1959-12-09; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLtJME 13, NUMBER 12 — WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1959
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This was the scene Thursday evening at
the Bruce Arend farm, when police and*
neighbors, with a doctor standing by, struggled to lift the heavy tractor that had top
pled into a pit, killing Arend and his small
son. Ambulances, wreckers, and a fire truck
converged on the scene, too late
And then there was one . . . Death separated two small
brothers this week, leaving one-year-old Daniel Arend without a playmate, after his older brother, David (above, right)
died in a tractor accident with his father.
Double Arend Funeral
Service Held Sunday
Congressman
Foresees '60
Strike Law
Congress may consider further civil rights legislation in
I960," and a prolonged steel
strike will probably bring congressional strike legislation to
protect the national welfare,
Congressman George Meader,
of Ann Arbor, told Saline Rotarians Thursday.
. Since 1960 is an election year,
Congress will also find itself
faced with "all kinds of vote-
catching measures" to consider,
Meader added.
Since many Democratic congressmen are indebted to labor
for support in their districts,
the recent passage of the Lan-
drum-Griffin labor bill was
"miraculous", Meader said, but
investigations conducted by the
Senate racket committee had
brought the need for such 'a bill
to the public's attention.'
Meader represents Michigan's
second Congressional district—
Washtenaw, Jackson, Lenawee,
and Monroe counties. He spoke
at Rotary's regular Thursday
noon meeting. •
Funeral services were held
"here Sunday afternoon for
Bruce Arend^ 28, and his not-
quite-three year old son, who
died with him under a tractor
Thursday evening in a gravel
pit at the Arend farm.
Arend,  a . farmer,  a  lifelong
resident of the Saline area, and
president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce here, was instantly killed when the tractor
he ■ was driving catapulted
straight into the pit, pulling a
- manure-spreader with it. The
little boy,. David Frederick, was
pinhed under his father's body,
and died of suffocation. Police
and Fire department efforts to
revive "him were futile.
The cause of the accident is
.Still  unknown  this'week,   but
- police speculated that Arend,
with the youngster in his lap,
-:may have y been looking backward at' the manure-spreader
not realizing he was so' dose
to the edge of the pit. Tire
tracks led straight up to the
15-foot banks.
The disaster left the widow,
Jean, with one other son, Dan-
v   iel  Bruce, one  year  old;   and
Jjne child was expected by the
couple in a few months.
Although Arend and his little boy had left the house about
4 p.ml, the accident was not
discovered until about two
hours later, when a neighbor
( went into the field to arrange
for the use of the tractor. Sheriffs deputies and local police
called wreckers to the scene
to hoist the heavy machinery
from the pit; and. deputy medical examiner Rudenz Douthat
. attempted to revive the child
with oxygen. Use of the Fire
department's resuscitator was
also without result.
David would have celebrated
his third birthday this Sunday.
I The Rev. Alfred Hardt officiated at the services at Lock-
wood Funeral Home, and burial was iii Oakwood Cemetery.
C. OF C. PLANS INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Community Chest Allots
101 % to All Participants
Saline area Community Chest
funds were allotted Tuesday,
with each participating agency
receiving 101 per cent of its
request.
Total contributions, which
had' gone "over the top" last
week, had reached $8773.87, or
101 per cent of quota, by the
time the Community Chest
board of directors met Tuesday
LIVESTOCK WINNER
IN  CHICAGO  SHOW
Among several Michigan winners at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago,
last week, was Doris Herter,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Herter, of 6760 Noble Rd.
Doria won reserve grand
champion in market fleece
wool.
Legion In Need Of
Tree-Trimmers
The American Legion is seeking volunteers to trim the
Christmas tree at the American
,' Legion Home this Thursday
evening, Dec. 10, at 8 o'clock.
The Legion's annual Christmas dance will be held Satur-
| day, Dec. 12, from 10 p.m. until
2 a.m. Members and guests, are
welcome. Donations are $2 per
couple.
"Mr. Arend was born* April
25, 1931, in Detroit, the son of
Fred W. and Nina Riley Arend.
