Officials of the STATE, COUNTY, CITY, VILLAGE and TOWNSHIPS of COUNTY OF MACOMB 1951.1952

MoaDI Cleme.l, Michigl. County Se.~

CompDect ~ Albert A. W.gner Count)' Clerk "~ ----'," , , STATE OFFICERS

GOVERNOR G. Mennen Williams I,ansing LIEUTENANr GOVERNOR William C. Vandenberg "",," Lansing SECRETARY OF STATE Fred M, Alger, Jr. " ".."..".."" Lansing ATTORNEY GENERAL ' Frank G, Millard , "..,,, Lansing STATE TEEASURER D. Hale ~Take : I..ansing AUDITOR GENERAL John B. Martin, Jr I.ansing' SUPT. of PUBLIC INSTEUCTION Lee M. Thurston ,...... Lansing STATE WGHWAY COMMISSIONER Charle~ M. Ziegler Lansing

UNITED STATES SENATORS Homer Ferguson Detroit Blair Moody "", "".. , " "." Detroit

REPREIlENTA'I'IVE. Seventh Dist. Jesse P, Wolcott " Port Huron

STATE SENATOR, Eleventh DIs\. Frank D. Beadle " " St. C1air

REPRESENTATIVES IN STATE LBGISl.ATUBE PInt DIItrId Howard R. Carroll .."...... "...... Mount Clemens . SeeOllll ~ William Romano "" " Van Dyke

~ CIRCUIT COURT OFFICERS COUNTY OFFICERS 16th Judicial CIrculi Circuit Judge Alton I:I. Noe Alton H. Noe Circuit Judge Circuit Judge James E. Spier James E. Spier Circuit Judge .Probate Judge Joseph V. Trombly Albert A. Wagner Clerk of Circuit Court County Clerk Albert A. Wagner Louise Batza _ Chief Deputy County Clerk Prosecuting Attorney Fred Nicholson Elml,)re E. Lester Assignment Clerk Sheriff Harley' Ensign Betty Cron Court Clerk County Treasurer :.. Lynn Whalen Fred Nicholson Prosecuting Attorney R,egister of Deeds Aaron Burr Wendell Lichtenfelt Chief Ass't Prosecutor ,Drain Commissioner Frank Lohr John H. Matthews Ass't Prosecuting Attorney Coroner Clifford H. Read Mildred Vlaich Ass't Prosecuting Attorney Coroner Milford H. Jones Cecil A. Byers Ass't Prosecuting Attorney Circuit Court Comm'r Wm. H. NUIUleley . 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 County Health Director Oscar D. Stryker, M.D. Clarence Shirey...... Court Officer County Sanitary Engineer Marvin L. Smith Edward J. Harder Court Officer Co. Supervisor of Nursing Marie Presley, R.N. Guy L. Brown, .Jr Probation Officer County Agent Martin H. Walkenhorst Marybelle Baker :, Friend of the Court Co. Agriculture Agent Wm. Murphy Wm. H. Nunneley Circuit Court Comm'r Commissioner of Schools Will L. Lee ~. < J. Russell LaBarge Circuit Court Comm'r County Dog Warden Forbes Duncan TERMS OF 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 -- -5­ SUPERVISORS MACOMB COUNTY BOARD of SUPERVISORS COMMITTEES FOR 1951-1952 FLOYD W. ROSSO Chainnan GROVER POWELL Vice-Chainnan AoLHERT A. WAGNER Clerk CHAIRMAN-FlOYd W. Ro,,",o VICE-CHAIRMAN-Grover Powell Armada Township W. A. Toles CLERK-Albert A. Wagner Bruce Township John M. Bailey ATTORNEY-Paul Hirt Chesterfield Township Adolph Veryser Clinton Township Paul Stepnitz; j AGRICULTURE-Lemmon. Henderson, Powell, Erin Township Frank Biehl LaGodna, Priehs, Toles, Schoenherr, Bock, Harrison Township , Floyd W. Rosso Clark, Crissman Lake Township Theodore A. McGraw l\PPORTIONMENT-Kalahar, Henderson, Step­ Lenox Township Frank Lemmon I nitz, Leonard, Bock. McGraw, Mrs. Stark, Macomb Township Paul Bock Lenders . Ray Township J. Nellis Clark APPROPRIATIONS-Clark, Veryser, LaGodna, Richmond Township Gmar Henderson Priehs, Bock, Lindsey, Leonard, Stout, Clyne, Shelby Township Fred LaGodna Welsh Sterling Township Arthur PriMs BUDGET - Powell, Stepnitz, Lemmon, Hill, Warren Township Arthur J. Millet Hogue, Miller, Biehl, Beaubien, Lundy, W-ashington Township Grover J. Powell Sickelsteel City of Mount Clemens Dr. Philip T. Mulligan BUILDING-Henderson, Biehl, LaGodna, Very­ Harold Lindsey ser, Lemmon, Shorkey. Hogue, Weymouth, Hugh H. Neale Lundy, Mulligan, Crissman Paul Hogue DOG-Priehs, Stepnitz, Shorkey, Weymouth, Lawrence Oehmke Toles, Bock, Bailey, Clark, Stout, Mulligan City of East Detroit Mrs. Mildred Stark DRAIN-Schoenherr. Henderson. Biehl, Veryser, Carl Weymouth Beaubien, Miller, Bailey Mulllgan, Lenders Charles Beaubien EQUALIZATION-Lindsey, Powell. Hill, Beau­ Wm. D. Clyne bein, Biehl, Lemmon, l\-lfiller, Leonard. Linge­ Arthur J. Wendt mann, Lundy City of New Baltimore Arthur Shorkey FINANCE-Biehl, LaGodna, Powell, Stepnitz, Kenneth W. Hill Lingemann, Beaubien, Oehmke, Miller, Clark, City of Center Line B. A. Kalahar Schoenherr Alex Schoenherr INDUSTRIAL & PUBLIC RELATIONS-Kala­ Wilbert F. Lundy har, Lemmon, Neale, Shorkey, Hogue, Miller, Robert F. Stout Crissman, Welsh, Stark City of Utica Howard G. Crissman LEGISLATION-Weymouth, Neale, Hill, La­ Luke E. Leonard Godna. Biehl, Schoenherr, Hogue, Wendt, Yoe

