1958-11-20; Saline Observer

              [City News
Briefs
SHOT AT SUNRISE
A stray dog, origin and address
I nnknown,  was shot  by   " Saline
Itolice at 7:40 Wednesday rhorn-
Police declared the   dog   was
lather suffering from rabies   or
having a fit
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DE_MCATEp TO PUBLIC. SERVICE, CIVIC       ENDEAVOR AND AGIUCSULTURAL PROGRESS Df THE SAUNE AREA
SALINE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1958
SHOPLIFTERS
■*>_ young local girls, both
I minors, were processed through
['Juvenile Court on shoplifting
I charges Wednesday.
I One of/the teen agers was
[placed on probation for an in-'
Ijefinite period pending her fu-
I tore conduct, the other was
I tamed over to her parents for
I further action.        '■    •
SHORT
A VOLKSWAGEN driven by
Idem B. Meyers, 16147 Bentler,
■Detroit, caught on fire and was,
[considerably damaged by the
Iflames and smoke about two
I miles east of Saline on E. Michi-
Ave., shortly after noon
llhursday.
Firemen said that "the fife was
I evidently caused by a short in
l_e vehicle's ignition system. It
I was necessary for them to cut
[the automobile's battery, cable
| before the fire was extinguished.
Extent of the  damage      was
; immediately determined.
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m STO-JEN
TWO CRATED bathtubs were
I stolen from a new house at 250
[kark Hannah Ct. Friday night.
[ihey were valued at $60 each,
I police said.
A quantity of plumbing fix-
Itures was also taken.
Legion Will Hold Gala
New Year's Eve Party
SEVEN CENTS PER COPY
Arrangements have been "just
about completed" for the gala .
New Year's Eve Party to be given by the Saline American Legion
Post at'the Legion Hall on" Mills
Rd. and Michigan Ave., Post Com'-
mander Harvey Kluwe announced
today.       • \     ' .
Tickets will be on sale within
the next two weeks._
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•A sauerkraut dinner will be
served by the Ladi-S Auxiliary at
5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4.
The regular meeting of the post
will also be held on this date.
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THE CHRISTMAS Dance will
be beld at the Legion Hall on Saturday evening, Dec. 13.
The Kenny Volz orchestra will
play.
All Legion members and their
guests  are   cordially   invited   to "
attend the sauerkraut 'dinner and
Christmas     dance,     Commander
Kluwe said.
Fire Razes
Trailer
A Freedom Twp., man was in-
Ijured and his house' trailer com-
Ipletely destroyed by fire shortly
latter 2 a.m. Sunday morning.
Paul Kuebler, 62, suffered
Iburns on his arm, face and
[right hand when his trailer home
■became enveloped in flames.
* *   *
WHEN SAUNE firemen head-
led by Chief Harold Armbruster
[arrived on the scene the trailer
I was a mass of flames. Kuebler
I lad already carried a small oiL
[stove outdoors.
Chief Armbruster declared that
I the oil stove had apparently be-
|come overheated and started the
•laze.
* *   *
KUEBLER was treated,, at* St-__
I Joseph Mercy Hospital for burns.
jEstimated damage  of the   -fire
I was more than $1,000.
C. frerald Ha_irer
Named to A.H.A,
Clarence Gerald Haarer, 9630
Saline-Milan Rd-., has been named
to membership in the American^
Hereford Association, the world's
largest purebred registry organization, with headquarters in
Kansas City, Mo.        '
"One hundred and fifty-nine
Hereford breeders' were placed
on the Association's official roster during October. The.Association maintains active accounts for
more than 80,000 breeders of registered Herefords over the nation.
*   *   *
THE HEREFORD Association
during the last fiscal year recorded 453,632 purebred calves.
The year's total .recordings were
the seventh highest on record,
and more than 223,000 above the
combined registrations of other
•major beef breeds.
„ .   _ .   FARMERS' WEEK.    ...
