1956-08-02; Reporter

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VOL. 9, NO; 46—THURSDAY, AUGUST 2,1956
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Do Well |Vt Chicken Barbecue
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After attending most of the
^ -ice cream socials throughout the
county in"** recent weeks, candidates in the forthcoming primary election enjoyed a change
of diet last Thursday, at the
Manchester chicken barbecue.
For at leasfohe of'them, the
change was more than welcome.
Ice cream and cake are wonder-
v ful treats .   .    .but when
; taken in big helpings at all the
y county's socials, the  diet gets
pretty rich.
Nevertheless, the affairs did
.  afford the vote - seekers a grand
.opportunity to get out and get
^acquainted with lots of people
'■".   .   .   and they gave the. voters
a   similar  opportunity, to   get
.; acquainted   with   their   candidates.
_And the barbecues in Manchester ^.climaxed the calendar
by bringing together more than
3,000 chicken-fanciers and quite
a few office » seekers. It was
impossible to make an accurate
check" in the throng, "but it
seemed likely that almost a
complete roster of the county's
primary election candidates
made an appearance at the af-.
fair. ^
Just a few are pictured here.
Mrs. Beth Milford, candidate for state representative, gets valued
cooking   hints   from   Wendell   Reinhart   and   Frank McCalla.
Loaded down with chicken, the Marion family of Saline have no hands
left for a handshake with Jucigs John Con_ih.JSo everyone says howdy.
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Know Your
Candidates
Sheriff Erwin Klager enjoys a luscious drumstick and lines up a
sure vote with brother Lutey Klager, co-chairman of the barbecue.
YACKITY-YAK
Loren Campbell, candidate for probate judge, passes out campaign
cards and favors to Mr. ai>d Mrs. H. C. Ayres, of Manchester.
We -want to offer belated best
wishes to Gottlob Walker, Saline, who opened his' Saline
Bakery last week. Gottlob is a
baker of the old school . . .
literally! Thirty - six years ago
he started his own baking career with an apprenticeship in a
Wurttemberg, Germany, bakery.
In those days an apprenticeship
in Gemany meant "three years'
hard work with no pay", but it
was a sound and sure way for
a young man to learn his trade
thoroughly, from the ground lip.
And for examples of how well
Gottlob,learned his trade, there
were free doughnuts, with coffee, at the bakery's grand opening last week. Mighty delicious!
Jim Warner and DonaM Ehle, rivals for the G. O. P. state representative nomination, deuionstntet_u_t the rivalry is a friendly affair.
A 10*- year - old cat, which
long ago adopted the Dresselhouse and Davidter store in
Manchester as her home, last
week gave birth to her 87th. kitten. Royal Davidter phoned in
the happy news, but there was
a regretful note in his voice.
The^ old "girl had her latest litter of three kittens in a new
home. The tickle lady has moved
down the street to a rival store,
and* the forsaken Davidter holds
little hope that the new litter
will measure up to .previous
generations, which include numerous prominent citizens ainong
the Manchester cat roster.
A serious note for the Yak
column this week, On another
page of this issue we've published a letter to the editor
which expresses considerable
dissatisfactiop with the current
plans for a rural activities
building. We sympathize with
many of the sincere sentiments
expressed in the lettefc . ...
but we'd like to set- the record
straight on one point. We can
•all be very -thankful to our
County Farm Bureau leadership
. . . and especially to Frank
McCalla, W. F. B^ chairman at
the time . . .. for the happy
fact that there is a rural activities building in the works at all
today. If it hadn't been for the
alertness and aggressive work
of this group, the fairground
would in all probability- have
gone to the City of Affn Arbor
without so much as a crumb being .extended to. the rural interests involved." As it is, the
whole rural building project
grew out * 61 the satisfactory
settlement of the fairgrounds
issue, again through the hard
work- of a group headed by
Frank McCalla.-
And awhile we're handing out
compliments, here's another one
which is long Overdue, we_think.
Clarence Haarer, pf Saline, is
closing has' store temporarily;
and the closing announcement
had hardly been published when
we heard this sentiment Repeated time and again in the
Saline area: "I don't know how
we're going to get along without
Haarer's!".
"The meats you could get
there! They were wonderful!"
We hope that the way will
soon be clear for Clarence to
open up for good again He and
his store will be missed very
much every day till he does.
And Vote
Next
•Mrs. Clarence Bristle, out on
Zeeb Road, calls in to protest
the many political posters which
now appear on trees, poles,
barns . . . and _mythirig else
on which a sign can be fastened ^
... through the county. She'
is especially concerned about
the use of trees for this purpose. "Those spikes can't do
the trees any good," she protests, "And it's, certain there's
never heen a poster as lovely as
a treeP'        *
"We think she's  right about
the trees. But as for the posters
we just don't know. Maybe they
should be considered part of the
fun and xazzle - dazzle of "the
American politicking, much of i
-which seems hard to explain, |
but which still seems to turhj
out pretty well.   How do YOU,
feel about it? .
And Rodney Hutchinson, probate candidate, gains
a 1_utnre vote .fronr'a young Manchester fceatuy.
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