1966-12-29; Saline Reporter

              A Centennial paper conies
only once in 100 years, so you
want it to be "tops". This is
o^rs. We took extra time to
ike it special! Next week
wfe go back to regular schedule for another 100 years.
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 16
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roqress, Grow
Town C
by Alice Bingner There was a dry goods store
Over - the - hills - in - lofty- and   a   grocery   on   Saline's
mountains was a favorite of main street when Mrs. Miller
the kids at Saline High nearly returned from a few years in
a century ago. They cut quite Clifford as an adolescent. "I
a rug with "Michigan Girls" thought   it   was    a    dreary
in those days,  too. So  says town,"   she   said.   "The   old
Mrs. Charles Miller of N. Ann print shop" lives in her mem-
Arbor St., who  can't vouch ory as a drug store in the old
for quite 100 years ba.ck, but days. Most of the shopping *#,
give her time. The spry little was done in the home towns    %£
woman, who sometimes for- instead of taking off for the $'$\
gets and walks without her city. She explained, "We took &&<*'
cane, is pushing 94. With mind our sugar box when it was "**
and memory sharp as an old- empty and had the grocer fill "*
fashioned hatpin, she recalls it up — 10 or 20 pounds it
some of the difference and a would hold."
similarity or two between the     ,,..,,    . ^ ,.
flavor of life in Saline "back ^llk>t00' we*1 directly into
when" and that of today. their own containers. A horse-
drawn milk cart came around,
Those two dances in waltz the milkman sold tickets, and
time — and thai's what "over the housewives came out with
the hills" and "Michigan a container to have him dip
girls" were, ir» case you won- the equivalent to one or two
dered — werei sl far cry from of their tickets into their dish
the Watusi  "but  they  sure or pail.
were fun." Itfrs. Miller said, Butter came in bulk lots,
"The school! superintendent too. The farmers churned it,
allowed us just one party a took it to the grocer, and he
year at scbpol," so it's little checked its quality by lower-
wonder she; remembers well ing a testing stick into it to
how MUCIS ;fun. see  that  the color was the
Nine yoking people gradu- same all the way to the bot-
ated in Mrs. Miller's class of torn.
1890 from' the school that Planks and an occasional
stood whea-e Sahne Intermedi- board walk connected the
ate stands now. Later, as stores as sidewalks, and lin-
school board treasurer, she ing Saline's dirt road were
said proidly, "I wrote every hitching posts joined with [f^
check,that paid the bills to iron rods,
build the present Junior There were churches for
High." She was treasurer 18 Methodists and Presbyterians
years.     : in Mrs. Miller's early youth,
Mrs. Miller doesn't recall a and the Baptists and Luther-
single day the schools were ans built, too. Ministers were
^closed on account of bad not overpaid in those days, so
weather when she was a.child, they held a donation^.get-tq-,
%but she does remember "walk- gether every year at"the"par-
fog* on top of frozen snow- sonage. It's doubtful that the
Iffifts to get there, and of her minister's children of 100
father skating with her to years back were very fussy
school on the icy crust. "Win- eaters, because their pantry
ters were lots worse then," was filled with the fruits, yeg-
she recalls. etables, jams and jellies that
Legs, shoes and feet were the parishioners chose to con-
the favorite transportation in tribute to make up for pay-
those days, but they weren't ing the minister such a small
the only way to get around, salary.
In winter a "square box Christmases were great fun
buggy" was popular
thortage."
And then in September:
"Doctor shortage eased —
obstetrician to practice here."
"Teachers O.K. contract by
5-1 vot-"
"Registration in four
Exactly one year ago,  as million   .   .   .   School  Board Bank building."
SaUne's Centennial Year com- offers   salary   guidelines   in      "Dr.    Eugene   Garrison
meneed, word arrived here of S.E.A. negotiations . . . 400 drafted   .   .   .   begins   Navy
the wounds suffered by Sp/4 petitioners  ask for vote  on service."
