1957-10-24; Reporter

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NO 3-4066
THE REPORTER
VOLUME 11, NUMBER 5 — TIIURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1957.
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Forgeries Keeps
Police Hustling Through Week
Ghest Fund Crew
Assured Success
At Kickoff Meet
By Bess H. Tefft
SALINE — "We know we're
going to make our goal this
year," Wilson Scott, chairman of
the Saline Area Community
Chest told workers who gathered last week at the Saline Hotel
for a Kick-off dinner. The event
' preceded the community's drive
for $6,987.
Fifty area volunteers were
present for the roast- beef dinner, given through the courtesy
of Universal Die Cast of Saline.
The Reverend Henry McKenzie
delivered the invocation and following the dinner gave a short
inspirational talk on the satisfaction found through giving.
Martin Birdit, representing
the Michigan United Fund, who
was also present at the dinner,
reminded the group that while
Saline's share toward the whole
UF budget was not large, still
the community was participating in something big, and services, such as the Heart Associa-.
tion, Leader Dog, U.S.O. and
other groups provide, reflect
back and are being used in our
community.
During an informal discussion
Chairman Scott reminded once
more that the current drive is a
drive-for-all, and that donations
should be large enough to cover
the many local needs, The Red
Cross, and the United Fund
which includes 32 agencies.
Give where you live! Again
canvassers were urged to let the
people who work outside of Saline know that they may ask
that their donation made at
work be returned to Saline. This
makes sense, since it is the community we are helping—ijot the
industry.
. Many are still in doubt about
the Area Blood Bank, conducted
by the Red Cross. With each
donation the canvasser will give
a Red Cross membership card
stamped — (thanks to the Girl
Scouts)—with the words "Member of the Saline Area Blood
Bank." This card assures that—
no matter where you are when
you need it—you may have free
blood, drawn from om" Community Bank. The card will serve as
a reminder that by calling Mrs.
Edwin Hering or Mrs. Merritt
Martin Sr. the needed blood will
be provided.
Mrs. Joe Camburn
First To Finish
Fund Drive Jab
SALINE — First Community Chest canvasser to finish up
the job was Mrs. Joe Camburn,
of 320 N. Lewis who contacted
all her "customers" Friday
night and Saturday. Every one
of them made a  donation.
"People were waiting for me,"
said Mrs. Camburn today. "They
knew what I was there for. I
felt they understood the purpose and importance of the
drive, and I was satisfied that
they gave generously."
Several of the people canvassed by Mrs. Camburn had already made donations at their
place of work, she said. These
all gave a little more when
Mrs. Camburn~*called.
"As a matter of fact," she-
remarked mischievously, "probably the hardest person I had
to collect from was me!"
Kiwanis Ciub
Plans Charter
Night Program
SAT,TNE — Max Peet, county
probation officer and a member
of the Kiwanis club of Ann Arbor, Eastern, was speaker Mon-      SALINE — Before . anybody
day night at the weekly meetmg: here had time to get alarmed
TOM'S CRYSTAL BALL
Last week the flu bug
Won the toss
Kicked all around
And proved the boss
Milan over Saline, though
the Hornets' could  win this
- one. It wouldn't surprise me.
How 'bout you, Bill Bailey??
Manchester over Pinckney,
but watch Kennedy and Lon-
nie Huhman, They're real
tough ball players. -
Chelsea #over Flat Rock,
you're about due, -'Bulldogs."
U-High over Roosevelt, U-
High fired way up for this
one.
South Lyon, over Boysville,
come on "Knights," win one,
will you...
Dexter over Hartland, Hey,
Hey, we're on our way	
Lincoln over Dundee, maybe!
Minnesota over Michigan,
though we'll hope for the
second big upset.
Michigan State over Illinois, start blowing up the
balloon again.
Eastern Michigan over
Southern Illinois, ifs Homecoming ...
LURE OF THE SOUTH GETS STRONG IN THE FALL,
and Mrs. Wanda Loper, shown above, has already done something about it. Wanda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Predmore Sr., of the Saline-Milan Road, took her parents
on a travel-free flying trip to Mexico City, Acapulco, and New
York City recently and during their stay at Acapulco, on
the Gulf of Mexico, Wanda brought in the beautiful 10 ft.
sailfish with which she's posing.
