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Evening star., 1944-10-22
Charles Worthington, 81, Dies;
PGA Co-Founder and Inventor
IndustriuIist Owned
And Operated Plants
Of Several Types

Charles Campbell Worthington
internationally known industrialist
and sportsman who helped to or
ganize the Professional Golfers As
sociation, died yesterday at his
home, 210l Connecticut avenue
NV. He was 81 years old.
A native of Brooklyn, he was the
son of Sara Newton Worthington
and Henry r. Worthington, inventor
of type of steam pump and founder
of the Worthington Pump g. Ma
chinery Corp.
After graduation from the Co.
lumbia University School of Mines,
Mr.. Worthington entered the pump
business and on his fathers death
in 1880 took over direction Of the
organization. AS its president he
operated pump plants in England,
Germany, Austria and France. In
1899 the business was incorporated
under the title of the International
Steam Pump Co. Of which Mr..
Wortnington was president until his
resignation in 1900. He also owned
and controlled the Holley Steam
Pump Co. of Buffalo, N. Y.
Later his business interests turned
to automobiles and he designed and
built several steam automobiles
Turning to gasoline engines, he Or
ganized the Worthington Automo-
bile Co., which introduced several
types of domestic and foreign pleas
ure cars.
He was cited by the British after
devising system by which water
could be delivered to the British
Army across a 200-mile desert dur
ing the Egyptian Sudan insurrec-
ton.
One of the early golfers of this
country, Mr.. Worthington helped
organize the Professional Golfers
Association when he invited a group
of professional golfers to his sum
inert resort, Buckwood Inn. near
Shawnee e-on-Delaware, Pa, In 1912
He also helped develop several golf
clubs in New York and Pennsyl-
vania.
>In 1914 he invented the first COM
mercially successful gang mower
now used extensively for cutting
large acreages of lawn and goli
fairways. He founded the Shawnee
Mower Co., now the Worthington
Mower Co., which has ben awarded
the Army Navy "E" for IT'S produc-
ton record in manufacturing mow-
ers used on airflelds Of the armed
forces.
For the last Is years, Mr.. Worth
ington had spent his winters In this
city and was a member of the Chevy
Chase Club. His 5,000-acre estate
near Shawnee . on Delaware, Pa.
was one of the show places OF Penn
sylvania. He also maintained an
estate at Irvington on Hudson
| N. Y.
Mr.. Worthington Is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Maude Clement
Rice Worthington, and two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Sara w. Holt, Manches.
ter, England, and Mrs. Alice w
Noah Of Washington. He also is
survived by three children from his
first marriage to Julia Apgar He'd
den. They are Mrs. Julia w. Saw.
telle, Englewood, N. j.; Edward H
Worthington, East Stroudsburg, Pa.
and Reginald S. Worthington
Shawnee -on-Delaware.
Funeral services will be held Tues
day at Shawnee-on-Delaware Burial
will be In Worthington Chapel,
Elmsford, N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-10-22
Copies Of 4 D. {. Papers
Buried With NewsdeaIer

A copy of each of the four Wash
ington daily newspapers which he
had sold here for years was buried
with Robert c. Janney Friday in
the Washington Memorial Cemetery
under plans Of group of his COL
leagues which arranged his burial
rites.
Mr.. Janney, who sold papers in
the vicinity of Pennsylvania avenue
and Tenth street NV, died October
IL, five days after he was struck by
a streetcar as he crossed Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
Fellow news vendors chipped in
to save him from a pauper's burial
after the morgue was notified that
Evening star., 1944-10-22
Briton to Tell OF Robots

Jack Wincour, recently returned
member of the British Information
Services, will discuss robot bombing
and its effect on London at the
third birthday celebration of Mid
City Civilian Defense Area 46 at 8
pm. Friday in Garnet-Patterson
Junior High School, Vermont
avenue and v street NV.
Evening star., 1944-10-22

a sister in Ohio was unable to make
the arrangements.
Funeral services were held at the
Flanagan funeral home, 4l2 H street
NE, with the Rev. s. w. Cranston
of the First Baptist Church, Capitol
Heights, Md, ofiiciating. Mrs.
Maude Jones, who led in making
the funeral arrangements, paid spe-
cial tribute.
Evening star., 1944-10-22
Van Fleet Heads Division

