THE WYANDOTTE HERALD
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THE WYANDOTTE HERALD EY J. D. HAVEN & SON DU rams BUT LAND FOR DUDE PM PLANT W i> to '•'tart at uiirp on a huge plastic plant to he erected on the old shipyard site by the JMi J'ont interests. The building" will l>e completed, ac- cording to plans, by March, 11H2. The land is l*eing purchased from the p ople form*'’ly CMiuiH led with the lAetrih: Shipbuilding Com pa ny. Council Helps Plans Along Same IS7I. the city of Wyandotte has maintained rights for the construc- tion of a sewer through the end of t’lierry striH*t. This would croa- land boiigut hy the Ini Pouts for tlieir plant. The compaii} .-slid that is* would have ao use tor the >ewe:- and asked that the city \vai\c the right to its const i net ion. Importing on rhe n-que-t. ttity Kn- gine r K. W. laddie declared that the city would never have any use for a sewer it that point. Accepting this ad- vice. Tn«* Domicil at its session Tiles- day mglit took action waiving the city’s sower rights on the pis uiises. The locathni chosen for the new eli- te’ prw is admiralty fitted for the handling the largest Ink*- boats on one side, with easy railroad connections on the other. 'l’he coii«*ern will also he near the Michigan automobile centers, which will furnish a large market for plastic products. Council Doihgs Tuesday Night Ahx GLick, writing for the Wyan- dotte As>ociatioii. asked for a copy of tin* city’s budget for the coming year. Request granted. and <Merit laiOonrse directed to forward tin* figures. • • • General bills of $3/JS»JS.44, truck hire of $291.75 uikl ilay rolls totaling $4.- 1 (121.1)8 were ui|H»roved for payment. • • * Recreation Commission asked that city clerk notify the commission re- garding any permits for use of the city’s public address system. This in order to avoid a conflict of dates. • • • Paving of Kighth street from Orange to Kureka avenue was ordered!. • • • Bids for tlie furnishing of sand, crushed stone and cement were re- reived from Eberts Brothers Company. Michigan Foundation Company, Inc.. Lu4*adie Brothers Ouiiptiny and Amer- ican Aggregates Corporation. Bids were re ferns! to the city engineer for tabulation and leport. Prevent Fourth July Accidents lainsiug.—Most accidents would not happen if every driver: 1. (Regulated bis speed with regard to safety. 2. Exercised special care wheu overtaking and passing and in keeping as far to the right of opposite-bound traffic as possible. 3. Observed stop signs and traffic 'igual* and made certain it was safe to enter intersections before doing so. “The better part of a million dollars in deaths, injuries and damage was tlie price paid last Fourth of July sea- sou for the luxury of violating these rules,” says State Police Oammissioner < Near <l. Olander. “and the toll will lie greater this year unless efforts by public authorities to impress the driv- ing public with the necessity of better traffic law observance are successful.” Aviation Students Graduate at lie With distinguished officials present, rs; naval aviation student pilots at the Crosse lie aviation butse received their diplomas last Saturday. Of the graduates. 22 were from Michigan. Rear Admiral Johns, district com- mandant; William S. Knudscn. direc- tor of fbe office of production man- agement; I’ommander Gaines and I.ieu tenant •‘Commander (Robert A. Brown took part in the ceremonies. Licenses Granted hy the Council At Tnc'day night’s -ession of the •Council, license* were granted as fol- lows: Class “A” I food 1 (At halan drag stores at 2ft*’» Biddle avenue and 3358 Second street: John Calivas. 34-40 Bid die avenue; Sam’s Vnrietv Shop. 503 Kureka avenue. Clas% “B” (beer and wine* Frauk Zdnn* k. Tenth street: Mrs. Kath- erine Kurepa. 41<»2 Sixth s:reet. 322"* Biddle av-iioe: (ieofye H. Ilar- grett. 110 (V.k street ; Snnnyv.-.ie drill. Kureka avenue. YOU May Still Contribute to USO The campaign to raise (3.300 in Wy- riidofte for rhe Luited Service Organ- izations clo-es officially next Wednes- day. Isi st week about SIOO was for- warded to City Clerk J. La Course, who is general chairman of the canvass. by i*cr'ous who had not been solicited. The fund is still about SI,OOO short of the quota. It would be a shame if Wyandotte, always generous in its contributions to a worthy cause, should fall d»*wn now. Any one wishing to contribute should get iu touch with either Mr. LaCourse <*r Ilays Metcalf, cashier of the Xa- rioiuil Bank of Wyandotte, and a soli- citor will cull on him or her. Or rhe money may In* sent direct to either of the men named. Sel?ctees Leave for Y?ar in Army on Wedn -day Mi young men from draft boad No. f»s I Wyandotte I left lor induction into the army The list was publi-netl in The Herald last week. Flat Risk hoard sent the following; William James Reno, iltiverview; (.’hark-s Clarence Trombley, Flat Rock; Charles FrLssell Craig. Jr., (irosse lie: Steve Fmuk Balowski. New Boston; 11. Iveßoy Botirussa. Gibraltar: Carl Frederick Stock, Flat Rock; Burton Leamou Griffith. Belleville: Gilbert William Blanks, Trenton: Joseph George Wash, Jr.. Flat Rock,; Warren James Davi>. Ticutou; Roger Phillip Strout. Grosse lie; (Robert Lewis Ricth. Gibraltar; Herman Vander Mo* len. Dearborn; Robert Hoi.sington. Wyandotte; Kmerson Wilbur Riggs, Belleville: John George ITechuesky, Romulus: llowaul Albert Ricliards. Flat Rock: Howard Karl Thompson, Belleville: Alvio B*hm, Trenton; For- est Hainmoued, Flat Rock: Chester Frauds DuChene, Treuion; Robert Hayward, Belleville; Maxwell Coy Lrouard. Belleville; Adolph Clifton Highbougn. Wyandotte; Oran W. Bloodsworth. Rumulus; Joseph Burek. Waltz: Paul Edmund Drabitz. Flat Rock; Er\iu Dunbur Wattles, Oswego. N. Y.; Henry Myers, Trenton; George l’adget. Belleville; Alva Edward Lau- raiu. Waltz; William Frederick Bris- co . Trenton; Lawrence Rogers Bog- oske, Romulus: Joseph Tony Cutylo, -Rkmiulus; Howard John Dirner. Ibx’k- wood; Donald Francis Grady. Flat Rock: Ireonard Kirk Pitcher. Belle- ville: Grover Robert Oestrike. Flat Rock: Anthony Frason. Trenton; Charles I\ Hayes. Belleville; John Harold Rupert, Romulus; fttacy Allen Keinath. Dundee; Jesse Edward Coop- er, Romulus; Victor F. Kolodziej. Wil- lis; George Eldon Jlasselbaeh. -Romu- lus; Ju-e.ph John Goneiarz. Romulus: Chari-> Lewis Jones. Trenton; Roliert Newton Osborne. Romulus; lister La- vern Crandall, Waltz: Frank Gero. Jr., Ruckwood. Repacements Henry Joe Pawlow- ski. Romulus: ißohert Louis Creith, Trenton; lieonard George Nowak. Belleville; Robert Earl Dunderman. Flat Rock; Andrew’ Marchywka. Belle- ville: Domenick Bausano, BWleville; C’hauuoey Daniel Schweigert, Belle- ville; Joseph Paul Sligoski, Flat Rock; Rafael G. Velazques, New Boston; Frank Otto Bordt. Waltz. Many Prizes on Bois Blanc Trip The annual excursion of St. Steph- en’s Episcopal Sunday school will be heki tomorrow (Saturday!, to Bois Blanc park. An attractive program of sports, with suitable prizes, will be carried out at the island. There will be 15 events, with three prizes in each event. There will be special prizes for the mother with tb*- most children present, and for the winner in a bean guessing contest. H<U on Robbery Armed Charge Charged with looting the Oak case at Twelfth and Oak streets, three Wy- andotte young men have beeu bound over for trial on charges of robbery armed by Justice Roy Coomer. The three are William Armstrong. 