1950-03-16; Saline Observer

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SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR
NUMBER 24
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1950--TVE CENTS PER COPY $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
What Price Civilization?
The Garbage Man Goeth!
Thelma Vonderschmidt, basketball queen of the Jasper (Ind.)
state champions, demonstrates to Carl Vogel, town garbage collector,
how the garbage disposer will work when it takes his place next
August 1. Town council voted to eliminate food wastes electrically
by installing G-E disposers in householders' sinks when garbage
collectors indicated they would not renew contract. General Electric
officials said Jasper is the first town in the world to adopt this
method of deaiing with the garbage problem.
JASPER, IND. — The garbage
man got his walking papers in
Jasper today. Henceforth, the
garbage will be disposed of electrically.
The city council of this
southern Indiana town of 6800
persons voted last week to suspend all municipal garbage collections after August 1 and accepted a bid to install General
Electric garbage disposers in the
sinks of Jasper householders. The
disposers shred food wastes into
small particles which are flushed
down the drain and carried away
through the regular sewage lines.
At the same time the council
passed an ordinance forbidding
the storage of garbage outside
homes within the city limits.
By this action, General Electric officials said, Jasper becomes
the first municipality in the world
to adopt the disposer as a substitute for the garbage^ can and
collection truck. '":
Mayor Herbert Thyen and the
city council "began to explore the
possibilities of the water-borne
disposal of food wastes through
the sewer system about a year
and a half ago when the present
private garbage collectors indicated that they did not wish to
renew their contract. With the
help of a firm of engineering consultants and the aid of data submitted by interested manufacturers they gathered enough definite information to go to the
citizenry with an informal poll
last summer and 60 per cent registered their approval.
Early <in December, interested
disposer manufacturers submitted
bids and demonstrated their machines before the city council. The
G-E disposer offered by the General Electric Supply Corporation
of Louisville, Ky. was chosen for
installation. Since a majority of
the householders have signed up
the council passed the necessary
legislation for the contract to be
signed. Citizens who have not yet
filed applications will have until
June 1 to get in their orders.
Under the Jasper plan, each individual householder will buy his
disposer from the city.
Mayor Thyen estimated that
the mass installation of disposers
will save Jasper $13,000 annually
in wages and equipment charges
for garbage collection and "by
eliminating the garbage can — a
breeding place for flies and rodents and therefore of disease—
will make Jasper a healthier place
in which to live."
[Washtenaw county is working
on a project for county-wide garbage disposal at some central
point to which all municipalities
will toe required to haul their garbage  for burial.
It is proposed that a great
trench be dumped and immediately covered by a bulldozer or other mechanical device.
It appears that the practice
which is followed in Saline and
in other cities and villages in the
county is unsanitary and that
the county health department will
ban it. Garbage is collected at
stated intervals, from house to
house, and the garbage collector
usually supplements the income
which he derives from the city
by feeding the garbage to a pen«
of hogs. It is claimed that the
site of the hog feeding operations is a great -breeding, place
for flies and hence ^ a breeding
place for disease. It 's generally
agreed that there is small profit
in feeding garbage to hogs, and
in the case of Saline there would
be no collections made if the
city did not pay $1200 a year on
top for its -collection.
Garbage disposal in any event
is going to cost the city plenty
and in the .event the city is compelled to conform to the county
plan of collecting and carting to
some distant dump, the cost will
be considerably higher than at
present.
Saline will be compelled in the
near future to decide upon a plan
different than the one now in operation. The garbage-hog farms
are sure to toe liquidated by health
and sanitary agencies.
The town of Jasper, Indiana,
faced the same problem and solved it with the installation of
garbage disposers in the places
of origin—in the homes. An accompanying article under the caption "The Garbage Man Goeth,"
is of especial interest at this time.
Fresh Air Camp
Director Speaker
At Study Club
William C. Morse, assistant professor in educational psychology,
and director of the Fresh Air
Camp, University of Michigan
will be guest speaker at a meeting of the Child Study Cluib at
the home of Mrs. Joseph Bondie,
223 Russell St., Tuesday evenng
March 21 at 8 o'clock.
For four years Prof. Morse
worked .with the adult education
program in communities. He was
field assistant in community organization which entailed the
study and promotion of community   councils   and   youth   service
that records were to be sent to
the Ann Arbor scouting office.
