The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-26


per month.
Respectfully yours,
Edward w. Kane,
Secretary, Office
Of Veterans Affairs.
Referred to Council.
Honorable Mayor and City Council
Wyandotte, Michigan
Gentlemen:
After considerable thought ant
preliminary investigation, I wish t,
hereby propose the gift of home
site by the City of wyandotte +,
any returning Veteran of the presen
War who makes application for {
building permit for the construc
ton of new home.
Michigan, of all states, is pecu.
liarly so situated with the Stat,
Land Board Act which makes this
1 believe, a feasible proposition
Under this Act any city may with.
hold any or all properties within
its corporate limits, and as the Ac+
Is now written must hold this prop.
erty for a period of ten years. How.
ever I believe it would be entirely
possible to have this Act amended
or Land Board ruling to allow u.
to use the land for the purpose
above set forth.
Upon preliminary investigation,
find that the city has already with.
held land in individual lots anc
pieces Of acreage that, If need be
could be cut up into several hundred
forty to forty-five foot building
sites. There is also now availabl,
from the State Land Board land,
that the city could take over anc
divide into better than one thous.
and such home sites. Several o.
these locations are what now woulc
be termed undesirable, from the fac
that they had lacked restriction,
and Improvements necessary to MAKE
them good properties. This situa.
ton could be corrected by the estab.
lishment of reasonable restriction.
and the replatting Of these land,
into ample size home sites.
Wyandotte has now some thirt,
five hundred Of its boys in the Serv,
Ice. However, many Of them viii
not be building new homes, man,
Of them already have homes O.
building sites, and I feel that eigh
hundred to one thousand such site
would more than amply take car,
Of those who would build.
In acquiring these lands from tn,
state, they cost the city nothing
They are not now tax-producing
They would be tax-producing wher
they are given to the Veteran witt
a building permit. In conjunction
with the provisions Of the CT. Bill
the owning of a lot would increas,
the Veterans collateral position
materially and strengthen his abil.
ity to finance himself for q home.
1t has always been my profoune
conviction that home ownership
does more to make and establish
good citizenship than any other
single thing in q fsmily's life.
feel that we would not only be do
ing grand thing for the Veterans
but that the city as whole would
materially profit in better use Of
the land, good citizenship, taxation
and a better city.
I feel that a committee should bs
Immediately appointed to study thi.
proposition and respectfully request
the Honorable Mayor to appoint
such a committee.
Very truly yours,
Harry G. Rouse,
Councilman
Received and placed on file.
The Mayor announced he would
appoint such committee.
To the Honorable
The Mayor and Council
City of wyandotte
Gentlemen:
We present to you herewith 70,
your approval the Election Board
for the coming General Election
under date Of November z, 1914.
Respectfully,
Election Commission
Ford Wagar
Ira j. Kreger
Herbert p. Schendel
by Ford Wagar,
Chairman
First Precinct - John Suzor
Chairman, Emma Schrenk. Georg,
II. Steffin, Florence B. Addy, Ger.
trude G. Beattie, Freda Hurley, Mar
guerite F. Smith, Susan M. Murray
Second Precinct - Felix Ham
mes, Chairman, Mercedes C. Lent
Josephine B. Fowler, Myrtle Rush
man, Mabel j. Masserant Clara M
Albear, Beatrice M. McGrath, Ell,
Hogue.
Third Precinct - John Szyman
ski. Chairman, Ada Bosserdet, Jean
cite Holdreith, Ann Zalenski. Mar
garet Cooper Viola j. FerenczI
George Cowgirl, Sadie Labadie.
Fourth Precinct - Everette Paw
cite, Chairman, Helen Mary Sobell
Ida May George, Lean B. Pelley
William Berendt Julia Knopczyn
ski, Helen Manhard, Eva Mentel.
Fifth Precinct - Harvey r. Mar
quardt, Chairman, Edith Draheim
Dorothy Brandes, Nellie Bloomfield
Alexandria Empel Margaret Sto