1960-06-01; Saline Reporter

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VOLUME 13, NUMBER 37—WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, I960
Farm Council
Barbeque Set
For June 19'
"First With All the Local News'
The annual Washtenaw coun-]
ty Chicken Barbecue, sponsored
by the Farm Council, will be
held June 19 according to Albert Ruhlig of Dexter. The event attracts over 4,000 people
each year.
The barbecuing of the tons
of chicken over charcoal, fires,
under the direction of Michigan State university Poultry
specialist Floyd Hicks, is a
sight many people wouldn't
miss.
The event is sponsored by
Washtenaw Farm Council, the
governing body of the Activities center located on Saline-
Ann Arbor Road; the barbecue
will be held at the Center. Farm
organizations throughout the
county will cooperate with the
council in organizing the main
committees.
General chairmen of the event
are Mrs. Erwin Frederick, of
Ann Arbor, and Mrs. Simon
Girbach of Saline.
All proceeds of the barbecue
are used to maintain and make
added improvements at the
Center.
Frank Haggard, of Dexter,
and Armin Haussler, of Saline,
are co-chairmen of the finance
committee. They have established ticket chairmen in each
township and in the cities.
Tickets for the southern section of the county are available from Willis Hassett in
Manchester township; Allen Alber, Sharon township; Andrew
Luckhardt, Freedom; Mrs. Lawrence Boettner, Bridgewater;
Raymond Girbach, Saline and
York; Erwin Frederick, Lodi
and Pittsfield; Bert. Ahmrein,
Augusta; and from all 4-H
group leaders.
Chased by Dog,
list Hits Car
NEW   FLAG   DEDICATED
AT   ELEMENTARY   SCHOOL
A new 50-star flag, presented
by the American Legion Auxiliary, was dedicated Friday afternoon at the Elementary
School, in a general assembly
in the parking area.
Mrs. Ray Hunt presented the
flag for the Auxiliary, to Marjie
Quick, fourth grader, and president of the Elementary School
student council. Fourth-grader
Ronnie Feeman, captain of the
safety patrol, raised the flag
and led the group in the Salute;
and the Rev. Robert Richards
led the singing of "America the
Beautiful"   and   "America."
Injured Man
Gets Plowing,
Fitting Bee
Neighbors of Carlos Becking-
ton, of 470 Bemis road, gave a
plowing and fitting bee on Memorial Day—though Becking-
ton wasn't there to watch. He
was a patient at Saline Community hospital, recovering from
injuries he received Thursday
when an emory wheel shattered
in his face.
Beckington, 52, had more
than 80 stitches taken in his
face and head after the emory
wheel he was using to sharpen
a plow cracked and flew into
pieces, throwing the razor-sharp
pieces upward to give the farmer dozens of cuts about the
face. Beckington managed to
telephone his wife, to send aid.
He was reported "coming
along very well" today at Saline hospital.
1904   Graduates
Hold  Reunion
Hoover Earnings
Highest So Far
NO ABSENTEE BALLOTS
FOR SCHOOL ELECTION
Absentee ballots are not permitted in school elections in
fourth class, non-registration
school districts such as Saline
area, Leo Jensen, superintendent of schools, pointed out this
week. A large number of persons have called the school in
inquire about absentee voting,
he said.
The election, to fill four Board _ ,. ... T. T „ ,„.. _,,
of Education vacancies, will be *?** off*ff Jim Levleit **£
held at the Intermediate School ro^ ff*f m^ OT dJ£*
in Saline, on Monday, June 13. early  Saturday  mornm?  when
Speeder  Tries  to
Kun Down Officer
PARADE (definition, local): any group of
persons who march down the street behind
the American Legion Color Guard. The faces
may change from time to time, hut the Color
Guard is the first necessity in any parade,
to set the pace, personify all soldiers of any
era, and indicate that this is a SPECIAL
occasion. Above: Ted Graban, parade mar-
shall; Lloyd Bell, Ralph Uphaus, Milton
Finkbeiner, and Ben Uphaus, in the Memorial Day ceremony.
The polls open at 10 a.m.
Three Escape
Death When
Car Hits Tree
Three young men narrowly
escaped death when their car
was completely demolished early Sunday morning in a crash
on Saline-Ann Arbor road.
Treated at St. Joseph Mercy
hospital for cuts and gashes,
Kenneth and Lewis Gilbert, of
near Saline, and their cousin
Billy Cook, of Rothbury, were
released shortly after the smash
in which their automobile went
out of control while passing another car at about 70 miles an
hour, and struck a tree and
then a telephone pole.
