The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-06
City Vote

chosen in that race. Two Demo.
cratic candidates. DR.. Ira Dean Nc
Coy with 264 city votes, and Char
les p Nugent with .259. trailed the
Republicans.
Eugene B. Elliott (R) obtained
the city vote Of 700 ballots for the
office Of superintendent OF pub
lie instruction; Edward w. McFar-
land (D) trailed with PSI ballots.
stephen S. Nisbet (R) obtained GIL
city votes for member of the state
board OF education while Bernard
T. Foley Cd received FL votes.
The TWO leading candidates for
member of the state board OF agri-
culture were Winfred G. Armstrong
tR) with a total of $50 city votes
and Sarah VanHoosen Jones (R)
with 6Sl. Arthur w. Jewett Cd
followed with 270 and Joseph p
Carey CD was fourth with $50
votes. For state highway commits,
sioner Charles NJ. Ziegler (R) re
ceived 500 city votes and Lloyd
B. Reid Cd followed with 379
votes julius tfaab pofted the most
votes OF any candidate or proposal
in the city ballots with a total Of
7l2 votes for office OF county
school missioner.
Weber, Rider Win
There were but two contests
among county supervisors. Free
man Weber, CD, won from owen
Steffe tR) 365 10 29S in Salem
Township and in Worthwhile Town
ship Albert Rider (R) won III
to IS over A. B. Van Aker, a stick.
er candidate. In that township
two Republican sticker candidates
competed for the treasurership.
Ronald Lyke won los to 100 for
Arthur Wheeler.
Vote Light
The vote in Ypsilanti Township
was light. owing to the lack OF
contests. the total vote cast being
1852. On the state ticket the vote
Emerson Boyles, II: Bert Chand.
Ter "A; Frank l.. McAvinchey 16;
y. F. Reid. So. On the amendments
the vote was on that giving town.
ship officials two year term:
yes. III; no. A. On that simpli-
tying property titles, yes, IS; no.
81.
With no contests, the township
ticket vote was: supervisor. Otis
A. Tooze. $50; clerk, Mrs. Lillian
Sheppard. 1872; treasurer. Nelson
d. Boutell. 14S; Board Of Review.
Orsay Darling. 40: justice OF the
peace, William II. Gallaher, 149;
constables. William f. Colts, 14S;
Lewis Bellen, 1879.
Attendance Small
At the annual town meeting In
Ypsilanti Township, presided over
by Supervisor Otis Tooze, the al.
tendance was unusually small. On
motion Of K. C. Simmonds, It was
voted to continue the appropria-
ton of $50 to pay county fair
premiums to residents OF the town
ship under 81 years of age who may
enter exhibits.
Mrs. Anna Beach, Mrs. James
Beach and Dean Dreyer brought
up the matter of stricter enforce
ment Of the coming ordinance. 1t
was explained by Mr.. Tooze' that
the coming ordinance has been en-
forced and Mrs. Lillian Sheppard.
township clerk, stated that 1t has
done a great service to the town
ship. The difficulty as to bad con-
ditions stated by the speakers is
that they have not understood, so
Mr. Tooze explained, that there is
a Distinction between the coming
ordinance and the building code
and that distinction was made by
a ruling of the attorney general OF
the state that the state law hither-
TO has not permitted counties and
townships to pass building codes
an oversight which has just been
remedied by a newly passed act.
This has caused a delay on the
part of the township board Had
the board tried to enforce the
building code that had been pre-
pared. II would have caused a law
suit in which the board would
have been beaten. Now. under
amended law. it will soon be pos
sible to complete and legally en-
force the code already nearly pre-
pared. conditions. it was admitted,
are bad but unavoidable. hitherto,
the only remedy being through the
state department of health.
George Elliott raised the question
OF what to do about the fly-by-night
trailers whose children are crowd
ing the rural schools. but 1t was
explained by the supervisor that,
inasmuch as the trailer people are
not land owners. il their trailer
should be put on the tax roll and
they should move out of the town
ship. the tax would come back on
the rest Of the township.
Mrs. Paul Samson had with her
an issue OF the Washington Post
Of March 3 which gave a full page
attack on Bomber Plant conditions
in Ypsilanti Township. with Illus
trations made by Col. George
Strong OF the Army. However.
most OF the illustrations were OF
shacks that were built years ago
and whose occupants were here
long before the Bomber Plant was
thought OF, and indeed we're the
cause Of the vote for a zoning or.
dinance two years ago.
Oscar welkenbach. inspector
announced that new dumping
/ ground has been established by the
township-the sinkhole on the
north side OF Boston Road or
J Washtenaw avenue lust beyond
the Lake Shore tracks.