1953-07-02; Saline Observer

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Saline
Sidelights
Well, July is with us once njore.
It is the seventh month of the*
Gregorian year and was named
after Julius Caesar. The hot
sticky weather we have been
^undergoing recently reminds us
longingly of the northern part of
the state, where even if the days
are hot, the nights are delightfully cool.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Schurtz returned from California, where
they have been visiting at the
home of their son Donald and
family. Mrs. Schurtz tells that Mr.
Schurtz' health is much improved,
and that Donald and his family
are very enthusiastic about life
in California.
We read an interesting bit of
information the other day, concerning the fact that the Isle of
Capri, fabled as a tourist's paia-
'dise, has no water supply of its
own. All water used there is imported in tank ships from the
mainland.
Also the fact that although a
preacher must -wear white trousers, according to a law in the
South Pacific Tonga Islands, he
may "hold services barefooted.
In answer to a request for some
contribution to this column, Mrs.
Harry Anderson said that the
thought uppermost in her mind is
life in a small town. She feels
that contacts between people are
much closer. People living in
small communities are apparently
more interested hi the lives of tne
children. This is shown* by the recreation program during the summer for one example. Particularly
the fact they are taken to the
lake evei-y week under careful
supervision. A small town is an
ideal place in which to rear children, Is the belief of Mrs. Anderson.
The Army spent. $150 collecting 45 cents from a former soldier who lost a service necktie,
according to the Indianapolis
News. The soldier lost the tie
while in service, however he had
been discharged and was 8,000
miles from the area where the
tie was lost before the Army
caught up with him, the paper
explained. "I never would have
believed it," the veteran remarked, on learning of the expense the
Army "iad incurred in order to
present its 45 cent bill.
Mrs. Genevieve Martin would
like to imprjs-s "--pon the minds
»f the people that even if they
are unable to donate blood for
the blood banks.there are so many
other ways m which they can
help. There are always plenty
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7<& SaUne Oiwwvi
SEVENTIETH  YEAR,
NUMBER 40
SALINE.  WASHTEi\AW  COUNTY, MICHIGAN      THURSDAY,  JULY 2, 1953
Doris Alber Weds
George Cook
Doris Alber, daughter of Herman Alber of Saline, became the
bride of George Cook, son of Mrs.
Walter S. Cook of Saline, in the
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church of Saline with the
Rev.    Alvin   Siemsen  officiating.
For the ceremony the bride selected   a   gown   of   embroidered
nylon   over   satin   with   a  fitted
I bodice   and   stand-up  collar.   Her
The Science
Corner
by George Bonich
The age-old question — which
was first, the chicken or the egg
— has been used as a debate-end-
er, a counter dilemma, and even
as a joke. If one discounts the dissertations of the debaters and
philosophers and the quips of the
comedians and truly strives for a
scientific answer, then both the
meaning and answer become crystal clear.
All living things, both plants and
animals, are made up of tiny-
bits of protoplasm (living matter which looks very much like
raw eggwhite). These bits of protoplasm are called cells. In animals, including the chicken, there
are skin cells, muscle cells, bone
cells, sperm cells and egg cells—
eels, sperm cells and egg cells —
to name just a few kinds of cells.
All of the types of cells mentioned above except sperm and
egg cells are ordinary body cells
and are called somatic cells. The
sperm and egg cells differ from
the somatic cells in that the former are used to perpetuate life.
The sperm and egg cells collectively are called germ cells.
When a sperm cell unites with
an egg cell, fertilization takes
place. All cells, including new somatic cells and new sperm or egg
cells, originate from the fertilized
egg cell through processes of division and differentiation. In
keeping with these principles,
both the new chicken (somatic
cells) and all of the eggs (germ
cells) that the new chicken will
ever lay come from the same egg.
To put it still another way, the
fertilized egg produces both tho
body cells which will make up the
new chicken and all of the new
eggs which the new chicken will
lay during its life time.
The answer, then, to the ong>
nal question is: the egg must
have been first, because it came
necessarily from the previous egg
and not from the new chicken.
This concept, first enunciated
by the German biologist—August
Weismann, is known as the continuity of germplasm theory. According to this concept, the germ
cells are immortal if reproduction
takes place.
