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%htsiVAZ.40.4 PONTIAC OFFICaL$ LOOK TO
FUTURE IN BUILDING PROGRAM

A Happy New Year to All

PONTIAC INDUSTRY DIRECTORY TELLS
SETS A HIGH MARK' GROWTH OF CITY

Plans for the construction of the] which would have a basement and
first unit of a new City Hall are four stories with these dimensions.
beginning to take shape and City Two more floors 50 feet square Products Show 40 Pct. Gain Estimates Population of Pon-
Manager Clifford W. Ham an - , would he added and would eventu-
fiat at 74,496; Not All
In Year, With Payrolls
flounced recently that no time will, ally form part of the tower.
Within Limits.
Up 28 Pct. ,
■ and Stone.
`'s : be lost in getting a new building! Brick Brick
and
cut
stone
will
be
used
under way following the currying:
Pontiac's population has leaped
Pontiac enjoyed what is de- i
of a bond issue at the May special. in the development of the exterior
election, when an issue of $330,- of the building and fireproof scribed as the greatest prosperity to 74,495, an increase of 7,864
000 for a City Hall was approved. construction will be called for of any industrial city in the coon- . since last year, according to the
The location will be the new site's throughout . In the basement will try, during the last year, accord- estimate of It. L. Polk & Co., whose
Park and Pike streets, where be
' placed the vaults and st ock- ing to a report just compiled by E. 1929 Pontiac city directory made
t..4+ at
the city is about to condemn six: rooms and the heating equipment, L. Keyser, secretary of the board its appearance. This figure, the
publishers state, covering Sylvan
acres of land. l'art of the prop- the latter being left so it can be of ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
The facts upon which this state- Lake, Keego Ilarbor and a small
arty has been purchased at a pri- extended eventually to take care
rate sale and the rest is to be con- of the heating of any other build- ment is based are contained in an fringe of outlying territory which
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE MOVING fit damned in a suit to be filed in ings that may be built on the site. exhaustive re-port on activities of is, to most intents and purposes, a
Circuit Court. As soon as the con- On the first floor will be placed the board for the last year. It is Part of the city.
VAN SERVICE
The directory presents many sta.
damnation matter is concluded the departments taking care of an unusually interesting and in-
tistics Assessed valuation, $76,.
work will be started on the City the public, such as the building in- f onsii it,.,, d ocumen t .
Approximately
Approximately 411 per rent in., 338,000; miles of streets, 150;
Hall and it should be completed by sp•ctor, treasurer and tax collet-
census, 13,5411; teachers.
- 3 next spring, according to Mr, Ham. [ion department and the water col- crease has been estimated for the s
121 Moreland Ave.
Phone 8562
lector. The lobby will be large „shut, of the manufactured prod-
postal receipts (19281, $364,-
Plans for Future Sates.
h
to
accommodate
the
pub-
,
269;
bank
deposits, $'3,755,000;
acts l n u ( r i t gse
i t d h lea31. , e , , ,u ir t
PONTIAC, MICII .
There will also be constructed, enough
, 2asialleetr?:er:litl! factory operatives, 21,860 ; annual
in addition to the completed Cit
lic
and
an there.
information
desk
will hoer
y
•
be
laced
Elevator
service
These
increased
values
and
great_
industrial
payroll,
$37,000,000; an-
•
Hall two other buildings, a mumci- . P
'd,
eriit-esiicti -r t ithy, ha ii7i . ,,b itei t e -isi directly re.
re- fluid value output of factories.
pa l auditorium and a library, both '
$
.'5',
000000
value
building per-
Administrative offices and a Carted
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'
which will not be built until
' ' . e me.,
tithe and development properties in mi ls ( - .
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some
some later elate but must be taken commission chamber large enough
12,551; families, 13,850. The di-
b e and about the city.
P,
into consideration in laying out to seat
rectory
also
contains
statistical
Three new manufacturing con-
the site. The-re is no thought at located on the second floor. The
this time of building either of third floor will be devoted to the terns were l oca t ed hi, i n 1928 , facts about Oakland County.
the-se two buildings but in study- use of the engineering department 111e. Keyser reports, while expan- '
ing the completed plans the archi- and the accounting division, and sions made to existing concerns BUILDING PERMITS
acct has placed them in his sketch. the fourth to the welfare and provided if huge total cost, Not-
REVEAL GOOD GAIN
It is not proposed at this time health departments. Space on the able examples of this enlargement
— —
to complete even all of the City smaller fifth and sixth floors has and improvement were found at
Hall. l'art of the tower and two not been allotted at this time but the Oakland Motor Car company
Apartment Features New
wings gill be left for future con. would care for the overflow in all plant and the Wilson Foundry & $60,000 Pontiac Projects.
struction, the rest of the building the departments. It is proposed ;Machine company's great shops.
High construction figures are
teeing large enough to take care of : to place somewhere in the building New plants include the Pontiac
the city's requirements at this where it would be convenient a Foundry & Machine company, E . shown for the last week or 10 days,
