1955-01-12; Reporter

              The  Reporter
"Vol. 8, No. 16
Wednesday, January 12, 1955
Chelsea— The "old reporter"
flashed these two couples at
^the newlywed Bob Hellers'
horning last summer . . . amid
predictions that homings would
be in order for them, too, at an
early date. David Crocker and
his friend Doris Haist made
the prediction half true later
in the year when they were
united in marriage.
And   last    Saturday   Donald
Baurer   and Leila   Trinkle, the
couple on the left made the
prediction 100 per cent correct
when they too, spoke their wedding vows.
Eastern Star,
legion, Auxiliary,
Plan Polio Events
Saline '—A number of special
...'.events to benefit, the March of
Dimes drive'   now   bemg    held
throughout     the   county     are
^scheduled in    the    city    in the
near future.
A card party will he offered
-by the Eastern Star, at 8 p. m.,
.this Saturday. Tickets may be
secured from Wood's Hardware,
or Mrs. E. D. Wolfin. Homemade cakes and cookies will be
^jpen for prizes, and refreshments will be served.
A dance sponsored by the
American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary will be held, at
the Legion Home, Jan. 29.
Dancing will begin at 9 p. m.
Tickets for the danee will be
available from Milton Hartman
or Mrs. Harold Armbuster. The
dance is open to the public, and
proceeds will go to the March of
Dimes.
In another fund-raising effort, the Firemen's Auxiliary is
collecting metal coat hangers
to benefit the drive. Last year
this group collected 3,000
hangers, for ' which they received Y2 cent apiece. Hangers
may be turned in at the home
%* any local fireman, or on
Wed. and Sat. nights at the
Uphaus Electric Shop, or taken
to Mrs. Clyde Griffin, 121 East
-Michigan Ave., or Mrs. UDhaus,
314 N. Lewis St.
Proposed Hospital
Topic Of Public Meet
Saline — The Saline Hospital
Association will hold an important meeting, to which the public is invited, next Tuesday, 8:30
p.m., at the high school.
'^Principal business of the ses^
sion will'be the distribution of
information on.plans and cost
■of the proposed new hospital
which the association is promoting.
Chelsea Jaycees
Receive Charter,
Chelsea — More than 200
persons attended the charter
dinner and dance of the Chelsea
Junior Chamber of Commerce at
the high school last night.
The occasion for the banquet
was the presentation of the
state charter to the recently
formed Chelsea Jaycee group,
by Pete Baldwin, of Howell,
president of the state organization. Dr. John Pilkington,
president of the local chapter,
accepted the charter. The national charter was also received at the meeting.
The Chelsea Jaycees were or
ganized the latter part of November with 30 charter members. Officers include Dr. John
Pilkington, president; Jerome
V. Burg, first vice-president;
Robert Vanderkelen, second
vice - president; Jack Winans,
secretary; Ray Knickerbocker,
treasurer. The directors are
George Knickerbocker, Jack
Wellnitz, Roy Guenther, Rohn
Miller and William Storey.
Young would-be champions
at cherry pie baking are being
challenged to prove their prowess in a county bake-off to be
held Saturday, January 29, at
fee Michigan Consolidated Gas
T co. in Ann Arbor.
The baking contest, set to
start at 9:30 a. m., will end in
the choice of a county champion. The winner will receive a
county award, and will also re
ceive a free trip to Grand Rapids to compete in a state-wide
contest at a later date.
Each girl entering the county
competition must register for
the affair by January 22. Information on registrations and
contest rules may be obtained
from Anna Brown, extension
office in the court house, tor
from Ruth Stewart, home service director at the Gas Co.
Name King, Rorick
For Key Posts
In farm Bureau
Clarence King of South Lyon
and Marvin Rorick of Saline
both prominent in Washtenaw
Farm Bureau activities, -were
appointed last week to key
positions in the state Farm Bureau organization for southwest
Michigan. King was named regional representative for that
area, and Rorick was named
■insurance territorial representative for nine counties in the
area.
Having served as county
chairman for the Washtenaw
Farm Bureau in 1950, and with
close to three terms on the
county board of directors to
his credit, Clarence King will
take ample farm and Farm
Bureau experience with him to
his new job. He starts work on
it February 1. The Kings plan
to keep their present home for
the   time  being.
The Roricks are planning to
move to the Kalamazoo area,
where Marvin's new job starts
this Saturday. Rorick started
with the Michigan Farm Bureau insurance organization
last July on a full-time basis
Previous to that he had worked part - time on insurance
while serving also as ag. teacher at Saline High School.
Manchester    Jaycees
Take In Big- City
Manchester — Thirty - six
Manchester Jaycees, riding a
chartered bus, traveled to Detroit last Thursday, and enjoyed visits at a prominent
brewery there and an evening
hockey session between the
Red Wings and Boston at Olympia. The Jaycees were announced and saluted by the
television announcer covering
the game.
