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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-08

Cpl. Carl Ashley, another son
Of Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Ashley,
who is stationed somewhere in
England, with the Air Corps,
writes that he is hoping to get
home soon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-08

Cpl. E. r. Jones, M. p, has been
transferred from Camp Forrest,
Tenn, to P. o. w. camp at Jack
son, Tenn. He will be married
on March 9 to Wave Alta Rem,
who is stationed at the Naval Air
Corps school at Memphis. This
romance began over four years
ago at Kannapolis, N. c. Cpl.
Jones is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Lee Jones, of Amy, and has
recently returned to the States,
after 81 months in India.
Pvt. Roland F. Bare, of Fort
Story, Va, spent short fur1ough
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M.
P. Bare and his wife, at Obids,
last week. Pvt. Bare's twin
brother, Pfc. Roger B. Bare, is
somewhere in the South Pacific.
Pvt. Robert Trent Crawford,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Craw-
ford, of Obids, has returned to a
hospital in Alabama, where he is
receiving further treatment.
Their other son, Pvt. Russell
Give Crawford, also spent fur
Tough at home recently.
Cpl. Lester Smith Weaver, who
was wounded January Is, writes
that he is getting along fine and
hopes to be back with his COM
pany soon. Cpl. Weaver has been
in overseas service for four
months and was awarded the
Combat Infantryman badge some
time ago.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-08

Pfc. Harold Fletcher is spend
ing a furlough with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Grady Fletcher. He
is stationed with the Army Air
Force at Camp Jackson, Miss.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-03-08

Suppose your SON were token prisoner7
Imagine the anxiety of the parents of Pvt E. D.,
who had had no word from him in months. The
Red Cross sent a welfare inquiry. And then the
International Red Cross reported that he was
healthy and we'll, and was receiving regularly the
American Red Cross packages that helped keep up
his spirits. Your money gets the packages to bin'.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06
SoIons Vote 10 Oil
unpaved Civ Streets :

UTICA - Regular monthly
meeting of the City Council
Tuesday evening when bills
were allowed and routine bust
ness transacted. Four members
were present, namely, Robert c..
Havel. Leonard Morrison. Ed
ward Church, and Frank Chapo-
ton.
1t was voted to oil the un-
paved streets OF the City, chair
man of the street committee
Robert c. Havel to purchase the
oil.
Fred STANCE. Jr., was given
permission to cut down a tree
which interfered with the build
ing of his new home on North
street.
A motion was passed to install
the fire phone at the residence Of
Stuart VanderVen, at 4578 Cass
street. compensation to be $50
per month, $40 Of the costs to be
paid by the Utica Fire Depart
ment.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06

A son OF the World War I hero
after whom Oskar Andreas
WV Post No. 1894 was
named, has been indicted into
the post as new member, rep
resenting the veterans of World
War III.
The new VFW member, Karl
T.. Andreas, now with the
United States Army in Texas. is
son Of the late Oskar Andreas,
of Mount Clemens, who return
ed from France and died in this
city shortly after the first
world war as a result Of disabil-
tiles received in service.
The name of young Andrcas
is contained in a list of 81
World War III veterans and one
from the first world war. who
were admitted TO membership in
the Veterans of Foreign Wars in
Mount Clemens during June.
The older war veteran is HUI
bert j. Grattan. Those now in
service or recently discharged
(included men with records OF
action in every theatre of wary
include;
Donald S Hasshaw. Vincent
Rabine. Carl c. Moody. Jack
Coddington, Paul II, Duckert,
Karl E. Andreas, Edwin F. Con-
len. Rcnhard l.. Mallast, Willy
Berger, Fred d. Van Hollenbeck,
Gaby E. Olah, Henry p. Duck.
ert, Jr.. Lawrence Syverson
Bonnie w. Levine, Donald T.
Humphrey. William c. Ruhfuss
James r. limerick. Bernard c
Belle, Norman FIGare, George
A. Smith. Evans j. Titus. Joseph
Monge, Lawrence r. Tremlett
Carl V. Dcnham, Andrew r
CremerS Dale l.. Hummel, Viii
liam II. Tozer, Clemens w. APP.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06

