OFFICIAL DIBE~TORY 1953 • 1954 HaM ~uaty, Mice_aD ClOiDPftecl b)" Albert A. Wag".r CO'Iinty aerk IIQrtford Printing Co. \ Officials of the To -the Citizens of Macomb County: STATE, COUNTY, CITY, In oltering this booldet to the public. it is in­ tended primarily to acquaint all citizens, young VILLAGE and and· old, with the 'officials and.' offices charged with conducting the afiai~s of government from TOWNSHIPS national to the township and village level. In addition, we ere proud to offer something more. Appended is" a condensed History of o·f Macomb County (prepared gratis as a public service) which should prove both instructive to the student and inspiring to the· adult cltlzen Count" ~f Macomb who takes pride in our service. 1953 . 1954 May we express our thanks for the historical sketch. and also for the assistance of many cooperative officials who helped to make this booklet so complete. Mount Clemens, Michigan ALBERT A. WAGNER County Seat County Clerk CompUed by Albert A. Wagner County Clerk STATEOFFlCERS GOVERNOR G. Mennen Williams , Lansing, LJEUTENANT GOVERNOR Clarence A. Reid Lansing SECRETARY OF STATE Owen J. Cleary l.;ansing ATTORNEY GENERAL Frank G. Millard Lansing STATE TREASURER D. Hale Brake Lansing AUDlTOR GENERAL John B. Martin, Jr ,. Lansing SUPT. of PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Clair L. Taylor , Lansing STATE mGRWAY COMMISSIONER M~ t'ie~ler Charles , . Lansing UNITED STATES SENATORS B(;)f(;H~r Ferguson , Detroit C~a~les E. Potter Cheboygan REI'RESENTATlVE, Seventh Disi. Jesse P. Wolcott Port Huron STATE 'SENATOR, Eleventh DIsl. ,Franl;t:: 'D. 'Beadle : : St. Clair REPRESENTATIVES In STATE LEGISLATURE Flrsl DIslrlcl Howard R. Carroll Mount Clemens Second" Dlslrlcl WilHam Romano Van Dyke -3­ CIRCUIT COURT OFFICERS COUNTY OFFICERS 16th JUdicial Circuit Circuit Judge " Alton H. Noe .' Alton H. Noe Circuit Judge Circuit Judge ' James E. Spier James E. Spier , Circuit Judge Ptobate Judge Joseph V. Trombly :Albert A. Wagner Clerk of Circuit Court County Clerk ~bert A. Wagner Dorothy Rosso Chief Deputy Clerk Prosecuting Attorney Fred Nicholson Elmore E. Lester , Assignment Clerk Sheriff Harley Ensign Betty Cron '..... Court Clerk Catherine Irwin . Court Clerk County Treasurer Lynn Whalen Fred Nicholson . Prosecuting Attorney Regig.ter of Deeds . Aaron Burr Wendell Lichtenfelt Chief Ass's Prosecutor Drain Commissioner Frank Lahr Wilfred A. Dupries :. Ass't Prosecuting Attorney Coroner " Clifford H. Read Robt." G. Ed,:rno'I).dson Ass't Prosecuting Attorney Coroner Raymond G. M'arkle, D.O. Bruce .L. Monks Ass't Prosecuting Attorney William V. Wendt Ass't Prosecuting Attorney Circuit Court Gomm'r Wm. H. Nunneley Paul S. Hirt _' Civil Counsel Circuit Court Comm'r J. Russell .LaBarge Lorraine Nicholson Court Reporter County Controller Sherwood J. Bennett Bertha DaubendiCk ' .,. Court Reporter Probation Officer Guy L. Brown. Jr. Harley Ensign Sheriff Asst. Probation Officer Harry L. Haller Clarence Shirey '........ Court Officer Edwa:rd J. Hardey Court Officer County Health Director Oscar D. Stryker, M.D. Guy L. Brown, Jr Probation Otficer County Sanitary Engineer Merlin A. Damon Marybelle Baker Friend of the Court Co. Supervisor of Nursing Marie Presley, R.N. Wm. H. N'tuineiey Circuit Court Comm'r County Agent Martin H. Walkenhorst J.'Russell LaBarge Circuit Court Comm'r Co. Agriculture Agent Wm. Murphy Commissioner of Schools Harold Lefevre County Dog Warden Wernet Thurman TERMS 0'" CIRCUIT COURT Juvenile Registrar John H. Ahrens Second Monday -in January, April, June, Aug­ County Librarian Dorothy Hiatt ust and ·October. Friend of the Court Marybelle Baker -4­ -5­ SUPERVISOBS SUPERVISORS (Coni.) FLOYD W. ROSSO Chainnan City of St. Clair Shores .... Adrian Lingemann Hugh R. Dodge' GROVER POWELL '................ Vice-Chairman Ernest McCollom ALBERT A. WAGNER Clerk Milton Sicklesteel John Yoe \Armada Township ' W. A. Toles City of Utica . Howard Crissman Robert Havel Bruce Township John M. Bailey Chesterfield Township KeiU1 Bovenschen Clinton Township , lilftttl ~te~J:1i~ Erin Township , Frank Biehl MACOMB COUNTY BOARD of SUPERVISORS Harrison Township Floyd W. Rosso COMMITTEES FOR 1953-1954 Lake Township Theodore A. McGraw Lenox Township , Frank Lemmon CHAIRMAN-Floyd W. Rosso Macomb Township I••••~ , ..• ••••• Paul Bock VICE-CHAIRMA!N-Grover Powell Ray Township J. Nellis Clark CLERK-Albert A. Wagner Richmond Township Oroar Henderson Shelby Township Fred LaGodna ATTORNEY-Paul Hirt Sterling Township Arthur Priehs AGRICULTURE-Lemmon, Henderson, Powell, Warren Township Arthur Miller LaGodna, Priehs. Toles, Schoenherr, Bock, J. Clark, Crissman Washington Township Grover J. Powell APPORTIONMENPT-Kalahar, Henderson, Step_ City of Mount Clemens .. Ph~M..D. nitz, Bock, Lindsey, Leidecker, Wilke, Boven­ Harold Lindsey schen. Havel HugICH.~Neale~ APPROPRIATIONS-Clark, Dodge. LaGodna. PeuLHQgye Priehs, Bock, Lindsey, Leidecker, Wilkie, Lawrence Oehmke Bovenschen, Havel City of East Detroit " Carl Weymouth BUDGET-Powell, stepnitz, Lemmon, Hill, Charles Beaubien Hogue, Miller, Biehl, Beaubien, Lundy, Bert L'eidecker Sicklesteel Joseph Girard BUILDING-Henderson, Biehl, LaGodna, Lem­ Esley J. Rausch mon, Shorkey. Hogue, Weymouth, Lundy, City of New Baltimore lfenR lh 'W. IIiU. Mulligan, Crissman, Bovenschen Arthur Shorkey DOG-Priehs, stepnitz, Shorkey Weymouth, City of Center Line B. A. Kalahar ...; Toles, Bock, Bailey, Clark, Wilkie, Mulligan. Alex S'choenherr DRAIN-Schoenherr, Henderson, Biehl, Beau­ Ewald Wilke bien, Miller, Bailey, Mulligan, McCollom. Wilbert F. Lundy Bovenschen -7­ COMMITTEES (Cont.) COMMITTEES (Cont.) REGISTER OF DEElDS-Lingemann Oehmke, EQUALIZ,ATION-Lindsey, Powell, Hill, Beau­ Clark, Bailey • bien, Biehl, Lemmon, Miller, Lingemann, CO-ORDINATING ZONING-Miller, Powell. Lundy. Havel Lindsey FINANCE-Biehl, Beaubien, LaGodna. Powell, Stepnitz, Oehmke, Miller, Clark, Schoenherr, SERGElANT-AT-ARMS-Beaubien Dodge NOTE'; The first name on above committees is the respective chairman thereof, and in the INDUSTRIAL & PUBLIC RELATIONS-Kala­ absence thereof the second man acts and har, Lemmon, Neale, Shorkey, Hogue, Miller. likewise in the a,bsence of the first tw~ the Crissman, Dodge, Rausch third man acts. ' LEGISLATION-Weymouth, Neale, Hill, La­ Godna, Biehl. Powell, Schoenherr, Hogue, MACOMB COUNTY BOARD Yoe, Girard OF REJECTED T AX-Stepnitz, Priehs, Henderson, COUNTY CANVASSERS Hogue, Lundy, Leidecker, Sicklesteel, Havel RESOLUTIONS-Neale. Hill, Kalahar, Powell, Harold Donaldson Mt, Clemens S'tepnitz. Weymouth, Bailey, McGraw, Yoe