1968-02-07; Saline Reporter

              The Saline
VOLUME 19, NO. 22 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1968
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Hospital Adds New
Equipment, Staff
Who Needs Snow?    Community Survey
Saline Community Hospital has completely re-organized its laboratory so that 96
per cent of the work can be
done here with no outside referrals.
• In the past, the hospital
has sent up to 60 per cent of
its lab work out.
But the acquisition of §1,-
City to Seek
Court Approval
To Sell Library
City Council has authorized
the city attorney to apply to
Circuit Court for authorization
to seU the present library building, with the proceeds to be
used for improvement of the
new Ubrary premises, the former Schleh building.
The move through Circuit
Court is necessary because the
buUding now occupied by the
library, at 105 N. Ann Arbor St.,
was given to the Library Association by the Davenport
famUy, but with a reverter
clause. If the building ever
ceased to be used for library
purposes, it was to return to
the Davenport heirs.
.An extensive search has failed to turn up any heirs of Wil-
Uam A. Davenport, City Attorney AU'an Grossman told CouncU. A sale under court order
would vest clear title to the
premises in the purchaser, he
said.
But he noted that all proceeds
from such a sale could be used
only for investment in the new
Ubrary premises "now and in
the future".
$7,413 Grant
Approved
^or Planning
Secretary Robert-C." Weaver1
of the U. S- Department of
Housing and Urban Development has announced approval
of a grant of $7,413 to help pay
for the comprehensive planning
growth and development of SaUne.
The HUD grant, payable to
the state, wiU cover two-thirds
of the total cost of planning
work. The other third wiU be
paid by the city: "701" grants
are authorized for counties and
smaU cities to help pay for such
planning work as preparation of
base maps, analysis of land
use, preparation of a comprehensive development p^n, and
measures to implement the
plan.
Sahne appUed for the grant
several years ago, to be used
to employ planning consultants
to prepare a master plan for the
city.
Boat Safety
Course to Start
Here Next Week
The United States Coast
Guard AuxiUary FlotiUa XII-19
wUl conduct a boat safety
course, open to both adults and
teen-agers, at SaUne Junior
High School.
The first class of the eight-
lesson course in Basic Seaman-
ship and Small Boat Handling
wiU be held Tuesday, February
20, at 7:30 p.m. The course wffl
include such subjects as: rules
of the road, use bf the comL
pass, aids to navigation, seamanship, and the new Michigan
legal responsibilities.
Under the new Michigan law
pertaining to the operation of
motorboats powered by 6 H.P.
or more, those between the ages of 12 and 16 must be accompanied by someone 16 years or
older unless they have in their
possession a Boating Safety
certificate issued by the state
of Michigan after completing
and passing a course approved
by the State.
The United States Coast
F&uard AuxUiary FlotiUa XII-19
is assisting the Department of
Conservation and the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department by offering the state of
Michigan Pleasure Boating
course in this area.
Anyone interested may enroU
now by contacting the Washtenaw County Sheriff Department or the foUowing USCGA
members who have been- certified as instructors^ by the Department of Conservation Boat
and Water Safety Section: Harry A. 1hffl, 429-4710, or Bart
Strahley, 429-9481.
800 worth of new laboratory
equipment, the addition of a
pathologist to the staff, and
the services of two graduate
laboratory technicians will
provide 24-hour coverage
here.
The pathologist is Manuel
Resto, M.D. of Dearborn, a
native of Puerto Rico, now a
U.S. citizen, who attended
medical school at the University of Madrid in Spain
and received his M.D. from
the University of Santo Domingo.
He took his internshiD and
residency at Wayne County
General Hospital. He has also
taken a post-graduate course
in radio- isotopes at Oak
Ridge, Tenn.
He will be at the Saline
hospital three davs a wegk
and on call at aU times.
The lab technicians, both
of whom intend to Uve in
Saline, are Jacqueline Ann
Turner Corwin and Jacqueline DeGraux Wismer. Both
have B.S. degrees from Eastern Michigan University and
both took internships for medical technicians at Providence Hospital in Southfield.
Two other doctors have
been added to the Saline hospital staff:
Rhoda M. Powsner, B.A.,
M.D., of Ann Arbor, is a cardiologist in private practice
and also on the staffs of S.
Joseph Mercy Hospital, Beyer Memorial Hospital, and
the Veterans' Administration
Hospital in Dearborn. The
B.A. is from Adelphi College,
1949, and the M.D. from Yale
in 1953.
