1962-11-14; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 15, NUMBER 9 - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1962
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United Fund Drive
oots up to 65 %
The Saline area United Fund
drive, which last week lagged
at only 15 per cent of goal, this
week leaped to a promising 65
per cent, with industrial, residential, and business contributions.
The 65 per cent represents
§7,265.40. The goal is $11,209.
About 99.99 per cent of the
industrial contributions are in,
United Fund treasurer Erwin
Schmid reported, and canvassing of businesses has been
"pretty well completed". Some
residential areas have completed their reports; some have
made partial reports, and a few
Red Cross
Board Will
Meet Here
A report on the International
Red Cross and the current volunteer recruitment program
will top off the Washtenaw
county Red Cross board of directors' quarterly meeting Tues-
day at St. Paul's E. pfe R.
Church
The 6:30 p.m. dinner meeting,
which is open to the public, is
to be hosted by Mrs. Edwin
Hering, Red Cross branch chairman for Saline, and board members from the Saline area.
Current headlines regarding
the International Red Cross and
the Cuban problem prompted
the inclusion of the special report on the Red Cross involvement. The board members and
guests will also get a progress
report on the Operations Center drive and its construction
schedule.
The dinner Tuesday will be
served by members of the Women's Guild of the church. Co-
chairmen for the event are Mrs.
Everett Wolfin, Mrs. Frank
Deede, and Mrs. Alfred Schmid.
The board of directors, with
representatives from each township, city and town in the county, will be given a review of
the United Fund drives through
which the Red Cross obtains its
operating funds and will take
action on other "operational
matters".
The public is invited to attend such meetings of the Red
Cross and reservations for the
§1.75 dinner can be made by
calling the Red Cross at 662-
5546 or by contacting Mrs. Edwin Hering at HA 9-7328 or
Mrs. George Austin at HA 9-
9085.
have not reported at all.
Drive chairman Herman Merte today urged all solicitors to
turn in final receipts as early
as possible, since the drive has
only one week to go.
"I'm optimistic," Merte said.
"We have a pretty good chance
of making our goal by next
week, or coming very close to
it.
He warned householders against contributing to unauthorized persons, however. All United Fund solicitors carry official
identification, which residents
are urged to ask for. If they are
still in doubt, Merte said, they
can mail their contributions to
the Saline area United Fund,
care of the Postmaster, Saline.
The warning followed one incident, early in the drive, when
two men approached a householder carrying a box with a
slot and a red feather on the
front, and asked her to contribute to the red feather drive.
She did not contribute, but neither did she report the incident
to the police.
Saline has no red feather
drive, Merte emphasized; and
all local United Fund solicitors
will be more than wiJ^iig to
furnish complete identification.
Since most are soliciting in
their own neighborhoods, they
may be known to residents by
sight.
BLOOD BANK VISIT SET
A visit of the Red Cross
Bloodmobile, to replenish stocks
of the Saline ansa Blood Bank,
has been scheduled here January 31.
Travellers approaching Saline on US-12 will shortly be
greeted, at each edge of the city, by the welcoming sign
above, chosen from more than 100 designs prepared by High
School art "students. Designer of the new sign was Rhonda
Maurer, shown above with Jack Steeb, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored the competition.
The prize: a $25 savings bond.
Judges in the contest were Edith Cotton Smith, a former art teacher; Mrs. Rudenz Douthat; and Paul Tull, C-C
president. Rhonda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maurer, is no newcomer to successful artistic competition . . .
some years ago when the family lived in Trenton, she prepared a Girl Scout poster that won first place locally and
third place in the district.
Seniors to Present
'Ramshackle Inn'
Meters to be
Unused for
Two Weeks
City Council has offered the
Chamber of Commerce and interested merchants two weeks
of free parking on the street
for customers, immediately previous to Christmas.
The street meters will be covered with bags, furnished by
the Chamber of Commerce and
reading "Merry Christmas" for
the two-week period.
Meters in the municipal lot
have already been removed for
a three-month trial period, in
an effort to increase business
in the downtown area, but parking there is limited to two
hours.
However, the parking lot will
not be policed during the pre-
Christmas weeks, Council indicated.
It was suggested that merchants ask their employees not
to fill the parking places during the free period.
Virus Hits Schools;
Absenteeism Soars
HORNET CAGE
TEAM REBUILT
FOR '62 SEASON
Since last year's seniors contributed nearly 80 per cent of
last year's points during the
basketball season, and accounted for the same percentage of
rebounds, the 1962-63 squad faces the task of "carrying on the
reputation of Saline's former
championship teams", Coach
Don Jaeger said'this week.
Moreover, they must overcome inexperience, with a new
system, and "mold themselves
into a unit quickly", he added.
In less than three weeks, the
squad will face a major challenger, Milan; three days later
the Hornets will battle the experienced and able Dexter
Dreadnaughts.
