1956-06-28; Saline Observer

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SEVENTY - THIRD YEAR    (Member:    SAUNE CHAMBER OF; COMM__RCl_) THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1956 — SALINE, MICHIGAN
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Organization Meeting Of
Ban41!arents Friday Night
There" will be approximately 250
members" in the Saline Area Band
Parent- Club when organization
is completed this Friday evening,
June 29, at the high school band
room. The meeting there will take
place at is pm-
The number of Active members
depends on the parents. For if you
are the parent ofe"a member of
the high school t>and, the junior
high school band,'the intermediate
hand, or the beginner's band, you
are automatically a member of
this club. There are no dues. You
are urged to be there.
The main order of business will
he the election of -officers. Voting
will be by ballot. Officers to be
elected are a president, vice-president, secretary treasurer, and a
hoard consisting of two families
from each one of the senior high,
junior high and elementary bands.
After the election there will be
discussions on the drawing up of
a constitution and ways and means'
of backing the bands.
An earlier meeting — on June
15 __ brought a good response from
the parents. Mr. Katterjohn, the
band director, gave an outline of
the activities of the band and a
few comments. Then the problem
of organizing the club came up.
This was solved when it was decided to have a committee meet
to nominate the officers to be elected.
This committee met on Friday
evening, June 22, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. William Schlief at
Saline Valley Farms*. Besides the
Schliefs, members of the committee were Mr. -and Mrs. Clyde Kidwell, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bowen
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fritz, Mr."
and Mrs. Ray Rosander and Mr.
and Mrs. Maurice Robbins.
After making their nominations
they left it open for other nomina-
tins from the floor.
This committee has also decided to offer its services in sponsoring an ice cream social sometime
soon if given approval at this Friday's meeting.
A need for such ap. organization
has been realized' for some time;
as most of the bands in the surrounding communities have parents' groups that are quite effective in helping their bands.
For the past four years the Saline high bands have taken top honors in regional band competition
and have gone on to do the same
in the state contests. This year the
junior high band took an excellent
rating at the regionals but were
unable to make the .trip to the
state meeting in Muskegon.
The junior high band was the only one to appear at the junior high
football games in the Huron League
last season and perhaps the only
one in the state. At the June 15
meeting Mrs. Meredith Bixby said
that there was a movement to
obtain uniforms for this band.
The high school band has appeared in many other schools during the
past few years. They have also
appeared at Detroit Lions football games', the TJ. of M. band
day, the state fair and community
fairs. They have been on radio in
both Lansing and Ann Arhor.
Wherever they have appeared they
have brought attention and credit
to our conrmunity.
To continue their fine record
they must have backing from the
lower grades on up. The school
board has been very generous. In
fact, at times they have even
stretched their budget .a little to
provide for the band. A private donation has kept the high school
band in uniforms.
But some of these sources' of
revenue are limited and the schoot
does have to have many of its
instruments repaired and replaced and some new ones purchased.
The Saline Area Band Parents
Club is not intended to be solely
a money-making club, though.They
are going to be a social organization as well, with dances', parties
and other get-to-gethers.
So — be sure to attend our organizational meeting this Friday,
in the band room.
Church Circles
To Meet
The Circles of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the
First Methodist Church will meet
as follows: >
The Mary L. Circle on Tuesday,
July 3, at 8:00 p.m. at the home
of Mrs. Leon Vedder.
The Ruth Circle on- Teus'day,
July 3, at 8:00 p.m. ,at the home
of Mrs. Edward Filsinger.
The Esther Circle on Tuesday,
July 10, at 1:00. p.m. at the Don
Ford's Cottage on Wampler's
Lake with a potluck dinner.
WATER FLUSHING
TAKE NOTICE
City water mains will be
flushed Friday, June 29tl_.
Legion Elects
'56-'57 Officers
At a meeting held la&'t Thursday the William B. Lutz Post, American Legion held an election of
officers. They are: Milton Finkbeiner, commander; Harvey Klu-
ewe, senior vice commander; Jack
Graf, junior vice commander; Douglas Hoeft, finance officer; Duane
Steiner, chaplain; and Lloyd Dell,
historian.
