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County Bangs Testing Crew
Working In Saline Area
EEPOBTg are made to the owner of the herd of the results of
the testing on his cattle. Duplicate reports are sent to the
state. Here John Kurtz, working in the field laboratory, types
out the statements to be sent out. County Veterinerian James
Moser is in charge of the local testing program^
TESTING the milk samples brought in by field workers from
the county farms is Edwin Renkie. The milk is tested to determine whether the cattle will have to be blood tested for
Bangs Disease The Field Laboratory is in Saline at the
Mercantile Co. and will probably be there another week before
the area tests are completed.
Jane9 Opens at Mill Theatre
The Saline Mill Theater is presenting S.N. Behrman's comedy entitled "Jane" as its third production, which is based on a story of
play, which is based or_ a story of
the same name by W. Somerset
Maugham, opened Tuesday evening*,
July 26, at 8:30 p.m. It is scheduled
for a three week run.
"When first produced in New
York by the Theatre Guild in 1952
"Jane" starred Edna Best in the
title role, Basil Rathbone as William Tower, and Howerd St. John
as Lord Frobisher. It received the
highest plaudits of New York critics ,and enjoyed a good run.
"Jane" is bubbling, sophisticated
high comedy, set in s*Svank London
society in 1938. William Tower,
world-renowned novelist and a man
of the world, is paying a visit to
his ex-wfie, who is .living handsomely in her Hyde Park house on the
alimony he supplies. Tower is an
amiable and perceptive caricature
of W. Somerset Maughm ,and is
given many of the most penetrating and laugh-provoking lines.     .
The story is set in motion when
Mrs. Jane Fowler, a middle-aged relation by marriage, arrives in London to annouce her impending marriage to a young architect twenty
years her junior. She is the widow
of a magnate from Liverpool, a
very provincial town by London
standards. Jane scandalizes Tower'
wife and her urbane friends by her
dowdiness and by her wife of complete candor.
After her wedding her architect
husband not only redecorates Jane's
house, he also   _e-upholsters" her.
NOVELIST Wn_JAM TOWER, played By Howard Malpas,
makes a mock proposal to Jane, played by Robin Hall. Lord
Frobisher (William Taylor) looks on The Mill Theatre's
"Jane" opened Tuesday here for a three week run.
transforming her into one of the
best-dressed of women. This, combined with her honesty—which
passes in these circles as startling
originality—makes her London's
most sought-after dinner companion
and weekend guest.
Allan, Lord Frobisher, a lady-killing newspaper tycoon in his middle
fifties, comes into Jane's orbit soon
after her arrival. Frobisher is a hois
terous roue who relishes his reputation for ruthlessness and power. A life-long bachelor, he lists
his major avocations as: 1) sport,
2) women; he plays to the hilt his
roles as hard liver and warm lover.
Jane, however, punctures his self
assurance by labeling him an "elderly adolescent", and whittles
him down o life size by her directness and quite strength. Little by
little, as her marriage to the young
achitect cols and collapses, Jane
brings Lord FrObrisher into subjection, until in the last scene he
is cajoled into a proposal, and the
situation is resolved. With this
main plot line is interwoven a subplot involving Jane's efforts to
solve the romantic problems of
Tower's daughter, Ann, who is in
love with a man whose wife is in
a German concentration camp.
The entire play is stimulated
and brightened by the presence of
Tower, who returnes opportunely
from India or Africa in time to
be present at all the major crises.
He is the wittiest and most brilliant o fthis sparkling company,
and punctuates the action with
bon mots at once pungent and genial.
THE  CAST
Mrs. Jane Fowler.....™...Robin Hall
Robin Hall is a newcomer to the
Saline Mill Theatre this season.
She ha sacted with college drama
.groups at Mt. Holyoke, Chapel Hill
and Catholic University. Locally
she has appeared with the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre and the Arbor
Players. She has taught at the
Dramatic Arts Centre.
William Tower Howard Malpas
Played the vicar in Tennessee
Williams' "You Touched Me!",
which closed Sunday, July 24, after
a scheduled two-week run.
Allan, Lord Frobisher. .William
Taylor
Played   the   captain in   "You
Touched me!"
Millicent Tower  Nancy Born
Played Agnes in "The Fourposter'
and Emmie in "You Touched Me!"
