1962-04-25; Saline Reporter

              TAG DAY
for the Cancer Crusade
Saturday morning, April 28
(see story below)
The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 32 ~ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1962
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Permit Required For
All Grass Burning
Fire Chief Harold Armbrus- Most of the recent grass fires
ter today threatened a severe have started with burning of
clamp-down on persons who household trash,
burn grass, swamps, or brush Unusually dry conditions
without the required permit, have sky-rocketed the number
even to "possible prosecution",  of grass fires in the area so
He also warned householders that the Saline fire department,
against careless burning of which normally would be called
trash, and urged that all trash for only nine or 10 grass fires
be burned in a covered con- a year, has already fought 21
tainer at a time of day when in the last two months.
there is no wind.
Band to Play
Saturday at
State Festival
A good deal of rain will be
necessary to improve conditions, Armbruster said.
Meanwhile, anyone burning
grass without a permit will be
turned in to the Conservation
department for possible prosecution, he said. Permits may be
obtained from him.
Martin Is Candidate
For National Post
Saline Jaycees, with Dave
Cobb as campaign manager,
prepared to run G. Merritt Martin as a candidate for national
director from Region B, of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
state organization.
The election of directors will
take place at the Jaycee district
and regional conclave Wednesday evening in Ann Arbor. The
Saline chapter will also put in
a bid to host the district Jaycee Softball tournament.
Martin, past president of the
Saline club, is a state vice president in charge of district four.
Student Charged With
Molesting Children Here
Grass Fires Keep
Old friends met last week at a banquet at the Saline
Hotel, during a visit from Lulu Fairbanks (seated, center)
of Saline, Seattle, Alaska, and assorted other places where
she is perfectly at home. Shown with her above are SHS
classmates who graduated in 1906. In front, left to right:
Miss Ella Clark, Ypsilanti; Miss Fairbanks; Mrs. Merritt
Martin, Sr., Saline. Back row, left to right: Mrs. Ermine
Whitney, Detroit; Mrs. Luella Parsons, Ypsilanti; Mrs.
Maude  Schroen,  Saline;   Mrs.  Ethel   Geddes,  Ann  Arbor.
68 Teachers Hired
For Coming Year
Faculty rosters for the 1962- cational   agriculture;   Hallie
In "the district Festival, com- parked in the HighSchooT park- 63 school year at Saline's three Jane  Mehler,   science;   Mildred
peting against 17 bands, both m„ lot about 9 am   Tuesday schools were  announced  this Haswell,   English,   Latin;   Jay
the Saline High Band and the T£e inside of the car was com- week hv Scho01 Superintendent Starkey, science; Judith Sheets,
Junior High Band brought pletely burned by the time the Leo Jensen. Twelve of the group Spanish;  Robert Via,  science;
home "first" ratings, two of the Jire was  discovered   and heat wiU be newcomers to the full- Larry  Brown,   English;   Larry
five awarded by district judges. had meited the top of the 1950 time staff-                                      Smith,  business;  Howard Hill,
The Junior High Band does vehicle Two additional teachers, still business - Assistant Principal;
not compete at the state level.      The ' department   was   called to be employed, will bring the and Ronald Dubats, transferred
Both bands are directed by Ar- once on Thursday twice Friday, total  roster  to  70,  two  more from Intermediate School, shop.
once each on Saturday, Sunday, than   last   year,   Jensen   said.      New   teachers   at   the  High
and Monday, and twice on Tues- The  remaining  two  will be a School will be Mary Sdoerhom,
day   By presstime, three grass music teacher, to replace Miss of Petersburg, Mich., a graduate
The Saline High School Band,
winner of a "first division" rating in the district Band Festi- Firemen On Rim
val in Chelsea last month, will a continuing epidemic of
enter the state Festival Satur- grass fires kept Saline firemen
day, in Mason. busy this week: the department
The local band's contest per- answered  11   calls.  With  the
formance at the state event is exception of a chimney fire and
scheduled at 3:20 p.m., in the an aut0 blaze, all were for grass
Mason High School auditorium. or swamp fires.
Parents and friends are invited The   automobile,   owned   b y
to make the trip with the band, Roger  Lange,   was   completely
and busses will leave from Sa- destroyed   by  the  blaze  that
line High at 11:30 a.m. broke  out  after  the  car  was
thur Katterjohn.
Legion Auxiliary
Poster
Winners Named
fires  had  been  reported   on
Wednesday.
