MAR APR 1955 - River Rouge Historical Museum

Cheff who led in the council race with 2883 votes, and Earl R Beaudrie who tallied
2,764. An impressive vote of 2,272 was cast for Orlando A. Rinna, a political newcomer.
Unsuccessful candidates were John L. Dioszegi, James Della Pella and Adam H White.
The highest number of votes accorded to a candidate was cast for Jerry Gagneau, Justice
of the Peace, who polled 4,058. An incumbent and unopposed for the office, Judge
Gagneau has held the post since 1927. He was 32 years‟ experience in court work in
River Rouge. P. Thomas Redmond, unopposed for his fourth term as Treasurer, polled
3,944 votes. Elected as constables were David J. Copeland, 2019 votes and Fred Grant,
2004 votes. Defeated candidates were Arthur G. Williams and Robert Cameron. River
Rouge voters approved two charter amendments liberalizing pensions for city employees
and policemen and firemen. The city employee proposal won 3,853 to 78 and the second
proposal won 3,715 to 975.
Two Girls Are Spelling Bee Champs – Two fifth graders, both girls will represent
Northrup and Ann Visger schools in the Detroit News District Spell Down April 22 at
Memorial School in Garden City. Susan Holmes of 35 Frazier, won the Northrup School
title for the second time last Friday on the world “persuade”. Opelia Stinson was runnerup.
The Ann Visger Champion was Nancy Horvath of 4 Perrin, who spelled “reindeer”
correctly. Runner-up was Judith Cluff of 24 Elizabeth. The local school champions
hope to get into the final of the Detroit News Metropolitan Bee, to be held on May 6
in the Rachham Educational Memorial in Detroit. The winner of the final will go to
Washington for the National Bee, May 19. Twenty pupils from the fifth and sixth
grades at each school competed for the championship. Northrup‟s bee lasted two hours,
and Nancy won the Ann Visger title in 50 minutes. Members of the fifth grade team
competing for the title at Ann Visger were , Nancy, Lester Settles, Marcia Patten, Daniel
Nebelung, Patricia Butler, Jerry Blankenship, Diane Lambart, Sandra Bradley, Patricia
Nessel and Michael Boutin: On The sixth grade team were Judy, Martha Heine,
Teresa Williams, Ann Nix, Russel Gillum, Danny Boyd, Glennis Thomas, J. T.
Rhymer, Mike Kelly, and Arthur Lambart. Fifth and Sixth grade contestants for
the Northrup School spelling title were listed in the Herald last week.
Old World Customs Keep Pair Busy During Holidays – Religious holiday plays havoc
with the daily routines of Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stanley of 227 Campbell. During the
Easter and Christmas seasons Mrs. Stanley‟s artistic talents take precedence over
every day chores as she creates traditional works of art native to the Ukraine where
she was born. Working only from a mental picture of a Russian Orthodox Church
in a Ukrainian village, Stanley constructed the three foot edifice of cardboard and
wood. Three minaret rise from the domed roof and the altar is designed around an
ivory and gold crucifix, easily viewed through to two entrances. Various types of
wallpaper and metallic materials were used for a realistic effect. It took Stanley, a
welder at Whitehead & Kales for the past 30 years, less than four month, working
evenings to complete the impressive church. He has lived in America since he came
here from the Ukraine 40 years ago. Although they both are from the same village the
Stanley‟s met and married in America. Mrs. Stanley, who came to Canada 25 years ago
has lived in River Rouge 18 years. Other festive occasions such as weddings,
graduations and births call for hand-made gifts considered good luck charms in the
Ukraine. Mrs. Stanley makes all of these with deft fingers. The Stanley‟s have a
daughter, Lillian, 13, whose handiwork is second only to her mother and a son, Bill 17,
whose main interest in life just now is sports. Both are students at River Rouge High
School. For the past month Mrs. Stanley has been coloring Easter eggs in gay patterns.
Next week she‟ll add the baking of fancy breads to the egg-coloring pastime. She uses
the complicated Batik system to achieve intricate designs on hundreds of East eggs.
Painstakingly she draws with beeswax a pattern on each egg which is thin dipped into a
dye. The finishing touches are hand-painted. The breads, shaped into braids, twists