1951-08-16; Saline Observer

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SIXTY-EIGHTH YEAR
NUMBER   46,
International Week-End
At Saline Valley Farms
Thirteen candidates and twenty-two American
Youth Hostelers- made up a bicycle caravan on the
road to Saline Valley Farms, Saturday, August 11.
The American and Canadian
Local FFA Boys
Attend Leadership
Training Camp
Charles Osgood, Howard Brown,
Charles Anderson, Robert McTaggert an3 Daniel Levleit attended
the F.F.A. Leadership Training
Camp at Waldenwoods over the
weekend.
Upon arrival at the camp, the
hoys got their room assignments
and enjoyed a free period during
which they got acquainted with
the other campers. Ahout -ninety-
six boys registered for the camp
and heard a welcome by Dick
Snow of the organization. The
camp rule were outlined and
group assignments given out.
TRe three day program included
movies on F.F.A., short talks on
courses offered at Michigan State
College, discussion of supervised
farming, scholarship and cooperative  activities.
Between meeting periods, the
boys enjoyed boating, swimming
and softbail. In a ping- pong tournament,   Saline  made   a   showing
We have noticed quite a few ^ .?ft ^^T ^J. ^ f
people with smiles on their Levft ^mg «-,_ honors Mr Os-
faces getting enjoyment out of  fod Md the ^ turned Sun-
guests of houseparent, John
Rule, came -from Detroit and
Toronto "and spent the weekend
swimming, cycKng and participating in outdoor games.
Saline Valley Farms, the first
youth hostel in Michigan, is now
one of many Michigan hostels
where youth hostelers may
spend the night while traveling
around the country "under their
own steam". These frequent
visitors of the Valley Farms
whom you may have seen cycling do.wn Milan road, are members of American Youth Hostels,
a non-profit recreation organization open to persons of all
ages, races and creeds.
Information ahout AYH may
he obtained by writing to the
Metropolitan Detroit Council of
American Youth Hostels, 51 W.
Warren, Detroit 1, Michigan.
The Saline
Scene
the Saline Observer for 1901
which is displayed in our front
window. Come on down and
have a look—you'll get a kick
out of the old-time styles of
type and the advertisements.
♦
Mrs. Howeisen came in the
other day with one of the biggest bargains in fresh vegetables that we've ever seen. It
was the oddest "seven-eared
roasting ear" to be found in
these parts or any others for
that matter. Maybe if she takes
it to the State Fair she'll win
a prize.
The highway department is
resurfacing parts of U. S. 112
about four mile's east of town,
and are working this way on
the project. If they get close,
enough to Saline, the out-of-
town hot-rod speedsters that
sail through here at ninety per
(when Harry and Cecil don't
happen to see them) will slow
down a bit on their attempted
"non-stop" runs from Chicago
to  Detroit and vice-versa.
day.
Maccabees Hold
Annual Picnic
In Manchester
The Twentieth Annual Picnic
of the Maccabees organization
will be held in Manchester, Sunday, August 19, at the Carr
Memorial Park. A cooperative
dinner at one o'clock will be
one of the day's highlights, with
each family bringing a dish to
pass. All Maccabees, their families and friends are invited to
come and' spe"d the day. The
committee premises plenty of
shade, clean g ounds and nice
friends. General chairman for
the affair is Carl Wuerthner,
ex-mayor of Manchester.
The day will be filled with
several activities, including
sports, refreshments and special
prizes.
"No long speeches," has been
solemnly promised.
For those who like to live
dangerously, they're taking all
the thrill out of walking down
main street. The cellar opening
in the sidewalk in front of
Merritt's Shoe Store, once covered with sagging, rotting
boards, has been covered over
carefully with fresh new timbers which offer no chance of
a neck-breaking plunge into the'
dank, dark depths of below if °sm£
ground level.
