Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive

The Ludington Daily News from Ludington, Michigan • Page 5

Location:
Ludington, Michigan
Issue Date:
Page:
5
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

'i WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27, 1939. THE DAILY NEWS-LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN. PAGE FIVE PHONE 21 FOR AN AD-TAKER Rent LUDINGTON DAILY NEWS Datly rate per line (or consecutive Intcrtions: Charge Cash days, 3 lines .81 .72 One day, 3 lines .16 .30 Advertising ordered for Insertions lakes the one time Insertion rate; no ad taken for lesi than basis of three lines. Count six average words to the line.

Charge ads will be received by tele- hone, and if paid at The Daily News trice within six days from the first Insertion rate will be allowed. Ads ordered for three or six days and stopped before expiration wUT be charged only for the number of times the aS appeared and the adjustment made at the rate earned. Publishers reserve the right to edit or reject any Classified advertising copy. Rate per line for white space the same as of copy Announcements Flowers and Mourning Goods 4 FURNISHED APARTMENT OR Wanted to rent by married couple. Please leave address and phone number with News, Tel.

21, at once. Real Estate for Sale Brokers in Real Estate II FOR city, farm and resort property see Home Realty Co. Rm. 8, Natl' Bank BIdg. SWAP COLUMN Ads accepted for this column will be published two times for 25 cents.

Each ad must bear name and address of advertiser. They must be accompanied by cash or stamps. Ads must be brought or mailed to The News, none taken by telephone. If ads Involve exchange of labor for commodities, or vice versa, they will be run free of charge. CUT funeral work.

Tel. 672. Frank Nordlne, 810 E. Ludinrton Ave. Strayed, Lost, Found 10 WIRE CHICKEN between Luclington and Stilton's school.

Finders notify Floyd Plelncss, It. 2, Scott- villc. Automotive AutomoDues for Sale 11 FOUI) Tudor Deluxe with radio aild heater. Excellent condition. Must sell.

Make offer. Kokx at Crystal Flash Station, N. Main Scottvilie. I'Mr, sale cheap. Inq.

at Moline's Service Station. Tel. 239-J. "Vuto Accessories, Tires, Parts 13 CAIt Several hot water car healers for sale. earh.

Barton's, E. l.iidiiiKton Ave. MIXED DRY 90c a cord, will swap 1'or sleighs, oats or anything 1 can use. Andrew Becker, R. 2, Branch.

2 mi. mi. E. of Fountain. PULLETS OR BALED swap for oats.

Ruyburn, R. 4, Scottvilie. White Rock pullets, also seconds potatoes for anything I can use. Henry Smith, 603 E. Melendy St.

ttCDairing Service Stations 16 Time Schedules Mail, Rail, Boat and Bus Pere Marqucttc Passenger Trains Wistbound. arrive 11:25 a. m. Eastbouml, leave 12:50 p. m.

except Sundays Pere Marquette Carferries Leave for Milwaukee, Wis 11 tt. 7 p. m. Arrive from Mllwauke 2:30 u. 9:30 n.

m. Leave for Munltowoc. Wis 4 p. 3:30 n. m.

Arrive from Manitowoc 3:30 n. 2:30 p. in. Leave for Kewaunee, Wis 8 a. m.

Additional sailings without regard to PENNEY POPEYE ALAS, MY ROMANCE WlThESMtREUDA VS SHATTERED BEYOND REPAIR, SHE HA6 RETURNED TO HER NOVJ AVERT WAR WITH OLDTOPIA BY. QUEEN I Bt'LtSS' DANGEROUS- YE6, I CHOOSE WAR Wrttltl Opt tOW. K.n spOPEVE, I MUST TAVX) JTO YOU ALONE MINNYT, OLIVE, YAM LEARNIN' HOW MAE rXHEADA DR. BUktiEl. THE STATIC ELECTRICITY HER TOPKNOT MOISTURE IN THE AIR Gsf Beghtcred U.

8. Patent Office ME DOWN BLONDIE t' Pnfnf nfflcv Dally. Sundays included Cull dock office for dally information. All boats curry automobiles. I Bus Lines Leave for Muskegon.

etc. ..8:30 a. 12:30 p. p. m.