WITH THE UNITED STATES
Sd ARMY, Oct. 81 (R,.-Brig. Gen
James A. van Fleet, 50, a career
Army. man. today assumed com.
mand OF the Goth Infantry Division
succeeding Maj. Gen. Raymond S
McLain. Gen. Van Fleet at on,
time was football coach at the Uni.
versity Of Florida.
Evening star., 1944-10-22

ufacturing Co., died today after an
illness of IL weeks.
A graduate of Georgetown Uni
|versity, Mr.. Musgrade was assistant
secretary to Charles G. Dawes when
Mr.. Dawes was Vice President of
the United States. Survivors in
Evening star., 1944-10-22
clude his father, Z. Q. Musgrad
Des Moines, Iowa.

Within a month two gold nuggets
weighing 614 and 500 grams each
were found recently at Las Noches,
Chile.
Evening star., 1944-10-22
Maurice D. Musgrode,
Former Dawes Aide, Dies

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-Maurice D
Musgrade, IS, secretary of Celotex
Corp. and a director Of Binks Man
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
Council Notes

Continued from Page One)
s199 In stall fees, So in daily fees.
and SIS service fees.
Authorization was given the po-
lice department for purchase OF
uniforms for two auxiliary police
officers who have directed traffic
at the intersection of Michigan
Ave. and Washington st. for the
past year and one half.
Mayor Ross K. Bower appointed
Mrs. George Ennen, Lester Miller
and Lester Philbin as members at
large on the recreation committee.
Other members are TO be three
from city council and three from
the school board.
American Legion was granted
permission to have fireworks for
children on Fourth OF July.
Ways and means committee and
the city attorney were named TO
study a pension and retirement
fund plan for city employees.
Parking meter ordinance was
placed on It's second reading.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
THE Willow RUN News
Board Asks State to Make
Survey of School System

vention in the Spencer School sit.
uation in which objections have
been voiced as TO policies OF the
school administration.
In letter to Eugene B. Elliott,
superintendent OF public instruc.
ton, he writes: "Ypsilanti School
district number one found it necs-
sary to expand Its staff to take
care OF increasing enrolment in
the district this year due to gov
eminent housing and organized
schools in three new buildings con-
structed by the federal government.
Some residents OF the district.
sending their children to Spencer
School, have questioned some OF
the administration policies and pro-
eedures OF employment to take care
OF this increased enrolment and
have objected to the board by petit
ton.
"The board OF education, which
has acted in good faith and 10 the
best OF its ability TO meet the sit
uation as 1t has seen it, would
like to have you send representa-
tive in to survey the school system
as 1t is organized and functioning
and make a report. We would APP
preciate an immediate visit from
your department"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
Village May
Have Paving

Plans TO pave the bus loop at the
North Recreation and Administra-
ton Buildings at Willow Lodge,
and the loop and parking lot in
the Willow Run Village commercial
center have been submitted for APP
prevail to the Cleveland Regional
Office by the Department OF Pub
lie Works at Willow Run.
Estimated costs OF the project
would be $4,000 for the paving at
Willow Lodge, and $4,000 for paw
ing in the Village. Bids for the
work will be let by the Depart.
ment of Public Works upon approx
al from Cleveland.
In line with a general road i'm
provement plan in the Willow Run
housing community is the resur-
facing OF all main streets in the
area as well as surfacing of sew
raj new ones with tar and chips.
This work is expected to be under
way this week.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
War

