Entered A. Second Clas.! - Local History Archives

Thursday •. January 28. 1960
Classified
215-CARPENTER 'WORK
DOING all types of carpenter
work, remodeling at tic
rooms, porches. Small or big
jobs. Estimates free. TUxedo
5.5892.
KITCHEN CABINETS
& FORMICA TOPS
Custom Made Furniture ... Kitch.
en Cabinets. Fonnlca Tops. Bars
. . RecreaUon Rooms .. Floor
and Ceiling 'rile . Guaranteed
Work. •
FREE ESTIMATES
AMERICA~ CABINET &
WOOD PRODUCTS
16750 E. II Mile Road
East Detroit'
PR 1-5269
ALTERATION - Contractor;
carpentry, cablne'. work, fIn-
Ishing our specialty. Carl V.
Watson, LAkeview 6-5501, between
5:30 and 8 p,m.
JIM
SUTTON
1677 BRYS
Carpenter Work, Repail'ing &
Remodeling, Attics, Porches,
Garages. •
'l'U 4-2942
Add; ti 0ns.Alte rat ion s
One call takes care of all home
improvements.
HARRY'S
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
Licensed Contractor VA 4-7109
Additions - Alterations
Kitchen Modernization.
Or Minor Repair
Free Estimates
Licensed Contractor
~RANK J. ST. AMOUR
TU 2.8324 TU 5-5791
HOME REMODELING
SPECIALISTS
Birch kitchen cabinets, bath
fixtures, fonnica vanitory, attica,
porches. .
No moneyaown, easy terms
HERMAN. BROTHERS
VA. 2-8333 VA. 2-0304
MODERNIZING /
.REMODELING
ADDITIONS
Better
Shoe Repair
Moross at Mack
BllC~ of Kinsel's
Continued
21S-CARPENTER
,-
TUxedo 4-0522
21T-DRESSMAKING
WORK
TREE TRIMMING,
UEMO_VAI., SPRAYING,
Dutch Elm Iiisease spraying,
cablL'lg.
Free estimates.
TU 1-6950
CAL FLEMING FREE
SERVICE
Schools Offer
Special Courses
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alumnae Meet Feb. 2
The East Side Group of
Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae
will meet for luncheon at 12:30
p.m. Tuesday, February 2. at
the home of Mrs. Byron B. Phillips
of Shelden road. Mrs. Frederick
Holder will assist the
hostess, The group will sew on
dolls for their project.
Election
City of
Michigan
GROSS~ POINTE NEWS
«_BITIJAIIIES
Carpentry - General Repairs "Great Plays for M~deros," C. H. HABERKORN, JR. tirement a year ago.
HOME MAINtENANCE "Psychology of Creative Sell- Mr. Haberkorn of 70 Lake- He was a member of the De-
SERVICE
SEWING alterations, adults
and children; hems, zippers,
plain drapes. TU 1-7455..
KNITTED dresses shortened.
Other simple alterations. Rea.
sonable. TUxedo 2.3425.
DRESSMAKING. a I t e r ationJ,
slipcovers. Neat sewer, good
fitter. WAlnut 4-5518.
DRESSMAKING; coats, suits,
alterations. VAlley 1-508:l.
EXCLUSIVE alterations on.
dresses iHld suits by Marie
Stephens; also remodeling
and repairing furs. Quick
service on hems. TUxedo
5-7610.
21U-PLUMBING
LICENSED Master Plumber -
Il6ep air s, .remodeling, etc.
Guaranteed electric sewer
cleaning. Cal Roemer. TUxedo
2-3150.
PLUMBING
AND
HEATING
SPECIAL ON GLASS LINED
WATER HEATERS
ELECTRIC SEWER CLEAN1NG
REPAIRS & REMODELING
iog" and "Chess," are new, shore drive, died Sunday Janu- troit Board, of Commerce, the
courses being offered by the ary 17. Grayland 'Game Club, the De.