Next Week: Why Does Smoke
Rise in a Chimney?
—('onrtc-^y Ami Arbor News
I Mrs.  George Cook
j fingertip veil was caught up by a
I seed  pearl  can.  Roses   and  lilies
I of the valley formed a cascade in
her hands.
Mrs. Donald Colby of Ann Arbor was the matron of honor. She
wore an embroidered white organdy over aqua taffeta dress
j with matching cape and mitts.
Her bouquet was colonial in style.
Sally Cook, sister of the bridegroom, Mrs. John Wanty and
Betty Noble, all of Saline, were
the bridesmaids. They wore identically styled gowns to that of
the matron of honor hi orchid,
pink and yellow. Their colonial
bouquets matched their dresses.
Robert Cook served his brother
as best man. James Cook, another
brother, Merlynn Graf and John
Wanty, all of Saline, seated the
guests.
Mrs. J. C. Klinedinst cut the
cake at the reception in the Saline Hotel. Mrs. Raymond.Alber
was in charge of the guest book
and Mrs. Lauren Alber of Jackson poured.
Also pouring wree Mrs. Lytle
Batchelor of Detroit and Mrs.
Elvin Armbruster of Saline.
The couple will live in Romeo
'following a short trip to Lake
Michigan. For traveling the bride
wore a light blue suit with navy
and white accessories. Her gla-
melia corsage was from her bridal
bouquet.
She was graduated from Saline
High School and Central Michigan College where she was a
member of Delta Sigma Epsilon
sorority. Her husband, also a Saline High School graduate, was
graduated from Michigan State
College. He is a member of Phi
Kappa Sigma fratersity.
Newly Ordained
Minister To Preach
The pulpit of Federated Church
will be filled this Sunday by
the Rev. Hillis S. McKenzie, re-
cently graduated from Western
Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, and ordained on June 5
into the Presbyterian ministry. A
guest in the home of his parents,
the Rev. and Mrs. Henry McKenzie, he will observe the first Communion Service after Ordination
in "the Church of which his father
is pastor.
It is the regular Quarterly Ordinance of Communion and there
will be Reception of Members.
Information On
Overtime Parking
If ticket is presented for payment within thirty minutes after
being issued, the charge will be
only 25 cents. For paying of tickets written after city office is
closed, there is a suitable receptacle at the top of the stairs at
City Hall for placing of envelopes
wih ticket and quarter. There are
instructions on the receptacle.
City Treasurer.
Personality Feature
Of Saline Mill Theatre
Michiganders will soon enjoy
for the frst time the considerable
talents of actor Ed Bordo, wso
is opening in "Bell, Book ana
Candle" with the Saline Mill Theatre  on Friday.
Though his great grandfather
was a general in Napoleon's army,
Ed is a native of Cleveland, Ohio.
He has heretofore played only in
Ohio and the East.
He modestly numbers among
shows in which he has appeared
Twelfth Night, Sham And Substance, Charlie's Aunt, H. M. S,
Pinafore, Taming Of The Shrew,
Knickerbocker Holiday, Macbeth,
Abie's Irish Rose, and Saint
Joan.
He has worked with the Cleveland Playhouse Children's Theatre, Cain Park Summer Theatre
in Cleveland, Penn Playhouse in
Meadville, Pennsylvania, Allegheny College Playshop, and as
guest actor at Erie Playhouse m
Erie, Pennsylvania.
Ed estimates that he carefully
washed over two million pieces of
silver while working has way
through Allegheny College as a
silverware specialist in school cafeterias.
While attending Allegheny he
took singing lessons and has utilized his rich bass baritone in a
number of operettas.
He has acted for radio and television in Cleveland over WJW,
WTAM, WGAR, WSRS, WHK,
and WEWS-TV.
Ed is a putterer and likes to
make metal jewelry in his spare
time,  especially silver pieces.
He also putters in architecture,
sculpture, and ballet, and has
written a play for children, ''Tyl
Eulenspiegel."
He will appear in all of the
Saline groups summer productions; "Bell, Book And Candle,"
"Arms And The Man," "Angel
Street," and "The Importance Of
Being  Earnest."
