1964-10-21; Saline Reporter

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VOLUME 15, NUMBER 6 - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1964
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PLAN
TF Drive  OpeilS    "-oca' Candidates Talk Issues
Key figures and board members in the 1964 Saline Area
United Fund campaign, gathered at the kick-off banquet
Thursday night, are (front row, left to right) Mrs. Robert
Merchant; Mrs. Robert West, keynote speaker at the banquet and head of the Michigan Kidney Foundation, a United !
Fund agency; Mr. Urch, a United Fund representative; Cecelia Ference. At the rear, left to right, are Howard Hill,
Bill Crim, Jr., Herman Radloff, Bob Bredernitz, George Anderson, Nelson Watling; Buford Soden, drive chairman;
Regis Wolfinger, and Jim Levleit.
The campaign got off to a swift start with the first contribution, received at the banquet, a check for $110 from the
Rotary Club of Saline. Progress toward the §13,025 goal will
be reported each week and recorded on the big thermometer
at the main four corners in Saline.
SOCIAL SERVICES. INC.,
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
s in Kollmg
Meadows OK'd
Saline Area Social Services,
Inc., in its annual meeting last
week, named three new board
Plans for 10 additional lots members, Mrs. Phyllis Smith,
in Rolling Meadows #<?, on N. Mrs- Charles McCarbary, and
Ann Arbor St. between Harper Mrs. Edward Fischer.
Dr. and the present model Officers elected were Mrs.
house, have been accepted by Robert H. Smith, president;
the Planning Commission „ Mrs. Hugh Keveling, vice presi-
with reservations— and*:will-be"-dent; Mrs. Leroy Stierle, .secre-
passed on to City Council for tarv; and Mrs. D. EY Garrison,
approval. treasurer.
For almost the first time, the ~ ~      "
Planning Commission approved Meha, City to Ask
the plans without requiring curb Combined Bids OU
and gutter . . . since the city a p Watpr Line?
expects that N. Ann Arbor St. "eu?f''' w aie' Li1*™*
will ultimately be re-graded and
may even be widened to accom
City   Council   Monday night
accepted a proposal from Meha
modate  four  lanes   of  traffic, tlmt  combined bids be  sought
on   construction   of  sewer and
Jack Steeb, chairman,  said.
Buyers of houses there will
be advised, and FHA specifications Will allow for the fact,
that a special assessment district will be set up for curb and
gutter sometime in the future.
water lines up to Meha property, and inside .the Meha limits
to buildings there.
Both would 'benefit on cost
if the work were contracted as
a unit, a Meha spokesman pointed out. Under the organization's
Auxiliary Plans
Smorgasbord for
Hospital Gear
But the improvement of the contract with the city, Meha
road won't take place until pro- pays for installation inside its
perty on both sides is in the .property lines now, and also is
city limits, Steeb said ... and to pay the &___\ cost 0f installing
that might be 10 or 15 years. 'lines to the edge of the proper-
At the moment; land On the tyj ,but at a later date.
west side of Ann Arbor St. is Construction of several dwel-
in Lodi Township. lings is already under way at
  the retirement village site.
Meha also requested the site
be re-zoned from R-l (into
which it automatically fell when
annexed) to other categories
according to use as shown in
their plan. A public hearing on
The annual Hospitai Auxil- the zoning there was set for
iary Smorgasbord, to help pur- November 16.
chase equipment   for   Saline  ""
Community   Hospital,   wffl   be glzerS tO Attend
served from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. p VT
Saturda.y November 7, at Jen-  PeCllCfttlOIl AT JM6W
sen Elementary School. ^n -i    •     TH-ivurkla
Proceeds from last year's ev- UllirCn Ut 1U1M)1S
ent were used to purchase an -p^e Rev^ and ,Mrs_ Armin H.
arm-operating table, an emer- -Q-lzer wm leave Wednesday, Oc-
gency room stretcher, and a, di- tober 28, to attend dedication
athermy machine. A long list of services.for a new church in his
equipment provided by the Aux- __ormer pastorate,
iliary in earlier years includes Mr. Bizer, who has been pas-
an Isolette (incubator) and me- tor Q__ gt. James United Church
dical refrigerator. of Christ for about three years,
Tickets for the November 7 formerly served for 38 years a
dinner are $1.50 for adults and charge in Northbrook, HI. Five
75 cents for children. .    years   ago,  his  church  there
 —— burned down, and building plans
for the new structure were started before he left.
