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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-29
Veteran of Kaiser;s Army
Awaits Xank Grandsons' Tales

W. en- the children and grand
children of Herman Bewersdorf,
Of 80 Moser Place, found time
heavy on their hands in the
past, they would gather around
and listen to Herman's stories
of experiences in the Kaiser'S
Imperial German Army back in
the sos.
After the present conflict is
over, Herman will be repaid
for his grandfatherly entertain
ment, for his son and at least
two grandsons will have tales
TO tell him.
One of them in particular,
Cpl. Carl j. Bewersdorf, 81, of
the fighting Marine Corps.
should keep grandfather thrilled
for hours, especially when he
tells of the fighting at Guadal-
canal where he won his first
Purple Heart award, and the
time he won his second Purple
Heart in the landinng at Cape
Gloucester, New Britain. Yes,
Carl holds the rare distinction of
receiving two such awards for
wounds suffered in action.
In the Marines four years,
Carl has seen action in almost
every Marine campaign in the
South Pacific. He was ashore
early at Guadalcanal and spent
five months there, fighting most
of the time. Clad only in
shorts and ammunition belt, he
was the first man in his Marine
unit to leap ashore under Jap
fire. The supply boat behind
them--carrying all their cloth
ing and gear-was shattered and
sunk, so young BeWersdorf S
clothing problem was a grave
one. Fortunately, the female of
the species was conspicuously
absent from that martial in
ferno, and no one noticed Carl
and his scantily clad companions
Finally he acquired navy uni
form, and was one of the few
sailors" who ever served in
the ranks with fellow Marines.
Carl Bewersdorf, Jr. was
among the handful of Marines
who held the line in the fam
Gus battle Of Tanaru River
against the Imperial Japanese
Marines, the Nips' best fighting
force.
For this engagement, his unit
received citations for heroiSm
from President Roosevelt and
Admiral Halsey. Later the same
outfit spearheaded the attack
on New Guinea, making the
beachhead landing at Finchha-
ven, and fighting at Lac and Sal
amua.
Marine Cpl. Bewersdorf is an
anti-aircraft gunner, although
much of the action was hand-to-
hand fighting. His first wound
was leg wound at Guadalcanal,
and the second, at Gloucester,
was head wound. One of his
souvenirs is the helmet he wore
at that time, now battered and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-29

cracked. without that helmet
:. :" says Carl, and doesn't
bother TO finish the sentence.
While the fighting Marine will
have lot of yarns for his grand
father, his own father, Petty
Officer Carl, Sr., in the navy
at Great Lakes, will also have
a few things to talk about. Carl
Sr., born in Mount Clemens, but
for some years a Detroit resi-
dent, is AZ years of age. His 9TH
er son, Pvt. David II. Bowers
dorf, 10, is with the army in
North Carolina, and incidentally
is the 141-lb. fistic champion of
he l30th General Hospital. If
Dave" gets near the Nips or
Nazis, as he hopes, he too will
have some interesting stories for
grandpa.
Another son Of Carl Sr., is
Cadet Robert Bewersdorf, whose
biggest regret is that he's only
Is, and only in the r 0. 7. c,
at his Detroit High School. He
will be a good listener to the
stories.
The entire BeWerSdorf family
held a reunion at Grandfather
Herman's, on Moser Place, a
short time ago, when the lad
with the two Purple Heart
awards came home on a short
furlough. The house was deck
ed with flags, and lots of thrill
ing stories were told, according
to Herman Bewersdorf, who
takes a great deal of pride in
the service his son Carl, and two
grandsons are giving to Uncle
Sam.
Herman Bewersdorf. now 70
and a great grandfather, is a
loyal son of Uncle Sam, whom
he adopted in 1899 after the then
ex-drill sergeant Of the German
army shook the dust of the Faith
erland from his shoes.
He still "boils over when he
relates the particular incident
which filled him with revulsion
for German "kultur" and disci
pline. A young recruit was slow
in taking orders, and a super
ior officer approached Herman,
the drill sergeant, and told him
to chit him one" and knock
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-29

discipline into the youth. Her
man refused to strike the SOL
der, whereupon the enragcd of
ficer took his heavy cane and
administered the beating.
Il had resented the cruel dis
cipline for some time, but that
incident put the finishing touches
on me as a drill sergeant" Her
man explains. Il was due for a
good promotion after four years
service, but obtained my dis
charge and came TO America.
I've been happy and blessed with
good fortune ever since he
concludes with pride.
Herman's most enjoyable hob
by at home is to listen to the
navy broadcasts from the Great
Lakes station. because he knows
his son, Carl Sr., is the broad
casting tcchnician responsible
for the good reception of the pro-
grams.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-29

that a rear window and door
had been damaged in a break
ing and entering attempt.
A check showed nothing
missing at either establishment.
Considerable damage was done
however by use of a bar.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-29
Runaways Stopped
Enrouie 10 Mother

