OFFICIAL DIBE~TORY 1953 • 1954

HaM ~uaty, Mice_aD ClOiDPftecl b)" Albert A. Wag".r CO'Iinty aerk IIQrtford Printing Co. \ Officials of the To -the Citizens of Macomb County: STATE, COUNTY, CITY, In oltering this booldet to the public. it is in­ tended primarily to acquaint all citizens, young VILLAGE and and· old, with the 'officials and.' offices charged with conducting the afiai~s of government from TOWNSHIPS national to the township and village level.

In addition, we ere proud to offer something more. Appended is" a condensed History of o·f Macomb County (prepared gratis as a public service) which should prove both instructive to the student and inspiring to the· adult cltlzen Count" ~f Macomb who takes pride in our service. 1953 . 1954 May we express our thanks for the historical sketch. and also for the assistance of many cooperative officials who helped to make this booklet so complete. Mount Clemens, Michigan

ALBERT A. WAGNER County Seat County Clerk

CompUed by Albert A. Wagner County Clerk STATEOFFlCERS GOVERNOR G. Mennen Williams , Lansing, LJEUTENANT GOVERNOR Clarence A. Reid Lansing SECRETARY OF STATE Owen J. Cleary l.;ansing ATTORNEY GENERAL Frank G. Millard Lansing STATE TREASURER D. Hale Brake Lansing AUDlTOR GENERAL John B. Martin, Jr ,. Lansing SUPT. of PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Clair L. Taylor , Lansing STATE mGRWAY COMMISSIONER M~ t'ie~ler Charles , . Lansing UNITED STATES SENATORS B(;)f(;H~r Ferguson , Detroit C~a~les E. Potter Cheboygan

REI'RESENTATlVE, Seventh Disi. Jesse P. Wolcott Port Huron

STATE 'SENATOR, Eleventh DIsl. ,Franl;t:: 'D. 'Beadle : : St. Clair

REPRESENTATIVES In STATE LEGISLATURE Flrsl DIslrlcl Howard R. Carroll Mount Clemens Second" Dlslrlcl WilHam Romano Van Dyke

-3­ CIRCUIT COURT OFFICERS COUNTY OFFICERS 16th JUdicial Circuit Circuit Judge " Alton H. Noe .' Alton H. Noe Circuit Judge Circuit Judge ' James E. Spier James E. Spier , Circuit Judge Ptobate Judge Joseph V. Trombly :Albert A. Wagner Clerk of Circuit Court County Clerk ~bert A. Wagner Dorothy Rosso Chief Deputy Clerk Prosecuting Attorney Fred Nicholson Elmore E. Lester , Assignment Clerk Sheriff Harley Ensign Betty Cron '..... Court Clerk Catherine Irwin . Court Clerk County Treasurer Lynn Whalen Fred Nicholson . Prosecuting Attorney Regig.ter of Deeds . Aaron Burr Wendell Lichtenfelt Chief Ass's Prosecutor Drain Commissioner Frank Lahr Wilfred A. Dupries :. Ass't Prosecuting Attorney Coroner " Clifford H. Read Robt." G. Ed,:rno'I).dson Ass't Prosecuting Attorney Coroner Raymond G. M'arkle, D.O. Bruce .L. Monks Ass't Prosecuting Attorney William V. Wendt Ass't Prosecuting Attorney Circuit Court Gomm'r Wm. H. Nunneley Paul S. Hirt _' Civil Counsel Circuit Court Comm'r J. Russell .LaBarge Lorraine Nicholson Court Reporter County Controller Sherwood J. Bennett Bertha DaubendiCk ' .,. Court Reporter Probation Officer Guy L. Brown. Jr. Harley Ensign Sheriff Asst. Probation Officer Harry L. Haller Clarence Shirey '...... Court Officer Edwa:rd J. Hardey Court Officer County Health Director Oscar D. Stryker, M.D. Guy L. Brown, Jr Probation Otficer County Sanitary Engineer Merlin A. Damon Marybelle Baker Friend of the Court Co. Supervisor of Nursing Marie Presley, R.N. Wm. H. N'tuineiey Circuit Court Comm'r County Agent Martin H. Walkenhorst J.'Russell LaBarge Circuit Court Comm'r Co. Agriculture Agent Wm. Murphy Commissioner of Schools Harold Lefevre County Dog Warden Wernet Thurman TERMS 0'" CIRCUIT COURT Juvenile Registrar John H. Ahrens Second Monday -in January, April, June, Aug­ County Librarian Dorothy Hiatt ust and ·October. Friend of the Court Marybelle Baker

-4­ -5­ SUPERVISOBS SUPERVISORS (Coni.)