The dedication  service is
The annual -Reciprocity Mee- scheduled SundayNovember 1
ting"  of the Willing Workers The Bizers will return home on
Club, the Macon Woman's Club November 3 or 4.     ^
and the Saline Woman's Club
CLUBS PLAN ANNUAL
RECIPROCITY MEETING}
wffl be held October 27,  withHOBBY C^3^®IE?
the Saline club as hostesses.      SPECIAL MEETING ^
A luncheon will be served at A special meeting of the Sa-
12:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Church.hne Hobby Club is scheduled at
followed by a program and so-9 a.m. Tuesday at the home of
cial hour. The, speaker wffl beMrs, Herman Rentschler. Mem-
Don Ford, who will describe thebers are asked to bring a square
trip he and Mrs. Ford took in of felt and two-thirds of a yard
the British Isles a few months of other material, for making
ago. dolls. l        .
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 has suggested
that any or all city candidates
send us articles on any subject
they want to discuss ... at any
length, subject to our mechanical space limitations.
Regrettably, we do not have
Bennett Deplores
Special Privileges
For Any Groups
"No groups or area should
receive special privileges as.
was recently done by the Council," said Mayor Jack Bennett
this week. He added: "We
should not tell one group or area that their problems are not
the concern of the Council and
then go overboard for another
group on the same problem."
He continued: "After serving
six years on the City Council
and four of these years as mayor, I find that I have no one
particular interest. I feel that
any member of the Council,
above all the mayor, should be
interested in everything pertaining to our city."
"There "ar<e many problems
to be solved at the Council level. Many are small and should
be easily handled . . . but small
problems become big when you
have indecision to deal with. Indecision leads to delaying action
and, therefore, many things are
not completed. I feel I have the
ability to make decisions and
have done so on many occasions
on our day to day problems."    •
"As for taxes, I feel that all
of us would like to see them
kept at present level or lower,
if possible. But as services are
demanded by the people, these
services have to be paid for.
Our present tax level is in danger of having to be raised due
to Council's stand on extension
of sewer and water mains."
"During the past year, the
voters approved a $38,000 G.O.
bond issue. They were told that
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^eo, Anderson
Onpsfinm Fire
Hall, Retirement
Council candidate George Anderson this week discussed two
pending city issues, employee
retirement and a proposed new
fire hall. He said:
"City Employee Retirement:
Most progressive communities
in this state have some sort of
a retirement plan. The city at
present has one employee eligible for retirement, and the next
one will be eligible to retire in
12 vears."
"The city charter states that
the Council can institute a retirement plan, and the one getting- the most consideration at
this time is the s+ate of Michigan Retirement Plan. The state
requires a three-fifths Council
approval before they wffl put it
-into effect."
"But present legal interpretation Of the state plan is that
once the city starts the program, it cannot be discontinued
at a future date."
"The state retirement plan
would cost over $4,000 per year
(almost 1 tax mill), which is
the cheapest submitted by any
insurance company."
"However, because the city
residents can't vote this plan
out in the future, and it will
cost .the taxpayer in excess of
$125,000 over the next 42 years
(pending actuary figures), I
think that a fixed expenditure
of this magnitude should be
brought before the voters for
approval or rejection."
- "New Fire Hall: The approximate cost of a 60 x 80 foot fire
hall at $7.50 per square foot
would be $36,000 (architect's
estimate). Using these figures,
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the space to extend the offer
to county ahd state candidates
. . . but they can obtain coverage elsewhere, whieh our city
candidates cannot.
Several Saline candidates responded last weelf, and you will
find more comments on local
affairs below. Those Twho have
not yet taken advantage of the
offer may wish to do so next
week, in our last issue before
the November 3 election. For
that final issue, however, we
must reserve the right to ask
that, an article be rewritten if
we consider it so controversial
as to require an answer. None
so far have been.
Ordinances
Need Review,
Says Johnson
There is a "pressing need"
for review of city ordinances
and the building inspection program, George C. Johnson, candidate for the office of mayor,
said this week. He stated:
"In my opinion, one of the
most pressing tasks facing the
mayor and city council is the
review of the city ordinances.
