1958-02-06; Saline Observer

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JJEW STATE POIICB BUILDESTG: Here is the new $66,000 build-
j ing which now houses the Clinton State Police Post. The Post,
[ located on V. S. Highway 113 at the east edge of Clinton, is commanded by Sgt. Carl Anderson and consists of 18 troopers and three
command officers. The post, in operation since 1937, was formerly
located in two rooms of the township hall in downtown Clinton.
Troopers from the Clinton post patrol this area daily.
This is a view of the "Squad Boom" at the new $60,000 building
in Clinton. Seems hardly fair that Trooper C. M. Dechow should
be working while troopers D. Vogel and R. Valley relax with their
copies of the Observer. However, that's the way it goes sometimes
you know.
Trooper D. Vogel (left) and Trooper C. M. Beehow seem to be enjoying a private joke while they go abont their daily duties in the
Radio room. Trooper Vogel, critically injured in a gun battle last
fall in which another Clinton trooper, Bugald A. Pellot, lost his
life, was returned to full duty only the day before this picture was
taken.
Sgt. Carl Anderson, new commander of the Clinton Post Michigan.
State Police is shown here as he was interviewed, by a reporter
from the Observer. Sgt. Anderson has been on the State Police
force for sixteen years, serving at East Lansing, Flat Bock, Detroit and Stevenson Posts before coming to Clinton.
Thank You — Citizens of Saline
I would like to take this means of extending my warmest
thanks to each asd every citizen of Saline who contributed in any
way to the March of Dimes and consequently helped make our
Saline drive such a wonderful success.
I especially want to thank my committee chairmen, Mrs,
Harold Miller, Mrs. Everett Wolfin, Mrs. Reuben Finkbeiner,
Mrs. Howard Burr, Mrs. Bay Krempel and Mrs. Joseph Bondie,
without whose efforts the drive would not have succeeded.
I think special thanks should be given to the J.C.C. and their
auxiliary for the dinner they sponsored at Marty"s Restaurant.
Marty Hemengway and Gertrude Rankin too deserve a special
word for donating their restaurant and their timet.
Other organizations which sponsored special events are members of the Eastern Star for their card party and the American
Legion for sponsoring their dance. '
Another event which helped to make the drive a huge success was the bowling tournament for which I want to thank Mr.
Bailey and Mr. Silas Nord.
All in all, the drive was very successful and I effer my
heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped in any way.
MRS. EVERETT ESCH
General Chairman
THE SALINE OBSERVER
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEDICATED TO POBIIC SERVICE, CIVIC ENDEAVOR AND AGRICULTITRAL PROGRESS IN THE SALINE AREA
Member of the Saline Chamber of Commerce
SALINE, MICHIGAN, FEBRUARY 6, 1958
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T *•■•.
Hopkins
Hallucinations
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One of the nicer things   about
I being the editor of a newspaper
is that you  can  print what you
[ think, whether it is right or not.
Last week an incident happened
I in the life of this writer that made
me sit down and write an editorial
that nearly burned up the paper
as I wrote it. As is my usual habit,
I carefully placed the completed
article in my desk drawer and left
it until the next day before printing. Fortunately for me I did this.
While the cause of the editorial
doesn't know—I hereby apologize
j for an injustice almost done.
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Still, Marty Hemengway tells
me you are going to have to put
rubber sneakers on your cat,
"George's" feet or quit letting
him stomp around in the hall. Marty says George is walking, stiff
legged just so he can make more
noise and keep us poor working
people from sleeping.
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I had the pleasure of meeting
and visiting with Sgt. Anderson
(Carl), the new commander of the
Clinton State Police Post last Friday and believe me it was a real
pleasure. Also met some of the
hoys at the post and I wish more
People (including myself) could
pattern our courteousness after
these boys. Bill Collins, our advertising manager, and I made the
trip over to Clinton to take the
Pictures in this week's paper. I
have never been met more graciously or treated better during an
interview and I have had the
Pleasure of interviewing many
dignitaries in my lifetime. The
Wendly atmosphere prevailing
around the new post makes one
Wonder how those boys could ever
he guilty of issuing a traffic ticket, BUT — they can!
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Have you been in Walker's bakery lately? Everything has been
changed around and a new table
and chairs added. Gotlob, things
^e looking up in the coffee department but for a few days last
"*eek I was expecting one of those
flashing, traveling signs out front
to keep up with the coffee price
■Aange.
