1957-05-22; Reporter

              !    THE REPORTER
VOL. 10, NO. 36 — WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1957
"Fastest Growing Weekly in Washtenaw County"
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County Chosen
For State's
August Farm Management Tour
Ask No-Toll
Dex-Chelsea
Telephoning
' DEXTER — Toll-free phone
service between Dexter and
Chelsea area exchanges will be
requested from the Michigan
Bell Telephone Co., following action last week in that direction
by the Agricultural Enterpren-
eurs Farm Bureau group.
' The farm group, meeting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Bradbury, named LaVerne Coy
and Erwin Pidd to present the
request to Michigan Bell officials.
At present, the; extended area
phone service for Chelsea exchange customrs provides tool-
free dial calls to Ann Arbor and
to Manchester . . . but to call
Dexter, midway between Chelsea and Ann Arbor, the' Chelsea
exchange customers must place
the call through a long-distance
operator, and pay a toll on the
call.
Dexter exchange customers
can phone Ann Arbor, to their
east, and Pinckney, to their
north, with a toll-free dial call
. . . but Chelsea; an equal distance to the west, can be reached only through the long-distance operator, with a toll call.
Coy and Pidd plan to present
the request of the group at an
early date. Representatives of
the local Farm Bureau group
stated this week that the request very likely had the backing and approval of a large majority of the phone subscribers
in this area. At the time that
extended area service was put
into effect here, a move to connect Chelsea and Dexter on a
toll-free phone hook-up was
urged, but no action resulted
from that request.
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Honor Hendley
For Service
On Commission
SALINE — James C. Hendley, of Manchester, former member of the Washtenaw Road
Commission, was. presented with
a scroll signed by all commission employees at the organization's annual service dinner last
Friday night at the American
Legion Hall in Saline.
The framed scroll, with Hend-
lej*"s name inscribed in gold, was
presented by Norman Gregory,
of Dexter, on behalf of the employees.
Engraved gold wrist watches
were presented to four employees by the commission "for 30
years' service with the roads. In
the group were Lambert Esch
and Charles Gauss, Manchester,
and Robert Barnes and Melvin
Dick, of Ann Arbor. Raymond
Koch, of the road commission,
also made "presentations of
awards for shorter periods of
service.
The. watches awarded had
been purchased with funds from
the flower account, to which
•commission employees have contributed.
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DEXTER HIGH SCHOOL'S CLASS OF '57 will hold commencement exercises on June 6, starting "at 8 p.m., at Copeland Auditorium. Principal speaker will be Dr. Frank
Hickerson, director of teacher placement at Toledo University.
Leading up to that climactic date will be these other graduation events:
The senior trip, starting next Tuesday, will take the
Plan Stops At Model Farms
In Lima, Superior Twps.
class to New York City by way of Niagara Falls,
will, return the following Saturday.
Baccalaureate services will be held the next day, June 2y
at Copeland Auditorium with the -Rev. M. Donald Eaton giving the address.
Class night will he celebrated June 4, starting at 7:30
p.m., also at the auditorium.
ROAD-E-0 SET
BACK A WEEK
IN SALINE
SALINE — Sponsors of the
Jaycee Road-E-O contest, which
was to have been held last Saturday, have set the date for
next Saturday, and are hoping
for fair weather. The contest
had to be postponed because of
rain.-
Half of the drivers entering
the contest so far are girls, according to Jack Steeb, co-chairman of arrangements with Howard Scruggs.
The Road-E-0 contest will begin at 1 p. m., with a written
examination at the high school,
and then will continue at the
driving course on Russell St.,
where contestants will be graded on a four-part program.
Judges will be from the state
police and Washtenaw County
sheriff's departments.
Winner of the local contest
will receive a $50 savings bond
from the Citizen's Bank; a
plaque and an award certificate.
The second place winner will receive a $25 bond contributed by
Carl Curtiss, and an award certificate.
The first prize winner will go
to Detroit in June to compete
there in a state contest. A national contest^ will be held in
August in Washington, D.C.
Dexter High's Choice—
BRUCE GARY, JANE AYRES,
HONORED FOR SCHOLARSHIP
DEXTER — Bruce Gary, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gary,
2451 Scio Rd., has been named
Valedictorian of the senior class
in the Dexter Area Schools.
Gary had a 3.81 average He
played baseball in the 9th and
10th grades," and was on  the
Named Head of
Saline High Body
SALINE — Officers of the
student council at the high
school elected May 17 by students in the 9th, 10th, and llth
grades are:  Gary Armbruster,
student council in the 9th grade, | president; William Austin,^vice-
TV Set Sizzles
SALINE — On Tuesday evening, May 14, while Mr. and
xMrs. Edward Filsinger," 9476
West Michigan Avenue, were
watching a late show on television, a tube burned out in
their set. The Saline Fire Department was called and there
was much smoke damage but
no fire resulted.
and class secretary in the 10th
grade. He is especially interested in geology and astronomy,
and will enter the University of
Michigan in the fall to continue
these studies.
