1955-08-24; Reporter

              VOL. 8, NO. 48-^WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1955
6iFastest Growing Weekly lit Washtenaw County'9
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PRESIDENT DR. HAROLD   MILLER   and    Superintendent
Leo Jensen at Saline School Board meeting last week.
SMILING SECRETARY for the Board is Mrs. Robert Merchant, who was pictured happily under protest.
PONDERING BH>S on one-room schools are Carl Burmeister,    Dr. Gordon Prout, and A. L,
1 Burkhardt. Similar work may fqllow*Jttext-Wednesday's .vote on other school properties.
A FINAL ROUND OF GOLF at University course Monday
for school superintendents Leo Jensen, of Saline, Wayne
Webb, of Dexter, and Fred Atkinson, of Manchester, paved
way for pre-school sessions this week..
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Atkinson Announces Manchester Pupils
to Start Glasses Tuesday, September 6
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MANCHESTER — Superintendent of Schools. Fred Atkinson
has announced that school will
start with a half-day of classes
Tuesday, Sept. 6.
Eight new bus routes have
been worked out" by Atkinson
with the help of Harold Burch
and Alvin Cook, and should reduce travel time substantially
for many students. Parents
will soon receive cards notifying
them of the proper bus their
children should board and its
approximate schedule.
Buses should arrive at the
new higti school at 8:30 a.m.,
with home room period starting
10 minutes later. The buses
will unload on Wolverine St. at
the  elementary school in time
^ for classes starting* at 8:55 a.m.
WElemehtary and intermediate
grades will be dismissed at 3:45
p.m. and High School classes
at 3:55 p.m., once the regular
schedule starts. Kindergarten
class will be divided into three
sections- ctwo  meeting   in   the
morning and one in the afternoon;.
A new entrance has been constructed at the end of the west
hallway at the old high school,
providing greater safety in
emergencies and giving elementary students easier access for
gym and other programs.
Amusement Shows Toddy
To Open Manchester Fair
MANCHESTER — The Man- > concessions   sponsored   by   the
Chester Community Fair opens Anderson Amusement Co.
today, ' with a record-breaking
crowd expected to attend, according -to 4air ^ officials.
Final details for the'four-day
event were discussed at a meeting of the Fair Board Monday
night.
Featured throughout the day
today will be entertainment and
Entries in "fair exhibits will
begin streaming into the village
tomorrow morning, with judging
scheduled to start in the afternoon. All -entries must be in
place b'y 12 noon, fair officials
have emphasized.
At 4 p.m.. .tomorrow, boys
under 13 with, king-size mouths
Results Not Rnmcn
un-rii
in
DEXTER—-All members of the, took a'tour of Chinatown and
Swabian Dialect Expert
Seeks Local Recordings
MANCHESTERr—A request for
speakers of the Swabian dialect
to meet Dr. Karl Goetz, of Stuttgart, Germany, has been made
by E. E. Hutzel, of 11237 Pleasant Lake Rd., who will host
Dr. Goetz starting tomorrow.
Dr. Goetz is an author, lecturer and authority on the dialect, and would like to make
tape recordings of those who
speak it here. Interested persons
may contact Hutzel at GA-8-
2331   for   further   information.
Dexter High School Band returned home safe and sound
Sunday night after a hot, activity-laden weekend at the 26th
annual music festival in Chicago.
According to Mrs. Charles
Dillin, president of the Band
Boosters, and a trip chaperone,
the band played "Blue Horizon"
and "Hall of Fame" in the Glass
C- school competition' at the
Northside Country Club Satur
day morning.
Saturday afternoon was spent
practicing massed band music
under the direction of Capt.
Howard Stube, director of the
festival. That evening, the band
played "Midwest Glory" by
Edwards, "Escort of Honor" by
Walter, and "The Star Spangled
Banner" -before a capacity
crowd at Soldier's Field.
Other events on the evening
program included an appearance by Eddie Fisher, re-enactment of .the Chicago Fire by the
Chicago recreation department,
an l/,800 massed accordion concert, and a massed baton-twirling show.
While they were in Chicago,
the Band stayed<at the Conrad
Hilton Hotel. They saw a stage
show and movie at the Chicago
Theatre, visited the museum of
science and industry, including
trips through a German submarine and a coal mine, and
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the Italian district of the Windy
City. En route and returning,
the band stopped at Niles, Mich.
