1963-01-23; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 19 - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1963
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HEARING DATE SET
ON R & B RE-ZONING
A hearing has been set for
Monday, February 18, in the
Council Chamber on a proposal
to re-zone all of the lots owned
by R & B Tool Co. to "manufacturing".
The main plant, on E. Michigan avenue, now zoned "commercial", was already in industrial use before the zoning ordinance became effective. The
firm has also purchased two
lots on E. Henry street, now
listed "commercial"'.
arte
iven State
UF Award
Dr. Herman Miarte, campaign
chairman of the Saline area
United Fund 1962 drive, has
been awarded a pin for "meritorious service and leadership"
in reaching the drive's quota,
$11,209.
The award was presented.
Tuesday evening in a United
Fund board meeting at Merte's
home, by Max Yoder, financial
director of the Michigan United
Fund, who made the trip from
Lansing for the purpose.
In the organization, Dr. Merte
was elected president of the
board; Mrs. Warren Rentschler,
vice president; Mrs. Cecilia Ference, secretary; and Howard
Hill, treasurer.
Robert Bredernitz will serve
as budget committee chairman
for the 1963 drive, with David
Gordon, Hill, Doug Schuur, and
Jameson Ford. William Delhey
will head the nominating 'committee with Schuur and Donald
Kraushaar, who is also in
charge of publicity.
Robert Estes and Delhey will
serve as co-chairmen of the
1963 kick-off dinner. Chairman
of the drive will be Regis Wolfinger, assisted by Buford So-
den, a new member of the board
of directors.
Directors elected at the meeting include Wolfinger, Soden,
Bredernitz, Herman Radloff and
Nelson Watling. Those who have
completed their terms include
Dean Burkhardt, E. R. Richards, Dan Lirones and Erwin
Schmid.
NATURALIST TO LECTURE
Richard A. Mortemore, naturalist for the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority, will be the
guest speaker at Saline Elementary School Monday, February
4. Students will hear a lecture
entitled "Plant and Animal Adaptations".
Three New Board
Members Elected.
Saline Community hospital is
running well over 80 per cent
occupancy, in the medical-surgical wing, Ernest Girbach, president of the board, reported at
the annual meeting Tuesday.
The figure is considered "the
maximum safe load level for
hospitals", Girbach said, "and
it is increasing. Patients are unable to get a bed, even in the
hall, many times during the
year. This is true mostly in the
winter and spring, but even during the summer months, occupancy is increasing."
He added: "Just this month,
at least eight patients that we
know of have had to be sent
elsewhere, or wait for surgery
at a later date when a bed wall
become available — if they CAN
wait."-
"The need for expanded facilities is unquestionable," Gifbach
said, "but will the community
support an expansion drive, do
"they want it? How much of an
expansion will the community
support? The hospital should
shoot for a minimum of 50 beds.
The state health department is
pushing for 75-bed hospitals as
a minimum for new construction."
Girbach referred only to the
medical-surgical unit in his figure of 80 per cent. The obstetrical wing, originally planned to
be adequate for ten years, is
still running well under its designed capacity. But hospital
regulations make it impossible
to use the empty obstetrical
beds for medical-surgical patients.
Three new board members
were elected at the meeting:
William Brink, Gerald Bahnmiller, and Mrs. William Brittain.
Officers were re-elected: Girbach, president; Arthur Heininger, vice president; Don Ford,
treasurer; and Robert Bredernitz, secretary. Appointments of
operating committee members
will be announced in the near
future, Girbach said.
The hospital is "an asset to
Saline's economy," Robert Maurer, adminstrator, pointed out.
"It is one of the major businesses in Saline, although it is seldom thought of in that manner."
Maurer's report listed new
staff members: Robert B. Car-
beck, M.D., internal medicine;
Frank W. Jefferies, M.D., obstetrics and gynecology;
Charles F. Krausse, M.D., a surgeon from Chelsea; and Emil
Pollard, M.D., anesthesiologist
now replacing Dr. Marianne
Whowell, who is on maternity
leave.
Mike Johnson goes up for a rebound, in the slow second
period of the Roosevelt game that left the winning Hornets
with some hope still for a conference title. After the 47-40
win, the Saline squad braced for a tilt with Chelsea Friday.
Hornets Keep Title Hopes
Alive with Roosevelt Win
by  Lanny   Robbins
Conference Standings
W   L   Pet.
