1966-12-14; Saline Reporter

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VOLUME 18, NUMBER 14 - Wednesday, December 14,1966
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Varsity Shows
Against Blissfield 69-68
Hornet fans who were disheartened by their team's
league loss to Lincoln last
Friday can now get encouragement for the weeks ahead
from the varsity win over
Blissfield on Tuesday.
In the Lincoln battle, just
as in earlier losses, it was a
third-period scoring slump
that spelled defeat for the
Hornets. The Railsplitters
pulled ahead, 19-15, in the
first quarter, but Saline managed to even the score, 32-all,
at the half.
Then came the third-pen od
calamity, with Linqoln adding 17 points while Saline
was scoring only 5.
The Hornets rallied in the
final frame, outscoring the
host team . . . but not by a
big enough margin to pull
out the game. The final score
was Lincoln 58, Saline 51.
Hornet cagers were definitely off their game that evening, but Coach Don Jaeger
credits a large chunk of the
Lincoln glory, to Steve Shu-
kait, who was almost unstoppable.
Jim   Carman,   with   13
points, was high scorer for
Saline,  followed  by  Fred
Franz with 7 points and Gary
Ferguson with 6.
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In just four days, the Hornet game heated up considerably,   going   from   almost-
freezing,  against Lincoln, to,
almost-boiling  against Blissfield. First ihe. .Saline .squad
'forced  the"game into "bver-
time   against   the   favored
jfcBEsMield crew . . . and then,
'Tin the extra period, they took
all the marbles for the evening, with a field goal by Bert
Emerson and a foul shot by
Fred Franz.
Jack Starling's game showed great improvement, as he
paced the Hornet scoring
with 15 points. Gary Ferguson came through with i2
. . . Franz Al, Art Haeussler
10, Dave/Farrell and Tom
Mann 8 apiece. The Hornet
eye was vesy sharp. Even
with several misses of easy,
lay-ups, the team averaged
a solid 43 per cent of their
field goal tries.
"We still weren't so good
Mrs. James Keller
Is Chairman of '67
March of Dimes
March of Dimes chairman,
Mrs. James Keller, has announced the committees that
will help her in the drive
which starts officially January 5 with a kick-off county
dinner in Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Richard Lehtonen is
treasurer of the campaign.
Mrs. Robert Dobson is chairman of the mailing committee, with Mrs. Robert Cummings and Mrs. Roy McCormick assisting.
The canister committee is
headed by Mrs. Neil Haarer
with help from Mrs. James
Knight, Jr., and Mrs. Ralph
Gross. Mrs. Gilbert Hayes is
in charge of special gifts.
Mrs. Kay Howard is chairman of business and corporation collecting, with Mrs.
Kay Struble and Mrs. Gary
Briegel her aides.,
Mrs. Jerry Losee is responsible for clubs and organizations. Mrs. Jack Kelley heads
special events with help from
Mrs. Paul Woods, Jr., Mrs.
William Meister, Jr., and Mrs.
James Keezer.
Chairman of the March of
Dimes dance is Mrs. Delvin
Burkett. Mrs.  James Mullen
and Mrs. Norman Relitz will
jfcrork with her.
J____L Mrs. Richard Hoeft is the
ieen representative and also
; is in charge of the scrapbook,
and  Mrs;   Philip   Badour   is
publicity  chairman.
Some business mailing has
already gone out, according
to Mrs. Keller, who is also
president of the Junior Child
Study Club, sponsor of the
drive. The bulk of the mailers will go out December 29.
at the foul line," Jaeger commented, "and we still lost the
ball on too many turnovers
. . . but I was very pleased
by the team effort, and by
the take-over ability of our
subs.
"Three of our starters, including our rebounders, had
fouled out when we reached
overtime ... so our substitutes can take their share of
credit for the win."
The, game was a close-
fought affair from the start.
Blissfield led 21-20 at the
first period . . . Saline led
37-34 at the half . .. . the
scoring of both teams was
identical in the third frame
. . . and in the final regular
period, Blissfield outscored
the Hornets to overcome the
three-point deficit .... but
no more. At the end of regulation nlay, the score was a
66-66 deadlock.
Then came Emerson's two-
pointer, followed by a Blissfield basket, tying the game
at 68-all . . . and finally,
Franz sank a charity toss,
giving Saline the game,  69-
68.
