Battle Creek Enquirer from Battle Creek, Michigan • Page 24

1 THE ENQUIRER AND NEWS Battle Creek, April 18, 1951 COMMUNITY NEWS 100 Boys, Girls Honorary Society At Youth Center Elects 19 Seniors For First Opening Two Alumni Also Named By Phi Beta Kappa Chapter. ALBION- -Election of 19 seniors, including four from Battle Creek, and two alumni, to college's chapter of Phi naAlbion, tional honorary scholastic society, was announced by Dr. Harold Larsen. professor of mathematics and president of the local chapter. Two of the Battle Creek honor students, Charles H.

Bibbings and Walter Bond, have completed their requirements for degrees, which they will receive in commencetwo Christ and Jack ment exercises, June 4. The other Curtis. Other students elected are Mrs. Nancy Fleenor Cuatt, Eleanor A. Harger, Mrs.

Joanne Sluyter Parshall and Marilyn B. Stevens, all Albion, Amos Gregory, of Birmingham. William Watson of Chicago, Richard Allen Burrows, Mrs. Nancy Sartin Burrows. Carolyn Getty and Harold Stevens, all of Detroit, Ann Carmien of Gary, James Dettman of St.

Ignace, Albert Foster of Charlotte, Fred Krugel of Three Rivers and Bentley Lenhoff of Sarasota, Fla. The alumni are Dr. Harvey N. Ott. '89, of Buffalo, N.

and Dr. Herbert E. Chamberlain, '16, of Sacramento, Calif. Dr. Ott is retired president of the Spencer Lens Co.

and Dr. Chamberlain is A prominent psychiatrist. The group is to be formally Initiated into the society on the afternoon of May ceremonies to be held 1 in 'Stockwell Memorial library and be followed by a formal dinner in the Parker Inn. COLDWATER NOTES Three boys were born at the Community Health Center Tuesday. At 1:20 a.

m. a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Claar of Sherwood. 1 The second boy arrived at 5:03 a.

m. for Mr. and Mrs. F. B.

McNaughton of Fremont, Ind. while the third boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pfost of 156 West, Chicago at 4:22 p. m.

William Sweet, new alderman on the city planning commission, R. A. Triblecock, city engineer and Miss Dorothy Lehman, city clerk, attended a meeting of the Battle Creek township planning commission Monday night. That commission was holding a hearing on proposals to rezone certain territories in that township. The local group attended the meeting in relation to the zoning ordinance proposed in Coldwater.

No tickets were issued to either party involved in a collision Tuesday morning on Monroe street at Washington. Norman Martin, 17, of 174 South Clay was traveling north on Monroe when he attempted a turn into Washington colliding with the car driven by Joseph Yesh, Route 4. Bronson, according to police. Yesh was driving south on Monroe and attempted to turn into Washington street also. Damages to Martin's car were estimated at $150 and $75 to to the car of Mr.

Yesh. Newcomers club is scheduled to meet Thursday evening at 7:30 p. at the Edison school for business session and a question and answer period. SON BORN AT ALBION ALBION A son was born Tues- day at Sheldon Memorial hospital to Mr. and Mrs.

A. F. Hildreth of 1540 Jackson road. Admitted as patients Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs.

William Vergil Brigham and Sandra Brigham of Route 1, accident victims. Mr. Brigham's condition this morning was listed as "poor." Also admitted Tuesday was Miss June Drinkwater of Route 2. Springport, while those discharged were George Defken of Homer, Sandra Brigham and Mrs. Dan Horosko and infant daughter of Route 1.

Soothing Relief from Itching due to Red Raw Rough Skin Fiery Dry Eczema Broken Out Skin Night Itching Burning Skin Skin Misery try Skin Rash RESINO AND OINTMENT SOAR MARSHALL- -About 100 boys and girls. community visited center the new, the youth Knights and of Pythias hall last evening when it opened for the first time. A formal grand opening, however, vill not be held until sometime during National Boys' and Girls' week April 28-May 5. But beginning Monday the center will be open three evenings a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, The center, planned first by K. of P.

members and now backed by the Community council and Community Chest. is in a portion of the Knights hall which has been decorated and is being furnished by various city groups. Leon Place, vice chairman the adult committee for the center. said that, although two groups have volunteered to provide chaperones for the center, many more are needed. The two groups are the Presbyterian Men's club and the Rotary club.

