December 1965 January 1970 - River Rouge Historical Museum

River RougeHistorical Museum10750 W. Jefferson Ave.River Rouge, MI 48218E-mail address: rrmuseum48218@aol.comWeb site: riverrougemuseum.comDelores Swekel – DirectorTom Abair – Asst. DirectorTrustees – Jenny Cooper, Janice Chesney,May Halladay, Mitch Cox,Marilyn Beaudrie, Leif Erickson,Jim HolidayThe Museum building is supported by the River Rouge EDC. Jim Krueger – Chair, Lisa Givens– Vice Chair, Members: Mayor Michael Bowdler, Linda Dupuie, Brian Ponder, Raletha Moch,Kamilla Pasha, Troy Newman Sr., Lisa YanattaMUSEUM NEWSLETTER – August - 2012We are still lagging behind with the Newsletter because of vacations and parties, but we'llcatch up. We are down to 4 volunteers for Sundays, so we may have to close on certain Sundaysif an emergency comes up.We still need volunteers to give one Sunday per month for 4 hours. It's very easy - youjust have to walk around with visitors and tell them about the Rouge that you remember. Or youcan help Delores Swekel and Janice Chesney in the reference room sorting through photos andfiles and putting them in order. Please consider helping, we need all we can get.If you can't help by volunteering, would you consider making a donation? We get nomoney from the City or any other source except selling souvenirs. We have expenses like theweb page - about $125 per year, plastic covers for pictures and files, duplication of photos andmovies, cleaning and refurbishing supplies, etc. so help where you can..To subscribe to the newsletter send $10.00 with your name, address, cityand zip to the address above. Make all checks payable to R.R.H.M. Or to getit free by e-mail, send us your e-mail address and name to our e-mail addressabove. (10 or 11 issues per year, depending on the cost of postage)Tom Abair

SENTINMENTAL JOURNAL(Excerpts from the River Rouge Herald)By: Jenny CooperDECEMBER 2, 1965Pittman Announces “Beefed Up” Patrols – The River Rouge Police Department will have more police patrolson the streets during the Christmas holiday season according to an announcement made by Police Chief LorenPittman at the regular council meeting Tuesday night. The increased patrols will be concentrated in thebusiness district along Jefferson Avenue and Visger Rd. Foot patrolmen and plain-clothes detectives inunmarked cars will be assigned to the business districts for the purpose of protecting Christmas shoppers,watching over business personnel, and supplementing the regularly assigned scout car crews. Pittman said, “Itis a known fact that crime increases during the holidays, most people are in the Christmas spirit and theybecome innocent victims of the criminal who capitalizes on this innocence”. He added, shop lifting increases atthis time of the year, as well as purse snatching, unarmed robberies and assaults. We want to make our streetssafe for our citizens and our business people, and we will do everything we can to protect them”. Pittmanexplained that foot patrolmen will be assigned at peak business hours in the evening to walk along JeffersonAvenue and Visger Rd. He said, “We do not have enough policemen to put them everywhere, and we willchange the assignments according to the needs”. Detectives will cruise the business districts, often stopping topay visits to the stores that are open in the evening. “We cannot completely eliminate crime and vandalism”,Pittman said, “but we will do everything we can to make it difficult for those few who want to make itunpleasant for the many. “The added police patrols will continue until after Christmas and as long as they areneeded.Students Aid Goodfellows – The River Rouge High School Student Council presented a check for $110 to theco-chairman of the River Rouge Goodfellows W. Perry Price and Harry Golden and to Marine Sgt. BenPeplinski. The Goodfellows portion of the check will be used to augment funds collected in their annual sale ofRiver Rouge Heralds used for the ready at Christmas and Marines will use their portion to send contributions towar-torn areas of Vietnam via the Marine Corps. The money was raised when River Rouge High Schoolstudents each contributed 25 cents to wear “dress down” clothing for one day. Principal Robert Korn, andCommissioner Clarence Sabbath attended the presentation.That’s Nice – In cooperation with the River Rouge Merchants now staging Christmas “Shop At Home”campaign, Mayor Donald R. Nettlow has ordered parking meters covered, allowing shoppers two hour freeparking. However if the cars are parked beyond the time limit, they will be ticketed. December has also beenproclaimed “Shop At Home Month”.Thanks Judge – Municipal Judge Mihaiu and Associate Judge Richard E. Valois announced today that, inaccordance with long established custom, no garnishment would be accepted by the River Rouge MunicipalCourt during the month of December.Adopt Anti-Knife Ordinance – The River Rouge Council, by unanimous vote, adopted an ordinance Tuesdaynight which makes it illegal to offer for sale, sell, give away or carry a knife with a blade more than three incheslong, by any person, and illegal for a person under 21 to carry a knife of any description. There are minorexceptions; such as a person carrying a knife which is used as a tool in his work, or a Boy Scout or Girl Scout,while actively engaged in legitimate Scout work. The ordinance is patterned after an ordinance now in effect inDetroit. Commenting on the city’s newest ordinance, Mayor Donald Nettlow stated, “The ordinance will onlybe as good as its enforcement; it will be difficult to enforce, but because it was predicated upon necessity; wemean to have it enforced”. Police Chief Loren Pittman added that each member of his department would befurnished with details of the ordinance and promised strict-enforcement. *** Building Inspector ArthurGreig, Jr. reported on a situation existing at 11393 W. Jefferson. Greig asked that the license of the operator(Southern Produce) be revoked. The Council was in unanimous accord with Greig, and the license revoked.The operator of the produce stand recently closed for the winter and left crates filled with food creating a stenchand disturbing nearby residents. *** City Attorney T. Roy Finn reported that the owner of a tire outlet

operation on Dwight St. is obeying city orders that he discontinue operation. The owner is now in the processof removing all tires. If the orders are not carried out to the letter, Finn added, the city will act further. ***At a Council meeting held Tuesday, November 23, Chief Pittman reported that a traffic signal located at Louisand Haltiner will be moved to the entrance of Whitehead & Kales.Celebrate 91 Years – Thomas M. Moore of 199 Summit St. celebrated his 91 st birthday at his home on Friday,November 12 th , when twenty-five members of his family gathered together to join in the birthday festivities. In1928, with his wife and five children he moved here from Bellevue Ohio, and was employed at the J. B. FordCo. (now Wyandotte Chemical) and later with the City of River Rouge before retiring. The Moore’s celebratedtheir golden wedding anniversary in 1959. He has fifteen grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.Joining in the celebration were Mr. & Mrs. Raymond D. (Margaret) Murray, Fire Chief and Mrs. Thomas C.Moore, Miss Mary Moore, all of River Rouge, Mrs. Robert C. Moore of Lincoln Park, Mr. & Mrs. F. AllenMoore of Southgate and many of the grandchildren. Others present were Mrs. Maesel Schaffenberg and NadineCarver of 199 ½ Summit St.Of Interest to Woman1. The engagement of Miss Suzanne Babbitt Balaze to Brooks Gifford, Jr., son of Mr. Robert Freeman Fordand the senior Mr. Gifford. Both of Pasadena, Calif., has been announced by her parents, Mr. & Mrs.Louise Balaze of 94 Chestnut, River Rouge. Miss Balaze was graduated from the University of MichiganLaw School. She is now practicing law in Los Angeles. The wedding will be February 19 in Pasadena.2. Mr. & Mrs. Louis Balogh of 87 Batavia, River Rouge, announce the engagement of their daughter,Judith Marie to Pvt. Frederick G. Allen Jr., son of Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Allen of 17 Leroy, River Rouge.No wedding date has been set.3. Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Smith of 15 E. James, River Rouge announce the birth, November 20 of a son,born at Wyandotte General Hospital.4. A son, Rodney Allen, was born November 16 th to Mr. & Mrs. Norman Long of 39 E. Cicotte, River Rougeat Riverside Hospital.5. W. B. A. Review #70 of River Rouge will have an election of officers at the business meeting to be heldTuesday, December 7 at 8pm. The meeting will be held at the K of P Hall at Myrtle at Furguson in RiverRouge. All guards are asked to please attend.6. On December 3 rd , the Leisure Time Club will meet at the River Rouge Community Center to finalizeplans for the Christmas party and luncheon planned for December 17 th at the Beechwood CommunityCenter. This has been an annual event for several years.7. Mrs. Walter McCutcheon of 377 Genesee, River Rouge has returned home after spending severalweeks in Florida.8. Pvt. Frederick Allen, Jr. is home from basic training from Fort Knox, Kentucky. He is the son of Mr. &Mrs. Frederick Allen, Sr., of 17 Leroy, River Rouge.Bears Cagers Split But Loss Dims Title Hopes – A split in early season games is usually considered satisfactoryto most basketball coaches, but it’s not so with Lourdes High cage mentor, Ed Blair, as his Bear quintet dividedthe first two games on the schedule. Lourdes opened the season Tuesday night at the River Rouge High gym bytrimming Redford St. Mary, 66 to 56, in a non-leaguer, but then the Bears lost their West Side First Divisiondebut to Visitation Friday night, 70 to 54. It doesn’t take any expert to see why Coach Ed Blair is not happywith the split, since the defeat came in league play, where no coach wants to start off on the wrong foot. Nodoubt Blair would give up three non-league wins for the West Side Victory, but he had the misfortune ofstarting against defending champion Visitation. To make things worse, the next Lourdes game, this Fridaynight is with Wyandotte St. Patrick, the team picked to challenge Visitation for the West Side Crown this year.The Bears will have the home court advantage against St. Pat’s Friday night at the Rouge gym, with tipoff timeat 8:l5pm. A victory for Lourdes in this one would throw the Bears right back into the title picture, but a loss

would be fatal. Lourdes showed unexpected strength against Redford St. Mary last Tuesday night as they rolledto a 66 – 56 triumph. Senior center Tom Jones was the big hero for Lourdes, converting six -free throws in thewaning minutes to keep the Bear’s in front. For a while it looked like Lourdes would run St. Mary’s right out ofthe gym Tuesday night, but then guard Robert Watson, the top Bear floor man, injured an ankle and things gotclose. Lourdes grabbed a 19 – 12 lead in the first stanza, with Jim Kirkendoll tossing home eight points to leadthe way. Chuck Patterson added five points for the Bears while Joe Clinton had half of St. Mary’s points.Lourdes opened up a 15 point lead midway through the second period but Robert Watson was injured and St.Mary’s bounced back, led by Joe Clinton and Jerry Connell, who scored six points each. Connell is theyoungest son of former Lourdes Coach Tom Connell. The halftime score found Lourdes in front 33 – 29. TheRustics continued to press in the third quarter and finally took a 40 – 39 lead, with three mintues left in theperiod. The Bears battled back on baskets by Paul Nadzam and Chet Wojcik to take a 46 – 43 advantage intothe final eight minutes. The game stayed tight the rest of the way, with St. Mary’s creeping close, but Lourdeshanging on to a slim edge. Chuck Patterson’s three baskets gave the Bears some breathing room, and then TomJones dropped in six charity tosses in the closing minutes to preserve a final margin. Chuck Patterson and JimKirkendoll led the Lourdes attack with 18 points each, with Ron Bodrie and Tom Jones getting eight points apieces for the Bears. Joe Clinton paced St. Mary with 20 points, with Pat Cahill and Pat Milligan notching 12points apiece, while Jerry Connell tallied 10 for the losers. Visitation was just too big for the Bears Fridaynight, controlling the boards at both ends. Lourdes missed guard Robert Watson for most of the game becauseof an ankle injury this hurt the Bear attack. Watson played briefly in the last half, but couldn’t do much on oneleg. The game started slowly, with the Eagles gaining a 14 – 10 edge in the first period. Godfrey Dillard scoredfive points for Visitation while Chuck Patterson matched that total for Lourdes. Harold Lowe, a 6’4” forwardand 6’6” center John Klein scored three baskets each for Visitation in the second stanza as the Eagles built up a34 – 27 halftime advantage. Free throws kept Lourdes in the game, with the Bears converting 11 of 15 charitytosses in the second quarter. Visitation locked things up in the third period, outscoring Lourdes, 23 to 15.Godfrey Dillard fired home 11 points for the Eagles as they increased their lead to 57 – 42. Ron Bodrie toppedLourdes with six points. Play was ragged in the final stanza, with Lourdes battling all the way, but the Bearscouldn’t cut the margin. Neither team shot well in the last period, with Visitation content to maintain its biglead. Godfrey Dillard was the high scorer for Visitation with 20 points, followed by Harold Lowe and JohnKlein with 18 points each. Ronnie Bodrie was the top Lourdes performer with 13 points, with Chuck Pattersonand Chuck Trzcinski getting 12 points each. Jim Kirkendoll added nine points for Lourdes.Rouge Hosts Fordson In Cage Opener – Local basketball fans can size up the defending State class B basketballchampions, the River Rouge Panthers, for the first time Tuesday evening at the Panther gym when CoachLofton Greene sends his youngsters out against Dearborn Fordson at 8pm. The preliminary game between thereserve teams from the two schools will start at 6:30pm. Fordson should provide a real test for the Rougequintet, since the Tractors always have a strong team and will have two games under their belts. The Dearbornclub also has a new Coach John McIntyre, so you can bet they will be fired up for this one. McIntyre replacesthe veteran Jim Vanderhull, who resigned last season because of illness. The River Rouge Panthers will bestaring a new campaign Tuesday, with plenty of question marks for Coach Lofton Greene. The five time StateClass B Champions lost heavily through graduation last year and replacements may be hard to find, especiallyfor the big board men, who key the Panthers’ fast break attack. After the Fordson game Rouge will have twodays to get ready for defending champion Hamtramck as the Twin Valley Conference starts play. The Cosmoshave another rugged team and will be favored over the Panthers since the game will be played at Hamtramck.Coach Lofton Greene has been working his charges hard in practice, seeking a winning combination. ThePanthers will probably start Frank Price and Art Hudson at the forwards, with Henry Shelton at center andBenny Benford and Loren Pittman at guards. Frank Price will be the key man for the Panthers. An All Staterlast year, Price ranks with the best cagers ever turned out at River Rouge. The 6’1” senior will probably have tocarry the load for Rouge in the early games, until some of the youngsters develop. Just how much help Pricecan get from his mates will determine how far Rouge goes this year.The Bear Facts – By: Anne Bayer and Kathie McEwan – The halls of Our Lady of Lourdes are once againfilled with the voices of students, who are trying to get back in the swing of things after a splendidThanksgiving vacation. During the Thanksgiving vacation Christine Tomasik on Friday, November 26,attended a Ball at the Cobo Hall Ballroom. Christine, who is a senior at O.L.L. was one of 25 debutantes. On

Tuesday, November 23, the senior class was given the Air Force Qualifying Examination which lasted most ofthe morning. All of the seniors, especially boys, were reassured that this test would by no means be used for thepurpose of enlisting them in the Air Force. For many, that was a very comforting thought. The purpose of thetest was to give each student an idea of the kind of work he or she was best qualified for. Later in the year, eachsenior student will be given a private interview where they will learn what field of work the Air Force feels heis best suited. Also on Tuesday, November 23, Lourdes played its first basketball game of the season againstSt. Mary’s Redford. The score was Lourdes 66 St. Mary’s 56. This game was a non-league game and it doesnot have any bearing on what our standings in the league will be. Then on Friday, November 26, Lourdesplayed Visitation . The score was Lourdes 54 Visitation 69. Both teams played a good game, and although thisis our first lost we hope to make it our last. December 3 Lourdes plays St. Patrick’s in a home game. Sr. AnnAgnes, senior homeroom teacher and business instructor attended a National Business Convention held inCincinnati during Thanksgiving weekend. Sister said the convention was a worthwhile and interestingexperience. Last week the senior class voted on the following: Class Patron – St. Sebastian; Class Colors –Burgundy & Pink; Class Flower – American Beauty Rose; Class Song – “You’ll Never Walk Alone”; and ClassMotto – “The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step”.Rouge High Hi-Lites – By: Toni Kamoutsis & Gary Doig – River Rouge High School’s annual PantherPreview was held Friday November 26. Spectators were able to see this year’s basketball team in an intersquadgame. The Panthers will play Fordson, December 7, at the home court in a non-league game. They willplay Hamtramck away Friday, December 10 in the first Twin Valley Conference game. The junior class willpresent a “Christmas Ball” December 11 from 8:00 – 11:00 at the “Buck” Weeber gym. Senior high studentsand their dates are invited. Tickets may be purchased at the old book store for $1.50 – couples only. TheVigilant sales ends tomorrow. The year book can be purchased from any senior and also at the informationdesk on the second floor. The price is $3.00. The senior candy sale will begin Monday December 6. Sander’sPecan Titans will be sold for $1.00. The Debate Team traveled to Lake Shore High School, Mt. Clemens, fortheir first State debate on Tuesday, November 30. Petitions supporting U. S. Policy in Vietnam were signed bystudents and will be sent to President Johnson by the Student Council. We have a correction for the firstmarking period honor rolls. Susan Anderson – 8-A received all A’s.Twenty Years Ago Beginning Saturday, December 1, bowlers can expect to pay the higher price for their amusement. TheOPA has received word from Washington that bowling has been suspended from price control. Bringing down her first deer with a 30-30 rifle at 9:30am of the first day of the season, Mrs. Daniel J.Goniea of 131 Maple, beat all the other members of her party. Her trophy was an eight point buck.Home & Family Week, suggested by Governor Harry Kelly, from December 2 to December 8 will beobserved in River Rouge, particularly in public schools which are planning a special program.After spending two years in the Pacific Zone of Operations, Raymond L. Girrbach, Phm 1/c has beendischarged from the Navy and returned to River Rouge. A licensed Director, he will be associated withhis father, Edward Girrbach, of the Girrbach Funeral Home. His wife is the former Pearl Rogalski. Theyhave a small daughter, Janice. His brother Eddie is a S1/c in the Navy.Hazen Pingree Knoch was elected President of the River Rouge Memorial Fund, Inc. at the meeting ofthe Board of Directors in the City Hall Monday night.An effort has been made to get every World War II veteran of this area to attend a meeting at 8 o’clocktonight at the VFW Hall sponsored by the American Legion and VFW to consider the servicemen’sdesires regarding the $57,000,000 State Fund accumulated for them. All World War II veterans andother persons interested have been invited.Twenty dresses were on display at the meeting of the Ecorse Women’s Club at School II Tuesday. Thegarments, provided by members of the Club, will be turned over to the Ecorse Goodfellowsorganization. Mr. Clarence Mead gave short reviews of popular books. The Tea Committee was

headed by Mrs. John Davis, assisted by Mrs. R. Virta, Mrs. William Voissine, Mrs. Hazel Stevenson, Mrs.Selma Riegal and Mrs. Florence Metzler.Mr. & Mrs. Adolph Dupuie of 35 E. Anchor, River Rouge, attended the Golden Anniversary November11 of Mrs. Dupuie’s parents, Mr. & Mrs. Henry Tratechaud, formerly of River Rouge.Co-chairman Mable Shriver and Mae Klinger assisted by their committee handled plans for the meetingof the Wallis – Wainwright Hack Unit, Legion Auxiliary Monday night. Reports were made on therecent schools of instruction meeting attended by President Edna Hedeston, Evelyn Burean, MarionPickens and Doris Williams.GOODFELLOWS RIVER ROUGE HERALD – DECEMBER 2, 1965Mission Accomplished – (The following story was written for the 1944 Goodfellow editions by the late H. C. L.Jackson, beloved columnist of the Detroit News. It is reprinted here as one of the best stories to appear in yearspast about the Goodfellows and their work). – Age isn’t measured in years any more. It is measured in missions– accomplished; in days-under-fire. It is achieved in the valleys of dread and on the plateaus of fear. And whathas all this philosophizing to do with Goodfellow Day? Nothing, except we keep thinking of a Marine of yearsso tender that, only a decade ago, he would have been called a kid of 20. We had a letter from him the otherday. He is somewhere the other side of Saipan. One sentence read: “By the time you get this, Mr. Jackson, Isuppose those Goodfellows will be out on their corner,” and he added, “when I get home, I’m going to jointhose guys”. We hooked our heels on our desk and remembered the last time we’d seen him, when he came inhere, nearly three years ago, a sturdy 17-year-old and, to be frank, pretty tough 17-year-old. The lad’sshoulders were flat, the way shoulders get under the influence of a good sergeant and a purpose in life. Heleaned on the filing cabinet and said: “I’m on my way”. And while we chatted, a remembrance kept runningaround in our mind of a story he’d told us, hesitantly, the day after he enlisted. “I might not have made it,” hesaid, “if if hadn’t been for the Goodfellows … “When I was 10”, he went on, “I was selling papers because mydad had died and my mother was trying to keep the four of us kids together. And pretty soon I found myselfstealing things; little things I could get from other guys. CONSCIENCE ENTERS: “I’d got to the place whereit wasn’t easy to live with my conscience, which is a heck of a place to be. And then, just before Christmas,there came a knock on our door one night. Boy! Was I scared. “I thought it was the law. I’d hooked some fruitthat day and sold it to another guy. And I thought the law was going to nail me. “The door opened and therewere two men. They had baskets. But what hit me most was the warm overcoats they had on. They wereGoodfellows. And the kids went crazy about the things they brought. FINDS INSPIRATION: “I just sat overat one side, feeling relieved it wasn’t the law, and felling superior, the way a boy does if his dad is dead and hehad to help be the head of the family. “One of the men turned to me and said: “Son, do you sell papers?” and Isaid, ‘Yup’, and kept on staring at that warm overcoat. And he said: “That’s good. You can be a Goodfellowwhen you grow up”. “They went out pretty soon. And I watched those kids and the way they were excited, andthe way mother was happy. And I didn’t know, but I figured the guy in the warm overcoat got it honest. Andwell, I quit my stealing. “Boy!” he added thoughtfully, “If I’d kept on, I suppose I’d have landed in the jug.“And then,” he said, straightening up, “and then, I couldn’t have been a Marine” Yes, all that story came backas we lolled at our desk and read those words in that letter from that battle-hardened man of 20, out therebeyond the blue line of the Pacific. “By the time you get this, Mr. Jackson, I suppose those Goodfellows will beon their corners … When I get home, I’m going to join those guys”.Santa Claus Creation of Two Men – Santa Clause, as we know him today – jolly, smile, round, red cheeks andchunky figure – is the creation of two famous men. The first was Clement Clark Moore, author of “A Visit ToSt. Nicholas”, better known to us as “Twas the Night Before Christmas”. Moore actually described Santa andgave him the famous reindeer and sleigh. The second man, who put the actual likeness of Santa on paper toillustrate Moore’s poem, was Thomas Nast, a great cartoonist. Nast drew the familiar, fat, merry old fellowwith red cheeks and white beard dressed in red, wearing a cap and boots, carrying a pack of toys and smoking ashort pipe. The artist then gave Santa a spyglass so that during the year he might pick out the good childrenfrom the bag, and also a big book in which to write their names and keep record. This conception of SantaClaus first appeared in 1863. Since that time the pictured Santa has been the same.

