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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-08
Junior High Crowd Stages
Successful Barn Dance

MOUNT MEMS High
held their first party. the Eight
Ball. a barn dance, Friday eve
ming at the school gymnasium.
Approximately $50 students
danced to music furnished by the
Lincoln SerenaderS, with the
orchestra platform deco e d
with a large eight-ball, from
which multi colored streamers
were strung around the gymna-
stun. Baskets of Spring flowers
were also used as decorations.
The floor show, directed by
Helen Gauper of the faculty,
included vocal selections by
Marilyn Miller, a blues song By
Ruth Whitsitt, tap-dancing by
Iris Huskman and Eldora Hoover
with music by Donna Guild, Bert
Ellis popular songs, and a ma
gician's act by Meyer Goldman.
Their enthusiastic audience pro-
nounced the floor show COM
plete success.
Chaperones for the affair,
which was given under the sup
ervision of Mrs. Edgar Whan,
were Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer A.
Stewart, Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Grinnell, Mrs. Lyh Robinson,
Dorothy Sheldon and Miss Gau-
per.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-08
Public Party

THE PUBLIC is invited to at
tend a luncheon and card party
to be sponsored on Wednesday,
May 10, in the clubrooms of ST.
Peters Lutheran church of Ma
comb by the Ladies' Aid. Lunch
con will be served at l o'clock.
Mrs. Harry Alwardt Of Macomb
is general chairman.
MRS. MAX KENDRICK, who
recently moved into her new
house at 80 Gallup avenue, was
honored Sunday evening by a
group of about 25 friends who
gathered for a housewarming.
Mr.. Kendrick is a petty officer
at sea with the Navy. Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Rosso have purchas-
ed the Kendrick home at 3066
South River road.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-08
Ruth SchonschQck Awaits
Her Orders as NQWNurse

ton as industrial nurse at the
National Twist Drill and Tool
company in Rochester, where
she has been employed for the
past two and one-half years. A
1887 Mount Gle m ems High
school graduate she earned her
r. n. certificate in 1887 at st.
JosephS hospital, and later took
post graduate work at the Bes-
ton Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat
Infirmary. Previous TO her Ro-
chester position, she was a staff
nurse at Henry Ford Hospital
in Detroit.
During her stay in Rochester,
the new navy nurse was active
in the community as a member
OF the Rochester Tuesday Musi-
Gale and st. Pauls Methodist
Choir. In addition, she has par
ticipated aggressively in the De-
troit chapter Of the American
Association of Industrial Nurses.
While awaiting her call, En-
sign Schonschack is visiting her
mother, and number of fare
well parties have been given in
her honor in the last few days
Mrs. Hubert Meier entertained
at dinner for her, Mrs. William
Schonschack at a luncheon, and
her sister Evelyn at another din
ner party. Another party in her
honor was Mrs. Maurice Doeb-
bler's, given at her East Detroit
home.
MIR. AND MRS. HAROLD
CHARBONEAU, South Wilson
boule ward, entertained the
members Of their supper club at
their home Sunday evening.
MRS. PERRY II. IRISH re.
turned yesterday from Ann Ar
Dor where she attended the May
Festival concerts. She was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. w. y. Nc
Lean while there.
ANNE SULLIVAN, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard p. Sui
Ivan. 1913 Moross avenue, is con-
tinuing her studies as Junior
at Denison University. Granville,
O., during the summer term
which ends June %.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-08
Births at St. JOseph's
MIR. AND MRS. JOHN

MIR. AND MRS. JOHN F.
SCHWERI. East Detroit, a
daughter, Mary Louise, May 5.
MR.. AND MRS. EDWARD w.
WATERS, Detroit, a daughter,
Ellen Kay, May 5.
MR.. AND MRS. DANIEL II.
MARSACk, New Baltimore, a
daughter, May 5.
MIR. AND MRS. GEORGE
BERNARDO, East Detroit, a son,
Patrick George. May 1
MIR. AND MRS. ISADORE
MANIC, Utica, a son, Joseph
Robert, May 3.
MIR. AND MRS. DORR T.
STICKNEY, New Haven, a son,
Donald Bruce, May 3.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-08

