1966-10-26; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 17, NUMBER 7 ~ Wednesday, October 26, 1966
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MORE HOMECOMING ACTION than Saline has seen in years took
place Friday . . . with a colorful, bouncey parade in the afternoon, a record-
scoring win over South Lyon in the evening, and a ceremony honoring Saline High's Homecoming Queen, between halves of the football game.
The floats in the parade represented long evenings of hard work on the
part of the four classes who built them. "The Yellow Submarine", takeoff
on a Beatle bomb, was declared winner of the float competition. Entry of
the junior class, the sleek yellow sub was designed by Fred Franz .and Bob
Kirkpatrick. Second-place winner, product of the soph class, immortalized
the song hit, "Hey, You, Get off of My Cloud!" The double-decker float,
showing a hornet and a lion trying for exclusive possession of some cumulus
real estate, was designed by Scott Klapper, Dave Girbach, Patty Lange,
Kristen Lewis and Shirley Finkbeiner. Tied for third place in the contest
were the frosh and the senior class entries. Gini Esch headed the group
which produced "Open Up Your Door", the senior float. Jo Ann Doll, Terry
Morrow and Laurie Robison designed "We Get Respect", the freshman float.
Memorial Service Planned
Capt. David Wagener
Killed in Viet Nam
A memorial service will be In consideration of Capt.
held here in the near future Wagener's often - expressed
for a ■ Saline High S.chool pride in his wife's decision
graduate who was kiElfrd to study nursing, the David
Thursday in Viet Nam. | R. Wagener Memorial Fund
Capt. David Wagener; 27, has been established at Evan Air Force pilot, was shot erett Junior College, Ever-
down "by a terrific burst of ett, Wash,
ground fire" while on a mis- Members of the class of
sion "deep in enemy terri- 1957 who wish to contribute
tory", according to Depart- to the fund are asked to do
ment of Defense notification so through Ralph Gross, of
to his family. -    '     832   Lambkins   Rd.    Others
He had volunteered for du- may also send contributions
ty in Viet Nam and had been through Mr. Gross or direct-
there since* May, -and hp ex- ly tp the fund at the college.
pected to be transferred next 	
February. His wife, Beverly
(better known to friends here tt
as "Pixie"), is living in Ev-
Live Drive ^7^^%|?rd Gift,
.»«- ••     t. - Boosts other
onations
Pony Man"
Karl Weavie
Succumbs
Adult Classes
To be Taught
At High School
A long list of adult education classes is offered at Saline High School this fall.
\ Two of them are new this
year . . . "food" and "home
building and remodeling", to
be taught by Mrs. Harold
Clark, MEHA resident who
taught home economics in
Tawas High School for 16
years.
The class on food is particularly current; it will deal
with the high cost of food,
eating habits of the family,
and "quickie" meals for busy
wives. The home building and
remodeling class will discuss
homes designed for liability,  traffic patterns,  kitchen
HOMECOMING QUEEN
City Street
Needs
$161,
Pa
ss
is Nancv Craigmile, 17, sen-
planning, and "finding more ior at Saline High School and
space".
Other classes offered/ include typing I and II, bookkeeping I and n, office ma-
City Administrator Mike
Strait has been authorized
by Council to 'obtain further
estimates and "consider financing possibilities" on needed street work amounting
to about $161,762.
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Projects that qualify a s
"first priority" would add up
to about $91,070, according
to present estimates.
Part of the work can be
financed with revenue bonds
against   future   gasoline tax
„ ,„„c returns, Strait said. But all
Miss Homecoming of 1966 of lt „needs to be done„
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daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo-
The most extensive project
would  be  the rebuilding  of
seph Craigmile of 319 E. Mi- Clark gt to make it 35°feet
chigan Ave. Nancy, a cheer- wid6j with-curb and guttei,]
leader and FHA member, is
chines, art, water color and aiso a raember of the Senior
and advanced; graphic arts, p]ay cas^
oil paint; drawing, beginning 	
advanced machine shop, be- ]!/[>.„„ T i«-f0J
ginning sewing, knitting, bi- lfJ-Cllll -IjIoLcU.
ology, general chemistry, ag- j* TT^c^Uol
riculture, landscaping and-I?Uf XlUh}Mld.l
horticulture, and physical ed
ucation.