I have been told that the pur-
Pose of a column in a newspaper
Was to air the views of the writ-
<•"■■ This may be true in most cases
out not in the case of this col-
Uniii. Space here is always avail-
-""le for any worthy cause and
certainly without charge. If you
have always had the desire to be
* columnist here is the chance you
have been waiting for. Just write
""■■Jr item, sign it and mail it to,
Ine at the Observer. If you don't
Wa»t your name printed we will
"Aspect your wishes but no material
will be accepted unless you sign
(Continued on. page 4)
Freedom Crash
Injures Two
Two persons were injured—
one seriously- in a twp^car, crash
iri '"Freedom"township"tiiis'.imlnP'
ing.
Fred G. Wiedmayer, 76, of 948-1
Pleasant Lake Rd., Freedom township, was reported in "serious but
not critical condition" at St.
Joseph Mercy Hospital this noon
following the accident.
Sheriff's deputies said Wiedmayer was driving, a pickup truck
which made a left turn into a car
driven by Mrs. Dorothy P. Bran-
stetter, 22, of Chelsea at 8:45 a.m.,
today. Officers sair Mrs. Branstet-
ter was driving east on Pleasant
Lake Rd., near Steinbach Rd., at
the time of the crash. Deputies
said Wiedmayer was headed west
on Pleasant Lake Rd. and started
the turn off the road at the crest
of a hill. Visibility was poor, officers said.
Wiedmayer suffered fractured
ribs, internal injuries and lacerations .Mrs. Branstetter had mouth
and knee injuries. Both were taken
to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital.
James Gleason
Will Be County
Exchange Student
James Gleason, of Whitmore
Lake, was recently selected as an
exchange student and will leave in
June for Austria on the "International Farm Youth Exchange
Program."
James is the first student ever
to be chosen from Washtenaw
county  to  receive  this honor.
He expects to return to this
country in November of 1958.
James is a senior in Agricultural
Economics at Michigan State University and has been active in 4-H
work for many years. He was
president of the Washtenaw County 4-H Council asd served as 4-H
agent in 1956.
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It is interesting (at least to
us) when someone tells us they
have been a continuous subscriber to the Observe- for 88
years.
A. C. Lange casually mentioned to the editor the other day
that he had never missed an
issue since coming to Saline
some 38 years ago. He said "I
would be sick if I didn't get my
Observer."
Mr. Lange also mentioned
that he had. been a continuous
. subscriber to the Detroit News
since 1909. We would say Mr.
Lange might be called a man
of firm convictions regarding
his newspaper choice- Thank
you sir; we will continue to
give you a newspaper you might
be proud; of.
Paul E. Taylor Herd
Attains Top Record
For Production
The purebred Ayrshire dairy of
Paul E. Taylor of Saline; Mich.,
has achieved top recognition during a recent month for outstanding production. This herd is credited with averaging 1003 pounds
of 4.2 percent milk and "*42; pounds
of butterfat actual, for the respective month, which places it
among the nation's top Ayrshire
herds.
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,; Miss Janice Scott of Port Huron
yjfas a guest of Donna Mae Wahl
last week.
WALTER MOORE AND MIKE STRAIT are shown here as they
dis-mantle and repair some of the 300 water meters that are being
changed in Saline this week. Strait told an Observer reporter that
some of the meters were so badly rusted they were beyond repair
and probably hadn't registered correctly for several years.
City Employees
Changing 300
Water Meters
A woman's work may be never
done but this winter finds the city
of Saline employees pretty busy
with other than the routine tasks
delegated to a D.P.W.
Over 300 water meters in the
City of Saline will be changed
and new meters installed over
the next three week period according to Mike Strait, -D.P.W.
superintendent.
The meters undergoing change
will be those that have registered
over 4,000 gallons of water through
the mover a period of many years.
Some of these meters when removed showed signs of improper
functioning due to a clogged and
rust condition. According to
Strait some of the meters already
removed have registered as much
as 5 or 6 million gallons of water
since they were installed, heavens,
knows how many years ago.
Strait said too tha* every
water meter in the City of Saline will be sealed at this time
which in something that has
never been done before.
The induction, of the iron removal factor to the city water necessitated the check on the meters
since this factor will loosen much
of the rust that has had years to
accumulate.
Personal Notes
Miss Donna Wahl was a guest of
Sally Cook at Michigan State University in East Lansing Over the
weekend. Miss Wahl will return
to the University of Michigan for
the second semester this week.
