1948-03-11; Saline Observer

              The Saline Observer
VOLUME 65
SALINE. WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN,     THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1948
NUMBER    23
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Play Carries
Cast of 100
Characters
The community show, "Fun
For You," using a cast of about
100 local citizens ranging in age
from 3 to 93 years will open a
two-night rim at the Saline High
School Auditorium at 8:18 tonight under the sponsorship of
the Saline American Legion Auxiliary. "Fun For You" is said, to
be a hilarious hookup of hometown headliner3 impersonating
famous radio, stage and screen
stars. It is an impersonation of
celebrities who supposedly put on
a continuous broadcast. It is as
if the audience were attending a
broadcast from one of the studios
in Radio City or Hollywood At
times the audience are merely
spectators; at other times they
kre asked to participate as a part
of the  program.
The hometown celebrities include Larry. Deede, impersonating
Announcer Harry Von Zell, who
gives the continuity that introduces each scene. Mrs.... Genevieve. Martin will - provide the
piano accompaniment for the
show. The high spot of comedy
is an impersonation of the "Barn-
dance and Grand Ole Opry".
Clarence Cook impersonates Master of Ceremonies Joe Kelly.
Mike Irwin will impersonate
TJncle Ezra in this scene; Mr.
''Alley" Burkhardt is to impersonate the Duke of Faducah and
Mrs. Virginia Gross, will ne the
gal from Grinders Switch, Minnie
Pearl. In this scene old time
dancing and western music will
be featured hy "Socker" Boettger
anfl Mrs. Marjorie Green. The
caller for the square dances will
be Tom Goodrich, and the dancers, known as the -'Hayloft
Swingers," will include Mr. and
Mrs.' Carl Moehn, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam' Lambarth, Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Dicks, Mr. and Mrs. Rex
Gleason, Mrs-. Loyd Dell, Henry
Orm'bsy, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anderson, Mrs. Lee Robison, Clif-,
ford Finkbeiner, Mrs. Otto WahC
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..Erwin iSchmid as the Singing
Commercial appears at various
times throughout the show to
sing such well known rhyming
commercials as "All Purpose Rit",
"Chakeeta Banana" and "L. S. M.
F. T.". The headliners include
Taffy Michalke, Erwin Schmid,
Bonnie Burgan and  Ira Pfeifle.
Variety is brought into the
show by the use of a quiz program in which Harry Hersch
will impersonate Dr. I. Q. and
give silver dollars to those in the
audience who answer his questions correctly and award candy
bars to those who are not fortunate enough to give the correct answers.
One of the most laughter-provoking scenes will be an impersonation of Tom Breneman's
Breakfast in Hollywood." Heading -the cast will be Ed Warner
in the role of Tom Breneman.
He will introduce the following
local men representing Hollywood
glamour girls having their breakfast in Hollywood,: Jack Winkle
as Betty Grable; Clarence, JEritz
impersonating Lana Turner; .cob.
i^EocL _-*6i*r_fiyiag Mae West;
show. The "Tell-Me-A-Story-
Lady" will be played by Mrs. M.
B. Gallagher Jr. and her cast of
children include little Owen Armbruster as iSanta Claus Susan
Coates as Cinderella and Douglas McKenzie ■ as Prince1 Chanting. Kiddie guests of the studio
for the Stcry Hour 'include, Bonnie Jo Fritz, Judith Siemsen,
Larry Carr, Jerry Danieis, Jeanie
Levleit, Ray Wiebusch, James
Jordan  and Jimmie  Hinderer.
The Quiz Kids for the two
nights will be Terry' Lou Cousins,
Sandra Van Doran, Dick Wiedmayer and George Gilligan who
will be asked some of the same
question by Quiz Master Joe
Kelly (Clarence Cook) as were
asked the original Quiz Kids of
radio fame.
The history of the nation will
be portrayed in song in the finale
which is patterned after the
"Treasury Star Parade" radio
program. In this scene the following local citizens portray in
song and tabloid the Spirit of '76,
the Civil War year, World Warl,
World War 11 and a group of
"Americans of Today," including
the butcher, baker, and others:
Don Burkhart, Clifford Finkbeiner, Ormand Bredernitz, E. J.
