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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-18

ter Dumbach. Ypsilanti; Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold F. Koch. Dearborn;
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Matevis, De
troit; Mr.. and Mrs George Pepper.
Reed City. and Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
Pepper, Clarksyille. as we'll as 9th.
err guests from Ypsilanti, Detroit,
Dearborn and Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Ridenour was honored by
three showers before her marriage.
Kitchen showers were given by
Miss West and Miss Wiekman and
a linen shower by Miss Allen.
A rehearsal at $50 followed by
dinner at o'clock was given Sat
urdsy evening by Mr.. and Mrs.
Koch at the Farm Cupboard, Dix
boro. The occasion also marked
the 18th wedding anniversary OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Koch. The bride and
groom presented gifts TO their at
tendants at that time.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-18
Late Mrs. Hardy Had
Lectured in YpSilanti

Mrs. Jenny G. Law Hardy, II,
who died Friday at her home in
Tecumseh. was we'll known in
Ypsilanti where she had often lee
tured. She was born in Australia.
but came TO America when a young
girl. She had lectured on temper
ance and woman suffrage in all but
two states and in England and Aus
tralia.
She was for two terms a member
OF the Republican state central COM
mittee from this district. when Mrs.
Leone Burrell was also a member
and was a delegate to the Republi-
can national convention In 1882
She and her husband. Dr.. Philip
Hardy, had travelled in nearly every
country in the world.
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Prison Head Denies Charges
Made by Budget Director

Marquette. Aug. tS-AP-War.
den Simon r. Anderson OF the
Branch Prison at Marquette de-
clared yesterday that a 1901 food
bill for his household last June
paid for the feeding OF nine per-
sons, instead OF his family OF four
as indicated in a statement Satur-
day by State Budget Director Leo
]. Nowicki.
In addition to my wife, daughter
and niece. FIVE inmate helpers
about the house are fed daily as
members OF the household. They
are the cook, waiter, chauffeur,
laundryman and housekeeper," the
warden said.
Warden Anderson said his June
food budget was exceptionally large
because more state officials than
usual visited him. He explained
1t was customary for the warden to
entertain members OF the state COR
rections commission. parole board,
civil service commission and other
officers as house guests during
their business trips to the prison.
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Sentences Melted Out
TO Four Offenders in
Municipal Court Today

Four prisoners were sentenced
In municipal court by Justice A.
VI. Vandersall this morning.
Ralph White, 3l5 n. Prospect
ST., and Alfred Graham. 30s
South St.. both admitted intoxica-
ton and disorderly conduct
charges and were fined $40 each.
They had been arrested by local
police In a car parked on n. Wash
ington st. Saturday night.
After police told Harry Hahn,
Cleveland. o.. three times to leave
town. they locked him up at $50
a. m. Sunday. He was sentenced
to 80 days in county jail. the sem
tence to be suspended provided he
left town. The police watched his
weaving course for three and
one-half hours Sunday morning
from the east city limits to w.
Michigan Ave. and Ballard st.
as Hahn picked an uncertain way
with two shocks of corn under
one arm and little dog tied at
the end of heavy rope held In
his hand.
Horace Morgan. 427 S. Adams
St, was locked in city Jail on dis
orderly conduct charges when &C.
cused OF creating a disturbance
at his rooming house Saturday af-
ternoon. He was sentenced to 80
days in county jail, suspended
during good behavior. He was also
fined $40.
For becoming abusive TO. an Of
ficer Saturday. Isham Taylor. 420
s. Washington St, was fined $25
and sentenced to 80 days In Jail,
the sentence was conditionally
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-18
Wife Found With Broken
Nose, Husband Arrested

Assault and battery charges
brought by his wife are to be
answered by Travis Keller, Detroit,
before Justice John Mokersky,
lnkster, today.
Troopers Jess Ralph and Jack
.Ebli of the local State police post
arrested Mr. Keller Saturday night
when they stopped him for driving
with improper lights. They no.
ticed Mrs. Keller had blood on her
face, and she told them her hus-
band had been to Belleville drink.
ing, and that on the way home
when she asked him to drive more
carefully he stopped the car and
beat her. The officers took her to
Eloise General Hospital where It
was found that she had a broken
nose, and then to court where she
signed the complaint against Keller.
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In The Sick Room

