1950-05-25; Saline Observer

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SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR
NUMBER 34
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, MAY 25,   1950       FIVE CENTS PER COPY $2.50 PER YEAR IN- ADVANCE
Along The
MainDrag
% One can define a monarchy,
an obligarchy, a faeist or socialist regime, a democracy or a republic, but who the heck can define m short, specific terms
what Americanism is? To be
sure, ours is a system unlike
that of any other that has existed heretofore. It is polyglot
in peoples, mannerisms and
practices. It has many of the
evils and all of the good inherent in the best national and political entities that have preceded it, however, with this differ-
enc, that the good predominates. It may be likened in a
manner to the old feudal system of the Old World.._. .for
competition still exists and claw
and fang often show through a
tattered velvet mask. Define
Americanism! It defies description short of many vol-
'umns. Americanism is that
which is current in the lives of
those who people the nation.
Take the drawl of the South
and the Yank of the East; the
call of the North and the surge
of the West; the politico's trickery and the national debt; the
conservative farmer and the
unionized labor; the wanton
waste and the extravagant
spender; the abundance of everything, the gift of the gods;
the preaching and praying, the
laughing and singing; the mercy, the meanness; the seeking
and searching; the getting, the
giving; the taking a chance; the
swiftness,  the    looseness,    the
freedom   of   choice wait   a
minute! Maybe we've got something there! Freedom of choice!
Could that be the essence of
everything that constitutes
Americanism? ©The State
Highway Department has supplied this office with a number
of highway maps which afe free
for the -..sking as long as they
last. «Henry Leutheuser will
leave Willow Run Airport Monday over the American Air
Lines for Frankfort, Germany.
Henry will be gone some six
weeks. We are just a bit envious
for there is much of extraordinary interest in such a trip at
this time the cold war over
there where anything can happen the Passion Play in Bavaria the     Pilgrimage     to
Rome whither thousands now
are traveling. Henry visited the
old Germany before the war	
before the -holocaust struck.
What a blessed thing if he finds
the old home town as he knew
it when a boy. ©The Leonard
Hutzels are leaving shortly for
a six-weeks trip to the coast	
expecting to cover some eight
thousands miles on their tour.
Hutz says he has never been
on a long trip before and they
are sure looking forward to a
wonderful experience. ©Those
desiring to buy poppies here and
who expect to be out of town
Saturday, may take advantage
of an advance sale for this purpose at the Post Office.
Study Club
Elects Officers
The annual meeting of the Saline Child Study Club was held
with Mrs. Gerald Coe. The speaker was Laura Williams, teacher
in the University School of Education and instructor at the University Elementary School in Ann
Arbor. Her subject was "The
Pre-Adolescent," that more or
less forgotten group of children,
usually the age group from 9 to
12. She told us realistically of
their problems and also spoke
whimsically of our difficulties in
understanding this changing human who is neither child nor
adult all of any one day. The
proof of her ability to ably describe this age child was illustrated very graphically by the comment of one of bur most attenta-
tive mothers who sighed when
Mrs. Williams finished, "I thought
you were talking about my eleven year old every minute."
A pleasant surprise was the
visit to our meeting of Supt. Leo
Jensen, who came to tell us of
the fine work our new Room
Mothers project had done. He
asked that it be continued indefinitely and spoke glowingly of
the cooperation between parents
and teachers that is now so evident in Saline School. He remained to tell us about the Area
Study being conducted in Washtenaw County relative to the reorganization of the schools. This
' committee—one anember from every township and city in the
county—'Will work all of the
coming year to try to establish
what changes in the schools of
the county would be best for every   child.
The election of officers follow-
Saline To Play
Opening Game
In Chelsea
The 1950 version of the Saline
Observer baseball team will be
unveiled Sunday as the locals open their Tri-County schedule at
Chelsea. Don Wiedman has been
appointed manager, with Howard
Johnson serving as assistant.
Veterans back this year are
Russ McCalla, of, George Brassow, of, Harry Brassow, of, Al
Hoeft, of, Wayne Clements, if,
Roy Brassow, if, Bud Weed and
Harry Fosdick, p. Newcomers are
Jack Bennet, formerly of Fowl-
erville, who will undoubtedly occupy 2b; Red Filsinger, scrappy
catcher, formerly of Ypsilanti;
Veril Bush, hard hitting outfielder from the Upper Peninsula;
Charlie Gross, Frank Randall, Ed
Taylor, Butch Steiner, and Bruce
Arend, all former high school
players. The pitching this year
will be handled by Harry IFosdick,
Bud Weed, and Sonny Iloeft.
