The Times Herald from Port Huron, Michigan • Page 3

PORT HURON TIMES HERALD, Saturday, September 23, 1961 AGI THREE Announcements City Briefs rbt EaUrUlnnwal. flak i a MixrllaBraaa N'niir In lhw roluma, Dial limn llrraU IUllt4 l)rprlmrnt. IN PORT lll'RON Six Persons Hurt In Traffic One Victim lc Hncnifnlirorl Six persons were injured in automobile accidents Thursday, Amos A. Dorward, 72, Cros Presides At Meeting Of Salon A.inual Ilarvect turkey dinner' Friday to explanations of and bazaar, Sun. 1 to VFW procedures and purposes of the Club, 320 Erie.

AtlulU Ri'dt'velopment Admini-' Children 75c. Chapter 15 Blue 8trl''n program (ARA) ap-Star Mothers. proved by the current session of Congrcds. Government officials Walter Fo. former proprietor discussed the program.

Walter's Ranch House, is now; manager of R. B. Bailey Eitlneuish Fire 504 Water. YU 2 8454. I I Huron firemen and fire- Bob Schneider Orchestra "The' n'l'n of the Mueller Brass Com-Collocates" now playing at the f'any lo)ay extinguished fire in 1 1 1 i I' iw I i ii.il i.ngy-Z-K- AtUnd Discussion i City Manager Calvin M.

Lakin land William A. BateU, City1 planner, were In East Lansing' the ceiling of the sand foundry' at the Mueller Plant. Firemen sai(J the Are caused by a weldrr and there was minor damage Check Burglary Deputy Sheriffs are investi-i gating a burglary Friday at! Donoiffu khu a llllVILlir. Uflf If JB PLYMOUTH FLRY CONVERTIBLE wen, sunerea lacerations or Fortv in the American in! Shorter, Lighter Plymouths To Go On Sale Sept. 28 I Miss Isabelle Bateman, newly.

installed chapeau, presided Thurs- day evening at a meeting of St. Clair County Salon No. 428, Eight home Mrs Maynard Churchill, child welfare chairman, reported on if. ln in caoin u. DeMars Is Speaker Rev.

Edward J. DeMars, spir- itual director. was the speaker i look much like a lareer version The restyled 19C2 Plymothg are 7'i inches shorter and 250 I pimiius unier man in ana offer advances in economy of operation, Chrysler Corporation said. ti.o The new Plvmouth. with 23 i i.

nil1 models in the Savnv Rpl vpHpto of the compact Plymouth Val- I 1 iam who a long noon ana snori rear deck. Tail lights, hung on the out side in I961 have moved i to the rear nanel. Head lfW are KnarpH snarl In a ium THE Receive Degrees Jf Summer Session in the. Blue; Water District were awarded. grees from the University of ti.liin.n ai mr uiM ui me summer, session.

are: Miss Sue A. Dentel, Lakeshore Drive B. education, and Frank N. Lanes A business administration. Ronald J.

Perkins. B. en- 11MI ll urennn le, M. S. First Of Its Kind In wold Koad.

Deputy ane, m. James Lewis said $2.55 jn fhanii. uirni and Fury lines, will go on salej mesh grille. Interior room is Si.m 9a i aillflin III cigarets were stolen. A window, Rint'nn- and Miss Jan't was removed to gain entry.

p'naker M. both of Marysville; Miss Anna F. Kes- Reports Theft rmada- M- A G'raId J- Donald Collins lo Mich i M. igan Street told'police Fridavk i S('ht)mak('r' Nortn 'iMreet, M. Gerald E.

Green- shorter overall length I Roberts, 21, Yale, and Merlin Self adjusting brakes a 32 Meredith, 40, of 3575 West mile chassis lubrication, a 4 000-Water street- fH'ded at Lapeer mile oil change, reduction of and English Roads. Three per- crankcase capacity to four sons were injured. quarts and up to seven percent! Mr. Meredith and his daugh- Preatpr fiipl w-nnnmu than in tor Paula 13 norn in than in ter, Paula, 13, Monday evening at the tirst meet- Mrs George Chapelle and Mrs. mg of St.