Arrive from Muskegon, ttc. ..10:50 u. 4:05 p. 7:35 p. i Luive for Traverse City, etc 11 a.

4:15 p. I Arrive from Traverse City, etc 11:59 n. 6 p. m. rARMERti stock re- Leave for'Bal'dwVr? 5'30 1 5.9y« er Outgoing Mall Weekdays A'JTO Kri'AlKS Experienced workmen.

Save money. lU-lka Garage, 1102 S. Madison. Tel. 860.

Business Service Business Services Offered 18 and Mrs. Henry Grmnell. Miss Eileen Hunt was a Monday dinner guest at the Owen home in Fountain. Mr. and Mrs.

Roy Brandt and son of Ludington were recent visitors at their property east of the village. Westley Mikesell and family Saturday visitors at the Hiram Mikesell residence. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kendall of Riverton, visited at the Orville Bailey home Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Granger, and daughter, Betty, entertained Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnson and daughter, Lois, of Detroit; Mr, and Mrs.

David Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Benson, daughter, Alma, and son, Fred. Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Mulinix and granddaughter, Barbara, of Cedar Rapids, are spending the holiday vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mulinix. Mr. and Mrs.

Cecil Lydic entertained Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rasmussen. and daughter, Linda; Eileen Hunt and Ray Owen Monday evening. IS THERE AN OKJION TO SLICE FOR MV SANDWICH? YES, DEAP.

BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO SET ONE OUT OF THE BAG AND PEEL IT IF YOU PEEL THE ON ION UNDER 1 WATER, IT WON'T MAKE YOU CRY 'dope 'lliS'lUl Ptiluro" MEAN I SHOULD TAKE OFF ALL MY CLOWES INSPECTOR WADE HOLLYWOOD SIGHTS and SOUNDS feeottvUla. 1M-F-11. HOW your i-jes 1 Don't mistreat them. that fit improve vision. Chlnnery, Scottvilie.

Cleaning, Dyeing, Renovating 20 MEN'S cleaned and pressed; plain dresses, 49c. Ludington Dry Cleaners, Foster Sts. Employment Help 33 KXPERIKNfKI) grading and sarkine nntatoes. wanted. E.

Gafford. R. 2. Scottvilie. ml.

2 ml. W. of Scottvilie. Easlbound (bus) connecting with north and south trains, closes ....4:30 p. in.

i Outpoint; mall Sundays (mall truck) closes 5 p. m. Incoming Mail Weekdays From south (mull truck) 8 n. m. Piom east (train) 11:45 a.

m. From south (mall bus) 10:45 a. in. From east I bus) 9:40 p. in.

Incoming mall, Sundays (mall truck) 9:30 a. in. FROM SCOTTVILLE Pere Marquctte Passenger Trains From EiiHtbound. leave 1:02 p. in.

Bus Lines Leave for Traverse City. etc 11:15 n. 4:30 p. m. from Traverse City, etc 11:45 a.

5:45 p. m. Leave for Ludington 11:45 a. 5:45 p. m.

Arrive from Ludlng- ton .11:15 a. 4:30 p. 5:45 p. m. Leave for Baldwin 5:45 p.

ni. Arrive from Baldwin 9 p. m. Outgoing Mail Northbound mall (mall truck) closes 7:30 a. m.

Southbound mall (mall truck) closes 9:15 a. m. Wistbound (train) closes ....10:40 n. m. Easlbound (train), connecting with north and south trains, closes 12:40 p.

m. EaKtbound (bus), connecting with north and south trains, closes ....5:30 p. m. Westbound (bus closes 0 p. m.

Incoming Mail DRESSED sale. Wright 75 i rom th ma truck) ....8:30 a. m. (By ROSBIN COONS) western truck) front was quiet, if by quiet you closes 9:30 a. m.

i ean there was no shooting, and Enstbound mail (train connecting with fm (hprp wn.s nlpntv of north ntid south trains. Utei Uieie Was plenty OI closes 11:30 a. m. Southbound (mull bus) closes 3:30 p. m.

