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SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR   *       NUMBER 22
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1950 FIVE CENTS PER COPY $2.50 PER YEAR EST ADVANCE
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With Coa
chools
When An Old-Fashioned Winter Came To Town
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For the second time this winter the City Street Commissioner
had the boys out with the "push shovel"  clearing the city streets.
—Observer Photo
Mary Mullen, ILanda and Larry Lange, Roy Wiebusch, and a
trio of neighborhood youngsters on North Ann Arbor street are
enjoying it immensely.. —Observer Photo
Along The
MainDrag
There's a nigger in the coal
pile. It hardly seems reasonable
that a large segment of the population ... a half-million people
. . . can be held under the thumb
of one man without revolting . . .
unless they feel they have a just
cause and that their, leader is
right. When wives and mothers
of little children go hungry . . .
well, we know the reaction of
most such American women . . .
"Get back and go to work." But
when wives and mothers with little children, say "Don't go back
to work, we'll starve first," there
must be something wrong! The
President doesn't seem to be worried over the situation. The mine
operators are reaping a harvest
of double prices on rotten fuel.
Congress sits idle with plenty
of power to "pass a 'law" ....
and it all makes very pleasant
reading for one certain Joe Stalin. Yes, there's a nigger in the
coal pile somewhere ... and what
a stinker! # Kenneth Hollenbeck,
of the County Road Commission,
is listed as the speaker on the
program of Saline Valley Farms
group party to be held next Monday night in their Recreation Hall.
He will speak on "County Road
Problems," which should be of
great interest to residents of the
southern section of Saline Township, many of whom feel that
they have been very much overlooked. 9 While the lion bared
his teeth yesterday and ushered
March in with a roar, trying to
give the impression that we face
six weeks more of winter, we believe the animal was noisy, and
that Spring is just around the
corner. We have the backing of
a lot of optimistic folks who have
been carting motor boats east and
west on Michigan avenue during
the past few days. % Envy Harvey Kluwe! A card from Havana,
Cuba, reads: "Having a nice vacation here with my wife and
mother. Should have brushed up
on my Spanish." Si senior, says
we, although the Cubans do understand dollar English very well.
•#The annual Red Cross drive
started Monday and will run
through the month. Saline has
built up a remarkable record in
past years in meeting its quota
and sometimes over-subscribing.
The quota is $9C0. A number of
public-spirited businessmen have
sponsored an appeal in this newspaper on page three, hoping that
the comimunity folks will take
this thing to heart and lighten
the burden of the local president
Mrs. Kenneth Rogers, who heads
the drive, and her group leaders
in the matter of soliciting . . .
you can make your contribution
at either bank. The slogan is,
"Give!"
Thievery Leads Juvenile
Offenses Of Delinquents
In Washtenaw County
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SUPT. JENSEN AT
ATLANTIC CITY
Leo Jensen was -one of 20 school
superintendents of this area who
left by chartered plane from Willow Run, Sunday (morning, to attend a four-day convention of the
National School Administrators'
Association at Atlantic City.
Probate and Juvenile Court
Judge, Jay H. Payne, has is-
|sued his first annual report,
Jan. 1, 1949 to Jan. 1, 1950,
Judge Payne, in submitting the
report, states that "Much planning was done during the yean
to make the Court a smooth
ninning institution oif service
in each of the fields assigned;
to it by statute, and which are
referred to in this report as the
Probate Division, the Juvenile
Division and Miscellaneous
Functions of the Court.
"At the beginning of the
year rules of procedure were;
promulgated and after they
were reviewed and approved by
the Washtenaw County Bar Association, they were adopted
•and published as the rules governing procedures in this Court.
A system of setting hearings,
for definite days and hours was:
set up, and the Court now operates on a docket system with
a docket arranged for the business of each day. In the operation of this schedule, as well
as in the formulation of our*
rules and procedures, the Court
has had the finest help and cooperation of the lawyers and
the public, all of which I acknowledge with sincere gratefulness.
"For the convenience of doctors and other professional wit-,
nesses, Tuesday of each week is
reserved for the hearing of petitions relative to mental illnesses. This arrangement permits doctors and other witnesses who may be involved in
■several pending petitions to accomplish their work in the
Court on one day each week,
thereby relieving them of the
inconvenience of repeated appearances in Court.
"As a statement of its philosophy in its dealing with juveniles, the Court prepared and
(has adopted the following Creed
which is displayed on the walls
of the Juvenile Court Room.
