1950-02-02; Saline Observer

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SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR NUMBER 18
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SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THUP£*DA_, FEB. 2, 1950
FIVE CENTS PER COPY S2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
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The
MainDrap
© Businessmen along the
Maiii Drag interested in the' Cubs, IScouts, Explorers and
.principles of marketing and fun- j their leaders in Washtenaw and
damentals of accounting may be Livingston Countines feel proud
interested in a new program of indeed of their record earned dur-
o-urses along that line starting l^f^^past year—a record which
at the U.  of M.  February 14. ■'■"'--
Manchester Women Bowl Here In Tuesday Night League
The course will cover such topics
as the marketing characteristics
of commodities aad services as
well as planning, buying, selling,-
.advertising, finance, risks involved, budgeting, costs and
marketing research.    The pro-
establishes    the   Washtenaw-Livingston   Council   as   one   of    the
uppermost in the entire nation.
Early in 1949 some 2,003 scouts
and  650   leaders   inaugurated   a
two year plan to "Strengthen the
Arm   of   Liberty"  by   improving |
their    awn   unit   programs    and j
bringing in and training new'
gram is developed for the Ann boys and adult leaders to help ac-
Arbor area a_nd interested per- complish this. Release of the 1949
eons may attend the opening ' Annual Report of the Washtenaw-
isessions without obligation, but, Livingston Council revealed how
■registration is required not la* j well this is being done. To begin
ter than the second meeting, j the year, the record stood as fol-
Operdng session Feb, 14, room lows: Total units, Cub Packs,
•165, Business Administration' Scout Troops, Explorer Units, 78;
Building at 7:30 p. m. e During Total boys, Cubs, Scouts and Ex-
December, inspectors for the|pl°rers, 1968; Total leaders,. 679.
'Michigan Bureau of Marketing'By January 1, 1950, the Council
found nearly 5,000 pounds of presented the following picture:
butter shortweight and 112'Total units, 89, net increase, 11;
pounds were required to bring it! hoys, 2,547, increase, 579; total
up to the declared weight, j leaders, 951.
«Somewhere we read, "If you| These figures show a 30 per
take time to investigate all the' cent increase in boy membership,
new angles you will find the' probably the.highest per centage
government owes you a living." annual increase since the found-
© "Darktown Minstrels" Show- ^S of Scouting in this area 40
ing here Feb. 14-15 at the high vears ago.
school auditorium. A minstrel' According to Or. L. C. Ander-
show IS sumpin', and the Jay- \son> Council President for 1949
•cees have undertaken a whale j "This excellent record reflects
of a job in preparing for it. Mrs.! principally the hard work of unit
Robert Merchant is directing the leaders; commissioners, and Jun-
musical bits, which is a guaran-jior Leaders. Through their efforts ; _
tee  that    they    will be     topsr.  unit    programs    have    improved' Januaxy 13   at eigbt 0'"cloek. _„„_ to i00     4
Brother Bones and Mistah Jack- -using more^;> "^ be      Tlle -^ reports of the presi.   - __£       ^ vdte(J ^ contrilmte
son and all the Darktown strut- . scouts. This points our scoutmgs | dent     secretary    and    treasurer! ?ln nf) f0 tbp Marrh  of r>im=<=
ters .and  comedians  are fixing ' SSflL^r^^fa-^S WBM Wad "* Ma*tel '    "was deSdefthat thjTebV
to give Saline the laugh of a ™tyT^D tr C_b S mrnf The foUowtoS.-.board members-^ m_et__g-_B-1_ti_-_eg__ with a
lueume. We predict a houseful Sc0« Tioop or Cub Pauc influ- w elected for a term of three r,otluck sutroer at 7-3& followin-
on^th nights.  ©A chinmey^reences^not  o^y ^own_members{ years:   Mr, e  A.   CurtisSj  Mrs. ^™\™Z1 £a   *%S™Z
Women are as enthusiastic bowing fans—if not more so—than men, and some of them are
just as skillful. Pictured above is a group of wdmeh from Manchester who bowl.here Tuesday
nights at the B & B Recreation.
