1969-01-16; Saline Reporter

              VOLUME 20, NUMBER 19 ~ Thursday, January 16, 1969
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LOW TEMPERATURES BRING HIGH SPIRITS to
the skaters who congregate daily at the ice rink. Ahove
are Donna Klumpp, Marilyn Richards, and Dawn and
Deanna Hall.
BLOOD BANK
GETS SUDDEN
PLACE SHIFT
A scheduling conflict, discovered at 'the eleventh hour,
forced the Saline Area Blood
Bank to move to Houghton
School, Wednesday.
The Blood Bank, which has
been held at the Junior High
School for the past 10 years,
was eased, out because of a
Junior High basketball game
with Tecumseh. .When the conflict was discovered, school officials asked Tecumseh to
change the date but were informed it would be impossible
to do so . . . and a suggestion
that the basketball game be
moved to • Houghton was rejected because there is no seating for spectators at the gymnasium there.
In an effort to assist the
Blood Bank after the hasty
move, Junior High Principal
Dwight Reynols arranged for a
sign and map at the Junior
High door, to steer would-be-
donors to Houghton School, and
Blood Bank supporters took to
the air waves via radio to aid-
vise donors of the change.
It was hoped that the sudden
re-arrangement would not reduce the number of donations,
since'"blood is so badly needed
at this time," said Mrs. George
Austin, co-chairman of the
Blood Bank with Mrs. Edwin
Hering.
A local volunteer not previously listed among those to
work at the bank Wednesday
is Mrs. James Seifried, R. N
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THE ICE RINK  IS    THE "IN"  PLACE to    go
"OUT", agree Peggy Crim and Paula and Sheila Woods,
above.
WHILE THE WEATHER AND THE ANKLES
hold out, all the parents in town know exactly where
their children are . . . and are probably there with them.
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School, City
Near Accord
On New Sewer
.School Board and city officials, at a meeting last week,
"narrowed the field of discussion" as to where the sewer
"shall be routed to serve the new
high school.
Initially, School Board members favored running the new
line to the N. Ann Arbor St.
branch; while the city preferred
construction of sewer facilities
down Maple Rd., which is expected to undergo considerable
development in the future.
At the ''end of a three-hour
meeting, according to City Administrator Mike Strait, those
at the conclave were "thinking
in terms of a three-way contract for sewer along Maple Rd.
The participants would be the
school, the city, and Butcher
and Wisely." The latter, owners
of a Maple Rd. site now under
consideration for RMH (mobile
homes) zoning, were present at
the meeting.
A public hearing will be held
at 8 p.m. Monday at the council
chambers on the proposed rezoning of the 11.6 acres to RMH.
Victim of a glorious hoax this
week was Connie Hertler,
deputy clerk-treasurer of the
City of Saline, who was once
described by The Reporter as
having "the nicest telephone
voice in town."
Fellow employees (w Ii o
agree) set the scene by enlisting Barb Monty (former "Mrs.
Santa". March of Dimes fireball, and an expert at friendly
fun) to call Connie on the phone f
and be as aggravating as possible.
Without Connie's knowledge,
the ensuing 11-minute conversation was taped. Barb (who actually lives in Lodi -Township)
"nagged" Connie about the city
water bill and tax rate, garbage
collections, cost and location of
the" city hall, arid assorted complaints . . . while Connie's
dander remained undented, and
her voice remained cheerfully
soothing.
But the famous composure
cracked Saturday night at the
City Awards dinner, when the
tape was played back and Connie learned for the first time
that she had been the victim
of a plot. As realization dawned"
and the tape played on, she
looked like this:
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Rural Mail
Carriers Don't
Use Snowshoes
Postmaster Clarke Gordon
has asked the cooperation of
all patrons who received mail
en a rural route, to clear their
approaches of snow and ice.
If the rural carrier cannot
drive' up to the box, the mail
will, be brought back to the post
office and temporarily held until the approach is cleared,
Gordon said: "It is the sole responsibility of each patron to
clear the approach to the mail
box."
Gordon also asked all patrons
on the south side of town to be
" on the lookout .for a red, longhaired .mongrel dog, approximately 24 inches high, who attacked one of the carriers this
week. Mrs. Barbara Weeder,
city carrier, was delivering relays at the corner of Rosemont
and Canterbury when she was
-bitten. Mrs. Weeder was treated
by a doctor.
After an intensive two - day
search, the dog was located and
confined for the required 10-day
■ observation period.
Lodi Sets Up
Planning Group
Lodi Township's zoning board
will become the township planning commission, 60 days after
publication of a resolution
passed- at a recent township
meeting.
Members of the present zoning board are Jack Steeb, chairman; Leon Feldkamp, Harold
Drake, H. W. Kuebler, and Robert Laughna.
Reason for the change, Steeb
said, was to. provide better control over townsliip growth, since
the zoning board has no jurisdiction over site approval, while
a planning commission would
have. The group also expects
ultimately to work out land use
plans and a more comprehensive zoning ordinance.
And this:
160-Member
Baton Corps
To Make Debut
The area's new Baton Corps,
taught by the High School majorettes, will make its debut
during halftime of a basketball
game here on February 28.
