1967-05-03; Saline Reporter

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VOLUME 18, NUMBER 34 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 3,1967
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Petitioners Seek
Change ol Zoning
For Michigan Ave.
Consternation
Owners of property on the
north side of E. Michigan
Ave. have petitioned the city
to' rezone 10 lots from commercial t o R-2, residential
two-family zoning. .
The petition, which carries
10 signatures, covers the entire block from Davenport to
City to Operate
Pick-up Service
For Rubbish
The city will operate its
own garbage and rubbish collection service, probably beginning about July 1.
After study of the possibilities and bids submitted by
individuals, Council this week
rejected all bids. Details of
the city operation are not
completed, said Administrator Mike Strait, but the city
will "try back yard pick-up
and see if it can work out."
In other action Monday,
Council tabled the proposed
restaurant ordinance until
May 15, and "will invite County Health Department Engineer Joe Price to attend the
meeting then, to give suggestions and information. The
ordinance, if passed, will be
policed by the County Health
Department, as are regulations in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti.
Council also instructed the
city attorney to prepare an
< amendment;, to the ordinance
I which now forbids maintenance of any farm animals inside the-- city -limits.—The
change was sought by High
School agriculture instructor
Aton Ealy so that vo-ag students could keep livestock at
the school's farm for educational purposes.
A request from Gottlob
Walker, to lease several parking spaces for his employees,
was denied by Council because there would be no way
to prevent the public from
using the spaces and policing
would be complicated. It was
also felt that such an action
would set a precedent that
might create a demand for
leased spaces that the city
could not provide.
Saline will join the Southeast Council of Governments,
an organization of over 100
governmental units — counties, cities, and school districts in southeast Michigan.
Maple streets, except for the
site of Bahnmiller Funeral
Home.
Council received the petition Monday and referred it
to the Planning Commission
for review and recommendation.
Reasons given by the petitioners for the proposed zoning change are:
"There is already too much
commercial zoning in Saline
in proportion to the available
land area."
"The zoning of this property is strip zoning which is
an inefficient and wasteful
way of using land."
"This is one of the major
entrances to Saline, all of the
property being located on Michigan Ave., and one of the
most attractive, yet, a single
additional break in the residential pattern of this block
might effectively destroy its
residential usefulness, and is
a threat to further improvements of the homes by the
residents."
"Saline already has sufficient tax base in relation to
population as a result*of the
Ford plant development and
does not need to force additional areas into higher uses
for that purpose."
SCHOOL CONTRACT TALK
TO START THURSDAY
:J:. Negotiators for the school
fdistrict and the Saline Education Association will meet
^Thursday to begin talks on
ithe teacher contracts for the
=,1967-68 school year.
/*. Acting for the Board of
^Education are Gerald Coe,
.'chairman of the team; Elaine  •  The SaUne   Area   School
feiserman, ^^^^l District's   tax  base for  the
dent Harold Hintz. SEA's  „ . „„„„ .„ „0«„„+^, „+
team is headed by Alton Ealy, with George Bonich
City Accounts for Entire
Rise; Township Sections
Of District Show Drop
and-
Jay Starkey.
With a minimum of confusion as to which was"
which (the parents knew, but the photographer still
doesn't), twins were baptized at Faith Lutheran Church,
recently. Shown here, with the Rev. Herbert Reed, are
Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher, of 204 Tower Dr., and their
twin daughters, Sandra and Jean ... or Jean and Sandra, as the case may he.
Dr. Augenstein
^To be Speaker
At Graduation
coming year is estimated at
$49,995,000, with some township valuations not yet available . . . but it won't go over
850,000,000, according to
Howard Thayer, deputy superintendent of the Intermediate School District.
The new figure is close to
S12.5 million higher than last
year's district valuation, $37-
532,243 . . . and virtually all
of the increase is accounted
for by the City of Saline. The
city's valuation also shot up
$12.5 million this year, largely due to the completion of
is $4,253,500. The lower valuation is due to the fact that
recent tax legislation removed personal property on
farms from the tax rolls, explained Thayer.
York Township's valuation
is up about $200,000, in the
area within the Saline School
District. Valuation there is
now $2,872,115. Freedom
Township also shows an overall increase, but in this district only about $30,000 more
... to this year's figure of
$327,363.
New valuation figures are
not yet available for Lodi,
Bridgewater, o r Pittsfield
townships, but Thayer estimated that the three would
produce an increase of about
$600,000 for this school district. Their equalized valuations last year were $6,242,-
474 for Lodi; $1,209,858 for
Bridgewater; and $7,459,981
in Pittsfield.
Interpretation
Disney Films
To be Shown
Here May 13
Three of Walt Disney's
most popular short movies
will be shown here on Saturday, May 13, in a Film Festival "for children of all ages".
