivan K. Maystead stressed
the fact that Michigan dairy
farmers are today producing products of the highest quality and
the association is carrying on a
program of rehabilitation of its
physical properties to keep- in
step with increased production
and better service in the major
cities of the state which depend
on the association for their fluid
milk supplies. New local units
were established in Bad Axe and
Alma during the year,, he said.
Delegates, elected four members
to the Board of Directors for
three-year terms as follows,: Ivan
K. Maystead, Osseo; Bruce F.
Clothier, North Branch; Walter
Christenson, Muskegon Heights
and E. J. Pierson, Goodrich. Officers for the coming year will
be elected by the directors from
their number at a meeting in
Detroit in the near future. The
meeting was addressed by Owen
M. Richards, general manager of
the American^ Dairy Assocition
and Dusty Miller, well known
speaker and Ohio newspaper
publisher.
Newly elected officers of the
Federated Ladies' Aid Society
are Mrs.. Daniel Hall, president;
Mrs. Ferman Clements, first vice
president; Mra Paul Streeter,
second vice president; Mrs. Reu-
ben Rogers, secretary; Mrs.
Orpha Birkle, treasurer. Committees are: Music, Mrs. George
Austin, Miss Mary Morden; meriv
bership, Mrs. J. B. Wallace, Mrs.
Lewis Ernst, Mrs. William Austin; missionary, Mrs. Henry McKenzie, Mrs. Grace Cook, Mrs.
Fred Otto; Flower, Mrs. Ed Henne, Mrs. Carl Carr.
Will Exhibit
At International
Water Cress Stock Farms,
Northville and Charles McCalla
and Sons, Ann Arbor,, have made
the first Washtenw county entries
for the 1947 International Live
Stock Exposition and Horse Show.
They will both exhibit purebred, Belgian draft horses in this
event which will mark "its 48th
annual renewal as the country's
leading live stock Exposition. It
will be held November 29! to December 6.
Joe .Chatman of Ann Arbor
and Ed Hering- of Saline will
join ten other men at Newberry
for ten day's hunting.
Grover Burgan attended the
National Association of Chenucal
Engineers meeting in Detroit on
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Will Conduct
The "Messiah"
Handel's monumental oratorio,
"Messiah", will be given by the
University Musical Society, Saturday night, December 13, and
Sunday afternoon, jjecember 14,
in Hill Auditorium, Ann 'Arbor.
Because of the great popularity
of this splendid Christmas oratorio, two performances are
necessary.
The University Choral Union,
maintained by the University
Musical Society since 1879, consisting of more than 300 voices,
will form, the choral background.
A special orchestra x,i sixty instrumentalists will participate,
with Frieda OP't Holt Vogan at
the Frieze Memorial organ. -Both
performances will hg. directed, by
Lester McCoy, associate conductor
of the University Musical Society.
Four distinguished artists will
sing the solo roles: Frances
Yeend, an American soprano, has
won great distinction not-only in
New York, Boston and other
Eastern cities* but throughout
the country, will be heard for
the first time in Ann Arbor.
Mary Van Kirk, an excellent
■American artist who is looked
upon as a specialist in the contralto role of this work, will return to Ann Arbor for her second
appearance.
Harold. Haugh, New York tenor,
who stands out as an oratorio
singer of fine tradition, will also
return to Ann Arbor after an
absence of several years. Mark
Love, bass, of Chicago, who is
recognized as the country's outstanding interpreter of the bass
role, has sung the work more
than 250 times.
Inquiries for tickets should be
made at the offices of the University .Musical Society;. Charles
A. Sink, president, Burton Memorial Tower.
Mr. McCoy, who will conduct
the performances of the "Messiah", has recently become a
resident of Saline. With his wife,
\%ro daughters and a young- son!
late in the summer he moved to
"White Acres" farm a short distance east of Saline on M-23,
which he purchased.
In addition to "tus duties with
the University Mimical Society,
.Mr. McCoy is in charge of the
music at the First Methodist
Church, Ann Arbor, where each
Sunday an elaborate choral program, is provided.