The Predmores' daughter is a hostess for American Airlines, and it was through that line that the trip was made
possible.
Council
Acts On
Permits
SALINE — City Council Monday night approved building permits for construction amounting
to $91,387, extended curfew
hours for New Year's Eve, and
approved a training course for
for city disposal operators.
Building permits were granted to Howard Feeman, W. Henry street, for construction a-
mounting to $1387; Elmer Steeb,
for a .one story addition on the
rear of the garage, $14,000;
Crawford Homes for building
of two six-room houses, $14,000
and $12,000; Ed Hering, Russell St., tri-level brick house,
$20,000; and Unit Products, E.
Bennett, office addition in front
$30,000.
The "curfew- for minors was
moved back to 1 a.m. for New
Year's Eve only, at the request
of Neal Allen, owner of the
Teen-age Canteen, where a party is planned for the evening.
Council approved a two-day
training course at Lawrence
Tech for Harry Bishop and Mike
Strait, disposal operators, who
have attended such courses several times in previous years.
The city also approved a contract agreement and will act
as Escrow Agent in the deposit
of $10,000 ($6,000 from Crawford Homes, Inc., and $4,000
from Senrab Construction Corp.)
for the installation of storm sewer in Saline Heights Additidn
and Green Acres, and for sanitary sewer and water installation on E. Highland Drive in
Green Acres.
Group Of Creditors Studies
Take- Over Of Subdivision
SALINE — A "combine ot
creditors" of Dunrose Homes,,
Inc., may take over Golden Acres
with a view to finishing at
least some of the homes, a
spokesman from Killins Gravel
Co., of Ann Arbor, said today.
The subdivision, located on S.
Ann Arbor Street and Willis
Rd. here, has remained in a
partially finished condition for
many months, although buyers
made down payments on their
homes more than a year ago
and were promised their houses
"in a few months" at that time.
The houses, built by Dunrose
Homes Inc., listed to the ownership of Frank Vilardi, of Detroit, are in various stages of
completion, ranging from basement-only, to nearly finished
and lacking only furnaces, or
plastering, or flooring.
Outdoors, the subdivision is
without sidewalk, curb and gut-
Flu Bug Threat Waning,
As Schools, Churches
Report More Attending
of the Kiwanis Club of SaUne.
.A new member, the Rev. Armin Bizer, pastor of St. James
E. & R. Church, Saline township,
was inducted into the club by
Gov. George Bowler, of the
Michigan District.
A special committee met following the regular meeting to
complete plans for Charter
Night, November 11, at Saline
Elementary School. The meeting
will open with dinner at 7 p.m.,
served by the High School junior
class as one of the Kiwanis'
"boys' and girls' work projects,"
according to President Bob Har-
ison. "We hope they will make
some money on it," said Harrison. "In fact, we expect them
to."
about rising flu statistics, the
disease had "leveled" off and
started down. Both doctors reported .their case loads had
"stabilized", and school and
churchattendance records began
to climb this week.
Apparently, the peak passed
sometime during the week-end:
school absences here last Friday-
reached 25 percent, and the Friday -night, football game was
canceled because the high school
couldn't field a team. s
"We would have been lucky to
dress 16 boys," said assistant
coach Howard Hill. "Usually we
dress_ 30. And of the ones who
were willing to play Friday,
you only had to look at them to
know that five or six of them
ought to he home in bed."
The game was a cancellation,
to be played at the end of the
season if team, standings warrant it. It was    not a forfeit:
"The boys said they would try nearly triple what it had been
to play, rather    than forfeit," I the week before. The attendance
Church attendance was up
again Sunday, although Sunday
School attendance was still low.
The congregation at the Federated    Church   here    numbered; might be possible to finish some
of the started houses this fall.
ter, grading or blacktopping on
streets. Sewer "and water mains
"are in, and connections haye
been made to some of the dwellings.
Killins Gravel Co. is one of
about 15 creditors interested in
the problem, their spokesman
said. The group "may meet in
the near future to discuss the
matter and find out where they
will be able to stand on it."
The group includes some firms
from Ann Arbor,' Detroit, and
Saline, mostly suppliers and service firms.
"Prospects for "a meeting are
very good," the^spokesman said,
but explained that no action
would be possible until a report
is received from a Certified
Public Accountant who is studying the books of the Dunrose
Homes concern.
