The Escanaba Daily Press from Escanaba, Michigan • Page 6

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1940 THE ESCANABA (MICH.) DAILY PRESS PAGE FIVE 35 NEW LIGHTS ON STEPHENSON City 'Adds Second "White Way;" Last Unit Up Yesterday The last of the 35 new lighting units on Stephenson avenue, of the type installed last fall along Ludington street, were placed yesterday and the city added a second "white way" from Ludington Washington-Sheridan The lights are expected to lessen traffic hazards along Stephenson, scene of numerous auto and pedestrian accidents and deaths. The Third avenue north and Ste-! phenson avenue intersection, sometimes called death corner, gets an extra share of light in the new system, with lights not only at the intersection, but also at the Chicago North Western railway crossing just north of the intersection. The new lights, placed 23 instead of 15 feet above the pavement and with all light rays reflected downward provide more than twice the light volume on the street as formerly. The 35 new units give 4,000 "lumins" of light per lamp and the 27 old units in the same street length gave 500 lumins each. All of these lights will burn all night, whereas only the four intersection lights are left on all night on Ludington street.

New type lights are to be installed probably along the west end of Ludington street under provisions city budget for fiscal year, it was reported. Nahma News B. A. R. of E.

Party Nahma, B. A. R. of E. organization will hold another card party at the local club house Saturday evening, January 27, for its members and their wives.

Games of five hundred, bridge and sheephead will played and refreshments will be served. Woman's Club Meet The Nahma Woman's club held its regular meetng on Wednesday of last week. The annual election of officers took place. They are as follows: Mrs. Percy Stratton, president.

Mrs. Nick Gemunden, vice president. Mrs. Lloyd Camps, secretary. Mrs.

William Rauls, treasurer. A social evening of card playing followed. Prizes in bridge and five hundred were achieved by Mrs. John Zimmerman and Mrs. Charles Ward, respectively.

Refreshments were served the close of the evening. The committee in charge was composed of Mrs. Lloyd Camps, chairman, Mrs. F. X.

Mercier, Mrs. Nick Gemunenden, Mrs. Al Hescott, Cloutier, Mrs. Nelson Plude, Mrs. Percy Stratton land Mrs.

Lawrence Kruckenski. Fellowship Club Mrs. Andrew Hendrickson enthe Young People's Feltertained, club of St. Paul's Episcopal church at her home last Sunday evening, her son, Lee, acting A.S host to the members. Following a social evening, refreshments were served.

The next meeting will be on February 4, at the Frank James home. Guild Card Party Mrs. Richard Bjorkman and Mrs. William Acker entertained the Ladies' Guild of St. Paul's Episcopal church and their guests on Thursday afternoon of last week at a 1:30 o'clock dessert luncheon.

The gathering was held at the Acker home. Prizes in the games of five hundred and bridge which followed the dessert luncheon, went to Mrs. Charles Mrs. William Rauls. Nahma Briefs Mr.

and Mrs. Louis Deloria and family of Manistique visited at the Antoine Deloria home on Sunday. Jack Tobin, Robert Tobin and Miss Katherine Saleski returned to Big Rapids on Sunday after attending the golden wedding an- Daily 1 Press Photo No one was hurt except the patients, who got mauled around a little as leaders demonstrated the fine points of artificial respiration, above. and applying splints to leg, when the Escanaba First Aid course for abroken city employes closed Wednesday night at the city hall. Fritz Frederickson, first aid instructor, demonstrates the respiration technique and Harvey Germanson, John Norgaard and Bert Lawrence demonstrate the splint process.

ance record for ours Firemen had attendlargest, was begun in the fall. Dr. Tonney Reports On Lansing Session Dr. Fred 0. Tonney, county health director, has just returned from Lansing, where attended a meeting of county health directors of the state with representatives of county medical societies also conferred with state health officers concerning healh problems in Delta county.

The health directors convention was held last Sunday, but Dr. Tonney remained in Lansing the first of the week to talk with Dr. H. Allan Moyer, state health director, and his new assistant, Dr. Carlton Dean.

