1963-04-03; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 29 - WEDNESDAY, APRDL 3, 1963
Local Voters
Like NewCon,
Adams, Black
Saline area voters, in a fairly heavy turnout that followed
the pattern of the rest of the
state, Monday gave the new
Constitution some help ~ but
not as much as had been expected.
City voters approved it by a
ratio of more than three to one
.. 436 "yes" to 130 "no". Lodi
township gave it two to one ~
204 to 102. But it passed in
Saline and Pittsfield townships
by less than two to one, and
York voters gave it a nod by
only three to two.
In the only contest on local
township ballots, Republican
Albert Bredernitz defeated his
opponent, Russell Smith, by 166
to 41, for the post of Saline
township supervisor.
On the non-partisan ballot for
Supreme Court Justice, Paul L.
Adams and Eugene F. Black,
both Democratic nominees, han-
10c PER COPT — $3 PER TEAS
Since Calvin Coolidge, tradition has practically required
that presidential candidates try on a feathered head-dress .. .
on Merritt Martin, it looks good. Actually, he tried it on when
he attended the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
board of directors meeting in Tulsa, Okla., last month ~ but
that was admirable foresight, since he is now a candidate (so
far, unopposed) for president of the Michigan Jaycee organization. Above, checking the fit of the headgear, are Chero-
kees Joe Foreman and Lawarda Bury, both of Tulsa.
Children Narrowly
dily carried every precinct in Escape Death ill
the area, city and townships - Bedroom Blaze
A family with seven children
narrowly escaped tragedy early
Friday when they awoke to find
An annexation proposal  on the  Dedroom  of  the  younger
Pittsfield township's ballot children ablaze,
passed by a meager three votes.     Mr. and Mrs> Mvin Heskett,
with the exception of York
township precinct four, where
Adams trailed.
Young Singers Work
On 'H.M.S. Pinafore'
More than 60 youngsters at ... so some of the sailors are
Saline Intermediate School are girls.
eargerly rehearsing for a per- The operetta's, score has been
formance of Gilbert and Sulli- cut very little; the performance
van's "H.M.S. Pinafore". will run about an hour and a
The show will be the piece de half,
resistance  at  an  Intermi2diate The project has drawn a lot
School Open House, also to fea- of help from other departments
ture an art show, on May 10. in the school:  Maxine Ross,
The young singers include home economics and art tea-
most of the seventh-grade vocal cher, has made costumes, and
students and the girls' Angel most are already completed.
Choir, instructed by Ruth Brei-f And Dallas Garrett's shop clas-
denthal, who also teaches vocal ses are making the scenery, in-
music at the Elementary eluding construction of the ship,
School. H.M.S. Pinafore  ~ guaranteed
Although   "H.M.S.   Pinafore" stageworthy if not seaworthy,
is an unusually ambitious pro- The performance, along with
ject for seventhJgraders, "they the other Open House events,
love it," says Mrs. Breidenthal. will be open to the public with-
"Some of the boys weren't in- out charge.
terested in singing at first, but 	
thiare are 17 of them in the cast,
and others will help with the
scenery."
The project encountered some
difficulties beyond those usually met in putting on an operetta. To begin with, the entire
score had to be transposed down
from one to five keys, and now, The ReV-  Robert Richards
says  Mrs.  Breidenthal,   "I'm formerly of g^g   later pas.
praying a couple of voices don't tor  of  the Dundee  Methodist
change before May 10. The cap- Churdhj will be ^ g   ^ at
_   „   _ tamf  v°lce  1S  £oinS   *"»?  a the annual White Breakfast
fought four grass fires in five cmfle °f tones every day. Spons0red by Saline chapter
Another problem: not enough 311j 0ES   on Thursdayj April
Harry Parsons
Installed As
C-C President
City Equalization
Factor Lowered
Harry Parsons was officially
instaUed  as new president  of •   With saiDe?s tQtal assessed U26285 and downward adjust.