Sally Stimpson was home from
Michigan State at Lansing for the
mid-semester vacation this past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Marion and
Mr. and Mrs. William Delcher have
returned home from a vacation
spent in Florida-
Accident Sunday
At Michigan
And Monroe St.   x
The orcupants of two vehicles
escaped serious injury last Sunday afternoon at Michigan and
Monroe Street in Saline when a
car driven by James Gleason of
Whitmore Lake was struck from
the rear by a pick-up truck driven
by Richard McNutt.
According to the report taken by Jim Levleit, investigating
officer, the car driven by Gleason was waiting to make a left
turn off Michigan Ave. onto
Monroe Street when struck
from the rear by the pick-up
truck.
Occupants of the Gleason car
were the Rex Gleason family of-
Whitmore Lake and Jack Taylor
was a passenger in the pick-up.
Driver of the, car was James
Gleason, recently chosen as an exchange student to Austria.
Amelia Hummel
Injured In Car
Accident Here
The Saline Police were called Friday, January 31, to an accident oh
Michigan avesue and Whitlock
street, where they found that a
1957 Ford sedan, traveling west on
Michigan avenue, at about 45 miles
per hour, being driven by Hugh
F. McCoy, Jr., of 1394 "J" street,
Ypsilanti, had hit another car in
the rear." Injured was Amelia Hum-
car was estimated at $300.
The driver of the- second car was
Theodore Hummel of 5911 Bethel
Church road, a farmer. Mr. Hummel, age 63, a housewife. She was
sedan, and the investigation showed that he had stopped to make a
left turn, and while waiting for the
traffic, McCoy's car hit him from
the rear. Inured was Amelia Hummel, age 63, a housewife. She was
treated by Dr. Leidheiser for neck
and shoulder injuries.
C. Of C. Meet 5th
j    The Saline Chamber of Con*
| merce urges everyone interested
! in the  future of Saline to 'at1'
I tend  an open meeting tonight!
I (Wednesday), February 5th, at j
I 8 p.m. at the American Legion j
■ Home.
| Vincent Madison, area de- \
| velopment director of the- De-
I troit Edison Company will.. be!
J here and will discuss the pos-j
| sibility of an area prospectus j
j for use in promoting Saline and j
I surrounding area  for industry.
Troop 46 - Saline Boy Scouts
Will Have Busy February
The month of February promises to be a busy one for Troop
46, the Saline Boy Scouts according to their scoutmaster, Mike
Strait.
The month will start off on February 6 with a Board of Review.
On February 9 the Boy Scouts,
Explorer Scouts and the Cubs will
celebrate Scout Sunday at St.
Paul's Church.
February  13th  will  find    the
Scouts at their Court of Honor
at the Elementary school building at 7:30 p.m. Strait said   the
parents were invited and urged
to attend this event.'
On the 15th. the boy Scouts will
make a hike around the' city   to
become better acquainted with the
various facilities and the purpose
of  this according to  Strait is in
case of emergency the Scouts may
be used for messengers, etc. He indicated that it was a civil defense
project.
<? February 18th will find the
Scouts making a "big splash" at
the "Y" in Ann Arbor for their
regular swimming trip.
On the 20th. between the hours
of 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. the Scouts
will make a house-to-house pickup of toys, games, magazines and
books suitable for shut-ins. They
will then be distributed to the
Saline shut-ins and delivered to
the State Hospital. This is the regular monthly good turn of the
Boy Scouts, Troop 46.
On February 27th James Lowe
of Dundee an old Boy Scout
himself, will talk to the members
of Troop 46 of Saline. The topic
of Mr. Lowe's address will be
"Scouting" — what else?
February has long been "Boy
Scout Month" and from the appearance of the above schedule the
Saline troop will certainly be doing
their share to commemorate the
event this year.
Injury In Accident
. Mrs. Donald McKay and her
mother, Kyve Nordeen of Milwaukee, Wise, narrowly escaped serious injury last Thursday afternoon when the car in Which they
were riding went* out of control
4 miles east of Saline and crashed
into a concrete bridge.
Eire started in the engine of
ihe 1957 Chevrolet they were
driving. The Saline fire depart
ment was called to the scene
but the fire was extinguished before they arrived.
Mrs. McKay told an Observer
Reporter she just didn't .know
what happened but the car started to skid on the curve and she
thought it turned around three
times before striking the bridge'
The only isjury was a small cut
on Mrs. Nordeen's leg • fortunately.
