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Evening star., 1941-09-26
Committees Organized
For Safety Of Skaters

An effort to regulate autumn
skaters" IN the District was begun
last night at meeting of the Off
street Skating Committee when rep
resentativeS of District officials and
motor organizations gathered for
THIS purpose in the Force School.
Young persons who have skated
previously along city streets will be
urged to go to a number of safe
areas where, under flood lighting,
supervision and the strains of music,
they may skate with a maximum de-
gree of pleasure and security.
Measures have also been taken for
safe skating area for colored chill
dren OF the midcity section. The
committee will meet two weeks
hence TO report on the progress made
IN this undertaking.
COMMITTEES formed last night are.
Program and muSic-Charles Iutz
OF the District w. P. A., chairman.
Harry G. English, assistant director
OF the Community Center and Plav-
ground Department, and Arthur
Green, physical education director
of the Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A.
Publlcity-Taffic Director William
A. Van DuZer, chairman; George c.
Shlnn OF the Department of We
hlcles and Traffic; Mrs. George C.
Thorpe, a member of the staff of the
Community Center and Fairgrounds
Committee and chairman of the
Woman's Safety Committee; Mrs.
Ellet of the District PIT. A.. and
Joseph Cole of the Community Gen.
ter and Playground Committee.
Lightlng-H. V. Schneider of the
Capital Transit Co., chairman:
Harold Robb of the Community Gen.
ter, and T. Y. K. Howat of the
Board of Trade.
New areas-Mr. Howat, chairman:
Mr.. English and H. N. Calevas, rep
resentative of the Keystone Automo-
bile Club, and Mr., Green.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Y. N. {. A. Boys 10 Hold
Opening Night on Oct. )

The Boys Department !. of the
Central Young Mems Christian As
sociation will inaugurate its fall
activities with an opening night
program at 7:30 pm. October 3 in
the boys building at 1882 G street
NV.
The occasion is to be featured by
presentation of awards to boys who
won athletic and other events dur
ing the summer, and a program of
entertainment. Parents, relatives
and friends are expected to attend.
Music by the Boys Orchestra, group
singing and fencing demonstra-
ton are on the program.
Opening night was postponed a
week to permit painters to finish
painting the boys building.
The fall program will include box
ing, track, fencing, arts and crafts,
swimming, hobby clubs and vari-
Gus other activities.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Col. BrinkIey Adopts
British Girl. 5

1t. Col. Milo H. Brinkley, 3O35 G
street NV, has adopted" 5-year-
old British girl through the Foster
Parents Plan for War Children, Mrs
Edna Blue, executive chairman, an
nounced yesterday.
The child, Janet Alice Richards
whose family it was said, has been
hard hit by the war, poverty and
illness, Is now at one Of the 25 chill
dren's sanctuaries operated In Eng
land by the plan.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
{. A. Wells, Ex-Fire Chief,
Dies While al Theater

Charles Albert Wells, 68. retired
fire department battalion chief, COL
lapsed and died in the Capitol Thea
ter yesterday while viewing the per-
formance. Death apparently was
caused by a heart attack.
Mr.. Wells was carried from the
building when it was noticed he had
been stricken, and an Emergency
Hospital ambulance was summoned.
He died almost Immediately.
Fire department officials paid
tribute to Chief Wells as a highly
popular and efficient officer. 1t was
recalled he had received a number
of concentrations during his 80
years of service. His record bore
citations for rescues in 1919 and
1926 and one for special interest
in the department. bestowed in 1920
He also was given the ribbon for
service in the Knickerbocker Thea
ter disaster.
Chief Wells was appointed a
private July /. 1906 He was made
sergeant in 1910, lieutenant in 1918,
captain in 1926 and battalion chief
in 1895. He was named to the Fire
Department Trial Board in 1928. His
service was completed February /,
1888.
Chief Wells made his home at 626
Ray drive, Silver Spring. Md.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Ada Irene Wells: two dauehters,
Mrs. Ruth Wells Bradbury, Silver
Spring, and Mrs, Evelyn Wells
Bourbon of Santa Barbara, Calf,
and one son, Charles A. Wells, jr.,
also of Silver Spring.
Funeral services will be held at
230 pm. tomorrow at the S. H.
Hines funeral home, 2901 Four
teenth street NV, with burial in
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Prices on Scrap Iron
Raised in Remote Areas

Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson today moved to stimulate
flow of iron and steel scrap into de-
fense plants from areas remote from
industrial centers by allowing in
creases up to S. a ton in shipping
point prices in Florida and eight
Western States.
Trade sources have estimated that
from 100000 to 2,500,000 tons OF
remote scrap" may thus be made
available for steel mills and
foundries.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Coaster Race Scheduled
In Beverley Hills Section
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. ga
coaster race similar to the annual
Washington Soap Box Derby will be
held beginning at 2:30 pm. tomor-
row on Virginia boulevard in the
Beverley Hills section of Alexandria.
Following the race, a wheel-day
parade" for which anything on
wheels is eligible, will be held. Prizes
will be awarded for the most beau
tiful, the most unusual and most
humorous floats and the best
religious and patriotic entries. The
parade will begin at $3.50 pm. from
Beverly drive and Virginia boulevard,
proceeding from there to Beverley
Hills Church, where the prizes will
be awarded
The program is being arranged by
Beverley Hills Church Cub Scout
Pack No. 100.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Staying Of Girl IS,
May Go TO Jury for
Verdict Monday
Relatives Testify Oden
Had Voiced Threats
Aouinst Ellen Cannon

Trial of Guy E. Oden, 19, on a
charge of the first-degree murder
of his 15-year -old sweetheart, an
expectant mother, probably will
reach a jury in District Court Mon
day.
The Government finished most
of its case yesterday. attempting
to show the shooting of Ellen Reid
Cannon in her sisters apartment
in the 100 block of o street S.W
July 10 was deliberate, premedi-
tated and cold -blooded."
Defense Counsel Milton l. Lewis
contended the blond theater usher
was the common law husband of
his victim and that he shot in the
heat of emotion because of an
irresistible impulse" after members
of the girls family and' a neighbor
tried to separate the young couple
Justice Jesse c. Adkins adjourned
the trial until Monday at conclu-
sion of the first day Bernard
Margolis, assistant United States
Attorney. indicated his only re-
manning witnesses will be the police
officers who investigated the shoot
ing, and Mr.. Lewis said he probably
would not offer more than two
witnesses for the defense.
Girls Mother Testifies.
Miss Cannon was killed almost
instantly when three shots entered
her body from a % automatic
fired through a screen door at close
range. witnesses said
How Oden had threatened her
daughter was related to the jury
by Mrs. Emma Holloway, 400 block
of G street SW.
Oden met her daughter, the wit
ness said, while boarding in her
home. She later asked him to leave
as she needed his room.
He had been keeping company
with Ellen, the mother said.
Did Oden ever threaten your
daughter?"
Yes" Mrs Holloway said. About
two weeks before the murder, she
said, the girl met Oden near her
home and returned with a bleeding
lip. Oden was following.
Says Oden Silent.
Whats the matter, ELEM" Mrs.
Holloway said she asked. The girl
made no reply. She then said, Guy,
did you hit Ellen?' Oden, the
witness said, made no reply, but
hung his head.
Il told him to 60 away from my
home and quit bothering Ellen"
Mrs. Holloway testified, but he only
turned away from me and said to
her. Ellen, I'll see you at 5 o'clock
Il told them both they must not
see each other, and Oden said, If I
don't see her no one else will"
Mrs. Holloway testified she went
to the Women's Bureau to. seek aid
in the belief she could control
neither her daughter nor Oden.
Mrs. Helen Yates, the sister in
whose home the shooting occurred,
told low Oden called to ask for
Ellen. He left on being informed
the girl was not at the apartment
and returned about Is minutes
later. On this occasion he was
armed, 1t was said.
Gun Belongs to Acquaintance.
Oden, who is also under indict-
ment in holdup, allegedly stole the
gun some time previously from an
acquaintance. Robert E. Edwards,
500 block of E street SW. Mr.
Edwards testified he showed Oden
the gun. and when he saw the
youth later following his arrest he
admitted he took the gun from the
glove compartment Of an automo-
bile.
Mrs. Yates testified Qden pushed
his way into her apartment. calling
her a liar" when she Said the girl
wasn't present. He searched the
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Mrs. Isabelle Mash Dies;
Descendant of Loclede

