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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-31

her again He was confused a. well
as scared, and he tried to talk the
matter over with his aunt, but she
wouldn't listen.
"You just DO a. those nsen ten
you" she said. and keep your
mouth shut"
But Aunt Freds,- said Feb,
maybe the things Tn hauling
amt tackle and supphes."
What else could they be-" the
woman demanded.
"ENplosives-bombs--
Listen. Feb, cut oxt tax IKE
that-right now"
But in that movie saw the
other night, Some men landed In a
rubber boat from 4 submarine, ard
buried dynamite and stun on an
island, and"
Il told you TO keep your mouth
shut, didn't II"
-Yee'm."
Then see that you DO IT. his
aunt snapped, and got her hat and
coat I've got to hurry and be at
the factory before that Potter
woman gets there with some more
new-fangled ideas about feeding
working men,"
zeb watched her 70, puzzled,
worried and more confused than
ever. Sometimes he felt he would
go stark crazy II he couldn't talk
to someone, someone like that pref
ty Miss Brenda who had given him
such a nice lunch. He wanted to
talk about his aunt, put into words
some Of the naggins thoughts
sbout her that bothered him, even
Kept him awake when he'd let
them.
There were times when he was
certain that his aunt was as con-
fused as he was, or ever more 10.
For instance, the way she had of
talking about her folks" overseas.
worrying about them. She was
working in a factory that was
helping this country. but still say
ing strange things now and then
that made him feel she wasn't sure
which side she wanted TO win the
war. And seeing 50 much OF that
tool-maker, otto, seeming 10 like
him at times and then at other
times acting as though she we're
afraid Of him. Letting him meet
the two men who had the lodge in
her house. But always sending him,
zeb, of to movie, or urging him
of to learn more about operating
a lathe. Things Miss Brenda might
be able to explain. And yet he
dared not see her again. The men
might be spying on him, and he
didn't like the way they had talked.
So he stayed away from the river,
didn't use his beloved motor boat
except at night when the two men
came to get him to go with them.
And wondering IL Miss Brenda
looked for him-expected him.
Which she did.
She had been looking for him for
three days. For three mornings she
had taken her lunch down to the
sandy spot by the river. with its
willows.
What you-all s-goin' down thar
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-31
Fire Damage For City
in I943 Totals $7I,s89

Total damage Of S7l.SS9.5o was
done by fires in YpsilsnH during
the past year according to records
OF Fire Chief James DiFnan. OF this
total $40 $50 was damage to build
ings and &31.323 50 to contents.
Value OF property involved was
1908. 2Sb OF which &733,1S5 was
buildings and fl75100. contents
Insurance carried was 1889 $50 on
the buildings and contents.
There were go calls. ti more
than in the previous year. and
there were two or more inspections
made Of every school. church or
business place in Ypsilani.
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for, honey'- Aunt Mary Moshe,
wanted to know.
Il like eating by the water" said
Brenda. Gold weather will be here
soon, and won't be able to get out
OF doors a great deal. may even
be back in New York"
"Humphw Aunt Mary snortcd.
What for you-aIl want To 20 I'd
there an mix around with them
Yankee devils Yo' place is DOWN
heah whs yo' belongs" She eyed
Brenda quizBically. What yo'
ought to be doing Ia yittin' mar
ried. A purity girl like you-sll il
amt got no business bein' no oil
maid"
Brenda smiled, hswbeit Aorne.
what feebly. Funny thing, Aunt
Mary's speaking Of old maids.
Brenda herself had been thinking
a lot about them here OF late. and
thinking about them hadn't done
her any good. II depressed her.
After all, she had argued with her
self, people ought to marry. It was
the normal thing TO do. A ran
really needed the companionship of
q woman, and a woman certainly
needed the eompanionshp OF
man.
What was there 70 living the Sor,
Of life she lved-aH alone? And
what did Adam North, for exagn-
pie, get out of living as he lived
all alone! Old maids were horrible
things, and bachelors were almost
AZ bad. Something ought TO be
done about II. And as for careers
well, where did they get a woman
after all? A few short years OF lu-
cratvc independence perhaps-and
after that what? That was lust
what was bothering her a great
deal-that what" A four-letter
word and an Interrogation mark.
No answer. A sort OF bleak future.
A blank wall. The end Of the tran
then q life OF loneliness.
Depressing thoughts beside a
iver-and underneath q weeping
willow, OF all things She couldn't
stand 1t any longer, sitting there
thinking, thinking, thinking. To
heck with zeb and his boat. TO
heck with everything but her own
personal life. She had to talk to
someone, and she did so that night.
as she and Adam North we're doing
air raid duty along a street that
led TO the factory grounds. The re-
hearsal had been called Off because
the head air raid warden had called
a blackout,
Adam patrolled one way, Brenda
another. But they met now and
then close TO the factory entrance.
"As a G-woman, I'm a complete
dop," Brenda announced as they
met and paused
Whats happened7" said Adam.
That's just it-nothing.
Maybe you're such q good c.
woman things are afraid 10 hap
pen" Adam grinned. GO on. tell
me what's on your mind"
II will when pass you the next
time" said Brenda. and marched
on. So did Adam.
ITO Re CoutinUedl
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-31
CHAPTER FORTY TWO


