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VOL. 10, NO. 7-4WEDNESDAY, OCT. 31,1956     ,
"Fastest Growing Weehly In Washtenaw County"
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PREVIEW OF THE HAPPY SEASON COMING for deer_
hunters was given last week by Gene Darnell in Dexter. Coming back from a successful bow-and-arrow hunting trip to
Mio, Michigan, Gene poses proudly with the 150-pound doe
which the Darnells bagged. It was Gene's father, Rex Darnell,
of Jackson Road, who got the doe, but the whole family fen-
joyed his success.
G.O.P. DIGNITARIES TO JOIN
DEXTER TORCHLIGHT PARADE
DEXTER — A torchlight parade with lanterns, flashlights,
band music, paper streamers,
and "all the fixin's" will wind
through Dexter Saturday night
to introduce Republican candidates for office to- residents of
the area and encourage a bigger
vote on«election day.     *>
Republican candidate for Secretary of State John B. Martin
will ride in the lead car, and
will speak briefly at the rally
which will climax the festivities.
Clarence Reid, candidate for Lt.
Governor, is also expected to
be present.
' All Republican county candidates -yvill also join in the parade, which will form at the
local Baker Road athletic fiald
at 7:30 p. m. and wind in
and out among Dexter streets
to" the music of Jimmy Murray's six-piece band playing,
among-other numbers, Irving
Berlin's 1956 composition "Four
More Years." Flashlights and
covered lanterns must replace
the old-time flaming torches to
eliminate fire hazard.
General chairman of the affair is Davis Sellards, of Dexter.
Committee heads include Yates
Kennedy, arrangements; Mrs.
Wayne Waggoner and Mrs. L.
W. Wylie,* decorations;-Erwin
Scherdt and L. W. Wylie, transportation; Mr. and Mrs. Lowell
Butler, hospitality; and William
Urquhart, master of ceremonies.
The parade is sponsored by Dexter and Scio Township Republican groups. ChaiTman of the
Scio Township -Republican organization is Davis Sellards.*
Chest Drive Hits
$3,000 Mark
In Manchester
^ MANCHESTER — Solicitors
in the Manchester Area United
Red Feather-Red Cross drive
were urged this week by James"
C. Hendley, chairman of the
drive, to complete their work
as soon as possible. Official date
for closing the campaign was
Oct. 31.
. A total of only $3,021.50 of
the §7,000 goal has been turned
in so far, Hendley reported.
Village solicitors have a total
of $400 out of their 81,000 quota, and the business division has
turned in §275. This division has
a goal of $2,800.
The rural division has made
a good showing, and has a^total
of $817 turned in. Chairman is
Mrs. Laurel Rfeitenwischer.
Local organizations have reported $271, the FordJVtotor Co.
has contributed $200, and the
351 employees at Ford's have
contributed $1,058.50, - ■■"-"
- This - year, contributions to
the drive include funds for the
Community C h e s t, . "various
health organizations, .as- well -as
for the->Ited Cross? Hendley
pointed out, and the. goal was
set carefully. There will be no
separate Red Cross drive iri
March asthere has beeh-ih past
years.
Chelsea K. Of C.
Plans "Dance
Saturday Night
* C H E L S E A — The Chelsea
Council of the Knights of Columbus will sponsor a dance Saturday night, Nov. 3 at 8:30 p.m.
in the Chelsea High School gym.
There will be old time, modern and western dancing to tjie
music of- the OK Country Boys.
Tickets may be purchased
from any K. of C. member, or
at the door.
Dexter Church Group
Plans Annual
Dinner, Bazaar
DEXTER—The annual bazaar
and a ham dinner will be given
by-members of St. Joseph's Altar Society, at the K. of C. Hall,
Nov. 3. Serving will begin at
5:30 p.m.
In addition to the usual items
at the bazaar, personalized
Christmas cards and Christmas'
wrapping will be on sale.
The' bazaar and dinner are
open to the public.
20th CenturyCluh
To Meet Nov. 6 ,-
MANCHESTER — American
Folk SOngs will be the subject
of the program for the meeting
of the Twentieth" Century Club
at 8 p.m., Nov. 6. The group
will meet at the home of Mrs.,
James. Pratt, and Mrs. George
Nichols ,of Tecumseh, will be
co-hostess.
Mrs. Raymond Neuderfer and
Mrs. Martha DuBois "will be in
charge of the program.
