1958-01-16; Saline Observer

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SALINE, MICHIGAN
Traffic Violations To Appear
Weekly in the Saline Observer
Traffic violations have been running too high in Saline. The Observer started a column showing
jhe "who, what, when, where and
jjy" of all violations occuring
during: the past week and showing
disposition of  the  cases.
This column was designed to
make YOU think! If. by reading
these lines each week, we help to
q]ow down one potential killer on
"jUr streets, we have accomplished
0ur mission.
Following is a list of the violations since last Thursday
January 10th
Marvin S. Robertson, 835 W.
Willis Rd., Saline—50 mi. in a 35
pii. zone, night, fine 511.00.
Eugene Stevens, 9262 Sussex, De-
jj.0jt—40 mi. in a 25 mi. zone, to
appear before the judge at a later
date. '
Erv'in E. Walker, 13560 Allen Rd.,
Clinton—40 mi. in a 25 mi. zone,
night, fine, $11.00.
Otto J. Norvvick, Jr., Rt. 2, Adam
Rd., Ravennia—no front- license
plate night, fine 53.00.
Hugh C. Disbo, .1025 Dodd, Napoleon, Ohio-^-0 mi. in a  25   mi.
zone, fine 510.
January 11th
Thos. Edward Trumble, 9900 Mc-
Corn Rd., Parma—left side to curb,
night,  fine $21.00.
Richard L. DeMain, 611 N. Main,
Ann Arbor—45 mi. in a 25 mi.
zone, ran stop light, night, fine
521.00.
Wesley D. Davis, 7401 Barrie,
Dearborn—50 mi. in a 25 mi. zone,
night, fine 511.00.
Dward E. Hobson, 5035 8 Mile,
E. Van Dyke, Detroit—speeding,
50 mi. in a 35 mi. zone, fine $11.00.
January 12th
Charles T. Lott, 4030 Toledo St,
Adrian—50 mi. in a 35 mi. zone,
night,  fine 511.00.
Franklin D. Meadows, 750 Lowell St., Ypsi—55 mi. in 35 mi. zone,
night, fine 516.00.
Russell A. Johnson, 614 Evan
St., Tecumseh—55 mi. in 35 mi.
zone,   night,  fine  516.00.
Bernt E. Meland, 13900 Vining,
Romulus—40 mi. in 25 mi. zone,
night, fine $11.00.
Leonard Bailey, 17390 Swift St.,
Detroit—50 mi. in a 35 mi. zone,
night, fine 511.00.
January 13th
Santoro Genova, 3632 E. Can-
field St., Detroit, 40 mi. in a 25
ml.  zone,  fine  $10.00.
THE SALINE OBSERVER
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEDICATED TO PCBUC SERVICE, CIVIC  ENDEAVOR AND AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS IN THE SALINE AREA
Member of the Saline Chamber of Commerce
SALINE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1958
SEVEN CENTS PER COPY
Mothers March Al! Set
For Wed. Eve., January 29
The 1958 Mothers March of Fo-^
lib, .to collect dimes and dollars
will get under way Wednesday
evening, January 29th at 7:00 p.m.
The Wowing of the fire siren by
Fire Chief, Harold Armbruster,
will be the signal for turning on
the porch lights. i
Members of the Child's Study
Club will act as canvassers and
will meet at the home of Mrs. Mae
Wood, on Maple street following
the March, for a short business
meeting and to count the money
collected.
Last year a total of §555 was collected. It is hoped ithat this amount
will be exceeded this year.
Marchers this year will include
the following women and the area
they will be working: Virginia
Seitz, West of the Dam; Helen
Esch, Mills road; JSleanor Wild,
W. McKay street from Lewis to
Mills rd.; Irene Schneider, N. Lewis from Russell st. to Bennett st.;
Betty Reed, Russell st.; Elaine Hu-
serman, McKay between N. Lewis
arid Ann Arbor st.; Pat Fiseher-
Armeda Houghton, Bennett st.;
Dorothy Reynolds, N. .Ann Arbor
street tracks to the city limits;
Jannette Bondie-Helen Frey, N.