the   Saline  Chamber   of  Com-      ... . - .   ._/   +„+„,•,,. c-mnoen
merce at the organization's an- val™tion,   real  and  personal, ments totalling $100 860.
nual   dinner   meeting   Tuesday ™* P^ged at $4,759,363, "the      On personal property, upward
night at the Legion. Taking of- city's   equalization   factor   has
fice with him: Paul Tull, vice been   lowered   five   per   cent,"
president; Jack Steeb   treasur- City Assessor Robert Harrison ^erty valuation for" fte" city
er;   William   Crim,   Jr.,   secre- announced today,
tary. Al Grossman, Al Walker,      Tne new factor (in round fi_
Leon   Vedder,   Bobie   Leonard gures)  is 2-1> Last year,g ^
and John Lake were • installed 2.2
as the C-C's new board of directors.
Spring Sets
Off Rash of
Grass Fires
Saline  firemen  this  week
OES White
Breakfast Set
For April 11
adjustments totaled $91,098,
with downward adjustments of
$5,540 . . . bringing the personal
valuation for the city
to $1,117,097, as compared with
last year's $926,917.
A record number of notices
of changes in assessments, 500,
"Our  goal  for  this  year  is brought   a   record   number   of
_. .        ... ...    achieved," Harrison said, "and property owners  before the
The incoming officers and di- next year we hope to bring it Board ^ Reyiew_ p ties af_
rectors, along with other C-C down t0 2 ^ W0lM repre. fected were yacant ms wMch
members and their wives were sent assesSments of 25 per cent «We felt had been under as-
offered a plan of action for the of value ^ relation t0 the other sessed ^ ^ „ Harrison
coming year by Bill Bott, guest townships."                                     saidj and ^ older nonK;ommer.
^Bott^xecutiveTiScforofthe     The  new  factor  means   ap- cial residential areas  "which
aoix executive airecTOr 01 xne proximately   $22,050   reduction have been over assessed". Cen-
T*  A^T        or.,-om: in winter taxes that will be col-  tral business  district property
merce, advised the group to poll ,    .   ,..,.,_    TJ.   , ■* 4. I „
local businessmen on tne most leeted m the Clty' tt also rePre" assessments went UP to  some
pressing, most immediate need se+nt,s ^ years of study of the degree. Industrial property was
In Saline's business district . . . f ^    assessments,    conducted unchanged, percentagewise.
then to choose one project to £7 Harnson ai!d/oul?ty £* of- 	
answer this need . .  . and to Jcials/,   The study should con-
push that project through to a tinue'   Hams°n sa^-. Lite   SaVei*
successful conclusion. The Board of Review, in six
"Scattergun tactics just don't meetings, approved changes ^^{T           Ll^lirc
work," Bott declared. "Instead that raised ttie total for real V#V/irCtS   nUUlJ
of adopting a number of pro- Property from the 1962 level of _.         A •   I   IX   •
jects and failing in all of them, S3.476.300   to   $,3,642,266   for |Q   AlCI    UtlVB
Voter turnout throughout the of 124 K Michigan, awoke to ^^ ™* momentarily expected ^™ fmTfte'saior nits 31
ea was considered "very good the screams ^a crles of their more. ooys to im au tne sailor parts n
take one and make it success- 1963-  The new figure follows
ful.» upward    adjustments    of
Bott  also  advised  that   the
Wife of Former
Saline Pastor
Dies In Dearborn
Word has  bi3en rtaceived
the   death  Tuesday  night
of
in
The event will begin at 9:30
a.m. at the Masonic Temple.
Reservations should be in by
Tuesday to Mary Fern Cogar,
Arlene Thoss, or Delia Austin.
