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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-18
Games Enjoyed
by Newcomers

About so OF the Newcomers Club
and several OF the older residents
OF the city enjoyed games and
dancing and a buffet supper at Gil
bert House, Saturday evening. The
dining table, from which the sup
per was served, was decorated with
a small Christmas tree.
Cards and bingo were played
until the arrival Of a three piece or
chestra, which provided music for
dancing.
Prize winners for cards were
Mrs. II. Nicholson and John Jebb;
bingo, Mrs. A. W. Ziegler The
door prizes were won by Mrs.
Charles Power and Mrs. Earl
Blakesley.
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Harriet School Children to
Present Play Tuesday Night

Trigg. joyce Grant, Delena Wilson,
Dorothy Purdy, Norma Lee Harri-
son and Viola Pitts; Mary, Frances
Luten: Joseph, Kenneth Baker;
Jeanette, Betty Jacobs; Isabella,
Eva Bow.
A special choir selected from
children OF all grades will furnish
background music for the play. The
other students OF the school will be
seated in front OF the stage and
sing Christmas carols and other
music that is connected with the
play. Members OF the special
choir are Lee Edward Frazier, An
nabelle Erwin. Barbara Anderson,
Uziel Hamilton, Freda Grant, Allen
Roper, Raymond Reed. Reginald
Pogue, Shirley Taylor, Azzie Addie.
Elizabeth Westfield, Mary Mitchell,
Harry Etchison, Mckenzie Will
liams, Pauline Collins and Nancy
Mayhawk.
The special choir will sing
Christmas Comes Again Joyful
Christmas" Bright Star OF Christ
mas" The Christmas Tree, go
Tell II On the Mountain"
Directresses OF the play are Miss
Wanda Smith and Miss Ruth Sey-
mour. Costumes are by Mrs. Anna
/ Ockerson, Mrs. Vita Vest and Miss
Faye Miller. Directress OF music
Is Mrs. Olive Kersey; pianist is
Miss Villa Ewing and scenery was
arranged by Mrs. Terissa Smith
Mrs. Yyonne williams. Mrs. Laura
Mullins and Mrs. Margaret Hutch
inson.
At the conclusion OF the program
| Christmas bags will be given tC
the students OF the various grades
IN the school.
Special parties will be held II
the rooms on Wednesday at which
time children will exchange gifts
The teachers will exchange gift
at the home OF Mrs. Williams afte
the play Tuesday evening.
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Chaplin

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nounced, will be DR.. Russell Starr,
who attended the 24-year-old Miss
Barry at the birth OF her daughter.
Carol Ann, IA months ago.
Starr. said Scott, will be asked
to establish the approximate date
OF the child's conception. Miss
Barry says it was in December,
1912. The silver-haired screen vet
eran denies paternity.
Scott, asking prospective jurors
whether his conduct would preju.
dice them against the baby, said:
II may have to talk to Mr.. Chap.
lin in language he may not like"
Miss Barry will be the next wit
ness after Chaplin, the attorney
said.
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Rotary

