1960-02-03; Saline Reporter

              The Saline
IOLUME 13, NUMBER 20 — WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1960
"First With All the Local News"
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CHARTER REVISION COMMITTEE APPOINTED
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Many hard workers contributed to the success of the March of Dimes drive here.
Above, looking justifiably pleased with the
results of their work, are just a few of the
Saline women who participated in the Mothers' March. Left to right, standing: Mrs. Gordon Esch, Mrs. Paul Stoops, Mrs. Paul Reed,
Mrs. Robert Hehr, Mrs. Willard Hertler, Mrs.
Jameson Ford, Mrs. G. Merritt Martin, and
Mrs. Dave Cobb. Seated: Mrs. Harry Miller,
Mrs. Fred Korte, Mrs. Howard Hill, and Mrs.
Dan Lirones, chairman of the March^
Below: Among Sunday guests at the JCC
March of Dimes dinner were the Mayor and
Mrs. Frank Deede (seated) who got all sorts
of attention from hostesses Paula Stralnic,
Betsy Wright, and Ann Prout. Worlimg an"
other shift was hostess Susan Coates.
Chelsea Tilt Slows
Hornet Title Drive
by Lanny Robbins j  of  capturing  the  champion-
Chelsea was up for the gamej j -ship.
Saline wasn't. Chelsea was hot,    The local  quintet had  their
at their shooting and defense;'worst game of the season with
Saline wasn't. Chelsea was low!most of the first string fouling
on their fouling; Saline wasn't, out before the midpoint in the
And, Chelsea was the victor —
Saline wasn't.
Such   was   the   story   at
Chelsea   Friday   evening,   as
the  Hornets   went  down   to
their  first  conference defeat
of   the   season   by   a   60-51
score.  The loss  cut Saline's
conference  lead  to  a  single
game at the midpoint in the
season, and also set them to
worrying about their chances
4-Year Old
Due for More
Heart Surgery
In order that he may "play
football when he's a big boy,"
four-year-old Markey Belote
will   enter  University   hospital
on Feb. 22 for his second bout sea numerous times and force
with heart surgery {other jump balls. Also deserv-
Mark knows all about it, and inS credit are John Thoss for
second half.
Saline was guilty also of poor
rebounding in the first half.
But there was a bright
note for the evening. Jaeger's
reserves actually outplayed
the first unit when they were
sent into the contest. Even
though they trailed by as
much as 11 points in the final
period—THEY DIDN'T GIVE
UP! This never die spirit
brought them to within five
points of the Bulldogs with
three minutes to go in the
contest. But then they too
fouled and the Chelsea five
put the contest away with
four points from the charity
line.
Special credit is due to senior
Joe Chantelois for aggressive
defense play which managed to
take the ball away from Chel-
FREENDSHD? EXTENSION
Friendship Extension group
will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday,
Feb. 8, at the home of Mrs. Andrew Poet, Burmeister road, to
work on special project.
Dairies Meet
MMPA Price,
Avert Strike
A threatened milk strike
was averted at the last possible
'2,631.20 Turned in
To March of Dimes
With Saline's March of Dimes
drive officially over this week,
the local fund now totals
[$2,631.20, Mrs. Everett Wolfin,
campaign chairman, announced
today. The amount, however, did
not include results from the
High School Record Hop, not
yet reported..
In recent events, the Mothers'
moment this week when five;March condUcted Thursday eve-
major   Detroit   dairies   joined |ning by members of the Child
with smaller dairies in the area j —	
to  accept  the  price  asked  by) Girl ScOllts to
Michigan Milk  Producers. , y^ Cookie Orders -
Sales representatives for the
local MMPA chapter, Albert! Saline Girl Scouts will begin
Gall of Saline, and Herman' next week to take orders for the
Koenn of Chelsea, said that!annual nationwide cookie sale,
plans had been completed to di- i according to Mrs. Gordon Esch,
vert milk to Adrian and to In- chairman for the local event,
diana, where it would have been' Orders will be taken between
processed into cheese, if the Feb. 13 and 27, and the cookies
MMPA price on drinking milk will be delivered around March
had not been met. [23.
The Saline area chapter nego-1 The girls win be selling three
tiates for all of Washtenaw (kinds of cookies this year —
county and one local in Wayne' chocolate and vanilla cream
county. j sandwiches,  vanilla  thins,   and
The deadlock was broken late mint cookies. They will sell for
Sunday with the capitulation of 40 cents a box, and all proceeds
the dairy Big Four — Sealtest,' go to the Girl Scout organiza-
Twin "Pines, Borden and Wilson tion.
