1958-10-29; Saline Reporter

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VOLUME 12, NUMBER 5, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1958
* First With All the Local News
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EXTENDED SERVICE WINS IN PHONE CO. POLL
Hoover
Buys In
Japan
Hoover Ball and Bearing Company has acquired a substantial interest in Nishi Nippon
Seiko (NSK) of Otsu, Japan,
and. will form "Hoover International, Inc.," C. H. Simmons,
president of Hoover Ball announced this week.
The Japanese company is part
of Hoover's continuing program
to expand its bearing line, Simmons said.
NSK is the largest bearing
company in Japan and under
the terms of the acquisition will
manufacture bearings to Hoover specifications, under the supervision of Hoover engineers
now there. The arangement
also specifies that Hoover shall
have the exclusive rights to
market all products manufactured by NSK on a world-wide
basis, except for Japan.
Simmons said that this is
also a major step in Hoover's
long range expansion program.
As to future plans he indicated that Hoover expects to
manufacture in the- United
States and certain foreign countries all of the types of bearings made available as a result of the NSK arrangement.
Out of The Cellar
FARM BUREAU
BOARD ELECTS
BOB TEFFT
"Members of the Board of Directors of Washtenaw County
Farm Bureau this week elected
Robert Tefft, of 1880 Textile
Rd., chairman for the coming
year.
Elected also was Donald Ruh-
lig, of Dexter, as vice chairman;
and Ronald Patrick, of Superior
township, was appointed as the
third member of the executive
committee. Mrs. Herman How-
eizen was retained by the board
as secretary treasurer.
~ "The officers were chosen
Wednesday evening at a reorganization meeting attended by
new and old directors of the
county Farm Bureau and their
wives, at St. James E. &; R.
Church in Saline township. New
directors were elected at the recent county-wide annual meeting of the Farm Bureau in Saline.
Tefft, who is beginning his
third year as a board member,
replaces Emerson Haessler as
chairman. At the same time,
Haeussler will replace Tefft as
a member of the Farm Bureau
building committee; and Arthur Kuhl, who leaves the board
this year, will continue to act as
chairman of the building committee. The. appointments were
made by Tefft in his first duties
'   as chairman.
A dinner preceded the business meeting, and wives of the
members conducted a social
hour.
Subscribers Favor
Service 444-384
EARLYREPORTS &J&E&SS?"
ON COMMUNITY
CHEST GOOD
By Bess  Tefft
The first worker to turn over
donations for the Community
Chest campaign was Mrs. Donald Geering who canvassed in
the north east-section of Saline.
She reported on the, 20th of
October and completed her collection the 25th.
Mrs, David Wahl was first
to turn in a complete report,
also from the north east section
of town. Following close was
Mrs. William Weed who reported from the farmer Hoyt school
district. .
Fund drive head, Wilson
Scott, is not1 worried —r even
through the present total of
$289.25 is a mere drop in the
bucket. "We can count on these
community  volunteers" working
Is Still Undecided
By Peggy Flook
Extended " area service carried the vote in a recent telephone company poll, but General
Telephone company has not yet
reached a decision in the matter, a representative said today.
The postcard poll of Saline
area telephone subscribers turned up 444 in favor of extended
service, and 384 against it, according to Dale Clark, district
manager for the company.
' The: poll was taken after a
telephone company representative assured Chamber of Commerce members here that installation of. the service would depend on results of such a vote.
The Chamber of Commerce has
urged installation of extended
service, at least to and from Ann
Arbor:
when they agree to. But they; r^xtended service to and from
probably won't report until their Ypsilanti was not included in
The Hornets blasted their way out of last place in the League this   week by trouncing the Dundee Vikings 33-13. See story oh sports page:
By Room Mothers
The Dental Health committee
of the Room Mothers' Association is offering the fifth clinic
program for the application of
sodium fluoride to the teeth of
children. The program this year
will be held during school hours
and-during the present school
term, in the month of November.
Children now in Kindergarten, Second, Fifth, and Eighth
grades are eligible for the treatments as these are the general
ages when new teeth are coming into the mouth. However,
since it has been emphasized
that it is .important that fluor-.
ide be applied to new teeth after eruption, regardless of age,
application can be made more
often. Therefore, children of
other grades will be accepted
upon request of the offices.
The treatment consists of a
series if four applications of a
solution of sodium fluoride to
the dry surface of each tooth,
after a thorough cleansing by
a dental hygienist. This treatment has been found by Public Health studies to reduce, on
an average of 40%', the number
of new cavities in a child's
mouth. However, this has no
effect on cavities already present and is not a substitute for
regular visits to your own dentist.
