1948-02-19; Saline Observer

              The Saline
server
VOLUME 65
SALINE. WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,     THURSDAY, FEB. 19, 1948
NUMBER    2®
Steer Club
Starts With
24 Members
The Junior Steer Feeding Club
of 1948 starts off with 24 members and a lot of enthusiasm. The
element of chance—as to ultimate
profits from ' the undertaking—•
is present, as it always will be.
The young men and women who
have entered the project fully
realize that they must assume
the same "gamble" as do the
livestock producers who follow
the game year in and year out;
their greatest profit, after all,
ccmes from the experience gained
in the proper feeding and care
of the animals.
The members of the Club, steer
weights and names of sponsors
are- as follows:
Alice Sheehan; 350 lbs; Sam
Lambarth. Geraid Haarer; 380
lbs; Paul Lambert. Shirley Wai-
lo, 4101bs, Albert Lange. Bruce
Arend,, 420 lbs, George Wood.
Bobby Waggoner, 420 lbs, Harry
Hersch. David Marion, 420 lbs,
Alfred Schmidt. Gerald Haarer,
430 lbs., Clarence Haarer. Dorothy Marion, 440 lbs, Fred Weid-
man. Lois McTaggert, 440 lbs,
Frank Deede. Frances iRoss, 4V0
lbs, Henry Leutheuser. Kendell
Rogers, 480 lbs, Kenneth Jeppesen. Wayne Luckhardt, 480
lbs, Herman Heininger. Clarence
Kohler, 490 lbs, Ed Warner.
James Wallo, 500 lbs, Leo Jensen. James Levleit, 500 lbs, Don
Ford. Charles Kchler, 510 lbs
Arthur Hagen. Frances Ross,
520 lbs, Martin Blair. David
Levleit, 520 lbs, Ernie Mann.
James Glefe30nf?52tK'-l6&;^£^ jftatf-'
old, Miller. Bruce TAvam, 5'30,
lbs, Alwm Gross. Robert McTaggert, 550 lbs, Walter Osgood.
Helen McTaggert, ^30 lbs C. D.
Finkbeiner. Harry Gleason, 570
lbs, Arthuy-HKeininger. Nancy
Gleason, 610 lbs, Dr. Gordon
Prout.
Ulli
Dies Following
Long Illness
William G. Spike, 61 years old,
died Thursday evening at the
residence, 9705 Marion Road, in
Saline township, after a long
illness. ^_
Mr. Spike was born Feb. 11,
1887 .pear Kingston in Frontenec
township, Canada, and came to
Michigan March 19, 1896. He
had lived in Washtenaw county
for the past-27 years.
On July 15, 1908 he married
Ethel    Schlichter   at    Gladwin.
Survivors include the wife;
three daughters, Mrs. J. Hasler
Osborne of Saginaw, Mrs. Malcolm Y/hitfprd, of E, Lansing and
Alton Wahl Of Saline; six sons,
Dr. Cyril Spike of Owosso, Lowell of Chelsea, Bruce of* Marquette, Max of Saline and Clark
of Ypsilanti; two sons Robert
and James proc^ded him in
death; three brothers, Tlaiph of
Port Huron, Fred cf Flint,, and
Victor of Birmingham; four sisters, Mrs. Jay Yarlott of Defiance, Ohio, Mrs. Ora David of
St. Johns, Mrs. Wasta Huber of
Gladwin and Mrs. Lewis Huffman
of Delton  and  16  grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 2. o'clock at
the Federated church with Rev.
Henry McKenzie officiating and
interment was made- in Oak
Grove   Cementery,   Chelse'a.
Here to attend the fitoeral were
Ralph Spike, Port Huron; Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Spike, Flint; Mr.
and Mrs. H. V. Spike, Birmingham; Mr. and Mrs. Ora David,
St. Johns; Mr. and !Mrs. Vasta
Huber, Gladwin; Mr. aiiid Mrs.
Lewis Huffman and daughter
Ruth, Delton, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs.
Chas "Huffman, Battle Creekr
Mr. and Mrs. Will Purdy, Flint;
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Yarlott,
Defiance, Ohio;- Mr. and Mrs.
M. H. McClay, Highland Park;
Mrs. Seldia Schlichter, Miss Ef-
fie Sehlichter, Mr. .and Mrs. LeRoy Schlichter, and Mrs. Arthur
Walter, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs.
