1967-03-22; Saline Reporter

              VOLUME 18, NUMBER 28 -- Wednesday, March 22, 1967
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CITY VALUATION
MILLION
State Orders Woodside
To Close; 79 Families
Must Re-loeaie Trailers
caSIf IsST SSgS Mobile Homes Are Homeless:
Ave., is to be closed by order by Alice Bingner
' of the State Health Depart- Within the next 30 days, 79 families who now live in
ment, and 79 families must Woodside Trailer Park will be thrown into the housing mar-
relocate by April 30. ket. They are being evicted, the park closed by the health
The Health Department department,
cited faulty wiring, faulty The problems of these families go beyond simply look-
sewage disposal, and a faulty ing for a place tc live .. which in ltself almost defies soiu.    w)0   VXiTERS A-GO-GO: Taxi service for school voters
water system in the closing tion here The web q£ complications is ^o^ endless. Jis promised by the Schools Advisory Council, with the
order, according to Mrs. Jorni Thege peQple Qvm ±heiT Qwn trailerS) for one thing) or ^ bevy of competent drivers above, Audrey Vander Yacht,
h£^'n£na'~T th p  trXr they are making payments of about $100 a month on them.      Dottie Crim, Ruth Vila, and Woodie Merchant. Anyone
park.' S (In addition they pay $35 a month for a place to set them,      needing transportation to the polls Monday may call the
The owner, Ernest Rums- $1 f°r each child in school tax each" month, electricity pay-
ley of Lincoln Park, received ments, insurance.) If they could live indefinitely in them at
notice of the required closing Woodside, as they had hoped when they moved in, this would
at the end of February, after be like buying, a home , . . .an investment in a place to live.
a hearing on February 13, However, with their eviction on April 30, they will find
"Mrs, Brown said. But the re- it was not like buying a home at all. Their trailers have de-
sidents, all of whom own or preciated drastically, no matter how nicely they've taken
are buying their own trailers, care of ^^ A house today may gQ up fa yalue; it may pos.
sibly stay the same, but it never reaches a point where next
Board of Review Hears
42 Taxpayer Appeals
Saline's assessed and equa- its  appeal hearings  Monday the city,  the assessor said;
lized   valuation   is   now   ap- and will meet Friday night no one area was particularly
proximately $27,500,000 ... to begin its determinations,    represented. About 20 of the
a rise of about $12.5 million      Only 42 appeals came be- appeals were made in person
from last year's. fore the Board this year, ei- to the Board, Monday.
Most of the increase is rep- ther in writing or in person,      Even if   all   the   appeals
resented by the now-complet- a s   compared   with   98   last were granted,  the valuation
ed Ford plant, plus new resi- year. Of the 42, one was in- figure would not be substan-
dential construction. dustrial, three commercial, tially changed, he said.
The figure will not be com- eight  on  personal property,      The  Board  will, meet   in
plete until the Board of Re- and  the  remainder  residen- closed session Friday and as
view completes  its delibera- tial. The appeals on residenc- often after that as necessary
tions;   the  Board  completed es were scattered throughout to complete its work.
       The" city's   valuation   last
number on the cab: 429-7420.
only received eviction notices
last Thursday.
The owner has spent "over
$10,000" on wiring this winter, in an effort to comply
with state requirements, and
new utility poles have been
installed, Mrs. Brown said.
But it was impossible to get
construction crews for other
work because of the weather,
she added.
The manager and the owner will apply to the state for
an extension of time on the
closing order, Mrs. Brown
said.
Mrs. Brown said she knew
of  no  vacancies   in other
parks in the area ... in any
case, most parks require an
, occupant   to   buy   a   trailer
'■^gjfcthere. Nearby frailer pafkV,"
^Pone   in  Lodi Township   and
one on US-12 closer to Ypsilanti, have few, if any, vacancies. Another,- now in construction in the Ypsilanti area, is not expected to open
until May or June.
