1956-08-15; Reporter

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Manchester Schools Set
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MASTEN OUTLINES
NEW PROGRAMS
MANCHESTER—Changes in classrooms, curricula, transportation and teachers are keeping Schools Superintendent Bob Masten
and his staff busy late this summer.
Because ot increased elementary enrollment, two rural schools
familiar to many of the district's residents—Spafford and Howes'
Corners—arc being remodeled for use by two third grade classes
this fall.
LOTS OF HAPPY FACES were evident last Wednesday at Bates '
Elementary School, Dextr-r, as Mds prepared to board busses for
trip to Detroit 2_oo. To find out what they were thinking, see below.
Question: What animal do you want to see most at the zoo? Why?
Hike
Janet Scott?—Giraffe
his long neck.
Michael Scott-^Elephant . . .
I want to see what's inside the
-<i(_.. trunk..
Stanley Henes—Snakes ... I
like to catch 'em to scare girls.
Sandra Blazier—Elephant. . .
He has a long trunk.'
D*iAnne Clifford — Kangaroo
... I want to see him jump.
Mary Jane Hollenbeck — Nature house . . . they show you
about snakes.
Barbara Jean Aiken—Snakes
... I didn't ,see 'em last time.
Mary Lee Dunlavy, Sue Ann
Gordenier, Patty Ulrich —
Kangaroos ... we can compare
'em with our friends. -
Mary D. Henes—Monkeys •.. . .
to see the way they act.
*"" Mary Lou  Dunlavy,   Carol
Gordenier, Ruth Ellen Gordenier
—Lions ... we know somebody
who looks like one.
Clifford Hollenbeck —• Bears
. . . they've got fur coats.
Craig Blazier—Lions ... just
because.
Robert Thurston — Monkeys
. . . just because.
Leo Hollenbeck—Monkeys . . .
my Dad calls me one.
Jean Steinbach—Polar bears
. . . you don't see 'em very often
SALINE PAIR
LISTS PRIZES
-s.
(Related story on Page 5)
SALINE—Prizes for the 1956
Saline Fair Queen are now coming in, according to James Beal,
chairman of the Beauty Queen
Contest.
The Citizens Bank has contributed a savings bond, and the
Savings Bank is offering cash
for "the first, second and third
place winners in the contest.
A Bulova Watch has been contributed by Fred Rieckhoff,
jeweler, and cash has been donated by Saline Food Center and
Adair's Paint Store. ■■ - . ■   .
Other business establishments
who have indicated they will
con t r i b u t e prizes include:
Dancer's; Giifrrow's Pharmacy;
Schmid's Food Mairket;" Anderson's Departinent Store; Walker's Dime Store;; Keveling Drug
Store; Gamble's -Hardware;
Lambarth's Hardware and, Robinson and Johnson.       ~    ^
and-besides, they look cool.
Kathy Engle—Bears ... I like
the looks of Jem. .
Tim Steinbach —' Hippopotamus ... I just want to.
Ed Wagner — Elephant . . .
I'm a Republican.
Chuckle Coy—Monkeys . . .
they remind me of my g i r 1 -
friends.
Sally Cushing — Snakes . . .
they remind me of someone I
know.
Bruce Doll—Turtles . . . they
did interesting things last year.
Jim Devine—Elephant... he
reminds me of someone I know.
.. Carl Brassow—Fish .... I like
hunting and fishing, especially
fishing. - .     i
Bob Raymor (director, on 7th
trip to zoo)—My dog .. . when-I
get back!
While they are not intended
to be used permanently as classrooms, both rural schools will
be kept for use in similar emergencies in the future. For this
reason, the School Board has
'financed extensive remodeling
programs for both buildings, including linoleum floors, fluorescent lighting, painting and a
general refinishing of the entire
interior.
Largely as the result of Curriculum Committee recommendations, several changes in
courses offered at the high
school will be noticed by stu-
den+,5 this fall. These include:
1 >■.'rt of a two-year course
in German for college prepara-
to finish a second year of the
course.
Transportation arrangements
have comprised one of the
toughest problems arising from
the recent consolidation, but
Masten will inform parents of
plans for bus routes at a later
date.