Committee Plans Parade
W
Webb Reports No
Dexter Bus       ■*
Drivers At Fault
DEXTER — A number" \rf
alarmed parents have called the
superintendent's office at the
Dexter Schools, following a
newspaper story last weeli||hat
a Jacksoft railroad _nah"*hi^3c-
cused some buses Jj. Washtenaw County of not using caution at railroad crossings.
H. C. Clark, of Jackson, a
locomotive engineer, and secretary of Local 240 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Engineers, was reported to
have said in Jackson that lie
was preparinga- letter to be sent
to Clair L. Taylor, superintendent of public instruction, describing-negligence on the part
of some school bus drivers at
railroad crossings in Jackson,
Washtenaw and Calhoun counties. No specific school buses
were mentioned.
Wayne Webb, Superintendent
of- Dexter Schools, which have
16 buses, immediately denied
the charges as applying to Dexter Schools. On Monday, Webb
said he could find no incidences
where regulations had not been
followed, and he certainly had
.heard of no near-accidents of
buses at railroad "Crossings.
SALINE—Plans for a co-operative nursery association will
be discussed at a meeting of interested women to be held at
the Saline Elementary School,
at 8 p.m., Nov. 13. Mrs. William
Bailey, of Saline, is in charge
of arrangements, and is being
assisted by Mrs. Marian Barclay, of the Elementary School.
VThe program will include a
panel discussion of the Nursery
Association by Mrs. Donald A.
Lussenden, of the Stone School
District; Mrs. William Goodwin, of Ann Arbor, Treasurer,of
the Michigan Council of Cooperative Nurseries, and Mrs.
Norman Banhart, chairman of
the Triangle Nursery in Ann
Arbor.
The Cooperative Nursery Association is a non-profit organization, with more than 100
nurseries in Michigan affiliated
Dexter Band Plays
In Voters' Parade
CO-OP NURSERY FOR SALINE
TO BE DISCUSSED AT MEET
with the State Association. Mrs.
Marion Barclay is a member of
the Michigan State Council of
Cooperative Nurseries, which
has representatives from all
over the state; She was chairman of the first Ann"Arbor cooperative nursery in 1938.
The proper start of a cooperative nursery involves parent
education, Mrs. Barclay said.
The plan offers a trained teacher and supervised play. The
mothers take part in observation and in supervision. Children four years old, and a few
at age three, are accepted in\
the nurseries for a half-day program. Tuition is charged to pay
expenses, which may include
rent, equipment, snacks for the
children and a teacher's, salary.
Everyone interested is asked
**to come to the meeting on Nov.
13.
License Climaxes
Long Campai
NAME ELLIS PRATT NEW HEAD
OF WASHTENAW FARM BUREAU
By Grace Kennedy
SALINE—During 1957 Saline
will begin to go on the air! On
Wednesday, October 24 (just too
late to get into last week's 1*?-
sue of the Reporter) the Federal Communications Qommis-
sion announced that a license
had been granted to the Saline
Broadcasting Company to build
and operate a 500 watt radio
station four miles-north of Saline. The broadcasting studio
will be located on the farm of
Howard Singleton, Brassow
Road, in Lodi Township.
FCC licensing culminates twp
and a half years of effort in
the planning of this project.
The new station will operate
on 1290 kilocycles during the
daytime hours..Call letters fcave
not yet been determined; the
FCC will send a list of available
ones, .from which a suitable
combination will be chosen.
The building contractor plans
SALINE — Ellis Pratt, of
Pleasant Lake Road near Manchester, was elected president
of the Washtena-vvT-ounty Farm
Bureau r*5ard of directors at a
reorganization meeting held
Thursday evening, Oct. 25th at
the Saline Township Hall.
Emerson Haeussler of Saline
was elected vice-president.
The meeting; at which new
directors recently elected took
their place on the board, was
held following a dinner served
by the Farm Bureau Women's
Committee.
Emma Howeisen was retained
for another year as secretary,
and treasurer of the organization. Bess Tefft will remain as
editor of the Farm Bureau
paper, a monthly publication.
DEXTER—Booming out the
vote for the Ann Arbor Jaycees'
recent "Get Out The Vote Rally" was the Dexter High School
band? This non-partisan effort _. ^^^"^^"T^TX^
. .  „.. *!.;. .£*_,,_. ._,-  +„„_.'ter's Book Store. Ann:Arbor,
will be on display, Tahging.from
Book Sale Offers
Good Buys For
Manchester-Ites
MANCHESTER —An opportunity to buy books for Christmas gifts will be offered local:
residents Thursday, I^-iday and
SatTirday, when -the P.TA.. Book
Fair "wiUbe held at the Methodist .Churchi.
