1948-05-06; Saline Observer

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VOLUME 65
THE OBSERVER, .SALINE, MICH..
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1948
NUMBER 3F
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The
Letter Box
Saline, Mich.
May  3, 1948
Dear Editor:
Being a long time resident of
Saline and watching it change
cfbr better or worse, depending
upon how one looks at it, I would
like to congratulate you, Mr. Editor, on your earnest attempt to
get the public's opinion on the
police problem. I would like to
suggest the City Manager prepare a similar poll, properly
worded by himself, to be circulated to the real estate tax payers, who after all foot the bill.
A small town this size should not
have to conduct an involved extensive research pell by a professional polling, company on a
question such as this. Most of
the people very definitely know
what kind of protection they
need and can afford. It has been
mentioned in previous statements that the police protection
ia self-supporting but no specific
figures, to my knowledge, have
ever been published for the benefit of the taxpayers. Nor have
any other regular Council proceedings or detailed operations
of the local government been published for some time. The tax
payers are left completely in the
dark. I believe the minutes of
each council meeting should be
published. This it seems to me,
should be the city manager's responsibility. These public officials
were selected in all good faith
and are looked to for dependable,
intelligent service. The people
do not want to, and should not
have to depend on rumors for
their information.
Speaking- of free parking lots,
I am in favcr of them, but I
don't believe it should be up to
the tax payers to provide them.
This town has many times been
compared with others. Let's compare again. The only free parking I know of in other towns is
supplied by merchants. All city
lots charge a fee. In my opinion
the merchant would benefit the
most from free parking lots. To
the public, they mean convenience,
but to the merchant they mean
cactual money. Parking lots that
charge or parking meters certainly would drive business from Saline. This little town just isn't
large enough for them even
though there does exist a parking problem.
Sincerely,
"A Tax Payer."
our observation and public opinion, we believe that traffic thru
the city is moving in a satisfactory manner. The public is observing the speeds on IJS-112 in
a fairiy good manner and the
city is giving enforcement.
Very truly  yours,
J. Carl McMonagle, Director Planning and Traffic
Division.
Earning Final OK For Chicago Trip
Saline  Rotary  Club,
Dear friends:
We've been out here six months,
and its time  to report.
Came out over the Great Northern—exactly two days fiom Ann
Arbor to Everett. The ^railroad
comes out up near Canada for
much of the way, Cips down to
Spoake, then north to near Canada in a semi-circle to Eve* ett
and  then  on the Seattle.
Marysville is flat and in some
ways a pretty place. Not much
to brag about so far as the business section is concerned—very
few two-story business buildings
—but there are a number of very
good stores. Very few stores are
more than 50 or 60 feet deep, but
a few have anywhere frcm 50 to
more than ICO feet frorfage. Two
big chain stores, about as many
groceries, meat markets, furnishings, drug and hardware stores.
Very pretty park that occupies
a full block right in the center
of town, a Memorial park of
eleven acres, half of which is
wooded; gcod school with a light-
Con't  on   page   3
Nearly a Third* of
Necessary $18,00'
Already Pledged
Objections
To Parallel
Parking
Four Saline High School xgirls of a domestic science class of 13 are shown above putting the final
frosting touches to a cake wiiich is intended to earn a final OK from Saline teachers for their proposed
May 13th trip to Chicago. Expenses for this trip have been earned by the sale of, other baked goods
which the class as a whole concocted, undejvthe direction of Mrs. Olen R. Wanty, their teacher. From
left to right the girls are Betty Van Sassan, Margaret Lange, Irene Kruger and Marlene Hirth.
Suggests
Property Tax
For Roads
April  29,  1948
The Saline Observer
Saline, Michigan
Your letter of April 26, to Commissioner Ziegler, regarding the
instalation of additional traffic
signals in the City of Saline on
TJS-112, has been referred to this
Division  for   reply.
Traffic signals are installed
for the purpose of permitting
high volume cross-street traffic
to cross a main arterial highway.
There is an erroneous impression in many of the minds of the
public that traffic signals are
instated to control speeds. As a
matter of fact, where traffic signals are installed intersectional
speeds of the speed of vehicles
going through the intersection are
higher than these at unsignal-
ized intersection. The reason for
this being that motorists invariably try to beat the amber. Accident statistics prove that tlie
,severity of accidents is greater
at signalized intersection than
those at unsignalized intersections.
