1963-02-06; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 21 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1963
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imes Drive Passes $2,000 Mark
The 1963 March of Dimes campaign got a big boost
from a special project Saturday, when full use of the Dug
Out Restaurant — including supplies — was donated to the
committee by its owners, Mr. and Mrs. Romeo Trogu. March
of Dimes committee members worked all day, serving breakfast, lunch, snacks, and supper for the drive. Above, Mayor
Jack Bennett (seated) gets quick service from Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Cobb.
Police Plan Marksmanship,
Physical Training Programs
A stepped-up physical training program and extensive
marksmanship practice are included in the police department
plans for the coming year, Police Chief Jim Levleit said this
week.
The physical training program will include judo lessons,
to be taught to other officers
by Levleit and Officer Dick
Cole, who took a course in the
science last year from an Ypsilanti police department instructor. Regular once-a-week
classes in that and other exercises will begin in the near future, Levleit said.
The department has also acquired material to build a shooting range at the city pumphouse
location where regular practice
sessions will be held with all
weapons, as soon as weather
permits. The materials were
purchased by the Saline Police
association.
Levleit's annual report, for
1962, follows (in part).
"Personnel include James
Levleit, chief; Hugh Prince, patrolman; Jack Measley, patrolman; John Klumpp, patrolman;
Richard Cole, patrolman; Stanton Bordine, patrolman; Clyde
Niedfeldt, patrolman; Constance Hertler, matron; Helen
Starling, patrolman."
"Levleit, Prince and Measley
are the only full time employees
and operate a 24-hour patrol.
Klumpp, Cole and Bordine are
assigned as needed for relief duty and special assignments.
Niedfeldt is assigned to parking
meter maintenance, and is now
in training for relief patrol
work. Mrs. Hertler is assigned
to assist in arresting female
subjects and when investigating complaints that involve female persons. Mrs. Starling is
assigned to school traffic duties and is paid by the school
system. She also assists in ar-
Brilling Started
On Observation Well
Drilling was started Thursday
on a six-inch "observation well",
preliminary to the city's planned new 12-inch well, DPW head
Mike Strait said today.
The smaller well will help to
locate -the best site for the larger one, and will be used in the
future to study the water level,
Strait said. The drillers, an Ohio
firm, are expected to start the
main well next week.
resting and transporting females when Mrs. Hertler is not
available."
"Our equipment has been well
maintained, and is in excellent
condition except for one 12
gauge shot gun and three revolvers. The shot gun needs to be
completely overhauled and
blued. The revolvers are old and
worn. I feel they are no longer
dependable and should be replaced."
"Our radio equipment, while
semi-effective, I feel should be
replaced in the near future with
proper equipment, so as to enable the citizens to have depe&r
dable contact with the officers,
especially during the night
hours."
Total of persons arrested for
all offenses was 538. Juvenile
apprehensions numbered 48.
Patrol mileage was 54,040
miles.
Property inspections numbered 20,521.
LODI MOTHERS'  MARCH
BRINGS IN $304.60
The Mothers' March in Lodi
township produced a total of
$304.60 in contributions for the
1963 New March of Dimes drive,
Mrs. William Spike, Lodi township chairman, reported this
week.
The Saline area March of
Dimes drive has passed the
$2,000 mark, Mrs. Herman Radloff, chairman, announced today. With the campaign completed except for late mailers
and a few contributions known
to be forthcoming, the total is
$2,086.22.
Canisters were collected Tuesday and brought in $116.50, according to Mrs. W. W. Crosbie,
chairman. Canisters from
Bridgewater were counted with
Saline's.
Dimes Day at the Dug Out
meant a profit of $60.70 for the
drive. Contributions to the project from others than the Dimes
committee came from the restaurant owners, Mr. and Mrs.
Romeo Trogu, and Herman Radloff, of Wilson Dairy products,
plus donations of pies from Mrs.
Robert Harvey and Mrs. Chris
Volz.
