1948-12-30; Saline Observer

              T& Salute Mtenjuwi
VOLUME 66
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY,  DEC.  30* 1948
NUMBER IS
City Manager Gives "End of Year" Resume
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9 Christmas always serves to
bring out the very best in the
most of us. Here in Saline there
is practically no misery or suffering because of a lack of the necessities of life, and our charitable contributions go mainly for
the alleviation of distress among
peoples of whom we only read
about . . . contributions that are
prompted mainly because of a desire to do something good for
someone besides ourselves. Christmas serves another purpose, too,
in teaching us anew how to better live with each other. The activities of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce have been a concrete
expression of that idea. They cre-
-ated a little more warmth of feeling and broke the monotony of
the local scene with their beautiful decorations which surely Helped to proclaim "Peace on earth
to men of good will," at least in
•ur little world.
% The Christmas carols ringing out over the city from St.
Paul's church at eventide during the past week, sent out a
sweet message of peace'and joy
which will for long keep ring-
in our hearts. It would hardly
be Christmas in Saline any
more without this charming accompaniment of sacred music
and the bells.
% Saline Rotary Club held its
annual Christmas party Thursday noon . . . and President
Haarer presented, each member of
the Club with a composite picture of the officers and members
... a very nice gift indeed, and
the men sang carols ana exchanged gifts and read the original poems which accompanied
each gift and there was a lot" of
kick in it for them . . . and the
gifts were all packed up and
turned over to the Salvation Army in Ann Arbor. % Take off
your hats to the fine band of men
who make up the local fire department. After the clock struck
7:00 Christmas morning they
were answering a fire alarm . . .
and twice again after that . . .!
Meagerly paid and meagerly
equiped with apparel- fit to fight
fires in all kinds of weather they
still stick to their jobs. But
they're going to do something
about it . . . selling tickets on a
motor with which to buy boots for
themselves! 0 Stanton G. Roesch,
(Manchester attorney has opened
an office in the city hall and will
start the practice of law here . . .
office hours here> during the
morning of each day and afternoons in Manchester. His name
is pronounced as though it were
spelled R-u-s-h. % The Christmas
death toll in the state of 25, was
just three short of the 28, in-
■cluding 11 pedestrians, who were
killed over the same period a
year ago, according to State Police Commissioner Donald Leonard ... he urges motorists to
take it easy over New Year's
weekend . . and pedestrians to
walk safely . . .and continue to
live and be happy. % The American Legion plans a party for
Legionaires and Auxiliary members and friends in their new
Home New Years Eve. They lack
a piano for the Home and are ,
open for a gift of one from some
especially magnanimous person.
% Saline Hatchery and Klager at
Bridgewater hatch a tremendous
number of chicks for the trado
but not near enough if Michigan
farmers were taking care of
Michigan demands. In 1947 more
eggs were trucked into Detroit
froirf Ohio than were trucked into the city from, the entire state
of Michigan. The little state of
Deleware shipped over five times
as much dressed poultry into Detroit by truck as was trucked
from all Michigan farms. Here's
opportunity for big business . . .
with raw materials and- a hungry
market rubbing elbows. £ A note
from Clarence Carr, 772 Ave. B.
S. W., Winter Haven, Florida,
says that they arrived there December 21 . . . had a pleasant
trip down and found the weather
ideal. Writes that they sat out
on the lawn and had the doors
and windows open on Christmas
Day and that evening were guests
of Winter Haven's mayor and his
wife, who drove them about the
city to view the Christmas decorations .... beautiful . . . and
sure gave one the Christmas spirit, and adds that they enjoy the
heautiful flowers and the abundance of citrus fruit that can be
seen in most any direction Here
in Saline on the 29th of December
SABOTEUR ... Dr. Simon Papp,
world famous geologist and oil expert, has been sentenced to death
. in Hungary for sabotaging Hungarian oil production.
... if it would quit raining and
the sun would come out ... it
would be warm enough to sit out
on the lawn, and look at the
naked branches of trees in any direction. 0 Happy New Year!
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Says Pre-War
Pork Chops
Would Hurt
A "consumer" demand for pork
chops, eggs and other items at
prewar prices is endangering the
nation's economic future, a farm
leader  declared  recently.
