The Ludington Daily News from Ludington, Michigan • Page 5

SATURDAY, JAN. 2, 1943. THE DAILY NEWS -LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN. PAGE FIVE SCOTTVILLE News From Mason County's Second Largest City, Agricultural and Dairying Center MRS. MABEL MC KENZIE, Correspondent.

(Telephone: Office, No. Home, 156-F-13.) THEY'LL DO IT EVERY TIMS A lovely party was held at the Fritz Pappe home on Christmas night, given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Blpdgett who celebrated their first wedding anniversary on Christmas day. The rooms in the home and the table from where the lovely dinner was served were all decorated in keeping with the yuletide Guests present were: Mr.

and Mrs. Lester Blodgett of Battle Creek, who spent the holiday week-end with relatives in Scottville and Ludington; Mr. and Mrs. Evcrette Taylor, Mr. and Mrs.

Raymond Pappe, Justice and Mrs. Lester Blodgett and son, John; Miss Dorothy Hol- stroin. all of Ludington; Mr. and Mrs. J.

W. Forbes and Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Pappe of Scottville. All guests were present at the wedding a year ago.

Several who were wedding guests and were invited were unable to attend. They were: Margaret and Rose Mary Rogers, Ann Mickevich and Mrs. Marion Ferris. The honored couple received many pretty gifts. Mrs.

J. Lawrence Passes Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rigel were called to North Custer on Thursday afternoon by the death of an aunt, Mrs. Julia Lawrence, who passed awav at the home of her niece, Mrs.

Amos Horn, with whom she lived. Mrs. Lawrence, who was 84 years old, had made her home with her niece since the death of her husband a few years ago. She was born Julia Reek of near Fountain, the Reek family being among the early pioneers of that community where Mrs. Lawrence had made many friends.

Funeral arrangements, in charge of the Stephens funeral home at Scottville will be announced later. Women's Study Club Will Meet Monday The Women's Study club of Scottville will hold its next regular meeting on Monday afternoon. 4, meeting at the J. Aleinik home at 1 o'clock to en- a pot luck luncheon. This meeting will also feature the annual election of officers for next year.

SCHOOL TO OPEN Scoftville school, both grades and high school, will open Monday, Jan. 4, to begin their regu- lar schedule of work after being closed for the holiday vacation. Regina Taylor family will be interested to learn that her son, Merton Taylor, whose home is near Syracuse, N. has two sons in the U. service.

The son, Ernie, is a flying cadet at Tulsa, and Frank is in training at Ithaca, N. Y. i S. Sgt. Winston Fisher, who is jnow stationed at Shepherd field, Texas, is expected to arrive the of the week to enjoy a fur! lough with his parents, Mr.

and C. M. Fisher. Mr. and Mrs.

Carl Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller of Hillman were recent guests at the George Turner home in South Custer. It was the last visit for Fred Miller, grandson of Mrs. Turner, before his induction in the Army.

Mr. Miller left Tuesday for service. Many college students who have been spending their holiday i vacations at their homes in I Scottville, will be leaving over the week-end to return to their school duties in various parts of the sate. IF HED SPEND AS MUCH TIME. LEARNING DOES BEEFINe ABOUT THS.

SARoE-HE'DBE A UAJOR- toEMERAL BV NCW CAV AFTER. WE'RE OUTA THE ARMY. I'LL GO up TO HIM AMP SHOVE HIS THREE STGIPES DOWN HIS THKDAT! I'LL SAY, POT 'EM, UP, EG6-HEAD! I'M. C30MNA BEAT BRAINS OUT- IF AMY WHIMIN' FOR MERCY, SOAP! BAM6' DAY- DREAM TOO I WISH THE SARoE WAS MARRIED TO MOTHER- IN-LAW. THEY'D KILL EACH OTHER HIM OWe FOR ME, UP THE FLOOR.

