1955-05-04; Reporter

              Davey Has A Bad Night
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VOL, 8, NO. 32
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89 GOLF VIEW LANE, ANN AEBOR
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1955
.Saline — Cub Scout Pack
Hight last week at the Saline
*^igh, gym _. gave local Cubs a
ejiance at some meaty dramatic
*oles. Feature of the night was
ft.'series of skits on the life of
Davey    Crockett,   . and    many
ere the .guns, knives, coonskin
^*ps, war-wlioops and death
Screams packed into the show.
- pne • fairly 'peaceful- scene in
the   series- of   skits   is shown
above. Believe it or not, that's
the mighty Davey flat on his
back, bravely waiting for
Chief Red Stick's knife to stab
him. Already dead is the unfortunate soldier in the foreground.
But on hand to save Davey
and blast the chief is Crockett's
friend, George Russell.
Jim Strait plays the part of
Rugsell;   Bill' Starling     is   the
corpse; Robert Gula is Dave"y;
and Harper Gilbert is the chief.
This skit was the production of
Den 2. Den 1 depicted Davey
being "born on a mountain
top"; Den 3 portrayed Davey's
service in Washington; Den 5
put on the "western march";'
Den 7 did "Davey at,the Alamo"; and* Den 6 'climaxed the
evening with a flag ceremony.
Week-End Acciden
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Dexter — Two serious accidents, one fatal, occured in
che area last week end.
At 2:30 p. m., May. 1, Carl
Keehn's ambulance was called
to the New York Central Railroad near the Milfe" Creek
Sporting Goods Store.grossing,
when a fifteen-year 'old boy
from Detroit, Ronald McCrary,
was instantly killed i by a
train. The victim had., walked
behind one moving train into
the path of another-i coming
from the other direction. He
was a friend of J. Horbacz, Detroit, who is a nephew of John
Zinks, of the village.
The other accident involved
a teen-age boy who was struck
by a car while walking along
the side of a wagon on a hay-
ride party. Carl Keehn's ambulance answered this call, also, and took the victim to St.
Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Ann
Arbor. The boy is Robert
Pruitt, 907 Wildt St., Ann Arbor.,
This   accident     occured    on
"Dexter Scouts Make Firsf-Qass
Dexter — Promoted to first-1 (front,    left to   right between | (rear)  Allen,  SchelJ, Kolander,
l^ass Scouts at a court of hon-j color - guards    McShane    and Lavalli,    Mull, Hackney,   Milli-
vr .last   Saturday   were   these Murray")    Coy,   Herrst,   Devine, ■ gan.
members of  Troop 28,  Dexter, another   Devine,   Baumgardner, | —Photo by Stevens
Dutch Jaycees
Name Judges For
Road-i-Q Event
Judges for the Manchester
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Teen-Age Road-e-o to be held
at W. Main St., Manchester on
May 15th, were named today
by James Cannon, Jaycee subcommittee chairman. The judges will be Charles Schebor,
iand an officer from the State
Police Post in Clinton. ■■■■;■
This is 'the se'con'd annual
Teen'-Age Road-e-o to be
staged by the Manchester Jaycees. Hugh Sutton, sub-committee chairman in charge of
entries said today that enough
teenagers have already signed
up for the event indicating a
new high in participation will
be reached.
General Chairman Harry
Johnson said - the* committee
pn prizes is working to make
this year's Road-e-o -a memorable event for the lucky winners. The local winner will go
on to the state contest on June
4th in Lansing. and one teenager will represent Michigan
in the national contest where
contestants bid .for $3,000 in
scholarships.
Portage Lake Rd., near Island
Lake Rd. Pruitt's condition
Monday was serious. Driver of
the auto was Mrs. Louetta W.
Winkle, Saline, ' She did not
sea the youth and was unaware
of the accident, until members
of the hay ride party called to
her.
Planned For May 12
• Open house will be held at
the Washtenaw County Hospital, Washtenaw Rd., from 2 to
4 p. m., May 12. Officers and
trustees of the Hospital Auxiliary will be at the hospital to
guide persons through the
building. The affair is being
held in observance of National
Hospital Week.
Mrs. H. R. Coffee and Mrs.
Walter Laubengayer of Ann
Arbor, are in charge -of arrangements. .
Dexter Youth Cop!
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Dexter — David Brown has
won the third annual Teen-
Age Road-e-o, sponsored by
the Ann Arbor Junior Chamber of Commerce. The event,
held last Sunday, included
written tests as well as a
demonstration of driving skills.
