1952-12-04; Saline Observer

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SEVENTIETH YEAR    NUMBER 10
SALINE. WASHTENAW COUNTS, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1952        FIVE-CENTS PER COPY      $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADmNCE
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Hornets Win Opener
From Manchester
Presents Saddle Bags
To Historical Society
Sam Tropea
Since coming to Saline in July
1949 to take over as manager of
the American Legion Memorial
Home, Sam Tropea of 230 Mills
road has made numerous friends in
the city.
This is not surprising because
Tropea has always worked at jobs
that required Mm to deal with the
public. Prior to coming to Saline
he ran a sporting goods store in
Mt. Elliot near Detroit and he has
also managed bowling alleys and
worked in clubs. <
Sam was bom near Morgantown,
West Virginia on Dec. 15, 1915.
His father, Domonie Tropea was a
real estate man, and the family
migrated to Detroit in 1933. In
1945, Tropea was married to the
former Gizella Bertsky of Detroit,
who came with him when he moved
to Saline.
At the present time Tropea is
incapacitated with a broken leg.
He suffered the injury when he
slipped and fell as he stepped
from his car Saturday night. This
is not the first time Tropea has
been injured. In 1939 a ear he
was riding in turned over and Tropea was paralyzed from the neck
down. He couldn't hold a cigarette
in his hands and the seven specialists who treated him didn't think
he would live. They also thought
that if by some miracle he did live
that he would be confined to a
wheel chair for the rest of his
life.
However, Tropea not only lived,
hut he walked again. Through
physical therapy treatments and
nerve he was walking again within two years after the accident,
and, until his recent injury, he was
able to walk without the use of a
«ane.
Last week Mrs. Merritt Martin
of Saline presented _ai saddle Ibag '
that once belonged to Orange Risdon to the  Ann Arbor Historical
ociety.
Risdon was one of the first settlers in Saline. He first came here
in 1824 when there was nothing
here but Indian trails, and he operated a hotel here as early as;
1826. He is believed to have been
using the saddle bag at that time,
which would" make it about 130
years old. I
Risdon was a surveyor. He surveyed the Chicago and Detroit
road which passed through this
section making it on the line of
the great highway to the west.
In September, 1832, Risdon surveyed and platted the village to
which he gave the name of Saline, after the river.  •
The first house built upon the
original site of the village was by
Orange Risdon in 1829. Here for
about 10 years Risdon ran an inn
and the house enjoyed an excellent
reputation.
Mrs. Martin acquired the saddle
bag from her father, George Barr,
who got it from Risdon's great-
granddaughter, Miss Blanch Mead.
Car Door Caved In
The front door of a car belonging to James Knight of 100 E.
Michigan, was caved in Tuesday
night, Nov. 25, while it was parked in front of the fire station.
Whoever hit the car left without
leaving a note, or trying to contact anyone.   It was raining that
' night and Knight feels that the
person may not realize the extent
j of damage done to his car.
i     He  would appreciate it if  the
' person who damaged his ear would
contact him. Parked cars have
been  damaged  several   times  re-
, cently by hit and run drivers in
Saline.
Womens vClass To
Hold Christmas
Dinner Dec. 5
The annual Christmas dinner
which the Women's Class of Federated Church School holds each
year with their husbands asi guests,
will be held in the dining room of
the church tomorrow evening, Dec.
5, at 6:30 o'clock, according to announcement by Mrs. Russell Richards, class president.
Each member is asked to bring
table service and food to pass.
The evenings entertainment is in
charge of Mrs. Arthur Jacobsen
and Mrs. John Miller. It will include special music by guest musicians from the high school, several special features, and will conclude with a skit directed by Mrs.
Arthur Cuff in which several members of the class will participate.
Members are reminded to bring
their "shut-in Christmas gifts" to
this meeting.
Saline FFA To Hold A
Log Sawing Contest
A log sawing contest will be
held on Dec. 10 at John Marion's.
Let's have as many sawing as possible. "
The Sophomores and Juniors left
for Chicago. This trip is to the
International Livestock Show.
Some of the things they will see
besides the International Show are:
Board of Trade, Observatory, Chicago Natural History Museum,
Swift and Company, Aquarium,
Planetorium and a tour of Chicago.
