1964-03-25; Saline Reporter

              The Saline
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 28 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1964
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I0RITY'
Public Meet
On River
Project Set
A public meeting to discuss
possible improvements of the
Saline River and Macon Drain
watersheds has been scheduled
at 8 pjn. Tuesday at the High
School here.
Both areas are tributary to
the Raisin River and, as such,
part of the proposed Raisin River Improvement Project which
has been in preliminary stages
for about a year.
The meeting here is designed
to determine specific needs and
problems of the Saline River
and Macon Drain subwatersheds
and the public is urged to attend, list problems, and suggest
types of solutions. Information
gained here will be passed on
to the Soil Conservation Service
for use in an upcoming survey.
Not only governmental representatives, but individuals and
organizations are invited, according to Robert W. McCrory,
County Extension Agent.
While the project is of
interest to rural residents with
regard to drainage, soil conservation, and wildlife conservation, McCrory emphasized that
the group also hopes to obtain
ideas of city needs and preferences, with regard to recreation, drainage, and water use.
Possible uses of the pond at
Curtiss Park should be considered, he said.
The cities of Saline and Milan, and the townships of Pittsfield, York, Saline, Lodi, Freedom and Bridgewater are involved in this portion of the
watershed.
The Soil Conservation Service
survey, to begin about April 20,
is expected to take 50 or 60
days. Cost-benefit ratios will
then be computed so that localities may decide whether or not
they wish to participate in the
project.
Federal aid is available for
such improvements under PL-
566, which requires public interest as well as need.
Saline musicians, in the State Solo and Ensemble Festival in Grand Rapids Saturday, accumulated their usual impressive collection of "first" and "second" division awards.
Above, after their triumphant return, are (seated)
George Reynolds, trumpet solo, 1st; and Gary Johnson, baritone horn, 1st. Standing are (left to right) Katy Esch, oboe,
who was awarded a 1st this year just as she was last year;
Bob Austin, trumpet, 1st; Gay Wedemeyer, saxophone, 1st;
Mrs. Ronald Attinger; Barbara Hehr, bassoon, 2nd; Director Art Katterjohn; and Assistant Director Ron Attinger.
More than 4,000 Michigan students took part in the
event.
Advisory Group to Meet
With School Architect
The regularly scheduled meeting of the Saline Area Schools
Advisory Council has been
changed to Thursday, April 2,
so that members can meet with
the architect for the proposed
new elementary school.
The meeting will be held in
the library of the High School
at 8 p.m.
Mr. Binda, of the firm Guido
A. Binda, Architect and Associates, will be the speaker. The
firm, selected by the Board of
Education, has specialized in
school buildings, has done a
number of schools throughout
the state, and was the designer
of the Saline Area High School.
In research in the areas of
building and curriculum, Advisory Council members have met
with many breaks in traditional
All Around Saline
Larry Diuble, who was confirmed Palm Sunday at Bethlehem United Church of Christ
in Ann Arbor, was guest of
honor at a buffet luncheon Sunday noon. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbert Diuble of Lohr
Rd. The 41 guests present included Larry's aunts, uncles,
cousins and both sets of grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius
Schnirring of Ann Arbor and
Mr- and Mrs. Adolph Diuble of
Lodi Township.
The Jameson Fords returned
home from Florida last Thursday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ray Burmeister
entertained Sunday in honor of
we birthdays of their daughter
«ary Ann and granddaughter
JUsa. Their guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Burmeister of Sa-
™e and Mr. and Mrs. Herschel
Outlaw of Ypsilanti.
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Medical patients at Saline
V°mmunity Hospital this week
included Miss Gertrude Robison; Mrs. Bessie Hemenway;
^gust Fisher; Dennis Valine,
™ee-year-old son of Mr. and
j«rs. Dale Valine of Canterbury
vj and Earl Bredernitz of On-
sted, a former Saline resident.
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Mrs. Gordon Swanson and
ws. Dale Goble were hostesses
« a stork shower for Mrs. Robert Estes Tuesday night. The
snower was given at Mrs. Swan-
s°ns home, with about 14
guests present.
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Mrs. Bessie Collins and
Carles Collins spent the weekend in Trenton with. Mr. and
^rs. Max Collins and family.
