1958-04-23; Reporter

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THE  RIPORTlR
VOLUME 11, NUMBER 31 — WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1958.
"First With AM the Local News
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COUNCIL TABLES ZONING PROPOSAL FOR STUDY
Opposition Aims
Fire At Re-zone
A nnual School Election Is
To Be Held June 9 Here
SALINE — By a resolution
adopted By the Board of Education of the Saline Area
School District at a regular
meeting held' on February 14,
1958, the date of the annual
sehool district election has been
changed from the second Monday of July to the second Monday of June, according to the
General School Laws Revision
of 1955, Paragraph 340.72, Section 72.
To obtain the printing of the
name of any candidate for
member of the Board of Education of the Saline Area School
/District, said candidate shall
file nomination petitions with
the secretary of the Board of
Education not later than 4
(four) o'clock p. m. on the 20th
day prior to the date of the
election, that is at 4 p. m. on
May 20, 1958.
Each petition shall be signed
by not less than 25 qualified
school electors of the district.
No elector shall sign petitions
for more candidates than are to
be elected. Board members
whose terms expire this year
are Dr. Gordon Prout for a
three-year term and Frank
Brittain for a three-year term.
-Nominating petitions can be
obtained at the office of the Superintendent in the High School*
Building.
"TAG DAYS" IN
SALINE MOVED
MERCHANDISE
SALINE — Red Tag- Days
were a big success, local merchants reported this week. With
estimates ranging from "good"
to "tremendous", they puzzled
over the fact that most of the
business rush occurred on
Thursday and Saturday; Friday
seemed to have got lost in the
scuffle somewhere;
A grocer reported the biggest
week-end since he started in
business here; a department
store was so swamped, that
clerks couldn't get to the phone
"had a good week-end" on Friday morning, before the weekend even arrived.
One drug store said business
was good (on Thursday and Saturday) but that customers
weren't buying many of the tagged items on special sale . . .
they were buying other merchandise instead. Another drug
store, with red tags on jewelry,
was startled to observe that the
jewelry was selling at a good
rate ... to men.
Most- merchants agreed that
future special sales should be
held Thursday, Friday, and Saturday instead of only Friday
and Saturday as in the past.
BIG PAYOFF!
SALINE — Local residents
wacthed with bated breath last
week while a pair of honey-
mooners from Woodside Trailer
Camp competed on "The Big
Payoff" a nationally broadcast
television program, for a mink
* coat.
■The newlyweds are William
and Geraldine Zandi, University
of Michigan students who. moved ta Woodside this week. He is
an Ann Arbor printer.
No word yet on the winnings!
Civic Leaders Suggest
Less Emphasis On
Bake Sales By Clubs
SALINE—Local women who,
like their bakery this week issued a concerted * plan to Saline's civic organizations to
raise funds some other way than
through bake sales.
Said one: "These constant
bake sales, Saturday after Saturday, must cut deeply into
Walker's Bakery business. We
cannot afford to injure any merchant's business, especially one
who showed enough faith in the
community to make a large investment to bring a business
here." r
Said another: "Gottlob Walker's baked goods are really
good; many times it's been a
godsend to me "to he; afelettb^gb*
"in and get just the right thing
for dinner. We wouldn't want to
lose him!"
All of them felt that the continuous stream of community
bake sales, on a major downtown corner on a business day,
were unfair competition to place
upon a merchant.
Meanwhile, Chamber of Commerce merchants voiced a growing concern with the problem
and promised to bring it up at
the'next Chamber meeting Monday. "We'd rather support the
civic organizations almost any
other way," said one businessman.
Among the women troubled
by the competitive bake sales
were:
Mrs. Paul Reid: "A lot of us
have worried about it. I will
bring it up at the next- meeting
of the High School Room Mothers; and my two daughters can
take it up with the Student
Council at school. Surely some
other way can be found to raise
funds."
