1953-02-05; Saline Observer

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SEVENTIETH  YEAR,
NUMBER  19
SALHnE,  WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1953
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POLIO DRIVE GOES
OVER THE TOP
Carl "Curtiss
The 1949 colume of Who's
Who in The Mid West presents
the biography of Carl Alward
Curtiss as  follows:
"Banker, 'bbrn at Camden,
Mich. Jan. 23, 1883, son of Manly J. and Addie E. (Alward Curtiss; student Hillsdale College
1900-03: married Vera Z. Decker
May 10, 1905; one son, Bliss Andrew. Asst. Cashier First State
Bank, Camden, Mich. 1909; Asst.
Cashier Citizens Bank, Saline,
Mich. 1909-1911,' Cashier 1911-22,
Vice Pres. and Cashier 1922-3.
President and Director since 1931.
Director—Ann Arbor Trust Company, Universal Die Casting and
Manufacturing Corp., Saline, Wolverine Plastics, Inc., Milan, Blue
Diamond Produce Co., Saline. Has
^filled various Village, City, Township and School District offices,
Treasurer Washtenaw County Republican Committee. Trustee
Methodist Old Peoples Home,
Chelsea; President Methodist
Board of Trustees; Member Washtenaw Bankers Federation; Alpha
Tau Omega; Republican, Methodist, Mason. Clubs: Detroit
Bankers, Rotary. Home—300 East
Michigan Ave., Saline Mich.; Office—100 West Michigan Ave.,
Saline,  Mich."
Since the foregoing was published Curtiss has resigned his
■directorate with the Wolverine
Plastics, Inc., though retaining
his financial interest, and the
Blue Diamond Produce Co. has
been discontinued.
He was early interested in the
Boy Scout movement and he is
Past President of the Washtenaw
Livingston Council B.S.A. now
changed to Portage Trails Council. Camp Newkirk on the Huron
near Dexter was established while
he was Council president. His son
Bliss became the first of the
Saline Troop to receive the Eagle
Scout award.
Curtiss served as a member of
the Saline City Charter Commission. He also served about six
and one half years on the Washtenaw County Selective Service
Board No. 2, fust as Secretary
and later as Chairman, and he
received citations from Presidents
Roosevelt and Truman as well as
a medal  and  bar.
Curtiss is a charter member,
and he was first treasurer and
third president of the Saline Rotary Club. He confesses to 22
Rotary meetings..
He is Director and a member of
the finance committee of the Saline Community Hospital Association, and he served on the Saline
Board of Education 9 years, of
which 3 years were as president.
His interest has continued in all
school affairs, including the athletic field and the band. He and
Mrs. Curtiss provided all members of the Saline High School
band with uniforms~and continue
to see to it that sartorially the
.band compares very favorably
>with other High School bands.
He has numerous other interests such as his garden, flowers,
the library, and coin and stamp
collections.
City To Buy
Street Equip.
At a regular meeting of the
City -Council, held Monday night,
"it was decided to purchase uiv
gently needed street repair equip-
'ment. The City is going to accept sealed bids f pr a Ford trac- i
tor and a Sherman Digger. Cost
of this equipment is not yet^.
known, but the retail price is'
close to $4,000. j
During. the discussion, it was
brought out that most of the
streets in Saline are in deplorable'
condition, and are getting to be
beyond repair. The streets we do >
have were built and paid for by a '
previous generation, and were
never intended to carry the heavy
traffic now placed upon them.
The matter of off street parking was also discussed, but no'
definite decisions were made on
how to proceed in this matter*,      I
For more details, read the Coun- ,
cil Proceedings which appear else- j
where in this paper.
LEGION TO GIVE
SPAGHETTI
DINNER
The Saline American Legion is
giving  a spaghetti dinner at the j
Saline American Legion Home for '
members,    prospective    'members,
and their wives. 1
The Legion Auxiliary is fur-1
. nisihing the dinner, which will be!
held at 6:30 p. m. Thursday, Feb. |
\ 5. If you are a member, or are'
' interested in joining the Legion,
, brisg your wife and come on up
LAST CHANCE TO
.REGISTER FOR
ADULT CLASSES
Registrations may still be made
for typing, tailoring, sewing and
Wednesday night woodworking.
