1957-12-19; Saline Observer

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Drive Safely
Over The
Holidays!
SALIN
RVER
The Life You
Save May Be
Your Own!
A  WEEKLY MEWSPAPEK DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE, CSmG __***|P--iV^
(Member of Saline Chamber of Commerce)
SALINE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY; DECEMBERM 1957
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ISSUE IS
Chamber of Commerce To Hold
Drawing for Picycle Dec. 21st
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,
Chamber Presents
Their Final Week of
Christmas Promotions
Santa will give one Christmas
present early this year, the recipient to be selected at a drawing
at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Saline
Savings Bank .corner. ."Part of the
street will be roped "off to contain,
the expected crowd.
.-. The gift, a bicycle, that has
been on display in the window of
Wight's Cleaners, will-.go- to, the
youngster whose name Is drawn
from the collection of tickets deposited before Saturday in boxes
provided by local merchants . . .
or cards may be deposited up to
Uie time of the drawing in a box
at the corner whfcre the drawing
Will take place.
The bicycle displayed is a full-
size1 boy's bike; but it may be
exchanged for a girl's bicycle or
one of a smaller size, a Chamber
of Commerce representative said,
"to be sure the gift fits the child."
Exchange can be arranged at the
Gamble store.
Santa himself will draw for the
lucky number, assisted by members
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Youngsters who have mailed letters to Santa in the special mailbox provided downtown, have received cards for the drawing with
the answers to their letters. Cards
have also been given by Santa on
each of his weekly Saturday afternoon visits to the city.
Th_>_B"cyele which has been. dis-.
played in Wight's Cleaners window for the last few weeks, will
be given away this Saturday.
George Bonich Heads
Holy Name Society
The Holy Name society of St.
Andrews Church, at their annual
meeting, elected George Bonich,
president; Dan Charobee, vice-
president; and Harry Miller, secretary-treasurer. The new officers
Mil assume their duties the second
Monday in January.
Bids Being
Taken For
Post Off ice
1/Official word, has been received
Ipm the Chicago Regional Office
JW the Post Office, to the effect
INt Saline has been scheduled for
» new Post Office. The Regional
r*fice of the Post Office Pepart-
fcent has advertised for competi-
i*ve bids as follows: Post Office
VfiP Saline, Michigan; Approximate
Fea: 2000 square feet; Assignable
l«te option held; Closing date for
|ls.eipt  0f m  bids:  February  3,
iJhe Department is anxious to
ll1 as many bids as possible. Those
Interested are asked to contact:
I*-*j John Jehowski, Real Estate
I*a - post" Office* Dep_-tment,
I™* Box 26656, Detroit 3i, Mich.
I'-Mephone: WOodward 3-4956.
NOTICE
Next week, Christmas being on
Wednesday, all Ad and news copy
should be in the Observer office by
Monday at 13:00 noon to assure
publication.
'The Saline Observer Staff would
also like to take this opportunity to
wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas, and to thank everyone for
their cooperation.
Homemaking Unit
Presents Dresses
To Goodfellows
The F. H. A. and the Homemaking class of the Saline High School
"have been' "busy "the past weeks,
making 18 dresses in sizes 8 for distribution by the Ypsiianti Goodfel-
lows.
The Goodfellows furnished the
material and the girls furnished the
notions and the trimmings for the
dresses. The girls were assisted by
their teacher, Miss Lemmer. Miss
Lemmer stated that most of these
girls had never sewn a dress before. Also assisting with the work
was Mrs. Betty Kuebler, adult tailoring teacher.
The following girls were responsible for the dresses: Naudine Meyers, Pat Cruse, Barbara Frey, Virginia Mayville, Deanne Malecka,
Barbara Funk, Marilyn Wiedmayer, Kathy Kuebler, Jean Ried, Mary
Ross, Joyce Conner, Donna Deck-
ert, Carol Losee, Mary Ann Socks,
Marjorie Stevens, Beverly Candit,
Eloise Herman, Gerry Peck, Bette
Feldkamp, Dallas Schmid, Carol Se-
vey, Carol.Englehart, Nelene Clark
and Pat Badeur.
Saline Calendar
December 19
Mary Martha Guild 8:00 p.m.,
Trinity Church: Christmas Party,
exchange of gifts.
