1956-12-13; Saline Observer

              SALINE:
THE CITY
OF OPPORTUNITY
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VOI- LXXIV No. 46 (Meimber of Saline Chatmiber of Commerce)
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEDICATED TO PUBUC SERVICE. CIVIC ENDEAVOR AND AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS IN THE SALI    NE AREA
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, ll. 56, SAIilNE, MICHIGAN
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Didn't Recognize Santa!
DOUG GKEGOEY, Saline Ford dealer, should have been
rearing a full-grown white beard and the traditional fur
trimmed red suit when this picture was taken last week as he
nresenicd keys for two new Ford cars to Leo Jensen, superintendent cf Saline area schools. The cars were a gift-from
"Santa Claus" Gregory, and will be used in the, driver train-
in? classes at the high, school.
Eleven Days 'til Christmas
eighbor!
We like *o be rfnong the first to congratulate any action
taken by individuals or groups! in civic-minded projects, but
we goofed in last week's Observer. The new Ford car*.
which will be used in the. driver training classes at the Saline
High School were not purchased from Doug Gregory, but
were siren by him to the school. The driver training classes,
it is hoped, vdll promote s?<fe drving among new teen-age
drivers, and all efforts in this direction should be appreciated
by everyone. Wc add our belated "Thanks, Doug!"
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We've heard a few grumbles from crotchety oil Scrooges dur-
Iing il. *__.. few weeks about "camimercializing Christmas"' and
"rushing' the holiday season," and some folks have expressed coh-
I cern lest the true meaning; of Christmas has been lost or partially
obscured during the past decade. Are there too  many Santa.
Clauses? Are the displays of Christmas gifts too lavish? Is there
I too much tinsel, too many toys and trinkets, too many lights?
•We don't think so. The period between Th. raksgiving and \
tli. j-fr-iy Y•jar's l*olida-jr is the^^j^i-^ttimeof the whole yjj-uv 4'
GIiildrcn'B faces slime* in anti_i^-i&rti_-.e--' concentration on
selecting gifts for their family members is as great r« their
concentration of the list of "special wishes they present to the
Old Saint. They do not think there are too many Santas. They
pick out their own special 6ne; for real, and the others are .4-1
Santa's helpers. This time of year is the time of reunion of )t>ld
friends and memhers of the "clan." Smiles are quicker and
closer to the surface, and greetings just a wee bit wanner.
The longer the Pe_'.e on Earth and Goodwill season lasts, the
brighter our co.mnuni_y will be.
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There's always a flurry of last minuite details to attend to, no
matter how any busy mother tries to organize all the holiday
j activities, but the hustle and bustle is one of the best ingredients
I in the Holiday Festival.
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Listed in The Observer this week are schedules of Christian; programs, operettas, parties and benefits sponsored by
cliureli, school and civic groups. Try to fit some of theste holiday festivities into your schedule of events, and make them
family affairs to be enjoyed by family groups. You"ll be glad
.oil did, and your holidays will he more bright and friendly
for participating with friends and family in conttnunity gatherings.
Merry Christmas Shopping
or
Oh! My Achm' Feet!
In case you haven't realized,'. ^
that magic season's here again '**■
Of holly wreaths and mistletoe - *•*
and Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men,
When hearts are full of. (__-_.istmas cheer,
and everyone is at his best,
When even taxi-drivers smile,     ;
and every shop is gaily dressed.
You may think there's a lot of time.    '
to do a million vital things,
But only ten more days remain—
Remember, Time has wings—
You'll neel at least ten more days, I'm sure,
to get your Christmas shopping done,
But take your time, ad wear low heels,"
and you'll find shopping can be fun. .
Then, for addressing Christmas cards, t   ;
you'll need at least another day,
Plus two more days for wrapping gifts,
all festive, beautiful and gay.
That leaves you just a few more
take one to scrub, the floors,
And polish up the silverware,
and clean the windows, walls and doors.
So now there's only four short days, ■ •
Take one to tour the super mart.
And stock up for the Christmas feast,
(It helps if Junior's in the cart!)
Two days to decorate .the house.   .
Please get a big, tall Christmas tree,
Ani let tlie kids help fix it up,
they'll be as happy as can be.
