Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-08

way Va NfEt-
tables, but II MIR. PICKERING
has an excellent flock Of chick
ems.
LEO HEUSER took me out
there and introduced me 10 the
= pt1eStS-whe-e operate iSoySvfiic
has had several custodians in
It's several years OF existence,
but the Franciscan friarS now IN
charge expect 10 remain from
now on.
Currently the FranCiscans arc
Fr MarcclluS MarlnShek. the
superior. and Er. John -CrlnKa.
BEHIND TIE scenes il
public official who consistently
asks that his name he kept out
Of print for fear IL might be
! taken a. a bid for political CAPT
$tal. He has eked out the farms
, finances, which have been per-
petually too thin. and on .uCca-
sion even has filled his car full
of food when distress call
came that there MaS- nothing IL
cat.
Unlike some other Ventures.
such as the famous Starr Com
moHwcaIth At Albion uS',ySvillc
docs not accept young boys Ut
may some day
j. takes them from L On
bows who arc more than merely
prchlcm- chlIGrea --TF,44tt -'Fe- Ae''---
who have gotten themselves into
trouble serious enough 10 result
IN arrest by the police.
THE DAY was there = wa
2 free day. and the boys we're
sitting IN the parlor playing
rummy and checkers Fr. Mar
ccllus introduced them. and
added, They're good boys
one Of the fellows looked up
and remarked II We were good
BOYS. We wouldn't be here
HOWEVER. Fr. NarcelluS
knows more aboht IL than the
BOYS do. They've been picked up
for automobile thefts and even
more serious oifenses, hut ~
each case there's been Sor'c-
thing worth saving These bnNN,
in the ma ioritv Of instances.
come from broken homes. are
orphans, or in some instances
have come 10 b lows with
drunken parents and left home.
But they are not mean, low
boys arc, AZ heart. And they
not dumbheadS Some. when re-
leased. soon land In prison. hut
not many The ma ioritN prove
that such bows. given ,cnuinc
friendship. have what II cakes
no 20 straight.
One hoy lei of nv a Judge
from charge Of stealing car,
was hack in Jail for the same
offcnSc oven before tho High
land Park policemen who had
taken him 90 court got back 10
their station He went 20 Boy
VILE. And went straight.
Another hoy. fathcrlCSS end
one Of half dozen children Of
mother who lust didn't care
was considered hopeless. until
he got 10 BoysNlllc They opened
a fruit stand there. put MIN IN
charge. and discovered that all
he needed were some rcSpOusI-
biitcS. He's IN the army air
corps now
Another Strengthened out he
cause his sister asked for "A pie
iure ~ him.
(Which will IL be ." they
asked him. ~ picture with
numbers on your chcst--or
without -
He deCided-and stuck To IL.
He's in the navy now. and re-
GENTLY wrote back to BoySviiie,
II don't remember my own
father, hut will always think ni
him A. good, gentle man, like
YOU"
TIE WAR. while n has in.
creased delinquency enormously
has decreased the load Al Boys.
vile. Fl MarcelluS points out
At II and rs the boys are going
into armed service. RE IS trying
10 cntrcnch BoySvillc COR the
postwar years. when The
younger dclinqucntS reach II oI
1S. and are standing at the last
crossroads when the choice Is
prison or going straight.
TIIE BOYS arc divided about
49, half and half. Catholic anc
Protestant and can Worship as
hoy choose The aim is simply
10 give them a good home. on
the premise that any boy, glVcr
half chance, will grow w
straight M
Lastly. il isn't prison There
Ar. no cells. and no bars u
Just a farmhouse. II boy want,
10 run away its easy Some dc
but once Is almost alWay,
enough They learn that quick!
that BoySvlllc isn't punishment
is place 10 got something
that nobody has given them be
fore. A chance.