1955-01-19; Reporter

              Reporter
Vol, -8; No: 17
Wednesday, January 19, 1955
Past And Future Mingle In County Scenes Of Today
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Freedom Township — A familiar sight for folks in the
-Manchester - Pleasant Lake ^
Chelsea territory is "the handsome white team» of Jim - and
Bob,'still faithfully at work for
their masters,    the Bahnmiller
brothers. Martin BahnmiUer,'-at
the reins, has never driven a
car, an<i has no ,desire ta-do-jgor
"My eyesight isn't up to it/: he
explains. .    .
Consequently,   Jim and- Bob
happily take the pla'ce of;arito,
truck and tractor for the Bahn-
millers, -and will continue-to do
so* despite theJs£eguties of even
this year's new model cars.'"
And.speaking of beauties .. .
how'about the one that Martin's"
riding in? v. It's estimated to be
a century old!. Looks and runs
like new., .tnough". »*.' ahcl-certainly brings back happy memories" of happier days for many
who' view it."    •---■-•
Ann Arbor — Even a- modern
traffic signal, symbol of- the
20th century, looks'^ oddly antiquated in comparison with the
clean-cut beauty of the new
county building here, shown
■ from- the- Main Street-Huron in-'
tersection . ,
... and "the " '"gingerbread"
fronts of buildings facing the
courthouse     on    North     Main
. ^oStrjeet show, even more contrast.
<:*^?itri the new architectures-Here
the windows on the west side
of 'the county" building" act as
mirrors for the aging beauties
opposite.
Drillers Abandon Well Qn Nixon Farm
With No Oil At Near-One-Mile Depth
Dexter—Drillers for 'the" Sun
Oil Co., last Saturday abandoned the well which they had .put.
down on the Nixon farm on
Daly Rd. "After drilling 24 hours
a day since the' well was -first
started the day before Thanks^
giving . . suspending operations only' for Christmas . . the
4-H Service Club
To Meet Jan. 22
County 4-H Service Club
Members ■ are cordially invited
to attend a chop-suey dinner
and the 4-H Service Club Officers Installation and Candle
Lighting Service, on January 22
1955.
The dinner will start at-7:30
at the home of ErWin Steeb,
900 N. Dixboro Road, just north
of Geddes Road. All members
are encouraged to attend—
especially new  members."
Deadline Near For
Rummage Pick-ups
Arm Arbor — The deadline for
collections for the Kiwanis
Rummage Sale, Jan. 27, 28 and
29, at the Armory in Ann„Arbor,
is drawing near. All persons
wishing to contribute to the
sale are asked to call NO 2-6552
or NO 2-0014, and articles will
be picked up. Nothing is too
small or too large for this sale,
which is held annually to raise
funds for the work the locai
Kiwanis Club does for youth in
this area.  .
oil-hunters gave up after get-'
ting within two feet of th'a*
.5,000. .foot depth without a trace*
of oil.
The drilling -continued on the
Tound-the^-clock schedule up
till Saturday". Then, last Monday ,the rig was dismantled, ther
hole, close to a mile in _ depthf
was plugged with, concrete;
and the drillers moved on to
■another well site, this one outside the county.„
"We aren'tso awfully disappointed," Mrs. Neil Nixon re--
.ported Monday. "We knew that?
this was likely, to be the out j
come of the -drilling, so we had>
kept our hopes down and-
hadn't been counting on the?-
well's being a producer at all."
Annual Holstein
Meet Planned
Annual meeting of Washten—
naw-Wayne Holstein breeders-
is scheduled for January 24, ^
1955. It will be held at St.
Paul's Church, Saline starting
at 12 noon.
The ladies of St. Paul's "will- -
again serve one of their delici-'
ous  family style dinners.  Tic-*
kets are $1.50.
Russ Miller National Field -
man, will be on hand with-t
news and views of interest to all-
Holstein  Breeders.
Everett Miller, State Associa-S
tion Director will speak.
Following the business" meeting    and annual   report there-'
will be an election of two Directors. Positions presently held;
hy    Leonard  Burmesiter     antiT
Geo, Carpenter will be filled.--