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CHUCKLI FOR TODAY The prime purpose of a budget is to give you a general idea hovf far beyond your income you are spending. NO. 67, NO. 90 THE LUDINGTON DAILY NEWS An Independent Newspaper Serving Mason County and Surrounding Area LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1957 Reds Emphasize No Policy Change Despite Shakeup MOSCOW W-Nikila S. Khrushchev went out of his way Monday to emphasize that last week's change of foreign ministers mean a change in Soviet foreign policy.

Seizing a microphone at a sian-BuIgarian parly, the Soviet Communist parly boss launched into a speech apparently aimed at observers abroad. "Our foreign policy docs not depend on any one individual," he said. He went on to expound llio continuity of. Soviet policy. Andrei Gromyko had replaced Dmitri Shepilov as foreign minister Friday, three clays after Shep- ilov outlined the government's foreign policy outlook to the Supreme Soviet (Parliament), Although Moscow radio later announced that Slicpilov's address still stood, observers had come to the view thai, career diplomat Gromyko was being counted on for a tougher era of international negotiations.

They felt. Shepilov, former editor of Pravcla, had proved himself inept in, the tough arena of international politics during his eight months as foreign minister. Khrushchev told the guests at the reception: Jk'Our former minister of foreign Shepilov. defended our interests. Gromyko will carry out these policies.

Shepilov stated jour case very well in his address lo the Supreme Soviet. We i stand by what he said." I Once again Klirushchev praised Stalin and said the Soviet people wouftl not abandon their laic leader. The reception was for a visiting Bulgarian government and Communist party delegation which is expected to sign another of the series of East European unity and friendship pacts with the Soviets Wednesday. State Spending Increase Seen LANSING were advised today that at least million dollars beyond regular annual appropriations voted last year for 1956-57 will be needed to carry state programs through June 30. The word c'amc from James W.

Miller, stale controller, along with a list of actual or prospective deficiencies headed by a $2,005,000 item for' sdclai Weiiard grants; Miller outlined the situation in letters to the chairmen of the Senate appropriation and House ways and means committees. He said a need for additional deficiency ap- might appear later. Landers, state budget director, said appropriation lapses for is, unspent money that will revert to the state treasury and legislative control are expected to pretty well balance off deficiencies. Thus, he said, the budget picture as affected by these considerations remains roughly unchanged from the way it was sketched by Gov. Williams nearly a month ago.

The shortage of public welfare money grew mainly out of widespread unemployment in Ihe slate last summer and a resulting increase in demands for public as. sistanco grants, Landers said. next two biggest depletions of funds were in programs for help to tuberculosis patients and for aid to afflicted and crippled children. 'Because of unexpectedly large caseloads, an additional $873,400 will be needed lo carry the crippled children medical program through the end of the fiscal year, and $466,450 for the luberculosis' aid program, he said. Council Meets Monday Evening The city comniissi'ii, meeting at its regular session Monday evening, passed a motion to notify all delinquent taxpayers who are holding liquor licenses, that if back taxes aren't paid by March 15 the state liquor control commission will be requested to revoke those licenses.

The commission, after discarding a motion to go directly the stale commission, decided a letter would be sent to the delinquent taxpayers and offer them an opportunity to pay the amounts due before going to the state commission. Ifrthe amounts aren't received by March 15, the city council will then ask for the licenses to be revoked by the state. During the meeting, the councilmen voted to accept from the Thompson Cabinet Co. a parcel of land located near their factory at the edge of Pere Marquette lake for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and repairing a sewer. Following the adjournment of the regular meeting, the councilmen heard an informal discussion of the problems and possibilities of'reassessing the Jloman C.

Herman, city assessor of the city of Manitowoc, spoke to the body'during their hour and a half meeting and outlined some of the necessary steps he feels important in conducting a reassessment. Baldwin Holds Two Caucuses caucuses were held in Pleasant Plains township, Lake county, Monday preparatory to the spring election on April 1. Republicans nominated John Wilder, supervisor; Leonard Keller, clerk; Carl Wolgamott, treasurer; Harvey Jones, trustee; Wallace McGarr, justice of the peace for four years; John Bradford and Ronald Duffing, justices of the peace-for two years; William Gardell, Paul Gibson, Henry Stoval and John Brown, constables; Glenn Brott, board of review for four years. During the Democrat caucus the following were nominated, Edward Sedlecky, supervisor; Mrs. James Neal, clerk; Mrs.

