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SALINE. WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1953    FIVE CENTS. PER COPY      S2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Pat Roesch
Jaycee Christmas Awards Made
Stanton "Pat" Roesch has been
one of Saline's most active civic
boosters since he came here to
practice law in January, 1949.
Last year he was president of
the Saline JCC's, and while he was
in office the JCC's inaugurated the
Operation Survival program which j
•was instrumental in getting out a
record vote in Saline this year.
He and Euss Hughes headed the
JCC Committee that brought Saline improved telephone service
two years before it was scheduled.
Eoesch got out the petitions and
appeared before the Public Ser-
-vice Commission to help bring
about the improved service change.
He is now5 a director in the JCC's
and continues to take an active in-
erest in the organization.
Roesch originally came from
Fredonia, New York. During the
war he sewed for three and one
half years as a personnel officer
in the Air Corps. After he was
discharged he attended the University of Michigan Law School
where he received his^degree He
is now attorney for the city, and
he also served on the Courthouse
Committee.
Clarks To Manage
Saline Hotel
Baptist Association
Meeting Jan. 7
The anual mid-winter meeting
of the Wayne Association of Baptist Churches will convene in the
Howell church at 2:00 o'clock on
the afternoon of Wednesday, Jan.
7. The Rev. John F. Anderson,
missionary from Assam will speak
both on the afternoon program,
and in the evening. Reservations
should be made in advance for the
family dinner.
American Legion
Dance
Another big dance will be
held at the Saline American Legion Memorial Home on New
Year's Eve. The Root Schumann Quintet wil be on hand to
furnish the music. Entertainment and favors will also be
featured. For a bang up evening
of fun, plan to come to the
American Legion DanGe on New
Years Eve.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Clark will
manage the Saline Hotel and restaurant beginning January 1. No
transfer of license is involved.
Mr. Clark owned and operated
the Saline Theater for two years
and prior to accepting his new position, he worked for the Utilities
Line Construction Company. Mrs-.
Clark worked for the telephone
company, and she was employed
by the Wardell Hotel, now the
Park Sheraton, in Detroit as a
bookkeeper for several years.
The couple has lived in Saline
for seven years and have many
friends here.
Fred M. Avey
Fred M. Avey, 81, resident of
York township for 22 years, died
Tuesday, Dec. 23, at his home.
Mr. Avey was bom in Germany
on October 22, 1871, the son of
Frederick and Sophia Avey. He
was married to Mary Kiennmann.
He was a member of the Trinity
Lutheran Church in Saline.
Surviving are the wife and two
sons, Edward Avey, Detroit, Richard Avey, Detroit; and three
brothers, Charles of Florida, Ernest of Detroit and Frank of Detroit.
Funeral services were held at
Lockwood Funeral Home in Saline
on December 26, at 2:00 p. m. with
Rev. H. L. Engel officiating. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery, Saline.
Pinckney, Wyandotte
Win First Games In
Holiday Tourney
Congregational
Meetings Announced
By Federated Church
The March of Dimes to raise money for the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis begins January 2. To help
bring home to the people of Saline what a dreadful disease this
is and how important it is to contribute, we are running this
picture of Bill Still. While Stall is 'from Ciinton, he is well
kp->--ni in. Saline. He was stricken last summer and has been
confined to the University Hospital in Ann, Arbor ever since
Saline High School lost a heart-
reaker to Wyandotte Smith in, the
second game of the Second Annual
Saline High School Invitational
Tournament, 38-37. This was the
same Wyandotte Smith that
eliminated Saline from last year's
tournament, 41-27, after the Saline
boys had defeated Pinckney in
their first game.
Saline had a six point lead with
three minutes to- play but could
not hold it. Wyandotte whittled it
down to three points with just a
minute to play and then to a one
point lead with 30 seconds left.
Smith's Marty Couture stole the
ball twice for two lay-ups to give
the Wyandotte boys the win.
Saline's Dave Bredernitz missed
winning the game when his long
torn rimmed the hoop, spun around
and bounced out while the final
buzzer was sounding.
Score By Quarters
Saline    4   17   24   37
Wyandotte Smith . .8   16   25   38
In the curtain raiser an inspired
Pinckney squad which had not won
a game until last night outplayed
the Boys Republic team for a 60-
53 win.
The Boys Republic squad led
27-32 at halftime, but the Pinckney boys forged ahead by two
points at the beginning of the
fourth quarter, 40-38.
Jack Jeffreys was high point
man for Pinckney with 22 points,
while Dave Richardson led the
Boys Republic team with 16 points.
Tuesday night two pre-tourna-
nient favorites will clash in the
7:30 game when a highly
rated Grosse He five will take on
Dexter.
At 9:00 o'clock Pinckney will
tangle with Wyandotte Smith.
On Friday, Jan. 2 Saline will
play the Boys Republic team at
7:30, and the 9:00 o'clock game
will match the losers of the Dex-
ter-Grosse He and Pinckney-Wyandotte Smith games.
The championship match will be
played at 9:00 Jan. 3rd with the
consolation game beginning at
7:30.
The series of annual congregational meetings of the Federated
church is announced as- follows:
I The Baptist annual meeting will be
i hold on Monday, January 5, at 8:00
o'clock.
The Presbyterian annual meeting will be on Tuesday, January 6,
at the same hour.
The following week on Tuesday,
January 13, the annual congregational meeting of the Federated
church will be held. These meetings will all 'be marked by elections of officers and annual reports. Officers of the church organizations are asked to cooperate.
This is the Christmas display that took the §10 first
nrlze in the Saline JGC annual Christmas Decorations Contest.
