1968-10-10; Saline Reporter

              e Saline
VOLUME 20, NUMBER 5     -    Thursday, October 10,1968
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MANY OF THE VOLUNTEERS in the United
Fund drive are veterans of many campaigns, having
gone all-outs for the community effort for five, or
eight, or 10 consecutive years. Attending the 1968 kick-
off banquet Tuesday were some who have contributed
uncountable hours: Dorothy Leidheiser, chairman this
year, and Mrs. Aldean Jedele, Cecelia Ference, Ruth
Hagen, Jean Taylor, Nelson Watling, Mrs. Glen Feldkamp, Bill Crim, Jr., and Lilah Watling.
Program  Open to All School Children
This year's topical flouride
program in Saline will begin
Monday, October 21. at the
Junior High School.
Children should be registered
by October 16; parents who did
not receive registration cards
may contact one of the school
offices. A fee of $4, to cover
cost of operating the clinic,
...must be submitted along with
each registration card.
The program is  open to all
school   age   children;   and  the
Michigan Department qf Dental
Health recommends that the following   groups  participate:   all
j£if.5th and 8th graders; any Mnder-
"^jF gartner or 2nd grader who does
■ "£   not drink water from the city
water system;   and kindergart-
ner or 2nd grader who has lived
in Saline for less than three
years.
Mrs. Carol Wehlau, of Anh
Arbor, a hygienist, will clean
the children's teeth and apply
the fluoride solution. For further
information, .call Mrs. Paul
Hale,  Chairman,   at 429-5094.
CUB  COMMITTEE
■SESSIONS SLATED
...The adult committee of Cub
Scoi-Tl. ack 474 will meet at 8
p.m. Friday at the home of
Vern CoUison. Leaders training
sessions are" scheduled at 7:30
p.m. on the following three
Wednesdays.
Saline's vital community spirit had a lot to do with his decision to join the Michigan United Fund staff on a permanent
basis, one of the speakers at
the United Fund kick-off banquet  said here Tuesday night.
The U.F. staffer, a retired
Army officer, told his SaUne
audience that he had been considering a job with the state
organization . . . and was very
much undecided when he visited Saline weeks ago to observe
a community U.F. group in
action.
"I'm an idealist, and I speak
my mind, regardless of whether people want to hear what
I have to say. This accounts
for the fact that I retired one
rank below my active duty
status . . . arid I didn't want
to join M.U.F. unless I could
be sure that it was the kind of
organization I could develop a
real crusader's spirit for. I
was very much in doubt when
I   paid  that  visit  in  Saline.
"But the action of the group
here helped a lot to convince
me that this is my kind of organization. The dedicated effort I saw here on the grass
roots level was certainly a
determining factor," he concluded.
He spoke at a dinner attended by approximately 100 volunteers for the 1968 Saline camr
paign, which seeks a goal of
$33,913.
Chairman for the campaign
is  Mrs.  Donald Leidheiser.
Area workers who will be
soliciting door-to-door during
the days just ahead:
Area 1, Mrs. Donald Leidheiser,. captain; Mrs. Minnie
Brassow, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Church. Mrs.. Verl Youngs, .Mrs,
John Blue, Mrs.,' Richard Leidheiser, Mrs. Jerry Loader, Mrs.
Robert Vedder, Mrs. Roger Van
Doren, Mrs. Jerry Losee, Mrs.
Jan Losee, Mrs. Ralph Swen-
arton, Mrs. Dennis Keliey, Mrs.
CLARK STREET RESIDENTS may
think they're in the wrong town ... or
at least on the wrong thoroughfare . . .
as the old familiar bumps and chuck-
holes have vanished, at long last, under
Steve Skipski, Mrs. David Jackson, Mrs. David Dunlap, Mrs,
Lawrence Thomas, Mrs. William Charlton and Mrs. Roger
Davis.
Area 2, Mrs. Donald Talsma,
ceptain; Mrs. Paul Arola, Mrs.
Warren Hanson, Mrs. Carl Wilson, Mrs. Ronald Hilla, Mrs.
Louis Payne, Mrs. Alwin Burkhardt, Mrs. Jan Bussie, Mrs.
Edward Komorowski, Mrs. Duane Anderson and Donald Talsma.
