1961-05-10; Saline Reporter

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VOLUME 14, NUMBER 34 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1961
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Masons Arrange
For Centennial
Saline Lodge No. 133, F. &
A. M. will celebrate its 100th
anniversary next week.
Lodge members have scheduled a formal banquet, at St.
Paul's E. <^ R. Church, to commemorate the event. W. Wallace
Kent, Master of the Grand
Lodge of Michigan, will be the
speaker.
The program, to open at 4
p.m. Saturday, May 20, will include the first section of the
Master Mason Degree, the banquet at 6 p.m., introduction of
the oldest Past Master, Guy
Katner, of Manchester, introduction of the Junior Past Master Nelson Watling, and — at
8 p.m. — the second section of
the Master Mason Degree put
on by the Phoenix Lodge of Ypsilanti.
The Lodge will also attend
church services Sunday, May 21,
at the Methodist Church. Ladies
are invited to all events, according to the present ■ Worshipful
Master, Jeddie Staley.
Saline Lodge was assisted in
their formation by Phoenix
Lodge No. 13 of Ypsilanti back
in the year and month of January 21, 1862. The Lodge had
been meeting under Dispensation since May 21, 1861. Brother E. B- Clark was the first
Master, Thomas N. Lee, Senior
' Warden, and Allen H. Risdon,
Junior Warden. Brother George
W. Hall was the first man raised to the sublime degree of
Master Mason.   .
The first meeting place, until
January 5, 1864, was a room
over R. W. Parson's store, now
occupied by the Saline Reporter.
The second meeting place was
on the third floor over that
which is now the Citizens Bank.
The second floor was used for
dining purposes.
In the month of April, 1901,
the subject of lighting the
Lodge rooms with acetylene
gas was discussed, and also consideration of building a Masonic
Temple on the present site of
Wight's Cleaners. No decision
on either subject seems to have
U-M Honors
Salinians at
Convocation
James H. Knight, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Knight of
210 W. Henry St., is one of 57
University of Michigan students
who will be named as James B.
Angell Scholars, at a University
of Michigan conclave Friday.
The citation, to be made at
the 38th annual Honors Convocation, in Hill Auditorium,
goes to students who have earned all "'A" records over the last
two semesters. Knight, a business administration student, also will receive senior honors.
Three other Saline students
are cited for class honors, having academic averages of 3.5 or
better for two straight semesters (on .the 4 point system).
The three are Susan .E. Coates,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Randall Coates, 213 E. Michigan,
freshman honors in the college
of literature, science and the
arts; William G. Anderson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Anderson, 208 Detroit St., senior
honors in engineering; and Donald E. Wild, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Wild of 7784 Austin Rd., junior honors in literature, science and the arts.
been reached.
In December, 1914, a committee was appointed to seek
new quarters. This committee
secured the rooms which are
now occupied by the Order. The
first floor of these rooms was
occupied at the time by the Saline Savings Bank and S. Y. Cotton's store. On April 29, 1916,
Grand Master George L. Lusk
came to dedicate the rooms for
Masonic use.
A four-day fair was held
soon after, to raise funds necessary for moving and outfitting their Temple. At one time,
during quite a number of years,
the Lodge brothers were called
together by the ringing- of a
large church or school bell;
however, we find no record that
this bell was ever installed over
our -present Temple.
Twenty-two Brothers answered the Call of President Lincoln
to serve in the War between
the States.
In September of 1901, the assassination of President McKin-
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Some Models
Selected for
Style Show
Some of the'models have been
selected and fittings are under
way for the annual Style Show
and card party, sponsored by
the Saline Woman's club, to be
held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May
17, at the Elementary School.
Chairman of the event is Mrs.
Robert Starling, and Mrs. Lee
Robison will act as commentator. Tables will be provided for
guests who wish to play cards
while the show goes on. Admission is a $1 donation.
Fashions from Anderson's are
being fitted for the models selected so far: Mrs. Ted Braun,
Mrs. Milton Finkbeiner, Mrs.
