1969-01-23; Saline Reporter

              Vol. 20, No. 20 -
■Thursday, January 23, 1969
10c COPY — §4.00 YEAR
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LICENSE PLATES
TO BE SOLD HERE
The 1969 vehicle license
plates will be sold iri Saline
on Saturday, February 8, the
Secretary of State's Ann Arbor branch office has announced.
Passenger vehicle and
truck plates will be sold between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. on
that day at Steeb Dodge
Sales, 147 W. Michigan Ave.
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City Considers
Ban on Street
3-5
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a.m.
A proposal to ban on-strc-et
parking throughout the citv
between the hours of 3 and
5 a.m. daily is under consideration by City Council.
City officials will welcome
opinions from residents on
the suggestion, City Administrator Mike Strait said. Tho
two-hour parking restriction
would facilitate snow removal, salting, street sweeping,
and location of abandoned
cars, he said.
All homes are required by
law to have off-street paik-
ing, Strait said; and he knows
of only one residence llvit
does not have a driveway.
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THIS IS LITTLE MISS 1969, the
official "First Baby of the Year" in
the Saline area, Cheryl Holly Desbrough. The little girl, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Desbrough of 1081
Judd Rd., was born on January 9 at
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, and so
became the welcome winner of gifts
from many local merchants.
Among thoose who sponsored the
d Father Time
Javcees Give
Certificates to
Two Men Here
Jaycees presented two local
young men with Distinguished Service certificates, at*
their Bosses' Night Banquet,
Wednesday, but the major
Distinguished Service Award*
was not given.
Cited for leadership and
service to the communi ky
were Dr. Eugene Garrison,
and Don Clingersmith, both
of whom have done "outstanding work in public service," according to Lee Decker, chairman of   the project.
Dr. Garrison has served as
team physician for school
athletic events, has been a
member of the United Fund
board of directors, is a county medical examiner, and has
donated his services in a
number of community health
programs.
Clingersmith, now president of the Jaycees ("a major
job all by itself", Decker
noted) was commended for
his work with the teen club
and as "a conscientious citi-
.,    ^    _ _,,     zen" who   recently helped to
re - elected president of the      t out a fire in a neighbor-s
Saline Area United Fund, at fj0me
the annual meeting, Tuesday; The Distinguished Service
and William Garpow was Award has been gjven an_
named vice president. nually by   Jaycees, except in
Other officers for the com- 1966, when there    were few
ing year    are Mrs.    Arthur nominees and judges decided
Ellis,    secretary;    and    Jon against any presentation.
Ditz, treasurer.       . At their banquet, the Jay-
The board approved a re- cees also presented apprecia-
quest from the Saline Li- tion awards to about 20 per-
brarv'for an additional be- sons, organizations, and bus-
quest of §1,080, for interest, inesses for assistance in the
on the purchase of the Schleh club's numerous community
building;  the first two pay- service projects.
ments on the principal, $9,000 	
each, have also    come from  TO   HEAD   LOCAL
the United Fund. The board -ji/ri|/rr> A    r,T>rkTT"D
also allotted up to $1,000, if MlVlfA   Ir-KUUf
needed, for rent on the pres-     Lloyd Finkbeiner has been
ent   library building,   which elected president of the Saline
Maple Rd. Site
Comes Under Fire
An ordinance to regulate mobile home parks
in Saline, and the proposed RMH zoning of a Maple
Rd. site, were both tabled by Council after a well-
attended hearing Monday evening.
Maple Rd. residents emphasized that they
were "neither for nor against''5 trailer parks . . .
providing they weren't on Maple Rd.
The proposed new mobile home ordinance,
which lacks only final Council approval to become
effective, was read to the overflow audience which
attended the session.
Th city can regulate trailer parks but cannot
prohibit them, City Attorney Allan Grossman explained ; and failure to have any land zoned for them
would probably be construed, bv the courts as an
"intent to prohibit".
He cited a decision in a
suit against the City of War- that the per-student differ-
ren in which the court held ence in tax returns is "mod-
that "defendant (the city) erate", though it does exist.
conceals a purpose to pro- He said: "Trailer parks may
hibit trailer parks unlawful- not be the best tax-producing
ly . . . indicated by the fact land use, but they're certain-
that even though such ordin- ly are not the worst."
ance has permitted ("trailer The meeting was attended
zoning) . . . there is no in- by members of the planning
stance in which either the commission, which spent 18
Township Board or the Cily months in study and prepar-
Council has approved a re- ation of the proposed ordin-
zoning"  for ' that use.    The ance.
court held that the unimple-
mented zoning ordinance in
Warren was "not a reasonable exercise of the police
power."
