1948-05-13; Saline Observer

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The Saline Observer
VOLUME 65
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN      THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1948
NUMBER
Along The
MainDrag
^Fire Chief Ormsby and Assistant Chief Bert Gillen tendered their resignations tc the
city council Monday night and
on motion their resignations were
accepted. They are to take effect July 1. . . the city manager
suggested that a note of regret
for their leaving and appreciation
of theif services accompany the
letter of acceptance. ©To repair the leaks in the water mains,
one of which bubbles up through
the'pavement in front of Haarer's
Market, it will probably be necessary to shut off the entire city
water supply, in the opinion o±
City Manager Gary, who believes
that the valves in the various
sections of the city are so corroded as to be useless. ... an
estimate he received from Detroit parties placed the cost of
reseating   the   valves   at   $4,000.
0A Tri-County Baseball meeting at Dexter, attended by Don
Wiedman. . . says Saline has entered and will play six home
games and six away with final
play-offs to be held at the Fowlerville Fair. . . Don has called a
meeting for Sunday at 2:30 at
the City Park to elect a president, secretary and treasurer. . . .
and organize a team. ©The
Farmer's Daughter and the "'Wired" Hand. . . a clever bit of advertising by Detroit Edison in
this issue of The Observer . . .
It was love at first light . . . but
read it yourself for the good it
will dc you. ©The Board of Review met three days this week
. . . and probably understands
by now why death and taxes are
so closely associated. ©Saline's
churches are engaged in a great
humanitarian undertaking . . .
that of raising the funds neces-
sai-y to meet the community's
quota in the nation-wide drive
for relief to starving children in
this war ravaged world. 510
will feed one child for a year!
Certainly makes one feel like
getting ih on the deal, * doesh't*
it?
©Art Michalke of Five Point
Place, says "I don't pay enough
taxes!" He says this with a proviso, however. . . . Art would like
to escape the many solicitors
that tackle the merchants
throughout the year. . . would
like to have all the community's
public activities budgeted and
pay a lump sum into the public
treasury and have them taken
care of, and done! Reminds us of
the late Jim Goudy, superintendent of Durand schools for nearly
thirty years, who banned the
soliciting of local merchants for
any purpose by pupils of that
school. . , . and they never lacked funds for their activities at
that! ©While businessmen of
the city registered their disapproval of parallel parking at
a meeting with the city council
Thursday afternoon, the council
Monday night voted to open negotiations with the State Highway Department. While this does
not necessarily mean that the
council will enter into a contract
with the Highway Department,
City Manager Gary is firm in
his conviction that there can be
no deviation from the terms of
the prosposals made by the Department, and that if a resurfacing job is done on Michigan avenue, Saline will have to meet
those terms. . . thus, negotiating
further might imply that the city
fathers intend to go through with
the project." ©Smith Furniture
Company, Ypsilanti . . takes Care
of the parking .problem for* their
customers, for free . . liave a. remodeling sale underway, during
which Sales Manager George
Adler says they are offering the
greatest furniture values . . . and
gifts ... in the chisrtcory of their
store . . . page '8 for the particulars—
Michigan Seminary Mixed Chorus of 65 Voices Will Present Sacred Conceit Here Friday Night
Keveling New
City Health
Officer
Seminary
Chorus Here
Friday Night
On Friday evening, May 14, the
Michigan Lutheran Seminary Mixed Chorus will give a sacred concert in Trinity Lutheran Church.
This high school chorus is under
the direction of Dr. E. W. Anderson and is rapidly earning a
reputation .for itself throughout
the state. Included in its membership of 68 voices are several
young people from Trinity congregation, Saline. All friends of
good church music are invited to
attend the concert Friday evening.
The time is 8 o'clock. A free-will
offering will be lifted to defray
the expenses involved in bringing
the chorus here.
Michigan Lutheran Seminary is
a preparatory school of the Ev.
Lutheran Joint Synod of Wisconsin and other states.
The M.L.S. Chorus, under the
direction of Dr. E. W. Anderson,
is now on a concert tour and in
addition to Saline it will sing in
Lutheran churches at Scio; Jenear,
Ohio; Monroe, Detroit and Wayne.
The selections of the concert are
arranged according to the festival seasons of the church year.
The program follows:
1. Advent
a—Lift up your Heads, Hermann,
b—Awake,   Awake   for  Night   is
Flying, Nicolai-Bach.