Tag Day
For Cancer
Crusade Set
Seventh-grade girls will participate in a Tag Day here Saturday morning, to closs the all-
month Cancer Crusade of 1962,
Mrs. Leo Jensen, chairman, announced today.
Tags will be sold at the four
corners in downtown Saline Saturday morning by Janice Austin, Becky Ealy, Sharon Sack-
ett, Beverly Parsons, Carlene
Hertler, Joann Tucker, Wendy
Livingstone, Betty Tubbs, Sandra Rentfro, and Christie Town-
send.
Two coffee hours, besides
those previously listed, are also
scheduled, for educational purposes as well as to raise funds.
They are to be held at the
homes of Mrs. John Dwyer and
Mrs. Meredith Bixby.
Anyone whose addressed envelope has been, lost is urged -to
mail contributions, for.the crusade to Mrs. Jensen.
Winners in the annual Poppy TT .        _,.     ,
Poster contest, sponsored by the HlHTierS £ lllti
American Legion  Auxiliary, ^   1 i "Crrrva
were announced this week by UrOlCHMl HiggS
No Slabs, Either:
NoPlansf
^       _^  Kit Johnson,  leaving to work of Michigan State and Eastern,
PODDV xOSter Wednesday."        -     * in Ann Arbor, and a shop tea- gym; and Bethany Ann Mackin,
F1^ ' cher    for    the   Intermediate of Flint, who graduated at St.
School, to,.-replace Ronald Du- Mary's college in Notre Dame,
bats,; who .has been moved tor Ind., English, social studiesr-and
the High "School. math.
Returning High  School  tea-      The Intermediate School fac-
were announceu  mi* wee* uy   m«.uv„ —toto~ chers include Taylor Jaeobsen, ulty will include returnees: Ma- .
Miss Lola Dell, Auxiliary pop-     Six youngsters found the gol- art;    Julie  Crockett,   English; ry  Baker    6th  grade;   Marge LI Q-»W*
py chairman. den   eggs   and   won   prizes   at Margaret  Baker,   English   and Hieber,   6th;   Ann   Pellegreno   nOHlCS,    OaVS
Diana Johnson's poster was the annual Jaycee-sponsored speech; Judith Wilcox, math; 7th grade English; Clement
awarded first place in Class H Easter Egg hunt Saturday af- Nancy Gates, home economics; Corona, 7th grade math; Fran-
competition, with Charles Still ternoon at the Intermediate Evelyn Campbell, library; and ces Kessel, 7th grade; Maxine
and Dennis McCormick named School. clyde Niedfeldt, shop. Ross, 7th grade home econom-
second and third. More than 500 children joined Others are George Bonich, ies and art; Helene A. Monag-
In Class m competition, Ju- in the fun of hunting 500 hard- science; Bernice McCoy, special han,5th grade.
Petitions Due
May 22 for
School Board
Petitions for candidates in
the June 11 School Board election are due next month, School
Superintendent Leo Jensen
pointed out today.
One vacancy, for a four-year-
term, is to be filled. The expiring term is that of Oliver
Steiner, of Saline-Ann Arbor
Rd., now secretary of the board
and completing his second
three-year term.
Petitions are available now
at the superintendent's office
at the High School. They must
be filed with the secretary of
the board, Steiner, not later
than 4 p.m., May 22, and must
contain signatures of 25 qualified electors in the school district.
Petition signers for the
School Board election need not
be registered voters, since Sa-
1 i n e' s is a non-registration
school district, but they must
be 21 years of age or older,
residents of Michigan for six
months, and residents of the
school district for 30 days before the election.
Candidates must be citizens
of the United States, residents
of Michigan for six months and
of th school district for 30 days
before election, must be at least
21 years of age, and must own
property assessed for taxes rathe'school district.
CHIEF OF POLICE LEVLEIT
Promoted to Chief of Police,
after a month in the position
of Acting Chief, was James L.