Muir, Buzz Beasley, Mrs. Hugh
Austin, "Taffy" Michalke, Lloyd
Dell, Bob Leonard, Ray Niles,
Ruth Niles, Eunice Armbruster,
Gordon Anthony, Doris Robison,
Otto Wahl, Oscar Hosmer, Ed
Hering, Fred Schmidt, Kenneth"
Graumer, Art Zurlinden, John
Green, Eunice Ogelsbee, Elieen
Girbach, Hugh Keveling, Charles
Kern, Lee Dicks, Ken Jeppesen,
Dean Burkhart, Ken Rogers,
Ralph Uphaus and Jack Winkle.
With the presentation of the
American Legion Color Guard
our national anthem is sung and
as the bugler plays "Taps" the
curtain closes on the. show.
The entire show is under the
personal direction of Marialyee
Wheeler.
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In a final effort to make the world safe for Democracy, the animals have started a
round-up of the human race and are putting them behind the bars.
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/4 <deitm 'TttecUtcdim    Woman's Club
Alvin Seimsen,  Pastor
auer&tilhg as Gravel Gertie of
comics;, Milton Hartman
burlesquing Gypsy RcseTee? In
this scene, Mr. Warner as Tom
Breneman not only introduces tlie
men dressed as women to impersonate movie stars but he
goes into the audience, tries on
ladies' hats and, awards a prize
for the goofiest one presents
Therefore, the women who plan
to attend "Fjui For You" should
"wear the silliest millinery creations possible in order to win
nylon hbse. Following the plan
of the original Breakfast in Hollywood show this scene will include awarding the wishing ring,
presenting a csrsage to the eldest lady present, and giving. a
gift to the Good, Good Neigh-'
Iwr.
High school girls impersonating the Roxy Rockettes and Earl
Carroll Girls include Virginia
McConnell, Ruth Faust, Amelia
Gordon, Joyce Alber, Betty Van
Sbsson, Margaret Lange, Joyce
Graf, Arlene Sawall, Joyce West-
csjihalj Barbara Deckert and Grace
Englehart.
Special costumes will be worn
by the girls. These .colorful choruses add much to the enjoyment
of the big variety stage show
"Fun For You" and give it the
professional touch of a big time
production.
' The opening number of the
Show is called "The Children's
Story Hour". In this scene the
Trinners of the King and Queen
of Babyland contest will be presented   on   the   Ihursday   night
Along The
MainDrag
Q Ray Carlton announced to
the editor Tuesday that he had
been appointed Police Chief of
Saline by the City E athers. Bert
Gillen had previously held the
high post "in local law enforcement which dated back to when
Saline first beeame a city. Chief
Carlton also announced that the
"No Truck Parking In This
Block" signs, appjy only to
trucks over Yz ton and does not
stop pick-up trucks from parking.
Said the Chief: We ask that you
please observe the ten minute
parking in front of the postoffice
so as to enable everyone to be
able to park while picking up
mail, and also ask that you do
not double park at the postoffice,
due to blocking fire lane."
% Wednesday morning the
traffic light at the main intersection on the Main Drag continued neutral until a late hour.
School children acted in the capacity of Safety Patrols and conducted their little classmates
across the hazard gap. 0 Charles
R. Kehoe of the M. D. of R. will
fee at the Saline Savings Bank
froiii 9 ta 3 pjn. to assist taxpayers in preparation of their intangibles tax returns, due March
15. It's those tangible taxes that
tangle us and we'd hate to have
to untangle anything more un-
tangleable.
% The Jaycees paid their debt
to Rotarian bowlers Thursday
night with steaks from the
champion steer of the Community Fair Which Henry Leutheuser had kept on ice for just such
an event,
% And by the way, that Saline Hotel team seems to be able
to keep other competing teams
slightly to the rear.
