1951-04-12; Saline Observer

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SIXTY-EIGHTH YEAR
NUMBER 28
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, JfiCHIGAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1951   FIVE CENTS PER COPY      $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
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Male Chorus To Present Program At School
Along The
MainDrag
^United we stand, divided we
fall.   Even here in the comparative  quiet  of a    sma^ll   rural
town the repercussions of rivalry, dissension and bickering are
felt.   The wide disagreement between the    policy makers    in
Washington and  General Mac-
Arthur in the field comes to a
sudden climax.   The country is
shocked.   The disclosures of rottenness in public life that seems
to have reached into all sections
across the nation is equalled by
revelations of the moral turpitude of_ men and women alike
and racketeers.    Over all is the
shadow of the sword of* a ruthless power seeking the destruction of all that the decent world
holds   deaf.     Along   the   Main
Drag the sun shines    and   the
wind blows  and morning  still
follows the    night.    There    is
nothing you nor I can do except
in some infinitesimal  way    to
change the picture.   It is not a
pretty one.    ©It was discovered
that the drive-in stand at the
point where  Bemis road    converges   on  East Michigan avenue at Five Points was being
erected on    city property   and
made it necessary for the owner to halt construction and move
the framework east a matter of
four feet,   ©An edict posted on
the board at the fire ha|ll makes
provision for but six firemen to
attend a fire in the rural area.
Other men of the  department
are to remain for duty in the
event need should arise should
a fire break out in town.    % Of
unusual interest is    an    event
coming up here Sunday night at
the high school . . . the appearance of the Lyra Male Chorus
. . . arranged by the united efforts of three Saline churches.
©Congressman   George Meader
was   a, pleasant  caller at   The
Observer office Thursday of last
week while on his way to Adrian where he was to  address
the Adrian Rotary Club.
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Lyra Male Chorus Directed By Charles Taylor
The Lyra Male Chorus of Ann
Arbor, composed of forty voices,
will present a program of religious and negro spiritual songs
at a union service of the Federated, St.  Paul's and Methodist
churches here at   8:00 o'clock service which will be held in the
Sunday night. "    Ihigh school auditorium-
Professor A. W. Howard, a1 Among the numbers that will
returned missionary from India,' be sung by the chorus are Cher-
will be the speaker, and the ubic Hymn, Creation, Thanks
public is invited to attend the! Be to Thee, Onward Christian
Soldiers, Marching On, Evening
Pastorale, Rolling Down to Rio,
Set Down Servant and You'll
Never Walk Alone.
Charles Taylor will direct the
congregational   singing  and
Irene A. Boice will be the accompanist.
The Washtenaw County
Brotherhood will meet at Federated church preceding the school
program.
New Man
Named To
Police Force
Harry Joseph of Dexter is the
name of the new patrolman on
the Saline police force who will
assume his duties here April 23.
Joseph, who is married and has
one. child, has served on the
Dexter police force for more
than a year, and comes here
with the recommendation of the
sheriff's department and the
Dexter village council.
Cecil Albertson has been promoted to chief of the department, succeeding Ray Carlton,
who recently resigned to take
a job in. plant protection with
the Ford Motor Company.
Sportsman's Club
To Show Alaskan
Wildlife Film
Extensive Damage Caused
By Fire In Southern Areas
Of Michigan
Helen Wallo
To Wed Ann
Arbor Man
Mr. amd Mrs. Frank Wallo of
Saline have announced the engagement of their .daughter,
Helen, to Cpl. Harold Owens,
son of Kenneth Owens of Calvin
street, Ann Arbor and the late
Mrs. Ivah Jonqs.
Miss Wallo attended Saline
High School. Cpl. Owens is
stationed with the 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, N. C.
No wedding date has been set.
Rev. G. D. Ehnis, 82,
Former Saline
Resident, Dies
Rev. G. D. Ehnis, 82, former
Ann Arbor area resident died
March 3 at his home in Monroe
after a long illness.
Rev. Ehnis was born in Ann
Arbor on Jan. 3, 1869, a son of
John G. amd Marie Haek Ehnis.
He moved to Saline with his
family when he was three years
old.
Rev. Ehnis began his theological training at a small seminary established in Manchester
in 1886. In two years the seminary moved to Saginaw, where
Rev. Ehnis completed his studies.