Now put a frilly apron on—
you'll need a day to cook and bakej
Remember cookies, pies and fudge,
and make a super-scrumptious cake.
Then take a day for one last dash for tinsel,
tags and Christmas lights.
Ani take time out to smell the smells,
and hear the bells and see the sights
Then—Christmas Eve. So soak your feet.
Make sure the water's nice and hot,
And while they're soaking,
make a list of all the things that you forgot.
Because, no matter how you plan,
you'll never, get the job all done,
*™> just relax! Enj6y yourself—
and Merry Christmas, Everyone!
Two Killed
In Sewer
Gave In
Rescue workers aided hy -a
steam shovel worked three hours
Monday to recover the bodies of
two men who were buried alive
when the dirt gave way while they
were at the bottom of a 20 foot
hole putting in sewer pipe for a
new subdivision. -
The victims were Robert Meyers,
55, foreman of the construction job!
and Louis Hanselman, 46, both of
Dexter. »
Rescuers, led by Washtenaw
County Deputy Sheriff John Palmer, Dexter, worked desperately
to remove the victims' before a
second cave-in.
Some workers supported the dirt
walls by wooden planks and jacks
while other dug around the bodies
to remove dirt.
A steam shovel standing near by,
which was used to dig the sewer
hole, was moved into position and
dug carefully around the bodies to
remove dirt for rescuers.
Area Masons
WUl Install
New Officers
New officers of Salihe*Lodge 133,
F. & A. M., will be inducted into
ofifice at a public installation to be
held at Masonic Hall, Saline o
Tuesday, December 18, at 8 p. m.
it has been announced.
The new officers to he installed
will be Kenneth Jeppesen, worshipful majster; Howard Deszrough,
senior warden; Willis Struble, junior -warden;. Harry Holmes, treasurer; George Martin, secretary;
Nelson Watling, senior deacon; Jed-
die Staley, junior deacon; David
Irwin, senior steward; Merritt Martin, junior steward, and George
Seeger, tyler.
The installing officer will be
Past Master Byron Wilson of Ann
Arbor. His assistants will toe Past
Masters' Louis Bowen, secretary;
Herbert Teachout, marshal! and
Clarence Fritz, chaplain. -.
Refreshments will be served following  the installation-
Cave In Causes Two Deaths
THIS IS THE scene of rescue operations in Dexter in which, attempts
iie being made to remove the two bodies in the foreground. Shoring
was hastily improvised and workmen in the rear are proceeding
cautiously lest they   too be trapped   by falling earth.
Saline Hospital
Plan Presented
By Architect
Members of the Saline Community Hospital Committee and architect Gordon Prout, held a meeting
Sunday, December 9, at 'the home
of Frank Carson, and plans for
the new hospital were submitted
for discussion and revision .by the
planning group.
The group will meet each week
■with the architect until all plans
for .the hospital construction are
■completed. When the final floor
plan Is decided upon, the group
will submit a sketch to be publish.-!
for public inspection.
Cub Scout Gifts
Will Brighten
State Hospital
The December meeting of Cub
Scouts was held at'the elementary
school on Wednesday, evening.
The cubs' and .their parents made
favors and table decorations which
will be taken to the Ypsilanti State
Hospital for the Christmas season.
This* is the annual project of the
local group, and is much appreciated by both the patients and the
staff of the hospital.
Four. hundred different insects
attack livestock in this country at
one- time or another. Altogether,
these are said to cost growers an
estimated $500. million or more
each year.
'Little Blue AngeF Operetta
Presented by Elementary
School Youngsters on Dec. 20
The "Little Blue Angel," a Christmas operetta, will be presented by the Saline elementary school next Wednesday, 'Dec-jm-
ber 19, and Thursday, December .20, at 8:00 in the school auditorium. The story of the "Little Blue Angel" concerns a spoilei
princess, Maria, played by Kathie Reed,, who wants something different a$.-a gift for Christmas. She learns the real meaning of
Christimas when she isr visited by a ragged boy, Billy, (who is
really the Christ Child in disguise played by Steve Milier:
General acts, which occur during' the palace C__.i_tn.as festivities include every child in
the school are bells, stars, catle
choir, castle band, snowmen, icicles, ballet dancers, tiny -tots,'bakers, gift-bearers, ,and jesters.