The signal at the intersection
of the north and south street at
US-112 in Saline was placed there
for the primary purpose cf creating an interruption in US-112
traffic to allow for a cross street
movement. Traffic signals are
installed only at those locations
where the volumes are high and
meet signal standards for their
installation.
Our experience in cities the size
of Saline has been that the residents of the.community object to
the installation of too many signals because of the movement
of trucks at nigkt and the squealing of brakes produced when the
trucks are' conceited to stop at
a signalized intersection.
We do not feel tliat the problem
en Grand River Avenue in the
City of Detroit coincides with
that in the City of Saline.   From
Kenneth Hallenbeck of the
Washtenaw County Road Commission, spoke here on the subject of good roads Thursday at a
meeting of the Rotary Club. He
declared that finances were inadequate for present needs and
that some method of providing
additional funds for road building
and maintenance were necessary.
He cited the fact that in spite of
increased costs of materials and
labor, revenues for Michigan highways had remained static ever
since the removal of the state
property tax. The only sources
of revenue for Michigan highways
are the automobile weight and
gasoline taxes, he pointed out, and
suggested a return to_an assessment against real estate as an
added meaiis of income.
The County Road Commission,
said Mr. Hallenbeck, is handicapped by insufficient personnel
and poorly paid skeleton crews^
which makes it impossible to
maintain its many miles of county roads as they should be maintained, and prohibits biulding any
new roads. With the Governor
and Legislature failing to agree
on an increase of gas and weight
taxes, Hallenbeck sees no alternative but a return to the state
property tax.
All Poppy Day workers give
their time without pay, Mrs. Deed;,
explained. Contributions made, for
the poppies will go to the rehabilitation an'~\ child welfare
funds of the Legion and Auxiliary,
to be used for the benefit of disabled war veterans and needy
children cf veterans during tht
coming year. These contributions
•form a large part of the money
expended by the Legion and
Auxiliary in their vast rehabilitation welfare work.
The poppies which tlie auxiliary
will distribute have been made
by disabled veterans at the Veteran's Hospital at Battle Creek,
Michigan under the direction ol
the Michigan Department of the
Auxiliary. They are crepe paper
replicas of the famous wild poppies of Prance and Belgium which
bloomed on the battlefields ana
cemeteries of both world wars
and which have been the symbol
of rememberance for the dead
ever since the first World War
Thousands of disabled men and
women, unable to do other work,
have been given employment making poppies for the Auxiliary
this year.
government subsidy, but. on their
tees with the realization that the
farmers of this state muet advertise their products as never
before in the history of the dairy
industry.; "Happenings of this
past week in the "BIGHT FOR
FATS" says Clothier "must bring
this realization home to every
thinking'farn^r in this state."
Sigler wants Michigan dairj.
products developed and advertised as such until the State is
recognized over the nation as one
of the midrwest leading dairy
States. . . and   Clothier   is . read.y
From the State Highway Department comes the announcement of the returns from, the
first quarter of 1948 weight tax,
amounting to $26r763,233.87, which
is §4,74,5,561.76 greater than last
year.
The amount Washtenaw county
will receive is $479,900.08 which
will be apportioned to the county,
cities and incorporated villages.
Farmers Must
Advertise Says
Dairy Chief
Bruce Clothier, North Branch,
recently elected president of the
American Dairy Association of
Michigan, agreed with Governor
Kim Sigler, guest speaker, applauding the Association as one
worthy oif attention financing
themselves   with   no   thought   of
BBUCE F. CI,OTH__B
to second the Governor's request
and he believes it can be done
thru the efforts of the American
Dairy Association, which is an
organization made up of dairy
farmers following a national program of increased advertising,
Cont'd on Page  8
Expressway
Aid Said to be
Forthcoming
Sixty-five Michigan road authorities had a reminder last week
tnat construction of a superhighway between Detrtit and
Chicago should be speeded by
Federal aid.
The authorities, convening in
Ann Arbor for discussion of the
expressway plans, were given the
optimistic word by Samuel C.
Hadden, consulting engineer for
the Automobile Club of Michigan
and the Chicago Motor Club.
