1952-02-14; Saline Observer

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SIXTY-NINTH YEAR
NUMBER 20
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY,  FEB.   14, 1952    FIVE CENTS PER COPY n    $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Milk Prices Will Be
Discussed At MMPA
Meeting Feb. 28th
A meeting of the Michigan
Milk Producers Association
(MMPA) of the Saline area will
be held at 7:30 Thursday night
at Saline High. Purpose of this
annual meeting is to elect delegates, who in turn elect officers.
The problems of shipping and
the price of milk will be discussed.
According to Albert Gall,
president of MMPA in Washtenaw county and secretary of the
Saline local, the recent rise in
milk prices is not the fault of
the dairy farmer.
Mr. Gall pointed out that
there is always a shortage of
milk in the fall. In the spring,
when the cows are placed on
pasture, there will be a more
plentiful gapply of milk. Consequently, milk prices will fall and
consumer prices should also
fall.
The dairy farmers are not
benefiting from the recent rise
in milk prices, Mr. Gall said.
Actually the farmer is getting
15 cents less per 100 lbs. than
he got in December He is not
getting any more ,3ow for milk
than he got during the war
when the dairy farmer was subsidized.
Milk now sells from 11 to
liy2 dollars per hundred lbs.
and figures 50 quarts to the
hundred. At the present time the
dairy farmer receives $5 per
hundred for 3.5 milk F. O. B.
Detroit. Mr. Gall doesn't know
who gets the $6 per hundred
difference. He pointed out that
milk distributors get from $125
to $150 per week and sometimes have no more invested
than a pick-up truck. The farmer, with a 25 cow herd has
about $20,000 invested, and he
must also pay feed costs.
The Federal Milk Marketing
order was set up to regulate the
flow of milk and price, Mr. Gall
said. All large cities have this
marketing order. Actually Detroit pays less for its milk than
any of the surrounding cities,
Mr. Gall said.
Any dairy farmer can join the
MMPA, according to Mr. Gall.
At present Washtenaw has five
locals. The Saline local has
246 members.
Mr. Charles Ewin, professor
of speech at Michigan State,
will address the meeting which
will feature a supper, the "Sock-
er" Boettger orchestra and entertainment.
Saline Couple Are
Wed In Texas
JCC's To Make
Awards Tonite
Saline's outstanding young
men of 1951 will be presented
with a Distinguished Service
Award by the JCC at the American Legion Hall, Thursday,
at 7:30 p.m.
The award will be made
duing a Bosse's dinner, according to Max Collins Chair-
. man of the Award Committee,
and will be based on several
factors. Consideration will be
given to the men between 21
and 35 years of age who have
accomplished the most in their
professions and who have contributed the most to civic affairs.
Thirteen Saline business
"Organizations were canvassed
for nominations for the award.
By Tuesday, eleven nominations had been received by the
Award Committee who will
turn them over to a panel of
three judges for a final decision.
Study Club To
Hold Fathers
Night Feb. 19
Dr. T. Luther Purdom, Director of the Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information at the University of
Michigan, will address the
Child Study Club at its annual
Father's night Pot-Luck dinner to be held at 7 p. m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at St. Paul's
Church.
Members of the Child Study
Club are urged to bring guests.
The meeting is open to the
public, according to Mrs. Jonn
Schild. Non-members who wish
to attend should contact Mrs.
Elvin Armbruster, phone 117M
Dr. Purdom will speak on
"Parent's Personal Responsibility." He has had vast experience in child Psychology. While
he was director of personnel at
the University of Missorui, he
devoted part of his time to
working with teachers in «Kan-
sas City on personnel problems, and conducted the work
being org".:ized for the preschool chi7d by 175 mothers in
Kansas City. He was also
Consultant Psychologist at two
private military schools.
