1962-11-28; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 15, NUMBER 11 -- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1962
10c PER COPY — $3 PER YEAR
Services Held Today
For Dorothy Quick
Salinians this week bade a re- six years old.
gretful   good-bye   t o   Dorothy      She was married to Johnson
Quick, who ~ in the 48 years M. Quick on February 14, 1942, Tuesday noon meeting  of the  Christmas Tree
CHRISTMAS  DECORATIONS
GO UP THIS WEEK
Christmas decorations went
up in Saline this week, launching the annual Christmas festivities season. Final plans fcr
the city's Christmas activities
will   be   made   at   the   regular
Hornets Launch Season
With Triumph at Milan
of her life ~ brightened every in Saline. Chamber of Commerce, at Mar-
path she crossed. She died early Sunday at Sa- ty's Restaurant.
Downtowners knew her best line Community hospital, after        -      	
as the city's bookkeeper — at an illness of a year or more, j
least that was her formal title. She is survived by her hus-
What she actually did included band; three daughters, Sally,
not only keeping the books, but Marjorie and Barbara, all at
keeping the files, registering vo- home; her mother; four sisters,
ters, sending out mail, lending Mrs. G. J. (Ruth) Brookins,
a sympathetic ear, handling Mrs. Waldo (Esther) Gross,
hundreds of details, and greet- Mrs. Lorena Liston and Mrs.
ting   customers   with   a   smile Wallace  (Eleanor)  Smith; and
Sale to Benefit
BPW Scholarships
Dexter to Pose
Bigger Challenge
Faced with the  task of re-
Two brothers who hadn't seen each other in 44 years,
and two sisters-in-law who had never met, had plenty to
talk about over the Thanksgiving holiday when Mr. and Mrs.
Charley Klassen visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klassen (above
right), of Bridgewater.
Thanksgiving Sojourn Unites
Brothers after 44 Years
„   ,       , _,   .. Saline area United Fund con-
that made them glad they came,  two brothers, Paul and Carlton tributions crept up to  85 per
City   officials   unanimously Hertler, all of Saline; three un- cent of the gQal tMs week> ag
praised her work      ' "'    "1"~" *' -~•--• -"»       ■
BOOKS TO BE CLOSED
ON 1962 SALINE FAIR
Books   on   the  1962   Saline
Community Fair must be closed
A_ _ _»   __ ■      ™        , . x at the annual meeting, Monday, bunding a basketball team after
Tea UF Fund J"1! thl/d T? sal+e°f December 10, Webb Harwood, .three highly successful seasons,
ICQ Wl I till VI Christmas trees, to benefit the treasurer of the Fair board, Coach rJcm Jaeger has put to-
D~~~..L~ D„~L Busfess^ Professional Wo- pointed out this week, and some gether a Hornet quintet which
KeDOrtS   KeaCn   men's  club  scholarship fund, business is still unfinished. opened the 1962-83 season Tues-
r will begin December 1 and con-     Premium checks not yet cash- day night with a 59.43 win 0Ver
tinue through Christmas Eve, ed should be cashed by Decern- the Milan Big Reds, in a non-
»„ ™t,i ™ „,„ „„t «* *«*«     ber 1; and Fair Book advertise. e contest there
85 Percent
'or until we run out of trees"
a member said today. ments not yet paid for must be      The triumph was a promising
Proceeds of the tree sale are paid by December 5. The board indication for the season, Coach
used   each  year to  provide  a will meet at 8:30 p.m. Monday, Jaeger said> «but we've got a
remarked:
-one of them eles; three aunts; 12 nieces and campaigners  began  to  recover scholarship for a High School December 10,  at the High bett6er  test'coming  Friday  at
"Don't   quote nephews;   and  many  cousins. f .      -    that    lowed the senior girl who wishes to con- School ag r0om. Dexter. r think th;v>re a little
once   remarKea:   -\uont   quote nepnews;   aim  many   pjuusuis. from ^ flu that siowed the
me, but if anything ever hap- She was preceded in death by driye lagt week> tinue her education in the busi-
pened to Dorothy, I think the her father, in February, 1956.      To date   ^g 34442 has b<3en ness field- "
whole   city  would   come   to   a      Funeral services were held at turned m 'drive chairman Her-      Tne  trees>   including   Scotch
stop." (It didn't, of course, but Trinity Lutheran Church Wed- man Merte reported- $1,864.58 Pme' sPruce. "and others on or-
