1955-05-18; Reporter

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VOL.' 8,. NO. 34
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89 GOLF VIEW LANE, ANN ARBOE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1955
ayors
Day
Manchester Has Mile-Long Parade
Added to the' problems of the
Washtenaw Road Commission
and motorists in- the south
portions of the county is the
project shown above. It was
discovered   days   ago  that  the
Raisin River bridge _ east of
Manchester on Austin Roan"
had. settled' enough to constitute a hazard . ."and so the
entire structure  'must  be   torn
down and rebuilt. The job will
take weeks . . and meanwhile
Austin Road traffic must toe
routed along a devious detour
to the north. •,
Brhlye Ruildiny Problems
^County Road Cmm
Prospects m Raisin
There is no immediate prospect of building a bridge over
the Raisih River on Wilbur Rd.
near Bridgewater, according to
Howard Minier of the Washtenaw County "Road Commission.
The old bridge was destroyed
by a gasoline truck approximately' two years ago, and the
County is now in the process
of trying to secure damages
from -the trucking ^company involved. The case has been
postponed several times. If the
county does get damages, no
^one can say now what the
^amount will be, Minier commented. . , -
The cost of a new bridge will
be between $25,000 and $30,000,
since the state, highway,
specifications on •bridges must
be met. - The County Road
Commission has a total of
, $9,000 to spend on roads in
^Bridgewater Township, but
"low to  finance  a new bridge
Sullivan School
PTO Names Heads
gL   Election;   of   officers   at   the
™ Sullivan. School PiT.O. meeting
of Tuesday, May 10, resulted in
the following candidates, being
chosen:
President,  Haskiel  Brown  of
Delhi Road, Vice-President, Mrs.
Bruce  Clarke of Burton. Road,
' Secretary, Mrs. Robert W. Hodge
* pf   Jackson  Road,   Treas.  Mrs.
. Milo Williams of Delhi Road.
It was voted to buy additional
sports equipment, and to sponsor a trip to Detroit to a baseball
game for the Cub Scout group.
Also;   painting   easels    and   a
portable  record pla'yer' will  be
Aurchased.
The meetmg date will be
changedHo the second Wednesday of the month.
i Future events will be a trip>
' lo the Detroit" Zoo 'by Room's II
and III, and one to Belle Isle
'by Room I.* "Also, the' Annual
picnic "will be held at Dexter-
Huron Park in".the" afternoon,
■with pot-luck supper late in the
afternoon so * that the 'fathers
will be able to attend.
A scrapbook of early Sullivan
phool history is. being started,
"* d the,,. Secretary, Mrs. Robert
Hodge, 5135 Jackson Road
uld welcome- any material
.v,vhich-could be used.
f: \Mrs. Nelma Watson, teacher
'; iri" Room III, has flown to San
Diegp, Cal. to see her new grandson. .During her absence, the
classes are being taught by Mrs.
Darlerie Bolles.
is a«. problem which no one
has- been able to answer," Minier said. Bridgewater' Tow,nship
Board has offered to pay half
of the cost in order to get the
oridge built, . but this still
leaves part of the bill unpaid.
A similar situation.exists outside .of Saline on Hartman Rd.,
Minier pointed out. The bridge
here has been closed sinoe
1947 and- the county does not
have funds to put in a new
bridge. • -       ■
"Some townships," Minier
said," "have participated very
well in putting in their own
bridges."    . : ■      -
Chelsea High Holds
Open Hcuse Tonight
Chelsea—An open house for
parents to. visit the high school
sill be tonight. A choral con-
3ert will be given at 7:30 p.m.,
in the high school auditorium.
The high school open house
is ' particularly ' appropriate at
this time, since today is Education Day- in .Michigan.
Benson, Eisenhower Back
Ssll Stewardship Week
„ _ ' Secretary -*"- of j.- Agriculture
f£5^**g; :^^^B4«^a^^faVs£.-;-called-^o^•
members of the Council of
Farm Co-operatives rto join in
observance ;of Soil' Stewardship
Week throughout the country
this week.
Benson said the Week's purpose was" to "direct national
attention on the continuing
need for wise land use." President Eisenhower has- given
his endorsement to the Week,
saying its observance , should
"help our citizens learn more
about the true relation of land
and water to their material
and spiritual welfare,"
Mofe-Daughter,
rafher-Son Banquet
Northfield Township — The
calendar for St. John's Lutheran Church includes a
mother" and daughter, father
and son banquet, at 8:30 p. m.,
May 20, at the church.
