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a is as SATURDAY, MAR. 7. 1936. THE ESCANABA (MICH.) DAILY PRESS PAGE FIVE Chauncey Yockey Selected to Reign as King of Smelt Jamboree Kingfish Harry Long To Abdicate in Favor Of Milwaukee Lawyer Atty. resident, has nual Escanaba Yockey Yockey nitaries.

He lodge, Benevolent Chauncey Yockey, Milwaukee, former Escanaba been chosen to reign as king of the second anSmelt Jamboree, which will be held here April 2 and 3 under the auspices of the Wolverine Conservation association and the Escanaba-county Chamber of Commerce, with the various service clubs and civic organizations cooperating. Atty. Yockey was born in Escanaba and begin the practice of law a quarter of a century ago in Milwaukee, where he has been long prominent in the legal, fraternal and civic affairs of the community. Prominent in Elks He served as district attorney of Milwaukee county for several years, and recently was appointed city police and fire commissioner. For a number of years, he acted as official "city greeter" to conventions and visiting dighas been signally honored by the Milwaukee and Protective Order of Elks, by reelection 1935 KINGFISH several times.

He took a leading part 1935 KINGFISH are electMilwaukee DR. HARRY W. LONG Gogebic County Electrification Program Planned Washington, March 6 New signs of life for a rural electrification administration program in Michigan, which has been slow in getting under way, are seen in the pending electrification of 100 miles in Gogebic county, Congressman Frank E. Hook. who has been interested in this $100.000 project in his twelfth district, is trying to hasten a report on the application now on file in the Washington office.

An engineering analysis is now in progress Washington and the chief of the division. Bovd Fisher. reports that some definite action can be expected within ten days. The troublesome problem of whether or not the power for the line shall be purchased. aS the farmers desire, from Wakefield.

is still being debated. Since the village of Wakefield buys its power wholesale from the Lake Superior District Power company, it may not be legally possible them to resell it. Then if it follows that the Lake Superior Power company does not desire to carry the additional load itself, the rural electrification administration would consider financing a co- operative power plant to serve this Upper Peninsula area. which badly in need of better electrification facilities. Your Phone and 693 will Buy, Sell and Rent for you.

as grand exalted ruler in the campaign to large, attractive which the Milwaukee now quartered. He also ed president of the Brewers club in 1934. Atty. Yockey is a Mrs. H.

Defnet of practicing Milwaukee, Dr. Long Offers Crown Dr. Harry W. Long. who served AS King of Smeltiana last spring.

sent a telegram yesterday, urging Atty. Yockey to accept the title of 1936 Jamboree king. Dr. Long told him that he had enjoyed the role last year and would be "glad 10 abdicate in his In accepting the offer of the crown. Atty.

Yockey telegraphed in reply as follows: "While my royal qualifications have offtimes been properly ques: tioned. I am anxious to be king for a day. especially when Escanaba. my first love, does the Hence. gladly, willingly crowning.

pectantly accept this opportunity to meet. to see and show all of vou that forty years have not changed my feelings for the old town." Laing Hospital Mrs. William McKeever. 511 South 12th street. is slightly im proved in condition.

The condition of Mrs. Alice Gosnell. 802 South 17th street. is improved. Mrs.

Sam Minor. Rapid River, is a medical patient. Mrs. Victor Barnes, St. Jacques.

is surgical patient. Wallace Irving. La Branche, was treated for a fractured and crushed index finger of the right hand. Patients dismissed are Earl Way of Cornell. Hugh Perking of Rock.

Mrs. Rose Watts of Marquette, Mrs. Ella Caswell of Rapid River, and Richard Gerou of Rapid River, Route One. Bau de Noc Again First To Report On Tax Collected Bernhart Mattson, treasurer of Bay de Noe township, was the first township treasurer in Delta county to make returns on his county tax collections to Ralph R. Olsen, county treasurer, thus retaining a distinction which Bay de Noc township has held for many years.