2. Christmas
a—Star of Jacob, Mendelssohn-
Wackner.
b—As Lately We Watched, Austrian Carol.
c—In iNatali Domini, 14th Century.
3. Epiphany
a—Arise and Shine   in Splendor,
Opitz-Isaak.
b—As with Gladness Men of God,
Dix.
(Intermission)
4. Presentation
Presentation   of   Christ    in    the
Temple, Riccard.
5.  Lent
a—Jesus,   I   Will   Ponder   Now,
Bach,
b—O  Sacred Head, now Wounded,  Bach.
6. Palm Sunday
Hiosanna to the Son of David.
Praetorius.
7.   Easter
a—God's   Son   in  Triumph   Rose
Today, Gesius-Praetorius.
b—God  Gave  to us. this Glorius
Day,  Hermann-Bach.
(Intermission)
8. Ascension
a—-Draw Us to Thee, Peter-Bach,
b—Lord Jesus Christ, Thou Prince
of Life, Schop-Hermann.
9. Trinity
a—All Glory Be to God on High,
Decius-Bach.
b—Hallelujah, Amen, Handel,
c—The Lord Bless You and Keep
You, Lutkin.
emits a lesser violation under favorable traffic conditions will have
the record checked in the file, lf
there has been no previous violation offense in the preceeding
12 months the ticket will serve
"as a written warning and no fine
will be paid. If there has been
a previous offense the motorist
is classified as a .repeater and
must pay the fine. Lesser violations committed under unfavorable traffic conditions will result in the payment of a fine.
More serious violations will in
every case result in the paymeni
of a fine or a more severe penalty.
The new system is more lenient
on a first offense of a less serious nature committed under favorable conditions but penalizes the
repeater andi the more serious
violator. This is a fair policy.
Your cooperation is requested so
that we may reduce accidents in
our community.
Sincerely yours,
Ray Carlton,
Chief of Police.
M-D Banquets
Friday Night
Mrs. A. E. Hagen and Mrs.
Clara Finkbeiner, in charge of
the program for the Mother and
Daughter banquet at St. Paul's
church tomorrow night, which begins at 7 o'clock, announce the
following interesting program:
Toast Mistress, Miss Florence
Ehnis; Toast to Daughters, Mrs.
Alvin Siemsen; Toast to Mothers,
Thelma Wahl; Flute selections,
Ann Taylor accompanied by Karen
Taylor; Piano Accordian selections, Mrs. Muehlig; Address, Dr.
Katherine B. Greene, topic, "Building Good Family Relationships."
Dr. Green, Lecturer in Education at the University of Michigan, has a wide background as
an instructor in psychology and
in psychological research and experimentation in numerous schools
and Universities in the United.
States. Her field of interest is
in nursery -school administration
and child clinical and psychology
mental tests.
Mrs. Henry Morris, Saline
woman nominated as a Michigan
candidate for the outstanding
mother of 1948, has been invited
to attend the banquet as an honored guest. Prizes will be awarded to the oldest mother, the
youngest mother, youngest daughter and to the mother-with the
most daughters present.
"Nobody But
Nancy? In
Auditorium
"Nobody But Nancy;';! a three-
act farce comedy, Hvill ne presented by St. -Paul's Youth "fellowship on Wednesday and Thursday evenings Qf-. next weeK at
the Saline Higfi* School uymna-
sium. Kancy, a likeable girl with
unusual ability for getting into
trouble, will be played by Dons
Alber. Her uncle Adam, Calvin
Kern, with the conviction that
women should not be, . trusted
with too much responsibility
finds his business affairs more
than complicated under her man-5
agement. Nancy, in order to secure a job she bacfly wants, resorts to deception which lands
her into a near matrimonial entanglement. Larry Wilson, also
clever at deception, Earl Moehn;
Jimmy McCabe, of tlie back alleys, played by James iauerie,
and long suffering Ted, played by
Bruce Arend;, are either voluntarily or involuntarily involved
in addding to her embarrassment.
An abundance of comedy is
furnished through the characterization of Luella Crawford, sweetest girl in town, Shirley Hagen;
excitable Sarah, Joan Dechert;
the town spinster, Adeline, Margaret Lange; sweet toothed Sue,
Thelma Wahl; and the witty repartee of Fanny, Lois Finkbeiner.