A successful Hornet season
will depend on this year's seniors, Mike Johnson and Keith
Armbruster; juniors, Ron Tucker, Gary Kind, Jim Strait; Jim
Feldkamp, Jim Lake, Harold
Kuder, Frank Keck, Doug Rob-"
inett, and John Engelbert; and
sophomore Jim Griffin, Jaeger
said.
All Around Saline
Word has been received that
George and Theda Conner and
their young son, Georgie, are
happily settled in their new
home at Comins, Mich., and
Georgie is doing fine in school
there and has already joined the
Boy Scouts. The family moved
north several weeks ago. They
are now the owners and operators of a tavern known as
"The Knot Hole", which is located right on Route 33 in Covins. The town is not far from
Mio and, since the deer hunting in that area is good, the
Conners hope to see several of
their acquaintances while deer
season is open.
Among the local deer hunters
who have already met with success is George Washburn. He's
°ne of four out his hunting party of five who have their bucks
hanging at their camp near Crystal Falls in the upper peninsula- The other members of the
Party include Mrs. Washburn's
Mother, Mike Huntly of Central
^ake, Mich., Dr. Ed Cooper of
Pennsylvania, Dr. Gerald Cooper and Dr. Reeve Bailey, both
I oi Ann Arbor. The Washburns'
I son Mike hopes to join the partis! today and t0 have his deer
Ihefore the weekend is over.
Jerry McDonald, a former Saline boy and a 1962 graduate of
Saline High School, enlisted in
the  army  last  month  and   is
now completing basic training
at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., according  to  a letter  the  Mike
Straits received from him this
week. After finishing basic training, Jerry writes that he hopes
to be attached to an airborne
division. For any of his Saline
friends who would like to drop
him a line, his address follows:
Pvt. Jerry McDonald
RA 18664051
Co. C 3rd Bn.
2nd Tng. Regt. Basic
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
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More hunters: Police officers
Hugh Prince and Jack Measley
left Wednesday for a site near
Lewiston . . . Dick Cole and
Stan Bordine will be on duty
in their places until Sunday.
Erv and Ed Henes will also be
hunting near Lewiston.
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Mrs. Denny Cummings, one of
our Hollywood  Dr.  neighbors,
underwent surgery at Saline
Community Hospital Tuesday.
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Kenneth Alber entered the
Saline hospital Monday for medical treatment.
A few props are still needed
for the High School Senior Play,
a mystery farce to be presented
December 5, 6, and 7.
The play, "Ramshackle Inn",
by Baston, was originally scheduled for this week. It was postponed when one member of the
cast, Gayle Finkbeiner, was put
into a cast of another sort after a leg- injury in a football
game. His part, that of a villian,
"Dr. Russell", will be taken by
Mike Johnson.
The three-act play will be presented in the Little Theater at
the High School at 8 p.m. each
New Neighbors:
Mrs. Hartuiig
To Keep Books
At City Hall
Mrs. Robert Hartung, a new
neighbor at 3581 Textile Rd.,
has been temporarily employed
as bookkeeper for the city of
Saline.
Mrs. Hartung and her family
moved to the Textile Road address in January from Adrian,
where she worked for the H. K.
Farm Equipment Co. She has
also been employed as a bookkeeper by Goldberg Advertising
in Ann Arbor.
Although her given name is
Margaret, she is known to
friends as "Sue", a nickname
conferred by her father.
Robert Hartung is manager
of the Montgomery Ward shoe
department at the Arborland
store. Three small Hartungs
now attend school in Saline ~
Robert Eugene, 10; Denise Carol, 9; and Jodi Rae, 6.
The family hobby is photography but, says Sue, "as a
career woman, wife and mother,
there's not much time left over."
evening. It is set in New England during World War II, and
concerns an illegal liquor racket for which the old inn is used
as a hideaway.
A naive spinster, played by
Mary Schumacher, buys the inn
and then plays detective. A boyfriend she has gone with for 20
years is played by Dave Hollenback. The" previous owner of the
inn is played by Vicki Hill. Vil-
lians include Larry Lochey, Ted
Graban, and Tom Ford.
The play will be directed by
Marilyn VanderLugt and student director Wendy Wild.
Costumes and properties are
partially collected, Mrs. VanderLugt said this week. Among
them are two police uniforms
and badges lent to the seniors
by James Harrison, of 6014
Campbell Rd., formerly with the
Washtenaw county Sheriff's department, now employed on the
security staff of University hospital and constable of Pittsfield
township.
Still needed are a trunk big
enough for a girl to hide in, but
small enough to be used as a
chair, and a negligee with feathers or fur.
