1962-05-16; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 35 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 196&  -..
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Jaycee Float Is State's Best
Local Group
Adopts Official
Change of Name
For the second consecutive
year, Saline Jaycees captured
first prize among floats entered
in the state convention Parade
of Cities contest Saturday. They
also adopted the official name
change from the formal "Junior
Chamber of Commerce" to the
simpler "Jaycees".
The prize-winning float, cited
for tops in originality, was a
large Trojan Horse "to Caroline
from Uncle Nikki", standing beside a model White House. The
local chapter won first place in
last year's parade with their
Korn Krib, which this year
brought them a first place plaque for "project of the year".
The club also received a second
place certificate for their work
in community health and safety
The name change, adopted by
the state and local chapters,
was approved for two reasons,
Dave Cobb, outgoing president,
said.
"First, the name Junior
Chamber of Commerce oftimes
indicates to the public that we
are a junior branch of the
Chamber of Commerce. While it
is true that between the years
of 1920 until 1934 the Jaycees
had courted the affections of
the Chamber, knowing that its
influence was great and that
its endorsement could play a
big part in the spread of Jay-
ceeism, the fact remains that
the Jaycee movement is a dynamic force in its own right,
an action group in which young
men not only are able to determine the needs of the community but do something about
them." e.       ...   .
"The second main reason why
we felt a name change would
be beneficial to our cause was
that the name Junior Chamber
of Commerce is felt to scare
away some very fine so-called
'blue collar' workers. We all vi-.
sualize a Jaycee movement
which is truly democratic in nature — where doctors and lawyers are working side by side
with machinists and fanners."
The local club also elected
officers at the state meeting.
George Newton will serve as
president; Herman Radloff as
vice president; John Klein, secretary; Charles Lamberson,
secretary; and Doug Elf ring,
Dave Cobb, and Jim Ford -as
directors. They will be installed
at a banquet in June.
Saline members and their
wives who attended the conclave included Mr. and Mrs. G.
Merritt Martin, Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. George
Newton, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Radloff, Mr. and Mrs. Doug El-
fring, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ford,
Ronald Finkbeiner, Larry Finkbeiner, Jack Graf, Ed Doll, Holland Guenther, and Lewis O'Ma-
ra.
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING POSTPONED
The regular meeting of City
Council, scheduled for the third
Monday of the month, has been
postponed to 8 p.m. Thursday,
May 24, to avoid conflict with
Mayors' Day activities Monday.
Band Lists
Program for
Anniversary
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The Saline High School Concert Band and the Saline Junior
High Band will present their
tenth annual Spring Concert at
the Saline High School, at 4
p.m. Sunday.
The event, to celebrate the
tenth anniversary of "Mr. K."
as the band director of the Saline area schools, is open to the
public, and tickets at 75 cents'
and 50 cents may be purchased
at the door.
Guest conductor for this concert will be Mr. George Bell,
who has been the band conductor at Wayne Memorial High
School for the past ten years
and has established it as one
of the outstanding bands of the
state. Members of the Wayne
High School Band also travel to
the National Music Camp in
the summer at the same time
as does the Saline Band.
Featured soloist at the concert will be Miss Lydia Robison,
first chair cornetist of the local
band. She will play the first
movement from the Haydn
Trumpet Concerto, which she
' performed at the State Solo and
Ensemble Festival to receive a
first division rating.
Also on the program will be
the State Festival music,
"School Musician March" ~
Beebe;  and "Mannin Veen"  —
The  Saline Community • Fair rade,  and the board voted toW?°dJ. "Thrfe .(?or^ Pfflu*f'
board Monday night moved clo- change the qualification for Old" ■Uatham' Jencno, Gould;   Bo-
Graduate Student
Wins Fellowship
David B. Baker, of 6564 E.
Michigan Ave., has been awarded the F. C. and Susan Eastman Newcombe Fellowship for
work at the University of Michigan. Baker's work is in the
field of botany.
The fellowship was established in 1928 by bequest of F. C.
Newcombe, for students working in the special phiology of
any group of plants or with
plant material in general physiology. It pays $3,600.
Mrs. Baker, Margaret, is a
teacher of speech and English
at Saline High School.