Tri-County League
Baseball Results
STANDINGS
i Fowlerville
Willamston
Saline
Chelsea
Webberville
.875
.700
.625
.556
.556
.222
.000
Our face is red after learning
. Bell    Oak
j Fowlerville   8,   Chelsea   7
Williamston HI, Webberville 9
Saline  13, Lansing   10
that Roy Burroughs  (Observer      Fowlerville broke a 7-7 tie m
shop team) and not Bill Gray,. he last of the ninth to ^ from
as stated in last week s paper, Ch_]sea g_7 The ^ extends Fow_
1J-n.°mg„th? carPentrX work °n lerville's lead to a full game, with
ftreeSt  from™? Observer   ol «*' toee ™re *»** games to
street  rrom   tne   uoserver   or- p]ay and mak.eg mem a  aecided
favorite    to    repeat     as    league
fiee. Our apologies!
•   ♦
champions. Chelsea—Marty Tobin
The 1951 automobile which, pitched the whole gam. for Chel-
was driven through town the sea allowing 13 hits to Fowie_-
other day with the largen urn- ville. Zeke Vogt pitched 8 V3
bers 151 on the sides and top!innings for Fowlerville with
is what is known as a "stock" ■ Green ret__ing the last Chelsea
race car, being an ordinary ve- batter   and   receiving credit   for
^!i_dr^e?J)7 Ln__t;!?.;?r„1™a.ry the win. Larry Ewald led all hi_-
_ ^^ -with 4 sirgles in  5  trips to
the plate.
driver  of the  daredevil class.
♦
We   note  that the  big   new Fowlerville
chain  store on Jackson   Road, Chelsea
and Stadium Boulevard in Ann
Arbor had its grand opening
yesterday under the    direction
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•Vogt, Green, L. Vogt
Tobin, Knickerbocker
Saline    took    over   undisputed
-of Mr. Kenneth Taylor of Sa- possesion of third place by out
lrae. Mr. Taylor, a member of hasting Lansing 0.3 to 10. Hoeft
the chain organization for some | went the route for Saline allowing
years,   is  general   manager   of xi hits, one a home run to Lweis,
the new store.
♦
Little by little, the new Saline    Fire    Department     tank
Hickok and Odell shared the
pitching for Lansing and were
solved for 16 hits—Clements naa
3 for 4 including a home run,
truck is being assembled. Most | triple and a single,
important cause    of    delay    is  Saline 0-5 003 010.-316 2
lack of delivery on the pump- Lansing '   300 043 000 10 11 6
ing apparatus for the big-machine.
Seen on the Scene:
Hoeft and Drake
■ Hickok, Odell and Growner
In   another   free  hitting   game,
A pert  Williamston held second place by
little girl/ five or six years old, I beating Webberville ll to 9.   The
busily pushing her   doll buggy loss pushed Webberville into a tie
past our window when from out j for forth place with Chelsea. Mar-
of nowhere, two small male vil-
lians charge upon the peaceful
scene with  fistfuls   of  dirt in
their grubby little hands..   The
dirt is deposited in the doll buggy  and 'momma",    with    true
mother instinct,    defends _ her
child.    The result—two crying,
ty Parker had 3 for 5 *'pr the
winners as did Don West lot
Webberville.
Webberville SOU1012110 912 3
Williamston 004 005 020 11 9 6
'Brandenburg, Bloom and Dunkel.
• Remember the. All Star Game
Saturday, August 18. This .is your
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1951 FIVE CENTS PER COPY      $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CHANGES
Mrs. Dora Brown, still active and healthy at 91.
A lot of changes in the world have been observed
by Mrs. Dora Brown, who celebrated her 91st birthday last Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Holmes of 815 E. Michigan Ave.
Mrs.   Brown was  entertained
R.E. Bredernitz
In Photographic
Squadron
■    _"
Richard E. Bredernitz, airman
apprentice, USD., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Bredernitz of ixou.fc
2, Saline, is attached to the
Kavy'a only aircraft carrier-type
photographic squadron.
Bredernitz enlisted in the Navy
November 27, I960 and received
his** recruit training at the United
States Naval Training Center,
Great Lakes, Illinois.
He attended Salme High School
before -enlisting in  the Navy.
The squadron hased at San
Diego' with Composite Squadron
61 whose primary mission is aerial reconnaissance, is rebponsible
for much of this work being in
the Korean area. The men fly
from various aircraft carriers to
record information of the battle
areas.
