1967-12-20; Saline Reporter

              The Saline
[VOL. 19, NO. 15 - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1967
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SALINE HOSPITA
TRATOR RESIGNS
UF OK's Purchase
Of Schleh Building
For Library Use
United Fund members, at
their annual meeting Thursday, voted the first third of
the purchase price of the
Schleh building, $9,000, for
the Saline Public Library.
The UF board, at an earlier session, had unanimously
endorsed the full $27,000 purchase price; but by-laws prohibit one year's board from
committing the next. The
owner of the building, John
Schleh, has agreed that it
can be paid for over a three-
year period, and the library
will request the second third
of the amount when next
year's UF budget is made up.
Said one UF board member: "It was felt that it .will
work out."
Library board members
were delighted. Said the president, Mrs. Charles Kern: "I
think it's wonderful! I never
Gift Drawing,
Movie Program
Set Dec. 23
The annual Chamber of
Commerce gift drawing and
traditional children's movie
party will be held at the Junior High School on Saturday.
L The movie party, sponsor-
^Me& by the Kiwanis Club, is
Jl^dpen to all children of the
community without . charge.
They need not be accompanied by adults . . . the party
is intended to give parents
a chance for last_ninute
shopping. It will begin at 2
p.m.
The youngsters will be entertained by cartoon movies,
candy, and a visit from Santa right after the movies, at
about 3 p.m. The drawing will
be held at that time.
Red cards for the drawing
are available now at all C-C"
member stores. Only one
card per person will be accepted at the door. They may
be filled out in advance or on
the spot; Kiwanians will assist tots who are too young
to fill out their own.
thought we'd ever get a li-
' brary without bonding. The
Schleh building can be made
a very attractive place."
Said George Anderson:
"We're all pleased as punch."
The library will take up
the option on the Schleh
building on December 29, he
said, and will take immediate
possession and "start removing partitions". Plans call for
removal of all inside walls,
including the entire upstairs.
Since the building was first
constructed as a church, the
interior walls are not structurally necessary, an architect has stated.
Said Anderson: "I'm real
hopeful that the library can
move in by next June, though
renovation of the outside may,
come later."
The Schleh building would
provide 2,844 square feet of
floor space, not counting the
basement, as compared with
700 square feet in the present
library. "We wouldn't use the
basement right away," said
Mrs. Kern.
Besides the library proper,
on the main floor, there will
be a community-use room of
376 square feet, to be equipped with such conveniences
as a pull-down movie screen,
chalk board, etc. A balcony
will provide additional book
space for the library.
In other action at tjie United Fund meeting, "three new
board' members were elected:
Tom Mason, Jon Ditz, and
Ruth Hagen; and two members were re-elected: William
Crim, Jr., and Cecelia Ference. Officers of the board
will be elected at the January meeting.
Phone Company
Begins Listing
For New Books
Information is now being
compiled for the new General
Telephone directory for Saline,
K. L. Conway, district manager
for the company, announced today.
"To insure that all of our
business customers have an opportunity to review and discuss
their listing in the Yellow
Pages, sales representatives of
our directory company-will contact them within the next few
days," Conway said.
Conway pointed out that residential or business customers
who wish to make corrections
or additions to the directory can
call the General Telephone
business office.
The publication and distribution date for the new dfrectory
will he announced later, he
said.
K   you're   planning   to   call
Viet Nam during the holidays,
you had better reconsider unless  arrangements  have  already been confirmed, P. A. Betty,
General    Telephone    operating
vice president, said this week.
( .   Telephone circuits between the
'^•'U.S.   and  Vietnam   have  been
v^P "booked up" for the holidays.
"All   available   calling   time
from the U.S. to Viet Nam has
been  reserved 4into  January,"
Betty said.
Police Dispatcher
Struck by Car
Police Dispatcher James
Symons, 21, put in a full day
at work Sunday, despite having been struck by a car on
his way to work.
Symons, who lives at 207
N. Ann Arbor St., was walking to work at 7:35 a.m.
when the accident occurred,
at the' main downtown intersection. As he was crossing
Michigan Ave., headed south,
he was struck by a car driven by Key Winkler, 26, of
749 KnoUwood Ct.
Police said that Winkler
had been stopped on S. Ann
Arbor St., waiting for traffic to clear so that he could
make a left turn onto Michigan but that, when he made
the turn, he failed to see Symons because the windows of
his vehicle were frosted. He
was not ticketed.
Symons, who was thrown
into the gutter by the impact,
was treated at the Saline hospital for bruises and a
sprained thumb. He went on
to work when he was released.
CHRISTMAS TEA
PLAINTVED AT SHS
A Christmas Tea will be
held from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, December 27, at Saline High School cafeteria.
The tea will be hosted by
the administration for all
school employees and their
families.     >
LEGION AUXILIARY SETS
CHRISTMAS SHINDIG
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet for a Christmas party, with $1 gift exchange, at the home of Mrs.
Ralph Uphaus, at 8 p.m. on
Tuesday. *~    .
