The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-31

Martin as dog warden.
April 27-Henry Gage, Utica
| attorney, was elected president
of the Macomb County Bar As
sociation.
May
May 3-First Mount Clemens
CT to arrive home safely after
being imprisoned in Germany
was Pfc. Donald Pettinsill, FL,
who is spending his 60-day fur
Tough with his father. Mount
Clemens City Engineer Ernest
Pettingill.
May Mount Clemens and
Macomb county residents flock
ed to churches as soon as the end
of the War in Europe was Off
cially announced.
May 10 Construction Of q
modern motion picture theatre
as an addition to the Monitor
Leader building was revealed by
the Emsee Realty Company,
owners of the structure, and r.
Roy Shook, who will operate the
theatre.
May 12-Death claimed Earl
]. Ayers. 5l-year-old newspaper
advertising executive.
May ia new warrant for
the arrest of G. Boyd MacPher-
son. Warren township oil refin-
cry executive, on charges of
leaving the scene Of an accident
in which a father Of six children
was killed was issued by Justice
of the Peace Donald j. Parent
after Prosecutor Wilbur r. Held
had refused to issue the warrant.
May 1.-two Mount Clemens
sailors, Donald Price, Y/1c, and
Chief Gunner's Mate Gerald
Pease, were among survivors of
the aircraft carrier, Franklin.
May 21-Mayor Wagner toss
ed the first ball as the city soft
ball season opened.
May 23-Told by Mayor Wag-
ner that gambling is flourish
ing within a stones throw of
the Mount Clemens police sta
ton, Police Commissioners Law
renee Oehmke threatened to
start his cleanup campaign by
first ending church bingo parties.
May 29-Eight Mount Glenn
ems men were released from Nazi
prison camps. They were: Tech.
Sgt. Guy L. Brown, Jr., 1t. War
rem Tryloff. 1t. Harvey j. Koh-
ler, 1t. Col. Melvin McNickle,
S. Sgt. Gordon M. Slocum, Cpl.
Lawrence Lornie) MartelI. Pfc.
Robert Peters and Pfc. Ira E.
Heath.
June
June - Police sought a man
who fired bullet from a high
powered rifle which struck
Charlie Teets, 40. of 3460 Camp
Ground road, near Washington.
June ! - James Markle, 10.
OF Van Dyke, was jailed on
charges he married 13-year-old
Lola Brack. Markle had been
held a year ago for defrauding
a Gold Star mother.
June 4 Markle pleaded
guilty to charges of criminal as
sault and perjury before Circuit
Judge Alton H. Noe. A $50, 900
fire swept the Dalby Building
which housed the Cunningham
Drug Store.
June 7 - The Village of st.
Clair Shores cannot be forced to
issue license to the Negro own
ers Of Blossom Heath, Inc, Cir
cult Judge Paul r. Cash, Of
Alma, ruled. Attorneys for G.
Boyd Mcpherson, Warren town
ship oil man, charged Justice
Donald j. Parent held his office
illegally. Parent had issued q
warrant charging Mcpherson
left the scene Of an accident In
which the father Of six children
was killed after Prosecutor
Wilbur F. Held refused to pros
ecute.
June B - William r. Floore
was elected president Of the
Mount Clemens Lions Club.
June IL - Mount Clemens
taxpayers approved . two mill
boost in the tax levy for the
purpose Of setting up q sinking
fund for future building use.
June IS - Bertha mickey,
one-time Idaho prosecuting at
torney and more recently q
typist at Selfridge Field. was
ordered back to Salt Lake City
to answer charges she 'cashed
approximately so, 900 In worth
less checks.
June 10 - The Huron Clinton
Parkway Authority let . $780,
900 contract for dredging and
filling In Of beach along Lake
st. Clair.
June 20 Mayor wagner
charged wide open gambling
flourished In Mount Clemens
and demanded that police clean
UP the situation.
June 21-Idle gamblers bask-
ed In the sunlight as Mayor Wag-
ner held down the lid on gamb-
ling.
Jun> 9S-Warrnnt Office