THE BLAST MUST HAVE KNOCKED THEM OUT. NO SIGN OF WADE OR I DON'T GARE ABOUT THAT RAT. NOSRAC. BUT JIM WADE-HE'S THE BEST FRIEND I EVER HAD AND THE BEST DETECTIVE SCOTLAND YARD EVER Registered U. S.

Patent Office WITH HIM GONE, COMING UP TO THE SURFACE STILL BUBBLING UP. WHAT WILL I FIND DOWN THERE? No shooting but lots of shouting. There had to be, when a company of soldiers has to go charging over some shell-pocked terrain up a hill into German artillery fire. The terrain, besides being shell-pocked and dotted here and there with gruesomely dismembered "bodies," was bril- liantly lighted for these night shots of "The Fighting 69th." The Warner ranch, part of which had been torn up into a facsimile Merchandise Articles for Sale 51 (UKAM NEW BEAUTY, thr strramlinrd MrCOKMICK-DKKR- INIJ CREAM SEPARATOR, it's easy to look at, easy to clean, a real innovation in cream separators. Sec them on our floor.

W. E. READER in C'USTKK. FOR number of gasoline engine washers, heating stoves. Lawrence Mattlx, Scottvilie.

Farm and Dairy Products 55 Czecho-Slovakian Nation Lives In United States THEY'LL DO IT EVEBY TIME "WrW IS IT THAT THE VWIFE CANT SEEM TO KEEP ANS BUTTONS ON THE IN NOUR. BUREAU of a no-man's-land of the first World war, is a calabasas, which gets very cold at night. The audience, however, was large. It WASHINGTON, D. the recent celebration of the 21st birthday of the Czecho- Slovakian Republic, the country in which most 'Czecho-Slovakian flags were still flyine was the United States.

The Legation in Washington, of the century came immigrants from Czecho-Slovakia's eastern half, the Slovaks escaping Hungarian rule. Find- ing most of the frontier farm land already taken, they settled chiefly in the industrial eastern state's" among mines and Czecho-Slovak pavilion at the mills, to forge the steel sinews World's fair in New York, and I of America's mechanized numerous consulates displayed' strength Their 'capital' the red, white, and blue en- Pittsburgh sign of Czech sovereignty. "The states with the highest along with a hundred-odd of us movie war correspondents. Genevieve Tobin was there (she's Mrs. William Keighley and he's the director of the present offensive) and Pat and Mrs.

O'Brien (Pat's in it but came out this time only to see and show off the sights to his mother and aunt) and the Warren Williams. to ion Ihs Will deliver Fd O'Brien Arrlves 'i'om east .11:10 a. m. It I I.udhi ton linen, Arlyc.8 from west, (train) ....1:02 p.m. Ualties The shouting was about serious things.

Movie wars are very serious business, in which cas- Fuel, Feed, Fertilizers 56 IMIATT AND DOMINO reasonable prices. Bcthke Feed Barn. Tel. IM-W. SI'KflAI Winter wheat middlings, $1.60.

Pure wheat bran, J1.50. Sam Slncoff, Scottvilie. Good Things to Eat 57 WHITE sale, tender hlllU'ss. $1 a bu. Gc a 11), shelled.

408 N. Delia St. Tel. 350-K. Household Goods 59 KITCHEN Pyrofax gas water heater and Mclntosh and Jonathan apples, for sale.

Inq. 418 N. Gaylord Ave. LARGE STOCK Used Cleaners Washers, Radios. (JHOTKMAT'S Wife Saving Station.

Oak with water front. One 500-lb. size Ice box. Three full sized beds complete, Mellor Hotel, StoUville. Tlllilli-: MUST reason why the KSTATK OIL HHATUOLA Is leading the market In sales.

Find out before you liny. There aru plenty of reasons. Sec these marvelous stoves at W. E. KlCADh'Il In CUSTER.

