1968-05-15; Saline Reporter

              The Saline Reporter
VOLUME 19, NUMBER 36 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1968
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DIDATES LIVEN SCHOOL BOARD RAGE
Mrs. Woods, Dunn,
Knight, Grossman
Short Hearing:
udsef Set FFA Team Tojds State
JAYCEES WIN
TOP AWARD
FOR SERVICE
A Saline FFA meat judging
team will represent the state
of Michigan in national FFA
competition njext fall;   and   an-
After what may have been partment   is   $101,100.  Last other, judging livestock, will ne
the  shortest  budget  hearing year's  amount was  $85,557. alternates to. the national event,
on record, City Council Mon-      The fire department total having missfed top state honors
day night approved a 1968-69 is  $26,600.   well   under   last by only one point, this  week,
budget of $406,100, based on year's $40,532, when purchase Members'of the top state
9 mills.                                        of a new fire truck was in- team are j^ Roehm> son of
The public hearing opened eluded. Mrs Leonor Roehm, who re-
at 8 p.m. and . . .. since there The DPW budget includes ceived the highest score of all
was only one member of the $3,000 this year for tree the youths entered in the state
public present and "no pro- maintenance; $2,400 for a ce- event; Richard Schneider, pretest from the floor" concern- metery sidewalk and $5,000 sident of the Saline chapter and
ing the budget . . . closed at for cemetery grading . . . son of Mr. and Mrs. 'Erwin
8:05 p.m.                                       both to be completed "some- Schneider;  and David Girbaeh,
With an assessed valuation time this summer", accord- vjce president of the local chap-
of $30,347,500, general oper- mer to Strait . . . and totals ter, son 0f Mr. and Mrs. Clar-
ation receipts will total $276,- $79,800. ence Girbaeh. All are juniors
000. Other receipts, from The amount planned for at Saline High School. (Karl al-
state sales tax, income tax construction and maintenance s0 won second place in state
($6,100), liquor tax, and in- of major streets has been industrial arts competition, re-
tangible tax, total $35,200.      lowered to $21,300 this year centiy.)                :
Receipts from the cemetery ■ • • but the budget for local renresent'Michigan
are estimated at <R11700   hd streets  has  more  than  dou- .  ^ey 7>x rf^!f,      Mlcm .an
^ „«_?,,*'•.   p w__ri              <esi 7nr.   TViic_   in m the national FFA competition
$3,700  from  last year  since oled  .  .   .   $81,700.  This  in- October  i„  K_a_i .as   Citv
thP ritv has onenerl more lots eludes   repair,  and  patching ™r™ October in Kansas  city,
tne city nas opened more tots                   v     >           *          s galine has fielded only Qne ^a-
there.  Another   $10,100   will tnrougnout tne city, pius tne ill(1.rin.r tpam nrpvinn<:lv
come   in   from   the  United Paving of Clark St. and the ^wdgmg *™ ^1
Fund for the hbrary ($9,000 extension of Harris St.
plus   interest)   and go   out 	
Added to Roster
The best FFA meat Judging team in the state of
Michigan is the trio-above, Richard Schneider, David
Gfirbach, and Karl Roehm. [They will represent Michigan
in national competition in Kansas City next October-
Saline Jaycees have won
their   state   organization's
highest citation for external
activities, the Community De-      Petitions were circulated Ford Motor Co. Rouge plant,
velopment Award. this  week   for   four   more His  BS   degree  in  chemical
The award was presented School   Board   candidates, engineering is from Michigan
at a luncheon   Saturday,  at bringing  the  total  to  eight Technical College,
the Michigan Jaycee conven- contenders for the two seats     jje was employed 1959-60
tion in Grand Rapids, and ac- to be filled in the June 10 by the Hoover Bearing Divi-
cepted bv Jack KeUey, presi- election. sion, in their testing labora-
dent of the Saline club. Four- A11 candidates are invited tory. He has also had busi-
teen Saline Jaycees and their to appear at a Candidates' ness experience as manager
wives "attended the conclave.    Night> sponsored by the of a grocery store, in Burr
As a result of the award, SchooIs Advisory Council, to Oak, 1949-52.
