1967-08-09; Saline Reporter

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TOLTJME 28, NUMBER 48 - WED., AUGUST 9, 1967
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STRUCTIO
CONTINUES
w^™«K. '.X,w _."'
$197/000 Bond Issue
Approved for Drain
Construction is underway and walls are going up
for the Michigan Electric Power Pool Control Center on
a site at Scio Church Rd. and Wagner in Scio Township
north of Saline.
The Control Center is being established by the Detroit Edison Company and Consumers Power Company.
Charles R. Bilby, of Consumers Power Company, (at
right) who will serve as manager of the center, discusses progress with James Bays, project superintendent, Darin & Armstrong, Inc., general contractors.
William K. Pence, of Detroit Edison, project director in the construction of the center, said that workj is
jirtoving ahead on schedule and the building sKouldT'be
completed by next spring. Then the most modern computer equipment will be installed and tested.
When in service by mid-1969, the center will monitor the generation and transmission of some 10 million
kilowatts in meeting the electric energy needs of the
more than eight million people who live in Michigan's
Lower Peninsula.
The center wiU provide for almost instantaneous
decision making in selecting the most economic gener.
ating source for varying load demands. It will monitor
power flows on interconnections between the Edison-
Consumer systems and over transmission lines to as
sure maximum
"".merous other- ?i__ii__i6ii"_.
Construction
Of Shopping
Center Started
Construction   has   started   at
the  east edge  of Saline  on  a
shopping  center that will ulti- .    ,    .           ,      ,   .            _.__.__.-......_,....
mately provide 40 000 square -^ drainage bond issue of tap into Saline Relief Dram necessary because "you can
feet of store space,' plus park- $197,000 for Saline Relief No. 1. Council Monday night not grade, gravel, and sealing, on the four-acre site. Drain No 1 has been an- authorized the city adminis- coat the street without drain-
The first stoud of .tri.p. tr. . , ' ,, -,. , . „_■ trator to have 762 feet of age", Administrator Mike
ne builMncl^es a major A. & pr0ved by the MlchlSan Mu" storm sewer instaUed on Strait pointed out.
P. Food Store, a drug store, niciPal Finance Commission, dark St., at $4 per foot plus He is now getting quota-
laundromat, and dry cleaning The approval was received wholesale cost of the pipe, tions on cost of grading, gra-
establishment, plus one loca- today and construction will Frank Schiller is the con- vel, and sealcoat; construction not yet filled, according to hpsri ' .«„„ qoon _„ ^^mp" tractor . tion of the sewer is to begin
Milt Sloban, the developer. D g       aS   00n aS PosslDle '      The Clark storm sewer is this week.
Sloban   noted   that   existing County  Drain Commissioner	
Saline   businesses   were,   with- John   Flook   said.   The   date l"|          |                f                 -  f^             |
out-  exception,    offered    first for sale of the bonds is Au- M_a_*•__?_•>«•    ps>#*ffv*    I   1a_m<|_AI
chance   at   the   new   site,   but gust 31                                         V OlK^I     Ii Ulil     L/CarUOl
none of them wished to m'ove. „.   , "    ,     ,.   ,       .....
Those   located   there   will   be Work   should   be   finished
new businesses in Salihe. "before winter" on the pro-
Construction   on   the  second ject,  which  wUl drain   land
fhTLf. bf.dingS ^l Start •!? n0i*S. °t Se "^S8? ^t5' ^ntal of a packer truck way from, back-yard pickup h»™ tn   ;        r *      • S?   ^     i and DetmlrS.;: *rom  *e City >oi Dearborn up/' said Anderson.           ,
.n    th.!    nfp " rea£y-_? f  ■ * dlfn a S°, Cr°f6S ^ldl. has  eased  Saline's  garbage-      The packer  purchased  by
th™,lw thp   i.     ■ BttulldmfgS   TganiAV|\anid endS- eaStn0t rubbish pick-up problems, the city is expected to be de-
STffSJSi'ira! C6nter 2gS ^?S^^'*^**^«^  ci! hvered^his Lnth.