Special effects crews must
produce such sound effects as
thunder, wind, a truck starting,
and squeaky doors. The lights
must go on and off, and doors
must open by themselves. A
headache for Paul Thibault, the
class sponsor, is the fact that
the set calls for eight doors —
which means that none of the
school's standard sets can be
used without cutting. Most of
them have only three.
Union Thanksgiving
Services Planned
A union Thanksgiving service, for members and friends
of the Methodist Church, St.
Paul's E. pfe R. Church, and the
Federated First Baptist and
Presbyterian Church, will be
held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 21.
The service will be conducted
at the Methodist Church by the
Rev. George Laurent, pastor of
the Federated Church. The com-
Jaycees Plan Annual
Sale of Fruit Cakes
Saline Jaycees will conduct
of holiday fruit cakes Friday,
their annual door-to-door sale
from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the city.
Proceeds of the sale are used
for various public-service pro-
The l^-pound fruit cakes sell
jects throughout the year,
for $1.75 each. Chairman of the
project is Chuck Stratton.
REPORTER TO BE MAILED
BEFORE THANKSGIVING
The Saline Reporter will be
published one day early next
week so that it may be mailed
to subscribers on Wednesday,
the day before Thanksgiving.
Advertisements should be in
no later than Monday noon. AH
news stories must be in by 5
p.m. Monday.
Man Hurt When
Car Flips Over
Frederick Sundling, 38, of W.
Henry St., was taken to Saline
Community hospital late Monday night with a head cut and
back injuries suffered when his
car flipped over in Lodi township.
Deputies said Sundling was
driving south on Saline-Ann Arbor Rd., near Textile Rd., when
he lost control of his car, which
careened into a culvert and
turni2d over.
The Hornets held Chelsea at bay for the Conference title, only to be defeated unconditionally by another team
(above) three days later. In fact, the entire student body
went into a dither over the enrollment, at Saline High School,
of triplets Nancy, Mary, and Rebecca Handy — welcomed
above with Mrs. Herman Mehler's fondest chuckle.
Most students can tell the triplets apart ... or think
they can.
The girls, enrolled in the 9th grade, are daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. James Handy, Jr., and came here from Slauson
Junior High School in Ann Arbor. Handy is employed as
controller at the King-Seeley Ann Arbor plant.
Now living at 311 E. Michigan Ave., the family has
bought 17 acres on Waterworks road and expects to build
there in the spring. The triplets have two brothers, Tony, 5,
and Jim Handy, HI, 21; and a sister, Mrs. Myron Gay, 19.
Area Business Development
Group Seeks Land t© Option
The Saline area Business De: the Chamber of Commerce re-
velopment corporation is seek- ceive frequent queries from in-
bined choirs of the three chur- ing land, anywhere in the school dustries in search of potential
ches will be led by Richard See- district, which they can offer sites, Allan Grossman, presi-
ger, St. Paul's E. <fe R. choir to industries interested in lo- dent, said. "I got another in-
director. eating here. quiry today from  someone :"n-
Members of Bethel E. & 11. The corporation's classified terested in building a light man-
Church will take part in a union ad, in this week's paper, reads: ufacturing plant," he said.
Thanksgiving service at Eman- "Wanted — Acreage anywhere "They come in all the time, but-
uel United Church of Christ, in in Saline area school district, if you don't have any place to
Manchester, at 8 p.m. Wednes- Name your price." put them, what are you going
day. " The development group  and to do?"
The group wants to obtain
options, at a fixed price, preferably on land adjoining the city,
"so we can offer sewer and water upon annexation". But it
would "help the school district
tax base if we could get industrial land anywhere," he added.
The Business Development
group can pay only $1 for the
option "because we have no
funds" but the option they offer is, in a way, more liberal to
the owner than a real estate
listing, Grossman pointed out.
It can be canceled by the owner at any time during the year,
upon 30 days' written notice.
He said: "Every month or so,
we get an inquiry from someone
wanting to know if we have
land or buildings for industrial
use. Another problem is, we
don't have any buildings to offer for sale or lease'-- but you
can only do one thing at a
time."
There is, however, "another
side of the coin" that makes local prospects far from black",
Grossman pointed out. "We are
developing rapidly without the
aid of new industry. Our present industries are expanding;
MEHA is a promising possibility; and the new subdivisions
bring new sources of tax revenues and business dollars. The
increased population may create the need for expansion of
English Language Institute Teachers
Tour Saline, Swap Viewpoints
Flu Downs
Both Students
And Teachers
An unnamiad flu epidemic this
wi2ek struck at all three schools,
and reduced the Elementary
School -population by ten per
cent of its students, five teachers, and the principal.
But the sudden and some-
timp3s violent symptoms only
last from 48 to 72 hours, local
doctors reported, and many of
those ill haven't considered it
necessary to see a doctor.
"This is not Asian flu, which
knocks 'em down completely,"
said Dr. Rudy Douthat. "On the
contrary, most of these seem to
be back in action in about 72
hours."
