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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-11
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The annual Emblem Breakfast of
the Wyandotte Business and Profess
sional Women's Club was held at
the Wabeek Tea Room Sunday noon,
January 7th. Arrangement Of the
program was in charge Of the Mem
bership and Emblem Committee;
Muriel wilkinson, Chairman, Leona
Hough and Cecilia Mix.
Cecilia Mix presided over the pro-
gram which opened with musical
selections furnished by courtesy of
the Wyandotte Conservatory OF Mu-
sic. Eleanore Pore of Trenton
played as q piano selection 1.-The
Lords Prayer" by Mallatte. Jean
McClurg, also of Trenton, played
Claire DeLune" by De Bussey.
The following members were pre-
scented for membership by the presi-
dent. Francis zeigler; Virginia Allan,
member of the attendance depart
ment, Detroit Board of Education;
Margaret Coulter, Secretary X-Ray
Department, Wyandotte General
Hospital; Margaret Hanhauser, OBJ
stetrieal Supervisor, Wyandotte Gen.
eral Hospital; Helen Pier, Supervisor
of Auxiliary Service, Wyandotte
General Hospital Installation of
the new members was made by
Vemba Dunlap, Chairman of District
No. Business and Professional
Women's Clubs. Miss Dunlap is
supervisor, Woman's Probation De-
partment, Recorders Court, Detroit.
DR.. Fanny Kenyon was also a
guest speaker. DR.. Kenyon is State
Health Chairman of the Michigan
Federation of Business and Profess
sional Women's Clubs. DR.. Kenyon
informed the members that there is
to be a blood bank established at
Lansing. Michigan, so that, in emer-
gency. blood plasma viii be avail
able to any citizen of the State Of
Michigan. DR.. Kenyon has been
placed in charge Of the collection
and gathering of the blood plasma
for this bank throughout the state.
Table decorations for the breakfast
were colorful IN a yellow and blue
motif. The centerpieces were at
tractive with yellow candles thanking
bowls of yellow daffodils and blue
bachelor buttons. A program in blue
ornamented with the club gold seal
lay at each Of the thirty-four places
laid for the members.
The flower arrangements were Ia
ter sent to two members of the club,
absent through illness. Mrs. Ella
You'd and Mrs. Ella Edginton.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-11
ENROLLED AT MICHIGAN

OF the 1,041 students enrolled al
Central Michigan college this winter
semester, 81 Of them are from Wayne
county. Included in the total num-
Der are students from % states, two
territories, and 70 of Michigan's SO
counties.
OF this number one Is from Wyan-
dotte. He is George Yoscovits.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-11

Preceding the ceremony Mrs.
Krahnke sang THE Lord Is My
Shepherd" The bride was given in
marriage by her brother, Jacob Ger
ring Jr., Howard Halliek, Art But
son and Walter Heck acted as ush-
ers.
The bride was attended by Agnes
Butson. sister of the groom, as maid
OF honor and Eva Bennett, sister of
the bride, Mildred Heck and Bar
bara Green as bridesmaids. Nor
man Gerring, brother of the bride,
attended the groom.
The bride was attired in a floor
length satin gown with long, tight
fitting sleeves and round neckline.
She wore an illusion veil and car
ried bouquet of white roses, lilies
Of the valley and babys breath tied
with white ribbon. The maid of
honor wore a dress of pink satin
with a chiffon oYer-Skirt and pink
shoulder veil and carried bouquet
OF pink roses tied with blue ribbon.
The bridesmaids were attired in
blue satin and carried bouquets of
pink roses tied with pink ribbon.
The brides mother chose for her
daughters wedding a blue suit and
wore Q corsage of pink and white
roses.
After the wedding a reception was
given the couple at SEeda's hall to
about 100 guests
Tech. Sgt. Butson is home from
the Aleutians on q twenty-one day
furlough, after which he will return
to base in Texas where Mrs. But
son viii join him soon.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-11
JUNIOR CHILD STUDY

The Junior Child Study Club viii
meet Wednesday, January Is, at the
city hall club rooms at 2 p. m.
There will be a panel discussion
led by Mrs. John Kreger. The topic
will be The Development of the
Democratic Way of Living in
Young Children" Those taking part
in the discussion are Mrs. James
Pollock. Mrs. Clifford Anderson
Mrs. Milton Howe. Mrs. Wilbur Pat
tison and Mrs. Otto Welke.
Mrs. Kenneth Hauer, president OF
the club will preside at the business
meeting. Tea will be served at $3.50
p. m. HosteSses will be Mrs. z. J.
Warner. Mrs. L. D. Murphy, Mrs. B
K. Beecher, Mrs. E. L. Blackson and
Mrs. r. Gillian.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-11
Celebrates EightY-T Third
Birthday on Thursday