the sun was less bright at the nesday afternoon, the Rev. H.  ig   stm   needed#   ^e   g'oai' js der", will be sold this year at
office window; and the fun was L. Engel officiating, and burial §11209 "~ *-»«----i~-        » —
gone.) She held the .position for was in Oakwood cemetery. Me-      ^he United Fund board win
New Plan
For Sidewalk
= , ^  ... , A lie     UlliLCU    J7UI1U     JJUCUU     WIJJ. • f^ PJPPPPPPPPI
Two brothers who hadn't seen of returning to Kansas, he went 51/z   years,   until   about  two morial  contributions   may  be meet Monday evening to review P-m- dauy- A11 members work 5a\/^C TfPAC
ch other in 44 years were re- to Oklahoma, for a while, and months ago. made to the church or Saline progreSS 0f the campaign, now in the ProJect during the sea- WaVW    I I CC3
the corner of Michigan Ave. and
Harris  St., from  9  a.m.  to  9
each
united in a Thanksgiving week- then to Cleveland. The Council meeting Monday Community hospital
end visit in Bridgewater this      Meanwhile, Charley, now 63, night was subdued. Mayor pro
week. lived in Newton, Kansas, until tem  George  Johnson  said:   "I
Frank Klassen, 70, and his 1945, married Elizabeth in 1923, want to express our deep sense
wife Genevieve, live on Kaiser and had five children, three of loss in the passing of Doro-
road, now. They were married girls and two boys. He was a thy Quick. She will be missed
in 1920 in Cleveland, and have Ford mechanic there. He lived by all of us." Said Mayor Jack
five living children, four girls in California for a while and Bennett: "The city of Saline
and a boy. They came here in then, if 1949, relocated in Sa- will feel Mrs. Quick's loss in a
1941, and Frank was a super- lem, Oregon, where he has his hundred ways."
visor at Ypsilanti State hospi- own repair business. Dorothy brought as much joy
tal until  his  retirement  two      When   Charley   learned   of to her private life as to her job.
years ago. ' Frank's   whereabouts,   he  sent The whole family was fond of
Recently, seeking information word he would come for a visit; square dancing, and would tra-
for Social Security purposes, he but he didn't say exactly when, vel miles on week-ends to attend
contacted sisters in Oklahoma, This was just as well, since the square dance jamborees. She
and the reunion stemmed from hurricane that swept Oregon and Johnny are listed together
that letter. damaged his house and he had as president of a regional Fam-
Frank and his brother Char- to rePair that before he could ily Square Dance club; and last
come east. year they organized part of the
The Charley Klassens arrived Community Show at the Fair,
the day before Thanksgiving. It was a square of old-timers —
in the"u.S. Army in 1916. Dur- Botn brothers and sisters-in-law every one of them over 70 —
ing World War I, he fought in &ot on splendidly. (Said Mrs..- whose contagious enthusiasm
France. But — during the flu Charley: "We had more fun made their performance the
epidemic in 1916 — Frank's first than tne men did. We talked most memorable of the show,
wife died. After the war instead more  and  laughed  more  than      The Quicks were equally en-
 -    they did.") thused about ice skating, deep
The Charley Klassens took a in plans every year for the "Me-
reiuctant leave Monday  after- lody on Ice" put on by the Ann
noon. "Don't know if we'll ever Arbor Figure Skating club, of
get together again," said Char
ley. "That's for the future.
in its fourth week. Most of the
business, industrial, and service
club contributions have been received; but reports are complete
in only two of the eight residential areas. The remainder
are expected by the end of next
week, Merte said.
Persons who have not been
contactd are urged to mail their
donations to the United Fund,
Legion Set
To Dispose
Of Mortgage
Dexter. I think they're a little
stronger than Milan, and if we
can do all right there, then I
think we'll stay in the thick of
it."
But the relatively untried
Hornets "gained a little confidence" from the Milan win, he
said. Saline lost to Milan last
year, trimmed them the year
A new sidewalk plan, that before. Milan is not part of the
will save at least six of the Washtenaw conference but the
seven trees on the Hering pro- two teams are likely to meet
perty, was approved by Council again in class B district tour-
Monday night for Russell street, neys this year.
