1969-07-17; Saline Reporter

              Vol. 20, No. 45 — Thursday, July 17,1969
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AINERS CALL FOR MEDIATOR
instruction,
ervation, and Grin:
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Although they don't show up on
the tax rolls or in the phone
books, Saline'l tree, houses are very
important in the local social scheme
of things, especially among the
young people.%For insitance-:
The path Hading to 0e\ tree
house of the &H.£_A. cfttfr on
Canterbury Dr., is thorny axia be
set with many an obstacle. The
reason is obvious when you learn
what.G.H.C.A. stands for. It's the.
Girl Haters' Club of America,' and
their treetop retreat, Tiehirid all
thqse brambles, is off limits' to the
Mdifes". * .
More tree house pftdtog appear
on Page IA ih? this issue.
Farm Bureaii
Celebrates 5Wfe
Anniversary
Members of Washtenaw
County Farm Bureau gathered at the Farm Council
grounds Sunday to celebrate
the 50th anniversary of the
founding of the Farm Bureau. '|
The anniversary will be
stressed for the remainder of
the year here, and Michigan
Farm Bureau, will hold a celebration in November. A historical display is planned by
the county organization for
the Saline Fair and other
fairs in the area.
Washtenaw County has one
surviving life member from
this area who joined with her
husband in 1919, when a number of farm groups consolidated to form the Farm Bureau. She is Mrs. Charles McCalla.
Others from Saline area
joined in 1920 when the articles of organization were
filed: Mr. ana Mrs. Arthur
Lutz, life members; Mr. and
Mrs. Ferman Clements; and
Mrs. c. D. Finkbeiner.    .
Committee for the -celebration was headed by Mrs. Robert Tefft, with Mrs. Walter
Lindemann, Mrs. George
Schnierle, Mrs. Paul Geiger,
Dale Weidmayer, and Mrs.
Jay Hopkins.
AU early members were
honored, and. former district
men and guests from the
state Farm Bureau attended.
Armin Weidmayer, present
chairman, was master of ceremonies. Mrs. Tefft read the
history of the Farm Bureau;
and Dale Weidmayer. introduced the county Farm Bureau Queen, Marilyn Hinderer,
a"i spoke on the future of
the organization.       .
Mrs. Schnierle introduced
Past chairmen of the womb's committee; past chair-.
^en of the board were also
introduced; and Mrs. Tefft '.
^as. cited for her 20 years as
^itor of the Farm Bureau
news. All were presented with
gifts.  -.. V
The grin of the century spread all over the
face of David Frey (right) and stayed there
after he pulled an 11-pound carp out of the Saline River, Thursday'. Almost as huge was the
smile sported by Steve Hoeft, over his 12-pound
fish which, though slightly heavier, measured
lYz inches shorter than David's 29^2-incher.
David, 10, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Frey, of 7706 Saline-Ann Arbor Rd.
Steve, 16, reports that fishing in the river has
been "fair to good" this year . . .earlier this
season, he caught a 31-inch, 16-pound carp. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Hoeft of 201
E. Henry St.
The picture was taken by Mrs. Otto Gunnesch,
With the aid of instructions over the telephone
from Otto, who was oiit of town.
Construction of the-: new Saline
High School building is well ahead
of schedule . . . which is just as
well, because it almost skidded to
a halt when the little- lady above
arrived to make her nest "near the
future front door of the'building.
marking-post to prevent mistakes,
threatened with mayhem anybody
who bothered the bird, and routed
their machinery a little farther
away. Anyway, the killdeer (proper naine: "Cliaradrius Yociferus
Vociferus") was perfectly capable
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LEGION TO^ #M.li___j
Amefieari) flagsv ralsai by-
the i_ir«_ .fcairi" iegiori; willfly
throughout Saline on Sunday,
. to honor the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon.
Residents are urged to put
up their flags for the occasion
also. "We think it's going to
be a future national holiday,"
said Legion Commander
Charles Uphaus.
M-52 to Get
Light, Paving
A flashing caution and stop
light will be installed soon on
M-52 at Austin Road,, east of
Manchester in _ Washtenaw
County, the Department of
State Highways has announced.
The light will show yellow
for traffic from the west, and
red for traffic from the south
and east.
The decision to install the
light was made after several
motorists from the south ran
an existing stop sign and
went off the road on the
north side of the T intersection. V
The Highway Department
will pay two-thirds of the cost
of the light and the county
will pay the balance.
The Highway Department
also opened bids on Wednesday for paving 5.2 miles of
M-52, between US 12 -and
Austin Rd. At an estimated
cost of $10,000, the project is
scheduled for completion on
September 15.
ATT, SCHOOL BOARD
OFFICERS RE-ELECTED
All officers of the Saline,
area Board of Education were
re-elected at the board's organization meeting Monday
night. -
' They are Ray Girbach,
president; Elaine Heiserman,
vice president; Max Collins,
treasurer; arid -Gerald Coe,
secretary.
Rev. Nelson
After six years here, the
Rev. Robert Nelson, pastor of
Saline Baptist Church, has
tendered his resignation. The
minister plans to leave Saline
about the third week of August and move to the community of' Ada, about six miles
southeast of Grand Rapids, to
start another church, he said.
