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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
CONTRACT DISPUTE
 MAY BE ADJUSTED

A committee of the Waterbury Brass Workers union will meet Thursday afternoon with the man. agement of the A. H. Wells Co., to discuss possible settlement of a con- tract dispute in progress for several months. George McDonough of the state labor department will take part in the conference.
 Anthony Kazakavege IS chairman of the union committee. The labor unit seeks a wage increase of IS cents an hour.
 The unions American Brass Co. committee will confer with the corn- pany management Thursday morn- ing to arrange for signing of the new contract and to outline plans for collecting union dues under the check-oh system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
Pre-Inducfion
 Shooting Cause
 Of Man's Arrest

Fibre BuOnOcOre, 27, of 21 Lannen street, charged with violating a city ordinance by discharging a firearm within the city limits was given 8 nOlIe in municipal court today.
 Prosecutor William K. Law Tor recommended the nOlle with the statement that BuOnOcOre plans to enter the army soon. "He was getting a little gun practice and at the same time getting rid of some shells he didn't want to leave around the house," said the prosecutor.
 Motor PatrOlman Vincent Begg arrested BuOnocOre when he heard the sound of the shooting and went to the scene. He also cOnfiscated 8 long singIe-barreIed shotgun and a box of shells.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
NAMED COMMANDER

London, July IA (UP) = Major General M. W. Clark has been named commander of all American ground forces in the European heater, it was announced today.
 Clark, a native of New York State, was graduated from West Point in April, 1917. By August of that year he was temporary captain and the rank was made permanent two years later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
Repairs-If!

David T. McGrath, federal housing director, conferred with Mayor Vincent A. SculIy today relative to possible street im- provements on Warner street, in the Warner Gardens defense housing project.
 The mayor said that arrange ments for the street department to make the repairs will prOba- bly, be made if MT. McGrath is successful in securing necessary road oil. The city itself Is un- able to get little or no road building or road-repair ma- terials.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
Spotlighting Brass CityNews
An Experiment

Starting tomorrow there will be no stops by c. R. & L. busses on the north side of East Main street between Phoenix avenue and North Main street. For trial period of one month the stop will be made to discharge and take on passengers at the south side of the Green on West Main street.
 Announcement of the change was made last night by c. R. & L. officials in compliance with an or der adopted at recent meeting of the board of police commits sionerS,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
COUPLES TODAY LIVE LONGER THAN THOSE OF THE GAY '9Os

New York (UP)-Many of the young people who are marrying this year have fair chance-barring di- vorce or separation-of celebrating their golden wedding, a very good chance of surviving for their silver anniversary, and are almost sure to be alive for their 10th wedding an- niversary, according to the statisti- clans of one of the largest life in- surance companies.
 When the average couple step up to the altar, the statisticians eX- plain, they can look forward to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
NO HORSES, OR BUGGEEs

Boston, July IA U.P0 = It seems there is 8 shortage of horses and buggies as well as rubber and gasoline.
 A United Nations parade, sched- uled in observance of the 1S3d an- niversary of Bastile Day, was can- celed today because ofiicials were unable to obtain the required 26 horses and buggies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
FRANCIS AMATRUDA
 FINED FOR SPEEDING

Francis A. Amatruda, 20, of 85 Giles street paid $10 for nolle to- day in municipal court on a charge of speeding. Two men were penal 1zed in the same manner yesterday.
 Capt. William J. Duggan of the accident prevention bureau com- mented that the drive to curb speedsters will be continued. If they don't know enough to cut down the use of gas and tires by cutting down on their sped there's only one thing for us to do," he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
 KUNZE EXPECTED
 IN COURT TODAY

Hartford, Conn, July 14.-(UP)- G. Wilhelm Kunze, leader of the German-American Bund, may ap- pear in federal court today to dis close whether he has obtained a lawyer to defend him against es- pionage charges.
 Kunze was scheduled to appear yesterday, but indicated he was not ready to reveal his plans.
 U. s. District Judge J. Joseph Smith may name an attorney to represent Kunze if the Bund leader hasn't secured one himself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
BRADLEY FIELD
 LIEUT.. KILLED