Friends and relatives of Mrs. &C.
line Vroman helped her celebrate
her birthday anniversary Thursday
evening. January 5, at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. John Sullivan
Biddle avenue. She was eighty
three years old
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Ahern. ST., Detroit; Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Ahern, Jr., Dearborn
Mr.. and Mrs. Don F. Manor, Allen
Park; Mrs. Leo Bison. Lincoln Park;
Mr.. and Mrs. CletuS Affholter
Ecorse; Mrs. Ed. Affholter. Mrs
John Sullivan, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Reuter-, Mr.. and ESrs. Bernard Beat
tie, Mrs. James Cassidy, Mrs: Olive
Pemberton, Mrs William Sullivan
Mrs. William Mcnamara, Miss Jean
Reuter-, Mary Lou and Suzann Beat
tie and Kay Cassidy, Of Wyandotte
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-11
Chit-Chat Pedro Club
Meets al LanQe Home

The Chit Chat pedro club me-
at the home of Mrs. Emma LANCE
Eighth street, last Wednesday. The
prize winners were: First, tIrs
Dorothy Brow; second, Mrs. Alice
Bobbs; third, Mrs. Mary Cook;
fourth. Mrs. Katie Hawkins; low
Mrs. Yvonne Latta; special, Mrs
Theresa Bateman.
Next meeting will be January Il
at the home of Mrs. Grace Cowie
926 Seventh street.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-11
Weds Technical Sergeant
In CandIelight Ceremony

Marie Christine Gerring daughter of Jacob Gerrng Sr
OF Milwaukee Wis, and Mrs Mary McCauley Albion street.
and Tech Sgt Henry Clayton Butson of the late Mr. and
Mrs Joseph Butson united in marriage at candle
light service in the Trinity Lutheran church Oak
The performed by the Rev. G. Krahnke.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-11

Accidents are more deadly than
disease. killing more persons be-
tween the ages of and "a years
than any disease.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
One Word Led to Another
BY Linda and
Jerry Walter
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer

l have failed to ascertain the effect of track
money Wall Street At its best it would be but drop
in the bucket shop.
wouldn't know how tpster would go about touting
off apple from reinforned dog biscuits TO international
fish heads
two-mllion dollar day at the track is gigantic
stuff. On Wall Street that wouldn't be lunch hour
Have you the facts and figures table
cloth in the financial district? That's the most reliable
bookkeeping there is that you cannot get your
laundry done
hoss gambler in Wall Street would be very feeble
rutabagas indeed. He would be wasted a sniff in
butcher shop
Just looking over the hieroglyphics for yesterday
find that clique of brokers borrowed 70 million
smackers with collateral than bear robbing
bee tree Try pushing couple of autumn leaves through
the twodoar window at Aqueduct and what happens
Another corporation declared dividend of 38
million certificates of the solvent realm. That is what
our set calls walkabout money 1t will get you in and
out of the Automat
That's just day in the Street Those babies
teeth on a gold plated decimal point.
| have written much about Wall Street and think
helped TO square the egg. 1t is legitimate industry
and essential TO the financing of ideas and business
Copyright ie4S BY King Features
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
NV Al TuTD VAINCCUUCUI On
w 1AA<A w ANOAAAA<A< Broadway

lected Work Of Tom Paine" due
on the 22d from Duell, Sloan e.
Pierce.
THE Bedside Tales" a collec-
tion Of 54 stories by leading
writer's, is prefaced by Peter
Arno, an expert at them. He
says:
There are nights when you
want 10 go to bed with n book"
Ed Beattie, the war COR
respondent captured by the Ger
mans in the Aachen area. has
succeeded in poStcarding his
London office that he may be
swapped soon.
The soon due autobiography
OF Antoine, the hairdresser,
contains plenty about the Ouch
ess of Windsor set.
His dime mag editor has can
celed Alva Johnston'S assign
ment TO do Tommy Corcoran.
The Flea Circus owner on
4Zd street still displays his faded
notices from o. o. Mcintyre,
Mark Hellinger and other one
time colyums.
When the author of Tree
Grows in Brooklyn was inter-
viewed by S. Ascher. he asked:
"Do you wish to be called
Miss or Mrs. SMITH"
-Oh," she said. "there are
million Mrs. Smiths-just call
me Betty"
At a litree party Kathleen
("Forever Ambert") WinSor met
a noted book critic.
What did you think Of my
novel;" she asked. II really
would like your candid opinion"
ITS worthless" he said.
YES, 1 know" said Kath.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
Z. ". DURLING

