1962-12-12; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 15, NUMBER 13 - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1962
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ead Fair Board
Raymond Girbach, president
of the Saline Community Fair
Board for 13 years (1946-1959),
last Monday returned to the job
for another term.
At the Fair Association's annual meeting Monday night Girbach was elected president when
Donald Wiedman, head of the
group for the past three years,
dclared that he was not a candidate for re-election.
All other incumbent officers
were returned to their jobs for
another year: Albert Gall, vice
president; Alton Ealy, recording secretary; Bob Tefft, business secretary; Webb Harwood,
treasurer.
Prior to the election the board
set the dates for the 1963 Fair.
It's to be held September 11
through 14, the second week of
school next fall.
The group also approved
Webb Harwood's financial report for the 1962 Fair. According to his final account, last
September's event produced a
record high gross income, and
a record low net profit for recent years. The 1962 Fair took
in total receipts of $9,316.61;
paid out $9,177.44 . . . and
showed a net profit of $139.17.
By comparison, the profit for
1961 was $610.06; for 1960,
§585.70;  and for 1959,  $1,800.
"Premium payments to exhibitors this year reached a total
of $3,087.30," said Harwood.
"In 1961 the figure was $2,758
... and in 1960 it was $2,654."
Harwood and the board members agreed that a profit statement is hardly the measure of
success in this case. "Our main
interest is putting on a good,
wholesome Fair," Harwood stated.
Fair Board members cited
constantly increasing expenses,
and one day of bad weather, as
key reasons for the low net for
'62. "The weatherman in effect
made it a three-day fair this
year," said one, "and that had
a definite effect on the profit.
But we're not complaining. We
were lucky the fairgrounds were
Still there after that windstorm!"
Even "with the marginal profit ior '62, the Association's financial condition remains hearty. Harwood reported that the
group's current cash balance is
54,376.13, and he noted in passing that the organization's time
deposits will draw more interest this year than the Fair netted. "Just goes to prove," Harwood commented, "that working
isn't necessarily the easiest way
to make money."
In other action Monday night,
a new board of directors was
elected. New to the board: Mrs.
Phyllis Douthat, and Don Wiedman, who was welcomed to the
body after stepping down from
the president's post. Other
board members for the coming
year: Alton Ealy, Ray Wells,
Leo Jensen, Oral Bassett, Karl
Weavie, Frank Deede, William
Weinhardt, Alwin Gross, Lewis
O'Mara, Howard Johnson, Allan
Grossman, Bruce Alber, Milton
Hartman, Nelson Watling, Ron
Finkbeiner, Merritt Martin,
Mrs. John Flook, Lyle Phillips,
Norman Hedger.
Others are Hubert Beach,
Mrs. Rose Farrell, Neil Bohnett, Mrs. Ruben Finkbeiner,
Mrs. Lawrence Boettner, Mrs.
George Washburn, and officers
and representatives of Saline
High's Future Farmers and Future Homemakers chapters.
The group voted to schedule
the horse-pulling contest for the
first night of the Fair. . . and
to hold the pony-pulling contest
the final night. It was also decided to publish a premium book
again in 1963 .. . with the press
run increased to 4,000, reflecting the rapid growth of population in the area
Wrapping up the annual meeting, Wiedman thanked the
board for its cooperation during
his three years as president . . .
and the group unanimously voted its commendation to the outgoing president for his years of
service. Wiedman had cited the
press of other duties as his reason for declining to run.
Elected:  Girbach
Retired: Wiedman
Snow Starts
Christmas
ish
This week's blizzard apparently gave everyone the same
idea at once — "Time for Christmas shopping" ~ merchants reported this week.
Shoppers, who had browsed
in a desultory fashion before
the storm; turned to serious
gift-buying with prospects of a
white Christmas. "That snow
really brought them in," said
one businessman. "And people
seem to be doing their shopping
earlier this year."
The snowy activity was pretty general all over town. Drug
stores were packed. Department
store clerks were breathless.
Said one: "Oh, there are lots
fo Christmas shoppers. Business
is fine."
Some people are even buying
new cars for Christmas, auto
dealers said. Appliances were
selling well too.
Post office employees were
already in high gear as mountains of packages crossed the
counter. "I think people are
mailing a little earlier than in
other years," said Postmaster
Clarke Gordon. "Many of them
tell me they aren't sending as
many Christmas cards as they
used to - but it looks like just as
many to us." Merchants are
selling as many Christmas cards
as ever, too, they said.
In short, the busy holiday
rush was nowhere in sight last
week ~ but it arrived full-blown
with the first snow. Most Saline
stores will be open evenings
from now until Christmas Eve.
UF Board
Declares '62
Drive Closed
The Saline area United Fund
1962-1963. drive was officially
closed at a meeting of the board
Thursday evening. Funds on
hand at that time amounted to
$10,974.90, or 98 per cent of
the $11,209 goal.