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Public Will Express Their
Views On Ordinance
The Elementary School will be the site for the opei^
hearing on the proposed zoning ordinance for the Citv of
Saline next Monday evening. The hearing, scheduled to start
at 8 p.m. is expected to meet with strong efforts from both
sides and should present a very interesting evening for anyone interested in the welfare and advancement of Saline.
The   proposed zoning plan was
presented to the city council and
received their  tentative   approval
oh Monday evening; -January- 20.*
The   plan  was  prepared   by   the
Planning  and Zoning Commission
headed by Robert Moon. This commission was appointed by the City
Council to function as an advisory
board to make plans for encouraging industry to locate in Saline.
The Planning and Zoning Commission caused a map to be prepared showing the various boundaries and zones proposed. This
map, together with an enforcing
ordinance was presented to the
council   at   the    January   20th
meeting.
The ordinance is a standard ordinance except for two features.
The first is a required set-back
of 60 to 100 ft. for industry whenever it comes into contact with
other-uses, such as single family,
multi-family and commercial. The
second is a provision Which would
prevent the erection of new residences within an industrial "zone.'
It would also prevent the erection of hew single -family residences in commercial zones.
The growing need for additional
industry and commercial space
was the main reason for beginning
this study and members of the
commission spent many many .
hours before they came up with
what was termed a workable solution. The Monday night open
hearing may bring out flaws in
the proposed plan, but of course
that is the reason for the open
hearing.
Members of the Planning and
Zoning Commission are .Robert
Moon, Chairman, Leon Vedder,
Ken Rogers, Leo Jensen, Ted
Stimpson, L. Z. Still, Charles Kern.,
and Carl Moehn.
March Of Dimes Campaign
Over The Top In Saline
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The final event /that pushed.
the March of Dimes over the top
in Saline was the American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary's
dance held in the Legion Hall,
last Saturday night. The total of
$105.60 was the amount collected
from the dance.
Special events of the dance included a balloon dance where
anyone caught with a balloon in
their' possession when the music
stopped had to contribute a dime
to the cause. There was also a
cake raffle held with the holders
of the lucky numbers receiving
a cake. The cakes were baked by
members of the sophomore class
of the Saline High School, and
beautifully decorated by the following ladies: Mrs. Leo Jensen,
Mrs. Edward Lauhon, Mrs. Gerald
Coe, Mrs. Robert Hehr and Miss
Rosemarie  Weisenreder.
Mrs. Helen Griffen held a perpetual coffee hour all during the
month of January, serving all
her customers In the beauty shop
coffee for which they made a
contribution. The total from this
project was $17.00.
.Other means of reaching Saline's quota were the following
amounts collected and the source
of the collecting: Business and
corporations* $218.00; clubs and
organizations, $35; American' Legion and Auxiliary, $105.60; $185,
Bowling tournament; $262.34, elementary school cards; $98.40, high
school dime cards; $33.11 from the
high school "sucker sale" and $91.25
from the record dance held in
the school.
The John Deere Day activities
;brought in $37.60, then the JCC's
dinner held at Marty's Restaurant
in Sunday, January 26, netted
i933.00; the Mothers March on
Jan. 29 was well received and given to with a total of $665.82.
The coffee hours appealed to
the ladies in Saline and were well
attended. Mrs. Esch's coffee hour
took in $42.00, while Mrs. Merchant's made $30.50 and the already mentioned perpetual coffee
hour served by Helen Griffen with
a grand total of $17.00. These
amounts were added to by the
O.E.S. card party with $92.01; the
elementary school also turned in
$9.82 worth of dime cards. This
was followed up by the collection
of the cannisters and all outstanding cards, with a total of
$190.81 bringing the grand total
to  $2,947.26.
Bridgewater
Polio Drive
Nets $276
The chairman of the Bridgewater Polio drive committee requested
that special extended credit be
given to Mrs. Julia Barnes, who
was responsible for collecting over
$60 of the total $276 collected in
the Bridgewater area.
Other members of the committee were Mrs. Robert Welch, Mrs.
Marvin Britenwisher, Mrs. Herbert Blumheardt, Mrs. Lewis Blais-
idell, Mrs. Charles Curtiss, Mrs.
Mumma, Mrs. Alwin Wahl, Mrs.
Waldo Thatsdorf, Mrs. Erwin Buss
and Mrs. Velvina Klager.
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