Hassil E. Schenk, president of
the Indiana Farm Bureau, told
the American Farm Bureau Federation convention at Atlantic
City that a prewar price structure would bankrupt the Federal
Government.
The Government, he said
would not be able to raise enough
money to keep operating and pay
interest on tlie public debt.
"A great hazard in our country today," Schenk said, "is the
apparent disposition of the public
to want prewar pork chops, the
prewar dozen of eggs, the prewar
bushel of  corn,  etc.
"If that's what the people really want they don't want a national income approximating
$200,000,000^000, as we now have.
They don't even want a $100,-
000,00t),000 national income.
He said a prewar price structure would mean a national income of less than $80,000,000,000.
Low prices he explained would
mean lower wages and incomes.
Farm prices have declined nearly
12 per cent in the last 12 months.
Steer Club
Steers For
30,000 Pounds
Twenty-nine steers are entered
in the 1949 Junior Livestock
Feeding Project, ranging in
weight from 370 pounds to a high
of 535 pounds. There are 21 Here-
fords and eight black angus in
the herd, which are being fed by
23 club members.
Total"weight of the lot is 12,520
.-pounds and it will take a gain of
17,480 pounds to make 30,000
pounds by Fair time next fall.
This will mean an approximate
daily gain of slightly over 63
pounds per day for the lot.
Following are the steer club
members, their steers, iheir
weights and the sponsors:
Bruce Arend, 415 lb. Hereford,
Dr. Harold Miller; Bruce Arend,
395 lb. Angus, Everett Esch;
Harry Gleason, 370 lb. Hereford,
Alfred Schmid; Harry Gleason,
535 lb. Angus, Alwin Burkhardt;
James Gleason, 455 lb. Hereford,
Walter Osgood; Nancy Gleason,
485 lb. Angus, Ernie Mann; Gerald Haarer, 450 Hereford, Clarence
Haarer; Gerald Haarer, 455 lb.
Angus, Arthur Hagen; Neil
Haarer, 445 lb. Hereford, Harry
Hersch; Charles Kohler, 49.0 lb.
Hereford, Fred Wiedman; Clarence Kohler, 440 lb. Hereford, Arthur Heininger; David Marion,
465 lb. Hereford; Alwin Gross;*
Dorothy Marion, 450 lb. Hereford,
Gerald Coe; Elaine Rogers, 460
lb. Hereford, George Wood; Kendall Rogers, 4451b. Hereford, William Brittain; Tommy Richards,
460 lb. Hereford, Henry Leutheuser; Nancy4,jP.oss, 440 Angus,
C. D. Finkbeiner; Sandra Ross,
375 Hereford, Albert Lange; Alice
Sheehan, 380- Hereford, Frank
Deede; Alice Sheehan, 395 lb.
Hereford, Mike Sheehan; Billy
Waggoner, 385 lb. Hereford, Ed
Warner; Bobby Waggoner, 380
lb. Hereford, Herman Heininger;
Bobby Waggoner, 420 lb. Angus,
Don Ford; Jean Groeb, 390 lb.
Hereford, Myron Gallagher; Robert Groeb, 395 lb. Hereford, Chas.
Schultz; Katrene Gall, 450 lb.
Hereford, Sam Lambarth; Katrene Gall, 405 lb. Hereford, Leo
Jensen; Patricia Teaehout, 445 lb.
Angus, Martin Blair; Leo Coplea,
445 lb. Angus, Carl Curtiss.
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Christmas Eve
Program At
St. Paul's
TTTHAT WILL THIS NEW "YEAR
»" BRING FOR ME?
For a, comparative few the deliberations of this new congress which
convened this week may mean little,
but for the great majority of the
American people in the home towns
and rural communities of the nation
the answer to the 64-dollar question
is to be determined largely by how
this congress carries out the platform pledges of the Democratic
party and the campaign promises of
President Harry S. Truman.
Unfortunately the answer cannot come soon. likely it will be
five to sevfen months into the
new year before much of the
proposed new legislation gets
onto the statute books. For gathered here in Washington today
are powerful interests repesent-
irig the forces of many opposing
factors determined to stage a
last ditch stand to defeat many
of the Truman proposals, particularly where federal government regulation is involved.