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Birth OF Jesus according to the Cos
pei of st. Luke" and Yes, Virginia
There is a Santa Claus"
A number of dolls we're contrib
uted to the general Christmas col
lection of gifts for children in hos
pitfalls or special classes and little
Miss Joyce Proctor wasrselected
to receive the first Rotary doll.
Olin c. Eckley. Rotary chairman
OF the Sixth War Loan, announced
that club sales have reached
$4,000.
Guests were -Ypsilanti: 10 Pat
Haig, Bob Spencer, Roger f. Smith,
Joan Schrepper, Barbara Warner,
Emil Bair, Joyce Proctor, Bobby
Ungrodt, Ellen Camp, Mary Alice
Warner. Bob Chapelle, Donna
Heine, Charles Lurkins, Kathleen
Sears, Stephen Van Buren,, Beulah
Hankinson, George Z. Foster,
George Menzi, Jill Richardson, jan
ice Richardson, Bob Nissly. Mary
Jane Missy, Rene DeLynn Whit
mire. Donald Seyey, Margaret
Lord. Nicholas H. Fletcher, Peter
b. Fletcher. Joe Laurence, Joyce
Seamans Larson, Susan Eckley,
Harrison P. Quirk. Daniel G. Quirk,
James F. Warner. Pvt. Hermann A.
Keller, NJ. B. Rogers, and Betty
Vanden Belt Reyer. Guests from
other cities were: 1t. G. NJ. Nc
Culloeh. Stewart Field, New YORK,
S. P. Barnett. New York City, Wal
ter ]. Coyle, Royal Oak, George 4,
Carrothers, Ann Arbor, T. Luther
Purdoin. Ann Arbor, Earl Fowler
Ann Arbor. John Patterson, Belle
VILE, Roy E. Campbell, Garden
CitV
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THE WILLOW RUN News

s3O3,000 lin cash) OF bonds in
order to buy the big plane, All per.
sons who bought bonds in the
school drive were allowed to auto
graph a special book which was
added to the ships records and
delivered to the Army with the
plane.
Participating in the drive were
the Henry Ford Trade School, Ford
Apprentice School. Ford Aircraft
School. Ford Airplane School, Ford
Naval Training School. Ford Train
ing School and the Highland Park
School. Frederick Z. Searle is sup
perintendent of the Ford Industrial
Schools, which have a combined
enrolment OF more than 5000 stu
dents and are stated by 700 In
structoTs.
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Back in Custody

Ann Arbor, Mich, Dec. 1S-Paul
Hastings, As, Napoleon, is back IN
the county Jail for ipvestigation
of a disorderly charge just four
DAYS after he was released from a
perjury charge. Hastings was ap'
pretended after two women COM
planned that he had been follow
ing them. Since no draft classifi-
cation card was found on his per
son, Hastings is being held for the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-18
CaIendarot Social Events

TODAY
Washenaw Fellow Christmas party o'clock Odd
Fellow Hall
TUESDAY
Ypant Veterans Of Foreign Wars o'clock in
Hall.
Ypsan Business Professional Club Christmas din
$50 p. m, Ladies' Literary Club House Bring
small exchange gift Christmas
program Mrs Blanche Kissane, chairman
Ypslanu Womens Christian Temperance Union o'clock
AT home of Mrs Spencer exchange Of Christmas gifts
Phoenix 10 and A. NJ dinner $50 in Masonic
Temple followed by special communication and
installation OF officers.
Loyal o. Moose, O'Clock, Moose Hall
sewing knitting five, WEIGH Hail. TO and
surgical dressings $50; Luks Church House surgical
dressings $50 to 4 O'Clock.
Degree OF Honor, o'clock at Church
business meeting election Of officers Exchange Of
centC Christmas gifts refreshments.
of meeting and
officers dinner with guests exchange OF
Christmas gifts St Lukes Church House
Industrial Pleasure Club $3.50, with Mrs A. E House.
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Ford Students
Dedicate Plane

Ford Industrial School students
and instructors turned out in mass
Saturday afternoon TO dedicate the
Liberator bomber, School Daze"
which they purchased with war
bonds.
Immediately after a ceremony at
the Willow Run Army Air Base dur
ing which the bond buyers and
statesmen were allowed TO write
their names on the side OF the
bomber, the four.engined bomber
was flown away by a crew from
the Bomber Plant
The schools sold approximately
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New Deal

Continued from Page One)
are Guney (D)-Pa), Pepper ID
Fla, and Murray (D.Mont.).
As the Senate convened to open
debate on the nominations the
three senators and Sen. LaFollette
(P.WisD, pushed a resolution TO
send all the nominations back to
the Foreign Relations Committee
so that Mr.. Roosevelt can submit
new list when the new congress
convenes Jan. 3.
The nominees under attack are:
to be Undersecretary OF State. Jo-
seph c. Grew; to be assistant secre.
taries, William l.. Clayton, Archi.
bald MacLeish, Nelson A. Rookie
Teller. Brig. Gen. julius c. Holmes
and James c. Dunn.
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MAS. MlLHELMINA JORDAN

