1954-01-28; Saline Observer

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Saline
Sidelights
Mrs. Howard Burr commented
on the success of the Polio Fund.
She also remarked that it is wonderful the way the organizations
are backing up the fund. She said
that the committee charimen of
. the various organizations, have
^> been giving wonderful assistance
and that Saline may well he proud
of the sums of money donated this
year. The Fosdick Extension
Group also sent a- check - for
$25. Mrs. Burr says that already
$969.31 has heen turned in and
there are still the cannisters to be
picked up, the Mothers March
campaign, the Jaycees' Day at
Still's Grill, the Fun Club project
and other organizations expected
to donate.
We were reading a little article
the other day which gives quite
good advice: "Why are so many
of us these days addicted to pills
to make us sleep, to give us
"* needed energy, to allay our nervousness and tension? Let us try
stopping at least once a day, in
the headlong rush, to help someone in need, unselfishly to lighten
another's load, and in well doing,
find peace." I imagine a lot of
us could take heed from this message, and at least try it out.
When Mrs. Randr>ll Cot. e~- w.~
asked for some cornment, f*u* 0~~
henefit of this column, she remarked thn.t. w*th weather per-
missable of course, how much enjoyment the children derive from
the skating rink at school. That
is, the rink which was made hy
floodng the tennis court last week.
* Skating is an enjoyable sport and
let us hope that the ternis court
will he flooded again, when weather permits..
We were readme where George
Washington's uniform has heen
dry-cleaned for the first time in
170 years. Scientists at the Smithsonian Institute devised a "**afe"
method to do the job without
damaging the  garments.
Birthday Greetings
Karl Flugel Jan. 28
Lance Rogers    Jan. 28
Mrs. Everett Esch Jan. 29
Richard Dell   • .\ . Jan. 29
Doris Daniels  .Jan. 30
Yvonne Bernard  ....... .Jan. 31
Irene Schneider   Jan. 31
A '     Mrs. Harold Socks Jan. 31
Mrs. Martin Fuoss  ......Jan. 31
Judy Haswell  .Feb. 1
Mrs. Fred Korte   Feb.  1
Waldo Gross  Feb. 1
.   Mrs. Phillipp Kellogg Feb. 2
Jimmy Hering    Feb. 4
New Board Of
Directors Appointed
At Legion Home
At a   meeting of the Wm. B.
Lutz Post, members of the Saline
American  Legion   -elected  a  new
.-.        Board   of Directors for the year
' of   1954. Milton Finkbeiner, Nor
man Hedger, Clyde  Griffin, John
O'Connor and Wayne Goble.
The directors then appointed
their officers: Clyde Griffin, president; Norman Hedger, vice president; Wayne Goble, treasurer
and Milton Finkbeiner,  secretary.
There will be a Valentine's
Dance on Saturday night of February 13. Ken Edwards end his
Rythmaires will furnish the
music.
—by the  Secretary.
Mary-Martha Guild
The Mary-Mai-tha Guild met at
the home of Mrs. Waldo Gross
on Thursday evening, Jan.- 21.
This being the annual meeting the
following' officers were elerted:
president, Mrs. Clarence Wiebusch,
vice president, Mrs. Dean Bernard; secretary Mrs. Lorrin Jedele; treasurer, Mrs. Ben Phillips;
flower committee, Mrs. Ormand
Bredernitz and Mrs. Wm. Brack-
ney; birthday committee, Mrs.
Waldo Gross; card committee,
Mrs. Donald Weidmann and Mrs.
Roland Goltz; program committee,
Mrs. Harry Anderson and Mrs.
Erwin Schneider.
St. Paul's Church
^    Council Holds
Organizational
Meeting
Members of St. Paul's Church
Council met on Monday night to
chbose officers and evaluate a program, of action for the new year.
Reuben Finkbeiner was elected
-president of the council. Other
officers who will be serving with
him include Raymond Girbach,
vice president; Otto Wahl, secretary; Norwin Raus, financial secretary; and Norman Girbach,
treasurer. Also serving on the
church council are Dale Goble and
Rudolph Layher.
