1959-04-09; Saline Observer

              Two Stolen Automobiles
ecovered in Saline
"Live better by far in a stolen car" was the slogan of
two youthful groups in Saline this week.
Monday morning about
5:30 a.m. three boys were
stopped by police officers
Prince and Dicks, who became suspicious when they
saw the young crew pull out
of a private drive on South
Lewis and head east on
Michigan.
The driver first told the
officers the car belonged to
his father, wh0 lived in River Rouge, but the police had
already noticed a Community Ford Sales sticker on the
'59 white Ford.
The boys finally admitted
that they were runaways
from Boysville and had stolen the car near Tecumseh.
They accompanied the police to the Melvin Schafer
residence, 10700 Macon
Highway, where Mr. Schafer
was  roused  and identified
the car.
The. boys—who were turned over to Lenawee county
authorities — also admitted
breaking into the H. I. Johnson Co. and taking some
change, and confessed stealing another car.near Mun-
roe. A woman's purse, scarf
and gloves from the Munroe
car were found in the Ford.
Tuesday, afternoon, April
7, four teen-agers from Detroit driving a '54 Ford convertible, smashed into a telephone pole on the Saline-
Ann Arbor Road, at Wagner
Road.
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The two boys and two
girls were chased through a
field and finally caught by
sheriff's deputies Kuhl and
Broderick. They were taken
to Ann Arbor.
The car was a total loss.
The kids were doing about
80 miles an hour when they
crashed.
main   street   for   the   past
week.
Mrs. George Wood will be
general chairman of this
week's "Klatsch".
Second BPW Kof f ee Klatsh
To be Held Saturday at Marty's
A second benefit "Kaffee
Klatsch" will he held this
Saturday morning by members of the BPW, to put
them over the top in thtir
drive to buy an incubator
for the Saline Community
Hospital.
Marty's Restaurant will be
the setting for the "coffee
break" this week.
Between 80 and 100 dropped into the Saline Hotel
last Saturday morning to
drink coffee with the gals,
ana a little over $200 of the
?350-$400 purchase price
was raised.
In addition to the donations from individuals, donations were also received
from the American Legion
post, R and B company, the
Riverside Convalescent
Home and Ed Schmid Gravel.
Money was also tucked into the uniform pbeket of the
nurse mannikin in the win-
dow-d i s p la y at Wight's
Cleaners, which has been
stopping traffic   on Saline's
Recreation Commission
Begins Summer Planning
The first meeting of the
year for the Recreation
Commission was called by
president Gerry Coe for April 9, in the conference room
of the Saline Savings Bank.
Presented for membership
will be Dr. Douthwaite,
member at large, and Mrs.-
John Thoss, representing the
Woman's Club. Plans will be
started for the summer program.
Prison Shopping Trip .
Planned by Council
The Saline city council is
going to prison on April 22
—but 0nly to shop through
"he war surplus offered for
sale at Southern Michigan
Prison in Jackson.
Saline Observer
Saline, Michigan
Thursday, April 9, 1959     7c a copy
Deede Named Chairman
Of "Michigan Week"
Jaycee Auxiliary Free
Film To Be Shown
April 14 at School       ,<
A simple test to determine
the salt content of a child's
skin is one fairly sure way
to detect cystic fibrosis.
This, and other facts about
this little-known killer of
children will be presented in
a free film at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, at the Elementary School by the Jaycee Auxiliary.
The educational film is being shown to*help raise support for the National Cystic
Fibrosis Research Foundation, which gives financial
aid to the families of stricken children as well as conducting research.
The disease, considered
fatal, imposes a heavy load
on the " family because it
necessitates a low-fat, high
protein diet, constant vitamins and antibiotics and
special equipment to help
with breathing difficulties.
Wins Prize in Nail
Guessing Contest
A pretty good guesser is
James McClIelland, 207 N.
Ann Arbor St., who won a
35 mm. slide projector with
his estimate of the number
of nails in a plastic model
house at the Ann Arbor Jaycees Builders Show last Saturday night.
