ae K HK PONTIAC, “MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 105728 PAGES CADENCE AND COLOR — spats and gloves mark the tempo as this local foursome takes the field Saturday afternoons with the University of Michigan marching band. Shown here (left to right) are William Scribner, 31%% Augusta Ave.; Richard Lantz, 1030 North. field Ave.; Harold Jones, 127 Thorpe St., and Flashing white * football players. James Shaw of 534 Auburn Ave. The 143 play- ing band members are among the first students who returned to Ann Arbor this fall to begin rigorous practice sessions. When the season is over, these four and their fellow musicians, will have put in more hours of practice than the Are U.S. Children ‘Starting on Right Idea in Reading? me ceca SOFT wae & Seat Paint mered.” Next was a “I am a girl Paint my . kok “Johnny,” his mother prompted, “I am a DOLL Wu. s The boy swallowed. His mother looked at the drawing. | It represented a girl as well as a. doll. follwing the picture, paying scant attention to the words, ‘ Recalling her own schooling of a quarter-century ago, the mother wondered: the letters to learn words? _ This question threw parents and teachers into an uproar a few years ago when a book appeared charging that Johnny was not being a debate: Should teachers use phonics—breaking a word into 'the phonetic sounds of its letters and calling them | aloud to identify the word? {Continued on Page 2, Col. 2) tiege are the’ children“ wia Le Sai Sg Sp ag eee INS Staff Writer Johainy, seasoned BY Weavers) wieks of sched,’ opened Officials of his first grade workbook, pointed to a phrase beneath a Grartang, “6 & Cena See taateae: i, eat See Giant Railroads Study Merger NYC and Pennsylvania Firms Probe ‘Wisdom of Consolidation’ oy Ok a top revenue producers among the nation's railroads—the Central and the New York “I am mother hen. > Johnny was| Why don’t they sound out taught to read. It set off Or substitute “word recog- Couple Nabbed With Dead Baby Bruised Body Found in Suitcase, Prepared for Oakland Burial DETROIT (INS) — A 20-year-old mother and her husband of one month were held for murder today in the mysterious death of the woman's 13-month-old daughter. * * * Police arrested Clarence Green 24, and his wife, Martha, as they prepared to leave their Detroit flat with the child's body stuffed in a suitcase. ‘|downtown Pontiac preceding 8 a.m. Police said the parents had | purchased two toy shovels they pines’ to use to dig.a grave il the baby, Martha Rose, in an Oakland County cemetery. In the suitcase, police found the | body wrapped in a white sheet and placed in a plastic bag. Next to the body were found gift cards, | a bedtime prayer on a sheet of paper, and a small black book entitled “Story of Our Baby."’ GR: i 8. BR An autopsy: disclosed the ehild died from a brain hemorrhage apparently caused by blows to the head. The body also bore bruises, cuts and’ eye injuries. + Mrs. Green told police the child Mild Tem perature Showers Tonight, More on Monday It's umbrella time again! The U.S. Weather Bureau has predict- ed rain tonight in the Pontiac area, however a mild 42-46 degrees Is the expected low. Tomorrow, temperatures will dry. and the rain will continue. The high for Sunday is expected to be 50-54. Again. on Monday there will be intermittent light showers with cloudy skies and cool tenipera- tures. The lowest recorded reading in Pennsylvania— have announced plans that may pave the way for a. e PRvwiger Mahe yee ne wi to consider “the of con- into a eleventh largest corporation in the ‘eof el The new company would be the country’s largest in track mileage. It would operate some 20,000 miles _\of track, eclipsing the 13,000_ miles of road owned by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. * * * A statement issued jointly by PRR President James M. Symes and Central President Alfred E. Perlman said preliminary discus- sions indicated that a merger would result in “substantial bene- fits to all concerned.” The statement said in part: “Economical and competitive conditions