, .. '.. , r ,.'~ .. l _J r _ l " All the News • of All the Pointes * * * Every Thursday rosse Morning olnte ews Home of the News Complete News Coverage of All the Pointes I I Entered as Second Class Matter 7c Per Copy VOLUME23-NO. 2 nt the Post Office at DetroIt, Mich. GROSSE POINTE. MICHIGAN, JANUARY II, 1962 M.OOPer Year 24 PAGES-TW0 SECTIONS-SECTION I ,'? . Fire Destroys Pointe's Swanki~st Restaurant III~ADLINE~ ,0' uarterl", Report Al Green's 0/ tbe Q ,,' J ._ Restaurant \VEI~K As Compileci by tbe Made to Residents Destroyed Grosse Pointe N~ws ---,. Fashionable Eating Place Thursday, ianuary 4 i ~A:.IE1\ICA~ l\lOTORS Cor- By Woods Cet{npil o:n~i~a~:st~rscS:~;e poration pre sid e n t George ~ of Blazes Homnc'y 1-lated Wednesday in Lansin~ that AMC directors Much I~formatio~ o~ Various' City Departments Sub-. Thirteen pieces of fire tlave "made it very clear" that mlHed; InVitation Issued to All to Attend fithting equipment and ap- they d~ not want him to run Open House on January 21 proximately 100 firemen for the ::\lkhigan governorship . , . f () ugh t twa multi-alarm in 1962. Romncy.said the boal'd . G.rosse Pomte Woods quarterly report to resIdents, fires T h u r s day evening, expressed its opinions on his :: ...:~ " covermg the mont~s C?f Octob~r, November .and ~e- .January 4, that tot all y possible candidacy at a Decem- CJ ~:t:~,'~..... bel' 18 meeting in New York, i::;-: ,<. ". cember, 1961, contam~ l11;for~atIOn on t~e varl.ous",Clty destroyed. a restaurant and a meeting call~d by Homncy in f::;::'" departments and an mVItatIOn to al~ ~Ity re~ld~nts to h~'o stores in the Farms. order to bring the directors up ;' attend an Open House at the Mumcipal BUlldmg on TIle combined dam a g.e to "to date on.) "the competiflve Sunday, January 21, .fro~ 1 to 3 p.m. c. the properties was esti- situation and other develop-::J The Open House WIll glve<$)>------------- Inents." residents an op-portwlity to t mat e d a t ill are t h an The A:VIC president, chair- meet the new City officials, Ad- Store Loses \~;$500,000. e . man of the Citizens for' Michi- ministrator Chester Petersen, The fires des t r 0 y e d Al gan and a Constitutional Con- Comptroller Russell~~ Manney M 1 '"d. Green's On The Hill, 123 Ker- vention vice president, remains and Assessor Warren DeCook, ere tan lse I ch,~val; Beaupre Hardware, 366 undecided as to whether Or not who took office on November 1. ~ Kercheval; and Sidney Clean- he will enter the raco:> but is The mayor, coumcilmen and .Wortlt $1 500 er!;, 36B' Ket'cheval. A :estau- considered a strong contender department heads will also be , railt emplo)'e and four fIremen for the Hcpublican nomination present to greet their constitu- were overcome by smoke and if he clocs decije to run. lIe cnLs. Walton~ _ Pierce Reporb_ another firemai'l suffered burns. has promised a final decision 431 Homes Inspected l The fire scenes were a mile on his candidacv by February' The Grosse Pointe Woods Theft of 10 Expensive apart, and the fires occurred 10. 0 'rJ Public Safety Department con- Suits and Dresses Dur~ within 30 minutes of each *- * * ducted 431 courtesy home fire ing Shopping Hours other, the first time in Fanus l\IOVI:\G TO increase Dc- inspections in conjunction with hi!;tory that two major con- troit's convention bus in e s s, Natiom.l Fire Prevention Week, Merchandise wo~th over flagrations happened a I m 0 s t ?layor Jerome P. Cavanagh to- . -Picture by Robert H. Cooper unearthing many violations o.f simultaneously. clay asked tho Detroit Conven- Jus,t nine:months after its plush opening last April history. Crowds watched a host of firem~:p. with all the rules of fire safety. Some $1,500 was stolen from Wal- of the more common violations ton Pierce Co., -17100 Ker-I Policemen Spo~ Blaze tion ancl Tourist Bureau to 3, flames engulfed Al Green's On The Hill last Thurs- kinds of equipment battle the fire until "after mid- included improper size elec~ cheval some time d~ing The fire at the' hardware J launch a huge membership ~day nigJ)t. Starting early in the evening when the rest- night. This is the frightful mess after the fire was trical mses, debris on top J)f the afternoon of Saturday, store and cleaners was eyseov- drivo ane! urged that the bu~ aurant was catering to more than 100 diners, the extinguished. r('au's budget be boosted from furnaces and leaking