Community Club to Consider Reviving Community Chest Cass City Keeps
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CASS CITY CHRONICL VOLUME 43, NUMBER 24. CASS CITY, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1948. Community Club Teachers' Club Honor Auto Crashes Train, Community Club to To Present Play Passing of Well Four at Dinner Sudden Death of Three Are Dead Amendment to Consider Reviving After four months of "vacation," Known Business The Cass City Teachers' Club Alfred Fort on Two Vassar young people, Roy Traffic Ordinance the Cass City Community Club will met at a dinner meeting September Winenmueller, 22, and Miss resume its monthly sessions with 29, at the New Gordon Hotel. This Dorothy Hascall, 22, were instantly Community Chest the October meeting next Tuesday Man of Deford meeting was in honor of Mr. and Saturday Night killed and Steve Milleroy, 22, also Passed by Council evening at the high schood audi- Mrs. Otto Ross, the newly-wedded of Vassar, was fatally injured torium. teachers, and as a farewell get- J when the automobile driven by Following the dinner for mem- Fred E. Purdy, well-known together for Mr. and Mrs. Edwin j Townspeople were shocked Winenmueller crashed into a A joint research committee of freight train standing at the Huron An amendment to Section 35 of bers of the club at 7:30, a local business man of the Deford com- Baur, who have since left for Saturday evening to learn that Al- Ordinance No. 39, known as the vil- the Cass City Rotary and Gavel Kalamazoo to make their home. fred Fort had passed away sud- Ave. crossing in Vassar at three clubs will submit recommendations talent play, "A Hunting We'll Go," munity, passed away suddenly at lage traffic ordinance, has beeri will be presented by 15 members. his home in Deford Saturday eve- Mr. Cardew acted as toastmaster denly in his home. Mr. Fort had o'clock Monday morning. Millerov for the re-establishment of a local died in Saginaw General Hospital passed by the common council. The play may be witnessed by non- ning, Oct. 2. for the evening. After a few been in poor health but had worked New provisions in the amendment Community Chest to the Cass City preliminaries, he presented the some in the store Saturday. Monday afternoon. Community Club at its regular members. Doors will be opened to Mr. Purdy was born in Colum- provide regulations as follows: the public at 8:00. A display adver- Rosses with a Mixmaster. Mrs. The remains were taken to the It is unlawful to stop, stand or meeting next Tuesday evening. biaville, Michigan, October 30, Day likewise presented the Baurs The purpose of the proposed chest tisement in the Chronicle this week 1896, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- Douglas Funeral Home and were park any vehicle on any street gives more details regarding the with an electric clock. removed Tuesday noon to the with its left side to the curb, or to is to coordinate all community liam Purdy. Group singing was enjoyed by charity drives into one large play. He was united in marriage with Presbyterian Church where funeral 40th Anniversary double park in the business district Officers of the club are: Presi- all. After leaving the hotel, about services were held at 2 p. m. Rev. on Main St. unless there is a driver drive, supervising and investi- Miss Bertha Stier December 25, twenty gathered at the Ross gating the charities for whom dent, M. B. Auten; vice president, 1919, in Lapeer. Following their M. R. Vender officiated and burial at the wheel and then for not H. M. Bulen; secretary, Kenneth home—a time which was very was made in Elkland cemetery longer, than five minutes. these moneys will be raised. marriage they made their home in pleasantly spent. Service of Nazarene The advantages of such a chest Maharg; treasurer, Leslie Louns- !olumbiaville for ten years,, later under the auspices of Tyler Lodge It is unlawful for any vehicle to plan are great. Instead of drives bury. moving to Clifford, where they No. 317, F. & A. M., of which Mr. stand or park on any street every month in the fall and winter, lived until going to Deford in 1940. Fort was a member. Church Sunday ontinuously longer than 48 hours. there would be only one solicita- Mr. Purdy has been a successful "Al" as he was popularly known For the purpose of enabling the tion, making it easier for the business man, being manager of Spares and Strikes was 55, having been born Nov. 22, village to sweep the streets and to workers and more convenient Cass City Keeps the Frutchey Bean Company of De- 1892, at Taranto, Italy. As an On October 