1953-01-29; Saline Observer

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In Saline
Harold Armbruster
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SEVENTIETH YEAR    NUMBER 18
VVA^t- m\AV       OCNTY    MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1953
f. R t OPY .     $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Methodist Youth
Hosts to Local
Young People
Fire Chief Harold Armbruster
is this week's Who's Who in Saline. Armbruster was born on
a farm in York township in
1918. He moved to Saline with
his family in 1931, and Armbruster attended Saline High
School,   graduating in 1937.
He played tackle on the Saline High football team for
three years and was co-captain
of the team in 1936.
After graduating from high
school, Armbruster went to
work for Rudy Wahl as a tinsmith. He worked for Wahl
until 1942, and then went to
work in the Ypsilanti Bomber
plant.
In 1944, Armbruster joined
the Navy and was assigned to
destroyer duty in the South Pacific. Armbruster lost his
first ship, the USS Emmons,
while sweeping mines in the
China Sea. The ship was attacked by 11 Jap suicide planes.
Six of the planes were shot
down but five got through, sinking the ship. Armbruster was
in the water for an hour and a
half before he was picked up.
He was injured in the action and
was awarded the Purple Heart.
After he received his discharge in 1946, Armbruster returned to Saline, and went back
to work for Rudy Wahl. He has
been a member of the Saline
Fire Department since 1939. He
was assistant chief for two
years, and the City Council appointed him chief in 1951.
Armbruster belongs to the
American Legion and to the Tri-
County Sportsman's League. He
was married in 1938 to the former Bernice Haines and the couple has two children, Michael 2
and Owen 11.
Sunday evening the Youth
Fellowship of the Methodist
church here were hosts to the
young people of the other churches in the community and also
the Youth Fellowship of the
Macon Methodist church. The
worship service was conducted
by Sally Campbell, Teddy Lou
Cousins and Jane Jordan. David Giltrow introduced Lester
McCoy who provided the program, "Christ in Music". Mr.
McCoy brought along with him
ten members of his choir which
he conducts at the First Methodist church in Ann Arbor. They
sang hymns dating from 1000
A. D. up to present day church
music and Mr. McCoy explained
the growth of this music briefly
between each rendition.
After 'the program refreshments of punch and cookies
were served in the basement.
Next Sunday the Methodist
Youth Fellowship will have Miss
Marion Simmons as their guest
speaker. She is a former missionary to Japan and will tell of
some of her experiences there.
Adult Education
Classes Open
Next Week
Marvin Rorick To
Give Review
Marvin Rorick, vocational
teacher at the high school will
be the guest speaker at the
Family Night dinner tonight
at the Federated Church. He
will review the third and fourth
chapters of "These Rights We
Hold" by Dr. Fred Brownlee, the
text being used in a series of
dinner and program meetings.
The pastor will continue the
study next Thursday evening,
using the following two chapters
of the book.
These meetings are open to
friends and members of the
congregation and begin with a
potluck supper at 6:30 in the
church dining room. Circle H
of the Ladies Aid -Society will
serve~ coffee and is in charge
of arrangements for tonight's
meeting. A short musical program will precede the review.
The Saline Adult Education
Committee announces that the
followin5 classes will begin next
week. The schedule is as follows:
Monday, February 2—Sewing,
7 p. m. to 10:00 p. m. Ten weeks,
Horn Ec. Room, Fee $4.00.
Tuesday, February 3—Typing, 7 p. m. to 9:00 p. m., Ten
Weeks, Commercial room. Fee
$4.00; Tailoring, 7 p. m. to
10:00 p. m., 12 weeks, Home Ec.
Room, Eee $5.00; Woodworking,
7 p. m. to 9 p. m., 10 weeks,
Shot) room, Fee $4.00.
Wednesday, Feb. 4 — Square
Dancing, 7:30.p. m. to 9:30 p.
m., 6 weeks, School gym, Fee $5
per couple.
Registration will be taken in
the -first class. Please bring
materials the first night. Rug
Hooking will begjn early in Mar.
All interested in this class may
contact Mrs. Chris Volz. chairman of this class. All other
questions regarding classes may
be directed to Mrs. Paul Woods,
phone 387M. Driver training
will be offered if 10 people are
interested.   Fee $5.00.
Local Banks Elect
Officers For Year
Directors and Officers were e-
lected for the Citizen's Bank of
Saline at a stockholders meeting
held Tuesday, Jan. 20.