George Leahes, Marquette, and
Mr* and Mrs. Clare David, Lansing.
Along The
MainBrag
© Fcr Detroit Edison, 1947
was   packed   with   new   all-time
highs $2-3,000.003    was    spent
on construction, the first phase
of a four to five year $100,000,-
003 program. More than 27,000
new residential and farm customers. .. Gross revenue in - excess
of $106,000,000... operating payroll   over   $30,0O0,00G... fuel   bill
$24,000,t00 taxes     $13,000X00.
More than 55 per cent of all
inrividual   owners   are  women.
0 Gary is the man's name
.... introduced to Rotarians last
Thursday by Mayor Alwin Gross.
Hails from Grand Rapids and
just lately from six years or
thereabouts' overseas.... was seen
to go into a huddle with the
mayor and council members in
a secluded corner. He's a candidate for city manager... and
a very promising appearing personage. Latest developments
 he's our man. As commanding city exec, he comes at a
good time to help correct some
of the evils on Michigan Avenue
where Jack Frost has hammered
holes and humps with a frigid
fist... discomforting to a delicate stomach. © Michael Downey Green. ..8% pounds., landed
on the scene St. Valentine's Day
and the population of Saline is
now estimated at 1501. The
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Foster
Green are both doing fine! In
case you don't know, Papa
Green makes the clocks tick at
the Deede Electric. © We wiU
be first to advise the young men
tliat the parking situation in
Saline is a sore subject. There
■axe. pIacggj>tO'get, but tliey ,wo»tt;
let .yu' ,on.'.em.-c© Andrew Schroen
.... Arkona Road... has had to
let the Mrs. do all the traveling
this winter. Has been under the
weather since 'way back in November. Q The American Legion is preparing to launch a
series of euchre tournaments up
at the hall. Will sell tickets for
a limited number and give, maybe, a deep freeze to the hottest
player. @ Whatever happened
to tlie minstrel show that local
talent was all primed to stage
for the benefit of the athletic
field. "Twas a good idea and
there's still time to stage it this
season before we have to start
spring plowing. Q Psychiatry
is somewhat of a study of human emotions, and reduced to
its simplest terms: You are what
you think you are. The big
trick is to induce you to think
you are what you ain't and make
it stick. It Isn't what you uster
was, it's what you is may were!
Our early contact with psychiatrists imbued us with the idea
tliat what, they needed was the
services of a good psychiatrist.
'Now we know they're really the
wrenches that keep the loose nuts
tight.
Woman
A Lck- a!. Pro o-i dv
routine ni
Philadelphia, February 19th.
Miss Elizabeth Johnson, psychiatric aide for sixteen and a nail
years at Ypsilanti State Hospiiai,
Ypsilanti, has been awarded a
citation for outstanding service
to the mentally ill, it was announced today by Harold. Barton,
Executive Secretary of the rational Mental Health Found-
dation.
Miss Johnson was one of five
attendants or psychiatric aides
serving , in mental hospitals
throughout the United States who
received Honorable Mention and
$50 awards in the Foundation's
"Psychiatric Aide of tlie Year
Award".
Every private, VA and other
public mental hospital in the
country was given the opportunity to nominate the attendant, on
their staff whom they felt was
most deserving of the title,
"Psychiatric Aide of the Year".
•Not only the medical and nursing
staff, but patients were also encouraged to participate in each
hospital's selection.    .
A panel of judges, prominent
in the field, of mental health, reviewed the records of the cut-
standing candidates for the A-
ward and selected Walter Starncs,
an employee of the Winter VA
Hospital at Topeka Kan. as "Trie
Psychiatric Aide of the Year"
and winner of a special award
of  $500.
The board of judges included:
Dr. Robert H. Felix, Chief and
Medical Director, Mental Hygiene
Divisignjof^ihe TJ. S. ' Public
Health Service; Albert Deutsch,
journalist; Mary Jane Ward,
author cf "The Snake Pit"; Mrs.
Ruth P. Kuehn, University of
Pittsburgh School of Nursing;
Dr. Robert Sutherland, Director of the Hogg Foundation for
Mental Hygiene; and Miss June
Joslyn, Executive Director of the
Oregon Society for Mental Hygiene.