-6­ -7­ MACOMB COUNTY BOARD REJECTED TAX--Stepnitz, Priehs, Henderson, Hogue, Leonard, Lundy, Clyne, Sickelsteel OF RESOLUTIONS-Neale, Hill, Kalahar, Powell. COUNTY CANVASSERS Stepnitz, Weymouth, Bailey, McGraw, Yoe Harold Donaldson .,...... Mt. Clemens ROADS--Veryser, LaGodna. Lemmon, Beaubien Louis Luchtman Washington Henderson, Toles, Stepnitz, Shorkey, Oehmke, Mrs. Miriam Goldsmith Mt. Clemens Miller \ Albert A. Wagner Mt. Clemens RADIO-Beaubien, Lemmon, Biehl, Hill, Schoen­ herr, Miller, Oehmke, Welsh SHERIFF-Hogue, Hill, Henderson, Schoenherr. 1 COUNTY TAX AIJ,OCATlON BOARD, Veryser, Toles, Miller, Oehmke, Crissman, William H. Nunneley, Chairman Mt. Clemens Wendt, Welsh Will L. Lee Mt. Clemens TOWNSHIP TAX-LaGodna, Powell. Priehs, Lynn Whalen Roseville Veryser, Henderson, Bock, Shorkey, Stout. Gerald Smith St. Clair Shores McGraw Frank. Biehl...... Rosevi~le WELFARE-Henderson. Hill, LaGodna, Biehl, Frank Wiegand Warren Lindsey, Beaubien, Kalahar, Miller, Lingemann Thos. H. Scott, Statistician Mt. Clemens TREASURER-Toles, Powell, Priehs. Biehl, Albert A. Wagner, Clerk Mt. Clemens Kalahar, Hogue, Leonard, Bailey, Clyne, Lenders SOCIAL WELFARE COMMISSION JUDICIARY-Hill, Neale, Toles, Kalahar, Wey­ mouth, Clark, Wendt, Yoe Edw. J. Gallagher ~ Chairman DEFENSE--Lindsey, Kalahar. Miller. Lingemann, Lyle E. Rosso Vice-Chairman Stark, Sickelsteel Isaac A. Hartung Secretary REGISTER OF DEEDS-Lingemann, Oehmke, Clark, Bailey ELECTION COMMISSIONERS CO-ORDINATING ZONING - Stark, Powell, Lindsey Joseph V. Trombly Probate Judge SERGEANT AT ARMS-Beaubien LyIUl Whalen County Treasurer Albert A. Wagner County Clerk NOTE The first name on the above committees is the respective chairman thereof. and in the PLAT BOARD absence thereof the second name acts. and Aaron Burr Register of Deeds likewise in the absence of the first two, the Lynn Whalen County Treasurer Albert A. Wagner County Clerk third marne acts:. -9­ .JURY COMMISSIONERS MACOMB COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD Ben Duengel' , Richmond B, A. Kalahar. Chairman Center Line Mrs. Pauline Rice East Detroit Paul Cousino Warren . Calvin Godley Van Dyke Gmar Henderson Memphis Harvey C. Whetzel :, Mt. Clemens Marjorie Montgomery Armada Orby Sweet :, Utica Will L. Lee Mt. Clemens Grace .Jones R, 3, Mt. Clemens Albert A. Wagner . Secretary EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT COMMISSION Harry Schwaberow Mt. Clemens Harry Cahill Mt. Clemens NATURAUZATION Nelson ZoH Center Line Floyd W. Rosso Mt. Clemens Final Hearings of Petitions on 4th Thursday Frank Biehl Roseville of January, June and November. Grover Powell Washington

COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION Oscar D. Stryker, M.D Director Wm. Malow ChairmaIl Marvin L. Smith , Sanitary Engineer Karl 0.' Brink Engineer Marie Presley. R.N Supervisor of Nursing Roy Connor " Commissioner Howard Rosso , Business Mgr. Alired Foerster Commissioner Arnold F. Ullrich Secretary

CONCEALED WEAPONS LICENSING BOARD COUNTY VALUATION Fred Nicholson Prosecuting Attorney The assessed valuation of Macomb County: Harley Ensign :...... Sheriff Sgt. James VanLandegend. MichigD.n State Police 1950 - $186,161,488.00 Albert A. Wagner, County Clerk 1951 - $210,772,713.00

MACOMB COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD Kenneth W. Hill, President New Baltimore FlOYd W. Rosso Mt. Clemens Allen Rush Romeo Bert Will ,." " New Haven. Fred MacArthur , , , ' Mt. Clemens

-Ill- -11­ OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF MOUNT CLEMENS EAST DETROIT 1951-1952 1951-1952 Commissioner of Public Affairs Dr. Philip T. Mulligan Mayor Mildred B. Stark Commissioner of Streets and , PUblic Property...... Ray Brandenburg City Manager W. T. Williamson Commissioner of Finance Paul G. Hogue City Clerk Chas. H. Beaubien Commissioner of Publu; City Treasurer Esley_ J. Rausch Safety Lawrence Oehmke City Assessor Charles H. Beaubien Commissioner of Water Works City Attorney Carl Weymouth and Sewers Spencer Fenton Police Chief Lyman Eckhardt ~ity Clerk Frederick Soule Supt. of, Public Works Charles Paternoster Deputy City Clerk Harold Lindsey -€ity Treasurer , Helen E. Miller Electrical Inspector Robert J. Kern City Assessor and Welfare Plumbing Inspector Ralph Ureel Director . Harold Lindsey 'Building Inspector Paul F. Linenger City Attorney Hugh H. Neale Health Officer Dr. D. W. McKinley City Engineer E. L. Pettingill Supt. of water Works and Fire Chief August- Zado Sewers Harry McEntee Constable Henry C. Hauss Supt. of Filtration Robert E. Hansen Constable Walter Beltz Chief of Police Harvey Hammond Justice of the Peace John McPherson Chief of Fire Department Clayton Dubay Health Officer Dr. W. J. Kane Justice of the Peace Harold Heins Supt. of Streets and Parks Henry Bruneel Supervisors Mrs. Mildred Stark Director of Recreation William Nowak Chas. H. Beaubien Electrical Inspector Clyde B. Gass Carl Weymouth Plumbing Inspector Joseph H. Miller Board of Review Guy H. Verkler' Wm. D. Clyne . Byron Stuck Arthur J. Wendt John Schelling Councilmen Joseph J. Wendt Municipal Judge Donald J. Parent Carl Hollinger Associate Municipal Judge -Frank E. Jeannette Walter Sullivan Constable John Miller Dog Warden Thomas Martin Jos. Burk

