SECTION ONE SECTION ONE PAGES 1 TO 8 PAGES 1 TO 8 Sixteen Pages C ASS CITY CHRONICLE Sixteen Pages VOLUME 48, NUMBER 3. CASS CITY, MICHIGAN PEIDAY, MAY 15, 1953. Sixteen Pages Hold Prayer Service Deford Methodists to Hold Edward Gingrich For Gerald Hartwick Annual Value Days Expected E Dedication Service Sunday Killed in Car-Bus To Attract Thumb Shoppers You might expect a person to Dr.. E. Bay Willson, district > Sponsored by the Cass City fail to put on his license plates superintendent for the Methodist Chamber of Commerce, the third shortly after the time had expired Church, will be in Deford Sunday Mrs. Carpenter to Collision Tuesday Former Cass Cityite annual Cass City Value Days, in March, but not to have them on to take charge of the dedication Lead Discussion at which starts today, is expected to in May is unusual. service scheduled at the Deford Speaks at Rotary draw record crowds to Cass City But Dale Kettlewell, who takes Methodist Church. Cass City Friday Edward Gingrich, 73, of Bay to take advantage of the many frequent trips throughout the state Members of the church have City, was killed Tuesday when his Capt. William H, Spencer, chief bargains in nearly every local for furniture, has to learn the completed an ambitious expansion car skidded into a school bus while pilot of the international division store. The village-wide sale dates hard way. The other day on one of program that includes a new full- "One World" is a panel discus- he was trying to stop in obedience of the Philippine Air Line, told are today "and Saturday. his jaunts, he was stopped while length basement which is divided sion to be presented at the Michi- to the bus' stop signal. The acci- Rotary members of his experiences In section two, pages twcn three, into five new Church Sunday gan State College alumni meet- dent occurred on M-24, south of and the advances in flying in his in Saginaw by an inquisitive offi- Lapeer. six and seven are four full pages cer who wondered where his 1953 School rooms. ing Friday, May 22, at the Cass company at the regular Rotary of items at outstanding price re- plates were. Another improvement for the City High School at 8 p. m. Mr. Gingrich died 15 minutes meeting held Tuesday noon at the ductions from 31 merchants in the The officer learned from the church is the installation of an oil The discussion will be led by after the crash while on the way to I New Gordon Hotel. village. furnace. Estimated total cost of Mrs. Louise Halladay Carpenter, a hospital. Two children in the bus Capt. Spencer, a former Cass crestfallen Dale that the plates received minor injuries. Careful thought has been given were on the desk in Cass City and the project is $6,000. assistant counselor of foreign stu- City resident, the son of Mrs. An- to provide a variety of items for Of this amount, $4,000 was dents and director of the adven- Gingrich and son, Dale, of Cass na Sharrard, who now makes his Dale's trip that day stopped—un- City, were returning from Detroit selection of Thumb shoppers. til his dad hopped into his car and spent for the basement and Sun- tures in world understanding pro- home in the Philippines, has logged Everything from feed to used cars brought them to him in the city. day School rooms and $2,000 was gram. College students from four with two new cars. Dale, driving over 10,000 hours of flying time. and accessories are listed in the However, the cloud had a silver expended for the furnace. foreign countries will also take ahead, saw the slowing bus and the He was a pilot in World War II annual sale event. lining—Dale talked his way out of According to the pastor, Rev, part in the panel. signal, but passed before the bus and joined the Philippine Air Line Reductions reach 50 per cent Edith Smith, the entire work is Mrs. Carpenter first joined the came to a halt. Gerald L. Hartwick. after his tour of duty. When he a ticket from the cop who must Mr. Gingrich was born Nov. 4, and more in many cases and all have been in a magnanimous mood. paid for. Much of the labor was A special memorial service was arrived, the company had four items are offered at a low price to contributed by members of the 1880, in Guelth, Ont., the son of held for Pfc. Gerald L. Hartwick planes, now they have 51. again acquaint shoppers with Cass congregation. the late Mr. and Mrs. Amos Ging- at the home of his parents, Mr. Commenting on the safety of City as a trading headquarters. With so many stores to contact rich. He married .Sylvia Felter in the Chronicle forgot to call on two The improvement work has been and