SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1953 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE TRER WASHTENAW CROSSING: Wetteruall Watehes Over Youngsters Problems 2000 Miles Away By MURRY FRYMER Santa Claus comes only once a year, but some men like Fred Wet- terhall play the part the year round.j Fred, or more formally, C. F. Wetterhall, is the patrolman at the busy Washtenaw and South University crossing. He says he's 69, but adds that he doesn't feel or act it. "I can still smack a golf ball with the best of them," he boasts, "and the men I play with are all younger.'" TO THE CHILDREN from An- gel school that he helps cross with the light three times a day, he's "Fred" and he knows them all by name, too. The little boys get a friendly tap in the back as they greet him, while the girls some- times want a hug and get it. "They're a wonderful bunch," I Fred beams like a father. "Why, there's one little fella, comes everyday in a pair of riding breeches. He's always got a smile on his face, as sweet as can be."0 Fred took the patrolman's job three years ago after retiring from a travelling salesman's position. ** * HIS TWO children, Roy, now 47 years old, and Mrs. Ruth Re- mius, 38 years old, are both Uni- versity graduates. Roy earned degrees in Business Administra- tion. and Law here and is now a tax lawyer for a firm in Milwau- kee. "After I retired, I had to have something to do," Fred recount- ed. "I can't just sit around, so I took this job. Anyway, I love the kiddies." Fred has his own system work- ed out for teaching the children safety habits. "I let them help me across. They take my hand and I tell them, 'watch the light and take me across.' It doesn't help when Uni- versity students cross against the light though. It sets a bad exam- ple." * * * FRED KNOWS all the habits of Confronting M Santas Told~ By RONA FRIEDMAN "People want to believe," said Rha Arnold, who works part time as Santa Claus in one of the local department stores. "The trouble is," Arnold con- tinued. "that parents destroy the myth of Santa Claus for their children but fail to replace it with any other belief, not bother- ing to tell them of the real mean- ing of Christmas."" * ** "I CAN always tell," he said, "if a child believes or not. Those that do look' me straight in the eye, sometimes even trembling from excitement, while those that don't try to see where the whiskers end and the beard begins." "First I ask the children what they want for Christmas and some even bring long lists which I go over with them to eliminate what I can. Then I ask them if they have been good. Before I promise them a gift I always ask the parents if the child deserves it. This is my way of finding out if it is possible for them to SCHON STUDIES WHILE MAR give the gift to the child," he added. Arnold claims that most of thelM a iage iTa boys this year are asking for all types of cowboy suits including a two-gun holster and sometimes!W hile Gfooni even a horse. "Surprisingly, even -Daily-Dean Morton 'FRED' TAKES THE CHILDREN ACROSS the children in crossing and tries couple of days," he said. "Those -Daily-Don Campbell RRIAGE TAKES PLACE es Place Studies weber's - Supper0 0 0 o SoV ntOt e2 IV Open daily 12 to 9:3 P.M. Q 3715 JACKSON ROAD T A Last, call to do Mi yourChristmas shopping iAnn Arbor SigIi I ~ You still have plenty of time to make your gift selections before you I leave and we will engrave and beauifpully wrap all gifts. 308 SOUTH STATE JE!WELERS and SILVERSMITHS in Ann Arbor since 1904 We wish you all a} Merry Christmas and a Happy New Ysera and thank you for your patronage C§&-W1144usVLr t°t&~~ YiQt tt'14[C !t°x to correct the bad ones. "Now take this little guy," he pointed out as a youngster came to the opposite curb. "He al- ways jumps the gun." And just then the light turned green and the boy came racing by to the call "watch it Billy," from the lady drivers . . FRED THINKS his hardest, difficulty in compromising the fights the young fellows get into.- "I wouldn't give a darn for a "youngster without a temper, though," he added. patrolman. patroman.I Fred now lives on Walnut Ave. Fred's duty is not only restrict- with his vies an oatsd of hi ed to helping the youngsters cross job h lie to hutsde fih thejob he likes to hunt and fish "m sthe information bureau," "I guess I'll keep this job till I "I' th inormtio get fired. I like the young people. he laughs. "Cars going south down Makes me feel younger myself," Washtenaw stop and ask me, 's he uded.r this the road to Lansing?' I say cn 'this is the right road but you'r1 going the wrong way.' Just then a car raced through tP the intersection after the light had turned red. Fred took out O H l a t- his little notebook and enteredI the license number. "She'll get a nice letter in a Three language clubs, French, German and Spanish, will give a some of the girls are requesting! 