1955-12-01; Saline Observer

              THE SALINE
SEVENTY - SECOND TEAK
Ford Rotunda
'Christmas Fantasy'
Open To Public
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1955 —'SAUNE, MICHIGAN
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
•j-he Ford Rotunda "Christmas
Fantasv," one of the largest Yule-
tide shows in America, attracting
annually more than half a million
visitors, was opened to the public
in Dearborn Saturday, November
26, and will continue to New Year's
Eve.
The show, similar to the one
which fascinated old and young
alike in 1954, will fill the entire
exhibit area of the Rotunda. A 35-
foot, lighted Christmas tree will
greet the visitor, just inside tihe
Botunda entrance.
The north section of the outer
court will be occupied by a scene
from the North Pole, featuring
Santa's live reindeer. Above the
reindeer and atop the Rotunda
ramp will be Santa's 30-foot "Castle in the "Sky," where children
may climb on Saint Nick's knee
and whisper their wishes for
Christmas.
One of the outstanding features
of the 1955 Christmas Fantasy -will
be the life-size Nativity scene in
the Rotunda theater. A continuous
voice narration will retell the story
of Christ's birth.
One section of the exhibit area
will be taken up with a display of
1,500 dolls which have been dressed
by the Ford Girls' Club for distribution by the Goodifellows to under-privileged  children.
The court also will be occupied
by animated characters from the
land of fiction and fairy tale - -
Jack and Jill, Little Boy Blue, Wee
Willie Winkie, the cow jumping
over the moon, RobinJhood and
Puss-in-Boots.
Children and growups may visit
Santa's workshop, where Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs operate a toy manufacturing assembly line. In the same area will be
ths French pastry shop, where animated dolls "manufactuare" pastries and candy. Nearby in a wood
land scene, some of the animals
play musical instruments in the
orchestra, while others pop corns
and ride the bobsled down a wood'
ed hill.
The Rotunda center court, now
occupied by the Parisian street
scene i~vi 60-foot Eiffel Tower, -will
be adapted to "-'a* ~*C_rast_na£* -m
Paris" theme. The outside of the
Botunda will be dominated by
giant Christmas candles and the
traditional Yuletide decorations.
A press preview for Detroit
area newspapermen and radio and
television representatives was held
Friday, prior to the public opent-
ing of the show.
The Rotunda will be open from
8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., weekdays and
Saturdays, and from 1 p.m. to-
9 p.m. on Sundays. The building
will be closed from. Christmas Eve
until Monday morning, Decemibeir
26. The Fantasy -will continue with
out Santa and his reindeer, until
New Year's* Eve.
er's
Day
Homemak
December 6
"Homemaker of Tomorrow Day"
wil be observed here December 6.
A startling total of 256,534 career-minded graduating 'girls in 10,
222 of tihe nation's high schools
simultaneously that day will test
their aptitude for the career that
awaits eight of 10 of them—home-
inakinig.   *
Included will be the senior girls
of
Saline Area Schools
who have been enrolled in the Betty
Croeker Search for the American
Homemaker of Tomorrow.
General Mils credits part of this
year's increase to the impact the
program .has made on the entire
school curriculum. School administrators registering entries include homemaking teachers, guidance counselors, deans and teachers in physical education and
social  studies.
A total of 361 schools and 9,835
girls in this state will take the 50-
minute written homemaking exa-'
mination which will be the basis
for selecting the school and State
Homemaker of Tomorrow. The
examination paper of the girl receiving the highest test score in
each school will be entered in state
competition with each state runner-up a $500.
Each girl who takes the test Will
receive a homerSaking guide. Each
school -winner wil receive a golden Homemaker of Tomorrow pin
designed by Trifari and her school
will receive a eook book. The
school of each state winner will
receive a set of -the. Encyclopedia
Britannioa.
Saline 4-H Club
Member- Honored
Kirk ■ Gordon, youg exhibitor at
the September State Fair was honored Tuesday evening at a banquet
held in Chicago's LeSalle Hotel.
Awardis were made by the Poland China Association, and Kirk
was prsented wiht a wrist watch
and electric de*_k clock.
