1964-10-14; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 15, NUMBER 5--WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1964
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MAY MOVE BACK TO COUNCIL SITE
ity Candidates Talk Issues
Feeling that the usual stereotyped questions to candidates
("Why are you seeking office;
what are your qualifications,"
etc.) were too limiting in scope,
The Reporter last week suggested that any or all city candidates send us articles on any
subject they wanted to discuss
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Several of them have responded; you will find their comments on city affairs below.
They also indicated they intend
to continue the discussions in
the two remaining weeks before
Says Anderson
George Anderson, candidate
for a second term as city coun-'
cilman, cited a long list of city
problems on which work has
been started but not completed,
and nearly as many more which
are still awaiting council action.
He said:
"These are several items that
have had some action but are
not completed for one reason or
another. Granted, someone
could take the other, view and
explain why final action hasn't
been taken (and they probably
will) but the fact remains these
matters are still hanging fire.
"1. Reseed island on Harper
and Tower Drive.
"2.   Clean   up   wellfield   and
beautify.
"3. Finish sidewalk, west side
of S. Ann Arbor.
"4.  Install  fence  along  east
side of the disposal plant.
"5.   Finish   sidewalk  to   the
park.
"6.  Council  meeting procedures.
"7. Another downtown park.-
ing lot. -
"8. Stop sand seepage in sewer on Willis Road.
"9. Get a new cemetery sex-
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Local GOP
Sets Bursley,
Meader Days
The Saline Area Republican
Club has scheduled a day for
GOP State Senate Candidate
Gil Bursley, and another day
for Congressman George Meader, next week.
The plans will culminate in
a general rally to introduce all
local Republican office holders,
on Thursday evening, October
22. , \
Tuesday, October 20, has been
designated as "Gil Bursley
Day". Bursley will arrive in
SaUne for a luncheon at 12
noon, at the new Leutheuser
Restaurant banquet room; he
will speak on "The State Economy, Past and Present".
The luncheon is open to the
public; businessmen are especially urged to attend.
Bursley will also attend several neighborhood coffee hours
during the afternoon. -
"George Meader Day" will
begin at noon Thursday, October 22, when Congressman Meader will be the guest speaker at
the regular meeting of the Rotary Club. He will be accompanied by State Representative
Thomasi Sharpe, 51st District,
throughout the day.
Meader and Sharpe will also
attend afternoon coffee hours,
and will then tour the Fred
Braun dairy farm on Bemis Rd.,
at 5 p.m.; farmers are invited
to meet with them there.
Republicans hope for a large
tum-out at the evening GOP
rally, at 8 p.m. at-the Saline
Savings Bank community room.
Bursley will return to Saline
for the event. Others to be pre-
sent, besides Meader and
Sharpe, are Prosecutor William
Delhey, Sheriff George Petersen, County Clerk Luella Smith,
County Treasurer Sylvester
Leonard, Register of Deeds Patricia Newkirk Hardy, and
Drain Commissioner John H.
Flook.
Refreshments will be served,
and the public is invited.
Beach Stresses
More Enforcement
In Subdivisions
" Building and subdivision ordinances must be strictly enforced, said Saline businessman
Hubert Beach, a council candidate who is seeking public office for the first time. He" added:
"A council member cannot
say, 'I. will get thus and so
done'; he is one of seven and
any decision is a compromise.
This is good in that it avoids
even worse errors of judgement
. "However, should I be elected, one item I would do my best
to accomplish would be to insist
that our building and subdivision ordinances are strictly enforced and certain parts rewritten to avoid a repeat of obvious past errors.
"We have much that subdivides want and need to sell their
houses. 'Relatively cheap land'
— 'Plenty of good water' — 'Exceptionally good schools'; it is
not necessary for us to 'give'
them any concessions to encourage tjiem to build. They will
come to us without it.
• "I feel our rate of subdivision growth should be controlled lest our tax rate get so high
that we cannot attract new bu-
sines and industry which our
residential sections absolutely
need to help them pay the bills.
"Rather, if concessions are
given, they should be to those
tax producers who do not use
up services and schools greater
than the revenue they bring in."
the November 3 election, and it
has been suggested that readers
may wish to clip and save the
articles for further study before
going to the polls.
Those candidates who have
not sent in comments for this
week's Reporter are welcome to
do so next week and the week
following.
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Must Hold
Tax Line,
Says Johnson
Saline is faced with growing
pressure in increase taxes,
George Johnson, candidate for.
mayor, said this week, and he
opposes any-such increase.
