1953-06-25; Saline Observer

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T/ie Science
Corner
by George Bonich
When asked what is the greatest explosion known to mankind,
most people naturally reply, "One
'of the recent atomic explosions."
While it is true that the atomic
blasts were both spectacular and
devastating, they cannot rival the
tremendous explosion which occurred on August 27, 1883, at
Krakatoa, a volcanic island near
Java. This blast had an effect on
the lives of peopje all over the
world.
Seventy years ago a volcano crl
Krakatoa blew up so violently that
it set a number of "records" as
far as explosions go. The noise
of the explosion was the loudest
ever heard by human beings. It
moved more earth and rocks than
any other blast before or since—
about one cubic mile of material.
These solids that were shot out
were equal in mass to four times
all the buildings on Manhattan
Island which is the site of the
world's largest city. Furthermore
these solids were blown more
than twenty miles into the atmosphere.
The explosion took a tremend-
- pus toll of life and property.
No person who witnessed the
violent blast lived to describe it.
Hundreds of miles away many
people were killed. Most of these
were overcome by a giant tidal
wave that was- caused by and followed the explosion. This tidal
wave averaged 115 feet in height
and dashed out from the scene of
the blast at rate of well 'over
100 miles per hour. It wiped out
hundreds of seacoast villages
and cities and killed approximately 36,000 people.  So far reaching
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Saline Resident
Ordained; Wins
Scholastic Honors
Hillis Spilman McKenzie, son
of the Rev. and Mrs. Henry
McKenzie, was ordained into the
ministry recently by Redstone
Presbytery, Synod of Pennsylvania, Presbyterian Church, U.
S.A. His father preached the
Ordination sermon for the ceremony which was held in the
Central Presbyterian Church,
McKeesport, Pa., where Hillis
has been the student supply
" interim pastor since last August. The congregation of Central
Church entertained in his honor
at a reception following the Ordination.
The Rev. Hillis S. McKenzie
received his early education
in the schools of Toledo, Ohio,
where for many years his father was pastor of Westminster
Presbyterian Church. In j950
he received his A. B. degree from
Wooster College at Wooster,
Ohio. Having done supply
preaching in Plymouth, Ohio
during his last year in Wooster,
he has also preached in various
H6e Saline CbU&wvt
SEVENTIETH  YEAR,
NUMBER 39
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1953
Parking Meter Petitions
Returned to Committee
The petitions calling for the
repeal of the parking meter ordinance were returned to the
members of the circulating committee Wednesday morning.
209 signatures were turned in,
and according to the City 23 were
invalid because the circulator was
not a resident of the City of Saline. 19 were invalid because ihe
signers were not registered electors of the City, the signatures
were improperly made, or the requested resident information wai!
not supplied. This left a balance
of 167 signatures which is insufficient to   qualify. _
With 920 registered voters in
the City, 230 signatures are needed to validate the petition. However, the circulating committee
has 10 days to get the 63 additional names needed. It is reported
that 37 additional names had een
acquired by Wednesday, so only 26
more names are needed to call for
a vote on a repeal of the ordinance.
According to Police Chief Robert Love, tickets will be issued on
meter violations beginning Friday,
June 26, unless he is notified differently between now and then.
To The Elitir
To Pay, Or Not To Pay?
Hillis   Spilman  McKenzie
towns in Pennsylvania while enrolled  in  the  Seminary.
While completing his training for the ministry in Western
Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Rev. McKenzie has also
been carrying some graduate
-courses at the University of Pittsburgh. In September he leaves
for St. Andrews, Scotland, where
he will study for his doctorate
in St. Mary's Divinity School
of St. Andrews University. Upon
graduation from Western Seminary early this month, he was
awarded high honors which included the William B. Watson
Prize in Hebrew, the First Presbyterian Church of McDonald
Prize in Church History and the
Michael Wilson Keith Memorial Homiletical Prize which is
the  preaching award.
The Rev. Mr. McKenzie is
expected to arrive in Saline on
June 28 for a brief visit and will
supply the pulpit of the Federated Church, of which his father is pastor, on July 5. His
parents and brother, Douglas,
have returned from Pittsburgh
where they attended the Baccalaureate Service held in the
Chapel of Western Seminary;
the Commencement Exercises
held in East Liberty Presbyterian Church; and the Ordination
Service in McKeesport.