Mayors9 Day Schedule
Includes Tour, Banquet
Mrs. Gross to Retire
At End of 41 Years
The gigantic Trojan Horse above was the winning entry
in the Parade of Cities float contest at the state Jaycee convention Saturday in Flint, bringing the prize to Saline for
the second consecutive year. The float, now dismantled, was
entered by local members. Checking it above are George New-
built by local members. Inspecting it above are George New-
Fair Board Shapes Up
Plans for Big 1962 Event
Cancer Fund
Needs $7 to
Reach $IOOO
The Saline area Cancer fund
lacks only $7 to make the hoped
for $1,000 for the 1962 Cancer
C r u sa d e, Mrs. Leo Jensen,
chairman, said today.
Mrs. Jensen, who attended
the regular monthly meeting of
the county Cancer Society Tuesday in Ann Arbor, said she was
"extremely proud" to announce
that Saline area contributions
have reached $993. Last year's
drive produced only $514.
"But we were hoping for
$1,000," Mrs. Jensen said, "and
we are still hoping that the
needed $7 will come in from
someone. The books won't be
closed until the end of May."
Contributions for the drive
may be mailed to Mrs. Jensen
at 206 E. Henry St.
and
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ser to completion of plans for Settlers to 50 years of residence ,    ; '
the 1962 Fair,  to  be held  at in the area. Prizes will be awar-,fr' ,„
the   Intermediate   School ded to winning Old Settlers at   ^55    "T    •      TT- ,   t,    __
grounds, September 12 - 15.        the Saturday evening program nJhe+,Juni0r HlSh B.™\^1
Fair booths may be rented - $20 for the oldest married °peV *™?ra? ™* three
now from Don Wiedman,-chair- couple, $10 for the oldest ^-iSSSbtSSg^J^^
man of the board, or Lyle Phil- an present who is an Old Set-.^J~T*^ .„ W?f?e5'
lips at the Saline Mercantile Co. tier, and $10 for the oldest man *™3 «SJrSfv«.~pSS'
New feature attractions at present. ^ ^^ RlVer Rhapso"
SACA TO HEAR
SCHOOL CANDD3ATES
Candidates for the four-year
Board of Education term to be
filled at the June 11 election
will speak-^at^a-aneeting o£.fh<>_.
Saline Area Civic association at
the Elementary School, Wednesday, June 6.
The meeting is open to the
public, Mrs. Jerome Hemmye,
program chairman, emphasized.
the. Fair this year will include
a pony-pulling contest, scheduled from 7 to 8 p.m. on Saturday night just before the annual variety show, and — possibly — an All-Star game of
Little Leaguers to be arranged
by the Kiwanis club.
Weavie Pony Farms and Alber Pony Farms will cooperate
in their third annual "name the
pony" contest, they announced.
A suggestion that the school
home economics department
might serve "bunny burgers" at
their refreshment stand was
made by William Weinhardt.
In other changes and additions, a section for registered
dogs and cats was included in
the pet show; a section for senior division was added in float
competition in the Saturday pa-
Wearers of Old Settlers' rib- A reception is planned after
bons will also be admitted to the concert for all guests, for-
the fairgrounds free of charge, mer band members, and the au-
throughout the Fair. dience.
All Around Saline
OIL WELL NOW
DOWN 3,525 FEET
The oil well on the Jacob
Marion farm is now down 3,525
feet and drillers are working
through "Black River limestone", Reporter correspondent
Cecelia Ference reported this
week.
An Open House Sunday at
Pleasant Lake School will honor
Helen Gross (Mrs. Rudolph
Gross, of 7385 Noble Rd.), who
will retire this year after 41
years of teaching.
The Open House, for former
students, fellow teachers, and
friends, is scheduled from 2 to
4 p.m., at the school where Mrs.
Gross has taught since 1953.
Mrs. Gross graduated from
Saline High School in 1921. She
taught for half a year at a
school in Lima township, and
then went to Jedele school in
Lodi township for three years.
She taught at Dold school in
Lodi township for 16 years,
then taught at Kuebler school
in Freedom township for a year,
at Mooreville for a year, and
then returned to Kuebler.
