1953-05-28; Saline Observer

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Superintendent's Message
American education is developed most advantageously in those
communities in which all the resources of the area are used co--
operatively. Our America is a
great and successful nation in industrial and cultural growth, successful in obtaining high living
standards. In our educational development keep pace with these
swiftly   moving   developments   so
Hkc Stdinc Oitetwen,
SEVENTIETH  YEAR,
NUMBER 35
SALINE,  WASHTEKAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN       THURSDAY,   MAY   28,   1953
Leo la. Jensen.
that the creative power and the
ingenuity- which fostered our
greatness may be piroei. a ed
The continuation of our greatness depends on th-1 way our citizens and our citizens-to-be are
educated. As we continva to create and progress our society
becomes more complex. The education of our young people becomes more difficult and more demanding. It required more time,
more equipment, more and better
trained personnel to maet the
needs.
A hundred years ago when the
successful mastery of the three
It's was all that was needed to
meet the competition in life, education was a simple matter and
could be obtained m a iew years.
Today many years of school attendance is necessary and more
and more young citizens are meeting the challenge by attending
school even beyond the high
school level.
Greatness in our America was
not obtained by maintaining a
status quo. A changing dynamic
society demands change.. Our
schools in the past have been the
leaders in our changing society.
The American people have wisely
and generously invested parts of
their earnings in education far
beyond the contribution of other
nations, and well have they been
repaid.
It has always been the belief
of the great majority of our people that the destinies of our country can most successfully be fulfilled through education of all the
people. A great part of our responsibilities as American citizens
of a great nation lies in the support of our   schools.
Leo L. Jensen.
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Principal's Message
To The Class of 1953:
Although society seems to set
its greatest store by wealth and
power it is a strange fact that
the greatest need of society is
not citizenry of wealth  or power.
48 SENIORS IN
GRADUATING CLASS
Forty-e"*rht seniors from the
class of 1953 will be graduated
from Saline High School in Commencement Exercises beginning at
8:00 -p.  Yi:.  Thuisday, June* 4.
Seniors, who are scheduled
to graduate are: Betty Alber,
John Braun, David Bredei*nitz,
George Buriio, James Cook, Barbara Begole, Keven Braun, Kenneth Burmeister, Edward Cammet,
Layverne Drake, Douglas Elfring,
Norma Faust, Ronald Finkbeiner,
Lois Finch, Alice Gilbert, Helen
Joseph Graf, Calvin Englehart,
Graf, Marian Guenther, Larry
Hafemeister, Paul Harbeeke.
Carlene 'Hind^rer, James Jacobs,
Darlene Flumvp, Haio'd Hansen,
Faith Hilge, Jaequelyn Hoeft,
Nelson Jantz, Jean Klumpp, Robert Leutheuser, Doorthy Marion,
Rhea Menzel, Richard Miller, Marilyn Murray, John McCoy, John
Marion, Eunice. Meske, Elton
Moehn, Wilma Rhoades, John Rob-
son, Shirley Sanderson, Robert-
Tower, Joyce White, Nancy Woods,
Elaine Rogers, Marjorie Tower,
Irene   Trinkle.  Larry Wiedmayer.
The schedule for commencement
week* activities is listed below.
Sunday May 31, Baccalaureate
at High School Gym 8:00 p' .m.
"Monday,    June   1,    8:00   p.   m.
Annual      Awards     Night.      High
j School   Gym.
| Tuesday, June 1, 8:00 p. m. Annual Class Night. High School
Gym.
Thursday. June 4, S:00 p. m.
Commencement Exercises. High
School   Gym.
Friday, June 5, Closing Day, appropriate exercises 11:00 a. #*•*-*..
High   School  Gym.
Saline Twin Pines
Drops Opener ~*~
The Saline Twin Pines Softball Team lost its first game of
the season Tuesday to Grass
Lake by a score of 13 to 0.
The Saline team was limited
to two hits, Arend and Jaeger,
while Grass Lake had 7 hits.
Dechert pitched five innings for
Saline, with Martin and Strake
pitching the rest of the game,
ivlartin and Ashby shared the
catching. Burnbaugh was the
Grass Lake pitcher.
Daily Schedule Of
Recreation Program
The daily schedule for the Saline Recreation program, which
gets underway Monday, June 15,
is as follows:
The playground will be onen
Monday, Tuesdny, and Friday
mornings from 10 to 12 for ath-
I letlc and  playground activities.
On Tuesday ar.d Friday afternoons from  1 to 5, there  will be
Baseball League
To Be Organized
A meeting will be held Tuesday, June 2, at 7:45 p.m. in the
assembly room at Saline High
for all of those interested in
forming a Softball league.
It is hoped that several teams
can be formed here in the city
among various organizations
and individuals.
&
John. Ford
The realization of such goals is
a rather hollow achievement in
view of history's indication of the
world's real need.