—and Foremost Dairy, of Detroit, in agreement with the
MMPA price schedule that gives
farmers approximately one-half
cent more per quart than they
-j have been receiving on Class I
'"milk.
\An MMPA spokesman said
thespresent price of about $4.95
a hundred pounds will be continued through February and
March, drop to about $4.55 for
April through July, and then
rise to about $5.05 through January 1961.
Local Girl Scouts will also
prepare window displays for
downtown stores to observe
Girl Scout week between March
5 and 12.
PAST MATRONS
TO MEET FEBRUARY 8
The Past Matrons of the Saline Chapter O.E.S. will hold a
dessert meeting at 7:30 p.m. on
Monday, Feb. 8, in the Methodist church parlors. Mrs. Will
Stierle will be hostess for the
evening.
Study club produced $659.11
for the March of Dimes; and
Junior Chamber of Commerce
members turned in $859.13 after
their March of Dimes Dinner on
Sunday.
Other funds came from the
canisters, $111^95; the Intermediate School, $116.10; the High
School dime cards, $78.17; Elementary School, $209.14; the
bowling tourney $70; special
events (including the Boy
Scouts' peanut sale, OES card
party, and a tea) $224.35*. clubs
and organizations, $68.25; bus-
nesses and corporations, $133;
and individual contributions,
$102.
The final total this year was
approximately $500 less than
last year's $3,180.98 — but a
separate contribution of $500
last January from an out of
town group accounted for the
difference.
Anyone still wishing to make
a contribution may contact any
of the various chairmen and,
emphasized Mrs. Wolfin, are
more than welcome to do so
Food and supplies for the annual JC March of Dimes dinner
at Marty's Restaurant were
donated by Universal Die Casting, Uniloy Corp., R^&B. Tool
Co., Amstutz Hatchery, Saline
Dairy, Estes Pharmacy, Saline
Food Center, Schmid's Market,
Gambles, Bob's Service, Com...
munity Ford, A.&M. Chevrolet
Co., Elmer J. Steeb & Sons, Saline Mercantile Co., George's
Bar, Walker's Bakery, Walker's
Five Cent and Dollar Store,
Wight      Cleaners,      Keveungs'
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it doesn't worry him a bit. After all, he was only two years
old the last time, when surgeons
widened a too-narrow artery.
Now it is necessary for them to
partially close a valve that is
too large. ..
The youngster is also aware
that he will be in good company; other children have similar operations almost daily at
University hospital. So busy is
the schedule that Mark's par-
his brilliant play both on offense and defense and Alan Coe
for good rebounding against
taller Chelsea players.
The contest was only 20 se-
onds old when Dave McLaughlin chalked up Chelsea's first
basket. He was fouled in shooting it by Karr, but failed to get
the freethrow. Saline then came
.the remaining minutes  of the
JAMES HOEFT ON
NATIONAL GUARD DUTY
James Hoeft, who has been
teaching seventh grade geography at the intermediate school
this year, will be leaving Saturday for six months active duty
with the National Guard. He
will be stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
Hoeft graduated from Saline
High School in 1954 and from
Eastern Michigan University in
January, 1959. He is the son of
Mr. -and Mrs. William Hoeft,
7545 Klager road, with whom
he resides.
exits,   Henry  and  Roberta  Be-,Peri°d Saline stayed ahead, but
lote, of 410 Spring street, found
it necessary to make the appointment six months in advance. The operation, in this
day of advanced surgical techniques, is not considered any
more dangerous than any other
major surgery.
During Mark's three weeks
in the hospital, he will be drawing against the Saline area
Blood Bank — ten pints or
perhaps more, according to his
mother. "We couldn't afford to
pay for this blood, and we are
deeply grateful that the blood
bank is available," said Roberta.
"We hope that when the blood
bank comes . in March, Saline
people will replace what we
have used . . . and much, much
more."
Rep. Griffin
To Speak at
GOP Dinner
Robert P. Griffin, Congressman from Michigan's Ninth District and co-sponsor of the Lan-
drum-Griffin Labor Act., will be
the speaker at the annual Republican Lincoln-Day dinner in
Ann Arbor, this year.
The dinner, scheduled at 6:30
p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, in the
Grand Ballroom of the Michigan League, is under the chairmanship of Mrs. Robert J. Wol-
lam, of Ann Arbor; and tickets
may be obtained in Saline from
Carl Curtiss.
Congressman Griffin's name
attracted nationwide attention
when he led-the bitter fight in
the 86th Congress to enact the
first major labor law in 12
years. The Landrum-Griffin Act
passed both houses »with.an overwhelming majority. Griffin,
35 years old, also led a success-
back with two long set shots by ful effort which resulted in the
Fuhrman and took the lead. In ^ Federal Student Loan program.