The low fee of $3.00 per child
for the complete treatment series is possible only through this
clinic arrangement.
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'Members of the Business and
Professional Women's clubs of
District 8 will meet at 10:30
a.m. Sunday, ""Nov. 9 in a coffee hour, at Taylor Junior High
School, in Westlake at Wick
Rd. Saline members are asked
to call Faye Bergey for reservations.
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Mr. and Mrs. George Conner i line, arriving last Saturday. Al
and their' family are back on
the home scene after: several
months in Seattle, Wash. They
sold 'out their motel business
there and moved back to Sa-
Editor's Mailbag
Siren Blows-But..
 5-    By Peggy Flook
Last week's air raid warning
might just as well have been
whistling Dixie. Nobody budged
an inch, even after they were
told it was an air raid.
Traffic went through the four
corners exactly as usual; a
customer went on trying on
shoes; a grocer went on delivering packages; -a sign painter
working behind a plate glass
window never missed a stroke.
One woman inquired, "Are
we supposed to stay off the
street while that thing blows?"
Informed that is was an • unscheduled air raid warning and
might mean enemy planes over
head, she remarked, "Oh, that!"
and went on about her business. Nobody in the bank even
looked up. Children lounging on
the street corner lost interest
when no fire engine was forthcoming.
Police and Civil Defense Director Lauren Wild discussed the
problem afterward: "What do
you think it would take to get
people under cover?"
The answer they came up
with: a bad scare. An announcement that the country was at
war, news that,. New York-had
been flattened, or a tornado in
view and within half a mile.
Otherwise the alerts are of no
value whatever . . . people simply don't believe them.
Editor:
There has been considerable publicity, self-made and
otherwise, concerning the
candidacy of some of themen
running for the three offices
of councilmen up for election
next Tuesday. This* has been
such that someone should
speak out for Mr. Leutheuser
and Mr. Kern\ The growth, development and orderly progress shown in Saline during
Mr. Leutheuser's service as
Mayor must be, the envy of
other small communities.
Streets widened, excavated,
graveled, blacktopped or curb-
and-guttered, 22.17 miles.
Storm and sanitary sewer
installed, 18,635 feet. New
homes built, 151 at estimated
costs of §2,068,550.00 Water
lines installed; new elementary school built, city parking lot built. New subdivisions
having sanitary and storm
sewer and water, seven. Two
new industries and two additions to existing industries.
Eleven new commercial locations. Store front remodeling, approsimately 100 per
cent. Over 200 acres of land
annexed for schol and residential development.
If Mr. Leutheuser and Mr.
Kern are "incompetent" as
stated by one candidate maybe we need more "incompe-^
tent" councilmen.
.Zoning is certainly one of
the most controversal issues
in ail urban and many rural
areas today. And understand-
abl so. Every property owner
is effected by zoning in a
very sensitive spot, his wallet;
Zoning effects property values as well as determining
land uses. Honest men can
certainly have honest differences of opinion on this question of zoining, although this
so-called Citizen's Committee
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Editor and residents of Saline:
For the nine years that I
have lived in Saline, I have
watched it grow from a quiet
little city to a city with
many growing pains. I have
always had a.keen interest in
city-affairs; hot only because
I have been in business here,
' but because I believe that
all citizens, taxpayers or not,"
should take an interest in
their city government and
.voice there their, opinions on
any or all city problems. 1
Until the lastrfew years]
•T have been generally satisfied with the decisions made
by the. council. In the past
year they have made several
decisions that I feel are not
in the best interest of the
majority if the citizens.
The zoning ordinance is
one issue I disagree in, I do
not contend that the city of
Saline does not need a zoning
ordinance, but that the one
passed recently by-the council does not- plan for- the
future satisfactory. It did
serve a purpose, to rezone
one piece of land on East
Michigan Ave., and I can't
help but feel that there was
a little "buck passing" there.
Yes, we have a zotning ordinance, but I -believe it needs
a lot more planning before it
can be called a working ordinance.
I feel.that the council did.
not give the citizens a "fair
shake" on.the sanitary sewer
that is now Being built. I
know that we need the sewer
but feel that we did not have
; proper representation in our
dealings with the Saline Area
Schoil Board.
There are many more small
issues that I would be willing
ti hring up should I be elec-
--' ted to the council..The issues
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though they liked Seattle very
much, they are happy to be
bapk in their, hometown .once
again. ■-...,-
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Bob and Shirley Klueter will
visit Bob's relatives here Saturday and Sunday and then return to their present home in
Columbus.