The Ladies' Aid Society of
the church will meet at 2 p. m.,
May 25, at the church.
A. class of eight members
will be" confirmed at 10:30 a.
m.,.May 29, at the'churcti.
aline School Supeflnfendent
Lists Faculty For Next Fall
Saline —- Instructors
staff for *the 1955-56" school
year have been announced by
Schools Superintendent Leo
Jensen with the approval of
the School Board.
Eighjt additional teachers
have been listed for . the e\e-
mentary and secondary school
faculty, reflecting changes in
personnel, closing of .one-room"
schools and an anticipated increase in total enrollment
from approximately 1,000 to
1,100   students.
All faculty members will be
put on a new salary schedule
next year, based on a $3,400
minimum for those with bachelors' degrees and a $3,600
minimum for those with masters' degrees. Increases of $200
per, year of service will be
jranted Saline teachers, up to
^ maximum of $5,200 for those
with bachelors' degrees and
$5,400 _for those with masters'
degrees.
Total salaries for.all school
personnel next year are estimated at $186,500, With total
expenditures' of all kinds estimated at $264,440.
Principal change' in the
chool system next year will be
,he opening of Saline's new
elementary school. Built at a
total cost of $486,158, the new
Aructure is expected to house
Ipproximately 700 students, including those .from one-room
schools and those formerly enrolled in the Junior - Senior
High building.
Construction is expected to:
be completed by June 15, according to Mr. Jensen An
^ESP_AoTjse_ will   be   held -.fDr-Lg^mselor
and| culture; William-Bailey, physical education and- coach; and
Mrs. Kathleen Nass, - art - and
girls physicial education.
'/Those' continuing with the
elementary school are: Mrs.
$Earian Barclay, principal; Mrs.
Suzanne Hplton and Mrs. Ann
MacMiilen, kindergarten; Mrs.
Tenia Haab and Mrs. Lillian
■Gilbert, first grade; Mrs. Mary
Meyers, Mrs. Blanche Shank-
land, Miss Ila Pfeifle and Mrs.
Dorothy Stimpson, second
grade.    •
Also: Mrs. Elizabeth Parsons,
iyirs. Maxine Ross, and Mrs.
Nancy Reynolds, third grade;
Mrs. Constance Gonser, Miss
Olive Mansoh, and Mrs. Juli-
arnia Taylor, fourth grade;
Mrs. Helene Monaghan, Mrs.
Eva Barber, and Mrs. Una
Dicks, fifth grade; Mrs. Lila
Hjbbs, sixth grade; Jean Taylor, art; and Mrs. Mary Jaquith,
music.
Elmer Houghton and Charles
Jaquith will continue as principals of Senior and Junior
High Schools, respectively with
the following instructors: Mrs.
Elizabeth Kuebler and -Miss
Hallie Mehler, mathematics;
George Bonich and Mr. Jaquith,
science; John Luidens and
Mrs. Marion Benish, social
studies.
Also: Mrs. Mildred Haswell,
Mrs. Elmine Sweet, and Mrs.
Bernice McCoy, English and
languages; Dwight Reynolds,
industrial arts; Mrs. * Alberta
"Rogers, home economics; Howard.'Hill, commercial; Arthur
Katter3ohn and> Mrs. Jaquith,
music;    and     James   Johnson
parents and friends of the
school early in October
New teachers next year in
the elementary school will include Mrs. Mary Theresa Webb
and Mrs. Donna Cowley, first
grade; Mrs. . Teresa Holtqp,
third grade; and Mrs. Patricia
Morse, sixth grade.
New faces in secondary
school will be Miss Barbara
Heider, English and languages;
Alton  Healy,    vocational  agri-
social studies.
LAUNCH FLAG SALE
Jaycees groups throughout
the . county are selling flags
during May, in an annual campaign leading up to Memorial
Day. Flag sales are now in
progress in Chelsea, Manchester and Saline.
Shown, above are Chelsea
Jaycees launching the sale in
their   community   with .a   gift
flag for the village. The banner is to be flown in front of
the municipal building.
Involved in the transaction:
Dr. Glenn Hass, Jim Eiseman,
Charles Slocum, Bill Raae-
ma-eher, Bob Devine, Village
President Max Sweet and Ar-
den Musbach.
—Heirloom   Phoot
Teacher Salary' Scales ~ Outlined
For Manchester,-Dexter, Saline Areas.
