1952-03-27; Saline Observer

              yteSdUxe Oit&wen,
SLXTY-NLNTH YEAR
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1952
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN NUMBER 26
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Chief C. Albertson
Resigns Post Here
Chief of Police Cecil Albertson
resigned from the police force on
Monday, March 24. In the letter
of resignation Albertson submitted
to the City Council, he wrote:
"It is with deep regret that I
hereby tender my resignation as
Chief of Police for the City of Saline. I request that this be effective April 15, 1952, or sooner if
you so desire.
"I wish to thank each and every
Councilman and City representative for the fine and sincere backing and cooperation I have received
during tenure of employment with
the City of Saline.
"My one and only reason for
tendering this resignation is insufficient salary/'
Albertson has been with the police force since September, 1949.
He was appointed Chief in May of
1951, and he was a sergeant for
almost a year before that.
He has established an excellent
record since he has been with the
department. The city police have
solved seven burglaries and founsj
two cars that were stolen from the
city.
In a Statement before a special
meeting of the City Coucnil Monday night, Municipal Judge Wood
said that for the last two years
Saline has had the most efficient
police force in its history. He also
pointed out that at the present
time, the City Police Department
has the respect of the county officials and the Triple A. This hwa
not always been true in the past.
Police Commissioner Elsman
said that he was well satisfied with
Albertson's work, and hated to see
him leave, The Council did not" act
on Albertson's resignation at Monday's meeting, but tabled it until
the next regular meeting.
Chief Albertson has always taken a deep interest in the Junior
Police, and helped mold them into
an excellent auxiliary force. In a
statement to the Observer, Albert-
son said:
"I would like to thank the members of the Junior Police for their
participation in  all the activities
We have been on together.
"I also wish to publically thank
Municipal Judge George Wood for
the fine cooperation we have received in our association with him,
and to congratulate him for the
fine work he is doing in his capacity.
Resigns Post
Burglars Break Windk>w£To Enter
This & That
Bachelor—A man who Would rather wash a pair of socks than a
pan full of dishes.
TeeVee or not TeeVee, that is
the question at the Saline restaurant and bar.
♦
It has been reported that Mrs.
Don Ford isn't too unhappy about
the burglary. Seems she didn't
care too much for those pin-up
pictures.
'   .♦
One of the miracles of this civilization is how the young people
manage to survive the advice of
the preceding generation.
Our Saloon Observer reports
that "Giz" Tropa made it to work
on time one day last week.
The old days when editors wore
pistols and ran the risk of being
horse-whipped are happily over—
we hope.
L. Z. Still can't say a cross word
to his brother Bill.   Mom jumps all
over him when he does.
<^
Mayor Wolfin, A. L. Giltrow,
Herman Heininger and Adrian
Elsman all sporting Florida, tans
and looking very fit.
4>
One of life's mysteries:: Why
the girls with the least principle
draw the most interest.
Don Ford shows Police Chief Albertson the window burglars
used to break in the Marathon Service station.
—Photo by Gray
Directors Meetings
To Be Held
I In Detroit
Police Chief Albertson
—Photo by Gray
"I am well satisfied with the officers with whom I have worked,
and believe that we have accomplished our goal in law enforcement' and traffic control. I feel
that our department record is very
good considering that we only have
two unsolved burglaries on our record.
"Although I deeply regret leaving my position with the City of
Saline* I'm looking forward to a
fine relationship in my future job
on a city milk route with the Saline Dairy.
Fair Board
s
NOTARY REMARKS
Last Thirrrrlay's Rotiry meet-
i- ^ frn+"v.-d- t> rt™thero, of
'.V Hr™ G-idanec Center at
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•Tip n- • .y, ttv^v "iplrl G-nd-
*~ ^'~*zdc.   ~"^r    ~~^*~z   r*°mon-
.-!'" "ted lv>r- .fv" c'iric helps an
" g y o" f;-.:"'•. :'.c:' ^IrVZ adjust
ii* a normal life through psy-
e'tirtry. Dr. Stratlxor 3.. wns with
IV vs cIi".i? fa*1 6 yep.rp but is
nrw at Ypsi "t"t-> ilo-pital The
c'^-tie ii Ypsi we- Wash-te-
nvw, L:>iirrwee and Mo "roe co.m-
On the Rot-ivy cule.idai of
coining ev^n*:?: Ay**! 17 is the
annual "Ladies Night" and dinner is at 6:30 at the High'
School. April 3rd is election of
officers and- Wed. Apr. 18 is
Charter night for the Warren
Rotarj'.' Any Rotarian interested in attending" should contact
Gerry Coe for a reservation and
a ride.
