1968-03-20; Saline Reporter

              VOLUME 19, NO. 28 ~ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1968
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By Moving Out:
Signs of Spring:
Sahne Public Library, this
month, is celebrating its 50th
anniversary in the present
building ... by preparing to
move out.
The library is actually 68
years old; it was created in
1900, when Saline area's population was only 700. It
moved into the buUding at
105 N. Ann Arbor St. in
March of 1918.
Hope for a larger library
facility bloomed last fall
when "the United Fund agreed
to purchase, for the library,
the Schleh building at the
corner of S. Ann Arbor and
Henry streets. It is expected
that the library can be moved
to its new quarters this summer.
Application was filed Monday in Circuit Court for a directive   that   the  present
Absentee Ball©.
Next Week
Applications for absentee ballots for the AprU 1 bonding el-
lection must be turned in by
4 p.m. Friday, March 29, school
district residents were reminded this week.
Since the election is a school
district event, the appUcations
shoidd be obtained and returned at the superintendent's office
at the High School, rather than
at city or township offices.
Eligible to vote are aU registered electors of the sehooPdis-
k. strict who have property (real
Jj.or personal) on the tax roUs.
''The proposed $580,000 bond issue is for an addition to the new
high school buUding, to house
a swimming pool, for school
and community use. .
A public meeting on the subject has been slated at 8 p.m.
Tuesday, March 26, in the High
School library. There wUl be no
speeches, a spokesman said;
the event wiU be a question-answer session. Coffee wiU be
provided.
building be sold at public
sale, and the funds re-invested for the same purpose . . .
that is, for library use. The
court action is necessary because the present building
was given to the library by
the William Davenports, with
a reverter clause to the Davenport heirs. No heirs have
been located.
A judgment in the matter
is expected in -about six
weeks, Attorney Allan Grossman said. The court directive
will also provide clear title
to the building for the purchaser; and the.city will advertise for bids. A condition
of the sale is that the library
retain occupancy until the
new building is ready, he
said.
The money from the sale
is to be used to remodel the
Schleh building, which has
already been gutted by volunteer workers, Dick Cole,
thp Jaycees, and others.
The need for new quarters,
was pointed but this week in
a letter from Mrs. Charles
Kern, president of the Library Board, to all of the
townships the library serves.
She said:
"Since 1961, the service to
the patrons has increased and
improved . . . circulation has
more than tripled — 8,072 in
1961 as compared to 28,062
in 1967." About 32 per cent
of the circulation is to residents of the townships.
The townships served by
Saline Library are-Bridgewa?^
ter, Lodi, Pittsfield, Saline,
and York.
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There's more to this kite-flying
thing than meets the eye, Valerie Esch,
7, discovered Monday . . . the kite was
lofted, .vith the help of her brother,
Doug, on 500 feet of string . . . and it
sailed merrily. But suppertime arrived,
and Valerie discovered that she didn't
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was getting hungry. The' crisis was resolved when Doug came back and directed the re-entry operations. They are the
children of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Esch.
As for the kite in the tree ... it didn't
belong to either of the Esch youngsters;
it's probably; Charlie Brown's.
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Teen Club
s Moving
Jaycees Back
Teen Club
Jaycees wiU actively back a-
teen club in the community,
they decided at their general
membership meeting last Wednesday.
The club also voted to. en-,
dorse the swimming pool -fe'ond
proposition on the AprU 1-bal..-
lot. The action was taken' -after.
. talks by Mrs. W. C. Vander
Yacht and AUan Grossman,
members of the School ^Advis-:
ory CouncU, and a question-;,
answer  session. ii:-.  -y^.
G. Merritt Martin was, .voted;
a life membership in the_-cluh;:
he has held offices o_j_:l6cal,*;
district, and regional .Jievelgi
and served as president^itjthie;
Michigan Jaycees arid ^.\ie.e\
president of the national _>rgan-.
