1954-02-25; Saline Observer

              Saline
Sidelights
As you read in our last issue,
our editor, A. J. Coley bas resigned. During the two years
he has been here, he has played
an integral part in the life of
our community, by attending
various meetings, selling advertising, searching for news, becoming a member of the Jaycees
and American Legion. During
his stay here, he became a familiar and well-liked figure in
Saline, and will, therefore, be
greatly missed both by associates and friends. We all wish
him the best of luck on his new
position at the Jackson Citizen
Patriot.
Mrs. Henry Erskine asserts
that Hie is pretty good with its
"ups and downs". She gave us
her favorite bit of verse by F.
W. Roth, "To every man there
openeth a way and ways and a
way, and the high soul climbs
the high way and the low soul
gropes the low, and in between,
in -the misty flats, the rest drift
to and fro; but to every man,
there openth a high way and a
low and every man decideth the
way his soul shall go."
In Seattle, Washington, one
high school has certainly developed a unique way of doing
away with "doodlers". Students'
can scribble messages to their
classmates on a big bullletin
board covered with wrapping
paper, in the main hall" of the
building. Paper on the board
is changed daily. Janitor and
teachers say the "doodle board"
cuts down scribbling on desks
and walls.
We were reading the other
day where a doctor (after examining a patient), said, "I
don't like the looks of your husband, Mrs. Borch". Mrs. Borch
replied, "I don't either, doctor,
but he's so kind to the children".
Mrs. Henry Karner is anxiously awaiting Spring, so that,
when weather permits, the.
street by her house can be paved. She will be greatly relieved
when there are no more washouts.
Saline Hospital News
Births:
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Eliott
of Dexter have a daughter born
Feb. 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Orie Bordine of
Milan  have  a   daughter   born
Feb. 21.
Medical.
Graydon Everett, Saline
Mrs.     Frances     Unterkireher,
Saline
Mrs. Maud Eskelson, Milan
Richard Alber, Milan
Judy Blystone, Ann Arbor
Mrs. Emma Gross, Saline
Miss Lillian Rymenaicz, Milan
Patricia Badour, Saline
Surgical:
Eugengj Roehm, Clinton
Clara Lindemann, Saline
Tonsillectomies:
Kylre Cruse, Saline
David Erwin, Saline
Bonnie Walthers, Milan
Joseph Lengacher, Ypsilanti
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SEVENTY-FIRST  YEAR       NUMBER 22
SALINE,  WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, FEB, 25, 1954
Coupons Available
For Martin
Luther Film
Coupons have been provided the
ministers of the community with
which tickets at a 25% reduction
in price can be obtained for viewing' the film "Martin Luther"
which will open a run at the 0r-
pheum Theatre in Ann Arbor on
March 1. Produced by Louis de
Rochemont, it is credited with
being the most accurate film historically, which has been prduced
by Hollywood. Filmed on actual
location, it is a strong fine portrayal of the man who ignited the
Great Reformation and changed
the world forever.
Be sure to ask for the discount
coupons which are made available
to you through your church.
F. H. A. News
Grand Rapids will be the scene
of the FHA State Convention this
year, March' 4 and 5.' Delegates
from Saline will be Patty Len-
ning, Florine , Wild, Christine
Schnierle and Carolyn Adair.
Sally Cook who is Region 3
chairman and a member of the
Saline chapter, will be running for
State President against three
other candidates.
The delegates-will be housed at
the Pantlind Hotel in Grand Rapids. They will attend convention
sessions. Activities will be climaxed by a banquet Thursday evening
in the Black and Silver room of
the Civic Auditorium.
Mrs. Kenneth Rogers, advisor
to the Saline group, will accompany the above delegates. Chapter
mothers are also planning to attend one day of the convention in
a body.