the city. ty's own Packer-                                   	
Total cost  of  the project Since_ thf Dearborn unit is pi _„     (IrciTW
is $205,980.76;  the bond is- available   here .throughout * IcUlS \JXUW
sue is for a lesser amount the week,  garbage-rubbish Jf       inn "I?™
because  the  State Highway can now be coUected once a A "J    *•»«   A «"
Department has already pre- week throughout the city .. .     Another   special   event   has-
paid its share. Bob Eddy, of on Tuesdays (beginning yes- been   announced  for  the  1967
1       Pit..   A^rv.-r.-c.r.o.^    tut • i_-     Ann Arbor, is the contractor, terday)   north   of   Michigan Saline Fair, a musical perform-
*:   qtrnrf  fJrS-?  II* f,    tw o      Not a part of the project, Avenue,   and   on   Thursdays ance on Thursday night, Sept-
Slendaf SLdIn^the Citv but related' b a sto™ "^  WS* A^USt 10) south ember 7-
mu wTndov? mi^ht he_p o? er for Clark St. which will of Michigan Avenue. The Fair is to open Septem.
*'   ganizations to schedule their " "■ This means, Mayor pro tem ber 5 and run through Septem-
* use of the increasingly popu- New File Hall GTg+t f <. d e r s °" P°inted ber ?>, at the / a r m C°uncij
lar Curtiss Park j_   j«     1-     -"_" out, that  "cans will be off grounds, except the parade and
Since Jaycees completed a Dedication Set the streets on weekends, and pet show,  which wiU   be    in
shelter in the west portion of „nlWl.  ^   q,    h v  79 we'll have a more attractive downtown Saline on Saturday,
thp nark   a  trrnwiT.^ nnrnhpr Sallne s   new   93-   b y   72- city for visitors".                          The musical show wiU be an
of  laSe   grolprhave  been f°?  ^ ™ is  ™w "aU Anderson, who worked out W?*™*  *th\ "****™»
1  anxious  to  use  it   It  has -bu*. comPleted - and a dedi- arrangements   to  rent  the Tellers", a barbershop quartet
acker rrom uearoorn
Eases Garbish Strain
on    this     one.'
throughout the sh( _ _
wiU be colonial in style.
Calendar Will
Prevent Park
Date Problems
VOLUNTEERS
TO ASSIST
Evacuated by Nigerian War,
Dot's Ready to Go Again
served  civic  clubs,  family ^i1 ,TT™$ ♦   *        f    packer from Dearborn, called an^   variety   group,   including
reunions   church group? and sch?d^ed for Saturday, Au- the   lan „a real assist from Bud   Knorpp,   Tom   Cushman,
reunions, cnurcn groups, and 119                                          & Big-Sister City". The truck «am Cushman   and Red Shaw.
a     ' ir-'.        .       _   _■      . The  ceremony,   at  1  p.m. w,-il hp n«Pi. mu Hnv „ wocfr They are scheduled just after
^S_t;'-_*--^-_^-__J-_--__-_-.   ?.oFAte_Sa.1'S„S .M__**vf" te<"™th* S^^Sl-S 'SL'cS ^ "f» S.?e"  »»«,  »..
sel   family reunion   commit- fpw  wnrr1„    «,;?'"thp" rihhnn   aPotfter. day,   it   wiU   malce .                                          >
tee  simultaneously  announc- ^ JJ? ^^ t?aS g^i^r^frt to" S^ee^llnS V*5&
on thatSday° The S'sttodd #" ^°ld Armbruster  is S°biSS o^age or S *f* a c-™nce * the .loon tnat day. ine Iirst would Fire ch^f                                  firmities   Householders  who cal  group  smce  many  of its
draw more than  30 parbci- An open hous? ^n foUow. ™^Se  SSe ___ musicians   are  participants .in'
?_.ntS^the Se.°nd m0re than City Council Monday night "skPri tn r^f%v f^l   4.9Q? ^ 1ueen contest:
100. The pavilion seats near- authorized the city adminis- llm                                            ' Plans are also under wav for
ly 200 people .        but you trator lo employ Washtenaw      Since thp ritv ic, ___. „,   the Fair Parade,  to be mar-
A„  African   «*   who can  and  ^ia.  She   d,d     -A  „«,d  a. m.ne hasn,   S^SSTS.\TK g,™ _?Sn__ & __£ g^«S_J "JS? —^   -"'*»*,
„    „..„_,,.„.«j    *^-.™    _,.....__-   Tipnv   that   "an    Ttahan    shin   V. Q o v. a    fr.nm    i.__y.   t.i.cV.qv.^i   camQ   +.ty.-_      » ■....,_«,_,__„« '   _n   me. __me con-diner   (vail-   lr,„,. t..-,'^,. „„j ,. ,  _, ■,-,	
was   evacuated   from  strife- hear   that   "an   ItaUan   ship heard   from   her   husband same  time.
at a cost of $2,934.
