1955-07-21; Saline Observer

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SALINE,  MICHIGAN,   THURSDAY,   JULY  21,-1955
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Council Adopts Bill
To Check Gas Prices
The City Council, at their July
11 meeting, adopted a resolution
requesting the State Legislature
and Senate to investigate the high
prices of gasoline charged to the
citizens of the State of Michigan,
The resolution is similar to that
being adopted hy many other cities
throughout the state. The- request
for the investigation stems from
the tremendous difference hetween
gasoline prices in the state of Mich-
gan and the State of Ohio. There
is a six-cent per gallon difference
between Michigan's gasoline prices
and those of Ohio. As one person
stated, 'we don't have that much
better roads here in Michigan."
The council unanimously passed
The resolution which also called for
additional copies of the resolution
to he sent to Governor G. Mennen
Williams, Senator Joseph Warner
and State Representative George
W. Sallade. The council asked these
state officials to make a complete
investigation and submit a report
to the citizens of the state.
The resolution came to the council from the city of Hazel Park,
which has sent a similar statement
to the state legislature. The council revamped the document to fit
the City of Saline and submitted it
to Lansing. Hazel Park is believed
to be the first city to take action
on the problem of high gasoline
prices. Many other cities in the
state are now reportedly taking
similar action to get an investigation under way.
State Official Warns:
Little  Leaguers
Drop Close Game
To Manchester
The little leaguers from Manchester made it two in a row over
the Saline team hy taking the second game of the summer season 13-
10 here Tuesday afternoon. It was
a close game all the way but the
Dutchmen finally won out.
Doug Hoeft was the starting
pitcher for Saline and was relieved
hy Bob Molocha in the fifth inning. Hoeft came hack again to pitch
the seventh. Boh Vedder started
behind the plate and was relieved
in the second hy Dick Sattler who
did the catching until the 5th when
Butch Armbruster  took over.
Molocha hit a homer and a double for the home team and Larry
Lange also had a double. Other
hitters on the team were Mike
Bixby, Allan Coe, Sattler, Hoeft
and Jim Walters.
Recreation director Tom Johnston has announced a change in the
program schedule. Effective immediately, swimming will be Mondays
and Wednesdays from 12:30 to 3:30
and on Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 2:30 to 5:00. Baseball and
other games will be played from
4 to 5 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 12:30 to 2:15 on
Tuesdays and Thursdays and from
9 to 12 a.m. on Friday. Friday evenings from 5 to T there will he
baseball games with the Manchester team.
The change was made in order
to allow more time for swimming,
Johnston said.
Gyp Artists Work
On Elm Disease
No one to date has found a cure
for Dutch elm disease which has
gained a foothold in southeastern
Michigan and some other Michigan
localities, so do not hire someone
to treat your trees who claims to
have a cure.
This is the recommendation of
Director G. S. Mclntyre, of the
Michigan Department of Agriculture, Avho has received reports that
gyp artists are representing themselves as employees of the Department's bureau of plant industry.
Official Department workers carry
official identification cads.
Official workers are about the
state identifying diseased elms and
co-operating -with mnuicipal employees in spray programs that destroy the small brown bark beetle,
-"Inch is thought to spread Dutch
Elm disease from infected trees
to healthy ones. Once a tree is infected the only thing that can be
done is to remove it as quickly
as possible to prevent the disease
being spread to other elms, according to C. A. Boyer, chief of
the Department's bureau of plant
industry.
CONSTRUCTION  STARTED ON 20
IN HI-VIEW SUBDIVISION
NOTICE TO WATER USERS
July 15 was the last day to pay
your water bills without penalty.
Delinquent bills must be paid he-
fore August 1. 	
E. J. MOTEt,
Treasurer
A PATH IS CUT into a hill on the Hall prop erty where construction of tlie Hi-View subdivision is schedules to begin soon. The path is the site of Hillcrest Drive, one of the new streets
which will make up the new development. Dr. Cortez Hall of Detroit and H. J. McKercher
of Ann Arbor are both scheduled to develop lots in the subdivision.
erchants Hold Third   ._
Place With Split Sunday
Bridgewater 4-H
Plan Picnic
The business meeting of the
Bridgewater Bee's 4-H Club was
held July 15, at the Bridgewater
Station School. Two visitors attended the meeting in addition to
the regular members.