% Striking a more: serious
vein: The youth choir under the
direction of Mrs. Merchant will
give you quite a thrill. You
would have to attend a morning
service at the Methodist church
to hear them. But, singing in
any church, they would be as
sweet . . . and that group of
singing youngsters is an asset to
our community.
% The Red Cross drive ia on.
Let your conscience . ....
Peter P. Estermyer died Sunday morning at Byer Hospital in
YpsUanti following a brief illness.
He was born at the Saline General Hospital on February 26,
1948 and was the son of Peter
R Estermyer, Jr. and Martha
Stevens, who lived at 7510 Textile road in Ypsilanti township.
He cis survived by his parents,
one sister, Ethel" Ann.
Services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2:00 at Qakwood
'cemetery.
The   Lifting  Cress
"And I, if I be lifted up from
the earth, will draw all men unto
myself. • But this he said, signifying by what manner of death
he  should  die."    John 12:32-33
In the Roman empire runaway
slaves, when recaptured, were usually executed in conspicuous
places upon rough crosses near
the city.- A cross was usually
therefore of shame.
Since the crucifixion of Jesus
Christ the cross has become a
symbol within the Christian
church representative of a way
of life and a reminder of God's
activity in behalf of men. Because death did not interfere with
the mission of Jesus Christ the
Cross has ccme to stand for victory rather than defeat. In the
centuries since, it has been for
men the symbol of an attracting
and lifting power.
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The Cross has helped to lift
men abov'e the level of their
handicaps. From the inspiration
cf the. Cross: .men have learned
t& live •:•',*&' itij/ physical handicaps
in a way Ahat* has made them
triumphant over frustration! John
Milton thus lived radiantly with
his blindness. Dr. Edward True-
deau in the same spirit matched
himself against the disease of
tuberculosis and still others a-
gainst invalidism, that has burdened  them since birth.
Handicaps of temperament and
environment have been overcome
with the help cf the same uplifting Cross. Turning to the
Cross for inspiration the Negroes
of America have found strength
to meet circumstances most unfavorable fcr their advancement.
It is not accidental therefore that
in their spirituals such as "Were
You There When They Crucified
My Lord," and "We are Climbing
Jacob's Ladder," they have given
expression to the place of the
Cross in the resources which
have best enabled them to meet
discouraging environment handicaps.-
v\*ith some burdens' men must
always live. Some will have to
be carried. Still others can Be
transcended. For such occasions
Christians have found the Cross
an indispensible help. In the
phrases cf a W_U loved hymn
they have discovered:
"When the woes of life o'er take
me,
Hope deceive, and fears annoy,
Never . shall   the   Cross   forsake
me;
Lo, it glows with peace and joy."
II
The Cross furnishes the power
that lifts average men to the
level of heroism. To speak ' of
Cross bearing in the Christion understanding of the term is to remember that Christ invited his
disciples to voluntarily bear crosses for the sake of others. This
is a higher level of living than
the bearing of burdens and frustrations which we cannot escape.
Jesus made it clear what cross
bearing involves. "Greater love
hath no man than this, that a
man lay down^ his life for a
friend."
The roster of men who have
been cross bearers in this sense
will include Father Damien who
gave his life for the lepers of
Molaki, David Livingstone -who
accepted a portion of the black
man's burden, John Frederick
Oberlin who worked among tbe
peasants of Alsace Lorraine, and
Albert Schwettaer who today
still labors at Lambarene in Africa as „a medical missionary.
These were among the average
men. They are heroes Of the
world because each was willing to
endure hardshin and suffering
for the sajfte of others.
Always ihe Cross has lifted
men above selfishness- and eeli;-
centeredneisSi   Our    homes    and
churches, communities and nations wait upon persons who will
let the lifting cross have more
complete  sw'ay.
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More important still the Cross
lifts men to the presence of God.
.We are brought at last always
to consider why men kneel at
the Cross of Christ with a devotion that is uncommon and in
contrast to tributes brought to
the world's great  men.
