1958-02-13; Saline Observer

              Days Feb. 14-15th.
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83 Persons Killed.On Highway
In January: 121 Last Year
Michigan started   out the   new-
year with another substantial saving in lives lost in traffic accidents.
A State Police report shows that
in*January S3 persons were killed
as compared   to 121 in the   same
month a year ago, a reduction of
3S. While these figures   are   provisional and the death toll is expected to be added to with the receipt of delayed reports, the month
will nevertheless wind up with   a
fine net on the credit side.
The 1958 goal has been set at a
saving- of 10 per cent under   tlie
death total of 1,519 in 1957,    Or
152 lives.
The January death toll was. the
lowest for that month since 1952,
when 81 were killed. It was the
twentieth month of the last 22
in which there have been   reduc
tions in deaths compared with the
same month the preceding year.
It was pointed out, however,
that it will be increasingly difficult to maintain the pace set in
January, as savings will have to
be made against months in which
there were marked reductions a
year ago. In February, for example, 96 persons lost their lives last
year, which was 27 below the previous five-year average of 133.
In addition, the 1957 death toll
is nearly .500 lives under the total
of 2,016 who died in 1955, which
makes new goals harder to attain.
Michigan's death toll for 1957
now-stands at 13 per cent under st
year ago, whereas the national
saving is three per cent. The national death toll is estimated at
38,500.
THE
OBSERVER
A WI_E_5LY NEWSPAPER DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE, CIVIC ENDEAVOR AND AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS IN THE SALINE AREA
Member of the Saline Chamber of Commerce
SALINE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1958    .
SEVEN CENTS PER COPY
New Books at
Your Saline
Public Library
The Saline Public Library reports that the following new books
are on the shelves waiting to be
read. These books are for the use
of the public, and anyone living in
the area may obtain a Library
card; so why not make use of the
service awaiting you at your library.
Teen-Age Group
Laurie - Lois Habart - Physical
Therapist
Strangers- Among Us - Lois Habart
Angel on Skis - Betty Cavanna
There's Always Forever - Gladys
Malvern
Reach for a Star - Florence
Means
Adult Reading
The Prodical - Josephine Lawrence - To his mother he seemed
the perfect son. His wives left no
record of their views and to his
daughter he was a dream father.
My Neighbor's Wife - a story of
Suspense revolving in a new community. A wave of apprehension
swept the neighborhood and then
-a letter.
Pracice to Deceive - Richard &
Frances Lockridge to meet a client but is forced by stormy weather to stop at a motel. Where she-
meets her client!
The Four Winds - David Beaty
An unforgettable love story with
the dramatic operation of a great
overseas airline.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kern attended the christening of their
granddaughter in the St. Paul's
Church in Chelsea last Sunday. The
child was christened in tne name
of Carol Lynn, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Sehroen. Following
the church service the family returned to the Sehroen home for
Sunday dinner.
DOLLAR DAYS FRIDAY & SATURDAY
State Hospital
Holsteins Show
Superior Record
Brattleboro, Vermont—The Hol-
s te i n-F r i e si a n Association of
America has annouced the completion of (an), outstanding official
production record by a registered
Holstein cow owned by Ypsilanti
State Hospital, Ypsilanti — Milked
twice daily for 365 'days, Ypsi
Pleasant Design Pandora 35631100
produced a total of 14,478 lbs. of
milk and 551 lbs. of butterfat as a
4-year-old.
Michigan State University work
ing in close cooperation with the
national Holsten organization,- supervised the weighing and testing
of production as. a part .-.of": the
Herd Improvement Registry,■: program. - . '-    ;*
This, official testing program,
commonly referred to as HIR, provides continuing, lactation and lifetime production records oh • every
cow in participating registered
Holstein herds. " '    .'-."'
Participation is-currently at record levels with'more than 83,000
cows'in more "than 2,200 herds enrolled.    -   . . -•   ■   '
Huddling' after the Chamber of Commerce, meeting on Feb. 5 are
I. to r., Vincent Madison of Detroit Edison Co., Everett Wolfin
and William Crim of Saline.-
Fred Wiedmayer
Dies Following
Auto Accident
Funeral services for Fred G.
Wiedmayer, 9484 Pleasant Lake
>Rd., were held at Bethel church
Freedom township on Friday afternoon, Feb; 7. He was injured in
an auto accident on Pleasant Lake
Rd., near his home on Monday
morning and died early Wednesday
morning at St. Joseph's Hospital.
He was born Oct. 21, 1879 in Lodi
township. He was married to
Mary C. Dieterle Feb. 14, 1906.