While no results from the
competition have been announced, it is known that one
other band. attended from this
state. Band director Hubert
Bearss, busy with rehearsals all
summer, is now vacationing in
northern Michigan.        i
Haab Gives Data
on
County Schools Superintendent
Julius Haab .has announced that
most ,rural schools wili open
Tuesday or. Wednesday, Sept.-
6 or 7, as determined by. their
teachers ■ and school boards.
Two notable exceptions to
this general rule.are the Delhi
District, which starts Monday,
and the Geer school, in Superior Township, which will open
for classes Monday, Sept. 12.
Estimated total enrollment in
rural schools this fall is 2,500,
approximately the same as
started last year. While nearly
all rural districts have shown
increases ih 'the" school" census,
many of the districts "will be
consolidated this fall. Total
number of districts in the County today is -53, compared with
72 last year.
CHICAGO, HERE WE COME! Members-of the Dexter High School band as they prepared   to b^ardy busses early Friday.
and stomachs to match will
compete in a pie-eating contest
sponsored by the Manchester
Bakery. A money grab for the
youngsters will also be held at
I p.m. tomorrow, with Jesse
Walker heading up the event.
'5 At 8 p.m. Thursday, the four
Tune-Tellers and other local
talent groups will arrange an
§ntertainment program.
t' Friday's program will open
with a 'cooking school sponsored
by L. V. Kirk Electric, with
ikarilyn Briar of Consumers
showing the-latest, techniques
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■'Dofir "^prize's will" be? gwejaT'a'C
this event:    ""       ' *    «" ^-i?-■
Judging of steers will .begin
at 10:30 a.m., to be followed by|
a tractor-backing contest at 1
p.m. Fire-fighting Dutchmen
will produce a fireworks spectacular on the athletic field fairgrounds at 9:30 p.m.
Thirty finished steers will be
put on the auction block Saturday by members of the Steer
Club, Future Farmers sponsored
in this project by the Civic
Club of Manchester, and by
members of the Manchester-
Sharon 4-H Club. The Fair
Champion and Reserve Champion steer will be auctioned
tirst, followed alternately by
the next best animals raised by
the Steer Club and 4-H Club,
respectively.
Special awards offered to
each-club this year will be the
same: $10 each for steer with
best average daily weight gain,
best shown steer on sale program, and 4-H member with the
best set of records.
Following the Main Street
parade, the Oklahoma Ranch
Club will present its annual
horse show at the athletic field
Saturday afternoon. Those active in this project include Leonard Franzell, of Dundee, Russell Fuller, Mrs. Harold Stevens
and Bill Weinhardt, all of
Manchester.
Four ribbons will be given in
each of the following classes:
Grand Entry, Pony Class under
saddlery, Western Pleasure Class
for 15 year olds and under;
Flag'race for 15 year olds and
under; Western Pleasure Class,
for 15 year olds 'and over;
Speed and Action for 16 year
olds and over; Bending race for
" OFF FOR JACKSON and an old car parade Sunday was
Glenn Nuttle, of Dexter, hopping into his 1913 Ford with
sons David and Glen. Also making the trip in a separate
highway antique was Ernie Nuttle, with sons Sandy and
Ernie aboard. .
Dexter Superintendent of Schools Wayne Webb
Gives Schedule for Registration of New Pupils
■DEXTER — Superintendent
of Schools Wayne Webb has announced that' "registration of
new pupils for the 1955-56 year
will be held from 9:30 a.m. to
11:30 a.m. and frpm l.to 3 p.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug.
29-30.
High- school principal Raymond Miller will be in his office during those hours to register new pupils and change
schedules for those enrolled
last spring desiring to rearrange
their class hours. Elementary
principal Lyle E. Bouck will enroll   kindergarten   pupils    and
other new students in his office at Bates Elementary School
during the same hours.
. To register for kindergarten,
a child must be five .years old
on* or before Dec. 1, 1955, and
parents have been requested to
bring birth certificates or other
proof of pupil's age.
Classes  in  Dexter  will  start
Tuesday, Sept. 6.     *    "
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Property Disposal
Elections Called
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Preparation for the 1955-56
school year swings into high
gear this week, as parents begin buying clothes, books and
other supplies lor their children during the fall term, and
administrators step, up consultations with teaching staffs,
many of whom will enjoy brand
new classrooms next month.