Brown will go to Lansing to
compete on June 4 for the
state championship, and a $500
scholarship offered by the
Pure Oil Co. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Brown of
7969 G. St.
Twenty-two youths took part
in the event. The judges were
Capt! Rolland J. Gainsley. of;
the Ann Arbor police department, Sheriff 'Erwin L. Klager
and Sgt. Paul A. tSavoury of
the state police.
Two Ann Arbor youths, Robert Thompson and Clarence
Partin, won second and third
places.
All three winners were presented with plaques by the
Ann Arbor Insurance Agents
Association and automobile accessories by Bena Motors, Inc.,
and the McDonald Ice Cream
Co.       ,
i§i!i$ Construction By Hannah Firm
arts Soon in Saline Subdivision
And These Are Close Behind
All-Sports Banquet
For Dexter High
To Honor Athletes
Dexter — Dr. Lloyd Olds, of
Michigan State Normal College,
who recently returned from
the Pan-American games,' will
.show slides'" of. the. games at
the Dexter -High School All-
Sports Banquet, sponsored by
the Kiwanis Club.
May 10 has been set as the
date for the banquet, which
will be held at the elementary
school, to honor high school
athletes. Both boys and girls
will be guests.
.Saline.— Construction of 60
houses on the former Foster
Green property on Bennett
St., will begin within a few
weeks. The area is being developed by the Hannah Building Co., Ann Arbor, which
owns the property and will do
the building. The land adjoins
Saline Heights  and- land own-
eif< by**" Edwin 'ilering*'"Lanat "'»&-
jording to Hannah, an additional 45 houses will" be built
aere by another firm, so that
Mill St. will be opened through
to Bennett St.
The houses to be built by
Hannah will be ranch style,
most of them with three bedrooms. There will be at least
6 different styles. The price
range will be from $12,000 to
$18,000.
A piece- of land of approximately "Iftxacres.- oft;Jhe prop--*,
erty along the river "will not
be developed, Hannah said,
'and probably will be used for
a playground.
The twelfth annual Builder's, Merchant's and Automotive Show .sponsored by the
Ann Arbor Junior Chamber of
Commerce will open at the
Fairgrounds in Ann Arbor on
Wednesday, May 11, 1955.
There will be five days of exhibits, rides and programs
through Sunday, May 15, 1955.
One of the outstanding new
features of this year's show,
•will be an exhibit of fifteen
antique automobiles -with models from as far in the past as
1907. The value of this exhibit
will exceed $100,000. All of the
cars are in perfect running
condition. Mayor Wm. Brown
of Ann Arbor and. other Civic
Officials whoj will open the
show at 3;00!p.m., May llth,
will ride to the ceremony in a
seven-passenger 1916 Reo owned by Mr. Tom Schuon of Ann
Arbor. Also in the Automobile
Show will be the latest 1955
model -cars and trucks, both
domestic and imported, as well
as factory displays, also" parts
and accessories. Space will toe
provided for demonstration
rides in the new cars.
^ Eighty exhibitors will feature
everything for the "home, from
the materials for building, to
the complete furnishings.
Washing'machines, water softeners, awnings, dishes, furnaces, swimming pools, aluminum windows, garages, lumber
and paints are only a few of
the many items to be displayed. A mechanical man who
talks and moves, will appear,
Elsifor Moving Co., will have a
national exhibition van, ceramic tile will be installed in
actual    demonstration.    Nearly
anions Bowl
In tad Rapids Tilt .
..Dexter -— ."Eif4eehjae3nbBrs>:-o|.
the three local kiwanis bowling teams played in the Kiwanis tournament, in Grand Rapids, May  1.
every exhibitor is giving away
prizes at the show, including
french friers, vacuum cleaners, candy and handbags. New
products scheduled to be
shown are plastic dinnerware
with designs, kitchens cabinets completely coated with
plastic, swimming pools, backyard garbage disposal units
and many others.
A $200.00 Architectural Corn^
petition -will be sponsored by
the Fingerle Lumber Company
of Ann Arbor and will be for
low cost housing, using wood
frame construction. Entries
have been received from all
over Southeastern Michigan.
The contest has been approved
and will be judged toy the American Institute of -Architec-.
ture. All entries, including the
winners, will toe on display at
the Show. Also on display, will
be model homes designed by
local High School students
that were prize winners in the
recent contest - staged toy the
Michigan Contractor's Association.
Radio shows will . emanate
from the grounds daily over
Stations WHRV " and WPAG
and Television Station WPAG-.
TV.