Two runaway girls, aged 8
and IL, were picked up this
morning on Romeo Plank Road
by Sheriff's deputies after they
had decided TO visit their moth
err. They had been boarding at
a home nearby. They were re-
turned 10 the boarding home.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-29
Seek 10 Improve
Dog Pound Plans
County City Moy
Combine Efforts

Solution of Mount Clemens
dog-care problem lies not in
construction of a new dog
pound, City Commissioners
were informed last night, but
in an improved system of caring
for impounded animals at the
existing county pound near
Elizabeth street.
This conclusion was offered
to city officials by the commit
tee headed by Commissioner
Henry Bruneel which during
the past week studied a plan
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-29
Double Trouble

Police discovered double trou-
BILE this morning when they
were called 10 investigate a
broken window at Kindra S
Service Station, 30l7 n. Gratiot
CHANGING across at Sierens Coal
and Supply company they noted
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09

stationed everywhere, at every tiny out.
post .: to bring him comforts, service
and companionship.
Little things?-Perhaps.
But these are the little" things that
count-the things that help your boy to
do his man.sized job. These
are the things that prove to
him-when the going is GIVE
toughest-that bis people
haven't forgotten him.
For Red Cross is at his side.
RED
You have given your sons::: -
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09
Center Line
Blood Bank
q Success

CENTER LINE - The special
Red Cross blood bank held at
the Center Line USO last Fri
day, to care for registrants who
were turned away February 8,
was a complete success, with a
registration of 256 donors and a
collection of PIT pints.
The blood bank was designed
for industrial workers in small
and medium-sized industries in
this area, which do not have
their own blood donation facili-
ties. 1t was directed by Mrs.
Frank Jochum, aided by Mrs.
Mac Peaks and Mrs. Mable
Yacht. A representative of the
Detroit blood donor service in
dustrial section NWas present.
Mrs. HarlAy Higbie, of the De-
troit Center, also assisted.
Announcement was made that
a tWo-day blood bank will be
held in Center Line every two
months to take care of individ-
ual donors and those from small
industrial plants.
The Center Line project was
aided by the Mount Clemens
Canteen directed by Mrs. Frank
Ullrich. Nurses Aides were
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09
TRAGIC FINALE
Killed Enroufe Home

VAN DYKE Winging his
way swiftly homeward, to see
his mother for the first time in
the two years since he had en-
tered the Marine Corps, a 10
year-old fighter tragically met
his death in plane crash
which, in ironic fashion, dashed
all the hopes of his mother in a
telegram she received this week
from Washington.
The wire, delivered 10 Mrs.
Florence McPeake, of 8697
Studebaker avenue, Van Dyke,
read:
Regret to inform you that
your son. Cpl. Harry Buppert,
has been killed in plane crash.
Details follow"
Mrs. McPeake, a Red Cross
volunteer, who is chairman of
the Warren township Motor
Corps, had never seen her son
in uniform.
He quit Lincoln high school
at the age of II, and impatient
TO see action, Cpl. Buppert EN-
listed in the Marines on May a.
1912. He was attached to the
Marine Air Group, trained at
San Diego, Calf, and not more
than three months after, he was
assigned to overseas convoy
duty.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09
VICTORY HIGH SCHOOL
Dedication Saturday

II is a one-story building of
cinder block construction con-
tanning nine temporary-type
rooms. The floors are of wood
foundation with asphalt tile sur
facing.
An excellent stock OF equip
ment, costing S5.279 has been
added TO the structure, includ-
ing a fully-equipped stake; we'll
furnished office, and a home
economics department consist
ing of a three-unit kitchen with
three electric stoves and three
refrigerators. A work shop
furnished with variety OF
wood and metal work tools is al
so included in the plan, and a
small library has been added.
The architect was Frederick
d. Madison of Royal Oak, and
the general contract was held
by Robert Chissus, of Birming-
ham.
There are seven schools con-
tanning LOO pupils in the War
rem Consolidated District. Post
war plans call for construction
of an additional (and larger
high school, and two additional
elementary schools.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09