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Is Finalist
In Ann Arbor
Janice Kemp, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kemp of
231 Harper Dr., is one of 15
finaUsts in the "Miss Ann Arbor" Pageant, sponsored by
Ann Arbor Jaycees.
Miss Kempf, who was runner-up in the "Miss Saline" contest in the 1967 Saline Fair, is
sponsored in the Ann Arbor e-
vent by Saline Jaycees. The
field of contestants was reduced from 30 to 15 in judging this
Week.
I Final judging and the crown-
1 ing of "Miss Ann Arbor" is
scheduled on Friday, March 29,
at Ann Arbor High School. The
event is open to the pubUc;
tickets are $1, avaUable at the
door o r from Saline . Jaycee
Tom Reigle, 140 Harper Dr.,
phone 429-4562.
"Miss Ann Arbor" wiU enter
the "Miss Michigan" contest,
whose winner wiU compete for
the title of "Miss America".
Organization of a Teen Club
in SaUne got under way Sunday, at a meeting of "Teen
and Talk" at the Presbyterian
Church.
The non-denominational session was attended by about 35
young people.
The meeting, interspersed
with cokes, popcorn, and dancing, resulted in appointment of
'charter and publicity commit-
•ftfes and suggestions for activi-
'fies. Proposed rules and organization are on next week's a-
' gehda, at 8 p.m. Sunday, in the
basement of the church..
-' All Saline area young people,
aged 13 through 19, are urged
to attend.
-' The group wiU use the church
'for -indoor meetings untU a
-roornier site can be found. Sum-
'nte* plans also include use of
-the Junior High gymnasium for
"Q-inees, as has been done by
-previous teen clubs. In good
weather, street dances and tennis .court dances wiU be held.
The_.club also hopes to obtain
:its-_own juke box.
" Suggestions for a name for
the club wiU be welcomed.
The charter committee includes High School freshmen
Ed Aluk and Laurie Ormsby;
sophomores, JoAnne Josephson
and Steve Wild; juniors
Rhonda Thacker and Tom
Flook: "seniors, Nancy Bowen
and Bobbi PoUtz; and coUege
representative,   Jim   Schmok.
JoAnne Erskine, Larry Thacker, Judy Parsons, and Betty
Dannefel are on the pubUcity
committee.
' The "Teen and Talk" meetings, every Sunday evening at
the Presbyterian Church, are
sponsored by Mr, and Mrs. Don
Clingersmith and the pastor,
the Rev. Lawrence Cole.
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Charmers all, were the girls who entertained tots at Storybook Gardens Nursery School recently. The clarinetist, left,
is Anita Janich; flutists are Jody Tull,
Robin Morrow, and Mary Alice Girbaeh.
Faced with that fascinated audience, the
musicians found plenty of inspiration.
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SEA Proposes Immediate Meeting
On 1968-69 Master Contract
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LAMBARTHS   LIXE   83
Sam and Olga Lambarth, active bowlers, are working over
the numeral "83".
Sam was recently cited as
one of the-oldest contestants in
the Men's Association Bowling
Tourney; he's 83 years old. Olga, who bowls in a regular
league here with the Sealtest
team, last week did the thing up
brown by roUing three games
of 83, 83, and 83.
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Justifiably proud of his
141/2-inch perch is Tom Taylor, fisherman son of the
Stan Taylors of 655 Canterbury. He hooked the beauty
in a recent trip to Higgins
Lake with his father . . .
along .vith about 60 other
perch. (Father and, son clean
their catches; Mrs. Taylor
does the cooking honors.)
The handsome perch has been
taken to a taxidermist, who
said he had seen bigger ones
. . . but not often. In fact, the
largest he had ever-mounted
was 16 inches.
CLEAN-UP WEEK
SET IN MAY
City CouncU Monday designated the second week of May
as "Clean - up Week", just prior to Michigan Week.
27 Entries Set
For Regional
Arts Contest
SaUne industrial arts students
are preparing 27 entries for the
Regional Industrial Arts Fair,
to be held at Parkside High
School in Jackson on March 30.
