1962-03-07; Saline Reporter

              The Saline
VOLUME 14, NUMBER .25 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7,. 1962
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in© Band to Host
.strict in Festival
Saline will be host to 17
High School and Junior High
School Bands Saturday, March
17, when the District 12 Band
Festival is held here for the:
first time. Previously, the ev-,
ents have been held in Ypsilanti, Belleville, or South' Redford.
The competing bands will
perform throughout the day in
the  school  auditorium,   to   be
Local Skaters
T© Appear
In Ice Show
Ten Saline youngsters will
appear in the 20th annual "Melody on Ice" produced by the
Ann Arbor Figure Skating club,
Saturday and Sunday, March 17
and 18, at the Michigan Ice
Rink.
Approximately 2 75 club
members will skate in the show,
scheduled at 8 p.m. Saturday
and 3 p.m. Sunday.
Production numbers will include "Broadway Hits", directed by Ann Bigby Larjmee;
"Babes in Toyland", directed
by Richard Porter; "Hawaii"
by Lyman Bittman; and "County Fair", by Betty Jane Wilson.
All are from Ann Arbor. Also
featured will be the Hockettes,
a 24-member troupe of chib
members who" have skated in
Detroit's Cobo Hall, East Lansing, Alpena, Midland, and Kalamazoo. They will perform in
"Anchors Aweigh" and "Jungle
Jazz".
Saline youngsters who will
take part in the show include
Don and Ruth Esch, Sally and
Sidney Heiserman, Barbara,
Marjorie, and Sally Quick, Jean
and Phillip Bondie, -and Janis
Coe.
Guest skaters will include
Myrna Bodek, 14, a member of
the Detroit Skating club who
was 1962 National Junior Ladies runner-up; and Gary Vis-
conti, of the Great Lakes Skating club, who in 1962 was both
midwestern senior men's champion, and runner-up for the National Junior Men's championship.
Tickets may be obtained from
any of the local skaters or
their families, or at the door.
Admission is $1 for adults and
75 cents for children of 12 or
under, and $1.50 for reserved
seats.
judged and rated by college
band directors. All performances are open to the public without charge.
The Saline High School Concert Band is scheduled to play
at 10:45 a.m., and the Junior
High Band will perform at 4
p.m. Both will be conducted by
Arthur Katterjohn.
Local students will also work
throughout the day as official
guides and hosts to the visiting
musicians, and members of the
Band Parents' club will operate
the school cafeteria to feed the
700 band members expected.
A Pre-Festival Concert will
be presented by the Saline
Bands at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at
the school. The program, including music to be played at the
Festival, is also open to the
public without charge.
Scheduled to play in the District 12 Festival are bands from
Washtenaw, Wayne and Monroe
counties, including nearby communities, Dexter, Chelsea and
Manchester. All of the bands
are "class B", a rating based on
student population but not connected with the athletic designation "class B". The musical
"class B" includes schools with
350 to 600 students.
CONTRACTORS MAY USE
PARKING METER BAGS
City Council Monday night
approved a motion from Glenn
Clark to provide contractors
with bags to cover parking meters in the near vicinity of buildings in which they are working
in the downtown area.
The bags, now available at
the City Hall, will be usable for
a maximum of 10 days; and
Council set a 50 cent per day
parking charge, to be deducted
from a $7 deposit made when
the bag is obtained. The bags
are offered as a convenience so
that workmen need not "feed"
meters regularly or move their
vehicles every two hours.
Highway Dept.
To Resurface,
Widen US-12
The state Highway Department will resurface part-of US-
12 in the city of Saline and widen another portion, in 1963, according to a letter from the department's planning office.        i
R. A. Trebilcock, director of:
the state highway programming'
division, told City Clerk E. J.
Muir in a letter that "US-12
from Monroe Street easterly
0.118 mile to Lewis Street is
programmed to be widened to
48 feet, have curb and gutter
on both sides and be resurfaced.
From Lewis Street easterly to
the east city limits (0.142 mile
east of Maple Street) is programmed to have the existing
widths resurfaced."
"The contract for the programmed work is scheduled to
be let in the first quarter of
1963."