Sunday evening they attended
the cantata "Stabat Mater" presented by the chancel choir of
Faith Methodist Church. One of
the soloists was Mrs. Nathan
Judson, formerly Miss Christina Sehnierle of Saline. Music
was furnished by the organ and
string orchestra.
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Mrs. Naomi Jenkins is recovering from surgery she underwent last Wednesday at the Saline hospital.
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Celeste Klein, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Klein of Maple Ave., was confirmed Palm
Sunday at Trinity Luthejran
Church. Attending the service
with the Kleins were their
daughter's grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Stephan of Detroit and Mr. and Mrs. William
H. Klein of Ann Arbor, and her
aunt, Miss Helen Stephan of
Washington, D.C, who came to
Saline especially for the occasion. Other aunts and uncles,
along with their families, included the Jack Stephans of
Royal Oak, the Benjamin Stan-
dens of St. Joseph, Mich., and
the John Kleins of Saline. After the service, the Kleins and
their guests had dinner at the
Rubaiyat  in Ann Arbor.
•m • •
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fee-
man entertained about 50 relatives and friends at dinner Sunday in honor of their son Ronnie's confirmation at St. Paul
United Church of Christ here.
Guests were present from Ann
Arbor, Ypsilanti,. Milan, Bridge-
water, Chelsea and Saline.
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Ferman Clement is a patient
at Saline Community Hospital
where he underwent surgery
Tuesday.
concepts. Much that has been
learned would be both desirable
and adaptable in the Saline
school system, they believe.
In a letter to the architect,
the council has submitted several questions to be answered at
the meeting. Among them:
1. What is the architect's
opinion of limited window area
versus much window area?
What are the advantages of
each?
2. Does a building for "team
teaching" cost more than the
traditional building?
3. Does a folding partition
provide as much soundproofing
as a concrete block wall?
4. What kinds of floors are
recommended in hallways and
classrooms?
5. Why are flat roofs used?
Are gabled roofs more costly?
6. What areas in addition to
regular classrooms are considered educationally desirable?
7. What size of classrooms
are desirable for 30 pupils?
8. Do you still build in the
closets and cabinet work as was
done in the High School building?
9. How does electric heating
coimpare, cost-wise, with gas
heat?
10. Does starting a building
in the late fall add materially
to the cost?
The meeting is open to the
public and questions from the
floor pertaining to building and
design will 'be answered.
Subsequent meetings of the
group will be held the first
Wednesday of the mlonth as
usual.
Detroit Gets
'66 Jaycee
Convention
A bid to bring the national
Junior Chamber of Commerce
convention to Detroit in 1966
has been successful.
The decision for Detroit was
made at the organization's national board of directors' meeting this week, after extensive
maneuvering and eight ballots,
according to G. Merritt Martin,
Michigan president, of Saline.
At the end of the 7th ballot,
Martin reported, Detroit was
still in third place, trailing Hawaii by two votes, and with
Baltimore, Md., in the lead, only 16 votes short of success.
Other contenders were New
Orleans, Atlantic City, and
Portland,  Ore.
Then came a lunch break,
used by the 35-member Michigan delegation to reorganize
their position. In the ensuing
ballot, Detroit won by a majority of six votes out of 290. The
Michigan group included only
10 voting delegates, but 15 De-
troiters.
The convention will bring
more than 10,000 Jaycees and
wives to Detroit; it is the second biggest convention in the
United States, surpassed only
by that of the American Legion
On November 24, 1963, eight-year-old Kevin Kraushaar
"felt so sad" that he sat down and wrote a letter. It said:
"Dear Mrs. Kennedy: I think you have not met me yet. I
am sorry and sad over your husband's death. He was a very
good President, and I will miss him."
This week, he got an answer, an engraved card that
said: "Mrs. Kennedy is deeply appreciative of your sympathy and grateful for your thoughtfulness."
Kevin, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Donald Kraushaar, is in
the third grade (he had a little help in spelling and addressing his letter to the bereaved First Lady). Above, he and his
sister, Carol, proudly inspect the card that came in answer.
