1956-02-09; Saline Observer

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SEVENTY - SECOND TEAR
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1956 — SAIJNE, MICHIGAN
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roducers Discuss Competition. New Organizations
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Saline
Observer was invited by the
M.M.P.A. to attend a special
luncheon meeting in Detroit
last Tuesday for jnembers off
the press, radio and TV. Because of the high interest in
the Saline area, we dispatched
a member of our staff to cover
the pro€eedings.
ing was Glenn Lake, president of by the members of M.M.F.A. The' that M.M.P.A. does not have legal that would affect the local market, ually-in this market. ing. It calls for, determined and
the Association. He reported as dairy-farmer members of M.M.P. bargaining rights. This is absolute- When asked if the M.M P-A The attacks by other and new active support of the Detroit mar-
follows to the meeting. A. have always chosen to seek ly false. M.MP.A. has every right would supply milk to dairies pickl groups were referred to at the Ket Sales Committee to get.a gooa
"The dairy farmer members of economic justice through, ethical to bargain and can do much more eted by the Pair Share group Pre- meeting as nothing more than re- price for milk Professional ana-
M.M.P_A. have long since, assum- marketing procedures. It is hoped for their members in the way of sident Lake answered that his marks on the part of people who lysis by the Michigan-State Uni-
ed the responsibility of producing that these procedures will prevail marketing their milk. The Fair matter would be decided when the labor under the impression that versity of the present Association
a high quality product at a reason- in the" future, ratheiwthan to turn Share Committee points to the New time comes. . they can do a better job for tihe program. Better cooperation be-
able price to the consumer. It takes to violence and destruction. York Class Iprice of $6.00. This - answer to a Question from farmer than the MMPA which has tween the association and other
37 cents worth of the cheapest "Farmers are bitter over the is true, however, this is not the the &OQr y. brought out that Proven lts ability and stands on farm organizations to improve the
rce  of other  foods  to provide increased spread between produc- Price ^  producer  is  paid;  The  ^                 t    f  ft    |armers  are  these matters bv its past record, farm and dairy. legislation.
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the nutritional values contained in  er" _i_d"* consumer^^'prices.^ They whole  *™*  is   tta* «•«  average member _f toe ^PAThL5 was     °ne   of   ^   -Cresting   things A bett.   r- .-lie relations ■
a quart of milk, The average work- have no voice or control over re_ price paid to New York producers ,_.          rd  fo .^ subject o£ how  brought out at the session which to bstter inform the public c__et-
er can buy 11 quarts of milk for  tail prices.                                            * . the year 1955 was $3.95, where- many ^^ talmels are members  lasted nearly three hours was the ivities and objectives of the assoc-
The   current   attack   is   coming  aS Detrlt Producers. received$4.05.   ^^ TQ TApE a   -; fact that the average worker can iation.   The  economic  position  of
each hour of work; this is an all-
time record.                                          fr ^ ^"-^dr  g^ Bargai___ng " ^ h°Ped *&**■ dairy *a™ers orbottTgroups. Officers reported now  Pur*^3-3^ ' eleven    quarts  of the dairy farmer" ofdoday a~nd the
'Farmers are aistrubed because  Committee who boast of their al- wU1 take  ****me- 8et ^ *•***--• facts- that few,  if any*'were legitimate mlk ,£or ®_* ^°lf he. works.  It value  of dairy  produetSj.
,      ,               ,.      .   _   .     ^7 are not sharing in the unpre- Uance with labor unions and a deal evaluate   them   realistically,   and members of both groups and that ™-s also told that tiie price of imlp To  further  investigate  entering
f_^__T__^J_- *_  ^tJ^^J^*™** -th the Teamsters' Union.  They ™ta their ovm decisions   To be- ^ feW.had been  enticed into J" *™_ ^Z^.TtT^l the distributing business on an ex'
By ERMOND (RED)  HUGHES
Uoa in this area of the state.          order  to  survive, dairymen have 'e^ _ke"y pr^se"to  a.c£_£_- *«*   ™   arrangement   is   ill-con- "™"  ^ ^ "^ ^ that   his   may   come   about  if   a pers.  To proc^d with plans  for
Lou   Morley   of   the   B.B.P.A.,  tad   to  expand  their investments mB by a ^ike, using orgar^zed  reived,  illogical  and  illegal." ^^nths  oiIFeteSry  th_*ouIh  change " DOt m*de- ^e neW  Associatlon office  bu_lc_-
aeted as toastmaster at the meet-  extensively.  Investment^on many haulers   as   the   "big   stick.   The     A lengthy question and answer janUary                                                 The  ten  P0"1* Pr°gram  of ™e hig. To instigate an accident and
ing   He introduced Howard Sim- dairy farms currently runs to$100,- Saies Committee and Board of Di- period was conducted following the _      ."     „_.   ,. Q ^ „,_,    . „    -  Board of Directors of the Michigan disability  income  protection  plan
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rectors have the same objective talk  by  President   Lake.   During
Milk   Producers   Association,   de
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off the history, activites and ob- "An increase   in   the   price   of but propose to  accomplish it by this   session   it  was   brought  out the Detroit market it was brought signed to better the sUuation for                  ramnaiffn ta -DorMR<_ objectives of the association. milk to farmers is urgently need- ethical and practical means. The that   there  is  no  importation  of out that one and one half billion both the producers   and the con- vigorous w'"''   -■■ «■« luciedbe u_e
The principal speaker at the meet ed. It is being aggressively bought Fair   Share   Committee   contends milk into this'area to any degree pounds of milk are handled ann- sumers was outlined at the meet- use of milk vending machines.
