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CAROLS
The newly formed Saline High
School Spanish Club serenaded
local residents with the old, familiar Christmas Carols Wednesday F-vming.
After their evening of spreading Christmas cheer to charmed
residents, they repaired to the
home of Miss Janet Tower for
hut chocolate and other refreshment*--.
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SENSOR   PIS
Arriving just in time to become very special Christmas gifts
to friends and relatives, the
Saline High School Senior 'Class
pictures made the last day .of
schoul a happy one indeed.
The Seniors devoted most of
the time during tlie Christmas
assembly telling each other how
beautiful they were and exchanging pictures among themselves.
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ASSEMBLY
Tlu> Christmas Assembly Friday morning was the highlight
of the pre-Christmas week at Saline Hij-h.
The .i-hool band presented a
portiirti of their Christmas concert, including LeRoy Ander-
s-uti's Chrfe-tmas Fantasy and a
£;ifi!'i of carols accompanied by.
the entire student body completed the program.
Also featured was a rendition
of Jingle Bells in Spanish by
memusj-s of the three Spanish
classes.
Member of the Saline Chamber of Commerce
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SALINE, MICH;. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1958
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Girbach Boys Win
Stock Show Honors
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Gary and His Grand Champion
Gets
lered
In Crackup
Marty Hemenway, genial local
restaurateur, was injured in an
automobile mishap shortly after
U a.m. Friday when an approaching vehicle s'u d d enly
swerved directly in front of him
and crashed head on into his car
A ten-year-old Saline youth
won the Grand Champion award
at the Detroit Junior Livestock
Show with his 230 pound Poland
China gilt named "Ornery."
Gary Girbach won the coveted
award in his first showing at the
Detroit Show. His gilt was
auctioned off at $1.50 a pound,
thereby enriching him to the
very considerable extent of $345.
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CLOSELY BEHIND , Gary in
top honors won came his brother
Gene, who won the Reserve
Champion award with his Poland
    I	
at tbe intersection of the Ann-
Arbor-Saline Rd.    and    Wagner
Rd. " ■ -
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THE _ DRIVER    of    :the''    approaching automobile was Wal--
ter Eis of Milford; ..He*was p'rer-
ceeding northward on the -highway and was making a left ; tttrii'
into Wagner Rd. when the mis-',
hap occurred.
Both vehicles suffered extensive damage in the. crash/, . The
entire Irpnt ol Marty - 'car- was-
smashed iri and it was "almost
a total- loss," he said.
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BOTH MARTY and Eis were
rushed to St. Jdseph's Merj.y
Hospital in Ann Arbor for treatment. •    -
Eis was hospitalized with three
broken ribs and lacerations.
Marty got out of it easier. He'
only had one cracked rib and
abrasions., He was released
from the hospital after treatment
and was back at work in_. his
restaurant -greeting his custom- ,
ers with the same old smile that
very afternoon.
Unfortunately, however, .his
comments on the mishap were
unprintable.
China gilt, "Princess."
Gene's hog weighed 205 pounds
and was auctioned off at 50
cents ■ a pound, . bringing the
youth $102. " '
The brothers also won third
and fourth place in the "pens of
three" judging at the show.
GARY ALSO WON $96 for the
other two hogs in his pen, thereby bringing his total earnings
for his day's work up to exactly
$441. .       '
Gene also garnered $96 for the
rest of his pen and went home
with a total of $199 in his pocket.
The" prize-winning" brothers
also" won a whole load Of awards
with their Poland Chinas at the
Michigan -State Fair where Gene
walked ,"off "with '/-the coveted
Michigan "Premier * B r e e d e r
award.*:
Legiciis WldsIGala
Christmas :f?-trty ■-■
The Saline"  American   Legion
" P9st held a gala fchrisi.mas Party
"initfte* 'Legion' Hall Monday night.
' Hosts were .Post. Commander
and Mrs. Harvey KlUwe.