Hadden, fcrmer Indiana road
commissioner, said new Federal
legislation now before Congress
would mean an extra $50,000,000
in road funds for Michigan.
"It now appears reasonable to
assume that large Federal road
grants will continue indefinitely,"
Hadden declared, "Road builders
throughout the country ara proceeding accordingly, and Michigan should do likewise."
The conference discussed plans
for by-passes of six Michigan
cities and heard a plea for their
early completion by the auto
club. ,
State Highway Com. Charles
M. Zeigler was urged by the clftb
to begin immediately preliminary
work on a by-pass around Ann
Arbor. Work has already started
around Jackson, while by-passes
are planned, around. Albion, Marshall, Battle Creek and Kalamazoo.
Saline businessmen will meet
this afterncon with members ot
the City Council to discuss the
agreement entered into with the
State Highway Dept. for resurfacing Michigan Avenue within
the city limits. Under its terms,
the cost to the city has been reduced from $18,000 to $6,000, by
the agreement to institute parallel parking.
Parallel parking will greatly
restrict the number of cars that
can be accomodated on the mair.
thoroughfare and many of the
businessmen feel that business
here will suffer by the change.
In-order to get all the different
slants on the proposal the meeting with the city council has
been arranged and its advantages
and disadvantages will no doubt
be  thoroughly aired.
Complete
Plans For
Poppy Day
"A poppy on every coat—a remembrance in every heart," will
be the goal of the American Legion Auxiliary for the annual observance of Poppy Day here, May
29, the Saturday before Memorial
Day.
Complete plans for Poppy Day
were announced by Mrs. Lawrence
Ieec"<j, the Auxiliary's Poppy
Chairman, following a meeting
of the group at the home of Mi's.
Clara Finkbeiner Tuesday'evening. Poppies will be offered
throughout the city all day so
that everyone will have the opportunity to honor the war dead
by wearing the memorial flower.
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Security Loan
Drive Gets
Under Way
America's Security Loan was
launched throughout Michigan and
across the nation on April 15.
The campaign is scheduied to
continue until the end of June.
Its program is particularly aimed,
at encouraging everyone to save
money, at interest, for His own
security by buying Security
Bonds.
In getting the campaign rolling throughout Michigan, Frank
N. Isbey, chairman of the Michixgan State Committee, stated
that this State's quota has been
set at $10C',000,009. In every
one of the State's 83 counties a
chairman and local committee is
actively participating and more
than 70,0C0 volunteers are giving
jrost generously of their time and
efforts in an endeavor to reach
this State's objective. The local
chairman fcr this county is T.
Reafdon Peirsol of Ami; Arbor
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Along The
MainDrag
©Postmistress O'Neill issues a
warning to beware of the oia
Spanish Prisoner racket. ... it
you get a letter from a prisoner
in Mexico who needs a few
thousand dollars to get him out
of jail and who offers you a .cut
on $385,000 he has hiduen in a
trunk. ... just tell it to the
postal officials.
©Earl Newville, out of -Detroit for -a humidifier company,
inquired about Sim Wilson, Monday. . . . .used to work for Sim
on the Boyne Citizen in Boyne
City. . . . 'way back s in 1907
©Gale Giffordv editor of the
Eaton Rapids Journal was another visitor last week. . . just
stopping in to say, Hello and
good-bye. ©When asked how he
liked England, one cf the boys
who had seen service over there,
replied: "Well, if the beer had
been as cold as the soup, and the
soup as hot as the wine, and the
wine as old as the chicken, and
the chicken as young as the maid,
and the maid as eager as the
Dutchess, I'd  still be there."
©The sign dangling precariously over the sidewalk in front of
the Saline Public Library. . . offers a suggestion as to what
might happen to the a'ead of some
unwary passerby. ©Charles Figy,
State Director of Agriculture, on
his recent visit to Saline, told
of several calves he purchased
from Ellsworth Lindsley a number of years ago. . . still has
some of the stock. . . one of the
critters had a record of 600 pounds
•of fat per annum for three years.
©A project that might be of
interest to the Jaycees. . . city
mail delivery service. . . could be
found out about 'through the First
Assistant Postmaster General,
Washington D. C. . . . A. D.
