1962-08-29; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 50 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1962
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Area Business Development
Corporation to Try Again
Saline's population is growing
fast. Saline's business community isn't.
With that problem in mind, a
few worried Chamber of Commerce members have set a new
date for an organization meeting of the infant Saline area
Business Development Corp.,
which so far has neither bylaws nor directors.
Similar organizations in sur-
Three Enter
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Competition
Three young women have
submitted entries for the annual Jaycee-sponsored "Miss
Saline" contest, to be decided
the Thursday night of the Fair,
Jerry Losee, chairman of the
contest, announced today.
The new queen will be crowned by her predi3cessor, Katrene
Gall, on Thursday evening, after
a judging event not open to the
public. Two runners-up will be
named as members of her court,
and a fourth title will go to
"Miss Congeniality", selected
by the contestants themselves.
Names so far submitted for
the competition are those of
Sandy Craigmile, Celia Sisco,
and Diane Ayotte. The contest
is open to all unmarried young
women between 16 and 24 years
of age, who live in the Saline
area school district.
Those wishing to enter are
asked to fill in the entry blank
in this issue of The Reporter
and mail it, with one or two recent photographs, to Jerry Losee, 410% Spring St., Saline,
before September 9.
The closed judging event will
be held on Wednesday evening,
September 12, at the American
Legion hall. Refreshments will
be served there by the Jaycee
Auxiliary.
Other Jaycee members of the
committee are Ron Finkbeiner
and Ed Doll.
rounding cities and villages
have functioned successfully to
lure new business and industry
to the area, or to help established firms expand.
In SaUne, the first organizational meeting of the corporation, a month ago, was attended by only two people.
The Business Development
Corp. was created a year ago
with a view to obtaining leases
for suitable industrial land, and
to obtaining aid from the Small
Business Administration. The
latter makes possible 100 per
cent financing (in cooperation
with local banks) on capital improvements where the risk is
good.
But 20 per cent of the amount
must be raised locally, and the
SBA will aid only if it is convinced the local organization is
a genuine, community-backed
operation.
Saline's Business Development Corp. will meet again at
8 p.m. Thursday, September 6,
at the City Hall, to adopt bylaws and elect a board of directors, who will appoint officers.
A subject for discussion, according to one of its organizers, Allan Grossman, is: "How
active does the group feel the
organization should be in attempting to encourage economic development in this area?"
Rotarians put in a busy day Thursday, in two of the last
big events of the outdoor season. At noon they were guests
at the Steer club picnic at Curtiss Park (above, Mrs. Raymond Weber feeds her grandson, Danny, who is more-interested in cameras than in food). In the evening, Rotarians and
Kiwanians and their wives convened for their annual chicken
barbecue, at Saline Valley Farms (below, chefs Pat Roesch
and Art Moehn put the personal touch on the main course).
MEHA Board
Plans Day-Long
Meeting Here
The board of governors of the
Michigan Education Home Association will hold a day-long
meeting at Saline High School,
■beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday,
September 8.
The board members, who
come from all sections of Michigan, hope to further plans for
development of the proposed
MEHA village for retired Michigan educators, here. They will
.also discuss a brochure on the
village, to be published in September.
They will lunch at the High
School at noon.
School District to Vote
On Extra Millage Tuesday
Guest Speaker
To Discuss
"Initiative"
REGULAR COUNCIL MEET
SET SEPTEMBER 4
The regular mating of Saline
City Council will begin at 8
p.m. Tuesday, September 4, at
the City Hall. The meeting has
been moved back one day to
avoid conflict with the Labor
Day holiday Monday.
BOOKMOBILE VISIT SET
The county Bookmobile will
visit Pleasant Lake School from
2 to 5 p.m. Friday.
VOTE
Tuesday, September 4,
School Millage Proposal
Saline Chamber of Commerce
members, non-members, Rotarians, Kiwanians, Jaycees . . .
and all other interested Salinians . . . are invited to attend
the regular C-C meeting next
Tuesday evening at Saline Savings Bank.
