1960-09-07; Saline Reporter

              The Saline
VOLUME 13, NUMBER 51, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,1960
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Saline High School Band Performs  at  Interlochen
DESSERT   MEETING
From Interlochen
By Art Katterjohn
After .a week of intense rehearsal and work, the members
of the Saline High School Band
returned from the National Music Camp last week.
The 60-pieee group spent up
to seven hours" daily in Marching Band practice, or Concert
Band rehearsal, in the lovely
Setting of the NMC at Interlochen. Such rehearsal is equivalent to two months of regular
school rehearsal — this makes
the week a most important factor in the success' of the Saline
High School Band during its
Marching Band season, and goes
a long way towards preparing
the new members for the concert season.^       ..-- . ^j-jpsggj.
Saline's band is one of Only
16 such-bands allowed to use
these facilities. We are extremely fortunate to have this opportunity.
It began on Sunday afternoon
August 21, when band members
brought their 120 suitcases, 60
blanket rolls, 80 band instruments, and other items such as
tennis rackets, a football, and
even a firecracker*, to load on
the buses. All the equipment, including tympani and drums,
was loaded onto Bus 18, driven
"by Don Jaeger, and all students
hearsal is held, and at 2:30 the
band members report outside
for another Marching rehearsal. At 4 p.m. time for swimming and games again, with
some free time at 5. Supper is
served at 5:40, and then free
time is enjoyed until 7 p.m.
when another rehearsal or practice session is held. At 8:15, the
band member can enjoy time ffir
dances or recreation, with many
opportunities provided to get
acquainted with students from
other bands.
At 9:30, each student is to
be in his cabin and at 10 p.m.
taps and lights out.
Band members eat, sleep and
live nothing but band for seven
whole days in one of the loveliest spots in Michigan, one
which is noted world-wide for
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Two Injured
In Two Car
Crash Here
Bobie  and   Juanita   Leonard
and their son Scott were slightly injured Tuesday afternoon in
an automobile accident on Sa-
except  12  were very  sleepily!fine-Ann Arbor Rd. near Maple
The Past Matrons of the Saline Order of Eastern Star will
meet Sept 12 at the home of
Mrs. W. E. Dietiker on Henry
St. for a 7:30 p.m. dessert meeting. The birthdays of Mrs. Robert Towner, Mrs. Luther
Briggs and Mrs. Cecil Davenport will be observed with many
small gifts.
Local Boy
To Undergo
More Surgery
Ten-year-old Terry Sheats, of
2350 MooreviUe' road, will undergo more surgery Friday at
St. Joseph Mercy hospital,
where he is under treatment for
severe leg injuries h**r received
Thursday in an accident at his
grandfather's farm.
Terry, the son of M5t\ and
Mrs, Paul Sheats, was treated
Surgically Thursday after his
legs became caught in a hay
elevator at the farm of William
Jorgensen, of 12671 Carpenter
road, north of Milan.
The added surgery is scheduled Friday only if his condition, now described as "fair",
allows it, his parents said. v
herded onto Bus 2, -driven b*y Rd.
Russ Burkhart, the "next morn
ing at 8 a.m. Twelve students
rode in the ©t&er bus with the
baggage.
After 8 feours <bl travel, with
many J-f=fst Stan's, including one
for lunch, tike band arrived at
Interlochen.
A typical day's schedule begins "at 7 a.m. with the bugle
call to get up. Breakfast Js at
• 7:40, with cabin clean-up and
inspection following breakfast.
The first Marching Band practice is at 8:15, followed by a
The accident occurred when
the southbound Leonard vehicle, being driven by Bobie, started to pass a car driven by Janice Harwood of 6356 US-112,
also traveling south, and failed
to see her signal to make a left
turn. Leonard's car hit the Harwood vehicle, glanced off it and
hit a tree dead center. Damage
to both cars was extensive.
The Leonards were brought
to Saline by a passing motorist
and were treated by their own
physicians. Bobie suffered arm
Bob Russeir
Appointed
CD Head
Fireman Bob Russell, proprietor of the Marathon Service
station and operator of the
AAA road service here, was appointed Civil Defense Director
for the City by Council Tuesday night. Council approved a
salary of $100 a year for the
post.
Council also excused the absence of a member, Henry Leutheuser, for the next six weeks
for a European trip, and confirmed Arthur Heininger to
serve as representative to the
County Board of Supervisors in
Leutheuser's place during that
period. Heininger was appointed
early in the year as a supervisor-alternate.
In other action, Council allowed expenses for two persons
to attend the annual meeting of
the Michigan Municipal League
in Gl-and Rapids September 21-
23, and issued building permits
amounting to $5,250. Permits
were granted to William Meister, of Mills road, for a swimming, pool, $4,300; to Ralph
Fisher, 317 N. Lewis, for a
porch, $250; and to Ettore De-
Michele, Canterbury drive, for
garage, $700.
ir Honors
A steady stream of ribbons
began pouring into Saline area
this week from the State Fair
in Detroit. Besides the beautiful
Betsy (see story on this page),
local youngsters were making a
clean sweep in livestock judging, and a local cook was shining in the home economics department.
