1952-01-03; Saline Observer

              Htte Saline O&wwen,
SIXTY-NINTH YEAR
NUMBER 14
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MJ .SBffGAN
THURSDAY, JAN. 3, 1952
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Biological
Explained
Warfare
By CD
(This is the first of a series
of six short articles on biologi-
cal warfare prepared by the
Michigan Office of Civil Defense. The purpose of these
articles is to outline the dangers
of biological warfare and to describe the counter measures
that can be taken. This material is based on the Civil Defense booklet "What You
Should Know About Biological
Warfare")
What  is   biological warfare ?-
Biological warfare is the
technique, well-known to our
enemies, of attacking this nation with living agents such as
plant-killing insects with poisons or toxins, such as those
that come from bacteria ,and
with special kinds of chemicals,
such as weed killers. Biological
warfare is often called "germ
warfare", but actually it is
broader than that because it
includes attacks with chemical
agents.
Biological warfare, Civil Defense officials emphasize, is a
special weapon for use against
special targets. It does not kill
or sicken every person in a
whole state or even one city.
Attacks by insects, toxins or
chemicals can be aimed at people, animals or food crops, or?
all three at once. Such attacks
can be launched by the armed
forces of an enemy nation .or by
secret agents.
Biological warfare is not a
secret super weapon, CD experts state. .They are defenses
against it and this series of articles will tell you what they
are.
. There's nothing new about biological warfare—but the technique of waging such warfare
have been rapidly developed in
the last 50 years. In history,
germs, not generals, have more
than once decided the outcome
of battle.
Plague cut down the crusaders at the gates of Jerusalem.
Typhus riddled the Moors in
Spain and dysentery thinned
the ranks of Napoleon's
Grand Army as it moved on
Moscow. These were natural
germs, naturally spread. The
danger today is from Biological
agents deliberately spread as a
weapon of war.
America's defense against diseases, however, are about the
best in the world, Civil Defense
authorities point out.
Restaurants are graded,
drinking water is purified, foods
are checked for purity, rats and
other disease-carrying vermin
are constantly fought, mosqui-
Michigan Farm
Calendar
to-breeding pools are treated.
America's success against "natural germ warfare" is shown
by the record of diseases such
as smallpox and typhoid fever.
Fifty years ago, these diseases
caused wholesale epidemics.
Now they are very rare.
In spite of America's great
health safety system, BW holds
dangers that every citizen
should be aware of, Civil Defense authorities state.
The danger is not from unknown or rare .diseases attack,
ing humans, animals or .crops.
The real danger is in new ways
of spreading old diseases.
You can forget about new
"mystery" germs or poisons,
depicted by some fiction writers as so powerful that millions
of people would die on one exposure . Civil Defense experts
insist the real danger is from
known diseases. An enemy nation could spread disease germs
through the air by floating
them in fine sprays or mists,
technically called aerosols.
Bathroom atomizers, DDT
bombs and spray guns produce
small-scale aerosols.
The aerosol method of
spreading disease germs has never been tried in. actual warfare, but it is possible. BW attacks could be loosed from special sprayers carried in airplanes, if the enemy could succeed in making an attack close
to the ground.
"If a small bottle of laboratory-grown germs was spilled
on a factory floor, the bugs
would have little chance of getting inside people's bodies
where they could cause harm,"
the official Civil Defense booklet "What You Should Know
About Biological Warfare"
state:.!.
"The best result an enemy
could hope for would be that a
few people in.the factory might
become sick, and the. disease
might later spread from them
to others," the booklet continues".
"On the other hand, if the
same number of germs were
loaded into a spray gun and
then blown into the air intake
of a factory ventilating system
most of the people in the factory would breathe in some of
the germs.
"Many would become infected right away. That is one of
the kinds of sabotage our industrial plants will guard
against," the booklet says.
An enemy  could    use   fifth
MARCH OF DIMES KICKOFF
Tecumseh Indians Are
Tournament Winners
Hornets Come Through
To Win Consolation
Three-year-old Margaret Rose Oxley, who was stricken
with polio 18 months ago, has a big smile for Governor G.
Mennen Williams as he makes the first contribution to the
1952 March of D.m~s. The National Foundation, for Infantile Paralysis has exhausted its resources paying the cost
of me_-cal care and treatment of polio victims. During
1951 the organization sent more than §800,000 to Michigan
chapters, in addition to money raised locally, to pay polio
bills.