FARMERS' WEEK will.be held
Feb.. 2-6 .at Michigan State University in East Lansing.
Chest Drive
Now Up To
80 Per Cent
With "quite a few" of the volunteer" workers as yet unreported, the greater Saline area Community Chest Drive had risen to
total a total of $6,458.61 this
morning, Miss Luella Lambarth
Treasurer, disclosed. ,
The amount is just about 80'
per cent of the record $7,931 goal..   '
* *   *
THE BUSINESS-section, of the
city has not been completely
covered yet and "we are hoping
that gifts and solicitations from
the merchants will bring the
fund total up considerably," Miss
Lambarth added.     " *
"We know we will go over the   •
top," she said.    %*
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THE DRIVE is   again   headed   .
by Wilson Scott this year.
Of the record goal, 25 per cent
will be locally distributed this
year as compared to 20 per cent
in former years.
A high of $1,931 will remain
in the community and' donors axo
assured that local needs/will be
fuly met before any vother budget figure is allocated.
F.F.A. Boys
To Attend
Stock Show
About 35 Saline F.F.A. Boys
will attend the 59th annual International Live Stock Exposition
and Horse Show in Chicago, Alton Ealy, High School agricultural instructor and F.F.A. Advisor,
said today.
* *   * . '
THE EXPOS-WON will be held
.from Nov. .28 to Dec. 6 in the
International Amphitheater and
a large area of the adjacent Chicago Stock Yards.
It. is the world's largest com-
petion featuring the meat-making breeds bf farm animals ' and
horses.
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THE SHOWimanagement predicts entries of over 10,000 animals from more than .30 states
and Canada. They will compete
for $100,000 in cash prizes and
the high honors that go with "
winning in this largest and climax livestock event of the year.
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_____ BOYS will leave Saline
on Dec. 4, and return on the evening of Dec. &, Mr. Ealy said.
There are 55 members in the
Salinq F.F.A. Club.
Woman's Club Meets
At Mrs. F_nkbe_iier*s
Mrs. Reuben Finkbeiner Was
hostess to the meeting of the Saline Women's Club last Tuesday
afternoon. Since it was Veterans'
Day the president, Mrs. Robert
Starling opened the meeting by
reading the_ "Recessional" by Kipling, which was followed by the
Flag salute and singing "America
the Beautiful."
The   Club   Collect   was  read,
and Mrs. Dale Mayfield gave the
' devotional   program. ,
»   *. *
MRS. HAROLD GRAY gave the
report on current events, telling
about the treatment that Boris
Pasternak received from his
countrymen in Russia after reconfirmed on page 3)
i-dht t«~_- iiatc- c«Hw_ -Postmistress Mrs. Arthur
O'Neill displays the new loO; lwxes in S_bne's-4iew row
Office in the Stills Building,
Saline Post Office Moved
To New Quarters Saturday
toi*  SaIine Post °ffice --oved  —-— ~ :
U wmXtKvm £32 rec_.n-' "  Postmaster Mrs. Arthur ,0*Neill
* said.--   .' -
.One of the routine   operations-
' of the local post office includes
handling a large shipment of live
goldfish four or five .days each
w _*<___.
, They are packed in little plas- ,
I -ofiniiifcl;01 r^J**™' L*??l~ -tic'envelopes and ^e^ent^ef-
w_s__» _*-»!*!: ^A.'tsnsir.c.
L!i0mpIeted -^ building Sat-
«r.ay after more than. '20 grfears
^former S,Ann^6o. St.
.The
Wne-new building" measures -24
**V 8 inches, by 110 feet   and
to-tains
approximately'
I _1ii-»a'_,     -*'f•■•-'--iiateiy       2,750
hSS? Techn
l*?^.-^ morning to.supervise
h?^L fchm<aan' w«° -arrived
I Vw Sy .monung to.supervise
l^e^taliauon of equipment, dis-
_*WcSENX *•*■*-*•» 582
1     U9n   to,   the   rural   routes,'
_ar.
