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VOL. 10, NO. 2—WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26,1956
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Washtenaw County Building
Dedication Program
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30^1956—3:30 F.ML-
Ann Arbor
Presiding Officer—-EdwarS Frederick, Chairman, Washtenaw
County Board of Supervisors
National Anthem—Massed Bands of the High Schools: Ann
Arbor, Chelsea, Dexter, Lincoln Consolidated, Manchester, -Milan, Roosevelt, Saline, Willow Run, Ypsilanti, con-
. ducted by William D. Revelli, Director of University of
Michigan Band
Invocation—Monsignor G.. Warren Peek, St. Thomas Roman
Catholic Church, Ann Arbor-
Introduction of Judge James R. Breakey, Jr., Program Chairman
Introduction of Washtenaw County Officials    "
Introduction of Distinguished Guests
Greetings from the State of Michigan—Honorable G. Mennen
Williams, Governor
Presentation of Flag Flown on Capitol of the United States—
' Honorable George Meader, Member of Congress, Second
Congressional District of Michigan
Prayer of Flag Dedication—Dr. Merrill R. Abbey, President,
Ann Arbor Council of Churches
Acceptance of Flag—Edward Frederick, Chairman, Washtenaw County Board of Supervisors
Pledge of Allegiance—Led by Donald Bachman, Director,
Washtenaw County Veterans Service Center
America the Beautiful—Ward (Massed Bands)
Address—Honorable Wilbe*c.M. Brucker, Secretary of the
Army
The Stars and Strh.es Forever—Sousa (Massed Bands)
Benediction—Julius Weinberg, Rabbi, Beth-Israel Community Center
County Schools Bands
To Play In Program
Bands of all of the public
schools in the county will be
combined in a single unit for the
first time when they participate
in the-^Vashtenaw County Building dedication, Sept. 30. The
bands will be under the direction of William Revelli, Director
of the University Bands, and
will take part in the parade as
well as the dedication program,
at.3:30 p.m.
Bands to participate are: Ann
Arbor High Sehool Marching
Band, under the direction of
Clarence Roth; Chelsea High
School Marching Band, Eugene
Shroyer; Dexter High School
Marching Band, Herbert Bearss;
Saline High School Marching
Band, Arthur Katterjohn; Milan High School Marching Band,
William Mihalyi; Lincoln High
School Marching Band, Robert
Biederwolf; Ypsilanti Roosevelt
Marching Band, Marsh Riley;
Willow Run High School Marching Band, Paul Richmond; Ypsilanti High School Marching
Band, Donald Gant.
In addition to the High School
Marching Bands, the Ypsilanti
High School Drum and Bugle
Corps, under the direction of
Donald Gant, the Ann Arbor
/ American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps, Charles D. Withers,
and the Ypsilanti American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps, under the direction of*~William
Short.
County band instructors working with Herbert Fry,, of Ypsilanti, on arrangements included
Clarence Roth, Eugene Shroyer,
and Arthur Katterjohn. Julius
W: Haab, County Superintendent of- Schools, and Howard C.
Thayer, assistant in the County
School Superintendent's 'office,
are the county officials in charge
of music for the dedication ceremony.
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GIRL SCOUT
TROOP 125
ACTIVE NOW
DEXTER —Girl Scout Troop
No. 125 has held two meetings
this fall, one on Sept. 12 and
the other on Sept. 19.
At the first meeting the troop
marched to Dexter Park and
had a wiener and marshmallpw
roast. Leaders at this outing
were Mrs. James McMahon and
Mrs. Martin Lee,. who were
joined at the Park by Mrs. Walter Koch and Mrs. Earl Doletzky, also scout leaders.  .
Election of officers was held
at the second meeting, at the
home of Mrs. Lee. Gwen Belt
served the refreshments.