Hours v of the sale are 2-9
p.m., Wednesday .and Saturday,
and '2-5 p.m., Thu*rsday arid Friday. . "        "*   ^
A selection of boofe from Sla-
to get all the voters out took
the form of a, parade in Ann
Arbor, Monday evening," Oct.
29. This will probably be the
last time these Republicans and
Democrats work together-until
Dee or Adlai take over.
pre-school to recent books "for
adults. ,"*   .y»v.-
Proceeds from-"the sale will
be used by the -P.T.A. for a
school project. ,.
High Hjonor Given
Brother Of
Carl Curtiss       --
Charles Curtiss, brother of
Carl Curtiss, Saline, was accorded honors this month by
the Senate of the State of Mich-**
igan. He came to Hillsdale from
his home outside Washington,
D. C, Oct. 25 to be awarded a
Michigan Senate citation.
After graduation from Hillsdale High School in 1907, Curtiss went on to graduate frbm
Michigan State College, then received a Masters degree from,
Columbia University. He is now
regarded as the nation's No. 1
highway construction man, and
Christmas Card
Sales Set For
Dystrophy Fund
ANN ARBOR — Attractive,
richly-finished, four-color cards
that will solve the yearly problem of selecting Christmas
Cards — while at the same time
helping the.fight against dreaded Muscular Dystrophy — are
being unveiled across the nation
to start pouring footings for the
tower .and studio building as
soon as . possible. f When the
structure is completed and
equipped, actual ijroadcasting-
will begin. It i_ anticipated that"
the new station will go on the
air next spring.    /
Eventual expap-sion into television is^hot planned.
Officers of the Saline Broadcasting Company wee.: Meredith
. Bixby;" Saline, [president; Eugene Hannah, Ajfn Arbor, vice
president; William Crim, Saline,
secretary; and Henry Leutheuser, Saline, tteasureE^Ffas* directors are all from^aaline: Carl
A. Curtiss, Milton Hartman, and
Charles Uphaus. Stockholders
include Walter T. Anicka, Ann
Arbor, Walter _ Hinderer, Manchester; and Dr. Harold A. Miller, Everett Esch, Arthur
Moehn, and Robert Merchant,
all of Saline..
The president, Meredith Bixby, is well known tar and wide
as the producer^ of Meredith's
Marionettes, enchanting shows
which each year are shown to
thousands pf school children
Over a large area. Mi". Bixby
is also a "ham" radio operator
and a member of the Huron Val-
leyAmateur Radio Association.
His charming wife will be the
Program Director of women's
programs for the new radio station. Mrs. Bixby has had extensive experience >in this line of
work.
The Saline Broadcasting Com-
ly local chapters throughout, the
thldtetionlo^ored hi^lor his nati°n, feature a &stive,^contem-
achievements in this field,
signaling the' launching of the ^     „ „_
1956 ^Muscular  Dystrophy pan^planri publTcT^viVsta
tion with "emphasis on live programming. Many programs of
especial interest to rural listeners iare planned. Also children's
programs will be aired arid in-
Shristmas Card Campaign.
Cards for this 5th annual Mus
cular Dystrophy Christmas Card
Sale, conducted by independent-
Pleasant Bake PTO
To Hear Talk
By JudgeBreakey
PLEASANT"LAKE — Judge
James R. Breakey, Jr., will be
the featured sfieaker at a meeting of the P.T.O., at 8 p.m.,-
Nov,,13, at the Pleasant Lake
School.
Title of Judge Breakey's address will be: "What is Our Responsibility
j>line?"
DEXTER SQUAD THREATENED, BUT DUTCH WON
TO TAKE FIRST LEAGUE OF LAKES GRID TITLE
porary version of, the traditional
Christmas Tree motif. Voluntary
contributions of purchasers, rather than a fixed price, will be
accepted for the cards— though
purchaseh's figts are usually
equivalent to the sum normally
spen on Christmas cards each
season.
Proceeds from the sale are
used for research on the cause
and cure, therapy and rehabilitation, and defraying the prohibitive arid continuing erxpens-
Towards   D i s e i- ff,  of * the mysterious, disease.
