1968-08-07; Saline Reporter

              The Saline
VOLUME 19, NUMBER 48-WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7,1968
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CANDIDATES FILE
Rural Houses Said About Two Tots, and a Turnout:
Primary Targets
In Recent Burglaries
Rural homes and small bu- sought in connection with a
sinesses have been the target. break-in Saturday night at
in a recent surge of break- the home of Mrs. Waldo
ins in this area. Whitcomb,  160 B e'm i s Rd.
Saline police this weekend About $42, some pergonal
apprehended three suspects checks, and other items were
in an attempted entry of a taken.
residence on York Terrace; Neighbors also reported
and a house on Bemis Rd. seeing a suspicious car, con-
was broken into. Other homes taining four men, driving
have recently been entered around the Bemis-Wfarner
. . . and guns, money, and Rd. area Monday night,
other items taken ... on Elsewhere in the area,
State, Wagner. Weber, Bras- Wendell Wells, of 3801 S.
sow, and Textile roads. Wagner Rd., reported to
Police were called to York Sheriff's deputies that tools
Terrace at 2:45- a.m. Sunday, valued at S145 had been tak-
when a neighbor reported en from his barn and garage
that a car had parked in a during the-night,
nearby driveway and a girl Burglaries in the near vi-
remained in the car while two cinity of Saline, though not
men went" behind the 'John actually inside the city lim-
C. Michaels home, at 1543 its, have numbered "12 to 14
York Terrace. in the past six months," ac-
Investigation showed that cording to Police Chief Jim
the screws had been pulled L-evleit. It is believed that the
off a rear patio door of the thefts are all the work of
Michaels house, but entry nrofessionals. and thev may
had not been gained. Since be part of an organized rins..
York Terrace is outside the Levleit said. He added: "It's
city, Saline police turned the obvious that they are shoot-
suspects over to the Sheriff's jnsr f 0 r unoccupied homes.
Department; investigation is Thev take guns, money,
continuing. clothing, and about anything
A statement made by one e]se sman enough to carry."
of the three revealed an un- He urge(1 resident's to leave
usual system of "easing" a 1!ffhts on in their homes at
house, according to Detective ^ t;mes> whether anyone is
Cpl. Ron Ritter: there or not. Any suspicious
The method is. to get the activity   should -be reported
iLowner's name from the mail- at oncfe> he saidi either to Sa-
■ yx, and then go to the pub- line Polioe ^hone 429-2511)
Tj-lc phone booth at the center or  to the   sheriff's  Depart-
jf*of Saline and call that home ment   (fi62_2504). Saline po-
'   on the phone. lice   will   accebt   calls from
They then leave the phone ontside the citv limits and
off the hook, so that the wilI tato} api,ropriate action,
rinering continues, and  drive he saiA.
back to the house. If the He particu!arlv urged that
phone is still rinsing inside,
they can assume that nobods'
is at home and it is safe to
break in. Once inside, they
need only lift the phone off
the hook to stoo the ringing.
Such  hurflflnries  might be
Anderson, Keveling
Run for Top Post
a report be made if anyone
sees a car drive past slowly
and then return to let someone but, or if unknown persons ?>re seen around an un~
lighted dwelling.
The  number  of breakings
prevented, Ritter suggested, and enterings alwavs rises in
if people would take their the summer. Cpl. Ritter not-
names off their mailboxes, ed, "esoeciallv in outlying ar-
leaving onlv the house num- eas". The thieves, he said,
ber; and if neighbors would «nke t0 eome 0ut of a corn
call police if they hear a field or out of the woods, and
phone ringing for a long per- hit the back door"..
iod of  time  in  an empty 	
house. FAIR   BOOKS   COMING:
Anyone who sees the phone FAIR BOARD TO MEET
receiver off the hook in the     The   annual   Fair   Premium
downtown    phone   booth Book, now being printed at The
should replace it and notify Saline Reporter, will be sent out
police.
