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PARK ITYSECTION

4 Miss Lois H%enrickson left Satur
day for her home in Ingomar after
spending a couple of days at the
B. Vandenburg home. Miss Hen.
rickson is a granddaughter of Mrs
Vandenburg and is en- route to hel
home after teaching in Washington
the past year.
Seaman &c Lloyd Linger who has
been in training in Texas, left the
last of the week for California after
spending his furlough with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Linger and
among Park City friends.
Mrs. H. o. Beeman and daugh-
tiers of Broadview were in town
Monday. calling on relatives and
friends.
Miss Elfrieda Forswall, Saltwater
county demonstration, was in town
Monday and Tuesday securing lead
ers for the All clubs.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j. Wallace of
Columbus and Mr.. Wallace's sister,
Mrs. Goldie Sergeant of Long
Beach, Calf, were dinner guests
Wednesday of Mr.. and Mrs. S. Z.
Flood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Marsh and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Marsh of Rapelje were in town
Wednesday calling on friends.
A. o. Nelson and Cpl. Duane Mel
son of Florida, spent Wednesday in
Fromberg at the homes of Charles
and Earl Nelson.
Miss Marion Gebo spent the week
IN Pil1in nc my.4h La,. eoA4L0- Mxc
Thelma Gebo, and her sister, Mrs.
Samuel Flood. They all spent the
week end with Mrs. M. l.. Duns-
worth.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McFate are
the parents of a son born June 1
in a Billings hospital.
Marilyn Eastlick celebrated her
eighth birthday Friday, May 81,
by entertaining the following friends
at an afternoon party of games:
Sally Vandenburg, Carolyn Pope,
Beverly and Patricia Sands, Bobby
Eastlick, Irene Braley, Stacine and
Donald Plowman.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fry entertain
ed Wednesday Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Black and daughter Julia Rae of
SOlQliiDuO, LIN ullo. ooil n.y.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Nelson and
son Cpl. Duane Nelson of Florida,
and their daughter Mrs. w. Scott
and two children of Hardin made a
trip to Manhattan Tuesday to get
acquainted with their new grand
daughter, Margaret Nelson, daugh-
ter of Lieut.. and Mrs. Dwight Mel
Mrs. Rollo Johnson of Billings
was an overnight guest Tuesday
and Wednesday at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. w. D. Whitcanack.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Mckenzie of
Silesia were guests Wednesday of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Eastlick.
Mrs. Alfred Rudd of Big Timber
was a visitor at the John Kinney
home one day during the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Martin spent
Monday in Livingston with their
son C.. B. Martin, Jr., and family
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Mrs. F. w. Graft left last weel
for Miles City where she is visiting
her mother, Mrs. Simon Mcmillan
Miss Donna 10 Bradley is visit
ing Mrs. E. v. Wallace this week
at Billings.
Cpl. and Mrs. Ray Shively and
children left Monday for Denver
where they will visit several days.
Corporal Shively will then report
for duty at Fort Douglas, Utah
Mrs. r. E. Schuett of jamestown,
N. D., spent a few hours here Sat
Accompanying her home was
her little daughter Nancy who had
been visiting her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. r. Heebner.
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"The Pirky PCS" All club o.
home preservation met Tuesday a
the home of Mrs. John Roth, assist
ant leader and Mrs. Sol Lehman
leader. Officers elected were Cath
rine Scott, president; Betty Mehl
ing, vice president; Lorraine Fox
secretary-treasurer; Bernice Benner
recreational leader; Nancy Harris
news reporter. The club plans tc
meet once a week at their homes
to carry on their club work.
Mrs. Stanley Pearsall compliment
ed her daughter, Joan, Sunday on
her thirteenth birthday by enter.
tanning the following at a 1890
O'Clock dinner: Nancy Lee Harris,
Catherine Scott, Bernice Benner,
Donna Sitzman, Charlotte Harding,
Mrs. Glenn Miller of Laurel, and
Roger Pearsall. In the afternoon
the guests were entertained at a
theater party in Billings.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. w. Roberts en-
tertained at dinner Sunday compli-
menting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. M. Lewis of Seattle. Other
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Peters, Mrs. Jack Gesick of Bill
lings, Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Roberts
and family, Mrs. Irwin Roberts of
Laurel.
Mrs. A. o. Nelson and son Cpl.
Daune Nelson left June a for points
in Ohio. En- route they will make
a stop in St. Paul to spend two
days with Miss Ruth Nelson. Mrs.
Nelson will visit her sisters and
other relatives in Ohio, and Corpor-
al Nelson will go on to Sebring,
Fla, after spending his furlough at
his home.
Mrs. A.. o. Nelson was hostess to
the Garden club at the hall Thurs
day afternoon. The program was
on miscellaneous facts on plants
and flowers in which members
present took part.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Jones and
family and Mrs. Basil Helgesen and
family went to Belmont Saturday
to spend the week end with relatives
of Mr.. Helgesen's.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Lewis of
Seattle came Sunday to visit at the
home of their daughter Mrs. P. w.
Roberts and Mr.. Roberts.
Staff Sgt. Carl Zinne and Mrs.
Zinne of Ryegate were guests of
Sergeant Zinne's aunt and uncle,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kline Tuesday
and Wednesday. Sergeant Zinne is
home on furlough from Ia months
in Germany. On Wednesday they
and Mr.. and Mrs. Kline were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Zinne of
Columbus.
Staff Sgt. Thomas Wagner, who
has been spending his furlough with
his father Joe Wagner, returned to
the service May 25, and was dis
charged from the army during the
week, having considerable more
points than the required IS for an
discharge. At present he
is at his home.
Miss Dora Cain left Saturday for
Seattle to spend a week with a sis
ter. !
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Pvt. John Lofing, 10,
Dies May 2 On LuzOn
Of WOund In Action

