1958-02-05; Reporter

              Tony Schild says he saw the
-rabbits running   like   crazy   a
couple of days ago . .. and that   •    -    ^
means there's a bad storm com- _>
ing up. All you bunnies better
button up tight!
VOLUME 11, NUMBER 20—WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1958.
THE  REPORTER
"First With All the Local News';
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1957 Polio Drive Already Topped
500 Sign Petitions
For Blacktopping
Willis Rd. Stretch
SALINE — Petitions bearing
nearly 500 SaUne area signatures to ask that WiUis Rd. be
blacktopped, were forwarded to
the County Road Commission
this week by SaUne. city officials.
Listed as a "primary" road
by the Road Commission, Willis
is a direct route from Ypsilanti
State Hospital to Saline, serves
an estimated 200 families who
Uve, work or do business between the two points.
Whether WiUis is scheduled
for blacktopping this year will
not be known until the Road
Commission's 1958 schedule is
presented to the Board of Supervisors Feb^JLl, according to
Howard MmieiylRoad Commissioner, but "we are taking out
KATTERJOHN'S
YOUTH BAND
PERFORMS
The Michigan Youth Band, an
organization of talented young
musicians from aU around the
Ann Arbor area, presented their
final concert of the school-season Saturday evening at -JtHe
Tappan Junior High School avC-
ditorium. This Youth Band,
conducted by Arthur Katterjohn,
director of bands at Saline High
School, presented a concert of
varied music, designed to^meet
the wants of each person in .the
audience.
Music in the concert included
works from the classical band
repertoire such as "Phaeton" by
Saint-Sains; "Siegfried's Rhine
Journey" by Richard Wagner;
the "Finale from the New World
Symphony" by Dvorak; also included was some contemporary
music, "Concerto for Trumpet"
by Fitzgerald and "American
Overture for Band" by Jenkins;
and also some lighter modern
music including "HqUday for
Trombones" by "Rose, "BaUet
for Young Americans" by Hermann, and "Man With the Golden Arm" by Bernstein. March-
- es included the familiar "Stars
and Stripes Forever" by Sousa
and "Wings of Victory" by Ventre.
. The Michigan Youth Band was
formed four years ago as an
organization serving four
schools, and enroUed approximately "35 members. It has now
grown to include 18 different
schools,- and 75 members have
enroUed in it this year. Students are invited who are the
outstanding musicians in their
own high school band or orchestra, or those who have been former members. Consequently,
the music performed by this,
group is of a technical level not
usually found in high school
bands. Students come from as
far away as Flint, Highland
Park, Adrian, Clinton, as WeU
as towns in the immediate area.
Katterjohn, director of the
Youth Band, received his Bachelor and Master's degree from the
University of Michigan, having
been in the -School of Music
there and played in the Symphony Band under Dr. ReveUi.
He has been employed at the
SaUne area schools .for seven
years, and his bands have attained an enviable record of six
consecutive first division ratings in the Band and Orchestra
Festivals held each year.
Guest conductor at the concert was George C. Wilson, vice
president of the National Music
Camp at Interlochen, who conducted the "Finale to the New
World" by Dvorak. M_\ Wilson
is also conductor of the Ann Arbor Civic aud the Jackson Civic
Orchestras.
trees along Willis now, in anticipation that it probably wiU
be."
Whether or not Willis is
scheduled for blacktopping in
1958, it is included in the Commission's "eight-year" plan, running from 1952 to 1960, Minier
added.
Receipt of the SaUne petitions
was acknowledged at a meeting
of the Road Commission Board
Friday. A portion of WiUis Rd.,
beyond the State hospital, has
already been blacktopped by
York township. The remainder
will be blacktopped by county
and state funds, according to
WiUiam Hayes, York township
.trustee and chairman of the
County Planning Commission.
"I beUeve they have it on the
1958 calendar," Hayes said.
The petitions were circulated
with the encouragement -of SaUne officials, businessmen, and
-Chamber of Commerce, and
YpsUanti , State Hospital employees. .Said NeU Hurja, director of personnel at the hospital. "The road is gravel; it
goes to pieces in snow and rain
andx is a hazard do safety under
present conditions. It carries
heavy,traffic to and from Saline." *:
Local Boys Make Good
Hornet Band Set
For "Enjcore"
Frolic Tonight
SALINE — The SaUne High
School Band is presenting its
third annual Band FroUcs this
evening, at the High School auditorium at 8 o'clock. Admission wiU be §1.00 for adults and
75 cents for students.
