1963-01-30; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
tfOLUME 14, NUMBER 20 - WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 30, 1963
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Two Distinguished Young Men Honored Crim Head;
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Jaycees, at their annual Bosses' Night Banquet last week,
honored two of the community's most exceptional citizens.
Above, Dave Hess, Jaycee chairman pf the event, presents
Bob Russell with the award for the "most distinguished young
man of the year". Below, Jaycee president George Newton
presents a certificate of appreciation for outstanding public
service to Carl A. Curtiss, president of the Citizens Bank.
Michigan
Week Group
William Crim, Sr., president
of the Saline Savings Bank, has
been named regional Business
and Product Promotion Co-ordi-
nator for 1963 Michigan Week,
to be observed May 19 to 25.
Crim will head region 15,
which includes Washtenaw, Livingston, Lenawee and Monroe
counties.
He has already named his
committee; it will include Harry
Denham, of the American Foundry, Milan; James Carman, of
Hoover Ball and Bearing Co.,
Sahne; C. B. Rowe, Dundee insurance agent; Russell McAfee,
president of the Commercial
Savings Bank, Adrian; and William McPherson IV, vice president of McPherson State Bank,
Howell.
Another Salinian, Ernest Girbach, president of the Michigan
Livestock Improvement association, is a member of the state
committee on agriculture for
Michigan Week. Other special
groups have been named to promote the building industry, manufacturing, restaurants, hotels
and motels, the tourist industry
and retailing.
Kids' Game
To Precede
Harlem Stars
A preliminary game of 7th
and 8th graders has been scheduled to precede the major attraction, an exhibition by he
famous and slippery Harlem
Magicians, against the Saline
faculty next week.
The warm-up will feature two
all-star cage teams of mixed
7th and 8th grade boys coached
by Ed Dubats, to begin at 6:30
p.m. Wednesday, February 6, at
the High School.
The major drawing card of
the Jaycee-sponsored program
is the 8 p.m. tangle of the hotshot Harlem Magicians with a
local squad of faculty and alumni. The Saline contenders: Don
Jaeger, Paul Thibault, Dubats,.
Dallas Garret, Mike Rotunno,
Clem Corunna, Ed Strait, Mike
Bixby and Tom Jeppesen.
Tickets, $1.50 for adults and
$1 for students, are available
in advance from any Jaycee, or
at the gate.
Restaurant
Offered for
imes Drive
Car-Truck Collision Fatal
To Son of Local Fast oi
LiXS
a Totes Water
er Deep Freeze
Saline area this week almost
approached disaster status, as
some residents had been without
water in homes, barns, or business establishments for as much
as five days. Pipes froze and
refused to thaw.
City crews, plumbers and welders were swamped with frantic calls for. help from housewives who couldn't do the laundry, farmers who were watering up to 60 head of cattle with
buckets — and Reporter staffers
who couldn't get the ink off
their hands.
At the west end of the city,
a water main froze a week ago,
leaving one residence and a service station without water during the entire period. At the
other end of the city, another
main burst early Monday morning - water "ran down the
street like a river" while city
crews rushed salt to the area to
avoid creation of an unwanted
skating rink.
At the Reporter office, pipes
had been frozen since Thursday.
When they began to thaw, it
was discovered that the meter
had broken and the basement
was flooding. City crews had also been called to thaw numerous water lines from mains to
houses.
A welder who thaws pipes
professionally reported receiving "35 or 40" urgent calls over
the week-end, one from as far
away as Clinton.
At the Saline Mercantile office, pipes froze for the first
time in anyone's memory, although they were thawed out
within hours.
But if waterless housewives
were harassed, farmers were
DRIVER SLIGHTLY ESTpJURED
AND FROSTBITTEN BESIDES
Donald J. Trumble, of 118
Tower Dr., was treated at Saline Community hospital and
released early Thursday morning after his car was sent out
of control by drifting snow and
skidded into'a ditch on Wagner
road, at 4 a.m.