She has been an instructor
in pediatric cardiology and
internal medicine at the University of Michigan and is
now a consultant for the
Rheumatic Fever Clinic of
Washtenaw County, "^
Richard Loweir White, "ot"
Ann Arbor, Ms a 'tB'.'A? from
Carleton College, Minn., and
" B.S. and M.D. from the University of South Dakota and
Minnesota, respectively. H e
interned at Boston City Hospital and was in residency
there and at University Hospital in Ann Arbor, in surgery and thoracic surgery.
He is also on the staff of St.
Joseph Mercy Hospital.
Besides the new laboratory
equipment, the hospital has
installed, during the past
year, an incinerator costing
S1.800; sprinkler system, $1,-
880; calculator, $652: fire
doors throughout the hospital. $1,454; transformer, control and tube for X-ray, $5,-
000: microfilm reader-printer. $1,300; BKG machine,
$700; orthopedic instrument,
$1,700; air conditioning, $2,-
082. Redecoration of the
building came to $1,529.
The Hospital Auxiliary also purchased special items:
a blood bank refrigerator
with recording thermometer
cost $718. The present pathologist is planning "in the
near future to do aU the
blood bank work here in Saline hospital", the administrator said.
The Auxiliary also provided an electric typewriter, four
rocking chairs, a mobUe Sitz
bath, and surgical instruments at a cost of $898.
1
ighlights Good
ervices, Schools
Saline Scouts were not discouraged
... in fact, not even slowed down ... by
the fact that most of the snow had melted before they took their home-made
dogsled to the annual Portage Trails
Klondike Derby in Kensington Park.
They won the Eskimo Sled Race, plus a
first-place ribbon for the sled's construction; they were also prepared to take
honors in the toboggan race, but that was
canceled. The dogsled driver and some of
his "dogs?', above, included Dale Bishop,
Joe Reevjes, Joe Mallory, Roger Smead,
Bruce Masterson, and (in the sled) Barry Fritts!
Sled land ribbons are on display at
the Citizejns Bank. The sledders have returned to .other activities, including preparations for the annual Boy Scout Banquet, scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at
the Junior High School. It will be followed by a Court of Honor.
SaUnians are content with
virtuaUy all of their city services, but not happy about
the lack of some public facilities, a recent survey has
shown.
The Community Development Survey was conducted
by Jaycees, who took "a representative sampling of the
community", by visiting residents chosen at random. Others were also invited to answer the survey questions,
which were printed in The
Reporter.
The questionnaire offered
the choices of "excellent",
"good", "average", "below
average", "poor", and "no response" on a long list of local
services and facilities. The
results:
ently not as satisfactory:
Telephone service drew two
excellent; nine good; 13 average; 30 below average; and
20 poor.
Public transportation to
other communities was included in the questionnaire,
but the survey was taken before a bus line to Ann Arbor
and the state hospital went
into operation. Without the
bus line, Salinians considered
public transportation average.
To the question on "swimming facilities", 58 people replied "poor".
Gne person described softness of city water as excellent; 49 marked poor.
Public meeting places for
teen-agers were also consid
ered poor; hotel and motel
facUities drew the same opinion; and so did public rest
rooms in the business district. A puzzling aspect of
the latter was the fact that
four people called public rest
rooms "good". The city has
none.
With mufflers, toboggans, grins, and
prizes, Saline Scouts returned from the
Klondike Derby. Those who made the
trip were Roger Smead, Mark Schneemilch, Joe Mallory, Geoff Crosbie, Joe
Reeves, Harvey Thacker, Bill Mennell,
Richard CoUison, David and Mike Schri-
ber, Dale Bishop, Neal Wilson,' Barry
Fritts, Robert Fetter, John O'Sullivan,
Scott Sackett, and Bruce Masterson.
They .vere accompanied by leaders
Elmer Bishop, Harold West, Joe Master-
son, Harold Wilson, Harold Fritts, Carl
Fetter, and Eugene Schriber.   '
Wins Army Trophy
For Marksmanship
Girl Injured
In Collision
Cyndi Christner, 18, of 9745
Warner Rd., was treated at St.
Joseph Mercy Hospital Sunday
night for bruises and lacerations she received in a coUision
here.