If we but look anywhere around
us, we can see the world crying
for great spirited people who have
3. fine sense of values; people who
possess humility, an appreciation
and respect for the rights and
opinions of others, a touch of gentleness and understanding, forgiveness of others, an appreciation for what we have rather
than a dissatisfaction of what we
lack, a belief in the brotherhood
of .all people—a belief in God and
His teachings.
It is not enough to profess your
belief in* such principles, you
must constantly try to live them
—a task that is not always easy,
but one which will give immense
return to both you and society.
You will not long be remembered
or admired for your wealth or
your physical achievements, but
your fine influence upon all people with whom you come in contact wil} always exist and be important. It is the one way most
of you can serve the world and
make your relatively brief existence truly worthwhile.
John Patton Ford.
New TV Service in Saline
A new Radio and TV Sales and
Service will open in Saline next
week at 107 E. Michigan Avenue.
This building was formerly occupied  by the Lucky 7 Store.
The business will be owned by
Milton Pool, who also operates a
T. V. Service in Ann Arbor. Lawrence "Curley" Luckhardt will operate the Saline shop. Watch for
their Grand Opening ad next
week.
SENIORS REPORT
on imp.  -.- ,
PLEA FOR FLOWERS
The   American   Legion   Aux-
day evening. Anyone with flowers pie:;;? ca-1 Bernice Armbruster 11ST,V or Genevieve Mar-
At 3:55   Monday*-   a^ternosbii, jiliary, as in years past, will dec-
May   18th,   forty   five   wide-lVJorate all veterans graves on Fri-
wake,   rarin'-to-go   seniors,    a-' *
long with Mrs. Haswell and Mr.
and Mrs. Katterjohn, boarded a
train for    Detroit   from    Ann
Arbor. After a train transfer | ton 3S4J before 3 p.m. on Fri-
in Detroit and a wonderful 13ay. Any auxiiiary member who
nights     sleep,     we   arrived  m|can   help   decorate   the   graves
..„„..„„ „, „_   .._ _  Washington    and    immediately j please meet at the Legion Home
Arts and Crafts. Storytelling, and j departed on a mornin-s  sight-!at 6:30 p.m. on Friday evening,
many varied activities for all. On j ?Te7em§[ tour. The typical muggy j A11 auxiliary members are urged
Washington weather straight- j to marcn in the parade on Me-
ened our hair and unp: 2ssed | morial Day Members who can-
our pants, but did not dampen I not walk may ride in cars. It
our spirits. High spots of the ,"is a privilege to honor our hero
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Alumni News
How time does fly. Don't let
it get away from you—only 14
days before the big night and
just 10 days left to get your
banquet reservations in before
the deadline-of June 8, 1953.
We have a ./few reservations in
now. Hope yours is the very
next one we receive.
The kindergarten room is to
be arranged for a visiting place
for all who wish to meet and
talk over old times after the
banquet. Comfortable chairs
and fresh flowers will make
this room a welcome place to
many. ^
The classes of 1893, 1903,
and 1928 are to be honored this
year. If you graduated any
one of those years be sure you
are hefe to meet your classmates.
Do you like really good barbershop singing? Then don't
miss our banquet program. We
have engaged the "Lyra Quartet" from Ann Arbor and they
■orbmise to sin the ones you
like  best.
Our decorating theme is appropriately named "A Garden
of Memories." We wish to
thank the Bridgewater Lumber
Co. for the donation of two
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Monday and Wednesday afternoons, there will be swimming
for children age 7 to 11, and on
Thursday afternoon, trips to
Wamplers Lake are reserved for
those age 12  and over.
The bus will leave the school
promptly at 12:30 and will leave
"Wamplers   Lake  at 4:00.
Activities will be extended into
the evening as the playground
will be opened Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights from 6
to 8. This will give parents a
chance to join their children in
teking advantage of the many
playground activities and facilities.
There will be constant supervision on the playgrounds, and
every possib'e cooperation and
assistance will be made available to individuals wishing to
make use of the available equipment.
SALINE COMMUNITY
BASEBALL TEAM
TO PLAY SUNDAY
The Saline Community Baseball team will play its first regular game of the season here
at Henne Field Sunday, at 2:00
p.m. Saline's opponent will be
Webberville.
The Saline team, which is
sponsored by LTniversal Tool
and T'e, Tips already won a
practice game against Ann
Arbor. Admission to these
games is free.
FAffi BOARD
HOLDS MEETING
Five members were present
at the regular meeting of the
Saline Community Fair Board
held Monday night. Several
items of interest were discussed.
A representative of the Washtenaw Rabbit Breeder's association was present, and a motion was made and passed that
the association be allowed to
put on their pet show under the
same conditions that they had
last year.
It was decided by the board
that fencing be used at the fair
this year along with stricter supervision of ticket sales. It was
felt that these measures are
necessary to increase receipts, .
of the 1953 fair to cover ex-!f0Ught,
pected losses of revenue sources |
Parking Meters
Being Installed
Between 123 c::id 140 parking meters are now being installed in the heart of the City
on Michigan Avenue and Ann
Arbor Street. The meters will
be set up on a maximum 2 hour
and a minimum 12 minute limit.