Annes Altar Society of Gerald Hisscock. St. Stephen Catholic Church the, The next-meetrng wiU be at 8 gymnasium. Mrs. D.

J. 0ct 19 American Le- president, conducted the meeting. Home Mrs. Lawrence Cogley, program chairman, introduced Mrs. Bruce i i a face and hands and possible injuries wnen ms car ana a dump truck driven ny lveitn W.

Woodward. 42, Snover, col- lided on Vi-51 south of Jeddo. 41 p()r( Hur0n Hospital where his Wlitir.n to rermrtpd a fair uepuiy snenus merie LiarK Ul' iBna iugene sanaerson invesii Cars lnven bv RalDh A Port Huron Hospital. Susan J. Tushling, 17, of 1425 Howard Street, a nassc nuer in the Roberts car suffered Deputy Sheriff David DokU.r arrested Roberts for mvestiga tion of failure to comply with the Financial Responsibility Act and furnishing to a Mrs.

Jeraldine Jelneck, 30, Capac, and her son David, were iniurprt uhpn thpv fell from a pickup truck driven by' John W. Nolhaft. fiR fanarv in I ryi nue. iney were treated for! minor injuries in Port Huron Hospital. Ui.r,.

in ArR2lc M- A'; an(l 0uis A. a lf I I IIIC allltr llfMllll' Lllfr 1961 for the new Plymouths. is economy claimed by Chrysler 802 Pine Street; Frank J. Trese, 1019 Tenth Street, and some com- panions now deceased, walked through the tunnel and thpn tn, Rail Tunnel Under River, Linking U.b., Canada, Opened 7 Decades Ago Temple, Sal. Members and guests.

ort Gratiot Lodge No. r. A.m., w.w. uegree won. Lodge opens 7:30 p.m.

Dancing tonight at BrodyV 3301 24th street. Named To Coast Guard District Post 4 f- H. N. WESTRICK Harold N. Westrick, 209 North Fourth Street, St.

Clair, has been named rear commodore of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary for the Ninth Coast Guard District. Mr. Westrick, only Blue Water District man ever named to a district office, was elected at the annual district meeting in Bay City. naed cmodow.

and Ir. Gillette, Rochester. N.Y., was 1 I I i uiw.i. hi iin, ii rni wuav Street parking lot. To I'ndergo Surgery i Elmer .1.

Lnipe, 4.V18 Meadowlawn Street, will undergo surgery Monday in Port Huron Hospital. In Hospital Mrs. Anna B. Copeland, 212fr Katherine Street, is ill in Port' Huron Hospital. Window Broken Personnel of Winkelman's.

218 Huron Avenue, reported to police Friday a large display window was broken at the Overcome By Fumes Pnim fvwh i th 800 block of Lapeer Ave Officers said Mr. Nothaft told Wednesday for golfing, lunch and! Michigan Extension Service, will them he made a left turn fromlcards. Prizes for "even hole" playjspeak Oct. 5 on creative art. Eighth Street when the door went to Mrs.

Norman GrostickJ A series of eight lessons, held opened. ichampionship flight; Mrs. Russell: weekly, will be conducted by John to Port Huron. They remember that they had to crawl through a cave-in on the Canadian side. The Port Huron Daily Times, predecessor of The Times Herald, published a special International Tunnel Opening Edition to commemorate the event.

The 62-page edition contained pictures of many prominent resi dents, homes, buildings, a history Lancaster, who outlined the work done by the St. Clair-Lapeer Dean-; cry of the National Council Catholic Women. un hpr committee served refreshments. Mrs. John Carolan.

Lincoln Ave- nue, will be hostess at a coffee in October. The next meeting will be Oct, 16. if A It Meet tor yoit, I I I LOfGfS The Ladies Association of the Lakeview Hills Golf Club met Shogren, first flight; and Mrs. Pat Pringle, third flight. Guest reservations for the dinner dance Sept.

30 may be made by contacting Mrs. Robert Ehardt. Bridge winners were Mrs. Wil-James. Mrs.

Maurice Hammer Thp ffmnn uHll havo He final1 (-J a I. 1 mis. iniwn iwiiidiui was guest of Mrs. Tom Clarke. Master Point Event Held Port Huron Duplicate Bridge Club held a master point event iacit.