All in color, the films are
"Peter and the Wolf", and"
two nature studies, "Beaver
Valley" and "Nature's Half
Acre". Four separate performances are scheduled, each
totaling 80 minutes, at 10:30
a.m. and 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30
p.m.
Tickets, 25c for children
and 50c for adults, will be
available at the door, at the
Junior High School gymnasium (the former Intermediate
I School, in the center of Saline).
■Sponsoring the Film Festival is a one-year-old organization,   "Your Own Santa",
_&  non-profit  charity  which,
arranges "special" visits by
Santa on Christmas Eve and
also   prepares   food   baskets
k- for the needy.
.      Incorporated in 1966,
Y.O.S.  is  now planning  its
. second Christmas project . . .
but the first,  in 1966,  "resulted in indebtedness which
•this film festival will help to
eliminate".
President of Y.O.S. is Robert Beauchamp, of Saline.
Other members of the board
are Thomas Mbceri, George
Marti, and the Rev.. Armin
C. Bizer, all of Ann Arbor.
The group gave 200 children
a happier Christmas in 1966.
STRAHLEY
BUYS OUT
A & M €0.
A,,& .M.Chevrolet.Co: has
been purchased by -Bart
Strahley, former president of
Jackson Chrysler - Plymouth,
and the Saline firm has been
re-named "Strahley Chevrolet Co."
The change went into effect Monday. No changes in
personnel are contemplated,
and no extensions or additions are in prospect at this
time, Strahley said. The company no longer has an Olds-
mobile franchise but it will
carry the full line of Chevrolet passenger cars and trucks.
A grand opening will be
scheduled in the near future,
the new owner said.
A&M Chevrolet Co. in the
past has handled about 450
new cars (including trucks)
a year, Strahley said. The
firm, located at 7895 E." Michigan Ave., now has 22 employees.
Strahley was employed as
district manager for Oldsmo-
bile at the time when Art
Moehn was a part owner of
A & M. Moehn now has the
Chevrolet dealership in Jackson.
Strahley expects to move
to Saline in about two weeks
with his wife,"Helen, and two
sons, aged 14 and 6.
Rural   sections  of the
school district show very lit-
one that is almost entirely
within the Saline School District, dropped by more than
a third of a million dollars.
Last year's valuation there
was $4,617,015. This year, it
Professor Leroy G. Augenstein, chairman of the department of biophysics at
Michigan State University,
will be the speaker at com-
- mencement exercises here on the Ford plant.
June 14.
» r?L ^f T^i 5%™ ^ increase in valuation, and
*\$^\S^£ &5? valine: Township, the only
.< -ary. He delivers about 120
public lectures and sermons
each year, On various aspects
of science. He is a research
specialist for the: MSU "Great
issues" TV. series.
?' In ^ January, this year, he _■_:,   1 . ._._.      ..
was elected »for m eight-year MlClilgan   Week :
term  on the Michigan; State  .,_-       .^_.     .    , ,,
-Board-.of -Education. • Day Chairmen
m -..llsyTfrom. the University AnnOUnCed   Here
•of Chicago, and his master's .   .
in 1954 andPhD in 1956 from ,. fay chairmen' for Sa-
the University of Illinois line's observance of Michigan
From 1951 to 1956 he worked Week were announced this
in the .control systems labs wfeek by George Newton, one
at the'Universlty of Illinois..of the-three general co-chair-
He was employed at Brook- men for the week. -
•Kaven   National   Laboratory ,>Gom*lum#V P.ri ^  Dayi
'   ""     - '"•-"" "in 4956 5S and' 1960-62   and May 20' wjU be m charge of
.    Members_of;jheJMfe*wUsjyS;^^ SHS&Sfedsfeja&^JK-Administrator, Mike
will take part in a special Sunday evening-servicev. in- , • Ehefev Cohimi§slbrf -1958^60   Strait.   The   Rev,   Lawrence
< Hewas science coordinator 9°*f' Presbyterian pastor
for the U.S. Science Exhibit ™& be chairman for^Spmtual
at the. Seattle World's .Fair gay on Sunday of Michigp
in 1961 Week, and the general chair-
4'"He is- a member of the men, Newton, David Cobb,
Biophysics Society, Radiation and Leroy King will make
Research Society, American the. arrangements for Gov-
Association'for the.Ad'vance- ernment Day. ..
