1962-04-18; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 31 - WEDNESDAY, APKIL 18, 1962
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amage Heavy in Cellar Blaze Three-Wav Capital Improvement
Smoke, Water
Destroy Contents
Of Stierle Home
A fire that was out of control
before it could be reported Saturday completely destroyed the
contents of Mrs. LeRoy Stierle's
home, at 6914 Saline-Ann Arbor
Rd. - but it left the house
standing.
The intense heat from the
blaze melted the finish on laundry appliances, and prevented
Mrs. Stierle's son, Kit Young,
from entering the house. Smoke
and water completely destroyed
the family's clothing and all
furniture, including a piano and
hi-fi set . . . among the few
items they have taken to Kit's
home next door is a blackened
and useless toothbrush.
The fire was discovered about
noon, Saturday, by Mrs. Stierle's daughter, Abbie Young, who
noticed smoke pouring up from
the basement. But it had already put the telephone out of order; and — since all the neighbors in the area are on the same
nine-party line — Miss Young
could not call the fire department. A neighbor, Mrs. Ray
Niethammer, drove to town
with her to report the fire.
Meanwhile, a son of the family, Willie Hasegawa, was attempting to control the blaze
with a bucket, drawing water
from a nearby creek.
No cause for the fire has
been determined, but Mrs. Stierle noticed nothing wrong when
she was in the basement only
half an hour earlier. She then
left to spend the afternoon in
Detroit, and was not aware of
the disaster until her return.
The blaze had swept through
the furnace room and recreation room and startd up the
stairwell before firemen could
bring it under control. They
wore smoke masks in order to
enter the house and were forced
to break the large thermopane
windows at the front of the
dwelling. '    '   :
Members of the burned-out
family, who stayed temporarily
with friends, are now living at
the Kit Young home, next door.
No estimate of damage is
available as yet.
Program Recommended for City
Firemen, who used oxygen tanks and masks to move
through the thick smoke at the Stierle fire Saturday, return to the truck for refills (right). Contents of the house
were completely destroyed by the smoke and water, though
structural  damage  was  contained  to   the  basement area.
Hornets Open Spring
Season with Victories
Ed Strait Wins
U-M Scholarship
Edward A. Strait, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Mike Strait, of 203
N. Lewis St., is one of 649 seniors in state high schools who
will receive Regents-Alumni
scholarships to the University
of Michigan, Dean of Men Walter B. Rea, chairman of the
committee on university scholarships, announced this week.
Strait, whose scholarship is
in the college of literature,, science, and the arts, is a senior at
Saline High School who has
maintained an "A minus" average while starring in athletics.
Over 1700 students applied
for the Regents' scholarships,
which are awarded annually.
The stipends vary according
to financial need of winners,
ranging from an honorary $50
entrance award to a $560 per
year grant. Awards continue for
the normal length of each student's degree program if his
academic record justifies renewal.
Each school is entitled to at
least one of the scholarships
if a qualified senior applies.
Also, some awards are granted
at-large on the basis of statewide comparison of applicants
from   participating   schools.
In evaluating applicants, emphasis is on character, citizenship, academic record, financial
»eed, and scores on a competitive test.
by Lanny Robbins
The Saline Hornets opened
the spring sports season this
week with victories in all events.
The track team was the first
to hit the winning trail Tuesday
by defeating Tecumseh and
Boysville in a triangular meet
at Tecumseh. They took seven
first places and totaled 53
points, while Tecumseh was gathering 47 and Boysville could
muster only 30.
Ed Strait took firsts in the
440 and the broad jump; Howard Schrader won both the 100
and 220 yard dashes; John Harvey came in ahead in the mile
run; and the 880 relay team of
Jaycees Plan
Annual Kids'
Egg Hunt
The annual Easter Egg Hunt,
sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce for Saline area
youngsters, will be held at 3
p.m. Saturday, at the Intermediate School grounds.
Prizes, donated by local merchants, will be awarded to the
winning hunters in each of
three age groups: two to four;
five to seven; and eight to 12.
All area parents are invited to
bring their children to the event. There is no charge.
