1963-05-01; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 33 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1963
Captures First
In State Band Festival
Saline High School Band, at Mrs. Howard Johnson, Mr. and
the State Band Festival Satur- Mrs. John Miller, Mrs. Robert
day in Battle Creek, amassed Mittendorf, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
the highest total of grades and Livingstone and family and Mr.
ratings given to any of the en- and Mrs. James Beal and fam-
tered class B bands. ily.
The 74 members of the band Others were Mrs. Robert
bowled over the four judges to Hehr, Mr. and Mrs. Loren Ber-
earn not only a First Division sudiar, Mrs. Willard Wedemeyer,
rating, but sparkling praise as Mr. and Mrs. Henry Belote,
well. Of the 19 participating Mr. and Mrs. Russ Burkhart,
class B bands, only seven re- Mrs. Ruby Lower, Mr. and Mrs.
ceived the coveted "first" Art Katterjohn, and Robert Ce-
(Chelsea High School was .also echini, the band's student tea-
one of them), but judges pri- cher. Special guests for the con-
vately told  a Saline  official cert performance were Charles
Kirsch, of the Battle Creek
High School Band, and Russ
Reed, conductor of the Buchanan High School Band.
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that -- had the Saline Band
played first - there would have
been fewer "firsts" since few
matched the Saline Band's performance.
The bands were judgedv boLh
on concert performance and
sight-reading.
A total of 23 "A's" were collected by the Saline Band, and
only one "B" was received, in
its concert work. Judges' comments ranged from very enthu- The annual Spring Formal
siastie to very critical, Director Ban<i Concert will highlight ac-
Art Katterjohn reported. tivities of Saline school bands
in the coming months.
The concert, scheduted at 4
p.m. Sunday, May 19, will feature the Senior High Concert
Band, Junior High Concert
Band Schedules
Full May Round
Of Activities
ONLY TWO SCHOOL
PETITIONS GO OUT
Only two persons have taken
out nominating petitions for the
two Board of Education seats
to be filled at the June 10 election - tne incumbents, Gerald
Coe and Lauren Wild.
CD Teams Man
ornado Watel
Tornado  -  watching   teams, with Police Chief Jim Levleit,
Petitions   must   contain   the manned by the Saline Auxiliary who was  not on  official duty
names of 25 qualified electors
and must be filed with the secretary of the board, Oliver Steiner, not later than 4 p.m., May
11.
been completed when three of
the approximately 20 members
Some of the concert performance comments were: "Very
effective playing . . . good rhythm, contrast, accents . . . very nice oboe and bassoon duet
. . . cornet well done . . . nice
The oddly assorted costumes above (on
room mothers) will be part of the festive
scene at the annual School Carnival, scheduled from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Elementary School. A wide array of games and
refreshments will be available — plus a new
feature this year: two fathers will be dressed
as.clowns, with pocketloads of prizes for
children who elect to play the pick-pocket
game. Hot dogs, desserts, and beverages will
be available at the cafeteria, operated by the
Intermediate School mothers. All proceeds
will be used for playground improvements.
Band,   and  the High  School Woman's  Club Plans Oh, Come Now!
phrasing throughout . . . beau- Mixed Chorus. All proceeds go Tea   Luncheon
tiful accompanying job by clar
inets ... all in all, a very excellent performance . . . outstanding group . . . congratulations to the players and director .. . nice solo cornets."
Some of the more critical
comments were: "Occasional
overblowing . . . forced tone . . .
details not coming through . . .
a few lacks in precision . . . lost
control in the fanfare . . ."
Adults who accompanied the
band to Battle Creek included
to the Interlochen trip fund.
Another May event Is the Intermediate School Band Concert, to be held at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 28, at the school.
The 5th, 6th and 7tn~ grade
bands and the Junior High Concert Band will perform. There
is no admission charge.
Saline area Band Parents club
will elect officers at a business
meeting after' the May 28 ccih-
cert.
Saline Womb's club has announced plans for two annual
events,  the Senior Girls'  Tea, .
and the Spring Luncheon.