25, of 234 Stoll street. Ben Vincent, 23. of 34JU Hudson street, and Stanley Plichta, 24, of 1127% Oak street. Bonds of $2,000 were furnished by Vincent and Armstrong, while Plichta was held fa: examination yesterday. Big M. A. Club Excursion Aug. 16 The Michigan Alkali club will give an excursion »t» Bois Blanc park on August 10. Boats will leave Wyandotte vt and R):15 a.m. and 2:15 p.ni. WYANDOTTE RESIDENT IS GRANTED A PATENT ('Jayton R Wrrirt of Wyandotte has Ix'eu gmuted a t-slenit on a printing m »< # hiue. BEST EVER IS PUNNED FOR JULY FOURTH Euless the plans Uia4 are practically complete bog down, next Fridays Fourth of July celebration in Wyan- dotte will be the ever. And that is saying a whole lot. The City Council and all local pa- triotic ami civic organizations are co- operating whole-heartedly for the big event. Thousands of jwople are expected from neighboring towns. 4 'ouneilmen Ford Wagar, Ernest B. Schultz and George C. Bebm arc re- p re-eii ting the city government in the ariangcmt-uts. The fallowing program has been p:e- l*a rod : 10 a.m. Grand parade. 12 iiihm. Drills at Roosevelt high school field. 1 p.m. Soft kill game at Ri*osevelt field. 1:13 p.m. Folk darning at Bishop park. 1:45 p.m. Amateur show at Bishop pa rk. 2 p.m. T» nni> matcli at Bishop park. 3 p.m. Commuuitv 'iiigiiig at Bish- op (Kirk. 3:30 p.m. Orchestra mii'io at Bish- op [Kirk. 4 :.’4O p.m. Boat -iace>. Wyandotte. Detroit. Ecor#*. at Bisli(»p park. 7:30 p.m. Baud concert at Bishop pa rk. 11 p.m. Giant fireworks display at Bishop park. Liberal prize' will l*e offered to the organizations which participat** in rhe parade, as is >h<'\wi hy the following list: l>:um and Bugle Corp?— ; First prize. ss<>. for best drum and bugle corps: second prize. SSO. for best mu- sical drum and bugle corps; third prize. SSO. for best drilled drum and bugle cori*s. SSO lot the best women's corps iu comi»t‘tition. $lO for the best majorette. $lO for the best drum major. Floats—(First prize, S3O: second prize. S2O: third prize. sls. Individual Comic l’rize> —First prize. $7; second prize, $5. , Rescue Two from Drowning in Lake Last Sunday two Wyandotte men, Vein Moehriug of 247 Ford avenue and Bert Knox of 144,5 t. John street, left Gibraltar in a motor boat, bouud for WiHMlland Beach. Monroe county. Off Bar i’oint, in a sudden wind and electrical storm, the craft was engulf- ed and sank. The occupants of the boat endeavor- ed to swim to shore, but were nearly exhausted ami about to give up the struggle when they were rescued by Herman A. Claybush of 233 U Third st’'tet and Edward Zaddock of 2830 Ninth street, who brought tiie sailors to shore at Fred Harrington. Jr.’s cot- tage. Artitidal respiration was contin- ued for several hours l>efore Knox and Moehriug were sufficiently recovered to leave the cottage. Benedict heads Telephone Pioneers Howard W. Benedict, of iK'troit, general traffic manager of die Michi- gan Bell Telephone Oomixiny, Ims -been elected president of Wolverine (Chap- ter No. 10. (Michigan) Telephone Pioneers of Michigan, Pioneers iu this vicinity are beiug advised. Benedict was unopposed for the elec- tion. He succeeds* Earl P. Reynold*-', of Grand ißlapdds. Division vice presidents chosen in rt»e state-wide mail election are as fol- lows: Detroit, Dudley H. Frick. De- troit branch manager of Western Elec- tric: General (northern portion erf low- er peninsula). Fiarl D. Waimaley. Sag- inaw; Northern, (upjier petiiusuki), E. J. AUrin CMrlson, Fiacanabu; FJouth- em. (southern portion of loxver pen- insula v, John E. Johnson, Grand Rapids. F'rank L. Curtis and Au thor (’. Kuhti of Detroit, were Te-elected secretary and freasirrer. respectively. The Telephone lioniets of Amerh-a is tirade up of men ami women, em- ployed hy both Bell and independent telephone companies, who have been in telephone service 21 yeurs or more. The national organization has nearly .*2.000 memlierv while Wolverine chapter haa more than 1.400 WYANDOTTE GRADUATES FROM KALAMAZOO TEACHERS (OLLEGE Four Wyandotte students graduated from Western State Teachers collet at Kalamazoo last Saturday Tbev were: -Rita Ellen Labadie, bachelor <rf science degree and state secondary provisional certificate, with cum 1mde honors; Elizabeth Ann Murray bache- lor of science degree and state ele- mentary provisional certificate- Edgar Allen Stewart, bachelor of *cien.-e de and Mate Provisional certificate, and Edwin Francis Zdun- czyk. Iwchelor of arts degree nn(] sfcondary provisional certificate WYANDOTTE, MICH., FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1941 $ 13,500 Fire Monday Night Monday night ;ut 8:15, firemen were summoned to .the Sloan building- on Biddle aveuue, oiiginully owned by tbe Knights of Columbus, and now occu- lt'd by the Federal department store. The fire started in ithe 'basement, the cause of which is yet unknown. The U*»s on the building is approximately $4,500, stock SO,OOO. The fire fighters worked on ,the fire for three hours l»efoie sotting it under control. They <1 id a good job. Firemen were called to the Metho~ dist church Tuesday night at 0:30. No fire—just smoke inning from the lurnace from burning paper. Also answered a fal<e alarm to Sev- enth and Central Monday morning. REPIr iflo CRITICISM OF PUMPIN6 PLANT Honorable Mayor and City Council. City of Wyandotte, Michigan. Cen tie men: Appearing in tlie columns of your local papers dated Thursday, June 19. 