1958-04-03; Saline Observer

              Dial Telephones Should Be t
Installed By August 15th
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According to word received this -n6__i_tig^rom Mr *
V,m. Beagle, District manager for "General Telephone
Company, the new dial exchange,for Saline will be in,
operation approximately. August 15th.^ 4 , ; » " {    \    .
Mr. Beagle said there iyill be servicfe mervin'this""
area starting siext week to begin the changeover. In
manv cases the same instruments will be used that are
presently in the home, with only the dial equipment
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The new dial exchange will be HAzel 9 with four
other digits and your new number will appear on your
d'ial as each phone is changed over to accept the dial
system. Your present number will also be cm the phone
until such time as the dial system goes into effect.
Mr. Beagle said that the new numbers have already been assigned but were not being released at this
time because there is always a possibility of changes
before the dial system goes into effect.
lirl's State Delegate And   <
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER B__OICATED TO^UBIJC SERA-CE,"CIVIC   ENDEAVOR AND AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS IN THE SALINE AREA
Member of the Saline Chamber of Commerce
SALINE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1058
SEVEN CENTS PER COPY
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Mrs. Cox Elected Chairman Of
Washtenaw County Polio Board
J Judy Hunt daughter of Mr. and
Ito. Ray Hunt of 113 Maple, has
Lea selected as a representative
fo attend Wolverine Girls State
\ members of the American Le-
i and Wm. B. Lutz Unit    No.
Judie  Hunt
llliss Hunt is assistant editor of
le school paper, the tlornet, has
ten a member of the Honor So-
lety for 3 years, active Glee Club,
Lrtieipant member of Jr. Bowling
league and is in the choir' at St.
Inclr.ws Catholic Church.- .
[Alice Sheehan, daughter of Mr.
jnd Mrs. Michael Sheehan of■ 2982
Irooreville Rd., has been named
llternate. ,       .  '
William H. Judson
Takes Own Life in
Ann Arbor Sunday
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::' William H. ■Juds_n,*V,45-r.^d"rm_r
manager of the Saline Hotel, was
found dead in the back seat of
his car at .his Ann Arbor-.home
late Sunday, after presumably taking- his' own life.
Judson, well knowji in this community, was seen by' his neighbors to back his car into the
garage Sunday afternoon. However, he wasn't found until a
neighbor, George A. Cross, came
qver.to. borrow a.nozzle for-a-gar-.
den hose. Cross found Judson in
the -back seat- of -his car with *a
hose leading from the exhaust pipe
into the ventilator window of the
right front door.
Drs. Dickinson and Smith of
Ann Arbor were called to the
scene and stated in the police report that Judson had -presumably
been- dead for about 1 hour. Coun-'
ty coroner, Dr. Ganzhorn confirmed the report and pronounced the
man dead from suicide.
The Ann 'Arbor police report
was said to. have stated that Judson left a note.for his wife onthe
kitchen sink. The couple have been
^separated for .about.,.three weeks
and neighbors stated that Judson
had. been despondent.over the sep-
aration.i    ,i-    '. ;-. - v, . _, .
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Alice Sheehan
J An active member of Saline
fgh School Band and has first-
pr flute. She is in Glee Club,
Pd also   member   o'f   St.   James
loir.
|She is on the Salian staff,- var-
cheerleader,    Honor   Society
■ember and also Jr. Bowling Lea-
R
l* dates for 1958 session    are
Pe 17th to the 27th and will' be
pea m Stockvvell Hall on    the
fiversity Campus.
1 Approximately 360 will attend.
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AtoSt. Paul's O-i
Easter Morning   ...
The annual Sun Rise service on
Ea.ter morning will he. .held .this
.yea* at 6:30 at. St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church. It
is sponsored by the young people
of the St. Paul's Church, -the Methodist and Federated- Churches,
with the youth groups participating." The play "This Rock" will be
given, the .cast including -Mary
Starr, Susan Coates, John LaRue,
Jr.,'Kenneth Volz, Jr., Richard
Johnson and Robert Brown. The
play, the.story of the Resurreo
tion, will -be* directed by Mrs. Mildred Haswell, of .the ..Saline ..High..
School faculty. The staging will be
in' charge of Garry Armbruster,
Rbbert "Frey and - Erwin*" Feldkamp; lighting by John Parsons;
Carol Brown will be prompter*..
and} the 'worship" service- 'will' • he
conducted by Bonnie Fritz, Carol
Schiller and Lloyd Girbach. 'Mrs.