Regular meetings of "foe Church
Council are to be held on the
first Monday of each month. One
|-^ of the first activities to which
the council will give attention is
that of a program of repairs and
improvements in the  parsonage.
nite
SEVENTY-FIRST   YEAR       NUMBER 18
Saline, washtenaw county, Michigan       -_-htjrj_day, jan. 28,.-1954
of March o
i.&S'WB
Patient Care  . 17 :,Qj0,Q00 68.1% IIIII1
Polio Prevention $6,000,000 2.3%
Administration $10,900,000 4.3%
^   Research $20,500,000 8.0%
Public Education $2,700,000 1.1%
Professional
*^0A        Education $16,2u0,000 6.3%
Clinical Studies $7,500,000 2.9%
Other Services $17,800,000 7.0%|111|||1
_!_'_'_'. *:
Here's how your March of Dimes contributions
were expended during the 16 year history of the
.'•'-f'o-.al Found .tion for h.f-*-_iH. Parslys***. In
1L... tl.;-re vjiil be a new, costly --.d epic fou; :i
1       ■   r        --);    Pc!!.   t'i even. icr-.   !.   wi'.l   ftiri-i's
gamma globulin and .rials cf a test polio va_i inf.
Cost of this alone: $26,500,000. The other prorrn •»
cot.tir.ue, too. This is why the 1954 March of Di'.--.
must be the most successful ever. Contri'.it*?_
q*"n,->-.*i*-'y t' rrtigh  the  month of Jar. • .ry.
Mothers March  Tonight
LETTER TO THE EDITOR . . .
The School Issue
In last weeks' Observer there
appeared an article by Mr.
Albert Gall labeled "The School
Issue." In reading this article
one can plainly see that Mr.
Gall has much misimformation
which he has used as fact. I
will endeavor to review Mr.
Gall's article to point out a few
fallacies here and there.
The "School Issue" so called is
a problem of furnishing the necessary physical plant for giving the children of this area a
complete education from kindergarten thru high school, also
furnishing the necessary facilities in that physical plant to
give the children their formal
education. A formal education
goes farther than the three R's
in short, it must prepare our
children to be ready to become
good citizens by the time they
leave our high school.
Our local problem, similar to
many other communities, is at
the present time, one which requires additional space, because
of a greater number of students
enrolled. The school in the City
of Saline, built in .1930 at a
cost of $150,000 (not $89,000 as
Mr. Gall would have you be
lieve), was built for 400 students and was built primarily
is a complete school. For many
years this school has served the"
area well as a high school, taking students from other school
areas on a tuition basis. Because of the growth of this and
surrounding areas -the school
came to the point where it could
no longer keep adding students
year by year.
Several years ago this fact
beepme very apparent, and rather than flatly refuse to take students from the other areas on a
tuition basis in the high school,
':hese other areas were approached with this problem;
"Should the Saline School refuse
7ou an opportunity of using the
Saline High, or could we join together to make one school sys-
era wherein all could help to
~olve the mutual problem confronting us? (Public relations,
Mr. Gall?) The Saline School,
'-milt in 1930, at"the end of 1952,
was still in debt from outstanding bonds still due on it. Your
tuition students from the outlying areas had contributed no
taxes to pay off this outstanding debt and rightly so, it was
not their" responsibility. It was.
Saline's. Moneys from tuition
'tudents a^e used for the current operation of a school and
_ot for debts, or building a uew
jchool. There just isn't enough
•vuition allowed for that.
,Now,  rather than say to any
and all districts, keep your high
school students, build your own
high school, the old Saline district asked if all would enter
into reorganization to make one
common district, wherein all
could equally share in facilities
already present, and equally
bear his just expense of the tax
load on necessary new facilities.
Such was accomplished under
reorganization.
'Public relations, Mr. Gall,
would have been far afield if
Saline would have said, take
care of your own high school
students, we haven't room for
you. In a democracy people
join together and solve their
difficulties with mutual understanding and agreement. Have
we gone amiss in trying to solve
our problems to everyone's advantage? I think not!
Mr. Gall says that they will
build their own high school.
More power to him. I hope lie
can. We can sure use it. BUT
I wonder if Mr. Gall with so "glib
a statement knows what it would
cost ? A ine^e $2,000 per pupil,
100 p.mils- $200,000, 300 pupils
$600,000, 400 pupils a mere
$800,000. Remember that is
what our present school is built
for — 400 pupils. Now if %ve
were t_ try to bufd a new high
.chool for $800,000 and make
the neaes.ary alterations in the
present school to make it adaptable for an elementary school,
I'm sure Mr. Gall and every-
c .6 e-se, including myself, would
howl louder and longer.     ,
I can quote "Authorities on
Education" who will state that
Mr. Gall's "Authority on Education" is a crackpot. If reorganization is 20 years .outmoded
then the rural school is long,
long, outmoded. I do not argue
about the level of education in a
rural school, it has been good,
and rightly so; however there
are those who feel that the level
education can be imnroved both,
in the rural and urban schools.