The local total included returns of $118.15 from Saline
township, where Mrs. David
Gordon is chairman; a total of
$794.93 from the Mothers'
March under Mrs. William Lawrence and conducted by the
Child Study club and Jaycee
auxiliary; $82.63 from a benefit basketball game and record
hop . . . Mrs. Don Leidheiser
was chairman.
Peanuts sold by Boy Scouts
brought $115.13; Mrs.. Oscar
Ferguson, chairman of clubs
and organizations, turned in
$70; and $257.80 came in mailers sent by the Jaycee auxiliary
under chairman Mrs. Douglas
Elfring. Coffee and card parties
(chairman: Mrs. Jerome Lamb)
brought $168.40; the bowling
tourney under Mrs. Douglas
Hoeft turned in $155; and Mrs.
David Cobb, chairman of businesses and corporations, turned
in $99.
A card party sponsored by
.the OES was attended by 48
people who contributed $46.50.
Prizewinners included Harry Bishop, Mrs. Reuben Visel, Mrs.
Ted Braun, Oral Bassett, Walter Towler, Mrs. Carl Krause,
Glenn Clark, and Miss Luella
Lambarth. All prizes and refreshments were donated by
OES members.
Benefit bridge parties ended
last week with high winner of
the week and season, Mrs. Robert Heiserman, a score of 2180.
Winners received potted plants
each week.
POLICE WARN AGAINST
PARKING OVER 48 HOURS
City police this week issued
a warning that any car left
parked in the same place more
than 48 hours will be towed
away at the owner's expense,
as the ordinance provides.-
Cars left parked for long periods-of time, even in unmetered
locations throughout the7 city,
have hampered snow removal
crews, they said.
Junior Class
To Present
Mellerdrama
The junior class will present
a real "mellerdrama" — a farce
entitled "A Fate Worse Than
Death", or "Adrift on Life's
Sea", in the High School auditorium March 28, 29, and 30.
"There is absolutely nothing
serious in the play," said Larry
Brown, director. "It's a take-off
on every stock situation ever
presented in the theater."
Names of the characters bear
him out: "Felicia", to be played
by Pat Fischer; "Dorothea", by
Jane Ross; "Clarice", Joan LaRue; "Slick Carter", Dale
Flook; "Rodney Ramagate",
Jim Lake; and "Cassius Car-
stairs", Ed Ross.
Then there's "Marie", Judy
Alpha; "Cokie Joe", Jody Burkhart; "Carlotta Flower", Rhonda Maurer; "Jenny Lynd", Joan
Tinker; "Ada Cornell", Debbie
Dechert; and (no less) "Burgess Lendahand", Jim Strait.
Student directors will be Marcia Feldkamp and Gail Armbruster. Staging and properties
committees are to be announced
next week.
'63 Plates to be
Sold Here Saturday
Salinians will have their second and last opportunity to buy
1963 vehicle license plates at
home, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday at Elmer J. Steeb &
Sons, on W. Michigan avenue.
Nearly 200 area residents
purchased plates during an earlier Saturday aftiarnoon session
in January, Steeb estimated:1
"That gal from the Secretary
of State's office was shelling
them out for a while like it was
the last, day of February."
Both passenger and commercial license plates will be available. Truck owners are reminded that all trucks must be re-
weighed this year.
Notaries Listed
Six local persons were among
Washtenaw county residents
who were appointed or reappointed as notaries public during the final quarter of 1962,
Secretary of State James M.
Hare announced this week.
They included Alwin R. Burkhardt, Robbin C. Hughes, Jerome A. Lamb, Albert C. Lange,
W. Edward Schmok, and Laura
L. Winkle.
Local Units
To Observe
Scout Week
In the presence of three boys
representing the three programs
of the Boy Scouts of America
and several of their leaders,
Mayor Jackson Bennett today
signed a proclamation urging
all citizens of Saline to observe
Scout Week from February 7 to
13. The theme will be "Strengthen America ... Be Prepared,
Be Fit".
Cub Scout Steve Drake, 9
years old, of 611 S. Ann Arbor
St., represented Cub Pack 146,
sponsored by Saline Jaycees.
The pack includes 85 Cubs.