the Sahne group will repre- ^ held at g p m- TUesdav,     A resident of Saline since
sent Michigan in national May 28> at the mgh School. January, 1959,   he  has  two
competition  later  this year.      The Reporter will publish children, both in elementary
candidates' stands on school school here. His wife has
matters of key interest, in taught kindergarten at the
upcoming issues. Houghton School for two
local group when Dick Camp- ^^L^fofethjSS- ALLAN GROSSMAN
ton, of Saline, was. named one un^Mst   weekend   wire   -     Allan Grossman, Saline ci-
of 10 outstanding "spark J« j**  Jg^w™» ty attomev since I960, Has
of 203 Clark St.; Raymond ais0_ bee? in Private practice
Dunn, 36, of 285 Mark Han- of law here smce 1958- Be-
Second place went to Kalamazoo Jaycees, with the Plymouth club third.
Another honor came to the
plugs'' in Michigan
The Communitv Develop
ment  Award  to  Saline was
again to purchase the Schleh
building.
Other major items in the
new budget:
Administrative salaries total $22,600 as compared with
last year's $18,466. The increase represents raises of
"about 8.1 per cent overall",
according to Alton Ealy, i n -
structor. Those winners, in
1963,   were   Gordon   Guenther,
1
Fred Gall,  and Gary Girbaeh;
but Albert Feldkamp replaced
SEI^'KS COUNTY Gordon for the nati°nai event-
"     -r^-i-kir   -rirwom The   Saline  livestock  team>
L-Li&KIl FOol       this year> was defeated °y
Quincy by just one point and
Robert Harrison, chairman were tabbed as  alternates for
of Washtenaw County Board the nationals. The members are
City  Administrator Mike of Supervisors, has announc- James Burmeister, son of the
Strait said, plus personnel ed that he is a candidate, on Leonard Burmeisters, a junior;
changes.                                      the Republican ticket, for the Bobby Girbaeh, son of the Ray-
The sewer  and water de- office of County Clerk. mond  Girbaeh, also  a  junior;
partment budget is $169,500.      The first Salinian ever to and Wesley Gall, a sophomore,
Alloted   to   the   recreation chair the board, Harrison will son   of   Mr. and   Mijs. Albert
commission is $5,750, as com- also be the last chairman of Gall.                .    ,
pared with last year's $3,000; the Board of Supervisors as Four other Saline-.'teams, ■ in
S nah Ct.; Allan W. Grossman, fore. that  he taught mathe-
■ __i   nt Q97Q TV/I*™,, xtr, • _.«.! matics atYpsilanti High
and the library  budget has it is now constituted. A Su- dairy)   crops,   mechanics,   and   .   stock judging teamvand«the> state crown. As a result,
jumped from $6,634-to ?llr Prfme_po^5^ deci^on^has land- •cb_Bervati6nr^t'e?e& a Quincy.
made re-districting mandate- state judging competition.'
ry so that supervisors will be	
elected from equal-population fv-f   TT
districts   on  the  November *.* \   Jt_L<B__*(B
He is  assessor,  treasurer, VV \X\ otfttG
and building official for the ci   "L   1 V.*
City of Saline, as well as sup- oCnOI<irSl_ipS
500.