Names of volunteers who wiU
work at the SaUne area Blood
Bank were announced this
week by  Mrs.   George Austin,
chairman. tnrn'Niapria   on   a   tugboat went   in-   in   the middle  of since June 22. I've been try-      Happily, they discovered 	
The  Red  Cross  BloodmobUe L   "   ^ b: '    ,   . s  ,   ' June,  and  got most  of  the ing to check on some friends that  one would be there in
wiU   be   at   the   Junior   High so that she could bring her Peace  Corps  klds   out   _   _   _ from Michigan state Univer. the morning, the other in the BOOK SALE SET
School in Sahne, to process and dog . . . whose husband re- but I'm sure there are still sity;   they're  probably  back afternoon ... but it wouldn't AT LIBRARY
donations.   Hours turne(j to the troubled coun- some oil people there". Eight here   by   now.  There's  no always work out so well. So:
as-
(vali-
dating  the  word' "garbish",
which   City   Administrator
Jack Bennett and Carl MueUer.
Anyone wishing to take part
in the parade is asked to call
store   blood
Mike Strait invented by ac- BeUeau or his assistants be
cident some weeks ago) Pa- S^LSrt 25 The Jarade
pers, .magazines,   and   tree -        *
a   „ .      .   .• « j i •       •     -    ••.,  ' i      -T       V will oegin at 1:30 p.m.  Satur-
A sale of fiction and non- trimmings  wiU  also be  col- ^0,-   c^s.^-^^ a
are from 2 to 5 p.m. and from or 10 American oil compan- chance  for  them  to   go   on      "The city cannot take the toZ^ZJL^L™^' if^^JT-^   m dW> September 9
6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. ** to ^ out their car on        have investments and in. with   their  prograiIlB.untfl responsibility  of keening re- 2^°n«?^S ^ wv iZ^t'      p • v lf     f™ ^^ 	
.Salinians_who wiU ,assist at canoes   lashed   together ^to stallations fa the country.      some ^ rf P^. fa „.. servations/strait said)g,but ed at Saline_ Public labrary, J^^^^^J^ ^ BQARJy TQ ^
the Blood Bank include:
make a barge
is staying
Staff Aides   Mrs   Ray Davis   in Saline with her familv The   exodus   waS   b5r   any g \^tt \      T     *' +v.       TtSwindow so 1^5^.1   Thursday and Friday-              letters'with detailed instruc-     Saline Community Fair
Mrs   John Lochey   Mrs   Owen      A   ]   t .      „       f   +       . means   at   all:   "Some-   who   AT^SU'  tbr°Vg\ a,n ° ^^ 4tto__Tc^i^  _£fr S      The books have been  do" tions fcr Preparation of gar- Board wiU meet at 8:30 p.m.
SbruSr   Mrs  'Artour Hefn ,     And-sheS a11 ready t0 £et were connected with the oil AID   contract,   helped  to rations cul list their plans natetl fer the                         . bish fcr   ick       at the curb_ Mq            -n  ^   ^n^^e
tog^^ Mrs  Hugh iSS/and ««* ^ Africa again, the mi- companies, came out by heli: found the Unrversity of Ni- ^ the informatiori  of.  oth- ceeds will benefit the library_ „We,re gtm a        d            a. room at ^           s°ch_ol_
Mfs 'J^ T   BToadSt g>-        nute somebody says "go".      copter   Some drove out,  be- geriaand "for the past^ev- gs   to avoid any conflict of ____ ___ , _ ,	
Doctors,   Gordon    Prout,   M.      She is Dorothea  Little
fore the bridge over the Ni- eral years" a group of Amer
There  would  be   no  need
D., W. C. Vander Yacht, M.D.,  slater, now visiting her mo- jgr/gj ^   *°%?£ wfth S'Sito)   have ** individuals to"do"so,"he
D   E.   Garrison,  M.D.   (stand- ther, Mrs. Verona Little  and &Sla?Srrof^uSfe SS Sing ^assisting felt, since the park has plen-
yi „       „ _• her   sisto-  Mrs^   Herbert since j   seced|d on Majf gi   with organization there. 'The ^y of room and picnic tables    A    M f .<Candles b
Nurses,   Mrs    Bert   Rasmu- L^nge    while   her   husband, the embar      the.n   h*cam^ wives  were taken   out   on to   accommodate   smaU Ad „ ia        c^° and cXrful
son,  Mrs.  S.  J.  Rupert,  Mrs.  Dick,  is on temporary  duty 100 cent effective. There June 4; the professors were &™PS- graceful and original) h ,e em^
Roger   Luttaan    Mrs.   Gloria in Kenya. have been n0   lanes in since also evacuated later "because     Next problem: a calendar *     d ^      ^ ne'w    .,work.
