1954-08-12; Saline Observer

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SEVENTY-FIRST   YEAR
SALINE,  WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN.      THURSDAY, AUGUST  12, 1954
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Hold    That    Pose!
Members of the Methodist
Youth Fellowship met at the
home of one of their members
— Sharon Larson — Sunday
night for a social evening and
casual   get-together.
During the evening another
member of the group—Teddy
Cousins — took a number of
snapshots of the MYFers, until she ran out of "good" material  to photograph.
Young people, who are naturally full of energy and ideas,
concocted an idea to raid the
Larson supply room in the
basement for costume material.
Oiit came boots, hunting clothes,
blankets, hats, pheasant feathers, gloves, a shotgun, and a
doll which was worn, as a lady's
hat.
A little more youthful imagination Ejrid this mock wedding
was staged for ph-oto.'.rapher
Teddy Cousins.
Members of the "wedding
party'' from left to right are
Bob Parsons; Susanne Adair;
Bob Klueter, MYF Director and
acting "preacher;" Dan Larson,
the kneeling ring bearer; Sharon Larson, the bride; Don Jeppesen, the groom; David Giltrow,
best man; and Sally Campbell.
Drainage    Diggers    Have    To
Excavate Under Henry St. Home
George   Seeger
Hospitalized After
Fall   From   Tree
A familiar face was missed
Monday morning up town, then
it was learned that George Seeger met with an accident. Sunday morning at his home. While
trimming branches from a tree,
he fell from the ladder and was
taken to the Saline General
Haspital where it was ascertained that he suffered a
fractured pelvis.
Mr. Seeger is resting as comfortably as possible and Mrs.
Badour at the hospital says
that he will be very happy to
have visitors.
It was through Mr. Seeger
that the Masonic Hall became
available for the Teen Canteen.
Federated Worship
Service to Imitate
World Council
The "Worship Service at Federated Church at 11:Q0 o'clock on
Sunday morning will follow the
program which has heen planned
for the opening "Worship Service
of the "World Council of Churches
meeting on the same day in Ev-
anston, 111. The same Call to "Worship, prayer, Scripture readings,
and* hymns will he used in the
local church, which are heing used
in Churches of many denominations throughout the world ..ho
are closely following and are vitally interested in the deliberations
of the "World Council meeting.
Laymen from the congregation
who will participate in this unique Service include Loren J. "Whitney- who will bring the message
on the theme "Why The Church?",
and Hazen Jewell and Max Collins
who will direct the worship period. There will be special music.
East Henry Street has been
torn up tins week when the
county drain which crosses the
street became clogged. In digging up to clear the obstruction,
the .men under the direction of
County Drain Commissioner
Murray Knowles, found there
was a bend in the drain which
extended under the two family
apartment at 110 East Henry
Street, owned by John A. Wenk
of Chelsea.
When the drain was tiled it
evidently followed the course of
the old open county ditch,
which was done to make that
part of Saline available for
home construction. The open
ditch extended north and south
across what is now East Michigan Avenue. In the days v of
board sidewalks, a foot bridge
was built ove,r this drain where
the Marathon Station now
stands.
In the repair work, the old
tiles that are dug**up are found
to have been hand made. A tree
had to, be taken out, and the
tenants in that house were inconvenienced by broken water
pipes, but the drain is now being straightened and the repairs  should be permanent.
Circle Picnic
Planned For
Federated Women
Circle II of the Federated
Church Ladies Aid Society will be
hostesses to the members of Circles I and.III, at a 1:00 o'clock
picnic to be lield at the home of
their chairman,. Mrs. Paul Klueter,
on Wednesday, August 18th.
Circle II members will provide
the potluck picnic meal. Rolls and
coffee are to be furnished. All
women of the congregation are invited to attend.
There will be no other Circle
meetings until September.
POLIO
MPAIGN
For^The* Want Of A Moving Permit
Here stands the former Westphal house all ready to swing out onto East Michigan
Avenue. But right then and there last Saturday a hitch developed.. There was .no permit
from the State Police to move the house on. Michigan Avenue.
