1961-03-15; Saline Reporter

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Vo^f-ME 14, NUMBER 26 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1961
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Band Wins First
In 'District Meet
"First With All the Local News'
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Members of the champion Saline Senior High School Band
this week brought back their
ninth "First Division Rating" at
the District Band Festival in
the past ten years. The record
is. unmatched by any high
school band in this area, and
by only a few bands in the
state.
By receiving 22 "A's" and 2
"B's" in their concert playing
Saturday, the musicians once
again led all bands of this area by performing in a superior
manner musically and technically.
Judges'   comments   were   en-
Board Bans
Solicitation
In Schools
SaUne area Board of Education this week adopted a policy
prohibiting all "in-school solicitation for charity organizations
and research programs".
The board also limited fund-
raising activities of school-connected non-student organizations, with the statement: "The
policy on money-raising projects by non-student organizations connected with the schools
and using school facilities and
students, is that they be limited to one project per year, and
that the purpose of the project
must be approved by the Board
of Education."
The new policy does not in
any way affect the use of school
facilities by community organisations which are not school-
connected, according" to Mrs.
Robert Tefft, president of the
board.
The action against charity
solicitation in school was taken,
she said, with the feeling that
funds should be received from
the parents, rather than from
the children; and because bookkeeping for such solicitation
had taken time scheduled for
learning. ■     •   '
' Mrs. Fred Arend entered Saline Community Hospital Tues-
,day for medical treatment.
thusiastic: "Excellent accentuation, detachment and dynamic
display ... I like the style and
dynamic control of the band . . .
Excellent &ttentiveness to conductor and rhythmic clarity . . .
Legato sections well done . . .
Interpretation well planned and
well executed • . . Excellent approach to performance problems . . . interesting use of percussion . . . Nice ensemble tone
quality and general style of
phrasing . . ."
Some comments as to the
problems heard in the band's
performance were: "Individual
improvement will help performance . . . Problems of intonation very evident. . . This group
needs more clarinets . . . Intonation in upper clarinets, flutes,
and oboes sometimes distressing .. . ."
The 65-piece High School
Band left Saline at 6:15 a.m.
Saturday on two buses, and arrived at Schaefer High School
in Southgate around 7:30, for
the event. They performed at
8:25 a.m. for three judges: Cliff
Lillya, of University of Michigan; Mark De Leonard, of
Wayne State university; and
Harry Begian of Cass Technical High School, Detroit.
Said SHS Band director Art
Katterjohn:     "These   students
are to be congratulated for their
excellent work and attitude approaching   this   Festival,    and
they  represented  their   school
and community in the highest
manner.  Their musical perfor-'
mance is one to be proud of,.
achieving the highest possible!
rating at this festival. I am extremely   happy   with   the   re- j
suits." I
The Junior High and the Senior High Concert Bands performed to a capacity crowd
[Sunday afternoon at their An-
,nual Festival Band Concert, at-
I tended by approximately 400
people. The Junior High Band
will participate in its own District Festival this coming Saturday, leaving the school at
6:30 a.m. and traveling to Belleville. Parents and friends are
invited to come along. The students will return around 11:30
a.m. '
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High points in the District tourney:
Above, right, Ed Strait (44) out-leaps a
Rough Rider guard in the Friday game
against Roosevelt. Left, U-High's ianky Jeff
Fischer (44) out-stretches Hornet Ken Volz
(31)" to aid U-High's victory over Saline
47-42,   Saturday   night.
-■•^photo by Lanny Robbins
Fair Board Ponders:
How About Holding
'Old Settlers9 Day9?
How about having "Old Setters'  Day"  at  the  Fair?
The Fair Board, at its regular ^meeting Monday evening,
tabled the suggestion until it
could find out how the public
would like the innovation.
Ramifications"" of the idea
(most of them suggested by
Bessie Collins), included: Rather than' hiring a troop of outside entertainers, why not let
the Old Settlers put on a square
dance contest — some of them
are first-rate dancers. Eliminations for such a contest might
be held Saturday afternoon of
the Fair, with finals slated Saturday night. Prizes would be
worth dancing for.
The Old Settlers might want
to stir up a few barbershop
quartets, too.
They could appear in the Saturday parade . . . possibly in
old-time autos or horses and
buggies.
They might be in charge of
an antique -exhibit at the Fair.
.There is some possibility of
■ scheduling a county-wide Horse
^Shoe Pitching match; this also
-▼might interest the Old Settlers.
" An "Old Settler" might be
defined as anyone who has lived
in the community (Saline area
' school district) for 40 years.
