1955-05-11; Reporter

              Rentschler Blaze
Licked By Crew—
Gross Gets Assist
Saline —The Saline lire crew
last Wednesday. saved ^a, tractor
belonging to Alfred Rentschler,
Ellsworth Road, when gasoline-fed flames threatened th^
machine. Quick action^ on the"
part Of Alfred Jr. andiSr., Mrs;
Rentschler, and the fire crew,
saved the tractor fromjidestruc-
tion. r
. The .blaze started when a -full
load of gas in the"i. tractor,
pumped minutes before from a
cold underground storage tank,
expanded in the heat of the
field. The fluid spilled over onto the hot engine and burst into, flame. Wind confined the
damage mostly to one side of
the tractor.
The blaze, although not a
treat for _ anyone concerned,
did have this one happy feature: It gave Charlie Gross,
fire crew member, home on
leave from military duty, a
chance to answer the siren
once more . . before:3fhipping
out to Germany. y*
Saline — Gary Guenther, of
Austin Road, is only 3"/2 years'
qld*- but .already he's an experienced farm-hand.
"He's been farming ever since
he could walk," his grand--
father,   John   Kohler,   proudly
reports. "And he's out in-the
fields or- the barn with me
every chance he gets."
Young Gary, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Guenther, has
good reason for sticking at the
job as   muelr as   possible. For
with all that experience, he still
has a number of - things ;to
learn about" the .cotoplex- business Of tilling, the soil and
making it. yielcL .. '".'-.,
It's'a lifelong job.--   . ;  >
Dexter Bands Into Everything From
Concerts To Candy Bars—These Days
the.
i^atmmm%?8$
By Jackie Tull
.Dexter — Members of
three Dexter'^scfiopl'
show up with chocolateybars to?
sell- next week. They need new
uniforms and they " figure
everyone needs chocolate bars,
so let's call a halt to diets and
buy them out !
Thursday,-May 12, will'be the
date of the combined band concert at Copeland auditorium at
' %30. Saturday, May 14, senior
^and members will board chartered buses for Holland to participate in the Tulip  Festival.
. Two other band en'gageme.rits
coming . up .will be '-"Memorial
^^^^iti^hicK^^^iif^i
playyfor services and "be part
of the.parade; And of course,
they'll be on hand for school
graduation.     ,.-.   ■■■--•
Now We've heard < whispers
that there's a Chicago trip in
August coming up for band
memfoers.yis: "that real or rumor?
An ice cream'social the band
has planned for July is real.
The date comes later.'
Jlanchester Parent-Teachers To Meet
next Monday Evening - Install Officers
4--Manchester — The Manchester area P. T. A. will meet
at 8 p. "m., May 16, at the
High school.
yThe business meeting of the
organization will include annual reports, installation of officers, and a vote on three
changes   in  - the    constitution
All-High Banquet
Sn Manchester
tomes May 14
fManchester — The All-High
School banquet will be held
May 14-, irr the civic auditorium.
Awards b'y^ teachers will be presented .to" the students for
achievements in athletics, band,
'business education and in citizenship  and  service.
Mothers of the members of
the junior class are in charge
of the kitchen, with the girls in
the eighth  grade serving.
Arrangements are under the
direction Of the student coun-
cfl whose president is Jerry
Ekin.
recommended by the committee set up for that purpose.
Mrs. Leslie Chavey will be
in , charge of the program,
which will be a demonstration
of a rural school and its class-
work.
Mrs. Roger Hardenbergh,
this year's president will conduct the meeting."Nelson Short
will be installed as next year's
president.
Churches Mark
*--Man"y;8::^
.-will" observe Mayy'i'5" 'as'.'^SOil
Stewardship ■ Sunday."" y
; The observance' is under .the
sponsorship of 'both the Michigan and national associations
of soil conservation districts.
".'Soil Stewardship Sunday", be-
.gan.in 1946 when ^religious lead
ers in southern states set a-
side "one Sunday a* year -to remind, their congregations of
man's duty to be a good steward; of the land. The. idea
spread rapidly.
The National Association of
Soil Conservation Districts has
prepared reference material
for the observance. It is. available at soil conservation district offices.
Ladies Shower
for Mary Hankerd
North Lake—Members of the
N;6rth "" Lake' Extension Group
•will meet at ,noon for a4 planned
dinner, at the home of Mrs. Leo
Heatley, May-18.
- A   surprise   miscellaneous1
tower for Miss Mary Hankerd
ts given by members at the
last meeting of the group, at
the home of Mrs. Henry, Gilbert.