Pvt. John Lofing, 10, died May z
of wounds received in action or
Luzon, according to information the
family received May "a. He was
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad
Lofing, who resided in Park City
many years and moved two years
ago to the Amin ranch south of
Columbus.
Private Lofing entered the army
as an infantryman Sept. 20, 1914,
and went overseas in February 1915.
Two brothers are also serving
overseas, Fred in New Guinea with
a medical division, and Peter with
the Seabees in the Pacific.
Surviving are the parents; the
two brothers mentioned and two
others, Alex and Herman, at home,
and six sisters, Mrs. Alex Henry
of Laurel, Mrs. Henry Maier of
Billings, and Molly, Donna, Joanna
and Rosalie who are at home.
Mrs. Al Ronschei was the lucky
drawer of the first wal bond given
away Friday afternoon at the open
ing of the new Greyhound bus de-
pot in Billings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Kober re-
.ceived word recently that their son
William Kober had graduated from
Maria Field, Tex, army air field
and has received the rating of flight
officer. He is being sent to MERGED,
Calf, for further training.
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Sgt. Jay Sheets arrived last
week from the South Pacific for
a 30-day furlough at home. He will
then report at Santa Ana, Calf.
Sergeant Sheets has been overseas
more than a year.
Mrs. R. S. Shoemaker and SON
Stevie of Harlowton were guests
several days of MI. and Mrs. E. A.
Fuller.
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Laurel News Items

Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Orndorff en-
tertained at dinner Friday evening
in honor of their daughter, Anita
Orndorff, Y PC, her guest, Cordelia
Coker, Y 1-c, of Yazoo City, Miss,
and Staff Sgt. Jay Sheets who is
home on furlough from the South
Pacific.
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LEWIS AND
CLARK
The Great American Odyssey
A Condensed Story of
the Historic EXpedi-
ton of 1S04-6.

Copyright 1915, Walter Meacham)
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-10
Educators Advise Against
Lower Teaching Standards

LANSING. Aug. 10-(P)-De-
spite an estimated shortage of
1000 rural school teachers in
Michigan for the approaching
school year. committee of edu-
Gators was recommended against
further lowering of teaching
standards, DR.. Eugene B. Elliott,
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, said today.
Elliott said an advisory com
mittee recommended n t e d
that school districts facing a
teacher shortage raise salaries to
attract applicants. that schools
having fewer than Is pupils be
closed and the students sent to
neighboring schools, and that
more school districts consider
school reorganization plans.
Most OF the areas which are,
short Of teachers are the poorer
ones" Elliott said, and the CORP
mi.tee felt that their only solH-
tion was TO pay higher taxes and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-10

Despite days and weeks OF
growing confidence that Japan
can't last much longer" and
also the use of atom bombs and
the entry of Soviet Russia into
the Pacific conflict, VI Day
found Mount Clemens stunned
and unbelieving.
Scores of persons who had
read increasingly optimistic
headlines during the past few
weeks, and had listened las,
night to President Truman's
threat of humiliation of the
Japanese Empire went to their
beds Thursday night confident
that the Pacific war would be
over lin a week or two"
Few could believe the news
when informed by telephone in
their awaking hours this morn
ing.
The typical reaction was:
Il can't believe It! It's too
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-10
Find Is Bodies
in Train Wreck
Many More
Believed Dead

