1951-07-12; Saline Observer

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76e SaUtte G&ww&t,
SIXTY-EIGHTH. YEAR
NUMBER 41
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1951       FIVE CENTS PER COPY      $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Local School Meeting Raises Important Issues
Merithew's Horse Show To
Be Attraction of Milan  Fair
Saline Dairy Holding
Second Place in
Raisin River League
A feature attraction of the Milan Free Fair, July 24 to 28,
will be the big Horse Show to be staged and directed by Bob
Merithew of the Oklahoma Ranch, Manchester. A number of
riding clubs are expected to enter the show and take part in the
big Fair parade to be held on Saturday, July 28. Rancher Merithew and his favorite steed are shown in the picture above.
Visel Descendants
Hold Reunion
The descendants of the late Jacob and Caroline Visel family gathered for a first reunion on the
spacious lawn of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernjma-iuel Visel on Park Road,
Ann Arbor, July 4th.
Some ninety relatives were present from Chicago, Flint Caro,
Decature, Chelsea, Ypsilanti,
Whitmore Lake, Ann Arbor, and
Saline. Sgt. Donald Visel from Elgin Air iForce Base, Florida', was
also  there.  .
After a delicious pot-luck dinner, the afternoon was spent ia
playing games, and visiting.
The outstanding event of the
day was a pantomime of the two
pioneer families from their arrival from Germany to the present
Under ~t_Te~_irection of Mrs. Kenneth Taylor, the children portrayed the characters, in pioneer
dressj
An interesting feature of this
entertainmient was the large
purse brought from Germany by
the Hertler family> in which 'the
family finances- were carried.
(Mrs. Visel was the former Caroline Hertler.)
The oldest member present was
Mrs. Mary Huss of Ann Arbor,
a sister of Jacob Visel. She is
eighty-seven years young.
It was decided to make a reunion of this sort an annual event
and all those present departed
with the feeling that the day had
been well spent.
Make It a Safe
Summer
Ed's Grocery Again
Gets Night Visitors
•Eds Grocery at 701 W. Michigan Ave., Saline, was broken into
about 2:30 Wednesday morning cf
last week, but due to the alertness of Atrs. John Davis, 574 W.
Michigan Ave., (diagonally across
the street from the store) the
take was small. Mrs. Davis, upon
hearing the commotion and noise
of the breaking glass, went downstairs to the phone of Aaron
■Wiedmayer and called local police. They arrived three minutes
after the call was made but the
subjects had fled, apparently being scared off by lights being
turned on at the Davis residence.
Total loot was .8.95 in silver
and thirty packages of cigarettes.
Boy Scouts Tour
Naval Air Station
The Saline Boy Scouts of Troop
46 toured the United States Naval
Air Station at Grosse Isle, Sunday, July 8, 1951. This tour included seeing jet planes, fighter
piaffes and a few passenger
planes. They also visited some of
the class rooms in which the reserves  study.
This interesting tour ended
with all of the scouts sw___ming
in Grosse Isle's large swimming
pool.
Your health is protected when
ou vacation at an "approved" resort in  Michigan.
Scores of state and local health
department sanitariansT"" ~t_"M_ed-
to look where vacationists cannot
see, keep current check on the
sanitation of Michigan's 3,500 vacation spots to protect the health
of the state's holiday-bound millions.
Special attention is given to
overnight accomodations for tourists. The person who spends his
entire vacation at one summer resort usually knows about the sanitation at the resort, but the tourist who takes a cabin for one
night here, another, there, is not
able to check sanitary conditions.
Inspections are made by local
sanitarians in areas where there
are local health departments. To
serve areas which provide no local health protective services, the
Michigan Department of Health
has employed four speciaisy
I trained men fcr the summer. Trus
| assures inspection of each resort
m the state. The Michigan De-
'partment 0f Health also maintains one specialist in summer re-
'sort sanitation on a year-around
| basis to help resort owners with
improvements.
