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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1967
Page
11
The Single Heights Square Dance Club will observe St Patrick Day with an 8 pm dance Friday featuring a wearin of the green. Unmarried western square dancers are welcome. Pat Mathews is the caller.
The Town line Workers 4 H Club convened March 6 at the Burmeister home with President Car ol Ernst presiding. Thirty three members enrolled in projects including flower gardening and rabbit care. Mrs. Leon Heimerdinger to lead those efforts. Next meeting set for April 7 at 7 30 p.m.
The Willing Workers will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at the home of Mrs. Arthur Lutz on Macon Road. Mrs. Richard Weisenreder leads the program and Mrs. Dallas Garrett will give the devotions.
Michigan strawberry production covers about 10 000 acres annually yielding over 8 million dollars but growers fear decline as imports from Mexico surge. Don Nugent of Benzie County notes 25 acres yield about 100 tons yearly and cites Bracero program cuts as driving labor away. Mexican acreage rose from 4000 to 11000 acres between 1955 and 1965, accelerating after the Bracero law ended.
The Makielskis, with eight acres of strawberries and eight to ten acres of raspberries near Saline, offer pick your own fruit to save money. They employ local help but turnover and rising workers compensation costs may push them to operate entirely on a pick your own basis.
M L Woell oversees a Michigan agriculture auction organized by the Farm Bureau. The event features farm goods and equipment, with attendees from local farming communities and members of the Farm Bureau involved in bidding and organizing. Proceeds support rural agricultural programs.
Nugent notes U.S. picker wages exceed Mexican wages by a wide margin. A farm worker can earn up to 75 dollars daily in U.S. fields, while the same Mexican worker earns one to one and a half dollars per day. Mexico could grow and export berries, cap them, sugar and freeze them for less than Michigan costs, spurring a draft bill by Congressman Edward Hutchinson to adjust duties on fresh and frozen Mexican strawberries.
Township residents feature visits to relatives in Grass Lake Belleville and Southgate. Weddings confirmations and open house events mark a weekend of social activity with families including the Kruger Schafer and Wea vie clans among others.
Washtenaw County 4-H leaders will attend a kick-off Veterinary Science Leaders Training Workshop at Camp Kett near Cadillac with leaders from across Michigan. The program, coordinated by Dr. Fred Bohmker of MSU, covers medical and public health aspects of veterinary science and links to local club needs.
The Saline Township Board advances its meeting to 8 p.m. Monday March 20 at the hall.
The Jaycee Auxiliary convenes at 8 p.m. Monday at Mrs. Jameson Ford’s Tower Drive home. A Saline Baptist Church missionary meeting also gathers at 8 p.m. Monday, hosted by Mrs. George Agin at 251 Tower Drive. Mrs. Helen Whipple and Mrs. Hila Trinkle from Dexter visited Miss Elsa Bauer Sunday.
Goodwill Industries trek will visit Saline on Tuesday for a pick-up. Call Mr Helen Koebbe at 429-9695 to arrange.
The Adult Book Discussion Group meets Thursday March 30 at 8 p.m. at Saline Library to avoid Maundy Thursday conflicts. They will discuss The Source by James Michener.
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