The powerful pressure lobby groups
have already started the propaganda
mills rolling in the fields of economics, education, health, extension
of social security legislation, the
farm program, housing, labor, public
power, and reclamation. During the
next few months yqvt,jwill hear much
of "socialism" a net "socialistic
trends." Already the charge has
come that the government is seeking
to destroy the profit system and private enterprise. From the opposite
source comes the charge that corporations are hoarding money, piling up
surpluses and reducing mass purchasing power to create an artificial
depression.
Hearings have been underway for
weeks seeking to determine whether
corporate profits are too high. Facts
are that' profits have quintupled
since pre-war when they ran almost
four billion dollars. Dining the years
of the war when there was a measure
of government control, profits leaped
to 10 billions. In 1946 they were almost 13 billions; in 1947 they were
about 18 billions, and ttiis year more
than 20 billions . . . some xmrces
say as high as 29 billions.     tf
For the same period, however,
wages have only doubled and in
many of the non-union* fields, have
not everL doubled. In ^he hearings
before the senate committee the cor-
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poration heads pleaded that their
profit dollars were only 60-cent dollars this year. But, so are the wage
dollars only 60-cent dollars and the
money in the pay envelope will buy
less than right after the war before
OPA was liquidated. There is some
evidence to back up the charge that
corporations are hoarding money.
During pre-war years corporations
normally paid about 70 percent of
profits in dividends. In 1947 they
only paid 40 percent, and this year
only 35 percent, or just half of prewar dixidends . . . and only about
6 percent went into plant extensions
and improvements.
In the meantime, average iann
prices are sliding down the toboggan.
Com was down to the lowest point
in two years and a further slide of
all farpi prices during the coming
months appears in the picture, with
the farmers' producing costs still
holding the highest in history, about
7 per cent over 1947. So what .this
congress does about farm prices and
other prices, what it does about corporate profits, what it does about
wages, is highly important to the
economic picture of what happens to
the folks in the home towns of the
country.
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This reporter predicts that the
congress will boost the minimum
wage to at least 75 tefyts an
hour; enact a rigid instead of a
sliding farm price support program, and pass an excess profits
or increased corporation tax in
higher brackets to slash corporate profits. Further move to hold
profits in line will likely come
from strengthening of the anti-
monopoly laws.
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Six of the first 12 states having the
highest per capita income are western states and believe it or not. the
highest is Nevada with a per capita
income of $1,842. Other western
states in the group are California,
Colorado, Montana, North Dakota
and Wyoming. Five of the top 12 axe
northeastern states and include New
York, Connecticut, Delaware, New.
Jersey and Rhode Island. Only one
mid-west state, Illinois, is in the first
dozen. Number 48 on the list is Mississippi with $659 and next lowest is
Arkansas with $710 per capital income.
CAUGHT . . ,' Things got a little
hot for Gilbert Znniga, 21, in Los
Angeles when police nabbed him
wearing six pairs of pants, three
suit coats and two sport shirts.
He told them ^he disliked chilly
evenings, but police booked him od
suspicion of burglary.
Geo. Schmid,
Local Grocer,
Suffers Injury
As he was crossing the intersection at Michigan avenue. and
Ann Arbor street on his way
from the barber shop Christmas
eve, George Schmid was'struckby
an automobile and knocked to the
pavement. He suffered a scalp
laceration which took several
stitches to close and was otherwise bruised about the body, and
will be confined to his home for
a couple of weeks. His daughter,
Miss Lucille Schmjd, a nurse at
Deaconess (Hospital,, Detroit, was
home during the weekend to care
for him. The driver of the car
which struck him, had applied
the brakes and the machine abided nearly 30 feet before hitting
him.
E. J. Muir
Wins Jay cee
Award
Fire Fighters
Had A Busy
Christmas
Saline's Fire Department had
a busy Christmas Day, having
been called out at about 7 o'clock
that morning to extinguish a roof
fire at the Curtiss farm on the
Jordan road. Sparks from the
chimney had started the blaze
which was extinguished with but
slight damage to the roof. t*a-
ter, they were called to halt a
grass fire on Henry street and
at about 3 o'clock made a run to
Pittsfield Village and although
the Pittsfield department was also at the scene, they were unable
to save a small dwelling from going up  in smoke.
Christmas day dinner xguests of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wahr included
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Cady of Ypsilanti, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Buss and son Tommy of Ann Arbor and Mr. and MrsiWalter Armbruster and son Owen, Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford Olson and children,
and Mr. and Mrs. FTed Stollsteimer and sons of Saline.
