. , 1r The War Memoria' Center Needs Your Help . , ~ " .. , . , ,, .** ros.se , ... oiilte. ew.s flom. oj lb. Nt,ws Give Now! 99 K@rcbeval TV. Z-6900 Complete News Coverage' of All, the Pointes - 5e Per COpy Entered as Second Class Matter VOLUME I4-NO. 17 13.00 Per Ye9' GROSSE POINTEI MICHIGAN, APRIL 2'3, 1953 at the Post Office at Detrolt,.Mlch. Fully Paid Circulati~ . HEADLINES Memorial Center ,6,877 Voters 0/ the Cast Ballots . ... \VEEK l Drive Attracts 271 In ElectIon A,( Compiled by th. ! G,'osse Pointe News i Roslyn Road School; Audi. torium-Gymnasium, Country Th ursday, J\'Pril 16 i Early. Contributors THE COMMUNISTS drove off Day Purchase Okayed ' United States spotter planes, who Total of $3,971 Mailed in During First Weekend of Annual were taking pictures of sick and VOters in the Grosse Pointe Participation Campaign; Goal Set at $2'5,000 School District, in a special wounded prisoner-of-war con- .. ~~,'~~ voys. with furious anti-aircraft ~. -: .:~.:'.::- . election, Tuesday, April 21, ,...~.., ;.. The first weekend of the annual participation campaign fire, The UN command believed of the Grosse Pointe War Memorial Association produced 271 placed their stamp of ap. the Reds fired on Alliet aircraft, ': pro val on all seven proposi- for fear that it would be discov- mailed-in contributions, totalling' $3,971, 'it was reported on Tuesday. The goal of this year's drive is $25,000, the'mini. tions requested by the Board ered that the Communists were of Education, to effect expan:' using convoys of disabled Allit'!d mum amount needed to maintain and operate the War Me. sion of school facilities and a prisoners to shield huge military morial Center and its program of varied activities. tax increase to carry. out the supply mo\'ements. The c,ampaign is being carried~~ program. on by direct mail solicitation. In C e ez D f Friday, April 17 addition; a large nllmbe~ o~ ~ep- lVl e ense When the votes were tabulat- A UNITED NATIONS note. resentatIve groups and individu- ed, it was found that 6,877 per- sons had been to the polls. delivered to the Communists, ex- als have volunteered their aid in pressed willingness to resume a door.to-door canvass of all of Test Plann'. ed 'rhree propositions, voted on by Korean truce talks. It contained G"rosse Pointe Park, an area F F-d property owners only. and the a formula that would insure which has not been thoroughly or rz ay ballots cast are as follows: 5gainst forced repatriation of covered in the drives in previous . ( 1). to construct and equip the • •:.", "0 '. v:..~ Roslyn road elementary school: war prisoners. or Communist .0.:: years. --- yes-4,670; no-1,670; (2), to con- stalling at the conference table. ~-:... '~ Headed by Demetry "Operation Wake~Up" to Be The note: delivered at PanmU:l- struct and equip an auditorium- gymnasium adjacent to Grosse jom. called for a liaison group of Ti~m~d~~O~;m~~~cEre;;d~~~ Conducted by Fifth Army y~"",,Julli1,di@iA;~f4:;¥lJ Pointe High: yes-4,397: no- meeting. to l!'lY the ground work War Memorial, is general chair- To Test W luning Signals for formal negotiations. -Picture by Fred Runnells 1,947; (3). acquiring the. lands . Farms employes went to work on the dock installations soon after the Farms re~idents voted in favor of the bond man of this special Park canvass. --- and properties, of the Country a.ld John Mazer, of the V.F.W. George Elworthy. director Saturday. April 18 , issue. The removal of old piling was first on the list of' l~musts" to make way for the construction of the new swim- Day School: yes-3.717; no- Alg~r Post, is associate chair01an. of Ci viI Defense for the 2,609. THE HOUSE" Appropriation ming dock. The rugged shoreline in the background will be transformed into a new sand beach and give the bathers Cilptains of organizations and Grosse Pointe area, revealed Committee voted to slash 721;2 calm waters. Only a southeast wind will create a surf on the new beach. A total of half-a-million dollars is being The remaining four proposi. individuals who have volunteer- t hat "Operation Wake-up" tions were voted upon by all reg. million dollars from the Govern- spent on the project.