1957-03-14; Saline Observer

              It Took A Lot Of Strategy Ahd Some Excellent Playing By Ypsi to Eliminate Saline's Hornets In District Final
Bob Maloka scores
Bill Bailey of Ypsi evens score
Saline's Cheerleaders in top form
Dave Wagener snatches rebound
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE, CIVIC ENDEAVOR   AND   AGRICULTURAL  PROGRESS  IN   THE  SALINE AREA
VOL. LXXIV   (Meoii"ber of Saline Chamber of Commerce)
SALINE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY. MARCH 14,1957
5c PER COP*
Saline's Hornets End
*ason In Thrilling
ame
It rerjuired a supreme effort on
the part of lYpsilantt Roosevelt
High School's Rough Riders, co-
champions ot" the Huron League,
lo wiu the district championship
from Saline High School's Hornets
Saturday night. The game was
played at Ann Arbor High gym-,,
nasium.
The final score was 48 to 4.4.
Saline went all out to win the
big game for tlie district Class C
championship and came within a
very close margin, of acguiriiig its
most important victory of the season.
Coach Howard Hill's 'Hornets
were geared to win aud started
the game with a hair-raising siplit
second goal within , hardly more
than a second after the game start
ed. The teams, were nip-and-tuck
from the start.
Saline held a one-point margin
at the close of the "first quarter,
11 to 10, and trailed at the close
of the first half, 29-27. The Rough
Riders held a one-point margin at
the end of the third period, 36-35,
with the final score being . 48 to
44.
It was undoubtedly one of the
best games that the "Saline basketball team played all season.
Dick Lehtonen .was high point
man for the Hornets with 15 while
Tom MacKenzie of Ypsi was the
top man for the evening w ith IT.,
By virtue of its win, Roosevelt
was matched against Perry in the
regional tournament this Week:
Six Fire Departments    Fight $200, 000 Blaze At Cone Elevator
SATJlteA-REA ■:'
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Clyde Leland of Saline was
painfully" wounded Sunday
when the shotgun he w a s
cleaning suddenly discharged,
according to Saline police. Leland. who is 38, was re-ported
Wednesday to be in fair condition at St. Joseph Mercy
HospitaL Ann Arbor. He resides at 303 North -Ann
Arbor Street. The gun blast
caused injuries to his right
arm and chest.
Milan's Economy Party
won all but one of that
village's offices at the annual village election. Mon-
d a y. Village president
Grant M. Jones was defeated by a vote of 330
to 175. John E. Bruckner,
Progressive Party candidate, polled 77 votes. The
only non-Economy Party
victor was Village Clerk
Elaine St. Louis who won
over Mrs. EHa Stiles and
William Gcsdwin.
Past matrons, past patrons
and life members of Saline
Chapter No. 311. " Order of
Eastern Star, will be guests
at the chapter's special dinner
Monday evening. March, 18, at
tlie Masonic Hall. The event
will start at 6:30, it has been
announced.
No less than 14 Wash
tenaw County area girls
have been entered in the.
County Dairy Princess
contest sponsored by the
.Washtenaw County
Dairy Council, it was announced Monday by A1-.
bert Gall of Saline, serving as chairman of the
' Council's banquet to be
held at Saline High
School Saturday, March
16. The entries include
M a r j o r>i e Bradbury
Elaine Fuller, Joyce
Kemner, JoAnn Hansen,
Carolyn Knight, Patricia
Teachout, Katherine
Drake, Arline Diuble,
Olive Ann Redman, Al-
etha Boomus, Nancy Leland, Kay Kelly, Nancy
May Cort and Barbara
Stein. Each entry is unmarried, between the
ages of 17 and 20. and
has a farm background.
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It has been reported locallv
that Miss Rhea Menzel, a 1953
graduate   -of   Saline -High
School, has bc?n chosen as •*
andidate for Who's Who "in
American Colleges and   Uni-
-ersities fcr 1957. Miss Menel.
t, senior at Elmhurst'College,
n Illinois, is the daughter of
'he Reverend and Mr*?. T. W.
Menzel of Route 1, Manchester.   -
Washtenaw's New
Farm Center May
Locate In Saline
Embers, flames and rubble were all that was left of the Cone gram elevators which burned late Sunday night and
early Monday. Fire fighters and equipment fromsix area volunteer lire departments fought the blaze and succeeded in saving-the Cone Elevator Company's office and storage^uildmg. Reflections of the; flames could be seen
for a distance of eighteen miles. The company is operated by Jay B. Squires of Cone. Damage was estimated at more
than §200,000.
