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New Y.M.C.A. Building Completion Date Draws Near
It wont be long now—before one
of Wyantotte’s greatest breams will
come tn# The new YMCA building
la in the final stages of remodeling
and will be ready for opening with
in a few weeks time.
The former residence of Mr. and
Mrs* M. F. Nichols, on the comer
of Chestnut and Biddle avenue, is
ideally located in a central spot and
promises to become the center of
Wyandotte’s -family” YMCA groups.
Yoath Center
Ttie opening of the building will
remedy a long realized need of a
center for the ‘teen age group in the
city. According to Wilfred F. Newell,
CIRCULATION
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Guest Columnist
Mrs. G.
I don’t know why I let myself get
talked into these things . . . For
one thing I’m not a writer • .
and for another I can’t type. But
already I’ve caught on. Half the
battle is pushing the key that makes
the . • •
Wh*o the guy you’re married to
eomes down with a beaut of a cold
. . . and insists it's the least you
can do . . . after he’s supported
you for ten years and one day.
. . . you’re stuck. There’s nothing
in our marriage contract that says
I must do this . . . but he gives me
a dirty look and retires to bed.
Ah me, ten years! Hoover prom
ised a chicken in every pot, but
Strauss did him one better. He
promised to keep me in riches. My
hands have been scrubbing with
Gold Dust ever since. We met in the
East . . on Long Island ... fa
mous for ducks. Note to Chamber
of Commerce: Also for “clucks.”
But being married to a newspa
perman has its bright side. Free
passes to the theatre . . . and lots
of newspapers around the house to
line the garbage can. And never a
morrr-'*, *?V*ev v-h* rnn ir
the middle of the night ... to tell
you that Joe Doakes just beat up
his wife . : . but he’s sorry for it
. . . and please leave it out of the
paper. They call you from The Tap
Room and Schroeder’s ... to tell
you who to promote for Mayor and
Council. They tell you where the
fires are ... as if he could put
them out. They tell you your hus
band’s wonderful . . . and they
also tell you he's a louse.
Years of watching Strauss write a
column has convinced me that the
line that separates sanity from in
sanity is very thin. I used to think
writers had to go into hibernation
... so they could concentrate. Not
so wi'h him. He's at his best when
Bob Hope is on the radio . . . when
our Indian is hammering nails . . .
and he doesn’t really get going until
he has a sandwich in one hand . . .
and another one coming up. I’ve
often wondered if he adds those
sandwiches to his expense account.
He likes to write his column in
the kitchen . . . near the refrig
erator. On days there is nothing to
eat in the house . « . the column
reads worse than usual. His pub
lishers would be money ahead if they
hired a cook to tag after him.
There should be some news in this
column . . . for a change. Rum
maging through his notes I see
where Idaho is now famous for two
things . . . potatoes . . . and a
Marriage Club . . . located in the
town of Juliaetta. Just my luck. Ten
years too late!
He’s got an item about Charlie
Swaby going to the football game
. . . and returning to find his
home ransacked. Something about
lots of War Bonds stolen . . . and
a piggy bank with $25. In our house
the piggy bank is ransacked regu
larly the nights he plays poker.
He was also going to name the
assailant who gave a severe beating
to one Lucien Charette. I’ve never
yet figured out just how his grape
vine works.
Here’s a note about a woman on
Ford avenue . . . who had her home
ransacked over the weekend. Police
want to question her daughter, Lil
... who doesn’t live there any
more.
Claude Fitzgerald should fit in
this column somehow. Seems he
showed up in court ... during the
Holton case. Judge Decker has given
Mr. Fitzgerald the job of finding a
home lor the Holtons . . . and
their three children In the mean
time they were put on six months
probation for contributing to the
delinquency of their kiddies.
And here are a jumble of notes
about the John Gygecocyk case.
Something about the whole thing
being muffed. Seems the man is
charged with four counts of arson
... and at the time of the fire no
one bothered to call the State Fire
MardMi . . . which is the usual
procedure whe/i arson is suspected.