Louis Luchtman Washington ROADS-LaGodna. Lemmon. Beaubien. Hen­ Lcslie Baumgartner Roseville derson. Toles, Stepnitz, Shorkey, Oehmke, Albert A. Wagner Mt. Clemens Miller, McCollum. Bovenschen RADIO-Beaubien, Lemmon. Biehl, Hill, Schoen_ COUNTY TAX ALLOCATION BOARD herr, Miller, Oehmke, Dod-ge William H. Nunneley, Chairman Mt. Clemens SHERIFF-.Hogue, Hill, Henderson, Schoenherr. Harold LeFevre East Detroit Toles, Miller.. Oehmke, Crissman, Dodge, Lynn Whalen Roseville Bovenschen, GIrard Carolyn Born St. Clair Shores TOWNSHIP TAX-LaGOOna, Powell. priehs, Frank Biehl ,.................... Roseville Henderson, Bock, Shorkey, Wilke, McGraw, Arlliur J. Miller Warren Bovens'chen Thos. H. Scott~ Statistician Mt. Clemens WELFARE-Henderson, Hill, LaGodna, Biehl, Albert A. Wagner, Clerk Mt. Clemens Lindsey, Beaubien, Kalahar, Miller, Lingemann SOCIAL WELFARE COMMISSION TREASURER-Toles, Powell. Priehs. Biehl, Edw. J. Gallagher Chairman Kalahar, Hogue, Bailey, Leidecker, McCollum, Lyle E. Rosso Vice-Chairman Havel Isaac A. Hartung Secretary JUDICIARY-Hill, Neale, Toles, Kalahar, Wey­ mouth. Clark, Yoe, Girard ELECTION COMMISSIONERS DEFENSE-Lindsey. Kalahar, Miller, Ltnge­ .Joseph V. Trombley Probate Judge mann, Sisklesteel, Rausch Lynn Whalen County Treasurer Albert A. Wagner County Clerk -9­ PLAT BOARD MACOMB COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD Aaron Burr .. Register of Deeds Kenneth W. Hill, President " New Baltimore Lynn Whalen County Treasurer Floyd W. Rosso Mt. Clemens . Albert A. Wagner County Clerk Allen Rush Romeo Frank Lohr Drain Commissioner Glenn Peters Mt. Clemens Fred MacArthur Mt. Clemens JURY COMMISSIONERS Ben Duengel Richmond MACOMB COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD Mrs. Pauline Rice East Detroit Calvin Godley Van Dyke B. A. Kalahar, Chairman Center Line Harvey C. Whetzel........................ Mt. Clemens Paul Cousino Warren Orby Sweet Utica Omar Henderson Memphis Grace Jones R. 3, Mt. Clemens Marjorie Montgomery Armada Albert A. Wagner Secretary Harold LeFevre East Detroit NATURALIZATION EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT COMMISSION Final Hearings of Petitions on 4th Thursday Harry Schwaberow Mt. Clemens of January. June and November. Harry Cahill ,.. Mt. Clemens Guy L. Brown . Mt. Clemens COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Floyd W. Rosso Mt. Clemens Oscar D. Stryker, M.D Director Frank Biehl... Roseville Merlin A. Damon Sanitary Engineer Grover Powell . Washington Marie Presley, R.N Supervis'or of Nursing Howard Rosso Business Mgr. COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION MACOMB COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH Roy Connor Ch.airIIlan Kenneth W. Hill New Baltimore Karl O. Brink Engineer Frank Biehl' Roseville Wm. Malow Commissioner Grover J. Powell Washington Alfred Foerster Commissioner William Strich Van Dyke Thomas tA. Babcock Secretary Lyle Rosso ~.................... Mt. Clemens CONCEALED WEAPONS LICENSING BOARD COUN,TY EVALUATION Fred Nicholson Prosecuting Attorney Harley Ensign Sheriff 1950 $186,161.488.00 Sgt. James VanLandegend, Michigan state Police 1951 $210,772,713.00 Albert A. Wagner, County Clerk 1952 $287.558,286.00 -11­ OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF OFFICIALS