But "with funds expected, the
goal will definitely be reached,"
drive chairman Herman Merte
said. The board authorized payment of budgeted amounts to
all participating agencies as
soon as the total amount has
been received.
Said Merte: "The board would
like to thank all the people, both
solicitors and contributors, who
made possible the success of the
drive. It reflects the high degree
of community spirit which
makes Saline area a pleasant
place in which to live and work.
Once a definite need is established and made known — and
this is usually a matter of communication, as Dr. Okeh pointed out at the kick-off dinner —
the people of the community
will see that it is fulfilled."
Co-chairman with Merte for
the drive this year was Regis
Wolfinger; and Dean Burkhardt
was budget committee chairman. E. R. Richards is president of the United Fund board;
Cecelia Ference, secretary; Erwin Schmid, treasurer; and Donald Kraushaar, publicity chairman. Other board members include William Delhey, Howard
Hill, Jameson Ford, Robert Estes, Doug Schuur, Mrs. Donald
Rentschler, David Gordon, and
Daniel Lirones.
4-H SWINE BREEDERS' AWARD ~ Gene Girbach, 17,
Saline, received the Michigan Swine Breeders' association
award Wednesday during the Detroit Junior Livestock Show.
The award, a watch, was based on outstanding 4-H swine
project work. The presentation was made by Donald Hartsell,
left, president of the swine breeders' group. The livestock
show featured nearly 800 head of prime 4-H livestock, all
shown at the Michigan State Fairgrounds.
(See story on page 7.)
Hornets Win 65-26
Against Pinckney
USIC
Department
Plans Concert
Conference Standings
Dexter
U-High
Chelsea
W
2
1
1
L
0
0
0
SALINE
1
1
Manchester
Pinckney
Roosevelt
1
0
0
1
2
2
LEGION TO, HOLD
CHRISTMAS DANCE
The annual American Legion
Christmas dance will be held
Saturday, December 15, at the
American Legion Hall. There
will be dancing from 10 p.m. to
2 a.m. to the music of Ken
Volz's orchestra.
Both American Legion members and their guests are welcome.
Spectators watched the
Pinckney High Pirates get in a
lot of practice at the free throw
line here Tuesday night, but
they saw the Pirates do little
else. Saline trounced them 65
to 26, to break into the win column in the Washtenaw conference On their second try.
Gary Kind was the only member of the 12-man Hornet squad
who wasn't detected fouling at
least once as the team committed a total of 26 personals. The
Pirates had 40 foul shots and
made 18 of them, while Saline
Holiday Fun Gets into Full
Swing as Christmas Nears
Ice Rink Opening
Depends on Weather
The ice rink on Henne Field
may be flooded for use the latter part of next week, if the
weather stays cold, according to
Al McPhee, secretary-treasurer
of the winter sports department
of the city recreation commission.
Work is also-under way on a
separate, confined rink for hockey, he said. The hockey rink
will be located east of the foot-
fa a 11 field, entirely separated
from the big rink for casual
skating.
The recreation committee can
not be responsible for injuries
sustained on either rink, he emphasized.
Others working with the win-
ter sports committee include
Bob Russell, chairman, William
Brink, Clyde Griffin, Bud Niethammer, and Taylor and Barry
Jaeobsen.
Parking meters throughout
downtown Saline went into a
deep FREEze this week as
Christmas shoppers entered the
warmup phase of their annual
spree. As a holiday gesture
from City Council, the meters
will remain bagged during the
balance of the pre-Christmas
season. Also of special interest to Saline shoppers: Most
local stores will remain open
Friday and Saturday nights of
this week, and every night next
week, till 9.
Other special events, scheduled this week and next, will
add to the festive atmosphere
in Saline. All of them are sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, or the Kiwanis Club . . .
and all are aimed at happy
times for Saline-area youngsters.
First, Santa will make his
second appearance here on Friday night, at 7 o'clock. He'll
be loaded down with candy, to
be passed out among his young
admirers. As he did last Saturday, he'll travel slowly through
the shopping area, listening for
hints from the youngsters on
what's tops on their "want"
lists.
Next day, the 15th, the old
fellow will be back in town for
still another visit, starting at
2 p.m. More candy, more talks
with the youngsters, and more
Christmas cheer.
This same schedule will be
repeated next week, with Santa visiting Saline Friday evening, the 21st, and Saturday afternoon of the 22nd.
Climaxing the pre-Christmas
festivities, Saline-area children
will gather at the Intermediate
School gym at 7:30 p.m. on the
22nd, for a final visit with Santa, a Christmas carol or two,
and 90 minutes of movie cartoons put on by the local Kiwanis Club. Prizes offered by
the Chamber of Commerce in
the group's annual competition
will also be awarded at this
time.
