1953-08-13; Saline Observer

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Ahce Jane Gilbert.w inner
of last summer's- JCC sponsored Miss Saline contest,
will compete with other
girls throughout the state
for the title of Miss Michigan State Fair in Detroit
next month. Miss Gilbert
lives at 12880 Jordan Rd.
She is eighteen years old,
five feet two, has light
brown hair and weighs 105.
Council    Proceedings
Special Council Meeting Thursday Night, Aug.  6,  1953-
Present: Mayor Leutheuser,
Councilmen Buck, Collins & Little
absent, Coe.
The above members of the
Council and Street Supt- met with
Ed Hering and Chas. Kerns^ up on
Russell St- to further discuss the
sidewalk situation.
Moved that the following Resolution be adopted:
Resolved, that the City of Saline appropriate not to exceyi
$900.00 to apply on the cost of replacing necessary broken tile in
the County Drain known as "Extension of Saline Village Drain"
and to clean out the open ditch
from the point where the present
tile now ends to the Saline River,
a distarfce of approximately 80
rods-
Vote was unanimous.
Special Council Meeting—Monday evening, Aug. 10th-
Present: Mayor Leutheuser, and
Councilmen Buck, Coe, Collins—
Little absent.
Building permits approved:
.   Geo.  Burg*,    store front,    West
Michigan Ave.
Saline School, additional room
30*43 ft., E. McKay St-
Phillip Kellogg, S. Ann Arbor
St., breezeway and double garage
with room under garage.
Geo. Wooda/.l, W. Michigan
Ave,, Outside stairway to the
South-
Moved that Robert Rogers be
hired as full time policeman to replace Chet Straka who resigned.
Moved that the following resolution be adopted:
"Be it resolved that in compliance with Section 675 of Act 300
of the Public Acts, of 1949 "and
per instructions of the State Highway Department, that parallel
parking on US-112 (Michigan Avenue) in the City of Saline be instituted on one side starting February 1st, 1954 and on the other
side by August 1, 1954."
Yea—Leutheuser, Buck & Coe;
Nea—Collins; absent, Little.
Moved that the "Detroit Concrete Products Corp." of Detroit
be allowed the contract for the
Prime, Double Seal Coat and
patch work on the following sts:
Henry St.—Monroe St. to Davenport-
McKay St.—N.   Lewis   St.    to
Harris St.
S. Lewis St.—Michigan to W.
Henry St.
Prime with MC-O %gal. per
Sq. Yd.  @  $.055 per Sq. Yd.
Double Seal Coat to cost $0.22
per Sq- Yd.
Patching material, plant mix,
furnished & installed, $15.00 ton.
Tuesday Evening, August 11
All Councilmen present.
The Council passed unanimously Resolution No. 4 confirming the
Special Assessment Roll No. 1,
covering Curb and Gutter installations on the following streets:
Mils Road:—Michigan Ave. to
a point 171 feet north of N. line
of Russell street.
Russell Street—From Mills Rd.
east to N. Lewis street.
No. Lewis' Street—From Russell street north to west Bennett
street.
Moved that the application of
the R & B Tool Company for the
re-zoning to Industrial the following Property—Lots 82 and 81 and
the southerly ninety (90) feet of
Lot 94 all in Assessor's Plat;__jr>
said City of Saline, Washtenaw
County, Michigan be acknowledged. These parcels are now owned
by F. Dambroseo, the John Fritz
Estate and Louise Cotton, respectively.
Carried unanimously.
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SEVENTIETH  YEAR,
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SALE-IE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN      THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1953
Local  Man
Injured in Fall
Willard Hertler is a patient at
St. Joseph Hospital in Ann Arbor
because of injuries suffered in a
fall last Saturday evening- He
was removing his television antenna from the roof of his two
and a half story farm home when
he lost his footing and fell to the
ground below, landing on the cement. He suffered an injury to
his left hand, a broken bone in his
thigh and a deep gash under his
chin. He will be confined to the
hospital for an indefinite time.