The April theme "Air Fun" was
covered toy Herbert DeGraff,
Pack No. 110. This was followed
by several enoyable new games
presented toy Pack 125 of Chelsea.
Harold Hoffman, Pack No. 101,
led a discussion on the duties of.
Den Dads.
Refreshments   were    served    at
the conclusion of the meeting.
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Three Directors
For Summer
Program    1
The Board of Education and
•the Salme City Council are arranging .to set up a summer rec-
™„r„rii„   t  a.      _   - ■   reational   program   jointly   under
!S__- -f^, he  ™* research  the direction of a three man d_
Max A. Haider, Dr. Ned B. Cald-
er and Mrs. Celia E. Carr, all
now living in and around De*
troit.
Mrs. Haider' had been unwell
for some months, but conditions
became acute early December1
last, and she was taken to Mt.
Carmel hospital on Dec. 8 and
operated upon Dec. 17. Brought
home on Dec. 28 she failed to
rally properly and was returned
to the "hospital on Jan. 18. She
died there March 9th.
Surviving   besides   the    hus
Fire Hits Farm
Home On
Weber Road
A devastating fire at the
Raymond Klumpp residence located north and west of Bridge-
band and children are four sis-!wa.te^ ?? the Weber _""£• inters, Mrs. Gertrude Keefer a_.d,gu?ed th% \e™T f *£** *e
Mrs. Roy Taylor of Osseo, Mrs.
^a™1 fZ lheadult -education | rectorate.    One  of  the  members
program   which  involwri   ~-a_4-~.>.._,.   _.   -    ^.^. .   ..
Along The
MainDrag
Funeral Services
Friday For Joseph
A. I_indemann
; letter  to   the  city   council,   read
■ Monday  night,   calling   attention
j to the manner of parking in  the
city ... on the lines and across
the, lines,  etc.,   and again  aroused the latent interest among city
officials   of providing   a  parking
lot in Saline.    0The  Kroger Co.
expects   to  increase   its   support
  I of 4-H and FFA livestock shows
_,      , ^        ,    .   .     „   ' and   sales    during    the    coming
* There's  another  slant  to toe -^ ^ any      r_
taken  of  the   contemplated   new|chased mQre  tha_  120Q  headi of
Court House at the county seat.  Uve_tock at 133 sales and award.
The present one,  said  to be too  ed   _3   trophies   to   exhibitors  of
shaky  for even the  sparrows to wiimin^ animals.   • Don R. John-
take up lodgings   has been  con- associate county agent, ad-
demned   by  the  board   of super-   ^^ ^^  j_   celel}ration of   Na_
visors   for  future  use   and   they  tional 4_H club Week_ tne Wash.
have voted to build _, new^one on ten&w   ^^    4_H Service  c]UD
the present site.   It just happens has   ^^^   _   county-wide   4-H
that   those   gentlemen    are    the; for ^   4H  memheTS  Md
.elected representatives of the dif- ^^   afc   iSlauson  Junior mgiL
ferent    communities    about    'the   -^^ ^ ^^   _t g 0_
county   ...   and   having voted |Saturd)a]    March 18, with a short
to  tear  the  old  one   down   and,          ^    active                         are
build a new one in its place . . • | danctag   and   refreshments,
if they did not vote the sentiment #phew, ^-g. _______ ^^ are
of  their  constituents .they would  - w ^ _  mem       .  . .  one  of
foe m plenty of hot water back ^ ^ j       __ on,
home. We have heard of none of
Death came to Joseph A. Linde-
mann, 58, well known 'Lodi Township farmer, <?arly Wednesday
morning at his home at 7905
Lindemann Road,   Lodi Township.
Mr. Lindemann had resided in
the township during his entire
lifetime. He was born on October 15, 1891, the son of Gustave
and Elizabeth Walsh^Lindemann.
He married 'Miss Emma Stoll-
steimer on November -7, 1919, in
Lodi Township.
Surviving him are his wife and
the following children:. Mrs. Ar-
mine Wiedmayer of Manchester;
Mrs. Billie iWalker of Silver
Springs, ^Maryland; Mrs. William
Vidmar of Taylorsville, HI.; and
Miss Gladys and Dean at home;
three brothers, Adolph of Saline, Gustave of Ann Arbor and
Otto of Lodi Township; also one
sister, Mrs. John Kohler of Saline, and five grandchildren. w
Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at 1:30 at the
home 'and at 2 o'clock at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church,
o-f which he was a member. Rev.