., New officers are: Marjorie
Lee, president; Patricia, McMahon, vice-president; Delia Hill,
Secretary; Mary Dee Henes,
treasurer; Carol Zabitz, .reporter; Susan Schneider and Julie
.Doletzky, patrol leaders; Bertha
Carter and Elaine Kauj>p, assistant patrol leaders; Jeanette
Vincent, badge captain; Gwen
Belt, refreshments captain; Suzanne Koch and Karen Jeggery,
supply* captains; and Wayne
Combs," first aid.   ..
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IRON CREEK
FARM GROUP
NAMES KUHL
IRON CREEK — Officers
elected at the meeting of the
Iron Creek Farm Bureau on
Sept. 14, include: Irving Kuhl,
chairman; Robert Kirk, vice,
chairman; Mrs. Roy Randall,
secretary; Mrs. William Palmer,,
discussion leader; Emmett Nog-
gle, alternate discussion leader;
William Palmer, minute man;
Mrs. Ralph Noggle, reporter;
and Mrs. Gladys Johnson, Blue
Cross secretary.
Members of the women's committee elected are:'Mrs. Emmett
Noggle and Mrs. LoRen Tfolz.
The meeting was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. William
Tirb, and the program included
a report by Tirb on the tour
that the supply-committee took
to plants owned by farm bureaus
in Saginaw, Alma and St.-Louis,
Mich.
PARRELS ARE
IN CITY NOW
DEXTER—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farrell have sold their 171-
acre farm at 7|390 Gregory Ud.
and have moved with their two
children^ to. a hew house which
they bought, at 7667 G St.
The Farrell faim was bought
by Mr. and Mrs. Darold Heidt,
of South Lyon/
Farrell, who has been a farmer all of his life, held an auc-"
tion. at the farm on Sept. 10,
and is now working at the Ford
Garage in Dexter.
MORE THAN 150 MEMBERS of the Washtenaw Historical Society enjoyed a meeting last
Sunday at the home of Leo Hoey, Island Lake
Road, Dexter. Climaxing the session, Leo
brought out his famous tally-ho, hitched up the
team, and took all adventuresome members for
a Sunday afternoon ride, 19th century style. Up
front with Lee on the last ride of the afternoon
:SiV'^l!«bX:-.kjj;-'^
is Ernie Ahnendinger, for years a prominent
Washtenaw citizen and now, an enthusiastic
member of the society.
Crowds of more conventional Sunday
drivers, out for one of the last summery days of
the season, were more than a bit amazed at the
sight of the tally-ho in the midst of the traffic.
GROUP PLANS
FUND DRIVE
IN SALINE
SALINE—A group composed
of members of the Saline Junior
Chamber of Commerce, the Jay.
cee Auxiliary, and the Fun Club,
will meet next Monday night to
lay plans for a Saline youth recreation center and swimming
pool.
Headed by temporary chairman Robert Katz, the group' will
organize on a permanent basis'
at the Monday meeting . . . and
will plan a fund-raising - campaign to finance the proposed
building and pool.
Katz - estimated that a goal
somewhere in the neighborhood
of. $50,000 would be set.
He emphasized that all Saline
area residents are cordially invited to attend the first meeting
of the group.
The session is planned to start
at 8.30 p.m., in the agricultural
room at Saline High School.
MANCHESTER — A group
of 85 solicitors will begin their
efforts on Oct. 15 to put the
Manchester Area United Community Chest-Red Cross drive
over the top. ...   .
Material and instructions will
be given the* workers at the
kick-off dinner,~~at v6:30 p.m.,
Oct. 11, at Iron Creek United
Church. All captains are asked
to notify their chairman by Oct.
9 qf the number of their workers
who will attend. A full turn-out
is expected, according to Franklin M. Reck, drive chairman.
Solicitors in the drive for
$7,000 have been appointed in
four areas outside the village
and sub-divided into school districts. The rural chairman is
Mrs. Laurel Breitenwischer.