I Resort sanitation in Michigan
is good, according to. John Hep-
ler, Director of the Division or
Engineering of the Michigan Department of Health. Many of the
resorts in the state voluntarily
meet all the high standards set
by the Department for a "Sanitation Approved" sign. The majority of the others fail to meet
only a few minor requirements
and are working toward the approved status.
A "Sanitation Approved'* sign
at a resort assures the vacationist of a safe water supply, satisfactory sewage disposal, regular
garbage disposal, good building
construction, proper ventilation,
adequate lighting, proper heating
and cleanliness. If food is served
the approved sign means that the
storage, preparation and handling of food are done in a sanitary manner and that pasteurized
milk and milk products are used.
If there is a natural bathing
beach at the resort,' the approved
sign indicates that the beach is
free of dangerous pollution or undue safety hazard and "is generally
safe The water will be checked,
if necessary, for pollution at intervals during the summer.
When  any bathing beach    in
Michigan is found  -0T"be unsafe,
it is posted with a sign, "Unsafe
for Swimming."
Drinking water supplies along
highway are checked to determine
whether they are safe. The safe
roadside supply bears a yellow and
black sig» "This Water Safe for
Drinking."'
The resort sanitation program
of Michigan's state and local
health departments is conducted
to assure that the tourist has the
same health protection while vacationing that he has at home.
On  Thursday,   June   28,   the
Saline Dairy met the Tecumseh
Products at  Clinton, and after
spotting them four runs in the
first  inning   came   on   to  beat
them 18 to 5,  as  pitcher Roy     STANDINGS:
Dechert of the Dairy held the Fowlerville
Tecumseh lads to five scattered Williamston
safeties   while  the   Dairy  crew Chelsea
produced 13 hits   Some fine de- Webberville
tensive plays by the Dairy boys[sa]in£
chopped off several would be Lansing
Tecumseh rallies.
Tuesday, July 3, they came
up against the Manchester Fireballs with the winner of this
match taking over second place
berth They came out on top in
this one 7 to 6 in a very tightly
played game with a very timely
three run homer by Dale Hirth
of the Dairy coupled with a
nice pitching by Dechert. Hirth,
who was out at the plate in a
Two Teams Hold
First Place In Tri-
County League
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Bell   Oak
RESULTS
Fowlerville   6,   Webberville ,3.
(18* inning)
Lansing  11,   Bell  Oak  10.
(11 innings)
Williamston 4,   Saline  1.
(10 innings)
Webberville—-Hank   Green    anO
Neil West  dueled through 18  innings,   before   Fowlerville   pushed
across   three   runs   to    win    the
game     in     Tri-County
previous game trying to stretch; Jongest
a  triple into' a home run had1,-.?,,   Wof„»,.   <* Q    ,- *     ,
his hair cut short for this onel1'^ hp^4it>_ «      .?,    w^
so he could pick them up andl°^1(f' *?? jf^ 6* u f ^
l-v t.bfim  ^™   _   lit .1p f_st. r_ Sta   0Ut   15   and  walked   three-
V them ^own a little faster-
it payed off Dale.
-uesday,  July  9,   the  Saline
Fowlerville, scored its wining runs
on singles by Green,  Stan Hyst
Dairy  boys   again   blasted  the ?°* J^er' and a double by Bl11
Clinton Chamber of Commerce |c,1€ld"
12 to 5   Harry Fosdick had a Fowlerville
terrific night having scored four
out  of five hits,    including    a
double.  Al Hoeft batted a triple
and a home run
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Green and Rowe; N. West and
Webberville
Deckert as usual, pitching for |    Te.       -.   _   ,
the Dairy allowed only four hits, I    ^^^S—It   took   Lansing  La-
chalking   up   his   fifth   victory bor m2* innm£s to chalk up its
against   one  loss.
