1968-10-31; Saline Reporter

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VOLUME 20, NUMBER 8-THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1968
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Art: Witch is Which
Construction
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IN AN UNUSUAL COMMUNITY
PROJECT, the big show windows at
Comunity Ford Sales were enlivened by
Halloween scenes, at owner Dave Potter's invitation, the creations of an Art
Club of Taylor Jacobsen's students. The
club, with 15 members, is starting a
lively season; its main goal is to visit
art galleries in Ann Arbor, Detroit, and
possibly Toledo. Its officers are a rotat
ing committee, now headed by Jody
Parsons, with Teresa Bonich and Bonnie
Stemen.
The club's project was dampened,
unfortunafely^by rain on Monday, the
day after all <their dedicated work. The
paintings' were vf all put on with water
colors. But during the day of painting,
the artists obviously had a grand time.
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CUBS ANNOUNCE
UNIFORM EXCHANGE
Cub Pack 416, which serves
boys living north of Michigan
Ave., is holding a uniform exchange. Anyone wishing to buy
or sell * any part "bf a ""Cub
Uniform may contact Mrs. Patsy
Mayer, 429-4792.
Construction is expected to
start this week on a naw, one-
room addition on the front "of
Saline Community Hospital, for
office space.
The additional space will partly relieve the urgent need for
room which has plagued the
hospital for some years. Plans
were drawn by Tanner-Kowal-
ewski, and the addition will be
constructed by Bridgewater
Lumber Co., which was also the
contractor for the entire hospital when it was built in 1959.
Another recent move to provide more space was the closing
of the obstetrical wing, which
could no longer meet increasing
state requirements for facilities,
such as a delivery room separated from the surgical suite.
The OB beds are now in use for
Two Deer, Car,
School Bus Tangle
Two deer, a ciar, and a school
bus tangled on Saline-Milan Rd.,
early Monday, and only one
deer came out the loser.
The two animals ran into the
path of a car driven by Emil
Milkey, of Milan; and the impact knocked them into an oncoming school bus driven by
' Mary Fern Cogar, of 217 S. Ann
Arbor St. Neither the bus nor
the car were damaged.
One of the deer picked itself
up and ran away. The other, a
small "button buck", was
killed.
RETURN FROM TOUR
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kraus, of
108 W. Henry St., recently returned from a two-weeks,_co_lpr_
"tour in the Green Mountains and
White Mountains and throughout the New England states.
medical-surgical patients; and
the nursery has become a pediatrics ward.
The hospital this week received a renewed three-year ac-
cies-'tation from the Joint. Commission of Accreditation on
Ec~pi.als, for "providing high
quality medical and hospital
care in all servicer.". Three
years accreditation-is tha maximum eyer granted by tha corr_.
mission. The hospital also still
has Bine Cross approval, which
it has had since it opened.
Despite the growing need for
medical-surgical beds, the hospital cannot construct more
rooms for beds without the approval of the Greater Detroit
Hospital Council, which has
been withheld on the grounds
that patient care should be consolidated in the larger hospitals
in the area and that smaller
hospitals are not needed. To
construct for additional beds
without GDHC approval would
jeopardize Blue Cross approval.
An alternative route, discussed at the annual board of directors' meeting and still a possibility, is the expansion of outpatient facilities. Use of X-ray,
laboratory, and emergency departments here has soared, in
recent years.
The board proposed an extensive wing on the north side of
the hospital, to enlarge X-ray,
lab, emergency room and waiting rooms, to relieve the cramping in the present quarters and
ease the supply space problem.
Another proposal was enlargement of kitchen and dining
room facilities, which would also free more space for equipment and other uses.
" No community subscription
drive is contemplated at this
time, a board member said.
A BIG BOOST to the Saline area United Fund came
from the Ford Motor Co. General ]?arts Division this
week, as L. R. Ross, Saline plant manager, presented
a check for $4,000 to Mrs. Donald Leidheiser, chairman
of the campaign.
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Discussions of city issues were provided this week by three of the four candidates for the three city council seats to
be filled in the. November 5 election.
Quoted  below  are Waldo   (Jim)   Gross,
lidates Cite: Views
Kenneth Rogers, and now-Mayor George
Johnson. The fourth candidate is Incumbent  Councilman  Glenn Clark.
(For Mayor Candidates' discussion,
see page two.)
Advisory Council
To Elect New
Members, Officers
The annual meeting of the
Schools Advisory Council will be
held on Wednesday, November
6, at the High School Library,
to elect officers as well as new
members.
There. are now three membership vacancies to be filled
from the City of Saline, plus one
from Pittsfield Township. The.
only membership requirements
are that a person be a registered elector in the city or town-,
ship* he* or she represents, and
"have an interest in the Saline
schools."
Meetings of the Advisory
Council are held on the first
Wednesday of each month and
are always open to the public.
Speaker at the November 6
meeting will be Earl Shaffer,
a representative of the Intermediate School District, oh the
proposed Area Vocational Program for Washtenaw County.
