Free World's Ist Earth Satellite Placed in Orbi | Miss Front Page for February 3)8-Pound ‘Explorer’ Zooms Off Aboard Army's Juipiter Missile | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (INS)—A_ bullet-shaped satellite blasted into space by the U.S. Army’s Jupiter C rocket orbits the earth today with its radios steadily signaling the American space breakthrough in answer to the challenge of the Soviet Sputniks. The made-in-U.S.A. artificial moon spins in its path around the globe at , *altitudes ranging from 230 miles at the closest point to about 2,000 miles, at a speed of 18,000 miles an hour, making an egg-shaped ‘orbit every 113 minutes. Explorer Rates As Chatterbox ee ma a Ist American. Satellite designated “1958 Alpha” in totecnationsl astronomical Relays Detailed Data} usage, the 30.8-pound space exploration vehicle was Probing New Frontiers | oe About Space” launched from the missile test center at Cape Canaveral, aI at 10:48 p.m. (EST) last night. By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE , > The Army was officially credited today with creating the first American artificial *“‘moon”’ in almost exactly seven minutes. In thosé brief minutes, the 70-foot, four-stage “Jupiter C” rocket thundered from its launching pad, disappeared in the sky and NEW YORK @® — ‘heats first satellite is a true chatterbox gossiping about space. * * * I ; talk continu- ce Banh 4 with the beep-beep| ° Related stories and pictures, pages 2 and 5. reached the point in outer space where the Army’s bullet-shaped earth satellite was “injected” into its present orbit. And, according to estimates here, which could prove accurate than the estimates of “several months’ released in Washington, the U.S. moon will stay in its orbit more than two-years—or longer EXPLORER TAKES OFF — A Jupiter-C from the earth as it heads for the heavens to We are indebted to Waterford Town- Kipd of telegram, irom Pact». | than ctther. of the Soviet Sigutaits, satellite into orbit after @ successful launch at the Missile Test _Telemetéring © has long been &..-& Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla, last night. _ Pe eee gs one i wees er oe The rng tak place ns sn of nigh as a murky overcast : PATRICIA A, O'BRIEN again. Instruments record ial! Puabiovacd tre Gems eagntanhumenie : Bey a ect ty Inet te Suter Comat aie ll MOONS Compared school vocal i vocel groups and athletics. She \. the aie Se Ge Mae Frost Page: tor ar Sound ‘time to bectmie a ebeet- signals on magnetic tape thea| more en hours, ejecting a whsith-like arm of liquid oxygen . bee er hobbies, naturally, run to | they are translated . : [| NEW ‘ow America’s first Patricia A. O’Brien, 21, all kinds of sports, with swimming (gasouine GAUGE The launching had been held back for three days, but there |/ sitet aise cts er with Russia's daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald E. and bowling as her favorites. In @ sense, your automobile] Were few delays in the final “countdown.” The Army fired within |] cV thik I and the dog-c Sputnik II O’Brien of 4926 Maycrest. + £28 gasoline gauge could be consid-| less than 18 minutes of its 10:30 P.M. (EST) target time. a °P : e dog-carrying Sp ; ite eee Currently she is employed by’ the [eed a telemetering device. The} leven minutes before the zero hour, the “bucket” that contains Exploref Sputnik I Sputnik If She is a graduate of Waterford GMC Truck & Coach Division, in the vetihave von don't have to put|t®, missile’s’ upper stages began to spin at a rapid rate. In the|| WEIGHT migh Behoot, una during her school soe ar geen ent. Come May, she © wie Gouda the nik glare of the lights, with the 80-inch long satellite mounted’ on top,/— 30.8 pounds 184.3 pounds 1,120 pounds years took an active part in dramatics, plans to change her last name. 4 the container looked like an old-fashioned butter churn with an/ = SHAPE : In essence, here's how the lit- up-and-down handle Bultet Sunes Cylinder February Follows Alone, Without Heat or Food we eaeelenging on eee mel ceneg cone F SIZE ruary S — mitters, one on 108.08 megacy-|_,ticials explained that the upper stages of the missile consisted i 80 inches 22.8 inches 50 feet - a Eld ] W te { dM cles, the other at 108 megacycles.|°! “clusters” of small rockets, and that the rotation of the bucket} F SPEED January s Pattern eny Waleror an ach one has four channels tor |""* '° SOmuPensale Sor any unexenness in (he rng: | 18000 MPH . : 3 a ’ PH. 18,000 M.P.H.: 18,000 ML_P.H. Lies Il in H 2D eucrigtane puntohed be toch: Tie | MAXIMUM HEIGHT = : 1es in ome ays published tm tech-| A crisis occurred with only 50 secpnds to go, Dr, Kurt Debus, i About il maar) Ps journals befors the launch (director of the Army's 300-man launching team, was told that a i i a 560 Miles 1,056 Miles oe An elderly Waterford Township man sutfering trom] ayes. channels operate in dione not cening theugh. enon he mussles's guidance vangs| f _ ORBIT TIME exposure and'possible pneumonia was found in his home ferent ranges of cycles per