The next scheduled game will
be held Tuesday, July 17. -
TEAM STANDINGS
Manchester   Fords 8
Saline Dairy 6
Manchester Fireballs 5
Clinton C. of Commerce 5
Chelsea 3
Manihester Farmers 3
Manchester Farmers 3
Tectmrseh Products 1
Have Your Dog
Vaccinated
If ycu plan to take your dog
with you on your vacation at tnt
lake or other resort, have him
vaccinated against rabies now,
Dr. F. S. Leeder, Director of Disease Control, Michigan Depart-
men  of  Health,   advised  today.
A dog wandering around in tne
woods or rural, area is apt to encounter a wild animal or another
dog which is infected with rabies.
If your dog is bitten by a rabid skunk, squirrel fox, other
wild animal or dog, he may contract rabies and pass it on. to
other members of your family be.
(fore his illness is recognized, Dr.
Leeder pointed out.
To safeguard your pet and
your family, consult your veterinarian about having your dog
vaccinated now.
and   finally   push   across   two   to
win in the 11th.  Bill Cocrane was
the hitting  star for the winners
with four hits.
Bell Oak        104 000 111 11 10 9   6
Lansing 0&4__122012 1115111    Pyt Keith Brososky,. US 55-15-
and
(10)
first win  cf the season as  they
outlasted   Bell   Oak,   11-10.   Bell
Oak took an early five run lead,
but saw it melt as Lansing came
-j^Jback   strong  to   knot   the   count
2 in the ninth, again in the tenth,
4
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5
5
5
T.ansing        jg&*"'
Cooper,     _3Ift£arais      (6)
Botesford;   O'Delle  .Crown'er
and Hicock.
Saline—In the third extra inning game of the day, Williamston exploded for three runs in
the tenth to down Saline, 4-1.
Williamston scored first in the
third, but Saline tied it up in the
eighth. Doug Brandenburg and Al
Hoeft tied up in the pitchers duel,
with Brandenburg coming out on
top.
Williamston 001000 000 3 4 92
Saline 000 000 010 0 17 3
Brandenburg  and  Dunkel;
Hoeft and Filsinger.
American Legion
Auxiliary News
MSC ProLDirects New
Rural Research
Dr. -Charles P. Loomis, head of
department of sociology and anthropology at Michigan State
College, has been selected to di-
rict a nation-wide study of adult
education activities among rural
people.
The project, undertaken by the
Association   of   Land   Grant   Colleges and Universities, will be fi-
__, nanced by the Henry Ford Foun-
The Wm. B. Lutz Unit 322 of dation, Detroit,
the American Legion Auxiliary Dr. Loomis, who also directs the
met at the Legion home on June Social Research Service at MSC,
2bth with a large attendance has recently returned from Costa
of members and guests. The Rica where he directed a rural
meeting opened with President social study while on leave from
Jessie Deede presiding and con- MSC.
tinued in regular form  It was
Former Ford Mill
Offered to City
voted to send $10 to the Ice
Cream Fund in Tokyo for hospitalized soldiers. Jess Deede and
Louette Wimble were elected
delegate to Dept Convention in
Detroit, August 2nd. Mae Harms According to a report from
and Genevieve Martin are alter- Mayor E. D. Wolfin, the City of
S^f" -£rteJ the meetin& a'saline has been offered the op-
"5™ ,E?P^ant Sale was held portunity to purchase the build-
which collected a nice sum for!ings an_ property of the former
In The Armed
Services
Cpl. John T. Steeb, AF 16339328,
3911 Sup. Sqdn., APO 179 c/o
PM,   New  York,   N.   Y.
Sgt. Carl C. Crothers (AF 36-
166-602) 4219 A and E Maint.
Sqdn., Bergstrom AiFB, Austin,
Texas.
Pvt. Don R. Merce, 174 M. P.
Bij. Co. "A", Camp Atterbury,
Indiana.
Pvt. Eldean Feldkamp, US 55-
020-895, 572nd M. P. Co., A.P.O.