DECEMBER 9, 1965Report Promotion Great Success – The Shop At Home – Treasure Chest of Bargains – Christmas promotion isin full swing, and from all reports, is a terrific success! Just ask any shopper who has had a key which openedthe TREASURE CHEST! The list of winners continue to grow. To date the following persons have opened theCHEST: David Lee of 13239 Catalpa, Southgate; Dorothy Hurst of 67 Broadway, Ecorse; Dora Luilios of 35Bell, Ecorse; Celia Kenney of 4419 Ninth, Ecorse; Inez Trotter of 3998 18 th , Ecorse; Mrs. Marie Spohn of29829Tamerack Ct., Flat Rock; Louise Shockley of 35 E. Charlotte, Ecorse; and Mrs. Mamie Mahan of 38 W.Westfield, Ecorse; Ruby Cosgro of 10 Marie, Ecorse; Mrs. Nelson of 26 Bonzano, Ecorse; Luther Henderson of4058 High, Ecorse; Margaret Bellow of 149 W. Josephine, Ecorse; George Wolaske of 3458 22 nd Wyandotte;Rose Stennett of 16 E. Alexis, Ecorse; Allen J. Kenney of 4419 Ninth, Ecorse; Helen Bramhill of 43 E. HenryRiver Rouge; Gladys Shearer of 1005 Kings Hwy, L.P.; Dan Ouellette of 36 Myrtle, River Rouge; Herb Wererof 74 Pine, River Rouge; Mrs. Gloria Smith of 11324 W. Jefferson, River Rouge; Victor Mullins of 14670Felbrath, Taylor; Daniel Degg of 444 High, Ecorse; Margaret Petri of 33 E. Woodward, Ecorse; Mrs. LillianBetz, of 56 Leroy, River Rouge; Marge Logan of 8085 Sorrento, Detroit; Anna Copja of 19 Linden, RiverRouge; Earl Sims of 1273 Grant, L.P.; and Bill Ponder of 230 Goodell, River Rouge. In this edition of theHerald-Advertiser, Merchants participating in the sales promotion have advertisements jammed packed withbargains, that thrifty shoppers just won’t want to miss. More winners will be published in the December 16 thedition.Christmas Concert December 16 – The River Rouge High School Girls’ Glee Clubs, under the direction ofMelvin Wasserman, and the High School Band under the direction of Mac E. Carr and Raymond C. Schultz,will present the annual Christmas concert in the auditorium of the High School, at 1411 Coolidge Hwy onThursday, December 16, at 8pm. The Girls’ Glee Club will highlight their portion of the program with aperformance of the famous Fred Waring setting of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”. Also featured is thewell known chorus, “Thou Must Leave Thy Lowly Dwelling” from the Hector Berlioz work, “L’Enfant Christ”.The Glee Club, who will be performing for the first time in their newly acquired choral robes, will also presentrarely heard Christmas folk songs from France and Poland. The High School Band will present a series ofreligious and Christmas music from various lands. The feature of the program will be the playing of an oldEnglish carol from the County Sussex, as set to music by Percy Grainger and Richard F. Goldman. Also beingheard for the first time, is a grouping of popular carols by John Cacavas, in a Symphonic Scenario. Included inthe program is the music from the motion picture “King of Kings”. Concluding the bands portion of the concertis the famed “Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah”. Tickets are on sale for 50 cents from any member ofthe band or glee club, or can be purchased at the box office, the evening of the concert.Christmas Celebration – The River Rouge Senior Citizens’ Christmas party will be held Wednesday, December15 at 6:30 sharp! The dinner, which will be followed by a Christmas program, will be held in the basement ofthe River Rouge Public Library.Masons To Install Sunday – New officers of River Rouge Lodge No. 511 F. & A. M. will be installed onSaturday, December 11. The ceremony, which started at 8pm, will be conducted by past members of the Lodgeand be open to members, their families and friends. The following will be installed – Andrew P. Chirillo,Worshipful Master; Inman S. Burnham, Senior Warden; Albert C. Miller, Junior Warden, Roy S. Westaway,Treasurer; Alec M. Cock, Secretary; William Robinson, Senior Deacon; Clifford Ballheim, Junior Deacon;Raymond Chapman, Steward; James C. Hunt, Steward; Richard Cadzow, Chaplain; William Kelley, Marshall;and Charles Wamelen, Tiler. A luncheon will follow.Christmas in Colonial Times – Back in the early 1700’s when the United States was the Colonies, the settlers inWilliamsberg, Capitol of Colonial Virginia, celebrated Christmas with the customs they had brought fromEngland. There was no Santa Claus (a Dutch tradition), no Christmas trees (A German tradition), no Nativitycrèche (an Italian tradition), and no “chimney stockings” (an American adaption). Christmas in ColonialWilliamsburg was primarily a holy day, but the event was not solemn. Churches and homes were decoratedwith greens, while candles burned in all the windows to welcome carolers. There was public celebration, too.Musicians played a special concerts, and fireworks and cannons were exploded to heighten the generalmerriment. Feasting, of the groaning board variety, was in order with dishes of roasted fowl and hare, marrowpudding, ham, oysters, sausage, shellfish, often capped by whole roast boar on a platter. Some gifts were given

then as part of the Christmas celebration, but not nearly on the present day scale. Today in Williamsburg avisitor can turn back the calendar two centuries and celebrate Christmas much as the Colonists did. The oldcapitol has been restored as closely as possible to its pre-Revolutionary appearance, and at Christmas time manyof the old customs are carried out. Most familiar to twentieth century Americans would be caroling and burningof the traditional Yule log.Senior Citizens Entertain At Children’s Home (pictured) – The River Rouge Senior Citizens entertainedchildren at the D. J. Healy Home last Thursday, December 2. The children were treated to dinner, and eachpresented a gift. Although each youngster was allowed to eat his fill of “sloppy joes”, potato chips, pickles anddecorated cup cakes, there were no reports of illness caused by over-eating. Senior Citizens who worked on theprogram are pictured above (from left) Mrs. Barbara Sutton, Elwood Roszell, Irene Charron, Mrs. Pearl Durant,Mrs. Ursula Balgetz, Mrs. Elwood Roszell, Mrs. Marie Hamel, Mrs. Martha Kreger, Mrs. Clara Montie, Mrs.Mabel Shriver, Mrs. Harry Golden, Mrs. Barbra Norris, Mrs. Anna DeMars, Mrs. August Schrieber, Mrs.Mathilda Stead and Mrs. Mary Walsh. In front, talking to the child is Mrs. John Dioszegi. Harold Trudeau, nopictured, was very helpful. The Department of Public Works is to be thanked for furnishing trucks to transportthe food to the party.The Bear Facts – By: Anne Bayer & Kathie McEwan – Friday, December 3, the Bears lost to St. Patrick’s 50 to57. The team played a good game however, with fortitude and strong play up to the last minute. We areconfident they will be victorious when playing St. Francis Cabrini tomorrow at home court. Wednesday wasthe Feast of the Immaculate Conception; therefore it was a holy day of obligation. We attend Mass on this dayto show our love and respect for our Blessed Mother in Heaven. The Seniors are having daily yearbookmeetings with their advisor Mr. Steffan. Things are really progressing and the L’Espirit will soon be on sale.Monday the seniors attended a general class meeting with Father Sullivan, to decide whether or not they shouldhave a New Year’s Dance. The outcome of this meeting is still unknown. If school is starting to grind on yournerves, do not despair. The holy, happy Christmas season is only sixteen days distant!Rouge High Hi-Lites – By: Toni Kamoutsis & Gary Doig – Rouge High Seniors received picture proofsThursday, December 2. They were able to order pictures on Tuesday, December 7. Some senior girls took theBetty Crocker Test Tuesday, December 7. This is a national contest sponsored by Betty Crocker to the nation’stop teenage homemakers. The Debate Team traveled to Mt. Clemons High School Tuesday, December 7. Theteam lost to Lakeshore High last week. The seniors are having their annual candy sale, selling Sander’s Candyfor $1.00. The Vigilante Sales ended Friday, December 3. The quota of 500 copies was met and the year bookwill be out sometime in May. A combined concert of the Rouge High Band and the Girls Glee Club will bepresented on Thursday evening, December 16, at the High School auditorium. This year’s theme is “Aroundthe World at Christmas Time”. Admission is 50 cents, tickets can be purchased from any member or at thedoor. The Panthers played Fordson High School Tuesday, December 7, at the home court. They will playHamtramck away Friday, December 10, opened Twin Valley Conference competition.Twenty Years Ago Twenty-two young people of River Rouge High School were awarded unit credit cards Wednesdayshowing they had completed the pre-employment course in retail training for store jobs conducted byJesse McGregor, head of the High School Commercial Dept.Acting Chief Charles Miller was named Ecorse Chief of Police Monday by the newly appointed SafetyCommission. He has been acting Chief since the retirement of George A. Moore, early last summer.The River Rouge Women’s Club set their date for an annual pot-luck dinner for December 19. Mr. JohnOsborn and Mrs. Mac E. Carr will be music chairman and hostesses will be Mrs. Herman Goldnitz andMrs. Louis Burean, Jr.A surprise birthday party was given for Noah Cazabon of 87 E. James, Sunday evening. 35 friends andrelatives attended and enjoyed an evening of games and cards and a buffet luncheon.Members of the Secret Friends Club met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Hazel Novak of ForestSt. Mrs. Anna Post was hostess.

Thirty three new members were accepted into the Daughters of Isabella Wednesday evening in OurLady of Lourdes school hall.Three oil paintings of Dr. Arthur Payette, Ecorse dentist of 58 W. Westfield, were shown in the sixthAnnual Exhibition of the Acanthus Art Club, which was held November 29 and 30 at the EcorsePresbyterian church.Acquisition of the Warner Boat Livery property on the Detroit River front by Great Lakes Steel Corp.has left 152 small craft owners without facilities for putting up their boats for the winter.Dr. Ernest E. Belanger, recently retired from service in the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant, has beenselected as State Physician of Catholic War Veterans, Inc. The appointment was made at a recent stateconvention of the organization in Detroit.St. Anne’s Rosary Altar Society of St. Francis Xavier Church, Ecorse, will hold their annual ChickenDinner Sunday, December 9. The dinner will be served family style. Members of the dinner committeeare Mrs. Mary Weber, Mrs. Grace Maurice and Mrs. Anna Bondie.Of Interest to Women1. In an October wedding Nancy Jayne Zervos and Patrick John Little exchanged bows in Our Lady ofLourdes Catholic Church. Msgr. Glemet officiated at the ceremony. Parents of the couple are Mr. &Mrs. A. George Zervos of 69 Forest and Mr. & Mrs. John A. Little of 49 ½ W. Cicotte, all of River Rouge.The couple are graduates of Our Lady of Lourdes High School and both attended Wayne StateUniversity.2. John Dioszegi of 430 Genesee, River Rouge has returned home from a stay at Grace Hospital where heunderwent surgery. He would like to thank all the friends who sent cards, flowers and gifts for theirthoughtfulness.3. Mr. & Mrs. Willard Vallie of 92 Batavia, River Rouge celebrated their 50 th Wedding AnniversarySaturday, November 20 th by repeating their marriage vows at Our Lady of Lourdes Church before Msgr.Emmanuel J. Glemet. The Vallie’s have ten children and 22 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.One of their granddaughters and a niece are nuns, they are Sister Ann Joseph of Ashland, Kentucky andSister Mary Leah of New Mexico.4. Mrs. Johanna Beeler observed her 92 nd birthday, December 3 at a family celebration held in her honor.The party was at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. William Hand at 216 Summit,where Mrs. Beeler makes her home. Another daughter and son-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. Edward Sucharskiof 224 Summit along with grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren gathered together to honor Mrs.Beeler. A special birthday cake featuring one large candle in the center was the centerpiece for thetable.5. Mr. & Mrs. David P. Beaudrie of 17 Cora, River Rouge, are the proud parents of a son, Leonard Steven,born December 4 at Wyandotte General Hospital. He weighed 8 lbs. 12 oz’s. Grandparents are Mr. &Mrs. Leonard S. Kalomay of 17 Cora and Mr. & Mrs. George W. Beaudrie of 69 E. Pleasant. Greatgrandmothersare Mrs. Martha Engle of 17 ½ Cora and Mrs. E. Kalomay of 1527 Oak, Wyandotte.6. A son was born to Mr. & Mrs. George Hoot of 162 Charles St., River Rouge, December 5 at WyandotteGeneral Hospital.Wyandotte St. Patrick Jolts Lourdes, 57 – 50 – It’s beginning to look like a rough year for Coach Ed Blair andhis Lourdes High cagers. The Bears dropped their second straight game, bowing to Wyandotte St. Patrick, 57 to50, Friday night at the River Rouge gym before a small crowd. The win was the second straight for St. Pat’s in

West Side First Division play and the second straight loss for Lourdes. Early Season predictions has Visitationand St. Patrick battling it out for West Side laurels this year and it looks like the experts are going to be rightthis time. St. Patrick has a big strong front line and should be able to stay in the title picture all the way. Whilethe Irish handled Lourdes Friday night, they will have to improve their shooting and ball handling to beatVisitation. A bad first half put Lourdes too far behind, and the Bears just couldn’t close the gap despite agallant rally in the final half. Right now it appears that Lourdes will not make the Catholic League playoffs thisyear. Hampered by injuries, the Bears lack sufficient board strength to stay with the big clubs, and it looks likethere are several rangy teams on the West Side this year. Lourdes will win its share of games, but with twodefeats already on the record it will take a long winning streak to put them back into title contention. Lourdesjumped out to an early 5 – 1 lead Friday night but St. Patrick rallied to knot the count at 9 – 9 at the end of theperiod. Ron Bodrie and Robert Watson had four points each for the Bears in the first period while Paul Georgetopped the Irish, also with four points. St. Pat’s really went to town in the second period, controlling the boardsand rolling to a 30 – 17 margin at the half. The Irish played volleyball around the backboards throughout thesecond quarter, getting four and five shots at a time against the smaller Bear defenders. Paul George scorednine points and Tom Jones eight to spark the Irish. Lourdes managed only three baskets in the quarter, withmistakes killing the Bears. Lourdes stormed back in the third period, outscoring the Irish by a 22 – 12 count tocut the lead to three points. Chuck Patterson led the way for the Bears with seven points, with Chuck Trzcinskiand Ronnie Bodrie adding six each for the Lourdes quintet. Paul George continued his fine efforts for the Irishwith seven points. The game stayed close throughout the early minutes of the final period but Lourdes couldn’tclose the gap. Chuck Trzcinski scored six points to keep the Bears in contention but Tom Jones had six to keepSt. Pat’s in front. Lourdes trailed by 53 – 50, with two minutes left but Jerry Keast dropped two free throws toclinch the verdict for the Irish. Paul George led all scorers with 22 points, with Tom Jones tallying 19 andDennis Side bottom 10 for the Wyandotte Five. Chuck Patterson paced the Bears with 14 points while ChuckTrzcinski had 12 and Ron Bodrie 11 for Lourdes. Lourdes will be shooting for their first West Side FirstDivision win Friday night when they host Allen Park St. Francis Cabrini at the River Rouge gym at 8:15pm.The Cabrini quintet is 1-1 so far in league play. The Reserve teams clash in the preliminary game at 6:45pm.Christmas Tournament Pairings Set – Pairings for the Seventh Annual River Rouge Christmas BasketballTournament was announced Tuesday by veteran River Rouge Athletic Director Frank “Buck” Weeber. Thetournament, one of the best of its kind in this area, will start on Monday, December 27 and continue for threedays. The River Rouge Panthers are the defending Christmas Tournament Champs, having won the tourney forthe past six straight years. Things could be different this year, however, since neighboring rival Ecorse is givena good chance of taking top laurels from the Panthers. The same teams which played last year are back for thetourney, including Taylor Center, Lutheran West, Lincoln Park, Thurston, Monroe, Northville, Ecorse and thehost school River Rouge. Pairings promise plenty of action each night for local cage fans and good crowdsshould turn out for the four game cards. The draw has placed three of the meet’s top teams in the bottom half sothat the lower half should produce plenty of thrills. River Rouge, Lincoln Park and Ecorse are all in the bottombracket, so competition should be terrific. As usual, varsity games will be played at 5:00pm, 6:30, 8:00 and9:30 each night. Pairings for Monday, December 27 find Taylor center and Thurston clashing in the 5:00o’clock opener, with Monroe & Northville meeting at 6:30pm. Feature game of the first night pits Ecorse andLincoln Park at 8:00pm, with River Rouge taking on Lutheran West at 9:30pm. The Reserve teams from thevarious schools will also have a tournament, starting at 10am each day. This meet always produces some greatgames, and will find River Rouge and Ecorse battling for the Championship trophy. First round pairings for theReserve tourney find Taylor Center and Lutheran West meeting at 10:00am, with Lincoln Park and Thurstonclashing at 11:30am. River Rouge and Monroe square off at 1:00pm, with Ecorse and Northville winding upthings at 2:30pm.Our Men in the armed Service Seaman Recruit Robert A. Rugg, USN, son of Mrs. Shirley A. Rugg of 131 Walnut, River Rouge, isundergoing seven weeks of Navy basic military training at the Naval Training Center, San Diego, Calif.In the first week of his naval service, he will study military subjects and live and work under conditionssimilar to those he will encounter on his first ship or at his first shore station.