The first annual meeting of
.the 1952 Fair Board Association got off to a slow start
j Monday night when the resig-
' nations of Gerald Coe and
"Fair" secretary Charles Osgood were announced. „.
Reasons Given
Gerald Coe claimed "Due to
his many circumstances he felt
he could not give the proper attention to Fair work." He stated his past association has been
a pleasure and that he has
gained more in experience than
he has given to the success of
the Fair.
Charles Osgood, F.F.A. Director and Fair Board secretary
resigned because he is no longer connected with KF.A. Dep't.
in Saline. Mr. Osgood was informed Monday afternoon by
School Superintendent Jensen
that the School Board would
not renew his contract.
Fair Beard Stunned
Fair Board President, Raymond Girbach, and those members that were present were
quite shocked to hear of this
and all expressed great gratitude to Mr. Osgood and his
F.F.A. boys for their work and
participation in the Fair.
Adjourn to
Consider Developments
The Boardvdeeided to adjourn
I till the next regularly scheduled
meeting, the last Monday in
' April, to consider these developments a*:d to try to come to
a decision about the important
post of Fair Board Secretary.
There were many of the "Fain
Board" leaders absent Monday
night but Pres. Girbach hopes
that at the next meeting everyone at all interested in the
Saline Community Fair will be
present, in order to get plans
for the 1952 Fair underway.
Community Calendar
March 28 and 29. Friday and
Saturday, Senior Class Play-
April 1. Tuesday. Reorganization Committee meeting.
April 3. Thursday. Cub Scout
Pack Meeting. *
All but two of Detroit Edison directors monthly meetings, and a
special annual informational stockholders meeting, will hereafter be
held in Detroit, Edison Board
Chairman Prentiss M, Brown announced today.
The new policy, approved by Edison directors in the . form of a
resolution, was announced following the company's annual stockholders meeting in New York City.
Brown noted that about 60 percent
of the stockholders now live in
Michigan.
At the meeting, stockholders and
their representatives took action
as follows:
Amended the company's retirement plan to eliminate a present
(annual) $9,600 ceiling.
Re-elected the entire 11-man
board of Edison directors.
Turned down a proposal to consider changing Detroit Edison
from d New York to a Michigan
corporation.
Commenting on the rejection of
the re-incorporation proposal, the
chairman said:
"The cost of changing our charter from New York to Michigan is
estimated by our accounting staff
to approximate $1,200,000. The
directors will meet in Detroit on
all but two of their monthly meeting days. Two meetings will be
held in New York. It is considered
highly desirable to maintain financial connections there from time to
time. An informational stockholders meeting will be held in Detroit
in the fall."
Of the votes cast, more than 90
percent were against the incorporation proposal.
Describing his company's prospects for this year as excellent,
Brown emphasized that 36 percent
of Detroit Edison's revenues come
from the residence class, which is
expected to continue its present
steady growth-—a growth based
more on usage per customer than
in number of customers.
The commercial class, which
furnishes 30 percent of the company's revenue, tends to follow the
growth trend of the residential
business, it was pointed out.
The balance of Detroit Edison's
revenue—34 percent—Comes from
industrial and manufacturing customers, and will be governed by
the number of cars manufactured
and the amount of defense' work
performed in the company's Detroit industrial area.   Brown said:
"1\ is interesting to .note that
the price of our product, electricity
is far from a controlling cost of
production, since less than three-
quarters of one percent of the cost
of all manufacturing goes for electricity;
"The real economic importance
of electric power is based almost
entirely on having an ample supply at the time it is needed. From
this standpoint, Detroit Edisoii*has
never failed its service area, and
our carefully-planned program is
geared to keep this record intact."
