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I ----------------------------, ---- ~I -- II 1~i\I)I~INES Library Friends Receive Gift from Continue Effort ISc~ooIs A~k of the i MIllage HIke, \\TI~I~K ....To Inform Voters !Bond Issue As Compiled by the Grosse Pointe New.~ Three Separate Proposals ".r:~';OnSchool Issues on Ballot; Polls located in All Elementary Thu:sday, Februar)' 15 ": Possible Questions About Proposition 3 Answered In Buildings PRESSURE IS R1SI~G for a I , call.up of group reserve units! t Quiz Prepared By Trustees Of Board Of Educat'lon l\Ionday, February 26, is from the Army National Guard I j the day that voters of the to bolster the strategic reStlrve r of divisions available in the ..i In an effort to inform the community fully on the Grosse Pointe School Dis- United Stctes for swift deploy' "I background to the special school election scheduled for trict wil! go to' the polls ment around the world. Senior Fe'oruary 26, the trustees of the Grosoe Pointe Board located In the public ele- military oCficers say they be. of ~ducation are conducting an informational campaign mentary schools s e r v i n g Iieve al least one division deSIgned to answer aII questions that citizens may have their areas, and ballot on should be called up. concerning me issues. ~-----------i the fate of three school pro- Howe~'er, three days after the Proposition #3 asks perm is- positions. Viet Cong opened their devas- sion to borrow money to im- City Council The polls will be open from tating city offensive Secretary prove public library faeilities at 7 a. m. to 8 p. m., and anv one of Defense Robert S. l\lcNamara I a cost of % of one mill Cor 1.1 ]or-.us COG on waiting in line at closing' time told newsmen ~'we believe that I years. The funds would be used will be permitted to vote. the American forces there at Ito expand Central Library, to • - All qualified registered voters present are adequate." A mem- replace the present inadequate Tr:'nl Bas:s may vote on Proposition No 1 ber of Congress said the dis- Woods and Park branch and ~ .. and only qualified regisle~ed patch of more troops to Vietnam give the space to the schools, voters who have property as- would be announced shnrtly and and tG acquire a site for the F II M T k b I sessed for taxation in the Dis- indicated Ihat they were ~l. i Park Branch. 0 ows ove a en Y I trict, or their spouse<. mal' vote ready programme<l. .. I WIlEN DID WE LAST Farms Last Year; Mayor ! on Proposition No, 2 and 'No. 3. I EXPAND OUR PUBLIC Burgess Named I Applications for absentee bal- Fri!lay, February 16 I LIBRARY SYSTEM? Representative 'lots ~ay be .obtained from the THE L ATE S T ROUND of , The last expansion took place Election OffIce of the Grosse h h C I Lb' -- . Pointe Public School System, peace probing between the Unit- 1 w en t e entra i rary was The.Clty of. Grosse .Pomte 389 St. Clair avenue, or tele- ed States and N'lrth Vietnam 'opened in January, 1953, given C . by D.IIL Ferry. Jr. at no ex. phone 8852000, Extension 23. has not produced any basis for ouncil, at Its meetmg on stopping the bombing of the From left to rigbt, r:EO M. SHEA, treasurer and e.L _ . \.._,. IA.l1~C.O o. ~l1osse !"Ow1e t'ublic Library. pense to the taxpavers. Mr. Mon~ay, February 19, voted The absolnte deadline is 2 p.m. North and opening peace talks. ViCTOR J. GOODr\~AN, commander of Grosse Pointe COIllIll<lrder Goo,;:llan is presenting check to Mr. Gard Murray Sales, members of the unammously to bee 0 m e I on Saturday, February 24. However, . Secretary of State Post 303, American Legion, William Y. Gard, presi- i" suppo.1 of Cle :'riel:ds' efforts to improve Public Friends, and many local or. members of the Southeast- \ S~tgby State Law Dean Rusk, in making this re- dent, Friends, Grosse Pointe Public Library, and Rob. :"ibrar~' f2.cilities. ganizations also eontributed. \ ern Michigan Coum:il of uAc.C?rdm to State Law, all port said that the United States ~ .---.