Windsor Locks, Conn, July 14- CUP)-Bradley field officials today disclosed the death of Second Lieut.. Burdette L. Wertman, p, David City, Neb., in an airplane crash at Stratford yesterday.
 Lieut.. Wertman'S plane crashed near the Sikorsky ircraft plant. He played for the University of Nebraska football team in the 194l Rose Bowl game against Stanford. He was commissioned a U. s. Army fller at Ellington Field, Tex, in 1941.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
Service Calls

An automobile owned by Bruno H. 0. Riefe of 181 Plank road caught fire on Center street yes- terday afternoon. Bremen who extinguished the blaze said 1t was caused by a cigaret butt.
 She booster pump was sent to the McElligott Oil Company when an oil tank was found leaking. The leake was sealed with no damage other than the loss of oil
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
94 Registered Bv Thermometer
 For Season High

Even the thermometers per- spired here today as temperature recordings went as high as 94, the highest of the current sum- mer.
 Yesterdays mark of 90 was left in the cold distance by tOday's new record heat.
 Clerks of local stores enjoyed their weekly haIf-hOliday In the sunlmery weather but the threat of a late afternoon thunder shower made itself known shortly after noon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
TREASURY BALANCE
PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS

Washington, July IA (UP)-Gov. ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through July 11th, compared with a year ago; This Year Expenses Last YcrS $1, 1906, ,055, ,862.63 635,6S5,74l.ls
 War Spent $1,5s5,566,546.5O 5 s5s,oS3,4o4.cS
 Receipts 5 334,O93,sO7.75 $ l7O.527,2o67s
 Net Deficit $1,571.s12,654.SS 4ss.7s7SS44l
 Cash Balance $2,5oo, ,sS1 ,s96.96 $2,671. .2So,67s7s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
eoOO .OOO CHINESE

Chungking, July l4-(UP)-Gen. Cheng Chen Yuen announced today that 6,OO0,O able-bodied men be- tween IS and 40 will be conscripted by the Chinese government in pre- paration for three more years of war with Japan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
A Perfect June Day!

Waterbury Hospital celebrated "Baby Day" yesterday.
 Attendants reported that ten babies, seven girls and three boys were brought into the world, representing something of a record for q June day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
WhOOping Cough

Six cases of whOOping cough were reported in Waterbury last week, according to the weekly bulletin of the state department of health. They were among a total of 61 cases reported about the state.
 This city also has two eases of Iobar pneumonia, but none of scarlet fever or measles.
 The number of measles cases in the staet showed a small in- crease, climbing to 145 from a total of Al reported the week before.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
Routine Business

Routine meetings of the boards of police commissioners and fire commissioners are scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
 Chairman Finton J. Phelan of the fire board is out of the city on vacation. No action is expect ed to be taken toward the filling of three vacancies in the depart ment.
 No promotions or appointments are expected to be made by the police board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
Building Permits

The following permit has been issued at the Office of Building Inspector John T. Hartley:
 Frieda Gocht and Caroline Hahn, to make alterations to building at OvertOn street and DeCiccO road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
Final Tests

Waterbury's newest fire trucl the .65-fOOt hydraulic lift lad- der which will be installed at the Burton street house, is ex- pected to be in service follow ing final tests today. The truck, brought from the Seagraves O., of Columbia, Ohia., has been ac- cept by fire officials and will be known as Truck 2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
THE WEST IN OILS

Howard Hawks, director of Ser geant York" and now directing "Air Force" for Warner Bros, has one of the country's largest collec- tions of western paintings and prints.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14

Kathryn Grayson is the latest Hollywood celebrity to give up her large Brentwood home. The M-G-M singer has moved into a small one- sEOry bungalow in West Los Angeles e<~ thA duration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14

calendar had been cleared for de- bate on the bill, and that a house vote might come next Monday, though possibly not until the fol- lowing "Wednesday.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-08-14
MEDIC WALDT
eePraVda ZVlteZi''!