ANOTHER Mount Clemens
girl has answered the call to the
colors. She is Ruth Schonschack,
who is awaiting her orders 20
report for duty as an ensign in
the Navy Nurse Corps.
Ensign Schonschack says she
wants to relieve the nurses who
have been serving so long. and
to- do what she can to help in
the critical shortage. Her broth
err, Howard Schonschack, is a
radio technician &c, serving
with the Navy. Their mother is
Mrs. Verona Schonschack of Isl
Jones street.
Ensign Schonschack has OBJ
tanned a release from her posi-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-08

COMMITTEES are named to-
day for the last of the dessert
luncheon book review series to
be held tomorrow at the home
of Mrs. Gorton j. Montague, 80
South Wilson boulevard. The
Young Women's Episc opa |
League sponsors the series.
Mary Joan Purcell of Mount
Clemens High school faculty
will review A. j.. Cronin's The
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-08

UNDERESTIMATE THOMAS
]. KALTENBACH, "a Grove
Park avenue, on his birthday
anniversary today.
CPL. KENNETH STRASS-
BURG, whose 22nd birthday
anniversary is tomorrow. Son
of Mrs. Fred Strassburg, 81
Kendrick avenue, he will cele-
brate somewhere in the Philip
pines.
RONALD MELLISH, whose
third birthday anniversary was
May 3. He entertained 10 little
friends at a party Friday after
noon at his home on Euclid ave-
nue.. He is the son Of M/Sgt. and
Mrs. William Mellish, and his
daddy has been two years in
Burma with the AAF.
MRS. ELLIE MUMEA of Lin
coin avenue, on her birthday an
niversary Monday.
MRS. WILLIAM T. CROSS,
Euclid avenue, who celebrated
her birthday anniversary on
Monday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-08
Meet Tonight

THE MEETING of Westmin-
ster League of the Presbyterian
church, which was set for Mon
day evening, will be held to-
night at Mrs. Guy Browns
home, Sc Moross avenue. 1t was
cancelled last evening to per-
nit members to attend the
services at Mount Clemens High
school.
MRS. ROBERT G.. PELTIER,
North avenue, was hostess to the
members of her duplicate club
at luncheon at her home to-
day.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-08

Credit for the success Of the
affair goes to Douglas Stewart,
student general chairman, and
his committees: Judy School,
Rose Leggett, Charles Frederick
and Mary Dahm, social; and
Marilyn Miller, Dorothy Prud-
homme, Robert Streu and James
Buckler, decorations.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-08

MARY JOAN PU r c E L L,
MCHS English teacher, will be
the speaker at the closing event
in the annual series of dessert
luncheon book review spon-
sored by the Young Women's
Episcopal League.
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lie Salute
CLARENCE WERNER, whose

CLARENCE WERNER, whose
birthday anniversary is today.
MIR. AND MRS. JOSEPH A.
Milan of 81 Ahrens street, on
their 23rd wedding anniversary
on Wednesday.
PFC. DONALD B. PAUL,
who celebrated his 28th birth
day anniversary on Sunday,
May 6, somewhere in Gee
many. On Thursday, he and
Mrs. Paul will celebrate their
fourth wedding anniversary.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-08

PLANS for camping were
made at the Girl Scout Council
meeting held yesterday at the
headquarters.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-03

rIna, at home, ana nephew
and niece, Charles and Donna
Ebert, who live with the Papist
family.
Pvt. Ballor, age 90, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ballor, of
1925 Ellen street, { II I o n
Township, and former student
at st. Mary's High School, was
killed in action on Cebu, in the
Philippine Islands, on April ,,
his family has been informed.
Pvt. Ballor was in the I'm ed
States Infantry and had been III
the army for two years. He went
overseas Is months ago and had
been excessively stationed on
the Fiji Islands, New Caledonia
and Bougainville. During con-
siderable action he had escaped
without a scratch.
The latest Mount Clemens
hero was born on his parents
homestead on the 15-Mile road,
and after primary education at
the Wolf road school, attended
st. Mary's High.
He had one brother, Pvt. An
thony Ballor, U. S. Army, who
is now in the Marianas, and who
had unsucessfuily tried TO ar
range a meeting of the two
brothers.
Other survivors, besides the
parents are four sisters: Mrs.
Sidney Rettell, and Evelyn, Lii
liam and Elaine, and two other
brothers, Pvt. Raymond, U. ).
Army in Texas, and William
Jr., at home.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-03
Berlin


