1969-01-09; Saline Reporter

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VOLUME 20, NUMBER 18 -- Thursday, January 9, 1969
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EMOST, SAYS MAYOR
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A QUALITY OF FANTASY, lent by
the lens of photographer Otto Gunnesch,
turns the Henne Field ice rink into a sea
of brilliant balloons. As a matter of cold
fact, they're snowflakes photographed in
a night scene with flash bulb. The rink
as most people see it, filled with determined skaters in a snowstorm, appears
below.
PICTURE OF THE MOON FROM       possibly  gave Saline   the   highest-hung
APOLLO? Nope. A telescopic picture of
ihe Christmas, tree .atop the city: water
tower, snapped by 0,tto Gunnesch, after
Pete O'Mara, Walt Moore, and Dave.-Toth
hoisted the greenery up there. Their feat
Christmas tree this side of the Alps; but
trouble is, Dancer and Prancer are alleged to have tripped on it, while coming in
for a landing.
The nationwide blood shortage
does affect Saline:
In the first place, the Sahne
Area Blood Bank "is now dovjh
to 37 pints . . . and it uses 60
to 70 pints every year. The 37
won't last very long.
Bloodmobile staff will be served
by the First Baptist Church.
Biood donated here is credited to the Saline bank unless
the donor specifies differently.
Any Saline area resident who
cannot attend the session here
Dimes Benefit
Rummage Sale
Date Announced
The big rummage sale for the
March of Dimes will be an all-
day affair on Friday, January
24, at the Presbyterian Church.
The committee, which has
been collecting widely assorted
items for weeks, for the sale,
will still gratefully receive any
donations of clothing, toys,
household equipment, and whatnots for the project. Mrs. Jerry Losee and Mrs. Ralph Gross
are co-chairmen.
A March of Dimes benefit tea
Ed Marsh Elected
Mayor Pro Tern;
Staff Re-appointed
"The pond and dam problem
will be foremost in our planning" this year, Mayor Hugh
Keveling told Council Monday,
in his "state of the city" message.
The dike, which was breached
by  the   flood last    June,  still
of our City Government. We
will have a public hearing on an
amendment of our Zoning Ordinance to provide an RMH
district (Mobile Homes) on January 20.
"While  I   see  no immediate
need for City taxes to be raised,
sports  a wide  gap,  whieh has it may be necessary in the fu-
drained the    miUpond    at   the
In the second place, the Wednesday may donate for the was hosted Sunday by Mr. and west side of the city. Voters in
shortage throughout the country Sahne Blood Bank at the Red Mrs. Albert Voltmer, at their November rejected a bond is-
was created because many po- Cross  County Operation Center home on Steiner Court; and Mr. sue to repair it.
tential donors were stricken on 'Friday, January 10. For in-
with flu . . . and Saline area formation or appointment there,
has  been  as  hard hit by  the  call 662-5546.
No appointment is needed to
donate at the Saline Blood Bank
at the Junior High School on
Wednesday, January 15.
virus as any place else, if not
more so.
The shortage is so severe that
hospitals have been urged to
cancel elective surgical procedures and perform only emergency surgery. Detroit hospitals, particularly, are in urgent
need of blood. Blood from the
Saline Blood" Bank is stored in |^OOk Fair
the regional bank in Detroit ; .
we're credited with it and can
draw on it when necessary . . .
but if it's  not there,  it's  not
Junior High
Plans Student
and Mrs. Paul Woods, of 207
Clark St., gave an unusual benefit event for the campaign . . .
a New Year's Eve party.
Other special events will be
announced later.
The countywide March of
Dimes kickoff dinner, Monday
evening in Ann Arbor, was at-
Said Keveling: "We will explore every possible means of
expediting the repair
resorting to another appeal for
a bond issue. Suggestions by
interested citizens will be. welcomed."
He noted that expansion of-
the sewage disposal plant, for
which  voters    did    approve   a
tended by  a  number  of mem
bers of the Junior Child Study $640,000  bond    issue,   "has   al-
Club, which sponsors the Saline ready been started, and will be
drive. Present were Mrs. James  carried out as rapidly  as pos-
Keller,   Saline   chairman;   Mrs. sible."
_      Joseph     Graf,     Mrs.     James     Procedures for   floating   the
The     Saline     Junior     High Knight,  Jr., Mrs.  Robert Cum- bond  issue   are    in    progress
School  will  sponsor   a   student mings,    Mrs.  James    Martiny, though plans and specifications
book fair from  January 14,  to Mrs. Eugene Sell, Mrs. Edwin for the  expansion  are  not yet
January 15, when students will Logan,  Mrs.    Donald Hutchins,  complete. The city hopes to re-
thpre  i-    —- —l-— —	
For    these ,   reasons,    Local ,be ,able to browse and purchase Mrs. Ralph Gross, and Mrs. Jer- ceive  state   assistance for  the
Blood Bank volunteers are par
books. •   ry Losee
.   ,   . . . „    -,     The book fair will be    open     David   G.
ticularly  anxious    for a    good fl ^ ^^  of _  „ m   to professor of
turn-out when   the   Red Cross 4 p m _  with bo()ks on display University of
.Bloodmobile comes    to    Sahne in th_  Junior High Library.,      of medicine, was   the   keynote
next Wednesday, to collect, pro-     Tlle book fair COmmittee in- speaker.  A   film,  "They Must
cess and store donations for the vites  all students, parents  and Not Be Forgotten", was shown.