In May, 1891, he was ordained
as an Evangelical Lutheran
minister in St. Peter's Lutheran
church in Plymouth. He served
the Plymouth church for 18
years before going to Monroe.
He became pastor of St. Paul's
church near Monroe in 1909 and
remained there until his retirement five years ago.
He married the former Miss
Sarah Schleh on June 4,1895, in
Saline.   She survives.
Besides Ms wife, he is survived by four daughters, Mrs.
Helen McCarthy,   Mrs.   Esther
Another  grass  fire,   wind-
whipped from a rubbish pile
at the Lewis Cabins  on US-
112,   was  the  cause  of   the
alarm    Tuesday    noon   that
called out 12 members of the
Saline Fire Department. The
fire   was   extinguished   with
shovels and by the use of 50
gallons of water.
While   imost   persons   think   of
heavy  damage occurring only in
more northern   areas, the conservation  department  points  out  that
nearly   half   of   the   5,605     acres
burned over last year were in the
southern third of Michigan.
Coping with this enemy which
creates about the highest form of
excitement and fear calls for a
well worked out battle plan in
each of the 12 fire districts in the
state. Outlined in each master
protection plan are regular and
secondary fire organizations, all
available fire fighting equipment
both privately and publicly owned,
co-operating agreements with
other public and private agencies,
and means of comununication. Individual district plans consider
any special fire problems peculiar
to an area. Maps of timber slashings and other hazards supplement the outline.
Volunteer fighting units get
some of the same training as do
regular department forest firefighters. They join in classroom
study, field demonstrations of new
equipment and engage in "dry
run" maneuvers to keep in practice.
Special tools have come to forest fire fighting as they have to
the modern army. Tools are
much alike. The bulldozer, tractor-plow-tanker, tank truck,
flame tank, pumps of several
types, and other modern equipment bolster the effectiveness of
a protection unit.
On- larger fires especially, the
application of trained forces and
equipment is a most strategic
task calling for cool heads and
quick thinking.   The district fire
campers, 49; railroads, 40; incendiary, 25; lightning, 23; unknown,
22; and lumbering, five.
"Tackle Tinkers"
Plan Aid To Percy
Jones Casualties
Attention fishermen! Here's
a chance to get rid of those old
discarded items of tackle that
have been cluttering up your'
closets all these years—and at
the same time do a real good
turn for the men who deserve
it most.
Earlier this week, officials at
Percy Jones Army Hospital at
Battle Creek issued an appeal
for fishing tackle to be used by
the 1,100 patients there, most
of them battle casualties of the
Korean campaign.
The Ann Arbor Tackle Tink-
erers Club saw in that appeal an
opportunity  to  perform   a  humanitarian service    for    these j
war heroes by collecting and re- ■'
pairing tackle donated by Ann!
Arbor area fishermen. '
A Saline member of the Tackle Tinkerer's Club, Bruce Parsons, called the attention of The
Saline Observer to the project
and this publicity is the result.
Anyone having itejns that he
can contribute may leave them
here at The Observer office and
Mr. Parsons will see to it that
they reach the Tackle Tinkerer's
workshop and ultimately reach
some appreciative serviceman at
Percy Jones Hospital.
New President of ME A
Russell H. Wilson, superintendent of schools, Alpena, was
elected. presids3t of the Michigan Education' Association for
1951-52 at the annuil MEA Representative Assembly in Lansing, April 6.
Sportsman's Organization
Starts Extensive
Landscaping Project
Bussell H. Wilson
Olivet College Man
To Address Students
On Alaska
Cecil Houghton, Director of Admissions   Olivet   College,    Olivet,
is to address the high school stu-
.   „ ,        . -   ,   _ _ dents of Saline on Tuesday, April
staff  must  make  a prompt but 17 at 1-GOpm ■ .