The Child and the Court
"This Court is dedicated to'
the service of every Child who
is in conflict with Society, and
guarantees to such Child the
right to be dealt with intelligently as Society's charge....
not as Society's outcast.
"It is the earnest endeavor of
;the Court with the help of the;
Ihome, the school, the church}
and the institution when needed, to return the children with
.whom it has dealings, to the
• normal stream of life whenever,
I and as soon as possible."
Besides functioning in the
cases of guardianships and
trusteeships the Court handles
the cases of the mentally ill,
there being commitments of 74
to mental hospitals last year
and 36 petitions for commitment dismissed. Also coming
under the jurisdiction of the
courtNis the disposition of cripT
pled and afflicted children,
adoptions, dependent and neglected children and delinquent
juveniles;
The report gives an analysis
of delinquent juveniles under 17
years of age from 155 completed cases during the past year,
of which 103 were white boya
and 28 colored; 18 white girlg
and 6 colored.
Sixty-six of the total were
•from Ann Arbor; 22 from Ypsilanti; 29 from Willow Village and 38 from rural areas.
There was one five years old,
three six years old, one eight
years old, three nine years old,
•three ten years old, two eleven
years old, 16 twelve years old,
22 thirteen years old, 29 fourteen years old, 30 fifteen years'
old and 45 sixteen years old.
The nature of the offenses'
ran the gamut from carrying
concealed weapons to stealing,
truancy, sex offenses and traffic violations. Of the 155 cases,
87 were for stealing, with traffic violations' being the next
.high category with 32.
The report lists the type of
supervision in the homes of the
delinquents and while 16 were
the children of divorced parents, 58 of the number were
living in homes with both parents. June, July and November were the months of greatest delinquency, whether that'
has any meaning or not.
Washtenaw
County C. D.
Plan
Clinton Rotary
Originates Novel
Peace Plan
Jack Bradley and Don Thomas
of Clinton were guests of the Saline Rotary Club, Thursday, and
placed before that organization a
proposal to get behind a movement to send great numbers of
young Americans to foreign countries in exchange for foreign
youngsters to visit this country
in a plan to promote the cause
of peace throughout the world.
Bradley and Thomas, members
of the Clinton Rotary Club, have
interested several other clubs in
this district in the movement.
They have been to Washington
and contacted the State Department which has endorsed the
movement and promised its aid.
Contacts have been made with influential persons in the United
Nations organization with, gratifying results.
The   exchange  of   students   between   this   and   other   countries
, inspired the idea that great num-
, bers of young impressionables  of
many countries, gaining first hand
, knowledge of each other and the
! countries   visited,  would  tend   to
break   down   predjudice and   hatreds and spread peace in greater
■ measure     than    by    any    other
means.
Representatives of' different
clubs at a meeting in Clinton were
to discuss the proposal further
and determine what action could
be taken to make it a nation-wide
project.
Another step ins the ceaseless
fight against cancer is seen in
the Washtenaw County Tumor
Detection Program. This plan
is sponsored by Washtenaw
County and the**_\nnT Arbor
Branches of the American
Cancer Society, The Washtenaw
County Health Department and
the Washtenaw County Medical
Society. The plan represents
a carefully developed, closely
integrated, cooperative effort
on the part of the organizations
Saline Local
M.M.P.A.To
Meet Here
Saline High Takes
Opener
The Hornets took Roosevelt
High 37 to 29 in the opening
game in the Class C District
Tournament Wednesday night.
Saint Mary's Wayne scored 25 to
U-High's 75 and at the third
quarter (Dexter was leading St.
Thomas 17-3.
This   information    obtained
through the courtesy of Mr. Shad-
ford's office, High School Athletic  Dept., Ypsilanti Central High I
School. !
mentioned above.   The program
makes   cancer   detection   exam-|
inations available to all citizens'
of Washtenaw county, and offers  to  the public one  of the
best  and widely  accepted pro-,
grams  for periodic  cancer detection examination.
