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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1953
Page
1
Saline residents call the recent Fair a success with ideal weather and a lively parade. A local church parsonage on McKay Street nears occupancy and adds curb appeal. A traffic engineer and others remark on motorists as “morons” amid the Haunted House sounds.
Mrs. C. F. Unterkircher learned of the death of her sister Mrs. Chiles L. Mix 84 of Americus Georgia formerly of Chicago where her husband Dr Charles L. Mix was a longtime Northwestern University professor of Diagnosis. Funeral services were in Americus and ashes returned to Chicago.
American Legion Post No. 46 and its Drum and Bugle Corps operate a hot dog stand outside the Legion Home in Ann Arbor with all proceeds funding uniforms. The group has performed in Dexter Ypsilanti South Lyons Romeo and at the State Legion convention in Detroit where they placed fifth. They seek support to expand next year and plan future fish fries at the Legion home with tickets available at the post.
A new Cub Scout den is being formed and parents interested in joining should contact Mike Strait for more information about enrollment and meetings.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Mann have returned from a journey through Texas and other western states.
Burglars smashed a side window at Hoett's Service Station 200 E Michigan to grab the cash register containing about 25 to 27 dollars. Neighbors alerted police after a 4 by 6 by 5 ft board was used to break in the side window. A getaway car fled south on Harris and east on Henry, with two men seen fleeing. Officers tracked the car but lost it at Maple and Textile Road. The cash register was found on Textile Road around 6:00 am.
The Room Mothers Association of Saline Area Schools will meet October 12 at 8:00 in the high school auditorium. Mrs. Lois Sebastian will discuss the guidance program as used in the school and will illustrate with two films Human Growth and Human Reproduction. She will answer questions after the screenings.
The Saline JCCs won first place in the Senior division of the parade float contest with a rocket themed float bearing the slogan Aiming for a Better Community. Oak Grove School won first in the Junior Division.
Socker Boettger came home Friday from the hospital and is recovering well.
Three automobiles were stolen in Saline between 7 and 9 p m Tuesday. Two were recovered abandoned on Henry Street nearby and a stolen Detroit car was found abandoned. Lloyd Feldkamp’s car on Bemis Road and Alwin Finkbeiner’s 1946 Ford, both low on gas, were located on Henry Street. W R Struble’s 1951 Oldsmobile from Elmer Steele's garage disappeared about 8 15 p m and remains unrecovered.
Gilbert Hayes captured the grand champion lamb at Saline Community Fair with 95 pound plus stock. Thirty lambs entered by the Lamb's Club averaged 95 pounds and 29. per pound, with Saline Hatchery and Kasco Milling paying 1.00 per pound. Doris Herter's reserve lamb sold for 46 per pound to Saline Hotel. Mary Lou Weber's third prize lamb sold to Dexter Livestock at 38.5 per pound. Armour's head buyer called the quality the best yet and Ray Linehan served as auctioneer.
At noon police found a car abandoned on Monroe south of 112. The vehicle was reported stolen in Detroit. Investigators believe the same thieves stole cars in Saline as well. In all cases the owners left keys in the cars, and the department warns residents that leaving keys in vehicles invites theft.
Eight thousand three hundred ten admission tickets were sold for this year’s Saline Community Fair. With all day tickets, roughly four to five thousand people attended each evening performance.
Mrs Henry Leutheuser will host the Ladies Aid Society at her country home on the Ann Arbor Saline Road on Wednesday October 14 at 2 00 PM. Assisting her are Mrs J G Bradley and Mrs Arthur Jacobsen PE. Elections for officers and three Circles will be held in October. Devotions by Mrs Alger Allison missionary report program topic "Together We Seek To Be Servants" presented by Mrs Paul Reed. Mrs Hugh Austin will preside.
Forty three Saline Area teachers travel to Ann Arbor for the Michigan Education Association Regional Conference. Region three officers are George Nimmo chair Clyde Briggs secretary and Wayne Smith regional executive secretary. Events include general sessions at Hill Auditorium and a full Friday of sectional meetings on education topics.
Ralph Diable leads Saline High School band through a demanding schedule of concerts at the Michigan State Fair Music Shell, home football halftime shows, a Detroit Lions game trip, and a fair parade. The same issue covers Saline Community Fair cattle auctions where Grand Champion steer Diable claims the top prize and high bids.
Photographer Richard Martin of 103 Russell Street won four first prizes and one second in the Baby Beauty Contest at the Saline Community Fair, with portraits among the winning entries.
A Red Cross Saline drive will park a mobile blood bank on December 1, following a recent visit that yielded 24 pints. Half stayed in Saline, half went to the National Bank, with six pints already used. JCOQ's will issue pledge cards aiming for 200 pledges.
October Circle II of the Federated Ladies Aid Society postpones its meeting from the third Thursday to October 22 at 2 00 pm at Mrs Eugene Gehringers Textile Rd home. Circles I and III keep Oct 15 meetings and all three groups elect officers for January leadership. Mrs Lewis Ernst hosts Circle T Oct 15 at 8 00 pm with assistants Mrs S Y Cotton and Mrs Everett Collins. Circle II meets at Mrs Charles Uphaus home with Mrs Russell Wright assisting.
A list covers industrial education kindergarten language arts mathematics parental teacher associations physical education and problems of beginning teachers professional problems retired teachers rural problems science and conservation social studies and teacher exchange.
National champion Fowler Brothers headlined the Saline Fair pulling events winning the heavyweight division and overall Saline Fair title. Other top finishers included Harold Van Husen Bronson in third and John Drake Hillsdale in fourth with Bud Seegar Saline fifth. Lightweight winners featured George Sullivan Coldwater and Don Johnson Reading. Tractor Pull results list Don Bassett Milan first in lightweight and Bill McCalla Ann Arbor second in medium lightweight and heavyweights top finishers.
Saline residents dominated the Hog exhibit at the Saline Community Fair. Ernest Girbach led in Bears and six months or under, with Gene Girbach securing multiple firsts in older classes. James Gleason and Nancy Gleason also earned top placements across Barrow Pen and Barrow single categories.
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