The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-27
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1915 will go down in history as a
great year Of momentous I'll
dings.
Most Stupendous event of the local
scene took place yesterday. Police
officer Earl Buckius got all spruced
up in his blue uniform. He even
busted off the dust. Then he hied
himself down to the station and
stood In line for inspection. Right
then and there Sergeant He'll
shorn looked at his head. Buckius
was wearing crunchy old green felt.
Next most important thing of the
year was Leo the VOLTS promotion
to sergeant Sieg takes his new job
so serious that The boys thought he
should be reminded Of his rank
when he goes to bed. So now Leo
Owns pair Of heavy underwear ;.
with sergeants's stripes on the
shoulders and just for good
measure they sewed an extra
set of stripes on his drop seat.
Bill Mcnahan'S gas company SUI
fered set back this year when they
had to reduce the rates. Which
meant that Bill had a good excuse
for not buying anyone a Christmas
drink.
Fred Genthe opened suite of
spacious offices in the Wyandotte
Savings Bank Bldg. Can't yet figure
out IL an interior decorator had
anything to do with the layout
Looks more like Monahan's aunt
from Chicago sent some Of her
furniture.
The Wyandotte Herald has
made a mint of money printing
I'll not be responsible for debts of
my wife" ads. Woulda made more
but some Of the couples kissed and
made up before the papers went
to press.
The Wyandotte News-Herald put
the best dressed basketball team on
the floor They get floored regular
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Dick Kelly sets the keynote for
council sessions. Loud ties :.
swanky tweeds and 81 don't give a
damn who I holler at"
Hospital Commissioner Macomber
finished up the year agreeing with
this here newspaper that some
thing is screwy in the matter of
deficits pursuant to the handling of
Michigan Hospital Service patients.
That's about all that happened in
Wyandotte all year. Our WD report
er down in washington :. Freddie
Gilman takes the typewriter from
here D.. to give you all the earth
shaking events at his end Of the
wire. Take it away Fred =.
This Is the season of, the year
when the financial writers produce
their year-end reviews. The Holly
wood correspondents tell which di-
vorcees got married again In 1915.
The international experts sum up
the double-talk If you can get it
and I've got a good memory, too.
Let's take look at l945 in this, our
nations capital:
Fred @. Orsinger, the fish expert
of the interior department, found a
sea monster named Percival in the
Potomac river. The army tried to
explain the multi-million dollar
road It did not build in Central
America.
Six zebras committed suicide in
the national geological gardens.
That dope, Gilman, flew around the
world with the air transport COM
mand Chairman Adolph SABBATH of
z the all-powerful house rules COM
mittee collapsed in the excitement
of an argument and fell off his
chair
A lady (all right, she wasn't
LADY, lost most Of her clothes on
Pennsylvania avenue, celebrating
VI Day. Harry Hopkins got HIM
self a job as cloak-and-suit car.
Clement Attlee made a $4,000, 000,-
600 touch. He also made a speech,
but 1t was off the record and
can't tell you about it.
Two congressman, whom I shall
not name because of peace and
good will toward all men, made the
same speech word for word. on the
same day. Neither would admit
they were patronizing the same
press agent. who didn't Like the
ruptured duck insignia for dis
charged service men. That. at least,
Is what both speeches were about.