Trumble suffered a neck injury in the accident . . . and a
frostbitten ear afterward, when
he walked for 45 minutes in the
20-below-zero cold to get help.
deeply worried. Many were watering their stock with hoses
from the house (frequently across the road), which meant
they must take time to drain
the hose after each watering
lest it freeze, too. One farmer
reported frozen water pipes
more than four feet underground.
Nor was any saving thaw
predicted. Weathermen unanimously predicted a new wave of
record-breaking cold.
Dress Children
More Warmly,
Schools Urge
School officials today expressed "concern" that many
children are being sent to school
inadequately dressed for the'
subzero temperatures, and urged parents to be sure the youngsters are more warmly clad.
Said Intermediate School
Principal Dwight Reynolds: "I
see children come dressed in
light coats; no galoshes, just
little shoes; and little skirts
oviar bare legs. They have no
mittens, no hats."
The light clothing could create serious difficulty if a bus
should break down, he pointed
out. "We had a bus stuck for
15 minutes Monday morning.
That wasn't long enough to
cause trouble, but suppose it
had been stuck for an extended
period! The heaters are not designed for subzero temperatures
and they quit if the motor
quits."
He is especially concerned
about the younger children, he
said.
At the Elementary School,
Principal Marian Barclay agreed
but pointed out that teachers
send lightly clad children to the
office, where they pare supplied
with necessary hats, mittens,
scarves, etc., from the lost and
found departmpant.
Children are not sent out for
recess at the Elementary School
unless the temperature is plus-
twenty or higher . . . though,
due to restlessness, they were
taken for a quick walk (three
or four minutes) around' the
court Monday morning, Mrs.
Barclay said.
New Equipment
For Hospital
Purchased in '62
New equipment at Saline
Community hospital during the
past year has included:
A sewing machine. This, explains Administrator Bob Maurer, "keeps linens in shape and
saves the extra expense of buying some ready made cloth items which we can make ourselves."
Two new cold steam vaporizers for "youngsters with difficult bronchial conditions or
pneumonia cases."
A Gordon-Armstrong Isolette
incubator, costing $850, a gift
from the Sahne Community
hospital auxiliary, purchased
with funds from their smorgasbord-card party. "An excellent
addition to the obstetrical unit
for the safety of our newborn,"
said Maurer.
An automatic tournequet, for
surgery on hands, feet, arms
and legs, for $200 from the Fun
club.
A Duke inhalor, for use in
the labor room and delivery
room.
"Many and varied surgical instruments purchased to increase
surgical abilities of the hospital."
Soon to be purchased, Maurer said, are a combination oxygen and high-humidity tent costing $895, and an Electrodyne-
External Defibrillator for use
in averting cardiac arrest, and
heart fibrillation in either the
operating room or for bed patients.
Washtenaw
Conference
To Split Up
The four-year-old Washtenaw
interscholastic athletic conference will break up before September, 1964, and the now-participating schools will re-align
themselves in other leagues.
Cause of the readjustment is
the divergence in size of the
schools, Saline athletic director
Howard Hill said ~ the same
reason that resulted in formation of the Washtenaw League
in 1959, when Saline, Chelsea,
University High, and Ypsilanti
Roosevelt left the Huron lieagu'e
to band with Pinckney, Manchester and Dexter. The latter
three had been part of he League of the Lakes group.
Since that time, Saline and
Chelsea have become class B
schools (over 400 students).
The others have not.
Formation of a new conference was announced this week,
to include U-High, Clinton, Manchester, Roosevelt, Whitmore
Lake, plus Brooklyn and Grass
Lake. This leaves only Chelsea,
Saline, Dexter and Pinckney in
the Washtenaw loop.
The remaining Washtenaw
league schools have made no
plans as yet for creation of another conference, Hill said. "We
have to do something but we
haven't done it yet. We'll try
to see if we can get some teams.
Time will tell."
