1963-06-05; Saline Reporter

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SCHOOL ELECTION
Monday, June 10
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 38 - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1963
The Saline Reporter
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Awards Ceremony
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More than 20 outstanding seniors were honored at annual
Awards Night ceremonies Wednesday, evening at the High.
School, when scholarships, honors, departmental awards and
achievements were cited.
Seniors who will graduate
"With Highest Honor" at the
Thursday evening Commencement ceremonies were listed:
Kathie Reed, Jerri Olson, Lois
Sutton, and Shirley Sheehan.
Those who will graduate
"With Honor" are Keith Armbruster, Bruce Carr, Martha
Esch, Gayle Finkbeiner, Ted
Graban, Diane Hamlin, Vicky
Hill, Karen Hinderer, and Dave
Hollenback. Others are Earl
Klager, Steve Milkey, Jean
Schaible, Carolyn Schmok, Mary Schumacher, Serge Vaisman,
Wendy Wild, Pam Kidwell, and
Georgia Burg.
American Legion awards
were presented to Kathie Reed
and Gayle Finkbeiner.
Mike Johnson received the
award from the University of
Michigan club of Ann Arbor;
and scholarships and honors
have been earned by Celia Sisco,
Wendy Wild, Lois Sutton, Shirley Sheehan, Steve Milkey, and
Karen Hinderer.
A scholarship from the Business and Professional Women's
club went to Carol Bersuder,
with Bonnie Camburn listed as
alternate.
Kathie Reed, recipient of the
DAR award earlier in the year,
was also cited for special honor
in that regard, a distinction never previously won by a Saline
student.
Cups presented were the Citizenship Cup, to the class of
1965; the Sportsmanship Cup,
to the class of 1963; the Dr.
Harold Miller Scholarship Cup,
to the class of 1963.
Steve Milkey received the Un-
terkircher award.
Journalism awards were
made to Wendy Wild, Mary
Curtiss, Lois Sutton, Sue Beck,
Carol Bersuder, Mary Schumacher, Sandy Craigmile, and
Shirley Sheehan; and forensic
awards to Carolyn Schmok, Ter-
ri Fojtik, Pam Kidwell, Gayle
Finkbeiner, Janet Richards,
Rhonda Maturer, and Linda Heiserman.
Departmental awards included those in social studies to
Gayle Finkbeiner; science, Lois
Sutton, Bruce Carr, Shirley
Sheehan, and Gayle Finkbeiner;
English, Kathie Reed; mathematics, Shirley Sheehan, Kathie
Reed, Lois Sutton; homemak-
ing, Wendy Wild.
Other departmental awards
were industrial arts to Earl
Klager, Wesley Armbruster and
Gordon Wild; business and commercial, Diane Hamlin;" language, Jerri Olson; music, Mike
Johnson; agriculture, Bill Rogers; boys' gym, Bob Marion.
New members of the National
Honor Scoiety were initiated by
the sponsor, Mrs. H. W. Kuebler, and graduating seniors. The
initiates included Robert Austin, Janis Coe, Bonnie Camburn,
Katy Esch, Kay Gordon, Sandra
Greenfield, Linda Heiserman,
Cheryl Henes, Kristine Kuebler,
James Lake, Rhonda Maurer,
Gail Mittendorf, Steve Miller,
Dan Morton, Susan Robison,
John Scherdt, Elizabeth Smith,
Charles StiU, and Sue Washburn.
Merit service awards were
presented to Kathie Reed, Lois
Sutton, Gayle Finkbeiner, Bruce
Carr, Wendy Wild, Keith Armbruster, Vicky Hill, Martha
Esch, and Shirley Sheehan.
Gayle Finkbeiner- also won
the Student Council award.
A new presentation this year
was made by the Jaycees of
Saline, a certificate of academic
achievement for students who
have earned honor roll places
eight times during the present
school year, six marking periods and two semesters.
Those who appeared eight
times on the "Highest Academic Honor" roll were Martha
Esch, Ea:-1 Klager, Jerri Olson,
Kathie Reed, and Shirley Sheehan.
Students cited for grades meriting the "Academic Honor"
roll, or varying between that
and the one above, were Keith
Armbruster, Georgia Burg, Karen Hinderer, Bruce Carr, Gayle
Finkbeiner, Vicky Hill, Mary
Schumacher, Pam Kidwell, Lois
Sutton, Serge Vaisman, Wendy
Wild, and Carolyn Schmok.