Red Cross
Fund Drive
Lags Woefully
i —■—
On Tuesday only $308.15 had
been turned in. to the Saline Savings Bank in the Red,. Cross Drive
for funds  -.,
Although all of the ladies of the
Legion Auxiliary have not as yet
turned in the money they have
collected, the drive for funds is
disappointingly low, accordng to
Mrs. Walter Schroeder, chairman
of the drive.
The drive is entering its last
week, and *this community has a
long way to go if it is to reach its
quota of 1200.
The National Red Cross faces
the heavy spring disaster season
with funds sharply depleted. Relief operations for victims of the
midwestem floods of- last July
cost the Red Cross more than
$13,6GO;000. %- ,^Ti
This amount for a single operSfc
tion was exceeded only by the
$25,000,000 spent on the 1937 Ohio-
Mississippi Valley floods and the
$17,000,000 spent for floods in the
same river system 10 years earlier.
Let's put Saline over its quota.
If you have not been contacted by
a member of the Legion Auxiliary,,
you can make your contribution at
the Saline Savings Bank.
Pin - Up Burglars Steal Empty
Safe And $50 From Station
Council Holds
Special Meeting
A special meeting of the City
Council was held Monday night.
All members were present.
The Council received Police
Chief Albertson's resignation, but
action was deferred until the regular council meeting.
The break-down of monies used
and to be used for road "construction and repair was brought--up,
and the council decided that further study was needed before any
definite action could be taken.
The advisability of extending the
jurisdiction of the Municipal Court
so that cases involving more than
100 fines and 90 day jail sentences
could be tried in Saline rather than
Ann Arbor was brought up, but no
action was taken.
A motion was made that the
contract for the maintenance and
care of cemetery be renewed was
made and carried unanimously. '
A suggestion was made by Councilman Brittain that money collected for perpetual care of cemetery
lots be placed in bonds so that the
perpetual care fund could become
self supporting.
Senior Class
Extends Invitation
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Mayor and Mrs. Everett
Wolfin, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Heiniger and Mrs. Lee Robison
returned last Thursday night
from a vacation at Stuart and
Jensen beach Florida.
Mrs. Ed Van Aueken of Mill-
brook spent Thursday and Friday oi. last week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fritz.
The Past Masters Night was
was held at the Masonic Lodge
on Tuesday night.
Would you like the opportunity to enjoy an evening of excellent entertainment? You can't
go wrong if you attend '"Professor, How Could* You?" a farce
in 3 acts presented by the Seniors at Saline High School on
March 28th & 29th, Friday and
Saturday evenings at 8:15 P.M.
All of the Seniors have been
working very hard on this, their
last dramatic production of
their high-school days. They
are truly putting all they have
jnto .this play to make it very,
"Pijeiable for you.   .
-cSsy are looking forward to
seeing all of you there!
Pin-JJp Gals Pictures Taken
Boy and Dog Picture Left
Record Weight
Baby Born
To Milan Couple
On Thursday, March 20, att10:41
p. m. a 14 lb., 8 oz. baby girl was
born to Mr. and Mrs. James E. Collins of Milan in the Saline General
Hospital.
Mrs. Collins named her eighth
child Phyllis Jean, who is. the largest of the eight. The Collins
grow them large for the smallest
was 10 lbs. Other weights have
been 13 lbs., 4 ozsz., 14 lbs., etc-
Dr. Prout was the attending physician and he saws it is the largest he has delivered in his lifetime practice. Dr. Harold Miller's
largest baby was 13 plus. Mr. Collins is employed at the Ford plant
in Ypsilanti in the "Milan Dept."
as an inspector.
The birth is a record for the
Saline Hospital but we're not sure
about a county record. A 17 lb.
baby was recorded in Wayne county several years ago.
School Board
Fails To Renew
Two Contracts
Wittbracht
Mr. Stanley A. Wittbracht
died Sunday, March 16. Mr.
Wittbracht was 45 years of age,
and he was born in Manhattan,
Illinois.