Walter Butler, t-easurer; Mrs. Gunnar.Eckstrom, board of trustees for four years; Wallace Evans and Glen Wiley, justice of the peace for two years; Gunnar Eckstrom and Walter Butler, constables. WORLD NEWS SUMMARY IMLAY CITY Wi The Dairy Farmers' Cooperative of Michigan Monday established a committee empowered to call a strike among milk suppliers to the Detroit area. The action was taken at a meeting of representatives of the 18 counties which supply milk to Detroit. DALLAS Snow fell in the Panhandle and rains continued to soak other areas of Texas today as the state enjoyed its fourth day of welcome precipitation.

BUDAPEST Hungary's Communist government today an- no the formation of at? armed "workers' guard" to kee'p rebellious labor in order and prevent, strikes. JERUSALEM Police sources 1957 DOG LICENSES must be paid before March 1 to avoid penalty: Dog taxes can be, paid to the Township or City Treasurer or at the Mason County Jail. today said two members of the Weizmann Institute of Science at. Rehovot were killed when their jeep struck a mine in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The two were identified as Menahem Klug, 26, and Yeshayahu Fein, 29.

The accident occurred Monday. It was believed the mine was left from the Sinai-Gaza campaign last fall. ALGIERS French authorities loday claimed to have killed, wounded or captured 66 nationalist rebels in two mop-up operations in mountainous areas of eastern Algeria during the past 24 hours. NEW DELHI tfV-Press reports reaching New Delhi today told of the mass marriage of 750 couples, most of them 4 to 16 years old, i at Bikaner, 200 miles west of New 1 Delhi. Although illegal; child marriages persist in India.

Mason County Vote "ft 1st; 1st P. 1 13tf i )ff i I 2nd 2nd Third Fourth Fifth Ward Scot trville Firsfc W.Td Second Amber Branch Cns bvp Seen Free soil fe Kaxalin ijjOgan Kflrquett-9' jBiverbon Ssberidan gbsraan. Snrnnlb' Victory JU o- CQ £4 241 244 185 165 206' 1 T5, CD Tp i C'- SR 31 .42. 35 S6 1261 102 159 32 36 78 22 1 14 0 18 1 9 25 23 11 20 68 46 31 18 56 57 30 14 161 6' 1 145 72 '20 34 £0 .4 40 4 0 52 19 11 32 95 8 62 2572 ,26 803 49 31 55 25 37 20 So 27' 34 7 -10 14 38 20 £9 1 10 611 1 8 0 0 'o 0 0 0 2 0 1 a i 0 i 0 0 0 4d 0 2 6 3. i 3 2 10 12 3 4 21 2 3 JL v.2 2 1 4 0 3 PRICE Keiser, Stephens to Oppose Each Other in April Voting Parolee Dies After Gun Fight with Detroit Police Mason County Toivnships Hold Caucuses Monday Townships of Mason county held caucuses Monday in preparation for the spring election, scheduled Monday, April 1.

Supervisor Karl Chilbcrg of Amber township will be opposed for re-election at the spring election by Waller Gowan, according to results of the two caucuses, held at Amber townhall Monday evening. Chilbcrs is Union ticket. a candidate on the Other candidates on this ticket are Carl Odean for clerk. Verne Hanielson for treasurer. E.

Carl Schi.il/ and James Dobias for trustees, Tom Alway for justice ol the (full Icrm) and Theodore Brandt for b.o;ml of review membership (four years). Members of the committee for the next caucus aie Schultz, Chilbcrg and Odean. ticket candidates arc Walter Gowan for supervisor, Carl Odean for clerk, Sophie Krupa for treasurer, Elmer L. Fredericks and Stuart Barclay for trustees, Eugene Hay for of the peace (full term) and Donald Zicg- ler for board of review membership (four years). Charles riittcl, N.

K. liarnett. and Wesley Osborn arc the committee for the next caucus. In Rivcrton township both Peoples' and Citizens' parties nominated Guy Birtlsall for supervisor. Other nominations by the Peoples' parly were, Elmer lied- slrom, clerk; Paul Listing, treasurer: Earl Sorcnsen and Donald justice of the peace; Russell Schwass and Ncls Magnusscn, constables.