Jake pTedseda Geskoslovenskeho vyboru pro Medic
Waldt do Statnfho Senatu, dovolavam Sc op6t vaseho uvazenf
a podpory jeho nominace.
V minulych vydanfch "Telegrafu" SNAIL jsem Sc sezna-
mti ceskoslovenske volice S kvaifikacem a charakterem p.
Waldt-a, poukazav ma jeho rOdinne zavazky a jeho socialn1,
obcanskou cinnost a podnikanl.
Avsak nezmfnl jsem Sc O jedn6 v6ci, ponevadz jsem il
%nepokladal "a d1leztou a potTebnou. Tud1z We prospect pro-
tivnfkd o. .Waldta, ktef1 nemohou nalezti ma mem zadnou j.
nu chybu, nez jeho neobyeejne jmeno, otazku jeho narodnos-
ii a obcanstvf, ia S radostf jim chci objasniti tyto fakta. To
snad ulevi jejich mysli a budou Sc moci vice soustfediti ma
kampan jejch vlastn1ho kandidata.
N~asledujici odpoved m6la by vysvetlii stuaci. Pan
Wadt pravil: "Moji ~predkov6 pTsi re stokholmu, svedsko.
Narodil jsem Sc v Baltimore, Md. Me prvn1 jmeno Medic jest
jmeno rodinne a poslednf jmeno- Waldt jest svedskeho pn-
vOdu."
Pan Waldt byl velmi pfekvapen, kdyz uslysel, Re jeho
prOtivn1ci hOrecne pracujl pro jeho porazku a re Si tax dale
ko, re Sc dotazovali ma jeho rodinne pozadf. Avsak on jim
vd6cl "a to, re prinesli tuto vec ma pfedses a tim vefejnost ne
Dude " pochybe k jeho statusu americkeho Obcanstv1.
Medic Waldt ma plnOu vedOmOst o podZemn1 pOliHcke
taktice a vrhanl blata prOti nemu, nicmene sc Dude snaziti
vesti cistou kampan k dosazeni sveho Gle. Chape, re vetsina
obcan1 chce pravdiva fakta, tykaj1c1 Sc statnf zakonodarny a
nezajfmajf Sc o klepy a poHtickou propaganda. AZ do konce
Dude venovati svGj cas- a snahu v seznamovanf veTejnosti o
nepffznivych akcich jeho predchddce ma zakonodarne pred
lohy b6hem jeho lhGty V trade.
Mr.. Waldt ve1, re pc poznani cel@ pravdy, ,ceskosloven-
ska koonie ucin1 sve rozhodnuti ma zaklade hesla "Pravda
zvltezi' a jeji volebnf sa pfi volbach v dtery, 8. zaff pfivodf
jeho n%ominovani a zvolen1 do Statnlho Senatu "a Druhy Ia
~konodarny DISTRICT. j. w. V.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-08-14
Kazdy pollock Ia 1928.

V Chicago Anna De CRATIC
va, 62leta vdova, ,zijfcf hote-
lu Edgewater Beach, 81 pouze
hluboce povzdychla, kdyz Sc
il novinaTi tazali, co Sc il llbi-
10 ma 20 let starem Davidu
Zatzovi, O kterem nynf tvrdf,
re z nj vylakal pod predstlrkou
manzelstvf $1,000, a pax il ne
chal pred oltaTem staff.
Byl pry perfektnim muzem,
rozkosnym, neznym, hezkym,
= nu zkratka byl splnenfm
snu 62 roxy stare vdovy. Ale
= ably mu nechala 1928 "a
kazdy re tT1 polibkG, ktere
pry cd nej obdrzela, to Sc il
zdalo byti prece jen trochu
pTehnana cena.
Soudci Dalymu ma trestn1
odbocce municipaln1ho soudu
vypravela Graffova, re il te-
lefonoval Zatz, ktery udal, re
Sc jmenuje Don Jordan, a jest
majitelem vynosnych valec-
nych zavodG v Gary, a pc fir
tn vedenem pc telefonu 81 spo-
lu vyjeli. Mluvil O kytickach,
O ptacclch, o mes1cku a O hvez-
dach, a pax il polfbil. Vyjeli
81 ven tfikrate, a Jordan j ma
b1dl snatek. Mluvil S nj O vel
valecnych vydelkach, a
jej1 penfze zdvojnasobiti.
Dala mu celkem We dvou splat-
kach $1,000.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-08-14
Vdova ma 10 synGG vojaky.

