1952-07-03; Saline Observer

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SIXTY-NINTH YEAR
NUMBER 40
SALINE. WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN •
THURSDAY, JULY 3,1952
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New School Approved   By Voters Of District
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—Courtesy Apn A_bor News
The proposed new Pleasant Lake School and Community Room on which voters east their ballots last Thursday on the
miliag. increase and bond issue. Both were approved hy the voters in order that plans for the building might proceed. The
school will have a capacity .of 175 pupils, and will he located on property presently under option on Pleasant Lake! Road.
Estimate Shows Reorganization
Plan Would Not Require
Excessive Tax Increase
Jaycees Register 20^_»
Of Voters In One Night
First Band Concert
Given Saturday
The band concert given at 7:30 p.
m. Saturday night was enthusiastically received by the many Saline residents who attended. The
concert was held on the high school
lawn and lasted about an hour.
Arthur Katterjohn directs the
band which is made up of members
of the high school band, musicians
in the community, and musicians
from neighboring towns.
The band has about 40 [members. Mr. Katterjohn announced
that concerts will be given every
other Saturday evening. The next
concert will be on Saturday, July
12.
By canvassing from house to
house Monday night, the Saline
JCC's; registered 20% of the people eligible to vote in Saline.
The City Clerk deputized 12 JCC
members for this purpose.
Willing Workers
Meet With
Mrs. Bliss Curtis
Approximately 80% of the eligible voters in Saline are now reg- j Scudder, presiding,
istered, according to Lee Robison,! to have a picnic this year and Mrs.
The June meeting of the Saline
Willing Workers was held at the
home of Mrs. Bliss Curtis with 25,
present. Our devotional leader,
Mrs. Ardis Heininger, being absent, Mrs. Elfa Munroe read the
145th Psalm. Mrs. Wade Scudder
offered prayer.
The business meeting was conducted with our president, Mrs.
It was voted
Summer Recreation
News
Federated Church
Picnic July 10
Committees have been appointed
and plans completed for the annual church school picnic of the
Federated church. All families of
& the church are urged to attend at
<£> the Saline Park on Thursday evening, July 10, at 6:00 o'clock. It
is a basket lunch affair, but ice
cream will be provided by the
church school as usual, arranged
for by a committee headed by Miss
Mary Morden.
The customary games and contests for all the children, with the
usual prizes, are being planned f or
by a committee headed by Kim
Jacobsen. In case of rain, the
group will gather for picnic supper in the church dining room.
chairman of the JCC drive to register the voters.
"People who were not contacted
Monday night, and who fill the requirements for voting, but are not"
registered will be sought after by
the JCC's evenings the rest of this
week, Robison said. Our ultimate
goal is a 100% registration in Sa<-
line."
Monday, July 7, is the deadline
for registering. The City Hall will
be open on that day from 8 a. m.
until 8 p. m. If you do not register, you will be left .out of the
most important and exciting election in years.
We all know that the foundation
of the American way of life rests
upon the right of each citizen to
vote. Here in the United States?
we each have a voice in the government—and it is our responsibility to use it.
When you vote you serve your
country by protecting your priceless heritage of freedom and- democracy.
Register now. No register, no
vote. Don't be caught sitting on
the sidelines this year.
Clara Faust was chosen chairman.
The meeting was then turned
over to the program, chairman,
Mrs. Glen Gordon, who in turn
asked Mrs. Ernest Zahn to introduce our guest, Mrs. George Mueh-
lig of Ann Arbor. Mrs. Muehlig
played for the boys in the Percy
Jones hospital for four and one
half years, going once a week. Mrs.
Muehlig played several selections
iof each land of music: Blue Danube Waltz, Missouri Waltz, polkas,
Stars and Stripes Forever, Irish
jigs, Victors Song, The Old Rugged Cross. We enjoyed Mrs.
Muehlig very much and hope she
visits us again.
After the Mizpah we adjourned
to meet at our picnic. Our next
regular meeting will be in September with Mrs. Pearle Gilbert.
Our hostess then served a delicious lunch with her children
among those assisting her.
Federated Ladies
Aid Society
TeenJRoad-E-0
July 26
The JCC Teen-Age Road-e-o
contest will be held at 1:00 p. m.
Saturday, July 26, at the ball
diamond at Saline Park. j
All teen-agers in this area between the ages of 16 and 21 who
have a driver's license are eligible
to enter.
Purpose of the Road-e-o is to
promote safe driving. Cars will
be furnished by local automobile
dealers.
