1957-10-02; Reporter

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NO 3-4066
THE REPORTER
VOLUME 11, NUMBER 2—WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1957
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Community   Chest
Benefits Reach
■-*•   Out To All Area
By Bess H. Tefft
The desperate call for blood is
one with which we are all familiar. We've known of families
who were searching for donors.
We have heard of the high cost
of such blood when purchased
from the hospitals, and learned
that the hospitals ask for payment on an extra pint each time
a need is met.
You are lucky! You live in the
Saline Area, and we have our
blood bank. Any person living
within the school district can obtain blood FREE from our
Community blood bank. Any
person! A call to Mrs. Edwin
Hering, or to Mrs. Merritt Martin Sr. will assure you of the
blood you need. Supplies for the
bank were built up last summer
on our local blood donor, day.
As members of the community our responsibility, toward the
Red Cross Blood Bank is twofold. We should give blood if we
can, although our receiving
blood is in no way dependent upon our ability to give. The Community as a whole gives. And
"the'Community as a whole receives. It is a wonderful and
unique plan, one which many
communities do not have.
Red Cross Bears Expenses
Administration of the blood
bank, the cost of the mobile unit,
the expense of nurses who come
to set up the program, and who
advise the local volunteers, is
borne by the Red Cross. So our
second responsibility is to give
through the Community Che.it
and help pay for this blood bank
service—just one of the many
which the Washtenaw Chapter
of the Red Cross performs.
This year—when you contribute one dollar or more to the
Community Chest—you will receive an official Red Cross mem-'
bership card. On that card it
will be noted that you are also a
member of the Saline Area
Blood Bank, if you need it. With
this, you should certainly be
willing to make your donation a
substantial one.
Forty Years of Service
Besides the administration of
our own Saline Blood Bank program, the Red Cross is on the
job locally in many other ways.
Our present Washtenaw Chapter grew out of smaller units in
Chelsea, Manchester, Saline, Milan and other communities. It
has provided continuous service
for forty years. Two of the original founders are still with the
county chapter, Mrs. Henry W.
Douglas and Charles A. Sink.""
What did the Red Cross accomplish locally last year? It
collected 2490 pints of whole
blood and distributed 2225. It
supplied 21 burnt-out families
with emergency needs, and
trained 142 water safety instructors. The record of fewer water
accident in spite of tremendous
increase in the use of water for
recreational purposes is evidence
of wider knowledge of water
safety.
Over two thousand active servicemen and their famiUes were
aided hi' some way, and many
thousands of volunteer hours
were given by individuals to service groups under the auspices
of the organization.
At least 1560 persons were
taught swimming, 460 learned
first aid in the county, and
money was sent from the local
chapter to assist Hungarian refugees.
Schools Participate
Also included in the county
program are the 62 schools participating in the Junior Red
Cross. These young folk produced over 3000 articles for children's and VA hospitals, and
sent about 350 gift boxes overseas.
In order to eliminate an extra
drive, and to conserve the energies of volunteer workers, the
Red Cross has combined with
others through the Saline Community Chest drive. Saline's
Budget has earmarked $2,925
for the Red Cross.
Realizing that YOU benefit
directly in the Blood Bank, and
indirectly in the many other
ways noted, plan to include a
substantial amount for Red
Cross when you total up your
Community Chest donation.
Two Gunmen
ning Fracas
Ordeal At Checkpoint Is
Shared By 'Reporter's'
Editor, Mrs. Peggy Flook
SALINE'S UNIVERSAL DD3 PLANT
was host last week to students from
throughout the free world. The' students,
members of an Industrial Engineering class
at the U-M, came to Universal for practical
pointers on efficient plant operation.
One of the "instructors" who guided'the
students on their tour of the factory was
Lynn Voegeding, left above, a Universal
industrial engineer.
SALINE C. OF C.
TO HOLD MEET
SAIJNE — Members of the
Saline Chamber of Commerce
will meet at 8 p.m. tonight in the
first of eight "scheduled-"Retail-
Round Table" discussions with
Howard Sommers, Mount Pleasant, sales service representative
of Central Michigan College. The
eight-meeting program is part
of the college's extension program for merchants.