time. The unit will be construct- downtown b r a n c h of the city V. P. Paint company and the Eng- according to Pontiac city building,
eel, however, so it can be added to library.
lender firm, the last named being Permits issued over that period.
Retain Present Building.
a former Detroit organization. Among the new structures listed
later as more room is required.
Third Floor, Corwin Building
City Manager Ham announced There is no thought at this time
In 1937 there were approximate- in the total of $180,000 and more,
that he and the City Commission of placing either the police d e- ly 16,000 workers in Pontiac in- is a $50,000 apartment building to
Telephone 2-6844
16-18 East Lawrence St.
have in mind at present the con- partment or any part of the fire dustries. Today there are 30,0oo consist of 14 apartments, to be
built for the l'ontiac Mortgage and
.truction of a rectangular shaped, department in the new building. or inI-. employed here.
PONTIAC, :1111'II.
•
building 50 by 140 feet in size, When the present City Hall is va-
Housing matters provided con-
se
of Investment
brick, and Company.
will be two
stories'
ma y
ea e.
side-rable activity for the board the
and
It will
be
. l.
'
is
high.
e at q r e .. it
its members, and records at
Most of the permits for this
et tion of tearing t down at this
office here- indicate there were more
' and its floor space will be utilized than 1,700 homes erected here in period were fur individual homes,.
garages and other small structures.
t le year.
The proposed new City Hall will
Shipments of material for mer-
Residence: Phone 776F-4
Office: Phone 8051
have 35,500 square feet of floor chants moving between Pontiac
If you have knowledge, let oth-
space. The city has 7,695 square and eastern seaboard cities has set ers light their candles by it.--
I extend best wishes
feet of floor space in its present a high tonnage mark and, accord- Thomas Fuller.
to all my Jewish friends
hall and with other quatrers out- ing to the traffic manager eef the
side the building is now occupying
and patrons for a happy
26,364 square feet eef floor space. board, nicest of this is what is
and prosperous New
It is paying a yearly rental of known as class rate stuff. Inter-
Year.
$11,118, which alone represents esting facts in this connection are
DR. AND MRS GEORGE
the interest on $275,000 at the offered to show that 117,000 tons
of steel and iron were used last
rate paid.
S. WEISS AND FAMILY
year by Pontiac manufacturers.
Freight rates have been inv•sti-
gated and there is a possibility '
PONTIAC TO SHARE
now, it is estimated, that if they
TRANSIT BENEFIT are reduced as has been recom-
City Property and Farms
mended, a saving to manufacturers
Great Impetus of Commuter Sere. of $45,000 annually would be af-
Pontiac, Mich.
33 1/2 N. Saginaw St.
forded.
ice Pictured.
Coal rate-s, airport, safety bu- EXTEND BEST WISHES FOR
The tremendous amount of reau activities are mentioned as A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS
benefit the city of Pontiac will de- other matters with which the NEW YEAR TO ALL THEIR
rive industrially and otherwise now board of commerce has been con-,
82 N. Saginaw, Rooms 3.4.5
FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.
that fast commuter service is an cermet.
Second Floor
assured fact between Detroit and
l'ONTIAC
Pontiac is almost too re
gat to fully
80 Mark Street
app reciate, states Fred A. Streng-
Pontiac, Michigan
Phone Dial 2.5641, 2.7194
son of Strengson-Reid Company,
Pontiac realtors.
When one considers the vast
Now showing new
number of people that commute in
Suits
and
Dresses
which
New
York and Philadelphia many
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
miles daily to and from their work Approximately One - Third My Best Wishes for a Happy
emphasize exquisite sim-
New Year to You All
and business, a mere 25 miles
of Present Year's Pro-
plicity and refinement.
seems almost insignificant," he
• gram Completed.
said. "It is an established fact
that in the different eastern cities
We also carry a full line
PATRONIZE THE RED AND WHITE STATIONS
that it is not uncommon for peo-
Approximately one-third of Pon-
ple to travel 40 and 50 miles to taac's paving program fur this
There is one near you
I of negligees.
reach their daily occupations. With year is finished, according to James
Phone 6141
294 South Saginaw
the actual inauguration of this fast, R. Pollock, city engineer,
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service between the two cities,
Summarizing the work outline-el
PONTIAC, MICII.
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Pontiac's distance can be comparedl in the million dollar paving pro-
with that of Royal Oak today, as gram for 1925, Pollock said the
Rosh Ilashonah Greetings far as time is concerned, to the city yould add 12 miles of pave-
business area of Detroit.
ment on 22 streets, the widths eef
Building
State
"Unquestionably the announce-i which vary from 20 to .36 feet,
Holiday Greetings
ment of commuter servi- by the These jobs are part of a compre-
Pontiac, Wch.
Grand Trunk railroad is as impor-lhensive highway plan that is aimed
tent to the future welfare of Pon- to give the city one of the best sys-
tiac as would be the announcement tents of handling large volumes of
of another big industry in the ever traffic in the section.
increasing prosperity of this corn-
Everything for the Sportsman and the Athlete
Opening of the North Johnson
munity."
avenue pavement, a 36 fact road-