Cash prizes, amount to be announced next week, will be awarded, and the winner will be eligible tp compete in the state contest and, if he wins that event, on
to the national contest.
Winners will be judged on the
basis of their driving sl*lL and on
a written tes"t on rules of the road.
Teen-agers wishing to "t-nteT
should clip the coupon below and
send to Mike Strait, Al Wiedman,
Bob Harrison, Dick Martin or Al
Coley.
The last regular summer meeting cf the Federated Ladies Aid
Society will take the form of a
potluck picnic luncheon to be held
at the home of Mrs. Reuben Rogers at 12:30 o'clock on Wednesday,
July 9. Each member is asked to
provide her own table service and
food to pass.
Mrs. Maurice Henderson, president of the society, will preside over the business meeting which will
follow this annual picnic luncheon.
Mrs. John Dicks will lead the devotions and the Presbyterian Min-
St. Johns To Hold
Annual Bazaar
From now until the end of the
summer recreation program, a
qualified Red Cross swimming instructor will be on hand at the
swimming parties held on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This will
give all children in Saline who
cannot swim an opportunity to
learn. ^
The American Legion baseball
team has discontinued activities!
for the summer. Walford Larson,
who formerly played third base for
the Saline team, is now with the
Ann Arbor American Legion team.
The Ann Arbor team is tied with
Dexter for the county lead and will
play at Dexter Thursday night at
8:30. The winner of this game will
advance to the district playoffs in
Ypsilanti.
Recreation supervisors have or
ganized two midget baseball teams,
aares 8-12. One team is called the
Wildcats and the other the Skunks.
Last Wednesday, in a rousing
hard fought three inning game, the
Wildcats beat the Skunks 10-4. The
Bable-Rule Wedding
Held Saturday
Doris Rule, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Rule of Saline Valley
Farms became the bride of Robert
J. Bable, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Bable of Wayne, at a double ring ceremony at the Methodist
•church in Saline on Saturday morning, June '28.
Th ebride wore a dress of white
frosted organdy over pastel aqua
taffeta. The dress had cap sleeves
and a scalloped neckline. With
this she wore a white lace Dutch
cap with white accessories. Her
corsage was of white rosebuds
with ivy and white streamers. She
also wore a string of pearls, a
gift  of the bridegroom.
Her attendant; Mrs. Carl Bable,
sister-in-law of the bridegroom,
wore a white gown with blue dots
and had matching accessories. Her
corsage was composed of red carnations. Carl Bable, brother of the
bridegroom, served as his attendant.
Following the ceremony, a luncheon was served in the dining room
of the Methodist church.    After a
Installed As
JCC President
At a dinner meeting held Thursday night, June 26,    the    Saline
short wedding trip the couple mil JCC's installed their officers  for
be at home on Glenn street^in one
of the new Glen Haven homes in
Wayne
the coming year.
The new officers are:
Bob Har-
or of the Romulus district. Mr.
Bable is a graduate of Michigan
State Normal College and is currently employed in the specifications department at Kaiser-Fraser
plant.
New Playground
Equipment Ready
In Park
The    playground  equipment in
the form of swings, teeter-totters,
and a grand big slide that the city
na(* ordered for the park has fin-
Skunks might" have bounced back ' ally^arrived
but the midgets had to give up the
diamond to another team. They
play again this week and the
Skunks hope to reverse the loss.
The school playground now has
some new equipment. A merry-go-
round and a new trapeze were acquired recently.
Retirement Party For
John Richard
St. Johns Lutheran church of
Bridgewater will hold their annual
bazaar and ice cream social Wednesday evening, July 9, on the
church lawn.
Last week John Richard, 216 W.
Michigan, was given a party at
the heme of Theodore Strcuo. The
New Police Chief
Hired By City
Robert Davis of Ann Arbor has
been hired as Police Chief for Saline it was announced Wednesday
afternoon.
Davis has been with the Ami
Arbor Police Department for the
chard's retirement. Mr. Rahard,
who worked in the maintenance department 1053 at the Ford plant,
had reached the automate retirement age of 67.
About 58 guests, made up of his
fellow workers and wives-, were
present. Refreshments were served
and Mr. Richard was presented
with a Benrus wrist watch.
Mrs. Bable is a graduate of Sa- j rif on> ir-» President; Jack Ci-aig-
line High School and Michigan | mile> vlce President; Dick Martin,
State Normal College and will be, secretary; and Ken Savery, treas-
enrployed this fall as art supervis-  ur?f"    _,
Pat Roesch, last year's president; Lee Robison, a past president
and Jim Beal, past executive secretary, were installed on the board
of directors.
