1953-06-18; Saline Observer

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Saline
Sidelights
The Saline Bakery opened its
doors for business last week.
From our point of observation, the
large number of people passing in
/>nd out of the door, prove that
they are really taking advantage
of the fact that a bakery has finally made its appearance in Saline. Occasionally a delightful
odor of bakinsr comes floating in
our door, a we'come change trom
the odov of ink. find c*>sti>s-.
We will certainly miss the tenants, Mr. -T-d Mr-*;. Richai-d Arnold, in tJ"> *lT>artm'ant above the
Observer off1"'"1 when they move
in July, as their nlans are at the
present time. A'^housrh w offer
our congratulations to Mr. Arnold,
who is accepting a position as an
assistant professor, at Cornell
University.
' Mr. Arnold tells us that they
are looking forward to living at
Ithica, New York, which is a
very beautiful place. We will
really miss "Kiskus," their beautiful German police dog, passing
in and out the office. She always
wags her tail in joy at the sight
of us and placing her forepaws
on the counter and greeting us
with what appears to be practically a smile, if dogs could smile.
We wish the Arnolds happiness
and success in their new life at
Cornell  University.
Miss Lulu Fairbanks of Seattle.
Washington, former resident of
{Saline, and at the present time,
circulating manager of the Alaska Weekly, has the distinction of
being one of the four women nominated to be a guest on the Mary
Margaret McBride program m
New York.
Mary Margaret McBiide has been
conducting a contest to find out
what American women are doing
on the local level to enhance the
democratic processes in education,
good will, citizenship, etc. She
had 350 women nomnated in 279
communities throughout the United States. Then six judges went
over the material submitted ana
picked four winners and Miss
Fairbanks was one of the four
vp mers.
She will be the guest of Mary
IV" McBride on her program m
!■• .v York at 1:00 p. m. on June
,25-26. We are sure the many
friends of Miss Fairbanks will
want to tune in and hear her
viewpoints.
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SEVENTIETH  YEAR,
NUMBER 38
SALINE,  WASHTENAW  COUNTY, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, JUNE 18,  1953
Meter Petitions
Presented To City
Community Chest
Holds Meeing
A meeting of the Saline Community Chest was held at the
home of Mrs. Ed Lauhon, June
15, with Milton Hartman presiding.
_ A request for funds for the Saline Library was discussed, and it
was decided that §200 was to be
sent to them immediately.
A Community Center was a:so
discussed, and members of the
Community Chest feel that the
community as a whole must realize the need for both of these
buildings and hope that an active
interest may  be aroused.
An election of officers for the
coming year was held. Those
elected are as follows: president,
A. L. Giltrow; secretary, Mrs.
Luther Dicks; treasurer, Ken
Rogers; Directors, Carl Curtiss,
Ken Jeppesen, Mrs. Walter Mac
Arthur, James Beal, and Milton
Hartman.
It is requested that all organizations appoint representatives to the .Community Chest and
notify Mrs. Luther Dicks.
Any groups or organizations desiring financial aid should notify
-one of the officers by mail, so
they may be included in the
1953-54   budget.
Krl-
MyYearintheU.S.A.
The following is an article
written by Paul Harbecke,
German exchange student,
on his year's stay in the
United States.
Now standing at the end of
a one year's stay in the United
States and thinking about
what I learned, the knowledge
I acquired and the many things
I saw, I realize that this stay
here in America was of very
high value for me.
I tried, and accomplished to
live just like an American student. I did my work in school,
made good grades and got my
diploma here in Saline High. I
participated in football, played
a little basketball and ran
track. I went to other schools
in my neighborhood too; he-
sides Manchester High and Ann
Arbor High, I visited the University of Michigan. That way
I got a general impression of
school life in the United States.
I gave a lot of speeches at
the Rotary Club, the Farm Bureau, the J.C.C., the Exchange
Club and other organizations.
I compared life in Europe with
everyday life in the United
States. Since I have been in Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium, already, I
could give the Americans my
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The Merchanl's Association pe-
f;t!on fir repeal of the Parking
Meter Ordinance was turned in to
the City Clerk late Wednesday.
The petitions contain the names of
over 200 cit'zens who feel that
parking meters are unnecessary
and desire that they not be in-
i stalled.
j This is the second petition to the
j Council. The first containing over
j 300 names, was circu ated prior to
the passage of the new ordinance
and was rejected by the   Council
because of technicalities.
If the petition contains the
names of at least 25 per cent of
the registered voters the Council
has two alternatives under the
Charter. It can repeal the ordinance outright, or it can order a
special election* and let the voters
decide.