Area 3, Mrs. Jean Taylor,
captain; Mr. and Mrs. Boyd
Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Cummings, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald MacPhee, Mr. and Mrs.
David- Schuette, Mr. and Mrs
Roy McCormick, Mr. and Mrs.
John Erskine, Miss Luella Lambarth, Mrs. Mary Martin, Mrs.
Geraldine Chantelois, Mrs. Ruth
Hagen, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert  Collins.
Area 4, Mrs. Henry Erskine
and Mrs. Wilbur Nelson, co-
captains; Mrs. Joseph Burkhart, Mrs. John Lake, Mrs.
Wilford Davis, Mrs. Robert Lehtonen, Mrs. Clyde Hoover, Mrs.
Hugh Keveling, Mrs. Owen G.
Campbell.
Also Mrs. Karl Bredernitz,
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Watling,
Mrs. Keith Munsell, Mrs. Duane Steiner, Mrs. Albert Graff,
Mrs. Robert Bonszyk, Mrs. Ro- j
bert Higdon, Mrs. Barry Van j
Koevering, Mrs. W. C. Vander
Yacht, Mrs. Harold Gage, Mrs.
Owen Armbruster, Mrs. Howard
Hill, Mrs. Donald Sharkey, Mrs.
Dan Lirones, Mrs. Violet Scully.
Area 5, Mrs. Warren Rentschler, captain; Mrs. Alfred
Payeur, Mrs. William Klapper,
Mrs. Douglas Rideout, Mrs.
Martin Vila, Mrs. Frank Clam.
pit, Mrs;-Donald Feddle,tMrkri- ;
Johnny Long.
Area 6, Mrs. Ralph Kring,
captain; Mrs. Dale Fisher, Mrs.
■Allen Rentschler, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Noffsinger, Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Connin, ■ Mrs. Neil
Haarer, Mrs. Milton Baiscl.,
Mrs. Dorrie Friend, Mrs. CM- a family whose house was
ton Bird, Mrs. Doris Finkbeiner, gutted bv an early morning
Mrs. David Wolter. fire)   Sunday,   is   staying   with
Area 7, Mrs. Kenneth Thomp- Mends all over town,
son,  captain;   Mrs   Glen Feld-     The u        wMch faave
kamp    Mrs    Paul   Hammond, d       ^   &    ^   .
Mrs.   Arnold   Wild,   Mrs    Mel- d 4;30 • was &scov&v.
yma Eager   Mrs. Alex Gorte   ed bv Mrs   DollaM M ^ A1_
Mrs   Dwight  Carr   Mrs.  Kirk       ^ ^   entir6 f
Gordon    Mrs    C-.anre   Gordon,  ed ^ _afet    Mrs   Marto later
^S^,ard PaJjam'Mrs- ?a£- twisted her "ankle in the back
old^Feldkamp, Mrs. James Boh-        d        M      neighbors    were
ADWAY
Clark, Harris
Street Work
Progresses
blacktopping, curb, and gutter. Also in
. progress is the extension of Harris- St.
beyond the railroad tracks, giving the
city a second exit to the north, for the
first time. The scene above is at the intersection of the two streets.   .
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at the east end of town has progressed
to the point that fixtures and equipment
•are-being-moved into-: the-buildings--. ■-.■•-.
but so far no opening dates have been
announced.
Burned Out Family Needs House
nett.
throwing household goods down
INCONGRUITY of Joe Bassett's
title (center) vvith all that other scenery
around, is just one of the fanciful goings-
on   during Homecoming.   Flanking   Mr.
Prettylegs are Kathy Mader, senior representative in the Homecoming Queen's
Court. . . and the reigning monarch herself, Shirley Finkbeiner.
Slide Program
On Citv Needs
Available Now
ALL KINDS OF BEAUTY thronged
the football field at half-time Friday,
during the Homecoming celebration. Appearing left to right: during queen-crowning irites; Sarah:=C__r_stner.  sophclass
rep; Jackie Leonard, last-year's queen;
Shirley Finkbeiner, '68 Homecoming
Queen; Joe Bassett; Kathy Mader, senior representative; fat Deasy, freshman;
"ahd'Mary Hunt, junior.
