1961-03-01; Saline Reporter

              Salinians know that, to the
Rev. Robert Richards, the business of making a speech is just
ftout as strenuous as mountain
climbing; he takes his listeners
over every crag and gully and
sometimes drops them off a
rhetorical cliff, only to catch
them -- in the knick of time —
at the bottom. At right, the
pastor wrings out a local audience with a discourse they won't
forget for months.
(Photos by Lanny Robbins)
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VOLUME 14, NUMBER 24 ~ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1961
'First With All the Local News'
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Depot to Close
Friday, March 10
The New York Central rail-, at the Saline depot have not yet
road depot here will close officially on Friday, March 10, according to word received by the
present freight agent, E. A. Sa-
wall.
But a traveling agent, whose
territory will include Brooklyn,
Pittsfield Junction, and Grove
Siding   (near US  23),  will be
been announced, but local ship
pers were encouraged by the
news that his headquarters will
be in Saline. "We may not have
to call the Enterprise number
for service," said one. "He'll
probably be here at least half
the time."
Permission to close the local
based in Saline, and is expected depot and discontinue full-time
to spend a. large proportion of service at other nearby stops,
his time here.
Hours when the agent will be
Phone Co.
To Seek Rate
Increase Soon
An application to the Michi-
was given by the Michigan Pub
lie Service Commission last
week, after a hearing in Lansing last spring. The railroad
has promised pick-up and delivery on less-than-carload lots,
and has said the traveling agent
will be able to give service equal
to or better than that now provided.
Bridgewater shipping, handled through the Saline depot for
-^gan Public Service Commission many yearS; will continue to be
'   by   General Telephone  seeking' ta]jen care 0f nere.
authority to increase annual re- j    The posit*,0n of traveling ag-
venues, will be filed in the near ent has not been filled by the
future, Ti A. Saunders, company
president, announced today following a meeting of the Board
of Directors.
"Revenues have failed to develop to expected levels, with
an accelerated service improvement and expansion program
requiring expenditures of over
$70,000,000 since 1956. Earnings on our investments have
dropped substantially," - Saunders stated. "We can no longer
delay this move to increase revenues and regain an adequate
earning position."
The company is seeking a
blanket increase of four million
dollars, according to Kenneth
Conway, manager of the Tecumseh district, but actual distribution of the new rates would
be determined later. More than
half of the increase, if granted,
would go for taxes, he said.
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NYC; but any agent in the Michigan division may bid on it;
seniority is an important factor
in the bidding. Sawall, one of
the bidders, has 18 years seniority.
Rotary Club
Officers Named
Leon Vedder was named president of the Rotary Club of
Saline, at an organization meeting of members of the board of
directors Tuesday noon, and Arthur Moehn was elected vice
president.
Other officers are Howard
Johnson, secretary; Howard
Russ, treasurer; and Douglas
Schuur, re-appointed as ser-
geant-at-arms. Board members
include Vedder, Moehn, Russ,
Johnson, Robert Estes, Edward
Redies,   and Dwight Reynolds.
PARKING AMENDMENT
GOES BACK TO COMMITTEE
After lengthy discussion, City Council Monday night returned a prospective parking
ordinance amendment to .committee for further study.
The proposed amendment
would allow parking on lawn
extensions of " business property, and on school property on
East Bennett street, with the
owner's permission. City Attorney Allan Grossman, Councilman George Johnson, and Councilman Orren Corl are the committee.
New Junior
High Band
To be Formed
A new "Junior High Band",
consisting of band members
from the 7th grade band at the
Intermediate School, and the
8th grade band members from
the High School, is to be formed
this week for the District Festival and the Festival Concert,
Art Katterjohn  announced.
Students from the two bands
will continue to rehearse as separate units, but they will meet
together as a combined Junior
High Band once a week during
the month of March.
The new Junior High Band
will perform in the Festival
Band Concert on Sunday, March
12, at 4 p.m. at the High School
auditorium, and will also participate in the District Band Festival held at Belleville on Saturday, March 18, at 8 a.m.
The students are being fitted
with uniform shirts and trousers, purchased by the Band
Parents club of Saline.
The young musicians will go
from door to door on Saturday,
March 11, to sell tickets to the
Festival Concert.