Ann Tower Gillian Connable
Played Matilda in "You Touched
Me!"
Gilbert Dabney  (the architect)
Earl Matthews
Played Hadrian in "You Touched Me!"
Peter Crews Dale Schlafer
Maid .'. Jolly Kellogg
* "Jane" was directed hy TED
HEUSEL and produced by BARBARA HAMEL.
Sue TKomas Wed*
Richard Miller
In Sunday Rites
In the presence of their immediate families and close friends,
Miss Sue Thomas became the bride
of Richard Miller in the Saline Methodist church on Sunday afternoon.
The church was beautifully decorated with white glodiolus and
the Reverend Frank Benish performed the double ring ceremony.
For her wedding the nriae, who is
the daughter of Mrs. Helen B.
Thomas and the late Joseph Thomas, chose a white ballerina length
gown fashioned of lace and satin.
Her shoulder length veil was attached to a small satin corded cap.
Her bouquet was of white roses.
She was given in marriage by her
brother, Captain Robert Thomas of
Texas.
Mrs. Walter Skingley of Plymouth was her sister's matron of
hom _ and wore an aqua ballerina
length gown and carried American
beauty roses.
Susan and Kristin Skingley of
Plymouth, neices of the bride were
flower girls and -Stephen Miller,
the grooms brother was the ring
bearer.
E Richard who is the son of Dr.
Harold Miller and the late Mrs.
Miller was attended by James Cook.
Mrs. Robert Merchant was the
organist.
A reception was held on the lawn
at the Thomas home following the
ceremony The young couple left
on a two weeks trip to northern
Canada.
The bride will he a senior at the
University of Michigan this fall
and the groom will return to Hawaii
with the U.S. Army. Both were
graduated from the Saline High
school
Doug Gregory
Sponsors Trip
To Tiger Game
Doug Gregory, the local Ford
dealer will sponsor a trip to Detroit to a Tiger Ball Game for Thirty Saline Kids on August 17 game
will be between the Tigers and the
Cleveland Indians.
Gregory is starting an annual con
test for youngsters between the
ages of nine and sixteen, inclusive,
(see page 8 of this week's Observer for official contest announcement).
The thirty winners will be taken
to Detroit on a' chartered bus and
will be completey insured and
chaperoned, according to Gregory.
Free Tiger baseball caps and refreshments are part of the trip.
The contest will be judged by three
local and impartial citizens, Gregory said.
Finkbeiners
Hold 21st Annual
Family Reunion
The twenty-first annual Finkbeiner reunion was •leld Sunday
at the home of Oscar and Billy
Weidman on Merritt Road. About
one hundred guests were present
for dinner with 35 mere guests
arriving in the' afternoon.
During the business ^meeting the
following officers were eleSCte_ for
the coming year; Clarence _irbach,
president, Ruben Finkbeiner,-vies
president, Mrs. Marion Feldkamp
Allmond, secretary; Mrs. Hollis
Cart*,  treasurer.
Michael Kalmbach was The
youngest boy present at the reunion and Patricia Ann Finkbeiner
was the youngest girl Sophia
Roehm was the oldest woman present and Aaron Feldkamp tae oldest man.
The reunion will be held next
year on the fourth Sunday in July
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Finkibiener.
4H News
The Busy Workers met at the
home of Patty Kidwell on July 21.
They opened the business meeting
with the .pledge to the flag. According to reporter Mary Sue Gordon,
they discussed attending the judging school in Ann Arbor on Thursday. Games and refreshments followed the meeting.
The -i-H Farmers met at the
home of Leroy and Sharon Burleson on July IS. They received their
judging books and also got some
experience in judging pigs and
cows The business meeting was
held after the judging . The next
meeting will be August 1 at the
home of Gene Girbach.
Ken Rogers of the Saline Savings
Bank has completed a banking
course offered by the University
of Michigan School of Business Administration. Rogers has studied*
at the University for the past two
summers and has just finished the
course in modem banking methods
and procedures.
Goodwill Trucks
Due In Saline
August 3r4
Persons wishing to contribute
household discards to help the handicapped employees at Goodwill Industries are asked by Mrs. Alma
Byers, local telephone representa-
ive, to be certain that it is the
Goodwill truck which makes the
pick-up. "All Goodwill trucks are
a bright red color with the name of
the organization painted in large
white letters on the side," Mrs.