His father preceded him in
death in October,  1957.
He married Jeannette Dyer
on May 29, 1956, in Ann Arbor;
the couple made their home at
10052 W. Michigan avenue, in
Saline township.
Mr. Arend was graduated
from Saline High in 1949. He
was a member of St. Paul's
Evangelical and Reformed
Church, and a member of the
Farm Bureau.
Surviving besides Mrs. Arend
are the other son, Daniel Bruce,
at home; Mr. Arend's mother;
a brother, John, of East Lansing; a foster-sister, Mrs. Norman Wiedmayer, of Saline; two
foster-brothers, Lewis O'Mara
and David Krause, at home.
Democrats
Hear Senate
Floor Leader
Michigan's, deficit will amount
to at least 155 million dollars
by the end of this year, State
Senator Harold M. Ryan, of Detroit, told Saline Area Democrats Thursday evening.
Ryan, the Senate Decocratic
floor leader, added: 'If you
can't understand the situation,
don't feel bad; neither can we.
We are dealing with unreasonable people."
Ryan charged Republican
senators with prolonging Michigan's financial embarrassment
deliberately, in order to harass
the governor and his party.
"They apparently don't plan to
enact a tax program this year,"
he said.
The recession of last year,
and the increasing welfare load,
have contributed to the state's
financial plight, he added.
In a plea for reapportionment
of the Senate, Ryan pointed out
that the 12 Democratic senators
received 30.0,000 more votes in
the 1958 election than the 22
Senate Republicans.
Thieves Get
$329 from
Local Store
More than $329.50 was stolen
from Predmore Hardware .Store
here Friday by thieves who apparently helped themselves
from the safe when the clerk
left the room, its owner, Wayne
Predmore,  Sr.,   said  today.
The money, part of which
was state hunting license money, disappeared along with a
number of checks sometime between 9 a.m. Friday when it
was put into the safe, and 5:30
p.m. when Predmore began
preparations  for closing.
The thief, or thieves, may
have been persons who previously had bought hunting licenses at the store, Predmore
speculated. They may have noticed at the time where the
license money was placed, and
returned to take it when Predmore, or his assistant, Reuben
Lambarth, were in the stockroom behind the store. $209.50
of the money was from hunting
licenses; $120 belonged,to the
store. No estimate was available on the amount in checks
which were taken.
The store has also had recent
difficulties with shoplifters, also-
believed to be hunters. Small
items totaling about.$20 have
been taken in recent weeks and
several were missed immediately after hunters had left the
store, which does "a fair atnount
of business in licensing hunters
who are "passing through,"
Predmore said.
The thieves Friday had no
difficulty in locating or obtaining the money, since the safe
was standing open most of the
day.
Organizations participating
in the Chest fund, and the
amounts they will receive, include: American Red Cross,
$3101.71; M i c higan United
Fund, $1697.81; "Saline Recreation program, $1499.85; Portage Trails Boy Scout Council,
$1111.00; Huron Valley Girl
Scout Council, $404.00.
Others are the Huron Valley
Child Guidance Clinic, $101;
Saline Library, $202; Saline
Boy Scouts, $101; Saline Cub
Scouts, $151.50; Salvation Army, $303; Washtenaw county
Crippled Children's Society,
$101.
Reorganization and planning
for next year's Community
Chest drive will take place
shortly after the first of the
year, according to Gordon
Esch, president of the Chest
board of directors. Campaign
chairman is Wilson Scott.
STUDY OF GRADUATES
STILL UNDER WAY
Returns are still coming in
from Saline High School graduates, in the study conducted
by teacher Dominick Pelle-
greno to determine where the
graduates go to find employment; and graduates who have
not mailed their questionnaires
are urged to do so immediately,
Pellegreno said this week.
Questionnaires were sent out
to all graduates in classes JL954
to 1959, ■ inclusive, in the -survey. A related survey, to-'pnd
what job opportunities fare
available for high school graduates in Saline, is to be conducted by the Chamber of
Commerce.
ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL
TO  PRESENT
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
Parents and the public are
invited to attend a program
featuring "Christmas Around
the World", 'to be presented
at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec.
