1964-04-01; Saline Reporter

              The Saline
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 29 ~ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1964
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Local Families Seek Word
From Loved Ones in Alaska
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WILL MEET TUESDAY
The Saline Chamber of Commerce will hold a regular meeting Tuesday, April 7, at Alexander's Dining Room at 1 p.m.
Former Salinians
Live in Kodiak
And Anchorage
(Bulletin: Word was received
here shortly before midnigjbt
Tuesday that Daniel and Patricia Gable and their two sons
all safely survived the disaster
in Alaska, and are "still at Kodiak". The telegram, sent to
Patricia's parents, contained no
further details, but a letter
from Daniel was received by
his parents Wednesday. It is
reprinted, in part, on this page.)
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Local families this week
clung to the belief that their
young people in Alaska weri
"probably all right", but queries
sent through the American Red
Cross had not yet brought replies.
Mr. and Mrs. Allison Gable,
of 727 Judd Rd., had only a
roundabout assurance that their
son, Daniel, and his family were
"not on any casualty list" after
the disastrous earthquake and
tidal wave that struck Alaska
on Good Friday.
Daniel, 25, left last June witti
his wife, Patricia, and sons,
Danny, 2, and Joseph, who is
almost one year old, to serve
with the Slavic Gospel Mission
on Kodiak. They make their
home at the mission itself,
which is located near the coastline of the island.
At Kodiak, the tidal wave was
estimated in various reports as
up to 17 feet high; fishing boats
were washed into the city, gas
tanks burned, and the fishing
industry was wiped out.
No direct word has come
from the young missionary family, but Patricia's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Tremaine, of near
Jackson, learned through a radio operator that the name "Gable" was not listed among the
casualties.
Also of concern to Saline
friends and relatives is Karen
Dechert Stafford, 23, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Tenant, of 6940 Warner Rd.,
and daughter of Harold Dechert
of Allen Park.
Karen went to Alaska four
years ago, at the end of her
junior year at Saline High
School, with Saline's "59'ers",
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Avis. Since
that time, she has married Joseph Stafford .and the couple
now have two sons, Cris, 3, and
Michael, 1. They live in Mountain View, sometimes described
as "a suburb of Anchorage".
Joe is employed at the Army
base there. It was in Anchorage that the Good Friday quake
struck in full force, devastating
the city.
Inquiries through the Red
Cross have also been instituted
for news of the Staff ords . . .
again, without results as yet.
Red Cross headquarters in Anchorage were reportedly receiving inquiries at the rate of 300
an hour from relatives all over
the world . . . instant answers
were neither possible nor expected.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Avis, who
formerly lived on E. Bennett
St- here, moved to Anchorage in
1959 in the hope that the climate would be helpful to their
son Rick, then 3%, who was
suffering from an obscure blood
disease. They also took another
s°n, Steve, then two, and Kar-
<*■ as baby-sitter, since Mrs.
Avis, a registered nurse, expected to work at the Anchorage
hospital.
Fred, formerly an employee
M General Telephone Co., had
accepted a job with Western
fJectric and - when last heard
h'om - stm worked for that
Srm, though his wife and chil-
River Needs
Listed for
Prof
Council Deals with Crucial
Issues at Working Session
Tap-in Moratorium, MEHA,
Apartment Bldg. Considered
Relieved families Tuesday night received news of the
safety of Daniel and Patricia Gable and their two small sons,
Joseph and Danny, shown above with Peter Deyneka (right)
director of missions of the Slavic Gospel Association. The
picture was taken at Milan Baptist Church, after the commissioning service that launched the Gables on their missionary career, in June, 1963. Since then, they have lived and
worked at the mission, at Kodiak, Alaska.
Missionary Describes
4Little Earthquake9
dren
were reported staying on
^homestead  some miles "outside the city.
Parents meet aprdl 7
The Intermediate School Parents Association will meet at
° P-m. Tuesday, April 7, at the
school. Names of room mother
replacements for next year will
55 submitted and plans for the
^ay tea will be discussed.