Levleit, 28, above, a member of
the Saline force since 1955. Levleit lives with his wife and family at 661 Rosemont.
arts ror Smaller
Wilshire
d/lehm^po^"w^'first, wJS ^d ^1^ and 300  education;   Arthur Katterjohn Others are Robert^sel 6th
Mary Schumacher's second and chocolate eggs. None went home ™^J™ l™°%^£ ^^'g^Sah^S
Howard Schrader's third. Class empty-handed.                                sciences,   jiiizaDeui   wasne-urn, e*         qf,  ' Q_,ath   xth.'     rt
I, for Elementary School level,      Prize-winners were Janice Er- home   ea;   E isabeth   Kuebler, f^^^Jjj^ ^^
had no entries. skine,  age 10;  Dennis Martin, math;   Domimck   Pellegreno, Lawrence Baker, 7th grade so
The first place winners will 7; Glen Valene, 2; Jeff Erskine,  guidance; Jacqueline Hohn, bu- ciaAJ™                       DaUas
be sent to the Auxiliary's dis- 7; Elizabeth Rogers, 2; and Di- smess; Donald Jaeger, physical New teachers mQ be Dallas
trict poster contest. Judges for ane Barringer, 5. Prizes were education; and Michael Rotun- ^reU   Detroit, Wa>™ State'
the local event were Mrs. Ru- donated by Estes Rexall Phar- no, social studies. 7th grade shop and^ gym    Jo
denz Douthat, Allan Grossman, macy,   Walkers   Dollar   Store,      Also returning: Wendell Die- Graf °?J™. *as*fJe- S
and Dr. Fulton Taylor. 125 pos- Gambles   store,   and   Westside kinson, shop; Marilyn Vander- Sfn^uniyersity, ^J™^^
ters were entered in the contest.  Hardware.
Hi Ho Hialeah!
Lugt, English; Alton Ealy, vo-
Saline Once Had Racetrack
by Bessie Carven Collins       always races on Sunday afternoons, and Bert Derendinger re-
Many Saline people who are calls that he worked there sell-
now interested in horseracing
and attend races whenever possible may be surprised to know
that Saline at one time had a
ing soft drinks.
Among race horse owners in
this area was Anson Harmon,
 .... „„ Wilc „„,.,_. „„„ ^ owner and proprietor of the Sa-
race track and a program of line Hotel for many years. His
races. In the early 1890's there racing was not entirely con-
was a race track on the site ftaed t0 t^ track, for it was a
of the pools of the present familiar sight to see Mr. Har-
Spnngbrook Fisheries, just out- mon driving his horse and sulky
side of Saline on the Milan road. on ihe side streets of Saline.
The instigator of the project Mr. Helber had hired Irving
was Eugene Helber, who owned Vercelius in October 1892 to
fifty-six acres of land on the train his horses.
flats, a short distance west of Evidently the race track was
the York Mill which was razed used for only a few years, al-
a few years ago. Mr. Helber set though there is no available re-
a gang of men to work to build cord to that effect. However,
a half-mile track, thirty feet s. M. Bixby, soon after he had
wide, in April 1893,- and a purchased the York Mill, pur>
judge's stand, grandstand, and chased half of the parcel of land
sheds for the horses-were also which included the stands and
erected.     . USed  the  lumber for erecting
On May 8, 1893, a group of farm buildings near the mill.
interested men met and organ- Mr. Bixby was grandfather ot
ized the "Saline Driving Club". Meredith Bixby. Mr. Helber sold
E. A. Hauser was elected presi- the remaining land to William
dent; F. D. Ford, vice president, H. Barr, whose farm adjoined
and Eugene Helber, secretary, the land on the north, and Sa-
The directors were Anson Har- line's racetrack became an item
a°n, A. B. VanDuzer,  Orr.on of history. _
Stimpson, H. C. Lamkin, W. W. Lovers of horses in. those
Watts, W. Gauntlett, H. T. Ni- days (and about every family
chols and Nathan Bordine The had a favorite "driving horse )
dub then arranged to hold a could not foresee that motor ve-
matinee June 10, when there hides could ever replace horses
would be four races. There wereas a means of transportation.
Perhaps it would be interesting to note the men named as
officers, although there must
have been many other race
horse owners in the Saline area. E. A. Hauser was a first in
practically every local endeavor, having started the first
telephone system, one of the
organizers of the Saline Creamery, and a well known livestock buyer, as was also Nathan
Bordine.
Eugene Helber owned and operated the Tannery on West
Henry St., making fine leathers
for the harness and leather
goods manufacturing companies. The tannery occupied land
from the present Gross home to
the Collins house at 109 W.
Henry, which was the Helber
home, until he moved to. Ann
Arbor and published the German newspaper there for many years.
Flavian D. Ford (who was
called Flave) succeeded his father as owner of the lumber
company and store on North
jAhn Arbor St., which he eventually sold to the Saline Mercantile Co.