confronting railroads, | particularly in the East, have so | changed that a through inquiry should be made into the wisdom | of consolidating, as against con- tinuing competitive operations.” The financial plight of both car- riers has been worsening in recent months. Pennsy earnings for the first nife months of this year were $19.5 million, a sharp drop from ‘the $31 million in the same last year. The Central's earnings skidded to $8.7 million for the year from $28 million for the first three- quarters of 1956, Symes and Perlman, com- menting of the carriers’ eco- nomic woes, said rate increases granted by regulatory agencies have been “long-delayed and in- adequate.”’ The Pennsylvania has 9,663 miles of track running from New York City south and west through Phil- wes 42. By 1 p.m. the mercury had risen to 59. adelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago and St. Louis. B Deny Backing | Dems Via TY 2 UAW Officials Rival Factions Dueling for Control of United DETROIT (#—The Unit- ed Auto Workers’ corrupt practices trial was in recess today. It resumes Tuesday before a jury in U. S. Dis- trict Court. UAW President Walter Reuther is expected to be a star witness for the union next week. Judge Frank A. Picard ordered the weekend recess yesterday. after testimony rom two union officials that the union’s 1954 potiti- cal campaign television shows were not meant to support anyone’s candidacy for office. * * * Frank Winn, UAW public rela- tions director, and Brendan Sex- ton, UAW education director, gave - Textile Workers Union |" AFTER FIRST CROSSING cession behind Gov. G. Mennen buses ine up on the new Maclkinac Bridge Fri- day after crossing the $100,000,000 span in a pro- _ bridge's first toll-paying patron. — Autos and hell the Williams, This view shows the Governor's car at . Ignace toll plaza where he was the the testimony. Both said any ad- vantage or disadvantage to politi- cal candidates was coincidental, Ike Attending The union contends it carried on the -programs as a service to its membership and that any addition- al audience was the benefactor of a public service, * * Judge Picard threw out the in- dictment on grounds the act was unspecific relative to exact ex- penditures and that he had prece- dent from other couft rulings. Cut Hospital Visits to Guard Against Flu’ January-September period of this {to husbands; in children's wards Pontiac General and St. Joseph |Mercy hospitals have further re- stricted visiting as a protection to patients and the public from in- fluenza, officials announced this morning. * * * * Until further notice visitors on maternity wards will be restricted to parents; and on all other areas to not more than two members of a patient’s family in one day. It is urged that these visits be re- stricted to 15 to 2 minutes. * * * Regulations were announced by Sister Mary Williams at St, Jo- seph Mercy and by Assistant Di- jat West Point - WEST POINT, N.Y. — Presi-| . dent Eisenhower, visiting happily Class Reunion with his 1915 classmates at the victory over Colgate. * .* * The < cadets are favored to win, to|arrived by plane from Washington in a chill rain yesterday afternoon. This is the chief executive's first bag to his alma mater since June 1955, when he returned for the _ * * went to a nearby field for the last between Army's team of 150-po! Pennsylvania _ligh squad. rector Warren Simonds at Pontiac |General, and it won by that margin. TBreakfast Session. Monday 'Sfarls United Fund Drive With a pressing urgency to meet the growing welfare U.S. Military Academy, tries today and social service needs of the Pontiac area's mush- kinac to root Army's football team to ajrooming population, volunteers for the Pontiac Area, United Fund will kick off the 1958 campaign at a break- fast Monday. Id grad Eisenhower is going} More than 400 UF workers are expected at the event be held at 8 a. m. in the Elks ‘Temple. The Pontiac Manufacturers, Assn. will pay for the breakfast. * A few mints afer: sertving 6t/Ste 01 Wy te ee oc ced tutto ies tiene Fond eae his third floor suite at the acad-|Area United Fund. She will be a and faith in the United Fund prin- emy’s Thayer Hotel, the President |Suest at Monday's breakfast. ciple of Brea — All.” Every family in Pontiac, Waterford, Brandon, Inde-!