Citizens' party nominated the following, Clayton Marrlson, clerk; Mrs. Bess Bryc, treasurer; Donald Harmon a.id Alfred Ditlmer, trus- Orvan Morcll, board of rc- tu fill vacancy; Raymond trustees; board of review Paul Gcrbcrs, board of review for four-year term; Joseph Sellner, Aaron Schadc, to fill vacancy; UN Showdown Postponed, US Seeks New Solution DETROIT prison parolee was killed in a gun battle with police a block north of Briggs Stadium on Detroit's near west side today. He was William A. Robinson, 32, released from Southern Michigan Prison only last Dec. 5 after serving 10 years of a 20-to-40-year sentence for armed robbery.

The battle errupted, police said, after Robinson attempted to force Caucuses Held by Villages Mason county village caucuses were held Monday to nominate candidates for the spring election April 1. In Custer village candidates on two tickets were nominated. Ticket No. 1 includes, Willard Chadwick, president; Arthur Hemmer, clerk; Mrs. Adeline Connelly, treasurer; Orval Smith, Waldo Wheaton, and John Wagner, trustees for two years; H.

Smedberg, village assessor. On Ticket No. 2 the following were nominated, George Stahelin, president; Victor Mallison, clerk; Mrs. Martha Wagner, treasurer; Richard Malm, Stanley Laiskonis and Lyle Recnc, trustees for two years; Charles Woodhead, assessor. In Fountain Ray Kovar, incumbent, was nominated for village president.

Also nominated were George A. Stark, clerk; Edward Budzynski, treasurer; Waller Budzynski, Howard Howe and John T. Budzynski, trustees for two years; George Schlee, trustee for one year; Mrs. Lcoma Goodman, assessor. Mr.

Stark was chairman and Mrs. Emma McFarland secretary for the caucus. his way inlo the home of a woman acquaintance whose husband is serving a non-support sentence in the Detroit House of Corrcclion. She is Mrs. June Conly, 27, mother of four small children.

Robinson was hit in the chest, left: shoulder and both thigh. 1 by police bullets. He fired four shots with an automatic pistol but did not hit any of the policemen. The shooting on Trumbull Avenue broke out at 12:10 a.m. when police answered a call from Thomas Lia, 27, who' told them Robinson was trying to break iu.

Mrs. Conley's door and had a gun. Lia said Robinson had been threatening Mrs, Conly because she had rebuffed recenl efforts to date her. Patrolmen Arthur Lavingc and Donald Parrish arrived in a scout car. When they ordered Robinson to take his hands out of his overcoat pockets, he drew a gun.

Parrish dropped to the ground and Lavinge jumped from under Ihe wheel as Robinson, fired four times from only six feet away at the prone Parrish. Lavinge fired twice. Robinson staggered and reeled inlo the street as Patrolmen Charles Prater and Robert Cramer careened up. Prater leaned out an open scout car window and fired three times as Robinson raised his gun. Cramer fired once through the scout car windshield and Robinson fell fatally wounded.

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UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. With General Assembly showdown on sanctions against' Israel again postponed, U.S. representatives at Ihc U.N. today pressed intensive efforts to find a solution to the Middle East deadlock. Rapidly moving cvcnls center'- ing on the Israeli-Egyptian dispute brought.

Ihe. successful U.S. move for pulling off the Assembly debate unlit. Thursday. It had' been scheduled to resume today.

Linked with the U.S. move to delay Assembly action were: 1. The desire to give Israel more time to reconsider its stand agyinst pulling its troops out of territory formerly controlled by Egypt. 2. Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban's hurried trip lo Jerusalem loday for consultations with his governmenl.

3. President Eisenhower's decision lo cut short his Georgia vacation and return to Washington for conferences on the problem. 4. Mounting U. S.

congressional pressure, against Ihe move to invoke sanctions against Israel. Sources close to the U. S. delegation said the Americans wanted a chance to reappraise their position, but it was not clear what stand the United Stales intends to take if Israel continues lo refuse lo get its troops out of the Gaza Strip and Egyptian territory along the Gulf of Aqaba 'coast. The move for sanctions against Israel is led by the 27-nalion Asian-African nation group, which declares lhat anything other than immediate and complete, withdrawal Israeli troops would reward ag- ANN ARBOR Reduction, of traffic mishaps is the goal of University of Michigan research engineers who arc checking 4,000 accident reports and 30,000 pictures of traffic flow on Washtcnaw County highways.

