1964-12-30; Saline Reporter

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VOLUME 14, NUMBER 16-WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1964
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Three Hurt
By Collision
in Heavy Fog
Three persons were injured
in a collision in heavy fog and
rain at the corner of Michigan
Ave. and Harris St. last week.
Most seriously hurt was Stephen Ormsby, 16, of 213 Detroit St., who suffered severe
facial lacerations and broken
ribs when his car was struck
broadside by a vehicle driven
by Sally J. Jensen, 26, of Brighton. He was taken to Saline
Community Hospital and then
transferred to St. Joseph Mercy
Hospital for further treatment.
He has since been released and
is convalescing at home.
Also injured was Douglas Hiser, 18, of Saline, who was treated for bruises at Saline Community Hospital.
Miss Jensen suffered a
sprained ankle in the crash,
which occurred at 7:30 p.m. on
December 23. Witnesses said
the Jensen car was moving at
a fast rate of speed, without
lights, before it struck the
Ormsby car ,as the latter entered Michigan Ave. from Harris St.
After striking the Ormsby
car, the Jensen vehicle also
struck a pick-up truck owned
by H. I. Johnson Co., which was
parked in the driveway of the"
fire department substation on
that corner. A warrant has been
authorized far- Miss Jensen's-
arrest, on a charge of driving
without lights.
Hospital Welcomes 10,000th
@w mayor to Converts
teran Coyncil
Not Santa Claus, but the stork, made a.
special Christmas delivery to Saline Community Hospital . . . and the hospital's
10,000th patient was admitted with joy, fanfare and considerable surprise to that patient's parents. Unaware of all the excitement she created was Tricia Lee Woerst,
first child of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Woerst,
who became "Miss 10,000" when she was
born at 8:27 a.m. on December 24. Above,
Hospital Administrator Ray Anderson presents the startled mother with a box of candy in honor of the occasion, while the baby's
father smothers a proud grin. Tricia Lee received a commemorative letter, to be read
some day. At right, Leona Faulhaber, R.N.,
congratulates the cause of it>all.
RECEIVES TRANSFER
Mr. and Mrs. Leanor Roehm,
of Case Rd., have received word
from their son Earl that he is
one of five men from his out-
fit chosen to be-transferred
from their naval base in Tuslog,
Turkey, to a base in Scotland
some time in January. Roehm
has been stationed in Turkey
for the past four months.
BLOODMOBDLE
TO VISIT SALINE
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will visit Saline on Friday, January 15, to replenish supplies
in the Saline area Blood Bank.
The Blood Bank will be open
between 2 and 5 p.m. and 6 and
8 pjn. at the Intermediate
School, <■«■--
Any resident of the Saline
area may withdraw needed
blood, without charge, from the
Saline -organization. All contributions will be welcomed, from
residents or non-residents.
New Skyline, Population
Explosion Marked 1964
Mercantile,
Hulls Buy
RR Property
Two business firms (here have
purchased property along the
New York Central railway
tracks which they formerly held
on lease from the railroad company.
The purchase will allow Hull's
Grocery to extend their parking lot to almost double the
present area, and remove the
planted center circle between
the grocery store and the old
depot. The area is to be black-
topped; work is expected to begin in the spring.
Land along the tracks on
both the east and west side of
Saline-Ann Arbor Rd. has been
purchased by the Saline Mercantile Co., which formerly leased the site on which their elevator and warehouse are located. The firm also bought the
old depot, already in use for
storage  space.
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Jaycees Seek
"Distinguished
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Saline Jaycees this week opened a search for the "Most
Distinguished Young Man of
the Year", whose name will be
announced at their annual
"Bosses' Night" banquet, January 20.
The recipient of the honor,
and the plaque that goes with
it, must be 21 through 35 years
of age, but he need not be a
Jaycee member. Last year's
"most distinguished" was Po.
lice Chief James Levleit.
One or more "honorable mention" citations are usually given also.
The chairman of this year's
search for "Mr. Distinguished"
is Doug Elfring. The club encourages nominations from the
general public, and an entry
blank for the purpose is printed in this week's Reporter. Any--*
one may fill out a blank and
mail it to Elfring at 222 W.
Bennett St., Saline, or call him
at 429-7116.
Paper Drive Set
Saturday, Jan. 9
By Saline Scouts
Boy Scout Troop 46 will hold
their annual mid-winter paper
drive Saturday of next week,
January 9, starting at 9 a.m.
Salinians wishing to contri-
b u t e old newspapers to the
drive may do so simply by
bundling them up and placing
them out front of the house
that morning. Rural residents
in the Saline area may contribute by calling Harold Fritts,
NO 3-8085, for a paper pickup.
The local Scout troop helps
finance summer camping activities with paper drives. As the
troop is planning to have more
boys take part in the camping
program this year than ever
before, it is most^ important
that this drive be a success.
