1947-12-04; Saline Observer

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The Saline Observer
VOLUME 65
SALINE. WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,  .  THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1947
NUMBER    9
Saline To Have Community Ghristmas Tree
We, The People of Saline,      The 'Messiah' Woman's Chib
Did Ordain... 16 Years Ago Dec. 13-14      Has Speaker
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CHARTER
Of  the City of  Saline, Mich.
We, the people of the City of
■Saline, County cf Washtenaw,
State- of Michigan, pursuant to
the authority granted by the'
constitution and the statutes of
the State' of. Michigan, in order
to establish a city government,
and to provide for and, maintain
the essential interest and welfare
of all our people, do hereby ordain and establish this" charter
of the City of Saline, Michigan.
Corporate  Powers
Section 1. The municipal corporation now existing and known
as the Village of Saline, comprising all those tracts of land
situate in the townships of Saline, York, Pittsfield and Lodi
in the county of Washtenaw and
described as follows,, to-wii. The
north half, and the north half of
the south half of section one of
the township of Saline; and, the
west half of the northwest quarter, and the west half of the
north half of the southwest
quarter of section six of the
township of York; and the south
half of the south half of section
thjrty-six of the township of
Lodi; and the southwest quarter
of the southwest quarter of section thirty-one of the .township
of Pittsfield, all in Washtenaw
county, State of Michigan, shall
continue to be a body politic and
corporate under the name City
of Saline, • ajid include the territory  above   described.
Section 2. The city shall have
power to exercise any and all
of tche powers which cities are
and—or may hereafter be permitted to exercise Under the constitution and ■ laws of the state
of Michigan, as fully and completely as though "■ th e powers
were specifically enumerated
herein, and no enumeration of
particular powers of the ctty in
this charter shall be held to be
exclusive.
Elections
Section 3. The general laws of
the state governing registration
of voters and election of officers
Along The
MainDrag
% Prospects are bright that the
Main Drag shortly will undergo a
transformation. That lone green
light at the main street intersection, which gives the go sjgnal to
speeding traffic, will fade with the
profusion of greenery with which
Saline will be decorated, and
which will be the go signal for a
greater demonstration of local
hospitality and Christmas cheer
than has ever before exuded
locally.
9 This Christmas business can
be made something entirely different from other years. The
war is past;. Peace, as we know
it, is on the land and generally
in the hearts" of us all. This season of Advent is fraught with
great portent. It leads to the
anniversary of the birth of the
Saviour of mankind. It should
be a time of the greatest rejoicing. 0 It would- be fine to have
everyone catch the spirit of the
occasion. String lights on the
evergreens in your yard, place
candles in the windows and
Christmas trees on the lawns.
And when the church bells ring
on the crisp evening air, rejoice
with your fellows that your town
has done its utmost to spread the
tidings of great joy and good will
among men.
£ So many of us fellows" who
went deer hunting, just went deer
hunting. £ But there's that conservation officer who got his necktie tangled up in the mechanism
of his gun as he slipped in a
shell and cursed his hit*, as a
big buck gazed- at him in derision
and trotted off in the brush."
# Shouldn't mention it of
course, but those winter taxes
are coming up again. £ And
there's a movement on foot to
revise Saline's City Charter.
0 What a new Charter would
accomplish we really do not
knOwT- But to enlighten you as
to what the old Charter provides
we are publishing it in two installments.
shall apply to and control registration and elections in the
city, except as such general laws
relate to party registration or
enrollment or other party procedure, and except as otherwise
provided by this charter.
Section 4. A regular city election shall be held at the same
time as each bi-anniel fall, state
and county election. Special elections shall be held when called
by resolution. of the city council
at least twenty days ih advance
of the election, or when required
by this charter or the general
laws of   the  state.
Section 5. Every person desiring to .become a candidite for
any elective office under this
charter shall, at least twenty
days prior to the election, file
with the city clerk a petition
signed by not less than five per
cent of the registered electors
o f the city. Blank petitions
shall be furnished by the city
clerk. The city clerk shall immediately determine the sutfi-
ciency of such petitions, and when
he finds any petition insufficient,
shall forthwith notify the candidate, who may file an. amended
petition not later than the fifteenth day prior to the election.
