1955-05-25; Reporter

              LEGIONAIRES MARK ARMED FORCES DAY
i   Color guard from Manchest- I parade at Ann Arbor Saturday.
T|r Post 117    steps    off   in the JLeft to  right:    Shade    Creech,
John Clark,  and  Glen Bivins.
Reporter
NO. 8, NO. 35
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89 GOLF VIEW LANE, ANN ARBOK
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1955
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Dexter Post  557 . participants jsteinaway    (behind    the  flag)   er.
included Bud Hammond, Alvin |Dean Coy and Lawrence Stalk-
County Group Goes
To Lansing Meetmg
0m School Problems
Fifteen Washtenaw County
residents active in the field of
education attended a statewide conference On school
problems in Lansing last Wednesday.
Similar in scope to a regional
conference held recently in
Ann Arbor, the Lansing meeting was preparatory for the
White House Conference on Education called by President
Eisenhower for this fall. Means
of ' maintaining educational
• standards in the face of fast
expanding enrollments is one
of the primary problems being
considered by the regional,
state, and White House meet-'
tags.
County residents chosen to
attend the Lansing conference
included regional conference
chairman Dr. Clarence Raynor,
Ypsilanti; Parent - Teacher
Council president Mrs. C. L.
Heilbronn, Milan; Schools Superintendent Julius Haab, Ann
Arbor.
Also: Carl Anderson, Michigan State Normal College; Mrs.
Lawrence G. Boettner, Bridge-
water; Arthur Carpenter, East
Ann Arbor; Miss Marion Cran-
more, Ann Arbor; Mrs.. Joseph
Fisher, Chelsea; Arthur Gallagher, Ann Arbor.
Also: • Mrs. Henry Keller,
Ypsilanti; Harold A. Nielson,
Ann Arbor; Mrs. S. G. Roesch,
Manchester; V. F. Walling,
Dexter; and Miss Marion Wilson, Garden City.    •  -
Parent-Teacher Council
- Chelsea
to march
Legionnaires    ready I Harold Monroe, Charles Waller,
are   Ray   Lutovsky, | and Duane Hall. |
ipecial Service Sunday
frinity Lutheran Church In Saline
Plans 90th Anniversary Celebration
v Saline — The congregation
of Trinity Lutheran Church
jwill celebrate the 90th anni-
■rersary of the church Sunday.
Special services at 10 a. m.
and a guest talk by Rev. K.
Bertz, of Owosso, at 8 p." m.,
will mark the "occasion.
The church was organized in
May, 1865, with 11 male voting
members. Services were held in
ithe local Baptist Church during the early years. This building no longer standds. The or-
' iginal pastor of the, church
was Rev. Wolfe, of Bridge-
water. He was followed by
Rev. J. Doerfler, also of Bridge-
water.
NEXT  WEEK
THE REPORTER
PRESENTS:
ONE ROOM SCHOOLS — What
kids think about their closing
in communities around Saline.
Full page of pictures.
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^JUVENILE HAVEN — How far
it will go in helping the Probate Court -give youth better
treatment.
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CREDIT BUYING — Where it's
hfcaded, an'd   who    finds   it a
nSadache.
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If it    concerns    rural Washtenaw,    it's    covered    in   The
In 1863, members resolved to
build a new church on the
site now bordered by Michigan
Ave. and Harris St. The cornerstone was laid in 1871 and
the new church dedicated in
August 1872. The cost of this
church was $5,6.00. It was remodeled in 1947 and was recently appraised by an insurance representative, who set
its present value at $92,891.40.
The church now has 100 voting members and approximately 400 communicate members.
The only" person now living
who attended the laying of
the cornerstone of the church
is Charles Gras, who was a boy
when the ceremony was held.
He is now past 90 years old.
In its entire history, Trinity
Lutheran has had only 6 pastors. Rev. H. L. Engel came to
the parsonage in 1939.
Leek Of - Control Charged •
Driver la Saline Mishap
Saline—Bruce E. Radaba'ugh,
of Royal Oak, was charged with
failing to have his car under
control following an accident
with a second car driven by
John Marion, of West Michigan
Ave., Saline, Saturday night.
