1957-05-29; Reporter

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THE REPORTER
THE  REPORTER
VOL. 10.. .NUMBER 37—WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1957.
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$1,650,000 Bond Issue For New
High Faces June 24 Vote
Communities Set
For Memorial Day
SALINE RITES
TO HONOR WAR
DEAD OF
SALINE — Traditional Memorial Day services will be held in
the city on Thursday, with the
parade forming at the high
school at 10 a.m., and marching
to Oak Grove Cemetery.
The parade will include the
American Legion Color Guard,
the American Legion Firing
Squad, the American Legion
Auxiliary Color Guard, Boy
Scouts, Cub Scouts, Junior Deputies, Girl Scouts and .Brownies.
Rev. Henry McKenzie, pastor
of Federated Church, will give
the address at the cemetery. The
invocation and benediction will
be given by Rev. Armin Bizer.
of St. James Evangelical and Reformed Church, Saline Township.
Following the ceremonies alt
the cemetery the parade will
march back to the high school.
Judge Conlin
To Speak At
Dexter Rites
DEXTER — Probate Judge
John W. Conlin will be the Memorial Day speaker at services
to be held in the Dexter park
at 10 a. m., May 30. The prayer
will be offered by Rev. A. P.
Rickard.
The ceremony will begin officially when the parade will
form at the high school at 9:45
a. m. Members of the American
Legion, the Legion Auxiliary,
the Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts,
Girl Scouts, Brownies, the Dexter High School band and the
American Legion Drum and
Bugle Corps from Ann Arbor
will march from the high school
to the park.
Following the services at the
park there will be services at
the cemeteries on Baker Rd.,
and at Forest Lawn.
SAWALL WINS
ROAD-E-0
IN SALINE
SALINE—Donald Sawall was
the winner in the Road-E-0 held
last Friday on Russell St. Sandi-
land Bowen took second place
honors and the third prize was
awarded Roy McCormick.
Judges included two members
of the Michigan State Police;
two deputies from the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department; and two members of the
city Police Department.
■ A total of 12 contestants entered the Road-E-O, the largest ever held in the city. Two
years ago there were six entries
and last year the Road-E-O was
not held.
Prizes included a $50 Savings
Band and plaque for first prize;
a $25 Bond for second place;
and a certificate for third place.
The winner goes to Detroit on
June 14 and 15 f ar the state contest.
The Road-E-O was sponsored
by the Saline Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
SALINE RAND
PARENTS ■ NAME
NEW OFFICERS
. SALINE- — John Thoss was
elected president -of the Saline
Area Band Parents "Club in the
annual election of "officers last
week.
Other officers elected for the
ensuing year are Ray Rosander,
vice-president; Mrs. George Austin, secretary; Mrs. Don Leid-
heiser, treasurer;, Mr. and Mrs.
Dwight Reynolds and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Merchant, elementary representatives; Mr. and
Mrs. Leon Vedder and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Tefft, junior high
representatives; and Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Fritz and Mr. and
Mrs. Simon Girbach, senior high
representatives.    *
There will be an executive
meeting in June to plan for an
ice cream "social to take place
in July. A partial plan for the
coming year's program will also
be worked out during the June
meeting.
THE SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH CONFIRMATION
CLASS OF 1907 gathered for an anniversary reunion recently at the church von Scio Church Road. Just as they had
, done 50 years before, they posed fer their group picture . . .
then dug back into the church records for the 1907 photo.
The two are shown above.
In the earlier picture at the top: Left to right, standing—
Fred Renz, Edwin Laubengayer. Amanda Wagner Dupes, Edwin Kaercher and Otto Schaible. Sitting—Hannah Schaible,
Harold Stierle, Prof. Roland Brandt, Rev. John Karrer, Walter Schaible and Bertha Hirth Jedele. Seated on floor—Fred
Hirth and Herman Schaible.
In the reunion picture below: Left to right—Rev. A. G.
Wacker, Harold Stierle, Fred Hirth, Mrs, Amanda Dupes,
Walter Schaible, Fred Renz, Mrs. Hannah Schaible, Hermann
Schaible, Otto Schaible, Mrs. Alfred Jedele and Lorn Fuhrman.
