1962-02-21; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
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VOLUME 14, NUMBER 23 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1962
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Who Would Know Better?
Patients Say Saline
Hospital Is 'Finest*
When you come right down explained to you?" "Did you
to it, the ultimate expert on feel that nursing personnel were
the excellence of any hospital skilled?" "Were they interested
is the patient . . . and in an effort to find out how well it
measures up, Saline Community
hospital has been consulting
such experts right and left
The answer: it's up to snuff,
and then some.
In conjunction with Hospital
Week last May, the local staff
handed out mail-back questionnaires to all its discharged patients. The supply of question
pamphlets ran out for a while;
but now they're back in use
again. And discharged patients
have been diligently checking
off answers to such questions
as:
Was the admitting procedure
prompt? Routine? Slow?
Were the people in the admitting office friendly? Neutral? Unfriendly?
Was the housekeeping job in
your room excellent? Good?
Fair? Poor?
Were the people who cleaned
your room friendly? Neutral?
Unfriendly?
Were you bothered by any
noises?
Were there any disagreeable
odors?
In general, was your food excellent? Good? Fair? Poor?
And then, with possible answers of "always", "usually",
"sometimes", .or "never", come
the questions:
"Were tests and treatments
Students Win
Seven ''Firsts'
In Band Event
in you?" "Were they prompt?"
There are many others on the
questionnaire, ending with
"What did you like best about
the hospital?" and "What did
you like least?"
Finally: "Which of these faces shows how you feel about
your care in the hospital?" followed by drawings of three faces, one sour, one neutral, one
grinning happily.
The faces brought the most
remarkable response of all. Of
the 56 questionnaires returned
so far, only four had no face
checked. Patients who returned
the other 52 WITHOUT EXCEPTION CHECKED THE
HAPPY FACE!
This is not to say that nobody found anything wrong.
There were suggestions and minor complaints: Two patients
said their coffee had been cold.
Two — non-smokers ~ said they
were bothered by other people's
NONE OF THEM GOT AWAY when Mr. and Mrs. Allie
Burkhardt (and two fishing companions from Illinois) wet
lines in the Gulf off Ft. Myers Beach, Fla., recently. Shown
above (the Burkhardts at right) are only part of the 72 fish,
totaling a good 400 pounds, they came back with. Allie quit
counting his catch at 22. Mrs. B. didn't even try to keep
track; she was having far too much fun. "I'd rather fish
than eat," she said this week. Kneeling, above, is the owner
of the charter boat.
Sta Thomas
Hornets Tough Foes
by Lanny  Robbins
Saline High's young basket-
cigarette   smoke.   Two   wanted, ball men are fmding Ann Ar.
earlier meals. One said the milk
pitchers for cereal were too
small.
Two persons objected to the
location of the bathrooms in
the medical wing and one
thought there should be showers there.
One person said the parking
lot was not well enough lighted.
One. patient wrote a short essay on the exorbitance of rates
in all hospitals . . . but he
checked the smiling face.
That is literally the entire
list of complaints in the 56
questionnaires . . . but many patients added complimentary
comments. One woman wrote
• half a bookful, promising that
[ neither she nor any member of
Saline School Band students'her family would ever be sick
captured seven "first division'
awards at the District Solo and
in any other hospital
Women,   known   to   be   fine
"good" or "excel-
Ensemble Festival Saturday in, housekeepers themselves   com-
Ypsilanti. mented that the hospital house
More   than    3,000    students keeping was
from Washtenaw,  Wayne,  and lent"
Monroe counties took part  in
the annual event, held on the
Eastern Michigan university
campus and at Ypsilanti High
School. The judges, professional
musicians, rate each performance and "first" is equivalent
to an "A".
Of the 11 Saline students who
performed at the festival, Katrene Gall, Bob Austin, Rob Merchant, Lydia ' Robison, Linda
Wolfinger, Katey Esch, and
Chris MacDonald won "first"
awards. Second division tabs
went to Mike Johnson, Gay
"Wedemeyer and Janice Austin;
and Gilda Wedemeyer won a
"third".
The results indicated an "exceptionally good showing",
Band Director Art Katterjohn
said.
Grave Opening
Cost Upped
bor a pretty hospitable town.
A few weeks ago they beat off
an upset-minded U-High team
in a key battle for the Washtenaw Conference title. Wednesday evening they turned'back
the co-champs of the Detroit
Parochial League's southwest
division, St. Thomas High
School.