Also selected were delegates to
the Department Convention to be
held in Lansing August 2, 3, 4, and
5. The delegates are Milton Finkbeiner, Harvey Kluewe, Larry
Deede and Ralph TJphaus; alternates: Frank Deede, Clyde Griffin, Wayne Goble and Erwin
Sehmid.
Helen Graf Weds
Robert Freeland
The marriage of~Miss Helen Jane
Graf,, the youngest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Graf
Saline, to Robert Freeland, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freeland,
Ann Arbor, was solemnized in a
candlelight service at the Methodist Church at eight o'clock, Saturday evening. The service was
performed by the pastor, Rev. F.
F. Benish.
James Austin sang "Because"
and the "Lord's Prayer," and Mrs.
Merrett Martin, Sr., was organist.
The bride's sister, Miss- Joyce
Graf, was maid of honor, and
bridesmaids were Mrs. Richard
Sayler, Tecumseh, Mrs. James
Frayer, Milan, and the ^room's
sister, Mrs. John Born, 'Jackson.
The ©room was assisted by his
brother-in-law, John Born, as best
man, and ushers were his brother, Richard Freeland and Donald
Freeman, Ann Arbor, and the
bride's brother, Gerald Graf, Saline.
The bride's gown was of white
Eosepaiate lace - and tulle, made
chapel length with a square heck-;
line and long sleeves. She carried a white Bible on which was
an "orchid with streamers of ste-
phonotis. Her veil fell from a
crown of seed pearls and brilliants. V
The bridesmaids and maid of
honor's gowns were of white dotted
nylon over blue taffeta, made with
a bouffant skirt, scoop neckline
and white cumberbund with large
bow in the back. The flowers of
the maid of honor were a cascade
bouquet of pink and blue carnations, and the bridesmaids were
cascade bouquets of pink carnations.
The flower girl was Janice Born,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Born, who wore a floor length
dress made like that of the other
attendants.
The ring bearer was the nride's
nephew, Michael Graf, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Graf, who wore a
formal suit similar to those worn
by the men in the wedding party.
The -bride's mother wore a blue
lace gown with white accessories
and the groom's mother's gown
was blue, her accessories were
also white, and both wore corsages
of pink carnations.
Mrs. Freeland is a graduate of
the Saline High School and is employed in the office of Argus Co.
Mr. Freeland, a graduate of the
Ann Arbor High School, ,is em-
nloved at the Gray Gulf Station,
Saline.
MARIAN JOHNSON, winner of .the slogan conitest conducted by tije Saline Chatmber of Commerce; is? shown here
receiving an *award of $50 in Savings Bonds. |*re$$en.t Larry
Deede of the Chaanfeer is making the presentation.
Saline Fair Board Advances
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Opening Date Tw^^l&fe/
Young People
Plan Outing
Lee Colling, Director of the
Young People's Society at Federated Church, announces that all
teen-age young people of the congregation are- invited to an outing
being planned for Sunday afternoon, July 1. Members will meet
at the church at 1:30 o'clock, each
to bring his own meat and buns for
a roast, and other assigned food.
The afternoon will be spent at
Wampler.  Lake.
Legion To
Celebrate
July 4th
Fourth of July activities at the
Legion Home will include a potluck lunch starting at 1:30. Coffee will be served by the ladies
of the post. Auxliary members and
their families * and Legionnaires'
and their families are invited.
At £he regular meeting of the
Fair Board last Monday evening
it was decided that opening day
will be Wednesday, September 12,
and would extend through to Sat-
ruday, SeptemJber 15. Starting date
is. two weeks earlier than 1955.
The Board also decided at the
meeting to hold separate' shows
for the horse and pony events. The
element of danger was considered in showing the events simultaneously, and all agreed the factor
could be elimiinted entirely by a
separation of the show.
An added feature this year will
be a light class horse pulling contest. It had been abandoned for
several years but will be resumed
in the '56 Community Fair.
