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The messenger., 1944-06-01
A DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN

A feature of the Church Night program held on the evening ot Nav 28 in the Parish House of the Bloomfield Federated Church was the recognition of the seventy fifth birthday of Frederick C. Bidwell. It was fitting that notice should be taken of the arrival at the three-quarter century mark ot R1oomfield's most outstanding c1t- izen.
 Successful in business as one ot Hartford's leading hardware mer- chants, he has lived in Bloomfield a life of serviceable simplicity. Here with his faithful wife he es- tablished home that typlfled the American ideal, home where sons and daughters grew up to- reflect the steady training of wise and virtuous parents.
 As a citizen, MT. Bidwell has made the improvement of Bloom field his avocation. Filley Park IS a monument to his efforts. The Village Improvement Society, has leaned upon his guidance, and the Zoning Board has respected hls judgment. No plan for civic better ment escapes his interest and support.
 As a churchman, he represents the institution at it's best. Ills virtues have been exercised with freedom from that narrowness bigotry and intolerance that some times make men of religious zeal unlovable. His benevolence has been so quietly practiced that few know of it's extent, or the number of causes to which he has been a generous subscriber. In the church where he worships with ex, emplary regularity, the one gold star on the service flag commem- crates the gift of his son Paul to the cause of his country:
 We write of him with sincere respect and affection while he yet lives, and while we may yet hope for him many years of continued service and happiness.
The messenger., 1944-06-01
OUR ERRORS,

Hope it is true that mistakes will happen in the best of reg ulated families because we seem to find little trouble in making an error now and then.
 In our April issue we referred to Sgt. Julius Cams as Technical Sergeant. He is Platoon Ser geant and begs us to make this correction because he is not en- titled to the promotion we gave him.
 In writing our article last month about the Bloomfield girls in the service we allowed poor punctua- tion to give some the impression that it was Gloria Kelly's husband who was located in Seattle, she is there. And worse still, we spoke of her husband, Robert, as Lieu tenant He reminds us that of the four male Kellys in service, Bill and Harry are the Lieutenants while he and Frank are Corporals. Incidentally, since our May issue went to press, Gloria Kelly has been made a s 1/c.
 It was Miss Emily Wilcox who was delegated to attend the Dem ocratic Probate District Conven- tion-not Mrs. John A. Wilcox.
 We shall talk to our printer sometime about losing whole lines from our items.
The messenger., 1944-06-01
Mdu5tr1alsts hSpved Iy
 Trqining, Sbqt1t ot SeabeeS

cipal points visited mcluded h- struction schools are follows: Blacksmithing, military mapping, engine and generator repair, re- frigeration, welding, machinery, signalling, drafting, communlca- tions, piping and heating, vulcan izing and diving. After falling in" and falling out" at each of the points visited and marching, most ly rout step, from one training school to the other, the rockies" were ready for the hours ride they were given on landing craft Tn Aliens Harbor.
 The afternoon of the second day found the "civvies" on the march to the U.S.S. Never Sail (training> ship for training of stvedore bat talions with concrete deck built on ground to scale of Liberty ship with all equipment duplicated) where they watched heavy boards being turned into packing boxes filled with stone, loaded and un- loaded by real Seabee trainees. On the ship and in the shop, where nets were being woven, the Navy camerman posed a number of photos of the make-believe Sea- bees by town groups.
 Next in the civilian eye-opening process came the march to the earth moving area where bulldoz- CTS and steam shovels literally talked the language of newly in led ho4 41o cir. and fields are frequently made to appear in "A to AS hours where only bomb craters and stench- filled jungle existed before. More cameras clicked to produce make believe bulldozers and shovel oper- ators out of production superin- tendents, employee magazine ed itors and the top kick managers themselves to show the boys back in the shops. Forward March One ... two three .. four =. add-il-ie-op ... add-il-ieo- ... Cadence and then march was on to the "land of make believe" where the fine art of camouflage defied the best eyes in the amateur "boot" crowd to find eight soldiers hidden in comparatively open space. Ssh. military secrecy com pels silence to all the other sur prises except typical South Pa cific foxhole, which had everyone soberly promise to give his job everything he had upon his return in order that the stay in these holes may be shortened for the boys who now live in them.
 A brief fire fighting demonstra- tion .chow ... movies ... USO show and little party by petty officers tapered off the second day into the dimly lit row of hunks in the barracks
 The morning of the third day :. wash =. shave ... breakfast .. colors ... and then an outline of the military training program for the day. a march to chemical warfare section =. practice gas mask drill and duel :. hand gren- ade demonstration =. infiltration of enemy lines under simulated combat conditions =. photos of
The messenger., 1944-06-01

