t Wit - Local History Archives

.. ~J August 10, 1967
J~'Y'
, te Guardsman Tells
,Oln D. R.
t iDuty in etrolt lot
.' Whitelaw IAugust 4, handling a series of
..,. ptPrfr 1 Jr of 1633 duties. including patroling the
. S. Po e~"20 y~ars old, inner city.
roaof tbe National I Joe tol~. this reporter that
,e lllber e year, is back when he Jomed the Guard he
, fct, onu on some sleep expected to serve but never
. ca,crong f:rget the mght. dreamed that his firs! action
tJ1iDi t~ DeesoCthe pa~t would be in his own city of
. :rle Detroit.
, summer camp for Joe couldn't say enough good
j)! tal 10 dsfllen at Gray' things about the way bis bud.
, , G~mpleting his two dies in the, Guard f~lfilled their
lIlth., mer camp, when duties durmg the riot or about
r/. ~~. The next thi~g the Sal\"alion Anny's. attendan.ce
fll ale was movingout 1U throughout the perIOd of tDe
i'I" betheDetroitArtillery riot. He said, "They were al.
~~n on to Central ways there with food, coffee and
, Iwere he was to be good wilL" He also mentioned
StbOO how wonderful the neighbors in
. 'arrival pat. the affected areas, white and
tw Dight of hiS t t A~ong colored, were to the Guard.
beingsen OU. •
,ere of his group, Joe is pretty tYPIcal of any
!firesoali me
182 Artillery other 20-year-old. boy, anxious
IIIBatt on, ' for a future and willing to belp
~ formulate
~ ;,b was to belp p~~OI ct:~rently
that future. He is
attending Macomb
IiIr(l().i.Dexter area. h.e~ College and majoring in busi.
\ in jeeps upon w IC ness administration.
~Ied .30cali!J~rmacho He added tbat it was wonder-
~ Here the D1gbtm~reIful to be back with his family
• . soipers... sbootmg and have all the nightmares
~~!S. In {act,'Joe barel! behind, but he will never forget
. beingmissed by a sm- his 12 days of duty.
biillet, it Cellinches from
ld-
~ sawduly at the Bell Judge' Gil1nore
power plant on
andGrandHiver. He A ttends College
'II dirtY from July 23 until
oung Fighter
dsin Jail
New Policelnen
Needed by Park
Park Police Chief Arthur E. ,
Louwers has announced that his
department is soliciting gOod'1
qualified applicants between the
ages of 21 and 28 to fill positions
which will be open in the next
two month, due to retirements.
LOSES RING IN CHURCH
Robert Johns" of 20665 Ver.
nier Circle, reported to Farms
IPolice on Thursday, Jul:- 27,
that his white gold ring with a,
blue star sapphire was missing. I
He inadvertently left the ring,
on the sink. in the men's room
of Christ Church after washing
his hands. When he returned
for the ring it was gone.
Trouble.makers don.t care to
get ahead if they can get even.
urosse
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