Herbert W. Kinds Is still con.
fined to his bed. He is Ill with
diabetes.
Mrs. Edwin Eweli, who was quite
Ill during the extreme heat, Is now
improving.
John Dawson underwent an ap.
pendectomy in Boyer Memorial
Hospital this morning.
Gordon Teall Is recovering from
injuries received while diving In
Ann Arbor about ten days ago.
His son Duane had gone too deep
in the water while diving and his
father, Gordon -Teall went TO his
help when his feet slipped on the
diving plank and he injured his
neck when he touched bottom. He
Is able to be UP today for the first
time.
Wesley Schoolmaster, Holmes
Rd., who has been seriously Ill
the past three weeks In Boyer Me-
mortal Hospital is much improved.
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Precocious Grow Plaques
New Jersey Town Citizens

Verona, n. j. Aug, 1s-UP-
This community Is plagued by .
precocious crow and the police
department has been ordered to
do something about 1t.
One resident complained that
the bird swooped down on a
backyard card party and stole
two packages OF cigarets from a
table II then perched on a pole.
opened the packages, and dropped
the cigarets to the pursuers one
by one.
Another resident complained,
police said. that It plucked clothes
off clothes line in order to
steal the bathing suit the pin.
were supporting.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-18
A TRUTH RECOGNIZED

MANY BRIDGE instructors
nave been saying for years that
singleton in the hand Of the origi-
nal bidder of suit has no value,
that a singleton. doubleton or void
Is Of value only when held by the
dummy, thereby furnishing a
place to use the dummy's trumps
effectively. They have held that
length Of suits and high cards are
the only useful elements in the
hand Of the first bidder Of the
eventual trump suit. completely
disregarding the value Of the time
factor and the earlier ability Of
the declarer to gain the lead when
he Is short in the suit led by the
opponents.
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r e-elected

Or. R. Clyde Ford was reelected
director and president OF the Mich.
igan State Historical Society at its
sixty seventh annual meeting In
Ludington over the week end.
Other officers reelected were
George c. Fuller, Lansing. execu.
tive secretary; and Harold c.
Brooks, Marshall. and Judge Rus
sell r. McPeek. Charlotte, direc-
tors. New directors are Joseph
Bayles. Sault Ste. Marie; and
Henry d. Brown, Ann Arbor.
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Birthdays Observed

Mrs. Lewdorth Allen and Mrs.
John Reed entertained their daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Cloyce Glenn and Mrs.
John Bullock, at dinner Sunday in
Cascade Park, Jackson. on the oc.
casion OF their birthdays. They
are cousins and their birthdays
occur the same day. There were
l6 at dinner, and there were pres.
ents given to the two. A birthday
cake centered the table. The party
stayed for the evening in the park.
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CAPT. LEONARD RETURNS

New York. Aug. 1S-AP-Capt.
Donald Leonard OF the Michigan
state police. president.elect OF the
international Police Chiefs Asso.
citation, returned Sunday aboard
the American clipper from England
where he studied civilian defense
tactics with a group OF five con
sultants from the United States.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-18

Gerald Clark has returned from
vacation trip TO Lake Devereaux
near Cheboygan.
Miss Lucretia Case is spending
a week with her cousins, Mr.. and
Mrs. Philip Case, at Niagara Falls,
n. Y.
Miss Caroline Coe Reddinger,
Big Rapids, spent the week end
with her cousin, Miss Lucretia
Dell.
Miss Evangeline Lewis, who has
spent part OF her vacation here, is
staying for short time at Manis
tiQue Lake. Upper Peninsula. on
her way back to Sioux Falls, S.
Oak. TO resume her duties as head
mistress of All Saints College.
Miss Marjorie Eckley. who has
been attending New York Universe.
~ Graduate Camp. Sloatsburg.
y. Y, is spending several weeks
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
DIN c. Eckley before returning
to New York University.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Parish re-
turned Friday from a thousand
mile trip TO the Upper Peninsula
and back.
Miss Helen Murdoch, Detroit,
spent the week end with Mrs.
Mabel Renwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Z. Hornberger
have moved from 413 Florence ST.
10 232 n. Prospect st.
Misses Mildred Knapp, Bernice
LeFurge, Leil and Lora Atchinson
returned Sunday night from a two
weeks motor trip through the
southern states.
Mr.. and Mrs Jack Coxford left
Saturday afternoon for week S
visit with Mrs. William Coxford
and other relatives in Douglas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Black Fri.
day ent'j aimed Mr.. and Mrs. Wat.
mun ana daughter, Miss Marjorie
and Saturday Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Bancroft and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Leo Well, and two sons
Gerald and Edward, Detroit, and
Mrs. Bertha HUM. Adrian.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard w. Menu
and family will go Tuesday &c
Penn Yam. n. Y. to visit Mrs
Menzi's sister and brother.in-law
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll c. Daniels
During their visit Mrs. Menzi',
brother, Or. T. s. Wilder and
family, Philadelphia. will arriv,
in Penn Yam.
Mr.. and Mrs. James j. Nc
Laughlin. Mt Pleasant, are visit
ing Mr.. McLaughlin's parents. Mr.
and Mrs. James L. Mclaughlin
after visiting a week with Mr.. anc
Mrs Edwin Nash. Nashville, Mich
Miss Virginia Delllnger, Richard
Blbbins and Kenton Dickie, For
Wayne. came Friday TO the L. w
Bibbins home TO stay until Sunday
Mrs. Walter c. Bluhm will Il
to Cleveland Wednesday 10 stay
until Friday with her daughte
and sou.in'iaw Mr.. and Mrs Johr
Rudyk.
Mrs. Carl Storm. Detroit, ana
Mrs. Winiired Lloyd. Los Angeles
Cal. we're dinner guests Sunday o
Mrs. Annie Atkinson and dsugh
ter. Linda.
Miss Luella Moore. Detroit. re
turned 10 her home today ate
spending a week as the guest o
Miss Ada Holmes.
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TO ATTEND CAMP