He has something written down
about the Fire Chief and the Assist
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YMCA secretary, the older members
of families and the tiny youngsters
have been adequately taken care of
with meeting places and amuse
ments, but that the high school
group has been sadly neglected up
to this time.
It was cold—both outside and in
side—but a tour through the “in
the process-of-becoming” YMCA
building made us forget that our
hands were cold and our feet like
blocks of ice. It was easy to visualize
what the completed building would
be like, and Sandy filled in the gaps
with explanations.
PUBLICATION OFFICE 3042 FIRST STREET
Cornet Band
s Feature of
Y ariety Show
Blue Star Mothers Will
Bring Group Here
A feature of the Blue Star Moth
ers’ Variety Show*, coming to Roose
velt high school auditorium on No
vember 17, will be the Greenfield
Village Fire Department Silver Cor
net band, one of the most out
standing groups of musicians in the
country.
Money raised by the variety show
will be used to buy gifts for boys
and girls in seven different hospi
tals. Mrs. Catherine Ester, president
of Blue Star Mothers, Chapter 6,
revealed. The mothers will also send
Christmas gifts to men in the serv
ice. The state groups are also plan
ning to build a convalescent home
for returning servicemen.
Marine Private
is Casualty
Added to the ever lengthening list
of War casualties among Wyan
dote’s servicemen was the name of
Marine Private First Class Alec C.
Crute, Jr.
The news of his death was re
leased Friday by the War Depart
ment.
i-*c. uruie is son oi Mrs. Gen
evieve Crute of 2076 Second street
and Alec C. Crute, Sr., 21i/ 2 Walnut
street.
Wyandotte PFC
Is Wounded
Serving with the Infantry in Ger
many, Pfc. Jerry Swiecki, 23, was
wounded in action on October 5,
according to a War Department tel
egram received by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Swiecki, 3324 Seven
tenth street, Wednesday.
Pfc. Swiecki has been in the serv
ice nearly two years and has been
overseas for the past four months.
Before entering the Army he was
employed at the Firestone Rubber
and Metal Products company.
Kiwanians Will
Entertain Wives
Members of the Kiwanis Club will
entertain their wives Thursday eve
ning, November 9 at the Presbyte
rian church house. Dinner will be
served at 6:30 pm.
The program will feature Anne
Campbell and George Stark of the
Detroit News. A program of dancing
will complete the evening’s activi
ties.
This dinner will take the place of
the regular Tuesday meeting that
week.
Michigan Mirror
Odds-and-ends from the news
counter:
State Republican leaders are
banking strong on a heavy upstate
vote next Tuesday (Nov. 7) to over
come the Detroit-Wayne county
swing to F.D.R. This latter trend
has been accelerated by migration
of approximately 300.000 workers,
most of them from the South, to
Detroit war plants. The C. 1.0.
Political Action Committee has been
flooding these war workers with
fourth term literature.
• • •
The importance of the tourist in
dustry to the Michigan copper
country is emphasized by these
facts: In 1916, a peak production
year before we entered the first
World War, Michigan copper output
was 270 million pounds. By 1943 it
had declined to 93.4 million. On a
basis of national production, the
drop is still more significant. Ke
weenaw district turned out more
than 75 per cent of the nation’s
suply in 1916; it was only 2 per
cent in 1943.
• • •
When a Michigan service man be
comes a patient at any government
hosital in the ÜBA., a native of
Michigan promptly calls to pay him
a visit. It’s one of the unique
services of the Office of Veteran
Affairs, headed by Col. Phil Pack. ,
OLD HOMESTEAD IS A GOOD
PLACE TO LIVE. sdv.
The front door opens into a foyer
like portion of the main first-floor
room and “spacious” is the only
word that can adequately describe it.
