1948-07-15; Saline Observer

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VOLUME 65
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THUJciSDA*', JULY 15, 1948
NUMBER 41.
lness Forces Retirement of Mayor Gross
Reckless One
Brings Three
To Grief
' One of those in,-and-out traffic
'dodgers causedvtrouble for three
other motorists here Sunday in
the late afternoon when he cut in
and out of the heavy traffic just
«ast of the city park and brought
three cars and their pasengerg to
grief. Forced to slip hack into
the line of traffic, he forced another car to come  to  an abrupt
halt and two other cars behind
at, the two behind ramming the
snes in front, all threfe being more
fir less damaged. Raymond Stoker and Barbara Ann Stoker in a
1940 Plymouth coach and Audrey
Spetter, of 1200 Iroquois, Ann
Arbor, occupant of a 1949 Lincoln sedan were treated for injuries at the Saline General Hospital and released. The third car
■which figured in the accident was
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;,    SCRAP^ DRIVE WILL
V     WIND-UP TODAY
The Jaycee's scrap drive will
be concluded today when the
entire membership gets out on
the job this afternoon to gather
up the last pieces of scrap iron
the community affords. About
$70 has. been raised for the
Community Athletic OFund
through the sale of scrap and
the Jaycees will try to make
it an even hundred. Call 37
if you have a little scrap and
the Jaycees will call for it.
Retires
Jacob Smith
Michalke Wins
Hole-In-One
Along The
MainDrag
Q Regular meeting of Saline
City Council was held Monday
afternoon instead of evening because of the conflicting time of
the annual school meeting. Alwin Gross turned in his resignation as Mayor of Saline and as
a member of the Council. It was
accepted with regret by his fellow couneilmen, all of whom deplore the criticism they are 'subject to as administrators of city
affairs . . . we recall the words
of a man old in years and ripe
in the experience of aldermanic
affairs, "When we accomplish the
Has Served as Mayor
and as Councilman for
Past Eighteen Years
Fosdick Gives
Up One Hit
For Shut-Out
Last Rites For Tournament
Jacob Smith
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL:
It is with deep regret that it
becomes necessary that I tender
my resignation as mayor an&
member of the City CouncU. It
is upon the advice of my physician that I am forced to this action and not my own desire. However, I feel that I have served
my time as a public servant ana
am therefore giving up all activities with the exception of the-
Boy Scout work. I hope it will
me   to  continue
Jn    the    county-wide    Hole-In-
  One   open   golf   tournament  held
Last rites were held, here Sun-  Monday and Tuesday, a local res-
day afternoon for Jacob H. Smith taurateur  "Art" Michalke,   drove
a Chewolercoup driven by Frank  a ™sW?t °f Saline for 35_, years' *. H^f °ne *° '"Pf* 22 and °fe"
7. Walla, 6053 Clayton, Detroit.    fhose death occurred Frlday af- eighth inches^ of  the cup at  the
The -ear  which   caused  all the ^rnoon at h's home at 21* North f}n Arbor Municipal golf course
Harris street. taking first place, the equivalent
Mr. Smith was bom in Hancock of fifty dollars.
trouble was  a black 1947  Chevrolet coach with two spot lights,   _,      .       _.. ,,       ,     ,„„„
which  had   been  cutting  in  and  H°Unty'   °]11°'' 0?  May  *'   l871/      Out-driving      pro-competition,
out  of  traffic all  the way from  *e.l°n  0i Aaron  and Margaret  Michalke had four other Ann Ar-
Clinton to Saline.
Erwin Schmid
Presented
State Award
Smith and was married to Mary bor  fellows  breathing hot on his
Lyon on December 23, 1896. The neck for the first place position:
couple  came  to Saline from Ne- j. c. Kinivinen with 2 ft.  5 in.,
waygo in 1909 and lived on a farm taking    second.;
year,
was ^member of Saline "Methodist to Myosin "th^'countx
Harry Fosdick turned in a bril-
Alwin F. Gross, mayor of Sa- most, we were • damned the most liant pitching performance Sun-
line seven and one-half years, sub- and it was then that we had the day, as he allowed the Novi Le-
mitted his resignation at Monday's most friends." £ Saline's Build- gion one hit while Saline was
'council meeting which was ac- ing Code Board is composed of getting nineteen good for a 15-0 -Kp^nn^M wJ>r*
eepted with expressions of "deep the City Manager and Harry An- victory. Fosdick stru k out ten 7~.tl_fjr. _ r Ille. LO ^onimue
regret"  by its members. derson andr Clare Collins, the lat-  men, walking only one.    He was  7777   V1     ^ greatest ^Joy™^11*
—  ter two having heen appointed bv in slight trouble twice, in the first  2jr °f Z™^      I     yS'-«.