Jaycee members will dye the
eggs themselves, one and a half
cases of eggs donated by Klager
and Amstutz hatcheries for the
occasion.
The event will be held inside
the school in event of heavy
rain, according to David Hess,
chairman.
NOTARIES APPOINTED
Charles A. Lindemann was
appointed, and Eleanor Schaible was reappointed as notaries
by Secretary of State James M.
Hare, during the first quarter
of 1962, for the Saline area.
Dinner to Honor
Champion SHS
Basketball Team
A dinner jointly-sponsored by
the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs of
Saline will honor members of
the Saline High School varsity
basketball team, winners of the
19 6 2 Washtenaw Conference
crown. Varsity cheerleaders will
also be guests of honor.
The dinner, at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the High School, is open
to the public, and tickets, at $2
a plate, are available from any
Kiwanian or Rotarian. More
than 125 attended a similar
banquet last year.
Jim Skala, assistant basketball coach at the University of.
Michigan, will speak and show
films of U-M games.
Committee for the event includes Rotarians Bob Estes and
Leonard. Wight, and Kiwanians
John Thoss and Don Leidheiser.
The 1962 conference title was
the third consecutive crown captured by the Hornets.
Rick Johnson, Keith Armbruster,  Strait and Schrader completed the string.
Track Team Takes Two
In a triangular meet in Ann
Arbor with University High and
Chelsea Tuesday, the Hornets
had another one of those last
event finishes with the Chelsea
Bulldogs which is typical of
these two track teams. This
time the local thinclads squeezed out a second . place while
Chelsea was taking third in the
in the mile relay. This gave Saline 48.4 points to 47.9 for the
Bulldogs. U-High came up with
40.7 for a close third.
Saline's 880 relay team again
came through with a first —
going the distance in 1:41.5.
Then the Hornet's two sprinters divided laurels, with Schrader winning the 100 in. :10.8
and Rick Johnson taking second. This was reversed in the
220, when Rick took it in 24.3
with Howard taking the next
place.
John Harvey, freshman miler,
took that event for Saline in
five minutes even — improving
on his time of 5:09 at Tecumseh. Coach Rotunno expects
him to break the school record
before he graduates.
Mike Johnson took a second
in the 880.
Baseball Team Wins
Coach Don Jaeger took his
diamond squad to Dexter Tuesday afternoon and "walked"
home with a 13-2 victory. Dex-
ter's pitcher, Dave Rossback,
had a "wild" afternoon — issuing 18 passes to the Hornet batters.
Bruce Niethammer was hit by
a pitched ball as he led off. He
advanced to third on passed
balls and came home on a wild
pitch. The rest of the game was
much the same "comedy of errors".
Gary Niethammer and Gayle
Finkbeiner were the only two
players who didn't score, but
each collected one of Saline's
seven hits.
Those who scored were Bruce
Niethammer (2), Mike Frey
(2), Jerry McDonald, Jerry
Farrar, Jim Griffin (2), Jim
Feldkamp, Dick Leidheiser (2),
Gary Kind and Ron Tucker.
Tucker carried  the pitching
burden for Saline and allowed
just four hits as he struck out
10 and walked seven.
JV Squad Wins
This year Saline has started
a junior varsity baseball team
with Larry Smith coaching.
They, too, won their opening
game on Tuesday, over the Dexter JV. The game was called
at the end of three and a half
innings because of darkness, but
Saline already enjoyed a comfortable 8-0 -advantage. Doug
Robinett had pitched a two-hit
shut-out at that time.
Coach Smith was "well pleased" with the showing of this
second team and feels that several of them will provide good
material for the varsity in the
future, he said.  _
Salinians
Attend US 12
Conference
More than 100 businessmen
and their wives, representing
communities along US-12, attended a dinner meeting of the
US-12 association Wednesday in
Sturgis. Among those present
were Mayor Jack Bennett, Mr.
and Mrs. Eathern Roark, and
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gillespie,
all of Saline.
Walter Nattalgua, state representative from Gladwyn, was
the major speaker. He pointed
out to the merchants that, since
Michigan is not a "through"
state, tourists must be brought
in by advertising; that "friendliness of the community will go
further than giving parking
tickets"; and that, in January
of this year, more than 1000
cars were lost to the US-12
route because of the proximity
of 1-94.
