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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1955
Page
6
Marion Beveridge of Michigan State College explains background space or negative space as a tool in window displays and interior layouts. She says it creates rest for the eye and should be planned with foreground objects, using margins or shaping to relate to the main arrangement.
Linda Kay Martin 3 percent daughter of Mr and Mrs Merritt G Martin of Saline died early this morning at St Joseph Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor after a brief illness. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery Saline. Services held at 2 pm Saturday at Lockwood Funeral Home Saline with Rev H S Hocking officiating. Enrollments at MSC School of Agriculture up about 100 from last year. Pfc David Bredernitz on seven day leave at parental home before overseas duty. When MSC began in 1855 agriculture share fell from 87 percent to below 12 percent.
The piece describes three pounds of uranium powering eight hours for 3.5 million Detroit Edison customers, noting U S S Nautilus demonstrations and the high cost of commercial power. It outlines 1955 plans by Atomic Power Development Associates to build a liquid metal heat system and a nuclear steam generator, stressing industrial teamwork to advance peaceful atomic energy for a better world.
A community birthday notice lists individuals with upcoming dates including Norman Sherdt on February 12 Shirley Armbruster Erma Finch Mrs. Ronald Tower Paul Woods Sr Keith Brososky on February 14 Kathy Esch Karen Sharkey on February 15 Allen Coe on February 16 Genevieve Gross and Leon Schlooser on February 17.
Col. W. O. Beane of Norfolk Virginia ejected from a 133 jet trainer near San Antonio Texas after fuel loss. He reports 35 minutes aloft in poor visibility with vertical updrafts keeping him trapped. He landed in a tree 25 miles north of Randolph Air Force Base and suffered only scratches and bruises.
Druggist Basil Clark reported a man eyed valentines before pulling a pistol and shouting a stickup. The robber struck Clark with the gun, stole $35 from the till and escaped with a large lavender heart valentine inscribed to his mother.
Michigan State College hosts a sheep shearing school February 21 24 open to all from beginners to experts. Graydon Blank extension sheep specialist says the first two days focus on beginners while the last two cover advanced technique and equipment care with specialists on hand. More than 400 sheep from the college flock and nearby farms will be used in the training.
Bids will be opened March 3 for a $300,000 state office building to be constructed on a city owned site in Escanaba's business district. Financing comes from funds donated by the late Catherine Bonifas widow of lumber magnate William Bonifas. Sugar beets perform best when seed is sown in loose soil and pressed by packer wheels, MSC researchers report.
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