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THE BENZIE COllNTY PATRIOTBenzie County's Largest Newspaper

FRANK FORT, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1955NO. 28

B C Baseball Tourney

19 Teams Here

T o Company StillDo uble n | »T C 1 .

1 1 3 I 1 S N c W O u i p

Time Wrought Many Changes Here

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t o t h e most recent;

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Michigan Commissioner fo r J

jtournament to be held, , , , ,

21st | f f,™_Plet.on of plans fo rbiggest an d best statei n t h e record of the

all-lime high of 19 team cn -th e co m -

a total of 34 games to behere.double elimination plan fo r

must be defeated twice b e- _ , . . .t h e , P^senger accommodations.

ent. Presen t plans call for :

t o b e played on July t r a v e j promotion across Lakeon July 22 , four games on -

LETTER TO MANITOWOCC. OF C, INDICATESMODERNIZATION PLANS

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A f ew problems still stand i n t h e

ne w carferry, according tole t ter f rom President Arthur K-Atkinson of the Ann Arbor Rail-road C o . Th e entire fleet ma y alsobe modernized, he said.

T h e letter from Atkinson w as inanswer to a request b y th e Mani-towoc Chamber of Commerce fo rgreater exploita t ion of the resortan d vacation travel possibilities inth e Traverse Ba y area with more

Atkinson's letter said"I have your letter of J une 24

O - A T..I„ OA P„„I, i Michigan v ia th e ca r ferry routes,four on July 24. Each j » r , ( ,

three weeks will se e more a n d f c e l s u r e y o u r c H o r , s h a v e c o n 'n o n ( h«ro I t r , b u t e d something to this type

L f t p a v p l

tournament will be held at „ v ' t r

in F r a n k f o r t , ! / 0 " ^ e aware, of course, ofou r plans f o r a n ew ca r ferry.These plans will be progressed a srapidly as a few of the remainingproblems a re ironed o u t . "

T he last ea r ferry built b y th eAn n Arbor f irm wa s completed in1927. The Wabash, flagship of thefleet, wa s built at the yards o f th eToledo Shipbuilding Co .

Carferr ies Nos. 3, 5, 6, and 7,with t he Wabash, operate betweenFr a nkf or t , , « n th e east shore, a ndManitowoc an d Kewaunee, Wiscon-s in , an d Manist ique an d Menomi-n ee , Michigan, o n th e west shore.Oldest o f th e ferr ies is the No. 3,which ha s been in service morethan 50 years .

Atkinson indicated in his le t terplans fo r modernizat ion of the en-tire fleet. H e said:

" A part o f o u r program, af terreceipt of the new carferry con-templates a rehabil i ta t ion an dmodernizat ion of the entire fleet

as rapidly as possible. Yo u alsoknow, of course, about t h e im -proved passenger accpmmodationson Boat No. 6.

" T h e A n n Arbor ha s concentrat-ed f o r some years on carloadfreight , part icular ly in view of thefleet w e h ad available. A n ewboat, plus modernization alreadyachieved on Boat No. 6, and thefurther rehabil i ta t ion of the fleet,should al l prove to be helpful toyour travel situation."

fo r last year's stateth e Frankfort-Elberta

teajns that have filed fo rin this year's tournament ar e

Giants, Arcadia, Northport.Springs, St . Joseph, TraverseChelsea, Pittsford, Ann Ar-Bovne City, Flint (Kelly

Ionia Packers, Grand Ra-

tournament will bring t o t h e.of the f inest

inan d should give local

large number of teamsa housing problem,

' having accommodationsthe tournament is asked toJoan Jordan a t t h e Cham-

Commerce information

. E. S. CARD PARTY18TH

At Masonic Temple7:30 p.m.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

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MOSQUITO

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SPRAYINGFrankfort

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South Shore Group

Sets U p Co m m it tee sA t a Tuesday evening meeting of

th e South Shore Association ofCrystal Lake, th e president , M r s .Dougald McMillan appointed threecommittees to cooperate with th epublic authori t ies in a study ofpossibilities an d means fo r eventualcarrying out of the following pro-jects:!) securing zoning against th eestablishment of undesirable busi-nesses on lake front properties,2) f inishing th e uncompleted sec-

j t ion o f th e back road which pa r

; allels th e beach road, in or de r todivert fast traffic from th e latter,

( an d 3 ) developing a code to re-strict th e operat ion of motor boatsi n an d near bathing areas, and se-

• curing th e passage of ordinancesI t o e nf or c e it .

