1956-08-23; Reporter

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VOL. 9, NO. 49—THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1956
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FREAK MISHAP
KILLS FARMER
IN LIMA TWP.
CHELSEA—A freak accident
last Monday resulted in tho
death ot William Seitz, lima
Township farmer. Seitz's fatal
injuries were suffered when a
belt driving a feed grinder
broke and hurled him to the
ground, fracturing his skull.
The accident occurred at the
Seitz farm at 679 South Lima
Center Road. y
William had operated the
farm since his father, Phillip
Seitz, had been invalided by
arthritis.
He was taken to St. Joseph's
Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, and
died shortly thereafter. He is
survived by his wife, Virginia.
Funeral rites will be held at
2 o'clock this afternoon,at the
Burkhardt Funeral Home in
•Chelsea, with the Rev. H. P.
Grabowski and the Rev. T. W.
Menzel officiating.
Manchester Host
For State-Wide
Softball Tourney
MANCHESTER — The state
Class D Softball Tournament
will be held here on August 31,
September 1, 2 and 3. Featured
in the wind-up competition will
be the eight top teams from
every region in the state of
Michigan.
One of the teams will be from
the Manchester Softball League,
since the host city has the privilege of placing one team in the
tourney.
A best two out of three series
is being held this week to determine which of the Manchester League Class D teams will
participate.
Tournament games will be
played Friday night, August 31,
and Saturday, Sunday and Monday afternoons and evenings.
This will mark the first time
that Manchester . has played
host for such a state-wide tournament . .'. and sponsors are
hopeful that local fans will produce a good turn-out for the
event.
THE WEATHERMAN WASN'T COOPERATING, but the
picnic was a success! Last Saturday was the date set for the annual picnic of employe, s and their families at the Universal Die
Casting &-Manufacturing plant in Saline. As in past years, the
picnic was slated for thg Saline Park. But the weather looked'
threatening, so the sitejwas changed to the Saline High School
gym. The turn-out was large, as usual, and the large gym was
pushed close to capacity by the crowd. But weather or not, the
potluch pi _nic, the contests and prizes, and the chance to do some
visiting, all resulted in a fire time for everyone.
Earlier in the day, doors of the Universal plant were thrown
wide for an "open house," giving employees and their families and
friends an opportunity to learn more of the operation of the die-
casting factory.
Saline Legion Auxiliary Members
Plan Installation, Anniversary Meet
SAT,TNE—The American Legion Auxiliary No. 322 will hold
its annual membership banquet
and installation of new^ officers
next Tuesday evening 'starting
at 6:30."
Hostesses for the evening will
be the group's past officers.
Mrs. Doris Robison is chairman
of the banquet, with Mrs. Clara
Finkbeiner, Mrs. Ralph Hunt,
Mrs. Orville Finkbeiner, Mrs.
Jack Winkle and Mrs. Edwin
raf assisting.
Graf assisting.
The Brooklyn installing team
will head the installation rites,
with Mrs. Lloyd Dell, past* district president, as installing officer.
Another highlight of the evening will be the celebration of
the 2 5th anniversary of the
Auxiliary. It was organized in
August, 1931, and seven original members will be honored
and presented with* 25 - year
guards for continuous membership. Mrs. Arthur Marsh, of Ann
Arbor, the first installing officer, will award these honors
to: Mrs. Donald Burkhart, Mrs.
Max Fosdick, Mrs. Amanda
Meddaugh, Mrs. Archie L*aw-
rence, Mrs. Carl Moehn, Mrs.
Donald Stimpson and Mrs. Andrew Hartman.
The new officers to be installed are: Mrs. Silas Nord,
president; Mrs. Ray Hunt,* first
vice-president; Mrs. Jack Graf,
second vice-preident; Mrs. Robert Harvey, recording secretary;
Mrs. Frank Carter, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Clyde Griffin, treasurer; Mrs. Laverne
Armbruster, historian; Mrs.
Merritt Martin, chaplain; Mrs.
Earl Meyers, sergeant-at-arms;
Mrs. Lloyd Dell, parliamentarian; Mrs. Milton Finkbeiner,
Mrs. Harold Finch, Mrs. Wayne
Goble and Mrs. Max Fosdick,
members of the executive board.
Don Johnson Tells
Of Swine Day Event
YACKITY-YAK
CLASS OPENS
SEPTEMBER 5
IN SALINE
SALINE — School will begirt
with a half-day session for all
pupils except those in kindergarten on the morning of
Sept. 5. -
Kindergarten will not begin
until Sept. 10. Preceding this
on Sept. 5, 6 "and 7, kindergarten teachers- will have conferences with parents at the
Elementary School. Notices will
be sent out this week from the
office of the Superintendent of
Schools to the parents of kindergarten children notifying
them of the name of their
child's teacher and the time of
the appointment for their interview with her.
•Some new-faces to be seen
on th Saline Schools faculty are
shown in the accompanying pictures.
3 Out Of 4 Homes Have TV
The Census Bureau reported
recently that a sample survey in
February showed that almost
three out of four households in
the United States had one or
more television sets.