Before Rumsley became
the owner of the park, several years ago, it was oper-
HS Band Gets its First
'Second
ik /ears
CAR CRASH
FATAL TO
SALINE MAN   -
A Saline man died just before midnight Monday as a
result of injuries received in day, at. the Rural Activities
Members Sweep
Horse Judging
-  Saline   youngsters   topped
both   classes   in   4-H   horse "•   " m
judging   competition   Satur- CoilIlClL ReVlCW
year was $15,079,800. In 1965
the equalized figure was $11,-
534,352, which is considerably less than half the present amount.
Saline High School Band, disciplined band . . . This is
which has won "first divi- a good big band with a bas-
sion" ratings at every State ically solid band sound . . .
a one-car accident early Saturday morning.
Lauren Finkbeiner,  49,  of
Center on Saline-Ann Arbor t» -i  t» •
Rd. Board Receive
The contests were the cul-
12695 Case Rd., was travel- mination of seven weeks of I^X PetitiOIlS
ing south on Case Rd., Clin- judging   activity   in   local
Festival since 1961, this year Overall tutti sound often is ton state Police saMj when groups in Washtenaw Coun-      City council Monday night
didn't.   Instead,   the   group quite mature . . . Outstand- his car ran off the roa4 and ty, conducted by Mrs. Alice received three advisory peti-
came home with a    second,   ing briefing system for read- struek a utmty pole at 1;37 Gougeon, a prominent horse- tionSj j^ t^ Board of Re_
. . . which means "excellent     mg . . .                                        a m   state Police took him woman- from Plymouth.           view  ^q  received   a   docu-
Said David Wolter,  direer     The  "first"  rating  stands to St. Joseph Mercy Hosoi- With 24 young people par- ment, asking for changes in
tor:   "It was  a combination for "superior".                           tal, Ann Arbor, where he died ticipating  in  final  elimina- assessment procedures and a
of factors, including our con-   " "Obviously,  we can  look Monday. tions,  trophy winner in the review of city assessments,
fidence in another first divi- forward  to having these     He was  born  January  7, senior   group  was  Linda      MArp<wA tn .WmhPr* of
sion, that led to this year's younger players in our High i9i8   in Saline Township,  a UoY^ daughter of Mr. and thfiSfRftaL afvZi^' n
rating.   The   only   solace is School Band next year," said son  of William  and Lillian Mrs.  Douglas Lloyd of 386 S  ffs?Sto4
that this has brought about Wolter.                                        Alber Finkbeiner. On Febru- Hollywood Dr. She is a mem- P™" .^-Sto
.    a  much  healthier   rehearsal '    Judges'   comments  on the ary 14,1942, he married Dor- ber of Tens  and Teens 4-H aiKeQ
atmosphere since the Festi- High School Band included: is M. Klein in Saline Town- Club,
val."                                        ;    "Fine   appearing   band, well ship. He was a member of First alternate in the sen-                   present tax assess-
He  added:   "The   ratings,  organized opening, fine over- St. James United Church of ">r group was Diana Holden, ments„ j^^g city
however, are in reality only,a  all band sound. Many fine in- Christ. of Ann Arbor; second alter-           .    ^j*,-™,,   ™„rf,„^  w
secondary goal to the experK-dividual musicians. Good in-     He is survived--by his Wife; "ate, Denise Stowe Manches- ^J^^^^J^F^ 57
^«cntiersm~aval^
total of four ■ rector at all times."-               U.S. Marines stationed in Willis;  and  fourth, Diane sessor ,s office; be.made elec-
Rowe, Belleville. tive, ask for an appraiser to
a resolution to employ independent tax appraisers to re-
perform for a
acknowledged expert band di-  = :—-'
rectors-" '  -    FORD PLANT
But the Junior High Band, . ^-r-rr-ir><
directed   by  Malcolm   Dan- JLAY-Urrb
forth, held the fort and maintained  its  own tradition  of-^]?i'{
firsts". The younger group
to   nothing  can   be  realized and beyond," Jim Wage said, received straight   ones" from      Lay-offs  at the Ford Sa-
from its sale. This does hap-  »Somp pennle are ™ n v i n -a      „four ^udSes> Saturday.        line plant now total 90, and
ated fo7 a "number tf vears Pen to house trailers. theirs  as  far  as  Clinton  in „. Cements from judges on other Ford plants in the ar-
bylla'roWzX'of infix* So naturally the people in orde? "find a" r2?£u5 g? fe^S^^ £ lar^ tmbers^^16
bor. It was constructed about Woodside want to take their they can get them into, but ^ it SiectfexceuSfteach ™f ., J lc.™ * cWf
20 years ago. Its residents trailers with them. "The only I've worked for 14 years at :„„ JSS obvlouslv defi" M>St T ^JL+ tlZ
include students, young fam- way we can get our money's Willow Run. I hate to drive Sted^orK>?tiie^rt^i T^tt\Z?J^IL ^
ilies with Pre'schoof and worth out of them is to use that much further to work, ^Ldenfs °n ^ g ££^S&l£? pS
school-age children (it is in them until they are paid for        (Continued on Page 3)        an excellent manner " - y' p
the Saline school district), elderly retired couples, and several who have lived there
from 10 to 15 years.