On a total county tax levy of $831.39, Mr. Mattson reported a delinquency of $223.56. making a total collection of $607.83, or nearly 75 per cent. SIDE GLANCES By George Clark "Surely SOMETHING nust hav gone on at the office today. You people don't just sit there without saying a word to each other." of Newberry News CCC STARTS SAFETY DRIVE Upper Peninsula Camps Join Nation-Wide Movement Newberry March 5.

(Special A safety program has been started among the CCC camps of the upper peninsula. a program which will cover all of the camps in the nation and will it is bebecome, lieved. the center of the largest plan on promotion of national the safety from the hazards of 80- cidents both in work and in traffie ever before attempted. Lt. G.

Gray of Fort Brady and Trooper Ralph Sheehan of the MichiEan State Police are the two central figures of the plan which had its small beginnings last 811111 mer when a safety school Was held at the Fort. Starting this week, with classes held in CeC camps in the western end of the peninsula, the school instruction will reach one 01 the 7.000 enrollees of the camps, most of whom will he returned to civilian life with the termination of their inlistments within the next few months. The work was planned by Dr. Basil Corbett, recently appointed by the President as chairman of the National Safety Council. who highly commended Lt.

Gray for the work he did at the Fort last summer. The first sessiong will be started at Ironwood this week. We believe that this is the most realistte method vet devised to spread the gospel of safety to class of boys who will soon he returned to their homes, scattered all over the states of the naton. All of them will sooner or later drive cars if they do not already do reports Trooper Sheehan. The work of the school last summer bore fruit in dedue.

ing accidents in CCC camp and words work so that the record compared verv favorably with commercial plants and organizations. The schools will make 1180 of movies, in which actual cidents will be shown. These are all new films, using new care. and showing "right" and wrong driving habits. MRS.

POTVIN PASSES Mrs. Emedy Potvin. widow of Emedy who died 10 months BE died quietly and suddenly at her home at noon on March 3rd. Shel had been feeling unwell for few weeks but was not considered to be in a serious condition. Found by her son.

Arthur Potvin. when he went in to see her after coming from work, she was just breathing, and passed away almost at once. Mrs. Potvin was born Francis Leonard, at Hancock. on July 9 1870 and was married to Emedy Potvin about 32 years ago.

There is one son, Arthur, and one grand son. Also one sister. Mrs. Josephene Wareham of Chassell, Michigan. For seven vear: Mrs.

Potvin gave untiring care and tenderness U. P. Briefs DELAMATER DIES Iron Mountain -News of the death Sunday, March 1. at Edinburg. Texas.

of V. L. Delamater, age, 41. former Iron Mountain resident and at that time commercial manager in this area for the Wisconsin Michigan Power company, has been received here from Appleton. Death, according to the information, resulted from a "brief illness." but no details were available here.

Delamater came to Iron Mountain in 1926 from Appleton and for seven years thereafter was for commercial manager the Wisconsin Michigan. He left three years ago for Texas, where he conducted a grapefruit orchard near Edinburg. Successful Session Is Held By Disabled Disabled American veterans of the World War, holding their meeting at the Legion clubrooms in Gladstone, adopted a resolution supporting the Legion's camconstruction of a Veterans hospital at Gladstone. Other matters of importance pertaining to the disabled and public welfare were discussed. with a large attendance of visitors and members present.

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knew Funeral was at St mass said Gregorio's on the of March 4th and burial took place! Forest Home Cemetery, JAMES Me SALLY DIES New March Newberry's oldest citizen, James McNally, died at the home of his daughMrs. Ruben Wright at midnight Tuesday his age being. 88 ar as can be discovered. 104 years. Jim McNally began making in OF 35 he ping shoe skin.

when home, a An years in the he AgO his which first sign as of being inade his to for his in hogans for farmer hands Tre- land 1850 and until a ago year continued at trade little cabin which conhe structed back daughter's A wooden he himself came Nowherry itinerant cobbler. termed it. he traveled from house to house in Ireland, making shoes for the at 15, that would make this one job of this man last about 85 He vears. married 19 and with a growing family moved to Woodbridge, Ontario. where he ran a for shoe shop several years, One of his proudest memories was the fact that he made the special shoe for Clark Wallace, crippled member of parliment, who told tim he had never such 8.

good looking and comfortable shoe. whole family. Usually the lads of Surviving is one Thomas This country never had "foot to of Trenary and three daughters, Heathed" those days until they reached voung manhood. But he made shoeg with copper toes for the vonne bucks, shoes cork with soles for their fathers. Wellington boots for the gentry, and gloves of kid and dog and calf McNally started his cobbling Mrs.

