1960-03-02; Saline Reporter

              VOLUME IS, NUMBER 24 — WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1960
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HORNETS TAKE CROWN, WIN 1st DISTRICT TILT
Charter Group
Ponders Timing
Having decided WHAT they
want to do, Saline's charter
study committee will next have
to decide when and how to do it.
The timing - and - procedure
problem came up this week
when it was pointed out that
any major charter revision must
first be approved by the voters
of the city—and no new charter can be written until voters
have elected a Charter Commission.
The study group last week
unanaimously   agreed   that an
'World Day
Of Prayer'
Plans Made
On a theme of "Labourers Together with God'5^ churches
throughout the nation Thursday will join in observance of a
World Day of Prayer, sponsored by the United Church Women of the National Council,
the Church of Christ.
The service, which includes a
dramatization of "Friends A-
cross Frontiers" is scheduled
locally at St, Paul's E. & R.
Church for 8 p.m. Thursday.
Women who will take part in
the dramatization, "in costumes
frornvmany nations, include Mrs.
Harold Brown; Mrs. James Carman, and Mrs. Paul Reed, of the
Federated Church; Mrs. Bliss
Charles, Mrs. James Aurand,
and Mrs. Harold Smith, of the
Methodist Church; and Mrs.
Lloyd Dell, Mrs. Charles Kern,
and Mrs. Milton Hartman, of
St. Paul's Church.
Everyone in the community
is invited to attend the service.
Leonard to be
Candidate for
County Post
Sylvester A. Leonard, 52,
Augusta township supervisor,
today announced his candidacy
on the Republican ticket for the
office of county treasurer.
The present treasurer, William Verner, has not announced!
whether or not he will run for
re-election to the post.
Leonard, who has served as
supervisor from his township
for seven years, was a member
of the Board of Education of
entire new charter -would be
more easily and efficiently written than the lengthy series of
revisions they felt were required.
But Michigan's Home Rule
Act, applicable in this case since
the Saline charter contains no
provision for its own revision,
requires the approval of voters
and the election of a nine-man
Charter Commission to do the
job.
Most of the present study
committee members are ineligible to be members of Isuch a
commission, since the Home
Rule Act specifically eliminates
appointed or elected city officials, and anyone who has resided inside the city less than
three years.
Of the study group, only Allie
Gross, Allie Burkhardt, Erwin
Schmid, Francis Lockwood, and
Glenn Clark would be eligible
candidates for the commission.
The determination as to
whether Saline's charter shall
be replaced or extensively revised can be made either at the
next general election (November) or at a special election. A
second election would be required for voters to approve the
commission's work ... or reject
it.
Thus, the study committee
must determine, at their next
meeting, whether to ask for a
special election to*approve the
writing of a new charter and
elect a commission .-. . or do it
in November ... or simply
place on the regular November
ballot minor revisions which
would probably not require the
full procedure.
A financial consideration is
also involved, committee members pointed out: a special election would cost the city around
$300 City Treasurer E. J. Muir
estimated.
The study group, armed with
sample charters from South-
field and Northville, for comparison with Saline's present
charter, will meet "this week
or next" to tackle the procedure problem, its chairman,
Frank Deede said.
SHS Cagers Trample
Chelsea by 65-46
"Hornets Sting 'Em" urged a gigantic sign at the end of the
Saline gymnasium. Our Hornets did just what the sign said,
"Sting 'em," and now they are celebrating the resounding victory which earned them the Championship of the Washtenaw
Conference.
Nearly 2000 noisy, excited fans jammed into the Saline gym
to witness the title battle between the Hornets and the Chelsea
—: ; Bulldogs,  Friday evening.
TB j^ I I    The  stands were  completely
rim    Utind^^ Pa***"*! minutes before the Var
:e
rim uun<
To Enter
Semi-finals
By Lanny Robbins
With   two   trophies   already
jsity encounter with the arrival
of 600 people in a car caravan
from Chelsea. All expected a
great game, for this was it:
winner take all, loser skid to
second place.