Continued from Page One)
Germany and is accepted by the
Allies as a co-belligerent.
Nov. 20-Americans invade Gil
berts, marines and army troops
landing on Maxim and Tarawa.
Nov. Up Roosevelt, Churchill
and Chang Kai-shek confer at
Cairo, map plans to crush Japan
Nov. % - Roosevelt. Churchill
and Stain meet at Teheran.
Dec. 15-U. S. forces invade New
Britain.
Jan. 22-Fifth Army troops land
behind Nazis below Rome.
Jan. 31-Americans invade Mar
shall Islands after record naval
and aerial bombardment.
Feb. II: Americans land on Eni-
wetok atoll in Marshalls.
March /: American destroyer
borne troops land on Admiralty
Island. Macarthur on hand for
surprise blow.
March 3: L. s. planes ny over
Berlin for the first time.
March 10: Fire rejects U. s. call
to Dust Axis ENJOYS.
March 20: German troops &C.
cupy Hungary.
March "a: German occupation
OF Romania is confirmed.
March 81: Russia ends Sakhalin
oil concession TO Japan.
April 3: Russians invade Ro.
mania.
| Apr. 8: American Pacific Fleets
greatest victory over Japanese IS
ships sunk. IS damaged.
Apr. 10: Nazis evacuate Odessa.
Apr. 20: Allies smash japanese
Air Fields and key harbor in
northern Sumatra en- route to Sing.
apore.
May I: Third straight week Of
/ pre-invasion bombing.
May 8. Berlin, Brunswick tar
gets Of 1000 American planes In
daylight attack. .
May 9: $500 American planes
bomb German railway marshalllne
yards.
May Is: New born French Army
moves seven miles in italy, makes
/ breach in Gustav line.
May is: All German defense,
south Of Liri River. Central Italy
now crushed.
May 10: Americans capture WAX
de. Dutch New Guinea.
May 24:-Armies launch drivt
on Rome.
May 25-Fifth Army Links Beach
head at Anzio with Central Section
June Rome falls to Allies.
June s 49, Gen. Eisenhower an
nounces start OF invasion o
Europe.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
Calendar Of Social Events
WEDNESDAY

Ypsian Aerie Fraenal Order hail. 1914
+.
Red surgical dressings five Hail. o'clock
and ST. Lukes Church House o 1880
O'Clock, Methodist Church. troop
o'clock, Roosevelt; O'Clock, Sarkweaher;
SEVEN o'clock, Rackham eight o'clock St Lukes
Church House.
Ladies' Literary Club advisory meeting
reading room, Charles McKenny Hall
Club dinner meeting a Ann
Lutheran Altar Guild social meeting home OF Mrs Ralph
o'clock.
Aides $50 o'clock pr.
dining of Charles McKenny Hall, Mrs Harry L.
Smith, chairman
Lutheran Ladies' Aid society o'clock
church
Washenaw Rebekahs meeting oafFel
Domestic Of
Eardley.
Temple Pythan o'clock Knights Of Pvtbia
Excelsior Chapter Mason 80 Royal Arch
degree will be conferred.
Newcomers Club 1880 Charles McKenny Bring small
gift for soldiers box
Palm Leaf Club o'clock home Florence Harris
Schaner circle Society Lutheran Church 1880
with Mrs Bertha
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
Fire Captain Plans
Recreation Program

A special outdoor recreation pro-
gram for children has been arrang-
ed by Captain Frank Jacot, OF the
Willow Run Area Fire Department,
working in cooperation with Prof.
ect Services.
Special pipe connections have
been made at fire hydrants by the
Ross and Foster Schools and OH
Metcalf St. which throw a spray
OF water in which the children can
run and play. The hours these
sprays will be on will be from 2
to 3 o'clock on Metcalf St; 800
to 4:30 at the Ross School: and
from 4:30 to $50 at the Foster
School. with the spray at the Fos-
ter School opening today. They
will be on one hour Tuesdays,
Thursdays. and Saturdays.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
Reports Given 10
Girl Scout Council

