1962-02-28; Saline Reporter

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The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 14, NUMBEE 24 - WEDNESDAY, FEBEUAEY 28, 1962
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khards to Head
62 United Fund
E. R. "Bump" Richards was
elected president of the Saline
area United Fund, at an organizational meeting Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Lirones, and David Gordon was named vice president.
Richards, who is employed as
supervisor of shipping and receiving at Universal Die Casting, served as campaign chairman for the 1962 United Fund
Don Rapp
To Advise
Explorer Post
Thirty-one High School boys^
have expressed a desire to join
a new Explorer Post here, pend-'
ing parent permission, and 11 j
more expressed interest, Fred
Sundling, of the Portage Trails I
Boy Scout Council, announced'
after an assembly Wednesday
noon at the school.
The new post will be advised
by Don Rapp, who resigned
Monday as Scoutmaster in order to accept the new position.
He had served for two years
as Scoutmaster, as assistant
Scoutmaster for one year, and
was active in Cub Scouting for
four or five years before that.
Harold West was appointed
Scoutmaster for Troop 46, replacing Rapp. He has served
as assistant Scoutmaster for several years. At the same meeting, Ed Barrett, former. Cubs
master, was named assistant
Scoutmaster.
The remainder of the Boy
Scout committee will continue
to serve in their present positions: Hollis Carr, chairman;
Robert Larson, secretary-treasurer; Gerald Coe, institutional
representative; Leo Jensen, Milton Finkbeiner, Robert Merchant, Ray Carlton, Mike Strait
and Johnson Quick.
Both the Scout Troop and
the new Explorer Post are sponsored by Rotary club.
First meeting of the Explorers will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday with St. Paul's E. & R.
Church as a temporary meeting
place. The organization is open
to ninth grade boys 14 years
old, and to boys in any grade
15 years old.
It is "extremely important"
that one or both parents (father is preferred) attend the
opening meeting with the boy,
Sundling said, and that parents
understand the difference between Explorer activities and
regular Boy Scout work, although both are sponsored by
Boy Scouts of America. Explorer activities include a number
of trips, such as a recent visit
to Oscoda Air Force Base by
110 Explorers from the Portage
Trails Council. There are also
social co-ed activities including
an annual Explorer Ball.
drive. He lives at 1801 Judd Rd.
Gordon, of 4620 Willow Rd., is
a farmer.'
Erwin Schmid was re-elected
as treasurer of the organization
and Cecelia- Ference will serve
again as secretary.
New directors of the United
Fund include Howard Hill, the
Rev. Donald Kraushaar, Herman Merte, and Jameson Ford
for three-year terms; Mrs. Ference for a second term of three
years; Mrs. Warren Rentschler
and William Delhey for two
years, to fill unexpired terms;
and Regis Wolfinger for one
year.
The Rev. Mr. Kraushaar was
appointed as publicity chairman..
EOTAEIANS  PLAN
FAEMEES' DAY
Members of Rotary club will
entertain approximately 40 area farmers Thursday in their
annual Farmers' Day dinner
meeting at the Saline Hotel.
Dr. Ronald Nelson, head of the
animal husbandry department
of Michigan State university,
will be the speaker.
Alwin Gross is the program
chairman for the event.
2nd Local Team
Holds High Spot
In Bowling Meet
A second Saline team has
scored well up into the money
in the Michigan Woman's Bowling association tourney after
Saturday competition in Muskegon. The Keglers, captained
by Betty Tinker, are uncertain
of their exact standing but believe they fall just below the
first 10, with their 2797 score.
Early in the tourney, a Saline
Hotel team captured first place j
for one week,  and still holds;
third with a score of 2928. Two'
Detroit teams bowled into first
and    second    positions,   which
they retain.  _
Bowling with tne Keglers
.Saturday r,were Jackie • Hoeffy
Marian Gillespie, Lois Fekefe,
and Jane Bowen, besides their
captain.