Those wishing to take landscape
gardening please contact Mrs.
Meridith Bixby. Call  Saline 18.
Mr. and Mrs. William Nelson
and son spent Sunday in Jackson
visiting friends. .
Miss Vesta Williams   and Miss |
Harriet   Hill   of    Tecumseh   and
Miss Lois Ann Alderdyce 'of Milan
were dinner guests at the home of j
Mrs.  Frank Camburn on  Sunday.'
Miss Williams is a sister of Mrs.
! Camburn while Miss Hill and Miss
j Alderdyce are nieces. I
The local committee in charge
of the March of Dimes campaign
today expressed its elation and
gratitude for the generous response given by the Saline Community in the recent effort to
swell the polio fund. Contributions have now totaled $1739.33,
This surpasses) the goal of 1200
which was assigned to the community.
In reviewing the successful
campaign the committee expressed its conviction that the Saline
community deserves praise for
this splendid showing. It is believed that local experience with
polio and our close touch with
the research and treatment center at Ann Arbor has helped to
make us -aware of the importance
of supporting the annual. March
of Dimes appeal.
Committee members are of the
opinion that the Mothers' March
undertaken last Thursday evening
by the Child Study Club and assisted by the Junior Chamber of
Commerce was a fitting climax
to the local campaign. The contributions from this cooperative
project put Saline over the top
in reaching "its quota. Participating in the Mothers' March were
the following:
Mrs. Norman Elfring, Mothers'
March Chairman, Mrsi. Joe Bon-
die, Mrs. Everett E'sch, Mrs.
Henry Karner, Mrs; Ormand Bredernitz, Mrs. Ray Krempel, Mrs.
Alvin Siemsen, Mrs. Elwin Armbruster, Mrs. Paul Reed.
Mrs. Arthur Hagen, Mrs. Shirley Klinedist, Mrs. Erwin Sehmid,
Mrs. Fred Korte, Mrs. Paul
Woods,, Miss Nancy Woods, Mrs.
Richard Tessmer, Miss Jeanette
Merriman, Mrs. Harry Ohatter-
ton, Mrs. George Wood, Mrs. John
Ford, Mrs. Harold Brown.
Mrs. Louis Turf, Mrs. Hugh
Austin, Mrs. Walfred Larson, and
Mrsi.  Meredith Bixby.
Men participating for the Junior Chamber of Commerce were:
Allen Wiedman, Chairman, John
Flook, James Beal, Don Rapp,
Herbert Lange, Duane Hooker.
Also serving on the local committee for the March of Dimes
•appeal in Saline were the following persons: Mrs. Alfred Schmidt,
Mrs. Arthur O'Neil, Mrs!. Allen
Wiedman, and Mrs. Edwin Hexing.
For the splendid support given
by school authorities, civic groups,
church organizations, and other
channels, the committee is very
grateful. The satisfaction arising
from a job well done is something
in which the "entire community
may share.
THE PROSPERITY
OF GERMANY
By Esther   Landwehr
Recently we have ueeh reading
reports that the status of Western Germany is one ^prosperity,
which leads one to believe that
any calls by welfare, agencies for
help to be given people in this
area are false. Such-reports of a
necessity cause confusion and result in mistrust of both. Much
can be said about this. First* of
all, we must consider by what
standard we measure prosperity,
and just what we mean by it and
expect of it.
If we are judging the prosperity
of Europe or of Western Germany
by pres-ent day American standards—well, they are far from
prosperous!. But, if sve were to
judge it by the standards prevalent at the turn- of the century
or the nineties (or even before)
we might agree that the country
is prosperous. However, neither ii
the standard of prosperity that
we can apply to Western Germany.