Truck Skids Into Dairy Bar
SALINE—A Twin Pines trailer
truck carrying a load of milk plowed into the Saline Dairy Bar
shortly before noon today, causing
an estimated $3,000 worth of damage.
No one was injured although an
employe, Mrs. Harold Frey, Sa«
line, who was standing nearby, said
she was paralyzed with fear as the
heavy semi ripped through part" of
the building, nearly striking her.
The driver, Toivo J. Olli of Livonia, was pulling into the driveway to make a delivery when the
vehicle skidded on icy cement and
rammed into the side of the building. The struck disrupted soup
cans, tipped Oyer a deep fryer and
grill, smashed*'^ deep freeze and
moved counters and. stools, as ft I
took part.of, the large* _*late glasiy
window and part of the building
with it.
Saline police estimate the truck
skidded some 35 feet.
Damage ljvas confined to the
truck and building. The milk bottles remained intact! ^
The dairy bar, located on the
outskirts of the city, is owned by
Harry Hersch of Saline.
Drive In Service? ?
'Greater Saline'
Committees
Meet Jointly
Wednesday evening there was a
joint meeting of three recently appointed committees of the Greater
Saline Area Association. The dues
membership and organization com
mittees met at Still's Restaurant
and discussed matters that will
be finally voted on at the coming dinner meeting of the Association to be held on February 20
at the American Legion home.
'The organizational committee reported that it was working on a
rough draft of a constitution and
by-laws designed to govern the
body.
The discussion at this informal
meeting, presided over by Larry
Deede, was general yet covered
many points that must be decided on before the organization is
the smooth operating one its sponsors are hoping  for.
Daniel Hertler,
74, Passes Away
Daniel Hertler, 74, bf 712 E
Michigan Ave., died suddenly at
his home at 11 a.m. Tuesday. He
was born March 16, 1881 at Saline, Michigan, the son of Gottlieb and Katherine Kolder Hertler.
On August 18, 1910 he was married to Minnie Weber. He lived
in Ann Arbor until 1920 when he
moved to his present farm. He was
a member of Trinity Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Saline.
Surviving is his wife; two sons
Carlton of Ann Arbor and Paul,
\t home; five daughters, Mrs. Ruth
Brookins of Ann Arbor, Mrs. Esther Gross, Mrs. Dorothy Quick,
Mrs. Eleanor (Smith of Saline and
Mrs. Lorena *Liston of Bountiful,
Utah; thirteen .grandchildren^
„ Also, surviving .are two brothers
Alfred of Sa__ne*Hev_ Edwin Hertler of _aCrescen|^*Minn.,..pne sister, Helen Hertler of Ann Arbor.
Funeral Services will be held on
Friday afternoon at 2 at Lockwood
Funeral Home at Saline, with Rev.
H. L. Engel officiating. Burial will
be in Oakwood Cemetery.
The family suggests memorials
to Trinity Evangelical Lutheran
church of Saline.
OFFICER KIRBY of the Saline Police Department watches with interest as truck driver
Toivo J. Olli "deEiVersi milk" to t_e Saline Dairy Bar via the front entrance. Damage wtas
estimated to be nearly $3,000 and accilenit occured during the sleet storm, last Monday. No
one was injui-ed.
Over The Top
/
The county polio drive soared Dexter,. $3,053; Dixboro $250
more than $6,000 over its planned-
goal. With an announced quota
of $57,600 the Washtenaw County
March of Dimes collected $64,071,
according to drive chairman Mrs.
John H. Huss.
"We are grateful to our citizens
md our volunteers for their help
and generosity. Polio ;sn't -licked
yet, arid we can now continue
help* to its victims for another
Tuesday money raised from can-
year.