Guest admission to the plays is
$1.80, but 20% can be saved by
purchasing a season membership,
which entitles one to attend eacl
and every performance, 51 nights,
for $6.00.
Play information and also particulars of the periodic art exhibitions held at Saline Mill may
be obtained at Box 205, Saline
P. 0., or by phoning Saline 31.
Membership cards are available
through leading local merchants
or  at the above address.
Gene and Florence Rupert
will appear for the first time in
major roles together at Saline Mill
theatre.
The Ruperts have previously
starred separately, but this will
be their first theatrical venture
as a husband-wife team. They
were married just two months
ago is Detroit and came almost
directly from their honeymoon to
summer theatre.
Tramping the boards is nothing
new to either of them, as they,
first met through a production of
"Infernal Machine" in which both
appeared and had their first date
after a performance   of Macbeth,
Florence has worked in* drama
at George Washington University,
Wayne University, and Detroit's
World  Stage.
She has played in "Mary, Queen
of    the    Scots,"    "John    Gabriel
Boris-man,"  'Yellow  Jacket,"  "In
femal Machine," "The Alchemist"
and numerous radio plays.
She has acted and written at
WWJ and AVJLB is Detroit, and
has participated in variety productions both professionally and
at Wayne.
A specialty with Florence is interpretative reading of selectioss
from Shakespeare, the classic
Greek playwrights, and selected
moderns.
She plays piano and has sung
in variety shows.
Gene Rupert, the other half of
the team, has been a professiosal
jazz musician, a popular singer,
and a radio commentator, as well
as a superlative actor.
He designs sets, writes poetry,
directs for radio, and has directed such theatrical productions as
Tensessee Williams "This Property Is Condemned."
He has utilized his versatility
for the benefit of Wayne University Theatre, Hghland Park Summer Theatre, Milford Stock Company,  and Detroit's World Stage.
Among plays which he has done
may be numbered "Midsummer
Night's Dream," "Arms Asd The
Man," "Much Ado About Nothing," "Angel Street," "John Gabriel Borkman," "Caligula," and
Shaw's  "Heartbreak House."
He plans to continufe is the theatre as a career and -would like
to further employ his musical talents.
Both Gene and Florence will
appear in all four of the Sa-
lise Mill Theatre's summer productions.
They are playing Shep Henderson  and  Miss  Holroyd  in  "Bell,
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Painline-rSERVlCE Magazine,
a publication of Cities Service Company
As Benjamin',Franklin left Independence Hall, a woman asked
him, "Mr. Franklin, what kind of a government have you given us?"
He answered gravely, "A Republic, madam, if you can keep it."
In painting this Independence Day scene in Hometown, U.S.A.,
the artist, E. Faranklin Witfcmack, has found an echo of Franklin's
warning in a quotation from the poet William Cullen Bryant. The
historic scene of Magna Charta, the signal light on old North Church
Tower, the embattled "rebels" of a great new nation—symbolize the
hard-won victories, and the priceless freedom, which, on Independence Day 1953, are giyen every gtometown in the land—not done to
celebrate, hut to protect*!     ,._...,.-. _.„««> ..     !_-.
Fair Board
Hard at Work
Saline Mill 'x^czire     j Miss Fairbanks
Opens Friday
Friday, July 3, a new kind of
theatre opens in Saline. A professional acting* company, under
direction of Arts Theatre founder, Warren Pickett, will '•aise th*-
lights then on the world's first
Dramarama stage.
Their theatre is an enchanting
ex-soybean mill; bui-t by Hen--y
Ford. Their play is another kind
of enchantment; John Van Dru-
ten's comedy of witchery, reluctant telephones, and black cats,
"Bell,  Book   and  Candle."
Dramarama theatre is a return
to the classic ideals for good theatre. It is the end product of
3,000 years of theatrical evolution. It takes the audience out of
the theatre and puts them on the
stage. YOU are actually in the
action  at dramarama  theatre.