The accident occured at the
...     __       intersection - of   Michigan   and
REPORTER . . ? be sure to get;Maple St. It was  investigated
your copy next, week. -     'by officer *E. Kirby,
Memorial Weekend
Motorists Warned
Sheriff Erwin L. Klager has
announced that his department fs joining the State
Safety Commission and "the
Michigan State Police-in a 101-
day traffic accident prevention program called "Slow
Down and Live." It will run
from Memorial Day through
Labor Day, a period when 535
people lost their lives in traffic  accidents  last year.
The Sheriff pointed out that
the "Slow Down and Live" program purposely begins with
the 3-day .Memorial Day week
end. Last year the Memorial
Day week end cost the lives of
20. people in Michigan traffic
accidents. Fourteen persons
were injured in Washtenaw
County alone.
"All uniformed officer's leave
days will be cancelled over
Memorial Day week end and
detectives will ' handle office
duties.    .
.freedom Township Guild-
To Hear Jackson Pastor
Freedom Township — Rev.
Henry Kroehler,- of Jackson,
will speak at the meeting of
the * Women's G.uild of Bethel
Church, .at 2 p. .m. June 1 at
the Church. His subject will be
"Our Youth', Our Hope for
Years to Come."      . '
Mrs. Edwin Wild and Mrs.
Walter Lindemann are "in
charge of the program. Mrs.
Roy Bihlmeyer, Mrs. Walter
Bihlmeyer- and Mrs, Lawrence
Boettner are hostesses for the
meeting.
."New leaders of the Washtenaw County Parent - Teacher
Council were- installed Thursday at McKvnney Hall, Michigan    State -Normal.    Left    to
right: Mrs. Burnard Windt,
Whitmore Lake, historian;
Mrs. Donald Cornell, Saline,
Valley Farms, president; Or-
ville Lidgard, Milan, treasurer;
and   Mrs.    George ' McCardle,
Hazel   Park,   State Parent -
Teacher     Congress installing
officer.
Scio Farnfc By lesu Hears-
How Sfaliizafion Works
;Scio—The"fNorth Scio Farm
Bureau met at the home of Mr.
a'nd Mrs. John Kingsley May 12.
Andrew Campbell, of the Ann
ArfLor office of the Agriculture
Stabilization Council, explained
how the ASC operated and
could   benefit   farmers,
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Reyents-Alumni Awards
University 01 Michigan Scholarships
Wm By-27-Graduating Seniors in Area
June 2 For 52 High School Seniors
Dexter — Graduation exercises
for one of the largest classes in
the history of the High .School
will be held in Copeland Auditorium at 8 p.m. Thursday, June
2. A total of 52 seniors will
receive their degrees.
Rev. A.P. Rickard will give the
address at baccalaureate services
for the class at 8 pan. Sunday
in Copeland Auditorium.
Invocation, will be given by
Rev. Father Walsh, and scrip-,
ture.will be read by Rev. Henry
A. Campbell. Music will be furnished by the High School
Chorus. Rev. Robert Murray will
give the benediction."
The graduation program includes a processional played by
the school band, under the,
direction of Hubert A. Bearss.
The invocation will be given by
Rev. R.R. Schowie.
Salutatorian addresses will be
given   by Barbara  Buholz   and
Nancy Wheeler, who tied for
the honor.
Wayne Webb, superintendent
of schools, will present the
speaker, Rev. Robert V. Woods,
of Alma, . an official of the
Presbyterian churches in Michigan.
Presentation of honors will be
made by Mrs. Palma Hays, class
advisor. American Legion
awards will be given by Ralph
Bergstrom, Commander oi
Legion Post 557.
Lorna B. Knisely will give
the valedictory address. Presentation of the class will be
made by Raymond L. Miller,
principal. H. Carl Bates, president of the Board of Education,
will award the diplomas.
Rev. H.H. Schowie will give
the benediction and the program
will be concluded with a recessional played by the school
band.
Regents- Alumni Scholarships
at the University of Michigan
have been awarded to 27 graduating seniors in Washtenaw
County high schools, it was announced today by Walter B.