Family Night
Dinner Scheduled
The annual mid-wihW^Family
Night Dinner at Federated Church
will be held on Tuesday, January
8, at 6:30 o'clock in the church
dining room. It will precede the
annual business meeting of the
Federated congregation. During
the business meeting motion pictures will be shown for the entertainment of the children of the
congregation.
Each family is asked to bring
columnists to pollute food and j food to contribute to the pot-luck
water   supplies.     Wheat
and fowl pest could be loosed
against farmers.
Community
Calendar
Jan. 7-8—Processors and
Fieldmans Conference at Michigan State College.
Jan. 7-8—Farm Bureau Services meeting at Michigan
State  College.
Jan. 9—Michigan Agricultural Conference at Michigan State
College.
Jan. 9-11—Michigan Fruit
Growers Conference at Michigan State College. '
Jan. 10-13—Bay City Poultry
Exhibition at Bay City.
Jan. 11-12—Annual Michigan
Rural Health Conference at
University of Michigan.
Jaycees Pick Best
Yule Decorations
i#t
The J. C. C. sponsored Holiday Decorating contest of the
best decorated homes and businesses was udged Saturday, December 22nd, with the following named as winers:
In group A for home decoration Chris Volz won first place
and the $10.00 prize. Oscar Weber tok second place with $5.00
and George Camburn received
honorable mention. In group B
for the business places A. L.
Giltrow at Wheeler's Pharmacy
received first place and $10.00.
Mrs. Caswell at the Saline Variety Store won second place
and $5.00. Honorable mention
for business establishments
went to the Citizens Bank.
Judges for the event were
Lee Robison and Max Collins.
Judging was based on originality, beauty and effort expended.
January 7, Monday, 8:00, regular meeting of the OES.
January 11, Friday, 8:00,
Saline Library Association annual meeting at the library.
Public is invited to  attend.
January 11, Friday, Saline
High School debates with Lake-
view there.
rust' dinner, and their own table service. The dinner and meeting are
for all members and friends of the
congregation, not just the members of the church. Following the
meal a brief devotional program,
music, and a program of projected
slides will be enjoyed. Mrs. Hazen
Jewell will show the slides which
will be pictures of recent events
in Federated Church, as well as
a group of pictures from California taken by one of the church's
boys in service, John Dicks. They
promise to be of interest to the
whole  congregation.
Annual reports and elections
will feature the annual congregational meeting.
Milan Man Is
Arrested Here
Henry Porter Smith and his
wife of Milan were arrested in
Saline last Saturday night on
a charge of being intoxicated
quarrelsome and resisting arrest. Officer Albertson was
completely disheveled in appearance and his clothes partly
torn during the arrest. Art
Michalke and Chief Albertson
signed the complaint.
On September 8th Porter was
The tall squad of polished Ibask- | Once more the Hive
eteers from Tecumseh High School jjy Jerry Gonser who
came through as expected to win
the first place trophy, in the initial Saline High School Holiday
Invitational Basketball Tournament. Utilizing a smooth fast
break and an almost impenetrable 2-1-2 zone defense, the orange
and black cagers spanked Flat
Rock, 47-25, trounced Boys' Republic, 59-26, and came from behind to defeat A. E. Smith, 44-36.
Second place honors were
copped by Wyandotte Smith, a
dark horse entry. Smtih drew a
first round bye, surprised Saline
High's Hornets, 41-27, and then
succumbed to the racehorse raz-
zledazzle and rolling screens of
Tecumseh.
Coach John Padjen's Hornets
came out third in 'the running by
eliminating Pinckney, 48-37, losing to Wyandotte Smith, and besting Boys' Republic, 57-40.
Tecumseh 47—Flat Rock 25
The first game of the tournament saw the expert ballhandling
crew from Tecumseh smother a
tall but ineffective Ram quintet
from Flat Rock, 47-25. Tecumseh
grabbed an 18-10 first quarter
lead and virtually coasted the rest
of the way. At halftime the Duvall
men had a 26-18 advantage and
the game could have turned into
a sizzler, but the Rams' poor second half showing turned the contest into a breather for the orange
and black cagers. Flat Rock scored
only two points in the third period and a mere five in the final
stanza, while the victors pumped
in ten tallies in the third canto
and poured in eleven in the fourth.
Jim Breitenwischer    paced   the , j^~ th.'first time'in theTour-
Tecumseh    quintet    with    twelve • nament the Indians had to  __me
points and[Ron Reitz added eight, j from    beMnd    to   taste   ^
|For Flat Rock Boh Goodhue, with   Smith      t off to a        d start ^
paced
caged
twelve points. The ailing Drake
second place in this game and for
Holdemoss was high man with
thirteen points, Harry Hicks and
Paul McShane each tallied ten,
and Vince McShane—Paul's twin
—hooped seven.