JphK LaRue,-Sr., and Mrs:, Jjow-
aret Burr .are -planning the ■ 'co_-
tunjes.
JCC's Make Drive
To Register All
Voters In Saline
The Saline Junior Chamber of
Commerce under the direction of
Bruce Ahrend made a house to
house survey and canvas last
Thursday evening to get all the
eligible voters in Saline registered.
When the final results were
tabulated the JCC's reached and
registered 108 unregistered voters
and 17 people whose eligibility was
about to expire. This comprises a
total of about 60 percent of the
total number, of unregistered
voters, in the Saline area, according to figures compiled by Wm.
Muir, city clerk.
16 members of the JCC's worked on this project.
Girl Scouts Sell
60 Cases of Cookies
The Saline Girl Scouts have
finished their cookie sale with
the following results. Troop number 1, with 16 girls, sold 24 cases
of cookies..Troop.2, with 13 members, sold 10 cases. Troop 3 with
only 8 girls, sold 23 cases; and the
old.Girl Scout Troop number 112,
with only 2 members, sold 3 cases.
;The sale was conducted under
the direction of Mrs. Robert Katz,
sale chairman, and Mrs. John
Miller,   neighborhood   chairman.
Breaking & Entering-
^eported^at-TJtiiveTsal
- The Saline Police- Department
was calleT. to the Parking lot at
Universal Die Casting Co. last
Monday afternoon to investigate
:an apparent breaking and entering.
Lucy Turner of 10123 Church
St.,. Willis, reported that her car
had been entered. The investigating officer, Luther. Dicks, found
that the left front vent window
had been pried open'and the horn
ring broken." Mrs. Turner reported that nothing was missing which
led officers to believe that possibly the thieves were scared off be?
fore they could finish the job.
<£ Mrs. Joseph H. Cox, Ypsilanti,
Was elected chairman of the
Washtenaw County Board for Infantile Paralysis at the board's'
annual meeting March 24 in Ann
Arbor.        . .      :•.;'.
Mrs. Cox replaces' * Mrs.' Carl
Rehberg. Ann Arbor. She has
served on the board previously as
secretary and* Vice-chairman. In
1955, she was Ypsilanti campaign
director of the 1955 March of
Dimes drive.
Other elected members of the
Executive Committee are Mrs.
Paul Hogg and Mrs. W. K. Win-
kelhaus as vice-chairmen; Mrs.
Richard Warner as secretary and
Michael Adelstein as treasurer.
Mrs. Carl Johnson joins the
board as Social Service representative and Mrs. Rehberg will be
director of Public Relations.
Mrs. William Meister, Saline
was re-elected to a two-year term
as board member. She joins Mrs.
Everet Wolfin now representing
Saline.
Other newly elected board members include Mrs. Michael Adelstein, Carl Baker, Mrs. Carlos
Chapman, John Hathaway, 'Boyd
Johannes, Mrs, Wayne Klager,
Mrs. George Koepke, Mrs. James
Nichols and Mrs. Douglas Reading, all of. Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Berton Bucy, Dexter, Mrs.
Walter Gregg, Whitmore Lake,
Walter Leonard, Chelsea and Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Holcomb, Milan also became board members.
Ypsilanti will be represented by
Don Porter and* Mrs. George
Sayre? Mrs. Samuel Starr of Wil*
low Village . and. ■ Mrs. Marvin
Zeeb, Dixboro join them on the
board. !   ->*
From rural areas come Mrs.
Rnsse_^?_J«**b>_^t^*-iBridgepo*?t^
Mrs. Arthur Katz; Saline, Mrs.
Donald Gary of -Ann Arbor and
Mrs. Paul Meyer, Ypsilanti.
Ifs Just One Of A Series
-"Just another in a series, the past week.  This is one of the grass '
-fires that have called the Saline Fire Dept, out at regular—almost
>___ly—intervals during the past week. As always, we can't urge
"you, enough to be  careful when - burning rubbish this year. It is
especially dry and fire can spread so rapidly.