Detroit. Mich. Aug. IS More
than IT'S Methodist young persons.
Detroit members OF the Epworth
League, will go TO Lakesias Camp
on School Lake near Brighten.
today. for a rscrsstional and sfir-
itual culture program continuing I'M
I'll Aug. "a.
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Observing Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. William Hopkins.
Torch Lake. Eastport. Mich, are
observing their golden wedding
anniversary today. Mr.. Hopkins
is the brother OF Mrs. Milo Ehman
and Mrs. Thomas V. Dutton. this
city.
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Al ero,hsrhood Meeting

Harry Morgan. Forrest Teftt and
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hathaway at
tended the Washtenaw County
Brotherhood meeting In the Saline
Federated Church, Sunday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-18

WASHINGTON UP-The u, 8.
Housing Authority has authorized
the award OF s359.299 contract 70
the Claussen-Lawrence Construction
Company, Augusta. Ga. for con.
struction of l20-unit defense hous.
ing project at Spartanburg. s. C.
Officials said work would begin i'm
nnediately. The project will house
Army and civilian personnel at
Camp Croft.
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Celebrates Birthday

Miss Joan Struble celebrated her
sixth birthday Saturday afternoon.
entertaining IA young friends at a
merry party. Games were played
and refreshments were served,
table decorations being a birthday
cake, and plates and napkins in
appropriate birthday designs. Fav.
ors were small cars for the boys
and balls for the girls. with bal
looms for all. Miss Joan received
many lovely gifts for the day. in
Guiding a bright red bicycle. which
her guests took turns In riding.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-18
Drivers Pay

Justice A. NJ. Vandersall today
required Percy Hood, Oak Park. ILL.,,
to pay $40 for speeding and cutting
In and out OF traffic on the highway.
Erwin johnson, Streator, ILL.,, paid
IS for speeding, and Lester Schultz,
Chelsea. SO for disregarding 4 red
traffic light. John Carpenter, this
city, and Allie Toosin, Detroit, paid
81 each for minor violations.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-18
Former Student Dies

Former Student Dies
Frank H. Dohany. 81. promin-
ent Detroit lawyer, banker and
real restate man. died Saturday.
He served as Detroit Street Rail-
way commissioner under Mayor
Charles Bowles.- He was a student
in the nineties Of the Normal
School and was a brother OF En-.
NETT Dohany. SO. long a leading
school principal in Detroit. Mr..
Dohany is survived by his wife.
the former Blanche O'Neill. and a
daughter, Mrs. Philip Buchanan.
Pine Lake, at whose home he died.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-18
Face Charges

On complaint OF Canton Center
Rd. residents, local state police
Sunday morning arrested William
Trenton and John Singleton. De-
troit. The officers said they found
the men sitting in a parked car
drinking and singing loudly. They
were locked in lnkster jail for ar
raignment today on charges OF be.
ing intoxicated and disorderly.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-18