Along the line, in 1931, she
graduated from Eastern Michigan. She got married that same
year.
She always had time for outside activities, including her
own orchestra, "Helen's Orchestra", to play at parties and
square dances - "I'm a fiddler,
not a violinist," she says ~ travel every summer that has so
far taken her to 44 states, and
gardening, indoors and out. Just
last week, at a PTA function in
her honor, she was presented
with a floor planter for her
famed African violets.
The 41 busy years have left.,
many memories, including the
fact that her starting salary,
was $85 a* month,and- there
was wood to carry in and ashes
to carry out, and the ink froze
over night in the winter.
She remembers older ways of
travel, when parents at Dold
brought their children to school,
in bob sleighs, and she had-to
shovel her way home every
night and out in the morning.
"There hasn't been so much
snow lately."
She remembers the hayrides
that were enjoyed by parents
and students alike, at Kuebler
school, and the many Christmas programs that brought fa
milies from miles around.
She also recalls vividly a
birthday surprise party that really was a surprise to her, at
Pleasant Lake school in 1956.
Yes, teaching has changed a
great deal, she believes. For
one thing, "children have much
more freedom now in the school
room than they used to"; and
"children used to walk to school
. . . now they take busses".
For another thing, there are
more visiting teachers, these
days ~ to teach music, art, and
even special reading.
HELEN GROSS
She recalls the first school
officers she met at each of her
schools: at Jedele, it was Albert
Frey,"George Bohnett and Mark
Sweetland; at Dold, it was Laur
ren Stark, Reuben Bredernitz,
Alfred Rentschler. At Kuebler,
her first officers were Jake
Bihlmeyer, Oscar Staebler, and
Christ Kuebler; at Mooreville,
Clarence Searfoss, Gus Grams,
A. J. Turner; and at Pleasant
Lake, Alton Horning, Roy Bihlmeyer, and Nathan Alber.
By and large, they are all
pleasant memories and she believes she'll "miss it, when fall
comes". In fact, says Mrs..
Gross, "I may do a little substitute teaching once in a
while."
Hartford Officials
To Visit Saline
Visiting officials from Hartford, Mich., will be given a tour
of the city, schools, and local
industries and farms before
they are guests of honor at a
Mayors' Exchange Day banquet
Monday evening.
The guests, who will be greeted here by Mayor pro tem
George Johnson, will be Mayor
pro tem C. M. Hampton and
Village Trustee Arthur Hope of
Hartford, and their wives. The
village, with a population of
2,305, is located on 1-94, about
15 miles east of Benton Harbor.
Meanwhile, a Saline contingent will visit Hartford: Mayor
Jack Bennett and Councilmen
Glenn Clark and George Anderson and their wives.
The visitors will tour Universal Die Casting and R & E
Tool Co., • after coffee in the
morning. After lunch, they will
see the Elementary School and
the High School and make a
tour of the city. Afternoon tea
will be followed by a visit to
the Fred Braun farm, then a
rest period, and a social hour,
from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m.
The banquet, scheduled at 7
p.m. sharp at the American Legion, is open to the public and
reservations may be made by
calling City Hall. Said Johnson:
"I wish everyone would come
and hear the reaction of strangers who have seen our schools
and industries. It's an amazing
experience . . . you just walk
away with the buttons popping
off your vest."
RUBBISH PICKUP SET
In a move to tidy up the
town for Mayors' Exchange Day
guests, a city-wide rubbish
pickup has been scheduled here
Thursday and Friday this week.
Residents are asked to put
rubbish at the curb in suitable
containers for the free pickup
service.
Scout Attends
Rehearsal for
July Round-up
Joan LaRue, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John LaRue of Saline,
was one of 55 Senior Scouts
and their adult leaders from
the Huron Valley Girl Scout
Council who staged a dress rehearsal of camping skills at
Howell during the weekend. The
event was a preparation for the
International Round-up in July.
Miss LaRue was named in
January to make the coveted
trip; selections are on a basis of
excellence in scouting. By July,
when the International group
assembles at Button Bay State
Park, Vermont, the Scouts must
be entirely self-sufficient, able
to set up their own tents, make
their own eating tables and even converse in several different
languages. They must also be
able to work efficiently in the
Patrol system of a big encampment.