Area 8, Mrs  Arthur EUis and =Mo_t      ae &contents 0,
Mrs.  Kenneth Youngs   co-cap- ^ house furniture and
tarns; Mrs   Jon Ditz  Mrs   Ro- nal belon^ , were
bert Siefert, Mrs. Michael Ro- ^ayed     ^     h    da d    b
tunno   Mrs.  Roland Sclmeider, k;      d ^     ^     a/
Mrs. Pearl Felty, Mrs. William .'
Klein, Mrs. Mary I|>u Jenv There was major structural
kins, Mrs. William Crim, Jr., damage in the walls, of the
Mrs. Sarah Deasy, Mrs. Bue.l nouse> which is located at 109
Kellogg, Mr. and Mrs. Eldean Russell St.
Bauer, Mrs. Shirley Lancaster, First priority, now, is another
Mrs. Donald Drake, Mrs. Tony house to rent, for as long as
Herman, and Mr. and Mrs. it may take to repair the for-
Oscar Henes. mer one. It may be a matter
Bridgewater, Mrs. Aldean of "three or four months, or
Jedele, captain; Mrs. Clarence longer", Mrs. Martin said,
Reynolds, Mrs. Lloyd Klager, since the extent of the dam-
Mrs. Arnold Guenther, Mrs. age has not yet been assessed.
Carl Luekhardt. Mrs.   Martin   and   her   two
youngest   children,   Suanne,   6.
and Danny, 8, are staying with
the John Livingstones until they
decide where they will relocate.
A   daughter,   Nancy,   11,   is   a
guest of the Harold Wackenhuts; and the Jack' Leonards
A half-hour slide program on are hosting Jimmy, 13, and Da-
the city's need for sewage plant vid, 15. Said Mrs. Martin:
expansion, flood control, soft "People have been very, very
water, and expanded recreation helpful and I want them to
facUities is avaUable to any Imow it's appreciated."
group wishing to see it. Many Salinians turned to, to
Mayor George Johnson o r launder the Martins' smoke-
any of the councUmen wUl pre- damaged clothing and to help
sent the program. AU local or-iin any other way possible. As-
ganizations have been notifid sistance is being coordinated
•that the program is avaUable, by the WSCS of the Methodist
the mayor- said, but the only Church, of which Mrs.' Dan
request to see it, so far, came Lirones   is   president-   Anyone
from the Saline Regional Plan- wishing to'Offer aid may caU   ■.-,■, . . .     :..-.* •-   .-.
ning Commission. her at 429-7332. __A_ bla?e__of ^^T °^ ™ge<| were a combine, a ne^
The program detaUs reasons     A side issue  concerns  about Fnday.destroyed two barns m hay baler and^asmaU elevator,
and cost  breakdowns   on  th e five tons of coal whiclrthe fam- £ *# -^machinery, *'- *5     !Sfe_an<_ Vlfthfld ^e ^e" '
four projects, which are to be ily had just purchased . . . and W"* ;Sch_jtt_e  ferm   at "7245 partmente  fought the.- fire for
decided, in four separate bond-.which weren't touched by the Pleasant Lake Rd. several hours. No total damage
ing proposals, on the Novem- fire. Anyone who would like to-   The fire,.which was discov- estimate is  available.
ber 5 baUot. buy it is asked to contact Harold ered when the" famUy was  at  —
  Gage, at Harold's Barber Shop, breakfast, apparently started in pAgj MATRONS TO MEET
STUDY   GROUP. TO  MEET    Or at home. 429-5565. the smaUer of the two bairns,   -^ p^_t Matrons wffl meet
Friendship   Extension   Study     Martin   is   employed   as   an which were only about 12 feet at  7.30     m;  Monday    at  the
Group will meet Monday Oct- IBM.  controUer   by    Chrysler apart. Machinery that wa^ des- ij0me 0f Mrs. Alwin Gross at
ober 14  at the home of Mrs. Corp, in Ann Arbor. Mrs. Mar- troyed included   a   grain   drill'\yampier's Lake        -  '-'■
Esther Noble. tin has been a teacher in Sa- and corn planter, cement mix- "
  line   schools  for  three  years, er,   and other, *smaUer equip-
FB GROUP PICNICS Last year and this year she has ment.-.-..-' . / CHURCH: BOARD  TO   MEET
The Arnold Lake Farm Bur- been in charge of the Reading 'Although-the -  larger    barn. .The Tj^ty* Lutheran Church
eau  Group held their  annual Center room at Jensen Elemen- alsoturned to. the ground, three board wiU? meet,-at 7:30 p.m.