The young men, who had just
left a dance in Pittsfield township, were  driving  south near
early Saturday morning when
the driver of a speeding car
made a determined effort to run
Levleit down.
The  officer,  who  was  afoot,
was checking doors of business
establishments  on East Michigan  avenue.   He   said he   saw
the red and white car coming
at an estimated 70 miles an hour
through  the  business   district,
and stepped off the curb to wave
the driver to a halt. Instead of
stopping, the driver headed his
vehicle straight toward Levleit
and kept coming. He roared past
as   Levleit   scrambled   for   the
curb. The officer was unable to
get the car's license number.
Two Saline
Residents Get
Citizenship
All Around Saline
Cycli
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Frazee's
daughter, Mrs. Dan Danton, and
three grandchildren left Sunday evening to return to their
home,- in Coconut .Grove, Fla.,
after spending the last three
weeks at the Frazee home on
Willis Rd. Mr. Danton accompanied his wife and children during the first ten days of their
visit here. While he was here
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in Chelsea on Sunday. Follow- West Chicago, IU., visiting Mrs ^ owner of the car
L the service, the Kerns were I Rieckhoff's mother, Mrs. Joseph 1^ a passenger at the time,
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Two Saline residents were
ship, were driving south near among 47 persons - one of the
Weber road when the accident largest groups ever to become
occurred. Lewis, 21, the driver, naturalized citizens in Washte-
suffered gashes on the face and naw county ~ who were sworn
legs, and was given first aid by in this week by Circuit Judge
police officer Jim Levleit of the James   R.    Breakey,   Jr.,   as
Saline force. His brother, Ken- American citizens. -RFCFPTlo*v   PT iTiwi,
-      The local two were Mrs. John Kl^EPTION   PLANNED
Hoover Ball and Bearing
Company net sales, and earnings before taxes on income
for the nine months ended April
30, 1960, were the highest for
any similar nine months period in the company's history,
the company announced today.
But the increase in federal
income taxes kept net earnings
down to within 2% of last
year's.
Compared with the same nine
months of last year, sales actually   increased 20%   to
$24,894,139,   and   earnings   before federal taxes on income increased 28% to $2,432,252, the
company revealed. The increases, however, were just a little
more than sufficient to  offset
the 65% increase in federal income  tax,  which  last  year
amounted to 40%   of earnings
and this year took a full 52%.
As a result, net income for
the   nine   months   just   ended
amounted to $1,167,252, or
$1.06  per  share,  as  compared
with net income of $1,136,714,
or $1.04 per share in the same
nine months of 1959.
Results of operations for the
three-month period just ended,
and "the reduced level of business" have made it necessary
to "abandon earlier hopes for
increased per share earnings
for the full fiscal year ending
July 31, 1960, according to
Clifford Simmons, chairman of
the board.
A reunion of the Saline High
School Class of 1904 was held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Max Fosdick, 303 E. Michigan
Ave.,   on  Memorial Day.   T-1*3* the entire family spent several
Fosdicks entertained the group       g Qn ^ Platte River near
Steven Ormsby, 12, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Ormsby of Spring
street, suffered a broken nose
Sunday when he rode his bicycle into a parked car while
he was being chased by a dog.
Young Ormsby was taken to
at dinner.
Members of the class- present
included Mr. Fosdick; Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Townsend of Delaware,
Ohio; Miss Zoa Nichols of Detroit; and Mrs. Besie Collins of
Saline. The only member absent
days on the Platte River near
Honor, Mich., trout fishing.
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Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Predmore
visited   friends   in   Kalamazoo
Sunday and Monday.
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Young UrmsDy was uuusii iu daum- _«, .	
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital where was Mrs. Edna Craig who now
lengthy surgery was required to makes her home in California,
set the broken nose. He expects The reunion is an annual Me-
to be released this week. morial Day get-together.
guests at a family dinner given I
in Susan's honor by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Schroen,   at   their  home  near
Chelsea.
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The "Mike'-' Straits spent Sat-
iurday and Sunday visiting rela-
|-tives in and around Vermont-
ville.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beaudry
of E. Michigan Ave. visited his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. G.
Beaudry, at their home in Kinross, Mich., over the Memorial
Day weekend.
Miller, and family.
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Mr. and Mrs. Donald Martin
and children, of 109 Russell St.,
visited his parents in Bellevue,
Ohio, over the weekend.
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Visiting relatives in Chelsea
on Sunday afternoon were Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Wackenhut
and their three small daughters.
and a passenger at the time
received a long gash on the
face, and young Cook, 16, suffered bruises.