about the life of the Seabees, seventy-nine xecutive from thirty two Connecticut Navy con- tracting companies in twenty Con- necticut towns responded to an invitation of the Incentive Division of the Navy to take two and half days of "boot', training along with sightseeing at Camp Endicott Navy Construction Training Cent CT at Davisville, Rhode Island, from May 24th through May 26th. They were led by Messenger Staff member Leslie M. Bingham of the Manufacturers Association of Con- necticut, through whom the invi- tations were issued.
 Landing at the camp in a down pour suitable for a Navy duck" they quickly donned their CT issue, made up the hunks assigned to them with the help of seasoned veterans and Seebees in training, and started to absorb some good natured "ribbing" in the chow line. Must be hard up for recruits" said one. "They must have scrap ed the bottom of the barrell to find you fellows" yelled another. "The enemy must be a pushover by now," a third Seabee shouted.
 Indoctrination started after a beefsteak chow through talk by Captain Rogers, Commanding Off, ficer, and a motion picture on the origin and purpose of the Seabees, with the slogan" We Work-We Fight" To build up interest, two Seabees, who had been 'on deck" during the landing at Salerno and on an unescorted merchant ship which braved Jap dive bombers and cruiser shells to deliver bombs to our hard-pressed airmen on Guadcanal, told of the "hotspots" they had been in. A third veteran, Aurelic Tassoni, a bulldozer oper- ator from Milford, Massachusetts, related his hair raising experiences in the Treasury Island when he sneaked up behind a Jap pill-bix unnoticed with his bulldozer to bury alive twelve Japanese who were later found to have been manning three 37 MIMI. machine guns.
 Just to polish off the first night before taps the civilian "boots" in Seabees work clothes crashed the gates into the Canteen where they talked with trainees and veterans just returned from foreign duty.
 Sleep didn't come so easy to some of the rockies. Some said there was too wide variety of snoring. Even one of the regular trainees, young man from Texas, drawled after sudden stop in one long stanza of snoring, "Gosh, he must'd struck knot" Then there was the old-fashioned bed trick that kept a few other executives busy remaking their hunks while Setbees looked on innocently.
 Next morning at 5:45 found the civilians shaving and washing, elbow to elbow with the "regulars" and afterwards drilling with ten thousand of them on the drill field More razzing- Pull in your belly, Pop" Breakfast-a were they ready for it Eggs and cereal and
The messenger., 1944-06-01

What do you know! There was not a single person in the usual stagg line at the May 26 dance of the seventh and eighth grade pupils of the Center Grammar School. Can it be that this service drain of US. Manpawer has hit the juvenile class as we'll?
 When a teacher asked for a sen tence containing the word diadem, she got this reply.
 People who drive over busy railroad crossings without looking, diadem sight quicker than those who stop, look and listen.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-09

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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-09
COMMENCEMENT THURSDAY
Grads Face Busy Week

Other items on the program
include the Prophecy, given by
Mary Lou Nelson for the COM
mittee: Vivian Carlos William
Kent. Robert Peters and Fran
ces Hickman; the Class History.
offered by Paul Tripod, for
Bob Magary. Martha Samuels
and Shirley KRAFT, and an APP
praisal, given by Marjorie Al
wardt, for the statistics commit
tee.
The school band will offer mu-
sic selections. including the open
ing Freedom Forever, and
Romance" a trumpet solo by
Bob Mckenzie. Sousa's "Thun-
dered' by the band will con-
clude the evening.
Pictures Of the graduates will
be published in Tuesdays Mon
itor-Leader, and the complete
program for graduation night.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-09

center, in the office Of Major
Winston Hayes. at Selfridge
Field and a regular contribu-
tor Of feature stories to the Sell
fridge News.
During his Al years aSsocia-
ton with the life and progress
of Mount Clemens, Waterbury
was part of all civic enterpris-
es, the old Businessmen's Asso-
citation, the former Hunting and
Fishing Club, and particularly
the Old Crowd, his favorite or
ganization.
"Ill be back for the Old
Crowd reunion every year he
promises. In fact, | intend to
do the thing thoroughly and
spend few days here at that
time"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-09
Byron Stuck Succeeds
Father on Review Board

