1961-03-29; Saline Reporter

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VOTE
Monday, April 3
7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
VOTE
The S
Reporter
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 28 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1961
(First With All the Local News"
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vIn a city this size, community life sometimes slows to a
crawl. It did so this week, while residents quietly made Easter
plans or caught their breath before the planting season began. News was scant. On the other hand, The Reporter suddenly discovered it had all the ingredients of a first-class
Fair, from livestock to home economics department, from
produce to beauty queens. So we have declared The Saline
Interim Fair to be in progress (why wait for September?)
Winners are shown on this page.
LIVESTOCK DEPARTMENT:
PRODUCE DEPARTMENT:
FARMERS' DAY:
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These gals are all Fair. They are the contestants in the
recent Washtenaw county Dairy Princess contest, with winner Katrene Gall seen at center. On her right is runner-up
Mary Ross, of Saline; at Katrene's left is Joyce Moore, of
Willis, who placed third.
Unquestionable winner in the livestock department was
a ewe owned by the Max Ross family, of 6135 Manchester
Rd. The wooly mother recently- produced quadruplets, an
almost unheard-of occasion. Even three lambs at one birth
are considered unusual.
C. of C. Plans
Dinner, Elects
New Officers
R. C. Lehman,, chief of the
Investment Division of the Detroit Regional office of the
Small Business "Administration,
will be the guest speaker Wednesday, April 5, of the annual
Inaugural Dinner of the Chamber of Commerce here.
1961 officers to be installed
"at the dinner were unanimously
fleeted at a C. of C. meeting
ruesday noon. They are8 ;Mlan
Grossman, president;/ .John
Steeb, executive vice president;
Paul lull, vice president; Dorothy "Walker,, treasurer; and Ruby LaRose, secretary.
The dinner, for Chamber of
Commerce members and their
spouses, will be. held at 6:30
p.m. Wednesday at the American Legion hall. Tickets, at
$2.25 a person, are available
from all C. of C. members.
SORRY - NO  SCRAP
PAPER MARKET NOW
Boy Scouts- of Troop 46 this
week expressed regrets . . . but
there just isn't any market for
scrap paper these days. They
haven't even been able to dispose of what they have on hand.
Local residents who had in-
uired about a possible' scrap paper drive were assured that -
when the paper market permits
- the Scouts will put on a drive
and announce it well in advance.
Light Turnout
Predicted for
City Election
A light turnout in Monday's
election was forecast today by
city officials, though they hoped that two local proposals on
the ballot might bring more voters tb the polls than is usual
in the spring.
Saline voters will decide on
the controversial hiring and
parking questions which have
stirred up continual pro and
con discussion since^jthe*^ we're;
placed on the b^bfjby'-ip^tition,:
two months ago.' "MP: '"""""IH";   *
Not yet concluded this wljpk
was a Prosecuting Attorney-{|;
investigation.', launched after1
Councilman Jjahn Buck produced affidavits^alleging that the
petitions had!' been improperly
circulated. But the results of
such an investigation would not
affect the validity of the election, Prosecutor WiUiam Agar
had said; that could only be
determined by a civil suit and
would not fall within the scope
of his office.
The petitions were circulated
by John Predmore for two committees whose members have
declined to release their names.
They placed on the ballot a
.question as to whether about
J^fiaif of the city's parking me-
\ jters shall be removed, and another as to whether police and
DPW employees must be city
residents.
With city voter registration
.^now numbering about 1305, a
turnout of 250 would be consid-
- ered   average  in  most  spring
elections, City Clerk E. J. Muir
. said, but urged city residents
•to make a special effort to get
- to the polls "in view of the importance of the local questions".
16-Year-Old
Found Guilty
Of Forgery
A 16-year-old Saline boy was
remanded; ^to custody of the
county Juvenile Home Tuesday
after he was found guilty in
Juvenile Court 'on a forgery
charge arising from the passing
of a $12 check in a Whitmore
Lake restaurant in February.
The youth was identified and
arrested when he returned to
the restaurant about two weeks
later.
