1960-02-17; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 13, NUMBER 22 — WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1960
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R COUNCIL OUSTE
Police and School
Warn of Molester
Saline police and school authorities this week issued an
urgent warning to local parents concerning a man "about
30 years old" who has several
times attempted to lure school
children to his car.
Most of the unknown man's
activities have centered around
the Intermediate school on
north Ann Arbor street, when
he has offered rides to several
children, ranging from 10 to 12
years old.
One of the youngsters approached was a little girl walking home alone after she had
served on "safety patrol." The
man is known also to have addressed a second girl and—on
a separate occasion—two small
boys. His most recent appearance was on Friday afternoon.
The children's descriptions of
his car vary from "cream-eoT-
ored" to "yellow", ahd their age
estimate was "hazy" police said,
since all of them fled without
taking a close look at the
stranger.
Parents here are urged to
warn their children to stay together in groups; not to approach any strangers; not to
speak with strangers or accept
rides from them.
Parents are also asked to
watch for such a car, follow it
Jong enough to obtain a license
■J-unnber or description, .and .instantly contact police or any
authority.
Children who are approached
or spoken to by strangers are
instructed by both school officials and police to run immediately to the nearest house and
"run right inside without stop-
f     ping to knock."
7th GRADE MOTHERS
PLAN PARENTS' NIGHT
Seventh grade Room Mothers have scheduled a "Parents'
Night" meeting and panel discussion on the "academic and
social adjustments" of seventh
grade students, at 7:30 p.m.,
Monday at the Intermediate
School.
All parents of seventh-graders are urged to attend the conclave, of which Mrs. Thomas
King is chairman. Coffee will be
served.
MARCH OF DIMES
TOTAL STILL RISING
Saline's March of Dimes fund
had risen to $2781.81, Mrs. Everett Wolfin, chairman, announced this week, with the receipt
of a check for $50 from a Salirte
organization, and a final contribution of $3.80 from the Elementary School.
Michigan's wintering population of ducks is the lowest since
1950
Pin Tourney
To Draw
1450 Bowlers
A ceremony in which the
Mayor of Saline and the Village
.President of Milan roll the first
balls will open the Ann Arbor
Bowling association tourney
here on March 12.
The event will draw 1450 contestants from the area, as far
away as Howell, to bowl with
the 290 teams entered, according to Jack Bennett, tournament
committee chairman-. *    -"-*■■    •?
Mayor Frank Deede, and Village President Oscar Berkley,
of Milan, will bowl simultaneously in the ceremony, open to
the public, at 3:45 p.m. on the
opening day; and the tournament proper will begin at 4 p.m.
It will run on Saturdays and
Sundays through March and
April until each of the participating teams has bowled once.
Seventeen Saline teams have
entered the roster.
A dinner for tournament officials will follow the opening
ceremony. Among those present will be Mayor Deede and
President Berkley, as guests;
Don Laubengayer of Ann Arbor, president of the association; four vice presidents of the
organization; and secretary and
tournament manager Ernest
Dieterle,  of Ann Arbor.
HOME WAS NEVER LDXE THIS! Neither was Doug Schuur, the last time we saw
him; and Saline Volunteer Fire department
certainly never wore uniforms like those on
Carol Losee (left) and Dolly Kempf (far
right). Only Paula Stralnic and Jean Taylor
look pretty much like their normal, cheery
selves as the group gets together to try on
costumes (including those shoes Doug's holding) for the BPW production "Running
Wild." See story on this page.
—Reporter Staff Photo
'Sudden Death* Overtime Win
Keeps Hornets in Title Chase
by Lanny Robbins
A sudden upset, and a sudden
victory during the past week
first threw rocks in the Hornets' championship trail, and
then nudged "the boulders aside.
Friday evening they took an
86-62 trip-up from the U-High
Cubs, but last night they ire-
deemed themselves with probably one of their most exciting,
if not greatest, games of the
season.