MICHIGAN, N. D., Aug. 10
(Eo Sixteen bodies were recover
ed today from the tangled steel
wreckage of an observation car
into which a locomotive ploWed
as the two sections of the Empire
builder, great northern trans
continental train, collided here
Thursday night, killing an es-
timated score and injuring so
more, IS of them seriously.
Officials of the road said six
to ten more bodies remained
pinned in the mass of meta!
which must be burned apart
with acteylene torches.
OF those recovered. II were
service men and five were wo-
men, one of them a serviceman 5
wife, Coroner H. c Graham
said. None of the victims had
as yet been identified, so dis
membered were the bodies, he
added.
With q crash which shook
every house in this community
Of less than 500 population, the
speeding second coach section
plowed into the leading pullman
section which had been halted
here unexpectedly by hot box
on the Locomotive tender short
ly before Z p. m.
The rear car of the standing
train, a combination sleeper and
observation car, was telescoped,
its furnishings and berths jam
med into a compact mass at is
front while thee ar's steel shell
remained superimposed on the
locomotive of the following train
Train attendants estimated p
persons occupied the cars two
portions.
Definite check Of the number
Of injured was difficult as they
were scattered among half
dozen neighboring communities
which have hospital facilities,
completely lacking here. Michi-
gan has no doctor.
John Burnham, a staff CORES
pendent for the Fargo, N. D.,
forum, who was at the scene,
said only two men among the
passengers on the Inflated car
escaped. These were an un-
identified sailor and soldier who
saw the second bearing down
on them and jumped, the soldier
suffering severe cuts in going
through a window.
Coroner Graham said an in
quest would be held today, with
the engineer and fireman of the
second section, both of whom
survived, to be called as princi-
pal witnesses.
H. E. Nelson, Grand Forks, N.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-10

D.. the engineer, although suf-
tering from shock, was pulled
otherwise unhurt from his cab
which was beneath the steel OBJ
serVation car she'll. The fire
man, George Harris, also from
Grand Forks, saw the crash COM
ing and leaped from the cab.
c. w. Moore, advertising man.
sger for the great northern, said
each train carried IL steel cars,
and that all but four were inn
mediately movable. These 10
cars, with the unhurt passengers
aboard, proceeded west in a
single unit. pulled by the engine
Of the first train, Moore said.
The Empire builder had left
Chicago Wednesday at Ills
p. m. and the Twin Cities at 9
a. m. Thursday. bound for Seat
tie. The accident was the first
in which a passenger had been
killed on the great northern
since 1919, Moore said.
Because the majority of the
casualties were reported to be
service men. Capt. F. E. Wood
at Fort Smelling, Mimi, said the
Army was prepared to send a
first aid party to the scene by
air transport as early as wealth
or conditions permitted.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-10
CANT BELIEVE IT!'
City is Jubilant

good to be true! Are you sure
it's right?"
Selfridge Field, which has
watched every meagre scrap OF
war news and comment via the
Monitor Leaders Associated
Press wires during the past
, eek were electrified by the
glad tidings, according to 1t
Marie Cady, Public Relations
Officer.
Col. Bradford A. Shaw, COM
handing officer. was "overjoy-
ed" 1t. Cady said, and although
no official word had been re
ceived from the First Air Force,
officers, enlisted personnel and
civilian employees early assumed
a holiday mood. Smiles, hand
shakes and even cheers marked
the beginning of what may be
the worlds most happy celebra-
ton of all time.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-10

raise salaries"
He said salaries generally have
Improved in rural areas from SIS
to SlcD month before the war
to 500 to $500 a month and that
schools which pay less cannot ex-
pect 10 attract teachers.
The committee believed" FL.
lot. said. that the approaching
enfi of the war may ease trans.
po ftation restrictions and help
with this teacher problem. A lot
OF. women would be willing to
teach if they could use their cars
more"
He estimated that most coun-
ties In the state were short about
Is rural teachers, with the poor
er counties short as many as 40.
City and village schools, Elliott
said, appear TO have no shortage
OF primary grade teachers but
are experiencing some shortages
of teachers for technical cours-
PC
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-10
kogosoki
Bombing
Shocks AAF

