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SALINE,  WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN      THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1953
LEO JENSEN
Saline
Sidelights
While browsing through some
old files we found this little
poem by an unknown author.
If we would all follow the bits
of philosophy in the poem, the
world would undoubtedly be a
much better place in which to
live: i
"I will start anew this morning,
with a  higher  creed,
I will cease to stand complaining
of my ruthless neighbors
greed,
I will cease to sit repining while
my duty's call is clear; I will
waste nomoment whining,
And my heart shall  know no
-■fear.
I will not be swayed by envy,
when my rival's strength  is
shown;
I will not deny his merit but I'll
strive to prove my own;
I  will try to see  the   beauty
spread before me,  rain or
shine;
I will cease to preach your duty
and be more concerned with
mine."
During an interesting conversation with Mrs. Walter Mae-
Arthur, we learned of one of
her interesting hobbies. Every
winter she places a bird feeder
in her back yard. Cardinals, nuthatches, blue jays and chickadees are the wil ter birds which
feed in her yard. She states that
the robins and grackles are just
putting in an appearance. One
interesting note, is the fact that
robins like dog food or anything
in the line of meat. She also told
us that there is one, one legged
sparrow which has spent at
least four winters at her place.
Mrs. Allen Wiedman contends
that Saline has a beautiful park,
the best of its kind in any of
the neighboring smaller communities. She states the fact
that the people who enjoy it the
most are the folks that live far
from here, that the residents in
Saline will travel a long distance to take a picnic lunch,
portation system has been inaug- [and fail to take  advantage of
Superintendent of Schools, Leo
Jensen, began his teaching- career in a one-room country school
in Cedar Lakes, Mich, at the age
of 17 after graduating from County Normal.
He taught there for three" years
and then attended Central Michigan College of Education at Mt.
Pleasant where he received a life
teaching certificate in 1926. He
then went to Fairview, Mich, as
superintendent where he remained
for three years before returning
to Central Michigan to take his
B.S. Degree.
In 1930, Jensen accepted a position as superintendent at the
Nadeou Township Schools in Carney, Michigan, and attended
Bummer schools at the University
of Michigan, where he received
a Master's Degree in Administration
While at Nadeau Township, he
was instrumental in organizing a
township unit district in 1938. He
left there to accept his present position as Superintendent of Schools
in Saline.
Since Jensen came to Saline,
the school has progressed from
a one-year accredited rating to a
three-year accredited rating— the
highest rating granted hy the Uni-
versiy of Michigan. This means a
student from Saline can gain entrance to any college in Michigan hy merely being recommended
by the faculty of Saline. A trans
THE   AMERICAN   WAY
Eastern Star Guests
On Ladies Day
A group of 43 Eastern Star
ladies were guests at the Ladies
Day television show in Detroit
last Friday afternoon. They made
the trip in a Greyhound bus,
they stopped for lunch at the Arbor Lil restaurant in Plymouth.
Following the lunch they proceeded on their way to Station
WJBK-TV located in the Masonic
Temple in Detroit. Mrs. Harry
Friis was named the Lady of the
Day and Mrs. Leon Greashaber,
Worthy Matron of the Eastern
Star Lodge, was also introduced
and spoke on the activities of the
Eastern Star's
Red Cross Drive
Under Way
urated and the Room Mother's A&
sociation has been organized to
bring about a better relationship
between the   school and parents.
The School has grown from approximately 320 students in 1943
to 630 at the present time and the
number of teachers has increased
from 13 to 29. Music has been
made available in grades four
through twelve and an art program has been organized for
grades three through twelve.
The vocational group program
has been' increased to three years,
grades nine through twelvei — instead of one year as it was in
1943, and home economics has been
increased from a two-year course
to three years.
" Driver training courses have
been added since Jensen came here
a lighted athletic field has been
built and three new rooms have
been added to the school for elementary    grades.    He    has   also
our own beautiful park, with
its new playground equipment,
tennis court etc. She says that
the first beautiful Spring day
she would like to see the park
filled with Salinites. How about
it?
Virginia Carr observes that
it has been cold enough this
winter to keep the sweeper
salesman at home but that it
is a sure sign of Spring when
the magazine salesmen and photographers put in an appearance.
Mrs. E. D. Wolfin is very
much concerned over the lack
of a recreation center for the
teen agers of this community.
