Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18

r THE BEST the citizens OF Ray
ton, a county seat m northern
New Jersey. could say about or
vile Sayre was that he was
restless spirit The worst they
could Say-woil, this is a family
newspaper and II doeSn [ permit
that kind of language.
The general opinion Of Haytor
and the community lying rounC
and about il was that while or
vile Sayrc might not be better
of dead. ms nelghborS certainly
wouldn't lose anything but uncaSI
by his demise.
Orville had not the appearance
of evil He was Eood-lookinl
boy with a nice pair OF shoulders
and a staggering walk. Hc hac
what movie magazines chaStclS
term IS. A." and he knew n.
The girls liked OTvlllc and then
narentS- anG-cIlEIe I.t-SlGecthe-l ;
dishke6 him in direct proportion
TO the interest in which he was
held by The daughter they had
raised or the girl a swain was
counting.
You couldn't put your finger or
any one thing with which OHillC
showed his contempt for the con-
v ntions or the Law, because one
finger wouldn't cover II. Orvillc
il seemed. Just didn't like the
Established Order
He didn't agree about the Ter
Commandments but he broke
whichever one Of them that suited
his whim. He was a gambler. He
drank noisily and too much or
Saturday nights.
He might spend an evening
directing the Hayton fire depart
Inent 10 a series of nOn-eXiStcnt
fires in widcly-Separated points,
all Of them on the edge OF the
towns limits.
He kept girls out late and raised
in their minds the question OF
whether il paid 10 get in at a GER
tain time at night If TO do IL you
had TO forego the pleasures OF a
dance in a juke Joint 40 miles
away.
ENEMY OF DIGNITY
Though past IS. he was an
enemy of dignity as represented by
the towns elders and illustr'ous
citizens. He was known TO have
heaved the SNOWFALL which re-
moved the high silk hat from the
revered head of Thomas Pinchell,
justice of the peace.
He once broke up young
mothers meeting by switching
seven infants of assorted c1lors
and dressing them in each others
clothes
He wouldn't work. He left his
first job. clerkship in jed
Withall's hardware store, after he
had punched Jed in the nose for
calling him a ''bonehead' in front
of customer.
Helping out behind the desk at
the Sowannee Country CLUB, he
put a slightly inebriated guests
right foot behind his head when
the guest accused him of short
changing him. II wouldn't have
been so bad. if the guest could
have unwound himself.
But he couldn't. His head was
large and his muscles were I'M
yielding. He stayed tied in a knot
until Doctor Jennings and three
stalwart men dislodged the foot.
Then the victim couldn't walk for
a week. His hip joint was too
tender.
Orville was arrested for this.
Not, mind you. for dishonesty. The
knotted guest admitted that he
had been. at first. hasty in accus-
ing Orville of shortchanging him,
and then wrong.
AS carefully as his twisted hip
would permit. he had counted his
change and found il right to the
penny. He charged mayhem, in
stead, and Orville might have gone
10 the can had it not been for his
mother.
Mrs. Sayre was A fine, public
spirited and motherly won a n
good deeds were myriad. The
Judge let him 90 with a reprimand
in which he pronounced Orville "a
crown which a fine woman is
forced to bear"
NOT HIS FIRST TIME
He spoke from certain knowl-
edge. 1t was not the first time
Orvilie had appeared before him in
the role of defendant. He had
been arrested for shooting craps,
for barroom fighting and for send
ing in false alarms 10 the fire de-
nartment