1961-04-26; Saline Reporter

              Saturday is TAG DAY for the Cancer Crusade
The Saline Reporter
(See story below.)
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 32 - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1961
'First With All the Local News'
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Guests at the Open House Sunday more
than filled the spacious new dining room at
St. Paul's Church (the room will seat 400
at a time). Members ol the Women's Guild
were in charge of the event.
Papsdorf Named
To Zoning Board
Waldo Papsdorf was appointed as a member of the Saline
township Zoning Board, at the
township meeting Monday, to
replace Edward Filsinger, who
was elected to the post of trustee on the Township Board.
Other zoning board members
are Ernest Girbach, chairman;
Victor Berkich, secretary; Albert Gall and Glenn Weber. The
Township Board appointed Filsinger to serve on the Zoning
Appeals Board with Girbach
and Herman Mehler.
The Township Board also in- f
structed the Washtenaw county Road Commission to go a-
head with grading and graveling of Macon road between Jordan and Braun roads.
Francis Lockwood Resigns
Hospital Plans
3 Open Houses
Preparation for the grand event: The Rev. Mr. Hardt,
left, and Rolland Layer hang and level the memorial picture
for the Rev. C. H. Witthracht, who was pastor of St. Paul's
from 1909 to 1945. The picture graces the main lobby.
The Rev. Alfred Hardt (left) greets
guests at the new main entrance to the
church. The visitors, left to right, are Mrs.
Lance Rogers, Mrs. Fred Eichel, and Mr.
and Mrs. Norbert Eichel,
*• Thousands Visit
Church Building
On Dedication Day
Thousands of persons attended Dedication Day events Sunday at the newly completed and
remodeled St. Paul's E. and R.
Church here. More than 600 attended the morning worship service; and hostesses were unable
to count the streaming crowds
that toured the building during
the afternoon Open House.
Worshippers in the morning
filled all seats in the new sanctuary and overflowed into, the
lobby. At the Open House,' an
attempt to register guests was
given up early; visitors continued to arrive long after the
announced closing hour. An evening Festival of Music, presented by the combined choirs,
was also well attended.
The building, under construction for about a year, was begun
after a fund-drive, in one week,
brought pledges of $80,000. Many of the fixtures and furnishings are memorial gifts.
A final Dedication event, for
members and their families, will
be a Family Night banquet, at
Three Open House sessions
have been scheduled at Saline
Community hospital, in conjunction with National Hospital
Week (May 7 through 13) and
te_ acquaint the public with the
hospital facilities and its contribution to the community.
The events, at which area residents are invited to tour the
hospital, are scheduled from 2
to 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 10,
7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, and
again from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 13.
' A "working partnership must
exist between the community
and the hospital if the community's health is to be maintained
at its highest level," Robert A.
Maurer, hospital administrator,
said. "At the Open Houses, the
public is invited to see our half
of the partnership."
/Possible expansion of the Saline hospital is under study,
Avith the appointment last week
by the board of directors of a
committee to consider such expansion. Ernest Girbach, president of the board, said the
group will "go over plans and
Herter is,...chairman., of tj^ey^gee what it would cost for the
Elementary
Carnival io be
Held May 5
The annual Carnival, biggest
event of the Elementary School
social season, will be held from
7 to 9:30- p.m. Friday, May 5,
at the school.
All of the rooms will "participate in the event, sponsored by
the Parents organization, and.
booths on tap will include bake
sales, candy sales, book sales,
white elephant sales, games, refreshments, puppet show, side
show, and talent show.
Proceeds of the Carnival will
be used to purchase books for
the  school  library.  Mrs.  Paul
ent; Mrs, Glenn Carter is co-
chairman. 10,000 tickets have
been ordered (these are- sold at
10 cents apiece for use in making purchases or seeing shows).
Proceeds from last year's
Carnival bought $200 worth -of
library books for the school's
individualized reading program
and paid for the workshop for
the   program,   and   produced
heeded expansion, consider such
endowment plans as the Ford
Foundation or the Kellogg plan,
and consider the timing of a
fund drive".
For the past few weeks, the
entire hospital has been filled
to capacity, including — for the
first time - the obstetrics wing.
However, Girbach said, "in my
estimation the OB wing is big
in hospital finances is $29,000
in pledges still delinquent. Said
Girbach: "We realize some of
these people have moved out of
Saline, but the majority are still
here, and at least $10,000 should
be collectible. That would really
help us out; the money is badly needed to pay off present indebtedness."
Construction of the hospital
was not started until two-thirds
of the money pledged had been
paid, Girbach pointed out. "We
agreed to start it then, and we
started it; now we need this
money. We built this hospital on
the strength of these pledges."
