1955-09-14; Reporter

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y&L 8,- NO 51 - WEDNESDAY, SEPT 14, 1955
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GETTING IN SHAPE, for season opener with Chelsea there Fri-
day, Dexter Dreadnaughts are paced fround the athletic field by
co-captain Maike O'Malley.
Manchester Chest Names
Fall Drive Committeemen
.   MANCHESTER—A kick - off    bership.
dinner for all volunteer work- The $6,500 figure, Hendley-
■ers in the'Community Chest said, is not an increase over-last
drive will  be   held      Thursday, _ year's "goal, but represents what
Schools in Saline
to
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PASSING ATTACK takes practice for perfection. Here Al Mosher
prepares to   fire   away in pre.game   practice. Dreadnaughts were
co-champions of the League o* Lakes last year.
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JUMPING JACK exercises are important part of conditioning for
Jim Delanois and his team mates. Coach Nicholas Maynch leads
most calesthenics.
Oct. 6, at the Methodist Church.
Information and supplies - will"
be» given to solicitors at - that
time. Arrangements for the dinner are under the chairmanship
of James Hendley, 1955, drive
chairman.
Committee appointments for
the drive, which will be held between Oct. 10 and 24, have been
announced by Hendley. Members
include: Mrs Allan Schaffer,
residential; Mrs. Harriett Mcintosh, rural area; Mrs. Franklin M. Reck, publicity; Mrs. Ray
Tirb, supplies; and James Hendley,   business   and industrial.
This year's - chest goal of
$6,500 will include contributions
to the Red Cross lor the first
time. Last year's quota for the
Community Chest was $4,000,
but did not' include residential
solicitation for Red Cross  mem-
was contributed in the two drives in October and "KCarch". lgsfc«J
year, and-'^s- based on a study
of needs for next year to maintain present services of the
Chest and make a fair contribution to the Red Cross.
Under the new arrangement,
there will be no Red Cross drive
in March.
Officers of the Community
Fund Board for 1955-56 include:
Millard Uphaus, president; Mrsi^
Ray Tirb, secretary; and Louis
Vogel, treasurer.
Other board" members are:
Mrs. Ray Kerr, Marvin Oates,
Lawrence DeVerna, Mrs. Franklin M. Reck, Father William
Schneider, Don Sutton, Clayton
Parr, of -Manchester Township,
Stanley White of Freedom
Township and Herbert Jacobs,
of Sharon Township.
of Police Chief
Abolished by Hartman
HELPFUL*ADVJCE is given Manchester lineman Bill Kirk by
assistant coach Max Lee during scrimmage last week. The Dutchmen open against Sand Creek at home Friday. For more pictures
and story, see today's Reporter, page 4.
GERMAN EXCHANGE STUDENT Klager Lists
FINDS MANCHESTER FRIENDLY School Data
* MANCHESTER— The friendliness of folks here in the village and at Wampler's Lake
has been one pf the main differences noted -between Germany and America by Norbert
Pfaffe, 16-year-' old exchange
student from Ruhirgebretj who
arrived here six weeks ago last
Sunday.
Norbert, a guest of the Allan
Schaffer family, also finds the
American habit of building
homes for individual families
unusual. In the Ruhr and most
- of Germany, he notes two or
three families often live under
the same roof.
Norbert hopes eventually to
become a high school teacher of
English and physics, and has
already spent more than three
years studying, the language.
"I learned Oxford English, and
it's very different, you know,"
he says, "h-a-r-f past eight in
English becomes h-a-v past, in
American."
During enrollment at Manchester High last week, Norbert
was quite surprised to find he
could carry a full class course
with only five subjects: Amer-
" ican government, American lit-
•erature, American history, home
and family life and driver training. In German/ students, have
Norbert Pfaffe and  the Kev.  Karl Rest
as many as 13 subjects to study.
On   the "humorous   side,  Norbert  has found  that      German
translation   of  prominent   local
names   brings  some rather odd
'and   amazing     results:      Some
•come out. 'cucumbers" while
others translate as "complain,-
ers." Pfaffe, he says, means
"preacher" . . . though no one
in his family now can remember
any relatives 'Wjjho served in
that capacity."