The Cross of Calvary always
leads us to discover God's .uncommon activity in behalf of
men. The eternal and contemporary significance of Jesus is
always this, that in him God was
himself at work lifting sinful
men from their wandering crea-
turehood to his presence where
they again becohie reinstated
sons of God.
Human analogies* .can only
provide partial glimpses of this
most important activity of God.
We can see how Christ made possible^ for men a release from the.
bondage of self-eenteredness. We
rban-4ee; hoV*ii":ti!- possible on the
human plane to identify ourselves
with persons under judgement
and thus become the means of
eventually changing their character fcr the better. To us it
is clear that the inspirational example of one can help another.
We have seen also in family relationships how it is possible to
accomplish reconciliation between
estranged members through an
act of forgiving love. The pondering of such human experiences
will help toward an understanding of what God in Jesus" Christ
has done for all mankind.
Today the question is not, Is
the job too big? Can individuals
be lifted? Can society be lifted? In history' the claim of
Christ is being vindicated!. "And
I, if I be lifted from the earth,
will draw all men unto myself."
The power is there. The Cross
can do the job. The more searching: a.uestion is "will we let it?"
Each of us must answer that
for  himself.
FredH.Koebbe
Fred H. 'Koebbe, 57 years old,
died Sunday noon at his home at
101 Et McKay street following a
brief illness due to a stroke,
Mr. Koebbe, who had lived in
Saline for the past 15 years, was
born Jan. 24, 1891 in Manchester
where he resided prior to coming
to Saline. He was the son of
William and Elizabeth Nissley
Koebbe. On September 5, 1925 he
married  Helen Finch.
He was a veteran of World
War I and a member of the
William B, Lutz Post 322.
Survivors include the wife; one
son, Williani R. Koebbe, a veteran student at Central State
College in Mt. Pleasant; one
daughter, Mary Helen, at home;
and one sister,, Mrs. Clarence
Sodt of Ypsilanti.
The funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Lockwood Funeral Home
with the Rev- Henry McKenzie
officiating. A military burial
service was held at Oakwood
cemetery by comrades of the
American. Legion.
The lire €epa_tffient extinguished a roof fire at the home
of EtsWor'th *K<>ebbe Saturday at
2:30 which caught on fire from
sparks from the chimney. The
damage was" estimated at $300.
The hcime "is located at 9476 W.
Michigan Avenue.
MiBa "SOB 'Stidgen of Farming-
ton was a Saline visitor over Sunday.
Saline Woman's Club met Tuesday, February 23, at the heme
of Mrs. Max Fosdick. Mrs. Ray
Niles, president, called the meeting to order and the Club Collect was repeated.
Besides the regular business,
the call for Adult Education institute was read and the Club
Voted to pay the Club registration. This institute will be held
May 12, 13, 14 at the Rackham
Building, Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Niles turned, the meeting
over to Mrs. Charles Miller, program chairman. The topic was
"Civic Improvement," and Mrs.
Miller introduced Miss Esther
Landwehr who read the following
paper: When Mis. Miller asked
me to write a paper to introduce
the discussion on civic improvement for the program, today, I
thought at first that would be
easy. Of course, it would be easy
to sit on the side lines and criticize and offer suggestions. It
would be easy to find all kinds*
of fault with the City Council
and say, "Now if I were on th,e
Council I would do so and j?o/
or 1 wouldn't <W tkilfor"tltfcS?/
It is easy to say that the Council isn't spending our inoney as
we personally might if it were
in our personal possession. It
would be easy to sit in an alto
chair at home and watch the
traffic go by hitting the holes
in the streets caused by • weather
conditions and say, "There's a
chance for civic improvement."
It would be easy to travel along
the roads leading into town and
imagine we were tourists coming into the city and look in
vain for the name of the town
on some billboard or sign telling
us that "Now you are entering
the City of Saline." It would be
be fun to imagine ourselves in
an airplane traveling from "Who-
Knows-Where" to some place we
would like to see and when in
our mind's eye we cross this city
we wonder what the name of it
is because there is no sign on
some flat-roofed building pointing to its identity. We can even
see spots we think look empty
and believe a tree or a shrub
planted here or there might add
to the appearance of the town.
