1968-11-14; Saline Reporter

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VOLUME 20, NUMBER 10-Tlrarsday, November 14, 1968
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NOW IN DRESS REHEARSAL is the senior play
"Seven Sisters", a three-act comedy about the complexities of getting all of the sisters married to the right
spouse, in the right order. The cast includes (left to
right, back row) Robert Mittendorf, Joe Bassett, Mark
Queenan, Martin Feldkamp, Jery Lake, Glen Dieterle,
and (front row) Bonnie Strait, Kathy Mader, Debbie
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Taylor, Jan Charlton, Marilyn Blain, Arden Young,
with Carolyn Wild in front. Teresa Bonich was not onstage when the picture was taken.
~ ' The play will be presented in the High School Little
Theatre, on November 21, 22, and 23. Tickets are available at the school Snack Bar, at $1.25 for adults, $1 for
students.
Musical Youth International,
a People-to-People combined
choral and orchestral group of
high school students, will begin
rehearsals here Saturday for its
1969 summer tour to Japan.
The young musicians, directed
by Lester McCoy of Saline, will
start rehearsal at 2 p.m. at Saline High School. This year,
MYI includes 102 young people,
from 49 high schools in Michigan and Ohio.
enearsais
ner, who will double in chorus
and band (French horn). Both
are high school seniors.
MYI, now in its 5th year, will
spend six days in Seattle,
Wash., en route to Japan, where
they are slated for concerts between July 1 and July 20. On
the way back, they will appear
again in Seattle and then cross
the country in buses, stopping
for performances in Spokane,
Wash.; Boise, Idaho; Yellowstone National Park; the Black
Hills and Sioux Falls in South
Dakota; Wisconsin; and Michigan cities before their final concert on August 3 in Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor.
Their summer concert tours
in previous years have been in
Mexico and Europe.
Write-in Votes
Elect Trustees
Jim Knight
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CHRISTNER
DICKS
P ,)Two of them are from Saline:
'Dennis Dicks, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leland Dicks, who is in the
chorus for the third year and
is the only member ever to
make three tours with the
group; and John -Christner, son
of Mr: and Mrs. Ernest Christ-
Advisory Council
The Schools Advisory Council,
at last Wednesday's meeting,
i lected officers and filled two of
four vacancies.
James Knight, Jr., was
named chairman; and Dr. Wilbur Vander Yacht will serve as
vice chairman. Mrs. Richard
Wanty is secretary.
Two city of Saline vacancies
were filled by Mrs. John Bek-
ett and Miss Carol Burmeister.
A third appointment for Saline
has not yet been confirmed; and
a Pittsfield Township vacancy
also remains unfilled.
The council learned that inter-
school lines have now been installed between the high school,
ancl Jensen School and the Junior High. The line to Houghton
School has been installed, but is
not yet in use.
Until further notice, when additional trunk lines have been
installed, the public is requested
to continue to call the number
of the school to which they wish
to be connected . . . the inter-
school lines will be used only for
inter-school business.
Speaker at the Advisory Council meeting was Earl Shaffer,
representing the Intermediate
School District, on the proposed
Vocational Education Center.
Voters will be asked to approve
a one-mill tax levy for construction of such a center and
operation of its programs, in a
special election in December.
Margaret O'Connor, of 4300
Saline-Ann Arbor Rd., will become the first woman ever to
serve on Lodi Township Board,
when her election to a two-year
trustee term is certified this
Week.
Since all Mrs. O'Connor's
votes were write-ins, there was
some confusion in 'Lodi as to
the result of the election; until
County Clerk Luella Smith, after calling state election officials concerning details of the
ballots, said that Mrs. O' Connor's victory would be certified.
The wife of Dr. Gerald,
O'Connor "and mother of eight
children, Mrs. O'Connor received 10 votes, the minimum nunr-
ber required to qualify in a general election. There were • no
candidates for the post on the
ballot; other write-ins went to
George Schneirle, of 2050 S.
Wagner Rd.; and Alan Coe,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Coe
of 3308 E. Clover Dr. Alan is
in the service.
Gall Wiedman
Albert Gall, vice president of
the Fair Board for about 10
years, was elected president at
the annual meeting Monday
night. Robert Starling, Jr., will
serve as vice president.
Gall replaces Don Wiedman,
who retired from the post after
serving on the board since it
was first formed, as president
for many years as well as in
other offices. He will continue
as a member of the board.
Other officers were re-elected: Robert Tefft is corresponding secretary; Ray Girbaeh is
business secretary; Webb Harwood is treasurer.
Since state aid payments have
not yet been received, the books
show a net loss for the 1968
Fair,   Harwood  reported.   The
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CUB PACKS TO ATTEND
U-M FOOTBALL GAME
Cub Scout Pack 464 will meet
in front of Jensen School at
11:30 a.m. Saturday, and Cub
Pack 416 will meet at Houghton
School at 11 a.m,. both to attend
the Wisconsin-Michigan game at
the U-M Stadium.
Cubs are to be in full uniform,
or in no uniform at all; partial
uniform will be improper.
The pack meeting of Pack
416 will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 20, at
Houghton School.
WIEDMAN
state payment, which will
amount to about $1800, will
"erase the red ink", he said.
Expenditures for the Fair
were $15,183.49; receipts, without state aid, were $13,450.47,
for a temporary loss of $1,733.02.
The Fair board paid $4811 in
premiums this year, about $600
more than in 1967, he noted.
Premiums for some exhibits
were raised slightly; there were
also many more exhibits than
usual.
On the income side, Happy-
land rides brought in $1,851, at
least $500 more than last year.
Helicopter rides, a new feature
this year, returned $81.50.