For over two hours the house settled very comfortably there obstructing traffic,
and giving  employees  of the R. R.  Smith Moving Co. a welcome chance to loaf .on the job.
A frantic trip by auto to Redford and back to secure the necessary moving permit
was made, and the house was on its way again, rumbling on down East Michigan Ave.,
then turned left on to Herris St. and finally arrived at its destination on a lot on Detroit St.
Saline Band Director
Attends   Workshop
Arthur Katterjohn participated in the University of Michigan Summer Band Conductors
Workshop in Ann Arbor last
month. Attending the workshop
along with other directors from
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and
Michigan, Mr. Katterjohn appeared  on  the program in the
"Candida" Held Over For Third
Week   At   Saline   Mill   Theatre
The Saline Mill Theatre is now
running Shaw's "Candida" for the
third week. This production has
been held over because of wide
demand and is the first production
with such an extended run in the
theatre's history.,Part of the reason for the extension is the last
play "The Lady's Not For Burning" which has never been given
in Michigan before. The Saline Mill
Theatre will be bringing a Very
important modern play to audiences in this area for the first
time.
Christopher Frey's "The Lady's
Not For Burning" is a romantic
comedy set in verse. The English
company, headed by John Guilgud
and Pamela Brown, ran for three
years in London and then brought
Receive    Fines
Edgar Sommer of Wabash
Street, Milan was fined $15.00
plus $4.60 court costs for
reckless driving in Saline on
August 8th.
Michael Jauck of Detroit was
fined $25.00 plus $4.90 court
costs for entering the city at
an excessive .speed. He was doing 45 mph in a 35 mph zone.
the play to America for a successful Broadway appearance and tour
of the larger Eastern cities. The
play concerns the romance of a
supposed witch, Jennet Jourde-
mayne, played by Nancy Born,
'and a discharged soldier, Thomas
Mendip, who is played by Naf e Kat-
ter, a new comer to the Saline
Theare. The comedy is provided by
the townspeople connected with
the mayor's household, and their
reaction to the two unusual people. The play has been widely acclaimed for its beautiful language
as well as for its dramatic qualities.
Miss. Barbara Hamel announced
that the Saline Mill Theatre was
particularly pleased to be able to
bring' this new play to audiences
of Southwestern Michigan.  *
Saline Hospital News
Medical: Mrs. Florence Kiner,
Ann-Arbor; Mrs. June Harvey, Saline; Theodore Zarnow, Milan:
Murray Sanders, Saline; Mrs.
Katherine Postiff, Manchester;
Carl "Weavie, Ann Arbor; Mrs. Gloria Rock, Milan; Mrs. Jean Osterhout, Saline; Theodore Hoeft, Milan;   George   Seeger,  Saline.
Births: Aug. 4, Mr. and Mrs.
(Floyd Miller, Ypsilanti, a boy.
Aug. 7, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Hierholzer, Clinton, a boy.
Aug. 8, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Rogers, Saline, a girl.
Aug. 9, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Boudrie, Pinckney, a boy.
Aug. 9, Mr. and Mrs. LaVern
Escott,  Saline,  a boy.
Surgical:   William Love, Saline.
PANAMA  HATS AREN'T
" Genuine Panama hats don't
'come from Panama at all, but from
the high mountains of Ecuador.
Hand woven by Indians, they are
blocked and styled to our tastes
by TJ .S, hat makers. Fad was
started more than a century ago
by Forty-niners who, returning
East through the Isthmus of Panama, discovered and. mis-named
them.
capacity- of a panel member.
Other members of the panel
discussing the various problems
of Improving the Music of the
High School Band, were Wm.
Stewart of Muskegon, Fred
Weist or Pontiac, Charles Hills
of Fowlerville, and George
Murthum of Mason, each man
being a band director of some
experience. '
The Summer Workshop is
given as a serviee to the band
directors of this area and feature many such panels and discussion, groups, along with lectures and demonstrations by
many of the nation's top instrumental music educators. Dr.
Wm. Revelli, Eric Leidzen,
Karl King.Sigurd Rasher, Jaro-
slav Cimaroso, and many other
World famous conductors, composers, and artists. Approxi-**
mately 300 students, conductors, musicians, and 'business
men attended this  conference.