FLOYD W. ROSSO Chainnan City of St. Clair Shores .... Adrian Lingemann Hugh R. Dodge' GROVER POWELL '...... Vice-Chairman Ernest McCollom ALBERT A. WAGNER Clerk Milton Sicklesteel John Yoe \Armada Township ' W. A. Toles City of Utica . Howard Crissman Robert Havel Bruce Township John M. Bailey Chesterfield Township KeiU1 Bovenschen Clinton Township , lilftttl ~te~J:1i~ Erin Township , Frank Biehl MACOMB COUNTY BOARD of SUPERVISORS Harrison Township Floyd W. Rosso COMMITTEES FOR 1953-1954 Lake Township Theodore A. McGraw Lenox Township , Frank Lemmon CHAIRMAN-Floyd W. Rosso Macomb Township I••••~ , ..• ••••• Paul Bock VICE-CHAIRMA!N-Grover Powell Ray Township J. Nellis Clark CLERK-Albert A. Wagner Richmond Township Oroar Henderson Shelby Township Fred LaGodna ATTORNEY-Paul Hirt Sterling Township Arthur Priehs AGRICULTURE-Lemmon, Henderson, Powell, Warren Township Arthur Miller LaGodna, Priehs. Toles, Schoenherr, Bock, J. Clark, Crissman Washington Township Grover J. Powell APPORTIONMENPT-Kalahar, Henderson, Step_ City of Mount Clemens .. Ph~M..D. nitz, Bock, Lindsey, Leidecker, Wilke, Boven­ Harold Lindsey schen. Havel HugICH.~Neale~ APPROPRIATIONS-Clark, Dodge. LaGodna. PeuLHQgye Priehs, Bock, Lindsey, Leidecker, Wilkie, Lawrence Oehmke Bovenschen, Havel City of East Detroit " Carl Weymouth BUDGET-Powell, stepnitz, Lemmon, Hill, Charles Beaubien Hogue, Miller, Biehl, Beaubien, Lundy, Bert L'eidecker Sicklesteel Joseph Girard BUILDING-Henderson, Biehl, LaGodna, Lem­ Esley J. Rausch mon, Shorkey. Hogue, Weymouth, Lundy, City of New Baltimore lfenR lh 'W. IIiU. Mulligan, Crissman, Bovenschen Arthur Shorkey DOG-Priehs, stepnitz, Shorkey Weymouth, City of Center Line B. A. Kalahar ...; Toles, Bock, Bailey, Clark, Wilkie, Mulligan. Alex S'choenherr DRAIN-Schoenherr, Henderson, Biehl, Beau­ Ewald Wilke bien, Miller, Bailey, Mulligan, McCollom. Wilbert F. Lundy Bovenschen

-7­ COMMITTEES (Cont.) COMMITTEES (Cont.) REGISTER OF DEElDS-Lingemann Oehmke, EQUALIZ,ATION-Lindsey, Powell, Hill, Beau­ Clark, Bailey • bien, Biehl, Lemmon, Miller, Lingemann, CO-ORDINATING ZONING-Miller, Powell. Lundy. Havel Lindsey FINANCE-Biehl, Beaubien, LaGodna. Powell, Stepnitz, Oehmke, Miller, Clark, Schoenherr, SERGElANT-AT-ARMS-Beaubien Dodge NOTE'; The first name on above committees is the respective chairman thereof, and in the INDUSTRIAL & PUBLIC RELATIONS-Kala­ absence thereof the second man acts and har, Lemmon, Neale, Shorkey, Hogue, Miller. likewise in the a,bsence of the first tw~ the Crissman, Dodge, Rausch third man acts. ' LEGISLATION-Weymouth, Neale, Hill, La­ Godna, Biehl. Powell, Schoenherr, Hogue, MACOMB COUNTY BOARD Yoe, Girard OF REJECTED T AX-Stepnitz, Priehs, Henderson, COUNTY CANVASSERS Hogue, Lundy, Leidecker, Sicklesteel, Havel RESOLUTIONS-Neale. Hill, Kalahar, Powell, Harold Donaldson Mt, Clemens S'tepnitz. Weymouth, Bailey, McGraw, Yoe Louis Luchtman Washington ROADS-LaGodna. Lemmon. Beaubien. Hen­ Lcslie Baumgartner Roseville derson. Toles, Stepnitz, Shorkey, Oehmke, Albert A. Wagner Mt. Clemens Miller, McCollum. Bovenschen RADIO-Beaubien, Lemmon. Biehl, Hill, Schoen_ COUNTY TAX ALLOCATION BOARD herr, Miller, Oehmke, Dod-ge William H. Nunneley, Chairman Mt. Clemens SHERIFF-.Hogue, Hill, Henderson, Schoenherr. Harold LeFevre East Detroit Toles, Miller.. Oehmke, Crissman, Dodge, Lynn Whalen Roseville Bovenschen, GIrard Carolyn Born St. Clair Shores TOWNSHIP TAX-LaGOOna, Powell. priehs, Frank Biehl ,...... Roseville Henderson, Bock, Shorkey, Wilke, McGraw, Arlliur J. Miller Warren Bovens'chen Thos. H. Scott~ Statistician Mt. Clemens WELFARE-Henderson, Hill, LaGodna, Biehl, Albert A. Wagner, Clerk Mt. Clemens Lindsey, Beaubien, Kalahar, Miller, Lingemann SOCIAL WELFARE COMMISSION TREASURER-Toles, Powell. Priehs. Biehl, Edw. J. Gallagher Chairman Kalahar, Hogue, Bailey, Leidecker, McCollum, Lyle E. Rosso Vice-Chairman Havel Isaac A. Hartung Secretary JUDICIARY-Hill, Neale, Toles, Kalahar, Wey­ mouth. Clark, Yoe, Girard ELECTION COMMISSIONERS DEFENSE-Lindsey. Kalahar, Miller, Ltnge­ .Joseph V. Trombley Probate Judge mann, Sisklesteel, Rausch Lynn Whalen County Treasurer Albert A. Wagner County Clerk -9­ PLAT BOARD MACOMB COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD Aaron Burr .. Register of Deeds Kenneth W. Hill, President " New Baltimore Lynn Whalen County Treasurer Floyd W. Rosso Mt. Clemens . Albert A. Wagner County Clerk Allen Rush Romeo Frank Lohr Drain Commissioner Glenn Peters Mt. Clemens Fred MacArthur Mt. Clemens JURY COMMISSIONERS Ben Duengel Richmond MACOMB COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD Mrs. Pauline Rice East Detroit Calvin Godley Van Dyke B. A. Kalahar, Chairman Center Line Harvey C. Whetzel...... Mt. Clemens Paul Cousino Warren Orby Sweet Utica Omar Henderson Memphis Grace Jones R. 3, Mt. Clemens Marjorie Montgomery Armada Albert A. Wagner Secretary Harold LeFevre East Detroit