Mr. Volz lives at 108 Mills Eoad. —Photo by Dick Martin •
Four persons were injured in Saline when two cars met head on at
the intersection of U. S. 112 and
M-ll. Samuel J. Randolph, 39, of
Detroit was the most severly injured. He was admitted to St. Josephs Mercy hospital in Ann Arbor
•suffering from a broken jaw.
Treated at Saline General Hospital were James Tarlton, 31, facial cuts', Emmett Vincent, 25,
shocks and bruises, and Lillian
Vincent, 30, a chin cut. All are
from Dummas, Arkansas.
Police Chief Love said that Randolph was driving his car .northeast on US-112 when it collided
with the car driven 'by Vincent. Deputies uoted Vincent as saying
that Randolph attempted to make
a left turn in front of him when
the accident occurred.
Mrs. Jewell Hostess
To Church Group
Members of the Women's Class
of Federated church who have been-
participating in a Secret Sister
project during the past year will
hold their final party at the home
of Mrs. Hazen Jewell on Friday
evening, January 2, at 8:00 o'clock.
The names of the Secret Sisters
are to be disclosed with the presentation of final gifts.
Guest Preacher At
Federated Church
The Rev. William Hoot of Dear-
bom, stated clerk of Detroit Presbytery will preach in the Feder-
. ated  Church pulpit at the eleven
| o'clock worship service on Sunday
morning.
The pastor of the church, the
Rev. Henry McKenzie, will be absent from the city, preaching in
Central Presbyterian church, Mc-
Keesport, Pennsylvania, as a guest
of his son Hillis, who is the stated
supply preacher of the McKees-
port church.
Annual Meeting t)f
Saline Library Ass'n
To Be Held Jan. 9
The Saline Junior Chamber of
Commerce judged the home and
commercial decorations Friday
night and will distribute the prize
money some time this week.
Chris Voltz of 108 Mills road,
won the S10 first prize in the home
decorations. The Voltz front porch
had a striking display of Santa
Claus, a chimney with a fire in it,
and a decorated Christmas tree.
Second prize money of §6 was
won by Bill Mufr of 210 South
Davenport, for his beautifully
lighted home, and third prize of
$4 was won by diaries Gross of
101 W. Henry for a manger display in, his front yard.
Peoples whose homes received
honorable mention were: Bruce
Parsons, Carl Curtiss, Milton Hart-
man, Harold Armbruster, Dave
Wahl, Clarence Fritz, Kenneth
Voltz, Mrs. Elmer Cammett and
Mrs. C. F. TJnterkircher.
Two displays tied for first prize
money in the commercial decora-
tions and will receive $8 each in
prize money. The two winners
were St. Pauls chinch foi^a manger display and Haarers" Quality
Market for a village scene. Third
prize was won by Howard Fee-
man's Shell Service Station.
Honorable mention went to the
GamJie Store, Giltrow's Pharmacy, the Saline Hotel and Uphaus
Electric. «.
Altogether, ?40 in prize money
will be distributed by the Jaycees,
who award prizes each year to
encourage citizens to decorate their
homes and places of business.
The Saline Library Board will
hold their annual meeting at the
Saline Library on Friday evening,
January 9, at 8:00. This is an open meeting and any person interested in the Library is invited to
attend this meeting.
Bob Love Appointed
Police Chief
Police Commissioner Hazen
Jewell announced hat Bob Love
has been appointed Chief of Police
for the City of Saline. Previously
Love had been acting Chief. The
City Council had told Love that he
would be made Chief as soon as he
was allowed to write drivers' licenses, and he has now passed the
necessary requirements  to do so.
Vandals Destroy
Christmas Display
Vandals broke into the Carl Curtiss estate at 300 E. Michigan
Ave. Friday night and stripped
the beautifully decorated Christ-
m~as tree of 150 lights. The stripping of the tree was wanton destruction, as the lights were not
taken for use but were thrown
along the street.
Drivers' Licenses
To Be Issued
Police Chief Robert Love announces that he is now qualified
to issue driver's licenses and will
do so between 7 and 9 p. m. on
Wednesday and Saturday nights at
the City Hall.
Saline Savings Bank
Declares Group
Insurance Dividend
At the December board meeting of the Saline Savings bank,
a $4 dividend on group insurance was declared. The dividend
will be payable on January 2.
This makes a total of $8 paid
out in dividends for the year.
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Santa Clans visits the Saline Junior Chamber of Commerce's annual Christmas party. The party was held at the
Saline High .School Saturday, December 20.
>; —Photo by Dick Martin
Lefs Try God
(A New Year's Thought)
We're really in an awful mess
Of crime and fraud and godlessness,
Of drinking,   gambling,   speculation,
Bribery and tax evasion.
War hysteria and fear
Of losing freedoms we hold dear,
Of broken homes, delinquency,
And Jack of moral decency.
It's not an all black picture book,
For millions try the "upward look",
And ever try God's will to do.,
And trust in Him to see them through.
They work for world fraternity,
For peace at home and o'er the sea.
They try a decent life to live-;v
They work and pray; they help and give.
There is a way to right this mess;
'Twill take a miracle, no less,
But God is equal to the task.
He's only waiting to be asked,
To hear a contrite people say,
"You're; We're wrong, show us the way
To lead a better, saner life
Apart from godlessness and strife."
So dark has been the way we trod,
Since man has failed, could we try God?
The old year- dies; a new year dawns.
God only knows what lies before,
So gently place your hand in His,
And face Him with the open door.
New Tear 1953