The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-05

smoothly rs was hoped. Harold
]. Walden, Negro boss of the
club project and titular owner
Of Blossom Health, has filed
with the village plans for a SUBJ
division to be created on the
Blossom Heath property a
project which Is not forbidden
under any ordinance as the orr
ginal club idea was. The COM
mission has 80 days in which TO
approve the plat, if it's in legal
order.
Warren Township property
owners who sought $I44,9O5..
20 In compensation for dam
ages arising from Detroit's
abandoned airport c0ndemna.
ton suit, have been awarded
$63,847.41 by Judge Paul r.
Cash q slash Of 81 per
cent Of their claims. Cash
threw out dozens Of claims
amounting to hundreds Of dol
lars on the basis they were
fanciful and speculative. To
some who asked thousands Of
dollars he gave q couple Of
hundred. To others who asked
hundreds, he gave 10 or Is
bucks; most Of the awards be-
ing for attorney fees or for
actually testifying in court.
Supervisors have figured one
way to accomplish flood control
Of the Clinton River, and are
hoping the plan will work. This
districts share of the 100000
canal project to the lake is
$4,000 for right of way, etc.
Now Harrison Township has fill
ed petitions for an. inter-county
drain Ito include Oakland in the
cost, and Mount Clemens and
Clinton Township are consider
ing similar action. Well make
1t yet.
The public turned . cool
shoulder towards that prOpOs-
ed civilian blood bank for
Macomb County, to raise 400
pints for free civilian use.
About 1872 pints were obtain
ed, and the two-day Center
Line clinic had to be cut to
one day because of lack Of
clients.
TWENTY BATTLE STARS
was the jackpot hit by Duane D.
Debate. Fl, third-class gunner's
mate. of Mount Clemens, ran up
in the Pacific theater after &C.
tive service from 1912 to the
present, without leave. To
prove his right to wear that
many, he showed us a certifi-
cate from his ships captain set.
ting forth that fact and
signed and sealed too! He start
ed out in the Battle Of Santa
Cruz in the fall of az and kept
fighting right into Tokyo Bay,
August 1945. Most of his action
was aboard the USS San Diego
us stars) which he assures us
is the finest ship afloat. And we
wouldn't argue with DeHatel
Writing to our subscription
department to give a change
Of address, Douglas Taylor,
nc, Of st. Clair Shores,
mentioned that he had anOth-
er reader on board the USS
Armadillo, off Okinawa Shi-
ma, in q newcomer, Seaman
&c william Dubay, Of Mount
Clemens. They have lots to
talk about.
OIL LEASE PROMOTERS
David D., and Herbert H.
Brown, sought on a warrant
charging them with sale of un-
validate securities, surrendered
this week through Attorney
George w. John, and in court
demanded an examina t on
which was set for Oct. %. They
are charged specifically with
getting $685. from an elderly
Shelby Township farm couple
and Chief Assistant Prose
cutor Fred Van Fleteren claims
the same victims, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carleton G.. Hine, lost some
$l5,70O in buying oil leases
since 1912.
County Chairman Ralph
Clarke has sent out the call
for our Victory Bond Drive in
Macomb County, and hopes II
will 80 over the top like all
the others. This time the ante
II lower. Only S3,209,000 in
vestment In bonds Is asked,
against $5,192,000 in the 18th
War Loan.
LEST WE FORGET Word