Saline Merchants have contended that before Meters are installed, suitable off street parking facilities should be obtained. Apparently 25 per cent of the City's
voters seem to agree.
One of the City Councilmen,
Max Collins, is preparing a series of articles presenting his viewpoint on the parking problem' in
Saline. The first of these articles
follows:
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le'lT to Electors, Citizens
of Saline, and members of
the rural community.
To date, much has been said
about the installation of parking meters. However, those
things unsaid are now of vital
importance. It is therefore my
purpose through this medium
to present facts as I know them
and to define the. issue clearly
perhaps for the first time. Expressions of opinion are solely
those of the writer unless otherwise noted.
Why are parking meters being installed in  Saline?
1—Not because Milan, Ypsilanti,
Ann Arbor,   Tecumseh,  Dundee, Brighton, etc. have them.
In short, this  is no  attempt
to "keep up with the Jones' "
however   desirable   that  may
be.
2—Not as a source of additional    revenue,     although    this
benefit   will naturally accrue
to the   City,   it  is  incidental
s-ri -"-■--'ondarv.
3—METERS ARE NECESSARY
AND,     ARE      BEING     INSTALLED     TO     CONTROL
AND RELIEVE A PARKING'
PROBLEM.
What  evidence have I  of  a
parking problem in Saline ?
1—There   are  more   people   in,
around   and passing through
Saline today than at any time
in   our   history,    and   consequently     more    automobiles.
This problem of traffic control
and parking is recognized today   by   Federal,   State   and
• local   governmental  agencies.
2—Our   business    district   and
available   parking   space  has
remained     constant     despite
growth.
3—The   Saline   Jaycees    recognized   a   parking   problem   to
exist   as  much   as  4-5  years
z>go.   Of  many solutions  discussed at that time the high
sehool   parking   lot   was   the
most evident.
4—Past city councils have recognized it to exist, including
the one immediately preceed-
ing this one. One member of
several  years   ago   has   said
that "we never had nerve to
do the obvious as you are doing."
5—Business men in   Saline are
undeniably losing business to
other   shopping   centers   for
this reason.
6—An article appearing several
months ago in this paper was
entitled, "Rotarians Hear  O-
pinions    on   Civic    Improve-
•   ments." In a recorded interview presented to this group
by Rev. A.   Siemsen, 5 citizens   were   asked   "What   Is
Saline's    Most    Needed    Improvement?"
The concesus of opinion was
that 'the parking situation
had to be remedied.' After
this presentation, this group,
the Rotary, recognized and
discussed these 3. things as
being of primary importance
to the community: 1) adequate sewage disposal system,
2) parking problem with off-
street parking preferable to
meters, 3) a community
building.
A panel of 5 citizens including
the police chief at that time,
and the Rotary Club recognized this problem.
7—Farmers whom-1 know have
discussed this problem as a
deterrent to Saline as a trading center. I personally have
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The Science Corner
by George Bomch
■ The recent rash of tornadoes
which swept southeastern Michigan and northern Ohio has raised
many questions about such
storms. The question most people
in this area are asking is how do
tornadoes get started.
> According to meteorologists
(peoplewho are weather experts),
three conditions are necessary to
set the stage for a tornado. First
of all there must be a mass of
hot moist air between the ground
and a heavy cumulus cloud formation. Above the cumulus clouds
there must be a layer of cold dry
air. And finally, there must be
a cold front approaching the
mass of htr* air which is so
capped by the cumulus clouds and
cold air.
The moist hot air tries to rise
because it is less dense than the
cold air. At the same time tlie
cold air wants to sink t -cause
it is denser than the hot air.
But neither layer of air can do
what it is supposed to do because
of the heavy cloud barrier between the two layers of air. This
fa itself is not enough to get a
tornado started. Before that can
happen the cold frond must arrive on the scene.
The air in the cold front is
denser than the hot air mass.
When it collides with the hot air
mass, it pushes the hot air upward with enough force to cause
a break in the cumulus cloud formation. It is this break through
that causes the -"-v! -ling spout to
form. Sometimes aj in the recent
Michigan storms more than one
funnel is formed. This is because
of several breaks in the cloud
formation described above.
Pushed forward by the cold
front, the funnels travel in tlie
same direction, generally speaking, as the cold front itself. Due
to the upward movement of the
air in the funnels, the pressure
is great'y reduced. It is this re-
duced atmospheric pressure plus
the winds of high velocity that
are rushing into the low pressure
area that causes the tremendous
devastation of property and takes
such a high toll of human lives.