The corps, which will be uniformed, includes 160 members
. . . 158 girls and two boys between the ages of five and 13.
All mothers are urged to attend a meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at Jensen School, to plan
for the uniforms.
And so on:
WEATHERBOUND?   LIBRARY
FRIEND. WILL BRING BOOKS
Shut-ins and those unable to
get about in bad weather can
still have plenty to read,
through a special service of ,the
Friends of the Saline Library.
The Library Friends will deliver, books to the homebound,
who need only caE the Library,
429-5450, to obtain the service.
Lodi Sets
Lively Pace
For Dimes
One of the liveliest March of
Dimes campaigns ever conducted in Lodi Township is
shaping up, with plans for a
big bazaar and "White Elephant Auction", and a full roster of women to make the
Mothers' March.
The marchers will visit township homes between Saturday,
January 18, and Tuesday, January 28.
March of Dimes chairman for
the township is Mrs. Mark E.
Moon, Sr., of 7150 W. Ellsworth,
whose co-chairman for the bazaar and auction is Mrs. Edgar
Monty. •
The bazaar is to be held from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, February 1, at the Farm Council
building on Saline-Ann Arbor
Rd. Widely assorted items will
be sold; and donations of baked
goods, household items, or
crafts will be gratefully accepted.
Contributors of household
items or crafts are asked to
call Mrs. Monty, 429 - 4216, or
Mrs. Eugene Hines for pick-up,
or drop off donations at the
homes of Mrs. Monty, 6415 Lodi
Lane; Mrs. Gerald O'Connor,
4300 Saline-Ann Arbor Rd.; M.rs
John Larder, 7120 Saline-Ann
Arbor Rd.; Mrs. Franklin Short,
3431 -Clover Dr.; Mrs. Pete
Krivisky, 3744 Meadow Lane; or
Mrs. Earl Clark, 2735 South
Wagner Rd. (Orchard Grove
Trailer Park, No. 38).
Those williiig to donate baked
goods are asked to call' Mrs.
John Thomas, {129-- 4120.
"In^'the midst ~of" fhe bazaar,
from 12 noon to 2 p.ift., tb*
"White Elephant Auction" will
be held. Turner's Lodi Greenhouse had donated flowers to
be sold; Lodi Town & Country
Furniture and Lodi Hardware
have donated valuable items;
and other special articles will
also be sold.
Those who will make the
Mothers' March include Mrs.
Robert Fiegel, Mrs. James Riley, Mrs. Donald Hakala, Mrs.
Robert Preston, Mrs. Enoch
Fellenberger, Mrs. Giles Thielk,
Mrs. Robert Holliday, and Mrs.
Moon.
Others are Mrs. Daryl Wisely,
Mrs. Edwin Henes, Mrs. Allyn
Phelps, Mrs. Eugene Hines,
Mrs. Franklin Short, Mrs. Pete
Krivisky, Mrs. Herbert Westphal, and Mrs. Earl Clark.
Also to make the March are
Mrs. Monty, Mrs. Robert Smith,
Mrs. ,James Handy, Jr., Mrs.
Paul Edwards, Mrs. Erwin
Henes, Miss Karen Silver, and
Mrs. Max Collins.
Other Communities
In District Stil! Lack
Adequate Facilities
SNOMOBILE  RIDES
TO BENEFIT MOD
Snomobile rides to benefit the
March of Dimes will be given
on the Junior High school-
grounds, starting at 1:30 p.m.
Sunday. The amount of charge
for the rides has not yet l?een
decided.
Sunday afternoon will also be
"Children's Day" at the Henne
Field skating Tink when (weather permitting) races and contests will be held, sponsored by
the Jaycees.
District Court sessions will
continue to "be held here on
Tuesday and Friday mornings,
with Judge Patrick Conlin on
the bench.
A deputy clerk will also be
in Saline on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays to accept
fines and pleas of guilty, Judge
Conlin said. Other arraignments
will take place on Tuesdays and
Fridays, "or, if it is imperative, I will come, to Saline for
arraignments at other times,"
he added.
Saline's court facilities, which
came up for discussion at a
Board of Supervisors committee
meeting last week, were described later by Judge Conlin as
"very adequate, the best courtroom in District 14".
The presiding District 14
Judge, Edward Deake of Ypsilanti, concurred: "The Saline
facility is the only one in the
county with a jury room. I don't
have a jury room myself (in the
municipal building) and this
building is about 100 years old.
It will have to   be remodelled."
Other areas of District 14
which still lack facilities are
Ypsilanti Township, for which a
special committee of the Board
of Supervisors is considering
leasing a building for $18,000 a
year; and Chelsea, where a
bank building was donated to
the county for the purpose and
estimates on the cost of remodeling run as high as $75,-
000.
The state law, which provides
that district judges shall sit in
communities of 3,250'population
or more,* also" - saysVhat th&r
■ county shall' provide the court
facilities. ..' -
Saline provided its own and,
as a result, is the' only section
of District 14 which already has
facilities adequate for the-area.