PARENTS INVITED
TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Parents of Elementary School
children are invited to see room
exhibits at the school from 7:30
to 9 p-m. Tuesday, Marian Barclay, principal, announced today. The exhibits were prepared
in conjunction with Michigan
Week.
Hospital Auxiliary
Elects Officers
The Saline Community Hospital Auxiliary held its annual
meeting Tuesday night at the
home  of Mrs.  William  Brink.
Officers for the coming year
were elected. They are: president, Mrs. Dale Brown; first
vice president, Mrs. Robert
Barnes; second vice president,
Mrs. Robert Webster; treasurer, Mrsi Everett Wolfin; recording secretary, Mrs. William
Delhey; and corresponding secretary, Mrs. G. Merritt Martin.
The Auxiliary has announced
the sale of ceramics at half
price. They can be seen at West-
side Hardware. V
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leutheuser and Eugene went to Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday to attend
the ceremony by which- their
son, Bob, was admitted to the
Ohio bar. The ceremony was
held before the state supreme
court. Bob was admitted to the
bar in Michigan last fall.
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Leonard Roark, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Eathern Roark, was
recently named "Mess Cook of
the Month" at Key West, Fla.,
where he is stationed with the
navy. Leonard, who is senior
mess   cook  now,   was   chosen
from 30 contestants.
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Mrs. Duane Steiner (Judy to
her friends) is the new girl
working at the Corner Drug
Store this week. Judy has been
a resident of Saline for about
the past five years.
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A/2 Bill Bracey spent the
weekend in Saline with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lynford Bracey of S. Ann Arbor St. Bill is
stationed at Westover Air Force
Base in Massachusetts.
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Don McKenzie is batching it
these days while his wife Barbara and youngsters are visiting in LaGrescenta, Calif.
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Kirk Reed, district manager
for Nationwide Insurance in
Washtenaw and Lenawee counties, has qualified for the company's President's Club Conference August 15-19 in Quebec,
Canada. He's one of eight district managers from throughout Nationwide's 30-state operating territory who earned a
-membership in the club through
leadership in sales and service
in 1961. He and his wife and
three sons live at 660 Canterbury Drive.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Taylor are in Cincinnati this week
visiting their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Boylan and their new granddaughter, Kimberly Ann Boylan, who was born May 10. Mrs.
Boylan is the former Karen
Taylor.
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Mrs. Harry Farsakian, of
Rosemont St., and Mrs. Clarence Johnson, of N. Ann Arbor
St., have been attending the
American Nurses Association
convention at Cobo Hall in Detroit this week. The keynote
speaker Monday evening was
Abraham Ribicoff, secretary of
health, education and welfare.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Phillips
spent Mother's Day week-end
with their son, Howard, and his
family at Birch Run, Mich. Mr.
and Mrs. Phillips are planning
to leave next month on a tour
of the western states — their
first vacation in eight years.
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Beverly Braun, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Braun of
Bridgewater, is visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
James Romine and family, at
Whitmore Lake this week. This
is little Miss Braun's first week-
long vacation away from her
parents and quite an event.
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Guests of Dr. and Mrs. Leidheiser this week are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Leidheiser of Vermilion, Ohio.
Track, Ball Seasons Near End
by Lanny Robbins
Saline athletes, nearing the
end of their seasons, this week
posted a split on the diamonds,
a victory on the cinders, and a
respectable showing in a big relay meet.
Split With Manchester
Five runs were scored in the
first inning Thursday as Don
Jaeger's baseballers redeemed
an earlier one-run defeat by
walloping Manchester 8 to 1 in
a home game.
Dick Leidheiser allowed only
one hit, an infield single in the
sixth, in one of his finest mound
performances to date. Hits for
the Hornets were collected by
Jerry McDonald (two), Mike
Frey, Gary Kind, Gary Niethammer, Gayle Finkbeiner and
Dave Hollenback.
Thinclads Have Two Firsts
Speedster Howard Schrader
and long distance man Jolin
Harvey both claimed first places in B class competition at
the big Tecumseh Relays Saturday, as Schrader cracked off
a 10.5 in the 100, and Harvey
continued to shave a few seconds off his time, finishing in
4 minutes 49.6 seconds.
