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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
WyandOtte Savings Bank
Trust Department
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STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of
Wayne-sS. AT Il session of the Pro
bate Court for said County of Wayne
Eeld at the Probate Court room i'm the
City of Detroit, on the eleventh day OF
August in the year one thousand nine
hdndred and thirty-eight~ Present JOS
eph A. Murphy, Judge Of Probate In
the matter of the estate of PEARL
STRONG ABBOTT, deceased Wyan-
dutte Savings Bank, executor of the
last will and testament of said deceas-
"a. having heretofore rendered to this
Court its first administration, account
in said matter and herewith renders
its second and final administration ac-
count in said matter and filed there
with its petition praying that its re-
SignatiOn he accepted as such executor;
aid Chester r. Abbott, husband and
heir-at-law of said deceased, having
this day filed i'm said Court his peti-
ton praying that administration de
bonis non with the will annexed of said
estate he granted 10 w. Hugh Will
Jams or some other suitable person.
IL is ordered. that the fifth day of Oc-
t1ber, next at ten O'clock i'm the fore
noon at said Court room be appointed
for examining and allowing said ac-
counts and hearing said petitions. And
it is further ordered, that a copy of
this order be published three success
sive weeks previous to said time of
hearing. in the WyandOtte Herald. a
newspaper printed and circulating in
said County of Wayne
JOSEPH A. MURPHY,
Judge of Probate.
"a true copy.
ALBERT w. EDESON,
Deputy Probate Register. 33w3
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Season
Practically Over

With all the schools Of the city re-
Stunning sessions shortly, the playground
season i'm WyandOtte is about over for
this year Four Fairgrounds, with
WPA aid. will remain open during Sep
TENDER. They are at the following To-
cations:
AIkali and Eighth streets, Pulaski
mark. Eleventh and Pine. and at the
Mckinley school.
Up to September l. 46,5Sl persons
had taken advantage of the facilities
offered by the city's Fairgrounds. Ii is
expected that the number will reach
:yO.OQO before the close of the month.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
TWO FIGHTERS SPEND
4 NIGHT IN JAIL

After an automobile ENHANCEMENT
ana IL resulting fight wich followed. III
) 10 Sunday morning police took san
icy BaranOwSki. ~. of 1888 Dee street.
and Stanley Przytula. 80, of 1905 Ma
pie s:reet. To The city jail to .oOl off.
They were claimed 10 have intention
ally bumped into Il car containing Hen
~ BOxylSki and Martin KolakOw Xxi
of Ninewood avenue and Chester OIL
kcw>ki of Ninth street. The alterca-
ton occurred at Oak and Fourth streets.
The last named man was hit with Il
crank during the fight and was taken
10 the Wyandorte General hospital for
treatment.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
ID. j. HEALY,
Judge of Probate.
"a true copy.
ALFRED l.. VINCENT.
deputy Probate Register.
SJw3
McInerney & McInerney, Attys.
2911 Biddle Ave.
WyandOtte, Mich.
I, Attys.
235-ES9


STATE OF MICHIGAN, County OF
Wayne-ss AT a session OF the Pro
bate Court for said County OF wayne,
held nj the Probate Court room III the
City of Detroit. on the twenty fifth
day OF August in the year one Thousand
nine hundred and thirty-eight. Present
Thomas e. Murphy, Judge of Probate.
Ia the matter of the estate Oh
EMMA TELLER, deceased. George
otto, administrator of said estate, hav-
ing rendered to this Court his second
administration account in said matter
and filed Herewith his petitions pray
ing that the time for closing said es-
tate be extended for a, period OF SIX
months and that a partial distribution
of said estate be made as sci 1Orth Ill
said petition and that said admlnistra-
tors bond be reduced. 1t Is ordered,
that the sixth day of October, next al
ten o'clock in the forenoon at SAID
Court room be appointed for examining
and allowing said account and hearing
said petitions. And it is further order
ed. that copy of this order De pub
lished three successive weeks previous
To said time of hearing. in the Wyan-
dO;te Herald. q newspaper printed ana
circulating in said County OF Wayne.
THOMAS C. MURPHY,
Judge of Probate.
\ true COPY.
ALFRED l.. VINCENT,
Deputy Probate Register o"o
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
WydndOtte in
Years Gone By
40 YEARS AGO