NATURALIZATION EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT COMMISSION Final Hearings of Petitions on 4th Thursday Harry Schwaberow Mt. Clemens of January. June and November. Harry Cahill ,.. Mt. Clemens Guy L. Brown . Mt. Clemens COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Floyd W. Rosso Mt. Clemens Oscar D. Stryker, M.D Director Frank Biehl... Roseville Merlin A. Damon Sanitary Engineer Grover Powell . Washington Marie Presley, R.N Supervis'or of Nursing Howard Rosso Business Mgr. COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION MACOMB COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH Roy Connor Ch.airIIlan Kenneth W. Hill New Baltimore Karl O. Brink Engineer Frank Biehl' Roseville Wm. Malow Commissioner Grover J. Powell Washington Alfred Foerster Commissioner William Strich Van Dyke Thomas tA. Babcock Secretary Lyle Rosso ~...... Mt. Clemens CONCEALED WEAPONS LICENSING BOARD COUN,TY EVALUATION Fred Nicholson Prosecuting Attorney Harley Ensign Sheriff 1950 $186,161.488.00 Sgt. James VanLandegend, Michigan state Police 1951 $210,772,713.00 Albert A. Wagner, County Clerk 1952 $287.558,286.00

-11­ OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF MOUNT CLEMENS EAST DETROIT 1953-1954 1953-1954 Mayor Dr. Philip T. Mulligan Commissioner of Streets and PUblic Property...... Ray Brandenburg Mayor James E. Anderson : Commissioner of Finance Paul G. Hogue City Manager Charles H. Beaubien Commissioner of PUblic City Clerk Charles H. Beaubieh Safety , Lawrence Oehmke City Treasurer Esley J. Rausch Commissioner of Water Works City Assessor Charles H. Beaubien and.Sewers Spencer Fenton City Attorney , , Carl WeYmouth City Clerk Frederick Soule Police Chief·' Lyman Eckhardt Deputy City Clerk Harold Lindsey Public W'orks' Supt. Charles Paternoster City Trea,surer Helen E. Miller Electrical Inspector Robert J. Kern City Assessor and Welfare . Director . Harold LIndsey Plumbing Inspector Ralph Ureel City Attorney · Hugh H. Neale Building Inspector PaUl F. Linenger City Engineer E. L. Pettingill Health Office Dr. Oscar Stryker Supt. of Water Works and Fire Chief August Zado Sewers Harry McEntee Constable Henry C. Hauss Supt. of Filtration Robert E. Hansen Constable Rudolph Hauss Chief of Police Harvey Hammond Chief of Fire Department Clayton Dubay Justice of the Peace John McPherson Health Officer Dr. W. J. Kane Justice of. the Peace Harold Heins Supt. of Streets and Parks Henry Bruneel Supervisors Charles H. Beaubien Director of Recreation , William Nowak Carl Weymouth Electrical Inspector Clyde B. Gass Plumbing Inspector Joseph H. Miller Esley J. Rausch Board of Review Guy H. Verkler Bert Leidecker Byron Stuck Joseph Girard John S'ch elling Councilmen William J. Hudson Municipal Judge Donald J. Parent Associate Municipal Judge Frank E. Jeannette Beulah KantIler Constable Mrs. Kathryn Miller George S. Stone Sr. Dog Warden Thomas Martin Joseph Wendt

-12­ -13~ OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF NEW BALTIMORE (Cont.) CENTER LINE Fire Chief , , Lloyd Reck 1953-1954 Justice of the Peace Howard M. Clapp- Justice of the iPeace John Marsh Mayor James L. Eisele Constable William Locke Councilmen Alex M. Schoenherr Councilmen Carl Berk Andrew J. Mehall Charles Ackley Paul J. Elwart Leo Niebauer Wm. A. Sante Herman Staffhorst Clerk Wm. Steinhaus Vernor Allard Treasurer Wm. Steinhaus Earl Clowes Assessor . Wilbert F. Lundy Supervisors Wilbert F. Lundy Alex M. Schoenherr OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF Ewald Wilke B. A. Kalahar ST. CLAIR SHORES Police Chief Dennis R. Frazier Fire Chief Nelson Bruechert 1953-1954 Justice , , Raymond R. Grubbs Recreation Direc10r Tom Pounder .Supt. of DPW & Water Dept. Wm. Steinhaus Mayor Thomas S. Welsh Councilmen Hugh R. Dodge J. Gerald Wetzel OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF Yale McIntyre NEW BALTIMORE Frank R. Maison Douglas Taylor 1953·1954 Milton E. Sicklesteel City Manager J. D. Baughman Mayor Arthur P. Shorkey City Clerk Donald J. Harm City Clerk Grace C. Balfour City Treasurer Irvin Frltz City Assessor Adrian A. Lingemann City Assessor . Frank J. Smith City Attorney John H. ¥oe City Superintendent Andrew Meldrum City Engineer George Koopman Chief of Police Lloyd A. Rivard Police Chief Harvey E. Champine Water Commissioner Karl Schwanbeck City Attorney...... Kenneth Hill Fire Chief Phillip A. Eckhout Filteration Operator Karl Schwanbeck D.P.W. Superintendent Edward Kurtzhals

~14- -15­ OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF TOWNSHIP OFFICERS UTICA ARMADA Supervisor-W. A. Toles . Armada' 1953-1954 Clerk-Raymond O. Schnell . Armada Treasurer-Carl Plauman .. Annada Justices of the Peace Orvy Hulett, Sr. . .. Armada Mayor Howard G. Crissman Edmund Durst . Armada Clerk Edward yr. Havel Wm. M. Rice . Armada Treasurer Dora M. Hahn Assessor Robert C. Havel nRUCE Supervisors Howard G. Crissman Supervisor-John M. Bailey .. Romeo Clerk-Conrad Turrell . Romeo Robert C. Havel Treasurer-Hazel Kohlhagen . Romeo Justice of the Peace E. Jim McClellan Justices of the Peace Chief of Police Hazen S. Anderson Wilbert G. Donaldson .. Romeo Fire Chief Edward Stadler Albert E. Newman . Romeo Francis A. Castellucci .. Romeo Health Officer D. Bruce Wiley M.D. City Attorney George F. Roberts CHESTERFIELD City Planning- Chairman Dr. Lee R. Edmonds Supervisor-Keith Bouenschen . 'Waterworks and Sewer Supt. Frank Gibbing R. 1, New Baltimore Street Commissioner Verle Buckley Clerk-Leo Blakely ...... R., 1, New Baltimore Treasurer-Carl A. Brandehburg .. City Commission Members Donald R. Havel R. 3, Mt. Clemens Dr. Lee R. Edmonds Justices of the Peace Herman Bohlman Clarence W. Friday R. I, New Baltimore Walter A. Kiek.busch George C. Haase R. 3, Mt. Clemens Cleme~ George Albrecht Ray H. Callens Mt. Kenneth Mohritz CLINTON Supervisor-Paul Stepnitz R. I, Mt. Clemens Clerk-Elmore Lester R. 7, Mt. Clemens TreB:surer-Arthur C. Leitz R.I. Mt. Clemens Justices of the Peace Earl Buss Fraser Kenneth N. Sanborn R. 7, Mt. Clemens Frank G. Giambrone Mt. Clemens

