1953-07-30; Saline Observer

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Saline
Sidelights
My, but it's hot! In all probability next winter we shall be
wishing for some of this heat,
but at the present time, it is distinctly uncomfortable. Everywhere
people are trying vainly to find
a cool place to sleep at night, out
on the porches and their door-
yards, where the mosquitoes are
sure to bother them-
Upon asking Mrs- Max Haswell
for some comment, she mentioned
the parking situation. She mentioned the article in the Ann
Arbor paper last week which commented on the fact that Saline is
an up and coming community but
hesitates to accept new ideas.
She feels that this is a definite
illustration of the fact that all of
us can not "have a finger in the
pie" and that when we select
a council we give that group of
men the power to act as they'
think best. This is one of the essential principles  of democracy.
Mrs. Haswell mentioned that all
home room teachers emphasize
the fact that all people in power feel their responsibilities and
they think all propositions over
very carefully' and then act in accordance with their ideas of what
is best for the community.
Mr. and Mrs- Pred'more are hop-,
ing to find some parents who win
act as chaperones at the Teen Age
Canteen. This is an organization
that is needed here in Saline and
there surely must be some parents
who are willing to give a little
of their time to this worthy cause.
Anyone wishing to cooperate may
do so by contacting Mr. and Mrs.
Predmore, Mrs. Arthur Hagen or
Mrs. Harry Anderson.
One of the ministers in a neighboring community told an amusing little incident durng one of
his sermons recently. It seems
that a little boy had prayed earnestly over a year for a little red
wagon. Finally he received one
and the next day being Sunday,
he took his little wagon to church
and dragged it right inside the
church and put a little image of
Jesus in the wagon, whereupon
he turned and went out the church.
with it. The minister observed all
this and followed him out and
asked him why he was taking it
out of the church and the little
boy said, "I prayed over a year
for this wagon and I promised
Jesus if he would give me a
wagon he could have the first ride
<in it." Such is the faith of a
little  child.
Mis. Gilbert Dicks tells us that
the Fosdick Extension Group is
having a recipe book printed by
the American Press- This book
will be filled with all of the members' favorite recipes. When finished the books will be available
to anyone wishing to purchase
them.
Korean War Ends
Probably the best news that
anyone could read in the newspapers at this time is the re-reading that General Mark Clark, supreme UN commander in the Far
East, signs the armistice document at his base camp at Mun-
san after they had been brought
to him from Panmunjom. The
chef negotiators first initiated
documents at Panmunjom. North
Korean General Nam II, Chief
armistice negotiator for the Communists, placed his signature on
the document whch ended fightng
in Korea at 8a. m. (our time)
Monday morning, July 27th, after
three years and  one month.
Michigan counted 3,222 casualties in the Korean War. There was
no wild celebrating—there was a
stillness of relief, as Michigan
families and other loved ones of
men in Korea listened to word that
the Korean conflict had heen ended by a truce-" State Selective
Service officials in Lansing gave
some answer for the calm. They
listed 1,736 Michigan -men Killed
in the 37 month war. An estimated 177,000 from this state served
in Korea. Some 1,487 were wountt-
,-,,-.-, ; ed. Selective Service officials
.,,.; .said, that 91 Michigan members
of the armed servces may be ac-
,.. counted for when prisoners of war
\ ; are sent home by the Communists.
H6e
aline Ofo&wen,
SEVENTIETH   YEAR,
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SALINE.  WASHTENAW COUNTY, -MICHIGAN THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1953
oard Plans
Superintendents of the different
departments for the Saline Community Fair, to be held Sept. 30^,
Oct. 1-2-3, were appointed at a
meeting of the fair borad held
Monday night.