Hiira, ana wiiuam mieu Robert Leiton- foiirth two persons were the Grand Tnink, designed tlie by ammonia fumes from a faulty! shields, large cylindrical shells, refrigerator Friday night. 1 5 1 2 feet long and 214 feet ini Miss Sandra Doan, 23, of 614 diameter. i I. Ontario Street, and Thompson, 50, of 1789 Olalld' of the tunnel oroiect and man tnAn canasta- $250 TAKEN IN UNARMED ROBBERY Deputy Sheriffs are searching iin-ii luuaj vviiu oiiici oen from a cash box at the Trailer! i Sales and Rental Service, 661 Twenty-f ourth Street. i tt c- Francis E.

Smith, 3200 Straw berry Lane, proprietor, told Deputy Sheriff David Doktor his wife, Mrs. Katherine Smith, was working in the front of the shop when the two men came in and inquired about a trailer. nudu, wi.e given uxygui uy u.e; TKy WERE thr0llgh resuscitator squad of the Port'the day by hydraulic pressure, 1... iL Huron Fire Department and t(' ing towanl each other from where they were treated and.P" the river. 1 prahlp dpvriitfiva mntarial ir, eluding tables of statistics THE TUNNEL is 2,290 feet long 1 mAe, water anrt inriIKiinf, fhP underland distances and open cut on each side.

a fijf. of 1179S feet. The Times also published complete stories in its regular daily editions about the festivities, even including long lists of dignitaries, full accounts of their seerhes and toasts, the menus and even the details of the table settbigs. A statement in ed lition is that, will all oboufl Hospital. Partners voted to Join the Michigan Tuberculosis Association.

Miss Patricia Donaldson, who attended the American Legion Convention in Denver, showed slides of the National Jewish Hospital. Hostesses were Mrs. McGrecor. 'Mrs. Marv Markev and Mrs Dan.

awards in Minni rw bratz. Mrs. Charles Carakostas and Mrs. Merlin Siler. Refresliments were served at a (table centered with white asters.

Mrs Ralnh A lrC.rtonr will am 0ct. 18. Co-hostesses will be w. uv. U(6 ft70()CGS New Officers Announcement of the new off i- of the Bluewater Art Club was ma(Je flt fl mpotil avtmn in tho MVl v-i.

p.r Mrs. Gerald W. Edson is incoming president; Grant Hughes, vice president; Mrs. Jack Cashman, secretary; Municipal Judge C. J.

Sullivan, treasurer, and Mrs. Leo J. Richert, historian. Oil paintings by Ralph L. Bag-ley, Orlando, were shown to 75 guests and members.

Michael Church, of University of Mauerman, Yale, beginning Oct. 12 at the Center. To Display Art The Mud Hens Club will display china oaintins and ceramics from 13 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 d.bl Tho nnh i nll rimrn I. ret opportunity to see the work the group has done at this time.

The Lakeport Lioness Club will serve tea. Arriving From California Rear Admiral Harold A. Carlisle (ret.) and Mrs. Carlisle, San Mateo, will arrive today to visit with Mr. and Mrs.

Odell Smith, St. Clair, for a few days. The Smiths will entertain at a family get-together Sunday. Attending will be Mr. and Mrs.

Lincoln Carlisle, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carlisle and Mr. and Mrs. Ear Mackay, all of Port Huron; Mr.

and Mrs. Jesse White, Traverse City. The Carlisles plan to attend a class reunion at Annapolis next Square Dance Calendar TODAY Coterie Square Dance Club, 8 p.m., Chippewa School. Guests welcome. Wagon Wheelers, 8 p.m., Wagenseil Community Center.

Guests welcome. Bellhoppers, 8 p.m., Ne-gaunee School. Guests welcome. Richmond Squares, 8 p.m., Civic Auditorium, Richmond. ffTi'i'MTTi fltcgnnJ Inclusive! YU 4-1597 SINCE 188S LEATHER GOODS GIFTS YU 4-1597 named vice commodore, released.

The officers will begin their) Polite said Miss Doan, who new duties in January. Iiv('s in the upstairs flat of the The district includes Mich-! Ontario address, told them fire-igan. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illi-iircn removed the refrigerator nois, Indiana, Ohio, New York from her flat Thursday night, and Pennsylvania. but someone brought it back Mr. Westrick, a member of into the hallway of the house the USCGA since 1942, has from the front porch.