Judging of Open* Class swine
and sheep was still in progress
Wednesday; but the Ernest Gir-
bach family's Poland Chinas
had taken every first-place
award in the Junior Show . . .
including Grand Champion barrow arid Grand Champion boar
(shown by Gene) and Grand
Champion sow (shown by Gary). In the Open Show swine
judging completed so far, Gary
had already received first place
lightweight barrow; and Gene
had captured Reserve Champion
Poland China pen.
In the Junior Show, Kirk
Gordon had Reserve Champion
barrow, and had captured first
place with his Poland Chinas in
Swine showmanship.
Freddie Gall's Hereford heifer won first place in the Junior
Show (equivalent to Reserve
Champion).
In the Open Show, Ralph
Diuble won Reserve Champion
Angus steer.
The Haarer entries, shown .by
Neil, added numerous .awards,
to the family's collection: Grand
Champion Hereford female and
Reserve Champion Angus in. the
Junior Show (the latter is the
same "Shucks" who won Reserve Champion at the county
4-H Show). First place Hereford steer in both the Junior
and  Open  Shows.   And  first
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State Competition Finalist
No Hubbub in Town
It's Gone to School
short  break at  9:35,   and the I and facial bruises, Juanita re-
Concert Band rehearsal is held ceived a knee injury and mul-
at 9:45 - 11:00. Swimming and tiple bruises  and Scott  got  a
sports   occupy  the  time  from bump on the head.
11:00 until lunch at 12:10. The sheriff's department re-
"unmediately  after lunch,  at ported that Miss Harwood was
1 p.m. another Concert Band re- i uninjured.
The downtown area was desolately . quiet Wednesday morning . . . but the shattering noise
level at the three school buildings, between 8:30 and 8:45
a.m., was more than enough to
make up for it.
At the High School, it was
possible to~hear only one end
of any conversation — your own
— as 4.75 students poured
through the halls, looking for
classrooms, greeting long-missed friends, and complaining
about schedules. 112 of them
were slightly bewildered eighth-
graders.
At tlie Intermediate school,
347  youngsters  punctured the
Tent Space
Donated for
Services
The finest selection of educational exhibits ever shown at a
Saline Fair will be on tap in
the Merchants' Tent this year,
Fair Board president Don Wiedman announced this week.  -
Saline and Bridgewater merchants have combined to donate
booths for use by the Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, Sheriff's
department and Junior Deputies, the American Red Cross,
and Ypsilanti State hospital.
4-H Clubbers will also have
a display, courtesy of local merchants, and there will be State
Highway department, U. S. Navy, and Soil Conservation Service booths.
The Fair Board,will hold its
final pre-Fair meeting at 8 p.m.
Monday at the High School. All
committees are urged to attend
for final instructions and information.
Also "bigger than ever" this
year will be the Saturday parade, highlight of the final day
.of the Fair. A number of out-
air with giggles, tracked up the of.town bands and marching un-
A year of excitement and acclaim, honors, and dozens of
beautiful gifts await the Saline
area young woman who will be
crowned "Miss Saline of 1960"
in just about a week..
Stanley Thayer, Ann Arbor
attorney' and a candidate for-
the State Senate, will crown the
new Miss Saline. She will serve
as hostess at Junior Chamber
of Commerce special events
.throughout the year . . . and
next September, in her turn,
she will compete at the State
Fair for the title of Miss Michigan.
A long list of gifts from local
merchants will be placed in her
fortunate hands: a bowling ball
bag from Marty's Restaurant;
a lady's wrist watch from
Rieckhoff's Jewelry; a travel
clock from Gambles; bowling
shoes from Schmid's Market; a
lady's electric shaver from Keveling Drugstore; purse, lipstick and powder pack case
from Estes Rexall Drugstore;
clock radios from R. & B. Tool
Co., Uniloy Corporation, Plas-
tainer Division of Hoover Ball
and Bearing; and ankle bracelets  from Universal  Die.
Other gifts include luggage
from Anderson's department
store;-$25 Savings Bonds from
Saline Savings Bank and Citizens Bank; hosiery from Dancer's; dinner for the Queen and
her family from Five Points
restaurant; a jewelry box from
Westside Hardware; and a ceramic ash tray "set from Goble
Floor & Tile Co.
Miss Saline of 1960 will also
receive a cash award, donations
from Hartman Insurance, Quick
Insurance, Saline Dairy Bar,
Frank's Texaco Service, Bob's
Service, Alumiloy, Saline .Lanes,
Saline Country Market, Wight's
Cleaners, and Graf's Gulf Service.