The Salutatorian, Jane Ayres,
is a newcomer to Dexter this
year. She entered Dexter High
School from the Trumansburg,
N.Y., high school, last fall. She
had a 3.59 average. Jane was
very active during her high
school career in New York, and
a member of a national honor
society. In Dexter she has played in the high" school band,
served on the school annual
staff, and played on the girls'
basketball team. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.-John
Ayres, 8120 Huron St. Next
year, Jane will attend her father's alma mater, Kalamazoo
College, where she has been
awarded a tutition scholarship.
president; Yvonne Bernard, secretary; and Patricia Teachout,
treasurer.
The student council has
charge of assemblies, the sale of
activity tickets, sets up rules
and regulations for concessions
and .arranges for the school pictures to be taken.
Dexter Schools,
Near Wrap-Up
Stage For Year
DEXTER — There will be no
school in the Dexter Area
Schools on May 31 because of
Memorial Day.
Seniors in the high school will
leave from Detroit to go to New
York by train on May 28. They
will stop at Niagara Falls en-
route. Mr. and Mrs. William
Dunavin and Mrs. Ruth DeVine
are chaperones on the trip. The
group will return on June 1.
There will be five additional
teachers added to the staff next
year, according to Wayne Webb.
Superintendent of Schools. The
Elementary School will have two
new teachers, the junior high
school, one, and two will be add-
Manchester
Brochure Tells
School Progress
Third  prize  winner will
ceive an award certificate.
re-
The Road-E-0 has been an
annual affair since 1950, with
the exception of last year when
it was not held. It is sponsored
locally and nationally by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
the Inter-Insurance - Exchange,
Chrysler Corporation arid Pure
Oil Co.
MANCHESTER — A recently
completed brochure "will be mailed to all families in the Manchester Area School District
this week. Prepared in the high
school superintendent's office,
the publication will contain in- CTTIVTOR WPTTTRr
formation on the general finan- ^A-^ ^ Av/AV W -____JL__X__
cial condition of the district;
high schoc-l graduation activities; the summer music program; and a summer reading
program for children.
ANN ARBOR — Washtenaw
County has been selected as the
host county for Michigan farmers 9th annual Farm Management Tour, to be held Tuesday,
August 20. Planning for the big
event got into high gear last
week, with a meetmg of local
committees, extension agents,
and Michigan State University
representatives at the county
building in Ann Arbor.
The annual tour, being held
for the first time in Washtenaw
County, each year attracts anywhere from 1,000.to 1,500 people
from all over Michigan and
neighboring states . . .and Bill
Dexter, head of the steering
committee for the event, emphasized that careful planning
would help make the Washtenaw tour a memorable occasion
for the many expected guests.
Two stops, at near-opposite
ends of the county, have been
planned for the tour. In the*
morning, the tour will feature a
stop at the Richard Powers farm
in Lima Township. Tour planners selected this farm for the
many modern developments in
dairy management which it illustrates.
A noon-time program, including lunch, will feature a talk by
Cliff Harden, president of the
University of Nebraska. Harden
Saline Session
Set Tonight To
Plan Cub Picnic
SALINE — Cub Scouts den
mothers and committee men will
meet at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Rapp, at 8 p.m., May
22. Plans will be made for the
Cub Scout picnic which will be
held June 5.
ed to the senior high school.
Webb expects there will be four
vacancies to be filled. Names of
the new teachers are expected
to be announced next week.
 .
Saline Party Fetes
Mrs. Ida Groeb
SALINE — Mrs. Ida Groeb,
formerly of Saline, was feted at
a birthday party  on  May  15
given by Mrs. Samuel Lambarth.
There were thirteen guests to
help   Jier "celebrate   her   82nd I
birthday. .Grandma Groeb nowj
lives on. Maple Road with heri
son Henry Groeb and family.'    I
PLANS SET AT
SALINE HIGH
SALINE'S POPULATION JUMPED
HIGH for a few hours on Mother's Day,
as all living descendants of Mrs. Amanda
Feldkamp gathered at her home on Mill
Street for a family reunion. Mrs. Feld-
kamp's sons- and1 daughters, their husbands
and wives, and their children, came from
Ann Arbor, Saline, Dexter and Manchester
for the event.
"Mother Feldkamp, the one- in whose
honor the gathering was held, is shown, half
hidden in the crowd of~offspring, midway
in the row pf seated ladies. She had a
grand time . . . and so did .everyone else.
SALINE — Baccalaureate exercises for the Saline High
School's 52 seniors will be held
at 8 p.m., June 2, at the high
school auditorium. Rev. James
Johnson, of the high school
staff, will give the liturgy; and
Rev. Armin Bizer, of St, James
«. j Evangelical and Reformed
Church, will give the sermon.