16, by children of tlre-EIemen-
tary School.
Santa Claus
To Be Here
Saturday
Santa Claus will be in Saline
Saturday afternoon.
The jolly old gent will set up
shop in the Saline Savings Bank
meeting room between 2 and
4 p.m. to chat with youngsters
of the area and learn their
Christmas wishes. He will be
aided by a couple of "Santa's
helpers," provided by the American Legion Auxiliary.
- St. Nick will also pick up
letters, from his persoalized
mailbox, erected each year by
the Chamber of Commerce at
the main corner in Saline. All
children'- who mail letters to
Santa in the brightly colored
mailbox will receive answers
(typed by secretary Doreen
Steeb), as well as tickets for
the Chamber of Commerce prize
drawing "on Dec 19.
Six prizes have been planned
for-the drawing this year, instead of; the.one or two given
previously,, according to Bob
LaRose, chairman of the C. of
C retail merchants' committee
an charge of the Christmas
j weeks plans. The drawing, at
J4:3G p.m. on the 19th, will select three girls and-three hoys
to receive $5 each.
Candy which Santa Claus distributes has been donated by
Saline's Rotary club.
A free cartoon-movie session,
provided: by. the: Kiwanis club
jof Saline, will precede the
drawing on the last Saturday
before Christmas. Santa Claus
will also attend the matinee,
which is planned to give parents an hour or more of unencumbered shopping time.
Tickets for the drawing will
also be given throughout the
Christmas season by all Chamber of Commerce merchants,
with purchases of 25 cents or
[more: Meantime,. most Saline
i stores will he open Friday and
Saturday evenings until 9 p.m.,
this "week. Beginning Monday,
Dec. 14, they will be open every
evening through Christmas
Eve:"'      y. ~''~
Council OK's
Variance for
Building Site
City Council Monday night
granted a "variance permit" to
Dr. Rudenz Douthat, the last
step before a building permit,
for a medical building in Rolling Meadows subdivision.
The variance permit, plus a
building permit, will allow Douthat to construct a build;ng
for doctors' offices in the subdivision north of Saline, which
automatically was'zoned "single residence" when it was annexed.
The build'ng, which is planned to provide clinic space for
Dr. Douthat, his new partner,
Dr. James Davis, and possible
other future occupants, will occupy two lots at the corner of
Saline-Ann Arbor road and the
platted Harper drive, in the
subdivision. It is to be one-
story, 61 by 29 feet, of brick.
Construction is expected to
start in about a week, with a
60-day completion schedule.
The variance permit was obtained for Douthat by his attorney, Allan Grossman, who
arrived at the Council meeting
armed with a copy of the plat,
a topological survey of the
area, an explanation . of. the
building planned^, pictures of
similar buildings, plans for the
building, and signed waivers
from the only other property
owners within 300 feet, Staebler & Son, of Ann Arbor, and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schultz.
The Douthat building does
not fall under the same section' of the zoning ordinance
that was applied to a recent
application to build on Saline
Community Hospital property,
since the latter was 'non-profit", Grosman pointed out. In
the present case, no public
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FATR BOARD ANNUAL
MEETING MONDAY
The annual meeting of the
Saline Community Fair Board
will convene at 8:30 p.m. Monday in the ag room at the new
High School. Final business for
1959 will be conducted, and officers will be elected for the
coming year The public is.invited.
New Civic
Group Seeks
Memberships
A second organization meeting has been scheduled by the
members of the newly-named
Saline Area Civic Association,
and a membership drive is under way this week.
' The group approved a name,
and a set of by-laws, at a meeting last week, but delayed elec- j
tion of officers until the coming
meeting, to be held at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 16, at Saline
Elementary School. Meanwhile,
the present members will invite ;
others to join and attend the
meeting, according to George
Johnson, of Saline.
The purpose of the organization is "to promote better
city government and the general welfare, of the . people, jst
Saline by the study of present
and future problems facing the
community .and presenting the
facts to the people and the governing body of the city. The
Association, by nature, will be
non-partisan, - non-profit, . and
non-sectarian," the by - laws
state.
