1967-06-07; Saline Reporter

              The Saline R
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 39 ~ WEDNESDAY, JUNE ■•?, 1967
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WPuff Puzzles People
An unusual, and not particularly amiable, pet is "Puff", an iguana treasured
by the Bill Schaaf family. The creature is not. tame ... they've had him for a year
and he still puffs ferociously and bites sometimes (not poisonous). But the;
youngsters, Anne, 5%, and Billy, 2, love him anyway, though they can only pet
him when their father is around.
Even Mrs. Sehaaf, who was a biology major, would prefer him to "get tame".
"But he's not as scarey as he was," she adds. Apparently, there's plenty of time
ahead; Puff is mature but not full-grown. He's less than 18 inches long, ant!*
iguanas in the wild grow to four feet. The critter has one other disconcerting attribute: In his glass cage, he can take a pose and hold it without moving for so
long that visitors think he's just a decorative part of the furniture. When he finally moves, they're likely to leap out of their skins. Puff, however, only eats bananas ... he has never been known to swallow people.
Budget
Gets OK-
One Nay
The 1967-68 city budget
was approved.by Council on
Monday night, with one dissenting vote:
Councilman Donald Jaeger-
voted against the $576,037
budget, and against the 9
mills on which it is based.
The latter represents a tax,
cut from last year's 9.5 mills.*
Jaeger said his "basic reason" for voting against approval of the bud-ret was the
fact that it provided for only a five per cent pay increase for city employees";,
which will begin in January,.
"I feel this is insufficient' hf
the present economy," he-
said. "I don't feel it is even'
keeping up with the cost of
living."
The budget also provides a"
retirement program, starting
in January. Said Jaeger:;
"They were promised this
and should have it now, not
eats
oard
Austin
Haeussler
Lirones
.      . ..      _       .. C-C TO DISCUSS
m six months. The city runs C0MING SALES EVENT t_t-.T7TT-._I70 a
on the quality of its employ- A meeti f the Cham. REVIEWS 4
ees,  and I feel they should ^  of  Cornmerce has  been
HAEUSSLER      Candidate
Reviews Vote
come first.':
scheduled  at 12:30 p.m.  on
_2£ ^ JS2?£^ Tuesday at Leutheuser's kes-
YEARS'WORK   Procedure
started out by cutting taxes.
he added,   "and I'm against
that policy. I feel you should
H
ave nouse
taurant. First order of busi- Emerson Haeussler, incum-     Daniel   Lirones,   candidate
ness, according to Paul Sib- bent member of the Board of for a four-year term on the
..    ,              ,        .               ,   son, president, will be plan- Education, this week review- Board   of Education,   this
f,w ii          wn.at   1S   needed, ning for  a  community-wide ed the Board's work in the week reminded the public of
sales event to be held in July, past four years and listed his voting  Drocedures   and the
  reasons for seeking another availability of absentee bai-
ofterTo^m^it^s", S Saline Post Off ice te™; Hetfd:        .«,■ l0»\?sa-d:        .-' •
g^                              '                  sjiA.i-1-.-.v/ a w-ii, v^_____.<-.<^, «jt 1S tj_e pUrp0ge 0f this      " 'I've given up voting m
'Mayor  George  Johnson, To Be FlFSt ClaSS bofrdf to maintain a high le- the school elections.' With a
who   voted   for  the  budget       "      ,         *    '         ^T yel of juration for. the dul- e^™* w™ «,„,   o  ™_
said: "There were some hon'      Salines   ^U   be   a  First dren   of  the  Salme  area"  J
first.'
But city employee salaries
are "on a par with those in.
est   differences   of   opinion.