Ann Arbor st. to the tracks.
The list continues with: Donna
Moehn, Phylise Sharkey, N. Harris st.; Rosemary Katt.erjohn, E.
McKay, Hall st. N. side of Michigan between Hall and Harris
streets; Mary Woods, Clark st. and
Spring st.; Eunice Armbruster,
Majorie Hehr, will have W. Michigan Ave.; Ruth Hagen, Monroe st.;
Barbara Lauhon-Nona Schmid, W.
Henry and S. Lewis streets; Jackie
Hoeft, E. Henry to Harris; Alberto Larson, E. Henry-S. Davenport,
Williams streets; Kathy Hill, Maple Ave.; Ann Coe, E. Michigan
from Harris to N. side of Maple
street
HOORAY! ANOTHER
TELEPHONE   UNE
AT   OBSERVER   OFFICE
As we gTow older we learn
to be thankful for the small
things in life. Last week we
heard several people say they
had tried to call in a news
item but found the line busy.
That was all it took to get
us busy and to have another
telephone line installed into
the Observer office. Now if
you can't get us on 37 just
ask the operator to ring1 26.
We are always there and will
be more than happy tor receive your call.
Saline C. of C.
Met Wed.
Peg Livingstone, E. Michigan
from Harris to S. side ,of Maple;
Betty Scheld, E. side of S. Ann Ar-
JW Ruby Kuhl, South Ann Arte W. side; Rose Anderson, Detroit st., N. Davenport; and Betty
Charles will collect on S. Harris,
f?on ■Drive and Lawton streets.
rhe committee hopes that every
Porch light in Saline will be send-
jj? out a message of help and
•*0Pe. If, by chance,, a house is
""ssed, call 572rR„ a solicitor will
call at
once. The more that is giv-
™ the better the chance of elim-
"••■ting this crippler and killer.
Mrs. Margaret Wight underwent
I surgery at St Joseph's Mercy Hospital, on Jan. 7. '   -
The S'aline Chamber of Commerce held their regular monthly
meeting last Wednesday evening
at the Saline Savings Bank.
Howard Sommers, Research and
Marketing expert from Central
Michigan College, gave a two-hour
talk on the subject of Shopping
Centers in Southern Michigan. He
gave an interesting report on the
planning and completion of these
shopping centers together with the
parking space available, etc.
Sommers has been hired by
the Chamber of Commerce to
guide them in their efforts to
make. Saline "the" place to shop
in tfiis area. He will be in Saline
for a total of eight meetings and
will tell of experiences in other
communities and help to guide
the Chamber in their efforts.
Flans were also formulated for
the February 5th meeting of the
Chamber to be held at the Saline
American Legion. This will be an
open meeting and the public will
be urged to attend according to
Ken Rogers, Chamber president.
Two representatives of the Detroit Edison company will be here
for the February meeting to discuss plans for industrial expansion
in Saline. Experiences encountered
other places with The Detroit
Edison Co. will be related and an
attempt to fit those plans into the
Saline Area will be made.
Fire Destroys Tenant House
I jr**1 to •Ustinguish,, because of tlie smoke, here is Tommy Norris,
| »eft) and E. A. Filsinger as they watch the Saline lire Department
IS0*" '^ne house was occupied by Norris and owned by FUainger.
1*0 damage was done to any of the- other buildings on the farm doe
I*}the quick action on the part of the Saline lire Department
KIWANIANS TO SELL OBSERVER
It Was Close
For Levleit
Jim Levleit, of the Saline Police
Department, had a chance about
4:30 p.m. last Saturday to become
famous—or dead!   Jim, while setting out a  road block   on   West
Michigan Ave. spotted a 1949 Buick
with three colored men in the car.
The roadblock was set-up to
attempt to apprehend the colored
men who reportedly had shot and
killed a Detroit policeman earlier
in the day.
