1955-09-01; Saline Observer

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SEVENTY-SECOND    YEAR
SALINE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1955
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PLANS
FAIR
Edison    To   Complete
rea Building Project
Several major construction and
expansion projects - part of Detroit Edison's plans lor strengthening the electric power supply
throughout Washtenaw County-
are scheduled tfo rcompletion this
fail.
Gage R. Cooper, Ann Arbor District Manager for Edison, said the
expansion of Washtenaw's electrical system will help -keep the supply of electricity well ahead of industrial, commercial and domestic
use which is increasing at the rate
of 12 per cent a year.
Work is going forward rapidly
on a 24,000-volt transmission line
which will provide additional capacity and a new source of power in
the Ann Arbor area. The seven-
mile-long line will extend from
Edison's Superior Station, three
miles northwest of Ypsilanti, to
Argo Substation in Ann Arbor.
To serve the growing suburban
area south of Ann Arbor, a new
substation, capable of supplying
the electrical needs of a community of about 14,000 people, is being
yfiss Pfeifle
Attends MEA
Conference
Da M. Pfeifle of Saline, representing the Washtenaw district of
the Michigan Education Association attended the annual Leadership Training Conference at the
M.E.A. Camp on St. Mary's Lake
near Battle Creek, held August 22-
24.
Michigan Education Association
district and regional council presidents meet to attend workshops
and discussions with outstanding
educators. The group reviews the
organization of the M.E.A., oldest
and largest professional organzia-
tion in Michigan, and studies educational problems and their solutions.
Programs for the year's meetings are formulated, and a list of
materials available through the
M.E.A. is placed at the disposal of
those attending the workshop.
These conference members, approximately 150 in number, are
leaders in the field of education
from all parts of Michigan.
Auxiliary Holds
Installation
The American Legion Auxiliary
-Hit 322 held its annual membership Banquet and installation ceremonies August 23 wtih seventy
seven members and guests present.
The dining room was beautifully
decorated in red and white and
the dinner was served Smorgasbord style. Each table spelled out
one of the offices of the unit.
Following the regular business
meeting, the new officers were installed by the Brooklyn Installation Team and Luella Dell, the in-
stalling officer.
built on _tate Hoad north of Waters Road.
Reinforcement projects in Sahne
include the construction of a distribution station and a switching
station with a capacity of 40,000
kilovolt-amperes — or, in more
familiar terms, about 48,000 horsepower. Supply-line voltage will be
increased from 24,000 volts to 40,-
000 volts, doubling the capacity
of the transmission system in the
southeastern Washtenaw area.
Several new distribution lines are
also being built.
Areas in Freedom, Lodi, Lima
and Bridgewater Townships will
have an alternative source of
electric power with the ' completion of a new supply line which
will link Reno, Freedom and Lima
substations. Another important
expansion project in Freedom
Township will be the installation
of a $1,500 kilovolt-ampere transformer which will double the capacity of the Reno Substation.
Prompted by new home constructed on the south side of Ypsilanti and industrial growth in the
city, new transformers and other
equipment have recently been installed in Emerick Substation. Revised, the substation is capable of
supplying electric power for a
community of about 40,000 people.
Cooper said, "Not only is the
number of new Edison customers
steadily increasing, but individual
tresidential customers are also
using more electricity every year.
Detroit Edison estimates that in
ten years the average residential
customer will be using at least 3,-
600 kilowatthours of electrical
energy a year as compared to the
present 2,760 kilowatthours. By
1975 the average customer will use
6,400 kilowatthours annually, according to Edison forecasts."
No Tampering on
Schumaier Plane
Mechanics and :CAA authorities
report that the engine of the plane
in which two men were killed near
Saline August 17 was in excellent
mechanical condition at the time
of the crash, Erwin Klager, sheriff,
announced this  morning.
Investigation of the crash will
continue with the questioning of
close friends and relatives of both
of the men killed. Killed were Rudolph Schumaier, owner of the Saline Airport, and William Beardsley, president of the Hayden Flour
Mills in Tecumseh.
Investigation of the accident began immediately following the
crash by sheriff's detectives and
Klager himself.