V Los Angeles, Kalifornie,
61leta vdova Rozalie Radzin-
ska ma jiz deset SYM V ozbro-
jenych sborech Stryce Sauna, a
to jak V pozemn1 armada, tax
i We valecnem lodstvu. Krone
toho jej1 dcera PRAGUE v orga-
nisaci civilnf obrany a II. syn,
teprve 17lety, netrpelive ceka,
ably mohl take do zbrane.
Radzinska byla %poctena mist
MIN Klubem Transportacn1m
jake prvn1 vojenska matka.
Byla cestnym hostem ma tyden~
MIN shromazden1 onoho klubu
ma pocest armady a lodstva.
Dostala pri tom kytici z 10
RUIZ, jednu RUIZ "a kazdeho sy-
ma, jehoz dala k obrane vlasti.
"Jsem hrda ma kazdeho sveho
syna," pravila pri tom proste.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-08-14
President Roosevelt pravil We

President Roosevelt pravil We
SVEN poselstvl: "Velky pokrok
byl ucin6n v bitve produkce, a.
lie v pojmech toho, echo je ire
ba, abychom porazili nepfitele,
zacali jsme teprve dostavati Sc
do tempa. Abychom ~zv1tezili V
teto valce, nepfetrzity proud
zbran1 a materialu must plynou
tt z nasich tovaren, lodenic a
dolu.
"Spolecne 1sili nasi armady
a lodstva udeTiti ma nepTitele
ma kazde pevnine a ma kazdem
oceanu a naseho lidu, pracuj1-
c1ho bez pTestan1, ma vyrobe
valecnych zbran1 must pTinesti
~vltezstv1, kterym Dude opet "a
vedena tradice svobodnych lid
ma celem svete."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-08-14
Trinact osob zabito We srazce
vIaku s busem.

TTinact osob bylo zabito,
kdyz rychlovlak zeleznice Illi-
nois Central, jedouci k jihu,
vrazil do autobusu, jedouclho
do Chicago, ma hlavnf krizo-
vatce mesta Crystal Springs,
Miss.
Deset lid bylo zabito mezi
cestujfcfmi ma autobusu. Til
jine = dive zeny a muz = byli
chodci, cekaj1ci, az Wax pTeje-
de. Ctyri z cestujicich byli le-
tectf kadeti ma dovolene. Je-
den z Mich ozenil Sc pred tyd-
mem a byl ma svatebnl ceste Sc
svou nev6stou. Oba byli zabi-
ii.
Poraneno bylo asi 35 osob.
Byly dopraveny do nejblizsf
nemocnice ~ Jackson, Miss,
asi 40 mil daleko odtud.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-08-14
v ~rozcilenf zabijel.

z Houstonu Sc sdeluje, re &c
lety deln1k w. Edsal, zamest-
many V tamn1 lodenici, zastTelil
dvac1tileteho agenta automobi-
love spolecnosti, protoze tento
mu wal auto pro nezaplaceni
splatek. Vessel do 1Tadovny a
zastfelil agenta Ablona ma mi
ste. Stfelil tez pc otci, ale ten
vyskocil oknem ven bez crane
nj tfeba prorazil sklem. Edsall
pax ujfzdel cd San Antonio, a
lie v Brennan byl strelen NEST
skym marsalem a nachazf sc v
nemocnici smrtelne zranen.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-08-14
Z Washington.