Tornadoes have been known to
do some strange things. Observers have seen straws driven
through telephone poles. On one
occasion a necktie was forced
through 3. wall. In the. recent pictures appearing in newspapers
and on television, quite a few of
the damaged buildings still had
inner walls standing while the
•outer ones had been blown away.
This is because the pressure inside the buildings was greater
than the pressure outside of them.
The buildings actually "exploded"
because of this difference in pressures. This fact seems to point
out that it is desirable to open
windows in the face of an approaching tornado in order to
equalize the pressures and avoid
extensive  damage.
The great loss of life and the
large number of injuries are due
to the fact that twisters se'dom
give very much advance warning
of their approach. But the people
who have become jittery since the
recent twisters can now set aside
their fears about not being warned in time to take shelter. The
weather bureau is now using radar to detect tornadoes just as
the ai*m°d forces used this modren
scientific invention to spot
approaching enemy aircraft during the last world war.
Next week: The Biggest Explosion Known to Man.
LOCAL COUP*LE CELEBRATES 25th ANNIVERSARY
..' ^ Photo Courtesy A.A. News
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rothfuss opening gifts.
Mrs. J. H. Knight
Presents Recital
On Thursday evening, June 11,
Mrs. J. H. Knight presented a' Te-
jcital of her piano pupils at her
studio An enthusiastic group of
parents and friends enjoyed the
evening of good music.
Of particular interest to the
audience were the family groups,
two piano duets and concertos
played by members of one family.
Those playing together were Carol and Robert Brown, Carolyn
and lone Carr, Csrl and Maiy
Curtiss. Paul and Anita Engel.
Mrs. Howard Johnson and her
daughter Patty, Lois and Judy
Kuhler,. Michael and Patty Johnson, Mary and Ann Prout, and
Carol and Betsy Wright. Fine solo
work was done by Eddie Doll, Janice "Harwood, Joanne Heiber, Lorraine Jedele, Sandra Karner, Sandra Ross and Judy Siemsen.
Elmer Rothfnss'
25th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rothfuss
were p-ea?ant-y surprised on Sunday when a group of friends and
relatives dro^pr-d in to help them
celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary:
A pot iuck dinner was served at
noon, which was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. A mock wedding ceremony was held and the
day was spent in visiting a.id reminiscing. Mr. jmd Mrs. Rothfuss
received uiaiiy ¥^autii'ul gifts.
Mr.   and     Mrs   Adolph   Stierle,
who attended  Mr and MiS. Roth'
fuss at their wedding, were pres
ent  at the anniversary.  The following list of popple we±e present
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kuebler of
Milan; Mr. and Mis. Walt Kapp
ler from Manchester; Mr and Mis.
ichael from Clinton; r. and Mrs.
Clarence Finkbeiner, Ann Arbor;
Jimmy Stlce, L^mj B-_2ken-
r'O.g-. PL.-; Kay Eiseiww r of
Manchester; Mr. and M.-.. _»*bas-
tian  Finkbeiner.
Roscoe Cammett and Edward;
Mr. ar.d Mr.. Omar Fe'dk-dnp,
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Anthony and
Susan; SL*. -aid lli-i Fred Suerie;
Mr and Mrs. Karl Theurer; Mr
and Mrs.. Amos L.u:K.hardt, Mr.
and Mrs. George Steeb; Mr. am.
Mrs. Erwin Stieive and Donald:
Norma Merri.t; Luel.a Finkbeiner  ar.d   Norma   Finkbeiner.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davis and
family of Worthington, Ohio,
spent last week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Davis
and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Blair,
and other relatives and friends.
The Saline Jaycees have electee"
theu* officers for the year. Ou
new president is Lee Robison. Hir
supporting officers will be: Jin.
Beal, vice president; Al Wiedman.
secretary; Ollie Steiner, treasurer,
Ken Savery and Mike Strait wen-
elected to the Board of Directors.
Lee Robison was a charte1
member of the Saline JCC's anc'
their first president. He held office for the three months remaining in their first fiscal year. Lee
has been a constant producer ir
the J. " C. C.'s and will make c
very capable president for th
club.
Jim Beal ha"? served th
J. C.'s as Treasurer and as ;
member of the Board of Director'
*in the past and will be a grea
help to Lee.
Al We'dm-n '•= a uast pres^en
of the Salire J. C.'s also. Now
as Secret'ry. A1 i- going to Ke-*r
our ref-'-d** st""a"s**it The Seeve-
tary's j *>b i**, as ;n a~.y organization, an important one.
0*'i" Steiner w-'l be ha-.""r*if
pur'f,"T-a-'c*i*V records this year
Thanks to Ken Savery, our pas-
Treasurer, his job is made easier
We have a very good record and
accounting  system now in  opera
tion that I am sure Ollie will welcome.