T he above photo is a view of

Frankfort 's Main Street about 1920,

looking east from th e corner of

Third Street down th e north s ide

of Main.

T he side walk crossing th e dir troad leads t o t h e Woodward Storeo n th e south side of the street .

T he first building a t t h e lef t( n o w th e Seven Spot) wa s CusterCarland's Victoria Theatre with th e

Oddfellows Hall upstairs. I t w ashere that Pe p Godfrey an d h i s JazzBand enlivened th e stage shows.

T he vacant space t o t h e east isno w occupied by a barber shop.Fo r many years th e next buildingw as th e busy shop of "Oliva, th eTailor" an d h i s smiling assistant,Mary Whitbeck. I t is now a sport-in g goods store.

Morris Plont operated a restau-rant downstairs i n t h e next build-i n g an d h ad rooms fo r rent up -stairs. Here on e could take a tu bbath for 25c; towels were five centsextra. Between decks, w ay a f t ,half-dollars were worn thin duringlong sessions of the old Americangame of Peek. This buildin g isno w occupied by Richards ' Place

Next can be seen th e double ,two-story, brick Thurston building.T h e west half w as f o r years th e

Frankfort Post Office. Th e easthalf w as th e Thurston Saloon. Atth e time th e picture wa s taken t h eeast half of the building w as th eMuehlmann Pool Hall. (That's BillMuehlmann lounging o n th e stepbeneath th e awning i n t h e photo.)

Later, Mr . Lilly (Little MaudeThurston's ' husband) took over t hepool hall an d also operated a b a rbe r shop there. Today both buildings ar e occupied by Snider 's Home

Furnishings.I n th e seemingly vacant lo t next

door w as th e Thurston home, no wth e Bluebird Te a Room.

T he Gustafson Tailor Shopnext. Mr . Gustafson also ra ntaxi line, an d h i s tw o cars, t heDodge b u s an d a Willys Knight,can b e seen parked in front . Ro yMilner, H. Crawford, Frank N o r -dale, an d h i s s o n , Floyd Gustafson,drove f o r h i m . This is ..he samebuilding where Jack Lenhardstar ted th e f irs t A. & P. store intown. I t is now Meads Bait Shop

Farther down th e street o n th ecorner o f th e next block o n e cans ee th e Rexall Drug sign o n th ewest side o f th e Collins building.This business wa s started acrossth e street where th e Patr iot Officeis now. in 1867, by John Collins,th e fa ther of Roy.

Th e Frankfort Lions Club held

their regular n. ie t inj a t t h e V F W

hall north of R -tilah last night.

Lion President Charles Kibbvnamed ne w committees an d s u ggested plans f o r t h e club to carryou t during th e coming year .

There will be i car wash spon-sored b y th e Lions Saturday, July23. at Pat's' Sinclair Service an dEriksen's Service. T he washingwill be done b y th e Lion membersan d th e entire proceeds will go tohelp with th e completion of theBath House a', th e f.-» of Seventhstreet on Crystal Lake This LionsClub project is worthy of puolicsupport an d such support is ful lyappreciated Dy the Lions.

Supes Plan

County DumpTAKE ACTION TO S ET U PAREA FO R COUNTY-WIDEDUMPING GROUND

Elberta Files Chancery

Suit to Set BoundariesT o Determ ine Line

O f Elberta a n d

Frankfort Limits

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HOVM Potnt cov*rt mor»

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GamblesGeorge an d Mary Beyette

Authorized Dealer

After many years of claims a ndcounter c la ims between Frankfortan d Elberta th e matter of com-munity boundary lines seems tobe headed f o r a f inal set t lementsometime i n t h e near future . Someweeks ag o th e Village of Elbertawith Allen Blackiock as ma yorfiled a chancery action i n t h eBenzie county circuit court to de-termine which municipality ha sjur isdict ion over a piece of land14.31 acres in size adjoining th esoutheast corner of Betsie B ay .T he notice of action wa s served up -on Sherman Vaughan, Mayor ofth e City of Frankfort .