They are staying at the YMCA
Hotel. We are sure that they are
having a good time.
George Burns, Rep.
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DOG LICENSES
Dog Licenses are now available until March 1, 1953 at
City Clerk's Office. "Rabies
Certificate" must be presented before license can be issued.
After March 1, when the
time limit expires, Dog Licenses must be secured fi*om
County Treasurer's Office in1
Ann. Arbor and an extra
charge will be made.
E. J. MUIR,
City Clerk
This year when you hear of baskets going out to the needy families from the Jaycees and of the
Christmas party for the kids and
you see the decorations going up
in town, the lights and the trees,
and hear of the annual Christmas
decorations  contest for - the  merchants and_ private homes you will',
hear people comment,  "The Jay-'
cees are doing  it".    The Jaycees'
are doing it, but there is more to
it than meets the eye.   Behind the
Jaycees and perhaps working just
as hard is our counter-part, the'
JCC Auxiliary. The Saline JCC
is a relatively small organization
and this number of projects in .-a
three week period could never be
attempted without the added potential that the JCC Auxiliary
makes available to us. The ladies
in the Auxiliary will be doing much
of the work on the baskets for the
needy families; sorting, pressing
sewing buttons and quite likely
packing the    baskets themselves.
The Childrens Party for the
Christmas season Hvill also receive
attention from the Auxiliary. This
is held in the afternoon when the
men in the organzation are usually
working. The Auxiliary will be
there. So "When you see the fellows out putting up trees and
lights, remember that working behind them are the women of the
JCC Auxiliary.
We, the Jaycees, are especially
■thankful for this help this year for
we intend to put a concentrated
effort on the street decorations for
the city. We hope to make them
bigger and better than in the past.
This will be done with money made
at the fair this year by the Jay- |
cees and the Auxiliary in the booth.
It's a long way from the Fair and
a cup of hot chocolate to a Christmas tree on the four corners. The
money which was won with our
float in the Fair parade will be
used for prize money and expenses
for the home and business decorations contest. Over forty dollars
in prize money will be given away
in this contest which is designed
to stimulate interest in decorating I
the homes and business places in
Saline—Watch for the announcement of this contest. You should
he in it!
BOB
Coach John Padjen's Hornets,
defending co-champions of the
Huron League, met on Nov. 26, the
Manchester Dutchmen cage team
on the local court and defeated the
1951-52 League of the Lake titl-
ists., 38-29, in the season's opener
for both teams
Padjen dressed thirteen Hornet
hopefuls for the game and all of
them saw service in a contest
whose outcome was never in
doubt.
First quarter baskets, tallied by
Ron Finkbeiner, Earl Feldkamp
and Jim Cook and free throws by
Finkbeiner and Feldkamp gave the
Hornets an 8-5 lead. Manchester's buckets were scored bj Jerry Fennel and Jack Evilsizer while
Lloyd Ahrens contributed a charity
toss.
The second period saw the Padjenmen increasing their bulge as
they hit consistently while again
holding Coach Larry Soldan's
charges to five points. Feldkamp,
Finkbeiner, Dick Miller and Doug
Elfring all connected with the hoop
for two pointers. Feldkamp also
contributed two free throws, while
three Hornets—Finkbeiner*, Cook
and Wally Larson—added one
apiece. #
Manchester's Red Lamb got the
Dutchmen's only field goal and he
also sank a gift throw. Duane
Trolz and Bill Aiken each hit once
from the foul line.
In the third quarter it was all
Finkbeiner and Feldkamp for Saline as these two forwards got
three points apiece—a basket and
a free throw—to account for the
Hornets six points.
Once again all the visitors could
do against a tight Hornet zone defense was to tally only five points,
and again the Dutchmen were held
to only one field goal. This two
pointer was tallied by Duane Trolz
Lloyd Ahrens sank two free throws
and Tom Snyder got one.
The last stanza was a good one
for the Padjenmen, but it was even
better for the visitors as they out-
scored the locals 14-11. The visitors found their shooting eyes' and
tallied five buckets to the Hornets
three, but the Hive hit five times
from the charity line to the Man-
chesterites four.