But "everything possible is
being done to bring more tourists to Michigan," Nattalgua
said; and he believes the association's efforts to publicize
US-12's historical and scenic
attractions will be successful in
drawing tourists here.
Strip maps published by the
association, emphasizing ,the
communities on the route, are
available now in restaurants
and service stations all along
the .route._ Saline is one of the
cities listecf on the map,) and
the local Chamber of Commerce
participated in the cost of preparing the maps.-*
Study to Include Wells,
Disposal Plant, Sewer
On a recommendation  from capacity. Said Johnson: "That's
Public   Utilities   Commissioner what their figures show. Mine
Donald McKenzie, City Council show that we're 600 over."
Monday evening took the first The   study   of   the   disposal
steps   toward   a   three-pronged plant will begin with a review
* capital improvements program of the basic design and compar-
that may include: ison of daily reports, Haywood
1. A new well, either at the said> and « may be Possible to
present  site,   or  elsewhere. increase the capacity of the pre-
2. Expansion  of  the  sewage sent  digestor.
treatment plant. With regard to the eastbelt
3. Construction of an "east- interceptor sewer, some preli-
belt" sewer line, parellel to Ma- minary work was done and a
pie Rd. partial plan drawn several years
ago,   he   said.   Such   a   sewer
Local businessmen Eathern Roark (left) and Harry
Parsons inspect the vividly-colored strip map, depicting
tourist attractions along US-12. Available at service stations and restaurants along the route, it was prepared by
Chambers of Commerce in the communities listed.
Also on the program are an
inspection of the dam and dike
at the millpond, to learn whe-
would make some acreage  on
the east side of town available
CITY OFFICIALS
TO ATTEND CONFERENCE
City Clerk E. J. Muir and
City Superintendent Mike Strait
will attend a Purchasing Conference, sponsored by the University of Michigan Institute
of   Public  Administration   and
Council OK's
New Peddler
Ordinance
ther any maintenance work is for industrial development,
needed at the new city instal- Council has made no decision
lation; and a study of the ca- as to whether or not the im-
pacity of the water tower,  to provements shall be undertak-
determine whethe it will con- en.   Said  Johnson:   "We  can't
tinue to be adequate. make any plans until we- know
Council asked the Ann Arbor what is *$&&" The study is
engineering firm Ayres, Lewis, expected   to    determine    the
Norris & May to send a letter needs-
which would constitute a con-
tract for study of the proposed .,         ■           I    • ■
improvements. JfilTl   LeVlGlt
Cost of the study was esti-
City  Council   Monday  night mated at not more than $3,000  Mamaf!   f*klO<f
the Michigan Municipal League, unanimously approved city or- by a representative of the firm,   ■^CIIIICVl   X*I!lCl
in Ann Arbor, Wednesday, Ap- dinance 160, regulating the ac- Homer Haywood, who was pre-
ril 25.
Of Police
le ration
Plans Adult
Institute
James Levleit, a member of
Local Women
To Attend
Guild Meet
Delegates from Saline churches will attend the annual
Spring Fellowship Day, of the
Ann Arbor Regional Women's
Guild, Wednesday, April 25, at
St. John's E. & R. Church in
Francisco.
Among those attending from
Saline will be Miss Esther Land-
wehr, president of the regional
organization; Mrs. Glenn Feldkamp for St. James E. & R.
Church; and Mrs. Edwin Hering
and Mrs. Clarence Fritz of St.
Paul's E. & R. Church.
First vice president of the
regional group is Mrs. Armin
C. Bizer, of Ann Arbor.
Registration will be at 9:30
a.m. for the meeting in Francisco (west of Chelsea), and the
program will begin at 10 a.m.
Reservations must be made not
later than Friday, with Mrs.
Paul Schittenhelm, Grass Lake.
Local delegates will also attend the 11th annual biennial
meeting of the Michigan-Indiana . Synodical Women's Guild,
to be held May 1, 2, and 3 at
the Trinity United Church of
Christ in Detroit. Miss Land-
wehr is secretary of the Synodical Guild.
