ditt incstanaeaiaiieainaee! ggg RR aaa PO tin hella sett The Weather Mild, Partly Cloudy Details Page 2 113th YEAR > THE PONTIAC PRES: ne * kkk PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, S SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1955 32 PAGES | —The president of the Motion Picture Assn. of * * The Roman Catholic leader urged parish priests to caution young people regarding what he termed a trend toward “moral laxity.” The cardinal said Catho- lies should not patronize films that have been condemned by the church's reviewing arm, the Legion of Decency, Sees No Action on Reserve Bill Johnson Says Senate Will Await Compromise | in House | WASHINGTON, “w—Sen. Lyndon \e Johnson (D-Tex.), said today that unless the House works out | some compromise, the Senate prob- ably will take no action this vear jon the military reserve plan. Johnson, the Denweratre leader, told’ newsmen: “The Senate is not going to’ march up the hill and down again. Unless the House can agree on a reserve bill, we will bring) out a measure extending the mili- | tary draft and let the reserve plan go over.” | administration's * .'« In a dispute over racial] segrega- tion, the House shelved Thursday | & measure aimed at adding two. million men to the organized re- | serves. It was designed, in part, | to offset the administration's pro- | posed 102,000-man cutback in mili- tary forces by mid-1956. The House kept the bill on its calendar and could call it up at) any time, but there was no indica- | tion when this would be done. The | shelving action was taken to pre- vent outright defeat of the meas-| ure, Adoption of a ban on racial | al Guard units had threatened loss | of Southern support for the meas. | ure. Johnson said his decision to| | to bring before the Senate only bills | he believes both Houses will be| | able to accept. _ “The Senate has passed 137 bills | and will be at the Kirkby Funeral | in this session,” he said. ‘It isn't: }iome after 7 p.m. Sunday. Fu- | County said the robbers were be- | neral arrangements will be an-| lieved to have escaped in two auto- its time in idle talk.”’ spending | Schoolboy Says | Bully- Demands | Dime Every Day NEW YORK ®—Fourteen-year- | been playing hooky from | school aoa al was forced to choose almost dafly between pay- | jing a dime to an |or taking a beating. | | The situation was disclosed yes- | |terday after young Thompson's | | Mother was called to the Haaren | High School to explain why her | son had been absent for three. weeks, | * e@ * | Mrs. Joseph Thompson said she | | couldn't understand the boy’s tru- | | ancy. William Deerson, dean of the school, then confered privately with the boy, who accused John Burgos, 16, of terrorizing him for year. | Thompson said Burgos would de- mand 10 cents or offer to beat him up. If he had no money, Thompson said, Burgos would take his | fountain pen and hold it until he produced the dime. * Ld] * Burgos was seized and charged | with petty larceny and third de- gree assault. He was held in $500 bail for a hearing next Thursday. The high school is the same one attended by Frank Santana, 17, now under indictment for the |wanton slaying last month of 15- | year-old William Blakenship Jr., |a model student. } | Blankenship was killed on | | | Bronx street by a bullet allegedly fired by Santana during a feud between two rival gangs. Blankenship, believed to have) been mistaken for another boy, | was not a member of any gang. | Sen. McNamara Hits | Lobbying Maneuver WASHINGTON ( — Sen. McNa- mara (D-Mich) says oil and gas’ interests have made “a scurrilous and slanderous” attempt to influ- ence senators considering a bill to federal regulation.- He lashed out from the Senate floor yesterday at the Mid-Conti- nent Oil and Gas Assn. for circulat- ing at a Senate hearing a press release critical of a Detroit official who testified against the legisla- tion. Quoting R. F. Windfohr, a Fort Worth, Tex., oil man who heads exempt natural gas producers from | have decided to operate it as a free fair again this year The fa Will be held here Aug. 3. was written in 1888 by Kate ‘os THE PONTIAC PRESS, SATURDAY. MAY 21. 1958 _ | _ : The Day in Birmingham. 