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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLivonian1942_1230Township Briefs LIVONIA TOWNSHIP'S ONLY By Mildred Zopff OFFICIAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER The annual New Year's Eve party of the Rosedale Gardens civic association, The Officer's Ball, will be held on Thursday, December -31 from 10 p.m.. to 3 - a.m. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Lyndon TH are general chairmen, assisted by the officers and members of the board -of directors. The committee asks that mem- bers make their reservations for themselves and their guests as soon as possible as the. number is limited. Schaefer's orchestra will pro Li Entered at the Plymouth, Michigan ��p� Subscription price, $1.00 per year. Post Office as second class mail matter. 5 cents per single copy. Phone Plymouth 16 ��sgc7a tpt' STERLING EATON, Publisher Business Office, Plymouth Mail Building, Plymouth, Michigan.. vide the musk and there will be favors and noisemakers for all. Vol. 3—No.-45 Wednesday, December 30, 1942 Plymouth, Michigan Refreshments will be served- and — - a good time is promised for all who attend. The regular monthly meeting of the P.T.A: of Rosedale school / J 4 will take place on Wednesday, �� I January 6, 1943 at the school with the business meeting starting .promptly at 8. p.m. �P Mrs. George Hamilton, pro- grain chairman, wishes to an- pounce that we will have as our - - -� special speaker, Dr: Herbert Robb h sMect will be • `Biologi- w ose 3 cal and Mental Forces which in- fluence our social and economic security in this machine age." This talk will be for adults only and all persons interested: are : cordially invited to be present. Plans for the Founder's Day din- ner will also be. discussed. There will be an executive meeting of 'all members of the - board of the Rosedale P.T.A. on Monday, January 4 at 8:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Henry Bock" on Auburndale avenue. All mem- / "..;;>.. bers are requested to be present. The Women's club .of the -Rose- dale Gardens civic association -will hold their first meeting of the new year on Thursday, Jan- uary 7 at 8:30 p.m. at the club- house. All members are asked to - be.on hand, as plans for the next few months will be discussed. The Campfire Girls of .Livonia _ Center will meet at the Cemetery on Five Mile road at Farming- ton road for a skating party at = 2. p.m. on December 30. After the skating, a weenie roast will be held. The Brownies of Troop 3 of Rosedale Gardens will hold their next meeting on Monday, Janu- ary 4, at the. school. Mrs. Fred Vendevender is troop leader. Mr. and Mrs. H. Markham an- nounce the birth of a son at Mt. ` Carmel hospital on Friday, De- cember 18. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zopff of Blackburn avenue had as their guests for supper on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Brain and their children, Mary Lou and Robert of Detroit. Mrs. Clinton Ault has returned to her home from Sessions hos- pital after undergoing .a success- ti ful operation. Mr. and Mrs. William Bell an- �d '` •` ' `"» nounce the birth of a son in High- land Park General hospital on Thursday, December 17. 4 f 0� Edwin Johnson ,of . Mayfield w■ avenue is home from the haspi- '< tal after undergoing treatment for a nasal infection, and is getting along fine. Mrs. Emerson Ault and her daughter, Lora Ann are visiting in New London, Ohio where Aux■ ■ iliary Police Mrs. Johnson Porter (June Ault) now lives. and Mrs. Porter also announcence the birth of a Hold Xmas Party ++yy daughter, ' Carol "Ann, recently. A It d L Ann also Mrs. u an ora spent a few days -with Mr. Ault who is now stationed in Cleve-. land. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Blair are re- cent arrivals in the township and have made their. home on Auburndale avenue. Ted, who is employed at General Motors, Diesel plant, has spent most of his life in large cities and can't wait until summer to get out in his spacious back yard and get lots of sunshine and fresh air. A son, Henry James, was born at Mt. Carmel Mercy hospital to Mr, and Mrs. Dallas F. Hay on December 18, 1942. Mrs. Hay and the baby returned home on Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Maha- lak of 9832 Arden, Rosedale Gardens, are happy to announce the birth of a son, Keith Gregory, born December 7. —0— The Wolverine state has more than 5,000 inland lakes covering Navy ships currently are being launched at _the highest rate in history. Hundreds of thousands of -men are needed to man these ships. Be one of them. The auxiliary police held their first annual party at the township hall on December 17 and about 40 members and their wives were present. All business was dispensed with and the entire evening was social. The officers of the auxiliary. police were in- troduced to all present. Robert Clark was appointed Santa Claus and .gave out the gifts. Dancing was next on the .program which was followed by a luncheon serv- ed in a very delightful manner. And the rest of the evening was spent in games, etc. The chief of police, Dallas F. Hay, received a phone call that Station S T O R K was on the line so he hurriedly left the party to take Mrs. Hay to Mt. Carmel Mercy hospital and received an advance Christ- mas present at 3:17 a.m. Decem- ber 18 of a lovely :baby boy. Bill Powell was chairman of the party committee and with Bill in there it couldn't be other than a suc- cess. The wives of the auxiliary policemen certainly had a won- derful time and all hoped they wouldn't have to wait until next Christmas to get together again. Livonia Stores Joy Bar Now Has Have Rig Year New management A survey of many of .the stores in the township revealed this week that . Christmas buying . reached an all-time high here this year. "It wasn't what an item cost but it. was just a ques- tion of whether a customer could get it," is the way several storekeepers summed 'up their Christmas rush. The major problem confront- ing most of these same store- keepers today was the fact that many of them were wondering if they were going to