1957-05-30; Saline Observer

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER  DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE, CIVIC   ENDEAVOR AND AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS IN THE SALINE AREA
•pjS^LXXIV (Member of Saline Chamber of Commerce)
SALINE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY. MAY 30. 1957
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They Went Fishing
Joe Hill  left, and Lawrence Hunter of, Ted's Service
Station, Saline, proudly display ten of the dozea good -
sized fish they caught Sunday at Rapid River in the Upper Peninsula.            . - ._■_ *_
New Saline Episcopal
Mission to Confirm
Its First Class Friday
The Right Heverend Archie Henry Crowley, suffragan
bishop of the diocese of Michigan of the Protestant Episco-
nal Church'will conduct the special confirmation serfice of
the Mission of the Holy Cross, Saline, at the Masonic Temple
Friday, May 31, at 7:00 p.m.
Friends and relatives of the con-
form'aiits are invited to a reception arranged by Mission members
for the class and the bishop following the services,     .? *,
Tie new Episcopal mission in
Saline was organized a few weeks
ago.
' The Rt. Rev. Crowley was elected bishop in 1954 and consecrated
four months later. He has won
considerable esteem and affection
of clergy and laity in.one of tihe
most rapidly growing dioceses in
the. nation.
ISefore his election, Bishop, Crowley was rector of St. James Church,
Gross'elle.
As suffragan bishop, his particular responsibilities ^pel^de^the"
department of Ctoistiari Mub'ation,
the department of Christian social
relations, college work,, laymen's1
Writ, diocesan camps land" conferences and marriage: commission;
Bishop Crowley is a New. "Eng-
lander by background. Born in
Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1907,. he
was educated at Dartmouth and
graduated from Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge. Previous to
his tenure at St. James', he was
rector of Grace Church, Lawrence,
Massachusetts.
He is married and has two sons',
Lawrence and Daniel.
Area Churches
Plan Children's
Day On June 9
Exercises, for Children's (Day are
being -planned * by the • iSunday
School "of the, .Federated Presbyterian- Churches, to be held on
Sunday, June 9.    . -...     •   .
The program will be held at the
regular hour -of Church School assembly, 9:4'5 a.m.,, in the Church
Sanctuary. Teachers of ■". the primary department, of which Mrs.
Arthur^Lutz is superintendent, are
arranging the pfogram"'to be presented, and the Junior Choir, under the direction of Mrs. Carl
Geddes will assist.
Rehearsals will be held at 1:30
p.m., on both this Saturday and
next Saturday, Mrs. Lutz announces.
Election of Officers
The Mary-Martha Guild of the
Stony Creek Methodist Church recently elected the following officers
for the coming year: President,
Mrs. Patricia Meharg; Vice-President," Mrs. Doris de Larouque;
Secretary, Mrs. Mariam Walker:
and Treasurer, Mrs. Dorothy Cr'an-
Next Week Starts Rural
Mailbox In^provement Drive
In Southern W^htenaw
Postmasters of Manchester. Milan.and Saline called attention this week to the Annual Rural Mail Box Improvement Program to be observed two weeks starting June 3.
The program this year has been broadened to include
boxes on certain types of suburban "mounted" routes where
the householder's box is close to Post Office Department Report of
the curb and is served by a carrier 1889 - - when some of the first ef;
""■punted on a vehicle. ' forts were being  made   by postal
Here are some points that will authorities to improve rural mail
he stressed during the Rural Mail boxes. The report stated, "ex-
*■*-"  * treme  carelessness  was  manifest
ed .. . tomato cans, cigar boxes,
drainage pipes upended, .soap boxes and even sections of discarded
stovepipes were used as mail boxes  ... "
— ="c=acu uuring xne xturai :viau
Bo*"  Improvement   Program   this
year:
1. Where boxes are improperly
Mected or in unserviceable condition, patrons will be encouraged
to provide suitable receptacles,
erected and maintained for easy
aad safe accessibility, presenting
a Beat appearance, and affording
Protection to the mail.
2. Box holders will be urged to
Paint their boxes and box supports
•There needed.
.3. Box owners will be urged to
""•"scribe their names clearly on
""at side of the box which is clear-
»y visible to the carrier as .he approaches, if they have not already
done so.
■J. "Postmasters and rural carriers
**"! enlist the cooperation of . patrons to group boxes together at
cne site along the road wherever
Practicable.
5. Box holders will be asked to
-"afce sure the boxes are located
°n-r?e Woper side of the road.
The proper side of the -road for.
"■to box is on the right hand side
01 the road in the direction the
carrier drives when covering his
route..