William Taylor,  in the Viet new city hall,  but construe-      "Area hit by severe doctor
Nam action. Now, as the Cen- tion estimates soar?
tennial Year closes, the latest      .   , .
worn is of injuries suffered     ~2"* mMarch:
by Sp/4 Eugene Feldkamp,       BldsTT^e0 ^ taken on
also in the Viet Nam conflict. lne™ • -S^2 brldge to sPan
the Saline River west of town.
Between those two events, Cost is estimated at $19,000.'?
marking the start and close      "Trees to go when N. Ann
of   Saline's   Big   Year,   this Arbor   St.   is  widened,   City schools passes 2,300."
once - sleepy,     slow - moving Council  regretfully   has   de-     "Two  small boys,  Charles
community   filled    Reporter cided." VanderVeen,    10,    and    his
pages with action, excitement      "S.E.A.  rejects  board sal- brother, Steven, 8, suffer se-
and violence, week after week ary proposal. Package offered vere burns in flash fire."
through all of '66. $8,640 yearly maximum." . "paro1 'Eneel is <Miss Sa
in the same Reporter issue     In April: line',
which carried news of Salin-      "Valuation    increases    re-     ,;? October:
ian Bill Taylor's injuries in ported from Saline and the       Hospital^ Extended   Care
Viet  Nam,   the   front   page surrounding townships edged Unit closes,
headlines   also   told   of   the the Saline School District tax       City    votf\ . legls?"aH?^
deaths   of   a   young   Sahne base up toward  $36 million reac*^s ^.^T,^i750:
couple,  Roberto  and  Arlene ... the city alone showed a p™y .fIan   Karl Weavie
Rodriguez,   trapped  in their rise of $3% miUion." SUf,^mfs^.    ., w ,.,.
burning car after a crash on      "Centennial   plans   include    , . aK: ^avid Wagener kiu-
E. Michigan near the railroad parades, , socials,    dances       m Vietnam
overpass . . . and told of auto shows,   and fireworks  every
crash injuries to Hazel Web- night."
;s . . . both proposals heartily approved."
"United Fund orbits near
200 percent."
In December:
"New Elmer Houghton El-
lentary School dedicated."
"School Board gets cost es-
SALINE ON JULY 30, 1966, resounded to the beat of arums, the blare of
bands, and the applause of thousands of spectators. J^ was Centennial Parade
•day i-v-i and -the- event measured up to alf-ddvahce expectations- ajioT'Sfre&ftetf""
miles beyond. It featured city groups, farm groups, youth groups, retiree groups,
bands from all over, G.I.'s, veterans, queens and courts . . . you name it . . .
the parade had it.
These previously unpublished Reporter snaps catch just a small token of
the color and excitement of tlie dav.
JUNIOR JUDGMENTS
SaUne of 100 years hence Carol's view  of  the  future, phone
which in Saline's early days. Toys as   some   of  the  9th  grade      Supermarkets  will  be  a     The   kidnapped   boys   in
memorial
service held here."
And in November:
er, Maxine Krempel and Ka-      "Local volunteers help col- h "9ty g,ets fire haU' liquor
thy Krempel in another col- lect blood for Vietnam." y s
lision . . . and told of injuries ,  And in May:
suffered  by Bob  RusseU in '   "Voters  turn  down muni-
stiU another auto mishap.        cipal building ... in a Ught
Other headline stories from voter  turn-out  the   city-fire
January issues   of  The  Re- hall bond issue was rejected       iN?w ^ST 7°^g2^ll *
nnvtor wnt ,t a_ i,_j0v,tQr,in~ .       "u"u      j!-      »    J ementary School  dedicated
K of Slfn^ffP   g g     "lhe s?m*tim*7   .A  „ "School Board gets cost es-
pace of Saline life: "Sue Guenther, David Os- timate   nn   w hi oh  ^hnnl
"An immense structure born and Kalian Liston have tlmate °n new "S*1 . il00i
that seems almost as vast as been selected for University ' e'YdY^fariv S™° " ^
the town itself is rising rap- of Michigan Regents - Alumni v "United Fund ei'ft Ernes to
f\^it?rd^ntS^°nSC^rh^\      t        T      ^TLIU^atil°%rt
"Sf tn^r   i™,**    n„        Col_, a?d J_??\ Iv0JL Jar" ^am. Drive made UF history
Police   today   issued   an man,  first official ambassa- gv more than doubling goal
Vrge^a^mg^^ents to _dors^frojji, Brecqntr .Wales,., L-$3lI849:.c6Uected il eksh
keep their children away from opened SaUne's Sister City donations and withholding
construction sites throughout program." pledges" witnnoiflmg
town,   and   especially   away     "Mrs. Dorothy Stimpson to F wk'that final pre-Christ-
™£^X-?ava*Tf- , ft .n       retire aft^ teaching 25 years mas    headline,     The    Re-
Family of five left home- . . . i5% of those years at porter's remaining news for
less when trailar burns out. the   SaUne   Element ary ?66 becomes "currlnt events".
