1958-08-07; Saline Observer

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE, CIVIC ENDEAVOR AND AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS IN THE SALINE AREA
SALINE
CITY OF
OPPORTUNITY
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of the Saline Chamber of Commerce
SALINE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY. AUGUST 7,1958
SEVEN CENTS PER COPY
deceive Pay Boost
Riline firemen received a boost
|i„ pay Monday at the City Coun-
Iril meeting-- '
noon recommendation of council
meml*er E. D. Wolfin, who has
.Ide a study of cities comparing
lin Saline, the Council voted _nani:
IU* » ra*se firemen's rates to
la for one meeting monthly and
l«for the first hour on duty within for each additional hour or
| fraction spent in attending a fire.
Also upon   Wolfin's   suggestion,
I th. Council raised fire department
Lrvice charges to Bridgewater and
I Worn townships.
1 STEW RATE
The new rate, in addition to the
Iflat 5100 for standby fire service
I .he townships now pay, will be $100
Ibr the first fire run made to the
Jjjspective townships and. $50 for.
■'each additional hour.
I Townships now pay $50 for the
| first hour and $35'thereafter. They
| are assessed the flat rate, whether
| any service is rendered or not be
cause of the initial investment and'
upkeep borne only by Saline.
OTHER TOWNS HIGHER '
According to Wolfin's findings,
firemen felt the heed for the increases. He said that other towns
'were receiving rates from $2 to $5
while Saline rates were $1 for, one
meeting per month.
Wolfin stated that most towns
paid firemen for .wo monthly meetings also. Chelsea firemen get $3
for the meeting and $3 for the
first hour at a fire with $2'50 the
rate for additional hours of service.
The Dexter fire rate is $3 during
the day, $_ from 10 p.m.*.o 6 a.m.
and $2 any other time;-Manchester
has a flat rate of $2.
Milan firemen get $2.50 when on
duty and Ann Arbor township gets
$5 for the first hour, $2.50" for
meeting and the same for hours
worked past the first. They have
one  'meeting per month.
Warm Council Plans
\Chicken Barbeque
"No waiting in line at the Farm
J Council Barbecue," say committee
I members. "We feel we can prom-
lise that for sure!"
1 And they can. That barbecue,
I scheduled August 17 at the Farm?
I Council property on .Saline-Ann;
I Arbor rd., is being put on by a
I flock of seasoned experts who
I have been through the mill. Noth-
1 ing short ot a full-size hurric_ne
I can surpass the obstacles .that al-
I most—but not quite licked ■ th_m
I the first time they staged a bar-
I oecue, two years ago.    *   '    .;
The near disaster occurred-  at
J the Farm   Council barbecue-two
Lraars ago at Delhi Earlt.he?ir Dex-
ller.  It was the' morning of   the
1 -great event; upwards of 3000 huni.
I gry guests were   expected;"     The*
I fires were hot; succulent chickens
were browning over the coals. Potato chip packages were  stacked
all about, rolls were cut, buttered,
I and set out on    tables;    cabbage
was being slivered *for cole slaw.
STORM HITS
Then came the "roller". A
roller, the old-timers tell us, -is a
sort of horizontal tornado; not
quite as destructive but covering
a bigger area. You can sUrvive
one, and the barbecuers did; but
there were a lot of pieces to collect afterward.
K was the worst storm Mac
Moore, MSU's barbecue expert,
had ever seen. Giant tres crashed
down, all along the Huron River.
The 50 members of the Farm
Council barbecue committee huddled together under a little open
Picnic shelter, trying to hold onto
the potato chip packages; while
rolls went flying, mothers sought
frantically for children, and horizontal rain drenched everything in
aght and put out the fires. "A
common storm wouldn't put   out
ZONING ORDINANCE PASSES
ity News
the charcoal fires", observed a
barbecuer this week. But the
roller did.
When the . storm . ended, the
damage was assessed; nobody was
hurt and all children were located.
