1951-05-17; Saline Observer

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SIXTY-EIGHTH YEAR
NUMBER   33
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THORSQAY, MAY J.7, 1951 FIVE CENTS PER COPY      $2.50 PER YEAR IN .ADVANCE
THIS IS
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WEEK IN SALINE
£J. H. Rohweder, chairman of
the Tecumseh Council's Committee on Ordinances, says it might
be well to scrap Tecumseh's present building code, because in his
opinion nobody seeifBs to have any
interest in such an ordinance. His
committee planned to revise the
existing code to meet F.H.A. requirements, but after giving it
publicity nof a single individual,
builder or contractor bothered to
contact him concerning the matter. £In Saline, there is an old
building code, but the present city
administration adhers to the requirements of the county code.
The city fathers have also adopted
a new practice in issuing building
permits. Where formerly application was made 'to the city clerk, it
now becomes necessary to present
applications for the approval of
the city council before a building
permit will be issued in Saline.
01>avid M. Wilson, of Marysville,
Washington, grandson of Sim R.
Wilson, former publisher of The
Saline Observer, has received- his
commission as Ensign in ceremonies at the Naval Air. Station
at San Diego. Young Wilson earned his wings as a navy pilot in
August of last year and has been
on active duty since, flying PBM,
large patrol bomBer planes. ^The
Michigan Associated Telephone
Company, which had its business
office removed to the Burkhart
Store during the period of conversion, to its present common battery system, and the installing oi
the new five-position switchboard,
has anoved back to its old quarters in the "telephone office." The
Company still has the job of removing the.old telephones which
the new instruments replaced.
Some of these old wall phones are
like those we remember having
seen when we were a kid . . .
and we are no spring chicken.
9_f all of the vacant spaces in
town were cleaned up and made
accessible, the parking space here
would be greatly increased. The
area in the rear of the Saline
Hotel, the Sturm building, Haarer's and The Saline Observer has
heen cleaned up and graded ancf
graveled and room has been made
there for quite a number of cars
to park. The city fathers have an
opportunity to create additional
parking space . . .. according to
Marty Blair . . . in the rear of the
bowling alley. __ little gravel and
a little grading would turn the
trick, says Marty . . . and it's
right in town. Funny thing, y'
know, if you are able to park
within eight blocks of your objective in Ann Arbor, you'd be
content; but if you had to park
near the Mercantile and do your
shopping m downtown Saline, well,
you'd shop in some other town.
^Albert Lang went up to -Flint
last week where he "had a bid to
attend the instituting of a new
Chapter of the Order of Eastern
Star by the officers of Flint
Chapter No. 138 and Pilgrim
Chapter (No- 447. Michigan's
Worthy Grand Matron Pearl B.
Chubb and Worthy Grand Patron
D. LaVerne Courtney were among
the distinguished guests. The new
Chapter bears the name "El Star.1'
Al was the guest of his daughter,
Mrs, Lorna Eckert, a charter
member of the new Order. 0Sa-
line Higfli School's new coach,
John Padjen, will be in charge
of the summer's recreational activities and is completing plans
for a broad program of- more
than usual interest to the community. Neil Lindemann and
Richard Miller hav^ been named
co-captains of the 1951 football
squad according1 to Coach Padjen,
who is very optimistic ahout what
may happen here under the lights
next fall. ifcWateh out for your
dog. The law says they are not to
run loose nor be noisy and a
nuisance to the neighbors. Local
poHce have been directed by the
city council to pick 'em up after
the fifteenth of May, doggonit!
0Merritts Will open their new
store in the Sturm building here
on Wednesday, May 23, where
they will handle a complete line
of shoes for tliSTvhoie family and
also "a line of men's and boy's
clothing.
Max Williams will manage the
store. He has worked in Merritt's
Clinton store during the past
eighteen months, having come
there from Dearborn where he
was in the shoe business. He will
bring his family to Saline afrtJie
close of the school year and will
occupy the apartment over th-
store on West Michigan avenue.
Scene of Demonstration of New Method of Pasture Renovation
-Photo by Gray.
As announced last week by
Mayor Everett Wolfin, this week
is Clean-Up Week in Saline.    -
On Thursday and Friday city
trucks will pick up and dispose
of all debris that may be found
placed at the curbs throughout
the city. On these days residents
will have opportunity to gather
up all or the winter's accumulation of tin cans and other junk
and have it removed from their
premises without charge to them.
Tou can also be helpful by using
paper cartons or other containers
to facilitate the handling of the
refuse by the city employees. If
your containers are valuable and
are not to be thrown away along
with the junk, they will be left
at the curb, after being emptied.
