1962-01-03; Saline Reporter

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VOLUME 14, NUMBER 16 ~ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1962
net Push Collapses
oyrnament Finals
"First With All the Local News'
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by Lanny Robbins
Combine fine shooting, speed
and aggressive action with many errors and sloppy play, and
there is the formula for basketball d:saster. The Hornets met
with such a calamity Saturday
evening, in the championship
game of the Holiday Tournament.
Jackson St. Mary, their opponent, used the Salinians' own
basketball weapons against
them. With a good press, a
sharp fast break, and precise
floor play, the Celtics handed
the Hornets one of their worst
defeats in the past few years,
by a resounding 70-43 margin.
From the opening minutes
of the first period, it was evident that the Hornets were in
for a rough evening. The Celtic
press cost the Hornets' possession often, and when the local
five was able to get across the
ten-second line, the Jackson
team's hustling zone defense severely limited Saline's shooting.
For the first two periods of
the game, Saline managed only
a meager total of 22 shots at
the basket, and connected on
only five of those.
St. Mary got the opening tip
and took only ten seconds to
Parents of    ......
Ice-Skaters
Asked for Aid
Parents of ice-skaters today
were asked to instruct their
youngsters to behave at the
skating rink and its environs
"as if they were in their own
homes".
City   recreation   crews   in,
charge of the project, all vol- {
unteer   workers,   have    found j
themselves snowed under with I
the task of keeping the area in'
good condition,  chairman Bob
Russell   said.   In   some   cases,
young skaters have knocked panels from the door of the furnace building and thrown toweling into the toilets.
There has also been considerable Utter, he added, and the
men who have undertaken the
upkeep of the rink lack time
for extensive clean-up work.
The rink on Henne Field, one
of the largest in the area, has
drawn large numbers of both
children and adults throughout
the holiday week. A heated
building and restroom facilities
have been provided. The entire
Project is part of the City Recreation program here.
get on the scoreboard, as Stark
hit on a long jumper. Fourteen
seconds later Kerwin went to
the free throw line after being
fouled by Jeppesen and connected on his try. Twenty seconds
after that score, Sherard whipped a two-pointer through the
hoop. **
Niethammer made his only
score of the evening with 6:43
left in the first period, to put
Saline on the scoreboard at last.
Brian LaRue made the Hornets'
next three points on a free
throw and a field goal. But,
Sherard cut the mesh with a
trio of baskets during the same
time to keep St. Mary in an
11-5 lead.
Jeppesen and Jerry McDonald scored to complete Saline's
first period scoring. But in the
final minute of the quarter, the
Celts broke away to a 19-9 lead.
Jerry McDonald, fouled while
going in for a lay-up, netted
the Hornets three points at the
start of the second period. /Then
the opponents unleashed another barrage of baskets to more
than double Saline's scoring,
25-12. Kerwin chalked up four
more points on a basket and two
free throws to put his team in
a secure 29-12 lead.
In the final four minutes of
the first half, the Hornets were
able to score equally with the
Celts, as Strait and McDonald
each tallied four points apiece
from free throws and Mike
Johnson added a free throw
and basket, leaving the score
36-19.
Brian LaRue, continuing his
smooth play throughtout the
game, started the second, half
scoring with a basket in the,
opening minute. Unfortunately,
during the next minute, the
Jackson quintet pretty much
sealed the Hornets' fate. Kerwin hit from the outside for
two, then Jeppesen almost dazedly fouled Sherwood in trying
to block a shot and didn't raise
his hand to signify the foul,
which gave Sherwood three
points from the regular and
technical foul. Stark's basket
completed the minute's scoring
for a 22 point margin. .
LaRue accounted for all but
five of his team's points during
the remainder of the third period, stealing the ball from the
St. Mary squad and driving in
for quick lay-ups for a total
of ten points during the eight
minutes. McDonald's and Jep- j
pesen's single baskets and a
free throw by Strait completed f
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arrison Named Assessor,
wner
Seeks
BIG JOB: Mrs. Robert Smith addresses 1,400 envelopes.
irnes events
Scheduled; Letters Ready
A busy calendar of events has
been scheduled for the 1962
New March of Dimes, and local
committee heads met with Saline Chairman Mrs. James Carman this morning.
The county-wide drive will
get under way Thursday evening with a kick-off dinner for
campaign helpers, at the Moose
Lodge in Ann Arbor.
A series of benefit card parties, coffee hours, and teas will
■begin Saturday, January 6; the
annual bowling tournament will
open Thursday, January 18; a
DuPont Fashion Show is set at
the Town Club on January 20 f
and the Mothers' March will be
held January 30.
