1951-01-18; Saline Observer

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SIXTY-EIGHTH YEAR
NUMBER 16
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY,  JAN.  18, 1951 FTVE CENTS PER COPY      $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE"
Saline Gets In Step With the March of Dimes
A Congressman's
Report to the People
Congressman Meader
Along The
MairiDrag
George Meader, representative
from the Second District, in taking his new office is not unmindful^ Of the people back home who
elected him. In a letter to The
Observer, he subscribes and
asks for back copies. No stranger
to the people of Washtenaw County, he says, "I want to report frequently to my constituents and,
accordingly, intend to adopt the
practice of writing -weekly columns."
His first report follows. It will
be interesting to have this close
contact with the elected representative and he also adds that he
will be glad to have .views and
suggestions from his constituents.
Remember this when some issue
arises in which you are personally interested. He is your representative and it is your opportunity to keep in touch with how you
are  represented.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 12, 1951
—The principal activity in the
j first week of the 82nd Congress,
A Your old holiday greet- was, of course, its organization:
ing cards will bring a measure |Tne adoption of rules of proced-
of pleasure to many people the ure> assignment of members to
senders never dreamed of if committees, hearing the Presi-
you bundle them lip and mail dent's speech on the state of the
them to "United Cerebral Pal-! Union, and just getting settled
sy," 50 West 57th street, New | and acquainted.
York 19, N. Y.    %T± we are to ! 21-Day Rule Eliminated
preserve our heritage as a free- I New members hardly had been
dom loving people," says U. S. j sworn in before they faced the re-
Commissioner of Education sp.msibility of passing on a far-
Earl J. McGrath, "we and our peaching procedural question, the
children must learn to practice 21-day rule.
conservation and thrift," and. Basically,' this question was
recommends the United State's whether it should be easier or
Treasury s School Savings Pro-. more difficult to pass legislation,
gram as an excellent medium My view is that what is required
for providing experiences in is not more legislation but legis-
thrift and conservation from j iaticn of a better quality. Accord-
rS„!rSaftf\.,t_^.°??^. W1* frgly. an additional    obstacle   t6
the passage of new laws, a tight
er screening of new policy proposals seems to me to be in the
public interest. My vote was
among those which repealed the
21-day rule.
This rule, adapted at the beginning of the last Congress, provided that after a pending piece
school. %A telephone rate hike
has been granted to the Michigan Associated Telephone Co.,
but is not yet applicable to Saline. One party business phones
will jump from $4.50 to $6.50
monthly and residence one party rates from $2.90 to $4.00 "it
is understood that the increased
rates will be granted when the
new facilities being installed
here are completed. g Police
Sgt. Albertson issued a summons to William Karl Meister,
Saturday evening, to appear \A/«.^U AXX.~J.-~
before Stanton Clark at the, VvOmU MTTOIlS
Saline Theater for a free movie I
ticket.    Meister    had    stopped I     (Letter written by Mr. Mow- _ Commissioner
his car at a street intersection rer on Sept.- 25, 1950)
and called the  right-of-way to I    Just   returned    after   ten
a pedestrian.    It was  a  cour-' crowded weeks  in Europe.    It
tesy  ticket the Police Depart- was a whale   of a trip and I
of legislation had been before the
Rules Committee 21 days without
being brought to the floor of the
House, the chairman of the Legislative Committee could bring
up the bill.
The Rules Committee, the "traffic cop of the House," from time
immemorial has held the power to
determine what new legislative
proposals should be considered by
the full membership of the House.
Legislative committees can and
do pigeon-hole bills. Likewise, the
Rules Committee can refuse to
grant a rule for the consideration
of a bill by the House. However,
it is impossible for the Rules
Committee to. stop legislation
completely. A petition signed by
a majority of the members of the
House (218) always can bring
legislation before the House. Also, chairmen of legislative committees can call up any bills
which have been reported out by
their committees on "Calendar
Wednesday," which is Wednesday
of every week except the last two
of any session.
It is universally recognized that
with 435 individuals, having widely differing points of view, all
anxious to get action on their pet
schemes, there must be rather
rigid control of procedures if
business is to be orderly and action kept from getting out of
hand.
It is charged that the Rules
Committee" sometimes has acted
arbitrarily and autocratically in
bottling up legislation. Possibly
the curb of the committee's pqwer
during the 81st Congress will be
reflected in a more judicious use
by the committee of its restored
powers.