The four will meet in February to initiate discussion of the
matter, he said. "We hope to
have some sort of plans by the
end of this year. But meanwhile,
we still have the rest of this
year and next year to operate
as' before."
The use of the Dug-Out Restaurant, on N. Ann Arbor st.,
has been donated for the benefit
of the March of Dimes all day
Saturday, Mrs. Herman Radloff,
Saline chairman, announced today.
The owners of the restaurant,
Mr. and Mrs. Romeo Trogu,
have offered to furnish all necessities except pies, Mrs. Radloff said, and these will be
baked by members of the March
of Dimes committee.
All chairmen of the March of
Dimes Squadron will work on
the project, to serve breakfast,
lunch, snack, or supper at the
restaurant; . and all proceeds
will go to the March of Dimes.
Also scheduled Saturday
night is a benefit OES card
party, to which the public is
invited. Donations are 50 cents
a person, to play any type of
cards at the event, beginning
at 8 p.m. at the hall. Mrs. John
Thoss is  chairman.
Total contributions to the city campaign so far have reached $1,688.06 - including $794.93
brought in by the Mothers'
march in the city Tuesday night.
Last year's March produced
only $678 . . . this year's figure
was swelled by one individual
contribution of $100. The
$794.93 includes a partial return from Saline township,
where Mrs. David Gordon is
chairman.
In Lodi township, the Mothers' March was not quite completed since campaigners were
slowed by drifted driveways and
bitter weather. A total of $244
had been turned in Wednesday
to Mrs. William Spike, chairman.
March of Dimes benefits in
the city during the past week
have included a coffee hour at
the home of Mrs. Jerome Lamb,
a coffee hour given by Mrs.
Maurice Levleit, and a benefit
euchre party at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Armbruster.
Alumni trimmed a teachers'
team in a benefit basketball
game, followed by a record hop
at the high school last week.
Proceeds from the event were
$82.50.
A young man hurrying to visit an injured friend lost
his life when the car above crashed into the rear of a badly-
lighted truck on US-12 Saturday evening. Paul T. Engel, 21,
son of the pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, died two hours
after the collision, at University Medical Center. The truck
driver and a passenger received injuries described as "not
serious".
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Rotarians to See
Color Slides on
Islands ~ Regardless
Saline Rotarians, who may
have had it with the hardest
winter in years, will find a vicarious thaw at their Thursday
noon meeting at St. Paul Church
. . . the program consists of color slides of the South Pacific.
Says program chairman Paul
Tull: "These are some slides I
took in the South Paciifc during the war. For 20 years I've
lived a life of frustration because — whenever we invited
someone over"" for the evening
and announced that we were going to show pictures — they always remember that the house
was burning down when they
left home and they had to leave
right away." ",
"But now," he added, "I've
got a captive audience. It's cold
outside, and we'll have the preacher lock all the doors . . . I'm
finally going to show somebody,
those pictures."
ATTEND FARMERS' DAY
Ermine Finkbeiner, John Marion and Dale Sweetland attended Farmers' Day in Lansing
Wednesday.
METHODIST CHICLES
TO MEET TUESDAY
The Methodist Church Circle
meetings will be held, Tuesday,
February 5, at the following
times and places:
Dorcas at 1:30 p.m. at the
home of Mrs. Harold Smith, 324
Highland Dr.
Esther at 8 p.m. at the home
of Mrs. Alwin Gross, 214 S. Ann
Arbor St.
Ruth at 8 p.m. at the home
of Mrs. Harry Holmes, 215 E.
Michigan Ave.
Mary L. at 8 p.m. at the home
of Mrs. Cecil Davenport, 222
Monroe St., with Mrs. Davis
Toth as co-hostess.
Man Burned
In H
"Doing Well"
A former Saline resident who
suffered serious burns in a fire
at his home Friday was reported "doing well" at St. Joseph
Mercy hospital today.