be able to get enough merchandise the next time they ordered . to _ ever fill their shelves again. - Mail delivery again presented a terrific headache to Livonia residents. Time after time many were forced to call Wayne, Red- ford, Plymouth or Farmington to find out,if.this package or that packa&,_ had arrived for them and if so when it would be delivered. This is again proof that an indet_ pendent postoffice is badly need- ed in the township. In the ma- jority of cases the deliveries made here are all rural routes and thesedeliveriesare of neces- Announcement was made pub - lie this week of the consumma- tion of the sale of the popular Joy Bar formerly- owned by Ralph Opland to Joe Stewart who is well known -here. -Joy Bar is located on the corner of Joy and Middle- Belt roads and has been operated by Mr. Opland since it opened three years ago. Management of .the Bar will be under the direction of Paul Glenn who has many friends in Livonia and. Plymouth. - Plans for re- modeling and redecorating are under way and soon after the first of the year it is .planned to change the interior into one of the most modern places of its kind in this area. - sity much slower than city de- livery. Withstanding all of the head- aches that were encountered ev- eryone agreed that this was about the finest Christmas they ever had and that there was every reason why they should have the Happiest New, Year that they ever had. Page 2 THE LIVONIAN Wednesday, December 30; 1942 Local Churches ST. PAUL'S EV. LUTHERAN Church. Corner Farmington and Five Mile roads. Theodore Sauer, pastor. Sunday services, 10:30 a.m. Sunday school, 9:45 o'clock. You are also invited to attend the following New Year's serv- ices. New Year's Eve, 7:30 p.m. New Year's Day, 10:30 a.m. LIVONIA COMMUNITY church. Rev. Albert Luibrand, pastor. Sunday services. Church, 10:00 a.m.; Sunday school, 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon. Public is invited. Be- ginning April 26, services will be held from 8 to 9 p.m. and start- ing Thursday, May 7, prayer meeting will be from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY of Farmington, Michigan will hold its Thanksgiving day service at Farmington high school audi- torium Thursday, November 26, 1942, 11:00 a.m. The public is in- vited to attend. NON BIL GAS = ® OIL LUBRICATION - TIRE REPAIR CANDY - TOBACCO BOB CLARK'S THREE -ACRE SERVICE Eight Mile and Middle Belt Roads "STOP AT THE SIGN OF THE FLYING RED HORSE" OPEN DAILY 11 A.M. to 1 A.M. IF YOU WANT TO LIVE LONGER EAT SEA FOOD at the SEA FOOD GROTTO Detroit's Exclusive Sea Food Restaurant West Seven Mile Road at Telegraph 1 NOTIC to the Taxpayers Livonia Township 1942 Township, county and school taxes were payable Tuesday, De- cember 1st, 1942 and may be paid without penalty until Saturday, February 27th, 1943 -Taxes may be paid at the township hall, 33110 Five Mile road near inter- section of Farmington road each week day between the hours-- of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., except Saturday. Tax payments may also- be mailed by check or money order directly to the treasurer at the township hall, 33110 Five Mile road. R.F.D. No. 3, Plymouth, Michigan Arthur Trapp Township Treas. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY —Farmington high school audi- torium, Sunday, 11:00 a.m., Sun- ady school, same hour. Wednes- day evening services are held at Universalist church on Warner avenue at 8:00 D.M. GAYLORD ROAD BAPTIST chapel, one mile west of Grand River on Seven Mile road, one- half block on Gaylord road. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; wor- ship service, 11:45 a. in.; B.Y.P.U., 6:30 p. in.; evening services, 7:30 p.m.Prayer meeting Friday, 7:30 p.m. Come and worship in a beautiful little country church. "A stranger but once." Pastor: Ray Hein, 12661 Hamburg, De- troit, phone Pingree 9389. WEST POINT BIBLE CHURCH Evangeline Farnum, pastor. H. Sandercock, visiting pastor. Sun- day school, 10:00-11:00 a.m.; morning worship, 11:00 a.m.; Junior church, 3:00-5:00 p.m.; evening worship, 7:45; Tuesday evening, 8:00, personal evangel- ism; Wednesday evening, 8:00, cottage meeting, Horace Gra- velle's Merriman Court. Friday afternoon, 2:00-3:30, Missionary meeting at church, 3:30 to 4:30 Industrial Arts for children. Fri- day evening, 8:G0, prayer meet- ing. After prayer meeting, choir practice. WEST POINT CHURCH OF CHRIST, 33200 Seven Mile road, one block east of Farmington road. Bible school Sunday 10:00 a.m.; preaching and communion Sunday 11:00 a.m.; preaching Sunday evening 7:45. Everybody is welcome. HOPE CHAPEL, church of the United Brethren in Christ, Revs. E. N. Sheridan and Mrs. Sheri- dan, pastors, 27431 Long avenue, residence. Sunday services, 10 a.m., unified service, worship and church school; 8 p.m., eve- ning service; Tuesday, 7 p.m. Boy Scouts; 7 p.m., Wednesday,, choir rehearsal; 8 p.m. midweek prayer service, Thursday; Sun- day 6:30 p.m., Christian En- deavor. ST. MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC church, Father Contway, pastor, Rosedale Gardens. molasses at 6 a.m., 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 12 noon. ELM BAPTIST CHURCH. R. A. Ragle, ;pastor, phone Evergreen 5606R. Bible school 10 a.m., morning worship 11:10 a.m., eve- ning service 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Gas Coupons Are Good Everywhere Gasoline rationing coupons is- sued anywhere in the United States are as good in Michigan as they are in the city and state in which they were issued. This was the statement of Wil- liam Wood, chairman of the Plymouth War Price and Ration- ing Board. Mr. Wood said he had been in- formed that some gasoline sta- tions were refusing to honor ra- tioning books issued in the East because they were not identical with those issued in Michigan. This failure on the part of the stations is an error, said Mr. Wood. The rationing coupons issued in the East are not identical with those issued in Michigan, he said, but the difference is slight, and that so long as the coupons pre- sented come within the specified dates of issuance, they are en- tirely valid. Ten