"It is estimated that the city
will be required to pay approximately $3,000 for their share of
the resurfacing for the portion
that is over 48 feet in width."
All Around Saline
Pvt. Don Jeppesen arrived
home from Ft. Leonard Wood,
Mo., last Sunday to spend 14
days' leave here with his wife
and family.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Otto returned Saturday night from a
five week vacation to Mexico
City, Acapulca and Merida Yucatan, Mexico. They made the
7000 mile trip by plane, train
and bus.
Mrs. Donald Martin and her
newborn daughter are now at
home and doing fine. The Martins, who live at 109 Russell
St, have named the latest addition to their family Suanhe
Jannette.      ' " '"
Wallace Jordan, better known
to Salinians as "Pop"•'- Jordan,
was taken ill Monday and-is
under treatment'at the Saline
hospital.
Back in Saline this week, after spending "a wonderful" two
weeks in Florida, are Al and
Dorothy Walker and the Edwin
Kueblers. The two couples toured most of the state visiting as
many points of interest as time
allowed. While in Lakeland they
decided to look up some old Saline friends, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Burkhardt, who moved to Florida several years ago. Uncertain as to how to find their
home, they spotted a man directing school traffic and decided
to ask him for directions. They
approached him, and lo and behold, the man turned out to be
Don! You can bet you have ne^
ver seen five more astounded
people! After the shock wore
off and hearty greetings, were
exchanged, the. Walkers and the
Kueblers went bn to the Burkhardt home; -.that evening the
three couples went out for dinner together.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ray Davis call-
'ed oh Mrs. R. R. Feuell "of
Dearborn on Sunday. Mrs. Feuell, whose late husband, the
Rev. R. R. Feuell, served as
pastor of-the Saline Methodist
Church a decade ago, sent a
warm "hello" to all her Saline
friends by way of the Davises.
Four Named
To College
Survey Group
Jack Steeb, chairman of the
Chamber of Commerce education committee, today announced the appointment of four Saline residents to act as local
advisors to the Community College survey in Washtenaw county.
The four will serve as members of a "citizens advisory
committee" to the "community
college survey committee" headed by Robert Harrington, a
member of the Ann Arbor
Board of Education. Four members of each participating area
will make up the advisory
group.        ..      _.,- ;
Citizens -to serve with the
citizens advisory committee include Mrs. Clarence R. Johnson, of .319 N; Ann Arbor St.,
who works with; adults in vocational counselling and guidance
in Wayne; Herman Merte, of
211 E. Henry, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan; Mrs. Jerome Hemmye, 587
Rosemont, wife of Councilman
Jerome Hemmye; and John
Armstrong, 330 Marian Ct., industrial arts teacher at For-
sythe Junior High School in
Ann Arbor.
Allan Grossman, already a
member of Harrington's survey
committee, will act as a standing substitute for any of the
four.
The survey, which originated
with the Washtenaw county
School Officers association, is
designed to learn whether there
is a need in this area for a two-
year college for vocational training or for students who don't
want or can't afford four years
of college. Most of the cost is
to be borne by the University
of Michigan; the remainder is
pro-rated among participating
areas.
In other communities in
Washtenaw county, plus Pinckney and South Lyon, the four
participating residents were appointed by the school districts.
In Saline, the Chamber of Commerce undertook the program
and the cost, estimated at between $35 and $50 here.
PAST MATRONS TO MEET
The Past Matrons of the Saline chapter of the Order of the
Eastern Star will meet Monday
at the home of Mrs. Sam Lambarth,-213 S. Ann Arbor St., at
7:30 p.m. Mrs. Wayne Predmore, Sr., will show movies taken on her recent trip to Europe.
The birthdays of Martha Dieti-
ker and Mabel Stierle will be
observed.
LOCAL WOMEN INVITED
TO ATTEND GYM CLASS
Saline women of all ages" are
invited to attend any or all of
the four remaining gym classes
held weekly at the Intermediate
SchopL The class will-meet each
Monday night at: 8 p.m. through
April 2. A fee of 75c per night
is charged to participants.
Container
Firm Opens
New Plants
Hoover Containers, Inc.,
wholly owned subsidiary of
Hoover Ball and Bearing Co.,
has opened new plastic molding
plants in Chicago, Baltimore,
and Tampa, Clifford H. Simmons, chairman of the board of
Hoover, announced this week.