There were  things  I .would    uiy
month; June's was held last have liked to see in the bud-
statement like this, a mem-
Saline's   will   be   a  First dren   of  the  Saline  area.  I ber of our democratic soci-
Class  Post  Office,   effective think in  the  past we have ety reported  to this writer
1. done just that" his  abdication   of  the fran-
Petitions   bearing   700 to a Home Association meet- month; June's was held last have liked to see in the bud- JJ**™^ ggta oGf0r^ ed'WNo'ShC.nSi tnd" ma- fnurJZ tSKslv" th?S_t
names were presented to the ing by Mrs. Martin Vila, pre- week. .get that were not included, was  notified  today  of  the ed by North Central and ma   fought so tirelessly, the Tight
American Legion Home As- silent of the Saline Area His-      AU but "about 10" of' the but, by and large, it's an ex- ?hange in. rating   bas?d °n ?J °* X>^v_Stef ___ t0 V°£ ^ "^^iT
sociation on Monday evening, torical- Society whose mem- names  on  the petitions  are cellent budget, well within increases  m  population  and termg^ the   universities   mid ours, if not exercised, will be
but the Mills house is still bers   and   friends   circulated from  the  Saline  area,  Mrs.  our means and with a reason- -revenue. (The local office has colleges _ with   no   difficulty, taken from us. Have you lost
slated for destruction within, the   petitions.   She was   ac- Vila said. "There are a few able  amount  for  contingen-
two weeks,.                                 companied by Mrs. Barry from Ann Arbor and Ypsilan- cies."
The  petitions  were  taken Van Koevering. ti,   people  who   knew about     The budget contains money 7,ea?s^ , Thi .   sneaks well   for   our ,.<_.__.>
 ,.  . . ^.MrS.,V41a^charge.d,that the. the  house,   and  one. lady^to begin.the purchase of th^^-^-^^^g^ ^^^g-,T,i^^ ^■m ^   ./"   ^,       ^    c   u
V™- ,.    i. Home   Association   members whose name isn't on the pV present  City Hall,'he  said, affect  the pubhe   from  the scfcooi system "Residents of each of the
refused   to   accept   the peti- tition,   even  wrote  from and also funds for the first altered status, is that parcel ^*X^tatL S'rS ^ernmental units may call
tions,   and  refused to  allow Grosse   Pointe,   asking   that payment   on   the fire  hall P05*  ™»  be  limited  to  72 ffe%™™™^°^n the clerk on dutv in your ci-
her and Mrs. Van Koevering the house be skved." bonds and the new fire truck, inches   40 pounds,  in zones ize that not ah students; can ty _., township Just tell your
to present the.petitions and      ^  hist0Fic  Mills   house,  J^,Z^L^^.^l^^^^£Xo\^ Z£2nS££££&& STSSf^SSSiS?^
1 L     j_.     ___i ._     __•____!.__. -Prw    +Tiocc_     ctn/.on+o      DC     tXTOil _ J
handled   a   34  per   cent   in- Many of these graduate and y0Ur  right  to  vote?  Here's
crease in mail in the last two eome back to our area to ful- how to check to see if your
fill   their   place   in   society,  voting registration is  up  to
Negotiations
Three candidates for two
Board of Education seats will
come before School District
voters in the election Monday.
Competing for the two
four-year, terms are Hugh
Austin, a farmer who lives
at 9440 Saline-Milan Rd., incumbent completing his first
term on the board; Emerson
Haeussler, also a farmer, of
8171 Weber Rd., also completing one term; and Daniel
Lirones, of 373 W. Bennett,
who has not perviously served on the board.
Since Saline's is a registration school district, voters must be registered in
their own township or precinct; but all will vote at the
Junior High School (in the
center of Saline). The polls
will be open from 7 a.m. to
8 p.m.
Two of the candidates, Lirones and Haeussler, released
statements this week. (See
stories on this page.) Austin
said he did not wish to do
so.
School officials have predicted a light vote in the
election, since there has been
almost no campaigning, and
there.* is no "tax issue" to
draw'voters to the polls. A
vote for. a special operating
millage will not be held until July.
In Semantics
membership of the Legion.
.    Teacher - contract   negotia-      Said John Lake, Home As
their   case   to   the   general built in i833i stands on pro- gram .was cut "but you can. through eieht
 u„„„u._ .,_....         perty w.Ued tQ the Lgg.^^ have new and sweeping im- -°nes three tnrougn eignt
well.
for these   students   as   we.-. inf, reKistration
The first class designation Hence,   we  have   expanded     -
"City of Sahne, 429-4907;
tions  have  bogged  down   in sociation president: "We did- ££ T^lHto^l  st aTSS dg>o2,SS ^^^^^±  ^^^hStt E£ ^^^^'^^
semantics.
