1968-01-03; Saline Reporter

              The Saline
VOL. 19, NUMBER 17 -WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3,1968
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Griffin% Wounded in Viet Nam
Dexter Looks      Mike's Annual
Like Threat Report to be
Moving Event
IN VIETNAM
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Don Jaeger took a coachman's holiday between
Christmas and New Year's.
The Saline cage mentor traveled to Chelsea and took in
some of the key games in the
area-wide tournament .-..being
"held- there.
The news he brought back
is grim for Hornets.
Dexter, the tpam that Saline faces this Friday, showed an aggressive offense and
a stubborn man-for-man defense. The Dreadnaughts won
two of their three tourney
games . . . and their one loss,
to Stockbridge, the team, that
went on to win the tournament, was by a very narrow
margin.
Adding to the prospects for
trouble Friday, Saline cage
teams have traditionally encountered hard times on the
Dreadnaughts' home floor.
Last year, Jaeger recalls, the
Hornets held the conference
lead when they trotted out
onto the Dexter High boards.
When the game ended, the
Hornets found themselves
half-way down the league ladder . . . and later events proved that the Dexter game cost
Saline the championship.
"It's just as imoortant a
game to us this time as it
was last year." says Jaeger.
"We've just about got to win
it if we hope to remain in the
running."
Complicating thine, s for
Saline is the fact that the
team faces a fair-sized conditioning program this week.
Larry Ferguson and Bill Levleit have been flu-bugged . . .
Mike Farrell has a fractured
toe . . . Dale Wilson has just
returned to action after losing time with a. knee injury
. .'.. and Tom Mann pulled a
leg muscle in practice Tuesday. The team held workouts
and scrimmages to keep in
trim during the holidays . . .
but injuries and illness have
still cut the Hornets' strength
x pretty drastically.
The varsity game Friday
will start about 8:15 p.m.,
following the Jayvee opener.
City Administrator Mike
Strait's annual report to City
Council is going to be a 'moving  event.  Literally.
Mike has come - up with a
type of annual report that, as
far as he knows, has_ never
been used anywhere else. Thje
whole thing is on 8 mm. color
film.
All city happenings in 1967
are included in the movie. '. .
much DPW work; the new municipal parking lot; operation
of the new packer, dump truck,
police cars; work at the cemetery; the new pavilion and
bridge at Curtiss Park; construction in Rolling Meadows
and Old Creek Farms subdivisions (the latter is now at the
excavation stage); construction
of the new fire hall; other private and commercial construction. There are even shots of
the Ann Pellegreno parade
and pictures from the Michigan
Municipal League convention
at Mackinac Island, attended by
Mike and Mayor George Johnson.
Mike, who wants to "get a
few more pictures yet" expects
that the movie report will be
ready for the January 22 Council meeting. In February, he
p^ns to present, on color slides,
suggestions on city work for
the coming five years. And next
year's annual report will be on
slides, he said, "since they're
easier to present".
His purpose in preparing the
unusual annual report was to
"renew everyone's memories of
what has been happening and
make it more vivid."
All of the movies and slides
were made at his own expense,
he said.
Pfc. Joseph L. Pierce, of 560
S. Ann Arbor St., arrived in
Viet Nam late in November and
is stationed at the air base at
Saigon. His' mother and stepfather are Mr. and Mrs. William L. Moore, of Saline.
His address: Pfc. Joseph L.
Pierce, RA ,16932314, _ 110th
Trans Co. Depot, APO San
Francisco; Calif., 96307.
Jim Griffin may now be in
Japan.
His parents received a letter from him today, dated
December 30, which reads:
"How are things going? I
am having a Red Cross worker write this for me because
I was hit by a Claymore, and
both arms are in bandages. I
am doing fine now. This hospital is at Long Binh Post,
25 miles northwest of Saigon.
Tomorrow (which would
have been New Year's Eve)
I go into surgery again for
more stitches. Then in a couple of more days, I guess
they'll send me to Japan. The
doctor says from- there I'll
probably go to the States for
possible surgery on my eye.
But the doctor says there's
nothing to worry about at
all. I'll be seeing you within
a year."
Pfc. James W. Griffin,
wounded on December- 27 in
Viet Nam, is "feeling well" and
listed as "prognosis good" according to late word received
by his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Griffin,
of 165 Nichols Dr., were notified late Thursday by the Adjutant General's Office in Washington, D.C, that, "as a result of hostile action" their son
"sustained metal fragment
wounds to the left thigh . . .
he was on a sweep-mine mission when hit by fragments of
a hostile mine ..."