. • JTHE - C-BBg-BWAa^ftush
start about- Dec-10.   §§§&•_
"Sfcrnehoytr people segptb have
becomeiort of »%ijtejL§B*«_idea
otd-tag-th^r 5C#_fS&^a_0_-g
ea)fi£"-MrfL?P'NeW. wfcU       .'.
will'
Nimrods Go
After Deer
A group of Saline's mighty
hunters left, early Thursday
morning for a week of hunting
and adventure near Vanderbilt. v
Included in' the. group were.
Alvin- Armbruster, Lorrin Jedele,
William Diu-te. Ed Heininger,
Art Moehn, I$je Weidmayer and
Arthur Armbryster.
Gary Armbruster will join .the
group on Friday and return Sunday.
• • *   *
THE OTHERS .will be gone
about a week.'
The group of men have been
hunting together for several
years.
Last year Art Moehn and Gary
Armbruster both brought home
a six-point buck. Art's weighed
125 pounds and Gary-, tipped the
scales' at 145. We shall now- see
if they cah beat their last year's
record.
(Continued^on Page 4>.
Saline Youth Wins
Trip to Washington
Pictuared are members of the Saline High School play cast, The play "Clementine" will De presented Nov. .20, 21, at 8:00 p.m. Standing left to right are: Gary Peck, Gehard Borne, Sandy Bowen,
Lanny Bobbins, Fran Visel. Seated are: Alice Sheehan, Danan Liston. Alice Sheehan plays the title role
of Clementine, a fifteen year old Tomboy who suddenly falls in love with her football captain.
Recount Set
For Dec. 3
A recount of .the Nov. 4 City
Council . balloting will be held
Thursday, Dec. 3.
Making the recount - will be
the city board of canvassers, who
are also the city council.
* *    *
THE MOVE resulted from the
hair-thin margins that separated
three" of the five candidates by
only three votes in the election.
Jackson Bennett led with 386
votes, incumbent Charles Kern
tallied 383 and James C. Little
trailed -slightly, with 380.
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INCUMBENTS Frank Deede
and Henry Leutheuser were, the
only two of the five candidates
to establish commanding vote
majorities in the balloting. Deede
led with 569 votes, 375 of which
were cast in the first ward and
194 in Ward 2.
Leutheuser had a total vote
of 411, of which 265 were cast
in first ward and 146 in Ward
2.
Senior Class Play Set
For Thursday, Friday
Nights in High School
"CLASS OF '59 Presents
"Clementine" Thurs. and Fri.,
Nov. 20 and .21, 1958 High School
Gym Curtain 8:15" reads the
ticket which* you can "buy from
any Senior this week .or purchase
at the door, "Clementine", by
Anne Martine and William David-
i son  has  been- in- production for
- the last four weeks under the
skillful direction of Mrs. Mildred
: Haswell, head of the English Department and    advisor    to    the
.. Senior Class. (
':    ' *     *     *
1 STARRING Alice "in the title
{role, "Clementine" is the story
t of a fifteen year old tomboy who
Bertha the Kelley cook and
bottle washer,, and Gerhard
Borne, who plays Abe, the Kelley
lamps and broken hearts.
Francis Visel, plays pretty Ann
MacNeil, Clem's speech teacher,
and- Pat Beaverson .rounds out
the bill as Miss,-Prunella Pr'ingle,
Ann's aunt and .president of the
Women's Voters'- League.
I" speak from personal experience when "I say the cast, the
director, and the crew has worked hard to-whip this play into
shape. We hope to see - all of
you there because we.believe it
is a fine play which you will en-^
Church Woiften
Elect Officers
has
the
with
Mrs. Herman Mamarow
been elected president -of
Trinity Ladies Aid Society.
Others named to serve
her are Mrs. Clara Bredernitz,
vice-president; Mrs. Alwin Burkhart, secretary; and Mrs. Erwin
Henes,  treasurer.
