1957-05-16; Saline Observer

              Armed Forces Week .-....-..
Hi, Neighbor!
By Ella V. MacQueen
This is Armed Forces Week, and throughout the nation
at service camps, installations, bases and air fields, the four
services, Marines, Navy, Army-and Air Force, are exhibit-
Ler their newest weapons, ships, tanks, planes and, most im-
nortant, servicemen in the uniforms of their adopted service.
v Officers at the Army Reserve .Training Center in Ann
Arbor are holding open-house training sessions, and visitors
fre invited to attend and inspect the new center. Visitors
have also been invited to visit the Brodhead Naval Armory,
Woodward Avenue at the Bell Isle bridge and the Air Force
base at Selfridge Field during Armed Forces Week.
For our own special observation of Armed Forces
Week, we invite area residents to visit The Saline Observer office, to inspect the first model of the latest
national monument to be erected ?a Washington, D. C,
the gigantic Iwo Jinta Marine Memorial which was dedicated two years ago.
The sculptor who created the Iwo Jima statue,
Felix DeWeldon, visited us during a Marine Corps
League reunion ia Washington six years ago, and told
us about his creation of a monument depicting the raisins of the flag on Iwo Jima. DeWeldon. a Frenchman
who served as a Navy Corpsmaa with the Marines during Wor'd War II, said that the drama in the nicture of
the Iwo Jima flag-raising had been the bepinnina-of his
"dream of creatvur a monument to the best fighting
men of my adopted country." \
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De Welden's "dream creation" had been turned down bv
the Washington Art Planning Board as "too big andi unsuitable" for any site m the city. "I know that your husband is
Commandant of the Marine Corps League'," DeWeldon said
"and I thought maybe you'd arrange for me to see him and
talk it over with him, and have you come and see my sta-
ue."
We went, saw and were conquered. We resolved that
the Marines should have their memorial, and De Weldon
should realize his dream.
We were well aware that "fools rush in where
angels fear to tread" but deciding to be a would-be victorious fcol rather than a reluctant angel, we put in a
call to Commandant Cates of the Marine Corps, told
him about the statue and asked if he could arrange to
have the model sent to Milwaukee for the national convention cf the Marine Corps League, where we cou'd
ask for the League's sponsorship of the memorial. The
Commandant said, -'I'll send the model to the convention with a Marine Honor Guard."
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Three months latter, when we drove up to the convention headquarters in Milwaukee, a Marine truck was parked
at the hotel entrance, and sculptor De Weldon stood waiting
at the hotel entrance, directing the unloading of- the Iwo
Jima Memorial model. The model was placed on display in
the hotel lobby, and the Marines unanimously endorsed the
sponsoring of the memorial. A year later the Marine Corps
joined m fund-raising as co-sponsors of the project, and
three years later the Iwo Jima Memorial was unveiled on its
site on the Potomac across the river from Washington, D. C.
De Weldon, a typical Frenchman to the core, after
the Marine veterans had ydted to sponsor the memorial
clicked his heels, bowed deeply snd said, -Tor your assis-
tanre in fulfilling my life's ambition and dream, I give
you this, my first model,"
Our gift model has been displayed at veteran's conventions in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
•IfluisiaiiavaiSai"Mas'been displayed at tKeGtosse Pointe r
Memorial Building and the Veterans' Memorial Building
in Detroit in previous years.
 Come and see it, We're proud of it!
Community's Advisory
Council Stresses Need
Of Activity Expansion
By Bess H. Tefft
For the Saline Area Advisory Council
Debating, oratory, and dramatics help young people become useful citizens by teaching them to think logically on
their feet, to overcome their fears of audiences, and to communicate effectively, Mrs. Mildred Haswell'of the English
department pointed out to a Saline area audience in the Elementary school Thursday evening.
She added that the present crowded condition of the gym and stage
area and poor acoustics limited her
"»ork in speech. More young people could participate, and Saline
could take its turn as host school
occasionally, if the proposed high
school had an audtiorium, acoustically planned for play production,
debate and oratory.
Coach William Bailey concurred that the present gym-auditorium combination was limiting,
""Hi told the group that senior
high has no scheduled gym classes
because of the existing condition.
Reviewing the aims of physical education, he said that in a new
school more individual activities
"ould be offered older students to
improve their personal fitness and
to initiate life-time interests.
Double gym floors, for boys- and
girls, separate and adequate locker rooms, storage space, and two
Slaying field areas were among
Ws suggestions.