No. 174, % P. M. New York, N.Y.
Pvt. Frank D. Geigler, US
55051937, Hq. and Hq. Btry., 1st.
AAA, RTC. Tng. Gp., Fort Bliss,
Texas.
Cpl. Bruce B. Cammet, 3rd MP
Co., 3rd Inf. Div., APO 468, c/o
PM,   San  Francisco,   California.
Douglas F. Hoeft, MMFA, No.—
B, Box 95, Navy No. 926, c/o
FPO,   San   Francisco,   California.
Pvt. James Thomas, ER 1162-22-
185, 728th MP Bn., APO 301, c/o
PM,   San Francisco,   California.
Sgt. Donald Visel, Hq. ETD,
Box 198, Elgin Air Force Base,
Florida.
Cpl. Merlynn A. Graff, ASN
55051946, Hqd. Btry., 625 FA Bn.,
40th Inf. Div., APO 6, c/o PM
c/o San Francisco,  California.
Pvt. James F. Rogers, US 55-
125-895, Heavy Mortar Co., 112
Inf., 28 Div., Camp Atterbury,
Indiana.
Pvt. Robert Kleuter, US 55-125-
876, 6th Trng. Co., (ERTC) Ft.
Belvoir, Va.
David L. Martin F/1N US Navy
954-59-11, USS Zellars (DD-777)
C/o Fleet Post Office, New York,
N.   Y.
Pfc. Donald E. Steiner, US 16-
33-865,6, 3535 Air Police Sqdn.
Magher Air Force Base, Mathers-
field, California.
Pfc. Harry Steiner, Jr., US 55-
051-955, Def. Pit. Hq. Co., 406th
Inf. Div., APO No. 6, c/o PM,
San Francisco,   California.
Objection Raised On
Fair's Use of Grounds
The annual school board meeting held last Monday evening with approximately seventy-five people
in attendance, brought forth controversial issues of
a community-wide nature.
The meeting began in routine
fashion with a call to order
and reading of the minutes of
last  year's assembly.    It  the:,
Mrs. Fritz Observes
Eightieth Birthday
880, Heavy Motor Co., 112 Inf. 28
Div.,  Camp Atterbury,  Indiana.
Cpl. Roy Carl Burmeister, RA
1629-9i7S,506 OSOD, APO 403A.
c/o PM, New York, N. Y.
Pvt. John W. Dicks, US 55-
125-865, 836th Signal Radio Relay Co, Camp Cooke, California..
Pfc. Lawrence L. Luekhardt,
55-051-954, Btry. B, 625th FA
Bn., 40th Inf. Div. APO No. 6 c/o
PM, San Francisco, California.
Pvt. Robert Smiley, US 560-70-
366, Hq. Btry, 42nd F. A. Bn.,
APO   39,  New  York,  N.  Y.
Pfc. Don H. Jaeger, RA
16296377, 126 Signal Ser. Co.,
APO 9, c/o PM, San Francisco,
Calif.
CpL John C. Jaeger, RA
162294807, 581 Sig. Rad. Rel. Co.
APO 301, c/o PM, San Francisco,
Calif.
Pfc. Kenneth W. MacAUister,
US 55-060.-910, Def. Pit., 40th
Replacement Co., 40th Inf. Div.,
APO 6, c/o PM, San Francisco,
Calif.
Howard W. MacAUister, 954-
70-79, SN. USS Chewaucan
A.O.G.(50) FPO, N. York, N.Y.
Sgt. Calvin V. Kern, 34th Radio
Sq. M., USAFSS, Brooks A. F.
Base, Texas.
Goodnoe, Charles, S.A., 277-08-15.
6th Div. USS Toledo, (CA 133)
c/o F.P.O., San Francisco, Calif.
Reimold, Pvt. Mjlton A., US5S02
0930, Co. G. 8th Inf. Regmnt, 4th
Div., A.P.O. 39, c/o P.M. New
York, N. Y.