Mrs. Isabelle T. Nash, widow of
Charles Henry Nash of st. Louis,
Mo-, and a direct descendant of
Pierre de Laclede, a founder of that
city, died at her home yesterday,
5022 V street NV, after a week S
illness.
Mrs. Nash came to Washington
after the death of her husband. She
is survived by a daughter, Mrs. D. C.
Perry of Washington.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Daniel c. Roper Named
Forum Co-Chuirmun

Daniel c. Roper, former Secretary
of Commerce, has been named
Protestant co-chairman of the
Washington Round Table of the
National Conference of Christians
and Jews, a religious discussion
group, it waS announced yesterday.
Plans for development of the
organizations work are under con-
sideration by the Executive Com
mittee, the Rev. DR.. William L.
Darby, secretary, announced. Mr..
Roper succeeds DR.. Ernest S. Grif-
fifth, who served during the last year.
The Catholic co-chairman is
Michael F. Calnan, president of the
Liberty National Bank, while the
Jewish faith is represented by
Joseph D. kaufman. The local
group is working for religious tol-
erance ss part of . national orsani-
sAtion.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
To Repair La Plato Rood

BALTIMORE, Sept. 26 tR.-The
State Roads Commission yesterday
awarded c.. j. Langenfelder g. Son
a contract for grading, draining and
surfacing approximately 5 miles Of
the Chapel Point road from near
Bel Alton to near La Plata The Fed
eral-aid project will cost $685., 1A.30.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Formers to Meet

MANASSAS, Va, Sept. 26 (Spe-
ciaD A community meeting Of
farmers of Prince William County
will be held tonight in the Brent
vile District High School at Nokes-
vile to choose nominees for COM
munity agricultural conservation
program committees.
Evening star., 1941-09-26

In September, Beware OF:
/. The hours between 10 and
II pm. Two persons met death
within this one-hour period in
September last year. The third
fatality occurred between 4 and
S pm.
2. Crossing at an intersec-
ton against the proper signal.
One of the three traffic vic
tins in September, 1910, was
killed while doing this.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Gary Howell and
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Hines, Stony
Creek, attended the theater in De
troit, Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Petrt were
visitors in Ann Arbor Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Royal and
son William, Ann Arbor, spent Sun
day afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Larson.
Mrs. Clarence Smith spent Friday
with her daughter, Mrs. Joseph
Felzer and infant daughter, De
troit.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Davis and daugh-
ter Ethel and granddaughter Sally
Fenton, were Sunday visitors Of Mrs
Lois Hardy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gary Howell and
children were guests Monday eve
ming OF Mr.. and Mrs. Gary Doering
Ypsilanti.
Sharon Lynn Larson, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Larson will
spend the next two weeks in Davi
son with Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Lar
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Colts ant
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Smith were
visitors in Maybee Saturday night
Harley Byroade. Fort Wayne, Ind.
was an over night guest Of Mrs. Ar
thur Collins and Mr.. and Mrs. Mi
cab Crawford.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Royal and
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Central Press Rsdiophoto