In what shaped up to be a
slow game for both teams, the
Hornets were able to ring up a
hard-earned but solid triumph
by a 53-43 margin over the host
Irish team.
The opening minutes of the
game showed little^promise for
the Hornets. After" Jerry McDonald had.taken Ed Strait's
opening tipoff and gone in for
a lay-up, with only four seconds
in the game, the Saline offense
couldn't get going again. A
tight and aggressive St. Thomas
zone defense effectively limited
Saline's shots, and managed to
WEATHER CANCELS
FIRST AH) CLASS
The third class in the Red
Cross First Aid series at the
American Legion hall was canceled due to bad weather Monday evening; but the next two
classes will meet for three
hours each instead of two, to
make up the lost work. The
classes meet at 7:30 p.m. Mondays, at the hall.
I WO
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To Install
Rev.
cost them possession. But, fortunately, the Irish were having
an equally hard time hitting
on their shots, and didn't get
on the scoreboard until 4:34 remained in the first period, when
Paul De Shano dropped in; a
close shot from near the foul
line, for a 3-2 deficit.
Saline then shot away in the
last two minutes of the quarter
when Gary Niethammer plunked a quick jump shot and McDonald tallied on one of a pair
of free throws for a 9-4 lead.
In the second quarter Brian
LaRue took Strait's tip for a
two-pointer with only five seconds gone. Later the Hornets
extended their lead to 22-10 as
Strait claimed two baskets and
a free throw withirT29 seconds
of each other. x
But for the remainder of the
half Saline went scoreless while
the Irish were cutting their
lead to 22-17.
McDonald started the ball
rolling in the second half, send-
izer
Two sons will install their
father as pastor of St. James
Evangelical and Reformed
Church on Sunday evening. The
installation service for the Rev.
Armin H. Bizer will be conducted by his son, Armin C. Bizer,
associate pastor of Bethlehem
Evangelical and Reformed
Church in Ann Arbor, with another son, the Rev. Roland T.
Bizer, of Taylor, Mich., assisting. '
The service will be held at
7:30 p.m.   v
A third son, Chaplain Walde-
mar Bizer of Austin, Tex., is
unable to be present.
The elder Rev. Bizer has had
the honor of installing each.of
his three sons into their respective pastorates down through
the years, but this is the first
time the procedure has been reversed. One such occasion was
the installation of the Rev. Armin C. Bizer in July, 1956, as
pastor of St. James Church,
where he served until November, 1961, when he moved to
Ann Arbor and was succeeded
here by his father.
The women of St. James
Church will give a reception
for the new pastor following
the special, service.
Police to Crack Down
On Drinking by Minors
AUDIO-VISUAL EXPERT
SPEAKS AT SCHOOL BOARD
Daniel Lirones, a member of
the visual education department
at the University of Michigan,
discussed audio-visual aids at
the Board of Education meeting
Wednesday and presented a
sound film strip showing what
can be done in the field of
visual education.
He also answered questions
for the board members and suggested methods for using audiovisual devices owned by the
school.
Nearly everyone who commented at all praised the nurses
with such words as "wonderful", "cheery", "thoughtful",
"competent".
Meals were described as "excellent", "marvelous", "delicious"; numerous patients sent
thanks to the cooks.
Sample remarks: "They make
you feel they want to help you
get well and that they are interested in each patient."
"I got the best treatment I
ever had in any hospital."
"I thought I was King himself While I was there."
"Saline Community hospital
is the most orderly hospital of
all those I have been in. All
services rendered are excellent.
It has the atmosphere of home:"
The patients queried are from
Saline, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor,
and assorted communities in
Wayne county or even further
away. A large number come
from Milan, which participated
in the original fund drive to
help build the hospital. The
Chief of Staff this year is Dr.
CAB  CO.  GETS STAND
Removal of one parking meter to make a taxicab stand at
126 E. Michigan was approved
Monday night by Council. The
address is the office and residence of Paul Harms, owner of
the Saline Cab Co.
Council also moved adoption
of an amendment to the taxicab
ordinance, 156, to allow more
flexibility in determining insurance rates and fares.