The city charter, adopted two
years ago, provides for a periodic review, revision and compiling of all the ordinances. As
of this date,"this has not been
completed aiid, in fact, it has
barely been started."
"Ordinances are the basic
laws of the city and it is vital
that these laws are up to date
and adequate for the needs of
the community. Our ordinances
are the top^Ythat-your .mayor
and cotfrieil must work with,
and if they are outmoded and
conflict with state laws, it becomes extremely difficult t o
provide the quality of government to which the people of Saline are entitled."
"The task of reviewing all
our ordinances is a tremendous
undertaking and will not be easy with our present heavy work
load, but it must be completed.
I believe that with proper organization and a definite plan
for reviewing the ordinances,
the job can be done in a reasonable length of time."
"Another area of city government that should be studied
and revised is that of our building inspection program."
"It has been obvious over the
last few years " that we have
lacked proper inspections in
some cases. Problems have ari- _
sen because of this inadequate
service. Good inspection is vital
to the community for a number
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Beach Cites Need
For Industrial
Park in Area
Need for an industrial park,
and support for local business,
was cited this week by Hubert
Beach, candidate for City Council. He said:
"An item of concern to me Js
setting new industries, and
keeping our present ones. I feel
it necessary that we have an
industrial park where land and
utilities are available at a
known and reasonable price."
"Zoning to this end, and policy on water and sewer must be
reviewed to build a climate to
welcome new Industry and say
to our present ones, 'We're glad
you're here.' "
"For our present commercial
businesses, I feel that the parking meter money should begin
to be put to the end for which
it was originally intended: that
of building new parking. 'Business' is my business, as the saying goes, and since businesses
support us all, we must do what
we can to aid and help the expansion thereof. For this, zoning and policy is most important to attract and keep it."
"We want the shopping center right uptown — not a mile
or two out in the country where
we dont' get the tax."
An architect's drawing of the proposed new elementary
school is studied by (left to right) Superintendent Harold
Hintz, Carl Seeger, chairman of the Saline Area Schools Advisory Council, and Marian Mittendorf, secretary of the Advisory Council. Hours of study and planning by the Advisory
Council and the present elementary school faculty, as well
as school administrators and the Board of Education, helped
to decide needs in the new building and resulted in the present tentative plan.
School Advisory
Council to Fill
10 Expired Terms
The annual meeting of the
Saline Area Schools Advisory
Council will be held Wednesday
evening, November 4, at the
High School at 8 p.m.
All registered electors living
within the Saline Area School
District are requested to attend,
since 10 memberships will expire with this meeting and some
of the townships and the City
of Saline must elect new members to fill the vacancies.
Open Meet
Set Dec. 2
Before Vote
The second in a series of brochures, to acquaint the public
with the plans and needs in a
nlw- elementary school, went
out this week to all residents
of the Saline Area School District.
Published by the Board of
Education and the Saline Area
Schools Advisory Council, this
week's brochure described the
proposed building.
Based on recommendations
from the Advisory Council curriculum committee, the elementary school faculty, and the administration, the list of suggested facilities includes:
18 grade rooms, self-contained, adaptable for team teaching.
2 kindergarten rooms, also
self-contained.
1 Special Education room (on
separate bid for possible County   approval;   the millage  for
KIWANIS TO MEET
Members of the Kiwanis Club
of  Saline will have  dinner at
6:30 p.m. Monday at Walker's Special Education furnishes the
Bakery. A business meeting will r00m and pays teaching costs
follow.
Council. Sets
Regulations
On Procedure
. . . the school system only provides the space).
1 all-purpose room plus stage.
1 Mtehen and storage room,
to serve 350.
1 library.
1 music-art room.