announced last night as 10000,
grew to 100000.
The first Soviet eyewitness
story on the capitals capitula-
ton was written for Pravda by
War Correspondent Jacob Ma
carenko.
JRONIC SCENE
AS ironical as ii was SYMBOL
cal, he said, was the fact that the
actual surrender took place at
the Tiergarten, Berlin's once
beautiful central park, between
Victory avenue - which bisects
the Tiergarten from north to
southland the pillars Of Vic
tory Of the Brandenburg gate.
He said Berlin's Tempelhof
Airdrome already was being
used by Russian planes.
Immediately after capitula-
ton the city's streets commenced
to fill with the foes battalions
headed toward the appointed
gathering place." Macarenko re-
ported.
CLOUD OF FLAGS
"The whole city Is covered
with white flags.
The Germans piled their guns,
one a fter the o t h er, on the
round" Macarenko wrote.
After surrendering their weap-
ons they were headed for the
outskirts in columns stretching
for many kilometers. The Ger
mans looked sadly from side to
side at their wrecked capital. 1t
must be pointed out that Allied
aviation worked hard over Ber-
lin. The very center was badly
smashed-their Tiergarten, the
Wilhelmstrasse, all government
buildings. even the industrial
districts"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-03
Pacific
Continued from Page I

fight across jungle trails TO
Thailand. Capture of Pegu, Py-
a''bwe- and entrance of troops
into Prome-all north of Ran
6 on-Were reported today.
Rangoon, famed for its bejew-
e-led Buddhist temples, is po-
tential staging base for a Brit
ish drive TO recapture their
great Singapore naval base, now
within range of Allied bombers
from Borneo. Along the route to
Singapore, the East Indies fleet
continued its bombardment of
Port Blair yesterday.
PAPID GAINS
Press dispatches from Tara
kan, oil producing island off the
northwest coast of Borneo, re-
ported that the first day of the
Australian invasion insure
quick development of an air base
there. Gen. Douglas Macarthur
said this would complete the
chain of airiields in the South
west Pacific" That would put
them within range of Singapore,
heretofore attacked only by B.
29s.
Today's Superfort raid by so
to 100 BIOS pounded six air
dromes on Fyushu Island from
which the Japanese have been
sending suicide planes against
American forces. on Okinawa.
simultaneously Tokyo reported
suicide submarines had gone in
to action j" the area, sinking
three u. S. ships.
On the west coast of Okinawa
the First Marine Division re-
placed the 9th which 1t. Gen.
Simon Bolivar said had suffer
ed considerable casualties. The
Army's nth replaced the "phy-
sically exhausted 96th in the
center.
American bombers wrecked 20
ocean going vessels, including
four bombed off the coast of
Honshu, Japan's main island. U.
S. submarines, which have sunk
about half of Japan's merchant
marine. accounted for 81 more
running their wartime total to
1,119.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-03
HOnOrs
COntinued from PAGE I

Richard Hugh Smith, director of
religious education for the do
ceSe. The special commenda-
tons for efficiency are credited
to church school superintendent
Francis Hartley, whose work is
directed by Rev. Merifield, and
teachers" Mrs. Hunter Judd and
Miss Mary Dowding whose class
es won high awards in the do
cesar contest.
Both leading church schools
will be honored on Sunday at
4 p. m, at st. Paul's Episcopal
Cathedral, Detroit. Twenty-one
members from Grace Church
Will receive awards.
Among the honored students
are: Norma Mettler, who won
first iii the state for her essay,
New World Pioneers, and
June Bennett, whose essay on
Prayer won third place, and
Mary Ellen Gerkey, whose pos
ter on New World Pioneers
won an honorable mention.
The class of Miss Dowding
won first prize in the state in
the church school Lenten con-
test. From a choice of subjects
they depicted the life of the late
Bishop Brent, beloved mission
airy in the Philippines for many
years. Their poster portrayed
missionary work.
A total of 1900 church school
pupils are expected to attend the
cathedral ceremonies in Detroit
Sunday afternoon, with the two
principal junior choirs singing.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-03

because Stepnitz and Lietz were
shooting huge quantities Of wa
ter from the 300-gallon booster
tank into the flames. They didn't
haze a chance to play with the
trucks two foamite ertinguish-
ers or the special grass-fire out
fit it carries. The fire went out
too quickly!
Someone who watched the
first-run firemen leaving the
township h al telephoned the
Sheriff's Office and pleaded
with deputies:
"Fo- heavens sake get out
and follow those fel ow 5.
They've got a new truck and
don't know a thing about fire
fighting
After Deputies Cornelius Gu
dehau Jr., and Robert Branson
reached the scene, and watched
the fire rapidly disappear, they
Remarked:
who said these guys don't
know how to put out fires?"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-03
Corner
Continued from Page I

