1959-03-12; Saline Observer

              Women's Club Fulfills Pledge
To Furnish Hospital Room
"Mission accomplished"-^-
and a check for $470 was
presented by the*%linse Woman's Club at their annual
meeting Tuesday o to" Miss
Shirley "Dovre, administrator
of the Saline Community
Hospital.
The check—which included net profits of about $250
from the club's style show
last Saturday evening—-fulfills the club women's pledge
to buy the furnishings for
one room in the new hospital.
About 32 women attended
the annual meeting, held at
the home of Mrs. Chris Volz.
Newly-elected officers
are: president, Mrs. Lynford
Bracey; first vice president,
Mrs. Arthur Heininger; second vice president, Mrs.
Lewi s^Belleau; recording
secretary, Mrs. Harold
Gray; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Dale Mayfield.
Also, treasurer, Mrs. Carl
Moehn; custodian, Mrs. Edward Hering; board of directors, retiring president
Mrs. Robert Starling, Mrs.
Rudolph Hertler and Mrs.
ED. Wolfin.
The new officers will be
installed in May.
The slate was presented by
the nominating committee,
Mrs. Willim Meister, Mrs.
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Saline Observer
Saline, Michigan
Thursday, March 12, 1959       7c a copy
Girls Win Top Honors
In Saline Class of 1959
Dundee Bumps Hornets, 65 to 55
In Second Tournament Came
Playing to win, the Hornets fell under the Viking
onslaught by only 10 points
Saturday night in their
second tournament game
at Milan.
Boysville downed Roosevelt 52-41 on Tuesday night.
In the first game Thursday,    March    5,'    Dundee
smothered    Lincoln    45-57.
Following that, the.HorgetiL
downed the White Knights^
of Boysville 63-59.   *
Bracey paced the Hornets
with 22 points while Taylor
of Boysville has 2.3.
The game Saturday was,
by some, figured to be a
walkaway for Dundee. Saline made a really fine showing to cap a season of disappointments.
^ Cj>ming>..,up•; track* and
baseball
Percent of Red Cross Blood
Given Stays in Local Blond Bank
Rolling up March 23 at
the Saline High School gym
will be the Red Cross Blood-
mobile, complete with staff
and equipment to accept
donations from Saline area
residents. ,        . ' •     •
Co-chairmen Mrs. Edwin
Hering and Mrs. Elwyn
Strait are. hoping to top last
summer's score of 51 pints.
Since last June, 16 requests
for blood from Saline area
residents have been filled—
and three residents-required
four pints each.
The local blood bank now
Mains 90 percent of all
blood collected, with the
other 10 percent going for
use of disaster victims. Previously, the local bank retained only 75 percent-
Donors must be between
the ages of 18 and 60 (those
between 18 and 21 must
havetheir parent's or
spouse's consent). They can
not have undergone a blood
transfusion within the past
••■be months, or pregnancy or
major surgery5 within the
Past year:
A history of jaundice    is
OK if the individual has
bee free of treatment or
symptoms for the past two
years.
Letters were being sent
home this week with school
children to remind parents
of the Bloodmobile visit.
First Aid Glass
Attracts Almost 30
"A cross-section of the
community", said Mrs. Harold Armbruster, looking
over the list of those registered for the 5-week Red
Cross first aid course which
started Monday evening.
Included in the almost 30
who signed up for the course
are firemen, teachers, school
bus drivers, Girl, Scout leaders and housewives.
Instructor Dennis Regan
of Ann Arbor distributed
text books Monday night and
outlined the purposes of the
<
class. Next Monday, March
16, he will cover first aid
for wounds, bandaging, how
to stop bleeding, treatment
for shock and allied subjects.
Deede Television
To Celebrate in
New Location
Friday and Saturday will
be big days at the new location of Deede Television,
111 S. Ann Arbor Rd.
Factory demonstrators will
be on hand representing at
least three companies to
help Frank Deede with his
grand opening celebration.
Mr. Deede is issuing a cordial invitation to everyone
to visit him in his newly redecorated and remodeled
store which was formerly
the postoffice in Saline.
There will be several door
prizes according to Mr. Deede, coffee and light refreshments will be served as well
s-asvmahy-gifts for those: Who -
visit the new store during
the  opening celebration.
Mi*. Deede, who has been
in business iri^Saline for the
past 13 years will show the
newest models of Dumont,
Motorla and Philco TV and
Radio sets; Motorola Emerson and VM Hi-Fi; Maytag,
Hotpoint and Ironrite appliances. Demonstrators will
be present from Maytag,
Hotpoint and Ironrite.
Part-Time Clerk
Joins Post Office Staff
Postmistress Mrs. M. C
O'Neill has announced that
Miss Betty Lou Ormsby is
now employed in the post-
office in Saline as a substitute clerk working part time.
Miss Ormsby is a Saline
resident and a graduate of
Saline high school. She also
works part time in the Estes
Pharmacy.
Although registration is
closed for this course, Mrs.
Armbruster says that if interest warrants it a second
ie may be scheduled and
possibly an advanced first
aid class formed later. She
is civil defense chairman for
the American Legion Auxiliary, under whose auspices
the class is being held.
Patricia Kidwell
Sandiland    Bowen
Pair Board Starts Plans
For 24th Saline Fair
To be Held Sept. 16-19
Hopscotching right over
spring and summer, members of the Saline Community Fair Board are" looking
ahead to Sept. 16-19, dates
of the 24th annual community fair.
At their first meeting of
the year Monday night, the
board heard a committee report from Ray Girbach, Don
Wiedman and Robert Tefft
on entertainment for the
'59 fair and the purchase of
ribbons, posters and bumper
strips. Frank Deede was
named program chairman.
In all probability the fair
will be held this year at the
new high school, and the location of various exhibits on
the new grounds were discussed.
Bids will be sought on the
'59 fair books and acted on
at the April 13 meeting,
said president Ray Girbach.
Top honors in Saline
High's class of '59 have been
won by Patricia Kidwell and
Sandiland Bowen with a
scant .011 difference in their
averages.
Pattie, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Kidwell, has
achieved a 3.647 average,
announces principal Elmer
Houghton, winning the title
of class valedictorian.
With a 3.636 average is
salutatorian Sandiland Bowen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Bowen.
Commending the students
on their scholastic achievements, Mr. Houghton pointed out that girls rank as
the top seven in the class, of
61 students. Runnersup are:
Judy Hunt, 3.525; Ann
,»JLu,ehler^ 3-514;.-Alice Sheehan, 3.485; Patsy Johnson,
3.483; Yvonne Bernard,
3.424; Danon Liston, 3.39;
and Lanny Robbins, 3.20.
(But, in fairness to the male
sex, girls make up about'
two-thirds of the class.)
Pat, who has her eye on
a career in aeronautical engineering, was one of 1500
National Honor Society students in the country who took
a test this week competing
for a four year scholarship
at the college of her choice,
which is the University of
Michigan. Results of the
test will not be known until
later this spring.
She attended o n e-room
rural schools through' the
7th grade, entering Saline
in the 8th grade.
Sandiland (whose unusual
first name is the maiden
name of her great-grandmother) is planning on entering Michigan State this
fall where she will "probably major in math", Mrs. Bowen says. She has attended
garten and has played clari-
Saline schools from kinder-
net in the school band since
8th grade.
Bowling and horseback
riding are her hobbies, and
until just recently the family has kept a riding horse.