MISSED?
Contact your nearest Girl Scout
for cookies.
Cagers Aim at Perfect Title
by Lanny Robbins
Only Friday evening's game
at Chelsea stands between Saline High basketeers and an unbeaten regular season.
With eleven straight conference wins under their belts and
a total of fifteen triumphs (against a single loss that came
during the Holiday recess) to
their credit, the Hornets will
be out to wind up their most
successful year since the 1955-
56 team won seventeen straight.
Also in their sights is the first
hoop conference victory at Chel-
a sea in quite a few years.
Last   Friday   night   Saline
played their last home game before  the  district  tournaments,
and wound up with an easy 57-
^45 triumph over Ypsilanti Roo-
9*- sevelta
Following their almost standard procedure, Saline rapidly
took the lead after Roosevelt
made the first two points and
were never behind from then on.
Neither team was able to
. score the first time it had the
ball, but the Rougriders' Jim
Masters fired in a two-pointer
on the second try to start the
scoring. Jerry McDonald chalked up the Hornets' first two 18
seconds later. Then in rapid
succession Ken Volz and Mike
Bixby were fouled and converted the free throws into a 4-2
lead.
The Roughriders came galloping right back, as Masters
bucketed again, but Bixby canceled that one with a field goal.
Saline slowly began pulling
ahead, but each time Roosevelt
rallied and tied the score, first
at seven points and then at
eleven.
The famed Saline fast break
began to buzz in the last minute
of the first period, and when
the first frame ended the Hornets led by a shaky 17-11 margin.
In the first 60 seconds of the
next quarter, Thoss and Bixby
each tallied before the Ypsilanti
five began moving. But when
the visitors started scoring they
rapidly cut Saline's lead to six
points. Finally, by the midway
mark in the second stanza, the
Hornets had grabbed a 28-17
edge. By half time they held.a
fairly secure 32*20 advantage.'
Ed Strait" got Saline's first
basket in the second half on a
lay-up. Roosevelt then started
a short scoring surge that gave
them five quick points.-Then
fast-breaking to perfection, Saline pulled away 40-25.
The rest of Saline's scoring
It was a topsy-turvy countryside after 300 telephone
poles went down Saturday ih a sleet storm accompanied by
high winds. But the poles on Waterworks road (above) went
even further — they turned completely upside down and stood
with their bases waving in the wind.
Sleet Storm Dama3e
Still Under Repair
Saline area residents today
were still only partly dug out,
after a sleet storm accompanied by heavy winds, that downed  hundreds   of  utility  poles,
300 poles had to be replaced.
Estimated cost "to restore
service to the condition it was
in before the storm" was
$35,000,  according to Kenneth
shattered wndows, and produc- Conway, manager of the Tecumseh district. The job is expected to be completed by Friday.
All the areas of the state serviced by General Telephone Co.
were affected, Conway said, but
Saline was one of the hardes*;
in HAzel exchange alone,  and
came from McDonald's lay-up
and Bixby's free throw during
the last half of the third period.
Early in the final stanza, Don
Jaeger pulled the last of his
starting unit and sent all of
his other team into the game.
The reserves were able to hold
down Roosevelt enough that the
Roughriders cut the gap by only
a "single point during the final
eight minutes.
The Saline win marked a return of the full-court press by
the Hornets, who began polishing up their play for the district tournaments, to be held on
their own floor next week. Also
much in evidence was that fast
break, which produced many of
their points. -
Though the entire team played a good game, particularly
outstanding was Brian LaRue,
who is turning into one of the
key substitutes on the team. LaRue got all of his six points
off baskets.
High point honors for the
game were shared by Saline's
Mike Bixby and Ypsiianti's Calvin Scott, both having 22 points.
Tourney Drawing
Matches Saline
With St. Thomas
Saline's Hornets are matched
against Ann Arbor St. Thomas
in their first game of the District 11 basketball tournament,
to be held here at 8:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, March 8. U-High
and Clinton are paired earlier,
at 7 p.m.
The drawing, held here Tuesday evening, gave Boysville and
Ypsilanti Roosevelt "byes" for
the first night's play. They will
play winners of the 7 p.m. and
8:30 p.m. games, respectively,
at 7 and 8:30 p.m. Friday,
March 10.
