1969-06-19; Saline Reporter

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Vol 20, No. 41 — Thursday, June 19,1969
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Id Idea Still Good  Council Considers
Possible Liability
For Flood Damage
Second Mil Iage Vote
A bicycle built for three provided one local
family with a pleasant Sunday afternoon ride
around shady residential streets, and the toddler
in the rumble seat had the extra advantage of
not having to do any work.
Young entrepreneurs seissed gppQrtljnity, in
the few sunny dpys available-, to set UP lemonade
stands all over town. Business w^s great, as
neighborhood children gathered for sip4ns. Parents and passing DPW crews also did their bit
. . . nevertheless, observer? noted that" a lot of
the merchandise was consumed by the prqprie?
tors themselves.
Jim Bradley to Coach
HS Varsity Basketball
Jayvee basketball' coach
Jim Bradley has been upped
to the varsity position,' replacing Don Jaeger who- had
coached the High School varsity for 10 years.
Bradley, who lives at 1524
York Terrace* has been in the
Saline" school system since
1964. Before that he was head
basketball coach and assistant football coach at Pinckney for two years.
He is the organizer and director of the Saline School
Cooperative Work Program,
which this year served 52 students. He also teaches a business class, and was previously
the Junior Varsity coach
here. He has a BS degree in
marketing from Eastern
Michigan University, and' a
master's degree also from
EMU.
The Board of Education
unanimously voted the
change because "they felt
Bradley would do a better
fab." according to School
Superintendent Harold Hintz.
Jaeger said he was hot told
"until several days later" that
he had been relieved of the,
coaching job, and was not given any reason for the action.
The varsity coaching position, which is not under tenure, pays 9% over the teach-
er's other salary in,the first,
year, 10% in the second, and
H% thereafter. Jaeger rer
ceived the 11% compensation,
amounting to $1,265 last
year; he also teachefs*a full
schedule of physical education and driver's training,
both under tenure. ,Y
Now iii his liZth year as a
teacher here, Jaeger has a BA
degree and .MA in guidance.
He has also coached for th£
12 years, becoming varsity
basketball coach in the 1959-
60 season. The subject of his
replacement "came up three
years ago" at a Board meeting, he said, "but the public
supported me then. This time,
I received no notice that it
was being considered."
Teachers Gain
Higher Degrees
Fix teachers in the Saline
school system will receive
higher degrees at the end of
the summer terms at Eastern
Michigan University and University of Michigan.
' Jean Fick, elementary
teacher at Jensen School, will
receive a master's in guidance
and counselling from EMU. A
teacher at Houghton School,
Stephanie Oar, is to receive
her master's in elementary
education, from U-M; and
Cammie Martin, reading
teacher at Jensen School, has
earned a master's from U-M
in elementary reading education.
Jeff D'Atri, Junipr High
counsellor, has . accumulated
30 hours beyond a master's
degree in counselling and
guidance.
T\vo High School teachers,
will receive master's degrees .
from EMU, Donna Van Rap-
orst in history, and Jim Roth
in industrial education.
'44 REUNION SET
.A reunion of the SHS Class"
of: 1944 will be-held Sunday
. afternoon at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Graf, 3321
Waterworks Rd., with a potluck dinner at 1 p.m.
Council has been told that
the city might be liable for
extensive damages, if the dam
were restored to its previous
condition and another flood
occurred.
Explained City Attorney
Allan Grossman: "The general rule is that we are responsible to exercise due care in
construction and maintenance
of any public works. The difference is that the dam that
went out last year was not
constructed by us."
If we were to go ahead and
plug it, in the face of the engineers' advice ... if we construct anything our engineers
tell us is not adequate and
might not hold ... it could be
construed as lack of due care,
and we could be liable fbr
damages downstream."
He added: "Improper construction is easier to prove
than improper maintenance.
If it hadn't washed out, we
wouldn't be liable, but now
that it has gone, it's a fact.
We're safe in not doing anything . . . but if we tamper
with- it, we have to tamper
with it right."
The possible extent of such
damages was indicated by a
report from Engineer Jack
Craigmile on the cost of last
year's flood. Said Craigmile:
"It's relatively hard, if not
impossible, to ascertain future flood damage. A better
approach would be to review
known damage and costs that
did occur during the June,
1968, flood" as a yardstick of
potential future costs. He
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Michigan Avenue street repairs, including rebuilding
shoulder, sod, and guard rail,
$1,300.
Pannage in Cprtiss Park,
including labor, repair, replacement of erosion and riprap, and not including channel clean-out, §6,000.
