223 S, Main Street n > r I ’ "3 JL V Siy^i>Uth.^Meh)48470 - — weeks before the arrival — of the first new school superintendent in 23 3 w ill be elected to school board years, and involves almost half of the policy-making body. Not only will Monday’s Plymouth-Canton school board election guar­ On Monday, voters will elect two people to four-year seats on the antee the appearance of at least two new faces on the board, but the elec­ board — seats being vacated by Trustees Carl Battishill and Les Walker, tion also will cap the most profound sequence of changes in the district who did not seek re-election. in a generation. Running for the two four-year seats are Carol Bollman, Susan Davis, The election comes closely oh the heels of the hiring — and only Please see pg. 3 - ■ t - 4 Motorcyclist killed in traffic crash A gen d a 2 3-year-old m an thought to be .'T h i s W e e k speeding in Twp. BY JOHN HORN • The East Middle School A 23-year-old Garden City man was Bands will perform their killed Thursday afternoon when his last concert of the year motorcycle slammed into a car on Ann tomorrow at 7 p.m. Paul Arbor Road in Plymouth Township. Reeves, former director, Harry James Franklin’s bike struck the will be the guest conduc­ car as die vehicle attempted to turn left into Arby’s Restaurant parking lot. tor. The outdoor concert Eyewitnesses said Franklin was travel­ and ice cream social is ing east a high rate of speed on Ann Arbor free; tomorrow will also Road when it struck the car, driven by two see the dedication and Northville Township residents. grand opening of the his­ One witness, Chris Chiado, said thought the cyclist was well in excess of toric Sheldon School at 5 the posted 45 mph speed limit on the road. p.m. Rescue personnel help “It looked like he had to have been the driver and his wife doing 80 or 90,” said Chiado, an employ­ T h e , W e e k e n d from a car involved in ee at Dick Scott Dodge used vehicle lot. the fatal crash that took “He was passing cars like they were • Canton and Salem’s gradu­ the life of a Garden City standing still. He was really flying.” ating class of 1994 willl be man Thursday. Later Chiado said the noise from the impact honored during respective that day, memorial - of the crash was astounding. “It sounded like an explosion,” he commencement cere­ wreaths were placed on Ann Arbor Road by said. “It did not sound like a motorcycle- monies at U of M Hill friends and relatives of car accident, it sounded like two cars.” Auditorium. the victim. (Crier pho­ Chiado and other Dick Scott co-work- tos by Peter Broderick) Please see pg. 9 I jnjl^ie 3 c Friends & Neighbors....pg. 4 Business.........................pg. 6 George Lawton: 1927-1994 D eaths ............................. pg. 5 Happenings....................... pg. 9 Retired general manager of CFCU , dead at the age of 67 Sports........................... pg. 20 BY W. EDWARD WENDOVER into a multi-branched, modem financial Opinion ....................... pg. 22 “Mr. Credit Union” has died. force here. George Lawton, the 29-year general He was honored, nationally, for his manager of Community Federal Credit work with CFCU. Union (CFCU) died May 27 at his By the time of his retirement in 1987, Northville home. He was 67. CFCU had grown from one office to The real estate market During his tenure at the helm of the seven branches in Plymouth, Northville, Plymouth-Canton-Northville chartered Canton, Gaylord, Atlanta, Hillman and appears to be holding its community-wide financial institution, Lewiston. (He led a rescue of the former own — find out more in Lawton shepherded the operations from a , Montsego Community Credit Union in today’s special PLUS sec­ small office as the former Daisy Montmorency and Otsego Counties tion, beginning on pg. 10. Manufacturing Employees Credit Union Please see pg. 8 **?.•?£-5 J~*i>. - i an- • TV'..*’ * * **?'**«<.- sm*^> •-? 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One 1-year seat Commission Monday approved a 1994-95 budget of $4.6 mil­ lion. 5 candidates see change as 3 candidates share view But the new balanced budget is not without cost to city tax­ payers key issue in race fo r 2 seats o f board operation in race According to City Manager Steve Walters, the 1994 tax rate for City operating millage is to be 11.43 mills, which is an - BY CRAIG FARRAND BY CRAIG FARRAND increase of 1.5 per cent from 1993.