In judging the standard we
must consider what has gone before, at least the past half-century of history in Germany, think
of their customs and traditions
which they are taught to retain
as a national heritage. During the
past half-century Germany'has
been at the root of ..world wars
on two occasions and both times
has been defeated. A defeated
nation has 'financial and living
problems that no victor nation can
experience even in times of deep
depression. There was the result
of bombing—less extensive in the
first war, than in the .second, but,
nevertheless, there. Then came
the inflation and the issuance of
a new monetary system after
both wars when exiting money was
declared worthless. There followed starvation and suffering from
cold because there was no money
of worth after either war with
which to rebuild destroyed buildings and homes or purchase food
' and clothing. The conquered' nation, because it had' been declared
the "root of evil" and the cause
| of the wars, had to make reparations and taxation had to be high
I to raise money to pay the damages. After the second war which
.was worse than the. first, there
' came homelesness because bombs
missed their targets too many
times and fell on homes rather
than industrial centers and railroad yards. Transportation was
destroyed and supplies could not
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1 ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNED
Seventeen Districts Favor
School Reorganization
Three New
Teachers Join
Saline Faculty
Supt. Leo L. Jensen announces
that three new teachers have
joined the faculty of the Saline
school system. The new instructors who assumed duties on Jan.
26, are Mrs. Elaine Mills of Pittsfield Village, Mrs. Mabel Wooley of Flint, and Mr .Robert Wells
of Beldinsr.
Mrs.' Mills, a • University of
Michigan graduate, previously
taught in the Owasso schools. She
replaces Mrs. Alice Bahls and will
teach the first grade. Her husband, -Dr. William Mills, is a resident at the University Hospital
in Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Wooley, a graduate of
Western Michigan College of Education, formerly taught in the
Flint schools'. She is an addition
to the faculty and is not replacing anyone. Her role will be that
of helping teacher. She will work
! with all elementary grades. She
i and her husband, Delbert Wooley,
reside   in Saline.
| Robert Wells, a graduate of
j Michigan State Normal College
and the University of Michigan,
will teach the general science
classes formerly taught by. Mario
Marchisio. Mr. Marchisio will tak*e"
over the social studies classes of
JFred Kaarsberg, who resigned
after the Christmas holidays.
Mrs.  Bruce Parsons  is  substi-
i tutuig for  Mrs. Pauline Coates a
kindergarten  teacher.
I    Mrs.   H. W.- Kuebler,  who has
• done substituting in the local1 sys<-
tem for  a number of  years, will
finish out the semester as mathematics    teacher   replacing   Daniel
■ Coffey. Mr.   Coffey has  accepted
1 a  position af associate  professor
' of mathematics at   Lawrence  Institute of Technology in Detroit.
LEGAL PETETEONS FILED
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1 Jaycees
1     Say:
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1       By
>'        Pres.
.-         Bob
This week the March of Dimes
came* to a close. The.final count
found Saline over the top. Response like that to such an effort
helps to remind us that there
are still people, and lots of them,
that have the welfare of others
at heart, f The Jaycees are proud
of the small part that they were
able to play in this year's campaign. Our chairman for this
project was Al Wiedman. Under
his direction the Jaycees distributed the canisters to the merchants and helped to carry on
the Mothers' March.
On the not so cheerful side of
the picture is a report that one
of the MARCH OF DIMES CANISTERS WAS STOLEN' ANOTHER WAS NEARLY STOLEN
. . . This should not go uninvestigated. Do you realize that the
money in the one stolen canister
represented at least one tenth of
all the money collected in Saline?
This is too high a percentage to
pass off or forget about.
I am trying to tell y'ouu that
when you, the citizens of Saline,
want something you will have to
ask for it. Now I am asking you
... Do you want ten per cent
of all the combined efforts for
the March of Dimes to go out
the window? Do you want such
gross felonies, to go un-noticed in
your town? Do you want a thief
running loose, who .knows how
old, with no one making an attempt to apprehend this person?
If you want action you will have
to ask for it.
Seventeen districts in the Saline
area have indicated approval of
reorganization of the school districts in the area by signing the
legal petitions with a substantial
majority The electorate of these
districts has realized that the
Saline Area does have a problem
as do most of the communities
in Southern Michigan) and that
the only way that a high school
education can be assured for all
is to combine the resources of
the area
The signing of the legal petitions by fifty percent or more
of the electorate in each of the
seventeen districts makes an election mandatory. If a majority of
the electors voting favor reorganization, the new district will
become   an actuality.
