1964-09-30; Saline Reporter

              VOLUME 15, NUMBER 3-WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,1964
The Saline Reporter
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Autumn: Apples and Cider Time
VOTES REGISTRATION
DEADLINE IS MONDAY
Monday, October 5, is the last
day for registration to vote in
the November 2 election.
City residents may register
at City Hall from 8 to 10 a.m.
Saturday, and from 8-a.m. to
8 p.m. Monday. Township residents may register with their
township clerks.
yet to Launch
on October 15
Hugh Austin checks the deep red color of theTlruit on the
trees. It looks right. He picks an apple and takes a bite. It
tastes right.
Then come the picking crews, moving through the section
of orchard which has been OR'd for harvest. They1 work fast,
crating thousands of bushels of Tipe apples each day during
rtiif Rolls into Bins
At Austin, Lutz Farms
peak season. Eileen Austin is on hand to inspect the product
at the end of the day. !
Then comes the customer . . . who hardly ever buys apples without eating one or two fight on the spot. < These customers are lucky. They're Sandy and Mike Guenther, the
Austins' grandchildren.
Crisp autumn temperatures
and falling leaves bring the
peak of the harvest season to
two local orchards ... it's apple time.
Outstanding apple growers in
the area are Austin Orchards,
115 acres of trees on. Saline-
Milan Rd., and the Arthur Lutz
Orchard, 12 acres at the corner
of Willow and Macon roads. -.
Lutz, who also operates a general farm, produces apples primarily for the wholesale market, on land he put into trees
in 1929, 1930 and. 1931.   V     ;
He estimates this year's crop*-
as 5,000 to 6,000 bushels, "more
than we can harvest". Because
of labor costs, he saysr, and because "the market wouldn't absorb more" he will pick' the
best apples first and "let the
rest of them go".
$1,792 Pours
Into CF Fund
Contributions amounting to
51,792 have swelled the coffers
of the county Cystic- Fibrosis
fund, most of them from a direct mail campaign and a city-
wide door-to-door drive.
Although the drive officially
closed today, mail contributions
usually continue to come in for
several weeks, Mrs. Robert
Starling, Sr., county chairman,
said. Moreover, the $1,792 does
not include proceeds from an
all-day benefit coffee hour today at El-Rad's Restaurant, nor
contributions voted by various
organizations but not yet turned
in.
The door-to-door campaign in
the city of Saline, conducted by
members of the Jaycee Auxiliary, had brought in a whopping $400 even before reports
were complete.
The county-wide mail solicitation has so far brought in
51,150. A coffee hour for CF
given by Mrs. William Meister,
Sr., produced $42; and a benefit dance at the American Legion Hall on August 29 netted
5100. Another $100 was carried over from a fashion show
held last year in Ann Arbor.
A complete report will be available next week, Mrs. Starling
said. Meanwhile, anyone who
has not been contacted may
mail contributions to Box CF,
Saline, Mich.
CHILD STUDY
CLUB MEETS
The Child Study Club held
their first meeting this season
in the Savings Bank community
room. -
After a potluck dinner, the
group heard a talk ofl "Our Responsibility As A Citizen" by
Mrs. Louis VogeL. Mrs. Vogel
is a member of the Intermediate School Board and of >^the
Women's FeUowship of Manchester. She is also first vice
President of the United'Church
of Christ.
His trees produce six major
varieties ... Red Delipious,
Jonathan, Rhode Island Greening, Northern Spy, Wolf River,
and Yellow Delicious.
He does not .maintain cold
storage facilities, having just
the storage-and work space needed to grade his crop and pack
it for marketing. Neither does
he operate a cider mill at the
farm.
Austin Orchards is a larger
proposition.. Owned and operated by Hugh, and George Austin,
its-;acreage' ds^ almost-^entirelyi
■•8fevoted''^;''appIe-^tfees>-'.th6ugh
there is a small planting of
young peach trees. There are
75 acres of bearing trees now,
with a 40-acre new planting.