On Expenditures Committee
I sought a position on the Foreign Affairs Committee because
of my intense interest in the present international crisis, and because my observation of our State
Department and other federal
agencies in foreign fields, during
my work with the Senate War
Investigating Committee, produced ideas for lines of action
which I feel might be useful in
developing a more effective foreign policy.
My experience in that work involved such matters as lend-lease
settlements, surplus property disposal abroad, the Inter-American
highway, and military govern-
See CONGRESS Page 8
Membership Drive
Of Infirmary
Auxiliary
Following a request of the
Washtenaw Infirmary Auxiliary
which held a trustees' luncheon meeting in the Anderson
room at the Michigan Union in
Ann Arbor, Wednesday of last
week, the Washtenaw County
Medical Society has set up a
special committee to advise the
Auxiliary in the conduct of its
activities at the Infirmary. •
Dr. Thurston E. Thieme of
Ann Arbor, is chairman of the
advisory group." His committee is composed of Drs. George
W. Westcott of Ypsilanti, M.
R. Hannum of Milan, J. V. Fisher of Chelsea " and Ralph M.
Patterson of Ann Arbor.
Interest in the work of the
Infirmary Auxiliary has become
widespread throughout the
county as the needs of the nearly 100 residents at the institution, besides the 16 juveniles,
who have been domiciled there,
becomes known. The Infirmary
which lacks, suitable facilities
for the proper'- care of these
young people,- who in most
cases are wards of the Court,
offers the onI§: shelter for them
other than the county jail, it is
said. '. t:   -
A membership drive is now
being   undertaken    throughout
City Employees Are
Granted Wage Boosts;
Grave Digging Upped
At a special meeting of the
Saline City Council Wednesday,
January 10, the charge for opening a full size grave in Oak-
wood Cemetery was set at $25;
smaller graves will be charged
for proportionately.
The salary of City Clerk-
Treasurer Kenneth Rogers was
increased from $3300.00 to
$3600.00 and City Superintendent Ray Daniels was granted
an increase of $15 per mpnth,
for a total of $325 per month,
or $3900.00 annually. Walter
Moore, assistant superintendent
and Cecil Albertson, police officer, were also granted in
creases. Moore now receives
$3600.00 per year and Albert-
son $3420.00.
A uniform allowance for
members of the police force
was granted, beginning with
Jan. 1, 1951, and retroactive to
July 1, 1950, the assistant chief
of the fire department will receive $5 per month to cover the
extra responsibilities of his office. The fire chief receives
$10 a month.
At a previous meeting of the
council, Fire Commissioner Gil-
trow informed Mayor Wolfin
that his budget was sufficient
Pulitzer Prize Winner Analyzes
the. county by * the Auxiliary to c?ver the costs of the uSnt
and individuals are urged to control which is to be installed
join, the membership fee being
$1.00. Payment may be made
to the following trustees, Mrs.
M. B. .Gallagher and Mrs. Fred
Arend, Saline; Mrs. Herman
Howeisen, Clinton, Route 1;
Mrs. Franklin M. Reck, Manchester and Mrs. Harry Jay-
cox, Milan.
The Jaycees'
Minstrel Show
and Deputy
French High Commissioner and
lots- of Germans in Frankfurt,
Berlin and Bonn.
The same in France.   In the
ment is now handing out to the believe a very profitable one. I icourse of several conversations
safe and courteous • drivers not- covered seven countries, Brit-
ed on our streets. Meister is ain, the Netherlands, Belgium,
the first 'to hold the honor. I Germany, France, Switzerland,
A Remarked Bus about Hutz's Italy and Greece,
comments on his witnessing the! Here are some of the high
bowling  match    Friday   night spots:
between Burkhart's and Saline First of all, our action in
Hotel. "It took only four men Korea has changed the course
to do the trick, and I would of world history greatly to our
have tied my hand behind me,' benefit. World War Three, far
except for the two hours of dis- ; from being inevitable, is not
comfort it would have entailed,' even likely—provided we use
and I didn't want to feel as mis- the momentum we have gained-
erable as they did." That Fri- in Korea to bring the two-
day night league is a razzle- thirds of the world that is still
dazzle and touches the lives of free from the communist blight
sixty families in this and neigh-1 firmly onto pur side,
boring communities. The fan- In other words, Korea has
fare waxes very warm some- convinced the doubtful world
times and whenever anything that the United Nations means
exceptional occurs, the victims business and that we are will-
are fair meat for the buzzards,
and they're usually picked clean
to the bone.   Speaking of meat,
ing to do our share.