Huge windows across the front of
the house give an unimpaired view
of Biddle avenue and the surround
ing residential district. Light pas
tel walls, combined with windows
down one side of the room will give
the completed recreation-living room
an aspect of light and airiness. The
room will be used primarily by the
yoimg people. It will be large enough
for dancing and a “juke box”, piano
and radio will be there as well as
SfcUPuaniiotte Kctos-iforatit
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY AND BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF WYANDOTTE
PUBLISHED Every MONDAY and THURSDAY
1.0.0.F. Presents Veterans’ Pins to Members
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Veteran members of the Wyandotte Lodge, 1.0.0J*. were honored recently at a dinner and
presented with their veterans' jewels by Grand Master Charles H. Leonard, Mayor of Hastings,
Michigan. ✓
Pictured above are the members and the number of years they have been affiliated with the
lodge.
Front Row, left to right: George Heineman, 32 years; Herman Jucharis, 45 years; E. H. Bessey,
47 years; Edward Cank, 33 years; Louis W. Behm, 28 years; Charles H. Leonard, Grand Master;
William Belknap, 36 years; Christian Marquardt, 43 years; Claude Decider, 43 years W. Smith, 40 years.
Second row, left to right: Walter Von Renner. 33 years; George Hoffman. 30 years; Watldn
Benjamin. 44 years; W. Ras&xnussen, 30 years; Milton Davies. 36 years; William Wetling. 30 years;
Julius SomheiL 30 years; E. F. Schroeder, 34 years; B. Draeger, 32 years; James Calder
wood, 35 years and Phillip Reutes. 26 years.
Third row, left to right: George McTaggari, 34 years; John Reidel, 28 years; Gus Otto, 26 years;
Morris Bimbaum, 37 years; William Allman, 26 years; Fred Begeman, 27 years; Joseph E. NuttalL
38 years; Jacob Kreter, 31 years; A. P. Stiles, 35 years; Joseph Hadley, 34 years.
Back row, left to right: George Yuelette, 30 years; Henry Steinhauer, 34 years; Joseph Morely,
35 years; Henry Schaumberg, 28 years; Theodore K. Thompson, 26 years; Earl Miller. 41 years;
Walter Conn, 33 years; August Lorenz, 43 years; Chester Sutliff, 37 years George Gettleman. 28
years; Henry Girardin, 38 years.
The following were not present for the awarding: William J. Steinhauer, 44 yaars; George
Campbell, 36 years; Charles Smith, 26 years; Fred Brandis, 37 years; Charles Sieloff, 33 years;
Joe Mattery, 26 years; Harvey Denno, 25 years; Louis Trombly, 28 years; W. J. Showaltag. 27 years;
Henry Mielka, 27 years; Bert Mills, 31 years; Grant Van Vorhies, 36 years and Frank Harfe? 26 years.
Townships List
New Record in
Registrations
Over 2.000 new registrants have
filed with township clerks in Mon
guagon, Brown town and Grosse lie
Townships, registering as electors in
the November 7 election.
The new names have brought the
total list to new highs in all three
townships.
Monguagon township registered
919 new electors through October 18,
last day for registration. Total regis
tration in the township now is 3293,
according to William Hedke, town
ship clerk.
New registrants on Grosse He
number 200, with a total of 1600
Toys for Christmas will only
reach about 15 per cent of pre
war volume. Quality will be better,
however—if that's any consolation.
Because of shortage of manpower
and transportation, retailers are
starting a movement to encourage
Christmas gift shopping early in
November—just after the election!
• • «•
Much misunderstanding exists, it
seems, about those $2,000 loans
. - r
available to returning servicemen.
The law provides for loans, not
gifts; the loans may be used to buy
or build homes, purchase businesses,
or buy farms. But Uncle Sam
doesn’t make the loans. He merely
guarantees loans when made by
banks, saving and loan companies,
insurance companies and other, IF
the loans meet certain qualifications.