Lee E. Laginess, USN, son of Mrs. Rose M. Laginess of 194 Richter, River Rouge is participating in theProject Gemini GT 7/6T6 mission as a crew member aboard the anti-submarine warfare supportaircraft USS Wasp, primary recover vessel for the project. Wasp, home ported in Boston, Mass., is aGemini veteran. She retrieved the astronauts and space capsule in GT4, and was on station inreadiness for the GTA6 launch, which was “scrubbed”. During liftoff, the Wasp will occupy a positionon the Atlantic ground track of the spacecraft. After the critical phase of orbital insertion, she willstream to a position in the primary landing ellipse. When the GT7/6T6 mission is completed, Wasp willreturn to her normal duties as a part of the Atlantic Fleet’s anti-submarine warfare force.ADS1. Field’s D & D Food Mart – 10859 W. Jefferson, RR – Entry blank included – Win Free $249.50 Model532 Sewing Machine Automatic Zig-Zag, 1966 model. Fill out coupon – bring into store – Nothing tobuy – Need not be present to win. * Wesson oil, 16 oz. – 29 cents. * Agar’s Lean sliced York BaconHickory smoked 69 cents – l-lb pkg. * Chicken legs 49 cents lb. * Chicken breasts 57 cents – lb. *Michigan potatoes – 10lb. bag 49 cents. * Sunshine Hydrox cookies 1lb pkg. 45 cents.2. Robelle Shops – 10517 W. Jefferson, RR. Treasure Chest of Bargains for Christmas. * White, black,beige – sizes 34 – 44 – Beautiful fur trimmed sweaters, the ideal Christmas gift. * Gift gloves from$1.25 a pair.3. Trent T.V. – 11006 W. Jefferson, RR - * For best selection of T.V., Stereo – AM/FM and transistorradios. * Radio’s from $4.95 on up. * U.H.F./V/H.F. T.V. from $92.00 on up. * Color TV from$369.95 on up. We sell the best and service the rest.4. Regal Jewelers – 10490 W. Jefferson, corner of Henry. * Buy her that diamond ring from $39.95 up.Also a ring for the Man in your life (unheard of low price. Brilliant diamond! Handsome 14 K Goldsetting). * Complete line of transistor radios $14.95 up. * Complete line of Costume Jewelry $2.00up. (We have Key for the Treasurer Chest).5. Allan’s Jewelry Co. – 10529 W. Jefferson, RR. * 10 transistor personal portable by Elgin only $17.95.6. Firestone – 10613 W. Jefferson, RR. * Philco – instant sound, solid state, high fidelity, portablephonograph $49.95. * Sun Sunbeam Vista can opener $15.94. * SUN Sunbeam Vista toaster$22.94. * Tappan – Top of range features decorative and functional lustersplash to protect kitchenwalls from grease $118.88. * Tappan 67-piece Dinnerware Promotion convertible – portable –Reversa – Jet Dishwasher. Yours with no extra cost now with the new Tappan Reversa-Jet Dishwasher– Free 67 –piece Dinnerware lovely 22 karat gold floral design and edge compare $39.95. * Timex –fine assortment of Timex watches now on hand $6.95 up.7. Kresge’s – West Jefferson at Coolidge Highway - * Fantastic sweater special $5.99. * Gay giftaprons – some with Christmas designs – percales – nylon. Perfect for last minute gifts. Buy several atthis low, low price $1.19. * Guaranteed to Sing, Canaries $5.33 while supplies last with this coupon.* Infants’ stretch sleepers $1.57 while supply lasts with this coupon. * Ladies’ shirtwaist dresses 2for $5.00 while supply lasts with this coupon. *8. Louis Wolfe & Son – 10400 W. Jefferson Ave., RR. - * Welgrume long sleeve sweaters 100% wool v-neck burgundy, olive, brown, sizes S to XL $4.88. * Hush Puppies (breathen’ brushed pigskin casualshoes by Wolverine). Giving you the Keys to a Treasure Chest of Bargains for Christmas: TreasureChest located in River Rouge at: Trent TV; Gill Men’s Wear; Firestone; Roebelle; Labadie Drug; Allan

Jewelry; Regal Jewelry; D & D Foodmart; Wolfe’s; Trent T.V.. In Ecorse – Downriver Hardware;Lovelands; Ecorse Department Store; Seavitte Drugs; Simko Market.DECEMBER 16, 196559 Win Prizes in Treasure Chest Promotion – The Treasure Chest of Bargains – Christmas promotion issurpassing all expectations! For proof, ask any of the 53 persons who have won to date. Although just a fewshopping days remain before Christmas, participating merchants, receiving new merchandise daily, are able toplease even the most discriminating shopper, and at a price that makes Mr. & Mrs. Shopper happy to shop-athome.The advertisements which appear in this edition of the Herald-Advertiser justify patronizing yourhometown merchant. On Tuesday, December 14, Mrs. Paul Dunmire who lives at 25448 Rouge River Dr.,Dearborn Hgts., but works in River Rouge, was pleasantly surprised when her key proved to be one of thosewhich opened the Treasure chest. Mrs. Dunmire was one of the lucky $50 winners. This week’s winnersinclude Mrs. Gary Cook of 84 Elm, RR; Rozella Boatright of 1213 Coolidge, RR; Mary Kay Turek of 144 Pine,RR; Pat Foley of 10537 W. Jefferson, RR; F. E. Anmis of 15815 Champaign, A.P.; and James C. Hogue of3454 17 th St., Wyandotte; Corbett Baker of 126 Batavia, RR; Elbert Ward Jr. of 516 Lenoir, RR; Mrs. WilmaWarren of 132 E. Pleasant, RR; Rickey Lewis of 184 Division, RR; Mrs. Paul Dunmire; Cindi Clary of 28 W.Pleasant, RR; Rosie Stennett, 16 E. Alexis, Ecorse; Bernice Thibeault of 42 E. Alexis, Ecorse; Mrs. DavidErwin of 422 High St., Ecorse; Betty Van Court of 70 Forest, RR; Wallace Barkman of 4186 W. Jefferson,Ecorse; Cindy Collins of 4419 19 th , Ecorse; Katherine Pearson of 178 White, Ecorse; and Thomas Weston of3894 10 th Ecorse. The names of more winners will appear in the next edition of the Herald-Advertiser onDecember 21.Knights Plan Yule Parties – The annual Knights of Columbus Christmas party for children of the council will beheld Sunday, December 19 at 2pm in the clubhouse rooms. To make the party complete Santa is expected topay a visit. As in the past, children are invited to bring a gift to the party. The gifts the children bring will begiven to needy children to help make their Christmas a littler happier. PUPPET SHOW: Along with a visitfrom Santa, a puppet show will be present entitled “Puppets on Parade”, consisting of 20 characters with speciallights and sound. This is a 45 minute show and has played throughout the country. FETE WIVES – Also onthe holiday schedule for local Knights is a Christmas party for the wives of members which will be heldTuesday, December 21, following the regular business meeting. Everyone attending is requested to bring aninexpensive gift which will be used when Santa conducts a gift exchange.Mihaiu Call Independence – River Rouge Municipal Judge George Mihaiu had a visitor this past Sunday, theRev. Tom Brown, Pastor of the Epworth Methodist Church. Rev. Brown was interested in Judge Mihaiu’s“ham” radio outfit. During the visit, Judge Mihaiu contacted the U.S.S. Independence, and the Rev. Brownenjoyed a lengthy conversation with the ship’s chaplain, a Methodist, who hails from Illinois. At the time ofcontact the Independence was in the Bermuda area.Most Astronauts Former Boys Scouts – Astronaut James A. Lovell, co-pilot of the Gemini 7 Spacecraft is thefirst former Eagle Scout among the astronaut team to “soar” into orbit. Beginning his scouting as a cub scout in1938, Cmdr. Lovell achieved Scouting’s highest rank of Eagle Scout as a member of Troop 60 in Milwaukee,Wisc. In 1943. This was followed by the Bronze Palm Award in 1944 and the Gold Palm Award in 1945 whenhe was Junior Assistant Scoutmaster. Lovell was also a member of the Order of the Arrow, the Scout honorcamping society and of Alpha Phi Omega, National Service Fraternity of Former Scouts and Leaders. Lovell’steammate on the GT-7, Frank Borman, was a Scout in Tucson, Arizonia. Both pilots of the Gemini 6 were alsoScouts. Walter A. Schirra, Jr. was a First Class Scout in Troop 10, Oradell, N.J. Astronaut Thomas P. Staffordwas a cub scout for three years then a boy’s scout for four years, achieving the rank of Star Scout in Troop 355,Weatherford, Oklahoma. Of the first 30 astronauts named, 27 have scouting backgrounds. Those reaching theEagle Rank besides Lovell are Neil A. Armstrong, Roger B. Chaffee, Don F. Eisele, and Elliott M. See, Jr. Incommenting on his scouting, Astronaut Lovell said, “I owe much of my present career to the training I had as aBoy Scout. It was through scouting that I first learned self-reliance leadership, and the many fine attributes thatScouting has to offer”.Fireproof the Yule Trees – There seems to be no easy, foolproof method of absolutely fireproofing the homeChristmas tree. Several preparations are available, and many methods have been tried, but no one process

seems to answer the total need. A freshly cut, green fresh tree, standing in the cooler part of the home, left ondisplay for only a few days, and treated with some degree of caution seems the best solution to the problem. AllChristmas tree holders should hold a good supply of water, and these holders need to be refilled daily. Regularwax candles should never be used on the tree, and electrical strings of lights should be in good repair. The treeshould not stand in front of a heat register, and should not be near the fireplace. The tree should be removed assoon as it begins to appear dry. Extreme caution must be used if the dismantled tree is burned in the fireplace.Dried tree boughs are extremely combustible, and flare with intense, immediate heat. Home fires fromChristmas trees are rather rare, but still too common. Good sense and caution can prevent this holiday tragedy.Twenty Years Ago The biggest volume of Christmas mail on record is anticipated during the next 10 days bySuperintendent Edward Mouchet of the River Rouge Branch of the Post Office.Christmas decorations are virtually out in any public place as the result of a state law, Fire Chief JosephBenoit warns. All kinds of decorations that may be inflammable are affected and the law is verystringent.Goodell Street, River Rouge will be the scene of considerable home building early next year it waspredicted by Albert W. Belkey, of 106 Maple, who appeared before the City Council Tuesday night.The national housing shortage for returning veterans looms as the foremost national disgrace.Everywhere discharged servicemen and women are finding it almost impossible to find any place tolive. This is a greater problem than finding employment.An organization of Wayne County Sportsmen was effected Monday night at a dinner meeting in the R& G Steak & Chop House in River Rouge, attended by more than half a hundred hunters and fishermen.Steps were taken to incorporate as a non-profit organization.Miss Mary McEwan, RN, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Charles McEwan of 72 Batavia, River Rouge, left forLos Angeles December 5 to take a position of nursing at one of the hospitals there.Farm notes: The average farmer is financially able to spend $1,000 on building improvements duringthe next 10 years, according to E. L. Anthony, Dean of Agriculture of Michigan State College. Americanfarm families have more money than ever before.Of Interest To Women Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Payne of 125 Haltiner, River Rouge announce the birth of a daughter, Kelly Lena,December 4 at Riverside Hospital. A daughter, Cathy Jo, was born to Mr. & Mrs. Chester Shell of 210 Byron, River Rouge on December 4at Riverside Hospital.Tina Marie arrived December 6 at Riverside Hospital to Mr. & Mrs. Walter Wyatt of 28 W. Anchor,River Rouge.Mr. & Mrs. James B. Prodan of 173 Charles, River Rouge announced the birth of a daughter, December8 at Wyandotte General Hospital.WBA Review #70 of River Rouge will have their annual Christmas Party for all the twins Sunday,December 12. Twenty-five sets of twins were greeted by Santa who had gifts for all. They weretreated to a puppet show and refreshments.Lourdes Cagers Rout Cabrini Quintet, 94 – 71 – Lourdes Bears hit the comeback trail Friday night at the RiverRouge High School gym when they walloped Allen Park St. Francis Cabrini, 94 to 71, for their first West SideFirst Division basketball victory of the season. The triumph evened Lourdes’ overall record at 2 – 1 for theyear, with Cabrini having the same mark. This week the Bears will have a chance to move up in the standings,

as they have two games slated, but both are on the road so it might be a difficult assignment for coach EdBlair’s youngsters. Friday night Lourdes goes to Dearborn for a game with Dearborn St. Alphonsus andTuesday the Bears battle Wyandotte Mt. Carmel at Lincoln Junior High in Wyandotte. Friday night tip off timeis 8:15pm, with the Tuesday contest slated for 8pm. The Bears finally got their offense rolling against CabriniFriday night. Despite playing without veteran guard Robert Watson, who is sidelined with a wrist injury, theLourdes quintet started fast and rolled to an easy victory. Chuck Trzcinski and Tom Jones sparked the Bears inthe opening period as Lourdes managed an 18 – 14 lead. Trzcinski fired home 10 points and Tom Jonesnotched six for the Bears. Tony Vescie was high for the Monarchs with six points. The second period was awide open affair, with Lourdes outscoring Cabrini, 23 – 20, to stay on top. Chuck Patterson joined Tom Jonesto give Lourdes a lift, with both boys getting with points each. Dennis Lytle and Rich Oldakowski scored sixpoints apiece to keep St. Francis in contentions. Lourdes really rolled in the third quarter, breaking from their41 – 34 halftime edge to a comfortable 70 – 52 lead. Chuck Patterson flipped in 11 points to lead the Bearassault, with Chuck Trzcinski netting seven points. Dennis Lytle was a one man show for Cabrini, scoring 12points in the third period. Chuck Patterson and Ron Bodrie tallied six points each in the final session to keepthe Bears comfortable in front. Gordon Bowdell was high for the Monarchs, also scoring six points. Four boyshit double figures for Lourdes, with Chuck Patterson the high man with 25 points. Chuck Trzcinski was next inline with 21 points, with Tom Jones getting 19 and Jim Kirkendoll 12 for the Bears. Dennis Lytle took gamescoring honors, hitting 26 points for the Monarchs, with Rich Oldakowski getting 19 and Tony Vescie 10 forCabrini. Lourdes enjoyed a fine night for the free throw line, hitting on 20 of 26 tosses for 78 percent.Rouge Jolts Defending TVC Champs, 64 – 56 – This year’s edition of the River Rouge High School basketballteam doesn’t have the size, strength or bench of the past five River Rouge Panther clubs, but so far nobody canquibble with the results obtained by Coach Lofton Greene’s youngsters. The Panthers opened their 1965-66campaign with a pair of impressive triumphs, this week, clipping Dearborn Fordson, 65 to 42, Tuesday night,and then topping off a great week by nipping defending Twin Valley Conference Champion Hamtramck, 64 to56, in overtime Friday night. The Panthers were expected to handle Fordson in the second opener, but fewexperts gave Rouge a chance against Hamtramck Friday night. The Rouge youngsters, sparked by Frank Priceand Benny Benford, played a sound game against the Cosmos to produce the first big upset of the young TVCseason. Fordson had two games under its belt when it took on the Panthers in Rouge’s first game, but it didn’thelp the Tractors. Rouge went to the front early in the game and coasted home as Coach Lofton Greene clearedthe bench in the last period. The Tractors got the game’s first basket when Jim Dunn scored on a break, but thiswas the only Fordson goal of the first period as Rouge jumped in front, 15 to 5. Benny Benford, Art Hudsonand Loren Pittman scored two baskets each to spark the Panther attack. The Panthers increased their lead to 26– 16 at halftime, with Art Hudson getting five points and Frank Price four. Guy Delguidice kept Fordsonrespectable with eight points. Rouge poured home 24 points in the third stanza to clinch things. Henry Sheltonhad eight points and Ben Benford six as the Panthers pulled away from the Tractors. Darrell Saulsberry’s threebaskets in the final session helped the Panthers retain their lead. Frank Price led the Rouge scoring with 14points and was one of four Panthers in double figures. Art Hudson and Henry Shelton scored 13 each and BenBenford had 12 for Rouge, with Loren Pittman netting eight points. Guy Delguidice tossed in 22 points for theTractors. Rouge made 28 of 73 from the floor, 38 percent and had 12 of 20 from the free throw line. Fordsonwas 18 of 50 from the floor and 6 of 10 from the charity line. Hamtramck figured to give the Panthers all kindsof trouble with their big front line and good back court combination Friday night, but Coach John Radwanski’screw didn’t play up to expectations. The Cosmos gave Rouge the short jump shot most of the night, expectingto grab the rebounds and start a fast break, only to see Frank Price and Benny Benford hit consistently from theoutside to keep the Cosmos in the hole. The Cosmos grabbed an early 7 – 3 lead by Rouge stormed back to takea 14 – 9 lead at the end of the period, as Frank Price and Benny Benford scored five points each. Jim Smith hadfive points for Hamtramck but missed three free throws in the opening session. Benny Benford’s fine outsideshooting kept Rouge rolling in the second stanza. Benford fired home 11 points as the Panthers boomed to a 35– 25 halftime bulge. Frank Price added six points for Rouge while 6’7” Rudy Tomjanovich led the Cosmoswith six points. Despite losing Frank Price because of fouls for much of the third period, the Panthers stayed ontop. Loren Pittman netted three baskets for Rouge as they took a 44 – 36 lead into the final period. Foulsstarted to hurt Rouge in the final quarter, with most of the Rouge regulars saddled with four personals, makingit easy for Hamtramck to get in close for good shots without too much opposition. The Cosmos finally tied the

count at 50 – 50 on Ike Blessitt’s driving lay-up with two minutes left. Mel Guyton twice put the Cosmos infront in the closing seconds with short shots, but Frank Price came right back to score twice for the Panthers andforce the overtime session. Regulation time ended with the score tied at 54 – 54. Jim Smith hit a shot forHamtramck in the opening seconds of the extra period, but then Rouge took over. Frank Price hit a jumper toknot the count at 56 – 56. Benny Benford dropped two free throws to put Rouge in front. Henry Shelton drovein for a lay-up after taking a long pass from Price to make it 60 – 56. Price then converted four straight freethrows in the final 32 seconds for Rouge’s final eight point margin. Frank Price fired home 25 points to sparkRouge, with Benny Benford adding 20 and Loren Pittman 10 for the Panthers. Rudy Tomjanovich scored 20points for the Cosmos, with Jim Smith getting 11. Rouge made 25 of 73 from the floor for 34 percent anddropped 14 of 25 free throws. Hamtramck actually lost the game at the free throw lines, as the Cosmos madeonly eight of 27 from the line on their home court. This week Rouge has two games on tap. Friday night thePanthers host Romulus in a Twin Valley Conference game at 8pm at the Rouge gym. Romulus is unbeaten inthree games so far this year and should be tough for the Rouge quintet. Wednesday Rouge travels to LivoniaBentley for a non-league encounter, also at 8pm. Bentley is also unbeaten at this writing so it should be aninteresting week for the Panthers.The Bear Facts – By: Anne Bayer & Kathie McEwan – On Friday, December 11, the high school wasprivileged to welcome Fr. Harrington, a Maryknoll Missionary, to come and speak to them on his experiences inhis mission in Guatemala. Father returned to the states in August. Last week seemed to be the week for guestspeakers, for the senior class on Tuesday, December 9, was once more honored to listen to Fr. Geary. Fr. Gearytalked to the seniors on life and what people are like. Starting this Thursday, December 16, the seniors andjuniors will be going to school for only half days till the Christmas vacation begins. The reason for this is thatmany seniors and juniors work during the Christmas season. Last Friday, December 10, the Lourdes Bearsplayed the most terrific game of the season. Our opponent St. Francis Cabrini fell to a 94 to 71 victory. ThisFriday game will be played at St. Alphonsus. The Freshmen class has chosen their officers and the followingare their choices: President – Joseph Haunert; Vice President – Patty Nadzam; Treasurer – Larry Schultz; andSecretary – Mary Rugg.Rouge High Hi-Lites – By: Toni Kamoutsis & Gary Doig – John Dingell, United States Congressman visitedRouge High on Friday, December 10. The Congressman spoke to the senior class on today’s issues. TheRouge High basketball team defeated Hamtramck in a thrilling overtime game Friday. The score was 64 to 56.They defeated Dearborn Fordson, 68 to 42 at their opening game on December 7. The Panthers will playRomulus at the home court tomorrow, Friday, December 17. A combined band and girl glee club concert willbe given tonight at 8:00pm in the auditorium. The theme is “Around the World at Christmas Time”. Ticketscan be purchased at the door for 50 cents. The National Honor Society will decorate the Christmas treetomorrow afternoon. The tree will stand in front of the auditorium. The senior candy sale is still in progress.The candy can be purchased from any senior for $1.00.Our Men in the Armed Service Marine Private Donald J. Chester, son of Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Chester of 36 W. James, River Rouge wasgraduating from Marine recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California.During his eight weeks of intensive recruit training under veteran noncommissioned officer drillinstructors, he learned small arms marksmanship, bayonet fighting, and methods of self-protection, aswell as receiving instruction in military drill, history and traditions of the Marine Corps., and otheracademic subjects. He has been assigned to Camp Pendleton, California for four weeks of individualcombat training and four weeks of basic specialist training in his military occupational field.DECEMBER 21, 1965Rouge Choir Slates TV Appearance – River Rouge High School Girls’ Glee Club will appear on television onDecember 23. Mr. Melvin Wasserman’s group will sing on Ed McKenzie’s “After Hours” show, a showbeginning at 1am in the Thursday day’s schedule of programs. The appearance for many girls will be thehighlight of a busy Christmas program. Many girls have never appeared on TV before. “For many girls this