The sessions will begin on
Smorgasbord
-T •     ,      _     „     ... ,    ,   . ■,      An extensive menu will be
November 7; all wiUbeheld  servp&        th& annua]
m the evenings, at the school ^    SDOnsored   bv   the
High School teachers will be      K       ComTTUmitv   Hosnital
the instructors. Auxiliarv    from   5
Registration can be made 5" ^iZ?"1^,
by calling 429-9260 during
the school day. A minimum
of 10 students is needed to
open a class. Fees will range
from $8 to $12 per class, depending on the number participating.
drainage, black base, and surfacing. Cost estimate is $35,-
930.
Also high on the list is the
widening of N. Ann Arbor St.
from McKay St. to the railroad, with new curb' and gutter, at an estimated cost of
$37,200. The improvement
would make the street 45 feet
wide.
Other proposed work includes:
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erett, Wash., where she expects to graduate from nursing school next June.      •
A popular member of the
SHS class of 1957, Capt. .Wagener was vice president of
the class in his freshman^and      „    ,      ,    .,,,.„ •, ,,„
senior years here. He was a , J^ loved children, and he
member of the "S" club, flay- l°ved Pomes, and he thought
ed football for four ylars, the tw° ou^ht to be together
basketball for three, andlwas • ■ • and ^ every year he act-
a member of .the track team |d as match-maker" at the
for two years. He was lalso Sataus Fair. He gave one of
an honor student, and Avas' *e h%st P011^?114? on *£
on the "Hornet" and "Salin- farm„t0 a cifd who could
ian" staffs provide a good home for it.
-He was the son of Mrs.. El- ^l*11^^' ^e Shild Sain"
va Wagener, who lived at 260 «jd the pet by winning a con-
W. Textile Rd., and thevlate test but that was only a me-
Laurence Wagener. His mo- thod; .not a purpose. The ad-
ther now lives in Columbus, vertismg value of the contest
O. His older brother, Jerry, could have been obtained a
is a college instructor in El- do?en times over, at half the
kins, W. Va.; his brother Price. So there really wasnt
Tom graduated from Saline any excuse for it . . . except
High in 1962 and is. now^a, that he wanted to.
senior' at" Easfefh Mi'c3ti§&i--^HavinS hved m.the Sahne'
University " area for nearly 20 years, Karl
Capt. Wagener attended Weavie began raising ponies
the University of Michigan m 1950. About 10 years ago,
for IV, years before enlist- he became a member of the
ing in the Air Force in 1959. Saline Community Fair
He also attended the Univer- Board and started the Pony
sity of Delaware. He took Show. With his gentle jokes
basic training at Lackland and his talent for getting
Air Force Base, Tex., and things done without ever
was commissioned a second seeming to hurry, he built
lieutenant through the avia- the show to a real crowd-
tion cadet program at Har- catcher; but he still spent a
lingen Air Force Base in Tex- great deal of time teaching
as children to take care of po-
He  was   married  in   Sep- nies- '
tember of 1960; he and his This year, he almost did?
wife had purchased land for n't make the Fair ... he had-
a future home on Puget n't been feeling well all sum-
Sound. mer- Then, late in the sea-
He earned his silver pilot son- he decided he would di-
wings two years ago and was rect the show one more time,
named distinguished gradu- and so he occupied his chair
ate in his class at "Williams m an empty pony stall as
Air Base, Chandler, Ariz. usual, emerging to greet ev-
A memorial service was eryone who came by and ex-
held Tuesday on the west change anecdotes. Some of
coast, and one will be con- his lively stories were frank-
ducted here by William B. ly whoppers ... and the kids
Lutz Post of the American loved it.
Legion, at the request of Last Saturday evening he
members of the class of 1957. passed away quietly at home,
Time and place of the Sa- after a heart attack, at the
line   service   are  to   be   an- age of 73.
The Saline Area United
Fund drive is off to "a real
good start", Gerald Bahnmiller, campaign chairman, announced today.