- Department lodstva ozna-
mil, re mala norska LODI byla
potopena nepTatelskou ponor-
kou ma zalivu Mexickem asi
pred dv6ma tydny.
Mimo to mala americka ry-
barska LODI byla ostrelovana a
potopena nepTatelskou ponor-
kou pred n6kolika dny ma Sc
vernim Atlantickem oceanu.
Zachranenf z obou parnik1 py-
ly dopraveni do vychodn1ch
pT1stavH.
Tim vzrostl pocet potopenych
lodi v americkych a soused-
mich vodach cd zakeTneho ja-
ponskeho 1toku ma Pearl Har-
Dor ma 40.
- Kongresnik B. w. Gear
hart, republican z Kalifornie,
prohlasil v dome zastupc1, re
m6lo by byti dovoleno starym
osobam, ktere pozfvajf starob-
nj pense, ably smelly pracovati
v dobe valecne krise, aniz by
vydelany obnos byl by Jim sra
zen z pense.
Gearhart podal pfedlohu,
die nfz bylo by mono starym
osobam vydelavati $25 meslc-
ne mimo jejich pensi.
= Zvysenf v mesfcnf dodav-
ce kavy a cafe, pohybujfc1 Sc
cd 10 az do 1907, bylo povo-
leno 1Tadem War Production
Board pro District of Columbia
a pro 204 okresy v AZ statech.
Urednfci oznamili, re kazdy
okres, jehoz obyvatelstvo be-
hem poslednfho roku vzrostlo
o 1917, obdrzelo tuto zvyse-
nou kvotu, coz znamena, re cd
pocatku srpna Dude kazdy me-
sic dano ma trh skoro o 212 mi
lionu liber kavy a million liber
cafe vice.
- Zastupce Mar. Sdruzen1
Notwithstanding striznfm zbo-
Tim ucinil vyzvu, ably byla
ulozena petiprocentnf dan ma
vsechny prevody moviteho o.
sObn1ho majetku.
Jay Iglauer ucinil toto do
pOrucen1 v senatn1m financ-
MIN vyboru. Pravil, re pouze
predmety, nutne pro valecnou
produkci mely by byti z teto
dane vynaty.
Pravil, re 1cinky teto dane
byly by rozhodn6 deflacni.
Expert vseobecne Sc shodujf
v tom, re je to dGlezitym cini-
telem k zamezenf inflace.
= Grad WPB zastavil vyro-
bu vyhTfvac1 pro domacnosti,
ktere pouzfvajl oleje nebo ply
nu. Vyhrfvace smejf byt W.
rabeny jedine pro potTebu ar
mady, nAmoTni komise a valec-
ne lodnf administrace.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-08-14
PoStmistr pc a. letech ma
skladat zkousky pro urad.

Postmistr v osade Holtzville,
N. Y. Sc pripravuje Ike zkous-
kan, ably mohl podrzeti post
mistrovsky Trad, ktery zasta-
va uz plnych "A rokG.
Je to John Hopes, ktery We
de poStovni 1rad We SVEN Gee
neral store. Hopes doufa, re
slozi S 1spechem zkousku o CT
vilnf sluzb6, ktera Sc vyzaduje
Poole zmenenych pravidel, jez
to zdejsf posta byla vyjmuta z
tTfdy ustanovovanych postmis-
trI. .
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-08-14
Starec oloupen a ztyran.

Edward Gnadt, 73 roxy sta
ry z Chicago byl prepaden dive
ma bandity ma Wells a Kinzie
ul., oloupen O zbytek sve sta
robn1 podpory So, a uderen jed
MIN re surovc1 do Okla tax sill
ne, re lekari v okresn1 nemoc-
nici mali strach, Re oslepne.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-08-14

