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SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR
NUMBER 29
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY,   APRIL  20,  1950
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MainDrag
©Civic pride is demonstrated
in this community to a great
extent by the generally well-
kept premises of the inhabitants. Nevertheless there is
always an onportiinity for
greater beautification, especially when as a community we become conscious of a special effort being made in that direction. In previous years garden contests, which included
both vegetables and flowers
were promoted here and created very great interest. It
would be a worthy project for
any civic organization to underwrite. The suggestion is
made in this column while there
is yet time to get such a project
underway, and because of the
fact that it has been done here
before with such excellent results, e Civic projects are asj
numerous and varied as is one's
imagination. We recall one
suggested by a Saline woman a
number of years ago. It was
to plant the roadsides leading
into Saline with the early flowering Japanese crab trees. They
bear a mass of early spring1
blossoms and would make Saline the Mecca for sight-seers
from all over the county. We
were at one time assured officially that the County Road
Commission would gladly cooperate in developing such a land-:
scaping project of the highways
leading into Saline. Is this stuff
wishful thinking? # Howard
Miller,   on   Willow  roa'd,   was
sowing oats Monday and on
clay ground. Miller said the
drill worked fine in the mellow
soil which was in perfect shape
for planting. Now you farmers,   raise   your   hands.	
How many of you had your oats'
in Monday? §A criticism we
have heard... .of school buses
stopping to let passengers out
... .not drawing up' to the side
of the road first. Other cars are
supposed to stop when a school
bus stops to unload passengers,
but it would be a wise precaution to draw up at the side of
the road before letting children
out... .especially when there is
any considerable amount of
traffic. After all, kids are kids
and some automobile drivers
are.... well, some automobile
drivers! We have never seen
any local school bus drivers use
anything but due precaution"
for the safety of his precious
load... .but on occasion we do;
see some pretty fast moving automobiles on our highways.
They are not able always to
stop quick enough to prevent
an accident. A school bus driver can't take a chance on anything. . We hope this criticism
is not warranted, but during
this state-wide campaign to reduce the accident toll among
school children, we but emphasize the precautions that all
should take in the practice of
safety measures. % Police Chief
Ray Carlton is catching up with
bicyclists in town who ride their
bikes at night without lights.
It's no great hardship to attach
a light on a bike and it may
avert a tragic accident. <§In
Lambarth Brothers ad last
week it read, "Now you should
be able to get the coal of yourj
choice," and this should have
followed: "Place your order
now for future delivery. ©Bob
Harris, of the Shell Service Station, marked up a rating of 91
points in the Shell Oil Company's annual clean-up campaign' and contest. Because of
his efforts, the Shell Company
will play host to him Friday at
a dinner in the Hotel Statler
and in the afternoon at the
Chicago-Tiger ball game... .the
season's opener in Detroit.
Lucky Bob! a The Washtenaw
County Council of High School
Superintendents will hold a dinner meeting in the Estabrook
elementary school in Ypsilanti
tonight. Guests will include
members of the board of supervisors, board of education and
county allocation board. Schools
that will be represented are
Dexter, Chelsea, Manchester,
Pittsfield, Saline, Ann' Arbor,
Lincoln, Milan, Ypsilanti and
Willow Run. Some schools,
among them Ypsilanti", Ann Arbor and Manchester, are faced
with a serious situation, it is
said, unless an increase in the
millage is alloted them while
others do not require the
amount they are receiving. In
spite of the fact that more money is being devoted to educational purposes than ever before, some schools find it difficult to operate on their present budget. If it is an unequal
distribution of school funds, the
answer is apparent. If otherwise, there may be many answers. It should be an dnterest-
ing meeting in Ypsilanti tonight. #In the tenth inning of
the season's opener at Cleveland, Tuesday, the Tigers
switched to Calvert... .and
pulled their game out of the
fire.
Family Night Dinner
At Federated
Church
The final Family Night dinner and program of the season
for the Federated church congregation will be held on Friday evening of this week, with
the dinner beginning at seven
o'clock. Those in attendance
are asked to bring tb.eir own
table service and food to pass.
•Coffee v ill be served by the
committee in charge, with Mrs.
A. W. Cuff and Mrs. Silas Nord
making   arrangements.
The entire evening's schedule
of program and service is being
arranged by members of the
choir of the church, the program committee including Mrs.
George Austin, Reuben Rogers
and Mrs. Howard Johnson. A
varied musical program has
been arranged, including solo
and chorus numbers and violin
and harmonica and piano arrangements. Entire families are
urged to attend this annual
spring event which will be the
last of its kind before October.