Star Scout Ronnie West, of
3310 Textile Rd., 13 years old,
is a member of Troop 46, sponsored by Saline Rotary, with
29 Scouts..
Explorer Mike Rapp, of Law-
son street, 16 years old, is a
member of Explorer Post 46,
sponsored by Saline Rotary,
now grown to include 21 Explorers.
Cubs, Boy Scouts and Explorers will wear their uniforms
on February 8, anniversary date
of the organization, and local
scouts have been invited to attend high mass at St. Andrews
Catholic Mission as a group on
Scout Sunday, February 10 at
8:30 a.m.
Boy Scout Troop will highlight Scout Week with their annual Scout Week Banquet at
6:30 p.m., February 12, at the
Intermediate School. The banquet will be followed by a Court
of Honor which will be open to
the public.
Cub Scout Pack 146, sponsored by the Saline Jaycees, is
planning its annual Blue and
Gold Banquet for February 23
at the Elementary School.
. Explorer Post. 46 and Boy
Scout Troop 46 have been invited to put on a program for
the Saline Rotary club, sponsoring institution for both units.
Salinians Wil
On Pro
ote 'Yes'
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Gary Kind (24) stretches futilely for a rebound against
Dexter's Mike Webb (11) late in the fourth quarter of the Friday night game. Blocked out of play in the background is
Frank Keck. Webb was responsible for many of the Hornets'
troubles in the game that completely shattered title hopes.
Saline Loses to Dexter
But Trims Pinckney
HEARING SCHEDULED
A hearing on the rezoning of
R & B Tool Co. property on E.
Michigan avenue and Henry
street has been scheduled at 8
pm. Monday, February 18, at
City Hall.   -
No decision has been made as
to whether the proposed re-zoning should be to "MI" (restricted to manufacturing) or "M2"
(opening to manufacturing, pius
most other uses).
Sallie Haswell, above, has undertaken a four-year enlistment
in the U.S. Air Force, and will
report April 1 at Lackland Air
Force Base, San Antonio, Tex.,
for officer's training. Miss Haswell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Max B. Haswell of Saline, took
a placement examination for the
training in December. A 1961
graduate of Eastern Michigan
university, she is employed at
Michigan University general library.
Council, Merchants
To Discuss Free
Parking in Lot
A conclave of downtown merchants with city council and
planning commission members
has been scheduled at 8 p.m.
Monday to evaluate the effect
of the recent meterless parking
in the municipal lot.
Meters were removed from
the parking lot late last fall, at
the behest of businessmen who
felt that free parking in the
area would be an advantage in
bringing business to Saline. A
three-months' trial period ended February 1.
City police have kept a daily
log of the number of cars parked in the lot, and Monday's
meeting is expected to produce
a decision on whether to leave
the meters out permanently or
re-instate them.
f Ups and Downs ^
Winners Listed
Mrs. William Klein and Clarence Buss won first prizes at
the Monday evening session of
the Pittsfield Grange euchre
tourney.
Second and third women's
prizes went to Mrs. Helen Sohni
and Mrs. Sam Lambarth; Owen
Bauer and John Rader won the
men's second and third. Mrs.
Glen Amrhein collected the door
prize. "Loners" went to Mrs.
May Cushing.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Grange will be a potluck
supper at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
February 13.
A Red Cross nurse of the BloodmobUe staff prepares to
store one of the 79 pints of blood donated at Saline a*ea
Blood Bank Thursday. Marilyn Crosbie i* shown with her.
Blood collected for the bank ,s avadable to all Saline area
residents free of charge; for a list of donors, see page 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barry
left this wiaek for the U.S. consulate at Zagreb, Yugoslavia,
where he will serve as vice-consul. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Crim.
Training for consulate posts
these days is particularly thorough. Barry, who was Phi Beta
Kappa at Dartmouth, after graduation took two years at Columbia studying Russian, a period at the University of California studying German . . .
and -he already spoke French.
Then came six months of special
foreign language  schooling  in
Washington.