The hospital ran in the black
for the present fiscal year, Girbach said, but it is "close to
the line" and was in the red
for the months of February and
March.
Expansion would not perceptibly increase overhead, he added. "If we had a bigger hospital,
we wouldn't need any more
help; our overhead would be
about the same. We might need
more practical nurses and aids,
but it wouldn't take any more
registered, nurses. It's^very hard
to operate ~a^ Iess-than-50-bed
hospital in the black."
COMMUNITY   CHEST
BOARD TO MEET MAY 1
The Community Chest Board
will hold its annual meeting and
election of officers on May 1 at
the Saline Savings Bank. The
meeting is scheduled for 7:30
p.m.
7 p.m. Thursday at the church, of the school.
black-out curtains for the all- enough, even if we go to a 50
purpose room so that films can Dea hospital."
be shown. |    The hospital now has 18 beds,
A major drawing card in each not counting OB, but it has only
year's Carnival is the talent one war^. There is need for ano-
show put on by the youngsters +her so that male and female
SHS Band Wins 'First'
Rating in State Contest
The first class who will spend their entire church lives
in the new building, and one of the largest ever confirmed at
St. Paul's, is shown above with the Rev. Mr. Hardt after the
Confirmation Service on Palm Sunday.
Hornets Open Baseball
Season with 4-0 Shutout
Last week the Hornet' base-
ballers opened their season with
a 4-0 shutout of the Chelsea
Bulldogs.
Jim Walters, a junior, hurled
the entire contest for Saline,
giving up only two hits to the
opposition's sluggers, striking
out ten', and walking one. Homer Nixon made both hits for
Chelsea.
Blalock, on the mound for
Chelsea, found the Hornet hitting a lot more of a problem in
giving up 12 hits and walking
three.
Saline's first run came in the
third inning when  short  stop
wMike Bixby came in after trip-
a^ling. Milt Stemen then nicked
_home plate in the fifth for the
*next tally. After slamming out
a double,  Stemen was helped
around by a series of singles by
Farrar,   Frey   and   Coe.   Dick
Leidheiser was thrown out at
first ending the fifth frame.
In the sixth Jim Walters
made the circuit after singling
and Milt Stemen dro^e in McDonald for the final
The box score:
AB   R   H
Bixby 5     13
McDonald 4     11
Stemen 4     1     3
Farrar - 4     0      1
Frey 3     0     2
Coe 4     0     1 .
Leidheiser 3     0     0
Walters 3     11
Hits Rims Err.
Saline 4     12     2
Chelsea 0        0      2
3B-Bixby, McDonald,  2B-Stem-
en (2), Sac-Walters.
Other scheduled diamond and 	
track events have been rained flowinVlegatcT style .
out.
DEPARTMENT■, GAJJJED
FOR CHIMNEY FIRE"
Saline Fire department was
called to the Pete Wiedmayer
residence, on Weber road, at 9
a.m. Monday to fight aiChimney
blaze. Damage was slight.
Shrieks of joy broke the tension and silence at the Slauson
Junior High School in Ann Arbor, as the 68-piece Saline High
School Band heard the news of
its "first division" rating at the
state band contest Saturday.
It was the first such victory
in the state contest in three
years for the band, and its first
in Class B competition. It placed
the Saline band among the top
six per cent of the bands in Michigan.
The local organization was
the only band in its league or
class in this area to receive a
"first" rating, even though
bands from schools up to twice
as large participated.
Amassing a total of 22 "A's"
and four "B's", the Saline Band
received the following comments from the judges: "Your
dynamics and interpretation are
very effective ... I like your
range of volume . . . very effective   performance   .   .   .   good
your
performance shows sensitive
and thorough preparation . . .
I am impressed with your interpretation . . . good demonstration of woodwind technic -■ . .
the oboe . solo was very well
played . . . congratulations to
you all . .., fine oboe work. .'v
race cornet solo*.;. . this band
plays well both musically and
technically ..."
Judges were Leonard Meretta,
i ward patients can be taken a'.
the same time, he said.
There is also- a possibility
Blue Cross may make a 50-bed
capacity mandatory for acceptance, Girbach said. "They already have a rule calling for 50
beds ... we got accepted only
the University of Michigan; and because we have such an excel-
Robert O'Brien of Notre Dame lent ratm&
university.