Legion Interested
In Organizing
Junior Ball Club
The American Legion will hold
a special meeting tonight at 8
o'clock to discuss plans for a
junior "baseball league ... they
want all interested to attend.
They announce another dancing
party Saturday night and a Second  District meeting  Sunday   at
NO. 1 ON THE HONEYMOON HIT PARADE
Saline Scouts At
Court of Honor
Tonight
Saline Boy Scouts will attend
a Court of (Honor tonight at 7:30
in Slosson Junior High School,
Ann Arbor, when 12 Scouts will
receive a total of 29 merit badges
in addition to other advancements. Emil Sattler will be
awarded the Star rank, Walfred
Larson and Jerry Miller will be
promoted to First Class and Dick
Gonser and Robert Groeb will receive their Second Class ranks.
At the last Court of Honor,
February 2, Saline Troop 46 was
the recipient of the Covered Wagon Award for having the largest percentage of parents present and it is expected that there
will be a good turn out of parents
at the Court of Honor tonight.
Scouts will meet at the YMCA
previous to the Court of Honor
for an hour long swimming period from 6:00 to 7:00 o'clock.
Theatre Owner
Claims Business
Misrepresented
The owners of the Saline Theater brought a $6,5.00 suit last
week against the former owners,
claiming that the theater's income potential (was misrepresented at the time of sale.
Mr. and Mrs. Gunnar Olofson,
theater owners, are represented
in their suit by former Michigan
governor Kim Sigler and his law
partner, Victor Anderson.
The Olofsons named Stanley
Pietrzak and Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Januszyk of Belleville.
Visiting Judge Frank M. Doty
of Pontiac issued a temporary injunction preventing theJanuszyks
from selling the Olofsons' home
in Laingsburg, Mich., for which
the Januszyks hold a deed as
part payment for the theater.
The Olofsons bought the theater Jan. 3, 1950, for $6,500 cash
and the deed.
They claim the sellers "fraudulently" represented the theater's
net income at ?80.0 per month,
claiming it actually has netted
much less than that amount.
The Olofsons also ask 7'reason-
able  damages."
Sophomores To
Sponsor Penny
Carnival
Dairy delegates from 40 states, in business session at the eleventh
annual meeting Of the American Dairy Association, adopt program
of increased advertising and merchandising for dairy foods to step up
sales and to expand theTnarkets for present milk production.
Senior Class Starts
Eastern Trip Sunday
NIAGARA FALLS—Renowned as a mecca for honeymooners, mighty
Niagara is never more beautiful than in the Spring. This magnetic
tourist attraction continues to draw more than 1,500,000 visitors
annually who come to watch one hundred and twenty million gallons
of water thunder over its brink each minute in the steadiest flow of
any of the world's famous falls. Many persons choose Niagara as the
destination of a Greyhound expense-paid Amazing America Tour.
The tour includes a daytime visit to Niagara's many famous vantage
points, a night time tour when the Falls are floodlighted with many-
colored, bilUon-candlepowered lights, and the famous "Maid of the
Mist" boat trip that braves churning waters to the very foot of the
falls. There are more than 200 of these Greyhound tours to all parts
of the continent. They are not conducted tours, but are planned for
groups and individuals who may come and go as they please, and stay
as long as they wish. The tours include round-trip transportation,
hotel accommodations arranged in advance, sidetrips and sightseeing.
The Sophomore class of the
Saline High School will present)
a Penny Carnival in the school
auditorium Saturday, April 22,
from 8 p. m. until 11 p .m.
There will be an auction of
faculty members who will render certain duties such as shoe
shining, iron, manicuring and
so forth. Pie eating and jello
eating contests are sure to provide a chuckle or two.
The crowning of a king and
queen will also take place. Those
receiving the most pennies in
the jars'placed in school will be
elected.
Among the concessions are
the ever popular fish pond, fun
house, fortune telling, penny
pitch and Western Union. On
hand also, will be several clowns
to keep everyone in good humor.
Home-made fudge, pop and
candy corn and other items will
be "provide in the refreshment
department.
The public is invited.
Tuesday 9 O'clock'
Bowling League
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Team Standings
W       X.
Ed's   Grocery     81       39
Five  Points      80        40
Saline Hatchery 66       54
Trinity    54        66
iFarmers 42        78
Gross Implement 37       86
Next week: Alleys 1 and 2,
Gross Implement vs Five Points;
alleys 3 and 4, Ed's Grocery vs
Farmers; alleys 5 and 6, Trinity
vs  Saline Hatchery.