Birthday Greetings
George Austin Feb. 25
Elizabeth Davis Feb. 26
Nancy Woods Feb. 27
Iola Dell , Feb. 28
Charles McCarbery Mar. 1
Kenneth Gable   Mar. 1
James Rogers  Mar.  1
Dorothy Gall    Mar. 3
Florence Cammett Mar. 4
High School Art
Classes To Attend Art
Exhibit
On February 25 the Saline High
School art classes will attend the
Scholastic Art Exhibit at Crowley's in Detroit. They will be accompanied by their teacher, Mrs.
Jean Taylor.
The trip will serve as an idea
gathering and inspirational medium for the classes who are planning their own art festival to be
held here April 30-May 1.
High School Band To
Participate In District
Contest Saturday
Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock,
the Saline High School Senior
Band will perform three numbers
for three adjudicators who will
determine the rating the band
should receive. Each year, the
band enters this contest, with
many other bands from this area,
and each time the band tries to
better its own record. The bands
are judged against set standards
which include accuracy in rhythm
intonation, tone, interpretation,
quality, general effect, and many
■other musical qualities.
Last year, the Saline Band entered the District Contest and received all First Divisions which
denotes an outstanding performance. Spirits and efforts are Tunning high this year to duplicate
that record. Those groups receiving First Divisions in these District Contests will then go to the
State Festival. Our band last year
received a First Division, rating
overall, but lacked the necessary
skill in Sight-Reading to make
theirs an outstanding -perform
ance.
There will be two busses leaving
the school at 11:30 for Ypsilanti
Saturday, which will take band
members and friends. Another
bus will leave at 2:00 to take the
Cadet Band members who will
perform at 4 o'clock. Members of
the community are invited to attend these sessions which will be
held all day, February 27th, in
the Ypsilanti High Auditorium,
Pease Auditorium, and Roosevelt
Auditorium. Come and support
your own band and back up our
students as they participate in
this contest.
Members of the Senior Band
playing Saturday are: Christina
Schnierle, Jim Knight, Alice Sheehan, Mary Ann Boettner, Sally
Stimpson, Karen Taylor, Walfred
Larson, Joan Austin, Ed Doll, All
len Rentschler, Marjorie Hieber,
Dan Larson, Al Harwood, Charles
Lindemann, Bob Brown, Ralph
Gross, Karen Beckington.
Sally Campbell, Bill Aderson,
Phil Badour, Magdalene Raus,
Martha Faust, Jane Campbell,
Phil Campbell, Ellen Reed, Nan
Young, Sallie Haswell, Pat Mc-
Dougall, Jim Austin, Gene Austin,
Norwin Raus, Kit Young, Jerry
Whitelock, Pat Johnson, Lloyd
Dicks, Jim Rhoades, Bill Austin,
Dan Gable,.
Jim Richards, Dave Gable, Bob
Parsons, Dick Lutz, Dean Fisher,
Ken Guenther, Jerry Miller, Jack
Losee, Arnold Girbach, Harry
Gleason, Howard Marsh.
Aunt Molly Writes Jo lhe
Folks In Hickory Hollow
—*
(An intercepted letter)
Dear Folks—One and All:
From the looks of my windows with the sun shinin' on 'em
I ought to be cleaning house, but
I've got things on my mind. Besides, I kinda feel like writing.
There'll be days ahead to roll up
my sleeves and tackle the job of
housecleaning. Right now I've got
a sorting job to do upstairs. And
by upstairs, I'm referrin' to that
section I fondly call my "head"!
I've told you before about the
big job we're trying to do here
in Saline and thereabouts—fix a
good school set-up for these young
tads that are sprouting faster'n
you can count 'em. A few weeks
ago, the folks let it be known by
their ballots that they didn't take
to the first plan. And that's all
right! When people are thinking
straight, thinking with, their heads
— that's OK. Course I always say
the best kind of thinking, bless
'em, is when they think with both
their heads and their HEARTS.
They do that, too. Kinda shy 'bout
showing it, is all.
So now we're smack dab up
against the problem again. I've
got a feeling that with spring
weather coming and everybody
getting a tsprint of ambition again,
that folks* are going to come
through with the right solution.