In this plan every doctor's office becomes a cancer detection
unit making it possible for interested individuals to obtain a
C. D. or cancer detection examination without excessive delay and at regular periodic intervals.
How the Plan Works
The program, which has the
support and approval of medi-,
cat and lay health groups, is asi
simple—relatively—as it is im-!
portaht.   Patients   desiring   ex-j
animation need only call their \
physician and make an appointment for a C. D. or cancer detection   examination.     At   th?t
time  the  physician will  obtain
information concerning the pa-'
tient's health and symptoms, if
any.    Careful  examination will*
then be carried out with special |
reference to those areas of the-
body which contribute to over
609r of cancer sites.    This includes the skin, mouth, breasts,
cervix, prostate and rectum. If
suspicious   change is  noted by
the physician in any of 'the organs   examined  he  will   advise
'the  necessary    further    study
such  as  X-ray or biopsy   (the
taking of a    piece* of    "tissue) j
needed to confirm or rule out|
the presence of cancer.   Should [
patients have symptoms refer-,
able  to   deeper  organs  c_   the
hody, not normally 'visible or ac-1
eessible to touch (the stomach,]
for    example)    the    necessary1 j
studies rprmired to determine the
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Members of Saline Local of
the Michigan Milk Producers'
Association, one of the strongest locals in the Michigan organization, will hold their annual
meeting at the Saline High
School, Tuesday evening, March
7.
C. W. Otto, secretary-manager of the Lansing Chamber of
Commerce, a very able after
dinner speaker, will be an especial attraction for the dairymen, who will also have with
them the state president of the
organization, Ivan Maystead of
Hillsdale, the Little German
Band from Milan and the Four
Horsemen, a popular barbershop quartet from Ypsilanti
Normal.
The business meeting and
election of officers will be held
following the banquet which
will be served promptly at 7:30
according to Secretary Albert'
Gall, who makes the request
that members arrive promptly
on time.
The present officers of the
Saline local are William Hayes,
president; Alvin Marion, vice-
president; Albert Gall, secretary-treasurer, and directors
and delegates to the state meeting, Max Ross, Orrin and Ernest Girbaeh and Norman Bonnet.
Sportsmen's Euchre
Tournament Starts
Friday Night
Certificate of Necessity
Required To Obtain
Half Ton of Coal
Study Club's
Guest Night Was
Exceptional Event
Reservations for 80 persons
were made for the Salme Child
Study Club's dinner meeting at
St. Paul's Church, Tuesday evening, and 80 persons were evidently there, as there were no vacancies at the prettily decorated
tables when the club members
and their guests sat down at 7
o'clock.
Mrs. Meridith Bixby, the Club's
very capable president, introduced the members of the club and
the guests, making everyone acquainted with each other and putting everyone at ease. Mr. and
Mrs. Erwin Schmid favored with
a duet and the former led the
group in singing a. couple of songs
together.
Not only was it an especially
pleasing occasion but an instructive one. (Herbert L. Bodwin, consultant for the Michigan Department of Mental Health, Lansing,
delivered an address titled "The
Happy Family," and submitted to
questioning afterwards, and while
he admitted that he did not have
all of the answers, he did lay
down a course for the up-bringing
of children . .., and fathers and
mothers . . . which, if generally
practiced, would greatly tend to
bring about   "the happy family."
Fire Injures Mrs.
Drake; Causes
$1,000 Damage
Mrs. Emma Drake of Maple
Road was treated at the Saline
Hospital for burns received about
the face and hand, when an electric heater in her home overturned onto a pile of papers, setting them on fire. Before the city
fire department could control the
fire, it had done excessive damage to the interior. Estimated
damage -was set at approximately,
a thousand dollars.
Sunday evening Clinton Lewis
of 10& E. Henry street was surprised when notifiel that the roof
of his home was on fire. The fire
department answered the call and
soon had the blaze extinguished.
Sparks from the chimney caused
the fire, damage being estimated
at about fifty dollars.
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The Tri-County Sportsmen's Association held its annual election
of officers at the club house ^Friday night and elected the following officers: resident, Harold San-
erson; vice-president, Edwin
Armbruster; secretary, Ernest
Thomas, Sr.; recording secretary,
Leonard Arndt; treasurer, Sam
Miller.
On Friday evening, March 3,
the Sportsmen's Club will - hold
a euchre tournament and invites
the general public to take part
in it.
Mrs. Anna Fosdick,
"R. G. Mann Married
In New Baltimore
Mrs. Anna Fosdick of Saline
and Ernest G. Mann of Bridge-
water were united in marriage
Sunday, February 26, in New
Baltimore. Rev. L. C. George
Daschner, former pastor of St.