4O YEARS AGO
The Council decided Il begin semi
annual, rather than .nnual collection
OF taxes in July, 1899.
In canoe race at Belle Isle ON
August "a. 1895. Ed H. NelliS won
from Henry Keep. in the fast time Of
81 10. over half mile course Old
timers tried unsuccesSfully TO lind d
record of faster time.
The Board of Education bought 12S
new seats for the addition To the First
ward school, at price of .$125 each.
Blasting was in progress 10 remove
the foundations of the old Eureka
blast furnace, which formerly stood at
the foot of Elm street
George b. Palmer. at the request Of
Mayor William Gartner, prepared an
estimate showing sewage system for
WyandOtte would cost approximately
$33,OO0
A home company was organized TO
lay cement walks. the members being
William Gartner, John GinZel and
George Il. Palmer.
A new subdivision adjoining Arr +.
WOOdruff'S residence III what was later
Ford village. was about 10 be placed
Oh the market
John RaubOlt. old resident, whose
descendants live in WyandOtte today,
died following an operation.
The heading mill of the Aetna Coop
erage COmpany'S plant ut Trenton was
destroyed by fire.
The entire receipts for school pur-
poses during the year ending .Septem-
Der ], 1898. amounted to but $24 81 80.
This included primary money from the
state The budget for the next year
tOtaled $10.197, TO be used as follows !:
Teachers salaries. $T.S75; janitOrS' sal
aries, $50; library fund, 500; bonds
and interest. 1912.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02

Several property owners protested
against tine paving of that portion Of
Van Al>tyne boulevard then known as
Front street. and the matter was held
open by the Council.
The City Commission and EcOrSe
Township Board held ii joint meeting
10 consider the Improvement of Eureka
avenue west of the railroads
A sterling silver communion service.
presented 10y the WOmen'S Auxiliary,
was To he cOn>ecrated- at 81. Stephen 5
Episcopal church. together with the I'M
yelling and dedication of new memOr-
ial window placed in the church by
Miss McNleary i'll memory of her faith
or.
Thirteen Boy Scouts in charge of
ScOutma>ter Harry \. Peters and Chap
lain Roy G.. Hershey. completed Il long
hike to Lansing. Jackson and return.
covering 30 miles Their best record
was y miles in Il single day.
Rev. Thomas J. Carroll, highly e.
teemed assistant To Rev. j. \. Hally III
st. Patrick church. was assigned 10 the
parish at Smiths Creek. near Port
Huron.
Public schools reOpened. with stock
cf 1000 text books ON hand 10 be sold
To students at the public library.
Stephen T. Orr and Miss Emma
Louise Thun were married at the Pres
byterian manSe on Thursday, Septem-
her 4. 1913. by Rev. DIR. Alexander
Urquhart.
j. Wilson Carson. one of the best
known residents of southern Wayne
county. was killed by a Toledo interur-
ban car at the Mud street crossing.
Labor day was observed in Wyan-
dotte with motor boat races on the
Detroit river.
There were 81 births and 23 deaths
In WyandUtte during August, 1913.
The last span Of the new NyandOtte-
Crosse lie bridge was tlOated down
from Detroit.
The two schools in Ford village OPP
ened under the >uperintcndency OF
Charles r. Pike.
TIE Ford village Council decided to
open Sullivan street Is an extension
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
GRAND JURY FOLLOWS
RESULT OF JULY ELECTION

Because. ut the annual village cleo
ton in E>tral Beach on July Il hast
.6G votes were cas- when but 60 per
sons were qualified 70 ne the ballot.
"a one-man grand jury has been CON
Quoting an investigation Ills week.
E>tral Beach il largely occupied by
summer homes. some of them owned
by WyandOtte people.
The Investigation was ordered by
Attorney General Raymond w. Starr
and :. L. Ready. prosecuting attorney
of Monroe county. ~
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Couple Married
at Trinity Church

Saturday afternoon. in Trinity Luth-
eran church. Rev. &. j. krahnke per-
formed the ceremony which made one
of Miss Grace Carolyn Sash, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles +. Sash Of
Trenton and Charles Robert Bankard,
Of Nillersburg. Pa.
The young couple were attended by
Mrs. Richard Kinney and Mrs. Law
renee AngelOeci as bridesmaids and
Richard Kinney az best man. The flow
er girl was Charlotte Upper
\ reception at the home of the brides
parents followed the ceremony.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
MICHIGAN, NY MICHIGAN