Dr. Bruce D. Grecnshiclrls, a university traffic engineer, hopes the probe will find the underlying causes of accidents and will suggest measures to combat them. gression. The Asian-African notions had called a Monday night to draw up a resolution demanding but they called it off when it was learned'the Assembly had been postponed.

Amends Chest Constitution Members of Ludington Commu- nity'Chest and ilH board of directors, whin met Monday evening at Ludington Chamber of Commerce office, amended (he constitution of the association in order that the Chest, might, unite with other Community Chest or United Fund organizations in the county in forming a single organization for the raising of funds for welfare and service groups. The amendment roads: "Said association may co-operate with, other properly organized Community Chests United Fund associations operating within the county of Mason in the conduct of a single annual united solicitation within said county, the proceeds thereof to be allocated to and among co-operating associations upon such just and equitable basis as the respective boards- of directors thereof may mutually agree upon." President Clarence Stielslra appointed Robert Neal, Donald Bowden, Dan V. Schocnbcrgcr committee to function with a citizens' group interested in a Mason County United Fund association. Attending the meeting were Mr. Stielstra, Mr.

Neal, Mr. Bowdcn, Mr. Dewey, Mrs. Schoenborger, Mrs. Robert Lumle, Capt.

Gerald Heslipen, Laurence Erne, James B. Ilubbard, Obc Sehradcr, Mrs. Theodore W. Johnson, Robert Laird, W. B.

Vivian, Milton C. Gunberg and the Rev. Mr. Don Curzon. Dcwey and Mrs.

A. as a eo-opcraling Today Marks 60th Anniversary of Sailing of Pere Marquette 15 lees; view Harmon, board of review for four- year term; Alvah Morcll, justice of the. peace; Rudolph Kuclich and Archie Wadel, constables. Fountain township caucus was afternoon, all nominations being made by the Union parly. They include Lee Klopfen- slcin, incumbent, for supervisor; Mrs.

Caroline Hanscn, clerk; Mrs. Amanda Wagner, treasurer; John T. Budzynski and Godfrey Wagner, trustees; Pnul Wichtoski, justice of the peace; William Sommer- fcldf. board of review; G. A.

Stark, constable. Mr. Sommerfeldt was chairmat and Mrs. Hanson secretary of the caucus. Bernard Wagner and Mile Colburn were tellers.

In Custer township the Union caucus nominated Wiiliam Bacon incumbent, supervisor; Mrs. Mabc McKcnzic, clerk; George Shunk treasurer; Clarence Miller, trustee for four years; Charles Powers highway commissioner; John Curias, justice of the peace; Herman Wilson, board of review foi four-year term; Herman Peterson board of review for two-year term Harry Baarc and Emery Morcll constables. The Democrat caucus nominated Robert Whig, supervisor; 1 Edwin Mohlcr, clerk; Mrs. Adeline Con treasurer; Gcpige Stahelin i bttvlc BcndJp, highway commissioner Walter Cory, justice the peace Joseph Sanders, board of review for four-year term; David Fisher board of review for two-year term; Jackson Quick and James Nelson constables. Two caucuses were held in Perc Marmicttc township Monday.

At the Republican caucus Jerome Jorisscn was nominated for supervisor, Ray Lange for clerk Mrs. Alice Hull for treasurer, Robert Harrington for highway com missioncr, Leslie Rasmussen for justice of the peace, Robert Hesslund for member of board of review, Hiram Hcrrick and Leonard King for trustees and Norman Klcmm, Peter A. Mars and John B. Parsly for constables, Charles McDonald was nominated for supervisor at the Democratic caucus, Mrs. Elanorc Hammond for clerk, Mrs.

Maxinc Anderson for Ze- wicke for highway commissioner, Frederick Peterson for justice of the peace, Howard Bentz for member of board of review, Lawrence Wojtaszak and William Anderson for trustees and Marshall Mattis for constable. As vesult of receiving the highest number of-votes at Monday's primary election, Vernon R. Keiser, Ludington attorney, and'Ru- pert S. Stephens, Manistee county prosecuting attorney, will be candidates for circuit court judge of 19th Michigan judicial circuit at (he April 1 election. Keiser polled a total of 2,460 in Mason, Manistee, Osceola and Lake counties and Stephens 3,646.