Gary Howell, Farrell Williams
and Fred Hobbs were In Wayne
Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gary Howell were
in Ypsilanti Saturday evening.
Philip Petri, Jr., spent a few days
in Oakville at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. fitzpatrick.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Simmons,
Charleston. w. Va, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Larson Thursday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs.-Gary Howell and
family we're guests OF their sister.
Mrs. Ethel Sanderson, Oakville,
Thursday.
Mrs. Jessie Ryan, Paint Greek.
and sister, Mrs. Anna Cook, De-
troit, visited Mrs. Blanche Howell,
Saturday evening.
Melvin Flower and sons Thomas
and David were boating on Edison
Lake Sunday.
Mrs. George Howell was a dinner
guest Thursday Of Mrs. Curtis Dill
Ion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor DapprichD
Mrs. Gladys Aren't and son Fred
rick, Dearborn. were Sunday eve
ming guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harley
Sherman and Mrs. Catherine Camp.
bell.
Gale Howell and son Donald were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Gary
Doering. Ypsilanti.
Mrs. Jessie Freeman and son,
Jerry, Detroit, visited her mother,
Mrs. Arthur Collins, Wednesday.
Mrs. Blanche Howell and daush-
ter Thelma and Claire Flower were
in Ypsilanti Monday morning.
Mrs. Clarence Smith and daughter
Mrs. Lester Hall visited Mrs. John
Tillenburg, Sumpter, Tuesday.
WILDER Sherman, Micah Craw.
ford and Drexel Simon motored To
Ionia Sunday and moved the house
hold goods OF Mr.. Crawford to the
home of Mrs. Arthur Collins where
the Crawford family will make
their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Petri visited
at the home OF Frank Willard, (Sun-
day.
Mrs. Lester Hall visited Mrs.
Howard Gilman at Boyer Hos
pital. Ypsilantl, Friday evening.
Edith Williams, Plymouth spent
Sunday with her mother, Mrs Lois
/ Hardy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-26
Calendar of Social Events
TODAY

TODAY
Legion Auxiliary. o'clock Legion home
Girls initiation 1880 Masonic Temple lodge
B B. Bunco Club William Heater with
Commodore Bensnger hostess.
Women Golfers golf luncheon and bridge; Guest
Washtenaw Country Club
West Side Circle of Society Church. 1880 at
home OF Mrs. Theodore Daschner.
FRIDAY
Ypsilan Aere Fraternal o'clock hall IN
N Huron
Red Cross sewing knitting five Welch Hall
Carpenter Relief Corps birthday luncheon O'CLOCK
business meeting 1880 G. A R. Hall postponed from last week
Cheero Club, o'clock with Mrs. Carl stanton
Junior dnnerdance Lakeland Country
Club 1880 p. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-26
Medical, Dental
Group at Golf
Club For Dinner

Sixty medical doctors and dem
lists were present at the Washte-
nav County Medical and Dental AS
ISOLATION golf tournament and din
ner at the Washtenaw Country
Club Wednesday. The committee in
charge OF the tournament was com
posed Of DR.. NJ. p. O'Hara and DR..
F. B. Williamson.
Low score in the dental division
OF the tournament was a 10 by Dr..
OHara. and in the medical division
70 by Dr.. Beethoven, Ann Arbor.
Following the golf tournament, at
which prizes were awarded, dinner
was served to the group al the club
house. DR.. Howard Cummings, Ann
Arbor. acted as POSTMASTER, and
entertainment was furnished by the
Dixie Eight
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News From Willis