Use of the athletic field at the
school has been promised the
team for Thursday night play
throughout the season.
An experimental game to test
the lights was held last Thursday night with the high school
team.
A game under the lights with
the Saline Old Timers will be announced in  the near future.
Mayor Proclaims
Poppy Day
"Whereas, the City of Saline,
in 1917 and 1918, and again in
1941 to 1945, sent many of its
finest young men and women
to serve in the defense ofr our
country; and
"Whereas, some of these
made the supreme sacrifice in
that service; and
"Whereas, the memory of
their service and sacrifice
should be forever kept bright
for. the inspiration of our own
and future generations; and.
"Whereas the wearing of
memorial poppies on the Saturday before Memorial Day brings
to our minds and hearts the
memory of these gallant dead;
"Now, therefore, I, the Mayor
of the City of Saline, do hereby
proclaim Saturday, May 27, to
be Poppy Day in this City, and
I urge <t;hat all citizens observe
the day bywearing the memorial poppy throughout the day."
ADRIAN ELSMAN, Mayor,
City of Saline.
Football Booster
Night June 1
Announcement was anade Tuesday by Coach Joe Colby that a
Football Booster Night would be
held at the Saline High School
at 8:30 Thursday night, June 1.
The families of '70 potential football players will be special guests
on the occasion which will feature
the showing of the Michigan
State-Notre Dame football gamg;
on the screen by Lynn 4_hadnoise,
Michigan State's famous Ail-
American star.
A complete set of football gear
will be exhibited and several
(members of the high school squad
will be rigged out with all the
appurtenances of a football player. Dr. Harold A. Miller will describe the many safeguards provided ifor the protection of the
players so that parents may be
satisfied that there is no undue
hazards connected with the game
of football. The general public is
invited to attend the Booster
meeing.
.ed. President, Mrs. Henry Karner- vice-president, Mrs. George
Wood; secretary-treasurer, Mrs.
John Schild.
The retiring president, Mrs.
Meredith Bixby thanked all of
the Child Study Club members
for the fine support during the
past year and in particular all
of the committee chairmen. Mrs.
Edwin Hering presented Mrs.
Bixby and Mrs. Karner with corsages.
A resolution was presented and
the Club voted to have it presented to the City Council at its
aneeting. The resolution asks that
signs be erected at the entrance
to our city park limiting the
speed to 15 miles per hour in
the park. CUub members have
been observing speeding therein
for some time and find that the
offenders are all visitors, either
attending ball games from other
communities or cars passing on
Michigan who stop at the comfort station.
Hostesses were Mrs. Bruce Parsons, Mrs. Robert Morton, Mrs.
Vaughn Harris, Mrs. Hollis Carr.
The next meeting of Child
Study Club will be in September.
—Contributed.
A New Business Comes To Town
JiyTHOftHie DEALER
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The Gamble Store announces its formal opening Friday and Saturday. Jack Bennett, manager,
a former Fowlervlile resident, carries a full page announcement on another page of this paper.
Pictured is a view of the exterior of the Gamble Store, located on East Michigan avenue.
Challenge To
Junior Chamber
of Commerce
The members of the Saline
Junior Chamber of Commerce
heard a sermon Sunday morning
on the theme, "■Building the City
of Tomorrow." The text was taken from Hebrews 13-14, "We
have not here an abiding city;
but we seek after the city which
is' to come."- The Rev. Henry McKenzie, pastor of Federated
Church,   said in substance:
The epistle to the Hebrews is
full of the Pilgrim spirit. The
text acknowledges the fact we
live in a fleeting, changing, transitory world. We are seeking the
abiding, eternal and unchangeable world. The text is poetical
and pictorial. It is in reality a
picture of the new Jerusalem.
The citizens wanted to leave the
city of man to go to the city
of God. It is from the old to
the new.
This belief in progress is inevitable; we go from the things
which are to the things which
are to come. Take for example,
our little Church. It was a small
frame building, on a dirt street.