fvyr"H?e ^ir_xe ^^"^^^^t **»»*? *»* thousands g^sssss^sSss ffySSaifiS^ssssSs^SAw
In three meetings, a total l™*f at them, but they did- it be moved; the Legion ex-  ($20,732), without paying for JJ SeSr|t ?his time  ll^ step forward, and a very im- ^lT%t%W Ycft Mr
of about eight hours, the ne- n't   do   any   good."   Neither pects the land will be needed tbem- .You   bave-^ „decide Sough TTs possible the of- Poriant one. We are constant- g.r°s.s; 4^^. ^h™'
gotiators have Dro_?ressed no were   tne  Historical  Society for an exDansion r>ro__ram         what  1S  most needed."             l^ous^ lz ls P0SS1Die tne oi   v   fnnldT,0.  fm, „pxv wavs to Want.y,   432-3871,   Freedom,
goiiaiorb nave progressea no .               ■         j ior an expansion program.                               p.timatp- nf thi. flce here may  get  a postal \Y looking ior new ways io M     Eisman    479-2872;- and
farther than paragraph two repressntat ives^ ref us ed  pei -      Said Lake:  "The Legion      ^ earty estimate^af th*              Gordon said.                ■   improve   our  programs   and £^ ™<^' ^'ry   8Rla-s^n.
of page one, of the proposed mlssl.on to taut at a Region nas grown to 170 members, ^ars street neeas was §wu-           >          off,-^ je v,ow tak
1967-68 master rnntrapt meeting, he said. "They can and ?np wav things are m- 000 .. . the final figure in .   1ne post ottice is now taK
IVv.      mf?. T c°ntract nresent their ca.P at th° next •                 a? tnmgs are go- the budeef was S59 0.2   _che- ing bids for job cleaning, un
The  sinkhole,   into   which P^-ebem uieir case a_ tnr next ing    according  to   the  news   ", ouuget was $dm,i«-.. acne- t.,°T        99   Anvnnp intprp .t-
nee-otiator.    .?nk    wa.  thp general meeting ... but the these davs in the next cnunle duled   for   thls   summer  are IU dune -^^- -«-nyoiie __iu._-e_._
negotiators s_n„, was tne ._  ,__ ^_—        .       „ mese aays, in tne next coupie orafl.„a  frr_)__ol  COQl„„ot  QV1^ ed may contact the postmas
LIBKABY TO HOST 270
Approximately 270 elementary school children of the
first, second and third grades
will visit Sahne Public Library this week, some during
the library's open hours and
others during, the mornings.
phrase  "a quality education bouse YU1 be down by theru"  or three years, we'll have 250 grading, gravel, sealcoat, and
for the children of the Saline General meetings of the Am- to 325 members. We'll have (Continued on naze 4A}      tion
area",  which,   an   S.E.A. encin ^.e§10" Post_ henl ^ to expand, in the next three'      ^optmuea on Page 4A^ ^	
spokesman charged, Board of onthe first Thursday of the yearS) at the most.
still stay within the financial reach of the taxpayers
of this district."
"Now for some of the accomplishments  of the last
(Continued on page 4A)'
Bridgewater,  Mr.   Blaisdell,
428-9405."
"In order to conduct an
election, the school board appoints, a   five-member   elec;
(Continued on page 2)
FRANCHISE ELECTION
SCHEDULED JULY 17
City residents will go to
the polls on Monday, July 17,
to vote on renewal of a 30-
year-old Detroit Edison utility franchise.
Kraushaar
Of the Historical Society's
wish to preserve and restore
the house, Lake said: "I can't
blame them, but the Legion
members don't want the
house here."
A contract to demolish it
_     _ has  been  let,   he  said,   and
.iU-c__ ,M»C _v-_y __K.iL _u      The.1Re7-  D°nald Kraush- work ^n  begin as soon as
quality education and the ^^ate^^lu n - ^ ^^ Can  SChedUle
day  evening  at  the High 	
School.
E.d u cation representatives
have refused to recognize
should be "the mutual aim"
of the Board and the S.E.A. Tfa 1™ Q^poL-a-r
S.E.A. negotiators insist   Xi} °^ OiJedK.er
lt*l ^TJ^f^J™ At Baccalaureate
should be adopted without
change, "because Saline Area
children have every right to
a
School Board has the duty to
see that they get it."