second. ‘inline & 113 Minutes 96.2 minutes 99.1 Minutes Friday afternoon where he had been alone for two days| 1" one method of measuring me-) 1. PSOE OLN 23 de. a. short, vigorous ex-German, reached a quick decision. MELEE I I IRS SES Se ee ; : without as of heat, according to Oakland County|\2or sings trom hite by these tiny|"Forget it,” he shouted, and the firing went ahead, wee 's utiles. : space bullets. Signals from the) qe ignition switch was thrown at exactly 29 and one-half seconds ; Arthur G. a e « oe — ~ CO ee ane ny seater of| afteF 10:47 P.M. The satellite missile, rising trem bell of Sanne Hush -Hush ‘Exotic Fuel ‘|Deputy * Donald Kratt tha been sick and |the : hits. and ejecting a great tall of fire, could be.seen with the naked eye ' ‘weak to move about for Cn ve Tan be counted in| shooting straight up for more than a minute until it disappeared as Used i in Launching Moon FI : neg similar fashion td meteor hits,| ® faint star. With powerful field glasses, it could be seen still ath Left Post ys. and earthbound “men can learn| raising for more than three’ miautes. WASHINGTON (® — Dr. Wernher,von Braun said . : ‘Sébonder was rushed to Pontiac|how serious a hazard this radia-| <_ apg ‘ in Honolulu OVeEf |ceneral Hospital where he is re-|tion will be to crews of future ai! porate two minutes, the roar of its, motor continued, like the| today the Army launched the first U. S. earth satellite ported in satisfactory: condition and|space ships. a low-lying fleet rag ag “ with a motorcycle-type drive chain and a hush-hush “rather exotic fuel.” For another two minutes, observers a " . — could hear the high whine of its) 14 disclosed these two Jupiter-C ingredients at a : ' (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3) : (Continued on Page 2, Col. 8) ' A fone Here's What Our First Satellite Looks Like = me : Or if it is getting slugged by ng |memt He told her that he'd ' tural |the ing for help for two days. There|"*n y Sizetble Meter longer st ee three-|in coming. Each pass of the satel- ost. : lite produces recordings, and hun- - a. || Gives In to His Desire Sap adiacce ain Bi a Toe NEWCASTLE . UNDER-| It might take three to five ce Wane LYME, England — (INS) — Mo- {months to get precise data, one : ae torist Alan Hewitt is one of those {expert said. ot people who get in trouble 0F Giv* | sigesnammnmnnenttiienn ane OS —* to a long-suppressed : | Seed ge “Arrested for driving around 'T Today's Press sud plained: “I've been wanting *0 | sssssiimpsamewenmminmaitansaineiinh : ng drive around it for years. Don't - ¥ ne £ we eset eat 5 . | ask me why." oe eg Aeeeeeeweeerer BY é by Og ee a a I ae ee eae eS OCCT OCR HEH EE 18 2S ae x = seme NOWS oni csveccess «19 ey ij ey Editorials Kup saksasaene seeees 4 | ‘ling Deadline SUN AY |o tre seine is r Obituaries Se eeeeeeeeert eee eee s ~pat ae : Z 2 of lead Sports toh eeeneeeeneweners wg : i : ; anes —_— . ; ; z : _ ‘ ge “Men osdlass Oak ( saisniby: eves only aon See eeeeeeee = ane ; Y ets cer ce top orbit that it ‘holes for 10 . ‘They *. ste ateaonet until tomorrow to énter The Press Bowlerama. Wase, Haet | pee sibe wi tnd rec he so Arent Ere Dr. William H. Pickering, California Institute of logy Z “Gat t a3 ‘omen's Pages .....°.... 6-7 a duplica at & news cOhference at IGY headquarters ‘ Dr. James Van Allen, University of Iowa: De Segre ¥ aun, et a4 st pee a for ee ee chug seereeeeseqseeecees BF | in Washington after confirmation Sethe otal wet sh - army expert who designed the Jupiter C. ~ urd * \ ' | : ? ; = é ‘ ¢ ee We ig. Vee a aie 8" ay yh ou ik i Fi Nebraska ea sear ea Ki LINCOLN, Neb. @— Pint-sized j Charles ler Claimin tentiary, he sullenly ignored the . killer Starkweather and/battery of news cameras. Carll Fugate, his 14-year-old girl) Guy Starkweather, father of companion, languished in separate|Charles, talked with his son by * * * Lancaster County Sheriff Merle Karnopp said Starkweather, 19, -has admitted orally all 11 deaths, but now claims Caril was his will- ing companion on the murder’tour that cost nine lives in Nebraska and one in Wyoming. The Iith killing was two months ago. * * * Earlier, both Starkweather -and the girl had insisted she was a hostage. Both are charged with first de- gree. murder. and she refused to talk to a re-' x * * porter. + a. * Prison gates closed on the _ She .was taken to the Lincoln Chrysler to Reopen All Detroit Plants | By E. H. SIMS Is thunder more likely to be heard With the afrival 6{ & Warm). or a cold front? Thunder is most often heard as an @&ccompaniment of a cold telephone after the youthful slay- er was taken to the penitentiary. talked to me just like he used ito,” the elder Starkweather said. | “He was pleasant. I don’t think lhe felt too good, though,” * * ~*~ Charlies’ 14-year-old girl friend waited in a patrol car outside the prison gates while -Starkweather was being settled in the state pris- and might even have talked to them had she not been restrained. But by the time she reached the county jail her smile was gone State Mental Hospital, Nebraska law prevents detention of a ju- venile girl in a county jail. the Dec. 1 slaying of Robert G. Colvert that tended to link Stark- weather with the case. * * ‘* Pontiac Foundation Re-Elects Officers The Pontiac Foundation ted. all officers at its fifth annual “He just-said, ‘Hello, dad.’ He} on. She smiled at photographers, | | instruments contained ih the U. passes over the earth by the DIAGRAM OF SATELLITE — This cutaway diagram showing S, Army earth satellite was re- leased in Washington today by the Defense Department. The satel- . i = oS nw s 3 : : : “ : lite, christened “‘Explorer” by the department, was propelled into orbit around the earth by the Army's Jupiter-C missile last night, * AP Facsimile orbit is between the 35th degree latitudes North and South. This is based on map issued early today by the Army. : - Jaunched to orbit at. about a 20-degree angle to the equator. U.S. Moon Greeted Worldwide : linger, chamber of commerce man- ager; and James F. Spence, sec- retary of the Pontiac Manufac- turers Association. It's chief objective hag civie auditorium. front. When we surprisingly hear -thunder in winter, which is rare, it is often caused by the fast ap- proach of a cold front. The cold front is the one which most often tends to build cumulo- nimbus (thunderhead) clouds on its leading edge in summer, Occasion- ally it will produce them in winter and these formations usually fea- ‘ture lightning and thunder, The warm front, without the speed, violent updrafts and radi- cal movements, is less inclined to cause lightning, thunder or blus- tery winds or hard rain Election Registration Deadline March 4 for the March 4 -city primary election is 8—p.m. Monday, City ‘Clerk Ada R. Evans said today. Voters have until that time to) renew expired registrations and) turn in changes pf address, Mrs. Evans saitl. St, Louis Hit by 7 to 1 1 Inches Hundreds Left Stranded by Surprise Snowstorm By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A surprise snowstorm that con- tinued without letup for 11 hours yesterday left hundreds stranded overnight in St. Louis factories and schools. * * * The snowfall was measured offi- cially at 7 to 11 inches in various parts of the metropolitan area. It was the city’s heaviest since No- The Weather either side of the equator, taking the. 30.8-pound southern Asia and Australia, most Deadline for new registrations of Africa and Latin America, and the. Southern United States. ordinary stargazers Sputnik-circled globe greeted the Free World's first satellite with smiling excitement today. The first Russian reaction was poker- taced. : x * & The only disappointment ex- pressed over thé U.S. satellite launching from Cape Canaveral, Fla., was good natured. Euro- peans were sorry the orbit might not carry the baby moon over their heads for a look. * * * ‘ The. satellite's orbit extends about 35 degrees of latitude on over Explorer * * * Most Eurepeans got the news on breakfast-time radio newscasts, since it came too late for morning papers. Moscow radio carried the report in overseas broadcasts but made no immediate mention of it in early broadcasts to homé lis- teners. ° * * * The Soviet news agency Tass reported the launching without University, one of Japan’s top au- ne} thorities on solar physics, said in Tokyo he was “certainly glad to hear (of the launching) because the United States definitely did it by keeping its word as its project for the International Geophysical Year.” ; at * * set a 36-year record. vember, 1951, when a-12-inch fall er the start of the Soviet Union's comment in a terse dispatch from Cape Canaveral. Communist East Germany’s ra-! dio. station said the first.U.S. sat- ellite was launched “17 weeks aft- first Sputnik.” Sputnik I was less than half an hour after the weather bureau forecast light rain, possibly mixed with snow. By nightfall streets and highways, were clogged. Since the storm wasn't fore- cast, thousands went to work or school unprepared. * * * The_ McDonnell Aircraft Corp. dismissed 1,500 employes at its plant northwest of St. Louis early Report Full U.S. Weather Burean IN| — Consid- PONTIAC AND VICINITY erable cloudiness and continued rather cold with seattered snow flurries tonight temorrow. Lew tonight near 17, high temerrow, arownd 30. North +t northeasterly winds 16-15 miles an hour today tenight. - Today in Pontiac” Lowest ¢ 8 a.m. At $ a.m: wind ' velocity 10 m.p.h Direction: North-northwest ‘yesterday afternoon, but most had ‘been unable to leave the plant last inight. The company supplied cof- ‘fee, doughnuts and movies. More than 30 persons were stranded overnight at Monsanto Chemical Co, headquarters in St. Louis County. ; Some 40° girl students had to spend the night at Villa Duchesne, ja private Catholic school in subur- Moon rises Saturday at 3:13 p.m ban Frontenac. cam ates. ba - — _ ’* + * FGM. ccccccccedh 12 2B. rere Many retail stores, including the Samy | Pore 98 department stores, closed early — 10 B.Me- ry se0 +. 