The club planned its summer picnic, to be held Tuesday, August 2,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Lockwood at 12:30 in the afternoon,
STANDINGS
Fowlerville
7
7
.875
Chelsea
7
1
.875
SALINE
5
3
.625
Ypsi Ford
5
3
.625
Leslie
4
4
..500
Latin Amer.
4
4
.500
Howell
3
5
.375
'Stockbridge
2
6
.250
Local 602
2
B
.250
Wolve-Parking
1
7
.125
All teams in the league, with one
exception, split douhleheaders in
Sunday's round of play in the Tri-
County Leagues. The Saline Merchants took the first round of their
double header with the Lansing
Latin American Club by a score
of 2-1. The Latins came hack in
the nightcap to down the Merchants 2-0 in another tight game.
Al Hoeft was the winning pitcher
for Saline in the first game as he
allowed one run.on five hits to the
Latins. He struck out six men and
did not walk any. He received a
good round of support from his
teammates in the fourth inning^as
they scored both of their runs in
that frame. Wally Larson -led off
the inning with a single and Don
Jaeger then tripled to drive in the
first run of the game. Don Younce
then singled to Jaeger, but that was
all for the inning. The Latins
scored one run off Hoeft in the
ped np the game for the Merchants.
The Latins turned the tables'
in second game and shut out the
Saline team 2-0 as Ruben Alfaro
doubled and Gil Salzar singled to
score the Latins second run after
Lee Corvell had singled and moved
home on two infield outs in the
first inning. Dick Hoeft was the
pitcher for Saline giving up five
hits and striking out two.
Next Sunday the Merchants**will
play a douhleheader with the Lansing Laborites   on  te home  field
starting at 1:30.
The line scores:
first Game
SALINE 000 200 0—2 9 0
LATINS 000 000 1—1 4 0
A. Hoeft and Drake;   Harris and
Montalbo.
Second Game
SALINE 000 000 0—0 5 0
LATINS 100 001 x—2 5 0
R. Hoeft and Dake; Derryberry (6)
Lozano and Alfaro.
At this meeting demonstrations
were given on vegetable gardens, \ last inning when they combined
flower gardens and foods. After the! two singles and a Saline error to
close of the meeting the members drive a run across the plate. Hoeft
had a baseball game. ' quickly put out the fire and wrap-
JC^'^^''
NEW POLICE CAK was purchased by the city last week,
from Elmer J. Steeb. It is a Plymouth V-8 model and replaces
the old car which was two years old. In the background,
Officer Luther Dicks talks to two men from the county -
Sheriff's department.
Fosdick News
The Fosdick Extension met at the
home of Mrs. Red Struble, July 7
to finish up their aluminum trays.
A surprise birthday cake was given to Mrs. Donald Wiedman.
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Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wiedman
and Mrs. Gladys Wiedman attended a pot luck dinner Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Johnston in Clinton.
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Florence Emerson was honored
on her tenth birthday with a party
on July 17. A nice time was had
by all.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jeddie Staley and
children were Sunday afternoon
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Heininger at the Lake.
McKercher,   Hall
To Develop Lots
Construction of twenty new homes in the new Hi-View sub-
envision is slated to begin shortly according to Jack Goodin,
superintendent for the Elsea Realty Company of Detroit. The
plat is now being graded and streets are being cut through.
Goodin stated that the homes will modern and medium priced.
IE-View is the largest and most promising subdivision of the
many now under planning here in
Saline. The property is owned hy
Dr. Cortez Hall now of Detroit. The
land is located on the southeast
side of the city just west of the
new elementary school on S. Harris St.
The subdivision was originally
slated for 46 lots to be laid out on
three new streets within the subdivision. South Harris St. is to he
extended and two more streets will
be built within the city limits. Law-
son St. and Hillcrest Drive will
make up the rest of the project.
Bulldozers moved into the location Tuesday and began leveling
off the ground and cutting through
for streets. Goodin said that construction will begin in a short time.