Merchants expect to set up a
program of promotion ideas for
the coming year, and "get busy
right away on Christmas sales
promotions" right after the
meeting, according to- President
Ken Rogers of the Chamber.   •
Sommers, hired in August,
was responsible for the "Sidewalk Sale" idea which was carried out successfully here last
month.
WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE
NEW HOOVER PLANT going on at a rapid
pace, ground was broken last week on the
mile-long gas line which will feedothe State
Road plant from the main on US-112. Here a
trencher wisely by-passes a stump near the
point where the feeder line will hook into
the main.
Saline Kiwanis
Elects Officers
SALINE — The Kiwanis Club
here, with 26 charter members,
elected and installed officers at
its organizational meeting Monday night.
Elected were: President, Robert Harrison; vice president,
Lauren Wild; secretary-treasurer, Howard Hill.
Those installed as directors
are Elmer Houghton, Dr. Don
Leidheiser, Hugh Keveling, Ross
Adair, Wilspn Scott, Bob Leonard, and Dory Graf.
George Bowler, of Ann Arbor,
Lt. Governor of Division 6,
Michigan District Kiwanis was
the speaker and installing officer.
Organizing officer was Bruce
Calkins, of Lansing, representing Kiwanis International. Also
present was John Ally, oi Division 6, as well as a number of
Kiwanians from Ann Arbor
Eastern Kiwanis, sponsoring
group for the local club.
According to Bob Harrison,
more charter members may be
accepted up to abo"ut Nov. 1.
The group's Charter Night
has been tentatively set for Nov.
11.
Even before then, the Saline
organization plans to discuss the
immediate sponsoring of the*
local Explorer Scout Organization. This project will be taken
up in detail at the next meeting
of the' group, next Monday evening- a£ 6:30, according to Harrison.
Rotary Prexy
Greets
Kiwanis Club
SALINE — Members «of
Rotary Club are "more than
happy * to welcome the new
Kiwanis Club to the list of
active organizations in Saline,"   Rotary   President
Stanton Roesch said today.
" Rotary, originator and
contributor to many of Saline's most outstanding civic
affairs, has been active here
since 1928, and expects to
celebrate its 30th anniversary next year.
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Saline's new Kiwanis Club
is going to be an outfit well
worth watching.
Its members are all young,
energetic, and possessed of
both ideas and experiences.
Its charter officers are not
strangers to community
work; many are already involved in other worthwhile
projects. ,
Yet the speed with which
the group collected more than
the minimum number of charter members indicates that
Saline has both the room and
the need for a second service
club. In a few years, if the
city keeps on growing', there
may be need for a third. There
is always something that
ought to be done and somebody who wants to do it,
Kiwanis International lists
among its aims: Assistance to
farmers and work with rural
youth; community improvement, financial investment
for a better future, support
of churches, boys and girls
workr cooperation with
schools, supervision of recreational activities, vocational
guidance, and aid to underprivileged and handicapped
children.
With all these possibilities
before them, the local Kiwanians are just not the type to
sit on the sidewalk, pull*
down their sombreros, and
imitate Mexican book-ends.
They'll be far too busy. We
. wish them many productive
and rewarding returns of the
day.
TO THE NORTH, meanwhile, the huge Hoover building project continues to make
progress. Shown above is the
portion of the plant facing
west, away from State Road.
Reciprocity Day
Observed Again
By Local Clubs
SALINE—The Woman's Club
of Saline, the Willing Workers
•of Saline, and the Macon Women's club met Tuesday in their
annual "Reciprocity Day" potluck" luncheon at Saline township hall.
Hostesses this year were the
Willing Workers. The Rev. Rob-
ert'Richards, of the Saline Methodist church, was the speaker.
Instrumental and vocal music
were furnished by the Misses
Alice'Sheehan, Pat Johnson, and
Joan Austin.
