Class of 1900 Fenton High School. Mr. Jayne graduated from the University of Michigan in 1905. He became the attorney for The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children in Detroit. He developed the boarding home plan replacing orphanages, organized the Children Aid Society and pioneered the Friend of the Court program. Mr. Jayne was elected to the Wayne County Circuit Court bench in 1915 and served as Chief Judge for 27 years of this 37 years working for the court. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker appointed the judge to the recreational activities duty for U. S. Army camps in 1917 during World War I. He was a trustee of Lapeer's Camp Lemberg for retarded children, national Vice President of the NAACP and the American Bar Association Chairman. As Vice President of the National Lawyers Guild, when members of the Detroit chapter refused to take a non-communist oath, Jayne resigned his post. Fenton's Jayne Road is name for him as are the two Jayne Hill subdivisions which were build on this former farm.
Class of 1900 Fenton High School. Mr. Jayne graduated from the University of Michigan in 1905. He became the attorney for The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children in Detroit. He developed the boarding home plan replacing orphanages, organized the Children Aid Society and pioneered the Friend of the Court program. Mr. Jayne was elected to the Wayne County Circuit Court bench in 1915 and served as Chief Judge for 27 years of this 37 years working for the court. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker appointed the judge to the recreational activities duty for U. S. Army camps in 1917 during World War I. He was a trustee of Lapeer's Camp Lemberg for retarded children, national Vice President of the NAACP and the American Bar Association Chairman. As Vice President of the National Lawyers Guild, when members of the Detroit chapter refused to take a non-communist oath, Jayne resigned his post. Fenton's Jayne Road is name for him as are the two Jayne Hill subdivisions which were build on this former farm.
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