Edward Lauhon, 42, of 58 Cavanaugh Lake Rd., Sylvan town-
ship, suffered second degree
burns over 15 per cent of his
body, when he started a fire in
his fireplace and it flared up
suddenly, setting his clothes
aflame.
His wife, who was in the basement of the brick and frame residence, came to his aid and
smothered the flames in his
clothes with a blanket. The couple escaped the blazing house,
but it was completely gutted
before firemen from three departments could bring the fire,
under control. Besides the structural damage, all contents were
destroyed. Five fire trucks and
28 men from Chelsea, Dexter,
and Manchester were at the
scene.
Lauhon was taken to the hospital by a neighbor. He is in
room 7045 there, and expects
to remain for a week or more.
The Lauhons lived in Saline
until they moved to the Cavanaugh Lake residence about
four years ago.
Paul Engel
KIWANIANS HEAR
DISTRICT SPEAKER
Jack Thompson, lieutenant
governor of district six v of the
Kiwanis club, was the speaker
at the regular meeting of the local club Monday evening at Marty's Restaurant.
Thompson spoke on the club's
1963 theme, "Responsibility, the
Key to Freedom", and also announced that the Kiwanis organization is chartering clubs in
London, Paris, Zurich and Copenhagen.
Medical patients at Saline
Community Hospital this week
include Mrs. Robert Webster,
jr., of N. Maple Rd., and Herman Guenther of Parker Rd.
HS Honor Roll Told
Honor roll lists for the third
marking period and semester
were released by Saline High
School this week. The first designation after each name indicates the six-weeks period. The
second shows the student's standing for the semester. The list
follows:
GOODWELL PICK-UP SET
The Goodwil Industries will
make collections in Saline on
Tuesday, February 5. Call Mrs.
Vera Burkhart, at 429-7019, for
pick-ups.
Three Saline lads, and a great many other people of all
ages, are in good health today at least partly due to the service of Saline area Blood Bank in providing blood, free of
charge, to any resident of the area who needs it.
. Above, with a poster that meant a good deal to them, are
Mark Belote, 7; Richard Sally, 8; and Robert Hazen, 4 — all
now thriving after open heart surgery in the past few years.
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Saline Thursday,
to replenish diminished stocks in the local Blood Bank. Collections will be made from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m.
at the Intermediate School. With the exception of Bloodmobile staff, all participating doctors, nurses, aides, registrars,
and canteen workers are local volunteers.
I   -   With Highest
Academic
Honor
n — With Academic Honor
G — General Honor Roll
SENIORS
Keith Armbruster
n
n
Georgia  Burg
n
n
Bruce .Carr
i
i
Donald Dechert
n
Martha Esch
i
i
Gayle Finkbeiner
i
n
Ted Graban
n
II
Vicky Hill
n
Karen Hinderer
n
Pamela Kidwell
i
i
Earl Klager
i
i
Jerri Olson
i
i
Kathie Reed
i
i
Carolyn Sehmok
n
Mary  Schumacher
G
n
Shirley Sheehan
i
i
Lois Sutton
n
n
Serge Vaisman
n
ii
Woidy Wild
n
n
Bonnie Cammet
G
G
Florence Emerson
G
G
Alona Frey
G
G
Diane Hamlin
G
Arthur Johnson
G
Steven Milkey
G
G
Jean Schaible
G
JUNIORS
Marcile- Bauknecht
n
n
Joseph Burkhart
n
n
Bonnie Camburn 1 H
DoloriBS Faust n I
Marcia Feldkamp I I
James Feldkamp n II
Sharon Feldkamp I
Pat Fischer U JI
Dale Flook I I
Barbara Hehr II n
James Lake I XI
Joan LaRue JJ I
Coby Livingstone G n
Rhonda Maurer II II
Rob Merchant II
Lorraine Myers IE H
Karen Riggs I I
Doug Robinett JJ
Nancy Robison U JJ
Edward Ross U
Elizabeth Smith II JJ
James Strait JJ
Gail Armbruster G G
Laura  Belleau G G
Elaine Dieterle G G
Albert Feldkamp G G
Elsie Klager G G
Diane MiUer G G
Janet Richards G G
Gloria Rosander G G
Joan Tinker G G
Janet Weber G
SOPHOMORES
Bob Austin JJ
Ji3nny Camburn JJ
Janis  Coe JJ II
Dennis Conclit JJ
Katy Esch JJ II
Marcia Fritts II
Kay Gordon   ■* II JJ
Sandy Gnsenfield I
John Harvey JJ II
James Heckman JJ
Linda Heiserman I I
Cheryl Henes n JJ
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Rites Wednesday
For Pay! Enge!? 21
Funeral services were held
here Wednesday afternoon for
Paul Theodore Engel, 21, the
son of the Rev. and Mrs. H. L.