The postmasters noted that.pro:
•"fan's such as Rural Mail Box "tin-
Provement Program "have been of
tremendous benefit' in :"assuring
**«e delivery of the " mails,- and
""Ping to beautify rural America.""
Rudolph Jedele
Funeral Rites
On Wednesday
Funeral services for Rudolph
Jedele, 69, who died Sunday at
Beyer Memorial Hospital, were
held Wednesday at the Stevens
& .Bush Funeral Home in Ypsiianti,- Burial was in Bethlehem Cemetery,  Ann Arbor.
Mr. Jedele was born in Lodi
Towns'hip, a son of Joseph and
Frederick'a Buss Jedele. He married Emilie Walker in Saline ton
January 17, 1912. He was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church.
Surviving besides his widow are
a son, Luther of Ann Arbor; a
daughter, Mrs. Ben VandenBelt of
Dearborn; four grandchildren; two
brothers, Edward of Lodi Township and Alfred of Ann. Arbor' and
five sis'ters, Mrs. Jacob Theurer of
Saline; Mrs. Julius Walker c of
Clinton; and Mrs. Ernest Meyer,
Memorial
Program
Tomorrow
Special Memorial Day observances, sponsored by the American
Legion "William B. Lutz Post Noo.
322 of Saline, wiU include a parade
through the city, a. Memorial service at the cemetery and a flag-
raising service at the Saline Area
High School.
The parade units will "assemble
at the "high s'chool and the parade
is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
from McKay Street. The routeof
the march to *he cemetery is from
McKay, at the high school, east on
Harris Street, then west on Michigan Avenue to the cemetery.
Milton Finkbeiner, com-rn'ander of
the local post, has asked all Boy
Scouts, civic groups and local organizations to take part in the parade and attend the 'memorial s'ar-
vices in honor of local heroic war
dead.
The order of march is .as follows; color guard, firing squad,
Saline High School Drum and Bugle Corps, Older veterans in cars;
the members of the local Legion
Post; The members of the Legion
Auxiliary; Gold Star Mothers;
Saline High School Band; Boy
Scouts; and Girl Scouts'; Brownies;
Junior Deputy Sheriff Unit; mounted unit of the Washtenaw County
Sheriff's department and civic
groups and organizations.
Following tiie Memorial Service,
the parade will reform and march
east-on Henry Street sto Ann Arbor Street, then north to the High
School where flag raising ceremonies will be conducted.
"vmS to beautify rural America.    uira«-». «"" -»-—-,----- -r-~-- •
Ta show what progress has been Mrs... Otto Blaes? and   Mrs.   Fred
Safe, they called attention to** Bed"" of Ann Arbor.
School Bond
Election Set
For June 24
BY  BESS  H.  TEFFT
Election, day is set for June
24th Voting, on a bond issue for
Saline's proposed new High'School)
will takeu- place'-'from'M-:0tf -a.mt-;
until 8:00 p.m^ in the high school
gymnasium, according to the Saline  Area Board of Education.
"With projected enrollments in
mind, the board has planned
thoughtfully, has pared costs and
facilities to an efficient yet adequate minimum, and has set the
bond issue at $1,650,000.
Voters three years ago elected to
raise 7.5 mills for an elementary
school. Legal bonding advisors for
the local -Board are confident that
the Old and new issue can be refinanced and combined and not
exceed the original 7.5 mills on
equalized valuation.
This total millage, then, would
include the elementary school debt
plus the new high school, and has
a possibility of being less as the
area valuation increases. Already
Saline's school area has reached
the $16,250,000 mark and is destined to increase even more within the next few years as planned
industrial expansion, currently in
its initial stages, takes place.
Also inevitable is the normal
residential growth which raises
ithe total valuation and spreads
the tax burden thus making possible a lower millage rate for the
bond retirement.
As has been explained previously in these articles, the current
Bond issue for the elementary
school has levied a 4.5 millage
while the original plan passed by
voters called for 7.5. Now without exceeding the 7.5 mill level,
the area can be assured of the
needed high school facilities to
meet rapidly increasing enrollments.
The present plan assumes a
4% per cent interest rate also on
the Bond retirement. It is the
feeling of the Board of Education
that this rate be considered top.
Present rates on the current issue
are lower, and - as in the past -
the Board would seek the lowest
rate possible.
Who can vote? Any school elector in a school district whose
name appears on the assessment
roll and who is the owner in his
own right of the property so assessed: Provided, that where ' a
husband and wife own property
jointly, regardless of the name
which appears on the assessment
roll, if otherwise qualified, each is
eligible to vote: Provided that he
— she is a citizen of the United
States, is 21 years of age or over,
and has been a resident of Michigan six months and of the district
30 days before the election.
