Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-22

Jack Neilan, union committee
man. says this really happened at
the Chevrolet Gear and Axle plant
a week or so ago. The boys on the
afternoon shift were bemoaning
the lack of pheasantS on their trip
over the weekend, when one flew
in the front entrance missed
the Waterman by an inch ran
under the mems feet through the
plant "a. crossed a court into an
other building where it few up
and perched on a high rafter.
The bird stayed there, Neilan
says, for half an hour and then
dive-bombed the timekeeper as he
walked through the plant. II
struck the Cupboard in his hands
and fell 10 the floor dead.
Mrs. Frances Cook has had the
flower shop in the fuller for n
years. She also has had Miss Min
ME, alias Snakey Davis. a large
cat. for l3 years. They both have
a lot OF friends. who live in the
hotel. like 1t. Nell Coolidge, the
fine lady policeman
For 10 years the cat was on a
diet of imported japanese crab
meat, but she's off il now, because
Ahe got sick last week and her
hdy thinks ii may have been
ground glass put there by the Nips
:. Reggie Mcdonald, the kid who
was such whiz on the basketball
court for Highland Park Junior
College, will be indicted Monday
Matthew Polovich, Goodells,
Mich, farmer. has been making
fine wine most of his life. always
denying stoutly, as all good wine
makers will. that he uses any
sugar. But now. he's had 10 admit
10 his five sonS-ln-law that he
really does use il He had 20
tell them why there'll be no new
wine this year
In the County Building. ran into
Howard Campbell, attorney who
used 10 pitch pretty good Class A
baseball Branch Hickey took him
fresh from u. OF NJ. and taught
him the ropes -. Blond Dorothy
Barres strolled dreamily through
the parkway on Washington boule-
ward with her setter pup on leash
when suddenly the leash snapped
taut. She turned and there he
stood. pointing az half a dozen
uFnIN.- A. -
probably the oldest messenger in
the city. He's Ga and has replaced
an 1S-year-old. Walter says it's
the first steady job he's been able
TO get in three years.
Maybe Fred Nolan and the DSR
would like to know about another
fine bus driver. He was driving
bus 2046 on the Lafayette-G Green
line yesterday morning at S:45
when ne Saw Car afire. lie
parked the bus, lesped out and
put out the fire with the hand
extinguisher, while his passengers
applauded.
The I'd Sikoras he's a police
-Inan in Recorders Court expect
PINE fine storytelling at their
NouSe soon, They just got a letter
from Mrs. Sikora's brother-n-law.
Capt. Frank Schumm, that he'll
be in town shortly. He's been
assistant provost marshall with
the Honolulu military police, was
there at Pearl Harbor William
Longden runs an elevator in the
Recorders Court Building and he's
proud OF his silver pin for three
blood donations 10 the Red Cross
blood bank. Now he's impatient
for his fourth trip and the gold
Latest wartime poets whose
stuff has hit this desk are a
teacher and a pupil . the teacher
being {. ". Pop" Blanchard, boys
counsellor AT BEDFORD High. who
does a very creditable job with
Joe Yankee, Yesterdays Boy -.
and the pupil is Martha Palmer,
11-year-old sixth grader at Nc
Kerrow school. Hers is about the
scrap drive in the schools and she
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