Farm Equipment 61 H. SMRDRERO A RON- CUBTEK. Buy 66 OR DISABLED to buy. tlnsunbank Fox Ranch, soll. Arrives from west (bus) 0:00 p.

m. MouriTDeafh of Mrs. Lena Bowden BUCK SCHOOL. The sad news of the death of Mrs. Lena Bowden came to her many friends in this vicinity Sunday evening.

Mrs. Bowden became very ill late Wednesday and was taken to Oceana hospital Hart, for care. Her condition became steadily worse and she passed away late Sunday afternoon. Born Lena Freeland, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

William Freeland, pioneer residents of this locality, she grew to womanhood here and was known and loved by a large circle of friends here. She was married to Charles Bowden and the couple resided in the east-, em part of the state for several I years. For over 10 years the family has resided near here. Three soris and a daughter are now settled in their own homes. Three younger children, two girls and a boy, remain at home.

Coming at the Christmas season, the death of Mrs. Bowden becomes all the more sad and also the fact of Mr. Bowden's illness, he having been a patient at Ann Arbor for the past several months. He came from Ann Arbor, arriving a short time after her death Sunday. unforeseen moist be STRAW WANTED Lndlngton Fruit Exchange.

Phone 270. WAVi'EU TO BUVt-French doors. Z'6" wide high. Tel. 40-F-14.

S. Rosplock. R. 2. Ludington.

Apartments and Flats 74 J-ltOOM heated, lurnished, n'cwly private bath, and frigidalre at 125JX. S. James, inq. P. M.

Rochrig. Real Estate for Kent Houses for Rent 301 206 N. William and Hier. Olmstead Ncwberg. I'lione 22 or 792 evenings.

guarded against. It's real powder they use, and it's real explosives that send the loose cork, which looks the same but is less The battle-field was wired for sights and sounds of battle, "explosions" carefully, placed, the advance of the troops carefully planned. Through several rehearsals there was shouting rather than shooting. "Be a little bit scared, boys," yelled the loudspeaker. "Don't act as if you were charging into creampuffs.

Keep your heads down!" The real thing came at last, and the boys didn't act as if they were charging creampuffs any more. They really acted. Over the hilltop, beyond the barwire entanglements, flashes of light silhouetted the shell-ravaged trees. The ground erupted with flares and explosions, and smoke puffed and rolled while the machine guns spit fire. The boys of the Cagney supposedly some where among them scrambled into pro- Freesoil DISTRICT NEWS Mr.

and Mrs. Clifford Tubbs and son, Lloyd, were Christmas day guests at the Milo Halberg home near Scottvilie. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Bagley and family of Lincoln River were Mr.

and Mrs. Lawrence Tobey and daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Iva Granger and daughter, Betty; Mr.

and Mrs. David Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnson and daughter, Lois, of Detroit, were Monday guests at the L. Benson home in Dan- district.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Guernsey were Christmas day guests of Mr Czech Creator of Mutt and Jeff Czecho-Slovak population are, "Rallying around the exiled i in order, Pennsylvania, Illinois, MotTr c-lvt diplomats for the anniversary were the United States citizens of Czecho-Slovakian origin," says a bulletin from the Washington, D. headquarters of the National Geographic society. "This colorful Czech element has appeared in the Ohio, New York, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Texas.

Czech- Americans have constituted one-fourth of the population of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; one- seventh of Cleveland, one- eighth of Gary, and of Omaha, Neb. The Czechs fought American mosaic from the both sides of the Civil war, start. Possibly the very first Illinois and Wisconsin regi- naturalized American was the ments for.the North, in Texas Czech, Augustine Herrman, denizated' "Before in 1664. 1918, there were and Louisiana troops for the Confederacy. "Earlier settlers played col- more Czechs in Chicago and lorful roles in the drama of un- Cleveland than in any homeland city except Praha.

The 1930 census counted 1,382,000 Americans of Czecho-Slovak birth or parentage, and esti- folding America. The pioneer immigrant, Augustine Herrman, reached New Amsterdam in 1633. Sent to arbitrate boundary dispute between the mates of grandchildren raise Dutch colony and Maryland, he the number of one-tenth the population of their homeland. One-fifth of them live in the cities of Chicago, New York and Cleveland. Chicago's late Mayor Cermak, (Shore peninsula.