Two rooms have been sheduled
for each act, one' for Wednesday
night and one for Thursday night.
The performance is free and the
public is invited for either performance.    4
Vocal, music teachers' and the
directors for the-operetta are Mrs.
Marilyn Fry and Mrs. Mary Jaquith.
40 Kids
Will Win
CC Prizes
Forty area youngsters, under 10
years of age, 2. boys and 20 girls,
will he winners in the special
Christmas bonus contest which is
being currently sponsored by members of tlie Saline Chamber of
Commerce during the Christmas
shopping seas/on.
The -contest began on December
7 and will close at 9 p. m. on Saturday, December 22, CC officials
announced.
Merchants participating in the
contest are displaying posters, and
customers making purchases in
the sponsoring business places,
will be given a ballot eniUing him
to vote for the child of his* choice.
One vote wiE be allowed-for each
ten cents .worth of merchandise
purchased. The minimum number
of votes oh a ballot will he five
for a fifty-cent purchase, and 1,000
votes for a purchase of $$100 or
more.
Ballots are to be deposited by
each voting customer .in a. special
ballot box at the southwest corner
of US-112 and Ann Arbor Street
The list Of winners will be published in The Observer following the
awarding of prizes next week.
Participating    merchants    are
Adairs   Paint   and   Wallpaper,'  A
.anft .^fegh------liet. and. Oldsmobile,
AhdersonX-fothihg, Burkhardt jReal
Estate, Cut and Curl Beauty Shop,
Woods Hardware, Dancer's Department Store, Deede Radio,-
Frank's Texaco, Freemen's Shell,
Food Center, Gamble's, Giltrow
Drugs, Grak Gulf, Hull's Grocery,
Keveling Drubs, Schmid's Meat
Market, Walker's Bakery, Walker's
5 and 10 and Rieckhoff Jewelry.   ,
March Of Dimes
Goal Is $46,900
For Washtenaw
The Washtenaw County Board of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis has approved a' 1957 March of Dimes campaign
goal of $46,900, Board cttainnan Mrs. James A. Mchols disclosed
today.
Saline coimmittee chairmen announce- by Mrs. William. Crosbie and Mrs. William Meister in- ;	
Church Group
Plans Party
For Children
A Christmas Party for the children of the Primary Department
of the Methodist Church School
will be held on Saturday, December 15, at 2.00 to 3:30 p.nt.
Mrs'. Joseph Bondie, assisted by
the teachers of her department,
will have charge of the -program
and the arrangements. The parents of the children are also invited to attend.
Plan Bake Sale
The annual pre-Chri'stmas bake
sale of the -_ltar Society of St.
Andrew Church will be held at Uphaus Electric Shop on Saturday,
beginning at 10 a. m.      '
This holiday sale gives residents
of the' community a 'chance each
year to stock up with home-made
holiday cakes, cookies and treats
and! Is welcomed by busy home-
makers during the holiday rush.
Mr. and Mrs! Jennings Campbell
visited with her daughter and
husband, Mt. and Mrs. Donald
Knight, Detorit.
114 Students Earn Places On Honor Roll
One hundred fourteen students of
Saline High School and Saline Junior High School earned places on
the honor roll during the second
marking period, it was announced
at the school last week.   *
The current honor roll includes:
Twelfth Grader-Jim Knight, Janet Marion, Sandra Boss, Marian
Johnson, Marlene Bisemann, Sallee Wood, Bill -Anderson,, Sally
Stimpson, Sally Youngs, Jeanette
Wiedmayer, Susan Adair. Mary
Graden, Nancy Keveling; Dave
Wagener. ■
Eleventh Grode—Joan Graden1,
Joan Begole, Donald Wild, Pat Visel, Pat Teachout, Felicia Leland,
Jane Campbell, Jean Begole, Mary
Lou Weber, Carolyn Carr, Martha
Faust, Kathrene Raus Bea Ann
Kellogg.
Tenthe Grade—Pat Kidwell, Pat
Johnson, Sandiland Bowen, Ann
Kuebler, Lanny   Bobbins,   Judy
Hunt, Judy Gorte, Karen Girback.