Reports from committee chair
men were given at the June meet
ing OF the Girl Scout Council. Mon
day afternoon, which was followed
by a nosebag lunch in the Ypsi
High School lunch room.
Mrs. Earl studt. Girl Scout COM
missioner, presided. Mrs. Glenn
Groosbeck, summer camp chair
man, reported that the camp staff
is filled and that everything is in
readiness for the camp. Next Tues
day. eight or nine OF the council
members will go to open the camp
and wash the dishes and kitchen
utensils.
Mrs. Edwin Shadford. chairman
OF the Little House. reported that
II has been used five times In the
past month. Twice there were over.
night stays.
Mrs. o. ]. Cleary, registrar, re.
ported that there are 4sS Girl
Scouts, leaders and Council men,
bers this year. Last year there
were 1913. She reported that there
are three new troops that are not
yet registered.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
Baptist Church 10
Have Towel Shower

Circle three OF the Baptist Won
ems Union members, decided 10
have a dish towel shower for the
church, and discussed various mon
ely making projects at their June
meeting Monday evening at the
home OF Mrs. Guy Lechlitner. Each
one is TO bring two dish towels TO
the next meeting. The women
sewed on carpet rags for rugs TO be
on sale for the circle. and expect TO
get greeting cards TO sell.
The Union picnic at Riverside
Park, June 20 was announced.
After the meeting nice refresh
ments were served by the hostess
and assistants, Mrs. Layina Fulton
and Mrs. Norman Christian.
The next meeting will be a picnic
in July with Mrs. Harold Badger.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
Pictures Substituted
For Tour Of Gardens

The Ypsilanti Garden Club met
Monday evening at Starkveather
Hall. for their annual tour Of gar
dens. Due TO wet grounds a change
in the program was made, and Dr..
Clarence Loesell took the members
on a delightful tour of Michigan
by way of his very fine colored mo-
ton pictures. He also had lovely
scenes OF the Normal campus. and
Ypsilanti in all the beauty OF the
changing seasons. DR.. Loesells
vivid pictures made the members
realize what wonderful natural re-
sources Michigan has, with pictur-
esque waterfalls, sand dunes. cop
per and iron mines, vast wood
lands. scenic drives. picnic grounds.
bathing beaches and tours OF the
Great Lakes.
Mrs. Frederick Mckay conducted
a short business meeting. Two new
members were introduced, Mr.. and
Mrs. Max Bennett. Announcement
was made OF the Federated Garden
Club Convention in Detroit June Is
and IA. Mrs. Glen Dusbiber and
Miss Mary Crane will be delegates.
Mrs. G.. c. Handy. program chair
man for the year. announced there
would be no meeting in July and
the final meeting would be a picnic
in August with Mrs. George Cullis
IN charge.
Refreshments OF fruit punch and
cookies were served by Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen Dusbiber and Mrs. E. G..
Vorce assisted by Mr.. and Mrs
Bennett. committee for the eve
ming.
Mrs. Mckay closed the meeting
with beautiful tribute to the late
Miss Mary Goddard, the first pres
ident OF the Ypsilanti Garden Club
Mrs. Mckay reviewed the story un.
der the apple tree from the "Biue-
bird and said Whenever you re-
member or speak OF her, she lives
again" Then Mrs. Mckay closed
with "A Gardeners PRAYER"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
Municipal Court

For disorderly conduct James
Morton, Willow Village. paid SIS,
and James Hood, 416 s. Adams St.
and Cornelius Clemens, each paid
S. when arraigned Monday before
Justice A. NJ. Vandersall.
For speeding and an operators
license violation Edmond Tchin.
ski paid SIS. while for speeding
Richard Piper and Albert w. Stroll
rer each paid $40. For having no
trailer license William Volkening
paid $40.
Receipts In court for Monday
were s24966.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
Chronology