-16­ -17~ ERIN LENOX (Cont.) Supervisor-Frank Biehl...... Roseville Leroy Liebzeit ; New Haven Clerl}-Darius Kennedy...... Roseville Chris Schulz ,,, New Haven. Treasurer-Joseph E. Riesterer Roseville Justices of the Peace MACOMB Roy F. Diesing , Roseville Walker F. Thornton Roseville Supervisor-Paul Bock R. 2. Mt. Clemens W91demar. H. Nikkel...... Roseville Clerk-Edgar Beyerlein R. 2,. Mt. Clemens John T. Bowman Roseville Treasurer-Theodore Leyer R. I, Utica Justices of the Peace HARRISON John -F. Miller R. 2. Mt. Clemens Arthur Kleino R. 2" Mt. Clemens Supervisor-Floyd W. Rosso . Lester Smith R. 2, Mt. Clemens R. 6, Box 660, Mt. Clemens Clerk-Ralph Beaufai( R. 3, Mt. Clemens Treasurer-William Tegeder .... R. 4, Mt. Clemens RAY Justices of the Peace Supervisor---J. Nellis Clark Romeo Frank Lawson R. 4. Mt. Clemens Clerk-Fred L. Diener Washington Carl H. Jobse : R. 3. Mt. Clemens Treasurer-Harrit Smith Romeo Emil Beuschlein R. 6, Mt. Clemens Justices of the Peace Orville Tewksbury R. I, Washington LAKE Albert Steinbrink New Haven Charles A. Myers ~ Washington Supervisor-Theodore A. McGraw . St. Clair Shores Clerk-Thomas E. Loughlin .... St. Clair Shores RICHMOND Treasurer-lArthur W. Fauser .. St. Clair Shores Justices of the Peace Supervisor-Qmar C. Henderson Memphis Mary Alice Fauser St. Clair Shores Clerk-Frank C. PuIs Richmond Ethel Loughlin St. Clair Shores Treasurer---John T. Joseph Richmonti I Justices of the Peace Harold N. Weller Richmond LENOX A. J. Pearsall Memphis Supervisor-Frank Lemmon New Haven Clerk-G. A. Schultz Lenox SHELBY Treasurer-El:l F. Beier Lenox Justices of the Peace Supervisor-Fred LaGodna R. 3. Utica William Schultz Richmond Clerk-Chester A. Yenny R. 3, Utica

-,-18- -19­ SHELBY (Cont.) VILLAGE OFFICERS

Treasurer-D. G. Helfrich Ro~hester ARMADA Justices of the Peace Julius C. Kirschbaum R. 3, Utica President J. Aubrey Wood. Robert N. Smiley Rt. 3, Utica Clerk Raymond Schnell Treasurer Carl Plauman STERLING FRASER President Edgar A. Beck Supervisor-Arthur Priehs Fraser Clerk : Richard E. Nicolai Clerk~ohn Wright Utica Treasurer G. Roland Stumpf Tr~reJ;-Otto Maas __...... -.....-m..-...... UtiC'i", Justices of the Peace MEMPHIS Henry Malburg R. 1, Utica President Frank Haggerty Thos. J. Shereda ~ .. , R. 2, Utica Clerk A. J. Pearsall Frank O'Donnell , Warren.. Treasurer Harold Fries NEW HAVEN WARREN CHARTER TOWNSHIP President -Walter W. Willert Supervisor-Arthur J. Miller Baseline Clerk A. J. Bennell Clerk-Hildegarde M. Lowe Van Dyke Treasurer Helen Adelaide Bates Treasurer-William A. Shaw V~n Dyke RICHMOND Justice of the Peace President Frank Puls Frank Zagaiski Van Dyke Clerk Karl N. Hirt '.rrustees Treasurer Grace Ferguson John J. Dunn, Sr Center' Line John Kelsey Baseline ROMEO LQuis Kelsey.... Baseline President Geo. W. Bradley Frank Runey Center Line Clerk Conrad Turrell Treasurer Grace McKay WASHINGTON ROSEVILLE President Glen Msip Supervisor~GrpV-er J. Powell Washington Clerk Robert J. Nunn Cler~.. R. .~ene·\lnWOQtJ- , Romeo Treasurer August H. Peters TFeasureF'~ m. M. Ommg Romeo Justices of the Peace WARREN Vernon J. Hosner .; R'omeo President George Pagels ·P. G. Horler Romeo Clerk William T. Holmes Roy H·. Bauer Romeo Treasurer Raymond Lutz