The volunteers named in the
southwest area are: Mrs. William Palmer, captain, with Mrs.
Edin Smith, McMahon district;
Mrs. Jesse Walker, Spaford district; Mrs. Irvin Kuhl, Matteson
district; Mrs. Allan Whiteman,
Iron Creek district; • Mrs. Carl
Pedersen,- Oak Ridge district;
and English district, Mrs. Orye
Hand.
P.T.A. COUNCIL CHOOSES
MRS. L. IX VOGEL PRESIDENT
Saline Savings
Names Mrs. Gross
Assistant Cashier
SALINE—Mrs. Esther Gross,
who started as a bookkeeper at
the Saline Savings Bank in 1953,-
last week was named assistant
cashier of the organization.
. Her promotion was announced
following the last meeting of the
bank's board of directors.
Women's Club
Plans Meet
DEXTER — Members of the
Women's Club are planning to
inaugurate their fall program
with a luncheon meeting at
Stockbridge, Oct. 5. Arrangements for the-luncheon, which
will be held at Turney's Restaurant, are in charge of Mrs.
Loyal Rector.
DEXTER — On Tuesday evening, September 18, Mrs. R. C.
Bedell and the Messrs. Al Sam-
born and Johji Yeakel, officers
of the'Dexter PTA, attended the
newly organized Western Washtenaw Area Council in Chelsea.
This Council includes PTA members from Dexter,- Pleasant
Lake, Manchester and Chelsea.
The Council was organized for
the purpose of focusing attention on problems that are common to every PTA. It functions
as a small workshop, the members sharing ideas and experiences relative to school activities. As. an immediate example
it was learned that Dexter's
membership is proportionately
larger in number than the
others. It also provides the opportunity for members to become alert to other community
responsibilities such as civil defence, etc.
"""There was an election of officers at which time Mrs. L. D.
Vogel of Pleasant Lake was
elected president. The Dexter
PTA will be asked to elect a
vice-president to represent them
at future meetings of the area
council. It was also emphasized
that all PTA members are wel
come to attend.
The next meeting .will be held
at Pleasant Lake, Thursday,
Nov. 1.
HARDY PETUNIAS brought
forth lots of colorful blossoms
despite the fact that it had
grown through a crack in the
sidewalk on Adrian Street in
Manchester. L. V. Kirk; local
merchant, is shown above admiring the handsome floral display in front of his store.
ALSO FEATURED AT THE SOCIETY'S OUTING was a display of pioneer and 19th century American household items ... including the Mgh-wheeT bicycle modeled above by* two of Hoey's
daughters.
DEXTER CHILD STUDY CLUB
OPENS FALL SEASON PROGRAM
DEXTER -At o t a 1 of 19
members of the Dexter Child
Study Club began their fall program with a potluck dinner at
the home of Mrs. Waldron'
Vaughn, Sept. 18. One new member, Mrs. Henry Forsyth, was
received in the club, and the
husiness: meeting was conducted
by Mrs. Norman Wilner, this,
year's president The program
was ih charge of Mrs. Burton
Bucy who gave a history of
s
Dexter, "with slides and maps.
-Guests ' at the meeting included •Mrs.- Williami Murphy,
Mrs.".Robert: Raynpr. and Mrs.
Donald Mctotyre*.        .1
The ne_rt meeting of the group
•will be'fceld °n tfct. 2, at the
home of Mrs. Al Samborn. Mrs.
Malcolm BlakeTy will, speak on:
.How Good Is Your School?"
arid Mrs. Heray Kapinski will
speak on: "Chartcter In The
Making."     * "
In the new area, Mrs. Ellis
Pratt will serve as captain.
Members of Her team included
Mrs. Glen Feldkamp, Davidter
district.; Mrs. Whitney Riedel,
Sharon district; Mrs. Raymond
Jacob, Jr., Rowes Corners district; Mrs. Jack Pfeifle, Everett
district};. - Mrs. Floyd... Proctor,
Dorr district} and Mrs. Raymond Jacobs, Sf., Craft, district.