Raymond Girbach, president of
the Board announced that the us_
of the dynometer would be abandoned in favor of the traditional
"boat" for the light and heavy
classes in the horse pulling event.
Mr. Girbach expressed the hope
that moving the dates up will allow milder weather and in turn
attract a larger attendance. For
the past two years the dates conflicted with cold weather and the
advent of the football season.
Legion
Writes
Hoover
With the definite announcement
by the Hoover Ball and Bearing
Co., that it will transfer operations
to another site in the county area,
towns ,are shuffling about in an
effort to lure the industry to their
vicinity.
Saline, with its many transportation facilities and proximity to
the larger cities will make an effort to induce Hoover to settle
near its subsidiary Universal Die
Casting plant located in Saline.
In a regular meeting of the American Legion held last Thursday
evening the William B. Lutz Post
322 adopted a resolution supporting the effort, and Hoover Ball
and Bearing was forwarded a copy for consideration. The resolution:
WHEREAS: The Hoover Ball and
Bearing Company has indicated it
intends to erect a new plant in
the Ann Arbor area, and
WHEREAS: The City of Saline
has dedicated itself as a "City
of Opportunity" and is undertaking plans to expand its housing, health and School facilities,
land
WHEREAS: Saline has over four
hundred home building lots' with
in its City limits and, has a
wealth of friendly neighbors and
businesses, and
WHEREAS- Employment and the
associated benefits of additional
manufacturing plants is advantageous to veterans of this area
THEREFORE: Be it restolved by
the William B. Lutz Post 322,
The American Legion, in meeting assembled this 21st day of
June 1956 that the Hoover Ball
and Bearing Co. be requested
to give every possible consideration to locating in this imime-
diate-area and furthermore,that
■copies, of this resolution be forwarded  to  the  City  of  Saline,
"f Saline  Chamber  of  Commerce,
"a and- Saline Rotary- Club.
Passed by unanimous  consent -21-
June 1956.
Milton B. Sackett
Post Commander
Attest: Lawrence R. Deede
Post Adjutant
Saline Youngsters Return
From Michigan Award Trip
The participants' of the second
Michigan Award Trip returned to
Saline, Saturday, June 16th, after
six days spent camping in northern
Michigan. The award trip was originated last year to reward students who have displayed outstanding citizenship and effort during
the school year. All students in the
7th, 8th, and 9th'grades are elibible
for the trip. Mr. Jaguith was this
year's' sponsor and Mrs. Jedele
drove the bus which carried us
throughout our trip. Kit Young
and Mrs. Fuhrman also accompanied us on the trip.
Part of the money needed to finance the trip is raised through
group activities and the remainder is the personal Savings of those
taking the  trjp.
The following is a. log kept by
one of the students:
SUNDAY 	
The Michigan Award Trip students, 1956, left Saline at 11:45
a.m. Sunday, June 10th. The first
night Higgins Lake State Park
was reached' at 5:45 p.m. When
we  arrived we were divided ints
Picnic Planned
For July 3
The Afternoon Circle members
of Federated Church women will
hold their annual potluck picnic at
1:00 o'clock on Tuesday,July 3, at
the home of Mrs. Dwight Reynolds
and her mother, Mrs. Wesley Louer
Mrs1. Ferman Clements, chairman of the group, will preside over the brief -business session. Devotions will be led by Mrs. B. D.
Hammond and Mrs. Everett Collins will lead the Program Discussion from, the new Study Book
"Christian Living — Family.Style"
by Betty Ormsbee Mould..
The Evening Circle Group has
postponed its Annual Picnic until
August 7, and omit the, July meeting.
Church Board <To'Meet
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The monthly meeting of the Exe-
cutive .Board of Federated Church,
the Church Council, will be held
at the Church on Sunday afternoon, July 1, at 3:00 .o'clock.