Gas Company Plans $4 Milion Refund
Michigan' Consolidated Gas Company has announced plans to refund about §-1,000,000 to its customers. At the same time company said that increased operating costs, including higher wages
and' taxes," will require approximately a 6 per cent increase in
gas rates.
The money to be refunded was
paid by gas users as a result o£
excessive rates which were placed
in effect by Panhandle Eastern
Pipe Line Company, one of Michigan Consolidated's suppliers.
Average heating customers who
paid the higher Panhandle, rates
may receive refunds of between (
SG.00 and $11.00. Average refunds
to domestic customers may range
from ?.70 to "*1..!)0 .
The- decision to proceed with the i
rotund followed a recent ruling by'
tlie Federal Power Commission j
which supported Michigan Consol-•
ida'ted's claim that Panhandle had ,
failed to ,.-;y Ihe full .amount ot the !
interest on excessive rates which |
Panhandle collected from. Febru-'
ary 20. 1952 to April 30. 195-1. The ,
:.• cdcrai Power Commission said
Panhandle must pay about ¥275.000
more  to  Michigan  Consolidated.
lii a petition to" the Michigan
Public Service 'Commission, Michigan Consolidated asked that a
public hearing be held to determine a plan for refunding the ex?
cess Panhandle charges to its customers.
The company said it can begin
maiding " refund checks to its
customers within, six weeks after
the Commission.approves a refund
plan. *
Michigan Consolidated also filed
an application for a rate adjustment with the MPSC, but the com-
ipany said the exact amount of
additional revenue required" has
not been determined.   ,-*.-
■Henry Tuttle, Michigan Consolidated president, emphasized that
following the necessary rate adjustment gas will continue to be
by far -the cheapest fuel/particular-
,ly for heating.     t .-*
"At 'the.present time ithe cost of
oil for home heating iu,"Detroit is
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Family Night
Series Resumed
At ME Church
The -see'ond in a series of Family
Nights and Lenten Services will be
held at the Methodist Church Thursday evening begining with a pot-
luck "supper iat 6:30 .o'clock, the
church committee has announced.
The hosts and hostesses for the
supper include Mr. and Mrs. James'
Beal, Mr. 'and' .Mrs. Frank Campbell, Mr,  and Mrs.   Cecil Davep-
(Countinued on page 7!   .*
Stollsteiner
and Hughes
Win Titles
The euchre tournament at the
Pittsfield Grange has been completed after ten weeks of competition. The approximately eighty
participating people have met each
Monday evening for supper and
ten games of euchre. The annual
event is supervised by a committee
chairmaned by Harry Payuer of
Martin* Road. .- •
-.Leo'na. -Stollsteiner » w o-n the
grand prize in the women's division; Mrs. William Sunday took
second. Third "prize went to Mrs.
"William Rowan.
The men's championship went'
to Bill Hughes of SBridgewater and
Carl Carr of Saline. The two men
were tied- with the number of
games won. Second prize was
awarded to Fred Mohart of Saline,
and third prize was won by William Sunday.
All area euchre enthusiasts will
have to sustain their efforts until
next year's annual event at the
Grange, but it's a sure thing that
all eighty people will keep pretty
well in practice.
The farm of Mayor Henry
Leutheuser may become the new
home of the Washtenaw County-
Farm Center, it was announced at
a meeting of Farm Center Council
directors "Monday. The farm is
located on the Saline-Ann Arbor
Road just north of Saline.
According to Frank E. McCalla,'
Farm Council president, the Coim-.
cil is seeking a tract of land embracing approximately 20 acres."
Plans for the purchase of Mayor;
Leutheuser's property have not
been completed, it was stated. It.
was reported, however, that negotiations are currently ^ being discussed between Saline's- mayor and"
Farm Council directors.
The news of the Farm Council's
plan Monday-'liiglifcame' as a sm>]
prise to" many of the organiza-*
tion's members, since previous dis-"
cussions had included numerous
other sites' which had recently
been narrow.ed to four. The
Leutheuser's property was not one
of the sites previously considered.
It was stated Monday that di-.
rectors of the Washtenaw County'
Farm Council will meet early next-
week to make final plans for the1.,
new location, of the Farm Center.
I-
Aid   Meeting
The Federated Ladies' Aid So
ciety will meet March 13, in the
church parlors. Mrs. Paul Klueter
will be leader-,-pf' the. program based on the subject "Christ's Way
Every Day ,in the Fellowship of
His Followers." .