Mrs. Ray D. Lewis announced
the marriage of her daughter,
Luetta Ailene Hehr, and also
the daughter of the late Oscar
Carl Hehr, of Ann Arbor, to
Pfc. George Osborne, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Elton Osborne of
Macon, Michigan. The ceremony
was read January 27, at 1:30
p.m., in the Cary Chapel at Am-
arillo, Texas, by Chaplain
Hunt.
The bride wore a dusty rose
suit, pink hat of straw, and
navy shoes. She wore a corsage
of white carnations. The bride's
attendant, her sister, Mrs. Victor Haines, wore a blue suit
with matching accessories and
had a corsage of white carnations. The groom's attendant
was Robert Allen Osborne.
Others attending were the mothers, Mrs. Elton Osborne and
Mrs. Ray Lewis. After the cer_
emony they dined at the Ama-
rillo Hotel. .The couple will
make their home at 2107 West
7th  Street, Amarillo,  Texas.
Womans Club
Hears Civil
Defense Talk
Luther Purdom
Bridgewater School
To Select Delegates
The  patrons  of Bridgewater
Township School    No.    6   will
hold   a meeting   at  Lancaster
School at.8:00 p.m. Wednesday, I
Feb. 20.
Purpose of the meeting is to
select two delegates to meet
the delegates of the Saline Educational Advisory Committee
to study the zooming enrollment in this area, and to decide what can be done to relieve   the   situation.
Mr. Leo Jensen, superintendent of the Saline Public Schools,
will attend, to speak and an.
swer questions.
He received his A.B. degree
from Centre College, he attended Harvard for one year, and
he received his A.M. and Ph.D.
degrees from the University of
Michigan.
Demonstration
By F. F. A.
Our responsibility with manure—1st place given by Duane
Girbaeh, John Klumpp and William Klager. 2nd place—making
•rope halters by Robert McTaggert and Danny Levleit. 3rd
place — chemically caponizing
poultry, given by Arnold Girbaeh and Richard Neithammer.
Sale of seeds. 9th grade,
$263.50; 10th grade, $106.25;
11th grade, none; 12th grade,
$60.70.  Sale  still in progress.
Community Calendar
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Feb. 16—Sophomore Valen-
Dance at the High School.
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Feb. 18—Boy Scouts Meeting
at 8:00
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Feb. 19—Eastern Star
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Feb. 19—Child Study's Father Night at St. Pauls Church
at 7:00
Feb. 19—Basket Ball Game at
Dexter.
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Feb.  21— Methodist   Father
and Son Banquet at Church
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Feb. 22— Lincoln Consolidated
School here for basketball
game. f
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Feb.  23—Farm Bureau   Fun
Night.
The Womans*'Club of Saline
met Tuesday night at the school
and both guests and members
joined in a potluek dinner in the
kindergarten room. A brief
business meeting followed. The
program, which was held in the
gym, was opened by the Saline
Band under the direction of
Arthur Katterjohn. James Austin and Karen Taylor played
piano solos. Both -Karen and
James will enter the solo and
ensemble contest at Michigan
State Normal College in Ypsilanti. If they win rating in this
contest they will enter the state
contest to be held in Jackson,
April 5th.
John Ford entertained the
group with several vocol selec_
tions, accompanied by his wife.
• The main speaker for the evening was Mrs. Dorothy Pearl,
assistant regional director of
the Federal Defense ' Administration. She spoke of three
main things to consider in Civil Defense.
1. The enemy we face—Communism :
a. Russia wants Asia today,
Europe tomorrow and America
before we are prepared.
b. Europe wants to immobilize the United States, take over the industry, undermine the
people morally.
2. The kinds of weapons to
be used against us:
a. The Atom Bomb.
b. Biological Warfare.
3. Duration of a program of
Civil Defense—long term. Re-
adjust our way of thinking. It
may be a decade or a genera- j
tion before the world "rights"
itself.
The preparfed Civil Defense
program is a program of good
common insurance. It will cost
very little money and effort but
is a very definite insurance.