will be the highlight of their entire schooling” said Mr. Korn, High School Principal. Mr. Mac Carr, MusicDepartment Chairman remarked that the girls will be wearing the new choral robe.Treasure Chest Promotion Nears Successful End – One of the most successful and rewarding sales promotionever staged in the River Rouge – Ecorse area is nearing completion. When the last certificate is drawn today,the contest will officially end. However, gift certificate winners have until January 1 to redeem them. Nearly$600 in gift certificates has been found by those lucky persons whose keys unlocked the TREASURE CHEST.The luckiest winner to date is Mrs. Paul Dunmire of 25448 Rouge River Dr., Dearborn Hgts., who won a $50cash certificate. At press time (noon Monday) there were still several gift certificates in both the River Rougeand Ecorse Chests, including another one redeemable for $50 in cash. If you haven’t patronized yourparticipating merchants, there is still time for you to try your luck! David Lee, 12339 Catalpa, Southgate;Dorothy Hurst, 67 Broadway, Ecorse; Dora Leulros, 35 Bell, Ecorse; Celia Kenney, 4419 9 th , Ecorse; InezTrotter, 3998 18 th , Ecorse; Merle Spohn, 29829 Tamerack, Flat Rock; Louise Shockley, 35 E. Charlotte, Ecorse;Mamie Mahan, 38 W. Westfield, Ecorse; Ruby Cosgro, 10 Marie, Ecorse; Mrs. Nelson, 26 Bonzano, Ecorse;Luther Henderson, 4058 High, Ecorse; Margaret Ballew, 149 W. Josephine, Ecorse; George Wolaski, 345822 nd , Wyandotte; Rose Stennett, 16 E. Alexis, Ecorse; Allen Kenney, 4419 9 th , Ecorse; Helen Bramhill, 43 E.Henry, River Rouge; Gladys Shearer, 1005 Kings Hwy., L.P.; Dan Ouellette, 36 Myrtle, River Rouge; HerbWerer, 74 Pine, River Rouge; Gloria Smith, 11324 W. Jefferson, River Rouge; Victor Mullins, 14670 Felbrath,Taylor; Daniel Degg, 444 High, Ecorse; Margaret Petri, 33 E. Woodward, Ecorse; Lillian Betz, 56 Leroy, RiverRouge; Marge Logan, 8085 Sorrento, Detroit; Anna Copja, 19 Linda, River Rouge; Earl Sims, 1273 Grant, L.P.;Bill Ponder, 230 Goodell, River Rouge; Gary Cook, 84 Elm, River Rouge; Rozella Boatright, 1213 Coolidge,River Rouge; Mary Kay Turek, 144 Pine, River Rouge; Pat Foley, 10537 W. Jefferson, River Rouge; F. E.Anmis, 15815 Champaign, A.P.; James Hogue, 3454 17 th St., Wyandotte; Corbett Baker, 126 Batavia, RiverRouge; Elbert Ward Jr., 516 Lenoir, River Rouge; Wilma Warren, 132 E. Pleasant, River Rouge; Rickey Lewis,184 Division, River Rouge; Paul Dunmire, 25448 Rouge River Dr., Dearborn Hgts; Cindi Clary, 28 W.Pleasant, River Rouge; Rosie Stennett, 16 E. Alexis, Ecorse; Bernice Thibeault, 42 E. Alexis, Ecorse; DavidErwin, 4227 High, Ecorse; Betty Van Court, 70 Forest, River Rouge; Wallace Barkman, 4168 W. Jefferson,Ecorse; Cindy Collins, 4419 19 th Ecorse; Katherine Pearson, 178 White, Ecorse; Thomas Weston, 3894 10 thEcorse; James Sartini, 17090 Raupp Rd., Melvindale; Beth Trondle, 4346 5 th , Ecorse; Donna Blevens, 40 W.Cicotte, River Rouge; Larry Lewis, 34 Cicotte, River Rouge; Lucile Gorman, 407 High, Ecorse; EverettBelcher, 26 Stoner, River Rouge; Tootsie Yake, 1140 ½ Coolidge, River Rouge; Gary Humphrey, 163 Dwight,River Rouge; Everette, 32 ½ E. Charlotte, Ecorse; Anna Stenko, 336 Goodell, River Rouge; Diane Polly, 37 ½E. Anchor, River Rouge; Dora Trombley, 354 Burke, River Rouge; James Cousin, 25 Linden, River Rouge; C.J. Roberts, 292 Haltiner, River Rouge; Debra Bates, 4228 W. Jefferson, Ecorse; Henry Smith, 3929 9 th , Ecorse;Spencer James, 3195 Geybrairs, Detroit; Mary Ann Roy, 76 W. Woodward, Ecorse; Robert Schiender, 11 E.Josephine, Ecorse; Dorothy Small, 3999 14 th , Ecorse.Squires Hold Tribute Dinner – The Columbian Squires held an Anniversary Dinner on December 11 at theKnights of Columbus Hall. Honored as “Squires of the Year”, were Thomas Bruner, past chief squire andDavid Smith, present chief squire. They both received plaques. The award was made by Grand Knight J. DaleSchultz. A welcoming speech and a brief history of Sir Lancelot Circle 1781 was presented by Chief CounselorWalter Dzwigalski. District Deputy Theodore Butkin Archdiocesan Co-Chairman, Jack Roebuck and MiltonHolmes each spoke briefly and extended congratulations to the group for having completed a successful firstyear. Special guests were parents of the Squires.Rouge High Hi-Lites – By: Toni Kamoutsis & Gary Doig – Christmas vacation will begin on Thursday at3:30pm. Classes will resume January 3. The Rouge High Girls’ Glee Club will be on television on Thursdayschedule of programs, December 23 at 1:00am. They will be seen on the Ed Mckenzie “After Hours Show” onchannel 7. The Seventh Annual River Rouge Christmas Tournament will begin Monday, December 27. Taylorwill play Thurston at 5:00pm. Monroe will play Northville at 6:30pm. Lincoln Park will play Ecorse at 8:00and River Rouge will play Lutheran West at 9:30. Tickets can be purchased at the door. They are 25 cents forthe Reserve games and $1.00 for the Varsity games. A special student ticket can be purchased at the AthleticOffice for $1.00. This admits you to all the Varsity games. The Rho-ers, a girl’s club, conducted a charitydrive this week. They collected can food, sold hot dogs during lunch time Tuesday and sponsored a noon danceWednesday. The Girl’s Glee Club and Orchestra will give a Christmas Concert for the Student Body second

and third hours Thursday. The Wrestling Team defeated Wayne 35 – 13 on December 16 and also defeatedHighland Park 58 – 0 on December 14. The Panthers defeated Romulus last Friday, December 17, 72 – 47.Their next game is in the Christmas Tournament. They will play Lutheran West. The following students wereon the honor roll for the second marking period. Grade 8-A – Jackie Price; Mike Bellestri; Kenneth Breezee;Saundra Douglas; Chris Doulos, Carilla Hall*; Doriscine McGhee; Martha Sands; George Richardson;Jacqueline Smith; Susan M. Anderson; Karan Gay; Annette Smith; Paula Fox; Connie Bunch; Donna Clark;Thelma Cutshall; Jesus Martinez; Stephanie A. Messer*. Grade 9A – George Mihaiu; Tony Presutti; Jack M.Clair; Deborah Anderson; Denise Bellfi; Claudia Chester; Lillian Budza; Pamela Ross; Carol Somerton;Gwendolyn Dawson; Nancy Greene; Deborah Lane*; William Chirillo; Marvin Turner; Gloria Sands; JamesAlbright*; and Judith Cock. Grade 10A – Charlotte Rogalski; Janis Brown; Gerald Chrin; Mitchell Doig*;Estella Ridgell. Grade 11A – Terry Vericker; Vallorie Saulsberry; Helen Sorrell; and Jerry Hubert. Grade12A – Barbara Bates; Gary Doig; Patricia Price*; Rickey L. Reynolds; Laurel Rodden; Beverly Butson; BarbaraKrueger; Linda Misorski; Lloyd Schramm; Anthony Stallworth; Marion Collins; David Israel; Carol Johnson;Dorothy Tucker; and Timothy Crawford. * denotes all – A’sSeniors Hold Gala Party – On Wednesday, December 15 the River Rouge Senior Citizens held a gala Christmasparty. Garlands, wreath, and a gaily decorated tree enhanced the room. The tables were decorated with tall redand green tapers set in Styrofoam, and a small red candle decorated individual place settings. All decorationswere made by senior citizens. The Rev. Tom Brown was the principle speaker and his topic was “I Love ThisPeople”. Entertainment was furnished by the River Rouge High School Girls’ Glee Club and Patrick Shearer.The group sang Christmas carols led by Mrs. Barbara Sutton, accompanied by Mrs. Mabel Shriver at the piano.While the last carol was being sung, each person held a candle and the lights were dimmed. Followingbenediction, offered by the Rev. Brown, the group enjoyed dancing. Special guests at the party wereCommissioner and Mrs. Harry Golden (Mr. Golden was Toastmaster), Commissioner and Mrs. Orlando Rinna,Mrs. Tom Brown, Joseph Fowler of Kansas, the Rev. Sydney Byrne, and Melvin Wasserman, who directs theRiver Rouge High School Glee Club. The group is reminded that there will be no social gatherings tomorrowor Thursday, December 22 & 23. Afternoon parties will resume December 29.Letters From Boys & Girls to Santa - *** Dear Santa Claws; I am 8 years old and I am going to tell you whatI want. I want a big Gartar and Johnny Eagle Red River, and I want the Gilber Kin Lab Set, Put the names ofyour reindeers here ________________ and I wish you a Merry Christmas Santa Claws. With Love Kirk KirkGirrbach, 1128 Coolidge, RR. *** Dear Santa, I am 6 years old, I love you very much. For Christmas Iwould like a Duffy Daredevil and some G.I. Joe equipment. I’ve been a good boy all year. I’ll have somecookies and warm milk for you and your reindeers when you come: Mark Pruneau, 76 Hill, RR. *** DearSanta: I want a James Bond attaché suitcase. I hope you are feeling well from your making of toys all year.Dennis Peer, 32 Linden, RR. *** Dear Santa: I want levis for Christmas I hope you have a very very MerryMerry Christmas – from your friend Gail Adolfo. *** To Santa from Alen – Dear Santa I want a big car anda small gas engine mustang and a can of cass witch it to. The end. *** Dear Santa I am righting this letter formy brother Douglas. My brother wants a blue truck and a teddy bear. He is 3 years old and his name isDouglas Peer. *** Dear Santa Claus, we moved into a house all by ourselves and my mother is really happy.I have a bedroom with my little brother. I would like some skipper clothes for my doll and a bewitched book.My daddy still would like a new top coat. Please remember Santa we’re not at the old house, we’re at 43Stoner. Lenora Della Pella, age 9. *** Dear Santa Claus – My name is Shirley Krueger. I want Baby Boo,Ruthie easy bake oven, stroller, talkin telephone, Barbie and clothes plus her suitcase, musical T.V. If I amgood will I get them. Your friend, Shirley Ann Krueger.Dearborn ‘5’ Deal Bears Third Loss – There will be no basketball championship at Lourdes high this year. TheBears, who had hoped to make the Catholic League playoffs despite two early season losses, saw their hopes godown the drain Friday night when Dearborn St. Alphonsus tripped them, 57 to 50 at the Arrow gym. Thevictory keeps St. Al’s deadlocked for second place in the West Side First Division race with St. Patrick andDearborn Sacred Heart, each club with a 3 – 1 record. Lourdes now stands 1 – 3 in league action, and it willtake a major miracle to project the Bears back into the title picture. Coach Ed Blair’s youngsters will get theirfirst chance on the long road tonight (Tuesday) when they journey to Wyandotte to meet Mt. Carmel at LincolnJunior high at 8:00pm. A victory is a must or the Bears can forget anything but a second division finish on theWest Side this year. A lousy fourth period cost the Bears against St. Alphonsus Friday night. The game was

deadlocked at 42 – 42 going into the final quarter, but then Lourdes fell apart, making numerous errors to helpSt. Al’s pile up their victory margin. The Bears made only two baskets in the final period. St. Alphonsusmanaged a 15 – 14 lead at the end of the first period, as the game was close throughout. Chuck Trzcinski nettedthree baskets to spark the Bears, while Bob Van Oast had six points for the Arrows, Lourdes used a pressingdefense in the second period to put pressure on St. Al’s and it paid off, with the Bears moving out to a six-pointlead. The Dearborn quintet bounced back in the late going, however, and trailed by only three points at theintermission, 29 –to 26. Chuck Trzcinski continued to sparkle for Lourdes, scoring nine points. St. Al’smanaged to tie the count midway through the third period and the game seesawed back and forth the rest of thequarter. Chuck Patterson scored five points for Lourdes as the game was tied at 42 – 42 at the end of threeperiods. Frank Mitchell poured home nine points in the final quarter as St. Alphonsus surged to victory.Lourdes was plagued by mistakes, with ball handling errors killing the Bears. Chuck Trzcinski managed onlytwo baskets for Lourdes in the period. Chuck Trzcinski was the top point maker for the Bears with 20 points,with Chuck Patterson getting 12. Frank Mitchell led St. Alphonsus with 17 points followed by Tom Baluk with10.Rouge Rips Romulus To Grab TVC Lead – All the experts predicted that the Twin Valley Conferencebasketball chase would be a wide open affair this year, and so far they can’t be faulted. With just two weeks ofthe schedule completed, the River Rouge Panthers are alone atop the TVC Standings, with a 2 – 0 record aftertheir easy 72 – 48 triumph over Romulus Friday night at the Rouge gym. The Panthers moved a game in frontof the pack Friday with an assist from Hamtramck as the defending champions tripped Willow Run, 78 to 68, tohand the flyers their first loss of the campaign. Rouge downed Hamtramck in overtime last week, so theCosmos and Willow Run are tied for second, each having a 1 – 1 league mark. Ecorse and Romulus haveidentical 0 – 1 records so far. Rouge now has a 3 – 0 record for the season and will face another rough foetomorrow night (Wednesday) when the Panthers travel to LivoniaBentley for a non-league tussle at 8pm. Bentley is unbeaten so far this year, so it should be quite a battle. ThePanthers did not play good ball Friday night, making numerous bad passes and failing to rebound much, butthey still had too much balance for Romulus. Rouge found Romulus’ zone defense an easy mark with somegood outside shooting, especially by 5’7” senior guard Benny Benford, who poured home 25 points. The gamewas lopsided from the opening minutes, as Rouge jumped into a commanding lead early. Henry Shelton scoredeight points and Frank Price seven in the first quarter, as the Panthers shot into a 24 – 7 lead. Romulus playedbetter ball in the second stanza, but still the Rouge forces moved ahead, enjoying a 36 – 18 halftime lead.Deadly shooting by Benny Benford led the Rouge surge, as the husky guard scored 10 points. Mike Woodsnotched seven points to keep Romulus in the running. Rouge clicked for 20 points in the third quarter to sew upthe game. Benny Benford led the way with six points, with Loren Pittman netting five. Greg Johnson was topgun for Romulus with five points. Coach Loften Greene substituted freely in the final period after the Pantherstook a 56 – 30 lead into the last quarter. Ben Benford had six points before retiring to spark the Panthers whileGreg Johnson fired home nine for the Eagles. Benny Benford led the scoring with 25 points, with three otherRouge performers in double figures. Henry Shelton scored 13, with Frank Price and Loren Pittman getting 11points each. Greg Johnson had 17 points to lead the Eagles, with Mike Woods scoring 13 more.Twenty Years Ago – By: Joyce Frank More than 80 children were guests of members of the River Rouge Kiwanis Club at a dinner at St.Hilda’s Church Tuesday night. The children’s ages ranged in age from 2 to 8. Each received a gift froma Kiwanis member in addition to fruit and candy.A V.F.W. Post is being organized at Ecorse. Prime members are Charles Heide and Ben Mason. Sometwo dozen servicemen who have served on foreign soil in Wars I & II have signed the application for aCharter. According to Arthur Greig, Sr., Commander, Department of Michigan, V.F.W., the number ofthe post to be assigned Ecorse will be in the high 4000’s.For the first time in nearly a decade, the River Rouge business section has Christmas decorations. Asthe result of a resolution introduced into the City Council by Commissioner Stanley Behta, the body

voted to decorate lamp posts. Evergreen ropes and other decorations are used on each post togetherwith a large star. The city hall has its usual decorations.A marked increase in volume of Christmas cards has been noted this year at the River Rouge Post officebranch. The movement of mail is now nearing its peak as far as outgoing mail is concerned, whileincoming mail will reach its greatest column by Friday or Saturday. Superintendent Edward Mouchetestimated that on Tuesday, a week before Christmas, River Rouge Post Office had handled as great avolume of Christmas cards as during the entire Christmas season last year. The sale of 1 ¼ cent stampshas been the heaviest on record.The Ecorse Women’s Club was entertained at the Lincoln Park home of Mrs. Lee Hileman Tuesdaynight. The spirit of Christmas was evident in the decorations with lighted candles adding to theattractiveness of the scheme. A piano duet by Mrs. Ray Meade and Mrs. Arthur Payette was a featureof the program. Christmas Carols were sung by a trio, Donna Pittman, Ardis Lesmer and Agnes Addis.DECEMBER 28, 1965HAPPY NEW YEAR – This & That From the Passing Year (pictures) - * JANUARY – BREAK GROUND– Ground breaking rates for the Marblehead Lime Co. were held last Tuesday. Present for the occasion were(left) Charles Prather, Administrative Assistant, River Rouge; Gerald Laginess, Treasurer, City of River Rouge;George B. Catlin, Director of Area Development, Detroit Edison Co.; George Carmody, Manager of SteelSales, Marblehead Lime Co.; Maurice J. O’Brien, Vice-President Marblehead Lime Co.; Martin Corley, ProjectEngineer; Mayor Donald R. Nettlow; Roy Berger, City Clerk, City of River Rouge; C. C. Adams, OperationsVice-President, Marblehead Lime Co.; Commission John F. McEwan, City of River Rouge; Perry Price of theRiver Rouge Safety Commission; Police Chief Jacob Wilhite, City of River Rouge; Fire Chief Thomas Moore,City of River Rouge; and Superintendent of Public Works Felix Sokolowski. * APRIL – Anti-PovertyConference – The River Rouge Council Chambers was a scene of a conference on the Administration’s WarAgainst Poverty. City officials from the entire 16 th Congressional District were present to hear the Director ofthe Economic Opportunity Act, R. Sargeant Shriver, describe the many facets of the legislation. (shown inpicture) are: Congressman John D. Dingell, R. Sargeant Shriver, River Rouge Commissioner Clarence Sabbath,Mayor Donald R. Nettlow and City Clerk Roy A. Berger. * APRIL – Blizzard of ’65 – Above left photo wastaken during the snow storm of last Thursday, showing traffic at nearly a standstill while motorists attempt todig their stalled and parked cars. Typical of many disgusted motorists, the second photo shows a commonscene throughout Michigan. The above photo was taken on Friday after D.P.W. crews pushed the snow intolarge piles which were removed between rush hours and at night. Only two lanes of traffic were open due tostalled and abandoned vehicles. On extreme right photo can be seen Herald-Advertiser Publisher L. M.Shackelford and Officer Manager Lillian Osborn as they attempt to deliver the newspaper to local businessplaces. In the background city equipment is working overtime to clear snow after one of the greatest Michigansnowstorms since 1929. * MAY – Demolition Begins – The demolition of buildings located within the urbanrenewal area are now in the process of being demolished, as shown in the above picture. The first to fall beforethe wrecking crew is a building located at 595 Frazier. The President of the Arrow Wrecking Co., Louis M.Sarko, is pictured left and Housing Director William Duncan is shown right. * JULY – Ground BreakingCeremonies – Metropolitan Assembly of God in Ecorse and the Cavalry Church of Dearborn, recently mergedbroke ground this past Sunday for the construction of a new building. The new edifice will be built onTelegraph & Amhurst one block off Van Born Rd. The Ecorse Church has an average of 230. The Rev. Jack E.Carrier is Pastor and the Rev. John Wibley is Assistant Pastor. The new building will be of an extremelymodern design and will have ten 12-foot stained glass windows. Construction is slated to begin in two weeks.* OCTOBER – Artist’s sketch of new simulated Early American supermarket to be erected for A & P FoodStores at Jefferson & Tecumseh in Ecorse. The modern building will replace the company’s present site at4074 W. Jefferson. Not shown in the artists’ sketch above, the shopping area will afford several other spacesfor a drug store and other types of retailers. * DECEMBER – The Randy Royals Committee are shownpresenting a check to Mrs. Randy Royals and 3 sons at the Beechwood Community Center (left to right first