4 Bandits Rob _ , Franklin Area Is Gearing for Civil Defense Needs years up are welcome. to attend Pontiac Deaths Harold Batchelor Harold Batchelor, 29, 6441 Elm- wood St., Drayton Plains, died last evening in Pontiac General Hos- pital, following an auto accident five days ago. Born June 22, 1926, in Pontiac, the son of Harold and Mary Flynn Batchelor, he had lived in’ the Pontiac area all his life. A veteran otf World War Il and a member of St. Benedict's Catholic Church, Mr. Batchelor married. Dorothy Mae Bradsher in Angola, Ind., Feb 14, 1953 He was employed as a toolmaker at Pontiac Motor ‘Division and Was a member of the American Legion. Surviving besides his wife, his father and his mother, Mrs. Mary Sanders of Pontiac are, one son, Harold; three daughters, Mary Ellen, Charlotte and Carol Jean, all at home, and a brother, Nor- man Batchelor, of Pontiac. Service will be. held at 9 a.m. Tuesday in St. Benedict's Catholic | Church, with burial in Mt. Hope | Cemetery. Mr. Batchelor will be | in state at the Pursley Funeral Home after 11 a.m, Sunday, Rosary will be said at the funeral home Monday at 8 p.m. Mrs. Levi Dandison Mrs. Levi (Ina) Dandison, 86, ' formerly of 13 Liberty St., died at) | the home of her niece, Mrs. Robert | (Marian Wisner) Persson of Starr Lake, N.Y. She had been ill 13 months. She was born April 28, 1869, in Oakland County and was the segregation in reserve and Nation- | daughter of Andrew and Sarah Hickey. Mrs. Dandison was a member of Central Methodist Church. Surviving are two nieces, Mrs. await some House agreement was/| Clarence (Esther Wilner) Pagels | jin line with his policy of trying | of Detroit and Mrs. Persson witt’ there is any alarm of any kind. whom she lived. Mrs. Dandison is being brought |to Pontiac for service and burial get out.” nounced later. Mrs. Lewis James Deneen Mrs. Lewis James (Coral Bell) Deneen, 72, of 48 Arthur St. died yesterday at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. She had been ill two ment in the 68-day telephone strike ld Joseph Thompson claims he | days. She was born Jan. 27, 1883 in New York State gnd was the daugh- ter of Frank and Roda Fetterly older classmate Eastwood, In 1898 she was mar- | The government today ordered the ried in Charlevoix and came to i held as hostages. Alabama Bank Hold Cashier's Family Hostage While Taking $86,727 in Loot JACKSONVILLE, Ala., — A |Southwide alert for four armed | bandits was issued after they rob- bed a Jacksonville bank yesterday and fled with $86,727.12. Jesse N. Wood, 30-year-old cash- ier at the First National Bank here, told how he was forced to help the bandits stage Alabama's big- gest bank robery to protect his wife and two young daughters, “I knew they meant business. They had silencers on their pis- | tols,’’ Wood said several hours aft- er the robbery. * * * | The four men forced themselves into Wood's small frame cottage about 7:30 a.m, yesterday. Two wore work clothes and had masks over their faces. | They told Wood at first they were reporters from the Anniston Star. While two remained with | Mrs, Wood and the two children, | the other two escorted Wood to the bank, and tied up six women tellers as they reported for work. The bank vault was opened by | time clock at 8:30 a.m. and the |robbers took the money, which BIRMINGHAM — Franklin area residents are gearing for any even- tuality through their recently formed Civil Defense Organization. Communications, fire fighting units, medical units, transporte- tion are smaller divisions of the overa!! program. Mrs. Lynn Hersh- ey is director. The CD group in- cludes Southfield and Bingham Farms as well as Franklin. The committee of nurses aid and first aid is headed by Mrs. Clyde Wortey. A first aid class already has been ararnged and registration for day or evening classes is open to anyone whe wants te enroll, she said. Communications — both short- wave radio and telephone — is under the direction of Robert Ying- ling. NEED FIRE FIGHTERS Bill Albee. commissioner of Franklin’s volunteer fire depart- ment, also is directing the CD's fire committee. He said at least one member of each family should know how to fight fires, both in and out of doors. Boys from 17 JC Road-E-0 , was covered by insurance. i The