• • •
Small towns are still tops! From
Domestic Commerce, monthly pub
lication of U. S. ‘Department of
Commerce: “If high levels of em
ployment and exchange of goods are
to*be maintained after the war,
the small town cannot be neglect
ed. , Take the case of towns of
less than 25,000 population. To
gether with unincorporated rural
areas they embrace 60 per cent of
CASH FpR YOUR CAR-
Any M-.y or Model. SIMP
SON. >l9 Sycamore St Air.
lounges, chairs, lamps and tables.
The room will also be equipped for
motion pictures which will be shown
several times a week after school.
Snack Bar
The YMCA offices and m club
meeting room are also on the first
floor— and dearest to the hearts of
the youngsters will be a snack bar
where they will be able to obtain —
on a small scale at first—food and
soft drinks.
During the summer months the
large screened-in porch at the side
of the building will be equipped with
chairs and a ping-pong table.
WYANDOTTE, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1944
registered, Elizabeth Johnson, clerk,
revealed.
Browns town has 1809
new voters listed with Harold Law.
township clerk, bringing the total
of registrants to 3901.
Neiv Supply of
Meat Points
Becomes Valid
More meat points have been re
leased to the public. It was an
nounced yesterday. Red stamps from
L 5 through P 5 are now in use. The
stamps will ne valid indefinitely.
Airplane stamp No. 3 will become
valid November l for shoes and will
also be good indefinitely.
Blue stamps in Ration Book No. 4
will become valid November l for
canned goods, jams and jellies.
the entire population of the coun
try. Even towns of less than 10.000,
if taken with the rural areas, total
as much as 55 per cent of the whole
population.”
• • •
Grand jury investigations are still
under way at Lansing. More indict
ments are expected soon.
• • •
Private informatior from Detroit
indicates that the race problem
there is far from being solved.
Riots in 1943 resulted in the death
of 25 Negroes and nine white per
sons. Trouble is feared when war
plant cutbacks force Negroes with
little seniority out of highly paid
jobs.
• • •
With nearly 2,000,000 tractors on
American farms, output per worker
has risen more than 50 per cent
since the beginning of the century.
More food, fewer farmers —what's
the answer? Chemurgy may be it,
whereby human and animal foods
will become raw materials for in
dustry. Example: Soybean far
automobile fenders!
• • •
Newsworthy quotations of per
sons in the news:
‘‘The amazing thing about Amer
ica is that she has earned her al
lies and herself in addition to pro
viding her own people with an ac
tual Increase in civilian purchases.”
Going upstairs. It was easy to
I visualize that the large room first
entered will make an ideal library.
; Lots of book shelves, easy chairs,
! desks and lamps are coming for this
room. Here will be found peace and
quiet for studying and reading or
i writing.
Behind this room is an organiza
tion room, large enough for club
meetings. Another large room will
be equipped with ping-pong tables,
smaller tables for chess, checkers
and other games and finally, a huge
room at the front of the house will
be given over to the “women only”
Wyandotte MP is Mem
tac of Famous Unit
V -
Pvt. Walter F. Gutowski of Wy
andotte is a member of one of the
best-known military police escort
guards at a prisoner stockade in
France.
The unit has received a commen
dation from Advance Section Com
munication Zone headquarters. Em
phasized was the job done by the
outfit in moving 20,130 prisoners
of war and at the same time oper
ating a large PW stockade during
the week of September 10-16.
Comprised of men from 24
states, the company moved out of
England on D-Day and waded
ashore on the Normandy beachhead
on June 10, after being submitted
to intense aerial bombardment en
route. While working on the beach,
the unit handled practically all
prisoners taken at Cherbourg.
—Keith Murdock, managing direc
tor, Melbourne (Australia) Herald.
• • •
“We are developing a generation
of money-rich and character-poor
Americans.”—J. Edgar Hoover FBI
chief.
• • •
‘ The necessity of our fight is be
ing approved by the whole German
people but mainly by the youth.”—
Hitler, quoted by German radio,
praising young Germans’ “fanatical
will to sacrifice.”