The legal petitions' have been
filed with the County Superintendent of Schools for verification and it is hoped that a date
for the election  can be set  soon.
As in all elections it is highly
important that all legal electors
vote. An issue as important as
.' the educational future of our children should not be determined by
a minority of the electorate.
Watch for the date of the
election; think over carefully the
importance of the problem, and
vote.
Community Calendar
ROOM MOTHERS
PRESENT
The Room Mothers will hold
their meeting on Monday evening
at the Saline High School at 7:30
p. m. The Student Council have
been invited to present a 'meeting.
AH interested parents are invited
to attend the  open meeting.
DANCE AT
LEGION HOME
A dance . for Legionaires and
friends will be held at the Saline
American Legion Memorial, Saturday night, Feb. 7. The Root-
Schumann Quintet will again be
on hand to furnish the music.
Thursday, Feb. 5, 6:30 —Spaghetti Dinner—American Legion
Home.
Friday, Feb. 6 — Basketball
game here with Chelsea.
Saturday, Feb. 7 — Washtenaw
County Farm Bureau Fun Night
at Saline School  at 8:30.
Saturday, Feb. 7 — Dance —
American Legion Home.
Monday, Feb. 9 — Past Matrons
meet at Mrs. Edwin Hering's at
6:30.
Monday, Feb. 9—Room Mothers
meet at Saline High School at
7:30.
Tuesday, Feb. 10 — Woman's
Club meets at Mrs. Meredith
Bixby's at  2:00.
Tuesday, Feb. 10 — Fosdick Extension Group meet at Mrs. Carl
Seeger's at  8:00 p. m.
Thursday, Feb. 12 — Father and
Son Banquet at Bethel Church at
7:00 p. m.
Tuesday, Feb. 17 — Father and
Son Banquet at Methodist Church.
WOMEN'S CLUB
MEETS
The Saline Woman's Club have
a Lincoln program scheduled for
their meeting on Feb. 10. This
meeting is to be held at the home
of Mrs. Meridith Bixby, Detroit
St.,  at  2:00.
The   program   will    consist   of
slides of paintings of the Passion
j Week, with various members -tak-
I ing  part in the interpretation of
_ the paintings and also in the re-
' lating of the lives of. th ©various
artists.     The   interpretators   are:
Mrs.  Alvin Siemsen, Mrs. Walter
MacArthur,   and   Mrs. Otto Hag-
ens.    Mrs.   Charles  Kern is    the
chairman.
Published  in  the   Public  Interest
by L. Z. Still, of Still's  Grill
—Conrlesy Ann Arbor News
DORIS ALBER
. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Peprizyn-
ski and children from Garden City
were supper guests at the Jack
Leonard home on Saturday evening.
Herman Alber of Saline has'
announced the engagement of his
daughter, Doris, to Lt. George L.
Cook, son of Mrs. Hazel Cook of
Saline and the late Walter D.
Cook.
The. bride-elect was graduate-
from Central Michigan College,
where she was affiliated with
Delta Sigma Epsilon sorority. She
is now teaching home economics
at Almont High School.
Her fiance is a graduate of
Michigan State College and a
memer of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. He, is stationed at Self-
ridge Air Force Base.
The couple has not- selected a
wedding date.
Regular Meeting, Saline City
Cornea Feb. 2,  1953.
Present: Mayor Leutheuser,
Oouneilmen Little, Cce, Buck Co'-
ins and City. Attorney Roesch.
Minutes of previous meeting read
—approved. Harold Locks, Contractor, appeared Re Small House
Bldg. Sketch for house. Asked if
necessary to order Blue Prints for
this construction. Advised by
Council that he should.
Jack Lapar appeared Re. request for City Water out S. Ann
Arbor beyosd City Limits and
G:enn Carter's residence— a distance of perhaps 200 ft. After
some discussion Motion by Little
and Coe that matter be tabled
until next meeting.