Mike Wilson took over high
three games with 620.
No gains in -top three standings.
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License Granted
'Hirth Brothers Dairy, of Ann
Arbor, have been granted a license to retail their products in
Saline. It will be recalled that
the city council held up the license until it was determined under what conditions a Saline retailer would be able ••to operate
in Ann Arbor.
Forty-one members of the Senior class of the Saline High;
School will leave here Sunday afternoon at 4:30, by bus, for Toledo .where they will .board a Baltimore & Ohio train, the Ambassador Limited, enroute to the
nation's capital. Mr. _nd Mrs. Ol-
in Wanty will act a_ chaperons
and a representative of the B. &
O. R. R. will accompany them
and direct the tovtr^.
The itinerary of 'the tour reads:
Sunday, April 23rd, 7:05 p.m.:
Leave Toledo, Union (Station, in
a comfortable ai - conditioned
coach on the Ballimore & Ohio's
diesel-powered Anjbassador Limited. Enroute to the' nation's capital our train passes through Akron, Youngstown, Pittsburgh,
Cumberland and historic Harpers
Ferry, W. Va. ,
Monday, April 24th: While passing through the rolling, picturesque country-side of beautiful
West Virginia, you'll hear your
welcome to our dining car by the
"first call for breakfast." While
you're enjoying breakfast, a station stop will be jnade at Harpers Ferry, and it is here the
great States of Maryland, (West
Virginia, and Virginia meet, along
with the Rivers Shenandoah and
Potomac. It is said the Civil War
had its birth at Harpers Ferry,
and from the train one can see
the John Brown Monument.
8:15 a.m.: Our train arrives at
Union Station, Washington,. D. C,
and on hand to meet you will be
a representative from the Gray
Dine Sightseeing Company. Your
first tour of Washington will include visits to the Bureau of
Printing and Engraving, where
you'll actually see bonds and paper currency being printed; the
Federal Bureau of* Investigation,
home of the G-Men; Congressional Library; and the U. S. Capitol
Building. This morning's tour will
end at your hotel, where, upon
arrival, you'll be given your room
assignments.
Luncheon in the hotel dining
room. Afternoon open for individual pleasure. Dinner in the hotel dining room. Ove-night at the
Lafayette Hotel.
Tuesday, April 25th: Breakfast
in the hotel dining room.
8:15 a.m.: Transfer from the
hotel to the Washington Monument. Walk to the Smithsonian
Institute, thence to the U. S. National Museum.
11:30 a.m.: Transfer from the
(U. S. (National Museum to the
Hotel for luncheon.
Afternoon free. As a suggestion, you might walk to the Pan
American Building and the White
House.
Dinner in the hotel dining
room. Evening free. As a suggestion, you might arrange a theatre party or take the moonlight
boat cruise.
Wednesday, April 26th;. Breakfast in  the hotel  dining room.
10:00 a.m.: Leave the hotel,
with your baggage, by special
bus for tour including Alexandria,
A-liington, and Mount Vernon.
You'll go through Old Georgetown across the Potomac River
viewing Robert iE. Lee's home
and stop.at the Tomb of the Unknown ISoldier to Arlington National Cemetery. In Alexandria,
you'll visit Christ Church, where
George Washington and General
Lee were vestrymen, and stop at
the George Mason Hotel for luncheon. After lunch, you'll motor
to Mount Vernon where a one-
hour's stop will be made, which
will allow you sufficient time to
wander the grounds and visit the
buildings that were once so closely associated with Washington's
life. Returning to Washington, a
stop -will be made at the Lincoln Memorial, after which you'll
continue to Union Station where
you'll board the B & O Streamliner, the Royal Blue, for New
York City.
Dinner will be served in the
dining car.
Enroute, our train • passes
through   Baltimore,   Wilmington,
and Philadelphia, terminating at
the Jersey City Terminal, where
you will board special busses for
the transfer to your New York
Hotel. Incidentally, all busses are
ferried across the Hudson River,
which will give you a wonderful
opportunity to view the New
York skyline at sunset. Do not
miss Times Square.
Thursday, April 27th, 8:00 a.m.:
Following breakfast, you're off
on a tour of this huge metropolis.