Education, like everything else,
orogresses. I'm sure that Mr.
Gall's education as a farmer
has shown, that different ways
.nd different methods have
changed over the past 20 years,
and I'll wager that he is much
better off because of that
change.
Mr. Gall's implication that the
school board is not an impartial
body seems to be an unwise
statement. May we call to Mr.
Gall's attention that the board
was elected by. a duly organized
election, and elected by a ma-
;   (Continued on Page 8)
Albert Trinkle^Killed
* Albert Trinkle, Superintendent
of Scio, was killed Friday afternoon when his car was hit by a
train in Ann Arhor.
Apparently, Trinkle was passing another car, and did not see
the train approaching. His car
was carried several yards down
the track  .
Saline Evening
Classes Begin Next
Week
Register Monday, February 3st
from 7 to 9 n. m. in the Saline
His-h School Hall.
0**-. of the new classes, will be
"Hohbying at the Piano" taught
by Arthur Katterjohn. This is a
class for beginners; for those whu
play a little and wish to review
the basics; and also for those
wishing a directly functional
chord 'approach to the piano. It is
taught on paper keyboards and
it is being riven in Ann Arbor
and Dexter Evening Schools for
tl-e seco .d year. The fee is $5 for
the twelve weeks term. This will
include the music book for each
pupil. The class will meet each
Wednesday from 7 to 8 p. m. It
is tatted to 15 students, so register early.
Ths Adult Education Committee
has received m*my comments on
the announcemQ-t that Ira Pfei-
f'e has graciously volunteered to
.ireet a local choral group. Bessie
("Win. has supplied us with most
interesting facts about such a
group which functioned in Saline
many years ago This one was directed by Rudolph Jedele, a well-
known Ypsilanti vocalist, and attained much prominence in the
county. If you are interested in
joining a Community Choral
Group, please advise the Adult
Committee on Monday night, Feb.
1st. There will be no fee for this
activity.
*   Contract Bridge  will he taught
on Tuesday night.
Anonymous Writers
*nv,_ p-'-.'tio Observer has received several anonymous letters
.ertaining to the bond issue.
We regret-that we cannot print
letters unless we know the name
of the writers. We will withhold the name upon request, but
we cannot assume responsibility
for the unknown writers.
Father And Son
Banquet Feb. 25
The father and son banquet
will be held Thursday, Feb. 25
at 6:45 p.m. in the basement of
the Federated Church. Tickets
may be obtained from church
ushers*    Everyone is welcome.
Advisory Council To
Distribute
Questionaires
At a meeting of the Saline
Area School Advisory Council,
held Tuesday night, it was voted
to send questionnaires to the taxpayers in the area to try and determine what their objections are
on the school program and to
find out what they want in the
way of schools.
It was also decided that neighborhood meetings should he held
in the different areas. It was felt
that hy holding these smaller
meetings more opinions could he
obtained, and information could be
better dispensed. After the local
meetings are held, and the questionnaires are returned, a general
meeting will be held to try and
correlate the information received.
Dr. Harold Miller, President of
the School Board, said at the
meeting that the school board was
stymied until they found out what
the people wanted. He pointed -out
that the board had asked the people for what the board needed,
and can't do much more until they
find out what the people will give
thenj,
It is hoped that the questionnaires and neighborhood meetings
will help clear up any msunder-
standings on the school program.
Forger Sent To Prison
Richard Brower, who has been
wanted in Saline on a forgery
charge since Jan. 4, was arrested
in Indiana and sentenced to the
Indiana State Prison from 2 to
14 years. It was not known
here on what charge Brower
was convicted. He worked as
i farm hand in- the vicinity of
"aline.
Car Wreck On N. Ann
Arbor Street
A 1954 DeSoto driven by Gail
Claxton, 19, of Britton, ran into
i narked car, owned by Flora
Lei and, of 303 N. Ann Arbor, at
*5:40 p.m. Tuesday.' Miss Clax-
ton said that it was dark ant
she did not see the other car.
Extensive damage was done to
the front of her car and the
rear of the other. She was
ticketed for not having a driver's
license in her possession.
Special Council
Meeting
Tuesday Evening, Jan. 26, 1954
Present: Mayor Leutheuser,
Counci'men Buck, Coe, Collins &
Little — Att'y. Roesch.
Mr. William Moore of McDonald-Moore & Co., Mr. Murel J
Cancrant of H. V. Sattley & Co..
Inc., Investment Securities, were
present to discuss Sewerage Disposal problems.
Moved that City accept off°r of
McDonald-Moore & Co. and H. V.