- ment's low 'rent housing program. ed for thi~ special canvass and will be conducted 'b v the istered voters, and have to do Severa 1 Democrats called the ~ ~ the streets they will cover, are Fifth Army, tomorrO\~, Fri- with the raising of the school tax limitation to provide money budget cut a phony, claiming the - h R d A th · d I t F X R as follows:- d A'l 24 t 3 - money would have to be appro- BlS Op oa U OrlZe mprovemen s ree - ay's Mrs. T. G. Dahlen, St. JJmes c~~pera~~~n wit~ the ~~ci~r~~ for the construction of the build- priated later. If the cut is sus- Womel\'s Guild, Cadieux; Mr. Civil Defense Administration. ings and the purchase of, the tained by Congress. it will mean Country Day School, and .for in- deep personnel cuts in many Batt le Taken At Farms Lakefront Park Offered to ~~~al.Mf:~rJ'a~~~ ~~.re~.n~. P;~: A simulated warning \\rill go creased operational and mainte- agencies. nance expenses of the public ___ -IINot Halt Rec'reatl-on'. All POlenters Grayton;puis, GrosseMr.PointeClaudeMen'sL. Windsor,Chorus, overwarning,severalfor targetthe Pointes,cities. withwhicha school system. Sunda)', April 19 Into Court WI Iadom Club, Bishop; 'MI'. Owen will 'be known as "Warning The proposals and the votes SECRETARY OF STATE John -- -- Middleton, Grosse Pointe Teach- Squash" to be set for 1:30 p.m., cast are: proposition 4; yes- Foster Dulles"in a major foreign Taxpayers Win Injuncti0'l Re- City Engineer Murray Smith Says at Least Two Years Red Cross Mobile UnifCom- er's Association, Yorkshire and with another, "Warning Tomato" 4,948; no-l,843; proposition lA: policy speech, called on Russia to straining Park from Closing \A/ill Be Required to Complete Project ing Here, for Three Weeks Edgemont; Mrs. Stanley Dolega, for 'a 3 p.m. plane attack. yes-4,962; no-l,817; proposition \ close "a black chapter of dis- Approved by Residents M I Grosse Pointe Artist's Associa- The purpose of the simulated 2A: yes-4.693; no-2,085; prop- trust." hy accepting President Part South of Jefferson Starting on ay 8 tion, Kensington. raid is to test certain Air Force osition 3A: yes-4,075; no-2,700. Eisenh(lwer's challenge and co- -- The proposed program for improving the Farms' pier- 'IAII Cl'tl'ze'n's of Grosse / Mrs. Robert E. Winslow, Grosse warning signals and operations operating in a pr6gram of peace. A group of eight taxpayers k d th 1953 b d' t d f b th 1 f Pointe High School Mother's of the' Fifth Arm y planes and , . tJ~.said the United States must won an injunction in Wayne Pthar un er 'te. A '1 °6n I~slluet' vko e t o}r tY t e peop e to' Pointe are urged 'to 'give 100 Club, Whittier; Mr., J. Lamar communications. The test is be- Dougla~ Paterson, aSlmme that the Soviel"s softening C . C F 'd e commUnI y prl ,W) a e a eas wo years 0 pel" cent cooperatI'on durI'ng Newberrv 'Gr s 'P' t H' h' d t d I t t t . attitude towards the West is ounty CircUlt ourt, n ay, complete, a report from Farm's Engineer Murray Smith 01' 0 se om e Ig 109 con lIC e a so, 0 est cer am New City Justice merelY;j tactical shift rather than April 17, which restrains the stated. <!> > the Tuberculosis X-Ray Sur- School Dad's Club, Audubon and features of the FCDA', regional a basic change. Park from closing the much - veys which will be conducted Grand Marais; Mr. Robert C. organization. • d' t d B' h d f The gradual improvement of fees and keep the entire project h . f th k Chope. Grosse Pointe Memorial The entl're p"ogram I'S k'lown Douglas L. Paterson of 87. • • lSPU e IS op roa, rom \vl'tll)'n the cost of the $500 000 er~ a.gam or ree wee s C • Notre' Dame, W8,$ recently ap- ALLIED and Communist of- Jefferson south to Lake St. the project will in no way in- 'be begmnmg Tuesday, May 18," hurah Men's Association, Three as a paper exercise, to test the pointed to fill the .unexpired ' h t S I A 'I t f 'th th f th ' authorized. the program will S . Mile Drive; Mr. James H. Dinge- effl'cl'ency of the ,val'I'ouS depart- f leers ave se aturc ay, prl Clair. er ere WI e use 0 e pier stated Dr, Thomas ,DavIes, term of City Justice of the Peace - th d t t K divided into three parts. I man, Republican Voters Associa- ment of the CI'vI'1Defense, I'n the 2.,. as e a e 0 resume orean In thel'r s'u;t. the rnsl'dents ('.on- by the general public during the List Marine Items Pointe health officer, t' B df d M G Leslie Young, who resigned truce negotiations, The decision ." lOn, e or; r. eorge Cori- event of an emergency. October 31, 1952, to take up per- was made at a 20 minute meet- tended that closing of the road summer months.