ow: Mickey Booker; Wilbert Reddick; Rev. J. W. McCrary; Russell Royals (son); Randolph Royals, Jr. (son);Robin Royal (small son); Mrs. Randolph Royals; Kenneth Booker (presenting check); Mayor Nettlow; Mrs.Phyllis Royals (sister-in-law); Ecorse Councilman Dennis Smith; Martin Washington. 2 nd row – EdwardHughes; Jesse Cook; Lawrence Royals; William Holmes; James Taylor; Ecorse Councilman Rosco Bobo;Dehart Childress; Kermit Booker.Care To Dance – So they said it couldn’t be done! But ask any teenager who wants something bad enough if itcan be done, and they’ll say, “Yes”! “Even when it comes to cleaning an unused basement the size of abowling alley. A large bowling alley, that is! Our Lady of Lourdes seniors, longing for their annual NewYear’s Eve Snowball Dance, with no place to hold it this year, have transformed the church basement into adreamland. The boys and girls, to quote them, “found that they were “stronger than dirt”, to paraphrase aparaphrase. A whole senior class, several adult advisors, nuns and priests, spent a week of back breaking soulsearinglabor to accomplish this feat. Walls were scraped, and painted with two coats of fresh paint, windowswere washed, and washed again, and the floor took a beating by scrubbers, mops and brushes. For the pastyears, the seniors have been using the school basement for their annual dance, but this year the old floor gaveup. Undaunted, the seniors asked for the church basement. No one can remember when it’s been used last.The years had added layers of dust. The walls were peeling from the paint applied years ago. To adults theproject seemed impossible. But anyone with a teenager knows how enthused they can get about something youdon’t want to tackle. Anyway, there were more teens than adults and they talked louder and faster. Before youcould say “Snowball Dance”, they had talked to Wally Bodrie, Dad’s Club President. Mr. Bodrie had talked toMarino Papolas, a painting contractor, and magically 50 gallons of paint appear with all the equipment neededto apply it. The teens were in business! They would like to thank Mr. Papolas, for without his generousdonation, they would have been a mournful group. Their thanks also goes to Mr. Bodrie, Frank Bialczyk andPaul Bonkoski for supervising the monumental task. The dance will be held New Year’s Eve from 9 until12:30am. Stereophonic Dance Music with the latest and best dance records will provide the music. Admissionis $2.50 and all teens are invited to this semi-formal event. (I wonder how many prayers were sent up therebefore this show got on the road?) Good luck kids. And bless you for proving that our teens are a good groupof kids.Rouge Police Host Visitor From Guam – Member of the River Rouge Police Department played host to adistinguished police visitor last week who was nearly 6,000 miles away from his police agency. The visitor wasFrancisco T. Aguigui, a Detective Sergeant with the police division of the Department of Public Safety on theisland of Guam. Sgt. Aguigui, who quickly learned the nickname of “Frank”, spent two days touring the RiverRouge Police Department and the Court System and freely expressed his amazement at the “hustle” and“bustle” of big city life. His visit to River Rouge was the first time the 29-year-old Detective Sergeant has beenin the United States. He makes his home with his mother in a six room house overlooking the blue waters ofthe Pacific Ocean on the southern tip of Guam. He has been a member of the Agana, Guam Police Departmentfor about five years. Sgt. Aguigui flew from Guam to San Francisco and then to Amarillo, Texas where hespent a few days visiting with his sister. He then came to River Rouge where he is visiting another sister, Mrs.Charles Hambley of 82 Chestnut. He will return to Guam the first of the week. Said Sgt. Aguigui, “I am verymuch impressed with my first visit to the United States. I am especially amazed with all the automobiles andsuper highways I have been around Detroit. Also, the people of River Rouge are very lucky to have a such abeautiful Civic Center to accommodate all their governmental offices. We do not have anything as impressiveon Guam”. Members of the Police Department took Sgt. Aguigui on a tour of the Civic Center and then tookhim to the City-County Building where he saw the Wayne County Circuit Court in action. He personally metmembers of the Wayne County Prosecutors office and also presiding Circuit Court Judge Murphy. He was theguest at a luncheon attended by police and prosecutor’s representatives. The following day, the sergeant visitedRiver Rouge Municipal Court where he was Judge George Mihaui’s guest at a luncheon and he also met MayorDonald R. Nettlow who presented him with official photographs from the city of River Rouge. “I amoverwhelmed by the hospitality and all the kindness paid to me”, said Sgt. Aguigui, “I shall always rememberthe people of River Rouge”.Of Interest To Women

1. Mr. & Mrs. George Cobb of 4455 Burton, Detroit announced the engagement of their daughter Dianeto Frank A. Shelton, son of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Shelton, Sr., of 15 Elizabeth, River Rouge. Diane is agraduate of Chadsey High School, Detroit and Frank graduated from River Rouge High School. A Junewedding is planned. Frank will enter the Air Force in January.2. A daughter, Lealita Marshele was born to Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bland of 29 E. Pleasant, River Rouge atRiverside Hospital, December 8.3. Mr. & Mrs. John Mandernach of 83 Stoner, River Rouge announced the birth of a son John Joseph bornat Riverside Hospital, December 8.4. Mr. & Mrs. Howard Jones of 16 E. James announced the birth December 8 of a daughter Sharon Kayborn at Riverside Hospital.5. A daughter, Terri Lynn, was born December 9 at Riverside Hospital to Mr. & Mrs. John Barnes of 86Batavia, River Rouge.6. Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Johnson of 53 Oak St., River Rouge announced the birth of a son, December 19 atWayne General Hospital.Bears Back on Beam with 76 – 49 Victory – The Lourdes High School basketball team underwent surgery thispast week, with Coach Ed Blair cutting three players from the squad, and first results were very satisfactory tothe hard working Bear mentor. With a new lineup, Lourdes went out and blasted Wyandotte Mt. Carmel, 76 to49, Tuesday night at Lincoln Junior High for their second win in five West Side First Division contests.Overall, the Bears are now 3 – 3 for the year. Certainly Mt. Carmel is no power this year, but the Bears didhandle the Comets with ease Tuesday, making it look like Coach Ed Blair’s shakeup had produced the desiredresults. Blair had been disappointed with his club, especially the lack of team play in tight situations, and hopesthat his new lineup will be more effective. The Bears, who haven’t used much zone tactics in Blair’s tenure atLourdes, surprised Mt. Carmel Tuesday with a zone press and a zone defense, with both moves very effectiveagainst the Comets. The first period was close, with Chuck Patterson sparking the Bears to a 16 – 13 lead byscoring eight points. Lourdes got moving a bit in the second quarter, grabbing a 31 – 23 halftime edge. LankyTom Jones was the top scorer for the Bears with six points. The third period was all Lourdes. The Bears ranwild, pouring home 23 points to put the game out of reach. The comets couldn’t solve the Bear press and hadall kinds of trouble, with Lourdes jumping out to a 54 – 39 bulge. Chuck Trzcinski and Jim Kirkendoll scoredeight points each in the Lourdes surge, with Tom Jones adding five more. The Bears continued to roll in thefinal session, scoring 22 points. Chuck Patterson and Chuck Trzcinski scored six points each and Tom Jonesadded five, as the Lourdes’ quintet coasted home an easy winner. Tom Jones took game scoring honors for theBears with 20 points, with Chuck Patterson getting 19 and Chuck Trzcinski 18. Jim Kirkendoll also aided thebear attack with 14 points. Dick Bielski paced Mt. Carmel with 12 points. Lourdes returned to West Sideaction next Tuesday night, January 4, when they host Dearborn Sacred Heart at the Rouge High gym at 8pm.The Reserve tilt will proceed at 6:30pm.Frank Price Brilliant In Final Period Rally – The River Rouge Panthers staged a great rally in the final fourminutes of play to trip Livonia Bentley, 77 to 72, Wednesday night at the Bulldog gym in a non-leagueencounter. The triumph was the fourth straight for the Panthers, while Bentley suffered its first loss after fourstraight victories. Another masterful performance by Frank Price, the Panthers’ All-State Veteran keyed theRouge victory. Price was especially brilliant in the final four minutes, when he poured home 10 points to keepthe Panthers in the game. Price finished up with 31 points, with 14 of them coming in the final quarter. It wasanother typical Rouge game for this year – with plenty of anxious moments before the Panthers pull out thevictory. Rouge lacks a solid bench this year and it hurts every time the games are close. Both Frank Price andBenny Benford sat out part of the second period because of fouls and Rouge’s 10-point lead soon dwindled tothree points by the intermission. Rouge roared back to build another 10-point spread in the third quarter butthen Bentley came alive and swept ahead with a torrid spree. This set the stage for Frank Price’s heroics in thefinal minutes. Just about all the experts realize that Rouge will have a rough time against tough foes this year,with Frank Price the key to all of the Panthers hopes. Should Rouge lose Price for any length of time, they will

e in trouble. The Panthers jumped out to a 22 – 15 lead in the first period as Frank Price scored eight points.Art Hudson added seven and Loren Pittman five to enable the Panthers to build a nice lead. Fred Matevia washigh for the Bulldogs with six points. Rouge went up by 10 points midway through the second quarter, but thenfouls started to hurt the Panthers and Bentley came back to cut the margin to 38 – 35 at halftime. BennyBenford, Art Hudson and Darrell Saulsberry had four points each for the Rouge quintet, while Fred Matevia ledthe Bentley surge with 10 points. The third period was a wild one. Rouge went up by ten points again early,only to see Bentley come back strong, outscoring the Panthers at one stage, 14 – 2, to grab a 57 – 54 lead. FredMetevia tossed home six points to pace Bentley while Frank Price kept Rouge close with seven points. Bentleystayed on top through the early minutes of the final session, and enjoyed a 67 – 61 edge at one time. TheBulldogs tried to control the ball during the final four minutes but couldn’t’ do it against the Rouge press.Baskets by Frank Price and Henry Shelton whittled the Bentley lead to 67 – 65, but Fred Matevia hit from theside to make it 69 – 65. Frank Price took over at this point with a great individual display. Price fired homethree quick baskets to push Rouge in front, 71 – 70, as Jim Elsner dropped a free throw for the Bulldogs. Pricethen found Loren Pittman loose under the basket for a crucial basket and that was the bail game. Price droppedtwo free throws in the final seconds to clinch things for the Panthers. Besides the 31-point effort by FrankPrice, the Panthers got good scoring support from Art Hudson (13) and Henry Shelton (11). Benny Benford andLoren Pittman added nine points each for the winners. Fred Matevia paced Bentley with 28 points and GaryFaulkes netting 13 and Jim Elsner 12. Rouge made 27 of 65 shots from the floor for 42 percent and had a finenight at the charity line with 23 of 29, for 79 percent. Bentley made 29 of 66 from the court for 44 percent, butconverted only 14 of 22 from the line. The Panthers are now battling for their seventh straight ChristmasTournament Crown. They will play two non-league tilts next week, meeting Jackson St. John on Friday night,January 7, in Jackson, and Melvindale at the Rouge gym on Saturday night.Twenty Years Ago Although reports on the total volume of Christmas mail handled were not available yesterday, all firstclass mail was being delivered as fast as received. The storm of Tuesday night held up the receipt oflate mail, particularly as many trains were very late.When nearly double the anticipated attendance at the Msgr. Champion Council, Knights of ColumbusChildren’s party Sunday crowded into the Lourdes auditorium officials got busy providing sufficientgifts. 200 gifts had been prepared but 400 children appeared.A volume of business at least equal to the Christmas season last year was reported by River RougeMerchants yesterday. Bare shelves in nearly all dry goods stores are in evidence today. “Inventorywon’t be any problem this year”, said one merchant. Dealers said they could have sold hundreds morecigarette lighters if they had been available. Appliance dealers found the demand far in advance ofanything that could be supplied.Although the rain on Christmas day spoiled the skating temporarily, River Rouge youngsters again areusing city rinks. Rinks have been provided at the Recreation field on Great Lakes, Cicotte Field andBeechwood Community Center.Approximately 800 persons helped to make the River Rouge Kiwanis club’s 11 th Annual Feather Party ahugh success Saturday night. Proceeds will go into the underprivileged children’s fund of the Rougeclub.The leading project in extensive post-war plans of the River Rouge Board of Education set up to meetthe needs of the times as well as changing conditions in the school district, is the proposed new tradeand vocational school. The Trade School is designed to meet the widely recognized need for moretechnical and mechanical training. River Rouge, in the heart of industry, is conceded the logical placefor a well equipped school of this kind.

Returning veterans who need ration books can obtain applications from John R. Osborn, Counselor inthe Office of Veteran’s Affairs, Municipal Annex Building. Mr. Osborn also would be glad to havelandlords contact him who have places for rent.Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Greig, of 116 Elm, entertained Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Schroer and family of Pleasant St. fordinner on Christmas day. Their nieces, Mary Margaret and Thelma Emily Schroer, who were recentlydischarged from the Marine Corps., Women’s Auxiliary, were there also.Men in the Armed Service David L. Ridgell, 20, son of Mr. & Mrs. Nathan L. Ridgell, 524 Polk, River Rouge, was commissioned anArmy Second Lieutenant after graduating from the Officer Candidate School at the Artillery and MissileCenter, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, December 17. The 23-week course, designed to prepare the men forofficer duties in field artillery units, included training in communications, map and aerial-photoreading, electronics and combined arms tactics. Leadership preparation was also a major part of thecurriculum. Lt. Ridgell entered the Army in January 1963. The lieutenant is a 1962 graduate of RiverRouge High School.Dunn School News – The presentation of “The Trouble with Christmas” was given Thursday at Dunn School.The play’s theme evolved around how a community, “River Rouge”, revived the Christmas spirit after theholiday has almost been eliminated. Sixth grader Robert Burns played the lead role of Mayor. He is the son ofMr. & Mrs. Gerald Burns of 49 E. Pleasant St. As Chairman of the Christmas program, James Duffy wasassisted by Mrs. Esther Bush, Mrs. Helen Sahulka, Musical director, Mrs. Mary Kay Wheatley, and GlennWilbur. The cast of the play is as follows: Ladies Committee: Beth Bowdler, Bernadine Farmer, DonnaVaughn, Sandra Whitfield. Housewives: Judy Cooksey, Elaine Prokurat, Linda Roth, Brenda Sibley.Councilmen: Ronnie Burrell, Wayne Crouse, Tom Hoffman, Steve Johnson, Paul Joinville, Bill Lindsey.Constable: Jimmy Cloud. Adult Members of Community: Dorsey Anderson, Janice Mullins, Linda Voss.Children of Community: Jeanette Clark, Robert Clark. Mother – Susie Richardson. Father: Ronnie Fore.Aunts: Sheila Estill, Susan Bodrie. Uncles: Joey Peterson, Robert Warren. Children: Lisa Prokurat, CarolRice, Josephine Brown, Timmy Bowder, Franklin Ziegler. Neighbors: Phillip Yee, Michael Prichett, GaryRice, Sylvia Banoski, Mary Ann Pattenaude, Gwen Van Conneyte. Singers: Cynthia Daniels, Debbie Oldt.Housewives Chorus: Cathy Erickson, Charlotte Metcalf, Rebecca Wilson. Inter-Planetary Group: EstherSinka, Karen Gross, Sharon Sexsmith, Vickie Tackett, Cathy Darroll, Theresa Booth, Richard Hoffman, DannyKeener, Rodney Doig, Kimsey Witt, David Woodard, Harold Farris. Chorus Members: Sandra Worley, PattieClary, Rosie Metcalf, Debbie Buchanan, Cheryl Humphrey, Cindy Wilson, Linda Rathbone, Billie Taylor,Bruce Follbaum, Debbie Follbaum, Judy Tackett, Linda Treadway, Lucille Kreuger, Bonita Witt, KarenSexsmith, Pattie Balogh, Rex Johnson, Doris Farris, Betty McGhee, Patricia Johnson, Debra Dillow, SteveWilliams, and other cast members. Program Chairman Mrs. Leo C. Blazok and hostesses are Mrs. Jack Hunter,as Chairman, with Mrs. Robert Caldwell, Mrs. Roger Garvelink, Mrs. Robert Jackson and Mrs. Crane Kendrickassisting.JANUARY 7, 19701 st Baby of 1970 – Winner of the Herald-Advertiser Newspapers First Baby of 1970 Contest is Mr. & Mrs.Alfred Jordan, who lives with Mrs. Jordan’s mother, Mrs. Idell Walton, 374 Beechwood, River Rouge. Theirdaughter was born January 4 at 11:26am at Wayne County General Hosp[ital and weighed seven pounds andeight ounces. The Jordan’s have named their daughter, Alfreda Donita. Rules of the contest were that to beeligible for the prizes offered by the Ecorse – River Rouge Merchants participants must have contacted ouroffice by 5:00pm, January 5. The winner was the first child born in 1970 of those who contacted us. Prizesoffered include: A five dollar Savings Account from River Rouge Savings Bank; A case of Pet milk from theRouge Public Market; a $10 purchase from S. S. Kresge; a Johnson’s Baby Needs Tray from Lovelands

Pharmacy; a five dollar Savings Account from Security Bank & Trust; cigars from Seavitts Rexall Drugs; A giftfrom Boutique Fashions.Schattler Appointed Chief of Police in River Rouge – Raymond Schattler, the Chief of Detectives of the RiverRouge Police Department for the past five years, was appointed Chief of Police to succeed Loren Pittman, whenhe officially becomes Wayne County Undersheriff. Schattler, now the Chief-Designate, was appointed by threeto two vote of the Public Safety Commission Friday night. He will succeed Chief Pittman who will becomeUndersheriff in several weeks. Chief Pittman will be Chief until he departs. Schattler will be acting chief butwill become chief when Pittman leaves. Following the announcement last week of Pittman’s appointment,many observers narrowed successor to Pittman to two members – Deputy Police Chief Edward Watt and Chiefof Detective’s Schattler. Deputy Chief Watt expressed disappointment at not being appointed, but said hewould continue to serve the community as Deputy Police Chief. Schattler, 43, is married and has 4 children.He has been on the police force for 20 years and is the first officer in the history of the department to receive aCollege degree. He is also the first officer in the history of the department to take Fingerprinting Evidence intoCourt. He is first Vice President of the International Association for Identification, Member InternationalAssociation of Chief of Police, member Wayne County Detective Association, member of the Rules ofCommittee of the Wayne County Criminal Intelligence Service. He is Past President of the River RougeMunicipal Credit Union, and has been a member for five years of the Human Relations commission. Schattleris a member and past chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Police and Fire Pension System. He is also amember of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. A graduate of Our Lady of Lourdes High School, Schattler receiveda Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the Detroit Institute of Technology in 1951. He has receivedcertificates for Criminal Identification from the Institute of Applied Science, Chicago, Municipal PoliceAdministration certificate from the Institute of Training in Municipal Administration at the University ofChicago, a Field Command Officers Training certificate from the Michigan Law Enforcement Officers TrainingCouncil, and an Arson Investigation certificate from the University of Michigan. He took a MunicipalGovernment Course at the University of Detroit and plans to begin study for a Master’s degree in PublicAdministration at Wayne State University this spring. Schattler organized the first Identification Bureau andPhoto Lab and reorganized and established new complaint reporting system, Criminal identification and recordsystem. He received a meritorious service citation for high achievement in law enforcement from OfficialDetective Magazine and a letter of commendation from Prosecutor Cahalan for the successful solution andprosecution of a kidnap murder case with occurred in 1967. He also authored a paper – Fingerprints Requiredon Checks – which was published in the International Association of Identification Journal in 1958. Schattlerserved two years in the Army Air Corps as a Weather Observer during World War II. He has been married forthe past 22 years to the former Pat Nykiel and they have four children – Paul, Mrs. David (Kathleen) Price,Susan and Eric. Neil Rice, Chairman of the Public Safety Commission made the following statement: “Inconsidering the position of Chief of Police we took into account seniority, experience and education. Themajority of the Commission felt that Inspector Schattler by far had the most experience in all phases of policework”. “His background of nine years in the uniform division and 11 years in the Detective Bureau, the lastfive as commanding officer, and I might add in that capacity he received local and national recognition foroutstanding work, qualified him experience-wise.” Chief Pittman at a Tuesday night’s City County meetingthat he was honored by his appointment as Undersheriff. However, he added that he will not be joining theSheriff’s office for several weeks. “I’m proud to be a citizen of River Rouge. I do not intend to leave myposition until I am legally qualified to leave. I’ll do my job as long as I am here”.Edward Watt to Continue as Deputy Police Chief – Deputy Police Chief Edward N. Watt will continue to servethe citizens of River Rouge “as I have done faithfully for the past 23 years. Deputy Chief Watt joined thePolice Department in 1946 and was promoted to Sergeant in 1958 when he wrote the top score in thedepartment for his Lieutenancy. He was promoted to Deputy Police Chief in 1965. Watt has been active inboth local and state level police work having the honor of serving on the Governor’s Crime Commission in thedrafting of the Uniform Traffic Citation which is presently used by all law enforcement agencies in the state.He also was appointed and holds a letter of commendation from Louis Rome, Director of the MichiganCommission on Crime, for his contribution in the designing of the Uniform Arrest citation. On the local levelhe has assisted other departments on oral boards for both hiring of police personnel and promotions. Heactively served with the Downriver Mutual Aid Pact before it was known as such. He is a Charter Member of