The Hornet last quarter field
goals were raceked up by Wally
Larson, Gerry Miller and Ken Burmeister. Manchester's two pointers were registered by Evilsizer
(2), Aiken (2) and Red Lamb.
For Saline Doug Elfring got two
free throws, Dick Miller one, Dave
Bredernitz one and Ken Burmeister one. Manchester's foul shots
were scored by Fennel, Aiken,
Lamb and Bob Rhees.
As far as Hornet Coach John
Padjen is concerned the opener indicated that his charges have possibilities and also .that there is
much more work to be done if
they expect to ibe contenders for
the Huron League crown again.
Padjen knows that he has pretty
good scoring balance again, as ten
of the thirteen players he used hit
the point-getting column. High
scoring honors went to Earl Feldkamp, who collected 10 points and
to Ron Finkbeiner who netted nine
counters.
Three Dutchmen—Jack Evilsizer, Bill Aiken and Red Lamb-
each collected six points.
Box Score
Saline FG FT PF
Feldkamp, f 3     4     4
Finkbeiner, f.    3     3     2
Cook, c.    1     1     2
Larson, g 1     1     2
R. Miller, g 1     1     2
G.  Miller, f ' 1     0     2
C. Steiner, f 0     2     0
Elfring, c.     1      0      2
Bredernitz,  g 0     1     2
Wiedmayer,  g 0     0     0
Burmeister, f 1     1       1
Raus, f 0     0     0
Goebel,   g 0     0     0
Totals \12 14 19
Manchester                     FG FT PF
Ahrens, f  0 3 3
Fennell," f.    l 1 3
Evilsizer, c  3 1 4
Snyder, g.   ..  0 1 1
Aiken, g  2 2 3
D. Trolz, f  1 1 1
Lamb, f  2 \2 0
Rhees, c  0 1 0
Buss, g.     0 0 0
Buss, g  0 0 0
Sturdevant, g  0 0 2
J. Trolz, g  0 0 0
Totals .9   11   17
Scoring by Quarters
Saline    8   13    6   11—38
Manchester   .... 5     5    5   14=—29
Free   Throws Missed
Saline: Feldkamp 2, Finkbeiner
4, Larson, R. Miller, Elfring 4,
Burmeister 4, Total 16.
Manchester:   Ahrens 5, Fennell,
Evilsizer  8,  Snyder,     Aiken,    D.
Trolz 3, Lamb 4, Rhees, Total 24.
Officials
Referee, Paul Chapman, East
Detroit. %
Umpire, George Wendt, Trenton.
Sport Scoops
by BonicK
On Nov. 2<J»'the Hornets got off
to a good basketball start by defeating Manchester. Though they
showed a lot of promise they still
have a long way to go in the line
of improvement if they are to repeat as Huron League champs..
A Hornet forward who is playing his last year in a Saline High
uniform showed in the Manchester
game that he may find himself this
season. We mean Ron Finkbeiner,
who scored nine points last week.
Finkbeiner has an accurate shot
which the fans hope he will use
often and Well this year.
We read about a basketball
game that was played without the
use of a clock. It worked like this:
The game was divided into two
halves. Each .half ended when
one team scored forty points. Of
course this was tried on the college level where each half of a basketball game normally takes twenty minutes to play. In every instance it took less than a total of
forty minutes to play the element
of fighting the clock was completely .eliminated and with it a most
harassed individual—the official
timer. We'd like to suggest a few
experiments on the high school
level. Possibly each half could end
when one one team scores twenty
or twenty-five points, or quarters
could be retained. Each quarter
.would end when one team tallies
ten or twelve points.
We apreciate hearing how the
fans would react to such an experiment.
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It seems that eligibility rule
makers have relented somewhat
when they revised the recently
adopted nineteen year old age limit on participation in high school
athletics. Now, boys who have
reached the age of nineteen after
September 1 are eligible to compete during the first semester, or,
if they became nineteen after Oe-.
tober 1st they x^ay play both semesters. This, information is
( strictly unofficial. We read it in
other publications. It is expected
that schools wiE be notified of any
revisions by the Michigan High
School Athletic Association very
shortly.
