1950-11-09; Saline Observer

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SIXTY-EIGHTH YEAR
NUMBER 6
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 1950 FIVE CENTS PER COPY $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Along The
MainDrag
gAn attendance contest between Saline and Milan Rotary
Clubs starts December 1, the
stakes being a dinner dance
with the Rotary Anns taking
part. ^It was a beautiful card
and sympathetic message that
Rotarians sent to President
Ken Jeppeson while he was in
the hospital in Ann Arbor last
week. Enclosed with the card
was a sheet of note paper bearing the signatures of the members of the club, a homely looking scrawl, the very homeliness of which but emphasized
the sincerity of the message
that went with it. «Saturday
was a rugged day for the football game in Ann Arbor and at
the half there were many out-
staters who were already heading for home. A party of four
flew a plane from Westridge,
111., to see the game. They landed in a field south of Saline
and took off again in an attempt to locate the Ann Arbor
airport. Visibility got so poor
they were forced down again
and landed in Herman Breder^
nitz's field near the water
works and up against the fence
on the north side. The plane
suffered no material damage,
according to the pilot, George
Loy. One of the party was the
editor of the Westridge News.
Trinity Ladies Hold
Annual Meeting
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The Trinity Lutheran Ladies'
Aid Society met for their annual meeting November 1 at
the home of Mrs. Violette Wilkie, and the following were
elected for the year: President, Lena Burkhardt; vice-
president, Violette Wilkie; secretary, Edna Burkhardt; and
treasurer, Leola Theurer. The
flower committe consists of
Cecelia Korte and Wilma Cam-
burxi; altar committee, Laura
Hoeft, Mary Seeger and Edna
Burkhardt; card committee, Luella Luekhardt and Clara V.
Bredernitz; reporter, Lydia Alber; Red Cross committee,
Laura Hoeft, Amanda Kohler,
Clara Carter, Ruth Marion,
Mary Seeger and Edna Burkhardt.
It was also decided that each
member should bring a suitable
gift to the December meeting
which will be sent to the refugees in Europe.
Mrs. Ed Alber.
Saline Woman Is
Victim of Traffic
Accident
Mrs. Ila L. Gilligan, 33, of
110 West Michigan Avenue met
a tragic deaffi shortly after
midnight Friday in an automobile collision at the intersection of US-127 and US-112 near
Somerset. Other passengers
in the car besides her husband,
who was driving, were Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Craig, also of
.Satline. The plater two were
treated at Addison hospital at
Addison and released. Mrs.
Gilligan died instantly and
Mr. Gilligan, suffering from
shock, was treated at the Saline
General hospital, having sustained several broken ribs and
painful bruises.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilligan and
Mr. and Mrs. Craig were traveling east on US-112 when a car
driven by Byron J. Large of
Jackson turned off US-127 and
crashed into the Gilligan vehicle. According to State Police the car driven by Large had
stopped at the intersection and
then turned into the path of
t;he Gilligan car. Parker and
his wife, Hazel, of Jackson, who
were returning with Large and
his wife, Rose, from Florida,
were treated for lacerations and
bruises at Addison hospital,
with the exception of Mrs.
Large, who escaped uninjured.
Mrs. Gilligan has been a
resident of Saline since 1942,
when she moved here from Ypsilanti with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jay Mann. She was
born in Charlotte, July 16, 1917,
and was married to Oscar R.
Gilligan August   17,  1946.
Surviving besides her husband and parents, are a brother, Lloyd Mann of Coldwater
and one sister, Mrs. Harry Bu-
bel of Port Huron; also a stepson, Roy Leo, of Saline; two
step-daughters, Mrs. Robert
Talbet of An Arbor and Mrs.
Carl Craig of Saline, and a
number of nephews and nieces.
She was a member of the United
Missionary church of Belleville.
Funeral service's were held
here Tuesday afternoon at 1:30
from the Lockwood Funeral
Home, Rev. Glen Wauii of Belleville officiating, and interment
was in Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti.