Ashley B. VanDuzer was a
barber and had occupied several
village and township offices.
Ornon Stimpson, a retired
farmer, was the grandfather of
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ol Catacuzzeno, Saline, Wayne
State, 6th grade; and Ronald
Attinger, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, instrumental
music  (part-time).
At the Elementary School,
returning teachers will include:
Louise Ciccarelli, 1st grade;
Nela Dickinson, 3rd; Tema
Haab, 1st; Margaret Livingstone, 4th; Phebe Summerland,
3rd; Dorothy Stimpson, 3rd;
(Continued on Page 4)
Mrs. Mader Named
President of
Child Study Club
Mrs. John Mader will be installed as president of the Child
Study club, at a luncheon Tuesday, May 15, at the Ann Arbor
Town Club. Members are asked
to make reservations with Mrs.
Arthur Moehn by May 1.
Other officers to be installed
at the luncheon are Mrs. Harry
Miller, as vice president, and
Mrs, Regis Wolfinger, secretary
treasurer. The officers-elect will
also serve as the club's delegates to a spring planning session in Howell, Saturday, April
28.
A new member, Mrs. Michael
Pekrul, will also attend the Saturday session. Her mother, Mrs.
A. B. Ellis, is a past state president of the Michigan Child Study association.
The "keeper of the coffee
pot" for the summer months
will be Mrs. Wolfinger, 268 Mills
Rd. The coffee pot is available
for rental at 50 cents.
Wilshire Construction Co. has
no plans to erect shell houses,
slab houses, or even smaller
houses in Rolling Meadows subdivision," the firm's president,
Dave Sparrow, said this week.
The developers labelled as
"100% false" a report that they
intended to put up 500-square-
foot homes to sell for less than
$10,000.
Said Sparrow: "There will be
absolutely no skimping on quality, and we couldn't conceivably
IN SERVICE:
The first grandson of Sirs.
Amanda Feldkamp to enter the
service is Pvt. Richard Roehm,
23, (above) son of Mr. and Mrs.
Louell Roehm of 9221 Waters
Rd., Freedom township.
Called into the army last
September, he took his basic
training at Ft. Knox, Ky.; then
eight weeks of schooling at Ft.
Sill, Okla. He's now stationed
in Alaska with the motor pool
at Wainwright Air Base near
Fairbanks. The coldest if s been
there since his arrival in February is 30 degrees below zero.
When he was last heard from,
it had warmed up to 55 degrees
above, the warmest so far.
A few weeks after his arrival in Alaska, he hurt Ms ankle
while playing basketball. In the
hospital a week, then in a cast,
he expects to have the cast removed this week.
build a house smaller than 850
or 900 square feet that would
be commensurate with the
neighborhood itself."
A new model home, to open
Saturday, is about 916 square
feet, with a full basement, of
face brick and aluminum siding,
to sell for $12,999. It is a product of "the best research available" and incorporates "what
the public has requested", said
Jerry Rowan, secretary of Wilshire.
Rumors that the firm intended a sharp reduction in size
and quality of the Rolling Meadows houses were discussed at
Council meeting last week when
Planning Commissioner Douglas Milhan asked for building
restrictions to put a "bottom
limit" on floor space in new
homes. "I would hate to see
500-square-foot homes going up
in Saline," he said.
"I'm not too concerned about
the present size," he said, "but
what is the next step . . . and
the third step?" After discussion, Council tabled the suggestion on building restrictions
for study.
Plans for Rolling Meadows
homes are to "keep them pretty
much similar to what we've
been building right along," Rowan said this week.
He said he believed the public may have been confused by
the fact that a subsidiary of
Wilshire, Castle Pre-Planned
Homes, Inc., does erect "starter" homes, especially for persons who -want cottages on lake
lots. The "shell" or "starter"
houses range in size from 700
to 1600 square feet
But the subsidiary operation
has "nothing to do with Rolling
Meadows," he added, and none
of its houses will be pu; there.
Tuesday
Proclaimed
'Law Da/
Mayor Jack. Bennett this
week joined mayors of cities
throughout the nation in proclaiming Tuesday, May 1, as
"Law Day, USA". The annual
observation of "Law Day" in
this country started about five
years ago.
The formal proclamation
read:
"As Americans, we cherish
individual freedom as a birthright. Every citizen of this community depends upon laws and
courts to protect his rights, to
safeguard his person and property, and to enable him to enjoy the privileges of life in a
free  society."
