1964-12-22; Saline Reporter

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VOLUME 15, NO. 15. ..— TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1964
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64 SALIN
Pace to Slacken
or Survivors
f 964 Shopping
Cindy - Sandy Music —
The mad pace wiU slacken in
a matter of hours now, and with
the arrival of Christmas Eve,
Saline's bustling business area
wUl be deserted. The closedown will last through the
weekend in a number of cases.
DEALERS,  BANKS   CLOSE
All three auto dealers plan
to suspend operations for the
Christmas and the New Year's
weekends, with closed shops on
December 26 and January 2.
Saline's two banks will remain
closed this Saturday . . . and
there's a possibility they'll do
the same the following Saturday.
P.O. CLOSES
Postmaster Clarke Gordon's
Christmas communique reads:
Friday, December 25, will be
observed as a holiday and there
wUl be no postal services performed with the exception of
the usual receipt -and dispatch
of mail on a hoUday schedule.
Special deUvefy ahd perishable
articles will be'delivered where
possible.
As for Saturday, December
26: The post office wiU be operated on a holiday schedule^
with a two-hour call service for
firms which normally call for
their maU. These hours wUl be
9-11 a.m. The post office box
section will be open 6-11 a.m.
and 2:30-4:30 p.m.
There will be no delivery ser
vice Saturday, except for special delivery, gift parcels, and
perishables. Receipt and d i s-
patch'of mail will be on a holiday schedule.
STORES OPEN
Retail grocery, variety, drug,
implement and hardware stores
will re-open Saturday, and most
service businesses will likewise
be open.
SCHOOLS CLOSE
SaUne Area Schools will close
at 3:30 Wednesday, .and wiU remain de-pupiUed until the morning o f Monday, January 4,
when regular classroom schedules wiU resume.
HOSPITAL SPECIAL
s At Saline Community Hospital it will be business as usual
during the holidays. Or almost.
On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Saline hospital wiU
waive the 14-year-old age limit
for visitors, to aUow youngsters
accompanied by adults to visit
their close kin. Holiday visiting
hours at the hospital: Medical-
surgical patients, 1:30-3:30 and
6:30-8.30 p.m. Obstetrical; 3-
4:30 and 7-8:30 p.m.
Visitors wishing to have
Christmas dinner with friends
or relatives under treatment at
the hospital may buy full-course
Christmas trays for $1 each,
according to Ray Anderson,
hospital administrator.
RIVE HITS TARGET
Fund - Raisers
Record Solicit
CINDY AND SANDY IN HARMONY. With Saline Brownies circulating through the downtown area- last Saturday,
singing all the well-loved Christmas tunes,* the holiday atmosphere hit its peak. Cindy Hazen, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Hazen, and Sandy Levleit, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Levleit, were just two of the music-makers. Below:
One of the complete choral groups, this one made up of Brownies led by Mrs. James Stewart-Robinsojj. and Mrs. Glen
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Local musicians
Travel to West
Mr. and Mrs. Lester McCoy most qualified students. Mem-
left for Mexico this week to'bership is open to former ex-
make tour arrangements for .change students regardless of
Musical Youth International, age or sponsoring group, and
Inc., a new cultural exchange to anyone interested in becom-
program .for high school musi- ing an active participant in the
cians from Michigan and neigh- ever-widening field of interna-
boring states, as weU as south- tional living.
em Ontario. McCoy has begun	
auditions already for the 1965 -David Myers, Saline High al-
touring group. A summer tour umnus and a clarinetist with
of Mexico and Central Ameri- the U-M Marching Band, has a
ca by 80 young vocalists and pleasant h o 1 i d a y assignment,
instrumentalists is being plan- He and his feUow bandsmen,
ned. Besides a chorale which 205 strong, are going to Pasa-
will present both formal and in- dena, CaUf., for the Rose Bowl
formal concerts, a 40-piece band Game New Year's Day.
wiU be a feature of this new Myers is the son of Mr. and
group. They wiU perform both Mrs. David Myers, Weber Rd.
as a marching and concert un- The famUy will watch him on
it. television.