Tabbed for the police de
City to Swap
Mayors with
oCllWar tZ V.1T66K ervisor. He  h a s  served   as Twenty - one    Saline    High
o t          ,._-•_.      _._-.. suPervisor   since   1961,   spe- School seniors have been nam-
Saline and Schwartz Creek cialized   in   taxation   in his ed among the 19,938 winners of
city  officials will   exchange committee  assignments   b e - Michigan Higher Education As-
™^Vt^     ?Ik- I?  Gw6rf fOTe h?^aSuapPi.ln^d Chair; sistance Authority scholarships,
frf ?\ ^LlM.CTlg^ We*' Tn °f *e board's Ways and ms year; six Saliniails are a!
and a dinner at Leutheuser's Means Committee in Decern- moni , 7'91   who   will  receive
Restaurant will climax enter- ber, 1966. He served as vice ™2Lvv award.
tainment for the visit or s chairman of the board last     ^ ll^.l,l.„
here.
Coming  from  Schwartz elected chairman in April.
Creek are Mayor Jesse Ezell, A former Jaycee and Ki-
a tool and die maker employ- wanian, he is now master of
ed at A. C. Spark Plug there, Saline Lodge 133, F. & A.M.,
and his wife, Florence;  and a member of the board of di'
Councilman Gerald Palmer, a rectors of the Rotary Club,
foreman at the Schwartz
, . .       The scholarships are present-
?1eaI,.Jai^_Zas_.Hnar!lin?,usly ed on the basis of competitive
examinations  taken the  previous fall.
The Saline winners include:
Robert Bassett, Darcy Brink,
Susan Campbell, Mary Dannef-
Ift? tw wnrkJ?/™nv£" 41, of 9279 Macon Rd.; and matics at Ypsilanti Higt
iiects: their work m renovat-      ■ . ' School in the 1957-58 school
ing the  Schleh  building  for 1™ ^mght, Jr., 28, of 273
the library's use; their voter MarK ^annan ct. ^ received his BA degree
registration program and MRS. MARY WOODS and secondary teaching cer-
work in presenting informa- Mrs. Woods is a native of tificate from Central Michi-
tion to the public before the Saline who graduated from gan College in 1951, and
recent swimming pool elec- Saline High School, received spent three years in the U.S.
- tion; their sponsorship of the her life teaching certificate Army Signal Corps, Military
teen club: and their park from Eastern Michigan Uni- Intelligence. H e graduated
project. The latter included versity, and studied education from the" Army Language
construction of a shelter and at the University of Michi- School in 1952. He received
foot-bridge last summer and gan. She taught for two years his LLB degree from the Uni-
continued work for expansion at a girls' seminary in Crock- versitv of Michigan in 1957.
and construction of rest ett, Tex., and for 3% years He * is a member ©f the
rooms this year. in Albion, at the elementary 00untyf state, and American
level. Bar associations, the Ameri-
She is president of the Sa- can Judicature Society,  and
line Woman's Club and vice the Michigan Association of
president   of   the Ypsilanti the Professions.
State Hospital Volunteer Ser-      He is also a member of the
vices Council, and past presi- Saline Area Schools Advisory
  dent of the.Child-StHdy.Club Council and chairman of its
Salinians .who snare a con- and the Saline Community financial committee. H e is
cern about civil rights and Hospital Auxiliary. On May 8 past president of the Cham-
human relations, in this area she was cited by Ypsi State ber of Commerce, president
and throughout the U.S., are Hospital for having contri- of the Saline Area Business
invited to participate in a buted> 1,000 hours of volun- Development Corporation,
discussion next Monday even- teer service at the institu- and former member of the
ing, 7:15 p.m., at the home tion. She has served as chair- Fair Board and the Commit-
of the Rev. and Mrs. Lawr- man of the room mothers' tee for Washtenaw County
ence Cole. 212 S. Ann Arbor, organization several. t i m e s Community College. He is the
The group will watch a spe- and was chairman when the father of five children,
cial television program at first adult'education program JAMES KNIGHT, JR.