City Council Monday approved a motion from George Anderson to raise the cost of grave
openings in Oakwood cemetery,
since, "maintenance costs are
rising- evprv vPar" ' Daoust,   radiologist,
SeTs^de the motion as! P-k; and Dr. Paul Gerigk, of
part of a report on the financial Saline, is secretary.
records of the  cemetery,  and
recommended    also    that   the ICE CREAM CART
price of single burial sites be  TO  ROLL  AGAIN
Girl Scouts'
Cookie Sale
To Open Friday
The annual Girl Scout Cookie
Sale, to help supplement camping funds, will get under way
here Friday when the members
of 11 Girl Scout and Brownie
troops will begin taking orders.
Order-taking for the four
kinds of cookies, at 40 cents a
VENTILATOR, SPEAKER
INSTALLED IN VAULT
For the safety of staff members and safe-deposit box patrons, a ventilator and speaker
have been installed in the vault
ing Saline to a 26-17 margin..
But in  the remainder  of the|at Saline Savings Bank, Work
third period, the tide changed
and the breaks went against
Saline.
on the installation was begun
by Ben Uphaus Monday.
The devices will make certain
In one of their heaviest foul- that if any person were ever
ing periods this season, the | accidentally shut into the vault,
Hornets sent the Irish to the he would be able to make him-
raised and a "perpetual care
fund" be established.
Council's action raised the
price for adult grave openings
from the present $35 to $50, infant grave openings from $20 to
535, on weekdays. On Sundays
and holidays, adult grave openings will be $70 and infant
graves, $55.
City prices for the service are
still well below those in other
communities, Anderson pointed
out. "
His other recommendations,
for a "perpetual care fundi", ah
increase in lot prices", and rearrangement of'some lots, was
tabled for further study.
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per box is kept by the local
troops; 1% cent per box goes
for national and international
events; and the remainder is
used for sales tax and support
of the overall camping program.
Local neighborhood captain
for the sale is Mrs. James Beal.
Troop captains include Mrs.
Lauren Wild, Mrs. Ray Armbruster, Mrs. Bliss Charles, Mrs.
Raymond Alber, Mrs. Herbert
Lange, Mrs. John Klein, Mrs.
Mike Strait,-Mrs. Robert Linde-
mann, Mrs. Ray Hunt, Mrs. Everett Esch, and Mrs. Dwight
Heim.
Council Monday night approved an application from Jim
Wolfinger and Rob Merchant
for renewal of their permit to
sell ice cream during the summer, from their tractor-drawn
ice cream cart. The renewal was
subject to police department approval as to the. license-status
of their vehicle.
JAYCEES URGE RETURN
OF SURVEY FORMS
Saline Jaycees today issued a
reminder to people who received* community^development
survey forms by mail to complete and return them as soon
as possible.    . "r-
foul line for ten tries. Only
three of the tries failed, but
that was enough to keep St.
Thomas close throughout the
quarter. The Hornets were able
to make only one more basket
while their hosts cut the lead
to 33-27 as the period ended.
Of St. Thomas's scoring efforts
at that point, 17 of the points
had come from free throws,
while only five baskets had
gone through for them.
In the crucial last stanza, Ed
Strait returned to the fracas to
provide the big spark in Saline's
victory surge. Tallying four
baskets and an equal number
of free throws, he sent Saline
to a secure 49-35 lead with just
over two minutes left.
Keith Armbruster, with a
lay-up, and Ron Tucker, with
two free throws, completed Saline's scoring while Don Campbell finished St. Thomas's tally
with two long field goals.
High scoring honors for the
game went to Strait with 22
points, while McDonald had
nine. In double figures for the
'Irish were De Shano with 19
and O'Brien with 11.
Saline registered on 37 per
cent of their field goal tries,
19 of 51, While St. Thomas hit
29 per cent, 13 of 44.
Saline Jayvees were also victorious, by a 44-35 margin.
The varsity box score.
Saline 9 13 11 20 - 53
St. Thomas      4 13 10 16 - 43
self heard, and would be in no
danger of suffocation.
Farm Bureau
Fun Night
Planned Here
A Farm Bureau Jamboree for
Farm Bureau families has been
scheduled at 8 p.m. Saturday,
at Saline High School. It is the
first such event in four or five
years, although the organization held "Fun Night" frequently in past years.
Included in the program are
group singing, led by Mr. and
Mrs. Rhy Arnold, of Dexter, a
group of musical selections and
acts by local young people introduced by Farm Bureau
"Queen" Katrene Gall, and a
round table, "Farm Bureau Presents", with president Carl Lesser, of Dexter, in charge. Larry
Ewing, district coordinator, will
act as moderator.