Mrs. James Beal: "I don't
want to discourage these organizations as they do a fine community service;.but if they'd
use their ingenuity and think up
a different type of project it
Cancer Fund Drive
Now In Full Swing
SATJNE — Local volunteers
are receiving contributions at
both Saline banks this week for
the annual fund drive of the
Washtenaw County Cancer Society.
Represented in the Saline
area by Mrs. Everett Wolfin
and Mrs.. Meredith Bixby, the
Society has placed representatives in the banks last week and
this week to fill the canisters
and explain the services, available this year for thefirst time
in Saline, provided by the Society.
QonWbutioris ymayyhe made
Wednesday evening at the Citizens Bank, all d&y Friday and
Friday evening jit Saline" Savings Bank, and Saturday; at
both banks,. Contributions at
the banks last .week were "very j
gqod^" Mrej-#c4_3n;^£itf^ " yy ' -:
A "dressings division" of the
Saline unit, headed by Mrs.
Charles Kern, Mrs. Edwin Hering, and Mrs."-Charles Fink, will
provide dressings in Saline for
cancer patients this year, a
service that has not been available here before. *■
Mrs. Leo Jensen, chairman of
the education committee for the
Saline area, will have films and
material available for groups
who wish to use them in programs during the coming year.
William Crim is a member of
the-County Advisory Council of
the Society.
Volunteers working in -the
banks ^include-Mrs. ^3ruce Parsons, Mrs. Sam Lambarth; Mrs.
Vern Osterhout,. Mrs; Mary
Spindler, Mrs. Anna Mann, Mrs.
Cecil' Davenport, .Mrs. Everett
Esehr andiMrsir)Friedf Arend.".; -*
would be better. There ought to
be a central calendar of bake
sales so they don't occur too
often."
Mrs. Everett Esch: "There
are lots of other ways to raise
money. I would as soon donate
the money directly as struggle
with a bake sale; I read in the
paper that an Ann Arbor organization made a lot of money
selling tooth brushes, for instance. There are so many ways
that could serve instead of the
bake sale, but of course most
of them take more work." (Mrs.
Esch instituted the Record Hop
for polio as a fund raising measure. It was extremely successful.) .     ...
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Mrs. Robert Starling: "It isn't really fair as long as you
want a bakery here. It does
seem as if some other way could
be found; your mixed card parties go over good. I think the
school could also have candy
sales."
Mrs. Robert Merchant: "I
would be all for trying to cut
down on bake sales and I will
mention it at the Band Parents
executive board meeting. I just
went through one, and I'd rather give $2 to any group than do
it again. But the school carnival
was a success and lots of fun;
the Cub Scouts' penny carnival
is always well received; and I
recently took part in a Nursery
School card party that did very
well."
Mrs. Edwin Hering: "I agree
there is a problem here. Surely
card parties would be a .better
idea; in any case I feel that
something should be done. The
bakery is a definite asset to the
community."
Mrs. Everett Wolfin: "I'm
sure. something could be done
so that it didn't hurt our business people; It just hit me last
week . . . and I thought 'well,
gee whiz, this isn't right!' I "remember, years ago we didn't
have a bakery, we didn't have a
lot of things and needed them
badly. We're very fortunate to
Have a nice bakery in town and
we should patronize it. If we
didn|t have it, people would
miss it terribly."
Katherine Walters
Dies Suddenly
SALINE — Katherine Walters, 29, wife of a local pharmacist,, Chester Walters, died
suddenly early Tuesday morning
at the couple's home in Willow
Village. Cause of death has not
been determined.
Friends said that Mrs. Walters was expecting her first
child in a few months. She was
from Grand Rapids.
Mr. Walters, a graduate pharmacist and a dental student at
University of Michigan, has
been . employed: by Giltrow's
Drug Store here for severed;
years as an extra-duty pharmacist on Wednesday, Friday and
Sfcaturdaty., evenings.
Funeral arrangements have
not been completed. -.»;•",:--■_.-*•
HERMAN TO THE RESCUE! Menfolks
of St. Paul's E & R Church;were doing a slow
broil in some warm weather last Saturday
morning ... as they worked at a lawn-
building  project  on  the'church  grounds.