Criticisms of the band's performance included. "Intonation
is a problem .
less volume at times
The   increase   in  population,
and consequent increase in need
for hospital facilities, indicates
,._,    the necessity, for expansion, he
suggest a little saicL  "A year  ago,  we  didn't
over-
have anybody. Now we're full;
blowing is bothersome at times we,re rowing fast -^ t^ years
. . . the band's sound will be weU_ need it badly, and it'll take
improved with the addition of |tw6 s to make the ex^.
clarinet players . . feflure-to ion _ even # i±ings g0 accord.
observe dynamics (in the sight-1 ^ t0 lan aaA move the way
reading)  hampers your band," they should>»
Judge  for  the   sight-reading     A problem still of major size
was Byron Autrey, of Michigan ] : —
State university. The band's
sight-reading performance drew
a "second division", but when
this was averaged with the
three unanimous first division
ratings from the concert judges,
the result was a final first division.
Saline is just "barely into
Class B as set up by the Michigan School Band and Orchestra
association,   and* is   competing
Nurse Director
Expected May 1
At Hospital Here
A new Director of Nurses,
who will start her duties here
Monday, has been employed at
Saline Community hospital. She
is Grace Bennett, 34, now Director of Nursing at Lynn hospital
Recital to Aid
Interlochen
Band Fund
Tag Day for
Cancer Drive
Set Saturday
Saturday has been declared
"Tag Day" for the 1961 Cancer
Crusade, and Girl Scouts of
three local troops will conduct
the drive in downtown Saline.
The "Tag Day" is the last
fund-raising event of the 1961
drive here; there will be no
house-to-house solicitation. The
tags will be sold for the cancer
fund by girls of Scout Troops
277, 280, and 282, led by Mrs.
Gerald Coe, Mrs. Hubert Beach,
and Mrs. John SchneU.
The girls will be in uniform,
and will wear Cancer Crusade
armbands, during the sale, scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Two Coffee Hours held this
week for the local drive brought
in a total of $52.91 for the fund,
publicity chairman Mrs. Meredith Bixby reported. .They-were
held at the home of Mrs. Mi
chael Rotunno, assisted by Mrs.
Rudenz Douthat, and.the home of Michigan for six months; (d)
Petitions Due
In May for
Three Seats
School Board member Francis Lockwood this week announced his resignation from the
board "so that petitions may be
circulated in May for the June
election."
Lockwood's resignation, ascribed to "business reasons",
will become effective June 15.
His term of office still has
three years to rim.
As a result, Saline area residents will fill three Board of
Education posts at the June 12-
election. One of them is the expiring four-year term of School
Board President Bess Tefft. Another is the seat now filled by
Dean Burkhardt, appointed last
June to fill a vacancy created
by the resignation at that time
of Dr.. Gordon Prout.
Nominating petitions are a-
vailable now at the office of the
Superintendent of Schools- at
the High chool. The^ petitions
must be signed by^not less than
25 qualified electors of the Saline area School District and
must be filed with the secretary
of the Board (Oliver Steiner)
not later than 4 p.m. on the
twentieth day prior to the date
of election.
Electors must be (a) a .citizen of the United States; (b)
21 years of age; (c) a resident
of Mrs. Regis Wolfinger, assisted by Mrs. Chris Volz.
A film entitled "To Smoke
or Not to Smoke", one of "many
available free of charge for organizations, will be shown for
9th and lOth-graders at the Sa-
On Friday and Saturday eve- lmlHl*f Schodthis week as
nings, April 28 and 29, students -"?art of . *e cfusadf*. 0the5
of Mary Lou Gall will' present f™uPs ™fm8 *° oh}a™ *uch
their annual Dance Recital. The ,fllms or information about them
program, which is open to the ^ contact Mrs   Leo Jensen,
chairman of the drive, or Mrs.
Bixby. The* films run from 10
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dunn
and daughters Kristin and Beth
Ann spent the week-end in Burr of Western Michigan university
Oalfe Mich.,-visiting relatives.,   .at Kalamazoo; Glenn Smith of
for performance honors against.in Lincoln Park.
schools up to twice as large,"
Director  Arthur  Katterjohn
pointed out.
This  year marks  the  sixth
Miss Bennett," who replaces
the former director, Mrs. Anna
Vicary,- has been assistant surreal Supervisor of Wayne coun-
time in nine tries at the State! ty General hospital. She took a
Band Festival in which the Sa- j ■postgraduate course in surgical
line Band has "received the cov-"nursing at Duke university, N.
eted first division. The other "C, where she was operating
"three ratings were^ second di- room superintendent',
vision. There'are five possible: Miss Bennett worked from
ratings for participating bands. 1955 to 1958 wth Parke Davis
"The pebpleipf the Saline area Co., as a biologist on the polio
have every right to be-proud of project. She is a "graduate of the
their High School Band and its Delaware hospital school of nin>
students," Katterjohn said.,        sing at Wilmington, DeL
public, will be held in the High
School auditorium and will begin at 8 p.m. each evening.