Local Stable To
Participate In
Horse Srow
With .the Michigan Horse Show
season just around the corner,
each Saturday the following young
folks can be seen riding in the
large out door ring at the Little
Lexington Stables on Saline Road;
Debbie Blum, Ann Arbor; J i 1 I
Greehstreet, Ypsilanti; Sally Dil-
nq,^Ann Arbor; Ann Garrison, Dexter; Peggy Koetz, Linda Sinkule,
Caryl Miller and Billy Johnson,
all«*of" Ann Arbor.
■fihe first show of the season will
beiield at Grosse Pointe the latter
pact of April,' and according to Mr.
Sikfes;   the  instructor and trainer
if^the'■* ~s"t-f-I-_f-- it- -ET expected
that  the -groups will be   showing
in several classes in the Walk Trot
e
division.. _.
Hopkins
Hallucinations
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Wednesday evening Mr. and "Mrs.
Murray' Sanders entertained Rev.
ahd Mrs. Edgar Sweetland of Milan and Rev. Virgil -Newbrander,
missionary from Japan. Mr. New-
■brander was the Wednesday evening speaker at the York Baptist
Church.
-The musical program will include a selection "O Divine Redeemer" by Gounod^ sung by the
girl's chorus- of St. Paul's Church,
and Arthur Katterjohn -of the Saline Area Schools faculty _wul direct a brass ensemble.
Saline Chamber Of Commerce Lay
Plans Fori Another Ifilg^ear /\   I
J Chamber Meeting
{ Postponed to 9th
|      The    regularly    scheduled
I - meeting of the Saline Cham-,
j   ber of Commerce which was
|   supposed to be held Wednes-
I  day night, April 2, has been,
postponed until April  9  according    to    word    received
late Tuesday.
This will be the regular
roundtable discussion held
monthly with Howard Sommers, retail specialist from
Eastern Michigan college. -
$ "The Saline Chamber of Commerce held their annual meeting
last Thursday evening *&t Jiiarty's
restaurant in   cShn-ction"" with * a
of
JV% and Mrs. Gail Austin
Hollpway are building a new
home'on the Britton Highway,
just north of the Ridge road.
I hereby publicly challenge anyone so inclined to a round of golf
at their convenience (just so . it
isn't Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday) "on their choice of links, at
their own stakes. I only . qualify
the above statement tp include a
handicap of fifteen strokes , on
each nine holes and then perhaps
it would be about an even game,
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I've always thought the "kids of
today were pretty 'much like the
kids of my time or yours.'   They
,see-»t.tp^c_routhe ...same. _*things
around in their pockets that X psed
to carry. A piece of string just incase I wanted to catch my supper
some night (can't seem to remember of. ever doing it-but.it would
be handy in case I got hungry aft-
ter running away from home.)
Always there are a few spare bi-
^cycl^partsT-.'a jSckiknife', threefcolf
ored rb-ks .and*1 a' *de^d" toad*. They.
'even carry*'the"fed'bandana handkerchief that can quickly transpose them into a bandit of the
•old West or a"" cowboy. ■'" "•*•• * •,
f-'* v"In fa,ct only list week I saw one
•youngster"- out in Sis front yard
with his bow and arrow poised
ready for a flight. I thought to,
myself,- "Now.    .there   you%'are r
retary; -_n(isE*_thern RbarTt, trea'S'
urer. The executive board will be
Ken Rogers, retiring president,
chairman, Marty Hemmenway, Erwin" Schmidt, Gordon Esch„ and
Bob LaRose.
Ken Rogers announced to the
group that the services of Howard Sommers, retail consultant
from Central Michigan College,
would be terminated after two
more meetings and asked that
some consideration be given by
the group for retaining Mr. Sommers another year.
"Ladies  Night Meeting^'    ,&    «
New officers were selected for
the coming year are as follows:
Dalet Goble,.; pjesidenf,- sRay^ Hunt,
vice-president;j Leon jVedder,  s?c-   just like 1 used tbSjIo," until I got
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M Cross Board
ii Meet ApniiS
Ih? Sprinc; Board    Meeting:    of
'.*' B*w'cl ef   Directors ..of    the
astoonaw County Chapter of the
aerie**-]- !>.-i cross will be held
J1 Apm T,t*i at the"-University of
■""Mr:**** !-.fv;pUal. It   will-   be _ a
nsr i.ii.-f ting at 6:15 p.m. iii the
••feteria at the hospital..  '. ',       j,i
Dr- Hsrbert E. Sloan*. associate t.