leader was quite talking, but _ blunt. | | * * Ld “One outcry, one alarm, and your wife and children die," he snapped at Wood. e Before leaving for the bank, he |instructed the two confederates: “We'll be back at 9 o'clock. If | any siren or anything, shoot that woman and those two children and Sheriff Roy Snad of Calhoun | mobiles — 1955 Oldsmobile and- a. | 1955 gray Buick, which bore either a South Carolina or a Virginia’ |pconae: Diem Orders Arrest of Bao Dai Aides SAIGON, South Viet Nam ww — | arrest and trial on treason charges | Set Tomorrow Sixty-Five Youths File Applications for Event Testing Driving Skill Teenage motorists here were sharpening their driving skills to- day for Sunday's annual Jaycee- Road-E-O which will begin at 2 p.m. in the Tel-Huron Shopping Center parking lot. Some 65 youths had filed appli- cations with the Pontiac Junior Chamber of Commerce by this morning, a to Clyle R. Haskill, chairman of the event. ‘The teenage drivers will com- pete in the event for three top trophies given to youthful driv- ers who exhibit the greatest skill in an elaborate auto ob- stacle course, Winners of Sunday afternoon's fete will be offered an opportunity to compete in a state-wide and na- | Pontiac from there 43 years ago. | of two top aides of absentee Chief | tional Jaycee contest. Scholarships | Surviving are eight children, Wil- liam of Cheboygan, Mrs. Rose Lound of Minnesota, Orma of Lake Orion, Frank, Wayne, Ruth, Leon and Bert, all of Pontiac, 15 grand- children an dl0 great - grandchil- dren. Two brothers, Earl and Delton, both of Boyne Falls, also survive. The funeral will be held Monday at 10 a.m. from the Huntoon Fu- neral Home. The Rev. E. C. Swan- son of the Pilgrim Holiness Church will officiate with burial in Perry Mt. Park Cemetery. Mrs. John Ryel Mrs. John (Elizabeth) F. Ryel, 74, of 1010 Cherrylawn Ave. died suddenly at her home yesterday. She was born June 9, 1880 in Milan and was a niemer of the Milan Baptist Church. She had lived in Pontiac 15 years, coming here from Ann Arbor. Mrs. Ryel had taught in the Mi- lan Schools and had been employed S4!. The coup failed when the na- | by the University of Michigan Hos- | | pital. Surviving are a_ sister, Mrs. Rhode Gillie and a brother Gerald D. Fuller, both of Pontiac. Service will be held Monday at 11:30 a.m. from the Pursley Fu- neral Home: with the Rev. E. C. Swanson of the Pilgrim Holiness Church officiating. Burial wil} fol- low in York Cemetery. Arthur F. Wattman Service was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Huntoon Fu- neral Home for Arthur F. Watt- man of 103 Seminole Ave. The Rev. Edward D. Auchard, asso- ciate pastor of the First Presby- terian Church, officiated. Burial was in White Chapel Memorial Cemetery. . Mr. Wattman was born Nov. 19, 1904, in New York city, the son of Joseph and Helen Brush Watt- man. He attended school in Colo- rado and had lived here four years. He had been employed at the Grand River Auto Parts, and was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are his mother and a sitser, Mrs. Erma Miller, with whoin he lived. Legislature Okays Airport Funds Bill LANSING (UP) — The House i it z He Tree of State Bao Dai and several, leaders of the outlawed Binh Xuy- | jen Society. The accused men face |the death penalty if caught and | convicted. The orders, aimed at opponents ‘who attempted to unseat National- ist Premier Ngo Dinh Diem by civil war or coup, were announced by Deputy Defense Minister Tran Trung Dung. They were issued as a series of political developments apparently to strengthen the pre- mier’s hand. bd s 2 The two accused Bao Dai aides are ex-army Inspector Gen. Nguyen Van Vy and Col, Nguyen Tu Yen, commander of the former ruler’s old imperial guard. Vy, who | was naméd last month by Bao Dai | to replace Diem, staged an abor- | tive coup against the government with Yen's aid May 1 after the pre- | mier refused to accept the dismis- tional army backed Diem. Vy and Yen were last reported | (to be somewhere in the vicinity) |of Dalat, a hill resort where the |former guard has been stationed. | This force voted May 13 to aban- don its old designation and become regular units of the national army. Urges More Airlines