MANCHESTER — Program
details for the dedication ser_
vices of the new $485,000 High
School building Wednesday,
Sept. 28, have been announced
by Luther Klag,er," president of
the Board  of Education.
An open .Jiouse will be held at
the school from 6 to 8 p.m-, with
parking handled by members of
Ihe Junior Chamber of Com-
. merce and ushering by members
of the^ Manchester  Civic   Club.
The official ceremonies will
start in the combined boys-girls
gymnasium at 8 p.m., when the
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
lead the pledge of allegiance to
the flag. The Rev. Karl Rest,
pastor of the Evangelical and
Reformed Church, will give 'the
invocation. ''
Selections by the ""ilanchester3
High School band will be followed by introduction of the
platform guests by Superintendent of Schools Fred Atkinson.
High School arincipal Bob Mas-
ten wiU introduce guest principals at the meeting while Klager will present members of
the Board of Education.
_. Architect Clark Ackley 'will
make an v officia\ presentation
of the bunding to Klager, who
will then introduce the featured
SALINE—The position of police Chief was abolished this
week by- Police; Commissioner
Milton Hartman and the City
Council, foUowing the resignation. *" of -Robert Love from-- the
rgr post Satugd&v*^.,..,   .      _ _   ,    -
Hartman "told The Reporter
Monday "that the city isn't big
enough for a chief" and noted
that the position has been a
"source of friction" within the
Police Department since the department was established in 19-
47. He indicated that a full-time
patrolman would be hired to replace Love.
In a signed statement to the
Council, Love said he Was resigning his position because of
dissention within his department
and "the refusal of the Police
Commissioner to authorize me
to conduct the department in an
honest, impartial, straightforward way."
Hartman told The Reporter
he felt the resignation came because Love was "dissatisfied"
and added, "I'm not being paid
to sit around and hear petty
gripes   about the   department."
Love, who would have completed three years with the Saline police tomorrow, noted that
this was his first job with a law
enforcement agency and said,
"I've tried to run the force and
treat everyone the way I'd like
to be   treated by a policeman."
Expressing his thanks for
"wonderful cooperation" "from
part-time members of the force,
he maintained that repeated violations of basic rules he had
established for the police was
one of the factors leading to his
resignation.
Rules which he listed in his
statement to the Council included: 1) that the police car
should be driven in a 'safe and
careful manner" at all times,
2) that the car should not be
hidden from plain view in ap-
prehendin gtraffic violators,
and 3) that only authorized persons should be permitted to ride
in the car.
Hartman, who Was first informed of Love's resignation
by a news reporter, expressed
confidence in the way the entire
force was  conducting itself and
Robert  Love
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said, "Everyone knows you
don't have to hide on US-112
to  catch   traffic violators."
Love "told The Reporter he
plans to remain a deputy sheriff and discharge his responsibilities tjo the .sheriff's office
and stsate with regard to, driver
licensing. He said his , future
plans were, "uncertain", but
that he planned to r$mauv in
Saline with his family.
By   Bob Beyers
SALINE — The city's    new
73,000 elementary school
building is already filled to capacity, Mrs. Marion Barclay,
principal, reported Monday. Enrollment at the school Monday
was 615, with aii additional 255
in Junior High and 172 in Senior High bringing the city's total to 1,142 students.
Originally designed with 18
classrooms for 30 students each,
the elementary school was expanded during construction to
20 classrooms- All theste are
filled to capacity and additional
space is being,, sought for the
sixth grade, which includes approximately 80 students divided in sections of 40  each.
Monday afternoon Mrs. Barclay and Schools Superintendent
Leo Jensen examined the room
originally set aside for library
and utility space t osee if it
could be converted to class use.
Jensen told The Reporter that
no final decision would be reached on this for a week or two,
pending further study and action by the  School Board.
Addition of a third section to
the sixth grade would require
hiring of a new elementary teacher full time, according to Mrs.