Seated around the luncheon tables at the Saline Hotel following a recent league session, the
gals hold a post mortem-of the night's games with a great deal of merriment. Reading from left
to right around the tables starting at the tog row are Vera Schaible, Milda Koebbe, P. Hamilton, L. Trent, J. Barnes, H. Welch, A. Schaible,' D. Widmayer, L. Riedel, G. Rager, D. Grossman,
D. Mann and I. Schaffer. E. Dietle, S. Roller, D. Bersuder, A. Widmayer, B. Schaible, R. Brown,
A. DesErmia, V. Fielder, P. Johnson and E. Gieske. #
Annual Meeting Of
Saline Library
Association
The annual meeting of the Sa-' new folding chairs bad been ra_
line Library Association was held ceived by the unit> .bringmg. the
at the Library on Friday evening,   total   of   new   ehairs  ordere(i re_
shaving cream, socks, stamps, etc. | TTnrieral Services
The American   Legion   has   been 1        . .
taking   care   of  these  needs   as' Friday For Anna
Katherin Gruner
iwell as securing movie films and
the operators to run the machines.
It was announced that 5i) more
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray   out   the    sponsoring    institution,< Ran(jaii   Coates and  Mrs." H.   A.
i and
Armbruster,   Jr.,   211   W.  Henry  school, church -and home."
street,  about  six   o'clock  Thurs-;     "Another of the reasons for the
day night, called out the fire de-' great growth of the organization
•partment with no damage result-  during the past year is the fact
ing. It appears that some people  that   Cub   Scouts may   now join
cannot  resist   the  call to  a fire  Cub Pack at 8, a Cub then gradu- j exception of   Christmas   eve   and
and   follow   the natural   urge to  ates to   the  Scout  Troop at  11,  New Year's eve   Librarians have
get   to  the scene   as   quickly   as   and  the   ISeout  to   the   Explorer I been  Miss Esther  Landwehr  and
the   fire   department   and   some-  Unit at 14, a year earlier for each Mrs   H   A   Holmes
times  make  it   difficult   for the' group."
firemen    by   cluttering    up.    the       "Still   another   factor   is   that
scene.   We   have   been  requested (the  cost   to be a   Boy  Scout  is
phant Auction for those present,
Holmes. .        Each  member   will  be requested
The Library has been open each to bring a guest a-d two 01. m01,fc
week on Wednesday and Satur- articles for the sale. The regular
day from 2-5 in the afternoon ,business meeting will be held
<•"■* 7-9 in the evening, with the  following   the   dinner   and   just
prior to the sale.
Anna Kathsrin Gruner, aged 53,
passed away at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital early Wednesday
morning following- an Llness oi
several months. She was the
daughter o£ Jacpb and Maria
Bareith Gruner and' was born
Jan. 11, 1877 in York Township.
Tha death of her mother occured
in 19118. In 1821 she and her father moved  to IS-line to a  resi-
In addition to its General latter program, for 1950, is con-
Awards Program, first inaugurate' siderably expanded in categories
ed- last * year and open tov all and awards over 1S49, when aia
-Americans who -"speak up for §84,000 program in .cash .awards
freedom," Freedom Foundation and medals to patriotic Amerl-
today announced at its Valley, cans for ''-'speaking up for free-
Forge headquarters that in il£50 dom," was carried out. Details of
a separate Awards  Program will | the   1950   General   Awards   Pro
be undertaken. for American
school systems. §50,000 already
has been sat aside to provide the
awards for this program which
will be open to all of the pxiblic,
private and parochial school systems in the nation.
In keeping with the single objective of Freedoms Foundation,
/which is to encourage, through
awards, all Americans to preserve and extend the American
Way of Life by act and deed
each in his or her own way, the
School Awards Program will advocate no "special brand of Freedom."
Any program, oral, written or
visual, undertaken in the classrooms of an American school system and aimed at teaching the
participating students the fundamental freedoms of the American
Way of Life will be eligible. All
grades    may    participate
gram will be announced—on General George Washington's birtlt-
day, February 22ndi
Both the Schools Awards an«_
the General Awards ceremonies
will be held at Freedoms Foundation Headquarters in Valley Forge
next fall.
