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SEVENTIETH YEAR     NUMBER   15
SALINE. WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, JAN, 8, 1953       FIVE CENTS PER COPY      $2.50 PER YEAR IN. ADVANCE
Henry Leutheuser
Saline's new mayor, Henry
Leutheuser, was born in Bavaria, Germany, March 29,
1895. He grew up on a small
farm, and later attended a business college in Coburg, Germany.
In 1922, when he 'was 27, he
came to America, and subsequently became a citizen of the
United States. When he first
came to this country, Leutheuser worked as a farm hand
and in a factory in Jackson,
Michigan. From Jackson, he
moved to Lansing, where he
worked as a millwright in a
factory, and later sold real estate and insurance.
He came to Saline in October,
1927, where his brother, Andrew Leutheuser, had bought
the Saline Hotel. He managed
the hotel for his brother for
one year, and then went back
to  Germany.
Leutheuser returned to the
United States in 1929, and
bought a photo studio in Lansing. However, he sold out the
same year and returned to Saline. He bought the hotel from
his brother in 1930 and has
lived in this community ever
since. He married the former
Martha Rundel in January, 1931
and the couple now have two
sons.
Since coming to Saline, Leutheuser has "always taken an active part in civic affairs. He
has been an active Rotarian,
and is now president of that
organization in Saline.
He served on the City Council last term, and was the only
Councilman who ran for reelection this term. He led the
city ticket, and his fellow coun-
cilmen indicated their confidence in him by appointing him
mayor.
Third Driver Hurt
Badly In 'County's
Worst Auto Crash'
Engaged
Norman E. Brock, 43, of 250 S.
Ann Arbor, and Roy R. Sanders,
Mr.   and   Mrs.   Raymond  Hirth!20'  of 9635 Warner road' Milan'
of Monroe street have announced  were  klDed instantly  in  a- three
the engagement of their daughter,
Marlene, to L. Duane Howe, son
of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Howe of
Milan.
Miss Hirth is a graduate of Saline High school and is employed
at the Pacific Finance Loan of
Michigan, Inc., in Ami Arbor.
car collision at the intersection of
Warner road and Willis, at 7:45
Tuesday morning. Thomas E.
Hufford, 22, of 9930 Stony Creek
road, Augusta township, was seriously injured.
Brock died   of  a  broken  back,
and a  skull fracture caused  San-
Bail Giltrow Engaged
The engagement of Dan Giltrow
son of Mr. and Mrs*. A. L. Giltrow of 494 S. Ann Arbor, to
Jeanne Kingery, daughter of Dr.
.and Mrs. Richard H. Kingery of
Ann Arbor, was announced last
week.
Miss Kingery was graduated
from Ann Arbor High School and
Dension University, where she
was  a member of Alpha Phi sor-
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DOUBLE FATAL INVOLVES THREE CARS: Two motorists were Mlled and a third
seriously injured this morning when three cars (top picture), were involved in a collision at
Willis and Warnen roads, about a "mile west of the Ypsilanti State Hospital in York township.
Norman E. Brock, 43, of Saline, driver of the eir in the foreground, died instantly of a broken
back after the vehicle collided with the car at f :r left (background), driven by Roy R, Sanders
20, iof 9635 Warner road, York township. Saniers, who -had a fractured skull, also died instantly. His car, in turn, was hit seconds lator by the third vehicle driven by Tom E. Hufford
22, of 9930 Stony Creek road, Augusta township. Hufford was taken to University Hospital
with a broken hip and possible skull fracture. Lower, picture is a close-up of the Sanders car
(left), and the one driven by Hufford. (Photos Courtesy Ann Arbor News)
Leutheuser Named
Mayor in First
Council Session
Howe is  a'Milan High  School  der's. death- . Hufford  is in Uni-
graduate and is employed in Milan | ^^ty^hosprta^suffeMg fronwi
The  couple  is  planning  an  early
spring wedding.
Services Held For
Pfc. Earl Lindemann
fractured hip, lacerations of the
face and a possible skull fracture.
The hospital reported his condition as being satisfactory Wednesday afternoon.