With the assistance of the
Washtenaw County chapter of
the American Red Cross, the
Griffins received further information Saturday: "Patient sustained multiple fragment
wounds, all extremities. Prognosis good. No nerve or artery
involvement. Servicemen writing family. States feeling well."
Another detail, "Length of
stay in hospital unknown", was
added in a message received
Tuesday from the Casualty Information Office for Viet Nam,
•Chicago; 111. •'   *"
Griffin hpd been in Viet Nam
for about three months with
Compgny C of the fourth Battalion, 12th Infantry, 199th Infantry Brigade.
A 1965 graduate of Sahne
High School, Jim had been a
mainstay of the Hornet varsity during his high school career. He attended Ferris State
College before entering the Army last May. During training
at Ft. Knox, Ky., and Ft. Polk,
La.," he had won medals for
marksmanship in machine gun
and  riflery.
BOY  SCOUTS  SCHEDULE
PAPER DRIVE HERE
Boy Scout Troop 446 will
conduct a city-wide, door to
door paper drive in Saline
Saturday. They expsct to stop
at every house, but anyone
who is missed may call 429-
9853 or 429-9002 for pick-up.
PTO Plans
Panel on Special
School Services
The Saline Elementary Parents Organization will sponsor
a panel presentation at 8 p.m.
Monday, in the Jensen Elementary School, on programs and
services which schools are utilizing to provide additional assistance and support to the students and teachers in the elementary school.
Special consideration will be
given to the following areas:
emotionally disturbed ehPdren;
children with learning difficulties; mentally retarded and
physically disabled youngsters;
and children who are "disturbing to the school system".
Typical supporting personne'
to be discussed are as follows:
the helping teacher; the e'e-
mentary school counselor; the
crisis teacher; the visiting
teacher; elementary remedial
and specialist teachers; and
teachers of the homebound.
Chairman and moderator for
the evening will be Dr. Julius
S. Cohen, associate professor in
the school of education at the
University of Michigan. The
Speakers will be Harriet Bellinger, public health nurse and
visiting teacher; Jerry P. Goe-
bel, recreational therapist; and
Virginia E. Johnson, community liaison teacher. Each of the
speakers will present a description of current programs and
problems in his specific area.
The presentations will be followed by a question and answer period.
The' program will start
promptly at 8 p.m. and should
be concluded about 9:3& p._n.
Refreshments, will be served
following the meeting. The public is invited.
Tax Exemption
Forms Are Now
Available Here
Senior citizens' and veterans' homestead tax exemption forms have been mailed
to all persons In the city who
received such exemptions last
year, and ■ City Assessor Bob
Harrison issued a reminder
that it is necessary to file
an application for exemption
each year during January or
February.
Persons who believe they
may be eligible may make
application as the assessor's
office, on the form provided.
Persons 65 or over who
are paying taxes in Saline
should inquire as to their eligibility for exemption, Harrison said. The basic requirements for the senior citizens'
exemption are (1) property
market value not in excess
of $20,000, and (2) income
not in excess of $5,000.
Veterans or widows of veterans are notified of their eligibility for the veterans' exemption by the Veterans' Affairs Office in the county. Information regarding the exemption may be obtained
from the City Assessor or
the Veterans' Affairs Office.
Basic requirements for the
veterans' exemption are (1)
property value not in excess
of $20,000, and (2) military
service during time of war.
Harrison will be available
for assistance in filing for
these exemptions on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday mornings at City Hall and at other times and places by individual arrangement.
Library Board
ixercises Option
On Schleh Bldg.
UF OFFICERS
TO BE ELECTED
New officers of the United
Fund Board will be elected
and installed at a meeting at
8 p.m. Tuesday at the Saline
Savings Bank community
room.
C-C MEET SET
The Chamber of Commerce
will meet at 8 a.m. Tuesday
in the Saline Savings Bank
community room, to plan for
1968.
Marcia Feldkamp,
ed
Saline Public Library Board
took up the option on the Schieh
building, Friday, and paid the
first third of the purchase price.
The building, at the corner of
Henry and S. Ann Arbor streets,
had been offered to the city by
the owner, John Schleh, for
$27,000. The $9,000 payment
came from the United Fund.
Present when the transfer
was made were Mrs. Charles
Kern, president of the library
board; Mayor George Johnson;
City Attorney Allan Grossman;
and library . board members,
Mrs. Harry Holmes, Mrs. Regis
Wolfinger, and Councilman
George Anderson.
Insurance has been arranged
for, and heat and electricity
have been turned on, Anderson
said today; and work to transform the inside of the building may begin next week. All
interior walls are to be removed. The second floor will also
be taken out without structural
damage to the building, which
was originally constructed as a
church.
