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VOL. 9, NO. 45—THURSDAY, JULY 26,1956
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"Fastest Growing Weekly In Washtenaw County"
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Democrats Plan Session
Saturday Night In
Names Five New Teachers
For Dexter School System
Washtenaw    County    Deino-
crats will meet their candidates
I at a rally and dance to be held
j Saturday, July 28 at the Local
HINT OF FAIR TIME AHEAD is this
scene on the farm of Mr. and Mrs Eussell Fuller, north of Manchester on the Chelsea Road,
Daughters Elaine and Mary Fuller are mighty
busy these days grooming their steers for the
Manchester Fair coming next month. Elaine's
project will he entered in Manchester Steer Club
competition, and Mary's steer will he entered in
the 4-H showings.
YACKITY- YAK
The interests of the farmers
are uppermost in the minds of
the sponsors of the Michigan
Field Days "and Plowing Match
which will beN held in Consta-
tine, Michigan on August 27 and
28.
Entertainment, speakers, exhibits and educational features
have been especially prepared
for the benefit of farmers and
the addition of contour plowing
to the contest program is expected to attract additional entrants and provide an interesting feature for the viewers.
Heretofore, level land plowing
has been the only event. The
feature attraction of the event
is the appearance of Secretary
of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson who will speak on Tuesday
afternoon, August 28. *" •"
Jay Gould of station WOWO,
Ft. Wayne, will again emcee the
event which will be held this
year on the Harold. Outman
farm, north of Constantine.  •
The Constantine Rotary
Club, sponsors of the affair,
will have the assistance of the
Michigan State University Extension Service and the Soil
Conservation District. The'latter are arranging many tours
and demonstrations of the latest
developments in better farming
methods. A program of home-
making is also being planned,
which will be of interest to
women.
County Agents and Soil Conservation Districts have the contest entry blanks. "Trophies
and cash awards will go to the
first four place winners with additional Plowing Contest for the
winners of first and second
: places. .   *
Even the inveterate gambler
doesn't know when the first
deck of playing* cards was.
manufactured. \ The orgin of
playing cards is cloaked in uncertainty, but some contend
with the Chinese ih the 12th
Century. Odd facts: There are
52 weeks in the .year as. there
are 52 cards in the deck. There
-are 13 cards in a suit as there
are 13 lunar months' in the
year.
of the earth's crust, but is so
intricately concealed that its
existence eluded scientists until
it was destroyed in 1807 by Sir
Humphrey Davy British electro-
chemist.
Kink Saud of Saudi Arabia
takes top honors for elegance on
wheels. He has a fifty - foot
mobile palace, made by a U. S.
trailer concern, for visiting distant subjets. Dominating the
perambulating throne room is
American - made rose - colored
carpet..
The first president of the
United States, ,says National
Geographic Society, was not
George Washington. He. was
John Hanson of Maryland —
under the Articles of Confederation. '
Aluminum was once considered a precious metal, more valuable than gold, until the French
scientist Deville succeeded in
his search for a low - cost
method of production which reduced the cost from $545 to $17
per pound.
The matchbook is an important political aid in Texas. Local candidates in the state
average 25,000 matchbooks to
advertise themselves while gubernatorial aspirants often give
away as many as a million during a campaigi).
A 25 - watt bulb eould be kept
continuously lit for two weeks
on the power required "to produce -one pound of aluminum.
The power to make one ton
wpuld light:the average house
for a generation.
Despite our world =-wide xxon-
mercial operations, the principal
region for the foreign trade of
the United-States is the Western Hemisphere, with this area
accounting for more than 40
per cent, of .our exports .and 55
per cent of our imports.     -
Aluminum is the most plenti*
ful non - ferrous metal in the
world.   It represents one-eighth
Escape: To -the list of dramatic escapes" from the Communist empire there was added
last week the story of a mid -
air gun battle in a Hungarian
commercial airliner.   The plane
had- taken off from Budapest
Friday evening. Soon afterward anti - Communist passengers, including a former pilot,
moved in on the crew. Shots
were exchanged. The crew was
overpowered, and the former
pilot took the controls and flew
the plane to the U. S. Air Force
base atlngolstadt in West
Germany. Twelve of the nineteen persons aboard the plane
have been hospitalized for injuries. Seven of the total have
asked for asylum in the West.
The Test will be sent back.