1041. are articles regarding the flood- ed conditions which occurred iu the north se<‘turn of Wyandotte on Sunday ailernoon, June 15, 11H1 iu which were quotod several remarks made by var- ious city officials. In order to correct any wrong *iiu- pre'sion which may liave been left with you or the residents of Wyan-* dotte due to the many erroiikous statements and accusations which ap- peared iu these articles, 1 wish to pre- sent you with the fHCts regarding the operation of the Wyandotte pumping station iu Wayne county drainage dis- trict No. 5. All facts presented below can he verified at any time by refer- ring to the complete set of records at the pumping station. Included in the>e recoids are ti*e rain gauge charts showing the quanti- ty. intensity ami time of any precipi- tation at the plant ; charts from the water level gauge showing the eleva- tion of the sewage iu the wells at the plant at any time: graphs from the recording watt hour in ter which indi- cates the size and number of pumps tunning at any time and the length of time these pumps operated: and the daily reports on which various data is recorded. These are public property and we invite your inspection of them. It seems to be -the impression of many people including members of your lN»dy that the drainage district is r sponsible for a large percentage of the flooded basements, streets and oth* er undesirable conditions caused by in- adequate sewage facilities which come to light from time to time. The sew- age report submitted to you last year by the nationally known firm of con- sulting engineer which was retained by your honorable body, specifically lecomiueuded that the sewers which gave you trouble Sunday should be re- lieved by a new arm leading into No. 5 drain at Goddard and Second streets. At the time the investigation was tak- ing place the engineers spent a large uwouut of time checking records at the pumping station. Theie was noth- ing in the report to indicate that the design or operation of drainage dis- trict No. 5 was at fault. I agree that action should he taken to remedy the very undesirable situa- tion which not only occurred Sunday but which I am now advised is of fre- quent occurrence. A statement was made that all manholes were filled with wafer, indicating the water was bucking up into sewers instead of be- ing pumped away. This office has al* ready investigated and found the re- cords at the pumping statiiou show the water was being pumped out as as it was entering the plant. The plant could not operate more pump* because the sewerage was not reach- ing the station fast enough to do so. The papeis stated that the storm and sanitary s&veruge from Melvin- dale, Liucolu Bark, Ecorse and River (Rouge flooded the north end. This is not true. This sewerage does not enter the same No. 5 trunk line and would have to i»a-s through the pumping sta- tion first. The water at the pumping station never rose higher than eleva- tion 525.0 on June 15. The elevation at the bottom of the north end of the rast arm of draiu No. 5 is 564.0, or 12 ieet higher than the maximum water ievcl at the pumping station at ans time on the above date and incident- ally the water at the plant has never been higher than elevation 554.0 or 10 feet below the trim* line at Clinton street since May 27, 1030. when it surged to elevation 501X1. On May 31, 1035 this office wrote the superintendent of your municipal pow* r plant in an effort to obtain thea(»er current, as well as to purchase locally the electricity med at the pumping station. At that time the Mu- nicipal Service Commission looked in- to the problem very thoroughly and decided the pumping station would be an undesirable account to have con- nected to the comparatively small gen- erating and transmission equipment of rhe local municipal plant which is not designed to instantaneously pick up an increased load of some 4.000 kilowatts without any advance notice. Vnv engineer will concur with the statement that it is practical as well aH e ,„>d design to divert 2- per cent or •; per <eut of the sanitary i<-werage directly into a flowing stream during the short infrequent periods of intense raiutall when any sanitary sewerage would be greatly diluted by the large amount of storm water. 1 only know of j two or three communities hi the Unit* | ed States that make any attempt to I settle or purify storm waiter and this is done at a prohibitive cost. Your own ; city has designed and installed many combined sewers since Drain No. 5 was constructed and even since the sanitary treating plant has been in op- eration. The pumping statiou is not operating on the standard primary supply con- tract referred to by one of the city officials as a demand meter basis and it boa not been using this rate for some time post. The statement that some pumps placed in the pumping station in 1929 have never been used is ridiculous, as is the statement that pumps were installed to operate auto- matically. Only the small sanitary pumps were so installed. The storm water pumps never were operated automatically and were originally in- stalled to o|**rate manually. All the pumps in the plant have seen consid- erable service, hi fad the flow into the pumping statiou ou May 27, 1939 required all storm water pumps to op- erate simultaneously lor a short per- iod of time. This heavy inflow was caused by a record rainfall of 1.34 iiM-hes in .‘{<l minutes. Indications at this time seemed to inunt to the fact that the rainfall was heavier north of the pumping station. 1 feel <oniideuL tlictt when all the city is served with projierly 'designed lateral sewers and inlets that the days of flooded streets and basements will Ik.