Those whose names appeared
on the "General Honor" roll or
alternated between that and the
one above, were Dave Hollenback, Florence Emerson, Alona
Frey, Diane Hamlin, and Steve
Milkey.
(Since the Jaycee certificates
were predicated only on honor
roll listings during the 1962-63
school year, they vary to some
degree from the diploma designations "With Highest Honor"
and "With Honor". These are
based on academic achievement
during the entire four years of
High School.)
Seniors presented a gift to
their class sponsor, Paul Thibault; and a gift from the Student Council was presented to
Dominick Pellegreno, school
guidance counsellor who is leaving to take further schooling at
the University of Illinois next
year.
School Board Members
Discuss Free Textbooks
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PAPER BALLOTS
OR MACHINE?
School officials still aren't
sure whether the Saline area
school district election Monday
will be conducted with paper
or machine ballots.
The city's election machines,
normally used for school elections, are still tied up by the
state Constitution recount and.
says Superintendent Leo Jen«
sen, "our information is that
they won't be available by Monday. Anyway, we can't take a
chance."
The school has ordered paper
ballots printed.
Wild Opposes Question on Ballot;
Girbach Cites Rental Fees Discussed
(Editor's note: All seven members of the Board of Education were contacted this week concerning the textbook question
to appear on Monday's ballot. With the exception of the two
quoted below, none wished to add anything to the statanent released by the board as a unit, last week.
All but one. however, emphasized that they had nc particular
preference as to how the vote turned out, that 1fiie question was
placed on the ballot primarily to obtain the public's opinion.)
Signs and Portents
Puzzle Merchants
KIWANIANS VISIT BTS
Members of the Kiwanis club
of Saline Monday evening visited the Boys' Training School at
Whitmore Lake.
1500 Expected
At Commencement
More than 1500 persons are
expected to attend Commencement ceremonies Thursday evening at Sahne High School,
Mrs. Max Haswell, director of
Commencement Week activities,
estimated.
The event, scheduled at 8:15
p.m. Thursday, will feature Dr.
Alfred H. Kelly, chairman of
the history department of
Wayne State university, as
speaker. The class of 1963, with
83 members, is the 95th to graduate from Saline High School.
CANDD3ATES SPEAK
AT SACA MEET
Candidates for two Saline
Board of Education posts to be
filled in Monday's election spoke
Tuesday evening at a meeting
at Saline Elementary School.
The candidates, in their talks,
answered three questions sent
to them by SACA, and briefs
of their answers, written for
The Reporter, appear on this
page. The questions:
1. Why are you running for
the School Board?
2. What do you feel you have
to contribute to the School
Board?
3. Do you feel you can improve the school system, and if
so, in what way?
Michigan avenue businessmen
went into a dither this week
when each and every one of
them — not to mention a church
~ got notice that their signs
were on the state highway
right-of-way and would have to
be removed. ;  :
The edict hit everybody at
once — service stations, implement dealers, restaurants, bars,
bakery, drug stores ~ in a flock
of registered letters delivered
Friday.
Most baffled recipient was
Rev. H. L. Engel, who was advised that.His sign "at the corner of Michigan and Harris
street" was 49 feet from the
center of the street, and consequently 100 per cent on the
highway right-of-way.
The only sign at the Trinity
Lutheran Church location mentioned is the church bulletin
board — which is farther back
than the church's front porch.
Furthermore, a lot of anxious
pacing (in the middle of highway traffic) indicated that the
bulletin board is 54 feet from
the center of the street.
But the church does have a
sign at the west edge of the
city, notifying drivers of the location of the church "at the
corner of Michigan and Harris
street". Maybe the state meant
that one, the Rev. Mr. Engel
speculated. He is writing to the
highway department to enquire.
Even signs located behind
sidewalks got the ax - owners
were given 30 day* to remove
them if they were "partially"
on the right-of-way, only 10
days if they were 100 per cent
infringements.
Prospects of a signless main
street receded slightly when
Harry Parsons, owner of a service station and presidents the
Chamber of Commerce, pointed
out that all the letters said
signs could not be over the
right-of-way "without prior approval of the highway department". This might mean there
would have to be a hearing on
each and every sign, to show
that it was not a traffic hazard,
he suggested.
He recommended that individual owners write to request
permits for variance. But the
sign removal is "happening nationwide", Parsons said, "and
there may be no way of stopping it."
Finally, Parsons made another discovery: he and Hotel-
man Henry Leutheuser were instructed to remove their signs
from the SOUTH side of Michigan avenue. This would either
be easy or impossible, depending on how you looked at it —
both operate businesses on the
north side of the street.