Two  juveniles
are  being
to all area residents in about
two weeks.
The Saline Fair Board will
meet at 8:30 p.m. Monday in
the   agriculture   room   a t  the
High School.
County Tabbed
S^ool Contract
OK Exnerfc
This Week
Ratification of the 1968- Disaster Area
69 master pchnnl contract _-. _,.        ,
may come this week from the Jjlie tO t lOOQS
Board nf-..duration and the
Saline Education Association.      Washtenaw County has
A  Board meetino-  on   the ^en declared a disaster ar-
contraet will he held Friday ea  as ^ result of the cala_
T^T' l3^   mtmlTs fcan mitous flood in June,
attend, according to Simerm-       ...   _._. _.     * _-.	
tendent Harold Hintz. He has At tt% J^8^0* C°"g-
exoressed optimism that the ressman Marvin Esch, the
contract aeroed on last week, SmaU Business Admmistra-
in an all-night session of ne^' tion undertook an ihvestiga-
gotiators. will meet with tion of the extent of the da-
Board aonroval. mage done by the raging wa-
. An SEA ratification meet- ters, to determine whether it
ing has been scheduled at 8 met the SJB.A. standards for
p.m. Thursday at the Presbv- classification as a disaster
terian Church. Nearly all area. it ,jid-
IT WAS A "HEAVY ELECTION
TURNOUT" for these two young Saline
mothers, at least. Mrs. James Marks, left,
271 Nichols Dr., and Mrs. David Dunlap,
325 Wallace Dr., defied the muggy weather Tuesday . . . loaded up their baby
carriers . . . and cast their ballots in the'
primary. It was their first election in Saline,- since bo]J_i,.fa_nilies haye lived here
less than a year. The girls' husbands voted also . .....Marks before going to work
that morning, and Dunlap after returning from his job that night. As for young
Casey Marjts, 3V2 months old, and Brian
Dunlap, 4 months, their first chance to
vote won't c.pme for quite a few years . . .
and the expressions on their faces hint
.that; .they- ora!d.nl_t,c&re_J_}Ss...-. _.,,______-._
In  a  fairly light  turnout
Tuesday, voters in the Saline              .      . ,      .     „„„_„„-i
area renominated Republican     Nominating petitions were Rogers' prior approval     .
Thomas Sharpe as candidate filed this "week for two eandi- Also seeking a council seat
for    State    ItSprpsaitatiye da^^^^##afid f(3ur-for for the first time is Waldo
from the 51st BisIM*^*;-   ^ Oily'CeniieiL      ' (Jim)   Gross,  a broker who
*  .*• '_'"'?•'             . 'Seeking the mayor's  post has  been  in the real estate
Sharpe, opposed in *a- live- are George Anderson, ineum- business here for 10 years,
ly primary  battle  by  Mary bent  COUncilman  and mayor He was formerly a partner in
Lou McCohnaughey. of How-         tem, and Hugh Keveling, Westside Hardware,
ell   defeated.,her in this part £  f                 member of .the Gross   has  served   on  the
of his district by more than d     planning commission for
two  to   one.  In  Livingston LUL""-U- j, " ?r   •   „ +,-,._, ,.f
County, the.major portion of      Four candidates for three four years. He is a native of
his district, his victory edge council seats to be filled in the Saline area and an active
apDroached three to one.        the November election are member and officer of rrini-
Democratic  voters  here George   Johnson,   now   com- tv Evangelical Lutheran
and throughout Washtenaw pleting his   second   term   as Church.      .,...„.        T
Countv   renominated   Sheriff mayor;  Glenn Clark, incum- Gross  said   that     smcf; *
Doug Harvey, by a wide mar- bent   eounciiman;   and  two was called on to run, and I
gin.  In  the November  elec-     h    are new on the council see a lot of work to be done
tion,  he will oppose former                       neonhvtes in city I feel x have to do my Part
S-o^^rra __.   Sap^3h?5e"C,„_ ^^S^*
SS* '0r fte G°P ™°.?™e..y served as -*« ^^ *™
.   -    -    • city clerk, in the early 1950's, drainage corrected so th at
Voters   in  the   Democrat then as member of the staff wha1- happened in the flood
primary   also   renominated of Saline Savings Bank. He ^ont ^.ap? e/11agam4.1 ana
former Congressman Weston was later a member of the "something to help youth ac-
Vivian, to oppose the incum- sales staff at the Utilex plant tiVltie.s-  They need a better
bent    Republican   Marvin ,    Fowlerviiie;  last year he organization and a place to
Si  n-Jf • fCnd C°ngreS" moved to the Saline office of m!f   .. ^      _ .