Directors elected were: C.A.
Curtiss, Martin Fuoss, B.D. Hammond, William S. Harwood, H.A.
Holmes, Arthur Lutz and Clifford
H. Simmons. The Board of Directors was increased from six members to seven by the addition of
Simmons who is President of Universal1 Die Casting and Manufacturing Corp.
Officers re-elected were: G.A.
Curtiss, President and Chairman
of the Board, H.A. Holmes, Executive Vice President, and Cashier,
Martin Fuoss, Vice President, and
PREPARE FOR MOTHERS MARCH: Steven Goslee, "six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John J.
Goslee of East Ann Arbor, holds aloft the lighted lamp — symbol of the "Mothers March on Polio"
slated Thursday night—as chairman of the march for various areas of the county look on. Steven was
a victim of polio last summer and still wears braces aqd usps crutches. Pictured are (first row, left
to right) Mrs. William M. Flanders, East Ann Arbor; M^rs. Lee Q. Begole, Dixboro; Mrs. William W.
Steinberger, Willow Village; Mrs. Earl Schanz, Dexter; mis. George C. Hoppert, Ypsilanti; (second
row) Mrs. Robert Button, Milan; Mrs. James A. NicholsyAnn Arbor; (third row) Mrs. Homer Cleary,
Pittsfield Village; Mrs. Harold Cartter, Dexter; Mrs. George Feack, Manchester; Mrs. Delores Eennett,
Ypsilanti; Mrs. Waldemar J. Grossman, Chelsea; (fourth row) Mrs. Edwin J. Sutter, Chelsea; and
Mrs. Norman Elfring, Saline.
Father-Son Banquet
Planned By St. Paul
FHA Entertains
Mothers
The committee in charge of
the Father-Son Banquet for St.
Pauls church announced some
details of the program, which
they are planning for the evening of February 19. Edward
Hiser has been selected as toast-
master. Two students from the
Internation Center at Ann Arbor have been secured to be the
main speakers.
Awards are again to be presented for the oldest father, the
father with the most sons present and the youngest son. Announcement of other participants will  be made at a  later
date.
Serving on the planning committee ^e Warren Rentschler,
Arthur Hagen and Edward Hiser.
TCC Bosses Night To
Be Held February 12
The Jaycees Annual Bosses
Night will be held Thursday Feb.
12, at the Saline, Hotel. The outstanding young man of the year
will be honored at this meeting.
Organizations in the city are urged to submit their candidates for
the outstanding young man of the
year award to Mike Strait, who
won the award last year.
The Culture
Of Europe
their
High
The  FHA entertained
mothers at    the    Saline
School on Monday evening. Miss
Esther Landwehr was the guest
speaker.
She spoke of her recent travels with particular emphasis on
^he type of meals served in the
European countries. Miss Patty
Williams, president of the FHA
nresided at the meeting. Refreshments were served and a
record dance was held.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Arend entertained the following people
it dinner Sunday: Mr. and Mrs.
Tack Arend and family of Landing, Mrs. Herbert Arend and
Herbie, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Overmayer of Toledo.
County Democrats Meet Today;
GOP Convenes
eoruary
Samuel Buehler
Long Mines Fatal
To  Retired Farmer;
I    Keynote speaker at the Wash-
jtenaw County Democratic Convention  to   be held   Thursday,
Youth Fellowship
Entertains
The Methodist Youth Fellowship entertained the Macon, St.
^aul's and Federated Yonth
fellowships at the Methodist
Ohurch on Sunday evening. Dr.
tester McCoy, Professor o? Mu-
■?ie at the University of Mich-
'-gan. gave a very fine adress.
-•diich was enjoyed very rrvneb
The Methodist Church Youth
fellowship of Saline served refreshments followjng the program.
Child Guidance Clinic
Needs Funds.
Children at ¥psi State
Hospital Need Toys
Children at Ypsilanti State
Hospital are badly in need of toys
Even broken toys that can be repaired will be welcomed. The chl-
dren's ages vary from three on up.
Anyone who has toys to donate,
leave them at the Saline Mercantile by Monday Feb. 2. The Saline
Mercantile is donating plywood
to repair broken toys.
Polio Money Stolen
A canister containing betwee:
$60 and $70 for the Polio Fund
was stolen last week from the B
and B Recreation. The money hac
been donated by the different*
bowling leagues in Saline.