Mr. Jack Parent, general sales
manager of the Elsea Realty Co.,
has stated that this project will
more than likely run a number of
years before completion.
This is the first of the many
planned and rumored developments
to actually take place. The plat of
this development was approved hy
the city council early in June and
since that time, there have been at
least two more subdivisions that
have heen slated for the city.
Green Acres, the subdivision of the
former Foster Green property on
West Bennet St. has been approved.
The Hannah Building Co. of Ann
Arbor is scheduled to develop that
plat. In addition Hannah is currently developing ahout IS lots on the
old Sellen property off W. Henry
street. H. J. McKercher of Ann
Arbor is handling a number of lots
within the Hi View subdivision. He
has purchased three or four lots
and plans to build on and develop
the lots himself.
The Cit y of Saline is now beginning to spread out and develop into
a larger community. Many better
things are promised hy these new
homes which will bring new people
to Saline. Already, to meet the demands of a growing population, the
city has begun to reach out in other aspects. These new projects are
sure to bring a boom to the city
that will benefit ev***ry part of the
town and its citizens whetner they
be connected with business, industry, utilities or schools.
Five Injured
In Accident
Near Saline
Five persons were hurt, two seriously in a triffic crash Saturday
afternoon ahout two miles east of
here on US-112.
Admitted to University Hospital
with cuts and head injuries was
Roosevelt Sumlin, 35 ,a native
of Arkansas. Annie Mae Sumlin,
also of Arkansas, suffered internal
injuries.
Less seriously injured were James
Scott of Detroit, Emma Sumlin of
Louisiana and Samuel G. Seales, 3
of Hot Springs, Arkansas. All five
were occupants of a car traveling
east.
Saline police said the auto, driven by Roosevelt Sumlin, collided
with an oncoming car driven by Alexander Berman, 50, of Allen Park.
The drivers said Berman was
passing another car and met Sum-
lin's auto in the easthound traffic
lane. The Sumlin auto rolled over
twice after the Impact, police said.
Fair Board
To. Meet Mon,
The Saline Community Fair
Board will meet Monday, July 25,
at the high school to further their
plans for the 1955 fair. This year's
fair is scheduled to run, from September 28 to October 1.
The fair hook has been almost
completed and the hoard is now
In the process of contacting merchants for advertising space on the
fences of the fairgrounds.
Word has been received from a
very reliable source that the Fair
Board has arranged for extremely
good weather for this year's fair.
A BULLDOZER begins the land for the new Hi-View subdivision on S. Harris St. near the new school. Construction,
of about twenty new honies is slated to begin soon by the
Elsea Realty Co., a spokesman said Tuesday.
Dairy    Bulletin    Now
Available
A statistical bulletin, "Dairy
Trends in Michigan", which deals
with the state's No. 1 source of
agricultural income has recently
been released by the Michigan Department of Agriculture in co-ap-j
eration with the U.S. Department
of Agriculture's marketing service.
The work was compiled by R. V.
Norman, Lansing, agricultural statistician, under direction of C. J.
Borum, chief of the Federal-State
Crop & Livestock Reporting Service. It gives ready reference of
important figures on the dairy, industry of Michigan, including cash
receipts from dairy product sales,
utilization of milk, milk cow numbers, average milk production per
cow and related material.
Free copies are available by
writing the Federal-State Crop &
Livestock Reporting Service, Post
Office Box 10, Lansing.
_HaPPy D-rthday
July 22
Waynard   Carr
Karen MacArthur
July  23
Alice Lockwood
July 24
Kennetb  Cranson
Winifred  Clark
July 25
Mrs. Robert Royal
Allan Hartman
July 26
Alberta Larson
Roger N_   Lockwood
July 27
Helen Giesel
Marion Klumpp
July 28
Kathryn Knight
LuAnn Elfring
10 Years Ago
July 26
Notice
During the summer months, the
Saline Library will be open on
Friday evenings instead of Saturday evenings as in the past.