^ea^jde'an*of- -mehj; Ana-^chairja'.,
inan of'the Committee-on Un- "
iversity Scholarships.
These scholarships carry a
stipened equivalent to semester
fees for the freshman year and
are renewable for the normal
length of the degree program
in which the student enrolls,
provided his academic record
justifies renewal.
The award winners were selected from nearly 1,300 applicants representing 281 high
schools. In evaluating the applicants, 4he committee places
special emphasis upon character, citizenship, the high school
academic-record, financial need
and the scores made on the
competitive test taken by all
applicants.
Winners were:
Ann Arbor — Raymond Albert Gross (Engineering) 820
Spring St., Benjamin Todd
Jones (Literature, Science and
Arts) 1139 Martin Place; Stan
William Larmee OLSA) 1485 N.
Main;   Betty   Joyce   Logerquist
Saline Students Visit Chicago
Saline—Don McNeil's breakfast club show broke up for a
while Friday, when Norma Jean
Taylor and another - Saline student got some unexpected bus-
sin' from Sad Sam. to mark
their birthdays.
Guests of the show'on their
weekend trip to Chicago, Norma Jean and her companion
told the radio audience their
only . regrets    about   the trip
[were that they'd missed some
| birthday celebrations at home-
With that, Sad Sam stepped In
to cheer the lasses up with
birthday -kisses, termed the
task "mighty enjoyable. "
Students taking the trip included Janet Marion, Loretta
Schmitz, Carol Lambarth, Eileen Gfosshaus, Phyllis Hartman, Wanda Roehm, Karen
Beck,,Arlene Gonner, Judy Jor
dan, Janet Luckhardt, Louise
Guenther, Nancy Thompson,
Ruth Sanderson and Pat Lemming.
- Highlights of their visit included visits to the Merchandise Mart, the Science and Industry Museum, Marshall Fields
and the Chicago Art Museum.
The students returned hojne
Monday night.
(LSA) 5565 Whitmore Lake
Road.; Roberta Kay Mangan
(Music) 1501 S. State St., Barbara Jo Matzen (LSA) 1500
Greenview; Janet Lynn Milham
(LSA) 502 Forest Ave.; Frank
Frederick Mueller^ (Musiq) 110
■^.-■""Fifsf^f ±3ionikr^an*R'o^
land' (LSA) -1375 "Kensington
Dr., Joan Elizabeth Taylor (LS
A)  1612  Brooklyn Ave.
St. Thomas High School-
Jack David Relyea (Eng) 7783
"F" St., Dexter.
University High School—
Charles Lewis Belknap (Eng)
4146 „ Plymouth Road. Rt. 2
Barbara Mary Roos (LSA) 1117
Willard.
Chelsea High School-Neil El-
dore Buehler (Eng) 203 Lincoln
St.; Ralph Lee O wings (LSA)
33 West Middle St.
Dexter Agricultural School—
Barbara Jean Bucholz (LSA)
3576 "C" St.; Nancy Jean
Wheeler (LSA) 3030 "I" St.
Manchester High School—
Douglas Charles Brown (LSA)
13500 Pleasant Lake Rd.
Milan High School— Ronald
Lee Burkhard (LSA) 12299 N.
Wells Rdv; Dolores Jean Grace
(LSA) 4613 Bemis Rd, Ypsilanti
Saline High School—David
Roger Giltrow (Eng) 207 W.
Russell-; Kay Ellen Meske (Nursing)-1140 Bemis Rd., Route 2;
Jerrold Lawrence Wagener
(Eng) 260 W. Testile, Ann Arbor
Ypsilanti High School—Patricia Winifred Keegan (Pharmacy) 324 Garland Ave.; Paul
Charles Kirk (Eng) 6100 Vree-
land Rd., Eugene Henry Kline
(Pharm)   808 LaMay.
Lincoln Consolidated High
School—Frederick John Oerther
(LSA)  7127 Willow Rd., Milan.
Polio Vaccination
Response Favorable
In County Towns
Polio vaccine shots were completed last week in Dexter,
Manchester, Whitmore Lake
and Stone School, when the
second clinics were held. The
vaccine on hand was used almost to the last c.c, according to officials of the Washtenaw County Health Department.
