1956-01-26; Reporter

              MOTHERS TO MARCH ON POLIO
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Approximately 1,500 women in the county will make
their annual Mothers' March Against Polio tonight, in
conjunction with the month long drive to raise $57,600 for
the" care of Washtenaw County patients and to support
the work of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
Several special events to benefit the fund are "scheduled
for the end of the month and the early part of February.
In Saline, Stilus Restaurant will be open from 7 a.m. to
8 p.m. Sunday for the traditional polio dinner put on by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce. This is one of the largest fund-raising events in the conty, and it is expected
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that more than $1,000 will be contributed to Saline's goal,
in the drive.
While the luncheon menu will feature roast ham. and
sirloin of beef, area residents can drop in for anything
from a cup of; coffee on up, according to Jaycee program
chairman Cliff Tetzloff. Prices will be set by recipients,
with all proceeds going to the March of Dimes. ,
All Saline Jaycees are expected to participate in! the
day-long service marathon, which will be hosted by Mary
Meister, 1955 Saline Fair queen. Employees of the*-restaurant and Mr. and Mrs. L. Z. Still will also contribute
their services to insure top quality meals.
Another benefit for the March of Dimes in Saline is;
the polio dance, to be given by the American Legion Auxiliary, Feb. 11.
In Dexter, the Knights of Columbus Hall will be the
scene of a dance and Chinese Auction Feb. 4. This event
is sponsored by the C and M Builders, under the chairmanship of Erwin Clark and Thomas Merkel.
Tomorrow'night girl scouts in Dexter will pass cannisters in the theater.       -     „ "
On Tuesday, Dexter had a total of $543 in contributions,
with* school dime cards just beginning to come in, according to Mrs.- Burton Bucy, drive chairman.
The Mother's March in the village will begin at 7 p.m.,
under the chairmanship of Mrs. Alferd Lavalli and Mrs.
Richard Dettling.
A Peanuts for Polio sale will be held by 35 girl scouts
in Manchester on Main-St. Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m.,
The sale bags of peanuts for the March of Dimes has
been a national fund-raising event this year. A total of
400 bags of peanuts have been ordered for the sale,
The Manchester Mothers' March will be led by Mrs.
Henry Eames. At the conclusion of their house-to-house
solicitation, the workers w_ill meet at the High School for
coffee.
REPORTER
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Fastest Growing Weekly In Washtenaw County"
VOL. 9, NO. 18 — THCRSDA^i-JAVUARX 26, 1956
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.... ^,,   Barbara .Rolston. an d' Jacqueline-* ROQt \,^ ^
U-M Polio Center Aids
Manchester Youngster
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MANCHESTER,— Barbara Rolston, 14, is studying typing at
University Hospital Ann Arbor,
while sh recuperates from. „ hex-
third spinal operation following an
attack of polio, and prepares to
be fitted for 'her fifth body cast.
Her instructor is Miss Jacqueline
Root.
.Barbara is' one of the ten children of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rolston,
13545 East Austin St. All of her
hospital and equipment expenses
have been paid by the March, of
Dimes, for which mothers will
solicit funds in the annual Mothers'
March  tonight.
A ninth-grader at Manchester
High School when she contracted
polio, Barbara - returned- this fall
for the first time, attending six
weeks of classes before returning
to the hospital. To keep up with
her commercial course, she has
worked hard at typng although
she is unable to sit up. She wants
to be a secretary.
Barabara is just one of the   3,-
500 students which the Hospital
School will teach this year." Established in 1922, the school now has
a staff of 17 teachers. One teacher
is assigned full-time to the polio
patients in the Respirator Center
and receives her salary from the
March of Dims.
TO   INSTALL   OFFICERS
MANCHESTER — King's
Daughters will meet at 2 p.m this
Thursday at the home of Mrs.
Marie Scheurer. Installation of officers will be held.
BROTHERHOOD
INSTALLATION
SET THURSDAY
• MANCHESTER — Officers of
the Brotherhood of Emanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church will
be installed at a meeting at the
Parish Hall at 8 p.m. Thursday.
The group includes: "Willard
Mann, president; Earl Alber, vice-
president; Sidney Leeman, secretary; and John W. Buss, treasurer.
SIANCHESTER  P.T.A.
PLANS   SQUARE  DANCE
MANCHESTER — The Manchester Parent - Teacher Association will hold a square dance from
9 p.m. to 12 midnight at the Civic
Auditorium Saturday, Feb. The
dance will be open to the public.
4 Thieves Hit Sch
ill
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ST. ANDREW'S ]
PLANS TO HOLD '
FAMILY §UPP£R ^
DEXTER — A family night supper will be held in the church
room at St. Andrew's Evangelical
and Reformed Church at 6:30 pin.
this Thursday. There will be a potr
luck supper, followed by a pr6-
ram.
