Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-20

theaters.
He hired another man 10
carry a big sign reading:
MEYER DAVIS AND HIS
COLOSSAL ORCHESTRA
Behind that came a colossal
bass drum. Behind that came
Davis. Behind him came the
colossal orchestra, splendid in
rented red uniforms.
It was gorgeous. II was ire
mendous, II was, Tn fact, coios-
sal.
Except that the parade was
late starting. Every time they
passed a theater. a squad OF
musicians vanished, and the pa
y rade seemed 20 pass every thea
ter in Washington.
IL ended with:
IA man carrying the sign
saying Meyer DaAis and His
Colossal Orchestra"
a man with an enormous
bass drum.
3-Meyer Davis.
And nobody else,
Out on Richton. west Of Ham
llton, the V. d. Rairighs have
three children.
Half the kids In the ReighbeF-
hood used 10 meet in their back
yard - sometimes 20 Of them
playing commando. Sometimes.
Mrs. Rairigh admits, she got so
tired OF the noise that she
chased them out.
Next door was a vacant lot.
full Of weeds, mosquitoes and
uselesSnesS. One Saturday she
and her husband talked the
commands n % cutting the
weeds and raking up the lot.
Then they had a party--a and,
incidentally. persuaded all the
kids 10 join the Clean Plate
Club.
Next, they enlisted some
other parents on the street, took
UP an assessment OF 50 each.
got Ken While. head Of the
Highland Park Recreation De-
partment. 10 talk 10 the owner
Of the lot.
Within a few DAYS the fathers
had bought lumber and rope,
and put up swings, see-saws,
horse shoe courts, a pingpong
table and a sand box.
Mothers take their turns STU
perviSing. from 10 a. m. To /
p. M. and from ? To $50.
There are 81 families now.
and 80 children aged from 8
W Child delinquency experts, not
10 mention The race riot en-
perters, say we can avoid trou-
BILE by getting more play
grounds.
Where can you buy a play
ground cheaper than So a fam
lily?
RANDOM NOTES: Beatrice
nay NliANhlitlS ONtl Niltdltl
sign she saw near the Dodge
plant. reading: "Hitler's Chill
dren- Bonita Granville, Red
Shelton, Panama Hattie"
Photographers n { @ rested in
VINO lis that way about whom
need raise no eyebrows if they
see Miss Kay with a handsome
marine. He is her cousin. Don
aid Wennik. just assigned 10 the
training section al the Briggs
plant.
a bow 10 the children out on
Euclid who, at an auction
raised S332l0 toward a goal OF
$3.50 10 buy a leader dog for
some blind Detroit soldier. Ten.
year-old Miss Susan Pernick is
their chairman.
Hearing about il. Max Fine.
man of 1i17 Gratiot now vol
unteers TO buy horsemeat fol-
the dog as long as it lives
Susan, please get in touch with
Mr.. Fineman. or with me, a,
soon as the soldier gets his dog
Note to read next time yoI
get TO worrying about labor
troubles: Executives and EN-
-ployes Of the Peninsular Grind
ing Co. have just had another
picnic together. their third thi!
summer.
Even the president, Allan P
Beebe. attended. and. on III,
N other side, so did Harry Nc
y Manus, plant chairman of thu
? union The chief steward anC
the purchasing agent were cap
tains of rival baseball teams
The stewards team won, ant
the umpire was Ed Price, vic,
president of the company.
~ In our search for the TALES
man and woman in Detroit, W,
got this note from Mrs. l.. X
Hyde of 4417 Second:
II am a shorty. only fee
10. but my dad was 8 feet
and a fine looking Irishman."