Miss Hankerd, who is employed at the North Lake Store, has
set May 21" for her' wedding in
the Catholic Church, at Chelsea*.
Mother-Daughter
St. Mary Banquet
Comes Thursday
Manchester — The mother
■and daughter banquet at St.
Mary's Catholic Church will be
held at 6:30, May: 12, at the
Church.
Mrs. L. Scheid, president of
the Altar Society, will introduce the toastmistress, Mrs.
Theodore Roberts. The toast to
the daughters will be* given by
Mrs. Ralph England, and Orylin
England will offer the toast to
the mothers.
An accordion solo will be
played by Judy Kirk. A skit,
in tribute to the mothers^ will
include a cast Of Leano Braun,
Kathy. Scheid, , Elaine. Kastle,
Barbara...Tomko, Josephine/ "Ke-;
hoe, Karen Kirk, /Jerry. Bia-
lOck, and a . chorus of six girls
of the senior high catechism
class. The Crowning. of the
Blessed Virgin will be by Vickie
Ball. The Court of Honor will
include: " Theresa Roberts,
Kathy Swank, Donna Jean
Braun, Kathy Roberts, "Susan
Kirk, ._ Ann Burch,. Sharon
Cashin and Carol Way.
-Father William. Schneider
will be the speaker at the banquet.
All mothers in the church
.aire invited to attend.,.    '..-...
Farm Tiling
Shown This P.M.
A farm tiling demonstration
will be put on this afternoon,
starting at 1:30, on the farm- of
Earl Perkins, Feldkamp 'Road,
one mile north of U.S.-112, 4V2
miles southwest of Saline.
Willard Cutler, drain specialist at Michigan State "University,
will lead the' discussion . . John
Flook, county'drain commissioner, will be on hand to observe
and 'to answer queries ... representatives v of, tile manufact-
uriiig;. firms." wUl "give information, on- tile specifications . .
Lee Talladay, tiling contractor
in this area, will demonstrate. .
and Perkins will tell about the
drainage and soil conservation
program on his land.
The afternoon, program is
open to" all interested farmers.
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89 GOLF VIEW LANE,- ANN ARBOK
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1955
xter High Scholars Named
Saline Seniors
To Take
Honeymoon tote
Saline — High School seniors
will leave Memorial Day for New
York City and Washington. En
route, they will visit Niagara
Falls. ■     '      .  *   .
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hill and
Mrs. Kenneth Rogers-Will accompany" the group.
f Lorna Knisely
Dexter — Lorna Knisely,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Holt-
ari Knisely, Gregory, has beer
nsEmed valedictorian for the 1955} (that grades of the. top three in
graduating class of the Dexter
Agricultural High School.
HTied fOr the honor of saluta-
{ofrian are Nancy Wheeler,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt
Wheeler, and Barbara Bucholz",
Barbara   Bucholz
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Bucholz.
High   school   officials   stated
the class were very close, and
it was impossible" to make a
decision between "Nancy Wheeler
and Barbare - Bucholz, so the
class will have two salutator-
ians.
Nancy Wheeler
Top ten in scholarship in the
class are as follqws: Lorna
Knisely, Nancy Wheeler and
Barbara Bucholz (tied for second place), Eilene Farrell, Rosa-
he Hoey, Barbara Kelsay, Marjories Braribury, Karl Ehnis,
Allan Waldron and George Tanner.
Wefner Rpst, Movie,
For Luther League
4t Bridgewater
-Bridgewater — The Luther
League of St. John's Lutheran
Church wiil meet at 8 p. in.,
May . 16, at ther church. A
wginer roast will be held, and
the    program   will    include  a
Set For May 27
In Manchester
Manchester — The date, for
the spring dance recital sponsored by the P. T. A., has been;
set for .8 p. m., May 27, in the
high school auditorium. Mrs.
George Huffman, Ann Arbor,
is the instructor in dancing,
and classes, sponsored by the
P. T. A. have been meeting;
through the winter on Saturdays.
Ascension Day Services will
be held at the church at 8 p.
.m., May 19.
At Salem Lutheran
Scio Township—The members
of the class at Salem Lutheran
Church, who will be confirmed
on May 15, include Robert
Drake, Elaine Hoener, Wilma
Schaible, Joan Jedele, Eloise
Hermann and David DeBorde.
The adult class of the church
was confirmed earlier.
Saline Legion, Auxiliary Seek Donors
To Replenish Blood Bank Reserves
Saline — To build up rapidly
dwindling deposits in the blood
bank maintained by the veterans organization in this area,
the Saline Legion and Auxiliary
will put on a' drive for donors
Tuesday evening, May; 17.