Council also accepted an ease- The Tuesday game started
ment from Ed Hering, so that slowly (the Big Reds were
the sidewalk can be set in the equally ini3xperienced) and al-
bank behind the trees, and de- most two minutes had elapsed
cided the city would pay the before Frank Keck broke into
cost of the major excavation to  the scoring column with a lay-
Schmid's Market.
ley were raised in Peabody,
Kansas. They last saw each
other just before Frank enlisted
New Inn to Open
With Historic Name
Dorothy Quick
Style Enpert
To Speak for
Cancer Fund
The mortgage on the Saline   _
care of Postmaster, Saline, or American Legion Memorial set the walk into the hiU there. up. Mike Johnson then scored,
to take them to Erwin Schmid, Home win be ceremoniously The arrangement apparently en- two field goals and a foul shot,
treasurer  of  the  board,   at burned Saturday evening after  ded a months-long controversy while Gary Kind was producing-
a banquet for Legion and Aux- as   to whether  sidewalk  and a two-pointer to put Saline out;
iliary members and specially in- trees   could   occupy   the   same m front 9-6 at the quarter.    ""
vited guests. The building was i0ts - and which would have to      In the second stanza   Milan:
completed   and   dedicated   in g0. closed the gap and went out in
1949- A brief objection came from front 23-21 at the half.
„        T   ..  T ,      Ken Rogers will act as mas- Charles Kern, owner of an ad-      The Hornets  swarmed  back
The Sauk Trail Inn,  named ter of cerem0nies at Saturday's jacent lot, who said he wanted in the second half as Johnson
after the old Sauk Indian Trail event)  and the invocation will it on the record "in case it gets made three quick baskets in a
(the original Michigan avenue be given by Mss Lola DeU Roll ^ a court of laW) that j ^ litfle oyer & minute) to take a
from Detroit to Chicago) will be caU of commanderf| vali be read not responsible for the sidewalk lead  which was  never  relin-
open week-ends at the Old Mill by Ralph Uphaus and a brief crossing my driveway with that quished
on the west edge of town. history of the Auxiliary wiU be list on it." Toward the end of the period,
uwner   01   tne  ann   is   10m given  by j^.  Uphaus.  Carl     But, on a question from Coun- he combined with Keith Arm-
^!."£fS,^af!™ ^!ig^™ Moenn wm read the history of cil as t0 the safety of such a bruster twice, in the fast break
„r.™^ the home. walk, DPW superintendent Mike that the Hornets have worked
The mortgage-burning cere- Strait said: "Under normal con- so well in past seasons. Arm-
mony will be presided over by ditions it would be perfectly bruster made both lay-ups beau-
Ralph Bowen, the present com- safe. After a sleet storm, pro- tifully.
mander, and Ben Uphaus, who bably not." As time ran out in the third
was   commander   of   the  post      Said    Councilman   George quarter, Jim Griffin was fouled
when the property for the home Johnson: "No sidewalk is safe as he sank a field goal. He made
Besides These'SteTthey Bureau'chaYrman'o'f the'project,  indudHeasing "other portions Z*8  purchased  fr0m Vesta after a sleet storm; those would the free throw and Saline was
• - - ...^ ^-^— & f Mills. not be normal conditions." m command, 35-27.
Invited guests include Carl Estimated cost of the excava- In a wild fourth quarter, the
Curtiss, who donated $1,000 to tion for the sidewalk was given Hornets stretched their lead by
the Legion in 1943 to purchase at "up to $500" depending on 14 points, which quickly dwindled to nine as Milan threw on
time-out solved the
old Wilson, builders of the hail; the removal of all seven large problem, however.
LaVerne Leece, of Jackson, se- trees. Only the most easterly Johnson led the Saline seor-
cond district committeeman, of the large shade trees is en- ingwith 19 points and Keck and
and his wife; and Mr. and Mrs. dangered under the present Armbruster followed with 10
George Gould, of Jackson. Mrs,
Farm Bureau
Aids CROP
Ingathering
versity  graduate  and  former
general manager of the Saline
Although   the   forthcoming observer   (1950-51),  who  pur-
which their three daughters are collections of grain for CROP chased the mill in June and has
members. Dorothy could discuss are sponsored here by Washte- spent much 0f the summer re-
But the couple planned to go  costumes   and   national   figure naw county Farm Bureau, any- furbishing it. The Inn will open
back through Kansas and Okla- skating tests with the aplomb one is welcome to make dona- officially this week,
homa to see the Klassens' three of an Olympic Team coach.        tions,  Theron  Schnierle,  Farm      Doenges'  plans for the site
Washtenaw county Cancer sisters.   There   are   three   bro-
Society will present the famous thers, besides, but "we've lost were  active for  years  in  the pointed out today. 0f the building and eventual de-
Ginette Spanier,   direc'trice  of track   of  them,   too.   Haven't Band Parents club, and Dorothy      Only corn is sent out, he said,  velopment of other commercial
the Parisian fasion leader, "The seen them in five years. Maybe was on the Girl Scout commit- but  other  grains  may  be enterprises at the mill.