Locally, the committee is seeking volunteer hostesses for
neighborhood card parties, coffees, and teas to benefit the
New March of Dimes. Anyone
Willingjto give a benefit is asked
to call Mrs. William-Brink, at
HA 9-9016, to register the party and receive instructions.
It is suggested, that card clubs
which meet regularly might
convert one meeting into a benefit. The Reporter will publish
a weekly list of winners at such
benefits, and the Dimes committee will give a high and a
consolation prize at the end of
the drive.
Approximately 1,400 letters
asking support for the 1962
March of Dimes campaign will
be mailed this week in the Saline area.
The letters, to replace the
Dimes Cards which were distributed through the schools in
previous years, were hand addressed during the height of
the holiday season by Mrs. Robert Smith, chairman of the
project,   and her family.
The change to letters stemmed from a Board of Education
ruling last year which prohibits
any soliciting in schools here.
Although the Dimes Cards went
only to children, the mailers
are designed to reach, every
member of the family.   '
Work Done— Travel Ahead
No change of scenery, however well-earned, could be much
»ore complete than that contemplated by Mrs. Arthur O'Neill.
After 25 years in the Saline
Post office, surrounded by filing
cases, adding machines, brown
Paper packages, and stamp
towers, she is headed for the
balmy breezes, and gardenia
Pools of Mexico City.
, It's a long jump from a post
office holiday heap to a bullfight (Ole!), but she expects
to spend the month of February
hi the sunnier climate with a
fnend.
Mrs. O'Neill, who was formally replaced last week when
Uarke Gordon was sworn in as
Postmaster, began work here
when Saline was a considerably
smaller community and the post
office was in a building owned
°y the Citizens Bank, where a
parbershop is now located. Then
11 was moved to the Feuerbach-
er building on S. Ann Arbor
street that now houses an appliance store.
Three years ago, the post office moved to its present new
building on E. Michigan Avenue
and last August a still bigger
change was made . . . door to
aoor delivery for the first time
to the city.
I .Work in the post office was
/ \gtively  placid   here  until
World War JJ. came along, she
recalls. "Then things just seemed to pop." Many of the persons
employed at the Ypsi Bomber
Plant lived in Clinton or Tecumseh and did most of their
mailing here, while going to and
from work. "We were busy every minute and worked much
harder then than we have
since," she says.
When she first entered postal
work, the office was open from
7 a.m. to 6 p.m. ... six days a
, week!
j    Her farewell to the post office
I was helped along last Wednes
day evening by a surprise party, hosted by city carrier Gerald Hering, and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Hering. Nineteen guests, including Mr. and
Mrs. Orren Troup of Ann Arbor,
and the whole post office staff
attended. Mrs. O'Neill received
a large enameled, chased brass
bowl from India as a memento.
Although her new freedom
from responsibility "hasn't registered. yet", neither sleet nor
hail nor dark of night is going
to stay Mrs. O'Neill from her
appointment with that long,
restful vacation.
Public Urged 1
To Attend
CD Course
The public and all city employees have been urged to attend the five-session Civil Defense course to be presented
here next week by Col. Gerald
Miller, county Civil Defense director.
The course will be given at
the Intermediate School from
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
and Monday^ January 15. Primarily, it -covers government
action in case of nuclear attack, and persons who attend
all five sessions will receive a
certificate of attendance.
Mayor Jack Bennett urged all
persons connected with city
work to attend; and Supervisor
Robert Harrison said, "I urge
all citizens to avail themselves
of the course."
"Col. Miller is carrying out
the work of the county to the
fullest extent," Harrison said,
"and all citizens should be
aware of this phase of Civil
Defense."
Last Time at That Desk
Federated Church
Launches Evening
Fellowship Series
A series of Evening Fellowship meetings, on the theme
"Great Religious Traditions",
will begin Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
at'the church. The events are
open to anyone who wishes to
attend.
Meetings are scheduled on the
first Sunday and third Wednesday of each month, to convene
at 7:30 p.m. on Sundays and 8
p.m. on Wednesdays.
Program for Sunday's meeting is a 40-minute film on Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant
worship,  entitled "One God".
Subsequent programs include: On Wednesday, .January
17: "Judaism", presented by
Rabbi Weinberg of Beth Israel
Community Center, Ann Arbor;
Sun., Feb. 4 - "Roman Catholicism" by Father Srebernak, St.
Francis Church, Ann Arbor.
There will be no program on
February 21, but at a family
potluck supper on February 22,
the Rev. Harry Peters, missionary to Guatemala and Venezuela, will speak.