• /• •
“You’ll have to wait.”—Sgt. Vic
tor Loomis, Lansing, Mich. (Dig
ging a foxhole when German bear
ing white flag approached, Sgt.
Loomis, bade the man stand by un
til job was finished. He then ac
companied prisoner to a machine
gun nest where 9 German privates
and an officer also surrendered.)
• • •
“ . . . Absolutely unnerved and
calm over the news.’—Adm. Kiyoshi
Hasegawa, gov-genl of Formosa,
commenting in unintentionally par
adoxically English, on 1000-plane
air raid.
BETTER FURNITURE AND AP
PLIANCES AT BIG BAVINGS.
LONG, EAST TERMS. MANOR
FURNITURE CO., 2764 W. JEFFER
SON, TRENTON. PHONE TREN
TON 1764. —Adv.
group Here, will be a few throw rugs
on the floor, dainty furniture, light
drapes, and an absolutely feminine
atmosphere. The women’s lounge
will be used for club meetings and
social events as well as a “loafing”
room.
Rejuvenate House
The entire house had been re
juvenated, partitions tom out, walls
plastered and tile floors are being
laid throughout.
Various organizations and churches
have come to the front to finance
the furnishing of the building—and
it promises to be something that
War Department
Reveals Death
of John Zdunek
Staff Sergeant Killed
in France Sept. 12
Staff Sergeant John Zdunek, 26,
was killed in action in France on
September 12, his wife, Mrs. Jos
ephine Zdunek was informed this
week by the War Department.
Staff Sergeant Zdunek was with
the U. S. Cavalry and had been in
service for more than three years.
He is survived by his wife and son,
John; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Zdunek; three sisters, Mrs.
Genevieve Mahalak, Irene and Wan
da Zdunek and a brother, Walter.
Mrs. Bowman
Dies Early Today
Mrs. Sarah B. Bowman, 82-year
old resident of 701 Pine street, died
today at her home here.
Mrs. Bowman was born April 1.
1862 in Jamestown, Indiana, and
came to Wyandotte 30 years ago.
She is survived by her son, Clar
ence, three grandchildren and nine
great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wed
nesday afternoon at two o'clock from
the H. F. Thon Cos. funeral home
and burial will follow in Michigan
Memorial Park.
Goodfellows
Plan Annual
Paper Sale
Wyandotte Goodfellows will meet
Thursday evening, November 2, at
the council chambers of the city hall
to make arrangements for the sale
of newspapers at Christmas time.
Goal of the sale has tentatively
been set at $2,500. according to Al
bert A. Payette, chairman of paper
sales.
Assignments and complete ar
rangements for the sale will be made
at Thursday’s meeting.
COUNT REDUCED
The charge against Joseph E. Al
exander of 446 Orange street was
reduced to speeding from reckless
driving when he appeared October
19 in the local justice court. He paid
a fine of $lO and costs.
PAYS FINE
Chester Alex Bigos of Detroit
appeared in the justice court last
week and was arraigned on the
charge of being a disorderly person
and not stopping at a stop street.
He was found guilty and fined.
by Gene Alleman
“I certainly wtouldn’t advise
women who don’t have corsets to do
much sitting down.”—Gracie Allen,
commenting on threat of British
women to stage sitdown strike if
corset shortage isn’t relieved.
• • •
“Most girls under 20 are too im
mature to be running loose in
Washington.”—Ray H. Everett, exec,
sec'y Society Hygiene, urging that
all ’teen-age gov’t girls be sent back
home.
• • •
“Newlyweds are my best custom
ers. Blessed if I can see why—they
always look at each other and never
see much of the scenery.” John
Donahue, who drives old-fashioned
carriage in N. Y.’s Central Pk.
• • •
“You can’t win wars with a
warehouse. A depot can’t fight. It
takes men to man machines.”—
Herbert R. Hill, news analyst, em
phasizing importance of ground
forces in coming Pacific war.