* rare. A copy of this letter is being sent to all local newspapers for puMi cation to acquaint the public with the true facta Very truly yours, GEORG® A. DINGMAX, Wayne <Y>uiity Drain Oommisaiouer. By: LOUIS 11. MO BUR, Chief Engineer, Wyandotte Tumping Statiou. Brief Brevities Tin* Herald yesterday completed 56 years of existence under the same ownership. Forty-nine persons were killed on Michigan streets and highways over Hie recent Memorial Day holiday per- iod. Unless drastic steps are taken, it is feared this number will be sur- passed over the Fourth. To prevent this from haiqiening, and iu a deter- mined effort to save as many human lives as possible, every means at mak- ing Michigan’s highways and streets safe will be taken. An unlicensed baffle hoard was tak- en by the imlice at 73b Biddle avenue on Friday. Last Friday uight some one stole William Albright’s bicycle, from his home at 557 Oak street. Civil war veterans’ widows were en- tertained, Thursday afternoon of last week, at a tea held in the American Legion club house. A card party, sponsored by the wo- men of St. Joseph parish, will be held in the auditorium. Maple and Fourth streets, next Monday evening, June 30. Members of the Family Protective Association board will pay a visit to the University of Michigan fresh air camp next Tuesday. Thirty Wyandotte boys are at the camp. Arthur E. Haisley, secretary of the Board of Education, and his brother. Lambert enjoying a vaca- tion at the Baisley cottage. Higgins Lake. The old Marx brewery on Van Al- styne boulevard, a Wyandotte land- mark, is being torn down. The build- ing was bought some time ago by Morris Bimbaum. The original struc- ture, occupying a small space on the corner of Oak street and the boule- vard, was constructed something like 70 years ago. by the late George Marx. Friday night, a stranger entered the gas statiou at Biddle avenue and North drive and asked permission to use the telephone. After the stranger had left, Francis Brohl, the attendant, discovered that a money changer con- taining $lO was also missing. During a heavy electrical storm last Sunday, Lawrence Marcie, 56, of South Itockwood waa electrocuted while employed at the Rockwood silica plant. The total accident occurred when Marcie was turning on a switch in the company’s pump house. Now that the 1941 legislature has adjourned the Michigan State Board of Tax Administration is pointing with in- creased energy to a prospective seventy million dollar revenue year. In fact the fiscal year beginning July 1 next may even exceed thfis unprecedented figure. Methodist Pastors Are Returned Tbe annual district Methodist con- ference, which closed early this week, returned the following pastors for the ensuing year: Wyandotte. First Metho- dist church. Rev. Edward H. Wilcox: Glenwiw*! Methodic church. Rev. Rus- aall Sursaw: Trenton Methodist church. R«rv. Marshall W. Hoyt. Try Herald Job Printing VOL. LXIII. NO. 26 RE6ISIRATION FOR THE DRAFT rajEsoir More than 33,000 Michigan young men who have attained their 21st birthday since October 16, 1940. will register with their local hoards on the second registration day, which has been set for Tuesday, July 1, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 pjn.. by presidential proclamation, it has been announced by state headquarters tor selective service. Wyandotte registra- tions will be received at State audi- torium on Chestnut street. Bach registrant will have the right to divide for himself which place be wants recorded on his registration card as his residence when he regis- ters July 1. according to 001. K. M. Kosccraus. state director. The place he choose* will determine the local hoard that will always have jurisdic- tion over him. Following the first registration day, many registrants wanted to change the address they had given for their place of lesideuce. It was impossible for the selective service system to comply with these requests, accord lug to Colonel Kosecraus, since the local hoard continues to have jurisdiction over every registrant whose residence is given in its local t>ourd area. In other instances, addresses given by registrants were incomplete, aud tbe registration cards frequently reached the wrong lodal boards. New selective service regulations now iu the hands of local hoards re- quire each registrant to describe bia place of resident** so that its location may he determined easily. A regis- trant who lives ou an R.F.D. route which goes through two irtates or two counties will he required to iudicate the location of bis residence rather than his mailing address. Because some registrants may wish to have their mail seut to an address other than the place of their residence, the new registration card will show both the place of residence aud. in addi- tion. tine mailing address of the regis- trajrt. The right of the registrant to select his residence uddress without interfer- ence from registrars has been safe- guarded iu tlß* new regulations. Regjv trars have been instructed to wajn the registrant that one** he decides upon a place of residence, tbe description giv- en by him will his local board once and for all. Men subject to registration will be registered at the office of the local board having jurisdiction over tbe:r residence. In certain instances, local hoards may designate special public buildings as the registration place In their arva. (Registrants away from home on registration day will register at tlie office of the local board where- ever they may happen to be on July L Governor Murray D. Van Wagoouer, in a proclamation requesting full com- pliance with the president’s order call- ing for the sec and registration under the selective service act, has requested all employers to cooperate in securing complete reg st ration by giving mn- ployes subject to registration sufficient time in which to fulfill their obliga- tions. ¦ 4|» —— Romy Dies sis Crash Injuries Foliowing an automobile crash <m June 13, Edward J. Romy of 7360 Wal- do street, Detroit, died in the Wyan- dotte General hospital on Tuesday morning. He waa 20 years of age. Tbs fatal injuries were sustained whew Romy’s car struck a utility pole to Trenton. Woman LosSs $26 ts Thug While walking home, Thursday es last week, Anna Koslowski of Si Forest street was accosted by a young man who struck her with hi# fist, than grabbed her purse containing $26 and made his escape. -¦ . *»?»• ¦ Mst Y?st«rday to Talk Flooding Upon the initiative of Councilman Clifford T. Burke, a meeting with suf- ferers from the recent flooding of basements in the north end of toww, was held yesterday afternoon at the pumping station. The Herald goev is press too early to report results. Union Asks List of City Employes The Council Tuesday night graaM a request from the American Federa- tion of State, County and Municipal Employes, asking for names, classifi- cation and rites of pay of employes ot the cii#. This Tn to be done after too budget sessions are completed.
Transcript of THE WYANDOTTE HERALD
THE WYANDOTTE HERALDEY J. D. HAVEN & SON
DUrams BUTLAND FOR DUDEPM PLANT
W i> to '•'tart at uiirp on a hugeplastic plant to he erected on the oldshipyard site by the JMi J'ont interests.The building" will l>e completed, ac-cording to plans, by March, 11H2.
The land is l*eing purchased fromthe p ople form*'’ly CMiuiH led with thelAetrih: Shipbuilding Com pa ny.