C. Bruce Warren TU 1-8722 Department of Community Ser. He is sw-vfved by his wife, troit Knights of Columbus 305,
-------------. , Charlotte B.; hili children. Mrs and the Michigan and Wayne
HOME REPAIRS vIces 0, the Grosse Pointe Pub- J. Frank DurHam of Green- COUl1ty Chiropractic Associalic
I School System. All three castle, Ind., Mrs. WIlli a m tlons.
Family rooms. attic.~, altera- will have beginning dates in Court, Mrs. J. Christy Conner He is survived by his chll.
tions. Anything in. repairs. February. Jr. ~f WlImt:tgton, Del., Mrs dren, Mrs. John lI'Ietras and Dr.
Over 30 years a buiider. Li- Dr. Martha Ryan Beck. M.S.V. William B. NIchols of Kennett George J. Jr.; and two brothers,
censed and insured. My per- Square, Pa., George B. of Alfred and William.
special extension lecturer, wlll Orinda. Callf., and C. Henry Services were Monday, Janusonal
supervision on every job. eonduct the course on Great III, and 24 grandchildren. ary 25, at st. Paul's Church and
THAT MAKES THE Plays. Mrs. Beck has been a Services were private. The burlal was in Holy Sepulchre
student of Shakespeare &ince family requests that memorial cemetery.
DIFFERENCE early childhood, and has had tributes be sent to the FrIends ... ... ...
H
' E .LM E R considerable experience teach- of the Detroit Public LIbrary WILLIAM G. POWER
ing and on the stage. She ... ... ... Mr. Power, 63, of 1653 South
("arned her Ph.D. at the Un~ver- RICHARD P. WALSH Renil'ud road, dIed Saturday.
sity of Michigan; and did her Mr. Wa!:h 59 of 617 Fai IJBllUa!"y23. in Harper Hospital.
doctoral dissertation on inter- r- Born in Indianapolls, he
t t. f "H I t ford r 0 a d died Wedlle.~day, J'oined Chevrolet in 19281'0 Fll'nt
pre a Ions 0 am e ." .Janua'"\' '20 ;'1 Df'!IO!t Os~eo-
The s.ix plays to be studied pathic Hospital.
are; Othello; King Lear; The A project engineer for the
Tempest; Oedipus Rex; Oedi. Donald Miller Co., he superpus
Colonnus lind "J.B." They vised the mechanical construewere
chosen because all have tioD of the Willow Run bomber
stature enough to be discussed plant a..'.d the J. L. Hudson
in the light of each other, and Company's Northland and Eastafford
a brief look at the dlf- land.
fcring views of human suffer. He is survived by his wife,
ing., , Adelaide; tW(l brothers, John V
Beginning date for this ten. and Francis P.; and a sister;
week course will be, Monday, Mrs. Ellen G. O'Connor.
February 8, at 7:30 p.m. This Services were Friday, Januoffering
is presented by the lU')l 22 in Lackawanna, N. Y
M.S.U. Program of Liberal Arts and burial was there.
Education for Adults in co- ... ... ...
operation with the G r 0 sse CHARLES J. ELLIS
Pointe Public School System, Mr. Ellis, 65. of 1338 Beaconssupported
in part by a grant field avenue, died Thursday,
from the Fund for Adult Edu- January 21, of injuries suffered
cation. in an automobile accident.
Anyone interested in the Mr. EIlIs'ran a private watch-
,techniques of selling will want man service that was employed
to attend the class, Psychology by numerous Pointe estates. He
of Creative Selling. Developing was a member of the 16th Engipersonal
skills, handling sales neers Veterans Post No. 5112.
resistance, closing a sale, etc., HI'! is survived by his wife,
are some of the points. to be Helen; sisters, Mrs. Julijl Mayer
covered, with specific problems and S is t e r Ann Catherine,
explored by the use of the case I.H.M.; and brothers, WillIam
method approach. and Edward.
