1956-03-01; Reporter

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VOL. 9, SO. 23 — THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1956
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Henry Gets A Break
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LODI— Talk about the luck- of the Leutheusers!  Minutes   before  their  farm   auction sale  was
scheduled to start, last Saturday, a near-blizzard was blowing, and sale prospects looked dismal indeed. But Henry, winding up fanning activities at his place on tlie Pleasant Lake Road, evidently had
an "in" with the weatherman. For just in time for the sale, tlie sun came out for the first time in days,
rthe snow stopped falling, and the crowd poured in to do some buying.
Here the auctioneer pauses to describe the many fine points of a picker to a prospective buyer.
Masten Issues Report
On School
BY BOB BEYERS
MANCHESTER — The first in
a series of reports comparing last
year's recommendations of the citizens committtee on curriculum
with .present courses in the Manchester schools was released this
week hy Superintendent Robert
Masten.
The report, covering physical
and health education, is designed
as the basis for further discussion
and improvement in this area of
instruction. The remaining reports
will serve a similar purpose for
shop and vocational agriculture,
home making, academic studies,
business education, music, and student scholarship.
.In outline form these are the
.major recommendations of the
citizens committee:
Recommendation ' 1: Physical
education should be ^compulsory,
with the number of meetings per
week determined hy the size of
class, teachers available, and space.
Favorable class size should not be
sacificed to increase the frequency
of class meetngs.
Physical education is now compulsory for three days a week for
both boya and girls throughout
the ninth and^ tenth grades, with
the same course offered on an
elective basis for the eleventh and
twlfth grades.
The -physical education staff includes a director for boys and a
director for girls, and is adequate
for present class needs.
Recommendation 2: Students
should be encouraged to participate in physical activities building
strong, healthy bodies, and having
carry-over value in adult life.
At present, the school is equipped to teach the following activities:
calesthenics, posture training, military drill, fundamentals and instruction in all varsity sports, volley
ball, badminton, ping pong, shuf-
fleboard, archery, deck tennis,
tennis, tag football, softball, tumbling, field and track events, and
advanced gymnastics.
Practice sessions for varsity athletics have been completely eliminated    from    physical    education
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Lartfy Deede Heads Slate
Of Saline C of C Officers
Superintendent Robert Masten
classes and are now held after
regular school hours. Broad participation in the physical education
program is encouraged by an. extensive noon hour recreation program, which has received special
commendation from the University
of Michigan Bureau of School
Services.
Recommendation 3: Provisions
should be made to meet the mental, social and emotional needs of
children, as well as physical needs.
Good health habits, attitudes and
ideals should' he fostered.
Ninth grade students receive rwu
periods of school and social orientation twice a week. fors one
semester, while tenth graders have
two classes per week on health,
education throughout the school
year.
Recommendation 4: If at all possible, activities for the physically
handicapped should be conducted
K of C to Hold Roast
Beef Dinner March 18
DEXTER — The annual St. Patrick's Day roast beef dinner of the
K. of G. will be held on March 18,
at the -K. .of C. Hall. The dining
room will   be  open  at  5   p.m:   A
jjrogram, under the chairmanship
of John Hpey, will follow the dinner, Richard Nash is dinner chair-
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^ The dinner is open to the public,
and tickets may be purchased from
any K. of C. member, or at the
door. Tickets are good for "all the
roast beef the owner can eat."
Ruth Marks Birthday
DEXTER—Ruth Ellen Gordin-
ier entertained a group of her
classmates on her seventh birthday
last Saturday. Ruth Ellen Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs-. Gerald
Gordenier.
in a socially and emotionally healthy atmosphere.
To date, no one has been omitted
from the regular physical education classes because of physical
disability. The activities offered
within these classes are wide
enough-in variety to permit participation by all but the very seriously handicapped.
Background of Recommendations
The citizens recommedatons on
curricula were made after the
High School faculty had individually outlined and explained the courses they were teaching. Working in
cooperation with the faculty and
school oficials, the citizens group
was divided into committees for
study in each of seven principal
areas.
In addition to visiting classes,
the committees visited other
schools, interviewed students, distributed questionnaires and used
resource materials and personnel
from the State Department of Education and the University of
Michigan.
Reports from each committee
were presented to the Board of
Education and faculty for their
consideration in April, 1955, .resulting in development of the program outlined above.