Serving Northeast WASHINGTON W — A Civil Aeronautic Board has recommend- nation’s industrial northeast. Examiner William F. Cusick pro- posed: yesterday that current re- strictions on airlines be eased and new routes be inaugurated between points between New York and Chicago, including Detroit. Cusick’s initial decision will be- Kidnaper Re-Arrested When Cops Find Guns Fall i Z Hy ge FF ed air service be broadened-_in the aétia valued up to $3,000 will be award- ed to the final champs. Highlighting tomorrow's - will be a hot-rod exhiition by pro- fessional businessmen whose cus- tom-made cars are valued up to $5,000. Haskill said tomorrow's driving obstacles are mainly on safe driving principles. ‘‘The items will be a real test for any teenage driver who believes himself to be a good, safe driver,”’ said Haskill. Southwest Mops Up After Floods Ebb By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The job of mopping up from the damaging flood waters and tor- rential rains in Southwest States continued today under clear skies. The rain area moved eastward and centered over the interior sec- tions of the Gulf States. is of persons forced from their homes by floods pre- pared to return as streams and rivers receded if the storm swept areas of Colorado, Texas, Okla- homa and northern New Mexico. In southeast Colorado more than 1,006 persons forced from their homes by the Arkansas River at La Junta were able to return to their homes. event | * Ld Damage to property and crops was estimated in the millions of dollars, an estimated four million rs alone in southern Colorado from floods, Six deaths were at- tributed to the storms and floods which hit the Southwest area this week, East, West Plan Further Talks at U.N. Birthday 4 a i z : ff i ( i 5 i E) ; F 8 ! a 3 z ! “t ge a q: Es | es i ge z penal lil if # “a 5 si practice drills, he said, Co-directors of the organization are Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lawton. A welfare committee, to provide food and shelter in the event of attack, also is included in the program. s * e Birmingham will be one of four teaching centers which Michigan State College will open this fall ~} as a Means of showing students the problems they will face in full- time teaching jobs, The State Board of Agriculture, governing body of the college, Yesterday approved the estab- lishment of the centers. The oth- ers will be at Grand Rapids, Bat- tle Creek and Niles. About 25 MSC education students wil] be enrolled at each center. They will live full-time in the com- munity, engage in community ac- tivities and assume civic responsi- bilities related to education. Local school system are cooperating in the on-the-job experience plan. * * * Mort Neff, well-known television personality and commentator for the program ‘’Michigan Outdoors.” will address the Men's Club of St. James Episcopal] Church at 7 p.m. Monday in the church hall. Neff's topic will be sports. * * to study the proposed city budg- et. The committee, composed of dames Moore, Foster Toothacker and Walter Moreland, will make recommendations to the cham- ber’s board of directors, The directors in turn make recom- mendations to the city commis- sion. * Ld * Seventeen seniors, members of the Pilgrim Fellowship of the Con- gregational church, Birmingham, will be honored tomorrow at a banquet. Guests at the affair will | be parents of members of the jun- ior and senior high groups and membérs of the junior high fel- — lowship. olice Captain Discovers Fire ‘in City Station Capt. Clark M. Wheaton, chief of Pontiac detectives, today said he is convinced that where there is smoke — “it always means a fire." The veteran policeman walked into police headquarters today, re- porting for work as usual at 8 a.m. “I smelled smoke which seemed to be concentrated in one of the front offices,"" he said, : His detective’s sixth sense bed him to search the waste-paper baskets for a lighted cigarette butt, -but then he recalled that neither of the office’s workers ‘Then I decided to scout the walls and windows for the source of the smoke. Suddenly, a flame burst right in front of me, so I called the fire department next door, Two firemen arrived quickly and put out the fire with an ex- tinguisher ‘ They said ‘The } r in the window sills are and you new window sills how.” aton, who thinks that some- one flung the lighted butt from the outside of the station, said, ‘That's the understatement of the year. We need a whole new building and I understand that it’s inthe off- ng.’ Five Cases of Polio Reported This Week LANSING (B—Five new cases of polio were reported in Michigan this week, the State Health Depart- ment said today. Returns Part of Loot Hi | reise Ei cell I z Partial Survey Being Checked > First Report Indicates - Area Is Too Sparsely . Populated for City TROY TOWNSHIP—A disputed @ensus may disrupt the proposed Ancorporation of a portion of Troy ~Township. In preparation for the June 7% “election on incorporating the area, ~& census has been taken to see if the area meets the state require- ment of at least 500 residents per Square mile, A partially completed census “was turned into the secretary of state's office, and is now being checked, As presented, it showed the area below the re- quired population figure, Whether the area can proceed to vote on the incorporation with- gut the census complete, or with the census completed by showing a lack of residents is a question the state attorney general may be asked to rule’ on. : 200 MORE COUNTED Examining the census at the Troy Township offices yesterday, | Drayton Plains, student director and soloist in the biggest musical programs in the history of Waterford | Fourtowns schools James Chapman of the | of state’s office said he had found | “approximately 200° residents of | ‘the area who were not listed on | the census. = * * The census was reportedly 529 | names short, according to officials | of the Troy Township Incorpera- tion Committee. Even the number of residents re- quired is clouded. Township officials say the land to be incorporated is 27.5 square miles, and would require 13,750 residents. A study by a local manufacturing firm says the area ts larger, and 14,250 resi- dents must be listéd ‘to meet the requirement, Chapman said today that inves- tigations had shown that ‘‘some houses had been inadvertently | missed, in basements.” $2 MILLION FACTORY The idea of incorporating the township first arose when the Vic- kers Corporation of Detroit nounced plans for a $2,000.000 plant | on a 76 acre site at the southwest | corner of Crooks and Maple roads. Vickers and Raval “Oak officials | favored the annexatio of the Troy | Township site to Royal Oak but | Troy officials balked at the idea of | losing the valuable tax base, Residents of Troy Township formed a committee to have a large portion of the township in- corporated, hoping this menld prevent the annexation, However it may be possible that | Royal Oak could annex the land even after Troy became a city. | Thirty-eight residents of Troy | have filed nominating petitions to. be placed on the June 7 ballot for | charter commissioners. s * * The the residents approve the general incorporation question nine | elected to create the city charter | for the new city. | This would be submitted at a later date to township voters. King Farm Rezoning « Approved by Board WATERFORD TOWNSHIP — At the recent meeting of the township | board, the board approved the re-. zoning of the King farm at the southeast quarter of section five, | south of the Grand Trunk and Western Railroad, A 500-foot strip | along the right of way will be! zoned for manufacturing. The request of Vernon Price a change from residential to com. | mercial zoning for Lot 2, aa 1, of Crescent Lake Country Club | subdivision was denied. “The board granted the Ki- wanis Club a carnival license for a show May 21-20 at Menomi- Nee and Telegraph roads, A soft drink license was ap-| proved for Michael ITliades, 2446. Williams Lake Road. Township Clerk Louis Barry and} one other board member will at- | tend the Water Works Conference June 12-16 in Chicago. along with families living | in houses ‘behind other homes, and | an- | and cities. | Present Altar in Memory of Mrs. Doremus | hanging, | cruit volunteers for the Brandon | Township Ground Observer Corps PREPARE FOR MUSIC FESTIVAL — Tuesday in Waterford High School, are ; Helen Davis and Jack Peter _ for 8 p. m. (seated) teacher