1959-09-16; Saline Reporter

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VOLUME  12, NUMBER 52—WEDNESDAY,  SEPTEMBER  16,  1959
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YET ANOTHER Queen is the Hereford Heifer escorted by Neil Haarer, above. The prize-
winning beauty was named Grand Champion Hereford female in the State Fair junior
show last week in Detroit . . . she was also
Grand Champion at the state 4-H Show in
East Lansing, recently. For related story,
see page. 2.
All Around Saline
By  Nancy   Ceronsky
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schenk
and f amily of Long Beach, California, were recent SaUne visitors. While here they __ spent
time with his mother, Mrs. Edwin Schenk, and brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Al
Walker. The vacationers returned to their California home
last Wednesday.
Word has been received by
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lange that
their son, Lary, arrived in Germany this week where he is stationed near Stuttgart with the
army signal corps. Larry says
tie would like very much to hear
from the hometown folks, so
here's his address for those who
would like to drop him a line
or two: Pfc. Larry Lange, RA-
16621706, 176 Sig. Co. Repair
(DIR), APO 46, New York.
-,.    Another  of  Saline's   service-
len, David Hess, has finished a
Pour of duty with the navy and
'is scheduled to arrive home this
Saturday. He and his wife, the
former Mary Lou Balmes, and
their infant son will be making
their home at 1366 Willis Road.
Mr. and Mrs. Hess plan to take
a short trip to northern Michigan before settling back into
routine.
Rev. and Mrs. Engel recently
gave a farewell party at their
ne, Rev. and Mrs. Winfred Koel-
pin of Livonia, Rev. and Mrs. A.
G. Wacker, of Scio, Rev. and
Mrs. A. Baer of Ann Arbor,
Rev. and Mrs. R. Baer of Dexter, Rev. and Mrs. D. Gieschen
of Adrian, and Rev. and Mrs.
K. Koeplin of Tecumseh.
Mrs. Harold Gray's daughter,
Mrs. Robert Lauer, and her
husband, arrived Sunday from
the air force base at Roswell,
N. Mex., for a short vacation.
This is their first time home
since he joined the service. During the three weeks they will
be here, they also plan to visit
Bob's parents.
Watermelon Raiders
Get Car Shot Up
Four Saline youngsters narrowly escaped injury Friday
night, police said, after they
raided a watermelon patch in
Bridgewater township.
A shotgun blast fired by the
irate owner of the watermelon
patch missed the boys but tore
a three-inch hole in the back
of their car.
Clinton State Police said that
the farmer preferred to sign
no complaint, but that all four
boys were contacted and agreed
Boys Receive
Probation for
Drag Racing
Two 17-year-old Saline area
boys received a suspended sentence of five days in jail, and a
year's probation, Friday evening
in Justice of the Peace Court
here after the pleaded guilty to
charges of reckless driving.
The youngsters were arrested
Wednesday on a citizen's complaint that they had been drag
racing on Henry street, and a
second resident said he had witnessed the race.
The suspended sentence will
go into effect if either boy is
found guilty of any traffic vio-
: lation . . . including parking
violations . . . within a year,
Judge John D. Buck pointed out.
School authorities have also denied the young men permission
to drive to school for a year.
HILL
RUNF
2nd T
Twenty Girls to Vie
For Crown at Fair
Excitement will be running
high at the Fair Thursday evening, when 20 local beauties
assemble on the Fairgrounds
stage to learn which of them
will reign as "Miss Saline of
1959-60".
The lucky miss, selected by
three Ann Arbor judges for talent, attractiveness and poise,
will receive a host of prizes
from Saline area firms. She will
enter the 1960 Michigan State
Fair contest to compete for the
title of Miss Michigan; and
she will serve as hostess during
the year for a number of events"
put on by her sponsor, the Saline Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Among the contestants this
year are Karen Bauer, Donna
Beckington, Diane Feldkamp,
Sara Jean Francis, Janet Hertler, Linda Lange, and Jeanne
Levleit. Others are Nadine My-
         ... t0 make restitution for any da-
W       home for Rev. and Mrs. Alfred!mage, within a week. It is not
Walther,   of  Northfield Town-j illegal to shoot at trespassers,
ship, who are moving to Mil- j or  watermelon  raiders,   police
waukee,   Wis.   Guests  included pointed out,-but no arrest was
Rev. and Mrs. G. Press of Way- made.
