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The following strongly recommend the retentionof Judge Palmer in the Probate Court:

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Phil ip BreitmeyerErnst KernHenry E. BodmanFred M. ButzelWalter F. HaagsLeo I. FranklinHon. Stewart HanleyLouis ColomboDr. Chester B. EmersonEdward D. DevineDennis B. HayesGeorge F. CarrollDavid MeginnityWill iam FriedmanFelix J. MahlerJoseph F. DrolrhagenDr. Will iam A. SpitzleyLeopold A. KoccinrkiJohn Lesinski

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Hon. Alexis C. AngellPaul W. VoorheisDivie B. DuffieldPeter J. MonaghanFrank T. LodgeHon. Ernest A. O'BrienJohn S. HaggertyAlbert W. FlintGuy W. MooreDr. Jos. H. AndriecHavelock J. NorthmoreRaymond J. KellyChristian LeidichDr. Alfred J, RadgeneJacob P. SumerackiGus SonnenbergDavid H. CrowleyM. Hubert O'BrienThor T. Leete

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strongly recommend the retentionPalmer in the Probate Court:

Hon. Alexir C. AngellPaul W. VoorheisDivie B. DufteldPeter J. MonaghanFrank T. LodgeHon. Erneat A. O'BrienJohn S. HaggertyAlbert W. FlintGuy W. MooreDr. Jos. H. AndrierHavelock J. NorthmoreRaymond J. KellyChristian LeidichDr. Alfred J. RadgenrJacob P. SumerackiGus SonnenbergDavid H. CrowleyM. Hubert O'BrienThoe. T. LeeteAbram W. SemplinerDr. F. B. TibbalcBenjamin PelhamVictor DeBaekeDr. B. W. ParternackiLyle G. YounglovcMelville S. WeltEugeno G. DonohoePhilip Slomovitz

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JftDGE EBWIN n" PALilr'B, I[88. PALUD& tb.tr ron, BEED, railarotbtGr, BUTII nEED PALMES.

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Philip BreitmeyerErnst KernHenry E. BodmanFred M. ButzelWalter F. HaascLeo I. FranklinHon. Stewart HanleyLouis ColomboDr. Chester B. EmerronEdward D. DevincDennic B. HayesGeorge F. CarrollDavid MeginnityWilliam FriedmanFelix J. MahlerJoseph F. DrolehagcnDr. William A. SpitzleyLeopold A. KorcinrkiJohn LesinekiWilliam E. TarrneyCharler C. AndrewrJohn J. SloanAdam F. BrzezinskiDr. Jamec W. AmerStanley C. PietrarzewrkiDr. E. G. MartinJohn W. BeaumontSherwin A. Hill

IIIAYNE COUNTY'8 tourtb pro-Yt bote Judge assumed the duties

ol bir ot[ce Thursday when JudgeErwi! R. Pelmer, recently rppointedby Gov. Frcd W. GreGD, vas sqrorntn by Judge llenry A. Eutbert, of

_, the Probste Court. lbc ceremony,,' look place iu tbe courtroom ol' .Iud$ Edward Co-rrand. Probate

I .IudgO Grorg€ M. Read also was, Drcsat.i Judse llulbert, after administer-I tnC the oeth, referred to Mr. Palm-i cr's long and t8lthful servlce in theI Probate Qqu{1,. which merited tJre' DroEotion he $celved. Fred M.

Butzel, preddent of the Detrolt BarAssocbtion on bebelf of that or-

1 Surr.zrti,on congErtulatcd Gov. Greeo1 on bla selectlon, conglstulated the_1. Dcople of Wayne CounW on hoving\ the seivices of tbe ncw judge End

having won the recognitlon he re-celved. Mr. Butzel declared thatJudge Palmer is qualifled and able&nd prophesied a mo6t cuccessfuland satislactory tenure for hlm.