In the regional, architectural
working drawings wiU be entered by two seniors, George
Beal and Brian CoUins; three
juniors, Martin Feldkamp, Melvin Armbruster, and Glen Dieterle; and sophomores, Glen
Burkhardt, Dale Bishop, Gary
Graff, Steve Bradley, Mike
Hintz, Robert Charles, Steve
McKillop, Ken Jones, and Ed
Lambarth.
David Estes, a junior,
has an architectural presentation drawing; and Larry Jedele, senior, will enter an architectural model.
DetaU and assembly drawings
are being prepared by Garry
Ferguson, Robert Kirkpatrick,
Ken Glatz, Robert RusseU, Tom
Masterson, David Jqhnson, and
Tom Mann, aU .seniors.
Pictorial machine assembly
drawings wiU be entered by
Scott McKeough, junior, and
David Haeussler and Terry
Sheats, seniors. Tom. Mann also has a surface development
drawing.
LAURIE IN HOSPITAL
Laurie' Webster, 17, was admitted last week to St. Joseph
Mercy Hospital. Her room is
448; she can have visitors.
Laurie is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Webster, Jr.,
of 6380 N.  Maple Rd.
Saline Education Association negotiators this week
proposed amendments to the
master contract that would
provide raises of $1,000 to
82,000 throughout the salary
schedule, and would make the
Saline" school system an "agency shop".
They also asked for an immediate meeting with the
Board of Education "or its
designated agents" on Thursday, March 21. The Board, in
turn, suggested that the initial meeting be held on
Thursday, March 28.
The Board had "a prior
commitment" for March 21,
Superintendent Harold Hintz
said. It is meeting with Fred
Schwarze. of the law firm
Keller, Thoma, McManus &
KeUer, "to discuss negotiations".
The "agency shop" suggested by SEA is not technically the same as a "closed
hop". Their proposed
jnendment to the master a-
Teement would "provide
that all teachers, as a condi-
1 ion o f continued employ-
nent, shall either authorize
he deduction of membership
lues and assessments of the
\ssociation, including the
National and Michigan Education Associations, or cause
to be paid to the Association
a representation fee equivalent to the aforementioned
dues and assessments within
sixty days of the commencement of employment".
The "representation fee"
means that teachers who do
not -choose to- -join.-ther- Association can pay the same a-
mount of money but remain
non-members, according t o
Howard McCann, chairman
of SEA's negotiation' team.
The system is in use in Ann
Arbor, where several teachers have taken a test case
to court.
SEA also proposed a salary schedule for BA degree
teachers ranging from $7,000
to $10,700 in 10 equal steps
(present range is $5,900 to
$9,000) and, for master's degree teachers, $7,700 to $12,-
350 in 11 annual steps (present range: $6,500 to $10,-
400).
Another SEA amendment
would "provide for the employment of full-time art and
physical education teachers
for the elementary schools.
The Association feels that
Saline Area children should
not be denied this opportunity for creative expression and
physical development at such
crucial stages in their individual growth."
One proposed amendment
would provide $10,000 group
life insurance for each teacher (they now have $5,000)
and fuU family medical and
hospitalization insurance coverage. Another seeks 21
hours of personal business
leave per teacher; they now
have two days, but these cannot be taken in units of less
than half a day.
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Other items in their proposal are "the employment of
only fully certificated teachers on a full-time basis" . . .
"reduction of numbers of
students per classroom in
specified areas" (areas are
not listed in the proposal)
. . . and "all teachers shall
be given full credit on the
salary schedule for full years
of teaching experience in any
school district in the state.
The Association feels that a
Michigan teacher should be
free to transfer to any district in the state without loss
of compensation, status, or
tenure."
Other members of SEA's
bargaining team, besides McCann, are Taylor Jacobsen,
Carol Burmeister, and Richard Holzhauer.