The second annual Saline Invitational Tourney will be held on
Dec. 29-30 and Jan. 2-3. Again
there will be six entries including
the Hornets. The teams who will
participate are Dexter, Pinckney,
Wyandotte A. E. Smith, Grosse He,
Boys' Republic and Saline. Last
year's winner Tecumseh has not
entered. Watch this column for
further information.
Tomorrow night the Hornets will
journey to Napoleon to take a very
strong quintet who were runners-
up in the state tournament last
year. The Hornets will be playing
a Class B team which really ought
to test them. Local fans can determine how "good the local lads
actually are if they see them in
action at Napoleon. If Coach John
Padjen's aggregation shows well
against the classy Napoleonites, it
will be some indication as to their
chances for capturing the Huron
League title this season.
Christmas Concert
At School Dec. 19
Little Hornets Are
Victors 39-25
In a preliminary game a week
ago yesterday, Coach Howard
Hill's little Hornets—freshmen
and sophomores all—started off
things nicely by defeating Chuch
Mill's little Dutchmen from Manchester to the tune of a 39-25
score.
Ouiscoi g the visitors in every
period except the last, Hill's charges served notice that the basketball material at Saline High School
is far from depleted. As in the
varsity game, good scoring balance
was displayed. Nine of the thirteen novices that Hill used contributed to the team's scoring total.
In the first quarter Earl Culliton
Al Gross and Dick Hoeft sank
buckets with Hoeft and Jim
Rhoades each adding free throws.
Manchester was held to three
points—a basket and a free throw
by Jerry Aiken.
The second stanza saw Culliton
and Hoeft connecting once each
from the field for Saline with Al
Rentschler contributing a gift toss
also. Bob Mitchell scored Manchester's only two-pointer.
After the halftime intermission
the little Hornets had their best
quarter when they tallied five bashes and two free throws. Al Rentschler, Jim England and Si Woods
made a bucket apiece, while Earl
Culliton sank two. Dick Hoeft and
Rentschler each tallied a charity
toss. Manchester's Bob Mitchell
and Ray Leddy each registered a
field goal. Free throws were
made by Gary Dresselhouse (2),
Lou Hazen (!}, Mitchell (1), and
Jim Scully (1).
In the last canto Saline's Dick
Hoeft and Al Rentschler each hit
the hoops from the floor twice. Si
Rhoades scored a free throw. Then
Manchester's Bob Mitchell went on
a one man scoring rampage, hitting four times from the floor and
once from the free throw circle.
Dresselhouse added a basket and
Bill Grossman a foul shot.
Little Hornet high point man
was Dick Hoeft who garnered 12,
while Earl Culliton and Al Rentschler collected nine and eight respectively.
The  Dutchman  one man  gang
was  Bob  Mitchell  who1  also was
I high point man for the entire eve-
I ning of basketball with 14 counters.
Box Score
Saline FG FT PF
I Culliton, f 4     1     1
Gross, f 1     0     4
Hoeft, c.  4
! Erskine,   g 0
Rentschler, g. 3
Miller, f 0
Christmas Carol
Festival To Be Held
At Bethel Church'
Sunday, Dec. 7
On December 19 at 8 o'clock p.
m. the High School Music Department will present a Christmas
Concert featuring the vocal groups
of our school. The Mixed Chorus
composed of about 80 members this
year will be the featured group,
with other numbers by the Girls
Glee Club, the Boys Glee Club and
Also included in
the program will be singing by the
audience of the traditional Christmas Carols, under the direction
of Mr. Katterjohn. This program
will be informal, and will not be
long at all. Its purpose is mainly
to get the people of the community together singing Christmas
carols and to introduce this year's
A Christmas Carol Festival will
be held Sunday evening,  Dec. 7, t the Girls'Trio
at   8:00i   o'clock.      The   songfest,
consisting of Christmas carols and
hymns is given by the choirs and
congregations  of    Bethel  church,
Freedom     township,     St.    Johns
church, Rogers   Corners, and  St.
James  church,  Saline township.
