1964-11-18; Saline Reporter

              The Saline
VOLUME 15, NUMBER 10-WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1964
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ITED FUND CAMPAIGN LAGGING AT 46%
arian Hering Honored
n National Nurse Week
In conjunction with National
Nurses Week, the Saline Rotary Club and a great many
other people found a long-
sought opportunity to pay honor to Marian Hering (Mrs. Edwin Hering) for a. long history
of dedicated community service.
Marian will receive from Ro-
2 Meetings
To Precede
Bond Vote
Two public forums have been
scheduled to answer questions
on the proposed new elementary
school, prior to the vote . on
bonding.
The Board of Education and
members of th e Saline Area
Schools Advisory Council will
meet with interested residents
of the school district in the
High School gymnasium, on
both Monday, November 30, and
Wednesday,  December  2.
Both meetings are set at 8
p.m.
Registered voters will go to
the polls on December 14 to decide on a proposal to bond the
school district for $790,000, for
construction of the new school
and some needed repairs and
remodeling of the present three
schools.
Architect's estimate of t h e
cost of the new elementary is
8755,000, which includes
$612,000 for construction,
$18,000 for site development.
$50,000 for equipment, $35,000
for site purchase, a $34,400
planning fee, $5,600 for survey,
qualification of bonds, etc.; the
sum of $35,000 for the work on
the present schools brings the
total to $790,000.
A brochure sent out by the
school groups points out that
the bond issue will not necessitate a debt millage increase "as
increased valuation in the
school district makes it possible
to finance the bond issue without raising the debt millage and,
the .002 mills currently being
levied for the present elementary school debt will no longer
be needed for that purpose".
The brochure sent out contained, for clarification reasons,
a slight variation in wording
from the preliminary copy released last week:
"Will additional millage need
to be voted at this time to operate the new building?"
"No, additional millage will
not be needed at the present
time as there will be enough
money in the increased allocated millage, recently voted, (15
mill limit raised to 18 mills) to
finance the additional costs of
operating the new school. The
school will receive approximately one and one half mills of
the voted increase."
"Any changes or new innovations made in the curriculum of
one elementary school will he
made in the other elementary
school in so far as facilities
permit."
Registration to vote in the
bonding election closed Monday.
The polls will be open from 7
a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Intermediate School on December 14.
tary Club a plaque reading "Saline Rotary Club, A Service Organization, Honors Marian Hering for Outstanding Service."
The presentation is to be made
at the Thursday noon meeting
of the club, by Dale Brown,
"community service chairman,
and will include a letter:    .
"Dear Mrs. Hering,
"We men of Saline Rotary
have lived in this community
for many years, and we know
what a wonderful town it is.
"We also know what makes
it that way.
"It's the neighborliness, compassion, and selfless service of
Saline people like yourself.
Whenever someone needs help
. . . whenever a worthy cause
needs a leader or a rallying
point . . . whenever a job of
service needs to be done . ". :
Saline has learned to count on
you.
"Among Saline people who
serve others just for the joy of
helping, you are always in the
forefront, leading the way, setting an example, smiling, encouraging," showing others what
marvels can be accomplished
by unselfish service.
"You, more than anyone we
know, make Saline the friendly,
warm-hearted city which it is.
"In honor of your years of
service, therefore, we Rotarians
wish to present a plaque to
you. With it goes the deep,
deep love and gratitude of an
entire community.
"We think.it most appropriate that this plaque. and letter
should go to you during National Nurses Week, in the sea-
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-MEHA SITE RE-ZONED
City Council Monday night
approved the re-zoning of the
Meha retirement village site
from R-l (single family) t o
R-2 (multiple dwelling) to conform with the use called for in
contracts with the city. When
the property was annexed, it
automatically came under R-l,
under the present zoning ordinance.
Incomplete Reports
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SALINE BAPTIST CHURCH BUILDING^ IS COMPLETED. Under construction at fhe corner of Saline-Milan and
Willis Rds. this summer, the new home of the Saline Baptist
congregation now awaits only the arrival of pews before first
services will be held there. The furniture shipment is expected at any time; when it arrives, the congregation will shift
at once from its present meeting place at Jensen Elementary
School.