88 , jsome by ag much ag five hours. + 4. Priday im Ponting Most public schools also closed brighest WE ccc ccssbieseso: 30 jearly. ae oe” srevceesH@ | At least two persons collapsed re cloudy, trace of snowjand died While shoveling snow. Year Age in Pontiac The Ll-inch measurement was oa Sonbeciens rasedanreens ++ % lat the municipal airport north- Mean temperature ingen eS west of the city, The depth in the eather=-Partiy cloudy business district was measured at 8 inches. Unofficial readings of Pagan: were’ reported in sub- . © oR Mt The storm lost much. of its punch ‘as it moved eastward toe day. After bringing severe thun- the Southeast during the night, storm activity diminished to most- ly rain ard scattered showers from Virginia to Georgia and westward through. Tennessee and southern Kentucky. Es The storm began at 8:10 a.m., launched last Oct. 3. to - * * * One of the first British scientists to get the news was Dr. Martin Ryle, director of the Cambridge Radio Observatory that tracked the Soviet satellites. “It's a fine show they have got it up at last, a very good thing,” Ryle commented. The satellite was sent up to ob- Only Russia Is Dead-Pan. tain scientific data as part of the U.S. contribution to the~ world- wide IGY. : “I trust the American scientists will cooperate with:us in its obser- vations, unlike the Russians who failed to furnish ys with enough information,” Hatanaka said, - An American officer at Allied Headquarters outside Paris was re- lieved by the news, “I'm sure CAIRO, Egypt (®%— Egypt and Syria merged into one Arab state today. A joint ‘proclamation signed by Presidents Nas- ser of Egypt and Shukri Kuwatly of. Syria made the merger official. The two presidents af- fixed their signatures to the historic document amid wild cheering from an Egyptian crowd as- sembled outside the old Presidential Palace. Explorer and Sputnik Il Not Likely to Collide CAMBRIDGE, Mass, (?—What are the chances of America’s first satellite colliding with Rus- sia’s Sputnnik I? “More than a billion to one,” Dr. G.- F, Schilling, executive assistant to the director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Ob- servatory, said today. “For all practical purposes, it wilt not happen,” Dr, Schilling Prof. Takeo Hatanaka of Tokyo said. “Outer space is too vast.” glad we got that thing up there,” he said, “I've heard about all the jokes I can take” about earlier U.S, failures. * * * A West German government of- ficial in Bonn said: “The Ameri- can people are to be congratu- lated on this great scientific achievement." He added hope that the launching “will introduce a new era of peaceful scientific work to serve the progress of the whole of humanity.” When the U.S. Navy Vanguard ers. The station described the tone as musical. ' MRS. ERNEST WILCOX known leader in. church and com- and “injected” the satellite into its orbit. First U.S. Satellite Zooms Into Space (Continued From Page One) “Dovap”—a radar system connected with four ground stations to determine the missile’s exact position during takeoff flight. - The moon's birth was officially timed at five seconds after 10:55 p.m. That was when Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, research director at the Redstone Arsenal, pushed a button that relegsed ‘the the! 28° belonged to Beta Theta Phi Sorority. * «© *® College in Port Huron. An amateur painter, ings at a tea in her home in 1952. * * * Mrs. Wilcox was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church, Jun- for Child Study Club, the Women’s Asso@iation of the Pontiac Sym- upper stages iphony Orchestra and the Pontiac Federation of Women’s Clubs. She She had served as president of mio No. 11 of her church and in Mrs. Ernest (Reta) Wilcox, well} the daughter of James J. and Mary| What he sees, decides co exited Burglars Bungle _jmore than 20 of her largest paint- i Patricia. Husemann, supervisor at the park, said girls 12 years of age and over are needed to com- plete the girls’ broom hockey teams. They meet each Saturday jtrom 7 to 8 p.m: © Released on a bond of $750, Dav- id Pew, 17, of 320 Suffield Rd. Be Swim in Underwear WILLIAMSTOWN, Australia (INS)—A magistrate fined three bricklayers for “offensive con- duct"—swimming in Public in their underwear, +|' Exotic Fuel’ Used fo launch U.S. Moon § ; (Continued From Page One) | ) erence in a church-like hall at the National” of Sciences: — Academy. * * * The vaulted gilt-and-bine hall was an ideal place for the news conference. On the wall in back of Yon Braun and his colleagues was a quotation from Aeschyus’ d\ their settings... .” More Winter ... or Early Spring af Two Groceries Ohio (INS) — A Fire Kills 2, Routs 100. | Tomorrow We Will Know ‘ apa | THE PONTIAC PRESS. SATURDAY, repnlyany 1 | 1958 ~ Deals in Ponte : - é TOUSe. Vice President; Carl Op- Mrs. Fred N. (Helen Luella Stout of 7205 Williams Lake Rd., Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cem-|Cemetery. The Rev, John Bui etery. will officiate. AVON ‘TOWNSHI P Service for]. Mrs, Stockwell died Thursday in The Rosary will be recited’at 8\Pau) Jarrell, 54, of 2903 S. Adams ) day in Bloomfield Hospital afte an illness of several months, She was 50. ss Before moving to Waterford day, was a resident of MRS. WILLIAM 8. SMITH Mr. Coggins, who died early '0-!pontise Thursday night, will bef : ‘ held at 11 a.m. Monday at Voor- Township two years ago, Mrs.