All three were riding in the
front seat of the vehicle. No one
in the back seat could possibly
have survived the crash, police
said. The three were released
from the hospital about 5 a.m.,
about four hours after the accident.
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Steeb, of 257 Lawson, who came
to this country from England;
and Mrs. Josina B. Zylstra, who
came from the Netherlands.
Mrs. Luella M. Smith, County Clerk, administered the oath
of allegiance to the group; and
Judge Breakey spoke. They
were treated to lunch in the
County Building by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Immediately after the Baccalaureate Service at the High
School on the evening of Sunday, June 5, the Ladies Aid society of Federated' Church will
be hostesses in the Church parlors at a reception in honor of
the graduates from the Federated Church school and congregation.   .    .
';Mrs.   Arthuj*-"*Jacob*son   will
serve as general chairman.
Mr.  and Mrs. Donald Rapp,
of Macon Rd., were in Albion
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New Neighbors: ,  f Sa|inc t0 Jllligle
Lavastidas Commute tfomaa^ ^
"Someday," threatens Elmer be built this summer. The old of acres near the city limits on
Houghton,, "I'm going to invite building will be used for stor- which to place their church. No
in a team of psychiatrists to -,„* plans have been drawn as yet,
find out what there .is  about "   * —■-
, this one bathroom that arouses
the ire of the students." All the
other bathrooms in the High
School survive nicely with almost no thoughtless damage,
but in this particular one, somebody has:
Removed  the  partitions,  removed all the metal hardware,
emptied the soap dispenser,
wrenched bolted paper holders
from the metal wall; bounced
golf balls off the floor so hard
they   dented  the   ceiling;   and
set fire to the paper toweling.
And last week, somebody drop-
^ ped a firecracker into the toilet
bowl and blew it to bits. Maybe
it's painted the wrong color, or
something.
The  dynamiter  was  caught,
by the way, and is paying for
that damage.
Mr.   and  Mrs.  Charles  Kern
attended   the   confirmation   of       ^ _   ..___
their     granddaughter,     Susan }la_t weekend attending a three'
Schroen,  at St. Paul's Church day   convention   of   Jehovah's
I Witnesses held at the Armory.
They were among the overflow
crowd of 1668 who heard witness speaker, Peter D'Mura talk
on "Finding Peace in This Troubled World."
Aubert and Elena Lavastida, her husband on^^ ^ £.   Gaitan's   daughter   Elena,
moved   to   Saline   because,   as j mgtnpa On Febru arylO whom he hired to handlejhe
Elena says, "it's a quiet, peace- their two children ^       ^
,« MS?" ^ -nt^ ii[£ P-ts in
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you into thinking the Lavastid-      It  wa? in-Bog. fr
as don't like a little adventure Lavartto « T^ Ro.
sprinkled in their life from time da.who If^ to pos< ™
to time, m fact, on March 11 mance   Lajguag^   Depa
Lavastida left for Siam, "Laos, ot ^^^ pgro.
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Demolition and Construction
department:   work  on   tearing
down the old house adjacent to
St. Paul's Church began Tuesday, to make way for the new
wing. Present plans call for beginning construction on the new
church wing about July 1. Elsewhere in town, they're pouring
basemfents   this   week   on  the
first houses in Rolling Meadows
by the High School. Curb and
gutter are already in, for the
first streets. And—last but riot
least-Mike Strait is busy drafting plans for a new rest room
age.
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As always, Salinians put on
a   fine  Memorial  Day   parade.
But we couldn't help noticing
one   thing:   Legionnaires   and
Auxiliary members march and
the bands march, but after they
pass,  everybody else just sort
of strolls. There were about six
Girl Scouts marching smartly,
though, and one little Brownie
with  her   chest   out   and   her
shoulders   back,  hup-hupping
right along as if she were an
Army veteran.
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Police stopping   speeders
through here get all kinds of
reactions. One fellow thought it
was   uproariously  funny  when
he was clocked at 39 miles an
hour. "I just got through telling my wife they ought to have
more police out today slowing
these   drivers   down,"   he   remarked, chortling, "and then I
get   a   ticket!"   Saline   police
stopped about 150 drivers this
plans have been drawn as yet,
the Rev. Mr. Mosher said, but
the  congregation,  which  averages about 20, has surely outgrown   their   present   meeting
place at the Savings Bank.