Then Herman Heininger arrived with cold
drinks for everyone ... even the photographer ... and the work went much better
thereafter. That's Herman's handsome posterior facing the camera.
Of E. Michigan
By Peggy Flook
SALINE—While twenty-five
spectators listened, fidgeted,
and eyed the city's zoning map,
(now growing somewhat frayed), the prospective zoning ordi-
ance bogged down Monday night
in a welter of technical details,
and was tabled "for further
study."
Residents from East Michigan avenue and Chamber of
Commerce representatives attended the session, which ended
when Councilman Everett Wolfin moved, the ordinance be tabled until-councilmen could become more familiar with, it. One
who had had no recent chance
to study it was Councilman
Frank Deede, who had been released from the hospital only a
few hours before.
Meantime, E. Michigan avenue residents fighting the proposed "commercial" zoning of
the property, have taken the
first step toward challenging the
ordinance — if it passes — a
spokesman for the group revealed.
THE
Saline
Town
Crier
MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION
Whereas: The citizens of Saline are justly proud of our
city and wish to keep it in its proper position of importance
as a community of fine homes, gardens, lawns, streets, and
stores, and:
Whereas: The cooperation of everyone is needed to wipe
away the grime of winter and bri_?,g forth the beauty and cleanliness that is inherently ours:
NOW THEREFORE: I, Henry Leutheuser, Mayor pf Saline,
do hereby proclaim the days of April 28-May 3 to be "Clean-up,
Fix-up, Paint-up Week" and urge all good citizens to cooperate
in the program to make our .city a safer, happier, and more
beautiful place in wjrich to .live.
HENRY LEUTHEUSER
Mayor
Saline To
Clean Up
1st In State
Saline will hold "Clean up,
Fix up, Paint up" week one
week ahead of most of the state,
Mayor Henry Leutheuser announced this week, in order to
have the city "spic and span"
for    Mayor's    Exchange   Day.
Clean Up Week here will be
observed April 28 to May 3, and
all residents are urged to cooperate in a special-rubbish collection May 1. Rubbish is to be
placed in boxes, or containers
at the curb for the pick-up.
Most of the communities in
Michigan will hold Clean Up
week the f olowing week, in conjunction with Michigan Week.
Said Mayor Leutheuser: "Well,
we can clean up one week, and
paint up the next. Anyway the
city will show off better when
the visiting Mayor gets here."
Plan June Wedding
For Mary Lou Lee,
Franklin Meadows
..'. SALINE—Mr^jand..Mrs. Paul-
G. Lee, of Saline, have announced the engagement of their
daughter, Mary Lou, to Franklin Delano Meadows of Ypsilanti. Mr. Meadows is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Honeycutt
of Ypsilanti. Miss Lee graduated from Saline High School and
is -now employed at the St. Joseph Hospital in Ann Arbor. Her
fiance is employed at the Chevrolet plant at Willow Run. The
couple is making plans for a
June wedding.
DeVine To
Return To
Practice
Ann Arbor — Edmond F. De-
Vine, Washtenaw county prosecuting attorney for the past six
years, announced Tuesday he
does not plan to seek re-election
"this year.
DeVine, a Republican,-, has
been -connected with the prosecutor's office for 12 years* For
six years he served as chief assistant prosecutor and on Jan. 1
1953,- he began thefirst of three
terms as prosecuting attorney.
Assistant Prosecutor William
Delhey, partner in the law firm
of Roesch & Delhey, said'today
that he "absolutely will not" run
for the nominationr
SALINE WOMAN'S CLUB MEMBERS,
GUESTS, recently heard a talk by-Miss
Alice Wessels Burlingame, gardening expert,
on "House Plants for Effective Accents;"
Miss Burlingame's talk was a highlight of
"guest day" for the Saline group, .held _»•" >
cently at the American Legion Home. Special
guests for the occasion were members of
... the JMilapvWoman's .Club and members of
the Saline Legion Auxiliary. Shown .above,
left"to "riglit: Mrs. Ralph Bowen, of the Legion^ Auxiliary,  Mrs.  Rudolph Hertler,' of
the Saline Woman's Club,.4Mrs. Bulbick, of.
the Milan Woman's Clubhand Miss Burlin-~
g£me_   "*•*--', " - =
- Also featured during the afternoon pro-"
grata was the singing of Hiss Alice* Sheehan,'
. accompanied by Miss Pat .Johnson.