In the singles event of the
tourney, Mae Wright, of Saline,
holds ninth place with 653. She
is a member of the local M3EH
team.
Society Plans
Spaghetti Feed
The annual spaghetti dinner
sponsored by St. Elizabeth Rosary Altar Society, Tecumseh,
will be held Sunday, March 4,
in the church school auditorium.
Tickets for the event, from
3:30 to 6:30 p.m. will be $1.25
for adults and children, 75c.
The menu will include Italian
spaghetti as prepared by Mrs.
Eugene Rebottaro with her own
recipe used for the * past five
dinners. The candlelight setting
will have a live fountain on the j
stage and flowers decorating
the room. A hi-fi will provide
background dinner music. \
rs. Jensen
To Head Area
Cancer Drive
Mrs. Leo Jensen will head
the Saline area campaign in the
American Cancer Society's 1962
fund-raising drive, the county
unit announced this week. Mrs.
Meredith Bixby is publicity
chairman.
Donald Bacon, of Ann Arbor,
chairman of the board of Chelsea's Central Fiber Products
Co., has been named county
chairman for the drive, to run
April 2 through 29.
" A county goal of $30,500 was
set, but no specific local quotas
were announced. Other community chairmen include Dr. Robert Cuny, Milan; Worden Geer,
Ypsilanti; Mrs. Rolland Grossman, Manchester; Mrs. Carl B.
Fischer, Dexter; Mrs. George
F. Romine, Jr., Whitmore Lake;
Mrs. John Chaplin, Chelsea; and
Mrs. William B. Bateman, Ann
Arbor.
Each city will plan its own
campaign, and Mrs. Jensen will
announce her local committees
following a meeting next week,
she said. Saline will again conduct a mail crusade, with envelopes already being addressed
by Saline Girl Scouts, directed
by Mrs. Gerald Coe.
The year 1962 has been designated "Cancer Progress Year"
to focus attention on the advances made against cancer in the
last 25 years:
1. Twenty-five years ago, the
life of one in seven cancer victims was saved; today, one in
three is saved.
2. About 173,000 Americans
will be' saved from cancer in
1962. About 87,000 of those who
will die of this disease might
have been saved if they will
avail themselves of earlier
treatment by methods now available to science.
The fund campaign serves a
two-fold purpose:  not only to
appeal for funds, but to prompt I
people  to  have  check-ups  for,
early   detection.   The   national!
slogan,   "Fight  cancer with  a,
check-up and a check!", will be
used again this year.
andalize School
o $1500 Damage
School Board member Dean
Burhhardt points out damage
that will require purchase, of
still another vault door (thieves
smashed the first door last
year). No money is ever kept
in the school vault.
MOTHEES TO MEET
Dr. Joel Zrull, of the Children's Psychiatric hospital, Ann
Arbor, will be the speaker at
a meeting of the Intermediate
Room Mothers at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Intermediate School
gymnasium. A coffee hour will
follow the session; and all parents are invited.
Ypsi
St. Paul's Fathers,
Sons Hold Banquet
Over 160 persons attended
the annual Father and Son
Banquet at St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
on Wednesday, February 21.
The evening's program included fellowship singing, led
by Erwin Schmid; a "Toast to
the Sons", by Clyde Griffin; a;
"Toast to the Fathers", by Jim \
Griffin; the presentation of various awards; and a "Chalk
Talk" by the Rev. R. E. Esh-
meyer of Lansing.
Awards were presented to the
following: Ed Heininger, eldest
father; Richard Weisenreder,
youngest father; Elvin Armbruster, father with the most
sons present; and 10-month-old
Jeffrey Carl Lange, the youngest son present. Jeffrey is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Lange.
SHS to Meet
Lincoln
In Tourney
In their first venture into
Class B tournament competition, Saline's Hornets will meet
Ypsilanti Lincoln at 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 7, on the
Hornets' own floor.