Masterka and Mrs. Edwm Her-      He i^an architpct who was the middle of March." that's right on the northern wAlth large writing spaces. shop„ at ^ Jim Handy home
an   arlvispr   to   the   govern-      The   Slaters  were  located border, where all the action    -^V0"* w™ has a ™g cal- on Waterworks Road.
Wax Candles Now, Rugs Next
mg,
Nurses aides, Mrs. Max Fos- mPrit housing program'in Ni- .•_, th„ pa^prn <.--+,„„
dick,    Mrs.    Edward  Fischer, par^ lm(.pr a contract with " the 6aStem SeCtl°"-
Mrs. Glenn Gordon, Mrs. Fred AID.   which   provides   assis- .„.             .       ,      ,,
Haarer   Mrs, Karl Bredernitz, tance  and  knOW.h0w  in   co- FlZZena  to  MOVC
Mrs   Harold Gage, Mrs. Hugh OT)eration with national appd-                     **   ™  iUUVC
Austm     Mrs.  Lawrence    Cole, dps of the countfies seeking Tn FlVP Pnillt«
Mrs.    Ruben   Finkbeiner    and belp_ We is now workin     ^h A" A AV« JT Ullltfe
Mrs. Walter Martm.
Substitutes,     Mrs.
Gross, Mrs. Lorrin Jedele and ^th's" temporal dutvTsut
Mrs.   Carl  Moehn.
started".                                      ^^ ^1^. le°nm| know"     The sRecialty candles began
But Dottie  liked  Nigeria, sajd Mike hopefully '    as a nobby and are-obviously
felt safe there, and left with  going   to   become   a   business
deep regret.  "I feel terrible
(some are on display and for
g-~\       j -|-v. .     (.some   are  oil  uispiay   anu  ior
about the  situation  ...  a IrOStlHIie  Fageailt  sale at Estes RexaU Pharmacy,
countrv with  so  much pro- rp    'tj*   "L|*   l,i
mise! Industry was growing;   AO ill^llllgllX
among  other  places).   The  in-
+t.q   M^mi   TT„..«_?v_r   r>^                                    ■ __*=: i..uu»u, »«,. vu^,   - ^ __.__.-._-,_,__._.-,_._^                gredients are a special-formula
Alwin          Rational   mousing   uor-     Approval was received to- thev had the wealth to sun- tt-      ■, t>          •                    wax from California.. . . and
Alwin Dorfltlon m Kenva nn three.   .^ from  tfae  Mich.gan  u_ por.. a   faMy   brbad   gocial  VlSel KeUniOn              imagination.
quor Control Commission for program . . . thev're wonder-       . ,. .    .   .             _.._=...     The   Handy , famUy   evicted
Canteen hostesses   Mrs  Nor- aS s°°" " ^ bemmes perma- transfer of the Five Points ful people. We had lots and      * historical paeeant in full their cars from the garage last
man   Wiedmay?   Mrs    R_.y "«it- which could happen in tavern -license   to   Gerald lots of Nigerian friends, and ™.st?™e   /f11   highlight  the year to convert to. the finished
Hunt,    Mrs.    Sam  LambartL. ^SS ^ ^ months, Dot- ^               owner rf ^ ga_ Visel family reunion, Sunday and weU-lighted workshop : .
