1956-02-23; Reporter

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SI WOODS
CITY PLAN
SERVICE
THE REPORTER
Vol. 0, No. 22 — THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1956
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Hornets Clinch Loop Title
Si Woods Smashes
4 Scoring  Records
HEIGHT PAYS for . Saline's lanky Jim England, shown here
bucketing a rebound in contest with. Grosse He Red Deveils Saturday.
SALINE '— Paced by Si Woods*
record-shattering 46 points, the
Saline Hornets clinched their first
unshared Huron League cage title
by downing Flat Rock 75-60, Fri-
-day. Playing only three quarters
of the game, Woods set new marks
for Saline High and Huron League
total scoring, as well as breaking
both school and league records for
free throws.
Friday Howard Hill & Co. will
host the second place (7-3) Roosevelt Rough Riders, while next week
they travel to University High to
close regular League play. To date,
the Hornets have won 14 straight,
with a 10-0 record against League
competition.
Wearing his usual number 13
jersey in his 13th contest of the
season, Woods jinxed the Rams
-with' a torrid sc/oring 'pace Fridayv
outscoring all the' opposition combined for three quarters, before
being benched for the balance of
the  contest.
Si netted 14 field goals on 18 attempts and sank a perfect 18 out
of 18 free throws to break the
League's individual scoring record
of 44 points, set last year by Jim
O'Dea of Roosevelt against Lincoln Consolidated.
In the Little Hornet contest Friday, Howard Hill's quintet overcame a 30-24 deficit in the final
five minutes of play to win, 36-33.
Sparkling defensive play and fast
breaks by Bob Rathfon were a
major factor in the rally. Rathfon
led scoring for the night with 17,
followed by Neil Haarer with 9 and
Bob Malocha with  8.
In Saturday's match with the
Red Devils, the Hornets worked
smoothly "into a 10-5 lead midway
in the first stanza, pulling even
further ahead as the visitors
switched" from a zone to a man-toman defense, 16-5.
Woods and team-mate Jim England broke loose time and time
again beneath the basket to lead
scoring with "25 and 20 points, respectively. Never challenged after
the opening minutes, the Hornets
usd a small height margin to advantage under the boards and displayed  good   teamwork when  the
i starting,.five  was on  the  floor  as
!. a unit.
I     Bob Malocha turned in his high-
I est scoring pei-f ormance of the sea
son in the warm-up, 'bucketing 22
points as the Little Hornets rolled
to a 63-45 conquest. -Neil Haarer
tallied 11, while Gary Armbruster
and Bob Rathfon netted ten apiece.
The victory evened the Saline reserves season record at 7-7.
SAUNE STATISTICS    .
(Flat Rock)
Player
Woods
Badour
Wagener
Culliton
Gross
England
Myers
Rentschler
Lehtonen
Simpson
Rhoades
FG      FT      PF    TP
14
1
1
2-
0
3
0
2-
1    "
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
u
0
. 1
S
1
0
2
0
1
1
1
.1
2
2
46
4
4
4
2
6
0
6
2
0
1
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TOTALS
24 *.
27
.,   %5-     '75
Score by quarters:
Saline
22
26
IS     9—75
Flat Rock
17
15
10  IS—60
(Grosse He)
Player
FG
FT
PF    TP
Woods
11
3
2         25
Culliton
4
0
0           8
England
9
2
0         20
Rentschler
0
4
1           4
Simpson
0
0
2            0
Wagener
1
2
2           4
Gross
0
0
1            0
Lehtonen
0
1
0           1
Rhoades
0
0
1            0
TOTALS            25       12 9       62
Score by quarters:
Saline                    16 24 8 14—62
Grosse He              5 13 14    2—34
Equipment Use
Class Slated
SALINE — Moving to get
maximum educational use from
its recently purchased earth
mover and power-type tractor,
the Board of Education voted
approval Tuesday of a plan to
provide instruction in use of
this equipment for students
next fall:
The Board also submitted proposals to the City Council on arrangements to ^use the equipment for public projects.
Both the earth mover and
tractor were purchased from
government surplus stock.
Boy Scouts
Collect For
MANCHESTER — Boy Scouts
will distribute bags from Goodwill
Industries Saturday and will pick
them up March 3.
All persons who have anything
that can be repaired and re-sold
are asked to put it in Goodwill
containers. The bags will be presented to Goodwill Instustries in
Jackson. The program provides
employment and income for handicapped   persons.
WEBSTER GRANGE
CARD PARTY SET
WEBSTER TOWNSHIP — The
Webster Grange will """have a card
party and box social at S p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at the home of
Willoughby Wisely.
WINGS OVER JORDAN'NEGRO CHOIR
TO SING AT EMANUEL CHURCH HALL
MANCHESTER — "Wings Over
Jordan," the Negro choir appearing at Emanuel Parish Hall at S
p.m. Friday, March 2, is one of
two units of the choir now on
good will tours of the county, according to the Rev. Karl Rest.