Manchester with three defeats was going into the contest to attempt to grab a chance
at a tie for the Conference
championship. Saline, with two
losses, was desperately trying
to hang on to their narrow half-
game lead over the pack. Both
'Running Wild1 Cast Set
For Friday Opening Show
White, Suzy Haeussler; Queen,
Janet Diuble; Prince Charming, David Douthat; and the
Dwarfs, Kay Butler, - Peggy
Webster, George Cogar, Brad
Brackney, David Grossman and
Sarah Jane Christner,
Members of the chorus are:
Newsboys and Sailorettes, Mer-
rilie Harvey, Lois Sutton, Jean
Sawyers, Louise Anderson, San-
The curtain will rise at 8:13
p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings, Feb. 19 and 20, on "Running Wild", the hilariously funny musical show featuring all
local talent.
The presentation, which is
being sponsored by the Saline
Business and Professional Women's club" for the benefit of a
scholarship fund, is a fast moving comedy involving small j die Brown, Beverly Brown, and
town politics and mistaken iden- Jeanne Swope; Cute Cops, Shir-
tity. j ley Sheehan, Wendy Wild, Joyce
In the male lead is Douglas Reid, Jan Neilson, Babs Schmid
Schuur, who as Chuck Cham- and Lydia Robinson; Charming
berlain clowns his way through j Firemen, Karen Lehtonen, Ab-
a series of situations disguised j bie Young, Shirley Sheehan,
as a woman. Playing opposite Catherine Monroe, Joyce Reid,
him is Paula Stralnic portray- j Diane Smith, Jan Neilson, Dolly
ing his fiancee, Shirley Brooks. Kempf, Wendy Wild and Carol
Others   in   the   cast   include Losee.
Jack Graf as Doc Lewis, who'    The  McGinnis  Mob   includes
during the course of the play Stanley Poet, Jim Jordan, Bob
~~Mmpersonat.es   a  French   maid;,Feldkamp, Jim Fuhrman, and
■—uMerritt Martin as Will I. Profitt, ] Roy Wiebusch. In the Women's
the  town's   bombastic   banker; Group are Edna Robbins, Rose
Neil Lindemann as Spider Mc-jFarrell, Lillian Peterson, Lorena
Ginnis, a local gangster; Faye Liston,    Jane    Graban,    Jessie
Bergey as Geraldine Van Dyne, Deede, Donna Bennett and Bet-
a  wealthy widow;   and  Betty ty Thomr-son.
Thompson    as    Matilda,     her,    "Running Wild" will be pre-
French maid. I sented in the Little Theatre at
Jean Taylor portrays Herthaj the new high school. Tickets are
•jm, Higgenbottom;   Edwin  Schmid available   from   Business   and
as Shadow, a hoodlum;  Piano Professional     Women's      club
Player,    Lynn    Gates;     Snow \ members.
Club Plans
Style Show,
Card Party
- Members of the Saline Woman's Club, at their February
meeting, approved a plan to give
a $100 scholarship to a deserving Saline High School senior.
The group also planned a card-
party and style show to raise
funds "for the scholarship.
The scholarship, to be used
for college next fall, will be presented at the annual spring A-
wards Night at the school, to a
student - selected by the high
school faculty.
Arrangements for the card-
party and style show are in the
hands of the club's Ways and
Means committee: Mrs. Ed
Warner, Mrs. Leo Jensen, Mrs.
Rudolph Hertler and Mrs. Edwin Schenk. The event is scheduled for early this spring at the
high school. Clothes to be modeled at the style show will be
supplied by Anderson's department store.
Mrs. Leo Jensen was hostess
at the recent meeting; and Mrs.
Arthur O'Neill, chairman of the
Education department, introduced the speaker, attorney Allan
Grossman, whose subject was
"Wills and Finance for Women".
The annual meeting will be
held March 8 at the home of
Mrs. Harold Gray. The nominating committee appointed
were Mrs. Robert Starling, Mrs.