Allan S. Lidke of Scottville, Gov." Williams' appointee, received a total of 1,270 voles, Charles A. Wickens of county probate judge, 1,721, and Forrest- E. Washburn of Reed City 762. Tn Mason county Keiser received a total of 2,294, Lidke 803, Stephens' 576, Wickens 87 and Washburn 10.

Manistee county's totals were Keiser 74, Lidke 256, Stephens 864, Wickens 28 and Washburn 1 13. Osceola county gave Keiser 63, Lidke 126, Stephens 107, Wickens 354 and Washburn 679. Lake county's final count was Keiser 29, Lidke 85, Stephens 64, Wickens 1,249 and Washburn 59. Much interest was shown in the election, with the telephones at The News office ringing almost constantly throughout Monday evening inquiries as to who'was leading. Pentwater GOP Holds Caucus TOKYO Japanese icebreaker Soya Maru is trapped in Antarctic ice and may have to spend the winter- off the South Polar continent.

The ship has 119 crewmen and scientists aboard and a year's provisions. Bermuda has no income tax, no inheritance tax and no direct tax except for the tax of the Church of England. By LEONORE P. WILLIAMS Today, Tuesday, Feb. 19, Ludington celebrates an important anniversary.

Feb. 19, 1957, marks the 60th anniversary of the sailing of the steel carferry Pere Marquette, the beginning of a transportation misi- ncss which revolutionized shipping on the Great Lakes and made Lud' ington the home port of the largest carferry fleet in the world. The Pere Marquette, later to be known as the Pere Marquette 15, -made her maiden voyage from Ludington to Milwaukee on Feb. 19, 1897. She pioneered the way for 12 more ships of her kind, seven of which are today operating out of jthis port on a year-round schedule to Wisconsin ports.

The first Pere Marquette was built in the shipyard of F. W. Wheeler Co. at Bay City. This first steel carferry was designed by Robert Logan of Cleveland, assisted by Capt.

James W. Martin, superintendent of the Flint Marquette Railway Co 's steamship line. Capt. Martin had, for 15 years, been engaged in both summer and winter navigation on the Great Lakes and knew just the type of ship he wanted to put into round service on Lake Michigan. He omitted Ihc weak points of the previously built wooden ferries, strengthened the strong ones and borrowed also from what was then the latest type of ocean craft.

The Pere Marquette, with a breadth of 50 feet, was by far the widest steamer on the lakes, giving her a remarkable buoyancy. With a full load of 30 freight oars, each holding 30 tons, and the additional weight of the cars, bringing the total load up to 1,500 tons, she did not draw more than feet of water. Her overall length was 350 feet, beam 56 feet, depth below decks feet, depth from upper deck to floor, 37 feet. Over 2,700 tons of steel went into her construction. An innovation on this carferry was the use of electricity to provide her with lights from stem to stern.

The new carferry was launched at Bay City Dec. 30, 1896. Because of a freeze at Bay City she was brought to Ludington for finishing three weeks Russell was later. Capt. first master Joseph of the Pere Marquette and Robert MacLaren was chief engineer.

Freight had been carried across Lake Michigan as far back as 1873 when the privately owned sidewiicel steamer, the John Sherman, initiated the service of carrying package freight. The ferry service, as a project of the railroad, resulted from completion of an extension of the Flint Pere Marquette rail road lo the 'east shore of Lake Michigan with Ludington as ter rninal in Dec. 1874. This company, predecessor of Perc Marquette Railway Co. and Ihc present tn- er, the Chesapeake Ohio, promptly recognized the need for trans- lake movement of package goods to avoid the long haul around the southern lip of Lake Michigan.

The railroad company first established this package freight service by contract with the owner of the John Sherman and later by arrangement with the Goodrich Ime of wooden steamers. In 1882 it look over the ferry operation with floating equipment of its own, building and putting into operation the No. 1 and the No. 2. In the early years Manitowoc was the only terminal on the Wisconsin shore but, to keep pace with the rapidly increasing business, terminal facilities were acquired at Milwaukee in J887 and another wooden vessel purchased and put into service.