THE PROGRAM was featured
by exchange of gifts.
The guests included Mr. - and
Mrs." Terry Klein, Mr. and Mrs..
, Keith Kammett, the Mesdames
T. J. Irelan, Jeanette Alber, Judy
Alber, Hazel Graf, Evelyn Myers,
Mr. Jim England; Miss Donna
Wahl and Mr. Karl Fluegel.
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ARRANGEMENTS have been
completed. _or the gala New
Year's Eve party-at the Legion
Hall.        ,
Citizens Commi
Retains Ccan
Investigate ft
GARY GIRBACH PROUDLY GROOMS "Orn_ry,"
the Poland China gilt with which he won* the
Grand Champion award at the Detroit Junior Livestock Show.    The ten-year-old    Saline    youth's
handsome animal weighed 230 pounds and .was
auctioned off at $1.50 a pound, thereby enriching •
' her youthful owner to the very considerable extent
of $345.
The Saline Citizens Committee
has retained  counsel for an investigation of the Dec. 3 recount
of the controversial Nov. 4 balloting fo/ City Council seats.
Tliey will be represented by
the Detroit law firm of Rotag,
Marston,    Mazey,     Sachs     and
O'Connell.
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THE INVESTIGATION followed an announcement by defeated council candidate Jackson T. .Bennett immediately after the City Council had approved the minutes of the controversial vote recount at its
meeting last Monday night that
he would resort to court action
in tlie matter.
Bennett declared that he expected court action would result
■before-the_next meeting of the
City Council on Monday, Jan. 5.
.   J. C. I^TTLE, who. was   also.
. defeated for the council seat declared today that "it is readily
apparent that the older members
of the city .council are trying to
dominate the situation so that
tlie younger men will not even
be interested in serving on the
council."
SAT_INS
gefaed Off MeP*dt< < <
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anta Claus
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ei Work on his Toys
The greater Saline  area's "Santa'Claus," Albert TE.
uamhoffi sat~quietly in Ms little workshop at his home
that wiuteiy afternoon and busied himself diligently wSthT
jus lifetime labor of love — the making of thousands of
toys for needy and sick children in area hospitals.
OVER THE years some 58 of ____—---
them, to be exact, Mr. Warnoff
has made more than 36,000 toys
ana repaired countless others.
Until his retirement from active business due to illness four
War- ago, Mr. Warnoff, who will
celebrate his 70th birthday next
March, only worked part time
°n his beloved hobby. Part time,
•"■"at is, except for working
mghts,-week ends, holidays and
vacations.
H0\VE\TER, w h e n illness
weed him* to' retire after 25
years' service with one Ann.
Arbor lumber company and 19
>ears with another, toymaking
atl1* repairing for needy and sick
children really became a full
-"no project for him.
At present, during the school
*'ear, his working day is about
Slx hours long because morning,
"°on and after school he is
School Policeman at the corner
°f S. 7th Ave. and Pauline St.
And between hours he is back
■a his home workshop"busily en-
S-Se- in his lifetime hobby.
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■toft. WARNOFF is assisted ' in
tt& distribution of his toys * by
son*5 5 People and local' civic 6r-
&n*_a_ons including the Kiwan-
'SV Lions and Optimist Clubs, the
^ag- Daughters and Girl
•""outs, just to mention a few.
Institutions where the hearts
of needy and sick children were
gladdened by his toys include
University Hospital, St. Joseph's
Mercy Hospital, Veterans Administration" Hospital; Beyer
.Memorial Hospital, Rackham
School for Handicapped Children
in Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti State Hospital and the Michigan Children's Home in Ann Arb&r. ^_ •
The Ann    Arbor Lions    Club
recently took him and a bulging
sack full of toys to the Michigan
State School for Blind Children
in Lansing. While there he was
awarded the "Key to the City"
by the Mayor.
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I STARTED making toys when
I was about 12 years old," Mr.
Warnoff said.