the City CouncU as huilding in- and seventh innings. In the first V™*° f™ T™ * W1& my
specters Monday. «A flafpole Doates opened with a single to fa™ly*fP.e.claUyT my y°u^ SQn-
and flag for the new Legion Me- right, hut remained there when PV=L7^Lrme' I Sh°. J*ke *°
morial Home is the gift of Dan Fosdick retired the . next three ZlnT,, ^f °lt0 ^
Levleit and Saline Township has batters in order. In the seventh ^f ^ haye ser7edTwth **. °*
presented the treasurer of the Luce walked and was stranded £:„.„ _f „.V°uncl1- * appreciate
Building Fund a check for 525 there when Fosdick struck out H^J« P ^ cooperation Som_-
. . . .nice gestures illustrating the next three batters to face ~meS we were discouraged,
the fact that "the hoys" are not liim. Dechert was Fosdick's bat-
forgotten.      ^ Saline Chapter   of  tery  mate  behind the  plate  and
Future   Farmers of  America  are  turned  in   an   excellent   perform-  _„„„__ j„^,    ,™,„       . _
working up an event for the bene-  ance, calling for the righf pitches   If™?*  t T™f   mt"ef1tln&  ex"
«♦   of   the   Community   Athletic  when needed. W I to we «»__.
J her and refer to with great pride-
upon our accomplishment. I believe that the people of Saline
truly appreciate your efforts anytime given to such a worthy*
cause.
I hope that you wiU see fit to-
appoint one to succeed me who
has a keen and sincere interest in-
the welfare of Saline and not one
who merely wishes to advance his
Dell School
Will Said
Pupils Here
but
I'm sure»the difficult problems as
they were presentd offered ta us
a  challenge to which we quickly
fit
Over forty attended the annual Fiel(i . . . a    donkey    baseball In   the   hitting   department   it
_    .     md.;    J. Royster  2ft. school meeting at the Dell school game here tKe 24th when a team was  once   again    tliat    slugging
two and a half miles west of the  5^ in., third; G. DeDevises, 2 ft. Monday night,  the largest atten- from    Ypsiltanti    State   Hospital (Babe). Ashby, who lead the pa-
city until 1S26 when they moved  8% in., fourth and Circut Judge dance in 25 years, it is claimed. wiu take  on fhe  Saline Athietic rade   with  two   doubles    and    a
to Saline.   They celebrated  their  chuck Menefee taking fifth place It was voted to send the seventh Association    All     Stars ... and single.   Bill Koebbe had  a triple
golden   wedding   anniversary    on  with  3 ft.   10%   inches. and.  eighth   grade pupils   to   the there  will be an afternoon game which   was   the   longest  hit   ball
December 22    1945.   TMrs    Smith      The Hole-In-One tournament is Saline school this year.    Discus- for the youngsters
preceded her husband m death on  sponsored each year b    tte Ann sion  was  said to  be heated and wiu   be   aw|rded   to
June   24   last   year.    Mr.    Smith   A„y,„_ rw-,-™,-^ %_._*_ 7„* *„  n "
and prizes  of the game,
those" who
  , ~,x. Survivors include  three daughters, "Mrs. John Jaeger, Ypsilanti;
The 'July meeting of the Junior" Mrs. Ray Daivs, Saline; Mrs.
•Chamber of Commerce was held Keith Lange, San "Diego, Calif.;
at the 'Saline Hotel with wives one'Son, "Edward Smith of South
present. E. Schmid was present- Bend, Ind.; a sister Miss Anna
ed with the past president's pin Smith, Saline; seven grandchildren
by the incoming president, "Russ and 13 great grandchildren.
Hughes. Mr. Schmid was also Funeral services were held, at
presented with a cigar "humidor 2:30 from the Lockwood "Funeral
from the State Chapter of the Home with Rev. R. S. Hocking
■ J.C.C. inC recognition' of his having officiating, 'ami interment was
been designated as Saline's out- made in the mausoleum in Oak-
standing young man of the year,   wood cemetery.
The presentation was made by Al   —^	
"Wiedman, chairman of'that Committee.
Frank Brittain, chairman of the
scrap drive, reported on the success of the drive ' and expressed
appreciation for the cooperation
' of the public in general. Larry
Ouiment of Ann Arbor presentee-
a gavel to the local unit On behalf of the Ann Arbor Chamber
of Commerce who were the sponsors of the'Saline'Chamber.