New Dairy Princess Crowned
California, and Dale Lauren,  ,  -+   +    - *-   «,
at home; his mother; and The senior winners will represent Taxpayers; -at me
four sisters, Mrs. Robert take part in a state contest Board of Review hearings,
(Louetta) Dieierle, Mrs. on Saturday, April 1, at Mi- and suggest placing the city
Glenn (Sylvia) Weber, Mrs. chigan State University^ ' assessor's office under the
David (Doris) Gordon and All the top junior winners control °f a commission.
Mrs. Robert (Violet) Harri- (age 13 and Under) were The. first contained signa-
son, all of Saline. His father from Saline. The trophy went tures of 73- Sahne residents;
preceded him in death in Jan- to Bonnie'-Feldkamp, daugh- 75 residents had signed the
uary of this year. ter  of Mr. iand Mrs.  Lloyd second;   and the third  bore
Funeral services will be at Feldkamp and a new member signatures-of 57 residents of
2 p;m. Thursday from the of the Tens-and Teens 4-H the city. None were initiatory
Bahnmiller Funeral Home. Club. petitions.
The Rev. Armin H. Bizer will First alternate was Bonnie '^The city is happy to get
officiate, and burial will ^P-Beach, daughter of'Mr. and advisory petitions at any
in Oakwood Cemetery. Mrs. Farrell'Beach, and sec- time," said City Attorney Al-
M e m o r i ai contributions ond alternate was Linda Rus- Ian Grossman. "They are val-
m a y   be   made ..to   the   St. sell;i*daughter of the Robert uable because they let Coun-
School Meet
Snowed Out;
Four Attend
. well-'has maintained partial operation on Fridays, but about jamgg  church  memorial Rus'sells; Both are members cil know the trend of public
700   of  its 1,000   employees fund or i±e wranglers 4-H Club, opinion."
are   affected by the   short  : ■— : ,	
week. An additional 50 were
laid off last Friday.
Elsewhere in the area, 175  V%ff\r\B.V    r\T    TW\t*    IVSIIILT    I  in&C    m    IVtarSf^Ti
Most of the Milk Goes to Market;
Two .Saline .4-H members     There were 417 persons at- for 40 minutes" as the. prin-     „_  , _._
were among those receiving tending the banquet, put on cipal entertainer. Guest con- m0re were idle at the Raw-
awards at the Dairy Banquet by the Sahne freshman class, eluded with  one of his fa- sonville General Parts Divi- *% I I     k    i,||       A^ II
held  at Saline High  School Mrs. Lee Murray of the Am- ther's popular poems, saying sion piant, bringing the total VsM!M£t    B    fSfsA    IXAlll/    NrJlWC   UrtHfl^
this week, and Cynthia Nie- erican   Dairy   Association if he were to leave one cen- t0 355. 236 were off at the <J>wlIH&    k.\JVCll    iTllllS    ^10/9    I    tSJUlKs*  ■   ■   a
An untimely   snow   storm S&r the^unt^^ ^^ fve, a. short talk, .according tral thought he would Uke it Ypsiianti   plant,   which was
J cess lor tne county. to chairman Arthur Lutz.      to be that "It Takes a Heap onry one-third in operation;
Monday night may have been
responsible for the almost
non-existent audience ]at a
public meeting on the proposed school building program.