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Speaking of Saline-Ann Arbor Rd., have you noticed how
citified it looks out at Charlie
Schultz's? With the installation of some new fire hydrants
on;the. place,: (one of them in
Schultz's barnyard and another in the middle of a corn field)
the cows look rther puzzled and
the dogs of the neighborhood
are probably certain- all the latest of modern conveniences have
been installed just for them.
But the truth is the hydrants
job is done.
Several workers had unofficially . reported a better response
than in previous years. ~-
Captains, chosen from the
former, school districts that
make up the Saline Area "are
as follows: Mrs. Elmer Diuble,
Girbach district; Mrs. Pearl
Wild, Bridgewater; Mrs. Emerson Haeussler, Rentchler; Mrs.
Kuyda and Mrs? Walter.Linde-;
Wa^,;:^drCehter>-1^^3lc^rt"
Walker, .Blaess; Mrs. Robert
Hehr, Schumacher; Mrs. Max
Ross, Union; Mrs! O. B. Huff-
the poll- taken.
The-results of the voTe"were
sent to "Muskegon about Oct. 1,
Clark said, and a decision is
expected within a month. "The
vote was very, very close," Clark
said. 'It's a hard decision to
make."
Necessary equipment for extended service could be installed
by I960 if the results of the
present^ vote were positive,, a
telephone 'represlntative fiad
said"earlieiv In the meantime,
Saline can be dialed direct
!FROM Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, or
man   Lodi Plains; Mrs. Erwin, other communit    equipped
Feldkamp, Wood; Mrs. Robert]w rtim+^,in„  ^ £,»£*«
Merchant, Sutherland and Val
entine;   Mrs.   Ernest   Steman,
Fosdick and Oak Grove.
Mrs.    Karl   Theurer,    Judd;
are for the protection  of the i John Rule, Saline Valley Farms;
new high school and for the
new homes which will soon be
springing up in that locality.
Mrs. Robert Hammond, Shaw,
Hammond, Gleason, Hoyt, and
Forbes; Mrs. Loren Bauer, Benton; Mrs. John Kohler, Dell;
The Rev.- and Mrs. Henry Mc- Gordon Esch, northwest Saline;
Kenzie were guests "of honor at
a buffet supper in Holland,
MichJ, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. L. A. Wade on Monday
evening. Later in the evening
Mrs. MaKenzie was guest speaker at a meeting of Chapter BW
of the P.E.O. Sisterhood.
Saline Women's Club with Mrs.
Robert Starling as President,
south west- Saline; Donald Rapp,
south east Saline; Milton Hartman, north east Saline; Jerry
Coe, business district, south
side; Leon Vedder, north side
of business district.
for direct dialing, but there is
a charge for the calls. Salinians
cannot dial out,- directly, but
must dial "operator" to place
.ajohg distance call.
The possibility is "under consideration," Clark said, that direct dialing may go into effect
here at the same time as extended service if the latter is installed,
Saline Firemen Thursday fonghir a roaring blaze at the Leo Townsend home on
Austin Rd., hut lolled the fire in time to
«ave; nearoy nnuaings. xne sued anove was
burned heyond repair but was still standing
when the fire was out..  - * - '
Halloween Dance
Pumpkin Contest
Set for Kids
Children of the Elementary
school are busily searching for
just the right, size, shape and
color of pumpkins to be used in
the annual pumpkin-carving contest to be held at the school
Friday morning, October 31.
The event has been sponsored
for a number of years by the
Child Study Club, using funds
from the Community Chest.
Carved and / or decorated
pumpkins are to be in the children's rooms by 9 a.nu Friday
morning. Four will be selected
in each room by the children
and will be taken to the gymnasium to be in* the final judging. Prizes of $1.00 for the
"most original" designed pumpkin and $.75 for the "funiest"
pumpkin from each room will
be awarded.
Friday evening, a Halloween
dance will be held, following the
football game, for«Junior High
and High School students. "The
Smiling Irishman," Brian Con-
ley, wellknown disc-jockey at
Radio Station W.O.LA., will be
Master of Ceremonies. Several
dance contests, with substantial
prizes, will be'highlighted. Also,
prices will he given for winners
of games participated an by non-
dancers. Apple cider and doiiuts
have been ordered for a big
turnout.
-The Child Study Club commits
tee working on the Halloween
activities is .composed of Mrs,
Paul Woods,' Chairman; Mrs.
William Brackhey, Mrs. Harold
Frey, Mrs. David Knight, Mrs.
Bliss Charles, Mrs. Jack Graf,
and Mrs. Alwin Armbruster.