The person who took the mone}
:s urgd to return it. Perhnps he
doesn't realize the seriousness of
Ivs crhne. The moFpy he tool
might have saved a life—possibly
the life of someone dear to him.
Critical needs of this area's
-hild guidance clinic occupied
the full attention of the January
meeting of its Board of Directors at the Huron Valley Children's Clinic, 310 S. Huron St.
in Ypsilanti.
The clinic, supported by both
state and local fund'1', is faced
rdth imminent reduction of
staff personel. due to its acute
j budgetary restrictions.
Financial  support from com-
I Jan. 29,  will be Talbot  Smith,  munity resources for 1953 was
   _..._. _        Ann Arbor**attorney. Mr. Smith 10 per cent less than thf» mini-
Samuel Buehler, 77, a retired j acted as campaign manager for mum requested to maintain the
farmer, died Saturday morning i John P. Dawson,   candidate for  clinic's current level  of   opera-
at his home, 825 Manchester Rd.  Congress in the recent election. ] tion.  State  funds  allocated for
.professional clinical staff salaries remain limited. As a result
the Board of Directors of the
clinic is faced with the urgent
need of obtaining additional
funds for the immediate present, and of planning to augment
the staff in the future.
The necessity for increasing
the professional staff is immediately apparent, in its waiting
list of over 50 children, and
their parents, who urgently desire   the clinic's  assistance.
The local representatives of
the Board of Directors are:
Due to the [Ernest Chapelle, Superintendent
of Schools, Ypsilanti; Arthur
Nissly, Ypsilanti; Judge Jay
H. Payne, Judge of Probate,
Ann Arbor; Mrs. Frederick Col-
ler, Ann Arbor; Mrs. Theo-
phile Raphael, Ann Arbor; Mr.
Nicholas Schreiber, Principal,
Ann Arbor High School, Ann
Arbor; Mr. Henry Hicks, Board
of Supervisors, -Ypsilanti.
Saline Township, after a lingering illness.
Mr. Buehler was born on
Sept. 26, 1874, in Chelesa.a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Buehler.
He married Mary C. Kaiser
on May 6, 1903, in Jackson. She
survives.
Mr. Bueler.was employed in
Jackson for a time before mov-
to a farm at 5475 Manchester
Rd. where he spent the part of
his life. He retired in 1929 and
moved to the  present   address.
Surviving besides his wife,
two daughters, Mrs
Burmeister of Saline and Mrs.
Roland Bredernitz of Fenton;
nine grandchildren and two sis-
,Jers,   Mrs.   Katherine    Satter-
The convention is scheduled
to begin at 8:00 p.m. in the
Washtenaw County Courthouse
with the rollcall vote for permanent chairman, as prescribed
While the Rules, Resolutionfe
by the Michigan Election Law.
and Credentials committees
meet, following their appointment by the permanent chairman, Mr. Smith will address the
delegates to the convention.
For the first time in history
the County Republican Conven-
Raymond tion will not   be   held   in the
County Courthouse.
large   Republican vote   in the
Presidential    election   and   increasing interest on the part of
thwaite and Mrs. Lydia Forner, '• delegates and observers, space is
"both of Chelsea.
Funeral services were held
Monday at the Lockwood Funeral Home, with Rev. Alvin
Seimsen officiating. Burial was
in Oakwood Cemetery.
not available in the old Courthouse building. The convention
has been moved to the cafeteria
in the Masonic Temple at 327
S. Fourth Ave. at"8 p. m. on
Monday, February 9.
One long blast on the fire sire
wiH    mirk     the    start    -of    the
"Mothers'   March on Polio"   at ',
p. m. femrght.
The   March   will     last until  I
p.  m. and  will    be   ■carr'ed    ou
by the Child   Study Club  in S-
Ine, and by  the Junior   Chamber
of  Commerce in the    rural    are
All persons wishing to contribu*
should leave their porch lights o
to help facilitate the solicita-Mon?
The polio fund is still short of thr
§1200 quota, and it is hoped   tha"
everyone will give tonight.
The March of Dimes asks
no check-offs. There is no compulsion—you give to the March
of Dimes because you want to.
This is typicalll American. YOU
are fee March of Dimes. You
give -vahmtarily.
Let's "Light the ...Town" in this,
final appeal' "for fee' 1953c cam--
paign atnd Ihelp defeat pohov,-'Let-
•your light  bo shine."