Barclay. It would, however,
bring the total number of students in each section under 30,
a size better suited for teaching purposes. Pre_school estimates had placed the size of
the sixth grade at approximately 6D—just where the extra pupils came from is anyone's
guess. .
In a separate development related to the sharp increase in
student enrollment, Jensen announced that a new school bus
route Would be added "as soon
asl possible," perhaps within
two weeks, to relieve overcrowding on  present transport fac?
* ?Dwight* '*^eyiioTo!s*'^'r^oftea;
that the new route will go West
on US-112 to Marion Rd., South
to Johnson, East to Macon, and
thence to the school Bus drivers will inform students when
the new route is started, he
said. The school is now using
all available busses; for1 nural
routes, and may have to borrow
equipment temporarily for the
new route pending arrival of
another new bus of its own.
A new parking system for the
busses Was introduced this week
at the elementary 'school to a_
void spreading equipment in
line along Harris St. and speed
up boarding by children after
classes. Under the new arrangement, the busses have been assigned spaces to park diagonally
in front of the school. Parking
on either side of the driveway
closest the school will be prohibited  after 3 p.m.
Starting, date for the hot
lunch_ program at the elementary school has been set back to
Monday because work tables
have not yet been received for
the kitchen and some equipment
has not been installed. Meanwhile, a group headed by Mrs'.
Oscar Weber is serving milk for
use -with sack lunches.
Enrollment Monday by class
was1 as follows: first, second
and third grades, 119 each;
fourth grade, 96; fifth grade,
82; sixth grade, 80; seventh
grade, 84; eighth grade, 98;
ninth grade, 73; sophomores,
54; juniors, 55; and seniors, 63.
An. additional 10ft pupils are in
kindergarten, 60 in the morning
session and 49 in the afternoon.
Gendron Set
To Quit Post
Frank    Gendron
SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP —
Washtenaw County farmers, 4-
H Club members and their
friends have been invited to^at-
-tend a farewell card party and
tdance for ?Frank Gendron, Coun-
Ss^^MagenV at"4lie."TSwhs*hip"
hall at'8 p.m. Thursday.
Gendron has accepted a position at Michigan State University effective Sept. 20. County
4_H agent- since June, 1951, he
plans to work as a dairy specialist for MSU while studying
for his Ph. D. in dairy production.
Evidence of Gfendron's skill in
developing top 4->H dairy judges
is reflected in the fine showiny
made by County 4-H teams over the past .four years. During
this period more than half the
state 4_H dairy judging teams
were composed of Washtenaw
club members." Three years ago,
the Michigan team captured the
•national 4_H ' championship,
while in 1953, Arnold Girvach of
Saline took top individual honors as national champion 4_H
dairy judge.
No successor as 4_H agent
has been named, but a replacement is expected in the near
future from MSU.
SALINE'S FIRST POLICE WOMAN
HELPS KIDS CROSS US 112 DAILY
speaker of the evening, Dr.
Jonn A. Hannah, president of
Michigan   State University.
Further band selections and a
benediction by the Rev. Rest
will close the services.
SALINE — The city's first
woman traffic officer, Mrs Robert Starling, sayS .she feels
she's taking her life in her
hands every time she steps to
the'middle of USJL12 at Harris
St. to help pupils from the new
elementary school go to and
from classes safely.
A Michigan Ave. resident
long familiar with the rumble
of big semi-trailers through
town, Mrs. Starling says she's
found the traffic heavy at
times but co-operation from
truck drivers "excellent."
She believes truckers and out-
of-town drivers are a bit more
aware of the long white S-C-'-H-
O-O-L letters across the highway than local folk who use the"
road   daily.
Pending installation of a mobile red blinker signal ab the
intersection, the letters, a Whistle, and her own hand warning
signals are the only barriers
between Mrs. Starling and a
"ond   of   traffic.      "One driver
even   said he   couldn't see   me,  she  ccmmented wr»v.
but I'm sure I'm not that petit,"      The driver? A mar., of course.
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