William Austin bought the
original 160 acres in 1918,'and
for many years operated the
farm as a dairy-fruit combination. At that time there were
26 acres of orchard. The general farm has been expanded to
390 acres.
The early apples are ready to
market in early August, the
first variety being Duchess;
other fall varieties, Early Mcintosh, Chenango Strawberry,
and Wealthy continue throughout the month of August. September brings the following varieties: Mcintosh, Jonathan, six
strains of Red Delicious,. Golden ' Delicious, Spy, Wagner,.
Grimes Golden, Snow, Steele
Red, Winesap and York Imperial. Two new varieties, the Fenton and Wellington, will be producing soon.
The storage and packing
house is a 60 by 70 foot building with refrigerated- capacity
for 12,000 bushels. The sales
room is open daily and Sundays
in early August and continues
throughout the winter months.
The cider mill starts functioning as soon in-the fall as the
apples^develop a certain degree
of sugar content to make it
palatable, usually around the
first of October.
The cider room is 25 by 40,
fully enclosed and heated so
that cider is presed throughout
the winter. The press is fully
lined with stainless steel and
the cider is pumped into stainless steel tanks in the refrigerated room. No preservative is
necessary because of the high
quality of the apples used, and
the cleanliness of the operation.
Cider is frozen during the
winter months and stored below
zero for summer sales.
Austin Orchards is primarily
a retail operation. It is'a member of the Southeastern Michigan Growers Association and
some wholesaling is done
through this, channel.
A bumper crop of 16,000 to
18,000 bushels is the estimr.te
for this year.
PLAY CENTEE MEET SET
A meeting of Saline Play
Center, Inc., will be held "at 8
p.m. Monday at the home of
Mrs. Myron Gay, 167 Elmwood
Ct.
Hoover Builds
New Plant
On State Rd.
The Lam-N-Hard Division of
Hoover Ball and Bearing Co.
recently started Construction of
a new 13,000 square foot plant
at Lavender Lane near S. State
Ed.,, south of Arm Arbor.   .
The site, adjacent to the Hoo:
ver Bearing Division plant, is
being prepared with an eye towards future expansion of the
plant to be constructed. Present
plans call for 10,000 square feet
of manufacturing space. The
plant is expected to be completed in January, 1965.
Hoover's Lam-N-Hard Division has developed a new continuous process press for use by
the lumber, laminate and paper
industries. The machine is designed to surface harden wood,
produce "kitchen counter" type
laminates, laminate thermoplastic sheets to structural materials, and to apply surface finishes to particle board.
'Pilot installations have proved to be highly satisfactory.
One full scale operation in a
user's plant has been producing
laminates of plastic. In another
pilot operation, several carloads
of redwood have been processed
to density the surface and create an exceptionally hard, decorative surface. Many other applications are now being studied cooperatively with companies in a variety of manufacturing fields where the Lam-N-
Hard continuous press offers
opportunities for substantial savings or the development of
new products.
Legion Provides
Flag and Pole
For HS Field
A new flag and flag pole for
the High School athletic field
has been provided by William
B. Lutz Post 322, American Legion.
A presentation ceremony will
take place Friday night during
the pre-game band show, with
the American Legion color
guard raising the flag for the
first time.
Funds from the Legion's annual sauerkraut supper went
toward the project, which was
begun last year while Milton
Finkbeiner 'was Post Commander.
Cement Truck
Overturns at
Building Site
CAPSIZED
Jaycees Take
Fruit Cake Orders
Saline Jaycees are taking orders now in their annual sale
of fruit cakes for the holiday
season.
As a fund-raising project, the
club has ordered and hopes to
sell 360 Benson sliced fruit
cakes of the 1% pound size, and
20 three-pound cakes. Ron
3?inch is chairman of the project; but any Jaycee member
will take orders:
The club will conduct a .door-
to-door fruit cake sale in November.
County Sealer
Retires After
32 Years
George P. Smith, county sealer of weights and measures, has
retired after serving 32 years
in that position. His retirement
is effective October 1.
He made the decision to retire, he said, "because I'm way
behind on my fishing .and hunting, and I want to catch up."