The course' will be conducted Services were Saturday, Januby
Harrie L. Bleeker. Jr., who ary 23, In St. Ambrose Church
received his M'.B.A.at the Un!. and burial was in Mt. Olivet
versUy of Michigan; majoring cemetery.
in Marketing, Statistics and Fi. ... ... ...
W. C. BARNES & SON nance. Mr. Bleeker has served NOR~IAN C. PLESSNER
PR 5-5919 VE 9-9128 in executive capacity in sales Mr. PlcssMr, 64, of 821
KITCHEN, bath, disposal, sewer
service. Gas heat. Free esfunates.
VA 1-9218.
21V-SILYER
"LAYING
SIWER & GOLD PLATING
Oxidb:ing and Repairing
Brass Polishing & Lacquering
Jewelry Repairing, Engraving
LEEBERT.
SilVERSMITHS
14508 CHARLEVOIX
1 Blk. east of Chalmers
VA 2-7318
21l-LANDSCAPING
LANDSCA PIN G. sodding,
lawn cutting and maintenance.
Tree work, spraying,
Plowing. WAlnut 5-9323.
Lavigne Auto Sales
RAMBLER
DEALER
Now Servicing All Makes
Speciali~,"g in Automatic Transmissions
llnd Front EI'ld, Alignment.
14201 E. Warren, at Newport
VAlley 2-3459
SERVICING THE GROSSE PQINTES
FOR OVER 1t2CENTURY
Every style of Fence
erected lor you
WA.1.6282
Including
Chain Link AU.Steel and
Rustic: Styles
MEHLENBACHER FENCE CO.
10403 HARPER RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL
A, H. PETERS FUNERAL HOME
12057 GRATIOT AVE.
DlTROIT 5. MICH.
LAKEVIEW 6-7700
- PORCHES
ATTIC ROOMS - GARAGES
EARL DECK
Licensed
DR 1-1195
CUSTOM
MODERNIZATION
Additions, alterations, recrea.
tion rooms and kitchens. Free
estimates.
THE BARLEC CO.
VALLEY 1~8146
CARPENTER, repairs, doors,
locks. .sash cords cabinet
work. EDgewater 1-4576.
H:;' F. JENZEN BUILDING
Home and Industrial Repairs.
Additions, attics completed,
Porch enclnsures, recreation
rooms, -gar age s repaired,
TU 1-9744 TO. 1-9611
Est()blisned 1917
20705 MACK AVE. at VERNIER RI).
GilOSSE POINTE WOODS 36, MICH.
TUXEDO 4.55011
and analy&is with industry, ad- Fisher. road, died Monday. I
vertising and others. January 25, in Bon Secours .
This class begins on Thurs- H~ilJal.
day, February 4, for a twelve- He was the c1la.Wman of .the
week period; and is being of- board of the Paul Plessner
fered through the Division of Co., a pharmaceutical com-
Adult Education of Way n e pany.
State U. and the University of He is survived by a son,
Michigan in cooperation with Thomas W. and three grandthe
Grosse Pointe P t1 b Ii c children.
School System. Services 81'e today, January
A course in chS!ss for begin. 28, at Verheyden Funeral
ners and players is offered with Home. 11 o'clock. and burial
Stephan Popel. Mas t e r of will be. in Oakview cemetery
French and A.nlerican Chess in Royal Oak.
Federation, as the instructor. 01< 01< 01< ,
Mr. Popel was chess cham- DR, GEORGE J. GOODHEART
pion of Paris from 1953 to 1956; Dr. Qoodheart, 72, of 273
and won the championship of Beaupre road, died Saturday,
Michigan in 1957, which he still January 23, at his home followholdS.
He was recent winner 'ofing a short illness.
the North Central Open, making Born in Manistee, he had
him champion of the oIU North. been a Detroit area resident fbr
west, 60 years. He was a chiropractor
This class, will have a begin- here for 50 years until his rening
date in February, and in- 1-
terested persons should call for
their ,reservations as soon as
possible.