ment of Science, and Sigma J>**™ ™£ exchange erty
Xi' a science honorarv ' °fficials with the community
?Dr. Au^tS^edrtor f Hudson. Mayor George
for the m-oceedines of two Johnson and Councilmen
SternSiofa^ymposia SS Glenn Clark and their wives
"Biological Effects of ■Radiation", co-editor with R.' Mason and M. ZeUe, of review
"Advances   in  Radia-
Woodside Gets Stay,
Change of Management
terpreting songs dealing with the life of Christ. .Also
participating in the service will be Douglas Brown, of"
Dearborn Woods Presbyterian Church, and three guitarists and a flutist. (See story on page 3.) Choir members
above are Carol Kraushaar, Janet and Wendy Livingstone, Alice Crisovan, and Anita Larson. ;
Everybody Wants
To Lend a Hand
An enthusiastic reception dren in need."
and lots of volunteers have "in order to facilitate this series
marked the new Helping effort", application forms tion,Biology", and author pf
Hand program here, and have been mailed to all homes oyer 50 articles in profeS-
there are now. approximately where the Helping Hand is sional journals and lO'.arti-
120 blue and white placards displayed; participants are cles on science and ethics in
in homes throughout the city, asked to fill them out and popular publications.
Even Lodi Estates is cov- return them as" soon as pos-
ered, at the request of the sible.
residents there. A new set of by-laws, to
Helping Hand placards.guide the helpers, was also
have also been placed at the sent out. Police have suggest-
Carlton Shell Service station ed that they be contacted
and the Saline Cab Co., be- whenever any child seeks aid .
cause both establishments from a Helping Hand, no ,
operate two-way radio with matter what the reason. In-
which they could contact po- structions to the participants
lice quickly if needed. Sev- follow:
eral  of  the  Helping Hand      L Make'formal application
stating full name, address,
telephone number, and date
of birth. -
tv,q n,„j    d   „„„ ™„ji„„      2. Remove sign from win-.
2£ t2ftn£ ^TSfS- dow when awaf from home  ,
a whole day.
3. Signs are NOT to be
transferred to another person or another home.
4. Signs are to be turned in
when leaving home for an
extended period of more than
homes are those of mothers
arid grandmothers who volunteered though their own
children are grown.
signal that any tot can rec
ognize, appears in the windows of homes where someone stands ready to give any
aid needed, whether the child
has been approached by a
stranger, is lost or ill, is
frightened by animals or oth
will visit Hudson, while that
town's Mayor Harlow Eastman and Councilman Lewis
Murdock and their wives will
come here.
Mrs. Ralph Uphaus will be
chairman for Heritage Day,
on Tuesday. Livelihood Day
will be arranged by Gary
Evans.; and Clem Corona, assistant High School principal, is in charge of events
oil Education Day, Thursday,
and Youth Day, Saturday.
Mrs. Robert Merchant is the
ch airman for Hospitality
Day.
Work Program
Participants
Hold Breakfast
Dr. Augenstein
er cMdren, „ has any other 2|S.XS?'oaJr?2^08t'P
emergency. Parents are urged to point out these homes
to their own youngsters.
The  project,   under  the
5. Please call 429-7808 'if  Woman's Clut
you  must  discontinue  your
part in the project. T^w WJTifl TTn
6. Observe the following   xu  TTillU. t-Jp
chairmanship of Mrs. Virgle regulations when   a   child
Goodwin, is sponsored by the seeks hel
Saline Child Study Club,        A CA£
whose  members   are  still
deeply  concerned  with  per-
Present Year
?ALL POLICE when a
Saline's cooperative work
progranr wrapped up a successful first year with a pancake breakfast on Tuesday
*'Sy morning, attended by 125
.h., people, employers, employees,
* '   educators, and parents,
James Bradley, coordinator of the program here, acted as master of ceremonies,
and presented certificates to
students who were employed
through the program. Employers received certificates,
earlier this year.
Speakers included Jim
Schmok, one of the students;
School Superintendent Harold Hintz; Ed Weber, profes-
Woodside Trailer Park has
been granted a time extension on the State Health Department order to close, the
new managers announced today.
The extension arrived Saturday morning, one day before the date on which the
state had ordered the park
closed due to substandard facilities.
Now managing the park,
and now in residence there,
are Mr. and Mrs. Don Peddle,
acting for Louis Ruggierello,
of Detroit, who has purchased Woodside. The Peddles also manage Pleasant Lake
Trailer Park (24 mobile
homes)   and a park in Clip
I
To Assist 96
Local Children
An extended Title I program was launched here this
week to assist 96 local youngsters, through trips during
the school day and special
sessions after, school twice a
week, .  •
'Children selected to take-
part in, t h e program were
"those-we felt would gain a
lot from such trips and extra sessions • we expect it will
aid them in school,", said Kay
Burr, who is in charge of the
project. It is a part of the
Title I reading program that
she directs.
. -The group will also meet
mornings during the last two
Weeks of June, after school
is" out for the summer.