Oh, we can think of "hundreds of
things that might make the town *
a more beautiful and comfortable
place. But the more I think of
it, the more pointless such a discussion seemed to ine. It was
to easy to do. I recalled a story
I once read of a man who was
riding on a train and as he approached the outskirts of his-
home city he suddenly drew the
shade on the seat on the window-
next to his seat. His seatmate
asked him .the reason for this
since there was nothing to indicate that the light might be
hurting his eyes. The traveler
explained that he did this every
time he epproached the city from
that side for there always loomed before him. the factory in
which he had toiled so many years
under undesirable conditions. He
pulled the shade so that he would
not Bee that factory in an effort
to shut ont the bitter memories
he associated wrtth the building
and which he thought still existed there. His fellow traveler
reminded him that this was an
expression of pure weakness on
his part and did not speak of
brotherhood or democracy. Were
he less selfish and more in sympathy with the needs of his fellow, men and co-workers in the
factory he would roll up his
sleeves and clean up the mess
that prevailed there so that employment to that institution
would be a pleasure rather than
a bitter experience, that by his
attitude he was taking refuge in
self-pity, shutting his eyes In
willful blindness to conditions
about "him viflth no thought for
his fellowmen. He told him he
was too indifferent to mankind
to put forth any personal effort
to make thing better and was
guilty of subjecting others to
those  same miserable  conditions.
As I thought of that story I
wondered if perchance any of the
former residents and visitors to
this town passing along our main
thoroughfare, which is one of
the connecting links between the
Great East and the Great West
of America, would have reason
to pull the shades on tlieir cars
when they passed through Saline
regardless of the scenic beauty
surrounding the town which does
attract   interest.      -' - s
I wondered too just what is the
definition of "civic improvement."
The dictionary offered a solution
to that question and after looking up the words "civic" and
"improvement" I discovered that
it meant "to increase the value
or excellence of citizens, or a
city, or citizenship, and to make
them better.'J That "definition,
to my own astonishment, included myself as a citizen, as well
as all of the co-inhabitants of
the town, besides the city itself
with its house, its properties and
its government. It meant that
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Accomplished
Pianist Here
Sunday
Pianist Robert Hoffman will be
thfe soloist at the final concert to
be given under the auspices of
the Music Forum Club of Saline,
this -y^acc;. ..The -nuesxting *8V be
held at*'the home of Mrs. Jjfiigh
Keveling, Sunday, March jtk, at'
3:20 p.m. Everyone interested in
gopd piano music is urged to at-
tehcU
'Mi:. Hoffman is coming to Saline from Chicago, where he has
been prominent in music circles
both before and after service in
World War n. Under the sponsorship of Leo Podolsky, concert
pianist, he has presented recitals
in many mid western cities, as
well - as in California. Korea and
Italy. His program Sunday will
be devoted to the works of Bach,
Schiynan, Chopin, and Liszt, as
well as several modern works.
Those who were present at the
February Forum concert given
by Lynne Lauder were favorably
impressed with the fine quality
of the program. It served to
show us just what fine musicians
can be brought to Saline. Sponsors of the Forum are hopeful
that the coming concert will be
well attended, so that a similar
series can be offerred next year.
Anyone desiring a membership
may obtain one between now ana
March 14 by calling Mrs. Don
Ford, Mrs. Hugh Keveling or
Mrs.  Jim Knight.
U. M. Students
In Program
A deputation of five Michigan
University students, headed by
Norman Jimmerson, will present
a program, at the Federated
church on Sunday evening at
7:45 o'clock.
This is the third in a series of
special Lenten evening services
and is under the auspices of the
young people's group in the local
church. The guest program is
open to the public.