This is the second in a Series
of ArticVs by City Councilman,
Max  Collin--.
June  23,  1953
Letter    to    Electors,    Citizens    of
Saline and Members of the Rural
Communi'y:
Last week it was shown that
a parking problem has been recognized for some time by citizens,
farmers, civic organizatons, and
past city councils. It was also
noted that generally speaking, off-
street parking was preferable to
meters.
Why then has the city council
taken action to install meters
rather than provide off-street
parking ?
The city simp'y cannot afford
to do so. At first a solution to
the parking problem appeared to
be the acquisition of a suitable off-
street parking area, and attempts
were made to do so. Three bona-
fide offers were made to property
owners by the city attorney.
Price*; were obtained on two other
parcels of land. It ecame evident
that either outright purchase or
condemnation costs would hnve
been excessive and prohibitive.
Legal counsel in the field of municipal finance advised against a
bond issue for this purpose since
it would prove detrimental to future marketability of sewage disposal plant bonds.
The city is presently party to
condemnation proceedings the favorable settlement of which would
require the expenditure of several
thousands of dollars. The city is
a defendant in a lawsuit the loss
of which would mean either rerouting all or a substantial portion of a santary sewer at a cost
of several thousands of dollars. The
court has already rendered a decision in favor of the plaintiff.
This is only an insight to serious financial considerations facing the city today. However, because of these and others, the city
is in no position to acquire suit-
ab'e off-street parking from general funds. This will and "can onry
come about through the revenues
from parking meters. Thus it will
become a reality for and by those
people who will benefit most by
it, i.e. those who have a car to
park while they shop.
Why have previous attempts to
control this situation proved futile, and why are parking meters
necessary to do the job?
The high school parking lot was
an unsuccessful solution. Perhaps
some of you remember quite some
time ago when this was made
available for this purpose. It failed because shoppers desire to
park close to the sources for their
purchases. This is certainly true
on rainy days, and winter days as
well as on normal days. For proof
of this note any city where free
off-street parking is provided as
well as metered street parking.
Space will be utilized first and
to the fullest in the latter case.
The 2 hour ordinance failed because of difficulty in enforcement. Under this system, it is
possble hut not legal to park for
4 hours. If an officer has passed
just s you enter a parking space,
it will be 2 hours before your tires
are marked and you then have an
additional 2 hours before you are
guilty of a violation. Cars can
and ' have been moved to hide
marked tires, and these marks are
easily removed.
Tires can be marked on Wednesday and Saturday night, two
of the most critical parking periods, yet how can they be checked
for violation by an officer? How
effective and feasible is it to mark
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Letter To The Editor
Firstly, I was quite surprised
to read the article by Max Col-
lJns,: in the Saline Observer'
where the City Council is not
supposedly interested in the revenue from parking meters but is
only interested in solving a parking problem. Frankly, it is
quite difficult to visualize a
parking problem in a City of our
size. However, since the present Council has recogaized it
as such and has every weapon
at its command to correct the
so-called parking problem (without adding parking meters) I
cannot fully understand why the
present forces that the citizens
of Saline are already paying
for daily are not being enforced
to their fullest extent. For example :
■ Firstly, when the village was
chartered into a city one primary factor was to have an adequate police force to cover traffic problems AS WELL AS
PARKING PROBLEMS. Due'
to poor management by this
Council as well as. to previous
Councils, of which I was a member, the police department
(which is the second most ex-
J ens:.,ve operating department
on the city budget) has not
-•nforced the parking laws at
their command. And I can assure
you, at no time did I find the
police officers' duties unreasonable and becaure of such I cannot he-p but fe-*! at this point
any different about the instal-
lat•>•-■-• of parking meters than at
the time when it was reviewed
by our- Couneil. Our decision
at that time was this; if we were
enforcing the laws at hand and
supervLing the police department sufficiently to see that
our instructions were carried
out, then we were covering every
aspect that the present parking meters would cover with
.'he exception of the revenue
that the city could receive;
Therefore, since the present
Council i-i not interested in the
revenue gained, I can only feel
if there is a parking problem in I
this city, it is only because they.
are not capable managers of the
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John Ford Resigns
As S.H.S. Principal
Two local citizens, Carl Smith and Howard Miller puzzled
over- whether to feed the newly-installed meters or not. Note
the smiles as they finally decide to contribute. According
to Police Chief Love, the ordinance on the' meters will be
enforced beginning Friday.