Roger Davis took fifth in the
high hurdles and the relay team
of Rick Johnson, Keith Armbruster, Howard Schrader, and
Rick Larson also placed fifth.
Edged by Roosevelt
Tuesday, the Hornets made
eleven hits, including a home
run by Jerry McDonald and
triples  by Bruce  Niethammer
and Dave Hollenback, and still
came out on the short end of
a 12-11 game with Roosevelt in
Ypsilanti. In the nine-inning
battle, the Rough Riders popped
out just five safeties, the difference coming in wildness and
mistakes. Saline gave up thirteen walks and was charged
with six errors.
Saline scored six runs in the
seventh frame to go out in
front 11-8, but the bobbles allowed the three tallies that tied
it up.
Hollenback collected two singles besides his three bagger,
and McDonald added a single
to his homer. Gary Kind singled
twice.
Win Invitational Round
The final round of the dual
meets of the Saline Invitational
Track conference left Saline,
with one loss, taking second
place behind undefeated Chelsea.
The Hornets swept all but one
of the first places against Dexter and tied for that one in the
high jump, with Tom Crocker
of the Dreadnaughts and Mike
Johnson of Saline both going
5'6". Johnson also broke his
own track record of 2:08 in the
half mile.
The mile relay team of Johnson, Larkin, Burkhart and Harvey set a new time of 3:48.6.
Roger Davis took three events - the pole vault, the high
and low hurdles. Double winners
were Howard Schrader in the
100 and 220 yard dashes and
Ed Strait in the broad jump
and the 440 yard run.
Other firsts included the 880
relay team of Rick Johnson,
Keith Armbruster, Strait and
Schrader; Bill Davis in the shot
put; and Harvey in *he mile.
JV's Split with Lincoln
The junior varsity baseballers
lost a 3 to 2 game to Lincoln
Consolidated here on Friday as
coach Larry Smith used several
new boys in his lineup. Of these,
Rob Merchant and Hal Ceron-
sky stood out in their play on
the field.
On Monday they evened the
count at Lincoln 4 to 2, as Doug
Robinett allowed just three hits.
Robinett also pitched the Friday game. Two of Saline's four
hits came off the bat of Jerry
Austin.
Three Events Coming
The varsity baseball team will
take on league champion Pinckney here Thursday; the JV nine
will go to Chelsea Friday; and
the track squad will compete
in the regionals Saturday.
Rev. Kalinowsky
To Speak on
Memorial Day
The Rev. Fr. Edward F. Kalinowsky will be the speaker at
Memorial Day services here,
American Legion Commander
Norman Hedger announced this
week.
Father Kalinowsky, who lives
in Clinton and is pastor of St.
Dominic's Church there, has
served St. Andrew's Church
here for six years, during which
time the mission has grown
from 62 to over 100 families.
This year he is celebrating
the 25th anniversary of his ordination, and a special mass and
reception will be held here to
observe the occasion on June
10. A similar occasion is scheduled at the Clinton church June
17. The anniversary was also
celebrated last week at Blessed
Sacrament Cathedral in Detroit
for all 17 members of his graduating- class of St. Cyril Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake,
Mich.
ROTC STUDENT
TO RECEIVE AWARD
Walter R. Keck, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Keck, of 571
Canterbury Dr., is one of four
ROTC students who will receive
Chicago Tribune awards for superior scholarship, at the annual ROTC Field Day exercises
Thursday at Eastern Michigan
university.
Others are Robert B. Miller,
Lewis D. Kieft, and Robert A.
Green,, all of Ypsilanti.
MEN'S SOFTBALL LEAGUE
TO HOLD MEETING
The Men's Softball Association of the Recreation Department will hold an organizational meeting at 8 p.m. Monday,
May 21, in the locker room area at the rear of the High
School. Anyone interested in organizing a team or any individual interested in playing on a
team is invited to attend the
meeting or contact one of the
association's officers' Bob Russell, Paul Thibault, Allen Rentschler, or Don Jaeger.
ATTENDS MISSION MEET
The Rev. H. L. Engel is attending a Mission Board meeting in Milwaukee this week and
will return Thursday night.