But Dr. Paul Gerigk cautioned parents to keep children at
home for 24 hours after the
symptoms disappear, ""or not to
send them to school if they begin to show any of the symptoms — vomiting, sore throat,
cough, or fever. "We can't treat
the cause, since we don't know
what it is," he said. "We can
only treat the symptoms."
All three schools reported
children sent home sick at the
rate of "two or three a day".
At the Elementary School, 67
youngsters were absent "Wednesday noon, and four more
were in the health room waiting
for transportation home. Two
third-grade teachers, two second-grade teachers, and one
first-grade teacher were absent
(substitutes had been found for
ail five) and Principal Marian
Barclay was also on the sick
list.
The full student population of
the Elementary School is 696,
with five sections in each grade.
At the Intermediate School,
29 were absent Monday, 25 on
Tuesday, and 29 on Wednesday.
Two children became ill suddenly just before school started
Wednesday. But all teachers
were present and accounted for.
The High School reported absences "slightly higher than usual" and "several" students who
became ill and were sent home
during the day.
SCHOOLS TO RECESS
FOR THANKSGIVING
jA'«t
All Saline area schools will
be dismissed Thursday and Friday, November 22 and 23, for
the Thanksgiving holiday.
Conferences at the Elementary School will be held Mon-
day afternoon, November 26,
and there will be no afternoon
kindergarten on that day.
Foreign teachers from the English Language Institute
(above) arrived en masse in The Reporter shop Thursday,
inspected the premises with deep interest, and brightened
the entire afternoon. One young woman came from a newspaper family; she said our shop made her homesick.
The Reporter's advertisers will be interested to know
that we now have readership as far south as Brazil and as far
west as Japan . . . two of the teachers promised to send us
copies of their home town papers in return for copies of
the Reporter.
CHILD STUDY CLUB
MEETS NOVEMBER 20
The Saline Child Study Club
will meet Tuesday, November
20, at the home of Mrs. Howard
Kuhl, 99 W. Henry St. The meeting is schi3duled for 8 pjn.
Guest speaker will be the Rev.
Fr. Gaughan of Ann ArfSor. His
topic will be "Development of
Moral and Spiritual Values".
Mrs. Willard Hertter and Mrs.
Harold Wilson will be hostesses
for the evening. Members and
guests are invited to attend.
The  students   brought  their ...
own viewpoints from four con- ln thls country are Clties • • •
tinents: a Japanese teacher was "or do you have villages, too?"
"shocked" by the nail polish They were accompanied by present business and/or bring
worn by High School girls; yet Bess Tefft, local coordinator for new businesses here."
he smoked in the cafeteria ev- the ELI groups. They visited The Business Development
en though he had been told it the High School in the morn- group has no options available
was not approved. Another ask- mg and had lunch there; toured at this time, he said. They had
ed The Reporter's publisher Saline Valley Farms, Austin Or- one, earlier, but "at that time,
what his politics are - an im- chards, and The Reporter of- we didn't have an interested in-
pertinent question in this coun- fice; and then were guests at dustry to match it. Now we
try. Yet, in many nations, the a tea given by Mrs. Robert H. have industries interested, but
question would be very much Smith assisted by Mrs. Don no options."
in order, since a publisher may Ford.                                                          ■ —
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zigs when.the government zags. entertain- the ELI visitors  at                     NOVFMBFR 20
-An Oriental teacher was am- the tea included Mrs. Donald' XO MEET NOVEMBER 550
azed to find three schools in a McKenzie, Mrs. Charles Kern,     The Saline Community Hospi-
town this size; anothi2r, oh be- Mrs.  Howard Kuhl,  Mrs.  Ar- tal Auxiliary will mpaet at 8 p.m.
ing told that Saline is a city, thur Heininger, and Mrs. Paul on Tuesday, November 20, at
asked whether all communities Woods, Sr.                                    the home of Mrs. Waldo Gross.
Patients Still
Hope for Buses
For Christmas
The patients at Ypsilanti
State hospital may or may not
get those buses for Christmas.
A drive to collect 5,500 books
of Gold Bell Gift Stamps, with
which to obtain two ntaeded buses, isn't moving very fast. So
far, only 1, 050 books have been
turned in, leaving 4,450 books
yet to be contributed.
The two buses would be used
to carry patients to recreational
activities, an useful adjunct to
rehabilitation.
Even if the buses cannot be
obtained by Christmas, the or=
iginal goal set by the Volunteer
Service group in launching the
drive, they are still "desperately needed", a member of the
group smd today.
Gold Bell stamps for the purpose can be deposited at the
Country Market, at Gamble's
store, with Mrs. Hugh Keveling,
or Mrs. Thomas Buchanan, or
sent directly to the hospital.