1962-09-05; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 51 ~ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,-1962
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eport Urges $317,500 in Improvements
Immediate* Needs Total
$398,500 with MEHA
City CouncU this week received an engineer's report recommending "immediate construction" of $317,500 worth of
capital improvements in the city - not allowing for the proposed location of MEHA retirement viUage here.
If MEHA should locate here,
the report indicated, additional
installations needed would bring
the estimated total to $398,500.
But the engineers also suggested methods of financing the improvements.
Improvements cited as needed at once include a new well,
a new elevated storage tank,
new water transmission mains,
and expansion of the sewage
treatment plant. However, the
report said, "The exact scope
of all improvements cannot be
determined finaUy untU the status of MEHA is clarified . . .
(until it is) we recommend that
all projects proposed for immediate construction be held in
abeyance except the development of a new weU. This should
be done immediately ..."
The comprehensive report,
from the Ann Arbor firm,
Ayres, Lewis, Norris, and May,
was ordered by CouncU earUer
this year. The recommended improvements :
Sewage Treatment Plant:
Pointing out that Saline's population has expanded about 40
Local Farmers
Ready to Leave
For Europe
Two Saline area farmers wUl
leave Saturday morning for an
extended tour of Europe and the
Soviet Union, as part of a delegation of Michigan agricultural
leaders in the current "People
to People" program.
They are Dr. Lloyd Steiner,
of 7215 Saline-Ann Arbor Rd.,
and Albert GaU, of 6174 WiUow
Rd. With another Washtenaw
county farmer, Clare CahUl of
Northfield township, they wiU
fly from WiUow Run at 11 a.m.
Saturday to New York City.
The delegation wiU tour the
United Nations building that afternoon, and take off at 8:50
p.m. for Brussels, Belgium.
They wiU arrive in Moscow in
the USSR on September 11 and
remain there through September 18. They wiU also visit Budapest, Hungary (Sept. 19-20),
Warsaw, Poland (Sept. 21-23),
West Berlin, Germany (Sept.
24-25), and Paris, France (Sept.
26-28). They wiU return to the
United States Friday evening,
September 28.
The delegation's tours in aU
the host countries include visits
and lunches at local farms, with
time for sight-seeing en route.
They have already been briefed,
at a meeting at Michigan State
university. They wiU make the
tour at their own expense.
St. Elizabeth Church
Plans Beef Dinner
The 9th annual roast beef
dinner sponsored by St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, Tecumseh, wiU be held Sunday, September 16.
Mr. and Mrs. John McVay
are co-chairmen of the event,
which wiU be held from 11:30
a.m. to 6 p.ni. in the church
school auditorium.
The dinner is the largest aU-
parish event held at St. Elizabeth throughout the year. Last
year the dinner attracted 1180
Persons from the local area and
from southeastern Michigan and
northwestern Ohio.
Betsy Burkhart, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burkhart,
underwent an emergency appendectomy at Saline Community
Hospital Saturday night.
per cent since the original plant
was constructed, the report said
"Many elements of the plant are
now operating at or near their
design capacity." It added:
"It is our opinion that there
would be little point in expanding the plant to provide treatment for less than 4,200 (total)
population, and this should provide adequate treatment capacity until 1978 without MEHA,
and untU 1972, with MEHA."
The MEHA viUage project, if
it locates here, wiU bring 1500
retired educators to the area
within 10 years. If it does, the
report said, the treatment plant
"should have a capacity for a
population of 6,000" unless further expansion is planned within the 10 years.
Trunk Sewers:
The trunk sewer between
Monroe street and the treatment plant should be replaced
by a larger one at an early
date, the report indicated. Further, if MEHA locates here, the
sewer known as the west-side
interceptor must be extended.
But the north Maple trunk sewer and the east side trunk "can
be deferred untU development
there".
Wells and Storage:
An additional weU with a capacity of 500 to 600 gaUons per
minute should be immediately
developed and connected to the
system, the engineers said.
Moreover, the old ground reservoir, which holds 47,000 gallons, should be disconnected
from the system ("due to the*
possibUity o f contamination,
i.e., the lack of sterilization or
treatment faculties").
A new elevated tank should
be constructed soon, of a minimum 250,000 gaUons capacity,
assuming that additional
ground storage is to be provided. If it wiU not be within ten
years, then the ' elevated tank
should be of 400,000 gal. capacity.