The group was holding services in a downtown storefront
in September, 1962, when Pastor Robert Nelson arrived to
take over the pulpit. Average church attendance at that
time was about 35. Sunday school attendance was about 30.
, In little more than two years the average church attendance
has climbed to about 130 . . . Sunday school to about 95.
Nelson, shown above, has worked on the church-building
project while at the same time teaching school in Milan,
taking night-school college courses, and carrying on his
regular extensive duties as minister.
Many members of the congregation have helped with the
building. Among the younger helpers are Terry Wilson and
Barbara Ealy," who worked at clean-up details.
"VOICES FROM HOME"
PROJECT  PLANNED   HERE
The "Voices from Home"
project to send family recordings to servicemen will be conducted here again by the American Red Cross. The recordings will be made at the Federated Church on December 9.
Announcement of the project
was made by Mrs. Edwin Hering, local Red Cross representative. There is no charge for
the service.
Anyone wishing to make an
appointment,, or obtain further
information, may call Mrs. Arthur Gill, 429-7357.
Marian Hering
son of Thanksgiving. You exemplify the highest ideals of
the nursing profession . . . and
we're all so very thankful to
you."
Mrs. Hering graduated from
the University of Michigan
School of Nursing in 1928. She
then worked as both a private
duty and a clinic nurse; she
was employed at Herman Kei-
fer Hospital and with the Detroit Visiting Nurse Association
until 1937.
Since Goming to Saline, her
community service works have
been legion. She has been a Red
Cross- volunteer worker for
more than 20 years, and since
1953 she has supervised such
local activities as the Saline area Blood Bank, providing help
for out-of-town factory blood
banks, obtaining" special types
of blood for emergency transfusions, and teaching Red Cross
home nursing courses. She has
been the contact between distant servicemen and their families, and she has moved swiftly to provide Red Cross aid to
local families stricken by any
disasters.
She was the first founder of
the Future Nurses Club at Saline High School; it became inactive for a time but was revived in 1955.
She has been a member of
the local American Cancer Society -committee for many-
years.
Her aid to the unfortunate,
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Karen: Miss
Michigan
Farm Bureau
Karen Lindemann, 16-year-
old daughter, .of. Mr.- and Mrs."
Walter Lindemann, was -crowned "Miss Michigan Farm Bureau" at the annual state meeting of the organization last
week in Lansing.
It was the second consecutive
year in which Miss Michigan
Farm Bureau has been a resi-
dent of Washtenaw County;
Miss Lindemann's predecessor
was Susan Walker, of Manchester. Contestants came 'from 13
counties to this year's state
event.
A junior at the Saline High
School, Karen has been a member of GAA, Future Teachers
Association, and Future Home-
makers; she plans to become a
home economics teacher.
She has been aotive in 4-H
work for six years, won a trip
to Greenfield Village to model
a trenchcoat of her own making and was awarded a junior
leadership trip to Bob-Lo.
She is past president of the
Lamb Club' and showed the
grand champion lamb at the
1963 Community Fair. She is
also treasurer of, t h e Youth.
Fellowship and a member of
the senior choir at Bethel United Church of Christ.        v
Her family operates a 150-
acre general farm on Pleasant
Lake Rd.
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Churches Plan
Union Services
For Thanksgiving
A Union Thanksgiving Service will be 'held Wednesday,
November 25, for members of
St. James United Church, of
Christ, the Methodist Church of
Saline, the Presbyterian-First
Baptist Church, and St. Paul
United Church of Christ.
The service will begin at 8
p.m. at St. James Church, with
all four choirs participating.
The Rev. John Michael, pastor
of St. Paul's, will give the sermon, with the Rev. Donald
Kraushaar, the Rev. George
Laurent, and the Rev. Armin
Bizer as liturgists.
The offering will go to World
Service.