Such long-time residents would
register at an Old Settlers'
booth, early in the Fair, and
receive a ribbon marked "Old
Settler". There might be a prize
offered for the oldest Old Settler to„ register. %
The suggestion for Old Set
tlers' Day was made in the belief that it would create Fair
interest a"-or*, a whole group
of residents who don't qualify
for participation in the Baby
Photo contest or the Miss Saline
contest; who don't raise sheep
and can't back tractors; who
can't**-cook and don't care for
the merry-go-round. But they
can still whoop it up, on the
right occasion.
Local residents (old or otherwise) who would like to join in
Old Settlers' fun are asked to
contact Mrs. Collins (HAzel
9-9188) or The Saline Reporter
(HAzel 9-7380).
Tn other action, the Fair
Board announced that the 1961
Fair will be held September 13
through 16, and adopted a set
of by-laws which — according to
Raymond Girbach, chairman of
the by-laws committee — "are
what we've always gone by, and
now they're written down".
FFA   SCHEDULES
DONKEY  BALL   GAME
A double feature Donkey Basketball Game, sponsored by the
local chapter of Future Farmers of America, will be held at
the Intermediate School gymnasium, opening at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. Tickets will
be available from FFA members or at the door.
FFA members will'play against faculty members in one
of the,two games; the other will
pit present FFA members against alumni.
On Saturday evening half a
decade ago Saline High basketball fans had high hopes for
a state championship. Howard
Hill's cagers had rolled up an
impressive 17-straight triumphs
before that last game of district tournaments. Then on that
night, they met Dundee High, a
team they had solidly defeated
twice before in the season, and
lost a close decision.
Last Saturday evening, five
years later, Don Jaeger's young
men, whom fans had equally
high hopes for, had the same
thing happen to them. University High School, a team that
the Hornets had triumphed over
by great scores, twice before
during the season, played the
same part as spoiler in barely
defeating Saline, 47-42.
For Saline, it was an especially bitter-defeat because of the
hampered performance of guard
Mike Bixby. The flashy senior
ball handler had been slowed
by illness the last part of the
season, and saw only hmited
action in three of Saline's last
four games, while missing one
contest completely. And with
Bixby at limited performance,
Don Jaeger's Washtenaw Conference Champions never reached their heights of court perfection that they showed earlier
in the year when they rolled
over Chelsea, eliminating the
Bulldogs as a contender for the
title, and later crushing U-High
hopes for part of the crown.
The Hornets started their final game of the year with a
bang, as they buzzed of f a 4-0
lead in the opening ninety seconds on baskets by Strait and
Bixby. But that was the last of
their scoring efforts for over
three minutes.
U-High, taking advantage of
of Saline's missed shots, began'
what turned into a mild scoring
avalanche before the Hornets
got going again. Dennis Stevens
drew two fouls while shooting,
from Strait. The first time he
missed the basket and made the
charity toss; the next time he
basketed but missed the free
throw. Jeff Fischer, on an outside shot seconds later, gave the-
Cubs a lead, and they never lost
it. Stu Bradley, having hot luck
on two shots, made it 9-4 before Saline scored again.
Saline's third basket of the
game came when Jerry McDonald broke loose momentarily at
the 3:20 mark to drop in a two
pointer. Ken Volz fouled just
after that made a free throw to
pull the local qurhtet back to'
a two point deficit, 9-7', which
turned out to be the closest Saline' was to get for the-■remainder of the game.
By the end of the first eight
minutes Saline trailed 17-12.
In the second period the Hornets fought doggedly back, but
didn't show any of their real
spark even though they momentarily " came   to  -within "-three
points of U-High, twice. A free
throw by Jerry McDonald at
4:32 remaining of the first half,
made it 17-20 for Saline. Then
John Thoss offset another of
Fischer's baskets, making it 19-
22. But in the last two minutes
of the first half, the Ann Arbor
five again regained that frustrating lead, as Bradley meshed
a field goal and Dennis Stevens
dropped in two free throws.
Things were to get worse in
the third period before the late
Saline rally in the final minutes.
U-High, scoring at a slightly
better pace than the Hornets, 1
managed an almost unbeatable
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OES   PLANS
WHITE   BREAKFAST
The annual Eastern Star
White Breakfast will be held
Thursday, March 30, at 9:30
a.m. at the Eastern Star Hall.
The breakfast is open to the
public and donation is $1 per
person. Reservations may be
made by calling Mrs. Lee Robison, HA 9-9391.
The Rev. Robert Richards
will give the address.
Like all Girl Scouts every-
where,-Mary and Elizabeth Merchant, shown above at their
home on Maple road, are fond
of pets and know how to care
for them. Animal husbandry is
only one of many activities studied by American girls who
next "week will observe National Girl Scout Week.
Junior Play
Set April 6-7
"Onions in the Stew", a three-
act comedy by Betty MacDon-
ald, author of "The Egg and I",
will be presented by the junior
class on April 6 and 7 at Saline High School auditorium.