1948. ©Gordon Anthony and
Henry Ormsby -went into Northern
Michigan last week on a fishing
trip. . . their wives went along,
too, and, under the circumstances,
one shotdd be able to believe
their stories. ©Shock therapy—
four methods for treatment of
psychiatric patients at Ypsilanti
State Hospital were told of by
Dr. Phillip Brown in a very learned discourse at a recent meeting
of Saline Rotarians. . . they do
some very advanced work over
there with the mentally disturbed
and with amazingly beneficial results. . . its a great institution,
staffed with some very gifted
men and women.
A city-wide solicitation for siifer-
secriptiocus to the Sa-ine Community Athletic Field- will get.
unuer way today with members
of tne Junior Chamber of Commerce, turner the direction <£
Lawrence ueed-e, undertaking H.&-.
task.
The first of a thousand pledge,
cards which have been placed -"*>
the mails, directed u> the AlumnaL
of baiine High. School,, was. received by Mrs. Clair Harms; Tues—
day. Arthur Lutz, Rural Route
1, Saline, a graduate of the ClfH-g
of 1912, has the honor of hang;
the first to respond to the PQs^g^:
Card, and mailed his c lie fife
for $25. He recalled that in Ids
class that year were eight gprfe
and three  boys.
Another contribution- recennag
during the past week was. thai
of tne Salme Women's Club far
$150. The drive starts off verg
auspiciously, with initial pledges
ana contnoutions totaling abouS.
§5,000.
'me estimated cost of preparing the lieid, fencing, lighting,
etc., is $18,000. It will be an in.-
stat.auoiiN baiine will de proufe
oi anu oi s<-lid benefit to thfe
community for years to com&.
The ground was bequeathed b^j
Mrs. i_d. Henne as a memoriaH
lo 'aa- late Jiusband-, and as si
sn.e for community tccreaticnalc.
activities.
ii\e-yone in Saline - will wancfc
to have a part in its development. Your contribution -ma^y
not oe as large as some, but was.
oe a boost ior the project in whicfea.
even the young folKS of Salines
and surrounding area are urgefica
to take part. Many small contributions can make -tor a larges
total. Let your conscience liei
your guide, and be prepared to>
meet the solicitors with, yoascr
mind made up about your contribution. It will help a lot vzilSsi
the job they have in hand—jowar
contribution and your endamage.—
ment.
FORMER  SALINE GIR&,
TO  BE  MARRIED
"Mr. and Mrs. C. F. FI_zgeraIS
of Hillsdale announce the marriage of their daughter Irene, to
Chester J. Colert Thursday, AcpriS
29.
The bride is & graduate oftBse
Saline High School and. sfcadieQil
at the University of Midngarri
School of Music. She is cnowr*
employed in the business officer
of the Hillsdale News;
The groom was in the mv/ST
2Vr years and in the Souffl_ Pacific 20 months. He is now engaged in the insurance business^.
The couple will make their
home at 58 Waldron street, HDls. -
dale.
FIRE AT  THE
"MANCHESTER"* PEANT ~?
Fire broke out at the ModeH^-i
Speciality   Plant   at    204    West
Bennett   street,   yesterday moni-
ing at about 9 o'clock,- when saw=—
dust   became   ignited' with   th^-
blasting open of the furnace fioor^-
It took the fire department neai--*-
ly two hours to put out the hlazcy ,.
the main damage being done tos-'-
the roof which will need replace--
ing.   This is the third fire at thfe- .
plant in as many years.   It -wa£& ■
formerly known as the Manehes«e- -
ter Handle and Turning Co.
Eighty-two   attended   the   arfcs-
nual Bowling League party ieI<S?'
Thursday evening at the Masom«p-
Temple in Ann Arbor.   A dinnerr.
was    served   on   tabled   flanked::
with   yellow  and  white ffowe_s_-.
Minature bowling pins served as; ■
favors   and  a pro-gram and  en-^-
tertainment followeo.
Saline High School Sophmorfe-
Class wiH have a scrap iron, oIc"_:
rags and paper drive toda^.
May 6th. All funds_ will go coward the new athletic fields
Please place items at curb.
William   Koebbe.   Saline   fresh- Robert Kinkin of Lansing v;a_Js
man at Central Michigan College gue=t   sttoizt   at   tlie   FefieraSeffi?
was recently initiated to Chi Phi church Sunday morning and sca__-
Beta fraternity. "The LorC's Prayer."                   T