Edwin Hering and Mrs. Everett
Wolfin.
teams were really up, but contrary to what happened against
U-High, Saline was the hotter,
and finally managed a 54-53 victory in the second and sudden-
death "overtime. * - * . ' *'
Saline had jumped off to an
early 8-4 lead in the opening
period, but Manchester battled
buzzer. The Hornets then took
back to a 15-14 lead at the
over and were back at a 20-20
tie when Karr tipped in one
with about four minutes remaining before halftime. Free-
throws by Karr and LaRue put
Saline ahead 25-21.
Then in the final seconds of
the second period LaRue scored
on a rebound shot and a tip-in
and Volz made a dog shot to
give the local quintet a 31-23
lead.
The Dutchmen came roaring
hack in the third quarter, out-
scoring the Salinians 16-7 to go
ahead 39-"38. Even though the
Hornets kept trying, they still
trailed by an almost impossible
46-41 margin with 1:22 left. At
jthat moment John LaRue was
fouled by Higgins. LaRue sunk
j the first, but the second was off
land ended in a jumpball. Karr
Total number of books used
this year in the U-M Under-
i graduate library was 616,534.
Senior Named
Finalist After
Merit Tests
A senior at Saline high school
has been named finalist in the
1959-60 competition of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation Program and has been
awarded certificates of merit,
according to Principal Elmer
Houghton.
Robert Todd, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Todd of 1967
Mooreville road, has received
the certificate which attests to
his high academic performance.
Todd distinguished' himself
by high scores on two college
aptitude tests used in the National Merit Scholarship competition. About six-tenths of one
per cent of the seniors in each
state received the awards. A national total of 10,000 students
were honored.
Over 550,000 students were
tested in the 1959-60 National
Merit Scholarship competition
which began last April. The test
results have pared the competitors down to the 10,000 finalists
from which the Merit Scholars
will be selected and announced
this spring.
snatched  the  tip  and  fired  in
two points.
With just a minute remaining
the local fans groaned when
J3jxby fouled Higgens. Both
tosses were good. Mike" redeemed himself seconds later. on a
set shot from near the foul line.
Twenty seconds were left when
the officials' whistles signalled
another jump ball. This time it
again went to Saline and with
eight seconds left Fuhrman tied
up the contest 48-48.
Both crowds were screaming i
frantically as the three minute)
overtime began. At the mid-way,
point LaRue did the first scor-.j
ing by firing up a two-pointer
from under the basket. Paul
Reinhart then stole the ball]
from a Salinian and dribbled j
the full length of the court for'
a basket. I
With thirty seconds left, Ron
Walters banged in a shot from'
the side. At :21 showing on the _
clock John LaRue kept Saline'
in the contest with a pair of
free throws. And there was the
score on the board at the end;
of the first overtime, 52-52.
In   the   second,   and   sudden
death,   overtime   the   jumpball
went to Manchester. The Dutchmen played cautiously, looking
for an opening, afraid to lose
the ball. Finally they got their!
break. Ken Volz bumped Pniew- j
ski. The first freethrow sailed,
through the netting.  The second bounded off. |
Saline got the ball and
brought it upcourt. After working it around for a few seconds,
Bixby fed the ball to Fuhrman.
Fuhrman, standing a good 30
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Thieves Break
Entry Into
Two Stores
Local police and sheriff's detectives today are checking
fingerprints left by at least one
of several men who forced entries into the Saline Country
Market and Westside Hardware
stores just after midnight Saturday and escaped with loot
valued at over $600.
The thieves narrowly escaped capture when their activities
at the grocery store were interrupted by Saline police making
their regular rounds.
Police officers Dick Cole and
Jim Levleit found a side door
at the Country Market open at
about 12:20 a.m. Sunday as
they made their second security
check of the night (an earlier
check had been made at 11 p.m.
Saturday). When they entered
the store, they heard at least
one person inside, who fled
through the back door, knocking over a stack of groceries in
his haste. The officers also
heard a car drive away.
