What Ingham County I I I Churches Are Doing
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i:-J ~. .~; : ·n"' <J r: ,, I ......, : j 1'1 COLDER Snow 1/urrlos tonloltt; coldor Sunday and Monday; flurrlu · ovor tho wook ond, :·, l.l 1', •,.·,, IJJ C/j 70 cents per copy Voters Fail Obiectors Lose Battle To Show At Polls On McRoberts Sewer Job Mason councilmen toolt the pick up a greater share of the After the hearing the coun : E I g h t council candidates next step Monday night in cost. cil determined the storm· sew. were selected Monday from a pushing for 3 westside proj. ·Most of the objections cen· er project necessary and or· field of 11 In a race marlted ects. All 3 projects drew ob· tered around the cost of the dered City Assessor Clifford', by exceptional apathy on the jections at public hearings projects. The storm sewer Walcott to prepare a special part of Mason voters. Monday night from property worl< has bt't'll estimated by rissessment roll and. present Nominees selected for.the 4 owners who will have to share city Engineer Walter Zimmer it td the connell within 30 days. vacancies which will be filled in the cost. to be $39,490 with benefitting Decision on the street eX· at the April 6 election are in· The' projects include McRob property owners footing 79.1 tension and the sanitary sewer cumbents Claude Cady, Rich· erts street storm sewer, Cher· percent of the. cost and the was postponed for further· ard Morris and Howard ry street sanitary sewer ex· city at large putting up the meetings with the 2 church.. Schlichter, Richard MIJls, Murl tension and the extension of rest, · groups. Eastman, John. Hamlin, David Cherry street from McRoberts Stone and Loren Shattuclt. west to serve the Lutheran candidates ellmlnated were and Episcopal churches plan· Robert Groenleer, Louis Lee ned for the area. Eu1d Melrose Hudson. Objecting to the projects Council Committee were Tony Slusser, Mrs. Ray V,otes will be .canvassed by Phillips, A l I o r cl Powelson, the city board of canvassers Robert Boyce, Mrs. America Gives Fire Report plclted Monday night by the j?hillips, Roscoe Griswold, Mrs. cQuncil to conform to the new Tony Slusser and Clarence Mason's city council build· town site would be more ac· state election law. Named to Crispell. ing committee officially pre cessiblc to quick manning by the board were Emery Jewett Powelson also presented a sented its recommendations on businessmen members of the ·and Marie Barton for one-year petition bearing 40. names the new fire hall Monday night· fire department, the report terms and John Taylor and which had been collected a hut no action was taken. calls attention to the fact that John Princlng for 2-year year ago wnen the matter was Councilman Howard Schl!ch· relocation of volunteers comes terms. again up for discussion. Peti· ter's report came up with the with the relocation of new fire tioners objected.' recommenda11on for placing facilities. the new city pol!ce·fire ·barn ·~ Unofficial returns were as A letter was read from Rob· "Assessing data pertaining follows: ert Ware urging the project on a site on West Columbia to the 2 sites, and keeping across the .street from Fargo • Claude Cady .......................... 207 be started. Other proponents costs secondary to t'he protec· Blclmrd Morris .................... 202 who spol{e at the hearings station. This is the recommen tion of life and· property, the Ilownrd· Spbllchter ............. .187 were Harlan Gaddy and Ar· dation which fire department building committee recom· Richard Mills ....................... .152 thur Maynard, representing spokesmen voiced objections mended the West Columbia 1\[nrl · Eastman ...................... 144 the·Lutheran church, and Lor· to at the .last council meeting. street ·site tb •lie li'l the best Schlichter's report pointed' J9lm llamlln .......................... 1~ en Shattuck, who said he interests of all citizens of Ma· agreed with the need for the out that the Columbia site, son for the present, and eer· David Stone ............................ 90 compared to the site on West LOren Slmttuck ......... ;........ , .. 72 project but urged that the city tainly by loolting ahead, to Ash street across from the their best future interests," lwbert Groenleer ................ 70 Ingham County News which Louis the report concluded. Lee ................................ 50 was proposed hy firemen as Melrose Iludson .................... 