Sea Scouts Go to Sea
Aboard Ship: The Scouts learn—and they play.
An ocean voyage aboard a freighter with an opportunity to roam
about the ship from the bridge to the engine room is something Sea
Scouts the world over dream about but few ever accomplish. However,
a group of Venezuelan Sea Scouts recently had such a dream and
made it come true. $-
Their leader, a young Captain in
the Venezuelan Merchant Marine,
agreed to accompany them if the
voyage could be arranged. The
Scouts decided to try. They went
to officials of the Grancolombiana
Line which operates freighters
between United States ports and
Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. Line officials were enthusiastic about helping the Scouts in
their training and offered to transport the group free of charge on
a round trip between New York
and Maracaibo.
One of the line's most modern
freighters, the "Cuidad De Maracaibo." was chosen so that the
Scouts could inspect the newest
equipment. Under the guidance of
their own leader, Capt. Melean,
and ship's officers they learned
how the equipment worked, and
many shipboard duties landlubbers never learn. Their biggest
thrill was locating another vessel
by radar.
At the dock the Scouts were
met by Antonio Davila Delgado,
Consul General of Venezuela;
Henry Kuhlmann, Grancolombi-
ana's Director of Public Relations, and a delegation of Ameri
can Sea Scouts and Boy Scouts.
The Scouts covered a lot of
ground. They attended a baseball
game, placed a wreath at the
statue of South America's Liberator, Simon Bolivar; attended a
party in their honor, and even
broadcast to South America over
the Voice of America.
They had some trouble, because
most of them spoke only Spanish.
However, the Venezuelan consulate furnished each boy with
an identification card. The plan
worked, too. Five of the Scouts
were returned to their hotel in
police cars."
Highlight of the stay was a
party giveii| by the Girl Scout
Council of 'Greater New York.
There the biSys learned American
dances. Then they showed the
Americans some Venezuelan cowboy dances and taught them South
American songs—even their own
version of Boogie-Woogie.
The Sccuts made a big hit with
everyone and their visit accomplished a double purpose. It was
a valuable experience in Scout )
training and the Scouts had served
as ambassadors of good will between their country and ours.
Atom-Splitting Is Just Another Way of Oansing an Explosion
Survival Under
Atomic Attack
Saline   Girl In
Musical Hit
"Oklahoma"
Annual Bazaar
Next Week
The women of (Federated Church
will hold their annual bazaar and
bake   sale  next   Wednesday,  No-!
vember  10,  at   the  Uphaus Elec- j
trie Store, with the sale opening
at   1:00   o'clock.   It   is   requested
that articles be brought in before
that   time.   The   arranging   committees  will be there  to  receive
them   during"- the  morning.   Mrs.
Ferman    Clements,   president   of»
the Ladies' Aid Society announces
that    Miss   Mary   Morden,    Mrs. i
Paul   Klueter  and   Mrs.   Maurice
Henderson    are   serving    on    the'
publicity   committee;   Miss   Doris'
Jean   Henne,   Bliss   Marie   Finch j
and  Mrs.  Edward Henne  on  the'
poster   committee.  In   charge   of
the   baked  goods   booth   will   be
Mrs. Carl Carr, Mrs. Louise Cotton,   Mrs.  ILeonard   Spicer,   Mrs.
John  Lamb   and  Mrs.   Clements.
The fancy work and apron booth
will   be   presided  over   by   Mrs. J
Reid Ross,  Mrs.  C. R. Burkhart,
Mrs. Hugh Austin, Mrs.  Howard
Johnson, Mrs. Silas Nord and Mrs.
Arthur   Jacobsen.   Mr.   and  Mrs.
Hazen   Jewell,   Mr.   and  Mrs. A.
iW. Cuff and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Finch will serve on the set-up j
and clean-up committee. .
"Oklahoma," now playing at
the Cass theatre, Detroit and
billed as the world's greatest musical hit, seen and loved by 16
million people in every continent
in the past seven years was enjoyed by several Saline citizens
Sunday afternoon and evening.