Mrs. Gorden Anthony" and Mrs.
Lee Robison have been assisting
in the development of these characterizations .in the rehearsals
held this past month. Ronald
Rentschler is serving as publicity and business manager.
This delightful entertainment
will provide a gathering place
for the community on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Curtain time has been scheduled for
8:15 p. m.
A MOTHER'S DAY
SURPRISE
Had the twenty-four children,
grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren of Mrs. Mary Bredernitz been able to join with the
56 .who were present Sunday
at the home of Mr and Mrs.
Herman Rentschler, she would
have had her whole family of
SI members to rejoice with
her on the surprise in her
honor on Mother's Day.
Origin and
Development
of Poppy Day
SAYS   SALINE'S  TRAFFIC
FINES TOO LIGHT
Heaver fines and the erection
of traffic signs at all city limits
were suggested to alleviate Saline's traffic control problems by
William L. Potts, traffic control
engineer with the Automobile Association of America in Detroit.
Potts' recommendations came
after a conference with City Manager Gordon Gary 'anQ Judge
George Wood. Potts, who was
previously, associated with the
safety engineering department of
the Detroit police department,
said the level of fines being issued
in Saline are about 30 per 'cent
below standing.—Ann ArTror
News.
Washtenaw County 4-H Tractor
plowing contest will be held
Saturday, May 15 at 1:00 p. "m.
City Adopts
Uniform
Traffic Code
To all motorists:
Your city has adopted the Uniform Enforcement Policy, a traffic law enforcement system of
accident prevention developed by
the Michigan Association of
Chiefs of Police.
This is the way the new system
"works. Traffic violators in 34
Michigan Cities will receive uniform treatment by their jiolice.
Police will stop motorists for lesser violations as well as for more
serious violations. All motorists
".ticketed will have to make a trip
to  court.   A motorist who  com-
The Methodist church Mother
and Daughter Banquet will be
held at the Masonic hall, Friday
night, May 14; and the following
program has been announced:
Invocation, Mrs. R. S. Hocking;
Toast Mistress, Mrs. Ray Niles;
Welcome, Mrs. Walter MacArthur;
Pledges: For mothers, Mrs. Don
Ford and for daughters, Josephine
Ford; Presentation of Gifts; Pictures, Miss Ella Clark; Closing
song.
TO REPORT  ON
BASEMENT   PROJECT
A special meeting of the membership of the Saline Methodist
church will be held at the church
on Thursday evening, May 20, at
8 o'clock when a special committee will report on the church
basement  project.
During the past year the basement has not been used for public or church functions, due to
the fact that it was condemned
as a fire hazard. On Thursday
night the committee will be ready
to lay before the church membership full details of the rebuilding or remodeling project
for their decision. Says Rev. R. S.
Hocking, pastor of the church,
"Every member of the church
must come. Please do not fail
to attend and help in making
this decision."
The custom of wearing the
poppy as a memorial flower seemed to spring up naturally both, in
the United States and England
after the close of World War -I.
Returning soldiers brought back
memories of. the little wild, poppies growing along the edge of
the trenches, beneath the tangled
barbed wire, around the shell holes
and over the fresh earth of the
battle .graves. They were the
one touch of nature's beauty
which survived in that area of
destruction known as "the Western Front," and came to symbolize
the   heroism   of those  who  died.
The association of the poppy
with the war dead was given
beautiful expression in the poem
of Colonel John McCrane, Canadian physician, who sacrificed- his
own life shortly after he wrote:
"In Flander's fields the poppies blow,
Between the crosses, row on
row."
The poem touched hearts the
world over and tied the poppy
inseparably to thoughts of the
war deadv
The first instance of wearing
poppies in tribute to the dead
took place in New Yortc City on
November 9, 1S18, when Miss
Moina Michael, of Athens, Georgia, a Y.M.C.A. staff worker,
distributed poppies at a conference of that organization.
The poppy was first distributed
publicly   on   the  streets   of  Mil
waukee in June, 1S_3, in connection with the home-coming of the
Thirty-second Division, and was
first used to raise funds for aid
of the disabled veterans in that
same city the following May.
"The American Legion adopted
the poppy as its memorial flower
at its National Convention in
^.Cleveland in 1920, and by the
''AJTji'grican Legion Auxiliary at its
first National Convention in Kansas  City in 1921.