Arbor Optimist Club  and is open  most everyone expressed an opin- show   the  most   skill- in   playing BATTLE FOR SECOND
'---■-      •    - ion and backed it up with an ar- baU   astride   an  ass.   © Art Ha- PLACE,- SUNDAY
gument. gen and gonny Boy and several 	
It  was in strange  contrast to business   associates   attended   the
AMERICAN XECEION ,
ANd   AUXILIARY   PICNIC
Members of the American
Legion and the Ladies' Auxiliary 'Will hold c-a reunion rand ,
picnic "at Saline Park Sunday,!
July 18, starting 'at 4 'o'clock
that afternoon, with "a program
of games ana "prizes and potluck 'supper.
  personal political ambitions.     Ta-
the  meeting  here Monday   night All-Star game at St. Louis. Lewie,   Sunday in a ^ffiafwufb^a ^T^SsS%t^^
when Mrs. DeW"Brandt was re- Tuesday.. It   was   the   fifteenth battle for second place.    Current"  £y andTkeep S^ trust XZ
elected  as   a     member     of    the annual fracas between the Ameri- "ly   both  Ann   Arbor  and   Saline  community
board without °PP°f tion  A budg- can and National Leagues'  stars  along with Pinckney are tied for      1 believe"- that we are verV for-
et of upwards of $80,000 was ap- and an event worth traveling to  second place in the league stand-   tunate to ha^ a^tv manl%f_s
proved^ by  the   50   voters of the that beautiful city to see. ings.      Manager  Weidman   plans   efficient  as Mr   Gafv    He c^f
district    present.     President    of      ft Frank Deede, back from sev-  on starting Rmhard "Lefty" Drew   to  us  ve^  hfghS- Tecomm^de^
the   Board,   Dr.    Gordon   Prout, eral weeks of touring in the West,   in an effort to  combat the Ann  and km^U ffiat I canTbTeS^
who is  also  a member    of    the spikes the rumor that he would be  Arbor   left-hand   hitting   power,  by wS~ wito him he ha^m^t
  Community   Athletic   Association leaving Saline ... says he is go-  The game is set for 2:30 at West  SaTK 7*Ttc^these ^1^
Board    of    Doctors,   announced ing   right  on   doing  business   as  Park   on   West   Huron   Ave.,   in mendattais;   With
Jim  and Gene  Austin, Tommy work   would   start   on   the usual . . . and maybe more than  Ann Arbor.
and James Richards, Danny Lar- 5ield today, and that he expected usual.    # Happy   Land   is  to  be  _
son, Danny Woods, Phillip Camp- it: vf0'"ia ^ Teady for seeding or one of the big attractions at the League Standings
bell, Alfred Gross, Rudolph Gross,  sodding by the middle of August. Saline Community Fair this fall w
Dick   Gonser,   Richard   Leighton' ^he drainage,  lighting and utili- . . . same  outfit   that   has   been  Chelsea      7
Cub Scouts
On Trip To
The North
Church Homecoming
tallest tree, 150 feet high and 14
feet in circumference. They spent
the night at  the  Jensen cottage
at "Mio and the following morning
On Sunday, July 11, Federated  ical  numbers -for    the   (occasion breakfasted, on pancakes baked by
"Church held a special Dedication  which closed with the -celebration 'one  Art  Hagen.   The  Cubs  and
and Home-Coming service.    Choir of the Lord's Supper.   In .the con- t^le "men nad a wonderful -outing,
lobes  and choir  chairs given  in  duct of this Sacrament, Rev. H.
memory   of   the   late   Mrs.  Edna  McKenzie, pastor was .assisted ^hy
Smith Aprill and her parents, Mr.  the Rev. S. T. Dunk of Inilay City,
and Mrs. Benjamine Smith, were  a former pastor o'f the church,
dedicated    during    the    morning      At the church school:hour wiiich
■service. -A committee, headed by followed,     Superintendent   .Hazen
'Mrs.  Edward   Henne,   which  in- Jewell    presented feight   'former
eluded the wives of the Elders of  superintendents   of   "the    school,
.the church, had selected and pur-  Harold   Miller, -Fred   Nissley -of
YpsUanti, Ferman Glecments, .Harry Finch, John E. Miller, Graydon
Everett, Arthur Lutz, and T. M.