-12­ -13­ OFFICIALS OF '11IE CITY OF NEW BALTIMORE (Con!.) CJlNTER iLlNJl Councilmen y •••••• Philip Henderson 1951-1952 Fred Blay Carl Berk Elmer L, Skinner Mayor James L. Eisele ~...... Hennan Staffb.orst City Clerk Wm. Stei$aus Gilbert Matthews City Treasurer Wrn. Steinhaus Chief of Police John S. Dye City Assessor ,. Wilbert F. Lundy Fire Chief Lloyd Reck City Attorney Chas. A. Retzlaff City Attorney Kenneth W. Hill . Health Officer Dr. Jas. W. Bryce Supervisors Arthur Shorkey Councilmen Alex M. Schoenherr . Kenneth W. Hill Wilbert F. Lundy W,ater Commissioner ~...... Wm. G. Baker Robert F. Stout City Superintendent Andrew Meldrum Andrew J. M-ehall Justice of the Peace Irving D. Robinson Fire Chief Nelson Bruechert Police· Chief Elmer G. Flechsig OFFICIALS OF THJl CITY OF Supt. of Water Dept Wm, Steinhaus Supt. of D.P.W , Wm. Steinhaus ST. CLAIR SHORES Constable' Charles E. Hamden Supervisors Alex M. Schoenherr 1951-1952 B. A. Kalahar Wilbert F. Lundy Robert F. Stout Mayor Robert Harrison City Manager Adolph J. Koenig OFFICIALS OF 'I'1IJl CITY OF City Clerk Ray MacArthur Deputy City Clerk' William E. Ridill NJlW BALTIMORE I Treasurer ~ra L. Bone 1951-1952 i Asses:;;or Adrian . Lmgemann Attorney John H. Yoe Councilmen Robert Harrison Mayor Artllur Shorkey Edward Brown Cl~rk.' Grace .C. Ba;LfQur j William Warfield Treasurer : : Irvin Fritz Nicholas Kerns Assessor ; ~...... Frank J. Smith \ John Lenders­ .1U~ticti of the 'Peace Howard L. Clapp Milton Sicklesteel 'usfice~·of the Peace ,. John Marsh Thomas Welsh ------,------­ ---

OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF TOWNSHIP OFFICERS

UTWA ARMADA Supervisor-W. A. Toles Romeo 1951-195Z 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 E. W. Havel Wm. M. Rice Armada Treasurer Dora M. H'ahn Eugene Kent Armada AJ;lsessor Luke E. Leonard BRUCE Justice of th~ Peace Jim McClellan, Jr. Supervisor-John M. Bailey Romeo Councilmen Stuart T. VanderVen Clerk~onrad Turrell Romeo Herman E. Bohlman Treasurer-Hazel Kohlhagen Romeo Dr. Lee R. Edmonds Justices of the Peace James H. Reid Romeo Donald R. Havel Wilbert G. Donaldson Romeo Wm. A. Kraft, Sr. Albert E. Newman. ., Romeo Herbert E. Doebler Francis A. Castellucci Romeo Chief of Police Hazen S. Anderson CHESTERFIELD , ,Fire Chief Edward Stadler Supervisor-Adolph Veryser..... R. 3. Mt. Clemens _ Attorney Geo. F. Roberts Clerk""';""'""'Leo Blakely ...... R. 1, New Baltimore ~ Health Officer Dr. D. B. Wiley Treasurer-Carl A. Bran(.ie_nbuL'g .. Constables Walter Kiekbusch R. 3, Mt. Clemens Justices of the Peace Lawrence Winkelman Clarence W. Friday R. I, New Baltimore George C. Haase R. 3, Mt. Clemens Joseph Weisenberger R. I, New Baltimore Louis Thoe~ R. 3, Mt. Clemens CLINTON Supervisor-Pau! Stepni~ R. I, Mt. Clemens Clerk-Elmore Le.ter,, .' R. 7, M~. Clemens Treasurer-Arthur'C. LeItz R. 1, Ml Clemens Justices of the Peace . j ~ugo Nieman R. I, Mt. Clem!'I1l' -18­ -17'­ '.~ CLINTON

-18­ -19-­ ',' SHELBY VlLLAtlE OFFICERS S'upervisor-Fred L'aGodna " R. 3, Utica Clerk-:--Chester A. Y~nny R. 3, Utica ARMADA ". Treasurer-D. G. Helfrich R,9chester -'"Justi

