1967-07-26; Saline Reporter

              The Saline
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 46 ~ WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1967
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DE-EFFECT
Lack of O
Stalls Su
Vote   How to Stay Happy Though Hot
Vision
With three councilmen on
Vacation, a motion Monday
night to sign a subdivision
agreement went into "limbo".
It was neither approved, rejected, nor tabled.
Council received a letter
from the city planning commission, recommending that
the Rolling Meadows (#6)
Townhouse Site Plan of June,
1967,.be approved. But those
present voted 3-1 on the matter, and four votes are required for action of any kind.
The "nay" vote came from
Councilman George Anderson. Absent and on vacation
were Councilmen Don Dechert, Glenn Clark, and Ormond
PARE GETS
PLAYGROUND
EQUIPMENT
Installed at Curtiss Park
Tuesday were one set of
rings, assorted swings and
trapezes, tot-sized swings.
and several teeter-totters.
All the equir.rr.ent, formerly at Perry School in Ann
Arbor, was dotted to the
city by the University of
Michigan, and arranged for
by Harry Cogar, chairman of
the summer recreation department. Cogar is employed
by the University as a supervisor in the plant department.
City Council Monday night
passed a resolution of appreciation, "expressing sincere
latitude" to Cogar for obtaining the equipment for
Xlgjl-line area.-ehildr-en-.-" - ..-7-
Jedele. Mayor George "Johnson and Councilmen Donald
Jaeger and Hugh Keveling
voted in favor of the resolution.
The plan for Rolling Meadows #6 also includes the
extension of Harris St., and
a site of about 10 acres for
a city park. But residents of
the area have opposed the
construction o f townhouses
in part of the development.
In other action Monday,
Council adopted Ordinance
200, which revises the zoning
ordinance to change 11 lots
en E. Michigan Ave. from
"commercial" to R-2, "two-
family".
They also promoted Dick
Cole, of 211 S. Davenport St.,
from part-time work as the
city electrical inspector to a
full-time post as building and
electrical inspector.
Waldo (Jim) Gross was reappointed to another three-
year term as a member of
the city planning commission.
Mayor Johnson will serve
as official representative to
the Michigan Municipal League convention, September 7-9
with Councilman Anderson as
alternate.
RIOTS IN DETROIT
All Quiet Here, But—
'ars Closed, Ammo
ales Up, Mail Down
Library to Collect
Paperback Books
For Servicemen
The Saline Public Library
Board has approved use of
the library as a collection
center for paperback books
to be sent to servicemen.
Anyone -willing to donate
paperbacks for the purpose is
asked to bring them to the
library, and relatives and
friends of servicemen may
pick them up there to be
mailed.
Virtually all men in service, particularly those overseas, are asking for more
reading material. Librarian
Ellie Todd pointed out. She
added: "From what I hear,
they're reading cereal boxes
and postage stamps or any
other printed matter, just to
have something to read. We'd
better send them books."
Same Garage,
Same Roof....
Same Cause?
Saline firemen were called
out Monday afternoon to put
out a fire on the same roof
of the same, garage they
.saved :_a.-few ,y?eel&~.a.g'cf ^_r>-*
and this time, they may have
discovered the cause.
The cause was unknown
when fire broke out previously on the roof of a 'garage
owned by George Bacalis, on
W. Ellsworth Rd. This time,
firemen noted that wind was
causing a tree limb to rub an
electric wire, which burned
the leaves, which fell onto
the building . . . and someone recalled that the earlier
fire had broken out on a
windy day.
They saved the garage a-
gain, but "it's getting to
where it needs a new roof,"
observed Fire Chief Harold
Armbruster.
Beating the heat is no problem for Shelley Jacobsen, who has it down to a
fine art. Daughter of the Barry Jacobsens, she' had all kinds of cool just after a
swim in her grandparents' pool (the Arthur Jacobsens)? and just before tackling
a summer picnic spread. !'
Draft Counsellors^
~~?l vDetroiTArea
LIBRARY LENDS
2,750 BOOKS
Saline Library lent 2,750
books to patrons during the
month of June, according to
the librarian, Eleanor Todd,
"the biggest month the library here ever had." -
Oh,BYTHE WAY!
Art Katterjohn, former Saline band director who is now
teacher and director in the Jol-
iet, 111., schools...except for
summers, when he's at Interl-
ochen...will be back in Saline
before long. His Joliet contract
provides for a sabbatical after
six years,- and he intends to
move his family back here and
begin work on his doctorate at
the University of Michigan.