32 · well as a citizen's study group, would be much cheap· . er. According to the report the Boards Plan Wreck Ash street sie cost would FaU. Victim amount to $28,500 while the West Columbia site would be Mason Meeting Presents Claim Crushes $16,500. Notices have ·been sent to Councilman Claude Cady re· Property considered on Ash all boards of education in Ing. ported Monday night on the is that awned by Mrs. Maude ham county by Alton J. status of a claim for medical Boy,S Bergin and Glenn Oesterle Stroud, Ingham intermediate while that on Columbia is own ~ ~ p e n s e s originally filed s·uperintendent of schools, of agalnsttne"city- by Mrs. Pearl Four members of a Mason ed by Mrs. Glen Coon. a meeting at the intermediate Monre. · family .. ·met ...:.-tragedy .. "on .. -a The. report also points out offices, }17 W. Maple· street, .....thaf RjlD.CC slippery hia-hway as tltey more _,is available Mason, Wednesday',· February Mrs. Moore aslted the coun· were on their way home from at the Columbia site. 26, at 8 p.m. to review and, ell to pay medical b!lls for attending church services in In answer to fire depart· act upon the budget of the treatment of injuries s h e Lansing last Wednesday night. ment challenges that an up- county board of education. claims she sustained in a fall Fatally injured when the on a city sidewalk in front of car his father was driving, the Consumers substation on sltldded and turned over in a Ash street. • ditch on E. Holt road just east of Oltemos road was Robert The claim was referred to Harry's Back 1n School Thomas Rowley, 5 years old. Consumers Power company. Harry Botek, Mason youth afflicted with a rare eye disease, returned to Mason junior The boy's mother, Mrs. Rose Cady told councilmen that mary Rowley, 26, of 383 E. Consumers Power officials high school Tuesday morning after several days at Walter Reed hospital in Washington Howell road, was hospitalized had investigated the case and eye at Mason General hospital disclaimed any negll.gence. undergoing treatment for a rare disease. Harry is shown here in Mrs. Ruth Ashley's with deep skull lacerations They claimed that on one slab ninth grade math class. Doctors say that Harry will eventually be blinded by the disease. and a possible fractured arm. corner there was a lA·inch var Her condition was given as Iation. good Wednesday. Claude E. Rowley Jr., her Hurry, Vets husband, was driving the car. The other passenger was a About 25 disabled VP.terans Old Tickets daughter, Tina Marie Rowley, and widows of distabled vet Volunteers Map Plans 6 :vears old. erans are going to be out of Rowley and his daughter luck when it comes to home. suffered cuts and bruises. stead tax exemptions on Ma· To Be Costly They were treated at Mason son· property. That's the General hospital and dis· EMERY JEWETT HAS started a clean-up warning Issued by Mrs. Doris To Push School Vote Armed with warrants, charged. campo ign in county government. Dissatisfied Austin, city treasurer. Only police started out this week Sheriff's officers said the At Monday night's session After the general meeting at Monday night's meeting. to hunt down traffic law vio family had gone to Lansing with the housekeeping at the courthouse, he one week remains before members of the school board and those who qualify can make township and precinct workers The campaign will start Mon lators who have failed to an to attend services at the Bible marched to the front steps Monday afternoon, the citizens study group presided met for leaders for organization day night and continue until every Way church. After the serv application u'nder the n"w at a question and answer session, swer summons for traffic vio procedures set up by the al plans. Leaders pointed out that home In the school district has lations over the past 2 years. ices ended about 9:30 p.m. threw a pail of water against the front doors Literature for the campaigners cost of the literature being passed been contacted. state. Letters were sent by was handed out by Rev. Joseph they went to visit a sister at and cleaned away the pigeon droppings. the city expiaining the new out was being paid by citizens Rev. Nielson, In making the Chief Tim Stolz of the Ma· 608 S. Chestnut street in Lan· Nielson, Workers received fold interested in seeing the proposals presentation, pointed out that re son police has a pile of about Then he marched back to Davis Men's procedure. Mrs. Austin srticl. ers, brochures and an explana sing where they remained un· but so far there are still 25 passed and did not come from sponse of Interested citizens has 100 of these tickets, some for til 12:45 a.m. and then start· Wear and collected a bet. tion sheet on how school taxes school funds, Sane donations were been excellent and praised the parking violations b u t a or so who have not complied. are raised. ed for home. The accident oc· turned In to finance the campaip willingness of the campaigners majority for moving viola· curred at 1:22 a.m. Events leading up to the flooding of the to get out and work for the plan tions, and has spent the week According to deputies' re county gate began when Emery and Mrs.