No petition has been received for RMH zoning on the
proposed 11.6 acres on Maple
Rd., they said. The planners
"looked  into    several  sites",
contest to greet Cheryl Holly's arrival were the Y.I.P. Store, Cut & Curl
Beauty Shop, Harry's Standard Service, Corner Drug Store, Dancer's
Department Store, Dubl-E Laundry,
the Saline Reporter, Schmid's, Foods,
Westside Hardware, Photographer
Otto Gunnesch,. Robinson's Furnace
Repair, Estes Rexall Drugs, Walker
$1 Stores, and Lodi Hardware.
NOW PRESIDING in the Saline Court of
District 14 is Judge Patrick Conlin, who also
serves Chelsea, Manchester, Dexter, and Whitmore Lake. He will hold court here on Tuesday
and Friday mornings and will be here on other
occasions when needed.
Sale, Cards, Dine-in
To Boost Dimes Drive
REV. MEEDEN
RE-ELECTED
TO  HEAD  U.F.
The Rev. Merle Meeden was
Highlights this weekend of
the March of Dimes will be a
big rummage sale and a card
party, plus a special event at
a local restaurant.
The rummage sale will be
held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday at the Presbyterian
Church. The sale is sponsored
by the Junior Child Study.
Club, which is still soliciting
donations of clothing, toys,
household equipment, etc.
The committee includes Mrs.
has been sold.
The $2,080 was granted so
that the expenses would not
have to come from tlie library's book fund.
Representatives from the
Washtenaw Advisory   Plan-
local of    the Michigan Milk
Producers Association.
Finkbeiner, of 5573 Austin
Rd., will serve for one year.
In addition to his duties as
leader of the local MMPA
chapter, he will be involved
in        numerous        functions
ning Council, Lou Vogel and th        h which the statew:de
Brian    Ehrle, spoke at    the     —   6
meeting. The WAPC has been
recently set up to coordinate
community aid to social welfare and recreation.
Band Frolics
Cancelled
The annual High School
Band Frolics program originally scheduled for January
29 and 30 and February 1,
has been cancelled.
' The event'was cancelled because "not enough students
expressed enough, interest
soon enough to put something
together," according to Band	
Director Mac Danforth. As to LEGION PLANS EEED
whether the. Frolics may be     A sauerkraut and knoephle
 ,„„„, v ^ „ c. ,._ ^....   held later in the yearj .'Dan- supper will be sponsored by
|ne\vl^ign%^chooTbuM^;ng=wiii', ent High School.' A $6,3b6,'000 forth said: "Tentatively, we'll, the American Legion,' served
Ibe received and opened at S boM issue for tt4'school "was see what happens m- latent the .Legion hall between
IP.m. Wednesday, January 28,   approved by vdter&'last? year, spring." -*l - ,5- and 8 p.m. Thursday.
CHERYL HOLLY DESBROTJGIFS arrival
in the world, at 11:52 p.m. on January 9, was,
perfectly timed to give her the samte birthday
as that of her paternal great grandfather, Charles E. Applegate, of Milan. Above, the two inspect each other with an approval that makes
nonsense of the phrase, "generation gap". Between Cheryl and her great grandfather, there
obviously isn't going to be any gap in understanding.
Both of the photos above were taken .by
(nope, you guessed wrong!) MRS. Otto Gunnesch.
BIDS TO BE RECEIVED ON NEW HIGH SCHOOL ;
Bids on construction of the, and read in public at the pres-
milk marketing cooperative
is controlled by dairy farmers.
•The election was held at
the MMPA local's annual
meetinsr, last Wednesday
at Saline High School.
Other officers elected included : vice president,
Marvin Marion, and secretary Earl Horning.
Elected delegates to the
next annual statewide
meeting of Michigan Milk
Producers Association
were Fred Kemp of Carleton, Lloyd Hughes of Manchester, Robert Fiegel of
Rnn Arbor and Karl Bird
of Milan.
New Scout
Troop, Explorer
Post to Form
A new Explorer Post and
a second Boy Scout troop are
in process of organization for
Saline.
The Explorer Post, which
will concentrate on the field
of engineering, is to be sponsored by Ford Motor Co. Organization will begin next
week, according to Rogers
Claussen, district Scout executive with the Portage
Trails Council.
Exploring is open to boys
of ages 14 through 18 and up.
The new Scout troop, number 457, will be sponsored by
the Kiwanis Club. (The present troop, 446, is sponsored
by the Rotary Club.) Troop
457 already has approximately eight members and will
welcome "as many as want to
come", Claussen said. Names
of leaders will be announced
after a' meeting Thursday
evening.
The 1968 membership figures released by the Portage
Trails Council of America, indicate that Scouting is growing throughout the area. The
chairman of the Iroquois District (serving Whitmore
Lake, Dexter, Chelsea, Manchester, Milan, and Saline)
organization and extension
committee, Don Holloway of
Chelsea, announced that Cub
Scouting, Boy Scouting, and
Exploring membership increased 7.5 per cent in 1968.