Two Local Women On
WPAG Broadcast
The Saline American Legion
Auxiliary will present twp local
women, Mrs. Robert Merchant and
Mrs. Meredith Bixby, on Station
WPAG Saturday, August 15, at
9:45 a. m. They will discuss present day problems of the rural
schools in   Washtenaw County.
Don't  miss  it!
Retired Lutheran
Minister Passes
The Rev. Theodore Engel, 78, a
retired Lutheran pastor, died
Sunday night at the home of his
son, the Rev. H. L. Engel, 107
Maple St., with whom he lived for
the past two years.
Rev. Mr. Engel was pastor of
the Lord Jesus Evanelical Lutheran Church in Chicago for 27 years
before retiring.
Born on May 23, 1875, in Lodz,
Poland, he was a son4 of Julius
and Christine Schultz Engel. He
was married in 1900 in Milwaukee, Wis., to Helen Klatfc, who
died on April 3, 1951-
The Rev. Mr. Engel was graduated from Dr. Martin Lutheran
College in New Ulm, Minn., and
the theological seminary at Wau-
watosa, Wis. He held pastorates
at Mason City, la.; Austin, Minn.;
Lake Benton, Minn-; Mount Rose,
Minn.; and McMillan, iWs., before
going to  Chicago.
Surviving besides his son is another son, the Rev. Norman Engel
of Milwaukee, Ws.; a daughter,
Mrs. Robert Metzger of Wyan-.
dotte; a sister, Mrs. Theodore
Waech of Tustin, Wis-; and ten
grandchildren- A daughter, Mrs.
Leona Baer of Adrian, died in
May, 1950.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Wednesday at the Trinity
Evangelical Lutheran Church
here, with the Rev. A. G. Wacker
of Salem Lutheran Church in Scio
township officiating. The body lay
in state from noon until 2 p. m.
Wednesday at the church.
Additional services were held at
the Schmidt & Bartelt Funeral
Home in Milwaukee, and burial
was in the Graceland Cemetery,
Milwaukee.
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Woods and
family spent Sunday at the home
of Mrs. C O- Ferguson and Miss
Matilda Morris of Albion.
Interlochen To
Entertain Federated
Clubwomen
Members of the Michigan State
Federation of Women's Clubs will
gather at Interlochen Music Camp
on August 19th to attend the
Eighth' Annual Pine Arts Tea
which commemorates two gifts
made to the National Music Camp
by federated clubwomen.
The first gift was a large
stone building located near the
camp entrance—it is used as an
Art study hall and art exhibit
space and is known as the Fine
Arts Building. The second building donated is a two unit rental
lodge. It is used as a guest lodge
and the rentals provide one or
more art scholarships each summer for Michigan high school
boys and girls.
The program on the 19th will
consist of a welcome by Mrs. John
Kistler, President of. the Michigan State Federation of Women's
Clubs. Dr. Maddy, president of
the camp will discuss the relationships of the arts. An opera
"Comedy on the Bridge" will be
presented by the University of
Michigan Opera Department. Tea
will follow- All Federated Clubwomen in the Saline area are invited to   attend.
An innovation this year will be
the recording of the program under the direction of Mrs. Meredith Bixby, State Federation
Chairman of Radio and Television. This tape will be available to
all clubs for presentation over
their local radio station or at
their club meeting.
NOTICE...
American Legion
Elects Officers
The Saline American Legion,
William B. Lutz Post 322 held an
election of officers for the coming
year Thursday night.
Harry Cline was elected Commander; Ralph Uphause, first vice
commander; Harvey Kluwe, second vice commander; Bob Smally,
sergeant-at-arms; Don Burkhart,
historian; Ed Sehmid, chaplain;
and Frank Deede finance  officer.