Saline High School will host
the district tourney for the second time this year, Howard
Hill, tournament manager, announced. Both Class B and
Class C schools will play here;
but the winners in the Class C
group will play in Regional
Tournament IV at Eastern Michigan university, March 13 to
17, while the winner of the
Class B competition will play
in Regional V at Willow Run.
Class B teams on the district
roster,include Saline, Lincoln,
Milan, and Willow Run. The latter two are also matched on
Wednesday, at 7 p.m., and winners of the two Wednesday
games will meet for the championship at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
In Class C are Ann Arbor St.
Thomas, University High, Boys-
ville, Clinton, and Ypsilanti
Roosevelt. U-High will meet
Boysville at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
with later Class C games scheduled at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, and the play-off at
7:30 p.m. Saturday.
George Bonich, of Saline, will
act as official scorekeeper for
the tourneys, and Mike Rotun-
no will be timer.
Admission prices to all tournament games are 50 cents for
students and $1 for adults.
Doors will open one hour before
game time.
Saline High School is listed
as "Class B" this year for the
first time. The classification is
based on student population.
Jim Bernard and Tom Jeppesen begin the long clean-up
process that will include replacement of door glass, drinking
fountain, and vault door, and repairs to wall and ceilings
after a $2 robbery at the High School. Students were stunned
and angered by the vandalism.
Hornet Title Aspirations
Depend on Chelsea Game
by Lanny Bobbins
Barring the possibility of upsets this week, both Saline and
Dexter High should finish in
the winners' circle as Washtenaw Conference court teams approach the finish line in their
annual  basketball race.
To Saline, a victory over
-Chelsea would bring a third
consecutive title, the first time
for any loop squad; and as well,
it would be the first time in a
number of years that the Hornets have been able to win both
of the regular season meetings
with  the Bulldogs.
To avoid any great chance
of an upset, the Hornets will
have to guard against another
cold start such as they had
against Roosevelt last week.
In their Friday evening meeting with the Rough Riders from
Ypsilanti last week, the Hornets took a shaky 26-20 first
half lead before getting into
gear in the third period to win
the contest 67-46.
Roosevelt had grabbed an
early 3-0 lead on a free throw
by Franklin and a basket by
Wise before LaRue put the
Hornets on the scoreboard with
the second of a pair of free
throws. A free throw by Wise a
few seconds later allowed the
Rough Riders to hold their
margin.
Tom Jeppesen plunked in Saline's first basket of the evening at 5:42 and started off the
first long Saline scoring burst.
Gary Niethammer capped the
uninterrupted dash to a 10-4. On Friday, March 9, Chris-
margin, tians in more than 150 areas of
But, in less than a minute, \ six continents and the islands of
the Ypsilanti team was again;the sea will participate in the
close on Saline's heels following' observance of World Day of
a pair of field goals by Lins- J Prayer.
burg and Herndon. Strait had In Saline ^ World Day of
a free throw and made it in the Prayer service ^ ^ heW at
last 30 seconds of the quarter, the Federated Church at 8 p.m.
but Wise narrowed the margin particits ^ te women
to 11-10 on a basket just be- U^ fte host church ^^ the
fore the buzzer Methodist   Church,   and   from
Second period action was as st Paul,s Evangeiical and Re-
slow   as   the   first    Franklin formed Church   who ^ lead
fore the Hornets regained the
edge with Johnson's basket and
never .again trailed. In the final two minutes of the half,
the visitors had rallied to a
20-20 tie before Bernard, LaRue and Armbruster each whipped in field goals in the last
75 seconds of the half.
LaRue took the opening tip
and drove in for a lay-up as
the second half opened. Before-
the third period was 75 seconds
old, the Hornets led by a formidable 32-20 margin as Jeppesen and Strait both added buckets. With 1:14 ieft in the third
frame and ahead by a safe 46.
to 31 edge, Saline started another short scoring burst that
sent them to a 54-31 advantage,
as Jerry McDonald goaled with
11 seconds remaining.