In his acceptance speech the new
president, Bob Harrison, said:
"Do tou really know what the
JCC is ? What it represents to us
and to our community?
"That we should overestimate
the JCC is not a real risk. The
story of the past shows that the
danger has always been the other
way. But not to underestimate
such an organization is hard. To
isee it as it is, calls for all we have
of intellect, of scope, and of rea
son.
"It is worth while to try to understand it even if we fail. The po>-
tential here over-runs our categories and classifications. We cannot, we-could not exhaust that potential even if we tried.
"Through this seemingly intangible power, the JCC makes its
ideals winsome and compelling. It
can shew everyone of us the way
to greater achievement. It can
greatly benefit ourselves and our
community.
"The state organization disseminates to us, the local clubs, the effective inspiration of the ■"' best
thinking and living of today. This
The city crew started work on
installation immediately and are
hard at it right now. Yes> kids
these fun gadgets will be ready for
your use on fhe Fourth, tomorrow
that is.
Bredernitz Silver
Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bredernitz
of  Saline  celebrated    then-    25th
for theCparty was^Mr. Ei- Redding anfversary at a party held
Bonds Floated For
School Building
Progr_-m At Tecumseh
Sunday. ...
The immediate families on both inspiration can and will live in this
sides and friends and neighbors j club. Our state motto is 'Men of
were present. Altogether, about I Action!' I am asking each of my
100 guests attended the party.        ! club members for just that.
Among the gifts presented the | "It has been said that the hot-
couple were a purse filled wjLth sil- test place in hell is for the man
ver dollars and an automatic cof- j who during the time of crisis re-
fee maker
School district reorganization
in this area will not require an
excessive tax rate, neither for
operation nor for building purposes.
The following estimate of
operation receipts in the reorganized oistrict indicates conclusively that for the operation;
of the schools, according to the
budgets submitted to the county tax allocation board, a seveti
mill levy would be adequate.
Furthermore, after the reorganization takes place there
could be a considerable reduction in operating costs due to
the fact that at present a num-
zation takes place.
There have been, during the
past few months, a number of
misconceptions regarding the
tax rate necessary if reorgani-
ber of teachers are teaching but
five to fifteen pupils. This very
pupil teacher ratio makes costs
per pupil very high and is economically inefficient. By careful
distribution of pupils a number
of teaching positions could be
eliminated at a considerable saving.
If the reorganized district decided that a building program
was necessary, and such a decision must be considered if the
secondary pupils are to be adequately educated, a tax levy of
less than five mills or five dollars per thousand dollars of '
valuation would provide the
amounts needed to retire the
bonds over a twenty year period.
Assuming that two elementary schools will _be,h.eeded, one
in the Bridgewater area and one
in Saline and the cost of construction and equipment
amounted to five hundred
thousand dollars, the tax rate
necessary can be figured as follows:
1. Total bond issue, $500,000.
2. Yearly payments $500,000
divided by 20 equals $25,000.
3. Interest at 2 per cent. 2
per cent times $500,000 equals
$10,000.
4. Total first year $35,000.
5. Rate necessary to raise
$35,000. $35,000 divided by $9,-
056,140 equals .00386.
6. .00386 is 3.86 mills per
dollar of valuation or $3.86 per
thousand of valuation.
7. If the equalized valuation
of your property is $5,000 your
tax for bond retire_nent would
be $19.30.
The $3.86 tax rate per thousand of valuation would be an
average rate. Most bonding
companies require that a reserve
fund be built up and that re-
quiremerit jwould probably make
necessary a rate one or two
mills higher than the $3.86 for
the first five years until the
needed   reserve  would  be   ob-
quiz.
past four  and a half years', and
isYr7Rep~ortwm~bTp^ .° that> h,. **& seirved ^ifll
program,  under the  direction  of Ith* military police for two and a
Mrs. Hazel Cook, will be a contest  na£ y.ears- ., .  ,       ,,
He is 32 years old, married, and
has a family. He comes to the
city highly recommended. Davis
will be moving to Saline and expects to start work here about July 18.
His salary will be about §3C0 a
month according to city officials.
A mock wedding was the feature
of the evening. John Kohler was
the bride. He wore a lovely veil
of lace curtains but lost it on the
way to the altar when a dog
stepped on the train.
Donald    Bredernitz    was    the
bridesmaid  and Robert   Guenther
Bonds totaling §650,000 are be- j was the flower girl,
ing offered for sale to finance the '    Mrs. Robert Brackney was the
Universal Building
New Addition
Universal Die Casting & Manufacturing Co. is in the process of
building a small addition to their
plant in Saline. On the- back of
the plant they are building a new
huffing room and a new receiving
and shipping department.