Budgetary matters mostly were considered, Dr. Tonney reported, and the outlook looks good for Delta county. "We are anxious to get as much financial aid for the county as possible," Dr. Tonney said. On the program at the convention Sunday were Dr.

Moyer and Dr. Dean, Dr. Burton R. Corbus, president of the Michigan State Medical society, who outlined a newly adopted health insurance plan sponsored by the state society; Dr. L.

O. Gieb, chairman of the' preventive medicine committee of the state medical society; Dr. M. R. Kinde, of the Kellogg Health Foundation and Dr.

B. W. Carey of Children's Fund. This was the first joint state meeting of county health directors and medical society representatives ever held in Michigan. Storage batteries never should be filled with water above the recommended level, which usually is the lower edge of the filling plug; otherwise.

slopping and boiling over might occur. niversary celebration of Jack's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tobin. Mrs.

R. J. DeWaard of Crockton and Mrs. Frank Schlander of Proctor, are visiting this week at their parent's home, Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas Tobin. Miss Lilace Tobin, R. has returned to Munising after spending the week-end here with relatives and friends. Wesley Camps of Escanaba was a week-end guest at the Lloyd Camps home. Mr.

and Mrs. James Tatrow, Randall Maynard of Garden; Lewis Maynard of Muskegon; Philip Maynard of Manistique; Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses Maynard of Mason, spent several days here this week with mother, Mrs. Lewis Maynard, who is seriously ill, following a paralytic stroke.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Graham of Escanaba called on Tuesday at the bedside of Mrs. Lewis Maynard. Miss Shirley DeRosier made a business trip to Marquette on Monday.

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S. PAT, OFF. B. must be sore at his chauffeur again." Course In First Aid Closes Munising News MUNISING GETS JUNIOR SKIERS State Championship Jump Scheduled for Big Hill Feb. 4 Munising.

Jan. 25 Munising will be the scene of a state junior ski jumping tournament on meet championship, will be conducted by the Munising Junior Skiers club with the approval of the Junior skiing, committee of Central Ski Association. All junior riders up to 17 years of age in the state are eligible for competition in the meet and invitations have been sent to all known organizations of junior skiers in the state. Entries from each group have been limited to six riders. The tournament will be conducted on the junior ski hill at the municipal playground here.

The hill is all natural, it does not have a scaffold, and jumps are possible on it up to 110 feet with safety, club officials said. Four classes will be conducted in the meet: Class for boys 16 and 17 years old; Class for boys 14 and 15 years old; Class for boys 13 years old and under; i and Class for girls of any The Munising Junior Skiers club, will meet in the Mather high school here on Friday evening at 7:15 to lay plans for the event. Invitations have already been sent to the various clubs which are known and others who failed to get an invitation may obtain entry blanks by writing Harold Webber, Munising. Formation of a Michigan association of junior ski clubs will also be attempted at the tournament banquet following the meet. Leaders Of WPA Recreation Busy Munising, Jan.

25-Fifteen leaders are employed by the Alger! county WPA recreation ment in carrying on their winter program of activities. Five men are conducting the work in Munising, Theodore Ruthruff, Edward Lambert, Joseph Keller, Romeo Perron a and Edward Berry. Skiing, skating, boxing, basketball and crafts work are being carried on here. Raymond VanDorne is in charge at Wetmore and is conducting skiing, skating, boxing, crafts, ping pong and socials. Aubrey Doucette is in charge of the recreation room at Au Train and ping pong is played, clubs have been formed and skating and skiing activities are being promoted.

William Parker, conductor of group play, athletics and sports, arts and crafts, is at Eben. Oscar Johnson has organized group play, pasketball squads, ping pong, volleyball and badminton teams at Chatham. At Forest Lake, Toivo Ihmaki has skiing, basketball, skating, crafts, ping pong and group play under his program. Trenary, and Limestone have and dramatics on their schedule in addition to the other things which Rudolph Johnson is carrying on. Arthur Peterson is in charge of 4-H work and music as well as other activities.