Also scheduled are: Sun.,
March 4 ~ "Reform and Presbyterian", Rev. Roger B. Mc-
Shane, Calvin Presbyterian
Church, Detroit; Wed., March
21 - "Eastern Orthodoxy", Fa- j
ther Missuras, St. Nicholas
Greek Orthodox .Church, Ann
Arbor; Sun., April 1 -- "The
Baptists", Rev. James H. Mid-
dleton, First Baptist Church,
Ann Arbor.
ity rrancmse
For Cab Co.
Paul Arms, owner of the Saline Cab Co., Tuesday asked
Council to grant his firm an
exclusive franchise in the city
to prevent the possibility that
"another cab company would
start up here and then we'd
both go broke".
Arms, who first asked for a
city franchise a year ago, now
operates two cabs, and a third
is to be placed in service as a
school bus, he said.
"I went into the hole the first
year," Arms said. "It's been a
long hard battle, but now we're
making out. If another cab
company came in, neither of us
could make a living and it would
squeeze me out."
He can add other vehicles to
his fleet as needed, he said, and
those now in service are available for spotchecking by police
"without warning" at any time.
"If they just want to pull my
cabs off the street and check
them, that's fine with me," said
Arms. "The public has a right
to know what they are riding
in."
Belleville and a number of
other cities grant such franchises, Arms said.
Council, uncertain whether
the city has authority to grant
such a franchise, asked City
Attorney Allan Grossman to
check into the matter and review the ordinance covering
taxis. Said Grossman: "The ordinance is ancient; it needs overhauling."
COUNCIL   TO   SPEAK
AT SACA MEETING
City Councilmen have accepted an invitation to speak five •
to  seven minutes apiece at  a i
February 7 meeting of the Saline Area Civic association, at
8    p.m.,    at    the- Elementary,
School.
The meeting was planned to j
acquaint   members    with    the
functions   of  city  government,
according to Mrs. Jerome Hem-
mye,  program  chairman.
Arrest Two,
Seek Two in
Robbery Here
• Two local youths were arraigned today and two more
were sought by police on charges of entering and theft from
Five Points restaurant Friday.
LeRoy Milkey, 17, of Milkey
Rd., Saline, and Thomas Thack-
er, 18, of 11357 Jordan Rd.,
were arrested by Saline police
Tuesday evening and arraigned
in Municipal Court in Ann Arbor at noon today.
They were held for examination on Thursday, January 11.
Bond was set at $200 cash or
$500 property, bond for each.
The theft at the restaurant
was discovered at 8 a.m. Friday
by the owner, Art Michalke,
who said the missing goods included two cases of beer, about
a dozen bottles of wine, eight*
cartons of cigarettes, some bags
of nuts, and $7 to $8 in change.
The back door of the building
was pried open to gain entry,
police said.
Supervisors,
Attorney,
Clerk Rehired
City Councilmen, in their organization meeting on Tuesday
night, appointed Bob Harrison
as city assessor, replacing Carl
Moehn, and named Dr. Rudenz
Douthat  as  health  officer.
With three new Councilmen
seated for the first time, all
action on appointments was
unanimous. City Clerk-treasurer E. J. Muir and City Attorney
Allan Grossman were re-appointed, and Councilman George
Johnson was elected Mayor Pro
Tern.
Harrison was also re-appointed for a second term as supervisor to serve with Henry-Leutheuser, who will begin his 14th
year on the board.
Harrison's appointment as assessor follows the custom in
other cities in the county of
making the assessor a Board
of Supervisors member. Moehn
had served as assessor since
September, 1957.
Mayor Jack Bennett also appointed three standing committees to serve throughout the
year:   on  wages   and  benefits
Jaycees Launch Search for
'Distinguished Young Man'
Saline Jaycees have launched
their annual search for the most
"Distinguished Young Man" of ;
the year, Dave Cobb, president,
announced this week. ,
Don McKenzie is chairman of
the committee to receive nominations, name judges, and present the award at the organization's   annual  "Bosses's  Night
Banquet". Churches, businesses,
clubs and organizations will be
canvassed   to   find  the   young
man between  the ages  of 21 j
and  35  who  has  "contributed I
most to the community during i
1961", McKenzie said. The win-'
ner need not be a Jaycee. j
Nominations may also be!
made by the public, and nomi- j
nation blanks are available from
McKenzie (phone HA 9-7549) or
in this issue of The Reporter.
Persons wishing to make nominations are urged to mail
them to McKenzie soon. A deadline has been set at 6 p.m., January 13.
Woman's Club
To Meet Tuesday
The Saline Woman's club will
meet Tuesday, at^the home of
Mrs. Walterl^cArthin:, 107 W.
McKay, for a~pf6gram, "Art in
Schools", to be presented by
Taylor Jacobsen, High School
art teacher.
