QUOTE ^WPP "Anybody at all has the right *s ** to t a 1 k about hirnself~*provided f* he knows how to be entertaining," **# —Charles Baudelaire. *$ '*# 4 *4' CHEUSEA, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, SEPfEMBER 13, 1973 15c per copy *Wt m'»»&M^t$iTil VlUft- .v«. I- JI P*f«?» This Wwk SUBSCRIPTION: $4.00 PER YEAR •i!*i!wS», II»l»»»im>l<W!WWJWM«W[g«W«W'^^ K ;-:fffi3Vf fi 'V^Y• -^VI :/*/ ."' -«* 'f •-Aii. Two Young Chelsea '« sV?Sf ' K# ^-' Girls Killed T £^ np • %m*4 temtmjlt %****#* f ******! JLJ1JL\ V^W"JL JL JL ftwJLJLJL •*#?* ft*)* .^ ^«'«4*f» ll*«$l*?1»: ~<3> ^¾¾. f *«*«&, k&*$#*. *•*«$ Siirfertfc. .^^i^Hfe&swtt t:******^ $J«***iW«» tte**$«* m®K VnmrtptH IMM* JCs Plan Tragic Accident Occurs i 4l»**-s^i <*£<w*S *** <*N3*f «4 I "If New Member At Unguarded Crossing Two young Chelsea girls were^ Mott's Chlldrehs Hospital in Ann * fW 'ftussM"! «rc»&&ftw^y »«if*rov* Recruitment killed' and a third remains hos­ Arbor, at 8 a.m. Wednesday. * #** m m*t®mfa4 &&Mtk t«*48*i A membership night for ..recruit­ pitalized in a car-train collision Initial reports by witnesses «f $n,m «* *««t«4*- **rtn' ft*** ment of new members is being last Thursday, Sept; 6, at the indicate that Pebra had stopped tweftAii, «^.Ns?i, nad ir«Klt« a»d planned by Chelsea Jaycees for Freer Rd. crossing of the Pertn for the crossing, then proceeded **» j^ffs*** <# ^JrtJMt4i»it Wli* Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. at Central railroad tracks at the onto: the tracks where she again & i%0 #0*«*? fWMl. the Knights of Columbus Hall. eastern village limits. stopped the Car on the westbound Nancy Rossbach, 14, of ,7 2 0 tracks. Washtenaw County Sher­ The Jaycees, a young men's civ­ ? 4 ^M***** *•*.* N?W nsjwnl' ic organization, invites all men Mais St., and Lori Gardner, 12, of iff s . deputies theorize that she :,¾¾ 4½ lf*?«,*f«s«ft*!^lrt m fkaeh between the ages of 18 and 35 10 Sycamore St., were pronounced rhay'.have, seen the train and whmi <s* tthM ifw4» jsypit* wbe who are interested in the Jay­ dead on arrival at University stalled the Rossbach car while «k*wN«> *MI^ ft* «iit*jr« limit* and THK MUTII.ATKI) ROSSBACH CAR was carried approii- stopped directly on the track while?,traveling north on Freer Rd., cees' activities to attend the Hospital in Ann Arbor, the driv­ attempting . to shift into reverse. imrtft *f ID« rtctlnwNf iftcks. The er of the car, Debra Rossbach, The car was carried approximate­ mfcK-l) 300 f«*t hy the impuct of HA collision with this 5I-car the crossing at far right. The Fteer; Rd/crossing is the site of un­ meeting or contact any Jaycee for was reported in fair condition at «ritatMJ«rStJ«A 1« i* pflwfcto tinn* successful requests by citizens for installation of a protective cross­ information. ly 200 feet by the impact of the f««rf«fiwtt m M-twmm* with the («1», which tM tr«VfIfnjr »t an eHtimated 35 to 40 miles per hour cHjsh. mhtn tht cranfc occurred. The c*r, driven by Debra Rossbach, had ing gate. ' 3 il-'-i ••"•••••• > •• ' Explaining exactly what the ****s«s3 teftrtf pottey. organization is about will be the .The Freer Rd. crossing of the WnWfteoMMNMMWK purpose of this meeting, which is CHS Athletic tracks, was the subject of a min­ PvlarjpwJ IJHM» reported m th# termed an "orientation for new or cdntroversy this spring, when ^ifiMi mHMnttkM)*' «i «Hc high members.*' A film depicting the Season Tickets unsuccessful attempts were made «fksKri, "fb* xtwfcmt* hav* been Jaycee structure at the state, na­ to have a gate installed there. 'tattf!** »«d «clMN»t ii In full tional, and international level will Nancy Rossbach, daughter of «^rdJ*a«, few* *#me profctem* are be shown. * Now Available Mn and Mrs. Robert E. Rossbach, y«4 t« N? **rfc«<3 out These Was a freshman at Chelsea High p*«Wwnf imirnkf individual *ch*<J Projects sponsored by area Jay­ The start of a new school year wis* *«d feaiandn* of ctast *i«? cees include a scholarship fund, school. She was buried Monday the Punt, Pass, & Kick competi­ brings a number of athleti6 an­ at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. tion, and barbecues. nouncements from Chelsea High Lori Garner, was buried Satur­ Pt\t*ap*\ IAM rn»ort<«i that a school athletic director Richard day at Washtenong Memorial tM im th* (MlHlnn trartei pro- Lapanowski. Park Cemetery, Ann Arbor. She irram Ha* yrt to be purchased. Aa Season tickets for varsity was a 7th grader at Beach Mid­ mm m » tunable ail* J* acquit- Volunteers sports, including varsity football dle school. *rf, tim*truc«Jon of ihc house will for $5 and varsity basketball for Lori's stepfather, the Rev. Clive t*#m. $10, are available now at the ath­ Dickins, of the First United Meth­ Will Organize letic director's office at Chelsea odist church, is presently investi­ Riutncm Manniter Mills reported High school. A special season tic­ gating the legal aspects of in- that the sale of the old junior ket for varsity football, basketball, Stalling gates and lights at the high pr<«>erty Is to be completed Next Tuesday wrestling, and girl's basketball is crossing. thin week and the bus transfer priced at $15. road at the Beach school fs to be Kicking off the new season of Girls' varsity basketball will , comptotad by the end o/ this week the volunteer program at :'t h e begin Oct. 2 with a home garife (School Enrollment lor early next week. United Methodist home will be thei against Saline, ^he teftip-will:-pi i in1'» piirpbifer 6i% Meeting next i:te so: encounter^th^ oth^fef^u^^srrlt Sunt. Ca meron<. reported»on the ^¾^¾ - a!^WnPat: the- of - the- 'Southeaster^ Cdhlferuie^r career education planning district home. Dexter, Novi, Lincoln (Ypsilahti),' and the shared lime program with Concern with patients in the and Brighton. Hiring of a coaph In First Week other schools. If vacancies are Home is the motivation for the for this (team was approved at the Enrollment in the Chelsea school available in other schools and work of the volunteers, who aid Schoo Board meeting Monday district has • increased this Chelsea students are interested, residents in simple ways: taking night, but no one has vet been year by 114 to 2,723 students, the students will be enrolled. them for rides and walks, helping hired. Girls' varsity softball and one third of whom are attending in the organization of group activ­ track are scheduled for soing. the high school, according to The board unanimously adonted ities and handicrafts, and assist­ New bleachers at Jerry Niehaus Fred Mills, business manager for a resolution to select Dec. 17 as ing them in writing letters and field, a joint gift of the Kiwanis the district. the date for the bonding election shopping. club of Chelsea and the Chelsea Preliminary figures fhow that for the proposed building program Highlight of the meeting will school district, are ready and of that total, 920 students are and to request approval of that be the introduction of Martha waiting for tomorrow's football attending the high school; 901 date by the County Election com- Earles, new director of volunteer opener. The bleachers, erected attend Beach Middle school; 369 * mittee. work at the Home, who will dis­ by the Kiwanis club members, attend North Elementary school cuss the direction that volunteer, cost $9,640, of which $2,000 came and 533 attend South Elementary The board met for apDroximate- (Continued on page three) from the Kiwanis club. school. ly three and one-half hours with 4 representatives of Manson, Jack­ son & Kane, architects, and dis­ cussed the proposed building pro­ gram. Based upon the citizen DEBRA ROSSBACH, 16, the only survivor of a car-train col­ sheriff's deputies and Chelsea Police. The crash occurred at 3:30 committee recommendations and studies by the architect, the board lision last Thursday that resulted in the death of two young girls, Thursday afternoon at the Freer Rd. crossing of the Penn Central requested an estimate of the is borne away from the scene of the accident by Washtenaw County tracks. total cost of the several recom­ mendations. Registrations Football Season Opens Friday Still Taken Chelsea's Bulldogs open the the edge in returning players. Poertner, and John Beeman, full hard are Todd Ortbring, Bob Clif­ 1973 season tomorrow night in a 33 players are on this year's back Ishmael Picklesimer, guards ton, Steve Kincer, Doug Reed, non-league encounter with Tecum- squad, cpached by Phil Bareis who Kevin Webb, John Tandy, and Roger Stewart, Perry Johnson, For PP&K has led the team to four Cham­ Darryl West and tackle Howard Larry Ellenwood, Dave Proctor, seh at Niehaus Field. Tecumseh pionships in the past five years. Haselschwardt; Les Sharp, Mark Pennington, Ron ( is highly-rated in the state and > Registrations for the 1973 Punt, He is assisted by Richard Bareis Juniors, along with three prom­ Kiel, Paul Wood, and Jack Hack- Pass and Kick competition, co- captured the Huron League title and Jim Tallman. worth. sponsored locally by the Chelsea last year. ising sophomores, compose the rest Several transfer students have Co-captains Dave Tucker and of the squad. Sophomore Rex Jaycees and Palmer Motor Sales, This year's Southeastern C6n- Jeff Marshall lead the list of re­ joined this year's varsity. Broth­ Inc., continue to roll in. The con­ ference race shapes up to be an Miles, center and' kicking special­ ers Keith and Ed Vasas are from test is open to any youngster even one, as all teams go into turning lettermen, along with ist, quarterback Randy Guenther, Lincoln, Bob Clifton from Indiana, eight through 13 years of age.