-'-20­ world uncounted thousands of years before such

places as St. Clair Shores, RosevilleJ East Detroit History of Macomb County and Center Line were uncovered. By Desmond A. Arnsby The gradual disappearance of the. glaciex:s left their imprint in deep grooves whichJ untIl The Deily Monitor~Leeder, Mount Clemens flood and erosion of recent years practically obliterated" them, could still be "read" by ex­ The grim visages of Indians, and the rugged perts along the banks of the Clinton River and features of hardy pioneers gazing down in stony in other places. calm from the pinnacles of a million dollar On their slow grinding ascent to the lower Macomb County Buiding, symbolize 170 years areas that are n'ow our lakes, these icy masses of recorded history in this rich rural and urban gouged out the clays of the glacial drifts, leaving area. still-evident ridges whose names have been Once the happy hunting and fishing grounds applied to roads and landmarks. of the Pottowattamies, the Ottawas, the Wyan­ They left for posterity a partly-flat and partly­ dottes ,and the Chippewas - and often their undulating terrain, much of it day on bed rock, skirmishing place with the earliest settlers _ surmounted by successive and deep deposits of the County of Macomb now belongs to the titans gravel and sand formations. The West Utica and workers of industry, the chieftains and area is a typical example of such deposits. clerks of business and those who wrest nature's As the glacial water runoff increased, the bounty from the soil • varying" stages of the level of the lake (st. Co-·owners are the more than 227,000 people Clair) left a series of beaches which have been who call it home: old and new Americans who catalogued by geologists. enjoy Macomb County's living, culture, educa­ The earliest discovered lake levels, character­ tion, and recreation. ized by distinct stages of gravel, coarse sand and But long before Indians, pioneers or moderns fine sand, and extending well out from the existed, Macomb County was a part of the lakeshore, were those of Lakes Whittlessey and basin of glacial lakes which were the fore­ Warren. Later, and closer to the present shore­ runners of the Great Lakes. ' line, were Lakes Elkton and Algonquin. In this glacial period, the Mount Clemens of These latter lakes receded at Mount Clemens today was several hundred feet under water between the river and the lake to the east. possibly to a point halfway up the present County Building. Lake Elkton left its beach marks along the east side of Gratiot Avenue in Mount Clemens All but the northwest portion of Macomb - a sharp incline still evident from Gratiot to County was a glacial lake, or '3 succession of gradually receding lakes that have left their the river banks. record clear for geologists to read. Lake Algonquin's ancient sands may be found in Harrison and Clinton Townships. east and Romeo was the highest point of land. It south of Harper and Crocker. doubtless emerged to face the silent, glacial Today, only the geologists can interpret this

-22­ -23­ primeval story in the places civilization has left Lapeer Counties (and of course, the whole 'Of undisturbed by bulld"Ozers and uncovered by Macomb) and- most of Sanilac, Shiawassee, Gen­ concrete. esee and Ingham Counties, and small part of For the purpose of the record it might be well Huron. Tuscola 'and Saginaw Counties, as we to summarize the evolution of Macomb County know them today. frOm territorial days to the present: By an executive proclamation made April 8, When Wayne County was established as a t 18'18, a month after the county seat was estab­ county in Michigan Territory in 18>15, it included lished, Gov. Cass divided this huge "county" all that part of Michigan to which the Indian into two townships. (Terr. Laws Vol 2, Page title had- been extinguished including our present 797) Macomb County. Prior to that time (in IS(5) All of Macomb County which lay north of the territorial government had been organized a line drawn due west from the mouth of Swan in Detroit under Gen. William Hull, the first Creek was called St. Clair Township, and the governor, and it was he whose signature in HI07 land south of this, line was called Huron voided Indian land titles. Township. By proclamation of Gov. Lewis Cass, on Jan. On Aug. 12, 1B.J8, the Township of Harrison 15, 181S,. all land ceded to the United States by was formed from territory within the Town­ the several Indian tribes from Maumee to White ship of Huron (Terr. Laws Vol. 2, Page 797), the Rock was formed into the County of Macomb new Harrison area being toughly the space, size (See Terr. Laws Vol 2, Page 79'6). and location of what we now call Macomb William Brown, Henry J. Hunt and Conrad County. (It might be said that Macomb was V. Ten Eyck were named commissioners to as­ certain the most eligible site for the seat of first called Harrison.) justice. On March 11, 1'8J18, they designated It was on Jan. 12, 18'19 that the tremendous Mount Clemens, then on the Huron River, as the area of Macomb County was first lessened by county seat. (Terr. Laws Vol. 3 Page 24) the layin~ out of Oakland County. This was On May 4, 181S, $400 was appropriated by the proclaimed in 1819, but did, not take effect territorial legislature to aid in the erection of until Jan. I, 1823. (Terr. Laws Vol 2., Page a courthouse and jail, which like other struc­ 79H-9) tures in the settlement, was a log building. Perry Township was organized also on Jan. (Terr. Laws, Vol. 2, Page 129) 12, lS19 (same reference) out of the Lapeer­ . Ma~omb .Co~nty was the thi!d county organ­ Genesee area of Macomb. On March 28, 1920 ;Lzed In MIchIgan: Wayne bemg organized in St. Clair County was formed. (Terr. Lawtv5f 1796 ,and Monroe in 1817. 2. Pa~e 200) and with this subtraction from the once huge territory, Macomb County was reduced Contradicting nat u r e's routines, Macomb County started life as a veritable giant. to the smallest extent in its history. Two years later, Sept. I(), 1822, Gov. Cass In 1818, at the time of its organization Ma­ tak~n bv proclamation re-established the boundaries comb County occupied the space now by of Macomb County, adding small am'ounts of the whole of Livingston, Oakland, St. Clair and territory at various poJnts. -24-- On July 17, 1824, the name of the Huron east part of Ray Township on March 20, 1837. River was changed to the Clinton and in the (Laws of Michigan H137, Page !4())•• same year, Huron Township, occupying ex­ The village of Mount Clemens enJoyed the tensively the district now often called "South vague distinction of being incorporated tv:ice. Macomb" was changed to Clinton Township. The finst time, March 13, 1837 ~Laws of M1Sh­ On April 12, 18'27, a Legislative Act was igan, 18'37, Page 6'1), was consIdered .effectIve passed dividing Macomb County into five town­ until some years later legal error ",,:as discovered ships: Harrison, Clinton, Shelby, Washington in the proceedings. The commumty was then and Ray. (Terr. Laws' VoL 2" pgaes 478-9) properly incorporated 'on April 4, 1851. In 1832 Ray Township was m'eatly enlarged On March 6, 1&3-8 legislative acts created !he to the east, embracing an area later to become Township of Richmond from the east portIon Macomb, Richmond and Lenox Townships ­ of Armada Township. and also changed the the section covered by the latter three (prior name of Jefferson to Sterling Township. (Laws to 1832.) being part of 81;. Clair County. of Michigan, 1838. Pages 78 and '83). On March 9, 1833, the northern half of Wash­ An act of April 2, 1838. removed some terri­ ington Township was formed into a new town­ tOry from Orange (Erin & Lake) and added it ship named Bruce. (Terr. Laws VoL 3, Page 98'3) to Hickory (Warren Township), and also changed On April 22, 18,33, the northern part of Ray the name of Hickory to Aba Township. (Laws Township was fonned into Armada Township, of Michi~an. 1837-6, Page 158'). . or "Armadia" as most of the early map-makers In 1840 came the historic debate in the LegIS­ and writers tenned it. (Terr. Laws Vol. 3, Page lature concerning the rivalry of Romeo for 1. 124). Mount Clemens' county seat: a move that left On March 1, 18-34, Macomb Township was the situation unchanged. Utica also contended organized out of part of Clinton and Harrison. for the county seat. It was also in 1840, follow­ Ray Townshio was enlarged from its base line ing the debates, that a new courthouse was voted eastward to 100 off the entire upper part of for Mount Clemens to replace the log structure Harrison Township (which took in an of what which formerly existed. (The county seat dispute is now Lenox Township). (Terr. Laws Vol. 3, continued intermittently UP to 1879). Page 1. 275'). By an act approved March 26. 18'39, the name On March 11, 1835, the lower part of Shelby Aba Township (only one year 'old) was changed Township was fonned into a new Township to Warren. And on Feb. 26, 1842, Macomb called Jefferson, where Sterling Township lies Township was divided into two equal parts to today. (Terr. Laws Vol. 3, Page 1. 368). form Macomb and Chesterfield Townships. By an act passed March 11, 183·7, Hickory and In 18'42, Section 36 was taken from Warren Orange Townships were fonned in the lower Thwnship and added to Orange Township. On section of Clinton Township, which until J effer­ March 9, 1843 (Laws of Michigan, 1843, Pa~e son was formed was actually the original llS'outh l'98r). the name of Orange was chan~ed to Erin Macomb." (Laws of Michigan, 1837, Page 41). _ a defiant gesture demanded by South of The Township of Lenox was formed from the Ireland< settlers.