of | will have a part sc ss Ss voc seal panmen Standing are (l-r) James | High. —¢ Plan City Vote in Southfield | WATERFORD TOWNSHIP | turn out for the music June 7 Election history, the band, orchestra, and SOUTHFIELD TOWNSHIP—The vocal music departments have Southfield Urban Assn, has voiced|¢ombined forces to present a a hope of a brand new city in Oak- | springtime concert. land County — one with nearly| 30.000 people. The orchestra, tinder the direc- Residents of the township wil]| tion of James Vandersall. will vote June 7 on incorporating as a} OPem the program with Bizet's home rule city “Pearl Fisher's Overture” and : , |. ‘intermezzo.” The “Double Con- Demian fol eagrne roses | certo for Two Violins,”” by 4d. S. eee “sieauay en i ‘ti | Bach, =i8 be Played by Edward fens have pady = | bite taken out of the township | with the incorporation of Lathrup Village. In addition, the township, County Deaths Arnold J. Beardsley another section of | known as Bingham | ‘arms, will also vote June 7 on | METAMORA — Service for Ar- | incorporating as a village. ee J. Beardsley, = of 4188 vak ‘There is the general feeling,” will be held at 2 p.m, Sunday said Holmes “that one of things must happen: Either the | Lapeer, with burial in the Meta-/ township must organize a govern- | Mora Cemetery, He died Thurs-/ ment of, by, and for all the people | day. of the township, or it will very | Surviving are his widow, Roxie; soon be cut up into small villages | | and two sfep-children, Sandra Laur jat home and Robert Hatfield with | the U. S. Navy, Roy G. Jackson HOLLY TOWNSHIP—Service for | ed G, Jackson, ill be held at 2 p.m. Monday from | | Dryer Funeral Home, with ne | inf-White Lake Cemetery. He « | Friday night. ie ie DRAYTON PLAINS — A chil- | dren's altar, presented in memory; Surviving are three daughters, of the late Ann Jossman Doremus,| Mrs. Barbara Bensett at home, will be dedicated Sunday at the) Mrs. Leola Paw loskl 10:30 a.m. service of St. Andrew's; Mrs. Dorothy Mil Episcopal Church. Fashioned of) Calif; one sister, Edna Jackson blond birch and complete with in- | | of Ferndale; nine grandchildren, scribed brass cross, vases and can- | and five great-grandchildren dlesticks, and a white silk dossal | : it will be presented asi _ Adnah G. Howes a church school altar. » OXFORD—Service for Adnah G. Piste Doremus was president of , Howes, of 5465 Oakwood Rd., Catherines Guild of the church | Oakwood, will be held at 2 pm. when she sufferdd a fatal attack | Tuesday at his residence, Burial of bulbar polio in September, 1954. by Madbley Funeral Home will be This guild has as its objective the in Oakwood Cemetery and _ there furtherance of work among chil- | dren especially through the church | school, The altar was built by John N. Thompson, manual arts instructor | of Waterford Township High School, The special service will feature the , combined choirs, . Seeking Volunteers ae 3, ice, He died early today, Surviving are his widow, Jessie | A.. three sons, Eugene of Calif- ornia, Ronald and William of Oak- wood; six daughters, Mrs, Harriet / Strine of Gingellville, Mrs. Lvette | Schlicht of Oxford, Mrs. Madeline | Vantine of Ortonville, Mrs, Helen | Pacer of Holly, Mrs. Edna Willett and Miss Grace Howes of Oak- | wood; 22 grandchildrerr and one ™ for Brandon G0C great-grandchild. Mrs. Steve Hicks ORTONVILLE—A meeting to re.| NOVI—Service for Mrs. Steve (Lou) Hicks, 77, Mile Rd., will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Casterline Funeral Home, Northville, with burial in Novi Cemetery. She died Thurs- has been scheduled for 8 p.m. Mon- day at the Ortonville Fire Hall. Men, women and teenagers are needed, according to chief super- | day. visor Wilmer Kilbourn. Surviving are her husband; two Staff Sgt. N. A. Chizewsky of grandchildren, Harold and Ward the Observer Corps from Grand, Droiullard, both of Novi: her Rapids will outline work necessary | daughter-in-law, ‘Mrs. Joseph St. here and show pictures of work ; Onge of Novi, and several nieces being done in other areas. and nephews. Pair to Drive ‘Buick’ in Lapeer Parade Men Build Car for 2 Crippled Children FLINT — Beauford Miller has | never seen Kay and Jim Brown, | of Lapeer. But