-20­ world uncounted thousands of years before SUell places as St. Clair Shores, Roseville East Detroit History ofMacomb County and Center Line were uncovered. '

, The gradual disappearance of the glaciers left their imprint in deep grooves which until By Desmund A. Arnsby , flood and erosion of recent years prac'Ucally The D(1:'ly Monitor-Leader, Mount Clemens obliterated them, could still be "read" by experts The grim visages of Indians, and the rugged along the banks of the Clinton River and in other places. features of hardy pioneers gazing down in stony calm from the pinnacles of a million dollar On their slow, grinding ascent to the lower Macomb County Building, symbolize 170 years areas that aJ;'e now 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 partJy­ dottes and the Chippewas - and often their undulating terrain. much of it clay 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 clerks area is a typical example of such deposits. of business and those who wrest nature's bounty As the glacial water runoff increased, the from the soil. varying stages of the level of the lake (St. ,-Co-owners are the more than 1'84,000 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 anet But long before Indians. pioneers or moderns fine sand, and extending well out from the existed, Macomb County was a part of t.'le lakeshore, were those of Lakes Whittlessey and basin of glacial lakes which were the fore­ Warren. Later~ and closer to the present :shore­ ninners of the Great Lakes. line, were Lakes Elkton and Algonquin. In this glacial period. the Mount Clemens of T.hese 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 Lake Elkton left its beach marks along the County Building. 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 a succession of the river banks. gradually receding .lakes that have left their Lake Algonquin's ancient sands may be found record clear for geologists to read. in Harrison and Clinton Townships. east and Romeo was the highest point of land. It south of Harper and Crocker avenues. doubtless emerged to face the silent, glacial Today, only the geologists can interpret this

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primeval story in the places .civilization has left Lapeer C9unties (and of course, the whole of undisturbed by bulldozers and uncovered by Macomb) and most of Sanilac, S'hiawassee. Gen­ concrete. esee and In.gham 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 1818, a month after the count~ seat was estab­ county in Michigan Territory in 1815, 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 titl.e had been extinguished. including our present 797) Macomb County. Prior to that time (in 1H05), 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 1807 land south of this line was called Huron Town­ voided Indian land titles. ship. By proclamation of Gov. Lewis Cass, on Jan. On Aug. 12, 18'1'8-, the Township of Harrison 15, HU8, all land ceded to the United States by was formed from territory within the Town­ i· 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 roughly the space, size (See Terr. Laws Vol 2, Page 79Q). and location of what we now call Macomb William Brown. Henry J. Hunt and Conrad County. (It might be said that Macomb was first V. Ten. Eyck were named commissioners to as­ called Harrison.) . certain the most eligible site for the seat of It was on Jan. 12, 1819 that the tremendous - justice. On March 11, 1818, they designated area of Macomb County was first lessened by Mount Clemens. then on the Huron River, as the the laying out of Oakland County. This was county seat. (Terr. Laws Vol. 3, Page 24) proclaimed in 1819. but did not take effect On May 4, 1818, $400 was appropriated by the until Jan. 1, 1"823. (Terr. Laws Vol. 2. Page territorial legislatUre to aid in the erection of 798"9) a courthouse and jail, which like other structures Perry Township was organized also on Jan. in the settlement, was a log building. (Terr. 12, 18'19- (same reference) out of the Lapeer­ Laws, Vol. 2, Page 129) Genessee area of Macomb. On March 28, 1320. Macomb County was the third' county organ­ St. Clair County was formed (Terr. Laws Vol. ized in Michigan: Wayne being organized in 1796 2, Page 200) and with this subtraction from the and Monroe in 1317. once huge territory, Macomb County was reduced Contradicting natures routines, Macomb County to the smallest extent in its history. started life as a veritable giant. Two years later Sept. 10, 1822, Gov. Cas. by . In 1318, at the time of its organization, Macomb proclamation re-established the boundaries of County occupied the space now taken by the Macomb County, adding small amounts of terri­ whole of Livingstone, Oakland. st. Clair and tory at various points.