MORE women will have bet
NI ter figures in the postwar
period.
The number of females with
measurements nearly the same
as Venus de Milo" will increase.
So states an expert on the
subject.
However, the expert. a poor
reporter, failed 10 state what
the measurements of Venus de
Milo were.
According 10 file No. 9876D
Of our Horses and Women Re-
search Bureau the measure
ments of the Venus in question
we're: Height, s feet pa inches;
bust, 32 inches; waist, IS
inches; hips. 36l3 inches.
How about these provocative
IL perfumes which are al
legged TO make most any woman
a conquering heroine?
OF course. that is all right for
the women, but how about the
men?
Is it possible a bachelor inhu-
enced by a whiff of one of these
scents might do something he
would later regret?
Could il be that under the
influence of a similar Whit a
married man might lose his
head and fall in love with his
secretary or the lady next door?
l have instructed our Horses
& Women Department TO in
vestigate this matter.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24

They look Older. according
to a study made by one psy-
chologist. He finds that from
about IL on. the girls of today
try TO look IS years old. Grand
mother. and even mother, up to
about %, still dresse and
acted at each age like a girl of
that age. BY 30. however,
mothers, and especially grand
mothers age began TO show,
and by 35 she had settled into
genuine maturity. The modern
woman tried to look around 25-
IS until she is so. and often
fools us men completely.
2-YeS, If the object of the
teacher be TO stimulate the
pupils to GO on with their edu-
cation. Psychologists Stephen
Corey and George Beery of
Wisconsin University inter-
viewed 81 college students who
had studied a very popular SUBJ
lect in high school under an
unpopular teacher. All but four
Of these students had bypassed
that subject in college. How
ever, among 290 students where
both teacher and subject had
been popular. 190--that is, two
thirds s-had continued the study
in college. Where both high
school teacher and subject were
diSliked, only FIVE students out
of 100 ever came near that SUBJ
Ject again In college.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24

or a fighting jerk, and neither
Is very pleasant.
"Sorta blowing my top. 1
hope you won't mind. I've got
TO write about something.
6IT WAS good to hear of that
L postwar living democracy.
I'm sure a lot of soldiers will
take more interest In the prob
lens Of their day than they did.
The old United States really
seems dear to me now. ap-
preciAte IL more and\more every
day.
You might hear how some
soldier plans to spend all his
remaining days In luxury and
comfort doing no form of weFk
till death finally claims his
leisure, but that Is strictly .
rumor. IL I use the iOkers In
my platoon as a gauge we will
have none Of that -.
Our lieutenant has been
with us only three weeks. He's
continually looking for snipers.
always accompany him. We
do q little footing on the side.
One doesn't keep the loot be-
cause it's heavy. We do IL just
for the sport.
Every day we spend a few
hours looking for snipers and
lOoting. We are pair. He
worries me at times, but this Is
war; one must take q chance
now and then. 1 kept telling
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24

and things like that-with only
occasional Interruptions by Sem
stor Happy Chandler of Ken
lucky, who wished 10 give A
word-by-word account Of all the
utteranccS of his fairly new
grandChild from her first COO
10 present.
Adm STANDBY observed that
the division OF Poland will Gre
ate new confuSlonS of population
1T seems the Chandler grand.
child now says "Babby," mean
ing Happy.
Col. Gottlieb said il must
have been very confusing for the
Poles down the years. being
transferred from one nationality
10 another and back again. At
this point Mrs. BeSS Farley
made the mistake of asking SEN
ator Chandler whether his
Grandchild could talk. Mrs. Far
ley was the guest of honor so we
couldn Kill her.
4 BOUT half an hour later.
"A when Senator Chandler
came TO semicolon in his baby
talk--he is very cute. doing it
Adm. Standley said he had met
Poles abroad who were praCti-
caliy Groggy from nationality
transfers. Col. Gottlieb said he
knew of one very glaring case
II seems the Chandler grand
child also says "lggy, meaning
grandfather.
This particular fellow" re-
counted Cot Gottlieb. shouting
10 drown out the senator from
kentucky's "google-goo's." had
A very confused existence. His
name was Joe Something.
''He was born Pole. One
day people came to him and said
There hos been ehdnss, Joe.
You are noU a Russian
n few years later they came
to him again and said. There's
been another change. Joe, you
are now a Pole
"Still later. they said: Joe,
you're a Rusnonp Then again:
Joe, you're a PoIsP
The other day, after Yslta,
they came To him once more and
said
Listen, Joe, i,s finally been
settled for oil time-no more
changing. From noW on you're a
Pole.
Thank God" exclaimed Joe.
I couldn't have stood another Of
those Russian winters"
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
THESE DAYS