Mr. and Mrs. Allison Gable
today received a letter written
Sunday by their son, Daniel, a
missionary at Kodiak, Alaska.
He wrote:
"I suppose you've heard the
news about the little earthquake
we had here Friday. Patty was
working" (His wife, a registered nurse, works part time at
the hospital there) "and I had
come in a quarter to five. I was
eating my last few bites of supper when suddenly the chapel
started jiggling back and forth.
My first thought was that someone had run into it with a
truck. Then I realized it was an
earthquake."
"Ben was here." (Ben is a
boy from Kodiak who lives with
the Gables.) '*He had already
finished eating and was in the
living room. The electricity
went off immediately and Danny and Joey" (their sons) "both
started screaming. I grabbed up
Danny and Ben grabbed Joey.
Both of us were wandering around in here unable to think of
what to do. Finally Pastor Phillips" (whom they work under)
"called in for us to go outside
and so we did."
Receives Honor
For Long Service
To Red Cross
Mrs. Edwin Hering, of 208
Russell St., received recognition for 20 years of service to
the American Red Cross Tuesday afternoon at a "Recognition Tea" for volunteer workers
in Washtenaw County. The tea
was held at the Red Cross Operations Center on Packard Rd.,
in Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Hering's work with the
Red Cross has included serving
as chairman of the local Blood
Bank.for a number of years;
helping to staff Blood Banks in
factories outside of Saline; and
obtaining special types of blood
for emergency transfusions.
She is also in charge of the
loan closet and cancer dressings
in Saline; has taught Red Cross
home nursing classes here; and
has worked with the Future
Nurses' Club at Saline High
School.
She has been well-known over
the years for obtaining aid fbr
needy families and families
struck by disasters and for aiding servicemen, including the
distribution of kits to local men
upon their induction into service.
Mrs. Hering has also been active in church and hospital work
and is a charter member of Saline Social Services, Inc. She is
a member and past matron of
the Saline chapter of the Eastern Star and a member of the
Saline Woman's Club.
"There is a quonset building
behind the Catholic Church,
right out our door, and it was
dancing a jig. You know how a
tree goes, when someone shakes
it real hard to knock fruit down.
Everything was shaking like
that and there was no solid
ground to stand on. It is the
most eerie experience you can
ever have."
"I thought it was never going
to stop, although it only shook
from two to four minutes. The
quake didn't do much to the
town except to knock things off
the shelves in the stores. But
this was just the beginning."
"15 or 20 minutes later, someone said a tidal wave was coming, so we ran across the road
and looked into the water and
it was already beginning to lift
a big Standard Oil building
down by the water. We all headed for Pillar Mountain after
getting blankets and food into
the carryall. Patty was still at
work, so I didn't know what
was happening to her. Nobody
knew what was going on, because we could not see the>
town."
"Someone came, saying that
the water was up to the roof in
Craft's store. I've never seen
such a shambles in all my life.
The whole main business section of town is completely destroyed. God was wonderful in
that comparatively few homes
were lost. There were three canneries in town, big ones. Only
one is left. The two that are
gone are completely gone . . .
there is nothing left but the
pilings where they were sitting."
"There are boats of all sizes
and descriptions laying around
all over town. Two real big
boats are lying on their sides
out in the water. The whole business section is piled up in a
heap."
"The boat dock where the
fishing vessels tie up, inside the
breakwater, is completely gone.
Cars smashed, boats all over,
buildings smashed and piled up
together, merhcandise strewn
all over the streets. It is impossible to describe the situation."
"There is only - one grocery
store that was not destroyed.
The water was four feet deep in
the bakery. The churches are
all in a higher section of town
so none of them was touched
except one. I was watching out
in the channel after we came
back from Pillar Mountain; a
warehouse went floating by,
looking just like the pictures
you see of Noah's Ark."
"For two full days now, tlie
water has been surging in and
out, and they keep warning
about tidal waves."