The rattlesnake is the only poison
Gus snake found in Michigan.
The first state forest fire fighting
organization was formed in 1918.
First distribution of Hungarian par
tridges from the state game farm since
last spring was made last month ana
totaled 800 birds.
Two fishes found in Michigan are
close relatives of the true herring, the
most important of food fishes. They
are the alewife. a recent arrival by
canal route from Lake Ontario, and the
gizzard Shad.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Being Legally Dead

Up to century ago, the common
law courts of England rarely as
sumed that person had died, even
when records showed that he could
not be alive, says Golfers Weekly.
In 1925 the court of the Kings Bench
asserted that it could not judicial
ly presume" that a certain man
was dead although he had been
missing for 1872 years.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02

According to an oiG t-'c;Y-al book,
the first tourists were -Icee~. Abra-
ham, Jonah, Ulysses. Plato. Strabo,
Cleopatra, the Queen OF Sheba,
Marc Antony, Julius Cseso- Daeda-
lus, Herodotus. Aeneas Of r oy, and
Alexander the Great
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Morgan's Raid Lasted Six Weeks

General Morgan's famous raid
into Indiana and Ohio was cam
paign of six weeks. 1t started from
Alexandria, KY, on June II, 1858,
and ended with the capture of the
commander and the last of the raid
ers seven miles south of Lisbon,
Ohio, on July 26. Morgan was con-
fined in the Ohio penitentiary at
Columbus, from which he escaped
on November &c.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Percentage of Fat in Nuts

Most nuts are extremely rich in
fat. The pecan contains over 70
per cent of fat; the brazil nut, but
ternut, filbert, hickory nut, and Eng
lish walnut, over so per cent; al
mond and pistache, over so per cent,
and the cashew and peanut over
40 per cent.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
BarnacleS Like 1t Dark

Light colors are preferred for the
painting of the submerged portions
of the hulls of ships. TIE reason
for this is that barnacles accumu-
late faster on wood that ic painted
dark color than on white and light
tints.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Local Company
Gets Road Award

State Highway Commissioner MUIR
ray ID. Van Wagner this week award
ed a contract 10 the LOSelle COnStruc-
ton Company for the laying of 1914
miles of 20fOOt concrete pavement on
US-23. from Presque Isle county line
south. for the sum Of 500. I62I2.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Carnation One of Oldest Flowers

The carnation, one of the oldest
flowers still under cultivation, was
first mentioned and described in 800
B. c. by Greek philosopher, The
ocrastus. The original type was a
single flower with FIVE petals meas
uring one inch in diameter and of
a pinkish-mauve color.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Busse
Diss at Eloise

William Busse. IA patient i'll Seymour
hospital at Eloise. died OH Monday at
the age of 40. He leaves his father,
brother and five sisters.
Funeral services were held yesterday
afternoon at S24 Forest street, con
Quoted by Rev. G. j. Krahnke OF Trim
lily Lutheran church Burial was in
West Mound cemetery.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
The BOCkman'S Pa-aiir

The bookman's paradise is 1eip-
zig, Germany, where there are more
than thousand publishers and
shops devoted to the trade. and
where books have been the chief
manufacture for 200 years.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Three Faroas V:ars

Three most famous views in the
world are the Eeka's pla; eau, as
seen from the Lebanons in Syria;
the vale of Cashmir, in India, and
the Mediterranean when viewed
from Taormina, Sicily.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
ROOSEVELT BAND HAS
STATE FAIR ENGAGEMENT

The Roosevelt high school band. un-
der the direction of Kenneth Hauer,
has been engaged to play at the state
fair, Detroit, next Friday, September
9
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
FATHER REFUSES TO
LET son TESTIFY

Because the boys father refused to
asf the son testify in court. a charge of
Z aficing, entered against CaSimir Zy-
Gal of 2459 Cora street has been dis
missed by Justice of the Peace Roy
COOmer This action was taken upon
the advice of Assistant Prosecutor John
MOwatt
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Pistols named Tor Itan-n City

Pistols Named Tor Itah-n City (
Pistols were, invented in and
named the ancient Italian city Of
Pistola, 400 years ago. says the
Washington Post. Like Difies. they
were not very dependable at first.
They were made with both single
and double barrels. A twenty-one-
year-old American, Samuel Colt, de-
veloped the first successful revolt
YER, the old tsix-shooter" of West
ern fame. But not all revolvers
were that type Some carried seven
or eight bullets.k
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
THAT GOOD CREATURE.
TOBACCO, WAS DISCUSSED