With summer approaching, there
will be no school activities and
as a consequence ,with not even
a theater here in Saline, there
will be no place for them to
spend their evenings. She thinks
that a place should be provided
for them in the near future and
worked* log* and   hard  to*   helpjl think   that is the  consensus
bring ahout our newly organized
school district.
His philosophy on education is
somewhat traditional. He believes
that school should be a place where
children like to come, but that
schools should also maintain high
vocational and academic standard's.
He doesn't accept all the new progressive ideas, but he feels that
school should be a place where
children come to prepare for life,
and not to do just as they please.
Jensen was born fn 1903 on a
farm eight miles from Stanton,
Mich., in Montcalm Co. He attended a one-room country school
through the eighth grade, and
drove a horse and buggy eight
miles to attend high school. He
also milked eight cows by hand,
both morning and night, while at-
of most of us.
Well this concludes this column for this week.
Fathers' and Sons'
Banquet Tomorrow
Final plans have been made for
tomorrow night's banquet of the
Fathers and Sons of the Federated Church congregation. The
Board of Ushers of the Church
headed by Walter Jacobs, has
been in charge of the arrangements and the ticket sale. The
group includes Kenneth Rogers,
Charles Uphaus, Kim Jacobsen,
Tom King, Donald Jaeger and
Max Collins,
The banquet will be served by
the  Ladies   Aid   Society   and  is
scheduled to begin at 6:30 o'clock,
tending school. He took part in the opening with invocation by the
usual  high  school   activities,   in- pastor. James Austin will aceomp'
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eluding plays, basketball, baseball
and track and he also got into the
usual troubles of the typical high
school student. After graduating
from high school he worked his
way through college.
While he was superintendent at
Fairview, Jensen married Alice
Stevens of Mio. The Jensens have
twin daughters who are now juniors at Michigan Normal and one
son, Tommy. Both the daughters
also plan to become teachers.
Jensen belongs to the local Rotary Club of which he is a past
president and the Masonic Lodge.
He is a member of the state com-
mitee on school transportation;
ciation of School Administrators,
ciaoin of School Adminisrators,
the National Association of School
Administrators, and he is president of the Southeastern Michigan
Jtoundtable, which is an association of School Superintendents.
any the group singing to be led
by Kenneth Rogers. Marvin Rorick, vocational teacher at the High
School, will give a toast and the
main event will be pictures of Alaskan Wildlife to be presented by
Dr. Dow Baxter of the University
of Michigan School of Forestry.
Joseph Brooker will serve as projectionist and Walter Jacobs will
be the toastmaster.
SOUTH SALINE
Herman Mehler has been released from the University Hospital" and is recovering at his
home from a fall suffered March
8 in which he had the misforttune
to break his jaw.
Another fall victim, Mrs. Walter Rhoades of Mooreville, is a
patient in St. Joseph's Hospital
in Ann Arbor, suffering with a
broken leg.
jVeeefeef* A Helping Hand
Jaycees To Hold
Teen-Age Road-E-0
The JCC Teen-Age Road-E-0
will be held this year during the
later part of April. Walfred Larson, winner at Saline last year,
took third place at the State Road-
E-0 . in Lansing. Any Teen-ager
who is interested in entering,
should contact Bob Harrison or
Mike Strait.
Republican Caucus
Ellsworth Lindsley
Heads Ticket
The Republican Nominee's selected at the Republican Caucus to
run in the Saline Township election, April 7, are: Supervisor, Ellsworth Lindsley; Township Clerk,
Micah Bobinson; Township Treasurer, Albert Bredernitz; Trustees
Clarence Hall and Norman Bohnett; Highway Commissioner,
Warren Finkbeiner; Justice of the
Peace, full term, Raynor Scudder;
Member of Board of Review, full
term, Duncan Robison; Constables,
Albert Gall, Victor Berkich, Mary
Finkbeiner, and Walter Graf.
Parking Commercial
Vehicles
Following the Resolution by
Councilman Buck, 2nd by Little,
that an amendment be made to
Sec. 21, Ordinance 105 by the
addition of the folowing sentence after the first sentence in
the section, "Parking of Commercial Vehicles on the street
in front of residential properties between the hours of 8:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m. is hereby
prohibited.
Carried.
FIREMEN'S BALL
APRIL 11
The Saline Fire Department will
hold their Fifth Annual Ball Saturday night, April 11, at the Saline American Legion Home. This
is the Ball of the year—the one
everyone looks forward to, so get
your tickets now from any fireman.
