The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-02-03
WyandOtte in
Years Gone By
- YEARS AGO

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- YEARS AGO
Dr. w. G. Lambert awarded a con-
tract to the Wyandotte Pleasure Yacht
Works for the construction Of a 81
foot cabin cruiser that was to be the
latest In a pleasure yacht.
When a Wyandotte woman created
Q disturbance ON the street, the Incl
dent was 60 unusual that Justice
Thiede let her or ON suspended sen
tence and ordered an investigation as
to her sanity.
Neat peddlers were required TO have
q license In 1889. One such itinerant
was fined So Tor lack Of the necessary
paper.
The Detroit 4 Lima Northern rail
road was offering special rates TO those
desiring to attend Detroit theaters.
A slick book agent duped a lot Of
WyaDdotte people into paying So in ad-
vance for copies Of a book entitled
"Dreyfus, or Buried Alive" The mag
ni6cent" books arrived some time later,
all right, but proved to be cheap vol
umAs bound in paper and worth about
~ cents at retail
rs YEARS AGO
After serving for IA years as a mail
carrier in WyandOtte, dating from the
establishment Of free delivery service
here, Arthur w. Edwards resigned
from the fOrce. Mr.. Edwards, years
Later, was chosen mayor Of the city,
and achieved an outstanding position
rs manufacturer
Richard J. Lynch was presented with
a past high priests jewel by the mem
bers Of WyandOtte chapter, No. I35,
Royal Arch MasOns.
A small pump for injecting chlorine
into the city water supply was being
installed at the water and light sta
ion
City Clerk John l. Sullivan and City
Treasurer James c. Headman annOunc-
ed their candidacies for reelection, as
cid +. w. Liddle for city commissioner.
Miss Henrietta Gartner, daughter Of
Nj. and Mrs william Gartner, died at
the family home on Van Astyne bOul-
evard-
FOnty-one OF the ~ salOOnkeepers in
WyandOtte asked for hearing on the
proposition to add a $1,000 city license
fee to- the $500 county license.
During January, 1914, deaths and
births were exactly equal in the city.
at 10.
High school pupils INDUCED in a
sleigh ride to the Mcpherson farm ON
Eureka road.
Ffty-nine persons were received in
10 membership at the First COngrega-
tfonal church
Automobile dealers reported bright
prospects for sales during the spring
season.
Addresses by 6. c. Bryan and John
G. Liddle, Jr., singing by Mrs. James
Mitchell and selections by the Oddfel-
lows orchestra featured a reception in
the Oddfenows' temple.
This week would be a prOpitioup
time 70 revive the old-fashiOned sleigh
ride party. A quarter century ago,
members Of 20 WyandOtte families
crowded into two large sleighs for a
trip south. The ride was sponsored by
the NeighbOrhOOd Pleasure club. A
stop was made at the Commercial h0-
tel In Trenton, where Christian Speck,
Thomas Hooks, Magnus Meier. August
@. Hochbanm and Frank German en-
tertained the crowd with songs. Fol-
lowing this, return was made TO Ar
better hall, where q lunch and dancing
completed the program
The Gartnef Hardware Company re
ceived q carload Of new shelving and
tables, preparatory to opening a new
house furnishing goods department.
Clarence Girardin,. q most eStimabae
young man, died suddenly from neur,
algia Of the heart. He was engaged In
the plumbing business with his father
the late Gilbert Girardin.
Sister Damazya, daughter Of MI
and Mrs. Joseph Kasprzyk Of West
WyandOtte,r died at the Felician Sis
ters hospital.
Two WyandOtte basket ball teams
haa hard luck in their opening games
at Arbeiter hail. when they were de,
feated by Castle A. q. OF Windsor and
Ct. Johns Of Detroit
Patrick Fahady, Trenton's wei
known village marshal, died at the
age Of 80.
Mrs. Buchanan Diss