PLAN SALINE NURSERY SCHOOL
OPEN HOUSE EVENT JUNE 4-5
JAYCEE AUX
INSTALLS NEW
OFFICERS
SAUNE — Following a dinner meeting last Saturday evening at the home of Mrs. Robert
Katz, the Saline Jaycee Auxiliary installed new officers to
head the group during the coming year. Mrs. John Steeb* was
installed as president; Mrs. Don
Rapp as vice-president; Mrs.
Howard Scruggs as secretary;
Mrs. Robert Katz, treasurer;
and Mrs. Clifford Tetzloff, chairman of the board of directors.
The husbands of the Auxiliary members were special guests
for the evening.
ATTEND GRADUATION
MANCHESTER — Mr. and
Mrs. Gottlieb Jacob, Sharon, attended the commencement exercises at Onsted last Tuesday
evening. They were invited to
the graduation of Joan Little.
49'ERS
MANCHESTER — June 9 will
mark the 4Pth wedding anniversary of, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Lehman,
Road Commission
Awards Contacts
For Weed Mowing
ANN ARBOR — Paul Armbruster, of Dexter, and Forest
Goll of North Tentorial Rd.
have been"awarded contracts by
the Washtenaw County Road
Commission for • mowing« of
weeds along county roads, according to Howard V. Minier,
Superintendent of ^.the Road
Commission.
, Armbruster will receive $4.75
a mile for mowing in Dexter,
Webster, Lima, Scio and Lodi
Townships.
Goll will receive $5.75 a mile
for mowing in Superior, Pittsfield, Saline, York and Augusta
Townships.
Roadsides in other townships
in the-county will be mowed by
the Road. Commission employees. '        *
The Washtenaw County Road
Commission has ordered 2,000
maps of the county printed. Approximately 400 maps a month
are furnished to the Ann Arbor
and Ypsilanti Chambers of Com-
mrece and to tourists and newcomers in the County, according
to Howard V. Minier, of the
Washtenaw County^ Road Commission.
SALINE — An "open house"
at the Saline Cooperative Nursery School will be held next
Tuesday and Wednesday, June 4
and 5, in order to acquaint Saline-area parents with the new
pre-school facility.
The association of parents
which has organized the nursery invites all parents of preschool children in this area, and
the children themselves, to attend the "open house." It will
be held from 10-11 a.m. b .th
days in the nursery school, located in the main building at the
Saline Valley Farms.
On hand to greet visitors will
be Mrs. Virginia Barrett, the
teacher at the nursery and Mrs.
William Bailey* on the 4th, and
Mrs. Jim Beal on the 5th.
Refreshments will be served
to visitors at the school, during
the regular scheduled "juice
time."
An association meeting, to
which all interested parents are
invited, will be held next Monday evening, June 3, in the
teachers' lounge at the Saline
Elementary School.
Featured speaker at the meeting will_be William Delhey, of
the local law firm of Roesch and
Delhey. He will give legal advice pertinent to the operation
of a nursery school.
Spokesmen for the nursery
school association this week
added three Saline firms to the
list of donors who have helped
the young organization.
Hull's Grocery has donated
fruit    juices    for the nursery
day . . . Robison-Johnson Co.
has donated toy trucks . . . and
Harrison TV has made a cash
donation.
HONOR PALMER
FOR SERVICE
TO DEXTER
DEXTER — John Palmer, village chief of p'olice and commissioner of Public Works, since
1941, has resigned his posts to
return to his native state of Tennessee. He will conclude his dut-
ies-in the village at the end of
this week.
Palmer, who has been regarded as an outstanding police
chief, and particularly effective
in dealing with young people,
will be succeeded by Edwin
Brown, who has served for several years as the night police
officer. The new night officer
will be Donald Rudolph.
The chief of police and the
night officer will have no duties
in the public works department.
Victor Sindlinger, who has been
with the department of the past
two years, will be in charge.
The Palmers have been entertained by members of the Dexter Gospel Church at a potluck
supper last week, and a farewell party at the K. of C. Hall by
village residents on Saturday
night. Last night Chief and Mrs.