-26­ -2'T­ . The last remaining straightening of township private claims and called the settlement Mount . hnes took place under authority of Act. 172, 186,5 Clemens. He built the first house on the westerly when S'ection 36 was detached from Erin and side of what is today North Broadway. restored to Warren Township. From 1818 to 1826 Macomb County was gov-· Thus - with the subsequent establishment of erned by a board of commissioners. The Board prospering villages and ,cities - we attain the of Supervisors did not come into existence until Macomb County of today: 15 townships eight 1827. In 1837 the county returned to the com­ villages, six. cities and a dozen well-populated mission system, but by 1842 it had again reverted ha'mlets WhICh are villages and cities in the to a supervisors' goverrunent. making. The amount of governmental and legislative . In th~ latter connection, the Village of Rose- . transactions covered by supervisors in those days VIlle. WIth close to 27,000 population within its may be gauged from the fact that the entire corp?rate li~its,. is a typical example. Village county proceedings from 1827 to 1837 required offIcIals predIct It will become a city shortly. a book of only 55, pages written in longhand. The lar~est incorporation, that of St. Clair (The minutes of one average meeting today, if Shores dunn~ January. 19511, represents a thriv­ written in longhand, would require this space.) in~ lak~s?ore city of almost 31 ..0{)O people where Meetings of the c01,lnty board since the begin­ the ongmal French hunters, fishermen and ning have always been at the county seat in trappers established some 175 years ago Mount Clemens; from log cabin to million-dollar But mere history as recorded in legIslative County Building. acts is ,actually far from the true picture of There was only one exception -to this record. Macomb County'S- historic past. During the early 1930's - the depression era ­ . Even though the termination of the revolu­ while the new County Building was under con­ honar.y war in 178<3 established' the English_ struction. the county board met for more than Amencan boundary line on the lake channel a year in the basement community room of the English control continued in this ,area until 1796' Mount Clemens Savings Bank. At that time, under Jay's treaty, Detroit ami Mount Clemens underwent a vigorous stimu­ other outposts south and west of the lakes were lus in the middle 1&30's (but one that bogged formally surrendered to the American forces down in a state financial panic in the 1840's). So actually, it was 179'6- before Macomb County The success of the Erie Canal: launching of the became part of the United\ States. ill-fated Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal, and heavy It was about 17~6' that there was projected Eastern settlement all contributed to put Mount into this haIf.-Indian ,half-French settlement on Clemens on its economic feet. The community the Huron RIver the energy and civic-minded­ was platted and developed, with small businesses ness of a man, Christian Clemens _ whose name and industries being established in the down­ is perpetuated in the county seat. A Detroiter town area as we know it. he un~~rtook a surveying trip for Gov. Cass: In the 185{)'s ~ttempts were made by local and sIzmg up the slightly elevated townsite promoters to find oil in the black, ill-smelling that is now a city. he later purchased large waters that were often found by well-diggers.