4 coyvgirl suits also with holsters By LEE MARKS the dense tropical jungles of Ven- but the top item on their lists is While his marriage was taking ezuela and Brazil. On one of these dolls," he said, place more than 2000 miles away expeditions a group of Indians, an- ** in Venezuela, Miguel Schon, '56, WHEN I receive unreasonable was calmly studying for a bluebook yed because they felt the ex- "WhEN Iwpeditionywasuviolatingrtheirusacre requests," he continued, "I try to in his room at Allen-Rumsey house. groundsi tinaptheirec reason logically with the child and Because Schon could not go to tgrounds tied to kinap thoe direc- it usually works. If a small child Venezuela for the ceremony, and Schon said, "are very short in sta- asks for an expensive gift such his bride, whom he will meet in t as a locomotive which the parents New York during the Christmas six feet tall. We explained our pur- could not afford, I tell him there holidays, was not permitted to'poses, gave them some trinkets is a limited supply of locomotives come to the United States unless and beads and the expedition was this year and that first preference married, the marriage was per- allowed to continue. should go to the older children.'' formed by proxy. f r MAKE FOLLETT'S YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING HEADQUARTERS Christmas party at 7:30 p.m. to- morrow in the Michigan room of the League. The French club will feature; Lillemor Aronsson who will pre- sent 'a dialogue in French, the! German club will dramatize "The; Night Before Christmas" and the' Spanish club will entertain with posadas and a pignata. To complete the festivities, which are open totthe public, re- freshments will be served and Christmas carols of each country represented will be sung.a t s n Arnold recalled one little boy, who wanted a saddle because he knew of a horse he could ride if he had it. The parents were rather relieved when Arnold convinced the boy that the saddle was impractical. When children tell me they saw Santa Claus in Detroit last week *and ask how I could also be Santa Claus, I tell them that I am the spirit of Santa Claus for he is very busy and has many helpers." Arnold feels there is a- definite psychology to being a Santa Claus and that there are definite tricks to the trade such as over-hearing conversation in which the child's name is mentioned or noticing it on a pin or bracelet, thus keep- ing a step ahead of the child which is always important, he empha- sized. DURING the unique ceremony,I in which a Venezuelan friend act- ed the role of groom, Schon, a 23- year-old anthropology major, pur- sued his studies in routine fashion. Schon explained, "I nominat- ed a friend to act for me dur- ing the marriage rites. Ile goes through the motions of being a groom, and signs the certifi- cate." Asked if it would be pos- sible for the friend to double- cross him and sign the wrong name to the certificate, Schon replied, "No, he's too good a friend and besides the authori- ties have a signed statement that he is acting only as my repre- sentative." Schon's first official notification that the civil ceremony, performed last Thursday, had been consum- mated arrived the next morning by telegram. The second half of the marriage rites was performed last in anthropology when he joined the Society of Natural Sciences at the age of 17. It was through the Society of Natural Sciences that Schon made his jungle trips. On one such trip, they were ac- companied by King Leopold of Belgium who, "acted just like any other member of the expedition, and expected no special favors," he added. Although the majority of the primitive tribes encountered by the anthropologists were f r ien dly, Schon said, the group was careful to avoid certain very dangerous Indians. "They are essentially war- riors and are deadly with the bow and arrow. Some of the Orinoco tribesreven use curare (a deadly poison) on the tips of their ar- rows," he noted Commenting on the dangers of the jungle, Schon said the worst things he had ever encountered were the clouds of mosquitos. "Al- Books Toys Christmas Cards Wrappings Stationery Games Records Children s Books Saturday in the church. though the jungle is-full of dan- * * * gerous animals and insects, they A NATIVE of Caracas, Schon shy from human beings," he claim- has made several expeditions into ed. 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