Art's long-time connections
with the University of Michigan
seem' to have had an unusual
effect on-a wedding...and this
is how it happened: 'While he
was in Saline, Art built a boat.,
used it for a lot of fishing at
Saline Valley Farms, among
other jaunts...and this year his
father and sister convinced
him that it needed paint, and
they volunteered to do the job.
So when Art arrived at Int-
erlochen, there was the boat,
painted green and white, and
merrily lettered 'MSU'. His sifter is   an MSU graduate.
No devoted U-M man could,
let THAT go by, and he didn't.
When his sister got married
this summer, Art was organist for the ceremony and . . .
would you believe ^...somehow the strains of "Victors Valiant" got mixed harmoniously' into the .wedding music.
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.Charlie.Kern has bought the
house that was formerly owned by the Clyde Griffins, to be
moved to make way for con
struction of the new Saline
branch of Ypsilanti Savings &
Loan. Charlie will move it to
Henry Street and do some remodelling... and hasn't decided
whether it will then be for sale
or for rent.
Among those who added considerably to the success of
Ann Day were all the Saline
Legionnaires; the Lenawee
Post of 40 & 8, which sent its
engine and boxcar to take part
in the parade...and then it gave
rides all around town to children., and you know how children are about trains; and Eugene Towner, who brought his
helicopter over from Ann Arbor.
The walkie-talkies used by the
Jaycees to coordinate events
were donated by Ralph Uphaus and Paul Sibson. '
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Pvt. John Burkhart left Saturday for Ft. Gordon, Ga., after two weeks here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
A newcomer to Saline is
interested in starting a TOPS
chapter here. She belonged to
one in another community before moving to Saline and was
somewhat surprised not to find
a group already organized in
this area. Anyone interested
may call 429-4352 for further
information. For those unfamiliar with the organization, TOPS
stands for "Take Off Pounds
Sensibly".
A "workshop in depth" for
draft counsellors, sponsored
by the American Friends Service Committee, has been
scheduled next week at Saline Valley Farms. It is part
of "Viet Nam Summer".
The two-day workshop is
expected to draw "20 or 30"
counsellors from southern
Michigan, all volunteers,
some experienced and some
not, to study "all aspects of
draft counselling, including
information about conscientious objection . . . and recent changes in the draft
law".
The American Friends Service Committee is an out;
growth of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers);
and draft counselling is "only
a small part of its total
work", according to Ralph
Kerman, executive secretary
of its Michigan programs.
It has sponsored numerous
international conferences and
seminars, programs of social
and technical assistance,
throughout the world, refugee relief and resettlement
programs, f am ily planning
programs in eight countries,
national conferences and
peace caravans.
The organization is also involved in community development work In Indian programs, rural affairs, housing
opportunities, urban affairs,
"rights of conscience" programs, and "halfway houses".
There are also numerous
children's programs, school
services, and college-level
proiects and seminars in the
■United -States- and throughout the world.
The draft counsellors are
members of the Society of
Friends or other religious
groups, and/or World War II
Conscientious Objectors, Kerman said. But they do not
limit their service to CO's . . .
'-'We'll talk with anyone."
They advise young men of
their legal ontions with regard to the draft, help clear
u p misunderstandings and
untangle red tape, and detail
the appeal procedure if it is
needed. :
"If I'm convinced that a
man is legally a Conscientious Objector, then I tell
him what options he has, how
to notify the Draft Board of
this. If necessary, he.can go
through appeal procedure . . .
and, after he's exhausted'all
legal possibilities, if they or- ■
der him into the armed forces ... if he feels very
strongly that he cannot go,
out of conscience, and he
won't go . . . then he'll be arrested and have to serve his
time in prison."
"We can only explain. options to people. We can't tell
them they must do this or
that. They have to decide."
Some of the counsellors at
the workshop here have
talked with 20 or 25 "men a
year, Kerman said. Others,
from less populous counties,
may only have counselled one
or two.
Kerman, former professor
of physics- at Kalamazoo College (Ph.D. from University
of Illinois), is employed by.
the American Friends Service;
Committee full time. Anyone,
seeking information may call
the Ann Arbor office, 665-
3169.
Riot Poses Problem
For Local Hospital
The Detroit-riot created a-
real problem for Saline Com:
munity Hospital . . . how to.
get the laundry done.
The local hospiital usually!
has"its linen laundered by a.
firm in Detroit . . . but it is
located in the middle of what'
was the "active zone" of the
riot; it was not burned out,
but it.was vandalized and its
operations were stalled.
Saline hospital', running at'
10S per cent of capacity, had
a weekend supply of used linen -to deal with. Said Administrator John Straw-
bridge: "We made desperate
efforts to find somebody to
do it, and nobody would."