In making their selections, the
judges were guided by such factors as the candidates' skill, initiative, and imagination in the
discharge of his duties; and kindness and devotion to the patients
in his care.
Commenting on the significance
of the award, Dr. Karl A. Menn-
inger, nationally noted psychiatrist and manager 6f Winter
Veterans Adminstration Hospital
where Walter Starnes, who was
named as "The Psychiatric Aide
of the Year" is employed, said:"
In modern life we have grown
used to annual awards for the
outstanding people in almost all
fields of endeavor. These range
from the much coveted Nobel
Prize, for men outstanding in
the arts and sciences, to tlie 'Oscars' of the film industry which
further the notoriety of alt'O"''-"'
well known people. Now. for the
first time, comes a prize that
makes known the unknown from
an  almost unknown group.
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Karen  Taylor
Nine-year-old Karen Taylor,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth, Taylor of Saline participated
in a program. o£#,music -,. at a;
guest meeting of tlie Milan Music Study Club Wednesday night
in the home of Miss Marion
Mcore,  Milan.
The  youngster,   a   piano pupil
of Mrs. Clyd, Lawson of Milan,
played eight selections: "The
Butterfly," "Norwegian Birthday
Party'irartd- "'Amitra^"- Dajiee,," all
by Greig; "May Night by Palm-
green, "Rustles of Spring," by
Sinding, "Sehertzo," by Mendelssohn, "Souvenir," by Strimer
and   "Aragonaise"   by   Massenet.
doing business—for labor, materials, equipment—is up from 75- to
ICO "per cent.
Are high fcod, prices the result
of high profits?
Food, manufacturers' profit on
the sales dollar was 4.6 in 1939,
3.9 cents in 1946, and 3.5 cents
in 1947. Retailer profits are
sma'ler, too, amounting to about
1.5 cents on the dollar. If both
the manufacturer's and retailer's profits were wiped out on a
can of beans, the consumer saving-would be six-tenths of a cent.
What's the answer then? you
ask.
If the American people really
want to help themselves and
their country, then they must
discard the philosophy of easy
work and easy money, and substitute the hard work and hard
money philosophy which enabled
our fathers to build this country
to its present strength.
All of the American people—
industry, press and public—are in
this thing together. AU segments
of our economy are responsible
in one way or another for present high prices, and ail must
work together to bring about the
adjustment  necessary.
The trouble with this advice
i1? that it's too old.-fashioned; it's
too sensible.
It's easier to blame the farmer,
the" food  retailer,   than  yourself.
—Gene    Alleman    in . Michigan^
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The Farmer
y uies
Mrs. Laura, A. Mann, age 62,
wife of Ernest G. Mann passed
away. Thursday morning, Feb. 12
at their jjiome* in -Bridgewater.
5frs. Mann was the daughter of
Charles and Sophia Waltz Feldkamp and was : born October 11,
1885 in Saline township. She
was married to Mr. Mann August 16,^1911 and they have made
Bridgewater their home for the
past 21 years. She was a -member of .Emanuel -Evangelical and
Reformed church in 'Manchester
and" of the Woman's Guild of the
church. She was also a member
of the Order of Eastern -Star,
Chapter No. '311, 'Saline.
' Besides her 'husband she is
survived by a daughter, Mrs. J.
B. Nill of Detroit; and three
sons, Earl A. and Paul E. of
Bridgewater and Willard C. of
Manchester; two. brothers, Clarence arid Karl Feldkamp of Saline;   and   nine   grandchildren.
Friends called at the home until
10:30 Sunday morning. Funeral
services were held af 3 o'clock
from, the Muehlig Chapel in Ann
Arhor and burial was at Oak-
wood Cemetery in Saline with
Rev, BJ. S.  Rague,  officiating.
Stamp Tax
For Trout
Fishermen
In the 1948 Red Cross Fund
Drive, Saline has been assigned
a quota of $1,200, Harold Lepard,
Washtenaw County Chairman has
announced. Goal for the entire
county  is  $66,800.
Solicitation for advance gifts,
under the chairmanship ' of 'Francis W. Kamman began on February 9, with the campaign opening officially on March 1.
A large portion of the county
Red Cross budget will be used
to assist active servicemen, veterans, and their dependents in
this area, Mr. Lepard said. Each
month Washtenaw County Red
Cross gives service to about 600
persons from this group. Financial aid amounts to about $1200
a month.