Sunday Accident
SALINE — A 1954 Ford was
severely damaged when it went
out of control and rolled over
on Saline-Milan Rd. near Mooreville Rd. early last Sunday
.morning. The. driver of the car,
Roy Kinji Tanabe who is a Japanese laborer and lives in Ann.
Arbor, was not injured. Mr.
Tanabe stated that his brakes
grabbed when he slowed down
for a curve and threw his.car
out of control The police ^estimated the damage at $900.- . -
Only the pertinent section of
the ordinance will be challenged for referendum, Randall
Coates said;' the rest would not
come up for public vote and
would not be affected.
"We only intend to fight the
section that provides commercial zoning on E. Michigan avenue," Coates explained. "We
have no quarrel with the industrial zoning elsewhere in the
city, and do not wish to impede
it."
The City Charter provides
that one section of an ordinance
may "be challenged alone, according to Coates, and makes it
necessary to set up a citizens'
committee of five to prepare
petitions. The committee has already been selected: Mrs. Cora
Hull, Carl Curtiss, Gerald Coe,
John'La Rue, and Coates. Petitions for referendum must be
filed within 30 days of the time
the ordinance is passed.
The hour's discussion of the
ordinance, Monday night, was
limited to details of the size of
side yards, required set-backs,
square feet, frontage feet, and
the varying sizes of lots in different parts of the city. It was
tabled until May 6.
In other action Monday, the
Council issued building permits
to Owen Hoefti 201 E. Henry,
for remodeling-; $1,200; Charles-
E. Finn, 205 W. McKay, for
two-car garage and breezeway,
$1,500; and Harold Riplow, 310
Risdon drive, concrete patio,
$300.
Council also rejected all bids
made April 4th on the River
Sanitary Sewer project, since
specifications have been changed, and new bids will be received at 8 p.m. Friday; arranged
to have City Hall's walls washed
and Venetian blinds cleaned during Clean-Up Week; and heard
a report from City Attorney
Stanton Roesch that work on
Golden Acres is expected to go
forward (two houses are ready,
for closing) as soon as FHA
commitments are issued. Thex
are expected in a few days.
SALINE BAND
HITS BIG TIME
SATURDAY
SALINE — The High School
Senior Band wil compete Saturday in the State Band Contest at East Lansing against all
other first division winners in
the recent District contests. Approximately 30 Glass B bands
from 11 districts will enter the
contest.
The Saline Band, which walked off with all first-place honors
ih 'this District*^ competes one
class higher than its school rating, by choice — although Saline is a Class C school, the
Band has the option of competing against any class higher
than itself and has competed
in Class B for the first time^
this year, according to Band
Director Arthur Katterjohn.
The higher class includes
schools up to twice, as *big as
Saline's.
Parents are urged to attend
the Saturday meet..
TWO-BUCKET HAUL
SALINE  —' Mr.   and  Mrs.
George Wallo,, of Willis Koad,
went smelt9fishing near Tawas
last Thursday.   .They   brought
"-'j back "two buckets full of smelt
j for eattag; Jfreezing, and passing
-tout to friends.    *-.-.-■   -"
Delegates Named
■> SAMNE-—Three young members of the Federated Church
will gq to Adrian this weekend
"to attend the Westminster Fellowship Synod'Assembly at the
Preshyteriari Chuceh there*
Lynn; Gates, .and Benna Jean
-Sawyers wil go as * delegates
of the local group, and Douglas
McKenzie will atend in his capacity as Presbyteiy officer.