10 the Church of the remove snow, it is unlawful to immigrant boy he came to New park any vehicle on Main St., be- in time wasted for the giver ford ard of the Deford Bank. By George Dillman Nazarene located at Cass City will Mr. Purdy has been affiliated York City at the age of 14 years tween Sherman St. on the east and to listen to each separate Out of 60 bowlers only four were join a church-wide celebration of story of need. It also Clean Record by with the Clifford Methodist Church and eight years later to Pontiac. the fortieth anniversary of the a point designated by a sign 132 for the past eighteen years. He was able to spill the pins for 200 or There on August 10, 1918, he mar- feet west of West St., between the gives local supervision and inves- more. Parsch, Asher, Paddy, and organization of the Church of the tigation of each charity by a chest a member of the Gleaners of ried Miss Gladys Wright of Cass .Nazarene as a Protestant denomi- hours of 1:00 a. m. to 6:00 a. m. committee to protect local givers Columbiaville Arbor. He was a Landon came up with 203, 203, 202 City. They came to Cass City in No vehicle is to stand or park in BeatingElktonl4-0 and 201 respectively. The "500" nation. from unwarranted claims. veteran of World War I, having 1927 where he has since operated this section longer than two hours enlisted in the Army November 18, set this week consists of six men, a confectionery store. Mr. Fort The union of separate groups continously any week day between A Community Chest also has its Paddy 559, Parsch 554, Landon from the West, the East and the drawbacks. Chief of these is the 1917, and receiving his honorable ame to Cass City with a few 8:00 a. m. and 6.00 p. m. Cass City Re'dhawks again came discharge July 30, 1919. 551, Reid 534, Asher 516 and Ross hundred dollars and plenty of am- South took place at Pilot Point, The amendment to this ordinance difficulty of raising at one time Texas, in 1908 under the leadership enough to cover all the purposes. out on top on Friday by downing To mourn their loss are his wife; with 506. bition and has made good as a is published in its entirety in the Elkton 14 to 0. Elkton won the one son, 'Ralph, of East Lansing; Attendance the past week in merchant, dairyman and farmer. of Dr. P. F. Bresee of Los Chronicle this week where further It is often easier to give one dollar Angeles,- Rev. Howard Hoople of 12 times a year then 10- dollars toss and received the kickoff. They one daughter, Mrs. John Sharp of both leagues was 100%. Thanks to Probably no other person in Cass details regarding its provisions started driving from a T formation Clifford; two brothers, Henry of the substitutes who filled in for City enjoyed fishing and hunting New York City and Rev. C. B. may be read. once each year. But to gain the Jernigan of Texas. advantages of a chest, the latter but were halted when Cass City Rochester and Clifton of Oxford, those regular members who were more than "Al" did and he sought Other legal notices in this week's type of giving would be necessary. pushed them back, and in the first Michigan; four sisters, Mrs. Riley unable to bowl. recreation in these sports. At the time of the organization issue of this newspaper include a After only two weeRs of Tbowling, The sponsors of the chest idea minutes of the second quarter Elk- Chapman of Columbiaville, Mrs. Surviving are his widow; a son, in 1908 there were 10,000 members meeting of the board of determina- are most anxious to get community ton tried to kick from behind the Harry Hatherly of Saginaw, Mrs. the new members of the City Frank, engaged with his father in scattered widely in 228 churches tion of the Albrant Drain signed by response both for and against the goal, but Leland Hartel smashed Leon Dent of Lapeer and Mrs. John League have come up with some business; three daughters,, Mrs. with a few missionaries in a half Edmund Miller, county drain com- plan. Leave your comments with in and dropped their kicker, Jack Anderson of Scottsdale, Arizona; good games, which will encourage Philip Retherford of Deford and dozen foreign areas. At that time missioner; a registration notice for any of the committeemen or with Andrus, for two points. his father, William Purdy, of them to keep right on throwing at the Misses Barbara and Shirley at the Sunday School department had Elkland Township signed by Town- this paper. The committeemen are The first touchdown came in Columbiaville. His mother preceded that head pin pocket. Withey and home; a grandson, Eddie Rether- an enrollment slightly in excess of ship Clerk C.