The action, if taken, would
not affect lots oh which no building has been done, he said but
if the combine should form, it
Hunting Complaints Also
Plaguing Busy Policemen
In Season's Early Days
SALINE — Police officers
here, after a hectic week that included two accidents, "dozens"
of complaints about hunters,
and a narcotics arrest, are still
looking for forgers, auto-strippers, and a typewriter thief.
Still sought is the man who
strolled into the High School one
night last week, inquired for the
janitor, found and said "hello"
to the janitor ... and then walked into the typing classroom and
removed two nearly new Smith
typewriters (npt insured).
The thief, described as six feet
tall, about 27 years old, weighing about 190 pounds, with dark
curly hair, was not seen carrying out eittfer of the machines;
it is surmised he remained in the
building until after a Board of
Education meeting ended about
11 p.m., police said.
Forger Songht
Police are also seeking the
author of a series of forged
checks which have been cashed
here in the past two weeks. Two
others, cashed a month ago,
were turned over to Washtenaw
County Sheriff's department at
that time. Total: $80.
The three most recent checks
were forged on the Saline Savings Bank, according to Police
officer Earl Kirby. Two of them,
signed "Ed Bolz" and giving an
address of 2735 Wagner Rd.,
were for--$5 each. A third was
endorsed "William Curley." The
Wagner Rd. address is a trailer
park; no one there could identify
"Ed Bolz".
Police are investigating the
stories of two 17-year-old boys
who were picked up last week
while they were offering auto
WOIA BEGINS TESTS TODAY
SAJUNE — tftadio Station
WOIA will begin equipment
tests today and expects to send
a test signal at 1 a.m. tomorrow,
according to David Aubert, engineer, Night owls may hear
it at 1290 on the dial.
Program tests will begin early
in November.
The station, which will broadcast on 1290 kilocycles, will be
able to go into operation in a-
bout two weeks, Aubert estimated, although its opening has
been held up so far by a number
of technical difficulties. Transmission lines were installed Monday, together with underground
cable to the towers. Technical
equipment is housed in "doghouses" . . . tower equipment
boxes at the base of the towers.
„■ A minor emergency occurred
last week when one of the light
units malfunctioned, blew a fuse,
and put out the tower lights.
"Our towers are 210 feet high,"
Aubert pointed out, "and planes
go over at 500^feet here. In bad
weather, they might go over
lower. Besides that, pilots know
where we are and look for our
lights as a checkpoint. We had
to get them lighted in a hurry."
To speed up last minute engineering, WOIA is using the
services this week of an extra
.engineer from University of
Michigan's  FM  station.
"A new. station usually goes
on the air on a Saturday," Aubert said.
"WOIA-has fine equipment,"
he added, "the best Fve ever
worked with. This is the ultimate in equipment."
Wolfin, Hill On Slate
For Saline Council
Election November 5
Hill reported*. "But only two or
three haven't had flu, and one
of those had hives and one was
just over the mumps." In the
Huron League, the Chelsea-Dundee game was also canceled because of flu.
The Hornets are scheduled to
play Friday at Milan.
"My high school band wasn't
hit by flu," reported Art Katterjohn, "but there were 26
missing out of 80 in the Junior
High Band." Three teachers
were out last week; all have recovered.
at St. Andrew's Catholic Church
reached "overflow" proportions.
At the Methodist Church, evening services were canceled until further notice and Sunday
School classes were only half-
filled, but morning services were
"about average."
Apparently the. schools were
contending with a similar situation; Monday absences were re-
"ported like this:
"Elementary School ... 131
absent High school ... 62 absent _,. .
"And 46 hunters."
Some of the houses sold have
not been started.
Obligations to the City of
Saline which would still obtain
include a contract which provides that occupancy permits
cannot be granted on the homes
until improvements (sidewalk,
curb and gutter,- blacktopping)
are completed or money for the
installation of such improvements is in escrow.
Buyers of the homes, many
of whom are commuting from
Ann Arbor, have been "doubling,
up" with relatives oi. paying rent
oh motels and apartments.
S__I_INE—Two men are candidates here for the two 2-year
City Council terms on the Nov.