They include, Albert Gall, Dairy; Mat Seegar, Horse Pulling;
William Weinhart and Ted Stimpson, Horse Show; Bruce Ai-end,
Beef; Bob Groeb, Steer Club; I
Bruce Arend, Swine; Arthur Miller, Sheep; Donald Burmeister,
Poultry; Raymond Wells, Rabbits;
Fred Arend, Robert Hammond,
ard Webb Harwood, Agriculture;
Mrs- Fred Arend, Home Economics; Saline Women's Club, Floriculture; Mrs. Osborn Leonard,
Hobbies; Lee Jensen, Education;
Mrs. Theodore Stimpson, Boys &
Girls; and Baby Beauty Contest,
Style Study Club.   '
Specials have not yet been assigned.
A discussion was held on the
subject of gates and tickets- Arthur Miller made a motion, which
carried, that this be left up to
the president, Raymond Girbach.
It was voted and passed that Cr-
mission to the fair be the same
as last year, but that different
colored tickets be issued each day,
Clare Collins Accepts1
Principalship At
Stevensville
Clare Collins, industrial arts
teacher at Saline High School for
the past seven years, has resigned
his present position to accept a
principalship at Stevensville,
Michigan.
Mr. Collins began his teaching
career twenty years ago in the
rural schools of the "thumb" area.
Before coming to Saline, he
taught in the Ford school system.
Mr-   Collins  received   his  bach- \
Saline F.F.A. Returns
From Summer Trip
The Saline H;gh School Future
Farmers of America returned
from a one week summer camping
trip through Northern M-chigan
Sunday evening. Thirteen sophomore and junior F. F- A. members with their adviser, Marvin
Rorick, made the 1300 mile trip
in a school bus.
The group left Saline Monday
morning at 4 a. m- for a lor.g
day's drive to arrive at Big Man-
istlque Lake in the Upper Peninsula that evening. Camp was set
up in the woods by the lake and
all meals were prepared by the
boys. The week's menu included
such items as bacon and eggs,
baked ham, pork chops, fried
chicken, etc-
During the week, the boys visited the Tahquamenon Falls," Pictured Rocks, and the Big Spring
at Manistique. In between - the
daily trips," the campers had plenty of time for ball games,"" swimming, fishing, and other sporting
activities. Some of the educational
activities of the trip were* study-*
ing the various types of farming
areas in Michgan, forest management, conservation farming, lumbering operations, and forest fire
prevention   and  control.
The boys broke camp at 5 a. m.
Sunday morning", arriving in Saline at 6 p. m. Sunday evening.
The total cost of the trip was pro
rated and paid for by the F.,,Fi A,
•KjI rubers who went on the trip
and totaled $15.00 each.
Arnold Girbach-
eters
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iasft.
L. Z. Ftill, C-rl O-irHss. President of the Citizen's Bank. a,"*.
Councilman Gerald Coe lay the cornerstone for the new L. Z.
Still Building. The cornex stone was paid for with the nrst
$20 Still drew while in the Navy in November, 1942. Still
said that he almost* spent the money a lot of times, but never
, got aroTuid to it. In the background standing are: William
Dean, Fred Mohrhardt and Max Yeutter. Kneeling are Ken
. Yeutter and Daii Linn, cbntracter on the job.
FIRE AT SCHULTZ'S
FARM
The Saline Fire Department
was called out at about 3:30 p. m.
Monday to fight a fire at the
Charles Schultz farm on Moon Rd.
The fire started while Sehults
was racking wheat straw. All next
year's hay seeding, over about one
and one-half acres  was ruined.
The cause of the fire has not
been determined, but may have
been caused by the exhaust from
a tractor. The Saline Fire Department quickly got the fire
under control.
4-H Club
Makes Tour
The Champion 4-H Club held
their club tour Sunday, July 26tn,
with ten members participating.
Inspection .|»f the members' animals were made and comments
were   given-
In  the evening the   group met
at   the home of   John   Miller in
•Manchester for a weiner roast-
It   looks    as   though    all   the
members have been working very j
hard  to  live  up  to   the name   of j
their club, as the ainmals all ap- \
peared to be well in progress for
the coming county 4-H Show.
NOTICE
All citizens should ask door to
door peddlers for their permit
credentials- If unable to furnish
a permit reiikipt notify police or
City Clerk.     V
E. J. MUIR
City  Clerk.