George Cantlehner, Mrs. Russell Wright, Mrs. Wayne Predmore, Mrs. Donald Gall, and
Mrs. Robert Smiley and her
three small daughters.
Others will be "Miss Saline"
and her court, Carol Coates,
Marilyn Wiedmayer and lone
Carr, and "Miss Congeniality",
Carol Losee. Models from the
younger set include Anita Larson, Judy Clark and Jackie and
Debbie Moehn.
The Style Show this year is a
benefit to defray expenses for
Exchange Student Benna Jean
Sawyers, who will leave for Holland in June. She is sponsored
by the Ann. Arbor Council of
Churches.
Girbach and Merte to Run
For 3 -Year School Term
Mary Ross, and her grandfather, Ed Foster, bring out
Mary's prize steer, Grand Champion at the Spring Show of
the Saline Junior Livestock association, held Thursday at
the Farm Council grounds. The animal also won Champion
Angus. Reserve Champion over all was Neil Haarer's; and
Freddie Gall showed the Champion Hereford.
Hornets Keep Loop
Lead On Di<
CHILD  STUDY CLUB
TO  INSTALL  OFFICERS
Members of the Saline Child
Study Club will meet at 8 p.m.
on jtfay 16 at the home of Mrs.
Howard Kuhl, 99 W. Henry St.
Mrs. Harold Frey and Mrs, Paul
Reed will be hostesses.
This will be the final meeting of the season. Officers fbr
the coming year "will be installed.
Members are reminded that
dues will Be payable at the
meeting.
by Lanny Robbins
w l per.
SALINE 5   0   1.000
Roosevelt 3   2     .600
Chelsea 3   2     .600
Pinckney 3   3     .500
Dexter 1   4     .200
Manchester 0   3     .000
That late rally that carried
the Hornets to the top of the
Washtenaw Conference Baseball
heap in the early weeks of the
season has paid off again. Last
Thursday afternoon Saline pulled three runs in the bottom of
the sixth inning, coming from
behind to down Dexter 5-4 and
maintain their spotless record.
Down two runs as they came
up to the plate in the last of
the sixth frame, the league pacing Hornets methodically banged out three hits in a row off
Dexter hurler Bob Lindsay, to
regain the lead.
Bixby was out on an infield
fly as the inning began. Mike
Frey then drew the four ball
count. Jerry McDonald brought
him in by cracking out a double.
Milt Stemen then singled. Farrar singled in McDonald for the
tieing run. Milt Stemen added
the winning run by stealing
home.
Dexter had done all their
scoring in the fifth with two
walks and three hits, for the
frame.
Ron Tucker went the first
five innings on the mound for
Saline, striking out two, walking six, and allowing six hits.
Jim Walters struck out all six
Dexter batters he faced in the
last two innings of the contest.
The box score:
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Dexter 000 040 0-4 6 5
Saline 110 003 x-5 6 0
Glenn Miller, Bob Lindsay (2)
and Dan Rendell
Ron Tucker, Jim Walters   (6)
and Milt Stemen
Part of the hilarity at the
vastly successful Elementary
School Carnival, Friday, was
the Side Show put on by kinder-
gartners. Above: the.. bearded
lady, the strong man, and a
mermaid.
GERMAN PARK LISTS
SUMMER'S PICNICS
Picnics at German Park, on
Pontiac Trail, will be open to
the public, on June 24, July 22,
and August 26.
Supper will be served starting at 6 p.m.     .
Crucial Track
Meet Coming
Next Week
Saline Dual Meet Standings
W   L   PCT.
SALINE 3   0   1.000
Chelsea 3   0   1.000
Pinckney 2   2    ^500
Dexter 1   2     .333
Manchester 0   3     .000
Roosevelt 0   3     .000
The big meet that will probably decide the trophy winner
in the Saline Dual Meet Conference is coming up next week,
when the two as yet undefeated
squads in the triple-dual series,
Saline and Chelsea, will meet
head on.
"Each team has a meet scheduled for Thursday evening," but
both will be looking-'forward to
next week's meeting.