Review Slated
Because curriculum heeds change
and further improvements may
still be made in- the school programs Masten hopes to convene
members of the citizens committees
later this semester to appraise the
progress made since their initial
report and make further recommendations on curricula to the
Board of Education and faculty. _
Sewage
Plant Open
SALINE — Now in its final phase
of construction, the city's new
§285,000 sewage treatment plant
is already operating at 75-80 per
cent of capacity, according to Superintendent of Public "Works Mi"tce
Strait. ' ■_
Present capacity of the system
could be doubled through installation of additional equipment if new
residential growth or industrial development came to the city, however. Settling tanks and second
sludge "digester" would be prime'
needs for such an expansion.       '
More than 65,000 gallons -are-
now treated at the plant daily,'-according to operator Harry Bishop.
These flow into a primary settling
tank, then pass through a "trlokl"-'
ing filter" and a second settling ,
tank before being treated.      <C%    '
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■ tern consists -x)_ .watery.which is*
chlorinated and rigorously tested
before being channeled into the
river. The residue is pumped to the
"digester" in a semi-solid state,
where it is heated to 90 degrees,
subjected to bacterial action, and
dehydrated. The remaining solids
are periodically spread in sand
beds to dry, then used as fertilizer.
TESTING Is an essential part of disposal plant process, which must be performed In accord with,
state standards. Here Mike Strait watches operator Harry Bishop perform a 5-day Biochemical oxygen
demand test.
Hornets Have Close Call:
Area Cage Games
Provide Excitement
Top drama in last week's basketball meets was provided by a Saline team that cameTrom behind towin, despite
the absence of their big scoring threat, "20-Point Si
Woods . . and by a pint-sized Pinckney girls' team that
somehow managed to upset the undefeated Manchester
five.
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Hornets 41—Ypsi 40
Saline's Hornets, minus their
stinger, Si Woods, had a narrow
squeak last Friday as they barely
nosed out Ypsilanti Roosevelt 41-
40.,
With big Si Woods in bed fighting flu, the Saline five were
a little bewildered in the opening
period as they dropped behind 14-
6.
Fighting back but trailing all the
way, the Hornets finally went
ahead with less than two minutes
left, as Earl Culliton calmly dropped two free throws through the
net. Bill Bailey tied it up at 40-40,
with less than half a minute to go,
AT Rentschler iced the game for
the Hornets as he counted the deciding point on a charity toss with
only two" seconds left on the clock.
Culliton had 10, England 9,
Wagener 8, and Rentschler 7 for
Saline. Scoring honors for the
night went- to Rooevelt's Tom Ma-
Kenzie who tossed in 13.
Coach Howard Hill was lavish in
his praise of the Hornets' performance. "They played a wonderful
game," he said. "They wanted to
win for Si, and they did!"
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Dutch 65— Pinckney 40
Manchester High School's high
flying Dutchmen wound up their
best basketball season last Friday
night with a 65-40 win over the
Pinckney Pirates. The victory gave
Manchester its first unshared League of The Lakes title since 1952.
It also marked the fourth time in
the 10-year league history they
have been in on the league championship.
The Manchester five spurted to
a 20-5 first quarter\tead on the
new Pinckney floor, and then
coasted on" to victory,/ The win gave
the Dutchmen a, 15-1; season record, the only losa being to Dexter, Dan Kehoe had 22  points to
lead all scorers and Bill Bunney
added nine for the winners. Don
Packer was high for the pirates
with 15.
The Manchester Reserves also
earned an identical record as the
varsity by finishing the season with
a   15-1   record. -
Dexter  60 — Hartland 48
The Dexter Dreadnaughts needed a rally, in the final period as
winless Hartland battled grimly £or
three periods to a 38-38 tie. Mike
O'Malley spearheaded the 22 point
final period with 12 of the 13 points
he had for the night, as the Hartland five was held to ten points
and a 60-48 win for the Dreadnaughts. Duane Clark had 12
points for the winners but scoring
laurels went to Hartland's Don
Christiansen who tossed in 19. The
victory-hungry little Dreadnaughts
gained a hard fought 33-32 overtime win over the Hartland reserves on a basket by Eddie Stacey.
The Dexter five will close out the
regular season March 2, with a
game at Michigan Center.
The final League-OfThe-Lakes
standings:
W     L
Manchester
9         1
Dexter
8       -2
South Lyon
6        3
Pinckney
4        6
Boysville
2         7
Hartland
0        10
The Boysville game that was to
be played  Friday was  postponed
until  Thursday,  "but the
outcome
will  not affect the  final
standing
regardless of who wins.
