1961-02-01; Saline Reporter

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The Saline
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No Need for
Wheelchair.
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 20 ~ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1961
March of Dimes
Brings in $2I23
Saline's March of Dimes cam- Hill, brought in $705. Child Stu-
paign so far has brought in a dy club members and their
total of, $2,123.48, even though friends were the marchers,
returns from canisters and; Final figures had not been
some organizations have not compiled for the all-day JC ev-
been counted, Mrs. Charles ent at Marty's Restaurant, but
Kern, general chairman, report- the members reported "approxi-
ed today. 'mately $800". All proceeds from
Most of the sum came in this the breakfast-dinner went to
week, with funds from the Mo- the drive. Food was contributed
thers' March, the annual Jaycee by Amstutz Hatchery, Estes
March of Dimes benefit dinner, Pharmacy, Hull's Grocery, Sa-
the Boy Scouts' peanut sales, line Dairy, Schmid's Market,
and dime cards from all three Walker's Bakery, Walker's Dol-
schools. ;lar Store, Wilson's Dairy,  and
The Mothers' March, conduct- Universal Die  Casting,
ed   Tuesday   night   under   the'    Cash for other supplies was
chairmanship   of Mrs.  Howard donated by A. & M. Chevrolet
 Co.,   Alumiloy   Fabricators,
Community Ford Sales, Corl's
j Mobil Service, Feeman's Shell
: Service, Frank's Texaco Service, Harry's Standard Service,
I Hoeft's Gulf Service, Graf's
^ £», r>      ' i        Gulf   Service,    and   Keveling's
Says Sanford   ,D™gstore
* I    Other   contributors   included
"No need for a cane or wheel- Bob's Marathon Service, the Sa-
chair" was revealed in a recent line Hotel, Saline Mercantile
physical checkup, Thurlow San- Co., Elmer J. Steeb and Sons,
ford, of Milan, announced today. R. & B. Tool Co., Ted's Service,
Sanford, 69, is the incumbent Uniloy Division of Hoover Ball
candidate for Supervisor on the and Bearing, and the Saline Re-
Republican ticket in York town- porter.
ship. He is opposed for the nom- Waitresses who volunteered
ination in the February 20 pri- their services included Evelyn
mary election by William Meyers, Phyllis White, Velma
Hayes. Bingham, Edna Moore, Naudine
Sanford added that the ex- Meyers, Catherine Beach, and
amining physician also found .Esther Houser. Mike Rotunno
him to be "of sound mind, flat Served as general chairman of
footed, gray, haired, had all of the event with aid from Matt
my teeth, sound heart and lungs Katalinich, Mike Strait, Phil
and don't use glasses". Badour, and Chuck Lamberson.
Sanford, who describes him-'    B°y Scouts' after several Sat>
self as "a member of the Old urday ?***"*■ sales, turned in
Guard", has served as township W^an., The Scouts worked, pn
Supervisor  for  12  years.  The a volunteer basis, some of them
.owner of Thurlow's Hardware Pu^ng  in^time   "beyond' the
' .ore in Milan, he is a lifelong call   of   duty-,   according   to
Scoutmaster Donald  Rapp.
Dime cards from the three
schools brought in $184.08 from
the Elementary School; $60.18
from the Intermediate; and"
$50.90 from the High School.
Coffee Hour at the home of.
Mrs. Everett Wolfin resulted in
$37 for the March of Dimes;
Mrs. Wayne Predmore and Mrs.
Kern assisted, and Mrs. Chris
Volz baked coffee cake for the
affair.
Other funds have come from
an OES card party, $40; a Coffee HoujrSat the home of Mrs.
Everett Esch, $46; and a High
School dance, $87 reported but
not yet turned in. $35 has been
turned in from the annual bowling tournament. ,vf
Canisters and dime cards
from the stores were collected
today to- be totalled; and some
clubs and organizations have
not yet been heard^frbm, Mrs.
Kern said.
'First With All the Local News'
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Hornets Roll Over
Chelsea, Still Lead
resident of York township.
He has been a member of the
Milan Volunteer Fire., -department fori 48 years, and has
served as Tuia - Chief fofc .20
years. Helhas a* l6^year*aperfect
attendance ., record at Rotary
meetings, and. a lifetime membership in the Masonic order.