children, Manchester, spent Sunday
evening at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Larson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Petri we're in
Mt. Clemens Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Brown, Port
Huron. visited Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
Flower Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Hall spent
Wednesday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Hafley, Ypsilanti.
Sheridan Hawks. Ypsilanti. visit
ed Mrs. Lois Hardy, Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. Margaret Rule and daugh
ter Cora. Highland Park. ana Os'
valid Hardie visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Bodell Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Lemkie and
son Carl attended the reception for
Miss Marian Lemkie at her home
near Whitaker Thursday evening
Miss Lemkie was one Of the gradu'
ates at Lincoln School
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Z. Simmons,
Charleston, w. Va. who have been
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Wesley
Stetler. returned home Friday.
Vida and Ethel May Millard,
Oakville, spent Saturday at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Petri,
Mrs. June Howell and children
visited Mrs. Blanche Ellis Satur'
day.
Mrs. Lille Philip and daughter
Esther Belle. Lincoln Park, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Smith Sunday
Mrs. Emma Colts, Mrs. Sauna
Simon and son Delmer were In
Belleville Friday.
Rev. Ivan Gonser and family
Blackstone. were guests OF friends
in Willis Wednesday evening. They
will leave Monday for Pawnee, Ill.
to visit Mrs. Gonser's parents.
Martin Colts. Whitaker, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Colts, Friday
Mrs. Blanche Howell and daugh-
tiers. Marjorie and Thelma were Wis
itors in Dearborn Friday.
Mrs. Fred Larson visited Mrs
Wesley Stetler who is in Saline
. Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Harrison anc
daughter Alice, Dearborn Hills, Mrs
Bernard Hall and daughter Dorothy
were Sunday dinner guests OF Mr.
and Mrs Lester Hall and Robert
Mrs. Mintie Lemkie, Mrs. Emma
Colts and daughter Mildred attend
ed services the Willow Rur
Chapel Sunde.
Farrell Williens visited his moth
err, Mrs. Edith Williams, Plymouth
Saturday.
Carl Hendricks dinner
guest Sunday of Mr. Cox anC
daughters Dorothy Evelyn
Paint Creek.
Mrs. Blanche Howell and daugh
tiers Marjorie and Thelma were sup
per guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Georg'
Sanderson, Wayne. Friday evening
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Larson AM
son Kenneth, Flint. were week ent
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Larson
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-26
Mrs. Wilson Hostess
to Baptist Circle

Mrs Charles Wilson was hostess
for the June meeting OF circle two
Of the BAPTIST Women's Union, We'd
uesday afternoon at Prospect Park.
Mrs. Charles Smith presided at the
BUSINESS meeting which was opened
with deyotions led by Mrs. Alvin
Anderson. Subject for devotions
was Your Touring Guide Scrip
ture reading was from Psalms 25ta
chapter. All joined in repeating the
Lords Prayer.
Committee reports we're read and
approved and it was decided to have
a picnic in Prospect Park for the
aext meeting. July 80. Each is to
bring her table service, sandwiches,
and a dish TO pass. Plans were made
Tor having an ice cream social on
the church lawn in July.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-26
Four Leaf Clover
Club Plays Pedro

Ten games OF pedro were in play
at the Four Leaf Glover Club meet
ing Wednesday afternoon at the
home OF Mrs. Charles Hardin. Prize
winners were Mrs. Emil PARE, Mrs.
Hardin and Mrs. Jennie Kirk and
the special prize went to Mrs. lvele
Grub. A nice luncheon was served.
The next club meeting will be at
the home OF Mrs. Grub.
Mrs. Sarah Milliman will spend
the week end with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Merry, in Milan,
o.
Mrs. Alex L. Fox entertained her
sister. Mrs. R. H. Laird, and two
sons. Jack and Ralph, Dearborn, at
her home Wednesday.
Miss Florence Matthews has
gone TO Sparta with Miss Edna
Maxwell to spend the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Scheffler will
go TO Hastings at the week end
where their children. Carl and Mary
Alice and their little friend, Laura
Jean Smith are visiting Rev. and
Mrs. S. Conger Hathaway. They will
bring them home.
James Fox will spend most OF the
summer at Camp Charlevoix, which
is directed by Louis Reimann.
Mrs. E. D. Moore and daughter,
Grace, spent Wednesday with Mrs
Merle Hogan in Detroit.
Mrs. Ralph Wilson, Mrs. Edward
Pepkie, and daughter, Mrs. George
Perry. Wyandotte, spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Harry Smith and Mrs
Albert Santure.
Miss Ruth Lennox has taken a
position in the Campus Drug Store
Ann Arbor.
Miss Rosa Fewings was a bust
ness visitor in Detroit, Wednesday
Miss Dorothy Houck is visiting
her grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. F
A. Houck at Lansing.
Mrs. L. D. Cool. who has been
spending a week with her daughter
Mrs. J. Lynn Houck, will return to
Albion today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Forster
Jr.. attended the dinner dance al
the Huron Hills Country Club, Sat
urday evening. II was a reunion Of
/ the University OF Michigan class oil
which Mrs. Forster was member
Mrs. Frank WILDER. Charlotte. and
her daughter, Mrs. Edward Forster
Jr., attended the University Of Mich
lgan alumni luncheon Saturday moor
at Ann Arbor. Mrs. WILDER returned
TO Charlotte that evening after
spending three weeks here with her
daughter,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-26
Candidates Approved
by Pythian Sisters

