Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-03

and city hab- -.-.'.-.--'
its. / wish II :" N'"'''
could have been longer. So does
Kitty Coming back o. the TRAIN
Kitty remarked. Il can feel my
city self seePiRg back-and l
.dont's like IL,
Christie Lake and Lawrence
are home for Kitty, She was
reared around there
You don't escape from the
war by getting out in the coun-
try or into the small towns. III
YOU have been back To your
home town, wherever II II,
lately. YOU know that is true.
They notice II i'm the stores in
n small town. In the drug store
Mrs. Jennings notices how much
auieter ID is. The young fellows
don't come I'm for cokes. You
notice IL. Oh. YOU notice IL, all
right. when the young fellows
aren't around. Maybe she notices
II even more. Her boy is with
the troops in Ireland.
There's a weatherbeaten farm
house not far from town, and II
looks as though II hadn't had
quite as much care as il needed
And maybe il hasn't lately.
There are two stars in the
window.
IL wasn't one of the Dillen-
beck farms, but IL could have
been. There are n lot OF branches
OF the Dillenbeck family around
there. From one branch OF the
family, they sent two brothers
East. They were at Pearl Har-
Dor. From another branch OF
the family, two Dillenbe eek
4 Others went West. They were
on a ship that was torpedoed.
Odd how so many things hap
pen in pairs. The two sets OF
Dillenbeck boys. And down the
road two more brothers who
have left their farm. They're in
Jail. They came from Germany
and have lived well since eStab-
fishing themselves in this coun-
try.
When the war came. and
American sons were going away
10 fight, the German brothers
STAYED home and tinkered with
their short-wave radios. Until
the FBI caught them at il. II
bewilders the neighbors OF
Lawrence.
Well. il bewilders all of us
the ingratitude of immigrants
who plot against their adopted
land. That ingratitude will be
remembered. 1t will be remem-
bered longer on the farms and
in the small towns than it Will
in the cities.
We have the demonstrations
and the recruiting posters and
the parades in the city. They
don't have them I'm the towns
like Lawrence. but i think they
feel the war more, rather than
less.
The draft board II wondering
about LLOYD Cook. IL they draft
him, the town won't have "A
registered pharmacist any more.
The Simmonses have put
wider door on the shed back of
their store, and have heated IL.
OF course, farm machinery n
necessary--but instead of sell
ing new machinery. they're spe-
ciaIizing i'm keeping old machines
repaired and running.
Out at Howard Lanphear's
farm--if you ever drive across
US-12 you'll pass his big fruit
and vegetable stand Howard
got his hands full. Both his boys
are at Bay City They are
welderS in the ship yards.
While we were visiting with
Howard and his wife Fanny, a
grimy young man in black
skull cap drove up. He was one
Of the boys. Alfred, who had
come home for d flying visit. not
even stopping 10 change his
clothes
He showed me his arm s,
specklcd clear 10 the elbows
with dark sores and ScabS.
When bits Of IncandeScent metal
hit. they burn
Esther Cornwell il having
trouble with her garden. The
rabbits are eating beans and
lettuce 30 fast this year. But IL
gives her (she remarks) some
thing to keep her mind occupied
when she's not working at the
bank. It's lonesome with Paul
that's her husband-gonc.
We're DetroitcrS We rc proud
81 Detroit, the Arsenal Of De-
mOcracN.