Reserves were able to hold
their own easily throughout the
final period.
Ed Strait led all scorers with
21 points as well as grabbing
a good share of the rebounds
with 12 of his team's 44 to his
credit.
From the floor, Saline made
29 of 69 tries, while Roosevelt
had 18 of 61. From the free
throw line, Saline had nine of
25, while the Rough Riders
made eight of 14.
The varsity box score:
Saline 11 15 28 13
Roosevelt        10 10 11 15
Vault Door
Destroyed for
Second Time
Thieves smashed through Saline High School Monday night
in a search for money that finally netted them $2 — and left
the school with an estimated
$1500 repair bill.
The vandals, who apparently
entered through a hatch in the
roof, tried to break into the
school safe from four different
directions, and. failed. But they
damaged the vault door to such
an extent that it must be replaced for the second time in
approximately a year, at a cost
of $480.
The door was replaced in January, 1961, after thieves broke
in and escaped with $450. They
were later captured and confessed to the entry, as well as
thefts at Belleville, Chelsea, and
Willow Run schools.
Monday's vandals, unable to
enter the vault, then tore up a
number of paper and pencil
dispensing machines in the hall,
to take about $2 in change.
They also destroyed a soft
drink dispenser in the cafeteria,
but were unable to get at the
money. One of them drank a
pint of chocolate milk from the
icebox.
In their attempt to enter the
vault, the intruders pried the
handles off the door and chopped at it with a sharp tool. They
dug through the plaster wall
from the adjacent school office,
cut a hole in the office ceiling
and chopped into the ceiling in
a conference room.
Apparently angered at their
inability to enter the safe, the
NOW SHOWING:
"THE FLYING MISSHJE"
"The Flying Missile", a Navy
submarine story, is the feature
film Saturday at the Kiwanis
theater at the Intermediate
School. Glenn Ford and Viveca
Landfors are starred. Admission
is 35 cents and the movie begins at 7:30 p.m.
men then tore a drinking fountain from its moorings outside
the office and smashed a number of glass panels in classroom
doors in the front hall. But they
were selective in their glass-
breaking; they passed up trophy cases, the all-around glass
of the front office, and the all-
glass walls of the library and
art room.
The robbery occurred between 11 p.m., when a public
meeting at the school closed,
and 7:30 a.m., when the damage was discovered by Custodian Reuben Visel. The men,
"probably two or three of
them", apparently parked in a
nearby subdivision and walked
to the school, according to Lt.
Vincent Snell of the Sheriff's
department. They left no clear
fingerprints, but a number of
glove marks were found.
The methods used were the
same as those in recent school
robberies in Monroe, Wayne,
Jackson, and. Lenawee counties,
Lt. Snell said, but this was the
first of its type in this county.
Amounts varying from two
cents to $2,000 were taken from
the other schools.
Even if the vandals had succeeded in entering the vault,
they woul have been disappointed, Superintendent Leo Jensen
said. No money is ever kept overnight in the school safe.
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HEALTH   DEPT.   ENGINEEE
TO ADDEESS KIWANIANS -
Joseph Price, chief engineer
for the Washtenaw county
Health Department, will be the
speaker Monday night at the
regular meeting of the Kiwanis
club of Saline.
Superintendent Leo Jensen
inspects one of the gaping holes
chopped in the school ceiling
by intruders who mixed des-
tructiveness with attempted
robbery.
Local Churches to Join Day of Prayer
gave Roosevelt a 12-11 lead be-
JV's Extend Winning Streak
Barbara Finley, daughter of
Mr., and Mrs. John Finley of
Tower Dr., underwent a tonsil-
ectomy Tuesday morning at Saline Community Hospital:
The on-again-off-again cold weather was too much for
a willing but unstable snowman at 221 Monroe street. Built
with great effort by Linda and Joyce Welter, and a neighbor,
Jan Sogers, the gigantic "Frosty" finally toppled over and
deteriorated into a lump of slush. Above, Linda makes a desperate effort to prop him up with a broom. The work of bis
construction and the regret at bis passing were shared to
some degree by her brother, John.