The value of this workshop
lies in the many ideas made
available for use with the conductors ow nhigh school band.
Mr. Katterjohn is spending this
month preparing for the football marching band shows in
the fall and also the various
concert music needed during
the year. The Saline Band is
planning trips to the State Fair
on September 8th and to the
U. of M. Band Day on October
9th. \    "
NOTICE To All Saline Band.
Members. Because of the trip
to the State Fair, rehearsals
will be called for September
2nd, 3rd, and 7th, before school
starts. Look for further announcements in this paper.
Birthday   Greetings
Mrs. Carl Hertler .... Aug. 14
Wilma Luckhardt   Aug. 14
Mrs. Edna Blair ,.... -Aug. 14
RoTsert Hartman Aug. 16
Suzanne Royal  .Aug. 17
Tommie Meddaugh  Aug. 17
Wendy A__ Livingstone ..Aug. 17
Bruce Haeussler .Aug. 18
Marilyn Still ... .'i  .Aug. IS
500     Farmers
Expected    At
PCA  Convention
Mr. E. P. Hellner, ^Ann Arbor, Michigan, director of the
Southeastern Michigan Produc-
tion Credit Association, will attend the 20th Anniversary and
Complete Member Ownership
Celebration to be held by Michigan PCAs at Kellogg Center,
Michigan State College, August
19.
"We ex. ect to h-we 5.00
farmer, and their wives at this
celebration, which marks a
-nil&jtcne in the history 'cf
these farmer owned credit organizations,"   said  Mr. Hellner.
Mr. Hellner was one of the
incorporators of the South-
" .stTE Michigan Production
Credit Association _nd recalled
that 20 years ago today there
were less than 100 members in
all Michigan PACs. "The
growth of the Production Credit
System to more than 10,000
members in Michigan is an example of Michigan farmers'
ability and willingness to work
out their own problems," said
Mr. Hellner.
Reviewing the 20-year history with Lyle D. Woodard,
Secretary-Treasurer of the
Southeastern Michigan Production • Credit Aassociation, Mr.
Hellner noted that Michigan
farmers had used their own
credit organizations to borrow
more than $130 .million .to pay
for feed, seed, fertilizer, fuel,
and other production supplies.
Mr. Woodard pointed- out
that these members had not
only used their own credit organizations, but through purchase of capital stock had retired all government capital
used tp brganize.these'lO PCAs
At one time," said Mr. W00U-
ard, the farmers had only a
few dollars in these PCAs, and
the -government had almost'$2
million, and today, the government has none, and the mem-
capital and reserves."
Mrs. W. H. Lewis, of St. Louis,
Mo., who arrived on Saturday, will
bo a two weeks' guest of the Rev.
and Mrs. Henry McKenzie-
Saline To Join Rest of
County in Mercy Drive
!
Plan  Ice  Cream
Social  To  Raise •
Funds  For  Polio
Dr. Harold Miller, president of
the board of education, has given
approval to use the high school
grounds for an ice cream social,
to be sponsored by the Polio Campaign   Committee.
The Polio Committee decided
that one of the best ways foi
raising money for the forthcoming
emergency polio fund-raising drivt
would be through the sponsorship
of a community-wide ice cream
social.
The social, which is to be held
August 25, will utilize the combined efforts of both the city and
rural population, and many people
from throughout the entire area
will be called on to support the
social.
Final arrangements have not
been completed at this early date
and, as a result, more informtion
will be published in future issues of this paper.
■ Members of the Saline polio
planning committee include Mrs.
Howard Burr, chairman; Mrs..Al
Sehmid, Mrs. Edwin Hering, Mrs.
iGeorge Winkle and Mrs. Arthur
Katz.
James  Austin
Selected Among
9  Top  Musicians
James Austin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Austin has been
selected as one of nine of the
nation's top teen-age musicians
who will give solo performances
at the National Music Camp annual Concerto concert, to be
held Saturday, A.ugust 14 at 8
o. m. James will play the "First
Movement of the Concerto in
A. Flat Minor" for trrmpet by
Bernard Fit5*e..r_.d T . is interesting to note that fhi. American compear hag the o:_ly copy.
but a special or.__.-i.r-**.t_o:_ c:
the concerto v.to nada crucially for James' rendition " by
Lyman Starr, chief librarian at
Interlochen, who is assistant
professor of music at the University of Illinois.