MRS, WllHElmINA JORDAN
Mrs. Wilhemina Jordan passed
away Saturday morning about 10
o'clock. She was born May 81,
1s49 in Hansdorf. Germany. daugh-
ter OF Wilhelm and Anna NJ. Jose
wski.
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Henry NJ Semi, Ypsilanti,
with whom she made her home for
the past 80 years; three sons, Rob-
ert, Paul and Albert, all in Wis
consin; nine grandchildren and u
greatg rsndchildren. Her husband,
Johann A. Jordan, preceded her in
death. Feb. 81. 1871.
Funeral services will be from the
Moore Funeral Home, this after
noon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. George
Daschner officiating.
Burial will be in Michigan Me
mortal Park Cemetery. near Flat
Rock.
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GUESTS ESCAPE

Sandusky. Mich, twenty-five
guests OF the Mcdonald Hotel es.
capped unframed this morning when
fire destroyed the three.story brick
structure. Among the guests were
10 patients OF the Tweedie clinic
temporarily housed at the hotel.
The fire was discovered shortly az
ter two o'clock by a cook. Its cause
has not been determined. Most OF
the guests lost all their personal
belongings.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-18
MISS ANNA LOMBARD

Mrs. Roy Connolly received word
OF the death of Miss Anna Belle
Lombard, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael Lombard. Los Angeles,
Cal. former residents of Ferris ST.,
this city. Miss Lombard, whose
death occurred Sunday in a Los
Angeles hospital Of bronchial pneu-
monia. was born here and had
lived here until about ten years
ago when she moved to Los Ange-
les with her parents. She had been
attending the University OF South
ern California.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-18

The pupils OF Harriet School
will present their annual Christmas
play Tuesday evening at 1880 in
their gymnasium. The play Is en-.
titled. 20 Come Let Us Adore
Him" Those taking part are: The
reader, Ruth Cox: the Three Shep.
herds, George Richardson. Ronald
Edmonds, Tracy Foley; the Three
Wise Men, James Grady, James
Washington, john A. Williams; the
Angels, Dorothy Rutley, Elretta
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-18
ALEC A. RouTELL

Alec A. Boutell passed away Sat
urday afternoon at 3 o'clock at his
home, 602 Congress st. He was
born Nov. /, 1875 in Augusta Town
ship, son OF Hiram S. and Mary
Conner Boutell. He married Mabel
]. HI nlon, June 22, 1898, in Chatta-
nooga. Tenn.
He is survived by his wife and
one daughter. Mrs. Robert NJ. Va1
Duzer, Jr., Detroit; three grandchh-
dren. and one brother, WiUam
Boutell, futile Hill.
He was a Spanish War veteran,
a member OF Phoenix Lodge num-
Der IS F. and A. NJ, and Of the
First Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 at the Moore Flu
neral Home with Rev; Walterr B.
Heyler officiating. Burial will be
in ST. John Cemetery
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In the Sick Room

Mrs. Clinton Losee is slowly re-
covering from an operation in Boyer
Hospital.
Miss Virginia Miller is in Boyer
Hospital recovering from injuries
received when she slipped and fell
downstairs.
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raining

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the peace by being so strong no
one will attempt TO start another
war"
Protests, he added, have dwin.
died and been offset by endorse.
ments OF the legislation.
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Centerpiece For
USO Attractive