Art Show At
Saline Mill Theatre
Mrs.    Genevieve   Hamel,   noted
Willing Workers Meet
The Willing Worker's Club met
"Tuesday afternoon, June 18, at the
,        . ,. ,  .      ., home     of    Mrs.   Manley   Robison
American artist m oils, announces   ^    tM        m   attendance.    The
that she  will open  a one-woman I meeti       wag   caU d ^
show this  Monday,  June    29,   at ■ „,„ ,npw   m.esident     Mrs.    HaZei
3:00 p. m. at the art galleries of
the Saline Mill Theatre on Route
112.      .
Mrs. Ham*!!, a resident of Birmingham, Michigan, and Sarasota, Florida, has risen to a position of pre-eminence mong contemporary paix-ters in the relative" v bi**ef <-pr,"-f: of A'erht yrws.
She   began   to    paint   seriously  under  the   c*vi*ection   of    Jerry
Farnsworth  in  Sarasota  in  1944,
and has. since traveled and studied
in Ita'y,    Gcrmny,    and    France, I
working with the    Italian    art:st i
Fontanarosa
1949.
She is a membe of the board
of directors of th: Sarasota Art
Association  and     ..is  exhiited   at
the assoc'atior1 galleres as well as
at -sma'i'T rhow'ngs in F'orida and
Michigan.
Gordon. The secretary's and treasurer's reports were read and approved.
It was voted to serve meals at
thr. Sa-me fair ana also to have
a booth with fancy work and other
articles at the Saline Fair
th.s y.-ar. Committees were ap-
T-"unted for this project. Mis.
Mary Finkbeiner was chairman of
the work committee for the year.
Gertrude Rob^on Ind devotion-
. als. The ;""->nual picnic for members   and   thsir  families  is  to   He
„    .   . ,,        .   . held   in July at the home of Mr.
Fon.amb?eu   m • and  Mrs_   c,aude   Qi]h^   gupper
is to be served at 7:00 o'clocic
with Mrs. Ernest Zahn and committee in charge.
Mrs.   Clyde  Burleson  presented
Christene Jensen
Harry Kemp
Speak Vows
Gowned in. a ballerina-length,
nylon lace dress with a fingertip
veil cascading from a matching cap, Christene Marie Jensen,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Jensen of Saline, became the
ride of Harry C. Kemp.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Kemp of Roseville.
The Rev. R. R. Feuell performed the evening service Saturday in
the First Methodist Church of
Saline.
Marlene Jensen, twin sister of
the bride, was her maid of
honor. She' was dressed in an
aqua iridescent silk organza
dress in ballerina length. She
wore a halo of matching net ant
ribbon and carried a bouquet of
tinted pink carnations which was
styled in a cascade similar to the
bride's white rose bouquet.
Jerry Gillian of Saline and
Deciree E?mp of Roseville were
the bridesmaids. They wore pink
iridescent silk organza, styied uke
the honor maid's. Their bouquets
were  identical.
Phillis Kemp, another sister of
the bridegroom, was the flower
igjirl. She was dressed in a goiu'
organza outfit and carried a nose-
a musical program consisting of
_ piano solos y the Misses Beulah
! Robison,   Phyllis   Robison.   Mo'iy
Saline Hospital Newsi
BIRTHS: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Fletcher  of Saline have   a son
born June 16 weighing 6 lbs. and i
314   ozs.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Perry
of Milan have a son born June
18 weighing* 7 lbs and W-, ozs.
Mr.   and  Mrs.   Calvin  Eirch-
maeir of Milan have a son born'
June 18 weighing 7 lbs and 10
ozs. j
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Hackbarth
of Ypsilanti have a daughter-
born June 23 weighing 6 lbs and
1  oz. I
TONSILLECTOMIES: Jackie
and Bonnie Haas from Ann Arbor.
MEDIC.-' L PATIENTS: Rich-'
ard Mayville from Ann Arbor,
Maxine Tobias of Inkster, Margaret Miles of Saline and Nicholas Hostettler of  Milan. I
Mrs. Rime' h is made a special-   Govdon     and    Shar(m    Bul.Ie
tl"*™irT-  ^'•V,?<l5"a^eS, "nd! which was enjoyed by all
still his, _nd ;*-. nfcted for her fine ,     The  club  S£mg    several
characterizat'ons      a-a
touches of subtle color.