Oh, it -won't please everybody.
Sure, and you couldn't please some
folks if the Lord Himself was
doing the planning. They'd figure
to do Him one better. But for the
most part, if we all give in a little there's sure to be an answer.
And a good one. Because Saline
is a smart town and the nineteen
former districts that make up our
new* area are filled with honest
straight  thinkers.
It was our pocketbook that was
hit, for one thing. And don't get
the idea that we're a bunch of
tight wads down here. Because
we aren't! But I figure this way
— most folks expect to see a
change in times. It's bound to
happen. A big debt could be quite
a hardship if things tightened up
a little. I'm reminded of somebody
like the Widow Pennyfeatheiv
Owns property and all. Pays quite
a tax. But her income isn't much.
Lives off her capital mostly. It
goes hard for older folks like her.
Then there's the people from
outside town, the farmers* (who'll
be standin' over half the bill, you
know) . . . caught right in between high costin' farm machinery and sinkin' prices for their
products. We've got to remember
that taxes for most of them
could shoot right up into the hundreds. $1600 school tax for some
I know out on the Main Highway
... if the first plan had carried.
Maybe other folks just didn't
know, judgin' from talk I've heard.
So, all in all, I guess t'was
thought the first figure was a
mite too high . . . athough there're
some still boosting for §875,000,
And that's "all right, too.
I've been keeping, my ear to the
ground. I'm interested. And I've
been thinking. One day I think one
thing. Next day, I've got a new
idea. I like to put it down on
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Sarah Louise
Gosmer Kader
Funeral services were held
Sunday for Sarah Louise Gosmer
Kader who died on February 19,
1954, at her home in Norvell. Bom
on September 20,. 1870 in Bridge-
water, she was married to Gotfrey
Kader on Feb. 18, 1890. She died
on her 64th Wedding anniversary
and at the same hour on which
she was married 64 years before.
An invalid for thirty years, she
had spent most of her life in Norvell. She was a member of the
Seventh Day Adventist Church of
Jackson. Funeral services were
held at the Weatherby Funeral
home in Jackson on Sunday with
Rev. S. B. Newmeyer officiating
and burial took place at the Norvell-Cemetery.
The survivors include her husband; a daughter, Grace Van Lo-
ken of Norvell, and a son, Leo of
Jackson, and Loys of Pontiac; a
grandson, Dr. Robert Kader of
•Lansing; and two great-grandsons,
also  of  Lansing.
District Basketball
Tournament Drawing
The District Basketball Tournament drawings have been held and
Saline and Chelsea drew buys,
thus will not play the first night,
March 4.
Roosevelt •meets U. High at 7:00
March 4. The winner of this game
will play Saline1 at 7:00 on March
5. Lincoln will play St. Thomas
at 8:30 on March 4, the winner
to meet Chelsea at 8:30 on March
5.
The championship game will be
at 7:30 on March 5.
NOTICE
Saline Area Educational Advisory Council to call a general meeting of all school electors on Monday evening at 8:30 o'cock, March
1, 1954, at the Saline Area High
School 'Gym. Meeting, is called to
decide what building program to
adopt.
Representatives of the Board of
Education and the Advisory Coun-
I cil will be present to discuss pro-
I posals.
Coming
Events
Saturday, Feb. 27, O.E.S. Card
Party at hall at 8:30. 75c per
person.
Monday, March 1, Saline Advisory Couneil meeting at Saline
Area Schools at 8:30.
Monday, March 1, O.E.S. Meeting at hall.
Tuesday; March 2, Spaghetti
Dinner. Serving between 5:00
and 7:00 p.m'. at St. Andrews
Parish Hall.
Tuesday, March 2, Division
meetings of the Methodist
Church:
The Ruth Circle meets at 8:30
p.m. at the home of Mrs. Alwin
Gross, with Mrs. Winifred Diet-
erlie and Mrs. Wm. Martin as
cohostesses.