This information enables Naval
forces to evaluate and verify
claims of damage inflicted on the
enemy and to lay plans for future strikes.
The squadron trains at San
Diego .where detachments are
ready for instant action where
needed.
Kaesong Looms
Big To Two
Saline Men
at a surprise party, by relatives
and friends who called to congratulate her and present her
with gifts and cards. Thirty-
five guests were present at dinner.
Some eleven years ago when j pe(i  trees  in
Mrs. Brown was eighty, she dis- t   ,t
.rmliniipH      kprminf      hpr     own   naa   Siai-ea,
Conservation Dept.
Conducts Search
An aerial search for brown-top-
southem   "Michigan
-ontinued    keeping     her    0W11 [-^ «>---", the cor_ervation ae-
house  and since that time has partment's   forestry  division   an
lived for short periods at each
of her seven children's homes.
Consequently, she spends her
time in Ft. Wayne, Indiana,
Lansing and Grand Rapids.
Mrs. Brown and her husband
lived in Howe, Indiana, for a
number of years.
Following the birthday party,! states of Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Mrs. Brown went to stay with Iowa and Illinois. It recently was
one of her children in Grand detected in Ohio, Indiana and
Rapids. ' | Pennsylvania.
nounces.
Such discolored trees may be
possible evidence, -that the oak
wilt disease has entered the state.
No effective control measures
are known for this disease which
is    present    in    the    neighboring
fleeing little boys running peli j game fellows and it deserves your
mell away from the tiny Miss.  I support.
Annual Summer Steer
Tour To Be Held Aug. 24
One of the G. I.'s who anxiously awaits the outcome of
Kaesong peace talks is Pfc. Kenneth McAllister of Saline. He
shares this anxiety with another Saline man, Harry Steiner,
son of Mr. and Mrs". Harry Steiner of 210 E. Henry street.
As stated in last weeks paper, the two men left together
fer Camp Cooke, California,
last October. They spent five
months in that camp and were
sent to Japan. Upon arrival in
Japan, McAllister was selected
to serve in the 52 man honor
guard for General Houghton of
the United States Army.
The photo of Pfc. McAllister
shows him in action during battle maneuvers on a beach in
Japan.
Ford, Lewis, McCarbary
Become New Saline Team
Tomorrow and Saturday will officially mark the
addition of two new dealers to the large Staebler-
Kempf Oil Company which originated in Saline some
thirty years ago.
Carol Liebler Is
Accident Victim
Seven year old Carol Liebler
of 100 W. Henry'street was
struck by a car late last Sun?
day evening as she rode her
bicycle on the sidewalk on W.
Michigan Ave. The girl lost
two teeth and suffered lacerations on her chin and a bruised
thigh.
The accident occurred when
Eldean P. Hieber, 18, of 6660
Weber road, drove into Graf's
Gulf Service.
Gulf Service. His vision was
blocked'sby parked cars near the
entrance to the service station.
The Liebler girl was taken to
Saline General Hospital where
she was treated and released
Her bicycle was demolished and
a fender on the car was damaged.
Officer    Harry    Joseph
swered the call.
an-
The Don M. Ford Oil Company, bulk distributors of petroleum products," and Barney's
Marathon Service, retail distributor and garage, are located at
East Michigan and fjarris
streets in Saline.
While "Barney" Lewis takes
care of the retail trade at his
station, Don Ford and Roscoe
"Mac" McCarbary will serve
the rural trade from their plant
behind the station..
It is a coincidence that the
announcement by these men of
their association with the Marathon organization comes at the
same time of" Staebler-Kempf's
thirtieth anniversary year. In
1921, Fred Staebler and Paul
Kempf decided to go into the
business of supplying an ever
increasing number of motorists
with petroleum products. Consequently they formed their
company here in Saline, moving
later to Ann Arbor where they
merged with Staebler Oil Company in 1928-
Don-Ford worked with the
Marathon company from 1931
until 1938 as district salesman.
In 1938 he formed a partnership
with Earl Fosdick and the Fosdick and Ford organization
served this area until 1942. Mr.