House of Balmain", at the Ly- they're  still where they were tee. She also worked with John- brought to the collection point      He is also employed with Pen.
dia Mendelssohn theatre in Ann then." ny in the Quick Insurance Ser
Arbor on Saturday December 7      There is little likelihood, the vice here. exchanged for corn, or money sales manager for Foundry Ma
at 10:30 a.m. brothers   agree,   that   the  far-      Dorothy was born September may   be   donated.   Checks   for gazine.
AU proceeds will go to the flung family will ever have a 5, 1914, in Ann Arbor, a daugh-  gifts  should  be made payable 	
Washtenaw county Cancer So- complete reunion. But: "It sure ter of Daniel and Minnie Weber to CROP and turned in at the C-C MEETING
ciety and all tickets sold local- was nice to get together," said Hertler.   She moved  to  Saline Mercantile Co. by December 13. TIME CHANGED    .
ly will be credited to the Saline Frank. with her family when she was      Last year, a full carload of
for  the  Christian  Rural
(the Saline Mercantile Co.) and ton Publishing Co., as district and survey the property; Mayor the location of the tree roots
Jack Bennett; Arthur and Har- but it would be less costly than a press. A
Cancer Crusade of 1963. 	
As directrice of Balmain, it g   f Nof yfte Bottle:
is Mme. Spanier's task to meet
and satisfy the most exacting
customer who is buying for the
most exclusive occasion, she has
come to know the preferences
of prominent women everywhere - from the stage  and
corn
Overseas Program was dispatched from this area alone;
and this year Ypsilanti and
Dexter area collections will also
be brought here for shipping.
Collection date for Ypsilanti area is December 12. Collections
from Saline and Dexter areas
Props and staging committees Alona  Frey;   costumes,   Jean will be made on December 13,
"     "     Schaible  with  Nancy
Play Committees Get
Most Problems Solved
The regular Tuesday meeting Gould is second district Auxil-
time of the Chamber of Com- iary president,
merce has been changed back Although plans for the build-
from evening to noon, at Mar- ing were launched in 1943, it
plan,   Councilman  George  An- and nine respectively. Kind had
derson pointed out. eight, Ron Tucker, six, Griffin,
The required hearing on the five, and John Englebert, two.
spread of the assessment John Broadhurst tallied 12 and
($1,950.75) for the Russell St. Lon Van Winkle 10, for Milan.
ty's Restaurant. The group ivas not completed until 1949, walk was set for 8 p.m. Mon- In the preliminary contest,
meets the first Tuesday of ev- and was dedicated on Septem- day, Deaamber 17, a regular the Little Big Reds downed the
ery month. ber 17 of that year. meeting night. Little Hornets 40-23.
screen stars to reigning royalty.      J.i„JJO „„. _„0.„0                      -                       „,.,, „   ,_      ,_.      „   *
She was recently interviewed for the Senior Play "Ramshack- Schaible  with  Nancy  Schild, and  all will be  shipped from
from her Paris  home   on  Ed le -^^ have most of their pro- Bonnie   Cammet,   Ann   Janes, Saline on December 15.
Murrow's "Person to Person", blems iicited ~ but they still Linda Leonard and Joyce Dan- Schnierle wiU be at the Mer-
andis the author of a book, "It need three break-away bottles, iels; lighting and sound effects, cantile elevator on December 13
Isn't All Mink", parts of which 0r one bottle that can be glued Howard Schrader with Bill Lin- to aid in collecting. Also present
were published in McCaU's ma- back together after each per- demann,   Art   Johnson,   Steve will   be   Russell   Hartzler,   a
gazine. In her appearance for formance                                         Milkey, and Austin Robison. CROP representative from Lan-
The problem of a set with 9- sing.