Johnson, who is completing
his second term as a city councilman and budget, and finance
commissioner,  said:
"One of the most pressing
and often mentioned subjects
concerning city government is
the question of taxes. Municipalities all across the state are
faced with the vexing problem
of ever increasing expenses and
the lack of tax revenue to pay
the bills.
Outgrowing Present
Grounds, Board Says
Henne Field may no longer was held at the Farm Council
be home for the Saline Com- grounds. Despite unusually cold
* munity Fair. Possibility of mo- weather that year, the event
4 ving the annual event either to drew record crowds and was
High School grounds or to the termed a success. But at that
Farm Council grounds at Plea- time the grounds weren't as
sant Lake Rd. was discussed completely developed as they
briefly at Monday night's Fair are" now, rentals were higher
Board meeting. The matter will than now, and no provision was
be thoroughly aired at the Fair made for free transportation
Association annual meeting De- between Saline and the grounds,
cember 14. In 1960  the Fair moved back
"It all depends on whether to Henne Field and it has re-
we Avant to grow bigger or not," mained there since,
a board spokesman stated. "We Webb Harwood, treasurer,
are crowded now at the Inter- predicted the '64 Fair will wind
mediate School site and getting up about $350 in the black when
more so all the time. There's approximately $1,200 in state
no question that it would be aid money is received. After
easier to put on a good fair at making his report, Harwood re-
the High School grounds . . . commended ffiat with Fair costs
and much easier at the Farm constantly rising, some addi-
Council site." tional revenue must be brought
The  increasing cost  of tent in *° offset them-
rentals also is a factor. At the      "We  Put on   a
good  Fair,"
Jensen Among
Superintendents
Honored at CMU
Central Michigan University
has honored 16 Michigan school
superintendents who retired last
June and four who retired in
1963. Among them was Leo L.
Jensen,   former   superintendent
here.
The retired superintendents
and their wives were T guests of
the University at a dinner held
in the University Center Wednesday evening.
This marks the second time
that the University has held
such an event. The previous occasion was held in May, 1963.
Dr. Judson W. Foust, president of CMU, was master of ceremonies, and Dr. Dwight Rich,
Meha executive secretary who
retired as superintendent of the
Lansing school's in 1962, was
the_ guest speaker.
Jensen retired this summer
after 21 years as superintendent of Saline schools.
Parents to View
Maturation Films
In the Intermediate School's
annual "maturation program",
two films will be shown - for
parents only ~ at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the school gymnasium.
Dr. Rudenz Douthat and Pub-
lie Health Nurse Phyllis Smith
will discuss the films and answer questions. Titles of the
films- are "It's Wonderful Being a Girl" and "From 'Boy to
Man".
STEER CLUB ENTERTAINS
ROTARIANS AT BANQUET
Rotarians were guests of the
Saline Steer Club, at the annual
Steer Club banquet on ifonday
night at the High School Buyers of club steers werfe also
guests. ^
"Saline is no different than
most communities in this respect and is faced with the
growing pressures to Increase
taxes to meet the needs of the
city. The trend today is to increase property and other taxes
at the drop of a hat, so to speak,
and I feel in many cases these'_
increases are unjustified.
"In Saline, the problem is
going to become more acute as
the city "develops more and more
into a 'bedroom type' community with the resultant increase
in the number of homes without
the offsetting industrial and
commercial growth to stabilize
the tax base.
"The approach of increasing
taxes when needed is a basic
fact of life in most cities today
and is an accepted practice, but
I feel that first the mayor and
council must be completely sure
that the present tax dollar is
being spent wisely.
"I am opposed to any consideration of a tax increase in
Saline unless we are absolutely
sure that we are getting our
full dollar's worth for every tax
dollar now being collected.
"Although great strides have
been made in the last four years
in the area of financial matters,
I believe there is room for still
more improvement. In the years
1960-65, while I have served as
Budget and Finance Commissioner, the city has come from
a deficit to a surplus position.
This is due in part to increased
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You might not think that a newspaper service could produce the delighted grins above . . . but it did. A Reporter
classified ad (which we offer free of charge to students each
summer) brought together talented Gail Mittendorf, who
Wanted to teach baton twirling, and Patty Layher, 7, (left)
and Sandy White, 7, who wanted to learn. Lynn Feldkamp,
also 7, and several other Saline youngsters joined in the
summer's fun and practice, too. And was it worthwhile? Well
. . . study the faces in the picture.