The two teams advanced their
records Monday night as Saline
crushed Dexter 73-36, and Chelsea stopped "Manchester 66-43.
In the other meet held simultaneously, Pinckney beat Roosevelt 67-43.
Jerry Socks was the indivi
dual star of the Saline, Dexter
meet even though the Hornets
won.
The speedy Dexter sprinter
accounted for almost half his
team's points by himself in winning the 100 yard dash, the 220
yard dash, and the high jump,
as well as coming from behind
in the last leg of the half mile
relay to win that event for his
team. Socks zipped to a 10,5 second 100 yard "dash in his most
spectacular performance of the
evening.
While Socks was doing well
for Dexter, two Salinians showed improvement over earlier
marks as Lyle Wahl set a new
school record "in* the pole vault
at 10'9!' and Ed Strait leaped
19'y2" in the broad jump.
The results:
SHOT PUT: Schrader (S), Savoy .(D), Brown (D); 36'liy_".
POLE VAULT. Wahl (S), Blossom (D), Outring (D); 10'9".
HIGH JUMP: Socks (D), J.
Johnson (D), M. Johnson (S);
5'4".
BROAD JUMP: Strait (S),
Hoeft (S), LaRue (S); 19'y2".
120 HIGHS: Wahl, Davis, Carr
(all S); 18.4.
MILE RELAY: Saline (LaRue,
Dettling, M. Johnson, Volz)
100 YARD DASH: Socks  (D),
Schrader    (S),   Reames    (D);
:10.5.
440 YARD DASH: Hoeft  (S),
Strait (S), Sullivan -(S);  :57.0.
180    LOWS:    Birchmeir    (D),
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Young Composer to
Premier Work Here
Youth Killed
In Truck-Car
Collision
A 19-year-old Milan area boy .
died in a flaming automobile,
Saturday, and his companion,
driver of the car, was injured
after the car crashed head-on
with a fuel truck on Willis road
near Stoney Creek road.
Fatally injured was John J.
Gruden, of Crowe road in Monroe county. The injured man
was Nelson R. Turner, 20, of
Willis, who was reported in
"good" condition at University
hospital today with a dislocated
hip, fractured arm, and face
cuts.
The driver of the fuel truck,
Arthur S. Valentine, 45, of Bunton road in Augusta township,
told police he was driving about
35 miles per hour on Willis road
when the Turner car flashed
around the corner at a high rate
of speed and on the wrong side
of the road. The truck caught
fire after the' collision.
Firemen and crews with cutting equipment extricated the
two youths, who were pinned
inside the car. Valentine was
not injured.
The sister, of the auto driver,
Paulette Turner, had recently
announced her engagement to
the fatally injured youth.
. The first performance of a
score composed by a High
School senior will highlight the
Commencement night ceremonies here.
The composer is David Myers,
son of Mr. and Mrs. David I.
Myers, of 3687 Weber Rd., the
first Saline student in memory
to prepare an orchestration as
his senior project.
The work, a band accompaniment for the second movement
of the Grieg Piano Concerto,
will be performed by the High
School Wind Ensemble, with
Myers as soloist. j
Myers, who intends to study
music at Eastern Michigan uni-'
verslty, also plays the. clarinet,
is. a member of the Mixed Chor- i
us at Saline High, is a piano
soloist with the University of
Michigan Youth Symphony or-1
chestra, and-a nie*--iber of the
University Youth Uand. |
Said Band Director Arthur
Katterjohn of Myers' accomplishment: "It's more than I
did when I was in High School.
I haven't heard it, but I have
read it and I think it will be
good."
Other Commencement music
will include Berlin's "Give Me
City Charter
Group Plans
Final Steps
The. final steps to be taken
for completion of the revision
of the present City Charter
were the topic of discussion at
a regular meeting of the Saline
City Charter Commission held
last week,    i
Charter Commission secretary Esther Landwehr's report on
the meeting follows:
A regular meeting of the Saline City Charter Commission
was held on May 3, 1961. The
order of business concerned
principally the final steps to be
taken to complete the task.
