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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1962
Page
1
Clem Corona, director, reports the city summer recreation program will serve about 400 to 450 children this season, up from 325 last year. About 160 youngsters ride to the YM YMCA pool on buses every Monday Wednesday and Friday as the group seeks more swimming time and space.
Kathie Reed daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Reed from Saline was elected the state lieutenant governor in the annual Wolverine Girls State mock government session at the University of Michigan. Other officers named include Pat Wright Battle Creek attorney general Pat MacEadrhon Grandville secretary of state Carole Theodore Lansing governor Beverly Kolb Clawson state treasurer and Kathy Schmid Ann Arbor auditor general. Reed will be a Saline High School senior and was chosen by the American Legion Auxiliary to attend.
Washtenaw county library trustees announce summer Bookmobile stops for Bridgewater and Pleasant Lake. The mobile library will visit each Friday beginning June 29, parking at Bridgewater Austin and Kaiser from 10 am to 1 pm and at Pleasant Lake school on Pleasant Lake road from 2 to 5 pm. The service is a trial period to reach areas lacking library access and may be adjusted with experience.
The Teen Club schedules a Bermuda Bounce Friday at the Intermediate School. Recreation runs from 7 30 to 8 30 pm with dancing 8 30 to 11 pm. Don Howe will be the disc jockey.
Two Saline residents sustained minor injuries in separate weekend crashes. Mrs. Clarence Locke of 1540 Bishop Rd was hospitalized after a two car collision at E Liberty and S Fourth Ave in Ann Arbor where she rode as a passenger. Carol Young of Ann Arbor 20 was also treated at University Hospital for minor injuries and was cited for failing to stop at a flashing red signal. Judith A Flickinger 21 of 804 Austin Rd was injured when her car rear ended another on I 94 near Carpenter Rd. The other driver escaped injury.
Dennis Heina a 16 year old from 440 Mills Rd was hospitalized Friday night after his car skidded on loose gravel and hit a telephone pole at Wagner and Liberty roads. Heina suffered a possible concussion and severe head lacerations but was released Saturday. Passengers were unharmed.
The Jaycees Korn Krib continues to operate in Saline and will also set up at the Ann Arbor Soap Box Derby on July 7 and the Ann Arbor Dawn Patrol on July 14.
Mrs. Frances Bishop and husband Mr. Harry Bishop of Detroit Street will journey to London in July. Frances, now at St. Joseph Mercy hospital in Ann Arbor, was born in London and survived two bombed homes during World War II. They married in 1947 in a London church and plan to tour the Tower of London Windsor Castle and Madame Tussauds while enjoying English dining and theater this trip.
Two men awaiting trial in St. Clair county admitted burglary and vandalism at Saline High School on February 26. Edward Trudeau of Ecorse and David Griffor of Trenton admitted breaking in, part of a scheme that targeted more than 100 schools statewide, with $2 taken from a pencil dispenser and $1,500 in vault damage.
The Saline township board appointed Wilson Scott of 9332 W Michigan Ave to the township zoning board to fill the unexpired term of Ernest Girbach whose resignation was accepted.
Saline Area Civic Association will not hold a July or August meeting unless a specific issue arises. Mrs Jerome Hemye is the program chair and notes no summer gathering is planned unless necessary.
The Sa line Chamber of Commerce cancels its July meeting normally set for July 3 to avoid holiday conflict.
The Reporter was unexpectedly without service for about five hours on Tuesday after a large truck squeezed through an alley and scraped off telephone lines. Apologies go to those not reached and thanks to neighbors Saline Hotel City Hall and Walker's Bakery for allowing use of their phones.
Henry Rexford Norris a 21 year old from Ypsilanti was sentenced to 10 days in jail for supplying intoxicants to minors. He admitted selling three cases of beer to six local boys on a camping trip along the Saline river June 7. The case was handled by Saline police. youths were turned over to the county Youth Bureau.
At least ten more discarded flags were turned in for a formal burning ceremony to be held next week. Mrs. Robert Harvey announced as district Americanism chairman. Legion and Auxiliary members will participate with a Plymouth Legion ritual team conducting the event at 7 30 p m on July 5 at the Legion hall.
Six Washtenaw county 4-H members join 31 others from five counties for a citizenship short course at the National 4-H Center in Washington DC. They study citizenship democracy and history and return Sunday, July 1.
Ed Taylor of the Community Ford Sales golf team made his first hole in one on the fifth at Huron Hill Country Club a 150 yard shot. He and partner Bob Exelby of Stoney Creek then won the match by a narrow margin.
Mrs Paul Klueter attended the Michigan Practical Nurses association convention in St Joseph. Tim Schroen spends summer with grandparents in Saline. Kenneth Rogers family to visit Washington DC. Robert Killweter and family visit in Saline. Legion district meeting in Jackson. Wacker family to Seattle for church duties and seminary services in Saline. Jerry McDonald heads to Shady Trails Camp for eight weeks. Sandra Stull undergoes tonsillectomy at Saline Community Hospital. Bizer family visiting from Dallas with Africa posting. Helm family to attend University of Michigan summer courses. Local youths at Lake Pleasant and around town. Angina patient Art Michalke resting at home. Eva Hess visiting Saline. Judy Hersche graduates Miami High School class of 62. Dairy Bar kept running by Hersches.
Marilyn will remain with her parents until July 10 when she reports for duty at the naval hospital in Chelsea Massachusetts. Her parents will attend the graduation ceremony.
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