KIWANIS TO MEET
Members of the Kiwanis Club
of Saline will hold their first
meeting of the new year Monday, January 4, at Walker's
Bakery, with dinner at 6:30
p.m. President-elect Regis Wolfinger will discuss the organization's goals for 1965.
Installation of new officers
will be held at the January 11
meeting.
Jaycee Distinguished Service Award
NOMINATION BALLOT
I hereby nominate
(name)
(address)
(age)
to receive the Jaycee Distinguished Service Award. He meets
all requirements and deserves public recognition.
Reasons for nomination: -	
Expatriate Salinians "who return home for the New Year
will f jnd that 1964 brought many changes, ta .their city.
The sky-line is altered and
the population has grown beyond all predictions. Old buildings have vanished, and new
ones have sprung up; familiar
faces have disappeared and new
ones have filled the vacancies.
1964, for Saline, was a year of
constant change.
The rust-red bulb of the new
250,000-gallon water tower may
be the first unfamiliar sight to
greet the eyes of returnees . . .
and then the difference at the
main corner, where the century-
old three-story Citizens Bank
building has been removed to
make room for a brand new one-
story" building now nearlng completion. Also gone is the Saline
Hotel restaurant, replaced by a
handsome new building for
Leutheuser's Restaurant, on the
east edge of the city. A modern
Saline Savings Bank building
graces the site formerly occupied by an old house .on East
Michigan Avenue across from
the Still Buildings . . . which
have also sprouted an entire
new section, housing part of
Walker's $1 Store, and Alexander's Pizzeria ... a brand new
endeavor.
They will find construction
under way at the site of the
Meha retirement village for educators, just north of the High
School . . , and at the other end
of town, an entire new subdivision, Crestwood Knolls. There
has been a lot of building in
Rolling Meadows, too. And
much-needed apartment buildings have risen on Clark Street
and Harris Street. In the Saline
area, .there's one new church
building, the Saline Baptist;
and several churches have put
up additions.
Local industries have also
constructed additions to expand
warehouse o r manufacturing
space.
But the biggest expansion is
the population itself, which --
with all new houses occupied ~
has poured dozens of new children into the school system and
added hundreds to the preschool roster. One of the biggest
projects of the year was planning of a new elementary school
for which voters recently approve a $790,000 bond issue.
Several new businesses include two prize-winners: Merit
Products Corp. won first place
in county Michigan Week competition for industry, and Sauk
Trail Originals, manufactured
at the Sauk Trail Inn, came in
second. , ■
Plans for the Vievelopment of
Curtiss Park weredrawn up by
U-M students of landscaping in
a Jaycee-sponsored contest;
fluoridation of the city water
supply was instituted: and -
during the summer, at least —
Saline now has an art gallery,
devoted to the works of local
artists and organized by Taylor
Jacobsen. Another innovation is
the new Reporter press, far
quieter and more efficient than
the old one, which allows much
longer press runs, for bigger papers for a bigger Saline.
- There are outstanding new
faces . . . new pastors at York
Baptist 'Church (the Rev. Richard D. Briningstool); St. Paul
United Church of Christ (Dr.
John Michael); the Assembly of
God (the Rev. Robert Muir:
head); and St. John's Lutheran (the Rev. Ronald J. -Diener)
. . -. a new superintendent of
schools, Harold J. Hintz, and a
new band director, David Wolter. Plus, of course, an assortment of new teachers, some of
Whom intend to settle here permanently.
During the year, several
"firsts" were chalked up: the
first ordination of a local young
man in his home church, the
Rev. Glenn Hagen, pastor of
the United Church of Christ
. . . Saline Library for the first
time became a legally "public"
library, tax-supported, in order
to qualify for state funds and
other services, and also installed
its first telephone . . . and Kiwanians sponsored the first cir-
,cus here in 60 years, as a fund-
raising project, last May.
Also a "first": a SaMne beauty won a state crown when
Karen Lindemann was selected
as Miss Michigan Farm Bureau.
Even wider recognition came
to G- Merritt Martin, elected a
national vice president of the
Junior Chamber "of Commerce.
Saline young people also
brought home state awards in
FFA, FHA, band, 4-H and industrial arts.
Salinians who have been
away for a year won't even
know their city, county, state,
and national.representatives. A
new mayor, George Johnson,
will take office the first of the
year; election upsets put into
office a new sheriff, Douglas
Harvey, Democrat, and a new
congressman,   Weston   Vivian,
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Congressman
Meets with FB
Committees
~ ~ CoftgfcessiriMfcelSrt Weston E.
Vivian, of the Second Congressional District of Michigan, met
Tuesday in Ypsilanti with Farm
Bureau national affairs committees from the counties in
his district ~ Washtenaw, Livingston, Lenawee, Monroe and
part' of Wayne County.
Chairman of the Washtenaw
Farm Bureau committee on national affairs is Don Wiedman,
of Saline area. Other members
are Guy Paul, Peter Kolowski,
and May Shearer.