time ago, subsequent to the fire
which badly damaged the Struc-
ture, DR.. Berry had offered the
property to the State Highway
Department for $45 900 for Ora
tiot widening purposes.
Return of the Cady-McCoy
Drug Store from its present
temporary location on South
Gratiot to the corner it previ-
ously occupied will take place,
the owners said, when wartime
restricts are lifted or eased.
Future plans of the drug
store will be announced as soon
as they are definitely determin-
ed.
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Heroes
Continued from Page 1

after his family moved here
from Detroit. He attended Har-
rison Township schools and also
Mount Clemens High School,
which he left before graduation
in order to become a tool and
die apprentice in the Superior
Tool & Die Company, Hoover
road, Warren Township.
VETERAN OF BATTLE
He Joined the Marines in De-
cember 1941 a few days after
Pearl Harbor and after going
overseas saw his first combat
action in the Solomon Islands,
Tulagi and at Guadalcanal.
In October 1913 he was re-
termed to the United States as a
casualty" and after a period OF
disqualification visited his moth
er here in Feb. 1914 for one
week, before returning TO action
last September at Guam and
later Two lima. During his brief
Through he declined TO discuss
his Casualty status or describe
the occasion that invalided him
home, his mother states.
Sorensen, a Browning Auto
matte Rifleman (BAR- was with
the Third Division, USING. His
last letter home from Iva Jima,
written with a japanese pencil
with a flat shovel for a table,
described the pretty rough" at
far the Marines were engaged
in, and mentioned that hot cof-
f., being flown to the invading
forces was God-send.
SURVIVORS
Besides his mother, Sorensen
Is survived by a sister, Pauline,
4 Selfridge Field employee, and
an adopted brother, BM &c
G. / c. Moody, who has been
on active service with the navy
in the Pacific since Feb. 194l.
PVT. PAPIST
Pfc. Harold w. Papist, age q,
member of an infantry battalion
fighting in Germany, met his
death in action on April Z, his
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-03
Time
Continued from Page l

dissenting vote after petition
bearing 1873 signatures and spon-
sored by the East Detroit Minis
terial Association, had expressed
a definite public preference for
Eastern War Time.
East Detroit cafe owners high
ly vocal in prior discussions of
the time situation, were strange
ly mum at Mondaysnight's ses-
sion of the East Detroit Cc.nmiS-
sion at which the CWT rcgula-
ton was abandoned.
In Roseville, however, slow
time is still (officialiy) in effect
although virtually all private
enterprise - with the exception
of taprooms conform to the
Federal curfew, fast-time, which
is in effect throughout all other
South Macomb communities, the
City of Detroit and the Macomb
county seat at Mount Clemens.
HOW THEY VOTED
East Detroit commissioners
voting on an Eastern War Time
motion made by William Fl Ry-
an, and supported by Harry w.
Mcmillan, voiced their senti-
ments as follows: Yes: Arens,
Mcmillan and Ryan. No: Sher-
man. Inasmuch as there was not
tie Mayor Richard Maxwell
was not called upon - vote.
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educated at the Garfield School
and confirmed at the Canal Luz
theran Church. He spent his
time before entering the army
w.rk on his parents farm
and nearby farms, and was &C
tive in neighborhood baseball
games.
The young hero was in the
army four years and left this
country for overseas service IN
January. He had been stationed
in the coast artillery prior to
being assigned to the infantry.
In a letter sent home on April
6, the day prior to his death,
Papist told his family: 81 am
still safe and in the best OF
health"
Besides mis- parents, the young
soldier is survived by sister,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-03
Officials Man
Mew Fire Truck
in Dizzy Run