| ; pendence, Orion and Ox- ford townships has a stake in this year’s drive. Sayuri will also light the PAUF Torch at 8 p.m., Monday at the/* annual ceremony. The public is invited to attend this brief, but traditional ceremony. six minutes of a football a. Detroit Lures Visitors players and the University of| DETROIT (INS — Seventeen mame counseling and char- tweight conventions and trades shows are |acter-building services, depend on. Army already was ahead 46 to 6,| expected to attract 10,000 visitors [the funds collected as the life to Detroit during November. (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) | Approve Setting Up Youth Court By SYLVIA de STEIGER Pontiac High School — students soon .may try their own traffic offenders. rather thaw turn them over to juvenile authorities. 2 * * The student body this week vot- ed, 1,175 to 201, approval for a Pontiac teenage traffic court. The traffic court, expected to be ih session .within a mdnth, will be co-sponsored by the Poritiac Police, Oakland County Juvenile Court, the Pontiac Area Chamber of Com- ‘merce Traffic and Safety Commit- tee and the Pontiac High School | ° Student Council, In an all-out campaign to pro- ‘mote teenage traffic safety, the students also voted to Sponsor a Teenage Safety Conference to be held this winter. The court would be given author- ity by Probate Judge Arthur E. Moore to hear traffic cases occur- ring in Pontiac and involving teen- age drivers. * * * The jury of 10 which would con- vene at first monthly, would be composed of high school seniors, The judge would also be a student. The judge and jury membership would rotate to allow. as: many seniors as gear to na coe The jury wilt differ from an ordinary one in as much as juty- men will be allowed to question the defendant in the case. Most of the cases tried would be confined to traffic ticket violations of teenagers under 17 years of age, according to Moore. The court will be allowed to give the same dispositions and penalties as the juvenile court although it to teen violators, such as writing traffic safety essays. we * If the Pontiac parochial high school students are interested in serving .on the jury, they too may Oi on che wind would be present ‘ eae Se. ot ey ¥ legal matters which ong arise during the trial, Several practice courtroom sessions would first be In Today's Press | Rey er ceRERRERRENR LES Church News aenrre® ee 57 Comics terete teiines shee eee 2 County News sovecass«veses 10 : Editorials ..... psbvesvtess,, © Home Section .,........ “ié-20 Mystery . Shi eseeeseteesere nt 3 Oblewation Sees eat ee es ‘ a | Z * saneede teeeeee 723 Earl Pages tense eeene P.H.S. Students May Try Own Traffic Offenders held to familiarize the students with court procedure, Moore told the student council ie Ferry Makes | Final Voyage Across Waters . Much Work Remains | to Be Done Before Span . Finally i ST. IGNA () — The ustle of opening day over, ac Straits Bridge officials turned today to the immediate task of tidy- ing up the odds and ends. A lot of steel “I’s” have “T’s” crossed..before the 100 million dollar structure is finally finished, despite its opening for traffic yes- terday. Officials estimate it’ll take until mid-1958 to ~ wrap up all the loose ends. Even heavy fog couldn't dampen the holiday spirit of the crowd that showed up to make the his- toric first crossing of the ‘four- lane, five-mile bridge joining Mich- jigan’s two peninsulas. Mackinac Bridge Authority of- V) ase said 3,005 vehicles passed over the bridge during. its first 10 hours of operation Friday. Orion Man Dies inRolling Car. Clyde Cromwell Killed as Automobile Skids, Hits Mail Boxes ‘Clyde L. Cromwell, 44, of 310 Coats Rd., Orion , was killed early this morning \ n his car went out of striking a f i ent H i halt #3 i; | u 4 i to be