Office area: principal's office,
secretary's office, health room,
faculty room, storage room, and
City Council has unanimously special services room.
approved   an    "administration"      Boiler room and storage.
regulation,  "designed tc.facili- roQms ^ to be d
The following  memberships tate channeling andliandling of audio_visual use ^ facili.
will expire: Leonard Burmeis- city problems' and cited as "oneY^., foi. .educational television,
ter, Freedom Township; ■ Paul . the-motf-important pieces of Such eaui ment & not. exptm-
Herter and David Myers, Lodi legislation the Council has pro- sive     ^^ construc-
Township;   Kenneth  Gates, duced m years". ■ .. ly me^ an  in_
Pittsfield  Township;   Ernest     Briefly,   it  delineates when erease in the size of the electri-
Girbach and Eleanor Ross, Sa- and how department heads shall CEd eonduit. Superintendent Ha-
line   Township;    Jackson   Ben- make their own decisions,  and told Hintz explained,
nett, Elaine Heiserman, Phyllis how and when they shall pass
Douthat, and Jameson Ford, Ci- problems on to Council. It was
ty of Saline. written after two months of stu-
The Council has been organ- dy by Councilman George John-
ized in such a way that one- son, assisted by Councilmen
third of the memberships ex- James Knight and Hugh Keve-
pire each November. A caucus ling.
Educational television is "another audio-visual" aid, Hintz
said, "but it must be augmented by the teacher or it is no
good. The most important thing
is the teacher." Education pro-
.       . .      ,   .    .       „        .,   , grams   are  broadcast by  both
of registered electors from that     Said Knight: "It is hoped that Michigan state and Purdue impart of each political subdivi- department heads will then par- iversities in this area
sion which lies within the school ticipate to a greater extent in     Mtec tjhe  new building   is
district is required to fill va- fact-finding processes and solu- compieted,   the   elementary
cancies, where fliey^ occur tion finding. It is further hoped schoofs will house kindergarten
Beginning with this Novem- that when Council meets, they and g^^ one through six,
ber all persons elected to the wiu have not only the issue, but fe^g the use of the Interme-
Adyisory Council by caucus the facts and the prop0sed solu- diate 5Schooi for grades seVen
will have membership terms of tions so that they will be able and eight -^q latter is already
three years Vacancies occur- to take prompt action based on beginning to suffer from over-
ring through death or resigna- the facts. We hope thus to make crowding the library has
tion are filled by election by the most effective use of all been cust 'dowir t0 give more
Advisory Council members aiid 0ur personnel." classroom space .. . since it now
tenures of Iftese memberships Council will meet in the near accommodates grades five, six
are only for the unexpired terms iuture ^^ all city personnel and seven,
of those  persons who are re- t0 define areas of responsibUity     With  the  new  arrangement,
P mu  ' a t. • r,       •■, and authority. • housing grades seven and eight,
The Advisory Council was or-      The regulation  _Qso sets  up it would becQmBj   in effect)   a
an exact order of procedure for junior high school,
putting any matter on the agen- The High School would then
da for a Council meeting, calls include grades nine through 12.
for a review of the agenda by This building program
the mayor to decide if adequate "should take care of any future
information is available on all normal school population
items, and sets up the order in growth until the 1979 school
which the agenda shall be dealt year", according to a report
with. (Continued on Page 6)
ganized under the direction of
the Saline Area Board of Education in November of 1963. It
functions as a study group and
acts in an advisory capacity to
the Board of Education.
The organization consists of
30 members, all of whom must
be registered electors. Representation on the Council from
pach of the various townshirr
and the City of Saline is appor
tioned on the basis of one-thirri
school population and two-
thirds property evaluation
Thus, representation has been
determined as follows: Bridge-
water Township, one member;
Freedom, one member; Lodi,
four; Pittsfield, 5; Saline Township, four; York, three; City
of Saline, 12.
Democrats Plan
Candidates' Rally
The Saline Area Democrats
wffl sponsor a "Meet the Candidates" Rally at 7:30 p.m. on
Thursday, October, 29, at the
community room of the Saline
Savings Bank. Weston Vivian,
candidate for Congress from
this district, will speak.
The public is invited.
A meeting of the Saline
Township Board will be held at
8 p.m. Monday, at the Town-:
ship.HalL
Local Democrats partied and chatted politics with candidates Saturday evening at a reception hostessed by Marianne Alpha, of 206 W. Henry St. Above, left to right: John
MeGill, candidate for county clerk; Marianne; Charles Gray,
candidate for State Representative from the 53rd District;
Weston Vivian, candidate for Congress; and Vivian's daughter, Alice, who frequently "brightens her father's campaign
trail. (See story on page 3)
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