Neighbors Look After
Burned Out Family
Model Lists Varied
Residential Areas
Passage of a new zoning or- floor space. "R-l-A" zoning, for
dinance for Saline was given a instance, requires a residential
"top priority" classification by building lot of at least 10,900
$ City Council at its work session square feet and a minimum of
Monday night; and a target date 90 front feet. A one-story house
of May 1 was set for enactment, with  basement,   erected   in   a
Reason for urgency in the "R-l-A" district, would have a
matter, according to Council- minimum main-level floor space
man George Johnson: "We feel of 1500 square feet,
very strongly that with the The ordinance's "R-l-B" zon-
type of housing development ing requires a minimum of 70
we've had here in recent years, front feet for the building lot,
and with the type we face in and also specifies minimum
| the immediate future, we're go- land area and floor space, both
ing to have problems far great- scaled down from the "R-l-A"
er  than  we've   ever   contended minimums.
with before, unless we take ac- "R-l-C" zoning provides for
tion to control the development homes ranging in size from 880
now. We need an ordinance that square feet for a two-bedroom,
will give balance to our growth one-story model at the mini-
. . . one which will help provide mum. This classification, like
for more than just 'starter' hou- the other two, also specifies
ses . . . and one which will keep minimum lot sizes and frontag-
Saline from being overgrown es.
with look-alike subdivisions. Each  zoning   group   offers
"For the welfare of our en- wide latitude in lot shapes; and
tire community, we need this *" actual total floor space, de-
right now." pending on whether the home is
Working   with   Phyllis   Dou- built on a slab>  or ^th base-
.. 1%-story  or
ment,   one-story,
two-story.
The  Warren   ordinance
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Strie-
that of the Planning Commission and George Anderson, for-
mer councilman, Johnson in re- The Warren ordinance also
cent weeks has studied model covers aH other lsnd_ uses • • •
zoning ordinances of other Mi- industrial commercial etc.; but
chigan communities as recom- lts m ^e residential zoning
mended by the Michigan Muni- tbat Saline <?& Counca feels
„.,,,, .,  +.   .    cipal League. The group chose the current Saline ordinance is
The family had  saved their thfi ordinance   of the  City  of weakest, and it's here the at-
The board  of directors  also ter and their children had no furniture and clothing, but they Warren    rapidly-growing   sub- tention will be centered,
approved a resolution endorsing idea, when they woke up Fri- had lost a number of valuable urb of f)etroit as the document     The Present zoning ordinance
a proposed  amendment  to the day morning,  that they would antiques,   including an antique most_neariy   matching   Saline's was Passed on June u> 1958>
United States Constitution that tie living in a different house organ.  Also  destroyed was  all needs and amended on September 2 of
would allow prayer in schools,    within a few hours. the baby furniture used for the     ^h   Council's   concurrence, the same year and Marc* 24>
Martin   and   his   wife,   Lois,     They were, first, the victims children in earlier days. on  Tues(jay  the Warren  ordi- 1959-
will   be   among   350  Michigan of a disaster, and then the re-     Then   came  a  performance nance was turned over to Allan      Council chose April 6 as tar-
Jaycees   and  their  wives   who cipients of an astonishing rural that could only happen in the Grossman,   city   attcfrneyi   for get date for ^irst reading of the
Will      attend      ttio     1QRA     nnHnrol     miotnm      Immm       nc     »+>■«     „„,.,vT-,        1.     J-1~~ :_T-1 j.-_l_  _ r*~~.^~~-A                Ji  T»   -
will attend the 1964 national custom known as "the neigh- country: the neighbors took ov- use jn drafting a new zoning ProP0Sed new ordinance. B e-
meet in Dallas, Tex.,  in June, bors  helped". er. code for Saline. tween  now and  the hoped-for
where - unless the present pic- One moment everything was Having already moved the Residential zoning in Warren May 1 enactment date, Council
ture changes ~ the Michigan- as USUal, at their home at 5186 furniture out of the burning is set up in three major classi- ^^ts to work with the Plan-
ders will march at the head of Manchester Rd.; breakfast was house, the neighbors - many of fications based on lot size and nmg  Commission   in   mapping
the convention parade. The po- in  progress,  and the children, whom came from miles away —    -   out  the city in  districts  con-
sition  indicates  that  they  are Duane   Cary   and Linda   were now found another house that jt   • c» * forming to the document,
first in the nation in member- getting ready to go to school.     would do instead. UlUOn oCFVlCeS . The re-written ordinance will
ship, expansion, and community     Then, suddenly, one wall was      It  was the former   Edwin Q   j. _c        TTocrfoi* firSt g° to the plannin£ Corn-
service. a mass of flames   and   by the Stierle house,   now   owned   by »3Ct J-Or -Tidbit?!, mission for   study,   and   then
  time the school bus arrived, the Karl   Bredernitz   and   sons,   at (lnnA FridflV ^ b* submitted to aty Coun-
, -p., fire was completely out of con- 4980  Austin  Rd.  It  had  been ««"" A 11UflJ al with   recommendations   for
JayCeeS A lail trol and   it  was obvious that closed up for more than a year.