Mrs. Smith said the men night at the Hotel Har-ed for a company card with a rington. telephone number so that theyi North-South winners were: Mrs. could call if they needed H. Lewis and Mrs.

K. C. Van Home, first; Dr. John Harris and She said she walked to the Douglas Rankine, second; Mrs. back of the shop and when Phillippe and Mrs.

James returned shp fnnnrl nno nf Oio m.L ll- irIlilil nTbioTunter 8 to keep the blowers (fori winners: Mrs. charies Peck. Dearborn. Mr, and Mr. ventilation 1 running at nearly their left the shop she noticed a cash I JaeS cami-itv tn Ln iai t.

noucea a first; Mr. and Mrs. Don-ious run capacity to keep the tunnel box missing from the safe. a ventilation 1 running at nearly their ui uiiiivu uu 1 1n.11 1 1 1 nun lpft thp slum n.tinpH M.Kummwu ni. 1 TaniOD m.

vale Huston tied with Mrs. 1. f. iniO Military Street. Overall length of the cars is 202 inches.

The reduction in weight and length comes with a new fully unitized body shell replaces a unitized body with bolt-on front end Thpre is t. HLUJI uiui a I no conventional frame. The Plymouth is designed to World under hich air pressure and sev eral of the workmen suffered the bends, a condition associated with work under air pressure, Before the tunnel was completed three had died. I 1 SOMETIMES, when gravel was! encountered, the compressed airj would shoot to the surface of the river, forming geysers. These holes had to be patched with clay to retain the air pressure.

Thomas Draper, president of Draper Manufac turing Company, remembers the job of keeping the tunnel free of water. Storm water running into the! openings and river watpr sppnintt through the tube posed problems which Mr. Draper, a pump ex- jpert, had to solve. in places tne river oottom 1 1 1 was only about 11 or 12 feet alwve the top of the tube. ALTHOUGH only about 20 years of age, Mr.

Draper already knew lot alxnit pumps, having worked with his father in oil drilling operations in Petrolia, Ont, He recalls that his employer, Mr. Hobson, doubted his ability at first, because of his youth. As the shields moved toward each other, the tunnel tube was formed by means of curved iron segments slipped in behind the 1 shield by means of an ingenious which uvvice ana oouea 10 tnose. already in place. 1 1 1 10 keep the tunnel in line two theodolites, extremely accurate transits, were set up at each end! brick and stone pedestals.

nir." 'r-X'T'T-' t. r- actly over the proX)sed tunnel line, and the telesaipes of the in-j "mi visually. A house on the Ameican side 11 1 i 1 wn.cn wwiruciea tne-view was purchased and a hole cut through 1 The theodolite telescopes were tilted downward into the tunnel opening where transits would "pick up" the line from them. The transit lelescoiie would be rotated vertically 180 decrees to! sight on cross hairs at opposite, ends of a tube through the center lhe shield. i The tunnel was kept on proiter1 grade by means of levels.

i LARGE BOULDERS were en-j countered and some were moved of the way pushing them into the cav ities dug outside the tunnel line. Larger ones were broken Into small pieces and removed with the clay. When the shields were about 100 nMrt Kix-ffiol-diameter 'tunnel, shored up by timbers, was dug by hand when the, smaller tunnel within alxnit 15 feet of breaking a smi, hoe Wa, jKMvd mvims of nn A PLCG OK CHEWING tobacco, passed tJirough the hole, bminir (lie first "freighl" through the new luiinel When the shields met under the river they were only a quarter of an Inch out of line. Formal opening. GEORGE W.

