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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
1888 ASSIGNED TO MA
WORK IN MICHIGAN

Grin W. Kaye. state administrator Of
the National Youth .AdminiStra ton.
aItnounCt'> that. as IF September 8.
there were 9.t95 assigned To the NYA
ont of school work program in Michi-
gan.
of this total. 900 were assigned 10
the regular program of MA and 1853
Ia tn. defense
OF the overall total. 2.6i were in
area four. which il Wayne county.
The pIrlsSc of the ont of school pro
grain uf NIA il To provide work ex-
pcricncp for Youth To enable them To
take jobs in private industry. At the
present time. particular emphasis Is
being placed On the type of work ex-
perience that will fit youth TO take
employment in he rapidly expanding
'tefeIus.' in,iIlStri. > of the country.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
F. s. Hobart
Dies in East

Frederick : klcharl. for many
years Il well known rc>id nj ct Wyam-
d0itc. died on Thursday of last week
at his early home in Massachusetts.
News OF his passing was r. ceivrd 10y
his daughter Mrs Arthur Schroeder.
Mr. and Mrs Schroeder left om Fri
day tu attend the funeral.
In earlier life Mr. krhart was 4
Successful salesman and sales agent
tor the j. Il Ford Company.
During the first world war he was
engaged in >rcr service work for the
federal government y few years ago
hr was u candidate for tll' mayOralty
at the Wyandottt' primary election.
During recent Years. following his
rrtirrm mt from active business. he
had divided his time between Wyan-
dUttr and tie. scene of his early a>>o-
Citations in The east.
Surviving are the daughter named
above and = grandson.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
New Law Affects
Birth Certificates

Persons who go To u probate judge
10 establish Il birth record now must
first show chat no record exists Ill the
county clerks office in the county
where they were born or i'll the state
health department. fits, says Dr. III.
Allen Mover. state heaFth commission
or.
probate court certificates have been
issued this year ut the rate of JOOO
Il month. Dr. Meyer said. and a
substantial number are duplicates, as
We find when we index the certlfl-
Gates. 4 good many people have appar-
ntly assumed that no birth records
were kept at the time when they were
born. y new law, given immediate e1-
feet by thu legislature, requires that Il
search be made to see if a record ex-
lists before the probate judge may Is
sue certificate"
The written statement chat no "
cord exists may come either frOen the
county clerk or the state health de-
partment. Ii no record is found. the
probate Judge may issue certificate
after satisfying himself of the facts OF
the birth. Tlst, fee for probate court
certificate j. 500. The certificate il
sent TO the state health department
and Il copy of it is returned to nht'
county of birth. The person interested
may obtain certified copy for 81
from the state health department or
LEGALLY at Il fee which is usually small
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
Council Doinss

The Council. at lis meeting Tuesday
night. received bids from the following
firms for furnishing the city engin-
GERS department with il tractor bull
dont.r: Down driver Chevrolet. Inc. ::
Quality Motor Sales: Keller Tractor X
Equipment Co: J. ID. Adams Company.
The bids. which ranged from $2.311 to
>}taO. were referred 10 City Engineer
+. W I.iddlr for tahulation.
General bills tutalimg SI9l2.4N. truck
hire If $.rG75. and pay rolls amount
ing To S4017.G7. were approved for
payment.
The Municipal Service Commission
WIS authorized 10 accept the bid of the
General Piping Corporation. of DE
trnit. for furnishing all Labor and ma
terial for the installation of power
piping at the city light plant. at Il cost
Of $:h1>a9
Frank Bragcnmr. ~ Bondie street
was g,antt d Il Junk dealers license.
Cuy Attorney Frederick j. Gartner
WIS asked tO prepare u recOmpilatiOn
# city ordinances
Mayor Louis W. Benin appOiOnted q
committee consisting of COuncilmen
Louis BrOhl. Clifford Il. Burke and
james H. Mason. To work with the
AnE rican Legion and the Order of the
Purple Heart. Oh plans for the celebra-
lion of Armi>tice day i'll WyandOtte.
The Municipal Service Commission
notified the Council that il had APP
proved the installation Of street lights
at Maple and Twenty-firSt street. Dav
i> and Sixteenth and Davis and Sev-
Cnteenth street: also an extension Il
the EmmOnS boulevard ornamental
lighting system west To the city linn
its. The Commission denied request
for Il street light on Twenty first be-
tween Maple and Eureka.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
Dinner Meeting
Next Thursday