H. L. Engel will officiate and interment will be in Lodi Cemetery.
Friends may call at the residence.
program which involved mairi-g
studies and publishing bulletins
on cammunity problems. Subsequently he worked on leadership
m community activities, and also
taught classes in youth problems
and mental hygiene in various
Michigan communities.
Dr. Morse teaches courses in
the area of Educational psychology, Mental Hygiene, and Field
Experience in Guidance on the
regular University program He
has had charge of the University
Reading Clinic for .college students, who were poor readers,
and also in charge of the Psychological Appraisal and Personnel Program for undergraduate
students in education.
Dr. Morse is director of the
University of Michigan Fresh Air
Camp, a unit of the Institute for
Human Adjustment. This is a
therapeutic camp which provides
an activity program, problem
diagnosis, group .therapy, and
case work for emotionally maladjusted children. The camp also
features a workshop in human behavior for graduate students
wishing to combine academic
study and practical experience in
the area of adjustment problems
of childhood and adolescence
Hostesses for the occasion are
Mrs. Everett Esch. Mrs. James
fox, Mrs. Harold .-.Dechert and
Mrs. Henry Karner.
Saline Skaters
To Take Part In
Melody On Ice
will be a representative of the
school, one of the city council
and the other the community at
large.
The financing of the program
will be carried out under an arrangement between the city and
the school, and, it is assumed
.that the athletic director will be
appointed by the three directors
and toe directly responsible to
them.
A "movement is already afoot
to organize a softball league here
and no do_bt full advantage will
be taken of the facilities provided for outdoor sports this next
summer at the new athletic field.
Fred Boyd of Waldron and Miss.
Nora Black now with the U. S.
Government offices at Frankfort, Germany. The husband,
all three -children and Miss
Black were with her when she
passed away. She was a loving"
and faithful wife, a splendid
mother, an excellent neighbor1
and community worker, tireless)
in her endeavors for others.
With her family she was a resident for several years in Ransom, Waldron, Camden, Adrian,
Detroit, Hartford, Clarenceville,
and Saline where Mr. Haider
was at various times engaged ini
school work. During the past
eight years they lived quietly
at 2510 Tyler Ave., Detroit 6.
She was interred in the Blount
cemetery near Osseo where many of her family are now buried, on Sunday, March 12, with
final funeral services at the
Methodist church in Osseo.
them having been strung up yet, . t.t-ii   t> _.
and   no   general    complaint,    so  beniOrS   Will Fresent
probably   most   everyone is  fair-   «a   T :-h-1,_ "H"r»n#»\7"
ly well satisfied. In all fairness,     •"■ ^l^iexoui-Cy
it cannot be said that the super- ——<
visors acted hastily in the mat- "A Little Honey," a comedy in
ter. It was debated at length and!.three acts will 'be given -by the
with considerable heat and was Senior class of the Saline High
laid over for a couple of months School on Thursday and Friday,
for a cooling off period and then March 23 and 24 at 8:15 at the
determined upon. As a result Ann high school auditorium. Following
Arbor will no. doubt continue as is the cast of characters:
the county seat. £ An item Jerry Minton, Ruth Faust; Al-
which appeared in this newspaper bert Parker, Wesley Schroen;
20 years ago states that Saline Scoots, Pat [White; Diana, Jerry
school bonds were sold to the Jordan; Dolores, Marlene Hirth;
Detroit Trust Company at a Tom Corning, Ed Taylor; Roger
premium of $1,005, at 4% per Minton, David Anderson; Eve
cent. ^A request for a permit Tyler, Joyce Westphal; Martha
to sell milk at retail in Saline toy Minton, Margaret Lange; Mrs.
the Hirth Dairy Co. of Ann Ar- Simmons, Grace Englehart;
bor was tabled by the city coun- Grandma Minton, Joyce Alber;
cil Monday night until it could toe The Sure Shot Man, Paul Woods,
determined what conditions Saline A snappy comedy in three acts
dealers would be compelled to which will provide plenty of
meet to retail milk in Ann Ar- laughs. The problem is will Di-
bor. ^To emphasize the fact ana get hiar man, will Jerry get
that parking is limited to two her dress and will Scoots get her
hours on Michigan avenue new puppy dog, and-what does Grand-
parking   signs   were   ereoted   on ma have to do with all this?
