1969-01-30; Saline Reporter

              Vol. 20, No. 21
Thursday, January 30,1969
10c COPX.— §4.00 YEAR
Fair Board Surprised
tree Entertained
RETIRING AFTER 10 YEARS
as maintenance man at Saline Com- .
munity Hospital, Oscar Haeussler
was entertained by fellow employees with a retirement party, and
presented with a camera and the
handsome cake above. In the" midst
of the festivities are (left to right)
Vince Catacuzzeno. administrator;
Oscar, the guest of honor; and Donna DeClaire, assistant lab technician
at the hospital.
Young Men Honored
SERVING AS CHAIRMAN of
Jaycees' annual Bosses' Night Banquet and Distinguished Service presentation to outstanding young men
during Jaycee Week was Lee Decker, left. Recipients of citations for
their community activities were Don
Clingersmith, Jaycee president and
a sponsor of .the teen club, "The
Place"; and Dr.. Eugene Garrison
(right) for his assistance to the
schools as team physician, and active participation in United Fund
work.
SCHOOL ADVISORY
COUNCIL TQ MEET
The Saline Schools Advisor:'' Council will meet at 8
P-m. Wednesday, February, 5,
^ the High'School library.
r-Ottmittee reports will be
'resented.. The . public is in-
''itea to attend.
STATE AID SET
The   .Saline.  Area   School
District will receive $94,670
in. school aid allotments for
the year" 1968-69, -tjifev Michi*
gan, Stated <Bo"ard;of. jEduca^
•tion -has announced.-The jifirst
,payment will; jbe -made" .by
February 1.-   i '
MAKES DEAN'S LIST
- George Edward Moser, son
of Dr. and Mrs. James Moser
* of Wheeler Ct., isvone of approximately   1,000   Western
•Michigan- University students
included .on- tlie Dean's ilonor
cI_ist for the fall" semester."
Two UAW
Officials
Resign
A change in union leadership at the Ford plant this
week followed charges of
"racial discontent" at the
plant; and one of the UAW
officials said the turnover
was "somewhat related" to
the charges. ,'
James J. Sheridan, president of .UAW Local 892, resigned and was automatically
succeeded by the vice president, Ben F. Brewer. A member of the bargaining committee, Tom Collins, also resigned.
The resignations came
after an Ann Arbor Human
Relations Commission meeting in which HRC Director
David Cowley reportedly said
that the number of complaints from dissatisfied
black employees "has increased to 50 of the 215 total" at the Saline plant.
Sheridan retorted: "That's
a lie . . . there are only two."
He refused to comment to
OVERWHELMED by a citation
from the state, designating Saiine
Community Fair as the best of its
class (among some competitors that
are far bigger), Fair Board mem
bers Ray Girbach and Albert Gall
brought home the far-from small
trophy, put it on display, and passed congratulations on to the whole
communitv.
.:£--
Immobilises Buses, Phones, Mail
Tall Trophy
Presented
In Detroit:
Startled and 'happy Fair
board members Saturday
night accepted, for the Saline
Community Fair, a gleaming,
three-foot trophy for "The
Best Big Little Fair in the
• State".
The award was given" at
the annual banquet of the
Michigan Fair Association.
Saline Fair Board President
Albert Gall attended, along
with Ray Girbach, former
president. To present the
award, the master of ceremonies called the Bame "Ray
Gear-back" three times before Gall nudged Girbach and
said: "He's calling your
name." (Girbach is prounced
"Gear-baw")
Said Ray later, "You could
have knocked me over with a
feather."
The trophy, presented by
the association annually since
1S65, is for the best Fair in
Michigan which receives state
aid (for premiums) of $8,000
or less. Approximately 30 to
40 in the state fall in that
category. Saline's 1968 Fail-
paid'out just over $5,000 in
premiums; 40 per cent of that
sum is returned by state aid.
The trophy will be on display at the Saline Savings
Bank until about March 1,
when it will be placed on display at another location in
the downtown area.