An Ann Arbor man was arraigned in Justice of the Peace
Court here Wednesday on a
charge of larceny under $100
after he admitted taking a woman's fur coat from the American Legion hall Tuesday night.
He is Robert Hunger., 29, of
Ann Arbor, arrested by Saline
police early Wednesday.
The coat was owned by Mrs.
Robert Smiley, who declined to
jiress charges on the more serious-complaint of larceny over
$100, pbliee said.
GRANGE DANCE CANCELED
The /weekly Saturday night
dance at the Pittsfield Grange
Hall will be canceled this week
.because of EasteS'-. The dances
|vill resume the .lollowing Saturday, April 8.
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Florida souvenir! The Earl Clarks almost had to leave
their baggage behind, to make room for that grapefruit,
picked up on their reeent visit in Florida. The monster stands
11 inches high and measures better than two feet around
the waist. It would make quite a meal, but the Clarks prefer
to keep it and amaze friends with it. Sam Lambarth and Albert Lange are seen amazed above.
Earl brought back happy news from his son, Stan, who
operated the Saline Theater back in the '50's. (For the benefit
of newcomers, we mention that today's Walker's Bakery
building' was formerly a motion picture palace.) Stan is now
living at Brandon, Fla., and works with the J. C. Penney Co.
in advertising and display.
Harold and LeRoy Feldkamp appear perfectly carefree
ih their "open house" photo above . . . but matter of fact
they have a weighty problem on their,minds. Hog weight,
to be specific. One of the chief attractions at the Feldkamp
Brothers' recent two-day party was a weight^guessing contest involving a hog of considerable size. The hog was the
prize, to go to the closest weight-guesser. Hundreds of farm
folks" in this area submitted their estimates . . . and many
came close. But only one contestant hit the weight right on
the snout. Allie Gross was the man . . . and 218 pounds was
the weight.
That weight has diminished a bit since Allie picked uj>
the prize. The Grosses are enjoying those pork chops.
Shades of Jean Val jean!
.' Vividly beautiful Easter eggs, colored by an ancient
Ukranian -method, gladden the friends of Mrs. Cecelia
Ference.
Traditional Artistry
Brightens Easter Eggs
There is an old, old Ukranian
story that says that, when
Christ was crucified, one of the
women at the foot of the cross
happened to be carrying a basket of eggs. She wept, and when
she looked down, behold, her
tears had dyed the eggs in many, many colors.
And so, for centuries, the
Ukranians dyed their Easter
eggs in many vivid colors, with
brilliant and imaginative designs . . _.and Mrs. Cecelia Ference still does.
Mrs. Ference, who lives at
10789 Jordan Rd., is the daughter of Anthony Gruszecky, who
came here from Austria in 1913.
Many old-country customs came
with him-s,,Cecelia remembers
that her mother used to make
an enormous Easter paska (elaborately decorated and braided
All Around Saline
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Whitfield, who had been making
their home in Nigeria, returned
to the United States in February and are now living in Cleveland where Mrs. Whitfield; the
former Nancy Woods, is teaching elementary school. Her husband is an engineer.- Their
young son, Paul Howard, who
is almost a year old, is staying
with his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Woods, Sr,, of Clark
St. TheWhitfields nope to remain here indefinitely.
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Bill Milhan is under medical
treatment at Saline Community Hospital where he has .been
a patient for the past two
weeks.
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Members. of. the Federated
Church,are p*ushing hacitito re
decorate their parsonage within
the next few weeks. The building, located on S. Ann Arbor
St., has been vacant since the
departure of the Rev. and Mrs.
Henry MeKenzie; the persent
project is being rushed to prepare the parsonage for a replacement minister and his family.. All work, with the exception of Mtchen-remodeing, is
being done by volunteer members of the church. Federated
folks, with or without painting,
paper hanging,- sanding,a or-
scrubbing talent, are invited to
participate. Recruits may* contribute" their help by showing up
Saturdays at the parsonage. Everyone is guaranteed a job!