Board negotiators suggest
^ucuu x.^uiic__o_* i.ugK__._-     The  invocation  and bene-   TftVfPP« "R^o-in
ed  inserting   "commensurate MnnwillhpmvPnhvWiiik Od.yyiCh JSCgin
...    .,      „.        . . diction will be given by Willis „r     . _-»     ,
Wii-the financial resources B     Hunting,    High    School Work Oil Park
of this district". T^" -^—^ --      -^
was rejected. One
The phrase counsellor. Music will be pro-   CiiolfAT* Pi*,r_ __-*r»+
. Board ne- vidpd hv fhp. K^nr. ftfrl_, aneiter rroject
.. .       _., .. ^       vided   by   the ■ Senior  Girls1
gotiator then offered a ohoir, directed by Miss Nan- Jaycees Saturday began
change to: "the best educa- cy Kulenkamp, with Katie construction of a permanent
tion possible". That was also gseh at the organ. park shelter which they now
' turned down by S.E.A. nego-      A11   Commencement  Week estimate will cost nearly $1,-
tiators. activities   are   scheduled   at 200. Earlier estimates for the
(Webster's Unabridged us- 8:15 p.m. Awards Night, on roofed cement slab, rustic-
es 26 square inches of tiny Tuesday, will honor outstand- style building were about
type to define "quality".)        ing seniors with the presenta- ?800.
The subject of raises and tion of scholarships and de- Eight members of the club
fringe benefits hasn't even partmental honors and tro- worked for four hours at
been approached in the meet- phies and prizes won during Curtiss Park Saturday to set
ings so far. S.E.A.'s contract the year. forms;  they expect to pour
proposal seeks a base salary prof. Leroy G. Augenstein, the slab next weekend. The
of $7,500, with a maximum chairman of the department shelter is being erected on
in five years of $10,500. Max- of biophysics at Michigan the west side of the river and
imum- for teachers with mas- State University, will be the a foot-bridge across the
ters' degrees, in eight years, speaker at Commencement stream is contemplated at a
would be $13,875. ceremonies    on    Wednesday later date, according to Dick
This year, teacher salaries night, June 14. He is also an Compton, Jaycee chairman of
alone totalled $571,923 in the adjunct   professor    of   San the project.
Saline school system. Those Francisco Theological Semin-  —	
proposed for 1967-68 would ary. SCOUTS PLAN
;__^idd up  to $962,438,   an in-      Diplomas will be presented PAPER DRIVE
■■brease of $390,515. by Superintendent Harold     Boy Scout Troop 442 will
grm'-. Other proposals, such as Hintz to the class of 1967, hold a scrap paper drive on
reduced class size and in- which has 123 members. Mu- Saturday^ June 17. House-
creased relief time, personal sic will bev provided by the holders may put one bundle
business days, extra pay for Senior Girls' Choir, with Ka- of papers at the curb to in-
department chairmen, etc., tie Esch as organist. dicate that more are inside for
would come to another in- Director of Commencement pick-up, or may contact
crease in cost of $404,000, Week activities is Mrs.. Max Scout-master Harold West,
Superintendent Harold Hintz Haswell, assisted by Miss Ku- 429-9853.
said. Also requested are ad- lenkamp,  senior sponsor; —-^-.—:	
ditional fringe benefits such James Bradley, junior spon- FAIR BOARD TO MEET
•   as hospitalization, life insur- sor;   Mrs.. H.   W.   Kuebler;      The Saline  Community
ance, and liability insurance, Mrs. George Washburn; and Fair Board will meet at 8:30
. which would  amount to  an Brian   LaRue,- sophomore p.m. Monday in the agrlciil-
(Continued on page.4A)      sponsor. tureroom at the High School.
Already active in their chosen profession are the gals above, members of the
Future Nurses' Club who are serving as Volunteens at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. Caroline Wild (center, front) is president of the club; others are Peggy West,
Rachel Roberts, Donna Tinkle, Donna Johnston, Jo Josephson, Janet Heininger,
Diane Berta, Jean Feldkamp, and Carol Kraushaar. '
Not present when the picture was taken was the club's only, male member, - ■
Ed Parker, who plans to heeoine a doctor and does volunteer^worfe-atrthe VA,-- - "
Hospital in Ann Arbor. .  ..
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