The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-07

ore reputed to be experts at Il
These ore among the con-
tests to be offered at Shady
side Park next Sunday, on the
occasion of the second annual
Metropolitan Clubs Field Day
and family picnic outing .
to be held at Shadyside Park,
adjoining the Clinton River on
the southern entrance to the
city.
Every boy and girl In Ma
comb County has been invited
to this day Of grand entertain
-ment which includes
races and novelty events for
which silver dollars will be
the awards. The varied pro-
gram includes the amazing
magic of Lewis Peters, st.
Clair Shores magician -.
the beloved Punch e. Judy
show of old DOC Gambler,
and the antics of Chief Blue
Sky, an Indian with a vast
background of tribal lore :.
It's all free!
OF course. there'll be clowns
and plenty of music and fun for
the y ung and old alike. =.
A girls softball game will start
the festivities at l p. m, and
from that time on a fast-moving
program will keep everyone
happy.
Principal purpose of the
affair is to demonstrate to
boys and girls that policemen,
firemen and postal workers
(whO form the Metropolitan
CIub) are their best friends.
men not to be feared, but to
be trusted as Big Brothers.
The field day plan was devils
ed several years ago when
juvenile delinquency was at
peak, and although the
event has only been sponsored
twice it already has paid
big dividends in the number
of Once-unruly boys who now
regard the cops" as their
best friends.
THE RECORD of the light
cruiser Santa Fee, one Of the
most valorous of the entire war,
was revealed the other day by
the navy showing she had
cruised and battled 224.999
miles between April 26, 1943
and March 49,. 1945 and
some day we're going to ask
Chief Gunners Mate Gerald
Pease Con her since she was
commissioned why they
didn't turn around some place
and run that extra mile to bring
the reading up to an even 225,-
600 Pease came unscathed
through the Santa Fe's toughest
trips, including the dreadful
day when she tied up alongside
the blazing carrier Franklin,
with her more than 30-degree
list near Japan's coast. They
Dragged that the Santa Fee came
through without scratch"
SO we figure the 500 men who
put in a million man hours u in
3l7 months fixing her up on
the West Coast recently
must have been polishing the
Even il Norman (Nubs)
Sarns and his 44-foot racing
cruiser Mink" didn't cross
the finish line in top position
Sundays gruelling 70-mile
Put-In-Bay race, we know
that Mink" put up a great
fight and her Mount
Clemens colors will continue
to give plenty of competition
to the aristocrats of sailboat-
ing. The deep water race
was a tough classic, in many
respects more difficult than
the long Port Huron. Mackinac
haul, which "Nubs" asserts he
would have finished, storm or
no storm. II his iainsail
hadn't been carried off Har-
Dor Beach ut 2 o'clock on
stormy night. Filled with
enthusiasm for the sport he
loves, Sarns has high hopes
Of once again restoring 1t to
the pinnacle Of popularity 1t
once held on the Mount Glenn
ems shoreline.
e. TEAM LADIES OF the I
Bowl O-Drome CD League were |
thrilled the other day to share /
he 18th place $40 they won
his spring in the Detroit Wo-
mems Bowling tourney for
although it doesn't sound much,
)ne must remember that many 4