She was a fashion artist before
becoming interested in o;'s ana
began to panit in earnest when
Major Hamel went overseas with
the   Army.
She  stated  that  imny   of    the   r*p„   f\ T-nTUr 5»J
canvasses   on   display   at     Sal™   10  Ul*e11 Jul/ 6l®
.   j. j        a ah.-    tiuu    otiii-4       acvciai      SOllgS
delicate ; with Mrs_ CarJ Curtl*s at the p*ar,0,
Mizpah was repeated and the
meeting a^ionrned. The hosted
served a delicious luncheon.
Saline Mill Theatre
Mill will be offered fo-* siie She
will be present at tie ga'lery
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first day of the show.
A cormopolitrn a'r pervades
S*'*i--->. Mic-hi*"an.. these days a**
members of the town's first professional theatr'cal  company com-
Saline Mill Theatre is    located  pare travel notes.
40 miles from downtown Detroit
and 8 miles from downtown A v
A-"bov oi  ^o-itp 112     The art- ex-
The actors holding forth at
Saline Mill Theatre on Rout?
112, are now in rehearsal for the'r
hibition will be ooen to. the public  July 3  opening of Van   Druten'i
daily from 1:00 to 6:00 p. m. ; "Bell, Book and Candle," which is
Refreshments will be serves at u""der the production sup 'i*vis:in
the  Monday  opening. of Barbara Hamel, a well-tr-vel-
Though this show is oien to ed native of Birmingham, Mlch:-
the   public, future  exhibitions    of   gan.
art at Saline Mill wil be open on'y Miss Hamel has worked in New
to holders of season memberships. York City for the DuMont tele-
Membership entitles the holdVr vision network, decorating sets
to each and every performance of for such programs as The Plain-
the Saline Mill Th^atie's four clothesman, Ellery Queen, Phileo
summer plays as well as admiss- Playhouse, Studio One, the Jaeide
ion to the art displays and other Gleason show, and Roaky King,
activities at Saline. ; Detective.
Cards may be otained at tV-} Sh*» a«so served in New York as
Hamel exhiition, at Box 205, television consultant for Steinhart
s?0Kna   p    q__   0,.   ^   pjjone   a£  Furniture Company.
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Large Turnout For
Fire Demonstration
Around 200 people turned out
for the firs demonstration at Saline Park Thursday night. Altogether, about ten fires were
started and all were extinguished
with fog within 30 seconds. The
Saline Firemen wish to express
their appreciation to all those
who helped make the demonstra-
ton possible with donations of oil
and other necessities.
Ann Taylor Appointed
Official Visitor  *
Saline 31. j     She  has  worked in   drama   at
■ Rollins   Summer   Theatre   School,
Lenox,     Massachusetts,     Stevens
. College,   Columbia,   Missouri,   and
; Cranbrook    Academy,    Bloomfield
Hills, Michigan.
Miss  Ann  Taylor has just  re- j     In off moments she   has   tour-
turned  from  Tiffin,   Ohio,  where  ed     Eng'and,     Scotland,     Wales,
she  attended the   General  Synoa  France,     Switzerland,     Germrny
meeting  of the    Evangelical  ana  Italy,    Florida,     Oklahoma,    and
, Reformed church this past weeK.   Long Island.
j She was appointed as official v*s- Her work in the theatre has in-
| itor to represent the youth group volved productions of King Lear,
I of the Michigan - Indiana Synod The Devil's Disciple, Finian's
I at General Synod, which meets ita.nbow, Jane Eyre, Servant of
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The following young women from Saline graduated from Michigan State Normal College
this spring: They are, from left to right; Dolores Juanita Hertler of 12725 Jordan Rd.,
Joan M. Wanty of 313 E. Michigan Ave., anl Sally Hoffines Wright of the Woodside Trailer Camp. All three received a Bachelor of sc ence degree with a State Elementary Provisional Certificate. Miss Hertler has already sec ired a teaching position with the Jefferson
High School in Monroe.
— C mrte.-T A*'ii Arl>or Xev.-s
, Mrs. Harry Kemp
g*\y of f°wrr**. Tommy Jo"ns=-~
brother of the bride, was the ring-
b*-a"*pr.