A color film on wonders of
nature, "Dust or Destiny", will
be shown at 8:45 p.m., followed
by round and square dancing
"to Kenny .Koch's J ^orchestra;,
while cartoons are' shown for
children. Also available will he
facilities for cards, with Cora
Blaisdell and Doris Finkbeiner
in charge.
Calvin Clark, of Chelsea, is in
charge of the drawing for door
prizes, and refreshments will be
served by the Farm Bureau Women's committee.
The evening has been arranged by the executive committee
of the board, Carl Lesser, president; Calvin Clark, vice president; and Robert Tefft, working
with Betty Lesser, Bess Tefft,
and A. H. Amrhein.
"Promise Suppliers
To Get Jail Terms'
Drinking   by   minors   is   a  ^ w     	
"growing problem", police offi- Friday   and   Saturday   nights.
should be of concern to everyone."
He advised parents to restrict their children's activities
to curfew hours: 10 p.m. on
week nights and 11:30 p.m. on
But the curfew does not affect persons over 16 years of
age.
The possibility of a central
county filing system on all
young offenders — whether or
not an arrest is made — was
discussed at a meeting of county youth officers Wednesday
with Juvenile Court Judge John
Conlin, he said.
A dissenting opinion on the
rise in drinking came from Justice of the Peace Jerome Lamb.
"The number isn't rising," he
said. "We're just getting better
enforcement. I've dealt with only two cases, involving four
young men, since the holidays.
But only the possession-of-in-
toxicants cases would come into my court."
cials said this week, and promised a "big crackdown" in the
near future.
The rising number of minors
arrested for possession of intoxicants is not exclusively Saline's headache; such arrests
are on the increase throughout
the county. Police are mainly
concerned with nabbing adults
who supply intoxicants to the
young offenders.
"The biggest problem now in
Saline is drinking," said Detective Sgt. Theodore Kentros,
county Youth Bureau officer.
"We have been working with
school officials and there will
be a big crackdown on that
very shortly, I promise the city,
my home town."
Kentros, who lives at 392
Hollywood Drive, has four sons,
one of whom is in school here.
The family moved to Saline in
November.
"The suppliers are my main
goal," he added. "I will promise
them jail time. Judge O'Brien
has guaranteed that for us. He
has said in the past that anyone who supplies intoxicants to
a minor will go to jaiL They | proximately 15 square feet of
can rest assured that I am weU land   fa ^ dt j^    lot>
Council OK's
Parking Lot
Land Swap
City  Council  Monday  night
] agreed to an exchange- of ap-
aware of what they're doing.
The increase in drinking by
minors here is partly due to
Saline's rapid population
growth, Kentros and Police
Chief Earl Kirby agreed —
though recently arrested young
offenders have not all been new
residents.
•'^Mos't'of the offenders are over 16 and do not fall under the
jurisdiction"  of    the    Juvenile
with L. Z. Still, to allow him
access on the parking lot for
a proposed new building.
Still owns a small pie-shaped
piece of the parking lot, off N.
Ann Arbor St., and had allowed
the city to post meters there.
They now infringe about six
feet on his land.
T3ie city will lose two meter-*;
spaces in the exchange,  DPW
Superintendent   Mike   Strait
Court. Saline's official "juvenile pointed out   but it wouW los
delinquency" rate is still low — —
2.1  per  cent   of  the  county's
load — but the figures repre-
one in any case, should Still
withdraw his agreement to allow the infringement. The pro-
sent only those offenders under poged  exchange is  on  a  per.
16 who do appear in court and
are adjudicated by court action
as "delinquents". Saline township's rate is 3.8 per cent.
Local police make a deliber-
square-foot basis.
Said Councilman George
Johnson: "We are basically in
favor of anything that will help
progress in the downtown com-
All Around Saline
ate effort to keep Jo^g^re        ,     ^        who ^ ^
out of court if possible.  Said
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Augsber-
ger, of Rogers City, spent last
week at the home of his brother
in law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Farrar of Rosemont St.
while their small son, 18-month-
old Karl Augsburger, was a patient at University Hospital' in
Ann Arbor where he underwent
surgery. Little Karl, after making a speedy recovery, returned
to Rogers City with his parents
on Sunday._
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Mr. and Mrs. Luther Dicks,
and son Carl, and Mr. and Mrs.
George Drake, and children, visited the Don Levleits at their
home in Garden City on Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Lloyd Dell has been laid
up at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital since last Thursday when
she took ill while at work at
the hospital. She's feeling much
better this week, however, and
expects to be home within a
few days.