The tea is to be held from 1
to 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at
the home of Mrs. Robert Smith,
209 Russell St. Program guest
will be Mrs. Margaret Chapin,
a portrait painter from Ann Ar
Don't Fret; Bridges
Will Hold All Buses
HK4S Psnafore
School Cast
Announced
Cast members were announced this week for "H.M.S. Pinafore", the Gilbert and Sullivan
operetta to be presented, almost watch,  and remained  on duty
complete, by seventh grade stu- until 2 p.m.
dents of Ruth Breidenthal, vocal music teacher.
The performance is scheduled 	
Friday, May 10, in conjunction
with  the  annual  Intermediate Sue's EsSaV
School  Open  House  and  art        . ^
show. The Open House will be- WuiS FlTSt
gin at 7 p.m.  and the school .
will be open until 11 p.m. The Jfl District
operetta will begin at 8 p.m.
Major roles in the perfor- An Americanism essay by
mance will be: "Buttercup", will Sue Washburn, daughter of Mr.
be played by Sharon Burk- and Mrs. George Washburn, has
hardt; "Josephine", by Ann been judged best in the district
Heininger; "Sir Joseph Porter", in the annual essay contest
Ron Barrett; "Captain Corcor- sponsored by the American Le-
Police in cooperation with the hours. During the watch, he in-
Civil Defense organization, were structed the team in use of the
on duty here Monday night. auxiliary radio in his car . . .
The severe storm warnings "In the near future, Civil Defer this part of the state Mon- fense here hopes to have a bet-
day evening gave the new teams ter communications set-up,"
their first work-out, CD Direc- Russell said,
tor Bob Russell announced. The watches will be main-
They had been set up the week tained about two miles outside
before. the city, in the direction from
Arrangements   between  the which  the  storm   approaches,
two  departments  had  scarcely Monday's was  set up  at Dell
road and M-ll   (Austin road).
The crews will be equipped with
to work. They were called out
at   11   p.m.   to   maintain   the
The team on duty Monday
included Farrell Beach, Coral
Clark and Jan Losee, working
of the Auxiliary Police were nut niaps  on which to record the
path of any tornado sighted.
If one is sighted, their message will bring an "alert" signal
on the city fire siren.
Short siren blasts over a
three-to-five minute period
tnp3an an alert, not a fire. Residents are cautioned to head for
shelter, rather than go into the
street to look for fire trucks.
Any brief, Tepeated blasts
during severe weather conditions will mean an alert, RusseU
emphasized.
If there is time, the warning
crews will also use the newly
acquired "penetrator", an auxiliary siren and PA system combined, on the police car.
Rumors went_ flying among
the younger set again this week.
This time the volatile youngsters reported to their parents
that:   (1) Buses were going to
bor and member of- the Senior * all through bridges, or {3) all
Citizens' Guild.
The luncheon will be at 12:30
A dance recital by students
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Reynolds, of Mary Lou Gall, sponsored by p.m. Tuesday, May 14, at Web-
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Houghton, the High School Band, also er's Restaurant, Ann Arbor.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hill, Mr. swells the Interlochen trip fund. Reservations must reach Mrs.
and Mrs. Gerald Coe, Mr. and It is scheduled Friday and Sat- Charles Kern, chairman of the
Mrs.  Leo   Jensen,   Mr.   and urday, May 17 and 18. event, by May 11.	