Charles Kohler
Aboard Training Ship
Ships of the 1953 Midshipman
Practice Squadron now on their
last four weeks of training operations will return to Norfolk, Va.
in August.
Aboard the battleship USS Missouri is Marine Pfc. Charles Kohler, son of Mrs. Matilda- Kohler of
5380 Braun Road, Saline.
The practice squadron has embarked over 3,200 midshipmen
from the U. S- Naval Academy
and ROTC units of colleges and
universities throughout the country.
Before returning, the ships will,
have visited ports in South America ar.d the West Indies during
the two month training cruise.
Police Statistics ;
During  April,   May   and   June,
since the traffic bureau has heen
set up,  98 moving  traffic   violations  tickets  were  issued   in   Saline, and $197 was paid  in f:n«s. |
Not all the tickets have been set- •
tied-   32  were issued in April, 37 }
in May, and 29 in June. j
In   April,   29   parking    tickets |
were issued, 24 in  May,  and   64
in   June.   Only  $55.25  was   tak**n
in, but 17 of the tickets were .25
fines-
This report does not include several disorderly cases and major
traffic violations that were tried
in justice court. In April, May and
June, there were 14 major complaints.
During the three month's period, there were 34 traffic accidents, but only 2 were major in
nature, and no one was seriously
injured-
Seven dog ticket warnings were
issued in April, three in' May, and
none in June. Two children have
been bitten by dogs during this
period. *
$210 was taken in driver's licenses during the three month's
time, according to Police Chief
Love.
Vacation Sundays At
Federated Church*
Announcement has been made
•that there will be no Church
or Church School services held in
Federated Church on Sunday, Aug.
16, nor on Sunday, Aug. 23. Resumption of both these regular
services will be on the last Sunday in August.
The pastor, the Rev. Henry McKenzie, is continuing his series of
requested sermon themes, the
topic for this Sunday being "'Bow
to Know -Right from Wrong."
Clare Collins
elor of arts degree from Michigan
State Normal College and is completing work on his master of arts
degree this  summer at the   Uni-1
versity of Michigan. I
According to Collins, his new
position at Stevensville is a very
attractive one. He regrets leaving
Saline, but the nature of the advancement is such that he had to
take the step. He and Mrs. Collins
and their four children, Mildred,
Leslie, David and Phyllis, will he
leaving early in August.
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Baptist,
Congregational Meet
A meeting of the Baptist congregation of Federated Church
has been called by the pastor to
be held on Sunday morning, Aug.
2, at 10:30 o'clock, preceding the
Morning Worship Service.
Hot! Ain't It?
Saline was still sizzling in
over 90 degrees on Tuesday after
the tenth day of over 90 heat recorded for this area. Temperatures spiralled up to tie the second hottest mark of the year
in this area on Sunday when it
reached a pitch of 94 degrees at
the Willow Run Weather Station.
"Only a very short rain fell in the
Manchester area — only minutes
long.
! The weather station recorded a
mark of 100 degrees on June 20,
the top temperature for the year,
so far. On the previous day, June
19, the top figure was 95 degrees
—plenty warm!
Until Sunday the area had escaped a- repetition of that heat,
although the mercury has on
numerous occasions pushed up
over the 90 mark.
Records at Willow Run show
that there have been 17 days so
far this year in which temperatures of 90 or above has been
recorded. Last year the mercury
Went over 90 on 33 days during
the summer. With August and
September still ahead indications
are "that 1953 will top that record.
(So we cook).
Although at times on Tuesday
it seemed quite cloundy—no rain
fell in this immediate area-
Washtenaw Farmers
i
I To Help Southwestern
! Farmers
The food situation tn the drouth
stricken areas of the Southwest
has become a major emergency.
Unless food for these cattle can
be found in other parts of the
U. S. the cattle must be sold or
starve. In many areas cattle are
selling for as low as $5.00 cwt-
The farmers prefer to buy feed
if the feed can be found. They
are not asking for handouts or
something for nothing.