Because the new fire truck
voted last fall by the people OF
Clinton Township was not ex-
pected to be delivered for sew
e al weeks from now, township
officials had not bothered to or
; ~nize a fire department COM
plete with chief, 1addermen and
volunteers.
But the fire apparatus, COM
pletely equipped, arrived Satur-
day, Township officials and
leaders inspected it, twisted
knobs and dials here and there
and probed into its mysteries
while a photographer snapped
pictures of them posing proudly
while grouped about the new
pumper.
CALL DIDN'T WAIT
Between themselves they dis
cussed plans to appoint firemen
at the next meeting SO that the
fire-fighters could study all the
devices and gadgets and be able
% use them in the event of an
other of the serious fires that
have plagued the township for
years.
But the. fire didn't wait for
organization Of a fire depart
ment.
AT 11:46 am, Wednesday, Su-
p rvisor Paul Stepnitz, Clerk
Elmore Lester and Treasurer
Arthur Leitz were checking rec
ords in the township hall when
the phone rang:
There's a fire at 538 Nc
Kishney, on Gratiot north of
{ Quinn road, and it's threat
ching to burn the house down"
was the startling message.
DOUBLE IN BRASS
Without even bothering to
call meeting and appoint
themelves by vote, Stepnitz as
sumed the role Of Fire Chief;
Lester became assistant chief,
and Art Lietz jumped on the
truck and said he was a lieu
tenant.
With siren sounding Eyes,
they found iD, the three fire.
mentor the-first-t mt spe d
down Gratiot It high speed.
AS they bounced along Step
nitz and Lester cast nervous
chances at the array of switches
and plugs, wondering which
they'd pull first when they got
to the fire-and what would
happen when they pulled 'em.
LAUNDRY BLAST
They found that laundry
stove had exploded in a large
clubhouse at the home Of T. H.
Bea..-.-, and the building, includ-
ing a ton of coal and all the
family wash, was blazing fierce
ly. Around it stood other build
ings, including a chicken coop,
and nearby stood the large
frame house.
Clinton Townships three
muekteers' stepped down from
the halted truck in a cloud OF
d ,st and took charge.
VI one-minute flat they had
a fine stream Of water at 100 Id.
pressure drenching the fire. Les
ter had an axe, but never got a
c,ance~ to use it fortunately,
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Hitler
Continued from Page I

every German was taught to be-
lieve was Asiatic barbarism.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-03

came more and more suspicious
of his fellow men. That this was
not altogether unjustified may
be seen from the announcement
that his greatest general, Won
Rundstedt, willingly surrender
ed himself to Americans at Bad
Toelz where, at the time of the
Reich's greatest crisis, he was
calmly taking the cure.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-03
Traffic
Continued from Page I

a record is also kept of the cash
taken in.
Joining the discussion, Com
missioner Oehmke told the may
or that since taking office he
had planned to ask for a joint
session of the commission with
the police chief and city attor-
ney, to study the traffic ticket
situation. H ever, Oehmke
said. he had delayed this request
until the new city attorney
Hugh H. Neale, had fully assum-
ed office. He said such con-
ference will be called shortly.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-03

Revenue passenger-miles of
IS. anyways increased 267 pei
cent in the period 1936-1941
from 321, 100000 in the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1885, to l..
10000 in 1941.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-03

pa r e n t S, Mr..
and Mrs. Louis
Papist, of Tilch
road, Route /,
w e S t of Mount
Cler,ens, h a v e
been informed.
P a pi S t was
b orn on the
farm where his
family now re-
sides, and was
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-03

From March, 1941, to April,
1914, $4,000 tanks and 100000
other military motor vehicles
were sent from the u S. to AL
lied forces of other United Ma
tons.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-16
Play Boy Jumps
From Frying Pan
Into Hot Water

An all-male jury in United
States District court, Tuesday, No
vember IS, was told by Mrs. Betty
Emery, 80 years old, that Living
stone "Pigmeat" Simms, former
Great Northern Railway waiter, in
duced her to come to St. Paul from
Seattle on the assertion that she
could carry on prostitution here
without interference from the po-
lice.
Simms is charged with violation
of the Mann act, and is accused by
Mrs. Emery of having taken $50
from her coat while they were in a
Seattle night club, and that, since
she had no money, she permitted
him to buy her ticket to St. Paul.
Registered at Hotel
Mrs. Emery admitted, under
cross-examination by Simm's at
torney, Hammond Turner, that she
and Simms and a soldier whom she
had met on the train, took a cab
to the Keystone hotel, located at
Western and Carroll, on their ar
rival here last October.
Mrs. Emery, who now lives at
"a Highland Avenue, Minneapolis,
was given a suspended sentence
last May II, on the charges of be-