Saline Wins
Playof f Spot
Standings
Brighton       10   2    .833
Ann Arbor         9    3    .750
Fowlerville         7    4    -636
Saline         5    8    .385
WebberviHe         4   9    .308
Lansing      1 10    .091
Bill Cannon pitched Saline into
the fourth playoff spot, as he set
WebberviHe down with three hits,
and struck out 20 batsmen. Ken
Nelson on the hill for WebberviHe
pitched five hit balls and was
very tough, but five errors, one
with the bases loaded in the tenth,
proved to be Webberville's down-,
fall.
Saline   . .   100' 000 000 2—3    5    2
Webberv'   . . 000 001 000 0—1 3 5
Cannon and Miller; Nelson and
Dunkel.
Brighton—Hank Green was the
big star, as he pitched and batted
Brighton to a 5-3 win ever Ann
Arbor. This win gave Brighton
the playoff for first place in the
league, and also the House of
Dougherty trophy.
Brighton scored its winning
runs in the sixth on singles by
Don Leuker, Russ Rowe and Stan
Gilliland, with a sacrifice bunt
sandwiched in. Mike Rodriquez,
Ann Arbor catcher, led the hitters
with a single, double and home-
run. Green "had a single and a
home-run.
Ann Arbor  . 002 001 000—3    5    2
Brighton    . . 001 022 OOx— 5    6    2
Moynihan, Malone (6) and Rodriquez;   Green and Rowe.
PLAYOFF NOTICE—Brighton
plays Fowlerville and Saline plays
Ann Arbor next Sunday- Both
games will be played at Page
Athletic Field, Howell. Saline-
Ann Arbor will play att 1:15 with
the Brighton-Fowlerville game at
3:30.
Bob   Rogers
Succeeds Straka
As Police Chief
Bob Rogers of Saline was named by the City Council to fill the
vacancy in the Police Force left
by the resignation of Chet Strati.
Straka resigned Thursday becauli
illness in his family made it necessary for him to return to his
home n Beiton Ha^sr, Michigan.
Rogers starts a 3 month probation period this week. He said
that he would do his best to make
a good, impartial police officer.
Saline Mill Theatre
Receives Statewide
Recognition
The Saline Mill Theatre is now
receiving state-wide recognition.
J. Dorsey Gallagher, drama critic
on the Detroit Free Press, recently ran an article on the theatre in
which he described it as being the
most beautiful and comfortable
in the state. He also commented
on the excellence of the productions. Now the Detroit News is
going to run an article with pictures  on the local theatre.
ompany
Leases
Curb and Gutter to Be
Installed On Three Streets
Milk For Korean
Children,
The class of Junior Boys of
Federated Church School, of which
Miss Mary Morden is the teacher,
has been sponsoring a drive for
funds to send milk to needy Korean children. Each of the boys in
the class has contributed by filling a folder containing nickles,
and they also appreciate the help
which has been given their fund
by neighbors and friends-
Miss MacArthur
Honored at Shower
Miss Lee MacArthur was the
guest of honor at a shower
given by Miss Marilyn Graf at
her home last Thursday evening.
There were fourteen guests present and all enjoyed a. buffet supper- Miss MacArthur, whose marriage will take place this month,
received some lovely gifts, which
were placed under a gaily decorated parasol.
The evening was spent in playing games.
Local Band Guest
At Fair
More than 75 bands representing every section of Michigan wall
participate in a _»*illiant musical
program throughout the 104th
Michigan Stato Fair September 4
through 13, accoa'd&-i.fJ'vt-b jk^am
T. Overgard, musW.al ■jfcShP-
This is the largest hunreer of
bands ever selected from the hundreds of applications received each
year.
Prominent among the groups
will be the Saline High School
Band, directed by Arthur D. Katterjohn. The 45-50 piece band will
put on a half-hour concert in the
Music  Shell on  September 10.
Each band coming to the Fair
will perform in the Music Shell
and members of the organizations
will be guests of General Manager James M. Hare and members
of the Fair's Board of Managers
at many of the Fair's special attractions.
The high school bands will provide only one of the highlights of
the finest entertainment programs
ever put together for a Michigan
State Fair.