/ and sons, William and Richard.
Battle Creek; Mr.. and Mrs. Neil
Fashbaugh and son, Neil, Jr., Dear
born; Mr.. and Mrs. George Kessler
and son. George. Jr., Miss Jean
Pickering. Detroit; Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Hainline and son, Dale,
Wayne; Miss Jean Lee, Fenton,
Miss Emelie Hitler, East Lansing.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bell and
their two children. this city, Mr..
and Mrs. John w. Denton and
daughter Betty, Detroit, and Miss
Esther Ewell. East Lansing, spent
Sunday at Pointe Pelee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Ford. with
Harold. Keith and Shirley Ann
Ford, Joined their son Earl Jr., in
Yellowstone Park and arrived home
Saturday evening. They had been
on western trip about two weeks.
Mrs. Charles Challis returned
from the reunion OF the Burnham
family in Waverly. N. Y. Friday.
She spent two weeks in the East.
DR.. and Mrs. H. B. Britton flew
TO Grayling Sunday to attend the
state rifle matches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Abercrom.
bic and son Robert arrived from
Yellowstone Park and other west.
ern points Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex A. Sangster
entertained Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Ivan Salter. Temperance, and Rob
ert Brown. Caro-.
Mrs. Samuel Wallace will return
week from today from West
Branch where she has been visit
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Weir.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Miller en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Schultz and daughter. Florence and
Mr.. and Mrs. ROLAND Polly, all OF
Dundee, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Ehman and
children went to Portage Lake Sat
urday to spend two weeks.
Miss Ann Mayhem and brother
John Mayhem, Walton. Ky, who
have been visiting their sister,
and brother-n-law. Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Congdon returned TO their
home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherwood White
and their two children went TO
Kalkaska Friday TO visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest H. Chapelle.
Mrs. Howard Congdon is enter
tanning her mother. Mrs. z. B.
Rankin and sister. Mrs. George
White, Covington. Ky.
Mrs. A. L. Johnson entertained
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs r. VI. Nash,
Adrian, and Mr. and Mrs. Clare
Klink and daughter Ruth. Sand
/ Creek.
Rev. and Mrs. L. L. Kelly en-
tertained Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Irving Downing and daughter Rena
May, who live in Macon Township.
Robert Gaudy left Friday TO visit
Rev. and Mrs. Gordon c. Speer at
The Heights. Houghton Lake. Rob.
ert will go later TO Camp Wini.
wanca near Shelby where he spent
part Of last summer
Miss Margaret Bullock, Earlville,
Ill. will arrive tonight to visit Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas II. O'Dea.
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Extlnsulsh Fire

Extlnsulsh Fire
Firemen about / a. m. today ex-
tinguished blazing upholstery in a
car belonging to George Van
Rooney, Eloise. 1t is believed a
carelessly dropped cigarette in the
back seat started the fire. The car
was parked in the cookbook OF n.
Washington st.
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Webster Family Meets

The fifteenth annual reunion of
the descendants OF William and
Elizabeth Webster OF Ortonville
was attended Saturday in Prospect
Park by % members from Ypsi-
lanti, Ortonville. Detroit and Pom
tiac. A delicious dinner was
served, after which the day was
spent in visiting and examining
old time pictures and daguerreo-
types Of the older members OF the
family. Miss Olive Webster, 10,
OF the Chelsea Methodist Home,
the last member of the older fam
lily, was the oldest present and
Donald Mills, four, DetroN, the
youngest. Officers for next year
are: Ernest Webster. Detroit, pres
ident; Mrs. Walter Campbell, Ypsi-
lanti, vice president; Ray Whipple.
Pontiac, secretary.treasurer.
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Attend Reunion

Thirty attended the Yahr.Winter
reunion In Dexter.Huron Park Sun.
day. A potluck dinner was served
and games were played during the
day. William Sell OF Ann Arbor
was elected president and Mrs
Lester Klein, secretary. August
Yahr. Ann Arbor, was the Oldest
member present. Motion pictures
were taken during the day. Ii was
decided the next meeting will be
the last Sunday in July. 1912 at
the same place. Memt ers were
present from Ann Arbor, Denton,
Detroit and Ypsilanti.
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ATTENTION
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ceive their papers regularly
and promptly. In case OF poor
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Old Timers Gather

Forty two members OF the
Petersburg Old Timers, who at.
tended the school at Petersburg
together, held their annual gath.
ering Sunday in Prospect Park.
They came from Petersburg, To
ledo, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Lock.
wood, Temperance. Hastings, Bat
tie Creek, Sault Ste. Marie, Jack
son. and Monroe. and spent a de-
lightful afternoon visiting after
bountiful dinner They voted TO
come to Prospect Park again next
year. and officers were chosen as
follows; Mrs. Carl Rix, Detroit,
president; Russell +. Teall, Toledo.
secretary: j. F. Wadsworth, To
ledo, assistant secretary.
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Seventy Five al Reunion

The eighteenth annual reunion
of the Loesch family was enjoyed
in Prospect Park, Sunday. with
rs members coming from Ypsi-
lanti. Mason. Lansing. Holt. Milan.
Dundee, Ann Arbor, Detroit. Char.
lotte, Jackson. Britton in Michigan,
and Toledo. Maumee and Perrys-
Vile. o. One marriage and one
death were reported during the
year. Games we're enjoyed by the
children and a baseball game was
staged. The group remained for
supper. also. They will meet next
year in Prospect Park. and the
officers chosen are: William Stortz
Lansing. president; Glenn Loecher,
Lansing, vice president and Mrs.
Dorothy Kidd. Arm Arbor, secre.
tary-treasurer.
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Church Briefs
Free Methodist Church