Something new in the preparation of a field' for a" seed bed was
revealed to some 300 farmers and
students -on Monday, sMay 14, at
the Reuben and Duane - Rogers
farm, three miles south -of Saline
on the Saline-Milan road.:
Eight different county irffple-
ment dealers furnished . tractors
and equipment to show how the
ten acre plot could be made ready
for planting without the use of a
plow. Disc harrows ancf cultivators were hauled over the hilly
terrain, breaking tt up, yet not
turning.the soil under. It is the
theory that this sod left on top
will provide a rruch needed mulch
and retain the moisture in the
soil.
Plowing on this particular plot
would tend to invite erosion at
this time of year. Mr. Rogers,
owner of the farm stated that
the land was prepared for the
application of some nine tons of
lime and about 500 pounds of
fertilizer to the acre.
The demonstration was organ,
ized by the soil conservation
committee of Washtenaw County,
headed by Dr. (Lloyd Steiner assisted by George Massack. This
program is sponsored >by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Twenty-two youths from Saline
High School" were taken to the
demonstration by their agriculture
instructor, Charles .Osgood.
Near the end of the month it
is planned by the committee to
hold a twilight -meeting at the
scene of the demonstration to show
those interested the condition of
the land and the progress being
made by the alfalfa, brome and
birds foot treefoil hay that has
been planted.
This plan may result in the
rejuvenation of many acres of
pasture land in this county.
Chicago Club Girls
Tell of Weekend
Excursion
We Chicago Club girls got off
to an early start Thursday, May
10, when we boarded the 9:15
Mercury from Ann Arbor for the
windy city. We arrived' in Chicago
during a dowripcar, and boarded
a sightseeing bus which was
awaiting us at the depot. We be-
.gan our tour through southern
Chicago, stopping at the Museum
of Industry and Science, then to
the" Morrison Hotel, where the
girls unpacked and prepared for
dinner at a Swedish restaurant
called, "A- Bit of Sweden."
The following morning a group
of sleepyheaded girls started for
Don McNeil's Breakfast Club program, where we were interviewed
and announced over the air. Leaving the Breakfast Club program
we worked our way by means of
subways, and elevated cars, 'to
Swift's and the stockyards. Here
we were taken on a tour of Martha Logan's test kitchens and saw
the slaughtering and complete
processing of meat for consumer
use. We were invited to the cafeteria, where we ate, through the
courtesy of Swift's. 'From Swift's,
we went to the ^tuseum of Natural Science and after this most
of the girls were tired, so we
headed for our hotel. That evening
we   attended   the   popular   stage
Result of Chest Drive
Meets Expectations
Donations to the 1951 Community Chest Drive were $1,556.91
bringing the present balance to
$2,-172.88. The drive was ^Success locally as the failure to reach
our $2,000 goal was attributed to
the lack of refunds from the large
manufacturing concerns in this
area. Local citizens who made donations to these concerns should
attempt to find out why their
money was not returned to the
local chest.
Disbursements from the Community Chest are as follows:
United Health and Welfare
Fund, $600; The Salvation Army,
$250; Washtenaw Livingston
Council, Boy Scouts of America,
$400; Starr Commonwealth, $50;
Community Hallowe'en Party,
$289; Local Boy Scouts, .$-0; Local Girl Scouts, $50; Local Cub
Scouts, $50,; Local Brownies, $50.
The only campaign expenditure
was $13.50 to the Saline Observer
for printing. Thus a balance of
$559.88 remains in the local chest
fund to cover local emergencies
and other necessities that may
arise.
Election of new officers for
195i was at a meeting in the
Saline Hotel, Monday evening. Al
though only Mrs. Henry Karner
and Mrs. Charles Kern were present in addition jlo your chair/nan
the meeting f"^as completed'' as
scheduled because' of several previous delays. The new officers
are Harry Hersch, chairman; Mrs.
Edward Lauhon, secretary; Mrs.
Carl Moehn,  treasurer.
Your chairman wishes to thank
the committee for the fine support given hfca and especially
Mrs. Ed Hering for a fine secretarial job, and also wishes to
thank the residents of the Saline
area for their support of the
Community Chest, but wishes
that each person in the community could haye a chance to be a
part of the committee to see
how difficult a job it is to divide
an average contribution nine
ways. The average individual contribution was approximately $3.00
and the average business contribution about $11.00. It should be
remembered that many agencies
and organizations are assisted by
your contributions when you make
your 1951 donation. Your support
of your local chest builds a better
community, state and nation in
which  to  live.
Lawrence R. Deede
play   "South  Pacific."
On the third day we shopped
at Marshall Field's, then ate lunch
and attended the style show at
Carson, Pirie and Scott. That
afternoon the girls had time to
shop in a store of their own
choice. In the evening we dined
at the 'Le Petit Gourmet'. It
was very impressive as we ate
by candlelight seated 'at one long
table.
Sunday, our final day in- Chicago, we attended the Fourth
Presbyterian Church, which was,
very large and quite impressive.