ANYBODY SEEN AN
UNCLAD ELK??
Pied Piper Katterjohn is in
baffled possession of a uniform
marked "Fraternal Order of
Elks". It was found and turned
in to the Piper by a student
who apparently felt that all
uniforms had to do with bands,
and all bands come under Art's
department.
The all-time home run record
is still held by Babe Ruth.
Local 4-Hers
Stand Out:
In State Show
Seven Saline area youngsters
were among exhibitors whose
work won top honors at the recent state-wide 4-H Show in
East Lansing.
Doris Herter, 15, of Saline,
won first place with her Corrie-
dale yearling ewe, as well as for
medium or long wool ram fleece.
Neil Haarer, 18, won champion of breed and first place
heifer, in the Hereford group.
Carol Braun, 17, took honors
in personal improvement demonstration, and Mary Lou Payeur and Janice Harwood won
first in clothing demonstration.'
Karen Girbach, 18, placed in
the top ten dress revue winners
and was also selected to appear
in a dress revue at the State
Fair" in Detroit.
Peter Spike, 17, of near Milan, was one of four youths
from Michigan who were honored as "most outstanding"
among Michigan's 70,000 4-H
Club members. With three others, he will represent his state
at the National 4-H Conference
in Washington, D. C, next
spring.
Miss Braun, Miss Payeur, and
Miss Harwood will return Friday night from their prize trip
to Niagara Falls, Philadelphia,
and New York City.
Another locally-known winner at the State Fair in Detroit
was Sharon Burleson, 18, of
near Clinton. Her Grand Champion Guernsey cow at the State
4-H Show, went on to win
Grand Champion at the Michigan Fair junior show.
ers, Ann Prout, Joyce Ross, Barbara Rowe, Paula Stralnic, Betsy Wright, Kathy Wolfin and
Mary Wolfin.
Susan Coates, Carol Brown,
Carol Sevey, Reita Irwin, and
Sara Jane Kellogg are also a-
mong the contestants.
All are residents of the Saline area school district.
Judging is scheduled for Wednesday, but the name of the new
sovereign will not be revealed
until the 8:30 Thursday program at the Fair. Judges are
Dan Kirby, of WOIA; Barbara
Myers, Ann Arbor News women's editor; and Guy Cari, beautician. Don Bailey, Ann Arbor
entertainer, will act as MC.
After she is crowned by last
year's Miss Saline, Fran Visel,
the new Miss Saline will attend
a dinner in her honor at the
Saline Hotel, given by A & M
Chevrolet Co., Community Ford
Sales, and Elmer J. Steeb and
Sons, Dodge and Plymouth dealers. She "will receive dozens of
gifts from local firms:
A bowling ball from Saline
Lanes and a bowling ball bag
from Marty's Restaurant; bowling shoes from Schinid's Market; a steam iron from Deede
TV; necklace and earring set
and cologne from Estes Rexall
Pharmacy; an electric corn-
popper from Westside Hardware.
Rieckhoff Jewelers have promised the new queen a wrist-
watch. She will receive silk
stockings from Dancer's Department Store; a $10 gift certificate from Cut and Curl;, and
a  lady's   electric  shaver  from
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Gordon Esch
Elected to
Head Chest
Gordon Esch was elected new
president of the Saline Community Chest this week, and
Eugene Carpentier was named
vice president of the organization.
The new board, elected at a
meeting last Wednesday evening at the Saline Savings Bank
meeting room, named Wilson
Scott to serve a fourth term
as campaign manager, and Scott
has begun work on plans for
the October drive.
Others elected at the meeting
include Miss Luella Lambarth,
again treasurer; Mrs. Everett
Wolfin, ^ secretary; and new
board members James Carman,
Robert Harrison, and Mrs. John
Flook. Mrs. Robert* Hammond
was also re-elected to the board.