A Ford Motor Co. gift, together with other contributions reported so far, pushed
the UF thermometer to 39
per cent, at the end of the
second week of the drive.
"In comparison with other
years' percentages at this
point, this is real good," said
Bahnmiller. "We hope to be
near our goal by the end of
next week."
The 1967 budget calls for
a goal of $15,290, an 8.5 per
cent rise over last year's. But .
a large proportion of the difference is expected to come
from residential contributions, because of the area's
increase in population.
The donation from Ford
Motor Co. was presented Friday to Robert Bredernitz, UF
captain for industry. Other
contributions have come from
industry, business, and par-
t i a 1 residential canvasses,
Bahnmiller said. At the end
of the campaign, a complete
(but not individual) list of
contributions from industry
and business will be publish-
Registered nurses at Saline bed ward, $23 to $30 ($33 ed, he said.
Community Hospital have elsewhere); and, for a semi- He urged all canvassers to
been given an across-the- private room in the obstet- make every effort to corn-
board raise of 29 cents an rics wing, from $25 to $32 plete their calls this week,
hour, retroactive to October ($38 elsewhere). Since Sahne ^nd reminded Salinians who
16, and all other pay brack- hospital is approved for Blue work out of town that the'ir
ets at the hospital have been Cross, Medicare, and other donations, at their places of
raised. insurance,   the   change   will employment,    can    be    ear-
The   action,   taken   at  the make  little  apparent   differ- marked to the Saline fund,
operating committee's meet- ence  to -patients who  carry .-Canvassers-are to turn in
ing  Tuesday afternoon,  will hospital insurance. Virtually donations  to, their captains,
amount to a $50 a month in- all   policies   cover   whatever who will takeit to'the treas-
the rate is, or a percentage Urer, the Rev. Lawrence Cole.
of it. "If more convenient,, captains
*     *     * can turn in money for the
The   operating   committee treasurer at the Sahne Sav-
A sizeable donation from Ford Motor Co. General
Parts Division plant here gave the area United Fund
drive a healthy boost, in the second week of the campaign. With contributions from other sources, it raised
the official UF thermometer to 39 per cent of its goal.
The check was presented this week by Joseph T. Neill,
plant manager (right), to Bob Bredernitz, United Fund
captain for industrial donations (left). Gerald Bahnmiller, campaign chairman, happily supervised the transaction.
RNV Get Pay Raise;
Other Brackets Hiked
Surfacing of W. Henry St.
from Ann Arbor to Monroe
Dedication
Service Set
At St. Thomas
to 7:30
n.m. Saturdav. at Jensen El-
ementarv School. .,        . J..      ..   ,   ,
Proceeds  from the  dinner ov^r ^V*^* ™ack base'
will be used to bnv needed estimated at $6,120 _
enuinment for the Saline hos- . Resurfacing   of   S.   Harris
pjtal from Michigan to Henry, es-
Tncluded in th* menu are timated at $1,800.
turkey,   meat  balls,   tongue.      Resurfacing of the mamr
ham,'scalloped potatoes.' no- *treet p0rto1(:nA0   K and W-
tato  salad and  Herman no- Bennett. S3,800.
tato   salad.   Waldorf   salad,      Rebuilding of Bemis Rd. to
p-elatin salad, sauerkraut sa- 40 foot width, nurh and gut-
lad, a^d turkev salad. There ter. drainage, black base and
■will also be baked beans, de- surfacing, estimated at $21,-
villed   egfrs.   scalloned   corn. 497.
St.    Thomas    Evangelical  relishes,   "three-bean  salad".      Rebuilding 0f S. Manle to
Lutheran Church, located on   and.   for dessert,   apple and 35 foot width with curb and
W.   Ellsworth  Rd.  in   Free-  cherry pie and  cake. Coffee putter,    black    base,    storm
dom Township, will dedicate and milk will also h<> served, sewer,   and   surfacing,   esti-
its remodeled House "of Gnd      Tickets. $2 for adults and mate* at $12,085.