He is a Knight Templar, a Shriner, a member of OES and.the
Methodist Church; ■■_*&;"■
Sanford served- as ipresident
of the Milan Village.Council for
two terms and has bee|ra board
member of the Milan library for
many years. He is a member of
the board of Tri-County Sportsmen's Club. As a Supervisor,
he also served with the county
Road Commission.
Said Sanford: "Acting as
•your Supervisor ... I have been
guarding all • interests of your
township as a whole, promoting
and accomplishing improvements throughout. To sustain
this statement I ask you to
check up on the last 12 years on
the progress of improvement of
your road, bridge, and culvert
system, your fire protection,
zoning protection for safe home
building, and your township's"
financial stability. If elected . . .
the same untiring and fruitful
effort will be continued by me."
Sanford urged township residents to make a special effort
to get to the polls for the February 20 primary election.
Saline Donors
Give 85 Pints
At Blood Bank
Donors at Saline area's Blood
Bank Friday supplied the Bank
with 85 pints, four more than
last year — and the number of
persons rejected for health reasons was  exceptionally  low.
Only eight volunteers were
turned away, compared with 22
rejects last year — about average, according to Red Cross representative Mrs. Edwin Hering.
Largest group of contributions came from the Sally-Gilbert families who brought in
16 volunteers. Thirteen were accepted. They are the family of
six-year-old Richard Sally, (his
mother was a Gilbert) of 11855
Dunn Rd., who underwent heart
surgery last week at University
hospital and will draw needed
blood from the local bank.
The small patient is "doing
just fine and feeling pretty
good", his mother said today.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter B. Sally.
Blood from the Bank is available   to   Saline   area   residents
CHIEF OF POLICE
UNDERGOES SURGERY    J
Chief   of  PoUce  Earl  Kirby' Qcttt I
was reported in good condition
today at Saline Community hospital, after an emergency appendectomy performed
day evening.
DexfcerjU-Hi
Loom
by Lanny Robbins
The Saline basketball quintet
City's Credit
Under Test,
Says Banker
Satur- aaae(j ^yjjj number five of their
■ present victory streak, in topping Chelsea 70-60 Friday evening.
The  ten  point  triumph was
the   first   of   three-Fridays-in-
I a-row home games with Saline's
nearest    conference   rivals.   It
' turned out to be one of the Hor-
j nets' best games so far, despite
a  cold  start  that let  Chelsea
The future credit of the City grab an early lead
of Saline will depend on action ( This Frjaay evening, Saline
taken with regard to possible wiU faee the Dexter ■■ Dread-
removal of the parking meters,  naughts, attempting to make up
Saline Savings Bank President
William Crim pointed out this
week; and it could be "ruined
forever" if the meters were taken out before the parking bond
issue is paid.
A question as to whether
some of the meters shall be
taken down will come before
city voters  at the April elec
tor their only loss of the season, that defeat coming by a
single point in the Chelsea Holiday Tournament. After a contest at Pinckney the Tuesday
night after that, the* local quintet will return for a home game
with U-High on Friday evening.
Saline had only two points
from the first four minutes of
the Chelsea contest; both were
Ken Volz (30) goes in for.aJay-up. on
the'fast break that put Saline ahead of
Chelsea 6-5 early in Friday's game. -Bix-
by, at the free throw line, has just passed
to r Volz, with; John-Thoss moving up fast.
Chelsea players couldn't slow the swarming
Hornets,'
League Speaker Attends
CNsrte^ M^tinJ Here
A representative from the
Ann Arbor, chapter of the Michigan Municipal League,' John
Honeywell, spoke this week at
the regular meeting of the city's Charter Commission at City Hall.
At the same meeting, the
Commission discussed five more
sections of the City Charter,
left four unchanged, and in the
fifth made only the changes necessary to make the section consistent with the new seven-
member Council. The secretary's report of the meeting follows:
The fifth meeting of the Saline  City  Charter  Commission
Local Delegates To
Attend State Meets
Saline area delegates this
week-end and next will attend
the state Democratic convention, in Grand Rapids, and the
state Republican convention, in
Detroit. Delegates to both will
select candidates for the offices
of University Regent, State
Highway Commissioner, and
Superintendent of Public Instruction to appear on the April
ballot.    *
" Republican delegate from Saline and Saline township is Jerome Lamb, of Saline; his alternate is George Johnson,, Saline.