Saline bank. '   visitors to attend the fair, which 	
Any resident of the Saline will not only help spur students
area is eligible to receive need- interest in reading and building
ed blood, free of charge, from home libraries, but will also
the Saline Blood Bank . . . and' contribute to a worthwhile pro-
all residents of the area, are jeet: profits will be used for
urged to donate to it.        ' ' "'   flew books. _   *     7 7
Hours at the bank next Wed-     The    Library    Club    of    the
school will sponsor this   event,
ture to do so in order to provide complete City services.
"As I have said before, I
will try to have better communication between our City
government   and   the  public.   I
without wil1 be in ^le City HaU Saturday
mornings for consultations.
"Our City Council and City
employees are at your service."
Edward Marsh was elected to
serve as mayor pro tem: he will
also serve as Council representative to the planning commission.
Also appointed to the planning
commission was former - Councilman George Anderson, to
complete a term to June of
1970, left vacant by the resignation of "Waldo Gross, who is now
on Council.
Gross will serve as Council's
contact to the Michigan Munici-
nesday, January 15, are from 2
to 5 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m.,
at the Junior High School (in
the center of town).
Mrs*. George Austin and Mrs.
Edwin Hering are co-chairman:
Dr. Edwin Place will be
present at the afternoon session;
Dr. Don C. Leidheiser will be
there in the . evening. Nurses
will be Mrs. YfiUiam Crim, Jr.,
Mrs. Estella Rogers, Mrs.
James Lyon. All of them are
volunteers.
Other volunteers who will assist will be registrars, Miss
Esther Landwehr, Mrs. Herman
Mehler, Mrs. Charles Finn, Mrs.
John Lochey, Mrs. Owen Armbruster, Mrs. Carl Kraus, Mrs.
Hugh Keveling, Mrs. Jay Broad-
bent, and Mrs. Nelson Watling.
Others are Mrs. Carl Moehn,
Mrs. Richard Cole, Mrs. Ruben
Finkbeiner, Mrs. Ronald Krull,
Mrs. Hugh Austin, Mrs. Joseph
Bondie, Mrs. Harold Gage, Mrs.
Karl Bredernitz, Mrs. Fred
Haarer, Mrs. Clyde Griffin,
Mrs. Edgar Barrett, Mrs. Lawrence Cole, Mrs. Sam Lambarth, Mrs. Ernest Mann.
Also   assisting will  be    Mrs.
with Mrs. Dwight Reynolds
serving as chairman. The committee includes Debra Bush,
Rob Cook, Suzanna Genick Martha McKillop, Yvonne Swanson,
Nancy Sweetland, Doug Kivi,
Rick Parsons, Shara Jaeger and
Janet Allison.
The book fair display will include attractive new books from
many publishers in all popular
price ranges. All reading areas
of interest to students will be
represented, including classics,
fiction, biographies, adventure
stories, science, nature, crafts,
mystery and reference books.
Wonderful books to read or to
project, through the $35 million pal League   and representative
Dickinson,   M.D., state bond issue which Michigan to   the   Southeastern Michigan
pediatrics at   the voters  approved in   November Regional Planning Commission,
Michigan school for   municipal water   pollution with Councilman Kenneth Rpg-
control. ers as alternate.
Application for the state funds Councilman Jim Ford will
must be made before May 15, serve as representative to the
but guidelines and enabling leg- chamber of Commerce, and as
islation have not yet been a member of the recreation
passed. Although Saline must commission. Milton Hartman
bond for the entire amount was named for another three-
needed for its sewer expansion, .y.eaj-V,erm on; .thg. latter, and
City employees"-and- officials Yt is -possible -that the^ate'pro-'-charles^VmTJersM v\vfll'•■ also
will be honored  at the  annual gram, plus federal funds, could take a three-year term.