Since this is National Newspaper Week, it seems suitable to-mention "that frecads for students are_only one of
The Reporter's services to the Saline area. Besides bringing
you all the local news, and telling you what merchants are
offering fine buys, The Reporter tells you what organizations are meeting when, what's up and doing with community affairs, and how Saline opinions and activities relate to
the rest of the world. We hope you couldn't get along without it!
Farm Council site, shelter is said he- "* hea*d that from any
provided by permanent build- number of people this year. But
ings, with no tents needed. Al- with costs SoinS up and up, we
so brought out in the discus- <an't keeP operating on the
sion: There would be no park- same old basis."
ing problem at either alternate Harwood suggested an in-
site as there is in town . . . crease in display space rentals
drainage is better than at Hen- and admission charges as a pos-
ne Field, leaving Fair events sibility for keeping the Fair on
.much less at the mercy of the a sound financial footing,
weather . . . the Farm Council
site features a natural amphi- Hospital Staff
theater   for   spectator   events,   Qfficers Elected
makmg   bleachers   unnecessary     _ ,    ,'       v_   , „,_
- •        -_ -...__Mn     Robert T. Hartman, M.D., of
and greater area available n./r.?'ODt v,   ,.•-   *  * «
~ ™,+-~f_t™™  c-itps would Mllan> was elected cluef of &taff
of Saline Community, Hospital
at the annual meeting of the
hospitaLmedical staff Wednesday night.
Fulton Taylor, M.D., of Yp-
silaijti, will serve as vice chief
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at the out-of-town sites would
allow the Fair to grow, uncrow-
ded,   as  it is  at  the  present
grounds.
The problem  of  transporta-
tidn  to   and from the   Farm
begin immediately.
Armin Haeussler
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Council grounds for fair-goers sUaijti wm serve as y^ ^^
could be eliminated by offering °* staff for the coming year;
free bus service between Saline *nd Georgme Steude, M.D., of
and the grounds. "And even Ann tArbor' was named secre-
with the cost of the bus, we'd tary-treasurer. The new terms
still cut our overall^ costs in Wl" ^^telv.
half," said Board '^President
Ray Girbach.
Girbach stated that decisions ^    -rj      j   rf"i 4.
on  such capital   improvements   JiO JtleaCl vXHIUty
as a new cement strip for trac- 170-t«n "Rnvcaon
tor  pulling   should  wait  until r drill I>Ur«dll
the  association  decides   where     Armin Haeussler, of 8665 We-
the Fair will be held. ber Rd., was  named president
m eveiy 5ctUuu UJ. ^cu.x ^.-__^_..   But ihe Board's commitment of  the   board   of  Washtenaw
the  area,   the   Saline United Finn, Mrs. H. O. Keveling Mrs.  t0 g^e financial support to the County Farm Bureau  replacing
„,,„„. . .„ t ,     ~r ,, xvevtMuig, a^a- proposed Saline Band Shell at outgoing president Robert Tefft,
Fund 1964 campaign will open John Dwyer  Mrs;  John Mader, Henne Field still stands, accord- at a board organization meet-
■»/r„„     ATMcvn   Watlincr    Mr<5    Ed-    . ,-,.   t_       .        . __ _••--_
—  •*—   (,™v"*    At an   parher mt? Monday.
Area United Fund
Aides Announced
With full crews of volunteers en, Mrs. Frank Carter, Mrs.
ready to go in every section of Earl Culliton, Jr., Mrs. Charles
the
with the annual* kick-off ban- —£££ 'i^S^ Cruse, ^gl^eaT the Board
quet Thursday evening at the Mrs Harold Gagej Mrs. Carl vntpil a $li250 maximum con-
American Legion Hall.
Woman Burned
In Home Fire
Mrs. Donald Schultz, of 101
E. Bennett St., was treated at
Saline Community Hospital on
Sunday for severe burns on the
hands which she suffered while
trying to put out a fire at her
home.
The blaze, from an overheated furnace, set fire to the car-
p e t near a register, firemen
said. When Mrs. Schultz threw
water on it, the hot metal of
the register sent up clouds of
scalding steam, burning her
hands. She was released from
the hospital after treatment.
"Saline Fire Department put
out the blaze with no serious
damage to the house.
CURTISS TREE DEES
A beautiful redbud tree, estimated to be more than 150
years old, and a landmark for
almost a century at the Carl
Curtiss home, is being cut down
this week. Despite Curtiss' best
efforts to save the specimen
during recent years, it died and
had to be removed. Outdoor enthusiasts and tree-lovers have
lost an attraction which brought
them from miles away to see
the tree in bloom.
Mrs. Nelson Watling, Mrs. Ed- \^"^0  Girbach. Xt"an earlier ing Monday.
