1952-03-06; Saline Observer

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SIXTY-NINTH YEAR
NUMBER 23
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY,   MARCH  6, 1952     FIVE CENTS PER COPY      $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Delegates Elected At
M.M.P.A. Meeting
About 350 members and guests
were present at the annual banquet of the Michigan Milk Producers Association, held last Thursday night at Saline High.
Seven delegates were elected at
the meeting to represent the Saline area for next year. Those elected were Ernest Girbaeh and Albert Gall who were tied for first
and second with 98 votes each:
Max "Ross, third with 97 votes;
Fred Braun, fourth with 83 votes;
William Hayes, fifth with 75
votes; Norman Bahnet, sixth with
69 votes; and Alvin Marion, seventh with 44 votes-
William Hayes was master of
ceremonies at the banquet which
featured a report from Jack
Barnes, director of field service
for the MMPA and a" speech by
Charles F. Hampton assistant professor of written and oral English
at Michigan State. He spoke "on
Propaganda—The Battle of Ideas.
In his report Barnes pointed out
that the City Council of Detroit
was trying to get the Federal Milk
Order suspended. He also pointed
out that the Milk Order helps the
dairy farmer. It sets a base price
for milk, therefore, eliminating cut
throat competition.
The price of milk is now above
the base set by the Federal Milk
Order. The base set for milk under the order for January was
$5,505 per hundred for class 1
milk. During the same period,
milk sold for $5-617 per hundred.
According to these figures, the Detroit Council's charge that the Federal Milk Order is solely responsible for the high cost of milk is
not valid.
Barnes charged that the Coun-
cl's investigation was politically inspired. It was demanded just before election last fall. He also
charged that certain members had
their minds made up before the investigation started, and that their
findings are absolutely contrary to
what can be found in supporting
evidence.
Barnes told of the ways the
Council might use in getting the
Milk Order suspended.    If 50 per
cent of the producers voted against
it, it would be out. They might try
to get it suspended through a
court order, or an order from the
Secretary of Agriculture- A general heaing will be held sometime
in April.
Guests at the banquet included
Mayor and Mrs. Everett Wolfin,
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Jensen, Mr- and
Mrs. William Crim, Mr. and Mrs.
Allie Burkhart, Ollie Gross, Clay
Croll, a director of the MMPA, Mr-
and Mrs. Howard Heath, Mr. .and
Mrs. Paul Tu.ll, Fred Geisel and Al
Coley.
The dinner was served by the
Junior Class. An orchestra and
the Gleason sisters furnished th.
entertainment-
Saline's 1951-1952 Championship Team
Four Veterans Finish
Agricultural Course
Saline Boys Show
Ability In FFA
Competition
Saline boys showed outstanding ability at the Demonstration Meeting which was held in
Milan on Tuesday afternoon,
For the first time the Saline
boys won two firsts1 in the contest. This is the first time that
Saline has ever been eligible to
enter the State Contest. Therefore the boys are justly proud
of the fact.
There were five judges who
made the awards. Duane Girbaeh won first place with his
talk "Why Co-Operatives". This!
enables Duane to enter the
State Contest at Lansing. A
Springport boy won second and
a Tecumseh boy won third.
In the demonstration "Our
Responsibility with Manure",
John Klumpp, William Klager
and Arnold Girbaeh won first
award. The Onsted team placed
second with "Demonstration! on'
Fire Prevention". The Jackson-
team won third place with "Adjustment to the Plough".
In the Parliamentary Procedure contest the winners were:
Adrian, first; Chelsea, second;
Reading, third.
All the winners receive gold
medals, ? cert" in amount of
cash and certificates. Duane
Girbaeh gets a one day visiting trip. He is eligible to enter
the State Contest and if he wins
there he gets a three day visiting trip. All in all the Saline
boys accredited themselves very
well.
Four veterans graduated from
the Saline Veterans Agricultural Group last Thursday night.
They were: Alfred Morton,
Benny Socolovitch, Guy Kil-
patrick and Benoit Payeur.