The Bethel United Church of
Christ, Freedom Township, will
join in a Union Service with
the Emanuel United Church of
Christ and the Methodist
Church of Manchester, and the
Sharon E.A.U.B. Church, at 8
run. Wednesday at Emanuel
Church. The junior choirs of
Bethel Church, will sing at the
service.
Five Thefts
Investigated
By Police
A series of five thefts, apparently not all connected, were
reported to police this week:
A quantity of building material was taken from a construction site, in Rolling Meadows
over the weekend. The missing
lumber included 80 floor joints
valued at $200 and other lumber valued at $40. Witnesses
were able to describe a truck
which was sighted in the area
about the time the theft occurred.
Two reports involved larceny
from houses: a man's watch
valued at $49.95 was taken
from the kitchen table at the
James Hanson residence, 159
Whitlock, on Saturday morning while Mrs. Hanson was in
the house but had briefly left
the kitchen; and 12 rolls of
pennies were taken from the
Gordon Dibble residence at 183
Whitlock, between 10 a.m. and
3:30 p.m. Saturday. A rear window was found open.
Gary Keehl, 20, of Chelsea,
was arraigned Tuesday morning in Municipal- -Court on a
charge of larceny from a building, in connection with the theft
of the pennies and the watch.
Police said Keehl, who is now
on parole from Southern Michigan Prison, is also implicated
in 11 other larcenies, in three
comities in the past two years.
He waived examination and was
bound over to Circuit Court to
appear November 27.
Two thefts from automobiles
were also reported. A 12 foot
by six foot tent and aluminum
frame, valued at over $100, was
taken some time Thursday
night or Friday morning from
a utility truck parked at the
Auto Parts building on N. Ann-
Arbor St.
A woman's purse, containing
identity cards and about $10 in
cash was taken from a car
owned by Lorena Liston, of Saline, while the car was parked
on Davenport St. Mrs. Liston
told police she had not been
away from the car more than
15 minutes.
The Saline area United Fund
drive is lagging, creeping up
to only 46.5 per cent, in the
week when it was to have been
nearly completed.
A deadline for this week for
residential collections wasn't
met. Said drive chairman Buford Soden: "I think quite a
lot of our people have gone deer
hunting."
So far, only $6,062.71 has
been turned in toward the
$13,095 that is needed to meet
commitments to local, area and
state agencies.
But, though reports are coming in slowly, there are signs
that the goal will ultimately be
reached, Soden indicated. "I
think we're going to get close
to it, even if we don't make
it. We just can't tell, yet.".
The only residential area reported as yet is the southeast
city . . . and contributions
there are higher than last year,
he noted. None of the other
eight areas has 'been completed.
The northeast city area is partially reported.
Another encouraging sign
came from employees of R & B
Tool Co., who this year contributed $147. "That's way up over previous years," said Soden.
There   is   still  "a   lot more
New Stoplight
Now Operating
The city's new traffic stoplight, at the corner of Crestwood and S. Ann Arbor St., is
now in operation, and drivers
should keep it in mind, Chief
of Police Jim Levleit said.
A timer has been ordered;
until its arrival, the light will
be operated manually. It will
maintain a "stop and go" pattern on school days between 8
and 9 a.m., 11:15 a.m. and 1
p.m., and 3:15 and 4:30 p.m.
At other times and on non-
school days, the light will flash
amber on Ann Arbor St. and
red on Crestwood.
Post Office to Close
Thanksgiving Day
Saline Post Office will observe holiday procedures Thursday, November 26 (Thanksgiving Day), Postmaster Clarke
Gordon announced this week.
No window service will be
provided on that day, and there
will be no deliveries by either
city or rural carriers. Holiday
schedules for collection, receipt
and dispatch of mail will be
observed.
from industry to come", he
said," reminding Salinians who
are employed out of town to
ear-mark their gifts, at woi-k,
to be returned to the Saline
fund.
Only partial reports have
been received from businesses,
service   clubs,  and  schools.