He has been i Anna Gnospn a score of other mayors credited with introducing to-I he holid-iv vaoatinn from at that time, was a Czech; a bacco culture into northern 0 l. 1 from plaque on his birth in Kladno Virginia. WHEM SHE 3IVJES SOU MOLD £HIBT TO DUST OFF THE NEW MORE BUTTONS ON IT A BELL-BOS'S UNIFORM DID VOUSAV SOMETHING SCOTTVILLE School is closed for a holiday vacation and open Jan. 2. There was a large attendance at the mapped Maryland and Virginia with passable accuracy for the first time.

Lord Baltimore re- i nn nn M.V J.kJ VVU warded him with a program Thursday evening, estate Maryland's Eastern jj ec 2 i. bears his last words, 'I'm glad it was spoken me 'instead of for President Roosevelt. "The Czecho-Slovakian strain "The 'merchant prince' Philipse, whose manor home is now a museum in Yonkers, came from Bohemia. A descendant of his was the pretty in tion, and hard work. Antonin "Afrm- his 'American Quartet' show today's concert-goers what music yesterday's grately Czechoslovak immigrant could extract from Spillville, Iowa.

Mutt and and western Czecho-Slovakian tective shell-holes, over fallen Jeff have packed chuckles into comrades, and they got there, up the hill, past the grotesque upended tank from which half-a- dummy dangled gruesomely. It was exciting business, especially when the explosions sent showers of cork over the spectators, and when it was over the shouting began movie battles have to be won several times before the camera is satsified. A little way behind the lines I ran across Richard Berg, who's in the technical department on the film. Berg is a quiet chap, leanly middle-aged, to whom all this is pretty real. He was in the German air force during the World war.

"I'm on the right side now," he said. "Once I was in an airplane dropping bombs on Paris. My mother was French, my father a German Jew. He's a refugee escaped to Switzerland! We dropped bombs on what? It was orders What does a man think about, miles of comic strips' from the brain of a Czech immigrant's artist son, Bud Fisher. A Czech architect raised the othic pinnacles of St.

Patrick's Cathedral above New York's Fifth Avenue. Czech actors, actresses, and ballerinas have had their day on Broadway and in Hollywood. A Czech voice in 1935 received the award for the best diction used by United States radio announcers. Everyone who lands, 1 Protestants migrated or perished in numbers that reduced the population by three- fourths. Among the religious refugees were the Moravian brothers, who reached America by way of Germany and settled in Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania In Penn's colony they founded Bethlehem in 1741." pays Cz composer, Rudolph Friml.

Chicago Czechs' U. S. 'Capital' "The bulk of these Czechoslovak contributions to New World culture came on two waves of 19th century immigration. As refugees from Austrian politics, the Czechs, or Bohemians, poured in from the western of their country for the two decades following 1848. As sturdy farmers they 'homesteaded' free land in America's expanding west.

Annual Christmas Party Is Enjoyed BUCK SCHOOL. Twenty- five members and guests of i Bethel Ladies' Aid society en- A i Joyed the annual Christmas ties at the Reed school at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. V.

G. Lundberg drove to Holland Friday and attended the Christmas program given by their son, and pupils of his school. Laurence returned with them and is spending a vacation here. Eileen and Keith Kass are ill with a mild case of scarlet fever and the family if quarantined. The J.

H. Birdsall family and Mrs. C. Westbrook drove to Sparta Saturday where they visited with Mr. Birdsall's parents.

A splendid Christmas program was presented by the Sunday school at Bethel church Sunday evening. New hymn books recently purchased were dedicated and used during service. the Darr Sdhool DISTRICT NEWS Scottvilie Locals (Continued from Page 4) here, returned with them and will visit with her sister, Mrs. Henry Ausslander in Detroit, until the University of Michigan opens next week. Mrs.

Sophia Quick, who suffered a stroke of paralysis some time ago, is slowly recovering. Mrs. Quick is at the home of her son, J. S. Quick at Flint.