Mrs. Edward E. Hartwick, airplanes, Capt. Spencer said that Many merchants have added under construction for approxi- Elkton in 1912. Friday evening. more persons are killed driving to merchants for their Value Days Surviving are: a daughter, Mrs. other bargains not listed in the copy. mately one and a half years. The service was conducted by and^ from the airport than are advertisement, but are displayed Members'of the congregation Stanley Endersbee, Bad Axe, three Rev. Jason Hollopeter and mem- killed in plane accidents. M&M Plumbing and D. A. Krug, sons, Harold, Roseville, Dale, Cass in the store for the convenience of who made arrangements to have invite persons in the area to parti- bers of the immediate family at- The Philippine Air Line uses shoppers Friday and Saturday. cipate in the service. City, and Raymond of St. Peters- tended. Pfc. Hartwick was killed in four-motored planes. Capt. Spen- specials for the village-wide event, burg, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Glenn were overlooked until too late to be action in Korea April 29, 1953. cer said that he, personally, tested Latimer, Quanicassee, a brother, the new jet passenger aircraft and listed with the other merchants. Isaac, Natches, Washington, and However, the companies will have said that they were not practical nine grandchildren. at the present time for his com- Twenty-one County the values ready for shoppers in Schwaderer Co. Mr. Gingrich lived the majority their store. Tax Refund Nets pany because of the distance re- of his life in the Cass City area. quired to stop them while landing. He was in the piano tuning busi- Men Reported Out The mediator from the Michigan Estimates Fire ness here. Labor Relations Board was ex- Funeral services will be held at Village American Legion to pected to arrive at the Nestle's the Douglas Funeral Home Satur- of Armed Forces plant in Cass City to arbitrate at Loss Near day at 3 p. m. Other funeral de- a joint meeting of company offi- tails are incomplete. In First Quarter cials and the union Thursday. Members of Tri-County Post No. Twenty-one Tuscola County The union has asked for a 20 A raging fire razed the east cents per hour increase in wages Mrs. Louise Carpenter. 507, American Legion and Auxil- youths have reported to the coun- half of the Schwaderer cement Cass City Soldiers Cass City's share of $57,836,268.- iary and Junior Auxiliary mem- ty board at Caro after their sepa- which has been refused by block plant Friday evening, caus- staff of Michigan State College as 62 net receipts of the State Motor Nestle's. bers will launch the annual poppy ration from service, Included are ing extensive damage estimated to assistant director of the American Separated in Korea Vehicle Highway Fund for the sale here May 21 and continue eight men from Cass City and be between $4,500 and $5,000. Hotel Association testing labora- first quarter of the calendar year throughout the week end, Mrs. Gagetown. From Cass City the fol- The fire in the plant, southwest tory in 1945. After nine months of Army life 1953 amounted to $5,243.61. Arthur Kelley, chairman of the lowing men have been separated: of Cass City, was first noticed by In 1948, Mrs. Carpenter was ap- together, two Cass City soldiers The funds are divided on the drive for the Auxiliary, has an- pointed consultant of the college Ervin J. Karr, Jack Kappen, Don- Mobile X-ray Unit Dan DeLong who turned in the re- were finally parted in Korea after following basis: 44 per cent to the nounced. ald Partridge and Lyle Deneen. port between 10:30 and 10:45 p. m. continuing education services and State Highway Department, 37 in July, 1952, assumed her present joining the 3d infantry Division's Two thousand of the little red From Gagetown, Everets Mosack, The Elkland Township Fire De- 15th Regiment. per cent to counties for expendi- paper flowers, which have been Vincent Repshinska, Donald Slated in Cass City partment rushed to the scene, duties of counseling foreign stu- Privates John Gruber and Elwyn ture on county roads and 19 per made by hospitalized veterans dents and directing their group Schwartz and Richard Langlois but was hampered by the lack of a Helwig, medical aidmen, were cent to cities and incorporated vil- during the past year, have been have completed their military ser- quick available water supply. contacts with Michigan com- lages for expenditure on roads and munities. separated when Gruber was as- received by the post and unit here. vice. All Day Tuesday Destroyed in the blaze were signed to Company L and Helwig streets.