Continued from Page One)
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
is in command of assault army
comprising Americans, British,
Canadians.
3;4S a. m. Berlin says heavy Al
lied warships are Smelling LIE Hav-
re and parachute troops are float.
ing down on Normandy.
a. m. Supreme Headquarters
says a number OF feints preceded
invasion.
4:07 a. m. Germans say Allies
were reinforced at dawn at the
mouth of the Seine near lie Havre.
4:47 a. m. French patriots warned
to eyacuate areas 20 miles border
ing coasts TO escape aerial BON.
bardment.
5;35 a. m. Berlin reports strong
air attacks on Dieppe: says cruis.
er and landing boat have been
sunk off Cherbourg.
5;49 a. m. Enemy says four Brit.
ish parachute divisions landed be.
tween lie Havre and Cherbourg.
$50 a. m. U. S. battleships and
marines participating.
6:24 a. m. Prime Minister Churc.
hill says 1000 ships and several
thousand lesser craft formed prob
ably worlds greatest invasion ar.
mada; Everything is proceeding
according to plan"
1903 a. m. German destroyers
and E-boats rushing into operation
al area and mo doubt are being
dealt with" headquarters says. H..
Hour announced as between and
5 a. m. British time midnight and
2 a. m. EWT).
7:0S a. m. Allied landing forces
establish beachheads and are ad-
vancing inland, aerial pictures
show. Raj bombers attacked o.
nabruck, Germany, air ministry an
nounces.
7:24 a. m. Swedish reporters in
Berlin report dozen landings with
main attack toward Caen.
1882 a. m. Supreme headquarters
announces beachhead secured and
dug in.
SOL a. m. Germans announce AL.
lied landings on Channel islands
Of Guernsey and Jersey; say AL
lied tanks land at Arromanches
midway between Cherbourg and
lie Havre; Allies necessarily EN-,
ploying assault boats off Oystre.
ham.
$40 a. m. Paris radio says bat.
tie in Normandy seems to be
gaining depth"
1874 a. m. Berlin reports fierce
fighting going on everywhere
with Nazi counterthrusts in prog
ress.
$40 a. m. Big Channel guns or
French coast fire on Dover.
9:15 a. m. 1000 Allied plane,
bomb and strafe miles OF Nor
mandy coast.
800 a. m. Marshal Petain broad
casts to Frenchmen to avoid re
prisals.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
Invasion

Continued from Page One)
engaged report that everything Is
proceeding according TO plan-and
what a PLAN" The Cromwellian
Irish general who chased Nazi
Marshal Erwin Rommel over hun
dreds or miles of burning desert
sands, Sir Bernard Montgomery
commanded the invasion land
troops.
The attack opening the real sec
ond front, so long desired by the
Russians TO seal finally Hitler's
/ doom, came quickly after the cap
| ture OF Rome. The Russian armies.
with marked superiority in num-
bers and materiel and air support.
were biyouacked along the l,SOO
mile eastern front and were ex-
pected to strike soon and nightly
across the southern plains OF Po-
land and toward the Galati Gap in
Rumania.
The Allies pushed FIVE miles be-
yond the Tiber which flows through
Rome and the Naples communique
said the battle to destroy the
enemy continues without pause"
Allied armor famed out over a
wide area in search of the rem.
nants OF the 20 beaten and mauled
divisions two fleeing German
armies.
British bombers blasted the
northwest German rail center of
Osnabruck as the invasion start
ed. Mediterranean planes were
reported striking across Belgrade
toward Romania
With commanding superiority On
land, sea and in the air, the first
crisis OF the French invasion ap-
peared going well.
Hard Fighting
The enemy asserted that the
gravest fighting was at Caen at
the base OF the Normany Peninsula,
l20 miles northwest of Paris. He
said grand scale landings had been
made between the mouths Of the
rivers Seine and Wire and that In
vasion forces were reinforced at
dawn in the lie Havre area. He
also said a cruiser and a large
troop-crammed landing vessel were
sunk of Cherbourg.
The Germans said the Allies
landed on the channel islands of
Guernsey and Jersey and that
tanks waddled ashore in the AFRO
manches area. midway on the leo
miles OF beach between Cherbourg
and lie Havre. Their Paris radio
asserted that the battle on Nor
mandy seems to be gaining in
depth"-meaning that the Allies
were advancing and rapidly.
Swedish correspondents in Ber-
lin reported that troops stormed
ashore at a dozen points with the
main thrust toward Caen, ten miles
inland. Aftonbladet said the inva-
sion was against the most heavi-
ly defended section of the French
coast"
Across the channel at lonely
spot in England. General Essen
hover watched sections of his
1900 invasion planes whizz to the
attack. II was his supreme hour,
and Ike has never tasted defeat.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
Willow Run Scouts
Going TO Newkirk