For Easter,  we had  church
in the morning . . . only about
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Areas in need of improvement
along the Saline River were listed Tuesday night at a meeting
of persons interested in the proposed Raisin River Improvement Project.
The Saline River and Macon
Drain watersheds are tributary
to the Raisin and, as such, are
part of the improvement project which is being processed
under Public Lav/ 566.
Robert McCrory, County Extension Agent, and John Trus-
torf, of the Soil Conservation
Service, scheduled the meeting
here to obtain a list of needs
and suggested improvements, to
be considered by engineers making a Soil Conservation Service
survey, beginning April 20.
The surveyors may also visit
various farms in the area for
further information, McCrory
said. When the survey is completed, a "cost-need" index will
be set up to determine the feasibility of the suggested improvements; 100% federal aid
is available for flood control in
some cases, he said. All other
projects are carried out on a
cost-share basis.
Areas of concern to the city
were cited by Mayor Jack Bennett: "By the end of the year,
we will have between, a $700,000
Two scale-model water towers (not on the same scale,
however) perplex Libby Fuller, secretary at City Hall, who
fortunately doesn't have to make a choice between them.
City Council and the engineers will do that. Both towers
stand between 130 and 140 feet high (and will probably have
to carry an aircraft warning light, says Don Holly, engineer). Both have a capacity of 250,000 gallons, as compared
with the city's present 60,000 gallon tank. Both provide access to the top from an inside ladder (behind a locked door,
which will also perplex high school-aged artists).
City Council will receive bids on a new water tower at
the April 6 regular meeting; present plans call for its installation by the end of summer at the site on E. Henry St.
'Fire Index'
Technically it wasn't a meet- of the proposed building eleva-
ing, since all Councilmen hadn't tions, to make sure that specifi-
been notified of it 12 hours in cations regarding tlie relation-
advance . . . but Saline City ship between height of building
Council at its Monday "non- and size of court and yard ar-
meeting" still managed to make eas are complied with,
progress on a number of key MEHA AGREEMENT
issues. In other discussion at Mon-
Couneiiman L. Z. Still re- day's meeting Council instruct-
quested the special session to ed City Attorney Allan Gross-
present a motion for a 60-day man to re-examine the proposed
, moratorium on all new sewer agreement between MEHA and
*§ and water tap-ins. Still based the City of Saline. The docu-
his motion on the belief that ment, prepared by MEHA's at-
Saline's present sewage dispo- torney, is a counter-proposal to
sal and water facilities may one submitted by the City of
soon be overloaded . . . that it Saline itself. It specifies in de-
will be a year before the city's tail the various responsibilities
sewage plant expansion will be of the City and the retirement
completed . . . and that a thor- village association in providing
1Y1 ough investigation of how much utilities and city services to the
additional load the present proposed village,
plant can handle should be Councilmen pinpointed a
made before any additional number of items which they felt
building permits are approved, should be cleared up before any
Still specified that the morator- agreement is signed. Among
ium should apply only to new them:
building starts on lots where no .. The matter of annexation
building already stands anid 0f MEHA property into the Ci-
where tap-ins haven't already ty. "Last time I talked to Er-
been provided for. It should not win Frederick, Lodi Township
apply to applications for build- supervisor, he hadn't even been
ing permits involving remodel- contacted about annexation,"
ing or expansion of present fa- declared Mayor Pro Tern George
cilities. Johnson. "This should be gone
Because of insufficient notice
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and million dollar sewage plant _.       . -^ .
on the Saline River which could Tq   h@   Posted
be endangered by floods ... it
is a flood area since we lack a ^^
suitable  storage  area for wa- tieTe
for " x
Saline firemen have construc
ted
With the city's present rate
of building increase, the run-off
increase is "tremendous", h e
said. He suggested that the
pond at Curtiss Park be enlarged and cleaned out, to pro-
JfcjjereL Daily
SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET
A meeting of the Saline Area of the meeting,   Council  could
Board of Education will be held take no action on the proposed T
at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April moratorium. But Still declared Warrant ISSUCd
8, in  the  conference room   at that the motion had ample sup- p1©]* JjOCal Y©Uth
the High School.