Wright. Mrs. William Keener and Mra. James Watson, all of Newberry. Funeral services will be held from the Methodist Church on Friday afternoon, Rev.

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343 QUART Hiram Walker DISTILLERIES AT PEORIA, ILLINOIS AND WALKERVILLE. On Sale at All Liquor Stores and Specially Designated Dispensaries at worn son. DR. TOWEY WILL VISIT SCHOOLS Tuberculin Tests Planned in Delta County for Early April Towey of Pinecrest Sanatorium is coming to Delta the last of this month or the first part of April to give tuberculin tests in all schools not previously tested. The tests consist of vaccine injected into the arm which canses the arm to turn red at the point of injection if the person has tubercular infection in the body or if the patient ever has been infected with tuberenThose who show reaction to the test will be given X-rays afterward to determine the extent of infection.

Not all reactors, 118- ually a small percentage, are found to be active cases. It will not be possible for Dr. Towey to call at every school. so c. P.

Titus, county commissioner of schools, has arranged schedale of visits, the dates to be announced later through the teachers. No child will be tested unless a consent slip is signed by the parent or guardian. and teachers are being advised to call at the office of the commissioner for consent slips enough to cover each family in their schools. The places where the tests will be given follow: For Fairbanks township at Mud Lake school. For Garden town at Garden school.

For Nahma township at Nahma school. For Ensign and Bay de Noc twp. at Stone Anderson school. For Brampton twp. at Kipling school.

For Baldwin twp. at Perkins school For Escanaba twp. at Howard school. For Cornell tw p. at Cornell school.

For Wells twp. at Wells school. For Ford River twp. at Ford River school. For Bark River twp.

at Bark River town hall. OBITUARY CHARLES BLOOM The body of Charles Bloom. who died Wednesday at Waukesha. was brought to Escanaba Friday morning and taken to the Anderson Funeral Home where it is resting in state. Services will be held in the funeral home chapel at two o'clock this afternoon.

Rev. C. AL bert Lund of the Bethany Lutheran church officiating. and burial will be in the West Ford River cemetery. PETER BELANGER Services for Peter Belanger, -time resident of Delta county.

will be held at 9:30 o'clock this morning at Sacred Heart church. Schaffer, Rev. Fr. Philip Jutras officiating. Burial will be in the Schaffer cemetery.

The body is remaining at the Allo Funeral Home until the funeral procession leaves for Schaffer this morning. MRS. FLORA GRONDINE rites for Mrs. Flora Gronurines Spalding township. will be conducted at a requiem high mass at St.

Francis Xavier church. Spalding. at 9 o'clock this morning. Rev. Fr.

Joseph Schaul will officiate. Burial will be made in the Spald ing cemetery. List Of Nominees For City Council Is Growing Daily Another name was added Friday to the list of nominees for election to the Escanaba city council. The last one to file his petition is Charles H. Priester.

317 South 16th. and he is on the list. One more week remains for filing petitions. Monday, 6. is city election day, when three members of the city council are to be elected to fill vacancies.

Those who have not registered as voters in the city of Escanaba are advised by City Clerk Carl Anderson to call at his office in the city hall and sign up the necessary registration cards. Voters who have changed places of residence since the last election should see that their new addresses are filed so that they may be assigned to the proper election precinct. Cornell School First In Sale Of Christmas Seals Three prizes have been awarded by the Michigan Tuberculosis Association to schols having the greatest Christmas seal sales per capita in Delta county. The winners are as follows: First- Miss Anne Klemola, Cornell. Second Walfred Granskog.