His father was the Rev. Carl
Wittbracht who was Pastor of
St. Paul's church here in Saline
for rna-y years. His mother was
Maitha Laabs Wittbracht.
Mr. Wittbracht is survived by
one brother, Albert Wittbracht,
and a sister, Mrs. Earl Smith of
Hanover, Michigan.
Funeral services were held" at
2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March
19, at St. Paul's Church. Burial
was in Oakwood, Cemetary. The
Lockwood Funeral home had
charge of arrangements.
Duane Girbach
peaking
ins in
es1
te
The Saline School Board, at
their regular monthly meeting
a week ago, decided not to offer
new contracts to two teachers
of the Saline Public School.
. Charles- Osgood, Ag. teacher,
rland Miss Benjamin, 1st grade
teacher, are the two.
The board, acting upon recommendations of superintendent
Jensen, voted unanimously in
this matter. The board feels that
actual reasons are confidential
but they also feel that the action is the best course for the
.school as a whole.
Mr. Osgood has been very
active in community affairs
during his eight years here with
the Community Fair, the Steer
Club, Rotary, etc. The School
Board expresses the feeling that
Mr. Osgood is a good administrator and leader and on that
basis will hate to see him leave
bat in the light of the Superintendent's recommendations and
for the best interests of the
school their action is sound.
Miss Benjamin has. been at
the Saline School for one year.
The teachers will finish their
terms here but according to
Sup't. Jensen no replacement
for either" has been definitely
decided upon at this time, although a number of applicants
are available.
Since the contests were going on i
at the time of our publication we
asked Mr. Osgood to call in case
an}' of our local lads won the state j
competitions.     We   received   that
call and .found that Duane Girbach
won  the  state  contest   in  Public ■
Speaking.   Duane will now be eligible for the National Contest.
The demonstration contest was |
won by Merrill, Mich., but Saline !
scored second with a very close j
decision.' Both teams were, awarded gold medals. Eight teams par- j
ticipated in the demonstrations j-
contests.
with their demonstration "Our Responsibility with Manure". This
was given during the state contests.
Charles Osgood left Tuesday
morning with the regional winners
and the two official delegates from
the local F. F. A., Kelvin Braun
and John Klumpp. The other F. F,
A. members attending came back
Tuesday night and Mr. Osgood and
Ms official team returned Wednesday night.
Thirty members of the local
F. F. A. chapter under the d"taction of Charles Osgood went to
Lansing Tuesday to compete in the
State finals. This is the 24th annual contest sponsored by the Department of Public Insburj" -i
The "State Farmers "Degrees"
were passed out at this time and
Duane Ghbieh o" Salin? was th"3
local winner. Onlytwo percent ex£
the e.:ti;.e sta-.e membei h'p are
eligible for this award, about 190 j
in all.
The regional contests of "Puh-
1' c Spsak"n*r", "Parliamentary
Procedure/' and "Demonstrations"
have just been finished With Du-inb
Girbacn" coming out on top for this
region in "Public Speaking".
Duane's topic ''Why Co-ops" was
givea aiong with other regional
winners. This region includes
Washtenaw, Wayne, Monroe, Hillsdale, Lenawee and Jackson counties. Saline youths, Arnold Girbach, William Klager and John
Klumpp. won the regional contest
Unio?i Yoted Down In
Universal Die Casting
Burglars broke into Barney's
Marathon Service station, 134
E. Michigan, Saturday morning
sometime between 3:4.5 and
7:00 a.m. They got away with
about $50 in cash, an empty
200 lb. safe, and four semi-nude
pin-up pictures of girls on calendar mountings. One calendar
that had a picture of a boy and
his>- dog was left untouched.
The burglars entered the station by breaking and unlocking
a window on the East side. The
safe was removed by carrying
it out the East door.
Fortunately, Don Ford, who
has the fuel oil dealership at
the station,v had removed the
day's receipts, so the only loss
sustained was by the service
station.
This makes 15 times the station has been broken into in the
last thirteen years, according to
Don Ford. Saline police hope to
solve the crime at an early date.