People wish&g to -donate a
.bring guests to theTnieetiris^^
•inittg '.. .BEFORE eating supper.
Transportation to the hospital
in Ann Arbor will be arranged
at the Legion.
Upon returning to Saline, the
donors will be treated to a
hamburger-and - french - fries
spread by the ladies of the
Auxiliary. The feed will make
up for the donors' lost supper
. ;.;' which must be foregone
•before > -giving blood.
be donors are" urged to call
Arthur Moehn or Mrs. Bernice
Armbruster, heads of the project for the Legion and Auxiliary.
Community Room In New Dexter Hall
Will Be Available For Use En Sept.
Washtenaw 6.O.P. Committee To Hold
Annual Meeting Next Tuesday In A. A.
The annual meeting of the
Washtenaw County Republican
Committee will be held next
Tuesday evening, May 17, at
7:45, in the Ann Arbor City
Hall council chamber.
The meeting is open not only
to all committee members, but
ajso to all interested Republicans.. Highlights of the session
will   include reports   from the
group's   subcommittees   on   agriculture  and labor.
Business will include the appointment of a new secretary
to replace Mrs. Bernice Koch,
whose resignation, because of
the pressure />i other work,
must be reluctantly accepted.
A second vice-chairman will
also be appointed, to fill a van-
cancy. '       ""
Dexter — Beginning "in the
early part of September, council meetings, township _ and
village elections and meetings
of the Board of Review will
be held in. the community
room of the Fire Dept. building.
Completion of the community room in the building was
made possible when Scio Township agreed to come in with
Dexter for fire protection. The
village will be saved the cost
■of renting the Masonic Temple for elections. The council
has been meeting in the library:
Other townships could not
legally join*, the project and
help.pasc for the fire^hall, ac-:
cording- tp;,Harry. Peters, mem-
nan,
ion
Party Honors
Mrs. Schneider
Ann Arbor—Special Mothers
Day doings at the Walt. Schneider household, Ann Arbor-
Saline Road, honored Mrs. Schneider, who today marks her
72nd  birthday. ' _     *
^"Present at the gathering last
Sunday were Mrs; Schneider'?
sister, Mrs. Ernest Lohr, and her
brothers and," their "wives: Jlr.
, and^'Mrs. Theo Seyler, Mr. and
Mrs: Archie Seyler, Mr. and, Mrs.
Walter Seyler,"Mr. 'and"' Mrs.
ban" Seyler, all of Anir* Arbor,
and Mr.- and Mrs. Milton Seyler.
of- Detroit. -
-Representing, the. in-law
.branch of the claii was Titus
Schneider, Walt's brother, and
his wife, of Ann Arbor. Also
present was George Schiller,
Ann Arbor*"
■ They cut a big cake and had
;.a.=gr%"aot--time,. .   . . ,,--. .. ■ ."
Suzanne Higgins
Manchester; — Suzanne
Lynn Higgins has been named
valedictorian and Douglas
Charles Brown salutatorian,
of the 1955 graduating class at
Manchester High. .
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Higgins/ Ann" Arbor
Road, Suzanne received seventy-seven, out of a possible
eighty-four honor- points.   She
Douglas Brown
followed the    College Preparatory program^
She is a member of the
Emanuel Evangelical Reformed
church of Manchester. While
in school she has played first
flute in the high school band
for four years.
As a sophomore she was a
Student Council representative,
on the 'Yearbook   staff," and
class treasurer. - This past year
she has "been class treasurer
and has taken part in the
senior play. •
. Sue plans to attend Western
Michigan College next year
and enter the field of Business Studies. She plans on a
career- in secondary  teaching.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. _ Harold
Brown oh Pleasant Lake' Road,
Douglas earned' seventy-three
honor points out of* a possible
eighty-four to gain the salutatorian honors. v
As a sophomore he was a
member of. the Library and
Latin Club. He has played
trombone in the high school
band for the previous two
years.
He has participated, in baseball for two years and won an
award in basketball- this year.
He was a member of-the school
paper staff during his Junior
year.        . "
This; year he has been Co-editor of the school paper, Ghlef
Editor and sports editor of the
.Yearbook, * member of the
■ Senior play cast and on.the
track-team.
Doug plans   to attend  KalaT
1 mazoo  College in the  field of
either Social work or Engineering.
ber of the village council, because they cannot use township funds outside of their
township.