the Wayne County Lieutenants and Sergeants Association, Metro Club of American, International Associationof Chiefs of Police, Southeastern Association of Chief of Police, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2222, RiverRouge Masonic Lodge 511, F & AM. Watt is presently chairman of the Downriver Safety & TrafficAssociation representing 16 communities and a quarter million people. He directed the removal of angleparking in River Rouge on West Jefferson, which continued through neighboring cities. The TrafficAssociation looks with pride to this project and the reduction of accidents in these areas. The Deputy isDirector of Police Activities for the River Rouge Goodfellows and Rouge Days Activities. He is Vice Presidentof the River Rouge Kiwanis Club and is President-Elect for 1970. He has also attended Police-oriented schoolsat the University of Michigan, Oakland and Los Angeles Police Departments. As Deputy Chief he is chiefly thepersonnel officer for the department and is second in command. His duties consist of managing the threeplatoons, assigning men and equipment, processing new personnel and supervision of the school crossingguards. Watt, 46, moved to River Rouge during his teens and graduated from River Rouge High School. Heserved with the Marines during World War II, serving 28 months overseas and saw action at Tarawa andOkinawa. He is still active with the Second Marine Division Association. He and his wife, Stefanie, areparents of two sons, Paul 20, a junior at Northern Michigan University and Dennis 16, a junior at Rouge HighSchool.Axe the Max (picture) – The AXE the MAX crusade perpetuated by WJR Disc Jockey Jimmy Launce was metwith mixed emotions in River Rouge this week during the zero type weather. As Jimmy sez, the maxi-coatcovers up a multitude of “shins” but only if the pretty Misses are trying to hide something. It’s quite obvious, inthis case, that the maxi is doing nothing more than keeping the girl’s legs warm (pictured here are JanetSamons, 13; Donna Estes, 15 and her sister Diana, 14). Janet said she “liked ‘em, but wouldn’t be caught deadin one”. Score one for Jimmy’s campaign. Donna asserted she was “darn glad she was wearing one”, andDiana assured this reporter that she liked them … on other people. But, anyway, two out of three isn’t bad, ehJimmy?”Legal Services, City to Discuss Moving - *** The Wayne County Surburban Neighborhood Legal Services,which is using rent-free quarters in the basement of the River Rouge Civic Center, has been asked to tell the cityof River Rouge when they intend to move from the basement. A resolution to that effect was approved by theCity Council at Tuesday night’s meeting. The Legal Services, an office of Economic Opportunity program, wasrequested about three months ago to find quarters and move from the basement. Commissioner John Clarksuggested that the basement area could be used for children’s recreation programs. All Councilman approvedthe resolution except Commissioner Hezekiah McDonald. Other items which were discussed at the meetingincluded. *** Mayor McEwan said he is preparing a report about the Drug Abuse problem and soon will beappointing a Coordinating Committee to work on the problem. *** Commissioner John Clark suggested thatimmediate action be taken to replace lights which are not operating in the Coolidge and viaduct area. He alsoasked that citizens, the School Board and others in the community give their full cooperation to the city’s attackon drug abuse. He also said the Department of Public Works did a good job during last week’s snowfall. ***Commissioner William Donathan offered a resolution that the City Council be opposed to any federal publichousing in the city. It received no support from other councilman. *** Commissioner Hezekiah McDonaldreaffirmed his statement of cooperation with other city officials and added that during the 70’s we should allcooperate to accomplish city betterment programs. *** Mayor McEwan with the consent of the City Council,appoint River Rouge Pharmacist Bernard Victor as Pharmacist Consultant for an indefinite term. It is a nonpayingposition. *** Mayor McEwan also reported that the city is continuing its fight to prevent the ThermalConversion Company from obtaining a building permit. The company was denied a permit by the city and thecompany took the city to court after the city denied the company a permit. The company is attempting to forcethe city to issue the permit. Mayor McEwan said the court litigation is still continuing. He also said that WalterLuckin, who was Chief Engineer for the Air Pollution Division of the County, and who had assisted the city inAir Pollution matters, is now working for the Thermal Conversion Company. The mayor said the city shouldretain the services of the Detroit Testing Co. to help the city defend its position. He said the UAW is activelyworking with the city in the fight. He added that if necessary, the city should receive further consultation formnational experts.Rotary Awards ‘Sleigh of Cheer’ – Rotary’s Sleigh of Cheer drawing was held December 17 at the River RougeHotel, after the Club’s regular luncheon meeting. Rotary Queen Sandra Zambeck did the honors and drew the

winning tickets. First prize belonged to Lillian Farrell. Second prize went to Susan Schattler and third prizewent to Mr. Offenborn. President Don Hooper reported that this project was successful, and wishes to thankeveryone who patronized Rotary’s Sleigh of Cheer project. “Your support of your local service club is neededto carry on the many community projects”, he said. Hooper also said that Rotary made many little girls happythis Christmas when they handed out dolls. From the River Rouge Savings Bank’s Dress-a-Doll Contest, tosome of the underprivileged children. The Committee for Rotary was headed by Orlando Rinna and he wasassisted by William Duncan.Society Notes1. Mr. & Mrs. Jack Sharon, 991 Coolidge, River Rouge announce the birth of their first child, a daughter,Susan Mary, born December 12, at Hotel Dieu Hospital, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Grandparents ofMiss Susan, who weighed six pounds, six ounces are Mr. & Mrs. Ira Sharon, 194 Genesee, River Rougeand Mr. & Mrs. Adadee Janisse of Windsor.2. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Nantz, 80 E. James, River Rouge announce the birth of son Lowell on December 17.3. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Buckner, 80 Pine, River Rouge, announce the birth of twins, Sammy Lee and TammyAnnalee on December 17.4. Born December 16 to Mr. & Mrs. Dale Mullins, 51 E. Henry, River Rouge, was a son, Timothy Blaine.5. William Christopher, son of Mr. & Mrs. William Knott III, 406 Campbell, River Rouge was bornDecember 22.6. Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Voncina, 84 Elm, River Rouge announce the December 24 birth of a son, TimothyJoseph.7. Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Witten, 473 Polk, River Rouge, are the new parents of a son, Gregory Darnell bornDecember 27.8. The Annual Spaghetti dinner, sponsored by the River Rouge Kiwanis Club, will be held January 18 fromnoon to 6:30pm at the River Rouge Kiwanis Youth Center, Division & Victoria. The public is invited.Prices are four dollars per family, $1.25 for adult and 75 cents for children.Panther Tales – By: Ronda Fineberg, Tim Cox and Joe Hudson – The second semester at River Rouge HighSchool is fast approaching. Half of the school year is already over with the promise of a bright semester ahead.Standing in the middle it is fairly easy to judge where we are by the success of our past achievements. RougeHigh congratulates its sports section for a fine display of strength in football. The juniors got on their feet asthey ordered their class rings. The sophomore chose their class colors and took their place in school activities.The freshmen were busy planning fund raising activities for their coming events. The eighth graders shockedeveryone (especially the seniors) as they walked away with the first place trophy during homecoming. Theseniors selected their prom location and class trip. Plans are being made for their activities. Dramatically,Rouge has produced a Troupe of Actors who delighted all with a play not easily forgotten. Panther tales iskeeping a watchful eye on the new Girl’s basketball team for a successful season. The Vigilant Staff iscompleting publication dates for the yearbook while the Panther prowler arrived on the scene to fill in for theRouge Recorder, the school newspaper. All Club’s announced a raise in attendance. The Student Councilpleased the student body by changing the dress to allow blue jeans for young men and culottes for girls. Withthese highlights, Rouge students are approached rapidly as hesitant students await them. Plans for this year’sannual Science Fair will soon be underway. The seniors will prepare for their prom, trip and finally graduationas the juniors wait anxiously behind. All Rouge high is waiting for the Panther Cagers to rise to their highdegree of fame with the approaching state basketball tournaments. Panther fans are awaiting for the Ecorsegame to be played January 23. Rouge High will act as host for the TVC Conference to be held the week ofJanuary 12. With the prospect of a successful upcoming semester, Rouge students have high expectations for agreat season.Rouge Retains Tourney Title – The River Rouge Panthers are still “kings” of their own Christmas Tournament.Coach Lofton Greene’s cagers made it nine championship in 11 attempts December 29 at the Rouge gym as

they downed Dearborn Edsel Ford, 73 – 61, to claim the title of the 11 th Annual River Rouge holiday meet.Some 2,000 fans watched the title conference and saw Edsel Ford lost its first game. The victory was the fourthstraight for Rouge after a dismal start, which saw the Panthers drop the first two games. Edsel Ford now has a 7– 1 record, and some shatter dreams. Perhaps the victory by the Panthers signifies the start of another series ofRouge triumphs in the Christmas Tourney. You may remember that the Panthers won the first seven holidayaffairs but then lost the next two. Now Rouge has won two in a row and looks like the team to beat for the nextcouple of years since the Panther Cubs won the Reserve Team title without any trouble. Edsel Ford used a zonedefense against Rouge and gave the Panthers some trouble for the first period, but the Panthers got six quickpoints in the final 90 seconds at the opening stanza to grab a 20 – 15 lead and were off and running. CenterRick Jenks scored four baskets for Edsel Ford on the early going as the Thunderbirds surprised the Panthers.Dwayne Johnson matched Jenks’ total and Richard Clark added six more for Rouge. Edsel Ford enjoyed a 15 –14 lead with less than two minutes left in the third period when a basket by Johnson, two free throws by MarvDunson and another field goal by Johnson put Rouge on top for good. The Panthers opened up a 37 – 27halftime lead as Malcolm Moulton found the range for three baskets in the second session while Marv Dunsonand Dwayne Johnson had four points each. Dan Padys led Ford with five successful free throw efforts. JuniorAl Boswell had the hot hand for the Panthers in the third quarter, hitting for seven points as the lead stretched to56 – 42. Marv Dunson helped out with five points while Denny Danielson was high for the Thunderbirds withfive points. Edsel Ford battled right down to the final whistle and cut the Rouge lead to seven points at onestage, but Mal Moulton had seven points and Dwayne Johnson six to keep the Panthers safely in front. BillMeyer netted seven points for Edsel Ford and Danielson had six but it was too late to change the final outcome.Senior forward Malcolm Moulton paced the Rouge attack with 21 points. Dwayne Johnson scored 20,matching his total for the other two games of the tourney. Marv Dunson added 13 and Al Boswell 10 for theChamps. Denny Danielson paced Ford with 17 points, with Rick Jenks and Bill Meyer tallying 14 points each.Rouge hit on 29 of 60 shots from the floor for 48 percent while Edsel Ford made 21 of 50 for 42 percent. Fromthe charity stripe the Panthers dropped 15 – 22 while the Thunderbirds netted 19 of 25. Rouge returns to thecage wars Friday night, going to Hamtramck to meet the Cosmos at 8pm.1969 … Is History Now – 1969 is history now … good and bad … joy and sorrow … men on the moon …Men in the streets … 1969 climaxed one of the most exciting decades in a long time. And, intertwined in allthis were the daily happenings in Ecorse and River Rouge and Southwest Detroit. Last week we reviewed someof the top events in 1969 … here are more: ** July – Assistant Pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church, Ecorse,Father Edward Ritter, was appointed Pastor of St. Leonard’s Church, Warren. ** Peerless Cement announcedit has begun the first phase of a $75 million cement plant in Southwest Detroit. ** Work started on additionsat the Ecorse Community Center and an enclosed ice rink. *** August – The New Ecorse Civic Center wasofficially opened for city business. ** River Rouge School Board and the River Rouge Education Associationreached agreement on a new contract. Cutbacks made in the school program were restored. ** The WayneCounty Community College announced it would open an Educational Center at the Ecorse high School, and itwould be one of 26 centers which opened in September. ** Certain streets in River Rouge were changed toone-way. ** Heavy rains flooded several River Rouge and Ecorse streets and basements. *** September -Long-time Ecorse Judge Alexander Barbour announced he would not seek re-election. ** The Ecorse CivicCenter was formerly dedicated and a copy of the Ecorse Advertiser was sealed in the cornerstone. ** RiverRouge School Board appointed Dr. Jack A. Cleveland as Curriculum Coordinator. *** October - ** RiverRouge Commissioner Gerald Laginess resigned and was appointed as the city’s Project Engineer. FormerCommissioner Sam Adolfo was appointed to fill Laginess’ Council Seat. ** Ecorse voters agreed that thestarting age for policemen should be 21, instead of 23 years. The voters, however turned down a proposal toincrease the wages of elected city officials. ** Sparks from an acetylene torch set the oily Rouge River afire.It was extinguished. ** The River Rouge city Council denied a building permit to the Thermal ConversionCo. Many residents objected to the incinerator plant coming in the city. ** Ecorse City officials approvedpurchase of a 1/5 acre of land near the Ecorse Creek and West Jefferson for construction of a boat launchingfacility. Government Grants will pay half the purchase price and 90 percent of the construction costs. ***November - ** Richard Manning was re-elected Mayor of Ecorse, Roscoe Bobo was elected Mayor Pro-Tem.** The Thermal Conversion Co. – denied a building permit by the city of River Rouge – took the city to courtto force the city to issue the permit. ** Sumby Memorial Hospital, River Rouge, was granted a federal grant

for its new hospital addition. ** Ecorse Public Schools appointed Lorenze Croft as Recreation Director forthe school system, and Erma Starks was appointed Coordinator of the section three program at Claude MillerElementary School ** Frank Weeber, retired River Rouge Educator and Athletic Director, died. ***December - ** River Rouge City officials formerly requested the state to either demolish the abandonedLancaster Theater or let the city do it at state expense. ** Ecorse announced it may have to increase the waterrates to users.In Vietnam - Sgt. Marty Behm, son of Mr. Mrs. Wilmer Behm, 301 Richter, River Rouge has been assignedwith the Army in Vietnam and arrived there Christmas Day. He has been in the army for two years andvolunteered for service in Vietnam after being assigned permanent party at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.Onions & Orchids - ORCHIDS – to the River Rouge Panthers for capturing top honors in the 11 th AnnualRouge Christmas Tourney.ONIONS - to the Highland Park Polar Bears, who failed to play up to par in thetourney for the ‘umteenth’ straight time. ORCHIDS to Coach DeWayne Smith and his Rouge Panther Cubsfor running away with the Crown in the Reserve Tournament.JANUARY 14, 1970Rouge Schools Plan Adult Ed Classes - The River Rouge Public Schools is pondering the question of an AdultEducation Program. The school district is presently conducting a survey to determine what classes should beoffered in an adult education program. The Citizens Advisory Committee studied and approved the survey.Questionnaires have been sent to many community residents, and in an effort to reach more people, the schooldistrict is also asking that interested persons complete the form printed in today’s newspaper and return it to theRiver Rouge Board of Education. This will determine what classes will generate the most interest in thecommunity. All classes, which will be organized soon, are self-supporting. No tax money will be spent on thesalaries of teachers, a school spokesman said. The school will furnish the room for the classes. Cost for oneclass is anticipated to be $12.Bids Opened to Demolish Old Theater – Five wrecking companies submitted bid prices for the demolition ofthe abandoned Lancaster Theater building at Tuesday night’s River Rouge City Council meeting. They wereopened publicly read and have been referred to the council for analysis. *** In other action at the meeting.Mayor McEwan announced that next week he will appoint citizens to the coordinating committee for theComprehensive Drug Abuse Program in the community. *** John Clark again called for immediate action bythe Detroit Edison Co. to improve the street lighting on Coolidge at the railroad viaduct. He said the lightingthere keeps getting dimmer and dimmer and it is a hazardous condition for vehicles and children who have touse the viaduct area while going to school in the early morning. Commissioner Clark said if Edison can’t makethe repairs, then new lights should be installed. He asked that the City Administration contact Edison at once torepair the lighting.Rouge Students Want Dr. King birthday National Holiday – Students at Walter White Elementary School, RiverRouge, are participating in the national effort to designate January 15 – the birth date of the Rev. Dr. MartinLuther King – as a National Holiday. The students are complying with a request from the Southern ChristianLeadership Conference to send letters and cards to them or the U. S. Congress to show that they support themaking of January 15 as a national holiday. The effort at Walter White School began with an idea, an artist anda person with very good penmanship and resulted with a scroll from the school stating that they supporteddeclaring the day as a national holiday. “In signing the declaration, we have been reminded of the goodness, thefortitude and of the great humanitarian that Dr. King was. We have had a history lesson in recalling hismethods and deeds, a penmanship lesson in signing the scroll, an English lesson in checking to see that therewere no grammatical errors, and a lesson in the theories on which our county has thrived”, said Rosita J.Dorsey, Community Coordinator. She said, “Dr. King was a very great man and we are indeed proud of oureffort”.Dr. Donathan Attends Confab – Dr. James L. Donathan, River Rouge Chiropractor was one of 300 delegates tothe 1970 Annual Congress of the International Pain Control Institute in Kansas City, Mo. Last weekend.Of Interest to Women1. (Picture) The River Rouge Senior Citizens prepared Christmas packages for their members anddistributed them prior to Christmas. Helping to load a truck are (from left) August Schrieber, Mrs.Matilda Stead and Mrs. Irene Dioszegi, Senior Citizens Director.