• • •
“I don’t know why I did it. It
just seemed like a good idea at the
time.” Edward J. Dorogokleepets,
who hurled S eggs accurately at
‘The Voice” (Frank Sinatra) dur
ing concert in N. T. Marooned In
the midst of a thousand Irate bobby,
sox fans, 4 policemen were required
to escort him to safety.
Phone—ll 66 - 1167 - 1168
every person In Wyandotte will be
exceedingly proud to show off as
“Our Y"
Wyandotte’s YMCA is unique, but
follows a pattern that is rapidly
becoming accepted in other com
munities. Rather than being devoted
to men only, it is a family “Y”, in
cluding all members of the family.
In the new building will be facili
ties for all age groups, from the
parents down to the tiny tots.
Civic organizations will also be
welcome to hold occasional meetings
there and enjoy the facilities offered
by the building.
Air Force Officers Decorated at
Bomber Station Somewhere in Britain
Men Commended for Bravery in Flights
Over Occupied Europe and Germany
Three Wyandotte Air Force officers, now serving at an
Eighth Air Force Bomber Station in England, have been
thisweek medak ’ 11 W3S revealed b y the War Department
The three young men are Ist Lieutenant Ralph J.
Schrecke, Ist Lieutenant Harry J. Withers and 2nd Lieuten
ant Robert C. Steele.
Burglar Rifles
Swabv Residence
J
A thief who entered the Charles
Swaby residence at 2343 Twenty
first street got away with SBSO in
Victory Bonds and approximately
$25 in change, taken from a small
coin bank, Saturday afternoon.
Entrance was gained to the house
by breaking the glass in the rear
door. The thief possibly left by the
front door as it was found un
locked.
Mr. Swaby believed that he fright
ened the burglar away when he
drove into the driveway. A dresser
was the only thing disturbed.
James Rushlow
is Wounded
Second Time
Word has been received by Mrs.
James Rushlow of 838 Ash street
that her husband, Pvt. James Rush
low, after going back into action,
was wounded in Germany.
He already is the holder of the
Purple Heart Medal. At the same
time she learned that he is being
hospitalized in England and has
been promoted to the rank of ser
geant.
Ford Awarded
New Contract
for Gliders
Dearborn, Mich. The Ford Mo
tor company has been awarded a
new contract for the construction
of 2,000 additional troop-carrying
gliders. The gliders will be manu
factured at the company’s Iron
Mountain, Mich., plant.
The new contract is to be com
pleted by December 1945. Produc
tion will be started as soon as pres
ent contract commitments are con
cluded. With the completion of the
new contract, Ford, the largest
single producer of gliders, will have
more than 5,000 of the ships.
Services Held for
Former Resident
Mrs. Augusta Young, former Wy
andotte resident, died at her home
in Indian River, last Wednesday at
the age of 59.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday and burial was in Indian
River cemetery.
She is survived by a son, Louis,
USN, and six sisters: Mrs. Lena
Broughton, Wyandotte; Mrs. Anna
Gallagher, Redford; Mrs. Barbara
Wollenberg, Romulus; Mrs. Dena
Hood, Flat Rock; Mrs. Charles Naw
rotzke, Waltz; Mrs. Elizabeth Hau
sherr, Chicago.
Slate Election
of Junior AW VS Officers
Election of officers will be held
at the meeting of the Junior
A.W.V.S., Wednesday, November 1
at 7 pm. to be held in the City
Hall Council chambers.
Plans will be made for the forth
coming dance. Schedules will be de
termined for work at the Wyandotte
General hospital and for selling
War Stamps at the booth in the
Wyandotte Theatre.
PLEADS GUILTY
Donald A. Gillian of 1744 Cas
yrain, pleaded guilty Thursday to the
charge of reckless driving and was
lined $25 by Judge Arthur Decker.