Saline 57—Boys' Republic 40
. Playing for the consolation trophy last Saturday evening, Coach
John Padjen's Hornet cagers came
to life and displayed some of their
usual form by disposing of Boys'
Republic five, 57-40. Don Feldkamp, Vern Drake, and Jerry
Gonser led the Hornet attack
against an outclassed but fighting
Steinke-coached team. Saline led
13-6 at the end of the first quarter, 28-15 at halftime, and 42-30
going into the final period. In the
first half it was Gonser and Drake
blowing - hot with ten points
apiece, while the second half saw
Don Feldkamp on a fifteen-point
scoring rampage. Feldkamp was
high man in this game and tied
John Sisson for second place scoring honors in the tournament with
his eighteen points. Vern Drake's
seventeen were good enough for
scond place in this game and for
third in the tourney. Gonser who
turned feeder in this contest found
time to tally eleven.
Tecumseh 44—Wyandotte
Smith 36 _-;_    -
In the championship encounter
which pitted Tecumseh against
Wyandotte Smith the fans saw the
best game of the tournament. Tecumseh won the    contest,    44-36,
March Of Dimes
Chairman Named
seven points, and Paul Ensch, with
five, took scoring honors.
Saline 48—Pinckney 37
Paced by handy Jerry Gonser,
the Saline Hornet basketeers used
a torrid twenty point first quarter
to build a fourteen point advantage over Coach Wes ' Reader's
Pinckney cagers who outscored the
Hornets in each of the remaining
periods but  just couldn't narrow
Only Thee And Me?
One day, some time ago, we were wandering through the
columns of various exchange publications that come across
our desk, and happened across the following compilation which
amused us. Thinking that it might bring a smile your way,
and at the same time, moralize a bit, we're passing it along from
the columns of the Summit (Miss.) Sun. As of the year 1960,
this balance sheet is offered, tongue in cheek, for what it may
bo worth: '
Population of the U.  S.   (1960   160,000,000
People 65 years or older     49,000,000
Balance left to do the work _• 111,000,000
People 21 years or less       56,000,000
Balance left to do the work     55,000,000
Government employees    29,000,000
Balance left to do the work     26,000,000
People in   armed   services       11,000,000
Balance left to do.the work     15,000,000
City  and  State employees    12,800,000
Balance left to do the work      2,200,000
Bums, and so forth       2,000,000
Balance left ta do the work __-         200,000
People in hospitals, etc.          126,000
Balance left to do the work  74,000
Persons  in  jail    73,998
Balance left to do the work  2
Thee and me?
j the gap. At the half the blue and"
arraigned on a disorderly con- gold Salinians led, 33-20, and at
duct charge on complain tof Ithe three quarter mark the score
his wife.    During  the trial  at .was 4.-29.
that time Mrs. Smith was in- Playing the game without the
toxicated while in court. At services of two regulars, Vern
that   time   Henry   Smith   was  Drake and Ron   Finkbeiner,    the
fined $100 and costs and given
90 days in jail with $40 and the
90 days suspended for one year.
Monday last, in court, the
Smiths entered a plea of not
sniilty and were each assessed
$200 bond which they couldn't
post so they were taken back
to jail in Ann Arbor to await
trial on January 10th at 2:00
p. m. in Saline Municipal Court.
Ii' they are found "guilty Mr.
Smith can be fined and jailed
for this offense as well as for
tho suspended sentence of September.
Mrs. Mary Steiner
Passes Here
Mrs. Mary Steiner died January 1st, 1952, at the home of
D_\ Steiner in Saline. She was
born in Hancock Co., Ohio, June
26, 1864.
phios R:
Padjenmen relied on three men
for the bulk of the scoring. JeiTy
Gonser was high man not only
for the game but for the. entire
tournament with the twenty points
he scored in his game. Don Feldkamp caged ten points, while
Charlie Anderson added eight for
the Hornet cause. Drake missed
this game because of a heavy
cold, while Finkbeiner was out
for he entire tournament due to a
badly swollen face after undergoing dental surgery following a
football injury.
Pinckney"s attack was well balanced with four Readermen contributing all but one of its points.
Al Mrofka counted twelve points,
Jack Jeffreys hooped nine," Jerry
Mrofka tallied eight, and George
Bradley added seven.