Reason for the broad general
invitation is that the meeting
will be of broad general interest. Robert Newcomb, member
of the Ford Motor Co. management speakers' bureau, will be
present to give a talk on "Community Pride and Initiative".
Newcomb's message will cite
examples of community self-
help projects, in a number of
fields such as industrial development and urban renewal,
which have succeeded in recent
years. Chamber of Commerce
officers feel that the talk will
be of special local significance
in view of the various self-help
movements launched here in the
past or currently in progress.
The meeting is scheduled for
8 p.m. Because it will be open
to members and non-members
alike, C-C Secretary Jack Steeb
has sent out no special notices
to the organization.
Farm Bureau Urges All-out
Vote in Wheat Referendum
Wedding Postponed:
Man Injured
In 20-ft. Fall
From Roof
Lloyd Klager, 34, of Burmeister Rd., will be in traction for
several weeks, a family member said, as a result of a 20-
foot fall from a barn roof Saturday. He suffered a fractured
vertebra in the fall.
Klager and Arthur Alber, 62,
of 10680 Saline-Milan Rd., were
standing on a scaffold to shingle the barn roof, at a Scio
Church Rd. farm, when the ladder rung supporting the scaffold broke, pitching them both
to the ground.
Alber landed on his feet, and
suffered only minor bruises. He
is recovering at home.
Klager was taken to Saline
Community hospital, where he
is reported in "fair" condition
today. His injuries forced postponement of his wedding, scheduled Saturday night, to Gertrud
James, of Judd Rd.
Cystic Fibrosis Drive
To Begin Tuesday
Preparations are under way
for the second annual Cystic
Fibrosis drive in Washtenaw
county, to be held September
4-11, Mrs. Robert Starling, the
chairman of the event, announced today.
A highlight of the drive will
be a benefit dance at the Saline
American Legion Hall, Saturday, September 8. Music will be
furnished by the Rhythmaires,
and the public is invited.
Benefit coffee hours will also
be held throughout the county
during the week of the drive,
Mrs. Starling said. Volunteers
are also preparing 10,000 direct
mail appeals to be sent to county residents Tuesday. The public is asked to enclose donations
in the return-envelopes provided.
Cystic Fibrosis is a childhood
disease for which there is no
known prevention or cure at
the present time.
Funds from the CF drive are
directed into the necssary research for the finding of the
Prevention of the often fatal disease as well as for treatment
of children who already have it.
A 13-minute movie describing
CF and its treatment is available from Mrs. Starling, 128 E.
Michigan, Saline, for showing
to clubs and organizations.
Washtenaw county residents
wishing to assist in any phase
of the drive may contact her in
Saline at HA 9-9372.
Officers of the Washtenaw
county chapter besides the president are: Mrs. Don Waldo,
Ann Arbor, vice president; Cecil J. Nesbitt, Ann Arbor, secretary; and Mrs. Nesbitt, treasurer. Members of the board of
trustees are: Probate Judge
John W. Conlin, Mrs. Lucy Gregory, Mrs. Harold Burch, Andrew Jackson, the Rev. C. H.
Loucks, Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan
E. Smith, Donald Vasher, Mrs.
Harry White, Miss Pat Addis,
and Leonard Chase, all of Ann
Arbor; Mrs. Milton Hartman
and Mrs. Richard Wanty of Saline; and Stanley Montange of
Chelsea.
The medical advisory board
is composed of Doctors D. G.
Dickinson, W. F. Howatt, R. W.
Deatrick and Donita Sullivan,
all of Ann Arbor.
Washtenaw county Farm Bureau has asked for the support
of all ^heat producers in a
drive for an "All Out" vote in
the wheat referendum Thursday.    I    -
In last year's referendum,
Farm Bureau spokesmen pointed out, less than one out of five
eligible voters decided the type
of wheat program . . . yet wheat
referendum votes, however
light, have been interpreted by
politicians, newsmen, commentators,, arid members of Congress as supporting farm controls.