doors was worked out by the 	
committee headed  by Richard GRABANS TO APPEAR
the Cancer society, she will dis- Action in the mystery farce
cuss the world of fashion and includes one actor hitting ano-
her own career. ther over the head with a bottle,
Tickets are $2, entirely for which  breaks.   The  difficulty
 ^ Lindemann with Gordon Wild, IN "THE GRASS HARP"
the cancer fund,  and may be how'to be sure the bottle will Naomi Woods, Ken Gable, Bill     Both Marcella and Ted Gra-
obtained by calling Saline's break without denting the head. Rogers, Willard Girbach   Gary ban are in the cast of Truman
chairman, Mrs. G. Merritt Mar-     The play is to be presented at Finkbeiner,   Dick   Leidheiser, capote's "The Grass Harp", to
tin, HA 9-9316.                             8   pm   Wednesday,   Thursday, Bill Yuhasz, Don Dechert, Eu- be presented Thursday, Friday
 and Saturday, December 5,  6, gene Roehm, Earl Klager, Nor- and Saturday, December 6,  1,
GIRL SCOUTS SEE and 8 at the 'Little Theater at man Sisco, Steve Milkey, Roger ^d g at the Trueblood theater
LITTLE THEATER PLAY the High School. Directors are Davis, BiU Davis, and Alona in the Frieze building, Ann Ar-
Troop 440, a newly formed Marilyn VanderLugt and Wen- Frey. . bor, by the Ann Arbor Civic
Brownie troon saw tiie Sav dy Wild. General chairman of pubhci, Theater group.
"Simon Big EaS" last IS The bottle is sought by the ty is Diane Hamlin. Sherry Marcie will play "Mrs. Ctoun-
%- as presented by the Ann props committee, headed by Lo- Schaible is in charge of tickets ty", the baker's wife, in the co-
Arbor Li?tie Theatre They are is Sutton, with Martha Esch, and programs with Sharon Von medy. Ted is cast as "The Rev-
now bust workS" on the? Carol Guenther, Celia Sisco, Jim Sosson, Shirley Morton, Flo erend". The box office will op-
Christ/asWOprrotegct maktag Mey and Chet Riley. Also need- Emerson and Nancy Dawson en Monday, December 3; tickets
scrapbookTfor thf cM-S* a! ed  are  one  doctor's  bag,   one Karen Lehtonen is in charge of may be reserved by calling NO
UniverstyHospSifA^^ £ Sast Guard identification case, advertising   and   posters    with 3-3587. 	
K_        y xio.pitai in Ann ^    ^ ^ «real-looking" guns, in- Lois Arms,  Lorna Hoeft,  and 	
bor.
UNDERGOES SURGERY
^ZSL^IZ^^ ^f/rlomnfSees   include ^^fi?Ind Jan Kempf Charles Alber, of Bridgewa-
their W   On SidaT^ Sst those  on make-up,  headed by are in charge of stunts to be ter, underwent surgery at Sa-
*«*, Ctroop-^so   attended Karen Hinderer and Carol Ber- presented next week at school hne Community Hospital Tues-
«* play "ShTn Sg ESf     suder, with Carol Bennett and to promote the_play.  d*v «,
day morning.
Forty yi3ars have made a difference. The Saline street
scene above was taken in 1921, looking westward from Hall
St. Easily visible are the interurban tracks which, along
with horses and buggies and a few Model T's, constituted
Saline's contact with the outside world. A tall flagpole at
the heart of the four corners supported Saline's foor-bulb
street lighting system. The tracks, apparently running right
through the flagpole, continued westward as far as Oakwood
Cemetery. The run to the graveyard had originally been laid
out with the idea of continuing the tracks to Adrian. That
drisam never materialized . . . but the line still served a worthy purpose. Along with the usual run of passengers and
freight, the interurban also handled an occasional funeral.
A special black coach, carrying a complete funeral party,
would occasionally make its way out to Saline from Detroit
. . . and instead of switching at the center of town for the
return trip, it would continue down the hill to the cemetery
for the burial.
The area at the immediate center of town was paved
. . . but even that small patch of pavement had to be shoveled out from under a thick layer of mud quite frequently,
especially in the springtime.
Points of interest in the scene:-The pile of bricks on the
curb at left is all that remains of the palatial Hauser building, torn down to make room for a new Ford garage. Across
the street are the old Ford garage, Bert Derrendinger's pool
room, with Socker Boettger's barber shep contained therein.
The photo was loaned to The Reporter by Mrs. Harold
Bruestle, Ann Arbor.
The picture at left is a loaner from Carl Curtiss's collection. It shows Saline's main north-south thoroughfare
shortly after the turn of the century. The Citizens Bank
building was the skyscraper of the day, higher than anything in town with the possible exception of the bell cupola
atop the Unterkircher block at the right.