Cynthia is the daughter of     Bud Guest, of radio station °' Living to Make a House
Mr. and Mrs. John Niehaus WJR,   "kept  them  laughing a Home."
of Fletcher Rd.,-Chelsea. The *     *     *
runners-up in the contest
were Judy McCalla, daughter
Besides the  School Board fJMJ^1*™ ^cCallas of
and Advisory Council mem-
Ann Arbor,  and Barbara
bers   four souls braved the Kemner' dau^hter of the Ber-
Ders, iour souls braved tne nard Kemners of Manchester.
The   girls   will  receive
blizzard  to obtain  information on school needs and pro-
awards of $25, $15 and $10,
audience of six without the count^ baniks,'incluaiii the
%^& b^ZZaTd;- ♦ -^      <.   Citizens Bank and the\Saline
Sahne school district vot- Savings Bank |
ers Monday will decide on a      Sniriev Finkbeiner   of Sa-
"T,^ sc^001 and T award and Philip Gordon, of **
modehng   of other   schools, Saline, won the efficient Wilk
and ... m a separate propo- production award in mH^
l^o1^'/ * bo"d+ls?ue of years-and-under class oflout-
$580,000 for a natatorium. ^tanding 4.H dairy workers.
The polls will be open at County dair^ medal X^
the Junior High School, m ^^ers Were Vicki Savis,
the center of Saline, from 7 Mandiester; Bernard Herrst,
a.m. to 8 pm. Monday. Free Chelsea; Linda Maeotnber,
taxi service and baby-sitting Anri'Arbor; and SherrijRan-
for voters have been offered dajj  Manchester. /
by the School Advisory Coun-      County dairy'food/medal!'  .
cil;   persons   needing  either winners   were   Janef "Diuble
are asked to call 429-7420.      axi6i Wendy Wiedmiyer, both *
High School girls will also of Ann Arbor.      /'
(Wi^abysit  at  the  polls  while     The Brown Swi?s breeders' ^-l
\WI:.arents vote. award went to Arthur Feld-
'f ' The population explosion kamp 0f Manchestlr. County
in Saline schools will increase Holstein boy selected was
the number of high school Ronald Mast, Dextfe and the
students to 1,200 by 1975; county Holstein gM named
* the present High School ac- was Marjorie Spikl of Man-
commodates only 600. If the Chester. ja  '.
bond issue for a new build- Michigan Milk Producers'
ing is approved Monday, the -marketing tour av|ird' went
riew school could be ready for to Roger Wiedmayer, Ann
occupancy by  September of Arbor,  and the delegate to
5 SHS Speakers
Will Compete
4
m
%
  _ The National Farmers Or- "At   the  present--time,,  the      "They  aren't   raising  the
and 51 were laid off at Ply- ganization (NFO) - Michigan NFO stresses no violence at price of bottled milk," ,Gir-
mouth Milk Producers Association the national leVeL" . /     bach said.   "In  fact,   th"te
Ford officials said they do (MMPA) feud is not some- The Rogers brothers, how- would be lowering it. We geA;
not know how long the short thing that is "happening to ever, dumped 17,000 pounds $6.10 pgr Imntodriow and
work-week wia be in effect, the other fellow" . ... it has of milk to back up the NFO they want $6:05.. They refer
and lay-offs were for an in- the full attention of every holding action. This means" to raising-the price of milk
definite time The idled em-.farmer in the Saline area. • three shipments thus far used for manufacturing but-
ployees are those with- low Last Sunday night a meet- "went down the'drain" for ter and cheese*, etc."