MEANWHILE out on LAnville'.
'fttle river q motor boat moved
slowly and steadily upstream. In il
were three people, two men and
thu boy, zeb Rottler. Zeb was al
the wheel, and the two men were
keeping a close watch over him.
IF you 20 much as look at that
dame again" one of the men said
you'll be In no condition to enjoy
this boat Of yours or anything
else"
But had TO save her ex-
ptained Zeb, when she was hang.
Ing to the tree. She couldn't have
held on much longer"
80 what?-
she might have drowned
so what ?"
Feb didn't reply. He gave his at
cention to the steering, looking out
for the boat landing back Of the old
johnson house.
I'VE saw you" the other man
said. sitting there shooting OFF
your mouth when you weren't
stufnng IL with the DANES FOOD
-Yee'r," said Zeb.
Trying to go romantic on us or
something ?"
mo, sir"
well, II you are, youn regret il.
An it takes to mess up something
Is woman's horning i'm
"Yesr."
shut up. We're paying you TO
do this work for us and YOU take
orders. Understand
"Yes'r."
And for heavens sake stop be-
Ping q yes man."
"Yes'r. I mean no, sir
Keep away from that dame :"
me man said Get that straight"
There was threat in his voice and
his posture. IF you don't" he add
led, you'll discover that this meas
W little river of yours will make
swell grave-although q bit wet"
Women" said the other man.
ARE poison when 1t comes to-to
plans like ours"
"Yes'r."
And remember. we're hunters"
one of the men added. Hunters
down for the quail season. Just
that and nothing more"
That's what I told the dame
mean Brenda" said Zeb.
you had no business telling her
anything"
The boat slid around a bend. The
Johnson farm lay in the dimness.
zeb made for the landing.
One OF the men pressed a gun
against Zeb's ribs. zone wrong
Vord, or one wrong move out Of
you," he said, "and-bang,-your
Aunt Freda will be minus
nephew"
'Yes'r," said Iceland felt weak
md scared in the spot where his
stomach was supposed TO be.
The threats that the two men,
us employers, made had their
fleet. and zeb stayed clear Of
5renda, much as he wanted TO see
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81. John Church

Pastor: Father John J. Larkin.
Assistant: Father John r. Brad
ley.
700 $50, s:45, 400 and Els
Sunday Masses.
$50. 7;15, 500 Weekly Masses.
Saturday. IL a m. $3.50, $50.
1880. 900 p. m.-Confessions.
8 .. m. Holy Hour every Friday
evening.
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Miss virginia kidNell vocal solo
ist.
So m-rhe High School Pu-
grim Fellowship Vill meet Nth
Robert Southgats
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Calvary Baptist chureh

Nd'NdTV UaVKIsI NWuT-W
2l9 s. Grove 81.
Mark Dickerson. pastor.
.1c a. m.-Morniug worship
IL q. m sunday School
SIS p. m.-Young Peoples meet
ing.
1880 p. M. Evening Eyangelis.
tic meeting.
Services al the Willow Run Vii
Ilage in the Foster School.
3 p. m-Sunday School.
D. m.-PrPeaching gservice.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-31

London, Eng Prime Minister
Churchill, paying tribute 10 the
sulfa drugs which conquered ms
pneumonia There il no doubt that
pneumonia Ia a very different III.
ness from what IL was before this
wonderful drug was discovered
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-31

The Peoples Church Of The
Mennonite Brethren in Christ
533 W. Cross st.
Rev. o. R. Gilligan, pastor.
10 a. Morning worship.
11:15 a. m Sunday School.
6:45 p. m.-Young Peoples ser
vice.
1880 p. m.-Eyangelistic service.
1880 p. m.-Prayer meeting each
"Wednesday.
s p. Especial New Years Eve
service, special singing and spe-
cial speakers.
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Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran
Church

Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran
Church
Hugo Fenker, pastor.
Ernest Philippi, vicar
Paul Ungrodt, Sunday School
superintendent; Carl Scheffler,
assistant.
9:45 a. m.-Sunday School.
II a. m.-Divine service.
Morning sermon: Our New
Years Promise-Gods Abiding
Presence. Senior and interme-
diate choir anthem: Break Forth
o Beauteous Heavenly Light" by
Bach. Junior choir anthem: The
Stars. Coote.
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EVsnselistie , Mission Tabernacle

EVan9elistie Mission Tabernacle
River Blvd. near Cross ct.
Rev. Daniel l.. Baushey, pastor.
Original Wesleyan
Saturday
Tp m,-Specisl Rally Day serv-
ices Of the Young People. Groups
from various Taberracles will par
tieipste. Evangelist and Mrs. Paul
Lucas will be special guest work
evs. from Lima, Ohio. Also Evan.
sehst Jimmy Miner Of hdianapo-
lis, indiana will speak. Marian
Evans, a IL year old child prodigy
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Congregational Church


(2lS n Adams ST.
Gordon c. Speer. Minister.
Harvey c. Colburn. area minister.
10 a. m.-Sunday School for stu
dents from grade four through high
school.
II a. M Sunday School for chill
dren from age two through grade
three.
II a m--Service OF Worship.
Sermon subject. THE Church
Speaks with Confidence DR.. Har-
old Skidmore, superintendent of
the Michigan congregational and
Christian Conference, guest preach
er. Organ numbers. by Mrs. LIE
land Randall: prelude" bv Boro-
wski; Hymn by LeFebure:
"Marche Solennelle" by Borowski
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Christian and Missionary Allisne,

% South Prospect St
NJ. S. Amstutz. pastor.
10 a. m.-Sunday School.
II a. Morning worship A
New Years message
p. m.-Prayer meeting
$50 p. m.-Young Peoples SO
ciety.
1880 p. m.-Evening Evangelistic
service.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-31

will offer selections on the Grand
piano.
Sunday
9t5 a m. Teachers and work.
ers prayer service.
10 a. Sunday School opens
with class for every age. Loran
Mckenna, superintendent Mac
Coleman, assistant superintendent.
II a. m Marks the opening of
a city wide victory campaign, with
Evangelist Jimmy Miller OF In
dianapolis Indiana. as the speak
err. The services will continue
for two weeks daily.
6:45 p. m.-Youug Peoples ser
vice in charge of the president,
Mac Coleman.
7:15 p. m.-Prsyer Band will
meet at the Tabernacle altar.
1928 p. m.-The Tabernacle Or
chestra will offer short sacred
concert
7:4O--"Tsbernacle Sing Time"
iHterspersed with choruses and
special numbers.
sp. m. Evangelist Jimmy Miller
will bring the regular Sunday
night Bible sermon. Rev. Miller
will speak every night at 7:30
During the campaign he will relate
his strange LIES Story, from the
Underworld 10 the Platform.
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Sunday in Ypsilanti Churches

ing ID. 1867. God is incorporeal.
divine, supreme, infinite Mind,
Spirit. Soul, Principle. Life. Truth.
Love
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10 a m.-Sundsy School. c. G.
Chambers. superintendent
II a. Morning worship Ser
mon subject, she hath done what
she could"
100 ?. m.-Ioung Peoples ser
vice.
S p. m.-Evangelistic service.
Special singing
First Chi reh OF the NAIsrene
(7lS n. Prospect St, between
Forest and Holmes Rdl
Rev. J. W. Burgess. Pastor.
9;45 a. m.-Sundsy School with
classes for all ages
1915 a .m.-Chorus time for the
children. George II. Gregg. sup
erintendent.
II a. Worship hour
$50 p. m-Pre prayer service.
Gas y. mn. Y. p. s.
las p. m.-Evangelistic service.
Rev Roberts will bring the mes
sage at this service.
Old fashion Gospel singing. spe-
cial singing. music and choruses. a
part of each service.
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Rev. Paul Lucas
and Wife
OF Lima, Ohio

Will be among the Guest
Workers at the Special Rally
Day Services for Young
People
January the First, 1914
They are some Of the best
Gospel Workers today.
Many will be happy to see
and hear them again who
met them at our last sum-
mer's Camp Meeting.
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Church Of Christ
sos W. Cross st.
G. Wheeler Utley. minister
10 a. m.-Suhday School.
IL a. Worship. sermon
s:45 p. m.-Youhg peoples 50
minute service. FurHer sharpe
leader.
T:4b y. m.-Seymon.
Free Methods Church
(Cor. Lowell and St John Sts.)
r. e. MoreA, Pastor.
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Rantikt Tabernacle