Investigation showed that entry had been gained through
the jimmied side door, and that
the adjoining hardware store
had also been entered through
a back window.
Stolen articles included a
quantity of tools and about $7
in cash from the hardware store,
and a wide assortment of clothing and 53 cartons of cigarettes
from the grocery. The thieves
were "selective", police said . . .
they took 184 pairs of women's
hose but only sizes 9 and 9%;
40 pairs of women's slacks in
sizes 12 and 16; 68 pairs of
boys' stretch socks, and numerous other items.
Ann Arbor Dump
Site Available
To Salinians
Tickets are available at City
Hall for city of Saline residents
who wish to make use of Ann
Arbor's sanitary land fill site
for disposal of rubbish, City
Clerk E. J. Muir announced today. The approval of use by Saline residents was given by Ann
Arbor City Council last week.
1 cu. yd. or less     $0.40 (min.)
1 cu. yd. to 2 cu. yd.
.80 per load
2 cu. yd. to 4 cu. yd.
1.20 per load
4 cu. yd. to 8 cu. yd
2.50 per load
8 cu. yd. to 13 ca. yd. '
4.00 per load
Over 12 cu. yd. 6.00 per load
(1 cu. yd. equals 8 25 gal. containers).
GS Chairmen
Named for
Cookie Sale
Troop chairmen for the annual Girl Scout Cookie Sale
were announced this week, as
the sale got under way. Seven
Saline troops are participating
in the sale, sponsored by the
Huron Valley Girl Scout Council to raise funds for camping.
- Chairmen for the three
Brownie troops are Mrs. Herbert Lange, troop 331; Mrs. El-
win Strait, troop 241; and Mrs.
William Brink, troop 186. Girl
Scout troops are under the
chairmanship of Mrs. Bliss
Charles, troop 277; Mrs. John
LaRue, troop 282; Mrs. Hugh
Austin, troop 128; and Mrs.
Lawrence Tucker, troop 279.
Mrs. Gordon Esch is general
chairman of the sale.
The Scouts began taking orders here Saturday for the
three types of cookies featured:
creme sandwiches, vanilla thins,
and mints. Deliveries will be
made between March 22 and 26.
Two Names Added
To Charter Group
City Council has added two
names — Alwin Burkhardt and
Erwin Schmid — to the roster
of the Charter Study committee which will hold its first conclave Monday at the City Hall.
Other members of the group,
who intend to make a complete
study of Saline's present charter with a view to possible revision, include City Council
members, City Attorney Allan
Grossman, Saline area Civic association members George Johnson and Glenn Clark, and Allie
Gross, Francis Lockwood, arid
Albert Lange.
Corl Wants DPW
Head 'Removed1
City employee Elwin (Mike)
Strait presented his resignation
early Tuesday morning after a
Council effort to oust him, without a hearing, from his job as
superintendent of the Department of Public Works.
The motion that Strait be replaced came from Councilman
Orren Corl, city street commissioner, at the end of a lengthy
Council meeting Monday evening, on the grounds that he
Saline FFA
Team Wins
District Meet
A Saline FFA Demonstration
Team won first place in district'
competition last Wednesday
night at Chelsea High School,
with a demonstration on soil
erosion. The team, advised by
high school agriculture instructor Alton Ealy, included Neil
Bohnett, Bob Condit, and Bob
Yuhasz.
Second place in the district
speech contest went to Bill
Schnettenhelm, of the Saline
chapter, for a speech on vertical integration (the process of
combining various phases of
the farming business); and a
Saline Farm Forum team came
in third with a discussion of the
topic": "What shouia^-kil'-FFA
chapter do to activate a good
leadership  program?"
Members of the Farm Forum
team included Terry Wild, Bob
Weisenreder, Earl Graden, Le-
Roy Milkey, Gary Lambarth,
Manley Robison, and Jim Marion. J
The Demonstration Team will
compete in a regional contest
at Blissfield,- on Wednesday,
Feb. 24.