WE PAY HIGHEST CASH
PRICE FOR YOUR USED
/CAR* ANY MAKE OR
MODEL. GORNO BROS..
(2100 W. JEFFERSON. TREN
TOIL adv.
A more than adequate series of
programs will be in progress con
stantly, both educational and for
amusement.
A great stride ahead will halve been
taken in Wyandotte when the form
al opening is held—and the Y swings
into Its year-round program for the
benefit of the community.
The property on which the build
ing is constructed extends from
Biddle avenue to Van Alystyr/
boulevard on Chestnut street, and
already dreams are being dreamed
of a large permanent structure o.i
the property in years to come.
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TEN PAGES THIS ISSUE
► Lt. Schrecke is the son of John
P. Schrecke of 923 Lincoln avenue.
His wife, Mrs. Judyth Schrecke lives
in Fort Worth, Texas.
Since his arrival in the European
Theater in May of this year he has
flown on 35 bombing missions over
Germany and enemy occupied
Europe. He holds the Air Medal with
three Oak Clusters and now
has been awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross for extraordinary
achievement in aerial combat.
Lt. Schrecke has participated in
bombing missions to Brunswick.
Dessau, Gotha, Munich and bombed
in support of ground troops on “D”
Day, June 6, 1944.
In civilian life he was a unit opcr
ator, employed by the Wyandotte
Chemicals Corp.
Schrecke is a pilot on a B-24 Lib
erator heavy bomber.
Lt. Withers, a bombardier on a
B-24 Liberator, has also been award
ed the Distinguished Flying Crass.
He is the eon of Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Withers of 329 au-erior boule
vard. His wife, the for. Winifred
I*Bar, lives at 124 treet.
Lt. Withers also arrive., m the
European Theatre in May and has
since then flown on 35 bombing mis
sions. Beside his recent decoration,
he holds the Air Medal with three
Oak Leaf Clusters.
The bombardier has participated
in bombing missions to Berlin,
Brunswick, Gotha, Munich and
bombed in support of ground forces
on “D” Day in June.
Before entering the service he was
a chemical operator employed at
Sharpies Chemicals, Inc.
The third Wyandotte flier, Lt.
Robert Steele, 20, is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest L. Steele, 1848
Eighteenth street. He has been
awarded the Air Medal for “excep
tionally meritorious achievement
while participating In sustained
bomber combat operations over ene
my occupied Continental Europe.”
A navigator on a B-17 Flying For
tress, Lt. Steele is taking part In
bombing attacks being carried out
by Britain-based American heavy
bombers against targets in Germany
and the occupied areas. He Is serv
ing with a veteran Portress group
that has conducted more than 200
operations.
Lt. Steele is a graduate of Roose
velt high school and was a student
at the University of Michigan prior
to entering the service in 1943.
40 YEARS AGO
IN WYANDOTTE
On a'motion of Alderman Wood
ward, the city attorney was instruct
ed to prepare an ordinance requir
ing that all bread sold in the city
should weigh not less than two
pounds.
Fire from an unknown cause de
stroyed the bam in the rear of Eg
bert's store resulting in the loss of
four horses, harnesses and grain
Damage was placed at $2,000.
Wyandotte’s population increased
with the arrival of 50 Hungarian
immigrants.
Claims for injuries received as a
result of the wooden sidewalks were
being lodged against the city by the
dozens. The largest claim was one
for SSOO for injuries received in a
fall caused by a loose plank.
Water mains and a commercial
lighting system were to be extended
to the newly acquired South Detroit
territory as far as funds would per
mit. Four street lights were also to
be installed in the annexed portion
of the city.
The Pennsylvania Salt Manufac
turing company was given permis
sion to lay a railroad track between
its plant and that of the Michigan
Alkali works No. L
NOW!. SIMPSON MOTOR SALES
OFFERS YOU EXPERT CAR
WASHING. GREASING AND
STEAM CLEANING. QUICK SERV
ICE. Ut SYCAMORE ST. adv,