7:30. first in a series of five, was  started here under the     James Knight, Jr., a resi-
dealing with solutions to such auspices of' the room moth- dent of Saline for 21 years,
urgent national problems as ers. , is a graduate of Salihe High
riots, race bias, fear, and so-     She is vice president of the School   and was   a   Regents
cial injustice. (The 30-minute Church Women United, of Yp- Scholar at the University of
.The use of school facilities ate School." programs, sponsored by the silanti and is Sunday, school Michigan, where he received
for any city recreation activ- There will be no fee for Interfaith Action Council and superintendent and teacher at his BBA (bachelor of busi-
ity was assured this week in recreation use of the schools, financed by the New Detroit the Church of God in Ypsi- ness administration) degree
a ioint meeting of school and but the commission must pro- Committee and the church de- lanti. She is also_ past presi- in accounting. He earned a
Only one point stood between Saline's FFA live-
Group to View
TY Program
On Civil Rights
team to represent Michigan in the national competition.
. _Che Salinians, left to right, are Bobby Girbaeh, Wesley
Gall, and James Burmeister.
Reach Asree^f
On Recreation
(.ity officials.
vide Janitor   service  for  its nominations involved, will be dent of the Missionary Soci- number of scholastic honors
^^u^^t^'i    i. oi™.. _-<_ own  events. If   the  regular aired over WWJ-TV on May ety of the church. and awards  as a U-M stu-
The   schools nave   always school kitchens are used  one 20, May 27, June 10, 17, 24.     She has eight children, all dent.  He  graduated  at  the
been available tor    anything rf ^ ^^ cookg ^^ bg s_veral Qther groups ^ alsQ Saline H j f..          - . - - -     -
andimmediate na.f3ore .Went M'  Robert Dieterle.  Gail Gir- t-h-at  was   community-wide present   Qirbach said;  how- hold similar meetings in Sa- ates: two sons in bu_
Creek  Chevrolet  plant,   and  of the Ann _£bor-effi.Sub. £>ch:   Sam   Hanselman    Ann and pot a ftg^^K ever,   "snack  bar"   facilities line  t0 view and discuss the S^ine; o e so   ^
his wife, Norma. He and his wife, Vi, and Heininger, and David Johnson. £<*■" Ray nGQ\™' ^S "
Saline Mayor George John- their three  children live  at 0thers are Celeste Klem> Kar" °f the Sch°01 B°ard' n0t
son and Councilman George 202 E. Michigan Ave.
Anderson and their wives will 	
gg.the day in Schwartz Provisional
LeRoy King and BiU Tay- TJnnnV On«io+_r
lor are co-chairmen of Michi- -O-OIlUr OOCieiy
Members Cited
en Krempel, Janet Livingstone,      The recreation commission
gan Week events for Saline.
CAROL TO GRADUATE
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
g h School gradu- top of his class, and his de-
business in gree carried the citation,
is a lieu- "With High Distinction",
are ' available  at   the  Inter- program.) tenant in the U.S. Navy; one     He   is   a Certified  Public
mediate School. The meeting at the Coles' daughter in the Peace Corps, Accountant, employed as con-
 ,-„, -, ,        »it was  one of the most home will also include an or- teaching the blind in the Phil- trailer by Industrial Tecton-
Margaret     (Sue)     McKillop, can schedule at the schools cooperative meetings we.'ve ganizational session which is ippines; one daughter who is iCS) inc., in Ann Arbor.
Kathy Osborn, Ed Parker, Ro- "anything that doesn't inter- ever had with the schools."  aimed at forming a discus- a minister;  one teaching m     Knight served for six years
berta (Bobbi)  Politz,  Marjorie fere with  the  school  calen- said Councilman George An- sion and action group to con- Albion;  one in social work; jn the National Guard. When
Quick,  Cecilie  Robison,  Lynne dar,"   he   said,   adding  that derson.  "We expect to hold sider    inter-racial   relations, and one who is employed in he and his wife lived in Allen
Rutherford,   Gilda  Wedemeyer, "there is lots of time avail- m0re city-School Board meet- problems, and solutions.- The Toledo. park for one year, he was
and Ron Williams.. able for use at the Intermedi-  ings in the future to main- public is invited. RAYMOND DUNN treasurer of the Jaycees
tain this mutual cooperation
and understanding. The recreation facilities are for the
entire community, not just
the city."