Mrs. Jay Hazard is spending a few days at the home of her son, Warren Hazard at Augusta, Mich. Mrs. Mattie Ager is confined to her bed at the home of her Johnspn home" in Ludington. Monday the-family enjoyed their dinner at the Fisher home on East Broadway.

Mr. and. Mrs. Everett. Genter and children, Roland Everett and Marie Ann, of Muskegon, were Christmas guests of Mrs.

Genter's Mr. and Mrs. N. I. Johnson.

returned to Muskegon Monday afternoon. Mrs. Long, and Miss Dora jahe Long entertained with Christmas dinner having as their guests" Mr. and Mrs. Curtiss Meads and George Long of Detroit and Fred Connelly of Custe r.

In af teatnoon Miss the Mary Marie Nelson and Bob. Marsh joined feem and in'the evening Mrs. Harriett Meads and Mrs. Fields Coads also joined the daughter, Quick grO up. During the evening ice cream, cake and coffee were dropping bombs on a city? He In 1852 the first Czechs settled can't think about it, he mustn't in Chicago, now their Ameri- feel can Wear the end party of the society held this year at the home of Mrs.

J. H. Birdsall. i All enjoyed a social afternoon and the singing of Christmas carols. Mrs.

G. Munson, Mrs. W. Lindgren and Mrs. E.

Magnusson won in guessing contests. A plate luncheon was served at small tables and chocolate Santas were favors. Santa Glaus arrived in time to distribute the gifts from a gaily decorated and lighted Christmas tree. The aid will meet Wednesday, Jan. 10, at the home of Mrs.

Christmas night dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Sanford were Mrs.

James Grocock of Grand Rapids, and Mrs. William Sadowski and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Surrarrer. Chinese checkers and visiting were enjoyed.

Misses Leola and Virginia Bertelsen were among holiday arrivals visiting at the A. E. Bertelsen home. Miss Virginia returned to Muskegon Tuesday and Miss Leola will return to Lansing on Jan. 2.

Nothing is wasted in the use of ivory. Scraps and shavings are carefully hoarded and made into dust for polishing, India ink and even food in the form of ivory jelly. 205 South Columbia avenue Mrs. Ager is one of the older pioneers of Mason county. Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Barclay and children, Jerry and Barbara, came Monday from Ann Arbor to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barclay. They are returning to Ann Arbor today.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barclay and Arthur and Don of South Custer, joined them in a Christmas supper at the Frank Barclay home Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs.

Herman Finkbeiner and family' of Grand Rapids were Christmas guests at the home of. Mrs. Anna French, mother of Mrs. Finkbeiner. George Barney of Battle Creek and Tony Barney, student at the Northern School of Mines at Houghton, spent the Christmas time with their parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Anthony Barney of Fountain. They visited at the W. H. Robinson home Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Fisher of Detroit were Christmas guests of Mr. Fisher's parents, Mr. and Mrs.

M. Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher and sons, Winston and Harold, and their guests, Mr.

and Mrs. Loyal Fisher, were dinner served by the hostesses. All enjoyed getting presents from a beautifully decorated and lighted tree. Wayne Wood and Everett Lehman returned to Flint afternoon after spending the Christmas time with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Floyd Wood and Mrs. Dallas Lehman. Ivan Wood arrived last week from East Lansing where he is a student. Mr. and Mrs.

Homer Shirley of Freesoil, Mr. and Mrs. Peter VanHoesen and son and ter, Mr. and Mrs. Max Rahn and son, Mrs.

Anna Wicklund and Lorrain Ashley, were Christ mas dinner guests a.t the RU- dolph Wicklund Home. Corine Myers of Chicago came Friday to spend her Christmas vacation with parents, Dr. and Mrs. D. L.

Frye. Mr. and Mrs. John Finkle and daughter, Bonnie Jean, of Detroit, are spending their Christmas vacation with Mrs. Flnkle's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Floyd Dodge. They plan to remain until New Year's. 4 There is no death penalty In guests Sunday at the Alfred war. Mexico.

The country was named after Mexltal, the Aztec god of.

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

About The Ludington Daily News Archive

Pages Available:
95,345
Years Available:
1930-1977