HOBBY CLUB TO MEET
The Hobby Club will meet
Tuesday, June 11, at the home
of Mrs. Herman Rentschler. The
meeting is set for 8 p.m.
Ties Tangle
Council on
Appointment
Two tie votes Monday night
balked City Council's attempt
to appoint someone to fill the
unexpired term of Jerome Hemmye, whose resignation from
Council became effective June 1.
Without Hemmye, Council
numbers five members and the
mayor, who also votes.
The first tie came when a
motion was offered by George
Anderson and seconded by
George Johnson to table the appointment until the regular
June 17 meeting. The 3-3 split
meant "no action".
Councilmen then mentioned,
but did not discuss, two possibilities: William Meister, Sr.,
who is president of the die
casting divisions of Hoover Ball
and Bearing Co., and Mrs. Rudenz Douthat, wife of a local
doctor and a member of the city Planning Commission.
A paper ballot vote turned up
three for Meister and three for
Mrs. Douthat. -
A motion by Johnson, seconded by Anderson, to table the
whole affair until June 17, then
passed 5-1. Said Mayor Jack
Bennett: "I suggest we make
this the first order of business
at our work meeting on June
10."
St. Andrew's
oins World
In Mourning
St. Andrew's Mission, like all
Catholic churches throughout
the world, is draped in black,
gold, and white bunting this
week in mourning for Pope
John XXHL the "Pope of
peace", who died Monday night
while thousands gathered to
pray for him at the Vatican.
The local church, part of the
Archdiocese of Detroit, will include special prayers for the beloved pontiff in the regularly
scheduled Sunday morning masses.
A Requiem High Mass will
also be sung here, either on
Monday or Tuesday, but the exact time has not been set. It
will be announced at the Sunday services.
The drapery, which will remain on the church through the
entire official mourning period,
represents the papal colors in
the white and gold, with black
the 'traditional mourning color.
Pope John XXIH was the
262nd Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church; he had reigned
for only four years - and seven
months. His most memorable
work, the Ecumenical Council
for greater Christian unity, became inactive with his death
and will remain so unless it is
reinstated by his successor.
ROTARY CLUB MEETING
Members of the Saline Ro-
'tary Club will meet at 12:05
p.m. Thursday at St. Paul's
Church. Robert Estes is program chairman.
"I strongly oppose the idea
of discontinuing the furnishing
of textbooks to our students as
a public obligation," School
Board member Lauren Wild
said this week.
"I sincerely feel that the most
economical method of getting
the teaching tools, in this case
textbooks, into the hands of the
children is for the books to be
furnished as a part of the
school budget," he said.
"The amount is really insignificant when purchased by the
school ~ this past year approximately $5,750 was allocated
for the purchase of new textbooks and the replacement of
.those currently being used.
This was less than 1 per cent of
the total school budget for operating the system. It represents less public outlay than
one experienced teacher. The
savings accomplished by cancellation of the program will
be less than Vz of 1 per cent of
the current tax bill of each taxpayer. However, individual purchase of textbooks can easily
be many times this $5,750."
"The proposed program does
not call* for individual purchase," said Wild, "however, it
should be thoroughly understood by ail voters that even
though the present Board of
Education sincerely favors and
intends to continue furnishing
textbooks on a rental basis,
should the vote direct that free
tiBxtbooks no longer be offered,
there is no obligation legally
upon the present or any subsequent Board to continue any
rental system."
"The sale of existing hooks
to the public and establishment
of an individual purchase plan
could be instituted at any time
such a plan seemed adviseable
to a board."
"Last year we spent less than
$3.50 per student per year, on
books. Even on a rental basis
this cost will rise, if only ty
the unnecessary fee payment
record keeping charge."
WEATHER REPORT:
Today . . . scorching hot.
Two weeks ago today . .
snowed.
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FAIR BOARD TO MLET
Saline Community Fair Board
will meet at 8:30 p.m. Monday,
June 10, in *be agr-cu'ture room
at the High School.
School Board member Raymond Girbach this week discussed the textbook question:
"Shall we discontinue free textbooks?" but said that he has
no particular personal preference in how the vote turns out.
"But it would be cheaper for
the large taxpayer to have
books provided on a fee basis,
or to buy books for his own
children," he said.
"Many farmers pay between
§400 and §1200 in school taxes;
on the other hand, many renters pay no property tax at all."