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Mrs. Myrtle Johnson, 422 E.
Michigan Ave., suffered a broken hip when she slipped and
fell on the ice at her home last
Thursday morning. She was taken to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor where she
underwent surgery Friday. She
is coming along fine now, but
will be in traction for about a
month.
Kirby: "We try to keep them
out of court if we can; and even with the older ones, it's hard
to see these kids, at 17, get a
record."
The increase in youthful offenses in recent weeks has included not only drinking, but
traffic violations, breaking and
entering, vandalism, larceny
from automobiles, and minor
offenses, Kirby said. Some of
the offenders were formally
charged; some were not.
Saline's roster of youthful
offenders, for many years the
lowest in the county, is "not
too far up the ladder even now,"
Kirby said,   "but the increase
Carl Carr, who's been on Jim Fisher spent the week-
crutches since he fell on the end with his parents, Mr. and
ice some three weeks ago and! Mrs. Ralph Fisher of N. Lewis
ADMITTED TO BAR
Leutheuser,
of
injured his hip, graduated to a
cane this week and finds getting around quite a bit easier.
* "  *      *
Marsha Roark, daughter of
Mr.- and Mrs. Eathern Roark,
and Karen Murray, daughter of
Mr. arid Mrs. Donald Murray,
attended winter camp over the
weekend with a group from the
Milan Baptist Church. They
were at Camp Barakel, located
near Fairview, Mich.
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Mrs. Fred Arend entered Sa-
Robert   Leutheuser,   son
Mrs. Frank Daniels, of 9085 '• Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leutheuser, | line Community Hospital Satur-
Macon Rd., has been under medical' treatment at Saline Community Hospital since last Friday. Her condition is reported
as fair.
of Saline, was admitted to-the day for medical treatment. Her
Michigan Bar Saturday, by Cir- condition is repotred as fair
cuit Judge James R. Breakey, jand it will probably be a week
Jr., on a motion by Attorney, or so before she's well enough
Stanton Roesch. I to return home.
St. Jim teaches sixth grade ge
ography and English at Ger-
rish  Higgins   High   School   in
Roscommon.
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Photographer's Mate Second
Class and Mrs. James Long and
their two small children, David
and Debbie, have been visiting
at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Struble of Be-
mis Rd., for the past week.
Long left Monday night for
Oakland, Calif., and ;will fly
from there to Japan where he
will report for sea duty aboard
the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hancock March 1. Mrs. Long and
the" children will remain here
with the Strubles while her husband is at sea.
to build new buildings downtown should be accommodated,
if it doesn't jeopardize public
health and welfare."
The rearrangement of meters
on the south side of the parking lot will necessitate diagonal
parking there, Strait said, but
will allow plenty of room.
In other action, Council turned over to the Planning Commission a preliminary plan for
a small new subdivision in a
wooded area on the north side
of W. Bennett street, to be
called Hickory Grove. Several
houses are already built and
occupied there. The plan was
submitted by M. H. & M. Co.,
and included a request that the
city accept designation of Shady Lane as a public street.
East  Lansing   -   Judy  Rae
New Member
Initiated by O.E.S.
Forty-five members and
guests of Chapter 311, O.E.S.,
were present Monday evening
for the initiation of John Thoss
into the Chapter. Guests were
present from Ann Arbor, Ypsi-
•lanti, Milan, Manchester and
Dexter and included officers of
the Washtenaw County Association. Following the initiation
Hunt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.! ceremony,' refreshments   were
Ray Hunt, 113 Maple Ave,, Sa-' served by Mrs. E. J. Muir and
her committee.
ty junior, listens to Dr. Calhoun'    Members of Saline  Chapter
line, a Michigan State universi-,-
C. Collier as he explains the use are invited to attend a dinner
of the abacus as a technique of. and reception in honor of Car-
explaining mathematics to ele-j roll Curtis, Grand Organist of
mentary pupils.
The course, which presents
methods and materials for teaching mathematics, is a requirement for students planning to
teach in elementary grades. The
system has been in use in Saline
for two years. '■•"-'
the Grand Chapter of Michigan,
O.E.S., on Monday, February
26, at the Ypsilanti Masonic
Temple. Dinner will be served
at 6:30 pjn. Reservations must
be made with Mrs. Francis Mc-
Kenney by Thursday, February
22.