The Extension Service throughout the nation is cooperating in
this emergency. How can Washtenaw Farmers help their fellow
farmers? There are two methods.
I—Surplus hay program.
Call the following information
to your County Agricultural
Agent as soon as possible—Ann
Arbor 21312.
A. Name and complete address.
B. Kind and quality of hay.
C. Price per ton—P. O. B. ship
ping point-
II.—Pasture: Program.
A. Pasture Rental
1. Name   and   complete   address
2. Acreage
3. Carrying load — head per
acre
4- Date   pasture  would   terminate
5. Rental charge — per Head
basis
III.—Share Animal   Pasture   Program
A. Give information as on rental basis except in this case
the owner will ship cow and
calf   and    the   owner    will
enter    into     an    agreement
with the pasture renter to
give   a   share   of   the   sale
price  of  the   caif  this   tall
and retain ownership  of the
dam.
Saving these breeding herds is
important to Washtenaw farmers
Many  of Michigan's feeder cattle
have and will in the future originate from these herds.
The average TV receiver contains more than 1,500 separate
parts—or did you know already?
Class Picnic Tomorrow
Mrs. Charles Geddes, class president of the Women's Class at the
Federated Church School, has announced final plans for the annual-
picnic to be held tomorrow evening at the Saline City Park with
the potluck supper scheduled at
6:30 o'clock. Mrs. Russell Richards and Mrs. Duane Rogers will
serve as a committee to provide
the watermelon for dessert. Fam-1
ilies are psked to bnng their owa I
table service ad basket lunch. In
case of rain the affair will be
held in the Church Dining Room.
Saline Lamb Club
To Meet
The Saline Ewe and Lamb Club
will hold a meeting at 8:30 p. m.
Tuesday, August 4, at the school.
According to club sponsor, Arthur
Miller, this is a very important
meeting, and all members are
urged to   attend.
A corn roast is a neat picnic
trick. Take along corn frozen on
the cob—no waiting for roasting
ear season. Wrap each ear in
aluminum foil and place on the
coals. Allow ten minutes for each
side of the ear, advise Michigan
State home economists-
Saline Beats Lansing
On One-Hitter
Saline defeated Lansing by a
score of 12 to 1 Sunday in a Tri-
County Baseball League game.
Bill Cannon, returning after an
eight-week layoff, held the Lansing team to one hit. Butler of
Lansing connected for a triple in
the eighth frame for the only
Lansing hit, and came home on
an error. Cannon fanned 14 and
gave up two walks. Saline collected 7 hits, but were helped by
7 errors for. the Lansing team.
Tri-County  Standings
W    L    Pet.
Ann Arbor    8   2   -800
Brighton  . . .".    8   2    .800
Fowlerville      7-   3    .700
Saline      4   7   .364
WebberviHe       3    8    .273
Lansing 1   9    .100
Carl Carrs Moving
To Pontiac
Carl Carr, Jr., son of Mr, and
Mrs. Carl Crrr of East Henry St.,
is moving his family to Pontiac,
Michigan.
Since hs graduation form the U.
of M. he has been wth the Dickenson County Health Department
at Iron Mountain, Michigan. The
reason for his change to Pontiac
s a subntant'al increase in pa;',
with a car furnished for his work.
He has purchased a home for
his family at Williams Lake and
will move there some time next
month.
They have three children, David, 7 years old and identical twin
girls, Carolyn and Cynthia. At
present they are staying with the
Carl Carrs at East Henry St-
Mrs. Ted Graham
Visits Lever House
Mrs. Theodore Graham, 406 N.
Harris St., Saline, today was a
guest at Lever House, the world
famous glass and stainless steel
headquarters building of Lever
Brothers Company in  New York.
Among the remarkable features
shown were the unique window
washing equipment for the 1,404
windows of the "house of tomorrow," the colorful gardens on the
ground floor and terrace, the use
of 32 color combinations hi decorating the offices and quarters
of the Company's Pepsodent, Good
Luck, Lever and Ayer divisions,
and the Lever Test kitchens
where the recipes are developed.