The district championship
game is set for 8 p.m. Saturday;
and winners will, compete in tlie
Regional the following week at
Eastern Michigan university.
Howard Hill is tournament manager for District 11.
ed   a   shower   of  broken   tree
limbs and ice,  Saturday.
Heaviest loser in the storm
was    the   telephone    company,
which has  called in five out-
state repair crews to work with
those  based  in  the  Tecumseh
district, to restore service. With! hit.   But  the   area  was   never
nearly every country road lined. completely out of service,
with flattened telephone poles,!    Detroit Edison  Co.  reported
the company reported that 370 only scattered trouble in the ar-
subscribers were out of service rea;  individual residences  were
without power when limbs were
blown down on wires; but the
longest out - of - service period
was 25 minutes, in the Ann Arbor area.
SaUne Volunteer Fire department ■ was called out in the
height of the storm to fight a
trailer fire at Woodside Trailer
Court. The blaze, started by a
defective pilot light on a gas
stove, caused extensive damage
to inside of a trailer owned by
the Donald Chapman family.
Firemen saved the frame of the
trailer.
Vibration caused by wind
cracked an eight-foot square
show window at the Gamble
store on E. Michigan avenue,
and several residents reported
glass was shattered in storm
doors blown open. Two minor
property-damage auto accidents
were reported to police Sunday
morning, caused by slippery
roads.
The box
score:
Saline
17 15 12 13   57
Roosevelt
11   9 11 14   45
HOSPITALIZED        .
Surgical patients at Saline
Community Hospital this week
are Linzy Couch of Saline; Mrs.
George Burmeister of Ann Arhor; and Mrs. Clifford Sanderson of Bridgewater. Medical pa>
tients: include * 'John Mpnroe,
Mrs. Wilhelmina Fouss and
Mrs. Charles Swope, all of Sa^
line.
Givse
KEEP CARS LOCKED
Police this week warned owners of station wagons to keep
their vehicles locked, after four
tires were reported stolen from
four separate parked station
wagons here Sunday night. The
tires were taken from the tire-
wells inside the cars.
Chuck Wagon
Supper Set
By Jaycees
Plans were completed this
week for the '-'Chuck Wagon
Supper", to be sponsored by the
Junior. Chamber of Commerce
Thursday evening at the Intermediate School. The 'supper, is
designed to raise $150, the Jaycees' portion of the cost of the
football scorehbard at the High
School.
The supper, to be served from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m., will be prepared under the. supervision of
Henry Helle, manager of food
services at Wayne county General Hospital. It features a menu of roast beef and "fixings",
pie, milk and coffee. Tickets are
$1.50 for adults and $1 for children under 12.
Co-chairmen of the event are
Jaycees George Anderson and
John Dwyer. John Klein, Lewis
O'Mara, and Don Thompson will
serve on the committee.
TO ATTEND CONVENTION
City Clerk E. J. Muir will attend the annual convention of
Municipal Clerks, to be held in
Detroit March 16 and 17.
Local Scouts See
Archery Exhibit
Twelve boys and girls and
three adults, members of the
Plymouth Police Youth club,
last'week visited Saline to give
an archery demonstration for
Saline Boy Scouts at the Intermediate School gymnasium. The
leader of the group was Elmer
('"Red"). Passage.
Local Scouts intend to take
up archery as one of the extra
activities in the hear future,
Scout Leader Doug Schuur said.
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Meets Zoning
Requirements'
Acting as a Board of Appeals,
City Councilmen Monday approved the projected north Ann
Arbor street location for a rest
home, by a vote of 5 to 1.
The vote was a gesture labeled "superfluous" by Dr. John
Buck, who pointed out: "The
only function of the Zoning
Board of Appeals is to grant relief from the zoning laws. That
is the only authority 'they have.
This application is not in violation of the zoning ordinance."
Said Mayor Jack Bennett: "If
there is no variance from the
zoning ordinance, there is no
reason for a vote."
But North Ann Arbor street
residents wanted a vote: They
have protested plans to build a
convalescent home — designed
to house 50 patients — on a lot
behind 315 N. Ann Arbor St.
Access would be provided by a
15 - foot - wide circle driveway.