Mr. McCoy's hobby and that
of his family, is the raising of
horses, sheep and other livestock.
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A. Liner "Ad Will Pay.
"By June 1948, all of the 39,-
0CO farms in the -7,600 square
miles of territory served by The
Detroit Edison Company, will
have available the many benefits
of central station electric service", according to a sta,tement
by R. R. Brown, Edison's District Manager at Ann Arbcr.
"This will mark the completion
of a rural electrification program
which the Company embarked
upon in 1923", Mr. Brown said,
and added, that, "The Detroii
Edison Company is probably the
first public service Company in
the United States serving an extensive rural area to make elec-
trcity available to all farm cus>-
tomers, in its - territory. Mr.
Brown pointed out that "the
Company's farm service extension
program had to be curtailed during the war because of material
and  manpower  shortages.   How-
'  ever, this whole program will be
" completed in 1948.   The Company
The November meeting of the will then have 10,171 miles of
West Saline Community Farm power lines in operation to pro-
Bureau was held Monday evening vide electric service for farms,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. "From its beginning back in
Herman Kohler on Case Road. 1923, the job of providing electric
Roll call showed 20i members and service to farms has presented
eight guests present which was many technical problems that
one of the best turnouts of the provided a challenge to the Corn-
season. A new slate of officers pany's engineers and manage-
was elected for the ensuing year. ment. At that time Detroit Edi-
Herman Howeisen was chosen as son under ' the farmer's super-
the discussion leader; Clarence vision made a study on experi-
Feldkamp, chairman; vice-chair- mental farms of how electric
man, Lauren Finkbeiner; secre- power could be efficiently and
tary, Mrs. Doris Finkbeiner; economically used on the farm,
treasurer, Mrs. Hannah Finkbein- It was found that electricity
er; and Mrs. Clarence Feldkamp could; be applied to nearly every
and Mrs. George Ernst members operation on the farm and when
of the County Women's Com- used for productive purposes
mittee of the Farm Bureau. could be a selfsupporting servant
Mrs. Herman Kohler was for the farmer and his wife as
named chairman of the recrea- well. Farmers were quick to
tional and refreshment committee realize the value of electricity on
and Lorren Finkbeiner, publicity the farm, and by the end of 1928,
chairman, there   were   7,707   farms   in  the
A questionaire received from Company's territory served by
Senator Homer Ferguson dealing means of 1,710-miles of power
with forthcoming legislation "wheirHSnesf— - By- 4945, ■ 35*728 farms
Congress convenes again, in Jan- Were electrified and the Com-
uary, was filled-out. ^    '        pany   had   9,fc71  miles   of   farm
Mr. Howeisen explained very lines in operation. Detroit Edi-
thoroughly the new 510 memner- son engineers developed n e w
ship and, the benefits the mem- methods, of line construction
bers will receive from this ex- v^hich would enable it to build
panded pro,gram. farm   lines   on   an   economically
Clayton Ernst .and Robert sound basis for both the farmer
Yakely of Ann. Arbor.. showed and the Company so, from 1928
three films, the first, a film pro- to 1945,\ it was able to make
duced by International 'Harvester several reductions in its customer
Co., showed in technicolor, soil contribution requirements for the
practices in, the Western States extension of electric service to
and the evils of soil erosin by farms. ThisHow cost develop-
wind and water. The second ment was an important factor in
was a short comic by the Allis- the rapid expansion of electric
Chalmers Corp., and, the third, service in the rural" areas (luring
"Rubber Lends a Hand," by the this period.
Goodrich Rubber  Co.    This film       "As a means of demonstrating
Saline Students Adopt
European School
Plans Sprins -Weddins Ninth Grade
Leads With
$52 Contribution
Naiomi Faust of Saline
married to Elwin Kohler,
Saline, in late spring,,
Students, businessmen, and residents have contributed a total of
$260 which has been sent to the
Save the Children Federation and
will be used to aid a European
school for one year. Accompanying the money was a request that
it be used where it could do the
most good. As soon as the name
of the adopted school is received,
Saline students will begin collecting articles of clothing and such
school equipment as, pencils, crayons, and tablets.