On Thursday evening. September -.
at q 80 o'clock, at the Crosse lie Golf
and Country club, the Down River
Chamber of Commerce will hold its
first If fall and winter series of
forum and invitatiOnal dinner meet
ingS This meeting is being held III
honor of the officials of four firms
which have placed their confidence III
the down river AREA i'll the form of
capital investment i'll new manufacture
ing plants The firms To be hOnOred
are.
Mon~tnto Chemical Company. Tren-
tom
American Cruisers. Inc. Trenton
f. | DUPONT dr NemOurS X Com
pany, Inc. WyandOtte
General Chemical Company. River
Rouge
Guest speaker of the evening will be
T.. ~ McFaul. of the public relations
department of the Industrial National
hank Detroit. The subject of his talk
will he. $50 You Think You're Pecu-
Jar Too
The Ford novelty band will enter
lain during the evening
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
Fort Custer News

Fort Custer. Mich. - Post hospital
patients were entertained "Wednesday
afternoon. Septemb, 10. by Oracle
Fields. popular English music hall com
medicine. with the songs for which she
is famous Miss Fields visited the var
iOuS wards and sang for the men there.
First services in Fort Clusters new
S17.OO chapelS were held Sunday.
September 4. in the post hospital chap
I'll. A twenty-minute organ recital on
the $1.1JO electric organ with which
each chapel is equipped preceded the
Protestant morning service. a Catholic
mass had betn said in the building at
Z 30 am. The eight chapelS. erected al
IL total cost of S1:4S.OOO. are designed
To carry on Catholic. Episcopal. Jewish
and Protestant services.
determination of soldiers at Fort
Custer soon will extend down to the,
SOldier-repOrterS who gather the news
for the public relations Office The Of
fioe has requested bicycles for the
corps of news GA thererS
At present these soldiers must walk
their beats" which extend through
miles of streets i'll the reservation.
FOrty-twO hundred blood SAMPLES
taken and analysed in two DAYS is a
man4Sized project, but the Fort Gus
ter station hospital laboratory is aS-
cuStOmed To orders like that.
When the War department decided
that the tyne of blood of every soldier
should be stamped on his Identified
ton tag, the laboratory technicianS
took the job in their stride. Five teams
spread throughout the Fort last Mon
day with their needles and glass tubes.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
San Souci' S
License Revoked

pom the recOmmt ndation of Chief
Of Police William L. Rutledge. the
Council, Tuesday night. revoked the
pool room licenS, Of Milton San Souci.
OF lI64 Biddle avenue. In a communi-
cation to the Council. Chief Rutledge
said
II has come To the knowledge of
dplS department that the pool room
operated by Milton San SOuci has be-
come Il resort for Stick-up mtn.
Milton San Souci and two other
men were arrested Oh August Is. for
the robbery, while armed. of Il drug
store i'll Dearborn; the money stolen
there was divided ut this pool Room
He waS released on $1,000 bond.
shortly afterwards he and the 9th
Ter two men We're arrested for robbery.
while armed. of beer garden in Rom
illus. He was placed under $1O.OO
additional bond for that crime. The
trials for both these crimes are now
pending i'll the circuit court.
He is also implicated in the crime
of robbery. while armed. Of the Lee. K
Cady wholesale grocery store. Eureka
and Third streets. on June -. and will
also IN prosecuted for this crime
obviously, he is an unfit person to
have Il license to operate pool room
Therefore. We request your honorable
body to revoke thu. license issued To
him Oh July y. 1871. and which ex-
pireS June 1. 1912"
San SOtlcl WAS Il candidate for mayor
at city election several years ago.
and previously had sought election To
the City Council.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
Granted
for the Payment Of
Special Assessments

