The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-24

LaCroix on Sunday was brought
face to face with man he hadn't
seen since 1907 -. and in two
seconds "Hank& shouted: "Why!
George Ortiz you old so-and-
so :. where have you been for
38 years. 1t was Orth, one of
the best known members of the
old Lawyers Club professional
baseball team which m a d e
M cunt Clemens history on
Croker Field. on the south side
OF Croker where Second street
is now located. Stan Miller.
who sold scorecards, peanuts,
cushions, etc, at the ballpark
was the one who sprang the sur
prise on LaCroix . an hour
after Stan had accidently met
Ortiz and recognized him.
The three spent a day Of
reminiScing -. during which
the names and dates and great
events Of early baseball were
banded back and forth with
rapid-fire precision. There
was talk Of Eddie (Scrubby)
Taylor, Tom Caesar, Archie
LaPointe. Brooks and Moose
Moore :. and of course man.
ager Walter dad" TrOmbley
and catcher LaCrOix one of
the few men behind the plate
who could peg fast one to
catch runner off third with
out raising from his catcher's
crouch 1t was a great day
for the Old Timers and it's
too bad the occasion couldn't
have been turned into a full
reunion
LIFEGUARDS at the munich
pal beach were faced with a
peculiar problem Sunday when a
boating party left a young girl,
a non-sWimmer, on a diving float
in deep water. i. F.. and the guards
under repair, couldn't
be used to bring her back :.
Director Roy Quinn ordered one
guard to 60 out and get the girl,
and another to stand by in case
Of emergencies. The emergency
(Which should always be fore
seen, Quinn points ouD took
place. Shortly after taking his
burden from the raft, the guard
suffered a serious leg cramp and
called for aid. The second guard
was off the dock in flash and
soon cutting through the water.
The first guard held the girl up
until help arrived and then
"limped" back himself. All end
ed well.
Maybe you did contribute
to the prOcesSed tin-can drive
this week or maybe
you didn't depending on
how you feel about dropping
bombs on Japan's home is
lands. However the
thing Uncle Sam wants to i'm
press you with now is that
saving and processing tin cans
is not to be considered as
Once-every-Six months event,
or special drive of some
kind. It's an everyday must"
just like buying war
bonds 10 the limit of your
ability. SO start in
right now. even if you didn't
help so we'll in the current
drive to pile up pro-
cessed tin cans for the next
call.
BUSY BOB BEAL, chief SUI.
pervisor of Fairgrounds, has lost
that famous ,sweater-eeat
by which he was so we'll known
and like a fisherman who
loses his old fishin' hat during
house cleaning time, Bob feels
the loss very much. Also his
Fairgrounds record book was
with the coat. Please return it.
it was probably left at one of
the Fairgrounds or a tennis
court Mrs. Pat Gilletts
house really put on airs the 9TH
err day, when the youngest Gill
lett, very active Jimmy" found
a precious bottle of Chanel No.
5 lis that how you spell it?)
and emptied all over the
living room floor. The Oh-la-!a
perfume was sent to Pat by her
Willard (Red1 Pelteir
from Paris. Tim claims thu
perfume was irresistible
as advertised.
Everything was perfect at
Mondays first meeting of the
Boys Hobby Club of Mount
Clemens thanks To the
generosity of number Of
swell people especially
Fred Richardson, of the Metal
Products, and one Of his men.
Glen (Irish) latham
who dug up that precious
quarter-horsepOwer electric
motor we pleaded for so ur-
gently. It's in perfect