T h e matter came to a head somemonths ag o when th e Village of El-berta asked fo r certain concessionsfrom th e Census Bureau i n co n -nection with being credited withcrew members o f th e A n n Ar borcarferries which dock i n t h e areain dispute .

T he f inal determination of boun-dary lines will probably greatly af -fect th e diversion of sales ta xmonies which a re re turned tomunicipali t ies on a populat ion bas-is . Should th e disputed area b e d e -termined to belong within t h e co r -porate limits of Elberta villagethey will in all probabil i ty ge tcredit fo r certa in numbers o f A n nArbor carferry crew members an dofficer personnel .

T he action as filed by Campbella nd Campbell , a t torneys f o r t h eVillage of Elberta, claims fo r t he i rclient jurisdiction over that partof th e NE f r l . V* of Sec. 28 lyingsouth of Betsie Lake.

Records dating back to 1838 givecredence to claims by both co m -munit ies an d only th e courts ca ndetermine what belongs to whomwhen th e case is tried.

A spokesman f o r t h e Village ofElberta indicated that should theybe granted th e jur isdict ion theyseek they will file suit to reclaimseveral thousands of dollarssales ta x money previously award-ed b y th e state t o t h e City ofFr a nkf or t .

St . Ann's Catholic ChurchANNUAL SUMMER BAZAAR

a t t h eAMERICAN LEGION HALL

S A T U R D A Y , J U L Y 2 3Serving begins at 11 a.m.

Menu — Barbecue Beef, BakedBeans, Cole Slau, P ie an d Coffee

$ 1 . 0 0

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CHIMNEY

CORNERSM - 2 2

O n Crystal Lake

Whe the r i t 's cold orWhether i t 's hot . .You'll dine in contentmentIn this lovely spot.

Phone ELgin 2-5031Fo r Reservations

M r s . Wil l ia m Mo o re

Ki l led i n Crash

This county's first traffic fatali-

ty of 1955 occurred last Tuesday-

morning about 4:00 a.m. when i-n

automobile driven by Mrs . William

Moore. 32 , went out of control an d

crashed killing th e driver .

T he accident occurred about halfa mile south of Elberta. RuthElizabeth Moore wa s thrown fromth e automobile af ter it <*k:ddodback an d forth across th e pave-ment f o r 2 0 0 feet an d then t ippedover. S h e w as thrown about 25feet from t h e ca r . M r s . Moore wa srushed t o t h e Paul Oliver Hospitalwhe r e sh e died shortly after ar -rival.

H er husband. William, aged 41 .a passenger i n t h e ca r , s uf f e r e d abroken a r m an d abrasions an dcontusions about th e face an d o nhi s arms an d legs.

Th e couple were o n th e w ayhome in response to a call that on eof their seven children w as i l l .

T h e body wa s taken t o t h e B en -ne t Funeral Home in Fr a nkf or t .Services will be held i n t h e E l -berta Methodist Church today

(Thursday) at 2:00 p.m. with R ev .I^eon Shaffe r officiating . Burialwill be made i n t h e Luthe r a ncemetery.

She is survived b y h e r hus ba nd.William, an d seven children. Lois,Walter, Lawrence, P a t , a n d Kalh-alene Costigan an d Nora an dSharon Moore; three half broth ers,Walter Pratz. of Grawn; ArthurPratz, of Beulah, an d Steve Pratz,of Elberta; four sisters, MildredBingman and Ida Wolfe, both ofTraverse City; Thelma Ritchards.of Elbertr . an d Eunice Sioneroek.Columbus. Ohio, a n d h e r f a the r ,Harry Williams.

TURKEY DINNERT he Women's Fellowship of the

Congregational Church will servea turkey dinner July 2 8 a t t h echurc h parlors. Service beginsf r om 5 :3 0 o n J 1 4

J et Base Feud Flares Up

Again in June 27 HearingCarferry N o . 5

Go es I n D r y d o c k

T h e A n n Arbor carferry No. 5went into drydock in Manitowoclast Wednesday f o r a six-week'sstay. While there sh e will under-

annual inspection an d minorrepairs.

Lions Club Plans

C a r Wa sh So o n

Air Force Engineers' Findings Show

Benzie To Be The Best LocationCOUNTY SCHOOL SUPT.MOVES OFFICE IN FRANKFORT

T he office of county superin-tendent of schools is now locatedo n th e upper f loor of the ClassensBuilding on Main Street in Frank-fort. T he office te lephone is ELgin2-7452.