Paul Geiger, of Salem Town-
Mrs. Harold Gage, Mrs. Can voted a $1,250 maximum con- ship, will serve as vice presi-
The 1964 goal has been set ?,hoadf - Mf. Edgar Barrett, tribution to ^ shell project, dent.
at $13025 unnkS S cent MrS- H°Ward HlU' ****' T R" in expectation that the build- The meeting followed a din-
to eive all local agencies the s^ctlon 5/ *^s. ^? 7. Fair events. "Even if we move," Women to all present and re-
full a^omit of thefr reauests ^ caP*ain! Mrs-Wa)tero «u- saidGirbachj "i think this com- tiring board members and their
accoroTrto Buford SoSn tlie tekUnSt' Jr- '^ MarVm Scha" fitment should be Held to." wives, at the Farm Bureau of-
drive chairman. ' (Continued on Page - 2) Once before, in 1959, the Fair fice.
Keynote speaker at the banquet will be Mrs. Robert West,
of Saline, a representative of
the Michigan Kidney Foundation. The banquet is sponsored
by Universal Die Casting Division of Hoover Ball and Bearing, as it has been for many
years in the past.
United Fund volunteers for
the drive include
County Farm Bureau Opposes
Minimum Farm Wage, Medicare
tion which cover large areas.
Repeal of the 1964 Wheat
Certificate Law.
Oppose Department of Agriculture usihg funds and personnel to pressure and sell
Federal Farm Programs."
Washtenaw County-Farm Bu- *»«**£ %»%££
reau members, in their annual ^°^£clM
meeting here, opposed any ex-
_   ^-K     T   ...   -   tension of the minimum wage National Issues:
Z^^tfmswS^. p?og 2i S5 to Social Security. ment  of  legislative  districts   ^ Mt
J^SaE^tty ^y^Zt^l^, ?uSrofLh^ ^ "We would oppose any legis-
Dechert, Mrs. Ldean Bernard broad base flat 5at^0I^T^ 3™ beUeve the men who lation allowing an open-season
Mrs. Jerome Lamb. Mrs. Robert "providingWMrt ^a^ ^       We Relieve .^^
Hull, Mrs. Loran Hollister, Mrs. P^^^^LStaS'. T4atReference to or recogni- -.We do not favor the licens-
Rolland Sutton. reau _ ^ & right which fa_^ nt -n orfler
Section 2: George Anderson, J*f*S°B™^ ^ve a full pe0ple may participate in in fo? it to travel on highways."
captain; Mr and Mrs. Alton Ea- gar^ J^ ™^ f£asibiUt -of V Jlic fadlities and national «We believe that a welfare
ly, Mr. and Mrs Ken Smith, Mr. study made o^^the tea 7       p ^ e_ w& ^ ^^
and Mrs. Coral aarfcMr. and a f™&£^ 2? offered deplore any efforts which tend ?te?ed af the local level as
Mrs James Davis Mrs .I*» ^^0°? of 4e convention to deprive people of this right much as possMe, would result
Marfan, John Proctor, Mr. and from the fk)or_ <? d fl favor a constitution- ^ lower costs to the taxpayer
Mrs. Robert Starhng, Mr. and ^p^oved.^^       f amendment, if necessary, to and less abuse of the program
?"• J°™Sem' Sas'ong as ftTsteing used hold it secure." , by the recipients."
So? 3   Mrs   Garner Far- as  ton  lid and assessed at      "We reaffirm our Farm Pro-      „We n0 ^.^ ta tbe
reS Sain- ^aSIm%. Bud Xrm land prices regardless of gram recommendations of pre- present mgimay &rmula ior
p^t Mr and Mrs  Allen Mow- where it is." The resolution re- vious years: distribution of funds: State, 47
2£SJf'Sd Ita   iSy  Z- Sected the bitterness of many 1. Elimination pf anotments cent   Coun^ 35 per cent;
IZ'a^Sr all MraDSciil- farmers who have suddenly 2. Flexible price supports based cm      lg cent_„
IZ m "SS JoTUSe, found their family farms-as- on previous three year mar- „We support a local court
MrVBettv Tinker   Mrs. Jean sessed on Ihe basis' of the value      ket average. __ system based on  a fee basis.
Sor Mrs ™kagi Mrs. they MIGHT have if they were 3. Long term conservation r^ (No       ^rty tax)„
S2£ iSence   Miss Luella ever subdivided or turned into      serve opened to competitive      .^  favor  state-vMe  meat
inspection  by  the Department
of Agriculture."