sional District. Congressman Un}versal Die Castine in the Keveling, after h i s peti-
Esch was unopposed on the Universal Die casting^ in tne tions  &r qv werg  med
GOP primary ballot. sales department of Hoovers said.
In  the  City of  Saline,   S. die casting divisions. <.j want to be your  next
Jerome Bronson, of Oakland     He  was   President   of  the mayor.
County, far outran all other Saline Chamber of Commerce "j have several changes in
candidates for Judfre of the in 1957; he is an active mem- mjnd that I would like to see
Appellate .Court. He is .the her of the American Legion done, particularly a change
brother of Kenneth Bronson, and the Presbyterian Church, in city government. B y a-
fofmer Saline resident and He'and his family live at 216 mending or revising our
Justice of the Peace. Russell St. charter, we can have a city
 ■ The  Rogers family is out ™a£per  £orm  of  g°vern-
ZONING BOARD  TO MEET     of   town   on   vacation this ""^   dty   has   grown   g0
Saline Township's
board will meet at
Thursday,   August  15,
___,ha]l__^-, _-.___ _ -  -^ :.:■- ■_■
zonmg
8 p.m.
week • and  he  could riot  be
reached for  comment.  Peti-
fast  in  the .last  few years
and is continuing at such a
at  the tions were filed on his be- rapid rate that we need more
,   _„.... —half by Charles4_Kern>.-.with.> - •    (Continued on page-2)
G
oncernmg a
Park
Bridge:
DITCH TO BECOME A PARK
SOON. Completion of Saline's relief drain
serving a large area in 1116 northeast part
bf town, coupled with heavy rains and
flooding last month, has resulted in some
natural excavation work through Old
Creek subdivision north of Willis Rd. Old
Creek Drive, shown above "in the rough",
was originally planned as a boulevard,
with the storm drain running open down
the middle. But now, plans call for the
drain to be buried, carrying runoff water underground to the south side of Willis Rd. The developer of the subdivision
expects the drain to be completed in six
weeks. Landscaping of the ditch-tnrned-
parkway will complete the transformation later.
The new subdivision also features
underground electrical and phone leads,
eliminating all utility poles and overhead lines.
Fair Housing to Come up Aug. 19
teachers except those new to
the school system have been
City  Council last Monday Rights Commission.                 line's proposed ordinance, if
night instructed City Attor- »    *    *                   passed, might very well be
ney Allan Grossman to draft Basically, fair housing le- the most modern of them an,
ed word Monday that, as a a fair housing ordinance to gislation such as that being since it will be written to tie
Congressman- Esch receiv-
contacted. according to How- ™su|t"0^ £e ""disaster' area" be^esentedto the"_£.up. at ^^a^l^r^'-isli^^. hTwith the state legislation
r,One or two could not be lo- designation, individuals and their next regular meeting to help assure people of the recently enacted.
ard McCann. SEA negotiator.
TRAVELING BRDDGE  RETURNS.
