1964-01-08; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 15, NUMBER 17 - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1964
Bloodmobile
To be Here
Next Week
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will visit Saline Thursday, January 16, to replenish supplies
on which there has been a heavy drain since the last visit in
August.
Saline area Blood Bank has
furnished 45 pints, free of
charge, to Saline area residents
since the Bloodmobile's last visit. Only 69 pints were donated
at that time, although there
was some on hand. The bank
now stands at 31 pints — to
supply a community whose need
averages more than 70 pints a
year.
Two recent recipients of
blood from the local bank were
Mrs. Melvin Hartman, 11 pints
after surgery in late November, and Mrs. Karl Lutz, six
pints for surgery Monday.
Any Saline area resident in
need of blood may draw from
the local bank without charge.
The Blood Bank will be open
next week at the Intermediate
School, from 2 to 5 p.m. and
from 6 to 8 pjn. No blood is
ever taken unless a doctor is
present; Dr. Gordon J. Prout,
Dr. Rudenz Douthat or Dr. D.
E. Garrison, and Dr. Paul Ger-
igk have volunteered their services.
With the exception of the
Bloodmobile staff, all persons
working at the Blood Bank are
local volunteers, including canteen assistants, aides, and registered nurses. Mrs. George Austin and Mrs. Edwin Hering are
co-chairmen of the project.
The evening meal for the
Bloodmobile staff will be prepared by the ladies of St. John's
Lutheran Church, and refreshments for donors will be provided by the Rotary Club of
Saline.
Donors who have given blood
in the past are urged to bring
their blood donor cards.
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New Councilmen Named
To Commissioner Positions
City Officials
Unanimously
Re-appointed
Benefit Events Scheduled
For f64 Dimes Campaign
Winter social center of Saline for young
people, and frequently for their elders as
well, is the huge skating rink on Henne Field
(above), which draws hoards of well-muffled
skaters when the weather is cold. To ward
off frostbite and chilblains, there's the warming shed (bottom picture) which can contain more youngsters in less space than any
other building in town.
United Fund
Board Elects
New Members
With five new members, the
reorganized Saline area United
Fund board will meet Monday,
January 20, for election of officers.
Recently elected members are
Mrs. Robert Merchant, Mrs. Donald Leidheiser, Alphonse Burger, Alton Ealy and James Lev-
leit, replacing those whose
terms have expired: David Gordon, Douglas Schuur, Mrs. Warren Rentschler, William Delhey,
and Robert Estes.
The organization meeting is
scheduled at 8:30 p.m. at the
home of Regis Wolfinger, 368
Mills Rd. Wolfinger served as
chairman of the 1963 United
Fund Drive.
Boy Injured
When Gun Jams
James Malocha, 16, of 6180
Campbell Rd., was treated at
Saline Community Hospital on
Sunday for a gunshot wound in
the left  forefinger.
He told police he received the
wound when his .22 calibre rifle
fired as he was trying to clear
it after it jammed.
In Spite of Thaw:
Kids Find Diversity
Of Winter Activities
State Accepts
Raisin River
Applications
The Raisin River applications
for watershed assistance under
Congressional Act No. 566 have
been accepted by the state Soil
Conservation Committee, Harold Easton, president of the. River Raisin Watershed Association, announced this week.
Before final approval can be
granted, a public hearing must
be conducted in the area under
consideration; one has he en
scheduled at 1:30 p.m. Friday,
-t the Tecumseh Community
Center.
A successful hearing is de-
Pendent upon representation
from all areas of the watershed,
Easton said, "and it is imperative that all sponsoring organ-
nations attend, to support and
^lain their sponsorship."
Washtenaw County and Sa-
^e Township are .among the
sponsors, and Saline City Coun-
cil approved a resolution of
sponsorship at Monday night's
Meeting.
_ Portions of other watersheds
* Michigan have been improved under Act 566, but the Rai-
fm River is the first watershed
Y1 the state to be considered in
Jts entirety for such assistance.
Youth Jailed
On Drunken
Driving Count
A 17-year-old Saline youth
was sentenced to 10 days in
jail, to be served on weekends,
in Justice of the Peace Court
here Thursday after he was
found guilty on a drunken driving charge.
The driver, Larry Dean Gale,
of 1295 Bemis Rd., was arrested
shortly after 9 p.m. on New
Year's Eve after a four-car
crash in Bridgewater, in which
a 15-year-old Milan girl was injured.
The girl, a passenger in the
Gale ear, was Sherrie Murray,
of 1516 Mooreville Rd. She was
treated at Saline Community
Hospital for cuts and bruises
suffered when the car narrowly missed striking a group of
pedestrians and "crashed into a
group of cars parked at St.