Grand Marais' program is being conducted by Sayre Ostrander and William Thomas and includes a male quartet and male chorus besides athletics, music, arts, crafts and socials. Grover Bush is in Briefly Told Escanaba Townsend Club--The regular meeting of the Escanaba Townsend club will be held tonight at o'clock at the North Star hall. A vice president elected to succeed the late James MacKenzie, who was one of the most prominent members of the club. Other business of special importance also is scheduled and a full desired. The attendance, will furnish entertainment and dance music afterward.

Fire -The fire department was called to extinguish 1 a small blaze in the basement at 620 South Ninth street at 7:30 o'clock last night. A furnace pipe had ignited timbers of a wall, but the fire was stopped before any damage was done. 6,500,000 Acres Of Land Is Under Public Ownership Lansing Nearly 6.500.000 acres of land, approximately onesixth of the total area of the state, is now in public ownership, either state or federal, to figures just released by the department of conservation. Approximate state owned acreage totals 4.450.000 including the estimated 2.000,000 acres which reverted to the state last November 3. Included also are 1.075,- 000 acres in state forests, 500,000 acres in state game areas, and 30.000 acres in state parks, a total of 1,605.000 acres which are administered by the department.

Federal holdings include 543 acres in national forests, approximately 100,000 acres in waterfowl refuges, 115,000 acres submarginal land projects and 120.000 acres in national parks. Unadministered lands held by the state approximate 2,845,000 acres. The Chinese bury eggs for several years after packing them in clay; during this time, the contents of the egg turns jet black. Lansing and Owosso. Miss Georgia Hood will conduct the health education class at Trenary on Monday evening at seven o'clock.

CST. The meeting will be held in the school. Mrs. Adolph Bjornstad left on Wednesday for Detroit to spend a month visiting at the homes of her daughters, Mrs. John Von Vakis and Mrs.

David McClellan. The winter sports association committee will meet this evening at 7:30 o'clock in the city hall. All those named to the carnival committee are urged to be present. Mrs. Lyle Atkins and sons, Phillip and Richard, will leave today for Chicago where they will meet Mr.

Atkins and then go to their home in Carthage, Ill. Mr. Atkins, who is a professor in music at Carthage college, was awarded his Master's degree in music this week by Northwestern university, Evanston. where he has been studying. The Munising Hospital Auxillary will hold a dessert bridge in the Beach Inn on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

The party will be for the benefit of the Munising hospial and funds raised will go to pay for a metabolism test machine and a lamp purchased for the operating room by the auxiliary. UTILITY RATES SAVE $62,000 City Survey Indicates Advantages to Customers Consumers of gas and electricity in Escanaba paid $62.956.18 less for service in 1939 than they would have paid for the same service in 1936 before rate reductions, a survey just completed at the city hall reveals. Since 1936, electric usage has increased greatly, particularly for residential purposes, which in 1936 was 350 kilowatt hours per year customer and in 1939 was kilowatt hours, a 46 perper, cent increase. of the $62,956.18 total savings for 1939, residential users fitted to the extent of $36.205.74 and commercial users to 705.44, on both gas and electric bills. 1936, the average residential electric rate seven cents per kilowatt hour, and in 1939, the rate was down to 5.45 cents.

with savings to residential users totaling $29,114.09 and to commercial users, $23,769.86. average commercial rate in 1936 was six cents, as compared with 4.5 cents in 1939. amounted $52.883.95. Total savings, 011 electric bills Total savings to residential gas users for 1939 were $7.091.65, on an average rate in 1939 of $1.52 per 1.000 cubic feet, as compared with average rate in 1936 of $1.73. Commercial savings for 1939 totaled $2,980.58, with the 1939 average rate being $1.22 per 1.000 cubic feet as compared with $1.63 in 1936.

Scout Cars Chase Car Thieves From Detroit And Ionia East Lansing, Jan. 24 (P)-The state police headquarters reported tonight that "two or three' scout cars were in pursuit near St. Johns of an auto thief who has led law enforcement officers on nearly a 24-hour chase. Escaping police gunfire last night in Detroit and at Ionia, the fugitive was reported to be northwest of St. Johns attempting to elude a posse of state troopers.