Robert +. Nichols, minister.
Service in the Assembly of God
Church, corner Michigan Ave. and
Prospect St.
2 p. m.-Bible School. classes for
|,ll ages.
3 p. m.-Worship Hour, subject
Fighting LIES Battles, New
Year message.
4:15 p. Worship hour in the
Ross School, Clark Rd.. Willow
Run Village. Subject, Gods pur-
pose in your life and mine, New
Year message.
First Church OF Christ. Scientist
$50 a. m.-Sundsy School.
1o:46 a. m-Morning service.
1880 p. m, Wednesday evening
ervice.
God" will be the subject Of
he Lesson. Sermon in all Christian
Science Churches throughout the
world on Sunday. January 2.
The Golden Text (Revelation
i:3) Is: Behold, the tabernacle
God is with men, and he will
lwell with them, and they shall
W his people, and God himself
hall be with them. and be their
lod.''
Among the Bilbs citations Is
his passage Acts 17:24 25):
God that made the world and all
hihgs therein. seeing that he is
ord OF heaven and earth. dwelleth
OF In temples made with hands;
feitber is worshipped with men 5
snds, as though he needed any
ming. seeing he giveth to all life,
cd breath, and all things"
Correletive passages to be read
rom the Christian Science text
ook, Science and Health with
.ey to the Scriptures, by Mary
,akW EDDY, include the follow
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-31

Wv INV eAFtN lHilhlAc Mluus
Spirit. soul, Principle, Life, Truth.
Love-
St. luks'S Episcopal Church
Rev Thomas Fraser will con
duct the services. Rev. Fraser is
from New York City and is a
candidate for rector.
Sa m.-Holy Communion.
$50 a. m.-Church School.
II a. m.-Holy Communion and
sermon.
Willow Run Evangelical Lutheran
Church
missouri Synod
25s5 +. Michigan Ave.
Arthur F. Boyer. pastor
a F. c. Pfotenhauer, assistant
pastor.
II a. m.-Special services on
New Years day.
Regular morning service with
sermon on Jan. 2. Holy Commun-
ion will also be celebrated on
Jan. 2 Announcements for holy
communion may be made after the
service on New Years day.
First Presbyterian Church
Raymon Burns Bair. minister.
W. Morgan Lewis. area minister.
10 a. m.-Church School Class
Is for all ages. Adult class by the
minister.
1855 a m.-Nursery classes
1855 a. Divine worship. Ser
mon by the minister, Facing the
New Year Without Fear.
Mrs. Thomas O'Dea will play
the organ numbers
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The threats that the two men,
bus employers, made had their
|.nect. and zeb stayed clear Of
Brenda, much As he wanted TO see
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
PROSPECT IS BAD
Distillers May Not Produce
Beverage Alcohol In 1914

WASHINGTON, Oct. "A. -(P-
An official of the War Production
Board said today there is no pros
pect now that distillers will be
allowed to produce any alcohol for
beverage purposes through 1914.
DR.. Walter G. Whitman, assis-
tant director of the WPB chemi-
calls branch, testified before a Sc
nate Agriculture subcommittee
that the war program will con-
tinue to take the entire output of
distillers and industrial producers
for an indefinite period, and we
see no prospect now that there
can be any beverage alcohol pro-
duced through next year.
The only bright spot in the pic
ture for replenishing beverage
stocks, he said, is that improved
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
KIWANIANS PICK
DISTRICT HEAD
Jeff Bates OF Columbia Is
Elected Carolinas
Governor

DURHAM, Oct. 14.-'R-Kiwanis
elected Jeff P. Bates of Columbia,
S. c., to governorship of the Caro-
linas district as the final feature
in the district convention OF about
200 delegates which closed here
this afternoon.
Greenville. S. c., was chosen dur
ing the election as the convention
site for 1914.
Lieutenant Governors for each
of the nine divisions of the dis
trict. named in the election, are:
Division l. Ladd Hamrick of Kings
Mountain: Division 2, Harold j.
Dillehay of Charlotte; Division 8,
Sanford Martin of Winston-Salem;
Division 4. Durwood Creech of
Smithfield; Division 5. Tom C. Car
ter OF Mebane; Division 6. Hugh
C. Horton of Williamson; Division
7. Donald H. Conley of Greenville,
N. c.: Division 8. James S. Ro-
gers, Jr., of Mccall; Division ..
john Hayes of Laurens.
H. W. Henning of Darlington
was reelected secretary.
The new governor has been
treasurer and lieutenant governor
Of the South Carolina Eighth di-
vision. He was nominated for
district governor by the caucus of
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
CITY employees
MAY GET HOMES
Four Departments Eligible
For War Worker
Housing