Wakefield. (MCHS sportsman)
is home on Pacific leave after
plotting a ier-based bomber
on Tokyo, Two Jima and Okins-
wa raids Lit. Willie May.
special service officer, Is home
from the ETC bound for the
Pacific S. Sgt. NJ. A. Hen
ninRs, 81 Market street. is home
from the ETC after 80 missions
and has the dc Major
Johnnie Pingel arrived here on
leave for the European theatre
CT war M. Sgt. Wilbur j.
Eschenburg, flight chief with
the 18th AAF in the Aleutians.
recently attained his present
rank aand has been on duty
there q months.
Leo Braun, Phi. NJ. 1/c, Is
spending some time HE with
Mrs. Braun, while their son,
Cpl. Neil. FL. overseas two
years, Is now on Leyte with
fighter control squadron. Leo
was q staff sergeant in World
War I and participated. In
three major engagements. He
wears the Croix de Guerre
from that war.
SPORTS STUFF-The senior
and junior recreation league:
are shaping up we'll and top con
tenders in the Big League are
Super Cleaners and HillcreS'
Studio, both IL .875. Bunchec
behind them are: Selfridge FIJI
ers (.778); Rose Gardens (.667)
Hubarth e. Schott 1856; Andy:
Tex AGO. (.550O; Beuschleins
(.375; Covered Wagon (.222)
Luedtke Refrigeration CHS,
and Froh Trucking (000)
In the Juniors, I. O. O. F.. is un
beaten with 60 1000 record
Next come Nc;bitt's Orange
(6-1 $50: Terrace Gardo<!
C7l4); Mayfair (.7l4); Van
Fish Market, 500; Breitmeyer:
$3.50; Miller's Dairy (.l6O; d
N. Cooley (.l43l and Hagan
Service (.000). With a sea
son record Of four wins anG
three losses the D. N. Coole!
Girls, managed again by Bill La
Croix lost to Port Huron thi
week but defeated the Warren
Center Line all-stars in a twiI
bill.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06

Sheriff Harley Ensign and
deputies the other day were
dragging the Clinton River,
near GOwanie In an effort to
recover loot accumulated in .
long series of car strippings
by seven Mount Clemens
youths. Their method Of hid
ing the "hOt" goods was to
dunk them In this shallow part
of the river until a sale was
arranged, and then they haul
ed them out with a rake.
James Markle, fast talking
Warren Township tool and die
maker, was placed on five years
probation for perjury on charges
growing out of his wedding
May Is to a 13-year-old grade
school pupil. On the accompany
ing criminal assault charge, the
18-year-old youth may be SEN
fenced at any time, IL MS De-
havior merits.
Things have gotten so tough
in the meat market that cattle
rustlers are operating in Ma
comb County. A long series OF
chicken and rabbit thefts on
q wholesale scale was climax.
ed this week when men try.
ing to herd cattle into trucks
at night time from farmers
fields were driven off by shot
gun fire from farmers Andrew
H0nart, Of New Haven, and
Leon Kandt deputy sherifD
of Romeo Plank road. Eleven
of Kandt's cows were ap-
preaching the "black market
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06