Tickets for the production, to
open at 8 p.m. both nights, will
be in the hands of the junior
class. Ticket chairman is Carol
Thompson.
Directed by English teacher
Margaret Baker, and student director Sandy Brown, the cast
includes Beverly Brown, Ed
Strait, Babs Schmid, Louise
Anderson, Brian LaRue, Gary
Niethammer,  and Jim Marion.
Others taking part are Mer-
rilie Harvey, Barbara Finley,
Jan Nielsen, Chris MacDonald,
Carol Thompson, Ela'ne Fer-
rence, Mary Sue Gordon, Tom
Wagener, Tom Jeppesen, Larry
Fahrner, Abbie Young, Donna
Diuble, Paul Ellis, Bill Tefft,
Sara Schaible, Rick Johnson,
and Bob Smith.
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE
FOR EASTER VACATION
Saline area schools will dismiss Thursday afternoon,
March 30, and resume Tuesday
morning, April 4, for a four-day
Easter vacation, the Board of
Education decided at their meeting this week.
In other action, the Board
voted to hire one non-teaching
person to assist with noon hours
at the Elementary School, nexc
year.
Girbach Is
Candidate for
National Post
-   Ernest Girbach, of 2693 Ar-
kona Rd., has been endorsed by
the American Dairy Association
of Michigan board of directors
for nomination to the office of
national vice president of the
American Dairy Association.
This post will be filled next
week at the annual meeting in
Chicago.
The resolution of consideration points out that Girbach's
20 years of experience working
with dairy organizations, and
six years on the American Dairy Association of Michigan
board of directors, qualifies him
to serve as an officer of the
national association.
At the national level, Girbach
has served as a board member
for the past four years, is currently "chairman "bf "the* public
relations committee, member of
the National Dairy- Princess
committee, and most recently
is serving on the liaison committee between, the American
Dairy Association. and the National Dairy- Council.
At the state level, Girbach,
immediate past president, is a
director representing producers
at large; a delegate of the association to the board of directors of the Michigan Agricultural conference; a member of the
Michigan Professional Dairymen's Association; and serves
as president of the Michigan
Livestock Improvement Association.
Girbach lives with * his wife,
two sons and two daughters on
a 400-acre dairy farm where he
owns seventy milking cows.
'Closins' Of NYC Depot
Makes Little Difference
Local merchants this week
discovered that the "closing" of
Saline's New York Central depot Friday wasn't going to
make much difference, after all.
The same freight agent — Ed
Sawall - was still in residence,
but now he bore the title "Travelling Freight Agent" and had
a company car. Further, he was
in residence for nearly as many
hours — all day Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and all of
Tuesdays and Thursdays except
the last two hours of the afternoon.
New to the local scene was
the occasional presence of a
Railway Express truck, for delivery to the door (inside the
city) of "less than carload"
shipments. Rural customers will
continue to receive' their.LCL
shipments at the depot, Sawall
said;. - ^
Sawall, who has 18 years' seniority with the ra"Uroad, was
notified Friday that he had
been accepted "for the travelling
freight agent's post, and that
he would be based in Saline,
rather than in Jackson as; was
planned by the company earlier.
He -willservice Brooklynr Pitts
field Junction, and Dexter, as
well as Bridgewater, which has
always received and shipped
freight through the Saline depot.
Local businessmen, who had
fought the prospective loss of
the depot bitterly, by petition
and at MPSC hearings, this
week were considerably relieved. Said one: "It's okay; I guess
our squawking did some good."
Said another: "It's going to be
all right."
Said the recipient of -an LCL
package, when the new delivery
truck drew up at the door:
"Hey, this is dandy!"
The railroad hadn't left.Saline yet.
HOSPITAL AUXnJARY
TO MEET TUESDAY
The next meeting of the Saline Community Hospital Auxiliary will be held on Tuesday,
March 21, at the home of Mrs.
Everett Wolfin, 201- W. Henry,
at 8 p.m.
Dr. John W. Henderson, director of the* Michigan Eye Center, will speak and show slides
on the Eye Bank.-.- *-••----"
LOCAL WOMEN ATTEND
DIOCESAN CONCLAVE
Six Saline women were in Detroit last week to attend the
23rd annual convention of the
Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women. Attending were Mrs.
Arthur O'Neill, Mrs. Donald
Rohn, Mrs. Richard Wanty,
Mrs.- Al Christopher, Mrs. John
Findley and Mrs. Dan Levleit.
The convention, a one day affair, was held at the Statler-
Hilton Hotel
Local Plants
To Supply
Equipment
A long-term agreement by
which Uniloy and Plas-Tainer
will supply blowmolding machinery and plastic containers to
Dow Chemical company was announced this week by Hoover
Ball and Bearing company.