Elections Scheduled
In Manchester and- Saline,
members of the school board
are busy checking last details
on the new high school and
elementary buildings, respectively.
• One major sign of the changing times can be seen in the
special elections called to authorize disposal of buildings ana"
property from one-room scnoois
now placed in consolidated districts. These will be held in
Manchester from 1 to 8 p.m.
Monday at the new high school
building and in Saline from 11
a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Aug.
31, at the High School.
Saline Data Outlined
Details on opening of Saline
schools have been announced
by superintendent "Leo_ Jensen
as follows:
School will open for a half-
day starting at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7. Prior to that date,
parents will receive cards indicating the grade, teacher and
room assignment for .their
children.  s    . '
Rural parents will receive
cards on buses assigned their
children, and have been requested to be sure their children get on the correct bus,
since more than one "school
vehicle may pass their stop. '
Parents of elementary school
children living north of Michigan Avenue haye been request-.
,.ed to^ay:fe^h"ei^'_"^ffl^erC, cross •
aY * Harris .oE^*Arin~.Arbor ""sfe,
where traffic Signals and control officers "will help Insure
safety.
Kindergarten parents will receive special instructions on
enrolling their children in
school. New students enrolling
in the High School have been
requested to contact Principal
Elmer Houghton there Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 1-2;
Wednesday's classes will include pupil registration, room
assignment, and purchase of
books. Classes -will be dismissed at noon.
Hot lunches will be served at
the elementary school starting
Thursday and will begin at the
High School as soon as the new
cafeteria is completed. Further
information will' be published
when this service starts.
DEXTER—Services at 11 a.m.,
Sunday at the Methodist Church
will ,be broadcast over WPAG
Topic of the sermon by the Rev.
A. P. Rickard will be "The. True
Perspective."
DEXTER—The new carpeting
at the Methodist Church was
dedicated to the late Lawrence
W. Se'ybold at services Aug. 21.
The carpet was purchased by
friends of Mr. Seybold, in lieu
of flowers, when he died last
March. Mr. Seybold had been
an "active member in the church.
Hurricane Hits Honeymoon/
Puts Saline Bride in Hospital
Hurricane Connie brought the
honeymoon "of a Washtenaw
couple, Mr. and Mrs. -Kenneth
Auten, to a prompt and painful
conclusion at Niagara Falls recently.
"Ken* and his wife, the former
16 year olds and over, and the Margaret  Lange,   went to   see
Parade Class,
The Tabea and Guild will
serve hot lunches at the Fair.-,
ground daily, wliilf the Manchester P-TA will have" a bake
sale tomorrow and Friday. The
Sharon Town Hall project will
benefit from the sale.
A home talent show Saturday
night-will, conclude the entertainment program and the Fair.
Sarah Reck Moved
from Isolation Ward
MANCHESTER — Sarah Reck,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin M. Reck, who entered "the
isolation unit of University
Hospital with polio on August
13," has been moved to the main
hospital.* Sarah is reported to
be making excellent progress.
Her friends may "write' to . her
at Fourth Floor Center, University Hospital.   -
the . Falls shortly after they
.arrived in upper-New York State
Saturday, Aug. 13...and more
than the date proved inauspicious. > -.
While they were watching the
storm swirl round the Falls
from . a tourists' observation
building, a huge plate glass
picture window was- blown in,
by the hurricane. Fragments
flew into Margaret'"! rifxht hand
and left "arm, and- severely, cut
major 'tendons in her feet. .Ken
was saved from serious injury
-by a pair of heavy shoes he was
"wearing.
After a short stay at a Niagara" Falls hospital and "stories.
in the" "Buffalo and. Toronto,
papers,. the_ couple, retnirned to
their;*apartment ~&t 7*871 Ann ,
Arbor-"St./ Dexter,   last   week,
Though it will he three -weeks
"before, Margaret will be out of
her .cast, both she and lier
husband have ^returned to their
jobs^..    -     .* -
HONEYMOON'S OYER for Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Auten,
following thrush with',. hurricane Connie at .Niagara Falls.
Note Margaret's cast, wedding gifts and yet-to-be furnished
apartment living room.
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