Allan Grossman, of Saline, will
serve as delegate to the Democratic convention, with Mrs. W.
D. Vary, of Pittsfield township,
as alternate.
All Around Saline
by Nancy Ceronsky recuperating' from pneumonia
The following people from the'.. *      *      *
Wm. B. Lutz Post No. 322 of Some 45 friends and neigh-
the American Legion attended bors of Mr. and Mrs. Davis Toth
the Second District meeting in of 3350 Textile Rd. honored the
Brooklyn, Mich., last Sunday: family at a surprise house-
Commander Theodore Graban," warming Saturday night. After
Frank Deede, Don Casterline, an inspection tour of the Toths'
Auxiliary President Mrs. Robert new home, the group went to
Harvey, Mrs. Ralph Uphaus, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ar-
Mrs. Don Casterline, Mrs. Lloyd thur Jacobsen for an evening
Dell, Miss Lola Dell, Mrs. Har- of games and refreshments,
old Armbruster, and Mrs. Silas' * . .  *      *
Nord. |    Dr.   and  Mrs.   Donald  Leid-
"-..'*-'■■#     ■* heiser spent last week in Flor-
Mrs. Leland Dicks went home ida attending the American Os-
from Salme Community Hospi- teopaths "Convention at Miami
tal Thursday after being a me- Beach. While there they stayed
dical patient there for two vdays. at the Carillon Hotel. The Leid-
*■:-.*••    * ■.. jheisers returned to Saline early
The Rev. and Mrs. Paul Nil- "Saturday mbHoing, wishing they
son, missionaries _to Turkey, could have brought some of the
were luncheon guests of Mr. and wonderful Florida weather back
Mrs. Charles Kern-on Monday, to Michigan with them,
Mrs. fidwin'Sfeffiig' arid -Miss
Esther   Landwehr   were'' also"
was held in the Council Chambers on January -25th,; 1961*.
Mr.* John Honeywell, of the
Michigan Municipal League, of
Ann Arbor, was present to discuss with the Commission some
of the pertinent problems that
might arise particularly with
reference to assessment procedures, the placing of definite
responsibilities in the legislative and judicial duties of Council members and other elective
or appointed officials. The Commission felt complimented that
thus far their . procedure had
been in accordance with recommended procedures.
In the short period of time
remaining after Mr. Honeywell's discussion, the Commission proceeded with tlie Charter Revision recommendations:
Charter Section 19 concerning an elected official's acceptance of office was recommended  to  remain without change.
Charter Section 20 concerning compensation for service on
Council Committees or other official committees will remain
unchanged.
Charter Section 21 concerning
public notices will remain unchanged.
Charter Section 22 relative
to regular and special meetings
of the Council, and attendance
requirements of members, will
remain unchanged.
Charter Section 23 concerning the quorum — this to be
changed from three members
to four members in accordance
with the present enlarged membership. Also in this section are
listed some of the limitations
except by unanimous vote of
the quorum present, when all
members are not present*; proceedings   to   be  recorded,   and
tion.
A  $9,000  bond  issue,  to  fi- free throws from Mike Bixby.
nance the purchase of the city Just after Bixby meshed his se-
parking lot, was sold to Saline cond free throw, Daryl Keezer
Savings Bank last fall, secured gave the Bulldogs their biggest
I by the revenue of the meters, lead of the evening, 5-2. Then
without charge. While there is 'c^y officials have agreed that John Thoss went into the game.
it would be necessary to call in In the two minutes after he
the bonds if it becomes neces- entered the game, Saline's fam-
sary to remove any parking me- ous fast break began to work,
ters. Three times Mike Bixby stole
Said Crim: "The.bank bought the ball from Chelsea players,
theyhpnds in good.faith. JOhey and fed it to other teammates
try to do anything .with therme- on the break away. Saline*s first
ters before the bonds are paid bucket came on a tip-in by
off, the city's credit would be Strait.