Stage, screen, radio and T V
stars will be on hand in person,
with Eddie Fisher, Louie Armstrong and Teresa Brewer providing a headline touch.
A daily feature will be a parade
on the fairgrounds, featuring
headline performers, contestants
in the Fair's drum major and
beauty contests, and the high
school bands attending the Fair
on  that 'day.
Saline Man Injured
In Two Car Crash
Norman Lambarth, 20, of Saline, suffered fractures of both
ankles and multiple lacerations,
when his acr met head on with
one driven by Walter Prosser, 53,
of -Wayne- The cars collided
about 8:30 p. m. Saturday night
on Bethel Church Rd., Loot township, as they approached the crest
of a small   hill.
Lambarth was traveling west
and the Prosser automobile east.
Prosser suffered head injuries and
multiple abrasions. Flora Prosser,
49, also of Wayne, was the most
seriously injured of the three- She
suffered fractures of the legs and
arms, hip and chest injuries, and
multiple lacerations. Her condition was 'described as fair. AH
three of the victims were taken
to University Hospital.
Fires Interupt
Fireman's Picnic
Two fires which broke out within 30 minutes of each other, interrupted the Firemen's picnic on
Saturday afternoon.
The    first   fire    was    at    the
farm of Ernest Girbach, 2693 Ar-
kona Rd.    It started  about  5:00 I
p. m. from a tractor engine and j
destroyed  a   John  Deere  tractor,
a cultivator, and a garage.   .
The second fire started at 5:30
p. m. It was a car fire at the
home of Alton Wahl, and is believed to have started from a
loose dashboardwire-
At a special meeting of the City
Council held Tuesday night a reso-
hvtion was passed pertaining to
the sale of bonds for the installation of curb and gutter on three
streets. The 3 streets are: Mills
Road from Michigan Avenue past
Russell Street, Russell Street from
Mills Road to N. Lewis Street,
and N. Lewis Street from Russell
Street north to W- Bennett Street-
Before the bonds can be floated,
they must be subjected to the approval of The State Finace Commission. The amount of the bonds
involved will be determined by
the number of property owners
who can pay cash for their
curb and gutter, and the numDer
who wish to extend the payments
oevr a five year period.
Parallel Parking Going In
In compliance with instructions
from the State Highway Department, the City Council moved that
parallel parking on Michigan Ave.
be instituted on one side starting
Feb. 1, 1954, and on the other
side by Aug. 1, 1954.
Further 'details can be found in
the minutes of the council elsewhere in this edition.
The Pan Handle Eastern Pipe
Line Company is buying up gas
leases in Washtenaw County, and
plans to start drilling for gas in
this vicinity in the near future.
Geophysical crews made investigations, and think that the land
structure shows good possibilities
of gas. If the drillings are successful, this and other rcities in
this area will soon be supplied
with  natural  gas.
At the present time, two fuel
oil pipe lines are being laid
across Washtenaw County. One of
the pipelines is being installed by
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, and has already crossed
the Saline-Ann Arbor Road. The
pipeline extends from the southern part of Sharon township almost directly east across the county to the company's River Rouge
Terminal.
The pipeline is planned to carry
gasoline and refined fuel oil
which Standard" now ships to
River Rouge by boat. The pipeline
begins  at Whiting,  Indiana.
The second pipeline is being installed by the Wolverine Oil Company. This line will proceed south
and east across Sharon and Freedom townships until it reaches a
point east of Fletcher Road. From
there it will head for the Toledo
vicinity-
Jaycees To Meet
The Saline JCC's will meet tonight at 8:30 at the Saline Hotel.
Dan Giltrow To Wedi
Dan Giltrow, home on leave
from Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, where he is serving as a dental assistant, will be marxied Saturday, August 15, to Jeanne Kingery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Kingery of Ann Arbor.
The wedding will be held at the
First Presbyterian Church in Ami
Arbor at 4:30 p. m.