City Treasure John T. McWhirter
">ktd the Council Tuesday night To
'Ntend the tim limit for the, payment
Of sidewalk special assessments. with
ont interest. from Sept, mlpr - To
November II. The original plan called
for The payment in full. or the first
IF five annual inStallmt hts. by Septem-
~. If taxpayers were to escape
the payment of inter II charges after
that date
Mr.. McWhirter said that the ma jOr-
1t" of the taxpayers feel that payment
of the assessment should not h made
until the sidewalk i completed For
this reason. extension should be- given
AZ To the final date of payment with
ont int resi-. A. the construction of
new sidewalks will not be completed
until November L. the Council adopt
ed Il resolution. granting an extension
of time for the payment of these taxes
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
TRINITY Nv. LUTHERAN CHURCH

Order of sunday services:
German service. 9:l5 am.
sunday school, . 81 am.
English service, 10 m am.
Evening service. 30 pm
The morning services OH Sept mber
II will be conducted by Rev. &. j.
Krahnke. lie will speak on the gospel
reading for the fifteenth Sunday after
Trinity. Matt d. 24-34 God or Nam
mon" The rys ming service will be held
It 10 with Rev Il. A. HeSSler con
iucting the service He will continue
the - rieS OH the life of Moses with the
topic: The Gail of Moses" Exodus
= -
On Tuesday evening. ~ pm, the
"ISHny Meal bank solicitors will
meet in tls- school hall.
Wednesday, beginning at pm the
St4nper FideliS will hold Il 'COfftt'" in
IN school basement for the benefit e..
tie. Trinity school milk fund. Tie AZ
fair will continue until - IN. with
alI of T'rinity'> members Hud friends
cordially invited.
Friday. 81 pm. the male chorus
and the ladies J.nOir ia. TT tor rehelr
sal
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
lntrastate Phone
Rates Reduced

Lansing. Sept. Ii. = Another imtra-
state long distance rate reduction. pro
yidimg estimated annual savings of
S-3O.OW for Michigan Bell Telephone
Company customers. became effective
today.
The new reduction applies 10 calls
bctweem Michigan points IA miles or
more apart. and brings the intraState
rates down To the new level of inter
state charges made effective July 10 on
agreement b'twt ell the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company and
the Federal Communications Commits
sion. The Michigan Bell Company filed
its new rate t;uriffS with thu commits
sion during August.
In addition to reducing intraState
long distance charges. the new Michi
can Bell schedules also reduce the
uvertim- rate on most perSon-toperSOn
calls to that applying To >tatiOn-tO-
station calls.
The latest reduction brings the total
savings to Michigan users through
long distance rate cuts made effective
this year 10 more than S1.,O0tDO AN
nually That includes savings of 500
OOO drought about by th- Michigan
intraState toll rate cut made effective
in April. and nearly $GOO.OOO as re-
suit of the Interstate rate reduction
in July.
The company is also making refunds
tOtaling $l.JOOOOO TO users who made
calls between Michigan points during
the period from August l. 1898, to APP
ril -. 1871, in connection with the
April rate reduction.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
30 y d Y " y -

.. What and when il reta ilerS-fOr
defense week?
A. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. week il
this week. September Il To ~.
during which the r. tail industry
will concentrate its efforts to
enlist customer interest iii buy
ing defense savings stamps at
retail outlets throughout the
country.
o. What kind Of retail stores are
selling defense savings stamps!
A. Department stores, grocery
stores, variety stores. hardware
stores. drug StOres-fwery sort of
retail Outlet-carries stamps.
Note. - To buy defense bonds and
stamps. 60 10 the nearest pOstofice,
bank. or savings and loan association :;
or wrine to the Treasurer Of the United
States. Washington. ID. {. Also stamps
now are On sale at retail stores.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
WYANDOTTE GIRL WINS
WAYNE SCHOLARSHIP

