1964-08-05; Saline Reporter

              he Saline
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 47 -- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1964
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A landmark goes up: Work was progressing rapidly this
week on construction on the new city water storage tank,
just off Henry Street,, which will be the highest structure in
Saline . . . the portion shown is only the base. In another
month, former Salinians will he hard put to recognize their
home town skyline.
A landmark comes down: Work began this week on the
demolition of the century-old Citizens Bank building, to make
room for progress, expansion, and a modern building with
additional hanking services. Already reduced to memory and
a pile of lumber is the adjacent Saline Hotel restaurant
building, at left. Saline's "four corners" will never be the
same again.
A ticket for failure to stop
within the assured clear distance ahead this week ended a
Sheriff's Department investigation of the accident that took
the life of five-year-old Roger
Finkbeiner   Thursday  morning.
A deputy today said there
are no grounds for further
charges against the driver of
the car, which struck a wagon
in which Roger was riding with
his grandfather, on Jordan Rd.
near Braun Rd. The impact toppled the child to the ground
where the wheels of the wagon
passed over his body. He was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Saline Community' Hospital.
Roger, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Darell Finkbeiner, of 5475
Austin Rd., and his grandfather, Jacob Marion, of 10509
Jordan, were seated at the front
of a farm wagon which was being pulled by a tractor driven
by the child's uncle, Marvin J.
Marion, of 10605 Jordan.
They were moving south on
Jordan Rd. when a late-model
station wagon, driven by Mrs.
Judith N. Wise, 23, of 4250 Saline-Ann Arbor Rd., came over
the crest of a hill, apparently
went o.ut of control, and skidded a total of 189 feet before
striking the left rear of the wagon. Deputies said the distance
from the top of the hill to
where the wagon was struck is
approximately 1,000 feet.
Neither -of the Marions was
knocked from his seat by the
impact, and both were uninjured. Mrs. Wise also escaped
injury. The little boy was rushed to the hospital by his grandfather but died of severe internal injuries, a deputy medical examiner said.
He was born May 27, 1959, in
Ann Arbor.
Dance Scheduled
To Benefit CF
■. M 4ancg,=fa,r_.;the. ftenefit: op
the Cystic Fibrosis fund has
been scheduled Saturday, August 29, at the American Legion Hall,, with music by Kenneth Volz and his Rhythmaires.
Tickets are available at the
Legion Home or from Mrs. Gerald Johnson or Mrs. Ralph Uphaus. Time of the event is from
9 p.m. to midnight.
Surviving :are his parents; a
brother, Dale; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Marion of Saline; paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Finkbeiner of Ann Arbor;
several aunts, uncles and cousins.
The Rev. H. L. Engel officiated at funeral services Sunday
afternoon at Trinity Lutheran
Church; burial was in Oakwood
Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Trinity Lutheran Church building
fund.
Cost Study
reject
Representatives of Saline Kiwanis, Jaycees
and Rotary met last week to take first steps
toward organization for "Project Pool". Meeting Thursday night, the group discussed framework of the organization which will spearhead
a community drive to build a community swimming pool here.
Two officers of Saline's Business and Professional Women's Club, Mrs. Rose Fa?rell and
Mrs. Jean Taylor, also attended the meeting,
to relay information on the group's plans back
to their club.
Each of the three service clubs was asked
to name one member each to a "Project Pool"
board of directors; a committee to investigate
possible sites" for a pool; a committee to investigate various possibilities in size, style and
price for the pool; and a committee to head
fund-raising activities.
County 4-H Show Reflects
Expanding Club Programs
Roger  Finkbeiner
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If   Business   World... Membership Open
To Elementary
The County 4-H Show this
week at the Farm Council Activities Center is bigger and has
more facilities than ever before.
This year a record 1,300
young people , are enrolled in
the 4-H program and are exhibiting at the show. This year
for the first time, it has been
necessary to erect a tent for
the growing 4-H horse project,
Saline Team
Assured of Share
In League Title
The Saline team Monday
night nailed down at least a
share of the Ann Arbor High
.School .League- title, with a. 2-1
victory over the Ann Arbor
Police   team,  in   eight   innings.