Said a county Farm Bureau
message to community groups:
"It is quite possible that this
may be the last year a choice
of more or less governmental
controls will be offered. A drastic overhaul of the wheat program is due ... if marketing
quotas are approved for 1963,
it seems reasonable to expect
continuing efforts to get Congress to adopt more harsh restrictive measures. We can expect a continuing effort to extend controls to feed grains and
livestock."
Said a Farm Bureau member:
"Controls are getting me down."
Among those eligible to vote
are all farmers who will harvest more than 15 acres of
wheat in 1963, even if their allotments are not that high! Eli-
gible are owners, operators,
cash or share renters and landlords of share renters . . . and
the wives of all of these if they
are joint owners of the property involved.
Farmers are urged to get
each other out to vote. If they
find both alternatives on the
ballot distasteful, they are urged to vote for the "lesser of
the two evils" and then write
their Congressman about it.
SOCIAL SERVICE, INC.,
STILL NEEDS OFFICE
Still in search of office space
is the Saline area Social Services, Inc., and the public has
been asked to help the organization find a suitable site.
Until a new office is located,
the organization may be contacted by phoning Mrs. Edwin
Heripg, HA 9-7328, or Mrs. Allan Grossman, HA 9-9625.
The ballot merely offers a yes
or no choice on the question
"Are you in favor of marketing
quotas for wheat for the 1963
crop?" But:
Quotas mean an announced
support price of 75 per cent ox
parity (approximately $1.82); a
national minimum allotment of
55 million acres; and marketing quotas with cash penalties
for exceeding allotments . .. i.e.,
continued government limitations on production in exchange
for a relatively higher support
price.
If quotas are turned down,
the price support will be 50 per
cent of parity (approximately
$1.21) for those who stay within their allotments; the national
minimum allotment remains at
55 million acres; but there
would be no marketing quotas
and no cash penalties for exceeding allotments ~ exceeding
allotments merely removes eligibility for 50 per cent supports.
This choice would allow farmers
to grow wheat without supports
in exchange for the right to manage their own production program.
Polling places for the August
30 referendum were announced
by Max Kalmbach, chairman,
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation County committee. The wheat quota ballots
may be cast from 8 a.m. to 6
p.m. on Thursday, at the following places:
Dexter, Webster, Scio townships: Dexter Fire Hall in Dexter
Sylvan, Lima, Lyndon townships: Sylvan Townhall in Chelsea
Manchester, Sharon, Freedom
townships: Sharon Townhall —
Pleasant Lake Road
Saline, Bridgewater townships: Saline Township Hall ~
Braun Rd.
Augusta, York, Ypsilanti
townships: Stoney Creek
_ Grange Hall — Stoney Creek
Road
Ann Arbor, Superior townships: Superior Township Hall
— Cherry Hill & Prospect Roads
Salem, Northfield townships:
Emery Store — Earhart Road
Pittsfield, Lodi townships:
Pittsfield Township Ball -
State and Ellsworth Roads
CHOPPER IN HOPPER
Somebody's false teeth came
through the sanitary sewer system intact and were found in a
catch rack at the disposal plant
Tuesday evening, Ed Strait, a
city employee, reported.
The city crew cleaned up the
teeth as much as possible and
left them at The Reporter office, where the owner may reclaim them if he wishes.
Saline school district residents Tuesday will go to the polls
to approve or reject the schools' request for an extra operating
millage of 3.85 mills.
We wholeheartedly urge them to vote YES!
We have children. We also pay taxes. But we firmly believe
that the best insurance ~ indeed, the ONLY insurance worth the
name ~ that we can leave our children in these troubled times
is a first-rate education. If we never leave them anything else,
an education will carry them through, no matter what happens
to the world at large.
We also believe that the present high standards of the Saline
schools are of inestimable benefit to the entire community, to
parents and non-parents alike. The quality of any school system
heavily influences the quality of the young people of the area
.. . Saline's fine citizens have emerged from Saline's fine schools.