2. Several members of the River Rouge Senior Citizens Club are on the sick list. They include: Mrs. HelenBurns, who is a patient at Wayne County General Hospital. Mrs. Nettie Martz is recuperating at thehome of her daughter Mrs. Robert Wonn. Convalescing at their homes are Mrs. Barbara Sutton, 22 E.James; Rae Wiggins, Reno Building; Carl Monte, 111 Elm; Elmer Metres, 69 Pine; all of River Rouge.George Antrobus, 79 Forest, River Rouge will be entering the hospital as soon as a room is available.3. A wine tasting social is being planned by the Daughters of Isabella, January 21, 8pm in the Knights ofColumbus Hall East Henry, River Rouge. Cards will be played and refreshments served following a shortfilm and the wine tasting. Donation is one dollar. Prizes will be awarded. The public is invited toattend. Reservations are being accepted by Mrs. Bernice Kunkosky and Mrs. Valerie Wojcik.4. Women’s Relief Corp, FA Buhl 43, will hold a linen party January 20, at the K of P Hall, Myrtle andFurgason, River Rouge. The doors will open at noon. Donation is 50 cents. The public is invited.5. The Go-Getters Club will hold its first meeting of the New Year January 26, at 6pm at the home of Mrs.Fleta Radcliff, 282 Visger, River Rouge. All members are urged to be present for election of officers.6. Born December 31 to Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Fleming, 41 E. Pleasant, River Rouge, was a son, Wesley.7. Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Flanery, 215 Fairmont, River Rouge announce the December 30 birth of a daughter,Mary Kathleen.8. A son, Jon Hassell was born December 31 to Mr. & Mrs. Ronme Elliott, 58 Leroy, River Rouge.9. A daughter was born January 5 to Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Harrington, 421 Palmerston, River Rouge.Panther Tales – By: Ronda Fineberg, Tom Cox and Joe Hudson – River Rouge High Schools Student Councilplayed host to the student councils’ of Ecorse, Romulus and Willow Run, January 14, for the Twin ValleyConference meeting. The conference was headed by Sister Mary Willard, Principal of Rosary High School.Students attending met periodically to discuss ideas and plans about the Student Council and other forms ofstudent government bodies. Gaining an understanding of the systems of other high schools was the mainpurpose of the meeting. The guests began their day at Rouge High at 8am with a meeting between them and theStudent Council Representatives. After that, they registered and had refreshments. Following registration,Student Council President Tom Redmond held a group seminar and communication. The studentrepresentatives then went on a tour of Rouge High conducted by student council members. The visitingstudents were served lunch by the Homemaking Department in a joint effort under the direction of theHomemaking Teachers to compensate for the illness of Mrs. Juanita Vaughn. After lunch, the programincluded a conference between the various classes and club officers of the different schools. Sister MaryWillard, head of the Twin Valley Conference, is Principal of Rosary High School. She is on the staff ofUniversity of Michigan Leadership Training Workshop and is also a member of the Secondary Student Council.Mrs. Hilde Beatty, from the Wayne County Board of Health, lectured the student council January 7, on theimportance of the tuberculin skin test. Mrs. Beatty informed the council that TB tests would be taken during thefirst week of February. Permission slips are now being distributed to students through their history classes. “Itis important that all permission cards be turned in as soon as possible”, urged Tom Redmond, Student CouncilPresident. With the success of the play “The Night of January 16 th ” the Rouge High Dramatic Class is ready tobegin their Children’s Production during the month of March. The group has chosen the plays “Cinderblosson”and “A Most Inferior Witch” to be their Children’s Production. The Dramatic class hopes to bring these twoplays to the grade schools in the Rouge area. Select members of the Rouge High attended the DistinguishedYoung People’s program at the Ford Auditorium, January 9, to see the moon view of Apollo 12. More than3,000 students and teachers attended the program held for astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Richard Gordon, Jr.and Alan Bean. The students saw a color film of the moon voyage and select members of the audience wereallowed to ask questions afterwards. The astronaut’s stop at Ford Auditorium was just one of their stops andthey spent a day tour of Detroit. The youths who attended the Distinguished Young Peoples Program had beenselected by their teachers to represent their individual schools. After months of preparation, the Girl’sbasketball team made their Rouge High debut as they played St. Francis Cabrini High January 13 in the Buck

Weeber gym. After weeks of practice, the team faced their first competition. Panther Tales is sure the teamwill keep in the Panther Winners Circle. It is with great anguish that River Rouge High must say goodbye tothe student teachers who will be leaving us after this next week. The student teaching plan provides anopportunity for eight weeks under actual classroom conditions. The teachers are from universities and collegesin Michigan. River Rouge High says farewell to Miss Eva Lewis and Miss Carol Schuster who taught in theSocial Studies Department. Miss Cathy Lewis who served in the Science Department and Mr. RonaldSchroeder who served in the Math Department are also leaving. The teachers will return to their universities forfurther training. Congratulations Varsity and Reserve Panthers for winning the Christmas Tournament. Thestar of the tournament was Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne scored 20 points each night of the tournament. Lastweek Rouge played two games and continued their winning streak by downing Flint Northwestern andHamtramck. The Panthers had easy times both games as Coach Lofton Greene cleared the bench early in thethird quarter.(Picture) – The Cheerleaders at Ann Visger Elementary School, River Rouge, and their supervisor BernadetteFountain. The cheerleaders are: Carol Tackett, Sherry Bergeron, Tessie Stamey, Kathey Hughes, Siena Fobar,Toni Darin.(Picture) – River Rouge Mayor John F. McEwan presented a citation to Daniel Leonard for his heroism in arecent fire in River Rouge. Daniel and his father, John Leonard, saved the lives of Mr. Gladys Gibson and herfive children when fire trapped them in their home at 249 Holford.Rouge Quintet Rolls On – The River Rouge Panthers are beginning to play like a return trip to Lansing thisweek. Coach Lofton Greene’s cagers came up with a pair of impressive triumphs this week, trimming FlintNorthwestern, 87 to 65, Tuesday night and bouncing the Hamtramck Cosmos, 92 to 50, on Friday. The doublewin gives Rouge six straight victories after two early session losses. The Panthers not only won both gameshandily but got a school scoring record from Dwayne Johnson against Flint Northwestern as the big front linerpoured home 38 points breaking the previous mark of 36 points set by Elton Fowler of 1959. Senior forwardMalcolm Moulton almost shattered Johnson’s new mark Friday when he scored 36 points in three quartersagainst Hamtramck, but he didn’t get a chance in the final period since Coach Greene cleared the bench to keepthe score down. Flint Northwestern was supposed to be one of the better teams around Flint but showed littleagainst Rouge Tuesday night. The Panthers rolled out to a 19 – 13 first period lead and were never headed.Dwayne Johnson fired home 15 points to spark Rouge in the opening session while Mike Goldsmith led Flintwith six points. Johnson continued to hit in the second stanza as Rouge built up a 44 – 31 halftime advantage.Johnson tossed in five baskets to give him 25 points at the intermission. Jerry Miller had 10 points for theWildcats. The Panthers stretched the margin to 66 – 48 at the end of three periods as Ken Russaw scored eightpoints and Johnson collected seven more. Mike Horton added eight points to the Northwestern total. RougeCoach Lofton Greene cleaned house in the final period but it didn’t make much difference as the Rouge leadcontinued to grow. Dwayne Johnson scored six points before leaving the game with 3:01 left to play. Johnsonhad an outstanding game for Rouge, pulling down 23 rebounds besides scoring 38 points. Ken Russaw was nextin the scoring column for the Panthers with 14 points. Jerry Merry and Delma Williams were top guns for theWildcats with 19 points apiece. Rouge hit on 35 of 80 shots from the court for 44 percent and dropped 17 of 28free throws. Northwestern was 23 of 49 from the floor and 19 of 37 from the line. Dwayne Johnson made goodon 15 of 21 shots during his record shattering performance and hit eight of 11 free throw chances. The Panthershad an easier time with Hamtramck Friday night at the Cosmos gym. After a 19 – 13 first quarter, Rougezoomed to a 54 to 26 halftime lead and it was all over. Ken Russaw scored 10 points and Malcoln Moultonseven for Rouge in the first period. Then Moulton got rolling in the second stanza, netting nine baskets and onefree throw for a 19-point quarter. In the third period Moulton scored five more baskets but missed a couple ofgood shots which would have given him a share of the individual game scoring mark. Reserve finished out thegame for the Panthers but Hamtramck wasn’t able to cut the 78 – 36 third period margin. Ken Russaw wassecond to Malcoln Moulton for Rouge for with 14 points. Curlie Thompson was high for Hamtramck with 16points and Art William counted 11. The Panthers shot well, making 41 of 90 from the floor but they slipped atthe free throw line, canning 10 of 22. Hamtramck was 19 of 50 from the court and 12 of 21 from the line.Rouge faces a busy week, with three games on the slate. Friday night the Panthers host Romulus in a crucialTwin Valley game at 8pm Saturday Ludington comes in for a non-league game, also at 8 o’clock. Tuesday

Rouge journeys to Fordson to meet the Tractors. Fordson is a rated Class A team so it should be a tough test forthe Panthers.Lourdes Snaps Losing Streak – Lourdes Bears snapped a six-game losing streak Friday night at three RiverRouge gym by walloping St. Andrew, 76 to 44. The Bears came up with their best effort of the campaign todrub the Flyers and boost their league record to 3 – 7. Earlier in the week Lourdes sank to their lowest ebb ofthe year when they dropped a 68 – 38 verdict to Ypsilanti St. John. The Bears missed three players for thisgame as Coach Mike Korowin suspended three boys for failing to comply with team regulations. The Bearscouldn’t do anything right against Ypsilanti St. John, throwing the ball away 30 times and have a terrible night.Things got so bad that Coach Korowin threw in the subs during the last period to give them some neededplaying time. Things weren’t too bad for the first quarter as St. John managed a 14 – 10 lead but the Crusadersmade it 34 – 23 by intermission time and it was all over. Pal Fishwick kept Lourdes from completeembarrassment by scoring 14 points in the first half . The Crusaders stretched their lead to 51 – 31 at the end ofthree periods to seal Lourdes fate. Paul Fishwick had six points for Lourdes but Frank Fashbaugh betted eightfor Ypsilanti St. John. John Rose was high for St. John with 16 points, with Grant Fashbaugh getting 15,Fishwick led Lourdes with 20 points and Francis Haley had 10. Lourdes made only 17 of 66 shots from thefloor and miserable at the line, too, dropping four of 13 charity tosses. The picture changed completely Fridaynight as the Bears thumped St. Andrew, 76 to 44. Lourdes opened up a 19 – 8 first period lead and was never introuble. Francis Haley led the way for Lourdes in the opening session with seven point, with Tom Stanek andPaul Fishwick getting five each. Mark Hogan scored 10 points for the Bears in the second session as theyincreased their lead to 38 – 26 at halftime. Paul Fishwick had seven points for Lourdes while the Flyers gotseven points from Stan Czey and six from JimCzarnecki. Lourdes really looked great in the third period,scoring 22 points while holding St. Andrew to just two points, a basket by Czuj. Mark Hogan was hot forLourdes with 10 points and Fishwick counted six more. In the final quarter Coach Mike Korowin used hisbench and saw the Bear subs play on even terms with the Flyers. Tom Stramecki and Paul Simon scored fourpoints each for Lourdes. Scoring laurels went to Mark Hogan, who finished with 22 points. Paul Fishwick had18 and Francis Haley 15 for the Bears while Jim Czarnecki led St. Andrew with 14 points. Lourdes clicked on50 percent of their shots from the free throw line, with 16 of 32 and had a good mark from the floor, connectingon 30 of 65 for 46 percent.Onions & Orchids - ORCHIDS - to Lourdes Bears for snapping their six game losing streak Friday night.Too bad they wasted such a good game against cellar dwelling St. Andrew. ONIONS - To Hamtramck forsuddenly deciding they didn’t have a swimming team. Seems they could have notified Rouge officials muchearlier if they weren’t having a swim team. ORCHIDS - to the Ecorse High Reserve Team, who finally gotinto the win column Friday night by beating Romulus.ORCHIDS – to River Rouge forward Dwayne Johnsonfor his new school scoring mark of 38 points. And an ORCHID – to Malcolm Moulton for his 36 point effortFriday night.(Picture) – A study chart helps children at the Dunn School, River Rouge, gain independence in attacking newwords. The chart shows pictured key words which the children may memorize and use to unlock new wordscontaining special consonant sounds. (from left are: Donna Rice, Eric Woodson, Lorelee Cuf and DouglasVoss.(Picture) – Students in the third grade class of Mrs. Mary Kay Wheatley’s Dunn School, River Rouge, recentlypresented a play entitled “The Princess Who Could Not Spin”. It was an English project and the students wereresponsible for every phase of the play. Shown are: Belinda Bolen, Marie James, Jennifer Osborne, SandraVasques, David Ilch and William Little, who is the Director.Bear Facts – By : Carol Corradi & Barb Lozo – Three cheers for the Bears of Our Lady of Lourdes and theirvictory (76 – 34) over St. Andrews last Friday night. It was a great game and were all proud of our guys. Sincethe rest of the season is away games, it’s important that the team gets greater support than at home. All thoseinterested in scheduling a bus, are to register in the office Friday. Let’s see a good crowd when we take on St.Thomas, Ann Arbor. Ski Club Members and their guests enjoyed an evening of tobogganing last Sunday nightat Hines Park. Plans are in the making for future trips of this nature. The yearbook staff is working to meettheir deadline, and are presently accepting deposits for this year’s book. Be sure to get your money on time.JANUARY 21, 1970

Winter Carnival Saturday – The First Annual Winter Carnival will be presented Saturday afternoon by thenewly-organized River Rouge Optimist Club. The carnival, with events planned for all ages, will be held atGreat Lakes Field, beginning at 2pm. If the weather is such that the carnival cannot be held, it will be heldJanuary 31. The schedule of events include skating races in 16 years or under age groups; Sled races forpartners 14years and under; a 75 yard backwards for 16 year old and under; A penny scramble for 10 year oldand under children’s also scheduled. A 50 yard parent and child relay race will also be held, including children12 years and under and their parents. A parent pulling child sled race is also scheduled. This is for children 12years and under. Three Tug-of-War events are planned: Girls against boys; Adults against kids; and OptimistClub members against Kiwanis and Rotary Club members. A family snowman making contest is alsoscheduled, snow conditions permitting. Refreshments will be served and prizes will be awarded (first place –two dollars; second prize – one dollar; third prize – 50 cents.)Rouge Council highlights – Highlights of the Tuesday night River Rouge city Council meeting included ***A letter was received from the linen service company which does business with the city that the service rateswill be increased by 10 percent. This was referred to the Council as a whole. *** A communication wasreceived from Betty Wild, President of the Concerned Citizens, suggesting that the city acquire an area used asa play area on property owned by a private company in the Marian and Richter area. Mrs. Wild’scommunication suggested that the city could acquire it by federal funds or attempt to have this owner donate theland to the city. The letter was referred to the Council as a While. *** Related to this, Commissioner JohnClark later in the meeting remarked that the area, especially the so-called “Suicide Hill” (a sledding area) is wellliked by the children. He said he would like to see the city purchase something in the area for spring, summerand winter activities. He urged that the city work on the request. *** Mayor McEwan proclaimed the weekof January 18 through January 25 as Christian Unity Week in River Rouge. *** Commissioner WilliamDonathan pointed out, regarding the increase in false fire alarms, that a false fire alarm could be fatal. He askedthe public to cooperate by reporting incidents to the police department. He also suggested that the heating unitsand fire extinguishers be inspected at ice skating shanties. *** Commissioner Hezekiah McDonald thankedthe Mayor and Council for the work that has been done on the city lighting program. He also suggested thatpossibly the City Youth Commission could work with the new Drug Abuse Coordinating Commission. ***The Mayor, City Council, Fire Chief and city Attorney will meet Monday to discuss a pending mutual aid pactwith the city of Detroit Fire Department. *** James Touchstone, 508 Holford, said he was concerned becausesometimes traffic backs up on Coolidge and Jefferson past the fire Department truck entrance. “In times ofheavy traffic congestion, how would the fire trucks get out”, Touchstone asked. There was discussion amongthe Mayor, Councilman and the chief of Fire Department regarding alternatives. Touchstone also complainedbecause on Sunday, cars parked on both sides of Beechwood and travel in both directions, he said (it is a onewaystreet). He said it is difficult for a fire truck to travel on the street under those conditions. The police andfire chiefs will observe the situation. Touchstone also questioned whether the Public Safety Committee or theMayor and Council have the authority, under the charter, to appoint the police chief. Touchstones said hebelieves from reading the Charter, that the authority lies with the Mayor and Council and not the Public SafetyCommission. Recently announced a police chief, Mayor McEwan and City Attorney Huchla agreed that theappointing power lies with the Public Safety Commission, as was granted by a 1936 amendment to the CityCharter. Touchstone was not satisfied with the answer. Attorney Huchla will give Touchstone a writtenopinion. *** Mayor McEwan said Detroit Edison has been contacted and is presently replacing burned outstreet lights. *** Commissioner John Clark said he has talked with Wayne County Supervisor Rudy Hickeyconcerning lighting at the Coolidge Rd. viaduct and he is to meet with Hickey soon,” Maybe we can save thecity some money”, Commissioner Clark said. Clark also pointed out that lighting has been purchased for theviaduct area and the city has an agreement with Edison to put in the new lighting. Mayor McEwan said newlights will probably be installed this spring in the business area. Also under consideration is new lighting or allstreets and alleys.Bear Facts – By: Carol Corradi & Barbara Lozo – Exams End – As this week comes to an end, Our Lady ofLourdes students are beginning to relax after three days of rough mid-year exams. It’s one of the most difficultweeks for everyone to get through and we’ll all appreciate the long weekend to recuperate! However, with allour worrying over now, the teachers are just beginning! They now have the difficult task of marking andgrading the tests. Good luck to all the teachers. Remember, it’s half over with. Well, they did it again! Our

great team bounced back with another victory. It was a close game with the score ending in 67 for St. Thomasto our 69. Those who attended really enjoyed an exciting but tense game. It certainly was a happy team thatcame back from Ann Arbor Friday the Bears will take on St. Francis DeSales at their gym. Come show yourspirit, it’s your team. They’re on a good winning streak and you’ll be happy you proved your support in theend. This week is National Church Unity Week. In observance of this occasion the National Honor Society hasconducted a program each day. There were many spiritual thoughts on what we, as Christians, can do inrealizing our responsibility under God, to help unit in our church. We hope that this has given the students agood chance to understand the great importance of church unity in the world today.Education in River Rouge – By : Robert Rowe, School Superintendent – A couple of weeks ago, a group ofstudents caused some disruption, damage and inconvenience for merchants and customers on Jefferson Avenueduring the lunch hour. Let me go on record for all school personnel, teachers, administrators, custodians,secretaries, school board members, in stating that we deplore this kind of student activity. All students areencouraged to act in a manner that will reflect well upon themselves, their parents, their schools and theircommunity. Fortunately, the overwhelming majority of students do act and behave as they have been taught todo by home, church, and schools. Unfortunately, a small number of students can cause much damage andcreate severe problems and such action reflects on all students. While we in the schools are concerned about thelunch hour activity of students, it would not be fair or reasonable for me to leave the impression that suchactivity is entirely the responsibilities of the schools. As you known, students are sent home during the lunchhour and those who spend that time on Jefferson Avenue have not gone home. Apparently, this is with theapproval of their parents so I ask each parent to see that this child does, in fact, go home during lunch hour. Ifstudents must eat their lunch away from home, facilities are available in the high school for those who bringtheir own. If parents wish to have their children buy lunch, then students must be impressed with the necessityto use proper behaviors at all times. Parents and school people together can do that job. In summary, if allsegments of the community work together, the kind of disruption which occurred a few days ago can be put toan end. The schools stand ready to assist parents and other sections of the community and civic body to controlmisbehavior and to take responsible kinds of measures to prevent a re-occurrence of last week’s disturbance.Of Interest to Women1. Over the Christmas holidays, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rowe, 88 Maple, River Rouge and their daughtersKaren and Janet traveled to Germany to attend the wedding of their oldest daughter, Nancy whobecame the bride of Jack Ross Goodfallow. Mr. Rowe is Superintendent of River Rouge Schools. Theirfirst stop was in London to visit relatives and to tour the city; the Rowe family went on to Paris for afew days and then to Germany for their daughter’s wedding in Nurnberg; In the German NationalMuseum, the Rowe’s saw the first world globe done by Martin Behaim Jr. It is the first representationof the world as round and did not include America because the globe was created in 1490. They alsovisited the Castle of Nurnberg, built around the year 1040, and the Soldiers Field where Hitler spokeduring the Nurnberg Rallies of the 1930’s. The Rowe’s had a wonderful time but like all vacationers areglad to be back home and in the swing of things.2. Rouge Girl to Compete – A River Rouge girl, Gail M. Nemeth, 39 Myrtle, will be among the recordbreaking number of 75 contenders who will compete for the 1970 Miss Autorama title during the 18 thAnnual Autorama in Cobo Hall beginning January 23. The Queen of the World’s largest custom car andhot road show will be chosen January 25 at 3pm from a field of 10 finalists.3. Mr. & Mrs. Pietra Zebri, 37 ½ Hill, River Rouge announce the January 11 birth of a son, Peter Joseph inWyandotte General Hospital.4. A daughter, Diane, was born January 13 to Mr. & Mrs. Carl D. Marie, 47 W. Anchor, River Rouge inRiverside Hospital.5. Theresa Gail, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Terry Hammon, 56 Orchard, River Rouge made her appearance atRiverside Hospital on January 14.