,, Assisting in the program
will be Jensen School Principal Ruby Kuhl; the assistant principal, Margaret Liv-
•ingstpne, who will act as trip
coordinator; approximately
nine Saline teachers and several .volunteers; and, as consultant, William Eary, of
Ann Arbor. Eary was.recently named educational consultant for the University of
Wisconsin, where he will
teach this summer, He expects to move to Milwaukee
in, June..
(35 motel apartments and 35
trailers). '
Peddle declined to reveal
the length of time granted
for Woodside to bring sewer,
water supply, and wiring up
to State Health Department
standards because, he said,
"some people would take advantage of it and wait to the
last minute for cleaning up.
Some of the folks won't do
any cleaning up until they
know they'll be evicted."
But a major clean-up program is under way, he said,
with all. trash and junk cars
to be disposed of.
"Our first job is to correct the wiring and sewer
system. When we get those
out. of the way we can proceed on something else," Ped-
dles.saij^- ';W.e .wilLalsp-make
quite a' few other' changes;
we have an architect drawing
up plans."
He has been in the business of managing and remodeling trailer parks for about
five years, he said.
The Peddles said that they
would "appreciate -the patience of the people in the
park *until we can get this
taken care of. We want, to
make it pleasant and liveable,
and we have a lot of work to
be done."
But trailer owners can now
be certain that they do not
have to move, he emphasized.
Man Falls
From Trailer,
Hit by Car
Earl Daisher, 64. of 5901
Sharon Hollow Rd., suffered
a broken left leg- Saturday
afternoon when he fell from
a tractor-drawn farm trailer
and then was struck by a
car.
The car was driven by Norman K. Akarakcian, 41, of
Dearborn, who was driving
on Wagner Rd. near Ellsworth Rd., when the accident occurred. Daisher was
taken to .University Hospital
in Ann Arbor, Where he is a
patient in traction on eighth
floor east.
Demonstration
Bart Strahley
SAIJNLAN GETS DEGREE
Harold Joseph Hintz, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Hintz of 3669 Weber Rd., received his bachelor of science
in chemistry from the University of Michigan last Saturday. He is now working for
the summer months in a research laboratory of the Shell
Oil -Company in Wood River,
HI. In the fall he has a teaching assistantship at the University of Wisconsin, where
he will start "work on his doctor's degree.    ;
fecting it. Some administrative details still have to be
worked out, a spokesman
said.
To insure the safety of
children who go to the Helping Hands for aid, the club
this week announced that a   child.
limited background check ^—
will be made by the police , .
department  of  all  partici- HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS
pants in the program. They *^AN STYLE-.SHOW
said: "We are only concern-     A style show is on the a-
child comes to your door for The Saline Woman's Club sor of cooperative education,
Tielp SALINE POLICE - will hold its .final meeting of University of Michigan; stu-
429-7000 the 1966-67 club year at the dents Sue Drake and Marvin
B  Call parent when child Methodist Church   on  Tues- Postiff;  and employers Ray
can provide his phone num- day. Schmidt of Braun-Brumfield,
ber. The annual  spring lunch- Inc., and WiUiam Crim, Jr.,
C. DO NOT GIVE MEDI- eon will be served at 1 p.ml, of Sahne Savings Bank.
CATION, FOOD or DRINK, tobe followed by a miscellav ; ^TZZ-^-^™,
D. No not transport neous program. Each ,meni- FAIR BOARD TO MEET
ber expecting to attend the Saline Community Fair
luncheon is requested to Board will.meet at 8:30 p.m.
make reservations with Mrs. Monday, in the agriculture
Walter. MacArthur before Ss- room at the High School.
turday. Each is. reminded to —— ——.-
bring a "white elephant" to C-C TO HOLD MEETING
ed with previous records of genda at the meeting of the the meeting.'- ON BARGAIN DAYS
offenses involving moral tur- High School Parents' Organ- . The new officers for the . Summer :bargain days will
pitude or with, any physical ization, at 8 pm.; Tuesday, at 1967-68 club-yeai-will assume be discussed at a meeting of
or mental infirmities which the school. Room mothers their offices following the the Chamber of Commerce,
might interfere with our pur- are to bring their replace^ concluding business session at 1:30 pan. on Tuesday, at
pose.bf giving':aid;to chil- ments:for next .year.-" for the current year. . „   ,. Leutheuser's Restaurant.
"The Fox That Went Out on a Chilly Night" was
the vividly illustrated story read to children'at; :the Saline Library Children's Story Hour-last week . . .when
the reader, Mrs. John Strawbridge, brought along the
fox. Well, anyway, A fox ... a stuffed one. The lively-
looking critter was the center of attention; his small ad-
.mirers are Todd Gross, Patrice Losee, Beth Smead, Eileen Wagner, Scott Losee, Sherry Guenther, Devon
Hines, Chris Hill, and Amy Strawbridge.