Engel, who died Saturday night
shortly after his car crashed into the back of a badly lighted
pick-up truck on US-12 west of
Saline.
The accident occurred about
8:30 p.m. as he was on his way
to Tecumseh, concerned about
the welfare of a friend who was
ill. Indications were that he never saw the truck — witnesses
who saw it pass through Saline,
just before the crash, noted that
its tail lights were idim and
nearly indistinguishable.
The other driver, Herbert A.
Asberry, 54, of Horton, Mich.,
and his wife were treated at
Herrick Memorial hospital in
Tecumseh for injuries reported
to be minor. Paul was taken to
the University Medical Center,
where he died about 11 pjn.
News of the tragedy came to
his family only hours after they
learned of another accident in
which the Engels' son-in-law,
Gerald Snyder, suffered serious
face injuries near his home in
Bridgman, Mich.
Details of the. Bridgman crash
are not known to the family
here, except that it was a car-
truck collision on a slippery
road Saturday aJiernoon. Snyder was taken to Memorial hospital in St. Joseph, where he is
reported "improving".
Mrs. Snyder, the former Anita Engel, came lo Saline Wed-
nesday only long enouglj to attend the funeral services*for her
brother, before returning to her
husband's bedside. Snyder is a
teacher (math and social sciences) and coach at Bridgman
High School.
Paul Engel was born February 15, 1941, in Saline, the son
of the Rev. H. L. and Mrs. Amelia Schmiege Engel. Both parents survive.
He attended the first five
grades of school at Redeemer
Lutheran in Ann Arbor, but enrolled in the Saline schools for
grades six, seven and eight, and
had many friends here.
He then completed his schooling at Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Saginaw, where he was
a star member of the football
team, participating .also in basketball, baseball, and track. He
was on the honor roll there, and
graduated in 1959.
He was active in youth work,
both as a leader cf the Young
People's Society of Trinity Lutheran Church here (later, he
joined the Men's Club of the
church), and as a leader of a
local automobile club designed
to emphasize safety and mechanical know-how. He liked
and understood cars; his Corvette was equippt?d with safety
belts, though state police said
he apparently was not using
one at the time of the crash.
He went on at least one Saline High School-sponsored Michigan award trip at the request
of school officials, to assist with
supervision because "he was a
good leader of childrKi".
He was employed by the Deede Television Service in Saline
for a short time, and since then
has been employed by the Wedemeyer Electronic Supply Co. of
Ann Arbcir, where he recently
received a promotion.
Survivors in addition to his
parents are two sisters, Mrs.
Snyder of Bridgman, and Karol
Ann at home; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Schmiege of Chesaning; six
aunts; six uncles; one nephew;
and many cousins.
Funeral services were at Trinity Lutheran -Church. Liturgical services were conducted by
the Rev. Norman Berg of Plymouth, president of the Michigan District of the Wisconsin
Synod. The Rev. A. G. Wacker
of Saline deliverd the siannon.
Intenmaat was in Oakwood
cemetery. The Rev. G. L. Press
of Wayne conducted committal
services.