Mrs. Merrill SeifferleiB Mrs.
Fred Wunderlich, Mrs. John
Mackenzie, Mrs. Roy Upton,
Mrs. Pearl and Mrs. A. r. Mall
nider. Those in charge of the
Motor Corps and Registrations
were: Mrs. Hildegarde Lowe,
Mrs. Anne Curran, Mrs. Pat Nc
Evoy, Mrs. Ludlow, Mrs. Muriel
Bouley, Mrs. Richard House,
Mrs. Harry Donovan, Mrs. Cliff
ford Lewis and Mrs. Keith Car
rothers.
In a supervisory capacity were
Mrs. Walter Fenton, county
blood bank chairman, and Mrs.
Milton Sickelsteel, chairman of
county volunteer services for
the Red Cross.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09
School System
Shift Advised
Dr.. Elliott Suggests
Shores Reorganization

ST. CLAIR SHORES - In
line with the streamlining pol
icy recently announced by the
State Department of Public In
struction, DR.. Eugene B. Elliott,
state director, this week vigor-
ously advocated complete re-or-
ganization of St. Clair Shores
school systems-a plan which
does not find favor with many
school authorities locally.
Elliott, speaking before the
Chamber of Commerce, and an
educational group comprising
superintendent and board MEM
bers of Lakeview, Lakeshore
and South Lake High Schools,
urged that the present high
schools be turned into elemen-
tary schools, and all high school
students be concentrated in one
super high school-the whole
system to be administered by
one school board, instead of the
present three boards.
The state educational heads
somewhat startling proposition
surprised school board members
Especially those of South Lake,
who have been planning TO seek
state aid for enlargement of
present high school facilities in
individual districts. Privately,
trustees expressed disapproYal
of the Elliott plan.
They contend that no single
school superintendent could eff
ficiently administrate the af-
fairs of as many teachers and
students now represented by
Lakeview, Lakeshore and South
Lake, and that one school
board would find its work SINH
larly complicated if these three
large schools were added to the
present elementary school sys-
tenn.
DR.. Elliott warned that the
state will not recommend aid
or buildings in small school
districts, when such districts
are being urged to consolidate,
as he suggested. The large, con-
solidated districts will be given
first considerations he indicated.
That there are too many
school d districts and school
boards in Michigan and the
United States was the state Of
ficial's contention. He said the
structure is unwieldly and I'M
economical. There are $4,000
school districts in the nation,
and 6,247 in Michigan. This
state, he said, could be served
by $50 efficient, consolidated
school districts.
DR.. Elliotts contentious are
largely based on recently-an-
nounced findings of the 22-man
State Study Commission which
surveyed the educational struc-
ture.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09
SDebaters
Awards
District Champs
are Honoved

Debating keys and a wall
plaque were awarded TO the
Warren debating team, who fin
ished a successful season as dis
trict champions, but were finally
defeated for the regional cham
pionships in a close 2 to l de-
cision taken by DeLaSalle.
Jerry Servenac, Alma Barr,
Francis Ziots, and Donna June
Wilde compose the teams roster.
They won the first district tour
nament from Rochester and
Fraser, and after emerging vic
torious in the second district
tourney. defeated Rosevillt in
the elimination tournament for
the regional title, but lost to De-
LaSalle.
Lawrence Reid, English teach
er, coached the debating team,
which has high hopes for cap
turing the regional title next
year.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09

7 .1ice he survived severe at
tacks of Malaria. He saw action
at Bougainville, and was sent to
Australia in the winter of 1912
TO recuperate from the deadly
fever. Then back to the South
Pacific, where he took part in
campaigns on the Gilbert Is
lands. II was at that time, dur
ing March, l943, that he receiv-
ed his corporals stripes, and
wrote his mother that he was
very happy-that he might be
on his way home soon-when
Malaria hit him for the second
time.
Cpl. Buppert met that attack
with the toughness of a true
Marine, and recuperated again
in a short while. Finally. in his
last letter home, dated January
10, he expressed jubilant hopes
of the long awaited furlough.
Keep your fingers crossed
it won't be long now he wrote
:. But it was ..
The plane that was to carry
him home never got there.
Frantic appeals by Mrs. Nc
Peake to Washington for more
information of her son were an
swered vaguely. mo more de-
tails can be given at this date"
they said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09
w A r r r N