Council named Administrator
Mike Strait as city representative to the Saline planning commission for another two-year
term; Dick Cole to an additional five-year term on the Library
City to Honor
Employees
City Awards   Dinner, Saturday provide about 50% of the cost,
evening, at the Legion hall. Concerning other city affairs,
To receive  awards are    Fire Keveling said:
Chief Harold Armbruster, for 30     "A meeting will be held on
years  with    the  Fire    Depart- January 8 with the Saline Area
ment;  Pete    O'Mara, for   five School Board to discuss water
years with   the Department of and sewer service to   the new board;  Helen Reppenhagen for
Public Works;   and :Max Loss- High School on Maple Rd. another three-year terhi on the
ing, for five years with the Fhe     "The drainage problem in the Board of Review;   and   Strait,
Department. northeast section    of   the City Gerald Bahnmiller,    and    Ray
A number of unofficial awards should be resolved this year. Davis for another year on the
are also traditionally presented.      "Our  street program  of   re- cemetery board of appeals.
  surfacing and repairing will be     All  city    officials   and    staff
BOOK DISCUSSION continued. . Were' re-appointed:   Strait,   city
GROUP TO MEET "Officers for our Fair Hous- administrator   and    superinten-
The adult book discussion ing Commission have been dent; Allan Grossman, city at-
group will meet at 8:15 p.m. selected, and, if any questions torney; Julie Rapp, clerk-treas-
Monday, January 27, at the arise, I am sure they will be urer; Constance Hertler, deputy
library,   to   discuss   John  Her- very ably answered. clerk-treasurer;   Walter  Lahde,
•    sev's   "Under   the  Eye   of   the     "Our Planning Commission is
give as gifts. The committee is storm » one of the most-important parts (Continued on page 2)
working with Educational Read-   ._ -. , _
ing Service, a professional book
fair company, to furnish an individual selection of books for
the fair.
Down to Earth: Business
NEW H.S. BIDS
TO BE OPENED
JANUARY 29
Bids   on   construction   of  th°
new    $6    million    Saline High
_ School will be received until S
Norman Wi:edm°ayer,rMrs. Lloyd -P-m. on Wednesday, January 29
Klager; Mrs. John Kohler, Mrs. jjj ^ -dl ^opened -d
Albert Bredernitz, Mrs. Amanda %£^\£j£»'
Hartman,  and Mrs. Ray. Hunt.    .piW ^ speci{ications have ,
Canteen refreshments will be been prepared by Gudio A. Bin- '
furnished by the SaUne Rotary da  & Associates. Inc., for the
Club; the evening meal for the new schoolj which is to be located behind the present High
School building. The latter will
then serve   the school   district
as a junior high.
Target for completion is the
fall of 1970.
Tee Rink Hours
. Library Friends
To Get Tour
Of New Site
Friends of the Saline Library,
and any interested area residents; are invited to take a tour
of the Schleh building, how
under reconstruction for the
recreation library's new quarters.
R0TARIANS TO HEAR       Y
SPEAKER FROM TALUS.
Will Hardy, a representative
I °* TALUS, a planning program
?i transportation and land use
JJi southeastern Michigan counts, will he the speaker at the
Thursday noon meeting of the
Rotary Club, at Leutheuser's
Restaurant v      ' .
LEGION PLANS
SAUERKRAUT SUPPER
WiUiam B./Lutz Post, American Legion, will hold a Sauerkraut and - Knoephl'e supper,
from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, January 23, - at the .Legion haU.
Tickets wiU be $1.75 for adults,
and 75c for children under 12.
PTO'S SET MEETING
The publie is invite'd to an 8
p.m.- meeting Thursday, January 16, on "ungraded curriculum" in pubUc schools.
The conclave is sponsored by
PTO's  of    all    Saline schools.
Speaker wiU be Dr. Francis G,
DriscoU, superintendent of pub-
. lie schools at Eastchester, N.Y.
ruuiouncea
Ardent ice skaters were reminded this week that the rink
on Henne Field is Ughted and
"open" . . . that is, supervis
ion is provided . . . and the
warming shed is available . . .
only at specified hours.
. Hours are 4 to 8 p.m. on
weekdays; 4 to 10 p.m. Fridays; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays; and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sundays.
Operation of the rink is a
function of the city
commission. There is no charge Mrs. Robert Todd, librarian,
for admission. Chairman of the wiU conduct the tour, at the
commission's winter sports 8:15 p.m. meeting of the Friends
committee is* Robert RusseU.     of the Library, Monday, at the
  Schleh building.  Plans for the
C-C TO MEET coming year wiU be  discussed
The Chamber of    Commerce by Doug Schuur, president.
wUl meet at 8 a.m. Tuesday at     The Schleh buUding is located
the Savings    Bank  community at the corner of Henry and S.
room. All members are urged Ann Arbor streets.
to attend.     .   —
  WHAT ELSE?    .
KOSSEL MEET SET The first   complaint of   the
Kossel Farm Bureau group new year' fo the SaUne PoUce
will meet -Thursday evening Department concerned . . . nat-
with Mr, and Mrs. VaUie Zick. urally ... a noisy party.
EST THE NEW, SPACIOUS COUNCIL CHAMBER,
Mayor Hugh Keveling conducted his first meeting Monday . . . before, an attentive public audience of three.
Left to right above aria City Clerk Julie JRapp, Mayor
Keveling, City Attorney Allan Grossman, City Administrator Mike Strait, and . . . coming down the stretch . .
Councilmen George Johnson and Jim Gross. Seated
between Johnson and Gross, though not visible in the
picture, were Councilmen Ed Marsh and Jack Measley.
Councilmen Ken Rogers and Jim Ford were absent and
excused.