Twenty-eight veterans are
left in the group which meets,
every Monday and Thursday
nights at Saline High to study
advanced methods of agriculture. The group includes one
woman, Mrs. Oglesbee.
The graduates; brought their
families to the exercises. Dr.
Lang from Lincoln Consolidated School, talked on gardening
providing home food supply.
The entertainment committee
of Erwin Henes, Robert Guenther and Charles Oserood, provided two movies. One was
about poultry and the other was
on the industries of Michigan.
Refreshments were served after the meeting. Oliver Steiner
and John Layher were on the
refreshment committee, assisted by Howard Handy and Mrs.
Oglesbee.
News From the
Music Department
The choral groups of our school
are showing a fine increase in both
members and musical knowledge.
The Girls Glee Club a group of
25, meets three times each week
and is currently preparing for the
District Vocal Festival to be held
in Ypsilanti on April 2nd-
Since the beginning of the second semester a Boys Glee Club
has been organized and is coming
along fine. There are about 18-20
fellows who spend their noon hours
two days a week to rehearse their
music. For a group which has
just Begun, they sing very well.
Their director. Mr. Katterjohn, is
very pleased both with their enthusiasm and their musical progress.
y Some time in the very near future these two groups will be combined to formed the Mixed Chorus.
This group will then function as
the primary vocal group in the
school even though it will meet
only once a week in rehearsal-
With these vocal groups coming
along as they are, Saline is going
to have a very fine group of singing students as more and more
students participate in these Glee
Clubs and Choruses.
Sewer Line Discussed
At Council Meeting
Saline High's 1951-1952 Basketball Team, Co-Champions of the Huron. League. Bottom row: Dick Miller, Don Feldkamp, Charles Anderson, Neil Lindeman, Jerry Gonser, Emil
Sattler, James Cook, Ron Finkbeiner.
Second row: Coach Padjen, Walford Larson, Verm Drake, Earl Feldkamp, Joe Graf,
Manager Giltrow, Assistant Coach Bulemore.
Top row: Dick Wiedmayer, Dave Bredern-fez, Bob Leutheuser, Jack Steiner, Doug Elfring, Gerry Miller, Ken Burmeister.   See story on Sports' Page.
Population Growth Causes Problem Here
At last week's meeting of
Educational Advisory Committee, Supt. of Schools 'Leo Jensen released some statistics on
population growth which point
up the problems of overcrowded
eomditions  in the  schools  now
confronting the people in this,
area.
The statistics show that Saline has a pre-school census—
children up to 5 years of age
—of 226, a total elementary
school enrollment of .270, and a
high school enrollment of 280.
The totals for the elementary
and high schol students now
attending school in Saline.
Bridgewater Sta. has a preschool census of 14 and 14 students now attend high school
in Saline. Schumacher has' a
pre-school census of 11 with
six students, in Saline elementary and four in high school.
Girbaeh has' 7, 0, and 3; Jedele
has 6, 0, and 1; Lodi Plains
has 23, 0, and 8; Wood has 4,
0, and 4; Rentschler has 9, 0,
and 3; Dold has 49, 0, and 4;
Lodi Center has 9, 0, and 2;
Valentine has 6, 19 and 5; Dell
has 16, 1, and 8; Union has 15,
0, and 6; Hoyt has 7, 12, and
3; Hammond has 13, 0, and 5;
Forbes has 2Q, 0, and 4: Benton has 16", 0, and 2; Gleason
has 5, 7, and 5; Jodd has 28,
2, and 18; Fosdick has 32, 0,
and 13; Oak Grove has 17, 2,
and 13; Shaw has a pre-school
census of 9, none in Saline elementary, and four in Saline
High; Bloess has 15, 0, and 0;
Sutherland has 38, 0, and 0;
and Lindsley has 11, 0 and 0.
Legion Conducts
Regular Meeting
The William B. Lutz Unit
322 of the American; Legion
Auxiliary met at the Legion
Home on Feb. 25 with 30 members and nine guests present.