The appointment of Byron II.
Stuck, of 90 South Wilson boule-
ward, TO succeed his father as
member of the city Board of Re-
view-an appeal tribunal on tax
assessments-was made Wednes-
day by the mayor and City
Commission.
Stuck will fill the post held
by the late William Nj. Stuck,
who died recently, and who was
for the past 10 years a member
Of the board, together with the
other incumbents, Henry w.
Miller, and Homer DeSlover.
William Stuck was a former al
derman and city treasurer.
The new member, who is in
his SOS, is connected with De-
troit engineering firm in a tech
nical capacity. His abilities were
highly endorsed by Mayor Don
aid r. Westendorf and commits
sioners when making the ap-
pointment.
A Board of Review member
is paid $50 annually in the char
ter-devised post, and the board
is required to meet for one
week annually. The week-long
meeting to hear requests for ad-
justments of the 1914 tax roll
will start next, Tuesday, at
which time property owners may
appear at the city offices and
make their objections.
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Rod Waterbury
Jubildnt at
Leisure Ahead

Like l5-year-old lad getting
ready for a school picnic-but
with calmness and elaboration
Rodney A. Waterbury today
put on his oldest fishing hat,
filled his strongest outdoor pipe
with his favorite crimp cut, and
announced that he was all
through working.
1t was a big day for Rod"
TO whom the grindStone has
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-09

Traditional Commence m e n
w eek observances will be
launched for Mount Clemens
High School graduates with Bac-
calaureate services scheduled for
Sunday evening al the high
school auditorium. The program
will commence al 8 p. m.
Class Night exercises will be
held at the school al the same
time Tuesday evening. and on
Thursday commencement and
the awarding OF diplomas will
conclude the observance.
The principal address al Sun
day evenings services will be
given by Rev. George A. Meri-
field, OF Grace Episcopal Church;
with invocation and benediction
by Rev. Alfred p. Landon. of
the Methodist Church. and Scrip
ture reading by Rev. Joseph Gro
sa, of the Baptist Church.
The High School Orchestra
and the A Cappella choir will
offer special programs. includ-
ing "Pomp and Chivalry' and
Scarlet and Gray, by the or
chestra, and Grieg, Brahms and
Hall Johnson numbers by the
choir.
Tuesdays Glass Night exer-
cises will eliminate in the pre-
sentation of awards TO gradual
ing students by Principal Monte
McFarlane.
George Hargreaves, president
of the student council, will ac-
cept the class memorial from
Stuart Pigman. boy representa-
tive, and class president Jack
Passfield will deliver the class
address.
The Salutatory will be gwen
by Erma Muckenhirn and Shir-
ley Kraatz, and Robert Magary
will give the Valedictory adj
dress.
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9th Maintains
SledgeIlanlmer
Blows at Foe

LONDON, June 9 - up -
The Eighth Air Force reports
that one the first day of the AL
lied invasion of northern France
it did the following:
Destroyed railway cars,
shot up 372 military vehicles,
wrecked locomotives, bombed
2l4 bridges, attacked 35 rail-
road yards and damaged one
tunnel, two warehouses, three
factories, two oil tanks, seven
military encampments, one over
pass and 10 flax cars.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-09