seniority. ing was called by the NFO the partnership. Girbach's ma.i.n  concern,
for this district, at "the >   Chairman  of the-Saline however, -is&ior -the adverse
Charles Hayes home. The bu- chapter of MMPA, which has image -of farmers caused by
siness   of  the  meeting .was 117 members, is Lloyd Fink- the   dispute. ,"It  will hurt
apparently to ask local milk beiner, who was present "as sales, hurtjbusiness, hurt far-
Jiaulers not to haul milk be- a guest,,  at Sunday's meet- mers   in   general. We spend
^.-   cause bf the efforts of NFO  ing.  He  emphasized:   "Our thousands to give" the public
Five   Saline   High   School. t0 hold it for higher prices, milk is going to go. I belong a good image of us, and then
students won top honors -in. not be reached they see pictures of someone
the district forensics contest .. "-^^ could not be reaenea nourine arsenic into milk or
m^doa   anr, will f°r comment on the meeting.        ^- j^rK &* A pouring aibenii, iulo huik ol
Chelsea, and will Qfher mQ mea^rs who at.       ^^^y^^ a ^°m^ ^"F / ba hi" f
tended. o f I e r e d   "ho com-        ^ST ffl^^» "?llk tank. What do you think
ment". It appeared -to guests L.^Kl %*■* does to the image andjo -
^ * i-JS""^^"^ the sales? It's too bad. The
whole thing is just too bad."
Girbaeh was elected Tuesday at the annual MMPA
meeting as a director of the
state organization, an office
he held 10 years previously.
The NFO drive to keep milk
Haulers,   however,   indicated.     .     Iff     W-^MM"®^   '•    off the mar:ket fe beinS attempted for two purposes...to win a
tomers   who have   contracts •     v^-^Mj^^^^^i contract boosting  milk prices,
a n d' to  set up  a nation-wide
"super pool" based in Wiscon-
the  MMPA   because  we sin; with milk prices keyed ac-
Tuesday, in ^^a,
enter  the regional  competition in Battle Creek on Ap-
•i   -i ty.
The  winners,   students   of  (members'of'the MMPA who
Mary Sue Wahl, are Robert were  taken-to  the meeting
Dieterle,   who  won  first  in by some, of the haulers-, to
original oratory in the dis- back them up") that the pur-
trict   meet;   Noreen   Ferris, Pose °f the meeting was to
second in declamation; Beth °5er haulers more money if
Volz, second in humorous they would cooperate by rereading;   Marjorie   Quick, ^sine to haul at this time,
firs't   in."-^extemporaneous _,,_,__       ,       . _,    ,
speaking, girls' division; and that they have steady cus
Greg" Leidleiser,   second  in tomers   who have   contract'
extemporaneous speaking^ in to be met, and they intend   .
the hoys' di^Tsion.       '■'--■ ■"■'■    \° continue hauhng milk for
  them. -.     to
1969.
the MMP 4-H dairif confer-
Operational millage wilT be ence chosen was PhJip Spike
yoted in June^
pf Manchester.
Dairy Princess for '67, named at the banquet at-Sa^
line High School this week, is Cynthia Niehaus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Niehaus of Chelsea. She is pictured with last year's Princess (right), Iiinda Mast, the
daughter of the Carl Masts of Dexter. The banquet, at
which Bud Guest of radio station WJR entertained, was
attended by 417 persons. Two Saline 4-H members received awards for outstanding dairy work.    »
BOY SCOUTS SPEND MMPA director Ernie C-ir- have a guaranteed market for cording to their distance from
WEEKEND A* CAMP bach said, 'Tf the haulers had pur milk, and we-'won't go^the   center.   The^ latter  would
Thirty-five boys and seven refused to pick up the milk, back on-our, contracts."        -"make •it. unpractical for distri-
leaders of Boy Scout Troop any MMPA member  could      One  haulerT was - picketed-butors? to.-stup mOk-from one *
446   spent   the   weekend   at have their own trucks . haul-la s t   Saturday,   Finkbeiner area'to another to force prices .
Camp NewMrk, leaving Fri- it, and that's what we would said, but  "they let him  go down, the NFO believes,
day night and returning: have done. However, our without  trouble".   Then  the.  Although the .center   of the
home Sunday morning. :, hauler, John Marion, agrees Sunday meeting occurred.'       NFO\ holding action is in the
Their activities included aj to .continuehauling, and      "It looks good," Ken Ro- "Wisconsin - Minnesota area,
five-mile hike, stalking and? there, has been no' trouble."    gers said of the NFO action. Michigan farmers have joined
trailingy a map-and compass!    Kerf Rogers, who with his "At least in other states I the   effort...including   some   in
course,  and star study. All brother Duane has a dairy think it will have'the-effect Washtenaw County,
poking-was tionfe outdoors* we want."- (Continued on Page 3).