The victory ended the local
team's regular season with a
12-2 record.
The game was a toss-up until
the last inning, when Ron Callison doubled, Bruce Nietham-
pier grounded out third to first,
and Callison raced home. Ron
Tucker and Ron Boldt pitched
132 New Voters       , for Saline-
l?po-iciW Hp™ •     The locals aiso beat Dexter
xvegibier xxere .:    8.3 last Wednesday,  and shut
.   A total of 132 new voters re- out Brighton 3-0 on Saturday,
gistered   in   SaUne   before the For details on those gameS) see
Petitions Due
Sept. I for
City Offices
Nominating petitions for city candidates — mayor and
three councilmen ~ must be
filed at City Hall no later than
Tuesday, September 1, City
Clerk E. J. Muir reminded residents this week.
Expiring terms are those of
Mayor Jacks'on T. Bennett, and
Councilmen George Johnson,
Robert Strohl, arfd Donald Dechert. The-p9sts|jfe..tD beJilled.
in the November election.
Some blank petitions have already been obtained at the City Hall, Muir said, but he added that he did not know what
candidates they were for. Petitions filed must contain not less
than 70 signatures of registered
electors.
to accommodate a 30 per cent
increase in the project. In addition, enrollments in the sheep,
rabbits and other projects have
increased. "
New activities this year include cook-outs for members
enrolled in the outdoor meals
project, a tractor operating contest and a new gun safety evaluation activity. There is also
increased emphasis o n 4-H
members taking part in judging activities, such as those in
foods, vegetables, flowers, rabbits, poultry, livestock, horse
and dairy projects.
The show is open to the public and there is no charge for
admission or parking. The annual Washtenaw- County 4-H
Market Livestock Sale will be
held Friday at 8 p.m., climaxing
the week-long 4-H Show activities.
Approximately 45 steers, 25
hogs, and 50 lambs will be auctioned. The animals are all 4-H
px'ojects and will have been fed
and shown by 4-H members.
Ed Gottschalk, of Howell, will
be the auctioneer.
During several hours of discussion, the
group established these facts for general guidance in future planning:
Several weeks ago members of Rotary inspected the community pool in Clinton. This
facility measures 30 feet wide, 60 feet long. It
cost $23,000 complete ... and although built
several years ago by a Detroit swimming pool
contractor, it would cost the same, or somewhat less today. The Saline group's consensus
was that the pool was not large enough to
handle present and future needs here.
Inspections have also been made of two
recent pool installations in the Ann Arbor area
. . . both of them built to serve private clubs.
Each cost approximately $80,000 complete. Each
is about four times the size of the Clinton pool.
Representatives of the service clubs at the
meeting felt generally that a pool for Saline
   would  need   to   be   somewhere
between these two extremes in
price and size, in order adequately to serve a growing community and yet to be within
reach financially.
The group also briefly discussed various means of raising
money for the project and various sites which might best
serve the greatest number of
Saline-area residents.
But, since these matters will
be investigated thoroughly by
members of the three committees, the group made no recommendations.
To help the committees in
their work, though, the group
did recommend that a community-wide "Pool Poll" be taken,
to get a sampling of the wishes
of the area residents on preferable pool sites, styles, sizes and
prices.
A questionnaire will be designed for this purpose and will
be published in next week's Reporter. AT J. residents of the
Saline area will be urged" to fill
out the questionnaire and to
turn it in at a designated collecting joint. In this way, the
group feels, the study and action committees will be able to
establish definite guide-lines for
the project facing them, based
on the wishes of the community.
Moved In...