The Jaycees' bouncing bridge, built last
year to link the east and west portions
of Curtiss Park, came back home last
week after extensive travels. Ripped
from its heavy masonry underpinnings
during the big flood last month, the
wooden structure rode the torrent far
downstream, finally coming to rest near
the old Fxils and Bracket flour mill. It
eame through the ordeal in reasonably
good shape and was judged to be fit for
.restoration. So Saline DPW workers ajptd
one of Ted's Service wreckers hauled it*
up to solid ground, loaded it aboard a
trailer, and brought it back where it belongs. Jaycees will rebuild the handrails,
then the DPW crew will swing it across
the stream again.
According to present plans, the
bridge willSbe back in business in plenty
of time to carry steak broil customers to
the Fifth Annual Rotary Cookout scheduled for Saturday, August 24. The feast
will be held at the park shelter,vvisible
in the background above . . . and steak
lovers -will be able to judge the amount
they^ve eaten by the amount the bridge
dips on" their return trip to the parking
lot.       *  ' - . _   ■
, "cated, and one"or tv£__£out owners of ;small husinesses, August 19      ^    ^ right to  purchase  or rent MEEt  = : —-, : :	
>«£SX^&to^*ST&'Z^ dTYM.ETSTOBE    AT CORNER BUILDING
.ff=ia_£ suaby "ssrssrs ss « iT^f^5 ^^=^^ sr^Kl-J4. s: -, - ^ -_ be«at courtroom, •** ^ ^^ ai w Jaycee MW
aaTJ.r.1,  „       y  , ,     B t.. •    1968   (State   Act  No.  112, ces . . . among them Plym- Club . . ■ stui meet at o _j.ui. nrPcPnt  ritv Hall   at the an Emereencv Operations Cen- _.       ^ ,,    -,-  - m.
week f0r   such  a  loan  or   obtain Public'Acts   0f Michigan) outh, Birmingham, Flint, Yp- each Sunday at "The Place", ^^BW^*™ *f_ ^m«f e$^ uperanons >en   meetmg at 8 p.m. Monday. The,
JAYCES M-NIGHTSET
All  official meetings  of the room for"the council chambers,.'   District    chapters    will be
«,n,.iiC_!!!!™   +w   _,_,t,_.„i ivJi   """"   "   """   "*"    Jr-uonc   Acts   ox  ivucmgan;  outn, i-irmingnam, j-iuii, xjj- c_u_ cm.uo,   »l    j-^v.  -.__-.- ,        -   -   f -vfiphiffn,,   Ave   and ter in the basement
"""f™ cK„ii^ further inf ormation may con- whieh was signed June 11 by silanti, Ann Arbor,  Inkster, their name for the basement of £^*_™SS £Lr ^                   basement.
wiU  open on  schedule,   on tact m& Small Business Ad- Governor'(_eorge Romney. To Port Huron, Kalamazoo, Bat- the Presbyterian Church. -  M ^hor St., unhl further no-        . .   __. _
place will be announced.
^^^H'' E^^i 5;+w ministration  regional  office, facilitate local application of tie Creek,  Saginaw, Albion,    AU young people living in the tice
A color film- will be shown
Thursday ahd Friday of that
at  1249  Washington Blvd., the terms"of the statute, the Muskegon   Heights,
nesday because "STthe Fair, 226-7240. for-creation of a local CivilHighland Park
Muske- Saline area, of any denomina-     The old city hall building on at; the Thursday noon meeting
'The Kiwanis Club will meet
week wiU be full school days; nfetroit* Ve" Phone nuniberls proposed* o?_±__Tnre"wm c"aU gon."Grakd^pids, Detroit, ton or none, ie"welcome. The S. Ann Arbor St. is being re- of the Rotary Club, at Leutheu-at 6:^0 p.m. Monday at  Walk-
classes do not begin on wed- nnn nn;n       * fnr> .„n^tim nf a inf.n1 rivilTTi__-h1an_l Park ... but Sa-. meetings are supervised.
modelled, to provide additional ser's   Restaurant
'er's Bakery.