BY ESTHER LANDWEHR
When one has been in communication, either by correspondence or personal contact,
with people in Europe, one is
frequently reminded that we
in America are assuming a position in the affairs of the'world
to which we are not rightfully
entitled. France calls us "a
young nation which has no past
history, has not known suffer-
ring, and that we are presuming a lot when we think we can
be world leaders." Whereas,
Europe is wise with experience,
steeped with culture and has a
'ong national history. In other
"ords, "WJho do you think you
nfants are?"
During the past half-century
vhen we have been involved in
vars with Germany much has
een said about the "Kultur"
•f Germany, and of how the
•orld stooped in respect to it.
7hile in Germany last summer,
ran up'against this same opin-
m several times. "After all,
Jerman culture was high be-
ore the war and we were the
oaders. Look how people from
Vmerica and other countries
ame to study at our univer-
ities and colleges!"
The   attitude   of  Britain   toward us speaks in actions loud-
r than words that they too en-
"oy a feeling of cultural and his-
">rical superiority  over America.
But,   what is European   cul-
Mrs. Stella Malinczak
Dies In Roseville
Mrs. Stella Malinczak, 52, died
Monday at her home in Roseville,
Michigan  after a long illness.
Mrs. Malinczak .is the mother
of George Malinczak of 9780
Saline-Milan Rd.
Mrs. Malinczak was a native of
Poland. She was -married to Andrew Malinczak in Detroit in
1917, and she was a member of
St. Leonard's   Church in Detroit.
Mrs. Malinczak is survived by
her husband Andrew, one son,
George Malinczak, two daughters,
Mrs. Eleanor Lukasik of Detroit,
and Mrs. Theresa- Przybicki of
Roseville, and eleven granderild-
ren Denise, Dennis, Richard,
Gary and Susan Malinczak, Dar-
Tenjj, Barbara, Stanley, and Sandra Lukasik, and Chris and Paul
Przybicki.
Friends may call at the Gil-
ewski Funeral Home, Davison at
Co~"Tit, Detrn't.
The funeral will be held at
10:00 a. m. Friday at St. Leonard's Mt. Olivet Cemetery in
Detroit.
Edwin Hering Elected
Church Council
President
The 45th annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Saline
Savngs Bank was held in the
bank on Jan. 20. The following
directors were elected for the
ensuing year: A. R. Burkhardt,
M. M. Crim, W. D. Crim,
W. D. Crim Jr., Alfred Hertler, Ernest Girbach and F.
O. Wiedman. At the meeting of the Board of Directors immediately following the
stockholders meeting the folow-
ing officers were elected: W. D.
Crim, president: F. O. Wiedman, .Vice President; A. R
Burkhardt, Vice President and
Cashier; Kenneth C. Schultz,
Ass't Vice President; Luella
Lambarth Ass't Cashier.
Benton School Pupils
On Radio Program
Wanda Roehm and Jeanette
Wiedmayer, eighth grade students at Benton school, participated in an interesting radio
class Friday afternoon from Radio Station WUOM, the University of Michigan Broadcasting
Station, Ann Arbor, on the program known as "Our Schools".
They discussed the ordinances of 1785 and 1787, and told
the benefits derived from these
two ordinances to the State of
Michigan and our educational
institutions. Mrs. Helene A.
Monaghan is-their teacher. Howard C. Thayer, assistant superintendent of the Washtenaw
schools, was the moderator of
the program.
Choir To Be Guests
Members of the choir of the
Federated Church will be guests
of the pastor and hi? wife on
Wednesday evening with an
hour of social fellowship following the regular choir rehearsal which will be held at
.the .same Manse at the usual
hour. '■.'"■ "-
Child Injured by Car
Delores- Ann Faust, 7, of Milan
was injured slightly when she ran
Members of St. Pauls Church j in front of an auto driven by El-
Council met on Monday evening _ wood Owen, of 3 Owen Place, Saline, at 5:30 pm. Monday. The .child
suffered contusions of the nose,
face and knees.
The accident happened on N.
Ann Anbor St. near Michigan
Ave. Owen was exonerated from
blame.   '
for the annual organizational
meeting. In the election of officers, the folowing were chosen: Edwin Hering, president;
■^"ben Finkbeiner, vice president; Norwin Raus, financial
secretary; Norman Girbach,
treasurer; and Otto Wahl, recording secretary. Other members who complete the church
council include George Steeb
and Raymond Girbach.