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This Friday the varsity
will entertain Dexter in a
Southeastern Conference
game here. That tilt promises
to be a real battle. Playing
Blissfield earlier in the season, Dexter lost' by about the
same margin that Saline won
by last Tuesday.
"The Dreadnaughts have a
strong offensive," says Jaeger this week, "but if we
play as well as we did against
Blissfield, I think our boys
can win."
The Dexter game will be
Saline's second league en-
counter. The loss to Lincoln
gave the Hornets a no-win,
one-loss conference record for
this season so far.
NEW H. S.
on Proposals
Expected in Early '67
Voting
Nancy Bailey, president of Saline Play Center, Inc.,
receives a check for $44.30 from Margaret Kulenkamp,
president of the Jaycee Auxiliary. The money was earned through the Auxiliary's Centennial Baby Beauty Contest last summer, to add dollars to the Play Center building fund.
BLISSFIELD BLASTS JAYVEES
— SALINE BEATS 'SPLITTERS
.A very hot, very well balanced Blissfield team snapped
the Saline Jayvees' win
streak at five games Tuesday night. The Junior Hornets were "down" for the
game . . . and Blissfield was
"up" . .. but Coach Jim Bradley freely concedes that in
this game the Salinians were
simply outclassed. The statisr,
tics back him up;"'*"      *■"-"'*•
The final score was 72-45.
The Saline cagers sank 15
of their 50 field goal tries,
for 30 per cent . . . while
Blissfield scored on 26 of 92,
for 28 per cent. At the foul
line Saline took 27 shots and
cashed in on 15 . . . and Blissfield scored 20 of 35. Saline
grabbed 30 rebounds and the
Blissfield squad got 55.
Tom Burr was the Hornets'
leading scorer, with 20 points.
Mike  Farrell  did  best  with
the   rebounds,   pulling   down
seven of them.
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Last Friday at Lincoln the
Jayvees opened league play
with a victory over the Rail-
splitters, 55-37. Displaying
far greater accuracy from
the floor, the Hornets poured in 27 of 65 field goal attempts, compared to 13 tallies in 72 attempts for the
Lincoln team. This made the
margin of victory. At the foul
^^AalipAf«atv5^.y3. 12..M-
tempts. Lincoln scored 11 out
of 25. And Lincoln also had
a slight- edge in rebounds,
taking 39 compared to Saline's 38.
Rick Berry led the Hornet
scoring parade, with 20
points. Bill Levleit contributed 16, and Tom Burr- added
10. Mike Farrell got 11 rebounds, followed b y Dave
Girbach, 7, and Chuck Wahl,
6.
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Returning to league action
after the Blissfield hiatus,
the Jayvees will "entertain
Dexter here this Friday at
6:30, in the High School gym.
Tower-Top Tree
Causes Stares
The firemen couldn't haver
found a better ad for their
Christmas tree sale than" the'
one Pete O'Mara arid Walt'
Moore dreamed up. 5-
It sets atop the water tower ... a conversation piece
... a curiosity ... a spectacle that made the first- lady to call The Reporter exclaim, "Am I crazy or* is
there a tree on the tower?"
Walt-admits-he's -afraidje.f •
heights greater than • the
curbstone, so it fell to Pete
to climb the tower and put
the tree with its string of
lights in place. (Walt says
he held a safety net below,
but Pete doubts the worth of
an invisible catch-all in a
case like this.)
The whole thing was a big
surprise. The two men are
city employees, but the city
administrator was surprised.
The public for whom it is
meant is surprised. And the
firemen who furnished the
tree were surprised too.
•Walt and Pete stole the
tree from them.
House Condemned
After Upstairs Fire
A two-story frame house
thatt burned upstairs .last
week has been condemned,
according to the city administration. It is located at 114
W. Michigan and was occupied by the Paul Elrods at
the time that fire destroyed
the storeroom upstairs.
Smoke damage affected
other parts of the house, although the fire was confined
t<5" the storeroom. The origin
of the fire, which occurred
just before midnight, has not
been determined.  V
Saline School Superintendent Harold Hintz and members of the School Board were
scheduled to meet Wednesday evening with Architect
Guido Binda . . . and to hear
his cost estimates covering
the proposed next phase of
the school-building program.