Mrs. Delbert F. Belt, chairman
of the commission on membership
and (^evangelism in the church will
give the serman at th 11 a.m.
service Sunday, Roy W. Arnold
will  be  incharge  of the service}'
Mrs- David Mattern'
To Deliver Sermon -&
MANCHESTER — Mrs. David
Mattern, of Ann Arbor, will give
the sermon at the Methodist
Church, Sunday. The subject will
be: "The Living Lord as Master
of our Prosperity."-
Mrs. Mattern has been active for
a number of years in the Ann
Arbor Council of Churches, and is
a member of the Presbysterian
Church in Ann Arbor.
Potluck Party Set
By Extension Club
NORTH LAKE — Members of
the North Lake Home Extension
Club and their families will have
a potluck supper and party at 8:15
p.m. Saturday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Byron Soule.
The next all day meeting of the
members will be held Feb. 15, at
the home of Mrs. Max Kalmbach.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM is the war chant being^ brewed above by Manchester junior varsity
cheerleaders Darlene Ahrens, Pauline Buss and Judy Wolf, now busy preparing^ lor a crucial three-game-
road series for the Dutchmen.
DUTCHMEN TOP HARTLAND,
ONSTEAD, FACE SOUTH LYON
Educator Speaks,
At PTA Meeting
PLEASANT LAKE — Miss Ethel
Hedrick, principal at Eberwhite
School, Ann Arbor, was guest
speaker at the Junary 10 -meeting
of the Pleasant Lake PTA. Her
discusssion topic was y "Problem
Parents", or, as she paraphrased
it:  "Parents with Problems".
Mrs. Will Reno, the PTA group's
historian, gave a report 'on their
activities during 1955. Another report, given by Mrs. Wilbur Winkler, told of the successful teen -
age square dance class being sponsored by the Parent - Teachers
group. The class, which has-attracted 30-35 participants during the
10 weeks it has run, will be continued for another 10 weeks, starting this week.
Refreshments were served bj
members of this committee: Mi
and Mrs. Harold Steinaway, Mr
and Mrs. Swrin Weidmayer, Mr
and Mrs. Roy Bihlmeyer, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Schneider, and Mr.
and Mrs. John Culp.,   -."
SPORTSMEN'S   CLUB
TO  HJOIiD  BANQUET
MANCHESTER ■— The Sportsmen's Club will hold their annual
banquet at d;3o p.m. tonight at St.
Mary's Church Hall. Entertainment
will be furnished by Waldo Johnson, of Adi-ain.
MANCHESTER — Max Lee's
Flying Dutchmen ran their season
record up to an Impressive 9-1
total this week with a 63-46 victory
over the Pinckney Pirates here
Friday and a 49-31 conquest of
Onstead there Tuesday.
This Friday the quintet travels
to South Lyon for the first in a
series of three away games that
should setle the title aspirations of
all major contenders for the League
of the Lakes hoop crown. The
following week the Dutchmen lock
horns with Boysville's Fighting
Knights and the week after face
Dexter, only team to upend Manchester to date this year.
Tom Adams took scoring honors
in Tuesday's contest with 13, while
the remainder was well distributed throughout the entire squad. All
.players making the trip saw action.
Manchester grabbed a quick 12-4
first quarter lead, pulled further"
ahead at the half, 28-14, and was
never challenged in the non-League
game. Over-all, the team netted
a healthy 31 per cent of their floor
shots.
Lee termed Friday's game against Pinckney the "best of the
season" for the Dutchmen, who
netted 40 per cent of their shots
from the floor. Playing "exceptionally well" against "good competition," in Lee's opinion, Manchester
racked up 12 points in* less than
two minutes during the final period.
DEXTER ELEMENTARY STUDENTS have a brand new curtain for their gymnasium, thanks
to two years' work selling candy, individual pictures and other fund raising projects— and a generous
contribution from Dfichigan Panelyte Molded Plastics. Shown above with Principal X>yle Bonclc are
Jackie. Packard, Student Council business committee chairman; Rachel Campbell, Council secretary;
Jerry Socks, Council, president; and Lynn Webb, Council vice - president.
Salem Grove WSCS
To Meet Wednesday
SALEM TOWNSHIP — Members
of the Women's Society- of Christian Service of the Salem Grove
Methodist Church will meet: at 2
p.m., Wednesday at the home of
Mrs. George Welch.
The group will begin plans  for
their-chicken supper" which will be
held in April
MANCHESTER STATISTICS
(Pinckney)
Player
FG      FT
PF    TP
Gonyer
7         2'
2        16
Lannom
7        1
-3        15
Marshall
0         0
1           0
Kehoe
3         0
0            6
VanEtten
0         3
1           3
Minor
0         0  ,
1 '         0
Aiken
1       o   ■-
2           2
Pniewski
4         2
3         10
TOTALS
25       13
16       63
Also  played
:   Hainstock
,  Leddy,
DEXTER — Workmen
were still busy cleaning up
an estimated $700 damage
to pane glass, doors, desks
and the safe at Elementary
School this morning, following a break-in by four thieves be-
ween 12:30.and 7:30 aim. Wednesday.