Win the reVelotlOn tnat NJ least
100 days must elapse before q
vote 10 taken after the Charter
Revision Commission is through
working, and they're not through
yet Owners of the Kraem-
er Olympia hotel are looking
everywhere for their dishes, sill
verware, trays and tablecloths
which. vanished into thin air
Frank w. Kissell, for the
past IL years . member of the
MCHS faculty, and instructor in
industrial arts and journalism,
has quit to accept q similar post
at Lincoln High School, Fern
dale.
Two Mount Clemens naval
officers made connections ut
q Pacific advanced base re-
Gently 1t. John X. Ullrich and
Ensign Louis Devantler, pass
ed out the scuttlebut and
started looking for 1t. Jim
Nunneley, after hearing he
was near but he happen
ed to be Thousands Of miles
away, we found out.
LEST WE FORGET It now
has been officially announced
that when an unmarked Japa-
nese freighter was torpedoed off
the coast Of China last October,
with 4 loss Of some Ito Yank
prisoners. the drowned includ-
ed: Warrant Officer Jack E..
Day. husband of Pauline Fast;
Seaman nc William H. Nunne.
ley, and S. Sgt. Harry A, Shue.
Day and Shue belonged to the
ill-fated 18th Pursuit Squadron.
Col. Willis r. Taylor, for
merly of ST, was killed June 16
in 4 crash in Panama. Pvt.
Russell Milne. 10, % Maple
street, Mount Clemens. was kill
ed in Germany. Pfc.
George F. Chappelle, Memphis,
has received . posthumous Si.-
yer Ctar. Pvt. Richard Kern, 10,
USMC, of Center Line, was kill
ed in the Pacific. Rich.
mond held Memorial Services
for PFC. Donald Thelen, who
died on Luzon. 1t. Stanley
Lewandowski, %, of Memphis,
is officially reported dead after
being missing with the AAF
over Austria II months. j..
Mayor Dick Maxwell Of East
Detroit has received word from
q Yank POW that his son, Pfc.
William Maxwell died in prison
camp in Germany. East
Detroit's Pfc. Arnold Baker died
on the Bunker Hill off Okinawa.
Center Line had memorial
service for that heroic mercha at
mariner. Olaf Larson, SO, who
went down to the sea again like
his Viking ancestors.
Robert q. McWilliams, los
Croker, Mount Clemens, is
Macomb County's first World
War II veteran to receive
college degree under the CT
Bill Of Rights; q b. A., from
Wayne University.
POWs HOME - Sgt. John c.
Eschenburg, 80, of 263 Euclid
avenue, is home after rs months
as 4 POW in Stalag 3-B. 4.
Pfc. Charles Houthoofd, 10, of
2o6 Jones street, had only 20
days as 4 German POW, and is
now happily home with the
folks. Pfc. Eli Schwartz,
Of 81 South avenue, was trapped
in the Battle of the Bulge, freed
by the Russians in four months,
and is now home. 1t. War.
rem +. Tryloff, 70, seven months
q German prisoner after a
bomber raid, is home and put
ting on weight. Pfc. John
Z. Osbo, 20, Of $50 Coleman av.
enue, is also in the land of the
free after seven months in a
stalag.
Peggy Bruel MRS. David
Boguslav), one Of the Santo
Tomas internees who arrived
At Frisco IS q stretcher case
months ago, became 20 III that
the Henry Bruels flew to her
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truck" when ne opened IRE.
First phase Of the vast recre-
alton center at Huron Pointe, tc
be built by the Huron. Clinton
Parkway authority, started thi.
week when dredging for . sandy
beach was contracted for At q
cost of $459. 900 and work start
ed Although the 7th War
Loan drive Jagged in Macomt
County (and we don't know YET
whether it hit its quota), the
county treasurer received auth.
orization to buy 81 Zoo, 900 worth
of war bonds for the county.
S/Sgt. Matthew Killewald,
Jr.. chalked up five years in
uniform the other day. He en-
listed June 10. 1910, just two
days after graduation from
SMHS, and has spent more
than two years in the Euro
pean and Mediterranean the
aires.
AROUND THE COUNTY -
Five Warren Township. estab.
lishments were raided by the
sheriff and illegal gambling CAD.
gets seized-.S Sgt. IA yg al
Welsch is leaving Romeo ST
Post for Gaylord, and we're get
ting back Sgt. Erdman Stahl, oil
Gaylord, who left here ~ q
trooper way back in the early
'30's Two Detroit yeggl
who held up an East Detroit
restaurateur netted 10 to IL
years In the jug And
speaking of The jug. John C.
Munro, ex-convict and former
Warren Township justice, is in
again; this time in Detroit. Re-
suited from beatfngs administer
ed his ex-wife, her sister and q
third woman Lake st.
Clair claimed three lives last
weekend: Gary J. Kraft, 2,
Mount Clemens: James r. Ma
hon. II. st. Clair Shores. and
Henry Olezewski, az. Ham.
tramck Herman Brooder,
81, of New Baltimore, died un-
der the wheels of a car. They
are seeking a hit-run driver.
Phyllis Emery Of Van Dyke
thought she was q CT the 9TH
er day while parked in her
car near Center Line. A huge,
hulking u. 8. army tank came
down the road and swerved
into her auto. She escaped by
jumping. The tanks brakes
had locked in a test.
AROUND THE CITY - First
major cut-back in Mount Glenn
ems war industry. was given the
Covered Wagon Company, af-
fecting more than 100 cargo
bodies with value of $495, 900
over a six-months period. But
only a handful of men will be
laid off Hopes for an cleo
ton on the city's proposed new
charter during 1945 have faded
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06