HARtSUN, 89, of 1 the i I (tontinued from Page One) would have made it costly and difficult. THE FINDING of clay farther; settled the question of where fie tunnel could best be built ging the tunnel proved unsue cessful they were abandoned and the shield method adopted. Joseph Hobson. chief engineer! "ens jiioih: 01 iRviucn. and weighed about 80 tons.

like two huge cookie-cutters, mov op- Workmen stood on platforms built across the faces of the shields and shoveled the clay and other material back into small cars drawn by horses and running on narrow gauge track. The compartment was kept and Mrs. Myrtle Riley, all of Port Huron; Miss Jerilynn Cul- len, Marine City; Miss Mary OSI ami i.uss ner-j, ron-both of Marletle, and Mrs. Adine i.aueriy, rosioria, u. Miss Lawson, organ-! 'l csiminsier iTesnyierian, Church, played the processional, recessional and other selections, a(' Haymond Hahn, mini -j ster 01 uinstian education at, "st ongregalional Church, gi.vc ine invocation and bene Among he graduate whs.

Mr. wile. ie event marked the third time In four months that Mr. Coolev has clven dinlomn tn' a .1 on it. I of out reasonably clear gas." of smoke and In 1897, three men were killed by gas in the tunnel and, in 19(17, several more were killed.

t.Uxrtrified ,949 lhe tracfcg were lowered ito accommodate larger cars and. in 1957, diesel engines were used for passenger trains. A year later, diesiels took over for all traffic. THE LATE Richard S. 'father of Mrs.

Roy H. Clary, 1802 1 I neuier ana mrs. dusepn carss ior 1 Liii i aiiu ivui 111 jiacj. The next meeting will be Thurs- nig1 Shower Fetes Bride-Elect a miscellaneous shower was for Migg Barbara Hernan. 'd of Ronald Green ri 11113.

itiii iiuvigl aiivi Gerald Hawley in the Hoetger h()mp on Gratiot Road. The honor guest received a gar denia corsage and ivy planter as wintc oiric 1 Mrs. Melvin Tucker, Miss Karen! Gratton and Miss Judy Daggett I 1 a Miss Hernandez and Mr. Green! 1 win wea uci. in me neorgan-i ized Church of Jesus Christ of Latltl Day Saints served as yeoman and com-: mander of Flotilla 141 (River; District); and vice captain and; captain of Division 14, the! eastern half of Michigan.

His dvtics will include travel about the district on inspection and other tours. DIVORCES Filed Frederick F. Switzer against Irene Switzer, extreme cruelty. Srndra Lee Vallie against Clarence J. Vallie, extreme cruelty and nonsupport.

I.upe Gutierrez against Celso Gutierrez, extreme cruelty. Sippenia Dabrowski against Jozef Dabrowski, extreme cruelty. George W. Mucha against Rosamond H. Mucha, extreme cruelty.

Granted Violet K. Bryan from William A. Bryan, extreme cruelty. Name restored to Violet King-ins. FUNERALS Mrs.

Clare Hifenbergh Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Hillock Rifenbergh, 59. Chicago, widow of Clare Riienbergh, who died Wednesday in St. Lukes Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, will be conducted 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Arthur Smith Funeral Home.

Rev. Victor L. Studaker, pastor of Lalu'port Methodist Church, will officiate. The remains are to be in the funeral home today. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.

Mrs. Fred E. inn Funeral services for nil, rjnl! I.lllie inn, on, 01 diii iuiiui-' Run Bond, widow of Fred E. Winn, who died Thursday in Twenty-second Street, and Mrs. a Holth.

5828 Lake Shore i- was tne ti reman on the first steam locomotive through; the tunnel. The locomotive was one of four especially built for the tunnel work. Mrs. Holth remembers that train crews dreaded working in the tunnel, especially after the deaths i RICHARD A. COOLLY, president of the Board of Education, presents a diploma to his wife, a graduate of the Port Huron School of Practical Nursing, Friday night in MYMoiran auditorium.

It was the fourth time in four years that Mr. Cooley has presented a diploma to a member of his family. (Times Herald Staff Photo) Second Class Of Practical Imagine! 17 days in Britain and France Officers found the cash box on a Oliey. money. BIRTHS IN PORT HURON HOSPITAL Sept.

22, to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Dudas, 4044 Elaine Avenue, a daughter. Sept.

22, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Setter, 2428 Twentieth Avenue, a son. Sept.

22, to Mr. and Mrs. Mar vin A. Lepien, 1926 Military Street, a son. SePt' 22, to Mr.

and Mrs E. Jackson, 1314 Oak "unmss. nuuuwuiiwiu 2 Land Sandy Schufrabt, 19, both of Yale. Frpderin TV Tonkin and Ruth Carleton, 37. both of Port: illUIOn.