More than three - fourths
(77 per cent) of persons living
five "to ten miles away from
their place of employment, and
more than five - sixths of those
living more than ten miles
away, depend on cars for home-
to-work transportation.
All wool used in American
carpets is non - American.
While U. S. sheep produce wool
that is ideal for clothing and
blankets, only imported wool is
tough\and "springy" enough to
withstand floor traffic. .
Thafs champion!: Englishmen love to'tell the story of the
Yorkshireman who once took
his son tp the Roses Match, the
annual championship cricket
game between Lancashire and
Yorkshire. At the luncheon
break the father sent the son
home to get some sandwiches
which "they had forgotten in
their excitement. Two hours
passed, play was resumed and
still the boy had.not returned.
Finally he came running up
breathlessly and said: "Aye,
father; summat terrible's happened—house is burnt down,
mother's dead", sister's in hospital." - The father replied,
"That's nowt, lad, there's been
tragedy" here, too — Hutton's
out." Last week at Buckingham
Palace, Queen Elizabeth
knighted Len Hutton, pride of
Yorkshire and one of cricket's
all - time greats.
The dragon tree -of Spain's
Canary Islands sometimes
readies 50 feet in (sreumfer-
fence. Islanders once used the
dark - red resin, called dragon's
blood,' to embalm their kings
DEXTER — Five new teach-j
ers have signed contracts to,
teach in the Dexter schools next
year, according to an announ,ce--[
ment by" Wayne Webb, superin-]
tendent of schools. All posi-j
tions are now filled, Webb said, j
except that of an art teacher. *
A new football coach and a
basket ball coach will be on the
staff in the fall.
Donald Mclntyre, who has
been a football coach at Almont
High School for six years, willi
take over the duties of football
coach   and   will   teach  history
and science in the high "school."
The new basketball coach will
be Herbert Whitaker, formerly
of the Potterville, Michigan
High School, where he was basketball coach. In the Dexter
High 'School he will teach biology and science.
Mrs. Barbara Van Stenburgh,
from   the   Birmingham   High
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School, will teach Spanish and
have library duties.
Miss   Jill  Johnston,   a   June
adustS-ifGE" "western Michigan College, will teach music.
In the Elementary School,
Mrs. Frances Walsh, of Dexter,
will teach a new section of the
fourth grade. Mrs. Walsh has
taught previously in the Dexter
Schools.
The school system- now has a
total -of 43 teachers.
WEIMER FAMILY
HOLDS REUNION
AT FRED BRAXJNS'
SALINE — A reunion of the
Weimer family was held Sunday, July 22, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Braun, of Bemis
Road, Saline.
The 55 members present enjoyed a potluck dinner at noon.
Mrs. George Bohnett took the
honors as the oldest member
present. Susan Denise Leonard,
three - month - old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Leonard,
Ann Arbor, was the youngest
member of the elan at the re-
Union.
Guests were present from Saline, Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti,
Dearborn, and Camp McCoy,
Wisconsin.
Fluoridation Clinic
Set For Saline
SALINE — The Fluoridation
Clinic will be held in the Agriculture Room in the High'
School from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m., July 30 - August 14.
The clinic is being held on an
appointment basis, and the
dates have not  been  changed
TALLEST STRUCTURE EST SALINE AREA is the new water
tower at the Universal Die Casting and Manufacturing Plant. The
recently completed structure, fed by the company's own wells, will
assure the die easting plant a plentiful supply of water, required
in huge quantities for its manufacturing operations.
In the foreground of tlie picture is another phase of the firm's
current expansion program. An addition to the buffing department and the shipping and receiving floor was started recently,
and was expected to be completed by this time. But shortages of
structural steel, brought about by the industry-wide steel strike,
has stymied work on the building. Work will be resumed on the
addition as soon as the steel is once again available.    .
Maiville Named
F.H.A. Supervisor
For This Area
George E. Maiville is the new
County Supervisor for the
Farmers Home Administration
for Washtenaw, Wayne and.
Monroe counties, replacing Patrick J. O'Malley'who has been
Acting County Supervisor for
two years, at the same time being Area Supervisor.
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Mr. Maiville is a native of
Lake County and has taught
Veteran Agriculture at St.
Johns for four years and Vocational Agriculture at Beaverton
two years and served as Principal at Maple Rapids one year.
The Farmers Home Administration makes loans for livestock and tools, farm purchase
and improvement, tiling, irrigation and soil conservation
purposes.
The local office serving Washtenaw, Wayne and Monroe, counties is in Room 17 of the County
Building in Ann Arbor.