The Board of Education
negotiating team wiU include
Gerald Coe, who was chairman in last year's bargaining
sessions, and Elaine Heiserman and Harold Hintz.
Junior High Band
Wins District *First'
The Saline Junior High Band
is "Firsts Rate", judges decreed, at the District Festival
on Saturday in Detroit. The
term was coined by one of the
judges,   who   remarked:   "Best
18 STUDENTS
DISCIPLINED
IN INCIDENT
Alleged misconduct involving the use or possession of
liquor at a Key Club state
convention in "Grand Rapids
last weekend has led to dis-
cipUnary action against 18 of
the 21 Saline High students
who -attended. .School administrators Tuesday suspended
the 18 boys from classes and
in some cases inflicted additional penalties involving loss
of participation privileges in
school sports- activities.
Most of the boys are. sehed-
uled;to return to school this
Friday . . .and aU are expected' to be' back in classes
next Monday.
The Key Club is a young
men's service group sponsor-
by "the adult Kiwanis Club,
and .recognized as a Saline
High School extra-curricular
organization,
Commenting on last weekend's incident, senool spokesmen expressed regret but remained firm tin the need for
disciplinary action. Said one:
"The Saline Key-Club has
done a lot of good, and it
would be an injustice to condemn the group or the individuals for making one mistake. But we have rules and
laws that must be foUowed."
Several members of the Saline High faculty, and several SaUne Kiwanis members,
as in past years, contributed
transportation and adult supervision for the Grand Rapids event.
wishes   and   congratulations ' to
Saline on a Firsts rate band!"
Emerging with three "firsts"
and only one "second" from the
four-judges, the younger band
almost matched the triumph of
its older counterpart, the High
School Band, which obtained
unanimous firsts-ratings the
previous week. Said one judge:
"The only thing needed is more
experience — and there's n 0
short cut to this."
The 79 students of the 7th
and 8th grades were directed
by Malcolm Danforth, who was
also congratulated by judges.
Said one: "This is a nice-sounding band. I'm sure the director
does everything possible to
make it happen."
Said another: "This band has
many,- many fine qualities. It-
puts many high school bands
to shame. The amount of technical faculty displayed is a-
mazing."
Treated
For Dog Bites;
Animal Sought
Three-year-old Debra Barrie,
of 205 Wallace, was treated by
a plastic surgeon at St. Joseph
Mercy Hospital, for gashes she
received when she was attacked by a dog at her home Saturday.
The child, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. WiUiam Barrie, was-
severely bitten on the upper
and lower Up and the left hand,
poUce said. If the dog cannot
be located,, it may be necessary '
for her to be given the rabies
prevention treatments.
PoUce said the dog was digging in the garbage can at the
Barrie residence when the little
girl approached it. If it is found,
it will have to be confined for
10 days of observation, as required by law. The youngster
described it as "reddish brown,
with hair on its face."
And More Spring:
Three Injured
In Collision
Three persons were injured
in a two-car crash at the corner of Wagner and Scio Church
roads, Sunday. WiUiam Burton,
27, of 131 E. Michigan Ave.,
was treated and released at
University Hospital after the
accident.
Also injured was WiUiam A.
Ward, Jr., 22, of MUan, driver
of the car in which Burton was
a passenger. Mrs. WiUiam C.
Rhodes, 46, of Ann Arbor, was
a passenger in the second car,
driven by Jier husband; she is
in University Hospital.
CHURCH  SEEKS PIANO
The Sunday school at First
Presbyterian Church needs a
piano. A committee set up to
secure it is interested in
knowing if anyone in the SaUne area has one to give
away ... or to sell at a nominal price. Persons interested
in disposing of a piano as a
gift or sale are urged to call
429-9373.
Happiness is finding a wildflower.
Here the discovery is made' at Timber-
land Swamp Nature Sanctuary. It is one
of the local wilderness site_r_fc__at the
Eastern Michigan Nature Association is
determined to save. (See page 1A.)