WA RREN - Congressman
Jesse p. Wolcott, of the 7th
Congressional District, will of
ficiate Saturday evening at the
dedication of the new Victory
High School, in this village, re-
Gently completed at a cost of
$70,386. Rep. Wolcott's aid in
obtaining the much-needed
school structure has been fire.
quently attested by school Of
ficials and trustees.
The dedication will have an
ironic side, demonstrating the
rapid growth Of the South Ma
comb area. The project was OBJ
tanned through the government
because the old Warren High
School was crowded. The new
Victory school, planned for
capacity of 800 pupils, is already
crowded with 400 enrollees.
Another high school could be
used now, although none is plan
ned until the post-ward period.
A large r1blic attendance is
expected at the dedication cere-
monies, which will commence at
8 p. m.
Paul X. Cousino, superintend-
ent of the Warren consolidated
schools, is in charge of the pro-
gram, aided by Albert Bever,
principal of the new school.
Mount Clemens High School
orchestra. directed by Miss MIR
garet j. Kleinhuizen, will pro-
vide music, and vocals will be
offered by the Warren Com
munity Chorus, directed by
jeanette Pearce.
The school is located on Sew
enth street, off Mound Road.
The War Public Works Divi-
sion of the Federal Works
Agency, approached by Rep.
Wolcott and school officials,
made erection of the building
possible.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09

eleven million American boys
all over the whole world
this year you will want to
give more. :. to give freely to
your own Red Cross :: i: to
your own sons in the service:
This year dig deep and be
glad. For wherever he is
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09
ELECTION PLUMS

CHICAGO-Jobs as judges
and clerks of election, paying SO
or Sl6 for the day depending on
the number of votes cast, were
hard to get in peace time.
Now some 1000 such jobs
have become a manpower prob
lem. The Board of Election
Commissioners is trying Help
Wanted advertising.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09
TOP LIBERTIES

Designed by the u. S. Mari
time Commission as an improve
ment over the much publicized
Liberty ships the newer Vic
tory ship is both faster and
sleeker, making IS knots, about
4 knots faster than the Liber-
ties.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09
Now Mony Wear
FALSE teeth
With More Comfor

FASTEETH. . pleasant alkaline tnon-
acid powder, holds false teeth more
firmly. To eat and talk in more com.
fort. Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH
on your plates. No gummy. gooey. pasty
taste or feeling. Checks plate odor"
tdenture BREATH. Get FASTEETH at
any drug store.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09
Spelling Bee
Set for Friday

ST. CLAIR SHORES - A
spelling bee, to be held Friday
at Lake Shore high school will
include the fifth, sixth, seventh,
and eighth grades. it was an
nounced today.
Winners from each grade will
be awarded dictionary with
their name inscribed on its Gov.
or. They will then participate in
a school bee to be held three
weeks later.
The victorious student in the
school bee will represent the
school in district bee, the Me
tropolitan Spelling Bee" spon.
sored by the Detroit News.
The kauri tree is heipo fasfed
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09

WHEREVER he may be, his country
w has provided him with the best
guns, the best uniforms, the best food
that skill and money can produce.
But there are some things that cannot
be handed out by Government Issue.
And these are the things he misses most
-. his Dads friendly counsel, his moth.
er's honey touch. These are the things he
needs :. the things he gets through the
Red Cross, yo1r Red Cross :. bis home
away from home.
They seem like little things in Prints:
coffee and doughnuts after long march
Ia bed with real sheets when he is on
furlough -. real American cigarettes and
chocolate bars and men and women
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09
KEY DON'T FIT

HOLYOKE, Mass. A resi-
dent here accepted bill of
damages today because, unable
to unlock the car parked in
front of his home, he smashed
a rear window, carefully re-
moved the glass. crawled inside
and discovered il wasn't his.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-09