The Esther Circle meets at
the Methorist Church parlors
at 8:30 p.m. with Mrs. Max
Ross as hostess.
The Mary L. Circle meets
with Mrs. Everett Esch at 8:30.
The Dorcas' Circle meets with
Mrs. Harold Boice at 1:00 p.m.
TheWSCS nleets on March 17
at the ctiureh.
Changes in Circle
Hostess
Circle II of the Ladies Aid Society of Federated Church has
been obliged to make a change in
its plans for the postponed February meeting. It will be held tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 26, at 2:00
o'clock at the home of Mrs. John
Lamb.
Winners Announced
In Sixth Grade Art
Contest
Mrs. Jean Taylor, elementary
school art teacher, announces the
results of the sixth grade art contest which was held last week.
James Jordan's picture—"Sliding Down a Hill on a Cloudy Day"
—won the grand prize over all
the entries.
There was a two way tie for
regular first place prize. "Life on
the Farm" by Jeanne Levleit and
"Skating on a Lonely Pond" by
Kay Camburn were rated first.
John La Rue?s "At a Basketball
Game" won second, Charles
Young's "Sliding Down a Hill"
placed third. Rita Irwin's ''Farms
of Nebraska" rated fourth, and
Eddie Rankin's "The Covered
Bridge" was judged fifth.
Honorable mention went to
Judith Siemsen, Joyce Ross and
Danny Gehr.
The judging was accomplished
by polling the high school faculty
and student body.
Band Bounce Friday
Evening
The Saline High School Band
is sponsoring a Band_ Bounce to
be held in the School Gymnasium
on Friday evening, Feb. 26th,
from 9 to 12 p. m. Admission will
be 50 cents per ticket and all proceeds will go into the travel fund
for the Band's Spring Tour. Students and adults are invited as it
is open for the public. As it
comes directly after the Milan
game, students are encouraged to
hurry back to our school to attend
this dance. This is another project of the Band's to raise the
necessary funds for our Spring
Tour.
Featured at the Dance, will
be the new S. H. S. Dance Band
composed of members from the
Senior Band. Instrumentation will
include piano, trumpet, saxophone,
clarinet, drums, and String Bass.
Smooth dancing music will be the
order of the evening with a few
rhythm numbers for variation. Be
sure to attend this dance and help
see our Band on its Spring Tour!
School Opinion
Poll Is Indicative
Straws in the wind'—not conclusive, but a fair sampling'
and at least indicative of public opinion were the question-
aire returns from the recent survey conducted by the Saline Advisory Council.
. Around 155 replies were turned back in time for the
count. If you failed to return this first questionaire, and
disagreed pointedly with these findings, perhaps you'll express yourself on the next attempt at tallying taxpayer opinion, or at least let your represen-
Fathers and Sons
Dine Tonight
A fried chicken dinner topped
off with cherry pie is being served
tonight to the Fathers and Sons
of Federated Church in their annual banquet. The meal is being
prepared and served by the Ladies
Aid Society, with Mrs. Howard
Johnson serving as general chairman.
Decorations will follow a patriotic color scheme and will incude
favors and fancy napkin holders.
Tables are being prepared by Mrs.
Thomas King, Mrs. Allyn Phelps,
and Mrs. John Girbach. Serving
is scheduled to begin at 6:45
o'clock.
Program plans include group
singing to be led by James Austin,
with Eddie Doll acoompanjying.
Charles Jacquith will offer the invocation and Marvin Rorick will
make an address suitable to the
occasion. Charles Uphaus will preside over the program which will
conclude with a colored film "The
Man With A Thousand Hands," to
be narrated by the famous actor,
Raymond Massey.
Somebody {£
CHILD STUDY
CLUB MEETS
The Child Study Club met
February- 16 at the home of Mrs.
Arthur Hagen. The ladies enjoyed
the refreshments served by Mrs.