-24­ -25­ 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 1837, Page 140). sam~ year, H~ro~ Township, occupying ex­ The village of Mount Clemens en10yed the tenslVely, the dIstnct now often called "South vague distinction of being incorporated twice. Macomb" was changed to Clinton Township. l The first time, March 13, 1837 (Laws of Michi­ On April 12, 1827, a Legislative Act was r gan, 18'37, Page 61), was considered effective passed dividing Macomb County into five town­ until some years later legal error was dis,covered ships: Harrison, Clinton, Shelby, W,ashington in the proceedings. The community was then and Ray. (Terr. Laws Vol. 2, Pages 478-9) properly incorporated on April 4, 1851. In 1832 Ray Township ~as greatly enlarged On March 6, 1&38 legislative acts created the 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 1882) being part of St. Clair County. of Michigan, 1838', Pages 78 and 83). On March 9', 1003, 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 98'31) to Hickory (Warren Township), and also changed On April 22, 18-33, the northern p'art of Ray the name of Hickory to Aba Township. (Laws Township was formed into Armada Township of Michigan, 18,37-8" Page 158). Or IIAnnadia" as most of the early map-maker; In 1840 came the historic debate in the Legis­ , and writers termed 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, 1834, Macomb Township was the situation unchanged. Utica also contended organJz~d out of part of Clinton and Harrison. for the county seat. It was also in 1840, follow­ Ray Township was enlarged from its base line ing the debates, that a new courthouse was voted eastward to lop off the entire upper part of for Mount Clemens to replace the log structure Harrison Township (which took in all of what Which formerly existed. (The county seat dispute is now Lenox Township). (Terr. Laws Vol. 3 continued intermittently up to 18'19). Page I. 275). . By an act approved March 26, 1839, the name On M.arch 11, 1835, th~ lower part of Shelby Aba Township (only one year old) was changed TownshIp was fonned ,mto a ne'IN Township to Warren. And on Feb. 26, 1842, Macomb called Jefferson, where Sterling Township lies Township was divided into two equal parts to to~ay. (Terr. Laws Vol 3, Page 1, 368). form Macomb and Chesterfield Townships. By an act passed March 11, 1&37, Hickory and ,In 1'842. Section 36 was taken from Warren Orange TownShips were formed in the lower Township and added to Orange Township., On l)ection of Clinton Township, which until .Teffer­ ;J\1arch ;'9, 1843· (Laws of Michigan, 18'43, Page son was' formed 'Was actually the original HSouth 198)., the name of Orange was chang€!d, to Erin Ma-cbmb." (Laws of Michigan, 1837, Page 41). - a defiant gesture demanded by South of

The Township of Lenox was formed' from the Ireland settlers. > ,

-26­ -27~ The last remammg straightening of -township private claims and called the settlement Mount lines took place under authority of Act. 172, 1865, Clemens. He built the first house on the westerly. when Section 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 Boara prospering villages and cities - we attain the of Supervisors did not come into existence until Macomb County of today: 15 townships, 'Six 182,7. In 18'37 the county returned to the com­ villages, six cities and a dozen well-populated mission system, but by 1842"it had again reverted i hamlets which are villages and cities in the to a supervisors government. l making. The amount of governmental and legislative ~ In the latter connection, the Village of Rose­ transactions covered by supervisors in those days ville, with close to IHi,OOO population within its may be gauged from the fact -that the entire , ,i" corporate limits, is a typical example. Village county proceedings from 1827 to 1837 requil'ed officials predict it will become a city before 1954. a book of only 55 pages written in longhand. The newest incorporation, that of St. Clair (The minutes of one average meeting today, if Shores during January, 1951, represents a thriv­ written in longhand, would require this space.) ing lakeshore city of almost 20,000 people where Meetings of the county board since the begin­ the original 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 Mount Clemens underwent a vigorous stimu­ Macomb County's historic past. lus in the middle 1830's (but one that bogged Even though the termination of the revolu­ down in a state financial panic in the 1840's). tionary war in 1783 established the English­ The success of the Erie Canal: launching of the" American boundary line on the lake channel, ill-fated Clinton-Kalamazoo Ca,nal. and heavy English control continued in this area until 1796. Eastern settlement all contributed to put Mount At that time, under Jay's Treaty, Detroit and Clemens on its economic feet. The community 'Other outposts south and west of the lakes were was platted and developed, with small businesses formally surrendered to the American fovces. and industries being established in the down­ So actually, it was 1796 before Macomb County town area as we know it. . became part of the United States. In the 1350's attempts were 'made by local It was about 1796 that there was projected promoters to find oil in the ,black, ill-smelling into this half-Indian, half-French settlement on waters that were often found by well-diggers. the Huron River the energy and civic-minded­ But the oil promotions failed. Frequently the ness of a man, Christian Clemens - whose name flow was densely impregnated with salt, so is perpetuated in the county seat. A DetroUerJ promoters changed their plans and by evapora~­ he undertook a surveying- trip for Gov. Cass, ing the waters met with fair success in produc­ and sizing up the slightly elevated townsite ing a low-grade salt. that is now a city, he later purchased large The story has been told and re-told of an