The people have spoken—the
meters are in. The meters are
in by a vote of better than two
to one. 285 votes were cast >or
the meter ordinance. 124 votes
were cast against it.
We believe that this election
means more than a vote on ithe
meters. We believe that the people of the City of Saline have
given the present council a vote
of confidence- The election cost
around $200, and we believe it was
well worth the expense to let
Jie people voice their opinion o i
an issue as controversial as this
one.
WTE believe that we have a
good, hard working, progressive
council- Since we do have a progressive council, we suggest that
the members improve on the archaic methods of previous councils on letting the people know
what's going on in the city.
As a start, we ask that the
council begin by:
1. Print the minutes. The charter calls for the printing of the
minutes within two -weeks after a
council meeting. It does not call
for the minutes to be printed ■verbatim, but it does call for a condensed version of the substance of
the minutes- We believe that the
substance of the minutes should
include such things as the aye
and nay vote on any question- and
the bids, amount of money hid
and bid accepted on any project
the city undertakes. We will
print the minutes of any special
council meeting as a public ser^
vice.if the council will submit the
minutes for publication after each
meeting regularly and promptly,
no one should be able to say they
were caught by surprise on any
project the city undertakes.
2, Print an annual financial report. We feel that taxpayers
would like to know where their
money is, and where it  goes.
Attention Women
Bowlers
Thursday, 9 o'clock League
The first meeting of the season
will be held at the City Park
on August 13th, at 7 p. m. All
officers and captains are asked
to attend—also as many bowlers
as  can come.
The meeting will start with a
pot luck picnic. Any women wanting to bowl in this league may
contact Mrs. L. B. Erickson ox-
Mrs. Foster Green.
Bond, Forbes
School Reunion
The teachers, friends and pupils
of the Bond Forbes School are
cordially invited to attend the reunion to be held on the school
grounds Sunday, August 16, 1953
at 10:00. Pot luck dinner, coffee
furnished. Bring your dishes and'
silver.
Mrs.   Elfa Munroe,  Sec'y-
Local News Briefly Told
Mrs. Minnie Sturm, Miss Esther
Sturm and Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Zahn of Ann Arbor left Wednesday morning on a trip to Colorado.
Mrs. Lorin Hunt is leaving" Saturday for New York state and on
Monday she is leaving on. a three
weeks trip to Nova Scotia in company with her daughter, Mrs. Bernard Putney, and sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Charles * Or-
loff, all of New York state.
Dr. and Mrs- R. G. Minor, son
Randolph and Mrs. Martha Dietiker were Monday callers at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Dietiker in  Allen Park.
Rev. Marvin Engelsdorfer of
St- Louis, Missouri, is spending
ten days vacation at the home of
his parents, Rev. and Mrs. F.
Engelsdorfer.
Miss Thelma Sonnenherg of Mt.
Clemens was a Sunday caller at
the home of Mrs. Martha Dietiker.
Bobby Austin spent last week
at the home of his aunt, Mrs.
Wesley Neilsen at   Wyandotte.
Mrs. Henry Karner and Sandra
spent the last two weeks at
Wamplers  Lake.
Delvin Engelsdorfer, who is
doing his field work at Oak Harbor, Ohio, this summer, visited
his parents, Rev. and Mrs- F. En-
glesdorfer, Sunday afternoon and
evening.
Johnny Karner of Dundee is
spending this week at the home
of Mr- and Mrs. Henry Karner.   >
Mrs. Berniece Arend and son of
Toledo, Ohio, are spending the
week at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Arend.
Dr. and Mrs. R. C- Minor and
son Randolph are staying- at the
present time at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Martha Dietiker. Dr.