The concrete was poured and a
street car track laid. It became
a pavement- and now it is a national highway with the com-
•merce of this nation passing our
door. At one time, out in front
stood horses and carriages a
hundred years ago; these were
followed by the Model T; now
every day of every hour passes
a caravan of dynaflows, hydra-
matics, and power glides. At one
time we had trading shops for
farmers, then office workers moved into the community and now
we have manufacturing and an
industrial people. The Bible opens in a garden and closes in
a city. We have here in Saline
as Paul says, "no anean city."
This community is grateful to
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
for their energy, vision and conviction that something ought to
be done. They are the "builders
of the Saline of Tomorrow." Every community is held back by
two classes of people: 1. Those
who contend the past is good
enough; 2. Those who declare
you cannot improve on your heritage. Thank God for these young
men hospitable to new ideas.
They know that fialine will last
just so long as its ideas are
progressive. They also know Saline will fall when its ideas are
corrupted. The soul of the community is the ideas of the soul.
These youg business men know
that our first need is" industry.
Work is honorable! Idleness is a
disgrace! We work not only because we have to work but because we believe in work. Work
is an art, not drudgery. The Junior Chamber of Commerce must
recognize the fact that selfishness is gone forever. They must
keep in mind that sound business rightly conducted enriches
the individual. When the individual is honest and honorable he
enriches the   community life.
The only badge of g. Christian
is service. Jesus said, "visit the
sick; feed the hungry, clothe the
naked, minister to those in prison, and inasmuch as ye do it to
one of the least of these ye do
it unto me." The only creed and
Rate" Hearing    .
Postponed
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Due to a. postponment of
the hearing, regarding Michi-
g a n Associated Telephone
Company's application for a
rate increase there is still
time to forward your letter
of protest to the Saline J. C.
C. Public Service, Committee.
commandment Jesus Christ ex-
pressed'-was "Love God with all
your mind, heart, soul and
strength, ?n4^pur__neighbor as
yourself." Nothing human is foreign to the Christian. Nothing adding to human happiness and
community welfare can be foreign
to the Junior Chamber of Commerce. We cannot enjoy our
Thanksgiving dinner if we know
one child in the community is
hungry. We cannot enjoy our
comfortable homes if we know
one soul in the community is in
the slums.Today a man is afraid
to die rich and ignore the social
agencies and charitable institutions of the community. The most
despised person in the town is
the one who takes out the most
and does the least for its welfare.
I do not know the name of the
most valuable person in Saline,
but I do know he is the man
who puts more into it than he
takes out.
To all men seeking their selfish
aims at the cost of others, Jesus
said "ye must be born again." To
the religious bigot who cried, "be
saved my way, conform to my
practice, profess my creed," Jesus
said "You wash the outside of
the cup and neglect the inside—
you hypocrite!"' We can never
have a new life in Saline until
we have a new life inside the citizens of Saline. Arouse the love
of knowledge in one of our citizens, and the lover of truth turns
to books; if it is the love of
song, he turns to a symphony;
if it is the love of beauty, he
turns to beautify the community;
if it is the love of invention, he
turns to tools; if it is the love of
liberty, he fights every form of
oppression. If the love for Saline
is aroused, he turns to every organization and agency making
for community betterment. Young
men of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, let me express my
thought philosophically. You have
to put religion into your politics; you have to put theology
into your science; you have to,
put dignity into your work; you
have to put morality into your
economics and you have to put
Jesus Christ into your heart. If
you fail irP> these things what is
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Will Celebrate
Golden Wedding
Sunday
Open house will be held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. William
Austin, Sunday, May 28, when
they will celebrate their golden
wedding anniversary, which
occurred last February 21. Mr.
and Mrs. Austin spent, the winter in Florida and postponed the
observance of the event until
this time.
The couple were married at
the home of Mrs. Austin's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Saw-
slayer, in Wayne on February
21, 1900, Rev. M. H. Bartyam
performing the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin have one
daughter, Mrs. Frank Scott of
Wayne, and two sons, Hugh and
George of Saline, and three
granddaughters and five grandsons.
Memorial Day
Observance
In Saline
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The William B. Lutz Post No.
322, the American Legion, has
planned a full Memorial Day program with a parade at ten a.m.
followed by services at Oakwood
cemetery. Rev. Henry McKenzie
will give the Memorial address. _
The farade will form at the
high school and will be led by
the Legion Color Guard, followed
by the Girls' Drum Corps and
marching groups of local organizations with the Saline High
School Band furnishing martial
music for the parade and sacred
music for the memorial service.