been a familiar association in SIS
years of laboring first as
newspaper compositor, reporter,
advertising manager, merchant,
and, in the past two years and
"a days a worker at Selfridge
Field, contributing his bit to the
war effort at the age of II.
Today he reached the goal
that seemed unattainable a de-
cade ago-retirement to a life
of loafing, fishing and country
living.
He and Mrs. Waterbury are
leaving this week end for the
old Benham farm 20 miles north
of Grand Rapids, near Cedar
Springs, where life will be a
matter of raising chickens,
training dogs, fishing and war
strategy conferences at the near
by general store for the veteran
local merchant and newspaper
man.
Born in Nassau, New York
State, Rod" Waterbury worked
for several years as a reporter
for the Cheboygan, Mich,
Democrat" a paper of which
he later became manager, and
in 1892 he joined the Grand
Rapids Herald as compositor
at the munificent wage of $14
a week-a stipend, incidentally,
obtained and approved by the
old typographical union, of
which he was member. How
ever, board and room cost him
only $3.50 week; a l6-ounce
mug OF beer sold for five cents,
and the best dress shirt in town
was so cents. Besides, as Water
bury points out, there were no
deductions
In 1903. Waterbury felt a
fancy for the merchandising
field, and established in Mount
Clemens the New York Racket
Store at a location on North
Walnut street north Of the Hen
ry w. Miller shoe store. The
name racket (which in its
modern Interpretation would
horrify any 1914 Businessman
was a popular one in the East
ern states at the turn of the CEN
fury. Charles B. RousS, proml-
nent New York supplier Of mil
linery and assorted goods. rec
commended use Of the name 10
all who dealt with his wholesale
firm, and Waterbury, like thou
sands of other small-town mer-
chants, readily adopted it. Its
meaning, obscure today unless
applied TO outlawed business
dealings, covered general lines
of merchandise.
After doing a flourishing bus
mess for some years, Waterbury
persuaded the builders OF the
Denver Building, Macomb street
al North Walnut, TO revise their
plans to allow him two-store
frontage on Macomb street, and
in 1907 he opened "Waterbury's
Department Store" at this loca-
ton, abandoning the racket
title. The store thrived for Is
years.
In 1923 Waterbury came to
the former Daily Leader as
classified advertising solicitor
and news reporter, and later
was appointed national and To-
cal advertising manager, post
which he held a number OF
years. When the paper was dis
solved, he was in charge OF
classified advertising, legal pub
locations and also wrote feature
stories.
For the past two years he has
been in charge of the message
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-09
Firms Ban Publication

STOCKHOLM, June 9-(P--
The Finnish government has
indefinitely banned the oppo-
Sitional afternoon newspaper
SvcnSka Prcsen. on the ground
that it is too pro-Ally. a Hell
sink dispatch said today.
The action was taken under
a 1899 law for suppression of
newspapers liable to harm the
interests Of the state.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-09

Veterans Administrator Frank
T. Hines reported that more
than 100000 veterans of World
War ii have already been added
TO pension rolls.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-09
ALL STEEL
CAR RACES
s21.o5 to 1895
Haywood Wakefield

Young Americans will be ridin in high style and
ridn' in complete, luxurious comfort when they're
wheeling along in of the Featherweight Baby
Carriages. The sleek, strong, allseel gears fitted
with shackles and stabilizers The smart styling
speaks for itself. Reasonable in price and produced
by top quality manufacturer Haywood Wakefield)
proud indeed to recommend the handsome
Featherweght carriages to all young Americans who
are newly arrived in town!
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-09

A collection of photographs
taken in l66 was used to re-
construct historic Fort Macon,
N. G.
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GORTNER

Worship service Sunday morning
by the Brethren and in the evening by
one Of the United Brethren.
A number Of persons of this COM
munity enjoyed a talk by a deacon
ess from Wheeling in the Pleasant
Valley church last Sunday evening.
The contribution for war relief by
the Sunday schools last Sunday was
$1,000.
Miss Leona Dodge and Mrs. How
ard KEEPER spent several days in Nor
gantoWn recently.
Misses Lorene Gnegy, Vida Gnegy
and Esther Beachy visited Misses Lot
tie and Lucy Lichty on Sunday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Gortner, of Oak
land, spent an evening with Mrs. Anna
Bittinger.
Weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Schlossnagle were Mr.. and
Mrs. William Osborne, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harley Wotring and Miss Shirley Os-
borne. Of East Liverpool. O.; Mr.. and
Mrs. Courtney Beckman, of Luke, and
Lester Sault, Of Buffalo, N. Y.
Mrs. Harold White returned home
Saturday from Eglon whore she had
spent the week with her parents.
Mrs Mary Right and daughter-in-
law, from Horse Shoe Run, are NOV
ing into the Gortner apartments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sisk accom-
panied two parties to corn roasts in
the community on Wednesday and
Monday nights.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Alexander and
Mr.. and Mrs. A., j. Alexander, Acct
dent, spent Sunday at Paul Welch's
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Seaster and
son Warren and David Evans, Cum
berland, have returned to their homes
following a vacation spent with Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Swartzentruber.
Dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs Noah
Scchrock on Sunday were Anna Lich-
ely, Mary Beachy, Joel Slabach, Allen
Floyd and Henry Petersheim, Simon
and David Beachy, Claude, Lewis and
, Owen SWartzentruber, Freeman Lich-
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ACCIDENT
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Divine worship on Sunday evening
at s o'clock