Small communities such as ours
should be prepared to help the
people of large defense center
for the "when and if" bombings occur.
Every woman in every community should be prepared to
cope with problems which would
arise.
1. Home nursing course.
2. How to control small fires.
3. First aid training.
Think of Civil Defense in
terms of your individual contributions.
___£_£_. [Educational Advisory
Last Friday evening marked
the first appearance of the Saline Band in a long time at one
of its basketball games. The
band provided the music during
the Varsity game and'gave an
added lift to the enthusiasm
and spirit of the game. The
game itself was a great success,
and so was the first playing by
the band. During the game,
the trumpeteers rose and gave
out with a musical fight cheer
and everyone seemed to really
yell "fight"-—especially after
some of those high notes.
This coming Friday evening
the band will present Mr. Floyd
Karboeh, who is national
championship twirler from the
University of Michigan Marching Band. He will give an exhibition of twirling between
halves of the varsity game.
Commmittee Is Elected
Saline Men Serve on
Lincoln Day Dinner
Committee
More than five hundred tic-
j kets have already been sold to
the Washtenaw County Lincoln
Day dinner scheduled for 6:00
P.M., Feb. 16th. at the Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, according to George W. Sallade, general chairman. Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr., of Massachusetts will be the. speaker. An
executive committee has been
named to handle the -affair
which is the first Lincoln Day
dinner in this ar ja in man;
years.
Members of the Committee
include Mr. William Crimmand
Mr. Pat Roesch of Saline.
School Patrons Select
Eight Representatives
Brotherhood
Meets Here
Miss Jean Hack was married to Pfc. Eldene Robert
Finkbeiner pn Tuesday, Jan.
22. The story of the wedding appeared in last week's
Observer.
Age Is Lowered
For Junior Police
The February meet»ig of tM
Washtenaw Brotherhood will
be held in Federated Church on
Sunday, Feb. 17. The afternoon
session opens at 4:30 o'clock
and the speaker announced by
Ronald Tower of Saline, president, is to be the Rev. Chester
Loucks, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Ann Arbor.
The choir of Federated Church,
under the direction of Harold
Brown, will sing and Arthur
Katterjohn, new music teacher
in the Saline Schools, will play.
Circle H of the Federated
Church Ladies Aid will provide a meal for the out-of-town
visitors at the supper hour, and
the evening session will be at
7:30 o'clock, with the Rev. William Harvey, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Mil-
ford, as guest preacher. A
guest choir will provide the
special music. These meetings
are open to the public.
Sweetheart Dance
At the High School
The Sophomore Class will
hold a "Sweetheart Swing
Dance" at the Saline High
School, from 9 to 12 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 16. Johnny Har-
berd's Orchestra -will furnish
the music.
This dance is in place of the
Christmas dance which was
postponed because of the bad
weather. The dance will be
chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Hill, and Mr. and Mrs.
John Ford. The public is invited. Tickets are 75 cents
single and $1.25 for couples.
Mrs. Leonard Hutzel is seriously
ill at the University hospital in
Ann Arbor where she is undergoing treatment.
Mrs. Harry Friis entertamed the
Past Matrons Club on Monday at
a  1:00  luncheon.
Mrs. Maud Deem of Detroit is
spending some time with her
daughter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Gordon.
Mrs. Hazel Easton is a medical
patient at St. Joseph hospital in
Ann Arbor.
Mr. and Mrs. Bliss Curtiss called
The Junior Police organization for the city of ^Saline,
originally organized by former
Police Chief Carlton and our
present Chief Albertson for
boys between the ages of 12
and 16 is now going to be open
for boys &n&veen the ages of
10 and 16i&-%;
The Junior Police were originally started on their way by
the very generous donations of
Saline merchants for the purchase of uniforms, badges, and
other necessitie. They have
since proven themselves a very
worth while organization and
have become entirely self sup-
served the community well in
porting. The Junior Police have
such capacities as assisting at
fair time, parades, and other
community gatherings.