Palmer and their daughter were
entertained at dinner by members of the village council.
Detailed Architect's Plans
For Building Due Soon
Manchester School
System To Hold
June 3 Open House
MANCHESTER — An open
house will be held at the high
school, at 7:30 p. m., June 3,
instead of the annual school
meeting, which under the new
law has no legal significance.
Tours of the new high school
will be followed by reports by
the Board of Education and the
administration. The educational
program or any other items regarding the school district will
be discussed during a question
period.
Entertainment will be furnished by the high school mixed
chorus. *      .
All interested persons are
urged to attend the meeting. -
SCHOOLS DUE TO CLOSE SOON for the summer, and
many a youngster will doubtless be lonesome for the companionship of his classmates. But here's one Saline area girl
who couldn't possibly be bothered by loneliness. She's pretty
Marguerite, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Little. And out
at her grandparents' farm, the famous Robranna goat farm
southeast of Saline, she'll have companionship a-plenty . . ,
as the friendly kid shows above. .
MRS. MORTON IMPROVING
SALINE — Mrs. Robert Morton, bed-ridden for about six
months, is now able to get up
and around the house on
crutches for a few minutes each
day. The Mortons hope that the
operation on her hip, performed
two "months ago at St. Joseph
Mercy Hospital, will prove successful, and that she'll "be active
again in another few months.
THREE SEATS ON SALINE AREA SCHOOLS BOARD
TO BE FILLED IN ANNUAL ELECTION JULY 8
SALINE—The annual election
of members of the Board of Education of the Saline Area
School District will be held on
Monday, July 8, 1957. In order
to have the name of a candidate
for office appear on the legal
-ballot,, a nomination petition
must be filed with the Secretary of the Board of Education
not later than 4 o'clock, June,
18, 1957. Each petition must be
signed by not less than 25 legally qualified electors in the district. Nq-elector can sign petitions for more candidates than
are to be elected.
The three-year terms of office
of both Carl Burmeister and Alwin. Burkhardt fexpire in July.
Election of a member to fill the
otherwise qualified, each shall
be eligible to appointment or
election to school office.
Nomination petitions may be
obtained at the office of the
Superintendent of Schools, at
the Saline Area High School.
Dexter Alumni
Plan Banquet
DEXTER—The Annual Alumni Banquet for Dexter High
School will be held June *8,
starting at 6:30 p.m.. at Bates
Elementary School. Arrangements for the affair are in
charge of Joseph Baylis, president of the alumni group, assist
ed by Art Klumpp, vice-presi-
remaining one year of the unex- dentj   ]\jariene  Degener. v secretary, and Loretta Franks,* trea-
pired three-year term which became vacant upon the resignation of Dr.' Harold Miller, and
since then filled by Frank Brittain, will also be necessary.
Any school elector in a school
district, whose name appears on
the assessment roll and who is
the owner in his own right of
the property so assessed, is eligible to election to office. Provided, that where a husband and
wife own property jointly,, regardless of the name which ap
surer.
As in the past, the banquet
will be followed by a dance
at Copeland Auditorium, from' led by Edward Brighton, distin
MANCHESTER'S
ALUMNI MEET
THIS SATURDAY
MANCHESTER — Emanuel
Church Hall will be the scene
this Saturday night of the annual Manchester High School
Alumni Banquet.
The banquet will be served
starting at 7 p.m. The program
to follow will feature a talk by
Evard Tyres, former principal
of Manchester High. Ayres is
now principal at the Walled
Lake Consolidated School.
Will Reno, president of the
alumni association, will present
the welcome to the class of 1957
. . . and the response will be given by Dave Boutell, president of
the graduating class.
The   loyalty  pledge   will   be
9-12; The dance, featuring music
by Howard Schuman, of Whitmore Lake, and his orchestra,
will be ..open to the public.
A traditional feature at the
banquet will be the recognition
of all alumni present by classes
... with John Hoey again displaying his remarkable memory
school's refreshment period each pears on ±he assessment roll, if' for faces and names.
guished alumnus from Ohio.