Jameson Ford,  David Bredernitz,  ties would "be taken care of first  the big drawing card at Ypsilanti  SALINE
(Den Chref) ana a youngster from  and seating would have to be left  the last 15 years around Fourth  Ann Arbor 5
Detroit, -had a Cub .Scout outing for another year, bcause materials  of July time . . . and it has been Pinckney   5
in the company of Don Campbell,  Sor that  purpose are unavailable  decided that the Fair will run for Novi    2
^Clare CdlHns and Arthur Hagen!  at   the   present   time.   A   20x40 four   days   instead   of   three  as  Chelsea Mill 2
They left Saline Wednesday of "^"ity building   will   be   erected originally   planned . . . and   with  South Lyons 2
last -week and visited the Capital ^^^ ^^ provide for a refresh- fireworks and another fat steer.      Grass Lake 0
building  at  Lansing,   visited   the ment stand and will eventually be ,	
fish'hatchery at Grayling, saw the used to house the bleacher seats
"Hartwick Pines—the only virgin "wr:hen BDt ^ use- The T°of "w111
•"stand left  in  Michigan  ana 'the  als0 be used as a hand stand or
a  platform for   out-door  attractions.
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your cooperation the City of Saline should goV
forward as progressively and as
economically as it has in the past
pet We are also very fortunate in
1000 obtaining the services of Ray-
741 mond Daniels as Superintendent
741 0f public Works. He is doing
741 a fine job and with a few more
286 years experience, I believe that
286 he wUl be one of the best men
286 the city has ever had for this; job.
I have enjoyed serving on the
City  Council these past eighteen
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Scouts Have
Week At Camp
Fourth Annual
Reunion
The Letter
Box
«hased the xgifts.   .Two steel cab-
walnut graves. Some of the groves years. The experiences and asso-
were badly hurt by the dry season ciations with people have been
last year. Wherever the soil was worth the time and effort that •_!
a little sandy and was not irri- have given. I believe that" Saline
gated there are many dead trees, is one of the nicest little cities 112
Where irrigated the trees are the United States with its fine
loaded with nuts and give prom- school and, its public park witfe
ise of rich rewards.   Water is the  its recreational facUities.      As a.
  crying need of the west and south  whole,   the people   are   the most
west   One engineer told us that  cooperative. This fact was proved:
In  our last letter we left the  by 1951 they wUl have five pumps by the labor and money eontrib-
\Yosemite Park rather hastily so  pumping water out of the Sacra-  uted in  the building of the city
""** .-"■     "we will return to that subject for mento river into the irrigated dis-  park and the many bond and Re<£
a moment.   Speaking of the  Se-  tricts and one  pump   alone   can  Cross drives.   The fine Commun-?
Music all the afternoon, a base-   _uoia   which  one   finds both in  throw as much water in 24 hours  ity Fair that has beem improved
ball game and sports for children,   the Sequoia and Yosemite Parks:   as tbe city of New York uses _n a from year to year is evidence of
a free dinner and -entertainment  Their location in   the high,   rare like period.   Some  engineers are  the'cooperative spirit in this com-
3n thacevening followed by danc-  atmosphere of the mountain tops  even   working  on   a  scheme   to munity.   Now we are- engaged in
  ing from 9. to 11 o'clock are the -seems  to be  just as  mystifying bring  water from  the Columsia a project of lighting the new aths~
interesting features pf the fourth as the size of the trees. It is river down through Oregon to letic field. I know that it will
Eight Boy Scouts from Salme annual reunion, of the employees remarkable that tbey escape^ the dry districts of California, not be long untU this" is accoin.--
and a visitor from Pontiac 'went and former employees of YpsUanti the glacial period. One "wonders The population along the coast is plished.
Clay of E. Lansing. Each spoke .to Camp Newkirk, Sunday where State Hospital and members of how man himself escaped* We so great that it furnishes a ready Since my election to the Village-
briefly and recalled 'incidents rin they are spending the week, ca- their immediate families on Sat- noticed that the oldest trees had market for all farm products. Council in April of 1930, many
the life of the school during their noeing,   swimming,   hiking,. fish-  urday, next. been badly burned long ago.   The When   water   is    supplied,  there  things   have   taken   place.   Soon?
administrations. Other visitors ing, handicraft, nature study and The reunion will be "held on the "Telescope Tree" has its heart seems no limit to the agricultur- after the new councU, composed otz
were   introduced   and  the   group  other   activities   on    the 4 week's   State Hospital grounds ana reg-  completely burnea -out so that one al possibilities. Lloyd   Fairbanks,   Mark   Sugden^
aismissed to meet in the church agenaa. Camp Newkirk serves istering for dinner tickets will be niay look right through and out We liked Sacramento very Walter- Cook and Ben Uphaus^,
dining room for an old-fashioned as a base camp and Bruin Lake at "4" "Lobby. .Tie program as the top, yet the tree lived right much. It has a grana oia Cap- took office, a movement- was
church basket ainner where a ca- as an outpost where experiencea publishea in the Ypsi Statesman on. The wora "Sequoia" when itol buiiaing, rich in traaition. The started to obtain a new charter-
pacity crowd was served. swimmers   and   canoemen   spena follows:   (1)   Music all afternoon  translatea  emboaies the meaning lana upon which the dity stanas which wpuia make Saline a fiftlt
The church alter and ainmg three aays ana the novices at 'by the patients' bana conaucted of everlasting life. ^Pieces of was donatea by a wealthy pioneer class city. Under. the splendid?