Since the drive officially closed
nister contributions - and special e-
vents havehelped put the drive, o-
ver the top.
. Final reports show the following
contribution!;: Ann Arbor, $30,69lr
ypsilanti, $8,994;   Chelsea,  $1,410;
Visited Capita
East
Ann Arbor, Pittsfield Village, and
Pittsfield Park, $1,638 Manchester, $1,331; Milan. $3,221; Saline,
$3,123; Whitmore Lake, $470; Willow Village, $1,200.
Contributions from townships totaled as follows: Ann Arbor,$523;
Augusta, $471; Bridgewater, $212;
Dexter, $287; Freedom, $307; Lima
$147; Lodi $337; Lyndon, $65
Manchester, $212 Norhtfield,$347;
Pittsfield,  $1,187.
Other township - contributions
were: -Salem, $266; Saline, $24f_;
Scio, $590; Superior, $413; Sylvan,
Ypsilanti, $2,356.
Heading the township drive was
Mrs. John Goslee in 'Ypsilanti,
$11; Webster, $248; -York, $255;
Mrs. Richard Warner; and in Ann
Arbor, Mrs. George Dibble.
Beg Yer
Pahdon!
. If your name was spelled wrong
in a story last week-or if you
_und some sentences so jumbled
you couldn't make sense out of
_«. story-or if you found a few
words you couldn't locate in the
dictionary-don't be alarmed !Your
editor hasn't lost his sight-but he
has other troubles. Yes, a new
fangled type setting machine, that
just insisted on acting up and proceeding to turn out so many mistakes a five handed printer could-
Womens  Club
Plans Banquet
The members of the Saline Woman's Club and their guests will
gather at St. Pauls Church on Tues-
f"day evening February 14 at 6:30
p.m. The occasion will be the
annual guest night Banquetr The
speaker will be Mrs. B. H. Watt,
the superintendent of the Girls'
Training School at Adrian,
Program Chairmen for this mee-
tin are Mrs. Carl Curtiss, and Mrs.
Everett Collins. Music will be un-
ier the* direction of Mr. Arthur
Katterjohn and will feature a piano solo by Joan Austin; a flute solo
by Jane Campbell, Jane.Campbell
Sandra Ross, Alice Sheehan and
Carol Wright.
. Devotions will he given by Mrs.
Alvin Siemsen.
Reservations for this dinner
must be made on or before Sat-
n't keep up with them. An all out
effort has been made this week to j urday   February  Uth   with   Mrs.
Chris Volz, chairman, of the club's
Social  Committee.  The  members
correct the situation and'it is the
hope of all that you will find this
edition easier, to read and even
more  interesting.
City Council Approves
Variety Of Matters
ROBERT PARSONS, president the -.-United States government
of the Saline Methodist Youth FeL- Each MYF representative visited
lowship,  returned Saturday from &e congressman from his area dur-
w„1_ k_ VisH t0 New York aI.   ing  the   tour.   ShoW above   are
Washington, D.C, where he took mg  me   wu^ „ ,»■'_.,„.
Part in the MYF Detroit Confer- Congressman Georp Meador,
ence's "UN-Washington Seminar." Mrs. Anna Davis, Adrian; Miss
Purpose of the Seminar was a Sue Pellowe, ^Adrian; and Bob
study of organization and proced- Parsons, who is the son of JUr. and
«r« in the United Nations and .in- Mrs. -Bruce "Parsons <>f ttis^ctt^-
At the Monday evening meeting
of the Mayor and City Council;
building permits -were vojed ap-j
proved for one new residence and
^wo commercial remodeling projects. Edward Hiser was granted
permission to build a new residence at a cost of $17,500 on Linden Court. Gamble Store, remodel-
ng the .interior, $1500 and Saline
Savings Bank, remodeling of a
oack.room, $500.
Aonroval of the Department of
Health was given for a six inch
?.nd a four inch water line in Saline Heights on Hollywood Drive
md Marion Court.
The Council voted its approval
*or, Harry Bishop, sewage -plant
operator to attend a two day training school at the Lawrence Institute of Technology at Detroit
In regard to me matter of the
Usposal of raw garbage the clerk
was instructed to contact the Burns
iirm of  Ann  Arbor.
A sample ballot to be used at
the special election on March 12
was approved by Attorney Roesch.
ir ■•■ s voted that Atty Roesch
Tfd Stimson and Assessor Muir
serve for -the year. 1956 on the
Board  of Review.
Iff- the matter of surface drain-
>?e f-ir the-Golden-Acres Development it was pointed out by Mr.