American Legion Has
Celebration Plans Near
Completion In Ypsilanti
PART OF THE CROWD is shown here that jaammel Saline City Park last Sunday Many
out of town visitors took advantage of the facilities offered in the park for recreation. Tne
tennis courts had a waiting list all through the day; baseball, croquet and lawn lunches were
in abundant evidence, while children wadei and fished in tihe river. The park'is inaintained
by the city and is part of the.recreational program provided by Council for Saline residents
and visitors from all parts\of the state. ■ \V
Plans are nearly complete for
the Fourth of July celebration at
Waterworks Park, sponsored by
the American Legion Post 282, and
beauty contest preliminaries are to
be held at 8 p.m. on June 29 on
the stage at the park. George
Stripp is chairman of the beauty
contest committee.
On June 30 a trampoline act featuring Newton Laken, Ann Arbor,
will be the featured entertainment
for the evening, also on the stage
at 8 o'clock. The children's parade on July 2, under the supervision of chairman Ralph Wright, will
begin the line of march* on Spring
and Huron Sts., followed by refreshments at the Post home.
Stage entertainment on July 2 at
the carnival grounds will be the
Lincoln Consolidated Band under
the direction of Music Instructor
Robert I. Biederwolf, and at 8
o'clock on July 3, the beauty contest finals will be staged at the
park.
The July 4 parade, a highlight of
the celebration, will be in charge
of Glenn Stout and Robert Green-
man with Milo Thompson and Walter Daschner arranging the music
for the parade.
On July 4, the John Barnhill Memorial Band with Jack D. Bittle,,
percussionist with the University
of Michigan Band, as director, wfll
be on't i stage at 8 o'clock.
A variety show on July 5 under
the direction of Jack McCandless,
will begin at 8 o'clock on the
stage at the park and on July
6, Mr. McCandless will direct an
amateur show, there. Anyone wishing to enter the contest should report to Mr. McCandless at the
stage at 7 o'clock.
On July 7 Clifford Krohn of
Krohn's Archery and Tackler Ypsilanti, vill present an outstanding
archery champion and probably
some of his archery students.
The builders' show in charge of
Raymond Dupuis and Robert Moorman, promises to be more spectacular than ever, this year.
Donald Smith is general chairman and othep- chairmen are: Wil-
'iam Short and Aubrey McCartney,
grounds; John Rudd and Marko
Gerbo, carnival; Roger Howard,
fireworks; Robert Mann, finances;
Lester Cooper, Legion concessions;
Martin Dawson,. bridge; Roger
Howard parking lot; and John
Levaek, fence.
An official from the Happyland
Shows, Inc., will arrive in town
this evening and the concessions at
the park will begin n June 29, according to carnival officials.
Governor G. Mennen Williams
has again been invited to speak at
the celebration on July 6.
Work on the bricge project will
resume Thursday evening and all
Legionnaires are to come to the
site equipped with hammers, so
the work can be completed at this
time.
Bible School To
Present Program
The pupils of the Vacation Bible
School being held at the First
Methodist Church for the past
two weeks will present a demonstration program on Thursday evening at 7:39 o'clock. All the parents of the children and friends
are invited to attend to see what
they have done in the school.
At least fortyfive V.B.S. certificates will be presented to the pupils who have attended regularly
through the duration of the school.
These will be presented on Friday
as part of the closing program.
Also a special treat will be in
store for them on Friday.
Church School
Board Meets
Howard Kuhl, Church School
superintendent for" the Federated
Presbyterian and Baptist Churches'
announces that a meeting of the
Church School Officers >and Teachers will be held at the Church on
Monday evening, July 2, at 8:00
o'clock. ""'
Summer plans under consideration include summer camp .programs and Annual Picnic arrangements for the Church School.
Legion Auxiliary
Elects Officers
The American Legion Auxiliary
held its annual election of Officers
Tuesday evening „_at the Legion
Home.
Officers for the year are Jane
Nord, president; Verbina Hunt,
first vice president; Betty Graf,
second vice president; Elaine Carter, corresponding secretary; and
Helen Griffin, treasurer, and June
Harvey, recording secretary.
cooking groups of six or seven
each. The students in each cooking group alternated the three cook
ing duties throughout the trip —
building the fire, cooking the food,
doing the dis'hes. After camp was
set up, campers went swimming
in Higgins Lake while the cooks
for the night prepared the meal.