The WyandOtte Kiwanis club. at its
luncheon Tuesday noon. listened TO an
address by Albert F. Link. of Philip
Morris x Co. Inc. Mr.. Link gave q
historical sketch of the industry. With
interesting facts regarding malIufat-
mre and distribution of the product.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
West Road
Land Awards

A jury last Friday awarded dam
ages To property owners, for land TO be
used in the widening of West road at
Trenton. The largest award went to
y. A. Mans 4 Sons. who were given
S1U.967. The total awards amounted TO
$2S, 66J.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Easy to Steal a Mans Rrai,s

ITO steal a mans brains" said
Hi Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, sis
easier than to steal his property
and perhaps preferable if you can
manage to use them with intelli-
gence."
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Use of Abbreviation MS /,

When 1t is not known whether a
woman is married or single, the
prefix ms is used by some bust
ness hrms as an abbrevlation of Ell
Their Mrs. or Miss.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Minister From Mona sterv,

Minister" is corruption of the
word monastery. Hence all of the
ministers that the tourist, frds in
England formerly had that identity.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Absence of Light in Oc..,

Light is not entirely absent in the
ocean depths until level of about
1900 feet is reached.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Grass Reaches 100 Feet H;yh

Ihere are about 1000 species of
grass, the tauest attaining a height
of 100 feet.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Great Nose Indicates Great Han

A great nose indicates great
man-genlal, courteous, intellectual,
virile, courageous, is-~a quotation
from Rostand's "Cyrano de Berge-
rae"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Perfumes Stronger

Perfumes are usually about four
tunes as strong as toilet water,
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
Oldest Above Sea I.eual

The oldest part of North America.
the first to be elevated above sea
level, is the northeastern section.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02

Mayflower Had 102 Passengers
There were l02 passengers aboard
the Mayflower.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02
p YEARS AGO

Several property owners protested
against the paving of that portion of
Van Al>tyne boulevard then known as
Front street. and the matter was held
open by the Council.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-02

The City Commission and EcOrSe
Township Board held Il joint meeting
Ia consider the Improvement of Eureka
avenue west of The railroads
The Nome nugget., 1938-03-02
City Council Held Busy Meeting
 Monday PM

Tn e Common Council of the City of Nome met in regular ses- sion at 8 o'clock P M., on Mon day. Feb. 18th, in the office of the City Clerk, M. J. Walsh. The business was of such nature and motions and amendments, toget- her with withdrawal of motions and remaking of motions and etc. that the Nugget reporter decided to use a copy of the minutes of the city clerk, in order that complete record of the doings of the council and its members be given in detail, which is as fol- lows:
 Mayor Seidenverg presided and the, following members of the Council answered roll call; An derson, Bassett, O'Connor, Polet and Taggart. Councilman Rude was absent.
 The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
 The following communications were read, viz:
 From Leroy M. Sullivan, City Attorney, advising the Council that several deeds were neces- sary to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk to complete the trans action between the City and Ern- est Balsiger. Said transaction re- ferred to being of date of Dec. 2, 1887, and known as the adjust ment between Balsiger and the City for the old Horseshoe" lot and parts of the so-called Golden Gate lots. The deeds suggested to be executed were attached to said letter.
 From Delegate Dimond, to May or Seidenverg, advising that he had introduced bill in Congress for revtement along Nome water front, said bill carrying an ap- propriation of $2OO,0OO. A copy of the bill was attached.
 From L. D. Bronson, offering the sum of SIS for lots 2, 3, and 4, in Block 93.
 Following claims against the city from the Nome Nugget un- der date of February 1St in the Continued on Page Two)
The Nome nugget., 1938-03-02
:Airliner Caught By Storm Is Not
 Reported Yet

FRESNO, Calif., March 2, (Pp- Trapped by a sudden storm, the trans-Continental Western Air liner is believed to have crashed with nine occupants, in the noun tains east of Fresno.
 The airliner was bound from San Francisco to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and was last heard from at 9:28 last night.
 The passengers were: Tracy DirIam, Mary Lou Dirlam, Stan ford University students who were enroute to their home at Mansfield, Ohio. MT. and Mrs L. B. Walths of San Francisco; H. N. Salisbury, a IVA first off cer, who was flying as passen- ger; V KruSe of Kansas City.
 The crew was composed of John Graves of Palo Alto, Calf, pilot; C. w. Wallace of Tucson, Arizona, first officer; and Martha M Wilson of Philadelphia, stew ardeSs.
The Nome nugget., 1938-03-02
Tie Washington
 Newsletter
OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND ,
 Delegate from Alaska
Federal Appropriations A
 For Alaska.