As  a result, American prestige has gone up perhaps five
Five Points quint lost a steak hundred percent over 1948. In
dinner to the Hotel last year | Britain, particularly, the friends
and are itching for a return i of democracy are enthusiastic,
match. ^ Frank Deede had While on my trip through
planned a birthday party at the the "seven European countries,
American Legion Home forjl saw practically everyone I
Saturday night, but because of wanted to see *
being weaker than the ailment
that suddenly struck him, has
been compelled to'call the party off. Frank, we recall, was
host at a similar party last
year and it was a humdinger.
fA fishing rod, according to
some Saline wives, is a pole1
with a worm on each end.
In England, I talked with
three members of the Cabinet
and two leaders of the opposition including Anthony Eden,
as well as many important
members of the once great Liberal party.
In  the    Netherlands    Prime
with Prime Minister Rene Pleven and his charming wife,
Anne, at the Matignon Palace.
Charles de Gaulle unbosomed
his convictions and ambitions
to me in the course of a visit
I paid to his house at Colom-
bey-les-Deux-Eglises
Switzerland still hopes for
the best.    '
Italy's Foreign Minister,
Count Carlos Sforza, who had
me to lunch at his villa at Marina Di Massa, hopes to play a
much bigger role in Atlantic
Defense. Things look better in
Italy than I had anticipated.
In Greece, the United States
has scored its greatest triumph
to date. Communism has" been
beaten to a frazzle. The present problems are—(a) internal
reconstruction and (b) the
threat to Tito's Yugoslavia by
communist satellite states.
Incidentally, communism is
definitely on the wane in most
places. So, too, is socialism except in Scandinavia. But Europe's capitalists still seem so
wedded to monopoly practices
that they fail to awaken much
enthusiasm even among those
who are fed up with state-
controlled economies and yearn
for greater  economic freedom.
On the whole, there were no
special surprises and most of
the   convictions I    had    were
The first meeting preliminary
to rehearsals^or the second
annual Jayeee^minstrel show
Monday evening lacked a number of those who took part last
year, but there was a sufficient number with sufficient
enthusiasm to assure a bigger
and even better show this year.
Jaycee Al Wiedman declares
that the prospects at the start
of practice are considerably
improved over last year; that
the specialty acts will be better, cleverer, funnier. Says Al,
"Next week we will give you
the date of the great show, so
that  all may   have plenty   of
at the fire hall and also the
fire chief. Giltrow also reported that contracts for fire pro-
amount Voted for the assistant
tection with the several townships had been negotiated and
completed to the satisfaction of
all concerned.
Rose Bowl Game
To Be Shown At
Hill Auditorium
Color movies of the Michigan-
California Rose Bowl football
game will be shown in Hill Auditorium on the University of
Michigan campus next Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 20 and 21.
There will be two showings
on Saturday at 2 and 4 p. m.
and four showings on Sunday
at 2, 4, 7 and 9 p. m.
The movies will be shown under the sponsorship of the Student legislature and the M
Club, with the financial assistance of the University.
While no admission fee will
be charged there will be a silver
collection taken up with the net
Farmers Stress
Lack of Parking
Facilities Here
Farmers' Day at the Saline
Rotary Club, Thursday, was
highlighted by the talks of
three prominent farm leaders
of the community, Fred Arend
as a member of the Pomona
Grange, Ernest Girbach of the
Michigan Milk Uroducers Association, and Herman Howeisen
of the Michigan Farm Bureau.
The three men spoke on the
aims and objects of their re-
pective organiations.aznd pointed out that the objectives of all
were for the common welfare
of the communities in which
they operate, as well as the direct welfare of the groups they
represent.
Mr. Arend, when asked what
he believed was of most importance in making Saline more
attractive to farmers as a shopping center, unhesitatingly replied,  "Parking facilities."
Ernest Girbach gave a very
informative explanation of the
machinery of the production
and marketing of milk in the
Detroit milkshed and the establishing of prices. The price of
Grade A milk, he explained, is
tied to the price of the con-
densaries    which    reflect    the
Annual Drive
Is Now Under Way
—i—
The annual March of Dimes
started here Monday under the
direction of Mrs. Arthur
O'Neill, local chairman, and
cannisters have been placed in
the business places about town
for the convenience of all who
wish to contribute to the battle
against polio.
