1955-04-21; Saline Observer

              Appreciation   Day
Every   Friday
THE SALINE OBSERVER
Eight    Pages
SEVENTY-SECOND   YEAR
SALINE,  MICHIGAN, " THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1955
FIVE CENTS  PER  COPY
riday  Open House Is Huge Success Here
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NIVERSAL GIVES $32,000 TO HOSPITAL
Merchants Report
Large Crowds
For  Promotion
The first big venture of the
Saline Merchants' Association
has been a great success. Almost all of the town's businessmen have reported large crowds
and good business as a result
of the bargain prices and treasure hunt staged for Fri'.ay
Open House last Friday.
At the first 'drawing held
for Appreciation Day, Mrs. Bob
Mahaffey was the winner of
$3.00 worth of coupons that can
be used in any participating
store.
Helped by the fine cooperation
from the weatherman, a great
number of people milled around
Saline all through the day in
hopes of winning some of the
prizes offered by the merchants
in their big treasure  hunt.
Many persons were the recipients of lovely orchids given
away by Giltrow's Pharmacy.
Mrs. Dave Wahl won the prize
from Wood Hardware and Mrs.
John Rule was tlie winner 'at
Walkers. Schmid's Food Market off ere 1 a basket of fine1
foods which was won by Mrs.
Sarah Brando of 300 N. Ann
Arbor St. Mrs. Jeannette Bondy
won the prize from Adair's and
Mrs. Orville Fahrner was the
lucky winner at Lambarth Hardware. Saline Variety Store
awarded their prize to Mrs. L.
R. Tennis of Henry St. and the
prize at Dancer's was won by
Mrs. Ann Pickford of Clinton.
Sharon Anderson of Whitmore
Lake won a new toaster from
Gamble's and Maynard Clark
of Manchester was the winner
of a hammered aluminum salad
bowl from the F. O. Green jewelry compaany.
Many merchants reportei the
best day in over a year for
business and it seems that the
business men are really going
all out in the future to give
the customer what he wants.
They want to make Saline a
really good Shopping center.
FHA Attends
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Eleven delegates of the FHA accompanied by their two advisors,
Mrs. Alberta Rogers and Mrs. Alice
Lockwood, spent Thursday and Friday in Grand Rapids at the state
convention, which was held at the
Pantlind Hotel.,
The theme of this years annual
covention was "New Horizons Beckon". Rose Marie Erickson and
Carolyn Conner were elected the
voting delegates for the Saline chapter. The first session was held at
10:00 when the candidates for the
state offices were presented. A
songfest was. held to finish the
meeting. At the afternoon session
a group of FFA boys from Williamston gave a •demonstration on parliamentary procedure. In the evening the officers for the coming year
were presented. Nan Young, Pat
Teachout, Carol Burmeister, and
Carolyn Conner performed for the
convention by doing a dance called
"Barnyard Capers". This was followed by a talent show.
Sally Cook presided over the convention in their Friday session
when the new officers were installed. After the business meeting the
girls were entertained with a style
show.
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EKNEST GILBACH, right, shows the architect's floor plan of
the proposed new Area Community Hospital to Clifford
Simmons of Universal Die Casting and Tool Company. Mr.
Simmons had just presented a $32,000 pledge, on behalf of
his company.
Jaycees Lay Plans
For Teen 'Road-e-o*
Plans to- conduct the Teen-Age
Driving Road-e-o are being made
here by the Saline Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Road-e-o
will consist of a written examination and a skill test involving
driving through prescribed exercises such as parking, smooth,
stopping and others.
The local winner will receive
a safe driving certificate,- a
bronze plaque and a $50.00 Savings Bond. He also will be eligible to compete in the state
Road-e-o in Lansing. State winners compete for $3,000 in
scholarships in a national contest July 25-29 in Washington,
D.C.
"By emphasizing the rules of
the road and the skills needed
Fosdick   Group
Raises    $ 50
For Hospital
The Fosdick Extension group announced at its business meeting
on April 12 that $50 had been raised for the Saline Community Hospital campaign. The group met at
the home of Mrs. Jeddie Staley
and were served a Ham dinner
prior to the meeting. Also included
in the program was a lesson -on
curtains and draperies by project
leader, Mrs. Donald Wiedman.
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Rota
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Members of the steer club will
T)e guests of Rotary on Thursday
April 28 for dinner after which Ro-
to     Host     Steer     Club
Dinner
Mrs. Robert Wilson and son Gordon of Tullahoma,, Tenn., have been
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Mac arthur.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ray Davis spent
the weekend with their son-and
ferafly, j-v and Mrs. Paul -Davis
ot Worthington, Ohio. .:
and       Tour
tarians will accompany the steer
club on. its annual tour. The tour
will cover 43 members and they
will inspect 51 steers.
As the tour progresses each
steer will be rated on a point system by the other members of the
club. Ratings will be based on the
best quality steer, the best groomed steer and the best handled steer.