Before 1800 two more, ships had been added this fleet. Like all ships buill up to about 1896, these were break-bulk f.hips, necessitating the loading and unloading of cargoes and rail freight cars by hand for the cross-lake trip, a slow and costly process. It was Capl. Marlin, a maslcr of llinse break-bulk ships for 15 years, who conceived the idea of a carferry with a four-track car deck for slcrn loading and unloading which could carry Ihc entire freight cars without transfer of contents. His dream ship became an actuality in the Pere Marquclte 15, mother of Ludington's famous fleet of car v'now train) ferries.

A second carferry, the Pere Mar- quettc 16, a wooden was acquired in 1901 through.a railroad consolidation which brought into being the Pere Marquette Railway Co. She was used for Six years before her retirement in 1907. Four new steel ferries, Pere Marquette Nos. 17, 18, 19 and 20, came out in the years 1001 through 1904. The first Pere Marquette No.

18 foundered and went to the- bottom of Lake Michigan off Sheboygan, turn la Column I) PENTWATER The Republican party held a caucus in Pentwaler township Monday evening, Ihe meeting called at Community hall in Pentwater. Nominated were William R. Balfour, supervisor; William T. Venn, clerk; Mrs. Ruth G.

Reynolds, treasurer; Wallace Flynn and S. A. March, trustees; Stephen J. VanPelt, highway commissioner; Thomas Chunat, justice of the peace; John Mcllquham and Otho R. Graham, board of review; G.

D. Morse, Clyde Coon, E. Pyka and Merle Reynolds, constables. Chairman E. A.

Schimke appointed the following township committee, Mr. Balfour, chairman, William Yonkman and Mr. Venn. TheWeather Northwestern Lower Partly cloudy with snow flurries mostly near Lake Michigan today, tonight and Wednesday. Colder to day.

Northwesterly winds 15 to 20 mph diminishing tonight. High today 22 to 26, low tonight 3 to 8, high Wednesday 22 to 26. Outlook for Thursday Partly cloudy and continued quite cold. (U.S. Weather "Bureau Forecast) High temperature Monday 41, low 23.

High temperature one year ago today 36, low 19. Highest temperature this date since 1872, 64 in 1884; low, -4 in 1936. The sun seta today at 6:09 p. m. and rises Wednesday at 7:22 a.

m. The moon Wednesday at 12:33 a. m. and sets Wednesday at 10:36 a. m.

Temperature at the U.S. oheervaUon. station for 24 hours ending at 12 noon: Maximum 31 Docks Remain Idle in East NEW YORK dn Forty-five thousand striking from Maine to Virginia remained idle today as disputes over contracts in Baltimore and Norfolk prevented a general back-to-work movement. Union spokesmen were Unablft to predict an end lo the costly pier tieup, now in its seventh day. The porl-to-porl situation 'confused.

William V. Bradley, president of withhold generUCwork ce- surnption until contract agreements were ports from Portland, Maine, to-'Hampton Roads, Va, Monday night wade a return to work today conditional on settlement of local cohtjrcdts in Philadelphia, Baltimore and folk by midnight. Agreements were not reached, in either Baltimore or Norfolk, though a contract covering 6,000 longshoremen was hammered out early today in Philadelphia. cral mediator John It. Murray said he expected the dockworkers back on the docks either Wednesday or Thursday.

He said complete agreement had been reached on "all major local and national is sues." A trade association spokesman said Monday Baltimore employers would not increase their offer of welfare payments, pernut.an.es> calator clause on wages, accept a fifth paid holiday or go along with coastwise bargaining. Fire Destroys Pentwater Home A.swiftly spreading fire destroyed the home of Charles Jensen, near here Monday evening, leaving only one wall standing and completely destroying all of the furnishings. The fire was reported at 6:30 p. m. but there was a delay of nearly a half hour before the Pentwater fire department was summoned because of a faulty Mrs.

Jensen, who was lome alone in the house, at the time of the fire, finally flagged down a passing motorist who urned in the alarm. The house, which is three miles south and east of Pentwater, was upposedly 100 years old and is. considered one of the township's andmarks. The state recently lad been interested in converting he property into a game refuge. Pentwater fire chief Judson Scovill said the cause of the-''fire'-was till undetermined but believe some cind of an explosion at -the rear jf the house may have started the The explosion may also lave caused the failure of elephone.

j. Read The Daily News Classifieds. ii AN APPRECIATION I wish to express ray thanks to those who expressed, their confidence in day's Judicial With your continued lo; port at the Spring April we can carry paign through tp a gi conclusion, VERNQH.