■The new Board of Directors
will be filled out with Mike
Strait, Ken Savery, and myself-
I am sure the whole club is behind this new group of officers.
Boh.
Saline Teachers To
Spend Busy Summer
All of the te*"chf>Ts 0f the Saline Area School District could
not be reiched for comment concerning their -**immsr plans, *jut
most of those who were available
indicated that they would be very
busy most of the time. Five are
p'anning to f-ntinue graduate
studies at the University of Michigan. Another quintet will be
hard at work on a variety of jobs.
Four plan to' stay at home and to
take a few trips.
"Mrs. Lois Sebastian, Clare Col-
Hns, Dwitrht Reynolds and G. J.
Bonich will attend _ the summer
session at the Univesrity of Michigan. If there is any time left
over after the summer studies
some of these graduate students
wiill take short trius to refresn
themselves before the opening of
school next fall.
Leo L. Jensen, John P. Ford,
Arthur Katterjohn, Duane Hooker, and Charles Jacquith will be
busy working at different jobs.
Mr. Jensen will keep regular office hours at the school. Mr.
Ford will he enr-ilnyed b'* th'
Vojioy Farm"*. M'\ Katterjohn wil1
be busy conducting rehearsals and
oncerts with the Saline Summer
Band. Mr. Hrov"i* will be dome
construction work. Mr. Jacquith.
"he new junior science teacher,
will spend the summer doing factory work in Jackson. He also
plans to be married in August.
Mrs. Mildred Haswell, Mrs.
lean Taylor, Mrs Alberta- Rogers,
Mrs. Homer Kuebler, and Howard
Hill plan to stay at home. Mr.
Till will also take a trip out west
ometime during the summer.
WAYNE  GRADUATE
Miss Edna 3Srie Love
Edna Mae Love, fonner
Saline girl, and the daughter of Mrs. Edna Love,
graduated June 16 from
Wayne University in Detroit with a Bachelor of
Science degree in nursing.
She is a member of Sigma
Theta Tau, national nursing honorary society. Miss
Love plans to enter the
field of public health nursing.
Sunday afternoon about 40 uninvited guests visited Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Rothfuss to help them
celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. A good time was had
by all and Mr. and Mrs. Rothfuss
say mai-y thanks for the gifts,
flowers and cards.
Saline
eater
To Open Soon
Saline Alumni News
The annual banquet of the
Saline Alumni Association was
held on Friday, June 12, in the
Saline High School Auditorium.
A very ample and delicious meal
of roast beef with home made
brown bread and rolls was served
by the ladies of St. Andrew's
Church. Rev. Siemsen offered the
Invocation and the Benediction.
Following the banquet the business meeting was held, at which
time the new officers were elected. They are as follows: president,
Kenneth Rogers; vice president,
JoAnne Steiner; secretary, Bessie
Collins; treasurer, Bernard Lewis. It was also decided that reservations for future banquets
would be received from the seniors as from other alumni, although of course, they would not
be asked to pay for them. This
is to enable the association to give
the catering group a more accurate number of plates to plan for
and prevent the cost to the association of a number of plates for
which there is no need. The senior class has very thoughtfully
offered to make up the cost of
the twenty plates which were reserved for members of their class
and were not honored.
Robert Harrison did a very
masterful job of serving as .our
toastmaster for a program" that
was tremendously enjoyed by
everyone. Allen Wood, a graduate
of the class of 1893, was one of
our most note-worthy guests. The
class of 1903 had none of ito
members in attenadnce and the
class of 1928 had five of its.
members present. Dorothy Kaz-
mier of this class, gave a very
pleasing response to the" salute
given them. Perhaps it is well
that none of the students to be
attending Saline High next year
were present as she told of some
of the pranks members of her
class had played upon their teachers—such as stringing wire be-
r'nveen the rows of seats for a
purpose not hard to imagine.
Kim Jacobsen gave the seniors
a most hearty welcome into our
midst. The response to this welcome was given by the seniors'
president, Kelven Braun.
Very fine piano music was provided' by Karen Taylor, who
played "Clare de Lune" by Debussy. I believe one could have
hard a pin drop as everyone was
so intently absorbed in listening
;o this beautiful song. Mary Lou
Gall, the wife of Donald Gall, now
serving with the army in Korea,
delighted us with a tap dance to
the music of the "Continental"
called "sophisticated swing" which
was  a most appropriate title.