The winner will be crowned
'at an 8 p.m. ceremony Thursday
of the Fair.
Tired but game after all-afternoon judging, Saline's Betsy Wright, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Wright, tonight
waited with nine other Michigan beauties to learn which of
the group would become "Miss
Michigan State Fair".
Betsy, selected last year at
the local Fair as "Miss Saline
of 1959" had already undergone
a gruelling round of pre-crown-
ing events Tuesday, before she
was named as one of the ten
finalists in the Miss Michigan
competition .... one of the
state's ten most outstanding
beauties. The ten were selected
from a field of 45 contestants
representing all areas of the
state.
Betsy was accompanied on
her Detroit round of activities
by Junior Chamber of Commerce member-William Meister,
Jr., both as representative of
the organization that sponsors
Saline Queens — and as her
fiance. Meister is also JC chairman of the "Miss Saline" 1960
contest which will be judged at
the Saline Fair next week
The new Miss Michigan, chosen on the basis of poise, personality, charm, beauty, and
posture, will be named by State
Fair judges at 8 p.m. Wednesday night . . . She will appear
on WJBK-TV at 11 p.m.
The only other "Miss Saline"
to qualify as a finalist in the
"Miss Michigan State Fair" contest was Jackie Mitchell (now
Mrs. Douglas Hoeft), "Miss Saline of 1949". Jackie, who was
the first Saline girl to be a contestant for the State Fair beauty queen, placed third in the
contest.
Brittain Steer Wins
State Fair Honors
"Mr. Mahogany", a. black Angus yearling owned by William
Brittain's Mahogany Farms
near Williamston, was named
Grand Champion Steer of the
1960  Michigan  State  Fair.
Mr. Mahogany was declared
champion Angus before his se--
lection as Grand Champion. Reserve Champion Steer was a
Hereford shown by Sam Wetzel,
of Ithaca.
Bill Verner Was 1904 Olympics Star
highly-glossed gym floor- and
stampeded up and down stairs.
At the Elementary School,
15 0 kindergarteners wouldn't
arrive till September. 19 ~ but
506 others were there with bells
on. First graders wore an air
Of responsible sobriety, and the
nearby streets were speckled
with big-eyed, wistful children
who, being only four, hadn't
yet made the grade. Bicycle
racks had burst into full bloom.
Official starting and closing
hours were announced for  alT
its will swell the ranks, American Legion Commander Ted
Graban said. AU service organizations are urged to enter
floats in the competition.
Smorgasbord
Benefit Planned
The Michigan Society for Epileptic Children will hold its annual Smorgasbord Dinner benefit  at  Camp  Crile,   at  10842
Joslin Lake road, serving from
three  schools:  High  School ~'jl2 to 4 pm_ Sunday, September
in  at  8:30  a.m.;   out at  3:30 s-q  Elden Hellerj of Chelsea, is
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With news of the current
Olympic Games in Rome, floods
of memories come back to County Treasurer Bill Verner, who
was a Gold Medal winner in the
Olympics of 1904.
Verner, now 79, was a student at the time at Purdue University in Indiana, where he was
a member of the track team for
four years, and captain of the
team in^l905 and 1906.
But in the Olympic Games he
represented not the nation, as
a whole, but the Chicago Athletic association. The early
games were organized somewhat differently from those today: only a few foreign countries competed (teams attended
from Sweden, Greece and England . . . but not from Russia.
The USSR didn't exist then . . .
Russia was under the Tsars).
Most of the competition was between various Athletic clubs in
this country . . . the Chicago
club was the top winner.
The Games were neld at St.
Louis, Mo., concurrently with
the World's Fair.
After training at the old Stag
Field, in Chicago, Bill ran the
mile in about 4:20 (he doesn't
remember the exact time) and
the half-mile in about two minutes. He also ran in the steeplechase which involved a course
over water, over hurdles, under
fences and around obstacles.
Some of the. games that are
(most popular today were not
held in 1904 , -. . no swimming,
^no hockey, no basketball.
The 1904 Olympics were not
the first, but they were, Bill
says, "one,of the earliest. Only
one or two of us who competed
are still alive today." Another
set of Olympics was held in
Greece in 1906 . . . Bill was offered the opportunity to compete
then, too, but turned it down
because "it was time to get in
to business".       . -—'
In the, intervening 56 years,
he has remained active, but not
in sports. A registered engineer, he served on the committee
that framed Michigan's Registration Act for architects and
engineers. He has been a teacher; and before he became County Treasurer 12 years ago, he
was . treasurer of the city of
Ann Arbor for 16 years.
Champion cake-baker in the Reporter shop is Gary Wild,
shown in action above. Despite his high standing with Reporter staffers, Gary struck out in the home economies competition at the State Fair this week. Especially resented by
everyone at the Reporter is the fact that the fair judges ate
so much of Gary's exhibit. "We'd all been looking forward to
doing that ourselves.