SECTION ONE Pages I to 10 Pages 1 to 10 Fourteen Pages CASS IT CHRONICLE Fourteen Pages VOLUME 48, NUMBER 20. CASS CITY, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1953, FOURTEEN PAGES. Phone Rates Polio Victims Former Residents Injured Two Fires Checked By Local Firemen /^ County Prosecutor Recovery In Two-Car Smash Monday Fires were reported in Cass City For Local Subscribers One person was in critical condi- Tuesday and Wednesday when a tion Wednesday evening and four chimney failed to work properly at the Nazarene parsonage and a The Michigan Public Service Commission and the phone Sure for others injured when a car driven Negligent Homicide subscribers that vehemently protested the proposed rate in- by Angus McLeod of Flint crashed Dedication Service garage was badly damaged at the into Watson Spaven of Mayyille, Becker residence here. crease asked for by the General Telephone Company of Mich- formerly of Cass City, Monday af- The Tuesday alarm that brought the Elkland Township Fire De- Frank Wright of Deford has igan have lost their battle to keep the phone rates from in- Sweeneys ternoon at the corner of North For Area been charged with negligent homi- creasing. Rates were increased in the Cass City area effective Vassar Road and M-46. partment to the parsonage where cide by Tuscola County Prosecutor In the hospital, unconscious and Rev. Earl Crane lives was dis- Bruce White for driving the truck Sept. 1, according to an announcement by Carl Nye, district covered to be merely smoke that manager. Richard Sweeney, 5, and Ms in critical condition, is Mr. Mc- filled the house when a fire was in which Mahlon Curtis was killed brother, Raymond, 8, who were Leod. Wednesday, July 15. The rates were jumped in the Injured were: Mr. and 'Mrs. started in the building. Mr. Wright has demanded an following manner: business private victims of polio attacks are re- Spaven, their son, Frederick, 12, The garage on Fourth and West line from $6.50 to $7.65, an in- covering and were returned to Streets was nearly completely de- examination and his hearing has their home Wednesday afternoon and daughter, Mary Ann, 6. All Members of the congregation been set for Monday, .Sept. 21. crease of $1.15; residence private Lyle Wins were taken to the Saginaw Gener- of the Church of the Nazarene of stroyed by fire from an unde- The accident occurred when Mr. lines from $4 to $4.75, an increase from St. Mary's Hospital in Sagi- Gagetown have completed two termined cause., Firemen succeeded of 75 cents; residence four-party naw where they were treated for al Hospital for treatment. Mr. Curtis and Mr. Wright were re- Sp'aven was held overnight for weeks of extensive remodeling in confining the blaze to the turning from Bad Axe at 3:15 lines from $3 to $3.65, an increase the disease. work on their church and will hold empty building. of 65 cents; business rural lines at Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm X-rays -and then released. a. m. and the truck that Mr. According to the Tuscola County a special dedication service Sun- Wright was alleged to • have been from $4.25 to $5, and residence Sweeney, of route two, Bad Axe, day, Sept. 13. the boys are suffering no paralysis Sheriff's office, the accident oc- driving turned over and crushed rural lines from $3 to $3.95, an in- curred when Mr. McLeod, driving- Dr. William McGuire, district Mr. Curtis. crease of 95 cents. in from the attack, according to Mrs. superintendent of the Eastern 'Tuesday the State Supreme Sweeney. north on North Vassar Road, Register's Office At the time of the accident, a failed to stop at the intersection Michigan District of the Church of written report by Tuscola County Court ordered the Commission to Richard became ill Saturday the Nazarene, will be in Gagetown suspend hearings on its own mo- Lyle Ludlow of Cass and Raymond contracted the di- and hit broadside into the Spaven Deputy Sheriff Tomlinson said that City car. to give a special address to com- Announces New both Mr. Wright and Mr. Curtis tion to reduce the rate increase to showed the grand champion ram sease a few days earlier. memorate the event. and the reserve champion ewe at After Richard became ill, the At the time of the accident, the had been'drinking when the crash $660,000. Spaven family were on their way Also included in the dedication occurred. The order paved the way for the the Detroit Junior Show at the remaining 10 members of the home from a vacation at Mip, program will be selections from a telephone company to start imme- Michigan State Fair Monday, Sept. Sweeney family were inoculated Two other persons were injured talented