The.all-day discussion covered nearly every aspect of farm
policy as it applies to the Second District area. Vivian has
also scheduled meetings with
various othe|r special interest
organizations before taking office for his first term as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Vivian, a Democrat, defeated
former Congressman George
Meader, Republican, by 1,526
votes in the November election.
Mrs. Helen Fairman, above,
has been appointed Washtenaw
County Extension Agent, home
economics, the position formerly held by Mrs. Alice Epple.
Mrs. Fairman received her
B.S. degree from Albion College
in 1945, taught home economics
for five years in Laingsburg,
Romulus, and Ann Arbor High
School and did some elementary teaching in Wayne. She
and her husband, Ben, and five
children live at 212 S. Glendale,
Ann Arbor. She will assume her
position with the Cooperative
Extension Service January 1,
19155.
Representative
Plans Citizens
"First Baby
Of the Year"
Contest Opens
'Some time after the last
stroke of midnight Thursday,
good fortune will shower onto
a newly-born infant and his, or
her, lucky parents, as the
youngster is proclaimed "Saline's First Baby of 1965".
Dozens of useful and attractive gifts from local merchants
await the child and its parents
whether the baby is "Miss 1965"
or "Mr. 1965" (for some reason
the first baby of the year in
Saline has almost always been
a girl), providing the parents
reside in the Saline Area School
District. The infant may be
born anywhere, but hospital records must be available for judging in case of a close contest.
An entry blank and list" of
prizes and sponsors will be
found on page four of this
week's Saline Reporter.
State Representative Thomas
G. Sharpe, of Howell, visited
Saline Thursday to set up a
"citizens committee" of civic
leaders and interested residents
of the 52nd District.
Councilman George Anderson
of Saline will serve as Sharpe's
chairman for the 52nd District
portion of Washtenaw County
.(most of the rural townships)
and the one township in Lena?
wee County which is included
in the sprawling district.
Purpose of the organization
is to keep Rep. Sharpe posted
on local opinion and inform residents of legislative activities
in L a n s iji g, Anderson said.
Sharpe visited local merchants
and officials at the City Hall
on Thursday.
A new mayor will convene a
Council composed entirely of
veteran office holders Monday,
since voters in November filled
three vacancies by re-electing
an incumbent and returning two
former councilmen for new
terms.
Even the mayor, George
Johnson, is no newcomer to the
City Hall, having served two
terms as councilman and mayor
pro tern before seeking the office of mayor.
Council members will include
incumbent Robert Strohl and
former councilmen George Anderson and Glenn Clark, all elected in November, plus holdovers James Knight, Hugh Keveling, and L. Z. Still.
No major changes in city personnel are anticipated, Mayor
Johnson said, but final action
on this and appointment of department heads "must await
Council action on Monday. The *
mayor pro tern is also customarily appointed at the first
meeting of the year.
One change in procedure is
planned, Johnson said: he will
substitute standing committees
for the former commissioner
system, each committee to consist of three councilmen and
members of the appointive
staff. He hopes that during the
next six months improved organization •will allow Council to
■handle primarily policy matters
with administrative details delegated to administrative personnel, he said.
He will present his January
"state of the city" message as
required by the city charter,
which also calls for such a report from the mayor in July.
A primary target for the coming year, Johnson, said, is the
need" for a new fire hall and
additional space for city offices. The latter could be retained
in the present City Hall, but on
the ground floor, if the fire
trucks were housed elsewhere,
he pointed out.
A recent structural study of
the building showed it to be in
good shape, suitable for renovation, and- concluded, "with the
removal of the vehicles from
the first floor, this area could
easily be converted for office
use".
ROTARY MEETS THURSDAY
Miss Dorothy Ingles, of Ann
Arbor, will be guest speaker at
the Thursday noon meeting of
the Saline Rotary Club, to be
held at Leutheuser's Restaurant. Miss Ingles will show films
taken while travelling in Africa. Program chairman for the
meeting is Edward Foster.
FLOOK STILL
IN HOSPITAL
County Drain Commissioner
John Flook, of Waterworks Rd.,
is still a patient at University
Hospital after "arterial resection" surgery on December 18
and emergency surgery the following day.
He is reported "doing well",
although further surgery is tentatively scheduled for next
week. His room number is 8440.
HOME FOR  CHRISTMAS
Pfc. Eugene Roehm returned
to Ft. Lewis, Wash., Tuesday
after, spending a 20-day Christmas furlough here with, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leanor
Roehm of Case Rd.
Roehm, who is serving with
the 12th Infantry, has been stationed at Ft. Lewis since early
last summer.
Really a family affair for Leonard descendants is membership in the American Legion Auxiliary . . . four generations now sport membership pins. Above., left to right, are
Mrs. Earl Myers, a member for the past ten years and grandmother of the latest family gal to sign up; Mrs. Bob Smith,
who joined six years ago, mother of the infant, Christine,
who was enrolled this year. And then there's the baby's great
grandmother, Mrs. Chester Leonard, whose Bame has appeared on Auxiliary rosters since 1947.