1957-05-15; Reporter

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VOL. 10, NO. 35 — WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1957^
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ANNUAL JCC.
'5 7 Builder
Show Gets
Underway
ANN ARBOR —Approximately 150 builders' and- merchants' displays, in addition to
an automotive show, have been
set up in Yost Field House, S.
State St., Ann Arbor, for the
annual Builder's Show which
will begin tonight and last
through May 19.
In addition to the displays
there will be "Disney-design
rides, includeing a merry-go-
round and ferris wheel, and free
shows every night. George Lem-
ble, of Ann Arbor, is general
chairman of the affair.
Displays will include building
materials and new household
appliances.
Tonight at 6:30 p.m. and 10
p.m., there will be an exhibit of
square dancing at the show. The
exhibit will' be repeated on
Thursday at the same hours and
on Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
On Friday, the University of
Michigan trampaline exhibitions
will be held at 6:30 p.m. and at
10 p.m., the "Washtenaw Indians", a scout group, will present a program.
At 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Dan
Forth Combo music will be on
the program, and the University Trampoline exhibitions will
be at 10 p.m.
The Dan Forth Combo will- be
on the program again at 6:30
p.m., Sunday, and the "Washtenaw Indians" at 8 p.m.
Special "Kiddies Day" prices
on rides will be in effect this
afternoon, Thursday and Friday, from 2 to 6 p.m.
Dutchmen Of Distinction
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Saline Nursery
Group Names
New Officers
SATJNE — New officers for
the Saline Area Cooperative
Nursery Association were elected at a meeting of the group last
Wednesday. Named to head the
organization starting next fall
was Mrs. James Beal. "Vice-
chairman and program chairman will be Mrs, William Klein.
Mrs. Herman Merte was named
secretary and Mrs. Donald Geer-
ing treasurer. Mrs. Clifford
Tetzloff was named health
chairman.
Fathers of children now enrolled at the nursery school
sponsored by the organization
are to hold a meeting this Friday evening, at 8 p.m., at the
Saline Elementary School.
And next Monday ^evening,
May 20, the association will
meet, also at 8 p.m. at the elementary school.
Spokesmen for the recently-
opened nursery school, being
held at the Saline Valley Farms,
state that the new school is progressing very satisfactorily . . .
and that a number of Saline
area parents have already indicated that they wish to . send
their children to the school in
the fall.
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DANCE PUPILS OF MARY LOU
TO OFFER SALINE RECITAL
Issues Call For
Manchester Area
MANCHESTER — All boys
age 15 or under interested in
playing baseball with the Huron
Valley Babe Ruth League, or the
local Little League, are requested to meet Tom Johnston, director of the local summer recreation program on Satusday, May
18 , between 10 and 12 noon
at the athletic field.
In case of bad weather, the
meeting will be held one week
later, on May 25, at the same
hour and location.
Bert Sterling, assistant director in charge of baseball, will
attend the meeting. Sterling is
a senior at Eastern Michigan
College.
Fathers or sponsors are urged
to come to the meeting, to help
organize   the teams.
SALINE — Students of Mary
Lou Gall will present a dance recital this Friday and Saturday
evenings at the Saline" High
School auditorium. Sponsored
by the Saline High School Band,
the event will climax a year of
study and practice on the part
of Mary Lou's 70 tjlance pupils.
Featuring the theme, "Across
the U.SSA.," the tieeital will,
include dances typical of the
various areas and grloups of this
country. Starring as the hobos
whc» take the tour across the
U.S.A. will be Joyce Ross, Joari
Wiebusch and™ Paula Stralnic.
Dancing the roles of movie
stars will be Kay Kellogg, Carol
Michalke and Leslie Stralnic.
Western style dances will be performed by Janet and Debbie
Deed, Renee Osterhout, Patty
Rapp and Wyman Osterhout.
More western atmosphere will
be iadded by Cynthia and Lorraine Myers, roping cattle . . .
Bobby Still as a Texas oilman
.,. ... Gail Elliott as a* Spanish
dancer . .7 and Sue Davis as an
Indian.
Rural America will be portrayed by the dance of-Catherine Tetzloff, Barbara" Braun, Janice Erskine, Joanne Erskine,
j Linda Ceronsky and John Kress.
Karen and Janice Weber will
do the St. Louis blues, and Joan
Wiebusch will portray the Mar^
di Gras of New Orleans.
New York will get the full
treatment from the dancers,
with 10 numbers devoted to the
big city. Performing in this series will be Stanley Schlief, Gail
Elliott, Jane Ross, Gail Armbruster. Sharon F e 1 d k a m p,
Kathy Wilson, David Farrell,
Joan Wiebusch, Norah Bixby.
and Mary Lou Gall herself.