A Nd now, the Wazir, Jimmy
"A Byrnes, has decreed that
come what may, all night clubs,
sports arenas, dance halls,
theaters and all places where
the citizens congregate TO dis
cuss the problems of the day, 10
criticize their overloards and TO
debate the issues are to be
closed at midnight.
Conventions - the assemblies
of the people-were closed down
for all except the Thousand Club
which was permitted tranSpor-
tation 10 come to Washington
and TO return whence they
came, the double trip being
made TO no purpose.
Also the AF'L council was
permitted to meet in Miami and
! am sure that both the AFL
and CIO annual conventions
will be permitted to meet, but
the newspaper publishers patri-
otically listened 10 the WaZir's
admonishments and gave up
their annual convention.
This they should not have
done because il is of utmost
Importance in these days, when
Harry Hopkins is regent and
Jimmy ByrneS is Wazir, that
the publishers should meet with
increasing regularity TO protect
the freedom of press from the
government which has fright
ened the radio into servility
approaching senility.
LIVERY time Harry Hopkins
IL slips over TO Russia 10 dis
cuss this and that with the
master Of all men, the conqueror
of the world, the enslaver OF the
enemy and controller of the
ally. Joe Stain. we get some
new phoney ideas translated for
Americans into this shortage
and that one.
Harry Hopkins is the kind of
person that broad and big
hearted fellow like myself AL
ways suspects of queer inten-
tionS.
His photograph in any news
paper or magazine or newsreel
these days does not encourage
looking at him on a gloomy
rainy day.
Also this fellow from Iowa
talks too much to those he talks
10. and As il is usually in the
houses Of the idle rich, whom he
deSpiSes. while he eats their
food and liquor, which he be-
grudges them.
THE tales persist of his con-
Il tempt for the poor slohS, by
which is meant you and me,
who should forever be limited
10 a ceiling of $1,000 a year,
never more. And none of the
tcllerS Of these tales ever say
what kind of dollars. because
the dollar is getting too loose
on the Rialto, which augurs i'll
on the sound economic theory
that when paper money grows
too plentiful in quantity, il isn't
so good for value. Old fogies
used 10 call it initiation.
To TO make a long story short.
I also suspect Mr.. Byrnes about
the coal shortage or the, train
shortage or the cigaret short
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
Letters From
A Soldier

him that death usually Is de-
cisive-you know, final. He's q
young ex-paratroop lieutenant
from Virginia and nothing shall
interfere with the efforts of a
gentleman. SO We continue To
dodge mortar shells and 8Ss-
but we must look for snipers
and loot.
UnO YOU know what I did
II with your letter. After
I got through reading IL, de-
stroyed the envelope, as Is the
custom around here, only to
find that your address was on
IL. I lost your old address with
all the rest Of my personal
equipment In the middle OF
November, so I'm going to send
this to your home town and let
them forward IL.
This letter Is long enough.
It's about time for the rest OF
the gang to get up. They just
brought our chow.
write soop.
"How do you like this Ger
man writing paper. tPart of
our loot.)
Hope this letter hnds you
well and in good humor.
ED"
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
By George E.
Sokolsky

age or any shortage, particu-
larly since he has been visiting
the czar of all the Russians.
l suggest instead a full dress
congressional investigation into
all shortages and into all orders,
ukases, behests issued by the
viceroys and wazirs during the
absence of the boss who must
be waiting to see De Gaulle as
he waited, reports go, some days
TO see Uncle Joe.
Let the investigation be pub
lie. No one need be scared that
Hitler or Hirohito will discover
something. Suppose they do
what can they make of it?
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
MARY HAWORTH'S Mail

come, with no financial worries
or obligations.
But somewhere along the
line we lost something.
- no longer love him, nor
does he love me.
After months of his casual
neglect, quite by accident l met
another man. whom l love as l
have never loved any one else.
Then one day we managed TO
be alone and our emotions broke
control.
Immediately we were both
ashamed but remorse could not
erase the sin.
! told my husband the truth
and he was very kind and
understanding
He has agreed 10 divorce, II
/ want H.
cannot bear living with him
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
On the
Side

