1969-09-11; Saline Reporter

              The Saline
Volume 21, Number 1 ~ Thursday, "September 11, 1969
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Thill Crowned 'Miss Saline
A GLAMOROUS COURT for a glamorous queen:
(left to right) Pat Hiser, daughter of the Ed Hisers, who
was second runner-up in the "Miss Saline" Pageant;
Kathy Gordon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Gordon,
first runner-up; "Miss Saline" herself, Jan Thill; and
Eenee Osterhout who, judging by the tremendous ovation from the crowd when she was announced, is about
the most popular "Miss Congeniality" ever elected here.
Renee is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Robert Osterhout.
kppiest of Homes
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SOMETIMES A GRIN. GETS SO WIDE that a fellow
has to swallow it in order to look as dignified as is
suitable for the brand-new owner* of a four-months-old
pony named "Happy Home" . . . which may account
for the determined expression on the face of Mike Payeur (left). His fascinaed brother and sisters, who will
no doubt be admitted to co-ownership in due time, are
Gary, 11, who is toting Tina, V/z, while Julie, 6, strokes
the pony's smooth coat.
The happiest home in southern Michigan, if not in the
entire state, is that pf Mike Payeur and his brothers
and sisters, and their mother, Mrs. _ Roger Horn, of
the Clinton area.
The cause of the joy is a four-months-old chestnut
pony with four white feet, which Mike won at the Saline
Fair by naming the little beauty "Happy Home".
Mike, who will' be nine in October, explained that his
home hadn't been happy since his former pony slipped
on the ice last winter, was caught between a tree and
a fence, and died. It would be a happy home again, he
said, if it included another pony.
With that, alike was a hands-down winner of the pony
given away at the Saline Fair, the seventh in a row
given in the annual contest.by Weavie Pony Farms.
A saddle and bridle for "Happy Home" were donated
by Westside Hardware.   .
The youngsters,- who attend school in Clinton, are
Mike; his brother, Gary, 11; a sister, Julie, 6; and another sister (who doesn't yet attend school anywhere)
Tina, 1%. The youngsters also have a dog, and their
mother has a horse. In fact, love "of horses runs in the
family, including the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Knight, Sr., who live on the adjacent farm.    0
Kindergarten Registration Soars
Kindergarten enrollment-at both elementary schools
has already soared well above last year's totals ...
and apparently beyond school officials' estimates ...
and youngsters are still being registered.
The registration will continue through Mbnday, when
kindergarten sessions will begin and, at that grade
level, latecomers often register their children several
days after opening day. V
Houghton School this week had 125 kindergarteners
registered, as compared with last year's endof-school
total of 102. At Jensen School, pft-registrations number
U3, as compared with 104 at tlie end bf the previous
year. . '.. . *
Only four sections have been assigned for kindergarten
at each school, -  7'. \7-7   7 .   '7—7...-.-7
GO AL SET AT $38,118
Harold Gage Heads Campaign
To Kick off Here October IU
, The Saline area United Fund budget for 1969-70 has
' been set at $38,118, and the campaign, headed by Harold
;' Gage, will-open at a kick-off dinner on October 14.
Mrs. Donald Leidheiser is chairman of the budget
committee.
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; ■• The budget this year is $4,205 higher than last year's
. goal :. ...'. but ".4,000 less than the drive brought in.
i Overages were paid to all participating agencies last
/year, and the rest of the $8,000 backlog . . . and then
some . . . has been put to use during the year to aid
■Saline Community. Hospital  ($6,528 'for furniture and
- equipment for the- office addition); the Saline Library
(S2,080 for interest on the purchase principal, plus
rent on Jhe former building until the. library could
move) and ... as late as two weeks ago . . . $500 to
the Red Cross as Saline's contribution to the nationwide drive for relief for victims of Hurricane Camille.
The coming year's budget includes $9,450 which will
make the final payment on purchase of the library
building, plus interest. The library, which last year also
(received $1,000 for books and other items, this year
requested . . . and received in the budget . . . only $500
tor that purpose.