Miss Christner was injured
when the car in which she was
a passenger struck a parked
truck owned by Hubert Beach,
owner of Beach Services.- The
truck was parked in front of
319 E. Michigan Ave. where
Beach was repairing a TV antenna.
The car, which was going
west when the accident occurred at 5 p.m., was driven by
Michael Brewer, of Ann Arbor.
Pvt. Fred A TwicheU, son of
Mrs. Richard Tice of 6575 Austin Rd., has been awarded a
trophy for highest marksmanship in Company D, 13th Bat-
taUon, 4th Platoon, at Ft. Knox,
Ky.
Pvt. TwicheU, who entered
the Army last October, expects
to be stationed for at least six
weeks more at Ft. Knox, where
his present assignment is in experimental psychology. There
were 172 in the group competing for the marksmanship tro-
•pby.
PIZZERIA. MAY
RE-OPEN FRIDAY
The Saline Pizzeria may reopen Friday at its former location at 107 E. Michigan Ave.,
the owner said today.
Gerald Thompson was .in business for a' few months as
Thompson's Tavern and * Pizzeria; at the five-points corner,
until that buUding was destroyed by fire.
The pizza-portion.of the business will be resumed at the
downtown location as soon 'as
necessary equipment arrives,
he said.. The telephone number
•wiU be 429-5420; the business
wiU he open from 5,.p.m.. on,
every- day but.Monday.
World Day
Of Prayer
Plans Progress
Plans for local observance of
the annual World Day of Prayer are progressing; at a recent
meeting of representatives of
nine churches in SaUne, a
temporary organization was set
up with Mrs. Lawrence Cole
as president; Miss Esther Landwehr, vice president; Mrs. Robert Dennis, secretary; and
Mrs. Leonard Morton, treasurer. ,
It is hoped that a permanent
organization of "Church Women
United of Saline" may be set
up here to provide an opportunity to women of a 11 the
churches to work together in
projects common to aU the
faiths represented as they affect the community, a spokesman said.
The immediate project is the
World Day of Prayer, which
wiU be held at 8 p.m. on March
1, in the Miracle Church of the
Nazarene, at the corner of
West Henry and Monroe
Streets. The program witt hi-
clude a dramatization of the
world theme, "Bear One Another's Burdens", with women
of each of the nine churches
taking part.
MOVED -
The John Dicks fanuly have
moved from 259 S. Ann ArBor
St. to the Dicks famUy home
on Judd Road.
First Savings Set
For Noon Opener
First Savings Association wUl
open for business Thursday at
noon, in its new office at 179 E.
Michigan Ave.
Participating in the formal opt
ening ceremonies, including a
buffet supper Wednesday evening, . wiU be Harry S. Palmer,
president of the Michigan Savings and Loan League; Don
WaU, executive director of the
League; Byron Bennett, director of the Savings and Loan
Division of the Michigan Department of Commerce; ahd
Mayor George Johnson" of Saline. £U directors , of the First
Savings Association wUl also
take part.,
The colonial exterior of the
new. one-story buUding is evidence of First Savings' intent
to "become an integral part of
the community." The style Was
chosen by architects "to blend
with the over-aU plan for the
development of the commercial
and residential area of SaUne,"
according to the president, Atwood R. McAndrew, Jr.
"The decision of the board of
directors of First Savings Association to estabUsh a Saline office was based upon a comprehensive study and projection of
Saflne's present economic situation and its growth potential,"
McAndrew said. "We like Saline. We like it because it is an
exceUent community and has a
promising future, to which the
First Savings Association' hopes
to contribute."
The  Saline Police Depart- "\rni.TT1  /"Wr,
ment   can   take  the  biggest liUrlll lj."ls.
bow; 66 people described lo- T>1.n-1-7a CfQV
cal law enforcement and po- JJU U__._£_t. kJldJ.
lice protection as good or ex- oj V_i__rG T aio.
cellent. Not   one respondee «-^±  A Cell© JUd.Lt.
said it was poor,   and   only
two marked "no response".
The Fire Department is appreciated, too: 56.good or excellent^ only one poor, and
eight who gave no response.
Postal service in the com-   ,
munity won kudos:, 62 peo-   ;
pie   considered   it   exceUent,
good,  or  average;   only two
said it was poor; none failed -
to answer. ,
Other areas with which the
public is apparently satisfied
include city water pressure
(65 .good, excellent, or average), gas for cooking and
heating,, me d i o el-..-services,
parking in the business district, and news coverage.