Featured in the Band Frolics
is the Saline High School Dance
Band. Mistress of ceremonies is
Alice Sheehan, and the program
consists of various vocalists,
dancers, instrumentalists, pantomimes and a great deal of popular music as sung by the students' of the Saline schools.
There are some comedy numbers
Vocalists include Alice Sheehan, Pat McDougaU,' Kathy
Reed, Joan Austin, Kathy Raus,
Pat KidweU, BiU Austin, Kat-
rene GaU; instrumentalists include Pat Johnson, BiU Austin,
Joan Austin and Alice Sheehan;
dancers include Bobby StiU,
Joan Wiebusch, Janet Hertler,
Paula Stralnic, Joyce Ross, Jane
Ross and Lydia Robison.
Proceeds from the Band Frolics go- to the Band Trip Fund
which is used for the benefits of
the bands themselves, either for other places
Dr. Shaw And His Wife, The Former Sylvia Gross, With Their ChUdren
Former Saline Man
Named Asst. Surgeon
General of U. S.
Authorities at Washington, D.
C. have announced that the new
assistant general for the United
States is Dr. James R. Shaw, a
man considered by many Salinians to be one of their very own.
Dr. Shaw is the husband of a
former Saline girl, Sylvia Gross,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gross, of Davenport St.
Originally from Yale, Michigan/Shaw first came to Wash-
teiiaw County as a student at
Eastern Michigan CoUege. After
his graduation, from the Ypsi
campus, Shaw taught physical
education at SaUne High School
and put himself through the
U-M School of Medicine. WhUe
here, he met Sylvia Gross, who
then was teaching at the Lodi
Plains Sehool. The couple were
married after his graduation.
In the family snapshot, taken
several years ago, the Shaws are
shown with their two chUdren,
James and Sandra. James, now
17 years old, -is himself enroUed
at Eastern Michigan.
Both photographs, incidentally, were contributed by Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Gross. They were
among* the few family possessions which the Grosses managed to salvage when their home
burned last year. The stains on
the photos are reminders of that
fire.
Since July, 1955, Dr. Shaw
has been head of the U. S. Public Health 'Service's Indian
Health Division. His duties included the overseeing of medical
and pubUc health service for
380,000 American Indians and
Alaskan natives. Working under
him is a staff of 4,500 people,
who provide health services in
56 hospitals    and at over 200
special equipment or for trips.
Tuesday's performance drew a
large crowd, and a capacity audience is expected tonight. -
His hew rank is equivalent to
that of rear admiral. The Shaws
Dollar Days
Coming!
LiKEmonlT
inTHEBIW
DOLLAR DAY
Don't forget to* circle February 14 and 15 on your calendar
—those are the Big DoUar Days
in. Saline., The .merchants are
offering, tremendous, bargains
on hundreds of items.
NAME HERTLER
"YOUNG MAN
OF THE YEAR"
SALINE — Word has been received here that Allan G. Hertler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph
Hertler, 9640 Piatt Road, has
been named "Young Man of the
Year" at Royal Oak, where he
is the city" attorney. Hertler
graduated from Roosevelt High
School, YpsUanti, and from the
University of Michigan Law
School in 1953. After a 15-
month stretch in the Navy, he
accepted a position as assistant
city attorney at Royal Oak. It
is unusual for so young a man
(he is only 30) to be city attorney in a large town. Hertler and
his wife, who is formerly from
Arlington, Virginia, have one
chUd. J
The Reporter congratulates
AUany Heraer and wishes him
continued success.
Dr. Shaw, Newly-Appointed U. S. Assistant Surgeon-General
now make their home in Washington, D.C. The Reporter congratulates Dr.  and Mrs.  Shaw
and takes this opportunity to
sky, "Best Luck" in the new
position. y
Key Meetings Planned
- -Urge Big Turn-Outs
SALINE — Tonight's   the and he wiU answer them.
night — eight o'clock the time
— the American Legion the
place — for the public meeting
sponsored by the Chamber of
Commerce concerning the advantages of area planning. Vincent Madison,'area development
director of the Detroit Edison
Company, wiU be the speaker, so
bring your questions on Saline
Free-Lo Extension
Meets At Girbach's
Mrs. Simon Girbach, Pleasant
Lake Road, Was host to the Free
Lo extension on Friday, January
24.
.^The president, Mrs. Elmer
Diuble, conducted the business
meeting with 16 members and 1
guest responding to roU caU
with their favorite house plant.
■ It was decided to change the
meeting day, hereafter the
group wUl meet on the 2nd Wednesday of every month.  ""*".