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There's   no   nonsense   about
it, Bridgewaterites are going to
get- a new postoffice building
whether they want one or not
—and most of 'em couldn't care
less. They figure the present one,
in the General Store, will do to
get on with, whereas a new one
would   mean   outlay   for   construction, light, heat, etc., that
the   government   might   better
save. In fact, when it came time
for bids on the new building,
none were submitted. Nevertheless,  the money has been appropriated,   postal   authorities
told   Jean  Welch,   and   they'll
wait. Sooner or later somebody
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The Glenn Clarks visited relatives at White Lake, Mich., on
Saturday and Sunday.
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For the fourth year, the families of Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Esch, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bondie,
Mr  and Mrs. Gordon Esch and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heiserman
got together for a picnic breakfast following the Memorial Day
parade. The picnic was held at
the Everett Esch home.
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Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Rieckhofi
and their daughter, Keita, spenl
the Memorial Day weekend a1
Cambodia and Viet-Nam to film
another of his internationally
known travel and adventure
documentaries
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in 1948 to go into movie pro
duction, was working on "Colombia Cavalcade,"  the second
of his travel and adventure film
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This  will  be  the  first  ^e,^5* Dr_ Fran.
since   their  marriage  ™  19.^l  .^nB°S who had written
that Elena hasn't traveled with Cisco Gaitan, wno "*-**-*
wnom uc imv.^  —  —
still photography.   Six months
later,   because   he   "liked   her
work so much," they were married.
Since then they've traveled
throughout South America,
filming their adventures and
coming back to the states to
present them. On one journey,
says Lavastida, "We became
the first persons, as far as we
can determine, to make a sur-'
face crossing of the South
American   continent."
Starting off from Buenaven-
Disorderly Conduct
Hard on Shoes
Whether or not Thyra Bixby
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stopped about 150 drivers this Wnetner or ihjl ■-■■..y-.a. *^~.,
week-end, and wrote about 60 had her ear to me S1-01"1*!. she
• • *  ^- rm .n—„ ,TO_a „,m^ came back from a trip to put
tickets. The others were warned
and turned loose.
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David Kempf, who has been
at home this week, will be leav-
in gvery shortly for Okinawa.
His wife, Nancy, will stay here
with her folks.
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Members of the Fundamental
Baptist Church are thinking of
building . . . and are starting
S-Wtw,MTSIS-i. '■ —•" * -*•
Two Wayne county young men
are scheduled to appear in Jus-
itice   of the  Peace  Court  here
wursu=VHd"and a post-1 June 9   on^orderly  conduct
•Sh town^drag^g their
feet on the pavement through
the car door, Monday.
Saline police, who stopped
the car on a traffic violation, also ticketed the driver, Joseph
Dombeck, 20, of Allen Park, for
driving in the wrong lane and
having improper lighting. His
passenger, Robert Jafraty, U,
of Lincoln Park, said that some
two-foot lengths of copper cable
on the seat were for use "in case
we're in a park and somebody
jumps-us, we can take care of
ourselves."
came back from a trip to put
flowers in the cemetery with an
ear almost the size of a football.
Tentative diagnosis: poison ivy.
Constant    medication   brought
the painful  swelling down  by
Thursday to the size of - say -
a tennis ball.
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Couple of weeks ago we had
an appreciative letter from an
Ann  Arbor doctor whose  car
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tura, Colombia's major seaport,
they   crossed  the Andes   and
headed East to Orocue, Colombia, thence along the Meta and
Orinoco -Rivers to Ciudad Bolivar,    Venezuela.    From   there
they skirted the Brazilian-British Guiana border to Lethem,
British    Guiana,    and    thence
['Northeasterly to MeKenzie.  A
short sailing trip down the De-
merara  River  to   Georgetown,.
British Guiana, completed their
journey* to the Atlantic Ocean,.
While  in  Southwest  BritisK
Guiana  the Lavastidas visited
and photographed the Macushi
Indians, a nomadic people who
live under no laws such as are
found in civilized nations. Women do all the work for the
tribe,   including   the   planting,
digging up,  and preparing  of
their  staple  food  source,   the
manioc root.
Lavastida says the preparation of the manioc root, which
is deadly-poisonous in its original state, is one of the most
interesting aspects of life among
the Macushis.
The root is soaked in water,
grated, and then placed in a
cumberson press called a ma-
tapi to squeeze out all the poison. The end product of all this
is called farin, the staple diet,
which the Indians can live on
indefinitely. !
All this work is done by the
women. The men have no responsibilities and are likely to
be found fishing or hunting
monkeys, macab, or other small
jungle creatures with their bows
and arrows.
A man will be the leader of
the tribe, but he is not a forceful leader like his American Indian counterpart Lavastida
says the Macushis are "almost
too primitive for that type of
j organization."
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