million feet of water - soaked lumber remain in the De- troit River to this day as .a me- mento of the time when lumber- ing was a major industry in northeastern Michigan. Plumbing and Heating Parts and Fixtures Repairs and Service C. J. LEGGET 20547 Fenkell Ave., cor. Patton REdford 2167 1 -• Open Thursday Eve- ning by Appointment WELLA KOLESTRAL OIL TREATMENTS For Reconditioning Hair (Dandruff and Dry Hair) Livonia 2512 Louise Peck 32007 Plymouth Road Rosedale Gardens r DIGNIFIED - SINCERE - COURTEOUS SERVICE Schrader Funeral Home Funeral Directors Ambulance on Call Phone 781W Plymouth, Mich. 280 S. Main Mr. Farmer - Uncle Sam wants top produc- tion — you can be sure of the best results when you feed our dairy feeds — Ma SEEDS — FEEDS Commercial Fertilizers Spray Materials FOR GOOD COAL PHONE 107 tchles Coal & Supply Co. 882 Holbrook Ave. Plym®ut1,; Mic1�, Wednesday; December 30, 1942 THE LIVONIAN Page 3 IR UEL OIL We Aim to Please" Phone Your Order to 191 Northville Night Calls Phone 68 C. R. ELY & SONS BEER - LIQUOR - WINE Dancing Sat. and Sun. ED PALISZEWSKI, Prop. (Formerly Frank's Inn) 31022 Ann Arbor Trail Near Merriman Road "The Friendliest Atmosphere in Northwest Detroit" Lahser Road at Grand River REDFORD OLD TIMER TAVERN LIQUOR - BEER - WINE Modern and Old -Time Dancing Fri., Sat., Sun. Nights'. MUSIC BY WESTERN ACES Jimmy Thrapp, Prop. Phone Redford 9702 SHOE REPAIRING Expert Work FRANK'S SHOE REPAIR 11151 Stark Rd., 1h Blk. South of Plymouth Rd. YOU CAN DO BETTER IF YOU SHOP AT Ray Th®rpes Modern Hardware Open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday 9 to 12 28302 Joy Road Between Inkster and Middlebelt Roads SQUARE DEAL BODY SHOP J. W. Selle and Son Expert Collision Work PHONE 177 744 Wing St. Plymouth DR. J. McL. PATERSON DENTIST 32007 Plymouth Road Rosedale Gardens Wednesdays and Fridays For Appointment Telephone Livonia 2323 L. BLAKE JEWELER Opposite Post Office Northville, Mich. The Best Place to Buy UPHOLSTERING Furniture Repairing Free Estimates Phone BE. 3100 Guilbeault Upholstering 21261 Fenkeil Ave. corner Westbrook CUSTOM BUILT FURNITURE C 1 !` May 1943 bring you all the best there is in the land — May con- tinued health, wealth and prosperity be yours throughout the days ahead. We take this opportunity to thank the residents of Livonia town- ship for their loyal cooperation in all of the war time undertak- ings we have had brought to us this year. Your willingness to assist us in every way makes our manifold duties easier and goes a long way to bring victory that much closer. Your Township Officers Page 4 THE LIVONIAN Wednesday, December 30, 1942 Wood Clarifies Gas Rationing Appeal Steps Plant Committees Control Applications Made With Them The Plymouth War Price and Rationing Board has announced that it will be impossible for the local ,board to consider appeals of motorists seeking additional gasoline, if the original applica- tion was filed through a local plant committtee. William Wood, chairman of the Plymouth rationing board said many such appeal applications had been received but that no "We have been informed," said Mr. Wood, "that appeals from defense plant workers must file their appeals for ad- ditional gasoline through their respective plant committees. "These plant committees, in turn, present them to a pro- cessing center which has been established in Detroit. "The local board regrets it has been unable to do anything about these appeals from defense plant workers, because the orig- inal supplemental application has not been available for review." It was made clear that the failure of the board to act on such applications did not indi- cate that sufficient gasoline would not be allowed. When the gasoline rationing procedure was set up, many of the plants in the defense area handled all of the gasoline ration- ing application forms for work- have done our best to serve you in 1942. And we promise to Jo our best to serve you even better in 1943. - May the next twelve months bring you blessings beyond your most hopeful expectations. tete"es9e OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY WRb UNTEW STATES WAR Fred La Cook Co. General Merchandise Phone 10 Farmington, Michigan. — YOUR FLORIST = a Lester Swore 1 30471 Plymouth Road ers in respective plants. This fa - cilitated the work and made it — Use The Livonian Want Ads. They Bring Results — because the original requests possible for workers to get their were not returned to the local cards without waiting in inter- boards. minable lines for them. .p _ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .: .. Buy S. Uerense Bonds and_. Y If. d € WWI Stamps, the I.O.U. of the Red, White and Blue! have done our best to serve you in 1942. And we promise to Jo our best to serve you even better in 1943. - May the next twelve months bring you blessings beyond your most hopeful expectations. tete"es9e OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY WRb UNTEW STATES WAR Fred La Cook Co. General Merchandise Phone 10 Farmington, Michigan. — YOUR FLORIST = a Lester Swore 1 30471 Plymouth Road Wednesday, December 23,1942 THE LIVONIAN Page's Civil Patrol Squadron Takes Over Triangle Plymouth Airport Is Again Scene Of Much Activity Triangle Airport, corner of Ann Arbor Trail and Hix road, for many years Michigan's only glider airport, has again become the scene of aerial activities, but this time it is not due to air gliders, which have all been taken over by the government. The nearby Plymouth airport is now the operating base of Squadron 4 of the Civil Air Pa- trol There is another reason, too, why Plymouth has an interest in this new development at Tri- angle. Maynard Larkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Larkins, for- mer residents of this city, is war- rant officer and active in the af- fairs of Squadron 4. He has be- come a flier and frequently soars over his old home town of Plym- outh, where he graduated from high school before he moved to Sarasota, Florida, with his par- ents. He is now married and resid- ing at 17584 Harwell, in Detroit and has a position with the U.S. Civil Service commission; with offices in the