Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 16

if 16 Sept. 16, 1945 THE LANSING STATE JOURNAI As Gathered hy Earle R. Pf Ml State Journal Staff Writer rubber band to which It was at ship and neighborliness. Doc Cum- tached. mings officiated at tne nsn try, tne fish being cooked over one of those Well, like good neighbors, the Wayside PicEups Up until the day that Dr.

Robert S. Breakey was given "free gratis" all the bass he could eat. Jay Brandimore, one time superintendent of public works and former sales representative of the old Reo Motor Car company, held the record in this fair city for both appetite for fish and capacity for fish. Jay so performed several years ago. When the North Side Commercial club offered its annual smelt dinner he made an outstanding record for fish consumption and capacity.

And Jay held it up until the day when Walter H. Munyon, executive secretary of the out-of-doors face scorchers found in AT THE FEDERAL BEAUTIFUL SOFAS IN EVERY STYLE gang all turned out to assist Mr, Dodd to find his time piece. Mrs, Dodd found it. She discovered it right on Mr. Dodd's person.

The watch hadn't flitted very far from its usual anchorage. But the rubber the back yards of many Lansing citizens. Doc Munyon contributed all 15 pounds of the fish. In course of time Doc Cummings had the fish fried and the meal was ready. Now these are not our statistics, but they were compiled and made public by Doc Munyon.

Five pounds of fish Tallmadge Cleaners Smart Dry Cleaning Service makes easier your campaigns and conquests at home and abroad. Bring Them to Tallmadge Cleaners 1 26-1 28 East Washtenaw Street had stretched and the watch, sort of feeling inclined saunter around, had worked up to Mr. Dodd's elbow. There a bump, hump Wolverine Insurance company: or nodule which are sometimes settlement known as Grind Stone offered Dr. Breakey a fish din found on the thinner males, barred satisfied, so Munyon says, the members of the families assembled for the way and the watch couldn't crawl up to Mr.

Dodd's shoulder which had probably been the inten Don G. Cummings, noted statercentlonvou Buessed itwaa noc ception you guessed it was Doc bacteriologist, was also invited be Breakey. Several times in order to tion oi tne ntue tune-Keeper. Now Comrade Dodd has the al meter Breakey's consumption of fish Doc Munyon had to threaten to cut cause the doctor is sanitary, has bugless hands and is a real hand at frying fish. The three docs are close neighbors, but friendly.

And ner. Now Mr. Munyon, known to friends as is a night fisherman and a short time ago came back from Grind Stone City with an accumulation of 15 pounds of fresh bass. Doc fishes for bass each year for about two weeks either in Saginaw Bay or in Lake Huron around the ternative of buying a new rubber off Doctor Breakey's right hand. This band for his faithful wrist watch, is the hand which Breakey uses for or grow a bigger arm.

With food so Doc Munyon invited Doc Breakey operating. Then Munyon made rationing off, Mr. Dodd may chose Journal Want Ads Bring Results and Doc Cummings and families to threat of severing Breakey's left hand which Breakey was now using break fish and eat the salt of friend- tne latter. S. Burr McCurdy.

one of the old to spear fried fish. Even this didn't mean a thing to Breakey although timers of our town and a veteran of the Spanish-American war, now the left hand Is his more important member as it is his collection hand, thinks he has a clue. He disco so to speak. The Breakey right hand ered no clue, however, until his trusty bird dog took a hand or cuts 'em up and the left hand col tier rather a paw in the mystery. lects for the cutting.

Doc Munyon rises up and takes Mr. McCurdy's ire was. aroused some time ago when he received an anonymous letter which, Comrade oath that Doc Breakey et ten pounds of friend bass besides taking other McCurdy claims, was enough to sustenance. And the strange thing, arouse any decent citizen to a rash says Doctor Munyon. is.

that Doc BreaKey was able to stand, was con neat. This letter was really a cartoon, scious and evidenced no bulge at the waist line. If Munyon's report is a crude drawing which showed more truthful, then Breakey has made imagination than skill. Subject of the cartoon was supposed to be Vet record exceeding Mr. Brandimore by one and a half pounds.

While eran Mccurdy and his comrade, El Brandimore is somewhat humili mer Pulver. The two friends served together in the war with Spain and ated by the Breakey record, Jay has marcned out with the same regiment, so they have had a lot in om aiiDi. xi poims out mac wnen he made his record which has stood for several years in this town, the common since 1898. i 1 The two foregather in the Ma club chef ran out or smelt. II com sonic temple and reminisce about rade Brandimore had had sufficient their military exploits, occasionally giving Uncle Sam's navy of the time.

supplies, he would have made a much a snare in tne conquering of Spain higher consumption record. Eugene A. Dodd, head of the pur' Anyway tne subjects in the cartoon were supposed to be talking over the war with Spain. Title of the chasing department for the water cartoon was, sort of mean. Gist and light department, has been of fered the choice of growing i of the reading matter under the larger arm or changing the material cartoon was, that there will be nothing for Spanish American war in the band that anchors his wrist watch.

veterans to talk about after the boys This seems a fair offer and the offer was made by Mrs. Dodd. Sam Young, known as he squire of Horse come home from World War No. 2, as veterans of this war are the only real heroes of any war since the war Creek since he moved into the coun Detween tne states, tc. Ernest D.

Gibbs and Bert LaDu Mr. McCurdy's initials are S. B. believe Brother Dodd is being of McCurdy. Somebody Mac now thinks he knows who addressed fered a perfectly fair proposition.

In race tnev urge it, the envelope enclosing the pictorial siam to a. s. Mccurdy." It seems that the four men and their bosses, motored north when Comrade McCurdv claims now gas became plentiful and took their that he has a clue and that his faithful bird dog has all the char urst real vacation in the land of their choice northern i Michigan. The four couples made headquarters ai Montague wnicn is located on acteristics of a bloodhound. The dog smelled the cartoon which was so rotten that the dog lost his sense of smell for 10 days.

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