Free Methodist Church
Tuesday 1870 p. m.-Prayer meet.
ing at the church. led by Alfred
James Miller.
Regular services conference Sun.
day, August a.
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YPSILANTI BRIEFS
Places Second

Richard ohlinger placed second
in the fifth heat Of the All Amer
lean Soap Box Derby in Akron.
o.. Sunday.
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Fine Points in Bridge
BY SHEPARD BARCLAY

counting the possession Of a. sin.
gleton as a plus value. some.
thing less than half a trick. be-
cause sometimes II Is worth a
whole trick or more. and on other
occasions worth nothing: 1t may
even be liability on rare occa-
sions.
To appreciate how a singleton
can help. Just notice the hand
above. Suppose South could swap
his diamond 5 for East's heart 3.
This would lengthen his hearts by
one, but that would not give him
any better hand. The timing fac
tor would be worth whole trick,
however. West then could take
only one diamond trick. South
could ruff the second diamond.
drop trunps- and on dummy's
clubs could discard all three Of
South's losing hearts. thus max.
ing a small slam. With a diamond
doubleton. as the hand Is shown.
South has TO lose two diamond
tricks before he can embark on
his own plan Of campaign.
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Birthday Remembered

Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Rorabacher
entertained at dinner in Prospect
Park, Sunday, celebrating the
birthday OF Mrs. Rorabachers
mother, Mrs. Ora Renwick. Cow
ers were laid for twelve and flow.
srs and birthday cake were the
decorations. Guests from out of
the city were Mrs. Flora Bridge
man, Mrs. Harold Rioux. and
three children, Auburn Heights,
and Miss Esther Burns, Royal Oak.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-18

Theodore Weinlander and cousin.
William Weinlander. Blissfield. are
on a ten days motor trip South.
They have been stopping at New
Orleans.
Miss Maude Carpenter, her sis.
ter, Mrs. Delaney Bsgole and Mr..
Begole left Saturday morning for
New Britain, Conn. TO visit Miss
Carpenters niece, Mrs. George
Wood, who before her marriage.
was Miss Eudora Begols. Miss
Carpenter and the Bicycles expect
TO be gone two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Schultz and
family spent Sunday in Grand
Haven, the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Prins. formerly OF this
city.
Mrs Ralph Chinook, Highland
Park. has been spending a week
with Mrs. Jay Knapp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Conover,
and son, Eugene. Benton Harbor
and Mr.. and Mrs. Y. B. DAWSON,
Somerset, were guests OF Mrs
John Dawson. Sunday. Mrs. Davi
son and son. Michael, returned Ia
Somerset with Mr.. and Mrs. p. B
! Dawson TO spend a few days.
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viii Have Reunion

Former employees Of the Old Up
SLANT Underwear Factory will hold
their tenth reunion in the pavilion
at Prospect Park Thursday, Aug
2s.
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Former Employees
of DIG. Picnic

About $50 former employees OF
the old Detroit, Jackson and Chica.
go Electric Railroad that ran from
Detroit to Jackson were at the
eighth annual picnic Sunday in
Prospect Park.
A fine basket picnic dinner was
served at l .. m. after the presl.
dent. A. E. Augustus, made several
announcement and introduced sew
eral OF the older members who re-
Sponded with short talks. Thomas
Flanagan who is in Boyer Hospital
with a broken leg was brought to
the park In a wheel chair and en-.
Joyed meeting his old friends. A
program Of sports followed for the
younger folks. II was in charge OF
Otis Lee.
Ice cream and pop were served
free.
The officers are: A. E. Augustus,
president; Robert Christian, vice
president; Roy Wise. secretary and
treasurer. The entertainment
committee consists OF Mr.. Lee,
William Rule and Charles Willetts.
Members were present from De-
t'olt, Dearborn Wayne, Ann
Arbor, Chelsea, Leona, Michigan
Center, Jackson, Plymouth, Farm
ington, Rochester. Columbus, and
Sylyania, o.; and Chicago, III.
The next meeting OF the sssoeia-
ton will be in February at the
X OF P Hall. Next years picnic
will again be In Prospect Park
the Bird Sunday In August. Floyd
Maxwell, Dearborn, was present
with fine display OF pictures
taken during the life of the road
and was enjoyed by all present.