Young Gordon's selection was
made on the basis of the show's
best pen 'and was unanimous by
the judges at the Septembr affair.
H has been in Chicago for two
days and will return late Thursday evening accompanied by his
father, Ernest Girbach.
ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL  MENU
MONDAY
CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP
FRUIT and MILK
CHILI
TUESDAY
BREAD
JELLO and MILK
SANDWICH
and BUTTER
WEDNESDAY
HAMBURGER SANDWICH
ICE CREAM
VEGETABLE
MILK
THURSDAY
SOUP
PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH
MILK and FRUIT.
FRIDAY
TUNA NOODLE CASSEROLE
BREAD an! BUTTER
SALAD
ICE CREAM and MILK
Gene Girbach Is
4-H Exhibitor
In Detroit Show
Gene Girbach will be XX lone
Saline exhibitorat the Detroit
Junior livestock Show to be held in
Detroit next Tuesday through
Thursday at the state fairgrounds..
The show is under the direction of
the ?-h Club. More than 40 memi-
bers from Washtenaw County will
participate.       —
The young exhibitors -will be accompanied to Detroit by Mrs.
Anna B. Brown, Home Demonstration Agent, and Donald K. Johnson, County Agricultural Agent,   ■
The boys and girls will be among
425 youngsters from 31 other counties in Michigan who will show
570 steers, 78 pens of fat . lambs
and 67 pens of market hogs, a record for the Detroit Show.
The animals will been entered
on Tuesday, and will be exhibited
on "Wednesday. And on Thursday
they will be-sold at auction.
While-at Detroit, the youngsters
will complete for scholarship, cash
awards and trophies. They will be
quartered at the Fort Shelby Hotel.
Apple Stands Do
Thriving Business
Most Michigan apples are not
sold\in groeery stores.
The majority are bought at roadside stands, farmers' markets and
directly from farmers, a survey
of 230 families in Lansing indicates.
The survey was taken by J. D.
Shaffer and G. G. Quaokenbush,
Michigan State University agricultural* economists. The enconic-
mists noted food purchases for
the. last week in September. And
about 39 pr cent of the families
reported buying apples at the
time.
While 75 er cent of the families
bought apples at groeery stores,
the M. S. U. men found, only 37
per cent of the apples purchased
were bought in grocery stores.
The reason: Housewives bought
an average of around four and a
half pounds at a time at the store.
But the families bought over 20
pounds a t a time in other places.
And the average price at grocery stores was slightly over 11
.cents .compared with only "6 cents
a pound from other sources" That
was due mainly to larger quantities purchased from the latter—
42 percent in bushel baskets.
Telephone Co.
Urges Early
Christmas Calls
Suggestions_were issued by General Telephone Company of Michigan to help speed the traditional
Christmas Greting long distance
calls anticipated. This year Christmas Day falls on Sunday, and
many telephone subscribers will
want to take advantage of the holiday by calling friends and relatives.
looking at last year's holiday records, predict a delay in long distance calls unless the volume can
be distributed over the entire
Christmas week. Subscribers are
urged to place long distance calls
to distant points well in advance
of December 25.
Local Banks
Pay Out $25,000
It was learned the two banks in
Saline have distributed more than
$25,000 In Christmas Savings to
members of the 1955 clubs. Both
banks   are  continuing the service,
About 80 per cent., of the funds
made available will be used for
-hristmas shopping. According to
statistics of .a national consumers
survey Saline merchant swill re-
} ceive about 30 per cent of the holiday purchases.
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OPERATION SEASCAPE gels under way as two
of 60 participating powerboats shove off with a
«>a- of evacuees, while Civil Air Patrol planes
"y reconnaissance overhead. If the United States
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were threatened by attack, similar "real McCoy"
evacuations might be needed urgently to take
stranded people out of isolated coastal areas,
islands or urban waterfronts. (Baltimore Sun Photo)
Local High School Bands
Will Present Annual
Program December 6
The Saline Bands will present boner solo, clarinet quartet, tatxm-
their first annual Band Frolics on bone trio, trumpet solo, a German.