Federated Church Intermediate
classes, taught by Mrs. William
Spike and Lt. Billy Clark, 7:30 p.m.
at the church, Christmas party.
Willing Workers Club 12:30 p.m.
at the home of Mrs. Josephine
Leonard, Arcona Road, Christmas
dihner, party, gift exchange, devotions, Mrs. Arthur Lutz, program,
Mrs. T. J. Irelan, roll call, Christmas verse.
Federated Church Intermediate
Class party, 7:30 p.m.
Rotary Club. 12 noon, Saline Hotel.
December 20.
Hockey, the University of Michigan vs. Colorado College, 8:00 p.m.
at the University Coliseum.
Elementary school children will
be dismissed at 11:00 a.m. for
Christmas vacation.
December 21
St. Paul Chatechism Class Christmas party, 10:00 a.m., church dinning room.
Trinity Sunday School, Rehearsal, 2:00 p.m., Dec. 21,2:30 p.m.;
Dec. 22.
St .Andrews Catholic Church;
Children's Christmas party, 10-11
a.m., parish hall; for children of all
ages; note change of time.
Federated Primary Christmas
party, 1:30 p.m., following rehearsals.
Federated Caroling 7:30 p.m.,
meet at church; Christmas party
following at manse.
.JCC Christmas party, 9:00 p.m.,
home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Rapp: for members, -wives and
guests, gift exchange.
St. Andrews Christmas party,
10:00 to 11:30. Sponsored by the
Altar Society.
Westminster Fellowship group of
Federated Church, will sing Christmas carols for the shut-in members of the congregation.
December 22
Christmas Concert. Federated
Church, 8:00 p.m., chancel choir,
directed by Harold Brown, Mrs.
Brown at the organ; reception honoring all choir members; Mrs. Hugh. Keveling, chairman.
Christmas Concert, St. Paul's
Church, 8:00 p.m. "The Christmas
Story", by choirs directed by Mrs.
Margaret Geiger.
Federated Church. Cradle Roll
Christmas party, 3:00-4:30 p.m.,
church dinning room.
Methodist Christmas Program,
7:30 p.m., by Sunday School, program and pageant. "The Story of
Christmas," directed by Mrs. Robert Merchant.
St. Paul Church.   Departmental
Church School, Christmas program
11:15 a_n., parents and guests.
(Continued on page 3), •
Ptotured left to right are: Deanne Malocha, Mar jorie Stevens, Miss Lemmer, Home Ec Teacher and
FHA advisor, Jean Keid, arid Mary Boss,
Pictured left to right are: Carol Lossee^ Marilyn Weidmayer, Barbara _-_ey, Virginia Mayville, Mary
Ann Socks and Joyce Conner. , '
Swiss Youth
Visits Saline
Director
Youth
School Board Has Approved
Preliminary Plans For Building
City Council
Orders Water
ment
' "At Monday night's: Council meeting, John; KbUry of Industrial. Chemicals, Incr Artn Arbor, presented
data on alleviating somewhat the
iron condition of-the city water
system.       .'"■•' ■   "
Koury explained that the equipment Would not perform miracles
immediately, however by next
spring there would be a marked
improvement. While it will cleai?
the water color Tip, it will not
change the taste or soften the wa-
er and is odorless.
A motion was made and passed
that the city have this equipment
installed at once^ and Mr. Ko.ury
thinks that it should be in Saline
by next week. If it is delivered by
the first of the week it is possible to have it installed the same
week. fisiS*1!
The cost of such a system will
be about $1100. And if the ecuip-
ment proved satisfactory it will be
continued.-
The.Sale 6f Wis for the construction of- the new Saline High
School; in the amount of $1,650,000
was approved on December 10, by
the State "Municipal Finance Commission.
The bonds wili be* offered to
Brokerage houses on the night; of
January 27. 1958. With the selling
of the bonds, construction i$ expected to begin by early spring.
The^ocation of the' ^*se"ho;ct''-MIr*b*e
on^Nofth Ann Arbor road, on property already acquired. ,-"„".
\ The scHoai'board has approved.
thepMi-hirtaryrplans and the architect'h_s.been given _je go aheacL
oh the final drafting of the* __rrij-y
Led Jensen, superintendent of the '
high school said, "that with "the
completion-of the plans the board"
will offer the various contractors'
the opportunity, to submit'"sealed
bids for the construction job".