GUAM, Aug. 10-(P)-Air-
men 70 to $50 miles away wit
messed the atomic bombing Of
Nagasaki and described it as
"too tremendous to believe.
Associated Press War cores
ponden;, Richard Cushing. re-
See A-BOMB-Page 2
ported that Okinawa base filters,
attacking other targets on the
Southern Japanese island of
Kyushu, saw flames and explo-
sions as the most destructive
weapon of the war found its
mark.
Fliers in the nearest plane
reported smoke column Whirl-
ed 10000 feet into the air. A
crew member of plane ESQ
miles away said he saw a fiery
yellow orange ball shot into the
sky for 5000 feet, followed by
column of smoke which rose
10 at least 10000 feet.
The results Of the atomic
bombing of Nagasaki were des-
cribed as good" by General
Spaatz. chief of the u S. Army
strategic air forces.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-10
Congress May End Draft Act
If Surrender is Accepted

Present plans call for an
Army Of about 100000 men
next June 80.
Some congressional leaders
believe the draft act should be
terminated no later than No
vember l, regardless of wheth-
err fighting still is continuing in
the Pacific. AS result at least
one bill calling for repeal on
that date is ready to be tossed
into the House hopper.
But the general feeling on
Capitol Hill is that nothing
should be done until Japan
actually surrenders.
The present draft act. re-
newed last May 9, remains eff
fcctive until next May Is "or
the date of the termination of
hoStllities in the present war, or
on such earlier date as may be
specified by Congress.
So, unless Congress inter
venes or President Truman
proclaims hostilities at an end
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-10

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -
(AP) - A Japanese surrender
will find Congress ready to put
an immediate end to the draft.
Congressional leaders dealing
with military policy disclosed
today that as soon as the cur
rent recess ends they will be-
gin drive TO halt Selective
Service inductions. Barring an
earlier call, the lawmakers are
due to return to Capitol Hill,
October 8.
Meanwhile, Secretary of War
Stimson reported that the War
Department will re-survey its
manpower needs in the light OF
the new atomic bomb and Rus
sia's entry into the Pacific war.
But Stimson emphasized that
the Army will not reduce its
forces by even one man. be-
low the number it considers
necessary to defeat Japan with
the least possible loss of Amer
lean lives"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-10

Wash for FIVE minutes.
After draining, two
one-min ute rinses
with clear hot water.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-10

Washed shoscush1y.
dishes dry 10 owo
heat are left spaskliAo
clean and sssisasy.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-10

sooner. Selective Service may
continue drafting men until
next May Is.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
Selective Service director. in
dictated recently that inductions
would continue perhaps at the
rate of 100000 men monthly
even after Japan capitulates. 1t
las HerShcy's statement that
spurred the drive fer congress
lonal intervention.
Most congressman are dead
set against permitting lnductions
to continue beyond the sur
render of Japan, regardless of
how much longer hostilities
continue technically.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-10

What has been the great
est single factor in chang
ing your way of living
during the last fifteen
years? -. Almost certainly
il has been electricity.
Electricity has taken over
TO release homemakers
from drudgery -. to in.
crease comfort .. to pro-
vide a better way Of life.
Plan on turning on the
electric life just as soon q
appliances are again avail
able. Find out what mod.
ern appliances can do for
you how they operate
-. what they cost. All the
evidence indicates that the
old-fashioned way Is the
wasteful way -. all those
who know say that the cleo
tric way is the better way.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-07
BID ACCEPTED

Bid of the Eberts Brothers COM
pany for 500 cubic yards of Ready
Mix concrete has been accepted.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-07
d OF 1 DISCUSSES
MOTHER DAUGHTER BANQUET

Daughters of Isabella, Immacu-
late Heart circle 279, heard reports
on the annual benefit card party
at. the monthly business meeting
Tuesday at st. Patrick's church.
Mrs. Clara O'Neill, chairman of
the party, reported the war bond
winners are: Helen Aerson, $50
bond; Ernestine Lilienthal, M.
MaSstorac, Anna DeSana, $25
bonds; Mrs. Dan Graham, SO in
War stamps.
Communion in a body will be
received at st. Elizabeth church at
the $50 Mass on Mothers Day,
May Is.
Blanket club winners for the
month are Mrs. Benedicta Arpino,
and Mrs. Ashby. Winners Of the
embroidery rattle held at the meet
ing are Catherine Sieg, Corrine
Martin.
The coming Mother-Daughter
banquet plans were discussed. Held
in st. Patrick's church, the banquet
will be given May Is at pm. All
members are requested to bring
their own service and a side dish.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-07