This is the second week of the
fifth Detroit engagement for "Oklahoma." In the cast, playing the
part of "Armina" is a former
Saline girl, Miss Jeanne Parsons,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
E. Parsons. During her childhood
the family residence was on W.
Henry St.; now owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Wolfin.
Miss Parsons, a student of Saline high school and a graduate
of Roosevelt high school, of the
University of Michigan in 1946,
majored in dramatics and> ballet
dancing. She spent a year in Detroit teaching in a dancing studio, and then to New Tork City
and in Massachusetts, receiving
further training in her chosen
field.
Firemen Attend •
Jackson Meeting |
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Six   members  of the  Saline,
Fire  Department  attended thei
Southern Michigan Association!
of  Firemen  and    Fire  Chiefs,
meeting at Jackson October 30.
About 85 men from the small i
towns and villages of southern I
Michigan enjoyed a steak dinner   and witnessed  three  rolls
of fire fighting .films. i
Chief John Schild, Asst. Chief
Harold Armbruster, Lts. Roland Goltz and LaVerne Armbruster, and Rudy Wahl and
James Thomas made up the
contingent from Saline. Nominations were solicited for the
election of new officers in November.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Davis have
purchased the Lottie Wallace
home on North Ann Arbor St.
Tony Schild Named
Vice-President Of
Sign Association
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The Huron Valley Sign Association held its annual meeting in
Ann Arbor, Nov. 1, and elected
officers for the coming year.
Francis Hotzel of the Hbtzel Sign
Studio in Ann Anbor was elected
president and Tony Schild of the
Schild Sign Service, Saline, was
elected vice-president. Milt Kem-
nitz of Gillispie Signs was reelected secretary and Chuck Hub-
ler of the State Neon Co., treasurer.
Among those who attended
were Cecil Rowe of the Rowe
Sign Co., Detroit, president of
the Michigan Sign Contractors
and also of the (Detroit Sign Con-
tractors' organizations; Roy
Smith and LoU Garrison of Adrian and Ross Adair, Ypsilanti.
Motion pictures were shown and
luncheon served following the
meeting which was held at the
home of the State Neon Co.
In Port: They honor Uimon Bolivar—and meet American Girl Scouts.
Football Queen To
Be Crowned At
High School Party
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The Student Council of the
Saline High School will give a
football dance m the high
school gymnasium from nine to
twelve o'clock on Saturday,
Nov. 11, Armistice Day.
An orchestra directed by
Hugh Jackson will furnish the
music and Barbara Marion,
football queen, will be crowned
that night in company with her
court, Jorun Anderson, Joyce
Graf, Collene Gross, Irene Trin-
kle and Delores Marion.
Bell Clapper Crashes
Through Ceiling at
Iron Creek Church
The Kleuwe's
Entertain the
Junior Police
At the Junior Police meeting
last Thursday night 25 members were present. They were
entertained by Harvey Kleuwe,
who showed several motion pictures of trips through Canada
and many others that he has
taken. Refreshments were
served by Mrs. Vivian Kleuwe.
At this time, in behalf of the
Junior Police, I wish to express
my thanks for a most enjoyable
evening to Harvey and Vivian
Kleuwe.
Sincerely,
Ray M. Carlton,
Chief of Police.
An automobile belonging to
Gordon Valentine of Dearborn
which was reported stolen from
in front of the Harris Shell
Station on West Michigan avenue Saturday night, was recovered about an hour later parked
on Monroe street near the Universal Die Corp. plant.
Propose Widening
Of McKay Street
The Saline City Council proposes to widen McKay street
between North Ann Arbor and
Hall streets by narrowing the
lawn extension on the north
side and also widening the
street on the south side. The
proposal was discussed at. a
council meeting Monday night,
but the approval of the school
board was to be sought before
proceeding with the undertaking.
Last Lord's Day morning at
10:25 the entry of the Iron
Creek United church was well
filled with worshipers hurrying to get into their pews before the last tap of the bell.