The Lyra Quartet composed of
members of the. Lyra Chorus from
Ann Arbor, was the hit of tne
evening with their excellent rendition of old favorites in a style
■ very comparable to that of the
Mariners who perform for the
Arthur Godfrey show. Upon completion of the three numbers they
(COXTIXtTED   ON  X-AGK   8)
Meeting and Election
To Be July 18
The first regular election of the
Saline Area School District Num-
^"t 6 fractional will be held on
July 13, 1953.
One member of the Board ot
Education is to h° e^cted for the
expiring term of Mrs. Robert Merchant, who was elected April 29,
1953.
In order to have a candidate's
name printed on the eTection ballot, a petition signed by at least
twenty-five qualified school electors shall be filed with the
Secretary of the Board of Education at least twenty days before
the date of the election. The last
day for filing of such petitions
will   be   June   24,   1953.
Electors are reminded that no
elector shall sign a petition for
more than one candidate because
on'y one member will be elected
**o the Board of Education this
year. However,- the number of petitions is not limited.
Petitions may be obtained at
office of the Superintendent of
the Saline School.
A tornado has struck Saline,
or at least cyclonic activities at
the old Saline Mill makes it
appear so.
On Monday Saline's first resident company of professional
actors moved in and began ren-
novating the ex-soybean mill
to accomodate their rennovated
version of the American drama,
called "Dramarama."
The Mill, located on northeast
112, is to be the scene of four
classic   comedies   this   summer.
According to Warren Pickett,
Director of the group, "Saline
Mill will add new dimension to
theatrical staging. We believe
that this is the first appearance
of "Dramarama."
"Dramarama", Pickett said,
"has the effect of putting the
audience on the stage. This is
accomplished by arranging seats
around the periphery of the
theatre, through the use of
'flexible' staging and by several special techniques designed
just for this  medium."
"Bell, Book and Candle," by
John Van Druten, is to be the
first rjroduetion of the company's  first summer season.
Barbara Hamel, Producer,
stated that "every seat is an
orchestra seat. Each member
of the audience sits in a director's chair," she added.
In addition to their flexible
methods of staging, the Millers
will discuss each show with the
ance and plan to invite promi-
audience after every parform-
aent critics to lead the analysis
'cr   certain   evenings.
"Arms And the Man," "The
"mportance of Being Earnest,"
and "Angel Street" are tentatively set for later presentation.
Admission to the productions
is by membership card or payment of a gi-est fee at the door.
Cards may be obtained at the
Saline Mill, at Box 205, Saline,
through leading local merchants
or by telephoning Saline 31.
Pickett stated that reservations
| should be made in advance for
(any particular evening's show.
Saline Welcomes
New Bakery
The Schnebelt Saline Bakery, at
111 West Michigan Avenue, is
•'now open, and is doing a very
successful business. This is not
surprising, since the quality of the
baked goods is the best we have
ever seen  for  any  bakery.
Joe Schnebelt, Jr., owner of the
bakery,   reports   that  he  has  re- .
ceived better treatment from the
people in Saline that he has ever
experienced before.
We, of the Saline Observer,
join the other people in the Community, in extending to the Schne-
belts   a heartfelt welcome.
Big Fire Scheduled
For Tonight
A demonstration on fighting oil
and gas fires-will be held tonight,
Thursday, June 18, at 8:00 at the
back of Saline Park by the old
ball  diamond.
A 20 by 30 foot pit has been
dug, and "the Saline Fire Department will hold the demonstration
rain or shine.
The fire department has had
six" nights of instruction on various phases of fire fighting, and
this is the final class of the current instruction  period.
Purpose of the demonstration is
to test the effectiveness of fighting oil and gas fires with fog.
The fog is generated by putting
water under high pressure. At
least six fires with flames leaping from 60 to 70 feet in the air
—will be started—and the firemen expect to extinguish the
flames with 60 gallons of water
in from 10 to 20 seconds.
The public is invited to watch
the demonstration.
Coming
Events
Thursday, June 18—Fire Demonstration 8:00 p. m. City Park..
Friday June 19 — Cub Scout
Meeting,. 6:30, City Park.    "
Wednesday, June 24, 7:30 p- m.
—Ice cream social at St. Paul's
Church.
Rev. Feuell
Returns To Saline
Reverend R. R. Feuell, pastor
of the Methodist Church, is returning to Saline for another
year. This decision was made at
the Detroit annual conference
held in Albion."This will be the
fourth year that Rev. Feuell has
served as pastor in the Saline
Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Friis *"«1
Mrs Chester Hilton and daughter
spent Sunday at Commerce, LaKe
at the cottage home of Mrs. Friis's
brother, Ralph Derr and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Walfred Larson
and family attended the' Saline
ball game in Lansing Sunday.