Judge Pelr"rer, expresslcg bitthanks, reterred to his lt years ofservice in the ofnce aud added thatif he had been helpful lt vas be-cause of the et0clency of the mcm-bers of the sieff. Members of thePalmer f8lnily were present, tnclud-lng Mrs. Palmer, thelr daughter,Rutfr Re€d Palmer, a stud.nt rtthe UDl1erslty of Mtchlgan, andthelr sa!. Reed Pelner. A largenumber ot lriends called at thc newjudge's ofrce to extend teuctiotlonsand tbe iowerg recelved aloost en-tlrely flUed the Iarge ofBce- JudgpPalmer dlrected that the tlowers besent to hospital,s aud simtlar,lrstl-tutions.thc Judgc hinself on

IUINHDAYi iV/ oF Er l/" EIYIN-1:1-:y:-1* ,- |' Put Judg. Ervtn Palmer out lntit" i'tnuiiet" 'with B bag of. f,ouf'some beans and a Plece. o.! Ei9t:.iid- rtJ Catl s€t I -meal beforc a",'.- :--;r '- ' ,; hungfy man that#ix1',i$r|#@iffi witl meh.c hlm

think of mother'tki tchen bacl onthe tarm. I I tlearned how tofend for htms€Udurlng the Klon:dike gold nuh ln'98, when hc and

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ILtHt(probate orderc than eny other manln thc state. Eis cehdldecy forJudge of probate.under thc new*'as__ lndorsed by the probote Jrol Wayne County.

ohur Creek gave J keen edge to hlrXii"ititi, int when the dav'! -ygrki:"i--aoi.e and the supper. dlrrret*'iirr.A t. sat down and entoYed totril-i-,tri ln. purple sunsetr' He t!oGriving rui riitncav t'nnlYersarv;;;v:-fre war born in Detrolt AugL

s€rvcd 8lot probotctlrc retlrementAlbort W. FUntthe

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Aug. 5, 1872, the son of Mtr aud Mrs.'ErvlD Palmer. Hls father ves Irrrember of the law flrm of \f,ard &Palmer and was one ol the Imembers of thc Detrolt bar.sc-r $ss educated ln thepublio schoole and the Detrolt Col-,lege of Law, trom whlch he wasgradueted ln 1896.

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In 180t, accompanled by twcbrothers, Charles Ci. and Loub W.,and a slster, Altce Palmer Hender-son, Palmer went to the Klondite$here he spenf thret years. '\vot'eqrs later he entered'the probste

lrls appolntment fmm Gov. lted WGreen Mond8y, hss beGn

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ofEce. In 190{ he wes Bppolnted

came reglster of th€ courLDurlng his term as doputy reglsteri

Mr. Palncr llies at SttO Burgane avenue. IIe was marrled

Opens Downtown Office.

Elvin & Palmer, former Judge of;the Probate Court, who was de- 1feated for re-election on Nov. g, has i

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llrr[;$iH{:$**ns,:r, [t tli:t-l'tH: Til]"T*'* 3i+i:i::iii"d'ri:;farq'.i,i1li:$

hlr brother.charle! W., hadbeans "mornlnSi,noon and nlght.'and liked li. Ttr!hard manual la.:bor of digglngreatr

lg()il to Mlrs Albe*a Reed, otneapolLs, and has I dsughtcra senlor et the UDiyerrlty ot !

E. H:'Yl1'{8P,uifif,&frtto togan, hnd a son" Reed, E senlorthc Northern Hlgb Sehool; , .

Probate Bench, ServedCourt S.ince 1902.

**" ".'";,i"K;#r'f.trew probdte judge, who

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probate clerk and ln 1900. weE prodrnoted to deputy regiEter. TlrEplace he held_for_le yearg, workl|gclosely with the lete' Judge EdgaiO. Durfee. In March; 1926 lre be,

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ffifr.,*ffiand d graduate ofthe Detroit Col-lege of Isw, heflrst became at-tached to ProbateCourt as a clerk,then served asdeputy probateregister endregister of probateunder Judge Ed-

gar O, Durfee for 16 Years, andfrnally wes'appointed judge of pro-uate ln itizi. tte war eiected to theofrcc ln 1930.

Palmer ntas selected as flrst choiceo{ Detroit and Wayne County at- !tdrneys in thelr bar prima,ry vote Itwo years ago and also four yearsrago. He served overseas durlng theWorld War, ls marricd, and has two,children, 1

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Probatc

opened an olllce for theprectlce of lQw at 1920Guardlen Buildlng.

Mr, Palmer was connected with',the Probaie Court for more ihan lfQ Vears. He.s€rved as depury reg-ister of probate for years, and wisclceely connected nith the late iJudge Edgar O, Durfee. In 1929, 'Palmer was appolnted judge of pro-bate by former cov. Fred W. Gieen!9 114 the new judgeship creat€d by .the Legislature. He rvai elected foithe short t€rm In 1930.