Apparently   all  three   cars  entered the intersection at about the
  ' same time.    State Police  believe
The body of Marine Pfc. Earl that Sanders, who was headed
Otto Lindemann, 24, who was north on Warner, struck Brock's
killed in action in Korea on Octo- car, which was headed east on
ber 26, arrived  at the Lockwood Willis,   causing   Brock   to   glance
ority.    She is now taking special!
work in the University of Michigan School  of Busness  Administration.
Giltrow also graduated froiv.
Ann Arbor High School and the
University of Michigan School of
Pharmacy. He is now in the Army and is stationed at Fort Leonard Wood,. Mo.
No definite wedding date has
been set.
Parents Announce Engagement
U. M. Conductor Will
Lead Winter
Dr. Wm. Revelli, conductor
of the University of Michigan
Bands, will be the guest conductor of the Saline High School
Concert Band at the Winter
Concert to be given in the
school auditorium at 8 o'clock,
January 14th. There will be
no admission charge, and a capacity crowd is expected.
Dr. Revelli, who is head of
the Wind Instrument Department of the University Music
School in addition to being the
director of bands, is considered
by many musicians and professors of music to be the best man
in the field of college band music in America. He began his
career in the town of Hobart, j
Indianna where he produced a(
national championship band i
from that high school. After
continuing this record there, he ■
accepted the position as band
director for the University of
Michigan. Since coming to Michigan, his bands are known all
over the country, not only for
their fine and unexcelled concert
work, but also "for their snappy
precision marching and unique
band shows at the football
games.
The band will play many numbers of all kinds, hoping to present a well balanced program
of the classics,  marches,   over-
At the first official meeting
of the new City Council • held
Mondy night, Jan. 5, new officers were appointed for the
coming year.
Henry Leutheuser was elected
Mayor, Gerald Coe was named
Mayor Pro-Tern, Max Collins
was appointed Park, Recreation
and Cemetery Commissioner.
E. J. Muir succeeds himself
as City Clerk and Treasurer as
does Ted Stimpson as City Assessor.
Dr. John Buck was named Police, Fire and Health Commissioner, and Gerald Coe is the
new Public Works Commissioner. J. C. Little was named to
the County Board of Supervisors, to fill the place left vacant
by former Mayor Wolfin, and
Pat Roesch was named City Attorney for the next two years.
A planning commission is to
be set up, headed by J. C. Little
:o study the sewage disposal
problem, and the parking situation in Saline was discussed.
For further details read the
minutes which appear elsewhere
in this1 paper.
Funeral Home,  in   Saline,   Saturday  afternoon,  January  3.
Pfc. Lindemann had been serving on the front lines in Korea
with the Marine First Division
since Oct. 4.
off and head into a field where
he struck a tree. Sanders was
spinning around in the intersection when Hufford, who was headed west on Willis, plowed into
him.    All three  cars   were  corn-
He was inducted into the Marine pletely demolished and the oceu-
Corps on Dec. 6, 1951, he received pants had to be pried out. The
his basic training at Parris Is- police had to use an axe on Huf-
land, S. C, and was stationed at | fords- car before they could free
Camp Lejeune,   N.  C.  and  Camp : him.
Pendleton,   California,  before  be- j     Brock is  married and has two.
ing sent overseas. j children.    He has been employed
Prior to hisi induction Pfc. Lin- 1 at the Ypsilanti State Hospital
demann had worked on his fathers . since 1942, and he had just fin-
farm.    He was born Feb. 8, 1928,.
in Lodi township.
He is survived by his parents,
ished building a new home.
Both     Sanders     and     Hufford
worked at Universal Die in Saline.
Fire Damages
Gross Home
A fire caused by defective wiring broke out in the home of former Saline Mayor, Alwin Gross,
of 214 S. Ann Arbor, at about
12:30 a. m. Wednesday morning.
The blaze was detected by Mrs.
Gross who awoke to find the
house filled with smoke. The
Grosses had almost completely remodeled their home. The fire
broke out in the living room par
tition and raced along the walls.
Total damage has not been estimated, but quick action and care
taken by the Saline Fire Depart-
! ment kept it to a minimum.
Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Lindemann, i Hufford was headed toward work,
and Sanders, who works the afternoon shift, was on his way to the
Baptist Bible School in Detroit
where  he was  studying to  be  a
5375 Zeeb road, Lodi township,
and six brothers and sisters, Esther Mamarow, Robert Lindemann
and Gustav A. Lindemann, all of
Lodi, and Ruth, Louise and Paul I minister.
Lindemann, all of Ann Arbor.       j     State   Troopers   Ted   Niewiada
Funeral services were held Mon- ' and Glenn Foster of the Ypsilanti
day at 2 o'clock in Trinity Evan-  post, policed the wreck and noti-
gelical Lutheran church in Saline,
Rev. H. L. Engel officiating. The
body lay in state at the church
from Monday noon until the hour
of services. Interment was in
Oakwood cemetery, Saline.
fied the next of kin.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Robison and
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Milhan
were at Atlanta, Mich, over New
Years.
First Meeting of
Lambs Club
tures and modern novelties. O-. the band will again perform by
pening the program will be the
Procession of the Nobles, Rim-
sky-Korsakov, followed by the
Prelude and Fugue in G Minor,
Bach. Folowing these will be a
march, Invercargill, and Irish
Tune from'County Derry. Grainger. Then Dr. Revelli will conduct the band in the march, Men
of Ohio, Fillmore, which will be
folowed by a cornet solo by Jim
Austin playing the currently
popular Trumpeters Lullabuy,
Leroy Anderson. Closing the
first half of* the concert will be
the Two Admiral
Skorinika.
WTT.T.TAM D. REVKT.T.T
few remarks to the people and
to the band concerning the present position and the future of
the school band movement. Following his talk, he will show
the RKO Pathe film, "Here
Comes the Band.-After the film,
The first meeting of the Saline
Lambs Club will be held at 8:00
p. m., Tuesday, .fan. 20th, in the
Agriculture rom at Saline High
School, according to Arthur C.
Miller, sponsor. All interested in
joining lor 1953 be present.
Coming
Events
playing March of the Free
Peoples, _Darey, the popular
Fiddle-Faddle, Leroy Anderson;
The Bells of St. Mary, Adams,
and will close with a modern
novelty, Night Beat, Walters.
The local band director, Art
Katterjohn, feels that it is a
very great honor to have Dr.
Revelli as conductor. The band
has been working very hard
for this concert, and they hope
that it will be a great success.
The good seats will go early,
so plan to come in plenty of time
Overture,' to obtain some good seats. The
evening is planned for your en-
Jeanne Kingery
Immediately after the inter- • joyment,   so come and   suport
—Courtesy Ann Arbor News mission, Dr. Revelli will bring a your own nigh school band.
January  8,    Thursday — JCC
meeting at Saline Hotel at  8:00.
January 8, Thursday—American Legion meeting at Legion
home at 8:00.
-OUR OWN JOHNNY
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WASHTENAW COUNTY
JOIN
THE MARCH OF DIMES
NATlQNAi FQUWATIQH FOR IMAMM PARAlYSiS
•   Washtenaw county's especially designed March of Dimes poster is a picture of six-year-old
January 9, Friday—Annual Li-'johny Copley, son of Prof, and
brary Board meeting at Saline Library.   Public invited.
January 12, Monday — Past
Matrons meet with Mrs. Martha
Dietiker at 8:00. Bring own
dishes.
January 13, Tuesday—Saline
Woman's Club meets with Mrs.
Reuben Finkbeiner at 2:30.
Mrs. Frank O. Copley, 300 Oak-
way, Ann Arbor.
Johny was a victim of polio
during the epidemic this summer, and the picture of him was
taken at Univ^fsity Hospital.
Although still temporarily on
crutches, Johnny returned to
school on Dec. 15. Complete recovery from the crippling ef-
ifects of the disease is expected.
The picture was taken by
Peter Mann, of the Ann Arbor
News photography department
and contributed by him; the
the posters were donated by
Edwards Brothers, of Ann Arbor. Design and arrangements
were under the direction of T.
Reardon Piersol, Ann Arbor,
special- gifts chairman in the
drive for funds.
This is the first time that
a resident of the county has
been the subject of a March of
Dimes poster.