The original choir gave its first
radio concert in 1937 and was
heai-d for 12 years over the
Columbia Broadcasting System on
a weekly program. It was then
chosen by the President of -ihe
United  States  to   sing for  World
Seek Answers to Sewage Problem
MANCHESTER — A solution to
the problems involved in the suit
against the village brought by the
Michigan Water Resources Commission on Dec. 30 will be explored at a meeting which has been
set tentatively for Monday or Tuesday next, week, according to James
A. • Hendley, village attorney.
Attending the meeting, which
will 'be held in the village, will be
a representative from the Attorney
General's office, the engineer of
th Water Resources Commission,
village officials and Hendley, who
represents the village in the case.
In answering the water Resources
Commission suit, which was filed
in Washtenaw County Circuit
Court last week, Hendley asked
for dismissal of the suit, which
would force the village to build a
sewage treatment plant and halt
alleged pollution of the Raisin
River. -.■.-•
. Hendey denied that there is any
pollution of the river by the village, and that any complaints have
been filed with the commission or
that the Water Resources Commission has any power or authority
over any alleged claim of action of
which it complains.
The village, according to this
answer, believes no hearing on the
matter was held May 16, 1951, at
which time the commission ordered five villages to improve their
sewage   disposal   facilities.
A final order," issued by the commission in July 1951, required the
village to abate the alleged pollution by July 1, 195.5. The village
was ordered to submit plans for a
sewage treatment plant to the state
commissioner of health by Feb. 1,
1953. Extensions of the order were
approved twice.
Principal purpose of the village's
action in the case has been to force
a court order compelling construction of a sewage treatment plant,
which-would result in lower interest rates on the (bonds necessary to
finance its construction. .
The meeting ne_E week will discuss the litigation and what can
be worked out in a way.agreeable
to both parties in the suit, Hendley
said. An attempt will be made to
reach a solution to present to the
JAMES HENDIiEY
court before the trial, the attorney
added. No date has. been set for
the trial.
Estimated cost of the disposal
plant and necessary new sewers
is approximately $300,000.
G.O.P. FORMS
DISTRICT UNIT
Thirty Washtenaw County Republicans attending a district wide
organizational meeting Monroe
Saturday, heard talks by John B.
Martin Jr., chairman of the state
GOP campaign committee field organization" John Fiekens, chairman of the GOP state central committee; and U.S. Rep. George Mea-
der.
Those attending the meeting included Ferman Clements and Ray
Carleton, representing Lodi Township, and Robert Tefft, of Pittsfield Township. Bill Hayes, of York
Township, both of the County GOP
farm committee.
War II servicemen along Europe's
battlefronts.
The concert is sponsored in the
village by Emanuel Church and
the Methodist Church, and is open"
to the public.
A freewill offering will be taken.
NEW EMPLOYEE
MRS.- WALLACE CROSBIE
SALINE — Mrs. Wallace OroBbie,
of 407 Spring, has been hired by
the city as a temporary replacement for Mrs. Leona Rogers, bow
on vacation in Florida, and will
continue as a part-time employee
at" City Hall after Mrs. Rogers returns.
Mrs. Crosbie is a former employee of King-Seely Corporation. Her
husband is a University of Michigan employee-who works part-time
as a Saline patrolman and. is a
volunteer fireman for the city.
They have one son,. Geoffrey Lee,
age 14 months.
MAYOR Ht'iirj 1jcutli<*iiHi>r .mil Citj Atlornej Muntpn l{oc-cli
discuss today's talks with officials of General Telephone Co. on
securing improved service for Saline- area.
30 Merchants
Local C-of-C Unit
SALINE — Representatives of
approximately 30 business and professional groups will meet at the
American Legion Home at 7:30
p.m. Monday to give final ratification to a proposed Chamber of
Commerce constitution and elect
the first permanent set of officers
for the new organization.
Ending nearly two months of organizational activity last Monday,
the group set dues at $25 per membership, established provisions for
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multiple membership, and voted
affiliation with the national Chamber of Commerce.
An interim organizational committee headed by Leon "Vedder is
expected to incorporate these provisions in the propsed constitution
prior to Monday's final vote.
Formation of the Chamber will
be based largely on the results
of a survey circulated among local
merchants, b-siness and civic leaders last week. Its main findings
coincided with the actions outlined
above.
Most complex of the actions
taken concerned multiple membership, a device designed to strengthen Chamber financial resources.
As approved Monday, any organization may-take additional memberships at $25 apiece but can cast
additional ballots on official Chamber business only If it has additional authorized representatives .present in person when1 votes, are
counted.
This provision is designed to
prevent voting by proxy in C of C
activity and encourage >nrider support of the Chamber by individuals
from  larger   organizations   in   the
community.
General purpose of the new
group, as-stated in its constitution,
is to "*a_vance the commercial,
industrial and civic interests of
the city of Saline and surrounding
areas."