Minstrel Show
With Chorus of
Forty Voices
The Saline  Junior Chamber of":
Commerce     Darktown     Minstrel -
Shaw, February 14-15 at the ga-
fro^jline High School Auditorium will?
_•-«*.   ^,^_.i,„-   ™n   t. ~t j  dence on  McKay street and  this
Each  member   will  be requested  .       . .        ,
f~ i.-;--. „ „.„ <■ j *. has  been   her   home   ever  since.
to publish the following City Ordinance: Section 14: "It shall be
unlawful for the driver of any
vehicle, other than one on official   business,    to   follow   closely
only 50c a year plus whatever
charge the individual ' Troop or
Pack makes, usually 5c a week.
This basic 50c registration fee
has remained the same since the
any  fire   apparatus   traveling in founding   of   the -organization in
response to   a fire   alarm,   or to  1910."
drive into or stop any vehicle
within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to
a fire alarm." Further, we quote
the City Fire Commissioner:
"There have beeni .-several complaints from the Fire Department
of this ordinance being violated.
You can be of more help to this
-department .if you stay away. If
any member of the 'Fire Ctepart-
ment turns your license- number
in  for the  violation of this brd-
Herman Keller, Organization
and /Extension .Chairman for 1949,
reported that "during the past
year organizations inaugurated
sponsorship of Scout units. Othi
er organizations have increased
their sponsorship by one or more
units such as a Cub Pack or Ex
plorer in addition to a Scout
Troop."
• Dr. Anderson .points out that,
'What these" organizations., are.
doing   is.  providing   a : construc-
During' the year 1949, 8,427
books and 631 magazines were
circulated. Fifty-seven new members were added to the Library.
Two   hundred   fifty-three    new
Scouts To Receive
Promotions Tonight
_*welva   Boy   Scouts, of Saline
troop No. 46 will be advanced at
I the Court of Honor tonight, at [
books were purchased during th<31 the Bethlehem Evangelical church
year and gift books were receiv- I in a--^ Arbor, at 7:30.
ed from Lucille Aprill, Mrs. How- - r-fcjg g-oup represents the larg-
ard Boettner and Alfred Weisen- | est nurniber of Saline- Boy Scouta
reder. The library also had sev- ' to be advanced at one time in a
eral seta of state books from (iong time. lt is>ni--: mdicattoir that
Lansing again this year.      - • j^ ever increasing scout program.
A picture painted by Mr. Pierce  -j, j^ expected in the. future,
(an old view of Saline from the)    ^rcal Sattler, now working for
Mills' residence)   was left to the his star   ranki  Vfm   rec8ive.  the
Saline   Library   by   Miss   Vesta - Public Health an<r An^j mdus-
Mllls- try  merit  badges.  The following
After the Association  meeting, i^joyg    ^11   receive
the Board of Trustees held their'
She had for many years been employed in Saline and Ann Arbor.
Since living here she had been
! affiliated with St. Paul's Church.
Her father preceded her in death
in 1928. She is survived by a
number of cousins.
Funeral servio:s will, be held
at St. Paul's Church, Friday at
2:30 p.m. The body will be at,the
Lockwood Funeral Home until 12
o'clock on Friday and will then
lie in state at the church until
the hour of service.
inance you will be contacted and' tive outlet for small boy energy,
a summons 'issued to appear in ' a force that is never static. Invar-
court, .and fined." £>This''is the iably the establishment, of a new
last edition of Tha Saline Observ-; Scouting unit increase? neighbor-
their    second.
class   promotions:   Alfred   Gross,
Taylor Jacobsen,   Kenneth  Guen-
. ther,  Barry  Jacobsen, Lee  fNiet-
Roy Rogers; vice-president, Mrs. -• hammer, Donald Jeppesen, Philip
annual meeting   and   elected the
following officers: president^ Mrs.
er to be printed on the old Cott
rell    &    Sons    newspaper    press:
which has turned out Saline Ob-
\ hood spirit "and tn'e 'boys and par
ents^ogccrne^, more interested in
•group activities of .all .sorts. Ex-
servers'for niany years and-which-'.^^rience over-:£ many years has
has grown old in more ways than, shown that a gooaTC-- Pack o'r
one. We had become attached to j Scotfjt Troop will Demure toddfaw
the old press during -"the Jriye \ parents together anaf.m!ake;ja bet-'l
years since we first met up with'.tir ^neighborhood^ iremall'stand;
it. Looking back we realize we
have been a sucker for punish-'
ment. -For over two hundred and
fifty weeks we have waged a losing battle with the monster., It's
cogs and gears and cams and eccentrics . '. . more often it's' eccentricities . . . have challenged
us to battle, and whenever .we
got cocky and thought we had it
licked, we were riding for a" fall
. . . and hard. But you can't live
with a  thing like  thatf for five
points.^, .