Said Albert Gall, after the
award: "It was a distinct
honor and pleasure to be
present at .the banquet, where
Raty and i received many congratulations. As president of
the Saline Community Fair, I
Detroit^ radio   and  TV  news   ^
cCfiiinentatof fe'&n^hTs 'reoij^ua.- *$
tion, but he told The Saline The Lodi Township March Everything skidded— to". a
Eeporter: "No one person is of Dimes committee has sent halt in the freezing rain Tues-
running or is being scared off up an urgent SOS for dona- day; and most of it was un-
from his job. I decided they tions for a rummage sale able to eet started again.
(the membership) don't need scheduled for Saturday. Con- Although the weather fore-
anyone they can't tell what to tributions so far have been cast had called fbr freezing the phone: "Trouble is,vyou „._■ itt„ memhp-r* tTiPvari
do.'The talk is going around nearly non-existant. rain, it often does,   (not al.- get oil those roads and you LvmnuL1-et; memoes, uie\d__-
1001 can't Set off. So we called the VT    *"ZL" 'communitv  itself
without the services of a tow-
truck.
tl^^lT^W^fZ would like to pass on these
ELw S nfnt rfa?S congratulations to Fair Board
spending most of the day on        *< sunerintendpnts
_ the phone:  "Trouble is, ™" members,       supeuntenaents,
ram, it often does,   (not al.- get oil those .^_ ^.~ .,„- narfirmaiino-   orranr/a-
that me and any of "my of-      The benefit sale, which will ways reliably),    and    school can't get off. So we called the °P    parucipaunb.   organize
or committeemen are be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. buses were already on their parents and they came in , ', -Farm Council
not doing their duty. I am at the Farm Council Building, morning runs before the first jeeps and tractors to pick up h arnimris thp "Fair "has
leaving this office to see if is desperately in need of Used mist hit the roads. All buses their children." Some young- V°se, **°unas. ixte j? au "<£
someone else can do better, clothing, baked goods or arrived at the school without sters "guested" at the homes "v" „ VrV J^r 771 7,177%
If they, can, then more power "anything people want to do-  difficulty. ' of friends. None of the bug iVlf      ^7^  cmmcil    lits
to them. In plain English, I nate," accordingVo the chair-      Then the freeze set in with troubles    qualified    as    "ac-    -h™eit PXt)Anded  to  a size
will not he dictated to." man, Mrs. Mark Moon. a vengeance and Saline, like cidents", and nobody was in- lat could not    be    accom-
Sheridan said he had been     A white  elephant  auction 0ther schools in the country, Jured. * modated in town )
considering   the   move   "for will be    conducted from    12 tried to    send the    children *    *    * Geqi continued: "When this
some time". Collins, however, noon to 2 p.m. Items to be home. It took nearly all dav. Complicating the confusion Communitv Fair was first
said he had made the de- auctioned include flowers Qne bus landed in a diteh was the effect of the ice on started ,b/ Charles Osgood,
cision "very recently" to re- from Turners Lodi Green- on Surrey Dr. another was telephone lines, with conver- the FFA instructor and FFA
sign his post as a member house, furniture from Lodi trapped between two impas- sations being cut into or cut memberSj I can remember Mr.
of the bargaining committee. Town and Country Furniture sable hffls on Textile Rd. and off; overloaded lines pro- Osgood received a call from
Said CoUins: "If 2,000 Sto^cind a gjft from Lodl gM Qff ^ rQad Altogetherj duced. nothing but busy sig- New York when the Fair was
i      *„ 4.,.     Qr. ,irQiQ eight buses were unable    to nals as the whole community in pr0gresSj f0r some publici-
proceed; two others required telephoned its families to say ty in its regard. He called it
aid  but    got  moving  again (Cont. on page 2) (Cont. on page 2)
people want a few bigots to Hardware,
run their local, then we'll let For pick-up of donations,
them run it." He added: phone Mrs. Edgar Monty
"There are bigots on both (429-4216) or Mrs. Eugene
sides, vou know." Hines (429-7529). Mrs. John
UAW Lpoal 892 has 1,920 Thomas (429-4120) is in
members, of whom 210 are charge of baked goods.