The Willow Run Scout Troops
will be well represented at Camp
Newkirk when it opens for the
summer June IS. Thirty two
Scouts from Troop 81 OF the Ross
School will attend the camp the
first week, while about twelve boys
from Troop 80 OF the Spencer
School will go to the camp July l6.
Eighty two boys from the Foster
School Troop SO will attend the
camp at various times throughout
the summer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
In the Sick Room

Mrs. Norman Fairbanks, who re-
Gently recovered from pneumonia.
is still III and has entered Boyer
Hospital for observation.
Mrs. Bruce Deacon. 1912 La
Forge Road, is convalescing at her
home after a major operation in
81. Joseph's Hospital. Ann Arbor.
May 5. Her sister, Mrs. John
HAYES, OF ST. Mary's, Ontario. is
caring for her during her conval-
escence.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
Bonds

Continued from Page One)
individual to buy all bonds he pos.
sibly can, TO buy 70 the limit" Nh
Cook states, suggesting that prosN
pective buyers make their pur.
chases from issuing agencies to-
day, Invasion Day. The drive,
which now officially begins today,
was originally scheduled to start
on June u. Closing date OF the
drive is July s.
Ypsilanti High School, with one
more day TO complete their fifth
War Bond drive. turned in a rec.
ord in single day sales Monday.
The total sales to date rose to
siS,375. as the students OF the four
junior home rooms, which are spon.
soring the drive in the high school,
turned in s16,075.
Three Minute Men Flags will be
awarded to the three home rooms
which attained 100 per cent partici-
patton. The home rooms are 200
w, lib, and 81. The fourth OF
the home rooms had So per cent
participation
Home room 200 w turned in
$4,000, to clinch first place in
Mondays sale. Room 1l3 took
second place, turning in S3,l25.
Third place was taken by home
room 31l, with $3.50 and last
place went to home room 215.
which sold $500 in bonds.
High salesman was Daniel Quirk,
who sold S7,225. Other high sales.
men OF the home rooms were Nancy
Steere, $1,375; George Dawson,
1878; and Betty Harrison. 500.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06
Births

Son: To Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Peters. 205 n. Prospect ST., Mon
day at Boyer Hospital; weight
eight pounds, 10 ounces.
Daughter, Jacqueline Kay, to Mr.
and Mrs. Willis Tooman, SIS Dwight
St, June 3. at ST. Joseph's Hos
pital. Ann Arbor; weight six pounds
eight ounces.
Daughter: To Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Davis. 4S2 First Ave, Saturday at
Boyer Hospital; weight five pounds
three ounces.
Daughter: To Mr. and Mrs. Rob.
ert Gibbons. 715 Oak St, Sunday
at Boyer Hospital; weight six
pounds Is ounces.
Son; To Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Sayre, G12 Pearl St. Saturday at
Boyer Hospital; weight two pounds
eight ounces.
son: 10 MT. and Mrs. Ray Lar
kin, Romulus, Saturday at Boyer
Hospital; weight seven pounds, 13
ounces.
Son: To Mr.. and Mrs. Lindsey
Gilchrist, $40 Brewer St, Sunday
at Boyer Hospital; weight seven
pounds, four ounces.
Son: To Mr. and Mrs. James
Green, Sl5 Young St, at Boyer
Hospital, Saturday; weight eight
pounds, five ounces.