Engaged
The engagement of Elisabeth
Nichols to     Pvt.  Gordon John
ITimbrooks  is  being  announced
this week by Mr. and Mrs. Har-
ture as compared to American | ^d s+ndley Grn.y of Saline Val-
Hilda Heusel Is
Elected Treasurer
'ife and culture? Has jiheir exalted opinion of themselves
:ept tfiem out of trouble? Culture means education, enlighten-
nent, civilization and if these
"o not bring the ability to live
ongenially    with     others     as
ley Farms. Saline.
Mis* Nichols, the daughter of
"•iVc. p.^ir it*^ fVie late William
Abn°r Nichols, jr., was graduated from University High
School in Ann Arbor and- is now
a sophomore at Oberlin College
:rother men, of what good is j Oberlin, Ohio. Pvt. Timbrooks,
ulture ? European culture has j the son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer
lot yet proved that congeniali-1 Timbrooks of Northville, is at
y among nations is possible.      present on leave from the Army
We need- only to pass through and will report to Seattle, Wash,
jurope to come to the realiza- on February 2nd for duty in the
;on  that   something is   wrong Far East.
ith the European defination of i  :	
culture."   They   are   certainly ■ Hornets  Lose
ight when they speak of their  rp    x\       j
\ge"—■ age stares at one from   10 jJUnd.ee
■'"rv   corner.   Their  buildings,
iod"s of life,  and their reluc-
"r.ee  to  adopt new standards
"* iidee^ old. Ruins are every-
h :re to he seen, some of which
~.  o^   c^-'rse,
7a   h'f   thfre
At the annual election of officers of the Soronian Society
of Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan. Hilda Heusel, daughter
of Mr. and,Mrs. Eugene Heusel
of 3700 Johnson Rd. Saline,
was elected treasurer of the
society for the coming year.
Hilda is one of the outstanding
women students of the college.
This year she is editor in chief
of the campus student paper,
The Olivet Echo, she is secretary of Campus Student Government and she plays an important
role in the Soronian Society.
Hilda was an outstanding student at the Saline High School
before coming to Olivet in 1951.
ngag
The Dundee .Vikings continuei
on their way to the Huron Leagu°
championship as they defeated the
Saline Hornets 57-52 last Friday
only a decade' right at Dundee. Saline dropped
are still many into third place in the league
hat are monuments to wars of whereas a win would have give"
■^.ny pist centuries. There can them a tie for first p'ace. The
3 no "tinT'l^tion for "the Hornets inability to hit from the
ovng men to see visions" a- • free throw line again proved fatal •
viong such ruins and old build- , for them. |
ngs, but there is every oppor-      The Vikings  had   a   hot   night
unity   for the   "old to   dream ' from the floor as they counted   20
baskets' in 40 tries for an    excellent fifty percent shooting average.
Saline, leading once by   a   narrow margin, trailed 32-30   at   the
half. Then   a   big   Dundee   third
Quarter proved2 the Hornets down-
small, and their elec- fa" as +he Vikings outscored them
ric street cars are narrow and^ 16.-5 in that period. A last   period
■'cnmfortafcle. Their trains do I rally by the-hard-fighting Padjen- Grace E. Steeb, daughter of Mr.
not promote democracy, — the j men fell short of covering the big and Mrs. George F. Steeb of- Sal-
first class cars are de luxe par- {Dundee lead. | ine, is engaged to Gustav A.   Lin-
Wally Larson again led all scor- ■ demann, «on of Mr. and Mrs. Gus-
ers.cwith -20 points, 17 of which he j tav Lindemann of Zeeb Rd.
tallied in the first half. Earl Feld'- i    Both are   graduates   of   Saline
dreams" of lost glories and
what might have been." Their
lodes of travel are old, shoe
-ather and bicycles are the
incipal means of travel. Their
TV   automobiles   are   for  the
^r cars designed for the very
rich and royal, the second class
are comparable to our old electric car style of interior^and the
third class has seats which loot
like our lawn and park, benches
-—made of wooden slats. When
an American buys a second class
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kamp added 15 points to fee Sal- , High School. Miss Steeb is attend-
ine~cause. Bob Lowe was high for j ing the Ann Arbor •5'ractical Nur-
Dundee with 15 points. j ses Training School, and her fian-
sln preliminary play the   Dundee' ce is engaged in farming,
second team turned in a 33-30 vie- J.    The couple has not set .a  wedd-
tory over the little Hornets;:'• ing-date.
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