The buffet table at the USO Club
Sunday evening was attractively
decorated with a centerpiece OF
pine cones and pine boughs. Red
candles in popcorn ball candle
sticks completed the decorations.
The supper menu consisted OF city
chicken, French fried potatoes, as
sorted relishes. hot rolls and home
made bread, fresh fruit cocktail,
Christmas cookies and coffee. Mrs.
Ray Stokes donated all the home
canned fruit used in the fruit cock.
tail served to 125 servicemen and
hostesses.
Sunday morning breakfast was
served at 9 a. N. at the USO Club
10 a crowd OF so appreciative serv.
icemen.
The cookie Jars were filled this
week with delicious homemade
cookies baked by members OF the
lpsilanti Garden Club and the Jol-
ly Mixers Club.
Saturday evening Mrs. A. L. How
ard and Mrs. d. Nicoll OF the Navy
Mothers Club were the hostesses In
charge at the USO Club.
The weekly Friday night dance
at the Air Base was held in the
Post Chapel with music furnished
ny q Detroit orchestra, Mr.. and
1Irs. Thomas H. O'Dea, Harold Ma
zee, and Charles X. Hart attended
the dance as chaperones. Mrs.
I,alph V. Wright served as the host,
css in charge at the USO Club.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-18

CHICAGO-INS- only one sur.
vivor remained today OF Chicago's
famous Haymarket riot in 1886
when eight policemen were killed
and "A injured. George w. Roy.
craft, 81, who was one OF. the two
survivors, died yesterday at the
home OF his daughter, Frances.
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Co-Chairnen of
Canteen Named

Mrs. Luther Kisor and Mrs. A.
c. Spiegel have been elected CO.
ehairmen OF the Junior Canteen
Adult Council. Chaperones for the
next month will be in charge Of
Mrs. Spiegel. The Junior Canteen
Council is requesting parents to as
sistsin the chaperoning as one func-
ton in the community youth pro-
gram.
Chaperones Of the Junior Can
teen for the past four weeks have
been Mrs. William Durant, Mrs.
Paul Ungrodt, Mrs. F. B. William
son, Mr.. and Mrs, George Wallace
and Mrs. Fred Easing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-18
BUYS BLOCK

Sturgis - Bernard Greenbaum,
Chicago realtor. has purchased the
Walton block, built in 1871 by ]. F.
Walton and the late Charles Wal
ton. founders OF to Royal Easy
Chair Co OF Sturgis.
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Ypsildnh Briefs
Plan Meeting

Plan Meeting
There will be a meeting OF the
executive board Of the Taxpayers
Association Thursday, December 81
at the home OF Charles Hill, presi
dent otfhe association.
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Bible Readings

Monday, December 10: I corinth
isns IS
How can we cope with the prob
lem OF death? especially today
when Il is becoming a more
frequent and familiar enemy7
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Suffers Injury

Nine year old Patty Armstrong,
SIS St. John St, was taken to Boyer
Hospital Saturday with an injured
back, resulting from an accident
which occurred when she ran from
behind parked cars and was struck
by car driven by Anthony Angel
man, Ann Arhor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-18
Attend wedding

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hunt and Mr..
and Mrs. Lee N. Brown attended
she wedding OF Lieut.. Burris NJ.
wolters, Tecumseh, TO Marian Ruth
Mowbrsy, Detroit, at the Jehovah
Lutheran Church, Detroit. They
also attended the reception after
wards at the home OF the brides
brother, r. Mowbray. Lieut.. VOTERS
is the son Of Mrs. Thomas Elliott,
formerly Of this city.
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Rural Events
ON { SDAY
CaIana

Christmas party. All divisions
Salem Girl Scouts, Federated
Church dining room in evening af-
ter caroling.
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Injured

Injured
Mrs. Grace Taylor, Ann Arbor,
was treated for decorations at Boyer
Hospital, Sunday. She was injured
when the car in which she was
passenger collided with a vehicle
driven by Edmund Weaver, Dear
born. Mrs. Taylor was riding with
Mrs: Helen Taylor Detler who was
unable to avoid Weayer's car which
had skidded into her path.
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Christ Lutheran Chapel