Music for the occasion will
feature a vocal solo by Leonard
Stark, and quartette harmonies by William Brown, William
Bunney, Dave Boutell and -Dave
Fuller, al lof them graduating
seniors.-
Special recognition will be accorded to the class of 1907.
ELEMENTARY
SALINE PUPILS
GET HOLIDAY
SAUNE—Elementary School
pupils will have no school on
May 31. Teachers will work on
school records.
. "On June 5, all children in the
Elementary School will picnic
on the school grounds during
the noon hour. .
Grades 1, 2 and 3 will have
their Field Day program in the
morning, and grades 4. 5 and 6
in the afternoon.
At 8 p. m., June 5, promotion
exercises for the sixth grade will
be held. The Elementary Band
will play the processional under
the leadership of Arthur Kat:
terjohn. Mrs. Bess Tefft will be
the featured speaker. James
Johnson will give the Invocation, and Mrs. Marian Barclay
will give the greeting. Promotion cards will be presented b^
Leo .Jensen. Three numbers will
be sung by the sixth graders and
the band will play the recessional.
On June 6, there will be a
special assembly for grades 1. 2
and 3 at 9:15 a.m.; and for
grade 4, at 1:15 p.m.
June 7 will be the last day for
school and there will be- a talent
show for grades 5 and 6 in the
morning.
Dexter Dates Set
- DEXTER—Kindergarten registration for the 1957-58 school
year will be held' in the principal's office of the Bates Elementary School on June 5th and
6th. The office will be open from
9^a. m. to 3.p. m.-both days.
To be eligible for kindergarten a child must be five years
old on or before December first
the year .that he or she reg-
By Bess H. Tef t
for the Saline Area
Advisory Council
SALINE — Election day is
set for June 24th! Voting on a
bond issue for Saline's proposed
new High School will take place,
from 10:00 A. M. until 8:00
P. M. in the high school gymnasium, according to the Saline
Area Board of Education.
With projected enrollment in
mind, the Board has planned
thoughtfully, has pared costs
and facilities to an efficient yet
adequate minimum, and has set
the bond issue at $1,650,000;
Voters are asked to remember
their decision of three years ago
when they elected to raise 7.5
mills for an elementary school.
Legal bonding advisors for the
local Board are confident that
the old and new issue can be refinanced and combined and not
exceed the original 7.5 mills on
equalized valuation.
This total millage, then, would
include the elementary school
debt plus the new high school,
and has a possibility of'being
less as the area valuation in-
: creases. Already Saline's school
area has reached the $16,250,000
mark and is destined to increase
even more within the next few
years as planned industrial expansion—currently in its initial
stages—takes place.
Also inevitable is the normal
residential growth which raises
the total valuation and spreads
the tax burden, thus making
possible a lower millage rate for
the bond retirement.
* As has been explained previously in these-articles, the current bond issue for the elementary school has levied a 4.5 mill-
age while the original plan pass- '
ed by voters called for 7.5. Now
without exceeding the 7.5 mill
level, the area can be assured of
the needed high school facilities
to meet rapidly increasing enrollments.
The present plan assumes _t
4%% interest rate also on the:
Bond retirement. It is' the feel'
ing of the. Board of Education
that this rate be considered top.
Present rates on the current issue, are lower, and—as in the
past—the Board would seek the
lowest rate possible.
Who can vote? Any school
elector in a school district whose
name appears on the assessment
roll "and. who is the owner in his
own right of the property so assessed: Provided, that where -a
husband aiid wife own property
jointly, regardless of the name
which appears on the assessment roll, if otherwise qualified,
each is eligible to vote: Provided that he/she is a citizen of the
United States, is 21 years of age
or over, and has been a resident
of Michigan six months and of
the district 30 -days before the
election.
Detailed preliminary plans for
the proposed high school, complete with sketches will appear
in the next report to the people.
To vote intelligently, residents
should acquaint themselves with
all_of the facts—those which
have "appeared in print up to
date, and* those which will be
presented before the day of election—June 24th.
isters.
Parents . should bring the
child's certificate and health
record to help fill out th^ registration forms. The birth certificate must be checked before
a child may be officially enrolled.