Damage at Universal Die
Casting Division, where four
feet of water inundated the
lower floor, disrupting work
in six departments and requiring three days of "down
time" . . . and where materials or parts losses still show
up from time to time . . .
$100,000.
The   Saline  Fisheries   Re
search Area of the State DeJ
partment of Conservation reported erosion of pond dikes
and loss of stock fish and research time and materials,
$35,000. It is located on another branch of the river, not
directly downstream from the
dam; but floodwaters backed
up in that branch and topped
the fish hatchery ponds.
The city's sewage treatment plant expansion "includes provision for a high
water dike . . . further flood
damages at the site are not
contemplated after construction of the proposed expansion," Craigmile's report said.
After hearing the report,
Council can consider only two
possible courses for the future of the millpond, Mayor
Hugh Keveling said; none of
the intermediate plans for
cheaper reconstruction of the
dam will be undertaken.
Public poll postcards, "first
suggested some weeks ago,
will be sent out,'he said, to
learn whether residents are
interested in the $174,000
plan recommended by the engineers for rebuilding the
dam with additional spillways
to accommodate 4,000 cubic
feet of water per second (the
amount recorded last June).
The alternative is no dam at
all.
The actual bonds would be
for the amount of $174,000
plus interest, he said, ''but I
don't think we would have to
raise taxes if we could bond
over a 10-year period. We
wouldn't have to seek. an increase in millage."
RECEIVES DEGREE
IN SPECIAL, EDUCATION
Clyde Whitehead, who has
been a student teacher at
Houghton Elementary School
this year, received his degree
in special education at commencement ceremonies Saturday at Eastern Michigan
University.
Mrs. Whitehead, formerly
head -nurse of the hospital
ward at Ypsilanti State Hospital, recently resigned to add
to their family, which already
includes a son, Jeffrey, 4%.
The Whiteheads live at 165
Harper Dr.
eeotiations Continue
Clinton Soldier
Dies in Action
Army Lt. Duane Henry
Landwehr of Clinton, was
killed in action Friday, June
6, in Viet Nam. He was Clinton's second fatality of _ the
war.
Lt. Landwehr was the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Bunney of Clinton; both are
employees of Saline's Ford
Motor Co. plant. At death, he
was just two days shy of his
24th birthday.
He was born June 8, 1945,
Regents Confirm
;U-M Degrees
University of Michigan regents have confirmed the
awarding of approximately
5,200 degrees from U-M's 17
colleges and schools, at commencement ceremonies held
in May.
Nine Saline area residents
were among them: James
.William Adams, of 112 Owen
Place, BA in math; William
Allan Burdick, 266 Clark St.,
/BA in math; Gary Rudolph
Carlson, 6564 E. Michigan,
BA in Far Eastern languages; James Allen Densel,
jr., 294 Clark St:,.BA in history.
... -Qthers-were^John Frederick-
Hanson, 3380 Brassow Rd.,
BSE (bachelor bf science in
engineering) in aerospace;
Linda Jane Heiserman, 215
Russell St., *BA in^ German;
Janice Pauline Kemp, 231
Harper Dr., BA in English;
Bruce Calvin Vrieland, 202
Henry St., master of science
in electrical engineering; and
Kathleen Zeichman, 223 S.
Ann Arbor St., BA in prelaw.
SOCIAL SET
An ice cream ' social is
planned at St. James United
Church of Christ, with serving to begin at 6 p.m. on July
24.
in Manchester and moved to
Clinton shortly thereafter.
Throughout his high school
career, Landwehr was active
in athletics. He graduated
from Clinton High School in
1963 and then attencted Ferris State College for two
years. At Ferris, he played
on the freshman football
team.
Landwehr entered the
Army in May 1966 and later
spent time as a drill instructor at Fort Knox. He re-
enlisted in 1968 and attended
Officers' Candidate School at
Fort Benning, Ga., graduating 13th in his class. He began his Viet Nam tour in the
Ranger Division on May 1.
Besides his parents, the
soldier is survived by his wife,
the former Frances Reecks of
Palmyra, and his 18-month
old son, Michael Duane. They
are living in Tecumseh. Also
surviving is his grandmother,
Julia Landwehr of Chelsea.
Funeral services will be
held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday,
from the Everiss Funeral
Home in Adrian. The Rev.
David M. Liscomb will officiate, and burial will be in Reynolds Corner Cemetery.
Free Inspection
Offered for Boats
"Just give me a call at the
dealership, and we'll set up
a time to inspect your boat,"
Bart Strahley, a member of
the Ann Arbor Coast Guard
Auxiliary, said.