The-schedule for second shots
in other areas in . the county
will he announced as soon as
it is known when vaccine will
become available. Attendance
at the.clinics Friday, was reported as good.
In Manchester, out of a possible ' 19*2 first and second
graders eligible for the free
vaccine, 183 received the first
shot and 181 the second shot.
Dr. William: P. Purfield and Dr.
Arthur Holstein were assisted
by p^bTTc health nurses and 12
volunteer  mothers.
By Margaret Van. Duren
Legionnaires, Veterans Of
Foreign Wars, and representatives of other patriotic and civic groups will honor the nation's war dead in a parade at
Ann Arbor tomorrow and in
Memorial Day observances
throughout the County Monday.
Ann Arbor's parade is scheduled to get under way at Huron and Thayer Streets at 7 p.
m. tomorrow. Sponsored by the
Disabled American 'Veterans,
the march will proceed west to
Main St., and down Main to
Liberty, passing a reviewing
stand of veterans from the
Spanish-American War, World
Wars I and II, and Korea.
Saline, Chelsea Plan Parades
Saline's parade-will form at
the high school at 10 a.m. Monday. The parade will be led by
the American Legion color
guard and firing squad, while
music will be furnished by the
high school band. The parade
will proceed to Oakwood Cemetery, where Rev. Henry McKenzie will  conduct services.
At the same time, a similar
parade will form in front of
the Municipal Building in
Chelsea. The American Legion
Auxiliary will march with Legionnaires this year for the first
time". Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts,
and other participating groups
will proceed to Oiak Grove
Cemetery. Graves at the cemetery will be decorated by the
American Legion tomorrow in
preparation for the services.
Music for the Chelsea parade will be furnished by the
High school band. Ghildren in
the march will carry small
flags, donated toy the American
Legion to lend color to the
event.
Manchester, Dexter Plans Set
Poppies will be sold by the
American Legion Auxiliary in.
Manchester Saturday,, while the
parade will form/ati the Main.
St; KEfe at 4^0 s&C&Oabacr
-ial^TDSy.""   *'*'■'      '    " ,"
Participants in the march
will include the American .Lef
gion, Boy Scouts, arid the high
school band. Services will be
conducted at the cemetery on
Mam St., at 10 a.m. Graves of
war dead will be decorated by,
the Legion. Saturday afternoon
in preparation for the observance.
Manchester Legionnaires will
travel by school bus to the Nor-
vill Cemetery on M-ll° for services at 11 a.m. Monday.
Dexter's traditional Memorial
Day 'parade will form at the
Village Park at 10 a.m. Monday.
Marchers from the Legion Auxiliary, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Brownies, Moms, and other participating organizations will
proceed to St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, St. Andrew's
Cemetery and Forest Lawn
Cemetery.
Lawrence Baker will be parade marshall, while music will
be provided by the high school
band. At Forest Lawn, the American Legion firing squad will
fire three volleys over the null
pond in honor of Navy dead
and.three volleys at the cemetery to honor Army dead.
Following the Dexter services,
the Legion will go to Webster
Church Cemetery by school bus
for services there. A family"
picnic will be.held at the American Legion home Monday
aftej noon.
Poppies will be sold in Dexter
by the Legion Auxiliary Friday
and by Legionnaires Saturday."
Ypsi Plans Announced
Ypsilanti veterans organizations and other participating
groups will form for a parade
at the American Legion Home
at 8:30 a.m. Memorial Day.
•The assembly will include
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Daughters of the American Revolution, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Moms Club, Gold Star Mothers,
and a car representing the
Grand Army of the Republic,
which has no living members.
Mareh music will be furnished by the Ypsilanti high school
band, the girls' drum and -bugle
corps, the Belleville high school
band, the Roosevelt high school
band, and the American Legion
fyfe and drum corps.. *
The parade will >* go down
Main St., and services for Navy '
dead will be held at the River.
The group will then proceed to
the cemetery, where services
will honor Army war dead.
The VFW will decorate graves
at "the temetery with flags.
Members of veterans organizations will .meet at the GJLR. at
10:*30 ajn. Sunday       ™^*