1962-11-07; Saline Reporter

              BULLDOGS DOWN STUBBORN HORNET: The pictures above provide an illustrated lecture on why Chelsea
players are called "Bulldogs". In the first scene, Hornet
Mike Johnson grabs a pass from Bill Davis, though two Bulldogs, Mike Kushmaul and Curt Farley, are snapping at his
heels. In the last few minutes of the game, Johnson races
for the goal that might have broken the tie. Bulldegs converge from all directions. In the last scene, Johnson drives
forward for a full ten yards even carrying a passenger, who
clung doggedly to bring the
goal line.
Saline, Chelsea Share Loop Crown
Hornet down just short of the
— Photos by lanny Robbins
(See Story Below)
The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 15, NUMBER 8 - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1962
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Dechert, Strohl, Johnson Win Council Seats
HORNET STINGS BULLDOGS: This is why Salinians
are called "Hornets". Above, Jim Griffin lights on a snapped
pass from Bill Davis, and zips past Chelsea's Jack Howard.
In the last panel, Mike Johnson moves in to block Bulldog
Mike Schrader, springing Griffin for the first touchdown
of a memorable game.
— Photos by Lanny Robbins
Both Injured Halfbacks
Recovering; Gayle in Cast
Two star halfbacks were reported recovering this week after injuries that hospitalized
both during the rambunctious
Saline-Chelsea title bout Friday.
Saline's Hornet co-captain,
Gayle Finkbeiner, underwent
exploratory surgery Monday at
St. Joseph Mercy hospital to determine the extent of his injury. The report: torn^ligaments and cartilage that will
keep him in the hospital for the
remainder of this wiaek, and in
a cast for six or seven weeks
more. •
Gayle was carried off the
field early in the game, sat on
the bench for most of the first
half, and was then taken to Saline Community hospital. He
was transferred to St. Joseph
hospital the same night.
Chelsea halfback Dudley
Holmes was taken to the Saline
hospital in an ambulance after
he was downed .b^ three Hornets during the second half. He
reportedly suffered a brain concussion, was transferred to St.
Joseph hospital and released
Sunday morning. Before he left,
he paid a sympathy visit to an-
othp3r patient » Gayle Finkbeiner.
Gayle, a senior, played very
little of the last game of,his
High School grid career. ;
Hard-Fought
Contest Ends
In 19-19 Tie
FINAL STANDINGS
W   L T
SALINE                           5    0 1
Chelsea              ,_..          5   0 1
Roosevelt                         3   2 1
Dexter                             2   2 2
U-High                            2   3 1
Pinckney                         15 0
Manchester                  .060
Saline's Hornets and Chelsea's Bulldogs this week shared
a title that-both deserved.
A 19-19 standoff Friday ended a game that included some
of the bobbles and spotty playing to be expected of high
school football — but was also
marked by spirited determination and moments of brilliance
that might have made university coaches weep with envy.
The rough and tumble contest
hospitalized two players, Saline's co-captain Gayle Finkbeiner and Chelsea's halfback Dudley Holmes. But none of the
numerous penalties were for
"dirty" play - only for exuberant "backfield in motion", or
"off-side".
Chelsea's fans could be thankful that two possible Hornet
TD's were turned back, by penalty and interception of a pass.
Saline fans gasped with relief
as the time ran out in each half,
before the Bulldogs were able
to punch the ball across. But ~
discounting all the if's and maybe's — most spectators agreed
that it shouldn't have ended any
other way.
Chelsea was able to post a
6-1-1 record for the season, and
claim their third Washtenaw
Conference football title.
Saline's Hornets were able to
chalk up the first undefeated
football season in the school's
history, as well as the school's
first championship in the Washtenaw Conference.
Hornet halfback Jim Griffin
excelled himself — he set a new
school scoring record, despite
Chelsea's speedy defense, scoring all three Saline TD's and a
single conversion. He also
claimed a season's total of 17
TD's and eight extra* points, for
110 points.
Saline started the game fast
on the ground and got to the
Chelsea 44 before Dick Leidheiser lost the ball on a fumble.
Then the Hornet defense dug in
and forced the Bulldogs to punt
after moving only four yards
in three downs.
After the punt, the.Hornets
moved quickly to the first score
of the evening. Griffin caught
Jack Howard's kick and reached
the 18 before he was pulled
down.
Quarterback Bill Davis,  on
the opening play, fired a pass
to end Mike Johnson for a gain
to the Saline 40. On the next
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CITY TO BUY FILING
SYSTEM FOR CEMETERY
The purchase of a Remington
Rand Kardex cemetery record
system, for $427.30, was approved .Monday by Council.
The decision to buy the system was made, Councilman
George Johnson pointed out, because "we ought to get all; the
cemetery records into shape before the old-timers are gone. It
couldn't be done without their
memories." Several older .persons have been helping the city
with cemetery records, he said.