Mr. Nelson came to Saline
while the local congregation
was meeting in a store building. Since the congregation
was too small to support a
minister fulltime, Mr. Nelson
taught school in Milan for
three years..The congregation
outgrew the store" building
and then met for a time at
Jensen Elementary School.
Within 2y2 years, the small
congregation moved to the
present -new church building
at Willis and S. Ann Arbor
streets.- Six months later the
'home-missionary pastor gave,
up fulltime teaching to be
supported completely by the
local congregation.
. Pastor Nelson said, of his'
stay in Saline, "These years
have been the happiest years
that any pastor could ask for.
We will leave Saline" Baptist
Church richer in spirit and
character because bf our relationship with these quality
people."
First Meeting Set
After Millage Vote
Board of Education and Saline Education Association
negotiators have called for a
mediator, and Leo Cadwell,
of Benton Harbor, has been
assigned to the talks here.
The Labor Mediation Board
representative will meet with
local bargaining teams for the
first time on July 28 . : . the
day after the special millage
election.
Until the request for 10.85
mills for operating the
schools is approved or rejected by voters, Board and
SEA negotiators will remain
in the dark . . . and so will
the mediator ... as to how
much is available with which
to negotiate. Said Cadw^ir today: "We can't take the situation until it develops."
A- veteran of 30 years in
the labor movement, mostly
as a representative of the
machinists' union in Benton
Harbor, Cadwell joined the
, Labor Mediation Board last
year. He dealt with school
contract sessions in Richmond, Garden City, Swartz
Creek and others, last year,
and "in most cases arrived at
settlements that suited everybody". This year, he is already meeting With bargaining teams for the Taylor
school system. He was assigned to,Detroit and Dearborn, but both settled without Ms assistance. -. ;-
If mediation fails, the next
step is to go into the factfinding prS_cedurej which Sa-
lirib' ictitioU did two years
ago. lLast .year, the contract
dispute was settled in an all-
night session with a mediator.
The 10.85 millage request
on the July 28 ballot represents a renewal of 7.54 mills
which ■ was approved by voters last year and has now
lapsed,, plus an additional
3.31 mills. If the millage is
turned down on July 2S, the
lapse of time required by
"law between elections would
mean another request' could
not be put before the voters
until September:
Without the additional
voted millage, Saline schools
will have only the allocated
11.22 mills for operation.
They have not operated with
less than 12 mills for the past
eight years.
Pending results of the millage vote, all orders of textbooks, supplies, arid equipment have been held up, Superintendent Harold Hintz
said. Such orders are usually
sent in June.
Also awaiting the outcome
of the election is further work
on the greenhouse, donated to
the High School by tlie Fair
Board, which also paid for
the $1,250 foundation for the
small building, now located
next to the agriculture room.
Heat, benches, and plantings
have -not yet been put in.
Farmer Hurt
In Accident
With Tractor
Gottlob Finkbeiner, 79, was
reported iri fair condition at
University Hospital after he
was run over by his tractor,
Monday, at his home at 8105
Willow Rd. •
He suffered.broken ribs and
other chest injuries, lacerated
■ariris:and ear,;&fid* extensive
bruises, and was crushed to
the hospital in the Superior
Ambulance Co. helicopter. He
wag conscious after the accident.
He told his family that the
mishap occurred after he got
off the tractor in the driveway and, thinking it had
stalled, shifted it into gear
to prevent it from -rolling
down a slight incline.'-'
LIBRARY'S COOL
Saline Library can now
keep its cool; installation of
the air-conditioning was completed last week. .
.- Lee Edward Dicks, 22,
drowned late Tuesday night
in a private lake in Bridge-
Water Township.
; The youth, who lived at
1183 Willis Rd., was taking
an evening dip'with a friend,
to cool off after, haying all
day at a farm on Kaiser Rd.
near Bridgewater. He was
surface-diving, the friend reported, and he "came up once
and then went down again.
He never made a sound."
When he failed to reappear,,
the friend drove up the lane
to the nearby John Feldkamp
home at 9280 Kaiser Rd., to
summon help. Sheriff's De-
parment Marine Division
skin-divers searched until
after midnight before the
body was iocated.
Lee had been farming with
his father since his graduation from Saline High School
in 1965. ,
He was, born November 18,
1S46, in Saline, the son of Gil-'
bert E. Dicks, Sr. of Saline,
and   Mrs.   Harry   (Thelma)
Steiner of River View, Fla.
He is survived by his parents; two brothers, Gilbert,
Jr., of Mason, and Harry Fee-
man of Ypsilanti; one sister,
Mrs. Betty Graf of Ann Arbor; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
,Dicks of Plymouth; maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Arthur
Faust, of River View, Fla.;
several aunts, uncles,'nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services will be at
1 p.m. Friday at- Bahnmiller Funeral Home, with the
Rev. Ira L. Fett officiating.
Burial will be in Oakwood
Cemetery. Friends may call
at the funeral home after
noon on Thursday.
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J3ome of the prettiest blooms in Saline, unforgettable summery scenery, are the roses in the
garden of Mrs. Art Miller at 306 N. Ann Arbor
St. (above) and the roses and grandchildren in
the garden of Mr. and Mrs. William Meister at
435 Mills Rd. (below).