Hagen, Mrs. Shirley Klinedinst,
Mrs. Mary Braun and Mrs. Jean
Taylor after an inspiring, program.
. A panel of representatives from
each of the high school classes
held a discussion of teen-age problems. Mrs. Mabel Ellis of Holt,
Michigan, was the moderator for
the panel of young people. Shirley Kuebler, Mary Woods, Nan
Young, Sally Wood, Betsy Dicks
represented the girls and Barry
Jacobson, David Giltrow, James
Knight and Gail Alber were the
boys on the panel. Mrs. Ellis
was a charming and entertaining
guest. Everyone enjoyed her quick
wit.
The young people touched on
various problems, among them a
frank and sympathetic discussion
of teacher and teacher-pupil relationships. The sentiment of the
group was expressed against cynicism and prying into personal affairs on the part of some teachers, as well as against the passing
along of attitudes and prejudices
from earlier teachers of the pupil.
The problem which occupied
most of the discussion was that of
the lack of recreational facilities
for teen-agers' in Saline. The failure of previous Teen-Canteen organizations was blamed on a lack
of a place of their own for which
to be responsible,, as well as upon
lack of cooperation of both youth
and adults, and the gripes of certain adults.
With the exception of Young
Peoples Church groups, and a few
creative young people whose variety of interests adequately fills
their leisure time, there seems to
be a general demand for a Youth
Canteen which shall be entirely
apart! from the school and personnel as supervisors. However, the
young people feel that in wanting
independence and the "opportunity to make then* own mistakes,"
they do want the security of young
adult advisors, and the backing of
adult organizations in the community.
They expressed willingness to
set up restrictive and constructive
standards for the operation of a
canteen and agreed that recretion
would not be the only goal, but
that creative activities were also
needed.
Various types of sites were discussed and the Child Study Club
members pledged their support in
the locating of a site, and in helping finance a Canteen and in finding of suitable advisors. The discussion resulted in concrete action
being taken in that the panel of
young people representing *all four
high school classes were invited
to serve as a committee to meet
with a committee from the Child
Study Club on Monday, Feb. 22,
to further discuss the possibilities
__>r action.
The next Child. Study Club
meeting will be held March 2 at
the home of Mrs. Henry Karner.
It will be the Annual Meeting and
election of officers. There will be
a silent auction which should be
lots of fun. The next meeting will
be on March 16 at the home of
Mrs. Joe Bondie.
St. Paul's Youth
Fellowship To Hear
Fulbright Scholar
Peter Kalinke, Fulbright Scholar at the University of Michigan,
will speak to the Youth Fellowship
of St. Paul's Church on Sunday
evening at 6 o'clock. Mr. Kalinke
in the Nazi army as a war correspondent in 1945, was captured
by the Soviet army in 1945 and
spent five years in Soviet prison
camps. After his release in 1950
he returned to Germany for study.
In 1952 he worked with the State
Department on special research on
Soviet prison camps. He came to
the United States in July 1953 and
is now studying for Kis Master's
Degree in Sociology.
Members of the Second Baptist
Church, Ann Arbor, hape been invited, to be guests of St. Paul's
Youth Fellowship on Sunday evening.
G.E.S. Card Party
There will be an Eastern Star
card"party on Saturday evening,
February 27 at 8:30. The public
is invited. Refreshments will be
served. Lunch included.
World Day of Prayer
Service
The World Day of Prayer service will be held at St. Paul's
Church Friday evening March oth,
at 8 o'clock. Besides the host
church, the Methodist and Federated Churches will furnish leadership.
It is being stressed that families
attend this prayer service the first
Friday evening of Lent.
The film strip "The World Day
of Prayer Around the World" will
be shown.
* The origin, purpose and offering
of the World Day of Prayer will
be explained by ladies of the various churches.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend.
St. Patrick's Party
Circle I of the Ladies Aid Society of Federated Church will
entertain the other Circles at a
St. Patrick's Party on Tuesday
evening, March 2, at 8:00 o'clock,
at the home of Mrs. Hazen Jewell. Circle I' will present the program on the Spanish American
Mission Book, and will provide entertainment and refreshments.