Large, Lively Rural Turn-Out Urged
or Jan. IS Meet On Fairgrounds Issue
An Agricultural Committee
headed by Frank McCalla of
■Whitmore Lake' has spent long
hours in recent months attempting to arrive at the best
possible solution, for everyone
concerned, to the various
problems, and opportunities,
which came with the sale of
the County Fairgrounds to the
City of Ann Arbor. With the so-
celled "fairgrounds issue' already at the decisive stage, the
committee urgently requests the
assistance of all rural interests
in the county, in making the
decisions which are necessary
now.
A public meeting will be.held
for this purpose at Pittsfield
Grange Hall next Tuesday, Jan.
18, at 8 p. m. A large turn-out
is urged.
For background, the committee summarizes the situation:
At present, community fairs
are being held in Saline, Milan,
Manchester and Chelsea, with
the County 4-H Show being
held on the fairgrounds site in
Ann Arbor.-
The County Fairgrounds have
been sold to the City of Ann Arbor, -with the understanding
that a site would be provided
on which facilities for future
Agricultural and Horticultural
events could be developed by
rural interests.
An Agricultural Committee
representing county interests
has been working jointly with
the City, to determine just
what could be arranged in developing future " facilities*""for
the 4-H Show at the present
site.
The question has been raised,
as to whether Washtenaw
County should try to develop a
county-wide fair, which would
take the place of Community
Fairs and the County Show, or
should they continue under the
present arrangement of Community Fairs and County 4-H
Show.
Continuing under the latter
plan means that  'a joint plan
Quick  Put-Out
Manchester—The Grossman-
Huber gas station here was the
scene of an auto fire last
Thursday evening. A car belong
ing to Lauren Bertke caught
fire, but the blaze had been put
out by the time the fire crew
arrived on the scene.
Dexter To Invite Bids
For Fire Hall Soon
Dexter — Village officials expect to advertise for bids for
the new fire hall before the
end of the month, and have
construction under way by
spring. The bond issue was approved for $40,000 in the election last Novembtr, but the project has to wait until all State
laws and regulations' are met
before contracts can be let.
would be worked out with the
City, to provide facilities on the
fairgrounds. A lot of work and
considerable progress has been
made along this line.
The Committee wants your
assistance in making the decisions necessary. You can give
the committee this support by
attending the meeting at Pittsfield Grange Hall on January
18 at 8:00 p. m. and giving your
answer to some of the following questions:
1. Is there a need for a County Fair
2. Are there any benefits derived from a County Fair over
the present set-up of a County 4-H Show and Community
Fairs
3. Is this county able to support a successful County Fair?
4. Would you support a County Fair more or less than the
present set-up?
5. Instead of a County Fair
should forces be combined into
a Rural Youth Show?
6. In your opinion, could
satisfactory facilities for either
a County 4-H Show or a County Rural Youth Show be set-up
in a joint agreement with the
City on the proposed site?
7. Where in your opinion
would be a satisfactory site iS
you do not agree with the pres1-
ent .proposed site?
.    8. In case o fa new site, how
jdo you propose to finance the
; project?
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!'JL'il.Kiwaniahs
I Invite Rummage
For Sale Jan. 27-29
Contributions to the Ann
Arbor Kiwanis Rummage sale
are now being collected, and
arrangements for the pick-up
of household goods and cloth-,
ing may be made by calling NO
2-6552.-Practically anything except mattresses is acceptable.
Used mattresses may be not be
sold.
The annual sale, which had
receipts of $10,000 last year,
will be held in the Ann Arbor
Armory on Jan. 27, 28 and 29.
A cafeteria will be open in the
armory for the convenience of.
shoppers and workers. Chairman for the event is Fred
Schmid.
Proceeds from the sale are
used to carry on the Kiwanis
work for local children in
need, children in University
Hospital, and contributions to
local youth work, including
Washtenaw 4-H.
You Said It!
"Which Is the Better Way to Spend Money in Winter
—for Fuel in Michigan?—or for Fun in Florida?
Louis Haeussler — I couldn't
say for sure, since I've never
been to Florida. . but I must
admit that I've had an awful
urge to get down there and
look around, lately.
Charles McCalla — Fun in
Florida.
Don Ticknor—I'd like the fun
in Florida but it isn't quite as
simple as it sounds. It takes
fuel to get you to Florida, you
know, and it takes fuel to get
you back . .and of course you
still have to burn quite a bit
of fuel to keep your house from
freezing up while you're gone.
Can't afford it this time!
Bud Miller—I'd rather be in
Florida, but I've got to stay
here..Business comes first.
Mrs. Leonard Burmister— I
wouldn't have any part of
Florida in the winter. It gets
cold down there too.
Wally Haab — I can't help
much on that question.s Fve
never been down to Florida . . .
but I've heard from a number
of folks who have made the
trip the weather gets a little
bit rough down there too.
Mrs. Katey Hatt—We've had
a pretty nice winter here. I
guess I'll stay in Michigan.
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