By Peggy Flook
SALINE, Wednesday a.m. —
Police routines were back to
"normal" here today after the
blockades of southern Michigan
roads were lifted yesterday
when the hunted killers had
crossed the state line-into Indiana.
And later in the day, police-
and troopers who had manned
the roadblocks during the manhunt received the gratifying
news! The killers had "reached
the end of the line". One had
been fatally shot, the other captured, near North Vernon, Indiana, 70 miles southeast of Indianapolis. Ralph W. Taylor, a
parolee, was dead, and his companion, Victor Wayne Whitley,
of Granger, Texas, was in police
custody.
SaUne, Tuesday a.m. — Last
night, while the city slept, the
Saline police force kept watch
at the corner of US-112 and Mil.
They were looking for two men
who had killed a friend and
wounded another.
Most of them knew State
Trooper Dugald Pellot, of Tecumseh, who was fatally shot
Monday afternoon by two gunmen. All of them know Douglas
Vogel, Clinton, who was wounded in the earlier of two fracases
with the gunmen.
The men who kept the roadblock at the edge* of. town here
weren't kidding. Heavily armed
with everything from pistols to
"20-gauge pumps," they stopped
and searched every car. In- some,
cases, they searched the occupants as well, if they had the
slightest reason for suspicion.
And they got suspicious easily.
It just wouldn't have paid to
try and run that roadblock.
The corner of US-112 and
M-ll isn't a very cozy spot under any circumstances. At 1 a.m.
this morning it was bleak, cold,
and a little eerie, considering
that every appdaching pair of
headlights might have a couple
of killers behind them.
It was a little hard to tell
who was who, in the circle of
f lashlights and the f licker of red
lights and flares. But Police
Officer Earl Kirby was there,
along with officers Jim Levleit,
Hugh Prince, and Luther Dicks.
Wally Crosby was there for five
hours. There were Sheriffs deputy Jim Steerly, and Ted Hill
from the gas station, helping
out.
Public spirited and sympathetic Saline residents brought hot
coffee. After awhile the trunk
of the Saline PoUce car looked
like a picnic table, piled high
with thermos jugs and hotcups.
"Wouldn't this be a heck of a
note," said one officer humorously, "if we had to take off,
sudden, after somebody? We'd
scatter those jugs and cups for
miles, down the ^highway!"
"Anyway, it's not so cold tonight," observed another. "Couple of years ago) we set up a
roadblock here in weather six
below zero. That wasn't much
fun."
"Why, I was just talking to
PeUot this morning," said Kirby.
Normally, Kirby is a man with
a lot oJ-humor. Last night it had
aU run out. There's nothing funny about standing around on a
cold highway in the middle of
the night, thinking about a
friend you've just lost.
Truckers stopped to report a
hitchhiker, "tough-looking guy,"
over near Willow Run.
The two-way radio squawked
regularly with reports. Once, it
identified one of the killers, tentatively, as Ralph Waker Taylor,
35, a wanted parole violator
from a 5 to 20 year sentence for
rape. *
The net brought up a lot of
Uttle fish. Among them: Three
runaway teen-age girls from Detroit, headed for Toledo with a
27-year old man. These were
ultimately convoyed to the Sheriff's office in Ann Arbor, but
they sat fo ra while in the back
seat of the city's police car,
waiting for transportation.
Hornets Blanked
By Roosevelt Hi,
SALINE—The Hornets "just
weren't with it" Friday night, in
the estimate of Coach Bill Bailey, when the team was tramped
down 20-0 by Ypsilanti Roosevelt High.
Said Bailey today: "I wish I
knew what happened! "They were
completely off their, form; sloppy tackling, sloppy blocking.
They looked like they just
weren't with it."
"We hope to pick up some
steam this week," Bailey added,
"but we wouldn't be favored
against Lincoln." The Hornets
Friday will tangle "with Lincoln
Consolidated which last week
whomped University High by
24-0.
In the Saline-Roosevelt game,
the whole first half was marred
by penalties and fumbles, mostly Roosevelt's. The Ypsilantians
fumbled five times, Saline once
-and Roosevelt
six.
recovered
aU
During the half, Roosevelt
lost a total of 50 yards in penalties, but still neither team
threatened to score.