dotted and concrete . eT ay ey Pe Pee eee ee seas Nati cdi dae _ att ‘ THE PONTIAC PRESS. poe Meter teie pln Mes Pe eee aod ee ees og, Se ae SOR Fp eS eee ee SS ’ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1957 ed ee : ages 3 oe the Wer ent ee ee = ee a tanta H. H. Smith Oil Co. THE FIRST UNIT - a a Reed 3 and two daughters lived in this little house on Williams Lake road ~ @# ER AEA: nance Pontiac Press ‘Photo ie ae Gees Wien aes ta ee eee den and laundry room. Mést of the work they did themselves. The exterior ete wane ees Tay Shee Bare fittoen acres of land around their house. ~, hr ae Aluminum Roof Will Last Forever . PITTSBURGH, Pa, —Endurance,|on exhibition in 24 locations beauty, and freedom, from main-|throughout the United States. tenance are the outstanding char- x * * acteristics of a new aluminum roof announced today by Aluminum Featuring a pebble texture, the Company of America. new aluminum roof is of batten- The roof is one of many new/|Seam. constructions For the Care- ideas featured in Alcoa’s Care-|Free Home, it is covered with a free Home, a model dwelling now light blue film. However, Alcoa states that such a roof could be jmade. available in a variety of ‘colors for residential use. The aluminum roof fer the ue i OMma¢we .« "WATER SOFTENER | roofing skin, which is applied H-shaped strips are laid on their sides ‘and fastened to the roof by clips at three-foot intervals. Large al num sheets are laid between the strips so that their slightly up- turned edges butt against the cross member of the “H”’. The top edge, or flange of the “H”, is then crimped down over the edge of the aluminum sheet with a special crimping tool. YOUR PROPERTY or LAND CONTRACT ‘For Fast Action H. H. STANTON 103 State FE 5-1683) IF YOU OWN A LOT - The roof offers no glare prob- lem, The light blue coloring and pebble light texture serve to break | Care-free Home is actually a | " |they are provided the following (Quality Sought by Homeowners _ Owners of average-price homes built 10 years ago are no longer satisfied. with just having & roof over their heads. . * * * Many of these homes approach the obsolete stage, but their owners aren't buying new ones until build-/ ers offer the right quality features to them. * * , *- With their average income over $5.000 (and a third of these with incomes over —— they are will-! ing to.move, but only if and when 2. Quality, as expressed by ex- tensive use of durable materiais sock os bentinesd ned coremic | Architect Helps Reduce Costs in Building Homes Do-you have ‘tur totion that an architect's services cost too much? Well, it’s a fact that the architect's fee often is more than offset by the economies realized through his: precision and skill. Don't take our’ word for it—talk it over with friends who have consulted archi- will tell you: 1. Our architect home to meet our special desires— our particular needs. ‘Step from drawing board to iron- that everything called for in draw- ished. construction procedure, estimates and information on contractors, than a football game on‘a crisp tects and those who went it alone. | Among other things the — designed our 2. Our architect supervised every) ing board. He checked to assure ings and specifications was furn- 3. Our architect advised us on | finane. | ing, budgeting and helped obtain | 4. 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Telegraph Road Block South of Orchard Lake Road 9) | Phone FE 4-2597 | - Eees 3 ” William Hatch; had gone to fish. Groner Vist ern ws oe PFattiCc: Toll Soars to 17 Mrs, J. L, Van Wagoner, Noted Civic begaer, | Succumbs at 68 altuna dencs nal ove tt nog ia, c civic af-| Communist dignitaries from fairs, Mrs. Winifred Lydia Vanjworld over are arriving in ricow one greeted THE PONTIAC. PRESS. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1957 the list also includes Communist ,|party leaders in the West—from Spain, Argentina, Mexico, Ecua- a/dor, ‘Uruguay and Luxembourg. ot One of the warmest ramen 1 atti. Maurice Ms We ai Thorez, leader after the other to be headlines proclaiming of the French Communist party, was scheduled to arrive later, seibiidl ihtlans in Penticn Europe, (13,000 Vehicles Counted Crossing Mackinac Span MACKINAW CITY @® — The Mackinac Bridge, opened at 2 p.m. Friday, already has carried mil-| span, had its biggest day Sunday, carrying 5,782 from midnight Saturday te midnight Sunday as sightseers flocked north from as far as Detroit, 300 miles away. terford Township. She was another unist victory for 7 fF ® A leader, she was/Soviet science—the second earth} The climax of the cagbration the wife of J. L. Van Wagoner, | satellite. comep. Teareday with, the a insurance agent and The big day ts Thursday but the|taty parade through Red Square. brother of former festive occasion opens Wednesday|!t. is expected Kremlin leaders ner Murty D. Yen Wagoner, of|with a jubilee session of the Sy-|Will produce surprises in the way Birmingham. preme Soviet (Parliament). of military and aerial develop- * * *-, x * * Mrs, Van Wagoner was born in) Waterford Village June 26, 1889, the daughter of Julian and Evalis staying home beca in Wateciord, Pontiae High School|ttaries. looks ke “a taplevel in tiac School a and Pontiac poe Who's Who in communism For several years a teacher in Waterford public schools, Mrs. Van | Wagoner was active in her church, ‘the YWCA,- abroad. With the exception of President Tito of Yugoslavia, who says he A00 Volunteers Open _jhis arrival here last week that jhe was giving the Soviet Union Ae eoyorit both at ame ind Aside trom the leaders of Com- ments, “UF Campaign Today (Continued From Page One) which will mean to this com- munity an ‘Unlimited Future.’ ” Serving as master of ceremonies Whitmer, ‘campaign chairman. et which Mrs. Van Wagoner was a former board member. Mrs. Van Wagoner alsol was a charter member of the Pillar Club ‘and- a member of the Oakland County Historica) Besides her husband, who sdld his Pontiac insurance agency four -years ago, Mrs, Van Wagoner is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Amold Kambly, of Ann Arbor and Andrews, of Birming- Object in Sky Mystifies Texas (Continued From Page One) aaa “They said it was about 200 feet in the air, and when it got close Sheriff Weir Clem said he saw a brilliant light in the distance but didn’t get close enough for a good look. Highway Patrolman Lee Har- grove and Floyd Cavin reported seeing similar flashes in the’ sky in about the same area. All were riding in separate cars. There were reports of an unex- plained light in the sky far across the state between Sherman and McKinney. Other sightings were reported around Amarillo, far to the north, Calvin Harris and Sandy Mc- Kean, CAA control tower workers at the Amarillo Airport, said they saw a “blue gaseous object which moved swiftly and left an amber trail southeast of the city” Satur- day night. of Rev. Malcolm K. Burton, pastor. Burial will be in Ottowa Park Cemetery, The body will be at Farmer- Snover Funeral Home until Wednesday morning. Lost Tot, 7, Dies of Exposure on California Peak VENTURA, Calif. 7) — Lost with her puppy high on 7,510- foot Reyes Peak in the Los Pa- dres National Forest, Jill Hatch, 7, Santa Barbara, Calif. fell asleep and. perished in freezing weather. * * * Dr, Whitmer said, “A communi- is just as good as people think it can be. The UF is the life blood of the 55 agencies that work year around for the youth and adults of this community.” p.m, at Saginaw St. and Oakland Ave. Police Hold Woman in Pontiac Shooting St.) was arrested Saturday for in- vestigation of attempted murder, shortly after she allegedly shot a man in the shoulder, according to) Pontiac Police, : Robert Rush, of 44 Lull St., re- sasied to peti thet dha bad set him at about 4:30 p.m. during an argument at her house. He was taken to Pontiac General Hospital’ tory condition. She is being held at the Oakland} County Jail, , Her body was found in . the | from amp Sheideck, a private | mountains, - remst-dn the her parents, Mr, and Mrs, Weekend Fa BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Twenty-four