On Check Charge
ted a four-foot by three-foot
sign to indicate the "fire index" of the day, in the hope
that local residents will take a
look at it before they, strike
that match.
port for passage.
CHERNICK PLANS
Council also received another A warrant has been issued
request for a building permit against a 22-year-old former
from Detroit builder Herb Cher- Saline man on a charge of ut-
nick, covering an apartment tering and publishing a forged
house to be erected on S. Har- instrument. Police withheld his
ris St. Accompanying the re- name pending arrest, expected
quest was a new blueprint for later today.
The Saline area Cancer Drive the structure remedying a var-     The  young man   allegedly
Local Cancer
Drive Gets
Under Way
vide  more  water  storage  for . _ ._  ..„.-„...    „ „ —__,—„
flood   control.   Such   a project     The si§n> already erected out- began today, to run through the iance   for   which   Council   had cashed   two   checks,   forged  in
would also prevent the annual s^e ^e ^re meeting building month of April. turned down a previous request, the name of Arthur Alber, one
flooding of the park
at the corner of Harris St. and
Mailers,   prepared   by   mem- By removing a connecting stair- at  a Saline  bar for  $25,   and
The city's present water sup- hl- Mlchigan  Ave.,   gives  tne bgrs   of  ^ Jaycee  Auxiliary   case between the two-unit ap- another at a local store where
ply, from wells, is expected to day's burning conditions in sim- .... _       . .
be  adequate  for a   long  time, Pkjnnns,_ in^€tJ;ers large^n:
are to ;go out this week, accord- artment    structures,    Chernick he purchased a hair dryer for
vtm-,*-m*+    a* a   u * «V°    ouffh to be read from a TM««iriix ing   to   Mrs-   Merritt   Martin, hoped  to  dispose  of Council's $18.60  and received. $51.40  in
Bennett added,  but "it is con- ough to be read from a passing chairmanj and ___e eommittee is objection to the length of the change from a $70 check.
ceivable that in the future the Cdil «,*».«,    •♦    setting   UP   a   series  of  coffee area between them. The objec- 	
city may need to take a water J^emen ^^^°™ ag hours   for   the  benefit of the tion was based  on City Ordi- JUNIOR CHILD STUDY
supply from the river" ale^tiS^Zl^jJ.   caiTOn- nance specifications  as  to the CLUB TO HOLD ANNUAL      '
_ Problem areas all along the * *^?J^/™ J™*1 '^'     Funds collected here are ear- length of a court. Now, with the MEETING ON APRBL 6
river   were   listed by   County ^\Ja™nfo *? Jj™ grass* marked fQr uge ^ Saline; area open __t both endS) the ob_     The ^^ Jmiio_ Qm
Drain Commissioner John J» ^quired to obtain a burn- proyide   dressingSj   and   ^^ jection would no longer be val- Club will hold its annual meet-
.£•    • *  «.    u    .-,    *     The index for thP dav is oh   ment for  cancer  detection for id, contended Chernick. ing and election of officers on
Beginning  at  the  backland +JJ*_ ™^J£ •„?„ ^L-l.L Saline Community Hospital. "But," noted Councilman Ro- Monday, April 6, at the home of
(Continued on page 4)
Triple Downtown
"Move-Around"
Set This Month
tained by taking into considera-     Coffee  hours ^ave ,-een   ^ bert strohl, "it's still a court by Mrs. James Keller,
tion the humidity, wind veloci- ranged so far by j^^ Arthur Ordinance definition, so the size     Co-hostesses wiU be Mrs. Jo-
ty, rain or number of days since Heiningerj Mrs_ Robert Morrow, restrictions should still apply." seph Graf and Mrs. Jerry Losee.
rain, and the condition of vege- Mrs_ Anna Marm_ and j^ Don Council   also   decided to  re-     A representative of the Mich-
deadj intermediate, or Ford   The mmn11-ttpp hopes to quest more detailed  blueprints igan Children's Aid Society will
tation
green. These are applied to a hold „one in every biock»  and from Chernick, including prints serve as guest speaker.
