1968-05-29; Saline Reporter

              Salin
VOLUME 19, NUMBER 38 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1968
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JUNE 10
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RusseU Michalke, 19, former High School varsity letterman, has been killed in
action in Viet Nam.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Art Michalke of 341 Marian
Ct., were notified Sunday
night by an Army officer
who brought a telegram to
their home. Signed by Kenneth G. Wickham, Major
General, U.S. Army, the wire
• read:
"The Secretary of the Army has asked me to express
his regret that your son, Pvt.
First Class Russell A. Michalke, died, in Viet Nam 24
May 1968, as a result of
wound received while on
combat operation when 'engaging hostile force in fire
fight."
Russ, who was sent overseas on January 20, 1968,
was with the 198th Infantry
Battalion, based at Chu Lei.
His parents had received a
letter from him Friday, in
which he said he had been
in combat for 30 days without a razor or change of
clothing.
He was bom July 24, 1948.
In high school, he was a
letterman for two years in
varsity football and in golf
and baseball for one year.
He was a member of the "S"
Club for two years, chorus
and the Spanish Club for one
year, and the Key Club for
three years. He graduated in
June of 1966 and attended
Washtenaw Community College for a year before entering the Army on August 8,
1967. He took his training at
Ft. Knox, Ky., and Camp
Edwards, La.
He was a member of St.
Paul United Church o f
Christ.
Surviving besides his parents are twin sisters, Mrs.
John (Carol) Ridge and Mrs.
Bill (Gail) Yuhasz, and three
ALUMNI BANQUET,
DANCE DATE CHANGED
The date of the Saline
High School Alumni Banquet
and Dance has been changed
to Saturday, June 29, Don
Wie.dman, banquet chairman,
has announced. Wiedman has
Still been unable to locate a
speaker for the banquet.
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■-■ The Rev. Lawrence Cole
will be the speaker at the
Baccalaureate program, a t
8:15 p.m. Sunday, at Saline
High School; and Fr. Joseph
Noelke will give the invocation and benediction.
Other 1968 Commencement
activities include the annual
Awards Night for seniors,
set at 8:15 p.m. Friday, June
14, at the High School, and
graduation exercises at 3
p.m. Sunday, June 16, at the
athletic field.
Senior exams will be given
on June 6 and 7, and the
seniors will leave at 6 a.m.
Saturday, June 8, for their
annual trip to Washington,
D.C, and New York. They
will be accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. James Bradley, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Schwartz, and
Mr. and Mrs. Clem Corona,
and will return on June 13.
All other school exams will
be given on half-days, June
.13, 14, and. 17. There will be
■no school...on June 18, and
..students will go in on June
tS- only to pick up report
cards.
nephews, aU of Saline; his
paternal grandmother, Mrs.
Richard Michalke of West-
land; and maternal grandmother, Mrs. A. W. Loewer
of Saline.
Funeral arrangements are
tentative. An Army captain
from Selfridge Field visited
the  Michalkes  late  Monday
and contacted,the Bahnmiller
Funeral Home,* where ^notice'
will be sent when the body is
returned to the States, probably in about a week. Tentative plans are for a service
from the funeral home followed by a graveside military service at Oakwood Cemetery.
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OVER FIRE HALL
A new flag, donated by the
Business and. Professional
Women's club, was raised for
the first time at the new
Fire HaU, Tuesday afternoon,
on a flagpole also donated
by the BPW.
Memorial day parade
'£0 start at 10 a.m.
?.*^-_?he-iMemorial--__>ay- parade
wUl start at 10; a.m. Thursday from the Junior High
School. Marchers will go to
the cemetery for the annual
service sponsored by William
B. Lutz Post, American Legion, and return to the school
after the program, to disband.
CITY TO. GET
TV VIEW
OF SEWERS
The city fathers may soon
view one of the nation's
grubbiest TV programs . . .
a televised trip through Saline sanitary sewers.
The show may not draw
much of a Nielsen rating, but
it's necessary ... to find out
how ^torm water is getting
into the sanitary sewers. The
excess water causes the sewers to back up into the basements of homes, after heavy
rains.
Citv Council Monday night
instructed Adminis trator
Mike Strait to contract for
the TV- service, or do whatever e!se is necessary to find
the entry point ... or points
. . . of the unwanted water.
There _a,r e several firms
which provide such a service,
bv running. TV cameras
through the sewers, Strait
said. He will check their
prices, which run about 20
cents a foot, as compared
with the cost of putting a
snecially-built still camera
through the sewer system.
The latter takes still pictures
at  about  tvyo-foot   intervals.
Dropping dye into the sewers won't work in this case,
he said, "because we wouldn't know where to put the
dye in. You'd have to dye
the whole rainstorm."
The problem of storm water getting into sanitary sewers has been present for
years, he said; but Council
has been particularly concerned since heavy rains at
Christmas time caused numerous.-..flooded .basements.
The condition repeated itself
this week.
Although the city has approximately 20 mUes of sanitary sewers, it will only be
necessary to study a few
hundred feet to find the
source of the problem, Strait
said.
Voters to Decide
On 7.54 Mills,
ndidates
School district voters will
decide on extra operating
millage in the June_10 election, besides,"'choolsihg two
School Board trustees from
among eight candidates.
The Board of Education, in
a surprise announcement
this week, asked for a renewal of the 7.54 miUs voted last
year for operation. This
year's approval would also
be for one. year.
No increase in operating
miUage is needed, the Board
said, because the valuation
of the school district has increased $4,348,513 from last
year, to a present total of
$54,293,770.
