Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-02

tprebably with spiinters on
them), she breathed her soft
command:
"PulI in, Bud" she said. I've
got my nylOns on"
J Il V r n | l. r. DELIN-
Quency has been batted around
so much that II might not hurt
10 pass along Ia remark made
10 us by one OF the workers at
boys club. a fellow who
knows more than little about
delinquency and how 10 stop il.
"We're getting sick,' he said,
"of writer's whose articles don't
amount 10 anything except put
ting new ideas In the Kids heads
on how TO be delinquent"
THERE'S STILL some of
that sort of thing going on. It's
our observation. though. that
most people are being pretty in
Intelligent about il and talking of
lures instead of tsk-tsking.
One woman who lives in an
apartment on an upper floor of
a building on La Sale called up
TO tell about the kids in the
neighborhoods She's been watch
ing them for weeks. even though
she doesn't know who any of
them are
Instead OF waiting for some
body 10 build them Fairgrounds.
the kids made their own ball
field IN a vacant lot and. now
that winters coming. my up
stairs informant says. they're
building a skating rink-kids
with the right idea!
THEN AGAIN, there are the
girls In BEDFORD. Some are I'm
high school, and some are Just
through school, girls OF Is, II
and upward who used to have n
date every Saturday night.
Now, they don't, with their boys
in uniform.
About a hundred girls, not
caring for the street-pickup
fashion that often IL the first
step to delinquency, have
banded together into q North
west internationally Council
and are establishing Saturday
night canteen for servicemen.
Patti Stearns, just through
high school and no working at
Ford's. II credited with starting
the idea They have an advis-
DRY committee Of mothers, all
with sons I'm uniform. Mrs. G.
Goddard smith II the chairman.
The girls are raising money
by donations and have rented
the BEDFORD Masonic Temple.
Their first party Is scheduled
for this Saturday. Any man In
uniform II welcome To drop In
and dance or trade gossip from
Il 80 TO 1880 Saturday night.
OUR THIRD instance comes
from Kay Langlois. who points
out that the Parkside Housing
Community is banging away at
delinquency from all directions.
The housing project is only five
years old, but the residents
have already established a
tight knit community
They have a Good Neighbor
Committee sponsoring a Christ
mas party. A Cub Scout pack
is being organized. A mother of
two children is sponsoring
bowling league for children
from 9 to p
The common denomination Is
that, in all cases. something is
being done.
being done. That's what does IT,
RANDOM NOTES.: Harry
Chung is spearheading the War
Chest drive In Chinatown. This
Is just TO remind you that the
War Chest Is everybOdy's bust
ness, theirs, yours and ours.
incidentally, Mr.. Chung's ia
vorite personal charity Is send
inc clgaretS TO the air force
unit in China which used to be
called the Flying TigerS)
A new attack on the housing
shortage is going TO start this
month when Bill Handlesman
VIII iRaugurate a program on
WJBk, broadcasting the names
and trlbulations of war workers
who can't find places TO live. 1t
Will tie into the governments
program of leasing empty bust
ness property and remodeling it
into dwellings for the duration.
SUCCESS STORY: Dorothy
Donegan, the bOogie wOogie
Aiano player who comes 20 the
|araSlde this week. was getting
SS5 week a year ago. Now she
gets from 5000 to 800.
OVERHEARD: Three sailors
on Monroe, one Of them remark
ing In an awed tone: Gee, this
must he the Forty-second street
OF Detroit"