Nets' suites made to order.
way, this week has provided ■
Greetings
Repairing and slip covers. WARNING TO ALIENS splendid traffic detour around the
business
section
from
Orchard
Ask your neighbor for ref-
IS ISSUED BY HIAS Lake avenue to Elizabeth Lake
erences.
road. South Johnson, of similar
The Hebrew Sheltering and Im- width, was paved last year.
499 Orchard Lake Avenue migrant Aid Society of America
Bids were opened this week on
(Hias), 425 Lafayette street, New the Joslyn, Kennet road and Mont-
Phone Dial 4510 Pontiac Yor
k City, has issued a warning to cairn projects, completing the sum-
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-
immigrants who at one time were mer's road building program.
I'. W. YARNOLD, Prop.
Pontiac, Mich.
15.17 Lawrence Street
„, deported or left this country to
avoid deportation and then re- ASK SCHOOLS TO AID
turned legally, not to go abroad
GREETINGS
162 North Saginaw
until after they have become HOLYDAY OBSERVANCE
American citizens.
Phone 9032
On March 4 a new law became National Council of Jewish Wo-
men Issues Calendar.
effective which bars forever from
PONTIAC, MICH.
admission to the United States any
NEW YORK.—Holy Day calen-
alien who has heretofore or here-
after been arrested and deported dars have been issued by the Na-
tional
Council of Jewish Women
or has voluntarily left in lieu of
Pontiac's Master One Stop"
deportation. Such alien may have through its department of educa-
, returned to this country subse- tion, and religion and religious
Service Station
New Year's Greetings
!quently and have been legally ad- education. These calendars will be
mitted, but should he want to go utilized in the effort to further the
Firestone Tires and
abroad and then return, even if he observance of the Jewish Holy
is in possession of an alien return Days and to eliminate possible
Batteries
!permit, he will be deported no mat- conflicts in their observance.
These calendars will be distrib-
ter how long he has been a resi-
45 Oakland Ave. Phone 9022 dent in the United States. The uted in the public schools under
the direction of the department of
alien
return
permit
merely
exempts
PONTIAC,
MICH.
Phone 2.5811
472 Mt. Clemens
Rentals
such alien from the quota pro- education, of which Mrs. J. Victor
Real Estate
visions but in all other respects he Greenebaum of Cincinnati is na-
PONTIAC, MICH.
Property Management
must be admissible within all other tional chairman. Local commit-
provisions of the immigration laws. tees will confer with the school au-
It is therefore essential, Bias thorities in any situation that re-
Phone: Office 2-1912
NEW YEAR GREETINGS warns, that such aliens do not go quires adjustment. The officers
abroad until they first have become associated with Mrs. Greenbaum
606 Pontiac Office Building
Our
Jewish
Friends
and
Patrons
a
Wishing All
citizens since the law does not ap- in the department's program and
ply to American citizens. plans are Mrs. David J. Workum of
PONTIAC, MICII.
Happy and Prosperous New Year
Cincinnati, vice-chairman; Mrs.
'mace J. Reis of Chicago; Stirs.
PALESTINE IS SECOND
Moses Sanders of Springfield, 0.,
LARGEST SHIPPER OF
Mrs. Lewis Streng of Louisville,
Season's Greetings
ORANGES TO BRITAIN Ky., and Mrs. Henry Wolff of
Terre Haute, Ind.
The department of religion and
LONDON.—(J. T. A.)—Pales-
tine supplies Great Britain with 17 religious education, under the
per cent of its total importation chairmanship of Mrs. A. S. Kohler
Inveetigations of Any Nature.
of oranges, being second only to of Savannah, is distributing a cal-
PONTIAC'S OLDEST
of Claims.
Spain, which sends 67 per cent, endar with ceremonial informa-
Legal Service and Advice.
states a memorandum issued by tion, for distribution among the
WHERE SERVICE 1S RENDERED WITH COURTESY
officers of the council sections and
Public Stenographer.
the Empire Marketing Board.
Mimeographing
The memorandum praises the the chairmen of the local commit-
Phone 2.3712
Cot. Rockwell and Bagley Sts.
Established 1921
Circularising
quality of the Palestine oranges tees on religion. The officers of
Annie Detective Agency
and points to the growing popu- this department include Mrs. Je-
76 North Cat Avenue
PONTIAC, MICR.
Oakland County Patrol Service. larity of Jaffa oranges. The im- rome Mayer of Hartford. Conn.,
Phone 2.7241
I l
portance of Palestine as a pro- vice-chairman; Mrs. Isaac Born of
105 North Saginaw
ducer and exporter of oranges is Indianapolis; Mrs. Henry Brash of
11
It Will Pay You to Try Us.
Phone 2.5115
shown by the rapidly developing Tampa, Fla.; Mrs. Oswald Schloc-
GREETINGS
PONTIAC, MICII.
area under orange cultivation, the kow of Brooklyn, and Mrs. I. Ro-
board states. From 5,400 acres in senthal of Omaha.
SETS — SUPPLIES
1923 the total area has mounted to
Even he who lives upon chanty
SERVICE—TESTING
13,600 acres in 1928. During the
Electrical Contracting and Supplies
should
practice
benevolence.
same period the export of oranges
Phone 9832
67 North Perry St.
has grown from 1,109,000 hun-
PONTIAC, MICH.
dredweight to 1,861,000.
The orange production is likely
11/2 N. Saginaw St.
to double within the next few
Phone 2.7631
years, the report states, because
GREETINGS
Corner Pike and Saginaw Sta. many of the plantations are just
Over Liggett's Drug Store
beginning to produce. Planting
continues extensively, the board
J. W. SIMMONS, Gen. Mgr.
FLORISTS
adds.
Phone 71611
PONTIAC, MICH.
101 North Saginaw Street
We Maintain • Detroit Office I
Luck lies within us, not outside
PONTIAC, MICH.
of us.—K. J. Weber.