Although Chelsea fans were
disappointed at their team's defeat they can still be proud of
theirs from a holiday tourna-ithe Bulldogs' showing. Both
ment and the Washtenaw Con-|teams were tremendous, but it
ference championship, Saline was undoubtedly the local five
High's Hornets were setting \ wno were the mos*- outstanding.
th|ir sights on a third, the dis-; Within the first few minutes
trict cup, after a solid 57-43 of *-* contest, Jaeger's team
triumph over old court rival took a lead t-*"* *»& never sur*"
Dundee [rendered.    With    machine-like
m     , •     **. j. j       *   .-precision   they   mastered   any-
JCo claim that award, afeat^    ^ the BuU cmM
that a Saune team hasnt ac-: throw ingt ^   ^ Qheh
compkshed  since the  19o3-54 gea go ^^ ^^ ^
squad which went on to the fin-^       r wag wortWess       inst
als of regional competition, the qai-n<i
Hornets will have to overpower
Although,  at Chelsea, Saline
j?*r        ^^"^^-•-*f§&*3-rS>i .    -"^v
Jubilant fans and team carry Coach Don Jaeger off the
floor after Friday's capture of the Conference title.
The title game was nearly as wearing on fans as on the
players.
Editor's Mai I bag
To the Editor:
It is difficult to understand
how a member of the City Council, after having, held that position for only one month, should
feel qualified to pass judgment
on the record of the head of
any important department of
City affairs.
Mr. Strait, a citizen twenty-
four hours a day for the past
thirteen years, is well known to
Mothers  of Saline  Brownies' be   a  responsible   memtter   of
1 and Girl Scouts have planned a j this community, and in the es-
Lincoln Consolidated School in: Birthday party for the Scouts, j timation of the majority of peo-
Augusta     township    for    five,;Crom 4 to 6 p.m. Monday in the pie, I truly believe, has always
Intermediate School gym.          I had the welfare of this city at
Mrs. Herbert Lange is chair- heart. There is no doubt that
man of the event, and Mrs. Rob- ]      	
Girl Scout
Birthday
Party Planned
years; is a member of the
board of directors of Washtenaw county Red Cross, and is
chairman  of  the  zoning  com-;ert Heiserman is in charge of' Three Injured
mittee of the Milan Area Planning Commission.
He is a-member of the coun
the     refreshment     committee. _. 0 -
Miss Sue Wheeler, of Ann Ar-, DlH*mg kllOWStOrm
bor, a senior Scout, will give a      Three people were injured in
ty Farm Bureau, and is treasur-'.talkand show slides taken at=a car-truck collision on US-112
er of Stoney Creek Grange.
the Senior Round-up last sum-j
mer in Colorado.
The party commemorates the
48th anniversary of Girl Scouting in this country.
Dwight Reynolds
Named Rotary Prexy
PLAY SCHOOL SETS
MEMBERSHIP MEET
The annual membership
meeting of Saline Play Center
will be held March 7 at the home
of Mrs. Robert Merchant, 7181
Maple road. With a few openings still available for the fallj Dwight Reynolds has been
session, interested parents are elected president of Rotary club
asked to contact Mrs. Arthur for the 1960 term, and Charles
Moehn at HA 9-7368. jReuell will serve as vice presi-
Boys and girls of the Play' dent.
Center recently toured the Sta-     Other officers for the coming
dium Blvd. Fire "Station in Ann year, announced at Thursday's
Arbor. [meeting   after   the   election   a
week ago, are Leon Vedder, secretary; Robert Estes, treasurer; and Douglas Schuur, ser-
geant-at-arms. Board members
LOCAL JAYCEES
TO PARK CARS
The Saline Jaycees will operate the parking concession at j include Reynolds, Estes, Reuell,
the district basketball tourna?IHoward Johnson, Arthur
ment .on March 1, 3 and 5, it.Moehn, Howard Russ, and retir-
was announced this week. ling president Harold Gray.
west of town during last Thurs-
'day's snow storm.
Driver of the car, Mrs. Lillian
A. Denney, 45, of near Saline,
and two passengers in her car,
Harry Realyea and Naudina
Gashorn, both of Clinton, suffered face and mouth cuts. They
were treated at a doctor's office in Clinton.