The ninth grade sponsored by
Mr. Ford, contributed $52 which
topped class contributions. The
students wish to thank the merchants and residents of Saline-
who backed this project.
showed the important part rubber plays in the various phases
of agriculture. ~ ,',
The group will hold their annual Christmas oarty and pet-
luck supper at the home of Mr.
and Mrs,. Lorrin faauer which will
take the place of the re,gular December meeting.      Contributed.
to the farmer thfe many advan-
Trinity Ladies'
Annual Meeting
Seventy-three, members  were
  present   at   the   annual   meeting
One for Ripley! Mr. and Mrs. of Trinity Lutheran Ladies' Aid
Harold. Armbruster became uncle on Wednesday. The- following
and aunt three times on Thurs- officers were elected: Mrs. Waldo
day. A nephew was born to Gross, president; Mrs. Glenn
Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Haines at Carter, vice president; Mrs. Reu-
Lake City in the morning and ben Marion, seeretary; "Mrs. fto-
Thursday night twin boys were land Bredernitz, treasurer. Flow-
bom to Mr. and Mrs. Charles er committee, Mrs. William
Clark at Grand Haven. Mrs. Burkhardt and Mrs. Otis. Hoff-
Clark will be remembered in Saline  as Beverely   Campbell.
tages of using electricity, Detroit
Edison, in cooperation with. Michigan State College, purchased a
demonstration truck and trailer
to travel the farming area. A
complete farm wiring system, was
installed as one of tlie exhibits
in the truck. In addition, the
mobile demonstration incorporated an electric water system,, a
small burr and. hamretermill feed
grinder, a two horsepower portable motor, a pipe line and portable-type milking machine, deep
and shallow well pressure water
systems, poultry water heaters
and automatic controls for poultry house lighting. Farmers immediately saw by these demon-
strationsi that electricity is an
important farm servant, saving
many manhours and dollars.
Some of our farmers have been
unable to go ahead with their
plans for the installation of
electrical farming equipment because of the present high cost
of this equipment. However, as
a-result of greater usi,**ijibfa efficient production and scientific
advancement it is felt tljat manufacturers Of this equipment will
bring it within the means of all
farmers.
"Completing the extension of
electric power lines to all farms
in the territory at the middle of
1948 will not mark an end to the
Company's activities in the farm
field but rather the beginning of
an intensive pro-gram to expand
the uses of electricity on the
farm. Farmers are assisted in
selecting economical application
of electricity for their operations by a staff of experienced
and specially trained Detroit Edison Farm Representatives who
work with and assist the farmer
without charge. Increased use of
electricity on farms will mean
increased efficiency, more profits
and more leisure fpr the farmer
and his helpers", Mr. Brown
added.
New Service For
Deer Hunters
man. Birthday committee, Mrs.
Omar Feldkamp and Mrs. George
Camburn.
Walter    Armbruster    and   his	
sons,   LeVern   and   Harold,   will Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kern are
spend   ten   days   at   their   camp* moving into their new home on
near     Grayling,     deer     hunting. Russel   street   in  Saline Heights
They -■ will leave  tonight. this week.
Washtenaw Teachers
To Hear Otis Crosby
Public Invited
To Hear Famed
School Authority
O n Wednesday evening,, Nov.
19, at eight o'clock. Dr. Otis
Crosby will address a meeting
of Washtenaw County teachers,
and various school and civic
groups. The meeting will be held
at -thetSJaline High School gym-
nasMji.-^
Dr. .Crosby, who at present is
Public Relations Director for the
Detroit public schools, is a speaker of national importance. He
has  spoken to numerous groups
from coast to coast and border
to border and is recognized as
a. .top authority on school and
community relations. -
Saline Superintendent o f
Schools Leo L. Jensen, speaking
for the county teachers and Saline Community Educational
Council, extends a cordial welcome to. all parents and interested
peqple to be on hand to hear Dr.
Crosby.
" Frank ' and Lawrence Deede
are in Detroit where they will
attend a television preview at the
Hotel- Statler tonight. Lawrence
expects "to attend a television
school in the very near future
to enable him, to be up on this
latest scientific development.
