1948-01-22; Saline Observer

              VOLUME 65
Warns Our
SALINE. WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,     THURSDAY, JAN.. 22, 1948
NUMBER   16:
esources
Fair Association Lists Assets
Of More Than $1,000
At the annual meeting of the
Saline Community Fair Association,. Treasurer Leo Jensen submitted a financial statement
which showed a cash balance on
hand amounting to $629.70 and an
inventory credit of $452, for a
net total of $1,081.70.
Credit for this healthy financial condition is attributed by
iFair officials to the generous
contributions of local merchants
and other institutions and civic
organizations. Farmers from Va.e
rural areas cooperated and gave
substancial support in t£e conduct
of the fair -program and. to the
active interest of these groups
the management attributes its
measure of success.
Plans for the Fair of 1948 will
be developed at meetings to be
held pn the fourth Monday of
each month at the Saline High
School. Named as members of
the board of directors are Clar-?
ence Haarer, Arthur Heininger,
Ernest Girbach, Carl Curtiss,
Robert Hammond, Arthur Hagen,
Donald Wiedman, Myron Gallagher, Frank Deede and Albert
Lange.
The Treasurer's statement follows:
Receipts
Balance an hand,  March 1,  1947
_     $   416.53
Contributions from exhibitors and
merchants ..    1,287.00
Rodeo  performance     33.10
Breakfast in Hollywood 95.90
Rides and concessions 200.36
Steer Raffle  1,185.55
Rotary Club tent rental 67.50
Rabbit entry fees __' 139.50
Rabbit Ass'n tent rental __ 33.75
State, 40% premium payment"
      465.4.7
Tota* ^.___jfe£^«x$3i9>2*.6f*
Disbursements
Advertising  and printing
.     $   2£[4.29
Tent rental . 615.00
Premium Ribbons • . . 59.68
Fireworks      350.00
Lumber and materials 106.94
Steer for raffle 280.00
Wire for lights 152.55
Labor for special services, S. Gall,
A. Hartman, Deede Electric, Donald Wiedman, F. F. A.       190.26
Electricty,   Detroit Edison    20.70
Premiums paid   ~   1119.00
Public Address System ____ 60.00
Postage 1_ 11.50
Telephone     6.72
State Fair dues 5.00
Lunch, meeting 4.38
State Security fee   2.00
Turkeys  for drawing-  __: 45.09.
Bank services , 1.85
Balance Jan. 15, 1948 -629.70
Total    $3,924.66
Inventory Credit
Wire,    electrical    $150.00
Lumber, on storage 200.00
Switch box and cabinet -7   70.00
200  ribons    12.00
Street banner    20.00
Total    452.00
Cash   balance    629.70
Agriculturist Advises Care
In Foreign Committments
V. S. OLYMPIANS . .. Tuning up for the Winter Olympics which open at St. Moritz, Switzerland, the
.American ski team takes time oat to pose for photo. Left to right are Bob Blatt, Don Amlck, Jack Reddich,
Steve Knowltud, John Blatt, Barney McLean, captain, Dev Jennings. Gene Willis. Dick Movitz, Georte
Macomber, Colin Stewart and Coach Walter Fraser.
Warning that the United States
has nearly reached the limit of
its capacity to produce fo8d and
fiber, Ernest L. Anthony, dean
of agriculture at' Michigan State
College, has urged caution in
making commitments for European relief.
• "It is evident to agricultural
economists," if not to our State
■Department, that we are making
promises  which   we   cannot   ful-
Total net worth __ $1,081.70
Fire Destroys
Home On
Ellsworth Rd.
A wind-whipped fire apparently touched off by chimney sparks
destroyed the one-story brick
home of George Luckhardt on
Lohr Rd. a short distance north
of  Ellsworth* Rd. Wednesday.-
The Saline fire department re^
sponded to ah alarm turned * ih
by neighbors but was unable to
save   the   dwelling.
.Luckhardt, an elderly widower
who xlived alone, said the blaze
brolie. out about 3 o'clock.;. He
Reported hearing: -as persistent
crackling on the roof but believed it to he melting ice and paid
no attention.
Neighbors finally discovered
the fire after it was well under
way. They were, able -to save
some furnishings and - clothing
before the fire broke through the
roof.
By 3:30, the house was a mass
of flame. Only the fire-glazed
brick   walls   remained    standing.
The March of
Dimes Is On
In Saline
15 Students Build A Home
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The National Foundation for1
Infantile Paralysis marks its
tenth anniversary with the 1948
March of Dimes campaign which
opened January 15th and will
continue   through  Jan.   30.