Guest Preachers At
Methodist Church
For the next two Sundays there
will be guest preachers at the
Methodist  Church as follows:
August 16, Dr. Elliot Porter of
Denver, Colorado. Dr. Porter is
chaplain of the Presbyterian Hospital in Denver.
" Augusst 23, the Rev. Frederick
Wilkes of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Dr. Wilkes is minister of
the United Church in Saskatoon.
This is a real treat for the people
of Saline. Service will begin at
10 o'clock.
Cecil Albertson Takes
Second in Hole-in-One
Contest
Cecil Albertson, of 170 Whit-
lock, Saline, took the $25 second
prize in the annual Optomist Club
hole-in-one contest held at Ann
Arbor Tuesday. Albertson's ball
came within three feet five inches
of the pin. William Ambrazivich
took the $50 first prize with a
shot of two feet ten inches.
Over 700 people participated in
the contest, and twenty prizes
were awarded. Money taken in is
distributed by the Optimist clubs
to various charities.
SPECIAL REMINDERS
Water lines to be flushed Thursday and Friday, August 13th and
14th.
Your SUMMER TAX must be
paid by August 31st to escape an
added penalty.
Your CEMETERY DUES and
WATER BILLS are now overdue-
Starting September 1st, DRIVER'S LICENSES will be issued
only on Tuesday evening from
6:00'p. m. to 9:00 p. m. of each
week.
Local People In the News
Girl Scouts will meet at Dairy
Queen/ at 2:00 to go to Harwood's
for one and one-half hours.
"Little."
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marken
and family were supper guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Art
Zurlinden and family on Sunday
evening.
Mary Jane Myers of Chelsea is
spending two weeks at the home
of Mr. and Mrs- Jack Leonard.
Mr and Mrs Charles Marken and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Art
Zurlinden and family attended the
50th anniversary of the Ford Motor Co., in Detroit on Saturday
evening.
Karen Taylor and Wayne Luckhardt are representing St. Paul's
Church at Senior High Camp Tal-
ahi this week. Ann Taylor is
there also acting as a camp counselor.
Mrs. J. C. Klinedinst and sou
David Scott, are visiting relatives
in   Crystal  Falls, Michigan.  k
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gllen and Mr.
and Mrs- Robert Gillen and Ruth
Ann are leaving Sunday for a
weeks vacation at Little Silver
Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Leonard
and family of Whittiker were
Sunday night supper guests at the
Chet Leonard home.
Miss Luella Lambarth, Mrs- Arthur Armbruster, Mrs. Martha
Dietiker and Mrs. Bessie Collins
spent Thursday visiting Mr. and
Mrs. George' JBliott at Hickory
Corners.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Griffin and
family were dinner guests on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Morris- Holtz of Milan. Danny
Holtz returned for a week's vacation with Jimmy Griffin-
The Saline Firemen's picnic was
held at the Saline Park last Saturday evening. A large crowd was
in attendance.
Misses Betty and Clara Prince
spent Saturday afternoon and evening at the home of Marjorie
Wade at Willow Village nd Sunday they visited at  Belleville.
Mrs. Gordon Esch and daughter
Jinny of Cleveland spent last
week at the Everett Esch home.
Mrs. Mary Lee spent from Monday to Friday with' her sister,
Mrs. George Heimerdinger, at
Manchester-
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Coe and
family returned from a trip to
New England.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dell and
family returned from a weeks vacation spent at Marion, Michigan,
and while there viewed a Paul
Bunyan parade-
Mr. Chas. Holmes of Sedalia,
Missouri, and Mrs. Mattie Bridge-
water of Tulsa, Oklahoma are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs-
Wm. Martin.
Paul Woods, Jr., left from the
;Grosse Isle Navy Base for a cruise
to  Maine.
Fireman's Auxiliary met at the
home of Mrs. Luther Dicks Tuesday evening. Delicious refreshments were served.
The Past Matrons met at the
cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Heininger at Wamplers Lake on
Monday evening. The Past Patrons
were their guests.