Detailed preliminary plans for
the propost.3 high school, complete
with sketches will appear in . the
next report to the people. To vote
intelligently, residents should acquaint themselves -with all of the
facts ; .those which have appeared
in prlnt'up to date-    "      *  -
foefedom
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" OST Americans are inclined to take their blood-bought
freedom for granted. How lustily, in times of war, do
we sing songs of patriotism, exhibit due respect to the
boys in uniform, and pray for peace. Yet, when the
smoke of conflict subsides, our respect and regard for those who
bore the brunt of war's perilous sword quickly wanes and dies.
But true gratitude for an earned peace should be as perpetual as
is our'-freedom. The young men who frave the best years of their
lives,., often at the peril of life and limb, should always be remembered by the citizens of our nation. And that memory
should not find expression in a shallow'sentimentality, but in .
making adequate provision for these who have so willingly stood
in warts gap and subjected their youthful bodies to the onslaughts
of the" enemy. -
Freedom of any sort, it seems, never" comes cheap.   Our
spiritual freedom .was purchased at terrific cost by the most
splendid youth that ever walked the shores of time, Jesus Christ
the Sonlof God. It hardly seemed right that He of all men should
die in the very prime of life and at the peak of His usefulness!
But, in the wisdom Of God, only those who are ready, able and
willing, are called upon to bring life and liberty to those who
are unable to secure it for themselves. In the case of spiritual
freedom, there was only One in heaven and earth who was equal
to the task, and that was Jesus Christ.
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When our national freedom was jeopardized, only the young,
the strong, the very best of our society, were equal tb the task.
After World War I, 300,000 men returned home disabled, handicapped, or ill. World War II counted the disabled service men-
m the hundreds of thousands, and the Korean War added many
thousands more. It is estimated that by 1960 there will be
4,000,000 disabled veterans in America.
As a group, they have been self-sacrificing, counting the price
they paid as a debt they rightly owed. Most of them are like
the recruit who asked the recruiting officer in World War H:
"If I fight, Sir, what will be my reward?"
Swiftly came the blunt* answer: "Wounds, scars and perhaps
.    death.; Bit"remember] that through your wounds America will
remainLiree" '/"; . *
' '-That's enough" said the boy,."sign me up." ■■'.«.
- This is tlie spirit of the veteranMhe spirit of the true soldier.
But w*J,^ho profited sbgreatly by* their sacrifice, must not forget
the debt we owe these noble men who bear wodnds that well
might bave been our own.      ■     _
On this Memorial D.-iy it is fitting and proper that our thoughts
should not only be with those who were killed on the fields of
battle/but that we should remember those who were disabled in
freedomS-l conflict "VSTe" should resolve to pray for them and their
"* farmUesiuse every means at our comrnan*". ta'SfpaV* -;»,„
■^'-^SffiEawKiHiMp ^d"rtuffer,7^d^r;ally,?-thl,lT-wV ■—*. *
'  should red-edicate ourselves .to the great principles
'. oi"freedom • foi*. .which they "exposed, themselves so
willingly; **that i these -Disabled American Veterans
shall not have -been wounded in vain.
(WritUn MpKtellr fej *• D.A.V.-I"» IdK-.te-Tag organization)
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Baccalaureate Service
Sunday for '57 Class;
Graduation on June 6
"Senior Week" for the members of the Class of '57 -pf
the Saline Area High School will begin Sunday evening with
Baccalaureate services at the high school auditorium. On
Monday the almual Award Night program will be presented
in the auditorium and outdoor commencement excercises will
— ■ — 1 be held on    Thursday   at   Henne
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Annual School Election
Will Be H^^
Petitions Due June 18
SIX  FEET   A SECOND
Motorists should never take a
pedestrian's actions for granted.
According to the Institute for Safer Living, a walking person travels
slowly but he still moves about
six feet in one second. He can
step in front of your car before
you can apply the brakes. Slow
down when you see a pedestrian
ahead.
Mayor Enjoys
His 'Day' In
Hazel Park
Meredith" Bixby, who accompanied Mayor Leutheuser to Hazel
Park On Mayor's Exchange Day- reports on the activities of the^day.
Mayor Leutheuser and I arrived
in Hazel "Park, Michigan at about
10 .a.m. to observe the Mayor Exchange "Day. "".vie were met in the.