Mrs. Hickman Price, Jr., of
Barton Hills, county chairman
of the campaign, announced Mrs.
Arthur O'Neil of Saline, as member of her campaign committee
for Saline's March of Dimes
Drive.
Dr. Otto Engleke, county-
health commissioner, expressed
the hope tliat the local chapter-,-
in its 1948 drive, would be able
to accumulate a healthy reserve
in the event of a severe polio
epi&emic -.next yeai^^Saline's *1947
cainpaign"'ccontributions amounted
to   $325.00.-.
This year, for the first time,
the. rural schools of the county
have pledged, their vigorous support and cooperation to the drive.
JMrs.> Price stressed the urgent
need for funds, pointing out that
the _county chapter must be prepared to continue - its policy of
offering immediate assistance to
every person with a polio disorder, adult or child, regardless
of financial status.
Of the $19,000.00 collected in
Washtenaw county last year,
half, or $9,171.35 was kept in the
county for aid to county persons
afflicted with the disease. Expenditures in giving that aid were
$9,138.14.
The reserve fund from previous years is now nearly depleted and the county chapter will
depend solely upon this year's
campaign for its successful handling of polio cases in 1948.
Money given to the National
Foundation is* used to finance its
nationwide program of research,
education and emergency epidemic  aid.
Large Number
At Lumberjack
Supper
'An estimated 300 persons were
served at the Lumberjack supper
at the Methodist church Saturday
night by the Youth-Fellowship of
the church who were assisted by
Harry Gonsor, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Towler, Mrs. George Martin
and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Davenport.
New Building
Code Effective
1st
Mr. Olen R. Wanty/a resident
of Washtenaw Coifiitcy|is thes-'hew
county- building inspector over all
new construction of one and two
family rural dwellings* His -jurisdiction will be in fourteen of the
Olen  R. Wanty
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Death of Fred
W. Burkhardt
Roofing nails andasphalt shingles
have been substituted for pencils
and tablets in Jacksonville, 111.,
where 15 high school students are
building a modern five-room house
as part of their ^curriculum in
manual arts.
. Working under supervision by
E. A. Lair, school director of build-
ling trades, the youths spend three
jhours every day on their practical
training project, one of a group of
similar undertakings in various
sections of the United States.
Each of the 15 Jacksonville students gets a chance to work at all
the building trades taught by the
school — plumbing, brick laying,
wiring, metal work, painting, plastering, concrete work, carpentry
including roofing and excavation.
Some of the more intricate jobs
are being done by building mechanics, assisted by the high school
workmen.        {v j
Nearly all exterior work was
completed before cold weather;
came to stay. Framing, sidewalls
and the fire-resistant asRhalti
shingle roof were put up so that
students would be sheltered while
{doing interior work. ;
. Construction is being financed1
<by the high school activities funcLt
[The house will be sold at auction
[in May and money received will
be used to repay the fund and to
[finance- building another house
next school term.
Firemen were hampered in then-
efforts by "bitterly cold weather
and a brisk wind that rapidly
spread the  blaze.
Luckhardt said he had kept
his coal stove burning more
briskly than usual because of the
cold and believed sparks had
gone up the chimney and onto
the   tar shingle  roof.
Willing Workers
Meet at Mehlers
Twenty-two ' members and
guests of the Willing Workers
braved the weather Thursday to
enjoy a luncheon at the home
of their hostess,- Mrs. Herman
Mehler.
Mrs.' LotBs Smith, president,
presided at the business meeting,
after which the program chairman, Mrs. Arthur Lutz, presented a  program  on Bible  topics.
The next meeting, February 19,
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Ardis Heininger with Mrs. Carl
Heininger as hostess^ Roll call
is to be answered by "Causes of
Delinquency."
Fred W. Burkhart, 76, retired farmer and resident of
Sharon township since 1911, died
unexpectedly at his home, 3653
Jacob. Rd. Thursday morning
January 15!.
Born Dec. 18, 1871, in Freedom township, Mr. Burkhardt
was the son of George and Anna
Hutzel Burkhardt. He married
the former Miss Anna Whar on
March 22, 1911.
Mr. Burkhardt was a member
of Emanuel Evangelical and Reformed   Church" of   Manchester.
Surviving are the wife; a son
Alfred, of Sharon township; a
brother, Paul of Clinton; four
sisters, Mrs. Esther Tescher and
Mrs. Irene Martin, both of Saline, Mrs. Katherine Katz of
Grass Lake, and Miss Ida Burkhardt  Qf  Lapeer.