Council Helps Plans AlongSame IS7I. the city of Wyandotte
has maintained rights for the construc-tion of a sewer through the end oft’lierry striH*t. This would croa- landboiigut hy the Ini Pouts for tlieirplant. The compaii} .-slid that is* wouldhave ao use tor the >ewe:- and askedthat the city \vai\c the right to itsconst i net ion.
Importing on rhe n-que-t. ttity Kn-gine r K. W. laddie declared that thecity would never have any use for a
sewer it that point. Accepting this ad-vice. Tn«* Domicil at its session Tiles-day mglit took action waiving thecity’s sower rights on the pis uiises.
The locathni chosen for the new eli-
te’ prw is admiralty fitted for the
handling the largest Ink*- boats on oneside, with easy railroad connections onthe other. 'l’he coii«*ern will also he
near the Michigan automobile centers,which will furnish a large market forplastic products.
Council DoihgsTuesday Night
Ahx GLick, writing for the Wyan-dotte As>ociatioii. askedfor a copy of tin* city’s budget for thecoming year. Request granted. and<Merit laiOonrse directed to forwardtin* figures.
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General bills of $3/JS»JS.44, truck hireof $291.75 uikl ilay rolls totaling $4.-
1 (121.1)8 were ui|H»roved for payment.• • *
Recreation Commission asked thatcity clerk notify the commission re-garding any permits for use of thecity’s public address system. This inorder to avoid a conflict of dates.
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Paving of Kighth street from Orange
to Kureka avenue was ordered!.• • •
Bids for tlie furnishing of sand,crushed stone and cement were re-reived from Eberts Brothers Company.Michigan Foundation Company, Inc..Lu4*adie Brothers Ouiiptiny and Amer-ican Aggregates Corporation. Bidswere re ferns! to the city engineer fortabulation and leport.
Prevent FourthJuly Accidents
lainsiug.—Most accidents would nothappen if every driver:
1. (Regulated bis speed with regardto safety.
2. Exercised special care wheuovertaking and passing and in keepingas far to the right of opposite-boundtraffic as possible.
3. Observed stop signs and traffic'igual* and made certain it was safe toenter intersections before doing so.
“The better part of a million dollarsin deaths, injuries and damage wastlie price paid last Fourth of July sea-sou for the luxury of violating theserules,” says State Police Oammissioner< Near <l. Olander. “and the toll willlie greater this year unless efforts bypublic authorities to impress the driv-ing public with the necessity of bettertraffic law observance are successful.”
Aviation StudentsGraduate at lie
With distinguished officials present,rs; naval aviation student pilots at theCrosse lie aviation butse receivedtheir diplomas last Saturday. Of thegraduates. 22 were from Michigan.
Rear Admiral Johns, district com-mandant; William S. Knudscn. direc-tor of fbe office of production man-agement; I’ommander Gaines andI.ieutenant •‘Commander (Robert A.Brown took part in the ceremonies.
Licenses Grantedhy the Council
At Tnc'day night’s -ession of the•Council, license* were granted as fol-lows:
Class “A” I food 1 (At halan dragstores at 2ft*’» Biddle avenue and 3358Second street: John Calivas. 34-40 Biddie avenue; Sam’s Vnrietv Shop. 503Kureka avenue.
Clas% “B” (beer and wine* FraukZdnn* k. Tenth street: Mrs. Kath-erine Kurepa. 41<»2 Sixth s:reet.
322"* Biddle av-iioe: (ieofye H. Ilar-grett. 110 (V.k street ; Snnnyv.-.ie drill.
Kureka avenue.
YOU May StillContribute to USO
The campaign to raise (3.300 in Wy-riidofte for rhe Luited Service Organ-
izations clo-es officially next Wednes-day. Isist week about SIOO was for-warded to City Clerk J. LaCourse, who is general chairman ofthe canvass. by i*cr'ous who had notbeen solicited.
The fund is still about SI,OOO shortof the quota. It would be a shame ifWyandotte, always generous in itscontributions to a worthy cause, shouldfall d»*wn now.
Any one wishing to contribute shouldget iu touch with either Mr. LaCourse<*r Ilays Metcalf, cashier of the Xa-rioiuil Bank of Wyandotte, and a soli-citor will cull on him or her. Or rhemoney may In* sent direct to either ofthe men named.
Sel?ctees Leavefor Y?ar in Army
on Wedn -day Mi young men fromdraft boad No. f»s I Wyandotte I leftlor induction into the army The listwas publi-netl in The Herald lastweek.
Flat Risk hoard sent the following;William James Reno, iltiverview;
(.’hark-s Clarence Trombley, Flat Rock;Charles FrLssell Craig. Jr., (irosse lie:Steve Fmuk Balowski. New Boston;11. Iveßoy Botirussa. Gibraltar: CarlFrederick Stock, Flat Rock; BurtonLeamou Griffith. Belleville: GilbertWilliam Blanks, Trenton: JosephGeorge Wash, Jr.. Flat Rock,; WarrenJames Davi>. Ticutou; Roger PhillipStrout. Grosse lie; (Robert LewisRicth. Gibraltar; Herman Vander Mo*len. Dearborn; Robert Hoi.sington.Wyandotte; Kmerson Wilbur Riggs,Belleville: John George ITechuesky,Romulus: llowaul Albert Ricliards.Flat Rock: Howard Karl Thompson,Belleville: Alvio B*hm, Trenton; For-est Hainmoued, Flat Rock: ChesterFrauds DuChene, Treuion; RobertHayward, Belleville; Maxwell CoyLrouard. Belleville; Adolph CliftonHighbougn. Wyandotte; Oran W.Bloodsworth. Rumulus; Joseph Burek.Waltz: Paul Edmund Drabitz. FlatRock; Er\iu Dunbur Wattles, Oswego.N. Y.; Henry Myers, Trenton; Georgel’adget. Belleville; Alva Edward Lau-raiu. Waltz; William Frederick Bris-co . Trenton; Lawrence Rogers Bog-oske, Romulus: Joseph Tony Cutylo,-Rkmiulus; Howard John Dirner. Ibx’k-wood; Donald Francis Grady. FlatRock: Ireonard Kirk Pitcher. Belle-ville: Grover Robert Oestrike. FlatRock: Anthony Frason. Trenton;Charles I\ Hayes. Belleville; JohnHarold Rupert, Romulus; fttacy AllenKeinath. Dundee; Jesse Edward Coop-er, Romulus; Victor F. Kolodziej. Wil-lis; George Eldon Jlasselbaeh. -Romu-lus; Ju-e.ph John Goneiarz. Romulus:Chari-> Lewis Jones. Trenton; RoliertNewton Osborne. Romulus; lister La-vern Crandall, Waltz: Frank Gero.Jr., Ruckwood.
