The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-13

stopped In the office the other
day with one Of those gold
softball e. blems the city De-
partment Of Recreation awards
to members OF championship
teams this one being for
the Senior League Of 1914. We
will hold it in our office until
the owner claims II and offers
Satisfactory proof as to where
he lost It, etc. Thanks are due
to Judge Noe for his thought
fulness for these emblems
mean much to the winners.
ONE OF Is MEN aboard the
USS Santa Fe to the captains
letter of commentator and a
ribbon, is Chief Gunners Mate
Gerald case, IS, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Waldo Pease, of Mount
Clemens. Gerry didn't tell his
family about it, but they read it
in a copy Of the ships newspa-
per. Twenty officers and men
won concentrations without the
ribbon award. 1t is under
stood special honors paid the
Santa Fee men were for their
heroism when the USS Frank
lin was bombed off Okinawa,
and the Santa Fee literally sup
ported the topping carrier and
rescued hundreds Of her burned
and wounded men.
"Laddie' come home" Is
the plea of Joan and Dwight
Hecht, Of Clair avenue, since
their six-months-ol pet dog
disappeared Monday. Lad
die" is a shOrt-haired, tan-col.
Ored dog of the Spitz Terrier
type which would probably
not receive an American Ken.
mel Club rating but
he's tops with the children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hecht
hope that someone will find
"Laddie" and then tel
ephone 1887.
WE DOUBT whether there is
time for the Goodfellows TO ar
range a show this side Of Christ.
mas, but Eddie Krohn, talented
song writer, tap dancer and
Snowman insists that good
minstrel show is long overdue
in this town. He refers to
one which would use the wealth
Of local talent available. 1t takes
lot to beat minstrelsy at its
best. Round up Al Hameister,
Ralph Clark, Harold West, Wal
ter Fenton, Roy "Gabby" Kaul,
Ted Gehrke, Joe Albrecht, Stan
Miller, kitty" Mogg and 80
kerr Stevens and you'll have en-.
tertainment that can't be beat.
The transportation situation
has improved greatly for Her.
man L. Brys, Shores and
Mount Clemens attor ney,
whose car, stolen a month ago,
has now been recovered by
Detroit police. 1t was found
standing outside beer garden
-. and from the dust which
caked the interior, must have
been there for weeks. Only
the spare tire from the trunk
was missing and some
damage done to q fender and
door. It had plainlyabeen used
for a brief j0yride and it
Is q mystery why the tires and
other accessories were not re-
moved.
ERNIE WANGELIN, supervis.
or of Ray Township, stopped in
the office the other day for
brief visit -. and was telling
US how chicken thieves are &C.
tive again in that area. Ernie
that one of his neigh
bors lost fine flock of "pedi-
greed" fowl. Monday. the
office reported that IS
five-pound Rhode Island reds
disappeared during the week.
end from q farm on Route 1,
Washington. The report re-
vealed that the owner of the
flock was Ernest r. Wangelin,
Of Ray Township!
When Sgt. Gerald Harris, Of
Ormsby street, returned with
IN honorable discharge the
other day, and went around TO
look over the old Home Town,
one Of the first friends he en-
countered was Sgt. Grant Eel.
ton, his brother-in-law, who
arrived home on the same day
with his honorable discharge.
The two hadn't seen each 9TH
er for four years. They had
plenty to talk about.