SHS Honor Rolls Listed
High School honor rolls for
the fifth marking period were
announced this week:
SENIORS
Diane Miller
Janet Richards
Joan Tinker
SOPHOMORES
With Highest Academic Honor With Highest Academic Honor
Georgia Burg
Bruce Carr
Martha Esch
Gayle Finkbeiner
Vicky Hill
Pamela Kidwell
Earl Klager
Jerri Olson
Kathie Reed
Shirley Sheehan
Lois Sutton
With Academic Honor
Keith Armbruster
Don Dechert
Karen Hinderer
Jean Schaible
Carolyn Schmok
Serge Vaisman
Wendy Wild
General Honor Roll
Jeanne Colter
Florence Emerson
Alona Frey
Kenneth Gable
Diane Hamlin
Dave Hollenback
Jan Kempf
Steve Milkey
JUNIORS
With Highest Academic Honor
Marcia Feldkamp
Sharon Feldkamp
Jim Lake
Karen Riggs
W7ith Academic Honor
Marcile Bauknecht
Bonnie Camburn
Sharon Eberle
Dolores Faust
Jim Feldkamp
Dale Flook \
Barbara Hehr
Joan LaRue
Rhonda Maurer
Rob Merchant
Lorraine Myers
Nancy Robison
Betsy Smith
General Honor Roll
Gail Armbruster
Laura Belleau
Elsie Klager
Sandra Greenfield
Linda Heiserman
Pat Hughes
John Scherdt
Sue Washburn
With Academic Honor
Bob Austin
Jenny Camburn
Janis Coe
Harold Dechert
Katy Esch
Marcia Fritts
Kay Gordon
John Harvey
Cheryl Henes
Constance Hepler
Judy Jump
David King
Kris Kuebler
Gail Mittendorf
Dan Morton
Sue Robison
Charles Still
General Honor Roll
Dianne Diuble
Dennis Handy
Frank Merrill
Ronald Olson
Tom Sutton
Audrey Thompson
Debby Tracey
FRESHMEN
With Highest Academic Honor
Margaret Beal
Sue Guenther
David Osborne
With Academic Honor
Sheila Farmer
Ann Flook
Mary Kuyda
-Kalian Liston
Jackie Livingstone
Jeanine Reed
Kathy Snyder
Pamela Staley
Amy Uphaus
Gay Wedpameyer
Heidi Wild
General Honor Roll
Sandra Burkhart
Barbara Finkbeiner
Bruce Finkbeiner
Karla Hoffman
Bruce Krempel
Barbara Lossing
Tim Marion
Elizabeth Merchant
Susan O'Connor
Linda Wolfinger
EIGHTH GRADE
With Highest Academic Honor
Janice Austin
Deborah Carr
Jane Jump
Jack Starling
Beth Volz
Roger Wiedmayer
With Academic Honor
Ruth Alber
Nancy Armbruster
Barbara Bardell
Jean Bondie
Janet Bradley
Jane Bredernitz
Becky Ealy
Karol Engel
Peggy Hill
William Hunt
Allan Karns
Kathy Lancaster
Anita Larson
Marvin Postiff
Janet Riemer
Steven Russell
Sharon Sackett
Mary Scherdt
Jacque Schmok
James Schmok
Edward Scruggs
Joanne Tucker
James Van Matre
General Honor RoU
Carol Ernst
Linda Struble
Janet Wild
Jean Wilson
the bus routes would have to be
changed, or (3) the school
would have to buy smaller buses.
No.
It all began when school authorities had a bus weighed. It
was bus no. 3, a 66-passenger
vehicle driven by Earl Bush. It
tipped the scales, with 50 kids,
at about nine tons. Without the
passengers and their gear, it
weighed 4300 pounds less.
Somewhere, the children acquired the idea that bridges on
the bus route were posted to
carry only five tons and — unless the route was'changed —
there would shortly be a terrible crash. But it isn't true. No
bridge on that route is posted
for less than 10 tons. Two of
them are posted at 12 tons.
Other buses may be weighed
in the near future, according to
Howard Hill, school transportation manager, but no. 3 was the
only one of which there was the
slightest doubt. Meanwhile, a
few bus-bridge statistics follow:
Only one bus is bigger than
no. 3. It is no. 2, a 72-passenger
bus — but there are no bridges
on its route.
Nos. 3, 4, and 5 are 66-passenger buses, weighing around
nine tons. No. 1 bus, for 60 passengers and driven by Don Bassett, crosses a bridge on Mohr-
hart road that is posted at six
tons
an", Tom Phelps; "Rafe Rack-
straw", Greg Leidheiser; "Dick
Deadeye", Bob Tinker; "Boatswain", Mike Johnston; and
"Cousin Hebe", Shari TuU.
Chorus members include_ Ap-
essay,
gion Auxiliary.