Finally, Herrick Hospital,
in Tecumseh, agreed to do
the job; Herrick has its own
laundry facilities. The used
linen went to Tecumseh. Monday, afternoon, hi John's, station wagon 'and was picked
up, clean, on Tuesday morning. "We're very grateful to
them," said John.
Because of "the civil strife
in Detroit",'Red Cross blood
clinics in that area have had
to be canceled and alternative
sites have been chosen, the
Red Cross announced today.
One of them is in Washtenaw County.
The county Red Cross
chapter issued a plea for donors to support" the Red Cross
Bloodmobile, which will be
at county chapter headquarters, 2729 Packard Rd., Ann
Arbor, on Friday. Hours for
the special clinic will be from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
. Among the blood bank clinics canceled were those in
Detroit industrial plants.
"As Red Cross is the principle supplier of blood and
must meet commitments to
more than 100 hospitals in
our five-county area, alternative, sites have been chosen to collect blood outside of
the Detroit city limits," the
announcement said.
All donations by Saline
area residents will be credited to our own Saline account,
Marian Hering, Red Cross
representative, pointed out.
"It would not be a gift to
Detroit, but a loan."
"However, since our own
blood clinic will be held here
less than three weeks later,
on August 15, only those Salinians who will be unable to
contribute here need feel obligated to donate at the special clinic," Mrs. Hering noted.   •
The Red Cross and numerous church groups have undertaken the task of finding
food and housing for the
homeless in Detroit.
Although the Battle of Detroit had apparently subsided Wednesday, Salinians remained cautious, as peripheral effects of the rioting
reached close to home.
More than a dozen local
men were in Flint and Detroit with the National Guard
and, at 9 p.m. Tuesday, all
bars, restaurants, and stores
were closed here.
The closing came after an
order from Governor Romney
to prohibit sales of all intoxicants until further notice,
not only in Washtenaw, but
in Wayne, Livingstone, Monroe, Oakland, Macomb, Saginaw and Kent counties. The
order remained in effect today; restaurants and stores
were open but "dry".
'But there was no curfew,
either in Saline or in Washtenaw County as a whole,
Sheriff Doug Harvey emphasized. (Harvey, who had been
sleepless since 6 a.m. Monday, tried a catnap Wednesday morning but was aroused
by a fatal accident on Pontiac Trail, "the worst we've
had in years ... six people
killed in one car.")
A city curfew was instituted Tuesday night in Ypsilanti
by the city council, after numerous minor incidents there.
But: "There have been NO
episodes of any kind in this
area,"   Police   Officer  Hugh
Prince said.
-And:   ''Washtenaw County
is quiet,"  said Sheriff .Harvey."       «^^-^-~_~^~>-.,. -*-.-«_
Mayor George Johnson assured Salinians that "we are
taking all necessary precautions to protect the city in
case outside elements should
come in to create disturbances, and we are on the alert.
While we don't anticipate any
trouble, we'd rather be prepared than be sorry."
Residents apparently were
taking precautions, too . . :
sales of ammunition were reported up. by all hardware
stores in the area.
Westside Hardware doesn't
handle guns and has had no
inquiries for them, but "ammunition is going pretty
good". All sales are to local
people: "We'd hesitate to sell'
to strangers at this time. But
COLLECTS CLOTHING,
FOOD FOR DETROIT
Mrs. Garv Briegel, of 171
Annwood Ct., will make two
runs to Detroit area, one on
Thursday afternoon and one
on Saturday evening, with
clothing and food for riot-
refugees there.
Anyone who would like to
donate useful items is asked
to call her at 429-7963. The
donations will be taken to
one of the collection centers
set up by .churches in South-
field or Livonia.
(Mrs. Briegel has relatives
in outlying areas of Detroit
who "moved out" during the
riots, but their homes were
not affected, she said.)
we hope things are cooling
off now."
At Lodi Hardware, "Some
people are calling or looking,
but there have been no extra
gun sales. Sale of shells is
up considerably. We just do
not encourage gun sales right
now . . . try to dampen things
a little . . . and we're prepared to pull them off the
shelves, if necessary."
Gamble's Store did remove
guns from the shelves Wecf-
nesday morning, after "a
few" additional sales on Monday and Tuesday. But these,
said Manager Bob Dickinson,
MILK WAS
DELIVERED,
RIOT OR NO
Milk from local dairy
farms was delivered to Detroit this week, riot or no
riot.
John Marion, who picks up
milk from most of the producers in Saline area, got the
milk to market even though
his regular driver, Mark Blumenauer of Manchester, was
already in Detroit . . . with
the National Guard.
The milk is delivered daily
to Twin Pines, on Outer Dr.
on the east side of Detroit
... an area which had not
been -affected by the riots.