Section 6. The ballots for all
elections under this charter shall
contain the names of the candidates arranged, under the several
offices with a square at the left
of each name, and a notation
above each office-xgroup of the
number to be voted for, without
any party designation mark, or
anything indicating what the
opinions of- the candidates are
or  may  be.
Section 7. The council shall
be the board of canvassers to
canvass the votes cast at
all city elections. The council
shall meet at 8:00 p.m., eastern standard, time, on the first
Thursday after such election and
publicly canvass the election returns. The candidate or candidates, where more than one are
to be elected to the same office,
who shall receive the greatest
number of votes shall be elected.
In case of a tie vote for any office, the council shall decide by
lot which of the persons who
are tied shall be  elected.
Governmental Organization
Section 8. The government of
the city, and all the powers
granted by this charter thereto,
except as otherwise provided by
this charter, shall be vested in
a council of five members, elected
at each regular city election for
a term of two years from the
first Monday in January following election, who shall receive
no compensation.
Section 9. The council shall
on the first Monday in January
following the regular city election choose one of its members
to be mayor and another member to be mayor pro tern, each
for a  term of  two years.
Section 10. Any vacancy on
the council shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the
remaining members of the council; any vacancy in any other
elective office and every office to
be filled by appointment by the
council shall be filled by the affirmative vote of three council-
men. Any appointive officer may
be removed" by the affirmative
vote of three couneilmen.
Section 11. The mayor shall
be the official head of the city
government for all ceremonial
purposes, and for the purposes
of military law. He shall preside at all council meetings and
See   Charter,   Page  6
Handel's "Messiah" will be -given at the University of Michigan
by the University Musical Society, Saturday night, Dec. 13,
and Sunday afternoon, Dec. 14,
in  Hill Auditorium.
The University Choral Union of
more than 30:0i vocies will form
the coral backgrounds A special
orchestra of 60 instrumentalists
will participate, with Frieda Op't
Holt Vogan at the organ. Lester
Frances Yeend, soprano, will
participate in the "Messiah"
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McCoy, Associate Conductor' of
the University Musical Society,
will   direct  both performances.
Frances Yend, who will sing the
soprana, will be heard for the
first time in Ann Arbor. Mary
Van Kirk, a specialist in the contralto role of this work, will return to Ann Arbor for her second
appearance. Harold Haugh, New
York tenor, will return to Ann
Arbor after an absence of several years. Mark Love, Chicago
bass, is one of the country's outstanding interpreters of the bass
role.
NOTABLE TO VISIT SALINE
Saline Rotarians will have the
honor of entertaining a distinguished member of their International service organization Thursday, when they will be visited
by their District Governor, George
P.  Smith.
WHO WILL PAY THE SHOT?
An event of unusual interest
locally will occur Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock when teams
from the Saline Rotary Club and
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
engage in a bowling tournament,
the lossers of which will be compelled to buy the dinners for
their crowing victors.
For The Yanks
Who Gave
The good people bf Saline and
vicinity are invited to join with
the - William B. Lutz Post No.
322 of The American Legion and
its Auxiliary in remembering
every sick or disabled war veteran in Michigan on Christmas
this year.
There are 70 hospitals in the
state now caring for these veterans—80.00 of them in all—for
whom, the war has not ended.
It is proposed to give each of
them a Christmas gift box. The
project, called "Gifts for the
Yanks Who Gave," is now being
sponsored by the Legion and
Auxiliary for the Jourth successive year. It is nationwide
in scope, and consistutes the
biggest Christmas Party on
record.
It's a real task to purchase
the gifts, and pack, wrap and
deliver the boxes tp Michigan's
8000 hospitalized veterans, and
the sponsors need the cooperation cf all generous citizens. The
value of each box will range
from four to five dollars, and
donors may contribute either
cash or gifts. There must be
no edible articles, liquor or
safety razor blades included.
A collection center has been
set up at the Ormsby Barber
Shop where donations will be
received on the following dates,
Dec. 4 and 10. Time is short as
each Legion and Auxiliary committee in the state must have
the gift boxes prepared for delivery to the hospitals by December io. Bring your donations
in as soon as possible and help
make it a "Merry Christmas"
for  the  "Yanks  Who   Gave."
