The daily monitor leader., 1945-03-20


and furniture.
But all Bill has TO work
with are hand tools no
electric tools.
The family is willing to buy
them for him if you can dig uE
those jig-saws and other tool:
gathering dust in your basement
or attic Just think of the
pleasure they would afford thi.
lad seeking to rehabilitate him
self after what he did fol
us in the South Pacific!
Any sort of tool or equip
ment suitable for woodwork
would come In handy. II you
have something of this type
not being used maybe
you'll call the Ellis home,
Mount Clemens 1885 or,
if you care to, take them out
there and meet a great guy
personally At the same
time, Bill will be glad to take
your orders for special Gus
TOM built gifts or toys.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE be-
tween the manager of the Ritz
Carlton Hotel and Capt. Russell
c. (Bud) Wilde, of Mount Glenn
ems, a veteran paratrooper, is
that bud" doesn't wear red
carnation, he informs his par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis F
Wilde. 1t seems that after lots
of paratroop action in Holland
including winning the Bronze
Star for bravery and two separ-
ate Presidential unit citations
Bud" has been awarded "cham-
pagne duty" instead Off cam
paign. He is military director
of ; large resort hotel at. Nice
in Southern France where he
directs the management to in
sure that Americans on brie1
rests between fighting don't get
gyped in the style to which the
management had been accustom-
ed.
Like our friend, Eli Ferris,
Capt. Wilde's brother, Sgt.
Curt Jr., became indignant
when persons writing to him
presumed that his Third Arm
Ored Division was part Of the
u. S. Third Army. Curt wrote
back: ITO Whom 1t May Con-
cern-The Third ArmOred Di-
vision neither desires to be
nor is associated with the
Third Army, etc., ETC." The
First Army, which took Aach-
en-, battered its way into bat
tered ologne way ahead of all
other armies, and spearheaded
all the important drives, Is the
FIRST of all American armies,
according to Sgt. Wilde.
so give Gen. Hodges boys all
credit!
BECAUSE Mrs. George E.
Merifield was an untidy Victory
gardener late last fall, and ne
elected to clean up some patches
of her prosperous vegetable gar
den, Rev. Merifield and his
guests on Sunday enjoyed a rare
treat: fresh, crisp Brussel
sprouts out of their own gar
den for dinner, together with
some spring onions from the
same source. A thick blanket
of snow had protected the vege-
tables (although the onions were
second growth), and the small
patch of sprouts had kept per-
fectly since the fall. A Vic
tory Gardeners thrill!
Candidates for township Of
fices don't usually advertise
their plans through the state
or nation, but one Clinton
Township candidate Gilmore
Lester) recently received
worldwide publicity and
oil for a reason still obscure
to him and this column. 1t.
Malcolm (Mac) TrOmbley,
USNR, in the Pacific, sent
Lester a clipping from the
"Mid-Pacifican" news sheet
he picked up on far-off Pa
cific island, which, in q sum-
mary of Michigan news men
toned Lester's candidacy in
Clinton Township. The next
day comes a clipping from
"Yank", sent by Coastguards-
men Dan Fierz up Greenland
way, similarly calling atten-
ton to Lefty" being in the
election race. :. Must have
a personal friend in the clip
ping service that looks after
such news bits for the armed
forces.
LOST Mink scarf; four
skins; Monday night on Walnut