"At first, silk poppies made in
France by French widows anc
orphans were distributed by the
Legion and Auxiliary on Poppy
Day. Making of poppies by dis.-
abled American veterans was begun in hospitals in Minnesota in
1922, and, the veteran-made crepe
paper flowers gradually displaced
the silk poppies. This year more
than 25,000,OCO poppies have
been made by thousands of disabled men and women working
in hositals and convalescent workshops in 40 states.
The crepe paper poppy was
adopted as the official American
Legion Auxiliary flower because
its making provided more interesting and beneficial work for
the veterans with minimum cost
for materials.
While the dead, of World War
n fell in many parts of the
world, many of the fiercest battles
of that war took place in France,
Flanders and western Germany,
where the poppy is a native flower. Again it bloomed * between
the crosses whicn marked the
resting places of American dead
and it became the memorial
flower for World War XL as well
as World War I. No matter where
they died, the poppy is the flower
which says we remember and
honor their great sacrifice for
America.
Thoughts of the. dead naturally
bring thoughts of the disabled
veterans and the children deprived
of a father's support by the war.
So, in exchange for the poppies
each year Americana contribute
approximately $2,000,000 for rehabilitation and - child "welfare
funds of the American Leigion and
Auxiliary*  -.
Saline-Milan
Scouts Field
Meet May 17
Saline Boy Scouts are busy
this week prepaiing for an inter-
troop field meet to be held with
the Milan Scout Troop at the Milan High School at 7:30 Monday
evening, May 17. Events in fire
by friction, water boiling, string
burning and. flint and steel are
scheduled for the field meet section of the evening's program.
Cubs, Scouts, Senior Scouts, parents, friends and the general public of both communities are being
invited to this inter-cemmunity
scouting get-together.
It was in 1929 at the height of
inter-troop and district field
meets that Abe Alber brought
his Saline scouts home from Uie
Ypsi.anti District field meet with
high honors and Scout Leader
Robert Klueter is now aiming
his scouts toward, that same goal.
The little German band wilt
furnish the humor of the evening
with their pranks and antics ana
Scouts of all the troops who have
qualified for Tenderfoot rank will
receive their badges. Scout executive Joe Junker and the District Commissioner will review
the trcop in action and bring the
latest news on summer camp
activities.
"Come and bring the family
and enjoy an evening of fun with
the whole scouting family of
Cubs, Scouts and Senior Scouts
of Saline and Milan," urges Scout
Leader Klueter. Sound pictures
in color have been secured from
the Michigan Conservation Department on canoeing, bird study
and wild animals and an enjoyable
evening has been planned.
The campaign fcr a cleanse^
healthier balme takes on added-
impetus with the creation, Monday night, of a city health. &e^
partment.- Ihe Gity council, in.
regular session appointed,,, and.
Hugh Keveling, local druggist^
accepted the position of Citj?
Health  Officer, without pay_
According to authorities* t3ie
City Hea-tn Officer administers
his office under the direction sm_l
authority of the County and Stalsr
Departments of Health, and. tha
health laws have teeth in then__
Keveling will endeavor to cleam
up the unsanitary conditions that
pre.ail within the city limits^,
and this newspaper believes that
the public will cooperate fully itt,
the interests of a cleaner, sweefc-
er, Saline.
E or the convenience of the public, the city dump is open cm.
Thursday and Saturday of each;.
week and an attendant is on the
spot to supervise the disposal ofc
rubbish and other matter.. ____;
council increased the amount paid!
to Ray Hirth for his services,
at the city dump two* days eas3&
week, from, 520 to $40. per month,
and also purchased a Burrou-giis
electric adding machine fOr
at the city hall.
Sole Survivor
of Class of '83
-1546 -Sherman St. S. E.
Grand Rapids Mich.
Mrs. Clair Harms:
Your appeal to all Saline High
^school -alumni in regard to the
proposed recreation field was
duly   received.
-In the -coming June, sixty-five
years will ,-have passed since I
was graduated from the old Saline -hfgh school. All of my class
have" passed- away. None of the
.present .generation of teachers
and pupils will have any memory
of mfe 'Or xof the old school building of my day, and they are all
strangers to The.
"But I have many pleasant memories of boyhood days in Saline,
so for the sake of the old town
and the old days, I am glad to
make a small contribution to
your new athletic field. 'May the
new project prove a real help to
the education and development of
the new generation, the citizens
fo"f tomorrow.