The Greeks first u?ed a—-"*i theatre to advantage, placing their
audiences 'in the round' never
more than five rows from the
s.age. From the Greeks, arena
staging passed through a number
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[Wins Award
| , Miss Lulu Fairbanks of Seattle,
Washington, arrived in Saline  on
i Tuesday night from New York,
where she was awarded the meaal
for the Outstandng Woman o± the
Year. She left Seattle last week
on  Tuesday   and  arrived  in   New
I York on Wednesday. She anpear-
' ed on the Mary Margaret McBride
program Thursday and Friday.
She is a house guest of Mrs. Leo
Westphal and Miss Edna Gross
for the next few days before returning to Seattle, where she .is
circuiat'ng manager for The
Alaska Weekly.
American Legion
Auxiliary News
The Wm. B. Lutz Unit of Saline met at the Legion Hfome on
Tuesday evening with 22 members present. The president, Genevieve Martin, opened the meeting
in regular form with the presentation of the flags, two stanzas
of the National Anthem, the
prayer and the preamble to the
Constitution of the American Legion Auxiliary.
The Secretary and Treasurer
gave their reports which were accepted and placed on file. The
various committee chairmen gave
their reports. A report from the
Girls' State chairman stated xnat
she had taken Elizabeth Dicks to
Girls' State for the 10 days at the
U. of M. It was reported that 86
hours were spent on the Red Cross
Blood Donor Clinic at Willow Run
by the Saline women. The Auxiliary sent nine women along with
several others from Saline to work
on this worthy project.
Yearly reports from all committee chairmen are due in July and
in August the yearly officers reports are due. It was decided to
have a membership banquet again
this year as last years was deemed a big success.
The  nominating   committee   ■•*•-
ported    the    following   and    they
were elected to serve the Unit for
the coming year:
President,  Gwyneth Armbruster
1st vice Violet Scully
2nd vice       Elaine  Carter
Corr. Sec Shirley Westphal
Recording Sec Jean Goble
Treasurer    Louetta Winkle
Chaplain      Betty Finkbeiner
Historian Arlene Bersuder
Sgt. at Arms Bernice Armbruster
Asst. Sgt. at Arms Dolores Molby
Ex. Committee Thelma Burkhardt
 Harriet Schroeder
. ..    Julia England
Jr Past Pres. . . Genevieve Martin
After much discussion on som**
repairs to the building th" nrv-'t-
ing was adjourned and a lovely
lunch was served by the committee.
Mae Uplifi*-*". PnV;city Chm.
" Monday evening the Saline
Community Fair Board met to go
over plans and get the 1953 Fair
moving. Fair dates this year are
September 30,  October 1-2-3.
The turnout at the meeting on
Monday was very disappointing,
with the fair as close as it is it
seems that more people would be
interested in helping make this
fair even better than all previous
fairs. Folks, anyone in the Saline
Area or anyone interested in the
fair in any way is automatically a
member of the Fair Board. There
are no dues or such. All it requires
is interest in giving Saline a good
Fair. Please come. Give all the
regulars the benefit of your ideas
and experience. It makes the work
for everyone much easier and assures a wonderful fair.
Most of the events of past
years will again be presented this
year including the horse show and
the rabbit displays.
Programs for the Fair are as
follows: Wed. Sept. 30, — Dog
Act, comedy satire and knockabout and Frank Kini as magician; Thursday, Oct. 1 — Amateur
Nite; Friday, Oct. 2 — Football
game and Saturday, Oct. 3—Skating Act, comedy bicycle and Billy
DeArmo  as comedy juggler.
For those interested, Frank
Deede has charge of tents and
placement for displays and con-
j cessions on top of the hill at the
school and Marvin Rorick has
charge of implement and auto
displays and placing on the athletic field. Let's have a good Fair.
'We received the present adJres.i
of Layverne Drake and it is:
Pvt.   Layverne   Drake,
U.  S.   55402732
Co.  C.  29th Armd. Inf. Bn
Ras. Comd.
3rd Armored   Division,
Fort  Knox,  Kentukcy.
He   is  very  anxious  to   receive
some mail from Saline friends.
Mrs. Harry Holmes and daughter, Dora, are spending several
days in Lansing at the home of
Mrs.  Allen Mcintosh.
What's This?