There were many wraps and
rubbers to be taken care of for
the temperature stood at 18°
as an introduction to winter.
But soon all were in and families were sitting as usual, in
the good-old-fashioned way, together that is, all but the Lo-
Ren Trolz family. His oldest
child, Jerry, a high school freshman,* was pulling the bell rope,
in the entry as he has faithfully done for several years.
Suddenly   the    quietness   of
the   sanctuary   was   disturbed
by a resounding crash in the
vestibule.   Not a person moved
until   the   pastor  said,   "Won't
someone look out there?"    Later one said,  C'I was afraid of |
what  wfe  would  find."     The]
clapper of the bell (it weighed1
23  pounds)   had worked free,
crashed through the ceiling and
splintered the woodwork where
it fell.    And Jerry?   All he received was a forehead skin cut
caused by flying plaster. ;
With what joy the congregation sang the doxology and the
pastor's subject, ''The Greater
Gift", and his text, Act 3:6 "Silver and gold have I .none, but
such as I have give I thee': In
the name of Jesus Christ of Na-
areth, rise up and walk," became more meaningful as we
thougtit of the lives mercifully
saved by the fall of the bell
clapper at 10:30 instead of on©
or two minutes sooner.
Alvin C. Brazee, pastor.
To begin "with, you must realize that atom-splitting is just
another way of causing an explosion. While an atom bomb
holds more death and destruction than man has ever before
wrapped in a single package,
its total power is definitely limited. Not even hydrogen bombs
could blow the earth apart or
kill us all by mysterious radiation.
Because the power of all
bombs is limited, your chances
of living through an atomic attack much better than you
may have thought. In the city
of Hiroshima, slightly over half
the people who were a mile
from the atomic explosion are
still alive. At Nagasaki, almost 70 percent of the people a
mile from the bomb lived to tell
their experiences. Today thousands of survivors of these two
atomic attacks live in new
houses built right where their
old ones once stood. The war
may have changed their way of
life, but they are not riddled
with cancer. Their children
are normal. Those who were
temporarily unable to have
children because of the radiation now are having children
again.
What Are Your Chances?
If a modern A bomb exploded
without warning in the air over
your home town tonight, your
calculated chances of living
through the raid would run
something like this:
Should you happen to be one
of the unlucky people right under the bomb, there is practically no hope of living through
it. In fact, anywhere within
one-half mile of the center of
the explosion, your chances of
escaping are about 1 out of 10.
On the other hand, and this
is the. important point, from
one-half mile to one mile away,
you have a 50"-50-chanbe.'
From one to one and one-half
miles out, the odds that you
will be killed are only 15 in 100.
And at points from one and
one-half to two miles away,
deaths drop all the way down
to only two or three out of
each 100.
Beyond two miles, the explosion will cause practically
no deaths at all.
Naturally, your chances of
being injured are far greater
than your chances of being
killed. But even injury by radioactivity does not mean that
you will be left a cripple, or
doomed to die an early death.
Your chances of making a complete recovery are much the
same as for everyday accidents.
These estimates hold good for
modem atomic bombs exploded
without warning.
What About Super Bombs?
Do not be misled by loose
talk of imaginary weapons a
hundred or a thousands times
as powerful. All cause destruction by exactly the same means;
yet one 20,000 ton bomb would
not create nearly as much damage as 10,000 two ton bombs
dropped a little distance apart.
This is because the larger
bombs "waste" too much power near the center of the ex-
plosijoiu r*From the practical
point of view, it doesn't matter
whether a building near the
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Eighty-Five Percent
Of Saline Voters
Go To The Polls
Window Peepers
And Prowlers
Reported Here
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Prowlers and window peepers
have been causing some concern on the part of local officials who have received several complaints from residents
who have reported seeing faces
at their windows nights and of
skulkers on their premises.
On Thursday evening of last
week, a young woman was attacked by a man on East Henry
street, who grabbed her by the
throat. She screamed and
wrenched loose from his grasp,
and made her escape, thoroughly
shaken over the experience.