The investigation was spurred by
recent shootings at Schumaier and
"the airport office where he lived
before the crash.
The plane crashed in a field
when the engine went dead. Foul
play was not necessarily the reason for the crash, Klager said this
morning. It is possible Beardsley,
who was a student pilot, froze to
the controls, causing the tragedy.
Schumaier was an excellent pilot
and should have been able to land
the powerless plane safely if not
hampered, Klager further said.
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Committees Report
At Board Meeting
The Saline Community Fair Board met Monday night at the high
school to make final plans for this year's fair. Among the topics for
discussion brought up by Board president Raymond Girbach was completion of the entertainment schedule.
Ken Rogers, appeared before the
PLANS for the 1955 Sahne Community Fair were finished by  these  members   of  the Fair
Board at their meeting Monday night. Left t o right, Webb Harwood, Secretary Roto. Hammond, President Raymond Girbach and Elmer Houghton,   High   School principal go   over  the
last minute plans for this year's fair.       N
Complete Roster of Teachers
Is Announced for School Year
The roster of teacliers that was Mary Meyers, Mrs. Blanche Shank-
published last week was not completely correct. The complete list
of the teaching appointments for
both the elementary and high
schools   follow:
Saline  Area  High  School
Mr. Elmer Houghton, Senior High
Scliool principal, Mr. Charles Jaquith, Junior High School principal; Mrs. Elizabeth Kuebler, Advanced Mathematics; Miss Hallie
Mehler, Junior High School Mathematics; George Bonich, Science;
Charles Jaquith, Jr. High School
Science; Mrs. Elmine Sweet, English and Latin; Mrs. Mildred Haswell, Senior High School English;
Mrs. Bernice McCoy, Junior High
School English; Mrs. Patricia
Morse, Junior High School English; James Johnson, Counsellor,
and Junior High Scliool English;
Miss Barbara Heider, Junior High
School English.
John Luidens, Social Studies;
Mrs. Marion Benish, Social studies
and Spanish; Alton Ealy, Vocational Agriculture and Farm Shop;
Howard Hill, Commercial; Dwight
Reynolds, Industrial Arts, Driver
Training; Mrs. Alberta Rogers,
Home Economics; William Bailey,
Physical Education (Boys') and
Coach; Mrs. Kathleen Nass, Art
and Girls' Gym; Arthur Katterjohn
Instrumental music and hand, Mrs.
Marilyn Fry, Vocal music and glee
club; Mrs. Evelyn Campbell, Librarian.
Saline Area  Elementary School:
-Mrs. Marian  Barclay, Principal.
Kindergarten — 2 sections forenoon and afternoon, Mrs. Suzanne
Holton and Mrs. Ann  MacMillen.
First Grade—four sections, Mrs.
Tema Haab, Mrs. Lillian Gilbert,
Mrs. Fleur Chandler and Mrs. Ardis Vaughn.
Second  Grade—i  sections,  Mrs.
land,  Mrs. Dorothy  Stimpson  and
Miss  Phebe  Summerland.
Third Grade—four sections, Mrs.
Elizabeth Parsons, Mrs. Maxine
Ross, Mrs. Nancy Reynolds and
Mrs. Teresa Webb.
Fourth Grade—3 sections, Mrs.
Constance Gonser, Mrs. Olive El-
w-yn-and M»s> Juliana Taylor.
Fifth Grade—3 sections, Mrs.
Helene Monaghan, Mrs. Eva Barber, Mrs. Una Dicks.
Sixth    Grade—2    sections,
Lila Hibbs, Miss Ila Pfeifle.
Art, Mrs. Jean Taylor.
Music,  Mrs. Marilyn Fry.
Mrs.
SPECIAL    NOTICE—Water   Users
Weather permitting, water hydrants    will    be   flushed    Friday
September 2nd.
E.   J.  MUIR,
City Clerk
Law Firm Moves
Into New Office
Stanton G. Roesch has moved his
law offices into the new quarters
at 111 N. Ann Arbor St. The two
office building is now nearing completion and the other occupant, the
Hartmai* Insurance Agency is expected to move in soon.
Roesch. previously bad his offices
in the Saline Savings Bank building but was forced to move late
last spring when the bank underwent complete remodeling. He has
been located in the Still Hotel for
the past few months.