accurate estimate of the rate of ( His lecture '"My Two Years
firei spread in relation to the force vvith ^ Eskimos., ^n be fflus_
at hand; consider possible changes tajtB& b    Kodachrome slides and
 .,   -__._.    ________  m 7™*./**  ^ea^  determine souvenirS.    Mi-.   Houghton   spent
Heck, Mrs. Ruth Wagner aridibes* method of attack; and then tvf0 years to Greeniand during
Mrs. Dorothy Stassna, all of «° mt° a**""1 m a matter of mm', World War H with the United
Monroe; and 14 grandchildren. ues-. bi.gnfu?s> m^r\ men''States Air Force in charge of a
Also surviving are two broth-1machmes. fuel, food and housing metereological station. He learners,. Matthew and Herman Eh-,™ay hava to ** Clustered-in a ed q^ ^^q language, trained
nis, both of Ann Arbor. (hurry. | sledge dogs anti became well ac-
Another daughter, Mrs. Lois     Who started  the  fires    which' quainted with  the   customs   and
Mr. Wilson, vice-president of
the MEA for the past two years,
has been a member of the teaching profession in Michigan for
27 years. He was a high school
teacher in. Manistique, 1923-25;
principal of Manistique high
school, 1925-35; principal of Alpena high school, 1935-36 and
has been superintendent of
schools, Alpena, since 1936. A
native of Traverse City, he was
graduated from Alma College in
1923 amd received his Master of
Arts degree from the University
of Michigan in 1930.
Lt. Colonel Miller
Director of War
Procurement
An extensive landscaping project is underway at the Tri-
County Sportsman's Club
grounds southeast of Saline, according to Richard Michalke,
Sr., Saline member of the club
who has taken an active part
in the development which has
been going on there during the
past few years.
According to Michalke a
planting of 3,000 evergreens will
be made there this spring. Just
recently a hedge of multiflora
roses has been set along three
sides of the extensive club
grounds. It is expected that the
shrubs will eventually form a
thick, impentrable hedge about
the grounds and become not only a beautiful adornment, but
also provide a cover for pheasants and other wildlife.
Plans .are dn mind, too, it is
said, to considerably improve
the stream that courses the
length of the grounds in a
southwesterly direction-. Crystal clear cold water flows swiftly between its banks and by
providing shady nooks here and
there along the stream—possibly raising the water level by
damming—and creating underwater cover with logs and brush,
it may be made a habitat for
trout.
The Washtenaw County
Sportsman's Club is sponsoring
a program at Pattensjjl Auditorium on Sunday afternoon and
evening, April 22, which should
have a dlsfinct appeal to the
lovers of outdoor life. A 'color
movie on Alaskan wildlife which
was three years in the making
will be shown. The film runs
an hour and a half and will picture big game hunting and fishing on the Xenai Peninsula, in.
the greatestTmhSng arid fishing
country <m the continent. Tick-
Savings Bank,
ets can be obtained at the Saline
Junior Farm Bureau
To Hold Father and
Son Banquet
Federation of
Woman's Clubs at
Chelsea Monday
Rotary Club to
Observe Ladies'
Night
Heck, died in 1936.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 Friday afternoon at the
Evangelical Z i o n Lutheran
church in Monroe.
ravished 5,605 acres last year?
Of the &73 fires, smokers get the
blame for 33*7 and brush and deb-
manners of the- Eskimos.
Opportunity also will be given
to the seniors and juniors of the
ris    burners. 263    more.     Other High School to  discuss    college
causes were miscellaneous,    110; plans with Mr. Houghton.
Three colonels have been assigned to duty at the Central
Air Procurement District with
headquarters in Detroit, one of
whom is Lt. Colonel Miller, of
Detroit. He was president and
for nine years a member of the
governing board of the Detroit
Stock Exchange. As Director
of Procurement Administration
he will see that government property and finances are used in
accordance with regulations.
Lt. Col. Miller was born in
Saline and attended the University of Michigan. He entered the service as a private
during World War I, rising to
his present rank. During World
War II he served at Warner
Robbins Air Depot and at
Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base. Since World War H he
haxi commanded an Air Reserve
Training Group in Detroit He
makes his home at 4185 Buckingham, Detroit.
The Saline Rotary Club will
observe "Ladies' Night" at a
dinner and program at the Sa-
Jne High School Thursday, April 19. The dinner will be served
by the junior home economics
class.
Some of the elementary ah3"
secondary grades will provide
the program. There will be instrumental and vocal numbers,
declamations from the recently
held district contest, a demonstration on science by the
science department and the vocational agricultural department will also take part in the
program. Several choral numbers will be presented by the
elementary glee club. Rotary
district governor, Fletcher Ren-
ten and Mrs. Renten are expected to be present for the occasion.