Despite constant construction beautician for 25 years. She is .
by local ferns   which   are  re- a   graduate  of   the   Alexandra Parents   ASSOCiatlOn
decorating,   adding,   expanding, Beauty  School   in   Ann  Arbor      An   invitation   to   become close of registration at 8 p.m. page ia.
or moving to new buildings, one . . . and a lifelong resident of members of Saline Elementary Monday, City Clerk E. J. Muir 	
small Saline industry has been Saline. School  Parents'  Association  is announced today.
unable to locate suitable quar-      Harvey   and   Vivian  Kluwe extended   to   all   parents   who     The number is  "quite high"   ARiei'lcaUS ClOSe
ters for a move. moved Friday to a new home on have children in the elementary as compared with registrations p, ■'     .
Merritt Products Co. "expects Duncan Bay. grades in Saline Area Schools, in previous years, he said. The feeaSOn Willi  Will
to run out of space" in the near
future, according to owner Don
Geiger, who is seeking a concrete or steel building with a
by Mrs. Kenneth Limherg, the exact number of voters in Sa-  r\        m ni      i i     • i
chairman of the parents' group, line  will not  be  known  until UY&T otOCKDriuge
The   Saline  Americans  Babe
Ruth team closed out their sea-
Farming is a business, too . . .      -j-ne purpose of the associa- culling of the registration rolls
and, this year, a good one. Au- tion is t0 act as a "bridge" be- is completed,
minimum  of ** nnn  ^nna™ fUt stin Orchards reports the best tween the school and the par-     Most of those who registered .    . ^   _. ,
S^22T'£aPP18  cr°P  inyear?'  n0t  only ents,   and   to   maintain under- came "at the last minute", Muir s™ ™ a T^lt ^k ?    c^"
ana a small office space. They but   ^ oyer   ^   gtate_ communicating said ... 40 of them were listed day by beatolg Stockbridge 9-4.
•    -      ■ &        j <= Larry   Van   Buren,    Saline's
had hoped to move before win
ter from their orient location Part °f the increase is due t0 from school to parent and par- between 4 and 8 p.m. on Mon-
y "      ' suitable  weather  at  the  right ents to school '        "     -    ■   --     -
time . . . part of it comes from     Chairmen of the association's tion   before   the   September  1
committees   for   this primary,
'every - omer - year type ox year indude MrS- Howard Burr, , Registration for the Novem-
behind the Sauk Trail Inn.
Merritt has added   two
day, the last day for' registra- starting  pitcher,   allowed   one
run m the first inning and three
in the second before being relieved by Dave Farrell, Who
shut  Stockbridge  out the rest
11 hits, led by Mickey Davis
with three singles and Jim Martin with a triple and a double.
Dave Farrell had a double and
Marc Van Doren, Jeff Harvey,
Larry Van Bufen, John Bell
and Dale Wilson each had sin-
„   t.    +    .    ^ "fW  the  fact   t*131   aPples  are   an various
products to the campc-r trailer „ . other . year. type of ™™us
which it has manufactured for m    „  Eileen Austin explained. ^^r^rr(^0;Brien'^d ber  election  will re-open  the sf*  ;
some time.  One of them is' a ^A^stins have also launched ^f ___f'^^T hospitS daY after the primary, he poin- of *e f-me-. .  .      t
low   lock-on  truck  carrier  to a h orchard, wMch is pro. J^^^ri&riaSfe   ted out. " The Americans pounded  ou,
Sfm^eirX^m'e- £?*?»   «   ^   ~» ^ - s ^rf-R^insol  co-	
Z ^sr^s      * * *      sr^rsre/iS "Mr-Meat" to visit
other is; adivingraftaow be       °at shipments from the Sa- Mrs.    Kenneth   Lauterwasser, Rotarians   Thursday;
ing tested at several' lakes in line Mercantile   Co.   mill   are dispiay publicity. Allan Gross- a«mi4.Q +n TJfmnrr
thl aSa "3'ust   about   comPleted"'   L^e man will act as parliamentary kCOUtS tO Keport
Phillips, manager, reported this adviser to the group. pat   Brown,  of  Williamston, gies.    '
* *      * week ... because of varying      A  meeting  for officers   and Mich.,   sometimes   known  as     Saline ended the league sea-
Re-arranging   the   furniture weather   conditions,   all  gram committee   chairmen   is  sched- "Mr.   Meat",   -wall  attend   the son with a .500 percentage, five
for greater convenience is  be- came in earlier this year. y^ for August 27, at the home Thursday noon meeting of the wins and five losses, good for a
coming the latest thing among     Twelve carloads of oats have of Mrs.«Limberg at 9825 War- Saline Rotary Club to  discuss third place finish."