WITH HIM' BUT THEY DON'T es MEDALS FOR.FK3HTIN 1 A BROOfA! SPEAKING OF THE DEAR OL' THEV'LL. DO IT EVERY" J.HEMN6, KANSAS CITY MO DARR DISTRICT Friends here will be glad to hear that la former resident, Thomas Smith, son of Mrs. James H. Smith, is to become district; manager of the Michigan Hospital service at Muskegon." For than five years Mr. Smith has been a member of i the staff of the Grand Rapids I Rehabilitation league and atj i present assistant executive sec-' retary of the league from 'which he resigned to assume i (his new duties beginning Jan.

1 4. He will have supervision of 'the Michigan Hospital service Jin several counties in the, part of the lower i peninsula as far north as I Traverse City. In the mean-, time lie is taking training in i Detroit for his new position. I Mr. Smith was formerly djs-, jtrict manager for the Camp-1 i bell Soup Co.

in the Sagihaw district. He attended Darr, school and was graduated i from Manistee high He then attended Ferris Indus- trial school and was a four-1 iyear student of University of Michigan. Mr. Smith is a frequent visitor here overseeing the family farm and to visit his mother who spends part of each year at her village home. Mr.

Smith's new position is a result of his sales executive ability and the fine work accomplished in his other position where he leaves many friends. ME'S OKIE OP THE OLDEST CUSTOMERS WE'VE GOT. WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS UNITED ONLY SIX It) A CUSTOMER OOM'T CARE WHO IT is THIS IS WAR i Record News Year Events Burst 'Best Story' Limits "BuT WHEN HE'S A PARTV OF THE SECOND PART BOY 1 THAT5 DIFFERENT THAMX TO W. NEW YORK OMLV ONE cup OF ME A CUSTOMER HERE FOR YEARS (EITHER I SECOND CUP OR R20M NOW ON I EAT ACROSS THE STREET! Freeman School DISTRICT NEWS Scottville Churches ST. JEROME'S AND MISSIONS (Kcv.

Edward O'Hara, rector) SUNDAY, JAN. 3 Scottville: a. m. Victory: a. m.

EVANGELICAL (Rev. E. F. Rhoatlcs, pastor) Sunday a. m.

a. m. Evening p. m. FREE METHODIST (Rev.

Floyd Decker, minister) Sunday a. m. a. m. Song p.

m. Preaching p. m. METHODIST PARISH (Rev. F.

J. Fitch, minister) Sunday a. m. a. m.

Sermon topic, "Can Modern Paganism Survive?" Fern a. m. Victory a. m. Caster p.

m. Mr. and Mrs. John Cameron i entertained on Christmas day. i Guests were: Mr.

and Mrs. John Cameron Mr. and Mrs. I Arthur Howe and Mr. and Mrs.

Delbert Smith, sons, Raymond and Bobby, and John Brush. Mr. and Mrs. Augie Radtke spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Radtke. Mrs. Thelma Wheeler was a tmest of her sister, Mrs. H. Backing and family at Lincoln I river on Christmas.

Alex Freeman went to Detroit to spend the holidays with his daughter, Mrs. E. Swanson and son. Harry Freeman. Mr.

and Mrsd. Harold Dixon of Muskegon and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schuddick of Manistee came to spend Christmas at i the Joseph McClellan home. George Huffman returned to Elbridge Tuesday after spending Christmas at the R.

Huffman home. A large number of patrons and friends were present to enjoy the nicely presented pro- i gram, given by the pupils of the school, under the direction of their teacher, Mrs. T. Wheeler on Wednesday evening, Dec. 23.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Radtke are looking forward to a visit from their son, Ray, from California. Jesse Houk's Death Takes Good Summit Neighbor the death of Mrs. Jesse Houk, the community again loses one of its pioneer home-makers and good neighbors.

For some years Mrs. Houk has been confined to her home be- of illness, but many of us recall her helpfulness in time of need and the substantial evidence of her sympathy. In her younger davs before ill health had curbed her activities she was active in her church work, helping whenever and wherever needed, serving "Indlv and with her characteristic thoroughness. A woman of boundless energy, Mrs. Houk was a tireless worker, one who worked for the joy of accomplishing things.

A good wife and mother, she worked diligently with her husband and children to make the home they now occupy, one of the finest in the community. Houk of Midland and Mr. and 1 Mrs. Arthur Allen and daugh- Irene Grace Rosa- SCOTTVILLE NEWS BRIEFS Mr. and Mrs.