A special meeting OF Huron
Temple, number Sc. Pythian Sisters,
was conducted Wednesday night at
X. P. Hall to ballot on three candi'
dates. Later the candidates will be
taken to Sturgis for initiation.
The officers club had a picnic
supper at the home Of Mrs. George
Anderson before the meeting.
Regular meetings will be resumed
In September.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-26
TO RESUME MATTRESS WORK

Willis, Mich, June 2s-Miss Ards
Nugent, home demonstration leader
OF Washtenaw County, called Thurs
day afternoon at the home OF Mrs.
Lena Staebler. Work on the cotton
mattress project will soon be re-
sumed at the Augusta Town Hall
as materials have been shipped
which were holding UP the work.
Anyone interested should now see
Mrs. Staebler and sign application.
Mrs. Staebler reports that there
are now applications on file for
more than one hundred mattresses.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-26
ENLISTMENT GREATER

Lansing. June 20 Enlistments
Of Michigan men in the Army, Navy
and Marine forces have been great
err than anticipated, Lieut.. Col. e.
NJ Rosecrans. state director OF Sc
lective service, said. A checkup 10
in progress to determine what ef.
feet this will have on future draft
calls
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-26

Mrs. Frank Fry, who went on
a 10 day vacation trip to Rich
mond, Va, to visit Mr.. Fry's daugh-
ter and son.il law, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. E. Futrells and family, and do
sight seeing, returned home this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Liverance,
Wayne, were Saturday evening visi-
tors of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank G.
Robins.
Mr.. and MIS-. Edward Allhouse,
Pontiac, were Sunday visitors OF
Mrs. Susie Everts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-26
Back From Trip

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lee are ex-
pected back today from their we'd
ding trip. which they spent in At
lanta, Ca. where the International
Kiwanis Convention took place, and
at Virginia Beach, Va. Miss Eleanor
Downie became the bride OF Mr.. Lee
in Pittsburgh. a week ago Saturday
and they we're attended by Nelson
Van Wegen, this city, and Miss Mar
jorie Sampson, Wilkes-Barre.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-26
Sheldon News
LEAVE FOR CAMP

Sheldon, Mich. June 26-Carl
Morton, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Morton, Wayne, former resi-
dents here, George Henry Wiles,
son OF Mrs. Mary and the late
George Wiles. and Rulluff Padgett
Jr., son of Nil and Mrs. Rulluff
Padgett. Sr.. former residents
here, left for camp last week Satur'
day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-26
ASKS LIST OF STRIKERS

Lansing, June 26-AP-A second
request for the names OF Liquor
Control Commission employees who
struck for higher wages was sent
to the commission Wednesday by
Thomas ]. Wilson, state personnel
director.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-26
Attend Exercises

Graduates from here and their
parents attended the Roosevelt
High School parents night We'd
nesday night and the Roosevelt
commencement exercises at s p.
m. Friday night at the auditorium,
Ypsilanti
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-26
Marrlana Announced

Mrs. Richard John Sloggett, Ann
Arbor, formerly OF Ypsilanti, is an
nouncing the marriage Of her daugh-
ter Dorothy Jane, to Herbert n.
Abbott, son OF Mrs. Horatio J,
Abbott, Ann Arbor. The wedding
took place in Angola, Ind, May 81
and was announced at a family
party. Mrs. Abbott is a forner resi-
dent of Ypsilanti, and Rtended
Michigan State Normal College
Mr.. Abbott is employed by the
State Highway Department.