-2&­ 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 practically all 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 satur,ate its hide, even speed arms and armaments to wherever America rolled 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 nag was galloping around with a new lease on plants has now broadened to a diversity of auto­ lif•. motive and industrial factories which represent Heal-seeking residents timidly tried bathing the hub of Detroit's production might. in the waters, with excellent results. In 18-75 a Factory, store and residential expansion in small bathhouse was built, and the rest of the South Macomb sent building permits to an all.. story is history - a million-dollar industry that time. high of $38·,000,000 in 1950, and the growth attracts patrons from every state and country. contlI~ues. Large tracts of land are at a premium. About the same time as the mineral bath One Immense new factory is currently being industry got under way to a humble start, the constructed on Van Dyke north of Utica floral industry came into being, largely through The u~ickory Township" of 1838, now-Warren the Breitmeyer family. Today. its valuation is TownshIp, today has an assessed valuation above in the millions of dollars, and a half-dozen $70,000,00{). greenhouses annually produce blooms in the tens The establishment of selfridge Field Mount of millions for shipment throughout the United Clemens, as the horne of the First Pursuit Group States. of the Army Air Corps in 1917 was the begin­ The heavier industries play a major role in ning of a modern-day U.S. Air Force establish­ Mount Clemens productivity: the long-estab­ !'Dent second to none in strategic importance. It lished Mount Clemens Pottery. Ironrite Ironer, IS now the nation's leading military center for Inc., and the Electromaster Division of Philco jet-propelled fighter planes, and its' widespread are the "Big Three" of a thriving family of installations are valued' in the tens of millions manufacturing cdncerns. o.f dollars. It is a vital key in Uncle Sam's tactical But no record should be closed without parti­ fIghter defense against inter-continental attack. cular mention of, the growing might of South Between 3,000 and 4,000 military personnel are Macomb as an industrial giant, particularly covered by its annual $15,000',000 payroll most Warren Township. once known by the rustic of which is spent within 10 miles of the b~e. name of "Hickory." Warren Township's industry Today, thanks to a well-balanced combination now flourishing, reached its proudest height of all factors in the urban-rural economy of during World War U when it was termed "The Macomb County, there has developed a pros­ Heart of the Arsenal of Democracy." perous territory with an official 1950 census Two fully-equipped war plants estimated in population of more than 184,000; an area grow­ value at $100,000,000 each were the major estab­ ing daily with great expectations. lishments, surrounded by a diadem of lesser, Its valuation is more than $210,000,aoO. Its but no less.vigorous factories. They produced a total annual county budget is in excess of $1,000,­

-3ll- -31­ 000. Its governmental and administrative func­ tions are largely centered in a pretentious Ma­ completed in the throes of a major depression.) comb County Building, fully paid for which .Mac~mb County's land area, 481,000 square today would co~t far in excess of a' million mIles, IS the home of 184,561 persons, according dollars to construct. to th~ 1950 :U.S. Decennial Census. The In the latter connection, three other current county s popula~lOn growth of 7I per cent since public projects are viewed with pride by Macomb 19~ ,<107,638) IS the largest 'of any county in County: MIchIgan. Its only rivals are within its own boundaries: (l) The Martha T. Berry Memorial Hospital for indigents, a fully-modern, lOp-bed structure, The City of East Detroit grew 149 per cent in was opened in 1950. It is the state's most modern ten years from 8,584 to 21,2.73; Center Line 139 convalescent bospital. Built and equipped at a percent from 3,198 to 7,64C3; Shelby Township cost of approximately $750.,000 it was fully paid 101 per cent from 2,946 to 5,928; Warren Town­ for on its completion date. ship 94 per cent from 21,544 to 41,793; St. Clair (2) The long-planned Clinton River Spillway, Shores 90 per cent from 10,405 to 19,785; Chester_ at Mount Clemens, is due to be bpened this field Township 86 per cent from 2 O