Police Chief Ray Carlton offers some pertinent advice in
connection with window peepers. Do not become alarmed;
after all, you are on the inside.
Do not turn on any unnecessary
lights. Do not let the person
know that; you have seen them.
Get to your telephone as
scon as you can without causing any alarm to the person
outside. Call the police and
keep cool so that you can give
all the details. And call at the
time; tomorrow is too late.
Chief Carlton also adds that
if for any reason when you are
out at night and frightened to
go home, call the Police Department for an escort. "I am
sure you will find that they will
be happy to offer you any assistance possible," he stated.
Saline voters were in step
with those of the rest of Michigan, Tuesday when they went
to cast their votes in one of
the hottest political off-year
contests in many a moon.
Six out of seven of the eligible voters in this city voted, the
total being 597, 355 pf them
being straight Republican and
115 straight Democrat 123
were independent and split
their tickets. Four ballots
were voided.
Local interest centered on
the election of five Saline City
councihnen from a field of eleven candidates. Hazem Jewell
led the field with ,375 votes,
with Mayor Adrian Elsman a
close second with 367 votes,
The other three candidates who
were chosen were Henry Leutheuser, 328; Everett Wolfin,
318; and Frank Brittain, 305.
Councikna_- Herman Frey
was sixth on the list of eandi-
dateis with 216 votes; Arthur
Michalke received 80; Charles
Kern 190; Ldean Bernard 151;
Lawrence Deede 147; and Martin Blair 198.
George Wood topped his opponent for the Justice Court,
James C. Little, by 243 votes,
Wood receiving 346 and Little
103.
All four of the 'amendments
carried in Saline, the No. 4 proposal on yellow oleomargarine
being 334 for and 222 against.
The hospital bonding issue went
373 to 129. Amendment No. 1
went 281 yes, to 254 no, and
No. 3 Amendment 373 yes to
129 no.
"Second Chance"
To Be Shown At
St. Pauls Church
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"Second Chance," a 75-minute
sound film, produced by the Protestant Film Commission for
three major denominations will
be .shown in St. Paul's Church
on Sunday evening at 8 o'elock|
The film relates the story of a
couple whose active church rela-
tionshhip gives way to the pressure of many other interests.
They are again brought to a new
committment and the home situation changes for the better.
A free will offering is to be
received. In making announcement of this Sunday evening feature, the pastor explained that
the public was invited to attend.
Our Hearts Were
Young And Gay
The Junior class under tha
direction of Mrs. Clair Vander-
Kolk will present "Our Hearts
Were Young and Gay", a comedy in three acts, next Thursday
and Friday night, November 16
and 17 al; 8:00 p. m. Admission
is 35e for children and 40c for
adults.
The play, which is to be given in the Saline High School
Auditorium, takes place in 1923.
Beginning with the first two
acts aboard ship enroute to
Paris and the third act in a hotel room in Paris, it makes a
perfect seting for romance.
You will enjoy seeing the
girls in their long-waisted (and
shapeless) dresses, while the
boys wear high-collared shirts,
spats and bright neckties.
Laughter and ecstasy will
keep both young and old enjoying every minute of this
hilarious comedy written by
Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily
Kimbrough, The leads this
year are given to Sue Thomas as
Cornelia Otis Skinner and Ann
Taylor as Emily Kimbrough*.
Other main characters are Mrs.
Skinner, Cornelia's mother, Kay
Austin; Otis Skinner, her father, Duane Girbaeh; Leo Mc-
Evoy, Cornelia's boy friend,
Joe Baylis; Dick Winters. Emily's boy friend,   Emil  Sattler.
Supporting roles are as follows : St e war d, Go r"do n
Barnes; Purser, Gerald Haarer;
Stewardess, Jorun Anderson;
Admiral, Don Feldkamp; two
English girls, Harriette St.