; Today Scouting has earned a
.place in community life that
would be hard, if- not impossible
to replace. Scouting's 40th Anniversary, to be celebrated SFebru-
ary6-12 will draw -the keenest interest; of eaucafors, ehurchesj-.industrialists, club's and communities at'large.
The W a s h t en a w-Livirigston
Council report as submitted _y
(Lewis     C.    Christman,   . Council
years and not form some sort of 1 Chairman of Finance and Glenn
an attachment for it. It becomes 1 Grossbeck, Council Treasurer for
part of you, in that it takes so 1949 record operating expendi-
much out of you. But this week tures at 520,672^85. ." In view of
it will complete it's life span, as! 30 per cent increase in registered
far as printing newspapers is con-j Cubs and fieouts to be served
cerned.    In   disposing   of   it   for :• there is a definite need of 25 per
(Hv -A.v,Holmes; secretary, Kath
erine Briggs; treasurer, Mrs. C.
A. Curtiss.
The Board appreciates the interest shown during the past
year and wish to thank those who
have helped in any way to make
the year successful.
Respectfully submitted,
Katherine Briggs, Kec'y.
Auxiliary News
By Mrs. Milton Hartman
Campbell, William Love, Richard
Niethammer, Gael Alber .and
George GilligaH.
Winners In The
Poster Contest
—i—^—.
The Polio Poster Contest participated in by the Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth Grades -of the Saline
Schools, which was conducted last
week, with specimens of the contestants' art displayed in the
The   regular   monthly  meeting.! business   places about town,  re-
of the American Legion Auxiliary.. suited  in awards being given as
was held January 24th in the Le- follows:
gion Home.  The appreciation  of j    Fourth   Grade:   First,   Richard.
the   group   was   extended   QaraLehtaneri;   Se-cOJctL   Dennis
Finkbeiner and her eommittee for I Schumm; Third, Gait Burmeister.
their splendid work on the draperies -which add so much to the
appearance of the Home, .Mae
Harms annouTmed thte regular
monthly State Hospital party en
February 7th and stated that
at least two carloads of women
would be needed to go that evening..
Fifth Grade: First, Billy Anderson; Second, Sally Stimpson:
Third, Tommy iSchunmier.
Sixth Grade: First, Mary K.
Elfring; Second, George Gordon;
Third, Alfred Daniels.
The winning posters- swill be displayed  this week  and  the   com-
junk we have freed ourselves
from it's iron grip; but had to
■destroy it to do it. We have
-ought a good fight. The old press-
was a worthy opponent ... it
would lick anyone who would stay
with, it long enough. IWe stayed
With it long enough.
.    . -Continued on page 3
Ever try a want, aid?-s
cent increase in operating budget
Hold Open House
And Surprise Their
Daughter Pat
Last Friday evening Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Gleason held open
Jtiouse for their children, a few
friends and neighbors, the occasion 'being the 'birthday anniversary of their daughter Patricia.
Since _53ss Pat is teaching in the
(Monroe city schools it was. easy
for her sister, Cora, to call her
to Ann. Arbor for a dinner date.
She arrived home about 8:30 and
was rushed into a room full of
voices singingi '-^Happy Birthday
To, You." _t~to6k.'-the astounded
Pa't '?ome .minutes to regain her
usual e'quininuty. She was the recipient of a number of lovely and
useful gifts, one of which was »a
beatiful wrist watch.
The guests indulged in a number of card games, but their pleasure was greatly enhanced by the
singing and acting of that in-
imita_le_ pair, Peggy and Mabel
Gleason, who have on so many
occasions, entertained Saline folks.