Minor is opening an office in
Wyandotte and the family expect
to move there in the near future-
Save The Children
Federation
St- John's Lutheran Sunday
School classes No. 5 and No. 6,
Bridgewater, Michigan, have just
undertaken a sponsorship through
the Save the Children Federation
of a needy child in Germany, it
was announced today by Miss
Betty Noble, the group's representative. The child is Gisela Scholz,
selected as a case of special need
by welfare agencies cooperating
with the Federation in Europe.
The sponsorship, undertaken at
a cost of $96 for one year, will
enable the Federation to send a.
complete outfit of warm clothing
and shoes, two all-wool blankets,
textile and yarn goods, sewing
materials, household linen, soap
and other personal hygiene supplies, and writing materials:
Expressing appreciation for this
individualized effort to promote
international understanding* and
good will, Miss Helene Richardson, Sponsorship Secretary of the
Save the Children Federation,"
wrote: "We hope you will find
this undertaking a source of real
pleasure and that you will correspond directly with the child or
with the parent or guardian, and
will possibly develop a real and
lasting   friendship."
She advised that .if there is difficulty in reading letters from
overseas, the Federation will have
them translated by volunteer
translators.
The Save the Children Federation is a child service organization with national headquarters
at Carnegie Endowment International Center, U- N. Plaza, at
46th St. It helps children in disadvantaged rural areas of the
United States, on American Indian Reservations, and in war-depleted regions af Austria, Finland,
France, Western Germany, Italy,
Greece, Lebanon and Korea.
Saline Hospital News
Births:
"Mr. and Mrs. Harold Karner of
Dundee have a son born July 24,
weighing six pounds and two and
one-half ounces.
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Wenk of
Chelsea have a son born July 24,
weighing six pounds and fourteen
ounces.
Mi*, and Mrs. Ronald Blystone
of Ypsilanti have a son born July
28, weighing eight pounds.
Medical: Sylvester DuQuette of
Milan.
Teen Canteen Meets
Friday Night
The Teen Canteen meets Friday
night at 8:00 at the school. There
will be ping pong, games and
dancing. The chaperones for this
evening will he Mr. and Mrs.
Wendell Sebastian. The Canteen
will meet from 8:00 to 11:00-. All
parents are invited to attend.   '
"The most popular labor saving
device for women today is still a
husband with money."—Bernice
Parks,  -
State Fair Lists
Local Judges For
Farm Livestock Event
James M. Hare, general manager, today -issued a list oiE
Michigan residents who will-
judge livestock and farm products at the Michigan State Fair
September 4 through 13.
Horses — J. M. MacAllan,
East Lansing: Percherons,
Clydesdales, and Hitch. Howard Wentz, Howell: Morgans,
Arabians, Western Saddle and
Ponies. Byron H. Good, East
Lansing: Mounted Police and
4-H Saddle Classes.1-
. Dairy Cattle — N. P. Ralson,
East Lansing: American Red
Danish.
Sheep — C. A. Ellickson, St.
Johns: Fat Lambs. Fred Savage, Hanover: Southdown. • Belmont. Chapman, Newport: Cheviot, Shropshire and Dorsets.
Burt R. Jaekman, Crosswell:
Oxford. H. T. Crandell, Sr., Ithaca: Lincoln: Lynn W. Hendee,
Pinckney'. Black Top Deilaine
and American Merino. Glenn
Armstrong, Fowlerville: Delaine
Merino and Ramboullet. Lee
Bell, East Lansing. Montadale
and Columbia.
Pigeons — L. R. Champion,
East Lansing: all classes.
Rabbits — Kieth Forbush,
Inkster:   all   classes.
Agriculture: H. R. Pettigrove
and D. L. Clanahan, East Lansing.
Horticulture: Dr. C. A Longer and R. E. Loree, East Lansing. Vegetables: W. W. Barron,
Dearborn, Floriculture: C. F.
Kuhn, Detroit. Dairy Products:
D. L. Murray and J. M. Jensen,
East Lansing. Maple Products:
P. W. Robbins, East LansingT
Charles Poland and OttoXSj&e*
of Jonesville and Fred'Savage'
of Hanover will be the judged
of the sheep  shearing cointest;