Salary scales for teachers in
Dexter, Manchester, and Saline are similar this year, with
beginning , • salaries". set at
$3,400 for. .teachers, with an A
B. ■-degree. • In Chelsea,, the
and  guidlaiae.^j^
be $3,600 for a""
Manchester Group
Promotes Exchange
Manchester — Participants in
the Mayor's .Exchange Day program here Tuesday.included co-
chairmen L.V. Kirk and Dan
Boutell, together with the.foil-
lowing committeemen:
Earl Koebbe and Rollie Grossman, barbecue; Allent Luckhardt, Richard Way and Donald
Sutton, tickets and publicity;
Lyle Widmayer, officials', cars;
and John Pippenger,-Lawrence
Deverna, Luther Klager, Fred
Atkinson and Robert Masten,
hosts.     >
PTA To Honor Mrs. Dpald Cornell,
New Washtenaw Council President
Ypsilanti — Mrs. Donald
Cornell, of Saline Valley Farms,
will be installed as- president
of the Washtenaw Parent -
Teachers Council at a cafeteria supper at McKinney Hall,
Michigan S,tate Normal College,
at 6:30 p. m., Thursday.
Other officers to be install-
irk Training Session
. Dexter — Scout commissioners from throughout this area
attended a training course held
last Sunday afternoon at
Newkirk. The course was One
■of a series being conducted by
local" Boy Scout Council to ^prepare the volunteer commissio-
ers  for  their  work- with local'
troops'
Pausing for a" picture during the eourse: (front, left to
right) H. R. Stevens, Dexter j'
Robert Zwinck, Ann Arbor; Dr.
Arthur Holstein, Manchester;
Don Hackney,  Dexter;  Robert
Stepp, Whitmore " Lake; Paul
Clary, Ypsi. In the back row:
Larry Davis, Willow Village;
Geojge Catrell and .JLuther
Spalding, Howell; Daniel Ling,
and J. R. Duke; Ann Arbor, Behind the camera .was * Verle
Ktos, of Ypsilanti.
Legion, YFW Units
Plan For Parade
Armed Forces Day
American Legion color guards
from Manchester, Chelsea, Ypsilanti, Saline,-Dexter and Milan will march in an Armed
Forces Day parade in Ann Arbor, starting at "10:30 a.m. Saturday. Color guards from the
Veterans ■ of Foreign Wars in
Ypsilanti, Chelsea," and Milan
will   also   participate,        ■  ■ *.
Other units in the parade
will include the Ypsilanti High
School Drum and Bugle - Corps
and R0TC Drill Team, Co. K.
of the Michigan- National
Guard, Tank Company, ROTC
cadets from the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor High
School Band, and color guards
from the American Legion- and'
Veterans of Foreign .Wars in
Ann  Arbor.
The march will form at State
and Huron, proceeding as follows: Huron to Main, Main to.
William, William to Fourth,
Fourth to Liberty, Liberty to
State.
Armed Forces Day was proclaimed nationaly by President
Eisenhower and will have the
theme, "Power for Peace", this
year.
Mower Accident Mars
Church Clean-Up Drive
Manchester — The annual
men's clean up of the Catholic,
cemetery grounds was marred
by an. accident Monday when
L.V. Kirk nearly severed -the
first two fiijgers of fhis right
hand in a lawn mower. "Chick"
still has all 10, but it was a
close one.
Chairman of the clean-up
committee was EQ= KirK.-
ed with Mrs. Cornell include
Mrs. Louis Vogel, Pleasant Lake,
vice - president; Mrs. Russell
Burnetii, Chelsea, secretary;
Orville Lidgard, Milan, treasurer; and "Mrs. Burnard Wint,
Whitmore  Lake,  historian.
The ceremonies will be conducted . by Mrs. George Mc-
Cardall, Hazel Park, State
Parent - Teachers Congress
Founder's Day chairman. Outgoing officers, present will include Mrs. Carleton Heilbraun,
president, and Mrs. Joseph
"3argraves, secretary, both of
Milan.
Incoming presidents of PTA's
throughout the County have
been" invited to attend the installation, .^according to Mrs.
Heilbraun. Regular PTA members may also attend.
A. B. degree and $3,900 for a
teacher with a master's degree.
In Dexter, a teacher with a
master's degree will have a beginning-.salary of $3,600. The
maximum' salary for a teacher
a* master's degree. Dexter allows an additional $200 for a
teacher who is head of a
nousehold.
The scale set up in Manchester for beginning teachers
was raised "-this year from
$3,234 to $3,400. The maximum
which can be reached after 10
years of experience, is $4,70C
for a teacher with a bachelor'^
degree. The teacher with a
master's degree has a beginning salary of $3,600 and may
reach a maximum of  $4,900.