A SPECIAL PORTRAIT AND TRIBUTE was created by Taylor Jacobsen, the old master himself, for
Wanda Burkhart, who works at Community Ford
and has known Taylor since . . . well, for quite a
while. The legend reads "Wanda the Which". Above,
Wanda stands alongside her portrait and defies anyone to see a resemblance.
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SHS Ballot Results May Surprise
Saline High School students,
in a mock election this week,
favored Richard Nixon- over
Hubert Humphrey by almost
two .to one. Since Saline area
is traditionally Republican by at
least that margin, those results
astonished nobody.
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But the kids also ran George
Wallace a very close third.
On the Presidential ballot,
with 319 students voting, Nixon
won with 171, to Humphrey's
85, and Wallace's 63. The proportions won't send the SHS
election into the House of Representatives '. . . but it left some
observers wondering (1) whether the youngsters had made up
their own minds or been heavily
influenced by parents, and (2)
where all the silent Wallace fans
were_
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Another cause for contemplation came in the vote for Sheriff. The students favored Demo-
at Douglas J. Harvey by 177
er Republican George A.
/Petersen's 130.
For Congress, Incumbent
Marvin Esch defeated Weston
Vivian by 233 to 68.
For State Representative, Republican Thomas Sharpe won
over Joseph W. Kolbe by 235
to 70.
• Other  races   went   like this
(Republican     winners     listed
first):
For prosecuting attorney:
William Delhey, 217
John Toomey, 79
For county clerk:
Robert M. Harrison, 207
Lois Jean Owens, 67
For county treasurer:
Sylvester A. Leonard, 188
Arthur H. Simsar, 72
For register of deeds:
Patricia N. Hardy, 204
Ethel M. Howard, 80
For county drain commissioner:
John H. Flook, 199
Richard E. Nash, 92
For surveyor:
Herbert S. Hicks, 183
Ulrich W. Stoll, 106
For county   supervisor,   District 2:
NeU A. Mast, 202
. Harold H. Hunawill, 85
A little pencil, work with the
rest of the figures indicates that
all of the Wallace votes came
off the Republican side of the
ballot.
Gross
"I have been a resident of Saline area since 1913, graduating,
from Saline High in 1931. I was
in the retail store management
field for 28 years, then entered
the Real Estate business, for
the past five years as a broker.
"There will be a brochure de-'
livered by the city informing
you of the four proposals that
will be on the ballot. I am determined that the taxpayers
know what the costs to them are
if they are all adopted. I will
comment on the proposals. Proposal No. 1, a water softening
plant, bonding of $835,000.00
dollars with a millage tag of
2.19 mills, payable for 20 years.
Proposal No. 2, expansion of
our sewer disposal operation.
Bonding of $640,000.00 dollars
with a millage of 1.15 mills.
Payable for 20 years. Proposal
No. 3, reconstructing and improving Saline Dam. Bonding
for $175,000.00 dollars with a
millage of .67 mills, payable for
12 years. Proposal No. 4, recreational and swimming area.
Bonding of $160,000.00 dollars
with a millage of .61 mills, payable for 12 years. Total millage
asked for amounts to 4.62 to pay
for the four proposals.
"Comments on proposals:
No. 1—refer to brochure for
full explanation.  Soft water is
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"The present Saline City government is a healthy and-vigorous organization. It is and has
been, progressive and imaginative in its approach to solving
problems, but prudent and
thrifty in its financing methods.
"The council has attracted the
very best type of industry to
the community. The city assets
and the high industrial tax base
are the envy of many other
communities. The tax base ratio
of 78 per cent industrial and
commercial, to 22 per cent residential, is one of the best in the
state.
"During my time in office,
services have been improved
and tax millage has been reduced. In fact, the tax millage
has twice been reduced during
my term as mayor. To. state it
simply, we have lived within our
means and have -still made vast
improvements.
"Yet there are still improvements that can be made in the
future. Our combined rubbish
and garbage pickups must continually be adopted. To augment -the present pickup we
should consider the purchases
of equipment to pick up leaves
during the fall season.
"By providing complete rubbish, garbage and leaf collection, we could discontinue burn-
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Sogers
"In response to the question,
Why I agreed to have my name
placed on the ballot for City
Councilman?, I offer the following:
"First, I am a life-long resident of Saline and believe it- to
be the finest community in this
State.
"With this belief, I am probably a bit jealous of our position
as a small, well-run city, but
cannot overlook the fact that we
are destined for continuous
growth.
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"We face immediate decisions
on necessary changes. We must
agree that we keep pace with
adequate city services, water
supply, schools, sewage treatment   and    proper    recreation
facilities.
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"The decisions that face" your
City Council are the order of
necessity and im'portance of
these changes, and then planning to keep the financing within reasonable tax structure for
all taxpayers.
"If I am elected, my only
promise is ~ to work to the limit
of my ability - expecting the
support and cooperation of the
people, to perpetuate this city
as a leading community in our
great State of Michigan.