Mrs. Eugene Feuerbacher and
Mrs. Ray Armbruster will be hostesses.        .        '   ." "
Wreck of Car Which Struck Auto, Tree, Then Caught Fire
Mrs. Hammond
Funeral Rites
Held Saturday
A lifelong resident of this area,
Mrs. Grace I. McMann Hammond.
SO. of -1165 Willow Road, died
March 7 at her home following a
•ong illness.
-Mrs. Hammond was born on December 2, 1876 in Saline Township, the daughter of Henry and
Mary Noon McMann. She married
Ralph l. Hammond in Saline on
APiil 11, 1S37. She was a member
of the Saline Methodist Church
a'lcl its Ladies Aid Society and
the Willing Workers  Club.
She is survived by her husband:
a son, Robert L.; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Another son, Harold H., preceded
-her in death.
Funeral services were held on
Saturday at the Lockwood Funer-*
al Home with Rev. R. R. -Feuell
officiating. Burial was in Oakwood
Cemetery.
Saline Jaycees
Sponsor Session
For Recreation
Special activities and a year-
round recreation "program for
young people of Saline are subjects bringing about a special
meeting of Saline residents to be
held at the Saline City Hall
Thursday, March 14, at 8 p.m. it
was announced this week.
The meeting, arranged under
the sponsorship of the Saline Jaycees, will be conducted by Robert
Katz, chairman of tlie special
Jayoee committee.
" All' persons interested -in a special recreation program for-young
people of Sajine should attend the
meeting, it was stressed by mem-
bers'of. the. committee..
Neil Haarer New
Steer Club Head
Neil Haarer is the new -president
or the Saline Steer Club.
lis was* elected at the group's annual meeting 'March 6. Other officers are Duane Guenther, vice-
president; Pan Teachout, secretary,
and Raymond Weber, treasurer.
"Arthur Hageu is club advisor.
Area Girl Scouts
Plan Cookie Sale
A special two-week cookie .sale
will be conducted by Saline Girl
Scouts, it was announced Wednesday by Mrs: Robert Katz, chairman of the project. .The sale wilj
begin Monday.
Groups, participating in the sale
are directed by Mrs. Gerald Coe,
Mrs. H. W. Koebler, Mrs. John.E.
Miller and "Mrs. Ronald'E. Sutton,
Terrific impact resulting when this car hit a parked aiito a nd then struck a tree is reflected in this photo of the
damaged car. The accident, which occurred shortly afte r 9 p.m. Thursday evening, caused, the death of Clarence
George Neumann of 6040 Willis Road. It was reported to p olice that Neumann's car struck a parked car as he drove
north on US-23. The car. it was stated,.then veered approximately 250 feet before striking a tree.'.Neumann- was
pulled from the burning wreckage by William McKinley, d river of the parked car.    •- < ,
Enrollment
Climb Here
Anticipated
Leo Jensen, superintendent" .of
■Saline schools, was a guest speak-;
er at the meeting of the - Saline
High School Room Mothers at the
school's study hall Match 3 2.
Using charts and graphs, .the
superintendent illustrated the an-,
'tieipated growth iu Saline classroom attendance for the current*
population of Saline, and what
needs' might he necessary for stu-j
dents in the event the community,
srows rapidly. - "*
.'Dwight Reynolds,* in charge oil
■'bus transportation for the school;
district,. reviewed""' "present transportation"", methods anil answered
questkins. relating to the picking
dp'and discharging ol" students)
wiio use the busses. :
The'Washington trip rund was!
discussed" and all agreed that the
pupils are, wise to distribute the
raising of this amount over the
entire, years of high school rather
than waiting until the senior year.
Also tlie increased expense to
Juniois and Seniors was discussed.
Charles . Jaquith announced that'
the pupils making the annual
Michigan award trip 'had been se!-
lected and further -plans would
follow. The Junior Hi will be
sending .representatives alons with
parents and teacher to Qhigago ii
the very,near future to attend the
"School of Ethics" to be held thert
for this "age group. '    ;
Committee Chairmen were announced to work on the Easter
Preview that Uie group will sponj-
sor on March 30 at the High
School, a fashion show that Dan!-
oer's Department Store will 'furnish garments for. This is a worr
thy project and all gave their-supi-
iporr wholeheartedly and tickets
are now being sold. Every" room
mother will have them to sdL
Motio nwas made and seconded
that the group adjourn until _nex;
month when new room niothers**for
next year "will be announced.   ***
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