1956-06-28; Reporter

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THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL SEASON IS
UNDERWAY NOW, and like everything else in
liffc, it's bringing happiness to some . . and to
others it's bringing grief.
Consider the unhappy fate of Bob Bristle,
above. The social at St. Andrew's Church in
Dexter last Saturday featured short - order
dishes in addition to ice cream. And that meant
someone had to peel onions.
The picture tells the rest of the story.
OTHER JOBS BROUGHT GLORY to more
fortunate ice cream social workers. Above,
Gordon Savery examines his first "Futurama
Special", a concoction made up of practically
everything on the menu at the social.   It was
the mystery treat at this year's social, and it
took a real man to make it. . and quite a man
to eat it, too! Marilyn Haschle, Sharon Borov-
sky. Carolyn Degener, Arlene Lesser and Suzanne Nixon admire Gordon's masterpiece.
Citizens Invite
To Their Midst
Sunday Storm Lashes Many
Portions of Washtenaw
Saline Area Band Parents' Group
To Organize Friday At High School
High winds and thunderstorms last Sunday morning
caused freak.damage in widespread portions* of "the" country.
On the farm of Bert Kenny,
at 4660 N. Territorial Road, a
barn was leveled and a shed attached to the rear of the farmhouse was demolished. Mrs.
William Baldus and her ehikf,
alone in the house, escaped uninjured, although terrified by
the sight of their barn blowing
to pieces "just a few feet from
the house. •      ' .
A saddle horse, which had
been" stabled in * the barn, was
found in a field about a quarter-
mile from the barnyard after
the storm. The field was completely surrounded by high
fence, indicating that the horse
may well have been picked, up
l_y the wind and carried through
tne field. Another hard-to-ex-
plain mystery about the horse:
The long, proud plumage which
it had possessed before the
storm, was evidently trimmed
by the wind to a bob-tail. .
Only    living    creature   whO;
could explain these mysteries .Istsj;
the. horse,   and   it's   still ytbd
scared to talk. -  *
Farm folks who had gone to
the Delhi Park that morning to
prepare for the country-wide
barbecue received the full treatment from the storm. They
ducked for shelter under heavily
loaded trucks, only to find the
vehicles shaking like leaves
under the impact of the wind,
hundreds of folks going to the
barbecue later were held up by
fallen trees which blocked many
roads in the area.
But Road Commission workers came on the job promptly
to clear the traffic-stalling debris as quickly as possible.
A short distance southeast of
the Baldus residence, Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Smith lost a farm
building to the storm.
BERT KENNY FARM on Territorial Road sustained the
greatest damage from last Sunday's high winds. Barn in foreground was demolished and its roof was lifted and neatly deposited in wheat field behind large tree. Mr. and Mrs. William
Baldus and their child, residents of the farm house, were uninjured despite the destruction of a shed attached to the rear of the
house.
SALINE— Community leaders, organizations, and citizens
in this area are making a strong
bid for location of the planned
new Hoover Ball & Bearing
plant in Saline territory.
A formal invitation to the
firm, gotten up by the Saline
Hatcher to Alumni:
Don't Be Alarmed
About U-M Growth
ANN ARBOR — Don't be
alarmed about the possible future size of The University of
Michigan.
This was the request made by
U - M President Harlan Hatcher in his annual report to the
alumni back on campus for reunions at Commencement time.
"We expect The University of
Michigan to grow in distinction
as it grows in size," he declared.
"The increase insofar as the
University is concerned will be
a controlled growth and not a
deluge that could damage the
present high academic standards," Dr. Hatcher said?
"Michigan will &ave 22,600
students next fall," he said. This
will establish an all tiifie semester record surpassing the figure of 21,363 set in the fall of
1948, when, the so-called "veterans' bulge" was at it height.
While, -the University will
maintain its reputation of haying a select group of students,
the U-M president said there
would, be room in the undergraduate programs for all qualified young men and women in
Michigan and for the sons and
daughters of Michigan alumni
from other states who can qualify.
. President Hatcher declared
.that the University would move
forward in the art of teaching
to help maintain standards and
at the time meet the increased
enrollment that is certain to
come each year.
Rotary Club last week, copies of
which were placed in stores
throughout "the community, was
quickly filled with signatures,
and within short hours of the
time they were distributed most
of them were ready to be sent
on to Hoover officials.
The invitation:
Whereas, Hoover Ball & Bearing Co. has publicly announced
its intention of relocating its
Ann Arbor production facilities,
and
Whereas, Universal Die Casting and Manufacturing Corporation, now a subsidiary of Hoover, and the people of the Saline Area have and do now enjoy a relationship of mutual understanding and respect and
Whereas, we the undersigned
believe that location of the Hoover production facilities in the
Saline Area would be mutually
advantageous to Hoover and the
Saline Area people,
Now therefore, we the undersigned citizens of Saline and
vicinity to respectfully invite
and request the Hoover Ball &
Bearing Co. management to consider the location of its production facilities in the Saline Community" Area.
With : Hoover officials still
silent on the choice of a new
plant site : . except for their
original statement that_ "it
probably will be built in Ann
Arhor-area" . . speculation regarding the location lias become
a popular topic throughout the
country.
The Hoover announcement of
a "move coincided closely with
formation in Manchester of a
group of local businessmen
seeking to lure new industry to
their community, and ifs to be
presumed that the" group will
not ignore the possibility of Hoover's locating in their midst.
And Scio and Dexter area residents are placing considerable
belief in a rumor which locates
the new plant somewhere in the
Delhi territory.
SALINE—This Friday eve--
ning, June 29, parents of the
members of the Saline Area
school bands will assemble in
the high school band room for
the purpose of organizing the
Saline Area Band Parents Club.