Ice cream and cake, candy and
fruits /were the refreshments.
At a - late hour .the guests departed feeling that it had been
one of the most enjoyable evenings of their fives.
Y. P. S. Attends
j A. S. S. M. Meeting
"The Young Peoples' Society of
the Lutheran church "attended the
quarterly meeting of the A.S.SJSrI.
f the leagues of Adrian, Seio, Sa-
mittee in  charge   of   the Poster
In answer to  a plea from the Contest,  sponsored, by  the  Child „ „ F „, _,„..
American  Legion Department Study   Club,   Mrs.   Vander Kolk,  jin^ Monroe, and  Monroe town).
.Welfare  Officer   for   a contribu- Mrs. Henry Karner, Mrs. Harold  It was held Sunday, January 29th
tion toward the funds needed to Low and Mrs. Joseph Bondie wishi aj Adrian.
 '—!—'  j continue the good work being car- to   express  their   thanks   to   the      Games were played in __e after-
A slight blaze at the Brososky rie'd oh at the Veterans' Facility merchants for allowing space in noon, followed by a potluck sup-
Buffing Shop located at. the rear'in   Grand   Rapids,   our   members [ their windows for displaying the   per  at   the   school.   A   business
of IWood Hardware Store,  called voted   to   send  $25.00   from-our many posters,
out the fire department, Wednes-  Poppy Fund to the committee in —--»—
day afternoon. It was extinguished! charge.  There are  over
quickly with an estimated- dam-
,age of $10. 7*
meeting was held after the sup
per.   " >
„_n   the   evening   we   attended
900 pa-      Mr.   and Mrs^   Lyle  Clark   ol.   ,-_   — ..
tients (all Michigan veterans) in Engadine and _.&. and Mrs. (Frank vesper services at- the St. fiteph-
this hospital  and some  of  them .Kleinschmidf   of   IDexter,    spent} an's church. One hundred thirty-
j dOtiot have any money ta supply1 Saturday visiting^ at-the .home of four   members  were  present   at
liner ads cost Dttte-—work fastl^sucn   needs  as.   tobacco,    candy, .Mr. and Mrs.'Loui- Kleihscbnaidt.- this meeting.
kindergarten through high school.
A local school system is defined as being a county, town, or
city public school system under
the control .of a local Board of
Education and administered by a
Superintendent of Schools. Tnis
program is also open to arch-
diocesan or diocesan school sy&
tems of the Catholic Church, the
district school systems of the
Lutheran Parochial Schools, any
group of schools organized locally
under other private auspices, or
individual private schools. '
The awards twill be made on
the basis of program and-material developed between September
1, 1949 and June'^Sj!, 1950. Entries should .be made in the form
of a 500 word description plus
all exhibits and. .drocunijentation
needed to explain the program
and its results, and be mailed on
or before July 4, 1950. Entry
blanks - further explaining the
awards program are being mailed
to schools; and in addition Ki-
waiiis International is cooperating by requesting its local club
presidents to make personal distribution of the entry documents
to every school superintendent in
every county in the United States,
the Foundation Trustees reported.
Awards Described
. [Freedoms   Foundation   Awards
to school systems will be apportioned as follows:
The local county, town, and city
public school systems will be divided into five groups based on
gross population according to the
latest estimate submitted by -local school authorities: Population
Groups: 200,000 or over; 100,000
to 200,000;; 30,000 to 100,000; 5,-
000 to 30,000; under 5,000.
The awards to school systems
will consist of 75 "Freedom Libraries" of books, films, pamphlets and other documents pertaining to the American Way of
Life.
These Freedom Libraries will
be selected by the superintendents
of the 10 top winning school systems who will be invited to Val-
ely Forge, at Foundation expense, as_ the freedom Library
Committee.
In addition, the 75 top winning
school systems may select one
classroom teacher and one student each, who in their own way
have-contributed most to an un-
be supported by a chorus of forts*
voices.     Blackface     com-iet-tan-i,.
reminiscent   of  the famous: Rfcfi.—
ard & Pringla's Georgie Minstrels;,
with Pat Roesch, Saline, aifesrney.,
acting as Jnterlocutar„ Blues sing:--
ers, tap dancers, gag artists, nn?'_
personators,   soloists   and   intru-
mentalists will present a two honr
show more pretentious than, anything   undertaken   in.   Saline   in
years.