The department of conservation and the state police are cooperating this fall to greatly expand a messenger, service for
deer hunters.
For several years the conservation department and the state
police have invited hunters to
register at their field headquarters and posts, giving their home
addresses and the location of
their hunting camps. This enables tche state police and conservation officers to reach them
in case of emergency at home.
. This year the two state departments are cooperating to
make the service even more efficient and convenient. Hunters may
notify their families and their
place of employment as to the
particular conservation or state
police station where they will
regsiter—-the one nearest their
hunting camp. Then should an
emergency arise, the »mily or
working place can phone the
message to the nearest police
post or conservation headquarters. That station will radio the
message .to the station where the
hunter is registered and the message will be delivered in person.
In the same manner, should
something happen to the bunter,
the state police or conservation
officers can notify the family or
place of employment.
A supply of registration cards
is being distributed to the various stations this week. Fifty-
eight stations will be available
for registering.
Saline Couple
Exchange Vowsln
Church Ceremony
Miss Barbara Jean Spike,
daughter of Mir. and Mrs. William
G. Spike, of Saline, became the
bride of Alton David Wahl,, son
of Mr. and Mrs. David C. Wahl,
Saline, on Wednesday evening,
November 12, at 7:30 o'clock at
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church. Rev. Alvin
Siemsen performed the ceremony
before the altar flanked on either side with large baskets of
mums.
Preceding the ceremony, Miss
Catherine Burgar of S. State
Street road sang, "At Dawning",
and Clark Spike of Ypsilanti,
brother of the bride, sang "The
Lord's Prayer" upon the arrival
of the couple at the altar.
The bride, given in marriage
by-her-father, was escorted down -
the isle by her "brother, Dr. ?eyrfl
Spike, of Owosso. Miss Spike
made her .wedding, gown of heavy
white slipper 'satin, designed in
princess style with short gathered train, and bustle. The bodice
had an oval neckline and cap
sleeves in an offi shoulder effect.
Her veil was of white net bordered with-lace and caught to a
white beaded tiara. She wore
white lace gloves and carried a
bouquet of white roses and mums!.
A sister, Mrs fancies H. Osborne of Saginaw, was matron of
honor and wore soft pink taffeta
with cap sleeves and a gored
skirt, white gloves and a tiara
of   yellow   pompoms.
Bridesmaids were Miss Lois
Finkbeiner and Thelma Wahl, sister of the groom, who wore
gowns fashioned after that of
the matron of bonor in aqua and
their tiaras were pink pompoms.
Earl Scruggs was best man
and Daniel Hall and Donald Gall
acted as ushers = ^ji*?
Donna Mae Wahl, .the groom's
sister, was flower girl and was
dressed in white brocaded satin.
Her bouquet was pink and yellow carnations and pompoms designed the same as the bride's.
Mrs. Spike, mother of the
bride, was dressed in a dark wine
velvet suit and hat with a cream
rose corsage. Mrs. Wahl, mother
of the groom, wore a black crepe
dress with black accessories and
pink rose corsage.
A reception for two hundred
guests followed immediately in
the church basement. Mrs. William Sodt and Mrs. Albert Bred-,
ernitz poured; Miss Wilma Lindeman and Mrs. Earl Scruggs
served cake and Miss Virginia
Lindeman and Miss Charlotte
Schmid served the ice cream and
punch. Miss Virginia Henderson
had charge of the guest book.
Mr. and Mrs. Wahl left on a
week's trip in northern .Michigan.
Mrs. Wahl, who is employed as
receptionist and switchboard op«
erator at the Universal Die Cast<
ing and Manufacturing Corp,
wore a" black gabardine suit witii
a pale aqua hat and grey gaberdine coat and black accessories
for traveling. Mr. Wahl is employed by1 his father, who is a
contractor.
CHILD STUDY CLUB
The Child Study group will
meet Tuesday evening, November
18, at the home of % Mrs. Harry
Anderson, 104 Detroit street, a.
representative of the Washtenaw-
County Health Department will
speak on "The Health of the
School Chilot" and will review
the services of the Public Health
Pepartment available to children.