Mrs. Duane Howe's home in Milan was the setting for a kitchen
shower for Margaret Lange, on Friday evening, July 15. Guests attending included former classmates,
friends and relatives. Games were
played and lovely refresments were
served by the hostesses, Mrs. Duane Howe and Mrs. Herbert Lange.
The bride-to-be received many lovely gifts.
Hertler  Reunion
Held Here Sunday
The twelfth annual Hertler reunion was held Sunday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hertler of
East Henry street, Saline, with 97
members present.
A bountiful pot luck dinner was
served at 1 o'clock. The afternoon
was spent visiting and the children
enjoyed the fish pond.
Officers elected for the ensuing
year are: president Fred Buss of
Manchester; secretary and treasurer Mrs. Fred Buss; entertainment
Ann Buss and Jaunita Feldkamp.
The oldest members present
were Mrs. Herman Kohler of
Bridgewater and Mr. George Jedele
of Saline. The youngest 'was Russell Frederick Kohler, 3-week-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. William Kohler
of Clinton.
The 1956 reunion will be held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eldene
Finkbeiner of Clinton.      »
Milan Free Fair
To Run July 26-30
The seventh annual Mian Free Fair, sponsored by the
Rotary Club, begins next week. Activities will get underway
Tuesday, the 26th, and run through Saturday, the 30th.
According to Fair Board Chairman Grant Jones, this promises to be the biggest and best Fair Week staged in* this com-
munty. A variety of entertainment has been acquired for the
Planning* Commission Meets
The Washtenaw County Planning
Commission met Wednesday, July
20 at their offices at 222 Detroit
St., in Ann Arbor. Among the items
on the agenda for this meeting
was the request of York township
for planning assistantce. Sknford S.
Farness is director of the commission.
The Renz-Steeb Reunion will be
held Sunday, July 31 at the Dexter Huron Park, starting at 12:30
p.m. A pot luck dinner will be serv,.
ed. . i
program held each evening, climax of which is the $100 prize
drawing. Each night some lucky
Milan shopper holding the winning
ticket goes home with ?100 in prizes. The program is boxed elsewhere
on thsi page.
Wednesday afternoon the big fair
parade will march through downtown Milan beginning at 2:00. Kid-
ies Day has also been designated
Wednesday and all rides on the
midway1 will be offered at reduced
rates to the youngsters. The Wade
Shows will conduct the rides.
WPAG Farm Editor Howard
Heath will again be present at the
Milan Fair, broadcasting twice
daily from the fairgrounds. He will
present his daily feature, "Farm
and Home" at noon and each evening will conduct a half-hour show
(7:00-7:30) highlighting local talent and boosting the wares of local
merchants.
Another feature of this year's afir
will be the horse show ,scheduled
Saturday afternoon at 2:00, preceded by a parade at 1:30. The
show is being produced by Bob
Spence and chairmaned by Jack
Thompson. A calf-Toping event,
sanctioned by the Michigan Roping
Association will be staged, in ad-
dition to horsemanship, bending
race, pony express (changing horses), rescue race, musical stall (ladies), speed and action (children),-(the biggest and best Milan Free
the western pleasure class (adults) [Fair, and you can't.help but have
and the pleasure class  (16 years a £;ood time.
and under). The show will be held
near the village barns and there
will be a slight admission Tee foi
those ateuding. This, however, is
the jne attracion of the fair in
which an admission fee is involved.
Highlights of the entertainment
schedule include Cochran's Majorettes, of Port Clinton, Ohio, who
are returning after their 1954 appearance here. These girls will put
on a display of marching acts Wednesday night.
There will also be the return of
Peg Harris and her Dancing Revue.
Mrs. Harris has contributed to the
fair entertainment each year of its
existence and the performance of
her pupils have gained increasing
applause through the years.
1-'splays aud concessions of
many types will line the fairground
a.-* merchants, ".ndustri'-s, dei'ers.
service clubs a ad other organizations contribute to the community
atmospht-ro of the fair. The Future
Farmers of America and 4-H members will" offer displays, and the
Boy Scouts will have charge of a
soft-drink  concession.
i All in all, it looks like qu-.te a
week. There's no admission charge
so bring the family and all your
(friends. You can help to make this