Gross Recovering
From Injuries Of
U.S.-12 Collision
Dexter — Adolph Gross, Parker Road farmer, who suffered seven broken ribs, a badly
lacerated scalp, and numerous
bruises in a U.S.-12 car-tractor smash last Wednesday, is
on the mend at St. Joseph's
Hospital. Despite his 72 years,
Gross yesterday was reported
sufficiently on his.way to.-re*-
covery to have the doctors
talking already of sending him
home within a matter of days.
The accident" happened with
Gross driving, his tractor on
the Ann Arbor-Jackson Road hi
Lima Township. The driver of
the car which hit him . . 29-
year-old J'erold Barnett, of Detroit .*. .told the sheriff's De^
partment that he evidently
had dozed at the wheel when
he smashed into the rear of the
Gross tractor.
Taken to the Ann Arbor hospital, Gross required ., eight
stitches. to close the wound
near the base -of his scalp . . .
indicating that the accident
was definitely a "near thing"
jto tragedy.
Local Boys, Girl,
Make Good A-rU-M
Among the 677 students at
the University of Michigan to
be ; honored, for scholastic
achievements at the 32nd Honors Convocation, jMay 13, will
be Jiinior C. Stielstra, Saline;
"Lin^ia M. Reck, Manchester,
and Parker J. War.cf, Dexter.
^.Speaker for the event will
beHarold W.-Dodds, president
of. Princeton University.
Students aTe honored "for
over-all scholastic achievement and outstanding scholarship in particular fields.
With the half-way mark in
sight in the $175,000 campaign'
for a new hospital in Saline, the
campaign executive committee
announces plans for the public
drive to be launched on May. 17. -
Public campaign committees
are now being organized in
every, township in the hospital
service area and in the communities of Milan, Manchester
and Saline. Anyone interested
in becoming a volunteer solicitor.
in the public drive is urged to
contact campaign headquarters,
108 Still Building, Saline or
phone Saline 378. ■ . •
During the public drive the
activities of the Memorial and
Special Gifts Committees will
continue.
The executive committee has
stressed five points essential to
a proper understanding of the
campaign and its aims:
1. The proposed hospital will
be of the community type which
will assure personal attention
to all patients and will be able
to take care of most of the
hospital needs of people living
in southern Washtenaw county
and the adjoining area.
2. The facilities will be open,
to all Doctors of Medicine iri
Ypsilanti, Milan, Manchester,
Saline and Ann Arbor who
become members of the hospital
staff.
3. The hospital will belong to,
and wiH be operated by, the
Saline Community Hospital Association, of which anyone may
become a voting, life member
by making a qualifying contribution.
The Bo.ard Of Directors of the
Association must be elected by
over 50% of the total votes of
the association membership.
Each member of. the Board of
:"Dife'ci6rs:-::iia^ -only Cone ..-vote.
However, in order"!!*o assure that
those who are responsible for
"creating the hospital will control
its policies, members of the
Association are given voting
rights proportionate to the
amount they contribute. There
will, be one vote for each $100
contributed.
4. In order to raise  $175,000
from a relatively small popula- '
tion, it is essential that everyone
realize the importance of giving
proportionately to others.
In the public drive in order
to have a successful campaign
it will be necessary to receive
from those with smaller, incomes
$15*0 pledges based on budgetary"
giving of $1.00 per week over a
three year period. It is also
hoped' that many in the smaller
income group will give $200
making possible a life membership for husband and wife.
5. The important thing to
bear in mind, the executive
committee emphasizes, is although there are other hospitals
nearby the proposed site, these
large hospitals are often overcrowded. By having a new,
modern, fireproof, community-
type hospital -of ..their own,
'people in this, area "will have^a '.
greater sense of security and
.peace of mind, thanythey have-
at present. When peOpie realize
.that one out of three families
in Jthe United States use a hospital each year, the importance
of the project is more fully
appreciated. -    •
A special feature of the campaign is the Group Memorial
Plan.- In order to give recognition to churches and to farm
and community organizations,
memorial rooms in the proposea
hospital are possible without
the church or organization
giving any of their own funds.
When a member of an
organization makes a pledge
which he wishes credited to a
group memorial in the name of
an organization of which he is
a member he designates this
organization--, - by writing its'
nanie on his pledge card. When
this total tally lor any organization reaches $3,000 or more,
the organization is entitled to-
have a memorial .room, in the
proposed hospital without any
cost to the organizaion iself.
All solicitation for the individual and group memorials is
made by regular members of
the campaign organization.
Designating of a gift for a
group memorial room in* no
way affects the voting right of
the donor, for he continues to=
hold his individual ^qthig rightji
L.