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~t 1\ Planned Demise of Railroad Depot Stirs Memories When Northville's historic depot depot went up." (The original depot 1920. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. biggest business was in freight, with comes tumbling down soon the demise was built in 1871. Later the same year Charles H. Whipple, also were mamed large shipments for the Silver Springs will stir some regret for a former ~--..r./~ a depot was built at Novi and a year in the home. bottling works, Stimpson Scale Northville resident who punched later the depot a Wixom was built). Today, the McDonalds, who live in Company, Superior Chum and telegraph keys in the building nearly a City officials are negotiating now Romulus, own that portion of the old Manufacturing Company, the American half-eentury ago. for the razing of the depot, which is Whipple farm that lJes on the north Bell & Foundry Company, and the Ovid McDonald, 68, who retired as unused, rotting and a frequent target of side of Eight Mile Road, just west of Globe Furniture Company, he said. the Romulus railroad agent after 49 vandals. It has been labeled a hazard tht: Thompson-Brown subdiviSIOn Although the passenger busmess years of service that began here in and an eyesore. Recently, a development. was a good one, it already had begun to 1920, talked of the depot Saturday north-bound train was held up 20 Incidentally, Mrs. McDonald's dimirush m those days, he recalled, while rummaging through old way-bills, minutes wIllie fuemen battled a fIre in '. mother, before her marnage, had the because of the thriVing business done some of which date back to 1894 when the building louched off by vandals. recen tly re modeled mansard-roof by the interurban lines here. Flint & Pere Marquette owned the Vandalism also saddened the house, on the west side of Rogers just In those days, he ,said, train facility. McDonalds several years ago when the north of Mam, buut before the turn of passengers and freight customers either "It was .already an old building old Whipple home on the south side of the century. reached the depot by the stauway when I started working therel" said Eight Mile Road, west of Taft, was When McDonald became telegraph located near the old well or by the McDonald. Of course, I don't believe it destroyed by fire. Built by her operator and clerk at the depot here, dnve under the railroad overpass now was the original buiIdmg. I'd guess it grandparents, the John J. Thompsons Pere Marquette operated a "good" used to reach the city's landfill. Those was built before the turn of the nearly 100 years ago, the house was the passenger train business, with stops six using the stairway, parked their cars - century but quite awhile after the fIrst scene of the McDonalds wed~g in tlmes daily, he remembered. But its Continued on Page B-A Wayne County's Oldest Weekly Newspaper Established 1869 15¢ ~ ., IF IT'S NEWS ... AND IT HAPPENS IN NORTHVILlE ... YOU CAN READ IT IN THE RECORD ..~ DEPOT NEARING THE END OF THE LINE Vol. 100, No. 27, 26 Pages, Two Sections. NorthVille, Michigan- Thursday, November 13, 1969. 15c Per Copy, $5 Per Year In Advance I ' TOWD'shipTelDpers Its VALENTINE'S DAY, February 14, 1970, has been tentatively set for the Northville School District's millage election. A favorable vote would allow the district to proceed with more than $2 million in additions to the present five schools. A RECORD TOTAL ***of $3,394 was collected in the Fish Hatchery Position 1969 Unite'd Foundation Torch Drive residential campaign in Northville, Mrs. William Swank, Northville area chairman, The apparent hands-off posltion of Action came after another round Stromberg was glVen unammous by some board members, proposed that the Northville Township Board was announced this week. The figure surpassed the goal of S2,777 of heated debate on the subject and a consent to permit appointment of the the townshJp formulate development modified somewhat Tuesday night split-vote defeat of a compromise by $617, Mrs. Swank said, pointing out that "once again the comJlllltee In what appeared to be a plans jomtly with the city to ensure when board members authorized proposal to jom with the city in move to show mterest but not fmancial that such plans can be financwJly general spirit of Northville carried us to a record." Her establishment of a committee to preparing plans for the park's commitment. supported by the township. Argumg chairmen and workers, she adds, made many return calls to discuss the fish hatchery parI<proposal developrrent. By not accepting the compromise strongly that the townshIp has a collect the total. with city officials. At Ills request, Supcmsor Gunnar proposal of Trustee Bernard Baldwin, responsibl.hty to share costs in VlCWof two other officials, Treasurer Alex the fact that the facility ISalready used COUPLED witp. the recent***success qarenceville School Lawrence and Trustee Richard Mitchell 1:;.... 