^..^ name jias kg^ discussed
in Michigan as a possible senatorial candidate in the 1960
election.
Also featured on the dinner
program will be the Rev. Robert
Richards, of Saline, who will
lead the Star Spangled Banner,
as well as presenting other selections.
Chelsea   came   to   within   one
point with eight seconds left.
Saline was finally tied 14-14
on a pair of charity shots by
Homer Nixon, and fell behind
17-14 five seconds later when
the Bulldogs turned Bixby's infraction into a bucket and a
free toss. Saline fought back
and gained the lead 20-18 with
five-and-a-half minutes before
halftime. There their luck
changed. Chelsea got six baskets and made four shots from
the foul line to post a one-sided
38-27  halftime  advantage.
The  Hornets held  Chelsea
down to a single basket in the
third   period,   but   fouled   so
heavily  that  the  hosts   were
able to get five points from
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Need Completely New
Charter, Little Says
City to Pay
Attorney Bill,
Regain Books
City Council Monday night
unanimously voted to pay immediately a final bill of $2,715
from former city attorney Stanton Roesch, in order to retrieve
the city's legal library.
A Charter Revision committee was appointed by City Councilmen Monday night, and a
first meeting for the group was
set for Feb. 22, at City Hall.
But opinions on how much
work the Charter needs varied
all the way from Mayor Frank
Deede's "a lot of it doesn't need
changing" to Councilman J. C.
Little's "we need a complete
new Charter."
Said Little: "The whole present set-up is so out of date and
antique that a good way to han-
Roesch last week placedan ^ it would be tQ tum it Qver
to the Saline Area Citizens Association, have them go to the
Michigan Municipal League for
model charters — and rework
it all to suit our needs."
Two members of the Citizens
Association were appointed to
the Revision committee, which
will   include   the   entire   City
attorney's lien on the three law
books owned by the city, pending final payment of his bill,
with the explanation that he
would "not express a confidence
in the present City Council
which we do not feel."
Said  Councilman  Jack Ben
nett  Monday:   "I   suggest   the    	
best thing to do is scrimp and council" and city attorney," SACA
scrape wherever we can, and-members George johnson and
let's pay the guy and get our Glenn CIark) and _ at Mayor
books back." |Deede's suggestion — Allie
In other action, Council des- Gr0SSj  Francis Lockwood,  and-
ignated city clerk E. J. Muir as
Street   Administrator,   a   title
Albert Lange.
Deede's   suggestion  that  the
without additional pay, to eoor- group meet at City Hall this
dinate and keep records and,comlng Monday was amended
sign reports on street and curb to  the Feb.  22 meeting after
and gutter work.
A 50-star flag for the Council
chamber was presented to the
city by members of William B.
Lutz post, American Legion.
Council meeting opened with an
invocation   given   by   the   Rev.
Johnson and a number of Councilmen said they felt they would
have not time to consider the
possibilities or obtain material
before this Monday.
City Clerk Bill Muir was instructed to obtain model char-
Henry MeKenzie, an innovation ters, for cities under 10,000 pop
begun -at-.the previous meeting.
Which will be standard at fuL
ture meetings the Mayor said.
The Rev. Robert Richards gave
the earlier invocation and a different pastor will be invited to
open each Council meeting.
31 Seventh-graders
Listed on Honor Roll
Thirty-one      seventh-graders system, the grades used" in corn-
were   listed   on   the   semester (piling the list were taken onlyj
Karen Taylor Plans
Degree Concert
In partial fulfillment of degree requirements .for a Bachelor of Music degree from the
University of Michigan, Karen
Taylor, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Taylor of Saline,
will present a recital at 8:30
p.m. Sunday, in Auditorium A
of Angell Hall in Ann Arbor.
uiattoxi^iSaid, Mttte-^.'T think
you're going to come up with a
package deal, a model charter
we can almost adopt verbatim."
Said Johnson: "Oh, I doubt if
a package would be ideal for us
. . __ tlie first thing we have to
do is get a working copy of the
present charter."
Only two copies of the present charter are known to exist:
one, in the City Hall office, is an
original, with all subsequent
amendments stapled in. "Badly
in need of re-binding, among
other-things," said Muir.
WATER INSTRUCTOR
COURSE OFFERED
A Red Cross course in Water
Safety Instruction will open at
The  recital  is   open   to   the 7:3o p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at
the Tappan Junior High School
pool in Ann Arbor. To run for
public.