Public borrowing approved by
the commission totaled $3,580,000.
Other school's included were; Buufc
ley Community School, Wexford
County, $7,000 in state aid notes,
for operating expenses.
Walkerville Rural Community
School, Oceana County, $20,000 in
state aid notes for operating expenses.
Lake School District, Ionia County, $3,000 in general obligation
bonds for school additions.
Grand Finale to be Held
Sat. at Schmid's Market
In a recent issue of the Hostel
News, a publication printed in New
York, there appeared on one of its
pages a cut of a Hostel and the
manager, with the question asked
as to "who the gentleman was and
where the Hostel was." Well, if
any of the folks around Saline
were to see the publication they
"would know at once that it was
no other" than Johnny Rule, the
congenial manager of the Saline
Youth Hostel, with a picture of
the Hostel.
. It was learned from Mr. Rule
this week that the Saline Valley
Hostel is the Oldest such establishment this side of the Alleghany
4no*-ntains, having been opened on
Milkey road in 1937. It seems that
at one time the hostel was a canning factory for the Saline Valley
Farms. In fact the store windows
are still in the front of the building and is now used as a large
dining room- and kitchen. There
is a large Walk-in refrigerator and
a modern elecjrie stove in the
kitchen.^      *    *   „■
About three quarters* of -a mile
from the building on the farm
property is Ella - Lee Lake, a
'spring-fed lake large enough for
both swimmers and boaters. The
lake is backed up by a picnic.area
with tables," -swings and a field for
baseball.
* J_r"   and" Mrs." John  Rule,,  the
house parents of the hostel have
welcomed many persons from far
away lands as well as- the folks
from the surrouding area.- Th_
hostel visitors book looks like the
register of an international hotel,
with the names of travelers from
Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela, Germany and, yes, a fellow _roin
Brooklyn. One of the - important
visitors at the SalmeValley Hostel
was the Secretary ylneral of the
Swiss _buth Hostel Association
and a member of the Executive
Board of The International Youth
Hostel Federation, who -stopped
over on his way to a meeting sponsored by the Metrppolitaft New
(Continued on page 3),
The grand finale of the Schmid's
Food Market's 60th Anniversary
sale will come Saturday of this
week. There will.be a large anniversary birthday cake to be cut
and passed out to the customers
by the Schmid's employees on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
There will also be free balloons
for the children.
As a climax to this event, will
be the passing out of thirty free
baskets of food to the visitors holding the lucky number. Each market basket in the store will carry
a number and there will be duplicates of the same in a box, from
which the lucky numbers will be
drawn.
Schmid's Food Market has been
a family owned market for the
past sixty years, and from, a beginning of one small room, which
is now just the front of the present
store, they have grown. In 1948 the
original building* was becoming
too small and a new section 60x70
was added along with four refrigerators and anew smokehouse.
This growing up from the infancy
stage has only been, accomplished
by the many friends and customers
.'-..-.*'.*■*
the Schmids. have .gathered around
them in the passing years.
Erwin _-chmid said today "that
the organization from the beginning* to the present day force attending the needs of their customers, have feit ;that the people of
Saline and the surrounding area
have helped them to arrive at this
their 60th Anniversary, and the
entire Organization wishes to thank
each of you, and wishes you aTt^a
very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New ■____.""»■■
Rev. and Mrs. McKenzie were at
the First Presbyterian: church in
Bucyrus, Ohio, -last Sunday, of
which their son Rev. H. S. McKenzie is pastor. Rev. Henry McKenzie delivered the sermon for
the baptism of his 3-month-old
granddaughter.
Tommy Phelps
Breaks Leg In
Fall On Ice
Tuesday of last week a group
of children Were playing train on
the ice at the Saline Elementary
school, when they suddenly fell
with several of the youngsters* falling on Tommy Phelps. Tommy suffered a broken leg, and is novy\a ■
patient in St. Joseph Hospital, Ann
Arbor.
With the holidays so near, it*
would be nice if the friends and
playmates of Tommy would send
him cards and pay him a visit, to
help the long period required for
broken bones to "mend. His address
will be Tommy Phelps, 4th Floor,
St. Joseph Hospital. Ann-Arbor,
Mich.