Continuing with their plan to
seek information and advice from
«e teaching staff, the Advisory
Council under chairman Ira Pfeif-
'*', introduced four other teachers
■"ho spoke on their department
needs.
"Projected enrollments co.uld
*eep 35 typewriters busy, accord'
mg to Howard Hill of the Commercial Dept., who believes all students should learn' typing - a
[theory I share wholeheartedly.
"^ library accommodating 75
I People with at least 4800 current
I volumes is the recommendation
|oi the North Central Association
I'W a 600 student school, we learned as Mrs. Evelyn Campbell explained that her department must
provide reference material for all
[Others. She said that book repair,
cataloguing and control of books
!**""" the entire system could stem
""""ectly from the   proposed   "high
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Exchange
Mayor Day
Planned
Mayor Louis Elias of Hazel Park
will be Saline's Mayor for a Day
on Monday, May 20, when he and
Mayor Henry Leutheuser of Saline
exchange positions for Mayor Exchange Day, which is a feature of
(Michigan Week, May 19 through
25.
Tentative plans for entertaining
the visiting mayor and his wife
Monday are under the direction of
Ken Rogers of the Chamber of
Commerce. Plans include a reception at 9:30 a.m. aiid breakfast at
Still's Restaurant, an airplane
flight from Ann Arbor Airport,
over Saline and Southern Washtenaw County, visits to 'industrial
plants, the radio station and sites
and places of interest in the city,
including a high school assembly
at 11:30 "a.m.
The closing feature of the day
will be a 6:30 p.m. dinner in honor of the visiting mayor and his
wife which will be held at the
Saline Hotel. During the dinner.
Mayor and Mrs. Elias will be serenaded by a German band composed of members of the Saline
High School  Bands.
Club Meeting
The members of the Saline Extension Club met Wednesday at
the home of Mrs. "George Martin.
S.
THE
OBSERVER
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER   DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE, CIVIC   ENDEAVOR AND AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS IN THE SALINE AREA
VOL. LXXIV (Member of Saline Chamber of Commerce)
SALIK'E, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1957
5c HER COPY
Six Saline School Bands Will Present
Spring Music Festival on Wednesday
Future Fate of Historic Old Mill   Undecided
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One of Saline's historic landmarks. The Old Mill, will
stand and idly drowse in the sun this Summer, v.-aten-
anted and unused. The Summer theatre group of the
Straw Hat Circuit,. Avhich for the past four Summers
presented major plays during the season, has abandoned
the Mill, and tentative plans for the use of the buildings
as a Youth Center for Saline youngsters have fallen by
the wayside. The ultimate fate of the Old Mill is in
doubt.
Teen-agers
Road-e-o
On Friday
It isn't too late to enter the
Saline- Teen-age Rpad-e-o,; which-
will be held here Friday at 1 p.m.
at the Saline High School under
the sponsorship of the local Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
This contest, which is sponsored
nationally by Jaycee groups, affords teen-agers their chance to
prove their skill and ability as
drivers, as well as the opportunity
of winning a plaque and a $50.00
Savings bond for first place, winner and a 525.00 bond for the winner of second place.
The contest will include a written quiz to test the contestants
knowledge of safe driving procedures ,and four tests of driving
skill over a planned course.
Driving skill will be tested in
four exercises. First the teen-age
driver will drive a straight line between two rows of balls, then follow a serpentine course between
three barrels in a straight line. In
the third test the driver will follow a curved course, passing from
the right lane to the left lane and
then stopping with the front bumper over a Stop line. Test four is
on parallel parking and pulling out
of a parallel space into proper traffic lane.
The winner of the local contest
will automatically be entered in
the State contest to be held in Detroit on June 15. A program has
been .planned for local . winners
from throughout the State, at
which winners will be guests.
Highlights of the program include
attendance a*t a baseball game be-
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Boy Scout
Benefit Sale
Saturday
A rummage sale, sponsored by
the members' of. the, Salome Rotary
Club, to raise mbney for the Boy
Scout activity fun'df will be held
on Saturday, May 18, at the store
next to Still's Hotel, from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
Residents who wish to 'aid this
project are urged to donate discards' of clothing, household appliance and 'articles, white elephant items, toys, books, games
or novelties for the sale.
Deflations for the sale "will be
picked up by Rotartans and Boy
Scouts on Thursday iand Friday,
to be -s'orted and priced fjsr the sale*
on Saturday.