The first wartime slum clear
ance project in the u. S. is be-
ing planned by the Boston city
government and probably will
be started next fall. II will be
429 dwelling-unit layout for
Boston's south end.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06

Descendants in Louisiana of
the 1000 Acadians expelled
from Nova Scotia in 1855 now
number more than 800, 900.
They form a large portion of
southwest Louisiana's popula-
ton.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06

m0torcycle-auto collision on
the eve Of his departure for the
navy, Is finally out of hospital
thanks to penicillin. and Is ex-
pected to walk again.
WEDDING BELLS-T. Sgt.
John Kindra and Nancy Buck
ley were married the other day
after John returned from ex-
tensive duty with the AAF in
Europe 81. Returned POW 1t.
Edwin Myers took Jean Loesch-
ke, OF 30l Euclid as his bride.
He had five months in a German
stalag From Paris we Learn
that former st. Joseph Hospital
nurse 1t. Jeanette c. Wiegand
ANC. became the bride of Capt.
Alex l.. Zubritzky at Not e
Dame Cathedral. Both wore bat
tie dress q. In a double ring
ceremony at St. Peters Catholic
Church Rosemary j. Rich, of 246
North avenue, and Sgt. Emmett
Guiette. USMC. 1873 Eastman,
were married Gertrude
Walter and T. Sgt. Randolph
HARDWOOD will be wed at st.
Peters on July IL.
While on the subject of mar.
tial bliss, Mrs. Edward {.
Moore has left for Bermuda to
join her husband, 1t. Moore
(MCHS) where he had been
stationed two years with the
signal corps. She obtained =
civil service post to be near
Ed.
observation-disclosures earn
ing IL battle stars during 81
months with the 18th AAF IN
Europe, S. Sgt. Norman Bobcean,
252 Euclid avenue, has received
discharge with 1873 points. His
record reads like a Chronology
of war in Europe from Algeria
to Germany, France and Italy.
Pfc. Russell Brenniman, 80. vet
Gran of 80 months in the ETC as
an infantryman, earned lis
points in So months of service,
including the Purple Heart
Cpl. John p. Greiner, IS Madison
avenue, has a CID after 80
months with the quartermasteI
corps, including 20 months in
North Africa and Italy. where he
merited three battle stars.
Pfc. Ira E. Heath, 80, home
after eight months q German
POW tells how he and fellow
prisoners staged 4 sit-down
strike as the Russians ap-
preached and the Germans
tried to get prisoners 10 pack
up and move inland. The strike
worked. The ferries fled, leav-
ing their prisoners to be lib.
Grated.
CONGRATULATIONS ha
same Pfc. and Mrs. Heath, who's.
18th wedding anniversary wa.
this week Pvt. Norman Lor
way, signal corps in Iran, on hi
birthday anniversary. tn,
same for Sgt. Russell Lorway
with the AAF on Guam, and S
Sgt. Frank Lauhoff who is 25 or
Okinawa Wedding anniver
sary salute to-: Brig. Gen. anc
Mrs. Joseph p. Sullivan; he's II
Vienna .S.Sgt. and Mrs
Spencer Fenton; he's in Ger
many, and Pfc. and Mrs. Nelson
Ziehm, who is also in Germany
(Marilyn, Serge, was three this
week.
Laundry soap is scarcer than
pork chops, SO many Mount
Clemens housewives are plan
ming to use their waste fats for
old-fashioned soft-soap maxi
ing until the waste fats
division of the salvage for vic.
tory organization can bring the
soap back.
HONORABLE MENTION -
s. Sgt. Donald j. Crooks, USING
well decorated after two year:
in action, is home . The Fran.
els Franks. of Smith street, have
now given Charles F., to the
Navy, to back up M. Sgt. Joe
in Europe, and S. Sgt. frankie
III the Aleutians Ensign Ale
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&s All IN The DAY
trhis column each Friday IL ssdresss