About sixty-five choir members
will participate.   The members of |
the three  congregations will join j K'dJ:OLJi
in the singing of the lovely Christ.  v«l,Tc Zrov?s-  ,  r. , , ri
mas hymns.   The Festival will be      Both the Boys   and Glrls   Glee
held at Bethel   church.    All who | Chibs have been working very hard
love to sing Christmas hymns as , £°r   this concert.    They want to
a prelude to Christmas are invited,  rnake it a good one in every detail.
For- this reason, there has been
much activity including evening
rehearsals for these groups. According to their director, this
year's groups are the largest in
the school's recent history. The
Girls' Glee Club numbers about
60, the Boys Glee Club about 20,
and the Mixed Chorus is a group
of 85 students who enjoy singing.
The concert is designed for relaxed
listening, so plan on coming.
John Ford Attends
MSC Conference For
Principal-Frosh
On Nov. 19 Principal John P.
Ford of Saline High School attended the annual principal-freshman
conference at Michigan State College in East Lansing.
The purpose of the conference
was to discover ways and means
of insuring college sucees for first
year students. Mr. Ford said,
"We tried to find out how the high
schools can better prepare students for further education and
also how colleges can better help
new students get started."
At the conference Mr. Ford met
with Lou Anne Elfring, Duane
Girbach, Gerald Haarer, Sharon
Muir and Ann Taylor—all Saline
High School graduates of last
June. He reports all Saline graduates are doing very well scholas-
tically and that they seem happy
and well adjusted to college life.
Mr. Ford adds another item of
interest—especially to sports fans.
While on the MSC campus, he met
Chuck Davey, a Spartan alumnus
and promising young pugilist.
Dick Wiedmayer To
Captain 1953 Hornets
Fire Destroys
Farm Building
Junior Poliee
England, f 1
Woods,   c 2
Ford, g  0
Rhoades, g.   0
Hagen,   c 0
Gonser, g 0
Jacobsen,  g 0
4
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Members of the Junior Police
who intend to go to the Detroit
Lions-Chicago Bears football game
are requested to meet at the City
Hall tonight, Thursday, Dec. 4, at
7:00 p. m.
Coming
Events
Totals 15     9   12
Manchester FG FT PF
Dresselhouse, f  1
Aiken, f  l
Fox,   c  0
Hazen, g  0
Mitchell, g  6
IR. Leddy, f.     1
! Scully, f  o
Ekin, c.   .... .T  0
Lawson, g  0
Pniewski,  g.     0
Grossman, g.    o
Director of Athletics, John Padjen, announces that thirty-one Hornet football players have earned
and will be awarded varsity letters. He also announced that three
additional awards will be made—
an outstanding athlete award, a
most valuable [lineman award and
a most valuable back award.
Varsity letter winners are Tom
Simpson, Jim Goebel, James Anderson, Ron Desbrough, Vic Guenther, Kit Young, Ken Rogers, Jim
Rhoades, Arnold Girbach, Joe Graf j
Charles Steiner, Allen Rentschler,
Dick Hoeft, James Gleason, Larry
Wiedmayer, Dick Wiedmayer, Jerry Miller, Dick Miller, Vern Drake,
Al Gross, Paul Harbecke, ^.Rbn
Finkbeiner, Wayne Luckhardt, Si
Woods, James Jacobs, Jack Losee,
Earl- Culliton, Ken Burmeister,
Melvin Roehm, Dick Gonsdr and
James Cook.
Junior varsity awards were won
by James England, Tom Richardson and Dick Niethammer.
According to Padjen, the outstanding athlete award will go to
co-captain Dick Miller who also
won the most valuable back honors. The most valuable lineman
award will be received by Dick
Wiedmayer, who will captain the
1953 Saline football team.
These awards and honors will
be presented in the near future at
Damage estimated at about
$6,000 was caused by fire which
destroyed a combination tool shed
and com crib on the Weldon Emerson farm, 244 Willis road, at about
6 p. m. Monday.
The Saline Fire Department was
called but arrived too late to save
the building. No animals were in
the building when the fire broke
out A hay baler, 1,600 bushels of
corn, com binder, a wagon loaded T>« TI«i-ri/M» A+ T nevi^r.
with com and a quantity of small ollS •L'-ance ISA, LiGglOn.
tools were lost.
Origin of the fire was not determined.
a school assembly.