TRIAL VERDICT IS GUILTY ON DRUNK DRIVING CHARGE COLDWATER-Aloysius J. Bogart, 46, of Bronson, was convicted, of drunken driving trial before Justice Irving L. Stansell Tuesday. City police officers claimed that he was driving his car in an 17- regular manner at the intersection of Marshall and Pierce streets a week ago. He was taken to the county jail and later provided A $100 bond for his release.

Bogart waived a trial by jury, He was sentenced to serve 10 days in jail and ordered to pay $112.10 fine and costs. He admitted having been previously convicted on a similar charge in Macomb county several years ago. A car stolen in the business district from Mrs. Forrest Ballard of 214 Grand about 2 p. m.

Tuesday was recovered at 4 p. m. by police in Three Rivers in possession of a 15-year-old ward of the Jackson county probate court. In his pocket were keys to a stolen Jackson car which was found in Coldwater. The boy was returned to Jackson.

BONDS APPROVED ings approved today state LANSING -(P)- borrowPublic, municipal finance commission included: Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties, township unit school school bonds to erect and furnish grade school at Scotts and school, shop and agricultural building at Climax. BENEFIT SCHEDULED BELLEVUE- -The second of two benefit parties has been announced for 1:30 p. m. in the Grange hall, sponsored by the extension group. Following a discussion of the coming year's program the party will be held.

Proceeds from this and from a silver tea held last week, will go toward the 4-H building fund. STATE DEATHS Charles A. Dormer UNION CITY-Charles A. Dormer. 89.

a team and dray man for most of his life, died at 1 a. m. Tuesday in a Hastings convalescent home. He had resided in Union City for many years but had lived for the past 15 years with his child, Mrs. Floyd (Nina) Reeves Bellesomly vue.

Mr. Dormer was born Oct. 24, 1862. in Tekonsha, son of Abraham A. and Rebecca (Sayre) Dormer.

In 1883 he married Rose Belle Engle of Tekonsha and they spent most of their married life in Union City. They celebrated their golden wedding Nov. 13. 1933. and Mrs.

Dormer died Nov. 17, 1936. They were both members of the Methodist church in Union City. Surviving besides the daughter are a grandson, Dormer Floyd Reeves of Toledo, Ohio: a granddaughter, Mrs. Anita N.

Davidson of Battle Creek, and five, be great held at 2 -grandchildren. m. Saturday Services at p. the Jenkins funeral home, with burial in Riverside cemetery. DAVID WALLER COLDWATER-David Waller, 81, of California township died in Community Health Center here at 11:20 p.

m. Tuesday, several hours after being admitted for a heart ailment. Coroner Irving L. Stansell said there would be no inquest. The body was removed to the Beams, chapel at Fremont.

Ind. WE WISH TO THANK THE BATTLE CREEK FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE FORCE AND ALL OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE PARTICIPATED FOR THEIR EXCELLENT COOPERATION DURING OUR RECENT CATASTROPHE. We Sincerely Thank You Brand Bros. Single Assessor Plan Is Studied Plan in New Hastings Charter Opens Controversy. HASTINGS- Controversy over the proposal to establish a singleassessor system under Hastings' new charter again loomed in the foreground as the nine-man commission continued its first reading of the document Monday night.

As the tentative draft of the new charter now stands, a single assessor, to be appointed by the council. would replace the two supervisors provided for in the present charter for the purpose of making up the city's tax rolls. The entire commission with the exception of Charles Leonard has favored the change. Not Elective Office Outside the commission, however, a bloc has voiced disapproval on grounds that the new system would take from the electorate the responsibility of naming its assessing officers. Opposition has not been as much concerned with the idea of creating a single-assessor system the proposal to make the ap'office pointive.