5 ballot. They are Everett Wolfin, incumbent and veteran of
seven years as City Councilman;
'and Fred A. Hill, 31, owner of
Ted's Service station.
Wolfin, who agreed to run
for another term at the insist-
ance of civic.leaders here, was
mayor of the city in 1952-1953.
He was first appointed a City
Councilman to fill a vacated spot
for a partial term in 1949; was
re-elected for 1950-1951-;' was
mayor for two years. He then
retired to private life for two
years, returning to the Council
in 1956.
He has been a County Supervisor for six years, is secretary-
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treasurer of the County "Planning Commission, county Deputy Commissioner of Weights and
Measures. •
He is also' a member of the
Igoard of Directors of Tri-County Sportsmen's Club, a member
of St. Paul's E. & R. Church,
and was a Rotarian until he
withdrew from the group two
months ago to aUow more'time
for other activities.
"I am deeply interested in a
new City HaU for SaUne," Wolfin said this week; "and if I
am elected for another term as-
council member, I hope to be
able to get the project under
way. We need to get the City
Hall on the ground floor . . . the
three fire engines now sit on a
wood floor over a basement. One
little blaze in that buUding, and-
they would faU through-into the
basement."
Location for the new City
HaU has already been selected,
at the corner of Michigan and
Harris, and is owned hy the city,
Wolfin said.
HiU,va farmer until he bought
the" service station at the corner
of Austin Rd. and US-112, was
urged to Tun by friends who circulated his petition for nomination. He was described by them
as "level-headed, and a good
business man."
hubcaps for sale in Saline. They
were released, pending further
information. Police and sheriff's
detectives theorized the hubcaps
may have been part of the loot
from a recent rash of auto-stripping thefts in which hubcaps
and accessories were removed
from parked cars here. At least
three cars have been burglarized.
Hunters Warned
The police department telephone began ringing with "hunters" complaints as soon as the
hunting season opened, Kirby
said; and caUs continued to
come in all week. The "dozens"
of calls included complaints on
hunters shooting inside the city
limits, shooting from moving
cars, and letting Uvestock out.
Several hunters had to be warned away from the Elementary
School playground.
George Hanselman, 51, of Ann
Arbor, suffered a heart attack
late Monday afternoon while
hunting on the Manny Hertler
farm a mile east of Saline. He
was rushed to the office of Dr.
Harold MUler by PoUce officer
Earl Kirby, but was dead on
arrival there.
A young man was injured and
a Car damaged to the extent of
$1,000 Saturday at 2:40 a.m.
when a 1957 Chevrolet, driven"
by Douglas R. McCormick, 17,
^skidded 350 feet and turned over
near his home at 8858 SaUne-Mi-
lan Rd.
McCormick was taken to University Hospital in Ann Arbor,
suffering from chest injuries
and possible 'internal injuries.
He was also charged with reckless driving and scheduled to appear before Justice of the Peace
John Buck, here, at 8 p.m. Friday.
A later coUision, at 9 p.m. Saturday on Jordan Rd. south of
Macon Rd., resulted in no injuries and no estimate of damage.
It occourred when a 1952 Mercury, owned by Robert Shultz and
"driven by Emil Milkey, 1865 MU-
key-Rd., was struck by a 1953
Buick, driven by Thomas Rice,
of Cincinnati. Rice stated that
the Mercury had only one light
and he was confused as to which
side of the car the light was on..
Narcotics Found
Two menwere arrested last
week on a narcotics charge after-
police officer Jim Levleit stopped their car on US-112 west of
the city on a routine check. Levleit reported he found a half-
pound of marijuana Tn the pocket of WUlard O. Smith, 26, of
Detroit. Smith and his companion, Joseph Sawyer, 23, of St.
Louis, Mo., were arraigned in
Municipal Court, Ann Arbor,
and examination was set for tor
day. Both were held in County
jaU, unable to post a $5,000 cash
or $10,000 property bond.
EMANUEL HALL
TO BE SCENE
OF LTOCHEQN
MANCHESTER—EvangeUcal
and Reformed churches, and
Congregational Christian
churches in this area will join
in a FeUowship Dinner Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 6:30 p. m. at
Emanuel Church in Manchester.
The joint meeting is one of the
first "get acquainted" efforts
since the churches consolidated
last summer as the United
Church of Christ, a spokesman
said.