City Hall by a fine group of people who immediately made us feel
welcome.   "' -
We were surprised to find that
the reporter covering the event
for the Daily Tribune of Royal
Oak, 'was Al Coley.Al was the editor of the Saline Observer for several years.
Hazel Park has a fine new city
hall costing about ?230,000. We
explored it all and found it very
impressive.
We visited the courtroom and
met Judge {Baldwin. The judge
took us back to his private chambers and talked with Mayor Leutheuser for some time. The judge
comes from the north of England.
Our friends then took us to
breakfast at the restaurant owned
by Fred Elias, brother of Hazel
Park's Mayor.and we had a chance
to talk with our hosts. These included Mrs. Dorothy Rowley of the
Hazel Park News; Mr. Calvin Hen-:,
ry, the Hazel Park City Manager;
Laurie   Wilson   and   Dbn'Ambory.
We then visited the Police;-Station, looked into the six cells, 'examined the Police radio. They
have 32 policemen. The Fire sta-.
■_tiqn..*wa*9. next. They have 3 fire
.icuck'K - •jjU'^liey; .are-rftrowded for-
room. We then-looked "into- the
new recreation center which is a
new concrete block building housing a gym, lunch room and various
smaller conference .rooms. It is
constantly in use.
Lunch was at the Stephenson
Club of John Breitmayer. We were
joined by many Hazel Park's business men. We met Al Wallace, of
the Wallace Appliance Store; Mr.
Robinson, the Supt. of Schools;
Glen Harper, Hazel Park Cab iCo.;
Mrs. Dickie and Kaufraann; Don
Ambory of Ambory Mfg. Co-., and
others. It was a very pleasant
place and the lunch and conversation was good.
I was surprised to find Mayor
Leutheuser's niece Ann Leutheuser Who came from Germany a few
years back, working there and she
was in charge of our party.
After lunch we went out to the
Hazel Park Race Track. It opens
later in the week and  they were
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The annual "election of members
of the Board of Education of the
Saline" Area School District will
be held on Monday, July  8, 1857.
In order to have the name of a
candidate for office appear on the
legal ballot, a nomination petition
must be filed with the secretary
of-the Board of Education not
later than 4 p.m. June 18. Each
petition must be signed by not less
than twenty-five legaUy qualified
electors in the .district. No elector
can sign petitions for more candidates than are to be elected.
The three-year terms of office
of both 'Carl Burmeister and Alwln
Burkhardt expire in July. Election
of a member to fill the remaining
one year of the -Unexpired three-
year term which became vacant
upon the resignation of Dr. Harold
Miller, and since then filled, by
Frank Brittain, will also be neees"-
sary.-
Any school elector, in a school
district, whose name appears on
the assessment roll and who is the
owner in his own right of the.property so assesse'd,-is eligible tb election to office. Where . a * husband
and wife own property jointly," regardless of the name which' ap*.
pears- on the. assessment roll; if
otherwise qualified, each shall be
eligible to appointment or election
to school office.    -
Nomination, petitions -may be obtained at the office of the superintendent of schools' at .the high
school.
Arthur - Meharg and several
friends from Ann Arbor spent the
week-end in the Rifle River Area.
- Mrs. Louise Lathers and several
other members of the Lincoln
MOM'S, club, will attend the MOMS
National Convention, in Cleveland,-
Ohio. * - '      -
Quick Wheeling Astern Is A Tricky Task
une oi *-naay s contestants is snown rjacKing a car tnrough a tricky arrangement of
balls during one of the events at Saline's Road-e-o sponsored by the Saline Jaycees
Annual Road-e-o Winners Are Announced
Saline's annual Road-e-o sponsored" by the Junior Chamber of
Commerce *= took place Friday
afternoon with 12 high school'students participating and the winners
were* Donald Sawall, senior, first;
second, Sandiland Bowen, sopho
more;- third, Roy McCormick
junior. Others, participating were-
.""""nomas. Richard, Gerald Hering
Daniel "Larson, Stanley Poet, Rich
aid Lehtonen, Jan Lasie, Emil Mil-
key, Robert Brown and Patrick
Danby.
The contest, which consists of
written and .driving tests was judged by Sgt. Harold Bliss and Trooper Raymond Valley, Clinton State
Police Post; Capt. George Peter
son and Officer Virgil <Harrisoi
of the Washtenaw Sheriff's Depart-
Dicks of the Saline Police Department
Plaques w*U be presented to the"
.winners at the -Junior Chamber of
Commerce meeting on. June 6 and
Donald Sawall will compete in tfie
State Contest on" June 14 in -Detroit.