With best wishes,
Geo. A. "Brown.
Class of 1883.
Soil District
Approved By
Farmers
According to the report of Herman Howeisen, county polling
superintendent for the Soil Conservation District Election, the
"unofficial report indicated 267
votes cast, 232 for the district and
34 against and one void.
The ballot for the three directors were as follows: Walter
Wolfgang, Lama Township, 136;
L. G. Steiner, Lodi Township, 136;
Neil Nixon, Dexter Townidp,
128; William G. Hayes, York
Township, 127; Edward Schuman,
Sharon Township, 79; Lloyd
3oyce, Lyndon Township, 74; Sam
Bailo^ Salem Township, 62; Edward Wasem, Augusta Township, 27.
Saline Schools
Rate High
Approximately one hundred
persons attended the annua®.
Achievement Night of the Saline
Chapter of Future Farmers o£
America held in tlie school aud—
J-oc^m, Monday night. FJ_-A_
president, Luther Scnaible, presided, and introduced tlie cliair—
men of eight committees wh.es>
ga..e a summary of the year's
achievements under the direction!.
oi;. Charges Osgood, instructor ins.
agriculture
Sponsors of contests in whisSs.
the unapter participated, were thss.
Michigan Milk Producers Association, the DeKalb Seed Co. srmV
the Michigan State Farm Buream-
Prizes in money, checks audi
plaques "were awarded. Out e£:
268 Chapters in the state, Salines
is rated among the 27 leadersu
Recognized by the State Chapterr
are three degree men, Lloyd Finkbeiner, Luther Schaible and Beu^
Arend.
Accordian solos, "You. CaitS; Be;
True, Dear," and "I'm. Loaki3j__
Over a Four-Leaf Clover," -were
played by Luther Schaible andi
an interesting movie entitlecCi
"24D" showed a new snrf&ocfc
usedi in the eradication. o£ weeds
and -was followed by the sasving;
of coffee, sandwiches, ice creans.
and  cake.
During the program^, Shneiife-
tendent Leo Jensen explaineS. des
local schools curriculum^ ishicl_:j
covered a vacriedi gregcainF ta«
meet the exceptional requirements;-
of Saline Schools because of the-
proximity to a great educa1~iofta.fr
institution such as the Universt^y
of Michigan, also to one of the?
greatest industrial areas in. the
world and an agricultural areas.
second to none in America. "No»
other school in the county," he-
declared, "competed academically
with Saline, with the possible exception of Chelsea."
TO   OPERATE  RESTAURANTS
FOR a DAY
TRAFFIC   COURT
INCOME DOUBLES
Forty-four individiuals, all out-
of-towners, and mostly speed vio-
laters, paid a total of §433.60 in
fines and $127.20 in court costs
here during the month of April,
practically (Doubling the amount
of fines and costs levied during
the previous month.
The Senior Class of the Saline-
High  school  will  take'e over tba-
management    and   operation    o£-~-
Still's Grill, Sunday, May 16. The?'
class will be in business for that^ c
one   day   only,   and,   the   profits ^
which accure will go to swell thee. -
funds being raised for the Cora—-
munity Athletic Field-
L. Z. Still, proprietor; cut ttan—--
ing  the  restaurant  over to the"'
class,  will provide thenr with 5®?' -
gallons of ice cream and -an o£~-
the necessary materials for  thm* --
making  of sandwiches,  etc.
Degree teams from Chelsea and
Manchester will exemplify the
Master Mason degree here for
Saline Lodge, No. 133, F. & A. M.,
beginning at 7:30 Tuesday, May
18.   There will be two candidates.
'"BEE"
Attention all Legionafi:esr*T- $
Bring   tractors,     scoops,  '.
shovels,    rakes     etc.   to v
the new Memorial Home >
site Sunday, May 16 for
all-day session.
Art Zurlinden, Hr Charge. .
Ernie and Ray Dieterle were
in Bay City over the' weekend
bowling with "Casey's" team of
Ann Arbor in the State tournament
A little liner is a handy salesman.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Catey lefti
here Wednesday on a trip to tfies.
Pacific Coast. Mr. Catey waS£
write a series of letters for TBer*
Observer, covering his trip, whfc&a
we believe will be of considerably
interest to our readers.