ruined forever. I'm not worried     Fourteen seconds later Saline
one way or the other because had taken the lead after Bixby,
any court will back us up; but coming down on the fast break,
iing staff; Rotary for providing tthey have to call the bonds be- stopped at the free throw line
^refreshments   for  donors;   and! fore they pull the meters."       jand passed to Ken Volz "coming
■.,      ,   ---' ."•■:       _\' " Wight's  Cleaners   for   "rejuve-     The  question   on   the  ballot. in from the side. Volz fired in
■rl£t\ county-wide accident insur- ating» the volunteers' arm '.calls for removal of the meters1,a lay-up for a 6-5 lead, and Sa-
ance program and sponsorship bands. They also thanked all, in the city parking lot, plus (line was never behind from then
of an international Friendship volunteers who worked at the l others at each end of Michigan ; on.
project'''calied-"Operation Birth- Bank; those who participated ° avenue. It *was raised in a peti- McDonald added a basket'and
day Present" were major items in the block-system telephone tion circulated by John Pred-jfree throw before Chelsea tal-
approved at the bi-annual meet- notification; Mrs. Edwin Henes,! more, who has identified him-'|lied again on a basket by Ho-
ing of the Huron Valley Girl who served as rural chairman;  self as secretary of the "Com- mer Nixon. Nixon's free throw,
no requirement that it be replaced, "we think it's wonderful
when people do so," said Mrs.
Hering.
Mrs. Hering and her co-chairman for the^visit-,^Mrs. George
Austin,    expr e S;s e d    "warm
. .   ""        _.     .     „ .a."'   'thanks" to all donors and would
-photo by Lanny. Robbma .be donor§who. co^d not give.
jto The Saline Reporter for pub-
ilicity, Federated Church ladies
.who served supper to the work-
Girl Scout Council
To Invite^ Qirl^
Guides from India
Scout Council held in Ypsilanti Thursday.
"Operation Birthday Present" is a plan to bring two Girl
Guides and a chaperone from
India to Michigan as guests of
the Council *in 1962. The cost
of the trip will be borne by each
member, Scout and adult, of the
Council who will contribute a
penny for each year of the National Girl Scout movement,
which will celebrate its Golden
Anniversary next year.
The new insurance plan replaces various short term and
individual types of protection
and will be in effect throughout
the Council area of Livingston,
Washtenaw and western part, of
Wayne counties. The cost for
each Scout will be sixty cents
a year.
and those persons who baked
treats as prizes for lucky donors.
mittee of Citizens Dedicated to} coming just after that, made it
the Betterment of Saline as a 9-8, but that was the last time
City in Which to live and shop".
Jim Camburn is reported to
guests at the luncheon. The Nil-! be in good condition at Saline pubhshepVjetc. With the excep
sons spent Monday night as the Community Hospital after un- ' tion of the change of number' to
guests of the Rev. and :Mrst-Al-. dergoing surgery Monday. He's | constitute the quorum, -this sec-
fred Hardt. j the son of Mr. and Mrs. George tion will remain -unchanged.-
Camburn. The next meeting of th
mission - *will- be jhgMT: in^.the
Council Cl-amJ^jig^j8J.p*.m^ on
Becky McPeake, daughter of, *      *      *
Mr.  and Mrs. Jerry McPeake, [^ .Also recuperating from s*ur-
was  still  a -patient' at  Saline gerey"'is Uoyd Dicks. He, too,"! Fe^^y***g^-[96i;
JC's Invite Speakers
On Parking and
Hiring Petitions
Mayor Jack Bennett and John
Predmore, circulator of the controversial hiring and meter petitions, have been invited to discuss issues involved at the February 8 meeting of" tlie Saline
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
at the Saline Hotel.
The petitions, circulated under two separate committee
names, call for the removal of
about half of the city's parking
meter system,.-and a hiring restriction that would limit police
and DPW employees to city res-
Small Byrd Survives
Trek Into Blizzard
This week "Cap" Stillwell set
out in a blizzard, for an expedition to the South Pole - or the
North Pole — or any other direction that recommended itself. He had neither dogsled nor
driver when he started (though
he soon acquired both), and his
heavy-weather gear included no
cap, no mittens, only a light
jacket, and a pair of felt bedroom slippers shaped like cowboy boots.