Repacements Henry Joe Pawlow-ski. Romulus: ißohert Louis Creith,Trenton; lieonard George Nowak.Belleville; Robert Earl Dunderman.Flat Rock; Andrew’ Marchywka. Belle-ville: Domenick Bausano, BWleville;C’hauuoey Daniel Schweigert, Belle-ville; Joseph Paul Sligoski, Flat Rock;Rafael G. Velazques, New Boston;Frank Otto Bordt. Waltz.
Many Prizes on
Bois Blanc TripThe annual excursion of St. Steph-
en’s Episcopal Sunday school will beheki tomorrow (Saturday!, to BoisBlanc park.
An attractive program of sports,with suitable prizes, will be carriedout at the island.
There will be 15 events, with threeprizes in each event. There will bespecial prizes for the mother with tb*-most children present, and for thewinner in a bean guessing contest.
H<U on RobberyArmed Charge
Charged with looting the Oak caseat Twelfth and Oak streets, three Wy-andotte young men have beeu boundover for trial on charges of robberyarmed by Justice Roy Coomer.
The three are William Armstrong.25, of 234 Stoll street. Ben Vincent, 23.of 34JU Hudson street, and StanleyPlichta, 24, of 1127% Oak street.
Bonds of $2,000 were furnished byVincent and Armstrong, while Plichtawas held fa: examination yesterday.
Big M. A. ClubExcursion Aug. 16
The Michigan Alkali club will givean excursion »t» Bois Blanc park onAugust 10. Boats will leave Wyandottevt and R):15 a.m. and 2:15 p.ni.
WYANDOTTE RESIDENTIS GRANTED A PATENT
('Jayton R Wrrirt of Wyandotte hasIx'eu gmuted a t-slenit on a printingm »<
#hiue.
BEST EVERIS PUNNED FOR
JULY FOURTHEuless the plans Uia4 are practically
complete bog down, next Fridays
Fourth of July celebration in Wyan-
dotte will be the ever. And that
is saying a whole lot.The City Council and all local pa-
triotic ami civic organizations are co-operating whole-heartedly for the bigevent.
Thousands of jwople are expected
from neighboring towns.
4 'ouneilmen Ford Wagar, Ernest B.Schultz and George C. Bebm arc re-p re-eii ting the city government in theariangcmt-uts.
The fallowing program has been p:e-
l*a rod :
10 a.m. Grand parade.12 iiihm. Drills at Roosevelt high
school field.1 p.m. Soft kill game at Ri*osevelt
field.1:13 p.m. Folk darning at Bishop
park.1:45 p.m. Amateur show at Bishop
pa rk.2 p.m. T» nni> matcli at Bishop
park.3 p.m. Commuuitv 'iiigiiig at Bish-
op (Kirk.3:30 p.m. Orchestra mii'io at Bish-
op [Kirk.4 :.’4O p.m. Boat -iace>. Wyandotte.
Detroit. Ecor#*. at Bisli(»p park.7:30 p.m. Baud concert at Bishop
pa rk.11 p.m. Giant fireworks display at
Bishop park.Liberal prize' will l*e offered to the
organizations which participat** in rheparade, as is >h<'\wi hy the followinglist:
l>:um and Bugle Corp?— ;First prize.ss<>. for best drum and bugle
corps: second prize. SSO. for best mu-sical drum and bugle corps; thirdprize. SSO. for best drilled drum andbugle cori*s.
SSO lot the best women's corps iucomi»t‘tition.
$lO for the best majorette.$lO for the best drum major.Floats—(First prize, S3O: second
prize. S2O: third prize. sls.Individual Comic l’rize> —First prize.
$7; second prize, $5. ,
Rescue Two fromDrowning in Lake
Last Sunday two Wyandotte men,Vein Moehriug of 247 Ford avenueand Bert Knox of 144,5 t. John street,left Gibraltar in a motor boat, bouudfor WiHMlland Beach. Monroe county.
Off Bar i’oint, in a sudden wind andelectrical storm, the craft was engulf-ed and sank.
The occupants of the boat endeavor-ed to swim to shore, but were nearlyexhausted ami about to give up thestruggle when they were rescued byHerman A. Claybush of 233 U Thirdst’'tet and Edward Zaddock of 2830Ninth street, who brought tiie sailorsto shore at Fred Harrington. Jr.’s cot-tage. Artitidal respiration was contin-ued for several hours l>efore Knox andMoehriug were sufficiently recoveredto leave the cottage.
Benedict headsTelephone Pioneers
Howard W. Benedict, of iK'troit,general traffic manager of die Michi-gan Bell Telephone Oomixiny, Ims -beenelected president of Wolverine (Chap-ter No. 10. (Michigan) TelephonePioneers of Michigan, Pioneers iu thisvicinity are beiug advised.
Benedict was unopposed for the elec-tion. He succeeds* Earl P. Reynold*-',of Grand ißlapdds.
Division vice presidents chosen inrt»e state-wide mail election are as fol-lows: Detroit, Dudley H. Frick. De-troit branch manager of Western Elec-tric: General (northern portion erf low-er peninsula). Fiarl D. Waimaley. Sag-inaw; Northern, (upjier petiiusuki),E. J. AUrin CMrlson, Fiacanabu; FJouth-em. (southern portion of loxver pen-insula v, John E. Johnson, GrandRapids.
F'rank L. Curtis and Au thor (’. Kuhtiof Detroit, were Te-elected secretaryand freasirrer. respectively.