IN APPRECIATION
I herewith want to Jchank all
friends of St. James' congregation for the many beautiful Christmas and birthday greetings.. May
God  richly reward all love   and
kindness.
Mrs. Carl Haneburg.
Memers of the Nursery, Kindergarten, Primary and Junior
departments of St. Paul's church
school presented ■ the following
program at the church Christmas
Eve.
Prelude.
Call to Worship.
Hymn.
Scripture.
Prayer.
Our Greetings: Kenneth Voltz,
Lyle Wahl, Tommy Green, Harold
Blumhardt, Frederick Raus, Roger Lange, Bruce Holzhauer.
A Christmas Dramatization:
"The Little Shephard" Primary
Department. Mother, Miss Lois
Finkbeinef; Her children, Alice,
and Barbara Klumpp, Billy and
Neil Haarer, Dorothy and Juanita
Feldkamp, Edward and Larry
Lange; David, the Little Shepherd, Dennis Schumm; David's
angel, Gary Armbruster; Mary
Judith Joy Siemsen; Angels, Patricia Visel, Bonnie F_itz, Pamela Schmid, Lola Dell, Linda
Lange, Frances Visel, Elsie Burmeister, Jimmy Hinderer, Penny
Lou Trumbull, Dellis Schmid.
Group of Shepherds: Lloyd Girbach, Marion Klumpp, Betty Es-
senberg, Jerry Daniels.
Juniors sing "Oh, Little Town
of Bethlehem."     ,
Gifts at the manger: Julu
Trumbull, Barbara Frey, Diana
Westphal, Donna Jeaji Deckert,'
lone Carr.
Song: Tommy, Bobby and Dennis Green.
Kindergarten department: song,
Nursery class and' First Class
Beginners;. Welcome, Carolyn
Feldkamp;. Greeting, Sharon
Groeb; A Christmas Promise,
Bonnie Cammet; Love in the Air,
Barbara Reay; Greeting: Robert
Weisenrader;   A   Short   Spetechi,
Donald Dechert; Song" Baby Jesus, 4 girls; To Show My. Love,
Bobbie Green; A"" Picture For
Christmas, Susan Anthony.; Something to do, Richard Hutzel; The
Little -Show Man, Gayle Finkbeiner; A Simple Speech, Hoyt
Wilson; Be Happy, Wesley Armbruster; My Gift, Karen Lehtonen; A Christmas Prayer, Barbara Schmid;-'My Wish, Tommy
Blumhardt; I'm Glad, Because,
Delores Reed; Thahk You, Marilyn Schneider; . Our Good Bye,
Katrine   Gall. ....
Announcements.
Offertory.
A. play: "Joys of Christmas
Time,"   Juniors:   Mary    Meister,
Donna Mae Wahl, Magdalene
Raus, Mary Burmeister, Karen
Taylor, Alfred Daniels, Duane
Wahl, Jimmy Hering, Allen Rent-
schlei-,  Billy  Meister.
Piano   solo:  Karen  Taylor.
Play: "The Gift Divine," Juniors: Dawn Wilson, Diane Wilson, Phyllis Hartman, Marlene
Eiseman, Sallie Wood, Harold
Gramer, Richard Weisenrader-,
Richard Lehtonen, Jerry Hering,
Mrs.   George Wood,  soloist.
Hymn.
Benediction.
Distribution   of   gifts.
Make your wants laiown  with
a liner ad.
Judges in" the Junior Chamber
of Commerce contest for the best
residential decorations at Christmas time, ran into difficulties in
selecting the winner. There were
so many that were really original
and beautiful that it was a toss-
up as to which was best. The
judges finally hit on a method
of pulling the top names from a
hat and the home of E. J. Muir
proved to be the final selection,
and to him goes tae Jaycees ten
dollar award.
The runners-up deserving of
honorable mention were the
homes of Alwin Gross, Albert
La,nge and Dr. Leidheiser. Honje
decorations, in Saline this year
were declared to be the most attractive in years and many commented on the great lighted trees
on the Harry Holmes' and Carl
Curtiss'  grounds.
The Jaycees declared that because of the great interest shown
this year, the project will be continued as one of the major events
in their annual program.