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"Butch" Zurlinden, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Zurlinden of
W. Bennett St., left Saturday
night for Kansas City, Mo.,
where he will attend the National School of Aeronautics in
preparation for employment
with the airlines.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Zurlinden
spent the weekend with friends
at Higgins Lake.
the four attended the showing
of a wildlife Audubon film at
Ann Arbor High School. The
film, entitled "The Right to
Live", was presented by Charles
Lyons of British Columbia,
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Mr. and Mrs. Waynard Carr's
daughter Carolyn and her room
mate, Sally Mayer of Sturgis,
spent the weekend at the Carr
home on Jordan Rd. On Saturday night, Mrs. Carr's brother,
Alfred Graf, and his family of
Morgan Rd. were dinner guests;
another brother, James Graf,
along with his wife and son,
joined the -group later in the
evening.
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Mrs; Lorena Liston, of W.
Michigan- Ave., has received
word that her son, Naval Cadet
Danon Liston, has been transferred from the Naval Base at
Pensacola, Fla., to Corpus Chri-
sti, Tex. Danon, who has been
in the Navy since November,
1961, is now training to pilot
jets.
The Misses Ruth, Lydia and John Wheelock, of Fosdick
Edith Graizigpar of Ann Arbor Rd., enters Saline Community
were recent dinner guests of Hospital Monday for medical
Miss Florence Armbruster after treatment.
by Lanny Robbins
Saline High's basketball team
this week found themselves in
an unusual role in the Washtenaw conference. After being the
perennial champion for three
years, they were now virtually
eliminated from any chance at
this year's title, with the second
half of the conference season
just under way.
Friday evening the Hornets
lost to Dexter, for the second
time this year, here in Saline
by a 49-34 count. It was their
third conference loss of the
year, which ~ barring a complete collapse of U-High and
Chelsea — would wipe out any
hopes for a local title.
Tuesday evening the Hornets
coasted to an easy 73-49 victory
over the host Pinckney Pirates.
In Friday night's battle, the
Hornets got off to a creeping
start as the Dexter Dreadnaughts chalked up the first seven points of the game. With
3:29 remaining in the first period, Frank Keck fired in Saline's
first score of the evening. Ron
Tucker plunked in another two-
pointer just a minute later.
Then Jim Feldkamp scored a
pair of baskets in the final minute, the first coming off a fast
break from Keith Armbruster,
the second after he dribbled
most of the length of the court,
scoring with one second remaining to bring Saline to within a
point, 9-8.
In the second period, Mike
Johnson put Saline in front 12-
11 for the first time that game,
and added a free throw a minute later for a 13-12 margin.
After a brief spurt by the Dexter squad, Mike Johnson and
Lawrnie Steiner added two more
baskets, to. send. Sahne ahead
again 17-16. In the final minute
before the mid-game break, the
Dreadnaughts went ahead 19-
17.
The third quarter turned out
to be disastrous for the Hornets.
While Saline collected only seven points, the Dreadnaughts
went on a scoring spree that
netted them a 37-24 advantage
by the time the period ended.
Mike Webb played the key role
in the Dexter avalanche, with
five baskets in the eight minutes of play.
In the final stanza, Dexter
made it 41-24 before Saline ever
got going. From then on the
Hornets played a fairly even
game, for a final 49-34 score.
Mike Webb, with 21 points,
led all scorers, followed by
Mull with nine and Heller with
seven for the Dexter quintet.
Mike Johnson topped Saline
with 11, followed by Jim Feldkamp with six, Ron Tucker with
five, Frank Keck with four, and
Harold Kuder, Lawrnie Steiner,
Keith Armbruster, and Gary
Kind with two each.
Against Pinckney, it was a
happier story, as Saline zoomed
to a 14-1 lead in the opening
period's early minutes and then
stretched it to a 23-4 margin by
the time the first period ended.
The Hornet's second unit played
a good share of the first quarter.
In the second period Saline
relaxed, yet still kept a good
lead, 36-19.
Third period action saw Saline pull away 46-28.
In the final eight minutes,
both teams staged a scoring
free-for-all. Saline hit 27 points
to Pinckney's 19.