Mary Getz of 80 Riverbank ave
nue.. has hen awarded scholarship
at Wayne university, Detroit.
Scholarships were also awarded 10
Doris Davis, 1888 Lake road. Crosse
lie. and Harry Leroy Day. Jr.. lo'S
Pagel street. Lincoln Park.
The scholarships exempt the recl'
tents from payment of tuition for the
freshman year.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
buffers Loss Of
Leg in Accident

donald NJ. Hatch, Jr. was the vic
nm 81 tragic accident at the south
plant OF the Michigan Alkali Company.
EiS' friday. when he inadvertently
IT pped INTO cOnveyOr. which crushed
MS right leg 80 severely that il had to
pe dmputated at the WyandOtte Gen
"ral hospital, where he was taken fol
lowing the accident.
HE youth, who is 20 years of age.
- a student AT Michigan State college
al East Lansing. He was working dur
my the summer vacation, was was pre-
liTlhS To return TO college for the
lall term He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald NJ. Hatch. Of ~ Vinewood
avenue
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
Mrs. Bezotte
Passes al 81

Mrs Odelie BezOtte died Monday
morning at thu home Of a daughter,
Mrs. Henry ThOn. of ~ EInmOns bOul-
evard Mrs RezOtte, who was 81 years
of age had resided in WyandOtte for
the past L. years.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. ThOn. and Mrs Joseph Werner.
of Lake Linden. Mich. two sons. j. A.
BezOtte. Of Alpena. and Fred BezOtte.
Of the Philippine Islands: also ID
grandchildren and Il greatgrand-
children.
The body was shipped Co Lake Lin.
den. where funeral services were held
yesterday.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
Wyandotte-Built
Ship in War Service

The H. NJ G.. =. Georgian. built at
the Wyandotte >hipYard many y'arN
:. 20. has been taken over by the Canad-
ian government under u sven months
charter Tl,. >~sl. which has lrcn re-
painted drah war gray. Will ~ee ne
ton in the transplant service.
The ship built a. The Rochester for
thu. Rochester AMI ontario Trdn>por-
i;,tinu Company. SAW service III salt
water ~ the Capr Eternity. On runs
up the Sagurnay river and tia>ls pen
ilrsula for the Canada ~ ;ImShip Line.
The newly named Georgian left be
trOit Septnpls-r ail j. npw ou her
WAY tu Newfoundland.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19

CHARLES j. FRITZ

Charles ! Fritz 40. of BIZ Kings
highway died III the Marine hospital
Detroit OH Wednesday. following Il
lingering illness. He is survived by his
wife, Esther. and daughter. jeanne
Mr. Fritz was marine engineer and
had lived in WyandOtte Ii years.
The funeral will be held at the ThOn
funeral home this afternoon at >
o'clock. Rev. III. y. Jackson of the
First congregational church conduct
ing the service Burial will be in Fern
da L. cemetery.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
Brief Brevities

Hope Severance. daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. q. ii. Severance will enroll
IN the department of OCcupatiOnal Their
apy at the DOwner college,
at the start Of the fall term.
The American ship of state will new
er be sunk if We have enough battle
ships for defense You can help build
them by making a habit of buying de-
Tense savings bonds and stamps.
Plans are being made for IL Camp
fire Girls benefit bridge, TO be held in
the city hall club rO0mS. October -.
For personal security and financial
Independence - buy defense savings
bonds and stamps today!
Preparations are under way for the
annual milk fund concert which will
he held in Roosevelt high school audi
forum the second week in October.
The dramatic club of st. Elizabeth
church will hold dance i'll ST. JOS
ephs auditorium. Saturday evening,
October IL.
The Girls Friendly society Of st.
Stephens Episcopal church. held a so.
cial evening at the church house on
Monday night.
Robert William Eberts. 80, of RID.
No l. lockwood. committed suicide
on Friday of last week, by inhaling
carbon mOnOxide fumes from his car.
Among the guests who attended
surprise birthday party for Edward
Nedeau at his home, 152 BOndie street,
were his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eli
NeCieau; Mrs. Hazel Eastman. Mrs Pc
ter Blanchette. Cletus BOmia, Milton
Frey. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Frey, all
of Newport, and Mr. and Mrs. William
Jacobs. Mr.. and Mrs. John Rose. An
drew Thomas and son. Charles, Of
Marine City.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
SUFFERS FRACTURED SKULL
IN AUTO-TRAIN COLLISION