Ninth Grade—Larry Carr, Carol
Brown, Alan Markert, Douglas McKenzie, Susan Coates, Janice Harwood, John LaRue, John Parsons,
Reita Irwin, Ann Prout, Diane
Feldkamp, Lynda Sloan, Karen
Bauer, Chuck Youngs, Patricia
-Badour,' Jim Camburn, Kay Cam-
burn, Carol Englehart, Bette .Teld-
kamp, Richard Malinczak.
Eighth Grade—Mike Bixby, Carol Coates, Jean- Reid, (Kenneth
Volz, Marianne Burr, Edward Lauhon, Mary Ross, Richard Johnson,
Donna Dechert, Richard Coury,
Virginia Riley,- Kathy Kuebler,
Crol Losee, Carolyn Marion, Robert
Markert, Barbara Frey, Neil
Bohnett, Merle Klager, Joyce Gour-
ley, Richard Seegar, Gary Wfld,
Alan Coe, Joyce Conner, Deanne
Malocha,- Gerald Marion, Nancy
McKenny, Marianne Socks, Bob
Condit, Elizabeth Guenther, Celeste
f
Vacek.
Seventh Grade—Carol.Guenther,
Doris Herter, Sandra Johnson,
Louise Anderson, Beverly Brown,
Larry Klumpp, Mary Sue Gordon,
Merrilie Harvey, James Marion,
Jim Bernard, Joyce Nutting, Babs
Sehmid, Edward Strait, Edward
Strait, Edward Korte, Christine
Mcdonald, Donna Van Nest, Gary
Neithammer, Joyce** Ehnis, Tom
Jappesen, Karen Murray, Sandra
Merritt, Susan Anthony, Katrene
Gall, James Jedele, Richard Johnson, Carol Hughes, Diane Smith';
Tom, Wakener, Robert Weisenreder.
The annual movement of America's gigantic wheat crop is the
biggest single transportation job in
the world... 750,000 carloads. Other grains take another 900,000
carloads.
elude Mrs.'Elton Bredernitz, 98
Maple Ave., publicity and posters;
Mrs. Reuben Finkbeiner, 7877 E.
Michigan Ave., cannisters; Mrs.
George Winkle, 107 W* Harris,
business* and corporations; Mrs.
Howard Burr, 6200 Saline-Ann Ar-
bar Rd., clubs and organizations;
Mrs. James Beal, 221 W. McKay,
Mothers' March; Mrs. Henry Karner, 205 Russell, high school; Mrs.
Harold Frey, 7706 Saline-Ann Arbor Rd.,  elementary school.
The target figure is nearly 20
per cent below, the $57,600 sought
in January this yea_, but Mrs.
Nichols indicated that the local
chapter was counting on a substantial over-subscription to meet the
county's total need for polio funds.
The 1956 .drive exceeded its goal
by more than $16,000. ,
Simultaneous with Mrs. Nichols'
announcement of the drive goal
county campaign chairman Mrs.
Margaret Markeson and several
local ebairraen announced appoirtt-;
menfs to ebmmiftee posts for the
January fund-raising effort.
While the local chapter has not
been able to prepare a detailed financial statement for 1956 because
of the illness of. its treasurer, Herbert G. Watkins, it will have spent
well over $32,000 in patient aid and
rehabilitation for Washtenaw polio
victims by the end of the year.
In round figures, this total includes an estimated $7,500 for the
patient care' at University Hospital, about $i_i000 for in-patient
care well over $7,000 for home care
(including attendants, where needed), and more than $4,000 for unpaid bills and funds spent for braces and other patient appliances-
bought outside University Hospital.
The basic cost for in-patient care
for polio victims' is $30.91 per patient day, while out-patient visits
cost $7.84 each for polio cases.
The nation-wide goal of the 1957
March of Dimes has ben set at
$46.9 million, which will be spent
in three broad categories:
1. Patient aid, $15.7 million, in-*
eluding funds set aside for this
purpose by local chapters and
emergency aid available from national headquarters.
2. Rehabilitation and vaccination
programs, $15 million, most -of
which will be administered by local chapters.. This includes $5 million for rehabilitation of polio victims and $10 million for providing
vaccine to families which cannot
afford this protection. Details of
the latter program ^remain incomplete.