Tecumseh 59—Boys' Republic 26
In last Friday night's opening
semi-final game Tecumseh outclassed a spunky Boys' Republic
team, 59-26. With John Sisson and
Jim Wilson leading Tecumseh's
fast break, the Indians ran up a
cracking the Tecumseh zone for a
9-8 first quarter lead. But the
rangy Duvallmen were not to be
denied. When they found their
fast break bottled up, they resorted to an intricate rolling inside screen which clicked beautifully for fourteen second period
points and a 22-14 halftime advantage. Tecumseh outscored
Smith 13-12 in the third canto,
and Smith outscored the Indians
10-9 in the last stanza. But the
final outcome was not changed as
each team tallied 22 second half
points.
John Sisson again paced the
champions with a total of 14
points.- His teammate, Jim Wilson, added ten.
For Smith Harry Hicks was
high with nine. Vince McShane,
Milt Holdemess, and Ed Molnar
each added seven.
Mrs. Arthur O'Neill and Mrs.
Edwin Hering have been named
to head the Saline 1952 March of
Dimes Drive by Mrs. R. W- Sinn
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County
March of Dimes chairman. The
local polio fund raising drive will
begin January 2 and end January
31.
"The March of Dimes campaign for 1952 has been doubled
in length", Mrs. Sinn stated, "to
meet the serious financial crisis of
the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Due to the
terrific increase in polio across the
nation", she said, "the National
Foundation has ended each of the
past four years including 1952—
in debt".
During 1950 and 1951, the
Washtenaw County Chapter aided
89 polio patients at a cost of more
than $60,975. After expending all
funds raised in the 1951 March of
Dimes the chapter received an
additional $34,400 from the National Foundation's Epidemic Aid
Fund to meet the bills of the local
polio victims. Mrs. Sinn noted
that in .the county more money
has been obtained from the
National Epidemic Aid Fund during the past three years to meet
local bills than has ever been
raised hi this county.
Adult Education To
Offer New Courses
The new spring term for
the Adult Education classes
has been announced by Mrs.
Thyra Bixby. Registration
dates for the new term are
Wednesday, January 9th, at
the Citizens Bank and at the
Saline Savings Bank from 7:30
to 9:30 p. m. Also on Friday,
January 11 at the high school
from 1 to 4 p. m. and from 7
to 9 p. m.
All popular fall classes will
be repeated with the addition
of "Landscape Garden i n g,"
"Interior Decorating," "Upholstering," and "Typing and
Shorthand". Popular Driver
Training classes will start later in the spring when the wea-"
ther permits.
Womens Class Meets
Mrs. Silas Nord will ibe hostess
to members of the Women's Class
at Federated Church School, on
Friday evening, January 4, at 8
o'clock.
THE   AMERICAN   WAY
She  married    Tho- • •^~* first quarter lead and from,
Steiner December 23 ithere on were   never   threatened.
1884, and her husband died in I Sisson  pacec. *he .Indians in the
193D.    She was also preceeded! mf?,saCw-, „/.F->teen_   v°ir^s>
i death by two sons, Rev. Ray- ' ™h.lle ^on ad^f. f°^teen. Bill
nond Steiner and Harold Stem-' £amf Wlth *?"   talhf, *?<* _?a<*
-., • Chatman with six  led the Boys'
_   . .     ! Republic  scoring.
Mrs.   Steiner is   survived by j Wyandotte Smith 41—Saline 27
one: sister, Mrs. Milton Snyder,      in what may be termed the up-
or Republic, Ohio; three broth-  set of the tournament, Wyandotte
ers,  Dr. Austin Green of Mil-
iord,   Illinois; Irwin   Green   of
Van   Wert,   Ohio;   and     Pari
Treen of   Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
Three sons also survive:  Otto
iteinei-  of  Chicago, Dr.  Lloyd
Steiner   of  Saline,   and  Ralph
..teiner of Mt. Cory, Ohio. Eleven PTaud children and 10 great
grandchildren also survive.
j-Tmeral services were held at
Lehman Funeral Home, Pandora, Ohio, on January 3rd.
Burial took place in, Olymer
Cemetery.
Smith surprised the Saline Hornets, 41-27. This darkhorse entry
overcame a 6-4 Sah'ne first period-
lead before the second quarter was
two minutes old and then boomed
twenty points through the meshes
in a redhot three minute flurry to
grab a 24-14 halftime lead.
From that point on the crippled
Hornets were licked and failed to
come from, behind as they have
contributed five. For Smith Milt
Again the services of Ron Finkbeiner and Vern Drake, who saw
only limited action, were missed.
Junk For Safe