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VOLUME 68—ESTABLISHED 1876

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T H E S E N T I N E L - L E A D E R PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN ONE OF MICHIGAN'S MOST P L E A S A N T A N D PROSPEROUS AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES

~ ~ SPARTA, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1945

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United S ta tes

W A B BONDS

I I I M I 1 I H I I M

NUMBER 42

Zeeland Chicks Play Spartans Contest Under New Lights At Balyeat Field October 24

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Rockford Rams Trim Local Gridders 13-0

T n e Chicks of Zee land High will tangle wi th i he S p a r t a n s of S p a r t a High a t Balyeat Fie ld under t he new.y Installed arcs. Wednesday n ight , Oct .

3 4 S p a r ' a won f r o m the Chicks at Zeeland las t year , bu t the Chicks a r e conf iden t t h a U h e decision will be r e -versed Wednesday n i g h t T h e gome was moved u p f r o m Fr iday to W e ^ " nesday because of t h e two-day ers ' ins t i tu te a t G r a n d R a p i d s Octoo-

i T A n added a t t r a c t i o n will be the a p -pearance of t he Zeeland and S p a r t a bands. Tney . too. will vie for honors as they present demons t r a t i ons du r ing

^ T h e ^ C h i c k s as well as their band will be en t e r t a ined a f t e r t he game by the S p a r t a n s w i t h lunch . T h i s has be-come more or less a fixed custom be -tween the two schools.

T h e whole school Is wortung to make th i s game a spectacle wor th s e e i n g Don ' t forget t h e da te — Wednesday. Oct. 24 i t 7:45 o'clock.

Rockford 13— S p a r t a 0 Playing listless ball f r o m whistle to

whistle, t he S p a r t a n s were h a n d e d a 13-0 de fea t by the Rockford R a m s las t Sa tu rday on the ]«vvters grid-

Bob Fance t t e . ha l fback ol the R a m s was the big gun for t he winners, scor-ing both touchdowns a n d one po in t by conversion.

Flay Lee Rebels T h e S p a r t a n s will go to Lee Fr iday

n igh t . Oct . 1* to do bat t le wi th t he Rebels of Lee High T h e S p a r t a n s won f rom Lee l as t J ' c a r l n * thr i l ler . T h e I^ec lads handed Rock-ford a 19-0 bea t ing a couple of weeks ago. so t he S p a r t a n s are in for a busy evening Fr iday ngiht . T h e game is »r Lee under t h e l ights.

J>ON FREEMAN OFFERS NEW LINE OF RADIOS

Fulfi l l ing i ts promise to beat the field' with t he f i r s t new radios for civilian use, t h e J o h n Meek Indus -tries. P l y m o u t h I n d i a n a , today deliv-ered the f i r s t r ad io to I*- received by Don : ^ m a n of Bailey, f ince t h e l i f t ing of w a r t i m e res t r ic t ions . T h e set was sent by air express in o rder to *et it to Bailey a t t he earliest pos-sible moment

I t is a m i n i a t u r e f m - t u b e table model, f in ished in while and red p las-tic a a d been n a m e d ' T h e T r a d Blazer " S ty led by a leading New York designer, i t incorpora tes ent i rely new concepts In ratlio engineer ing.

Al though the set received is to b3 used for d e m o n s t r a t i o n purposes only, t h e Meek C o m p a n y will produce It In suf f ic ien t quan t i t i e s to permit i m m e -d ia te general sale, and orders a r e be-ing accepted now.

T h e rad io will be on display in t he F r e e m a n h o m e where some of t h e la tes t test ing equ ipment has been in stal led. Mr. F r e e m a n is a g r a d u a t e of G r a n t h igh school a»:d h is wife Is t he fo rmer I r i s Lambson.