Mrs. Katherine Fritz
Relatives and friends gathered
last Sunday to celebrate the 80th
birthday of Mrs. Katherine Fritz,
a long time resident of this city.
Her birthday was last Tuesday,
July 10, but The Sunday celebration  afforded  a larger gathering.
Mrs. Fritz, the former Katherine Schittehhelm, was born in
1871. She came from Germany to
this country when she was in her
late teens. In 1896 she was mar-
ri_a to Mr. Fritz. He passed oi.
in   1938.
Still very active, "Kate," as
she is so well known to Saline
people, keeps her own house and
garden. A few days ago she
picked a pan full of cherries for
use in some of her famous baked
goods.
Higgins Lake Facts
Available
moved through a period of minor questions and problems concerning the financial report.
Points were raised about the
Veteran's Administration training program and how the school
was compensated for the use of
its equipment. A spokesman
for the School Board explained
that the government paid the
school system a set fee for each
veteran taking classes in the
Saline system.
Harry Anderson was re-elected to serve on the School Board
by the legal voters present at
the meeting.
The most significant event of
the evening was the lively discussion on a-motion made by
one of the attending voters.
Essentially, the motion was that
the School Board should be instructed to request the Saline
Community Fair Board to seek
grounds elsewhere on which to
hold the fair each year. Objection to having the fair on
school property was due to the
so-called "undesirable element"
created by the midway and the
class of people connected with
it. It was felt by the maker of
the motion, that the health and
morality of Saline youth was
endangered by the midway. Discussion, both for and against
the motion followed. A vote
was taken and the majority of
ballots cast were against the
motion to notify the Fair Board
to find quarters elsewhere for
the annual event.
After other business matters
were discussed -the meeting was
adjourned.
J. C. C. Auxiliary
Holds Bake Sale
New Conservation
Chief Named
Joseph D. Stephansky has been
appointed assistant chief of the
! conservation department lands di-
Now available to fishermen is
the "Lake Inventory Summary of
Higgins Lake," first map including complete description of a
Michigan lake to be printed by
the conservation department's institute  for  fisheries  research.
Information included with the
map was obtained by a survey
of the lake by institute crews. It
gives depths, history of the' lake,
geographical and geological descriptions, types of soil bottom,
species of fish present, location
I of brush shelters placed to improve fishing, public access points,
biological features and recommen-
jdations for fisheries management.
I Information on approximately
1,8.00 other lakes in Michigan
'which have been surveyed by the
! institute is available in map form
only without descriptive material.
The_, Higgins Lake inventory
summary can be obtained froi_.
the Institute for Fisheries Re-
searchi University Museums Annex, Ann Arbor, or from
the conservation department, Lansing.
Saturday, July 14th is the date
set by the Junior Chamber of
Commerce for its bake sale to
be held at the Detroit Edison office on S. Ann Arbor St.
| Maggie Katz is chairman of the
affair, proceeds of which wUl go
into the auxiliary's newly organized hospital _und, set up for
the purpose of donating equipment to the Sjiline General Hospital from time to time.
More Fertilizer Used
About '90,000,000 acres of U.S.
crop land were treated with commercial fertilizer last year, with
resultant crop increases of about
25 per cent.
Industrial research by American chemical companies was responsible for xdpst of "-he fertilizer
production, which is expected to
approach the billion-dollar mark
this year.
the treasury. A lovely lunch was'soy Brands plant located at the ,yj±n- ™* *£ department since
served by the committee. |    J imts <J ?e city   The pro- ^*T'Z^«£5mZ
perty    was    offered    by    Valley landf ^ ^^ ri hts for  oil
[Trout Fishing ST_t 2TS_ ^ ^I^^THS. tfS
Catch IS Small Company a number of years aga acquisition" sectlon   of  ^   lsmds
'   ^ v?^um °f tte plfnt fDf oivision in 1939 and did extensive
Trout anglers fishing in Michi- °*:her buildings wa_ made last work on ac~uiring. lands for tte
gan waters landed 5,669,000 trout, Tuesday evenmg by Mayor Wol- Porcupine Mountains state park.