Twinkle Toes will be the roles
of Debbie Wahl, Marilyn Niethammer, Cindy Braun, Ricka
Sloan and Gaynel Sloan. First
Formed will be danced by Linda
Heiserman, Rosita Cary, Sandy
Lange, Mary-Roberts, Barbara
Lossing, Cheri Katon, Julie Nu*k
ting, Pamela Staley and Sally
Richard. -
Mary Mayfield, Sharon Beck
and Winnie Mann will portray a
dancing group bf resorters . .-."
a party dance will be done by
Jean Feldkamp . . . Judy Feldkamp and David Farrell will be
cheerleaders, and Judy Jordan
and Gail . Armbruster .will be [
will
campus coeds.
The program each night
start at 8.
Mary Lou Gall has been assisted in her teaching by Joan
Wiebusch, Jane Ross and. Norah
Bixby.
ALEXANDER TO
BE INSTALLED
AS P.T.A. HEAD
MANCHESTER — Installation of officers will be held at
the meeting of the P.T.A. to be
held at the Civic Auditorium at
8 p.m., May 20. This is the last
meeting of the year for the organization. It will be preceded
by a meeting bf Band Boosters,
at 7:15 p.m., in the library of
the Intermediate School. .
New- president of the P.T.A.
is Harold Alexander. Other officers to be installed include: Reno Feldkamp, vice-president;
Mrs. Carl Settle, secretary and
Mrs. Erwin Huber, treasurer.
Robert Sorter is program,
chairman for the evening. The
violin classes in the high school,
the.beginners band and the junior high school band will present a musical program.
LAWYER OPENS
DEXTER OFFICE
DEXTER — Ross W. Campbell has announced the opening
of his office in the Village of
Dexter for-the general practice
of law.
Campbell graduated from'the
Law School of the University of
Michigan in 1955. He is a member of the Washtenaw County
Bar Association, the State Bar
of Michigan, and the American
Bar Association.
Campbell graduated in 1945
from-the United States Military
Academy at West Point
Aresident of Washtenaw
County, Campbell Is a descendant of one of the original settlers of the counter who came
here in 1824 from Connecticut
while Michigan was still part of
the Northwest Territory.
Campbell's office in Dexter is
at 8105 Main Street. Initially,
office hours will be on Friday
afternoons from 1:00 to 5:00
p.m. and on Saturday mornings
fro^i 9:00 a.m. until noon. Monday through Thursdays
SALINE SCOUTS
ASK RUMMAGE
SALINE—Tomorrow and Friday, May 16-17, will be rummage pickup days in the Saline
area, as local Boy Scouts, Explorers, and their leaders and
committeemen prepare for a big
rummage sale to be held here
Saturday.
Anyone in the Saline area
who has saleable rummage
which he wishes to have picked
up can request the pickup by
calling Saline 175-J.
The sale itself will be held in
the building just west of the
Federated Church, on E. Michigan Avenue. The doors will
open at 10 a.m. Saturday morning, and will close at 6 p.m. Local Explorer Scouts, headed by
Lauren Wild, will man the floor
at the sale.
Proceeds from the event Tjtill
go into a fund for camping and
outdoor activities for members
of Boy Scout Troop 46, Saline.
The group hopes to make the
sale an annual affair. ,
Hi School Facilities
Needed - Cost-Tax
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Picture Favorable
By Bess H. Tefft
For Saline Area Advisory    "
Council
Debating, oratory and dramatics help young people become useful citizens by teaching them to think logically on
their feet, to overcome fears
before audiences, and to communicate effectively, Mrs. Mil-|
dred Haswell of the English department pointed out to a Saline area audience in the .Ele-j
mentary school Thursday evening. She added that the present crowded condition of the
gym and stage area, and poor
acoustics limited her worJ_: in
speech. More young people
could participate, and Saline
could take its turn as host
school, if the .proposed High
School had an auditorium, .acoustically planned for speech activities.
Coach William Bailey concurred that the present gym-
auditorium combination was limiting, and told the group that
senior high has no scheduled
gym classes because of the existing condition. Reviewing the
aims of physical education, he
said that in a new school more
individual activities could be offered older students to improve
their personal fitness and to initiate life-long interests. Double
gym floors for boys and girls,
separate and adequate locker
rooms, storage space, and two
playing field areas were among
his suggestions.
Continuing with their plan tc
seek information and advice
from the teaching staff, the Advisory Council under chairman,
Ira Pfeifle, introduced four other
teachers who spoke of their de
partment needs.
Projected enrollments could
keep 35 typewriters busy, according to Howard Hill -of the
Commercial department, who be
lieves all students should learn
typing—a theory I share whole
heartedly. For 600 students a
typing -room, office practice
room and shorthand-bookkeeping room would be minimum.
Mr. Hill believes we should turn
out prepared general clerks from
our school, since- many Saline
students go directly into this
work already.
