1964-12-09; Saline Reporter

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VOLUME 15, NUMBER 13--WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1964
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Proposed New Elementary School   City Wafer, ^ewer
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A tentative floor plan for the proposed new elementary
school is shown above, though exact plans cannot be drawn
by the architect until a bond issue for the school is approved
by voters.
Approval of the $790,000 bond issue at Monday's election will, make it possible to construct the school for use beginning with the fall, 1965, school term ... a delay, even if
approval is forthcoming at a later election, would probably
mean the school could not be finished next year.
The addition of the proposed 20-room elementary school
to Saline's school system is expected to relieve for some years
the overcrowding that, already a serious problem in the present lower grades, moves up through the other schools as
the large classes advance.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, December 14, at the Intermediate School. All registered electors
in the Saline School District are eligible to vote.
igh School Honor
tasters Announced
High School honor rolls for
the second marking period were
announced this week.
The rosters include "Academic classification I", which requires an A or A minus average in at least four academic
subjects; and "Academic classification H", which requires an
average grade of B or B plus
in at least four academic subjects . . . "General, classification I", which requires grades
averaging A or A minus in all
subjects; and "General, classification Jl", indicating an average of B or B plus in all subjects.
The lists fojlow: ,
SENIORS   .'
Academic I
Linda Heiserman
Kristine Kuebler
Deborah Tracy
Susan Washburn
Academic H
Jill Alber
Robert Austin
Leslie Carman
Janis Coe
Dennis Condit
Katy Esch
Kurt Fischer
Mareia Fritts
Kay Gordon
Sandra   Greenfield
Alan Hartman
Cheryl Henes
Judy Jump
Pat Katz '   •
Frank Merrill
Gail Mittendorf
Sharron Morrow
Susan Robison
Harold Satterla
John Scherdt
Marilyn Struble
Kathleen Zeichmann
General I
Sally Quick
Audrey Thompson
Meha Area
Re-Zoned R-2
City Council Monday night
approved ordinance 176, an amendment to the present zoning
ordinance, 146, to re-zone the
Meha property to multi-family.
Under the present ordinance,
any property annexed to> the
city automatically comes in as
"R-l", or single family- But the
city's contracts with the educators' association provide for
multi-family use in apartments,
duplex homes, and "line houses".
The new zoning ordinance
(which will he 175) prepared
hy the Planning Commission
and still under study by Council, will provide multi-family
use for the Meha retirement
village land. Until it is placed
in effect, however, the amendment to the present ordinance
was necessary, ? since construction has begun at Meha.
The amendment ordinance,
176, will become effective 10
days after publication next
week.
General II
Pam Bennett
Jennifer Camburn
Diane Diuble
Mike Rapp
Shirley Roehm
Karen Weber
JUNIORS
Academic I
Margaret Beal
Sue Guenther
David Osborn
Academic H
Sandra "'Burkhart
■ Mary Beach
Martha Dodge
Sheila ""Farmer
Ann Flook
Phil  Gordon
Arda Hoffman
Kalian Liston
Jackie Livingstone
Elizabeth Merchant
Susan O'Connor
Kathy Snyder
Pamela Staley
Karen Tower
Amy Uphaus
Gay Wedemeyer
Jenny Young
General I
Timothy Marioh
General H .
Nancy Croy
Charlene Deasy
Joyce Dieterle
Marvin Dimon
Don Drake
Barbara Finkbeiner
Nancy Girbach
Mary Kuyda
Barbara Lossing
Bill Payne
Tom Squires
Heidi Wild
SOPHOMORES
Academic I
Janice Austin
Debbie Carr
Janet Haab
Beth Volz
Academic H
Ginnie Esch
Jane Jump
"*    Diane Kring
Anita Larson
Janet Riemer
Sharon Sackett
Mary Scherdt
Jacque Schmok
James Schmok
Linda Struble
Deborah. Weage
Roger Wiedmayer
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ROTARIANS TO SEE
SCHOOL SLIDE SERIES
A series of slides on Saline
schools, prepared by Daniel Li-
rones of the Schools Advisory
Council, will be shown at the
Thursday" noon meeting" of Rotary, at Leutheuser's Restaurant. Gerald Coe is the program
chairman.
Mrs. Paul. H. Woods,, above,
is one of Saline's two announced
candidates for a board of trustee post for the proposed Washtenaw County Community College. With a long history of active community service and
church work, Mrs. Woods is also a former teacher; part of
her teaching experience was in
a junior college, in Texas.
The other announced candidate from Saline is City Attorney Allan Grossman. Six members of a board of trustees are
to be chosen at the same January 15 election that will determine whether a community college is to be set up here. Five
additional candidates, from other areas of the county,, have already filed petitions in the
County Clerk's office.
Girl Scouts Plan
Christmas Bazaar
Senior Girl Scout Troop 279,
led by Mrs. Charles Deasy, will
sponsor a Christmas Bazaar, on
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at Wight Cleaners.