John's Lutheran Church.
Sheriff's deputies* said Gale
apparently lost control of his
car as he was driving west on
Austin Rd. toward the Bridge-
water community. The vehicle
skidded 375"feet before the impact. The Gale car was totally
■damaged, and the automobiles
it hit were extensively damaged. . .
The weekend sentence will allow Gale to continue to attend
school.
HOBBY CLUB TO MEET
A meeting of the Saline Hobby Club will be held at 9 a.m.
Tuesday, January 14, at the
home of Mrs. Ruben Finkbein-
er. Members are asked to note
time change.
KIWANIS MEETING
Members of the Saline Kiwanis Club will meet for their
regular weekly dinner meeting
at 6:30 p.m. Monday, January
13, at Walker's Bakery. Club
president E. R. Richards wilf
present the organization's plans
for the new year.
by Hal Ceronsky
The skating rink at Henne
Field is Saline's "social center"
during the winter months, and
— until the recent warm spell
brought ice skating to an abrupt halt — activity there has
been in full swing for the past
few weeks.
Everyone from the three-
year-old beginner to the old pro,
from the graceful figure skater
to the battered hockey player,
meets at the rink week-days after school and every Saturday
and Sunday.
With the weather near the
zero mark, the fieldhouse —
equipped with a stove ~ was in
wide use. A variety of excuses
were used to go into the building, such as tightening skates
or having to meet someone
there at a certain time. It seems
at times that many of the younger skaters spend more time in
the shelter than on the ice.
Hockey games, with all the
thrills and hard checking of
professional play, may be watched by spectators almost any
afternoon when the ice is in
condition. A couple of years
ago, the city recreation committee purchased helmets and
goalie pads for the protection
of the young players. Although
Saline hasn't as yet formed a
hockey league of its own, a
number of local boys — including Jim Griffin, Al and Rob
Hartman, Steve Miller, Bruce
Niethammer, Russ Michalke
and Steve Ormsby — played in
the Ann Arbor league last year.
This year Saline's Key Club
is supervising the fieldhouse
and the cleaning of the ice,
while making the ice is handled by volunteers.
SKI CLUB LAUNCHED
The warmer weather this
week slowed, but didn't stop, a
newly organized group of beginning skiers. Seventeen Saline
High School students nearly
missed their first chance to go
skiing at Irish Hills Monday afternoon because of the thaw.
However, the "Hills" put their
snow machine into action making it possible for the beginners
to have their first try at the
sport.
Members of the club, which is
not a school function but is open to students, will ski every
Monday for six weeks, with
lessons provided at each session. A larger turn-out is expected for next week's meet.
In spite of the slopes being
in less than good condition, the
youngsters did all right and
had made a good bit of progress
by the end of their first lesson.
Said one instructor, "If those
kids could do as well as they
did on this stuff, they shouldn't have any trouble at all next
time!"
High School teachers Dennis
Baab and Taylor Jacobsen are
serving as sponsors of the club.
TRAPPERS SHOW PROFIT
Still another winter activity
gaining interest among Saline's
younger set is trapping — an
activity that combines recreation with a bit of profit.
Two of the more successful
young trappers are John Emery and his partner, Dennis
Green. After two years of trapping, Emery joined with Green
this year to bag a total of 47
muskrats, eight racoons, and
five mink from the 80 traps
they had set out. Emery, a high
school senior, got his experience
trapping with his fattier when
he was "younger".
Charlie Burg, who is a veteran of four years with a trap-
line, has had a good season —
he's netted 35 muskrats and
three coons with his 15 traps
and last week bagged a fox.
Three - year - veteran Doug
Houghton reports a "rather
slow season", getting only a
half dozen muskrats from his
30 traps.
Another pa|r of trappers
have, so far this year, caught
14 muskrats on 15 traps they
have out.
All of the boys sell the pelts
to a Manchester area man, who
in turn sells them to furriers.
A calendar of activities for
the 1964 New March of Dimes
campaign was announced this
week by Mrs. William Lawrence, Saline area chairman of
the drive.
Members of the Saline committee attended the kick-off
dinner of the county campaign,
Wednesday, at the Moose Lodge
in Ann Arbor. Mrs. Charles
Rayburn   is  county   chairman.
In Saline, a series of benefit
bridge parties and coffee hours
began Wednesday, and the committee is seeking other hostes-
Small Girl
May be
'Miss 1964*
Unless another contest entry
is filed this week, showing an
earlier birth date, Lorraine
Anne Renkiewics will be declared Saline's first baby of
the new year, "Miss 1964".