It is hoped that the library
will be able to move into its
new quarters next June, when
it will have approximately four
times its present space, plus
parking and basement. Exterior improvements of the Schleh
building may have to come later, according to board members.
Tree Pick-up
Set Saturday
Jaycees will conduct their annual pick-up of Christmas trees
throughout the city, Saturday,
as a public service. Householders are asked to feav_ "discarded trees  at the curb.
Ron Finkbeiner is chairman
of the project. Members are to
meet at the American Legion
hall promptly at 1 p.m.
The "burning of the greens"
will take place at 4 p.m. at the
rear,of :Curtiss Park. The public is invited . to watch; but
spectators are advised to "get
there on. time, • because those
trees go poof in a hurry".
Research is still under way
to determine whether there are
any heirs of the Davenport family, which presented the present
library building . . . but with
a reverter clause in case it
should cease to be used as a
library. If a clear title can
be obtained, the library board
hopes to sell the present building, on N. Ann Arbor Street,
to defray costs of remodelling
its  new location.
The next meeting of the library board is scheduled Tuesday,  January 16.
Jaycees Now
Operate Ice
Rink Here
The Jaycees, now.94 members strong, have taken over
full operation of the ice rink at
Henne Field.
The rink, one of the largest
in Washtenaw County, has been
maintained in the past by the
city recreation commission and
is still, technically, under its
auspices. But Jaycees have undertaken all maintenance and
supervision, as a community
service project.
Flooding of the rink began
on December 27, and skating
started there Friday. In the
first five days, Jaycees estimated that "375 million kids"
used the facility.
The rink is open and supervised from 3:30 to 9 p.m. Mondays through Fridays; 9 a.m. to
9 p.m. Saturdays; and noon to
9 p.m. Sundays. Refreshments
and a skate-sharpening service
are available .there. Rink chairmen are Jan Losee, Paul Horn,
and Tom Reigle.
Scheduled for January 28 (if
cold weather holds out) is the
Jaycees' annual, skating party
fOjT area children, hotdogs, hot
chocolate, and games wdl be
provided.
FIREMEN TO MEET   i
Saline Firemen will ..meet
at 7 p.m. Monday at the Fire
Hall.
n
Social Services, Inc.
Lists Contributors
Saline Area Social Services, Die, has listed contributors of "the food, clothing,
toys, and money that were
used to provide Christmas
gifts for needy families in
the area.
Donations for the purpose
came from the Homemaker
Study Group, FHA, 25 and
Up dub, Zeta Tau Alpha sorority of Ann Arbor, Holy
Cross Episcopal Mission, the
Happy Hours 4-H Club, Faith
Lutheran Church, and individuals and departments of
the Ford Motor Co. Saline
plant.   '
Relief Drain
Digging Starts
Detroit, Clark and Davenport St. residents will enjoy
the view at Jensen School
this week. Just east of the
school playground, Eddy
Construction Co. workers and
machines have started the relief drain project which eventually should solve the flooding problem in Saline's northeast quadrant. The huge four
foot tiles awaiting burial will
carry off the water which up
till now has backed up and
flooded whole neighborhoods
after thaws and downpours.
Digging on the project actually started last Thursday
. . .but the Eddy shovel ran
into a flooding problem itself, and the contractor had
to bring in bigger equipment
to cope with -ill the ground
water he encountered.
City Administrator Mike
Strait holds to his prediction
that the drain wil be completed in time for baptism
next spring.
Mail Rates
To Go Up; •
Next Week
Increased rates for all classes of mail except parcel post
and international mail will go
into effect Sunday, Postmaster
Clarke Gordon reminded postal
customers today.
"Even with the new rate of
six cents for' first-class mail
and 10 cents for air mail, postal service is still a real bargain," Postmaster Gordon declared. "For six cents you can
send a letter to any of the 50
states, to any United States territory or possession, to Canada
or Mexico, or to .an American
serviceman stationed anywhere
in the world."
The new rate of six cents
per ounce for first-class mail
applies up to 13 ounces and the
new rate of 10 cents per ounce
for air mail applies up to 7
ounces, Under the new rate
structure all first-class mail over 13 ounces and all air mail
over 7 ounces will be merged
into a single category.
Another Tate change that will
affect the general public is the
increase from four to six cents
for the first two ounces of individual pieces of third-class
mail. Unsealed greeting cards
may be sent at this rate, Postmaster Gordon said.
Postmaster Gordon also noted
that effective January 7 special
handling will be available on
third-class parcels weighing between eight and sixteen ounces.
Special handling has not been
available on these parcels since
1958, when packages weighing
between eight and sixteen ounces were transferred from
fourth to third-class mail.