Dedication of a monument
erected to the heroic dead by the
Saline Junior Chamber of Commerce will be completed during
the memorial service.
A special service will be held
at the Federated Church this .Sunday and American Legion Commander, Lawrence R. Deede, has
asked that all Legionaires and
families be present for this inspiring service at 10 a.m. Other
interested persons are equally
welcome at this service.
Immediately following the service at the cemetery the parade
will reform and march back to
the high school where the flag
will be returned to full mast.
Frank Carter, firing squad commander, would like to have all
Legion rifles returned by Sunday
at 2:80 p.m., when firing squad
practice will be held at the Legion Home.
Korean Educators
Honored Guests
Of the Osgoods
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Osgood
entertained the teachers of the
Saline Public School and a number of friends Sunday at a tea
honoring a group of Korean educators, who have been studying
at the English Language Institute at the University of Michigan.
The group has been here for
the past three months. They are
educators in the field of English,
teaching in universities, colle'ges
and middle schools of Southern
Korea.
On Friday they will leave Ann
Arbor, some going to Lansing
and others to Philadelphia, later
meeting in New York. Heading
the group is Professor Ann', a
pre-medical instructor in Seoul,
the capitol of Korea.
Dr. Robert Ladow, assistant
director of English in Ann Arbor, has been in charge of making contacts for the group.
Arrangements for the Koreans
to come to the United States wgs
handled through the United
States Information Service
I through an exchange of professional educators and observers
from this and other  countries..
The   Division   of   International
Motion  Pictures,   headed by Don
C. Lawler, of IWashington, D. C,
' anade a sound motion picture on
1 the occasion of the Korean's visit
to Saline.
Legionaires will sell popples Saturday along with the Auxiliary.
Members are asked to give a few
hours for this worthwhile i>-_-
ject. Poppies may be procured
from Mrs. O'Niell at the Post" Office.
Sunday services at the Federated church should be attended
by all Legionaires and their families as Rev. McKenzie promises
an inspiring message.
Memorial Day parade will form
at- 9:30 a.m. at the school. A
full turn-out is expected and will
be appreciated. Let us not forget those who died for us and in
place of us.
Election of officers will be held
at the regular meeting June 1st.
Funeral Services Held
For Harvey Jackson
Harvey Jackson, a resident of
Stoney Creek for the past two
years, died in the Saline General
Hospital Saturday morning following an extended illness. He
was 75 years of age, and was afflicted with heart trouble. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1:30 in Muskegon where
burial took place. Before coming
to this locality he lived in Ionia
Surviving are his widow; a daughter, Marian Gillespie of Stoney
Creek; two brothers and a sister  and three grandchildren.
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"Your Town Is The Best Town"
26 Rotarians
Enter Federal
Prison at Milan
Jaycees Elect
Max Collins
President
At the annual meeting of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
June 18, Max C. Collins was elected president, succeeding Allen
Wiedman, who has served with
distinction during the past year.
Roland Goltz. is the new vice-
president, Victor Haines, secretary and Bud Layher,  treasurer.
One of the projects undertaken
by the Jaycees this year was the
erection of a memorial to Saline's
war dead. The memorial is in
the form of a large field stone,
with a bronze plaque, and has
been placed on a gentle slope at
the western side of Oakwood
Cemetery. The memorial will be
dedicated on Memorial Day by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
and presented to the City of Saline. Mayor Adrian Elsman will
accept the memorial oh behalt
of the city. ^
The Jaycees will hold an informal get-together at 7 o'clock
at the home of Pat Roesch at
Pleasant Lake, with refreshments
and games. President Wiedman
advises that Roesch lives on the
south side of Pleasant Lake, that
a big turnout is fiesired and any-'
one wishing transportation call
him at  11R2 or 75RZ.
Auxiliary Honors
Mothers Day
Mothers and daughters of members were guests at the regular
Legion Auxiliary meeting Tuesday evening. Special guests present included Mrs. Gladys Taylor
and Mary Jane Choate of Brooklyn, second district president and
secretary, respectively and Department National Security Chairman, Mrs. Gertrude Nichols of
Ann Arbor.
The meeting opened with a
short program in honor of Mothers' (Day. Mrs. Henry McKenzie
gave an inspiring talk on "Disciplines" of Mother following
which corsages were presented
to all mothers present.