-29­ But the oil promotions failed. Subsequently the during World War II when it was termed "The flow was densely impregnated with salt, so Heart of the !Arsenal of Democracy." promoters changed their plans and by evaporat­ Two fully-equipped war plants estimated in inJ'r the waters met with fair success in produc­ value at $100,00-0;000 each were the major estab_ ing a low-grade salt. lishments, surrounded by a diadem of lesser, The story has been told. and re-told of en but no less vigorous factories. They produced a old, rheumatic horse, unfit for work, that wan­ tremendous share of the weapons of war, and dered under one of the dripping, elevated. salt today most of them are forging the plowshares tanks used in the process. The ,animal allowed of peace. but ready, at an instant's notice,. to the mineral water to saturate its hide, even speed arms and armaments to wherever Amenca rollin,g in the muddy puddles on the ground. might need them. Within a short time, old settlers recall, the Warren Township's original settlement of war wIg was galloping around with a new lease on plants has now broadened to a diversity of auto­ life. motive and industrisl factories which represent Health-seeking residents timidly tried bathing the hub of Detroit's production mig-ht. in the waters, with excellent results. In 1875 ,a Factory, store and residential expansion in small bathhouse was built, and the rest of the South Macomb sent buildinJ'r permits to an a11­ ::::tory is history - a million-dollar industry that time high of $60,000,000 in 1952, and the gr~wth attracts patrons from everv state and country. continues. Large tracts of land are at a premIUm. About the same time as the mineral bath In recent years SO many production plants. industry got under way to a humble start, the large and small, have been erected in the War­ floral industry came into being, largely through ren Township area that a complete list would the Breitmeyer family. Today, its valuation is be too lengthy for inclusion in this narrative. in the millions of dollars, and a half-dozen Some of these structures cost tens of millions ltreenhouses annually produce blooms in the tens of dollars. of millions for shipment throughout the United Late in the spring of 1953 General Motors States. announced that its $100,00-0,000 science and en· The heavier industries play a major role in crineering plant - the General Motors- Center ­ Mount Clemens' productivity: the long-estab­ at 12'-Mile and Mound. Warren Township, would lished Mount Clemens Pottery, Ironrite Irioner, be augmented with an estimated $40,000,000 Inc.. and the Electromaster Division of Philco addition. making it the world's foremost auto­ are the "Big Three" of a thriving family of motive engineerin,; center. manufacturinJ'r concerns. The "Hickory Township" of 18'38" now Warren But no record should be closed without parti­ Township, today has an assessed valuation above cular mention of the gTowing might of South $118,077,795. Macomb as an industrial giant, parti-cularl1 The establishment of Selfridge Field, Mount Warren Township, once known by the rustic Clemens as the home of the First Pursuit Group name of "Hickory." Warren Townships' industry of the Army Air Corps in 1917 was the begin­ now flourishing, reached its proudest height ning of a modern-day U.S. Air Force estsblish­

-so- -31~ .r;nent second to none in strategic importance. It The canal, adequately bridged where high­ IS now the nation's leading military center for ways, cross, is 200 feet wide, with a mean depth ~et-propelled fighter planes. and its widespread of 23 feet, and carries overflow water 21,4 miles mstallations are valued in the tens of millions to the lake at a maximum of 1l,OOO cubic feet of doUars. It is a vital key in Uncle Sam's tactical per second. It has remained fully navigabl~ and fighter defense against inter-continental attack. its now-attractive revetments eventually WIll be Between 3,000 and 4,000 military personnel are landscaped, possibly as parks. covered by its annual $15,000,000' payroll, most (3) In a once-useless, marshy area of Harri­ of which is spent within W miles of the base. .son Township. near Huron Pointe, the five­ Today, thanks to well-balanced combination county Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority of all factors in the urban-rural economy of has constructed for public use a multi-million­ Macomb County, there has developed a pros­ dollar lakeshore development, the St. Clair p,erous territory with a unofficial 19053 popula­ Metropolitan Beach. It is a 560-acre landscaped tlOn of more than 227,437; an area growing daily a'rea complete with modern buildings but with with great expectations. nature's beauty undisturbed.. Its curving, sandy Its valuation is more than $28,7,558,000. Its beach is 6,00'0 feet long and 550· feet deep. the total annual county budget is in excess of $1,86·9,_ mammoth enterprise can provide recreation for 12'8. Its governmental and administrative func­ 6'0,000 persons daily. tions are largely centered in the pretentious Ma­ Progress constantly has spurred on both the comb County Building, fully paid for, which .e:overning bodies and the people of Macomb today would cost far in excess of two million Countv. with improvement following improve­ dollars to construct. ment desnite changinR' economic conditions. (The In the latter connection, three other current majestic County Buildin.e: was conceived and public projects are viewed with pride by Ma­ completed in the throes of a major depression. comb County: Macomb Countv's land area, 481 square miles. (1) The Martha T. Berry Memorial Hospital is the home of 227,437 persons, according to a for indigents, a fully-modern, 100-bed structure June, 1953, scientific estimate made by The was opened in 1950. It is the state's most mOder~ Daily Monitor-Leader from a Detroit Edison convalescent hospital. Built and equipped at a meter survey. cost of approximately $750,000 it was fully paid This survey showed that an overall gain of for on its completion date. 42,476 (more than 22 per cent) was registered (2) The $4.000,000 federal-aid Clinton River c:ince the J9;50 fed~ral census count of 184.961. Spillway, running from Mount Clemens east­ The latter was a 71 per cent increase over the ward to Lake St. Clair ~ for which the four­ 19400 figure of 107,638. county district contributed $1,063,000, is now a The survey showed that 62 per cent of the well-proven benefit. 19'53 population resides within the South Ma­ . From th.e fall of 1951 through 1952, U.S. eng­ comb area. The figures: 'North Macomb 8'5,77'3 meers estImated that it had averted several ann South Macomb 141. 664. ~ajor floods which would have wrought $100,000 Warren Township's huge population in June 1ll damages. -32­ 1953, stood at 45,613 as compared to 42653 in TELEPHONE DIRECTORY 19J50 - a gain of 3,160 or 7 per cent. • f~om But the gains ,19'50 t? 1953 were larger COUNTY OFFICES e.lsewhere, as chOIce mdustnal and residential Slt~s ~radually became scarcer in Warren Town_ ShIp. Here are typical increases: Addressograph Department HOward 8--5732 St. C1ai.r:: Shores: 1950 - 19,823; June 1953 _ Assignment Clerk HOward 8-5841 (30,802); mcrease of 52 per cent. Bureau of Social Aid HOward 8'-9'181 Roseville: 195() - 15,816; June 1953 - 26,902; in­ crease of 73 per cent. Building Engineer HOward 8-5521 Circuit Court Commissioners . East Detroit: 19'50 _ 21,461; June 1953 _ 24,779; J. Russell LaBarge PRescott 7-0202 mcrease of 14 per cent. Wtn. Nunneley HOward' 8-6371 The pattern of increase in 1953 over 1950 was Circuit Judges . a g:eneral one, even including the more stable Alton H. Noe HOward 8-6821 Nort~ Macomb communities. Utica gained 33 James E. Spier " HOward 8-5622 per cent; Armada 31 per cent; Fraser 22 per cent· Civil Counsel HOward 3'-0543 Chesterfield Township 42 per cent and simila; Court Officers gains in adjacent areas. ' Edw. J. Harder HOward 8-5622 Ample roof fQr future expansion is assured Clarence Shirey HOward 8-6&21 by Macomb County's population density ratio Court Reporters of 4,72 people per square mile, as compared to Bertha Daubendick HOward 8-6821 Wayne County's 3,9'88 1 and Oakland's 449 in the Lorraine Nicholson HOward 8-5622 same area. Coroner VOlumes could be written of the great wave Dr. Raymond G. Markle HOward 8-8088 of progress sWeeping across the countryside Clifford H. Read' PRescott 5'-2200 where once the Wyandottes and the Chippewas County Juvenile Agent HOward 3-1589 camped, and to which came the French pioneers County Agricultural Agent HOward 3-1539 and the Eastern settlers to carve homes from County Clerk HOward 8-5791 the wilderness. County Controller HOward 8-63'81 ?ossibly this brief sketch, which scarcely County Dog Warden . raIses the dust from history's rich record..s will County Farm HOward 3-4541 inspire further research by those to ~hom County Health Department HOward 3-1559 Macomb County is home. County Infirmary HOward 3-4541 -D.A. County Librarian HOward 3-2335 County Sanitary Engineer HOward 3-1559 County School Commisioner HOward 3-4507 County Supt. of Nursing HOward 3-1559 County Treasurer HOward 3-0591 Drain Commissioner , HOward 8-4539