U-High 5   0 1.000
Chelsea 4   1   .800
SALINE 3    2    .600
Dexter 3   2   .600
Manchester 2   3   .400
Roosevelt 1   5   .167
Pinckney     ' 0   5   .000
Friday evening will be a door-die situation for the Saline
Hornets, when they play host
to Chelsea's Bulldogs.
The game could put the Hornets back in the running for
the Washtenaw conference basketball title. With defeats in
loop play by U-High.and Dexter
already blemishing their record,
the Hornets are in a "must win"
position, if they are to keep
alive championship hopes.
Earlier this year, in the Chelsea Holiday tournament, the
Hornets, hampered by absence
of Mike Johnson from the starting lineup, were, on the short
end of the scoring against the
Bulldogs.
Last Friday the Hornets advanced to a tie with third place
Dexter, by defeating Roosevelt
47-40, while the Dexter Dreadnaughts were losing a clSse 56-
53 decision in the tiny U-High
gym.
The Hornets started with a
pair of quick baskets in the opening minute as Mike Johnson
Bloodmobile to Visit Jan. 31
The collection of blocJd for
use in open heart surgery is
one of the most important aspects of the American Red
Cross blood program, according
to Dr. A. James French, M.D.,
county chairman of the program.
Salinians already knew that.
Open heart surgery has restored three small Saline boys to
health in three years ... and
in each case, large quantities
of blood were provided by the
Sahne area Blood Bank.
The bloodmobile will visit Saline Thursday, January 31, to
replenish stocks in the Saline
area Blood Bank. Collections
will be made from 2 to 5 p.m.
and from 6 to 8 pan. at the In-
termeiliate School.
The three young heart patients, now thriving, included
Mark Belote, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Belote, who was
given 10 pints of blood from the
local bank for the necessary surgery in February, 1960. He was
then four years old.
Richard Sally was six years
old when he received 17 pints
of blood from the Saline area
bank for open heart surgery in
January, 1961. He is the son of
Mr- and Mrs. Walter Sally.
Richard Hazen, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Myron Hazen, was
four years old when he underwent heart surgery in November, 1962. He received 15 pints
of blood from the local supply.
Saline area Blood Bank provides blood free of charge to
any resident of the area. Amounts used during the year may
total as low as 60 pints .;*. . or
may go as high as lOO.iEast
year, 69 pints were used, and
only 31 pints are now on deposit.
But heart surgery is only one
of dozens of reasons why blood
is needed. The list of recipients
of blood from the local bank is
nearly as long as the phone
book.
With the exception of Red
Cross bloodmobile personnel,
the local collection is staffed
entirely by local voluntiaers.
Among them:
Dr. Gordon J. Prout will be
in charge from 2 to 5 p.m., and
Dr. J. H. Davis or Dr. Rudenz
T. Douthat from 6 to 8 p.m.
Nurses will be Mrs. Garmar Farrell, Mrs. Bert Rasmuson, Mrs.
Willi«am Ddhey and Mrs. William Klein.
Working as nurses aides will
be Mrs. Alwin Gross, Mrs. Max
Fosdick, Mrs. Hugh- Austin,
Mrs. Ernest Mann, Mrs. Leo
Jensen, Mrs. Ruben Finkbeiner,
Mrs. Ray Davis and Mrs. Robert Starling. .
Registrars will include Mrs.
Charles Finn, Mrs.. Don Ford,
Mrs. E. D. Wolfin, Mrs. Arthur
Heininger, Mrs. Dwight Reynolds and Mrs. Edward Fischer.
Mrs. Chris Volz has headed
the canteen committee for many years. With her will Be Mrs.
Sam Lambarth, Mrs. Reuben Visel, Mrs. Herman. Mamarow,
Mrs. Otto Lindemann, Mrs. Andrew Hartman, Mrs. Reuben
Bredernitz and Mrs. Glenn Gordon. .•■.-.'
The Rotary club of Saline
will donate refreshments for donors, and the evening meal for
the Red Cross bloodmobile staff
will be furnished by the Altar
Society of St. Andrew's Church.
popped in the first two-pointer
with the game only four seconds old and Keith Armbruster
fired in a jump shot 14 seconds
later. But Roosevelt caught up
on a pair of buckets. With just
over two minutes left in the
first period, Lawrny Steiner
picked off a pair of baskets —
one of them by stealing the ball
— to -send Saline ahead .8-4.
Then Jim Strait made it 10-6.
Saline cooled off in the second period when they hit on
only two of their shots. With
Jim Herndon exhibiting lethal
accuracy on his shots, the
Roughriders moved out to a
17-14 lead at the half.