5* J& nrf™l0w^=d-^ SchooL" And  despite the  quickening
of   the   fire,    at   Woodside     Back in June. - ^\e som£
Trailer Court, Salinians; were «The Saline Ford plant times frantic daily routine in
already accumulating house- now essentiaUy completed, a fast-growing community,
hold needs and clothing for and about 500 hourly-rated and despite the tragedy of
the stricken family, Mr. and employees at work there." Vietnam . . . still this week's
Mrs.  Oscar Jones and their     «Contests  to  liven  Lodi's news proves that the SaUne
was just, what it sounds like, weren't much different—stur- English students see it would cinch to shop in, she thinks, Kay's imagination are sped- V™^ children." first primary posts   of area is hle„Pri
a   square  box  pulled   by   a dier, maybe, and not quite as   give   us 'reason   to   wonder with "instant shopping" just mens  for■&.  SntaiE      "Phone compa— * J primary  . . .  posts   ot area is blessea.
horse. ReaUy plutocratic bug- varied —  but   typical   and what price progress
gy owners had "convertibles.", plentiful right in the home that matter
Their buggies came equipped town stores, just as they are is progress?
shopping" just mens  for "the  Centrophian's      "Phone company to expand supervisor,   treasurer   at     Just one "for instance":
t,-tT ■■ _.,_,   -;,    i    *•* i    • ^ • -%.x.    ^ «,*-+«.--•__.      °r> for a matter of pushing a button collection.   He's   combining facilities m SaUne, including stake." The skating rink at Henne
gy owners had "convertibles." Plentiful right in the home that matter - what, after all, and paying for the food. characteristics of  people  h! $151,000 worth of new switch-      «24    members    of    SaUne Field if operatin- Ml™t
^a^SfSafSfl?^   SSXSv]U?othernTovel      "   ^ Carol   sticks   with   shorts acquires by experimentation, ing equipment and extensive High ScSs senior clfss to SiT^Skffita SrisSS
tended over ?he occupant,% CnStmas^' M?s Ml J-Te K?y KM sees " as a city and slacks as the summer tryinS ** a super being. new cable m the northeast graduate with honors ... Day opening. The rink is
Se worst weathe? Some 4£ calls   ^She  stored  working as. Jaree  as  Detroit  nearly, dress  and dresses or slacks      Noreen   Ferris   lightheart- se^. of the exchange'' class is record-setter in size." there, and the skating is won-
Srtters with runner, toward it in thfSmTnSf T}h pe0ple living above and for winter  1Q0 years hence edly makes such predictions _    Sali?e/ets   $50,000   gift     .<David John Michael   son derful   because the foUowing
iS Mlto'sfolSf'had -5,,^ s™er"    Nn  TaS 15P bel°w .ground. A trip to the as now, but she figures all as Saline celebrating its bi- from Ffd Co-  Clty *° use of local pastor, ordained here men made.it that way with
Mrs MiU^s folks had  ust sunomer.     No    last-mmute moon m 2066, Kay sees as an clothing will be synthetic.      centennial with all the fuss moAney .for ™" sewer"        -  in  service conducted by his a   couple   of   aU-night  work