Postmaster Gordon said that
the new rate structure will
mean a reduction of postage on
some parcels.
Jaycees Set
Bosses' Night
January 23
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Wendy ^Wild Wedi
Bosses' Night, the  a n n u a 1
banqi'et  -  meeting of  Jaycees   ■/[   . .
and   their   employers,   will  be
at Leutheuser's  Restaurant,  at    ' "
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 23,    -
according to  Jack Kelly,  local   -    *
president.
A feature of the evening will
be the announcement of Saline's
outstanding young man for the -
year. A committee headed by
Dennis Setterington, is canvassing churches, businesses, clubs
and organizations to determine
which young man, 21 through 35
years of age, has contributed
the most to the community during the year.
Anyone may nominate an
outstanding man in the community. Ballots may be obtained from Saline Savings Bank,
Citizens Bank, Rotary Club, *
Masons, Kiwanis Club, American Legipn, all local churches,
and The Sahne Reporter. The
deadline    for    having    ballots "■
turned in'is January 18, 1968.  ^
Bosses' Night is an annual
feature of Jaycee chapters
throughout the nation. It is de- A candlelight, double ring
dicated to the bosses who sup- ceremony Saturday at Bethel
port the Jaycees and recognize Unlted church of christ uWt_
the value of the organization.     ., . . .    T
The speaker at the banquet ed m marriage Marcia Lynn
will be Pat Duggan, this years' Feldkamp, daughter of Mr.
state president of the Jaycees.  and Mrs. Leon Feldkamp of
Toastmaster will be BiU Gar- 8275 Waterworks Rd., and
pow, chairman for this year's Joseph Charles Cromas, son
event. Tickets will be available 0f Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cro-
from committee members.
SALINE WOMAN'S CLUB
TO HEAR SPEAKER
mas, of Albion.
The couple will make their
home at Elmwood Apts. E-8,
100 Western Ave., Kalamazoo,  where the groom is  a
Milton Brown, the Head of senior at Western Michigan
community relations at Ypsi-.- University. He is a 1964 gra-
lanti State Hospital, will-be duate of Albion High School,
the speaker at a meeting of The bride, a 1964 graduate of
the Woman's Club, at 2 p_m. Saline High School and also
Tuesday, at the home of Mrs. a graduate of Western Michi-
Kenneth Taylor. gan University, is now em-
Mrs. Walter Heininger will ployed as a teacher in the
give the devotions. Parchment school system.
The Rev. T. W. Menzel eon-
ducted the wedding ceremony. Matron of honor was Mrs.
Michael Smith of Saline, and
bridesmaids were Miss Marilyn Cromas, sister of the
groom, of Albion, -and Miss
Marcile Bauknecht, formerly
of Sahne an<3, now of Gobies,
Mich.
John Knight, of Albion,
served as best man; ushers
were Martin arid Keith Feldkamp, brothers of the bride.
A reception at the church
followed the ceremony. Hostesses were Mrs. Albert Eas-
udes, of Dearborn Heights;
Mrs. Earl Heller, Chelsea;
Miss Julie Feldkamp and
Miss Linda Kalmbach, both
of Ann Arbor; and the Misses
Shirley Roehm and Cheryl
Henes of Saline.
.Mr. and.Mrs. John James
Bognar are at home at 3135
Wilder Dr., South Bend, ind.,
after their December 30 nuptial mass at St. Andrew's
Church here and a honeymoon at Pheasant Run resort
in the Chicago area.
Mrs. Bognar is the former
Wendy Ellen Wild, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lauren D.
Wild of. 230 Russell St., a
graduate of the Sahne High
School (1963) and Western
Michigan University (1967).
She is employed as a teacher
at Marian High School in
Mishawaka, Ind.
The groom is the son of
Mr. arid Mrs. John Joseph
Bognar of South Bend, a
graduate of St. Joseph High
School, South Bend, in \%§Z,
and of Western Michigan University in 1967. He is in business, with his father at River Park Furniture, in South
Bend.
A reception at Leutheuser's Restaurant followed the
ceremony here. Maid of honor at the wedding was the
bride's sister, Miss Heidi
Wild, and the sister of the
groom, Mrs. Rudy Leutzinger
of Sawyer, Mich., was matron
of honor. Miss Susan Greve,
of Jackson, was bridesmaid.
Best man was James De-
Freeuw, of West Lafayette,
Ind. .Groomsmen were Timothy Sweeney, Cincinnati, O.; -
•Michael Earley,, South Bend,
Ind.; Steven Wild, brother of
the bride; and Rudy Xeut-
zinger.
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