cil with
Two  union  services,   one  on action.
part of the house could not be     Brooms and mops flew, and Good   Friday and another   on •
saved. The school bus went on 'bottles of ammonia were in high Easter Sunday, have been sche-   M.Jf      ,   „      , ,
without  stopping,  and  the fa- demand. When   the  place  was duled by local churches. IVlllTOra VOffiTaCtOr
mily and neighbors went on try- thoroughly cleaned   and   aired,     The Rev. George Laurent, the Qefg Sewage Plant
Annual School
Carnival Set
For May 1
The annual School Carnival,
sponsored by Room Parents' organizations to raise funds for
school improvement projects,
has been scheduled for Friday,
May 1, at the Elementary
School.
Committee members for the
Carnival will meet at 8:15 p.m.
Monday, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward MaMelski, at
7130 Piatt Rd. The Makielskis
are co-chairmen for this year's
Carnival with Mr. and Mrs. Bu-
ford Soden.
Other committee members include Dr. and Mrs. Robert Henry, prizes; Mr. and Mrs. William
Crim, Jr., tickets; and Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Hunt and Mr. and
Mrs. Loren Bersuder, food.
The Carnival is jointly sponsored by the Intermediate and
Elementary Room Parents'
groups.
Easter Egg
Hunt for Kids
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The annual Easter Eee Hunt inS  to   save~ what  furnishings aU the Strieter belongings were pastor ofthe Presbyterian-First _VjXnansion ProiPct
ihe annual taster Egg Hunt    s e   __^^     ^ _^ ^       ^ ^^ Baptist Churchj vvlU speak) on Mu*,pun*iun riOjeCV
fl    ^^f   CMdren'   *P °n"       Sninf   th.   hW   h«   mt  " WaS foUnd that &** W3S n0   "We'  Be&re ^ Cr°SS"'   &t ^       SaHne ^  COUI1Cil ™  a  S^
sored by the Jaycees, will begin     Cause of the blaze has not ^ refrigerator,   an Good   Friday   service   at   1:30 cial meeting Tuesday night re-
at 1 pm. Saturday, at Curtiss been detemned electrician came out and install- p.m., at the Methodist Church, solved that the contract for ad-
Park, the club announced this     Sahne Volunteer Fire Depart- ^ ^ The  cm_gK&i_mL of  st.   Paul ditions   to   the   city's   sewage
WeT6kV +,-«,*.    . ^ftS°8 TtYirSSS     By nightfall,   the   Strieters United   Church   of Christ  will treatment plant be awarded to
In the event of ram the hunt ^8 ajn, and two trucks    J „   \     ^       ^     d ^ participate, and the offer- John F. Sadler, of Milford, low
will be postponed until Sunday from^ the Pittsfield.  Tow-nship so       *    fcod ^   tag   ^   be   gent   to   Churdh bidder on the project. Four con-
afternoon. SS^irSr^M «aid Mrs- strieter T««s<ky. ^ World Service for fatemational factors bid on the project, and
Open to children between the Detroit Edison^crew_ was caned /'        relief_ SadIer,s  ^ ^  ^   '
ases.f I ™f i2' ^ huf ** *™ fJ tw ,S!ibS     But even that wasn't the end     The same three churches will was   $23,500   under  the  next-
provide 700 dyed eggs and some house, and their_ aerial   adder Saturday,  a tele- join in an Easter Sunrise Ser- lowest price. The city's consul-
candy eggs, m three  separate was used for a tune to place a man%ame ^d installed vice, at 6:30 a.m. Sunday at St. ting engineers recommended ac-
areasfor youngsters divided in- man with a hose above the toe  g^ number ag Paul church Tbe early gervice nce Qf
to three age levels. They must A lugh  mnd  aid .bitter  cold £ carrier wm be conducted b   ^ Youth 1h     h -t fa   ^ ;
be accompanied by parents in complicated   fire   fighters    ef-       ^ ^ maU ^ FeUowship of the church. M her than ^ J
order to participate  Prizes will forts^  and  F^e   Chief  Harold address ^^   even   fae gpeaker flt ^ sumise seryiee estimate ^ *