All .proceeds from the sale will
be used for advancing the Summer
camping iand outdoor activities of
the local Boy Scouts and Explorers of Troap 46 of Saline.*
To arrange for a pick-up of con-
tributiiDns, call Saline 175-J.
Rev. Henry McKenzie
to Preach in Ohio
On Sunday, May 19
The Rev. Henry McKenzie, pastor of Federated Church, will occupy the pulpit of First Presbyterian Church, Bucyrus, Ohio, on
May 19, supplying for his son, the
Rev. Hillis S. McKenzie, who will
be attending the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, TJ.
S.A., being held in Omaha, Nebraska.
iMrs. McKenzie will accompany
her husband to Bucyrus. for- the
service on Sunday,
Will Old Mill Become
A Saline Memorial
Or Just a Memory?
The ultimate fate of The Old Mill, one of Saline's most
historic landmarks, has not been decided, and tlie picturesque
old white structure, nestled in its grove of trees and shrubs,'
will be untenanted and dark through the Summer months',
since the Little Theater group, which produced major plays
in the old building during the past
Concert Will Feature
Both Elementary and
High School Groups
The Saline band department will present all of the Saline
Bands in a gigantic Spring music festival on Wednesday evening, May 22 at the Saline High School Auditorium beginning
at 7:00 p.m. Six different musical organizations will be playing in this last concert of the season; which is given without
charge. Parents and friends of all
It's time to practice
for that call of
TlayBalF
you
all
Spe^ojLjjur.teams. .J^fytHye,^unib^.twJi'^^ciUKbe,-*j,layed-,by,
3 attended a meeting with "'Tom  the Senior Highland Include "''El
four seasons, .has decided to find
larger quarters' elsewhere.
The present Olid Mill stands on
the site of th'e first mill which was
erected on the Old Saul Indian
Trail in 1825 by Orange Risdon,
a surveyor for the small settlement
of Saline, who took a fancy tD the
little settlement, purchased the
-fite and built the first mill in the
area.
The Old Sauk Indian Trail, a
winding footpath which led from
Indian camps in and around the
present Detroit metropolitan area
to the present location of Chicago, was used by Inldians long before the first white, settler set
foot in the unexplored area.
It was later used by Indian, settler and pioneer explorers', and
was frequented by French traders
in pre-Revolutionary days* who
visited the small settlement -.of
Saline, named after many nearby
salt springs. General "Mad Anthony" Wayne camped .at"*the site
of the present mill when he led
his troops to Detroit in 1794. As
the old trail was recognized by
Congress as a strategic military
route between, Chicago and Detroit, -the name was changed to
ths Chicago Pike.
During the Jacksonian Era, the
Chicago   "Pike   became   a   '.busy
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Exchange Mayor
Mayor Louis Elias of Hazel Park
.will be Saline's Exchange Day
Mayor on Monday, May 20, when
he will exchange positions" with
Mayor Leutheuser. Mayor Exchange Day is a feature of Michigan Week which is being, observed throughout'the state from
May  19 through 25. • -
Come on, Dad. Remember
promised to help us kids on
the teams of our Little League and
Babe Ruth League, this Summer,
so that all of us can play on a
regular team and wear uniforms
and learn to be good players so
we can be Big Leaguers some day,
maybe.
Tom, (that's Tom Johnston, Saline's Recreational Director, but
he's my friend so I can call him
Tom) said to tell all the Dads to
come to a meeting at the All Purpose room of the Elementary
School on Thursday, May 23rd, at
7:30 p.m. to sign up as umpire or
manager, or coach-or score-"keeper
for
dads
a few weeks ago and promised to
help us play ball, but we can use
more, if more Dads want to help
this Summer, even if they have
only time enough to act as substitutes when other "Dads can't be on
hand to help.
We have eight teams now, and
have chosen colors for each team,
and we'll have jerseys with our
team name on the front, and the
Babe Ruth team will have regular
baseball uniforms, and when we're
old enough we can all^ play on a
Babe Ruth team,  too. "
Our Yankee team has chosen
black and white for its colors. The
Yankees practice every Saturday
fro ml to 2 p.m. at the high school
diamond.
The Tigers, with colors of white
and gold, also practice at the high
school field from 1 to i2 p.m.
The Red Socks chose the colors
Navy Blue and Red, and they will
practice on. Saturdays at the high
school diamond from 2- to 3 p.m.