LEGION SCHEDULES
NEW TEAR'S DANCE
Members and guests are invited to a New Year's Eve
dance at the Legion Home,
from 10:30 p.m. Sunday to 4
a_m. Monday.
Buffet, refreshments, and
dancing will be provided for
§8.75 a person.
GRADUATED
Marcia Lynn Feldkamp,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Feldkamp of 8275 Waterworks
Rd, graduated from Western
Michigan University at the winter commencement ceremonies
Saturday.
Miss Feldkamp, who received
a bachelor of science degree
and elementary teaching certificate, is< a 1964 graduate *of
Saline High School.
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FOUR- CORNERED CAROLLERS
made beautiful music in downtown Saline
last Saturday. Girl Scouts and Brownies
and their leaders gathered on all four
corners at the center of town and somehow managed to sing as a unit, even
though  they were   separated  by   eight
lanes of heavy traffic. The group on the
northeast corner appears here. Ifs made
up of Junior Girl Scouts of Troop 386,
led by Mrs. Barbara Monty, Mrs. Shirley
Michaels and Mrs. Emmy Janovits, and
a Brownie group led by Mrs. Jean Westphal and Mrs. Barbara Graf.
CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY,
put on for youngsters of St. Andrew Catholic Church, brought a crowd around
Santa and the tree last Saturday. Shown
above: just a small portion of the throng
at the affair.
YOUNG. PEOPLE'S CHOIR from
First Presbyterian Church entertained
the members of Saline's Senior Citizens
group at their Christmas party last Monday at the Legion. The  singers:  Mike
Guenther, Doug Peck, Jr., Mrs. Douglas Feck, assistant leader, Marsha Peck,
Melinda Marsh, Betty Jackowski, Marcella Buehl, Mark Hemmye, Mrs. Louis
Buehl, leader, Mia Stewart-Robinson,
Kenneth Rogers, David Cole.
MYI Sets
All
e:
'No
lace to Go, Here7
The alumni of Musical
Youth International, an internationally known chorale-
instrumental group, will hold
their annual Christmas reunion'and benefit concert on
Saturday, at the Saline High
School. The performance will
begin at 7:30 p.m.
Started in 1965 under the
direction of Lester McCoy, of
Saline, MYI is now a member of People to People, an
honor for which it was recommended by former President Dwight Eisenhower. It
is the first group of its kind
to receive that recognition.
Outstanding vocalists and
band members are selected
each year from high schools
throughout Michigan. Their
summer tours take them either to Mexico or to Europe;
they have also performed in
most of the United States.
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Salinians among the alumni are Bob Austin, Linda
Lambarth, Gay and Gilda
Wedemayer, Gail Mittendorf,
Mary and April Beach, and
Dennis Dicks.
Jaycees to Judge
Home Decorations
Next Wednesday
Jaycees will judge Saline
home decorations, in their
annual Christmas "contest, on
Wednesday -evening, December 27.
Judges will tour the city
to select the most outstanding decorations between 6
and 9:30 p.m. on that night,
according to the project
chairman. Bob Yuhasz. All
city residents are eligible and
there is no. need to file entries. But the contest does
not include business or industry.
Three prizes will be awarded this year, Yuhasz. said:
for the best over all; for tlie
most original; and for the
best specialty decoration. ..
JANUARY   COUNCIL
MEETS  RESCHEDULED
January meetings of City
Council have been re-scheduled
to Monday, January 8, and
Monday, January 22, to avoid
conflict with New Year's Day
which falls on the first Monday
of the month. All council meetings  convene  at 8 p^m.
Hospital  Administrator   John
Strawbridge has resigned.
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He did so, he said, because
"there is no place to go, here".
"I don't think the hospital
can progress unless utilization
is up," said Strawbridge. "If
the medical staff "will fill the
hospital, there is a chance the
hospital can grow to meet the
community's needs. We have
several doctors who support the
hospital real well . . . and a
lot who don't. If we had more
on the staff who supported it,
it would have expanded years
ago."
Hopes to expand the Saline
facility have been frustrated
for a number of years, partly
because the Greater Detroit
Area Hospital Council would
not approve it . ... and Blue
Cross certification is virtually
impossible to obtain without the
approval of the GDAHC. The
agency has contended that no
hospital of less than 50 beds
can • operate "in the black";
(Saline's does) and that there
is no need in the area for such
small facilities.
Saline's hospital has 26 beds
but staff doctors often refer
their patients to the larger hospitals  in   the   county.
Said Strawbridge: "This fully
accredited hospital is really an
asset to the community, and it
shouldn't be allowed to go down
hill in any way. I am sure
Our hospital board isn't going
to allow that, either. We have
an excellent board, and the
community is very fortunate to
have a'hospital'of this"calitfre. .
"we-"have- some really first-rate
personnel here". '
He is "considering severa'
other appointments right now,"
he said. He submitted his resignation to the hoard on December i, effective any time up
to'March 1. His, contract calls-
for 90 days' notice,' but,"I will
vacate' before: then if a successor .is' chosen.-"- ■ "*. .