R. Frederick Keicher, Worthy Grand Patron, and Berteen
area _      	
for a spring election". In the children "just a few minutes be-      "Spring  is  our worst  grass
city, 602 persons voted -- 45 per fore the aiarm dock went off"  fire season," Conservation offi-
cent of those registered.  In at 7 a m   „ and saw flames in cer ^on Boyer said. "Yard clea-
Pittsfield township, 48 per cent the bedroom of their two small ninS» general tidying up, or a
went  to  the   polls.   Observers sonSj Allan, 3, and Bobby, 1%. h^e in the woods can mean a
agreed that it was the Consti- The mattress of the three-year- ^re run if someone is careless."
tution that brought voters out 0id>s bed was already afire.        Inflammable  material  on  the
- in most precincts more votes      Mrs. Heskett picked up both ground will burn more readily Dearborn "of MrriTe^ginaMFeu- Geicher>    Grand   Esther,    of
were cast on that proposal than 0f the small boys and fled from in tne spring than at any other ell  wife of a former pastor of Grand Chapter  of Michigan,
for any office. the two-story house, while her time of year, he said. the   Saline   Methodist   Church. 0ES' were guests at the TeS^laT
husband  shepherded the older     Fire permits are required for She had been in poor healtll fdr Monday night meeting  of the
children out. a11 burning-other than domestic,  severai years loeal chapter.
Firemen contained the blaze he pointed out. They can be ob- Friends may call at the Mc- Washtenaw County' Associa-
to the corner of the bedroom; tained in Saline from Fire Chief Farland Funeral Home located tl0n> 0ES' ^ meet Saturday
paint 6n the ceiling was blis- Harold Armbruster (call 429- on Scnaefer Rd. in Dearborn. m Ann Arbor- AU Sahne °?"
tered,   drapes  were  destroyed, 7™)   or  Bob   RusseU   (429- Funeral services will be held at ficers ^ take P^  m  both
p.m. Monday, April 8,  at the and the children's toy box was 7350). No permit is required for 1  pjn<  Friday  at  Mt.   Oliver afternoon and evening sessions.
home of Mrs. Hazel Weber, 457 destroyed, with all the plastic burning trash at a home, but church ^ that city. Erma WoI£in> of Saline, is pre-
With the entire month of April designated for the year's
Cancer Crusade, Sahne area residents this week received let-
PAST MATRONS CLUB
TO MEET MONDAY
A meeting of the Past Matrons Club will be held at 7:30
Hollywood Dr. The group will- toys melted,
Boyer asked residents to keep     Mrs. Feuell and her late hus- sident °f the county group. The
observe the birthday of Mrs.      No cause for the fire could a close watch on such fires.       band uved in Saline fr^ 1950 association's rummage sale Sa
Herbert Teachout.
be found.
Hornets to Launch Track
Season Next Wednesday
Saline  fire  department  was to 1954 while he served as pas-
called out twice Friday for tor of the Methodist Church.
grass  fires,   one  at  the west 	
edge of town in the afternoon ST]FFERS HAm) mJTJKY
and  another  on Fosdick road
turday  in  Ann  Arbor  netted
$474, they reported.
STUDENTS TO GET
WEEK'S  VACATION
Saline area schools will dis-
in the evening. Another occurr- Merle Simonton was a patient
ed on the west edge of town at St.  Joseph Mercy Hospital
Saturday,  and the department in Ann Arbor this week after miss at the usual closing hour
was called for a grass fire on he caught and.severely injured Thursday, April 11, for spring
Roger Davis placed fourth in      Paul Emerson, Dan Furbush, Brassow   road   Tuesday   after- his left hand in a power saw vacation and will resume Mon-
the Huron Relays  at  Bowen Ted Babcock, Don Dirske and noon. Monday evening.                            day morning, April 22.
Fieldhouse in Ypsilanti last Fri- Dave Niethammer complete the
day  to  inaugurate   the   1963 squad.
track season for Saline High's Following the Tecumseh meet
Hornets, but the complete squad the Hornets will compete in the
will have to delay action until following schedule:
4 p.m. next Wednesday  when April 20, Triangular meet (U-      Three Saline stores may or der court order to prevent en- supplies, garden and lawn sup-
they oppose Tecumseh and Mon-          High,   Chelsea,   Saline)   at may not be in business on Sun- forcement of the law; hence, it plies and hand tools, handicraft
roe Jefferson  in  a triangular         Wines  Field,   Ann   Arbor, day ~ and the owners have no became   effective  there  last and statuary, ice cream and in-
meet at Tecumseh.                                1:00 p.m.                                 wav  °*  knowing  until Friday week.                                               fant supplies and equipnuant.
