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ONE SECTION Twelve Pages THIS ISSUE VOLUME 46, NUMBER 7. CASS CITY, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1951. Monday Opening Night for Bauer Named President of Cass City Softball League Local Chamber of Commerce The 1951 Softball season gets under way in Cass City Monday at > James Bauer was named presi- eight p. m. when Alwards face dent of the Cass City Chamber of Decker at the Municipal Park here Commerce for 1951-52 in a special in the first game of a twin bill Senior Secretary meeting of the board of directors that pits Baker-Urquhart against Tuesday night in Cass City. Church of Christ in the nightcap Velma Muntz, Cass City senior Bauer was one of the four new at 9 p. m. Most teams have been at Central Michigan College, was _Cpl. Robert A. Howell, 19, now members of the board of directors practicing for two weeks or more elected secretary of her class at a | with the air force in Korea, has elected by the members of the recent election. I been named principal appointee to Chamber of Commerce ,to serve on in preparation for the opening ithe military academy at West games. .She was elected to fill the posi- the Chamber's board. Besides This year there are eight teams tion for the remainder of the year. | Point by the Hon. Jesse P. Wolcott Bauer, Clarence Gregg, Herbert in the league. Besides the teams A vacancy was created when the I of Port Huron in Washington, Ludlow and Harry Little were competing opening night, four former secretary of the class re- D. C., according to word received named to the board. They replaced duced her load to that of a part- by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grant other squads will start their quest I Ho well, on Saturday. Howard Ellis, Lloyd Bryant, Fritz for the championship on Wednes- time student. Neitzel and Ernest Schwaderer. day. The eight p. m. game will pit I Cpl. Howell enlisted in the air The terms of Bryant, Ellis, and Western Auto against Baldy's and force immediately following gradu- Neitzel have expired, while Schwa- ation from high school here in the nine p. m. contest will be be- June 1949. derer resigned from the board. The tween Deford and Ellington. Hawks Stopped by two years of his unexpired term Altogether 56 games will be are being filled by Ludlow. The played this summer during the other three new members of the regular season. The schedule calls board were elected for three years. for 14 games for each team be- in Car Plunges 227 Of the three new members of tween opening game Monday and the board, two were elected as the end of the season, August 19. officers of the Chamber of Com- Players' contracts were distrib- For County Title Feet, Passengers merce. Besides Bauer as president, uted Tuesday night at a meeting Ludlow was named treasurer for of sponsors, managers and cap- This team, sponsored by Jack Knuckles, took top honors in the Merchants' League for the 1951-52 the year. tains at the Municipal Building. The Cass City High School base- season, at the Cass City Bowling Alley. Escape Unhurt Other officers elected were Joe Players have until the start of the ball team lost the county From left to right, back row: Jack Knuckles, sponsor; and David Knight. Knight averaged 146 for Riley, vice president; and Delbert fourth game to sign with the championship last Friday when the season. E. Rawson, secretary. they dropped their final game of In the front row, the players and their averages are, from left to right: Melvin Patterson, 153; teams of their choice for the rest Six persons narrowly escaped After the election of officers, the of the season. the season to Millington, 5-1, at Clarence Wright, 160; George Lapp, 158; and Nelson Willy, 172. board began planning for the Caro. serious injury Tuesday when the Pre-season predictions of compe- car driven by Carolyn Chapin, 16, second annual home-coming in tent observers place Baldy's The loss put the Hawks in the Cass City. runner-up position in both the Up- Deford, turned over three times Sunoco, Deford and Baker-Urqu- Local Boy Scouts when she lost control of it Committees were appointed and hart in the roles of favorites. per Thumb Conference and the President Bauer expects to have a Baker-Urquhart are defending county. They lost a crucial game Committe Votes to near Sucker Creek Bridge on East Receive Awards at k Dayton Road and plunged 227 feet, schedule to present to the Cham- champions and figure to be strong to Elkton earlier in the season to ber of Commerce for approval in again this year. All three teams miss an opportunity to cop the Week-end Cainporee landing in the ditch by the road. the near future. Change Name of Three persons from Cass City are loaded with pitching talent conference toga and their defeat i j „ -fr . t , Man"—•*«7y •*regarde• v^-j wwj. v^.v^v*d. thWJLJ,Ke> home-coming-*-J.'