1953-02-26; Saline Observer

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Rev.   Frederick   H.    Engelsdorfer
Although he is a comparative
newcomer to our community, Eev.
Frederick H. Engelsdorfer is well
known   in  Saline.
He came to Saline in Sept. 1951
to take over as Pastor- of St.
James Evangelical and Reformed
Church in  Saline Township.
Before coming here, Rev. Engelsdorfer was pastor of St.
Peter's Church in Detroit for 21
years—from 1930 to 1951. He
was also the Pastor of Salem
Church in Albion, Michigan, and
he organized and served as Pastor for the Grace Church in Grosse
Point Park
Rev. Engelsdorfer was horn m
Germany, hut came to America
as a young child when his family
settled in St. Joseph, Michigan.
He decided to become a minister
when he was 13 or 14 years old,
which is the time of confirmation
for his denomination. In 1916, he
left St. Joseph and came to Detroit where he began to work his
way through school.
In 1921, he ..graduated from
Ehnhurst College in Illinois, and
in 1924, he graduated from Eden
Theological Seminary in Webster
Groves, Missouri. His formal education also includes two years of
Post Graduate Work at Wayne
University.
Since becoming Pastor at St.
James, the Church has developed
an excellent choir, and, with the
help of members of the church,
a children's Chapel has been built
complete with altar and furniture,
built down to scale.
Rev. Engelsdorfer was married
in 1925, and he has two sons and
two daughters. One son, Delvin
is studying for the ministry in
Eden Seminary, and a daughter,
Phyllis, is attending Ehnhurst
College.
An older son, Marvin, is assistant Pastor of St Peter's Church
in St. Louis, Mo., and an older
daughter, Marion, is married.
While in Detroit, Rev. Engelsdorfer was a member of the Orphan's Home Board for his denomination for nine years. He is
now serving his tenth year as a
member of the Evangelical Deaconess Hospital Board of Directors in Detroit.
SEVENTIETH  YEAR,
NUMBER 22
SALINE,  WASHTENAW- COUNTY, MICHIGAN        x-HURSDAY, FEB. 26, 1953
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Saline Sidelights
Although the weather may
change before this paper is
printed, the beautiful weather
which we have been having recently makes one realize how
close it is to spring cleaning,
both in the house and in the
yard.
Talking of spring reminds us
of the conversation we had with
Mrs. Prank Deede. She told us
how thrilled she is to be living
back on Maple St. in their newly constructed home. She expressed - this writers viewpoint
concisely*when she stated that
she is always thrilled to see
Michigan Ave. in the spring.
She contends that it is one of
the most beautiful streets in
any community in which she
has lived. The stately homes, the
beautiful trees and well-kept
lawns make it a joy to drive
down Michigan Ave. particularly in the spring and summer.
We older people can sometimes be taught a lesson from a
child. Such was the case the
other day when we were crossing Michigan Ave. and observed no -cars were approaching,
we "cut" across quite a bit of
the intersection. Upon reaching
the other side a small boy remarked indignantly, "you jaywalked." Shows we forget sometimes just how much children
observe our actions.
While talking with Mrs. Walter Schroeder we learned several interesting things about
Japan which her son, Ray had
written to her. Ray is stationed
in Tokyo. He writes that it is
a very beautiful country and
it has many beautiful paintings.
The young Japanese boys and
girls are very similar to the
American boys and girls and
that some of the most wonderful acrobats in the world are
to be found in Japan. At the
camp -where Ray is stationed
there is a baseball diamond,
tennis court, a beautiful swimming pool etc. It is always a
pleasure to hear from any of our
boys in service.
BUSINESS MEN'S
ORGANIZATION
A business men's organizatior
meeting -will be held at the Saline
High School at 8 p. m. Fridaj
night.
Purpose of the meeting is to
set up a permanent organizatior
that can function effectively oi
matters concerning the busines;
life of the community. Every person who is( engaged in business r
Saline is asked to attend thi
meeting or have a representative
there.