Junior Play Gets
Fine Reception
Saturday, Dec 6
Dec. 4, Thursday—American Legion meeting at the Legion Home.
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Dec. 5, Friday—Bazaar and Cafe
Supper at the   Methodist church.
Dec. 6, Saturday—Dance at the
American Legion Home.
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Dec. 6, Saturday—Eastern Star
Bake Sale at the Woods Hardware
Store at 12:30 p. m.
Dec. 8, Monday—Annual Fair
Board meeting at 8:30.
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Dec.  8, Monday—Past Matrons
meet at Mrs. Sam Lambarth's.
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Dec. 8, Monday—Room Mothers
j meeting at Saline High School.
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Dec. 9, Tuesday—Saline Woman's Club meets with Mrs. Harry. Anderson.
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Dec 14, Sunday—Annual Christmas Concert by the Youth Choir at
the Methodist church at 7:30 p. m.
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Totals 9   ,
Scoring by   Quarters
Saline    9   7   12   11—39
Manchester   .... 3   2     8   12—25
Free  Throws  Missed
21-22, the junior class put on their
annual play in the high school auditorium. The production "Seventeenth Summer", was a comedy in
three acts and was directed by
Mrs. Mildred Haswell.
Teddy Cousins in the role of
"Angie" played an excellent leading role and Boh Groeb, playing
the part of "Jack", was very good
in the leading male part.
Christina Schnierie as "Margar-
Saline:    Gross 2, Hoeft,  Rent-  et" and Babara Anderson as "Lor-
■schler, Miller 2, Total 6. i rainne"  turned in creditable per-
Manchester:      Dresselhouse    5, formances as Angie's older sisters,
Aiken 2, Fox 4, Hazen 3, Mitchell, while Ellen Reed as "Kitty", the
A dance will be held at the Saline American Legion Memorial
home Saturday, Dec. 6, beginning
at 9:30 p. m.
Keith Edwards and his orchestra
Friday and Saturday, November \ will again be on hand to furnish
the music.   Both round and square
dancing will be featured.
Receives
Award
3, Ekin 2, Grossman, Total 20.
Ofifcials
Referee:    George Wendt, Trenton. '
Umpire,   Paul  Chapman,
Detroit.
devilish bSby sister, added much to
the hilarious situation.
Gerald Miller in the part of "Fa
ther", played a -very lifelike role
East' and Dorothy Weible as "Mother"
played her part unusually well.
Womans Club To Hold
Christmas Meeting
The Christmas meeting of the
Woman's Club will be held on
Tuesday, December 9, in the afternoon at the home of Mrs. Harry
Anderson, 104 Detroit street. The
program will consist of a Christmas reading and Miss .Esther
Landwehr will talk on homes in
Europe.' Mr. Katterjohn of the
Saline High School will bring a
group of his students to sing
Christmas Carols.
Cpl. Robert V. Klueter, TJ. S.
55125876, Corps of Engineers,
United States Army, a member of
Co. D, 13th Engineer Combat Battalion, 'distinguished himself by
meritorious service during the period 22 August, 1951, to 2 May,
1952 and was awarded the Commendation Ribbon with Medal Penal Pendant.
.    During this period Cpl. Klueter
Harry Gleason and Darrel Fink- performed his duties as a demoli-
beiner in the roles of Margaret
and Lorrainne's boy friends, turned in very good performances.
Shirley Moss, Tom Richards,
Ardala Hersch and Bruce Parsons
as friends of Angie played their
supporting roles well.
The play took place in a mid-
western town in the summer.
"Seventeenth Summer" was dramatized by Anne Coulter Martens
from a book by Maureen Daly. It
was produced by the junior class
with special permission from The
Dramatic Publishing Company of
Chicago.
tions man and squad leader in an
exemplary manner. Through his
constant attention to details in
each of his assignments, Cpl.
Klueter became a competent and
efficient demolitions man. As a
squad leader he personally supervised the building of tank trails
and many other construction projects vital to the combat effectiveness of the infantry units on the
line. The meritorious service of
Cpl. Klueter reflects great credit.
on himself and the military service. He entered the Federal ser-
"vice from  Michigan.