Membership is limited to
"persons of good standing residing in the Saline area", and
dues are $1 a year. Meetings
are to be held on the first Wednesday of each month, after
the initial organization is completed.
Group Will
Acquire Sites
For Industry
Plans to organize a Saline
"Industrial Development Corporation" were announced today by Chamber of Commerce
president Allan Grossman, after a meeting Tuesday evening
of the Chamber's Industrial Development  committee.
The decision was taken, said
Grossman, because the group's
efforts to bring industry to
the Saline area have been consistently balked by lack of committed land on which potential
industries might locate.
The idea of forming such a
non-profit corporation was approved at the joint meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce executive board, the industrial
committee, representatives of
City Council, and other Saline-
area businessmen and indust-.
rialists who were invited to
attend.
Articles of Incorporation will
be filed within the next few
weeks, membership subscriptions will be sought, and a
board of directors elected as
soon- as possible, Grossman said
Purpose of the corporation
would be to acquire industrial
sites "in orderly and Controlled
fashion" for resale to industries1 "that might wish to locate
in Saline. At least one such
industry is now seriously considering Saline as a location,
but other cities are also "bidding high," Grossman said. Local businessmen receive many
queries as to the availability of
land, but are never able to
make any positive offer, he
added.    -
In its plan to provide such
.locations, the Chamber now
holds an option on a 113-acre
site. If financing can be arranged through the proposed
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Hornets Win First Bout in Gym
By Lanny Robbins
- Jim Jordan, nimble Hornet
guard, had the honor of scoring the first basket, and committing the first personal foul,
as Saline's young 'basketeers
opened varsity competition in
their sparkling new gymnasium
Friday evening, with a, victory
over Dexter.
Jim's basket came on a 25-
foot, high arching shot when
the game was only 32^econds
old. His foul happened exactly
86 seconds later, when he
slammed into Dexter guard
Cliff Blossom. Blossom tallied
on his turn at the charity line
to claim first freethrow honors
an put his team in a- 3-2 lead,
beginning what resulted in a
see-saw scrimmage.
In the remaining thirty minutes of play, the lead changed
hands thirteen more times. At
five different }spots the .score
was; tied. Dexter stepped nito
their biggest advantage of the
evening - during the second period by six points, 17^11. Saline
dashed farthest ahead .during
the opening .minute of-"the last-
stanza, seven points,"; 33^26."    -"
Although they seemed quite
secure   from   their   opponents
Jim Bernard scrambles for the Ball during the Junior
Varsity part of last Friday's twin bill with Dexter. The
local hoopsters went on to win their second straight game
this season by a 45-29 count.
during those last seven minutes, the Hornets began to have
difficulty during those last seven minutes. Chuck Hackney be-
gan-trimming Saline's lead when
he swished a close try at the
7:34 mark. Flashy Dreadnaught
guard Cliff Blossom followed
him up on a jumper with 6:34
left-        .•.*;.'•'■   . ;
The, last 'break allowed the
Hornets- more; 'breathing room
momentarily* as Jim Fuhrman
tossed to Mike._Bixby, netting
two more'points.     >
fiaaafer " "collided 'with Blossom. The Dexterite hooped, one
of the resulting , freethrows.
Four seconds later, the foul-
freethrow situation was reversed when the visiting guard
rammed Neil in a scramble for
a loose ball, Neil connected on
his attempt to chalk up a 36-32
edge over the visitors.
Haarer sliced, the basket's
cords in the next few seconds
on "one of his field goal tries.
But that was the. end of the
local quintet's scoring for the
next three minutes.
Dexter's full court press-
robbed Saline of the precious
sphere. The Salinians' shooting
eyes dimmed while the Dreadnaughts' aim became lethal.
Hubbard made both of his
tosses from the foul line. Blossom lobbed in two points from
near the keyhole Wilbur Han-
selman meshed a charity toss
with about two minutes remaining to bring Dexter to
within a single point of the
Hornets. Blossom again tallied
with his deadly shooting at the
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