The Telephone lioniets of Amerh-ais tirade up of men ami women, em-ployed hy both Bell and independenttelephone companies, who have been intelephone service 21 yeurs or more.The national organization has nearly.*2.000 memlierv while Wolverinechapter haa more than 1.400
WYANDOTTE GRADUATES FROMKALAMAZOO TEACHERS (OLLEGE
Four Wyandotte students graduatedfrom Western State Teachers colletat Kalamazoo last Saturday Tbevwere: -Rita Ellen Labadie, bachelor <rfscience degree and state secondaryprovisional certificate, with cum 1mdehonors; Elizabeth Ann Murray bache-lor of science degree and state ele-mentary provisional certificate- EdgarAllen Stewart, bachelor of *cien.-e de
and Mate Provisionalcertificate, and Edwin Francis Zdun-czyk. Iwchelor of arts degree nn(]sfcondary provisional certificate
WYANDOTTE, MICH., FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1941
$ 13,500 FireMonday Night
Monday night ;ut 8:15, firemen weresummoned to .the Sloan building- onBiddle aveuue, oiiginully owned by tbeKnights of Columbus, and now occu-lt'd by the Federal department store.The fire started in ithe 'basement, thecause of which is yet unknown. TheU*»s on the building is approximately$4,500, stock SO,OOO. The fire fightersworked on ,the fire for three hoursl»efoie sotting it under control. They<1 id a good job.
Firemen were called to the Metho~dist church Tuesday night at 0:30.No fire—just smoke inning from thelurnace from burning paper.
Also answered a fal<e alarm to Sev-enth and Central Monday morning.
REPIr ifloCRITICISM OF
PUMPIN6 PLANTHonorable Mayor and City Council.City of Wyandotte, Michigan.Cen tiemen:
Appearing in tlie columns of yourlocal papers dated Thursday, June 19.1041. are articles regarding the flood-ed conditions which occurred iu thenorth se<‘turn of Wyandotte on Sundayailernoon, June 15, 11H1 iu which werequotod several remarks made by var-ious city officials.
In order to correct any wrong *iiu-pre'sion which may liave been leftwith you or the residents of Wyan-*dotte due to the many erroiikousstatements and accusations which ap-peared iu these articles, 1 wish to pre-sent you with the fHCts regarding theoperation of the Wyandotte pumpingstation iu Wayne county drainage dis-trict No. 5. All facts presented belowcan he verified at any time by refer-ring to the complete set of records atthe pumping station.
Included in the>e recoids are ti*erain gauge charts showing the quanti-ty. intensity ami time of any precipi-tation at the plant ; charts from thewater level gauge showing the eleva-tion of the sewage iu the wells at theplant at any time: graphs from therecording watt hour in ter which indi-cates the size and number of pumpstunning at any time and the length oftime these pumps operated: and thedaily reports on which various datais recorded. These are public propertyand we invite your inspection of them.
It seems to be -the impression ofmany people including members ofyour lN»dy that the drainage district isr sponsible for a large percentage ofthe flooded basements, streets and oth*er undesirable conditions caused by in-adequate sewage facilities which cometo light from time to time. The sew-age report submitted to you last yearby the nationally known firm of con-sulting engineer which was retainedby your honorable body, specificallylecomiueuded that the sewers whichgave you trouble Sunday should be re-lieved by a new arm leading into No.5 drain at Goddard and Second streets.At the time the investigation was tak-ing place the engineers spent a largeuwouut of time checking records atthe pumping station. Theie was noth-ing in the report to indicate that thedesign or operation of drainage dis-trict No. 5 was at fault.
I agree that action should he takento remedy the very undesirable situa-tion which not only occurred Sunday
but which I am now advised is of fre-quent occurrence. A statement wasmade that all manholes were filledwith wafer, indicating the water wasbucking up into sewers instead of be-ing pumped away. This office has al*ready investigated and found the re-cords at the pumping statiiou show thewater was being pumped out asas it was entering the plant. Theplant could not operate more pump*
because the sewerage was not reach-ing the station fast enough to do so.
The papeis stated that the storm
and sanitary s&veruge from Melvin-dale, Liucolu Bark, Ecorse and River(Rouge flooded the north end. This isnot true. This sewerage does not enterthe same No. 5 trunk line and wouldhave to i»a-s through the pumping sta-
tion first. The water at the pumpingstation never rose higher than eleva-tion 525.0 on June 15. The elevation atthe bottom of the north end of therast arm of draiu No. 5 is 564.0, or 12ieet higher than the maximum water
ievcl at the pumping station at anstime on the above date and incident-ally the water at the plant has never
been higher than elevation 554.0 or 10feet below the trim* line at Clintonstreet since May 27, 1030. when itsurged to elevation 501X1.
On May 31, 1035 this office wrote
the superintendent of your municipalpow* r plant in an effort to obtainthea(»er current, as well as to purchaselocally the electricity med at thepumping station. At that time the Mu-nicipal Service Commission looked in-to the problem very thoroughly and
decided the pumping station would be
an undesirable account to have con-
nected to the comparatively small gen-erating and transmission equipment ofrhe local municipal plant which is not
designed to instantaneously pick up an
increased load of some 4.000 kilowattswithout any advance notice.
Vnv engineer will concur with the
statement that it is practical as well
aH e,„>d design to divert 2- per cent or•; per <eut of the sanitary i<-werage
directly into a flowing stream duringthe short infrequent periods of intenseraiutall when any sanitary seweragewould be greatly diluted by the largeamount of storm water. 1 only know of
j two or three communities hi the Unit*| ed States that make any attempt to
I settle or purify storm waiter and thisis done at a prohibitive cost. Your own
; city has designed and installed manycombined sewers since Drain No. 5was constructed and even since thesanitary treating plant has been in op-eration.
The pumping statiou is not operatingon the standard primary supply con-tract referred to by one of the cityofficials as a demand meter basis andit boa not been using this rate forsome time post. The statement thatsome pumps placed in the pumpingstation in 1929 have never been usedis ridiculous, as is the statement thatpumps were installed to operate auto-matically. Only the small sanitarypumps were so installed. The stormwater pumps never were operatedautomatically and were originally in-stalled to o|**rate manually. All thepumps in the plant have seen consid-erable service, hi fad the flow intothe pumping statiou ou May 27, 1939required all storm water pumps to op-erate simultaneously lor a short per-iod of time. This heavy inflow wascaused by a record rainfall of 1.34iiM-hes in .‘{<l minutes. Indications atthis time seemed to inunt to the factthat the rainfall was heavier north ofthe pumping station.