Byers  said.
Since Goodwill trucks do not
make door to door solicitations, the
drivers stop only at homes where
a request has heen made in advance
to Mrs. Byers Persons who do not
expect to be home when the pickup is made may leave their discards near their rear door. Items
to be taken should be plainly marked for Goodwill Industries.
The next regularly scheduled pick
up by the Goodwill trucks in Saline will be Wednesday, August
ust 3rd. Anyone with clothing, shoes
toys, small appliances and other
household raticles to be contributed may arrange for a pick-up by
calling Mrs. Byers at Saline 3i.:0-M.
Household discards are used by
Goodwill industries to provide jobs
and training for 400 physically handicapped men and women in the
Detroit workshops.
A field laboratory from the state Department of Agriculture
has been stationed in Saline for the past week for the purpose
of testing county and area herds for Brucellosis, more commonly
known as.Bangs Disease. The lab trailer is located at the Saline
Mercantile Co   and will probably be there antoeher week before
the work in this area is completed.
All herds in the county are being
tested. Milk is gathered in samples from dairy herds and brought
to the lab for analysis while non-
milk-*producing herds are blood tested.
Dr. James Moser, County Veterinarian, is in charge of the local
program. The county, under provisions of the state law has established county-wide testing of all
breeding cattle above the age of
six months for the disease. The
order for a test came from the Director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture upon request
of the County Board of Supervisors
The Milk test is a preliminary
test to determine where Bangs Disease might he located. After it is
determined where infected herds
may be, hlood tests will then be
given such herds to be sure.
If a farmer's herd needs blood
testing, he 'ill he notified of the
date and time of the blood test of
his cattle. If cattle are classed "in
fected" or "suspicious", the cattle
will be tagged and quarantined.
The owner may "choose to dispose of the animals rather than
keep then quarantined. In this
case idemnity payments on the diseases animals will be made to
the owners.
All herds in which infected or
suspected cattle are found will be
subject to retest until the test
shows negative.
Thetests are a part of the statewide campaign against Bangs Disease in catties and undaulant fever
in humans. According to the Michigan Health Department, over 100
cases of undulant fever were recorded in 1954, Man gets the disease
from handling infected animals and
consuming infected milk. Approximately 90 percent of the human
caser in Michigan are cau.sed by
the cattle type of Brucellosis.
School Board
ReElects Officers
All officers were reelected at last night's organizational meeting of the Saline Area
School District Board of Education.
Dr. Harold A. Miller, recently returned to horad membership was
re-elected president, Mrs Robert
Merchant, secretary; Alwin Burkhardt, treasurer; and Dr. Gordon J.
Prout and Carl Burmeister, members. Dr Prout was also re-elected
a member at the last election
At last night's meeting the board
voted to offer for sale five rural
schools. Bids will he accepted up to
noon, Aug. 16, for the Benton, Union, Hammond .Rentschler and
Bridgewater buildings and grounds.
In a later action the board accepted bids on the Girbach, Judd, Oak
Grove, Valentine and Bliss school
properties.
The matter of annexing the Jedele district on Waters Rd .was discussed but action deferred pending
the receipt of a written application for annexation.
The board also appointed Dwight
Reynolds, shop teacher, as transpor
tation manager for the consolidated
district.
Enrollment Grows
For Teen Canteen
The teen Canteen now shows a
total enrollment of two hundred
young - people, over one hundred
were in attendance on last Friday
evening.
The ping pong tables were enjoyed by all and there were several
tables of euchre, checkers, and
flinch. Sponsors for last week Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Starling and Mrs
Ray    Alber  and Robert    Kleuter.
St. Paul _ Guild Meets
The regular meeting of the St.
Paul's Women's Guild will meet
In the fellowship room, Tuesday
August 2nd at 8:00 P.M. The program will be under the direction of
The Christian Social Service department, headed by Mrs. Carl Moehn.
The film. "THIS ROAD WE
WALK" will be presented.
Host- sses will be Mrs. Minnie
Klump, Mrs. Cora Lambarth, Mrs.
Minnie Lindemann, Mrs Doris Robi
s**n, and Mrs. Vtvona LitHe.