Schap and associates that an 8-inch
water line down South Ann Arbor
Street from Michigan avenue for a
be required. ~* •--... t1"1 opinion
of the Council th-_t the cost c_ this
installation shoi-H be s--l". between
the city and the sub-dividers.
of this group are Mrs .-Martin Fuoss
Mrs. Arthur Jacobsen, Mrs. Oscar
Weber. Mrs. Reuben Visel and Mrs.
Everett Wolfin.
Area Democrajts Attend Conference;
State Department Head Speaks
Dr. James W. Miller, State Controller and Executive Head of the
State Department of Administration, spoke Saturday, February 4
at- a Democratic Legislative Program Conference held at.McKen-
ny Hall in Ypsilanti. Democrats
from Monroe, Lenawee, and Washtenaw Counties were included in
the conference, which was one of
a series being held throughout the
state under the auspices of the
Michigan State Central Corrmittee
of the Democratic Party.
Speaking on the state budget recently submitted to the Michigan
Legislature by Governor G. Mennen Williams, Dr. Miller said, "If
the Legislature adopts the budget
as presented, Michigan will have
taken important steps toward providing the services neejied by the;,
people of Michiganpiand should
.ha#&_ balance;1. Of .oyer ~a million
and" a quartet in the ^ate treasury in June of 1957."
; Dr.' Miller pointed out tha* the
budget was based-'on the use ol
present surpluses as well as on
anticipated income and that the
1315,000,000 figure u'cd a1, the a-s
mount of revenue expected from
existing taxes is lower than estimates made by Other agencies and
organizations within the state.
"The increase of $61,000,000 in
requested appropriations is largely
accounted for in added funds for
higher education, mental health,
the services of general government, conservation, recreation-, agriculture,   and  public   health   and
safety", the speaker stated.
Group discussion on some of the
54 major items in Governor Williams' messages to the legislature
followed. Lynn W. Eley, Research
Associate of the Institute of Public Administration, University of
Michigan was chairman of. the
meetin'g which had been arranged
by Mrs. Robert -Hodesh of Pittsfield Township. Mrs. Howard Blad-
kenburg, Ypsilanti, Democratic
County Chairman, welcomed the
guests. Local hostesses were Mrs.
Clarence Loyster, Miss Ann Hub-
ell, %nd Mrs. Gladys Sweet, all of
Ypsilanti.
Father And Son
Banquet Planned
•£   _s*_""^ __
.'teT-SirSday, March 1, has heen set
as the date for the annual ban-
<juet of Fathers *and Sons of the
Federated Church^-^congregation.
Mrs. Silas Nord, ^presideht of the
Ladies Aid Society of the. Church,
annOimcPs that that organization
Svill serve the m«^al. - " \
Frank Brittain is general chairs-
man in charge of plans for the
banquet, and will announce program plans in the near future.
Ticket chairman is AT Youngs, and
other members of his committee include CChomas King, Arthur Cuff,
and Lauren Wild.
Farm Implement Association
Meets In Saline Legion Hall
There were forty-eight, present
for the regional meeting of the
Michigan Farm Equipment Assoc-
'ation held on Monday afternoon,
followed by a dinner, at the Saline American Legion home.
The local meeting was arranged
by Alwyn Gross of Saline, president of the Implement dealers of
the state, which encompasses some
675 farm implement dealers.
Those present for the meeting
today were representatives of all
the farm equipment dealers in this
area, representatives of the manufacturers and employees of the
dealers.
Among the principal speakers
were S. E. Larsen, secretary of
the association; John Chamberlain,
of the state sales tax office and
Boger McDonald of the Hardware
Mutuals   insurance   firm.   He   ex
plained the workings of group insurance for the dealers and their
employees.
The purpose of this meeting was
to call attention of the dealers to
the latest legislation that might affect their business.
Following the speaking program
there was general discussion periods during which questions from
tihe floor were answered.
Two short films were shown during the meeting. One was a projection showing what the farmers
and the dealers could expect in
jection showing what the farmers
ing by 1975. The toher had ta do
with the improvements now being
made to care for the farmers needs
and requirements. .
- This was one of nine meetings
that will be held throughout the
state in the next few months.
Meeting At Legion Hall
Arrested In Theft
Charge- with larceny from a
building, Max McHenry of Saline
was before municipal court on
Tuesday morning and was bound-'
over to Circuit Court until February 14 with bail set st $300. He
was arrested by local police after
he allegedly stole $254 from Burg's
Bar on Sunday night. P"!!*"**. "--ere
able to recover.$244 from.McHenry.
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PART OF THE GROUP of • members of tihe Michigan Farm Equipment Asaodation. whCeh
held a meeting* at the Saline American Legion home on Monday. The meeting vras held to
acquaint tihe dealere 'with new" legislation -which night a£fect__ tiheir, business.