Washington, D. C., February IA For several days past subcom mittee of the House Committee on Appropriations has considered the budget estimates for the Off, ce of Indian Affairs contained in the Department of the Interior Appropriation bill. Particular attention has been given to those items pertaining to the construc- tion of native schools and hoSpi- tails Il llllll. lllllllilll -. .... tals in Alaska and also to the estimate of $1,OOO,0OO contained in the bill for carrying out the purposes of the Reindeer Act whi oh was passed in August of 1887 and which contemplates the pur- chase by the Government of all non-nat tive owned reindeer and the ultimate distribution of such reindeer among all of the natives of Alaska who can use them ad- vantageously.
 At the present time the bill carries money for the construc- ton of one native hospital at Kanakanak and also contains an estimate of $90,OOO for the con- struotion of new school buildings at English Bay, Quiguk, Shak- toolilk, Mecoyr1k on Nunivak Is- land, and at Solomon.
 These buildings are in addition to new buildings which were au- thorized and for which appropri- ations were made in the fiscal 1888 appropriations act. A total of $119,O00 was carried in that act for new buildings at Minto, Colville, Teller, Hooper Bay Gambel, Pilot Point and Umnak It is possible that there will be some changes made in the list o1 buildings just given and that the proposed school for Colville will be omitted and a school built al some other place.
 Many new native schools are needed in various parts of Alas. ha and it is estimated that the (Continued on Page Three)
The Nome nugget., 1938-03-02
Western AirGner Reported Crashed Near Fresno
Half A Billion Dollars Britain
 Air Corps l93S

LONDON, March ?, (P)-Toss- ing more fuel into the roaring re-Armament furnace, Britain will spend more than half a bill ion dollars on its Aip force in the coming year.
 Beginning April first Air esti- mates will total five hundred and fifty seven million five hundred and ten thousand dollars, allow ing for the purchase of planes, construction and maintenance, borrowed money, interests, and etc
 This indication of Britain's fev- erish reanming came from Wis count SWinton, Secretary of State for the Air department. In a memorandum accompanying, he estimates that the number of per sons employed in the Aircraft In- dustry increased from thirty thou sand in 1885 to the present time as ninety thousand, this does not include persons engaged in pro- duction of armaments and other equipment
 SWintOn gave assurances of specific achiev ements in devising new methods of defense against air raids, but said 1t must be kept secret
The Nome nugget., 1938-03-02
Japanese Forces
 Near Capture
 Of A Railroad

SHANGHAI, March 2nd. (R- Eight Japanese columns are re- ported to be almost within reach of more than five hundred miles of the Lunghai Railway. which stretches across Central China.
 Japanese troops have renewed their offensive against the vital EasA-West line after their forces were routed by Chinese in the southern Shansh Province, and have pushed on toward the noun ualnous strongholds of the Chin Se Red army to the west.
The Nome nugget., 1938-03-02
German Air Force May See Action

BERLIN, March 1, tP)-Ger- many's Air Field Marshal Cen eral Hau1lann Goering, intimated that the nations gigantic air force may find its first use for the protection of German minor ities outside of Reich borders.
 Speaking at the celebration of the third anniversary of the Aer- ial force founding. Goering assert ed that it was created as safe guard for peace, but if forced to fight, it will be awful in action"
The Nome nugget., 1938-03-02
Chinese Armies Retreated From
 Yellow River

SHANGHAI, March lSt, (HD- The Chinese army, composed of one hundred thousand troops, turned in flight through the so- uthern Shansi Province, leaving the Japanese in control of virtu- ally all of that vast area to the north and east of the Yellow River.
 The Chinese retreat was bomb ed continuously by Japanese air planes. to rout completely, what ever Chinese armed forces re- mained along the gigantic Yel- lows course through mid-China.
 Japanese military accounts al- so said that the Chinese were totally demoralized in their aban- doning of the Shansi defense, with large struggling groups trap psd in the snow blanketed mom tains, by the rapidly tightening ring of Japanese troops.