Any business to be taken care
of by the Circles, and offerings
to be received will be handled in
separate groupings. All women of
the church and friends are invited.
tative on the Advisory Council
know your ideas on these matters.
Let's take a look at some of
the results of the first questionaire, keeping in mind that they
are limited.
Of those tax payers replying,
91 favored one twenty room elementary school, while 56 wanted
two.
A hot lunch program was indicated by 129 of those answering
as against 26 who felt it unnecessary.
Some 113 replies felt that gym
expansion could be omitted at this
time. For the omission of dressing and shower rooms, 74 answered affirmatively. A total of 59
favored dropping the idea of a
community kitchen, while only 25
suggested leaving out a farm
shop.
Here for your study is the record of the Suggested Bond cost
preferences. You'll note the highest number—46 persons—checked"
the $600,000 figure.
$500,000   16 votes
$550,000     13 votes
$600,000 46 votes
$650,000 '.  18 votes
$700,000  15 votes
$750,000 11 votes
$800,000     5 votes
$850,000     3 votes
$875,000 19 votes
Of' course we can't draw any
definite conclusions * from these
figures. However, it is significant
that a total of 93 proposed something within the 4 alternatives of
the first $500,000-$650,000 range,
while 53 spread their votes in the
5 choice $700,000-$850,000 range.
And the heaviest voting, you will
note, swings toward the middle
and lower brackets. From this the
Council and Board can reasonably
assume that a lower Bond Issue
might find favor.
Very shortly you will be given
a chance to express your opinion
.again as to choice between two
alternatives;" either one twenty-
room elementary school, or two—•
a seven room one and a thirteen
room one. No one is being told
which is advisable. There are good
points in favor of and against
either plan. These advantages and
disadvantages will be listed, side
by side in mimeographer form
for your serious study. Also itemized will be the comparative costs,
including the High School expansion program. The least you can
do is to give it your sincere attention and thought. Get all the
facts first. Then decide. An unofficial ballot for your decision
will be provided, and you are kindly asked to return that when you
have reached a conclusion.
Letter To The Editor
The School Issue
It is easy to understand the reluctance of the Saline Educational
Advisory Council to modify or
shelve a plan for Salne District
Schools which Vas two years in
the making. Yet in view, of the
decisive defeat of their proposed
plan in the recent bond issue election, this is precisely what should
be done. The whole problem should
be reexamined.
Although, no doubt, their plan
has much merit academically, it
should be quite clear at this date
that there are many and reasonable objections to the program.
The original plan called for two
thirteen-room elementary school
buildings on good but' expensive
sites in Saline plus modifications
of the present school building for
high school use. There are several
alternate plans which have been
suggested.
1. Convert present building for
elementary school use and build
a new high school.
2. Build one 26-rooni elementary
school; modify present structure
for high school use.
3. Build one 20-room elementary
school; modify present building
for high school use.
4. Build one elementary school
outside Saline, one elementary
school in "Saline; modify present
structure for high school use.
5. Build two elementary schools
on same site, using common power
house and recreational facilities;
modify present structure for a
high school.
6. Same plan as original plan
except reduce one of the two buildings from 13 rooms to 7. Same expensive sites. Same operational
inefficiency.
Each of the above plans has
merit, and proper choice is a job
for experts. What taxpayers are
concerned about is getting the best.
facilities possible for a figure
which they can afford, not necessarily the best obtainable anywhere.' What one can afford for
education is not altogether a matter of choice. We pay for education or pay for the lack of it.
There are, however, several
factors which have immediate
bearing on the practical financial
sitution of a school community...
The most pertinent of these are:
the present individual and collective indebtedness of the community; the ratio of the number of
school children to the taxable valuation; the present and future tax
load; the average income of taxpayers.
Many people feel that the plan
submitted at the last election was
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