■that thoroughfare Tuesday.   9 It  1 > —
seems that a Farm Bureau group      Try a liner ad in the Observer
in   Lodi   Township    addressed   a —It is widely read.
Two Auction Sales
This Month
Alfred Reimold, one mile north
of Bridgewater; nine miles east
of Manchester on the Bethel
Church jRoad; will hold an auction sale Wednesday, March 22,
starting at 12 o'clock. Al 'Line-
han, Jr., will be the auctioneer
and Rudolph Gross will clerk the
sale. The particulars can be found
on another page in this issue.
George Burg, a mile and a
quarter south of Saline on- Saline-
Milan Road, will hold an auction
sale of 27 head of dairy oattle
and retire from the dairy business on Saturday, March 25. Guy
Thompson will toe the auctioneer.
Seven youngsters from this
community, members of the Ann
Arbor Figure Skating club will
participate in the annual Ice Carnival to toe given at 8 o'clock Saturday evening March asth and
at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
March 19th at the University Ice
Rink in Ann Arbor. Carol Schrader, Joyce Davenport, Nan, Kit
and Atobie Anne Young, Sallee Jo
Wood and Butchie Armbruster
vyill skate in this colorful production with costumes and events on
the theme "The Turn of the Century." One hundred and ninty
skaters will make the performance one of great beauty and interest. Tickets are available at
Wheeler's Store.
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Grade And High
School Artists In
Poster Contest
Training Center
Forms Classes In
Practical Nursing
Miss Mae Edna Doyle, director of the Ann Arbor Practical
Nurse Training Center, met with
the senior girls at the Saline
High school on Thursday morning, March 9, to discuss both'
professional and practical
nursing with the students. Following this meeting she met
with Mrs. Ray Niles, Mrs. Harry Anderson, Mrs. Harold
Brown, Miss Esther Landwehr
and Miss Mary Morton, to discuss the forming and function,
of a local interest committee.
Mrs. Ray Niles was appointed'
chairman of the group and will
be contacting other interested!
persons in.1 the community to be
on this committee.
The Training Center now has
one group of students on hospital affiliation and admitted a
new class Ito the Center on Feb.
27th. Applications are now being accepted for the June class.
Saline and Manchester fire departments.
Wednesday morning at approximately nine o'clock Mrs.
Paul Heiber, who was driving
her children to school, noticed
smoke billowing from the roof
of the Klumpp residence. She
immediately notified her husband, who called the Saline
Fire Department.
Mrs. Klumpp was at work
and Mr. Klumpp, returning
from the barn after having
done his morning chores, observed the fire. There was no
one in the house at the time
the fire started.
The Manchester Fire Department was called and arrived
just in the nick of time with
added chemicals to aid in extinguishing the blaze.
The majority of household
furnishings were removed.
It is thought the fire was
caused by sparks from the
chimney. Damage was estimated at between four and five
thousand dollars.
The farm is owned by George
Weber.
Saline Students Will
Entertain Rotary
Today
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The Saline Rotary Club will
meet at the high school today
where they will toe entertained by
a student program and be served
a dinner prepared by the home
economics class.
Last week the Four Horsemen
of  Ypsilanti,  a barbershop  quar-      _
tet,   furnished  the   entertainment' Master  Mason  Degree will  be
Pastmaster's Night
Here March 28th
Glenn Weber, master of Saline Lodge, No. 80, F. & A. M.,
has announced that Pastmas-
ters-' Night will be held on Tuesday, March 28, with supper being served at 6:30.   Work in the
Former Saline Lady
Died In Detroit
Marilla Black, second daughter of Samuel Black and Celia
Pinchin-Black, was born in Jefferson township, Hillsdale county, Michigan, Feb. 28, 1881. She
was married to Arthur A. Haider on Oct. 28, 1900, and to them
were born three  children,  Dr.
at the Rotary meeting, and Ro-
arian Paul Lambert took the Ibase
part in one number to the very
great edification of the club members and greatly to his credit.
In State Bowling
Tournament
Bowling on the J. C. Little
Company team in the State Bowi-
ing Tournament over the weekend, Walt 'Mitchell of Ann Arbor bawled 214, 245, 234 for first
place in the singles. His 20 point
spot boosted tois count .to 723.