Water Mains:
Concerning water transmission, the report said, "the most
urgent need is for a new outlet
from the weU field, and the routing south to Shady Lane is
recommended." Also cited were
a proposed 12-inch and 10-inch
main on Henry and Maple
streets from the new tank on
Clark street. Annexation of
MEHA would require extension
of a 10-inch main on Ann Arbor street.
Water Softening Equipmeat:
Said the report: "For the present time we do not recommend
the construction of softening fa-
cUities for Saline."
The additional facUities that
would be required for MEHA ~
trunk sewer, water transmission
main, and additional sewage
treatment plant capacity --
would amount to about $81,250,
the report indicated. But the
engineers suggested several financing possibilities:
. . . that the total "tap-in" or
benefit charge be increased to
at least $400 plus a meter or
service instaUation charge of
$75 (for % in.). Assuming that
MEHA would bring in 1500 persons, and assuming an average
of 3.2 persons per connection,
the total benefit charge would
amount to $188,000. The increase would be of value in
floating a bond issue, they pointed out.
. . . that there might be some
advantage in fUing an application for a federal grant to aid
construction of the sewage
treatment plant expansion . . .
but construction plans for the
application would have to be
submitted by December 1, 1962.
The report added: "Other im:
provements including water
treatment may be required in
the future as financing wUl permit."    .
By Proclamation of MAYOR
JACK. BENNETT, this i s
Cystic Fibrosis Week. Help
medical research find a cure
for this inherited disease that
takes more children's lives
than polio and rheumatic
heart disease or cancer.
JACKSON T. BENNETT
Mayor
lage Fa
Members of the Jaycee Auxiliary gave the current Cystic
Fibrosis drive a healthy push hy stuffing envelopes for mail
solicitation, at a meeting at the home of Mrs. Herman Radloff. The many hands making light work above belong to
(seated, left to right) Mrs. Earl Feldkamp, Mrs. Charles
Lamberson, Mrs. Don McKenzie, Mrs. G. Merritt Martin,
Mrs. George Newton, and Mrs. Doug Elf ring; and (standing)
Mrs. John Klein and Mrs. Radloff.
All Around Saline
Mrs. Fred Arend, David
Kraus and Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Hoffman of Onsted recently returned from a 10-day vacation
trip through Ohio, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia. In addition to visiting aU
points of interest along their
route, they stopped for a visit
with a friend of Mrs. Arend,
Mrs. James Lane, in Stewart,
Tenn. Mrs. Lane is a former Detroit resident. The travelers
found the weather extremely
hot and dry throughout the
south where, they were told,
there, had been no rain for 52
days.
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Mr. and Mrs. Karl Bird, their
daughters Patricia and Vivian,
and son Dan returned Saturday
from a five-week tour of the
west. They visited relatives in
Texas and California, stopped
off at Yosemite National Park,
YeUowstone National Park and
the World's Fair in Seattle, and
returned home by way of the
Badlands. Patricia and Vivian
have gone on to CedarviUe College where Patricia, a freshman, is taking part in orientation activities this week, and
Vivian is continuing her studies.
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Alfredo Romero arrived at
the Robert Tefft home Friday
and wUl visit there until' September 16 when he and Bill
Tefft wffl enter HiUsdale College.
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Mr. and Mrs. Donald Burmeister, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Burmeister and Lisa, Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Gransden and Beth Ann,
and Mr. and Mrs. Alton lindemann and sons walked in at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bur
meister to surprise the latter
on his 65th birthday.
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Miss Clara Schroen of Lansing visited friends and relatives in SaUne last week.
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Visitors in Saline last Thursday were the Rev. Alvin Siem-
son, former pastor of St. Paul's
Evangelical and R ef o rm e d
Church, and his wife and daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fritz,
their daughter Barbara, son
Chuck and niece Delynne Fritz
are back in Saline after spending two weeks vacationing at
Fife Lake.
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Tom Flook arrived home Saturday after spending two weeks
at the YMCA camp near Grass
Lake. Tom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Flook of Saline-
Waterworks Rd.
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Mr. and Mrs. BUI GaUigan
and their two children, Debby
and BiUy, of Petosky, are visiting Mrs. GaUigan's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Andres, and
brother Ray, at their home on
RusseU St. this week.
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The Lester McCoys have
found the perfect solution for
what to do with a corn crib with
no corn — make it into a guest
house.   And  that's   just   what
they're doing,
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The Harry Friis home on Saline-Ann Arbor Rd. is a quiet
place this week. Their daughter
and famUy, the Arnold Harrises, have returned to their home
in San Gabriel, Calif., after
spending the summer here.
