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SEVENTY-SECOND    YEAR
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1955, SALINE, MICHIGAN
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Community   Fair   Called  Huge   Success  Here
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Be:*utifnl weather -welcomed last
Wednesday, opening day of the Saline Community Fair, with a big
program of events scheduled to
meet every taste, especially for the
children, to whom the day was
dedicated.
Tiie younger generation from
tots to teen-agers, entered into the
spirit of the occasion with happy,
enthusiastic anticipation. In short,
the kids had a field day and took
advantage of every moment to enjoy their loot of fun.
The sanies and rides provided
hy the Happyland Concessions kept
hundreds of youngsters moving at
a steady pace, while the merry-go-
round, always popular with the
small fry, had a continuous line of
customers — potential cowboys
and Annie Oakleys eager to mount
brightly painted steeds and be off
on the trail of some imaginary
varmint who "went thataway," and
all this dusty traveling to the tune
of 'Margie on the juke box.
Unusual   Exhibits
The Florilculture Exhibit placed
on the stage of the Gym and supervised by the Saline Women's Club,
contained hundreds of Fall blossoms beautifully and tastefully arranged, while the Home Economic,
Agricultural and Hobby Departments on the Gym floor displayed
some of the most interesting and
beautiful items ever presented at
a Saline Fair.
Mrs. Fred Arend, Superintendent
of Home Economics, supervised
many exhibits with a well-chosen
committee to assist her. Her exhibits were Fancy Work and Machine Sewing, which included dresses, embroidery and crochet-work,
patchwork quilts rag and hooked
rugs, handmade purses and wall
decorations. Mrs. Amanda Mayer
was chairman of Machine Sewing,
Mrs. Lawrence Boettner, chairman
of Fancy Work.
The Agricultural tables, supervised by Fred Arends, contained
grains, corn, fruits, vegetables and
eggs, all a source of. much interest,
while the Baked Goods, Mrs. Everett Wolfin, chairman, and the
Canned Fruits and Vegetables,
with Mrs. Florence Sheehan, chairman, abosorbed the attention of
every home-maker.
Five special prizes, aside from
the regular Fair prizes, were awarded in the Home Economics Department. This special prize system was inaugurated a few years
ago when Mrs. Aarend felt that
such a prize would prove an incentive to those who worked especially hard on their fair entries.
She visited merchants of Saline who
gladly contributed items for these
prizes, and have been doing so
each year since. Winners this year
were: Best Canned Fruit, Mrs. William Bennett — Pressure Cooker
donated by Wood Hardware; Best
Angel Food Cake, Janet Luckhardt,
Sunbeam Jr. Mastermix, donated by
Green's Jewelry; Best Devil's
Food Cake, Bob Brown, Saline High
School, Hoover Steam Iron donated
by Gamble Stores; Best piece of
Hand Sewing, Anri Kueibler, Saline
High School, Desk Lamp, donated
by Walker's 5 & 10 Store, and
Best Fancy Work, Mrs. Josephine
Luckhardt, Beacon Blanket, donated by Dancer Dry Goods Co.
The Baby Picture Dept.' presenting dozens of adorable little
figures, was supervised by the
Child Study Club, Mrs. Hazel Frey,
chairman, and was a source of
much pleasure and admiration for
everyone.
Elementary R°om Exhibit
In the two large rooms devoted
to the elementary and Junior High
grades, all departments of learning were represented. The Fall
Harvest display of the First Graders, contained fruits and vegetables
with many of the pieces decorated
with Haloween effect. The Second
Graders presented Reading Habits
of the day with books compiled
and bound by themselves together
"with a relief map. There was also
a table of mounted butterflies, ex-
Quisetely beautiful, and crayon art
work. The Third Graders presented
a large wall map with cut-outs indicating various Indian tribes of
Jhe Sea, Desert, Plain and Woods
in their respective localities In
America, together with a table setting of Indian shelters representing each "tribe, their potteries and
ntensils.
The Sixth-Graders "Where We
Live and Learn," a graph-board
with streets of Saline charted,
furnished sample papers on Saline
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MARY MEL"TEE is crowned "Miss Saline" hy Sen. Charles E.  Potter Friday night  at the fair. Miss Meister was  chosen
quteu i_u-_._ ~-i candidates in the annual contest sponsored hy the Junior Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the fair.
Mary Meister Named
Miss Saline Friday
Miss Mary Meister, 17, daughter banner and a bouquet of red roses
Auction Sale Highlights
Successful Stock Show
of Mr and Mrs. William Meister
of E. Michigan Ave. was crowned
"Miss Saline" last Friday night by
Senator Charles Potter.