Other local agencies in the 1969-70 budget, all of which
were allotted the amounts they asked for: Saline Recreation, $4,000, up $500 from last year; Saline Social
Services, $850, up $500 from" last year; Saline Boy
Scouts, $250, up $125; Saline Cub Scouts, $250, up $50;
and Saline Girl Scouts, $150, unchanged.
'■ Local agencies account for $6,000 of the total bud-
- get, not counting the.building payment for the library.
Three area agencies are marked in the budget for the
same amounts they requested and received last year:
Salvation Army, $1,250;, Huron Valley Child Guidance
Clinic, $300; and the Cystic Fibrosis fund, $1,200.
Others, all of which are slated for raises this year,
are the Red Cross, to receive $4,802; Michigan United
Fund, $4,026; Portage Trails Boy Scout Council, $3,300;
Huron Valley Girl Scout Council, $3,200; Washtenaw
Society for Retarded Children, $1,000; Children's Aid
Society,  $2,500;   and  Catholic Social ^Services,  $1,000.
The total for non-local agencies is $22,578.
Mrs. Robert Dobson will serve as chairman of the
kick-off dinner. The Rev. Merle Meeden is president of
the United Fund board.
Millage Proposals
"Fall Flat" Here
The county millage proposals on Tuesday's ballot
"both fell flat" here; a local official noted today.
So did the voter turn-out, one of the lightest Saline
has ever seen. Only 246 people went to the polls of a total
of 1,978 registered in the city.
The one-mill proposal for "justice" was slapped down
by 189 "no" votes to only 54 "yes", more than three to
one. It fared little better in the rest of the county: defeated by a three to one margin countywide, it was
mashed by 10 to one in some rural precincts, one of
which gave it no "yes" votes at all. The county total:
8980 "no"; 2978 "yes".
The quarter-mill proposal for acquisition of future
park land also failed but by a closer margin. Salinians
voted 138 "lib" and 104 "yes". Countywide, it was defeated by 6875 "no" to 5052 "yes".
Jan Thill, 17, a Saline High senior, and daughter of
the Harry Thills of Canterbury Dr., was crowned
"Miss Saline" in a ceremony sponsored by the Jaycees
at'the Fairgrounds Thursday. __
Jan has livedan Saline for only- two. years, hut»sheV
has been active in school goings-on since she came and
has acquired friends by the dozens. Last year, she served
on Student Council and in the Pep Club. This year she
plans to join the Future Teachers' Association and will
cadet-teach in other Saline schools, all part of her plan
to become a physical education teacher. She expects to
attend Eastern Michigan University; she "goes steady"
with BiCk MacPhee who is now an EMU freshman.
, (It was Rick to whom Jan went immediately after
descending from the stage, to garner a kiss Of congratulation.)
Her favorite hobby "outside of school", is boating; the
family has a motor cruiser that has accounted for many
pleasant trips on Lake Erie and in Canadian waters.
The official crowning rites in the amphitheater at
the Fairgrounds was one of the snappiest, fastest-paced
rituals in the history of the Miss Saline contest. Part of
the credit for this goes to Jack Kelley, who did the
honors as emcee . . .' and part must undoubtedly go
to the weatherman, who threatened havoc and destruction to the beauties' gowns and hair-do's. The misty
sprinkle added to the suspense of the ceremony, but
never did become a downpour.
Panorama of Pets
Hornets to Ope
"We're satisfied," said Coach Clem Corona after last
Saturday's three-way scrimmage with Blissfield and
Hillsdale at Blissfield.
But in preparation for the Hornet grid squad's first
game, the season-opener this Friday against Vandercook Lake, Corona planned this week to add still "a
few more plays" to the already-bulging team play-
book. "We need to work on downfield blocking, too,"
he added.
Corona singled out three linemen . . . Tom Laskey,
Bill Ray, and Bob Fischer . . .as "showing improvement", and then he quickly added, "Well, they're all
coming along."
, In the scrimmage session at Blissfield, each team was
allotted 20 plays, and, starting at their own 20-yard
line, they ran those 20 plays regardless of interceptions, fumbles or touchdowns. ...