Mike Johnson led all scorers
with 16 points, followed by
Keith Armbruster with 14, Ron
Tucker with 10, Harold Kuder
with nine, Jim Feldkamp with
eight, Gary Kind and Lawrnie
Steiner with seven, and Frank
Keck with two. Pinckney high
scoring honors were shared by
Maurice Scherrens, Gary Hull,
and Steve Randolph, with 10
each.
Novell Liston
Keceives Degree
Novell Liston, son of Mrs.
Lorena -Liston of W. Michigan
avenue, was graduated from the
University of Michigan January
26. He received a bachelor of
arts degree in mechanical engineering.
He now plans to enter the
U-M graduate school and expects to receive his master's
degree in December.
Liston and his wife, the former Donna Dechert, live at 313
E. Michigan avenue, in Saline.
He is employed at Uniloy division of Hoover Ball and Bearing
Co.
Salinians are wide awake on
the Con Con issue.
Quite a few have taken the
trouble to obtain copies of the
document. Some have read it all
the way through; nearly all
have studied portions of it, read
articles about it, or saved clippings on the subject.
Most local residents have already formed opinions (though
some are still tentative) as to
how they will vote — a nearly
unanimous "Yes".
But — typically — they were
making up their own minds.
Some of the politically-minded
abandoned party lines in their
approval, and one Jaycee said
he hadn't -decided yet, despite
the fact that Jaycees, as an organization, have plugged for the
new constitution from the beginning.
Of dozens of people who were
queried, nobody answered:
"What constitution?" The question, and the answers, Went like
this:
QUESTION: Have you read
and/or studied the proposed mew
state Constitution and have you
made any decision as to how
you will vote?
(For readers who still seek
information on the Constitution,
this issue of the Reporter contains the second in a series of
articifer"prepared for us hy the
League of Women Voters of
Ann Arbor; "Others" iviil follow
in subsequent weeksO
Walter MacArthur, Sr. — Yes,
I have. I am very much interested in it and have been ever
since they started it. I was born
before the last one took effect,
and anything that was formulated when I was six years old
is. obsolete —even me. I have
be^en making some comparisons.
I will absolutely vote "yes".
Ed Doll ~ No. I haven't decided yet how I'll vote. I'll read
it when I get some time.
Bob Harrison ~ Some. I have
a copy ~ autographed by George'
himself, no less — which I have
perused and have made up my
mind favorably. It's badly needed.
Bill Muir ~ Nope. It seems to
me that people had a choice to
put it on the ballot and a choice
to send their own representatives, lawyers and everybody
else — and if you can't rely on
them, I don't know who you
could. It's too difficult for most
people to understand.
Paul Tull - No, but I have
decided how to vote. I've always thought that the key thing
was apportionment, and since
that's to be handled by the
courts anyway, I guess I'm for
it, unless something drastic happens in the next few weeks.
Winnie Gall — I've read it,
but not studied it. I haven't decided how to vote; I wouldn't
want to do that unless I study
it over and give it more thought.
I'm hoping to get it done ~ if
not, I won't be able to vote very
intelligently, will I? If you don't
know what you're voting for,
you'd better find out before you
vote, because afterwards ifs too
late.
Shirley Hemmye — No. I
know a little bit -about it, but
that's all. I think I will study it;
I feel rather strongly that it
should be done. 1 can't read it
word for word, but can at least
get a resume or something }j£e
that. I believe I will definitely
support it, from what I know
now, unless something changes
my mind. It's probably not perfect, but it seems a good deal
better than the old one.
Huhert Beach ~^Yes, and I'm
against it ~ but not for the
same reasons my party is. I
don't think the apportionment
is too bad, but I seriously object to the removal of earmarking of highway, school and local
funds. I fi3el that all these will
have to look elsewhere for money, like to more local taxes; yet,
in earmarking the funds originally, the people plainly said that
these were the things they were
most concerned about. I also
feel that loss of local township
government would be a terrible
thing. Under the new constitution, this doesn't HAVE to hap-
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