The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-03-13
THOUSAND At TIE
DUCH RECEPTION
LAST FRIDAY Night

More than ome thousand WyandO.te
citizens of Polish extraction were OH
hand Friday night nj the Roosevelt
E.gh school auditorium for he official
reception of General BruniSklw Ouch,
commander of Tire Polish armies III
Canada.
Featured OH the program Ill addl-
ton to the speech by The general, were
movies Of the Polish army III CaIadi,
Brf aim and Scotland, Us well as NOV
it's of pre-war Poland. These pictures
were purchased 10y the Friends Of the
Polish soldiers Committee for Michl-
gan and are being shown throughout
the state, wherever there is large
settlement of PERSONS of Polish ance>-
try.
Gene raj Duch gave word picture
Uf the Mani invasion of Poland III
1899, as he actually experienced II
and recOunted the German campaigns
In Norway and France. lie especially
urged all Those present and their
friends to beware of their present leth-
argy with regand to the defense pro-
gram and pointed out the Importance
Of the civilian defense features. which
GlC just III wy AAN
STRESSED very 5, rOnSly that lack OF
public spirit and interest i'll waglnS u
successful war caused the downfall Of
France and Norway. He showed how
Poland by its valiant stand gave other
nations an opportunity to prepare for
the war To stop Hitler. Il war which
he might have otherwise Won i'll 1899,
cOnquering all, including Great Bri-
tain. He had words Of high praise for
our Gene raj Macarthur Thar Hitler
is aiming for world domination was
aqJtly shown by quotations from ''Men
kamT," and writings Of other NaZi
leaders. In conclusion the general stat
I'll that we should not worry too much
but Oh the other hand should do every
thing possible to aid in the war effort
UO bring about its successful fruriOn.
The chairman for the evenings pro
gram WAS Victor TargOnSki local at
tOrney, who was invited To Strve i'll
thar capacity by the sponsoring COM
mittee. The local Friends of the Polish
Soldiers Committee, composed of IT.
representatives. Of all Polish groups, with
Frank WOjoiechOwski at rs head
made all arrangements and sponsored
with Il dinner for the general. his ad-
jutant, local clergy, and the honorary
cOmmiciee at the ST. StaniSlauS parish
rectOry; a short reception ut ST Hell
EMS rectory, with iIGt-v. John Bartkow-
lax ~ host 10 the general.
The committee included in addition
10 those named above Barney BazydlU
secretary of the committee; Stanley
kOrytkUwski, of Post %. Veterans Of
the Polish Army; Julia WlOdkUw$ki.
Ladies' Auxiliary, Frederick NJ Alger
post No. Z. Polish Legion: Helen Joz-
walk. Ladies' Auxiliary, Polish Veter-
ans pos, 90; Postmaster Adam Prey
bylSki: |. II. LapczynSki, secretary Of
the Police and Fire Commission and
president Of the Polish Roman Catho- |
lie Union. As the honorary committee |
were the Reverend Fathers Alexander |
SzrlmOwSki and LadiSlauS krych.
The program WAS rounded our BY
greetings to the general and Il welcome
l." the city by Mayor Louis w. Be-han
invocation by the Rev Thad,ieus |
Rzeznik, assistant ar Mt Carmel
church; main program talk by Rev
John BartkOwiak, pastor of ST. Hell
been done since the war and what wil
be done by local residents of Polish
ancestry; words Of welcome in behalf |
OF the school children by Theresa
kurybO Of Mt. Carmel high school; an
imPresSiOnistic pOem-SOng written by
one Of the teaching sisters at Mt Car.
mel high school and presented BY Ed |
mund Burtka and chorus Of girls
from the same school: and words of |
greeting in behalf of all Polish organi- |
cations by AlphOnSe LeszczynSki. pr,Si.
dent of the Polish National Alliance |
Circle 40.
Military music by the WyaIslo 70 |
high school orchestra under the baton |
of Kenneth Hauer and singing Of the
American and Polish national anthems |
hy the aSsembbage, under The direction |
"l victor TargOnski, highlightcd the |
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