Dec Now to eoth ohe two weeks m he I -four k
on n
in lime
md
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oround NOUN clemens
the Philippines. -. She now
appears to be on the mend;
just another victim Of hippo
mere cruelty.
WE SALUTE Wounds suf-
fered during the final stages of
the German collapse have ter
minated gloriously the heroic
fighting career Of q war work
er turned soldier; q career dis
tinguished by the nations Silver
Star awarded him for single.
handedly routing Germans from
a strongly fortified house. He IS
Cpl. William Walter Jenney, %,
Of Warren. Ensign John H.
Matthews, Joe Matthew's boy,
was aboard the Bunker Hill dur
ing her ordeal off Okinawa. &.
Former assistant prosecu.
tor Jim Daner. now an AAF S
Sgt. with the Jungle Air Force
has another cluster on his Air
Medal. Now it's Major
Giles B. Hubbard, 81. in the Pa.
cific. NJ. Sgt. John A.
Buckles, in service more than
eight years (Africa, Tunisia, Sic
lily, etc. has the Bronze Star.
The same award has gone
to S. Sgt. John A. Pennington
%, of 70 Gallup avenue, and
Chief Warrant Officer Greg Ko-
wanski, 142 Rathbone
whose brother, Vince, is home
after long action with the AAF
in Italy.
Riding a stolen bicycle Is
bad enough, but when Francis
RevOr, of Warren Township,
did 30 in the nude deputy sher-
IFS pursued him and fired
shots to halt him. He said he
had been drinking, but that
didn't explain some house
burglaries in the neighbour
hood. He'll have to tell all to
the Judge.
COINCIDENCES-Six Mount
Clemens and one Washington
man are all members of a mill
tary police patrol unit serving ir
Calcutta. India: Pfc. Bernard ]
Snay, "a Church street; Pfc
Joseph D. Sears, 80 Roosevelt
drive; Cpl. James D. Byrnes, 2(
Yeamans street; Pfc. Rober
Rick, 1873 Beyne street; Pfc
Lloyd j. Schwartz, Route 2: Pvt
William Hallendy. of M-97 ane
Cpl. Harry E. Ruczynski, O.
Washington. Four Noun
Clemens men, all formerly to.
gether at MCHS, are rejoicing a,
having furloughs together: Pfc
Leslie Doescher. USING, wound
ed on Okinawa; Pvt. Robert
Schwartz and Pvt. Warren Meitz
Camp Robinson, and Robert
Stearns, U. S. Maritime Service
now awaiting induction. /.
Two former MCHS boys met in
the Philippines recently and en-
joyed some hours together
Ralph Ware, with hospital
unit. and Charlie Owens, one OF
the patients.
The death of an elderly
Roseville recluse, william F.
Carr. 16341 Curtis street, re-
vealed . horde Of $3.50 in
cash, $3.50 in war bonds and
about zoo cases Of choice rat.
Toned canned goods the mys-
ferrous gentleman had hidden
for some time.
$3.50
PURPLE HEARTS-Pvt. Rob.
ert Kennedy. 10, USING, of 4O7C
Elizabeth street, was wounded
at Okinawa. He is the younges,
of three brothers on oversee.
duty with the armed forces. =.
Pfc. Ralph j. Richey, %, wound
ed at Cologne, has been admitted
to Missouri hospital for treat.
ment of face wounds. New
arrivals at Percy Jones hospital
Battle Creek, include Pfc. Fred
erick r. Ratzow, 50 Stapleton
Mount Clemens: TIA Werner L
Thurman, New Haven, and Pvt
George j. Pavlov, of Armada
Don Lennon, Of 254 River
0SAn APtOn ~.,h ~nA L. ..,a. 49,.
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Boy Scout Council
viii Meet tuesday