1 feel <oniideuL tlictt when all thecity is served with projierly 'designedlateral sewers and inlets that the daysof flooded streets and basements willIk.* rare. A copy of this letter is beingsent to all local newspapers for puMication to acquaint the public with thetrue facta
Very truly yours,GEORG® A. DINGMAX,
Wayne <Y>uiity Drain Oommisaiouer.By: LOUIS 11. MOBUR,
Chief Engineer,Wyandotte Tumping Statiou.
Brief BrevitiesTin* Herald yesterday completed 56
years of existence under the sameownership.
Forty-nine persons were killed onMichigan streets and highways overHie recent Memorial Day holiday per-iod. Unless drastic steps are taken, itis feared this number will be sur-passed over the Fourth. To preventthis from haiqiening, and iu a deter-mined effort to save as many humanlives as possible, every means at mak-ing Michigan’s highways and streetssafe will be taken.
An unlicensed baffle hoard was tak-en by the imlice at 73b Biddle avenueon Friday.
Last Friday uight some one stoleWilliam Albright’s bicycle, from hishome at 557 Oak street.
Civil war veterans’ widows were en-tertained, Thursday afternoon of lastweek, at a tea held in the AmericanLegion club house.
A card party, sponsored by the wo-men of St. Joseph parish, will be heldin the auditorium. Maple and Fourthstreets, next Monday evening, June 30.
Members of the Family ProtectiveAssociation board will pay a visit tothe University of Michigan fresh aircamp next Tuesday. Thirty Wyandotteboys are at the camp.
Arthur E. Haisley, secretary of theBoard of Education, and his brother.Lambert enjoying a vaca-tion at the Baisley cottage. HigginsLake.
The old Marx brewery on Van Al-styne boulevard, a Wyandotte land-mark, is being torn down. The build-ing was bought some time ago byMorris Bimbaum. The original struc-ture, occupying a small space on thecorner of Oak street and the boule-vard, was constructed something like70 years ago. by the late George Marx.
Friday night, a stranger entered thegas statiou at Biddle avenue andNorth drive and asked permission touse the telephone. After the strangerhad left, Francis Brohl, the attendant,discovered that a money changer con-taining $lO was also missing.
During a heavy electrical storm lastSunday, Lawrence Marcie, 56, ofSouth Itockwood waa electrocutedwhile employed at the Rockwood silicaplant. The total accident occurredwhen Marcie was turning on a switchin the company’s pump house.
Now that the 1941 legislature hasadjourned the Michigan State Board ofTax Administration is pointing with in-creased energy to a prospective seventymillion dollar revenue year. In factthe fiscal year beginning July 1 nextmay even exceed thfis unprecedentedfigure.
Methodist PastorsAre Returned
Tbe annual district Methodist con-ference, which closed early this week,returned the following pastors for theensuing year: Wyandotte. First Metho-dist church. Rev. Edward H. Wilcox:Glenwiw*! Methodic church. Rev. Rus-aall Sursaw: Trenton Methodistchurch. R«rv. Marshall W. Hoyt.
Try Herald Job Printing
VOL. LXIII. NO. 26
RE6ISIRATIONFOR THE DRAFTrajEsoir
More than 33,000 Michigan youngmen who have attained their 21stbirthday since October 16, 1940. willregister with their local hoards on thesecond registration day, which hasbeen set for Tuesday, July 1, betweenthe hours of 7 a.m. and 9 pjn.. bypresidential proclamation, it has beenannounced by state headquarters torselective service. Wyandotte registra-tions will be received at State audi-torium on Chestnut street.
Bach registrant will have the rightto divide for himself which place bewants recorded on his registrationcard as his residence when he regis-
ters July 1. according to 001. K. M.Kosccraus. state director. The placehe choose* will determine the localhoard that will always have jurisdic-tion over him.
Following the first registration day,many registrants wanted to changethe address they had given for theirplace of lesideuce. It was impossiblefor the selective service system tocomply with these requests, accord lugto Colonel Kosecraus, since the localhoard continues to have jurisdictionover every registrant whose residenceis given in its local t>ourd area. Inother instances, addresses given byregistrants were incomplete, aud tberegistration cards frequently reachedthe wrong lodal boards.
New selective service regulationsnow iu the hands of local hoards re-quire each registrant to describe biaplace of resident** so that its locationmay he determined easily. A regis-trant who lives ou an R.F.D. routewhich goes through two irtates or twocounties will he required to iudicatethe location of bis residence ratherthan his mailing address. Becausesome registrants may wish to havetheir mail seut to an address otherthan the place of their residence, thenew registration card will show boththe place of residence aud. in addi-tion. tine mailing address of the regis-trajrt.
The right of the registrant to selecthis residence uddress without interfer-ence from registrars has been safe-guarded iu tlß* new regulations. Regjvtrars have been instructed to wajn theregistrant that one** he decides upon aplace of residence, tbe description giv-en by him will his localboard once and for all.
Men subject to registration will beregistered at the office of the localboard having jurisdiction over tbe:rresidence. In certain instances, localhoards may designate special publicbuildings as the registration place Intheir arva. (Registrants away fromhome on registration day will registerat tlie office of the local board where-ever they may happen to be on July L
Governor Murray D. Van Wagoouer,in a proclamation requesting full com-pliance with the president’s order call-ing for the sec and registration underthe selective service act, has requestedall employers to cooperate in securingcomplete reg st ration by giving mn-ployes subject to registration sufficienttime in which to fulfill their obliga-tions.
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Romy Dies sisCrash Injuries
Foliowing an automobile crash <mJune 13, Edward J. Romy of 7360 Wal-do street, Detroit, died in the Wyan-dotte General hospital on Tuesdaymorning. He waa 20 years of age. Tbsfatal injuries were sustained whewRomy’s car struck a utility pole toTrenton.
Woman LosSs$26 ts Thug
While walking home, Thursday eslast week, Anna Koslowski of SiForest street was accosted by a youngman who struck her with hi# fist, thangrabbed her purse containing $26 andmade his escape.
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Mst Y?st«rdayto Talk Flooding
Upon the initiative of CouncilmanClifford T. Burke, a meeting with suf-ferers from the recent flooding ofbasements in the north end of toww,was held yesterday afternoon at thepumping station. The Herald goev ispress too early to report results.
Union Asks Listof City Employes
The Council Tuesday night graaMa request from the American Federa-tion of State, County and MunicipalEmployes, asking for names, classifi-cation and rites of pay of employes otthe cii#. This Tn to be done after toobudget sessions are completed.