A letter sent to business me:
by William Crim states: "For sev
eral years it has been evident tha
Saline needed a Merchant's As
sociation or some similar orgai
which could accurately reflect th
opinions of Saline business mei
on matters of public interest
"Questions such as public parking, store hours, expansion of th/
city limits, the nature and extent
of new public bond issues are a
few of the problems which are
now confronting us and as the
growth of Washtenaw County
continues, these problems will be
multiplied many times"
Red Cross Drive
Eleven hundred dollars seems
atrocious- but if each one of us
would do our share in contributing to the Red Cross Fund not
one would feel this is too much.
Remember this is- one of the many
things that we may be thankful
we are Americans because we still
have the privilege to help each
other and contribute if we s;o
desire
Each day the blood that flows
from a transfusion bottle means,
life to hundreds of men and women and children . . to a wounded
Marine in Korea ... to a Mother
in Child-birth ... to an accident
victim, globulin for Polio. . Stop
and think how often you in your
own families have needed blood
donors. This comes under Red
Cross   Blood Program.
Disaster trike without warning,
mashing homes and lives leaving
stunned and helpless victims in
it's wakes. When our Saline River is on a rampage it gives us an
odd feeling and yet how thankful
we are, our houses do not have
to be evacuated and our children
are not in danger $100,000 was
given for aid in the late Nether-
land disaster.
Safety Service, Nursing Services, Foreign operations, Junior
Red Cross, and Service Groups
are also important projects of the
Red  Crossi.
The drive starts March 1st so
let's talk it over and decide what
your contribution will be s» when
the volunteer stops at your place
of business or your home you will
have made your decision which
will save time because these girls
are giving- of their time. The contribution you make does not concern them but it does express
your univrsal desire to help a less
fortunate neighbor wherever he
may. be.
Let's do our part in reaching
our quota.
Dora  Robison,
Red Cross Chairman.
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Reorganization And Saline
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Roehm
Veterinarian Moves
To Saline
Dr. Wilford Davis, a veteranar-
ian from Dundee, is moving to
Saline in approximately 30 days.
As far as we know, he will be the
1 only   veteraniarian   practicing   in
j the vicinity of Saline.
Dr. Davis is a graduate of
Michigan State College. He was
veteraniarian at Villa Vista Farms
in  Ypsilanti,   and  he  worked for
' the State as  a tester.
| ■  Dr.   Davis   bought   the   Louise
jTurf home at 21?, N. Ann Arbor,
and will live there.
|     The Turfs,  who have   lived in
I Saline for the past seven years are
moving, to South Bend, Indiana,
where Mr. Turf has taken over
the Northern Indiana and Northern Illinois territory for his tirm,'
Montgomery Ward.
MRS. LEONARD
JOSENHANS
Mrs. Leonard Josenhans, wife of
Leonard Jaul Josenhans. formerly
of Saline died Feb. 17 at Garys-
berg, N. C. .
She was the former Ernestine
Stoddart. Mr. & Mrs. Josenhans
moved to North Carolina in 1927,
where he hos been in the government employ.
Surviving besides her husband
ore two sons and several grandchildren. Burial was in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Mrs. George Austin is another advocate of spring in Michigan and particularly in Saline.
Quoting Mrs. Austin, "I had the
good fortune to go to Florida
for the Christmas holidays and
we had a'wonderful two-week's
but I did not regret coming back
to the ice and cold of Michigan.
The thrill of spring with its joy
of > the robin and the anticipation of the warmth and life is
possible only after experiencing the cold of winter. I'm one
who is very glad to be here, to
experience it." »
Well this is all for this week.
If this column is of interest to
our readers, we will continue
next week. We will welcome any
suggestions connected with this
column.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Roehm of
Saline township marked their gol-
len wedding anniversary on Tues-
lay, Feb., 24th, with a reception
■it the Polar Bear Cafe in the
evening for a. large group of relatives and friends. *
The couple was married on Feb.
24th, 1903, in the Bethel Church
in Freedom township by the Rev.