6. Born January 9 to Mr. & Mrs. Charles Gregoire, 1161 Coolidge, River Rouge was a daughter, JenniferMarie at Outer Drive Hospital.7. Mr. & Mrs. David Israel, 24 Linden, River Rouge, announce the birth of a daughter, Lisa Marie onJanuary 9 at Outer Drive Hospital.8. Crystal Lolita, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Richard Pope, 522 Frazier, River Rouge made her appearance atOuter Drive Hospital on January 12.9. A son, Michael Antonio, was born on January 13 at Outer Drive Hospital to Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sloan,490 Polk, River Rouge.Students Go Camping – Two classes from Ann Visger Elementary School, River Rouge took a four daycamping trip to Camp Oheyesa, near Holly and returned January 16. They enjoyed skating, tobogganing,sledding, hiking, animal tracking and hay rides. They also had the opportunity to make Indian moccasins,leather caps and change purses. Other activities included basketball, soccer, bowling and kick ball. Sgt. DanielKrasun of the River Rouge Police Department, put on a shooting demonstration. He explained the importanceof gun safety and thrilled the children with his expert trick shooting. Another enjoyable event was the Indianshow. Boy Scouts from the Chapter of the Order of the Arrow did Indian dances. Thirty-five children attendingthe outing. Junior Counselors were Diane O’Hara, Cathy Gegich, Mamie Fishwick, Danny Zambeck andMickey Hogan. Teachers James Doig and Richard Spanke sponsored the event. Helping to chaperone wasMrs. Gracie Burks.Panther Cagers Run Streak to 8 Straight – The River Rouge Panthers ran their current victory streak to eightstraight over the weekend by claiming a pair of lopsided decisions. The Rouge forces drubbed Romulus, 95 to62 in a Twin Valley Conference test Friday night and came right back with an 87 – 57 romp over Ludington in anon-leaguer Saturday. Both contest were played at the Rouge court. The double win gives Coach LoftonGreene’s youngster an 8 – 2 season mark and the triumph over Romulus puts Rouge a full game up in TVC playwith a 2 – 0 mark. The Panthers can open up a two game bulge Friday night if they can handle the Ecorse RedRaiders. Tip off time for this crucial battle is 8pm at the Rouge gym. After beating Ecorse last week, Romulusfigured to give the Panthers a tough game Friday night, but a 20 point excplosion early in the third quarter shotRouge into a 28 point lead and the Eagles were dead. Romulus has excellent size but couldn’t match the speedand quickness of the Panthers. Rouge jumped out to a 22 – 12 first period lead as Dwayne Johnson set the pacewith nine points in the second stanza and Johnson added six more to help Rouge to a 46 – 35 halftime lead.Davis continued to hit for Romulus, counting four baskets, with Charley Johnican getting three more. Twoquick baskets by Romulus early in the third period cut the Rouge margin to 47 – 39 but then the Panthersexploded. In a four minute span Rouge poured home 20 points while holding the Eagles scoreless. MalcolmMoulton was the key man for the Panthers with 14 points in the period, including six baskets in the 20 pointsurge. Rouge hit 13 of 21 shots during the third session to build up a 73 – 46 lead. Coach Greene cleaned thebench in the final period but it didn’t slow the Rouge attack as Al Boswell led the way with eight points. NateDavis had six for Romulus. The Panthers hit on 42 0f 91 shots from the floor for 46 percent and clicked on 11of 21 charity tosses. Romulus connected on 25 of 61 for 41 percent and collected 12 of 20 free throws. All fivestarters hit double figures for the Panthers, with Malcolm Moulton leading the way with 22 points, followed byDwayne Johnson with 19. Ken Russaw had 14 and Marv Dunson and Richard Clark had 11 apiece. Clark alsodid an outstanding defensive job on Eagle forward Frank Nesbitt, limiting him to a single field goal. NateDavis was high for Romulus with 21 points, with Charles Johnican adding 19. Saturday night Coach LoftonGreene used a zone defense against Ludington and it surprised the Orioles. It marked the first time in over 20years that Rouge has played a zone for an entire game. The Panthers showed a sparkling fast break against theOrioles, especially in the second period when they hit on 14 of 15 shots and dazzled the crowd with their expertball handling. The first period was slow, with Rouge opening up a 16 – 7 lead as the zone limited Ludington tothree baskets. Malcolm Moulton sparked the Panthers with three baskets. Things changed quickly in thesecond period as the Panthers’ race horse style crushed Ludington. Dwayne Johnson, Marv Dunson, KenRussaw and Al Boswell scored six points apiece as the Rouge score mounted to 44 – 21 at the intermission.The Panthers continued to roll in the third quarter and enjoyed a 30 point lead, 68 – 38. Mal Moulton again led

the way with eight points. In the final session Coach Greene cleaned the bench but it didn’t slow things asjunior Carlton Reeves scored 12 points to keep the Panthers in high gear. Rouge had six scorers in doublefigures, with Moulton the top gun with 16. Marv Dunson added 14, while Dwayne Johnson, Ken Russaw, AlBoswell and Carlton Reeves had 12 points each. Jim Kowatch was high for Ludington with 16 points. ThePanthers hit 43 of 83 shots for 52 percent but were a pitiful one for nine from the line. Ludington was 24 of 58from the floor and 9 of 12 from the free throw line. Rouge enjoyed a 55 – 18 edge in rebounds.Lourdes Nips AA St. Thomas – A two game winning streak is nothing new for Lourdes Bears, but Coach MikeKorowin is hoping that the current Lourdes victory skein won’t bring another six game losing streak like thefirst one did. Lourdes made it two in a row Friday night by edging Ann Arbor St. Thomas, 69 – 67, Fridaynight in Ann Arbor, to move past the Irish into sixth place in the Southwest Sector Second Division Race. Youmay remember that Lourdes won two consecutive games early in the year but then fell upon hard time and lostsix straight. If that happens again, the Bears may look upon winning strings as bad omens. Downing St.Thomas was a big accomplishment for the Bears, since the squad lost two starters during the week when TomStanek and Mark Hogan decided to retire. Coach Mike Korowin inserted sophomores Dennis Shiels and TerryRiney into the lineup and the youngsters came through in fine style. Since St. Thomas has downed Lourdes thefirst time around, it had to be a big win for the Bears. Lourdes opened up a 25 – 18 first period lead behind thesharp shooting of Paul Fishwick, who had 12 points. Shiels and Riney added four points each to the Bear totalfor an auspicious start. Mike Deighton kept the Irish close by scoring seven points. St. Thomas cut the marginto three points, 38 – 35, at halftime as David Hieber found the range for nine points in the second session.Francis Haley led Lourdes with five points. The game stayed close during the third period, with Lourdesclinging to its slim lead. Paul Fishwick had six points to spark the bears while Dave Hieber tossed home sevenfor St. Thomas. Going into the final stanza Lourdes was on top, 52 – 49. It was anybody’s game until theclosing seconds when a basket by Francis Haley and a free throw by Steve Wojcik with eight seconds left putthe Bears four points up. Lourdes conceded a basket in the last second. Haley kept Lourdes top in the lastperiod by scoring 11 points with Steve Royce getting 10 for Ann Arbor contingent. Fouls hurt the Bears in thesecond half, with both Denny Shiels and Paul Fishwick leaving the game. Paul Fishwick had a great night forthe Bears hitting on 12 of 16 shots from the floor for 24 points. Francis Haley was next with 21 points, withTerry Riney getting nine and Dennis Shiels eight. Steve Royce was high for St. Thomas with 22 points andDave Hieber had 16. Lourdes hit on 14 of 18 shots from the floor during the second half and finished with 31of 53 for 58 percent. The Bears weren’t so fortunate from the line, making 7 of 20. Lourdes also showedimprovement in its floor game, with only 14 turnovers for the game. The Bears have a tough foe coming up thisweek as they take on St. Francis De Sales at the Monarch gym at 8:15. DeSales squeezed out a 70 – 66 decisionthe first time around so the Bears will be hoping for an upset when the two clubs collided on Friday.Onions & Orchids – ORCHIDS - To the River Rouge High swim team for their win over Inkster. Must feelgood to win one. ONIONS – To the Mt. Carmel Comets for losing that ‘must’ game to St. Agatha.ORCHIDS – To Tri-city Auto Parts for copping the first half pennant in the Recreation Basketball League.JANUARY 28, 1970What a Time for Young ‘n Old – By: Harry Stearnes– Fourteen rosy-cheeked boys and girls clutcheddesperately to their sled Saturday as a like number of huffing and puffing adults roared unceremoniouslytowards the finish line in what may go down as “The Great Sled Race of 1970”. It was all part of RiverRouge’s first Annual Winter Carnival, staged by members of the Optimist club at Great Lakes Field. MayorJohn F. McEwan who also happens to be President of the newly-formed organization, broke trail early in theday making way for a series of winter events that brought runny noses, frozen fingers and a barrel of fun to oneand all. Between four and five hundred youngsters took part in ice skating, sled, foot races and the tug of warand penny scrambles. What a time for the kids. WHAT A TIME FOR THE ADULTS! As a valiant memberof the fourth estate (newspaper people) yours truly wants to say here and now that the temperature MUST havehovered near the 95 below zero mark. The girls and boys agree and we don’t care to listen to the bragging andhooting of the politicians and police. We took part in the “Great Sled Race, and we’re proud of it … it sez here.While Police Chief-Elect Ray Schattler courageously volunteered to shoot blurred photos, the rest of us chosesleds and bright-eyed boys and girls as passengers. Me? I picked a lulu. A sharp little gal who was all forwinning, no matter what the sacrifice! Namely me! As we leaned into the tracks, scuffed our boots for better

traction and got firm grips on the ropes, Park Richardson, and Assistant Itsy Haener straightened the lines andprepared to blow that whistle … to mark the start of the big even. Now, before we go any further, it’s importantto know rules of this race. And, to say the least, IF we’d known the rules in advance, there would have beenone less entry. Anyway, it seems there are no losers. After each heat three winners are selected and the balancego back and race again … and again … and again until EVERYONE wins. Well, in the first heat this reporterwas plopped right next to such tigers as Charlie Prather, a sleeker “horse” you’ll never find, and City AssessorBill Farrell and other bastions of heartiness and brave like Jim Doig, Patrolman James Moore, James Szalkie,Jim Childs, Carol Alderman and others. They say EVERYONE wins. This is one time when theyoverestimated the horse and under estimated the driver. The whistle blew and with great stomping of feet andtugging of line the herd was off in a cloud of ice and snow. Despite the lucid and loud remarks of mypassenger, the cute little girls, THIS horse barely got off the starting gate. After much jerking and gritting ofteeth and under-the-breath muttering we finished 14 th … out of a possible 14. “Hey, Mister”, the cute little girlpurred, we gotta go that way for the next race”. She’d caught me trying to weasel out! To make a long storyshort, we chugged off again in heat number two with great expectations and very little breath. We lost, and Imade my get-away and if you find some cute little girl looking for “Harry, the Intrepid” tell her he went thataway,because this 215 pounds of bouncing baby boy is still rubbing liniment on back and legs. The carnivalwent off without a hitch except for Patrolman Victor Gori, who lost his dignity when a bevy of sledders failedto negotiate a turn and rode right over him. Penny scramblers wound up with icy fingers and a few coins. TheOptimists lost a tug of war with the kids and became instant pessimists and a few contestants are still rubbingour behinds when their skates went one way and they the other. It was a fun time!Bid Okayed to Raze Theater – The vacant Lancaster Theater – once a Mecca for moviegoers – will fall toworkmen sledges soon.Men’s Club Plans Brotherhood Dinner – The Beechwood Men’s Club will sponsor its 21 st Annual NegroHistory and Brotherhood banquet at the Walter White School February 21 at 6:30pm. Speaker will be Dr. JohnW. Porter, acting Superintendent of Public Instruction, Department of Education, for the State. He has beenwith the State Department of Education for years. Tarnis David, newly-elected President of the club, said this“will be another fine program”. Tickets are available from any club member.College Students at Ann Visger School – Ann Visger Elementary School, River Rouge, has three new studentteachers. They are Sue Roman and Kay Keysaer who are seniors at Wayne State University and CarolynMiller, a senior at Western Michigan University. The student teachers will be working at Ann Visger forapproximately 12 weeks. They have been assigned supervising teachers and will have an opportunity to learnskills needed to become teachers. Their “critic” teachers will work with them and offer ideas and suggestionsfor more meaningful experiences. The supervisory teachers work closely with the coordinator of the colleges.Reports are given to the Universities on the progress of the student. Student teaching is usually the last phase ofa student’s college training. Miss Roman is working in the first grade. Her supervising teacher is Mrs. ReginaLewis. Miss Keysaer is working in Mrs. Dorothy Ward’s fourth grade room. Miss Miller is in specialeducation and her supervising teacher is Robert Spanke.Of Interest to Women1. Phyllis Star Ozeranic and Edward Girrbach III were married during a late afternoon Mass at Our Lady ofLourdes Church, River Rouge, January 10. The Rev. Father DeBaldo officiated at the double ringceremony. Her attendants included seven bridesmaids, a maid of honor and a flower girl. Maid ofhonor, Toni Beaudrie and Bridesmaids were Ann Marie Lozon; Sonia Torok, the bride’s sister; JoanieSams; Denise Gallagher; Karen Jacosky; Lanna Krassun; and Nancy Copija. Deborah Ozeranic, a nieceof the bride, was flower girl. Dennis Chester was best man. Ushers were Tom Ozeranic, a brother ofthe bride; Dennis Girrback, brother of the groom; Dave Tieppo; Ernie Labadie; Bill Hodges; Tom Hossand Ron Bodrie.2. The River Rouge Senior Citizens Club honored members with January birthdays last Wednesday. Theywere Violet Woolley. Julius Durant, Harry Golden, Elmer Kuruty, Elwood Roszell, Harry Cullen, Margaret

Darrell. The Club will attend the Shrine Circus February 12 in Detroit. Member Thelma Blair is apatient at Delray Hospital. Home recuperating is Della Pidgeon.3. The Wallis Wainwright American Legion Auxiliary will hold a card party February 2 in the AmericanLegion Memorial Home, 41 Oak, River Rouge, beginning at 8pm. Luncheon will be served. The nextregular meeting will be held February 9 at 8pm at the Memorial Home. A card party will also be heldFebruary 16 at 8pm in the Memorial Home. Mrs. Joseph Robertson is Chairman of the month for thecard parties.Rouge Rips Red Raiders – The ‘Battle of the Year’ turned out to be quite a dud Friday night at the River Rougegym as the high flying River Rouge Panthers drubbed the Ecorse Red Raiders, 92 – 59, in a Twin ValleyConference game. The win was the 10 th straight for Rouge after two early defeats while Ecorse now owns an 8– 4 mark, The TVC play, Rouge now has a 3 – 0 record and a two game lead on the rest of the pack as thesecond half of the season starts this week. Ecorse is ½ in league play and will have to win all the remaininggames to have a shot at the title. Many experts gave Ecorse a good chance to beat Rouge this time around, sincethe Red Raiders were losing three stars, Dennis Smith, Glen Wilkerson and Vincent Mitchell, right after thegame – and the extra incentive would be there. This thinking looked even better when Rouge Coach LoftonGreene benched scoring ace Dwayne Johnson for the game because the big man missed a practice session.Once the game started, however, it was evident that Rouge didn’t miss Johnson as much as expected whileEcorse was being bothered by the pressing Rouge defense. Not that the Panthers stole the ball much, but theyforced the Raiders to shoot from the outside most of the night, under extreme pressure, and the accuracy wasn’tthere. A miss also gave Rouge the ball since the Panthers piled up a 64 – 29 edge in rebounds. The first quarterwas a battle between Rouge forward Malcolm Moulton and Ecorse sharpshooter Dennis Smith. Moulton scored10 points while Smith had nine as Rouge took a 22 – 17 lead. The game actually was decided in the secondsession when Rouge got ‘red hot’ from the floor, hitting on 13 of 16 attempts to open up a 49 – 28 halftimeedge. Ken Russaw sparked the Panther surge with six baskets and Mal Moulton added five more hoops to theRouge total. Dennis Smith again was high for the Raiders with six points. Ecorse started the second half with aroar, outscoring Rouge 14 – 5 in the opening minutes to cut the lead to 54 – 42. The Panthers got rolling againand it was all over, as Rouge soared to a 14 – 2 edge and a 68 – 44 third period margin. Malcolm Moulton had10 points for Rouge for the third straight period while Dennis Smith was the Ecorse leader for the thirdconsecutive time with six points. Six points by Moulton and five more by Richard Clark built the Rougemargin in the final quarter and Coach Lofton Greene finished up with reserves in action. Top scorer for thePanthers was Malcolm Moulton with 36 points and a sensational all-rounded effort. Moulton also pulled down16 rebounds. Ken Russaw was next for Rouge with 22 points, while Al Boswell, subbing for Johnson, had 13.Boswell also led Rouge in rebounding, pulling down 18 and Richard Clark had 13 rebounds besides playing astrong defensive game. Dennis Smith finished up a tremendous high school career with 23 points, with MikeThomas getting 12. The Panthers connected 38 of 84 shots for 45 percent while Ecorse hit on 24 of 63 for 38percent. From the free throw line the Rouge quintet was 16 of 25 while the Raiders made 11 of 24. Rougeplays a double-header this weekend, hosting Jackson Lumen Christi Friday night at 8:00 o’clock and going toHolland Saturday for a 3pm contest with Holland Christian. Ecorse is off until Tuesday when the Raiders hostRobichaud at 8pm.Last Quarter Surge Chills Bears, 73 – 60 – The two game winning streak of Lourdes Bears came to an abruptend Friday night when St. Francis DeSales got red hot in the last quarter and stormed from behind to score a 73– 60 victory. The Monarchs hit on 11 of 16 shots from the floor in the last period to pull away from the Bearsand keep their slim title hopes alive in the Second Division Southwest Sector race. DeSales now has an 8 – 4record in Southwest play and remains two games back of front running St. Agatha, with two games left.Lourdes could give the Monarchs a big boost this week as the Bears meet St. Agatha Friday night in the AggieCourt and a Lourdes triumph would open the door for St. Francis, since the Monarchs play the Aggie in thefinal game of the campaign. Lourdes started out in a great style against St. Francis Friday night, taking a 20 –10 first period lead as Francis Haley showed the way with nine points. Ralph Sitler was high for DeSales withfour points. The Monarchs changed defenses in the second period, going to a 1 – 3 – 1 zone and Lourdes found

it tough to penetrate on the small DeSales court. Francis Haley scored six points for the Bears in the secondstanza as they stayed on top, 33 – 29, at halftime. Jim Weiss notched seven points for the Monarchs. TheFenbert brothers, Mike and John, took over the scoring burden for DeSales in the third session and theDetroiters rallied to gain a 48 – 48 deadlock after three quarters. Mike Fenbert had eight points and brotherJohn seven to show the way while Paul Fishwick had six points for Lourdes. The Monarchs blew the gamewide open in the final quarter with a great shooting display while Lourdes couldn’t buy a basket, making onlytwo during the entire eight minutes. Ralph Miron hooped 12 points for Lourdes but it wasn’t enough. Lourdesstarted out shooting well, making 11 of 26 during the first half but the Bears lost the touch in the second halfand could make only 8 of 28 shots. Lourdes did a good job at the free throw line, dropping 22 of 33 freethrows. Francis Haley paced Lourdes with 21 points, with Paul Fishwick and Terry Riney getting 13 pointseach. Dennis Sheils added 11 points.Onions & Orchids – ORCHIDS – to the River Rouge Panthers for their excellent play in Friday night’s winover Ecorse. ONIONS – to those fans who pulled the fire alarms during the game. Too bad they weren’tcaught and properly punished. ORCHIDS – River Rouge High junior Wilson Bell, who won his first bout inthe Golden Glove eliminations Saturday night.ADS1. Security Bank & Trust – Announcing the “Big Rate” 5.7% annual rate. Security Bank & Trust now offersthe “Big Rate”, 5.75%, on 2-year savings certificate. Also available, depending on your personal needsis the high rate of 5.50% interest on 1 year Savings certificate. No bank pays more than the “Big Rate”.2. John Cassidy – 10410 W. Jefferson - * Large Brick dwelling – living room with natural fire place 22’ X15’, dining room 13’ X 14’, kitchen 10’ X 12’, lavatory, 4 bedrooms and bath on 2 nd floor. Lot 88ft X100ft. $30,000.00. & A 2 family brick- full basement, 2 gas, forced air furnaces, 5 rooms and batheach, 2 bedrooms. Aluminum storms and screens, solid side drive. Excellent condition.3. South Pointe Dodge – 970 Fort St. at Outer Dr., Lincoln Park - * 1968 Charger – priced from $1.695.* 1967 Chryslers priced from $1,395.4. Bistran’s Downriver Chrysler – Plymouth – 16225 Fort St., Southgate - * 1968 Plymouth Road Runner– two door hard top. V-8 automatic, power steering. Good whitewall tires. Car has never seentrouble. Only $1,695. * 1967 Chevrolet Impala – two door, four speed, 427 engine, power steering.New Mobile premium tires, bucket seats, console, super sport. $1,595. * 1967 GTX two door, hardtop, automatic, 440, power steering. Gold/black vinyl roof, bucket seats. Road wheels red line tires,just like brand new, only $1,695.5. River Rouge Auto Wash – 11400 W. Jefferson (next door to Carter’s Restaurant) – Now open for yourconvenience – completely automatic with brushes. Wash & Wax & Dry. (Exterior wash only) Only$1.25.6. A & P – Henry & Jefferson - * 7 rib end portion pork – 49 cents lb. * Fancy sliced random weightsbacon 69 cents lb. * Prime cut boneless Cod Fillets 59 cents lb. * 25 free when you buy 100 atregular price – Our Own Tea Bags – 125 for 97 cents. * Vine-ripe tomatoes 39 cents lb. * VolumeNo. 4 (now on sale) – Pick up a volume or two each week – Funk & Wagnalls Standard ReferenceEncyclopedia. Volume No. 1 only 25 cents – Volumes 2 – 25 $1.89 per volume.7. Cunningham’s – 10507 W. Jefferson – corner of Henry – (Clip & Save Coupon Sale). * Polaroid ColorFilm $3.69. * Electric can and bottle opener – VanWyck $4.77, limit 1. * Pepsodent toothbrush 2for 49 cents. * Aqua Net Hair Spray 13 oz. 47 cents.