This year Saline will again be AP*il 23, Ypsi-Roosevelt at Yp- night or Saturday. Lodi Hardware is not closed Most such stores also sell ~
host to thinclads from Manches- silanti, 4:30 p.m. One of tlnam, Hull's Grocery, by either floor space or employ- and can continue to sell - mater, Chelsea, Pinckney and Dex- April 25, Manchester at Saline, was at first believed to be not ment restrictions  ... it can gazines, outdoor camping equip-
6:00 p.m.                               much affected by the controvp2r- remain open but may not be ment and outdoor furniture, ov-
Merchants Await Closing Law Decision
ter in an invitational tournament.
Coach Mike Rotunno has eleven tettermen to form a nucleus
for building this year's team,
April 27, Marysville Relays, All sial new "weekend closing law", able to sell anything but gaso- ershoes and rainwear, pet sup-
Day. But owner Bob Hull discovered line, bread, gum and candy.       plies  and  equipment,  sanitary
April 30, Chelsea at Saline, 6:00 this week that he will have to     Even if the law is declared goods, sickroom supplies, novel-
p.m. close unless the law is declared unconstitutional by the Wayne ties, statuary, sun glasses, to-
havir^Tw -,w Crtvprn^' May 7, Pinckney at Saline, 6:00 unconstitutional   in   a   circuit county court Friday, the issue bacco   supplies,  toiletries,   and
graduation                     tnrougn         ^                                        court test case Friday. wm be far from settled. It is others.
r^                                      n     May  11,  Tecumseh Relays  at     bod had based his first es- expected   that  enforcement     The prohibited items include
mose returning besides Da-         Tecumseh, All Day.               timate of the situation on a res- would still be blocked; but the generally   clothing,   household
May 14, Dexter at Saline, 6:00 ume 0f the law (specifically not law is almost certain to come supplies and equipment (includ-
p.m. a legal opinion) put out by the before the Supreme Court ul- ing indoor furniture),.apphanc-
May 18, Regionals. Michigan   Chamber   of   Com- timately. es,   hardware,   business   equip-
May 21, Washtenaw Conference merce and various retailers' as-      Most Salinians  (see this ment, .and toys.
League Meet at Ypsilanti. sociations. It said: "If a store week's "You Said It" column) 	
is within the 4,000 square foot seemed to be under the impres- 5—,™,™ VVT, mTri>Y
size" (Hull's is well within it) sion that the law closes all bus- SUFFEKS E**' VXJVKX
"there is no restriction on the messes, or closes the big ones      Struck  by   a  mudball
vis are Keith Armbruster, Gene
Girbach and Charles Burkhart.
Star miler, John Harvey, will
also participate in the high
jump.
Other lettermen  are  Art May~25°State Meet.
Johnson,   Mike   Johnson   and	
Steve Miller.