Each year at the fair, the
boys have their own way of
combatting Juvenile Delinquency by giving the boys something to do and work for on
their own.
Meetings are held twice a
month during the summer, and
once a month during the winter. The boys have their own
officers who are elected by the
group. Any boys between 10
and 16 who wish to join the
Junior Police, contact Chief
Albertson for an appplieation
blank.
- School patrons of the Saline
school district met last Thursday night to select representatives to serve on the Community Educational Advisory Committee.
Eight members were selected. They were: Mrs. Hazel
Cook, Mrs. Thyra Bixby, Mrs.
Robert Merchant, Mr. Randall
Coates, Mr. Allen Wiedman,
Mr. Everard Beasley, Mr. George Burk, and Mr. Frank Brittain. It is expected that Mr.
Ted Stimpson and Mr. Leo Jensen will serve with the Committee in advisory capacities.
The purpose of the Committee is to decide whether or not
the Saline district should reorganize, and to meet with the
representatives of the other 28
districts in this area to determine what policy to follow.
If it is decided that reorganization is feasible and desirable, then a petition will be
circulated so that the people of
the Saline district can vote on
the proposals made by the
Educational Advisory Commit-
mitee.
. Dr. Gordon Prout, President
of the School Board, and Mr.
Leo Jensen, Supt. of Schools
in*. Saline, led the meeting. They
pmnted out that something-
+nust be done.
One of the perplexing problems that confronts school
districts is that of sheer numbers. Figures which have already reached    us    show   that
on Mrs. Curtiss' uncle, John Mc-
Crone, at St. Joseph in Ann Arbor on Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and* Mrs. Colin Knapp of
Monroe spent Sunday evening with
their sister, Mrs. Bliss Curtiss, and
family.
r Gets
Break Here
Ernest Billingsley was arrested in Saline on Saturday,
Feb. 2, on a charge of reckless
driving. When he appeared before Municipal- Court Judge
George Wood, he said that his
dad was dying down south, and
that he was hurrying home for
that reason.
Judge Wood hears all kinds
of stories from traffic offenders, but he decided that Billingsley might be telling the
truth, so he gave him a ticket
and  let  him go.
Last week, Judge Wood received a letter and newspaper
clipping from Cookeville, Tenn.
Billingsley's   father  had   died.
In answering the letter,
Judge Wood said that there
was never an excuse for reckless driving, but under the circumstances, it seemed the natural, human thing to do. He
went on to say that in this
case, the Court would try to
be a bit* humane also by overlooking the legal charges and
suspending the ticket.
Parents And Children Meet
To Plan For Bejjinners Band
public school enrollment in
Michigan' is now 1,100,000, and
is rapidly increasing.
Plans for school facilities in
the Saline area were based on
the assumption that school enrollment would reach its peak
in 1955. This will not be the
case. The number of births'
during 1950 surpassed all previous records; and birthrates
in the state during 1951 are
well on the way to surpassing
those of 1950.
With our area one of the
fastest growing in the state,
we cannot hope to escape the
pressure of increasing enrollments in our schools, nor can
we overlook the penalty our
children and/youth will pay* if
we do not make provisions for.
them in this area. In order to
keep pace with this rapid
school growth we will have to
dig in and take stock of our
problem. Only by doing this
can we meet the demand which
lies before us.
Reorganization is the only
means provided by law that
will enable districts to work
together to provide for all the
children in the area. The following statistics show that we
do have a problem and that
some decision will have to be
made soon.
Reorganization Statistics
I.  Growth In School  Membership:
1. Industry decentralizing
very rapidly from Detroit area
causes population increases in
surrounding villages and .cities.
2. Elementary membership
has increased 116 pupils since
1946.
3. High School .has increased
104 pupils since 1946.
4. Non-residents in grades 9
though 12 have increased by
37 pupils in same period.