The Dodgers, with colors of royal blue and scarlet, also meet at
the high school diamond from 2
to 3 p.m. every Saturday.
The Indians have Kelly green
and white for their colors, and
they practice from 2 to 3 p.m. at
the high school diamond on Saturdays.
The Braves, .who will practice
at the high school diamond from
3 to 4 p.m., have chosen royal blue
and gold for their colors.
The Saline team of 12-year-olds,
have chosen scarlet with white
trim for their colors, and they will
practice at the Saline Park diamond beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday.
The Babe Ruth team has light
gray uniforms trimmed with red,
white and blue, red socks and
caps, and they will practice at the
Saline Park diamond beginning at
1 p.m. Saturday.
So, Dad, you see we're all ready
to start practicing for .that June
day when our umpire will yell,
'•Play Ball!" and yo*v can help us
play a real, good, hard game.
You see Tom at the meeting
next Thursday, and we kids will
see you at our practice session the
next Saturday. Okey, Dad?
band students are cordially invited
to attend this concert and see not
only their child, but to find the
place of their child in the overall
band program.
The Elementary Band begins at'
7:00 starting with the elementary
Fifth Grade Band at 7:00, and following with the Sixth -Grade ©and,
at 7:15 p.m. At 7:30 (p.m,the
Fourth Grade Song Flute class
will present a few numbers for the
audience. "
At 7:45 p.m. the Junior High.
Bands will" present their part of
the concert starting with the Intermediate Band, and concluding
With the Junior High Concert Band
at 8:00 p.m.
'Concluding the program will-be
the Spring Formal Concert of the
Saline High School Band starting
at S:30, under "the direction of
Arthur Kattef johmi. V
There is no admission charge.
The doors will be closed except
between band programs. Parents
and friends may plan to attend
part or all of the concert, and leaver
when they wish.. y'
For the musicians, some.-jof the
Capitan March" by Sousa; "Smoke
Gets in Your Eyes" '-Three Trumpeters" - a cornet trio featuring
Pat Johnson, Bob Vedder and Gary
Armbruster, a novelty and some
other modern numbers.
Featured in the Junior High
Concert Band program wili also
be a cornet trio with Mike Bixby,
Ed Lauhon, and Chuck Youngs.
Willing Workers Club
Hold Annual Election
of Officers Today
The members of the Willing
Workers Club will hold a meeting
today at 1 p.m. at the home of
Mrs. Manly Robinson.
Mrs. Lloyd Catey wiil present
devotions and the program will be
presented by Mrs. Harlan Holcomb
-Members of the group are urged
to attend as this is the annual
meeting of the group,'and election
of officers for the coming yea«
will be held.
Career Night
Planned For
9th Graders
* Plans are underway at Saline
Junior High School for a "career
night" for ninth grade pupils, and
Charles Jaquith, principal, has announced that faculty members
will meet with -pupils" and their
parents in the school auditorium
at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 28.
The results of aptitude tests
which pupils have taken throughout their- Junior High School years
will be made available to parents
who -will have an opportunity1 to
confer with counselling members
of the faculty.
Choices of careers will be discussed by Mr. Johnson, school
.counsellor, and guidance will be
offered in the selection of courses
to be followed by students as they
enter High School next fall.
This conference has been set up
with the cooperation of the Room
Mothers for the Ninth Grade, who
will serve as hostesses, ,and serve
refreshments during the evening.
They include Mrs. Dallas Hargett,
Mrs. Kenneth Gates, 'Mrs. Milton
Feldkamp, iMrs. Loren Bauer, Mrs.
Henry McKenzie and Mrs. Paul
Stralnic.
This group will be assisted by-
next year's Room Mothers, recently selected, who are Mrs. Arnold
Guenther, Mrs. Elmer Lange, Mrs.
John LaRue, Mrs. Harold Armbruster, Mrs. Clarence Wiebuscb.
and Mrs. Wilbert Schaible.
Mother-Daughter
Banquet Tonight
at Methodist Church
The annual Mother-Daughter
banquet of the Methodist Church
will be held tonight in the church.
Mrs. Leo Jensen will act as
toastmaster. Speaker for the event
will be Miss Margaret Robinson,
associate professor of" library science East Michigan' College. A
toast to daughters will be given
by Mrs. George Martin and "response by Marilyn Martin. *-
Group singing will "be lea • by
Mrs. Robert Merchant.
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