MAR APR 1955 - River Rouge Historical Museum

of Coolidge. Eye catching signs in the display windows already give promise that
the Guild will live up to its slogan of “Rummage with a Future!” The doors will
be open from 10am to 6pm.
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Emery of 56 Batavia, celebrated their Silver Wedding
Anniversary on February 26 at their home. Three sons Albert, Gerald and Alfred
helped in the celebration. Mr. & Mrs. Emery received many lovely and useful
gifts. The couple was married on March 1, 1930 in River Rouge at Our Lady of
Lourdes Church by Father William Hogan.
Most popular sticks in the home today are kept in the refrigerator – not in the
woodshed. Fish sticks, boneless slices of pre-cooked and frozen fish, have grown
in demand from 7.5 million pounds in 1953 to about 50 million pounds processed
in 1954, according to A & P Food Stores, one of the leading processors.
Convenience has been the key-note behind the development of all pre-cooked fish
products. The frozen fish sticks for example, need only to be reheated for 12 to
15 minutes before serving. In the Cap‟n John packages packed by A & P, there
are eight sticks in a 10 ounce carton.
A River Rouge girl, Miss Agnes Garcia, is assisting in the production of Gilbert &
Sullivan‟s musical comedy, “H. M.S. Pinafore”, to be staged by the sophomore
class at Marygrove College tonight in the college auditorium for students and
faculty. Miss Garcia, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Garcia of 208 Haltiner, is a
member of the Costume Committee. She is a Home Economics Major.
14 Beginning Drivers Fail License Test – Chief Ralph Phillips today announced the
results of the first thirty days operation of the new license examination for beginning
drivers in River Rouge. “According to our records”, he said, “40 persons took the
examination of which 14, or nearly 50 percent failed. Most of the persons taking the
examinations were young drivers who had never had a driver‟s license before.” The high
percent of the failures, on the first try,” the Chief continued, is due to the fact that the
State of Michigan is now demanding that applicants for a license know more about safe
driving than was previously required and the examination is therefore much more
thorough. Undoubtedly, most of those who failed on the first try will pass on the second
try if they study more and practice driving more”. Chief Phillips pointed out that as
good as the new examination is it only measures the fact that those who pass do
know how to drive safely – it does not measure the attitude of the driver nor prove
that he will drive safely if he passed the examination. Those who do not pass and then
fail to drive as safely as they know how, fact the thorny road of apprehension for traffic
violations by the law enforcement agencies, penalization by the court of those found
guilty and ultimate suspension or revocation of their licenses by the Department of State.
In conclusion, Chief Phillips stated, “By firmer examinations, re-examinations,
more severe court penalties, warning letters and suspensions or revocations by the
Department of State the traffic safety authorities are determined that the license is
only a privilege to drive safely and not a right to drive which anyone is entitled to.
The license cannot be permitted to be a right to drive unsafely to violate the law, to cause
an accident – or the license to kill. As long as almost one driver in ten is involved in an
accident, the tragic fact in Michigan last year, traffic safety authorities have no alternative
but to tighten up all along the line on issuing licenses and taking them away”.