Steven Wallo, 10-month-old
son of Mr. and Mrs: James
Wallo, is a medical. patient at
Saline Community Hospital,
bread) that filled the whole oven. This was placed in a basket
with the brightly colored eggs
and other special foods (including horseradish ground up with
beets) and taken to church to
be blessed before the Easter
dinner. "Easter dinner ranked
almost higher than Christmas
dinner as a family ceremony,"
Mrs. Ference recalls.
The eggs are a product of
many hours of loving, careful
work. Since the dyes won't take
well on a cooked egg, you use
raw ones, and blow them out
after they're colored. You begin by covering the areas you
don't want to dye, with warm
beeswax (Mrs. Ference also
keeps bees), and you don't uncover any color until the egg
is finished. By this time, it has
many layers of wax over many
colors . . . you melt them off in
the oven and watch to see how
your design turned out.
Mrs. Ference is not anxious
to keep her egg-dying technique
a secret ... in fact, she's quite
willing to teach it, for two rea
sons: "I'd like to see how someone, not Ukranian, would interpret this. We'd get new and
different techniques and designs."
"Second, it's something that
can be passed On, and it should
be. It's one of the traditions
that's going away, and that
makes me feel sad. So many
nationalities are losing their
traditional crafts . ,;. we're losing all these things from our
culture."
The eggs, being empty, are
naturally not for eating. They
are strictly for looks. You keep
only the prettiest ones,.-and
these have a way of wandering
away with admiring friends. A
Ukranian Easter Egg gives* no-
one a stomach ache, but it gives
many people pleasure, for many
years to come..-
Culprits
Through
The classic story of Jean Val-
jean was re-enacted here last
week when police pursued a
couple of young culprits
through the sewer.
Saline's sewer system is not
as roomy as the sewers of Paris,
and probably not as rancid, but
it was quite uncomfortable
enough for PoUce Officer Jim
Levleit, who emerged from his
quarter-mile underground chase
wet, cramped, and convinced he
had burrowed along for 10 miles
oi* more. Fortunately, it Was a
storm sewer, not a sanitary sewer.
The chase began when a
neighbor, up in Rolling Meadows, reported that two small
boys (aged eight and nine) had
removed a manhole cover and
gone down into the sewer . . .
and they had not come out.
So the search was launched
.  .  .  above the ground,  from
Ann Arbor
Men Admit
Local Entries
Two Ann Arbor men, arrested
this week near Pinckney and
now linked with half a dozen
robberies throughout the county, have admitted breaking into
twp Saline stores last December.
The pair, who pleaded guilty
in Livihgston County Circuit
Court to charges of breaking
and entering, are Ronald D.
Marsh, 28, and Keith Metty, 19.
April 5 was set as their date
for sentencing, and they were
placed under bond of $5,000 and
$2,000 respectively and remanded to the Livingston county jail.
The men told police they had
been responsible for the breaking and entering of Westside
Hardware and Saline Lanes
here, on December 29. A quantity of .22 shells were taken
from the hardware store. Nothing was taken from the bowling alley, but a safe was pried
open there. They have also admitted break-ins in Milan and
Ann Arbor. ,
They pleaded guilty to a felony charge stemming from a
break-in at a Pmckney service
station.
COUNCIL TO MEET
TUESDAY  NIGHT
The first regular Council
meeting of April will be held
Tuesday evening, April 4, to
avoid conflict with the election
Monday, April 3.
cee Plan
Iqq^Hunt
ppr Small Fry
IfvAh Easter Egg' hunt for Sa-
house to house to lind the parents of the boys ...-*,-and underground.^ along thevsiippery pipej
whichls. buneCslx^get deep'Sil
some spots, 12 or !§; feet deejS"
in others. DPW sup^rintend^nlj
Mike Strait went along-the liftef
above ground, opening' mahtivoTa|
covers to shed a little ^^^^^^'^"diSnr^an initial
Levleit to go by. ,     ^ ,".#|^3 " ...'.._.
The pipe, which emerge^i****^
culvert hear, the river, is-^^^a,^
ches in diameter". ,. .. .ifWtfMp'
enough to two small b^'f J|p
stand up, in' but not tall enoiigh
for Levleit. ' -: :.?*'.