with a special service at 2:30 SI for children, are. available     Building  N./ Harris   from
p.m. Sunday. from Auxiliarv members  or Clark to north of the rail-
The Rev. Herbert Spencer, at the Saline Savings Bank   m*d tracks.  S9.900. to pro-
a former vacancv pastor to Citizens Bank.  Estes  Rexall vide a second outlet to the
St. Thomas, will be the guest Pharmacv.   Wisrht   Cleaners, north part of town,
sneaker. The dedication ser- or Westside Hardware. Rebuilding McKay St. and
"e will be followed hy a re-   T>wis St. to N. Ann Arbor,
ption  in   the  new   church   GIRL   SCOUT  EXECUTIVE. $12,000.
lisement. The Rev. John Ri-  TO CONDUCT MEETING Surfacing of S. Lewis, $1,-
Ur is pastor of St. Thomas.     Miss Louise Taylor, direc- 920.
St. Thomas, which is af- tor of training for the Huron Resurfacing the minor por-
filiated with the Lutheran Valley Girl Scout Council, tion of E. and W. Bennett,
Church,  Missouri  Svnod.  is will conduct a Neighborhood $3,210.
one of the oldest Lutheran Association   and   orientation     Resurfacing  Russell  from
congregations   in   Michiean. meeting, at 7:30 o.m. .Tues- Mills to Lewis, $3,500.
It was founded 'about  1840 day,   at   Jensen   Elementary     Resurfacing  Lewis from
bv Pastor Friedrich Schmid.  School. Russell to Bennett. $3,700.
The church building was first     The meeting is open to all     Resurfacing N.  Davenport
dedicated in 1874. The reno-Girl  Scout  leaders  and co- after storm sewer is install-
vation project was begun inleaders and members of the ed. $1,600.
the spring of 1965. troop committee. Resurfacing Mills, $7,500.
Car-Truck .
Crash Fatal .
To C. F. Bristle
nounced. Born July 30> 1893> in Con"
  nersville, Ind.,   he   was   the
son of Albert and Ellen N.
Adams Weavie. On February
7, 1948, he married Kathryn
("Betty") DeWolf, who is co-
owner of Weavie Pony Farm
at 7301 Weber Rd.
He was a member of Con-
Carl F. Bristle. 46, of nersville Methodist-Church, a
Bridgwater Township, was veteran of World War I, and
killed instantlv Thursdav had beeni formerly employed
when his car was struck as a T0^^ ^h^ic by;A.C
broadside by a milk tanker fgJU* Plug Co in Flint and
truck King Seeley   Corp.   m   Ann
Bristle was driving wst Arbo1" f°r maI\v v^arf- ^
near-  his    home    at    10993 retired from King Seeley in
Braun Rd.. when  the crash ^£2-   . . , .       ..
occurred, at the intersection Surviving are his wife; a
of Lima Center Rd The in- son- Wilmo of Warren; two
tersection is unmarked. grandchildren    and    three
Driver of the milk truck. Sreat grandchildren.
Dallas T. Wohlgamuth. 29. of     Funeral services were held
Petershpra.   was   uninsured; Wednesday afternoon at the
but Bristle's wife, Bettv, 3R. Muehlig  Funeral   Chapel  in
and   their   four - vear - old Ann Arbor, the Rev. Paul S.
daughter.  Diane,   passengers Durham    officiating.   Burial
in the Bristle car. were treat- was in Dixboro Cemetery,
ed for lacerations at Ferrick -,.-,_.-,_ Twrtc-mT
Memorial Hospital in Tecum- J**™^™™^™
seV,        r        * SET SATURDAYS
The Bristles have three Beginning on Saturday,
other children, David. Deb- November 5, garbage pick-up
bie, and Danny, all living at in the city will be made at
home. the curb no later than 7 a.m.