Surviving besides his wife is a son,
Frederick O., of Freedom township; five daughters, Mrs. Ernest
O. Schiller, Mrs. Walter L. Bihl-
meyer, TMiss Frieda TViedmayer
and Mrs. Elwin F. Meyer all of
Freedom township and Mrs. Wil-
bert A. Schaible of Lodi township,
12 grandchildren ,a brother, Chas.
Wiedmayer also of Freedom township and a sister, Mrs. Edward
barth of Lodi township and several nieces and nephews.
Milan Man
Injured Mon.
Ernest L. Derkse, 27, Milan, suffered leg injuries last Monday afternoon when the 1955 Mercury
he was driving south; on. Fosdick
Road left the roadway arid .struck
a tree just-off Bemis Road.
Derkse was-taken to' Dr." Pi-out's
office where.he was found'-to,be
suffering "with leg. injuries.: Damage to. the automobile .was estimated to be $700..Derkse, .driving
alone at. the time of the accident,
could giye.no explanation for the
accident except that the_ road was
slippery and the car just".went.out
of control.' Senior" officer Kirby
Of the Saline Police . department
investigated the a-cidentandL listed ^e^cessiyejpeed, ipn.tl*fe<rep'ort-
.is.the c_use. '     "       '
Briy Observer For
Only $1 Feb. 14-15
like a bargain, We halve
one to offer. Between the
hours of one and two o'clock
on February 14 and 15th,
DOLLAR DAYS, we will sell
subscriptions to the Observer for only $1.00. Limit: one
year to each family please.
Sale will be shut off promptly at 2 pan. so come early
please!
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McLean are
vacationing in the sunny south,
Florida.
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Also, spending some time in Florida tire Mr. and Mrs. Norman,
Guenther.
L. Z. Still, member of the Saline Plan- F;
ning- Commission, is shown here as he at- £
tempted to explain the commission's posl- j"
tion on a point in the rezoni'ng plan sub- r
niitted to the citizens for their approval
or rejection Monday evening.
It would be difficult to say the least
to report whether an acceptance or rejection was offerel by the 75 to 100 people
attending the open, meeting at the Elementary School auditorium. Many people
were heard and'as was expected, the'objections offered were by those most affected by the zoning plan.
Carl Curtis offered the council the
theory that since Highway 113 was possibly going to be re-located at some future
date, re-zoning at the present time was
hot a leasable idea. He suggested that
they wait until the highway was permanently settled, then do their re-zoning.
Countering for the zoning commission, Leo
•le-s.- stated *S_at if toe council *n__t for
one highway, possibly by that'time there
would be another road or even possibly the
seaway would be InvolvedTby that time. His
theory was that they should go ahead with
the present plans and make every attempt
to attract industry as quickly as possible
to help the tax situation as the residential
areas grow, ft was pointed out that the
residential areas'added to a* city will not
begin to carry the expense load they add
let alone provide any additional revenue.
The additional school facilities required
together with, the additional city provided
services necessary in "a residential area
will more thin offset the additional revenue.
Ihe general consensus of opinion
seemed to be that the planning oonunter
sion has certainly done a commendable job
and that with a Mt more study and discussion some sort of a workable re-soniag
plan may be adopted by the Ctty of Saline
in the near tatare.  .  . ■ .A
Saline was graced with the presence.of some
real dignitaries last Saturday morning when
George Wilson and some of his Detroit Lions
stopped at Marty's Restaurant for breakfast.
Pictured above are, left to right, Buss
Thomas, former Assistant CoacJi^jLloyd Mengel,
Mohawk Tool Representative-,1-"-Serge Wilson,
head coach of the 1957 championship Detroit
Lions.
Wilson told an Observer reporter that the
trip Saturday had nothing whatever to do
with football but they were going to Ohio to
go through the plant of the Mohawk Tool
Company. Wilson and Russ Thomas are associated together in the-- Great Lakes Mill
Supply of Detroit.
Fast Classified
Results Sell Us
A Subscription
Fast results of a classified
ad, last week resulted in  an
Ann. Arbor man    buying    a
subscription to    the    Saline
Observer. Mr.   George    Klager"" said   '1   had    run   the
same   ad   in a   larger   city (
>paper- -tc*r--_ev_Ta-+_hiys"*j"'iwth**>
no results; then I decided to
try the Saline Observer and
my goodness the paper was
hardly out and I   had    my
place rented." And to further quote Mr. Klager, he said, .
"that paper    that   can    get
such quick  results, was  the
one he wanted to be reading
and using any time he has
anything for sale' or rent."
We thank you Mr. Klager. .