5. Census in Saline District has
increased by 99 in past two
years  (age 1 through 19).
6. Elementary school with few
non-resident pupils is now as
large as high school with nearly   one-half non-residents.
7. All classes are reaching a
size that requires two sections
of each. Rooms are available
for only one section. Ninth
grade now has 65, will have
over 100 by 1962.
8. There are 552 pupils now in
a building designed for a top
limit of 400.
H Reorganization —What It Is
1. Three or more districts
unite to form a Rural Agricultural School.
a. Teach Agriculture, farm
shop, homemaking in addition
to academic subjects.
2. All districts uniting share
assets and obligations
3. One board of education
composed of five members
elected at large.
4. Does not require closing
of local schools, bat does enable whole area to share responsibility for total education.
5. Assures . a high school
education for all pupils.
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Last Monday evening at the
school gym, over 100 Saline
residents and their boys and
girls met to discuss plans and
terms for the new beginning
band program which is being
started this semester. The
evening was given over to a
number of solos by band members, a film, and short talks
by Mr. Katterjohn, Mr. Ford,
and Mr. Hurley - a representative of a musical instrument
.ompany. The response was
very enthusiastic, and everyone seems sure that this beginning band program will be a
great success ,and that every
boy or girl who enters it now
will  really have   a great  time.
The first part of the program was given over to a recital of senior band students
who played a number of solos
in preparation for the contest
in Ypsilanti Saturday, Feb.
16. These students, as they
played, were being judged by
three men, who criticised them
just as they will be criticised
next Saturday. The judges
were Mr. Ford of Saline, Mr,
Ed. Rima,   who   is   the   band
director at Chelsea, and Mr.
Harris who teaches the woodwind instruments here at
Saline.
The film was very interesting to everyone, and especially
to those who had not been able
to attend a football game at
Ann Arbor. The University of
Michigan Marching band put
on its half-time show, and the
film showed some good marching. The formations depicted
life in Detroit, showing of
course the automobile, buses
and all the other things about
Detroit. It was an interesting
picture in every way.
Mr. Katterjohn explained
once again the plan for the
students at Saline this semester as he works with them in
the beginning band and instrument classes. M. Ford gave his
enthusiastic support of the
whole plan and recommended
the new band director very
highly.
The instrument display was
taken care of by _$r. Hurley
and' Mr. Smith of- Carty Music
Box in Ypsilanti. They had nice
new instruments on display, ana
many people were able to sign
up for a rental plan for these
new instruments. The plan is
such that a person can rent a
new instrument for a period of
three months and then can
choose either to buy the instrument, or to return it in good
condition and be charged only
the rental. All the parents
thought that this was an excellent way to approach the
matter of buying an instrument
for their boy or girl.
The whole evening was a
great success, and the music
department and Mr. Katterjohn
were very pleased with both
the number of people attending
and the enthusiasm shown. In
case some of the parents of the
community would still like to
enroll their youngsters in these
beginning instrumental classes,
Mr. Katterjohn recommends
that they call him at the school
leave their name and phone
number, and a representative of
the instrument company .will
call at their home to discuss
further the plans for obtaining
the instruments.
Blood Drive
Needs Pledges
Just a reminder. The Red
Cross Mobile Drive will be in
Saline Thursday, February 28.
A canteen will be set up in St.
Paul's Parish House. Pledges
are badly needed. Our armed
forces are short 300,000 pints of
blood a month.
Any healthy person between
the ages of 18 and 59 is acceptable as a donor. Minors between the ages of 18 and 21
must have the written consent
of a parent or legal guardian.
No pain is .connected with
making these contributions as
the skin of the forearm is anesthetized.
The JCC Auxiliary will contact everyone with a phone. If
you are not contacted, make a
pledge by calling Stanton
Roesch, phone 235.
Make your pledge now. Your
blood may save a life.
Miss Fanny Tappan and ' Mrs-
Albert Faust spent Friday in Adrian.