tables were decoratea with a pro- least one aay of the week camp- by Seeley Breen; (2) BasebaU at bark cut from the trees when but there was one condition at- leaaership of Mark Sugaen, Sa-
fusion of summer flowers by a ing in the rough. . The boys at 2* P. M. YpsUanti State Hospital. placed in water wUl start to grow, tachea: Every sixth block must line soon became a city. The fol—
committee consisting of Mrs. Or- camp are Jerry Gonser, James v.s. Betts' Tree Trimmers of Mi- One of the oia trees which <'as be set asiae as a free park. Now lowing charter commissioners to*
pha Birkle, Mrs. Mary Rogers, Mrs. Cook, George GiUigan, Walfrea Ian; (3) Games for chiiar en from baaiy burnea, was in- 1882, cut great trees aaron these places whom much credit is aue for their-
Maurice Henaerson ana Miss Fan- Larson, Jerry MUler, BUly Stein- 3:30 P. M. to 5 P.M.;- (4. Eating through by some axman ana now furnishing recreational facUities assistance are: Max Fosaick, Lee
ny -Friis. - The program committee ecker, Larry Hafemeister, Steve in cafeteria from 5 to 7 P. M.; a pavea road passes through it., for rich and poor alike. From- Tescher, Martin Fuoss, C. A. Cur-
had prepared a large buUetin MacArthur, and Jerry Albright (5) Entertainment from, 7 to 9 Many of the trees have been" Sacramento we went to Reaaing, tiss, Henry Schroen, A. R. Burk-
boara where oia time pictures of from Pontiac. P. M.; (6) -Dancing from 9 to 11  struck    by    lightning    but    that  California,   near  oia   Shasta  the hardt, and the late C. O. Wood-
the church and  church members     ^.   ..  -     p. MI   Music by Bergel's Orches-  doesn't bother   them.      The   oia  ghost town of gold rush days_ ana briage,  O. C. Wheeler, and FrecP
ana interesting clippings were on      Mr. ana Mrs. Robert Ousterhout  tra of Saline. boys stand there on the mountain not too   far   from -beautiful" Mt.  Burkhart. This group, along wifir.
aisplay during the aay. were fishing on £oot Lake on the tops like giant sentinels guaraing  Shasta whose snow coverea peak  the village attorney, Roscoe Bon—
. Af te*-' the ainner, Arthur Lutz, farm of his sister, Mrs. Herman Mrs. Leonara Hutzel ana " son, some sacred - spot. We felt like is seen sparkling in the aistance. isteel, and the Michigan Munici—
mets for storing the robes have program chairman," introduced the Keifer, Sunday and caught a bass Dickie, spent ten days at the home intruders. # South of Reaaing a mile the oia pal League Wrote a qualifed char-
been purchased. Elder Ferman Rev. Mr. Dunk, who presiaea 21 inches long, weighing 4 pounas of her father, D. E. - Warnt>. in We "have spent some time prowl- Oregon TraU curved around the ter that was aaaptea to a city
-Clements-piit in place the bronze over the afternoon's events. He ana 7 ounces. HUlsaale County Traverse City. On Friday Miss ing around in the mountains and base of the mountain as it enter- comparable to the size of Saline-
plaque designating the memorial, recalled many happy incidents is offering a prize of S25 for the Anna Lambarth of Ann Arbor, valleys about San Francisco and ed Canyon Gulch on its way west- The charter provided for the five-
The choir dn-ected by Harold during the time he and Mrs. Dunk largest bass caught this season Mrs. Amelia Hutzel and Leonard we marvel at the riches of the ward. Just off the traU and np couneilmen fo be elected at one
Brown, with Mrs. Brown at the served Federated Church. and so far the Ousterhout's is the Hutzel went up and all returned soU. We spent one night at a the mountain side we saw a time for a
organ and Mrs. Everett Collins at the piano, presented special mus- largest.                                           " Monday morning. home in the heart of the English                 Con't  on page  3
period of two years.
See Mayor, Page 8 -.