BROWNIES ATTEND                  -mere is no resuicuun ua me messes, or closes tne Dig ones      Struck  by   a  mudball   in   a
Howard Schrader, the leading THEATRE PRODUCTION          number of people who can be and ieaVes the little ones un- neighborhood scuffle, Paula Ba-
prater and shot put man who     The 18  members  of newly employed there." touched. It does neither.             ker, 11, a fifth-grader in an Ann
throuehmit1' v h      h nr3^^ formed Brownie Troop 164 at-      The law itself says something Restaurants, service stations, Arbor  school,   suffered   severe
been LLfgLw7m^tQ tended the Ann Arbor Junior else: "A retail store not larger bars,   bowling  alleys,  theaters, damage to  the cornea  of the
this sarinr hT,i-will nr^ahlv he Theatre production of "The Tin- than  4,000   square  feet  or in etc., are not affected. Moreover, right eye last week. She is the
readv bv n   t     T.p          y       der  Box"   at  Tappan  Junior which are employed not more the restrictions on space or per- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Jim Straif Ynri Wil  Yuhaqz High  School Saturday after- than 2 proprietors and 1 other sonnel apply ONLY to grocery Baker, both of whom teach at
make ud th        t   f th   lPttPr   noon-  Tney were  accomPanied person at any one time." (Bold stores. Large discount depart- Saline Internn3diate School. Af-
P me rest ot tne letter- ^ ^^ leaderj Mrs. Harry face is ours.) Hulls hire more ment stores  can remain open ter a w.3ek's careful treatment
Cline, and three of the girls' than one other person. if they wish. of the injury, her eyesight has
mothers, Mrs. Jerome Lamb, Hull's advertisement this The latter are somewhat lim- improved, and doctors and par-
Mrs. George Osborne and Mrs. week reads:   "Open Sunday if ited in what they can sell, but ents hope for a complete recov-
the law permits." not as much as is generally be- i3ry.
The  Saline  Country Market lieved — a survey of one such 	
PRINCIPAL VISITS                    has  more than  4,000  feet   of discount store in this vicinity
men.
Jim Lake, a transfer student,
is also expected to help.
New members  of the group  „    ,     _,    ,
include   Joe   Compton,   Harold ^^^ Bbxake'
Dechert, Gerry Feeman, Bruce
group steer clear of grandiose PARENTS ASSOCIATION
projects  aimed  at luring mil- ^O ELECT OFFICERS
lion-dollar-industry to town ... The Elementary School Par-
and instead, to concentrate on ents Association will hold a ters from the local committee,
bread-and-butter projects, such meeting and election of officers placing equal emphasis on "get"
as improved parking facilities on April 8. The meeting-is set and "give" ... get a check-up
for shoppers, business district for 8 p.m. at the school. The and give a contribution,
beautification, and other such group will also vote on the am- Local funds have, in the past,
aims which can be realized with ount to be spent for playground provided several pieces of need-
group action, equipment. ed equipment for'early cancer
.   Parsons plans a meeting of   detection to Saline Community
the C-C board of directors at CELEBRATES 92ND hospital,   and  have  furnished
an early date, to name commit-      Mrs.   Jessie   T.   Jewell,   who dressings   and   medication   to
tee heads and to plan the or- lives at a convalescent home in those who needed them,
ganization's program for the Ann Arbor, celebrated her 92nd      Mrs.   G.   Merritt  Martin   is
upcoming year. birthday Friday. Her son and" chairman of the Sahne cancer
The Tuesday night meeting daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. committee, working with Mrs.
also feature the introduction Hazen J e.w el 1, were dinner Charles Finn, Mrs. Ruben Fink-
of three new members, recent- guests at* the home, and Evelyn beiner, Mrs. Leo Jensen, Mrs.
ly signed to the local C-C took a cake for the party. The Charles Kern, Mrs. Ed Hering,
ranks: Tom Doenges, proprietor guest of honor is very alert, and Paul Tull.
of Sauk Trail Inn; Robert Dick- does a lot of reading — espe- rj^jg year>s drive will be high-
inson, .of the Gambles store; cially the Bible and the daily lighted by "Life Saver" coffee
and  George Burg,  of Burg's paper ~ and watches TV. And hours t0 be held ^ all sections
By- she certainly enjoyed that cake! 0« the city during the month.