, L. Z. Still appeared Re: his proposed new bldg. on E. Michigan
Ave., stating he has re-considered
and    now intends to make   it   a
■ two story project as originally
planned, but not to complete' entirely the secind floor interior at
this  time.
■ Mr. Breitnor, Atty, Herman
and Mike Bredernitz and M.
Leighton  appeared Re:  our pres-
" ent condemnation suit for approxi-
' condemnation    suit    for  approximately   -8  acres  of-     Bredernitz
Land bounding  the   present  City
Water Works plant. After a brief
discussion as  to the   extra costs
involved for  both parties if this
suit proceeded, Mr. Breitnitz made
ja  suggestion*    that  the   city  ap-
| point   an  appraiser,  Mr.   Breder-
i nitz appoint  one and   then     the
I two      men     thereby     appointed
LOGAL PEOPLE MAKE THE NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Collins
and children, Gary and Connie
were dinner guests Sunday at the
home of her sister and husband
Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Schrader.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Curtiss
and family from Pigeon were
"visMtors at the home of her saster
Mrs. Clare Collins and family over
the weekend."
Mrs. Chester Leonard spent
Sunday at the home of her son
and family, Dale Leonard, at
Carleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Beyelein,
Mr."" and Mrs.  Herb  Beyelein,
i and Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Necter-
jlein   from   Frankenmuth   were
Sunday visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jantz.
Mrs. Julia England was in Detroit Saturday to visit her brother, James Tropea who is a
patient at Providence Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Schlic-
ke, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Luck-
ritz were Sunday visitors at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Tropea.
Sharon Starling and Sally
Campbell attendee^ the Ann Arbor
District of the M.Y.F. at Monroe
last week end and while there
were guests at the Arthur Kedie
home.
Mr.   and Mrs.   GiGlbert Dicks
and children were dinner guests
at the home of his parents, Mr.
i and Mrs.  Edward Dicks   of Ply-
j mouth, Sunday.
I Miss Evelyn Korte and Miss
Nancy Monroe of Detroit were
week end guests at the home of
Evelyn's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Korte. Both girls* are attending the Lutheran Seminary at
* Saginaw.
I Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Dicks entertained the following group of
people at dinner last Saturday
evening: Mr. and Mrs. Carl See-
ger, Mr. and Mrs. George Wallo,
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schultz and
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Peltonen of
Milan. The occasion was the wedding   anniversaries    of   Mr. and
i Mrs. Dicks, Mr. and Mrs. Seeger
and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Peltonen.
Mr. and Mrs. Auperle of Ann
Arbor were Sunday evening supper guests at the home .of Mr.
and Mrs'.  Harry Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Wahl and
daughters, Deborah and Dianne,
were Sunday afternoon and evening guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Radendaugh of
Milan.
j Mr. and Mrs. William Meister,
son Billy and daughter Mary
spent the week end with Mrs.
Richardson in Toledo. *
| Mr; and Mrs. Dan Roehm and
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Roehm
called sX "the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Dave Wahl on Saturday
evening.
| Mr. _uid Mrs. Reuen Finkbeiner
were Sunday dinner guests at the
home .of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Sehill
of Ypsilanti. In the afternoon they
all called at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Heusel. Mrs. Heusel
had just returned home from St.
Joseph's Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Finkbeiner, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bredernitz, and Mr. and Mrsi. Lloyd Dell
attended a euchre party at the
home of Gustav Esch of Pleasant   Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Martin and
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Martin and
Penny were dinner guests at the
home of Earr~Willhoft on Sunday, and in the afternoon visited
Mrs. Willhoft at Ford Hospital,
j Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Nielsen
and. daughter of Wyandotte were
Sunday dinner guests at the home
.of Mr.  and Mrs.  George Martin.
ehcose an agreeaote third p-?rso.i.
The decision of the three thereby b?ing binding on both parties.
The City to pay their appraiser,
Mr. Bredernitz his and the fee
of the third party to be split
equally. Mr. Breitnor agreed to
stand the cost of making up con-
tratc.