But the charco-I * pits- were cold
and wet;, the rolls were, soaked;
and .the cole slaw was full of water; the chicken was washed clean
of butter; and sveral fallen trees
Had closed the main road' into
Dexter.. The staff couldn't get to
Dexter to" get the coffee, to replenish, the roll supply, or get
moje help, - .     ,, .... .«-..-     >-
__BEES CLEARED
* Waifr^---I-n't'' get? .d^e^barr
becue until the Road, Commission
hM cleared.away tt*---.: '..; *
I In- spite-of all this,' the pits were
fifed again, the- chicken was re-
buttered,*' more rolls "were obtained
and finally "customers; Came and
■were -fe'd'-." .iless ■ than an   hour
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This year with plenty of tables,
with, cookirig "facilities set up inside the Farm Council permanent
building, with at. least four and
perhaps six serving lines planned
to.be operating:at full speed, the
barbecue committee fpels safe in
promising no waiting jn line. '
-Mrs. Carl Lesser "and Mrs. Jack
Bradbury, both of Dexter, are
serving as co-chairmait of the affair. The committees plan to
serve 5000 dinners, with 2 1-2 tons
of chicken butter basted over two
tons of charcoal. Floyd Hicks, of
MSU ydll supervise the cooking.
Tickets are $1.50 and printed in
two colors for two serving periods
—12 to 3 p.m. or 3 to 6 p.m.
Dedication Services for the
Farm Council Grounds and buildings will take place at 2:30 pjn.
arid all proceeds will benefit the
Farm Council building and
grounds. -   .     .     '
Briefs
City Clerk Roy Muir confirmed
rumors of street raising in downtown Saline which may be undertaken by -the State Highway Dept.
soon.
Muir told City Council members
Monday that Michigan Ave. street
height would tentatively be raised
6 inches in the middle and 9 inches
near the curbs to eliminate the
three curb dropoff now prevalent
in the middle of town.
West" Michigan Ave. would be
raised from Ann Arbor St. to the
alley with both the curb and the
road building to be paid by' the
State. This is not a clarified agreement and Council members are not
banking on the State's initial proposal.
According to Muir, the sidewalks
will have to be replaced because
of dangerous conditions and the
cost taken care of by the.property
owners whose walks "run on Mich.
Ave.
City Attorney Pat Roesch stated
that the sidewalk costs may have
to be assessed to property owners.
'.   SEWER AID
City-Attorney Pat Roesch stated
Monday that. Federal funds .may
be available to offset costs of sewer.
building to the new Saline -Area
High^S-hodl.^ ,».*- ,.,.-^...
Roesch saijl he" would file application for the grant with approval of the City Council. The
Council supported the move.
Funds delegated for use in Michigan total $45 million. Roesch said
Saline would get as much as $42
thousand but that $20" thousand
would be a more reasbnable figure.
DETROIT NEWS HERE   I
The Detroit News announced* to
Saline Mayor H-nry Leutheuser
Monday "••that-i.reporter and photographer would be in Saline Friday to take pictiires and get a
history of the'town.   -.,-. ,
Leutheuser "told City Council
members Monday that the News
asked support of City Officials in
preparation for and. during the
visit. ■*
The Mayor said that News personnel would arrive around 10:30
pan., Friday. He' added that anything the large newspaper would
feature on Saline would be vrel-
come advertising for'.'the town.
Area Woman
Dies--Bled
To Death
Funeral services were slated for
2 p.m. Thursday for Mrs. Annie
Sawicki at the Proctor Funeral
Home in Clinton.
The 61-year-old Bridgewater
township woman bled to death in
her home about 8:30 a.nj* Monday after a varicose vein 'burst,
sheriff's deputies reported.
Mrs. Sawicki of 10065 Austin
Road apparently accidentally
bumped her leg on a chair or table
shortly after arising, of fleers, said.
This probably broke a vein in her
right leg, they reported.
Her husband, Dmytro Sawicki,
told Dr. Edwin C. Ganzhorn, county,, coroner, -when his wife's leg
began "bleeding he helped her out
to the porch of their home.