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COMMITTEE appointmen t s
are: Mrs. Edna Burkhart and
Mrs. William Wackenhut, flowers; Mrs. Mary Seegar, birthdays;
Mrs. John Kohler and* Mrs. Alfred Hack, cards; Mrs. Edward
Sawall, Mrs. John Kohler, Mrs.
Alwin Burkhardt, Mrs. Carl Marion, Red Cross;, Mrs. Reuben
Marion, Mrs. Albert Hoeft, Sr.,
and Mrs. Mary Seegar, ■ altar
committee.
suddenly falls Jn., Jove_ witjj_her , .j_y.-w_tchingi.as! well as we'enjoy1
football captain.   She is a phen-     putting it on
ominal place kicker who gives up 	
football for- the finer things   of
life—nailpolish ai\d boys.
Clem's parents are played by
Judie Hunt and John Wilson;
Mary Kelley tries to help Ciem
grow up and Gerald Kelley is
perfectly contented -with his
daughter's football careqr. -
Her team-mates, Hank, Pete
and Tubby are played by Danon
Liston, Gary Peck, and Lanny
Robbins. Jane Ann, a little gossip, is played by Carol Wright.
Cathy, Clem's best friend, ' who
has already discovered boys and,
is pleased with her discovery is'
played by yours truly.
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All-Expense Round  Trip For
v Diligent Effort As Salesman
.   By MRS. MlTtTLE SIRES
Observer Staff Writer
Edward Korte, son of the* Fred Kortes of 304 East
Heniy street, was honored by the Detroit Free Press as a
carrier salesman. Edward has been a Free Press paper boy
for a little over one year. He serves forty-five customers
in Saline.
As a reward for his diligent attention to his customers
in all kinds of weather, he was awarded an all expense paid
trip to Washington, D. C. The boys were divided into small
groups- and an adult advisor assigned to groups of abont six
boys. Edward was chosen to travel in the group of John
Youngs. They met Mm at the' Michigan Central Station in
Detroit at 5:30 p.m. Thursday evening, and boarded the
B & O Sti'eamliner Ambassador which departed from the
station at 6 p.m.
THE TRAIN traveled through
the Blue Ridge and Allegheny
Mountains during the night, ■ arriving in Washington, D.C, Friday morning. They had break-
«fast aboard the train from which '
they viewed the Potomac River
and the Capitol Building in the
background.
When they left the train they
were picked up by a Sight-
Seeing Bus ahd taken on a tour
to .the Capitol. At noon they
arrived at the Ambassador Hotel, where they checked in and
were assigned to rooms. The afternoon was spent in a trip to
the-Treasury Dept., Printing and
Engraving, an*d the Justice Dept.;
followed by a trip to the Washington Monument, from where
they saw the Capitol from 555
- feet up. They returned to the
hotel for supper and the grand
finale. of the . day was a
complete surprise  to all.
SATURDAY began with breakfast being served at 8 a.m., then
off by bus to the Smithsonian
Institute, where they saw the
, Spirit of St. Louis, Lincoln's log
cabin birth-place, Lincoln Memorial and the -Ford Theatre
where Lincoln was shot by John
. Wilkes Booth; and many more
historical .displays too numerous
to mention. At noon they returned to the hotel for lunch and
to pick   up_ their   luggage   in
EXTRA COMEDY is    supplied
bv Sandiland Bowen, who plays
TURKEY FESTIVAL
. THE MICHIGAN Turkey Festival, a showcase of the state's
turkey industry, will offer a live
and dressed turkey show and a
varied program featuring high
interest industry problems.
It will be held Dec. 2 through
4 at the Lansing Civic Center.
"UNIVERSITY OF SCOUTING" v
First Session or Scout
Explorer Leader Program
Will Be Held Saturday
Complete Boy Scout Explorer Training will be given at
the opening session of the new Explorer Scout Training pro-
-jrram at the Dixboro Methodist Church from 1:30 to 9 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 22, W. Hartley Pierson, District Boy Scout
executive announced today. 	