These nine students who will
appear on this .program were
selected from 73 who were recommended by their instructors
for auditions. The other eight
are Barbara Whittington,
piano, Pinson, Ala.; Judith
Baseh, violin, South Orange, N.
J.; John Rhomberg, baritone,
Dubuque, la.; Patricia Albin-
son, flute, Worthington, Minn.;
Geraldine Riggs, cello, El Dorado, Kan.; Kathleen Rush, soprano, Pittsburgh, Kans.; Phillip Buder,. violin, Chicago, 111.;
and Anthony Jaroszewics, piano, Utica, N. Y.
Parents    Warned
To   Control
BB Gun Misuse
Police Chief Robert Love reports that'several complaints
have been received by his department relative to the misuse
of BB guns within the City of
Saline. Complaints report that
"windows on homes in the area
have been broken and also the
police deparment discovered a
glass pi a parking meter that
has been broken through the
misuse of BB guns.
Police Chief Love in a statement said that parents could
be held responsible for the acts
of their children and reminds
parents to use what ever means
they can to prevent further
misuse pf BB guns in the a-
line area.
A polio emergency is upon us—
just six months after Saline and
surrounding communities -dramatically raised §3,341.20 in the regular 'annual fund-raising campaign
early this year.
With, the high incidence months
of August and September upon us
for the dread disease Polio, and
with funds rapidly depleting far
ahead of schedule, "Washtenaw
County Polio Foundation will join
most of the rest of the nation in
an emergency polio fund drive.'
The special drive will begin August 16 and will continue through
x\ugust 31.
According to Mrs. Kay Burr,
local polio chairman, Saline will
participate in the drive and plans
are underway to sponsor an ice
cream social! All- proceeds from
the social, of course, will go into
the Polio fund.
Mrs. Burr also went on to disclose why the emergency is upon
us at this time.
First, the national fund raising
drive in January fell short of its
goal by some $15,000, raising approximately .60,000 instead of
$75,000.
Secondly, the money collected
this year was split three* ways' instead of two. A third Of the money
raised went toward expenses incurred in the Salk vaccine tests,
a third to the National Foundation
for Polio, and a third for the
Washtenaw County Foundation,"
which is used primarily for local
patient aid.
At the beginning of the year the
local chapter owed $10,000 which
it paid of,f leaving a balance  of
approximately $12,000.
23 New Cases
There have been 23 new cases
of polio here in Washtenaw since
the beginning of the year and, as
a result, a steady stream of finances have been pouring out of
the county fund.
For the past five years "Washtenaw has called on 'the National
Foundation for additional finances
due to the high incidence of polio
here. Because the National Foundation finances are low this year,
it is believed that no funds will
be available for this county this
year.
Right now there is less than
$3,000 in the county polio fund,
and as a result polio officials are
planning this new and urgently
needed campaign to raise funds.
A goal of $20,000 has been set
for the county, but figures were
not available what share Saline
and the surrounding communities
would be  asked to raise.
The plea for additional money
to support the local polio foundation is unprecedented, but the
seriousness of the matter left polio
officials with no other choice than
to carry their fight direct to the .
public again, said Mrs. Burr.
JCC  Auxiliary
Holds- Annual
Family Picnic
Saline Jaycee Auxiliary held
their annual family night picnic at the Saline Park, Sunday,
August 1st. i
The picnic, which began at
5:00 p. m., was followed by a
ball game for the men while
the ladies just sat around and%
visited.
Rita Craigmile and Maggie
Katz were co-chairmen for the
event.
Next meeting of the Auxiliary group will be held the 3rd
Tuesday in September at the
home of Mrs. Don Rapp.
Beltsville turkeys, the small
white breed of birds, get plump
and meaty while they are still
young. These birds are practically
free from pinfeathers, too.