This compared with 67 per
cent of householders with sets;
in June, 1955, and 12 per cent
in 1950, when the bureau made
its first such survey. About' 4
per cent of all householders had
two or more sets in February
compared with 2 per cent in
June, 1955.
The South has the lowest proportion of television households
but showed the greatest percentage increase in the eight months
— from 52 to 63 per cent. The
Northeast had the highest concentration, but the smallest increase during the eight months
— from 80 to 82 per cent.
one circuit -— and that should
be master - switched either in
some inaccessible or secret position, or in a manner that can
-be padlocked.
Milk Producers
Demand Price Hike
New Tires To Be Smaller
The** trend to smaller, wider
tires for passenger cars will
take a big jump with the Introduction of the 1957 models, a
tire company executive said
recently. E. F. Tomlinson,
president of the B. F. Goodrich
Tire Company, said the trend
has been relatively slow in recent years, but that about 70
per cent of the cars in 1957 will'
be equipped with 14 - inch tires.
Tires of 15 - inch diameter have
been standard equipment on
most models since the late Nin-
teen Forties.
The belief of some people that
foreign and domestic" consumption of U. S. food and fiber will
catch up with increasing farm
production in the next several
years is "overly optimistic,"
states the U. S. Department of;
Agricultural. In the last sev-!
era! years farm production per
acre has increased 40 percent,
while population has grown only
25 percent in the same period.
The 13 - year expanded highway program, now going into
effect had strong Grange support. As passed, the law authorized the U. S. government
to spend §33 billion for highways; $25 billion will be spent
on the interstate system, and
and the rest on primary, farm-
to-market and urban roads.
Present taxes will raise $23.5
billion; added taxes will raise
the remainder. Increased taxes
will cost the average owner of
a passenger car $8 a year more.
Accident Proof
Even a 4 - year - old can flick
on the switch that runs a power
tool. As a safeguard, all outlets for power tools should be on
Most family food shoppers
take for granted clean and
wholesome meat, but it wasn't
so fifty years ago. It was June
30, 1906, that Congress passed
the federal meat inspection
service which provides for inspection of meats in U. S. packing plants for marketing interstate or in foreign countries.
More than   half   the tractor
accidents on. farms in Michigan
this   spring   involved   farmers,
who were 50 to 65 years old.
By September 4
EAST LANSING — A state
meeting of delegates and officers of the Michigan Milk Producers Association, held here
last Tuesday, resulted in a demand for a $5.35 per hundredweight price for milk . . . and
the demand was backed up by
the threat of a strike by the
membership of the dairy farmers' organization.
Deadline for the price increase, and for the alternative
strike, was set at September 4.
The price demanded is 55c per
hundredweight over the $4.80
price set by the current federal
milk marketing order covering
the Detroit milk shed.
Spokesmen for the dairy interests in this area have already indicated that the demanded price increase, if allowed, will result in a further
increase of lc per quart in the
retail price of milk.
SALINE BAND
RECORDS ON
SALE AT FAIR
SALINE—- Lovers of band
music will be able to stock up
*_*c*i:___ a choice phonograph record at the Saline Community
Fair, according to plans formulated at the last meeting of the
Saline Band Parents executive
committee. Using money netted
at last month's ice cream social,
the group plans to "have a disc
produced from Saline High Band
tapes recorded by Howard Johnson . . . and the 45 r.p.m. record
will be sold at the boosters'
booth at the fair.
If the sale is successful, the
group plans to produce more
records for sale in the future.
The executive board also-devoted part of the August meeting to work on the constitution
and by-laws of the organization.
Tentative plans were made for
a square dance in October.
Next meeting of the Band
Parents group will be held September 19. .
TRINITY LUTHERAN
YOUTH TO MEET
SAUNE — Young people of
Trinity Lutheran Church will
meet at Saline Park at 8 p-m.
Sunday.
FRIENDSHIP CLASS
NOT MEETING
SALINE—There will be no
meeting of the Friendship Class
of Federated Church this month.
A.S.C. Maps Plans
For Election
Of Committeemen
ANN ARBOR — The Washtenaw County ASC Committee
has designated each of the 20
townships in the county as a
community for the purpose of
the administration of the na-
tioifal farm, programs in the
county.
Election of three committeemen from each community will
be held by mail early in September.
Nominations will be made by
community election boards and
by petition. Nomination petitions signed by at least 10
farmers in the community will
place the name on the ballot.
First Annual Swine Day will-
be held at the Swine Farm,
Michigan State University, on
Monday, August 27. The field
event will be of interest to both
commercial swine producers and
purebred breeders.
Washtenaw farmers are advised to arrive at the Swine
Farm (located at the south end
of Farm Lane) between 9:30
and 10:30 a.m. As small groups
arrive, conducted tours, will be
made of the feed lots and experimental unit. .Visitors will
see experiments on (1) free
choice vs. complete mixed rations for swine; (2) rations
with and without oats; (3) ef-
j fects of over-feeding of min-
; erals; (4) how much antibiotics to feed; (5) tour of the
Swine Evaluation Station.