Paul Irion. They lived on a farm
in Bridgewater township for five
years before moving to Saline
township  where they   still reside.
.The couple has one son Clarence
and four daughters Mrs. Elmer
(Elva) Glatz, Mrs. Herman (Lucille) Finkbeiner, Mrs. Rudolph
(Wilma) Wahl, and Mrs. Larry
(Lilia) Luckhardt, all of Saline
township; nine grandchildren. Mrs.
Roehm is the former Clara Seck-
inger daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. John Seckinger of
Bridgewater. She has two sisters,
Mrs. Andrew Staib and Mrs. Lewis   Trolz  of Manchester.
s.h.sTband
victorious
The Saline High School
Band, under the direction of
Arthur Katterjohn, returned
| from the District Band and Or-
|chestra Contest on Saturday.
Feb. 21, with all First Divisions being given by the judges.
For the first time in its history, a Saline Band has come'
back with a unanimous rating
I of being an outstanding band
,in every respect. The band wac
one of four bands who, out of
;the twelve Class C bands participating, received a first di-
I vision, and was the only one
to receive a unanimous rating.
I The judges were Allen Brit-
|ton and Wayne Dunlap from
the University of Michigan, and
Harry Begian and Mark De-
Leonard from the Detroit Public Schools. All the judges were
very clear in their comments
on the band's performance.
"The .March was very well
played in all respects." "This
number (Sequoia) was played
with beautiful attention to detail . . . Contrast, dynamics,
and articulation were well
chosen." "This has been a very
remarkable performance for a
Class "C" Band. . . The quality
of tone is more mature than
that one usually hears ... A
remarkable job in bringing
this organization to its present
level of perfection . . . Members of the Saline Band have
an organization of which they
can well be proud."
By receiving a first division
rating in the District Contest
the Band will now travel to
the State Band Contest to be
held in Ann Arbor in April.
There, only bands receiving
firsts in District Contests will
be participating, and the standards and competition will be
keener and higher. The band
has much work to be done in
perfecting its playing, but with
the excellent attitude and the
hard work of the players, the
citizens of Saline need have no
fear that they will have a
band of which they can be very
proud. Our hats off to the
members of the Band and their
director.
MMPA To Hold Meet
The Michigan Milk Producers
Association will hold their annual
mefiti'-g at 7:30 tonight at the
Saline High School. This is an im- j
portant meeting. The dairy picture
is somewhat confused so come and
get the facts.
Speakers will be Rev. Richard
from Plymouth, and Jack Barnes
from the association office. Casey
Clark, who broadcasts over an
Ann Arbor radio station, and his
orchestra will be on hand to furnish the entertainment. The Junior class will again supply the
supper.
Bishop Reed To
Deliver Sermon
Two Arrested
In Saline
John Ouzts and Billie Miller,
were arrested Tuesday by Police
Chief Love, and Patrolman Straka
as they were pushing their car
-west on Michigan Ave. Both parties had had their driver's licenses
revoked.
Ouzts was arrested in Detroit
twice for drunk driving, and had
been placed on, probation. During
probation, he was arrested and
sentenced for breaking and entering. He served 107 days and was
paroled Feb. 22. He is being held
for Detroit police for parole violation. Miller has a record of
three arrests for drunk driving.
He will be tried in Ann Arbor
Saturday on a chage of being a
minor in possession  of beer.
Throughout the past year's discussion of reorganization of
the /school districts in the Saline area very little has been
said or discussed regarding the effect of the proposed reorganization on the Saline district.
Education today is everybody's business. Everyone, whether
or not he pays real estate or personal taxes, contributes in one
way or another to the support of the community's schools;
Everyone .whether he is in .business, a profession, "a farmer, or
is a factory worker, owns a home "or rents one, has children of
school age or not, is directly affected by the development and
effectiveness of the school'^ program. The adage that, "Better
Schools Make Better Communities" is more true today than
ever before.