1,. Continued on Page 14-A q.i~!J ::;t)i:idin (ilInl:~!}i! :>.?;~if\"'.1.the S~~t.e Jax Co~miss~on tQ. ,Richflrd Kay: ,", won' thell stand that the m.1tter should obtain the right to ,levy another mill district~wide, Northville wait! for' the people's decision in the *** School District has decided to follow the same road. special December 8 election. That Ballots Ready Tomorrow, Friday, Northville administrators will file a brief ejection, to take place one day before with the tax commission in Lansing. For the three years, the the next regular meetmg of the board, Schools Need wJiI ask township where the millage district had levied 8.9 mills district-wide. The county 'For Ahsentees rate should be mcreased by two-mills allocation board said this year only 7.9 mills could be levied to permit acquisition and development Absentee ballots for the special in the township, though 8.9 could be levied In the city. In the of park property. December 8 election are now available, Clarenceville decision, the district won the right to levy 8.9 The election proposition ongmally Northville Township Clerk Mrs. mills district-wide. Northville Board members said they Sex Education grew out of the board's mdecision over Eleanor Hammond announced this would make the decision whether or not to levy the extra "There are many opportunities in Clergymen, teachers and parents, most acqUISition of Maybury Sanatormm week. mill after they received a favorable ruling. the teaching area for sex lessons," of all, need to become more property .for park purposes but Jt has The clerk noted that lasl Richard W. Kay, vice-president of the knowledgeable ." since been interpreted as deallllg with Saturday'S regIstratIon deadl.llle saw Sex Information and Education Kay called Role, Relationships and any recreatIOnal areas. The two mills nearly 200 persons register for the {. POSSIBLE ESTABLISHMENT*** of a Northville Council of the United States (SIECUS), Responsibility (to self and others) the referred to III the proposition was seen election. The total number of persons ",' Township fife department came up for discussion Tuesday told members and guests of Northville three R's of sex education, admitting as the amount needed to purchase and now eligIble to vote, she saId, "IS when Treasurer Alex Lawrence f(~ported that a lengthy Mothers' Club Monday. that this is the "most delicate, most develop Maybury property. roughly 2,400." complex problem we have." investigation showed the township might be able to sell Stressmg that a healthy image of The fish hatchery property is Township electors will be asked to A sex educatIOn program, he located in the township but IS owned III bonds through a federal government program at low interest self and awareness of one's role m life answer two questions the December contmued, really is a teacher and a by the CJly of NortllVllle, which has election. One proposition asks if the His study, he said, indicates that a fire station and fire are as much a part of sex education as child or a parent and a child. asked for financial ass!stance III its township's board's actIOn in rezoning equipment could be financed "roughly for about "the plumbing," the act of sex itself, Kay said he feels a good, "whole" He suggested three approaches for development since it is used by Haggerty Road property to an $200,000," not including land. Property could be obtained program ISneeded. a sex education program - in the township, as well as city, residents and industnal claSSificatIOn should stand, at Six Mile and Sheldon roads, he said. He suggested the Kay, who assumed his SIECUS schools, in an adult education program si nce the park is used III the and the other asks if the township department could include a "working chief and four men" office last month, is director of and in a family-life type education cIty-township operated recreation millage rate should be raIsed by two plus a 25·man volunteer corps. Taking the position that the community services in Grosse Pointe councIl. program. nulls for 20 years to permit acquisltJon growing population of the township makes present joint Schools and is a former principal of "It is Jmportant that schools BaldWin, in a motion that he said and development of park property .Ill city-township fire protection inadequate, he said he favored Amerman Elementary. He pointed oul Continued on Page 14-A provided the "protection" demanded the township. establishment of a township department and asked fellow that he was not speaking for SIECUS .... \1 board members to consider it . or for GP schools, but had come as a former Northville resident to explam the STECUS.

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