The campaign in the schools
here is under the direction of
Mrs. Merideth Bixby and the
Boy Scouts will handle the collections made at the local
therster. The drive will continue through the balance of
the month.
Junior Chamber of
Commerce Observes
Bosses' Night
The Junior Chamber of Commerce tonight will he hosts to
their "bosses", for tonight is
their annual "Boss Night"
which is the occasion for a dinner with entertainment and a
general good time.
The affair comes off at the
Saline Hotel, beginning at 7:30
LeRoy A. "Russ" Hughes is in
charge of the program and according to President Max Collins there will be no business
meeting, all efforts being centered on a program of speeial
interest to all.
trends in the matter of supply
and demand.   Only that portion
which goes into bottles and islpuiij   C+n,q„ PIt-,1-.
sold   at retail  is  classified  as  ^nuci OtUdy l^lUD
Will Give Play
In April
time   to  make  their    reserva-1 proceeds to go t5 a nationally
tions,   and added that the next recognized charity fund.
In addition to the game itself,
rehearsal will be held on Tues
day   evening,   January   23,   at
8 o'clock at the American Legion Home.
JAYCEE
AUXILIARY
Minister Drees told me what confirmed by my interviews,
his country could and would do But I have a lot of new impres-
in the way of a contribution to sions and shall feel closer to
North Atlantic Defense. j events  there  in,    the    months
In   Belgium,  where  I  stum- ahead.    Above all, I have re-
bled square"   into    the    Royal turned with the conviction that
N
SAYS IT IS HOMEY
Enclosed find check for paper for 1951. I sure enjoy
reading your Saline paper, it
is SO' homey to me since my    Riots, it was harder, but I saw the free countries still hold the
leaders of the three major par- trump cards in the game against
ties  and  had long  talks with the new tyranny.    If we play
ex-Prime Minister and Foreign them well, we shall win with-
Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, per- out a major catastrophe.
haps the  leading  of  Europe's      Organizing the free world is
living statesmen.        - 'an expensive undertaking,  but|worked on the tea were   Mrs.
In German,, in    addition    to it will be cheap compared to the Delmar  Schrader,    Mrs. Alvin
John J. McCloy (an old friend), cost of a Third World War.        Siemsen,    Mrs.    Norman Raus
I.talked to the    British High Edgar Ansel Mowrer.    'and Mrs. Paul Woods.
friends all live out there.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Carl Haneberg.
The   Masons and Stars will
-hold a card party    and dance
Friday, January 26, at the Masonic hall starting at 8:30. The
public is invited.
'The January meeting of the
J. C. C. Auxiliary was held at
the home of Mrs. Rudy Layher,
Jr., Tuesday evening. Following the business meeting, the
president, Mrs. Don Rapp, introduced our two guests from
the Ypsilanti Auxiliary, Mrs.
Fred Worley and Mrs. Herbert
Bunting, treasurer of the state
organization. Mrs. Bunting
gave a short, informative talk
on the privileges and duties of
local auxiliaries who are members of the state organization
and announced the next state
beard meeting which is to be
held in Lansing January 20 and
21.
Mrs. Jim Beale presided as
auctioneer of the white-elephant sale and there was much
lively bidding for the articles
which were wrapped to make it
more interesting. The hostess
served deliciofis refreshments
to close the meeting. Our next
regular meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Frank Brittain, 208 Mills street, on February 20.
it is expected the movies will
show a part of the famed Tournament of Roses parade and the
pre-game and half-time activities of the University of Michigan Marching Band.
David Martin On
Destroyer In
Korean Waters
David L. Martin, seaman,
USN, of 227 South Ann Arbor
street, Saline, is serving aboard
the destroyer USS Zellars in
Korean waters.
The high speed destroyer is
engaged in escorting troop
transports, supply ships and
warships to the Korean theater,
making strikes on enemy shore
installations and patrolling the
waters adjoining Korea.
The Zellars operates with
ships from Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
France, the Netherlands and
the Republic of Korea. Vessels
of all nations operate as a unit
under the flag of the United
Nations.
Night School In
Agriculture To
Be Started
Room Mothers
Have Tea Party
The Room Mothers gave a
tea Friday afternoon for the
faculty of the Saline schools
and student teachers from Ann
Arbor.