Negro.    Said    Collins:  "You —
could go into that plant and Veterans Reminded
talk to    about 190    colored      Senior atizens  and yeter.
people and get a different at- ans were reminded tMs week
Airman Dies in Auto Crash
Airman Neil C. Still, a Sa- an auto accident early Satur- the   accident occurred.    The
—._. „^^ J.v.illJ_^v.^ m**, w^r. line   Hi§h   School   graduate day    morning    in   Freedom youth apparently failed to ne-
titude. It's    the same    with that m     m      stm       ,    &t who joined the Air Force last' Township. gotiate a curve at Lindemann
whites . . . about 10 per cent Cit    Ha]1 for homeste^ tax May, was fatally injured in "   It is~not known what time and Pleasant Lake roads, and
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of the colored jind about 10 exemptions.
per  cent of the whites are     city'Assessor" Walter Lah-
constantly   complaining    We de wiu be ,    w    office f
can't lead 'em by the hajad, g     m   t   4 Wednesdays
The more they get in trouble, and Frid      *Q assist £
the more trouble they're in, who need£ aid in appiyilfg fov
and anybody can get discip- homestead exemptions. Any-
hnary  lay  -   offs,   including one who ^ m or ^annot g0 (0
mU77   !? •     t    „ Citv HaU may  call him at
(Another union leader con- 429.4907
curred, with:    "I'm on    dis- J	
CipHnary lay-off myself, right INJURED   JN
CoUins explained:    "When GEORGIA    CRASH
the union gets a complaint,
it's on paper and there's no Mr. and Mrs. Max Adler
way of teUing whether and their daughter Amanda,
they're white or black. It's of Whitlock St., Saline, "were
.impossible to know by the injured in a three-car crash
name, with almost 2,000 near Adel, Ga., last Monday-
people, especiaUy with the afternoon, according to word
constant turnover by quitting received here this week.,
to move away or go into The Adlers, heading for
mUitary service or some- Florida on vacation, were ap-
thing." j       parently struck in a chain-re-
He did not describe the action coUision caused by two
two complaints specifically other cars involved in a race
based on race: "We cannot on the highway,
discuss other people's griev- Mrs. Adler suffered a frac-
ances. Thafs between the tured leg and numerous
company and the person bruises. Amanda, 4, suffered
agrieved." • cuts and    bruises. The    two
The new president of Local were treated at a nearby hos-
•892, Ben Brewer, said: "I'm pital and were released Wed-
going to have to make a nesday. Mr. Adler escaped
study of the whole thing with, minor injuries. Their
and find    out    just exactly'car is reported to be a total
what is going on. I will pick wreck. ■ < j
a new cabinet to work with.     The family at~press time
■I have no further statement was staying at an Adel motel
'■ at this time."        . until arrangements- ,can   be,;
A complete list of Brewer's made for their return, to Sa-
(Cont. on page 2)        ' line.
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his car    left the    road and
smashed into a tree.
Airman StiU, who lived at
12925 Maple Rd. before he
entered the service, was home
on leave from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, O. Born June 19, 1948, in
SaUne, he was the son of
Billy and Billie ' (RandaU)
Still. He graduated from
High School in 1966.
During his undergrad years
he was a star Hornet grid
quarterback and basketball
player.
Surviving are his parents;
a brother, Charles, who is
serving with the Army in
"Germany; a sister, Barbara, ,
at home; a paternal grandmother, Mrs. SteUa Still of
Saline; and "his maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Gertrude
IJandaU of Saline Township.
His brother, Charles,. flew
home from Germany, arriving
late Sunday. Funeral services
were conducted Tuesday afternoon at BahnmiUer Funeral Home by the.Rev. John
Michael; and WiUiam B.
Lutz Post, American Legion,
.of Saline, held mUitary graveside services at Riverside
Cemetery in Clinton. - - •
. Memorial * • contributions
may be made to" the Neil C,
StUl • Sports "Scholarship .
Fund, »in care ;of\ Ron "Van
■Matrey U465 W. Michigan
"Ave., or to the March- of
Dimes.