oil tanks December 30. The thief or e~ed by Farms Patr'olmen Earl blaze was probably one of the best attended: in Pointe $116,000 to $170.000. The ncw and oil lines. The Department thi t d th b 'ld FIeld and Arnold Parsons, who I.' also conducted a fire preven- . eves en ere ~ Ul ;;, w('re making routine checks of ::\layor, 'who tool( offi{'c last ., ,0 tion inspection in all schools. m~, C row de d w:th last. doors of business places in the Tuesday. suggested that first Sy~p:'hony Boy Admits A ne"W 2500-w-att portable mmute New Year's shop- city. They turned in t!'le alarm. lLiggettS~hool1J~ae generator, which can be used pers, ana: removed 10 com- This was at 7:57 p.m. ~l~i~~tbe~ICV~~d t~Cth;~;~~~~IC 1/ 1/ ~ S "c' to supply auxiliary power for plete outfits just unpacked At 8;38 p.m., the alarm came lion of .Cobo Hall's ~u~standi.n~ oncert e't conventIOn and exhlblt iaclll- >::> ~. Laun~qCampaign t'; Raise Wholesale the Public Safety Building in from New York. in for the restaurant fire. case of power _failure, has been The theft was discovered bv which was started by a grease ti:s, and prc.dtt:tcd that results WIll be amazmg. For Ian • 21-~ purchased. DUring this three- Mary Hart, 18827 Maire, De"- blaze in the kit~hen. The Funds for New Building ~ ~ar Looting month pQiod, equipment from troit a merchandise marker: at hardware store and,. cleaners He a1:;o recommended 6' that f,-: .v-- the Woods Public Safety Depart- Walton Pierce. Miss Hart had fire was started by defective ~~r€'a~~n~:;c~~:tro~;~Io~~u~~: Pointe's Own Top ~~sical Need $1,633,000 to Re-Iocate Institution on Prop.erty Report of 'Gas Syphoning ment res p 0 n d e d to 31 fire removed the costumes from wiring in the cleaning shop. alanns and 57 ambulance calls. their shipping cartons, hung ~y the time. Fa:ms firemen sociation and the Southeastern Organization to Give Acquired in Srosse Pointe Woods; Mrs. Casgrain .Leads to Arrest of 15. New Recreation Program them up, and marked the price arnved, the fIre III the valet ::\Iichigan Tourist and Publicity Second Offering of ~ Heads Committee Association get together in ad- , _ Year~Old and SolutJ,on The winter recreation pro- tags. shop had spre~d to the hard- ministration - provided quarters Current Season Nearly 60 Grosse Pointe women td&k part jp. launch- to Other Thefts gram of the Department of Only Gone Five Minutes W,Te store. whiCh had two gas in Cobo Hall, a move which jng the ."l'Liggett School's General Gifts Campaign at Parks and Recreation went into She 1 eft the brand-new pumps in front. effect on October L Rinks for dresses unattended ior apPt'oxi- At 8:08 p.m., unable. to con- should facilitate their closer Ths Grosse Point~ Sym-meetings January 3 and 4, according to Gen-eral Gifts Farms police filed charges pleasure skating are located at mately five minutes while she tr.ol the dual-shop flre, the cooperation. phony Orchestra WIll wel- chairman Mrs. Charles Casgrain, 119 Merriweather with Juvenile Co u r4, au- W. Lake Front, Park, Chene Trom- had a cup of coffee in the em- Clty was called to help on the * * * come the new year with the road. <$)" thorities against a 15-year- bley, l\'!emorial Park, Sweeney ployes' lunchroom. When she secon~ alarm. T~e third alarm PRESIDENT KENNEDY an- presentation of the second Grosse Poi n t e r s. assuming '~ary 9, 16 and 23, at 10~"a.m., old Detroit boy who was Park and Ghesquiere Park, returned, the hangers were wns gIven at 8:3;) p.m. and the nounced yesterday that he has in this season's series' of leadership. roles at the meet- to be attended by more than apprehended on Tuesday, where day and evening skating bare. Shores and Harper Woods FIre ordered the activ<l.tion of two Sunday afternoon concerts ings-ul.' addition to Mrs. Cas- 70 additional campaigners. January 2, f01%.1syphoning is available in the lighted Magic Included among the9missing Dl'partments responded. new permanent army.].divisions, on .January 21 in the Par- grain- included two associate T B 'ld Sch I gas from a car parked in a Square rink. The hockey rink articles were a size 20 navy I Second Blaze Starts'" and that two National Guard ~ s. f' dO i i I d 0 Ul ~ew 00 cells High School auclitor- cualrmen, lve IVs on ea ers .. .,' . may also be lighted before the lace over ~reen satin cocktail Then at 8:38 p.m., the fire units recalled to active duty ium ".