Educational Advisory
Committee To Meet
April .1,1951
The Saline area Educational
Advisory Committee will meet
at the Saline High School Tuesday evening, April 1, at 8:00
P.M.
The Advisory Committee will
divide into the various sub committees to discuss problems pertinent to the phase of reorganization under study by that subcommittee. A resource person
will be available to meet with
each sub-committee to offer
suggestions and answer questions that might arise.
Mr. William Rowe of the Department of Public Instruction
will meet with the Sub-Committee studying the Educational
programs in a Ehiral Agricultural School. Mr. Rowe will also
discuss Reorganization at the
general meeting following the
committee meetings.
All members of9 the advisory
committee are urged to attend
since this should be a very educational and important meeting. The public is invited.
Lt, Buss
Enroute To FEC
Local Girl In
College Choir
Miss Phyllis Engelsdorf er,
daughter of Rev. Frederick En-
gelsdorfer of the West Saline St. |
James church, is a member of the
Elmhurst College Chapel Choir
which is making a tour through
Western Michigan and the Detroit
and Ann Arbor areas.
The choir has forty member
and it has been in existence fc
many years.
The choir will give a concert at!
the Bethel church in  Manchester
tonight,   Thursday,  aMrch  27,  at
8 p. in. and will go on to Ann Ar-
1,-or Friday-
Lt. Jack E. Bnss
Last Thursday employees of the
Universal Die pasting and Manufacturing Corp- voted against
forming a local under the TJAW-
CIO.
E?~h.fv-pight employees voted
against the,union; 53 voted for it;
mA thf»re w-re three contested ballots. The election was held under
the jurisdiction of the National
Labor Relations Board.
LOCAL NEWS
Iliss   Either   Landwehr   and
T.frs.     Free1' "'e':    Snglosdorfer
■'t«?k in  Deticic from  Tuesday
until  Thursday   attending   the
.i/iine; cf the Executive Board
=  SSdrfgr-a-Irfiaaa   Synqdical. ^^
cmens Guild. It was hel
the Y.W..OA. Mirs Landwehr i:
*hr> Secretary of the Bcrcd r>.,a?
'Irs. Engksdorfer is Chairman I ^fi
Lt. Jack Buss, of Route 1,
; Saline, is home on overseas or-
. ders, enroute to the Far East-
j ern Command.
Lt. Buss recently completed^
: 15 week associate infantry company course  at Fort  Becining,
' Georgia.
I    The course is designed to produce   ccrr'.aay   grade    officers
twho are well-grounded  in the
i"\:'"c   * -v";—-vr ^al"   and  tech-
1 ninne*! """ "11 i"FiT!+'*" ".'ruts. with.
ihr. c,"l"e1r>TJm.eiiu*of
rvn
Saline Couple United
In Marriage
j* '.'mo'.mcsment has been made
cf the marriage of. EoyDechert
and Christine Thompkins. The
ceremony took place at the
home of the groom's parents.
Reverend *Engle performed the
ceremony. Only the immediate
relatives were present.
' 'he llisoion-ay Dspmlment.
Jfr- and Ilrs. Robeit Leoaaird
~irT f?nr?lyqpf Ypsilanti visited
it the home of hi= p-rents. Hr.
-ad Mrs. Chester Leonard, Sat-
+day.
Mr. and M-s. George Millar
■:f Detroit -and Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Miller and cons of SaE-e
were dinner guests of Mrs. Anna
«2iler on Sunday.
. Mr."'and Mrs. Lloyd Gatey
visited Mr. and airs. John Stimpson and family at Royal Oak,
Sunday.   --.
capaae   company commanders.
Co-oicliiiaiici*   with   onpportiiijg
nvs dLu g~a-."- ..i^iCii^s-of the
i:r. h ?.":o Ltclv.d'xl in the
Lt: Bufes received his commission in Jiine, 1950. when he
graduated from Michigan State
CcEege. He has beai on extended "duty -with,  the army since
:Ti'
y, -3S51-
NOTICE
The Boy Scouts will hold, a
t>aper drive on March 29th.
Plense have papers tied *ahd at
the curb.