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December 1, 1966<br />

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Thursday, December I, '1966<br />

GROSSE<br />

POINTE<br />

NEWS<br />

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D SALES<br />

rge Mumaw<br />

Used<br />

Car<br />

The Pennsylvania Assembly<br />

occupied Independence Hall in<br />

Philadelphia in 1735, long before<br />

the Declaration of Inde.<br />

pendenee was adopted in the<br />

building in 1776.<br />

Up-To-The-Minute<br />

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Fashions<br />

~he first airplane flight of the IN.C., lasted only 12 seconds and I Capitol pages attend school in I(jongress. Classes begin at 6'30<br />

Wr)ght Brothers at Kitty Hawk, the plane traveled 120 feet. Washington in the Library of a.m. . :<br />

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on<br />

Open Sundays 10:00 to 4:00<br />

Thurs. and Frl. Till 9:00 P.M.<br />

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WE DELIVER<br />

on Order of $-5 or More ...<br />

! ROSLYN<br />

I MARKET<br />

i Oldest in tl'e Woods I<br />

! 21020 MACK at Roslyn Rd. i<br />

! 884-3600 !<br />

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I Mrs. John Huntington thought. there 8hOlild be a<br />

clock in the Village for shoppers and business people.<br />

She made the suggestion to her mother, Mrs. William<br />

Rust Pierce. The result is the new clock on the Walton-<br />

Pierce building, corner of Kercheval and- S1. Clair. It is<br />

4' X 4', encased in stainless steel. The face is white translucent,<br />

illuminated plexiglas with dark blue numerals.<br />

You Are<br />

Cordially Invited<br />

To See The All New<br />

Pointers Had Lead Roles<br />

In Torch Drive Su,ccess<br />

our family's<br />

Uge an early<br />

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1967<br />

OPEL<br />

Thursday,<br />

November 17th<br />

at<br />

R- ha dB- k :goal.<br />

15103 KERCHEVAL<br />

VA 1.5400<br />

Grandfather Clocks<br />

a Specialty<br />

Jewelry repairing<br />

diamond remounting<br />

Hoeberling<br />

Jewelry<br />

20 Yeors in Some Location<br />

14933 Kercheval<br />

VA 2.8509<br />

CHRISTMAS<br />

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Residents in the Eastern<br />

Wayne area, including the<br />

Grosse Pointes, contributed a<br />

total of $413,326 to the 1966<br />

Torch Drive in the house-to.<br />

I house canvass. This figure rep.<br />

i resented 104.8 percent of quota.<br />

I Small businesses contributed<br />

: $56,651or 126.1percent of quota.<br />

Total drive collections soared<br />

I to an all-time high of $27,435,-<br />

I 045, largest amount ever col-<br />

: lected by any united fund' in the<br />

•world. The total represents 110<br />

i percent of the $24.95 million<br />

IC r UIC The money raised in the tricounty<br />

(Wayne, Oakland and<br />

Macomb) area will ur.derwrite<br />

the 1967 budgets of 54 health<br />

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and medical services, 68 character<br />

building services, 32 child<br />

II care agencip-s and 25 health re-<br />

I search<br />

In 18 services.<br />

successful campaigns,<br />

the United Foundation has<br />

American and Swiss raised more than $310 million<br />

WATCH d for the voluntary support of<br />

an I health and community services.<br />

CLOCK REPAIRS i Torch Drive General Chair-<br />

I man Ben D. Mills, vice-presi.<br />

dent, purchasing, Ford Motor<br />

Co., said:<br />

"This drive succeeded far bp.-<br />

yond what I believed possible.<br />

It reflects the fact the UF has<br />

built on solid ground and also<br />

Idemonstrates the affection this<br />

community holds for the UF and<br />

I its agencies."<br />

He paid tribute to this year's<br />

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130,000hard-working volunteers,<br />

the news media, labor, manage.<br />

ment and contributors.<br />

"The contributors of this community<br />

are the most concerned,<br />

best informed and most gener.<br />

ous in the world," he declared.<br />

"It is obvious they appreciate<br />

I the UF, believe in its objectives,<br />

trust it, and' put their<br />

money where their trust is."<br />

UF President Wendell W. An.<br />

derson Jr., of Grosse Pointe,<br />

presented Mills, a Bloomfield<br />

, ,<br />

I<br />

Hills resident, with a silver<br />

plaque "as token of affection<br />

~nd admiration expressing thi"<br />

gratitude of the volunteer workers<br />

and contributors as well as<br />

the thousands who will benefit<br />

from his tJDtiring efforts." .<br />

The Benson Ford Trophy, presented<br />

annually to the unit<br />

achieving the highest percent.<br />

age of quota, was awarded Ben<br />

C. Maibach Jr., chairman of the<br />

Torch Drive building and transportation<br />

unit which attained<br />

111 percent of quota. President<br />

of Barton.Malow Co., Maibach<br />

lives in Redford Township.<br />

The presentation was made by<br />

Ford, honorary chairman of the<br />

UF board of directors and.<br />

chairman of the 1955 campaign.<br />

Under his direction that year,<br />

the Torch Drive passed the $15<br />

million mark and moved to the<br />

top as the world's leading<br />

united campaign. A Grosse<br />

Pointer, Ford is vice president<br />

of Ford Motor Co.<br />

The 1965 Torch Drive under<br />

the chairmanship of Joseph L.<br />

Hudson Jr., another Pointe resident,<br />

raised $25,778,441.<br />

WELL EARNED REWARD<br />

Charles Thompson, crossing<br />

guard at Kercheval avenue and<br />

CadieUX road walked into the<br />

City Police station and request.<br />

ed permission to give chocolate<br />

bar~ on Fridays to the three<br />

patrol boys who help at his<br />

crossing. He said "they're such<br />

nice, hard working kids, I just<br />

wanted to do something for<br />

them."<br />

OVERDUE BILL<br />

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The city<br />

treasury is $4 richer now, and<br />

some New Jersey motorist's<br />

conscience is clearer. The driver<br />

sent the money as 'payment<br />

for two parking tickets, both<br />

issued 13 years ago.<br />

SHOPPERS<br />

Youre the one who profits<br />

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We're a no-nonsense camera store. We<br />

still believe the customer is al,ways right.<br />

Our carefully<br />

THE CAMERA<br />

17114 Kercheval<br />

In the Village<br />

selected and highly trained<br />

sales staff will answer any of your photo<br />

questions or help you seiect photo equip.<br />

TU 1-4096<br />

Open Thurs. eves. til 9 p.m.<br />

ment personally suited to your tastes and<br />

pocketbook. And this week we're featuring<br />

special demonstrations of KODAK IN-<br />

STAMATIC still and movie equipment.<br />

Please come by.<br />

A Grosse Pointe Institution<br />

CENTER<br />

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21st ANNUAL<br />

MENS. NIGHT<br />

MONDA¥" DEC. 6TH<br />

7:w to 10:00<br />

.NO<br />

WOMEN<br />

ALLOWED<br />

ATJacobsons<br />

Gentlemen, this is your evening. Your opportunity<br />

to shop in "peace" in a nowsman's<br />

land reserved exclusively for the<br />

male :mimal. Only our own helpful' salespeople<br />

to assist you in solving those "whatto-give-her"<br />

problems. Bring the boys-they<br />

will enjoy shopping for Mom and sister's<br />

gifts at her favorite store. Gift wrapping on<br />

the spot Monday, December S, 7 to 10 p.m .<br />

KARL SWEETAN, LION'S QUARnRBACK<br />

WILL Bi IN THE MEWS STORE<br />

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