Nine Girls
Compete for
Queen Title
Nine young women have submitted entries in the Jaycees'
annual "Miss Saline" contest, to
culminate in the crowning event
at the Saline Community Fair.
Contestants Usted so far include Diane Ayotte, Alona Frey,
Vicky HiU, Carol Bennett, Celia
Sisco, Karen Lehtonen, Nancy
Dawson, Sandy Craigmile, and
Ruth McTaggart.
The Usts are stiU open, Jerry
Losee, chairman of the contest,
pointed out this week; those
wishing to enter are asked to
fiU in one of the entry blanks
printed in earUer issues of The
Reporter (avaUable at The Reporter office) and maU it with
one or two recent photos to
Jerry Losee, 410% Spring St.,
Saline, before Sunday evening,
September 9.
The contest is open to aU unmarried women between the
ages of 16 and 24, living in the
Saline area school district.
Master of ceremonies at the
crowning event, the Thursday
evening of the Fair, wiU be Ken
McDonald, of radio station
WPAG.
Judges wiU be Jaycee members from other cities: Robert
Beard, Ann Arbor, executive
vice president of the Michigan
Jaycees; Jack Racklyeft, Garden City, a past national director; and Bud Roberts, Ann Arbor, a past state vice president.
The new queen wiU be crowned by her predecessor, Katrene
Gall, who was "Miss Saline of
1962", and wiU serve as hostess
at major Jaycee events throughout the coming year. Two run-
ners-up wiU be chosen as members of her court; the contestants themselves wUl name
"Miss Congeniality".
Kiwanians May
Set Shorter
Movie Season
Members of the Kiwanis club
of Saline are considering the
possibUity of reducing the season on their Saturday evening
movies to three months — October through December — they
announced today.
For the past five years, as a
public service, the club has
shown wide-screen, first-run
movies at the Intermediate
School, on Saturday nights
throughout the school year. Admission, 35 cents, made no profit and barely covered costs.
But interest in the films has
dropped off, especiaUy during
the second semester, Kiwanian
Hubert Beach said, and unless
the public is interested in maintaining the longer season, it
wiU be discontinued. The Ust of
available and suitable films of
good quality is also running
short, he said.
The group also seeks public
opinion on whether the films
should be shown at the Intermediate or Elementary school.
Anyone with an opinion in
the matter, is invited to caU
Beach at HA 9-9994. The club
wiU continue to provide free
films as their donation to public
events on special occasions such
as the Christmas hoUdays, he
said. ■'-•'•       '
SCOOTER RIDER
INJURED, TICKETED
Larry Telford, of 6564 E. Michigan Ave., was treated at Saline Community hospital Thursday morning for cuts and bruises he received in a coUision with
a car driven by Glen Bihlmeyer,
Clinton.
Police said Telford turned in
front of the Bihlmeyer car, on
E. Michigan Ave. at State Rd.
He was ticketed for faUing to
yield the right of way.
Governor Candidates
To Appear at Fair
Both gubernatorial candidates plan to attend the SaUne
Community Fair, they announced this week.
Governor Swainson wiU be on
the Fairgrounds at approximately 8 p.m. Friday evening,
September 14.
RepubUcan candidate for governor, George Romney, will
tour the grounds Saturday, September 15, between 4:30 and 8
p.m.
HOLD POURING BEE
Erwin Hieber, Alton Lindemann, Kenneth and Ray Burmeister and Orlo and Denny
Gransden got together Sunday
for a cement-pouring bee at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Gransden. The Gransdens are
in the process of buUding a garage at their home on Canterbury Dr.
ELEMENTARY PARENTS
ASSOCIATION  PLANS
TEA SEPTEMBER 10
The Elementary Parents Association wiU hold, a tea and
orientation of new'room mothers at 8 p.m. Monday, September 10, at the Elementary
School. Mrs. Gustav Lindemann,
vice president of the organization, wiU preside at the meeting. Mrs. Charles Barclay, Elementary School principal, witt
be the speaker.
Mrs. Martin
Heads Area
Cancer Group
Mrs. G. Merritt Martin has
been named as chairman of the
Saline Cancer committee, it was
announced this week with the
completion of plans for the
1962-63 Crusade for Cancer.