After the^peeting opened in
regular for®, the committee reports were given. Rehabilitation Chairman Dorothy Finkbeiner reported sending a Valentine and dollar to 23 boys in
service. A letter was read asking for volunteers to the Legion Blood Bank on March 11.
After the short business meeting the nine girls of the Brooklyn initiation team took over
and initiated the following
members: Shirley Armbruster,
Shirley Westphal, Jean Goble,
Betty Herber, Audrey Feuerbacher, • Adrienne Albertson,
Vera Schmid,. Martha Girbaeh,
Elaine Carter, and Gwenyth
Armbruster. Two members of
the Brooklyn team are former1
members of our unit. They are
Lauia Lawrence Williamson
and Edith--Laurene Galas. A
lovely lunch was served by the
committee, and an entertaining
evening was spent by all. Those
members who still wish to send
Mother's Day cards and hankies, get them to Dorothy Finkbeiner as soon as possible.
Mrs. Robert Katz
Voted JCC Wife
Of the Year
Mrs. Robert Katz was given a
unanimous vote by the JCC as the
JCC wife of the year. She was
chosen on a point system set up
by the State Auxiliary, the -only
qualification being, she had to be
a member of the JCC Auxiliary.
Mrs. Katz will be entered in the
state contest and will be honored
by the Saline JCC Auxiliary at a
later date.
Sue Thomas Visits
Strasbourg
Girl Scouts Prepare
For Spring 'Fly Up'
Local Boys Find That It Pays
To Be Honest Early In Life
Hold Annual
Father-Son Banquet
The annual Fathers' & Sons'
Banquet at Federated Church
is being held tonight, March 6,
at 7:00 o'clock in the Church
Dining Room. Kenneth Rogers
will preside over the program
and the guest speaker will be
Dr. Clarence W. Spears, of
Ypsilanti, former famous football coach in many leading1
schools. The Saline Male Quartet will sing and a fine program is in prospect.
Circle I of the Ladies Aid
Society, headed by Mrs_ Arthur1
Jacobsen, will serve the meal.
Dan Grubb is ticket chairman.
Last Saturday, Edward Rankin,
age 9, Edward Strait, 7, Jimmy
Strait, 5, and Abbie Ann Young, 7,
were playing football in front of
Edward Rankin's house at 103
Russell street.
The ball bounced into the street
and landed right next to a fat wallet. The youngsters looked inside
the wallet and saw a roll of ibills
about the size of a man's fist.
Edward Rankin said, "Gee, I bet
somebody robbed somebody and
threw that purse out here-"  »
They didn't stop to count the
money, but immediately ran in the
house and called the police.
When Police Chief Albertson arrived he found the wallet belonged
to Charles Drake, who lives on
Piatt road. It contained a roll of
$18 in one dollar bills and identification papers.
Chief Albertson complimented
the youngsters for their honesty
and told them that calling the police was the right thing to do.
"We didn't think about keeping
it," Edward Rankin said. "I'm a
Cub Scout and they teach you to
be honest in the Cub Scouts-"
"It sure looked like a lot of money," Abbie Ann Young said. "But'
we  wouldn't think  about keeping:
it."
Mr. Drake was very happy to
get his wallet hack. He thought he
had lost it at the basketball game
Friday night and never expected
to see it again. He rewarded ea«h
of the youngsters with a dollar.
Guest Speakers at
Youith Meetings
.On Sunday evening a social
hour was enjoyed after the
meeting of the Young People's
Society of Federated Church.
Guest speaker for the evening1
was Egon Gross', exchange
student from Germany. Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Grubb are sponsors
for the  Society.
This Sunday evening the discussion will center upon the
Universal Military Training issue before the U. S. Congress.
Mrs. Paul Klueter will present
the problem and conduct a
question and answer period.
Refreshments will be served after the meeting according to
announcement of Rosine Jaeger, president.
Spring Fly Up Ceremonies
will be held at Legion Hall,
Saturday, March  8, at 2 p.m.