Other quotas for the county
are: Ann Arbor, $411,700; Ypsilanti, $11,000; Milan, $2,000;
Manchester, $1,000: Chelsea,
$2,000; Dexter, $900, and the
townships," $7,000.
Michigan will collect a "stamp
tax" from fishermen this year,
a special one dollar license fee.
Stamps must be affixed by resident and nonresident trout fisher-
men alike to. the general rod
licenses which are issued to persons "who f ish in Michigan's inland waters. Money obtained
from sale of the stamps will be
used for trout propagation and
planting.
Michigan is believed to be the
first state to use the startip
method of license fee collection,
although the federal government
has been selling "duck stamps"
to wildfowlers for a number of
years.
Distributors Of fishing licenses
will sell the "trout stamps" which
are bank note-engraved and printed in green ink. Stamp collectors are showing interest in the
new issue.
The. trout season opens Arril
.24, ends September 12. The
stamps go on sale March.-15.
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Card Parties
William B. Lutz Post, American- Legion, is preparing an interesting series of card parties
at the Legion Hall, wherein
people from different sections of
the city will be pitted against
-each other in friendly rivalry
over the euchre deck.   *
The first of the series will be
hejd on Saturday night, February
28, and will begin at 8:15. Mixed
couples are eligible from that
section of the city lying west of
Ann Arbor street and north of
Michigan avenue with opponets
from the section that lies south
of Michigan avenue and east of
Ann Arbor street.
Bowling Match
The Rotary-Jaycee bowling
match, scheduled for last Sunday afternoon and which" was
postponed, will be held this ccm-
ing Sunday afternoon at the B
and B Recreation at 2 P. M.
sharp.
Don't kick the farmer or the
food retailer in the pants ."in all
the current discussions regarding
high food prices! They aren't
responsible  for high food prices,
Who is? Listen to Paul' >S.
Willis president of the Grocery.1
Manufacturers of America, ^fiic.
We heard him recently at a'.-n^gs-
paper advertising convention'"In
Chicago. Here is an excerpt
worthy of careful ccnsideratiQri
today, even though" there appears
to be some current trend to\yard.
lower prices. "..'.-.'
When   will   food   prices   ccfne^
down ?   When   all   the   elements
of cost come down.   If we-wish''
to   send vast   quantities   of food
to  the rest of tlie world,—fend .1
assume   we   do—then   we -niust
accept the inevitable consequence:.,
scarcity and high prices at home.
If we wish labor to have high\.
wages and shorter hours, to enjoy  a  higher standard of-living,
then   we,  must   remember   that,
this   increases   the  cost  and w,e..
must .pay for it. •,'■'
If. we want the government to
engage in the multitudinous activities which it now supports,
then we must accept that this
costs money and means high
taxes here, and high taxes mean
higher prices. If we want lower
prices, the farmer, the manufacturer, the working man, the.
distributer, the transport industry
and the government must put
their heads together and see
what each -is doirig, which may
be eliminated., what each is charge -
ing which may be reduced.
It is really very simple to figure out why food prices are, still
comparatively high. The quick
answer is that the demarid-Visi
xgreater than the supply-—there
are more dollars than there is
food. Our own people are bid-
ding for the supply while the
whole world is bidding against
them. That always makes lilgh
prices. •_.'-.•
Another answer is this: "Food-
starts on the farm but before it
reaches the homemaker, it cpasses
through many hands and p'ro-
cesses. First the manufacturer
must buy from the farmers. Acr\
cording to government figures,'*
he had to pay $2.65 in 1947;fcr;;
farm products that cost liim $1*
in 1S39.   At each step the cost Of >
Today, commencing at one
.o'clock sharp at the area surrounding the Herman Heininger
Store and Steeb's Gulf service
a Community Auction will take
place. "
.- A*ll indications point to it's being an event that will be welcomed"! by people from all sections of the "metropolis" and surrounding rural area, as lists received by President Erwin
Schmid pf the Junior Chamber of
• Commerce have been coming in
daily.
. If you are looking for a used
automobile, farm tractor, farm
machinery, milking- machine, radios, or'household goods, this is
'an, excellent opportunity for you,
the', people in this area, to come
\6 a 'fifiendly community auction'
where everybody joins in the atmosphere that only an auction
sale and the popular auctioneer,
Clarence. Ccok,  can give you. .