Jack Monk, ~. of l14 SEVENTH
street, was injured seriously when his
car cOlliet1ed with a New York Central
train at the Ford avenue crossing. East
week Thursday evening He. was taken
to the WyaNiOtte General hospits,l
with fractured skull. lactrati,us and
internal injuries.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
Pusno Mute on
Death Charge

Felix PugEo. ~ of 800 South Oak
wsSsd StN-At. IL troit. stood mute when
arraigned OH "A charge of manSlaughter
ny negligence. before Justice Roy
CONNER His bond was set at $1,000 for
his appearance at the examination.
which WAS To have bt+n held yesterday
PugnO wis the driver of the car
which crashed into the automobile OF
Milton H. CraSSwcllsr. the night of
September -. causing the latter )
death.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
Auto Crash Kills
|, Injuries IL

One person was killed and II others
injured when two cars cOllided on
Telegraph road. near Flat Rock, at
IL ~ last Friday night.
Mabel Sanders. of 81 Albert street.
Detroit. >uccumsd to injuries and
the other OccllpantS of the two cars
were taken Ia the WyandOtte General
hospital for treatment. They ware AYES
ter Meek. Albert kreucher and his
wife and two children. Florence Hill.
William Cotton. Oscar Thomas. Joyce
Sanders. Harold StnlSl. and Gladys
StObel. all OF Detroit.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
MRS. MARGARET ARNOLD

Mrs Margaret Arnold. 81. of 1872
MOrtenyiew drive, Taylor township.
died at the WyandOtte General hoSpit-
al. September II. following an auto
mobile accident ut the corner of Reeck
and North Line roads, September q.
She is survived by her husband.
Harold. The remains were shipped 10
Steubenville Ohio. for burial. follow
ing services at the ThOn funeral home
un Saturday
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
YOUNG LADIES SODALITI
ANNOUNCE FALL DANCE

The Young Ladies SOdality of st.
Helen's church will hold its first fall
dance, Sunday. September ~. at Kos
>uth hall. Forest and Fifth streets.
Tommy Thompson and his orchestra
will provide the music.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
Republican Women
to Meet Monday

The iIHpubliCan WOmrn'S club of
WyandOtte will meet Monday. Septem-
Der - ut the home of Mrs Fred r.
Van AlStyne. 2T32 Biddle avenue
Archie G. Fraser, assistant attorney
general of Michigan. will ~, thc speak
er
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19
SIXTEEN To
FACE INDUCTION
SEPTEMBER "a