Lester McCoy, of Saline, con- A 1961 graduate of Saline
ductor of the University Musi- High, Myers had four years' ex-
cal Society in Ann Arbor, is perience with the Hornet mar-
Musical Director. McCoy is one ching band before entering the
of mid-America's outstanding university. He is slated to get
choral conductors. He was the his bachelor's degree in music
conductor of the Michigan next June, then to go on to
Youth Chorale for its first six graduate school, to study for a
seasons. With this group, he es- master's degree in natural re-
tabUshed a high standard of sources,
musical exceUence both in Europe and South America- Charles
Kirsch, director of instrumental music in the Central High
School at Battle Creek, and a
staff of experienced counselors
will assist Mr.  McCoy.
Musical Youth. International,
Inc., is made up of former exchange - students, f amilies, and
friends who want to perpetuate
and extend the influence of v.:..;
thei'r own international ex-. *"»^-~. -"*
change experience throughout
their "adult Uves.* They will
sponsor a program to subsidize-
partial scholarships which wiU
encourage participation  of the liester MeCoy
Dreadnaughts  Hit
Hornet Cage Hope
by Hal Ceronsky
Saline was put under by Dexter 70-51 last Friday night in
a game played on the Saline
court, adding one more loss to
the.ir, thus far, rather sad record. -    ~
The Hornets played a hard
game, but mistakes happened
as they do sometimes. They
didn't happen as often as they
did in the Lincoln "contest",
however, so the final score wasn't quite as lop-sided.
John Harvey played a good
game and was high scorer for
the Hornets with 13 points.
Lawrny Steiner hit for nine;
Jim Griffin, eight; and Bob
Armbruster, coming back after
an injury, scored seven points.
Tim Haight was the Dread-
naughts' high point man vwith
14,
Saline took 67 shots and hit
on only 22, as Dexter made 28
of 62 attempted. The - Dreadnaughts made twice as many
foul shots as the Hornets,
FRESHMEN ADD TWO WINS
Saline's freshman squad added two more wins to their .record, for a total of four.
They downed Manchester 75-
62, with. Fred Franz and Bob
Kirkpatrick leading the scoring
With 16 and 15 points, respectively. Bert Emerson and Dale
The little Hornets out-re-
WUson taUied 10 points each,
bounded the Dutchmen 49-30.
Manchester attempted 76 field
goals to Saline's 73, but made
only 29 to the Hornets' 32.
Saline out-scored their opponents by a good margin in aU
but the fourth quarter. Coach
Jim Bradley began subbing with
four minutes left in the third
period.
Greg Leidheiser, a starting
guard, missed the game because
of illness.
In the Lincoln game — which
Saline took 67-41 — Kirkpatrick
led the offense with 19 points,
and Franz netted 18. Again the
little Hornets had fewer shots,
but were able to hit for 26 out
of 70, while Lincoln connected
on only 18 of 76. Saline out-
rebounded Lincoln 55-47. Garry
Ferguson had 13 rebounds for
the winners.
- Late in the. third period,
Coach Bradley started putting
in his subs. They let Lincoln
outscore them, but played well
enough to hang on to their
lead with a wide margin and
come up with the victory.
In both games, the Hornets'
press forced their opponents into many errors. Coach Bradley
is most.pleased with his team
and has several more victories
in sight.
Sometime last weekend the
Saline United Fund drive reached 100 per cent of its goal, according to Buford Soden, chairman.
One happy result of the success: The U.F. Board here has
authorized fuU payment of all
budgeted contributions to participating agencies. These include six Saline agencies, all of
which receive 100 per cent the
amounts they requested:
Saline Recreation Program .' $2,300
Saline Area Social
Services 500
Saline Public   Library 200
Yak-ety yak
For most Salinians Christmas
is a time for famUy gatherings.
Among those planning to entertain relatives on Christmas Day
are the Douglas Hoefts pf High-
land t)rr TheiFgiiests for dinner
on Christmas wiU include Mrs.
Hoeft's mother, Mrs. Marian
GUlespie; of YpsUanti; her sister arid famUy, the Bob Sampsons bf BeUeviUe; and her broiler and family, the Tom Mitchells of Saline.