On- the Midway, the W.G,
Wade Shows will ""operate ten
"Thrill" rides, including some
for children. Saturday, May
14th, will be "kiddie's day" at
the Show and all rides will be
half price.
Parking for visitors to the
Show will be available for the
first time this year on the race
track with entrance on Dexter
Ave. The area will, be supervised and a lighted walkway
will extend from the track to
'.the Midway. The Show -will be
all under cover. The doors
'open at 2:00 p.m. and close at
10:00 * pjn. on Wednesday,
^u^d^y^^gnd^Fadl^^ to-^SaU^=
urday, the hours are from
12:00, noon until 10:00 p.m.
Sunday the hours will be from
12:00/ noon until  8:00 p.m.
Trudy Wins Dutch Hearts
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In "the same cqurt of honor, j McShane  and  Murray • at  the  Toon, -White; Gurts, Hartmann,
held at*" Dexter   Huron Park,! colors,  were promoted to  sec- Herrst, Carlson.
fnfese 'Scouts',"* accompanied bytond-class:    McDonald,    Cortor?l    • —Photo by Stevens
Manchester Senior Class
To See Big City
Manchester — On May 22,
•the 28 members of the high
school senior class will leave
from Ann Artior to visit New
York City. They will return on
June 2, following planned
sight-seeing trips in the city
and shopping expeditions.
The group will be accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Miller and Mrs. Hulda Martin.
Seniors from the village have
traditionally gone to Washington for their annual trip. This
is the first year that New
York City has been chosen.
Mother's Day Program
Set At Bethel Church
Freedom Township — Both
choirs will participate in the
Mother's Day, program at
Bethel Church, May 8.
The topic for the" "English
sermon will be:- "Christian
Home."
Mrs. Neuderf er
Named Head Of
20th Century Club
Manchester — Mrs. Raymond
STeuderfer was elected presi-
lent of the Twentieth Century
Jlub at the meeting held April
.6, at the home of Mrs. Tom
<valton. Mrs. Edna Snowman
■vas co-hostess.
Other officers elected were:
\Irs. Franklin M. Reck, "vice-
president; Mrs. Roger Harden-
bergh, secretary; and Mrs. K.
M. Furgeson, treasurer. Mrs.
"Sardenbergh was elected to a
aew term after filling out the
unexpired term of Mrs. Ray
Trolz, who resigned from the
office because of other duties.
The program for the evening
'ncluded an auction of articles
contributed by members, and
games were played.
This is the last meeting of
the club this spring. The new
officers will assume their
duties in the fall.
Fire-Damaged House
To Be Good As New
Webster ' Township — Mrs.
Donna Baldus, whose home at
5755 Webster Church Rd., was
severely damaged by fire several weeks ago, expects "to move
back into the rebuilt house in
about two weeks.
Carpenters have been working for ten days rebuilding
and remodeling. Jhe interior
will be almost completely new,
and 'Mrs." Baldus has,- altered
the "original floor plan of the
house.
TV At Church Now
Manchester — A TV antenna
has been installed on the
Methodist Church so that television programs will»be possible
in the church dining room:
The official board of the
Methodist Church will meet .at
8 p. m., May 5,, at the parsonage. ' •
Serman Exchange Student Captivates
Manchester Folks On Two-Day Visit
Manchester — Traute Shaef-
er, 17, an exchange student
from Mannheim, Germany, was
\ -visitor in the village last
Thursday and Friday, as a
guest of the Youth Fellowship
of the Methodist Church.
Traute came to the United
States last July, and has been
attending school in 'Northville.
She will return to Her home
in< August. While in Manchester, she was the house guest of
Mr." and Mrs. Marvin Oates.
At the meeting of the Youth
Fellowship, Thursday, Traute
told of her experiences under
Communism while in the East-
em Zone in Germany. Her
family escaped and are now
"iving in the - American Zone.
She" believes that the youth,
under control of the Communists in the zone they occupy
in Germany, has been completely 'indoctrinated.
Europeans have formed opin
ions of America based on movies, largely the cowboy and
Indian variety, the visitor said,
and think that the United
States is very wild and money
is "thrown around." The social
life in American schools impressed her, since she had to
study for long hours at home.
A typically^ American girl's
pajama party was given for
Miss Traute on Thursday night,
and on Friday she visited the
high school.
Traute is shown above, left
center, with Nondus Gilbert,
her Youth Fellowship hostess,
taking in the llth grade English class of Harold Strayer, at
the high school. The German
jirl appears to have little need
of instruction in that subject.
Conversational English, of the
precise Oxford variety, Is required in Traute's homeland
schools, and her command of
English was excellent.
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