Funeral services were held at
2 o'clock Saturday afternoon" at
Emanuel v Evangelical and Reformed Church with Rev. H. S.
Van Rague officiating. Burial was
in Oak Grove Cemetry.
twenty townships of the county,
namely, Augusta, Bridgewater,
Dexter, Freedom, Lima, Lyndon,
Manchester, Salem, Saline, Sharon, Superior, Sylvan, Webster and
York. The remaining six townships; Lodi, Ann Arbor, Pittsfield, Northfield, Scio and Ypsilanti have their own building
codes.
Approval of the interim building code by the board and. appointment of building inspector
was backed by a majority of supervisors who have been increasingly concerned with the construction of what they called
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Saline Library
Report of 47th
Annual Meet
The 47 annual meeting of the
Saline Library Association was
held at the Library on ^Friday
evening, January 9, 1948, at
eight o'clock. The meeting was
called to order by the president,
Mrs. H. A. Holmes.
The annual reports , .of the
president, secretary, and treasurer were read and accepted.
The"'., following board members .were elected for a term of
three years: Mrs. Roy Rogers and
Miss Esther Landwehr.
_The Iibrarjrlias been open each
week on Wednesday and Saturday from 2-5 in the afternoon and
7-9 in the evening, withs Mrs..
Ruth   McCarbery  as   Librarian.
.During, the year 1947, «Jbe library circulated 6691 books and
418 magazines. 'Forty nine new
members  were .added*
<Jne hundred twenty .seven- new
books were purchased during the
year ,and- gift boks were received from William Barr, Mrs. S. Y.
Cotton, and Miss Zoa Nichols.
Magazine subscriptions, ^were received from" Mrs. C. R." Parsons
and C. F." Unterkircher. The
Library has had three sets ot
books from the State Library at
Lansing.
Near the close of the year,
two trustees^—Mrs. Lloyd Catey
and Mrs. E. A. Clark—resigned,
and by unanimous vote of the
Boards they were made honorary
members of the board of trustees of the Saline Library Association. These ladies have served as trustees for a number of
years and have been very faithful in the discharge of their duties.
After the Association meeting
the Board of Trustees held their
annual meeting and elected the
following officers: Mrs. (Roy Rogers, president; Rev. Alvin Siemsen, vice president; Miss Katherine Briggs, secretary; Mrs. C.
A. Curtiss,  treasurer.
The Board appreciates the interest shown by those patronizing the Library. during the past
year and those who have helped
in any way to make our yeai
successful.
Respectfully   submitted,
Katherine   Briggs,    Sec'y.
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SALINE LIBRARY ASSO.
Annual Report
of   Hie    treasurer
January  10,   1947,  Balance
on hand $321.68
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liner Ads Mean Profit
Saline Masons will have an
oyster supper at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday night, which will- precede
conferring of the Master Masons
degree on two members of that
lodge-
BATHERS BRAVE WINTRY BEEE2JES AT CONEY . . , When the
majority of New York City's population began recovering from the
worst snowfall in its history, this stout-hearted group, members of the
Iceberg Athletic Club, took time out to enjoy their usual mid-winter
fun and frolic on the snow-covered beach at Coney Island.'
0 Through the combined efforts of the Saline Fire Department, the City Council and the
Jaycees an ice skating place is being provided at the Ford Pond,
Wiring Is available for lights if
someone having a portable power
plant, such as a Delco, would
hitch on and make 'em. shine.
This is a "swell" project in. behalf of the young people of the
community-^—and for the older
people too—and if you have such
a power plant to loan contact
Erwin Schmid, (Ph. 38) Jaycee
president, who will be pleased no
end.   .
0 There'll be a Community
Auction located in, and around-
Herman Heininger's Implement
Store Thursday, February " 19
starting at one o'clock, when.
Clarence Cook will auctib'^TJofi
any article anyone inth^cSm-
muhity has the yen to dispose of.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce, .which is sponsoring the
Community Auction, to help build
up a fund for community activities, gives everyone the privilege
of bringing "any article which
they have no use for, and which
someone else may. There will be
15% commission deducted oh all
sales with the exception of automobiles, on which aa 5% fee, will
be charged.. The auctioneer is
contributing his services free of
charge.
0 Truck 'fires drew the attention of the City Department
twice last week. Defective wiring caused an estimated $50 damage to a truck owned by the
Slusser Well Drilling Co., in
front of the Richard's residence
on West Michigan, Wednesday afternoon and an undetermined a-
mount of damage to a B. & L.