The lesson, "House Plants",
was very interesting, and weU
presented by the project leaders, Mrs. Simon Girbach and
Mrs. Frederick Weidmeyer Jr.
The next meeting is scheduled
for next Wednesday 12, at the
home of Mrs. Robert Guenther.
Then, next Monday, February
10, the City CouncU wiU hold a
public hearing on the matter of
Saline's proposed .zoning ordinance. Citizens can give their
opinions,*- state their objections,
if any, so that the City Council
wUl know how folks feel about
the matter. The meeting to be
held at the Saline Elementary
School, wiU start at 8 p.m.
For passing the ordinance, a
vote, of the CouncU is required.
Teamwork Again Produces
High Per Capita Record
Of Saline Contributions
Hornets Earn Tom
Another Big Week
As A Front - Pager
By Tom Johnston
The big story of course is the
proposed reorganization of the
Huron League, which.would also
affect the Lakes League-. , . in
a meeting scheduled this week a
decision wiUrbe. made which
may guide either Saline, U.
High, YpsUanti Roosevelt and
Chelsea out of the loop, or the
other four .. /Milan, Flat Rock,
Dundee and Lincoln. The latter schools are talking with Huron Township. Airport Community, (Carleton) Tecumseh,
Grosse Isle about a new loop.
MeanwhUe " the four smaUer
schools are talking with Manchester, and Dexter along with
Clinton about a new league.
*  ■
What wiU happen, what we
see in the future on this big
question of a break up or reorganization of the loops, we wiU
talk about next week.
*   *   *
WeU, the old Crystal BaU was
right" in-there last week. We
picked wrong on only the Chelsea, MUan game, where the Big
Reds topped the BuUdogs. MUan
wUl give Dundee a better game
than you might think this Friday, when they take on the Vikings-on that narrow Milan floor.
CHELSEA TO INVADE
On Friday, February 7, the
Chelsea BuUdogs jvUl bring their
Seventh and Eighth Grade teams
to Saline in the afternoon, and
their reserve and varsity teams
at night. e This wiU be the first
time the Junior High teams have
met, but the older boys spUt
one earUer ih the year.. The
Salirie Jay Vees came from- behind to dump the Chelsea boys
by four points in their first
meeting.
The-Chelsea cagers upset the
big Hornets ih their second game
of *the year, 56 to 51, and this
makes their return engagement
an interesting affair. Let's go,
Hornets, and you Uttle Wasps,
too — STING the BULLDOGS!
Saline should beat Chelsea^
however the BuUdogs might surprise. Now is just 'the time that
the Hornets should be aware of
"taking it easy." Howard Hill's
boys have some "games that look
to be "breathers" coming up,
and they'U make Saline breath
harder, than the Hornets would
Uke to think they have to.
* *   *
The Lincohj-Roosevelt clash
should be a rout for the hustling
RaUspUtters of Lee Mawby. The
game we want to watch is Saturday afternoon at Lincoln when
the RaUspUtters take on Anri
Arbor St. Thomas who already
won their Southwest Division
title. That game is in the afternoon at Lincoln this Saturday.
* «   *
U. High-Flat Rock has Uttle
meaning on the loop race. However it has been interesting to
watch the upswing of the Rams.
They have been playing better
baU each week and may continue
to improve as the league round
of games enters its second game
stage, this week. -
'■**.*
Manchester should clinch the
League of the Lakes title' at
BoysviUe this Friday. However
we are sure the "Blue Knights"
wiU be working pretty darn hard
to spring a big upset and make
Max's men work another week
for the title.
. *   *_ *
The Pinckney-South Lyon
clash between the two clubs with
the same records has promise of
an exciting game, and a toss up
from where we sit.
*■_*_#
Dexter should handle hapless
Hartland without too much trouble, to add to their win total of
the season.
*   *   *
Elmer Houghton, speaking of
"Dead-eye" Chuck Lindstrom,
Lincoln cage star: "He could
toss a bumblebee through the
eye of a needle at 40 paces."".
So here then is Tom's Crystal
BaU ...
Saline over Chelsea . . . the
Hornets roll this second half . ....
Lincoln over Roosevelt .' . .
traditional rivals ... a big one
for the RaUspUtters ...
Flat Rock over U. High . . .
Rams keep improving . „.
Manchester over BoysviUe . . .
But BoysviUe COULD puU an
upset.
Pinckney over South Lyon . .
home floor difference.
Dexter to drub Hartland.