With 10 wins and only three
defeats to their record, the Little Hornets added another scalp
to their belts Friday evening
by doubling the scoring on the
Little Rough Riders,  62-31.
With 12 of the 15 Salinians
in the scoring column, there
was little doubt about the outcome of the game. In the first
quarter, Saline snatched a 16-4
lead and extended it to 36-13 at
the half. The Little Hornets hit
over -double figures in each period while Roosevelt never got
over nine in a quarter.
High scorer for the evening
was the Little Rough Riders'
Craig Milford with 15 points.
Tops for Saline was Gary Kind
with 10. Others in the point column were Feldkamp with nine,
Griffin with eight, Niethammer, „  ,    .    „,
Hartman   and   Englebert   with ^0^°J_eJ^J^Svetogorsla'
six, Reynolds with five, Strait
the congregation in a service
with the theme, "For God So
Loved  the World".
The service this year comes
from Christian women in Uruguay where it was written by
Miss Violeta Cavallero and Mrs.
with four, Keck, Hieber, Toth
and Ross with two each, and
Zahn with one.
EMU TO HOST MEET
ON HIGHER EDUCATION
both of Montevideo.
Miss Cavallero is a deaconess
of the Methodist Church and
director of religious education
at Crandon Institute. She is responsible for the Radio Methodist Hour, broadcast weekly in
Montevideo, and is the author
Eastern Michigan University, of various meditation booklets,
will be host for the annual con- The widow of a professor of
ference of the Michigan Asso- music and mother of four chil-
ciation for Higher Education on] dren, Mrs. Svetogorski is a for-
Tuesday, March 13. The general' mer president of the Uruguay
theme of the discussion will be, League of Evangelical Women.
"Gearing-Higher Education to She contributed greatly to the
Expanding. Enrollments". I development of its work in the
Prison House in Montevideo.
The service written by these
women will be translated into
more than sixty languages and
one thousand dialects.
World Day of Prayer is sponsored annually by the United
Church Women, a general department of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in
the U.S.A., representing 12 million Protestant and Orthodox
women.
The Day begins at dawn on
the Tonga Islands in the Pacific
where Queen Salote leads her
subjects in prayer. This service
has become almost a tradition
in observances of World Day of
Prayer. Following the sun around the world, the women's
prayers will be offered in cathedrals, in churches of brick
and of thatch, and put of doors.
They will also be conducted by
church women in hospitals, business offices, schools, and factories. The final service is held
on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska,
where fishermen stay home
from their nets to observe the
Day with their families.
ST.  JOHN'S  TO  HOST
WOELD DAY OF PEAYEE
UNION  SEEVICE
Members of St. John's Lutheran Church, Bethel Evangelical and Reformed Church,
and St. James Evangelical and
Reformed Church will take part
in union services March 9 at
St. John's Church in Bridge-
water in observance of World
Day of Prayer, sponsored by
United Church Women. The service will begin at 2 pan.
Savings Bank
Increases Capital
Saline Savings Bank has sold
an additional stock issue of
1000 shares, approved by the
stockholders at the annual meeting last month, William Crim,
president of the bank, announced today. All but 24 of the
shares were subscribed by previous stockholders; the remainder was purchased by employees.
The capital increase from
6000 to 7000 shares of $20 par
stock is subject to the approval
of the state banking depart-
in e n t. Previous stockholders
had the right to subscribe the
additional stock on the basis
of one new share for six already held.
Mrs. Charles McCarbery is recuperating at home after recently undergoing surgery at
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in
Ann Arbor.