"Without laws predicated upon equal justice, and independent courts to administer them,
the liberties we take for granted would be meaningless. Our
legal and judicial systems are
foundation stones upon which
rest our representative government, our economic well-being,
and our whole social order."
"The Congress of the United
States and the President, by official proclamation, have set
aside May 1 as a special day
for recognizing the place of law
in American life. Known as
Law Day, USA, the observance
will take the form of programs
sponsored by various organizations, in the schools, and in
appropriate public ceremonies.
The basic aims of Law Day are
to foster increased respect for
law and a broader awareness
of the benefits and also the responsibilities of citizenship."
"Now, therefore, I, Jackson
T. Bennett, Mayor of Saline, do
hereby proclaim Tuesday, May
1, 1962, as Law Day, USA, in
the City of Saline, and call upon all citizens, organizations,
and schools to give appropriate
recognition to this special day."
BRIDGEWATERITES  GIVE
$$$$ FOR CANCER DRIVE
Bridgewater residents have
outdone themselves this year
in contributions for the Cancer Crusade, report owners of
the Bridgewater Tavern. The
tavern's, mirror and wall are
festooned with 151 dollar bills
for the crusade.  , .     .    _
No contribution has been less
than one dollar.
Police Trace
18-Year-Old By
License Number
An 18-year-old University of
Michigan student was arrested
by Saline police Tuesday evening, after a number of local
children reported that a man
of his description had attempted to lure them into his car.
He was traced through the
license number of his car, reported by an alert resident.
William Alderisio, of Birmingham, Was arraigned before
Municipal Judge Francis O'Brien Wednesday morning on three
counts: attempting to procure
for the act of gross indecency,
accosting and soliciting for
gross indecency, and indecent
exposure. -
H e demanded examination,
which was set for Monday, and
was released on $250 bond.
All of the children have identified Alderisio as the man who
approached them, police said.
Alderisio was lodged in the
County Jail, overnight, and police are still checking to learn
whether he has any criminal
record other than juvenile offenses, Police Chief James Levleit said.
Alderisio's arrest followed
three complaints to Saline police Friday that he had tried
to coax children to enter his
car. Two of the incidents occurred about 11:30 a.m. Friday, one on Monroe street and
one on Henry street.
Two small girls reported they
had been accosted on Monroe
street, and that the man offered them $25 to enter his
car. Th episode was seen by a
Monroe street housewife who
noted the license number and
description of the car. The children were eight and nine years
old.
Two ten-year-old girls on
Henry street made a similar
report; and another, in the evening, came from a group of
girls, 7 to 10 years "old, who
said they had been chased by
a man in a blue car.
But none of the reports were
made to police until several
hours after the incidents occurred; and Chief Levleit this
week urged parents to instruct
their children to report any
such occurrence immediately.
Several days' delay in apprehending the man might have
been avoided with an immediate
report of his activities, Levleit:
said.
Police also issued urgent warnings to children against talking to strangers, accepting anything offered by strangers, 01?
approaching strangers in cars
— even to give directions.
They withheld the name of
the Monroe street housewife
who noted the molester's license number, but commended
her for "sharp observation,
foresight, and civic consciousness".
Since "this is the time of
year when these things are
most likely to occur", Levleit
urged all residents to note license numbers of the cars of
any suspicious-appearing persons and report them to police
at once.
Alderisio's car, which fitted
the description given by the
children and the housewife, was
at his home in Birmingham.
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
TO PICK UP TUESDAY
The Goodwill Industries truck
will make collections in Saline
on Tuesday, May 1. Call Mrs.
Vera Burkhart, HA 9-7019, for
pick-ups.
OWOSSO PASTOR
TO  SPEAK HERE
The Rev. Robert Nelson, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church
in Owosso, will be guest speaker at both the morning service
at 11 a.m. and the evening service at 7 p.m. at Fundamental
Baptist Church on Sunday.
JC Auxiliary f
Elects Officers
Officers for the coming year
were elected by members of the
Junior Chambr of Commerce
Auxiliary, at a meeting Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. William StoHV        "
Mrs. Herman Radloff will
serve as president; Mrs. Donald McKenzie as vice president;
Mrs. Charles Lambrson, secretary; and Mrs. iGeorge Newton,
treasurer. Directors are Mrs. G.
Merritt Martin, Mrs. John Klein
and Mrs. Earl Feldkamp.