Saline's strength showed in a
third period rally. With Roosevelt tiring from Don Jaeger's
two platoon system, Saline
slipped ahead 25-21. Fine play
by Johnson and Armbruster in
the final minutes helped the
Hornets hang on to the lead
that they had taken when Ron
Tucker's basket sent them out
ahead 23-21.
A scoring spurt on two baskets by Johnson and one by
Jim Feldkamp in the opening
minutes of the final stanza gave
Saline the 37-29 lead that was
to prove decisive. The Rough-
riders got within three points
before Saline buzzed away in
the final minutes to a 47-36
lead. In the final 30 seconds,
the Roughriders plunked in two
baskets for the game total.
Roosevelt's Franklin led all
scorers with 19 points, followed
by McCullock with 11 and Herndon with eight. Johnson topped
Sahne with 14. He was followed
by Tucker with nine, Armbruster with eight, Feldkamp with
six, Steiner with four and Kuder, Strait and Kind with two
each. In the exceptionally low-
fouling game, seven fouls were
called against Saline and five
against Roosevelt.
Saline'hit on 26 per cent of
the first half shots and 57 per
cent in the second half, against
21 per cent and 34 per cent by
Roosevelt.
The Little Hornets took their
preliminary game, as they
swarmed over Roosevelt's JV*'s
48-23. Davis Toth led the onslaught with 16 points and
Bruce Niethammer had 11, as
Coach Paul Thibault cleared the
bench.
Municipal League
Meet to Get Big
Saline Contingent
The best-represented city at
the Michigan Municipal League
meeting Thursday, January 31,
will probably be Saline.
The afternoon, dinner and evening conclave will be attended
by nearly every city official:
Mayor Jackson T. Bennett;
Councilmen George Anderson,
Don McKenzie, Jerome Hemmye
and George Johnson; Supervisors Henry Leutheuser and Robert Harrison (Harrison^is also
city assessor), City Clerk. E. J.
Muir; and City Attorney Allan
Grossman.
Only two Councilmen, Robert
Strohl and Donald Dechert, will
be unable to attend the event.
New regional officers will be
elected at the business meeting
at the evening session. Present
region U officers are Gordon
L. Thomas, mayor, East Lansing; Clifton W. Heller, mayor,
Howell; and E. J. Muir, city administrator, Saline. Regional officers serve as a liaison between
League headquarters and its regional member municipalities,
and play a great part in helping
member officials realize and
make use of League services.
Featured speaker at the evening session will be Constitu-"
tional Convention delegate Edward A. McLogan, who served
as a member of the committee
on local government.
Representing 430 member cities and villages in Michigan,
the Michigan Municipal League
serves to unite members in collectively striving for home rule
and to promote higher standards of municipal government.
Bundled to the ears against the zero weather, Mothers'
March chairmen set out to supply their marchers with identification and equipment, prior to the main event Tuesday
night. Those above are: Mrs. William Spike, drive chairman
in Lodi township; Mrs. Herman Radloff, Saline campaign
chairman; Mrs. G. Merritt Martin, Jaycee auxiliary; Mrs.
Harold Wilson and Mrs. William H. Lawrence, co-chairmen
of the march conducted by the Child Study club.
imes Squadrons Prepare
For Area Mothers March
81-Year-Old
Farmer Dies
In Home Fire
BURNED TRANSFORMER
SMOKES UP  SCHOOL
A burni2d-out transformer in
a fluorescent light last week
filled the Elementary School
with smoke but caused po fire
or damage to the building. Saline firemen sent for an etec-
trician to make repairs.
UNDERGO SURGERY
Two Saline youngsters underwent tonsillectomies at Saline
Community Hospital last week.
Two-year-old Ann Belote, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Belote of Lambkins Rd., had
her tonsils removed on Friday,
and Joseph Blair, 11, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Blair of W.
Michigan Ave., underwent surgery on Saturday.
An 81-year-old Lima township farmer died in his blazing
home Saturday afternoon after
an overheated space heater exploded in the kitchen of the residence.
The victim, Lewis Renz, was
a brother of Mrs. William Lindemann, of Pleasant Lake road.
Other survivors in this area are
a son, Raymond L. Renz, of
Steinbach road, and a brother,
Fred, of Scio township.
The Renz home, at the corner of Liberty and Steinbach
roads, was already a mass of
flames when Saline firemen arrived in answer to an "assist"
call from the Dexter department. Chelsea also sent trucks
and men, but efforts to save
the dwelling were futile.