^-'J-J.J.v^"~'^v^iiiiJ.iti,. that figures to hold the opposition Friday cost them the county Scoutmaster Harold Oatley and , and one from Kingston were riding as one of the outstanding achieve- to a minimum of runs. championship. Before Friday's twenty Boy Scouts attended a ,with Miss Chapin at the time of ments of the organization in its After the regular season, a play- loss, the Hawks were undefeated Local Library the accident. Passengers were two years of service here. camporee Saturday and Sunday on Helen Dader, Alex Salas, Elkton '• ... off will be held in the last two in county competition. Ojibway Island near Saginaw weeks in August, with the final Millington defeated Cass City Stoutenburg, from Cass City and' where 1130 Scouts from the Sagi- Jo n Gr n of games scheduled September 1. with rallies in the fourth and Mrs. K. Ivan MacRae gave an naw Valley Trails were registered. At a joint meeting of the village ' * *? ' ^gston Hodgson to'Speak at fifth innings. In the fourth they instructive talk on the Oxford In the group were James Ware, council, the township board and ' According to the Caro Sheriff's scored twice on three hits. A re ort a11 the Movement at the Rotary Club junior assistant scoutmaster; members and representatives of | onl?y sll'. ht Passengers received Bulletin single, triple and another single luncheomncneon Tnp^dnluesoayv at tnthpe JNeNPW'T>""U~w ,Robert\ Fritz^ -1 , senio" r patro----------l leade,r in,f , 11DrarKbraryv ooaraboard, iitt wawa=ss decidedpridprdl ttro> :,i, . S .i- injurie_ sj^ni^-h^ in the acciden ^^t were the blows that set up the cal1 the tnat nnrnT fo1 Mrs. William McKinley re- Gordo• n • Hotel. She told of• its or- iCCIIVandA natropcii/j. \JLl leadericc^uciOs j Gordovju-L u-uini Warvv ctx pt; „ i *librar Y ••! y the . Cas, s City" and i' oiiTOTYion completeli I p MVIVPYy I demolisher\\r d the The many advantages of a good ceived a telegram Wednesday counters for Millington. gamzation 30 years ago which now j Charles Patterson and Dick Dona-? Township Library. For many years "™° lL° J? ^°I. the Wom T dnouie n i P grassland program will be evening stating that her son, In the next inning, Millington includes in its membership many ,hue an's Study Club main- „.£" ^ " " „ ..,,,„ by Ralph E. Hodgson, scored three times with the help o? Pfc. Bob Karr, was killed in ac- influential people all over the T^ ,„„„, „_.. „_ „„ „„„ .„„ [tamed the village^^ 1^ g£ ^ J^J^J* * Dairying fo. r the U. S. some sloppy ball handling by Cass The local Scouts went by bus and ' tion in Korea on May 20. world interested in international took with them homemade stoves over to tne village !Elkt R , h ,.. Department of Agriculture who City. understanding. maintained the library £1 ?li f/L ! ^2?™?^ will speak att thee SaginaSa^inaw grass The Millington pitcher, Mossner, ur -ur iT • i ** • i, * 11 With Which they had thdr fi^l^^v^a^^^omrt^e^Vteihis truck out of a driveway. In- Mrs. MacRae included in her talk experience cooking with charcoal j f f *™£ ^1^^^^ !^rie8 were Alight although one day program on June 18. opened the frame with a single. itst support. Until the time 7 1 ' Assistant county agricultural Former Cass Cityitelf the activities of Peter Howard, jfires. ™ !??^J?;± ™ S^! ?^ unidentified man received a broken t the state sales tax was diverted to . , author of the book, "Ideas Have c lla bol e according to the agent, Byron E. Carpenter, in an- on first and second. The next man Legs," and his influence in the In the court o.. f honor at the close t W4.J.thV e vvtownships IT J.AKJJ.J.J.J-'-VJ j VAiVrf , Yth J,J.i.C4<£3\e > villagJLJ.WJL CAtJL eJ < librar- •/?/?y? | £ .L, \ ' nouncing the choice of speaker, Accepts New Position bunted and when no one covered of the camporej^ Russell Foy was received a substantial grant from ! sheriff s department report at early work of the movement. made ft star gcout> Ca a , says that Dr. Hodgson will give an irst all hands were safe and the ade a Star Scout. the state> based on-the population! ^ , ., ' James Bauer was program chair- Two other acci I informative talk based on his work Rev. Russell C. Striffler, a Continued on page 12. An award in archery went to a)of the township. According to the ' dents were re- the Bureau of Dairy Indus- man and E.