Miss  Washburn's
which won first in
division here and then in the
district,  will be forwarded to XO BOVS' State
the department  (state)  judges
for consideration, according to      Rotarians   this  week  named"
7t Jody Burkhart
h« iTS Chosen Delegate
ril Beach, David Blinn, Nancy
Bowen,    Darcy   Brink,    Kathy Mrs- Robert Harvey, of Saline, Joseph (Jody) Burkhart, son of
Brown    Elizabeth   Burkhart   Americanism  chairman  of the Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burkhart,
district organization. The stale as Saline's delegate to Wolver-
winners will be selected in May. ine Boys' State, to be held on
All of the essays this year
are written under the pre-selec-
ted title, "This Is My Country".
Miss  Washburn is  a  sophomore at Saline High School.
Cindy Christner, Susan DeMag-
gio, Carol Dieterle, Robert Dieterle, Lani Dye, Belinda Ealy,
and Pat Farmer.
Others are Eleanor Feldkamp, Robin Flickinger, Ed
Gall, Bonnie Guenther, Shirley
Guenther, Mary Harsh, Libby
Harvey, Sally Heiserman, Ricky
Heskett, Susie Hollenback, Ronald James, Debbie Jordan, Pat
King, Sharon Kind, Janet Koh-
MRS. ALTON WAHL,
MOTHER  OF  FIVE,
EMU HONOR STUDENT
 r  One of the Eastern Michigan ..—„—r,     „.
but the bus is nearly ler> Celeste Klein, Karen Krem- University honor students to be  along with others.
the Michigan State university
campus June 13-20.
Rob Merchant was chosen as
alternate.
The choice is based on such
qualities as good character,
mental alertness and physical
cleanliness, vigorous, enthusiastic and good personality, honesty and thrift, sportsmanship,
leadership,   and  ability to get
empty   when   it   passes   the Pel> a*1* Uhby Lancaster,
bridge ~ and, again, the bridge Also  in  the  chorus  will  be
is shorter than the bus. Delores   Lee,   Jackie   Leonard,
All of the others are smaller, Janet Livingstone, Anne Lock-
48-passenger   buses.   One   of wood,   Margot   Lucas,   Sherry
these,   bus   no.   14,   crosses   a Luckhardt, Betty Marion, Alice
bridge  posted  at  six  tons,   on McTaggart, James Martin, Don-
McCullum road at the western na  Murray,  Marilyn Nietham-
edge of the district. This one mer, and Kathy Osborne,
is scheduled for weighing, Hill
said ~ but since each axle of
recognized for outstanding     A  week   ago,   Jody's   sister,
scholarship at the 15th annual Kathy  Burkhart,   was  named
delegate to Wolverine Girls'
State, by the American Legion
Auxiliary.
Honors Convocation in Pease
Auditorium on Wednesday, May
8, is the mother of five children.
She is Mrs. Alton Wahl of 103
N. Maple St., Saline.
Mrs. Wahl, who is majoring
in art and mathematics in pre-
the bus  could safely hold six
In any case,  the buses  are tons, the entire bus, with load,
long and the bridges are short;  could weigh 12 tons — and it
you can't get an entire bus on doesn't.
a country bridge at once. Since In short, the kids may be
a nine-ton bus carries only 4y2 disappointed to learn that they Marvin Tinsley, Laurie Web-
tons on each axle, it could very are going to get to school after ster, Gilda Wedemayer, Nicky
safely drive over a 5-ton bridge,  all. Wedemayer, and Linda Welter.
Others are Roberta Politz, paration for a teaching career,
Marjorie Quick, Barbara Ran- is a second year student at the
s'om, Deanna Reese, Linda Ri- university. She attended night
chards, Al Riley, Cecelie Robi- classes during her first year
son, Lynn Rutherford, Amy there and this year has been
Sanders, Barbara Schumacher, attending classes two days each
Paula   Stevens,   Barbara   Still, week.
Hornets Top Diamond League
The Wahls' children include
12-year-old Deborah, 10-year-
old Dianna, David, who is 9,
Robert, age 4,' and little Barbara, who is two years old.