Sh^SntS to  could^f   ChrEas    sL   had   evp?/ ev^ryday occurrence. No matter what other pre- and trimmings of this year's     £nd in February: father   the  Rev.  J.  M.  Mi- sessions   and   several  others
Sd  tw"   vehMes   £ thS Sn^one tst Sht   Wp •  F* °? ^ -be manufactu^d  dictions   may   come  true, centennial; she sees two trees   . "Saline Centennial Details chael." lasting till upwards of 2 a.m.:
bin Sen feev had m ™ Shted the  candle,   on'  ^ur ™ factones instead of 8™™ hopefully Carol is right when atop  the  water  tower with A^°un.ced-   _.   t.     _ . In July: Taylor and Barry Jacobson,
WsV S Se7v*77 SL%£ frSSrtivPr™nth™^ht ?n ferms' and- some wil1 be she says> "But the P^Ple lights around the dome, an . "Musical Youth Interna- ..Dr Prout to close office Jan -Losee> BiU Brink> Bob
fS"p H5J tnftnfi Z%~ w™ff 7tl ^l imported from other planets, will still be the same - friend- innovation she feels possible tl0I?al, a Saline-based orgam- a£ier 34 years of practice." RusseU and his sons Steve
to' ofa Sundfv Some ^" lift, and d£ora«nS " St ,Kay sees push-button ly and proud to Uve in Sa- within 100 years of progress. ^°^ received a People-to- "City HaU will shine in new and Bob, Clyde and Jim Grif-
7aJ7« lm™Siw!, 77 ^71^773,    k?7  1^7' housekeeping,  and people in Une." Noreen not only sees a Ju- PeoPle charter in recognition paint job» ftoj steVe Ormsby, Ed Hewitt,
ter%" Mrs MiVW S^ " ^wYf Lwl LiT! spaceships instead of cars be- Kay Butler sees a dire end nior Judgment column in the of its program to promote in- -.'Residents battle proposed Milt Hartman and son Al,
ul™™'r!rifwS 1VS    L   °f     °akinf cause houses will take up all for some  school-skippers   in  Reporter with   9th   graders ternational good wiU." raceway ... auto track would Ron   Feeman,    Al   McPhee,
StT^ln^W^ nf£ Sndnfv th.  h™ *t°Zf the   groUnd   space"   "^^ hev Predictions for 100 years predicting the following hun-      "Saline Area School Board seat 100,000 people." Roy   McCormick   and   Russ
™t ;£Yh"°f„n^ rn?+tJc ^ K« 777 co^f ?f w 77' m?re' she imagines builders from now. Her students are dred years' progress, but a and SaUne Education Associ- "Residents scuttle raceway Michalke. A group of high
Sp17L£ ,S Z ^15  ^ n77^ *      ^,t°      r *'   wh0 need only four hours of known by numbers, they skip recap   of  this  year's  young ation   Contract   Negotiators proposal." school boys has also helped
Srf?TtSnS PShn   wfn/Vw   7* n"^' u^P v&v night' building' ^ sch°o1 to sPace caves, a^id all reporters'   ideas   that   will Meet." P "SaUne has new mail lady set things up  ... and BiU
S££ IS^U E fh! I' «« ^  i °t    *f    ^ 73XdS'", b^ildin& and building for all because   they're   rebeUng   a- mke them famous. "Flu cases slash school at- VMrs. wffiiam Suiter." Dusterbeck is again serving
■77*7. 7YtT square sne mentionea as sne tmgerea the people moving in. gainst the robot teacher's les-     A conservative thinker by tendance, leaving 15 per cent     "Centennial heads for gala as moderator of the warming
Classrooms,   Kay  predicts, son   preparation.   They eat contrast to the space-oriented 0I seats empty at the High climax." shed.
body jobs.