Three Hurt
In Accidents
Near Here
Three local young men received slight injuries in two
separate accidents this week.
Two of them, Hornet football
squad member Dick Leidheiser
and the team's co-captain Wes
Armbruster, were treated at
Ridgewood Osteopathic hospital
for neck and back injuries after the car in which they were
riding was struck from the rear
Saturday afternoon on Macon
road.
(Editor's note: The other
Hornet co-captain was in another hospital; see story "Two
Injured Halfbacks" below. Fortunately, the season was over.)
Leidheiser and Armbruster
were passengers in a car driven
by David Seeger, also a Hornet player, who had slowed to
offer aid to a strandtad motorist. The Seeger vehicle was hit
by a, car driven by Ralph Smith,
of Jordan road, police said.
Injured in another accident
was Stanley P. Kind, 20, of
12880 Jordan Rd., who was
treated at Saline Community
hospital for face lacerations and
bruises Thursday evening.
Sheriff's deputies said Kind's
late-model compact car was moving at an estimated 75 miles
per hour when it went out of
control and smashed into a tree.
The car was a total wreck.
City Doesn't
Qualify for
Federal Aid
Saline's application for federal aid, for expansion of the
sewage treatment plant, "did
not attain a position of priority
high enough to qualify", the
city was notified this week. The
expansion has been estimated
to cost $180,000.
The application was made
through the state Water Resources Commission. But Saline's request was 15th on the
priority list and the "whole allocation for Michigan for this
year was used up before they
got to us," Councilman George
Johnson reported Monday.
Said Johnson, at Monday's
council meeting, "The indications are we won't even get a
grant next year unless we're under court order by that time, or
another community fails to fulfill the requirements — and
that's an outside chance."
Preliminary engineering studies are underway to expand
the sewage treatment plant to
serve a population of 6,000.
Said Johnson: "The engineer
feels we should go ahead, and
I would recommend that we
should continue as if we had
received the grant. That way
there would be no lost time if
we should get it by some
chance."
COUNCIL TO  STUDY
TAP-IN CHARGES
Mayor pro tem George Johnson Monday appointed a committee of councilmen to study
a possible increase in sewer and
water tap-in charges and report
at the regular November 19
meeting. Councilmen Donald
McKenzie, George Anderson,
and Johnson will make the study.
Revised Charter Approved
In Heavy Election Turnout
PAST MATRONS' CLUB
PLANS INITIATION
The Past Matrons' dub of
Saline Chapter 311, O.E.S., will
hold a meeting and initiation on
Monday, Novembiar 12, at the
home of Mrs. Robert Towner,
13740 Ridgewood Drive, Plymouth.
The birthdays of' Mrs. E. D.
Wolfin, Mrs. Anna Mann and
Mrs. Doris Burmeister will be
observed.
HUNTERS GET MOOSE
Roy Steele and Duane Westphal recently, returned from a
hunting trip to Canada with a
big moose loaded into the back
of their pick-up truck, proving
their trip a success.
Contest Still
Wide Open
At press time, the annual
"First Snow" contest was still
wide open, with 45 entries already in and more arriving in
every mail.
It will remain open until two
inches of snow fall on main
street — and remain thiare for
three minutes. But the winning
entry must be in 24 hours before that happens.
Entries have poured in from
subscribers everywhere — including two in Florida who will
have to take our word for snowfall since they won't see any
themselves.
Prizes include $25 from The
Saline Reporter, and other sponsors include:
The Saline Mercantile Co.,
Community Ford Sales, Gross
Farm Equipment, Dancer's Department Store, Graf Gulf Service, Walker's Bakery, Walker's
Five Cent and Dollar Store, Dee
Jay Drive In, Wights' Cleaners,
and Bridgewater Lumber Co.
Also sponsoring the contest
are Siefker's Drake Service, the
Saline Lumber Co., Dubl-E Coin
Laundry, Estes Rexall Pharmacy, Harry's Standard Service,
Westside Hardware, the Saline
Savings Bank* Don M. Ford Oil
Co., and Schmid's Market.
Driver Killed
When Auto-
Hits Train
Frederick Paul Bernhardt, 31,
a resident of Saline and a Clinton school teacher, was killed
instantly Thursday night when
his car crashed into the side
of a moving freight train near
Plymouth.
Bernhardt, who moved to 458
Hollywood Drive last Novem-
ber, taught special education
classes in Clinton. He had also
taught school in Ypsilanti, Howell, Pinckney, and - two years
ago - in San Diego.
Witnesses to the accident said
that Bernhardt passed three
cars which had halted at the
C. & O. Railroad crossing to
wait for the train to pass, and
smashed through a gate and into the 80-car train at an estimated 50 miles per hour. The
crossing was marked by a flashing warning signal.