In the second half, a fumble
by Bob Rathfon was recovered
by Roosevelt's David Sayler on
SaUne 33-yard line. On the following play, Roosevelt's Bill McKenzie scoreh, and the kick was
good.
In the second play after the
kickoff, a Rathfon pass was intercepted on Saline's 44 yard
Une by McKenzie. There fohow-
ed three Roosevelt first downs
on line plays, with" the backs
carrying the baU, to Saline's one-
yard line. McKenzie, a fast-moving back, made the touchdown.
The point was good, and Roosevelt had stacked up 14 points,
all in the first, fast, four minutes of the half.
In the fourth quarter, Bill
Bracey recovered a fumble on
the Roosevelt 49-yard line; with
three quick first downs, Saline
marched to Roosevelt's two-yard
Une. Then, on the second down
and two yards to go, the Hornets
lost yardage on three plays in a
•row. They mislaid 14 yards on a
bad pitchout, tried a pass that
didn't get off, on the fourth
down, and lost ten yards on it.
With it went their only chance
to score during the game.
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Casually, Levleit removed his
gun from the front seat of the
car: "Darned if I want' to have
to tell my grandchildren I was
shot by a girl!" he explained,
aside.
AH three of the girls were
frightened; one of them was
pretty; and none, apparently,
had had any previous dealings
with poUce. "I don't care," defended age 18, stubbornly. "I
don't care if I go to jail!"
"I think. I'd rather go home,"
said age 15 wistfuUy.
Charges wiU probably be
brought against the 27-year-old
man who was driving with the
girls to Toledo . . . "or maybe to
California."
"Here," said one police officer gruffly. "Put on your jacket,
kid, before you catch cold."
The two-way radio squawked
again. "Ail cars — remain on
roadblocks."
The men were kept hopping.
Sometimes* traffic would lag . . .
no cars at all for three or four
minutes. Just time to pour a cup
of coffee, but not long enough
to drink it. Then a dozen cars at
once. Open the car doors and
shine the flashlight inside. Peer <
through the slats of a cattle
truck. Examine drivers' Ucenses.
Get two men out of a car, lean
them against the car, and search
them for possible concealed
weapons. ~And don't turn your
back on anybody.
Several of the officers "had
been on duty since 8 a.m. Monday. They expected to stay on
duty aU night, if-necessary, and
aU through the next day.
Nobody on the-, police force
went home to bed in the middle
of one of the biggest manhunts
jb_. Michigan history, even
though the MUers had been reported "going south from ^Jackson." They had also been reported west of Jackson, north of
Jackson, and "doubUng back
from Jackson."
It's_.a long night, when you
stand on your feet tUl morning.
Elsewhere in SaUne, just as
deeply concerned, was Mrs. Ted
Westphal, ^20 S. Ann Arbor St.
State Trooper Douglas* Vogel is
her cousin.
Shot above the heart and in
the stomach and the hand, Vogel
is in St. Joseph's Mercy hospital,
Ann Arbor, (as of Tuesday), in
"fair condition" after surgery.
He is married to the former
MarUyn Brooks, of Chelsea, and
the father of four children. His
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Vogel, of Chelsea.
Vogel was shot at 3:05 p.m.
Monday when he stopped a ear
west of Clinton oh, apparently,
a routine check. Troopers who
stopped the same car, ten minutes later southwest of CUnton
State PoUce Post, ran into a fu-
siUade of shots, and PeUot was
fataUy injured. PeUot was married and father of a smaU boy.
Over 400 State police, sheriff's officers, and local poUce
joined in the resulting manhunt.
Two heUcopters were involved
until dark grounded them.
"My feet hurt," observed one
officer sadly. "But then, that's
the way feet are." He opened the
squad car door, sat down briefly
on the front seat. Headlights approached ... he got Up again at
once, and hurried into the road.
"PuU over!" he shouted, when
the car showed signs of going
through. "Hold it! Hold it, I
said! PuU over, or . . .■"
The car puUed over.
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