School Board and Advisory
Council resolutions, passed in
recent weeks, have set up
general guide-lines for the
building program, based on
the present and anticipated
school needs in the district.
The resolutions call for the
following "package" to be
presented to voters of the
district within a matter of
months:
1. Construction of a new
high school building, somewhere on the present high
school property, which extends from Saline-Ann Arbor
Rd. to Maple Rd.
2. Remodeling the present
Junior High School to make
it a third elementary school.
Conversion of the present
High School to use as a Sa-
SCHOOL'S OUT DEC. 21
When Saline students leave
school Wednesday, December
21, at the regular time, they'
will be dismissed for Christmas vacation. School re-opens
Tuesday, January 3.
MYI Concert Set
For Friday at Ypsi
The annual Musical Youth
International Christmas reunion concert takes place this
Friday night at 8 p.m. in
Pease Auditorium, Ypsilanti.
The.public is invited to the
benefit performance.
This is a Saline-based organization, and several Saline High School graduates
are alumni.
Kiddie Christmas
Party Saturday
-T-he> JuHioK7-iHigh.v. School
Saturday is the scene of the
Kiwanis.-Chamber o f Commerce kiddie Christmas party.
There will be movies for
the youngsters, refreshments,
and ~ to climax the afternoon — a drawing will be
held. Names, written on coupons obtained at local stores,
will be drawn. Prizes will go
to those children whose
names are drawn if they are
in the audience.
Stores are open every week
night until Christmas Eve
until 9 p.m. On December 24,
most stores will close at 5
o'clock.
line junior high school.
3. Construction of an enclosed, year-round, public
swimming pool, to be built
in connection with the proposed new high school.
Actually, school spokesmen
emphasized this week, the
"package" as proposed would
be presented in two separate
issues, making it possible for
voters to approve the new
high school and the remodeling of the intermediate
school, while either approving or disapproving the
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Saline Soldier Hurt
In Vietnam Battle
Pfc. Eugene E. Feldkamp
was wounded December 1 in
Vietnam. He has been
shipped to Japan for from
four to six months' recuperation in a hospital.
The wound was caused by
three shots in the shoulder,
his mother said. His new address is Pfc. Eugene E. Feldkamp, US55829265, FP-4 106
General "Hospital Ward . 31,
A.P.O. San Francisco, Calif.
96503.
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Masons to Install
Officers Friday
Installation of officers will
take place Friday, December
16, at the Saline Masonic
Lodge No. 133. F & AM, at
"8-p.m.: The-public Is invitedr
Worshipful' Master Harry
Cogar will be installed by Byron Wilson of Ann Arbor; Installing marshal is Hugh Austin.
Others to be installed include Robert Harrison, senior
warden; Harold Wilson, junior warden; Carl Kraus, secretary; Everett Wolfin, treasurer; Frank McKenny, chaplain; Wayne Heffington, marshal; Harold Smith, senior
deacon; Donald Church, Jr.,
junior deacon; Jerry Gutekunst, senior steward; B. K.
MacDonald* junior steward:
and Howard Desbrough, tyl-
er.
swimming pool proposal . . .
or vice versa.
Binda's cost estimates, to
be submitted Wednesday, are
based on current prevailing
building costs, and on the
size of educational plant
whieh has been recommended
by school departments and
Supt-. Hintz, figuring from a
projected 1,200-high school
student level . . . anticipated
within the next 10 years.
The Board's and the Council's decisions to recommend
a new high school came in
recent weeks. It followed a
poll of the Advisory Council
in which 25 out of 31 members voted in favor of the
new high school . . . and in
which 22 recommended that
the swimming pool proposal
be presented to the voters.
A tentative timetable for
the proposed new building
program called for a district-
wide vote next February . . .
but Supt. Hintz this week emphasized that the balloting
may be delayed if the School
Board feels that more time
is needed to get full information on the program and its
financing to the public.
"The need for more school
capacity in our rapidly-
growing area is immediate
and pressing," said Hintz
on Wednesday. "We're overcrowded right now. But a
month of delay won't hurt,
if it will give us time to get
all pertinent data about the
. nged^tJjg. plajo,- apid .the ..cost,
to the people of the.district.
"An informed vote is more
important to us than an early
vote."
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Saline area churches plan
a  number of  special  events '
for the Christmas season.