The prizes for the two top steers
will be a brush and A cane. Each
steer will also be* checked to determine the'weight gained since
the last inspection.     .'..'.'-
for safe driving, we inteni to'
give local youths a chance to
prove that some of America's
best drivers are teen-agers,"
Local Jaycee President, James
Beal said.
Last year 250,000 teen-agers
took part in Teen-Age Road-e-o
in more than 2,000 towns and
cities. Sponsors of the National
Teen-Age Road-e-o are the U.S.
Jaycees, Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies and American
Trucking Associations, Inc.
Mrs.   Marian   Barclay
New Elementary Principal
At the  Room Mothers  meeting j Joe Bondie was elected president
held Monday evening, Mrs. Marian, of the group  for next year. The
OES Association
To meet at Chelsea
The spring meeting of the Washtenaw County Association, O.E.S.
will be held in Chelsea, Saturday
afternoon  and evening.
A luncheon will be held at 12 o'
clock with the afternoon session
beginning at 1:30 o'clock. Dinner
will be served in the Congregation
al Church at six o'clock and the
evening session will begin at 7:30
o'clock.
Those from Saline taking part
will include Everett Wolfin, Mrs.
Leo Jensen and Mrs. Carl Burmei-
ser. The Saline officers will also
honor the past first vice-presidents
and present patrons.
Charles    Hertler
Christened    Sunday
Charles Hertler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Hertler, was baptized
Sunday in St James Church. His
sponsors were Mrs. John Kelsay and
Mr. Norman Luckhardt.
He was honored at a dinner Sunday afternoon. Guests were: Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Spiegelberg, Miss
Eleanor Spiegelburg and Mr. and
Mrs. John Kelsay all, of Dexter.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Luckhardt
of Ann Arbor, Mr. ad Mrs. Charles
McCarbery, Milton McCarbery, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Hertler, and Rev.
and Mrs. F.H. Engelsdorfer of Saline.
Supper guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Dieterle and daughters.
Barkley was named principal of
the new Elementary School by
Superintendent Jensen. Mrs. Bark-
ley is teaching at the Bridgewater
Station School this year. She is
well qualified for the position holding a Masters Degree in Elementary Education from the University of Michigan.
The program for the evening was
in charge of the Elementary Teachers Policy Committee. The curri-
culm for nex year was discussed
by several of the teachers-, each
one taking a different department.
It is planned to have a teacher
in charge of supervised playground
activities, a physical education and
Art teacher, with the classes beginning in the fourth grade. The Health program was discussed at length
The hot lunch program -was discussed and plans are being made
to provide lunches at both schools
for twenty-five cents a day per
pupil.
Tenative plans are made for sections of Kindergarten with th,e
groups being divided north and
south of Michigan Ave. Letters will
be sent to every parent prior to
the starting of schol notifying them
of the room number, bus number,
and approximate time of pickup for
their child, the bus schedules are
arranged so that no child will ride
longer than* one-half hour. Several
more busses will be added to the
present fleet of seven.
The elementary teachers have
been divided into groups to further
discuss the curriculm and other
problem that may arise.
An excellent display of the materials and books used in teaching the
varius subjects in elementary grades was presented for the mothers
to examine.
At  the   business  meeting  Mrs.
annual tea will he held at the next
meeting on May 9th with the new-
Room mthers as guests. Mrs. Charles Uphaus is chairman for the
tea and will be assisted by a committee.
Band Enters
Statewide
Festival
Campaign    Banquet
Nets   Over   $50,000
In    Gift    Pledges
A gift of §32,000 from Universal Die Casting and Manufacturing Corporation launched the alvance phase of the 8175,000
SaUne Community Hospital Association Building Fund Campaign This announcement was made by Ernest Girbach who
presided at the Campaign Educational Dinner attended by over
150 at the American Legion Building in Saline on April 14.
       Other   advance    gifts    reported
Dave     Giltrow
Places  In State
Science  Contest
Dave Giltrow, a senior at Saline High School has been awarded second place in the Fifth
annual ' state science talent
search conducted by the Michigan Junior Academy of Science,
Arts and Letters. The science
project submitted by Giltrow did
not place in the national science
talent search but it was turned
over to the Miehigan Junior Academy who awardel him second
place in the state contest.
The University of Michigan,
Giltrow's choice for future study,
has been nformed that he is a
very promising science student.
In addition, Giltrow will be a-
warded a Merit Membership in
the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, which is
the senior sponsor of the Junior
Academy.
He will receive the award during the Junior Academys annual
spring science fair which will be
held on the campus of Hillsiale
Dave GUtrow
The members of the Saline High' College on May 13 and 14,
The   project   that
Canteen Group to Meet
James Moser has been separa-
tod f-n . the TT.s. Army and "has
joined*, his family in Saline.? .    *
There will be a meeting at
the home of Mrs. Harold Armbruster to make plans for the
organization of this year's Teen
Canteen. They will discuss the
need for a meeting place and.