Two more University courses
will also be starting in February.
Reading Improvement will
be offered for the fifth year,
for student and adult. Both
groups wlll have starting dates
on February 10-the student
class to meet at 3:45 p.m., and
the adult group at 7:30 p.m.
Real Est~te Business I, ~ Uni.
versity of Michigan Certificate
Program. will begin a 16-week
course on Monday. February 1,
at 7:30 p.m.
Further information and class
reserva~ion for all classes may
be obtained by calling the Department
of Community Services,
at TU 5-3808 or TU
5-0271.
G.P.Y.C. Party
(Continued from Page 12)
Daniel Schoonover, the Wilfred
D. MacDonnells, (her dress was
of exquislttlly fine Chantilly
lace), and their house guests,
the Charles Replogles of Johnstown,
Pa.
Dr. ano Mr:>.Harold E. Cross
were a pair of fine dancers-
Mrs. C., was lovely in ice-blue
peau de soie, floor-length; the
Edward Schoenherrs were a
handsohle couple-she wore a
floor.length sheath of butterfly.
design brocaded satin with a
pouf at the side; noted the
Stark Hickeys and her long
dress was of palest cocoa-hue
embroidered net; Mrs. Richard
J. Martin was in white satin,
short length-she and Mr. Martin
Wf,re with Dr. and Mrs
Clarence J. Williams and the
Edward D. Barretts.
The John D. KF!nnellYs and
the Cy COfi~eySwere together,
and the Lewis F,isher Browns
were in a foursome with the
Navarre Bennetts. The John
Himtingtons were there and
Mrs. H.'s dress, a Philip Hulilar I
original, was of chartreuse brocaded
with a hint of turquoise
in the design.
Procedure
Notice to Candidates
Grosse
Pointe Woods,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Nomination Petitions
for the Regular General City Election of Monday, April
~, 1960 shall be filed. with the City Clerk at her office,
. 20025 Mack Avenue. not earlier than Monday, February
1st, 1960 and not later than Tuesrfay, March 1st, 1!l60,
5:00 P. M, 'o'clock KS.T.
LEONA D. LIDDLE, City Clerk,
CITY OF GROSSEPOINTE WOODS,
MICHIGAN
City of
Grosse Pointe Woods
NOlle'E
We're Moving
On and after February 1, 1960 the Administration
Offices, Violations Bureau, Building Department
and Municipal Court will be located in the NEW
Municipal Building at 20025 Mack Avenue. Grosse
Pointe Woods.
The Department of Ptiblic Safety (Police and Fire)
will remain at the OLD City Hall, 20763 Mack
Avenue.
The 'phone numbers remain unchanged.
Police & Fire TU 4.6300
• Administration and Other
Departments TU 4-6800
CITY OF GROSSEPOINTE WOODS
LEONA D, LIDDLE, City Clerk
Notice 10
Grosse Poinle Woods
Residents
The Wayn~ County Drain Commissioner has advised
the City of Grosse Pointe Woods that " .• ,
you may inform the citizens aloug the route of
the Grosse Gratiot Drain that 5% of the contract
price iStwithheld by the Drainage Board until all
claims are settled. We have urged the contractor
to settle claims as rapidly as possible, and will
continue to do so.• , ."
Should you or y~>ur neighbors have any complaint
originating from the construqtion of this
Drain relative to your groundsor dwelling, may
\
we suggest that you notify by letter the Drainage
District at your earliest convenience.
CITY OF GROSSE POINTE W~DS
Cily of Grosse Pointe
Notice of Public Hearing
on Zoning
Residence District A-l,
South of Jefferson
Avenue
Pursuant to an o..df'.r of the City Council of the City
of Grosse Pointe, in its capacity as Board of Appeals on
Z,ming, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will
be held at 1:30 p.m. on February 15, 1960, at the Neighborhood
Club, 17145 Waterloo, for the purpose of considering
Ihe application of Frank W. Lindemann for relief from
certain zoning restrictions appricable to Lots 1 through 8,
inclusive. of Lakeland Avenue SubdivIsion. located on the
southwesterly corner of Lakeland Avenue and Jefferson
Avenue in the City of Grosse Pointe.