THE EVENT is of  such im-
. portance in the newly organized
.Explorer Scout program that it
it being referred to as "The University of Souting," Mr. Pierson-
v said.
The Saturday training  session"
. will be the first opportunity for
all  Explorer  Scout  Leaders   of
Friendship Class
To Meet Today .
The Friendship Class ofFeder-,
ated' Church School is to meet
this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. Floyd Rogers,
708 West Michigan Avenue. The
meeting has been advanced one
week to avoid the Thanksgiving
period. Mrs. Alger Allison, class
'president,-will be-in charge of-
- the Bible Study program'
the District to learn about .the
new   program.   The  training   is
strictly for adults.
"'*   '*   *   *   *
TRAINING FOR Cub Scout,
Boy Scouts, - Commissioner" and
District Operations will also be
given at the meeting.- -
- An introduction to the Explorer program was presented at the
kickofft meeting at*the Pottage
Trails Council' in Ann. " Arbor
Thursday night
»   *; *
MR. PIERSON disclosed that
he has been "taking a film on the
Explorer program"aro'und to various service clubs and schools."
"We are especially interested; in
having a number of groups of Explorer Scout Troops," he said-i,
Lauren* Wild, is Sa>utn_a_te^flf
Yule Seal
Sale Starts
"V '
Washtenaw - county's ' 1958
Christmas Seal sale officially
started yesterday with the mailing of 53,000 letters to. residents
in all sections of the county to.
raise funds for • the Washtenaw
County Tuberculosis Association:
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THE SALE of the seals is the
association's sole means of raising funds to carry out the pro-
, jects it has planned for 1959. No
specific goal bas been set in the
annual fund drive but the asso- '
ciation will need $32,000 for its
operation next year.
Funds collected by the Christmas Seal sale are spent on educational materials and programs,
casefinding participation in projects for tuberculin and histo-
plasm testing of school children,
rehabilitation and re_earch.
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A COUNTY-WIDE chest X-ray
program to detect new cases" of
■tuberculosis is'also sponsored by
the association.
There were 5,011 new cases of
" tuberculosis reported in Michigan-
last year.
Washtenaw county reported 41
* cases of tuberculosis in'the first
10 months of this   year.   There
were 42 TB  cases, reported last
year.
* *    *
ONE AMERICAN is stricken
with tuberculosis every five minutes; one Washtenaw county res-
.' ident every five days. ..Two out
of three of the persons who were
discovered to have- tuberculosis
were in advanced stages of the
disease.
The association pays out $237
in an average week to describe
TB pervention with programs
and materials. Another $81' is
spent in promoting X-ray and
tuberculin testing programs, $66
goes toward the support of local
medical research projects and
$24 to rehabilitate and ease the
personal- problems of . tubercu-.
losis patient's.
* *   *
THIS YEAR'S seals   are   red,
black and green with a picture of
. a boy and girl /.*iting   "Christmas Greetings" on a blackboard.
The motto for the sale is "No
one is safe    from    tuberculosis
* until all are safe."
\   •
SCOTCH PINE
MICHIGAN'S ••annual output
of Christmas tree's is about 1,-
140,000.
A rapid shift is taking place
from wild balsam -fir arid spruce
to plantation trees, predominately Scotch- pine, . -Michigan
State University foresters "said
today.
preparation to the return trip
home.'
A trip to Alexandria, Mt. Vernon and Arlington, Va., concluded
the trip. At Mt. Vernon they-.
visited the George Washington
home. They also saw the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier, plus the
Pentagon; where the U. S. Army
headquarters are located.
Saturday evening they boarded
the train at 5:15 and enjoyed
supper in the dining car. Pillows
were furnished all the boys and.
-with-reclining seats, the., happy'
but tired group of boys traveled
home, arriving at the Michigan
Central depot at 7:50 a.m. Sunday morning.