To bridge the differences in opinion, Commissioner J. Franklin Huntley offered at Monday's meeting a compromise proposal which tems. Huntley suggested that would retain, features of both SVSthe office of city assessor be made elective with the provision that the council, on 30 days' notice prior to the deadline for filing nominating petitions, could declare the office appointive. "Probably the latter provision would never have to be invoked." he said, "but it would serve as a whip to insure that a sound system of assessing is carried out by the elective officer." Plan Is Tabled The proposal was tabled for further consideration. While some were raising objections to the idea of appointing the assessing officer, however, few if any took issue with similar clauses in the new charter providing for the appointment of board of review members and also for the appointment of a supervisor to represent the city the county board along with the mayor, the mayor pro-tem and the city, Those assessor.

who favor the singleassessor plan, whether elective or appointive, cite the need for a concrete, unified system of evaluating property. Members the charter commission have pointed to numerous cases in which properties of equal market value have been assessed "hot-or-miss" at radically different figures and vice versa. Charles Annable summed up the criticism against a lack of uniformity: "Without a system for making assessments." he said, "it is like a grocer putting a case of peas on the shelf and marking each can a different Question Is Raised Elsewhere in Monday night's dis- cussion, a serious question was posed by several commission members, who wanted to know what, if anything, new charter is accomplishing. Actually, they said, the old (1907) charter being copied over in new with a few alteralansimple tions that could have been accomplished by means of amendment. This feeling was summarized by Mr.

Huntley, who said: "I am not for changing things just for the sake of changing, but I was of the opinion that the people, when they voted for charter revision, wanted a more progressive form of government. "So far we have attempted only one major change, and that met strong opposition. I hesitate to think what would have happened if we had proposed any really basic revisions." Consider New Judgeship The commission began its meeting by considering the chapter dealing with the municipal court. Provided for are the creation of an associate municipal judgeship and the establishment within the court of a traffic bureau, both at the discretion the council. The traffic bureau would be for dealing with traffic violations other than drunken driving, reckless driving and to stop in the event of an accident.

Jurors would be selected from a panel drawn in November of each year, but the municipal judge could. in order to avoid delay, name a jury outside that panel in the manner provided by law for securing a jury in trials before justices of the peace in townships. SEWING MACHINE LESSON MARSHALL-Another in a series of home demonstration lessons on the topic "Making the Best Use of Your Sewing Machine" will be given by Mrs. Therese Tordt, county home demonstration Thursday agent, at the beginning Emmett at township firehall. Leaves $92,000 Bequests Made Albion Institutions ALBION- -The will of Mrs.

Sarah E. Parmeter, 92. widow of Dr. E. L.

Parmeter, was read late yesterday afternoon and disclosed bequests of $92,000 to four Albion institutions. Mrs. Parmeter, 402 East Porter, died April 8 in Sheldon Memorial hospital following 8 long illness. Dr. Parmeter, Albion physician for 54 years, died in October 1931.

To Four Institutions The will's bequests are to: Albion College Alumni association, $20.000: Albion college, $20,000, in addition to the Parmeter home, valued at approximately $20.000: First Methodist church of Albion, $10,000. and Sheldon Memorial hospital, $22,000. A number of smaller bequests to relatives and friends also are understood to be included in the will, which is to be admitted to probate in the Calhoun county probate court shortly. The Parmeter family was identitied with the community for more than 75 prior to the Albion, deaths of Dr. and Mrs.

Parmeter and their son, Dr. Rolland Parmeter, who died last October 4. The elder Dr. Parmeter, who was 79 and Albion's oldest physician at his death, was a native of Concord 5 Exchange College Students Tell of Life in Their Lands COLDWATER The importance of the international exchange of college students in promoting understanding between countries was brought home to nearly 200 persons here last night at a dinner meeting of the Business and Professional Woman's club. Five foreign students from Michigan State college were guest speakers with their counselor.

Mrs. Louise Carpenter. They answered questions about their homelands and told their impressions of our country. 340 Foreign Students Mrs. Carpenter, of the continuing adult education department college, explained that 340 foreign students representing 63 nations participate in the program.

Tours throughout the state are made to acquaint the young people with the country. One of the students. Rudolph Culik. from Prague, said he sees no way of returning to Czechoslovakia. He left there nearly four years ago, before Communist domination.

He pointed that his country was a democracy patterned after our own but with four major parties. When the Communist party was New Service Station Is Opened at Albion ALBION- -The new Five Points Sales and Service station, the area's most modernly equipped business of its type. has been opened by Mr. and Mrs. T.

J. Bromeling at 1300 Jackson road. The station is on the former site of the Bromeling residence, now located diagonally across the so-called Five Points intersection in North Clark. Managing the station are to be Robert Wessell, who has been associated with a similar enterprise in Jackson for several years, and Jack Haggard, formerly of Albion, who has been with a garage and motor vehicle service business in Angola, for four years. Both men are establishing residences in Albion.