be awarded for each age group. Armbruster suffered an in]ured wiU ^ ^ ShM      Samonek      Ir addm
.  ^ycee chairman of the event nose when he "did a Crosbie" of  Manchestei,   a ^dent   at Sadler ^  spitted aprtee
is  Jim Riviera   Eggs  for the ... he, dgpped.intoa^waU and ened       ^ ^ £ Elmhurst   Coll ^  music ior &n ^ to the sewage
hunt  were  boiled  at  El-Rad's was staick by a flying brick Cross representative, will be   provided   by   a   four- digester  mixing  svstem which
Drive In whose owners are Jay-     By 9 a.m. most of the action £ mefflber choral _ Janet adequate JadS
cee members. ^^_Z _Z Tot7LS£f blank?ts' clothi^' or «*" aid' RkhardS' Linda Heise™an- Ka" Population up to 8.000. TMsS
  ed   trough,  the^Td   Zr „ Bj Tuesday, JMngs had set- ty Esch   and JoJordan - and ditional item, coupled with oth-
Jayshees Host
District Meet
completely burned out, and the
tied down - the Strieters will soloist, Bob Austin.
er recommended changes,
first floor extensivelv damaged remain ™ their present house     Breakfast will be served wi- brought   the   approved"bid&To"
first floor extensively damaged unta ^ ded(Je whether to re_ thout charge by the Youth Fel- $213,750.
py smoKe ana water.  pair   Qr  rebuild   the   old   ona i0Wship following the service.       The contract, to be awarded
Members of the Saline Jaycee F0UND: MOTHER HS?5£ ** ^SK^SS J?,^^^tJEL^ ** S^n.aS state and federal ^
Auxiliary  hosted  a district  3 gALENE* "BEST"
Regis Accepts for Fund Workers
gone home . . . but they're still hold their own worship services proval has been obtained "calls
meeting Monday evening at the —"" standing by, ready to move if at their regular hours on Sun- for completion of the project in
High School,  for delegates  of     Salinians .have long been aw- someone needs help. day^         365 days.
clubs in Blissfield, Clinton, Te- are that their city has the best ■ :	
cumseh, Adrian, Chelsea, Carle- schools, the best hospital, the
ton, Monroe, Milan, Dundee, Ro- most paved streets, the biggest
mulus, and Ypsilanti. shade trees and the best-looking
Mrs. G. Merritt Martin served girls to be found anywhere,
as chairman of the event, with     But did you know it also has
the whole Saline club acting as the best banking hours in the
her committee. country?
Major speaker "was Ahmad No kidding! Saline banks, one
Kafi, MD., staff physician with or the other or both, are open
Children's Residential Psyehia- six days a week plus .two even-
trie Services, Ypsilanti State ings, and ~ as far as is known -
Hospital. not another town in the nation
District  and   state   officers can match that,
who   attended   included   Dolls 	
Brohman,  state president;  Pat SCHOOLS TO RESUME
Maroney, of Chelsea, district 3 Saline area schools will re-
vice president; and Pat Hart- sume classes -at the regular
sell, of Redford Township, dis- hours Monday morning, at the
trict 4 vice president. end of spring vacation.
A "Golden U" award, for his excellent work
in chairmaning the 1964 Saline area United Fund
Drive, has been presented to Regis Wolfinger
(at photo left) by Wesley Urch, Michigan United
Fund field representative from Kalamazoo. Wolfinger is president of the local United Fund and
also served as campaign chairman.
The award is not only a "thank you" to
Wolfinger, but also a thanks to volunteers who
assisted in making the drive for local, state and
national agencies a success, and an appreciation
to the community for supporting the program,
Urch said.
In Michigan, in the drive, 166 United Fund
raised more than $34 million through the efforts
of volunteers.