TWO BUILDING
PERMITS ISSUED
City   Council  Monday  night
issued    building    permits    to:i
Frank Deede,  of 125 Pleasant,
Ridge,  for  carport,  $750;   and'
the Shell Service station at 199
W. Michigan, to extend the west
wall of their building six feet,
$5,900. !
was "dissatisfied" with Strait's
work.
On a motion from Councilman Jack Bennett, seconded by
J. C. Little, Corl's motion was
tabled until the next meeting.
Strait said today he presented his resignation, effective
Mai*eh 1, as soon as he learned
of the Council action, because
"I'm thoroughly disgusted, since
none of the present Council has
said a word of criticism to me
about my work."
Strait added, "The street
commissioner (Corl) has never
spoken to me at all about the
job, though I have made several
opportunities- for such a conversation. Also, I went in to see
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the mayor the other day, and
he wouldn't even talk to me.
Didn't even say hello."
Nevertheless, Strait said he
knew the ouster move was coming. "It's been talked about
downtown in restaurants and
bars," he said. "Eventually it
got back to me."
Strait had presented a previous resignation last spring,
which Council did not-accept.
"I haven't heard any criticism
of my work either before or after that," he said.
Corl said he made the motion
to remove Strait partly as an
economy effort: "Last summer
he was put on as acting city engineer, and I don't believe Saline is big enough to afford a
city engineer. But he still held
"the title bf 'superintendent of
the DPW and I asked that he be
removed so we could hire another one."
"I didn't intend he should be
out entirely," Corl added. "I believe he should be put to work
under another man."
Bennett said he moved to table the suggestion until the situation could be investigated.
"If he wasn't doing his work
properly, he should have been
brought-in and told about it,"
Bennett said. "Not once since
I've been there has he been
called in for discussion. He
wasn't there to defend himself,
and I didn't think it was right."
"This type of procedure could
lead to all sorts of trouble,"
Bennett said. "I was under the
impression when we started this
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Two Full-Dress Band
Concerts Scheduled
Two major band concerts are
scheduled this week in the auditorium of the new high school.
On Sunday afternoon the University of Michigan Youth
Band, under the direction of
Arthur Katterjohn, will present
its first concert of this season.
Sponsored by the University
Extension service, the group is
comprised of high school students from Saline, Chelsea^ Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, as well as
from such distant cities as Adrian, Wayne, Highland Park,
and Davison. Approximately 65
students will be performing
during the concert.
Featured on the program will
be Pat Reed, who will play an
alto saxophone solo, "Introduction and Samba," by Whitney.
Also on the program "will be
some classical music, including
"Seigfried's-Rhine Journey" —
Wagner; and many contemporary band pieces. Marches and
modern music will round out
the program.
Saline students participating
in the Youth Band are: Marilyn
Vedder, Dave Myers, Bev
Brown, Katrene Gall, Jim Bernard, Louise Anderson^ and
Joyce Ehnis.' .
Wednesday evening, Feb. 24,
will mark the first lull-scale ap
pearance of the Saline High
School Concert Band this year.
The 70-piece band will present
a full length concert in the new
auditorium starting at 8 p.m.
There will be no admission
charge, and everyone is encouraged to attend.
Featured on the program will
be two current favorite pieces
by the American composer, Le-
roy Anderson: "Bugler's Holiday," and "Holiday for Trombones." Also on t h e program
will be "Selections from South
Pacific" with music from the
popular film and musical.
On the more serious side, music by Bach, Strauss, and the
English composer Hoist will be
featured. The music chosen for
the District Band Festival next
month will also be played. A
special feature of the concert
will be the sight-reading of a
brand-new piece of music —-
never before seen by these band
members.
Persons who have tape recorders are encouraged to bring
them and try out the acoustics
of the new auditorium,. .
In other band activities, approximately   300   parents   and
students recently attended the
annual solo and ensemble pro-
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