- .. ~~_______ WHAT HAS BEEN THE Governments and pay the ; ~~~Ied) electobrs (and th~ir remains interested "in a serious I ' GROWTH OF THE annual dues of $360 r _ es ma.y allot on leVieS move toward peace when Hanoi -t pL. S h I B d T - B-t. Dc' whIch .r~n fIve years or less. ~y tUnS C 00 oar reasurer t lUg O!! L~~~1:~I~ifY SINCE THE The members selected Mayor Proposition No. 1 is designated comes to the conelusion that it C C7 . A~Y EXPANSION? David E. Burgess as their rep. for two years; whereas, if a is ready to move in that direc- Population In c rea sed 50% resentalive to the Council and millage proposition runs for tion." • • • To ,_Replace ,Explains Need for Tax Searcl".. Has from 47!Op~ to. 70,000 in the Councilman George. D. Henry more than five yea r s, onl~' Saturday, February 17 school dlstTlct smce the Woods as alternate. The CIty Council property owners (and the i r " Old Met'erS "Ral.'Se.to PTA at Mason Happy End Bra 71 chand Central Library agreed that the membership spouses) may vote. Propos ilion TH:Ej ARMY IS stockpiling I' . ~ were planned in 1951. would be subjeet to review an- NO.2 is for 10 years. rIot control equipment hi" stra. ' -~ --~ - -~_.- WHERE IS '7'Hr.. N W A nually Und th I II b . 'ltes Higher Sa.laries and O'ther Costs .nd ... '.!. E P RK' er e aw, a oodlDg tegically located depots across I Study Shows Some Water John Short C .. Two Youngster Bitten by BRANCH LIBRARY TO BE The Council of Governments propositio~s, reg a r d I I' S s of the country, officials in Wash- Measuri Dev' B 'It Growth in Population as Factors Behind Anl'mal Spared Necess'lty BUILT? is a voluntary organization of length of time, may be approved ington reported on Thursday, n9 Ices ~I N f dd I L by prop rty and is ready to airlift it to any Before 1900 Are Stl.1J ecessity or A itiona evy of Taking Painful Pasteur We hope to purehase three counties, cities, townships, and e.. owners. _____ ~______ _ lots at the southwest corner of school districts in a six.county . PropOSItIOn No. I asks [o~ an city if eivil disorders break out Being Used John T. Short, treasurer of the Grosse Pointe Board Treatment Jefferson at Pemberton. area, comprised of'Wa~'oe, Oak- mcr~ase of the tax llm~!atlOlls next summer. Details of the,. .' of .Ed~.cation, a~dressed the membership of the PTA of . land Mac 0 m b Monroe St agamst all property III the military establishment's r i 0 t The COUllC~)of the CIty, Mason School Monday night on the issues of the special The two Ferry School stu- WHERE IS THE NEW WOODS Clai; and Washt~naw. Its' pur: School District by sevl'D and duty preparations we r e dis- of Grosse POlllte .vo,ted 'on Ischool election slated for February 26. His, talk ,vas part dents bitten by a playful BRANCH LIBRARY TO BE pose is to foster among govern. one-half mills, or. $7.50 for each closed aiter sources reported Monday Februar 19 t d T d F b' . BUILT? mental units in Southeast Michi- $1,000, as equalIzed for the the President's Commission on ' Y, 0 un-, of a communitv-wide serieo of meetings designed to og on ues ny, e IUalY It will be constructed on the gan a cooperative effort in re- years 1968 and 1969. to meet Civil Disorders is dissatisfied dertake a water meter reo inform the public. ,!------------ 6,. have been spared the groun* of Parcells Junior High solving mutual problems, ""Ii- gener~1 ?perating expenses of 'th th N t' nal G d' placement rtJ'oaram consis- . .' b tt 1''']\' Sh t pamful PasteUl treatment S h I I'U th D t t II'I e a 10 uar s per. r g . 't' 111" f" th 1 "Your Board of EducailOn IS : a c er qua ItY"r. or . I c 00. cies and plans that are eommon " IS r!~ . formance in quelling last sum- In IllI la yo. e annua i committed to the principle of: commented. for rabIes. It was dIsclosed WHY NOT EXPAND THE to tile members and regional in PropOSItIOn No. II calls for an mer's violence, and is consider- replaceme.nt at CIty expense keeping the salaries of the staff! "As we open Gros~e Pointe on Friday, February 16, that; PRESENT BRANCH nature. increase of one mill, or $1 on ing recommending creation of a of approxI mat e I y $7,500 memhers competitive with those; North and change to a middle' the animal had been found, LIBRARIES INSTEAD OF Grosse Pointe Farms .