Literature and information ,on
0^% • %A/ IJ tne   American   Cancer   Society
ur dusihgss vvorlCi«««and t"6 wasntenaw c°unty un"
it, and on cancer itself, will be
A half-page display ad in plans for his Saline Dairy Bar available at all the events,
this issue brings back memories which should interest drive-in Hostesses who have already
of happy days for The Reporter fans. The Hersches have blue- S(»heduied cx>ffee hours include:
staff. It's the grand opening prints already drawn up for a j^g Robert Strohl Mrs. Carl
announcement of Dale Fisher complete new setup at the bar. O'Brien Mrs Jameson Ford
Associates, in their palatial new A new pavilion will be built on |^rs ^han Grossman Mrs. Rod-
studios on Industrial Highway, the east side of Jhe present ^-^ jjmich Mrs Stanley Tay-
Ann Arbor. building, to serve customers in lor  ^  -^ Jump> Mrs. Jack
The memories: In the early their cars  .  .  . and out back steeb) ms Maurice LeVieit, and
days of The Reporter's career, there'll  be  considerable  land- Mrs_ wesiey Nielsen,
we launched quite a search to scaping done to provide picnic
find   a  photo  technician  who grounds for patrons. Construc-
could take our Speed Graphic tion should start soon,
negatives  and  do  a  top-notch *      *      *
job of rendering them into A newspaper's mailing list
first-class photographs for use is an excellent indicator of a
in the paper. community's  future growth.
We  finally found  the  man.        ,„,_.,       ,,       -,„>
Dale Fisher at that time had        (Continued on Page 12)
just   recently   gotten   his   dis
charge from the Navy, and had e^>.-\
begun a photography service in j^"
the basement of his home in
Ann Arbor. The Reporter was
one of his first . . . and most
enthusiastic . . . customers. He
did outstanding work for us.
The result was inevitable. The
word of his camera skills got
around southeast Michigan . . .
attracted a large clientele am- 1 ,-\e
ong industry and ad agencies
. . . and the Dale Fisher firm
blossomed almost overnight into big business.
Dale's new studios, beautiful
and impressive, are a far cry
from his original basement
quarters of just a few years
ago. They're built on a solid
foundation: High skill and terrific service.
The committee hopes to schedule more "Life Saver" parties
— anyone who could hostess one
is asked to call Mrs. Finkbeiner
or Mrs. Kern, at 429-9755 or
429-7042. Printed invitations
will be provided for the hostess
to send.
Finkbeiner, Gary Girbach, Wil- rjufluura,i   *•""*" nas  mu™   "liU1  *.»"«  ««   Ui ^ ^ ^   "T «"7^ HOBBY CLUB TO MEET
lard Girbach  Phil Gordon and Walter Grams,  principal of space and hires more than one indicates that nearly half of its
Ken Harvev the Milan Elementary  School, person ... but Country Mar- counters c<an remain m opp3ra- Mtanbers of the S.aline Hobby
Also in/v'ded are Dan Mor- visited here one day last week ket stores in Clinton and Te- Hon. The store has sections for Club will meet at 8 p.m. Tues-
ton, Mike Rapp,  Charlie Still, to study the mathematics pro- cumseh were kept open last the sale of such permitted at- day, April 9, at the home of
Tim  Tic'mor   P-n  VanMatre eram at the Saline Elementary Sunday as test cases. Lenawee ems as ammunition, books, can- Mrs. Max Fosdick on E. Michi-
and Bruce Uphaus                     ' School county is not one of those un- dy,   cosmetics,   drugs,   camera gan Ave.
Another grand opening will
be held next week in this area,
according to plans mapped by
the fellows at Lodi Hardware.
The recent addition to the hardware building will be opened to
the public with appropriate
rites the weekend after next.
And Harry Hersch, although
not quite at the grand opening
stage yet, does have i^xpansion
Salinians are lucky beyond words in their water supply,
engineers observed this week, as millions of test gallons of
water from the city's new well poured into the river and
flowed away. The water that flowed away in tests here will
never be missed . . . but it would have supplied whole communities, some in lower Michigan, which have no adequate
water supply.
The artesian well, with a 12 inch casing, runs 100 gallons A MINUTE without pumping, or a torrential 750 gallons a minute when pumped. During the test, the water level
dropped 25 feet in a day of pumping .. . but it came back up
in an hoar.-