*» She was chosen from a list of
17 candidates who entered the
queen contest which was sponsored
by the Saline Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Named to serve in the queen's
court were Miss Carolyn Conner,
Miss Sharon Starling, Miss Janet
Luckhardt and Miss Nancy Thompson. The  queen was  presented a
from Miss Nancy Ross, last year's
queen. In addition Miss Meister received about $70 in cash plus
many lovely gift prizes from local and area merchants including
a new wrist watch and a savings
bond.
One of the most successful years
experienced by the junior . livestock show here at the Saline Fair
was topped off last Friday by the,
annual auction sale of the animals.
Arlene Duible of Waters R.. Ann
Arbor was the owner and exhibitor of the grand champion steer.
Her hereford steer was picked as
the best from  more than  50  ani-
Miss Meister reigned over the ■ mals exhibited by members of the
Saline Community and the parade Saline Junior Livestock Associ-
which was held Saturday. She wiH;ation. The reserve champion, also
also represent Saline in the queen j a hereford, was owned by Janice
contest to be held at next year's ' Harwood of Saline.
Michigan State Fair. Universal Die Casting and Mfg.
Cont. on Page 4
Corp. of Saline bought both the
*;rand and reserve champions at
the auction. The grand champion
sold for 64 cents per pound while
the reserve went for 49 cents. Universal also purchased nine other
Cekau, formerly of Saline, pur-
steers at the auction. Gerhard
chased eight steers for his market
in Detroit.
Joe Day served as auctioneer
and offered an additional service
of hauling the animals to Detroit
for slaughter without charge to
the buyer or the livestock club.
The lamb club also enjoyed a
profitable year with the grand
champion this year going to Mary
Sue Gordon for her Ramboullet
lamb. Lorraine Jedele was the
owner of the reserve champion
lamb. Cekau was the buyer of both
the grand and reserve champion
lambs.
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Frank Deede of Saline has purchased the Bennett Recreation
bowling alley from Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Bennett and L. Z. Still. Deede
took over last Saturday.
Deede stated that for the present he will continue to operate
the bowling alley in the same manner in which it has been run under Bennett. He stated, however,
that he evetually intends to erect
a new building and cut down on
the price of open bowling.
The new building, Deede said,
will be located on the edge of
town and will have ample parking
space as well as all the newest
features of the most modern alleys. He has been in contact with
the people from the Brunswick Co.
and is currently making a study
of the town so he will be able to
build a recreation center to fit
the needs of the growing city.
There will be at least 10 alleys
and the building will be air conditioned. Deede said that he has
great faith in the growth of Saline
and is looking forward to serving
the people of the town in his new
business venture.       ^
otary to Serve Dinners
Before Football Games
The   Rotary  Club  of  Saline  is served from 10:30 a.  m. to 12:30
sponsoring   fried   chicken   dinners ■, p.  m.  at the High  School in  Sa-
BTJYEKS of the more than 50 steers showed by the Junior livestock Association pose with
auctioneer Joe Day after the steer auction held Friday afternoon. Two buyers, Universal
Die Casting Co., and Gerhard Cekau of Detroit accounted for over 20 of the steers sold.
to be served at the Saline High
School ». n the diys of each of the
five football games scheduled to be
played at Ann Arbor:
Oct. S, Army.
Oct. . ". Northwestern.
Oct. 29, Iowa.
Nov. 12, Indiana.
Nov. 19, Cjio S-ate.
The _oce°ds of the dinners will
•be devcled to the fund for Crippled cKUlrcn.
This  project is  a new one for
been previously prepared and
served jby the mothers of the
"High School. For the past couple
of years, however, the dinners have
been discontinued, but now, with
the football season at hand, Ro-
tary'has decided to renew the custom of serving them.
Dinners will be prepared in two
units: a plate dinner for those who
wish to eat before the game will be
Close to eight hundred farmers from many parts of Michigan
and interested citizens convened in the Saline Elementary School
auditorium Monday evening to listen to Under Secretary of Agriculture True D. Morse, and other farm-expret panel members
discuss agricultural policy, and to take part in the grass roots,
town-meeting type of discussion.        x ,
     Sponsored by the State Central
Committee of the Republican party and the Washtenaw County Republicans, the meeting was not
confined to partisan matters, but
took up questions reflecting a cross
section of frank farm thinking all
along the line, and established a
pattern for similar meetings
throughout the state.
The panel, moderated by U. S.
Senator Charles E. Potter, was
composed of panelists Ernest Girbach of Saline, director of the Michigan Milk Producer's Association; William Brake, master of
the M: *h;gan State Grange, and
Daniel Rood, Legislative Council
for the Michigan State Farm Bureau. Also on the platform were U.
