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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1946
Page
1
The piece contrasts wartime maximal production and postwar consumer abundance with scarcity driven by prices and inflation. It notes lend lease, GI benefits, and returning soldiers facing housing and business challenges, ending with a reflective question about democracy.
A critic laments contradictions in democracy noting warlike drives in peace time money wasted in public funds and political rot. The speaker warns of muddled elections and grafts returning with fanfare while the nation grapples with shortages yet aids enemies with intended good intentions.
The speaker extols free enterprise and democracy while noting domestic hunger and inequality. He cites Farmer Jones selling surplus butter to a relative and the neighbor seeing empty grocery shelves, highlighting class gaps and supply concerns in America.
The American Legion Auxiliary conducted the annual poppy sale to aid war victims disabled veterans and families of the dead. Rainy weather did not stop efforts in Saline as $323.81 was raised on Poppy Day Saturday May 25. Mrs Leland Dicks chaired the committee with help from Auxiliary members and Girl Scouts who sold on streets and canvassed house to house.
The American Legion Auxiliary selects Dorothy Finch as their Girl's State representative with Joan Kroeb as alternates. The event runs June 25 to July 2 at the University of Michigan Stockwell Building, honoring a high school junior with leadership, academics, and school involvement.
The Neighborhood Bridge Club entertained Mrs H G Indermauer with a farewell party on Monday evening. Bridge was played and refreshments served. A gift was presented as the Indermaurs move this week from Saline after four years to their new home in Dearborn Hills. Mr Indermaur works as a surgical supply salesman in the area.
Relief marked the close of the year as students from several grades held picnics. First graders went to the Detroit Zoo, while second fifth and sixth gathered at Saline City Park. Eighth and fourth visited Recreation Park in Ypsilanti, seventh joined the Ray Niles at Portage Lake camp, and eighth and ninth picnicked at Wall Lake. The senior class toured Mackinaw Island before dismissal.
Roberts and Jackson, winner and runner-up in the Indianapolis Memorial Day race, stopped in Saline Monday where Locker Boettger gave Roberts a closer shave than on the track.
George Miller six son of Arthur Miller narrowly escaped death Tuesday afternoon when he fell under a gravel loaded pickup in Hammond District. He was bruised with no internal injuries and his condition improved by Wednesday. He rode on the truck with neighbor Dwight Carr and fell when Carr stepped off. He was taken to a Tecumseh hospital for treatment.
Miss Ellen Everett of North Ann Arbor Street completed her nurse training and earned a diploma at Detroit Mercy School of Nursing on Outer Drive. She completed her second year at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor. Parents Mr and Mrs Graydon Everett attended with Miss Edna King as city guests.
All Scout Troops and Cub Packs with parents are invited to the annual Scout and Cub Circus at Camp Newkirk on Saturday June 29. Activities start at 4:00 PM with a supper at 6:00 PM and an evening program from 6:30 to 9:00 PM open to the public.
Saline Community Council advances a summer swimming project for youths with a site at Saline Valley Farms lake. A committee from the Saline Rotary Club will collaborate, Milan Rotary Club may join, and issues to solve include toilets dressing rooms and water purity checks. If completed a supervisor would oversee safety and the facility would operate three days weekly.
A candlelight ceremony at St. John’s Lutheran Church Bridgewater united Miss Arlene Feldkamp and Godfrey Hoeft with Rev. L C George Daschner officiating. The bride wore a white nylon taffeta gown and the wedding party included sisters of the groom and the groom’s sister as bridesmaids.
Eleven year old LeRoy Piemont of Detroit nearly drowned August 13 1945 but was saved by 15 year old Chelsea Michigan Scout Paul J Niehaus now a Star Scout The National Court of Honor awarded Niehaus the Medal for Life Saving praising his gallant conduct and urging continued service to others It notes the medal is a gold token and designs by Belmore Browne with a lasting lesson for preparedness and self sacrifice
A detailed wedding narrative describes Marion and the bride in pink and white outfits with carnation corsages. Attendants include Bette Feldkamp and Karen Kroll as flower girls, Robert Feldkamp as ringbearer, Esther Feldkamp and Doris Burmeister as singers, with Leonard Hoeft as best man. Ushers, reception at Feldkamp home, couple to live in Detroit after trip.
Mr and Mrs Ray Davis and numerous relatives gathered for the thirty-first annual Davis family reunion at Monroeville Indiana on Sunday. Eighty family members attended with three sisters and two brothers living. one brother in California was absent. A noon pot luck dinner was shared.
Susan Kay, two months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schroen, was baptized at St. Pauls Church during morning services on Sunday June 2 by Rev. Alvin Siemsen. Sponsors were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holzhauer. A dinner honored the occasion at the home of the baby's grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kern with immediate family and sponsors.
At the 37th Rotary International convention in Atlantic City on June 26, 16 000 Rotarians and family members from 50 countries gathered. Emphasis centered on world tasks aligned with United Nations goals promoting international understanding goodwill and peace. Richard C. Hedke of Detroit was chosen president succeeding T A Warren of Wolverhampton England.
A new paint job brightens the exterior of Reveling's Drug Store at the corner and the interior is being redecorated to freshen the shop's appearance.
Former Detroit representative Robert D. Wardell leads a 1946 push for a 17 member super state commission with salaries and expenses totaling 7 500 and 2 500. Proposal would shift liquor sales from the state to distillers raising retailer profits and consumer prices while tightening license rules and adding a written exam. Wage-boosted workers threaten strikes. coal prices could rise. tax and bond questions loom with a June 26 legislative briefing in Lansing.
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