"Everybody was poor then;
they didn't have it like they do
now. So, when a little girl in
the neighborhood was taken sick
with diphtheria I. felt., pretty
badly and" I made her a cradle
for her doll."
"Then her- doctor. Dr. -.John
Katt - a great big, hulk-of a man
with a handle-bar mustache and
mutton chop whiskers -»•_*?
me, "My boy, your work did that
little girl more good th*n all of
my medicine. You ought to keep
" up the good work."
*    "Sol did and that's how I *ot
started/'- he reminisced.
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EARLY IN the twentieth century," "somewhere about 1902, we
lived in a house at the corner of
West Street and S. Main St.,
right across from where the
American Legion Hall is now,"
continued  Mr.  Warnoff.
"West street was only half a
block long- and ended in weeds
and woods. In fact that entire
section of the - city was mostly
fields, weeds and woods. It was
just like living in the country as
the only, part of the city that
had been at all: built up was the
jiowntown section."
'.'And I can still remember,"
he laughed, "that when I was 10
years old I got a splinter hi my
right" toe; on. one of the wooden
sidewalks and had to be taken
to the hospital."
"Our home was just two doors
from the Ann Arbor-Saline toll
gate and farmers had to pay a
two cent charge to go between
the two. cities;"
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'.MR. WARNOFF lives, at 1315
Franklin St. in Ann Arbor with
his wife Ethel.
His first wife, who was burned
to death in a fire only seven
months .■ after their marriage,
was the former Nattie Schleh of
Saline.
Smiling, reflectively to himself;
Mr. Warnoff summed up " his
lifetime; "I think I have had
just about as much fun in my
.life as some of our greatest millionaires and if I had my life to
live over I'd do the same thing
again."
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By Normai Jean Taylor
25 YEARS AGO
Around The Town
by Nicodemus
I regret to say there was a
good deal of trouble in selecting
the characters. It seems all.par-
ticularly the- girls; wanted none
but the principal parts, leaving
two 'minor characters unfilled
for some time. I understand it
was almost necessary to go outside the class: to fill them. Our
hat is off to George ITelan anil
Dorothy Wiedmayer of the senior class who consented to take
the parts. That saved the senior
class several embarassments, I'm
sure.
is no Santa Claus. For it was on
Friday a week before" Chrsitmas,
the day other 13th. birthday,
that a wonderful surprise party
was arranged, for her benefit
in the Saline Hotel. There- at a
candle-lighted table ,she and
fifteen of her small playmates
seated themselves and feasted
On the goodies which Mr and
Mrs. Fritz Schumn had prepared
for. them.
THE BUSINESS.was started
by Mrs. Katz about five years
ago. Working with Christmas
greens in a- small way from her
home, she soon expanded to such
an extent that for the past three
years she has provided the
Christmas decorations for the
Saline Chamber of. . Commerce
and again fulfilled their requirements this year. _.,.-•
She also specializes as a consultant in the design and creation of table decorations and
favors for banquets, .weddings
and other special gatherings.
Her husband started in business in Saline.at the Katz Grav-r
el Co. ort Maple Road several
months ago.
The party lasted from* two to    TaX Payments  SlOW,
four   o'clock,- and "the   romping ■■■*•"
In observing our basketball
team, I would say Irelan is the
Star. His quick dribble, and basket eye, will give Saline many
a needed basket. Our old dependable, in both football and basketball, seems to have fallen
short this year. Marion's grit
through many a.tough spot, but
throug man ya tough spot, but
he seems to be lacking this season. Let's get the old teamwork
and- fight back in him, because
we have a tough season ahead
and we need every mart. And
"above'ah\ .we!"ne*ed teamwork. I
believe that is the one point our
team lacks. The individual players are to much for .themselves.