EDWARD WAS busy all of
last week preparing his school
work in advance that he might
not miss any schooling during the
time away.   «•
.. Three years ago, Everett, the
older. Korte son, was privileged
to enjoy the same trip, also having been a .Fr.e'Press boy.
Farmers to Vote Nov. 25
On Corn, Feed Program
New Alternative Plan Abolishing       i "-
Acreage Restrictions Offered
. Farmers in Michigan will have the opportunity to vote
_n 'November 25 on the government -aid or supports for
farmers.'
The program has been in existance since 1938_ with arguments pro and con, but have not been'favored by "all farmers1.
Many groups are advocating th_ abolition of all government
controls and supports and of course'-ubsidies are the'result
of controls of production. Many still believe in the old American adage of "supply and demand."
. - THE SUBJECT has" been dis-	
ELECTRONICS
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ALL OF__CIAL Dairy Herd
Improvement Association" records
•are handled by electronic computation in a central office on'
thevMichigan. State University
•^-..campus.   • r. ' -,        '*.■
Saline Explorer Scbut T-^j^gf Jgj* ^SSSSS
,__:
cussed for the past twenty years,
and in November 1943 there appeared the foUowing poem in a
Detroit Newspaper:
There's been a  heap  o'   talkin'
In the papers, round Lsee,
Erbout some' new invention
They calls a subsidee;
An' some it 'pears is fur it,    -
An some is quite agin'
Some  talks' it cool  an'  quiet
An' some gits mad as sin;
There ain't, as I kin see it,
No use to stew and spout.
The more I hear, the less I know
Of what' it's all about
But one thing kinder gits me—
I'd like  ter be. app-rized—
in all this subsidizin'
Jest4 who gits sub-see-dized?
i
The measly streach o'. schoolin'"
I. had out RJF.D.
Cain't   match  the  mathematics
Of Washington, D. C.
As near as 1 can figger.
There  ain't  no  other way,.
But that when some's receivin'
Some other's got to pay. -    •
An'' subsidee  or  subsidoo, ~
Amounts to, "We will pay1*
.In legal tender of the realm
The coin of- U. S.'A.*!    .
Now that's list how I figger,
New debts, is no surprise,-' "
But while 4we're subadizin'
Jest who gits subsi-ized?'
Tne way my paper"gofr-t *■
(They -fooled hirij^ like enuf)   >
The-guy receivin' ^payniUit *
W^&ejdudewj^^^ef-tuff
I ra__-Ued-;tl__ffi^|i|rM? spell,
■* •0jf3S*tWBffiTHWIE
My figgers and the corn got mixed
Som.how, I cain't discover
How holdin' all farm prises down
While farm costs' has" xiz'
Is helpin'   farmers  as they  try -
.Growin'  all  the  stuff there   is.
It's plain enuf to. dubs like me.
No farmer gits- the prize,
When we  start subsidizin'
Who do we subsidize?
-Wage charts  the c'ollege fellers
make all show an upward trend
For labor and its product
More money we must spend;
" Our  cousins in the city.
We're glad and proud to know.
Are really makin' out quite well
Right now, they're "in the dough" ■
'The money jinglin' in their jeans
Can cause, were told; inflation,
The food and fodder it could buy
Would help, riot hurt-our nation.
If we but give 'em half a chance,
I'm dumb, but I surmise
They'd gladly pay their food bills
These  folk* we  subsidize.
On- many foreign ■ shores tonight
Are boys who left our farms,
Once more to try -to build a world
-Secure from war's alarms.
I wonder when these boys come
Back to settle in our hills,
Are we agoin' to greet 'em
With" unpaid grocery -bills?
Must they ah' aii "their* children
From now on pay the toll,     ' <■ '
Becuz* we ^de"jWfe-_rket for
A sneakin', debt-*raisu^aole?'->
I'm-an igta*_^d|^a, %. -" \
rm^neither.4e_rf4_|rtor wise,
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