In the past, all recreation
baseball  and  softball games     Saline GM 5c0Uls and Brown.  car ^^ Ms mother when ,tbe Cleaners. Troops 165, 166, 386,
have been played on school ies j.ave iaunchea a fund-rais- accident happened but was not 279, and 440 will participate, a-
The Saline High School art plays, letterset printing, off-  property;  and crafts classes ing ^^ to aid a stnCken if am- seriously injured. Their father, bout 55 girls altogether. -
Requirements  to  attain pro- department, industrial arts set printing, photographic ex-  {*"****  f„the school  The ily whose mother haS be,en ^ Richard' is a barber employed     Any   organization   willing  to
visional   and   maintain   active department, music depart- perimentation     architectural J^^J that the buildings conscious for man* weeks-        m A"1,4**-.. .  om   m   set up other projects  will be
membership include a scholas- ment, and Mary Lou Gall's d^ays of houses complete ^^^'l,^^^. She is Norma Pope, 34, who The family nves at 301 W. more than welcome, the girls
tic average of better than «B», dance classes will present the witlr house plans, and pictor- ^sa^a°ctivities ^u make has been in a coma at Univers- Bennett St., but the youngsters said. They are asked to call
cumulative from the 9th grade, annual Spring Arts Festival ial displays, descriptive _ ge- | ibl mUch-expanded "y Hospital since she suffered have been staying with neigh- Mrs. Edgar Monty, leader of
with   at   least   four   academic on Mav 24. 25 and 26. ometry, machine drawings ^ a^p™™ sa15. «We hip and head inuries on March bors since their mother was in- Troop 386, at 429-4216.
Names of 27 sophomores and
juniors eligible to become
members of the National Honor Society have been announced
at the High School. They will
become active members.at the
annual Recognition Night program on May 22.
Spring Arts Festival
Slated at High School
Refreshments will be serv-     Raymond Dunn is a manu- there,
ed. factoring  engineer  at  the        (Continued on page 3)
Scouts Aid Stricken Family
Contributions from clubs and
with   at   least   four   academic on May 24, 25 and 26. ometry, maunine uuiwu.- program, Anderson said. "We hiP -      .   _    „        *.,■*•
subjects,   and faculty-approve^     The show is a culmination ^?*£tf3_tfi_t wiu a^e^thinking   of totaUy  ex- 23, the day of the last heavy ged- The Popes have lived m
character, leadership, and ser- 0f student work for the 1967- ..?_; fme arts e^lbit will recreation pro- snowfaU, when her car skidded Saline for 11 years. individuals will also be accept-
vice. 68 sS ve^   and will in- lnclude  sculpturing,  jewelry, V ^ s    ^bl    with  a ^u. i__to  a  coUision with  a truck.     To   get   the    "Norma   Pope ed  at  the  Citizens  Bank  and
On this year's list are Linda elude   district 'regional   and c a st silver lewelij,  cooper s       >  £      tiQn   director    a Mrs. Pope began to respond for Fund" off to a good start, the the   Saline Savings   Bank,   for
Bird,    Teresa    Bonich,    Glenn state award-winning projects, enameled work, water colors   we ^ townshi    partici. the first time this  week  and, Scouts will  hold   a  bake  sale the "Norma Pope Fund". Mrs.