Detroit vocal trio and Fee Rates Due diate collection of a $1,100,000 an- 7, as his flock of Oxfords won five with gamma globulin, the new in other accidents in the county other special selections. Two from Area nual rate increase/ blue ribbons in the Danish sys- drug that prevents the spreading early this week. On Gun Club Road The remodeling work recently The Commission will have one tem of judging. of polio. in Caro, Duane Green, 45, received completed at the church includes a William J. Profit, Tuscola Coun- Injured in Falls last chance to make their proposed In competition, the Ludlow-Dr. lacerations on the head when he complete repainting of the ty Register of Deeds, announced decrease in rates stick on Oct. 13, Harry Crandell jointly-owned-flock failed to stop at the intersection of church's interior with two-tone this week that, in accordance with Two persons from the Cass City when members of the organization won four firsts and one third place M-24 and hit Ray Smith of May- green paint. The top of the build- a law enacted by the .State Legisla- area were injured from falls that are slated to appear before the award. From the ville. Mr. Smith was uninjured. ing was painted light green and ture of 1953, changes in the fees occurred while the men were at Supreme Court and show why the The young exhibitor won first Little David McComb, 5, suf- the bottom dark green. for filing chattel imortgages and their homes. court should not issue a permanent place for his yearling ram, ram fered a broken leg when he ran Lighting, which had been poor recording deeds, mortgages and Monday, Harry Young sustained injunction against the Commission. lamb, yearling ewe and ewe lamb. out from between parked cars over the pews in the church, has other instruments would become a broken hip when he fell in his The permanent order is expected His aged ewe won third place. early this week in Caro. He was been changed to give uniform visi- effective Oct. 2. home. He was taken to Pleasant to be merely a formality as ex- Persons in the Cass City area hit by a car driven by George bility. The new fixtures are now Mr. Profit was advised of the Home Hospital where a cast was perienced observers declared that who like good food can do them- VanTine. According to the Tus- hung from a lowered, false ceiling change by Auditor General John B. put on and X-rays taken. After the court action in effect removed selves a good turn and also help cola County Sheriff's Department, installed by the congregation. Martin, Jr., who said that slight treatment, Mr. Young returned to the last barrier to collection of the a church that was struck by the It was- impossible for Mr. VanTine Other improvements in the increase in costs were enacted to his home in Cass City. full amount of the rate 'increase Six Criminal Cases tornado this summer. to stop his car in time to prevent church include a new pulpit built put the average county Register Edward Schwaderer fell Thurs- as approved in a decision last July Members of the congregation, of the accident. by the pastor, Franklin Holbrook, of Deeds' office on a pay-as-you- day, Sept. 3, from a ladder he was by the Ingham County Circuit the Church of Christ in Cass City and new carpeting for the aisle and go basis. using to make repairs on a silo. Court. • . On October Circuit are staging a good will dinner front of the church. Fees that have been in- He suffered a broken arm. The Supreme Court at the same Wednesday, .Sept. 16, to help re- Maharg Named New All of the pews in the church creased include: Chattel mort- time denied the application of the build the Deerfield Church, of Master of Grange have been newly varnished to com- gage fees from 50 cents to $1, Commission for a stay of execution Court Calendar Christ and parsonage. plete the decoration of the church's no charge for discharging a of the Circuit Court decision pend- All money received by the ladies interior. chattel mortgage. ing an appeal. The denial made it will be turned over to the Deer- About 40 attended the meeting Fees for recording deeds, Alden Asher Buys possible for the phone company to field Church which has had more of Pomona Grange held in Caro The circuit court calendar for mortgages and other instru- raise its rates Sept. 1. the October term of court was re- than its fair share of, hardships. Tuesday evening. .Officers were to Meet ments not« specially provided The increase will net $9,012 in Prior to being destroyed by the elected for a two-year period and s Store leased late Wednesday evening: for has been increased from $1 extra revenue from the Cass City and shows 61 cases on the docket.