In a chartered bus you will take
the famous Grand Tour of Upper
and Lower New York. Your
guide, thoroughly schooled in the
knowledge of Manhattan, explains the following points of interest: Radio City, St. Patrick's
Cathedral, iFifth Avenue, ■with its
fashionable shops, University
Club, Tiffany & Company, Central Park, Metropolitan Museum
of Art, Museum of the City of
New York, Harlem, Cathedral of
St. John the Divine, where a stop
is made and a lectured tour taken through the Cathedral, Columbia University, Riverside Church,
Grant's Tomb, George Washington Bridge, fashionable apartment house district of Central
Park West, Hayden Planetarium,
American Museum of (Natural
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Two-Youths Picked
Up In Saline In
Stolen Car
Robert Armstrong, 17, and
John White, 17, both of Detroit,
were apprehended here at 12:45
a. m. Wednesday morning by
Police Officer C. 63. Albertson.
They were, driving a stolen 19-9
Ford car with a stolen license
plate displayed upside down.
The car had been reported
stolen in Detroit on April 18.
Albertson had been alerted to
be on the lookout for the car
which had been seen heading
west out of Ypsilanti. The two
were turned over to the custody
of State Police.
Freshman Class
To Present
Talent Show
April Is
Clean-Up
Month
This is Clean-Up Month. The
checking-up, cleaning-up and
repairing you do during April
may save your life or limbs
or those of your family, the
Michigan Department of Health
said today. .
Fires and falls cause three
out of four fatal accidents
which occur in Michigan homes.
Fires, machinery, falls and livestock cause nine out of ten fatal accidents which occur on
Michigan farms. Many such
accidents «an be prevented by
clean-up and repair.
Have your heating system
completely checked for cracks,
rusting or other defects.
Have a competent electrician check your electrical wiring and appliances and replace
all frayed wiring.
Remove all rubbish, rags and
papers from basement, attic
garage or barn.
See that all stairways are adequately lighted, solid and free
of toys, tools or rubbish.
Use a ladder for any climbing you have to do. Don't climb
on chairs, tables or boxes.
Clean out the medicine chest;
get rid of all old medicines and
mark poisins clearly,
j    Put all   insecticides, laundry
j bleaches,    cleaning   compounds
I and other poisons well out of
the reach of children.
|     Check your farm machinery,
I especially the tractor and power equipment to make sure it
is in proper working order and
that all guards are in place.
Make   sure   that  your   har-
i nesses  are in good  repair and
, that your stanchions and fences are strong  enough to hold
your farm animals.
Make a rack for your farm
and garden tools and keep them
in it.
Mil up that old cistern, well
or septic tank on your property.
. Clean up the barnyard and
outbuildings and fill up water
holes to eliminate insect breed-
This is only a partial list for
Clean-Up Month, the Department said. By looking over
your own house, lawn, garage
and barns you can find many
other hazards which you and
your family can remove during
Clean-Up Month.
The- Freshmen class will present a talent show Wednesday
night, April 26 at 8 o'clock at
the Saline High School. Proceeds
will be used to pay transportation for their senior trip. There
will be door prizes and boxes of
pastry will be auctioned. The program includes singing by Nancy
Woods, Martha Clouse, LaVern
Drake, Jean and Darlene Klumpp,
Alice Gilbert and Joyce Hocking,
Betty Alber and Shirley Shultz
and a quintet with Ronnie Finkbeiner, Joie Gratf, James Cook,
David Bredernitz and Dick Miller.
Rythmic steps will be. shown by
Dorothy Marion, Rhea Menzel,
Helen Graf, Virginia Corl and
Irene Trinkle; a piano solo by
Shirley Sanderson, and Marilyn
Murray an accordian solo. Larry
Hafemeister, Larry Wiedmayer,
John McCoy and Elton Moehn
will be starred in a comedy act.
Twirling tricks will be done by
Lois Finch, Charlotte Feeman.
and Pat Happ. In the tumbling
field will be Pat Rogers, Faith
Hilge, Norma Faust, Beverly Sevey, Shirley Sanderson and Mar
Lou Luekhardt. To end the evening the class will present a skit
featuring Rhea Menzel, Virginia
Corl, David Bredernitz, John McCoy, Douglas Elfring, Nancy
Woods, Helen Graf, James Cook,
Eunice Meske, George Burns and
Calvin Engelhart.
Saline, County,
Dr. Hall Named In
Detroiter's Suit
Mary Grace Brown, real estate broker of Detroit, has
served a summons on the City
of Saline, the County of Washtenaw and Cortez Hall, to appear in Circuit Court in connection with the property in the
southeast section of the city
which Hall acquired some time
ago and which he has proposed
as a sub-division.