Local police said the car driven by Mrs. Denney went out of
control as it headed west on
US-112 and crashed head-on into an eastbound truck operated
by John M. Waloszyk, 47, of
Lincoln Park.
NO KIWANIS MOVffi
The regular Saturday showing
of movies at the Intermediate
School by Kiwanians, has been
cancelled for Saturday, March
5, due to the conflict with the
district basketball tourney. The
movies will resume March 12.
Mr. Strait is well qualified for
the position he holds and has
always performed his duties in
a conscientious, although unassuming, manner. The work accomplished under his direction
will speak for itself.
Personalities-, politics or personal gain should not enter the
subject under discussion.. It is
regrettable that such a problem should exist and become so
publicized. Mr. Strait is now not
the only person under indictment, considering the manner
in which this condition exists.
Saline has been noted for being
a desirable place to make one's
home, and in this period of
growth it will require level
heads in public office to keep
it so.
Mrs. Bessie Carven Collins
Strait Hearing Brings
Wrangle-No Decision
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
REPRESENTATIVE  SPEAKS
John Honeywell, of Ann Arbor, manager of the publications
and research division of the
Michigan Municipal League, was
the speaker Wednesday evening
at a meeting of the Saline Area
Civic Association, at the Elementary School.
Honeywell discussed aspects
of a number of city charters
and the procedures of charter
revision.
At the end of a stormy hour
and a half, a City Council hearing Monday night was adjourned
without any decision as to
whether or not DPW superintendent Mike Strait would keep
his job.
Early in the meeting, Councilman Orren Corl requested
that his motion to remove Strait
be taken from the table and dismissed.
Strait, who resigned a week
ago after Corl*s motion was
unanimously tabled by the
Council, answered half a dozen
complaints from Corl and Mayor Frank Deede Monday, including Corl's charge that "he
has let his authority as boss
of his department gradually slip
away."
Said Strait: "Last May, control of the men and direct supervision was removed from my
authority."
Said J. C. Little: "Now he's
getting blamed for not controlling the situation."
Said Deede: "In all departments, you have your ups and
downs. There was no harm
meant to Mike—his salary was
not cut; we tried a new system
PREDMORES HONORED
Approximately 18 officers of
the Order of the Eastern Star
surprised Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Predmore with a potluck supper and house-warming party at
their home Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Predmore are Patron and Matron of the organisation.
ROOM MOTHERS
MEETING CANCELLED
I The March meeting of the
High School Room Mothers has
I been   cancelled,   due  to   other
.school activities, but each present room mother is asked to
send the "name of her replace-
, ment to Grace Stierle before the
April meeting.
last year and it worked out very
well. Mike was still the boss."
Little: "Prior to that time,
Mike, was your authority bypassed?"
Jack Bennett: "Section 13 of
the charter will show that it
couldn't be. Only the people of
the city can do that—and only
by amendment." (Later in the
meeting, Ed Hering spoke from
the audience to ask that section
13 be read aloud.)
Robert Stevens spoke to Corl
from the audience: "I work in
construction. I want to know
why suddenly this man is not
capable of handling four men,
after eight years here. You took
office the first of the year and
by Feb. 29 you made the decision that he is not capable of
doing his job?"
Corl: "I intended to find out
. . . is he superintendent or not?
If he is, then why has he been
by-passed and had to give orders through the city clerk's
desk? When I made my motion,
what I should have said was to
ask that Mike Strait come up to
have his job reviewed."
On the system by which Strait
was instructed to give orders
to men under him by leaving a
work order with the city clerk,
Henry Leutheuser said: "Last
year was a trying year. There
was much work to be done and
Mike could not be here, there,
and everywhere. One man cannot he in three places."