Employees of four departments
of the city government are now
eligible for war housing accom-
modations in Wilmington.
Newly listed by the National
Housing Agency are the local
fire, recreation, police and en-
cheering departments.
The V. P. Lofts construction
company has also been added to
the list of firms and establish
ments which includes the Alan
tic Coast Line Railroad company,
C. D. Maffitt and company, Cape
Fear Shipping company, Ethyl
Dow Chemical company, North
Carolina Shipbuilding company,
Southeastern Shipping Service,
and Wilmington Iron Works.
Louie E. Woodbury., manager of
the War Housing Center, said
Thursday that employees OF the
five new e1igibles should make
application for housing facilities
through their employers who will
certify applicants to the War Hous-
ing Center, BIT Southern Build
ing.
Individuals on the MAS local.
ty list include civilian employees
of the United States Army Air
Base, Camp Davis, Fort Fisher,
Maritime Commission. and U. S.
District Engineers office.
Occupations and services-city
water department, dentists, doc
tors, educational services, nurses
Postal Telegraph company. South
ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
company, Tide Water Power com
pany, and Western Union Tele
graph company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
CITY BOARD HAS
l,&5 FATHERS
Has Sent l,64O Men To In
duction Station At
Fort Bragg

According to statistics released by
City Draft Board No. 1, 1856 white
fathers of the draft eligible age
1S to 38-are registered under the
board. There are Ala white men
now classified in BE-. many of
whom are fathers, but the majority
of this number is gradually being
replaced in essential war jobs.
Officials divulged that a rapid
reclassification of the 474 white men
who are now 3-A to the IA cate
CORY is necessary for fulfillment of
the November quotas. A small num-
Der of this total will be classified as
2-B due to essential war jobs, but
it was explained that they would
probably be indicted at a later
date as requirements are obtained.
The results of an inventory taken
from the period September Is to 80
for the purpose of determining man.
power availability, shows that City
Draft Board No. 1 has indicted 1,64O
men between the ages of Is and 38
since the inception of the National
Selective Service Act three years
ago Total registration for the same
period was 9,841. Enlistments over
this same three year period through
Cit Board No. / have included 444
white men and 49 Negroes.
OF the total registration, 1888
were determined as physically unfit
for the armed services including 624
white men and 759 Negroes:
The board announced that "A men
are classified &c because of agri-
o,,1furo1 uork
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
Watchman's Demise Said
To Be From Heart Attack

The death of Monroe Bordeaux,
49-year-old Waterman for the Ma
vassa fertilizer plant, was due to
natural causes, Coroner Asa w.
Allen said Thursday.
Bordeaux was found by fellow
workers in a state of collapse. He
was taken to James Walker Mem
orial hospital where attendants
pronounced him dead on arrival.
Coronary thrombosis is believed to
have caused the attack. q.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15

shipping conditions have resulted
in more imports Of gin and rum
from Cuba, Puerto RIGA and other
Caribbean areas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
ARMY CONTRACTS

The Wilmington District Engi-
neer's office announced Thurs
day that three contracts have beet
let to North Carolina contracting
concerns by the Army Engineers.
The contracts included the fol
lowing:
Southern Mapping and Engi.
neering company, Greensboro,
fertilizing and grassing in Carter.
ct county, less than $4,000.
E. W. Grannis, Fayetteville,
paving, clearing and stunping in
Richmond county, less than $780,
900.
L. B. Baltimore, Greensboro, to
construct buildings and utilities in
Guilford county, less than $50, 600.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15

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made me feel SO achy and slug
g1sh. l think Pow-o-lin one of the
best medicines that ever came
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Pow-o-lin is purely herbal, lax
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due to constipation. Thousands of
your own neighbors praise it and
1t is sold on money back guar
antee by Thomas Drug Store: eau
ton: Use only as directed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-15
Reckless Driving Case
To Be Heard October ~

The case of Henry Baton, whose
car was involved in a collision
with one driven by Mrs. M. D.
Watson early Thursday, will be
heard in Recorders court Octo
Der %.
Baton, driving toward the ship
yard, is said to have struck Mrs
Watson's car when she attempt.
ed to drive onto the Carolina
Beach road. Patrol1nen investigat
ing the crash said the latter ma
chine was thrown 80 feet, bu
Mrs. Watson sustained only slight
injuries.
Baton was charged with reck-
less driving and his bond was sci
at $3.50.