The lunchroom, operated by
the OES, took in more than
$2,000 for the organization plus
$407 for tlie Fair.
The Fair required many more
expenditures this year, some for
expanded facilities and some for
ncreased labor costs, Harwood
.aid. But he pointed out that
mich of the money paid for
"labor" goes to local civic
"roups such as the Kiwanis
Club (for taking tickets), FFA,
Boy Scouts, and Junior Deputies.
In a parting "presidential
message", Wiedman noted that
'This Fair is intended as an educational experience for0 our
routh. Let's not have disagreements among adults who are
.upposed to be guiding our
youth. It takes all departments
to make a good Fair; there
should not be dissension between-them."
He recommended relocation
of the various livestock departments for greater convenience
and facility.
He also advised: "Be sure
that any person who is supposed
to be a supervisor or committeeman for any youth club does
not figure his time on the pay
-cale. After all, this is what this
Fair was based" on, donated
time and effort to the young..
If everybody thinks they are to
get paid for everything they do
at the Fair, you might as well
call it quits.
"This Fair is set up differently than others. All civic organizations may gain financially
from it, but the Fair itself is
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The Saline Area United Fund
campaign has reached a spectacular high of 107 per cent.
(Dr. and Mrs. Don Leidheiser
left Tuesday night for a deer-
hunting trip. Don took a gun
and hopes to bring back a deer.
Dot took an adding machine;
she expects to return next week
with complete figures on the
United Fund campaign, of which
she was chairman.)
The generous total so far is
$36,300 . . . well over the $33,913
goal . . . and contributions are
still coming in. *
(The Rev. Merle Meeden
lugged a ladder down the main
street on Saturday. He set it
up, climbed, and tacked a red
paper "107 per cent" on top of
the United Fund thermometer.
Then the pastor, who is president of the United Fund board,
returned the borrowed ladder to
its owners.)
Anyone who was mi? .ed in the
canvassing for th." drive may
mail a contribution to Mrs.
Leidheiser, at 418 N. Ann Arbor
St.; and she will return a receipt by mail.
The campaign was not only
one of the most successful in
the area's history, it was also
the most swiftly concluded. Said
Mrs. Leidheiser: "We had remarkable cooperation. The captains were marvelous about reporting." She added, in a writ-v
ten statement:
"Once again the Saline Area
United Fund has surpassed its
goal. Credit for this achievement is due to the cooperation
of everyone involved. The contributors are to especially be
commended .because, without
their generosity, success would
not have been possible. The industries, businesses, organizations, schools, trades and individual contributions without exception, have monitarily exceeded previous years. The United
Fund board wishes to thank all
Of you for making us look so
efficient.
"As the chairman of the campaign this year, I would like to
express my personal appreci- Salinians who feared that the He added: "But I don't think
ation to the following: To the mmpond might be forever gone, anybody likes the way it looks
entire board for the assistance may rest at ease. preSent and now. Something's got to be
I have received. To the division- future C0Uncil members and done; and, with whatever I can
al captains whose faithful re- mayors fuiiy intend to refill the do, I don't intend to leave it as
porting each week has made it pond. it is. j would Vke to _ee a pond
much easier to tabulate the pro-     Th , fa      . ^        ,       d there.   I think it  adds  to  the
gress of the drive. To the many     ine ™a   .1 sxoy,.pTy 1 „a +own  aTld »\ o™d mnqprvatirm
canvassers   who have traveled overgrown TOth weeds since the town, and it s good conservation
the streets and roads diligently. dike was ruptured by a flood-in Practice.
To., the sponsors of the kick-off *me_} fet+7s. ™ ** Noy.em-     "We still have to decide on
banquet, the Citizens Bank, the ber 5 elffon re^cttd a ™ ..ag,. method> and that wm be one of
SaUne   Savings   Bank   and  the foposal for repair, by 640 "no" the first   matters to   be   con-
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United Fund campaign leaders, temporarily morose over the problem of getting that "107 per cent" sign
as it deserves, finally solved the problem with the aid
of a borrowed ladder and the use of a shoe heel as a
tack hammer. There was reason for more jubilation
then their expressions indicate, since the drive had
soared from 30 per cent to 107 per cent in two weeks,
to wind up earlier than any local United Fund drive
had ever done before. Campaign chairman was Mrs.
Don Leidheiser (left). United Fund president is the
Rev. Merle R. Meeden.
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There'll be a Pond
First  Savings    and   Loan.   To
Betty Dobson and Pat Woods for
to 565 "yes" . . . possibly be- sidered.   But  there  will  be
cause   they   felt   that   repairs p0nd, one way or another."
the planning and organization of c?uld be+ made by a less expen"
this most enjoyable  affair.  To Slve system-
the   SALINE   REPORTER   for     So   does   Mayor-elect   Hugh
the fine publicity received and Keveling. He said:
for their  cooperation hi many could be done cheaper than by     "£<• "<'before"the *____* of the
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Mayor George   Johnson (who
will retire from that post to a
I'think'it councu seat on January 1) said:
"We may   start   getting some
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Four Teaching Twlrlers
A BATON MARCHING CORPS for
Saline is about to come into being, taught
and led by.the High School majorettes
(left to right)-Becky Hehr, Peggy West,
Sarah Christner, and Barbara Braun,
with the aid of- Mrs. John -Michael,' a
former marching group advisor, who lias
volunteered as the-corps sponsor.
The new group will appear in local
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parades and other after-school activities.
Classes, which will begin on November
25, are open to all Saline area girls of
ages five through 13. Final arrangements
on time and location will be announced
later. The Baton Marching Corps, when it
goes into public action, will he in uniform.