The park and picnic area,
in which  Jaycees are espe.r
ciaUy interested, .was  also-
heartily   approved   by  those
queried.    .     ' "•        •,
So was the "general appearance and attractiveness
of the community".^ Seventeen people tabbed .-."''as excellent ; 44 -settled ,fo'r * good;
10. thought, it 'just "average.
But nobody fealled; it, poor."
Questions, on the1 schools
. . . staff, equipment;'and educational programs at aU
three levels . . . were^ answered "no response" by nearly a
third of those questioned.
These were probably people
with no children of school
age, Jaycees felt.
But not one respondee ser
lected the word "poor." to describe the staff at any edu^
cational level, and only one
used the designation for the
educational program, at one
level only.
Building and equipment of
the Junior High School were
described as poor .b y four
persons, and as below average by 13.
Other than those, aU assessments of the schools at
elementary,, junior high, and
senior high levels were heavily concentrated in the good
or excellent brackets.
Some  services  are  appar-
Not quite ajquarter of a century^ late,. ".Norm Hedger this
wbel- .rp'celyed, a Bronze Star
.for,,'*'valoryahd Heroic achieve-
rnent" lh'the Battle of the PML-
ippines during. World War II.
,"> Norm, doesn't even remember
exactly, after 24 years, what
-he did to earn the medal, one
of the highest awards given
for bravery in miUtary service.
In fact, he says, he had "forgotten, the- whole - thing," until
a letter arrived last summer,
saying that the medal was to
be sent. After the letter, he forgot it again.
' Norm moved to Saline with
his family 38 years ago, and
10 years later,= in 1940, he was
SaUne's first draftee of World
War II. He served in the Southwest Pacific -throughout the
war, from AustraUa to the Philippines; he was discharged aiid
then re-enlisted, and spent
three years in occupied Japan.
He was then a staff sergeant. #
He left the Army in 1951 with"
a total of nine years'  service.
Norm, now 53, Uves at 4190
Hack Rd., and is employed at
R. & B. Tool Co.
Dimes March
Donations Show
Drop from '67
March of Dimes contributions this year have shown
a sharp drop from those of
1967 . . . and not from lack
of effort in the campaign.
Although 65 women participated in the city Mothers'
March, and special events
were just as numerous as
ever, donations are down aU
along the line.
The present total from this
year's drive in Saline is $1,-
760.45. The amount does not
include 'proceeds from the
Boy Scout peanut sale or
from the basketbaU game and
dance at the High School;
both are stiU unreported. But
last year's totai at this time
was approaching $2,500, and
it crept up to $2,700 as late
mailers dribbled in.
The only more successful
event this year was. the Junior. Child Study Club's rummage sale, which brought in
$169.83, a s compared with
$121.50 a year ago. Donations
from clubs and organizations
■And-proceeds from the bowling tb'tirhey were about the
same this year as last.
But every other campaign
department reported lower
contributions than those of
last year:
. The Mothers'". March last
week brought in' $888.55, weU
under the .$1,637.50 of last
year, although more mothers
marched this year and more
families have moved-ikip-the
city. , .    ':
Coffee hours for the: 1968
March, of Dimes have netted
$112.76, as compared with
$256.05 a year ago.. Recent
coffee hours and card parties
have been given by Eleanor
Wild; Kay Struble, Betty .Davis, Elaine "Heiserman, Shirley McGuire, Joan Pearsall,
Joan Meyers, and the Jaycee
AuxiUary.
Canisters, coUected on Friday, were down to $68.38
from last year's .$101.95/
Mailers have returned only $275. Last year they
brought in $334.50.     -
The most noticeable cut
came in contributions from
businesses and corporations,
which last year totalled $211
. . . and this year plummeted
to $29.
March of Dimes committee
chairmen are baffled as to
the cause.
In the townships, reports
of rural Mothers' Marches
showed $442.98 contributed
in"Lodi; $819.88 in Pittsfield;
$272.97 in York; and $312.75
in Saline Township.
Mayor George Johnson cuts the ribbon to open First Savings Association's
new office building to the public; he con-
gratulated the firm on its decision to locate in Saline and-welcomed the new bus
iness. Participating in the ceremony are
officers and directors of the Association.
Also "present were keiy figures in building project. (See second section of paper
for more detaUs.)