Mrs. Sam Lambarth was a guest
for a few days at the home of
Mrs. Harold Miller at Wamplers
Lake last week.
Mrs. Henry McKenzie entertained at a one o'clock luncheon at
her home on Tuesday in honor of
Mrs. R. R. Moore and Mrs. R. E.
Gay. The following ladies were
present: Mrs. Allen Wiedman,
Mrs. D. B. Grubb, Mrs. Ted Westphal, Mrs. Sam Lambarth, Mrs.
Harry Cogar and Mrs. Peggy
Young.
Rev. and Mrs. Doonald Bourne
and children, John and Linda, of
Osage,, Iowa, spent several days
at the home of her sisters, Mrs-
Max Haswell and Mrs. Harold
Gray. While here, they visited the
Ford factory, the Rotunda, and
Greenfield Village. The Ford 50th
Anniversary program was in progress at the time and they enjoyed
it very much. Sally Haswell accompanied them on their trips.
They left last Wednesday morning for their new home ai Ottawa,
Illinois.
Saline Mill Theatre
Soybean dust is flying this week
as final preparations are completed for the summer season's third
DRAMARAMA producton at Saline Mill Theatre, Saline, Michigan.
The theatre, an old Ford soybean mill, has been the scene of
two delightful comedies this summer, and it will now present a
■melodrama, Patrick Hamilton's
ANGEL STREET, also known as
GASLIGHT.
The play is a psychological
thriller involving a man's attempt
to drive his wife mad, a murder,
a fortune in rubies, and an aging
police inspector who has been kept
from the solution of his biggest
murder case for 15 years. It wanders through the labyrinthine
fringes of insanity and the strange
machination's of a murderer's
mind, taking you along through
every dark and mysterious passage.
With the audience as close as
dramarama staging places them,
this play promises to b e a real
hair-raiser.
Dramarama places the audience
on the stage, in closest possible
proximity to the action, actually
integrating each person as an essential element of the whole production.
According to Barbara Hamel,
producer for the Saline Theatre,
"All furniture and costumes used
in dramarama must be as authentic as possible. We are using antique props which were actually
used in the Victorian era."
Tickets and information regarding the production of ANGEL
STREET may be had at Box 205,
Saline, Michigan, or by calling
Saline 31.
There will be a performance of
ANGEL STREET every night but
Monday beginning August 4th
through August 16 at 8:30 p. m.
Single admission is $1.80, and
season members are admitted free-
Sandiland Bowen, who is spend-
ing^the summer with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wilcox, in Brooklyn spent the week
end at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bowen.
NOTICE OF HEARING
- Take notice that a public hearing on rezoning of Lot 81, 82 and
the southerly 90 feet of lot 94 in
assessor's Plat No 6 in the City
of Saline, Washtenaw County,
Michigan to Industrial use 'district ("D") will be held at the
City Hall before the Saline City
Council on September 8, 1953 at
8:00 p. m., protests against proposed rezoning must be submitted to City Clerk in writing by
August 30, 1953.
Notice published pursuant to
Section 15 of Ordinance No. 112
of City of Saline.
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Sam Tropea Resigns
Sam Tropea resigned Friday
night as manager of the American Legion Memorial Home. Tropea, who has worked for the Legion for four years, gave the
Board of Directors three weeks
notice.  He  and Mrs.  Tropea  are
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Sam Tropea
planning   a trip to  New Mexico
within a few weeks.
Hospital News
Mr. and Mrs- Chas- Haydon of
Ypsilanti have a boy born August 3rd.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hall of
Tecumseh have a boy bom August
5th.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Murray
of Milan have a boy born August
8th-
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rock of
Milan have a girl born August 11.
Surgical: Robert Roos, Ypsilanti; Mrs. Julia Gamey, Ann Arbor;
Tonsillectomy: Mrs. Ruth Miller, Saline.
Jack Bennett Resigns
From Board Of
Directors
Jack Bennett resigned as a
member of the Board of Directors
of the Saline American Legion
Memorial Home Association, Wednesday.