downtown store owners . . . lat- been shipped, with 2,500 bush- ner j^ steak-broiling   techniques   with     On Monday  the  Americans
est to do so is the Corner Drug els to a  car,  "a* little heavier  . members. shut  out the  Saline Nationals
St°re. than, last year,"  Phillips  said. pouCE INVESTIGATE The instructions will come in 1-0 in a non-league game which
* - *      * .   Last year, only eight carloads TW0 FORGED CHECKS handy at Rotary's first annual was called because of darkness
The   breezeway,   connecting went out . . . but some were     Saline  police  are investigat- Steak Broil, scheduled Sunday, at the end of six innings.
the two portions of Walker's $1 3,000 bushel cars. ing two checks, each for $30, August 16, at the Farm Council     The   Americans   scored   the
Store, is now completed to al- Wheat shipments were "not cashed in local stores for small site on Saline-Ann Arbor Rd., game's only run in the first
low customers to go-from one up to expectations", Phillips purchases and returned from an when Rotarians. under chair- inning on a single .by Micljey
section to the other without saj(jj possibly because many out-of-town bank marked, "for- man Pat '^_^-ii. will broil rib Davis and three bases on balls,
getting rained on. ' farmers   are  keeping   their gery". steaks rare, medium, or "well", forcing the run across.
*      * wheat   in  storage   against  the     Both are made-payable to Ru-     Tickets for  the Steak Broil     Each team had two hits; the
Doris  FlicMnger' has pur- possibility of a price rise. (The fus Montgomery, and allegedly are available now from any lo- Americans had singles by Davis
chased the Cut and Curl Beau- U.S. Department of Agriculture signed by Roy Lee Root. cal  business   establishment   or and Dave Farrell,- the Nationals
ty Shop from Vivian Kluwe but says   it won't  work  out   that —  Rotary member. had singles by Jim Chatterton
will make "no changes in staff way.) The Mercantile this year FADE-BOARD TO MEET Also on Thursday's program and Jack Starling,
or operation" and plans no spe- shipped 19 carloads, a total of The Saline Community Fair is a report on the National Larry Van Buren, Jim Martial opening. Hours will remain 38,000 bushels . . . but of this, Board will meet- at 8:30 p.m. Jamboree at Valley Forge, from tin and Dave Farrell shared the
the same, she says. about 15.000 bushels were sent Monday in. the agriculture room local Boy Scouts who attended pitching duties for the Amerj-
Doris has worked at the Cut into storage. Last year, 32 car- at the High School, in the last it.    - ... cans,   while  Bill Hunt pitched
and Curl for, "eight or nine loads went out, though some regular meeting before the Fair, Program chairman is Alwin the whole game for the Nation-
years" but has been a licensed carried less than 2,000 bushels. September 9 through 12. Burkhardt. als.
Quieter, faster, and a great deal more efficient is the
new Reporter press, which will print four, six or eight pages
at a time, fold them, cut them, and all hut distribute the papers on the downtown racks. Above, Reporter staffers Don
Gefre, Shirley Rieckhoff, Hal Ceronsky, and Kay Andres
inspect the admirable results.
Twice as big, twice as noisy, and much slower was the
old press, below . . . though it did the job it was designed
for, patiently, for many years. To make way for the newcomer, it was moved out to pasture by the crew beside it:
Manny and Ted Hill, Reporter staffers Ceronsky, Andres,
and Gefre, and a young man from Florida who was visiting
the publisher at the time.
Moved Out...