"It costs the school around
$5,000 a year for new books,"
Girbach said, "and we feel fees
would bring in about §10,000, a
way for the schools to bring in
a little extra that wouldn't have
to come from taxes."
He recalled possible fees that
were discussed last year by the
board during the series of millage votes: $2 to $2.50 in the
Elementary grades, $5 in the
Intermediate, and $10 a year at
High School level. But no action was ever taken by the
board to set fees, and the amounts were not firm — "just
guestimates," said Grbach.
"Using the figures above, it
would cost you $72.50 for rental fees for books for one child
all the way through school . . .
or, say three chilaren for the
average family, $217.50 for the
three. Your taxes are higher
than that."
The question was put on the
ballot, he said, because "a lot
of people thought we shouldn't
have free textbooks". If the policy were discontinued by the
public's vote, there would be no
obligation on future boards that
would prevent a decision that
the public should buy books, he
agreed, "but school boards don't
change"that often or that
quick."
"The present feeling, about
rental fees may change in 20
years," he said, "bui so do a
lot of things." As for frequent
changes in required books so
that whole new sets would have
to be purchased — "Wouldn't
that be a waste, when we've got
$20,000 worth of books up
there?"
School Board Candidates Give Views on Key Issues Confronting District
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Hugh Austin
I have been a resident of this
School District for 44 years and
am a graduate of Saline High
School. I am fully aware we
face many problems as our
school grows bigger and bigger.
I am a candidate for the
School Board for three reasons.
1. I have 2 children in High
School,  a  grandson  in  2nd
Grade, and 3 lovely little grand
daughters of pre-school age.
2. I believe the rural area
should have more representation on the Board.
3. I would like to be of service to the community.
I now have more time to participate  in   community   affairs
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Dr. V. A. Basman
Received my BSEE degree
from Robert College, MSEE degree from University of Michi-
g<an and PhD degree from the
University of Turkey. Former
faculty member of Illinois Institute of Technology and of the
University of Michigan. In addition, held positions as Director of Engineering at B.T.I. El-
lectronic Division and Project
^Director in Space Research at
Bendix System Division and
member of many technical societies and welfare organizations.
It is my duty as a member of
the Saline Community to contribute and provide my assis-
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Glenn R. Clark
The following statement is
my point of view on the three
questions submitttsd by the Saline Area Civic Association to
all candidates for the Saline
Area School Board.
1. There are several reasons
for my desire to run for the
Saline Area .School Board but
I think that the most important
reason is the fact that I feel it
a civic duty. I have lived in the
Saline area since 1957 and during the majority of that time
have been attending night
school pursuing a college degree. Having now completed my
college work I am, if the people
desire, available to take on a
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Gerald Coe
1. I am intensely interested
in providing the best educational program possible within the
means provided by the citizens
of the Saline Area School District. It is i2xtremely important
that Board Miambers represent
all the people in the area on
an t3qual basis. This I have done
for the last three years and I
shall continue to do so if I am
re-elected. I consider it is my
duty as a citizen to give my
time, effort and experience and
interest to a cause which is so
important to our society.
2. Having worked and lived
-in the Saline Area for over a
period of 20 years I have be-
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Emerson D. Haeussler
Following are my answers to
the questions asked by the Sahne Area Civic Association.
1.1 am running on the School
Board upon the request of
friends. I have been asked to
run several timp3s in the past.
In the past I never felt that I
had enough time to devote to
the job. As my children are
now older I feel more free to
give this office the time it requires.
TL. I feel that the whole area
of Saline Schools should be represented on the board. I would
give the Board some representation in an area of our district
which has never been represen-
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Dr. John S. Larder
1. I am a candidate for the
School Board because of my
deep interest in education, the
right of the people to be informed of all major decisions
and because it is my desire to
keep our School System on top
so that we will attract new industry to help share our tax
burden.
2. I sincereiy believe that as
a School Board nuamber I can
contribute an honest evaluation
of the problems which might
confront the Board and "that I
will be able to work in harmony
with the others to solve them.
3. Yes! I feel that I can improve the Saline Area  School
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Lauren Wild
I still feel, after three years,
that the most important civic
obligation I could have, is service to my community in the
realm of education. I most earnestly desire to continue to
work for you in this most vital
of tasks.
At this moment I feel that I
have at least three '■qualifica-
tions which will allow me to
make a meaningful contribution
to our school system.
First I have had three years
experience on the policy-making
board of our schools -
Second the desire to work for
the future of our schools. - pand
Third, the singleness of purpose
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