,°fessor of surgery will explain   "
"Portant developments in- heart
^rj' in addition to several jra- .-]
*tant i'emsj 0f ^ed cross   busi-
ffi* Tlie members will also *visit
16 Wood bank   at   the
■Proposed.I'feW" Building For Saline Area School System
■hie!:
ft be*
hospital
'!l will be of particular; inter-.
Wcaasc of the- important part j
Is Rod Cross plays in proyiding|
"peil blood throughout 'the   na-
l^r- and Mrs. Harold Vah-Vaik-
r'Vig and   family of   YpsUanti,
an,l Mrs. Russel Van Valken-
f.. and son Richard were Sun-
ljr*linner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
!m**-& Van Valkenburg in Te-
sh.
Pictured above is the proposed new Saline. High School
building. It is expected that construction-will begin some-,
time in the Spring with completion.scheduled tentatively
for September of 1959. Land for the new building has al
ready been acquired and' prelmiihary plans have been approved. This building will be a part of the Saline Area -
Schools expansion program. The bonds for this buildinir
wereapproved by the voters oh last June 24. ^^
a-" little* closer __id "heard "^Five
four - three - two - one - BLASTOFF."   Times   do change     don't
they?
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It's Saturday afternoon and
tim'e for reflection. The office is
somewhat like a tomb on -Saturday after 3 p.m. Everyone leaves
except the boss and he has nothing to. do particularly ' except
dream. This is-the time of day
when I like to look back over the
past week.and see what we .did
wrong.
First thing I can think of is
leaving the date out of Marty's
Restaurant adv. for Sunday's Has-
enpfeffer day. Take heart Marty,
.we didn't charge you for the. adv.
The next thing" to come to mind is
how -grateful 1 am for a. staff
like mine. Last week was rather
full of trouble for us. However,
no one seemed to mind the hours
of overtime necessary to getting
out the papers.
Another reflection — and this
one is really important to me. Did
you ever stop to think of how
lucky we are to be living in a
small city? How at gives you such
a "good" feeling to be walking
down the street and have someone shout a greeting from across
the street. In the city you have
your own little circle" of friends.
Here everyone-is friendly. We are
luck.- aren't we? " * .
The adoring grandmother* babysitting on the parent's night out,
Mucked the child cozily In bed.
"Now then," she said fondly, "let's
have a bed time story, shall we?
. . . Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy had no hair. Fuzjy Wuzzy*
wasn't fuzzy was he?"
There was no answer.
"Well, darling, was" Fuzzy Wuzzy fuzzy, or wasn't he?"
The boy looked at her sternly,
"Grandma," he asked, "have"you
^J-en-^-d-inldng?'' _-v—-*-■'-*.- - -- -;
East Michigan Avenue Residents
tell Council "We're Not Fooling"
-;-- . The.zoning pot continues to boil for tlie residents of East
Mrehijran Ave. this week as they: informed the Saline Gitv
Oouncil via a letter from an Ann Arbor law firm that they
plan to;take their case ta the courts if necessary. This letter
from the law firm of Kennedy and Dobson of Ann Arbor.
was presented to. the cquncil as> a body and copies mailed to
each individual member of that governing body.
The letter; reprinted in_ its  eh- islative matter, and'we know that
tirety below," states that these res- you will be viewing tlie problem
.dents feel .that, the  council will from tlie standpoint of the conl-
■try .to be fair but,if necessary as munity as a whole as well as that
a   last   resort -they   will  present of the property owners who will
their case to the courts to prevent be immediately affected.    A par-
the   re-zoning   of" East  Michigan ticular case in  point  is  the
proposed Standard Oil-gasoline station
which it is proposed will be placed
right next door to a fine residential dwelling which lias been
recently remodeled, and almost
directly across the street from the
Carl Curtis home, which we all
know is one of Salin's land marks.
Each one of you will recognize the
serious h - a r m which will be
brought to the properties mentioned if the gasoline station is permitted to be placed in the presently proposed location.
Because of the serious harm
which would be done to the area
we feel obligated to contest this
matter in every way that the law
Aye. to commercial.