persons died in ac- Saturday night. Jill's compan- ion, a dog, was not found. in November last year, * + * tal for 24; was injured critically in a two-car collision. on U.S. 27 near Ithaca Sunday. “ Joseph J. Morgan, 58, Detroit, was killed Saturday night when struck by a train in Detroit. Theresa Thompson, 3, was killed Saturday wien struck by a ‘car near her Detroit home. * * * Six persons died in fires, four Should wives wait for the barom- eter to rise before asking their husbands for that special favor? There is a valid reason why this system, admitted folklore, is often Keith Masters, 24, Battle Creek, father of two, was killed Friday night when the car he was riding in hit a tree outside Battle Creek. * * * Six persons were killed in a Gaylord Sat- The Scott's and Ashleys were from cet Paquette lived in Baves\ cy. : Today im Pontiac Lowest temperature preceding 8 a.m. At 8 a.m.: Wind Velocity 10-18 mp.b. Direction: North-North wes Sun sets | y at 5:22 ow. Moon sets ‘Tuctiay at 3:1) am Moon ¥ at 3:50 pn : Dewntown Temperetures 6 O.T. ce cs a eee 46 F GM. icdien is 42 13 Wh... ciccssces 47 BOM... cevenee A 1 pam.i.ecs vena 9 OM... 2 ce Serer ee | Sunday in Pontiac lowest, BY scccornsoseseeens Wen rtiy_ Clos Clouds. poe eee (eee temperature * raat oeeee -eew eet nee C) S" seserteasssesuss Clyde L. Cromwell, 44, Lake Jarvis J. Phillips, 37, Detroit, died of injuries suffered Satur- day when his car collided with another on M24 south of Lake Orion. Mrs, 'Fliffie Owings, 63, Marion, Ind., was killed Saturday when her car collided with another at a Marine City intersection.“ * * A Benton Harbor ‘mother and her three children were killed in a fire that destroyed their two- room home early: Saturday: Dead! are Mrs. Eliza Johnson, 37, and her children, ep 3; Collie Mae, a rt James, 7 months. died Sunday after he was pulled unconscious from his flame and Albert Mason, 34, Grand Rapids, smoke-filled second-story wr ment bedroom. ~ -| laumched it inte space, Total said the new satellite ‘should be Ernestine Reed, 27, of 48 Lull ;, where he is reported in satisfac-| { | Sputnik Il Reveals — New Red Advances (Continued From Page One) ly back -to earth before the new satellite plunges back into the at- mosphere and is destroyed. The Moscow announcement de- seribed Sputnik Il ay the third stage of the rocket. which weight of the apparatus, which astonished some scientists was given as 1,120 pounds, An accurate orbit for the new, satellite still had not been calcu- lated today, but residents of the United States were expected to be sighting Sputnik Il before long. It is traveling substantially the same pattern as its predecessor, but is taking a little bit longer for each circuit. Dr. Fred L. Whipple, director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory at Cambridge, Mass. Visible very soon ag an evening object in United States latitudes,” The new Soviet satellite passed over the University of Colorado's high altitude observatory at Boul- der about 12 minutes late this morning, a spokesman said. Scientists recorded a_ strong, steady tone from 8:04 a.m. (EST) 714 a.m., he said, with the radio signals strongest at 8:07 a.m. The satellite had been expected &to pass nearest this city at 1: 42! a.m. Moscow radio said Sputnik I swings 1,056 miles out into space at the farthest extent. British and French commenta- tors agreed today that the launch-' ‘ing of the second earth satellite has given the Soviet Union another! jtremendous propaganda victory. There were widespread specula- Shot Ends Life of Lapeer Man Trick - or - Treatirig on) Halloween Starts Fata Argument Neil Kirby. 