Federal building. Recently there were a dozen or more planes, affiliated with the CAP, that made a highway traffic observation flight over southeastern Michigan. The 12 planes all flew out of Triangle and checked automobile traffic on every trunk line road in this part of the state. Save with Safety at your Bexall Drug Store Cecil Il. Habermehl 32101 Plymouth road Corner of Blackburn Rosedale Gardens CAMILOT BEAUTY CLINIC Phone Livonia 2234 Closcd Every Monday Open Thursday and Friday Evenings by Appointment. Mary Camilot Ann Stephan Operators 9035 Middlebelt Road. Between Chicago and Joy Insulation and Storm Windows Will Cut Your Heating Costs to a Minimum We will gladly give you an estimate on the costs of insulating or on the costs of installing storm sash , The costs are exceed- ingly low and finance is available Plymouth Lumber & Coal Co. 308 S. Main St. at P. M. Tracks Phone 102 Plymouth, Mich. Their interesting report con- tains the notation that there "is a decided reduction noted in highway traffic." The exact number of the Civil Air Patrol with which Mr. Lar- kins is associated is known as Squadron 634-4. Its membership is comprised almost entirely of civilian fliers living in the north- west section of Detroit. In company with Lieutenant Albert L. Roberts and Lieutenant John R. Schutts of the . squadron to which he is attached, Maynard left the airport Sunday long enough to call on a number of old Plymouth friends. These energetic fliers are active in a large amount of pa- trol work for the army and navy, stated the visiting officers to Plymouth. Large sections of the nation's coastline are daily patrolled by their members in search of enemy submarines. Newspaper accounts of the finding of the Western Airlines transport plane, which crashed two weeks ago southwest of Salt Lake City, failed to give due credit to the Civil Air Patrol. Dis- patches stated only that the miss- ing airliner was located by a civilian pilot. As a matter of fact, the search plane was dispatched by CAP as an emergency mission and it is too bad that full credit was not given to the patrol in the ac- counts of that day. Maj. Ray Baker, commander of the Michigan wing, sent the fol- lowing telegram to Utah's Wing 97: "Michigan wing sencis con- gratulations to Utah. wing for ex- cellent- navigation job performed by Caspar Wolf in locating West- ern Airlines ship .and perhaps Fear Winter Will Be Bad One For Deer Michigan's deer herd is begin- ning the winter with a double handicap, in the opinion of' the state conservation department's game men. Deer are reported going into their winter yards a week to two weeks earier than in recent sea- sons because of heavy early saving two lives. That kind of pa- trol work reflects credit on all CAP members of Utah and the Civil Air Patrol all over the na- tion." The headquarters of the Squad- ron ojerating out of Triangle, is located at 18300 Grand River, near the corner of Southfield. snows that stayed, and the big 1942 fawn crop, following the excellent survival last year be- cause of the mild winter, may leave a population that will tax winter food supplies in critical areas. Michigan's last state-wide loss- es of deer due to local shortages of winter food, the best of which is cedar browse, came in 1940, though there were severe losses in some parts of the lower pen- insula in 1941 where the size of the herd exceeded the carrying capacity of the wintering areas. o --- Cutting one gallon from the "A" gasoline ration coupon, in 16 Eastern rationed states, is esti- mated to save about 20,000 bar- rels of gasoline daily. This Wary Christmas... J: PLEASE do not �---� make Long Distance greeting Calls Only the necessities of war cause your Telephone Company to make that request. This Christmas, Long Dis- tance lines will be crowded with urgent war messages—calls that must go through. Holiday greetings must make way for those vital calla 1 Therefore, we sincerely ask that you do not make Long Mstance greeting calls on Christmas Eve and Christma Dab particularly to points outside q/ Michigan. * i3NVE WAR BONDS AND STAMPS POR OWRISTMA3 M141119an Bell Telephone Company„ Page 6 THE LIVONIAN Wednesday, December 23, 1942 Ford Deeps 'm Rolling for R. S. Labor Up -Sets Do Not Stop Progress In spite of strikes, slow -downs, fights, wrangles and disputes, that have infested his plants dur= ing the .past year or so, Henry Ford keeps the wheels turning for Uncle Sam and grinding out bad- ly needed supplies and materials for the fighting boys in the Unit- ed States army and navy. You'll get better dressed poultry at lower prices here. Place Your Holiday Order Today His latest accomplishment, ac- cording to Paul Wiedman, for nearly a quarter of a century Plymouth Ford dealer, is the completion of the new aircraft building, where production of Pratt and Whitney airplane mo- tors is under way. Special class- rooms and laboratories have been .set aside for navy use, and 900 of the service school students are learning, through both the- oretical study and .practical ex- perience, details of airplane - engine maintenance. In the class- room they learn aircraft engine fundamentals, purposes of the various parts and their function in the engine's operation. In another department where the 400 machinists -mate aspir- Turkeys - Chickens - Geese - Ducks Have You Tried Our Delicious Chicken Dinners -They're Supreme. Bring your family and friends here during the busy days ahead. After shopping you'll enjoy our hearty food. We Serve Good Beer and Wine. Complete Grocery and Meat Service. Chicken Shack L. O. BERRY, Proprietor 34115 Plymouth road Phone Livonia 9290 IF They Can The men who are fighting your battles for you are not holding out, or holding back. They are ® ready to go the limit—to die if necessary, for America. You are asked merely to invest 10% or more of your income under the 10% Payroll Savings Plan where you work. You give nothing. Instead, you will get back: every dollar—four for three. Buy war bonds. Buy the weapons of victory. Buy a safe future for yourself and your family. TgE INGTON S1gEBMK Farmington, Mich. ants . study lathes, mills, drill - presses and shapers, the Navy has instituted a unique method of in- struction. Two men work to- gether at a machine. One has had a month's experience. The other is new. The oldster in- structs the youngster for one month and then departs when his pupil. is ready to take his turn as teacher. An average of one shop instructor for every 10 students is maintained, and he keeps in close contact with their progress and instructs each in all phases of the work. An advanced two-month course in Diesel engineering is given to machinist's and electrician's mates who show particular talent during the first 120 -day .period. Throughout the rooms devoted to this study are cut -away models of Diesel engines, showing the functions of the various parts. Other complete models serve as experimental engines which the students tear down and build up to learn construction. A number of fuel -injection systems also are studied in detail so that, in the event any partic- ular one must be used at sea, these men will be able to per- form the necessary repair and maintenance work on it. Not all is work at the station, however. Some men have time off every evening in the week, alternating of course, and a great number get away each week -end. There are two incidents in the growth of the school that are worth repeating. One is the story that is told of the visit of the ad- miral. It seems that this official advised the then Commanding Officer that on a certain day he would arrive the following after- noon for an inspection. 'Admirals frown upon anything hinting disorder. The new Naval Station was only a few weeks old, bare rock and ground still surrounded it; there were no trees and no grass. Admittedly its environs were bleak. Officials of the Ford Motor company were informedof the forthcoming visit. The legend is that Henry Ford hastened to the grounds to look at the training area. Hardly an hour elapsed af- ter Mr. Ford's visit before trucks began to arrive. These were load- ed with trees, turf, sod and gard- eners. Bull -dozers started to level the ground. As fast as this was done, workmen followed, some digging holes into which stripling trees were placed and then guy- ed with wires. Still others began laying and rolling the squares of sod, much of it smooth as a golf - green. All through the night and well into the following day this con- tinued..It was shortly after noon that the crew finished. What had been a barren area, had become a landscaped vista, in less than 48 hours. The admiral was pleas- ed. (So was the Commanding Officer.) Blessings are upon the head of the just.—Proverbs 10:6. Inconduct do not make trifles of trifles. Regard the smallest action as being either right or wrong, and make a conscience of little things.—Spurgeon. You've Tried the Rest; Now Use the Best .. . CLOVERDALE FARMS DAIRY Your Local Dealer 841 West Ann Arbor Trail Phone 9 _ Plymouth, Mich. Furnace Rew%airs Is your fire pot in bad shape, or does your heating plant need other repairs? If so call Livonia 2358 EYES RIGH -V. For Accuracy lri g War Industry .� �� One error can cost lives and planes .. that are depending on your accurate eyesight for safety! Don't take chances, let our Registered Optometrist examine and prescribe the proper glasses for your improved, safe, sure vision. Dr. John A. Ross — Dr. L. E. Rehner DOCTORS OF OPTOMETRY 809 Penniman Ave. Plymouth, Mich. Phone 433 . Hours: 11 a. in. till 9 p. in. 11 USE OF OPEN BOWLING With the Exception of Friday Evening from 7:30 to9 Reservations without extra cost. Call Northville 9154 before 6 p.m. We have many buyers who are waiting to buy homes and property in Livonia township. If you are considering selling our buyers have the cash waiting HARRY S. WOLFE REAL ESTATE - FARMS — INSURANCE 32398 Five Mile Road, just east of Farmington Road PHONE LIVONIA 2668 Wednesday, December 30, 1942 THE LIVONIAN _ Page ? Restrict Use Of Phones Here The Michigan Bell Telephone company announced today that, because of war conditions, new installations of telephones in Li- vonia can be made only on a temporary basis, except where essential to the direct war effort or to the public security. John R. MacLachlan, manager for the company, said that appli- cants for new installations in Li- vonia are being offered party - line service, with contracts per- mitting the company to with- draw service on 48-hour notice should the facilities be required for the direct war effort or the public security. Zander such an ar- rangement, he pointed out, per- sons who otherwise would have to be denied service, will be able ftf AN& GL asES1 rl � Vset up a fast pace or service in IM, but You ain't seen nothin' yet " Just watch us step up our service in 1943! Come in and see us. And, say, folks, Happy New Year to all. DICKERSON ,HARDWARE 11 33405 Gd. River Ave. Phone 4 Farmington, Mich. .�_ A Good Place To Buy Your GROCERIES and MEATS Lid and Brothers formerly McKinney & Schaffer The Plymouth Telegraph Grill Corner Plymouth and Telegraph Roads GOOD FOOD 24 -Hours -Every Day Our Steaks, Chops, Bar- becued Chickens and Spare- ribs are the best you can - buy. You'll like our food. You'll like our service We serve the finest all - steak Hamburgers in Wayne County Soda Fountain Delicious Hot Dods to obtain it on a temporary basis. Even on that basis, how- ever, service can be provided "only where circuits, as well as central office facilities, are avail- able. MacLachlan said the plan is designed to afford service to the greatest possible number of per- sons needing it, at the same time complying with orders of the War Production Board that adequate facilities be reserved to meet military, war -production, and essential public needs. The tele- phone system cannot be expand- ed sufficiently to care for all service demands because the ma- terials required for such expan- sion are now going into the mak- ing of war weapons. "Rather than holding ourselves to arbitrary estimates as to the extent of future essential de- mands, and denying service to civilians, we propose to make it available to as many as possible by offering temporary contracts to applicants," MacLachlan