As- one prominent business man
put it.". . "It is a fine thing for
.'Saline, • the community auction
gives everyone an opportunity to
dispose of the needless items
they have been kicking around
the premises for years and the
'chance ;to bid for some item they
need.'!. - Also he stated, "Saline is
advantageously located, being
quite some distance from Hillsdale and other places where regular auctions are being held." He
suggested that Salme make this
a  regular event.
The proceeds from the auction
will go into the treasury of the
J. C. C. organization which is interested primarily in the welfare of the community.
A commission of five per cent
on automobiles and 15 per cent
on all other items will be the fee
Charged. You may bid in your
item at no. cost whatsoever.
Let's not forget the auction
this afternoon-—-bring your items
right a.long with you—join, in the
fun. Hot coffee and doughnuts
will be served.       Pub. .Chairman.
Gordon J. Gary of Grand Rae-
pids, is Saline's new city manager. He was selected from among
twelve applicants for the pesitioix
by Mayor Alwin Gross and - the
City Council, who made their
choice   known   yesterday.
Mr. Gary, 35, expects to move
here with his wife and three
children as soon as housing cart
be secured.
The new city manager holds,
a Master's degree in governmental administration from the-
University of Michigan, and serv—
ed with the Michigan Municipal
League, an organization rendering consulting service on municipal problems to its member cities.
As a reserve officer at the
outbreak of World War H, Gary
was called to active service in
1941 and assigned to the Fifth
Infantry Division and was stationed in Iceland for 18 months.
Later lie was transferred to England, and saw service in France
and Germany following the Normandy invasion. After the collapse of Germany he served for
two years as a major on the
United States Military Government staff of General Clay,
working on the reconstruction of
German governments of both
state and municipal levels in the"
United States zone of occupation-
During this time and following
•his discharjSjs-.from the Army he
served as '-consultant to state
and municipal agencies of government. Following 61 months of
military service he was under-
contract with the War Department and was permitted to have
his family with him in Berlin.
Mr. Gary comes to Saline very
highly recommended and, has ob—
served that "Saline is far more
progressive and modern in its
approach to municipal problems
than are some cities today of far-
greater size." In an interviewr
following his appointment he expressed the hope of being able to-
coordinate Saline's geographical:
location and facilities into s
greater development of a modeS
modern small city.
Recital
iThe recital given here Sunday afternoon by Lynn* Lauder,
pianist, at the studio of Mrs. J.
ft Knight, was of exceptional
merit and attended by members
of the, Musie Forum; which was
recently organized here under
the sponsorship of Mrs- Hugh
Keveling and Mrs: Don Ford and
■a •-number of guests- from Ann
\Arbor, Another recital will be
; given by the pupils of Mirs. Knight
oh the' afternoon of February 29.
Saline School
Highly Rated
The Saline high school Bass
again been accredited for a tvra—
year period by the Univecat^r
accrediting association.
High schools of the state arer
rated by the University into four-
groups, depending upon the. type
of educational program offered-
These groups are: the probationary group which is applying for-
accrediting or which has heem
taken off the accredited list andi"
is making application for reinstatement; the schools in the
one-year group which are meeting the minimum requirements
and need to be visited each year-
the schools in the two-year group?
which are more than meeting the;
minimum requirements in quality-
and efficiency of instruction,,
equipment and in the educational!
preparation of the faculty; and,.
the schools in the three-year-
group which .are outstanding fm
surpassing the requirements.
Dr. Carrothers, who- vfsiteffl
the school for the accDadifihgj
department says, *T" am always
appreciative of the fine spiritsS
boys and girls attending the Sa&-
line school, and of the' cagnWey
interested staff of teachers. Sorely- good work must go on- there,
and good work was Or progress
throughout the school. T ~ftOpe
the   good   work  may continue.**
"We are naturally proutf of
the crating given the school, "declared SUpfc Leo Jensen, Tuesday,,
"and plans are being made- to
improve certain departments so»
that the Saline school can Be
rated" with the best in the stats
at the end. of this two-year accrediting - .period!"
Mrs. Louise Cotton spent
Tuesday in Belleville with Miss-
Carolyn Culliri who is makinfS
her home with her qiepheW, Harold Culliri..