•On Tuesday afternoon, December  2, the . Saline Woman's Club
met  at the home  of  Mrs.   Carl
Moehn with Mrs*^. W. Niles presiding.    After the usual business
meeting   whii^i. included  lenjt'ny
discussion about; tlie civic Cl—isc-
mas program and entrusting the
Club's share of the plans tb ui.e.r
Civic    Improvement    Committee,
and .the contribution of-five dollars  by   the    Club  toward    the
Children's Aid fund, the mee lug
was turned over to Mrs. Frc_.cis
Lockwood, chairman for the day.
She,  in • turn,    intrbduced    Sirs.
Rudolph Hertler who gave a very
interesting'account   of   the   history of Michigan beginning; villi
the Glacial Period which left    in
its trail the numerous lakes and
varied soils, the hills and valleys
■ yrhich make the state one of the
nation's beauty spots.   She covered the period of French exploration from 1637 to^eo wjieri the
Great Lakes were discvered  and
maps     made.* "The    history     cf
Michigan is linked closely to Quebec   since   that- city  which   was
founded in 1608 became the headquarters  for     the   - French     fur
traders and   the   government   of
the territory centered there.   Interesting  were   the   accounts   of
the crossed purposes, of ^tgtese.fur
traders  with the  noble^f^Lission-
aries who  came to worfi^mong
the  Indians and- paved the *wa.y
for a more peaceful settlement of
later   immigrants   to   the   state.
She told of the 'forts built by explorers   at   St.   Ignace,   Cadillac,
Detroit  and  various   other  stra-"
tegic points.    The Indian  village
at Detroit  became    Fort    Pont-
chartrain.     The  French and Indian war left its mark on the history of the state when the English vied ■ with- tti^Frenchfor possession using the Indians as accomplices and tools   in   gaining
control.       Pontiac,   "the     Indian
chieftain,   tried-  to   prevent    the
Ehglish   from   taking   possession
fearing  them  and prefering   the
French,  and   in  the  -great   Conspiracy eight of the 12 forts in
the territory fell.    The  Siege  of
Detroit lasted from May to  October and was marked with massacres.     The  Revolutionary War
was  not felt in this section being too far west to make active
participation necessary.    Colonization was accomplished   by    the
English, the French having failed
to  do  so    because    building    of
towns and cities would have destroyed their  illicit    fur    trading
practices.   The Ordinance of 1787
came  along in  government    and
Michigan  became a territory. In
1811  the state  had  a  population
of less than 5,000 and in 1837, only 26 years later it had a population of more  than  137,000.  Indian   trails  became   stage  coach
routes lined with many ,inns and
taverns to  accommodate  passengers, and now they are the superhighways of the nation.    During
the War of 1812 when the French
and   the English  again vied   for
supremacy, the latter enlisted the
aid of the'Indians and even paid
them   bounty    on    scalps    they
brought to Detroit.    The present
city  of Monroe,   then  known  as
Frenchtown, and, colored by history surrounding the Indian warrior, Tecumseh., became the scene
of many brutal massacres.    Ter-"
ritorial  dispute  over  a   strip   of
land between Michigan and Ohio
resulted  in the   bloodless  Toledo
war  when ^Michigan  gained  the
Upper Penninsula in payment for
this strip.   In 1837 Michigan became   a   state,   and   among   its
first acts was to establish an educational   system   with     Franklin
Pierce as the first Superintendent •
of Public Instruction.   Since then
the state  has   ranked highly  in
this field and its system copied by
other  states   in   the   mid   west.
The motto of Michigan, "If thou
seekest    a    beautiful    peninsula,
look   around",   was   indeed  well
chosen  with "respect  to its  geography, and to it might well be
added  that its rich, history fills
many pages in the nation's archives for posterity to read.
•    Publicity Committee
Will Make Christmas Merry
For Community Youngsters
Married In
Ann Arbor
On Saturday afternoon at 4
o'clock in the Women's League
chapel in Ann Arbor was
the scene of a very pretty wedding when Miss Peggy Louise
Osgood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Howell Osgood of Saline
became the bride of Harold Alfred Anderson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gabriel Anderson of West
Hartford, Conn., at a candlelight
ceremony performed by the Rev.
Harold J. Salmon of the Methodist Church of Morenci.
A friend* df the bride, Mrs.
Murray Franklin of Ann .Arbor,
played the organ for the service
which was conducted in a setting of all white flowers.