Employers find Saline-educated young people reliable, sensible, and hard-working. Neighbors find them courteous and helpful. Because young people here are responsible citizens, you can
walk any street alone at 3 a.m. in perfect safety; you can count
on help when you have problems; you can always hire employees
of whom you can be proud. Let's face it: Saline's schools have a
lot to do with that state of affairs.
Moreover, school officials have repeatedly demonstrated that
they are careful buyers . . . they get top value from what they
spend. The beauty of the school buildings has to do with color,
good taste, good planning . . . but in no case was it obtained
through excessive spending. The courses given are well-planned to
provide the highest value possible for the size of the community.
There are NO "frill" courses. Every class has its precise place in
a curricula designed to lead to a better life for each student.
The fine quality of the Saline schools is known to parents
and educators throughout Michigan.
The local school system has never before asked for an extra
operating millage, and costs are among the lowest in the county.
Even if the requested 3.85 millage is approved, Saline's schools
will still be medium low on the comparison scale with other
schools of the area (no precise figures for other schools for 1962
are available until the end of the year.)
The school board has asked taxpayers to approve ONLY THE
AMOUNT ABSOLUTELY NEEDED jo maintain the schools at
their present high level. There is no way in which their budget
can-be cut without sacrificing quality — Jhey made the request
only after long, careful study to be positive that this was so.
They are all responsible, hard-working people; we have seen
their good judgment demonstrated many times.
For all these reasons, we urge Saline area residents to go to
the polls Tuesday and vote YES on the requested school millage.
School officials this week
urged voters to turn out in force
Tuesday to decide on the proposed 3.85 extra operating millage for the schools.
Said Dean Burkhardt, treasurer of the Board of Education: "I know the whole board
would like to see as heavy a
turnout as possible, so that the
outcome — whatever it is — will
represent the true feeling of all
the people."
The extra millage is the first
ever sought by Saline schools
and is necessary, schctol officials
have said, to meet rising costs
for a larger student population,
and to allow regularly scheduled increases in teachers' salaries. Part of the requested millage will replace that lost when
the Tax Allocation board reduced Saline's regular millage
from last year's 10.01 mills to
9.32 mills for the coming year.
Said Leo Jensen, superintendent of schools: "This is a very
important election for the good
of the schools. I hope there will
be a good turnout, since the
matter should be decided by
everyone."
Mrs. Robert Tefft, president
of the board, also urged a heavy
vote, and added: "We are asking for only the amount we feel
we need."
Said Gerald Coe, a board
member: "I believe that people
in the Saline area have an excellent school system, and I sincerely hope the people of the
area will respond to its needs."
The polls will be open from
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, September 4, at the Intermediate
School in Saline. No registration for voting is required in
this^school district.
Hearing Scheduled
On Annexation
To School District
Begin Countdown
Buses Ready to Roll
Speeder Gets
15 Days in Jail,
Plus $50 Fine
A Southgate youth was sentenced to 15 days in jail, plus
a $50 fine and costs, when he
was found guilty of reckless
driving, by Justice of the Peace
Jerome Lamb, Friday.
Police said the driver, John
T. Schaefer, 18, was first seen
as he entered the city headed
west, at 3:30 a.m. Friday. He
was followed from the Five
Points corner by both city police and a Sheriff's car, at
speeds up to 90 miles an hour.
At the main intersection,
Schaefer ran a red light, officers said, and then crossed into the wrong lane, still at high
speed. He was stopped at the
west edge of the city.
The mandatory jail sentence,
Justice Lamb said, was given
"in consideration of the safety
of the public and the four officers who risked their lives chasing him. The fact that no one
was actually hurt doesn't minimize the seriousness of it."
"Some people exceed the
speed limit for reason of personal emergencies," the judge
said, " but in this case there
was no justification whatsoever."
Similar high-speed chases in
nearby cities have resulted in
serious injuries to police and
passers-by, he pointed out.