The Scouts will sell Christ-
mas decorations, centerpieces,
and clothes for Barbie dolls,
which they have made. Proceeds
will be used for a trip which
the troop plans to make next
summer.
Troop 279 is sponsored by the"
Child Study Club.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE
IS NEXT WEDNESDAY
FOR JANUARY VOTE .
Deadline for registration to
vote in the January 15 special
election on the proposed Washtenaw County Community College is Wednesday, December
16. Residents may register with
their city or township clerks.
Voters wilL go to the polls
in January to decide on a mill-
age for the proposed college;
and to elect six members of a
board of trustees, whose first
duties would be to select a site
and supervise construction of
the college, if the millage is
approved.
Skating Rink
May be Ready
This Week
The ice rink on Henne Field
may be ready for use .this weekend . . . depending on weather.
The rink, maintained by the
city recreation department winter sports committee, is the biggest in Washtenaw County; it
provides day and evening skating, and a separate hockey area, for Saline area residents
throughout the winter.
Work began this Week on filling the rink; Chairman of the
committee is Bob Russell; Al
McPhee is secretary-treasurer.
Volunteers who worked Sunday
included Clyde Griffin, Milton
Hartman, Jim Griffin, Bruce
Niethammer, Al and Ray Hartman, Steve Miller, Gerry Miller,
Phil Bondie, Ed Hewitt, BiU
Brink, Barry and Taylor Jacob-
sen.
But there is "a lot of ice to
be made yet," Russell said. Continued cold weather will be necessary if the rink is to open
soon.
Members of the Key Club, the
high school organization sponsored by Kiwanians, will supervise skating and clean the ice
this year as a community service; they will also sharpen
skates as a fund-raising project.
Bruce Niethammer is Key Club
president.
When the rink is ready, skating hours will be from 4 to 9
p.m. on weekdays when school
is in session; from 9 a.m. to 10
p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays; and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
during school vacation. At other hours there will be no supervision, and the warming shed
and gates will be locked.
Children are urged not to attempt to use the rink until proper freezing has been completed, and not - to use it at any
time except during the supervised hours, Russell said. Vandalism in other years has cost
the volunteer committee hours
of extra work to make repairs.
Water Tower
To Stay Empty
This Winter
Saline's new 250,000 gallon
water tower will not be filled
until spring, City Council decided Monday night.
Council made the decision on
the recommendation of DPW
Superintendent Mike- Strait,
who said in his monthly report
that "due to the enlarged capacity of the new tower, the fill
and empty cycle of the old tower might freeze". The new tower cannot be painted until
spring, in any case, he pointed
out, because "it is necessary to
have warm weather for adequate painting".
The early advent of cold weather also stalled other projects,
Strait said: "Henry Street was
graveled but Washtenaw A s-
phalt failed to place the asphalt base before the street
froze. This means that, unless
there is a good break in the
weather, we will have to maintain this street in gravel until
spring. We will try chloride on
the street if it becomes dusty
again."
"The streets in Rolling Meadows No. 1 have been partially
dug out for gravel ... a break.
in the weather may allow the
contractor to finish this work."
But Annexation
FREIGHT AGENT
HANDLES   MORE  STATIONS
E.A. Sawall, traveling freight
agent for the New York Central
system, with headquarters in
the Saline Depot handling Saline, .Bridgewater and -Brooklyn,
has also taken over several stations' on * the" Airline Branch,
from Jackson to Centerville. He
visits these on Tuesday and
Friday of each week, now -handling a total ojf 10 stations.
Blood Bank
Canteen Head
Steps Down
Mrs. Chris Volz, for the first
time in 12 years, won't be chairman of the canteen for the Saline area Blood Bank when the
Red Cross Bloodmobile visits
Saline in January.
Mrs. Volz "will still help out",
she said, hut she will not be in
charge of the "canteen operation
because "I'm slowing down".
Mrs. Alwin Burkhardt will
serve as chairman.
Saline Red Cross representatives and co-chairmen of the
overall"""Blood "Bank operation
.here are Mrs. Edwin-Hering and
Mrs. George Austin. The next
Blood Bank is slated January
15, at the Intermediate School.
BAND CONCERT PLANNED
AT INTERMEDIATE
A concert by the 6th and 7th
grade bands will be presented,
for parents and the general City officials learned last
public, at 8 p.m. Tuesday at night that Saline isn't likely to
the .Intermediate School. The faee any water shortage or ser-
concert constitutes the school's ious sewage disposal problems
Christmas program. for at least 20 years, according
  -. to a county-wide Water Supply
and Sanitary Sewerage Study.
But councilmen and planners
were aware that Saline faces an
immediate policy problem: whether to supply services to areas
outside the city, and on what
basis.