Fosdick passed away in that
year. Ford continued alone until this 3rear when he merged
with "Mac" McCarbary.
Mae was born and raised in
Saline.   He graduated from Saline   High  School and    Cleary
He    worked
Future Farmers on
Annual Trip
Next    Tuesday    twenty    six
members   of  the   local   Future
Farmer chapter of Saline^ High
school will be guests of the Harry Ferguson Tractor Company
of Detroit for luncheon and   a
trip through their tractor plant. _,    .      -   _, ..
They will leave at eleven o'clock j Business  College,
from the school and will be ac- *?r Do* Ford.m thl,s same. sta:
companied  by    their    Advisor, J tion and was formerly employed
Charles     Osgood,     and     Fred by Staebler-Kempf    Durin~ «•-
the
Braun,     dealer   from    Bridge-
water.
Following the trip through
the plant the group will meet
at Belle Isle for their picnic
supper and then to Briggs Stadium where they have tickets
for the-night ball game between
the New York Yankees and the
Detroit Tigers.
GRIM BUSINESS
The annual summer tour for
the members of the Steer Club
together with their parents and
members of the Rotary club will
be held next Friday, August
24th.
- The tour will start at the
High School at 10 A.M. and the
following stops will be made in
the morning, James and Gene
Austins; Tom and James Richards; Gerald and Neil Haarers;
Kendall Rogers.
A picnic dinner will be enjoyed in Saline city park at
noon and the remainder of the
members will be visited in the
afternoon.
Several men from different
organizations will be present to
point out to the members some
practices to follow in fitting and
training their animals for the
final show and sale. This should
also be interesting to the parents  as well as  each  member.
The advisor of the club,
Charles Osgood has been keeping a close watch of the animals
and reports that most of the
steers are in fine condition and
in many cases are ahead of the
steers of other years, this will
give the Judge and Auctioneer
a busy time at the Saline Community Fair.
Any interested person will
be most welcome to take in the
tour and see what the members
are doing in raising their animals.
Baptized Sunday
Donald Allen Morton, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morton,
was baptized last Sunday at St.
Paul's church.
Sponsors were Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Cammet. Following the
services, the Cammets, Mr. and
Mrs. Gus Lidke, Mrs. Mary
Morton, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hermans of Dearborn and Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Lidke of Ypsilanti
were dinner guests at the Morton home.
Lifelong Resident of
Saline Township Dies
Leon N. Hall, 52, lifelong resident of Saline township, died
Saturday night at Herrick Memorial Hospital in Tecumseh.
Mr. Hall was born Sept. 28,
1898, in Saline township, a son
of Willard and Enola Dibble
Hall. He was a member of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Surviving are his mother;
three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy
Brown of Ypsilanti, Mrs. Anita
Van Nest of Clinton and Mrs.
Doris Kammett of Saline; one
cister,. Mrs. Duncan Robinson
of Saline; and four grandchildren. His wife, Bertha, died
Aug.  7, 1950.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at the Collins Funeral Home in Tecumseh
with Rev. Donald C. Wilson officiating.
Ann Taylor, Elton Moehn and
Wayne Luekhardt are spending
the week at Camp Talhi near
Brighton. They are representing the St. Paul's church.
Fertilizer Supply
Tight for 1952
Michigan farmers are again
facing a tight fertilizer situation
for the coming year. The supply
of superphosphate is short because of the shortage of sulfuric
acid.
Suggestions for meeting the situation came this week xrom
Michigan State College soil
s-ie_tists.
The first thing to do is to take
soil samples and have them tested now ahead of the winter rush.
Armed with an accurate analysis
of your soil you can order your
fertilizer needs immediately. _i
you wait until next spring it may
be too late to get the most desirable   analysis.
You'll also be helpirg fertilizer
manufacturers make room for
more supplies, the soil specialists
point out.
Pfc. McAllister crouches in a foxhole with an unidentified
army buddy, during mock battle maneuvers on a Japanese
beach.
Dr. Justin W. Leonard
To Head Wildlife
Research
Dr. Justin W. Leonard will assume the new post of research administrator or head of all state
wildlife research work beginning
August 6, the conservation department announces.