PLAY CENTER TO MEET;
PARENTS INVITED
Saline Play Center, a cooperative nursery for pre-school
children, will meet May 6, 8
p.m., at the home of Mrs. Carl
O'Brien, 207 S. Ann Arbor St.,
to discuss plans for the coming
year. All parents interested are
invited to attend.
For further information on
the Saline Play Center program,
Salinians are invited to call Mrs.
Roderick Janich, 429-5651.
The  Saline  Hornet  diamond knocking the Roosevelt Rough to third on a double by Suicach
squad has taken on an unexpected foe along with the teams
that are trying to knock them
off that perch at the top of
the Washtenaw Conference.
They now hold the lead with
three victories and no defeats.
That foe is old man weather
- who forced them to re-sched-
Riders off the perch they were and came home on a single by pt.
ule a game with the Manchester hind twice.
sharing.
They did it the same way as
they have done before — by taking advantage of the other
team's mis-ques. They were out-
hit by Roosevelt 6 to 5, yet
came out on the long end of a
6-5 score. They came from be-
SIGHT-SEEING, MAYBE?
Dutchmen, rained out for the
second time Monday, and one
with Pinckney which was postponed Tuesday.
This will make them bunch
several games into a few days
- a taxation on their star hur-
li2rs, Dick Leidheiser .and Ron
Tu<2ker.
Coach Ed Dubats seems at
ease, though, because he has
several  others  who  can help
Mrs. Ralph Fisher, of 317 N. carry the pitching burden. Top.
Lewis St., called us Wednesday ping a long list are Doug Robl
morning to report a little ra- nett, a right hander; Bob Arm
coon, about half grown,
tering up  the street
saun- bruster,   a   southpaw  who   did
in front well in a scrimmage game ag-
of her home. The little critter
was walking along the gutter,
seemingly oblivious to a barking dog who was standing his
ground across the street — a
good safe distance away.
ainst Ann Arbor High; and Jim
Griffin, who pitched in relief a
year ago.
The Hornets gained sole pos- bruster on a single,
session of first place Thursday      Jim Herndon led off
The Rough Riders scored in
the first inning as Tucker got
off to a shakey start by walking three men and Fred Houck
came in on an error.
Saline retaliated with two tallies in the second when Gary
Kind singled and Dick Leidheiser got on by an error. Kind
scored as Bruce Niethammer
was walked, with the bases
loaded, and Leidheiser came in
on a single by Jim Feldkamp.
Jim Griffin and Leidheiser
added two runs in the third.
Griffin got on when his fly to
left field was dropped, stole second and third, and came home
on an error. Leidheiser walked
and was scored later by Arm-
Gene HaU.
They rallied in the fourth for
three more runs on two hits —
one of them a triple by Jim
Herndon.
In   the  sixth,   Saline  scored
the  tying  and  winning  runs
when Griffin got on by an er- \~.
ror and Leidheiser was hit by t,
a pitch baU. They were singled
home by Pete Barnes.
The fielding play of the game
came in the third frame. Roosevelt, with a man on first and a
man on third, attempted a double steal. Niethammer faked a
throw to second but shot it to
Griffin at short, instead. Griffin then rifled it to Barnes, who
picked the man off third.
Roose-
O.E.S. MEETS MAY 6
Saline Chapter 311, O.E.S.,
wiU meet at 8 p.m. Monday at
the Masonic HaU. A planned
potluck dinner wiU precede the
meeting with the "west side",
the losers in a recent attendance
contest, furnishing the meal for
the "east side". Members of the
'west side" group may caU Mrs.
afternoon  at  Ypsilanti  by velt's third with a single, went John Thoss for details.
Biggest winners in the Ann Arbor Women's Bowling association tourney were the two Saline experts above. Pat Estes (left) and Audrey Feuerbacher topped the doubles list
with a handicap total of 1217, and Pat accumulated two special prizes, for high single game actual, 239, and high single
game handicap, 271. She also placed 6th in the aU-events.
Other local bowlers were well up in the money: Teams
sponsored by Saline Mercantile and Hoeffs Gulf Service were
5th and 7th in team events; Kay Rayment - Doris SeU, and
Dora Cruse - Virginia Seitz placed 5th and 9th in doubles.
Ada Mae Newton was 8th in singles.