ex- plained. "Whether it will. become nec- essary to withdraw service on 48- hour notice will depend upon wartime factors associated with the growth of service demand in a particular area. Every effort, however, will be made to avoid such withdrawals. It even may become necessary to require some individual -line users to take party -line service < so essential users -can have the service. . MacLachlan said similar re- strictiona now prevail in 34 other outstate communities in the company's territory, as well as in several central office areas in Detroit: Sleet Storm Ties Up Traffic Plymouth Swept by Severe Ice Storm Following in the wake of the severest early winter weather this part of Michigan has ever experienced, Plymouth and the rest of southeastern Michigan was Tuesday morning blanketed with a sheet of ice that disrupted all highway traffic, piled auto- mobiles, trucks and buses in the gutters along highways and made foot traffic a real hazard. The storm started just before daylight and within 30 minutes highways, trees, wires and build- ings were coated with a sheet of ice. Hundreds of workers were late to their jobs. Others never reach- ed their places of employment and business everywhere drop - bed to a mere fraction of what it had been on Monday. Fortunate- ly there were no reports of ser- ious injuries. From lack of moral strength empires fall. Right alone is irre- sistible, permanent, eternal. — Mary Baker Eddy. Peace is liberty in tranquillity. —Cicero. WA -R, RESTRICTS Telep.one SeF&VIESU IN THE PAST, your Telephone Company has been able to expand its system to meet all service demands. Today, that is impos- sible.. The materials required are more urgently needed for war. Meanwhile, wartime demand for service has crowded Livonia's telephone system almost to capac- ity. And the War Production Board's orders require that ade- quate facilities be reserved for service essential to the direct war effort, or to the `public health, welfare or security". Therefore, in other cases, neva service can be provided, where it is available, only on a temporary basis, the applicant agreeing to relin- quish it on 48 hours' notice if it is needed for vital war . or other essential purposes. These war -created restrictions will inconvenience many persons, we know. However, we shall continue to supply Livonia the best service possible under war conditions. And we look forward to the day when we. again can give all the service wanted, "when and where wanted". But now, and for the duration, war needs come first. Michigan Bell Telephone Company Page 8 THE LI'4tON AN man, Mrs. Edna Zeigler, thought Sgt. Florence McWethy states Red good, considering the sea- that many of the donors were ,fed Cross son of the year and the number transported by the motor corp of persons who are ill in the during the afternoon and eve - Mews township. Only seventeen of the ning. donors were new; leaving eighty- Mrs. Edna Zeigler wishes to six who had contributed before; thank the Board of Education of The Red Cross blood bank eighteen for the fourth time. the Wilcox school for the privi- visited Livonia for the sixth time The Canteen corps, under the lege of using the building again on Monday, December 21. One direction of Mrs. Myron J. Ander- and to all the people who helped hundred and three pints of blood son, served the donors and the to make the blood bank possible. were collected which the chair- staff. (Letter received by canteener Mrs. Roy Lostutter of Sherwood Lane, from a canteener in Sidney, yr' yp" Aust r r.. MY DEAR MRS. LOSTUTTER: ' Just a line to let you know how your dear son Eddie is placed i�� m®�� ,� ,j,� �°��� •:J� just how, and you will be, I ppy think, "very happy to feel that he has a home away from home, or rather he feels it is although we are not grand but our hearts are VA big for your boys, who have come to see us through. Believe me we �+ certainly had not gone far on the war path before America came sailing to help us, and thank God y for the day they arrived. Any I 3 way, am a mother of daughters and know perhaps how you will feel to hear that Eddie with is people on all his hours of leave from duty who enjoy VL his company a whole lot and he is welcome to what little comfort -Mo or company we can offer him. A Please do not worry and fret over MOONLITE INN J Eddie for now; anyway, as he is :� as safe as any of usare. God bless you all over there, and above all Walter Beglinger, prop.your president, who seems to be •� such a wonderfully strong._ char- acter. I just thought it would be nice to write and make a pen friend y�� �c syr a ► of you because after this warms, who �a�.i/ f i! Tom: i/ f! f! lam: ffi � !! ►f Y� ►l i�1�3i1311 ir? 401, 0.. Off/ sailing below the horizon is a ship of � hope, coming this way. That ship—New ::'.. Year, 1943—will soon be putting into port here with a cargo of our very best wishes for happiness and good cheer to all our friends.�"� � � r .Among the outstanding pleasures in the year that now lies behind was your continued p.at- ronage. We are grateful for it, and will do everything in our power to merit its continu- ance during the coming year. THE PLYMOUTH COACH CO. Wednesday, December 30, 1942 knows, you may be able to come and see Australia and we will be as pleased to see you as we are to see Ed. I will close- now as I am getting sleepy after a heavy day working on the organizing of a big concert for Christmas food and cheer for our and your boys on service Christmas day. I work every Friday in a canteen at St. Andrews Cathedral and also Fri- day we served 2066 men with food—all volunteer labor by the ladies. The wireless is just play- ing Goodnight chorus, so, cheerio. Your Over Seas Friend ELLA W. HINES 0 Sauerkraut; That Is It—Good, Too! Plymouth's Famous Food Praised by MSC Of all things! Now comes along the specia- lists of Michigan State College recommending use of Plymouth's famous winter dish—good old sauerkraut. Some like it hot, some like it cold. .Either way, sauerkraut- is one of our best food crops, rich in vitamins and minerals, nutn. tion specialists at Michigan State college tell Plymouth folks