Nevertheless, as a precaution
John put two men on the
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one, Monday.
Ron Wild, of Bethel Church
Rd., and Dick Busha, of Weber "Rd., took the milk to
market. They saw broken
windows and plenty of smoke
. . . but no rioters..
John, who lives at 9'317 W.
Michigan Aye., has been in
the milk-hauling business
here since 1954. (There are
others who pick up in. this
area but don't live here.) His
route operates on an every-
other-day- basis; on Monday,
for instance, . the one truck
made 22 stops to pick up 39,-
000 pounds of milk for the
Detroit market. On Tuesday,
two trucks made 27 stops to
haul more than 60,000 pounds
and Wednesday's route was
a-repeat of Monday's.
Wild and Busha are both
part-time employees.
were "only to local people
who had planned to get them
in the fall for hunting anyway, and thought they might
as well have them now." He
reported "some increase" in
sale of ammunition.
In another side-effect here,
the volume of incoming mail
dropped "in the neighborhood
of 50 per cent", Postmaster
Clarke Gordon estimated,
since that amount comes
through the Detroit office.
Substitute employees were
sent home from the Saline
Post Office to conserve man-
hours, "a policy of the der
partment. It will take extra
man-hours to work the mail
when it does come," Gordon
said.
Saline Supervisor- Robert
Harrison, vice chairman of
the Board of Supervisors, and
Bent Nielsen, chairman, called a special meeting Monday
to coordinate county precautions, the Civil Defense network and local acencies under "the Sheriff's Department.
Manchester Group
Coming August 19
"Manchester Centennial
Day" in Saline has been officially declared by the City
Council for .'Saturday, August
19, and a caravan from Manchester will be here on that
evening.
Saline firemen will compete
against the Dutchmen in a
barrel roll; a street dance is
in prospect; and tugs-of-war.
are also expected to develop.
Local Guard
Mejnbers Sent
To Detroit
More than a dozen Saline
area men were on active duty at Camp Grayling, when
the 107th Signal Battalion,
Michigan National Guard,
was ordered to Detroit to.
quell rioting.
*-* Btrtr -the ^Sadiire' -contingent
was held over Monday night
in Flint, also torn by civil
strife, and then moved into
Detroit where-they went on
duty at 10 p.m. Tuesday. .
"By Wednesday morning,
most of them had managed
to send messages home" to
parents, wives, and fiancees
that they were "all right".
Those now believed to be
in Detroit include Glenn Es-
chelbach, John Schwemmin,
Raymond Feldkamp, Don Diuble, William Lindemann,
David Wenk, Michael Cogar,
Eugene Heusel, Wesley Ex-
elby, and Joseph Payeur.
Still, at Camp Grayling
(their training is in communications) were Earl Graden,
Albert Feldkamp, Larry
Finkbeiner, and Tom Adair.
One' came home. Danny
Payeur, 12, son of the Joseph Payeurs, has accompanied the local group for the
past three years as "mascot",
by special permission of the
commanding officer. On Monday night when the unit
shipped out, Danny's uncle,
Leroy Walters of Belleville,
picked • up the boy at Camp
Grayling and brought him
home.. They arrived here at
6 a.m.'Tuesday.
TOWNSHIP MEET SET
Saline Township Board will
meet at 8 p.m. Monday at the
Township Hall...
DILDINE.  MRS. FARRELL
TO RENT TAIR ^BOOTHS .
Merchants' Dooths at the
1967 Sahne Community Fair
may be rented by calling either" C. E. Dildine, 1-426-8492
(Dexter) or Mrs. Garner Farrell, 429-9385, •
How to Look Snappy Though Hot
ROTARY TO MEET
Jim Ford will be program
chairman at the Thursday
noon meeting of the Rotary
Club, at Leutheuser's Restaur
rajit. -
BAND SOCIAL
TO BE HELD
AT CITY PARK
The annual Band Ice
Cream Social, sponsored by
Band Parents, will be served
from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday,
August 3, at Curtiss Park.
Two vice presidents of the
Band Parents Club, Jack Livingstone and Bill Mennell,
are co-chairmen for the social. The menu features ice
cream, cake, coffee, pop . . .
and music.
Summer bands from the
High School, the Junior High,
and "the elementary schools,
directed "by David Wolter,
will give a concert during the
social.
Saline Fire Department was resplendent in to&nd_new uniforms, to the tune
of about $900, for the recent parade and for future occasions of state. But don't
worry about smoke damage to the dress-blues ... local firemen are all volunteers
who can drop what they're? doing and get the truck-} rolling in 90 second or less
... fires are come-as-you-are events to them.
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