The  city may be a land of
The  Saline  Community Fair  plenty as far as water is con-
Board,  at  the   annual meeting  cerned ... but it is receiving
Monday, will face the decision a growing number of requests
,    _ . . . to supply water outside its own
of moving the Fair out of town, ^^ eyen though some ^
or letting it remain at the for- inside the city are not yet ser-
mer   site,   which   it  has   out- viced by water and sewer mains.
grown. The three city wells are ca-
The board will also elect of- Pable   of Producing 2,000   gal-
ficers at the meeting, at 8:30 *°n*   1 ™n^"?^S  *°
pjn.-Monday at the agriculture ^t^^L^^Jt^L^l
room at the High School.
Fair Board
To Consider
Site Monday
UF Drive
Moves Up to
95 Percent
The Saline Area United Fund
drive, this week, moved up one
percentage point closer to its
target. Contributions now stand
at $12,382, or 95 per cent of
the $13,025  goal.
The increase i s primarily
from businesses and some residential contributions, drive
chairman Buford Soden said.
"We still have the rest of industry" out," Soden said, "but
we hope to have that by the
end of this week. We hope to
have the drive closed by next
week."
"I am now sure that we will
make our goal," he added.
quantity, close to three million
The Fair was once" held out gallons a day, is far more than
of town several years ago, at the 250,000 gallons a day which
the Farm Council location on the city now uses- But at the
Saline-Ann Arbor Rd. . . . and same time> all around the peri-
then moved back into Saline at V^evy, private wells show signs
the insistence of the public.        of g°ing dry- Last year> &*&
But since that time, the Fair residences on S. Ann Arbor St.
has grown considerably larger; were annexed and provided with
growing population has made water after house wells went
the Intermediate School site dry. and new weIls produced
more congested (in effect, smal- undrinkable water, bitter with
ler) ; and the Farm Council pro-  sa^t-
perty  has  been  further devel-      This week,  Council accepted
oped. for study a request from A&M
Reasons for moving, discuss- Chevrolet Co., and another from
ed by the board before the ear- Lyle Beach, both on E. Michi-
lier move, and again at last gan Ave., but neither one ad-
month's meeting, include: the j'acent to the city.
Intermediate School location -A & M's well has not yet
places--:the livestock tents on^gcftie"dry,""but"*"it's"going", a'
mud and grass, and has no de- representative said. The 45-foot
veloped show ring; there is no well provides enough Wafer for
"stage" or covered area avail- plumbing and drinking in the
able for programs or audiences garage and showroom, but "we
in case of rain; parking is in- have moved our car wash ser-
adequate; and tent rental is vice downtown; we get it done
costly. any way we can."
The Farm Council location Since it is outside the city,
provides a lighted show ring, A & M has a septic tank in-
under cover and graveled to stead of sewer line; this is still
avoid mud; there is plenty of "adequate",
cover for any program; park- Lyle Beach, 7911 E. Michigan
ing is almost unlimited; and Ave., has a well that is connec-
permanent buildings remove the ted with A & M's and, conse-
need to rent tents. quently,  also is showing signs
It is also believed that there of going dry. But there is still
would be less disruption of enough water for the needs of
school if the Fair were held out his house and business, he said,
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Christmas lights
Go tip, Parking
Meters Down
Saline assumed a festive, hoi
iday air this week as city crews
working from a high scoop she
vel, mounted Christmas decor
ations on light posts and hoist
ed greenery and lights.
The easy holiday atmosphere
will also be augmented Monday
when all parking meters are
covered, with Council approval.
No meters will be in use from
December 14 through Christ
mas Day, December 25.
Meanwhile, Santa's second visit of the season is scheduled
for 2 p.m. Saturday, when the
Old Gentleman will visit all
stores ahd put in an appearance
at the Citizens Bank community room. He will remain there
until 5 p.m.
Letters to Santa, mailed in
the special bright red box at
the main corner, will be answered — if the sender remembers to sign a name and address. Cards for the Christmas
drawing may also be deposited
there.
Biggest day of the'season for
the youngsters will be Saturday, December 19, when free
cartoon movies, sponsored by
the Kiwanis Club of Saline, Will
be shown at the Intermediate
School gymnasium from 4 to 5
p.m. Santa will also arrive in
town at 2 pjn. that day, hut
will close his headquarters an
hour earlier than usual, in Order to attend the movies.
Most Saline stores will be open evenings, until 9 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, until
Christmas.
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Not one of Santa's elves, but one of his most ardent fans
is Valerie Esch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Esch,
shown with Santa above during her visit to his office here
Saturday. Santa, will make two other, visits to see and talk
with Saline children: one on Saturday, December 12, when
he will visit sto.res and his office from 2 to 5 p.m.; and the
other on Saturday, December 19, when he will stop at his
office until 4 p.m. and then attend a cartoon movie, free to
all children, at the Intermediate School. His office is located
in the Citizens Bank community room. His special mailbox,
bright red, is located at the main corner of Saline, and all
letters mailed to him therein will be answered.