This was more than one
growth rate Hor the Portage
Trails Council which includes
all of Livingston and Washtenaw Counties. The Council
also, reached an allitime high
in 1968 in the number of boys
being ,. serygd   by-- Scouting
Jerry Losee (429-7602), Mrs.
Ralph Gross (429-7577) and
Mrs. Paul Woods (429-7518).
The card party, which is an
annual event, will be held at
8 p.m. Saturday at the Masonic Temple, sponsored by
Chapter 311, OES. Baked
goods will be awarded as
prizes, and the committee,
headed by Mr, and Mrs. Harry Cogar, will serve refreshments. Assisting the Cogars
are Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mac
Donald, Mrs. Walter Martin,
Mrs. Walter Towler and Carl'
Kraus.
The public is invited to
dine from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. Sunday at the R & M
Dug - Out Restaurant with
proceeds going to the Dimes
March. Romeo and Mary
Trogu are donating the use
of their restaurant, including
kitchen services. The Junior
Child Study Club will serve,
and food will be donated by
the following: donuts, Walker's Bakery; ham, Murphy's
Market; eggs, Mortons' Egg
Farm; bread, A&P; cream
and suger, Schmid's Market;
coffee, Romeo Trogu; milk,
Saline Area Distributor
(Glen McOmber), potatoes.
Vescio Market; butter and
jelly, Leutheuser's Restaurant.
A Dimes benefit open house
will be hosted by Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Robinett. It will be
held from 7 to 9 p.m. at their
home, 107 Maple St.
Benefit coffee hours and
card parties have been held
recently in a dozen local
homes. Coffee hour hostesses
were Mrs. Dennis Pearsall,
160 Harper; Mr. D. E. Garrison, 205 S. Davenport; Mrs.
Douglas Schuur, 321 Mark
Hannah Ct.; Mrs. James
Tripp, 265 Pleasant Ridge.
Others were Mrs. Robert
Briggson, 184 Wallace, Mrs.
Harold Smith, 324 Highland;
Mrs. Douglas Elfring, 222 W.
Bennett; Mrs. Robert Higdon,
331 Marion Ct., and Mrs. Ter-
rence Bouchard, Lambkins St.
Card parties were held by
Mrs. James Carman, 9900
Mooreville Rd., Mrs. Dean
Williams, 3613 Meadow Lane,
and Mrs, Wilford Davis, N.
Ann Arbor St.
The Jaycee Auxiliary is
making plans for a Dimes
bake sale on February 1-from
9 a.m. to 1   p.m. at Wight
Cleaners.
Attorney Stanton Roesch, according to Bliss Charles;
who said he was there to rep- the one in question was chos-
resent a Maple Rd. resident, en because it was on a street
agreed with Grossman and that is expected to become a
added "The issue has been major traffic arterv, in a
thoroughly checked out by railroad and industrial area,
the Michigan Municipal and was "a reasonable
League." But his client has amount" of land for the pur-
been  negotiating  to  sell  six pose.
acres on Maple Rd. for apart- It is unlikeiy that the
ment buildings, he said; and courts would re d ^y^^g
the potential buyers jndi- less than iflLflEr_a_'q&_,Jre^
cated    reservations"-if    the sonable.. er^Tto^mon-"
f7^m/ la"^ ™as zoned strate the city's good faith"
RMH for mobile homes. in providillg    trailer zoning,
Carl Robinett, of 107 Map- Grossman said,
le, objected on the grounds The location on Maple Rd.
that trailer parks do not pay is also the least likely to af-
their proportionate share of feet nearby single - family
schopl taxes; he asked that dwellings, City Administra-
both the ordinance and the tor Mike Strait added,
site choice be tabled "until The planning commission
we can get to the planning has wriften the proposed or_
commission and get more in- dinance so that any mobile
loimation. home park here „wm be an
Nelson Watling, of 204 N. asset, instead of a liability,"
Lewis, objected to trailer Councilman George Johnson
parks in general: "They de- said. No gravel roads or small
valuate the area, and increase "lots" will be permitted,
school^ water, and sewer a sketch plan for a pro-
needs." posed park must first be re-
Said Grossman: "Statistics viewed by the planning corn-
show that there are fewer mission, even before it goes
children in trailer parks than to Council; and the final plan
in subdivisions." Covering must be prepared by a pr.o-
the blackboard with estimat- fessional architect or en-
ed figures, he   demonstrated        (continued on page 2)
.,. Wisdom
A WISE OLD OWL might've chosen a quieter place to snooze, but the little hoot owl above
wasn't disturbed at all by traffic whizzing past
as he caught 40 winks on the US 12 bridge over
the Saline River, in broad daylight. The roar of
trucks easily drowned out the click of Otto Gunn-
esch's camera, artd the young bird went right on
sleeping..