Six new teachers, will join the
elementary and junior high
staffs this fall, four as replacements and two as additions to
the faculty. They are:
Mrs. Nadine Colling, of Saline, who plans to move to Manchester and will teach half-time
in kindergarten. ^
Mrs. Marvil Dermeyer, of Napoleon, who will teach  in  the
tory Students, open to ninth and | lower elementary grades. A for-
tenth graders; ' mer teacher in Jackson, she is
2. Expansion of the shop pro- j now finishing work on her _SB*
gram, with courses in advanced degree   at  Siena  Heights
shop (including wood working)
and a combined metal and electrical class;
3. Organization of the school's
first marching band,-open to
qualified seventh and eighth
graders as well as high schoolers ; • and
4. Enlarged driver education
classes, with all tenth graders
taking classroom work. Behind-
the-wheel training will be given
all those desiring it and, effective in February, will be required for every youngster getting a. driver's license.   ,.
According to Masten, the decision to offer German was
made because of lack of interest
in the Spanish course, although
those who started Spanish last
year will have, an opportunity
Mrs. Jeanette Wisner, of Tecumseh, a former teacher at
Napoleon who has her BS from
Michigan State Normal College
and is working on her "master's
degree there.' She will be an elementary teacher.
Mrs. Ceiestia Ingrahm, . of
Clinton, who is finishing her
bachelor's d e g r e e | at Siena
Heights and served as treasurer
for Clinton last year. She will
also teach in the elementary
grades..
George Pier, of Jackson, who
will teach -sixth grade and is
now working on a bachelor's degree at Eastern Michigan
Mrs. Susan Stanford, of Ann
Arbor, who has an AB from The
■University of Michigan, taught
in Dearborn Township last year.
KLAGER PREDICTS
MORE EXPANSION
MANCHESTER — The Citizens Advisory Committee will be
convened this* fall" to consider further expansion of the district
school system, School Board chairman Luther Klager disclosed
here this week.
Klager said consolidation of the Pleasant Lake school in the
Manchester d: strict had stepped up the need for additional class
spaca by about one year ahead
TED TAPPING, left, and Bob Masten go over school bus routes
at Manchester High. Recent consolidation with Pleasant Lake
school promises to keep both busy weekends working out details.
REPUBLICANS SLATE
COUNTY CONVENTION
• County Republicans will hold
their convention at 8 p.m.
Wednesday Jn the basement of
the County Building. All interested Republicans are eligible
to attend.
Twelve Saline Scouts Set Canoe Trip
SALINE—An even dozen local Boy Scouts and scout leaders
will leave early Friday morning
for a two-day canoe trip on the
AuSable River.
. Headed by Scoutmaster Lauren Wild, the group will camp
Friday at Grayling after renting their canoes and completing
preparations -for their trip. Saturday they plan to set up camp,
en route to. their debarkation
point north of-Luzerne, 65 miles
downstream. They will return to
this city late Sunday.
Youngsters making the trip
are: Richard Johnson, Doug McKenzie, Alan Coe, Jack Keubler,
Ray Rossander, Chuck Youngs,
Jim Walters and Gary Wild.
Leaders besides Scoutmaster
Wild will include Kenneth
Youngs, Dave Giltrow and
Bruce Parsons. This will be the
scouts' second annual canoe
trip:
Tulls on Vacation
-Reporter publisher Paul Tull
has been on vacation this week
with his wife, Jackie, .and
daughters, Jody. and Nancy? in
St. Charles, Va. He is expected
to return home Saturday..
Persons desiring to contact
The "Reporter Thursday or Friday are asked to call NO 2-2968.
Beginnin.g Saturday, calls
.should be placed at NO 3-4066.
A total of 180 delegates have
been elected by Republicans in
the various cities, villages and
townships -in the county to attend the convention, where dele-
. gates to the state convention
will be chosen and a permanent
' chairman elected.
] Alfred A. Sullivan, of Ypsilanti Township, an a 11 o rn ey
(with the Washtenaw Abstract
1 Co. and a member of the Ypsi-
I lanti Township Board, will serve
as temporary chairman at the
convention.
Delegates from Manchester
Township include: Clayton Parr,
Stanton Roesch, Bennett C. Root
and David F. Cargo.
Howard  Hadelschwardt   will|-.y by townships.)
SALINE SCOUTS getting set for big canoe trip
this weekend include Scoutmaster Lauren Wild;
Jimmy Walters, Gary Wild and Alan Coe, at
table, and Jack Kuebler, Doug McKenzie and
Ohuck Youngs, standing, rear.      - '
attend from* Sharon Township
and delegates from Lodi Township will include William Lindemann, Ray M. Carlton and Fer-
men Clements. .   *     . •
Delegates from Saline Township will be Ernest Girbach and
Elsworth Lindsley.