Mr. Lindemann proposes the resubdivision of said lots,
which are for the most part of 50 feet in width, into a
resubdivision providing seven building lots for the most
part of 65 foot width and also contemplating less than the
70 foot set back from the Jefferson Avenul:, right of way
required by the City of Grosse Pointe Zoning Ordinance.
For the reasons stated in Mr. Lindemann's petition, the
proposed resubdivision, copies of the petition and plan for
which arc on filc at the City offices for public inipection,
contemplates. among othcr variances. decrcasing the square
foot area required by the Ordinance for lots In the Residencc
A-I Zoning District and decreasing the requircc! minimum
width of said lots at the building line from 100 feet to 65
feet.
All persons owning property within 300 feet of said
lol~ ilS presently subdivided arc entitlcd by law to be hc,1rd
in this matter, and any other residents and taxpayers in the
City of Grosse Pointe who wish to express their vicws
bCfore the City Council, acting in its capacity of Board of
Appeals on Zoning, will be given the opportunity to do so
at the public hearing on February 15.
NEIL BLONDELL
Deputy City Clerk
City of Grosle Point.
Publlshed In Grosse Pointe News. January 28, 1980.
one of the ~orld's largest buyers
of newspaper and magazine
advertising space.
He is survived by his wife,
Garnette; a son, William G. Jr.,
of Lansing; a daughter, Mrs.
Carleton Cutler of W. Palm
Beach, Fla.; two brothers, and
a sister in Indianapolis, and seven
grandchildren.
Services were Tuesday. January
26, and burial was in White
Chapel cemetery.
01< ... ...
ALBERT H. KIEPERT
Mr. Kiepert, 78, of 636
Pemberton road, died Sunday,
January 24, in Ford Hospital
CITY OF
Page
Nineteen
Born in Johnstown, Pa., he
was the proprietor of a retail
grocery store at 12th and
Atkinson in Detroit, until hIs
retirement in 1946. He was a
member of Friendship Lodge
417, and Kllwlnning Eastern
Star Moslem Shrine. He Was
a 32nd degree Mason.
He is survived by his wife,
Adeua; two children, Deibert
W. lind Mrs. Virginia Brandt;
a brother, Arthur A.; two
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Services were Wednesday,
January 27, and burial was in
Woodlawn cemetery.
SEVIER CONN:::CTIO~~
CAMBRI DGE ROAD
CITY OF GROSSE POINTE FARMS
JANUARY, 1960
Sealed proposals for the construction of a sewer con- .
nection at Cambridge lWad iUld Grosse Pointe Boulevard
will be receIved at the City Hall, 90 Kerby Road, Grosse
Pointe l!'arms 36, Michigan, until 12:00 o'clock noon on
Thursday, February 11, 1960, at which time all bids will
be publicly, opened and read aloud.
The work consists of connecting the existing Cambridge
Road sewer to the intercepting sewer in Grosse Pointe
Boulevard, as more particularly described In the Specifications
and PJan which may be examined at the City Engineer's
office during business hours.
No proposal, once submitted, may be withdrawn for at
least 30 days after the actual opening of the bids. The City
of Gro~!;e Pointe Farms reserves the right to waive any.
irregu.'arity in any bid, or to reject any or all bids and to
arcept the bid deemed to be to the best interest of the City.
DAWSON F. NACY,
City Clerk
Published in the Grosse Pointe News, January 28, 1960.
~_St
SUM/v\ARY
CITY OF
Jointe J'tmllS
WILLIAM
Mayor
OF MINUTES
JANUARY 18,1960
Meeting was called to order at 8:00 P.M.