who have known all about it for. years. Because of the tin shortage packers have put millions of gal- Ions of kraut into barrels, and with the large cabbage crop of the 1942 season, there is an ample supply of this hearty food. The nutrition specialists give some good tips on preparing sauerkraut: Famous , teams are sauerkraut and spareribs, kraut and sausage, or kraut and pigs' knuckles. One of the most popular combinations, they say, is kraut boiled with spareribs, with dumplings steamed on top of the kraut. Other combinations are diced apples and kraut browned to- gether, or kraut and liver, or kraut and fish. To some, roast goose is incomplete without a ,companion dish of kraut. Sauerkraut juice, chilled, makes a good first course. Some prefer it straight; others with a little lemon juice, or it may be mixed half and half with tomato juice. There is more than one way to cook and season sauerkraut itself. When you eat savory sauerkraut, as it's sometimes called, you are having the Norwegian style, It's done quickly this way: Lightly brown 1/4 cup or less of fat in a skillet and add i quart of sauerkraut and 1/4 teaspoon of celery or caraway seed. Mix well, separating the kraut with a fork. Cover and cook for 5 minutes, and serve hot. You give the kraut a Pennsylvania Dutch touch when you add onion, apple, and a chopped potato. ` WISHING You much joy, good luck, cheer, good health and happiness throughout 1943. And thanking you for having remembered us oo kindly in 1942. -'VON BURTS REDFORD'S OLDEST JEWELERS Wednesday, December 30, 1942 Rosedale Gardens news Mr. and ..Mrs. William Morris and faniTly 'wiYl as usual on Christmas day attend a progress- ive dinner party when members of her family in Detroit enter- tain at two courses and they at one. Mrs. Samuel Stalter entertain- ed. eight ladies at a Tuncheon bridge, Friday of last week. Fred Zinn Jr., is home from the Scarborough school of Scar- borough, New York, and with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred THE LIVONIAN Zinn, and sister; Margaret, will: spend ,. Christmas day with Mr, and Mrs. Donald Zinn in Battle Creek. Mr. and -Mrs. George V. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gib- son are to be dinner guests, Christmas day in the home of Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Copping, in Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Page and son, Harold, will attend "This is the Army" at the Masonic temple Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs.. V. H. Smale attended on Tues- day evening. Mr. and Mrs. Fred . Winkler were dinner guests, Saturday evening, of Dr. and Mrs. H. P._ Adams in their home on Nine Mile road. William Adams was FOR' REAL AMUSEMENT and 4M ENTERTAINMENT See our Floor Shows at 10 and .12:30 every Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. _Liquor�er, and Wine Picnic Grounds For Rent Make Your Reservations Now For New Year's Eve NANKIN MILLS INN 33594 Ann Arbor Trail, between Wayne and Farmington Roads F" Phone Livonia 9297. WAIW �° - HAPPY NEW YEAR San Remo Studios 17190 Lahser Rd. Redford Phone Redford 7798 Large Selection of Proofs 37 C) Y Ir BEER - LIQUOR. - WINE Meet Your Friends in a Friendly Atmosphere Cor. Joy and Middle Belt Rds. Paul Glenn, Mgr. Ring In The New Year With Your Friends at DANNS ' E RN PLYMOUTH ROAD PHONE LIVONIA -9275 Jimmy Mason, your favorite host, has spared no expense to bring you the choicest liquors and finest foods on this night of nights. Make it a Must This, New Years . Your valued patronage hasl been more than appreciated during the year just closing. We look. forward to serving your every need during 1943. MFS -ANN] MRS. JAMES MASON also present having, arrived from Oletta, Illinois, where he attends the Roosevelt 'Military academy. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ritten- house and Mr, and Mrs. Ray Covell of Plymouth were dinner. guests Saturday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holcomb. On Sunday they were dinner hosts to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Travis and family, of Plymouth. Mrs. Emory Shierk will be a luncheon hostess Monday to the Mercury club of Dearborn. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Fox and Nancy are to leave Christmas morning for a visit with her mother in Canada. Page 9 Mrs. Fred VanDevender en- tertained the Brownies and their mothers at a Christmas party Wednesday, December 16.- Mrs. VanDevender is leader of the Brownies. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ritten- house, of Plymouth, and . Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Micol, of Pontiac, are to be: Christmas dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holcomb. Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Winkler are to be Christmas day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy T. Mitchell when they will entertain at a formal dinner party in their home in Sherwood Forest. What has darning socks to do- with H Ask any woman what kind of sewing is most trying on the eyes. She will probably tell you fine stitching or: mending,, or even darning socks ---because it means using black thread on a black background (or match- ing colors of thread and material). There is -NO" CONTRAST to help make seeing easy. The same thing is true on a punch press, a lathe, or almost any kind of factory machine. Such machinery is usually painted dull green, deep gray or black; and against drab factory walls and floors and ceilings, it blends into a dark mass that makes seeing very diffi- cult. Worse still, the color of the work piece is often the same as the machine — increasing the accident hazard and causing fingers to slow down or fumble. It isn't practical to darn black socks with white thread. But something CAN be done about improving: seeing conditions in factories, through the use of "two-toned'machines,.and lighter walls and floors and ceilings. A paint brush and a few minutes' time can transform - lathes, presses, drills ... clearly marking the "danger area" — the point of work — and furnish- ing sharp contrast between the , machine proper and the piece being