The name of the firm is a
change from the former Plas-
tainer, Inc. The main plant is
located at 7025 Maple Rd., here.
The plants will produce plastic bottles to supply the marketing needs of the Dow Chemical company. Key uses for the
bottles are as containers for
bleach and detergents. It is anticipated that employment in
the new plants will reach approximately 220 persons, with
production expected by early
spring.
The production facilities now
established in Chicago, Baltimore and Tampa are the first
of a series of plastic container
plants to be located in key
marketing areas, Simmons said.
The offices of Hoover Containers, Inc., are located in Saline.
William Barkley has been
named plant manager in Chicago; Robert Carter is plant
manager in Tampa; and William Bauer will manage the
Baltimore plant. All were formerly with Hoover's rigid formed container plant here.
Scarlet Fever
Incidence Said
"About Normal"
There are a number of scarlet fever cases in the Saline area,: doctors reported today, but
the frequency is "about normal
for this time of year". Scarlet
fever usually increases slightly
in the spring.
Dr. Gordon Prout has no cases among his patients, he said,
while Dr. Paul Gerigk reported
three. Dr. Rudenz Douthat and
Dr. James Davis have had five
in their joint practice, Dr. Davis said, and three- of the five
are still restricted to their
homes. (Scarlet fever, sometimes called "scarletina" is no
longer strictly quarantined
from other members of the families.)
But only one case in the Saline area has been reported this
month to the county Health Department. Last month's figures
in the Health Department show
four from the Saline area and
10 in the entire county. The incidence is "about average", a
Health Department spokesman
said.        -
Manchester Dumps
Dexter to Prevent Tie
Hornet Mike Johnson (30) hugs a captured rebound in
a tense moment in the Chelsea game that brought Saline a
third straight conference title, unshared, Friday. Jerry McDonald (24) and Ed Strait (44) move in to block Chelsea's
Don Joseph.
Quick Thaw May Bring
Disaster, Officials Warn
PRINCIPAL'S  FATHER DD3S
High School Principal Elmer
Houghton has been called to
Houghton Lake by the death of
his father, Levi Houghton, on
Tuesday night after a long illness. One daughter and two
sons survive; his wife and two
daughters preceded him in
death. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
EXTENSIONS  TO  STUDY
CONSUMER PROTECTION
Leaders of home economic
Extension groups in Washtenaw county this week and next
will attend four meetings to
study "Consumer Protection".
The first speaker will be Eunice
Pardee, Extension specialist in
home . management, Michigan
State university. Speaker at the
last three sessions-will be Alice
Epple, county Extension agent.
The meets are set at 1 p.m.
Thursday, in the County Building; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, County
Building; 1 p.m. Wednesday,
March 7, Rowes Corners; and
1 p.m. Thursday, March 8, Superior township halL
County and city officials this
week kept anxious eyes on the
weather map, the sky, and the
thermometer . . . and made
what preparations they could
against the possibility of disastrous floods.
Every ditch and pothole is
already full of ice and water,_
they pointed out, and the
ground is still, frozen. A warm
rain would produce more than,
total run-off and might duplicate serious flooding conditions
that occurred in 1947.
Said County Drain Commissioner John Flook: "I anticipate- it can be as bad as 1947,
or worse, and anyone who has
had trouble with high water in
the past should take every precautionary measure to prevent
a recurrence, including a check
of sump pumps and other equipment to be sure they're in working order."
"The whole thing depends on
whether or not we get a rainy
spell," he added. "Any of those
storms which have so far gone
south — and produced disastrous flooding there — would
have caused the same problem
if they got up here. On the other hand,   if  we  have  gradual
Local Bowling Team
Tied for Fourth
A Saline Hotel bowling team,
which held first place and then
third in the Michigan Woman's
State Bowling Tournament, this
week was tied for fourth place
after a Warren team rolled into'
first place with a score of 2997
(2817 actual), and a Grand Ra-j
pids team equaled the Salinians',
2928.
One of the members of the
Grand Rapids squad rolled an1
actual series of 657. The tour-'
nament; at Muskegon, still has;
seven weeks to run.
thaws and no rain, it will probably prevent any serious problems."