Bernhardt graduated from
Northville High School in 1950,
as valedictorian of his class. He
attended the University of Michigan and graduated in . 1957
from Eastern Michigan university.
He was a member of St.
Paul's Lutheran Church in
Northville, and the Saline Jaycees.
Surviving are the widow, Barbara; three sons, Tom, 6, Eric,
5, and Kurt, 1, all of Ypsilanti;
a brother, Thomas C, Detroit;
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
F. W. Bernhardt of Northville.
Funeral services were held from
the Casterline Funeral Home in
Northville, Monday.
FREE-LO EXTENSION
MEETING ANNOUNCED
The Free-Lo Extension club
will meet at 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, November 14, at the
home of Mrs. Simon Girbach on
Pleasant Lake Rd.
Members are asked to note
that the meeting is being held
one week ahead of its usual
date.
City voters, in a heavy turnout Tuesday, elected two newcomers to Council seats — Donald Dechert and Robert Strohl
~ and retained an incumbent,
George Johnson.
They also approved the revised city charter with 397
"yes" votes to 143 "no".
They voted more than three
to one Republican on state and
county tickets, favoring George
Romney for governor over John
■■ Swainson. 779 to/245.-    ;   -
For Supreme Court Justice,
Saline voters chose Michael
O'Hara over Paul Adams; Louis
D. McGregor and Otis M. Smith
were tied. The proposed amendment to the state constitution
passed here with  397  "yes"
Area United
Fund Reaches
15 Percent
At the end of its second week,
the Saline area United Fund
drive has reached 15 per cent
of its goal, Herman Merte, drive
chairman, announced today.
Contributions so far reported
amount to $1,675. The 1962-63
goal is $11,209.
The reported amount includes
$1,117 from residential solicitation, Merte said, and $68 from
Elementary School personnel.
Also represented in the sum are
one business contribution . —
$360 from the Saline Savings
Bank ~ and one service club
gift - $130 from the Kiwanis'
club of Saline.
The residential contribution
represents approximately one-
quarter of the total amount received from that source last
year, Merte said.
"If we are to meet our goal,
the remaining 85 per cent of
our funds must be raised during the next two weeks of the
drive," he added.
The increased goal this year
includes a 14 per cent larger
total for local organizations,
though out-of-area groups were
reduced in the budget.
Saline area residents who
work elsewhere are reminded
that thiair contributions at work
will be sent home only if they
so specify when they make the
donation.
votes to 143 "no", even though
— before the election — not one
voter in 1000 knew what it was
about, and some apparently believed they were voting on the-
state's proposed new constitution.
For Council seats, incumbent
Glenn Clark was defeated in
his bid for a second term. He
collected 506 votes, as compared
with Dechert's 579, Johnson's
607, and Strohl's 588.
Mayor Jack Bennett was unopposed on, the ticket.
The city's voter turnout far
surpassed that in 1958, but didn't quite match the 1960 presidential election, when 1,128 persons voted, 85 per cent of those
registered. This year, 1,026 voted (41 by absentee ballot, an
all-time high). They constituted
73.3 per cent of those registered.
The surrounding townships
favored Republican state and
county slates. All of them favored O'Hara and Smith for
Supreme Court Justices, and
York voted "yes" on the state
referendum ballot. Lodi and Saline townships rejected it.
Voters in Saline township also rejected liquor by the glass,
157 "yes" to 163 "no". The proposition has been defeated there,
several times before.
Citizens Bank Buys
Adjacent Property
The Citizens Bank has purchased the adjacent property
now occupied by the Saline Hotel restaurant, H. W. Kuebler,
cashier of the bank, announced
today.
The property was purchased
for future expansion of the
bank "reasonably soon", Kuebler said. No building plans have
been completed, however. The
present restaurant building will
be razed, but no decision has
been made as to the present
bank building, he said. The time
when the expansion will be undertaken is "indefinite".
HOSPITALIZED
Under medical treatment at
Saline Community Hospital this
week are Albert Heininger, of
Warner Rd., and Mrs. Lavere
Doan; of Judd Rd.
ELEMENTARY PARENTS
WILL MEET MONDAY
There will be a meeting of the
Elementary School Parents' Association at 8 pjn. Monday, November 12, at the school
There will be a panel discussion by teachers and the sub-
ji3Ct of additional help for playground supervision will be die*
cussed. . .
SALINE WOMAN'S  CLUB
PLANS GUEST NIGHT
The Saline Woman's club will
hold a Guest Night dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
November 12, at the Federated
Church.
A travelog will be presented
by Miss Ada Inglis. The evening's program is under the
charge of the education department, of which Mrs. Lena Davenport is ch.airm.an.
GUEST SPEAKER
The Rev. John Amrozowlez,
of Milan, will be guest speaker
at Sunday worship services at
the Assembly of God Church
this week.