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Nurses Head
Appointed By
Red Cross
Mrs. Carrie Sessions of Ann Arbor, was appointed chairman of
the Chapter County Nursing Com-,
mittee by E. C. Laetz, Chapter"
Chairman, it was announced today. The Red Cross nursing activities in Washtenaw County include service in blood banks, instruction in the care Of the Sick
and Injured, nursing aid -in "disasters, and training for nurses
aides.
.Mrs. Sessions took her nurses
training at St. Joseph Hospital
in St, Joseph, Missouri. She has
been active in volunteer nursing
work in the county blood program.
Miss Elizabeth Robinson, member of the Nursing Committee, is
attending the conference of .Nursing Services of the Red Cross in
St. Louis, Missouri. She *is in
charge of the training of instructors. Disaster Nursing is under the
direction of Miss Thelma. Stege-
man who has also been acting for
the past year as chairman of the
Classes in the care of the Sick and
nursing activities of the Red Cross.
Classes in the care of the Sick and
Injured are now going on in Lima
Center and at the Veteran Hospital under Mrs. William Bossemey-
er, Chairman of that activity.
Courses.in Nurses Aides are being
conducted by Mrs. Dorothea Grif-
fitts and Miss Francis Tershel of
the Veterans Administration Hospital. Other members of the county committee are Mrs. Fred Ul-
rich, Jr., Dr. Margaret Bell,.Miss
Patricia Walsh, Mrs. Marian Hering and Mrs. Walter Pomeroy.
Fishing Shanties
Must Be Moved
While Ice is Safe
Ice fisherman are reminded that
shanties and other shelters must
be removed from lakes before ice
conditions become unsafe.
Anglers failing to comply with
this law may be assessed costs of
removal, in addition to fines and
court costs.
A Gladstone resident recently
was ordered to pay a $25. fine and
$7.80 in court in a Gladstone justice court for violation of this
state law.
Westminister Fellowship
Valentine Party-
Members of Westminster Fellowship Youth Group Of Federated Church will enjoy a Valentine
Party following their regular Sunday evening meeting. The devotional service will begin at 6:30
o'clock, led by Patsy Johnson, and
the pastor, the Rev. Henry McKenzie, will lead a discussion
"How About College?".
The meeting will-be held at the
home of ' Miss Janice Nielsen, at
201% West Henry Street, who will
provide refreshments for the
party. Janice, with Miss Joan Austin, moderator of the Fellowship,
will arrange the entertainment
and Valentine features for the social hour to follow the discussion
period. ,
All 'teen-agers of the congregation are invited to attend.
February 15th Is Pancake Day
At Robison-Johnson Company
It's Pancake Day at Robison - <£
Johnson    Implement    Co;, , again
thi& year on Saturday,    February
15.1
. I*"*, a display advertisement in
thisj newspaper _vo_lson-Johnson
anijpuce their plans for Free Pan-
^akjfs,,Sausage, .and^ Coffee, f J*pm_lCk
iftMnevmorriing untir"_"Tn the att-'
ernqorf- on February 15th which
also ties in with the Big Saline
Dollar Days.-' t
Area farmers, their wives and
children are all invited to attend -
eat their fill - and make a tour of
the new farnr equipment exhibit
for the day.
Former Saline Man
Appointed Assistant
T© Surgeon General
•..'--_^orm-r^-Smi^^
James B. Shaw, has been appointed Assistant to the Surgeon General of the United States.: He has
been in the Public Health Service since 1952, and since July 1955
"ias been head of thelndian Health
Division.
Dr. Shaw, whose home was at
Yale, Mich., attended Eastern Michigan College, and after graduation
he" entered the School of Medicine
of the University of Michigan. He
taught in the Saline High School
in 1929 to 1931.
Dr. Shaw married Miss Sylvia
Gross, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Gross, on June 16, 1935,
and their home-is now in Washington, D. C. They have two children, Sandra and James W., the
latter a student at Eastern Michigan College at Ypsilanti.
The Trinity Church Ladies Aid
Society, held a luncheon, on Feb.
5th, in, the basement of the church.
The Salem Lutheran Ladies Aid
Society were the guests. The program was under the guidance of
the program chairman, Mrs. Albert Bredernitz.
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Saline Merchants Offer Special
Bargains For Gala Selling Event
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It's DOLLAR DAYS in Saline this Friday and Saturday.
Colossal — Stupendous — Terrific — Amazing — adjectives
cannot describe the values shoppers will receive when they
shop in Saline on Friday and Saturday of this week.
The DOLLAR DAYS event, another in the Chamber of
Commerce sponsored "Promote Saline" campaign promises to
 be   a  wild   selling  event  as   evi-
Tdenced in the advertising contained
He Can"t Get
Along Without
His Observer
Mr. William Harwood of
Route 5, Ann Arbor dropped
into the Saline Observer's
Office Friday morning to re
new his subscription to the
paper, and said that he
had been a subscriber for
the past 50 years, in fact
ever since he was married.