Howard Minier, superintendent-manager o f Washtenaw
county Road Commission, echoed the warning. "We anticipate
we're going to be in extremely
critical position for a morith;or
six weeks," he said. "IX'-tob
many mild days or a warm rain
pull the frost too rapidly, we
could have roads blocked by
mud. I recommend that rural
householders keep a good supply of foodstuffs around because — in spite of everything
we're able to do — they may be
blocked in by mud."
Weight restrictions will go
into effect at 6 a.m. Friday.
Said Minier: "We will do everything we can to help people
move their loads, but we.must
control the movement to -protect the roads."
City DPW head Mike Strait
had a weather eye on the millpond dam. Officially, care and
maintenance of the dam is new
to the city — which purchased
it recently along with the pond
and acreage across the road —
but "unofficially, we've been
watching it for years," he said.
Floodgates will be opened if
rain and consequent run-off
make it necessary, he said.
by  Lanny  Robbins
A third straight unshared title in Washtenaw Conference
basketball was Saline's Friday
night, but the good news didn't
reach local students and players
until after the game.
When someone announced at
the post-game dance, that Manchester had just succeeded in
pulling off an upset of Saline's
co-leader, Dexter, pandemonium
broke loose among the wildly
happy Saline students.
For the third year in a row.
Manchester had pulled the key
upset, giving Saline the chance
to take the unshared championship.
Going into the Chelsea game,
the Hornets were even with the
Dexter Dreadnaughts in number of wins and losses and had
to win to be sure of a share.
But as usual, the Manchester
Dutchmen played the part of
king-maker. In 1959 Manchester
had knocked off highly rated
U-High to narrow the race to
Saline and Chelsea with-the title being decided in the final
game. Last year Saline faced a
tough season and with the danger of losing the title to U-High
but the trusty Dutchmen again
proved the thorn-in-the-side to
the Cubs and tripped them up
a week before their meeting
with Saline.
In their battle against Chelsea, Don .Jaeger's .young men
were hard pressed for two periods by the rapidly improving
Bulldogs. Haying shown fast development throughout the year,'
the * visiting Chelsea quintet
Friday gave notice 'of future
claims on court titles before
Saline broke away to a 62-40
victory.
The Hornets got off to a fast
start against the Bulldogs as
Jeppesen sank a jump shot from
near the free throw line and
Bernard. tallied on a pair of
free throws in the first minute.
After that, though, they cooled
down and made only a pair of
lay-ups by Jeppesen and McDonald for the next three minutes.
Until the final 43 seconds of
the period, the local quintet
suffered a cold spell in their
shooting. Ed Strait's foul shot
ended the scoring freeze, but
by that time an aggressive
Chelsea team had forged to a
10-8 lead. Keith Armbruster,
with a basket and free throw,
and LaRue with a basket finished the period's scoring and put
Saline back in front 14-10.
Slowing down again in the second frame, the Hornets were
able to extend their lead by only a single basket before half-
time, on McDonald's lay-up that
sent them to a 25-18 margin.
After the mid-game break,
Saline began steadily pulling
away from their opponents. LaRue popped in four baskets in
as many minutes of the third
quarter as the Hornets threw
on a full court press. Strait and
McDonald each added a single
field goal in helping their squad
pull away 37-23. By the end of
the period there was little doubt
as to the outcome of the game,
with the Salinians in command
of a 42-29 lead.
LaRue whipped in a long
jumper and Strait drove in for
a lay-up before Chelsea got on
the scoreboard in the last quarter. LaRue and Johnson alternated in the scoring as Saline
kept gaining to reach a secure
55-33 edge.
For the last half of the period, Jaeger's reserves helped to
put the finishing touches on the
championship. Ron Tucker accounted for five of his team's
seven points in the last five
minutes while Finkbeiner chalked up the other two points on
a long jump shot.
In the scoring column, LaRue
led all scorers with 22 points.
Other point-makers for Saline
were Strait with" eight, McDonald and Johnson with seven,
Tucker and Armbruster with
fiye, Jeppesen* with .four, and
Finkbeiner and Bernard with
two. Others w_hq saw action for
the Hornets "were Leidheiser,
Kuder and Niethammer.