Before accepting the county
post in 1932, he operated a restaurant in Whitmore Lake.
The County Board of Supervisors, at their September meeting, did not appoint a replacement for Smith. Deputy sealer
of weights and measures for the
past eight years has been Everett Wolfin, of Saline.
Smith's wife is Luella Smith,
Washtenaw County clerk.
The county sealer of weights
and measures checks the accuracy of scales, gasoline pumps,
and containers of all types. Not
only the buying public but merchants as well benefit from his
work, since scales can become
unbalanced-in-either direction,
or wholesalers may give short
weight. :
Although little known to the
general public, the activities of
the department of weights and
measures are widespread. During the year 1963, for instance,
the department was responsible
for prosecution and conviction
of seven firms for giving short
"veight in such items as bacon,
notting soil, meat, candy, and
bread.
In the same year, the department receievd and adjusted 70
complaints; re-weighed 27,999
packages and condemned 4,422
of them because of short
weight, no identification of packer, or no declared weight;
and checked out 2.801 scales
and meters, condemning 241.
Sometimes the department's
work is important in the courts
... in 1963, it measured a
sawed-off shotgun for the Sheriff's department for a legal determination, and certified a 50-
foot steel tape for the Ann Arbor Police Department.
It also checked speedometers
on eight "rent-a-truck" and 24
"rent-a-car" vehicles and found
20 of them inaccurate so as to
overcharge the customer.
The Saline Area United Fund
board of directors, at a meeting Tuesday evening, approved
a 1964 drive budget of $13,025,
a nine per cent increase over
last year's.
The campaign will officially
open with a kick-off dinner for
fund workers at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 15, at the American Legion Hall.
Speaker at the banquet will
be Mrs. Robert West, of Saline,
a representative of the Michigan Kidney Foundation.
The increase over last year's
goal ($11,950) was approved by
the board on the premise that
there has been about a 10 per
cent increase in the number of
homes in the area and consequently a greater use of the organizations' services in this area.
Requests from participating
agencies actually came to
$14,942, drive chairman Buford
Soden said, but the board and
the budget committee ~ headed
by Robert Bredernitz — "felt
that we couldn't meet them all".
All Saline agencies, however,
received the amounts they requested: Saline Recreation Program, $2,300; Saline Area Social Services, $500; Saline Public Library, $200; Saline Boy
Scouts, $125 (an increase of
$25); Cub Scouts, $50; and
Girl Scouts and Brownies, $25.
These total $3,200, or 24.6 per
cent of the budget, all of which
will remain in Saline.
Area and state organizations
include: American Red Cross,
$3,350 (up $100 from last
year); Michigan United Fund,
$2,300 (up $150); Portage
Trails Boy Scout Council, $1,400
(up $200); Huron Valley Girl
Scout Council, $1,400 (up
$200); Salvation Army, $400
(up $200); the Huron Valley
Child Guidance Clinic, $175 (up
$50); the Washtenaw County
Association for Retarded Children, $200 (up $50); and the
Michigan Children's Aid Society, $600 (up $100).
AEEA CAPTAINS FOE UNITED FUND SELECTED
Captains for the Saline Area United Fund are, seated,
left to right: Mrs. Aaron Girbach, Mrs. Donald Leidheiser,
Mrs. Herman Radloff, Mrs. Kenneth Limberg; standing, left
to right: Nelson Watling, George Anderson, Don Church, Leon Vedder; Buford Soden, drive chairman; and Laurence Baker.
Not present for the picture were Mrs. Elmer Diuble, Mrs.
Garner Farrell, William Meister, and Eonald Finkbeiner.
Watling is also assistant drive chairman.
HAGEN TO SPEAK
AT EOTAEY MEET
Glenn Hagen will be the speaker at the Thursday noon meeting of the Rotary .Club at St.
Paul's Church. Alfred Schmid
is program chairman.
C-C TO MEET
The Chamber of Commerce
will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at
Alexander's Restaurant.
JUNIOR CHILD STUDY
CLUB SETS MEETING
The Saline Junior Child Study Club will meet at 8 p.m.