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School Band will be leaving on
Friday morning, at 8:45 on their
2nd Spring Tour. This year's trip
will take these young musicians
to Cement City, Reading, and East
Lansing. Highlights of the whole
trip will be the State Band and
Orchestra Festival in East Lansing
on Saturday when the band plays
at 11:00 -in the college auditorium.
The festival will include performances by all Class C Bands who.
received a 1st division rating in
their district festivals and will
number about 30 bands.
Assembly programs will be given
ton Friday morning in Cement City,
and in the afternoon at Reading, i
The band members will receive
their evening meal in Reading and
will be the guests of band parents
for the evening's entertainment and
lodging. At 7:00 a.m. the next morning, they will leave for East Lansing. f
Several adults will accompany the
band on this trip and furnish cars
to help transport this group. A
chartered Greyhound Bus will furnish most of the transporation, however, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kidwell,
Mrs. Sheehan, Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Haswell, Mrs. Johnson, and Mr. Kat-
te john will be drivers and chaperons for the trip.
won the
award was a demonstration of
the conversion of .electrical
waves to light waves and to
sound waves,, which was built by
Giltrow.
Packed Night Theme
To be 'Davy Crockett'
"Davy Crockett" will be the
theme for the April Pack Night
held at the high school on Thursday evening, April 28t__, by Cub
Pack No. 146.
Each den will do a skit on the
theme. Awards will also be presented at this time.
brought  the   total  in  pledges   to
§50,500.
Dr. Gordon J. Prout explained
about the proposed plan for a
twenty bed hospital to be located
on a site in Saline owned hy the
Saline  Hospital Association.
Dr. H.A. Miller pointed out that
the Hospital Association is a. nonprofit organization and all those
who make a qualifying contribution will become" life voting members of the association. "This
means," he added, "that the hospital will belong to the people it
serves in Saline, Milan, Manchester, Bridgewater, and surrounding
rural areas."
Mrs. Arthur Waeker told about
the beginnings of hospital service
in Saline about twenty years ago.
The proposed hospital will replace
the present facility which is in'
a rented building.
Harry Denham of Milan, speaking as a epresentative of industry,
stated that the proposed hospital
in Saline was needed.
Dr. William Purfield of Manchester endorsed the project and stated
that people depend too much on
large hospitals which are often
overcrowded.
Alwin Gross stated that the people of Saline and the rural area
will be greatly benefitted by anew
hospital which will belong to them
as members of the Saline Community Hospital  Association.
Invocation was given by Rev. T.
W. Menzel and benediction by Rev.
F.F. Benish.
The advance phase of the drive
started with the dinner and will
continue for the next four weeks.
At that time the public drive will
be launched.
Flouride     Clinic
Planned     Here
For     Summer
The dental health committee of
the Saline Room Mothers Association reported that plans for the
application of sodium flouride to
children's teeth are well underway.
The plans call for a summer clinic
to be set up by the: Saline Public
Health Department.*
A white appointment card had
been sent to each interested parent
to be filled out, signed and returned with $3 to the child's teacher
or to the Saline School office. The
cards must be in by April 22. Each
parent swill be notified by his
child's exact appointment date as
soon as they are received from the
state department. If the child is
unable to nse the date the money
will be refunded.
The method of applying sodium
flouride directly to the cleaned tooth surface has been found to substantially reduce tooth decay up to
60 per cent. Children eligible for
flouride application are Kindergarten, Second, Fifth and Eight graders.
Parents who did not receive an
apointment card are asked to contact the high school office or Mrs.
CR, Johnson.
Mr. Charles Blacklock of St.
Johns spent the weekend with Mrs.
Lucy Brock and Sharon. Mrs.
Blacklock and children returned
home with him after a week's visit
with the former's mother.
_ All finances were, made during
the last year's drive and the Winter Concert of this year. A budget
of about f400 Is anticipated, which
includes transporation, meals, and
traveling expenses. The Band wish-
_ %i ,_ es to thank the people of the com-
C.*Q__i«';u.y i-Iir^c. ■ t. 1  i  .era---  munity for so generously support-
i_scl tpa*Ses are asked to attend._»ing this project. -
Scheda
For   Po
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io
Announced
Shots   Here
Innoculation of local children
with the Salk vaccine will begin
in Saline on May 3, the Washtenaw County Board of Health announced Monday. The vaccine arrived In Lansing Monday and was
received there by Miss Katherine
Dohm, supervising nurse and Mrs.
James Nichols, commander of the
County chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
Vaccinations will begin in the
county on April 29. The first clinic
in .Saline will be held at the.high
school n May 3 under the supervision bf - Dr.* Harol-1 Miller.. The'
second in the series of innoeulatl-
ons will be conducted by Dr. Gordon Prout on May 24 at the school.
ATTENTION-WATER USERS
There are presently many delinquent water bills which now carry
the  10%   penalty.
Our new Water and Sewer Ordinance requires full payment within
30 days from April 1st, or service
will  have to be disconnected.
E.J.   lift*?*-,- Treasurer*
City, of   Saline