The new building was built by
Henry Leutheuser and was scheduled for completed by the 1st of
September .Roesch moved in last
Sunday. His phone number will re-
main the same despite his change
of address.
County Moving Day Nears;
Dedication Date Delayed
Responsibilities for maintenance
and protection of the new County
Court House which the Board of
Supervisors accepted Thursday will
not begin until September 1.
Until that date the contractor,
A. W. Kutsche, will be responsible.
This extended date was set so
that insurance and maintenance
help could be obtained.
The architect told the board before they accepted the building
as substantially compete that
this would remove responsibility
from the contractor for damage
which might be done to the building by other contractors.
September 1 was also set as the
date for official beginning of responsibility, because the new administrator and building Superintendent start on that day.
The architect further told the
Board that they could by accepting
the building as substantially complete move offices into it as soon
as possible, though the contractor
may be in the building for another
two to three months.
If the board waited to accept the
building when it was finally complete another three months may
be wasted while tiie contractor is
doing minor jobs which could as
easily be done during occupancy
he said.
Furniture contractors are expected to begin moving their products into offices immediately after the first.
Completion of the special mill
work in the two Circuit Courts
will not be complete for approximately three weeks, it was announced. None of the courts, their
aifiliE.tes or the clerk's office will
.move until the Circuit Court rooms
are complete, due to the close relationship of their activities.
Dedication After Parking
Planning for the dedication of
the new building was postponed
until a later date when the final
completeion date of the proposed
two decker parking lot is known.
Members of the dedication committee asked the board when they
should plan the dedication, this
Winter  or  next Spring.
This question must be answered
before the program can be planned
Mrs. .Luella Smith, county clerk
told the board. Time of year must
be known, she said, so the length
prfl rface of a program can be
decided.
A Winter program would nec-
es'spri.y be short and inside, she
said, where a spring program could
be longer and out of doors. Mrs.
Smith felt along with others that
peop^ would not enjoy a long program in the cold or in a building.
Emnry Mulholland, Superior,
suggested that no decision be
reached on this until it is known
at what time the new parking lot
would be finished. Completion of
the lot will be sometime next
spring.
board and reported that additional acts are needed to be booked to
fill the four night run of tlie fair.
Acting on a motion from Art Miller, tiie fair board voted to leave
the hiring of performers to Rogers. At the present time the schedule calls for the Peg Harris
Dancers to appear on Wednesday
night for a full evening entertainment. On Thursday, the annual
home talent show will be held,
featuring local talent in all age
groups. Friday night will feature
tlie crowning of Miss Saline- The
queen contest is being handled by
the Saline JCC. An act is to be
booked to fill the remainder of
Friday night and one for a full
evening on Saturday.
In other actions, the fair board
granted permission to the.American Post and tlie Auxiliary to
operate the main food concession.
The board also voted favorably
to grant permission to the Teen-
Canteen group, headed by Mrs.
Bernice Armbruster, to operate a
baby sitting service in one of the
school rooms during the fair.
Howard Heath was present from
radio station WPAG to outline
plans for on-the-air coverage of
the fair. It was agreed that the station would have three fifteen minute news broadcasts directly from
the fair grounds in addition to
broadcasting their Farm and
Home Hour show each day of the
fair.
Alwin Gross and Lee Robison
appeared on behalf of the implement dealers to ask for better conditions for-their exhibits. A committee waff appointed to reach an
agreement.
The dates of the fair will be
September 28 through October 1.
The topic of an earlier fair for
next year was brought up by Girbach and he asked the members
to think about the possibility and
it would be discussed further at
the winter  meeting.
Fair books are now at the printers and the fair board was told
that the books would be ready this
week. Before adjourning, the board
scheduled a meeting for the week
of the fair.
Robert Moon, publicity chairman, presented a sample of the
signs which he plans to use to sell
advertising space on the fences
and state backdrops. The sign
was painted by Ross Adair and
was of sturdy Masonite. The merchants who buy the signs will be
able to keep them for their own
use after the fair. It was generally agreed that the setup was
much improved over the system
used last year.