The station's formal opening has been May 18-20, Mr. Bromeling said today. With the station's opening, automotive servicing no longer is a part of the business of the adjacent Five Points opened by Mr. and Mrs. Bromeling years ago and now operated under, lease by Donald G.

Pickens North Superior, and William Duane Slaughter of 1310 Jackson. MAYOR LISTS AIMS UNION CITY Gerald Davidson, who has taken over the job of mayor of Union City, has outlined his plans for the coming year as follows: The organization of a home rule government, known as a fifth class city: a survey of transmission needs to insure every electric customer adequate service: a better street and roads program: a revised bookkeeping system to include a separate record of each department, and a finance budget for each department. to maintain self support. The following appointments for the various departments were made: Finance. Edwin Buell: electric.

Ray Randall: street and roads, Leo Cuvler: water. Elwin Thayer; health and sanitation, James Frew, and fire, Joe Gillis. able to get 30 percent of the vote it won and has maintained control since by force. Ingeborg Haeberle from Stuttgart. Germany, said she there was little bitterness against the United States in her country, but rather that the majority felt a bitterness against Hitler and Nazism for forcing such devastation on their country.

"The many people in Germany. however, who have so little left in way of material things are an easy prey to she warned. Hospitality Amazing Miss Haeberle said she was amazed at the hospitality and friendliness of the American people. Samir Haddad from Lebanon indicated there is Communism there. "Our govlittle.

ernment is a democracy and at this point, anyway, would have to be taken by force. We. however. are not as democratic as you. The freedom of speech and radio here is amazing." Agneta Rappe from Sweden commented on the group cooperation existing here in woman's clubs and community organizations.

spirit of working together in groups for a common aim is not so evident in our land." she said. And from India was K. L. Narasimham. He told of meeting Americans at an airbase in India during the war of his resolve to study in this country.

Mr. Narasimham is the father of two children. eight and ten vears old. who were not able to accompany him to this country. No British Influence "Britain has no influence on affairs in India now." said in answer to a question concerning lish domination.

"My impression, or rather first thing I realized when I came here. was that not all Americans are millionaires." The meeting was held in conjunction the Kiwanis club whose members attended with their wives as guests. The state president of the Business and Professional Woman's club. Miss Vemba Dunlap of Detroit, the state parliamentarian, Miss Daisey Jewett of Pontiac. were also guests.

Miss Dunlap gave a resume of club history and activities. Miss Margaret Hayes, local club president. presided and Mrs. Calvin McNall. the club international relations committee chairman, was in charge of the program.

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Phone 2-5461 Lansing Speaker Pastor at NASHVILLE The Rev. James Weeks of Lansing, chairman of the district evangelism committee of Nazarene Young People's Societies, will speak in Nashville Friday evening. Mr. Weeks will be accompanies, church, here by the a South mixed Church quartet of the Nazarene in Lansing. The meeting has been scheduled by the Nashrille NYPS, and will start at 7:30 p.

m. Marshall Rotary Told Views on MacArthur Four Solutions to Korean War Offered by Albion Man. at all costs must be held and Asia, if we can hold it," was the point emphasized by Dr. Royal G. Hall of Albion college Tuesday noon at the Rotary club luncheon meeting in Hotel Schuler.

"Today's international situation is like the break-up of Along with our military Dr. Hall said. "the emphasis is on our policy that any war, lost or won, will throw us back many years, with a Third World war. if it comes, having as harmful an effect on the victor as on the vanquished." Three Main Factors Three important factors seem evithe present international situation, Dr. Hall stated.

These are: (1) The question of President Truman's wisdom in dismissing General MacArthur: (2) the question of where the emphasis in the present war should be placed, Asia or on Europe, and (3) the question of how we shall proceed in the Korean situation. Dr. Hall advanced four possible solutions to the Korean problem: Fight to a victory over the Red Chinese, which might mean a full scale war; pull out of Korea; negotiate a peace, or continue drift or "play for time." As to the advisability of our using Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese Nationalist armies in Korea, Dr. Hall sharply explaining he had years in the peopposederal Orient and added "I see no hopes frankly in Chiang he's discredited as far as China is concerned -he's had his chance and lost." 'Man of Destiny' Discussing the present position of General MacArthur, Dr. Hall said MacArthur believes that the present world situation must be met and defeated in Asia." Dr.