sacenych lid. Co vlastne ucinf-
me, je re Sc vzdame jistych
vystfelkG mody, a budeme sc
SAITH tax, jak Sc patti v dob6
valky.
Oddelenf civilnfho zasobova
nj studuje situaci ma trhu Why,
bavlny a rayonu, a snaz1 Sc il
posouditi Sc stanoviska civil
Mich potfeb, abychom tax yeas
pfedes'i jakekoli budouc1 nes-
maze.
Jinym probl6mem je otazka
kuze, kterou nase branna moe
potTebuje We stale vzrGstajf-
elm mnozstv1 ma vyrobu bot.
Vsechny obchody mali al do
sud velk6 sklady obuvi vseho
druhu, takze v pT1tomnosti
ie situace zcela uspokojujicf.
Mluv1me-li o problem, dele Sc
tax proto, re budouc1 situace
Sc vyvinouti tax, re NIUE mfti
ma civiln1 zasoby znacny vliv.
Transportace.
Kazdy 81 je v6dom nedostat-
ku gasollnu. Ne vSak vsichni
Tide 81 uv6domujf, re je i nedo-
statek petroleje ma vytap6n1,
nedostatek, zavineny transpor-
tacn1mi nesnazemi. Nejv1ce
no opc1t1 obyvatele stat1 ma w
chodnim pobrezf. Zem6 stojf
pred vaznym problemem, jak
dopraviti dostatek petroleje
do tovaren, mu vytap6ti. W.
konnost jejich nasich trans
portacnfch prostTedkG ma sve
meze. Kazdy, kdo jen tro-
chu mGze, mel by premeniti
vytapecf zarfzen1 ma petrole-
lie ma zaT1zen1 uhelne, a mel
by 81 co MONA nejdfive objed-
matt potrebne uhli a necekati
az ma podzim, kdy dopravnf
prostfedky budou p~Tet1zeny.
re transportacn1 nesnaze
budou mfti znacny vliv ma mas
kazdodennf zivot, O tom neni
zadnych pochyb. Danny budou
Sc snad museti vzdat casteho
hran1 bridge, leda re jejich
hostitelka bydli nekde v SOU
sedstv1. Spolecensky zivot bu-
!; de zavisly ma blizk6m okoli
kazdeho jednotlivce. Pan A
merriam a PAM Americanka
seznaml Sc bllze sc svymi SOU
sedy, budou obstaravati sve ma
kupy v okoln1ch kramech a
! navstevovati blfzke biografy
; naucf Sc spokojiti Sc S meme
. druhy zbozf a vzdavati sc tou-
I ny pc caste zm6ne prostTed1.
Pribytky.
e Bytovou otazku Dude nutno
prozkoumati Sc vsech zornych
1hlG, abychom byli jisti, re
kazd6 volne misto v kritic-
), kych obrannych oblastech je
pine vyuzito. Vedenf valky
vyzaduje ohromn6 mnozstvi
ocele, a bylo by proto nanej-
!. vyse nelogicke domy tam, kde
=, je dosti pribytkG, ktere nebyly
e danny k disposici zajemcIm
jedine proto, re b yto bylo ne.
komu nepohodlne. Povinne
pfij1mani lid do bytu bylo "a
4 vedeno v Anglii, kde take
vsechny neobydlene domy byly
e zabrany. Tyto dive melody u
kazujf cestu, jak lie bytovy
i problem resiti.
Vetsina delnfk1 We valecnem
prG1myslu nemGze 81 dovoliti
koupiti dunn, bud proto, re je-
i jich pTfjmy ma to- nestac1, ne
DO proto, re 81 nejsou jisti, jak
dlouho ZGstanou ma jednom
m1ste. z toho dGvodu Dude
Z snad lepe zrazovati cd stavby
soukrom6 financovanych ro-
dinnych domkG ma prodej a ma
bfdnouti prioritni pomoc ia
kovym projektdm, ktere bu-
dou delnikGm We valecnem prG
myslu pouze pronaj1many.
TTiuact 0s0b zahif0 We SraZce
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-06
Influx to Bomber Plant MAY
Change Willis Community

across the street The Post once
was moved into the back part ~
his store. and Mr.. Walters sold
everything from nuts. TO cheese. 10
calico. In one day he sold 10 900
yards OF calico at three and one-half
cents yard Later Mr.. Il. p.
Walters installed a bank in the
store.
The TWO small communities. Ea-
ton Mills and Paint Creek. were
absorbed by the thriving village ot
Willis From 1900 60 1914 the 20.
pulation increased TO $50 people
and the towns period Of prosperity
was the greatest in its history Tho
Willis Creamery was an Import
ant FACTOR in the development "
Willis. For about 20 years it was
locally owned. then bought by the
Detroit Creamery Go At the pres.
cnt time about %. 600 pounds ~
milk are taken In daily and trucked
to Detroit.
The town has also had its poet
Samuel Porter Ballard wrote for
the Npsilanu Commercial. then
Npsilantian Among others were
MUSINGS THE Amateur Farmer,
and Grow Your own Grow.
a. this time the need OF
church lu the community was great
aud ia 1891 the Willis Ladies' Md
Society was organized BY means
OF social entertainments and din.
ncrs the little fund for the church
commcnc Il 10 grow. The women
with their horse and bugeies would
drive about the country getting
little here ana a little. there until
IN November 1891. the cornerstone
was laid and the following spring
the Willis Methodist Church was
dedicated
THE church has always been
anxious 10 cooperate with communi.
~ life in any worthwhile project
and until the advent Of the Lincoln
school was the center of com.
munity interest.
AT one time building was
rented and saloon was 10 he
opened but again the women drove
over the countryside getting sign
ers to petition. and the saloon
never opened
Wills IN its sc years has neve-
mad lawyer nor n policeman. and
only once or twice resident doe.
tor. Il has no justice court. no
cemetery or jail, and never had a
saloon even prior to the first World
War and today does not have
beer garden