Loraaine Anne is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Renkiewicz, of 10075 W. Michigan Ave., Saline. She was born
at 12:40 a.m. Tuesday, at Saline Community Hospital.
Since the rules specify that
the area's official First Baby
may be born anywhere," providing the parents reside in Saline
Area School District, the eon-
test must be kept open until it
is certain that no entries will
come from out of town hospitals. Judges will announce a final decision next week.
The new baby's father is a
wire inspector employed by the
Hoskins Manufacturing Co., in
Detroit; her mother, Emma, is
a licensed practical nurse.
The couple were married September 2, 1961, in Albuquerque,
N. Mex., where both were in
the Army ... he served two
years, she served 16 months,
put they like civilian life much
better; "That's no life for a
woman," says Emma.
In July, 1962, .they came to
Saline from New Mexico in a
house trailer, in which they still
live, next to the home of Richard's brother, Michael. They
have no other children.
As "Miss 1964", Lorraine
Anne (and her (parents) will
receive gifts from many Saline
area merchants, including Estes Rexall Pharmacy, Dubl-E
Laundry, Westside Hardware,
Lodi Greenhouse, The Saline
Reporter, Schmid's Foods, Harry's Standard Service, Herman
Radloff for Wilson Dairy Products, and the 'Saline Mercantile Co.
Others are El-Rad's Drive In,
Realtor Waldo Gross, the Saline Savings Bank, Lodi Hardware, Walker's Dollar Store,
Vescio Country Market, Dancer's Department Store, the Cut
& Curl Beauty Shop, and Walkers'  Bakery.
ses for neighborhood card parties, coffee hours and teas for
the March of Dimes. Anyone
willing to give such benefit parties is asked to call Mrs. Jerome Lamb, chairman for special  events,  at  429-7100.
Other dates scheduled include
the beginning of the annual
bowling tournament, January
12; an OES-sponsored benefit
card party, January 25; and
the annual Mothers' March, January 28.
Mrs. Harold Wilson and Mrs.
Fred Korte, members of the
Saline Child Study Club, are co-
chairmen of the Saline Mothers'
March, assisted by Mrs. Neil
Haarer and Mrs. William Meis-
ter, Jr., members of the Junior
Child Study Club.
Rural mothers will make
their calls over a week's period.
They include Mrs. James Carman, Saline Township; Mrs.
Chester Flezar, Augusta; Mrs.
Richard Wanty, York; Mrs. Donald Mcintosh, Bridgewater;
and Mrs. Walter Gutekunst, Jr.,
Pittsfield.
Other members of the Saline
area committee are Mrs. Robert
Heiserman, Mrs. Robert Muller,
Mrs. Milton Hartman, Mrs. Herman Radloff, Mrs. Robert Stevens, and Mrs. Paul Woods.
ELDER STATESMEN
ATTEND COUNCIL MEET
A contingent of Saline's "elder statesmen" attended the
first meeting of "tire city's new
council, Monday night at City
Hall.
They included almost an entire former council: a former
mayor, Henry Leutheuser; John
Buck; Charles Kern; and Everett Wolf in, also a former
mayor. Another former councilman, though not contemporary with the roster above, was
George Anderson, whose term
expired December 31.
Jaycees Seek
'Distinguished
Young Man'
Saline Jaycees this week
launched their annual search
for the community's "Most Distinguished Young Man of tlie
Year", who will be honored at
the club's Bosses' Night Banquet, January 22.
The award is made on the basis of leadership ability, contributions to the general community welfare, and evidence
of personal or business progress
during the preceding year.
The winner must be between
the ages of 21 and 35, but he
need not be a Jaycee. Nominations from the public will be
accepted for consideration by
the judges, and a nomination
blank will be found in this issue of The Reporter.
Nominations must be sent no
later than Saturday, January
18, to Jameson Ford, 56 Tower
Dr., Jaycee chairman of the
project.
The honor has been awarded
by Jaycees here for many years
(although no awards were made
between 1956 and 1961). Among those cited have been Robert Russell, Dr. Rudenz Dou-
that, Art Moehn, Charles Jac-
quith, Bill Brittain, Gerald Coe,
Erwin Schmid, Russell Hughes,
Mike Strait, Bob Harrison, Art
Katterjohn, and Bob Klueter.
Mrs. Lawrence
HALF-DAY SESSIONS SET
Saline schools will convene
for half-day sessions only, during the midterm period, January 21, 22 and 23, and there
will be no school on Friday,
January 24.
'64 LICENSE PLATES
TO BE SOLD HERE
This year's automobile license
plates will be on sale in Saline
on Saturday, January 18, and
Saturday, January 25, from
1:30 to. 4 p.m. at Elmer Steeb
and Sons Dodge agency on W.