-Tolr-'s Cm^ch in Bridgewater,
performed the ceremony.  *
Mr. and Mrs. Mann left for
Florida Tuesday and will spend,
the month of March in thej
southland before returning to
make their home here in Saline
at 116 West Michigan avenue.
The Dorcus Circle of the Meth-
"Fujita, Orphan
Of Japan" At
Methodist Church
Because of Saline's scanty coal
supplies, Mayor Adrian Elsman
has taken advantage of Governor Williams' authorization for
communities to freeze available
coal for rationing. By this means
he hopes to avert any suffering
here for want of fuel. Because of
of the shortage the schools closed  here  Tuesday.
An investigation of the local
situation was made Monday night,
when it was found that the Saline Schools had not more than
three tons of coal on hand, which
is about a day's supply in severe
weather. Larnbarth Brothers are
entirely out of coal and will have
none until after the miners return to work and deliveries are
resumed. That's several weeks in
the offing, at least. They have a
list of orders on their books exceeding  one hundred.
The Saline Mercantile Company
had one car of stoker coal and
one car of mine-run on hand Monday and on Tuesday they received two more carloads of slack,
or mine-run. They have prospects of getting more, maybe.
The supply of fuel at the school
will last probably a week or ten
days with only_ sufficient fires in
the boilers to* keep things from
freezing.
Coal is toeing rationed here and
is doled out in half-ton lots. Those
in need are required to contact
the City Hall, and make application for delivery. Their needs are
checked by the City Police Department and orders for coal are
issued if their need warrants it.
Certificates of necessity are issued only at the City Hall and
the purchaser must have such a
certificate to secure coal at the
Saline Merantile Company's yards.
By taking these precautions the
Mayor hopes to avert any suffering in Saline for want of fuel
and makes the request that anyone who converted to oil and may
•have a supply of coal in his basement, notify the city hall, so that
use may be made of it.
School authorities are busy in.
an attempt to secure a car of
stoker coal on a priority basis,
and if they are successful school
could be resumed upon its arrival. But that appears to be a
faint hope at this time.
Fair To Hold
Crochet
Contest
"Fujita, Orphan of Japan."
This is the title of the colored
movie which will toe given at the
Saline Methodist Church, Sunday
evening, March 5, at 7:30. Kuma-
moto where Fujita is brought as
an infant toy his widowed mother. He grows up and experiences
the war, and then trains for
service for Christ among his own
people.
Realistically this film shows
what happened to *a Japanese
child who came under the influence of the work of the Christian
Church, and dramatizes the need
for an extension of this work in
these days of unusual opportunity.
You will not want to miss this
picture. Plan to come and bring
the whole family. The time of this
service is '7i:30, Sunday evening,
March 5.
CAR DAMAGED WHEN
IT HITS REAR OF TRUCK
odist   WSCS    will   meet   today, 1
(Thursday) at 2 p.m. at the home'
of Mrs. John Byers, N. Ann Arbor Street.
The front end of a Ford coupe
driven by Guy "S. Ackerman, was
damaged yesterday morning when
it failed to stop behind a coal
truck. Daniel McLean, a truck
driver for the Saline Mercantile
Co., was making a left turn into,
a driveway on South Ann Arbor
street when the coupe ran into
the back end of the truck.
(Who will wear the National
Crochet Championship crowns
this year? All those (males and
females) aspiring to the honors
should enter their crocheted
pieces in the Needlework Department of the 1950 Saline Community 'Fair. '
There's a big search going on
now to find these champions, and
it will culminate in November in
the final judging of the Nationwide Crochet Contest. You can't
afford to miss this opportunity,
and you won't if you take the first
step which is entering your piece
at our Fair. §2500 in cash, two
free trips to Chicago and numerous needlework honors are offered as added incentives for getting on the  crochet bandwagon.
There's toeen a big upswing in
crochet activity in this country
within the past few years. And it
hasn't all been among the ladies. .The menfolk and teen-agers
have been busily turning out bedspreads, tablecloths, potholders,
hats, gloves, etc. Last year's
male crochet champion was a
burly railroad man from New
Jersey who says that crocheting
is a boon to relaxation and a
good disposition. Perhaps this is
the reason for the sudden masculine interest in this needlework
art, but it could also be that men
—like women—enjoy the feeling
of creativeness which comes from
making things with their own
hands. In any event it would be
interesting to know if we have
many masculine crochet-enthusiasts in our vicinity.
Everyone' can enter this contest. The rules are few and easy
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