The Charter, as it has been
revised, is being prepared for
review by the Michigan Municipal League, Ann Arbor office.
Following this any recommendations made by them will be
considered and the Charter will
then be prepared for approval
by the governor of the State of
Michigan. The citizens of Saline,
after its approval by the governor, will'have the completed
Charter made available to them
for review preparatory to final
vote, which will undoubtedly be
held at one of the fall elections,
either in September or November.
The next meeting of the Commission will be held on May 17,
1961.
-- Esther Landwehr,  secretary
Your Tired, Your Poor", sung
by the Senior Chorus. At Baccalaureate services, the High
School Mixed Chorus will sing
the spiritual "There is a Balm
in Gilead" with soloist Rosemary Katterjohn. Arthur Katterjohn will play the processional
and recessional for both events.
The Rev. Alfred Hardt will
give the invocation and benediction at Baccalaureate, scheduled at 8:15 p.m. Sunday, June
4. Commencement is set at 8:15
p.m. Thursday, June 8.
Mayor Makes
Trip to Study
Aid Grants
' Saline was one of approximately 90 Michigan cities whose
'mayors convened- in Washington, D. C, Friday. Purpose of
the Michigan Mayors' Conference was to inform municipal
leaders   as   to   the  intent   and
.structure of the new federal
Area Development program and
list federal loans and grants
available to municipalities here.
"There are several areas of
improvement and construction
in our city where we qualify for
federal grants," Bennett said
today. "Grants of 30 per cent of
construction are available on
sewage disposal systems, and
Saline's disposal system will
have to be expanded in the near
future. This would mean a great
saving to the taxpayers, if we
qualify." '•
Grants are also available for
construction of storm sewer
systems, Bennett said, and "this
is definitely in a field in which
we need expansion."
He also brought back information on grants available for
hospital construction, which he
will pass on to Saline's hospital
board, he said.
Of the conclaVe of approximately 90 mayors Bennett said:
"We spent much of the time listening to one another's troubles.
Believe me, our troubles here
in Saline are small compared
to many of the cities in this
area." He also conferred briefly
with Michigan's Senator Philip
Hart during the day.
HOSPITAL TO HOLD
TfflRD  OPEN HOUSE
Saline Community Hospital
will hold its third Open House
Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m., when
the public is invited to tour the
facilities. The events were scheduled in conjunction with National Hospital Week.
New Police
Association
Formed Here
Saline police officers, in a
meeting Tuesday night, organized a Saline Police association
and scheduled a benefit show.
Officer James Levleit was elected president of the association, similar to the Firemen's
association already in existence.
Hugh Prince will serve as vice
president, and Police Chief Earl
Kirby was named secretary-
treasurer.
The organization so far lists
six members — the three full-
time Saline officers, two part-
time officers, and Pohce Commissioner Glenn Clark. An annual benefit show is planned to
raise funds for purchase of emergency equipment for the department's use, and to set up
a welfare fund to provide emergency needs for transients
which local police have, in the
past, paid from their own pockets.
By-laws of the organization
have not been completed, Levleit said. . •
. The first benefit show, scheduled June 25 at the High. School,
will bring the Audrey Williams
"Country Music Show" here.
Tickets will be available from
any of the officers.
Interdepartmental
May Festival Set
For 19th and 21st
The annual May Festival,
sponsored by the school band,
art, and shop departments, will
be held at the High School tlie
Week-end of May 19 to 21.
The school will be open
throughout the week-end, to exhibit displays prepared for the
event by the lart knd manual art
departments, and two band concerts are. scheduled.
A program by the Intermediate School and and the Junior
Hi Band will be presented at
7:30 p.m. Friday, May 19. The
Sunday program, beginning at
4 p.m., will be a formal concert
by the High School Mixed Chorus, the High School Concert
Band, and the Junior High Concert Band.
NEXT WEEK IS
CLEAN-UP  WEEK
The week of May 15 through
May' 20 has been declared as
"Clean-up, Paint-up, Fix-up
Week", in preparation for Michigan Week, which opens May
22.