"The additional income a-
mounts to $81,000 from the
increase in valuation if we
keep the same amount of operation millage we had last
year," said a Board newsletter which was mailed Monday to all residents of the
district.
There is also an increase
of $43,000 in state aid.
Said  the newsletter:
"As you know, each year
with the increase in enroU-
ment, additional teachers
must be hired and this caUs
for increases in supplies, capital outlay and operational
costs. Along with this the
salaries of all school personnel increase to keep pace with
other schools in the county,
business and industry"
"To come'to the point, the
additional"'? ffl^ome over last,
year's income will be used
for new teachers, salary increases for aU school personnel, capital outlay, operation and cux-riculum improvement."
An extra voted millage of
7.54, plus the schools' set allocation  of 11.22, gives Sa
line schools a total of 18.76
mills for operation.
Holding the line on operating millage, however, doesn't mean that taxpayers will
not see an increase on their
tax statements, the newsletter pointed out. The debt retirement miUage for the new
high school, voted in March
of 1967, will go on the tax
levy this year.
The debt retirement levy
was not put on the tax rolls
last year because the bonds
had not yet been sold. They
were sold this week, to Bank
of the Commonwealth, lower
of two bidders. The accepted bid was for an interest
average of 5.4 per cent on
the $6,319,000 bond issue.
The School Board, which
had earlier considered the
possibility of postponing the
election on operating millage
untU August, decided at a
special meeting two weeks
ago to place it on the June
10 ballot. The amount was
also decided at that time, according to , Superintendent
Harold Hintz.
With two Board seats to
be fiUed at the same election, all eight' candidates
were invited to speak and
meet the public at a special
meeting sponsored by the
School Advisory Council tonight, at the High School.
The candidates also .answered questions presented
by the Sahne Reporter; see
page two.     ■■.--■
BIDS TABLED
City CouncU Monday night
opened and tabled for study
two bids on construction of
the proposed Emergency Operation Center in the basement of the former city hall
building.
ervice Awards
Richard H. Compton has received the highest Ford Motor
Company award for community
service, in ceremonies climaxing the second annual Community Service Awards "program of the Ford Motor Company General Parts Division
plant in Saline.
Compton was. named "Ford
Citizen of the Year" in Saline.
He received a cast bronze Town
Crier   BeU   symboUzing   com
munity service. His wife, Carol,
is a secretary at the Ford fa-
ciUty.
The company annuaUy honors
community - minded employes
or spouses of employes at its
Saline plant. The award winners were chosen by a panel
of civic leaders and company
officials. This year's awards
were presented by John McDougall, division general man
ager, after a banquet Thursday at Leutheuser's Restaurant
in Saline. Featured speaker was
Saline Mayor George E. Johnson.
Gompton was cited for his
participation in voter registration drives, a swimming pool
bond issue, United Fund and
a 'number of Jaycee projects.
The Comptons live at 175 Elm-
wood Ct.
"Outstanding Service Award"
plaques, bearing the engraved
commendation of Henry Ford
II, chairman of the board, were
given  to four other  honorees:
Mrs. Kristeen R. Clark, 3306
East Surrey Dr., whose husband, KendaU, is the plant con-
troUer. She received an award
for work with the Girl Scouts,
United Fund, YMCA and YW-
CA,   schools   and   her   church.
Donald   W.   Clingersmith,   45
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Harper Dr., who was recently
promoted to RawsonvUle in the
systems and data processing
department. He was cited for
participation in various Jaycee
projects and for being the
"Teen Club" advisor.
WiUiam W. Sartin, of Dexter,
who is in the controUer's office.
Sartin's community service included work with the school
board, United Fund, viUage
council, American Legion, Boy
Scouts   and his   Ghurch.
David P. Avis, of Adrian, of
the plant engineering department. He was honored for his
extensive participation in Boy
Scout activities and service to
his church
Another four nominees received "Good Citizen Award"
citations. They were:
Jack Measley, 208 W. McKay,
of  the  production   control   de
partment.   He   was   cited   for
work with the city councU and
his church.
Richard W. Bauch, of Wayne,
of the industrial relations department. He was honored for
Cub Scout, community betterment and election activities.
Mrs. Betty Curley, of Dundee, whose husband, Henry, is
a manufacturing engineering
employe. She was cited for service to the band boosters, Can
cer Crusade, volunteer firemen
and her church.
Larry R. Westin, of Ann 'Arbor, of the manufacturing engineering department. He received an award for work in
scouting and a school.
The Saline program is one of
40 Community Service Awards
programs which Ford conducts
at locations across the nation
where it has facilities.
If the world had more doers, like these people, tiie
world would^ave fewer problems. So said Mayor George
Johnson, featured speaker at the Ford Motor Company's Community Service Awards program, in a salute
to the people who had earned recognition at the second
annual Saline Plant awards banquet.
The winners, left to right: airs. Betty Curley. Mrs.
Kristeen Clark, William Sartin, Dick Compton, Donald
Clingersmith, David Avis, Jack Measley, Richard Bauch,
Larry Westin. John McDougall, at right, general manager of Ford's General Parts Division, made the pre
sentations to climax the program at Leutheuser's last
Thursday evening.
Dick Compton holds the Town Crier Bell, supreme
token of community service in Ford Motor Company's
Service Awards program. Dick's wife Carol, a secretary
at the Ford Saline plant, smiles at. left, a few moments
after John McDougall, center, presented the "Citizen of
the Year" award to her husband.