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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1958
Page
1
Voters approve a zoning ordinance while a Friday night town event on the High School lawn features a band concert by Summer Session ensembles and an ice cream social. The Saline Bands fundraiser is hosted by the Band Parents' Club with Maurice Robbins as president.
Saline voters approved City Ordinance No. 146 297 to 218 in a primary election with 521 ballots cast. Ward I favored 194 153 against. Ward II 103 in favor 65 against. Voters also weighed county and state nominations and a medical examiner plan as final tallies awaited. The ordinance aimed to rezone E Michigan avenue and W Bennett street despite resident concerns.
New Saline Lamb Club officers were elected with by law changes to stagger terms. Loren Jedele became president for three years, Dwight Reynolds and Ernest Girbach for two and one years, Dorothy Reynolds re-elected treasurer. Junior officers include Mary Ann Boettner chair, Bill Tefft vice chair, George Reynolds secretary, Bill Lindemann reporter.
Bridgewater Lumber Co starts remodeling the old High School to split the study hall into a library and classroom and to divide home economics rooms for a second class. A third room is still needed and space has not been found yet. Superintendent Leo Jensen says the additions are to handle fall student load, with a new high school opening in 1959 expected to relieve pressure.
Governor G. Mennen Williams and Mrs Williams will be honored at a public reception Friday at 8 00 p m in the Ball room of Charles McKenny Hall Ypsilanti The event is organized by the Ypsilanti City Democratic Committee with Edna Hedrick as general chairman Williams will be the main speaker Also attending are Lt Governor Hart Senate leader Swainson State Chairman Staebler and other officials Local party officers and candidates will assist
Michigan State police identified a man found wandering at the corner of Michigan and Ann Arbor streets as Michael Jurica a Shiawassee county farmer with Czech heritage. Officers Levlett and Prince noted he wore fine clothes carried a suitcase of new garments and recalled coming from Detroit but could not say why. He collapsed at the sheriff's department and was taken to University Hospital for observation with doctors attributing the episode to a nervous condition.
The Saline Chapter O E S Past Matrons Club meets at Mr. and Mrs. Leon Greshaber 213 Stewart St Jackson Michigan next Sunday. A 1 p m dinner will be served with meat and beverage provided by hosts. Members bring a dish to pass and their own service. Birthdays of Mrs Jensen and Mrs Carr will be celebrated.
The City Council approved permits totaling near 156 550 dollars on Monday night led by a 141 000 dollar addition to the Universal Die Casting plant. Other requests included 2 000 for an I E Michelson two car garage 12 000 for a one story house with aluminum siding and basement 750 for Frank Deede 269 Lawson garage 500 for John Emery 110 W McKay roof for two porches and 300 for Oscar Smith 313 N Ann Arbor addition to a utility room. The council also asked the Michigan Municipal Finance Commission to permit use of 54 000 dollars in unexpended bond revenue to install a sanitary sewer line from the Disposal Plant to Michigan Avenue and west. They set July 7 1959 as the Roesch sewer completion date and enacted firemen pay at 3 00 per first hour 2 00 for each additional hour with a fire protection rate of 100 00 for the first hour and 50 00 for each additional hour plus 100 00 per year standby for Bridgewater and Freedom townships. Oscar Berducer’s gladioli garden is noted as a highlight.
Betsy Wright, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wright, won Saline's Babe Ruth Queen in the second annual contest at the Saline Teen Club. She is an 11th grade student at Saline High School, a Hornet staff reporter, and saxophonist in the school band. The county-wide queen contest follows tonight at 7:30 at the Saline High School baseball diamond before the All-Star game.
The Reporter explains it will not publish unsigned or anonymous letters even if critical. If the writer identifies themselves, the paper will withhold the name upon request. Citizens who sent a postcard this week are urged to identify themselves to enable publication next week.
Merchants prepare to cut prices for the second annual Chamber of Commerce Sidewalk Sale under the guidance of a committee including Eastern Roark Bob Harrison and Erwin Schmid. All Chamber merchants join in with first run bargains displayed on store sidewalks for shoppers. Saline Sidewalk Sale ads to appear in next week’s Reporter with a distinctive cut.
The fifteenth annual Jacob Luckhardt family reunion drew 97 members at Sharon Two Hall last Sunday. Attendees ranged from 3 months to 71 years, with the eldest Reuben Staebler and youngest Robert John Wahl. Organizers for next year include Clarence Kremkow and Waldo Dieterle.
Elmer Houghton of Saline Area Schools attends the Principals’ Chewing Match on Aug 2-4 at Higgins Lake. Sponsored by the Michigan Secondary School Association, part of the Michigan Education Association, the annual meeting aims for easy idea exchange on school matters. The informal setting fosters learning from other Michigan schools, with two meetings held that year due to its rising popularity.
A dog or dogs attacked nine 70-pound lambs at Wiedman Bros farm on Merrit Road for the second time this summer, destroying them inside the barn. Earlier two months ago eight sheep were killed by a large light colored collie seen leaving the farm. The county faces heavy indemnity payouts as stray dogs continue to cause losses, with claims totaling over $3,000 in recent months.
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