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Community Events
March 19—Willing Worker-
meet at home of Mrs. Albert
Faust.
March 20—Cafeteria Supper
at Macon Methodist Church.
March 21 — Bake Sale at
Woods Store — 1:00 — Union
School.
March 21—at 8:00 p.m. in
Pattengill Auditorium in the
Ann Arbor High .School, a wildlife motion picture "Animals
Unaware," with speaker Howard Cleaves.
EASTER SEALS
AT GILTROW'S
No Crippled Children's Easter
Seal Drive will be held in Saline
this year because it was included
in the Community Chest Drive.
However, anyone who wishes to
purchase Easter Seals for this
worthy cause may do so at Gil-
trow's   Pharmacy.
Announcing!
The fire whistle will blow at
7:00 p.m. on the second Monday
of each month to signal fire meetings.
The following ladies participated in the games: Mrs. Cecil!
Davenport, Mrs. Hugh Austin,
Mrs. Sam Lambarth, Mrs. Alwin
Gross, Mrs. George Burg, Mrs.
Lee Robinson, Mrs. Edward Lau-
hon, and Mrs. Everett Esch. The
ladies reported a very enjoyable
time.
Editorial . ..
From The Ann Arbor News
Not only is Saline a community with growing pains, but it
is a community where the businessmen intend to do something
about the problems of growth.
Saline's growing pains are
making themselves felt in the
consolidation last week of 17
school districts, the shortage of
parking space in the business
district, in complaints about the
hardness of the water supply,
in need for general cleanup and
refurbishing of local attractions, in unservised areas immediately adjoining the boundary but not yet annexed, in
inadequate sewage disposal, in
an old city hall and firehouse, in
zoning provisions, in need for
reorganization of school facilities and—like Ann Arbor—in
charter revision.
. These instances of community
growth have been cited by a
group of fifty Saline businessmen who got together to look
their local problems squarely in
the face. Absorption with pri-
bate business ,with family and
church concerns, and preoccupation with national and international affairs has not made
them indifferent to the situation staring them in the face
on their home front in Saline.
Who better to study and work
on community reorganization
than the businessmen of that
community? Too often men such
as those who have banded together in the Saline Business
Association for civic betterment
do not take the time to consider
local governmental problems
without realizing that good business depends upon a good municipality.
Too often do the businessmen
leave civic enterprises up to
women's groups, to reform organizations, to dreamers and
planners who do not have at
their fingertips the know-how of
actual operations. In Saline, this
is not going to be the case. The
very prospectus of problems set
forth by the local business leaders shows ^perspicacity. The
group includes bankers, pharmacists, public utility spokesmen,
hatchery experts, newsmen. For
the time they intend to devote to
civic improvement, Saline will
owe them gratitude and congratulations.
JCC Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday, April 4th
The Saline Jaycees will again
sponsor an Easter Egg Hunt this
year. The Hunt will he held Saturday, April 4, and the time is
tentatively! set for 1:00 p.m. This
year the Easter-Egg Hunt will be
held either at the park or school
depending on the weather. Ken
Savery is Chairman of the committee.
Joins Paratroopers
Thomas Mitchell, of Saline left
Monday for Ft. Wayne, Detroit.
From there, ha expects to be sent
to Fort Benning, Ga., since he
has enlisted in the paratroopers.
Goodwill Industries
To Visit Saline
The familiar red Goodwill Industries pick-up trucks will be
in Saline on Thursday, March 26,
to collect usable household materials to provide jobs and training for the 330 physically handicapped men and women employed
in the Goodwill Workshops in Detroit. Contributions of materials
to the rehabilitation program* may
be made by phonng Mrs. Ronald
Tower at 14 or by addressing a
postcard to Goodwill Industries,
6522 Brush 'Street, Detroit 2,
Michigan.
Local People Make the News
Mrs. Lawrence Bachelder, of
E. Michigan Ave. Saline, left
Sunday to spend a few weeks in
Daytona Beach, Fla. with Mr.
Bachelders sister, Mrs. C. W.
Moulton, formerly of Jackson.
Mrs. Christ Keinath and her
two daughters, Lorraine and
Ellen, and Albert Bigerlirn of
Saginaw were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jantz and
family Sunday.
Mrs. Hazel Crothers of Torch
Lake is visiting her uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Shurtz for a few days.