Upon investigation, several uncased guns were found in the car
stopped by Levleit. This made Jim
feel sure he had his men so he
called on the Police radio for assistance. Officers Jerry Holtz and
Chas. Cook from the Washtenaw
County Sheriff's office were just
outside of Saline and rushed to aid
Levleit
However, the entire affair turned
out to be a "bust" when the men
identified themselves as Belleville
area residents who had been hunting near Manchester and had just
neglected to case their guns before
starting home.
The officers pointed out the new
Michigan law regarding uncased
guns and released the trio—quite
relieved.
THERE ARE STILL
LOTS OP HONEST
PEOPLft AROUND
There are still honest people in
this old world and if you don't
belieye.it just ask Ellea Kraft-
chick. Ellen lost her purse in Ann
Arbor .last Wednesday afternoon.
She discovered the loss _after she
got home and went back to look in
the parking lots but* to no avail.
However, while attending a
party that evening she received a
telephone call from Mrs. Carl Sei-
fried of Ann Arbor telling her
that the purse had been found and
would be returned intact About
$30 in cash besides the valuable
papers were returned proving once
again that there are still some
folks who enjoy living with themselves and their concience.
Everything Set For The "Big Push" On Saturday
Pictured above is R. H. Hopkins," publisher of the Observer as he turns over the last bit of printed
matter'for the big Kiwanis sponsored subscription drive to Bob Harrison, president of the Kiwanis of
Saline. The club has set a goal of 1,000 new and renewal subscriptions.
Look Out! George Is Pretty
Sharp With A Par Stool
County Democrats To
Meet Thursday Night
The Washtenaw County Democratic Committee will meet in the
hall of Local 849 in Ypsilanti at
8:00 pan. on Thursday, January
16, Mrs. Howard Blackenburg,
Chairman of the county committee, announced.
Eugene Power, Regent of the
University of Michigan, will discuss higher education in Michigan.
FARM COUNCIL TO
MEET JANUARY 21
The Washtenaw .Farm Council
will hold its annual meeting and
election of directors on Tuesday,
January 21. The meeting will start
at 8 p.m. in Room lof the Washtenaw County Building.
Three directors will be selected
to fill the vacancies or unexpired
terms of Oral Bassett, Elmer Diuble and A. H. Amrhien.
Donald Baldus, secretary-treasurer of the organization, said today
that the parking lot beside the
building will be open for the meeting.
The Farm Council is« the successor organization to the Washtenaw County Fair Society.
Russell Herzog, 25, of Milan, was
tried in Justice John Buck's court
in Saline* Monday on a charge of
being Drunk and Disorderly. The
charge resulted from an attempt,
to rob Burg's Bar about 2 a.ni.,
Monday morning,
Herzog sighed a statement ad- .'
mitting that he had gone into the
bar earlier in the evening with   :
intentions of robbing. Since he
didn't get any money, the au*-  j
thorities reduced the charge because of his wife and two weeks
old  baby who are still in the   ;
hospital.
According to George Burg, own- '
er of the bar, Herzog remained in
tha bar after  everyone else had
gfjhe home.   Burg  asked him to;
leave and turned his back to shut
off the lights in the wash rooms, i
As he turned he  noticed Herzog '
duck down behind the! front end of .
the bar. George  picked up a bar j
stool  and started after his  man i
as evidenced in the picture above. I
Herzog mumbled something about:
keeping his money and left.
Burg then stopped a passing
police car and gave them the license number of Herzog's car.
Officers Levleit and Prince took
chase and'picked up their man
at the junction of 23 and 112.
Herzog was taken to the County
Jail in Ann Arbor where he was
held over night. Upon investigation
of the circumstances involved in
this case, it was decided by the
officials to drop the attempted
robbery charge and try Herzog on
charges of being Drunk and Disorderly.