4 A report the fleeing car was between Owosso and Flint was said to be erroneous. The state police blockaded M-21 and connecting roads in an attempt to cut the suspect off near Fowler where he obtained gasoline at mid-day and refused to pay for it. The fugitive fled from Detroit in the stolen car last night after officers had fired on him, and came to Lansing where he ob-1 tained gasoline without paying for it. Later Ionia county officers fired on him near Saranac. "Sergeant Leon Hopkins of the state police said the suspect has "been on the loose since 2 o'clock this afternoon but we're still hot after him." RUNS INTO A SNOWBANK Ignace- -A minor accident occurred a mile east of St.

Ignace Tuesday morning when a car owned by C. S. Johnson of Manistique rolled over in a snow bank. No one was injured. The car was I brought to a garage for repairs.

In Respect to the Memory of Henry Hansen the Hansen Jensen Fish Market and Stations on Stephenson Ave. and 3rd St. will be closed from 1 to 4 p. m. today, Friday, Jan.

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a vote of 18 to 2, with only Senators Taft (R-Ohio) and Danaher (R-Conn) voting in the negative, the banking committee upproved a revised bill by Senator Brown (D- to expand by $100.000,000 the lending authorIty of the bank. Three restrictions, however, were provided: 1. That a cumulative total of not more than $30,000,000 be lent to any one nation or business firm. (Finland already has been granted a $10,000,000 credit by the bank.) 2. That no loan be made for the purchase of arms, ammunition and implements of war, as defined in Roosevelt's 1939 nettrality law proclamation.

3. That no loan be made in violation of international law, as interpreted by the state department. Although Finland was not in the legislation, Senator Brown told reporters he thought Jesse Jones, federal loan administrator, "will understand that con- Escanaba Skiers Invited To Make Tahquamenon Trip Reservations are being taken today for a scenic snow trip to the Tahquamenon, through deer yards and timber, which is to be made Sunday by a group of Gladstone and Escanaba ski enthusiasts. The group will leave at 2 p. m.

Saturday, Those wishing to make the trip are advised to call Soren Johnson, telephone 102 Gladstone, for reservations and particulars on the ski hike. New Road May Link U.S. A. With Alaska Ottawa, Jan. 24.

(P. -The American and Canadian commissions studying the possibilities of a highway through British Columbia linking Alaska and the United States met in joint session here today. The meeting consisted mainly of a general exchange of information acquired by the two commissions in the past season through aerial and land surveys of the various possible routes for the proposed highway. The meeting will continue Thursday and Friday. gress wants to make a loan to Finland if it is safe to do so." charge of the program at Limestone.

Two Are Sentenced By Judge Runnels Munising, Jan. 25. Sheldon Ormsbee of Au Train on Wednesday afternoon was given two sentences by Judge Herbert W. Runnels after he had pleaded guilty to a charge of stautory rape and another charge of assault with intent to rape. Ormsbee was sentenced to from 5 to 40 years on the first charge and from 3 to 10 years on the second.

The sentences are to run concurrently. Mike Miller, who entered a plea of guilty to the charge of lewdness, was sentenced to serve 60 days in the county jail. He will be released on February 1. The case of Alex Chartier, who pleaded guilty to assault charges, was continued indefintely for sentence. The Alger county board of supervisors was awarded a default judgment of $230 and costs of $26.75 in its case against Clarence and William Flynn.

A foreclosure decree was awarded to the plaintiff in the case of Hanna Backman versus Christy Anderson and Emma Anderson Hyva. The court term ended on Wednesday afternoon. MUNISING BRIEFS i Miss Mary Piehl has returned from a month's visit in Detroit. SMOOTH AS 3 SILK KESSLER'S Punch Blood PROOF KESSLER'S Prwate Blend BLENDED WHISKEY BOTTLED DISTILLING COMPANT INDIANA 83c Code PINT 449 Straight Neutral Spirit: distilled from Grain. go Proof.

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