The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-17


biggest thrill in three years
both ends of the line for
Mrs. LauhOff is the only
mother Bill has known since
infancy although she
has two other sons i'm service
Artilleryman Bill, over
. seas for "a months with serv-
ice in Africa, Sicily and Italy
to his credit said that
the Duce's swank training
center had afforded him the
first iOnest-tO-gOOdne hot
water and soap baths he had
had in a long time.
TRANSPORTING telephone
circuits were BUSY from the Co.
lonial Hotel, Mount Clemens to
London the other evening, when
Max Elkin put in a pre-arranged
call to his son, Pfc. Elliott Ell
kin, who is on his way home
after service in France and Aus
tria. But Elliott couldn't be
there for the call so Max
spoke to Mrs. Elkins brother,
1t. Sol Patrowich, in CHIC, Lon
don, who acted as go-between
and later talked with Elliott,
who is expected home in Sep
TENDER MaX's brother, 1t.
Joe, USNR, is head man in
New Caledonia village and
like a hotelman on a holiday
is running an officers no
tel there on the side a. AS
ISOLATED with Max in his former
Miami hotel enterprises, Joe
viii come TO the Colonial here
when his navy service is COM
pleted.
Glenn Kirkum, of Chester
field Township, is still getting
along all right, despite the
fact that he was born on a
Friday July 13 years ago, and
last Friday July 13 (Of
cOurse0 was his birthday
Beach Director Roy N.
Quinn and all lifeguards and
workers at the Municipal
Beach have fully trained in
the use of the life-saving in
halator and in artificial res
piratiOn, by 1t. Ken Dubay, Of
the Fire Department, who
also rehabilitated the neglect
ed inhalator. A bit of service
that may save precious life.
Our office caretaker,
Aaron Jennett, is proud of the
t. rec roses pink. cerise
and yellow and red, all
growing on one stem in his
yard. The three-in-One stem
was no experiment just
Nature in fancy mood.
FORMER well known Ar
mazda folks, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Burmann, both in their '70's,
were feted at a golden wedding
anniversary party recently at
the VFW Hall, in Roseville
with friends attending
from Mount Clemens, Armade,
Rochester, Lapeer, ST. Clair,
Port Huron, Anchorville, New
York State, Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania s.. Family guests in
cludcd Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Bur-
mann, or Armada, their son, 1t.
Max, Y. S. Army, from Califor-
MIA, and daughter. Mrs. Carlton
Boyd, of Detroit. The Burmanns
farmed near Armada for many
years, but having moved to De-
troit, many of their friends lost
track of them.
Men released from army
service, who are now trying
to renew their friendships and
buying contacts" find the
little bronze ex-Service but
ton doesn't do a bit of good
in respect to buying ciga-
rettes. While they're GFs, SOL
diers can usually get by in
purchasing civilian cigarettes
or getting their quota at an
army PIX but two ex-
servicemen we met separately
on Saturday and Sunday were
both smoke-less. Despite our
most limited supply, we gave
each one the package we car
ried at the time What
else would a guy do?
FRIENDS have asked us to
make note Of the fact that Col.
Benjamin o. Davis, Jr., 32-year-
old West Point Negro AAF' of
ficer, at Selfridge Field in 1943,
has been recalled from outstand-
ing service in the ETC and
placed in command of Good.