Tops in scoring for the Bulldogs was Curt Farley with 15.
■ From the floor Saline .hit on
20 of 60 shots while Chelsea
made 17 of 56.
Girl Scouts
To Attend
Celebration
Girl Scouts and Brownies of
11 Saline troops will attend a
celebration Sunday* in Chelsea,
Program to Show Ukranian
Easter Customs and Crafts
SALINE   SCHOOLS
TO  DISMISS  EARLY
Pupils attending* Saline Elementary School will be dismissed at 11:45 on Friday, March
9, and Monday, March 12/ in
order that parent-teacher conferences may be held. The Intermediate School and the High
School will be dismissed at noon
on Monday to allow teachers
time to prepare report cards
and hold conferences with parents if needed. .    .
TREES TO BE SPRAYED
City Council Monday accept--
ed a bid from Heath Tree Ser-'
vice to. spray 600 _:elm. trees oiu
city property, lawn extensions,'
and private property, at a cost
of $1.08 per tree.
A demonstration on how to
make Ukranian Easter Eggs
has been scheduled at the Intermediate School gymnasium
at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 25 —
in plenty of time to allow Salinians to make their own before
Easter.
The program, sponsored
jointly by the Business and Professional Women's club and by
Cecelia Ference, a local resident of Ukranian descent, will
include the demonstration, color slides, and an explanation of
the Old Country tradition behind the eggs, by a. group from
the International Institute in
Detroit.
Mrs. Ference, who lives at
10789 Jordan Rd., has been znak
king the vividly colored-Easter
decorations since her- childhood,
with techniques learned from
her parents, the late Anthony
and Anna Grudszeckj. They
came to this country from Aus-"
trii).. She had been anxious"„td
arrange "such a program "so
that the Old Country customs
and crafts should not be lost"
The event is -sponsored by
the BPW. as a public service,
with a slight charge at the door
(25 cents per person) to coyer
expenses. Proceeds, if any, will
go into the BPW's fund which
annually provides a business
scholarship for a senior girl.
Narrator for the program will
be Mrs. Joanna von Draginda,
of Detroit. With her will be four
other members of the Ukranian group of the International
Institute, a cultural organization devoted to preserving cultures and crafts of all member
nationalities. They will wear
Old Country costumes.
Two Girl Scout troops from
Milan and two from Wayne
have" already announced their
intention to attend, Mrs. Ference said, and all BPW clubs
in the county have been invited. The event is open to the
public.
On'display will be outstand-
ing_ examples of the egg-paintings, which many people collect for their artistic value;
"interpretation" and pattern vary "from ..area to area in .the
Old Country. Plain eggs will be
available for anyone who wants
to "try a hand at it," Mrs.
Ference said.
to launch a week-long observance' of the 50th anniversary
of the Girl Scouts of America.
The .mass assembly of 1,600
girls will include approximately
150 from Saline; and troops will
represent Ann Arbor, Chelsea,
Dexter, arid, Dixboro, as well as
Saline.        V
Dexter and Chelsea troops
will act-as hostesses, and Civil
Defense volunteers will handle
parking for the event, scheduled at 3 p.m. in Chelsea High
School auditorium.
.Also invited from this area
are Mayor Jack Bennett, School
Superintendent Leo Jensen,
School Principals Elmer Houghton, Dwight Reynolds and Marian .Barclay, a number of former leaders in Girl Scout work,
and representatives of sponsor-
' ing organizations of all the
troops — the American Legion
■ Auxiliary, Woman's club, Hospital Auxiliary, Fun club, BPW,
1 and Elementary Parents. Officers of the Saline area United
Fund .are also invited.
I The afternoon ceremony will
include presentation of 107 new
troop flags sewn by the Scouts,
and songs by selected groups. A
pageant on the theme "Honor
the Past,. Live the Present,
Serve the Future", will depict
50 years of Scouting:
In the morning, all Saline
Girl Scouts "arid Brownies will
attend the service at Federated
Baptist-Presbyterian, Church. In
other aTmiversary activities, Senior Scouts have prepared a
display to be in Dancer's window, downtown.