The 780 square foot court
here includes 549 square feet
(inside measurement) in the
courtroom itself, plus a jury
room with a restroom, drinking
fountain and comfortable chairs.
Both court and jury room are
carpetted   and    air-conditioned.
Plans for the Saline court
were started more than a year
ago, including'consultation with
state authorities and the Court
Judge on future court needs.
The city has also delayed renewing its lease to the telephone
company of offices across the
street from the court, so that
these could be made available
to the court if necessary, City
Administrator Mike Strait said.
Although the city hopes to receive "nominal" rent from the
county for use of the courtroom,
the matter has never been discussed with the Board of Supervisors, he said. (For comparison: "The county will pay
the City of Ypsilanti about $800
a month for use of their municipal building," said Supervisor
Chairman Ben Nielsen.)
In the organization of District
14, which includes all of Washtenaw County except Ann Arbor, Presiding Judge Deake
divided the area into three sections of about 35,000 population
each. He will sit in Ypsilanti
and serve that city"plus Salem,
Pittsfield, and Superior townships. Judge -Rodney Hutchinson, who conducted the first
District Court session here last
week, has been reassigned to
the area including Ypsilanti
Township and Augusta and
York townships. That court
facility will be located in Ypsilanti Township.
All the rest of District 14, including Saline, is now the province of Judge Conlin, who held
court here for the first time
Tuesday, though he had 'visited
Saline several times previously
in preparation.
At present, he is in Chelsea
on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Thursdays; he will also arrange
days to visit Whitmore Lake,
Manchester, and Dexter, he
said.
{He has acquired "snow tires
with cleats."
From the former justices of
the peace, District 14 fell heir
to a large 'backlog of cases;
Judge Conlin'found "over 150"
awaiting him in one community,
and approximately 100 in another. But only about 25, mainly
traffic violations, had been held
over in Saline.
For the time being, all felony
examinations must be made in
Ypsilanti,    until.   arrangements
-can be "hiade for court reporters
elsewhere, he said.
The confusion of launching the
n e w District Court system
"should be straightened out in
about a month", Judge Deake
said. Although magistrates have
been appointed in other counties
to attend, to some of the duties,
"we-have not gone to the magistrate system until we see how it
works elsewhere. Among other
things, the state law sets magistrates' salaries at $5,000 a year,
or $20 a day, and we don't have
that in the budget."
After he was re - assigned
from Saline to the Ypsilanti
Township area, Judge Hutchinson wrote to Police Chief James
Levleit:
"As you know, the first court
session was held as scheduled
oh January 7, 1969, in the excellent new court room provided
by the City of Saline. Your City
Council exercised welcome foresight in planning the new court
room and should be complimented for having it ready for
use by the new District Court
on January lst.
"At a    meeting of    the 14th
District Judges held last week.
Presiding    Judge    Edward   D.
Deake made several changes in
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RIGHTSIDE UP OR UPSIDE DOWN makes no
difference to the young fry, so long as they're going
around and around at the Henne Field ice rink.
JUNIOR HIGH BOOK
FAIR POSTPONED
Unforeseen circumstances
have made it necessary to postpone the Students Book Fair
scheduled at the Junior High
School. It will be held at a. later
date, the school announced.
UNGRADED CURRICULUM
TO BE DISCUSSED
Dr. Frank Driscoll, superintendent of schools of Eastchest-
er, N.%Y., will be the speaker
at a meeting on ungraded curriculum, at 8 p.m. Thursday at
the .High School.
The meeting is sponsored by
the PTO's of all Saline schools.
At the end of it all, Councilman Kenneth Rogers presented
her with a plaque for "The Girl
with the Golden Voice".
Said Connie weepily: "Nobody
ever did anything so nice for
me before!"
LO-FIELD TO MEET
Lo-Field Farm Bureau group
will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday,
at the home of Fred Stollsteimer and', sisters, 2950 Brassow
■Rd.
Please Don't Eat
The Jewelry!
Saline Police this week
warned that jewelry made of
the poisonous "jequirity beans"
has turned up here.
A nationwide alarm was
raised recently, when it was
discovered that some novelty
jewelry included the beans as
decorations, and that one bean
contains enough poison to be
fatal, if eaten.
In the wake of the publicity,
two necklaces were turned in
to police here. Both were keepsakes, gifts received years
ago. But police "suspect that
there may be more around,"
they said.
The beans, blood red with
black tips, are slightly smaller
than navy beans. They have
also been used for decorations
in jewelry sets.
Since few adults are likely to
eat jewelry, the danger lies in
the. possibility that the decorations may get into the hands
of small children.
Fire Chief Harold Armbruster (left) was presented
with a long heard and a cane by Councilman Ken
Rogers, at the City Awards dinner Saturday night, with
the implication that,' after 30 years with the fire department, he would probably need both.
• In a more serious vein, Mayor Hugh Keveling.presented Chief Armbruster with, a 30-year service pin.
Other awards were a five-year- sendee pin to Pete
O'Mara, for his time employed by the DPW; and a pin
to Mac Lossing, for five years with tlie fire department.
—-Photo by'Otto Gunnesch