Below is a reprint of the letter
as it was received by the council,
pointing out the statutes involved
in the case:' -.    _       ■
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lAW OFFICES
KENNEDY   and   DOBSON
"405 First National Building
Ann Arbor, Michigan
March 28, 1958
The, Honorable, Common Council
Of the Village of S'aline
Saline, Michigan
Gentlemen:
This is to advise" you that we
have been retained to assist a
group of citizens in Saline to oppose the propoed rezoning of cer- makes available to parties in in-
tain lots fronting on East Michigan terest. One of the first steps
Avenue, in your community. Those would be to require a referendum
whom we represent are very much of t h e registered voters in the
concerned t h a t the - proposed Village of Saline. Beyond that we
change in zoning of their proper- wul nave the Courts available.
ties to a commercial "use".district K. is our hope that before you
would work irreparable .harm to Proceed with any rezoning that
them and to their properties. y°ur attention will  be  turned to
The, suggested rezoning will tne state statute governing the
create what-is commonly known as subject of zoning in communities
a "string street development", like Saline. Michigan Statutes An-
universally recognized as very bad noted at Section 5.2931 in discus-
zoning* practice and certainly not sinS s«ch zoning regulations as
attractive to view. Tk^se' whom th.ey come "before" a village council
w& -*pr-Bent do not feel-that it «** among tother-vthings-the foils in the best interest of the com- lowing:
"Such   regulations   shall b   e
made   in   accordance  with  a
- plan designed to lessen congestion on  the public streets, to
promote public health, safety
and general welfare, and shall
be made witli resonable consideration among other things,
■   to the character   "of   the dis-
'   trict/   its   peculiar   suitability
r for  particular uses,  the   conservation   of   property   values
and-.the  general   trend    and
character of building and pop-
,   liiatipn development."
After viewing the above I am
sure that you will all agree that
the proposed rezoning certainly
munity of Saline to have the business district strung out all along
its main-street,- so that''those passing-through will-tend to view Saline as merely a wide place in the
road rather than the very "pleasant
community which we know it to
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-T.-Thef owners • of the residences
which wi_f be a-jacent'to'-the' proposed new commercial area and
those properties fall' within the
suggested-new use district w ill
suffer irreparable financial* harm.r
It is ipne. thing. to pjan; ah'ead.nn
setting, up a, zoning district in an
undeveloped area which will be
designed for .commercial use, but
it is entirely a*different tiling.to" does not meet the  standards set
take.ir'aj' residential. heighbdj-hood forth in that statute, and we must
and indicate now that commercial recognize that any   zoning ordin-
enterprises will be free to move ance which does not live  up  to
in at any time*and thereby*destroy that statutory standard'can be in-
the residential   character   of  the validated in a court of law.
area involved.. We respectfully ask on behalf of
The hearings.'held on this sub- the  citizens  whom  we  represent
ject have already brought to your that you reject the proposed re-
attention the strong feelings in
opposition.to the proposed rezoning by those who are immediately
affected by the proposed new zoning.
We recognize that this is a leg-
zoning change at the present time'.
Very truly yours,
•Kennedy and Dobson
.by John S. Dobson
Conlin, Conlin & Parker
of Counsel
And Down She Goes
Another old landmark started to "bit. the dost" this week as ,__* Z.
Still started demolition of this old block building on E. Michigan
Avc^We asked-1_ Z. what he was going to build* in its place but
as usual he is pUjrinp it .ceey and said," "It- might be a parking lofe
yiho knows?" _• ."
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur. Wiedmayer had as guests Sunday," March
30th, in honor of .their daughter
Marilyn's Confirmation for dinner,
Mi_. Chr_stina Wiedmayer of-Ypsilanti, Mrs. Martha Rothfuss" of-
Saline, -Edwin lyiednakyiar of Chicago, Mr.- and *Mrfc Ai-hur Alber
of Manchester, Rev.. and-Mrs.
Armen Bizer and^Cmra, ot SiUne;
Mr>^nd-Mr_.rW_lde-X-r--Bol
"and Susan oi Ann Arbor. In the
afternoon open house was also
held Tvith: Sir. and - '.-WCrs. Noel
Walker". and,, family. of*.* Ypsilanti.
Mr. andcMrs; 'Raymond Wiedmayer and'-sons. of. Manchester, Mr.'
and-.. Mrgf' Clarence- Wiedmayer
iand*_"k^**d.':Cl__t-h, Vi-W and
Tomm^" Moore of Tipton, Mrs.
Paulj-^^dmayer and daughter**
of^^Cl^ton, Albert Finkbeiner and_
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