Motion by Collins, seconded by
Little that the  Council enter into
| negotiations     with   Herman   Bre-
\ dernitz to settle appending litigation and that the council furthermore entertain the submission
of contract by his Atty Mr. Breitnor, for city approval. Carried..
Our Atty Pat Roesch approved
of the above plan.
Officer Love appeared Re: excessive exhaust noise caused by
trucks going through the City, especially the Diesels. Advisied to
check further to find out how
handled in other cities;.
Re: painting Water Tank (Continental Steel). Matter tabled until next meeting during which
time we were to - be advised of
the bid given us last summer still
stands.
Re: water hydrants at end of
lines. Mike Straight was advised
to open somewhat and let run as
soon as weather permitted in
order to freshen supply at these
sources.
Re: Accident insurance on City
employees. We were advised by
our Atty Pat Roesch that our
present, policy with the Michigan
State Accident fund would adequately take care of the situation.
Re: street equipment urgently
needed. Motion by Little, seconded
by Coe that we get sealed bids
to be in our office by Feb. 16th
on the following Ford equipment
These bids to be our net price
tax free City and also if some
contract agreement could be had
whereby cost could be spread
over a three year period.
• Re: sick leave. Motion by Buck,
seconded     by  Coe     that  hourly
I rated employees cannot afceumu-
iate oyer 12 days sick leave and
salary employees not to exceed
24 days. Carried.
| .-Bills for month of January approved for  payment.
Re: wage re-adjustment. Considerable discussion was had as
to the advisability of making rate
changes more than once a year,
namely July 1st. The matter was
tabled  to next meeting.
\ Colllins    that   meeting    adjourn.
; Carried.
SALINE THEATER
SOLD
The Saline Theatre building, at
111 W. Michigan Ave., has been
purchased by the Schnebelt family who operate bakeries in Dexter and* Ypsilanti.
According to the Schnebelts,
tentative plans are to open a
bakery in Saline, but no definite
date has been set. The building
will be remodeled and a new front
built." The remodeling is planned
to begin   within  30   and 60  days.
The Schnebelt bakeries are well
known in Washtenaw county. The
family has been operating bakeries in this vicinity t since 1914.
They now operate two bakeries;
the Dexter Bakery, and the
Schnebelt Bakery in Ypsilanti. If
and when the bakery opens here,
it will be called the Saline Bakery.
World Day
Of Prayer
j Mrsi. Henry Karner and Sandra
spent Sunday* with relatives in
Dundee.
February 20,   1953
Sounded to drumbeats from the
hills of Africa comes the call to
Christians around the world to
join on February 20, 1953, in the
=66th observance of World' Day
of Prayer.
Participants in the 1953 observance will use a service prepared
by the women of Africa on the
theme, "Walk As Children of
Light" ' (Eph. 5:8). Unusual features of the program include a
call to worship accompanied by
drums and a thanksgivng .'Song of
the Emancipated" chanted to the
rythmic clapping of hands, in the
custom of native Africans.
Traditionally held on the firsit
Friday of Lent, the. World Day
of Prayer is a 24-hour period set
apart for a globe-encircling demonstration of Christian unity,
through prayer and meditation
and through offerings used for
missions projects at home and
abroad.
The United Council of Church
Women, now the General Department of United Church Women,
National Council of Churches, isl
responsible for the planning and
promotion of the observance. Last
year this organization reported
that services were held in more
than 17,000 communities of the
U. S. and in 113 other nations,
with offerings in this country totaling more than a third of a million dollars.
World Day of Prayer offerings
here are divided equally between
the National Council's Divisions
of Home and Foreign Missions.
Funds apportioned to the Division of Home Missions help broaden local church programs of
spiritual and social ministry in
migrant camps, provide in-service
training for ministers engaged in
church-centered community work
among Negroes in rural areas,
and make available religious edu-
catios and social service for
American Indians attending government boarding schools and in
industrial areas.
Among the World Day of Prayer foreign mission projects are:
support of union Christian colleges in the Orient, publication of
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