Sattley & Co. Inc. to act as financial advisors and Consultants on
financing and construction of sew-
errge treatmet and water plant as
submitted by letter dated 1-26-54
from McT-Ona'd-Moove & Co."and
hat the Mayor and City Clerk" be
rutKorized to execute^ acceptanca
of offer on behalf of City.
Carried.
Moved that meeting adjourn.
Federated Circles
To Meet
Beginning with the February
meeting, two of the Circles of the
Ladies Aid Society of J. ederated
Church are changing their meeting nights to the first Tuesday of
the month. On Tuesday evening,
February 2, Circle I will meet at
8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Harold Brown on South Ann Arhor
Street, with Mrs. Max Collins and
Mrs. Paul Streeter assisting the
hostess. Mrs. Silas Nord is chair-
ipan of this group.
Circle III will meet at the same
time at the home of Mrs. Clarence
Johnson. After the brief business
and program meeting they will
conduct a White Elephant Sale.
All the women of the church and
friends are invited as guests.
The new Study Books for Circle
Sturdy for the ye*.r 1954 a-**e o^
the topic of Latin Americans in
the United States and will include
"Within These Borders" and
"Who." The devotional studies for
the year are to be taken from the
Book of Acts.
Polio Benefit At
Still's Restaurant
Eat at Still's Restaurant, 109
East Michigan Ave., Salire, on
Sunday, Jan. 31. All proceeds will
go to the March of Dimes.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Z. Still are
offering their fine restaurant to
the March of Dimes Drive on Sunday, Jan   31.
The Saline Jaycees and the Saline Jaycee Auxiliary will operate
the restaurant on that day from
7:00 a. m. until S:00 p. m. Contributions will be accepted for the
breakfast and dinner meals rather
than a fixed price.
The following is the menu for
the day. Breakfast served from
7:00 a. m. until 11:00 a. m. Tomato or Grapefruit juice, Bacon
and  Eggs, Toast and Coffee.
Dinner served from 11:00 a. m.
until 8:00 p. m. Tomato or Grapefruit juice, Baked Ham or Roast
Sirloin of Beef, Mashed Potatoes
and Gravy, Moulded Salad, Vegetable and Rolls, Ice Cream, Coffee
or  Milk.
We hope to see everyone of you
folks eat with Mr. Still and the
Saline Jaycee's sext Sunday, Jan.
31.
Saline Jaycees.
Tonight at 7:00 p.m. the fire
siren will be blown to signal the
start of the Mother's March in
their annual drive for the March
of Dimes.
Turn on your porch light from
7 to 8 o'clock and a mother will
stop for your contribution. Larry
Deede will also be cruising a-
round Saline with his sound
truck. If by any ,'chanee your
house is missed and you wish,
to contribute call 184.
The women taking part in
tonights march are the mes-
dames: "*•
Mae wood, Ruth Hagen, Virginia Seitz, Ann Prout, Maxine
Krempel, Shirley Klinedirst,
Noma Sehmid, Eunice Armbrus-.
ter, Mary Brown, Marge Bredernitz, Jeanette Bondie, Betty
Schild, Mary Weidman, Helen
Esch, Garnette Karner, Alberta
Larson, Cecelia Korte, Joan
Carpentier, Marion Hering1,,
Helen Starling, Jean Taylor,
Dorothy Walters, Ann Lutz,
Jeanette Merriman, Mary Elfring, Kay Burr, Betty Reed,
Mary Woods, Thyra Bixby, and
Mrs. Rolland Sutton.
Big Turn-Out At
Skating Rink
The Skating Rink in back of
the high school was one of the
busiest places in town over the
week-end. The rink was flooded
Thursday night by the Police
Department.
Ruth Page and
Dwight Carr To Be
Married
Announcement of the engagement of Ruth Wyatt of Crossville,
Tenn., and Dwight Carr of Saline
has been made.
Miss Wyatt is a graduate of
Crossville High School and is employed in Saline.
Mi. Carr, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Carr of Saline, is, a
graduate of Saline High School
and is employed in Ann Arbor.
The couple has not set a wedding date.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Curtiss entertained Mr. and Mrs. Bliss Cur-
itss, Carl and Mary at dinner Saturday evening. The occasion being
the birthdays of Mr. Carl Curtiss
and Mrs. Bliss Curtiss.,
Saline Library
Annual Report
The 53rd annual meeting of the
Saline Library Association was
held at the Saline Library on Friday evening at 8:00 p. m.