Tickets are available at 75c
for adults and 50c for students
and may be purchased from
High School Band members or
at the door. Children under
school age are admitted free.
All profits from the recital will
go to the Band's Interlochen
Fund. Band members are assisting in the production of the recital.
Students taking part in the
recital range from pre-school
age through high school. This
year's recital will be presented
in two acts, the first entitled
"Story Book Land" and the second  "Jazz Moods".
Solo numbers will be danced
by. Janice Austin, Anita Larson,
Beth Ann Volz, Jane Ross, Robert Still, Sharon Feldkamp, Deborah Carr, Jackie Leonard, Sue
Davis, and Sandy Greenfield.
Others appearing in the recital are: Kimberly Brososky, Lisa Grossman, Jene Janich, Debbie Douthat, Dawn Bizer, Cheryl Martin, Sharon Lamberson,
Susie Anderson, Debbie Ford,
Anita Janich, Laura Dann, Sha-
ra Lynn Jaeger, Marti and
Dawn Smiley, Joanne Reuell,
Claudia Gerigk, Judy Feldkamp
and Marlene Girbach..
Janet Haab, Teresa Bonich,
Peggy West, Ann Heininger,
Mary Harsh, Joanne and Jeff
Erskine, Cindy Larson, Julie
and Mary Ann Buchanan, Mike
and Jerry McPeake, -Janice
Feldkamp, Kathy Feldkamp,
Cindy Erskine, Janet Feldkamp,
Marilyn Feldkamp, Barbara
Goodrich and Mary Schroeder.,
Tena Reed, Nancy lindemann, Wendy Wiedmayer, Kathy   Dieterle,   Dianne   Hieber,
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minutes to 45 minutes in length.
Residents who have not yet
returned their mail-in contributions are asked to do so; if the
return envelope is misplaced,
contributions may be sent to
Mrs. Jensen.
a resident of the Saline area
School District for thirty days
immediately preceding the election.
To be eligible for election to
the Board of Education in a
fourth class school district, the
following qualifications are required: (a) a citizen of the United States; (b) a resident of
the state of Michigan for six
months; (c) above 21 years of
age; (d) a resident of the Saline
area School District at least 30
days next preceding the election; (e) must own property
which is assessed for taxes in
his own right in the school district. If husband and wife own
property jointly, and if otherwise qualified, each is eligible.
Another Candidate Consulted:
Expert Gets Oar In
In the current Cuban crisis,
President Kennedy has met
with former Presidents Eisenhower and Truman, with Presidential-hopeful Nelson Rockefeller, and with Presidential nominee Richard Nixon. But he
appears to have neglected to
consult with Presidential nominee Bruce Niethammer, of Saline, to obtain his views. The
Reporter, "herein, remedies this
oversight. (Niethammer, 13,
was nominated last fall by the
SHS eighth-grade convention,
on the United Party ticket.)
Q: What do you think the
President should do about the
Cuban situation?
A: "If we just stayed out of
it and let them alone, things
would turn, out all right."
Q: You don't think there's
any danger in the situation?
A: "Yes, I think there's always danger over there. There
could be a war any day."
Q:  Started* by. whom?
A: "Started by the Russians."
Q: You don't think we should
send troops?- (Lawyers would
regard this as a leading question.) * - -;" ~ - -_ -_. ~.~-
, A: ."Wellv yes, "oh: --second,
thought t think it" "would be» a
good idea. We should send
troops." r
Q: What would you say, then,
to the other American states
if- they accused us of aggression?
A: "We'd just be protecting
Cuba from war."
(Anyone who regards Niethammer as undecided on the
troops question should be reminded that he is merely riding
on the horns of the same dilemma that plagues Washington,
perhaps best explained by his
acceptance speech after his nomination last fall:: "I will do
my best to lead my country in
peace. We won't go to war unless we have to, then we will."
Isn't that what President Kennedy said, too?)
Niethammer also answered'
questions on the Russian's feat
of placing a man in orbit:
"I think it's'good that they
did, only it-could cause trouble
over here for us; people in America think we're far behind
Russia. That very well could
be true; .but we should he able
to -get a man-up pretty soon."
"Yes, I think we're behind
Russia in. the space race, but
that's all. I think we're just as
good as they are, if not better,
in .'defense* and_ other things."
Nie&ammer"dai*dine<. .to dis-^
cuss his political plans foT"iSB*%!
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