-34­ -35­ TELEPHONE DIRECTORY (Cont.) TELEPHONE DIRECTORY (Cont.) Drivers' License Bureau No Phone Bruce Township Friend of Court HOward 8-5901 Supervisor ROmeo 2742 Juvenile Registrar HOward 3-1589 Clerk Romeo 3565 Martha T. Berry Hospital HOward 3-4·541 Chesterfield Township Probate Judge HOward 3-0579 Supervisor HOward 3-1414 Probation Officer HOward 3-0462 Clerk HOward 8-7716 Probate Registrar HOward 3-05,79 Clinton Township Prosecutin~ Attorney HOward 3-0565 6 7 Supervisor HOward 3-2780 Register of Deeds HOward 8-69th Clerk HOward 3-0258 Hoad Commission HOward 80-4531 Erin Township Rheriff'~ Office HOward 8-4516 Supervisor PRescott 7-1M8 ,C::ncial Welfare Department HOward 8-4574 Clerk PRescott 7-1331 VetE;rans' Counsel HOward 3-0R52 RadIO Operator HOward 8-69,51 Harrison Township Supervisor HOward 8~8806 • • • Clerk HOward' 11-9495 Citv nf Center LinE' Lake Township Clerk's, Office SLocum 7-299'0 Supervisor TUxedo 1-0363 Clerk TUxedo 1-6565 Citv "f' East Detroit Clerk's Office PRescott 5-7800 Lenox ';l'ownship Supervis·or 3' NE. 9-5834 City of Mount Clemens Clerk " Richmond 123-R-3 Mayor HOward 8-5681 Assessor HOward 3-0478 Macomb Township Clerk HOward 8-5681 Supervisor STillwell 1-7404 Clerk STillwell 1-2771 Treasurer HQlward 8-68I~H Water Department HOward '8-5801 Ray Township City of New Baltimore Supervisor Romeo 3448 Clerk's Office RAymond 5-2511 Clerk Romeo 2405 City of St. CIC'ir Shores Richmond Township Clerk's Office PRescott 6-7900 Supervisor , Memphis 38-F-41 Clerk RIchmond 285 City of Utica Shelby Township Clerk's Office 3 UT. 3922 S,upervisor 3 lJ'I'. 7-2083 * l!: * Clerk 3 UT. 7-3807 Arm~da Township Sterlin~ Township Supervisor ARmada 5586 Supervisor : Warren 2324 Clerk ARmada 3211 Clerk 3 UT. 3083

---36- -37­ TELEPHONE DIRECTORY (Cont.) Warren Township Supervisor SLocum 7-3037 Clerk SLocum 7-5100 Washington Township Supervisor , STillwell 1-7231 Clerk Romeo 3394 • • • Armada Vlllage President , ~ , Armada 2971 Clerk Annada 3211 Fraser Village President PRescott 5-6287 Clerk PRescott 6-6420 Memphis Village President No Phone Clerk Memphis 19-R-3 New Haven Village President 3 NE. 9-5304 Clerk 3 NE. 9-5153 Richmond Village President Richmond 285 Clerk Richmond 125-R-2 Romeo Yillage , PresIdent Romeo 2849 Clerk , Romeo 295~ Roseville Village President PRescott 5-771'8 Clerjk PRescott 5·2000 Warren Village President Warren 3411 Clerk Warren "4911

~38- Were ha.If the power that fills the world with terror.

Were half the wealth bestowed on camps land eoorts.

Given to redeem the human mind from error.

There were no need of arsenals or torts.

(Loll&'fellow)