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582 Heff Road,
Gtou, Pointe. Mich. 48230
TU 2.6077
MLC Overrules License Refusal
GROSS,E POINTE NEWS
Pointe.City Camp Youth Accused
Project Planned Of Bad Driving
The Woods Council's recom- mission Director, Roger J. Ros.
mendation to deny an SDM end ale, rescinded its order of
(beer and wine), license to Merit April 8 of this year, which de-
Woods Pharmacy, Inc., 19325 nied Merit Woods the lir.ense Grosse Pointe children and
Mack avenue, was overruled by and ordered the Council to han. Inner.City children can join in
the Michigan Liquor Commis. dIe the contract for license and gaining both skills and unc'~l"
sion in a communication read bond forms immediately, 'after standing this summer throl. ,}
to members of the Council at which the Commission would a day camp project in ,he
its meeting on Monday, June 3. issue the license. "Communicating Arts."
o .. U th C '1 den'ed I The Council expressed concern This pilot project is being
rlglDa y e oun.cl ! lover this action by the Liquor launched by Christ Church,
the request for th.e lice~e .be- Commission and said they felt Grosse Pointe, and the Episco.
~ause they felt With a ~lmllar the procedure quite unusual pal Church of the Messiah in
licen~e holder a few doors away, since normally the Liquor Com- East Grand boulevard, Detroit.
~arking and other legal and po- mission recognizes the city's The camp is slated for weekly
bee enfor.ceme~t problems could concern over licensing of estab- mornings, 9 to 12:30 o'clock,
develop mto city prohlems. lishments, allowing the particu- July 15 through 31. It is open
In a letter dated May 16. the lIar city involved to have juris., to all children between the ages
I Michigan Liquor Control Com. I dictiOll over such matters. of four and 11. regardless of
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religious affiliation.
Sessions will be divided be.
tween facilities at Christ Church
and Messiah, with transporta.
tion provided both ways.
Classes will include creative
dance, drama, pottery, painting,
music and craCts, as well as such
recreational activities as basket.
ball and softball. Staff memo
bers have been chosen who are
talented both in the arts and
in developing creativity in the
child.
By drawing in families from
local and urban parishes, the
project also hopes to foster
community relations hetween
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the Inner City and the suburbs.
Co.ordinators of the program
are Mrs. David Pethick, from
Christ C h u r c h, and Sister
Hilda Manson, from the Church
of the Messiah. Sister Hilda,
a church and community work.
er in the Episcopal Church
Army. has conducted a "Sum.
mer Camp at Home" program
at Messiah for many years.
There will be a $5 enrollment
fee for each child. Registra.
tions must be made by June 27
by calling either Christ Church,
TU 5-4841, or the Church of
the Messiah, LO 7-1158.
Dana Byron Hoffer, 4, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hoffer of
1067 Anita, was taken to St.
John Hospital by Woods police
ambulance on Sautrday, June
15, suffering from back and
head injuries, received when he
was struck by an automobile in
front of his home.
According to a witness, Dana,
while playing with two other
children, ran into the street and
was struck by a car driven by
Diane Carol Larson of 34 Putnam.
The youngster was knock.
ed forward, and hit again with
the left front wheel and was
pushed against the pavement.
The boy and car carne to rest
at the north curb.
Miss Larson, in a statemen~ to
police, said that she was g?lDg
east on Anita, when she noticed
three children playing, and suddenly
the little boy darted out
Gregory L. Atkins, 18, of 499
Sunningdale, was arrested by
Woods pOlice a few minutes
after midnight on Tuesday,
June 11, and Charged with driv.
ing while under the influence
of liquor.
Sgt. Thomas K:we and Patrol.
man Albert Abend said they
were on routine patrol, going
south on Charlevoix, when they
observed a car nearing the Ver.
nier road intersection at .\ high
rate of speed. The vehicle had
no headlights, the policeman
said.
The officers said they gave
chase, and that they paced the
car, driven by Atkins, at 70
miles an hour, and witnessed
the youth driving to the extreme
left of the road, in an
area where "No Passing Zone"
signs were posted.
Atkins was stopped at Morn.
ingside and Vernier and asked
for his operator's license and
car registration. The officers
said they detected an odor of
alcohol on the youth's breath
and informed him that he was
under arrest for reckless driving,
which later was .changed
to driving while under the in-
(luen('~ of laquor.
At the station, the young man
failed the breathalyzer test, and
was beld until he posted $100
bond, pending a court date.
AIter posting of the bond, he
was released to his parents.
Thurber Named
College Trustee
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Donald M. D. Thurber, president
of a Detroit Public relations
firm, and a Grosse Pointe
citizen for more than 40 years,
was chosen by a vote of nearly
two to one over his nearest
opponent, as a trustee of Wayne
County Community College,
District 1, at the June 10 school
election.
Thurber who lives at 794 Neff
road, is a graduate of Harvard
University. He served for six
years as a regent of the Uni.
versity of Michigan, and two
years on the Michigan State
Board of Education.
Currently he is a member
of the Overseers' Committee on
Harvard College, and the Michi.
gan Citizens Advisory Committee
for Higher Education.
Thurber received 7,432,votes.
Runner.up was Charles S.
Davis, with 3,862 votes, and
third was James R. Haley, with
1,064. College District 1 is composed
of part of Detroit's east
side, the Grosse Pointes and
Harper Woods.
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Girls' sizes 3.}4
into the street. She said she ap.
plied her brakes hard, and
originally 5.00 to 12.00
swerved to avoid hitting the
child, but was not successful.
A witness, Jerrald L. May.
nard of 6001 Newport, Detroit,
Tel:!ns' sizes 6-14 9.00 to 12.00
in his written statement, claim.
ed he saw the child hit. He said
originally 12.00 to 16.00
he was traveling west on the
street, when he observed the
children and slowed to about
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mirror and saw the boy hit, and ,I ..... :." ..~.~.,.
stopped to render aid to the vie- :~
tim, he added.'
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