The host society, headed by
Miss Dorothy Finch, is planning
a pot-luck supper for the entertainment of the group of visiting
young people immediately preceding the evening worship- service. «i
Members and friends of the
Federated church will hold a
family night fenowship supper
on Wednesday evening, March
10, at 6:30 o'clock. Hazen Jewell
has arranged for" motion pictures
and Junior Christian Endeavor
members wtOI present a playlet;
there wall be several special
musical numbers as well as community Singing. A. commmittee
from the Ladies' Aid Society will
prepare the coffee and make table
arrangements for the meal.
Elmer J. Steeb is having a
formal opening of his new Dodge-
Plymouth Sales and Service
garage at 117 West Michigan
avenue next week. The building
a cement block structure with
a floor space of 6,000 square
feet, was laid out to conform to
plans for the most efficient operation „of that kind of an estab-
ishment, embodying salesroom,
display space, parts department,
repair shop and car wash space.
A single individual, from the
vantage point of the parts counter, can visually contact all points
of operation within the building.
From the standpoint of simplicity and efficiency of operation the
set-uj) is remarkable.
Construction on the building
was siartea on the 24th of July
of last year, the excavating having been uone by Guenther Bros.,
415 Pinewood S,t., Ann Arbor,
following the removal of a frame
house wnich had stood on the
site for many years. The Bridge-
water Lumoer Company were the
general contractors and it was
icnis concern which took care of
most of the structural work.
Other services were supplied by
the Adams Concrete Proaucts
Co., manufactures of concrete
blocks, 1418 Ecorse road, Ypsilanti; Killin s Gravel Co., 3305 W.
Liberty, Ann Arbor, (who with
the coming of spring will be
furnishing central-mixed concrete,
delivered to the building site of
the customer. It is a new installation the company is erecting
and it is claimed the product is
much superior to transit-mixed
concrete;; Service Roofing & Insulation Co., 311 Ann Arbor St.,
Manchester, had the roofing and,
insulating job, and Harvey Young,
Milan, installed the automatic
oil  heating equipment.
Wi.liam A. Arthur, plastering
and lathing Sontractor of Ann
-^*sst^r'iahk-=fe_i'ab,ui!n &vSba/:|
aUlhi.JwffeecoratoVs,' "and Aaron, "*%
Girbach, Ann Arhor, spray painter and decorator, are credited
with tlie superb interior finish of
floors  and walls  and woodwork.
R. G. Wahl, heating and sheet-
metal contractor, did the exterior
copper work, the major portion
of which is yet to be completed.
The flush panel lighting and
electrical work was done' by Up-
house Electric, and the plumbing
by Henry Schroen, beth of Saline.
The Automotive Bin Company,
9900 Freeland; Detroit, installed
the bins for the parts department, which, as. noted above
were so advantageously placed"
as to be accessable from all parts
of the main floor. Auto Parts
Company, Adrian, Ann Arbor,
Ypsilanti, placed the installation
of three new hydraulic car hoists
and the Rayment Radio Company, 1304 So. University Aven-
ne, Ajnn Arbor, installed the inter-communications    system.
Steeb has an ideal set-up and
is pleased with the way his plans
have worked out. His investment
cf some $40,000 is a measure of
his confidence in the future of
Saline. On another page he carries an announcement of his formal opening on Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon and
evening, March 17 and 18, when
the public is invited to inspect
the place and see the latest
models of Dodge-Plymouth cars
and trucks. There will be music
and entertainment and a demonstration by the service department on "how you can get better performance from your automobile."
Anyway, Elmer promises visitors on his opening days that
they will be well repaid for the
time they take to pay him a call.
He plans a bang-up. time for"
everybody.
The Child Study Club will
meet Tuesday evening, March 16
at the home of Mrs. Paul Lee at
8 o'clock. Mrs. Gene Luther will
speak on Decorating a child's
room.
A union Easter sunrise service will be held at the Federated
church with the senior young
people's group of 'the Federated
church in charge. Miss Dorothy
Finch is chairman on arrangements.
C E. Haarer is making preparations for the remodeling of the
interior of his market on West
"Michigan avenue, having made
extensive additions on the rear of
the building a year ago. When
completed, the entire first floor
of the store building will have
been remodeled and modernized.