Tuesday evening, December 6th, at iBand, a dance band, as well as
the High School Auditorium. A
capacity crowd is expected to hear.
55 piece Senior Band and the 60
piece Junior High Band present
concert music during the first half
of the program.
The Junior High Band will present the first part of the concert
which   will-include the  following
-elections: "Marchp        Poco",
'Night Beat", and "Dance with me
Henry." Then, the Senior High
Concert Band will perform the
Allowing selections: Invereargill-
Vlarco, Italian in Algiers Overture,
Tower of Jew« s -Baritone solo,
ind the French Quarter Suite-
Soloist for the evening wiE be Bob
Parsons, Senior and" first chair
baritone player of the band.
After the intermission, the act-
ual Band Frolics will begin. Featuring music by the High School
Band along with the various acts
and stage "presentations, the show
3/omises to be highly entertaining
ind unusual. The musical acts on
he program will include  a trom-
featured numbers by the concert
band. Acts include a ballet dancer, dance contests, and a co_i_e-
dian. AU in all, it promises to be
well worth the admission price.
Admission to the program will
be by tickets which can be bought
from individual band members, or
at th door for 75c—adult admission, and 50c—student admissioa.
Proceeds from the concert are to
go towards furnishing the band
room' -with Hi-Fi recording and
playback .equipment. This equipment is to include a tape recorder,
record turntable, amplifier, speakers, microphones, and radio tuners. Also, the band is planning a
Soring Tour again this yeair in
connection with their State Festival trip.
So each member of the surrounding co____aurndty is invited to attend
this first annual Band Frolics—___"-
55, December 6th, beginning at 8
o'clock. Be sure to come early to
obtain a good seat.
& Your Car Ready for
Winter, Says Experts
Funeral Services Held
For David D. Levleit
With Military Honors
Funeral services for Cpl. David
D. Levleit, who died in the Korean
combat, were held last Monday.
Interment was in Oakwood cemetery, -with The Rev. H. L. Engel
Officiating.
Cpl- Levleit was reported missing in action Dec. 6, 1950. He was
reported officially dead by the department of defense January, 1953.
David Levleit was born April 2,
1931, a son of Daniel D. and Lucille Schill Levleit, Saline. He
entered the military service in
1948 and was stationed Ft. Brec-
kenridge, Ky.,   and Fort Benning,
Ga. before being sent to "Korea at
the outbreak of war. He was confirmed and a member of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Surviving are his stepmother,
Mrs. Melinda Niethammer Levleit;
three brothers, two sisters, and his
maternal grandmother, Mrs. Fred
Schill, Saline.
His father Daniel Levleit, died
October, 1955. - •
The William B. Lutz Post No.
322, American Legion Saline was
in attendance and military honors
were accorded at the graveside, by
the Legion Rifle Team and Bugler
Arthur Katterjohn.
Fire Destroys
Barn,  Equipment
Near Saline
Fire broke out in the barn of
Glen Crittenden last Thursday
and completely destroyed the building. The farm is owned by Merle
Trout, 12706 Saline-Macon Rd. just
outside of Saline. Origin was not
determined.
The Saline "Fire Department an-
swred the call at 6:30 p.m. when
the fire, it was learned, was well
under way.
Although no one was injured a
near-accident occurred when ar
electric line pole fell near crowd
pf onlookers. Crittenden lost mGre
than 250 laying hens and a silo
filled with corn, in addition to p
new tractor, combine and other
farm implements. No loss cf livestock was reported.
The Tecumseh Fire Dept. answered a second call when for a
time, it was thought the hcuse
might be a victim to tha flames
The Saline Fire Department used
two   trucks for the call.
Happy Birth
j.
aay
A very Happy Birthday greeting
from the Observer to the following
folks. Eileen Austin, Mrs. Leland
Dicks, Joyce Ann Graf, Walter
McArthur Jr.. Ormand Seitz, Jam-_
es Austin, Jimmy Griffin. Mrs. C.