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His main worry was'the lead-
in pipes, some of them 12 ihffies
in diameter, some 18 inches. A
child could crawl up into-them
and get stuck there.
Noises along the route at
times indicated the culprits
were still in the pipe, and not
very far ahead. But, like Jean
Valjean, they reached the river
and fled to safety.
Located later, the boys' parents weren't sure what all the
uproar was about; and for a
fact, there's no law against
crawling around in the,^sewer.
But police discouragei if.' They
don't want to go through THAT
again!
*event sponsored by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, will begin at the Intermediate School
at 2 p.m. Saturday. '
Local children 12 years old
or younger may join in the
search for the more than lt)00
eggs — both colored and chocolate — that will be hidden on
the sehoolgrounds. For hunting purposes, they will be separated into three groups, from
three to five years old, five to
eight years old, and eight to
twelve years.
Prizes for the event have
been contributed by Estes Pharmacy, Westside Hardware and
Walker's Dollar Store. Eggs
were provided by Klager's Hatchery of Bridgewater, and Amstutz Hatchery of Saline. There
is no charge for participation
in the hunt.
Jaycee chairman of the event
is Herman Radloff.
CHILDREN'S DAY:
VOTE!
Be sure you're there on
Monday, -April 3 -
VOTE]    .
More fun than a carnival Midway is the Saline Play
Center now, on -rainy days. When it drizzles, out comes Hie
new equipment — only two major pieces which magically
convert into teeter-totter, wheelbarrow, car, wagon and slide.
Above," under ihe supervision of Director Anna Mae Cahill,
the toys enchant Lori Ann Komorowski, Dennis Fick,. Donna Sue Hertler, Debbie Moehn and Mark Katterjohn.
A meeting to inform interested parents on Play Center
possibilities will be held the first Monday night in May, the
time and place to be announced later. Meanwhile, parents
. may call Mrs. Arthur Moehn, membership chairman. The
school accepts children three and four years of age.
Chairmen
Named for
Cancer Drive
Saline community leaders for
the^SBl Cancer Crusade were
announced today by Loren W.
Campbell,. Washtenaw county
chairman for the drive.
A-county-wide goal of $30,000,
has been set for the campaign,
which, will begin next week and
continue through the month of
April   "'. ..
Mrs. Leo Jensen is chairman
of the Saline crusade. Mrs. Meredith Bixby is chairman of local publicity; Mrs. Everett Wolfin, chairman of canisters; Mrs.
Charles Kern and Mrs. Charles
Finn are planning - assistant
chsiirmen.
Jji announcing the community chairman, Mr. Campbell said,
"The citizens of Washtenaw
county have a very special stake
in the work of American Cancer
Society. More of the Society's
research money comes back to
Michigan institutions than we
contribute ourselves. Some of
the most significant eaneer studies in the world are right here
in our state."
"The American Cancer Society," he continued, "is in business to go out of business. A
large portion of its crusade
funds is allocated to the research that some day will break
through the mystery of cancer
and find a cure. No one will be
happier than the cancer research people when this happens. Until it does happen, our
crusade contributions are our
only assurance that the research program will move forward."
Ray Beats Firemen
To His Own Fire
It's pretty hard to beat the
Saline Fire department to a fire,
but Ray, Davis did it Tuesday
morning, after he answered* a
fire call, took the address, and
shouted, "Hey, that's MY
house!"
Ray, "who sets off the fire
siren when he takes fire calls
at Lockwood Funeral Home,
owns the house at 179 W. Michigan where a shingle blaze Tuesday ate a three-foot hole in the
roof before it could he put out.
Some smoke: and . water damage resulted from the fire, believed to have started from a
chimney "spark.
Though Ray "won first place
in the footrace tp the fire, The
Reporter wasn't far behind: an
upstairs apartment in the house
is occupied by Reporter pressman Bob Beaudry and Tiis family; his wife, Mary,,,discovered
the blaze.