A hearing of the Washtenaw
county Board of Education has
been scheduled September 6 to
decide on the annexation of approximately 190 acres,- on US-12
The  Saline school bus fleet at Hull's  grocery.  Elementary and Piatt road,  to the Saline
is poised for an early launch- School children who wish a ride area School District,
ing  next Wednesday  morning, in the morning from the Saline      The  area   in   question,   now
and countdown procedures have Mercantile   corner   may   board part of the Ann Arbor School
begun at all three schools. No either bus 15 or bus 18.
last minute delays are expected.
School will open oficially at
9 a.m. Tuesday, September 4 —
but students will not report until 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, to enroll and receive assignments.
They will be released at noon
Wednesday.
Only teachers will convene
Kindergarten classes will begin Monday, September 17.
Salinians Win
Home Ec Prizes
In State Fair
District, is occupied by seven
families, only three of which
have children. One of the three
sends its children to a parochial school. The request for annexation, launched by Lee Robison of 6315 E. Michigan Ave.,
has been approved by all of the
families except that one.
The annexation, if approved,
will make little difference to the
local district financially, Superintendent Leo Jensen said, since
the additional tax base will
more than balance the cost of
educating the additional chil-
INTERMEDIATE ROOM
MOTHERS TO MEET
The fall organizational meeting of the Intermediate Room
Mothers has been postponed until 8 p.m. Tuesday, September
18, to avoid conflict with the
Fair, Mrs. Robert Russell, chairman, announced.
Prizes in the 1962 Michigan
Tuesday, for preparatory fac- State Fair home arts depart-
ulty meetings and assignments, ment were won by two Salin-
Superintendent Leo Jensen an- ians.
nounced. Mrs. Tom Bennett, 1339 Wil-
High School students, most of lis, won eight first prizes: jelly
whom are registering this week,  display,   pork,   canning,   berry
will meet in the gym at 8:30 juice,   quince  jelly,   apple  and djren. Sahne buses already pass
aim. Wednesday. After the mee- quince jelly, apple and mint jel- th?_/10mes ^nv°lved-
ting, they will follow their reg- ly, apple and berry jelly. The nea"ng » to be held at
ular class schedules for the day,      Mrs.   Bennett   also   captured ° P-m- on Thursday, September
but classes will be only 20 min- three second prizes ~ cake, ap- 6> at the County Building,
utes long. Dismissal time will pie and rose geranium jelly, and
be   11:45   a.m.   for  the   High cherry jelly - and a third prize ROTARY TO MEET
School, 12 noon for the Elemen- for meat display. The Rotary Club will meet at
tary School, and 12:10 for the     Mrs. Melvina Klager, of 9665 12:05 p.m. on Thursday at St.
Intermediate School. Burmeister Rd., won first prize Paul's Church. Don Ford is pro-
Regular classes will begin on for a rug. gram chairman.
Thursday, September 6, at 8:30 '
a.m. for the High School, with
dismissal at 3:30 p.m.
Elementary and Intermediate
schools will begin at 8:45 a.m.,
with dismissal at the Elementary at 3:20 p.m. and at the
Intermediate at 3:40 p.m.
The regular schedule will a]>
ply until Wednesday through
Friday, September 12-14, when
school will dismiss early for the
Fair - the High School at ^1:45
a.m., the Elementary at 12 noon
and the Intermediate at 12:10.
Bus routes and schedules will
b e established t o correspond
with the school schedules, and
students riding buses are instructed to watch for their buses between 7:30 and 8:15 a.m.
the first morning.
High School students who
live in town will be picked up
at the Intermediate School and
Festivities at Wolverine Raceways' recent "Saline Night"
included taking the picture above . . . left to right: "El Dora
Jenko", the winning horse; Councilman Glenn Clark; the
jockey; three unidentified persons who drifted into photographic range; City Clerk Bill Muir; and Mayor Jack Bennett. A Saline party of 16, officials and their wives, were
given VD? treatment by Raceway owners at the event.