He finally "helped his wife" into
the house where she died, officers
said."     .. ■ •'■_ -
Dr.-Ganzhorn said the cause ofr
death . was' a'; ruptured- -vein in a
varicose ulcer. in • the - right leg.
Born. * in .- Budzanow; > Austria,
March * 15,* 1897, she came vto. this
country, in ,1914.. • She.'_,; iharfied;
Dmytro &wicki in St Louis^Mo.,;
in'_915l Thei couple.and theirithieec
children came to Bridgewater townt
ship*hv_926. -...'-.
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Besides her husband she is survived .by. a daughter, Mrs.' Mary
Cqltre of Chelsea, and' two sons,
John of Detroit and Steven of Dearborn. '; ;*' .'. "..,.
Friends may* call at the Proctor
Funeral Home and burial will bfe
in Riverside cemetery.
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■ Wheat shocks waiting: lor processing bask in the sun on one of the Saline area's many wheat
farms.-According to farmers and merchants, this- year's wheat crop is the best in more than SO yeaip,
sometimes going close to 60 bushels per acre. The area's top reported yield was processed by the Saline
Mercantile Co. and brought 63 bushels per acre. This top wheat yield belonged to Albert Heininger of
7460 Warner Rd. in Saline. (See details on this page about the Observer's wheat yield contest.)
Bumper Crop
JL.
CORRESPONDENCE
This is to inform all subscribers, and people in the
area, that it is the policy ot
the Saline Observer. to refrain from, publishing any
correspondence ;*received in
this office" that does; hot bear
the signature of the author.
However, the signature will
be withheld at the authors*
request but must be on file
in our office.
Legal t-chn-caUUe* require our extreme precaution in these matter-.
From all reports the Saline area
farmers are having the best wheat
yield,in many a year. •     -.
This year the golden grain: is averaging close to 60 bushels an acre
in some hearby areas with unveri-'
fied reports of 70 to 80 bushels per
acre rumored."
Farmers can give-no answer for
the bumper crop, s'-ome even
thought two months ago there
would be no wheat at all.
BEST IN 53 YEARS
Herman Alber of 4406 Weber
Rd. told the Observer that' the
wheat oh his farm this year was
better than he has ever seen. "It
seems to run faster, the yield to the
acre Hs better," Alber added. The
strange thing is that Alber has
been threshing wheat for 53. years.
The 78; year old farmer'began as
a boy pf 17 to go out with the
threshing crews. That was in 1905.
Art Armbruster of the Saline
Mercantile Co. told the Observer,
"I don't think the wheat yield has
ever been any better than this
.year, and its quality is better too.'.'
62 BUSHELS AN ACRE
According to Armbruster, the top
producer he has encountered so far
was Albert Heininger, 7460 Warper
Rd.., who turned in   620'  bushels
fronua 10 acre:vplot   planted   to i
wheat.
Other area   farmers   had   these
■ words to say;.--George Austin „of
9365 Saline-Milan Rd., "As good as
we've ever had."
"I think it's better everywhere,"
Mrs. Owen Bauer, 7861 Waterworks
Rd. -
RAIN JUST RIGHT
"It rained at the right time and
was dry at the right time,' that's
all I can attribute it to,1'' stated
Earl Mann of E. G. Mann and Sons
Grain Elevator, who also thought
two months "ago that there would
be little, if any, wheat.
, The Mann Elevator at 8400 Boettner Kd., has been taking in an
"awful good" crop, according to
Mann. "The best I've ever seen
in 30 years," says Earl.
According to Mann, Glenn Weber
of Austin Rd. had an exceptionally
good yield.
William Hoeft of 7545 Klager
Rd., who has been farming at that
address for 14 years, says "This is
the best year for wheat that we've
ever had here." Hoeft got a yield of
58 Vi bushels per acre from his 12
acres planted to wheat."
.  •■*      . GOOD QUALITY    .--
Mrs. Hoeft had this to say,
"They've all had good years, all
around us. The wheat-wasnice and
fat and really good: It shelled out
nice."