At the bar primary last fal l , Mr.Pnlmer led the l ist of candidates. ,$'innlng 137 ot 770 votec east by hisfellow lawyers.

No.""$qiruffiq11c,i h6 I,r1Commod,grp'ilIcfuIath IIs a Salify at Heart I*H j.tf lr"i:!Ir'l.pli;",lirg*.[*,iL"llilt","Xr# ji]ltt';"r":1#r:fi I,1lb Patrola rmrl., ,r .'

BY MABIIUALLpANN I In 1939 McMath believed that helSailins entfrdsiastd in Detroitlhad the secret for success, and he!

ft 1"",,""*?t#.,ff :ff ":t'lt;',X*l[Tq'.13$"t:T,:d?:;"_ri,fi lillcommodore of the,Detroit River|'rnaE waa loe year Ine sprndrlt[|Techting Aseociation, is not going | {ilishSd. fa'r back' 8nd McMatft's Ito be ily "front-porchf' coirmollll-ul9",lave never allowed him tolooi";,

"rr. McMath o,it t" *"nrlt"ifSinilir's toating once.tnougrrtlthere'in every race skipperingltritlhl".,hio tJle public ̂ spotught inlten-yea,r-okl -gchooner, -ire Sptn-lllo-T91 -Ylv' + 19.31. he waslarifi wUcl will fly iis cofod sf lcr-edttsd_wttb saving eight personsltbe BEyvtes Yecht-Club. rrcuaur,f !fo!?F T?"P rycthPf"t ly#;L'"'"f #1*'H#1""#H5""::lx.Jt"ji'ff l'*Hft h"""ff Hsi'113.'tl";Hnilnn-*ffi lsfrlH::"*li:iF:;:i'::::'"1$"tri5:nil:i- -rbr-inst"nce, did you ever hearlU',9:,1!Fftl]:,S9: . Ig"mTgffi'tl#f "",ff'?A;p&Sf ii"#"ri$-:-li:'qi:n:lis kno\rh for mary thi"C"; nuf notl l?-".T: -lfat"t Unrtld- SFtttlespecialty for its sailing-opporhrni- | g-Tt-n"-E- ?T"TTeyr a Dsst h-e held Itie',s. Tliere tsnt a -w'a'ierfrontl three and.half year-r-. Then-he andlwithin 100 miles of the ctty rralllyo_{soclates-estabrrrb€d the firrnl

*l"*T'#*:+lf r#*;ifiidlad,,iiq:i'Ffthglt':,ffi |n""'1^H;;\'.ti;*t.t""r"rt"inlitg,:fi#j:;i.""tli,i;.TiTil:,:llAttenderr wabash "or'"{:. ̂̂ ,,^-^ I iit"i Tf d;:ili,&il:" ̂ilxl"il;'lTf lMcMath went to Wabash College I look out his officl window andlto take pre-law studies in 1920. I see the river boats; he can looki

Seceqd. in !firdrtnao |Bspo IA cousln, Netl lf,cMatlr, hel al

sniall boat, the Kittiwake, andiTrent sta.rt€d sailing with hiur. IThey were in the. annual race tolMaclrinac, the Detroit River's boat-ling classic of lle year, and theylplaced aecond. In 1931 the twoiMcMaths, Ray Priebe and FrediHenkel went ia as partnera for anew boat, tbe Spindrift a trulyfine cchooner.

Trent has beur sailing witl thatboat for 10 y6srs now, and hasaccumulated ma,ny honorr. TheSpindrEt ha"s won tho annual All-Nigbt race twico; she hag won herclass at the Put-in-Bay Regatta;she ha"s taken the Detroit Riverschooner char4pionship for threeyears, and in 193q she captured thefrrst deep-water'race ever held.Tbat race McMath well remembers,for 15 boats started but only twofiniBhed after a heevy etortn endsixty-mile-a^rr-hour wind swept thelaJre. Tbe Spindrift was No. 1 by24 hours.Big Prtze f,hrl€s rrim

The Macklnac Race, however, lsTrent's sore spot. Vlctory ln thatrace, of qourge, is the biggest prizeof any season, and so far he hasn€ver lyon it. Once he was second;he was third on several occasions,and fourth other times. Once hisboat was leading by a good mar-gin and apparently in for an eaayvictory. Then the Spindrlft lound

and when the first summer vaca-l around his own office and see

aboard tlre President McKinley esa fireman for a trip through theOrienl His immediate superior, rtbe chief water-tender, was firedat Yokohema and Trent stepped:n as tle new water-tender.