Punch press equipment will be
moved from the 'die cast room to
the old buffing area.
§750,000  school building program
in Tecumseh township.
Tecumseh has an assessed valuation of ?6,725,800, and a debt retirement on present valuation of
13 percent.    The Tecumseh    dis-
tams his neutrality. I believe this tained. As each years payment
is a time of crisis for the Saline wag made tlie am_unt of interim1110,,1' Chamber of Commerce. est would ^ less and durmg
Why? Because whatever is not the last five years the re3erve
growing wears out. funds~ would be used to retire
•'Our club must grow    All ac-|to_d__ Therefore ±he $3.86 tax
tion by myself and my fellow of-;     t ^fl   0Q an average, be~
ficers this year mil be m that di- th      • d        ^
rection.    I  believe we  can withstand the growing pains."
Trinity Church
groom and Mrs. Robert Bredernitz
was the best man.   Mrs. Dell Hoff-   _-»-   -,,     -p..
man was the bride's- another anu  XlOlClS JJKiner
carried a bouquet of oniens.
Victoria Bredernitz was the ring
bearer.   Otto Bredernitz,. the min-
trict serves 1,478 students over an   ister, read jthe ceremony from  a
area cf 8.6 square miles.
Sven hundred thh-ty-nine voted
for the bonds for building purposes  also given an  anniversary party
Sears and Roebuck catalogue.
Mr.  and Mrs. -Bredernitz  were
while only 51 voted no.
1 Saturday night by friends.
The Trinity Lutheran church
held its Sunday school picnic last
Sunday on the church lawn.
A potluck dinner was served to
about 140 people. Entertainment
for the children and games were
featured.
Braun Relates Experiences At Boys State
By Kelvin Braun
I feel that I was very lucky in
being one of the two hoys who represented Saline at Wolverine Boys
State this year and I, Kelven
Braun, wish to express my sincere
thanks to the Saline Rotary Club
for sponsoring me.
On the morning of June 19 I
left for Michigan State College at
East Lansing where Wolverine
Boys State was held f r^pi June 19
to 27, marking the fifteenth year
that the American Legion has
I sponsored it
form of government to inculcate In our spare time we had sche-
a sense of individual obligation to 1 duled sports such as softball and
community, state and nation. volley  ball  in   which   the   cities
v Boys State had one thousand and! played each other. The winning
ten citizens, who were then divid-  cities at the end had their names
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Rev. R. R. Feuell
Reassigned To .
Methodist Church
The Rev. R. R. Feuell has been
reassigned to the Methodist church
here in Saline _ for the coming
year.
This will make the third year
Rev. Feuell has been with the Saline church. He was given the
reassignment week before last
when he attended the annual Methodist Conference held at the.Metropolitan Methodist church in Detroit.
.ed into fourteen cities containing
seventy-two boys each. These
fourteen cities were then divided
into seven counties. Each city and
county held elections on Friday.
On Monday state elections were
held. After the elections were finished every boy had an office-and
started official functioning imme-
., The purpose of Boys State is to i diately. These elections and of-
I give the young citizens of today an I fices functioned exactly like the ac-
engraved on  the  Wolverine Boys
State Athletic Trophies.
Each night we had a general assembly and it always was interesting and different. We had
numbers by the Wolverine Boys
State Band and Glee Club, group
singing, lectures, election campaigns and inaugurations; also, a
mock trial put on by the Michigan
Bar Association.    On Sunday eve-
very interesting feature. The last
night at the general assembly we
were entertained by the ''Know
Your America" pageant with Dale
Mclntyre.
I think the American Legion is
doing a great work in conducting
this program of Wolverine Boys
State and I feel that I have been
honored in being chosen to take
part.
Besides learning more than I
ever could have from any books, I
made many new friends and had
a wonderful time.
So again, to the Saline Rotary
GRACE STEEELE TO TEACR
opportunity to participate in the tual city, county and state govern- j ning a performance put on by the! Club: Thank you for having spon-
actual  operation of a democratic ' ment. » | American Legion  Zouaves was a j sored me.
Mrs. Grace Stierle has accepted
a position to teach at the Jedele
school on Waters road beginning
this fall.
Mrs. Stierle, who operated
Wheeler's Store until a few weeks
ago, taught two years at Saline
High.
SAVINGS BANK PASTY
A party for the employees of
the Saline Savings Bank was held
Monday night, June 30, at the Saline hotel. The party was held because June 30 marks the end of the
six month period for the bank.
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