In the Northeast, area, the
captain will be Mrs. Louis Vogel. Members of her team, which
has not been\ appointed by
school districts, are: Mrs. Her-*
man Waddell, Mrs. Clarence
Schneider, Mrs. Hugh Mosher,
Mrs. Clarence Pfaus, Mrs. Alvin
Widmayer, Mrs. Roy Bihlmeyer,
Mrs. Lowell Roehm, Mrs. Harold Brown, Mrs. Roland Gunther and Mrs. Leo DeFreytos.
Mrs. Floyd Parr is captain in
the southeast area. Her team
members will solicit by school
districts and include: Mrs. Armin Weidmayer, Short district;
Mrs. Don Mackintosh, Dewey
district; Mrs. Frank Ashton and
Mrs. James Pratt, Paul district;
Mrs. Laurence Tirb, Dillingham
district; Mrs. Edgar Randall,
Bridgewater Center; Mrs. Norman Randall, Allen district; ^nd
Mrs. Alice Anglemyre, Lancas- '
ter district. The chairmen in the
last four districts will solicit for
the Red Cross only unless per- ..*.
sons wjsR to give to the Man- -
Chester Area Community Chest.
Workers in the village have
been divided into five teams.
Mrs. Rolland Grossman is chairman of the residential area, with
four captains and their teams in
her division, and James C.
Hendley and Lawrence P. Wurster. are chairmen of the business and professional divisions.
Soliciting at the Ford plant is
under the direction of Lawrence
DeVerna. v
Mrs. Grossman has appointed
Mrs. Robert Masten as captain
of Team A. Her solicitors will
be: Mrs. Luther Klager, Mrs.
Ford Langehdyk;e, Mrs. William
Hamilton, Mrs. Duffield Ball,
Mrs. Erwin Huber, Miss Marie
Schneider, Mrs. Glen Holley and
Mrs. Clark Eckles.
Mrs. Thomas Lockridge will
head Team B. Members of her
committee are: Mys. Eilber
Maurer, Mrs. Lester Czarnecki,
Mrs. George Swank, Mrs.
Charles Knorpp, Mrs. Earl Alber and Mrs. Russell Briggs.
Team C will be under the lead- _
ership of Mrs. Don Sutton. Her
team, will consist of Mrs. Martin
Keasal, Mrs. Robert Popkey,
Mrs. Carl Schaible, Mrs. Harry
Sutton and Mrs. Fred Alber.
Miss Linda Knorpp is captain
of Team D.. Solicitors in this
group include: Mrs. Birdella
Flood, Mrs. Ronald Jenter, Mrs.
Harold Strayer, Mrs. John Alt-
hause, Mrs. Walter Vogt, and
Mrs. Stanley Binkowski.
Appointed as solicitors on the
business and professional team
are: - Carl Wuerthner, Ray C.
Tirb, Walter Schaible, Harry
Johnson", Lyle Widmayer, Don
Sutton, Willard Mann, Bennett
Root, Mrs.. Frank Spaford, Allie
Luckhart_, L. V. Kirk, James
Canjioh, Jr., William Schaffer,
Mrs. Philip Kern, Mrs. James
Baker and Mrs. John Bunny.
FARING BETTER, ON THE ROAD SO
FAB. the Saline High School Hornet "football
"team has won aa "away" game..V and dropped
a home game;.. for* .500 average tiras far this
season. The Hornets are shown above ready to
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board the bus for that successfidfti^gune invasion of Pinckney territory. i_^~wee**s loss
to University High clouded the Hornet's chances
of successfully defending their Huron Leagne
championship thi6 year.
On Page 3 is the fourth in a
series of exclusive Reporter
stories on election-year politics
in Washtenaw County, by Alice
and Bob Beyers.. ,.„..
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