Others who will attend from
Saline will be Mrs. Feldkamp,
Mrs. Hering, and Mrs. George
Winkle. Reservations must be
made not later than Monday,
April 23.
tivities   of   door-to-door   sales- sent at the meeting. Also pre-
men at the retail level. The new Snt was Jack Craigmile, a part-
ordinance   will   require   selling ner in the firm and chairman of
F>A#l^ml"lf%n permits   for   all   organizations the Saline city planning com- the  Saline  Police  force  since
rcUCEalEUlI .^ saieSmen, whether or not mission.   The   study  would  be 1955, was named Chief of Po-
they are local - but license fees made on a per diem basis, with lice  by City  Council  Monday
are nominal. a maximum charge of $3,000,  night.   Levleit  has   served   as
As provided by the ordinance, Haywood said. Acting Chief for the past three
Council   set    an   investigation     McKenzie's recommendations, weeks.
fee,   if  investigation  is  neces- part of Council's work toward      Levleit, 28, is a Saline High
A distinguished staff of Uni- sary, at no more than $25, with a city budget for the coming School graduate who served in
versity of Michigan specialists the amount not needed for in-  year,   were   presented-at   the the  U.S.  Army,  in   Germany,
will present the two-day pro- vestigation  to  be returned  to meeting by Budget and Finance from 1953 to 1955. He joined
gram for the 28th annual Adult the applicant. Commissioner George Johnson, the Saline force as a part-time
Education  Institute,  April  25     Fees for the actual licenses     'rhe decision to put down a officer in December 1955, and
and 26, in the Rac'kham building were set at $1 a day, $2 for a third weU is "g°od' sound rea-. began   full-time  duty  here  in
in Ann Arbor. ■ week, $3 for a month, and $5 soning",   Haywood    said,    and October, 1956.
• The Institute is presented an- for a year for each licensed' or- such a weU wo^d constitute a     He lives at 661 Rosemont St.,
"nually for members of the Mich- ganization.    Members    of    the safety factor whenthe present y^^ his ^fe and t^, children.
igan State Federation of Worn- sales group will not be required two need repair. The frrst step      His appointment as Chief of
en's clubs. Among those attend- to pay individual fees, but each m the study will be to check the Police replaces Earl Kirby who
ing from Saline will be Mrs. Ru- must carry a copy of the li- P™*P™g records and learn the was reiieved of his duties by
ben   Finkbeiner,   Mrs.   Arthur cense. ^^^ of the water-bearing for- Council action in March.
Heininger,  Miss  Esther Land-      Under the  ordinance,   chari. -a«°£ ^e ^U ^Jh^orma-      ^ letter from sheriff George
wehr, and Mrs. Meredith Bixby. table organizations wiU be re- *°n * "^^^^1^   ^f", ^^ * *?r *"?"
A highlight of the program,  quired   to   obtain   Hcenses  ±or can b*sunk * *e sa^ ^   mg Monday, inviting Sahnepo-
on Wednesday  afternoon,  will their salesmen. But little or n0 *<*».* n^t*e/gem^sS J06 *° * ~     * '^T*       £
be   the   discussion   by   Garnet investigation  will   be  required *npS eZth for two wSs      f°^ ?ft*rVV£e T^l
r-o^v.;c«v,   j;^.n, «f TTr.,\.QT*ci+i. .   b. ~        .,    one Dig enougn ior two wens.      +n up T,pid the first Tuesdav ol
Garrison, director of University Jor local groupS)  0ne Council-
big enough ior two wens.      to be held ^e f^t Tuesday of
The   capacity   of  the  water every  month.   Poiice   Commis-
of ^Michigan broadcasting, who man pointed out; thus tiie en- tower ^u be considered as part sioner Glenn Clark was instrue
be returned to them.
will  speak  on  "New Ventures tire |25  instigation fee can T the   WeU   study    Ha^ood Sf n       ??     ^ Tf
in  Educational Television",  il- be re*umed to ^                    said   LrmL S sho3dTo?d ^^ C°mfLto »<?& the de'
lustrating  his  talk  with  "TV      ™.        .                             ,,• u            -Normally it snouia noia partment of the school.