The program is under the
fine arts department, of which
Mrs. Arthur Heininger is chairman. Social chairman for the
meeting is Mrs. Cecil Davenport; her committee are Mrs.
Max Fosdick, Mrs. T. J. Irelan,
Mrs. George Kantlehner, and
Miss Esther Landwehr,
for city employees, Glenn Clark,
George Anderson, Donald McKenzie; on improvement and expansion of city-owned facilities,
George Johnson, Douglas Milhan, Anderson; on improvement
and expansion of city utilities,
Milhan, Jerome Hemmye, and
Johnson.
Council formally approved arrangement of Commissioners,
announced before the first of
the year: Anderson, street commissioner; McKenzie, public utilities; Hemmye, building; Johnson, budget and finance; Clark,
police and fire; Milhan, planning.
Saline to Get
$3,546 from
Highway Fund
Lansing — The State Highway Department has started to
distribute third quarter Motor
Vehicle Highway Fund collections to Michigan counties and
incorporated cities and villages.
Saline's ' share of the $22:4
million to be distributed to cities and counties throughout the
state is $3,546.
The amount to be paid to
Washtenaw county is $272,107,
including $104,531 to Ann Arbor; $5,141 to Chelsea; $2,844
to Dexter; $3,572 to Manchester; $5,995 to Milan; and
$27,082 to Ypsilanti.
Managing Director Howard
E. Hill said net receipts of the
Highway Fund during July, August and September of 1961,
amounted, to $42,189,319, a decrease of $65,736 over the same
period of 1960.
All state gasoline and diesel
fuel taxes, license plate fees and
a small amount of miscellaneous
fees are deposited in the Highway Fund.
JAYCEES TO BURN
OLD CHRISTMAS TREES
The annual Jaycee Christmas
tree burning will take place
about 5:30 or 6 p.m. Saturday
at the City Park, after members collect discarded trees left
out at the curb for them
throughout the city.
Pick-ups will begin at 3 p.m.
Saturday. The public is invited
to watch the burning.
Fearlessness is the mother of
confidence.
Swallowing  your pride  will
never give you indigestion.
1961 SALINE JAYCEE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Rules
1. Award will be conferred for achievements, leadership
and service to community during calendar year of 1961.
The award is for direct, outstanding service and has no
relation to Junior Chamber of Commerce membership.
Nominee need not be a member of a Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
2. Only young men 35" years of age or younger are eligible.
If the nominee reaches his thirty-sixth birthday before
December 31 of the year for which the award is given,
he becomes eligible if the activities for which he is
judged were performed when he was 35!
3. All nominations must be received by Jaycee DSA Committee prior to 6 p.m., January 13, 1962. Address nominations to: Don McKenzie, 275 Pleasant Ridge Drive,
Saline.
4. The Judging Committee will be composed of citizens of
the community or state who are now over the age of 35.
Nomination Blank
Name of Nominee  —
Address ,  Saline, Michigan
Date of Birth	
KIWANIS   OFFICERS
INSTALLATION POSTPONED
Installation of new Kiwanis
officers has been postponed
from January 8 to Monday,
January 22 at the regular evening meeting. Governor of the
Michigan District, George Bowler, of Ann Arbor, will be the
installing officer.
YOUTH BUREAU J
OFFICER TO ADDRESS
PARENTS'   ASSOCIATION
The Elementary School Parents' Association will hold its
regular monthly meeting on January 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the Elementary School. The program
will begin with recognition of
the Safety Patrol. Guest speaker will be Lt. George Simmons
of the Ann Arbor Youth Bureau, who will discuss "Juvenile
Problems Which Might Confront a  Small Community".
Refreshments will be served.
"Signed  (Nominator)'
Address      	
To this blank attach a letter listing the following qualifications for the nominee: (1) Contributions to city welfare,
(2) Participation in city activities, (3) Lasting contribution to city, (4) Leadership ability, (5) Personal or business progress, (6) Cooperation with individuals and civic
organizations, (7) Reasons for your recommendation and
(8) Three references for nominee.
LOCAL SCHOLAR HONORED: Mike Bixby, of Saline,
was among Detroit Edison scholarship winners honored
Wednesday, December 27, at a luncheon in Detroit. He is
shown with Peter Cook (right) of Detroit Edison who explains the operation of a thermo-electric generator ■— a,de-
velopmental device which was demonstrated at the meeting.
A graduate of Saline High-School, Mike now is a first-
year student at the University of Michigan. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Bixby.
Detroit Edison sponsors 51 college study grants which
are awarded annually on the basis of scholastic ability,
character, citizenship and school activities.
■ JD.