. In this hiy' praises "too, are for
Irelan. He's a good, all around
player and he's for the team. In
the alumnae game he gave his
chance for a basket to the other
forward, and we gained two
points. That's co-operation.
youngsters made the -old dining
room echo with their fun.. In
the background lurked old Santa
liimself, host' Henry : who, Occa>
sionally peeked in and. emitted
a   good-natured   chuckle.   .  .   ,
Mrs. Mary Deede' aided in supervising the fun. Ardala Hersch,
Mildred Collins, Gerrald Miller,
Dennis and 'Cindy Schumn, Gary
Swoveland, Sandra Van Doren,
George Culligan Teddy Cousins,
Jack Steiner, Emil Guest, Jane
Jordan and Sally Campbell will
join Narin Gordon any time in
declaring with a chorus of shouts
"Of course there's a Santa Claus.
City Clerk Says _
Tax payments are "pretty
slow, so far,** City Clerk E. J.
Muir said today.
"But, after all, it's Christmas
so what can you expect?" he
added.
Local Bank
Gives-Aid'
To Needy
A local bank that prefers • to
remain anonymous, has, in accordance with its custom of
spreading Christmas cheer
among its fellow men, sent
checks to the pastors of the 1-
churches in the Saline area to
be used as they think best, in
making this Christmas a happier
one foj the needy members of
their respective congregations.
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"FOR YEARS we have been
giving our customers little souvenirs of pens, pencils, glasses,
etc, and have also been spending
a certain amount each year on
Christmas decorations," an official of the bank said today.
. "However, for the last few
years and again this Christmas
we are spending the money by
sending checks to the pastor of
every church -in the Saline area
for distribution as he sees fit."
Sally Haswell Sings
In Olivet College
Christmas Concert
Sallie Haswell of Saline will
participate in the annual Christmas Concert at Olivet College
tomorrow,. Tsursday  night.
She is a member of the college's,
30-voice   choral   ensemble.
The concert will be held at S
p.m. in the Olivet Congregational  Church. -   *
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THE PROGRAM will be divided into r two parts. The first
half "will "feature" the Christmas
Anthem by Purcell, excerpts from
Amahl and the Night Visitors
and Ave Maria.
. The last hal fof the concert
is titled "A Ceremony of Carols"
by Benjamin Britten. It "will consist of ten Christmas Carols-,
written and sung in ancient middle English as prepared by Briti
ten for modern times.      .
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IN ADDH-ION to student soloists the program will feature
a string quartet and the Olivet
College   Choral   Ensemble.
Sallie is 19 years old. She graduated from S'aline High school
in   the   class  of 1957.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Max V. Haswell of 10S40
Ella Lee Road.
Kiwanians
Relax
Song" Session
Group singing of Christmas
Carols featured the Monday night
"meeting of the Kiwanis Club,
President Bob Hai-rifeon said today.
"It wasn't much of a meeting
and we didn't have much business
(Continued on Page 2)
10 TEARS AGO
Universal Die Casting and Man-*
ufacturing operation is distributing 135 Christmas hams in appreciation of the fine cooperation   of  their  employees.-
The plant will be closed from
Friday noon until Monday, December 27.
Emily Narin Gordon, 13 is one
Saline youngster, whom it would
be hard to convince that there
Mrs. Graf Leaves
Fiesta Shoppe To
Teach Dancing
Mrs. Betty Graf has terminated her association with the Fiesta Shoppe, owner Mrs. Maggie.
Katz announced today.
She, has. accepted a position;.as
an instructor in the' Arthur; Mur-'
ray-Dance Studios -in Ann Arbor.-
"BUSINESS to date has fairly
exceeded our fondest expectations," Mrs.. Katz -said today.
"Everyone" has"been so pleased
with our Christmas and holiday
decorations that we have been
virtually swamped with special
orders for parties and special-
occasions."
"However, we will be all set
for New Year's next week," she
added.
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ITS HIS SEASON: 4nn Arbor's '''Santa
Claus," Albert E. "Warnhoff, knells among
some of the hundreds of toys he has made
during the year. He's now busy distrlbnttag-
them to needy and sick children in area hospitals and. instutions.
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