Charles Kay Beam 23 North Branch, and Mary Kath- erine Roberts. 17, Yale. Salvatore Bennardo, 25, Sar-nia, and Janice Cole, 18, Port If You Have a Loved One With a Drinking Problem AW Vim Mp u4 dfntanUag (at jamnrit, raaUrl Blue Water Al-Anou Family Group YU 2-7427 open tonight and every nigh, except Sunday til 9 p.m. MARRIOTT FURNITURE CO. 38SS Pine Grove Huron.

Mr. Wilson was engineer 011 the jerry Lee Felster, 19, Anchor-first eleclnc l.K'omotive. nille, and Rosemary T. Cloeys, Walter I). Hall, 1239 North River 18, New Baltimore.

St. Clair, whose laic father, Joseph J. Gerbasi. 27. Sarnia.

Waller D. Hall was siierin- ai.d Dorothy E. Beane, 24, Port tendent of the tunnel jxiwerhouse Huron. on Military Street below the over-1 Nurses Receive Diplomas tMc fill una mil for only b98. her home, will be conducted atlcourse, conducted by the voca-! Yes, in October see Europe for as little as $498 includ ing everything, even your round-trip Economy airfare from New York! Think of London.

how little it costs! And you'll fly there on BOAC's mighty jet-prop Britannia. too. For slightly higher fare, choose the Rolls-Royce 707! You can "Go Now-Poy The Port Huron School of Practical Nursing conducted its second graduation exercise Fri- day night in McMorran Audi- 4 1 Kil mi. Diplomas were given to 15 graduates of the one-year tional education department of the Port Huron Area School District. Rev.

John R. Hogan. director' of the Catholic Social Services of St. Clair County, gave (lie termination address Howard I) Crull, drill of schools, presided. Di-! plomns were presented by.1 Richard A.

Cooley. president of the board. Mr. Betty J. Elliott, RN, MM, director of the school, introduced the graduates.

They are Mrs. Dorothy Carey, Mr. Janet CIoiikp, Mrs. Cooley, a ihead bridge, recalls how the trains 'shook their house, a brick' struc-' ture on the west side of the street i directly over the tunnel. 1 THE HOISE was torn down; shortly after Mr.

Hall retired sev-; eral years before his death, Nov. 15. 1951. During Mr. Hall' term a Hiiperlntemlent the powerhouse steam operated generator were discontinued.

The power then was buiilshcd by the Detroit Edison Company which built a sub-station nearby. The Importance of the tunnel was illustrated dramatically during World War I when authorities nipixnl a plot to blow It up. Franz Von.Pnpen, one of Hit- ton. was involved, as was Albert K. Karlschmidt.

Detroit, pi-esident of the Marine City Salt Company. 2 p.m. Sunday in Columbus Baptist Church. Rev. James Morris, pastor, will officiate.

The remains are in the fain ilv hump where a prayer service' will be conducted ul 1:30 in .1 Sunday, iiftcr mains will lie which the re- removed to the. church. Burial will be in Kittndge Cemetery. James E. and Scott F.

Winn, both of Detroit; Charles F. and Glenn E. Winn, both of Richmond; Harold T. Winn, Dallas, and Willard F. Winn, Almont, all grandsons, will be pall bearer.

El wood. Martin and Bichard, Winn will be honorary pall-, bearcn. I Your Official BOM) Phone 7'rare Agent YU 57733 YU 4-1597 TRAVEL SERVICE 929 Military LUGGAGE member of his family and thej The outside rims of the shields fourth time in four years. Were left in the tunnel and the In 1957 he presented a prac-jtimnel tule itself built within ticnl nursing diploma to Mr. 'them.

Mis Donna Dunsmore, Mrs, Gertrude Groh, hi sister, and Some area residents walked ler's key diplomnls, then Ger-Llnda KHiTlngton, Mis Susan in June presented diploma to through the tunnel even before the many's naval nttache in Waging- Irwin, Helen Luca. Mr, Florence Mugiidge, Mis Carol Ramage, Mrs. Nancy sens graduating irom Port Huron High, School and Junior College..