-32­ -33­ TELEPHONE DIRECTORY TELEPHONE DmECTOBY (Cont.) COUNTY OFFICES Friend of Court 5901 Juvenile Registrar 3-1580 Addr€ssograph Department 5732 Martha T. Berry Hospital 3-4541 Assignment Clerk 5841 Probate Judge 3-0579 Bureau of Social Aid 9781 Probation Officer 3-046'2 Building Engineer 5521 Probate Registrar 3-0579 Circuit Court Commissioners Prosecuting Attorney 3 0565,6,7 J. Russell LaBarge PRescott 7-0202 Register of Deeds 6961 Wm. Nunneley 6371 Road Commission 4531 Circuit JUdges Sheriff's Office - 4516 Alton H. Noe 6821 Social Welfare Department 4574 James E. Spier 5622 Veterans' Counsel 3-0852 C!vil Counsel 3-0543 Court Officers , • • • City of Center Line Edw. J. Harder 5622 Clerk's ,Office SLocum 7-2990 Clarence Shirey...... 6821 Court Reporters City of East Detroit Clerk's Office PRescott 5-7800 Bertha Daubendick 6821 Lorraine Nicholson 5622 City of Mount Clemens Coroners Mayor 5681 Milford J. Jones SLocum 7-0565 Assessor 3-0478 Clifford H. Read PRescott 5-2200 Clerk 5681 County Juvenile Agent 3-1589 Treasurer ,...... 6881 County Agricultural Agent 3-1539 Water Department 580l County Clerk 5791 City of New Baltimore County Controller 6381 Clerk's Office New Baltimore 2-2515 County Dog War'den New Haven 9-9172 City of St. Clair Shores County Farm 3-4541 Clerk's-Office PRescott 6-7900 County Health Department 3-J 559 City of Utica CO'li'nty Infirmary...... 3-4541 Clerk's Office UTica 3922 County lJbrarian 3-2335 • • • County Sanitary Engineer 3-1559 Armada Township C,ounty School Commissioner 6921 Supervisor ARmada 5586 County Supt. of Nursing 3-1559 Clerk ARmada 3211 County Treasurer 3-0591 I Bruce Township Drain Commissioner ,.... 4539 Supervisor ROmeo 2742 Drivers' License Bureau No Phone Clerk ROmeo 3565

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Chesterfield Township Washington Township Supervisor Mt. Clemens 7670 Supervisor Washington 4231 Clerk Mt. Clemens 7716 Clerk Romeo 3394 Clinton Township • • • Supervisor ; Mt. "Clemens 3-2780 Armada Village Clerk Mt. Clemens 3-0258 Erin Township President Armada 2431 Supervisor PRescott 7-1328 ! Clerk Annada 3211 t, Cletl< PRescott 7-1331 Fraser Village Harrison Township President PRescott 6-2794 Supervisor Mt. Clemens 8806 Clerk PRescott 6-6420 Clerk Mt. Clemens 9~95 Memphis Village Lake Township President No Phone Supervisor " TUxedo 1-6565 Clerk TUxedo 1-6565 Clerk Memphis 19-R-3 :l,.enox Township New Haven Village Supervisor New Haven 9-5004 President New Haven 9-5304 Clerk Richmond 123-R-3 Clerk New Haven 9-5153 Macomb Township Richmond Village Supervisor " Washington 4402 Clerk Washington 2771 President Richmond 265 Ray Township Clerk , Richmond 125-R-2 Supervisor Romeo 3448 Romeo Village Clerk Romeo 2405 President ,..... Romeo 2849 Richmond Township Supervisor MempWs 36-F-41 Clerk Romeo 2955 Clerk Richmond 285 Roseville Village Shelby Township President PRescott 5-2000 Supervisor Utica 7-2:083 Clerk PRescott 5-2000­ Clerk Utica 7-3807 Sterling Township Warren Village Supervisor Warren 2324 President Warren 466-1 Clerk Utica 3033 Clerk ,.. Warren 3631 Warren Township Supervisor SLocum 7..3OO7 NOTE: All on Mt. Clemens ex'Change unless Clerk SLocum 7-5100 otherwise noted.

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