Mrs. Henry Karner entertained ten guests at her home
last Thursday afternoon, in honor of Mrs. Bertha Blome, Mrs.
Blome is a new neighbor of Mrs.
Karner.
Mrs. Fannie Unterkircher and
Mrs. Crowley were Saturday
evening callers at the home of
Mrs. Joseph Schaible.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Carr
were supper guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown
in Ypsilanti on Sunday evening.
Mrs. Glen Wolfin. of Gaines,
Michigan and her daughter Mrs.
James   Youell   of  .Charleston,
West Virginia, were dinner
guests at the home of Mrs. and
Mrs. E. D. Wolfin last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lauhon
and Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Sehmid
were visitors at the Fred Waring show in Ann Arbor on Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Karner
and Sandra were in Dundee
Sunday   visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs .Dave Wahl were
callers at the Clarence Girbach
home last Thursday evening.
Rev. and Mrs. Alvin Siemsen
and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lambarth left Monday morning for
Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Wolfin entertained the following group
of people at dinner Sunday: Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Heininger and
son from Ann Arbor, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Heininger, John
and Ed. Heininger, Oscar Weber, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Heininger and Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Robison.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Starling,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Weibusch
and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Tracy attended the Fred Waring show in
Ann   Arbor  on   Saturday  evening.
Mrs. Ted Stimpson entertained her bridge club Friday
evening.
Mr. Earl Scruggs of Ann Arbor, under went an appendectomy on Monday at the Saline
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Savery
entertained at a Euchre party
Saturday evening at their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wilcox
of Brooklyn and Mrs. Lanny
Walla of Cherry Hill Road were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.j
and Mrs. Louis Bowen and Sandiland. '
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harrer
and son Harley ,Mr. and Mrs.
Rudy Wahl and sons Lyle and
Ronnie Were Sunday guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vearl
Widmayer and family at Manchester.
Mrs. Harold Harrer spent
Wednesday afternoon with her
parentSj Mr. and Mrs. Austin
Balmer at Chelsea.
A Bridge party was held at
the home of Mrs. Ann Turf. Co-
hostess for the evening was Mrs.
Mable Stierle.
Lambarth's
Hardware Moves
The Lambarth Bros. Hardware
Store is moving into the location
formerly occupied by Merritt's
Shoe Store, at 104 W. Michigan
Ave. No definite date has been
set for the opening.
ROOM MOTHERS
MEET
The Room Mothers Association held their meeting on Monday, March 9 in the Commercial room, with the President,
Mrs. Robert Merchant presiding.
To open the meeting, a tape,
recording was played, entitled
"Report Card Dilemna," This
was about the reaction of a family towards the report cards.
A very interesting and informative panel discussion followed,
with Mrs. Wilbur Williams acting as moderator. The members of the panel were: Mrs.
George Austin, Mrs. Edward
Lauhon, Mrs. James Fox and
Mrs. Lester McCoy. An open
discussion  period  followed.
The main issue of the discussion was the fact that the
teachers feel that they get to
know and understand the child
better, by the conferences with
the parents. They feel that they
can evaluate the child's abilities better.
The business meeting followed
the discussion. The annual meeting will be held at the school
on Monday, April 12. Mrs. Merchant named two • committees,
one for the kindergarten tea,
which is in honor of the mothers who will have children entering in the fall. The committee in charge of this will be:
Mrs. Frank Brittain, Mrs. Donald Rapp, Mrs. George Austin,
Mrs. Edward Lauhon, Mrs. John
Flook and Mrs. George Burg.
The other committee was named
to take charge of the May tea,
at which time the new Room
Mothers and the old Room
Mothers and the teachers will
be entertained. This committee
is composed of: Mrs. Hollis Carr,
Mrs. Carl Marion, Mrs. Henry
Groeb, Mrs. Ldean Bernard,
Mrs. Basil Badour and Mrs.
Waldo Gross.
Another group was asked to
make a survey to see how many
substitute teachers are available. These members are: Mrs.
Al Wiedman, Mrs. Leslie Jordan and Mrs. Robert Bassett.
Following the meeting, coffee
was served by Mrs. Donald
Rapp.
Mrs. Gertrude Carter went to
the home of her daugher and
family, the George Motions in
Ypsilanti, Sunday to spend a couple of weeks, and further recuperate from the fall she had ■ two
weeks ago.
Aid to disaster survivors; blood
to wounded persons, both military personnel and civilians; gamma globulin to help prevent paralysis in polio; all are typical of
work done by your American Red
Cross.