We^lunched at the Palmer House
and returned to the hotel for.-our
luggage. Having said our last
farewells to Chicago, a 'group of
weary girls with aching feet,
boarded the Wolverine for Ann
Arbor. Upon arrival we were
greeted by friends and relatives
and, although we had a wonderful time, we were glad to be back.
Sec.  Dorothy  Marion
Price Specialists
To Explain
For Meat Dealers
On next' Monday, specialists
from the Office of Price Stabilization will come to Ann Arbor
to explain to retail meat dealers
the regulations on pricing and
reports.
The meeting will be held in the
Slosson school auditorium at W.
Washington at Ninth Street, at
7:30 p.m. sharp.
This meeting is sponsored by
the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce and will he the only meeting held on these "regulations in
this County in the near future.
23' States Accept
4-H Public Speaking
Program for  1951
The 4-H Public Speaking program in its second year — promises to become very popular
with Club members in Michigan.
Realizing that the ability to project thoughts and ideas clearly is
of prime importance in leadership,
citizenship and everyday life —
pthey are earnestly taking part in
the program, in order to trim
corners and make their best better. Twenty-three states have accepted the program for 1951, as
compared with 19 last year.
Gold-filled medals are awarded
to the boy and girl winners in
each participating county. State
winners' awards comprise a hand-
sorne set of silverware for the
top-ranking girl, and a 17-jewel
wrist watch for the outstanding
bey. Winners are determined not
only on what they say, but on
how well they say it. AH awards
are provided by the Pure Oil
Company.
Eugene Hamaker of Calhoun
county, was last year's watch
winner in Michigan. Virginia Carson, Oakland county, received the
silverware award for her outstanding work. County medals
were awarded to 31 _-_Ters in the
state.
This program is conducted under the supervision of the Cooperative Extension- Service.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Starling
and Mrs. "Clare Adams were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Term Es-
-xon, on .Monday at the Friendship
slight program of the. Imperial
Chapter -21 of Lernington, Ontario.
Spring Meeting of
Infirmary Auxiliary
In Ann Arbor
An open house and refreshments will follow the Spring
Meeting of the Washtenaw Infirmary Auxiliary to be held at
1:45 p.m. May 23, .1951, in the
dining room of the Washtenaw
County Infirmary. 2960 Washtenaw Road-, Ann Arbor, for all
interested Washtenaw County
women.
Mrs. Mary K. Guiney, Assistant
Supervisor of fhe Wayne County
Bureau of Social Aid will speak
on '-^Nursing and Boarding
Homes" following a business
meeting and reports from executive Board Chairmen on activities
of the Auxiliary.
The Infirmary Auxiliary was
organized Oct.„4, 1949 and since
that time has launched a county-
wide organization to interest individual residents of Washtenaw
County as well as women'ss club
groups, Men's service clubs, private industry, church groups, and
fraternal organizations of the
needs of a modern institution.
The humane recreational program for the long term residency
within the Infirmary and for ambulatory patients of the County
Hospital of weekly Church services, church group programs,
movies, monthly birthday parties,
daily radio and television programs, as well as a record program of appropriate music played
daily for the patients on the Hospital floor, has been recognized
by Stat* and iNational Authorities
as the outstanding achievement
of the Auxiliary to interest and
be spensored by the various
groups and individuals of Washtenaw  County.
The Auxiliary hails the civTc
interest and enterprise of the
City of Milan, Michigan, when an
all city bake sale was held to
augment donations from clubs and
church group organizations of the
city to buy the record player and
a record library for the patients
of the Washtenaw County Hospital.
Speech Correction
Program Will Be
Continued Next Year
The speech correction program
will be continued in the Chelsea
schools next year under the direction' of Robert Wallace who
has been in charge of the work
since the beginning of the present
semester. Chelsea, Saline, Dexter
and Manchester schools have
agreed to continue the program
next year on the present basis.
Wallace has charge of the program in the four co-operating
school  systems.
This year 155 children in the
four schools are participating. Expenses of the program are reimbursed 85 per cent toy the state,
the remainder being prorated
among the four participating
schools.
Miss- Florence Shaw of Detroit
is 'calling on old friends in the
Shawr^distric- 'She was the guest
of Mirk P. McBride here Sunday
and Monday. -f
Retailers Have
Until May 30
To File Charts
Retailers in the apparel, footwear, furniture, dry goods, jewelry, appliance and similar consumers' goods trade, were warned
today by Philip A. Hart,. Detroit
district director of the OPS, that
they have o_dy two weeks-left in
which to file charts under Ceiling
Price Regulation ft.
Retail stores, originally covered
under Regulation 7, have been
given two 30-day extensions, he
said, and those covered by Amend,
ment 2 to (Regulation 7 have had
six weeks in which to prepare
these pricing charts and file copies
of such charts at the disrict OPS
office. The final filing date is
May 30 and no further extension
can be expected.