A beginning teacher with an
A. B. degree in Saline starts
at'$3,400 and- may reach a
maximum of $5,200. The teacher with a master's degree- starts
at a salary of $3,600 and may
reach a maximum of $5,400.
Saline has .a system of regular
salary increases.
In all of the 'schools a small
additional amount is added
to the regular salary for extra
work, such as directing plays,
coaching debating teams, or
coaching athletic teams.
Parades, barbecues and *
crisp rejoinder marked the observance of Mayor's Exchange"*
Day in Washtenaw County
Monday.
One of the biggest celebra.^
tions in.the County centered fit
Manchester, where more than*
100 cars and trucks turned out"*
with the Police and Fire Departments to welcome "Mayor Elden1
Franklin of Sterling, who swapy
ped piaces- for tne day with
josepn Scnwab.
lis unrated at a mile long by
ponce Chief Charles Scnebor,
o&e parade rolled through town
■.-o the Manchester athlecic field,
ivhere James Hendley served as
coastmasier at a charcoal—bar-
oecued cnieken dinner for more
uhan 100 persons. Local businessmen contributed gifts to*
Jieir guest.
L.V. Kirk and Dan Boutell, co-chairmen for the exchange;
reported Mayor Franknn waij
very interested in Manchester'-s*
iire-fighting system and enjoyed tours of the local Ford Motoi***
Jo. and Double A plants.
Local gas station owners pro?
vided a final -touch to the alf afi?;
when they washed and greased
the mayor's bar, then fourfc"?
he had aflat and fixed it.
Dexter traded Mayor Millarat
Harvey to Yale for the day, arM
received a visit from Mr. and*
Mrs. Arthur Wibog in return",
pillage clerk Harry Peters, Dr.
A. G. Wall and Councilman
Lawrence Baker hosted the
visiting mayor, taking him on
cours of the Michigan Molded
Elastic and Fram Filter pants.
After dinner at the American
Legion home with Councilman
Malcolm Blakely and village
marshall John Palmer, Mayor
Wibog inspected the'new elementary school and toured the
whole 'village.
■' Gger in Sahne,|the story<wa?|:
S^ewfii^-^ifCfer-*5ni£ ^"M "a y-pi-'
ie&ty' Leutheuser and his wife
■iad their hopes high for an
Jpper Penirisula holiday, until
3oyne Falls Mayor Lester Baker
nfcrmed them he wouldn't be
ible to participate in the .ex-
mange because of prior commit-
nents.
Mayor Leutheuser, somewhat
chagrined, warned jokingly that
le planned to "drop in on Boyne
Falls and buy the place out"
an his next trip north.
Mayor's Exchange Day opened
he second annual Michigan
Week, a program _ designed to
aoost civic pride in communities
ad state.
MARILYN HONORED
iaiine Area F.B. Groups
Mark Michigan Week
Saline — Marking Michigan
Week, the Saline Valley, and
the South Saline Farm Bureau
groups will meet together tonight at the Saline Township
hall. The program will include
an educational film, square
dancing,' luncheon and fellowship.
Round Tiro    ■'
Program Resumes
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in Coynty Frida
Manchester—Marilyn Ahrens,
daughter of .Mrs. Freida Ahrens, has been chosen by the
Manchester Legion Auxiliary to
attend Wolverine Girls' State
on the. "CJ-M campus next mon-
er. Scholarship, citizenship and
leadership were the criteria on. (school.
which Marilyn's choice was
based. A member of the Manchester High School junior
class, Marilyn has maintained
high scholarship and hasbeen-
active in girls' athletics at the
The second round of polio
^hots in" Washtenaw County
will begin Friday and be" concluded May 27, according to Dr.
Otto K. Engelke, County
Health Commissioner. The
postponed first-round ma"ke-ups
will be held in conjunction
with the second round inoculations.
Special make-up clinics for
children receiving their first
shots in the program starting
Friday will be scheduled for
about the ^second week in
June.
In pointing but that the
vaccine is not 100 per cent
perfect, Dr. Engelke said a few
youngsters who receive the
shots are sure to get polio in
spite of the protection they
have been able to work up "
from the vaccine.
Washtenaw     County's     first ,.,
case-of   poliomyelitis   was re-,'
ported last week by the Coun-j^
ty Health Department .. SherjT-
Turbin of Ypsilanti was"  taken.'
ill AprD. 8. Her case is reported
as mild, and she is recovering
at home. She had hot received
a Salk vaccination shot.   Last,
year . the county's    first    case
occurred May 17, ■■■->•■
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