MAR APR 1955 - River Rouge Historical Museum

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Wolf Badge, gold and silver arrows; Gary Domino, Silver arrow. The following boys received Bear badges; David Brooks, Jerome Carlton, Dennis Goudreau, Charles Laginess and Gary Domino. Lion Awards were presented to: Paul Hoff, Ron Ardouin, Daniel Smith, Arthur Shiels, Robert Sebastionelli and David Domino, Lion badge and Gold Arrow. Year Pins were awarded to: Donald Ardouin, David Domino, William Row, Gary Domino, Jerome Carlton, David Brooks, Robert Sebastionelli, Peter Hammer, Donald Murray, John Murray, Charles Brancheau, John Brancheau, Charles Laginess, Victor Zimbiec, Daniel Smith, Patrick Little and Tom Wilson. Fred Phillips was transferred to the Farmington Pack. Den Mothers who received year pins were: Mrs. George Komaromi, Mrs. Ernest Laginess, Mrs. John Little and Mrs. Floyd Murray, one year pins; Mrs. John Domino, Four year pins; Mrs. Al Theeck, five year pins, and Mrs. Harry Bondy, Six year pin. A new den mother pin went to Mrs. Al Peters. Bernard Lozon received a Three year pin; Al Theeck and Harry Bondy, Five year pins; Floyd Murray, the new cub master, One year pin. Free Clinic For Electric Shavers – The luxury of a shave at the hands of an expert with an electric shaver may be enjoyed, gratis, by gentlemen who will take the time to stop in an Regal Jewelers, 10490 West Jefferson, RR, anytime between 10am and 6pm Saturday. The special service is only one to be offered by a Sunbeam factory expert who will conduct a free clinic for servicing electric shavers, also gratis, at a free clinic. Every electric shaver brought to Regal‟s Saturday will be sharpened, oiled and cleaned by the factory-trained Sunbeam Representative. The Social Whirl The D.R.C.S. Club held their meeting last Friday at the home of Mrs. Nan Gerstner of 182 Division. Canasta prize winners were Rosalind Hamel, Margaret Gravitter, Bernice Kunkosky and Marie Nichols. The next meeting will be held in two weeks on Thursday at the home of Mrs. Dorothy Paolette of Wyandotte. Mrs. Alice Chester of 18 E. Cicotte entertained the Jolly Six Club for luncheon and cards on Thursday. Prizes were won by; Mrs. N. Bach, Mrs. L. Gibney and Mrs. W. Picard. On Thursday Mrs. Chester was given a surprise birthday party at the Elbow Room of the River Rouge Hotel by her seven sons. Guests attended from Owasso, Dearborn, Detroit, Wyandotte, Lincoln Park, Royal Oak and River Rouge. She received many beautiful gifts. Our Men In The Armed Service Pfc. Harry C. Wiggins, son of Mrs. Jessie Gills of Ecorse, is enjoying a well earned seven day leave. Pfc. Wiggins is serving his third hitch in the Army. He took his basic training at Fort Knox, Ky. He served overseas in Germany with the 1 st Infantry Division. Pfc. Wiggins, having volunteered for the Airborne, was sent to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where he received his “Wings” in July of 1953. At present he is assigned to Headquarters Company Third Battalion, 188 th Airborne Infantry Regiment of the famous 11 th Airborne Division. Navy Lt. George W. Shaffer, son of Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Shaffer, of 116 W. Pleasant, RR reported aboard the destroyer USS Marshall from the submarine rescue vessel USS Kittihawk in February. Before entering the Navy in August 1952, he was graduated from Michigan College of Mining and Technology at Houghton.
Cpl. Charles J. Kukta, 28, son of Joseph Kukta, 26 Perrin St. RR, recently participated in Exercise Roundup, an Army Training maneuver in Austria. Corp. Kukta a Supply Clerk in Co. B of the 350 th Infantry Regiment entered the Army in February 1950 and completed basic training at Camp Blanding, Fl. Panthers Stalk 2 nd State Cage Title In 2 Years – The River Rouge Panthers took a giant stride toward the State Class B Basketball Championship by winning the Regional Title at Livonia Bentley for the second straight year with a hard fought 65 to 55 victory over previously unbeaten Inkster High Saturday night. An overflow crowd of 2,300 fans saw Coach Loften Greene‟s hustling youngsters and splurge in the final 33 second of play, after Rouge had squandered an eight point margin early in the final period. The victory advanced the Panthers to the quarter finals, with Detroit St. Andrew supplying the opposition. Last year Rouge eliminated Inkster on the Regional‟s and went on to win the State title, with St. Andrew bowing to the Panthers in the quarter finals, 58 to 48. The finals of the Regional tournament produced some of the best basketball ever seen in the State Tourney game. Even George DuFour, veteran St. Theresa coach, called the game the best he had ever seen in the tournaments. Both teams were primed for the battle, and it took a terrific performance by the underdog Panthers to snap Inksters‟ long winning streak. Inkster entered the finals with an impressive record, and the Vikings were given a slight edge by most experts because of their fine shooting performances in the two early regional tests. However, Rouge upset the applecart with a determined full court press defense and another tremendous scoring effort by the Panther captain, Blanche Martin. As usual, the game started with Inkster getting away to a 4-0 lead. Then the Panthers, with Martin showing the way, rallied to pass the Vikings and build up an 18 – 15 margin at the quarter. Blanche Martin had eight points for Rouge and Lewis Brown five while Al Duncan led Inkster with seven. Inkster pulled even in the second stanza, but Rouge struck again to regain to lead as Martin continued his brilliant play. The Rouge captain totaled ten points in the second period and teammate Walter Ector as five as Rouge took a 39 to 33 edge at halftime. The scoring pace slowed down in the third quarter, with Rouge still adding to its margin. Blanche Martin netted five points the spark to local quintet to a 52 – 44 lead as a final quarter began. Here Inkster Coach Bob Harris made a move which almost doomed Rouge. Harris substituted for rebound ace Paul Shannon and changed his offensive pattern to pull Rouge‟s big men, Jim Childs and Blanche Martin away from the boards. In place of the big men, Inkster moved guard Edgar Frazier in close, complicating Rouge‟s defensive problem because Frazier, a six footer, had a considerable height advantage on his rival 5‟8” Herb Wood. With Frazier netting eight points in three minutes, Inkster tied the count at 54 all on Al Duncan‟s goal with five minutes remaining. The Vikings went in front on Al Barden‟s free throw, 55 to 54. Rouge Guard Lewis Brown hit from the outside to put Rouge one up on Barden‟s jump shot returned Inkster to the lead. Center Jim Childs‟ free throw tied the score at 57 all. Blanche Martin put Rouge ahead with a jump shot from the key, but Al Duncan matched this to tie the court. Time was running out and Rouge tried hard to get a good show. Finally, with 33 seconds left the Panthers fired from the side, but the ball rimmed the hoop and started to roll out. Here Center Jim Childs went up and deftly topped home the rebound to put Rouge in front to stay. Inkster tried hard to score but Chet Hicks fouled Herb Wood and the little Rouge Guard made both tosses good to make it 63 – 59 with 28 seconds left. Paul Shannon got one basket back for Inkster but Rouge held the ball until the gun sounded to preserve the victory. “Bullet” Brown was fouled as the gun went off and he converted both times to make the final score 65 – 61. Blanche
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