Miss
Taylor   will   play   two
Baeh-Busoni Chorale-Preludes, [ eight weeks, the course is open
"Awake, the Voice Commands," to all persons in the county who
and "Rejoice Beloved Chris-'are Senior Life Savers, and at
tians"; Brahms' Variations and least 18 years old^ Registration
Fugue on a theme by Handel, J may be made by calling NO 2-
Op. 24; and Ravel, "Le Tombeau 5546 by Tuesday, Feb. 9.
de Couperin" including the Pre- j 	
lude, Fugue, Forlane, Rigaudon, | Saline Volunteer Fire depart-
Minuet, and Toccata. ment fought 44 fires in 1959.
Honor Roll released this week
by   Saline   area'   Intermediate
School.
Computed  on  the  four-point
Boy Scouts Plan
Scout Week Affairs
Local Boy Scouts have planned a full agenda for Boy Scout
Week, including a mass attendance at Federated Presbyterian
and Baptist church Sunday,
Feb. 7, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Boy Scout movement. The worship service is
scheduled for 11 a.m. and will
be attended by both Boy Scouts
and Cub Scouts.
Also on the busy schedule are
an attendance at a Rotary
meeting Thursday, Feb. 11; dis-
| plays to be placed in store windows during the week; and a
five mile hike to Saline-Valley
Farms on Feb. 13 and 14.
The Scouts also distributed
phamphlets throughout Saline
to help publicize the annual JC
March of Dimes Dinner Sunday
at Marty's Restaurant.
from classes in which all stu-:
dents     participate,      Principal •
Dwight  Reynolds  pointed  out.!
Gym grades were  omitted,  he
said, as were band and chorus;
but home economics and shop
courses were included, since all
students take one or the other.
Among the honor students
were Sue Washburn, Sandy
Greenfield, Linda Heisermann,
Katy Esch, Jennifer Camburn,
Debbie Tracy, John Scherdt,
Sue Robison, Dan Morton.
Others were Kay Gordon,
Bruce Uphaus, Cheryl Henes, ■
Carol Jedele, Kathey Chambers, i
Gail Mittendorf, Sally Quick,
Janice Coe, Dennis McCormick,
Cindy Martin, Frank Merrill,
Marilyn Struble, Steve Miller,
David King, John Harvey, Alan
Hartman, Kurt Fischer, Phil
Bondie, Leslie Carman, Audrey
Thompson, Karen Weber, and
Janet Englebert.
High School Honor Roll lists
will be completed and announced in the near future, Principal
Elmer Houghton said.
Stalled Woman Driver Finds
Plenty of Good Samaritans Here
By Nancy Ceronsky
What happens when a woman
driver runs out of gas on Saline-
Ann Arbor road at 10:30 p.m.
on a dark and chilly Saturday
night? We found out — the
hard way — that the program
goes about like this:
Our faithful old car suddenly
goes "sput sput spur", and then
comes to a dead stop in the exact center of the road. And
there we sit, feeling slightly
foolish, while 14 cars slow
down and go around us. Drivers
glare.
At last, one kindly soul does
stop, sees our plight, and offers to go into town for gas and
bring it back to us. So there we
sit some more, wondering
whether we would roll into a
ditch if we released the brakes
in order to get off the road.
Pretty soon, "blink, blink,
blink", up. behind us drives a
sheriff patrol car. "Having*
trouble, lady?" (No, we like it
here!) We explain about the
gas and the thoughtful motorist
who has gone to fetch us some.
"Can you get a little further off
the road?" (Yes, we could, with
help.) A slight push from the
sheriff's car propels us into a
safer position, and the patrol
car goes busily on its way.
Another car stops. It contains two teen-agers who inquire anxiously "Having trouble, lady?" We explain again
and thank them for stopping.
On they go. On we sit.
Short moments later—"blink,
blink, blink" behind us again.
This one is a State Police patrol car. "Having trouble,
lady?" (No, we are admiring
the view!) We go through the
whole explanation again. "Can
we check your car registration
and driver's license?"
We leaf through our billfild
for the driver's license, and everything falls out in our lap.
Papers flutter to the floor. The
officer shines his flashlight
through the window into the
back seat. (Oh-ho! Search and
Seizure!)
At last our good Samaritan
returns with a can of gasoline,
which he empties into our tank,
and we go on our way with a
sigh of relief . ; . grateful that
not-one of these kindly people
had said a word—not a word—
about the idiocy of women drivers who run out of gas in the
middle of the night!
(Men who run out of gas always have a good excuse, like:
his wife had the car out last and
didn't tell him she brought it
home dry; or—he was waiting
to get to'a DIFFERENT gas
station where prices are lower;
or—but women aren't so gifted.)