Mothers, fathers, and friend",
are cordially invited to attend.
There will also be a number of
badges presented for work
done during the past four
months.
An -effort has been made to
rid the Girl Scout cabin of the
bumblebees that took over last
fall, but several trips will have
to be made just for the day before the girls will be certain
that they have been dealt with
successfully.
The whole troop enjoyed a
hike Feb 23, and were initiated
into the mysteries of keeping a
fire burning long enough to do
a little roasting of hot dogs
and marshmallows. Thl~ was
one of the activities called for
if they desired to att-in 2 d.
class rank. The girls have ten
other fields in which they are
enuired to accomplish one activity. Most of the girls have
succeeded, and the others will
continue to work at it.
Calendar of
Community Events
March 7—Seventh Grades
Parents  Party.
March 10—-Boy Scouts Meeting at the Saline High School.
March 11—Ninth Grade Party at the Saline High School.
All of Strasbourg was decorated
with lights and flags to celebrate
the anniversary of the liberation
of Strasbourg by General LeClerc.
Since the Herrenschmidt family
had a cousin who was a captain in
the army and who was stationed at
the military building in Strasbourg
we were all able to get a very good
view of the ceremony which was
held in front of the building. Madame LeClerc, the widow of General LeClerc, and her "two daughters and son were in the first cars
of the large review. She then got
out of the car and stood with her
family and other high ranking military men to review the military
parade. The parade consisted of
an exhibition of military vehicles
and armaments that the permanent army encampment in Strasbourg maintains. A unit of soldiers from French Morocco was
also included in the review. It
was very colorful, indeed. After
the review was over, the unveiling
of a huge bronze statue of General LeClerc was executed with Madame LeClerc doing the .honors.
The ceremony was concluded with
the beautiful French national anthem- It was one of the most
stirring expressions of patriotism
that I witnessed during my stay in
Fiance.
During my lighter periods of
entertainment I attended severa
movies. Most of them were Amer
ican movies with the French dia
ogue dubbed in. It was very amusing to hear Bob Hope and Bing,.
Crosby speak in French and their
jokes did not seem too funny to
me, probably because I coudn't un-'
derstand a majority of the Frener
words. The only real French mo
vie that I saw was the classic
•'B tic "lieard" It was all in technicolor and , of course, starring
French actors and actresses. Ever,
though I didn't have a knowledge
of the French language, I was able
to understand most of the film by
the gestures and motions of the
actors and actresses because I already knew the story.
At a regular meeting of the
Saline City Council Monday
aight, several items of interest
were discussed. ' Mayor Wolfin
and Couneilmen Leutheuser and
Brittain were the members who
were present.
Sewage Discussed
Henry Anderson, a consulting engineer, presented maps on
me proposed new Sanitary Sew-
sr line which was to extend
Irom the end of South Harris
street up North to Bennett St.
Council felt that the project
should be considered only as
:ar as Michigan Ave. this spri_g,
_r until more money is available. Then in a year or two,
the line could be extended. It
,vas hoped by the Council that
;he sewage line could be carried to Michigan Ave. without
loating a bond. The City Clerk
vas advised to contact contract-
ting llrms to get bid's on pipe.
Board of Review Selected	
T. O. Stimpson sulrmitted the
'Tax Roll Eook" for 1952 over
his certificate ns tax assessor.
The book is tc _.-a open for public inspection during the week
of March "0. Wol-ii, Leutheuser an'" Stimr'Oi v. ere selected p.:. the Board of Review
for 1952.
A letter from the Saline Community Hospital Association requesting tax exemption on land
owned in Saline, and which was
tur_ed over to T. O. Stimpson
last month for investigation,
was brought before the Council.
It was decided a letter should
be sent to Mr. Jensen and Dr.
Miller asking them to sit in on
a Board of Review meeting,
March 17, to try and. determine
whether or not the property
should be tax exempt.
Delinquent Water Bills
The^ question of what .to do
about delinquent water bills
was discussed by the Council.