There will be two identical
services on Christmas Eve at
the Trinity Lutheran Church,
each involving a different
Sunday school group of children. One is set for 6:45 and
one at 8 p.m. The senior choir
is included in this song and
recitation that tells the story
of Christmas. -
There . are several parties
scheduled around the Christmas tree in the basement of
the church during the week.
On Christmas day the Rev.
John Westendorf will deliver
the traditional Christmas
message.
A special Christmas program on December 18 at 6:30
p.m. is planned at the First
Baptist Church in the community room of Saline Savings Bank. The children will
participate and there will be
carols. The Rev. Merle Meeden will deliver a brief -devotional thought before an informal social hour and refreshments that night. He
emphasizes that anyone is
welcome.
The Rev. Meeden's sermon
in the morning will be "Three
'Other' Wisemen", and on
Christmas morning-his topic
is "Journeying with the
Shepherds".
At York Baptist Church
several dates have been set
aside for activities: From 2-4
p.m. December 17 the Sunday
school Christmas party will
be held around the tree set in
the educational unit.   -
Poinsettias will decorate
the church for the Sunday
school Christmas at 7 p.m.
December 18. On Christmas
night the annual all musical
cantata .involving all the
choirs will take place.
The senior young people
have parties planned on December 17 and 24. On December 16, Grace Bible Class
has a party at Milan at the
Rev. Richard Briningstool's
home.
A noon Christmas dinner
is planned for the Ladies'
Missionary group at the
church on December 20.
A film of the life of Paul
Carlson will be shown at 7:30
at the New Year's Eve watch
night service.
The senior, youth, and junior choirs, directed, by Mrs.
Donald Kraushaar, will present a carol service at 7 p,m.
December 18 at* the Saline
Methodist Church. Mrs. Elizabeth Kontny is the organist.
Soloists include Wendy Livingstone on the flute; Janet
Livingstone, English horn ;
Darcy Brink, bellsnLarry
Ferguson, drums and castanets; David Wolter, trumpet.
Guitarists are Mary Merchant, Kathy Mader, and Kevin
Kraushaar and recorders are
Gary Jahnke, Catherine Men-
nel and Carol Kraushaar.
Anita Larson is the sopra
no soloist. There will be*a
cello solo by Wendy Bassett,
a lOth-grader from Ann Arbor High School. Dan Lir-
ones will be narrator.
The service of carols of
many nations will have as its
theme "Good Christian Men
Rejoice".
Holy Communion service is
at 7 p.m. Christmas Eve, and
there are two family worship
services on Christmas day, at
9:30 and 11 a.m. Although
there are no, church school
classes that day, there will
be nursery care.
The annual candlelighting
service at St. Paul United
Church of Christ takes place
at- 8 p.m. Christmas Eve. On
December 25 the sacrament
of holy communion service
is at 9:30 a.m.
This church, scheduled its
Christmas program with a
theme of "Signs and Symbols
of Christmas" at 7:30 on December 18. The. Rev. John Michael reminds that the offering at the children's program
is to benefit the Evangelical
Home for Children.
At the St. James United
Church of Christ, the Sunday
school program is at 7:30 on
December 24; worship and
holy communion will be at
9:30 on Christmas morning,
rather .than 10:30 as on other
Sundays.
The women of St. James
entertained patients in war&
C-5 at Ypsilanti State Hospital the evening of December
6.
There will be caroling on
the streets during the season
by groups from St. James,
and on December 18 and 19
groups from Bethel United
Church of Christ will carol.
The Bethel church Christmas pageant involving children of all ages takes place
at 7:30 Christmas Eve. There
will be no Sunday school on
December 25, and family worship is a* 10 a.m.
On Thursday afternoon the
mothers' group of Bethel is
having a party around the
tree at church for the small
children. Today a luncheon at
church was held for the older
people.
A special Christmas music
program is set for 7:30 December 18 at the Presbyterian Church. The adult and
junior choirs as well as the
children will take part.
A candlelight communion
service is scheduled at 7:30
December 24. On Christmas
day there will be no church
school, but family worship is
at 11 a.m.
The choir will go caroling
after rehearsal on December
22 and,Ayill wind up at a party at the Paul Tull home.