PLEASE CHECK TOUR
EXPIRATION DATE
This week in our office we
are attempting to get'all records in.current shape before
our big subscription campaign
to be conducted by the Kiwanis dub of- Saline.   ■
It is very important in the
case of renewal subscriptions
that the date appearing on '
your paper, today coincides,
with your records. If this is
not the case, please notify
us at once so corrections
may be made before next
week.
Trial was held in the court room
of Justice John D. Buck in Saline. Herzog plead guilty and was
sentenced to an indefinite term in
the county jail with sentence suspended. He was instructed by the
judge to go out and find himself
some kind of a job, "any kind of
a job" and to take care of his
family.
Fire At Farm
Home Sunday
The Saline Fire Depaitment was
called to the E. A. Rlsinger home
on 112 west- of Saline about 6:30
Monday evening to extinguish a
blaze in the teant house.
The house, occupied by Tommy
Norris, employee of the Filsingers,
was almost completely destroyed
by the flames.
According to Mrs. Filsinger the
blaze was discovered when the
men were returning from across
the road doing the chores.
The origin of the fire was undetermined immediately but it was
thought that possibly a coal space
heater became overheated causing
the blaze.
John Deere
Day Saturday
The Annual John Deere Day will
be held on January   18th, at the
Saline High School.
, The purpose of  this  day is  to
acquaint all  persons interested in
, farming, with some of the newer
] equipment, which wil be on display
j on the   school   grounds. The pro-
I gram will start at 10:30 a,m. with
| motion pictures featuring information, on all phases of farming, followed  by   an hour and a half of
Comedy entertainment for everyone.
At noon a luncheon, furnished
by the John Deere Company will
be served by one of the home e-
conomic' Classes of tlie school. The
days activities will be over at a-
bout 4:00 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend this annual
event, no tickets or. entrance fee
needed.
The Saline Band Parents Club
will furnish the popcorn for the e-
vent, as no show would be a suc^
cess without the well known
theatre favorite shack.
Rssell Herzog is shown here as he plead guilty in Judge Buck's
court to a reduced charge of Drunk and Disorderly. Herzog earlier
signed a statement to the effect that he entered Burg's Bar in Saline
with intent to rob. However, because he didn't get any money and
because his wife is. still in the hospital with a two week old baby, the
authorities allowed him to plead to the lesser charge. He received an
lindeterniined sentence in the county jail, sentence suspended, '
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hill and
faniily,were visitors' at the: -home
of Mr. and Mrs, Jack Hayes, former Saline High School coach, in
their home near Royal Oak.
Mr. Walter Schredt of Fulton
New York has been visiting friends and relatives here since New
Years .Day, he returned last
Thursday.
SALINE KIWANIS
INSTALL OFFICERS
MONDAY NIGHT
The Kiwanis Club of Saline held
their annual Installation of Officers and Ladies Night meeting
on Monday evening at Marty's
Restaurant.
Ralph Keyes, of Ann Arbor,-District Chairman for Resolutions of
Kiwanis International, was the Installing Officer.
The officers, all carryovers from-
last year, are as follows: Bob Harrison, president; Lauren Wild, vice-
president; Howard Hill, Secretary,
and Treasurer. The Directors are:
Ross Adair, Elmer Houghton, Hugh
Keveling, Donald Leidheiser, Robert Leonard^ and Wilson Scott.
R. Hi Hopkins, publisher of the
Observer, was inducted into the
club as' a new member by Mr.
Keyes.       " _ _?
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Please Mam, Buy A Paper
And Help The Kiwanis Clidr
The Kiwani& Club of Saline will be undertaking' the sale
of subscriptions to the Saline Observer this Saturday, January 18. The profits derived from this sale will be turned
over to the Kiwanians to aid- them in their boys and girls
work. Most of! the 25 members of the club will, be.pounding
the pavement and going door to dcor in their attempt to meet
their goal of 1,000 new or renewal subscriptions on Saturday.