When supper was finished and the
dishwashing committee had finished its duties, most of the campers took an evening hike along the
highway. We were fortunate enough
to see a buck in the velvet stage
which is very rare at this time
of year.
MONDAY
Monday morning began, early
for the campers for we arose- even
before the sun between 4:00 and
5:00 a.m. The cooks in each cooking group went to work. Breakfast was finished, dishes done, e-
quipment packed, and tour under
way again by eight o'clock. We
crossed the Straits of Mackinaw
on the newest ferry, the Vacation-
land, about noon. Many of usf had
never been across the Straits ,so
it was a nice experience. At St.
Ignace we visited the Indian Village and bought post cards, stamps,
film, and souvenirs. Then we headed west along Lake Michigan.
We stopped to eat lunch at the
park near the beautiful Cut River
Bridge. Time was allowed to explore the gorge and take pictures.
By s_ven o'clock we reached Marquette where we set up camp for
the night.
TUESDAY
Tuesday morning we arose early.
We decided, to remain at the Marquette Park instead of travelling
on across* the peninsula to the Porcupine Mountains. About 2:00 p.
m. faithful bus No. 17 took us six
miles north of Marquette where
we hiked to the summit of Sugar
Loaf Mountain, one of the highest
mountains in the Huron M. Range.
At the -peak of the mountain we
could see the outline of Presque
Isle Park at M-arquette and that
was our.next stop1. We^drove around Presque Isle ParE,u~tppping
at the, places.<!- ^-p^3-^cenic£gi?
teresf-Jo" take picru_-esr_3_ie^p_ace'
we stopped w&s caned the Black
itocks and we found that they were
the oldest exposed--rocks in Mich- -
igan. Tuesday evening, after supper,. We had an out-of-doors square
dance with calls from a.tape recorder. ^
WEDNESDAY
Wednesday forenoon we finished
packing and left for Indian Lake.,
En route we saw 2' woodchucks
and several other small animals.
We also saw one of our teachers
from Saline. Before arriving at
Indian Lake we visited Kitchitikipi
the Big Springs, at Palmis Book
State Park. When we arrived at
Indian Lake State Park, we ate
lunch and set up our tents'. We
went swimming in the afternoon.
No sooner than we had our clothes
changed, a strong wind began to
blow. We hung canvas tarps over
the cooking tables and ate under
the shelter of our tents and in- the
bus. We gathered on a shelter of
the lodge at Indian Lake about
eight P.M. Between Mr. Jaquith
and Kit Young, we heard many
spine-tingling tales and the wind
and lightning provided a spooky
atmosphere.
THURSDAY
We packed and Mrs1. Jedele started the bus rolling again. We crossed the Straits on the ferry City
of Petosky. We visited Fort Mich-
ili-Mackinac and also viewed the
progress of the new bridge. On
MW51 we stopped for a few minutes
to look at the Cross Village where
most of the population is Indian.
Then we finished our journey and
set up camp at Interlochen.
FRIDAY
Friday morning we packed all
of our tents and equipment. We
started for Pleasant Lake County
Park in Jackson County where we
spent the last night of our trip. We
reached the park north of Kalamazoo late in the afternoon. Mr.
Jaquith's parents drove out from
Jackson to pick up one member
of the group who had become ill
that day. That'night we took bo»t
rides around the lake in a boat
with Mr. Jaquith as a guide.
SATURDAY
We took our time getting packed
Saturday morning for now that it
was almost time to be home we
wished it would last longer. We
left the park about 11:00 a.m. -and
arrived in Saline about 1:30. As we
unpacked our things', we were
very tired but we shall never forget the things we learned or the
fun we had on the Michigan A-
ward Trip.
Happy Birthday
The Saline Observer wishes the
following people Happy Birthday.
Elizabeth Feuerbacher, Vern Arnold, Gusftav Lindemann, Eldean
Feldcamp, Nancy Rogers, Deborah Carr, Norman Elfring, Bernice
Armbruster, Silas Woods.