This evening (Wednesday)
at 7:45 the Women's Associa-
t i o n • o f the -Presbyterian
Church meets at the home of
Mrs. Hugh Austin" for a program in song and illustration
titled "At the Beginning".
The Christmas Eve program for the Episcopal
Church of the Holy Cross will
be at St. John's in Clinton.
As last year, the teen-agers
"will put on a play about the
"birth df Jesus, and the children will carry baby gifts to
Him. The gifts later are given to'Saline Social Services
for delivery to babies on their
charity list.
The Christmas day holy
communion service fpr the
Episcopal Church will be in
Saline at 10 a.m. (not 11:30
as it usually is).
The Christmas pageant for
this church follows a 6:30
supper on December 28 in the
community room of the Saline Savings Bank.
There will not be a December Episcopal women's
meeting. O n December 3,
there was a Christmas tea at
which" Mrs. Helen Bartlett
spoke on Christmas carols,
according to Mrs. David
Gray.
The annual Christmas program at First Assembly of
Sod will be at 7:30 on December 18 at the church. The
choir will sing a cantata titled "The Shepherds Led the
Way".
The youth department is in
charge of a special service at
this church December 21 at
7:30.
The Christmas story will
be sung and read from scriptures b y the Rev. Robert
Muirhead at the one service
that will be held at the
church on Christmas day (instead of two) at 9:45 a.m.
The church will be open
from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Christmas Eve, during which time
the Rev. and Mrs. Muirhead
will serve individual families
communion at the altar. Famines may come in at times
convenient to them during
these hours.
The last pre-Christmas advent service takes place tonight (December 14) at St.
Thomas Lutheran Church. Ori
December 18 the family
Christmas dinner is at 1 p.m.
The children's program will
be presented at 7:30 p.m. on
Christmas Eve, and the choir
will have a special offering
for the membership at the
regular worship December 25.
The church is decorated in
keeping with the season, with
a Christmas tree and manger
scene. At the Christinas Eve
service, the last of the five
candles in the advent wreath
will be lighted.
The Luther League's living
nativity scene will highlight
activities at St. John's Lutheran Church on Christmas
Eve from 6:30 to 7:30 preceding the church school's
Christmas program and from
11-11:30 that night. At 11:30
the candlelight service is set.
A carol service at 10:30
Christmas day will feature
several special choir numbers
with the congregation joining in the singing.
The Altar Sopiety of ,$*.
Andrew Catholic Church Tield
an early party on December
5, combined with their regular meeting. The children's
Christmas party is set for
9:15 a.m. December 17 at the
Junior High School.
Other than tlie regularly
scheduled Masses"" during the
holidays,  there will be  the
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Awards Made
At 2nd Annual
City Dinner
The City of Saline Second
Annual Award Dinner took
place December 9 at the American Legion Hall.
The 102 persons who attended includes guests Keith
Meeden, the Rev. Merle Meeden, Frank Houston and Aaron Girbach, who received special awards from the National Association of Police Officers of America. The awards
were for their part in assisting Saline Officer Tilford in
making an arrest of two persons on May 4, 1966. These
citizens helped the officer
subdue the subjects, thus
possibly preventing serious
injury to him. The officer
had been called on complaint
of a motorist that the persons involved in the arrest
were endangering other motorists. .
• Police Chief James Levleit
received a felony arrest citation and general commendation citation from the
NAPOA at the banquet.
Awards 'were also given by
the city for length of service.
A 20-year award went to Roland Goltz of- the fire department. City Clerk E. J. Muir
received a 15-year award, as
did DPW Superintendent and
Administrator "Mike" Strait.
A 10-year award went to
police officer Hugh Prince,
and five-year awards were
given to fireman Mancle Hill
and secretary Connie Hertler.
The Rev. Donald Kraushaar gave the invocation at
the affair. Robert Harrison,
toastmaster, presented several cleyer unofficial awards
with cartooning and appropriate comments of his own.
Mayor George Johnson presented the awards and made
the closing remarks. Harry
Bishop was in charge of the
centennial film that was
shown.
NOT FROM MARS
' Strange-looking objects b6-
ing set around ,t»wn at such
corners as Harris and McKay
streets and the. lawn of Trinity Lutheran. Church are no
<Siuse for .concern: They are
splicing-vaiilts for the underground cables to be laid by
the telephone company. More
about this later.