 ' •. A city the size of Saline cannot be self-sufficient. It needs
the cooperation and the support
of the surrounding area if its
businesses are to be profitable
-■""'. lo sting. Reorganization with
the rural districts will insure
'lie continuation of business relations which might be lost if,
j through the lack of facilities,
the school were forced to exclude rural pupils, from attend-,
ing high school at Saline. It
is a quite generally accepted
fact that parents tend to do a
considerable share of their busi-
.,   . ,,  ness   in   the   city   where  their
line came along that we should, youllgsters attend high school.
Some time ago I mentioned
that the squeeking hinge gets
oil first. In line with that thinking we mentioned that when
issues concerning all of us in Sa-
not sit back and let nature take
.its course if we feel that all is
not quite what it should be.
The rental and sale values of
residential property and the value of individual properties  are
The recent issue of the park-  dependent   in   both   urban   and
ing situation  has   now   reared ] rural   areas to a large   extent
Saline General Hospital
Births: Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Braun-daughter, born Feb. 20
weighing 7 lbs. and 13 ozs. Mr.
and Mrs. Ehvin Marion-son born
Feb. 22 weighing 7 lbs. and 11 ozs.
Surgical: Louie Newman, Milan;
Lulu Jerles, Ann Arbor.
Medical: Clara Royce, Ann
Arbor; Laura Stroupe, Milan; Sylvia Stockert, Saline; Edward
Short, Bridgewater; Marie Gibson,
Milan.
Tonsillectomies: Kathleen Gray,
Milan; Carol Southward, Milan;
Charles Baylis, Ypsilanti; Mable
Meadows, Milan; Angela Austin,
Saline.
its head and came out into the
open where we can all take a
crack at it. The City Council
has made a decision. Furthermore they apparently plan
some immediate action. I understand they are after bids to install parking meters in the City
These meters will be on Main St.
and on Ann Arbor St. Now, do
you think this is the best answer?
Going back to the squeaking
hinge, this decision by the
council has set plenty of hinges
in motion. It was this comment
by many of you who are to be
directly affected in one way or
another by this action on -the
part of the Council that mad*1
me stop and think. I hope it
stops you also.
It seems to be the feeling, of
the merchants at least, that before we install parking meters
vin   our   fair    city   that   there
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Bersuder
and Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Dan
McCleon and Ricky and Mr. and
Mrs. Alton Wahl, Deborah and
Diano were Saturday evening
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Hertler. Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Kohler were also
callers in the evening.
Community Calendar
Feb. 6, Thursday, M.M.P.A.
meet at Saline High School.
Feb. 27, Friday, Business Men's
Organization meet at Saline High
School at 8:00 p.m.
Feb. 28, Saturday, Girl Scouts
meet at Sandra Kamers.
Bishop Marshall R. Reed of
Detroit will be at the Methodist
Church at the regular Sunday
morning worship service to deliver the sermon and dedicate
anew this church which has undergone a tremendous improvement program during recent
months and now stands ready to
give an ever-increasing challenge to its members and the
the purpose for which it was
originally constructed.
The improvement program is
the culmination of several years
of planning and months of hard
work and has reached into every
corner of the church. A total
of -$6,500 hos been spent to
date, $3,100 of it going into re-
finishing the sanctuary and the
three parlors adjacent to it.
This figure does not include the
.cost of the new carpeting in
the parlors which was purchased
with money from a special fund
that was set aside by the Women's Society of Christian" Serv--
ice. Most of the new furniture
was also purchased by the Women's Society. Some of the furniture was giv;en to the church
by individuals.
This week   the  basement   i;
being painted and will be completed by Sunday.
Lenton Service In  Evening
Dr. O. R. Yoder, medic I
•superintendent of the ■Vnpii---H
"tate Hospital, will address the
congregations of the Federated
and Methodist Churches in the
second of a series "of evening
services being held at 7:45 during the Lenton season. oThe two
churches are alternating in
conducting the services. The
first one was held at the Federated Church last Sunday.
Local Man Wins
Certificate
upon the prosperity of the business places. People do not build
new homes nor do new business developments enter communities that do not have prospects for a prosperous future.