The Past Matrons Club met
at the home of Mrs. Alwin Gross
Monday for the regular business
meeting and luncheon. Twenty-
three ladies were present The
next meeting will be May 1_ at
the home of Mrs. Mamie Lehman
of_Royal Oak,
Mrs. Chase S. Osborn of Sault
Ste. Marie will be the guest
speaker at the 35th anniversary
convention of the Washtenaw
County Federation of Women's
Clubs to open at 10:30 Monday
morning in St. Mary's School at
Chelsea.
Mrs. Osborne, who is chairman of the Atlantic Union Committee of the Michigan State
Federation of Women's Clubs,
will speak on the North Atlantic
Treaty. "
Mrs. Thomas Walton of Manchester, chairman of applied education of the county federation,
is 'in charge of the program.
Mrs. James R. Breakey, jr. of
Ypsilanti, chairman of fine arts,
is arranging special music for
the program.
Registration Time
Registration for the meeting
will be held from 10 until 10:30
a. m. when Mrs. Edwin G. Staeb
of Ann Arbor, president of the
federation, will formally open
the session .
Past presidents will be the
honor guests at the anniversary
luncheon, to be served by members of the St. Mary's Altar Society at 12:15 p. m.
During the business -meeting
club presidents will report on
highlights of their club activities, during the year. The nom
inating committee will present
a slate of officers for election.
Heads Committee
Members of this committee,
•which is headed by Mrs. H. W.
Campbell of Ann Arbor, are
Mrs. David Forbes of Milan,
Miss Charlotte Stables of Manchester, Mrs. Earl Savery of
Dexter and Mrs. Henry Karner
of Saline.
Mrs. Lawton Steger, president
of the Chelsea Child Study Club,
will welcome guests on behalf
of her group, which will hostess
the gathering.
The Washtenaw County Junior Farm Bureau will sponsor
a father and son banquet on?.
Wednesday, April 25, at the
Dexter High School, serving to
begin at seven o'clock. Tickets-
are on sale and may be pur-
Bureau member. Reservations-
chased from any Junior Farmt
may be phoned to Margaret
Meske, Saline 339F11 and Betty
Jane Pidd, Dexter 4667.
County Brotherhood
Meets Here Sunday
Washtenaw County - Men's
Brotherhood will meet here
Sunday, April 15, at the Federated chureh at 4:30 p. m. Special
music will be furnished by the
men's quartet of Federated
church and Rev. Harold De-
Vries of Grace church, Ann Arbor, will speak. Luncheon will
be served in the church basement at six o'clock.      •
Showing of
"Crazy Daze"
Friday-Saturday
The Saline Child Study Club
is sponsoring the 3-act musical
comedy success, " Crazy Daze"
at the high school auditorium
Friday and Saturday, April 13-
14, at 8.: 00 p. m.
Pat Roesch will play Herbert
Williams, hen-pecked husband,
who is frustrated at every turn
by his family of "Wimmin' folk".
Poor Herbert. His patience
comes to an end and he finally
wears the pants in his house.
Pat won this coveted role by his
successful potrayal of the part
in- Manchester.
Fire Chief Tony Schild wji -
be the Deaf Aza Post, mysterious stranger in town and it is
to be hoped he won't stop the
show by stampeding with his
force to a fire.
Kenneth Rogers will be Toby
Jones, amateur detective, hillbilly style. He finds time from
bis detecting for romance (reluctantly) with the hired girl,
Lawsy Ann Sakes. She is more
than his match and he finally
succumbs to her wiles and
trickery. They are the comedy
leads and keep everyone in an
uproar.   Hilariously funny.
Virginia Gross is Lawsy Ann
Sakes, hired girl and sparring
partner of Toby Jones. Does
she fall for him? Lawsy me,
Lawsy Ann, how dumb can she
get? But not too dumb to get
her man.
Edna Wilson is the bossy wife
of Herbert.    She won't let him
read his paper. Is she surprised
when the worm turns.    She is
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James Cook Fourth
In Declamation
In the district declamation
contest held in Saline Friday,
James Cook placed fourth in the
oratorical division with his oration on "Common Sense"-
Ypsilanti Roosevelt took top
honors in three divisions. Elizabeth Elliott took first in the
orations; Mary Davey was first
in the oratorical declamation
and John Cole was first in extemporaneous speech.