Samplers" from the U-M tele-      T*ere  1S. n°   ^  m ^whlch  about 25 to 30 per cent of max- 	
vision nroerams He will be pre- such organizations can be ex- imum flow on a summer day, WILLING WORKERS MEET
™££  ■£rMv£nwYv^wln T«   emPted   ft0™   the  license   re- his firm has found. He suggest-
sented by Mrs. Bixby   who is  quirement wittl0Ut running the ed also that - if the city is Members of the Willing Wor-
cnairman on ramo ana teievi- risk  ^^   guch  &n  exempting.  considering   fluoridation   or   a kers club will meet Thursday
STr1^ww<TMrc;ht^Hri'hPthA clause  would  make  the   ordi'  water-softening   plant   --   it night   at   the  home   of  Mrs.
wtSfL iv^fnT£.™.^t   nance "discriminatory", Attor- would   be  well  to   group  the Waynard Carr. Mrs. Bliss Cur-
feSSn?™^*DfSdi- ney  *****  Grossman  had  ad- necessary equipment. tiss   will   lead   the   devotions,
leaturmg wimam u. nevein, ai   _._.,  n „                                     ^^ necessity for expansion Mrs.   Robert  Hammond   is   in
of the disposal plant was point- charge of the program. Those
ed up by state department bf present will answer the roll call-
health   figures   indicating   the by giving their favorite recipes,
city's   population   is   now   300 The meeting is  scheduled for
above the plant's recommended 7:30 p.m.
vised Council.
rector of the famed University 	
of  Michigan   bands,   who   will
describe the trip through Rus- Cit     0ffered More
sia and the Near East which J -««■•¥-!
the band made last summer. He Land Near Mill
will  illustrate  his   talk  with
slides taken on the tour. An   additional   19   acres   of
The Band has just received land near the City Park, part
the National Federation of Mu- °* it fronting on W. Michigan
sic clubs award of $1000, given avenue,  has  been  offered  for
by   the   American   Society   of sale to the city by the owners
Composers, Authors, and Publi- of the Saline Mill property. City ggr§
shers, for the individual or en- Council Monday tabled the offer %t£~
semble which most effectively pending study  by  the  budget gg;
increases   the   appreciation   of committee. ht
American music abroad.
Saline to Have
Day at the Races
JCC AUXILIARY
TO  DINE  AT  WEBER'S
Members of the local Junior
Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary will dine at Weber's Supper, Club-' Tuesday night. They
plan to meet at the Herman
Radloff home where transportation will be arranged. Their
dinner is set for 6:30 p.m., after which they'll meet at the
home of Mrs. Charles Lamber-
son for election of officers.
The land in question includes |?
about seven acres, with about^"
100   feet   of  frontage   on   the |<;.-•'
highway, and an additional 12 ^
acres on the river, for a total |;v;;";>^";
price of $5000.
"Saline Recognition Day" will a A warranty deed on the pond, F|fc^?J|^fc:^S||    ,___
be held Saturday evening, Au- da^>   "J  Par£ land  recently ^|f^i. vSS.V^^^l
gust 18, at the Wolverine Race- Purchased by the city was re- ^.UfeiJ^ -   -*>«?.", ■ ,=*.'W .'.^
way, Mayor Jack Bennett an- corded on March 30.
nounced this week.
Owners of the race track have q._ g# NEIGHBORHOOD
asked Mayor Bennett to award ASSOCIATION TO MEET
a trophy to the winner of the
race that evening, and the city : The Saline Girl Scout Neigh-
is invited -to display local pro- borhopd association will meet
ducts at the track. The "out- at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the In-
standing features and benefits" termediate School cafeteria. All
of Saline will be announced over registered adults are asked to
the public address system durr attend, according to Mrs. Ger-
ing the evening. aid Coe, chairman.
Mrs. John Steeb, president of Saline Community Hospital Auxiliary, presents Hospital Administrator Robert
Maurer with a check for $700, cost of the isolette incubator
above. The incubator, already used several times this year
for premature infants, was purchased by the Auxiliary with
dues and funds raised at a smorgasbord and card party last
November.