VOLLMAR
CATARGE

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We Wish All Our Jewish Friends and
Patrons a Happy and Prosperous
New Year

„

AUSTIN TRUCKIR G
COMPANY

General Trucking

74 WATER STREET

Phone 2-4131

PONTIAC, Ail(' n.

Season's Greetings

.....

Howard H. Barnett

Greetings

A

REAL ESTATE

Annette
Jefferson

RUSH PONTIAC
PAYING PLANS

Southern Auto Supply

Gasoline and Kerosene. Lubricating
and Fuel Oils

l*,

All Work Guaranteed

57-61 West Lawrence St.

Pontiac, Mich.

Phone 2.4721

1

Greetings of the Season

_

SARD H. BURLINGHAM
Plumbing
Heating

Greetings of the Season

ED. CHANDLER

.-

Season's Greetings

Landscape Architect and Registered
Civil Engineer

u d

.

Season's Greetings

1 )
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A

COCK

AUTO PAINTING

BODY AND FENDER BUMPING

ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN

Pontiac, Michigan

62 Oakland Avenue

Dr. Wm. G. Zieve

Season's Greetings

DENTIST

SPORTING GOODS

Chas. S. Inch

Theater

Stanley Thomas

MEMORIALS

Upholstering

ROGERS

864

PONTIAC, MICH.

OUR BRANCH:

12-MILE ROAD AND WOODWARD

B. & L. BATTERY
SERVICE

Sporting Good Co.

1

New Year's Greetings

W. RAY KEMP

HIGHEST GRADES WASHED SAND
AND GRAVEL

Oakland

Laundry Co.

Wishing You All a Happy New Year

Henry W. Pauli

WYGANT TIRE
SERVICE, INC.

SAND & GRAVEL CO.

The WALK-OVER Store

SHOES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

KLINES

PONTIAC, MICH.

Greetings

SPARKS

Funeral Home

Phone 2.5841

107 Oakland Ave.

PONTI1C, MICII .

Radio Shop

DURKEE ELECTRIC CO.

PONTIAC
Adjusting Co.

Rosh Hashonah Greetings to All

CHAS. V. JACOBSON & SON

Hotel Waldron

Phone 2-3051

47 North Saginaw Street

A. L. NIQUE

A General
Information
Bureau

Phone 6931
North Perry Street

The

Season's Greetings

WALTER'S
Planing Mill

SPECIAL MILL WORK

Mosquito Time Is Here. Hove
You Screens for Your Home?
If Not, Call Us.

Corner Orchard Lake and Lull
Sta., Pontiac, Mick.

TileplIese 2.6141

GREETINGS

Clarence R. VanBuskirk

ARCHITECT

911 Peoples Bank Bldg.
Phone 6421

PONTIAC, MICH.

Specializing in Plans for
Apartment Houses

The Season's Greetings

J. L. Marcero & Co.

Distributors of

Loyalty's Chocolates,
El Producto and Dutch
Master Cigars

45 Perry St., Pontiac, Mich.

Phone 2-3951