He said that he had considered giving up the paper
some time ago, but that the
paper as well as the delivery
of the same had so impressed
him that he just could not
get along without it,
Mr. Harwood is a farmer
and he relys on our calendar
to keep both he and his wife
posted on the activities taking place, that they might
want to attend. In his own
words, he just doesn't think
he could get along -without
the Saline Observer.
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in this issue of the Observer.
All cooperating merchants have
lowered their prices on merchandise for this special selling event
to cost or below. The theory is of
course, that once people start
shopping in S'aline and find the
variety of merchandise offered and
the every day low prices permitted
by the low overhead area, they
•will continue to be Saline shnp-
ners for all time.
Study the ads carefully ibis
week. There are many real bargains offered. As an added inducement there will be free parking
in the parking lot located just.
east of Ann Arbor street all day
Friday and Saturday. We'll see you
in Saline on DOLLAR DAYS!
Tv.
Federated Women's Class
Mrs. Kenneth Gates, president
of the Women's Class of Federated Church, annouces that there
will be no February meeting" of
the group on account of the current Family Night Series of meetings.
Philip L. Miller, 25, of 4785 Monger Rd., ypsilanti township,
his wife, Mrs! Wilma J. Miller, 23, .Charles E. Loney," 47, of Chan-
nahon, IU., and Raymond H. Volk also 47 of Poplar Wis. were
taken to University Hospital at. 1 a.m. Sunday following a two-
car crash in Pittsfield township.
Deputies said Miller was -driving east on US-112. west of S,
State Rd. with Mrs. Miller as a passenger when the accident
happened. Loney was driving west on US-112 with Volk as a passenger officers said. Deputies said the cause of Uie accident could
not be determined but the rear of. the Miller car was torn corn*
pletely away by" the impact.
Miller suffered face and leg bruises, Mrs. Miller had wrist and
chest injuries; Loney suffered face, arm and knee cuts and Volk
• had a bruised hip.
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Plan For
Saline Citizens
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By William Collins
A prosperous and populous Saline of the future
lie's in the hands of its citizens of today, Vincent
S. Madison .told Saline citizens on Feb. 5. Mr. Madison is associated with the Area Development Department of the Detroit Edison Company. He spoke
at the regular ^neetin^ of. the Saline Chamber of
Commerce at the American Legion clubhouse.
Mr. Madison urged the creation of a Planning
Commission for the ci.ty,.and offered the services
of Detroit Edison in preparation of literature to
tell the Saline story. He cited examples of- other
communities which had benefited by actively seeking and obtaining new industries. Such industries,
he said-, not only add plants the town can be proud
of, but they bring in new families to swell the
purchasing potential in the town, and at the same
time take some of the tax burden off the individual
property-owners. He cited the example of Rockwood,
Mich., where a $1.00 per thousand property tax reduction was effected by the establishment of a new
plant there., , ,    .     -   ._
He also recommended that a professional city
planner be retained by the city, and said that a
Planning Commission, -if established, should earmark an industrially desirable section of land for
plant and factory use. He said that there are many
industrial operations of a "country club" type, which
anyTcommunity would find a worthwhile neighbor.
"Saline is a lucky town," said Mr. Madison. It
has water facilities, it is on a principal highway, it
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has railway service, and it is a convenient* distance
from Detroit and the complex of manufacturing
cities surrounding Detroit. However, Saline, at present is something of a 'dormitory town.' Many of
its people reside, here but work elsewhere. The city
must try to overcome this aspect of its economy by
offering its workers, young and old, job opportunities fight here." ■
'. An interesting point brought out by the speak.
er was that by 1975, a'great industrial .corridor of
business of all types is expected to reach from
Boston to St. Louis. The corridor would past
through central New York state, through Buffalo,
Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit, through lower Michigan
(including" Saline), Chicago, and then on an angle
to St. Louis. This, it was predicted, would be the
industrial heartland of the country. Michigan can
expect a 45 per cent increase in population by 1975,
and the share of this increase Saline can expect will
depend tm the jobs Saline can offer.
The central point of Mr. Madison's talk
was that ACTION*SHOULD BE TAKEN NOW.
He was introduced by Howard Sommers, director of Field Services at Central Michigan college in Mt. Pleasant. Mr." Sommers acts as consultant to the local Chamber of Commerce. Ken
Rogers acted as chairman of the meeting, and Robert-moon exhibited a large and detailed map of
the proposed oning for Saline proper.
i Following Mr. Madison's _ talk, he answered
several questions from his audience.
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