S. Representative George Meader
and William Hayes, chairman of
the Cotuity Republican Farm Subcommittee. .
After preliminary remarks from
the panel members, all present
were invited to submit questions
or topics for discussion and these
were presented to the platform
guests by Senator Potter.
The price-cost siueeze, under
which farmers are having to pay
Increased prices for machinery and
necessary production equipment,
while they receive less for their
products, was of primary interest.
Secretary Norse pointed out that
this situation is being relieved
gradually by the disposal of surpluses and the adoption of a flexible support program which is only
now going into effect. The result
of this program cannot be rightly
judged yet as farm policy is still
which have been in force for several years. His department and
others interested in the farm
problem are recommending legislation to speed the readjustment of
farm prices from a fixed support
to a flexible basis. These bills are
coming up before Congress this
fall. The Agricultural Act of 1954
is only now starting to take effect.
Problems raised by members of
the audience dealt with Canadian
imports * of wheat which are interfering with Michigan -wheat
acreage allotments and the re-
seed marketnig; wheat and corn
voting; milk prices in the Detroit
striction of small farmers from
milk shed area; and the legal aspects of specialty crop bargaining
rights, which many—including William Brake of the Michigan State
Grange—felt were hampered under present laws.   "
Poniting out that the huge surpluses which have weighed heavily
against the farmer in past years,
are being disposed of steadily Secretary Morse spoke optimistically
for the future. For instance — he
feels that by the spring of 1956
these surpluses will be small
enough to change the present trend
for the farmer*.
Senator Potter and Secretary
fide farmers during the day and
Morse both felt that hey had gained
much from their contact with bona
evening session.
Secreary Morse said that the
best thinking and judgements available are being brought to bear
upon the problems which farmers
face, and that he personally welcomes all sincere thinking and he
urged those present to write or
otherwise communicate with him
their constructive ideas.
True Morse, since he was from-
erly with the Doane Agriculture
Service, is not a new name to farmers who have kept abreast of
their own problems. He stated that
it is the feeling of his department
that if farmers are told the facts
they will arrive at the right decisions. The facts show that farmers have not shared fully in the
great prosperity of the nation, but
the production and consumption of
farm products is now nearly in
halance with surpluses decreasing
daily, the trend should soon be
evident In a rising farm Income.
_iTo",._!*,.5'"s meeting climaxed a
half day of activity for the Secretary who spoke at a Kiwanis luncheon in Ann Arbor at noon to
members and farm guests. Following he took a tour of the county,
stopping at a dairy farm in Salem Township—belonging to Sam
Bailo; then a dairy and hog farm
belonging* to Mrs. Donna Baldus of
Dexter, then the beef cattle farm
of John Brooks near Ghelsea, and
terminating at the R. G. Layher
farm on ilaple Road, Saline.
Mobile Unit Tp
Visit Saline Area
The Washtenaw County Health
Department Mobile unit wil lhe in
Saline to make chest X-rays in
their campaign against Tuberculosis. The unit will be here in the
city parking lot Friday, October
14 and Monday and Tuesday, Oct.
17 and IS.
Howard Hilton of the Health
Dept. made the announcement and
stressed the fact that the X-rays
-will be free. All persons over 16
years of age will be eligible and
there wil be no requirements other
than to fill out a simple registration card.
The X-rays are paid for by the
tax money from the Michigan State
Dept. of Health and sent into Lansing for analysis.
SPECIAL ATTENION
FALL  ELECTION
All eligible voters who have not
yet registered must do so by October Sth in order to vote at November Sfh Election.
There are 2 vacancies to be filled
on the Council for 2 year terms.
Petitions can be obtained at City
Office and must carry fifty signatures of Registered Electors of City
which Petition must be filed with
City Clerk not later than October
18,1955. 1-t
line which is the last town fans
coming from west and south pass
through before reaching Ann Arbor
on Saline-Ann Arbor Rd., the road
leading directly to Michigan stadium.
Box lunches will be provided for
those who arrive late or for those
who wish to eat enroute to the
game. Each dinner will contain
the same menu: Fried chicken, potato ch'ps, cole-slaw and 2-but
tered rolls. Milk will be provided
Saline Rotary, the dinners having in  the box-lunch—milk  or coffee
with the plate  dinner.
Robert Moon and Johnson M.
Quick are chairman of the event
and Art Hagen, Don Campbell and
Tony Schild are the committee in
charge.
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Dodger Centerfielder Duke Snider, on the possibility of winning
the" World Series: "All I hope
for is another hig day—today."