The bride, given in marriage
by ,her father, wore a white
slipper satin gown with long
sleeves ending in points over her
hands; a tight bodice with sweetheart neckline, and a full skirt
which ended in a sweep. With
this she wore a Juliet cap of
white satin with soft, shoulder
length flounce of chantilly lace.
Her colonial bouquet was of white
camelias.
Miss Janet Osgood of Saline,
sister of the bride, a senior at
the U of M, was her maid, of
honor and was gowned in lilac
faille with a boat neckline, tight
fitting bodice, full skirt over a
hoop and wore white lace mitts.
Her colonial bouquet was of violets centered vrith pale pink rose
buds.
Allen Anderson of West Hartford, Conn., brother of the groom,
acted, as best man and Douglas
Watkins of Grosse Pointe, and
Robert Allen of Buffalo, N. Y.,
fraternity brothers of the xgroom,
were ushers.
A reception for 75 guests was
held in the Henderson room at
the Woman's League immediately
following the ceremony. Mrs.
Paul Ehman of Ypsilanti, poured.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson flew
to New York on their honeymoon and will be at home, after
Dec. 15 at 158 Edgemere Ave.
West, Hartford,  Conn.
Mrs. Anderson is a graduate
of the TJ of M, class of 1946,
and Mr. Anderson graduated
from the U of M last August
He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and is associated with
Pratt and Whitney in Hartford,
Conn.
For going away Mrs. Anderson chose a pale blue garbardine
suit  with   black   accessories.-
Mrs. Charles Osgood, mother
of the bride, wore a chestnut
brown crepe dress with a corsage
of voilets and talisman rose buds.
The groom's mother wore black
and her corsage was voilets and
American beauty rose buds.
Announcement has been made
of the engagement of Marilyn
Jean Camburn and Sgt. Joseph
A.   Blayer.
The engagement was announced
at a Thanksgiving dinner given,
by Mr. and Mrs. Alwin Gross.
Aliss- Camburn, daughter of
John Camburn and the late Mrs.
Camburn, is a graduate of Saline
High School and Ann Arbor
Business College. She is employed by the Washtenaw County
Bureau of Social Aid.
Sgt. Blayer is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph F. Blayer of
Rossiter,' Pa. Prior to entering
the service in 1943, he was xgrad-
uated from Saints Gosmas ahd
Demian High School in Punxsi-
tawney, Pa. He is now with the
25th division in Osaka,  Japan.
No date has been "set for the
wedding.
Some very ambitious plans are
under way at the present moment to make the observance of
the Yuletide season an event outstanding in the annals of Saline.
Saline's Junior Chamber of
Commerce has undertaken the
task of working- out the details
of the program wiiich has the
backing of the city authorities,
businessmen and civic groups
which have pledged their aid.
A great community Christmas
tree will be placed on the strip
of grass in front of the Saline
Hotel and. strings of colored bulbs
will stretch across the intersection of Michigan avenue and
Ann Arbor street. In addition
Christmas wreaths will decorate
the lampposts throughout the
business section of town.
The children of the area will
be given a great treat on Saturday afternoon, December 20, when,
.the Saline Theatre puts on a special matinee performance for
them. There will be no admission charge to the youngsters up
to 12 years of age.
On Monday, December 22, another party will be -given for
community children when Santa
Claus himself will make his appearance and pass out gifts to
them.
During the holiday season an
amplifyer will be installed at St.
Paul's Church repeating the lovely
vesper chimes and music which
rang throughout the city- last
year.
Luther Dicks heads the Christmas program committee from the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
and the Community Christinas
Tree and- street decorations, wii be
erected under the direction of,
"Dan Levleit.
Fire Destroys
Farm Home
At about 7:30 Sunday night
the Saline Fire Department made
a run to the home of Albert
Liska, 2566 Waters Road, where
fire caused by an aver-heated
furnace, had gained such headway when they arrived that it
was impossible to save the building which was totally destroyed
with an estimated loss of $15,-
000.
At 3 a.m. Thursday the Department responded to a call at
2876 Bellwood, East Ann Arbor,
where the residence of H. E. Neu-
ten was damaged to the extent
of $200 by an over-heated furnace pipe. On Thursday afternoon a chimney fire at the home
of John Kohler, 4340 Bridgewater Road., caused roof damage
estimated at $75.