All Legion and Auxiliary members are urged to attend special
Memorial Day services at the
Federated Church next Sunday at
10 and to be on hand for the parade next Tuesday. Cars will be
provided for those not wishing to
walk.
All soldier graves in Oakwood
cemetery will be decorated this
year by the Legion Auxiliary.
Anyone with flowers to contribute for this purpose is asked to
call Mrs. Max Fosdick.
—Mrs. Milton A. Hartman.
Members of the Saline Rotary
Club made a tour of the Federal
Prison at; Mian Thursday under
the direction of Safety and
Sanitary Director Howard and
Captain Huntington, prison officials. There were 26 club
members, composing two
groups.
The rated capacity of the
prison is 600, although its present population is considerably
in excess of that number, and
pretty evenly divided as to
white and colored people, according to prison officials, about
150 of whom are employed
about the grounds and in operating the prison farm of approximately 400 acres. The prison
area covers 460 acres.
Anyone with a low opinion of
Federally operated institutions
is due for a jolt at the Milan
prison. Efficiency and ee-mo-
my aire reflected on all siles.
from the threadbare clothing
emerging spotlessly clean from
the laundry, to the plumbing,
the electrical, the carpentry
and repair departments and on
through to the prison industries
section where sheet metal is
presently being processed into
filing cabinets.... spray-enameled and oven-baked... .on order from the Federal government. The economy practiced is
emphasized in the shoe repair
shop where hundreds of pairs of
shoes are constantly being rehabilitated. .. .so long as leather
will hold a nail or a waxed-end
will hold two pieces together.
Rotarians saw there the artistry of a genius in poster work
and sign painting. A sign proclaimed an "Electrical Wizard",
an inmate who made incredible
repairs to appliances, and fashioned new gadgets with little
but scrap and his brilliant inventive capacity.
It's quite a place. In the
prison square, formed by the
brick walls which surround it,
the warm spring sun shone
down on black and white alike
as games of shuffleboard, horseshoe pitching and tennis progressed. Guards stood about,
idly, apparently unarmed; a
pair of them leaned over the
back of a bench, grinning broadly over a remark one of them
had made. As we entered the
cafeteria we turned to look
back upon the scene: action,
smiling faces, not a sullen face!
It's quite a place. Medical,
dental, pharmaceutical, hospital
facilities. A library containing
thousands of volumes of a varied nature. A vocational, educational program with rehabilitation the underlying motive;
and Catholic and Protestant
clergy quietly, though effectively, weaving a bright, clean pattern for men who seek a new
way out.
The kitchens, the bakery, the
cafeteria, to which the visitors
had access, displayed no elegance in appointments, but suggested more the utility of a
sportsman's club with it's rugged benches and plain equipment. The fare....not bad!
For the evening meal coming
up, the menu as posted, read
like this: soup', tomatoess,
luncheon meat, braised kale,
cole slaw, chocolate pie, bread,
cream, coffee.
Mrs. Ray Niles
Appointed to Board
Mrs. Ray Niles of Saline has
been appointed to the board of
the Washtenaw County Infirmary ' Auxiliary as chairman of
the arts and crafts committee,
it was announced at the semiannual meeting of the Auxiliary
at the Women's League May 10.
Mrs. Charles Cammet
Passes Following
Extended Illness
Mrs. Edna A. Cammet, 56,
wife of Charles Roscoe Cammet,
of 5760 Willow road, Saline
township, died early Thursday
morning after a long illness.
Mrs. Cammet, who had lived
in the neighborhood all her life,
was a member of St. Paul's
Evangelical and Reformed
church and their Ladies Guild
and of the American Legion
Auxiliary of Saline.
She was born June 4, 1893, in
Saline township, a daughter of
George and Katherine Bross
Steeb, and was married to Mr.
Cammdt, on Nov. 15, 1916.
Surviving are her husband;
five sons, Elmer and Lewi-
Keith Cammet of Saline, Ralph
and Edward, who live at home,
and Pvt. Robert Bruce Cammet
of the U. S. Army, stationed at
Fort Benning, Ga.
Other survivors are ^five
brothers, Carl Steeb of Ann Arbor, Alfred Steeb of Ypsilanti,
August Steeb of Williamston,
and Otto and Raymond Steeb of
Adrian; and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
2 o'clock Saturday afte;rnoQn at
St. Paul's church, with Rev. Alvin Siemsen officiating. Burial
was in Oakwood cemetery.