TWO INJURED
IN ACCIDENT
AT UNDERPASS
SALINE—Two women were
injured and the Saline fire department called out Wednesday
afternoon of last week when a
westbound 1957 Chevrolet struck
the bridge abutment at the US-
- 112 overpass, east of Saline, and
caught fire.
'The fire was put out by pass-
ersby and the driver of the car,
Elaine McKay, of MUwaukee,
Wis., and her mother, Kyne Nor-
deen, were treated at a local
doctor's office for bruises. Damage to the car was reported as
"total." Slippery roads were
blamed for the accident.
The SaUne fire crew really
makes Dorothy Quick live up to
her name! Dorothy, on duty in
the City HaU, reports that they
gave her quite a race on the
auto fire on US-112 last Week.
She took the phone caU from the
poUce on the fire . . . caUed the
operator to sound the siren
made a two-word entry on a fire
report slip ... got the key to the
fire'haU out of BiU Muifs desk
. . v and dashed downstairs to
open the doors for the crew. AU
this took her just about as much
time as it takes to read it . . .
yet when Dorothy arrived downstairs, there was the crew waiting to get in the door!
SALINE—Mrs. Everett Esch,
poUo chairman for Saline, reports that the total amount, collected' to date is $2,947.26. This
is already an increase over last
year's final sum, as the 1957
total was only $2,900. This figures out to a per capita amount
of $1.473—nearly a doUar-and-
a-half for every man, woman
and child in Saline.
Helen Griffin staged a "perpetual" coffee hour at her beauty shop. She served coffee to att
her customers during the month
of January and they each made
a donation to the March of
Dimes which resulted in a total
of $17 being turned in. Just
think of an the spoons she had
to wash!. ***"*
The final event which helped
push the March of Dimes drive
over the top was the dance held
at the American Legion Home
Saturday night. The dance was
sponsored by the American Legion AuxiUary and the American Legien. A total of $105.60
was coUected. Kenny Volz and
his. band -played for the good-
sized crowd. *
' During the evening a baUoon
dance occurred, wherein anyone
caught with a baUoon when the
music stopped, had to contribute
a dime.
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Thanks To All
.From Chairman
- I extend Ni*ny warmest
thanks to each citizen of
Saline who contributed in
any way to the March of
Dimes and who consequently helped make our
Saline Drive such a wonderful success.
Mrs, Everett Esch,
~ Saline Polio Chairman
SALINE—Scheduled for Friday is a special meeting of the
Elementary School's Safety Patrol. At 10 a.m. Mr. Zabelski of
the AAA wiU give awards to the
outstanding members of the SaUne Elementary School's Safety
patrol, which, numbers about
forty chUdren.
Sixth graders have handled
the patrol duties aU this last
semester, but now they retire ih
favor of fifth graders, who start
duty for the current semester.
+**^*+**++**+***+*+**^*+*********^**
-Another interesting feature
was the cake raffle. Holders of*,
lucky numbers received a cake..
AuxiUary members thank the
girls of. the high school sophomore class who baked the cakes.,
ffiariks also goes to Mrs. Leo-
Jensen, Mrs. Edward Lauhon*,-
Mrs. Gerald Coe, Mrs. Robert
Hehr, and Miss Rosemarie Weis-
enreder, who decorated the cakes
beautifuUy.
The hard-working Saline PoUo
Committee Chairmen, oops,
chairwomen, included Mrs. Harold MiUer, Mrs* Everett Wolfin,
Mrs. Reuben Finkbeiner, Mrs.
Howard Burr, Mrs. Ray Krem-
pel and Mrs. Joseph Bondie.
Other organizations and individuals who helped immensely
are the Eastern Star, who gave
a - card party; the bowling
leagues who participated in the
tournament (especiaUy SUas
Nord and Ben BaUey who assisted in managing the tournament)
the J.C.C.'s and the J.C.C. AuxU-
iary with their project of the
dinner at Marty's and especiaUy
Marty who cooperated in donating the use of his restaurant and
"Ms time. The meal project turned in $933 for poUo.
Special thanks go also to aU
the Marching Mothers who collected (and to the Dads who
were Moms for. that evening,
either actuaUy marching or, just
as important, baby-sitting.) And
last, but certainly not least,
thanks to Mrs. Everett Esch,
who lias done a tremendous job
as Saline's PoUo Chairman.
ThanKs, everyone!
Rctary Club To Meet
Don Campbell reports that
Thursday's Rotary Club meeting wiU feature Don Boyer, who
is Conservation Office- for this
area. Bob Estes ' is program
chairman and an interesting ses^-
sion is anticipated. :