An organizational meeting to
formulate plans and introduce
new members of the group will
be held Wednesday, Sept. 23,
at 7:30 p.m. at the bank meetr
ing room.
A budget committee, to be appointed, will meet in the near
future to review budgets submitted by participating .organizations, Esch said, and all such
organizations are urged to submit their budgets without delay.
For the last three years, The
University of Michigan Detroit
Area Study has interviewed
2300 metropolitan Detroit residents. To obtain these interviews, field workers had to
make almost 8,000 individual
trips to Detroit area homes.
Test Proves
42 Students
Mighty Sharp
Forty-two Saline High School
students, who last spring took
the National Merit Scholarship
Qualifying Test, received- scores
well above the nation's average,
school authorities announced today.
All 42 came out better than 62
out of 100 students, on a nationwide marking scale. All are
seniors this semester, who took
the test voluntarily.
Two of the students, Carol"
Brown and John Parsons, place
"99 plus," which can be interpreted to mean they did better
than 99 out of 100 students
throughout the nation. The test
included sections on English usage, mathematics, social studies
reading, natural science reading, and word usage.
Eleven of the Saline youngsters scored above 90 . . . i.e.,
better than 90 of 100 students
in the country. The eleven included, besides Parsons and
Miss Brown, Alan McKenzie,
John LaRue, Janet Hertler, Robert Gable, Beverly Condit, Susan
Coates, Larry Carr, Jim Cam-
burn, and Patricia Badour.
Wolfin Undecided as
Council Race Nears
Ted Hill will not be a can- he could spare from his busi-
didate for another City Coun- ness, a service station located
cil term, he announced this at the corner of US 112 and
week. ' Austin Rd.
Hill, who has served one term
since he was elected to a Council seat in November, 1957, said
the job took more  time than
Ki
More than 20,000 transcripts
of students records are processed at The University of Michigan each year.
iwamans
Movies Will
Start Again
Weekly movies at the Intermediate School," sponsored by
the Kiwanis Club of Saline,
will resume next week, the club
has announced. First picture on
the schedule, "The Best Things
in Life are "Free", is in cinemascope and stars Gordon Macrae
and Sheree North.
The first program also includes a cartoon: "Half-pint
Palomino".
The Saturday night showings
begin at 7:30 p.m., and are
open to both children and adults
and run once a week through
the school year.
The remainder of the fall
schedule:
Oct. 3 — "Adventures of Hadji Baba", with John Derek and
Elaine Stewart. Cartoon, "Jerry
and the Goldfish".
Oct. 10 -— "Carousel", in cinemascope, with Gordon Macrae
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Meanwhile, a second Councilman, Everett Wolfin, said he
had not "arrived at any conclusion" as to whether he would
be a candidate for another
term. He is a veteran of four
terms, not consecutive, and was
mayor in 1952-53.
Terms held by both Hill and
Wolfin expire Dec. 31.
j    Hill said he "might run again
jat a later time," but that the
'job has required evening meetings, "several nights a week" as
' well as trips "nearly every day!'
to view street-repair sites, etc.
I "Only Frank Deede and I are
easily    accessible    during    the
'"day," he pointed-out; "T-he-other
councilmen all work out of town
or in industry, so they can't be
reached."       - - -
!    Nominating petitions for the
! office must be filed in the office of the City Clerk, no later
than Oct. 13 for the-Nov{ 3 ballot. They must carry signatures
' of 60 or more registered voters.
HELICOPTER   REDES
AVAILABLE AT FAIR
(    Helicopter rides will be available at Saline Community Fair,
Ray Girbach, Fair Board chair-
j man announced today. The heli-
j copter will be at the Fairground
I Thursday, Friday and Saturday
afternoons.
A SIGNAL HONOR, a white orchid, and a diamond pin recently came the way of Winifred Gall, of 442 Linden Ct., who was guest of honor at a dinner given by officials of General Telephone Co., at Rock Inn, in Adrian. Above,  Kenneth Benkurt,  operating vice presi-
den of the firm, presents her with the pin, for her 35 years of service with the -company.