Saline is a growing community. Its school population alone
today would be about the same
as the school membership was
ten years ago with non-resident
pupils included. The loss of nonresident tuition that will take
effect as more and more nonresidents have to be excluded
will have to be made up in additional taxation if the school's
program is to be maintained at
its present high standard. Furthermore, the city will have to
build additional space eventually for its own pupils. Reorganization will hasten the need for
additional space and make more
space necessary, it is true, but
it will spread   the cost  of  the
pay. The biggest nrguinent ir
support of any eritieinm of the
meters will NOT create any new
space that is now not already
available. Therefore ,the feeling seems to be that before any
meters are erected that there
should . be a free parking lot
Having dose satisfactory Hoi- cf^ed somewhere in the heart
stein calf club work during the of .^..^ ^here they co.^d
past year", Thomas R. Richards, Pef all day if necessary with-
Saline, Michigan, has been award- °ut running out to the meter
ed a Certificate of Merit and every h?™' And Toom also for
granted a Junior Membership in *?me of those who are short-
The Holstein-Friesian Association" time Parkers whose only fair
of America, Brattleboro, Vermont.. ™mld,bef X^^l °f lettmg
He was recommended for    these i ^ere first Then put up   he me^
'slurald be some alternative to new facilities over double the
which people could turn before i present valuation. Saline will be
bping   comrielled   to   park   and | contributing   its  present   build-
awards by the State 4-H Club
Leader.
All privileges of the Association
except voting have been'given to
him until he is  21 years of  age.
He is the 15,438th member of
The Holstein-Friesian Calf Club
Association of America to achieve
this national   recognition.
Feb.   28,    Saturday,   Methodist
Youth  Fellowship   Bake   Sale   at
Woods Hardware Store.
Mar. 3, Tuesday, Child Study
Club meet at Mrs. George Wood's
at 8:00 p.m.
CHILD STUDY
CLUB MEETS
The Child Study Club meets at
the home of Mrs. George Woods
• March 3 at 8:00. This will be the
annual meeting and election of officers. The nominating committee
is Garnette Karner, Maxine
Krempel and Helen Esch. The
speaker is Mrs. Rachel An-
dresen, executive secretary in the
Ann Arbor Council of Churches.
Her topic will be "A Living Religion." Assisting the hostess >will
be Betty Schild and Cecilia Korte.
World Day of Prayer
Last Friday, Saline women
joined with women around the
-world in a worship service observing the World Day of Prayer.
A union service was held at the
Federated church with women
from the Methodist Church', St.
Pauls Church, and St. • James
Church  participating.
Mrs. Henry McKenzie presided
at the worship service..Mrs. Ronald Tower was the soloist and
Msr. -Harold Brown the organist.
A series of colored slides on the pA]jn xpjnj,! Fi*nirP«
topic "For All Of Life" was shown r011° J-*"_l_ J? IgUrCh
hy Mrs. Hazen Jewell, with Mrs. I Final figures on the Polio
Alvin Siemsen reading the ac-J Drive show that altogether
compa'nying script. | $1,828.06    was   collected   in   the
Mrs.   Elvin   Armbruster,   Mrs. I Saline  Area.   Saline's   quota  was
Orville Finkbeiner,   Mrs.   Edward j $1,200, soothe drive went over the
Warner and Mrs. Paul Lee were
the ushers.
ing on which there is but a few
thousand in outstanding indebtedness and will be helping to
pay for the new elementary facilities that will be needed. In
return it will safeguard the
future development of Saline;
it will have a share in providing adequate and modern facilities for its elementary children; it will be able to provide
a broad program of secondary
education which will have something of value for all pupils in
the area. This is possible only
when adequate rooms and facilities are  available.