The meeting will be at 8:00.
Election of officers is the primary order of -business. This
will be followed by discussions
on a constitution and ways and
means of backing the band.
While the main purpose of this
group is to raise funds for the
band, it will alscTbe a social or-
■ganization.
Any parent who has a child in
the high school band, the junior
band, the intermediate band, or
the beginner's band is automatically a member of the club. , It
is estimated that about •135~fam-
ilies of the Saline area will be
represented. Parents of-a mem;
ber of one of these bands are,
urged to attend this important
organizing meeting. There will
be no dues to the club.
At a preliminary meeting, on
June 15, Arthur Katterjohn* director of the Saline band, gave
an outline of the activities of
the band.
- After that there was a discussion "on the way to organize
the parents group.   It was .de
cided that * a nomination committee would be formed and at
the above mentioned date an
electioii would take place*
The nomination committee
met on June 22 at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. William Schlief,
Saline Valley Farms. Besides
the Schliefs, members of the
committee were Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Bowen, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Fritz, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Kidwell, "Mr, and Mrs.
Ray Rosander and Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Robins*.  •       ■
Besides nominating ..officers,
the committee discussed a constitution and also decided that
if they were given approval on
Friday night they would take
charge of making a "kickoff"
for the club by sponsoring an
ice cream social in the; near
future.
For the past four years the
Saline high bands "have "taken
the "very -top ratings in the G
class schools in regional band
competition and have gone on to
capture the same ratings in the
state contests. _\ .
;-- This'yearthe _unior high took
top honors in the regional contest but were unable to make
the trip to the state contest. If
these bands are to continue to
do this fine work they are going
rto have to be backed, from the
i youngest school members on up.
Saline Junior High School
was the only one to have a band
represent them" at junior high
football games in the Huron
League last year and perhaps
the whole state. At the June 15
meeting Mrs. Meredith Bixby
told of how there had been much
discussion of uniforms for them
as* well as the' high school band.
The Saline High band has appeared in many places throughout the state. They have played
at many* high schools, at the
state fair, at community fairs,
at the U of M band day, the
Detroit Lions football games
and .many Sth'er events.
The school* board- has been
generous in. its "budget for the
band and has even stretched
this budget a bit on occasions.
TTlie high school band has been
outfitted through donations of a
privatecitizen.- *
These sources of income for
the band are limited, however,
so other sources should be tapped by the parents' group. The
•band would appear in even more
places if> more funds were available. - Many of the instruments
owned, by the band are- in need
of repair and .others need replacing.
Junior
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HOW DO Y O U FEEL ABOUT
THE "ROCK AND ROLL"
- ,  TYPE OF MUSIC?
Janet Luckhardt, Saline — I
dont like it. It will last for a
while longer, I suppose, and
then everyone will be very happy to forget it and go on to
some, other fad,
Lorenda Gerlinger, Saline —
I don't like it. And even if 1
did, my parents wouldn't let me
listen to it.
Sally Stimpson, Saline — I'd
hate to have a straight diet of
it, but it's fun once in a while.
Tommy Uphaus, Manchester
— It's all right, I guess.
J. R. Clark, Dexter — It's OK
I guess. I could get along all
right without it, though.
Raleigh, Greenfield, Dexter —:
Man, it really" makes me live.
It's the greatest thing that's
happened to music since boogie.
Jim Schlaff, Dexter— It sort
of grows on you. At first it
wouid make me very sick whenever I- heard it Now hardly
hurts at all if I don't get too
much in one dose. ** ,
Ann Arhor Hobbyists Plan Railroad
By Margaret Van Duren
An old - fashioned logging
camp, authentic in all details,
and a museum of steam powered engines, will soon be constructed on 65 acres of land on
Seven Mite Road, east of Whit-
•more Lake,
The project is the culmination
of a hobby by Dx. Harold F. Allen and Cassimere Samborski,
who began collecting their
equipment four years ago. Both
men are connected with aeron
autical, engineering research at
the University of . Michigan.
They originally formed a partnership, but so many friends
have offered assistance in locating interesting items that
they are considering the possibility of incorporating.
Visitors to the logging camp
will ride in to the site on an old
narrow - gage steam train. The
camp, situated in the woods,
will reproduce one of Michigan's
oldest and greatest industries as
it was operated in the last century.
Allen and Cassimere have two
old steam engines arriving next
week. They bought two engines
in West Virginia and one in
Virginia, and old coaches from
Pennsylvania. Other equipment
has come from Louisiana, Colorado and Michigan, and they
are constantly searching for
more.
The partners expect to have
their railroad in operation this!
summer, and the logging-camp
ready for visitors next summer.
Old railroad equipment is becoming increasingly hard to
find, the men explained; Much
of it has been destroyed and
collectors make a steady market
for all that is left.
SALINE CITY NOTICE
WATER FLUSHING
TAKE NOTICE — City water
mains will  be ilushed Friday,
June 29th.
. E. J. Muir, Clerk
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OO) COMBINED MAIL AND PASSENGER COACH is one
of two which Dr. AUcn himself has .trucked ^m Pennsylvania to
Ann Arbor. It is now being stored at Samtorski's residence on
Glacier Way; Ann Arbor Township. The coach originally belonged
to the East JBroadtop Railroad, and was built in 1919. -According
to present plai]^ it will be used to carry passengers by rail
'THE STEAM ENGINE is part of the rail equipment recently
purchased by Allen and Samborski for their proposed logging
camp. Persons frith a secret longing to iron a train may find an
outlet here, -Tentative plans of the owners will permit visitors to
jump into the cab, pull the throttle, and drive the train across
the cftmp. - -
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