The kauri tree is being tested
as a source of rubber in New
Zealand.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-17
World Famous CeIIist
Entertoins kiwonis Club

by Piotti, "Nocturne Number
5" by Chopin and the popular
Danny Boy"
Murray H. Parres, advertising
manager of the Monitor-Leader,
was the speaker of the day with
a program entitled What Is
Your Advertising I. O."
Parres covered 80 varied
points concerning advertising
and each member of the audi
ence had an opportunity to test
his own knowledge of the cor
rect answers by checking them
on a pamphlet. A prize offered
by the Monitor-Leader for the
most nearly correct list of an
swers of checking them on a
swers was won by Robert Ora
ham, guest at the meeting.
Bill Held, program chairman,
announced that the August 30th
meeting would be luncheon at
Goebers Brewery followed by
a trip TO the Detroit Tigers-Chi-
cago White Sox baseball game.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-17
Lightning Bolt
kindIes Blaze
in Utica Home

UTICA-Need OF fire protec-
ton was again brought home TO
the residents of Shelby town
ship Monday night when light
ming struck the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira Thorley, 82ll Janis
street, in the CroSs-Godale sub
division at the northeast city
limits.
Bobby McMichael, Six-year-
old son of Mrs. Robert McMich-
ael, did the Paul Revere act
when he ran through the neigh
borhood summoning help to
fight the blaze. Much difficulty
was encountered in getting TO
the fire which had followed a
wire into the. building and ig-
nited the attic.
A huge hole was chopped in
the roof and the ventilating sys-
tenn in the front of the house
torn away before garden hose
and a bucket brigade could get
to work.
The Utica fire department
cannot go beyond the city limits
and the township is without fire
protection of any kind.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-17

Members of the KiWanis Club
and their guests were treated
to some exceptional music when
Sgt. Michael Arenstein, world
renowned cellist, played three
selections at the weekly meeting
yesterday.
Sergeant Arenstein, now sta
toned at Selfridge Field, was
born near st. Petersburg, now
Leningrad, Russia, and gained
his early fame as a concert art
ist appearing in Paris, London,
lstanbul, Berlin and Athens.
Concerning his performance
yesterday, we can do no better
than to quote from a review
that appeared in pre-war edi-
ton of LIE Matin," Paris daily.
"Mr. Arenstein playing before a
large audience was truly an en-
chantment. The eminent must
clan displayed in turn, charm,
power and finish and showed
most brilliant execution"
His program for the Kiwani-
ans consisted of 'Taran Telle"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-17
Wrote Himself
Out ofHotel

DETROIT, Aug. IL w -
1t took siX-woman jury before
Circuit Court Commissioners
William j. Cody just two min
utes yesterday to decide that
Sidney Metzenbaum was a pub
lie nuisance because of his pro-
life letter writing and should
be evicted from the Park Ave-
nue. Hotel within five days.
Instead of hobby or an avo-
cation, correspondence with
thousands of persons has been
vocation for MetZenbaum
since his retirement from SELL
ing life insurance and renting
home four years ago, testimony
before the jury indicated.
He wrote letters by the
thousands" said E. j. Harris,
president of the Hotel Manage
ment company. He seemed to
be corresponding with every
body in the United States and
Canada. We kept ordering sta
tionery, but the other guests
kept right on complaining they
weren't getting any,"
Metzenbaum said his favorite
subjects are capital punishment
and women working in bars,
which he opposes, and the idea
of Broadcasting sessions of Con-
gress, which he approves. Har-
ris said his guest had written
him GOO letters complaining
about the hotel service, and his
voluminous return mail also
was nuisance.
Metzenbaum, who is 81 and is
only five feet three inches tall,
boosted that his correspondents
included several presidential
secretaries. He denied the accu-
sation that he was using up all
the hotels stationery, contend
ing that he now furnishes his
own with the Sidney Metzen-
baum letterhead.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-17
gionaIized Peace Responsibilities are Proposed
Jap Prisoner Son
Writes Utica Folks

UTICA-Mr. and Mrs. Fred
w. Rick received a communi-
cation Monday from the Office
of the Provost Marshal General,
headquarters of Army Service
Forces, Washington, d. c., in
which was enclosed a card from
their son Pfc. William c. Rick,
a Jap prisoner.
Bill" has been informed 1t
Philippine Military Prison
Camp No. l since April 81,
l941.
He enlisted in 1899, before
the United States entered the
war, first serving at Fl. Wayne,
The message reads My health
is good. Hello folks. Best wishes
and regards to all" This is the
first word received from him
by his parents since December
last.