Tickets are now on sale at all
local drug stores. The performance
each night will start at 8 o'clock.
The program.:  Chorus, 'Roil On,
You Mississippi, and  other nuna.-
; bers.
Al Jolson imitations, Spears^
Ypsilanti.
Basin Street Blues, Taffy 15i-*
chalke.
Let's Take an Old Fashione_i
Walk, Erwin Schmid.
Skit, Lee Robison, Ken Rogers,
Duo, Michalke - Schmid; Tap-
dance, Valiquetfcs.
Birth of the Blues, The Gleasoa
Sisters.
Old Man River, Mike Strait-
Hula, Vera Lowe.
Blues In the Night, Taffy Michalke.
Darktown Strutters' Ball, Russ
Hughes  and Chorus.
Lazybones, Ken Voltz.
■ Record Pantomine,   Victor Hn-
go-Izaac Dalton.
Night and Day, Michalke an(S;
Schmid.
Lucky Old Sun, Bud Layher.
Tap Dancing, Katy Lou. an&
Milton Hartman.
What's the Matter With the;
■Moon Tonight, Gleason Sisters.
Banjo, White Ballad.   •
I Want a Big Fat Mama, Al
Wiedman.
Old Rockin' Chair, Nona. Schmidt
and Chorus.
Finale, Chorus.
End Men: Mike Strait, Ross
Hughes, Oliver Steiner, Mike Gallagher, George ■ Irelan, and Jim
Beale.
-f-
Horriets Squeeze
Out A Victory
At Dundee
of Life. These Ji5. teachers plus
75 students also will journey to
Valley tFtorge at the Foundation's
expense. Here they will inspect
General Washington's Headquarters, as a symbol of American
freedom,   and
tJ  High ..
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Saline nosed Dundee out of _£_s
chance  to "get out  Of the  «____£"
spot in the Huron League- fir. __e"^
tour   the   "Valley ilast quarter of a game mgBBigtt^-
Forge Jiatpnal shrine.  They willj^ by the low score- eh-dEST-jagi*
also visit Freedoms Foundation
-Bgasaguarters, where they will re-
eeiscas the Freedom Libraries in
_ehalf of their winning school
S3e~.ems.
Selection of the winning school
systems will be .made by an independent Awards Jury made up
of 21 members~of the State Su-
jn-eme Courts and heads of Na-
t3onal Patriotic Societies and
Service Clubs, lwho will gather at
Freedoms Foundation's Valley
Forge headquarters to judge
school programs. The sole basis
of judgement will be the Freedoms Foundation Credo, more
than 10,000,000 copies of which
have been published since it was
first published in the March 1949
issue -_>f Reader's Digest. This
new ISchools Systems program of
(Federations Foundation Awards
is separate from and in addition to the General Awards Program of the Foundation, accord-   	
ing to FoundaBpn-_TU_tees. ThistSTindayi-
by both  sides at DnndSer- _r__-_3[-."
night,  Dundee led __d_ie at*-_ti_i--"-.
end of the third quarter 15-91'__*»-'-
was  unable to count in the ___%'=,.,
quarter while the Hornets'  E_x?~_-
Moehn accounfed for two-___fce_E'": -
which   wife  charity   tosses -paE-
the visitors in tfie lea^wif_5___t3
slim  marker  at  the iwfn<_^_p~ of.
the game?
U  HTgit took  Lincoln   Consolidated 43-30 and Milan took: _S«&
Rock 43-32 which, kept these..two 1 •
winners tied for top> lea^ae;;!6oi_--'
ors..  Chelsea's    win.  oven.- "5£pS|-_--
lanti-Roosevelt    mage   M
I honors  with  the   Hornets   in
tie for the second spot..
- Saline  defeated   Carletbn 2_
non-conference    basketball
Tuesday  night  hy, the  score a
35 to 2a
Mr. and Mrs. A-tonr an-Kndei
were  at   the  l__Ver_c
Leonard^