His adventures really began
when Olaf Gramer spotted the
2%-year-old explorer about to
get into a car with a man who
obviously was a stranger to the
child. Gramer put a stop to that
idea. Then, quite unable to find
out who "Cap" was, Gramer
sent for reinforcements.
Thus, Cap found himself with
transportation *-- heated, upholstered and bearing the painted
insignia "Saline Police" -- and
a driver named Chief of Police,
Earl Kirby, whose- only iault,
from the boy's" point of view-
was that he kept on asking questions. The pair of them mushed
out together toward the ,east,
which was the*. direction in
which Cap pomt^^wna^asked
where^-fe^-Hvedf- **p
ballot and le^rsteps*'to place
"the»j*{r^gre are" already underway.     -   *~"_ *   -
Prospective JC members, men:
hetween*21.and_36 years of age,
are invited "to attend the meet-
Community Hospital this week, was operated on last Monday.     - *sther Landwehrj Secretary ling.   .<"
"Clock!" when he latched onto
the police car's radar timer, and
"Shoot" when he made a swipe
at the official gun. He had a
sunny, blue-eyed smile for everyone he met — though none
of them knew him — and he was
willing to go home with anyone
who invited him.
Along about noon, Cap found
himself bivouacked at the home
Chelsea came close.
Twenty-five seconds before
the period ended Strait scored
off a rebound of'one of Bixby's
missed free throws for an 11-8
lead.
In the *wild second period, Saline made a runaway of the contest. Volz started it off on an
outside shot, and Bixby chipped
in from the same distance a
little after that. The fast break
paid off in points as Saline kept
snatching the ball away from
Chelsea. Within a two-minute,
eight-second span at the early
part of the second frame, Bixby
added five baskets for a safe
25-11 Hornet edge.
After Bixby's. scoring splurge
Chelsea got their only scores of
of Mrs. Wallie Crosbie. He was
dehghted With the arrangementjthe period on shots" by Nixon
- but Chief Kirby, still lackingf^nd McLaughlin. But it was too
any line on the boy's family, hate, as the Hornets rushed to a
was beginning to look haggard. 32-15 half-time lead.
At 1-p.m., City Hall got a     From then on Saline was able
frantic telephone call from Mrs. t0 coast to ^ easy vjctoiy ^
Frank Stillwell, of 207 N. Ann tjje secona half.
Arbor street. Mrs. Stillwell, who      Hitting on all eight of their
works the second shift at a lo-
shots during the third period,
cal, industry, had fallen asleep Saline kept ahead b^ a safe 48-
and wakened to find the young 33 _edge. During ttie^igh*t min-
idents. Both, questions are expected to appear on *the^p*firt' Fifteen minutes later^ having
inspected, the_ east end of-.town
thoroughly, th'ejr -mushed west.
Alien" north. Then "they tried
south. By this * time it* was 11
a.m.
explorer Was missing.
So Cap's journey ended. He
still wasn't sure whether he had
discovered the North Pole, the
South Pole, or half a dozen other poles . - . but he was much
ntes Bixby chalked up three
more backets, Dave Hoeft added two, Strait swished a, two-
pointer, and McDonald had tw»
free throws.
Thoss began Saline's scoring
impressed by the friendliness of in the final p^^ ^^ a bas.
the natives,
ket and two charity, tosses.
McDonald's basket at the
mid-point of the final stanza,
and Volz's field goal shortly afterward, gave Saline their big-
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FREE-LO EXTENSION
kotDS^THjfE-ITN'ta—--- ---**"
The Free-Lo Extension club
met Friday, evening -at the home gest lead of the night, 22 points,
of Mrs/Elmer Diuble. Fourteen 64"42- But. Vofe m driving in
members jwere present Follow- *->r his lay-up, was called on a
ing.-ihe^usual business.meeting foul, and Keezer made both of
the lesson* on "What's *New'-"n' a one-and-one pair to cut the
Textiles" was given by the lea- radvantage. Nine "seconds later,
Cap's only comments, other ders of the group, Mrs. L. D. | Bixby- fired ~br -another quick
than- his*- first name, had been VogeT and Mre.: Elmer Diuble.    *" (Continued on Page 5) '