Meanwhile, Santa's special
mailbox at the center of town
will still take letters from the
young fry . . . with prompt answers assured . . . the stocks of
gift merchandise at local stores
still look enticing! despite a
week of heavy shopping . . .
and the weatherman promises
more wintry blasts to add to
the holiday atmosphere.
It's Christmas-shopping time
in Sahne, and the fun and excitement continue to. mount.
connected on 11 out of 25 tries.
From the floor it was a different story, however — .the
Hornets made 27 field goals to
a meager four for the Pirates.
After Bill Light had sunk the
first Pinckney one-pointer with
just seven seconds elapsed, the
Hornets pulled out in front and
were ahead 8 to 2 when the second unit took over with 4:15
yet to go in the first period.
There was no more scoring in
that quarter.
In the second period, Jim
Feldkamp and Keith Armbruster combined on the fast break
three times, as the Hornet offense started to click. They took
a commanding 28 to 8 lead before the first half was over.
The Pirates had just one field
goal in that half, by Lon Haines.
Mike Johnson started the
third quarter with a score on
a quick pass from Ron Tucker.
The Horriets were out of reach,
50 to 11, at the period's end.
In the last period, Saline added 16 more points, but their defense slackened and Pinckney
scored 14 points, with Light
making three field goals. These,
combined with nine foul shots,
made him high-point man for
the evening with 15.
Saline's scoring was evenly
divided with Armbruster, Feldkamp and Frank Keck each getting 10. Jim Strait followed
with 9, and Johnson with 8.
Kind made 5, and Jim Lake and
John Engelbert, 4 each. Ron
Tucker and Doug Robinett each
had a field goal, and Jim Griffin a foul shot.
The Little Hornets edged out
the Little Pirates in a preliminary see-saw contest, 29 to 28,
that raised spectator tension almost to the explosion point.
Friday night, the Saline team
will go to Ann Arbor to meet
University High.
New Council Organizes;
6 Commissioners Named
Mt      I I   -I     I Appointive Posts
mors to be  Jasled To be Fisted at
In Drinking Crackdown       Jan-7 Meetin9
** Members of next year's city
In a crackdown on teen-age and minors other than juveniles council met Monday in a work
drinking, minors in possession (age 17 to 21) will be taken im- meeting to discuss the six com-
of  intoxicants  will henceforth mediately to jail and held for missioner posts filled by coun-
go   to   jail,   PoUce   Chief   Jim arraignment before a justice. eilmen themselves, and appoin-
Levleit warned this week.               The same procedure will be tive positions to be filled at the
In  the  future,   all  juveniles followed in the case of anyone first January meeting.
picked up for drinking will be found to be furnishing intoxi- ™             .,     .„.,„,.
referred to juvenile authorities, cants to minors, he emphasized. The counf ™U ^^J™
 , v    ^cu.  newcomers to city office, Don-
. _ _    .    . . Although arrests have not in- aM Dechert and Robert Strohl,
US   K4lICir creased, evidence indicates that successful candidates in the No-
■ ■**   ■▼1M9IV dnnking is more prevalent am- vember election. Re-elected for
ong minors m the area, Levleit another term were Councilman
said. "A lot of it is wine, some George Johnson and Mayor
of it home-made - but it's still Jack Bennett; Councilmen Jer-
lllegal. ome jjemmye, George Anderson
"The most serious part of the and Donald McKenzie are in
The annual Christmas Con- problem isn't the drinking it- mid-term,
cert by the Saline High School self," he said. "It's what the Johnson was recommended by
band, mixed chorus, '•'Angel drinking leads to. In nearly ev- the may0r to handle the job of
Choir", and speech department ery one of our serious crimes budget and^finance commission-
will be presented Wednesday ev- committed by minors, drinking er which he has held for the
ening, December 19, at the High was involved." past tw0 years   Said Bennett:
School auditorium. Admission is He cited breaking and enter- "jn tne ]ast fiscai year, for the
free, and the public is invited ing, grand and petit larcenies, fjrst time, the city has operated
to attend the event at 8 p.m.       passing fraudulent checks, traf- within its budget."
The speech department will fic offenses, malicious destruc-
present a short play on "What's tion> and assault, as major of-
Christmas" ~ a thought-provbk- Senses that have followed drinking commentary on Santa Claus, inS among minors here,
gifts, the Christ Child and other "In almost every case of a
customs that make up holiday serious offense, the people have
activities. told us afterward that if they
The "Angel Choir", a newly *»*?* been drinking, they pro- tens^"sewer^nd'water ^pan-
formed'group at the High bably wouldnt have done it,' sion program in prospect for
School, will sing four numbers,        s     • the city.
and will feature a modern ar- .Although arrests of drinking Hemmye was suggested as
rangement of "Jingle Bells". mm°rs haf not g™wn. .the police and fire commissioner,
This wfll be the first perfor- number of citizen complaints replacing outgoing Councilman
mance of these eight and ninth about them has increased sharp- Glenn Clark aM Bermett wiU
grade girls. ^- But these generally come in. also ask Gouncil tQ t Hem.