Hall added that MacArthur sincerely believes he is a man of destiny- is not very often you get this type of military man- -Napoleon had the same type of philosophy." Two new Rotarians were presented at yesterday's meeting: A. D. (Jack) Luse, local auto dealer, and Vinton Stealey, farm implement dealer. The Rev. Harry W.

Staver, Jury Acquits Hillsdale Man township, Jackson county. He was the last of 11 children born to Dr. and Mrs. Richmond Parmeter. He received his education in the West Concord rural school, in which he subsequently taught for a short time.

Later he attended Albion college briefly before entering the old Bennett Medical college in Chicago. being graduated in 1876, he practiced in Concord before coming to Albion in April 1877. Dr. Parmeter held in both Calhoun county Michigan offices, state medical societies and was affiliated with the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, the Albion Masonic and Knights of Pythias lodges and the First Methodist church. He was one of the original directors of the Union Steel Products Co.

when the industry was organized in 1905 and at one time was its president. Mrs. Parmeter was native of Albion and lived here all of the 92 years of her life. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Phineas Graves and was graduated from Albion high school and Albion college's preparatory school, the latter in 1876. She was a charter member of the Review club and also was a member of the First Methodist church. Practiced in Detroit Dr. Rolland Parmeter, who died at the age of 77, practiced in Detroit. He was graduated from Albion college in a and was 8 member of the college's 1891 football team that defeated the University of Michigan's gridders.

He was graduated from Rush Medical college in Chicago in 1895 and took post graduate work in surgery in Germany. From 1903 to 1906 Dr. Parmeter was a volunteer assistant and student in the University of Munich in Munich, Germany. In the First World war he joined the army medical corps and went overseas with the First Harper hospital (Detroit) unit. He attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel.

He retired from practice in 1934 and spent the remainder of his life with his mother in the Parmeter home here, THREE MEN IN CALHOUN ENTER SERVICE TODAY MARSHALL Three men left, here Tuesday afternoon for induction at Fort Wayne, Detroit, today. They were transfers from other boards. according to local draft board officials. The three inductees were Ward B. Mulvaney of San Bernardino.

formerly of Battle Creek: Charles T. Williams, of Lewisville, and James Alexander of Chattanooga, Tenn. Calls for inductees from Calhoun county have been cancelled for both April and May, by order of state selective service officials. However. a group of 20 Calhoun county men left this morning for Fort Wayne to take pre-induction physical examinations.

Blair Thompson Ruled 'Innocent' in Triangle Shooting. HILLSDALE (P Blair Thompson, 48, was acquitted by circuit court jury late last night of first degree murder in a rural love triangle shooting. The jury gave a verdict of innocent after deliberating three he's and 35 minutes. Thompson was accused of killing his next door neighbor, Fern Kintigh. 50, last November 29 because of Kintigh's attentions to Thompson's wife.

Freda. Mrs. Thompson stood by her husband during his two weeks long tr trial Thompson claimed self defense. He asserted he fired at Kintigh only after Kintigh had swung a club at him several times. Thompson and Kintigh were neighbors at Sand lake near here.

Testifying in his own defense vesterday. Thompson said he intended to commit suicide when he went to Kintigh's garage armed with 1 pistol. He said he felt no resentment toward Kintigh because of the affair with Mrs. Thompson. only intended to scare him." he said.

"Couldn't you have shot up in the air?" Assistant Attorney General Meredith Doyle asked. "Yes, but I would have put a hole in the roof," Thompson replied. Mrs. Thompson burst into tears when her husband left the stand. ALBION YOUTH MEETING TO HEAR FLINT PASTOR ALBION- The Rev.

Herbert W. Thompson of Flint will speak at the Albion Youth for Christ rally at 8 p. m. Saturday in the Albion high school auditorium. The Rev.

Mr. Thompson, known as a youth speaker, also will be featured on the musical program. He 1S A tenor soloist and song leader. He has promoted Youth for Christ work since its beginning and was for some time director of a large rally in Indiana. Other numbers will include an arrangement of two Negro spirituals by the Albion Youth for Christ enand group instrumental semblers by the orchestra.

A special surprise number featuring audience participation is scheduled, in line with the new informal format of the programs. club chaplain, welcomed the new members. Club President E. B. Lincoln announced that the club had voted to donate $35 to the newly organized youth and community center.

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