The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-20
By MARIAN GASTNIEIER

tivities, who quotes further:
1.-THE highest attendance rec
ord during the summer was the
weekend Of July ~, when APP
proximately 5000 persons visit
ed our beach. A high record OF
10000 is scheduled, to date, L
600 of whom are non-residents.
Finances show that more money
was made by August / of this
year than during last years en-
tire beach period. The beach will
keep its gates open till Labor
Day and q short time after for
a few who enjoy fall swimming "
A contingent of both young
and old enjoyed the GOODNESS and
conveniences Of the beach, rush.
ing from the hot city during the
torrid wave. Families with their
youngsters, teen aged school
children, young working people
and college students are included
in the almost endless list of fam
iliar faces seen on the sands and
in the water.
SCHOOLCHILDREN
Children of school ages head
the list of regular visitors. Be-
ginning with the elementary and
junior high school in M ~ n I
Clemens included such frequent
ers as Donna Frede, Patricia
Boyer, Beatrice Meddaugh, Sy-
bill Levine, Thomas Black, Ro-
bert Black, William Howell,
Jack Robertson, Donald Gal
lagher, John Buckley, Cynthia
Heine, Sophie Mighion, Carol
Scott, Craig Grinnell, Virginia
Meitz. Joann Jordan, Joyce Epp-
Ter, Gloria Hammond, Patsy Du-
prey and Charlotte Duprey.
Senior high sc h DOL groups
made the beach a regular visit
ing place, too. A number of these
are employed at the beach, in
GLIDING Bob Ball and Howard
Tate, lifeguards and both Mount
Clemens High school seniors this
year; Arthur Schunneman and
Charles Branyan, gate keepers;
Robert White and John McDon-
aid. beach grounds; Ann Brett
m eyer. swimming instructor;
Lyle Bliss, Donald Pettingill, q
M cunt Clemens High school
graduate; George Mason, clean
up; Robert Godfrey, Tom Krause
and Ralph Siewert.
HIGH SCHOOL PATRONS
Those visiting the beach in the
same group, included Clara Sic
gel, Bertha Matz, Mafalda Van
Beyersluys, Dorothy Gerson,
Donald BARLEY, John Johnston,
Betty Duckwitz, Elaine Tromb-
ley, Pauline Pringnitz, Marjorie
Card, Kay Blomeyer, Beth Wiki
erson, Nancy Buckley. Mary
Marlatt, Mango Breitmeyer, Joan
Ullrich, Regina Eppler, Ruth
Kandt, Rosemary Miller, Isa-
belle Eppler, Clara Jordan, Har-
riet Duprey, Shirley Peltier,
June Hirtz, Colleen Davis, Dor
othy Davis, Joyce Flory, Betty
Flory, Jacqueline Frede, Ann
Sullivan, Virginia Boyer, Charles
Doyle, William Card, Patricia
Erskine, Patricia DeWeese, Dale
Champion and scores more.
COLLEGE STUDENTS
Many college students and rec
ent high school graduates who
fingered at the beach now boast
of beauteous suntans. Among
them are Mary Ellen Neering.
Linda Stewart, and Betty Nank,
who will attend Ypsilanti State
Teachers college, Maurice Lee
vine, sophomore at Western
State Teachers college, Kala-
mazoo; Lorraine LePage, junior
at the University of Michigan.
All these were playground su-
pervisors during the summer and
brought several groups of chill
dren to the beach as part of
their playground activities.
Priscilla Tinker, who will en-
ter as a freshman at Albion this
Fall; and John Roskopp, James
Pingel and Anabelle Frede, all
well advanced in their college
work.
Duane Allen, Edwin Worms
bacher, Milton Eschenburg,
Frederick Kiehler, Eldon Esch-
enburg, Lester Jackson, Byron
Rachow, Robert Miller, Clarence
Teller, Robert Kandt, Harry Fe-
long, Willis Thurman, Frederick
Gastmeier and Frederick Jordan
compose an active teen age
group of boys, some of whom
are already excellent swimmers.
PARENTS TOO
Parents brought young chill
dren to play in the sand and
shallow waters. Coach Buck
holtz's two children, Joan and
Charles, have charted an almost
perfect record of attendance.
Robert Beall brought his chill
dren regularly and also DR..
Campbell Ward, and his sons;
Mrs. Rufus Reitzel and Rufus,
Jr. and Joan: Mrs. Willard Stief.
and son, kerwin; Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie Baxter and children;
MIR. and Mrs. Ben Stone and
twins. Benny and Firmer; Mr..