Burkhardt, Janet Charlton, Jo- A dance recital and band con- 01}. P*11*111^.   papier  macne „ now miit ^ tracheotomy tube from 8:30  a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monty is acting as admimstra-
a^t,a Tinir TvratiPv nh.Wp -r„+i. na^ ,„.ii ^^,_m_» „.„__.„oi an. objects, commercial design * _
Anne DoU, Nancy Diuble, Ruth cert will provide musical en- ""•;^'~.,   a^mn,as   nr  lc+to,-
u^i.  if-,+1.^ -mr-ir  a*™ n.o«  + ^~;.,^sJl\<- posters, examples  of letter
ing,   charcoal   and   p e n c
The  city has scheduled  a has. been  removed  from   her Saturday,   May
!fl meeting with township bffi- throat,  is beginning to talk  a
cials tonight to discuss town- little bit. Until her recent im-
ship participation in both the provement, hope for her recov-
recreation   and  the library ery was dim.
But, even with hospitalization
insurance and some veterans'
aid, hospital bills are piling up
25,   a t  Wight tor of the fund.
Esch, Kathy Fick, Gary Graff, tertainment.
Michael Graf, Evelyne  Genik,      The art and industrial dis- „ketchine and wire scufoture
Patricia Hayes,  Susan Haeus- plays ^u be set up in a gal- ^S at ISf bff con
.     '.,     „    ,,     ^       , sler.-Michael Hmtz, Carol Krau- iery style and will be open cert Inijke GUda Wedemey-
Carol  Mikesell,   daughter   of shaar. , Friday, May 24, from 4 pm. ^L^s^^ne^ _._^_._^
Jane Mikesell of 857 Lambkins,     Others are Sharon Lancaster, to 9 pin.; Saturday, May 25, XSteS'S ♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^
will    graduate    summa    cum Patricia   Lange,   Sarah  Law, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and tured   bv nrofesslonal  saxo- SEEK MORE RUMMAGE       . _._.•__•
laude from Michigan State Uni- Nancy Lindem'ann, Mary Liven- Sunday, May 26, from 12 'hone plavers but rarely FOR JAYCEE AUCTION mto a mountain. Smce there is
versity at commencement exer- sparger, Kathy Mader, Cheryl noon to 9 p n^ Thedance re- flayed by high school stu- Saline Jaycees this «ek»^j™^ ^
cises on June9. Mayer,. Fred Schmerberg, Ray- citals will start on Friday and d e„ t s      "Introduction   and onntimiri. their call for rum- ^   wlU        -b     ffore   M s"
Miss Mikesell will receive her mond Tracy, Barbara Weber, Saturday, May 24 and 25 at. f^J,' t^SS^S plSy T^fstS tSr fiL^- f^Z X_ 25slS'%%
BA degree and certificate in Peggy West, and Shannon Wo- 7:30 p.m. in the High School a variety 0f numbers, includ- nual "Rumm-Auction", to be ^%?v.e+r' the Scouts have set no
elementary education. She has tysiak.      .- auditorium. The band concert ^ the modern composition held May 25" at the Curtiss d™e f0,3} f<xL     ,    ^e-
a contract to teach in If ew Ca-  r- -     will be on Sunday, May 26, "Prelude and Fugue" by Neh- Park shelter. People wanting    ^ **"*!• Popfs a^eea
naan,   Conn.,   a  position, she CUB BAKE SALE at 3 p.m. lyvel.   ^  "MaSzoni-;  "Re- to contribute useful items^or af .fT^^Trf^L^'
chose because she has "always Cub Scout Pack 416 will The industrial arts display ayiem" by Verdi; "West Side the sale can arrange for pick- ',^L _pem_>er ot iroop _8b,
liked New England because of sponsor a bake sale from 8 will include such things as Story" by Bernstein; "Fan- up hy phoning 429-4487, or ??d ^^5' \a Brownie m
the 'atmosphere' and historical a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May working hydraulic demon- dango"   by Werle;   and  the 429-5500. Troop 166. They have a brother,
location," her mother said. 18, at>Wight Cleaners. strations,   automotive  dis- .     (Continued on-page 3) ■»♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ «P.anny» 5> who was m ™e
The Pope family: _Sam-y. J.ynn  (standing behind
her sister), Norma, Danny, and Kich.