After being graduated fromWabash in 1024, McMath took hisgraduate work at Michigan where

I he emerged with his LL.B. in 1927.j The degree brought him into aI targe Detroit firm as a law clerk,I and his sailing interest broughtlhim into tbe Bayview Yacht Club.

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i; Oxtoby, James, Y., larryer; b, H€o, County, Pa., Dec. 30, l8?2; educatedd Ptrbuc Schools, Saginaw, Mich.; Unlv.ll ol Micilgan (T.T..8. 1895). Admitted to;l bar, Mich., 1911; senior mcmber law2-- firm Oxtoby, Robinson & Hull. Mem-t- ber: American, Mich. State end De-1. troit Bar Assns. Vice-Pres., Counsel,)- Detroit Edlson Co. HomB: 1065 PalEert- Ave. Offic€: 1104 Dime Bank B!dg.

PPaddock Lewis IIenrT, lawyer; b.

Detrolt, Mich. 20, 1866; educ&ted Bos-ton (Mass.) Latin School; Ttlnity Col-lege, Ilariford, Conn. (A.8., M.A.1888), Univ. of Michigan (LL.B.). Ad-mitted to bar, 1893, later to SupremeCourt of Mich.; rnember law firm Mil-ler, Canfield, Paddock & Stone. Mem-ber: Psi Upsilorr; Michlgnn, Detroltand American Brr Assns. Hornc: 1039Seminole Ave. Office: 3456 PenobscotBldg.

Page, Hcrman, bishop; b. Bc,sion,Mass., May 23, 1866; son of gb€n Blakeand Harriet Josephine (Woodward)Page; educated Harvard (A. B. 1888);Ellscopal Theoiogical Scllool, Cam-bridgE (8.D. 1891t; Univ. of Pittsbtugh(D.D. 1906); man'ied l\{ary [[. Ridd.le'of Allegheny, Pa.; one son, HermanRiddle. Deacon, 1891, Priest, 1891,llethodist Episcopal Church; in clrargomissiorr churches ai lvallace 8nd Coeurd'Alene, rdaho, l89r-1900; R'ector' 8t'Johns' Church, Fall R.iver, Mass., 1900'St. Paul's Church Chicago, l9C0-14;consecrated Bishop of Spokanc, Wash.'Jan. 28, 1915; becan:e Bisirop of Mich-tgan, Nov. 1923. Iiome: 2906 E. Jef-ferson Ave. Office: 63 E. Hancock St.

Palmer, C. lTilliams, architect; b.l\filford, Mich., June 30, lB86; son olWilliam C. and Anna (Wallacer PaJ'mer; educated Harvard Ulriversity'Special Course in Architecture; mar-ried Nina E. Nation, of Sioux Falls'fowa, June 26, 1926. President of De-troit Chapter of American Institut€of Architects, elected Oct. 1933. Serv'ed in Air gervice, Oct. lgu--Feb. 19f9;promoted from Lieut. to capt. duriDgservice. Ifember: Detrolt Chapter orA. I. A.;.Soctety of Architects. Mery'ber of Christ - (Episcopal) Chulch.

Sporis: geneml athletics, especia,llyswimnring. Iiome: 2170 E. JeffersonAve. Office: 120 luadison Ave.

{ Pal-c", Ervin R., Judge; b. Detroit,August 5, L872i son of Ervin and Em-ma (Humphrey) Palmer; educated De-troit Public Schools; Detroit Coilegeof Law; married M. Alberta Recd, ofMinnea.polis, Minn., Sept. 2, 1901. Lawpractice at Debroit, 1902-04; appoint€dProbatc Clerk, 1904; Deputy Probatefiegisier, 1909; Probate Register, 1909,'26; appointed judge of Pfobate, 1929,elected, 1930-34. ll€mber, F.&A.M., K.L'., r.o.o.F., Y.M.C.A., S,A,R,, Eagles;Delta Theta Phi: Detroit Bar Assn.A{ember of North -frtoodrvard Ccn$e-gational Church. Clubs: Detroit CurI-ing, Meadorvbiook Countr'5'. Home:829 Burlingame Ave.