Many Elemental-}' School children were returned borne aboard;
busses "Wednesday morning, after-
Schools Superintendent Wayne
Webb and Principal Lyle Bouck
cancelled classes for the day.
The pennies, nickels and dimes
which the kids had collected for
polio were among the items, found
missing after school bus driver
Norman Klave noticed the burglary early yesterday morning.
Klave.informed Webb, who called
-V   ^.»«     " t-   D^xteE p-pjiccaaad the Sheriff%JDe-,;
*"<    ""V- >^a?Si»t -to, itfiresUgate the 33Teft
--»-*- tetest"; in . a. ^six-month   sgrigs   of
break-ins in" schools throughout the
County. -
No estimate of the polio fund loss
could be made _ because the contributions-were scheduled for collection and totalling Wednesday.
According -to Police Chief
John Palmer, the thieves parked
next to the cemetery on Dan Hoey
Rd., crossed through the tombstones and entered by breaking a
pane of glass in the southeast en-
-trane.e of the building. Snow tracks
showed that three entered the-
school while a fourth was postett
outside as a lookout.
After entry, the thieves system-.
atically broke the glass panes in.
every classroom door, apparently to"
secure money left in polio canisters and. cards. They also forced*
door locks to the kitchen, princip-.
al>s office, and superintendent's office, and jimmied open the school
isafe and locked desk drawers.
Flingerprints were taken by the
Shriff's Department but results
will not be known until the prints
can be separated.
Smilar robberies have been
reported recently at Pinckney,
Whitmore Lake, and several" rural
schools surrounding Ann Arbor. In
all  cases,   the   schools  have  been
Bunney.        .
Score by quarters:
Manchester          10 17 19 17—63
Pinckney                 8 16 12 10—46   located   outside  city limits.
DEXTER NIPS CHELSEA
TO AVENGELOSS,53-52
CHELSEA — The Dexter Dreadnaughts  revenged their early season loss to Al Conklin's Bulldogs
here    Tuesday,    as   mighty    Mike
O'Malley led the visitors to a 53t52
High    point    men    against    the victory.
Pirates  were  Connie   Gonyer with |     Friday   Dexter _ thumped   Hart-
16 and Tom Lannom with 15. land,   61-31.    -
REGULAR MONTHLY REPORTS GIVEN
AT MANCHESTER LEGION AUXILIARY
MANCHESTER The. regular tmas   -   time,    remembered   seven
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monthly meeting of the American
Legion Auxiliary, Emil Jacob Unit
117, was. held Jan 11 at the Legion Hall.
-Immediately following the regular, opening of the meetingf a
Memorial Service was conducted,
by the president and chaplain for
Mrs. Nellie Sutton Frey, and the
charter was draped in her memory.
Mrs. Frey'was a charter member
of the Auxiliary Unit 117, a. past
president and a Gold Star Mother.
Mrs. Franklin M- Reck, president, conducted the business meeting, and reports of standing committees were given. The Auxiliary
packed 29 shut-in boxes at Chris-
Mianchester persons at the County
Infirmary and the people at the
Jordon Rest Home. Two local disabled veterans were also given
Christmas gifts, as were •'all'Gold
Star IJothers.
It was voted that the Unit sponsor a girl to Girls State again this
year. . _
Mrs. Robert Huber -was named
Good Cheer Chairman for the coming month, and Mrs. "William
Richardson will head the February
serving committee.
Following- the retiring of the
flag, dessert Was served by Mrs.
Jack "Weir and her committee.
O'Malley, kept off the court for
a training rules infraction in the
Dreadnaughts 75-55 loss to Chelsea, turned in hie highest-scoring
performance of the year against
the Bulldogs, tallying 19 marlcers.
Duane Clark was runner-up in the
scoring department  with  12.
Dexter pulled steadily ahead for
three' quarters, building a. 10-point
margin before the Bulldogs cut
loose in the final stanza.
Dexter .pulled out front 18-8 at
the first quarter mark and was
never challenged by the cellar
dwellers after that. In* the entire
third priod Hartland netted only
a single point.
_ DEXTER STATISTICS
(Chelsea)
Player
PG
FT
PF
TP
Mosher
3
0
2
6
Clark
6
0
4
12
Lavalli
3
2
5
8
O'Malley*
6
-7
3
19
Devlin, L.
3
2
4
8
TOTALS 21       11      18       53
■ Score by quarters:
Dexter 10 IT 16 J.0—53
Chelsea 6 13 14 19—52
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