Cross    Asks
In    Flood   Relief
Red
Help
Any persons wishing to contribute to the Red Cross Flood Relief
Fund should contact Mrs. Merritt
Martin, Sr., 275 S. Ann Arbor St.,
Saline or bring their contributions
to Miss Luella Lambarth at the
Saline Sbvings Bank.
Local Man Is
Accepted Into
Capital University
Glenn Hagen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Hagen of 224 Monroe
St., has successfully completed the
requirement for admission to Cap-
GLENN   HAGEN
ital University, at Columbus, Obio.
The announcement was made last
week by Mr. James P." Schultz, director of admissions at Capital University. Glenn plans to enroll in
thePre-Theology curricuulm.
Orientation week, whieb. introduces Hew students to the major
aspects of college life, will be held
at Capital from September 7 to 13.
Glenn was graduated from Saline
Area High School in June of 1955.
Lindenwood
Subdivision
To Open
A new subdivision is scheduled
to open soon in Saline. The Lindenwood Subdivision, owned by
Dorothy and William Meister, is
located on the west side of Mills
Road, just south of the Saline Twp.
line.
Lindenwood will consist of large
lots facing Mills Rd. and Linden
Court, a new street which is to be
constructed. Work on the roads,
sewer and water lines is now in
progress.
There will be eight lots in the
plat and it was announced that tbe
lots will go on sale immediately.
These lots will be subject to restrictions that should insure desirable locations for all homes.
COUNTY SUPERVISORS crowd into one of the two new elevators at
the new Court House in their inspection Thursday. The elevator,
crowded to capacity, was taken up under control of Elmer Mayer,
Chairman of the Board.   Mr. Mayer indicates the direfction of travel
with- his* thumb while John Norcross, Bridgewater .extreme left considers   possibilities of his crowding   in.   Henry Hicks,   behind Mr.
Mayer wipes the weariness   from his eyes.   Supervisors toured
complete four stories of the building before accepting it.
The planet Mercury  has   about
the -one twenty-seventh the mass of the
earth.
Saline Wins Over Ypsi
In Saturday Night Game
STANDINGS
Fowlerville    11   3   .786
Chelsea     10   4   .714
Saline    10   5   .667
Howell      9    5    .643
Ypsi Ford      8    6    .571
Lansing Latins      7    7    .500
Leslie     5   8   .385
Local 602   4 10   .286
Wolve-Parking   4 11   .267
Stockbridge      2 11   .164
Only one game in the league over the past weekend, as the complete Sunday schedule was washed
out. On Saturday evening Saline
knocked off Ypsi Ford Local 849,
81 behind the five hit pitching of
Ernie Stemen .Saline scored four
times in the second inning to salt
the game away.
Ypsi ...:. 100.000 0—1   8   3
Saline  140 000 x   8    8   3
Bill Merrell, Don Scbwall (2),
Roger Trim (3) and Simpson; Ernie Stemen and Drake.
Because of all the rain, the schedule has been changed as follows:
September  4
Wolverine Parking at Fowlerville
Stockbridge at Saline
Leslie at Lansing 602
Howell at Chelsea
Lansing Latins at Ypsi
September  5
Lansing Latins at Lansing 602
Howell at Fowlerville
Leslie at Stockbridge
September 11
Stockbridge at Wolverine Parking
Fowlerville at Leslie
Saline at Howell
Ypsi   at  Lansing   602
Chelsea at Lansing Latins
5 DAY FORECAST
The 5-day Michigan weather report  folows:
Lower Lakes — Temperatures
will average near normal to 2 to 4
degrees below normal. Normal
maximum 80 west to 76 east. Normal minimum 59 west to 56 east.
Cool through Saturday becoming
slightly warmer Sunday. Precipitation will average 0.25 inch to
! 0.50 inch as showers on Wednesday and again a brief period of
showers on Friday.
Upper Lakes — Temperatures
will average near normal. Normal
maximum 72 north to 78 south.
Normal minimum 52 north to 57
south. Cool throughout the period
becoming a little warmer by Sunday. Precipitation will average
0.25 inch or less occurring as showers Lake Huron area Wednesday
and as very widely scattered light
showers on Friday.