he has spent 2,000 hours of his spare time preparing efor an introduction? Miller will meet the Lapeer youngsters Sunday—and he can hardly wait. The 39-year-old Flint Buick plant worker heard that the 3-year-old ble.” The car, built for two and powered with a one horsepower engine, will be presented to the youngsters Sunday. lighting system that works. The ; motor, governed to go only three | miles an hour, is in the trunk. | “T hear the kids in Lapeer have “Tl sure be glad when those youngsters get the car,” ceed | eee “eer? Fees when Be Miller, who admits, “I haven't playground opens for the sum- even had time to get my storm windows down yet." MAKES PARTS BY HAND and Kay always had to sit on the sidelines. They'll be in it this year.” Miller and his fellow workers | Some 1,500 people are expected to festival to! Township - to Decide be presented at 8 p.m. Tuesday e at Waterford Township High’ on Incorporation in snoot. : | For the first time in the school's =a trom Muir Brothers Funer: al Home, | 74, of 5218. M87, | of Oxford, | ls of Riverside, will be a Masonic graveside gerv- | of 43220 Eleven | mer vacations,” said Miller, Jim | Looking | Vandersall, school orchestra director; Richard Dex- over the music for the big Spring Concert, scheduled | ter, instrumental department student director; and ' Bruce Orr, school band director. Three music depart- | ' ments of the school — vocal, band and orchestra — in what is expected to be one of the Expect 1,500 at Waterford °° ‘High School Music Festival Walled Lake BPW: Jones and Stanley Vandersall, Two numbers from Rogers-Ham- merstein's Carousel and ‘‘Prom- | enade,” by Anderson, will con- clade the orghestra’s part of the | pregram., The Boys Glee Club singing three spirituals will begin the vocal de- partment’s presentation, directed by Helen Davis. The Boys Ensem- | ble presentations will be | Over the Hit top’ and ‘Sophomore Phil osop! 1." _GIRLS GLEE CLUB | The selections of the Girls Glee | Club will be “In These Delightful, {Pleasant Groves,” “When Davy is i Done,” and “All the Things You Are." The finale for the vocal department will-feature the a eap- |pella choir with “Madame Jan- ete,” “From Lyons As I Jour- neved.” “Alleluia."’ and “Yonder,” with tendr solist Jack Peter Only two of the nine numbers to be played by the band wiil be marches, Band director Bruce | Orr has concentrated on the more serious, classical music for this | concert. { Their numbers will include “Pre- lude and Fugue in G Minor,’ “Symphony in E Minor,” ‘'Rich- | ard IIL Overture,” “B lue Tango,” ‘A Walking Tune,’ and | “Stars | land Stripes Forever. | Kindergarten Tots Get Diplomas at North Branch nt in white capes and red mortar- ards with white tassels, 75 kin- | dergarten graduates received their diplomas at a ceremony in the | North Branch school auditer_um | | this week. Supermtendent Wesley Clayton | pre sented the diplomas to the tiny graduates, who were announced by Ruth Fox, elementary principal. i The Rev. J. H Koteskey gave the ees ation. The operetta, ‘‘Lit- fe Black Sambo," w followed ' from the rhythm and and chorus. Recitations and group songs sup- j plemented and numbers. Teachers Alice Cuthbertson and | | bright-eyed youngsters during the formal pre sentation, as Will Speak at Thomes Thomas Methodist Church Sunday, | 9:30 am., will be Rev.’ | Smith, district superintendent of | the Methodist Church. STOP! USING THAT DULL LAWN MOWER | Have your mower resharpen- ed, repaired, and recondi- tioned by experts . . . then see for yourself how much easier it is to use, and how much nicer your lawn will look, Don't wait... bring it im today! ~Authorized Reo Servic **Mansion | NORTH BRANC H— Resplend- | THOMAS—Guest speaker at the | Arthur | School Board Lets Contract Waterford Township to Buy Three New GMC Buses for District WATERFORD TOWNSHIP — A contract for three new GMC 60- passenger buses was awarded by the Board of Education to. Keego Sales and ‘Service Co., low bidder, at a cost of $5,589.80 per bus at this week's meeting. The school board also instructed Superintendent William Shunck to contact the firm of Berry & Ste- vens in connection with lights for the football field. A committee cil, with counselor Harry