Divine worship on Sunday evening
at o'clock.
Church of the Brethren
Sunday school al $50; Divine wor-
ship al 3 p. M, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Schlossnagle
and family and Mrs Roy Broaiwater
were dinner guests on Sunday of Mr..
and Mrs. A. c. Spoerlein, of Somerset,
Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster Yost were visit
'ng Mr.. and Mrs Earl Coddington on
Sunday
Miss nellie Schlossnagle and Mr..
Edward Dawson, both Of Baltimore,
and Mrs Lloyd Miller were dinner
guests on Friday OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Schlossnagle.
Misses Ruth Ault, Kathryn SPEECH
er, Esther and Claudine Opel and
Mrs. Norman Humberson were shop
ping in Cumberland on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Horner and
daughter and Mr. and Mrs. William
Birch, all Of Pittsburgh, Pa, were
guests on Sunday Of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry HENDERSON.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Richter and
Miss Leola and Gertrude Richter were
Sunday evening dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Richter.
Mrs. William Graves returned to
her home on Monday after having,
Leen a patient in Memorial hospital.
Cumberland, for several days.
Sgt. George Bach and wife, of Rich
mond Va, are spending ten-dav
furlough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Bach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Glass and fam
lily were Sunday dinner guests Of
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Margrotf, Of
Somertield, Pa.
Weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
NJ. Speicher were Mrs. c. w. Sterling
and children, Mrs. H. r. Weitzell, all
of Riverdale, and Mr. and Mrs. Colt
Speicher and son, Of Cumberland.
Miss Leona Lytle, of Selbysport. is
spending several days with Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin FraZee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Specher and
daughter and Mrs. W. A. Speicher
and daughter were dinner guests on
Sunday Of Mr.. and Mrs. Darius
BroadWater, Of Salisbury, Pa.
ElWood Englehart, Of Richmond,
Va. visited his father, John L. Engle-
hart, over the week end
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Frazee spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Or
vile Frazee, Of Harnedsville, Pa.
Nj. and Mrs. Erwin Bittinger and
family Of Greensburg, Pa, and Mr..
and Mrs. Chris Glass aud family and
Miss Ruth Haenftling spent Satur-
day night with Mr.. and Mrs Wilmer
NJ DpUlptf
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FRIENDSVILLE

evening at the home OF Mrs. II. +.
Glover, with five members present
Mrs. Maude Dixon, leader, was in
Ichalge Of the program. Refreshments
were served.
Circle No. . Of the W. 5. c. S. met
AT the home Of Mrs. John Holman
Wednesday afternoon with six mem
hers present. Mrs. L. l.. Friend was a
guest AMI rendered vocal solo. Mrs.
Holman, circle leader was IN charge
OF, the meeting. The current Sunday
school lesson was the topic for dis
cuSSl0n.
Circle No. of the W. 5. {. 5. is
sponsoring a radio show from station
WMMN, Fanmont. on Friday even
!ng' Sept. 10. Two shows WILL be given
II necessary WIN the hfSt perl
nance at O'CLOCK IN the school
auditorium.
PERSONALS
WI. and Mrs; John \. MaSton, OF
lteNnOIdSNllle, w. va, accompanied
theM danghter' MISS Mary MaSton.
mere on Monday. MISS Maston viii
te2ch hngIlSh IN the FflendsVlIle High
school during the year; she IS gradu-
aJe OF west NlfgInla UNIVERSITY. Other
new teachers IN the SchooIS are; Miss
Mary Sch2T1Gr ana MIS-: Frances Nine
Dawes 5otn gr2GuateS OF State
leach'lS Coleege, rfoStourg'
Miss Anna u. Sallese returned from
NeWourg' W. va; Sunday to resume
hef WORK m the nome economies de-
PaLJmtht OF the Hlgh School.
" . " T. Dt'llIdil were MI ana
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ty and John Burkholder


Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Slabach and fam
lily, Jack Farmer and John Burkhol-
der, Of Uniontown, arrived here and
spent the Weekend On Monday the
party went to Winchester, Va, for a
brief visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Yoder, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Petersheim and children
were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. John Wen
ger at Meyersdale on Sunday.
Mrs. Ed. Hesse spent Sunday with
Mrs. Oscar Ridder.
Charles Shaffer returned to Wash
ingtor on Tuesday evening. Other
members Of the family went to the
city on Saturday.
Miss Leila Mosser, Mrs. Bessie
Wolfe and Mr. and Mrs Elmer Shat
fer were recent guests at the Dodge
home.
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