|_ Mrs. William S. (Lillian) Smith, and Genesse Counties for 80 years. Stout sn a resident of Pontiac.|76, of 139 Cottage St., died early| He owned and operated a groceryjhees Siple Funeral Chapel: Oftici- She attended Lakeland Presbyter-|this morning in St. Joseph Mercy) store in Grand Blane and alsojating will be the Rev. Tom Malone ‘jan Church, Hospital. She was ill six months.|served as a justice of the peace.jof Emmanuel Baptist Church. Surviving besides her husband) Mrs, Smith is survived by five! He is survived by a son, Charles,| Graveside service will be con- of schools are her mother, Mrs. Carl Mason|Childrep, Mrs. Bannie Hochett in of Pontiac; three children, Mrs.| Virginia; L. C. Smith, Mrs. Mar- Barbara Jean Richardson of Wa-|B@ret Hale, Howard .and Ernest terford Township, Robert E, Stott, Smith, all of Pontiac, a student at Michigan State Un-|_Service will be at 3 p.m. mentiy iversity and ‘Edward N. Stout at|from the Huntoon Funeral Home home. Other survivors include three : brothers and three sisters, Ralph} Service for Lawrence L. Cook, Mason of Sylvan Lake, Edwin and/38 of 70 Jackson St., will be held Car] Mason, Mrs: Donald Hicks,|at 2 p.m, Wednesday at Trinity Mrs. Winton Roblin and Mrs. John|Oak Hil] Cemetery. The Rev. Rich- Mitchell, all of Pontiac Service will be at 1 p.m. Mon-|Cook’s body is at the Frank Car- long illness day from the Sparks - Griffin'ruthers Funeral Home. . LAWRENCE L. COOK = {8 ard H. Dixon will officiate. Mr. a Service He was a member of Cilraltar|for Mrs. Henry (Katie) Sipe, 77, Chapel with the Rev. Roy F. Lam-| Mr. Cook was dead on arrival); 42, No 19. udset. of Detroit and Mrs. Wanda Frank|Danie] Sakey, 15, of 667 Center }cox-of Livonia and his parents, Mr. versity” Hospital, Ann Arbor; wills and Mrs, Vern Woodcox. "be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Phil- jation. Home. Pirrone -had been a California|!@04, recording secretary; William) Mr. Woodcox died Wednesday |vineyardist for the last 10 years. Bussard, financial secretary, and etery. barton , Oaks Conference in 1944.'dent, conducted the meeting which | He is survived by his wite, Sara- -_ consisted of yearly reports, elec-| lee; five children, Richard, Mi- ae : : tion of. the council officers and! jchael, Gary, Marlena and Jasyne; DANIEL SAKEY members, and approving the 1953, of Vassar; a brother, Lioyd Wood-|Ridge, who died Thursday at Uni-| This pen yn tana city contains 4 one-third of all CARPETS—DRAPERIES—TILE—LINOLEUM—RUGS—PAINTS McCandless 4-Day Sale OPEN SUNDAY 12:00 T0 6:00 P.M. OPEN Sicwh tence leas 99 SUNDAY 70% Wool. 30% Nylon, 99 100% Nylon Colors = Carpet. 3 Colors 1Z:40°6 | Sone First Quality Wool Carpet in Tweed and in 3 Colors 7 et em Room Size Rug DRAPERY REMNANTS ass 5 0% or : gi Qc ASPHALT TILE A Group ede Se C Group 599 in B Group fae 399 D Group 662 | EACH CASE COVERS 45 sQ. FT. » ‘SPATTER PATTERN 99 3: Colors—Reg. $3.98 Sq. Yd. 3 sq. yd. OPEN EVERY NIGHT ‘til 9 P.M. Pontiac’s Oldest and Largest Floor Covering Specialists i } SPEC rau | * All Wool V-Neck | Sweaters - by ... « Catalina Robert Bruce, McGregor Regular $9.95 to $11.95 Some Slightly Soiled - Now $ pss 2 ft $5.00 — | SPORT ey VINYL PLASTIC LINOLEUM MONDAY ONLY All Sales Final # 2 > t “our e5 i? ae a9 os sy us Knife Fight Fatal | ot a Racket Probers Invite Officials to Clamp Down on Operating Engineers ‘WASHINGTON (#—Senate rack- et probers today invited state and federal officials to move in on the funds and enslaving its members. * * * Chief Counsel Robert F. Ken- nedy said the Senate Rackets In- vestigating Committee has “a good deal more information” — about the union's af- fairs in San Francisco and Chi- was aired in its public hearings. He said the hearings prompted a flow of information that is still coming in. Chairman McClellan. (D- Ark) of] Pontiac. A June wedding is ROYAL OAK TOWNSHIP — A knife fight after a teenage dance party last night at the Royal Oak Township Community Building, 3075. Wyoming; took the life of one youth, and left two others crit- ically injured. * * * . Dead on arrival at Mt. Carmel Hospital, Detroit, at 2 a.m. was William Johnson 17, of 8112 Clover- dale, Ferndale. Taken to the same hospital in critical condition were Archie Cook, 17,. of 21055 Men- dota St., and Leonard Spencer, 15, of 21350 Conover Lane. Both live in Royal Oak Township. Cook later was moved to the Pontiac General Hospital where he is under police custody. The fight started about 11:15 p.m. *, PATRICIA RUTH SMITH Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Smith of ~ . rr merly of Rochester, announce the engagement of their daugh- ter, Patricia Ruth, to John Ken- neth Lindley, son of Mrs. Ella Lindley of 108 N. Tasmania St., planned. Ortonville Boy Scouts to Entertain Rotary Club ORTONVILLE — Boy Scouts of Ortonville wil] entertain the Rotary Club, their sponsoring organiza- tion, with a banquet and program at 7:30 p.m, Monday in the school Bloodmobile fo Take Rochester Donations ROCHESTER — The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be stationed at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church here Tuesday to receive blood donations for either personal or community The hours are from 2 to 4:45 p.m. and from 5:45 to 7:45 p.m. Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge last summer, will narrate his ex- periences and show a film. The Ss _ auditorium, Ron Richards, who attended the public is invited. Young Left $6 Million NEWPORT, R. I. (INS)—Rail- road tycoon Robert R. Young who took his own life in Palm Beach, Fia., last Saturday left an estate of more than $6 million plus ex- tensive real estate holdings. to Ferndale Boy POLICE CALLED While police were taking the pair to the hospital, friends of the twe youths teck up the argu- was stabbed in the right arm. He went home and came back with his stepfather, James Logan, 36, and William, Hawkins said. * x .* fight. which followed. * 2? * continued, he said. Seek to Share Welfare Costs . County Representatives in Lansing Ask State to He said his department was called after the Spencer youth was stabbed by Cook, who also was William was killed in the general Hawking said his department had} complained of the lack of supervi- sion at the dances in the Commu- nity Building: They are sponsored by various civic groups. The dances now have been dis- Match Funds |_Some optimism prevailed today that the state may resume its past share of welfare costs wn a state- county matching basis. Several representatives of Oak- land County appeared this week before the Social Aid and Wel- fare Committee of the House of Representatives in Lansing to plead for a return to a 50-50 ratio. * * * As of last September, the state has narrowed its load to 30 per cent, putting an additional burden on ‘all counties of 70 per cent of a soaring number of welfare cases. It is reported that this cutback will cost Oakland County $337,000 this year over and above what it cost with the greater state aid. me 10, that show the evolution “I feel quite optimistic about a~ it,” said Royal’ Oak Supervieor|*"°™ . William C. Hudson, about’ House Bill 30 to restore the old scale. Hudson is a me of Wel- fare pal Bo, Sr = 264 N. Main St. Their interest in the Legislative Committee of the|things as they used to be is only Board of Supervisors. Not sharing such an optimistic tone in the light of current state|°ld books, china, furniture and financial problems, ‘ was George|Paintings to modern architecture Burt, vice chairman of the Sociaj/4nd craftmanship. Welfare Board. “We may not get the full fifty- fifty," he said, “‘but we'll get some consideration, I'm sure.” The bill is presently before the 6. nade by call. Mrs. Robert L. Sanford, OL . She is Red Cross chairman for the Rochester Junior Woman's Club. Brother Paul Jarrell. todge Calendar [House committee. If it receives pecial communication of Pon- tiac Lodge No-21 F&AM Mon. Feb. 3rd. to conduct funeral — for at 11 a.m. Gerald L. Moors’ WIL favorable reaction there it is slat- ed to go to the financial or Ways and Means Committee. State costs will go up $6,000,000 if the 50-50 agreement returns, it By LEE WINBORN Press Romeo Correspondent ROMEO — The verse on a typi- cal lacy, cupid-adorned Valentine sent to a loved one in the late 19th Century expressed the follow- ing sentiment: “I love you, Dear, and forever My dearest wish will be; To call you mine—my very own For all eternity.” This greeting card is one of many in the collection of 12-year-old Phoebe McGuire and her sister, Valentines from 1820 to the PONTIAC PRESS, SATURDAY, CUPID’S ASSISTANTS — Phoebe McGuire, 12, right, and her sister, Susie, 10, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. McGuire, Romeo, are ardent . do-it-yourself fans, particularly when it comes to Valentine Collectors Learn Hearts Are Always in Style l= = , ae Se tae : _ greeting cards at sea; If cruel fate should bid me fall, My last fond thought shall be of thee. “Both then and now, Valentines remain essentially the same,’ Mc- sy, sentimental, animated and Guire said. ‘‘They used to be sas- three - dimensional — just as they are today.” “The basic difference,” he added, is in quality — particularly of the lace paper and artwork. And in addition to stressing quality, old- time greeting card designers weren't afraid to make them FEBRUARY 1, 1958 making valentines. They’ have a collection of them in their work. ‘, ee ee ee Pontiac Preas Phote dating back to 1820 to. inspire MAKE OWN CARDS The young McGuire girls enjoy making their own cards — they do it for every holiday. But they have one advantage over their great - grandmother. Where she had to look around for each: piece to use in making her Valentine, the girls can