St. -Andrews Church
Holds Annual Picnic
About fifty people attended the
St. Andrew's Church annual picnic
held Monday July 25 at the Saline
Park. The picnic also served as a
fcrewell party for Rev. Charles Cof
fey of the Holy Ghost Seminary in
Ann Arbor, who will be leaving to
teach at the St. Emma's Military
Academy in Rock Castle, Va. Rev.
Coffey has been helping at St Andrew's Mission since it was lounded
about four years ago. He was presented with a lovely gift from the
parish.
Gregory Wins
Ford Citation
Doug Gregory Ford Sales, the
Ford dealership located at Saline,
has been presented a special Leadership Citation by Henry Ford, II,
President of the Ford Motor Cem-
pany.
The local dealership won the citation, because more Ford cars
were sold in 1954 than any other
make in the dealer's area of pri-
nary sales responsibility. High
standards of customer service also
contributed to Doug Gregory's
winning this award.
Gregory is one of approximately
3,000 Ford dealers to receive this
citation from Henry Ford, H. On
a national scale, aceording.to *Ford,
retail sales of Ford cars in 1954
exceeded those of any other make
by over 25,000 units.
Merchants Win Two,
Gain On Leaders
JULY 24 STANDINGS
W L Pet.
Fowlerville 3 2 .300
Chelsea  3 2 .SOO
Saline. 7 3 .700
Ypsi Ford 6 4 .600
Latins   6 4 .600
Howell  5 5 .500
Leslie _, 5 5 .500
Stockbridge  2 8 .200
Local 602  2 3 .200
Wolve - Park 1 9 ,100
Northville Downs
Sets New Record
In Mutuel Handle
Northville Downs will begin its
last week of harness racing Monday
(August 1) closing its 12th season
Saturday  night, August  6.
It appears that all records of mutuel handle and attendance will be
broken this year, according to John
j. Carlo, executive general manager.
The all-time record for a single
nights wagering was set last*Friday (July 22) when fans poured
?349,150 through the betting windows during the annual §10,000
Michigan Pacing Derby.
The best previous night was on
July 3, 1954, when the mutuel handle was 1340.975. The best previous
this year wa.i §330,324 on July 16.
Meantime, the average daily handle is running way above the 1953
record of §2_9,S34. After -jetting
the all-time single night's reco _.
the average is up to §252.548, *<.i>.ch
is §12,714 per night better.
C-t'o **•-<** 1 that attendance sh-uild
total approximately a quarter of
a million by the end of the 38
nights of racing or approximately
6500 fans nightly—a new attendance average.
Ssline moved into sole possession
of third place in Tri-Couaty League
play Sunday as they beat Fisher
Local, 602 of Lansing in a double
header, 7-0 and 4-2. Meanwhile, the
league leaders, Fowlerville ind
CI elsea split a twin bill to remati
in a tie for the top.
Dick Hoeft pitched four-hit ball
t. take the first game 7-0. Saline
got their runs in two innings, two
in the second and five in th3 fifth.
The runs in the second came on
three walks and a single by Don
Younce. The Merchants garnered
their other five runs when manager
Ernie Stemen led Off the fifth inning with a single. An error and a
fielder's choice plus doubles by
Vfij-n Drake and Don Jeager accounted for the tallies.
Hoeft allowed only four hits
while striking out one and walking
two.
In the second game, Al Hoeft
gave up only three hits' as the Merchants got off to a flying start by
getting all four of their runs in
the first inning. The runs came on
a walk and a sacrifice plus hits
by Larson, Jaeger, Younce, Hoeft
and a double by Vern Pick.
Lansing got one run in the second Inning on a double and two
errors. The other came the following inning on a single, a fielder's
choice and an error. Hoeft struck
out five men while issuing only
one walk.
The   next   game   will   be   here
against league-leading Fowlerville
on Sunday.
The line scores: (first game) *
P. Tl B
Saline   020  050 x 7 5  2
Landing     000    000    0    0    4   2
R. Hoeft and Drake; Hanei and V.
Butler, Larfcin (5th) sea .ad game;
& H E
SALINE      400    000. __   4    5   3
Lansing  .     011   000    0    2    3    2
A. Hoeft and Drake; Corp, Stevens,
U) and Larkin.