The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-03
young mans body from the
dirt and poison ground into

dirt and poison ground into
MIN.
Four months the leg and body
remained practically apart
each kept alive through sciences
supreme skill while penicillin
fought that killing infection .
Today Don is up and around
and, as the doctor said, will
probably be walking yet -.
without penicillin II could not
have happened His family
just wanted to tell us his story
for the sake of brother Howard
and a half-brother Carl, both
on duty in the Pacific, where
Don wanted to be for the
sake of the doctors and Sisters
who worked so hard to save
his life but especially in
tribute to DR.. Alexander Flem-
ing, discoverer of penicillin.
GRATEFUL to the editorial
staff members who kept the
column alive during<my absence,
we cannot express our thanks
too warmly for this unexpected
favor and at the same time
we'd like to say how much we
enjoyed being on the outside
looking in. It's certainly swell
column, when we don't write it
-. and we fear our puny efforts
for some time will be overshad-
owed by the splendid work they
turned out. Their allegation that
we were recuperating from the
shock-ef fatherhood was true f..
a happy shock. We also spent
an hour or two each day stand
ing in potato, sugar and meat
lines. But it was a great exper-
fence finding out that rum
ming a column, ETC., is a snap
compared to running a home.
Now comes one Homer Van
Hollenbeck "a new father, by
the way) to report that while
his wife was in the hospital
blessed evening, the all-black
cocker spaniel they were rails
ing to be a pal for their infant
daughter, disappeared from
the vicinity of their home at IS
Ahrens street. "Bambi" is
eight months old and was
wearing a brown collar. Mrs.
Van Hollenbeck and daughter
home from the hospital -.
and "Bambi" would make that
home complete. A very special
= reward awaits the 4 n d er,
Homer informs us swearing
US to secrecy as to its nature.
ANIMAL LOVERS ask the use
oe column space to send orchids
to William Tozer, Greyhound
bus lines driver, for what he did
in East Detroit last Wednesday
at 12:45 pm, while plotting a
Mount Clemens local southwark.
He cane upon a freak accident.
A horse drawing a wagon had
stepped on a manhole cover and
caused the cover to tilt. Both
the animals hind legs were down
in the manhole, and the wagon
driver was having a difficult
time to extricate it. Tozer- OBJ
tanned leave of his passengers
for a few minutes and deftly
helped the horse driver
and Dobbin was on his four legs
in short order. Bus passengers
were, lavish in commenting the
driver for his quick action and
ability in a situation few would
relish.
Ellie Mumea, the makeup
man who keeps a watchful
eye on this column, was up
in the Thumb District on a
fishing quest with friend
and their wives last week.
end and q very disgust
ed quartet they were after
one boat liveryman after an.
other (even those with boats
tied at the dock) refused to
rent them two boats because
all were reserved. One fellow
told them they could fish off
the dock and wait for . boat,
in case a reservation wasn't
taken up. The women
unslung their poles just to
pass the time away, and the
uerch started hitting with