"Lake  States  Burning  Index
Meter".
anyone interested in acting as
__ ,_ , hostess for such  an  event is
Mid-April wiU be moving time     The  resulting   numbers   run asked tQ contafA lMra> Charles
for three major downtown bus- from 1 to 100 and are divided Finn_
inesses and Salinians will have hito seven classes: Other members of the com-
to be alert to know where to go jndex mittee, besides Mrs. Martin and
for what. Number Condition Explanation Mrs. Finn, are Mrs. Ruben Fink-
Celebrates 93rd Birthdav
The shuffle will be triggered
by the move of the Saline Sav- 0-1
ings Bank into its brand new
quarters on East Michigan Ave.,
half a block from the present
site at the main corner. The 2-3
move is hopefully scheduled for
about April 15, give or take a
few days depending on delivery
of furnishings. 4_6
When that happens, the Citizens Bank will move operations
temporarily into the present Savings Bank building right across the street, to begin demo- 7.12
lition of the present Citizens
Bank building and the present
Saline Hotel Restaurant building. This will make room for
construction of a new Citizens 13-24
Bank building, though no final
decision has yet been made on
architects' plans.
Since the present Saline Hotel Restaurant building is to be 25-49
razed, the restaurant will close
by April 15 and remain closed
for several weeks. But it will
re-open (hopefully, on June 1)
as Leutheuser's Restaurant, in
a new building now nearing 50-up
completion at the east edge of
the city. This opening date also
depends on delivery of furnishings and equipment.
beiner,  Mrs.  Leo Jensen,  Mrs.
Safe Fires will  not Charles   Kern,  Paul Tull,   and
spread  beyond the  heat Mrs, Edwin Hering.
of a campfire or burning 	
brush pile. «gfc WhU    Rorses»
Very   low      Fires   will    .    _     x a   77    .
start from an open flame A. H>eSt-oeil€r --
but   spread   slowly   and     "Six White Horses", the poem
tend to go out. about John-John and the death
Low       Fires will start of President Kennedy, recently
from a lighted match and published by the local firm, M.
spread   (rapidly   in   dry & W. Publishing Co., is a best-
grass  and  leaves)   until seller,
extinguished. The little book, authored by
Moderate Fires start teen-age Candy Geer, topped
readily frbm, a match, Detroit's non-fiction best-seller
burn briskly and tend to list last week and is now in its
spread rapidly ' as they second printing of 50,000, to be
increase in size. out about April 10. The  "W"
High       Fires start rea- in the firm's name stands for
dfly tfrom   a  match or Lauren Wild, of Saline,
glowing   cinders,   spread     Candy, and the young illus-
rapidly,   tend   to   crown trator, Leslie Bennett, will train young conifers. vel   throughout   the   United
Very high Fires . will States for autographing ses-
start from a glowing ci- sions, Wild said today. The first
garette butt or sparks, will be April 17-18, in Cleve-
spread rapidly and tend land; other dates are being ar-
to crown generally. Spot ranged to fill the numerous re-
fires common. quests.
Extreme Explosive con- 	
ditions. Fires start rea- Saline Fire Department was
dily from sparks, burn called at 5 p.m. Wednesday to
fiercely, tend to crown control a grass fire in the field
and spot generally. behind St. Andrew Church.
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Mrs. Jessie T. Jewell, mother of Hazen Jewell of 301 N.
Ann Arbor St., attained her 93rd birthday on Easter Sunday.
Now living at a convalescent home in Ann Arbor, she was
guest of honor at a birthday party featuring a cake baked
by Mrs. Hazen Jewell. Originally from Cheboygan, she spent
summers at her home there and winters with the Hazen
Jewells, until 8% years ago.
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