Mrs.' Thadde,,,,   tcJ.    mS   ^r11 ■■'oui hra.              ■       iine Pizzeria. this!"                                           at   *e   pavilion   in   CurteS and candles are only the tost
Meanwhile, "I_sit and     r^^^^  h „ c ni„.oaA      „.„-„-...-. .!,,•-,„ +„ ,_ Pa*-      .. ...    .        ..     of at least three products that
Alwin Burkhardt, Mrs. Andrew watV,   Z^' ^tCfrns- Tho^P3011 has purchased      "There was nothing to fear      More   than   100   familv _.,.»   *r,T n™   wp. T,   ™Sd
Hartman,   Mrs.   John   Kohler, StL'^' ^  HcenSe   ^  leased  t116 and T hate«i to leave, but it m^s ^expected[to at Ida if a?_T studvine un^n
^e^veSnfmS^or   fl»      ^Slaters Have been in ^^ISSSte^ S"  ^ ^  ^^  'V" S^tlfdifn^slSuSa. tt-ded 4? audita TocS
Re? CroTSSf w^be^erv^ **? ?«f^ ^ea- • • " !n rS ^ed^andt^Sed^t S^nst'IUUTtor^ a* t1:ff ^ fd ^JSF** T^f ^'^T T ^
dTe^Sorirlh^w^^ l M ^H2^"^ ^ed brMa^SrTay- p^ucu^tnerf "^ rC"
^T^S^HpSfS*^? m0VPd t0 NiReria. and Dot- (< Although it has been called British demonstrations but lor and Pat Aungst, co-chair- It's an avocation with him,
™fr. a=°%« Tl^ i. ^" tie likes the country and the Five Points" for as long as there^ was no trace of any men for gameSi the pageant too. Employed as a controUer
S™ «,_;^ Lfl^,g r, Ken^u Peo^e. " anyon_. can reinember, it wiU anti-American feelmg." starts when «Grampa" Jacob at the King-Seeley plant, he has
ST' ;.ffL-T.S i _, When civil war broke out f0*1 bave a new name, ten- Dottie graduated from Sa- visel came to this country always found time for the hob-
furnish  refreshments  for  don-  -n Nigeria> sbe was eVacuat- tatively "Thompson's".            line High.in 1942 and from from Germany in 1881 ... by;   and the first "customer"
Vs"                    ed on June 6. alonf with oth- Five Ppints  closed today, Michigan State University in and goes on from there. In, for   his   antique   reproductions
|                                    ~ ■            er wivps  and children: But and the bar section witt re- 1946, and then worked at the eluded in the  cast are tM wiU be Ada. She wants a spin-
%Nt>ffnHniHfiTH3  Q«?77      the airlift wouldn't take pets, open in about two weeks, af- University of Michigan as a statue  of Liberty  (costume, ning' wheel,     among 'other
fivyuviuviviiii ouiw      so Dottie left on a tugboat, ter e x t e n s i v e remodeling, dietician until 1949. Dick at- made by Martha Taylor) and pieces.
"Slightly Better"       with  two   other  American Thompson said. He will also tended the University of Mi-= a cow (costume by Lydia Vi-     Many of Ada's first candles
wives and their total of four install a larger kitchen be- chigan school of architecture sel),  as weU as the human have   been   sparkling white
School contract negotia- dogs.     ".'"..... fore moving  his .pizza   and and got his bachelor of ar- characters  portrayed.           : beUs,    decorative    pieces    for
tions are "going sUghtly bet-     Ali her household belong- fried chicken business there, chitecture   degree  from -the     Besides   the  pageant,   the showers and other events lead-
ter",   Alton  Ealy,   chairman ings are stffl. in Nigeria, "a- he said, and fish dinners will University of Florida. He al- games wiU include a treasure ing up to the coming marriages
of the SEA negotiating team long  with  everybody  else's, be added to the menu.             so has a BA in history from hunt f o r  children;   "jarts" of   triplet    daughters,    Mary,
said this week.                          We  brought just   what  we But SaUne wiU suffer no °hio State University.             (Mke horseshoes)   for men; Becky, andlMancy. But even m
Negotiators met Thursday could carry." pizza gap; he. added. The lo-     RigM now, Dottie is most and white elephant  "bingo" the turmoil of wedding plans,
from  8   p.m.   tlntU   "nearly     Since then,"news has been cation downtown will be kept troubled by "not having my for -women.                              she has'also made dozens of
midnight",  Ealy  said;   ano- sketchy and almost non-ex- open until the kitchen is com- own life. I can't make any    ' The reunion, always on the candles    in
* —    -    .-*...■■   -      ...       ,_.„...,»■..     . - .        _   -    ..   . second.   Sundav   in  AueUst. shapes, for
or just for fun.
Candles-by Ada ... the workshop and the results.
Bugs and antiques"co.rie.next.
■»,';
^^      ___                    ^-,-^-.-..    „   „           _ all    colors,  and
thCT"session is scheduled for istent.^Shfe has fieard nothing pleted at Five Points,, in a- pians  when I don't know second  Sunday  in August, shapes, J^^- occasions
Friday evening.   ! from many friends, Ameri-bout a month.
where IT1 be."
has been held since 1948.
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