Th e n ew county superintendentof schools, M r s . Ethel Campbell,may be contacted by phoning EL2-4051 fo r appointments when th eoffice does no t answer.

FEAA Lost

To Mesick

DEFEATED TRAVERSECITY CONSUMERS 11-4LAST SATURDAY NIGHT

Frankfort-Elberta baseball Cadil lac as . h e site f o r . h e ^nllt twn on mac nira« . . , 1

T he Benzie County board of sup-ervisors me t last Monday fo r theirregular July session a nd took ac-tion to set up a county-wide dump-in g area to be supervised an dmaintained for the use of all ofth e townships a nd municipali t ies .

T he action ha d been discussedpreviously b u t n o defini te act ion

wa s taken. At Monday's meetingth e necessary motions were madean d passed which makes Benziecounty th e f irs t county i n t h e stateto provide fo r t rash an d garbagedisposal on a county-wide basis.

Enabling legislation fo r this ac-tion wa s passed b y th e sta te i n t h elate 1930's bu t none o f th e othercounties ever took advantage of it .T he legislation provides f o r t h edrain commissioner to superviseth e matter of a county-wide dump-in g area. In those counties thatdon't have drain commissioners,an d Benzie is one of t he m, t h e m a t -t e r i s referred t o t h e county high-wa y commission an d such wa sdone in this case.

T he highway commission will in-vestigate various sites to determineth e best suitable an d then go aheadto prepare i t for a dumpingground.

Other business brought beforeth e board of supervisors included

team split tw o games over m cweek-end, winnin g 'ov er TraverseCity Consumer's Power on Satur-da y night an d losing to Mesick onSunday.

Frankfort scored nine runs inth e first inning an d went on to a11-4 win over Consumer 's Powerlast Saturd ay night. Jess Kauffma n pitched f o r t h e locals an dstruck ou t nine m e n . Jolieu Fouchan d Keway pitched fo r TraverseCity. Dick Smith an d Bill Dischcrl ed th e Frankfort bat ters with tw ohits apiece.

On Sunday Mesick edged o u t t h elocals, 1-0, in a pitchers' battlewhich gave Frankfort it s first lossi n t h e Tri-County League this se ason. Max Benson pitched for Me-sick an d allowed four hits whileLyle Hornsby pitched fo r F*ir.k-fort allowing only three singlesan d str iking o u t 1 0 batters .

Mesick's only ru n came i n t h efifth inning on Frankfort 's onlyerror. Kelly got a double an d at r iple f o r t h e local team.

Chuck Luxford d id th e catching,Kauffman played f irs t base, JuneG u m an d M . Kelly, a new schoolteacher i n t h e Frankfort PublicSchools, played i n t h e ou ' / i e ldalong with Soderquist, th e regularcenter f ie lder .

Dick Smith an d Dick Wallakerwere both unable to play in thisgame because of injuries whichthey received i n t h e game on Satur-da y night Bu d Balko. Larry Ah -rens an d Norm Nelson were alsoabsent fo r this game.

Saturday night, July 16th at 8:30p . m . th e strong Michigan Cartonteam of Battle Creek will meet th eFrankfort-Elberta Athlet ic Asso-ciation baseball team here. Thisdown-state team has a class " A "rating an d defeated th e Frankfort-Elberta t e ^ m about a year ag o o nth e local field.

Manistee will be here Sundaydelegation from Frankfort which, M a n l s I e [ . W 1 1 1 h e r e S u n d

requested th e board t o s tudy th e J u l y 1 7 f o r a , >

matter of taking a "straw vote i n g a t 3 : 0 0 Manistee is in

throughout th e county i n an e f . s c c o n d p l a c 0 i n t h e T r i . C o u m

fort to decide where most of the League standings, only on e gamecounty s residents prefer to have ; b e h i n d t h e Frankfort-Elberta teamth e proposed courthouse erected | so Ihis promises t o b e an important

T he delegation pointed ou t that gameif such a vote were taken it wouldgive th e courthouse a nd jail com-

Appro pr ia t io ns

Group Continues

Freeze o f Funds

Cadillac's hopes of getting th eproposed j e t a i r base in northernMichigan were considerably di mme d this week with th e release ofth e proceedings of a secret hearingheld on Monday. July 27th.