Said Stevens: "Why do you
want to get rid of a man just
because he couldn't be every-
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the mighty U-High Cubs, »«">»'had not played well, it was the
few weeks back posted an 86-62 opposite tWs time A chelsea
decision over them, and on Sat- !player wouM try to block a Sa_
urday night defeat the winner linian>s shotj • fail, and foul in
of the Roosevelt-Wajne St. Mar ^ attempt The Hornets would
ry game. | come back on defense and ei&-
Saline's     championship    five er steal ^ ball before the op_
had a rough time chalking up ponents could get a shot awaV(
their-victory over the Dundee Qr gQ swarm over the shooter
fe$kj8g§- •% J-^ al;|¥ J^d -that, when he did get a chance,
l^ttfe*-** -#£ second^liairthe ^ try-wouldie off and the re-
'-Hornets had been behind 34-32, -^^ would go to some eager
and had trailed by as much -as gahnian;       • ,
five points in the opening stan-j In ^ past few gameSj the
za and by up to four in the sec- Hornets had laeked me p^sh
ond eight minutes. .     ' and poise that carried them to
Bixby and LaRue played big nrst place in the standings. They
parts in Saline's sudden rally = had two close calls in wins over
in the last minute of the third Manchester and Roosevelt, and
period. La Rue tied the score had heen upset by Tj.High. They
on a jump shot from the left hadn.t really been at fb^p top
side. Bixby, fouled on a jump since ^g away game ^^ Man.
ball, swished his freethrow to chester, early in the season,
send the Hornets ahead 35-34. But ^ ^gjj. past mjStakes and
In the next seconds LaRue a- ghort commgs were forgotten
gain hit on the jump shot" and in the j-^ of this outstanding
Bixby added a second charity performance,
toss. Bixby then intercepted aj    MteT a ^.ries of jump-jjaUs
Saline chalked up the first score
on Jim Fuhrman's freethrow
during the first minute of play.
Chelsea then began pressing
and within a minute had taken
a 4-1 lead on buckets by Alton
Nixon and Matt Murphy. But
the Hornets let them move no
farther than that. Karr, fouled
by Murphy at the 5:09 mark,
sank a charity toss; and Mike
Bixby, in an aggressive move,
stole the ball before Chelsea got
to the ten second line, and went
in for the dog shot With 4:38
left in the first period Jim Fuhrman sent the Hornets ahead
6-4 on a layup and 13 seconds
later made it 7-4 on a foul toss.
In rapid succession Bixby and
Jordan each swished long shots,
and Karr meshed another free
throw before Chelsea scored on
a charity shot Both sides traded baskets for the last three
minutes of the first quarter with
Saline staying ahead 19-11.
Chelsea rallied during the
second quarter and, with under
three minutes left, nudged to
within three points, 25-22, on a
basket and freethrows by Dal-
ice Ferris. Reasserting authority, Saline regained a safer margin on Bixby's bucket and Jordan's basket and two free-
throws.
With a 33-22 lead just before
the half, Saline's fans suddenly
had cause to worry. - One second remained until the intermission when Jim Fuhrman
(•ommitted his fifth foul on a
rebound attempt Chelsea's
Cameron made both tries -to
narrow-it>b 33^24;
But the loss of a star player
hardly slowed the Hornets as
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pass and passed to Jordan for
a basket on the fast break. Bixby was fouled again and gained
another point. In a short flurry
at the last minute of the period
Dundee narrowed the gap to
43-39.
The Hornets were plagued by
misfortune during the first part
of the final stanza. Forward
Jim Fuhrman fouled twice within one minute to reach the exit
count of five. Another foul, on
LaRue, and a technical called
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JVs Close
Season with
13-1 Record
Saline's Junior Varsity ended
their court competition Friday
evening with a 50-39 victory over Chelsea. The Victory gave
them an overall record of 13
wins to one loss.
The Little Hornets were tied
12-12 at the end of the first period and trailed 20-18 at half-
time. But in the third period
they outscored their opponents
17-6 and never trailed after
that.
High scorer for the local
quintet was Jerry McDonald
with 17; center Ed Strait meshed 15 points to bring his season
total to 209. Other Salinians in
the scoring column Were Brian
LaRue with six, Jim Bernard
with- five, Gary Neithammer
with four, Mike Frey with two,
and Dave Seegar with one.
Tops for Chelsea was Cattail's 11.