Ray Mix, chairman of the coming
drive for Boy Scouts fund, an
nounced this week that since it will
be impossible to personally contact
everyone during the drive, special
arrangements have been made this
year. Those wishing to purchase
sustaining memberships may send
their contribution Gncluding adj
dress) to 1859 Biddle Ave, Wyan-
dotte. A receipt and membership
card will be mailed to them.
There are over eleven hundred
registered scouts in the downriver
area and plans are under way to
seek suitable camp sites near by for
them.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-07
RIVER RATS

Graduates from the River Rats
Finishing School located in the va
cant lot on the banks of the Meuse
river, Belgium, helped establish the
Rhine river crossings. Equipment
was rushed by railroad from Cher
bourg, and from the beginning of
March 80 men graduated in the
school every 10 days. The instruct
ing staff of officers and II en-
listed men taught river nghterage,
small pontoon operations, barge as
Sembly, barge manipulation and
towing, launching and handling of
heavy equipment and pile-drivers,
and bridge assembly. These men
are worth their weight in gold"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-07
Strauss Gantz
tContinued from Page y

fication is happiness, then the State
is indeed a devilish idea.
But, in the light of what is
happening, with the memory OF
these eight million dead fresh in
our minds, and the realization that
more millions will be sacrificed tc
this idea, can We assume that men
are rational beings? Will they not
under the moral coverage provided
by this fiction, continue to indulge
their predatory inclinations? Will
they not, in the name of Uncle
Sam, John Bull or the Bear that
Walks Like a Man, go on robbing
and destroying and tormenting and
numbering?
1.-THE price man pays for harbor-
ing this delusion of the State is the
price Faust paid to Mephistopheles.
He ceases to be an individual and
becomes a thing. He ceases to be- -
What Can We Do?
OF course, the drift of mankind
is toward the harmony of brother
hood; eventually, man will attain
a state of peace that proves his
divinity-how long it viii take is
mere conjecture.
But the attainment most assur-
edly is worth the trying. The eight
and more million dead from this
WAR ought to inspire the living
to make the effort.
Breton Woods, Dumbarton Oaks,
the San Francisco Conference-all
these are in that direction. The
individual conversations each of
us have on the Cause and Cure of
War are also worth the effort, too.
Does each of us whose lives are
disturbed and upset by WAR, whose
hearts ache over the loss of a dear
one, or whose anXieties are reused
over the safe return Of those in
combat still living do you and
/ ponder deeply enough on this
most profound Of all problems in
human relationships?
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-07

AIR SERVICE. COMMAND IN
ITALY =. Sgt. Dan Carmichael Of
Detroit spoke no Italian. The Ital-
Ian ,jeweary store proprietor spoke
no English. So Carmichael had a
tough time explaining that he want
cd ITALY ls45" engraved on his
heavy gold school ring to send as
, souvenir to his wife in Pasadena.
Then Carmichael wanted to know
how long the job would take. The
proprietor didn't understand until
the sergeant wrote out his question
on q slip paper. He told Carmichael
II would be no trouble at all, to re-
turn the next day.
The following day the sergeant
same back. The ring was ready.
The old merchant handed it proudly
across the counter. Carmichael took
one brief look:
In beautiful block letters right
across the face Of the ring were the
words HOW LONG,"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-07
Based In Hawaii

u. S. NAVAL AIR STATION,
BARBER'S POINT, OAHU, T. H.
Alvene j. Herborn, aviation ma
chinist's mate third class, USNR, is
now serving at this station in the
assembly and repair department.
Herborn's wife and daughter live
at SAB Oak, Wyandotte.
Herborn was stationed at the
Naval Air Station, Crosse lie, prior
to his transfer here.
Two brothers, Melvin and Ar
mold, are also serving in the Navy.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-07

The Spring Training Course for
Girl Scout Leaders currently going
on at the Garfield school Is huge
success. 1t is a very enthusiastic
class Of As women adults, who will
find pleasure and satisfaction in
becoming Girl Scout Leaders, said
Miss F. Brown, District Field Sec
rotary.
Joining Wyandotters for the
course are entrants from Taylor
township, Allen Park, Melvindale,
Lincoln Park, Ecorse and River
Rouge, Riverview, Trenton and
Gibraltar.
1t was necessary to divide the
group and call in additional train
ers. Miss Brown now has a class of
20, who are taking the Brownie
course, while Mrs. EllanoiSe Jones
Of EcorSe, and Mrs. w. Daniels of
Allen Park, are in charge of the
intermediate group of Is members.
Every person taking the course
Is now serving as an assistant lead
er and will be urgently needed for
troup requirements in the fall.
1t may Of interest to know that
Down River has BIT Volunteer
adults who give many hours of
service to make this Scouting Pro-
gram possible.