John played by Betty Haeussler I
and Winifred Blaugh played by
Sally Meske; Inspector, Glenn(
Brososky; Therese, French
maid, Grace Steeb; Madame
Elise, her mother, Martina
Heininger; Monsieur DeLa-
Croix, French actor, Stephen
MacArthur; the Window Cleaner, David Zick.
Saline Township
Voters Reject
Liquor Proposal
The proposal to legalize the
sale of liquor by the glass in
Saline township was rejected in
Tuesday's election 163 to 117.
This is the second time the
township has failed to approve
it.
Out of the 288 ballots cast
the Republicans polled 204
against 79 for the Democrats
in the state and congressional
and county election.
Saline township was strong
for defeating the oleomargarine
amendment and buried it 228.
to 42.
Two Drivers Cause
Accidents Involving
Other Drivers
Fred Winkler, driving a '47
Dodge 4-door sedan off Michigan avenue onto Lewis street
Thursday, did so in front of a
car approaching from the west,
driven, by S. H. Piatt, of Ann
Arbor. Piatt's 1950 Mercury
had the grill and left front considerable damaged, and Winkler's car was smashed in front.
He was charged- with driving
under the influence of intoxicants and assessed both fine
and  costs.
Gene Acton Stull, 9380 Maple
road, admitted driving 50 miles
per hour in a 25 mile per hour
zone on South Ann Arbor St.,
Thursday of last week. Norman
E. Brock of Carpenter road,
Milan,. who is building a residence on South Ann Arbor St.,
had backed out of his driveway
and was headed morth. Stull,
although he applied his brakes
in an attempt to stop, hit
Brock's car with considerable
impact, badly damaging both
cars. He was assessed a fine
and costs of $29.30.
Awarded Ton of
Gold Certificate
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Winter and
I family of Jonesville visited her
parents,  Mr.  and    Mrs.    Ray
1 Davis, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Davis and
Mrs. Earl Culliton attended
funeral services for their aunt,
Mrs. Mae Vandewater of Huntington, Indiana, last Thursday.
Miss Edna Mae Love, a for
mer Saline girl, was* among the
participants in the capping ceremonies which took place Sunday evening, November 5, at
Wayne University.
Fred Arend Seriously
Injured In Fall
. Fred Arend suffered broken
ribs and injured vetabraeT and
torn ligaments in his shoulder and
other injuries Friday of last week
when he was thrown from a corn
wagon as it rolled on an incline,
causing him to lose his hold. He
was. taken to University Hospital
in Aim Arbor for treatment, and
the full extent of his injuries^ had
not been determined at this time.
. Max Spike of Saline is the owner of four Jersey cows which
have each been awarded a ton of
Gold Certificate by The American
Jersey Cattle Club from its headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. The
award was given in recognition
of the animals' outstanding production over a period of four
years.
Willonyx Palatine Betty had a
production record of 2,333 lbs.
butterfat at 7 years; Princess
Palatine Delight produced 2,331
lbs. butterfat at 8 years; Valiant
Standard Kathleen made 2,197 lbs.
of butterfat at 7 years, and Bay-
leaf Patricia Sybil produced 2,042,
lbs. butterfat at 9 years of age.
During this' period their production averaged over 500 pounds
of fat per year, which is two and
one-half times the production of
the average dairy cow in the
United States.
All tests were verified by both
the Michigan State College and
The American Jersey Cattle Club.
Nation's Schools
Observe American
Education Week
Government of, by and for
the people is the theme of
American Education Week,
which is this week. It is the
30th annual observance and
and throughout the- nation most
schols will emphasize the
school's place in American democracy.
American Education Week is
sponsored by the National Education Association, National
Parent-Teacher Association, National Broadcasting Company
and the American Legion. In
Detroit and some of the larger
cities the program has been
greatly enlarged upon. Open
house will be observed in thousands of the nation's schools and
in Detroit teaching techniques
are being demonstrated in the
Crowley-Milner auditorium for
five days.
In Saline, Room Mothers and
parents of the pupils of the
seventh and nintji grades will
meet together some time daring
the week in observing the theme
of Education Week.