The meters have met with
strong opposition from the business men of the city. Petitions
have been circulated to defer
the installation of the meters,
and close to 300 signatures from
qualified voters have been secured.
Unofficially, an agreement
has been*reaehed between some
of the business men and some
members of the council that calls
for the installation of the meters for a trial period of six
months, and with a vote of the
electors of Saline during this
six month period to determine
whether or not the meters will
be continued. For further details on this matter, read Bob
Harrison's  column.
Mrs. Harold Girbach. and
daughters of Clinton called at
the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Moehn on Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Arthur Moehn and little niece of Manchester called
Thursday afternoon at the Carl
Moehn home.
. Memorial  Day,   Saturday, May
30.  On this  day we pay  tribute
to   those   Americans    who   have
and   yet    f ;ght   to , the
used in previous years. I deat,h' to preserve the most treas-
Various Board members were!ured herrtage of our nation-our
assigned ads from the 19o2 fair
book to solicit for the 1953
book. Entertainment for the
1953 fair has been set, and will
be listed in a later edition.
Permission has been granted
by the School Board for use of
the school grounds for the 1953
Fair. All Fair Board members
are urged to please attend the
meeting of June 29, and all subsequent meetings. Any interested person in the Saline Community can become a board
member by attending the meet.
liberty! To tho=e who have valued honor above death—freedom
more than life—we dedicate thir
day!
They have not died . . . for
those who live in the memory and
hearts of those they leave behind
. . . never die! May the spirit
of their worthy cause, devotion
to God and country, forever be
the inspiration of our nation, now
and always dedicated to the pursuit of liberty! On this day we
nonor these men from the Saline
area who made the supreme sac
rifice     while   in  the  service for
their country:
. Hollis Barr,- Donald Finkbeiner,
Carl Hartman, Robert Heusel,
Earl Lindeman, William B. Lutz,
Norman Pfitzenmaier, Reuben
Rentschler, John Smith, and missing in action in Korea since December 6, 1950, David  Levleit.
The Memorial Day Parade will
form at the school at 10:00 a. m.
Saturday. It will follow a route
east to N. Harris, turn down to
Michigan Avenue to the cemetery.
The Memorial Day speaker will
be Rev. Henry McKenzie, and
Rev. R. R. Feuell will give the
Benediction.
The parade returns by way of
West Henry, to Ann Arbor street,
and down Ann Arbor back to the
school
The following statements are
fact and not opinions. I feel
*-1*ipv should be brought to light.
Weigh these facts for yourselves, then see if you agree
with me on this very controversial problem — the parking
meter  issue.
One of them of note is that
a petition has been circulated
concerning the issue. It reals as
followers r "The undersigned,
qualified voters of the City of
Saline, Michigan, do hereby respectfully petition the Council
of said city, in accordance with
provisions of the prevailing City
Charter, that the council defer
the installation of parking meters within the city until such
time as the electors of the city
shall determine by special balloting whether or not they shall
be installed."
Summer Band Planned
Can you play a band instrument? Can you toot a horn?
Are you interested in playing
in a band for a short time this
summer? If so, read this. The ,
Saline Summer Community
Band is organizing again this
year for the first six weeks of
this summer and we hope that
you will enroll now. This band,
is for young and old. elike who
like to play band instruments.
Some members of the regular
band will be, playing, but thisr
summer, most of the members
will have to be people of the
community who can and will
play their- instruments.
Rehearsals are being planned
for Saturday nights 'from. 7:30
to 9:30. They will be held for
the first six weeks of the sam-
Obviously, it is too late for-mer beginning June 13th. So
a petition of this type to be of .& y°u want to have lots of
any legal or binding nature orjfun-  enjoy yourself playing in
usefulness. The meters  are in
This petition requests a vote
of the  peope on  this  problem
before  they  are  put into  use
a band again, and spend some
time with other musicians, plan
now to enroll in this summer
band. You" can do this by send-
With this poised as the problem, -™E tne application found in this
I questioned Mayor Leutheuser. 1 lssue.  D» this soon.
In his statement to me he said,!    Concerts will be given to the
and  I  quote i P/'fclie -on the £Dllowing Satur-
"Whether the meters are right j day evenings, June 27 and July
or wrong the Citv Couneil will I25* People in this community
take the credit or blame for-2-^ graduates of thin high
them." -In the same interview, j scnool are encouraged to en-
Itfayor -Leutheuser agreed to a^ro11 this week by mailing the
plan of action which should be 1 aPPh=atiou blank to Arthur
a good answer to anyone, whetii- i Katterjohn, Bm>_ Director, Sa-
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 gan.
I wish to   enroll  in  this Summer's   Band.
Name      Phone  	
Street
Instrument
Rehearsals — June 13, 20,  27, July 11,  18,  25
Concerts —June 27, July 25.