IMusculajy Dystrophy —- which
 __ j most often strikes children be-"
* tween (three and thirteen, is
100% fatal, and -for which baffled medical science has been
unable to find a cause, treat?
ment, or cure — depends at
present almost entirely on voluntary efforts similar to the
Christmas Card Sale.
" Funds realized" through local
campaigns across the nation will
support theNMDAA's many important projects on all levels
. . . with 75 per cent of funds
going to the national organization, and 25 per cent retained'
for local use.
PLAN CARD PARTY
On Thursday, Nov. 8 from
1-.3& to 7:30, there will be a
public card party at the Ann
Arbor Y. W. C. A. There will
be a variety of games and door
prizes will be awarded.- This
party is for the benefit of the
Y. W. C. A. fund in other countries.
DEXTER—Presaging the up- men's power began to tell on
sets to conje on the black Saturday that struck, down Michigan and Michigan State .last
weekend, the Dexter Dreadnaughts last Friday night tore
into the Manchester Dutchmen
and made a real football battle
of the game before bowing 25 to
6.
Dexter eould have been expected to be swamped. Her-only
previous win had come at the
expense of Hartland, 12 to 61
The Dutchmen had -pounded-
Hartlahd 71 to 0.
But Friday Dexter led at the
half by the score of 6 to 0. The
third quarter was rap-and-tuck,
ending with a tie score 6 to 6.
In the f oiirth quarter the Outch-
Dexter's   inexperienced   squad,s ,TDs.
arid Manchester powered over
.three more touchdowns to win
25 to. 6.
The win gave Manchester undisputed possession of the
^League bf. Lakes championship
for this year.
Even more impressive than
the championship is the margin
of victories which the Dutchmen compiled during the season.
The Dutch eleven has scored 201
jreirits, while holding their op-
pon^ts to a total of pnly^20
points, .this season. ,   - "
trading scorers for the Manchester team are Connie (Son-
yer and Jerry Meyer, each of
downs   and   two   points   after
To add luster to the Manchester season, the team need
add only One more'win, against
Clinton, ter nail down their first
"all-win" sfeaspri in the school's
grid history.
Band Boosters Plan
Rummage Sale
At McGuire's Store
MANCHESTER -^ The local
Band Boosters organization will
hold a rummage sale this Friday
and Saturday at McGuire's store
in Manchester. Friday hours 1or
the sale will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
On Saturday, the sale will con-
-whoin have scored nine touch-tinue from 9"a.m. to 9 pre
formation pertaining to public
awareness of Civil ^Defense
measures broadcast. Other plans
include daily newscasts of local
items for the small towns in
the area which do not have daily
newspapers.; „ .
The REPORTER wishes good
luck to' Saline's newest enterprise!
Dance Glasses To
Resume Nov. 7
' PLEASANT LAKE — The
dancing class sponsored by the
P.T.A. will be resumed on Nov.
7. Hours are ""from 7:30-9:30
p.m., at the -Pleasant Lake
School. Children from the sixth
grade on tand their parents are
eligible to attend.
Instruction is given by Pete
Noll, of Ypsilanti."
Turkey Supper! f
MANCHESTER—The annual
turkey supper sponsored by the
W.S.C.S. *- of the Methodist
Church will be given Nov. 7,
in the church" dining, room. The
dinner will be family style arid
serving will begin at 5 p.m. The
affair is open to tits" public.
'56 SALINE COMMUNITY
DRIVE NEARS HALFWAY MARK
SALINE — A $210.32 total
contribution, just turned in by
Mrs. Pearl Wild from the
Bridgewater area, brought Saline's Community Chest drive
campaign to $2788.12, less than
half of the proposed area-gbaL
. iSfot all areas have reported,
but individuals are urged again
to remember" that the campaign
is mahy^in-one. A lair'contribution' then, should be the total
of what orie ordinarily gives to;
Red Cross, the local
drive, and the United Fund.
JSome solicitors who have not
been mentioned before, "but who
have assisted in the drive, are
Mrs. George Camburn, Mrs.
William Klein, and Mrs. Ray .Alber, serving "ih the northeast
section headed by Mrs. Meredith
Bixby.'.
1 Assisting T^rancis Lockwood
inthesoutheast section of^Saline were Mrs. Sam Lambarth,
Alwin . Gross, Lester McCoy,
;Rpbert Moon, Rev. Alvin Siem-
sen, Howard Johnson and Mrs.
NormanElfring.