Our male subscribers must be
protected.
All I can think Of now for a
man 10 insure his safety is to
wear a gas mask.
But. of course. il would seem
a little silly for a fellow 10
wear a gas mask while calling
on a girl.
EVOU once said you favored
l. women with gray hair
dyeing the same" writes New
Yorker. MY wife after read
ing this had her hair dyed red.
But don't worry, old boy. 1
like the way the little lady
looks now and am writing To
thank you for inspiring the
change" [
WAS asked W h n the comic
w strip Lulu and Leander was
popular and who the artist was.
II was popular around 1900 and
the artist was F. M. Howarth.
That was in the days of the
comic strips titled McFadden's
Flats, Hogan's Alley. Alphonse
and CASTOR, Buster Brown, the
Newlyweds and Their Baby and
the Yellow Kid.
Note il claimed that one Max
Meyer of Cheyenne. Wyo.,
originated the ''Ten-Gallon Hat"
viii have to check on that. 1
believe that type of headgear
was known before Mr.. Meyer
was born.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
JACK PICKERING

EDITORS NoTE-Cpi. Pick
erins, former Times eolumnist.
10 an infnntryr,an at Fort Sam
Houston, Tex. These Writinzs are
excerpts from his letters 10
friends at the office.
HERE'S some more of the let
IL ter from Pfc. Edward Cora
to Pfc. Harold Gold. One thing
il includes, in common with
nearly all the letters I've seen
from the battle zones, is the
second paragraph.
body ever says, why
aren't you over here ?" It's al
ways the opposite. Picking up
the letter where IL left off:
%. II anybody ever tells
you that German equipment Is
shoddy or scarce, stop the ru-
NOR right there. They have
more junk than they know what
to do with. And are they in
geniOus. Sometimes I sit down
and just marvel at it.
About that nonsense Of you
trying to get overseas duty.
Chum. you better stay back in
the States. Any one who wants
TO come here Is a darn fool or
he doesn't know any better.
You know how badly 1
wanted to come here. ! want
to get back just as fast. You're
either a rear echelon commando
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24

"but I'd like TO have II just
the same"
THE Big Time: Calm e. Styne's
Il lovely song. Some Other
Time" which was lost in the
Sinatra film, Step Lively" One
Of the loveliest melodies in years
but il is rarely heard anywhere!
Kate Smith singing Saturday
Night"
Dick Browns new record.
Candy inspired by Candy
Jones.
Buddy Lester at the Terrace.
one Of the breeziest comics of
them all.
Eddie Davis parody on Don't
Fence Me In.
Louis Armstrong; platter Of
Il Wonder.
MANHATTAN Murals: The
A'A many chauffeured limou-
sines parked outside the better
stores. Is gas rationing still on?
The snow figure in a Third
Avenue lot. featuring bra.
The Broadway trolley motor
man who leaves the car TO 60
for a cuppa cawfee while the
passengers wonder.
The old lady (she must be
about 70) decked out in fancy
colored beanie and bobby-sox,
Sign in the window of
beanery: mo meat. no Gigs, no
tires, no foxholes either!"
HWHY do people kiss with
w their eyes closed:"
Because II they didn't, they'd
laugh their heads off,"
Copyright oy Daily Mirror, lnc.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24

When thou are near me,
SorroW seems 10 fy,
And then I think, as weU I may,
That on this Garth there Is no one
More blessed than I.
But ghoH thou lcdU'st me,
Doubts and fears arise
And darkness rei0Hs,
Where all before was light,
The sunshine Of my soul,
Is ia those eyes,
And t0heu they leave me,
An the worid is night.
Scott.
uOW does your daughter like
the name you gave her?
II is said only one in every
20 girls really care for their
given names. -
A Liverpool, Eng, couple
named Genus recently made A
desperate effort to give their
daughter at least one name she
would like.
They gave her 25 names, each
starting with a different letter
Of the alphabet.
She was christie ed Ann
Bertha Cecilia Diana Emily
Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez
Jane Kate Louise Maud Nora
Ophelia Pauline Ounce Re-
becca Starkey Theresa Ulysses
Venus Winifred Xenophon Yetta
Ipplg
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-24
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

4 DM. WILLIAM STANDBY,
II who vas our ambassador 10
Russia 'Inul he happened 10
mention that Stain wasn't CIV
ing Us any credit for lend-lesSc
you know how IL Is with
RooSeveltS ambassadors easy
come. easy Go!--is naturally
very much interested in current
developments.
He got talking 10 Col. John
Gottlleb OF the central staff
corps the other day at a lunch
con for Mr.. and Mrs. James a.
Farley. / am not going 10 tell
who gave the luncheon because
IL seems the hostess has a
couple Of other friends she
didn't invite and she doesn't
want no hard feelings.
HOWEVER, Adm Standley
IL and Col. Gottlieb GOT dis
cuSSing the Yalta conference