■Saline started on defense, taking on the Blissfield
attack. The Royals pushed hard and finally gained the
first tally of the scrimmage.      ' '-_-'.'
Next, the Hornets took the offense, against Hillsdale.
The Salinians were unable to move the ball consistently.
'Saline then went back to -a defensive assignment,
this time against Hillsdale . . . and.during this group
of plays, Wes Gall showed why many successful football players have long arms. He downed a number of
Hillsdale runners with little or no gains. Jerry Hill,
climaxed the Hornets' defensive stand with a pass
interception. '
The ball then went to the Hornet 20-yard line for
another try - at offense . . . and now things began -to
click. Keith Smith saw a lot of action in this part of
the scrimmage, and he demonstrated why he is a prime
contender for-a starting halfback assignment, with his
quick corners and dodging. Donny Craigmile again
banged, wedged and waded his way around, over and
through opposing tacklers to, help bring the ball to the
Blissfield 18-yard line. Quarterback Tom O'Sullivah then x
spotted tall End Tom Laskey on the 5-yard line, ahd
got away a rather wobbly pass to him just before being
dropped by a Blissfield tackier. Laskey snagged the
pass and was stopped just one foot short of the goal
line. Craigmile got the honor of putting the ball across
the line pn the next play. Later in this same series,
O'Sullivah connected with another pass, for long yardage, this time to Halfback Jerry Hill.
Saline again got charge of, the ball in the next series
of plays. This time the second team, quarterbacked by -
JV signal-caller Pete Slepsky, went to the scoreboard
via the air route. Slepsky found Tim 'Davis alone in the
middle of the field and hit him with a pass good for
a touchdown. The play covered 70 yards.
Again the Hornets switched to defense, and again
it was Gall who led the team in cooling the Blissfield
attack, with play after play being stopped with little
or no gain. Tom Laskey showed that he, too, could reach .
far enough to pay as he batted a Blissfield pass to the
ground from very close range. 7
Once again on offense, the Hornets began making their
professional style plays work for yardage and points
against the Hillsdale gang. Highlights were Davis' 31-
yard ramble which, ending on the 3, was converted
to points by Craigmile. Davis scored, himself, from the
5, after another sustained drive.
To end the action, the second group of Hornets came
in to take on Blissfield in a series on defense and theii
on offense. Two touchdown passes . . . one of 20 yards
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WITH THE IMPERTURBABLE   GRANDEUR of
a "Marmaduke", the Milton Stemen family's Great Dane,
"Darton", holds his pose during the pet* show, while
Stephanie uses him for a pony, and young Timothy gets
a lift from his father.
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(More pet show pictures and other Fair photos will be
found through this issue.)       *       *
EDUCATION ENTRIES WIN HONORS       '
Saline Storybook Gardens Nursery School was the
winner of the blue ribbon in the "early elementary" division of educational exhibits at .the Fair" Other winners
were classes taught by,Jan Schnierle", Jane Kirby, and
Jean Fick, all in "later elementary"; and a class taught
by Maxine Ross, for "grades 7 and above".        .*'."..
READY FOR THE 'FRAY, in the season-opener
against Vandercook Lake, are these muscular members
of the Hornet varsity football team for .'69:
Bill Ray, Bill Layher, Gary Ernst, Capt. Wes Gall, Bob
Fischer, Roger Lossing, Daryel Wisely;   (second row) •
Phil Burkhart, Steve Hoeft, Tim Davis, Vic Cook, Shelby Poe, Joe Mallory, Dan Fett:, Roger Smead; (third
row) Ed Charlton, manager, Mike Campbell, Karl Jano-
vits, Keith Smith, George Cogar, Gary Marion, Tom
Laskey, Tom O'Sullivan, Jeff Feldkamp, manager; (in
fourth row) Steve Burkett, Gary Skinner, Don Girbach,
Lee Seitz, Bruce Morton, Jerry Hill, Don Craigmile,
Dave Frey, manager; (in back row) Bill Charlton, manager, Bill Taylor, Mervih Ward, Clem Corona, Robert
Tallman, (coaches).