A special event was the cutting of birthday cakes by Miss
Esther Landwehr and Supt. Leo
Jensen, whose birthdays occur
this month.
Committee    members    who
Several weeks" ago notices
were sent out _ to farmers in
this area regarding their interest in forming classes for studies of different phases of agriculture. According to Charles
Osgood, agriculture instructor
in /the Saline High School,
there were fifteen persons who
showed interest and notified
him that they desired to attend,
classes here.
Because of the interest shown
Osgood stated yesterday that
a meeting will be held at the
high school in the agriculture
room on Tuesday, January 23,
at 8 o'clock at which time plans
for the course will be made and
requests that all interested be
present at that time.
Grade A, and the remainder is
classifed as surplus and brings
a much lower price to the producer. Thus the quoted milk
price is misleading to the public as it applies to his base milk
only, and the lower price received for his surplus, cuts the
total price per hundred pounds
to a considerably lower rate,
out of which still must come
the costs of transportation and
marketing.
Herman Howeisen spoke
briefly on Farm Bureau activities and mentioned the cooperatives, which he said were sub-
pect of criticism because they
were exempt from ceritain taxation. Howeisen declared that
the tax collector caught up with
them through the medium of
the internal revenue department collection of income taxes.
The Farm Bureau is against
the Brannan plan, he said,
mainly because they believe
that the present farm program
can be made to work much
more effectively by modification
or adjustment, than to do away
with it entirely and inaugurate
a new scheme, and told the
story of the man who called
a roofer to repair his kitchen
roof. One of his numerous
children playing on the roof
"ell off and landed in a barrel
of tar. The kids screamed and
the mother came rushing to the
rescue. Lifting the child by
the hair of its head, she looked
at it in dismay, then dropped
it back in the barrel remarking
that it would be easier to make
a new one than clean it up.
Mrs. George W. Barr^
One of Saline's Older
Residents, Dies
Mrs. Agnes A. Barr, a resident of this community for 66
years, died from the infirmities
of old age in the Saline General
Hospital, where she had been
for over a year, having suffered
a broken hip in a fall at her
home at 227 S. Ann Arbor St.
Mrs. Barr was born in Jackson county, October- 22, 1864,
the daughter of Erastus and
Mary Tallman Clark. She spent
her earlier years in Elkhart,
Indiana, and came to Saline in
1885 and was married to
George W. Barr on April 5,
i888.
Mrs. Barr was a member of
the Federated church, the Saline Woman's Club, the American Legion Auxiliary and the
Saline Library Board for many
years. -*'
Surviving are her husband;
two daughters, Mrs. Merritt
Martin of Saline and Mrs. Ber-
niece Rowsey of Dearborn; a
half sister, six grandchildren
and eight great grandchildren.
A son, Hollis, died in 1918.
Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Lockwood Funeral Home
with Rev. TEenry McKenzie officiating and interment was in
Oakwood Cemetery.
The Saline Child Study Club
met Tuesday evening with Mrs.
Arthur Hagen with forty members present. The guest speaker was Miss Mary Scovell of
the Huron Valley Guidance
Clinic at Ypsilanti. Miss Scovell spoke on the work of the-
clinic and of individual, differences in children. An open
discussion followed.
At the business meeting a
$5.00 contribution wa% voted
for the Polio fund. The club
will sponsor a play to be produced by the United Production Company on April ,13 and
14.
A committee of six mothers
was chosen to work with the
Brownie Scouts. Those chosen
were Mrs. John Ellis, Mrs. Gordon Prout, Mrs. Purvis, Mrs.
Homer Kuebler, Mrs. Erwin
Sehmid and Mrs. D. B. Grubb.
The co-chairmen of this group
are Mrs. Max Ross and Mrs.
Mae Wright.
At the close of the meeting
a luncheon was served. The
acting committee members were
Mrs. Jeanette Bondie, Mrs.- Helen Esch, -Mrs. June Fox, Mrs. .
Helen Starling and Mrs. Marion
Hering.
Wolfin-Robison Get
ABC Franchise
Dealership of the ABC washing machines in this trade area
has been obtained by the Wolfin-Robison Company through a
franchise granted by the manufacturers of that product.
On hursday, January 25, at
10 a. m., the Women's Society
of Christian Service will meet
at the Methodist church for "A
Day Apart" service. Meditation, worship and Bible study
will be a part of the program
and a light lunch will be served
at noon.
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