3. Research, education, and related services, $16.2 million, nearly all of which will be administered
nationally. This total includes $3.3
million for scientific research, $3.2
million for professional and public
education, $4 million for respirator
and treatment centers, $2.3 million
in Services and assistance provided
local chapters, $1.5 million in medical department services, $400,000
'in public information services, and
$1.5 million in chapter and headquarters expenses, after deducting
fund-raising costs from uncomitted
chapter funds.
; Under long-standing NFIP policy,
one half the funds contributed in
Washtenaw County will* be turned
over to national headquarters.
Traditionally, funds administered
nationally have been equally divided between epidemic aid to local
chapters for appropriations for research, professional and public education, respirator center operation,
and other related activities.
Washenaw County received a
total of $30,000 ih epidemic aid
from the national arganization in
1953 and 1954. Since the foundation
was created in 1938, it has poured!
JCs Plan
Prizes For
Decorations
"■Let's Make Saline Beautiful
This Christmas" is the slogan of
the member® of the JCs as they
announce the sponsoring hy then-
group of a contest for the best
decorated homes in Saline during
the holiday season.
All home owners are urged to *
aid in this project and the sponsoring group has announced three
pries which will be awarded after a committee of JCs tour the
Streets on Saturday, December
22, to view all local home dis-
plays.
The winner of the first place
will be aWarde^. a; prize pf $15.20
second plice"* winner" will receive
$10.00 and third prize will be for
$5.00.
Judging will be based on originality and beauty in outdoor decorations in keeping mith the Christmas theme.
county in 35 grants to The University of Michigan for virus research, evaluation of the Salk vac-
Cine field tests, operation of the
respirator center at University
Hospital, and other projects.
Because of the availability of the
Salk vaccine and the expected
lower incidence of polio nationally
in 1957, the NFIP has curtailed
its allocations for epidemic aid and
budgeted $10 million to assure vaccination of those families which
cannot afford this preventive care.
The foundation estimates there
will be 20,000 new polio cases by
•the end of this year and an addi-
ional-10,000 during 1957.
County committee chairmen announced by Mrs. Markeson include
Miss. Helen Platt, 1101 Birk, Ana
Arbor, finance; Mrs. Louis E. Sig-
ler, 2015 Devonshire, Ann Arbor,
hospitals and institutions; Mrs.
Webb Wilson, 716 Northside, Ann
Arbor, displays; and Robert Beyers.
105 Golf View Lane, Ann Arbor,
publicity. The position of Speakers
bureau chairman remains to be-
fllled. .     :
Rural township chairmen announced by Mrs. John Goslee include; Mrs. Robert Zwinck, rural
school chairman; Mrs. C. A. Sie-
bert, Ann Arbor; Mrs. Jack Towler,
Augusta; Mrs. Lewis Blaisdell,
Bridgewater; Mrs. Sam Andres.
Dexter; Mrs. James Cathy, Freedom, Mrs. C. C. Ordway, Lima;
Mrs. Mary Clark, Lyndon; Mrs.
Russell Smith, Manchester; Mrs-
William Heeres, Northfield; Mrs.
Adrian Onderdonk, Pittsfield; Mrs.
H. Samuliner, Salem; Mrs. Fred
Arend, Saline; Mrs. Donald Gary,
Scio; Mrs. Kenneth Conklin, Superior; Mrs, Lawrence Wheeler,
Webster; Mrs. Duane Rogers,
York; and Mrs. Harold Nielson,
Ypsilanti. Chairmen remain to be
picked for Lodi, Sharon and Sylvan.
Dexter committee chairmen announced by Mrs. Burton Bucy include John E. Wagner, of the American Legion, business and corporations; Yeats Kennedy, posters
and cannisters; and Mrs. Cecil
Lewis, treasurer.,Chairman of the
Mothers' March remains to be announced.
Mrs. Homemaker-'s fonim, a
non-profit home service organization, recommends this use for old
nylon stockings. When numerous
small articles are to be washed,
put them in a stocking, making a
knot at one end, and then place
the articles in a washing machine.
more han $3.2 million back into theo?^^ SmZmV*" **<*