Macomb Council of Boy
Scouts will hold an important
meeting on Tuesday at 100 p.
m, in the community room of
the Mount Clemens Savings
Bank, Gratiot avenue, it was
announced today by Guy l..
Verkler, council president. I'M
portsnt matters will be taken up
and full attendance is urged.
Sugar shortages will last for
one or two more years. - Col.
j. j. Llewellin, Britain's Min
lister of Food.
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MOUNT CLEMENS. MlCH.-6
0skar Andres Post Admits
An Andres ofWorId War II

itz, Cecil L. Mcdonald. Tom.
ME L. Laster and Donald J.
Crooks.
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Don Lennon, Of 254 River.
side drive, whose leg was prac.
tically severed last May in 4
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-01-06
ROMANTIC MASQUERADE
~ <. by MARIE BLIZZARD

there she was ~elat.rateIv casual
Il was thinking of a,,Jro yonr 49,.
vice today"
"Nhv should YOU 90 TO Wash.
ington?'
you remember Corinnc At .ho
New Years party, ]saving sbo wont-
ed me to 20 back to work for herqp
Steve scrutinized the toe Of his
boot. Il remember that Pembroke
chap said something about it."
Alan does want me to 90
Daphne emphasized. Its. e. its
an H.a-cement naturally"
u see. You want to 60"
We'll, 1t would be interesting to
see Washington, but ...'
Tie frownod at the toe Of the
other boot. Cant see any reason
10y any butts them he observed.
Il Ike 1t here she said dcspcr-
atcly. Il love the country, my work.
1t better for Juan
'H"I'' o. COURSE l1eS... he all
2Vu n"Ee HeIG, ana you could take
am WIEN you
ais D"PAhe Sala haStlIy'
- Always !aas privilege to
'"1Ee Hct Ihihd.
LlarLi,. A'1 i''''u S"e ASNeu
"Ah9r.
Ffo wa NJ s''l;pt'
want ~ .oahiaS W 80, ~,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-01-06

The telephone rang as if the op-
orator were angry. Daphne put her
elbows on her desk, dropped her
moist face into damp hands, and let
it ring. She was suspicious that the
caller was Mrs. Perkins to ask
again when her C%hippendale side
beard was arriving, and Daphne
didn't know the answer.
She glowercd at the phone, the
packing case and bed-over which
She would have to crawl to reach.
it-aud decided it couldn't ring for
yer.
The packing case was only part
of the overflow from the Newbold
draWing-room which she'd had to
turn into a workroom for the peo-
pie she'd brought down from New
York: Upholsterers, seamstresses,
and a mural painter.
The thin silk dressing-gown in
which she sat at her desk in the
bedroom clung to her damply.
That's wartime Washington"
she murmured. "No deliveries, no
room. 10 cool air, and the summer
ahead!'
She considered tearing a sheet of
her calendar-June 15-but the eff
fort was too much. Her thoughts
ran ahead to the next day, Satur-
day-the beginning Of the weekend
Alan had promised her. 1t would
be his first leave since she'd arrived
almost three months ago. They
were going to spend it at Chevy
Chase with Alan's sister.
In just nineteen hours - Daphne
counted them-she'd be out III the
cool country, away from the phone,
irate clients, complaining work.
men, battles with express Offices,
and long distance calls; from the
thousand and one details Of a busy
decorators life.
Corinne's prediction that there
was a bright future for Daphne
was right--if she could weather the
present.
Meanwhile it was still Friday
and she had to get into street
clothes. phone twice to the ware
house in New York. run across the
city to see how the paint job was
getting on at a foreign attaches
apartment, pick up frames at the
rehniShers', drop some drapery
swatches at a congressman,s office,
assure a senator that his rugs
would arrive hv the twentieth and