Sixteen Wyandott. youths will IL
infucted into the United States army
next Wednesday, September ~ Those
Chosen for Induction by Lca Draft
Board No. -. are:
JOS pin Na~rrzewski 33l Orchard
street
Fred Arthur Gi,.l,el. i.o> Sixth
S1rt+.t
Francis Louis Gos~rtt. Iial .INr
Stre-,
john Aloy~iu~ Sowa, oil Orchard
stree
Jhhn Lo>lrw>kr 1913 McKinb y
aveul..
EiNard Jo~,ph Gierwatow>ki, 2295
Ninth street
Marvin Elmer Manthcy, 1850 Tenth
Stre+;
Arpold Prick Fandrick. ;s235 Third
Str.--'
.Icrvm Charles Stnrncv. 81 Ben
nett street
.I,.~.ph Frank Fri~'l,, 1914 Maple
Sire
L.r.,> Jams Grrth. 343 Pine street
Carl Marks Bell 81 Orchard stree t.
Bernard Glruard Ptak. S'6 Grove
wa.'r Alien TinsIey. 10 Elm
stress
Herbert I,->~m. Jr 80 Va~>ar
street
Thomas Earl Hickey. 43l Elm
Strt~.r
Flat Rock Board
InduCtS Fourteen
The following { men will br induct-
eel from the Fiat RNk district OH
ScpJ.mb 7 vi
Ea.i William KnOlr. lnk>ter: Mar
lin Ralph galloway Waltz: Oakley
Irltpy Kirkpatrick. Wayne: Walter
.InSeph Suyr. Bellevillc: Archibald OS-
burn Mason. Jr.. Trenton: Arthur JOS
tPh GladdinS. RomuluS: Sanford OS-
car ;, hulert H. llcville; Earl Lewis
henderson,. Trenton Herbert Paul
liam. ton New Boston I.t-. Elmo
Brewer. RomuIIIS: John Lontchar.
Trenton: Stephen +. kiSh. elleville
Marvin WadSwOrth Smith. Jr.. Balti-
more. Md. Bernard Benedict Sclr;Iff
Ter Trenton.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19

The most effective help which civ.
ilian can give to Uncle Sam is TO buy
defense savings bonds and stamps as
often as possible.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19

Plans are being made for a Camp
fire Girls benefit bridge, TO be held in
the city hall club rooms. October -
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19

For personal security and financial
Independence - buy defense savings
bonds and stamps today!
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19

Preparations are under way for the
annual milk fund concert which will
he held in Roosevelt high school audi
tOrium the second week in October
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19

The Girls Friendly society Of st.
Stephens Episcopal church. held a So
cial evening at the church house on
Monday night
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19

The dramatic club of st. Elizabeth
church will hold dance in ST. JOS
eph'S auditorium. Saturday evening,
October IL.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-19

Robert William Eberts. 80, of RID.
No. /. lockwood. committed suicide
on Friday of last week, by inhaling
ca rbOn mOnOxide fumes from his car
Evening star., 1941-11-09

to come right up over those foot
lights?"
Fay cooled off some radio mag
mates back in the '20s when they
were trying to get big-name per-
formers for little money on the
argument that it was great publicity.
You'll have bigger audience on
one show than you played to in your
whole life" they said.
Sure" replied Fay" :. But what
the heck-Im not stage-struck. :"
Fay prides himself on the fact that
in all his years as a comedian, he's
never gone in for off-color stuff
Also, that hes only used the
"crusher" remark when it was de-
served.
Otherwise it's no good" he says.
It's got to be deserved. You just
let the other fellow go ahead. until
he starts looking like the villain,
then you have the audiences SYM
pathy, which you've got to have I
never get tough unless somebody gets
in there and starts cutting up. :"
What a Novelty!
Fay was billed on a benefit show
with Jack Benny and Bert Wheeler,
and he got wind that they were
planning to gang up on him.
They were introduced first, with
much fanfare, and when Fay
sauntered onto the stage, they were
waiting, silent and ominous.
Fay stopped, gave them the once
over, then remarked to the audience.
Wow, what a novelty-two straight
men together. -" He had it from
there on.
He was in the audience at the
Palace once when another comedian
invited him up to take bow. Then
he wouldn't let Fay leave the stage,
but held him up there, heckling.
Fay let him run down, and. as he
stepped off the stage. said, you've
been awfully nice to me. There's
just one thing I'd like you to do. q.
When you get home tonight, you tell
your mother-she's a lovely woman,
really a lovely woman-you tell her
that when you were downtown today,
YOU met a REAL COMEDIAN, :"