Approximately 70 percent of
the 10,000 establishments in the
35 counties of eastern Michigan
which comprise the Detroit OPS
district, Mr. Hart said* have thus
far failed to file.
Non-compliance with the regulations, he pointed out, could result in court action by the Enforcement Division of the Office
of Price Sabilization.
Where delays are occasioned by
the inability of the retailer to put
sufficient manpower into the job
of compiling his charts or where
the burden of doing the job is
one plainly beyond the capacity of
the retailer, the OPS would be
disposed to be understanding.
Generally speaking, however,
this particular trade group has
had available to it the willing assistance of the district OPS staff
and its own trade organizations.
Unfamiliarity with the regulation,
Hart said, simply cannot be ac-
ceped as an excuse for failure to
comply.
"If there is a disposition on the
part of retailers' to regard the
price stabilization program with
indifference and to assume that it
can be ignored with impunity, I
think they will soon learn that
this is a mistake," Hart said.
"The OPS has had its share of
criticism' for failure -to apply penalties where they appear to have;-
been fully justified. As far. as .our
Detroit district office'is concerned
we have wanted only compliance
with the law. If a patient-understanding attitude cannot accom-.
plish this, the enforcement provisions jnost certainly can. We
feel that our responsibility immediately following May 30 will
be to determine why retailers did
not comply and it will be safe to
assume that the period of tolerance in this office will have
passed".
Child Study Club
Holds Interesting
Meeting
The Child Study Club conducted
a most interesting program at the
Saline High School, Tuesday
night, when Prof. Slosson and
Mrs. Slosson of Ann Arbor, were
given the subject, "What to do
with our leisure time," for discussion.
Mrs. Slosson touched on the
subject only briefly, aware of the.
fact that leisure was something
that most peopl§ .lave vefy little
of.
A question box furnished the
subject for a talk by Prof. Slosson. It had to do with the Great
Debate, from which Prof. Slosson
believed as much good would come
as evil. A Democracy always
washed its dirty linen in the
open, he declared; everybody got
both sides of the story and formed
! their own conc-Hsions and these
shaped the destiny of a free
people and was the surest guarantee of its continuance. Under a
dictatorship no such debate would
be possible.
Mrs. Henry Carner, club president presided at the opening of
the meeting', which was attended
by 35 members and guests. It
being the termination "of her year
in office, she expressed her appreciation for the cooperatics-of
the officers and members and introduced the new president, Mrs..
John Schild.
Coffee and cakes were served,
at the conclusion of a highly-
interesting program.
Word has been received of the
death of Mrs. Reinhold Josenhans
of St. Louis, Mo. Mr, Josenhans
is a graduate, of Saline High
School, one of the oldest still
living, and although now retired,
had taught school for 57 years.
He was connected with the Rankin trade school for 27 years and
head of the science department
since 1922.
Den 3 of the Cub Scouts entertained their mothers for tea at
the home of Mrs. Robert Starling
on Tuesday. • _      '
Farm Group Favors
Animal Husbandry
Building at MSC
The West Saline Community
Farm Bureau imet at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Lauren Finkbeiner on May 14th. with 25 adults
present.
The discussion concerned our
schools. A community score card
was filled out concerning schools.
The attention of the group was
called concerning the new joint
livesock, dairy and poultry building which has been proposed for
Michigan State College. The group
voted in favor of: urging the state
legislature a^rfopriating the necessary 3%i million dollars for its
construction.
Miss Elmer Alber and Warren
Finkbeiner received high honors
during the social period. Mrs.
Emma Howeisen and Milton Feldkamp won consolation awards and
Jiilios Alber the galloper award.
Future Farmers to   ',
Hold Parent's Night
The Saline F.F.A. Chapter-is
now in the midst; of planning its
annual parents night, which-is
to be held- May 22 at 8 p.m. -All
Eighth Grade boys who are planning to take vocational agriculture are invited. Also all -the £e-
ceh. alumni mipibers and present
faculty. ."■ .-:.    "%
Charles Anderson, Gerald Eaton
and Tom -Richards comprise this
committee, making- all; arrangements. The yearly awards'will be
made and refreshments will he
served.  Robert  Greb, Reporter.;.
Mrs. F. McBride attended the
funeral of her nephew. Frederick
Josenhans at Bli3s_ield last week.
He is survived by his wife, two
daughters and three • grandchildren, A son preceded him in
death.
He was widely known in the
Blissfield area, having been in
in business there for many years,
and active in church and civic
-affairs. He was born near Mooreville in 1877.
Pfc. David Cuff and Mrs. Cuff,
here with his parents on a six
day leave, is on his way to report
for duty at Hamilton Air Field.,
California, where he will join the
Fourth Air Rescue Squad.
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