The program will also include a
solo by Joan Austin.
Awards night for the class
will be at 8 p.m., June 3, in the
high school* auditorium.
Commencement will be Jneld
at 8. p.m., June 6, at Henne
Field, if the weather permits. In
case of bad weather the program will be held in the high
school auditorium. The featured
speaker will be Dr. Paul Miller,
Director of Cooperation Extension services at Michigan State
University. Rev. Alvin Siemsen,
of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, will give the Invocation." Music on the program
will be furnished by two seniors,
Sally Stimpson and SaHie Haswell. Diplomas will be presented by Alwin Burkhardt, representing the Board of Education.
The program has been planned by Mrs. Mildred Haswell,
Director of Activities for Commencement Week.
Julia In Hospital
Mrs. Julia Landwehr, Manchester, is in Jackson Osteopathic hospital with back injuries as a result of a fall at
her home.
Betty Janes's	
Husband Hits
Big Jackpot
DEXTER—Word has been
received by Mrs. Erwin Pidd
that. her. son-in-law Vern
Thalman, of Cloverdale, has
won $1,650 prize and txunus in
the jackpot puzzle contest of
the Chicago American newspaper. He is credited with
sending in the only perfect
jakcpot puzzle in the contest.
In addition to winning the
regular $1,500 prize, he also
received a 10 per cent bonus
for submitting his correct solution on a postcard.
Thalman is employed at the
Kellogg Co. in Battle Creek.
His wife, Betty Jane, is a
Stanley demonstrator, and is
a frequent - Dexter visitor.
Dexter folks will recall the
couple was married Oct. 14,
1953, at midnight in the Dexter Methodist Church, because the bride's mother's
parents were observing their
fiftieth anniversary on Oct.
15, and her father's parents
were observing theirs on the
14th.
The couple has no special
plans for using the puzzle
money, but are very excited
at receiving it^ Mrs! Pidd
said. Her son-in-law likes to
work puzzles, but has submitted very few for prizes.
in the years "previous to his service in Nebraska, had served as
head of the Michigan State College Dep'artraent of Agricultural
Economics, and dean of Agriculture at the same school.
The afternoon portion of the
tour will be spent at the Warren
Huff farm in Superior Township. This farm, described by
the tour planners as a modern
"meat factory," will typefy the
"new look" in beef and swine
management.
Michigan State University
specialists, equipped with- visual
aids and public address systems,
will be on hand at both stops to
point out the ways in which the
two Washtenaw farms point the
path to better farm management. Both Huff and Powers
will also be interviewed for
"pointers" which they may have
to offer on their farm operations. ,
Committees planning the various phases of the big day are:
STEERING COMMTTEE —
Bill Dexter, chairman, Don
Johnson, FranlT^IcCalla, Raymond Girbach, Leonard Burmeister, George Peterson of the
^Sheriff's Department, and Hi
Brown, of Michigan State University.
PUBLICITY COMMTTEE —
Don Johnson, chairman, Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Teft, Howard Heath,
Paul Chaffee, Sidney Cook, Art
Burroughs, Royal Frederick,
Italph Hamilton, John Merri-
field, D. N. Roberts, Donald
Gill and Don Ruhlig.
NOON LUNCH COMMITTEE
—Frank McCalla, chairman; Mr.
and Mrs. Wendell Reinhart, Mr.,
and Mrs. Carl Lesser, Mr. and.
Mrs. Jack Bradbury, Alwin.
Gross and Hermar. Koenn.
NOON PROGRAM COMMITTEE—Raymond Girbach, chairman; Raymond McCalla, Charles -.
Leveretti,   Leroy   Heller   and.
Wes Amsdill.
CONCESSIONS COMMITTEE;
—LeLonard Burmeister,  chairman; Bob Mast, Russ McCalla,,
and Marvin Boss.
To handle the possible traffic-
problem posed by the expected
large influx of guests, a number
of members of the Washtenaw
sheriff's posse, and a group of
uniformed Junior Deputies, will
be on duty with the tour
throughout the day. Their work
will be under the direction of
George Peterson, of the Sheriffs
Department.
LOLA DELL TO
ATTEND 1957
GIRL'S STATE
SALINE — Lola Dell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dell,
has been selected to represent
Saline High School at Girl's
I State, to be held in Ann Arbor,
June 18-22. Lola is a junior at
Saline High, and is particularly interested in government.
Patricia Teaehout, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Teachout, was selected as alternate.
Patricia is a junior and has just
been elected treasurer of next
year's student council in the
high school.
Girl's State is sponsored by
the American Legion Auxiliary.
The group will meet at Alice
Lloyd House on the University
Campus. They will elect officers
and set up a mock state government. Delegates will attend a
state meeting and from there
representatives will be sent to
a national meting in Washington, D. C.