Stonington. Third -Charles Devet. Gladstone. To the school winning first place, the association has sent a large framed picture of Louis Pasteur, accompanied by a story of his life and work. Cotton production in the south dropped sharply during the Civil war.

Rev. Walton Named Dean Of Diocese lenominee. Mich Rev. Geo. Walton, who has been rector of Grace Episcopal church in this city for the past six and vears, and whose resignation was announced some days ago.

left this morning was announced some davs agO. left this morning for Marquette, where he has taken charge, dean. of St. Paul's thedral, the diocesan church of the Episcopal diocese of Marquette. Rev.

Walton began his new duties Sunday, March 1. when he first officiated as dean of the cathedral. Dean Walton came to the diocese of Marquette in November 1918. For five years he lived at Munising and went from there to Manistique. On November 1, 1929.

he came to Menominee to assume the pastorate of Grace Episcopal church. Until 1933 Dean Walton was also general missionlary of the diocese, having superI vision of all the mission stations feast of Marquette. Since that time he has been in charge of Grace church only. Yale Graduate Dean Walton attended Phillip's academy. Andover.

is a graduate of the Yale University law school and a Bexley Hall inary at Gambier. O. He is a direct descendent of George Walton, the last signer of the Declaration of Independence. In November. 1935 Dean Walton announced his intention to retire from the active ministry of the church on January 1 and was honored by being called to assume charge of the Cathedral, the first and largest church of the diocese.

Dean Walton has made many friends during his residence in Menominee and his departure is regretted by his parishoners and friends. Archdeacon To Preach The Rev. William Povseor. archdeacon emeritus. of Crystal Falls, will preach at the 11 o'clock service at Grace Episcopal church next Sunday.

The service will include communion. It is announced that the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. a young men's society of the church, will conduct the services the Grace at' Episcopal church here until A pastor is named to succeed Mr. Walton.

Guest preachers will appear at some of the services until the new pastor is named. probably not until spring or early summer. Auto Employment Breaks All Marks Except Year 1929 New York. March 6. The Automobile Manufacturers Association today announced that production of automobiles gave work in 1935 to a higher average number of persons than in any preceding vear except one.

The employment total for the year just past came within ten thousand men of equaling the 1929 all-time record of 447,000 workers. This occurred despite the fact. that the 1935 output of motor vehicles was still a million and a quarter cars below the 1929 mark. according to Alfred Reeves. VicePresident and General Manager of the Association, summarizing a study of employment in automobile assembly, body and parts plants based upon the compilations of the U.S.

Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U. S. Census of Manufactures which has just been completed by the Association's Statistical Department. "Comparison with the industry's second best year. 1928.

centuates this Mr. Reeves asserted. "Average employment that year was 435.000 workers by comparison with 1935's figure of 438.000 .000 employees, but its production was 000 motor vehicles or 350.000 greater than last year's output of 4.009.000 units. "While the general of the industry are for er production in 1936 than in 1935, the figures, for last year must be interpreted cautiously because of introduction of the new 1936 models in the continued two Mr. Reeves.

"This brought periods building dealer ventories into a single year, a situation not likely to recur soon. This fact, however, does not affect expectations ag to total employment for the current vear. Brown Introduces Fort Brady Bill Washington. March Congressman Prentiss M. Brown reintroduced a bill today to make certain changes in a similar bill introduced last session granting authority to the Secretary of War to license the use of certain parcels of land situated in the old Fort Brady military reservation to Ira D.

MacLachlan, Past No. 3 the American Legion for fifteen years. A club house for the Legion Post of Sault Ste. Marie was made from an abandoned building located on the government-owned property. At the suggestion of the War department.

Congressman Brown is adding two provisions that the rent be set at one dollar and that the old expiration date of April 14. 1935 be considered the heginning of the 15 year period. To Rent or Sell use the Classified columns. ago. of Escanaba.

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