The meeting -was called to order
by the president, Mrs. Roy Rogers. The constitution and by-laws
were read by the secretary. The
reports of the president, secretary
and treasurer were read and accepted.
The following board members
were re-elected for a terrii of
three years: Mrs. Roy Rogers and
Miss Esther Landwehr.
The Saline Library has been
open each Wednesday and Saturday during the past year. Mrs.
Harry Holmes has been the _ Librarian.
During the year 1953 the Saline
Library circulated 5,031 books and
347 magaznes. The book committee reported that 114 new books
had been purchased and 50 gift
books have been received.
Following the Association meeting, the Board of.Trustees iield
their annual meeting and elected
the following officers:
President — Miss Esther Landwehr.
Vice President—Mrs. Roy Rogers.
Secretary—Mrs. Charles McCarbery.'
Treasurer—Mrs. Carl Curtiss.
The members of the Saline Library Board wish to express their
appreciation to the City of Saline,
York, Pittsfield, Lodi and Saline
Townships for their gifts of money. This money has been used in
various ways for the maintenance
of the Saline Library.
The Board members would like
to thank everyone who has helped
to make 1953 a successful year
foi the Saline Librai*y.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth McCarbery,
Secretary.
Clubwomen To Attend
Conference
The Federated Clubwomen of
Michigan will he attending a very
important meeting at the Sheraton Cadillac Hotel in Detroit next
week. On Thursday, February 4h,
the Michi.f*''! State Federation
will entertain tl*e Upper Missis-
ssippi Valley conference. This includes the women of Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,- North
Dakota, South Dakota, Ohio and
Wisconsin.
On Wednesday, February 3rd at
8 p. m. the Detroit Federation of
Wonjen's Clubs has invited all the
clubwomen in this area to a reception in the Sheraton ballroom.
One special guest will be Mrs.
Theodore Chapman, national vice
president, who will no doubt be
elected national president at the
convention in Denver in May. Tlie,
Saline Women's Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year
and many of its members will be
attending the reception.
The meeting on Thursday will
begin at 9:00 a. m. Speaker at
the evening banquet on that day
will be Mrs. Hiram Houghton, immediate past president -of the General Federation who is now assistant to Harold E. Stassen in
Washington.
Mrs. Meredith Bixby of Saline,
State Chairman of Radio and TV
will be in charge of the radio and
TV interviews during the meeting.
Fire At Universal
The Saline Fire Department
was called to Universal Tool and
Die at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday
morning. A tarpaulin had
caught fire. The fire was out
when the   department   arrived.
Notice
Valentine's Day Dance on Saturday, February 13 at the Legion
Memorial Home. Ken Edwards
and his Rythmaires will furnish
the  music.
Kathryn Love, daughter of Robert Love, Jr.,-returned home from
St. Joseph Hospital Tuesday.
Hospital News
Births:
My. and Mrs. Gilbert Volk of
Ypsilanti have a daughter horn
January 21.
Surgical: Marguerite Christner,
Milan; G'-Trge Cr_e, Milan.
Medical: Henry Weghorsp, Dundee;   Maude  Eggleson,  Milan.
Tonsillectomies: Jay Lee Kel-
say, Milan; Diane and Duane
Kneuve, Ypsilanti; Michael Johnson, Saline; Laura Lipton, Dexter; Ronald Feeman, Saline.
Mrs. Mary Lee
Mrs. Mary Schneider Burkhardt
Lee, 70, died Thursday, Jan. 21,
at her home at 207 E. Michigan
Ave., after a long illrsss.
Mrs. Lee, daughter of Henry
and Mary Streiter Schneider, was
born in Washtenaw county on Oct.
6, 1883. She was a lifelong resident of this community:
On April 9, 1901, she married
Charles L. Burkhardt, who died on
Sept. 29, 1926. Her marriage to
Aquilla Lee took place Feb. 18,
1937.- Mr. Lee died May 8, 1949.
Mrs. Lee was a member of St.
Paul Evangelical and Reformed
Church, the Women's Guild of the
church, and the American Legion
Auxiliary.
Survivors are one son, Elmer
Burkhardt of Evansville, Ind.; a
daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Dell of Saline; one step-daughter, Mrs.
Thurlow Sanford of Milan; two
brothers, George Schneider of
Manchester and Walter Schneider
of Saline; two sisters, Mrs. Henry
Heimerdinger of Manchester and
Mrs. George Koch of Saline; and
two grandchildren.
The Rev. Alvin Siemsen conducted "the funeral services at 2:30
p. m. Sunday at the Lockwood
Funeral Home here. Burial was
in Oakwood Cemetery.