Interim chairman of the. Chamber is Larry Deede and interim
treasurer is Wilson Scott, who is
now accepting membership dues
at the Saline Savings Bank. * A
nominations committee chaired by
Art Moehn and including Ross
Adair, Art Hagen, and Roy Deckert is expected to present a list of
candidates for election at next
week's meeting.   '
Featured speaker at this week^s
banquet was George Lloyd, development analyst for Detroit Edison. Lloyd emphasized the need
for the Community to grow with
a balanced tax base, providing
areas suitable for industrial de-
elopment
He predicted a net population
growth in the Saline area of approximately 3,000- persons over the
next five years, as follows:
Area                                 1955 1960
Lodi Township 1,220 1,400
Pittsfield Twp 6,630 7,900
Saline Twp. . ., .       910 ^980
York Twp."    7,100 8,200
.Saline City  .." - 1,800 1,920
MEET
HERE
TODAY
SALINE —Possibilities of securing better telephone service, including installation of dial equipment, will be discussed by members of the City Council, representatives of the General Telephone
Co.. and othr interested parties at
1:30 p.mytoday at th Saline Hotel/
In a letter to General Telephone
requesting the conference, city attorney Pat Roesch said Council
has been "reliably informed" that
two small manufacturing plants,
interested in locating in Saline ha<_
refused to give further consideration to the city when informed of
the telephone service available.
"The Council feels that this is
an intolerable situation," Roesch
wrote, "for so vital an element of-
modern business as the telephone
to impede the growth and development of the city."
In a reply to Roesch suggesting
arrangements for today's meeting.
General Telephone president L. H.
Meyer stated it was his firm's
policy "to provide service satisfactory to its customers." He said the
company would be happy to. discuss "such corrective action as required."
Council's descision to seek improvement in telephone service for
the Saline ■_ _rea coincided with
similar efforts of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce. In the
spring of 1949, the Jaycggs worked
with Roesch and other interested-
citizens in an initial attempt to
secure dial service ior: -the city or
purchase - of the system by Bell
Telephone.. The net result whs a.
change from the old, crank-type
magneto service to the present
battery installations.
In this intervening years, serveral
firms in the Saline area have found
it neeesary to install Ann Arbor
Bell lines.- to secure satisfactory-
service. Included among these are
Universal Die" Casting and Ifau-
facturing Corp., Doug Gregory
Ford, Klager Hatcheries, E. G.
Mann & Sons, and" the Bridgewater
Lumber  Co.
. Roech, who practices both Saline
and Manchester, which is served
by Bell, said he felt citizens in the
Saline area were entitled to ser-
vic comparable to that offered by
the dial si'stem in Manchester,
since the rates paid by customers
in both ar<?as are fimilar.
Roesch and City Clerk E. J. Muir
both expressed hope that today's
informal conference will bring satisfactory results to all concerned;
If xiot, it seems likely that a petition "may be circulated and sent
to the Public Service Commission
for action, as- was done in 1949.
Participants in today's conference will include E. W. .Benckert,
operating vice-president for General Telephone; O. W. Beagle, General Telephone manager at Tecumseh; Mayor Henry Leutheuser
and members of the City Council;
Roesch, Muir, and other interested
individuals!
TOTAL
17,660  20,400
G.O-P. RALLY TODAY
TO HEAR  MARTIN
John B. Martin Jr. of the state
GOP campaign steering committee
will talk on "Republican prospects,
for 195.6" at the Michigan Union
at 7:30 p.m. today.
His appearance is sponsored by
the University Young Republicans
Club and is open to the public.
ROGERS CORNERS — The annual family night of St. Johns's
Church wil be held-at 7 p.m. Friday at the home of "Mrs. Ben
Breitenwisclier.
A potluck supper wili b» servea.
IRELAN BROTHERS DIE IN WRECK
OF HARD TOP ON US-112 SUNDAY
Civic Club Set
To Meet Monday
MANCHESTER — The regular
meeting of the Civic Club will be
held at 6:45 p.m. Monday at Emanuel Hall,
SALINE —Funeral services -*tere
held K6re yesterday for "Vernon
€t. Irelan, 26, of 422 E. Michigan
Ave., and his brother, Lee G. Irelan, 42, of Clinton, 'formerly a resident  at "9317  W." Michigan Ave.
Both were, killed.-instantly" at
|12:45 p.m. Sunday whftn their-1956
Ford hardtop skidded 357 feet off
a,straight stretch of US-112 into
a .tree. The impact sheared off the
-top and one side of the ear, which
hurtled 8_ feet beyond the.body.
Scene of-the accident was nearly
one mile east of Feldkamp Rd.,
three and a half miles west of -tie
city limits. State police attributed
the wreck to excessive speed, but
were unable to explain why. the
, car braked on the/straightaway and
could not tell ~which brother has
been driving. There were no witnesses to the accident,   t
Patrolman Earl Kirby of Saline
was .among- the first to reach. the-
scene and aided ih the inveetiga-'
tion.