Bennets, for this project. In other business, the board approved forms for notices, bal- lots, and boards for the June 13 election. Three candilates are running for the one position to be filleqd this year: Fred Poole, John Bell, and incumbent James Donaldson, The board approved a request by the Recreation Department to |have summer playground pro-| grams at the Drayton Plains, Co | and | vert, Donelson, Stringham, | Next year's school calendar was set up, Classes will resume the | week of Sept. 5 next fall and end Sets Fashion Show WALLED LAKE — The Walled | | Lake Business and Professional | Women have scheduled a fashion / Show to be given at the Walled Lake elementary school on Mon- day, May 23, at 8:00 p.m. Freydl’s is furnishing the outfits to be shown. Mrs. Ralston Calvert is chairman ;Of the affair which is the money _.jmakiag~-venture of ,gfotp. “Tentatively the proceeds have been earmarked to be used | for a well-baby clinic in the area. Organized with 40 charter mem- bers in Decemer, the group holds | regular monthly dinner meetings. | Any business or professional wom- an in the area is eligible for membership. PTA Award Presented |to Drayton Principal DRAYTON PLAINS — Mrs. Ina Kent, principal of the .Drayton | Plains School, | _ Teachers at the recent meeting of the PTA. The award was made “in rec- | ognition of notable leadership and | significant service” | bution honoring Mrs. Kent was given to the state association's stu- dent loan fund, The presentation ; was made by Mrs, E. T. Johnson, _ retiring president of Oakland Coun- | | ty Council of PTA's. | Church Addition Open SOUTHFIELD — The Southfield | | United Presbyterian Church will ,hold a fellowship service at 3:00 ' p.m. Sunday, followed by an open | house in the newly completed | | Christian Education unit. from the high school student coun- | was on hand to present a proposal | | first | the | was ‘presented. the | distinguished service award of the Michigan Congress of Parents and and a contri- | Set Baccalaureate Sunday Baccalaureate services are; p. m, scheduled tomorrow for seniors of | seniors. Ortonville; Marlette and North The Rev. Branch high schools. The Rev. Edward Pumphrey of speaker. 3 County High Schools service for the Marlette | Senior Francis J. Murray of | St. Elizabeth Church, will be the | ‘Wednesday for a trip to Wash- Clachaias Sear ied Prom, Trip Scheduled — CLARKSTON — The Clarkston Class prom will be held | tonight in the vanaelias of the | school,” The class of 60 will leave ' ington, D. C., returning on Sunday. the Methodist Church will be the | speaker at the Ortonville service, | to be held at 8 p. m. in the school ' auditorium. _ Dr. Clyde Campbell of Michigan , ‘State College of Agriculture and Applied Science will be the com- mencement speaker Thursday at 8 p. m. The Rev. J. H. Koteskey of the Pilgrim Holiness Church will address the graduates at the an- nual services at 8 p. m. in the auditorium of the North Branch School. The Girls’ Glee Club directed by | Mrs. Preston Orr will provide the | music. The Rev. Karl Patow of the North Branch First Methodist | Church will offer a prayer and pronounce the benediction. Miss Mary Sue Hodge will sing “The L Lord's s } Prayer es at the s: 30 Area Wil Buy IIPPPPA MS ST Resusifator Drownings Spur Drive to Purchase Equipment in Lake Subdivision WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP— | Sixes by two drownings already | this summer in Pontiac Lake, resi- | | dents of the English Villas subdi- | | vision on the shore of Pontiac Lake are collecting funds te purchase a | | community resusitator. | In addition, 14 women. are at- tending classes offered by the White Lake Township Volunteer Fire Department, to learn how to operate the life-saving apparatus. The fund drive will begin offi- cially tomerrew, with a house- to-house canvass planned. Subdivision officer George Rob- erts is also accepting contributions. to make music the easy Represented Gallagher Open siensian?” Tuesday 18 E. Huron St. Mary Potrykus Becomes Bride Whether artist, amateur, or beginner—you'll find more relaxation, pleasure, and wholehearted enjoyment in the luxurious LOWREY. 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