35, of 202 South Elba Rd., Lapeer, died late last night in St. Joseph Hospital, Flint, of. gun- shot wounds suffered late Satur- day. * * * Lapeer deputies are holding: Mrs. D. L. (Juanita) Tucker, 44, in the Lapeer County Jail for investiga- tion in the fatal shooting. She lives ‘in the same apartment building. Following an argument starting over trick-or-treating by children on Halloween, which continued on “Saturday, Mrs, Tucker grabbed a 12 gauge shotgun and shot Kir- by in the abdomen, according to Sheriff W. J. Porter, — Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have no children, but the Kirbys are par- ents of three, Danny, 14; Delores, 10, and Jerry, 8, Sheriff Porter said a first degree murder warrant will be asked. Predicts Nov. 7 Ideal for Red Shot at Moon ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (INS) —America’s top expert on met- eorites predicted today the morn- ing of November 7th — Thurs- day — will be an-ideal time for the Russians to explode a rocket on the moon, * * * Dr. Lincoln La Paz, director of New Mexico University’s be clearly ground observers. The Assn. of Lanar and plan- etary observers and the insti- tute ordered observers in the southwestern states to watch for flashes on the moon from 4:30 A.M. (MST) until the moon sets Thu-sday morning. * * * Chances for observation of such a flash in the U.S.,. Dr. La Paz said, are best in the Southwest and West Coast areas, although conditions for observation of the eclipse will be less than favor- able in the Western hemisphere, * * * Dr, La Paz noted the Russians — have indicated the world would E receive some surprises on No- | vember 7, the 40th anniversary | Military correspondents agreed that with rockets of the titanic) of the Russian revolution and a | power necessary to put Sputnink) Soviet holiday, i into orbit just over a thousanditions that the Red scientists may. jmiles out in space, the Soviet Un- be on the verge of sending a.rock- jion could easily pelt the United'et all the way to the moon, per- _|States with H-bombs. » thaps with day. In- w includ- stitute et fice, weld Ge (Ot buildings, moon will be in total eclipse Thursday as seen from Siberia and a rocket’s explosion would visible to Soviet The Day in Birmingham | ] DS | informal hearings on the proposed| zoning ordinance will be held this evening as a pert of the regular commission meeting, © Officials emphasize that thesé hearings are held as an- opportu- nity for all property owners to get) full information. on what the new ordinance entails. The session’ to- night will complete the section de- voted to residential zoning, When the informal sessions, -in- eluding one held at. the Commu- nity House 10 days ago, were scheduled, Mayor William Rob- erts commented on the impor- tanee of the ordinance, in that it affects every property owner. “We want everyone to be famil- iar with the entire ordinance,” Roberts said. ‘The informal hear- ings will give residents a chance to hear the whole ordinance, Com- ments, criticisms and suggestions made before the legal hearing will give us a chance to evaluate them and perhaps incorporate some of them into the new ordinance be-|' fore adoption, We, of the commis- sion, with: members of the plan- ning board and the city planner, hope residents and property own- ers will avail themselves of this opportunity.” October building showed both an increase and decrease as com- pared to the game month last year. The 1957 report shows 45 permits were issued fcr construction costs of $354,750, while a year ago the 59 permits represented a $320,245 program. ‘ * * * The construction last month ing one business establishment on East Maple; 18 alterations; one swimming pool. (private); razing ers. The total cost is a little more) ‘than half that shown the previous |month. one building and moving two cth-| Residents Urged to Sit In on Zoning Law Hearing BIRMINGHAM—Another of the \419 Greenwood St., ;Manley Marble Co.; Detroit, untillé his retirement last January, will E be at 2 p.m. Tuesday from thelE Manley Bailey Funeral Home here. E Burial will be in White Chapel/E Memorial Cemetery, Mr. Manley, 69, died at his home Saturday night. i — Mayor William Roberts is is- for the City of Birmingham's ob- Week, Nov. 10-16. In it, he urges residents to visit the city’s mu- merous schools “that the bonds suing an official proclamation | servance of National Education | SPECIAL PRICES! 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