A library seating 75, with at
least  4800 current volumes  is
the    recommendation    of
North Central Assn., for a 600
student school,  we learned  as
Let's plunge immediately into
this knotty matter of "tax
equalization," one of the hardest for people to understand
arid accept because it varies
from township to township, and
the; from year to year.
All property, real and personal   (which   includes   cattle,
Evelyn Campbell explained that'machinery, or store inventories)
her department must provide 'is; subject to- tax. Values are
reference material for all others, placed upon these properties by
She suggested that book repair,' township supervisors or city as-
cataloguing and control of books, sessors. This value is your AS-
f or the entire system could SESSED VALUATION,
stem directly from the proposed, But these assessments vary,
high "school, saving effort and because individuals vary, and
duplication of help. She cited in order that each area bear its
the need for small conference fair share of the tax load, this
rooms, an audio-visual pre-view- _ discrepancy is corrected by a
ing room, work space and stor- process known as EQUAT.T_.A-
age. ITTON. A state team spot checks
"Imagine a world without assessments in a given area, and
art," Mrs. Kathleen Nass asked, using a base of 100% determines
Basic to man's nature since ear- how far "off base" the local
liest times, creative arts and valuations are. This relation-
crafts offer a qhannel of expres- ship is called the "factor," and
sion to most young people. She here are the 1957 factors for
praised the work of her stu-: the townships involved in our
dents, and told us that some of Saline area,
.their water colors and ceramic < j.0di, 1.7464; Saline, 1.9301;
dishes are now on display at the York, 1.7798; Pittsbield, 2.1554;
U. of M. and at Eastern Michi- Freedom, 1.7982;*-Bridgewater,
gan. Her department's basic 1.7354; Saline City, 1.5738.
needs are two rooms with ade-j Multiply your t0WnshiP factor
quate storage and space for a by your assessed vaiuation and
POPPY SALE
SET THIS WEEK
MANCHESTER — Poppies
will be soldi by the American
Legion, the Legion Auxiliary
and the children of members on
Friday and Saturday.
The sale on Friday will be
held in the afternoon at the
Ford and Double A plants.
On Saturday, there will be a
general sale of poppies on the
streets; and a neighborhood
door-to-door' canvass will be
made by children of American
Legion members.
Mrs. Robert Ahrens is chairman of the sale by the Legion
Auxiliary. Members of her'committee include Mrs. Jack Weir
and- Mrs. Frederick Wurster.
Jack Weir is in charge of the
sale by American Legion- members. Poppies will also be sold [
in Bridgewater and Norvell. .
Last year's sale netted
$385.96, and members hope to
top that amount this year. Proceeds from the traditional poppy sale are used locally^for aid
to veterans and their families. -
DEXTER P.T.A. HEARS TALK
BY ARGUS PLANT EXECUTIVE
you   will   find   your   STATE
EQUALIZED VALUATION upon all of your taxes are levied.
For example — suppose John
»oe in Bridgewater has a farm
__! valued by his supervisor at $10,-
Bridgewater's   factor   is
kiln.
A   band   room,   acoustically
treated, with plenty of storage
for our present high investments
in instruments, music and uni- _      .   _ ., .
forms,'plus a small office and,Do,e ™,Brid.ge^ate^haf _%_"■
several practice rooms were sug-i
gested  by   Arthur Katterjohn'-°i)-. T„ ^       1+. .
whose Saline group ranks as!1*?5,4 *°/°*" mU^ +multipl7
one of four top bands in the!t^ by $10,000. lis State equal-
State. With'30% of each grade ™?™1™*™- the",. b^0Ifes
now in the band, and interest in $17>35± ->*** accordmg to tax
orchestra and vocal participa- exPf *f- *= clo^f. *° *ectrue
tion mounting, practice space,'market Yf"e of ,hls farm>- Slfe
including a Marching area, wffl. we pay 13 34 ^ of school tax
be useful present, John's tax would be-
The need for a larger high about S231*50 each year/
school   is   apparent.   Dreaming     Although architect's drawings
about its possibilities is stimu-'and   explicit -financial   figures
lating. But then someone asks are not yet available on our pro.-
me   a   down-to-earth   question posed high school, the Board Ilasr.
like this one . . . "You said we tentatively decided hot to exceed
are only paying $13.34 a thou- $1,500,00 and on this basis we
sand now for school, tax. * i'm j can present  some figures  for-
confused. I'm sure I pay closer | your  thoughtful  consideration..
to $22.00.'
SALINE BANDS TO PRESENT
FINAL CONCERTS OF SEASON
DEXTER — James F. Brink-
erhoff, factory manager of Argus Cameras, Inc., spoke at the
final meeting of Dexter Parent-
Teacher Association at Bates
Elementary School on Monday,
May 13, 1957.  - .