The home is planned by Graham Bailey, Dr. C. B. Jackson,
and Marie Campbell, operators
of the present Saline Convalescent Home on South Ann Arbor
street.
Acting for the prospective
builders, Jim Gross answered
objections from property owners around the north Ann Arbor
street location. He said:
"As long as we do meet the
zoning requirements, I'll have
to expect a favorable vote on
the matter. Many roads and
bridges in this country are less
than 15 feet wide, but they get
adequate fire protection. Police
have assured me they can give
adequate police protection . . .
though I don't think much police protection is needed for a
rest home."
To the objection that such a
home in the area might depress
property values, Gross said: "I
have my doubts. I believe that if
a convalescent home were put
there, five years from now the
value of adjacent property
would be the same."
The size of the lot to be used
meets zoning requirements" of
7,000 square feet per residence,
Gross pointed out, and "the people who want to put the convalescent home there have a perfect right to have it there according to the building code and
zoning."
Said Bennett: "This board did
not put these ordinances into
effect, but we are bound by
them. We cannot take it upon
ourselves to ignore them."
Picture Puzzle: Find
Washington Street
If you're a relatively new resident of Saline, we'll bet you
can't find Washington street.
But don't feel badly -- neither
can city officials.
Oh, it's easy enough to locate, oh paper. The map shows
it plainly, just off Whitlock
street, out in Barneygat. (Newcomers usually can't find Barneygat, either, but that's another story.) On the other hand
» if^-you were going to gravel
it,-where would you put the gra-
"Vel? .      -
The problem came up at City
Council meeting Monday when
Ed Scully, who lives more or
less on,Washington street (but
can't quite .locate it either) said
he had put $100 worth of gravel down, lately, in an effort to
maintain *a' passable '-approach
to his home. Since the street is
part pf a recognized subdivision
and. a dedicated city street,
I Scully felt the city was partially responsible for maintaining
it.
Council agreed; they will
maintain it in passable condition, at least, by graveling. But
— short of spending hundreds
of dollars for surveying — they
will never be sure whether
they're gravelng a street, a
lawn extension, or somebody's
back yard.
It all began in 1848, when
Haywood's Addition was recorded. (Look that up on the map;
it's easier to find than Barneygat, which is about the same area.) It included Whitlock street,
which turns right off W. Michigan, just about opposite the
Country Market; and Adeline
which turns west off Whitlock;
and Washington, which turns
off Adeline. There is also Water
street, which runs down to the
millpond.
But people used wooden surveyors' stakes back in those
days, DPW superintendent Mike
Strait explains, and "they just
don't seem to' hold .up." Mike
has also found a few iron stakes
here and there, but "there's no
way of tying them in." For the
precise location of any, one of
the streets, he says, "I can
guess it pretty close, but that's
•ill.". *  »
Only .a full-fledged, all-out
"(and expensiveX survey will ever exactly locate Washington
street.
Chamber
Opposes Both
City Petitions
Saline Chamber of Commerce
members, at a meeting this
week unanimously approved resolutions opposing the parking
and hiring questions to appear
on the April ballot.
City voters will ballot April
4 on whether to remove about
half of the city's parking 'meter system, and restrict hiring
of police and DPW employees
to city residents.
The Chamber of Commerce
resolutions read:
"WHEREAS the Saline
Chamber of Commerce feels
that the maintenance and expansion of off-street parking facilities in the City of Saline is
of vital importance to the economic health of this community; and
WHEREAS the Saline Chamber of Commerce feels that the
most feasible and fair way to
finance such off-street parking
facilities is through revenues
obtained from the parking meter system;  and
WHEREAS the proposition
for removal of over half of the
existing parking meters which
will appear on the ballot at the
Spring Election would interfere
with such financing of such off-
street parking facilities
NOW THEREFORE, Be it
Resolved that the Saline Chamber of Commerce opposes said
proposition and recommends
that, the electors vote against
said proposition."
and
"WHEREAS the Saline
Chamber - of Commerce feels
that the proposition for requiring city employees to be residents pf the City of Saline is
not-iif the best interests, of the
City of Saline -
NOW THEREFORE, Be it
Resolved that the Saline Chamber of-Commerce opposes said
proposition and recommends
that the electors vote against
said proposition."