Owen Hoeft, "bowling with the
same team, had a high of 213,
199 and 2Q1 for a total of 613
and a 54 handicap, making a total of 667.
Lights Out
exemplified by the pastmasters
of the lodge.
City employees engaged in
erecting limited parking signs on
West Michigan avenue Tuesday,
evidently put out of commission
an underground conduit of the
Detroit Edison Company and as
a result several street lamps have
been blacked out.
$238.15 For Polio
Mrs. Arthur CNeil, local chairman of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, reports
that a total of 5238.15 was obtained in the recent campaign for
funds here.
The sum of $85.45 was collected in the school.
Aiding Mrs. O'Neill in the care>
paign were Miss Joanne Wonder-
gem and four senior girl scouts,
Shirley. tUphaus, Sally Strieter,
Sally Campbell and Sharon Star-
Cribbage Tournament
At Hotel Tonight
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The second annual city cribbage tournament will be played
tonight at the Saline Hotel beginning at 8 o'clock. Players
are to bring their own cards and
cribbage boards.
Winner and runner-up will be
eligible to enter in the county1
tournament sponsored by the
Ann Arbor News.
LeRoy Wurster Takes Over Bridgewater Store
Services To Be
Resumed At
Federated Church
Federated Church, which has
been undergoing extensive redec-
oration, will open its doors for all
regular church and church school
services Sunday, March 19th. For
the past two Sundays, services
have been conducted in the Masonic Hall.
A formal re-dedication service
is being planned for Sunday,
March 26th, to Which the public
is invited.
With Michigan's four-year leadership in creating the nation's
school traffic safety posters and.
$2,275 in prize money at stake,
grade and high school artists
these days are busy sketching
safety situations. Selma Arking
of Detroit's Cass Technical
high school which has produced three of the last four years'
national grand prize winners, began early on the AAA national
school safety poster contest which
ends Saturday, April 15. Subjects
assigned for Michigan students
this year are "Watch for Turning Cars" and "Walk on Left
Facing Traffic," according to Automobile Club of Michigan's Safety and Traffic director Ernest
P. Davis, Anyone submitting an
entry on one of the subjects may
also enter the "open class, illustrating any safety rule he chooses.
All grade and high school students are eligible to participate.
Details are available at all
schools. Top national posters will
be reproduced in 400,000 copies
and used with monthly safety
lessons all over the nation.
Cub Leaders Met
Here Monday
About 50 cubbing leaders from
the Washtenaw-Livingston Council were guests of Saline Pack
146, Monday night at the Saline
High School.
The opening ceremony was conducted by Saline pack 146. Mrs.
The   "Lncky   Old   Sun"  Will Margaret Carrington of Pack 106
Have Nothing On You if You presented   the subject  of   record
Use Want Ads. keeping. Loren Loomis   explained
LeRoy Wurster started with the C. F. Smith Co. in Manchester in the year 1936 and remained there until 19_6, starting as
general clerk in the grocery and meat department, the last three
years spent in the capacity of general manager.
He was manager at the present Bridgewater location for
two years for Towner Brothers and worked at the Double A
Products until his recent purchase of the Bridgewater General
Store formerly owned by Ed Nelson.
Alterations in the display counters and general layout have
been made.
Mr. Wurster stated that the overall policy of the store will
be lower prices, more efficient service and a more complete
inventory. Besides a general line of groceries and meats, shoes,
rubbers and men's work clothes will be handled. Eggs will be
' ought also.
Ralph Wurster, pictured on the right, brother of the owner,
-"Ti be employed there full time. He previously worked at the
C. F Fmith Ftore in Manchester.
For three days, staring Thursday (today), the store is
"->*ing special price markdowns in honor of the event.
Sportsman's Club
Euchre Tourney
The Tri-County Sportsman's
Club is conducting a series of
euchre* tournaments at the club
house Friday nights and has
aroused considerable interest
among euchre fans im this area.
Winners in last Friday night's
tournament were C. T_. Sanderson of Ypsilanti, first; Georgej
Klapateh, Aim Arbor, second,
and Forrest Miller of Ypsilanti,
low scorer.
The second in the series of
tournament games will be held
Friday night and everyone is
welcome. The tournament runs
for a period of seven more;
weeks.