handled. Combined with good lighting, this speeds up production on nearly every kind of job. Workers can SEE better, and are able to perform their tasks more efficiently. Errors are cut to a minimum. Flaws are quickly and readily spotted. And accident hazards are greatly reduced. For helpful advice on the use of LIGHT and COLOR CONTRAST in your plant, make use of Detroit° Edison Lighting Advisors. Their services are available without charge.. Call RA ` 2100, Lighting Division. The Detroit Edison Company. Page 10 THE LIVONIAN Wednesday, December 30, 1942 Massif ied Ads FOR SALE FOR SALE—Insulation. Insulate your house now and cooperate with the National Fuel Saving program. Buy storm sash, FEED YOUR FLOCK THE Natural Way. Larro Feeds plus your own grains. All you need for more and better qual- ity eggs. Saxton Farm Supply Store 583 West Ann Arbor Trail Phone 174, Plymouth 24827 Gd. River at 7 Mile Rd. Redford—Phone 1996 .114 East Main St. Northville—Phone 150 combination;:- doors and rock wool. Farmington Lumber and Coal company. FOR SALE—We smoke our own ham, bacon and sausage. Fresh_ killed poultry. Taylor's Super Market, 29150 Joy road, one block east of Middle Belt road. 9-tf-c FOR SALE—Fireplace coral: Ken tucky Lump, 45 .cents per 100 pounds; Cannal Coal, 60 cents per 100 .pounds at the yard. Farmington Lumber -and Coal - Company. FOR SALE—Lignaphal, the new modern wood finish. It has no equal for floors. One applica- tion finishes the job. Farming- ton Lumber and Coal company. FOR RENT FOR RENT—House. Call at Cam- ilot Beauty shop, phone Livonia 2234. 1t -p WANTED WANTED—Poultry. W e pay the highest prices. for poultry of any kind. Taylor's Super Mar- ket, 29150 Joy road, one block east of Middle Belt. 9-tf-c H R V I N G 10c+ Adults, 2c Tax=25e Children, l0c-{-lc Tax=11c FAMILY NIGHT WED. THEATRE 21220 Fenkell RE. 2368 THURS., FRI., & SAT., DECEMBER 31, JANUARY 1 - 2 JOHN HUBBARD — RUTH TERRY —In— "YOUTH ON PARADE' plus BING CROSBY - MARY MARTIN Ia-- "BIRTH OF THE BLUES" Special New Year's Eve Feature Doors Open 1 P.M. Friday, New Year's Day SUNDAY, MONDAY & TUESDAY, JANUARY 3 - 4 - 5 PAT O'BRIEN — BARBARA STANWICK —1n— "GAMBLING LADY" Plus BING CROSBY — FRED ASTAIR "HOLIDAY INN" Wheel Balancing a Specialty We Call For and Deliver Your Car Bill BirONxrn. Northwest Detroit's Leading Repair Shop 20740 Fenkell Phone Red. 0900 Official Tire Inspection Headquarters FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Brand New Fords—Mercurys — Chevrolets Pontiacs — Olds — Buicks — Plymouths DeSotos — Nash — Packards -- Hudsons MISCELLANEOUS WE BUY AND SELL POULTRY dive and dressed, also home made dog food sold. Berry's Poultry Market, 34115 Plym- outh road, phone Livonia 3876. REFRIGERATION S E R V I C E, p h o n e Plymouth 160. Kim- brough Electric Shop, 868 West Ann Arbor Trail. tf-c State Seeks to Break Down Prejudice Against River Carp Having eaten carp and found it highly palatable, officials of the state conservation depart- ment and Michigan State college are now prepared to recommend this product personally to house- wives short of meat, while they go on to test the eating qualities. of suckers, herring and smelt— all deserving more use, they be- lieve. At the test dinner, prepared by the home economics department staff of the college, one dinner described the firm, white, flaky carp flesh as somewhat like pike, with a suggestion of mackerel, though not so strong. The fish sampled was broiled Lake Erie carp, brushed . with butter and seasoned. It came from Michigan waters of Lake Erie near Mon- roe. Next sleps in the campaign to erase popular prejudices against fish which could readily be pro- duced in larger quantities by Michigan commercial fishermen are testing of other species in the college home economics research kitchens, and . ' publication by spring of a small booklet of test- ed recipes for housewives. Fish producers and dealers will be urged to market their product as attractively as --meats. It was pointed out that the housewife can buy a steak ready for the pan, but if she buys Michigan fish she gets it in the round and is expected to do the "butchering" in her own kitchen. The army was quicker than housewives to recognize the value of herring, and carload lots of these "Lake Superior bluefins," scaled, cleaned, boned and fillet- ed, are now being shipped from upper peninsula fishing ports for use by the armed forces. Be courteous of !behavior and affable to all men; there is noth- ing that winneth so much with so little cost.—Sir Henry Sidney. of boxing. 0 If the nation's 27 million mo- torists cut their 1943 driving to the figure recommended -5,000 miles—they will save more than 17 million tires, according to es- timates. STORM SASH and INSULATION Will cut your heating costs and help keep you more comfortable at home this winter. Better burn our coal this winter —it gives more heat per dollar. - TRUSCON PAINTS. LEADRETTER Coal & Lumber Co. 12434 Middle Belt Rd. % Mile N. Plymouth Road Phone REdford 0333 Apple wood can pass for eb- ony, when stained black. It is firm and fine .grained . used in making furniture, buttons and imitations of olive wood, among other things. Two Good DRUG STORES Smith and Bradley Farmington, Michigan Maxwell J. Smith . Corner Eight Mile and Grandriver WEAR DIAMONDS FOR PERSONAL ATTRACTIVENESS Own Them as a Sade Investment Deane Herrick Jeweler 839 Penniman Ave. Plymouth Authorized Sales Headquar- ters for stamps and bonds FARMINGTON civic THEATER Wed., Thurs., Dec. 30 - 31 LADIES FREE DISH NIGHT A beautiful oven -test dish free to each and every lady. TOM BROWN - RUTH ERRY —in— "YOUTH ON PARADE" —plus— PRESTON FOSTER BRENDA JOYCE —in— "LITTLE TOKYO U.S.A.- Magic Alphabet War News Thursday night special late show. Ring out the old year, Ring in the New— Fri. & Sat., Jan. 1 - 2 JANET MACDONALD NELSON EDDY —in— "I MARRIED AN ANGEL" —plus -- BARBARA STANWICK JOEL McCREA —in— "GAMBLING LADY" Cartoon" - New Thrill Serial Sun., Mon., Tues., Jan. 3 - 4 - 5 GINGER ROGERS RITA HAYWORTH CHAS. BOYER HENRY FONDA —in— "TALES OF MANHATTAN" —plus— IRENE DUNNE RALPH BELLAMY —in— "LADY IN A JAM" Color Cartoon