Grossman Injured
In Trailer Fire
At Pleasant Lake
.MANCHESTER — Rollie
Grossman, Manchester volunteer fireman, suffered an injured ankle in a fire in a house
trailer at the Hoener" Trailer
Park, in Freedom Township
Monday evening..
The trailer, occupied by Jack
It. Daniels of Pleasant Lake,
was destroyed. Daniels told
firemen he was asleep when the
blaze started.
Firemen pulled the trailer to
the road to prevent flames from,
spreading to other property.   •
Campbell To Occupy    ~y
Saline Pulpit As Guest      ~
SALINE — Loren W. Campbell, Ann Arbor attorney, and
former pastor of the Dixboro
Methodist Church, will lie the
guest minister at the Saline
Methodist (^ureh,' August 5.
Key. Benish will be on vacation.
f oraado To
Get Loucl
Dexter Toot
DEXTER — Two long blasts
of 30 seconds each on the fire
siren will be used to alert firemen and residents to the danger
of a tornado in the immediate
area of the village, it has been
announced by fire chief Art
Lovell. The signal is designed
primarily fo call the firemen to
tlie fire station, rather than as
a warning to residents in the
village, the chief said, but it is
expected to serve in both capacities.
Lovell emphasized the fact
that the signal would not be
used when state police report a
tornado some distance away but
only when one is sighted in the
immediate vicinity..
The 30 - second signal was
tried out at 7:15 p.m. Monday
evening. The signal is regularly
blown for-fires in short eight-
seconds cycles, and this signal
will continue as usual. ■ " '"■
Dexter Fire Crew
Calls At Trinkles'
DEXTER — Firemen were
called Jo the Trinkle Farm on
Trinkle Road Monday afternoon
as a precautionary measure
when a fuse on an Edison pole
caught-fire near a barn on the
farm. Firemen stood by until
the danger was pasj.
849 Hall, Chidester and Spring
Streets, Ypsilanti. Arranged
by the Ypsilanti City Democratic Committee, the affair will
feature the music of L. D. and
his orchestra.   "
County Democrats have two
contests in the August 7th primary election. Alice S. Filie,
Ann Arbor Township and
*FfariKlin J: "Shepherd, Ypsilanti,
Township are entered in the
-race for the Second Congressional. District Democratic nomination: For the right to be
party nominee for the Second
Legislative District seat, Aloy-
sius P. (Ollie) Minick of Willis
is being challenged by Ypsilanti
realtor George L. Robins. Minick was the 1954 Democratic
candidate for that office.
Other candidates who will be
present are: Arthur E. Carpenter, East Ann Arbor, running for State Senator; Morris
Janowitz, Ann Arbor, candidate
for the Legislature in the First
District; Walter A. Gregg,
Whitmore Lake, candidate for
Prosecutor; Lawrence Olter-
sdorf, Superior Township, candidate for Sheriff; Annette C.
Hodesh, Ann Arbor, for County
Clerk; Virgil L. McAllister, Saline, for County Treasurer; Agnes B. FitzGerald, Salem, for
Register of Deeds; Wayne H.
Predmore, Sr., York Township,
for Drain Commissioner; James_
N. (Bud) Davis, Ypsilanti, for
Coroner; arid Richard D. Bare,
Ann Arbor, for Surveyor.
Frank Sczymanski, Michigan
Auditor General recently appointed to fill the vacancy in
that office, will be present to
represent the State Administrative Board.       v
The committee for the affair
includes: Layton'Stoddard,
Burleson Fitzharris, Edna Hed-
rick, Bud Davis, Evelyn Matthews, and Clara Owens, all of
the Ypsilanti Committee.
PLANNINCfc A BIG SAUNE STREET
DANCE, members of the Teen Agers dance
committee headed by Judy Hunt map the derails, on the site of the August 1 event. The
dance is just one of the summertime activities
sponsored by the Saline Recreation Committee.
It will be held on East McKay Street, adjacent
to the high school gym entrance and will feature'
lire organ music and records for dancing. Admission will involve " only the presentation of
Teen Canteen.members' ticket, costing 25c. Any
teen - ager is welcome, stag or drag.
Committee members . . . along with a
helper or two . . . . Jan Jeppesen, Paula
Stralnic, Sandiland Bowen, Judy Hunt, Jo
AViebusch,  Paul Engel, Mrs.  Raymond  Alber,
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