Brinkerhoff explained automation in factories as a transition in mechanization- of work
from the classification of drudgery to the higher skills. This extends to the office level where
electronic computers are upgrading the work of bookkeepers. •
In listing qualifications for
supervisory personnel, the
speaker placed emphasis on
reading, writing and mathematics. The ability to communicate
and think logically was named
as required as well as the ability
to .absorb and act on requirements. A college education was
evaluated' as "a good basis fop-j
greater earnings. -
"■Summarizing, Mr. Brinkerhoff, enumerated management's
contributions^, in raising* the
skills of employees in on-the-
job-training, technical^sessions,
supervisory training,- methods
analysis training, formal ap^
prenticeships,     night    schools,
correspondence courses and
management training.
The audience participated in
a question and answer period
following the address.
The business meeting opened
the evening. Mr. Charles Pratt,
maintenance man for the meetings this year, was voted a recognition for his- outstanding cooperation.
Mr. Wayne Webb, superintendent of schools, installed the
new officers for next year.
Four selections were offered
by the high school mixed chorus
under the direction of Mrs. Jill
Christian. Sharon Treachler carried the solo part in the negro
spiritual, "Sit Down Sister." Accompaniments on the piano
were provided by Diana Vass
and Julie Hseher.
The evening closed with-coffee and cookies furnished by the
twelfth grade room mothers.
Bell Re-Elected
DEXTER — Robert Bell last
Friday was again chosen head
of the student council at Dexter
High School for the coming-
year. Mark Horning was elected
vice-president.    .
SALINE — The SaUne band
department is to present all of
the Saline Bands in a gigantic
Spring music festival next Wednesday evening, May 22nd, at
the Saline High School Auditorium beginning at 7:00 p.m. Six
! different musical organizations
j.will be playing in this last concert of the season, which is given without charge. Parents arid
friends of all band students are
cordially invited to attend this
concert and see not only their
child, but to find the place of
their child in the overall band
program. .
The Elementary Bands begin
at 7:00. Starting with the Fifth
Grade Band at 7:00, and following with .the Sixth Grade Band
at 7:15. At ^7:30, the Fourth
Grade Song Flute Class will present a few numbers for the audience. At 7:45 the Junior High
Bands will present their part of
the concert starting with the Intermediate Band, and concluding the Junior High Concert
Band at 8:00. Concluding the.
program will be the Spring
Formal Concert of the Saline
High School Band starting at
8:30. _
There is no admission price,
but the doors will Be. closed except between band programs.
You parents may plan to attend
part or all of the concert, and
leave when you wish. Be sure to
invite your* friends.    -
For the musicians, some of
the numbers will be played by
the Senior High Band include
El Capitan March by Sousa,
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. Three
Trumpeters—a cornet trio featuring Pat Johnson, Bob Ved-
der, and Gary Armbruster, a
novelty and some "other modern
numbers. Featured in the Junior
High Concert Band program
will also be a cornet trio with
Mike Bixby, Ed Lauhon, and
Chuck Youngs.
R. R. SPARKS
CAUSE BLAZE
- DEXTER. — The village fire
department fought another bad
grass fire along the "railroad
tracks on Thursday. The blaze
covered an area approximately
one-half mile long at Delhi. A
total of six men foug"ht: the fire,
which started by a passing train
according to Art Lovell, fire
chief.
Grass Fire Takes
Saline Crew To
Bridgewater Area
SATJNE — The fire department ..were called to Sehellen-
berger Rd., near Bridgewater,
last Thursday noon, to put out a
grass fire. No damage was reported.
No     fires were reported in
Chelsea and "^Manchester during}
the past week.-—
Before a School Board can*
sell any bonds it must confer
with legal Bonding Consultants
who certify the validity of the
bonds. This our Board has done.
Assuming a high 4%% interest (our present rate, you will
recall, is not above 2y2%) and
based uponythe present valuation of $15,000,000 the worst
that could happen tax-wise, according to these consultants, is
a levy on all bonds—NEW and
OUTSTANDING—of a high in
1962 of 8.95 mills dropping
'gradually to 5.10 in 1986.
However, we know our valuation will increase soon to at
least $17,1)00,000' due to industrial expansion, and it is safe
to assume an increase of a million a year for three years, before a constant is reached. Still
assuming a 4%% interest rate,
these consultants and the School
Board are reasonably assured
that the actual millage which
we would have to raise for both
our old debt and a NEW one
for a high school would begin at *
6 mills in .1958, rise to 7.5 in
'59, and then gradually drop to
4.00 mills in ,1986.
We voted to bond 7.5 for our
Elementary school. We have
actually had levied only 4.5
each year. This high total cited
by the consultants of 7.5 is the
same as our original bond for
the Elementary-school.
These are important considerations. All citizens of-the area
should know them in order to
make intelligent appraisals of
the building situation and accompanying tax picture. Architect's plans and specific figures will soon be available to
you through a brochure and
continuing publicity,
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