George VanBrunt and guests, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Sommerfeldt of Grand Rapids, were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Quinn.

Christmas day dinner guests at the W. W. Wemple home in north Eden were Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Barrett, children, Carol and Raymond; Mr.

and Mrs. W. R. Thurow children, Betty, Darlene and Eddie; Mr. and Mrs.

William Wemple Jr. and children, Bobby, Jerry, Karen and Sharon; Mrs. O. R. Sil'ton.

son, Gerald; Mr. and firs. Edward Wemple, daughters, Shirley and Barbara; Mrs. William Treloff, Mr. and Mrs.

William Larabass, daughter, Karen of Detroit. Seottville friends of the Mrs. Buck School DISTRICT NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lambrix were Christmas day guests at the Carl Lundberg home.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Lindgren and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Areklet other relatives for Christmas day at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Elmer Ervin of west Hart. Misses Ruby and Julia Goosen sent Monday evening, Dec. 28, at the Frank Areklet home. Elmer Beard made a business trip to Scottville Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ervin ol west Hart spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Will Lindgen.

Mrs. Charles Lambrix called on Mrs. Cal Westbrook Tuesday afternoon. Summit Twp. Dog Likes Useful Life has a patriotic dog who is carrying messages and saving trips for the 'car.

His name is Micky and he is a little white and 'black doe who formerly lived in California. His present home is with Mrs. Lcvi McClatchie ond sons. Russell and Wesley of Summit. Micky doesn't always stay at home.

He thinks a lot of Mr. and Mrs. William Fitch who live one-half mile south of the McClatchies and likes very much to visit them. Recently Mrs. McClatchie has used this desire of Mickey's to send messages to her sister, Mrs.

Fitch. She wrote a letter, tied it to Mickey's collar with a red ribbon and let him go outside. Soon he arrived at the Fitcn and looked in the window. When they saw the ribbon they invited him in rind received the message. On Christmas day, greetings were sent in the same way.

ters, linci. Christmas dinner guests at the William Fitch home were Mr. and Mrs. John Fitch of I.uriington. Mrs.

Levi McClatchie and sons, Russell and Wesley, and Miss Rickey Hurthle. i Mr. and Mrs. Jerome VanAelsl of Muskegon are spending a i'ew days at the Emil VanAelst and the Harold Gallic homes. Margaret Kistler is Christmas vacation with her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Ralph Kistler. Margaret is a student nurse at the Hackley hospital in Muskegon. Christmas day guests at the Maurice Kistler home were Mr. and Mrs.

Earl Olmstead, Mrs. Etta Woodard, Mrs. Ruby Jensen and daughters, IIa and Enna Jane, and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Brye and son.

Mrs. Maurice Kistler left Suni day for a few days visit with her brother, Eugene, and sister, Evelyn of Ypsilanti. i Chilton Jensen writes home that he is still in Virginia. His 'wife is visiting him during her Christmas vacation. Mr.

and Mrs. Gordon French and daughters were guests at i the Manley French home on Christmas. Mrs. Gertrude Morris is at the Dessmer Frerch home while Mrs. French and baby daugh- ter are at the hospital.

Sugar Grove 1 DISTRICT NEWS i Corp. Gordon Elmer recently spent a few days with his par- i ent.s, Mr. and Mrs. Pliny Elmer. I He left Christmas night to re- inrn to Fort Lewis, where he had received treatment for injuries received in overseas duty.

He brought home several 'souvnihs from the battle Word has been received from Corp. Arthur Parker that he has landed somewhere in 'Africa. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Smith entertained Mr.

Smith's relatives Christmas eve. Christmas day (hey were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schroecler. Little Lloyd Hansen is spending several days with his sn-mdparents, Mr.

and Mrs Chilberg. of Hart. Mr. and Mrs. William Mcln- i and son, William and and Mrs.