Michigan Ave.
Members of the new City
Council, in the organization's
first meeting Monday, were appointed by Mayor Jack Bennett to commissioner posts, and
all other city officials were unanimously re-appointed, by the
Council.
Three of the councilmen are
new to public office: James
Knight, Sr., an accountant, who
will serve as commissioner of
budget and finance; Leonard Z.
Still, local businessman and former city employee, to act as
building commissioner; and
Hugh Keveling, retired pharmacist, who will serve as police
and fire commissioner.
Other commissioners are Donald Dechert, streets; Robert
Strohl, public utilities; and
George Johnson, planning.
Johnson was also re-elected
mayor pro tern.
Re-appointed were: E. J.
Muir, clerk-treasurer; Robert
Harrison, assessor; Elwin
Strait, city superintendent;
James Levleit, chief of police;
Harold Armbruster, fire chief;
Constance Hertler, deputy
clerk; Dr. Rudenz Douthat,
health officer; and Allan Grossman,  city attorney.
Henry Leutheuser and Robert
Harrison were appointed to new
terms as county supervisors,
and two alternates were named,
John Buck and Arthur Heinin-
ger.
In other action, Council adopted a new ordinance, number
171, on cemetery regulations,
rates and a perpetual care fund.
Council also accepted, a prepaid tap-in charge for lot 68 in
assessors' plat number 2, on
Russell St., from Edwin Hering, who said he intends to
build a four-unit apartment
building there in the near future. Construction will begin
"in the summer, if everything
goes well", Hering said.
He also tendered a pre-paid
tap-in charge for a 20-unit apartment building which he said
he expects to build on six lots
at the corner of Davenport and
Detroit streets. The second tender was tabled after Councilman L. Z. Still suggested a
check-up as to whether the sewer there was large enough to
support a 20-unit building.
Pan Americans Enroll Here
ELEMENTARY PARENTS
ASSOCIATION TO MEET
A meeting of the Elementary
School Parents Association is
planned for Monday, January
13. The group will meet at 8
p.m. at the school.
There will be a panel discussion on "What Did Wour Child
Eat Today", followed by an open discussion period, at which
time coffee will be served. Mrs.
William Crim, Jr., is program
chairman;
Infant Just Misses
Being "Mr. 1964"
A husky infant born Monday
at Saline Community Hospital
was very nearly, but not quite,
Saline's "Mr. 1964", 'the area's
first baby of the year.
Rules of the "First Baby"
contest specify that the parents
must live in the Saline Area
School District. This child's
home is just on the border between the Saline and Ann Arbor
districts . . . and just on the
other side.
The haby is Marvin Paul
Steeb, who . weigjhed seven
pounds, two ounces at birth. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Steeb, of 3920 Ellsworth
Rd.
Two South American exchange students enrolled this
week at Saline High School,
throwing the student body into
a tizzy of excitement and language mixtures. Both will be
with their Saline area "families" until July.
First to arrive was Enrique
Estele, of Montevideo, Uruguay,
to live with the Max Ross family and attend sophomore classes at Hie High School. Fifteen
years old, he promptly demonstrated a fair command of English (after two years of study)
and an exceptional talent for
making himself "understood in
any language.
His host "brother", Ed Ross,
has never studied Spanish, but
finds four years of Latin a handy basis of communication.
Both Spanish and- Latin students in his classes manage'to
make themselves understood
when English fails.
Enrique, who has spent his
summers on ranches at home,
is not totally unfamiliar with
the extensive farming operation at the Ross household. He
is primarily interested in flying, and expects to get his pilot's license next year. Snow
was a new experience to him;
he was fascinated by a tobogan-
ning jaunt on New Year's Day.
The Albert Gall family received a guest just a day or so
later . . . Ronaldo Amorim Vi-
esa De Sousa, of Rio de Janiero,
Brazil, who added one more language to the now-polyglot High
School. His native tongue is
Portuguese, which isn't taught
here; fortunately, his English
is good. ;
Ronaldo, who observed his
15th birthday on January 2, is
the son of a Colonel in the Brazilian Air Force; he has a brother, 10, and a sister, 6, at
home. An apartment dweller
until, now, he found both the
northern snow and the operation of a farm brand new.
Math is his best field, but he
expects to improve his English
here. He might — or, suggests
Albert Gall, "he might acquire
a lot of American slang instead."
Exchange students and their Saline "brothers" meet at
the High School, where all four are students. Left to right
are Freddie Gall; his guest, Ronaldo Sousa; Enrioiie Es-
tela; and Ms host, Ed Ross.