Transport truck at the intersection of US-112 and US-23 Sunday morning. 0 The Saline
Junior Chamber of Commerce
are Still the bowling champs
—right! Rotary? Let them crow
while they can—but you haven't
set  the  date.
0 No new city manager announced yet, "but we've heard the
name of Dan Levleit mentioned
and are of the opinion that a
capable local man with an intimate knowledge of local affairs
and personalities ana genuine
community needs, will have the
jump en any outsider who will
necessarily have to take time to
become "acclimated.?' 0 A local
resident has a much deeper interest in local affairs than any.
passerby.
0 One of our good farmer
friends sold an old bull Tuesday,
which he lumped off for $3.75! No
cheap balogna'.,- anymore, except
the conversational kind. 0 And
a dead horse now is more valuable than alive! 0 Candidate for
the meanest man in town: The.
fellow you don't like.
0 The following students of
Cleary College have been placed
on the Honor Roll for fall term
as the result of their excellent
schoolastic  achievement.
Dean Burkhardt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. R. Burkhardt, 103
S. Lewis, Arthur Moehn, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Moehn, 305 E.
Michigan; Kenneth Rogers, son
of Mrs. iFloyd Rogers, 205 E.
Michigan^ and Ralph Uphaus,
son of Mr. Ben Uphaus, 117 E.
Henry Street. 0 Latest Veterans Administration figures show
that 2.323 seriously disabled
World War 11 veterans in Ohio,
Michigan and .Kentucky have
received -automotive, vehicles at
government expense under the
law passed by Congress in August, 1946. Cost of the vehicles
was   $3,692,652.
fill," Dean Anthony said.
''Common humanity dictates
that we exert every effort to- sustain the peoples of Europe
through this winter. But, at the
same time, we must correct the
impression that our agricultural
. resources are inexaustible. It
is riot."
Can't  Repeat  Miracle-
It is a wholly unwarranted assumption that the 30 per cent increase in food production achiev-   •
ed   by a million  fewer farmers
during the war can be continued
indefinitely,   Dean   Anthony   declared,.    It  was  accomplished he
''said, by unprecedented use. of ar- *
tiflcial   fertilizers,   mechanization
and the use of other knowledge
gained through a century of research.
"There are no more tricks left
in the magician's bag," he said.
"Some of our best' acreage has
heen exhausted. It is possible we
have passed our peak of production, and are on the downgrade. The brutal fact is that
we possess 7 per cept of the
world's arable land and there, is
no way by which this can be
materially   increased.
"In short, we *just haven't got
it to give."
Favors  Self-Help—
"The  Marshall Plan   and   all
other long-range relief prograriis
should be scrutinized with care to
determine their effect on our own *
economy.
"I favor self-help, rather than
..direct  relief.-   European  agriculture i§ based  on small holdings
Which are worked efficiently with
hand tools.   We could supply the
^farmers   of   Europe   with   tools,
■gjISs^JI .and Jgpiaceironts.., for their i
""^vcstoeiS-and-leave their salvation  in  their  own hands.    They
are willing  to   work,   and must
•do so if they are to survive for
there are   definite   rimits  to the
help we   can   extend,   regardless
of  the  contentions  of the  ill-informed.
New Court
House To Cost
$2,000,000
Bids were opened this week on
the proposed new Washtenaw
County Courthouse in Ann Arbor, and ranged from $1,960,000
to   $2,000,000.
The County does not have
funds available to start work
and cannot have until a special
tax levy is approved by Washtenaw tax paryers. The present
bids therefore are useful only as
guides for the amount of the
bond issue which would be necessary.
It has been estimated that a
cost of $2,000,000 could be defrayed by a special tax levy of
one and one-half quarter mills on
the present equalized valuation
of the county. If levied over a
10 year period such a tax would
raise the whole $2,000,000 plus
interest on an initial bond issue.
It is expected 18 months would
be required to complete the
structure and that much of the
old building could be used in
constructing   the new  structure.
Elopement
Ends In Saline
Romance suffered, at least a
temporary setback early Sunday
morning- when Washtenaw Deputy Kenneth Alber stopped a
speeding car occupied by a Detroit youth and girl who told him
they were eloping to Texas.
The youth, Pady P. Ross, 22, of
2980 Bewick Ave., was unable to
produce^any papers for the brand
new car he was driving other
than a typewritten card issued
by the Powers Driveaway Service
of Detroit, requesting that Ross
be shown "courtesy on the road."
The card signed by Catherine
Rae, an employee of the Powers
Service, verified Ross' statement
as to d,estination, and identified
the car as consigned to a Fort
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