Church'Seeks
To Underwrite
3uilding Goal
The First Baptist Church will
^ek to underwrite goal of $10,-
^00 toward a new Church build-
'hg program, as well as its cur-
ent expense budget, when it
_olds its Church Loyalty dinner. The dinner will be at the
castor's home, 541 Canterbury
Dr., Thursday evening, Novem-,
ber 7, at 7 p.m. The Rev. John
Babian of Lansing, directory of
hurch extension with the Michigan Baptist Convention, will attend. Duane Rogers is general
-hairman of the church's stewardship program.
The First Baptist Church
which was organized two and
one-half years ago is looking
forward to building in 1969, according to the Rev. Merle R.
Meeden, pastor. A five-acre site
on Saline-Ann Arbor Rd,, just
north of Textile Rd,, has been
purchased.
Registration
Open for Some
Adult Classes
Two adult classes will definitely be held, the school announced today, and three other
subjects have' nearly enough
signed up to make up classes.
Painting will be taught on
Wednesday evenings, starting
November 6; others may still
register for it.
Although 18 students have
.signed np,-_for. upholstery, .no
teacher has been located as yet.
Nevertheless, the class will definitely be given, the school said.
Still in need of more registrations if. they are to be given are
classes in typing, girls' physical
education (which would be on
Tuesday .evenings) and pottery
(which would be on Thursday
evenings).
Anyone interested in any of
the five subjects may register
by calling Kay Guenther at 429-
4981. Other subjects offered
earlier did not elicit enough
response to warrant setting up
classes.
FORD GIFT
BOOSTS TOTAL
A sizeable contribution from
the Ford Motor Co. this week
lifted the Saline area "United
Fund campaign to approximately 30 per cent of its $33,913
goal. The industry presented a
check for $4,000 to the local
fund.
The total reported so far is
about $11,000, according to Mrs.
Donald Leidheiser, campaign
chairman.
The amount includes only partial residential reports . . no
residential area is completed
. . . and contributions from
Houghton Elementary and the
High School. Business solicitations are "going very well",
Mrs. Leidheiser said. The
MEHA report is in.
Still not heard from are clubs
and organizations, the building
trades and other industries, two
schools, the hospital, and most
residential areas.
Of the $33,913 goal, local
agencies will receive $5,325, and
another $9,000 is ear-marked toward purchase of the new library quarters. The first third
of tlie purchase price was provided by the United Fund last
year and remodeling of the
former Schleh building is already well under way.
Much of the United Fund money tabbed for county and state
agencies also returns to Saline
through Boy Scout and Girl
Scout area councils, Red Cross,
Catholic Social Services, and
various child-assistance organizations. >
UNICEF
Brings $228
Around forty yourtg people
went out Sunday evening to collect for UNICEF and, with their
crange and black UNICEF boxes covered most of the city of
Saline. Donations totalled $228.
The young people were
pleased that the collection was
greater than last year's of $218.
They, with their sponsors, were
served cider and doughnuts in
the Methodist Church, after
their rounds.
Austin Orchards donated gallons of cider, and the Saline
Bakery donated dozens of
doughnuts.
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Brownies
Receive Pins
Brownie Troop 151 held its
Investiture and Star Pinning
program on October 21 at Jensen Elementary School.
Nine girls received their Stars
for one years work, in Brownies: Lauri Connin;. Marion Crisovan; Lynette Lauterwasser;
Trudy McFry; Sue McNally;
Rosemary Smith; Cristi Stoll;
Connie Thacker and ' Cindy
Voigtman.
Three girls were invested and
received their Brownie pins:
Dawn Lauterwasser;* Brenda
Sue Moore and Beverly Smith.
Leaders of the troop are Helen Lauterwasser and Beraie
Smith.
PLAN CHRISTMAS BOXES
FOR AREA SERVICEMEN
A meeting was held Tuesday
night at the Hugh Keveling
home, to plan packing of Qirist-
mas boxes by Kiwanians, for
Saline area servicemen stationed overseas. Hugh is Kiwanis
chairman of the project.
A MEMBER OF THE EMU HOMECOMING
QUEEN'S COURT, and possibly the Queen herself,
is Gail Mittendorf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Mittendorf of 234 S. Ann Arbor St.
Which of the five Court members will serve as
Queen was to be announced in a coronation Wednesday night (after The Reporter's, press time). Gail, a
junior at Eastern Michigan University, was nominated
for the honor by Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, among a
field of 40. Then she was chosen as one of 10 Semi-
finalists and, finally, as one of-the five finalists.
A Saline High School graduate, she maintains a
point average of 3.34" at EMU, with a major In drama
and minor in home economics. She is a member of
Delta Zeta sorority. And, since the Saline High School
Band will take^ part in the EMU Homecoming Parade
and-stay fogitfie football game, Saturday, her brother,
•iuzj."will wafehihe whole thing. He's a senior here.