Under the terms of the agreement, Uniloy, Inc., Hoover's machine tool division, will supply
machinery, equipment, and processes to Dow for the fabrication of the polyethelene containers such as Pias-Tainer already manufactures. In addition, Plas-Tainer, Inc., a Hoover subsidiary, will make containers for Dow and customers
of Dow "where conditions indicate this to be the preferable
Mrs. Goodrich
Injured In
Bridge Crash
Mrs. Raymond F. Goodrich,
of 10741 Sprague Way (Saline
Valley Farms) was reported in
good condition" today after
her car skidded along an embankment and crashed through
a guard rail and off a 40-foot
abutment at the overhead
bridge, on US-112, in Monday's
drenching rainstorm.
Mrs. Goodrich received only
minor injuries, but the discovery of her smashed car under
the bridge, at about 1 p.m.,
launched a frantic 1% hour
search by local police, sheriff's
deputies, her husband, and
friends.
The injured woman was not
found until 2:30 p.m. when Acting Police Chief James Levleit
discovered her wandering north
along the railroad track, apparently suffering from shock, and
carrying her shoes despite the
downpour. She had walked
nearly two miles, to the vicinity
of Payeur road.
A scheduled train passed on
the tracks only four minutes
after she was found. She was
taken to University Hospital.
Police said Mrs. Goodrich
was driving west on US-112
when her car skidded onto the
shoulder on the north side of
the road, broke through one of
two steel guard ropes and broke
the other. It then plunged off
the 40-foot embankment to the
tracks. It was totally wrecked.
Mrs. Goodrich is the mother
of three children. Her husband,
Raymond Goodrich, is .a doctor
of physics connected with the
University of Michigan.
Karl Flugel underwent surgery last week at St. Joseph
Hospital in Ann Arbor.
marketing method," the announcement said.
It also stated: "It is anticipated that facilities beyond
those currently operated by
Plas-Tainer may be required to
meet the needs of new customers and new markets" and "Dow
has agreed to make available
to Plas-Tainer a significant portion of the funds that may be
required for these purposes."
Plas-Tainer has been a pilot
plant for the new, white polyethelene bottles, which are already on the market as containers for bleaches, soaps, and similar products. The Hoover announcement   continued:
"On a short-term basis, income from the production of
blown ware and from the sale
and use of our machine tools
is not expected to make a significant contribution to consolidated net earnings. This fact
coupled with recent cut-backs
in production schedules at some
divisions of the Company indicates that earnings for the
last six months of our current
fiscal year may not exceed
those reported recently for the
first half of the year. As an
offset to this possibility, within
the past few weeks inquiries
and incoming orders in other
sections of the Company have
shown a decided increase. If
this trend continues and is an
indication of an upturn in the
economy, we are in an excellent
position to convert the added
volume into better net earnings.
"On a long-term basis, however, we expect income from
blowmolded products and machinery to make a significant
contribution to our consolidated
net earnings. We are also confident that the agreements reported above will be of material
assistance and will help insure
our participation in a large segment of the business available
in the multi-billion dollar container industry."
Jean Bondie (kneeling, right) made a big, furry, friend
when the trio above skated in "Melody on Ice — 1960" with
the Ann Arbor Figure Skating Club. Jean, and several other .
Saline youngsters, will also skate in the show. "Melody on
Ice -1961" to be presented Saturday and Sunday in the
Michigan Ice Rink. Costumes will be different, but just as
colorful and imaginative^ * '       .   -. .
28 Dairymen
To be Cited
At Banquet
Twenty-eight of Washtenaw
county's leading dairymen will
be honored at the sixth annual
County Dairy Banquet to be
held Saturday at Saline High
School.
To qualify for the honor
group, known as the "400 pound
club", a dairyman must have a
five-year production average of
400 pounds of butterfat per
cow per year. Records must be
official, Dairy Herd Improvement USDA approved.
The county Dairy Princess
contest will be another feature
of the banquet. Any girl between the ages 'of 16 and 25 and
with a dairy, farm background
is eligible to compete. The county Dairy Princess will represent
Washtenaw county in the state
contest to be held at Michigan-
State university in May.
The County Dairy Council,
sponsor of the event, has secured one of the nation's leading dairymen as speaker: Will
Foster of Scarsdale, New York,
was sales and advertising executive for 34 years.with Borden's Dairy Co. He has served
on the National Dairy Council
for 15 years.
Dairymen throughout the
county> are urged to secure their
tickets as soon as possible.
Banquet committee chairmen
are: general chairman: Dave
Gordon, Saline; awards: Tom
Carlton, Manchester; dinner:
Mrs. Simon Girbach, Saline; finances: Stanley Gill, Ypsilanti;
Dairy^.Princess contest: Ernest
Girbach, Saline;"" publicity: Albert Gall, Saline; program: Don
Johnson, Extension Service director.