T he testimony released showedthat even b y A i r Force f igures th eBenzie county site w as b y f a r t h ebest when total cost of construc-tion an d favorable f lying weatherWas considered.

Th e A i r Force wa s sharply cri-ticized by a me mbe r of the HouseAppropriat ions committee for al-leged failure to consider construc-tion costs, climate hazards an dother military factors in selecting

terceptor base.

T he charges were made b y R epJamie Whitten (D-Miss.) as the com-mittee recommended delet ion of$1,881,000 requested b y th e A i rForce f o r n ew construction a t i t sproposed Michigan installation. T heHouse group said i t was withhold-i n g th e funds pending a final se-lection of the site. Members wereunconvinced b y th e "just if icat ion"fo r Cadil lac submitted in recentweeks b y th e A i r Force.

Meantime, t h e committee wa sawait ing an A i r Force report onth e Kaleva site in Manistee countyas th e basis fo r comparison withCadillac, Kalkaska, an d th e originalBenzie county location. Whittenan d others made it clear t h e co mmittee i s "n o t i n th e business ofpicking site1 an d i s n o t likely iotell t h e A i r For^e where to locateth e base.

O n th e other hand, th e commit-t ee can decide to re lease no moneyf o r t h e proposed Cadillac locationan d thus force th e military t o lookelsewhere o r a ba ndon it s plans fo ra base in Michigan.

T h e recent secret testimony in -cluded an evaluation of three pro-posed sites which ha d been re -viewed this spring by a large teamof Air Force a nd civilian engineers.It showed that Cadillac would cost813,858,805 to build a t t h e outsetat against $12,231,435 at Kalkaskaan d $12,084,285 at Benzie county.Th e comparative study also showedCadil lac ^ould be closed to f lying7.4 per cent of the year as com-pared with 5 . 3 p e r cent f o r K a l -kaska an d only 4.2 per cent fo rBenzie.

R ep . Whitten jumped on thesean d other f igures , c la iming t h e A i rForce h ad n o t given weight t o t h eproper yardst icks in picking th eCadillac site. Whitt en said t heonly just if icat ion t h e A i r Force

(Continued on Back Page)

FRESH LAKE TROUTWHITEFISH an d PERCHSMOKED FISH

(Open Every Day)ANDERSON FISH MARKET

ELgin 7-1701

mittee of the board of supervisorsa pretty good idea of which site topu t before th e public for i ts ap-proval.

Bruce Crissman served as spokes-m an f o r t h e group. No action wa staken o n th e matter as it was re-ferred t o t h e courthouse an d jailcommittee.

C . Garrett Bunting

Ma kes Ho le - In-One

T he first hole-in-one o f th eseason o n th e Crystal Downs GolfCourse wa s made by C. Garret tBunting last Friday, July 8. Bunt-in g drove hi s ball 17 5 yards to dropit into the No. 9 hole, while play-in g with hi s wife. Jean, an d Georgean d Elaine Wright . Bunting"s

final tally f o r t h e nine holes wa s41.

Crystal Downs p ro Wilbur I oosplayed th e back nine of the 18-hole course in 33 strokes lastThursday P ar f o r this difficultnine is 36

Summer Bazaaran d

Ice Cream Sociala t t h e

LUTHERAN CHURCHSponsored by the E. C. Club

Thursday, July 212 to 5 p . m .

BAKED GOODS

HANDMADF ARTICLES

SAL Euly 1 5 - July 1 9

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6.5 0 x 1 5 - 5

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7.60 x 15 - 1

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Coast Guard Approved AdultLIFE PRESERVERS

Small Children's LIFE PRESERVERS

K- l — 1

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$10.55 $6.954.70 2.95

W a s No wR E O TROLLABOUT INBOARD ENGINE

complete with propeller, shaft a n dsteer ing mechan ism $99.50 $65.00

Miscellaneous Marine Hardware. Boat Fenders.T w o Propellers (Mercury). Boat Seat Backs.

Anchors. Fuel Transfer Caps (Mercury).Outboard Motor Locks. Etc. . Etc . .

25 to $0% OFF

Olsen's Assembly StationM-22 at South Shor* Drive

Phon* E L 2-9371