Palms, Charlcs Louis, Jr., realtor; b.Detroit, Oct. 28, lB98; son of ClrarlesLouis and Isabclle (Walsh) Palms;educated Detroit University School;I'iewman Scbool, Lakewood, N. J.;Yale; manied tr[arion Mark Drvyer,June 21, 1924; three childlen. Asso-ciated with Wormer & Moot'e, realtors,Detroii; now Treasurer of Palms-BookLand Co.; appcinted by Standard Stat-istics Co. of New Yoi'k as represenLa-tive in Detroit area for promotion ofStandard Supervisory service, 1933.Illember: Country Club, UiriversityClub, St. Vincent de Paul SocietY.Coilrolic. Home: 78 Lakeshore Rd.,Grosse Pointe Farms. Office: 3600Book Bldg.

Pantazopoulog Andrerv V,, cditorand publisher; b. Ollmpia, Greece,Feb. 15, 1832; son of Vasil and Rubine(Nicolopules) Pantazopoulos; educatedUniversity of Athens (D.C.L., 1901). Aseditor and publisher of The DctroitGrcek Tribunc (thc oldest and IargestGleck newspaper in Michigau), he hasconsistenily devoted hjnrself to the aidand betterment of the people of Greekdescent, to become loyal American ci-tizens, as.sisting them in organizingsocially and politically' so as to betteradjust thernselves in their adoptedCountry. Non-Partisan in Politics.Home: 90S1 Stanton St. Officc: 1214Beaubten st.

Papendell, Bobert H, manufacturer;b. Germany, Df.ay 23, 1862; educat€dln Gei'many, where he also lea,rnedmanuiacture of gcientitic instrurnents;ml+rried Amelia Scheu, of Germany,March 1886; children: Robert H., Jr.,Ann (MIs. Iloward L. Emhoff). Cameto America., 1888; employed in maktngof scientific and surgical lnstruments,rvorking 2 years with Sonderman; lnbusiness cn ogn account since 1892;came to Detroit in 1908, and lncorpo-rated The Scientific Instruments Co.,of which he has slnce been presidenC;hls son and 6on-in-law, both WorldWar veterans, are associated with hlmin business as vice-presideng and sec-retary-treasurer, respectively. Home:1430 Nottingham Rd., cro.sse PolntePark. Offlce: 535 W. Larned gt.

Parker, V9alter Robert, ophthalmol-ogist; b. Marine City, Mich., Ost. 10,1866: son of Leonard Brooks and Jane(Sparrow) Parker; educated MichlganDlilitary Academy; Univ. of Mlehlgan(8.S. 1888), Univ. of Pennsylvanla (M.D. 1891); married \{argaret S. Watso4of Evanston, IU., Dec. 28, 19fi. Prac-ticed at Detroit since 1894; prof. ofophthalmolog'y, Univ, of M.ichigan,since 1905; consulting ophthalmic sur-geon Harper, and Womens Hospitals.Ensingn, U. S. NaW, Spanlsh Ameri-can War; Col., I\fedical Corps, U. 8.Army, World War. Member of Boardof Ophthal. Baminations. lllember:(F.)A.C.S.; American Acaderny of Oph-thal,; Society of the United Icngdom..Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Ele-troit City, Detroit Country, University,Yondotega. Home: 1 Woodland PI.,Grosse Pointe Village. ,Office: 1@6David Whitney Bldg.

Parkin-son, Davicl A., commerclal art;b. Thornbury, Ontario, March 28, 18?6;son of Joseph Croft and Emily (Bol-ton) Parkinson; educated Public andHigh Schcols, Ontario; Zanerian ArtCollege, Columbus, Ohio; marrled Eli-nor Parks, of Columbus, July 11, 1901;children: Denman D., J. Hinor, EntlyR. Commercial artis9 wiih BucherEngraving Co., Cclumbus, 1898-99;then with Terry Engraving Co., Co-lumbus, Va.n L€yen & Hensler, andPcninsula Engraving Co., Detrolt, Ec-lipse and Central Engra,vlng compa-

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