The High School mixed chor- a day or so after the offense so mye>s appointment as civil de_
us will also sing four numbers, they cannot be followed up. Ar- fense coordinator
including the unique "Twas the rests   actually  represent   "less      Dechert was named as build-.
Night   Before   Christmas",   by fan 10 per cent   of actual of- ing commiSsioner and McKenzie
Fred Waring. The group of 90 fenses, he estimated. as planning commissioner,  re-
high school boys and girls will „^mJ~~~~~~ „ placing outgoing Councilman
also  sing  "The March  of the HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES D        j^^. °
Wise Men". ^AN ANNUAL DINNER Appointments to be made at
The High School concert band S a 1 i n e Community hospital the first January meeting in-
will perform the traditional employees have scheduled their elude city attorney, assessor,
"Christmas Festival" by Leroy annual Christmas dinner, to be two supervisors, clerk, super-
Anderson, and "White Christ- given Friday, December 21, at intendent, and health officer. A
mas", "Sleigh Ride", and "Toy Tri-County Sportsmen's League councilman and one a<3ministra-
Trumpet". on Moon road. tive officer will be selected to
The finale for the concert Judy Young is general chair- serve with the planning corn-
will be the combined mixed man for the event. Her commit- missioner, and two other mem-
chorus and concert band in the tee includes Margaret Hayes, bers ~ not officials ~ must be
"Hallelujah Chorus" from Han- dinner arrangements; Gloria chosen to replace two who have
del's Messiah. Masterka,  music  and decora- resigned,  Jack Craigmile and
The public will be invited to tions; Robert Maurer, finance;  Walter V. MacArthur, Sr.
join in a short carol sing. and  Midge  Conway,   publicity.      Council will also appoint
 "~ three members of the tax board
of review which — under the
new charter -- may not be office holders or candidates. The
charter goes into effect Janu--
ary 1. ^.,;
Anderson will continue in the
job of street commissioner,
which also includes the cemetery, parks,  sidewalks, etc.
Bennett recommended Strohl
as public utilities commissioner, with a comment on the ex-
Jaycees Announce
Home-light Contest
Sahne Jaycees this year will
hold their annual Christmas
home-lighting contest, open to
all city residents. Judges will
tour the city on Saturday, December 22, to select the best-
decorated home.
Chairman of the event this
year is Gerald Hering. Judgment is based on good taste,
originality, and effort put into
the decorations, and a plaque
is awarded to the owner of the
winning home.
Several homes are generally
listed for honorable mention,
also.
Saline Township
GOP to Meet
Saline township Republicans
will meet at 8:30 p.m. Monday
at the township hall to circulate
nominating petitions for all
township.offices to be filled in
the spring election. Petitions,
wheh must carry 43 names,
must be turned in to the township clerk by December 31, prior to the February primary election.
Saline township voters will
nominate candidates by the primary system for the first time
this year, since the switch from
the previous caucus system was
approved by the township board
in December, 1961.
The regular meeting of the
township board will be held at
8 p.m. Monday.
"More than two inches of snow ~ about %y2 inches",
pronounces Chief of Police Jim Levleit, one of the judges in
the Reporter's just-completed First Snow contest. Rules
called for two inches of snow in downtown Saline, to last
more than three minutes — and it lasted a good deal longer
than that.
Winner of the guessing competition is Mrs. Donald McLean, of 10150 Macon, who has our nomination for official
weatherman from now on — she hit it right on the nose,
WITHIN THREE MINUTES. At 1 p.m. Thursday, there wasn't enough snow to count. At 2 p.m., there was plenty. Mrs.
McLean's prediction: 1:57 p.m.
Walter MacArthur, *
Planning Group
Member, Resigns
Walter V. MacArthur, Sr., has
submitted his resignation as a
member of the city planning
commission "for reasons of
health", he said today.
MacArthur, 71, accepted a
one-year appointment when the
planning commission was initially organized about 18
months ago; he was then reappointed for a three-year term.
At the same time, he served for
more than a year with the city
charter commission.
A great deal of work still
faces the planning commission,
he said. "There's no end of
work to be done. There's a lot
of difficulty in getting one going; it takes maybe two or
three years to get a good foundation/ and then your projections must be for a minimum
of 20 years." (He added: "And
what would I be doing, planning
for 20 years ahead?")
The planning commission
meets twice a month.
RUNAWAY RETURNED
A 14-year-old Detroit boy was
returned to Boysville, at Macon,
early Thursday morning after
Saline police found him walking
east on E. Michigan Ave., at
2 a.m.