Dexter firemen entered the
blazing house to find Renz' body lying in a corner of the
kitchen. He was believed to
have been overcome by smoke
and heat as he attempted to
escape, and death was due to
asphyxiation, according to Dr.
Craig Barlow, deputy medical
examiner who was called to the
scene.
At one point during the three
hour battle against the fire,
spectators were driven back by
a series of explosions from
within the house, apparently
from stored ammunition which
was exploded by the heat.
Renz, a retired farmer, was
born August 8, 1881, in Germany, the son of Christian and
Fredericka Hoffman Renz. Mr.
Renz came to Sharon township
during infancy, moving to his
Lima township address about 50
years ago.
Mr. Renz was a member of
Salem Lutheran Church of Scio
township. On November 14,
1909, he married Sarah J. Gross
of Lima township. She died December 12,1959.
Surviving are two sons, Raymond of Lima township and the
Rev. Edward C. Renz of Tampa,
Fla.; a daughter, Mrs. Gene
Scott of Munising, Mich.; two.
grandchildrCT; a brotlnar, Fred
of Scio township; a sister, Mrs.
Lindemann; and several nieces
and nephews. A sister, Mrs.
Carrie Sweetland, preceded him
in death on February 17, 1934.
Funeral services were held at
1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Salem Lutheran Churcii in Scio township
with burial in the church cemetery.
March of Dimes committees
were far too busy this week to
count up total contribuions, as
they completed one round of
special benefit events and plunged into another.
The biggest event of the
drive, the annual Mothers'
March, will begin at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, heralded by the sound
of the fire siren. Residents are
asked to turn on porch lights
at that time to guide the marching women across ice-hazardous
sidewalks.
Fully equipped with proper
identification to make the tour
in the city of Saline are members of the Child Study club and
Jaycee Auxiliary, under the leadership of co-chairmen Mrs.
Harold Wilson and Mrs. William H. Lawrence. The marchers include:
Mrs. Jerome Lamb, Mrs. Regis Wolfinger, Mrs. Howard
Hill, Mrs. Carl Rhoades, Mrs.
Robert Mueller, Mrs. Joe Bondie, Mrs. Robert Heiserman,
Mrs. Everett Esch, Mrs. Gordon
Esch, Mrs. Edward Makielski,
Mrs. Michael Pekrul, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Miller, Mrs. Jameson Ford, Mrs. Clair Gilbert,
Mrs. Fred Korte, Mrs. Howard
Kuhl, Mrs. Paul Woods, Mrs.
John Dwyer, Mrs. Robert Strohl,
Freedom Township
Plans Benefit
For Dimes March
No Mothers' March will be
held in Freedom township this
year because of possible bad
weather, Mrs. Paul Boehler,
Freedom township chairman,
announced this week, but a euchre party and square dance
will be substituted.
Ken Gates, of Saline, will be
the caller for the event, and
refreshments will be served. The
party and dance are scheduled
from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday,
at Pleasant Lake school.
The benefit is open to the
public; donations are 75 cents
for adults and 50 cents for children. But "more will be accepted gratefully", Mrs. Boehler
said, and all proceeds will go
to the March of Dimes.
Among members of the committee are Mr. and Mrs. Simon
Girbach, Mr. and Mrs. Roy;S.
Bihlmeyer, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Guenther, Mr. and Mrs.
Lynn Vogeding, Mr. and Mrs.
Art Blanchard, and Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Heuhl.
Mrs. Roderick Janich, Mrs. John
Mader, Mrs. A. E. Hagen, Mrs.
Willard Hertler, Mrs. Edward
Komorowski, Mrs. Bliss Charles,
Mrs. Dan Lirones, Mrs. Fred
Pincoe.
Others are Mrs. George Newton, Mrs. Herman Radloff, Mrs.
Charles Lamberson, Mrs. John
Klein, Mrs. David Hess, Mrs.
Douglas Elfring, Mrs. Donald
McKenzie, Mr. Earl Feldkamp,
Mrs. James Martiny, Mrs. Richard Semark, Mrs. Duane Se-
mark, Mrs. Chuck Stratton, Mrs.
Robert Smiley and Mrs. G. Merritt Martin.
In other benefits for the
March of Dimes, the completed
bowling tournament found lo-
cal women's winners \Vanda
Burkhart with a score of 647
and Dorothy Leidheiser with
631. Men's highs were Gene
Stull's 678 and Ken Frey's 664.
The roll-off is scheduled Saturday and Sunday at Cloverleaf
Lanes in Milan.