I     Donald Stanbury of Royal Oak
was the best man. Ushering were
Jimmie  Laws of St. Clair Shores
■ Jimmie Laws of St. Clare Shores
' and Joseph Kemp, jr., of Roseville.
)     At  the  reception  following  the
service,  Constance  Gross   noured.
At the   guest  book was   Marlene
Howe.   Patricia   White   and   Margaret Brandt served the cike and
Nancy   Young was in  charge  of
the gift table.
For her wedding trip the bride
wore a pink silk shantung suit
iw'thwhite accessories andawi-.'ie
! carnation corsage. The couple will
, spend their three-month honeymoon touring the western United
' States.
The bride was graduated,from
Saline High School and is a sen*'or
at Michigan State Normal College. Her husband was gradutea
from Michign State Normal College and is now teaching at Berkley, Michigan.
Community Events
June 25, Thursday-JCC Stag
Party at 7:00 p. m. at the home
of Pat Roe~ch, Pleasant Lake.
June 29, Morday—Fair Board
meeting at the school at 8:30 p. m
June 30, Tuesday—JCC Auxil-
irry at Saline Hotel.
Ju-y 2, Thursday—Ice Cream
Social, Bake Sa'e and Bazaar at
Salem Lutheran Church, corner
of Scio Church Rd., and Strieter
Rd., starting at 3:30.
Karen Taylor To
Give Piano Recital
Miss Karen Taylor will give a
piano recital at the home o± her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Taylor, on Tuesday, June 30, at
8:00. The recital will be. open to
her friends.
John Ford resigned Wednesday
as Principal at Saline High School
to accept a better paying position
as Principal at the High School
at Belleville, Michigan. Ford has
just finished his sixth year as
Principal   at  Saline.
In a statement to this paper,
Ford said: "It is with the greatest
John Ford
personal regrets that I am compelled to resign as Principal of
Saline High School to take a similar position in Bellville. The attractive offer made to me by the
Belleville Board of Education
makes a refusal  impossible.
"My family and I had come to
love Saline and feel that here we,
are at home. My work with Mr.
Jensen has without exception
b"en most ratisfactory. I have
the greatest respect and affection
for  this fine man-
"To the community and the
school, I give you my very best
wishes for a progressive and successful future. I wish I could be
a part of it."
Jack Hayes Named
Athletic Director ,
According to P,lT"t. Leo R.
Jensen the Saline Area Schools
board of education last Wednesday evening nr-med Jack Hayes
of Carson City and Douglas
Race of Grand Rapids to fill
vacancies in the department of
hysical education and athletics at Saline High School for
'he 1953-54 school year.
Mr. Hayes, a graduate of the
University of Michigan, will be-
""rap the new -"••ihVt'i director,
physical education instructor and
nead football coach. Hayes
-erved ps athletic director and
coach of all sports at Carson
City High School last year. Hs
;s well known in Saline, hav-
'.j.g been a student teacher here
e"cral years pgo and Coach.
Toh"i P'dien's backfield coach
-pfore he accented the Carson
Uity position late last fall.
Mr. Race, who is also a Michigan graduate, will assist in
'ootball and coach track. He
will teach English, his college
major, in addition to his coaching duties. Last fall Race assisted Coach Gene Freed of University High School (Ann Arbor)
in football and helped out in
track at the same school.
The appointment of Howard
W. Hill as head basketball coach
was previously announced.
Hayes will succeed John Pad-
ien who has accepted a coaching position at Boulder City
Nevada, while Race will replace
Mario Marchisio who recently
was named assistant football
coach and social studies teacher
in the Monroe, Michigan schools.
Marchisio originally was scheduled to replace Padjen but resigned after his appointment
to take the Monroe position..
Tri County Baseball
•Time 21, 1953
STANDINGS
Brighton 3 1 .750
-Taline  3 2 .600
Fowlerville       3 2 :600
\nn Arbor 3 2 .600
WebberviHe       1 3 .250
Lansing   1 4 .200
*SaIine^—Brighton        !* •
Brighton moved into first
r>lace as they took apart Saline's Cinderella team to the
time of 22-2. The .Saline ball
club experienced a bad letdown and could do nothing
right. Hank Groou chalked up
his third straight win of the
season.
Brighton     224 432 5 22 11   2
Saline 000 110 0   2   4 12.
Green and Keys; Jaeger,
Tomelin (4) said beckert,-.Eil-
singer. <5);