When asked .about his wheat
yield, Edwin Klager of 8220 Klager
Rd., said, "Very good.'' Klager said
he hadn't sold any of the wheat but
stored it all. He estimated the
yield at 50 bushels to the acre and
stated that this year was the best
in his forty years of farming.
FREE SUBSCBH-TION
The Observer, in accordance with
its' motto, "A weekly, newspaper
dedicated to public service, civic
endeavor and agricultural progress
in the Saline area," is offering to
the top verified wheat grower, as
determined byVbushels per acre,
one years free subscription to the
paper.
Persons wishing to enter the running for, the free subscription
please call Saline 37 and give^your
estimated yield and acreage along
with the grain elevator, if' any,
which the wheat was sold to.
Clears Way
For Industry
In local voting, the tally on
City Ordinance 146 for industrial zoning, read 297-For and
218-AgaInst according to figures received late Tuesday
night frorn City Clerk E. J.
Muir.
Primary election ballot counting
in Saline ended around midnight.
The County Proposal to abolish
the Coroner and establish the office of medical '■ examiner also
passed, 420 to 215.
The following are tlie totals for
the S'aline voting in the primary
election.
GOVI-RNOR—Democrats; G. Men-
nen Williams, 105; William L.
Johnson, _7.Republican; Paul D.
Bagwell, 479;
LT. GOV.— Democrats; John B.
Swainson; 73; Michael T. Mohardt,
31; Republican; Donald A. Brown,
473.
US SENATOR—Democcrats Robert G. Hall, 99; Philip A. Hart, 90;
Hompr Martin, 24. Republican;
Charles Potter, 482.
STATE SENATOR — (33rd District) ; Democrat; O. Thomas Law,
101; 'Republican; George Meader,
481; Lewis G. Christman, 283; Beth
Milford, 216. ,
STATE   -tEPRESENTATIVE   —
(2nd District)    Democrat;    Maurice J. Hoffman, 98. Republicans;
James F. Warner, 383; William E. ,
Bowling, 102.
_ • jQOUNTY OFFICES
PROS-BCUT<J_t —Democrats; Robert M. Gille-pie,* 70; Morris E. Pop-
kins,-3-;.4Republicans; William F-
Ager, 3l3*j* Jotiii'W.. Rae, 180.
Stlf.t-lt1-' a- Democrats; Lawrence
-»..-_tl_-Jorf, ,45_ Thomas A. Fitzgerald, 46; Richard H. Williams,
11; Leon E. Willoughby, 7. Republicans; Robert E. A. Lillie, 246;
George Petersen, 316; Harry B.
Hog^n,'60r ,*
C-JEWt—Democrat; Ethel Claire
Brown,-99;. Republican; Louella
M, Smith, 473.
T-UBASURiat — Democrat;  Garvin J. Brasseur,   97.   Republican;
William F. Verner, 466.
REGISTER OF DEEDS — Democrat; Cable Hayes, 93. Republican;
Patricia N. Hardy, 457.
DRAIN COMMISSIONER — Democrat; Edward* L. Jonas, 91:   Re-'
publican; John H. Flook, 474.
SURVEYOR — Democrat; William
G.   Lanterman,   95.    Republican;
Herbert F. Hicks, 458.
dORONEB —j    Democrat;. . none
Republicans; George C. Fink, 293;
Frank W. Staffan. 343.
Old Steam Engine Still Threshes Wheat On Alber
■ssnu   threshing   wheat on    the
fif ^a?. Alber farn-. 4400 Weber
| "0., Saline. -
■ The old engine, kept as a hobby
tta _,KWner w-»'am Detwiler at
\mt * farm' is red-and white
fed en^ne. * * ho™W" »*i-
itttler' a banker tt0TR Wayne,
engine ^f n,0t ,empl°y the'■team
I   'Sine, merely keeping   it as   a
brief reminder of Uie past.
THRESHES WHEAT
According to Alber and Carl
Hertler, Universal Die fireman
who •operates the engine, the old
steamer sees little use, in action
only during the 'short wheat
threshing season.
. A recent "Saturday Evening
Post" feature, in- its "Face Of.