Present on roll call: Mayor 'William F. Connolly, Jr.,
Councilmen William G. Butler, Henry E. Bodman, II, William
G. Kirby, Richard L. Maxon, Edward C. Roney, Jr.
Absent: Councilman J. Lawr~nceBuell, Jr.
Mayor William F. Connolly, Jr., presided.
Councilman Buell was excused from attending the
meeting.
Minutes of the regular meeting of December 21, 1959,
were approved as supmitted.
The Council meeting was temporarily adjourned topermit
the members of the Councll to convene as a Zoning
Board of Appeals to approve the minutes of the meeting of
the Board held on December 21, 1959.
Reports of the Police Depnrtment. Fire Department,
Building Department and Controller for the month of
December, 1959, were otdered received and filed.
. A report of the City Clerk, relative to a notice of cancellation
of voting registrations to all registered voters
who have not voted within the past two years and the resultant
renewal of some registrations and the deletion of
others from the registration rolls, was received and filed.
A.C.F .•Wr1gley Stores, Inc., were granted permission to
construct an addition to their b\lilding on Kercheval Avenue,
in accordance with plans submitted to the City Engineer,
which construction will be over the property owned
by the City between Wrigley's store and the Grosse Pointe
News, subject to certain canditions.
. Approval was given to pay William Reinhold the sum
of $5,746.95, as partial payment on his contract for the
planting of trees and the installation of brick-paved sidewalk
openings on Kercheval Avenue in the local business
districl
. Approval was given to refund to the "Kercheval-onthe-Hill"
merchants the sum of $1,019.75, the balance due
them on their deposit of $4.250.00 after paying one-half
of the cost for the planting of trees and other related work
on Kercheval Avenue in the local business district.
Mr. 1'. Raymond Jeffs was reappointed a member of the.
Board of Review for a term of three years ending January,
1963. .
The City Clerk was instructed to send a letter to the
residents and property owners of the Gity as final notice,
advising them that. nnder the Garilage Disposal Ordinance
they will be required to irstal1 a garbage disposal unit not
later than July 1, 1960, and that garbage collections would
no longer be made after that date.
The City Manager was instructed to make a check of
the installations of garbage disposals and incinerators, to
ascertain if the required permits are being taken out and
if incinerators being inst.alled are makes and models approved
by the City.
He was also .instructed to check the older homes in
the CIty, to ascertain H incinerators being used are approved
makes and models, and he was also instructed to see that
contractors making installations of disposals and incinerators
obtain the required permits.
A l'esolution was adopted, expressing appreciation and
good wishes to Edward W. Allard. an employee in the Public
Works pepartment who retired December 31, 1959.
Appro'.'a1 was given to employ Yvonne M. Thomas on
a probationary basis in the Administrative Office, to fill a
vacancy caused by the resignation of Dorothy Regener.
The City Manager was, authorized to advertise and take
bids for cross-connecting the existing Cambridge Road
sewer with the recently constructed Grosse Pointe Boulevard
sewer, at an c!:timated cost of $l,O{)(}.OO.
, The City Manager reported that he had met with Mr.
James S. Whitcomb in regard to his complaint of the nuisance
caused by the noise of the trap and skeet shooting at
the Pier Park and that he advised Mr. Whitcomb that every
effort is being made to find some means of reducing the
noise level.
A report of the Advisory Planning Committee, relative
to their progress in connectior. with a Master Plan for the
development of Lake Shore Road properties, was received
and various other matters were refetTed by the Councti
to the Committee for their study and recommendation.
The bid of S. T. Allen, in the amount of $310.00. being
the highest bid receIved for a 1952 Federal truck, was accepted.
The City Treasurer reported that, as of January 16.
1960, 98,37% of the 1959 City taxes had been collected.
Permission was given the National Bank of Detroit to
, erect a building on their property locati!d at the southeast
cornel' of Mack Avenue and Roland Road. subjer!. to certain
conditions.
A communication from the League of Women Voters
relative to theIr staging a "Voterama Party" on FebruarY
10, 1960, at the War Memorial Center, was received.