The auxiliary, in a program tq promote boater safety, will inspect the boat of
any area resident who requests it. Boats passing the
free inspection will be
awarded decals.
"If your boats have the decals,' you'll never be stopped
by law enforcement officers
for safety checks," Strahley
explained.
Another vote on school operating millage has been
scheduled for July 28.
A final decision on the
amount to be requested can
be made by the Board of Education later, according to
Superintendent Harold Hintz.
He added: "I don't see how
they can cut it."
As an example of growing
salary costs, he noted that six
Saline teachers will. receive
additional degrees this summer, which automatically will
entitle them to raises. The
1968-69 salary contract provides a minimum increase of
$900 when a teacher with a
bachelor's degree acquires a
master's; the increase can be
as high as $1,500, depending
on the teacher's years of experience. For a master's degree, plus 30 hours of study,
the increase ranges from $600
to $1500.
The six automatic raises
will total approximately $7,-
400, Hintz said.
Despite  the fact that the
Junior Champ
Meet Postponed
Due to Kain
The Jaycee Junior Champ
competition, previously
scheduled for June 14 was
postponed due to bad weather
on that day.
The track and field meet
has been re-scheduled for Saturday, June, 21^ at^lO[.a.m^at,
the Saline High School track.
All the events previously
scheduled will be run, Jaycees
announced. The public is invited.
Mayor Hugh Keveling will
light the torch to signal the
start of the meet, in which
152 local young people will
compete. Senior division winners will be eligible to enter
the State Jaycee Junior
Champ meet, to be held in
Detroit on July 19 and 20.
SPECIAL VFW
MEETING SET
A special meeting of the
Saline VFW Post has been
scheduled- at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, at Thompson's Lounge.
voters' rejection of the millage left the school with 7.54
mills less than they had last
year (only 3.31 of the requested 10.85 mills represented an increase), negotiations
on the 1969-70 teacher contract continued.
Negotiating teams for the
School Board and the Saline
Education Association are
"making some progress", according to Dick Holzhauer,
chairman of the SEA bargaining committee. "We're
trying to iron out some details and decide on some common ground on which we can
come to basic agreement," he
said.
The uncertainty created by
the rejection of tlie millage
in the June 9 election has
created "no uncertainty in
negotiations, at this point,"
he said. "The matters under
discussion right now are really not involved with millage
at all."
Salaries "might" be discussed before tlie next millage
election, he felt. "It would be
a matter of both sides trying
to work out something we can
both live with, and trust that
the millage will be there."
Another negotiating session is scheduled Tuesday
evening.
Cancer Drive
Has Doubled
Previous Results
The 1969 Cancer Drive,
started in April, has already-
more than doubled any previous cancer campaigns in this
area, according to Mrs.
Charles Deasy, chairman, and
"lots of contributions" are
still arriving by mail.
The local campaign has
brought $487 irt donations. In
other years, the high has run
around $250.
Mrs. Deasy thanked Saline
area residents for their contributions to the campaign.
Troop 440 Girl Scouts helped,
to address envelopes for
mailing; assistance was also
given by Mrs. Robert Estes
and Mrs. William Crim, Jr.
NEW  FLAGPOLE  AND
USED BANNER were dedicated
June 7 at the Hoover Ball and
Bearing Co. plant at Manchester.
U.S. Rep. Marvin Esch presented
the flag . . . one that has flown
over the capitol building in Washington ... to members of the Manchester Legion, and they turned it
over to Hoover executives in brief
ceremonies at the front of the
plant.
In the first photo, John Daly,
Hoover president, delivers an acceptance speech on behalf of the
firmi Also * on the speakers' platform (1 to r); Don Bolle, Manchester plant manager; Rep. Esch; and
(partly concealed) Don Stockwell,
Manchester Legion commander,
and George Harms, Ann Arbor,
Americanism chairman of the
Michigan Department, American
'Legion.
Flag-raising ceremony, shown in
second photo, w a s handled by
Eagle Scouts Pat Roesch and Tod
Armentrout . . . accompanied by
the Manchester Legion color guard
and firing squad. The Manchester
High School band played the national anthem as the colors were
raised to the top of the pole.
Among spectators at1 the ceremony
were many Hoover Salinians: Clif-.
ford Simmons, vice chairman of
ss
the Hoover board; William Meister, Hoover vice president; Eugene
Carpentier; Everett Esch; Buford
Soden; Kenneth Rogers; Chet
Borlet, and others.
In his brief dedicatory talk,
Rep. Esch expressed the belief
that love of country, such as that
shown in the ceremony, still remains strong in the hearts of most
Americans.
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