The area included in the reorganization is   a  part of  the
Saline community. Its problems
are our problems; its children
will be our future citizens; its
resources are our resources and
the needs of its children are the
needs of our children. Neither
one can do the job adequately
alone.   With two-way  coopera-
Miss    Elizabeth    Feuerbacher, ittan and a pooling of resources
owner of the Lovely Lady Beauty this community can provide the
Salon, is moving her shop to her faculties that wilLgive our chil-
home at   630   Pauline   Blvd.,   in dren and youth educational op-
Ann Arbor,  on   or about March portunity   equal   to   that  any-
6. Her phone number is 9006 Ann where in the  state,
ters by all means. Ask your
neighbor or any businessman
how they feel about it. Then
squeek where it will do the
most good, to your councilman.
Tell them what you Want.
Beauty Salon Moves
To Ann Arbor
Arbor.  Anyone  desiring-   to   call,
may do so collect.
Miss Feuerbacher has been at
the present.location, 109 E. Michigan Ave., for the past fifteen
years and is moving her shop because of a new building which is
to be erected on that site.
TOURNAMENT
,TARTS THUR.
break    down as
top by $628.06.
The   figures
follows:
Industries   $70.00.
School $171.77.
Mothers' March $558.69.
Cannisters   $346.18.
Vote March 6, 11953
Any qualified elector in the
17 districts involved is eligible
to vote. This election is to determine only whether or not reorganization "will take place. *
Any questions on the election
may.be submitted to a member
of the Advisory Committee. In
Saline this includes Mrs. Meri-
deth Bixby," Frank Britton,
George Burg, Randall Coates,
Mrs. Hazel Cook, Mrs. Robert
Merchant and Allan Wiedman.
In the rural districts members
of the committee are: Bridge-
water Station, Erwin Feldkamp,
Schumacher, Mrs. John Livingston; Girback: Dist., Aaron Girbach, phone A. A. 28072; Lodi
Plains Dist. Mrs. Arthur Jacob-
sen; Wood's Dist. Rudolph
Gross, 629 M, Lodi Center Dist.,
Walter Lindeman, A. A. 28012;
Dime   Cards  $117.35.  ,
Special    Gifts     (Individuals) '■ Bliss Dist.  Frank Riggs A. A.
138931;? Sutherland Dist. Dwight
Reynolds 567-M; Valentine Dist.
Webb Harwood, 553-J; Dell Dist.
The State District No. 7 Class j
C basketball tournament will be-!
gin   at     7:30 p. m.    Wednesday,' $196.70.
March 4. j     Organizations $367.37.
The first round on Wednesday 	
pits   Saline  with  an  11-5  record      Richard Roland Goltz was bap-j Albert Bredernitz, 626-W; Glea-
against Dundee 13-3. . | tized   on  Feb.   1   at  the  Trinity j son Dist. William Kopba, Macon'
On Thursday at 7:30, Airport • Lutheran Church. Sponsors werej7-F16; Judd Dist. Don Camp-
816 will play Summerfield 6-9. j Mrs. Dorothy Osborne of Olm-1 bell 534-M; Fosdick JDist. Carl
Friday at 7:30, the winner of the j stead and Mr. Herman Leuneberg j Seegar 661-W; Oak Grove Dist.
Saline-Dundee game will play Ida,   of   Ann    Arbor.    Dinner    guests j Weldon Emmerson; Shaw Dist.
11-4, and on Saturday, the winner
of the Ida game will play the
winner of the Airport Summer-
field game for the championship.
were: Rev., and Mrs. Engle and
family, "Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Schunn
of Tecumseh, Mrs. Betty Wing
and family of Tecumseh, Henry
Goltz, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Leun-
Miss Thelma Wahl and Bernord  berg of Ann- Arbor, Mr. and Mrs.
Stremler of Hollard -were weekend
guests at the "home of Thelma's]
parents; Mr. ond Mrs. Dave Wahl.!
Robert Osborne of Qhnstead and
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Goltz of Pyl-
mouth.
Mrs.  Oral Bassitt;  Hoyt Dist.
Neil  Tracy.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Frey, Mr.
and Mrs.- Walter Schroeder and
Mrs. Raymond Schroeder were
guests on Saturday evening at the
home of Mr. asd Mrs. Harvey
Frey in Detroit.