<?■• With your co-operation in purchasing a subscription at this time
from the Kiwanian at your door,
you will be aiding the possibilities
of such Kiwanis projects as support of the Forrest W. Clement
Memorial Foundation at the University Hospital—Aid to the physically handicapped—youth safety—
youth in government—vocational
guidance and many other worthwhile projects.
The Kiwanis also sponsor, both
in name and money, the Saline.
.xplorer Scouts ana have voted
to sponsor the Saline Lamb Club.
An ambitious group of men with
a definite task of fund raising for
their new club ahead of them, it
seems that the foregoing bears out
the Kiwanis theme for the year
1958, "Dedicated Community Service."
This   will  be   an, opportunity
for each and every person in the
Saline area to benefit themselves
as well as the Kiwanis Club by
buying   or  Tenewing   your subscription to the Observer through,
the Kiwanis Club of Saline.
Mr.  Hopkins,   publisher of   the
Observer, announced today that no
subscriptions would be accepted at
the   Observer  office on this  one
day  Saturday,    January   18.     All
orders must come through the Kiwanis   and   any   mail   orders   received on this date will be promptly credited to the Club account
WE-NEED YOUR NEWS!
We need and want that bit
of news you think isn't worth
sending in! Every good newspaper needs all the news it
can get about people. You do
so man}* things your neighbor would like to read about.
Why not make it a habit to
call 37 or 26 every Monday
morning and give us just, one
news item about yourself or
your family? Thank you a
lot. We really appreciate it.
Better Pay Those
Taxes By January 20
Or Pay The Penalty
This week. all. persons subject
to City "Winter Taxes gained another day grace for payment without penalty, since the date on
your bill usually reads December
1 thru January 19th. January 19th
having been a Sunday the date
naturally falls one day later or
Jan.  20th.
E. J.- Muir, stated this week that
beginning January 21st there will
be 3% added on to all city taxes.
Jaycees March of Dimes
Dinner Here Jan. 26th.
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The Jaycees of Saline are again f-
this year holding their annual
March of Dimes Donation Dinner.
This annual event is again this
year just as important in the
community as ever, because there
are still people, old and young, who
are hospitalized with polio. Salk
vaccine is a great advance in getting polio to a controlable state,
but what about the children that
the vaccine cannot help. Those already in the hospitals throughout
the nation, in braces and iron
lungs. These are the people that
need the help. For these persons
there is a long and rough road
ahead. They must be trained to
dress, eat, and walk again, and
also must be trained for employ-
ment,
"This is the reason for the Donation Dinner that is held this year
as in previous years by the Jaycees. All money that is donated
goes to the March of Dimes. The
dinner will take place at Marty's
Restaurant in Saline from 7 a.m.
to 7 p.m. on the 26th of this month.
Come eat and donate for the people
that cannot help themselves.
AJDULT FARMER
CLASS MET MON.
The adult farmer class held their
first meeting on Monday, January
13, in the Saline High School Vo-
Ag Department. Vocational Agricultural instructor, Alton Faly reported that the attendance at this
meeting was very poor and unless
the enrollment Increases ..the program will have to be dropped.
This is a part of the Agricultural
program provided for through, the
Smith Hughes Funds which is a
Federal act, providing federal,
state and local funds with which
to finance it; therefore there is
no enrollment fee.
All interested farmers are asked
to enroll at the next meeting on
January 20, 8 p.m., or call Mr.
Ealy at 533-R or 385 and leave
your name if you are unable to
attend.
Classes are scheduled to meet
every Monday evening at 8 p.m.
for 10 weeks.
You'll Find Some Sore Feet Here
The Saline Boy Scout troop, pictured above as they started on a
five mile hike and overnight trip laist .Saturday. Scoutmaster Mike
Strait and his assistants, Dave Rondell and Bob Merchant, all said
they expected a fpw sore feet and a lot of complaints before the
group reached their .destination. Leaving from: the Saline school
bonding, the Scouts were to hike to Saline Valley Farms where they
were spending thei night in the Youth Hostel. They returned Sunday alternoon about 3 pjn.
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