He a-tded:. ','It has been a
good twit* "years. I like Saline
■real' well. The .applications
pending - are ■ivithin commuting
distance,' so j .hope to. keep ,my
.home here." H^.and-his wife
"arid tlwo ehildrehiive in a home
which" they' huiTt in Yorkshire
Eslta .esy-'on. Bishop Road.
..' Strawbridge,''came to Saline
in January, .1-386, from his post
as administrator of Maumee
Valley Hospital,. a Lucas County" (Toledo) facility .of 257 beds,
similar in operation to Detroit's
Receiving Hospital. He had
been there since September of
1959..
Other background included
Flower Hospital (180 beds) in
Toledo, where he took his residency (1954-55) for a master's
degree in hospital administration from Northwestern University. He stayed on at Flower
as administrative assistant until July of 1956, when he went
to Riverside Hospital (167 beds)
also in Toledo, as assistant administrator, before taking the
position at Maumee.
Bus Service
To Ann Arbor,
YSH Slated
Bus service to Ann Arbor and
Ypsilanti State Hospital is expected to start in Sa.ina, soon
after the first of the year.
.Operated by the City Bus
Co. of Ann Arbor, buses will
stop here approximately every
hour during the day; about nine
runs each way per day, to coincide with peak commuter
hours, according to Joe Prater,
manager. The company is owned hy Arvin Marshall.
A bus rim from Saline to Ann
Arbor, about six years ago, was
discontinued because of lack of
use.
The new service will start
with one bus and more will be
added as needed, Prater said.
The new bus has been purchased and is now being serviced. Schedules will be announced as soon as they are worked
out and a place has been approved in Saline as a bus stop.
The bus run from here to
Aim Arbor will go to the terminal at Main and Ann Streets;
and patrons will have transfer
privileges to the city buses in
Ann Arbor, Prater said.
Legion Will Give
Christmas Trees
■The American Legionnaires, who have sold Christmas trees this season as a
fund-raising project, will now
give the remainder of their
stock to ,dubs, organizations,
or needy families, they announced this week.
Anyone who needs a tree
may obtain it at the Legion
Home, parking lot after 4
p.m. any day but Sunday or
•Monday.
(One Legionnaire remarked that it would be a noble
gesture to give one to the
Saline f if emen ... who have
also been selling Christmas
trees as a fund-raising project.)
Mrs. Gage Honored: Outstanding7
Mrs. Harold Gage, of 355
Mills Rd., was named Saline's
"most outstanding young woman" at a Jaycee Auxiliary
coffee hour,   Monday  evening.
She will he one of the contestants at state level, in January,
when the Michigan Jaycee Auxiliary selects four outstanding
women.
Shirley Gage, nominated for
the honor by the WSCS of the
Methodist Church, was one of
seven candidates here. Only
one, Peggy Pogliano, was nominated by the Jaycettes. Othe.
nominations came from thr
Child Study Club, Mary Liron
es; Faith Lutheran Church,
Beth Ford; the Episcopa
Churchwomen, Linda Gray; the
Mary Martha Circle of St
John's Lutheran Church, Janice Girbaeh; ahd the Girl Scou'
Neighborhood of Saline, Caro?
Talsma.
The winner's plaque was presented to Mrs. Gage hy Woodie
Merchant, who had served as
a judge, with Mary Woods and
Helen Starling. Other candidates* received certificates o_
appreciation for their community service. Chairman of the
event for the Auxiliary was
Margaret Kulenkamp.
Mrs. Gage joined the WSCS
in 1963 and has- served as vice
president and is now treasurer.
In other church activities, she
is a memher of the Adult Fellowship and the Esther Circle,
is the. church memberihip secretary, and serves on the com
mittee on memorials and the
committee oh membership and
evangelism. ■     '
She has done* volunteer work
at the Blood Bank, is a room
mother at Houghton School, has
worked on the TB Christmas
seal drive. She is membership
chairman df the Child Study
Club and has taken part in the
Mothers' March for the March
of Dimes since 1963.
She has been a United Fund
worker since 1961. She has also
worked on the band calendar
drive, the measles clinic and
eye-test program in the schools,
and the city election board;
she aided projects of the Hospital Auxiliary, though she is
not- a member.
She also works part-time in
the office of Dr. Eugene Garrison.
Her husband is the owner of
Harold's Barber Shop. They
have three soils, Kevin, 7; Ter-
.ry, 10;   and.Mark, 13.
Candidates for the title, "Outstanding Young Woman" gathered at a Jaycee Auxiliary meeting Menday,
to see Mrs. Robert Merchant, one of the judges, present
the winner's plaque to Mrs. Harold Gage. Left to rigifc
in front are Beth Ford, Shirley Gage, Woodie Merchant,
ami Peggy Pogliano. In back are Janice Girhach, Carol
Talsma, Linda Gray, and Mary Lirones.