The following program has
been arranged for the afternoon
in the new Animal Industries
Building:
1:00 — "Animal Industries
Has a New Home"—Dean T. K.
Cowden.
1:15—"How I Raise 250 litters Per Year"—L. L. Stewart,
Kirklin, Indiana.
2:00—"What's Ahead For the
Hog Producer" — Harold Riley,
Ag. Econ. Dept., M.S.U.
2:20 — "A Look Under the
Skin of a Pig"—L. J. Bratzler
& A. M. Pearson, Animal Husbandry Dept., M.S.U.
3:00—Adjournment.
3:10—Tour of Animal Indus-
Aries Building and Meats Laboratory.
According to Don Johnson,
County Agricultural Agent, this
will be an excellent opportunity
to get first-hand the latest information on swine production.
Plan now to visit* this worthwhile field day with a car load
of your neighbors.
Name Commission
The Senate recently confirmed five individuals nominated
by President Eisenhower to be
members of the newly - established commission which will
study and report on increased
industrial utilization of agricultural commodities. The board
was established by the farm
legislation enacted earlier this
year in accordance with an
amendment proposed by Senator
Carl Curtis, Nebraska Republican, and is to make its report to
the President not later than
next June 15.
Among those selected by Mr.
Eisenhower is Karl D. Butler, of
Ithaca, N. Y., former president
of the American Institute of Cooperation, who currently operates a farm near Ithaca and
serves as an agricultural consultant to AVCO Manufacturing
Corporation. Other members
named to the five - man board
are:" George H. Coppers, En-
glewood, N. J., president of the
National Biscuit Company;
Charles R. Sayre, Scott, Miss.,
president of the Delta and Pine
Land Company; Frank J Welch,*
Lexington, Ky., dean of the
Kentucky College of Agriculture; and J. Leroy Welsh, Omaha, Nebr., industrialist and
grain elevator- operator. Dean
Welsh and Mr. Sayre were
named as Democratic members
and the others were named as
Republicans.
Weekend trips to the lake call
for only a small wardrobe.
Swimming togs, shorts, jeans
and shirts are all necessary. One
change of sport clothes for
adults and two for children
should be enough. With the addition of underwear and pajamas, your weekend wardrobe
should be complete.*
MANCHESTER — Moved
ahead close to one month from
last year's date, in the hope of
more favorable weather, the
•Manchester Community Fair for
1956 opened yesterday at the
athletic field.
Today the fair really hits its
stride, with all exhibits scheduled to be in their places by 12
noon, and with judging to start
at 1 p.m.
At 3:*30 p.m. this afternoon
there will be a money scramble
for the youngsters . . . and this
evening, for the first time in
recent years, a parade will herald the first full day of fair-
time activities. Paced by parade
chairman Lyle Widmayer in a
vintage Star automobile, the
procession will form at the athletic field, travel through the
main business section" of town,
then return to the fairgrounds
for the start of the evening's
festivities.
Highlight Of the Thursday
night program will be a concert
by the Manchester High School
band..
And of course throughout the
day and evening?- as throughout
the entire four-day run of the
fair, the Anderson Amusement
Co. will offer rides and carnival
attractions for young and old.
Friday's activities will get
underway at 9:45 a.m. with the.
annual cooking school at the
civic auditorium near the fairgrounds. L. V. Kirk, local G.E.
dealer, and the Consumers
Power Co., will co-sponsor the
school, demonstrating the latest;
developments in modern cookery.
At 10:30 a.m., months of
preparatory work on the part
of Steer Club and 4-H contestants will be climaxed with
the judging of entries in the
steer competition. Highlights of
the afternoon program will be
a tractor backing contest and a
greased pig scramble.
In the evening, there will be
a fireworks display at 9:30.
The fair-time schedule will
continue to be lively on Saturday. At 11:30 a.m. the Union
Savings-Bank of Manchester
will again sponsor a luncheon
in honor of Steer Club and 4-H
members at the Emanuel
Church Hall. This will be the
sixth annual luncheon put on
by the local bank.
Following the banquet and
program, the group will adjourn
to the fairgrounds for the payoff, the annual steer auction,
set to start at 1:45 p.m.
At 3:30 p.m. there will be another of the annual horse shows
featured by the fair.
And in the evening, the Manchester Fair will be climaxed
with a talent show starting at
8 p.m.
Heading plans and preparations for the 1956 fair have been
Will Kulenkamp, president of
the fair board; Jesse Walker,
vice-president; Herbert Jacob,
secretary; Harold Burch, treasurer; and Willard Mann, Wen-..
dell Reinhart, Marie Sc&_sS_erT
Earl Koebbe, and Willis Uphaus.
who, with the officers, comprise the board of directors.
Nancy Cowles Clark
First Graft.
William Thomson
Languages, History
Gail W. Oliver
First Grade
Robert B. Morrison
Driver Training, Commercial
Patricia Strobel
Second. Grade
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G. Adrienne Allen
'Sixth Grade
Paul Thibault
English, History
Margery Milks
English