Monday in the community room
at the Saline Savings Bank.
Program for the evening will
be a group discussion on "Mothers Must Grow, Too", led: by
Mrs. William Law. Hostesses
will be Mrs. Ralph Gross and
Mrs. Owen Armbruster.
RIGHTED
Construction of the new Citizens Bank came to a temporary
halt Tuesday, when a loaded cement truck hacked, too close to
the basement edge and capsized,
cement and all, as workmen
were pouring the basement
floor.
Damage was slight — the driver escaped unscathed, several
steel trusses were bent and several tiers o f cement blocks
cracked. But* "sidewalk superintendents" were absorbed, for
hours, overseeing the work of
cutting a hole in the mixer,
draining out the concrete before
it could harden, jockeying up a
crane, and getting the 20-ton
truck on its feet again.
Hospital AuxiUary
Plans Smorgasbord,
Hears Health Speech
Plans for the annual Saline
•Community Hospital Auxiliary
smorgasbord were discussed
and the date set for Saturday,
November 7, at the September
meeting of the Auxiliary.
Mrs. Phyllis Smith from the
county health department spoke
on the expectant parent classes
which will be held for seven
weeks, from October 13 through
November 24. The teacher for
the classes will be Mrs. Harry
Farakian. A committee was appointed to work with her: Mrs.
•Paul Woods, Mrs. Edward Hall,
Mrs. Ray Anderson, Mrs. James
Davis and Mrs. William Snyder.
Interested parents may contact
one of these women for further
information. There will be a $2
donation for the classes.
The group approved a donation to the Cystic Fibrosis fund.
Following the meeting, a .silent auction was held and refreshments were served by the
hostesses, Mrs. Waldo Gross,
Mrs. Jack Brookins and Mrs.
H. L. Engel.
Boy Scouts Hold
Court of Honor
Troop 46, Saline Boy Scouts,
held a Court of Honor Tuesday
evening; Scoutmaster Harold
West presented the following
awards:
Service Stars: Bruce Fritts,
Sam Hanselman, Tom Master-
son, Roger Braun.
Senior Scout: Kenny Martin,
Sam Hanselman, Tom Master-
son, Ronnie Barrett.
Merit Badges: Sam Hanselman, Tom Masterson, Duncan
Furbush, Steve Bradley, Ronnie
Barrett, Honnie West, Kenny
Martin.
Troop officers were named:
patrol leaders — Kenny Martin,
Tom Masterson, Bruce Fritts;
instructor — Jim Schmok; junior assistant Scoutmaster - Ronnie West; senior patrol leader
— Sam Hanselman; quartermaster and librarian - Rober Braun.
Troop 46 will raise the flag
for all Saline High home football games this year. This Friday night they will inaugurate
a new flag which has been presented to the High School by
the William B. Lutz post of the
American Legion.
January Vote
On Community
College Slated
A mid-January vote for a
community college is the target
date for the citizens' committee
organized under the leadership
of Wyeth Allen, who was appointed last week to head up
the final stage of the drive to
establish a community college
in Washtenaw County.
Supporters of the college proposal will be asked to petition
the County Board of Supervisors to set the election date.
The informational campaign
will be directed from the committee office in the Ann Arbor
Bank BuUding at 1100 S .University in Ann Arbor. Within
the very near future, Allen expects to announce the appointment of leaders who will organize a drive on a school district basis throughout the county.
LeRoy de Marrais, a faculty
member of Schoolcraft College
in Livonia, Michigan's newest
community college, is co-ordin-
ator of a speakers' bureau from
committee headquarters.
Organizations interested in
hearing a speaker on a Washtenaw Community College are
asked to call 761-1411 for a
date.
SCHOOL COUNCIL TO MEET
The Saline Area Schools Advisory Council will meet at 8
p.m. Wednesday, October 7, in
the High School library.
HOSPITAL MEETS SET
The medical staff of Saline
Community Hospital will meet
at 8 p.m. Wednesday, October
7, in the community room of
Saline Savings Bank. The operating committee will meet at
5:15 pjn. Wednesday, October
21.