Here in Washtenaw County,
many Red Cross services consist
of such things as hundreds of
trips by the Motor Service to
transport to and from hospitals
and clinics those aged and ill
persons who cannot help themselves, presenting first aid and
water safety classes, and helping
bring home servicemen when critical  family  emergencies  occur.
It's to finance these and numerous other tasks that the Washtenaw County American Red
Cross chapter is asking you to
"Answer the Call" this month to
help raise $70,400, the 1953 quota.
A substantial portion of the
quota will be used to produce the
gamma globulin from blood donations .So that the globulin may
be distributed throughout the
country to be available should
polio occur.
A breakdown of the $70,400 aim
shows that quotas for county
cities are: Chelsea $1,675; Dexter,
$1,200; Manchester, $1,100; Milan,
$1,500; Saline, $1,100; Ann Arbrr,
$41,950; East Ann Arbor, $300;
Ypsilanti, $12,600; and the rural
areas including townships, $9,075.
To help obtain these donations,
capable conscientious fellow citizens have volunteered their time.
Among these persons . are those
serving as rural solicitation township chairmen. By township, they
are:
Ann Arbor, Mrs. Edwin God-
dard, Mrs. Jay Huntington, Mrs.
Rigdon Ratliff, Mrs. Ray Wurs-
ter; Augusta, Mrs. Dewey Ehle;
Bridgewater, Mrs. Louis Blaisdell;
Dexter, Mrs. Walter Wolfgang;
Freedom, Mrs. Alfred Kuhl; lama,
Mrs. Walter Wolfgang; Lodi, Mrs.
Miles Wilson; Lyndon, Mrs. Henry Prin;; Manchester, Mrs. Ray
Kerr.
Northfield, Mrs. Margaret Smal-
ley, Mrs. Erwin Volz; Pittsfield,
Mrs. Frank McCalla; Salem, Mrs.
John Van Aken; Saline, Mrs. Gilbert Dicks; Scio, Mrs. Walter
Schwartz; Sharon, Mrs. Raymond
Jacob; Superior, Mrs. Maynard
Sellars; Sylvan, Mrs. Henry, Prin;
Webster, Mrs. Walter Wolfgang;
York, Mrs. Clyde Desbrough;
Ypsilanti, Henry Hicks. Mr. H. S.
Osier is the general chairman of
townships.
City chairmen . are: Chelsea,
Mrs. John Fischer; Dexter, Mrs.
Yates Kennedy; Manchester, Mrs.
Dan J. Boutell; Milan, William
H. Squires; Saline, Mrs. Lee Rob-
ison;E East Ann Arbor, Mrs.
Pauline Fife; Ypsilanti, Walter
Greig.
Chairman at the Federal Correctional Institution at Milan is
D. M. Heritage, acting warden,
while Neil Hurja is heading the
drive at Ypsilant State Hospital.
It's these worthy citizens who
join with the Red Cross in askine"
you to "Answer the Call" for
$70,400.
CORRECTION
In last week's article on school
reorganization that ran in the Saline Observer, the vote results
should have read rural yes 334,
no 151. Saline; yes 271 and no 62.
The Saline Community Educational Advisory Council have tentatively named the newly organized
district  the Saline Area Schools.
Saline Hospital News
Births; Mr. and Mrs. Qarenee
Turner of Britton have a son born
on March 16 weighing 8 pounds
and V/s ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Murray of Milan have a
daughter born March 16 weighing
7 pounds and 14% ounces. Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Bontrager of Saline have a son born March 17
weighing 8 pounds and 6 ounces.
Medical patients: Josephine Bis-
sell, Milan; August Dechert, Saline; Eunice Bish, Milan; Margaret Heimindinger, Manchester.
Surgical patients: Marilee Harvey, Saline; Earl Scruggs, Ann
Arbor;' Loretta Tuer, Saline.
Tonsillectomies: Robert Hutting, Dundee; Brenda Burger, Milan; Clara Chie, Ypsilanti; Gary
Mitchell, Manchester; • Thomas
Sutton,   Saline.
Fosdick Extension
The Fosdick Extension Group
held their March meeting at the
home of Mrs. Webb Harwood. The
lesson was on making the best use
of the sewing machine. This was
given by Mrs. Orson Tobias, A
light lunch was served after the
meeting by Mrs. Orson Tobias and
Mrs. Jay Emmick.