With the department for nearly 17 years Leonard presently is
finishing a mayfly research project. The_ entomologist is oh the
staff or the department's institute
for fisheries research at A_n ___-
bor.
He obtained his doctorate in
zoology at the "University of Michigan in 1937. A native of Iowa,
Leonard was in charge of the department's Hunt Creek Fisheries
Experiment station, Lewiston,
1939-42.
Cutting Rights to
Be Auctioned
Several Michigan game and fish
projects will be featured in a
Michigan photo-story planned by
National Geographic magazine,
according to the conservation department's regional headquarters
here.
(Gutting lights to 700,000. board
feet of timber in the Manistique,
Presque Isle arid Lake Superior
state forests will be auctioned hy
the conservation department on
August 3 to 10.
Public sale schedule; August 3
at 110 a.m., Press building, Manistique; August 3 at 2 p.m. department district headquarters,
Newberry; and August 10 at 9
p.m., Presque Isle forest headquarters,  south of Onayay-
Firemen Make
Short Run
Smoking in bed caused a minor fire at the Elwin Kohler
farm home on Macon road last
Monday. The fire, burning a
mattress and pillows, broke out
about 5:30 in the morning. Saline firmen responded to the call
within a few minutes after it
was issued and kept the flames
from endangering the house:
war, Mac was in the Navy. Be^w
sides dealing with farm trade,
Ford and McCarbary will supply nearby service stations with
Marathon gasoline.
During the opening days, tomorrow and Saturday, Barney's
Marathon Service will offer
gifts of tumblers, pot holders,
pencils and balloons.
They cordially invite the public to come in, get acquainted
and inspect their place of business.
Two Saline Boy
Scouts Go On
Camping Trip
■Gerald Miller and Bruce Parsons are 2 of the twenty -Explorer
Scouts and two leaders from the
Portage Trails council who left
early Monday morning by train
for a two weeks trip to Philmont,
the 127,000 acre Boy Scout ranch
in the rocky foothills of New
Mexico.
Philmont is a place filled with
tradition, beautiful mountain
scenery, great rolling plains in
the distance, gold mines, ranches,
big game, and mountain streams
full of fish.
The trip at Philmont will cover
about fifty miles of which one
day will be on. horse back and
the rest by foot. The trails are
rough and many can only be
reached by foot and mule train,
which brings in the supplies.
The Explorers will roam
through the famous Kit Carson
land. The trip is being financed
iby the explorers themselves.
Day Planned for
Broiler Raisers
Health Department
Warns Against
Summers Heat
Plans are under way for the
first Michigan Broiler Day scheduled to be held at Michigan State
College, September 12. The program will b of interest to potu-
trymen of the state, according to
Carl G. Card, head of the college
department of poultry husbandry.
Speaking on various phases of
broiler production will be I-. __.
Wilhelm, of Purdue University;
Max Miller, Detroit, Dwight Ballard, a broiler producer near Lansing, and Edmund S. Talucci of
A. K. Zinn and Company, Battle
Creek, along with several college
staff members.
A broiler project has been conducted at the college for the past
few weeks anS the broilers will be
dressed" the week before for a special, exhibit. A barbeque will be
a feature on the afternoon's
schedule.
Take it easy; these are heatstroke and sunstroke days, the'
Michigan Department of Health
warned today.
While continued excessive heat .
and sun are not too good for any-
ibody, they are dangerous for
people past their middle years,
for those with high blood pressure, diseases of the heart, cir- *
culatory system or kidneys, for
fat people and alcoholics. Overexertion, excessive sweating, overeating excessive drinking, worry,
fatigue, anger and lack of sleep
add to the danger.
To avoid, heat prostration and
sunstroke, the Michigan Department of Health recommends:
Take it easy. Wear loose, porous, lightweight and light-colored
clothing. Stay where there is circulation of air. Keep ycur heao.
covered when exposed to the midday sun.
Get  a   good night's  rest,   ard
nap or rest in the early afternoon,
if possible.   Keep a calm attitude '
of mind. Save your worrying for
cooler days.