Ilowest season" catch record, in the im and other council members, to stephanskx began work ^^ tte
,1950 season, the conservation 6te-,**<* * * could be adapted to the departalent:-as a, conservation or-
partment's  institute  for  fisheries needs  of Saline as munlclPal of" ficer  and was for six years  as-
Forest Fires
On Decline
research   estimates.
From compUation of cards re.'
turned  by fishermen,   department |
fisheries specialists estimate that
.6 trout were Caught per hour rn !
the 1950 season  as  compared to
.8 in 1948 and .7 in 1©49.
In catching these brooks,
browns and rainbows, resident and
non resident fishermen spent an
average of 16..3 Says, 2.8 hours a
day on trout waters.
I fices and storage barns.
j    Mr. and Mrs. Harold Houck and
Mrs. Martha Houck of Whittaker j
visited with" Mr. and Mrs. Conrad
'jalger Sunday afternoon.
— NOTICE —
We like to print your important pictures" of weddings
and important people but we
must caution that due to
mechanical requirements all
pictures must become Observer property. So when sending in a picture make sure
that you won't need it back.
Thank Yon,
The Observer. .
sistant district supervisor at New
berry.  He is a graduate   of  the
Pennsylvania State College School
of Forestry.
i -Clifford Humphrysj who ''has
been working on the lands division
'acquisition program in southern
Michigan, will take Over Step-
hansky'a former position. Both
men assumed their new duties
July 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Griffin and
family spent the weekend with
his mother, Sirs. Lena Griffin
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Griffin of Old Mission.
With only five forest fires in
tHe state during the past week,
the season total is lower than at
the same date in the 1950 record
low season. The fires all were
in the northern lower peninsula
and burned 11.25 acres.
With 17 weeks of the 1951 fire
season past, 473 fires have burned 3,465 acres. During the same
period in 1850, 574 fires -burned
4,030 acres.
Michigan Tourists
Have Many Comforts
Travelers in Michigan have a
choice of 75 camp sites, equipped
with tablea. benches, stoves and
other facUiti-s, in state forests
in addition fo camping spots in
state parks and recreation areas.
Traffic Violations
For June
Tickets for speeding were issued to the following people: Leroy Van Sickle, Detroit, $5.00; K.
Kies, Hillsdale, $10.30; Lawrence
Kern, Adrian, $5; Oscar Busche,
Flint, $8.30; Stephen Wilson, Detroit, $&30; David Royal, Milan,
§8.20; . Helen Vivier, Detroit,
-5.00; Cornelius Dennis, Ypsilan-
|ti, $2.00; Isaac Glass, Dertoit, $5;
iWindell WiHiams, Detroit, $8.30;
Robert Fiegel Ann Arhor, $5.00;
Paula Opity, Ferndale, $8.3u.
| Other violations tickets were issued to: Clifford Smith, Saline,
jno license, $2.00; Louis Meldaugh,
'Ann Arbor, failing to stop for
^treet, $4.00,- Floyd Landis, Chicago, driving on wrong side of
,-he road, $5; Richard Lacknauer,
Detroit running a' red light, §6;
Herman Deal, Ypslanti running a
red light, $5.00; Everett Fife,
Pontiac, running a red light, $&;
S. Rooch, improper passing, $1.50;
George Gordan, Saline, no license,
$2.50;. James Tarver, Detroit, ac-
jcident, $5.00; Joseph Hubner, improper passing, $5.00; Thomas
jCook, Brooklyn, failing to stop at
stop sign,  $5.00.
i Parking violations included
j Guenther Robb, George Burgh,
(Donald Gale and John Seitz.