John Boehm and daughter, Ethel, were Christmas day guests at, the Fred Granger home in Liiriington. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Mclntosh of Muskegon were callers at the William Mclntosh home Friday. Bill Lorenz was a supper fuiest of Junior Mclntosh Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Perry Beebe and family of Muskegon spent the holiday week-end at the D. home in Victory town- shin. Misses Gail and Greta Beebe socnt part of their vacation with their parents in Mus- kccnn.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Parker rind familv were Christmas dav quests of Mr. and Mrs. A.

E. Rut.tv and Mrs. Alma Scott and grrmdf.hilr'r; of Riverton. Mr. and Mrs.

George Lorenz' find family entertained with a' familv dinner Christinas day. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Jake Hoekenua and family of Muskegon, Mr. and Mrs.

George Striker and baby of Riverton, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Striker of Bitr-iv. Mr. and Mrs.

Newton Goff and David Striker. i By CHARLES HONCE (Associated Press News Editor) The big news as 1942 closes is that, the United Nations are on the offensive on virtually all fronts. In Russia, in Africa, in the Southwest the air, on land and on the sea--the Allies are beginning to crowd the Axis in the first real show of concerted global strength. A year ago only Russia had taken the offensive at Rostov. Elsewhere the United few fewer than today's a series of tragic and humiliating defeats.

A by the vast productiveness of America, the i dogged defense of Russia and British block-busting air seen the tide turn, i In a general sense there was (only one big story this 'war. Almost every happening of moment was tied up directly or indirectly with the main event. Likewise, there were so many (stories of an important or dram- iatic nature that even by telescop- ing and combining it' is impossible to fit. them into a formal "t.cn best." as in other years. A make a very minimum.

Here is the news roll call for on the selections of AP editors, over whose desks ji'low millions of words a week: 1. A "Second Front" is opened '(Nov. the very moment 1 discussion of a second front was white heat, the greatest amphibious expedition in history, involving 850 ships, a vast Amer- jican Army accoutered with articles of war, was con, verging on North Africa to make lit a fact. This invasion, combined with Britain's smash of Rommel, gives the United Na! tions a springboard for a Euro- iPcan attack. North African I aftermaths saw Germany occupy the rest of France and the scuttling of most of the French I Navy.

2. America Takes Offensive in Pacific, the Navy released the blood-chilling pictures and story of Pearl Harbor, America i already was secure in the know; ledge that the sneak attack had i been avenged, that the Japanese I had suffered a series of disas- trous defeats climaxed by the destructive Solomon Islands engagement (Nov. 13-15), and that American forces were on the of' fensive on Guadalcanal and in New Guinea. American victories in the Coral Sea and Midway battles were previous omens of Pacific recovery. 3.

Russia Holds and Counter- Sept. 30 Hitler that Stalingrad a city "which we shall take; you I may depend on it." But the Fuehrer was wrong again, 'i he Verdun of World Wai' II held through four terrific months of I Nazi assault, and then almost its battered birldings came amazing it'tYnsive I that spread like wildfire along vast Russian front. -I. Japan Carves Out an Km- i pire -After mouthing about its 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity for years. Japan set out forcibly to win it.

and did. In a few short months the Nipponese 'overran the whole of the South Pacific and were battering at the i gates of Australia. High spots in i this sweep of conquest were the fall of strategic Singapore, the American resistance at Bataan. and Gen. Mac-Arthur's 1 escape to Australia.

5. o-P art Government Strengthened in U. S. (Nov. 3) A favorite theme of some alarmists was that American party government was a dead I duck.

Well, the Republicans not I only came back in the off-year elections to greatly strengthen their Congressional power but 'provided evidence of a coming 'struggle. Tokyo Is Bombed (April IS) Germans took FDR strictly at his word when they broadcast that Tokyo had been bombed by American'planes based on Shangri-La. And Shangri-La it I remains. 7. America Goes on Wartime i cup of coffee a 'day perhaps may epitomize America's conversion to a wartime basis, with every citizen touched by a vast system of price controls, wage stabilization and rationing, accompanied by -zooming taxes.

An incidenlil' phase was the passing of the WPA. 8. Saboteurs Executed (Auij. 8) of eight Nazi who came ashore from German submarines, paid for their daring in the electric chair in Washington, to bring to a close one of the most extraordinary incidents of the war. i 9.