The chairman of the committee
was John Steeh and Paul Woods
ment; and Earl Kirby and Luther  and Howard Scruggs assisted
Field, weather permitting, or in
the auditorium, in ease of cold or
rainy weather.
The Baccalaureate address will
be delivered by Rev. Armin Bizer,
pastor of St. James Church.
The program will include Prelude, Romance Sibelius; Processional, "O God .Our Help in Ages
Past", Watts; Invocation, (followed by the Lord's Prayer), Rev.
James Johnson; Scripture Reading -
Music "How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings", Liddle by Joan Austin, accompanied by Arthur Katterjohn;
Sermon, Rev. Armin-Bizer; Hymn,
God of Our Fathers", Roberts;
Benediction, Rev. James Johnson;
Postlude, "Military Polonaise" by
Chopin.
Ushers and floral arrangements
by the Class of 1959.
Director of commencement week
activities is Mrs. Mildred Haswell.
Annual Awards Night will be
held at the high school auditorium, Monday at 8 p.m. The pro-
Saline Band; Welcome, James
gram will include band music, by
Knight, president of Student Council; Merit Service Awards, by
George Bonich; Student Council
Award; Bausch & Lomb Science
Award; Readers' Digest. Award, by
Elmer Houghton; Honor Roll
Plaque; Announcement of Scholarship Winners and University of
Michigan Honor Plaque.
Citizenship Cup presentation by
Mrs. Hazel Hertler, president of
Saline 'Woman's Club;Sportsmanship Cup, William Bailey; Dr.
Miller. Scholarship Cup; Leo Jen-'
sen; Student Council .Scholarship,
presented by James Knight and
Senior Scholarship, Charles Linde-
mann^iass of 1957.
Installation of Student Council
Preterit Mr 1957-58, "Gary Arm-
btuSer. by Jame's Knight;. . Band
MUBie'r- and,Gi't&.tory^by Class .of
1S581- Grol^M^ff-r^f the school
song will conclude the -program..'
Commencement exerelses.wiU begin at 8 p.m. Thursday, with Dr;'
Paul Miller as principal    speaker.
The program will include Processional "Pomp - Circumstance",
by High School Band; Invocation,
Rev. Alvin Siemson; Salutatory,
Janet Marion; Valedictory Sallee
Jo Wood; Music, Berceuse from
"Jocelyn" by Godard; Sally Stimpson and Sallie Haswell; Introduction of Speaker, by Leo Jensen, '
school superintendent; Address,
"New Horizons with an Old Philosophy", Dr. Paul Miller of Michigan State University; Presentation of Class of 1957, Elmer Houghton, principal of Saline High
School; Presentation of Diplomas
to Class-of 1957, Alwin Burkhardt,
Education; Benediction, Rev.' Al-
Representing Saline Area Board of.
vin Siemson and Recessional,
"Grand March from Aida-Verdi, by
Saline High School Band.
52 Seniors
Will Receive ;■
Diplomas,   .
Fifty-two. members Of th© Senior
Class of 1957 will receive graduation diplomas at commencement
exercises on June 6;
They are Marlene Eiseman, Donald Sawall, Norma Taylor, Louis
O'Mara, Mary Lee, Marilyn Martin,
Sallee Wood, Wanda Roehm, Dean
Schlief, Jeannette Wiedmayer, Gerald Whitelock, Janet Luckhardt,
Patricia Lenning, Karen Beck, Janet Marion and David Wagener " '
Charles Lindeman, Susan Adair,
Ralph Gross, Shirley Kind, Sally
Stimpson, Ruth Anderson, Emil
Milkey, Nancy Keveling, Richard
Weisenreder, Sandra Ross, Gladys
Durand, Richard Roehm, Magdalene Raus and Thomas Schumaier.
Sally lYoungs, James Knight,
Phyllis Hartman, Larry Gransdeh,
Judith Jordan, Marion Johnson,
Duane Guenther, Arlene Conner,
Danny Larson, .Carol Lambarth,
Larry Finkbeiner, Sata Haswell,
William Anderson, Mary Graden,
Ralph Myers, • Grace Guenther,
Mary Balmes, Louis Erickson, Arlene Diuble, Lewis. Gilbert, 'Eileen
Greshams and Harold Gramer..
W.S.C.8.' Meeting
The W.S.C.S. of the Stony Creek
Methodist Church met at uie
church May 16 where they enjoyed a program put on by the
members of the Class on Missions
U.S.A., led by Mrs. Grover Colby.
|S**ch member reported on the
taghUghte^of- a. chapter they had
studied during their'series of meet-
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