In Saline, rubbish pick-up has
been scheduled during the week
on Friday and Saturday, May
19 and 20. Residents are asked
to put rubbish out on the lawn
extension for collection.
Two Receive
Fellowships
From U-M
Two Salinians are recipients
of fellowships awarded for the
1961-62 academic year, by the
U-M Horace H. Rackham school
of graduate studies.
David B. Baker, 6564 East
Michigan Ave., has been awarded the F.C. and Susan Eastman
Newcombe Fellowship, established in 1928 for students working in the special physiology
of any group of plants, or with
plant material in general physiology. F. C. Newcombe was a
U-M graduate of the. class of
1890: The fund pays $3,600 this
year.  Baker's  field  is botany.
George R. Marzolf, of 207 N.
Ann Arbor St., working in the
field of zoology, received one of
90 University Fellowships of
$1,550 plus tuition which are
awarded from special' appropriations by the Board of Regents.
Selection of recipients is based
primarily on ability rather than
financial need.
SACA Plans
Meeting for
Candidates
Two more men this week announced their candidacy for
-Board of Education seats to be
filled by Saline area electors
at the June 12 election. Both
declared for the three-year
term."
Petitions were already filled
for Raymond Girbach, 53, a former School Board member from
1957 to 1960. Girbach, who lives
at 13305 Mohrhart Rd., is an
active Farm Bureau member
and was president of the Saline
Community Fair Board for 13
years, until last summer.
Petitions for Girbach were
taken out and circulated by
Norman Hedger, of 9810 Hack
Rd.
Also a candidate is Herman
Merte, 32, an assistant professor in mechanical engineering
at the University of Michigan,
who received his PhD degree in
engineering last year. The Mer-
tes, who live at 211 E. Henry,
have four children, one of
school age.
Three candidates announced
last week for the two four-year
terms to be filled at the election. They are incumbents Mrs.
Robert Tefft and Dean Burkhardt, and Vefik Basman, an
electrical engineer employed by
the Bendix Corp.
All of the candidates will be
invited to speak and meet the
public at a Saline Area Civic
association meeting prior to the
election, SACA chairman Mike
Rotunno said today. The organization last year launched a policy of "candidate night" meetings to provide rostrums for
candidates for all public offices
and acquaint- --the public with
the issues involved in elections.
Questions which SACA will
ask of School Board candidates
at this year's meeting will probably be very similar to those
presented last year, Rotunno'
said. The date of the meeting
will be announced.
Officers tor the coming year were elected recently by
mothers of Saline Play Center youngsters. Above, left to
right, are Mrs. Ed KomorowsM, treasurer of the parents'
organization; Sirs. Ian McPherson, secretary; and Mrs. Donald Makielski, president. Mrs. Aubert Lavastida is vice president. -'. _-.-.-.- <-/;*
Band Calendar
Drive Reaches
Half-way Point
The "Community Birthday
Calendar" drive by the Band
Parents club has reached the
mid-point, in its attempt to contact each family and home in
the Saline area, according to its
co-chairmen, Mrs. Thomas King
and Mrs. Harold Smith.-The annual fund raising project is undertaken to raise money for the
Senior High Band's trip to Interlochen each August.
Each year, band parents have
sold over 750 calendars. Many
families keep the calendars beside the phone, as a handy way
of rememberings the birthdays
of friends, and as a way of
"shopping in Saline" from merchants whose ads appear on the
calendar.
The week spent by the Band
at the National Music Camp at
Interlochen is available to only
16 bands in the state; but it
will be an annual project for the
Saline Bands as long as they
wish to participate, according
to the camp officials.
Persons who have not been
contacted as yet for a "Community Birthday Calendar" are
asked to contact one of the co-
chairmen, or any band parent.
The cost is $1.00 for the calendar "and* two free listings of
birthdays^ «nd each, additional
listing is "25c. Merchants wanting td "place ads in this calendar,
which reaches practically every
homeiin the Saline area, should
contact Leon Vedder, Band Par*
ents president, in charge of this
phase of; the drive. -"*"--