Eddie Rickenbacker Res- jcued (Nov. never lost 'faith and knew he would be I rescued." Those were the words of Mrs. Eddie Rickenbacker when crime of the captain's rescue in the South Pacific. The man who always comes back had done it aeain. 10.

Dieppe Is Raided (Aug. 19) --The tragically punishing Canadian Commando raid on Dieppe was one of the most spectacular single incidents of the war and a dress rehearsal for the future. America learned that of her sons had gone along. 11. Bombers Raid The British have a bomb they call a "block-buster." Aided by the er growing might of America's air power, they have been pulverizing German and Italian cities in devastating raids.

But the- worst is yet to come. American heavy bombers and fighters, once damned as inadequate, have proven their superiority and are piling up for a concentrated air offensive. 12. Boston's Fire Tragedy (Nov. tiny match flame in the hands of a 16-year-old busboy touched off a fire in a Boston night club that claimed the lives of nearly 500 merrymakers.

Surely one of tne most unusual news stories was Premier Stalin's second front letter to Henry Cassidy of the Moscow i bureau of The Associated Press. (Others: Normandie burns; Lombard killed in plane I crash; 18-19-year-olds drafted; win pennant; Churchill Roosevelt; Joe Louis quits 'ring: John Barrymore, George Cohan die; Willkie tours United Nations; Japs invade 1 Aleutians. Fountain DISTRICT NEWS 1 William Plekas, Claude Taylor, Alfred Wright, William Sterling and Henry Schoenherr left Monday morning for induction into the army at Fort Custer. John Reek is employed at the Standish farm during the ab. sf nee of Mrs.

Mabel Standish who is visiting relatives in Indiana this week. Private Wesley Jones has been transferred from Fort Custer to St. Petersburg, i since induction into the Army in early December. jNazis Toss New-Type iBombs at British i Stuka 1 planes were reported to have used new-type bombs- -described by one British officer as "silver balls that crackle and seem to explode in the an attack I on a British column in the El Ag'heila area in Libya. The ministry of information quoted a British tank officer as saying that every can of gasoline on a truck was riddled with shrapnel after one of these bombs exploded, but the cans did not catch fire.

START THE NEW YEAH OFF RIGHT WITH BONDS Summit DISTRICT NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Emery VanNortwick and sons, Gerald anc 1 P'lhort of Muskegon, spent Chritmas day at the Roy VanNortwick home. Mr. and Mrs.

Emery Kinney Tr. and son Gary Lee of Midland, came Thursday afternoon to spend Christmas at the Emery Kinnoy home and the Jesse Cargill home near Hart. Sunday afternoon. Other guests at the C. L.

Houk and Emery Kinney home on Christmas were Mr. and Mrs. Junius Houk, Mr. and Mrs. John Houk and son, Russell; Mr.

and Mrs. Clifford Houk, Miss Laura Mac Morric Melody Cartoon "The Sheepish Wolf" and IMGM News. GUEST FEATURE Monday and Tuesday Night at 9:00 p. in "ELEPHANT BOY." First evening show al p. m.

Admission 30c-llc Tax Included. LAST Don "Keel" Barry in "STAGECOACH EXPRESS" Featun ogram Virginia Bruce in "CAREFUL SOFT SHOULDERS" ALSO No. 7 "Overland Mail," Superman Cartoon. Shows Admission llc-Mc Tax Included. He married an Unknown to spite Fiancee They had collided in a San Francisco fog he, Restwick Carnes, the millionaire, she, mysterious, lovely, defiant.

They disliked each other on sight. Yeti Restwick marries her the next spite a temperamental fiancee. But why does the girl of mystery agree to a. loveless marriage why does she stick to a. man who fawns over her in public and insults her in private.

What is her secret? Here is a totally different thriller that takes you to Honolulu in the fateful fall of 1941 and finds a crashing climax in the dawn of Dectan- ber 7th. A Sensational Neiu Sena! by Lorena Cavlston Read the first exciting chapter Monday, Jan. 4 The Ludington Daily News.