. The Saline bowling tournament brought in $157 for the
March of Dimes.
Mrs. Herman Radloff, campaign chairman, hostessed a benefit coffee hour Wednesday
morning; and Mrs. Ray Hunt
will give a bridge party for the
cause Thursday. Mrs. Hunt's
score of 1750 was high in bridge
events for the week.
Use of the Dug-Out restaurant for a Saturday, with all proceeds to go to the March of
Dimes, was. offered by the owners, Mrs. Radloff announced.-
The committee has selected Saturday, February 2, for the purpose, but details have not been
worked out. Anyone willing to
volunteer time is asked to call
Mrs. Radloff, 429-7505.
Carl Curtiss
Also Cited
By Jaycees
Bob Russell was named "most
distinguished young man of the
year," at the Jaycees annual
Bosses' Night Banquet Wednesday evening.
Russell, who operates Bob's
Marathon Service station, was
cited for his two years as Civil
Defense director, two years as
chairman of the city winter recreation committee, work with
Little League and adult recreation in the summer, and years
of service as a member of the
Saline Volunteer Fh-e department.
In a surprise award, the Jaycees also honored Carl A. Curtiss, president .of the Citizens
Bank, with a certificate of appreciation expressing "gratitude
and appreciation of the inestimable benefits which have accrued from a eordial relationship, together with hope that
the future may witness" the
same splendid cooperation" in
promoting "civic and social advancement".
Mr. Curtiss has been with the
Citizens Bank since January,
1909, having come to Saline in
December, 1908. He has been
active in civic organizations and
his church and last year made
a gift of additional land for
the city park which now bears
his name.
Wednesday was his 80th
birthday. ■<*'
Russell has served with the
Saline Fire, department for
about 10 years. He was also one
of the originators of the winter
recreation program, of which
he is chairman, and is to a
large degree responsible for the
installation and maintenance of
the popular ice rink on Henne
field. A hockey program, and
the nowr-annual lee Festival are
also conducted by his committee. In the summer, he has
worked with Little League activities, and helped to organize
men's softball teams. He lives
at 207 N. Harris.
Honorable mention was given
by Jaycees to G. Merritt Martin,
whose Jaycee activities have included local president, district
vice president, and national director. He has also served on
the city planning commission.
Also receiving honorable mention was Robert Estes, owner of
Estes Rexall Pharmacy and the
Comer Drug Store. He is an active member of the Chamber
of Commerce and was a member of the charter commission.
COUNCIL HEARS PROPOSAL
TO BUILD MAUSOLEUM
City Council Monday night
heard a report from Dare Edwards, who first visited the city
in August with a proposal to
construct a mausoleum at the
cemetery here.
Edwards said he believed that
an 84-crypt mausoleum would
best serve the area's needs, and
that plans for construction are
nearly completed. He would
take an option on the necessary
number of lots, at the regular
price, with payment due when
the footings are poured, fie said.
The crypts would sell for $400
apiece, or $800 for a double.
The mausoleum would probably be of the embanked, hillside
type if, the location is suitable,
he'said. -
Parking Meter
Meeting Set
A meeting of City Council,
Chamber of Commerce, and
"anyone interested" to discuss
parking in the municipal lot,
has been scheduled at 8 p.m.
Monday, February 11, at City
Hall.
The meters were removed
from the city parking lot before Christmas on .a trial basis,
to determine if the free parking
would have any effect on business in the downtown area.
Council action to replace
them, or leave them out, will
follow the meeting, at which it
is hoped merchants' estimates
of the situation will be given.
HOSPITAL NOTES:
Among patients undergoing
treatment at Saline Community
Hospital this wp3ek are Mrs. Robert Jesse of Hollywood Dr.;
Karen Sharkey, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Sharkey of
Highland Dr.; Fred Zahn of
Waters Rd.; and Mrs. Herman
Mehler, who recently underwent
surgery.
TO SEE "CAROUSEL"
About 36 members of the
Methodist Church adult fellowship will attend a performance
of "Carousel" in Detroit Saturday. Upon their return to .Saline, the group will meet at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Beal with Mr. and Mrs. James
Marsden as co-hosts.
SUBDIVISION PLANS
APPROVED BY COUNCIL
City Council Monday approved plat plans for Crpsstwood
Knolls No. 1_ and Crestwood
Knolls No. 2 'subdivisions, subject to execution of subctivision
agreements with the developer.
The proposed subdivision is
to be constructed on the Barr
property, at the south edge of
the city. The land has been purchased by the developer, F. J.
Winton. •     .
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