Dutch Girls Upset
An undefeated Pinckney girls
basketball team chalked up their
sixth straight victory by downing
the also-undefeated "Manchester
lassies 34-31 Friday night on the
winners' floor.
TRICKLING FILTER is shown hy Public Works Superintendent Mike Strait and disposal plant operator Horry Bishop. Consisting of a large, rotating sprayer over a bed of pebbles, the filter
removes small particles from sewage and starts tectorial action
necessary for proper treatment.
Dexter Building Project
Under Way This Week
DEXTER
Building   of   two
houses on the 72 acres around
Gordon Hall (the old Judge Dexter house) was begun by the University of Michigan last week»
Contractor for the first two
houses in the subdivision is Eugene
Young, of Dexter. A total of 72vT_-
sidential lots has been planned in-
the trianglar strip of land. It wiU
be planted with greenery around
the area and a large center area:
will also be landscaped.
The houses now b.eing huilt will
be sold by the University with first
chance at their purchase going to
University employees, according to
a member of the University Architect's office. Cost of the houses
will be $27,000 to $29,000.
Houses huilt by the University
will be a story-and-a hajf, with tWo>
or three bedrooms, and an attached garage. The architecture in all
them will vary.
Dots in the plot are a little more"
than an acre in size and some will
be put on the market for owners to
build their own houses.
The University plans to build
two more houses following the
completion of the two just started,
a spokesman said.
A discussion of the annexation of
the plot to--the village of Dexter
has already been held by Dexter-
and University officials.
Gordon house now contains four
large apartments, two of which
are occupied hy President-Emeritus
Alexander" G. Ruthven and Mrs.
Ruthven and their son. .The remaining two tipstairs are. occupied
by two families.
The expression "shell out," meaning to pay, -came from the South
Seas "where shells were Used as
money. '. '   -
Constitution
Adopted At
Meet Mon.
SALINE — Lawrence Deede, one
of the prime movers in the formation of a Saline Chamber of Commerce, last Monday was elected
president of the new businessmen's group. His election took
place at an organization meeting
at wliich an constitution was also
adopted.
Elected to one-year terms, along
with Deede, were Dr. James Moser,
vice-president, Leon "Vedder, secretary, and Dale Goble, treasurer.
Also elected was a five-man executive board: William Meister,
Milton Hartman, Arthur Moehn
Stanton Roesch, and Johnson.
Quick.
The local group plans to affiliate
with the national Chamber of
Commerce organization.
Next meeting is slated for March
26.
Phone Talks
Gain Little
SALINE — No definite commitments were .made by the General. Telephone Co. af a meeting of
city officials and representatives of
the telephone co., last Thursday
according to Pat Roesch, city attorney. ,
Although the telephone co. gave
assurances that service will be improved, there was no promise of
when conversion to a dial system
and improvement in the service
could be expected, Roesch said.
The matter will probably be discussed at a raeeting -of <the city
council next Monday night, the attorney stated.
Last Thursday's informal meeting was the second attempt -made
in the city to have telephone service improved. The first was made
in 1949, whenjthe Jaycees worked
with city officiate to secure better
telephone facilities.
M.H.S. Building
Makes Big Hit At
School Convention
MANCHESTER — The new
Manchester High School gained
nation-wide recognition among educators last week at the annual
school administrators' national
convention in Atlantic City.
A scale model of the new building, along with architect's, plans
and layouts, was one of the featured displays at the convention. The
Manchester High huilding wag also
featured in a display of movable
-metal partitiofis such as those used
in the new school . . and a prominent heating manufacturer also
used the Manchester High heating
system to illustrate his wares.
The Manchester school was one
of a comparative few from, throughout the nation to receive such*
attention, according to Lutey^
Klager, school -hoard president,
who attended the convention along
with Bob Masten, school superintendent.
Men's Club, Aid,
Slate Meetings
SALINE — The Men's Club ot
Trinity Lutheran Church will meet
at 8, o'clock tonight.
Members of the Ladies Aid
Society will meet at 2:30 p.m..
March 7, at the church. Mrs. Karl
Theurer is- chairman of the refreshment committee.
Pleasant Lalre PTA
Topic: Child Health
PLEASANT LAKE — The
P.T.A., will meet at -8 p.m., March
: 13. at the Pleastant lake School.
Dr. J. Buckley, of University
Hospital, will speak on,: "Safeguarding of Our Child's Health:"'"""'