Donna K. Baldus and Carl E.
Mast will be delegates from
Webster Township.
Henry Leutheuser, E r n e s t
Wolfin and Carl Curtis will be
delegates from the city of Saline.
Delegates from Scio Township
will include: Frank Ames, Stanley Vaughn, Harry Peters, C_en-
nard McLaughlin and Dan Vass.
Harold Cirtter and Carl
Lesser will be the delegates
from the village of Dexter^
Freman Weber and Clare Ca-
hill will be delegates from
Northfield Township, and Edwin F. Schaible an-d Will J.
rfRene from Freedom Township.
The delegate from Bridge-
water will be Carl Lesser, and
Jay Bradubry and Water D.
Wolfgang will represent Lima.
of previous estimates. Both he
and Schools Superintendent Bob
Masten indicated that classes in
the newly renovated Spafford
and Rowes Corner rural schools
would only temporarily i*elieve
this problem.
While emphasizing that a
complete evaluation of-the district's needs would have.to be
made by the Advisory Committee and the Board, Klager said
addition of a six-room junior
high to the present high school
building and two more rooms
at the Pleasant Lake school
might be necessary. Both the
high school and Pleasant Lake
were built with' provision for
such expansion, he added.
Masten disclosed that this
year's budget for the expanded
district would  be $323,000.
follows:
Teacher salary,
supplies    $183,000
Operating costs...    34,600
Transportation ...    25,000
Capital outlay     25,000
Administrative
costs  '...    20,000
Maintenance
salaries        14,000'
Fixed costs       4,100
Miscellaneous   ....      5,000
Reserves        12,300
Approximately $180,000 will
be received in state aid, $128,000
from local school taxes, $11,000
from cash on hand, and $4,000
from miscellaneous sources like
driver education, library, and
adult education funds, delinquent taxes and rental fees.
Major items in the capital
outlay program from 1956-57
include school busses, $10,009;
renovation of the rural schools;
$4,000 to $6,000; high school
furnitxn-e and equipment, $8,-
000; and repairs to the Pleasant Lake heating system. ^ .-.
Total school tax rate will* be
17.7 mills compared to 16.1 mills
for the smaller district last
year, both on a state equalized
basis._ (State equalized valuation
is approximately _j/75 tunes assessed valuation, varying slight-
board would be invited to join
the Citizens Advisory Committee in the near future, while
four others from the Pleasant
Lake "area would be invited to
participate in the Curriculum
Committee. They are: the Rev.
T. W. Menzel, Mrs. Willis Uphaus, Mrs. Elvira Vogel, and
Andrew Luckhardt.
Pleasant Lake
PTA. Continues    '
Its Activities
PLEASANT LAKE — The
Pleasant Lake Parent Teacher
Association will continue to
function next year, although the
school district has been annexed
to Manchester.
Mrs. Arthur Sprague-is presi-
as  dent of the group for 1956-57.
The first meeting of the organi-
TODAY'S REPORTER
Church, Social   . .Pages 2, 3, 8
4-H winners  Page 4
4-H pictures .Pages 4, 5
zation will be held at the Pleasant Lake' school Sept. 11.
The program committee, under the chairmanship of Mrs..
T. W. Menzel, has already begun-,
plans for the meeting. Members;
of the committee include Mrs.
Louis Vogel, Otto Zimmerman,
and Mrs. Mildred Breitenwischer. %        --V-' '"}
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DUTCHMEN SET
FOR COLLEGE
(Related story, Page 3)
MANCHESTER—Several stu-
1 dents graduated from the village
high school last June will enter
colleges in the. state this fall.
The list includes Karl Buss,
who will attend Michigan State;
Barry Grossman, who will enroll
in the Mehigan College of Mining at Houghton; and Ellen
Haeussler, who is planning to go
to Eastern Michigan College.
Nancy Johnston will enter a .
school of nursing, but isn't sure
where she will attend.
Ray Leedy- and David Little
Masten indicated total enrollment in the district?- wilT'prob-
ably be 935 students this year,
compared" to 780 for 1955-56.
Klager said that all members j will go to ^Michigan State Uni-
of   the  Pleasant   Lake  school I versity. —
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PRE-SEASON WORKOF T redecorating Rowes Corner school
keeps Manchester grid coach Max Lee, right, on bis toes. Supervisor, left, is School'Board chairman Luther Klager.