America" .-section,' told the. story
of the Old steam trkctprs, the forerunner of the modern gasoline
machines.
As early as the 1870's the steam
* tractors pulled plovi*-.' ran threshing machines and. turned sawmills.
Before the advent of the modern
tractor, Just after World War I,
the steamers were an integral
part of the American farming
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STEAM ENTHUSIASTS
■ A group of steam enthusiast-
gather each year for the Steam
" Engine Rodeo" at Manitowoc, Wisconsin tinder the. .auspices Of the
Northwestern    Wisconsin    Steam
Club. According- to the "Post"
story, the club, mernbers compete
in showing off their old tractors.
.The steam enthusiasts, who call
themselves "Pioneers, Threshers
or Iron Men", retain their smoke
belching monsters as hobbies since
the engines were banished by the
smaller, nimbler, farm tractors
now in use. •
Detwiler_ steam tractor, kept
at the Alber farm, is presently
being use- to run an old Baker
separator for .wheat threshing. Ac
cording to Alber the engine and
separator will run 1,000 bushels a
day, if in constant operation. As
it is, the machine ran Alber's 13
acres, and about 600 bushels, in
two., days of off-and-on operation.
5-FOOT HIGH WHEELS
The steamer runs at about 240
revolutions "per minute and 150
pounds of steam pressure, states
fireman Hertler. It "has five foot
high rear wheels and three foot
front wheels:
The huge engine weighs close to
12 tons and When running belches
black smoke and cinders' high in
the air.   .,''.'
''Very economical," says Hertler, -"it only used 700 pounds of
coal in a day and a half of running.
The engine is called a Port Huron Roller, No.- 7149 which was
patented in 1894. As far as Alber
can determine, this particular
steam tractor was first put into
use around 1911. The only other
known steamer in the area is one
located near Clinton. *
-'-GOOD AS NEW"
Alber says th- engine is "good
as new" since most of the year it
is stored in a barn. "He fires it up
occasionally when; Detwiler arrives to admire his smoke belch-'
er.
"I've had six. different Port
Huron's in my .day and many
other types too, this one's a
beauty," exclaims Alber. "They
don't even make parts for one of
these  anymore,  we have  to    get
-them*  from    another    abandoned
machine."
WHISTLE STILL TOOTS
The old steam tractor still has
a lively whistle and is canopied for
protection from rain.
As Mr. Hertler told the Observer about the old engine, another
-steam enthusiast came u p to talk
to Alber. "My brother ran one of
them for 15 falls," he said, "and
by golly these old steam engines
are still nretty cood."
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Thi. old Port Huron steam "tractor, shown he»_«_h« op-r_*ed
by Carl Hertler, 108 E. Henry, Saline, is still in us^after 47 years,
betagr employed to n_i a wheat separator «n Jm..IIe-___a> Alber
Fa*ai, _ioo Weber R4. i-   .. ■   J. '
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Here the s4-e_-ier b shown with UaKhmg coime-tin* .belt which
turns the Baker Sepentor. The 'engine **_■_■ 'a* about ?*• ***0j?"
ttons B_r mo-ante ami 15» pounds at steam* pr-wore. Shown heiMe
tfc» is up TiililtiT to » si__ai modtrn tractor, (ri^t oaator). note
d_tferenee In S-W.
Werkmea on the Alber farm fork the gmin stalks en te the
•r conveyer. The eli Baker. Sep*-*-..*. (eUen IMS), le M#
rby the n»o4_rn wheat iwiMit en n«tfam-- At
topi»e__*wmral,mhu*els ©.wheelperiey.        -   —	
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Farm workmen'' look * en a* the -.fear-tor* aptm* chaff awl
straw on the steck. The B-ker Separ^ter 4la the old _te__n trietor
are amomg taw in the natiM still fjl|fe i k wheat threah-Mr end
.n*f--e_-_^fc_-jdi-*-fc'lMt-fl-^fl^ with the .*^t"
-ef the _-_-_-_i!___p^S_--M-eir_^__^
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