Soden urged all drive captains to report their collections
immediately, even, though area
contacts may not be completed.
"Even partial reports would
give us a better idea of where
we stand," he said.
Three Hurt
In Accidents
During Week
Three Saline area young persons were injured in traffic accidents this week: (
Miss Mary Ann Alexander,
18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Alexander, was injured in
a one-car wreck in which another 18-year-old girl was killed.
The accident, Sunday afternoon near Clinton, was fatal to
Carolyn L. Layne, a student at
the University of Michigan
school of nursing, who was a
passenger in a car driven by
Robert F. Hoeberling, 18, of
Grosse Pointe Park, when it
went out of control on a rain-
slick curve. The vehicle smashed through a steel guard rail,
and struck a tree.
Miss Alexander was taken
first to Herrick Memorial Hospital in Tecumseh and then to
University Hospital, where she
is still under observation. She
suffered broken ribs and lacerations of the neck.
She is a freshman at the University, and a Regent Scholar.
The driver of the car also received head lacerations and
knee injuries.
Miss Nancy Coleman. 21, of
818 Church St., Ann Arbor, was
reported in "good" condition today at University Hospital,
where she is under treatment
for a closed head injury suffered Sunday in a bicycle accident.
Police said the bicycle she
, was riding struck a parked car
on N. University Ave. in Ann
Arbor, and she was thrown over the front of the bike so that
her head hit the car.
Miss Coleman is a student
teacher in several social science
classes at Saline High School.
Daniel L.  Klein, 17,   son  of
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Bereft Family Seeks News o
(In the absence of a Pinker-
ton Agency or a Hercule Poirot,
and since the Missing Persons
Bureau deals only with persons,
the Robert Todd family this
week issued a plea to the whole
town to turn detective and find
a missing cat ... but not just
an ordinary cat. "Casey", it is
obvious from their description
below, is special.)
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Miss Michigan Farm Bureau
WILLING WORKERS
PLAN DINNER
The members of the Willing
Workers Club will hold a potluck dinner at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 19, at Saline
Township Hall.
Library Slated
For Telephone
The Saline Public Library is
about to acquire its first telephone.
The decision to install a telephone, which will make possible
a number of additional services, was made at the monthly
meeting of the library board
on Tuesday night, attended by
Mrs. Charles Kern, Mrs. Harry
Holmes, Mrs. Regis Wolfinger
and Mrs. George Johnson. Mrs.
Donald Rapp was absent.
The board also apprqved a
policy that, after patrons have
been given adequate "overdue"
notice, a bill for replacement
of the overdue material will be
sent.
Casey
This is Casey, our big yellow
eat. He disappeared without a
trace on October 29, from his
home at 313 N. Ann Arbor St.
His disappearance in this way
is not like him because he is
usually quite shy with Strang
ers, particularly men.
He never strayed very far
from home, so if he was killed
by a car or in some other.way,
we or our neighbors would certainly have found his body by
this time. We hang onto the
hope that he is still alive, lost,
and perhaps being cared for by
some kind soul.
Casey is easy to recognize by
his behavior and size. He is
quite large, but he never quite
stopped being a kitten. He loves
to play, especially with other
cats and particularly with. Martha, one of our other cats. He
has a tremendous purr that can
be heard all the way across a
big room, and he has a habit
of sleeping in some of the most
ridiculous poses you can imagine. In short, he is just a
clown, and we have been a sad
household without his antics.
Our search has been aided by
our neighbors, the police, the
humane society, and Martha,
who just won't stop looking for
him.
Martha sits for hours on the
front porch  or  on the picnic
Martha
table in the rear of the house,
staring out into the distance
for her pal, Casey. If he or
his body were anywhere around,
we're rather sure Martha would
have found him by NOW.
If you have any information
on -the whereabouts of Casey,
please call us, the Robert Todds,
at 429-5803. drop in at 313 N.
Ann Arbor St., or see Mrs. Todd
at the library when it is open.
We would be most grateful
to get Casey "back and happy
to pay a reward.