It had been my hope that beg
the end of this year I could publish a semi-annual financial report and a report of work accomplished. However, the clerical
load involved in the treasurer's
job, the clerk's job and the handling cf all the water bills has-
been too xgreat at this time to-
prepare an intelligent analysis^
This is especially true since, for
cost accounting reasons we have:
broken our expenditures down into fourteen separate departments,
and. functions. When the posting;
to such accounts has been brought
up to date, a detailed picture can
be shown as to where our tax dollars   go.
In the mean time I will attempt to give a summary of-"our
financial situation with which we
are beginning the New Year.
During the first six months o£
this fiscal year the city has made:
most of its capital outlays provided for in the budget. There
were several reasons for this. AU.
the equipment provided for, has-
been purchased in order to take:
advantage of lower prices in the-,
face of rising prices and to avail,
ourselves of the labor saving;
features now rather than latter..
All major streets and road projects were "must" items before:
winter set in. Sidewalks,, curbing,.
sewer and water replacements,
were "must" items for the saiue:
reason. The city purchased an.
annual supply of copper piping;
and water meters, in each case,
about a week before a rise in
price took effect. All of this _
leaves us with mostly only, general operating costs for the Balance of this fiscal year.
In the meantime the balance off
anticipated revenue amounts tot
approximately $20,000. However
this comes in only at certain
times and does not' always coincide with current needs for operating expenditures. For this reason the city is expecting to borrow $6,000 in order to pay, its
commitments when they become-
due. The credit of Saline is very
good and we want to keep it
that way. In spite of *the above
loan, however, the city should ber
solvent by the end of the fiscal
year.
As for a New Year's resolution, I am resolving to give periodical statistical reports, both financial and work accomplished^
even if it takes nights and weekends. I personally feel that Saline
can look toward a progressive:
future  during  1949.
Last but not least, I wish to
take this opportunity to pay mv?
respects-and thanks to the council, now leaving office, for all the?
help and cooperation they haves
given me and in the same breath'.
I am looking forward to working:
with the new council with the-
same pleasure that has been m_r
fortune during the past year.
To all I wish a Very Happy
New Year.
Gordon Gary,
City Manager.
One of the Si(g)ns of the Times
GREETINGS!
Each Christmas brings us a
deeper appreciation of" the
loyal friendships and pleasant
memories that make life word
while. So, at this Holiday time,
may I extend my cordial -greetings and best wishes to your
health, happiness and success.
Lloyd E. Fairbanks.
(In Lloyd's coat pocket, in
his own handwriting, the above
annual Christmas message for
his friends at home was found
after his passing. It was not
discovered in time for last
week's issue, but as his last
thoughts were for those he
loved most, we are sending it
knowing that his friends will
appreciate his devotion and
understand its   delay).
The Fairbanks Family.
Santa Claus
At Theatre
Party Friday
The Saline Theatre's kiddy show-
last Friday morning proved to be
a great treat to the young folks
of the community who packe<t>
the building to its capacity. Th©;
Saline Junior Chamber of Commerce arranged for the appearance of Santa Claus who led tlie'
young people in the singing off
Christmas carols, and at the conclusion of the party the Jaycees
passed out the  candy.
The theatre party- was made-
possible through the courtesy of
Mr. and Mrs. Geiersbach, the proprietors, and the pictures were
donated through the courtesy of :
Warner Brothers.
IN APPRECIATION
. We wish to express our ap-.
preciation for the many acts of
kindness and sympathy shown by
the many friends of our beloved
father, Lloyd Emerson Fairbanks^
during his illness and death.
His children:
Lloyd E. Fairbanks, Jr.,_
Dorothy Lor. Fairbanks.'
MARRIED .... Mrs. Dorothy Sullivan, 27, daughter of the late "Babe
Ruth and her new husband, Dominick Pirone, 30. The marriage followed a donWxO divorce, Mrs. Sullivan divorcing Daniel J. Sullivan of
New York, Pirone divorcing Lucy Bruno Pirone of the same city. The
newly-weds plan to UveN? las Vegas, Nevada,
Christmas dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Mike Bredernitz included, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Frey
and Mt. and Mrs. Fred Bredernitz.
We wish to express our thanks =
and appreciation to our neighbors :
and friends, the fire department,-
Waynard Carr and Clair Gilbert _
and any one else, who helped TIE*-
the night of our fire.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kohler,*..
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