It appears that a county
drain' runs through the property and also a city sewer line, on
which the city has easement
and which has been recorded.
Hall has declared that his abstract shows no easement on
either of the two facilities and
that he has a good case for a
damage suit.
According to our information
Hall, a former real estate agent,
had the property on the market
through the" agency of Mary
Grace Brown, who caused the
summons to be served on the
three parties.
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Salirie Represented At
Jackson Gathering
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Superintendent of Schools Leo
Jensen, Justice George Wood and
Police Chief IRay Carlton attended a traffic safety program held
in Jackson Tuesday night. The
State Safety Commission with 69
advisory groups are behind the
present movement throughout
Michigan for an energetic safety
program.
Thomas H. MacDonald, Commissioner of the United States
Public Roads Administration, has
stated that the tests of vehicles
as they are now operating on the
roads clearly show that the proper maintenance of brakes is not
as yet being generally accomplished, and that a more stringent
enforcement policy is necessary.
Donkey Ball
Game Here On
Friday Night
The Saline F. F. A. is sponsoring a donkey basketball
game ih the Saline High School
gymnasium April 21 at 7:30 p.
m. with Ralph Godfrey furnishing the donkeys.
There will also be a special
act by a trained donkey between quarters. A Hobby Donkey Derby will also be held.
There ought to be plenty of excitement. The lineup is FFA
vs Varsity, American Legion vs
Firemen, Rotary vs JCC and
Saline High Girls vs City Girls.
There will be a cash award for
the person with the most baskets.
A matinee will be held in the
afternoonv The lineup is 7th
grade vs 8th grade,- 5th grade
vs 6th grade, 9th grade vs 10th
grade and Faculty vs 11th and
12th. grades.
A cash award will also be given to the person with the most
baskets during the maith_ee.
Come see your friends try and
ride these donkeys in one of
America's most exciting games.
James Girbaeh,
Chapter Reporter.
Instructors' Course
In Water Safety
Traffic Dangerous
To Playing Children
"Many hundreds of children,
are killed or injured each year
because they run into the street
in front of approaching cars,
according to national figures,"
Chief Ray Carlton announced
today.
"Child exposure to traffic
accidents increases in mild weather when children are playing
ball and other outdoor games.
These spring days many of Saline's children are playing near
the streets," said Carlton, reminding motorists always to be
alert for children dashing into
the street.
"Motorists should travel at
low speed in the area where
children are playing because a*
child may dash into the street
at any moment."
Carlton also urged parents
to impress their children with
the danger of running into the
street. To prevent children,
from chasing a lost bail into
the street, he suggested that
the parents keep an extra ball
at home so that they can replace a lost one immediately.
"Caution on the part of motorists when driving near playing children, and training of
children to play away from the
streets by their parents, will
help make Saline a. safe place
for children," concluded Chief
Carlton, who is Saline representative for the National Pedestrian Protection Contest sponsored by the American Automobile Association.
Two new Red Cross courses,
one an instructor's course in water safety and the other in standard first-aid, are scheduled to
begin in April according to -an
announcement made today at the
Washtenajw County Red Cross
headquarters.
Persons taking the instructor's
course in water safety will meet
for four days, Monday through
Thursday, at 7 p.m., beginning:
April lT.at the University Intra-
mural Pool, for a review of
swimming and life-saving skills.
This preliminary course will be
followed by the regular course,
which will be held from April 24
through May 5. The course is open to anyone holding a current
senior life-saving certificate and
who is at least 18 years old.
Five instructors in the course
will make it possible to give individual instruction to swimmers
when needed. Instructors nclude:
Gerald Breenlich, Jack Manthei,
Fritzie Gareis, Austin Shales, and
Miss Ruth Harris.
Anyone planning to take the
course is asked to register by
calling Red Cross headquarters,
Ann Arbor 2E546. Instruction is
free.
The standard first-aid course,
which is open to the public, will
be given for five weeks, beginning at 7 pan,, Tuesday, April 19.
The course will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The instructor will be Miss Miriam E. Brown.
Instruction is free, and persons
are asked to register by calling
the Red Cross.
Would Interest
Youngsters In
4-H Club Work
Boys and girls over ten years
of age who are interested in
livestock and dairying in con-
neSction with County 4-H Club
work in this area, are requested
to contact Albert Gall, Phone
143F22,  for  further particulars.
Let a liner ad buy it for you.
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