D. Miller, Mrs. Orrin Girbach, Leland Dicks. Robert Gable and Mildred' Guenther.
Motorists who figure there's
olenty- of time to get their cars
ready for winter after the first
_ost, are like home owners who
wait for the first snow to take
down the screens, state police
warn  motorists.
Getting ready for winter ahead
of time is doubly important because December snowstorms can
be more hazardous to motorists
than January blizzards. All too
often the .first snowfall finds
many motorists unprepared, both
mechanically and  psychologically.
It was urged that every motorist observe the following following
safety rules:   .   .
Don't   blame  accidents   on   the
weather; be ready for it.
■ When snow or ice comes, get the'
"feel" of the road before starting
out. ..'*■■'•*'
Keep the" windshield clear of
fog and frost, and be sure headlights, windsheild wiper blades
and defrosters are working.
On snow- and ice, use reinforced
tire chains. They cut stopping,
distance in half, and give 4 to 7
times greater traction, regardless
of temperature.
When you stop, don't jam on the
brakes. "Pump" your brakes to
avoid skids. _,
Following other cars at a safe
distance. Give yourself room tb
stop, if the other fellow does- ■
It -■■ was emphasized too, that
too much dependence cannot be
placed on winterized tires, sometimes relied on, instead of tire
chains.
"There has been much confusion
as to the effectiveness of snow
tires under various- winter conditions," he said. "Also, there have
been exuberant and misleading
claims made which have added to
the confusion of both drivers and
traffic officials. The National
Safety Council completed more
tests last January and has reported
as follows:
"The better snow tires give advantage in loose snow and stash'.
The latest tread designs are sucih
as to be satisfactory for regular
whiter use. But don't let this lead
you to feel there is a sitnilatr advantage on ice or very hard packed
snow, because snow. tires are not
much more effective than regular
tires for these conditions.
"The tread treatments of some
types, known as 'winterizing', give
a small amount of tractive advantage on hard icy surfaces. Oa_
snow, however, such treatments,
give no advantage.
About Tire Chains. *
"Committee tests have s-k>w_
tfeat Teinfbreed>«hains cjit "faeate-
iiig distances in half on "both enow
and ice. With these chains, traction to start is increased sup "to 7
times over that possible with Tegular tires on ice. On packed saavr,
these chains out-pull regular tires
nearly 4 times.
"Let's admit, the average driver
dislike to bother with tire chains
But in spite of this, the experienced
driver invariably carries them.
"Some drivers anay voice distrust of all tire chains on ice" because of soine past unsatisfactory
experience with round wire Sink
chains "(known as "regular"
chains). Regular chains will provide good stop-and-go traction on
snow and ice, but their side-skid
resistance on ice is poor compared
to reinforced tire chains.
"Reinforced tire chains (each
link of the cross chain is reinforced by projecting teeth or
cleats) are very effective on glare
ice in reducing braking distances,
opposing side-skids and increasing
forward traction as compared with
regular chains. Particularly noticeable in these improved chains
is their much better resistance to
side-skids-"
Barn Fire
Baptisms Sunday
Baptismal rites were held or
Sunday morning at Federater
Church for Shara Lyn Jae-ser
daughter* of Mr. and Mrs. Don**!
Jaeger of Ypsilanti, and for Mai.
Robert, son of Mr. and M-rs. R-*>.
bsTt Jacobs of East Ana Al**:
Mr. and Mrs. Charles And-rsor
of Saline, aunt and uncle of Sharr
Lyn took godparent's v-nvs Iqr her
The Rev. Henry McKenzie. p~s
tor of the church, officiated an*
Mr. Clarence Johnson was the as
sisting Presbyterian Elder.
Mrs- Jacobs and Mr. Jaeger air
cousins, having both been rearef
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Br
nest Jaeger of Saline.
Local   Newc   Items
Richard Hoeft, who has com
i>leted h _ basic training at For
Riley, Kansas has been spendin.3 r
two week's furlough at his heme
He -will report to Fort Sill, Okla
homa.*-
idrm near
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Saline last I'liursday Eight. The Saline Fire Department was the first on the scene and fought
the blazing building for more than two -horns to-save other buildings.on the property.