Walfred Larson
Walfred Larson of Saline, was
named :o the office o+ M"vnv ()
Madison a** the v->oUit of paction^
at the 16th Annual Wolvp-'---
Boys' State taking place at Michigan State College, East Lansing,
June 18-25. The program is annually sponsored by the American
Legion, department of Michigan
and its 75,000 members.
He was one of 1,000 high school
boys from all over the state of
Michigan participating in the annual "49th State" which is designed to instruct and educate the
youths on the principles and values of a democratic and constitutional form of government.
Boys selected to attend the 8-
day session are chosen for their
qualities of leadership and good
citizenship. Formed into two political parties (the Federalists and
Nationalists) on their arrival at
the campus, city and county
groups were formed and the
youthful participants elected their
own officers.
Amateur Night To Be
Big Feature of Saline
Fair This Year
As last year's fair-goers will
vouch for, the Amateur Nite program presented by the Saline
Community Fair was an outstanding hit. Again this year the Fail-
Board will present an all Saline
Community amateur program on
Th".r_day night.
Cli._d:*?n und;r ek*ht years can
apply for a pa.t, children eight to
fifteen years, and age group over
fifteen years can apply for parts
in the program. Prizes will be
awarded in all age grouos and
will be: 1st, $10; 2nd, ?9; 3rd, $8;
4th, $7; and   5th,  ?6.
Any one interested in participating should contact Ken Rogers
during the day at Saline 129 tor
in the evening at Saline 119-M.
Tliebe new hitching potts taki a nickel 'stead of a haltur
strap? I might a knowed there'd te a ketch to it. Wilbur
Milky, age 11, of Rt. 2 Saline, found that something new had
been added on a recent visit to the city. In the bottom picture Mike Strait and Walt Moore are shown marking out
the zones for the new meters.
Kesine.Field Gets New
Irrigation System
A new   irrigation   system   has
; been   installed   for   watering   the
j football field.   Water   is   applied
| at the rate of one inch per weefi:
f providing  there is   not adequate
J natural   rainfall.    The   irrigation
' system is part of the renovation
program   to    establish   a   better
j football turf.  The  field was fer-
' tilized  and  reseeded  this   spring,
| chemicals    were also applied    to
j control weeds which   replace the
sod   loosened   from   games.    An
ample amount of water is required to  establish  a  tight sod   between football seasons.
Meter Money Counted
It has been reported that the
parking meters took in $74.12 during the first five and a half days
of operation. The meters were not
policed during this period. Half
the money goes to the parking
meter company, leavng §37.06 for
the city to be used for off-street
parkng.
Donna Wahl Delegate
To F.H.A. Convention
Donna Wahl rnd Mrs. Kenseth
Rogers   left today for Columbus,
Ohio, to  attend the national  convention of the Future Homemak-
"r      r America. Miss Wahl is one '
of  two   representatives from  region   3   which  includes  about  15
schools,   and  Mrs.  Rogers  is  at- j
tending the convention as an ad- j
(."isor.
Around   2,100    girls    from    all!
over the United States, Hawaii, and
Puerto  Rico  are    attending     tlie \
convention,   which   lasts   flora
Thursday until Tuesday.
Storm Rips Saline
Wind and rain storms have
caused extensive crop damage in
this area during the past week.
One farmer, who lives between
here and Manchester reports that
he will be lucky if he can salvage one third of his wheat crop
because of damage caused by last
Thursday's  storms.
At least three trees were
blown down in Saline, and one
tree caved in the car of Walter
Armbruster at 309 N. Ann
Arbor.
Twelve telephone cables were
damaged by Thursday's storms
and 500 telephones were out of
commission temporarily. By working day and night, the telephone
company had the phones back in
Bbmmission Monday. The storm.
Tuesday night knocked down three
telephone poles on Water Works
Rd. and again put many phones
out of commission.
Legion Election Tonite
The Saline American Legion will
hold an election of officers tonight at the American Legion
Memorial Home. All members
are urged   to  attend.
CORRECTION
It la**t week's Observer we ran
two letters,—To the Editor:—on
the parking meters, "which were
started on the front page and continued inside the paper. On the
breakover, the letters became garbled. Therefore, we are running
the correct versions of the letters on page two of this week's
Observer.