picnic at the home of Mr. and tary: School; The family moved calves" and "a brood, sow were:. Mbffday^-mt_tr_hev(^^
Mrs. Allyn Phelps. -. to Saline in 1959. ' ' '- ■      "      taken out in safety; also sal--ril to. «tnvene at 8:3(Kp.t_u
NANCY MARTIN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Martin, takes overnight case in hand and bids goodbye to her family home, gutted by fire Sunday morning. The family is slaying with friends until they can
find another house to rent.
Eire Destroys Barns, Equipment
Saline is enjoying a buUding  .
boom ... a bustle of construction that was slowed, but certainly not stopped,  by strikes
and weather earlier in the year.
In home construction, the
newest subdivision is Old Creek
Farms, where six new houses
are n°w occupied; 21 buUding
permits have been issued; and
starts have been made on m»re..
EventuaUy, there wUl be 57.
Occupancy of new homes in
Rolling Meadows is running several months behind original estimates . . . but all of Nichols
Dr., from Tower Dr., is now
occupied ... 35 new residences.
Plans call for 102, plus 149 units
of town houses; and starts have
been made op some of these.
Work on site development has
also begun for the Mill VaUey
Apartments, a 294-unit complex-
to be constructed on the RoUand
Goltz farm at the west edge of
the city, where 23 acres of land
have been zoned "R-3" for the
apartments; and seven acres,
fronting on Michigan Ave., have
been zoned "commercial". The
latter wiU be developed after
the apartments are completed,
according to Ed Hewitt, one of
the  developers.
Others in the corporation with
Hewitt are Goltz, Paul Robertson, Harvey Stark, Harold Morrison, BasU Cowhy, Sam Hazel-
ette, Lou Boone, Bob Darr, Vic
Douvan, and Bob Harrington,
all residents of the Saline-Ann
Arbor  area.
"Depending on weather", |he
group plans to complete tiie"
first phase of the developmeijt
* . . 101 apartment units plus *-■*•■».
two half-acre ponds and a picnic
area. v. by. next June. The sec-
ohdvp__ase "caUs for 100 units,
swimming pool, and community
buUding with recreation facUities. The remaining units wUl be
constructed in the final phase,
according to the plan.
At the other end of town, the
A. & P. Store and shopping center was slowed by construction
strikes . . . first estimates were
for completion in April . . .
but equipment is now being
moved in at the A. & P. Store.
Company officials have not yet
announced on opening date,
however. Another new business
to be located in the shopping
center is the Plaza Beauty Salon, operated by Vivian iduwe,
who hopes to open "in about a
month".
There was some speculation
this week that an apparent
building slump elsewhere in the
county might bring_ more bidders on the new Saline High
School. Bids on the school were
to be taken in late August, according to the original timetable, made last year. It is now
expected that final blueprints
wil be avaUable about the first
of December, with bids to be
taken about a month later.
The target opening-date of the
school, faU of 1970, could stiU
be met, however.
City street construction, also
slowed by weather, is now
moving rapidly.' Curb and gutter
have been instaUed on Clark St.,
and the long-awaited paving has
begun there. The extension of
Harris St. past the railroad
tracks has been graded, and
curb has been installed. Black-
topping of the north end of the
street could stiU be done this
fall "if the weather holds", according to City Administrator
Mike Strait. Pavement of Mills
Rd. has been completed.
Private improvements are also under way: Some Sidewalks
have been put in on Mills Rd.,
arid others are,in process on S:
Ann Arbor St., Willis Rd., and
Spring St. AU are part of a
city-wide sidewalk'program for
which assessment districts wUl
be set up for the remainder on
;Npyember 18.
"One other city buUding project is now nearing corhpletion:
thg re'mpdellirig of the old city
haU to provide an Emergency
Operations Center in the basement, new quarters for the po-
lipe -department on^ the ground
floor;, and courtroom "and coiut
cU chambers oh the second
floor. An open house will he held
there when, the work is done,
possibly this month.
ANNUAL BANQUET
The annual "banquet for "Fair
Board   meriibers1  and ''th e i r
spouses will be held Monday, 'at
the OES HaU.