Christ Lutheran Chapel
Thursday, Dec. 81, 1880 p. NJ
Clay Hill Story Hour Christmas
program.
Friday, Dec. %, 1880 p. NJ
Chapel Chums Carolling and Christ
mas party.
Daily, Monday through Friday,
5 p. m.-Chime-time Story Hour.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-18
Back From Africa

George w. Westcott, NJ. D., and
his family will arrive in Ypsilanti
from New York City in a few days.
He and his family sailed from Mat
adj in the Belgian Congo about
November II and sent a message
telling OF their arrival at New York
that reached his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sanford II. Westcott, IS S.
Summit St, on December IA.
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Wrist Broken

Wrist Broken
Harold Bevier, 321 s. Prospect
St, was taken TO Boyer Hospital
for treatment OF a broken wrist
which he suffered in fall on Mich.
igan Ave. near the bridge.
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Donates Funds

Forum Club has donated funds to
Boyer Hospital for purchase Of
laboratory equipment
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Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Willoughby
have returned to Robbins, Tenn.
after visiting relatives in the city.
Mrs. Marie Kennedy and daugh-
ter Miss Marie spent Thursday in
Ann Arbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Thumm and
Foster Thumm attended the theater
in Detroit Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Frankenberry
left Sunday for a three months
stay at Yuma, Arizona, on the ranch
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Howe and also
at La Jolla, California.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-18

A bridge recently built in Iraq
Is lowered 90 feet under water to
permit ships to pass over Il.
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Hand Bitten

Hand Bitten
Gerald Frazier, eleven year old
studeM at Harriet School, was bit
ten on ehe left hand by stray dog.
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Church Briefs
Willow Run Evangelical Lutheran.

Willow Kun Evangelical Iutheran'
Church
(Missouri Synod
Children's Christmas program
will be held at the church on Fri.
day evening, Dec. %.
Adult Membership Glass meets
Friday evening at the Service Cen
ter, 23S Spencer Lane.
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Baptist Tabernacle
Wednesday, 1880 p. m.-Bible
Study and Prayer Service.
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ALFRED DE WAELE

Alfred DeWaele, father of Mrs,
owen ]. Cleary, died Sunday at
his home, 613 N. Van Buren, St,
Bay City. where friends may call.
Funeral services will be at st.
James Church, Bay City, Wednes-
day morning at 9 o'clock.
Mr.. DeWaele was born Aug. 81,
1874 in Bay City and for many
years was connected with the fur
niture business. The past eight
years he was register of deeds for
Bay County.
The survivors are his wife,
Catherine: the children, Mrs.
Cleary; Mrs. Mac Donnelly, Plym-
outh; Miss Catherine, Bay City;
Sgt. Alfred with the armed forces
in France; a sister, Mrs. Calvin
Campbell, Indian River; four broth
ers. Arthur, Bay City, Henry, Ros-
common, Emile, Saginaw, Edgar,
Belgium; and five grandchildren.
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MAS JAcoeINA BURKHAROT


Saline. Dec. 1S-Mrs. Jacobina
Burkhardt passed away at her resi-
dence. PA w. Michigan Ave. Sun
day evening at the age of 81.
She was born in Germany on
June 4. 1863. Jacobina Visel. On
Nov. 10, 1888. at Saline, she was
married to Jacob Burkhardt who
preceded her in death on Feb. IA,
1924. Mrs. Burkhardt was mem
Der of Trinity Lutheran Church,
Saline. and the Ladies' Aid Society
of that church.
Surviving ere two sons, Alvin
and William, both OF Saline; two
daughters, Mrs. John Finkbeiner'
Saline, and Mrs. John Moody, Ann
Arbor. One daughter, Mrs. Her
man Wachenhutt, died III 1880.
She is also survived by one sister
Mrs. George Huss, Ann Arbor'
eight grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren Private SER
vices will be conducted at the home
at1:30 Wednesday followed by pub
lie services at o'clock at the
Trinity Lutheran Church, with Rev.
II. l.. Engel officiating. Burial Will
be in lakewood cemetery. Friends
NAV call at the residence.
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Glamour Girl Faces
Hill Billy RassIer

