The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-13
Supervisors

weighed s.Oo6 packages. and con
demned 162
One hundred thirty-one com.
plants were received by the office
during the past year and were ad-
lusted. Two prosecutions and con-
victions were made. and Ga samples
OF milk were tested
New Practitioners
Another annual report was pre-
sented to the board Monday by the
county probation officer. Charles
/ Hemingway OF Ann Arbor. Accord
/ ing 10 the report. l0l new probation.
ers were received by the office dur.
/ ing the past fiscal year. Sixty. in.
/ Guiding - who enlisted in the
armed forces. were discharged IA
were sentenced 10 prison. one died.
and one was deported. The number
/ In the county al the beginning OF
/ the year was ei5. and at the end Il
was 270. The average number OF
! probationers in the county at any
one time during the past year was
26l, which represents a Il per cent
gain over last years average of
223. Probation Officer Hemingway
expects still greater increase.
one running between % per cent
and 40 per cent during this mex;
year, because Of the disruptitye in.
/ fluence OF the war upon family and
/ community life.
NO other county in the entir=
state has as good a profit on each
| probationer as does Washtenaw
( Mr. Hemingway reports. 4 profit of
Sl3.sO is made by the county on
every probationer For every As
cents the county puts into the care
OF probationer. Mr.. Hemingway
says. one dollar is returned.
Total receipts of the office dur
/ Ing the past year were s9.63267.
This sum Is broken up into s1.57l.5O
/ probation fees, S3.7226i costs 81.
3S7.6S fines. sl.70O.60 support.
sllSO.S5 resolutions. and s59.4O
fund. All fees. costs and fines TO.
taliing S6,6S1.S2 have been paid
back 10 the county.
Recommends Budget
The budget for the coming wear
recommended by Officer Heming
way Is; salary, full time probation
officer, $1,000, office expenses.
$.lOo; and clerk, 81 200 totall!ng
$4,000 Or an alternative budget OF
salary Tor part time probation
/ officer Of $500, office expenses.
*l,lOO and clerk, $1,000. adding I'm
/ TO $500
Counties Warned
/ A communication regarding wei
fare appropriation from John u o.,
/ Connell. state director. warned all
/ counties that state appropriation
/ Tor direct relief may be consider.
ably cut during the next year be.
cause Of curtailment OF consum.
/ ers' purchases, which will result in
reduced state income from sales
/ taxes, and because the state Is
/ called upon TO finance many new
| war born activities. The commun-
lcatlon was referred 10 the welfare
committee
Accounts For Funds
r. Day Bird. secretary OF the
soldiers and Sailors County Relief
commission reported that fund
dlsoursed for assistance and relief
during the past year amounted to
S33S.25 and those for administra.
i've purposes to $50. In addition
to this money. the Ann Arbor Vet.
Grams Organization for relief work
spent $500, and the Red Cross No
tor Corps lent free aid whenever
necessary
Although not all funds In the
treasury OF the organization we're
/ disoursed last year. an additional
$1,000 Is requested in order TO cone
with an expected rise in relief de
mands.
Asks Speed
+ The Ann Arbor Committee for the
Planning of War Workers Quarters
expressed its appreciation for the
action OF the Board OF Supervisors
IN requesting the County Planning
| committee to look into the posi-.
bilities offered by trailers for hous
/ ing war workers. and. in view of
the emergency. asked that all posi-.
BILE speed be used in planning war
l tAuAANl NhAlpS III me tOun-
ty. The communication was placed
on file
The county's Apiary Committee
reported the bee disease count for
Washtenaw County during the past
year. The number of apiaries in.
spected were 1872, Of these six were
found 10 be diseased. or 1920 colo
MES inspected. p were found 10
be diseased. The percentage of the
county's bee colonies which were
found diseased is Is per cent. Since
both honey and bees-waK have be
come increasingly important during
the present, and since inspection
costs have increased 90 per cent
durin.; the past year, the committee
requested a 5000 appropriation in
order 10 continue IT'S work.
Child welfare services OF Ypsi.
lanu proposed a budget. for the
fiscal year. Oct. 1912 10 Oct. 1913.
OF $3.50, including $3.50 for steno.
graphic services and the salary OF
a part-time stenographer. and 800