the 100 or more she'd receiv-
doS "!*£""Hi h^-ftCf ^.Sf PaSt C°UPl%hf ^ tU be S° larg-e that the teaI lr°-  a food ray bo? from J^Sl^ ta ]^_Sj3b^ School- And in August:                          "But we need more volun-
ivo«v    ^T«   S   *tr   ' i, /here was one thmg they cher   wiU   speak  through   a which delicious food pops at who sees SaUne two or three      "Mrs. Donald Leidheiser's "Two dentists to begin new teers,"  a rink crew member
tw*S    +      ■   97?r   "°^ had Plenty of in my youth microphone  in   order  to   be the push of a button.                times   bigger   but   stiU   not brother, Major Robert St. Pe- practices here."                          declared   this   week.   "Espe-
„fir£ewaT?r V1  Vs  Iat,neJ s mat 1S stm important m tms heard.                                              Life is pretty great briefly quite linked to Ann Arbor, ter, has died in action in Viet "School board, SEA nego- cially from 5 to 9 evenings
SS'          ^8y ,st°Pped for community,"    she    mused,      Carol Hemmye sees three for Kay's space traveUng Sa- She sees more factories, three Ham."'       . tiators reach accord."                and 10 to 1 weekends."
another   couple  before  they church  suppers.                  _   or four factories in the city, Unians  until a silver  suited times as many schools,  and     ''SaMne ■ Jaycees  seek new "Intermediate    school   be-                    *   *   *
SS2   £;         annual school There were chicken pot pie three airports, with the mail man appears, replete in space the Ford plant growing and. vote  on nejv  city haU pro- comes Junior High, with 7th     And that's pretty much the
party  ihey were 12 or 13 at suppers and box social sup- coming  in by  helicopter  to belt and the reddest of boots, influencing the vicinity more posal; School Board reports and 8th grades taught there." story of SaUne in '66. Suf-
the time.  Luckily,  it  didnt pers and quite often oyster and from them. Cars she sees Instead   of whisking  them and more. She predicts a cou- that new Junior Hiigh School "New    elementary    school fering some growing pains ...
take a license to  drive old suppers._  We ate a lot more air-cushioned, passing above back to school like any 1966 pie more banks, several park- is needed now." ready for occupation."            stiU blessed with a great re-
Dobbm — and there was no oysters in those days; every- the   streets,   not   on   them, truant officer would do, this ing lots, a larger City Hall      "Marvin Esch, kin of local "City HaU offices, aU but serve of community spirit to
^H^S?i,+     il% f£ 2ne .f^S *° ^t*^- ^y f1?^ 0^.lnne schools, with fellow flies with them in his and fire department, with the Esches,   declares   his   candi- the  fire   and poUce  depart- help keep the growth healthy
^S ^ «                      y I^IZ *}7\ d06S but     ey ™ Salme High stiU in use  as space ship to an unknown-to- phone book growing propor- daey for Congress." ments. move to new-quarters ... but always able to use a
riven on time. hard to find.                               one  of the smallest,  are in th*™   nion_t   ,=iw   r^-.*-.-..        (Continued on Page 3)           "Schools* needs approach S3 in    former    SaUne    Savings lot more!
one  of the smaUest,  are in them   planet   caUed   Centro-
If This Spirit Lives On, Sali
ONE OF SALINE'S FINEST TRADITIONS, that 6f
generosity and hospitality, lived again during the Christmas season. When Saline Jaycees and their wives thrjew
their annual Christmas shopping party for a select
group of area youngsters, the joy was as warm and
spontaneous as a young boy's kiss on Santa's cheek. W|th
\j Jaycees footing the bill, the children went on a
feypping binge at Walker's, choosing gifts for members
of their families. Then everyone headed for the Legion
for gift-wrapping, refreshments, carolling, and a sjif-
prise visit with Santa. .1
As the photos show, Santa got a surprise or tjtvo
himself at the party. The first picture shows an eagjer
threesome awaiting their chance at Santa and his gifts
. . . the second shows the supreme moment-ior pne
youngster, as John Klein and the whiskered fellow offer
presents and candy . . . and the third shows how one
young man felt about the whole affair.
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