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The Karn family, including
Mr. and.Mrs. Francis Karn and
sons and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Karn of Saline, will gather at
the Pleasant Lake Rd. home of
Mr.   and Mrs.  AUen  Karn  on
Christmas Eve.
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Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson and their four chUdren plan
to be present for holiday gatherings of both his and her families. On Christmas Eve the Andersons wiU have dinner at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Evelyn
Geiger, in Ann Arbor, along
with Mrs. Anderson's parents
and her brother and famUy.
Christmas Day they'U spend
with George's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Anderson, in Ann
Arbor.
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The Ronald Sweets, of E. Mc-
•Kay St., plan to take their two
smaU chUdren to visit both sets
of grandparents on Christmas
Day. After opening their gifts
at home on Christmas morning,
the family will set out for
South Lyon for brunch with Ronald's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Sweet. Later in the day
they'U go to Wixom to have
dinner with Mrs. Sweet's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Avery.
The Dale Valines wiU spend
Christmas Day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Truman Sis-
son, in Britton.
SaUne  Boy  Scouts 125
Saline Cub Scouts 50
Girl Scouts,  Brownies 25
These local agencies thus get
a total of $3,200, or 24.6 per
cent of the overall budget.
Area and state organizations
include: American Red Cross,
$3,350 (up $100 from last
year); Michigan United Fund,
$2,300 (up $150); Portage
TraUs Boy Scout Council, $1,400
(up $200); Huron VaUey Girl
Scout Council, $1,400 (up
$200); Salvation Army, $400
(up $200); the Huron Valley
ChUd Guidance CUnic, $175 (up
$50); the Washtenaw County
Association for Retarded Chil-
dren^ $200 (up $50); and the
Michigan Children's Aid Society, $600  (up $100).
This year's budget of $13,025
is nine per cent greater than
last year's $11,950. Requests
from participating agencies ac
tually came to nearly $15,000
this year, Soden reported, but
the board and the budget committees trimmed some requests
from non-local agencies because
the committees "felt we couldn't meet them aU."
Even so, the increase of nine
per cent presented quite a challenge to the drive workers, Soden said.
He concluded: "I want to
thank aU our .canvassers and
their leaders, as well as all the
people who contributed money
to the drive. It took aU these,
working together, to make the
solicitation successful."
In the wake of the drive, the
Saline Area United Fund board
wUl meet January 19 to elect
officers for the new year.
The 1964 fund-raising campaign started October 15 with
the annual kick-off dinner at
the Legion.
Years of Service Recognized
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The main character of the story couldn't be present for
. the picture. Ifs too nice in Florida and too cold in Michigan
for Leo Jensen to he traveling this way this season. But last
week a plaque in honor of the retired superintendent of Saline schools went up at" the former Saline Elementary School.
By action of the Board of Education, the school has been renamed to commemorate Jensen's years of service to'the local district.
Reuben Visel and Russell Burkhart, school custodians,
hung the plaque in the school vestibule, with Principal Marian Barclay witnessing the ceremony.
They're Santa's Pals
'65 Plate Dates:
Jan. SO, Feb. IB
SaUne-area motorists wiU be
able to buy their '65 Michigan
■auto plates here in Saline on
two dates announced, this week.
First sale wiU be held-Saturday,
January 30. And the final local
sale wiU be February. 13, also
a Saturday, two wreeks in advance of the '64 plates' expiration. -       --■
The local selling wiU be done
at Steeb Dodge Sales, from 1:30
to 4:30 p.m. on both dates. Mrs.
Addie Drews, of the Ann Arjpor
Ucense agency, wiU be on hand
ta issue the new maize-and-blue
plates.
j "Who believes in Santa Claus?" "Who wants a prize
today?" "Who Imows how to. write his name on a; card for
a drawing?" , V •     :   '.'. J
The questions Brought fast reactions from the crowd of
children at last Saturday's C-C Christmas party at the Intermediate School. And fastest on the draw were the Colter
brothers, shown "above; The annual party, put on by Saline's
Chamber of Commerce, featured movies furnished by Kiwanians, popcorn furnished by Kiwanians, music led by Dave
Wolter, and gifts furnished by most of Saline's business community. Santa was there to wrap tip the C-Cs pre-Christ-
mas activities with a, happy time for the MdsV