Rose Evans, a glamour girl from
Hollywood, will rassle Elvira Snod-
grass, a Mountain States product
in one of three gal matches at Grit
fifth Stadium Wednesday night. In
the other pairings, Mae Young, a
favorite here under the moniker of
Blond Bombshell," meets Nell
Stewart of Columbus, Ohio, and May
Weston. an Oklahoma cowgirl, tus-
sles with Gladys Gillen. The elm
ination contests will select a grap-
plet to battle with Mildred Burke,
known to admirers as the world
champion"
The male half of the card will be
topped by the meeting of Herman
Dutch) Rohde and Dapper Don
Evans to determine Joe Turner's
challenger for Babe Sharkey's
heavyweight Crown"
Turner brings his mixed card into
the ball park at popular prices, the
first of several mat shows he plans
to stage in the stadium during the
summer
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Junior SoftbaII Circuit
Provides Three Classes

Eastern Branch Boys Club is
forming a junior softball league
for the summer and has room for
some teams.
There will be three classes, IL
years old and under, IA and under
and 16 and under. Playground
teams are invited.
Barney Ross, Atlantic 0949. would
be glad to talk with representatives
of any teams desiring to enter the
rirrl1it
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Graziano Starts Stiff Toll
For Bout With MoIIis

Rocky Graziano, getting set for
the battle of his booming career
with Tommy Mollis in Grifhth Sta
dunn May 20, has started intensive
training at Stillman's gym in New
York His handlers, Art Haley and
Irving Cohen, have notified Gabe
Menendez that the hard-hitting
Italian sensation will work at Still
mans the next few days and then
shift to Washington in midweek for
his final preps.
Graziano made a big hit with the
customers here in slapping down
Bobby Brown and Freddy Graham,
but in Mollis he is facing a crafty
veteran who has been favorite
locally for years. The bout carries
an important reward, as the winner
probably will get a shot at AL
Dummy Davis in ball park fea-
ture next month.
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Purent-T eucher Activities
BY MRS. MACKALL FETzER,

BY MRS. MACkALL FETZER,
President District Of Columbia Congress OF
Parents and Teachers,
In a little more than a month,
the public schools will dismiss for
the summer vacation, and COM
munities will be faced with the
problem of providing adequate rec
reational facilities for their young
people. Fairgrounds will open,
stated as well as possible under the
present conditions, but that this
stating will be below the normal
need is foregone conclusion. Not
enough money is available to pay
salaries high enough to lure trained
personnel away from other jobs,
and not enough people are available
to supply the demand, if there were
money enough to pay them.
The opE possible solution lies in
the recruitment of volunteer help
ers, and here is type of war work
that mothers with young children
may find time to do, greatly to their
liking. A few days ago the volunteer
recruiting bureau issued an appeal
for persons to register for this type
Of volunteer work. Naturally, per-
sons who would be accepted for
this work would be those with some
training in recreation leadership:
who could supervise and instruct
in games, teach handicraft, main
tain discipline on the Fairgrounds,
and make them a place of real rec
reation for the young people, rather
than just q vacant lot.
Another suggestion, which is
worthy of consideration, IS for COM
munities to enlist the youngsters in
"odd jobs corps"-in other words
to organize them into groups willing
to do the countless odd jobs which
are constantly cropping up in
homes, and which it is so difficult
to get done. There are lawns to be
moved, windows washed, kitchen
and bathroom floors scrubbed,
junior to be watched while mother
mafkets-in fact the list could be
heightened to the point where it
would become staggering to con-
template. Naturally these young
people would expect to be paid for
their labors, and householders
would be only too glad, I am sure,