Mrs. Martin wUl also serve
on the board of the Washtenaw
county Cancer Center, and wiU
be assisted by Mrs. Leo Jensen,
who recently received an achievement award for her work in
directing both the 1961 and
1962 crusades in this area. Mrs.
Jensen wiU act as consultant
and advisor for the Saline com-
.mittee.
Mrs. Ed Hering and Mrs.
Charles ,Kern wiU continue to
direct the dressings closet,
which furnishes free dressings
to cancer patients. Mrs. Charles
Finn, who wUl head the education section, this week reminded
aU clubs and organizations that
speakers and f Urns are avaUable
for programs during the year.
Mrs. Ruben Finkbeiner and Mrs.
Meredith Bixby complete the local committee.
A Fair booth for the Cancer
society has been donated by
Washtenaw Farmers Oil Co.,
and educational material wiU be
avaUable there free of charge.
Members of the committee wiU
be at the booth each evening of
the Fair to answer questions.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ENROLLS 684 STUDENTS
Enrollment at the Saline Elementary School Wednesday
morning totaled 684 students,
a school spokesman announced.
A breakdown of the figure is
as foUows: special education, 5;
kindergarten, 137; first grade,
151; second grade, 131; third
grade, 146; and fourth grade,
114.
Board Sets
2nd Vote
Sept. 14
SaUne area voters, in a fairly heavy turn-out Tuesday, rejected a Board of Education request for 3.85 miUs extra for
operational purposes.
With 824 persons voting, the
tabulation was 336 "yes" to 486
"no", a difference of 150. The
turn-out was more than four
times that by which a Board of
Education seat was f Uled in the
June election.
In a special meeting immediately after the poUs closed, the
Board of Education scheduled
another election on the same
mUlage, to be held Friday, September 14, at the Intermediate
School.
The motion to set a new election came from Dean Burkhardt, treasurer of the board,
who .said: "I don't feel that a
majority of ' t h e voters have
been heard from."
Since Saline's school district
is a non-registration district,
there are no exact figures avaUable as to how many persons are
eligible to vote; but board members beUeve there are between
3000 and 3500.
Said board member Gerald
Coe: "We wiU continue school
operation at the present quaUty
until we are convinced beyond
aU possible doubt that people
don't want this quality . . . and
I, for one, am not convinced yet.
I am certain that people don't
want their school system to deteriorate."
The proposition is to be presented again at the same millage, Lauren WUd said, because
"we feel in aU sincerity that this
amount of money is necessary
to maintain the operation of the
schools at the level that has
been accepted until this time."
Said Raymond Girbach: "I
am surprised that the vote went
as it did."
Since the September 14 election wiU occur during the Fair,
when the gymnasium is occupied by exhibits, the voting wUl
be done in the hedlway at the
Intermediate School. The poUs
wUl be open from 8 a.m. to
8 p.m.
PAST MATRONS TO MEET
The Past Matrons club wiU
meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at
the-, chapter room, with Mrs.
Doris  Burmeister  as  hostess.
13,440 square feet of space, at a decade. The clear-span roof
the rear of the plant. It wiUwUl require no support between
take the place of the warehouse the outside waUs, leaving aU in-
on E. Bennett St., which has side space avaUable for use.
Universal Die Casting Adds New Products, Equipment, Warehouse
Signs of growth at Universal      Among the new plastic pro- time, blow-molding, a relatively pable of withstanding 700   168 foot steel building, withserved the plant for better than
Die Casting Division of Hoover ducts are seats and backs for new process in plastics fabrica- pounds of continuous pressure.     - - _      _     _.       -
BaU and Bearing Co. include an an aU-purpose chair manufac- tion, is used to buUd structural Yet the light-weight unit weighs
entire new line of plastic pro- tured by American Seating Co. parts  of a chair, providing  a only 11 pounds, three ounces,
ducts,  new equipment to help of Grand Rapids. For the first flexible, air-cushioned seat, ca-      Also new at UDC is the 80 x
produce them, and a new warehouse scheduled for completion
today.
The new equipment is a blow-
molding machine designed, engineered and built by UnUoy,
and one of the most advanced
pieces of blow-molding equipment in existence today. UDC's
broadened range of plastics includes stiffer plastics, or those
with unusual resistance to high
temperatures or superior low-
temperature properties.
"HA" TO BECOME "42"
New telephone directories to
be issued in December wUl
change aU Saline area Ustings
to the numerical system . . •
"HA 9" wOl become "429" . . .
General Telephone Co has announced. New equipment New product
New warehouse