Plan Party
For Scouts
4-H' CLUB ELECTS  OFFICERS
The Saline Faithful 4-IPers met
at the Bridgewater school, Monday. The thirty-two members are
working on three different projects: sewing, pottery andv handicraft, led by Vernagene Kruger,
Josephine Tobias, and Joe Tobias.
Miss Margaret Wiseman from the
County Extension office was- a
guest -at the meeting.
The new officers elected were;
President, Gordon Barnes; vice
president, Marion Guenther; secretary, Marilyn Adair; treasurer,
Kenneth Kothe; news reporter,
Irene Kruger; social committee;
John Oumpp, Kennth Tobias and
and Victor Guenther.
Plans for a Christmas party
were discussed and refreshments
were enjoyed at the close of the
meeting.
Nineteen members of the
American Lexgion Auxiliary met at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Moehn on November 25, when
Mra Ralph Hunt reported on a
committee visit to the gift shop
at Percy Jones Hospital at Battle Creek the previous Tuesday.
Two subscriptions to Popular
Mechanics were renewed for the
library at the Dearborn Veterans
Hospital and a Christmas party
was planned for the Girl Scouts
and Brownies to take place on
December 17 at the Legion hall.
The American Legion and the
Auxiliary will also remember all
Saline men who are still in the
Service  at Christmas  time.
The Auxiliary has also pledged
its aid to the Legion in their
"Gifts to the Yanks Who Gave,"
program and welcome all elegible
women to a.ttend their meetings
and join the  organization.
The Ladies' Auxiliary are sponsoring the Sahne Girl Scouts and
the Brownies.
The W.S.C.S. will heldfe its
regular monthly meeting on Wednesday night, Dec. 10, at 7:30
o'ciocic in the church parlors.
Instead of the usual exchange of
gifts each member will contribute
to the Esther Hall Home in Detroit. Mrs. Carl Curtiss is chairman of the. meeting, with Mrs.
Harry Holmes acting as co-
chairman. Mrs. Martin Fuoss
will have charge of devotions.
David Martin has joined the
Navy and left Detroit on Friday for the Great Lakes Naval
Station.
There were sixty in attendance
at the Ann Arbor District Minis-
teral Association held on Mon-
day at the Saline Methodist
Church.
On November 18, Mrs. Lloyd
Dell, Mrs. Loren Hunt, Mrs.
Ralph Hunt, Mrs. Merritt Martin,
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Deede
and Mrs. Claire Harms worked in
the Gift Shop at Percy Jones
Hospital at Battle Creek "The
Gift Shop is an activity sponsored by  the  Legion Auxiliary.
Christian Ernst, in the Tecumseh hospital during the past five
months suffering-from undulent
fever and complications, was
brought to his home Friday, considerably improved^ but still a
long* way from recovery.
Michael Sheehan and Alex Van-
Sossen of Saline Valley Farrns,
are leaving today for Chicago
where they will attend the International Livestock Show.
The St. Paul's Guild meeting
will be in the form of a Christmas party on Wednesday evening
in their Fellowship room with department chaMnen in charge ol
the evening's events.This will be
guest night and each member is.
privileged to bring a guest. The
exchange of gifts will be omitted.
Potluck dinner at 7 o'clock, bring
own dishes.
Dr. Fred A. Lendrum, who has
a pa'storate at Dansville, was a
Saline visitor  oi- Monday.
Wilbur Bredernitz and Norman
Weidmayer returned home Sunday from a two-week's hunting
trip at Newberry.
A movie will be sponsored by
the Federated Church- School on
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
in the basement of the church.
This is open to. all children in, the
community.
Mrs. Mack Ryan will entertain
members of the Washtenaw
County Historical Society at her
home, 205 N. Division street, Ann
Arbor, Dec. 6 from 2:30 to 5
o'clock. People interested are welcome to attend and join the organization.
Due to the increased cost of
everything that enters into the
production of a newspaper, .we
Will be compelled to raise the
subscription price of The Saline Observer to $2.50 per year
in Michigan and to $3.00 per
year out of the state, effective
January 1, 1948.
You may renew your subscription now at the present
rate of $2.00 per year up until
the first of the year.
Note the date of expiration
printed at the top qf your eopy
of Thet Observer as it comes to
you.