MAR APR 1955 - River Rouge Historical Museum

giving the Panthers some anxious moments. After a tight 13 to 11 first period,
Rouge moved out of a 27 to 16 edge at halftime. The Panthers‟ pressing defense
proved tough for Lourdes in the second period, limiting the Bears to only six shots
in the quarter. Blanche Martin and Jim Childs had 5 points apiece for Rouge while
Tom Cazabon and Phil Poirier notched Lourdes‟ only baskets of the period.
Lourdes stayed with Rouge in the third period, benefitting from the halftime rest to
contain the Panther running game. The third quarter ended with Rouge in front, 41 to
29. The opposing centers, Tom Cazabon and Jim Childs had six points each in the
stanza.
Our Men In The Armed Service
Pvt Alexander McKee, son of Mr. & Mrs. Alexander McKee of 59 Batavia, and
Pvt. Thomas Cunningham Jr., son of Thomas Cunningham Sr., of 959 Coolidge
both stationed in Germany, met accidently, when they went into the PX to have a
drink. Both attended River Rouge High School.
Mr. & Mrs. E. Pregler of 117 E. Pleasant have received word that their son, Pfc.
Robert Pregler, who is stationed in Wisebaden, Germany, has been picked to be
sent to Munich, Germany, for five weeks of training for N.C.O. at the N.C.O.
School.
Leonard A. Brown, steward third class, USN, son of Mrs. Ethel L. Brown of 276
Kleinow, River Rouge, is serving aboard the attack carrier USS Wasp. The Wasp
operated with the U.S. 7 th Fleet providing air coverage for the Tachen Islands
evacuation.
Pfc. Jimmy Davis, son of Timothy Jones, 558 Palmerston, River Rouge, recently
participated in a special Army test exercise at Fort Hood Texas. Private First
Class Davis, a gunner in Company B of the Divisions 13 th Tank Battalion, entered
the Army in May 1953, and completed basic training at Fort Knox, Ky.
MARCH 17, 1955
Credit Union Case Raises Stir Here – As the tangled affairs of the Ford Rouge
Employees Federal Credit Union unfolded under probing by government examiners, the
now bankrupt BB&H Construction Co. of 417 Visger, RR, disclosed to have been
operated on credit union funds, had claims filed against it by River Rouge and Ecorse
residents who charged the firm with failure to fulfill contracts on various projects for
which it had accepted case payments. A River Rouge man, Leroy Folks, 35 of 518
Frazier, and his wife Jonnie Mae, 32, were the recipients of a $37,000 loan from the
credit union with only $4,000 collateral, to build a roller skating rink at 3130 Schaefer,
which Folks said, he obtained through the credit unions Treasurer, Robert Vezzosi, a
Dearborn Councilman. Folks said that John Harris President of the BB&H Co.,
suggested he obtained the loan from the Ford Credit Union. Folks says he now owes
nothing because he signed no papers, for the loan, although the credit union did advance
him $25,000 to $37,000. He said he and his wife never saw a penny of the money but
that the contractor, BB&H, which Harris represented, was empowered to draw on the
fund in escrow but that he, Folks, had to sign the checks. Folks contends that at the time
he was notified that all the money was gone, he didn‟t believe more than $25,000 of the
$37,000 had been put into the building. When the contractor left the job, Folks said he
raised $8,000 among his relatives to finish the building. Folks said he had never received