A motion was made and passed
that a registered letter be sent
to all delinquent water users
stating that delinquent water
bills must be paid by March 15
or that the water would be shut
off and a charge of $1.50 would
be levied to get it cut back on.
Exceptions might be made ia'
hardship cases.
Dairy Bar To Be Opened
Mr. Veryl Schill submitted
plans to the Council for a Dairy
Queen to be opened across the
street from Five Points in the
place now occupied' by Gordon's
Hamburger stand. The plans
were accepted by the Council.
The new establishment will be
a curb  service  stacd  and will
~srve    milk    drinks    and   ice
-ream.
Streets In Bad Shape
Supt. of Public Works Mike
^trait pointed out to Council
vthat some of the Citv's streets'
were in bad shape. Council proposed to get the material organized on how much money is
allocated by the state on major
and minor streets-, and to then
decide what to do—possible at
a special meeting. Strait was
granted permission to sell some
scrap iron and lumber, repair
the pump house, and to paint
the fire plugs.
Other Items
The Council had no objections
to Jacob Wilde soliciting in
the city for lard and sausage
products.
Fire Chief Harold Armbruster requested hose and a ladder
for the Fire Department. It was
for the Oo"i__ty Truck and Council decided that the proper
r>3nee for this request would be
at a meeting of the various:
township firemen.
The Council is not satisfied
with the paint job on the Mausoleum. It was decided to send.
n letter to the people responsible for the paint job, requesting them to meet with the
Council to discuss a plan of
procedure.
Red Cross Quota
Here Is $1,000
This is the month that the Red
Cross solicits funds for 1952.
"Answer the Call" is the slogan
fox the drive this year.
The drive was started last week
with a nationwide radio and television speech by President Tru-
mnn. E. Roland Harriman, Red
Cross president, said this year's
fund drive is the most important
in the organization's history. He
called the $85 millions goal a minimum for vital services.
The qupta for Washtenaw county is $64,840. Saline's quota is set
at §1,000. The American Legion
Auxiliary will solicit funds from,
house to house. Contributions can
be made at either bank in Saline.
Illness Plagues
School's Attendance
During the last six weeks
period there has been much
sickness and consequently many absences. We have four of
our pupils who had perfect attendance and no tardiness: Roland Guenther, David Pastor,
Carol Guenther and Larry
Klumpp.
Last Friday we had a perfect
lesson in spelling of which we
are very proud for it shows we
are  becoming  good, workers.
At our Valentine party recently we had an unusual entertainment, a musical at which
almost all the school participated. Solos, duets and guitar'
numbers were featured. On Feb.
22 we attended the Ann Arbor
and Civic Orchestra concert.
Afterward we went through
the museum.
Rotary
Remarks
Farmers Day is coming up
for the Saline Rotary Club, today is the day, in fact
Henry Leutheuser was voted;
as the delegate from this Rotary Club to the Regional Convention to be held in Chatham,
Ontario, in the near future.
The speaker at last weeks!
meeting was Assistant Professor Winton Beaven of the department of speech at the U. of
M. His talk was about the
United States Senate. For-three
successive sunyners he spent al
number of weeks observing th_!
business of the Senate Chamber from the gallery as a part
of his work for his degree. Hisf
talk centered around the "big"
men and the "characters" of!,
the Senate. It was an informative talk about these men and-
illustrated by actual anecdotesf
of what happened on the Senate Floor. Ask amy Rotariain!,
.hey'll tell you it was one of the
':or.i speeches that has been:
"*'■*:; to this club in quite some
time.
Order of the Eastern S+ar Grand Officers
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Armbruster entertained her brother,
Cpl. Victor Haines and his
wife and children at dinner on
Tuesday. Cpl. Haines is in the
Air Force and is stationed at
Portland, Maine.
__..._■ __.e. ».__._!_ _._.—__ _._J,t_vn __i_.i ___.d»jr, Associate
Grand Matron Lorena Vanderstel and Associate Grand Patron
Harold Koeh.   The story cn the Eastern Star ran last weefe.