A senior in the school of
literature at the XJ. of M.,
Mr. McClelland plans to enter dental school next fall,
and should be able to guess
the number of fillings required with no difficulty.
Frank Deede was named
chairman of the Michigan
Week observation in Saline,
May. 17-28, at the council
meeting Tuesday night.
, Among Deede's responsibilities will be setting up the
program to entertain Mayor
Charles Mox of Edmore and
two councilmen, when they
visit Saline in the annual
Mayor's Exchange. Peeking
into the city'purse, the council allotted Deede a budget
"not to exceed $75" for entertaining the visitors.
Mayor Henry Leutheuser
and councilmen Everett Wolfin will represent the city at
Edmore.
Moon Resigns
The resignation of Robert
Moon as chairman and member of the city Planning and
Zoning Commission was
tabled-until -the * April 20
meeting. Mr. Moon's resig-
"Fun Night" Saturday
At Legion Home
"Let's have some fun",
urge the women of the
American Legion^ Auxiliary,
who guarantee1 a good time
for all those attending the
group's "Fun Night" Saturday at the Legion home.
Dancing and games are on
the evening's program. Tickets may be purchased from
Auxiliary members. Luncheon is included in the price
of the ticket.
Time: From 9:30 p.m. to 1
a.m.
Convalescent Home Bids
Di53 at 6 p.m. April 15
Bids on the new 54-bed
Riverside Convalescent
Home to be built by Mr. and
Mrs. John Bergey must be
submitted by 6 p.m. April
15.
Between 15 and 20 bids
are expected, Mrs. Bergey
said. Construction of the new
building will begin immediately.
Sure Sign of Spring
Students from neighboring
communities paid a social
call to Saline sometime during spring vacation and left
their card — "M, Class of
'60"—painted on the Saline
high school sidewalk at the
gym entrance and on the
water tank.
Milan high schoolers are
generally credited by the
grape-vine for the prank.
Saline principal Elmer
Houghton also points out
that the number of teen-agers seen cruising around at
noon last week were also
out-of-town kids, seeing the
sights on their spring vacation.
Read the OBSERVER
Saline Albion Student
Makes Phi Beta Kappa
Truman H. Jordan, son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Jordan,
7900 Hack Road, has been
elected to membership to the
Albion College chapter of
Phi Beta Kappa, oldest
scholastic honorary society
in the United States.
An informal initiation dinner, wjiich will be attended
by faculty, initiates, parents
and relatives, will be held on
the campus May 20-
nation gave no   reason  for
his decision.
In other actions, the council:
—Accepted the installation of storm and sanitary
sewer line's for Golden Ac- "
res, and the water line on
Pleasant Ridge Drive, Harris
St. north of Pleasant Ridge '
Drive, Canterbury Drive and
on Rosemont Ave.
—Received a firm bid of
$5000 for installation of an
8-inch water line, including
another hydrant, to S. Ann
Arbor St. line.
—Designated Street Commissioner Deede and DPW
superintendent Mike Strait
to "take a walk" through the
city streets to inspect sidewalks with an eye for repair
or replacement. Replacement cost was estimated at
$2.00 per lineal foot, or 50c
per square foot.
—Gave permission to R
and B Tool Co. to raze a
house east of the Michigan
Avenue plant, provided the
procedure outlined in the
Abridged Building Code be
followed.
—Granted a Homestead
Exemption to Charles Finn.
—Instructed clerk E. J.
Muir to write William Meister, who had requested the
city t o blacktop. Linden
Court, telling him that there
is no record of a committment on" the city's part to
do so.
-—Discussed, dogs running
at large in the city and noted that five reports of dog
bites were received in the
last month. Enforcement of
the city ordinance would
probably necessitate hiring
another man, it was pointed
out, and the matter. was
tabled.
—Heard a complaint from
Superintendent Strait about
oil and other automotive
wastes in the sew?r system,
gave Strait permission to
hire tree trimmers to remove
a dead tree in the cemetery
and received from him a
"shopping list" for the council's visit to EMP.