buy do-it-yourself kits with all essential parts pro- vided in one box. * * * Despite the passing” years, -the idea behind the first knowh Valen- tine, which dates back to the 15th Century, remains the same — that pretty. ” of friendship and love. Eda * * The girls are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G, McGuire, natural. Their parents are antique dealers whose interests range from As Feb. 14 approaches each year, the McGuire sisters again rediscover the changes in Val-- entine greetings from their great- grandparents’ day until now. Valentines of more than a cen- tury ago varied from the tiny calling - card size to the more magnificent three - dimensional, box . style greetings. Then, as ‘| will put on a demonstration debate Honor Dryden Woman for Her Church Work DRYDEN — A longtime Dryden|” Mrs. Peter Ulrich, has been honored for her nearly: 70 years of church work. ‘In her honor, the Joy Circle of the Women’s Society of Christian Service presented a painting of Jesus and the Children, by Harry Anderson, to the Dryden Methodist Church, The picture was hung in the Sunday School room. Mrs. Ulrich headed the primary department of the Sunday School for nearly 30: years and worked with the Junior Church Choir and in the WSCS. Sugar Beet Growers t at Ponti to Get Payment Forms 9 yer ntiac General Hospital LAPEER — The Lapeer County Agricultural Stabilization Commis- sion is preparing applications for government .payments to sugar beet growers. These will be sent out for farmers’ signatures, offi- cials announced, Application for incentive pay- lambs.should be made before April 30. These applications are for the 1957 marketing March 31, 1958. There are about 250 religious de- nominations in the U.S. year, April 1, 1957, News in Brief Leo Metz, of the Farmers Mar- ket, 484 Auburn Ave., pleaded guilty yesterday to selling adulterated food. He admitted watering oy- sters. Municipal Judge Ceci] B. McCallum fined him $25. , - Roast beef dinner. Sun., Feb. 2. St. Vincent DePaul’s Hall. 211 Parke St.1 p.m.to6p.m. —Adyv. | Complete Line of Reconditioned |Purniture and Appliances for sale at reasonable prices. The Salva- tion Army Red Shield Store, 118 W. Lawrence St. —Adv. Patients riends of Dr. Neil H. SullenbergeF, wishing ¢o sign petitions requesting his re-instate- may do so at the fo g places: Pontiac-502 E. Mansfiéld, 37 W. Rutgers, 220 8. Tilden, 484 Fourth Ave., 632 Phillips, 4910 Ross Dr., 914 Henderson, 60 t, 280 Rivard, 506 Lakeside Dr., 5741 Savoy, 3060 Old Orchard Dr., 3 Mann Rd., 3419 Alco Dr., 115 W. Rundell, 158 W. Huron. Auburn Heights-3033 Bessie St. Rochester- 227 Romeo Rd. (after 6 p.m.) Dray- ton Plains-4702 Kempf, 3475 Cosey- burn Dr., 3269 Sashabaw - Rd. Union Lake-7970 Parrant (EM 3-2406) Waterford-4100 Airport Rd., 3071 Airport Rd. Oxford- 1940 Lakeville Rd..18 Park St ‘For further information or peti. tions phone OR 3-3982 or OR 3- 1938. Adv. ‘Your PTA Is Plannin g Pine Knob Will Hold Fair CLARKSTON — The annual fair at Pine Knob Elementary School, sponsored by the Parent Teacher Association, will be held on Friday — eee a ted, There will be a spookroom, doll walk, cake walk, bake sale, pop- corn and candy booth, fancywork, gifts and white elephants. Hot lunches will be served throughout the evening. Mrs. George Kolon is general chairman, and cochairman is Mrs. “Teachers “a ‘2 Association has arranged to have a& guest speaker from the Huron- Clinton Metropolitan Authority at its meeting ‘Feb. 10 in the multi- purpose room of the school. - Fourth grade room mothers will serve refreshtnents following the talk, , * * * Baldwin School PTA also has planned the second of a series of dances at the school to raise funds preliminary negotiations, been given a new two-year con- tract as superintendent of the came out in the meeting in Lan- sing. Other counties are united with Oakland in their fight to pass the bill. A companion bill is before the Senate. Says Khrushchev OKs Summit Delay LONDON @— Nikita Khrush- chev is reported willing to delay a summit meeting if the West pre- fers, but the Soviet Communist boss doesn't like the fdea of a foreign — per . first. Khrushchev’s views on a top- level meeting were reported today by Iverach McDonald, foreign ed- itor of the Times of London. The West has contended that includ- ing perhaps a foreign ministers’ 543 Session, should set up any top- level parley. , a8 Khrushchev has proposed that the East and West should tackle disarmament in gradual stages, “proving to.each other that we are not man-eaters.” Name Architect to Plan Wixom Baptist Church WIXOM — Members of the First Baptist Church of Wixom have ap- pointed Chris Steketee of Grand Rapids as architect to design and supervise the building of a new ehurch He will present a master plan and sketches of the first unit to be built on the church’s five ~acre site. It is hoped construction can begin in the spring. Norlin Assured of Post IMLAY CITY—Alvin Norlin: has! South America’s Lake Titicaca is half as large as Lake Ontario, ‘on’ a toliet\ faleg Say i { now, sweethearts could ‘make their own cards with materials availa- ble or send the more elaborate and expensive commercial kinds. * * * “During the Civil War period, children collected sentimental verse from newspapers, then bought sheets of embossed paper covered with hearts, flowers and birds for a penny,” McGuire said. FRAMED IN LACE After cutting out and pasting the verse on a card, the frame of hand - cut lace paper ~ artistic- ally embossed with fountains, tree,, a gallant swain on horseback and even his lady on the balcony — was added. Then the cutout birds, flowers and other embellishments provided the final touch of color. *x- * * One interesting Valentine, sent the Civil War, was mailed by a Union soldier statiined in Washington, D. C., to his sweet- heart in upstate New York. _ It was a white embossed card with a tent made of flags which opened to reveal a picture of a Union soldier writing to his love. The sentimental verse entitled “Faithful in Death” read: “To horse!"’ the bugle sounds the call, . The foeman rage like waves County Calendar Imlay Cit a smi coe ig Rote f Tuesd ami er at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the ih school gym. Proceeds used to f focal club jects, - with’ Mrs ginning with lun Club will serve g . will meet O'Neill Tuesday, be- at Sd p.m. No, will hold fts t at 8 o'clock miporet Asia yl ee Lapeer , }coneert this month. He also won Public guest). Walled Lake Rotary fo Hear Youth Debate _ WALLED LAKE — Walled Lake High School's varsity debate teams for the Walled Lake Rotary Club on Monday. Renee Thibodeau and Becky Odell will uphold the affirmative of the question, Resolved: That ali U, 8. Direct Economic Aid be Limited to Technical and Dis- aster Relief. Opposing them will be Karen Kassner and Peggy Emmert on the negative, The debaters and their coach, Mrs, William Duckwitz, and Dick Daugherty, chairman and_time- keeper, will be guests of the Ro- tary Club for dinner at 6:30 in the Walled Lake Methodist’ Church prior to the debate, Lapeer Musician, Featured. Soloist in Washington LAPEER—Fred Dart, son of Mr. and Mrs, Harold Dart of McDow- ell road, is demonstrating his mu- sical ability in concrete fashion in Washington, D. C., and at the University of Maryland. Dart, who is a member of the U. S, Air Force Band in Wash- ington, where he lives with his wife and son, also is doing solo Maryland Symphonic Band, is a graduate student, He was spotlighted as a eupho- nium (tenor tuba) soloist with the university band in a symphony praise for “proficiency and musi- cianship” in arranging the band accompaniment to “Fantasie Con- certanti,” by Weber-Hoch.’ * * * chair baritone player with the La- peer High School band and won the Kiwanis Band Trophy in 1952. He played with the University of Michigan band until his graduation there in 1956. Junior First Aid Class for Girl Scouts to Start b work with the University of |Patlors The young musician was_first- rink, Jerry A. Marshall and Janet Tubbs Wed in Croswell MARLETTE — Janet Tubbs’ of Applegate and Jerry A. Marshall of Marlette spoke their nuptial vows in a double-ring ceremony at Croswell Methodist Church. The Rev. P, H. Emlinger, pastor of Applegate Pilgrim Holiness Church officiated, "25 The bride is the daughter of Mr. arid Mrs. Corwin Tubbs of Apple- gate, and the bridegroom is the son of Mrs, Thomas Marshall and the late Mr. Marshall of Marlette. * * * The bride wore a gown of white Chantilly lace over satin. A band tip veil, and she carried of red happiness roses, : dane Butler of Creswell and Lois Tremble of Jeddo, : Jack Martin of Marlette was best man, and ushers were Dean Mar- shall, brother of the bridegroom; Howard Tubbs of Detroit,- Eldon Tubbs, the bride’s brather, and Dale Tremble of Jeddo. * * * of seed pearls secured her finger-| Leroy Kirk was ringbearer and The experiment was promoted by dise jockey Jim Butler of sta- tion KMOX of St. Louis and the) Sanitary Milk Producers. Rochester Troupers Goes to Polls Monday to Decide on WESTWOOD VILLAGE — Home rule for residents of Westwood Village, a 4%-square mile area in the northest section of Southfield Township, will be decided Monday when the electorate votes on a village-charter. At the same time votes will be cast for a village clerk and seven Methodist Missioner to Speak in Marlette MARLETTE — The Rev. missionary 14 Mile roads. People in this area voted last r to im rate as the ne ot W STATE. the Pro- pie g EEE # Born in India of par- ents, he attended Asbury College and Theological .Seminary, - Wil- more, Ky. He later studied for a year at the Moody School of Mis- Dryden Village Caucus to Choose Candidates will be held at the Village Council room at 8 p.m. Feb, 17. to nom- inate candidates for a village pres- ident, clerk, treasurer, assesor and two councilmen. | Feb. 19-is the line, Village Clerk Ralph Hebert announced. DRYDEN — The village caucus|= dead-| Lions Club Ice Rink Opened in Marlette MARLETTE — An ice skating lots ‘Goon y Church w creek # \