Born August 1. 1920., in every Saturday. The contrac-
Chelsea, Carl Bristle, was'the tor is Feldkamp Trash Ser-
son of Emanuel and Chris- vice.
tena Prinzing Bristle. Besides The city has taken bids in
his wife and children, he is the past for rubbish pick-up
survived by his mother and also but found them so high
five brothers. that the service could not be
Funeral services were held worked into this year's bud-
Saturday at the Zion Luther-get without a raise in taxes,
ah Church at Rogers Cor-City Administrator Mike
ners. ..   Strait- said.
crease for full-time R.N.'s
Cost to the hospital was estimated at "about $1 a patient-day" ... or approximately $6,300 a year,  since will  meet  next  Tuesday  to ings Bank; Bahnmiller said.
the hospital logged 6,300 pa- consider rates on other ser- 	
tient-days last year. vices; those at Saline hospi- CAN REDEEM STOCK
At the same meeting, the tal are now far below those Application may be made
committee raised room rates, of other hospitals' in the Saturday at The Reporter of-
which had not been changed county. fice for redemption of stock
since 1963, but left them still *     *     * in   Saline   Area   Centennial,
below those of other hospi-      Despite   rising   costs   and Inc., between the hours of 10
tals in the area. rising salaries,  "the hospital and 11 a.m. The stock will be
*     *     * -   will operate in the black, I'm redeemed at 25 cents on the
The   pay  raise  for  regis- quite sure", Strawbridge said, dollar.	
tered. nurses brines those in "
Saline closer to the average
salary in hospitals throughout the area (Beyer Memorial, Ridgewood Osteopathic,
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
University Hospital, Veterans' Administration, and the W\ , ,
Washtenaw County Hospi- ; £? L>C?
tal).                                             ,   —■*    "^
Starting salary, here, now
is $475 (formerly $425) ; possible maximum is $550 (formerly $475). The average
starting salary in the larger
hospitals is $489 with a maximum of $588.
Similar adjustments were
approved for other employee
categories at the local hospital; but individual increases
will be considered on a merit
basis at the January meeting
of the board.
The director of nurses here
is not affected by the raise;
she is employed on a two-
year contract.
The exact cost of the raises
for nurses will depend on
hours and staffing, Administrator, John Strawbridge
pointed out. The hospital now
has 13 nurses on the payroll,
but only seven are full-time.
The other six work part-time,
some as little as one day a
week ("spot coverage", explained Strawbridge).
"We have a responsibility
to keep our costs 'as low as
we can to the community,"
Strawbridge said, "but at the
same time, we must remain
competitive." Comparable
raises  to  nurses  have been
THE WITCHING HOUR COMES MONDAY,  and
all Salinians are already preparing for the invasion. Assorted goblins, gremlins, and ghosts will swarm the
streets between 6:30 and 8:30 Monday evening, Hallowe'en . . • and the costumes, if they follow the form of
years past in Saline, will he studies in ingenuity and
make-do. For instance, above, from last year, a raft of
Saline characters from the Wizard of Oz . . . the Cowardly Lion, with a mane that ordinarily serves as a mop-
head: the Scarecrow, with straw hat and straw stuffing;
and the Tin Woodman, topped off with a shiny funnel,
and clad in aluminum foil.
Local motorists are urged
tb  drive with  extreme eau-
granted all over 'tteS»S ^l^^^^T^ und^lS masks,
from  New York to Califor
streets will be swarmine with
young  eoblins have  a clear
view through   (or out from
even
mrwl;TZ though they can't be relied
nia: there were even strikes &clep^ "w* wW "dn to use st He-reminded
in New York and New Jer- ?0^s, and ghosts whose drivers that little witches will
sev, he pointed out. sneets are T0° long-       ^ trip over their brooms, and
Nurses in Sahne also re- Trick-or-treaters tend to skeletons will drop their
ceived an average increase of forget caution, Mayor George sacks of goodies and stop to
23.4 cents an hour last Johnson reminded the public, vic^ them up . . . right in
March. but it is imperative that dri- the middle of the street.
The   adjustment   in   daily vers remember. it was also suggested that
service rates for rooms lift- He urged that the annual every costumed" youngster he
ed Saline's for semi-private Halloween visits he limited eauipped with a lighted fIash-
from $25 to $32 ($35 in Ann to the hours of 6:30 to 8:30 light." which will serve as a
Arbor); private from $29 to p.m. Monday. double safety factor, increas-
$36 ($37, $39, or 40 else- He also suggested that ing visibility for both the
where in the county); four- parents be certain that their child and the drivers.