PLAN GAME HUNT FOR OCTOBER 27

S p a r t a H u n t i n g and Fishing Club will hold a g a m e h u n t on October 27 a n d 23. All pe r sons interes ted in t ak -ing p a r t In th i s game h u n t should be-come members of t he S p a r t a H u n t i n g and Fishing C lub a t , or before t h e mon th ly m e e t i n g October 25. T n * reguiar monthly meet ing will be h j . d a t t he Legion hal l October 25 a t 7:30 p. m. All m e m b e r s a n d po ten t i a l

L A S T M I N U T E N E W S F L A S H E S

Sparta PTA Plans Dedication Program

Col . Lester Doe IT of G r a n d Rapids , a f o r m e r C h a p l a i n in t he S o u t h Fac i f ic a r ea , will be the guest speaker a t t h e n e x t P T A meeting. October 23. a t 8 o 'clock In t he h igh school gym. .*'• t h i s t ime t h e new Service P l a q u e will be unvei led and dedicated. I t is cer -t a i n t h a t t h i s will be one of t he most un ique a n d ou t s t and ing mee t i ngs of t h e yea r . _

T h e plaque, built by t h e S h o p Class •under t he supervision of Mr. V a n -Hoesen . shows very f ine w o r k m a n s h i p a n d will be a credi t to t h i s d e p a r t -m e n t of o u r school. T . ie engravir tg or t h e n a m e s was done by t h e Hol land

r ^ T a y • r ^ r K j B o c * B ^ l n , Company oT Hol land, years in s teady a n d worthy s u p p o r t l s v e r y # r m U f u l Mrs.

T ^ e ' i / i s k X f b e e n per formed wi th ' M. Allen and her c o m m i t ^ f o r t h £ r due S e d i t t o t h e m a n a g e m e n t a n d u n t i r i n g e f fo r t* in s e c u r i n g [ t o e n a m e s £ L > £ S e s Now they ' re to a position of t h e 475 youn*: men a n d women t h a t to blow off a l i t t le s t eam. I t ' s begin- a p p e a r on the plaque. ing to look like a big t ime in t he old town n e x t S a t u r d a y night and we .1 be t he re to s h a r e in t he l aughte r and applause .

I t ' s a p leasure to know t h e Mins t re ls success is a l ready assured by t h e u n -precedented <*cntand for t ickets. Now go ahead , boys! S m e a r t he black

THE MINSTREL SHOW ' i t ' s n a t u r a l to expect t he foundry

workers to seek some f o r m of r e l axa -tion. T h e y have been on the Jcto.

SPARTA SOLDIER RECEIVES AWARD

P f c . Lowell F. Pinckney. Co. L. 114th I n f a n t r y , was recently a w a r d -ed the Bronze Medal of Honor for mer i to r ious servic* in d i rec t s u p -

Srt of c o m b a t opera t ions f r o m ;t. 24. 1944 to May 8. 1945 in

F r ance , u c i uuuiy and Aust r ia . As a vehicle driver dur ing th is per iod, P f c . P inckney courageously a n d ag -gressively per formed his duties , o f -ten b rav ing enemy art i l lery a n 1 m o r t a r f i r e to bring food, equ ip -m e n t . »a imunI t ion a n d personnel to t h e f r o n t l ine foxholes. In add i t ion h e h a s engaged In pa t ro l work, showing fear lessness and o u t s t a n d -ing devot ion to duly His f ine com-bat record is worthy of oraise .

chalk on heavi ly a n d shoot the works!

WE'LL H E L P KILL THE RUMORS!

So m a n y r u m o r s wi thout founda t ion are f loa t ing a r o u n d town regard ing the r ecen t Hussey Drug Store f i r e a n d uhe s tore 's f u t u r e t h a t we feel I t s " i n -to s t a te t he t r u e f a c t s in t he ^ase •yir s t a n f i e l d , o w n e r of the building, iias secured a Rockfo rd con t rac to r , Ted Noordyk. to rebuild the s tore and uhe wo.k is expected to get under wav

a few days .

K e n n e t h Gane . also of G r a n d R a p -ids, will sing, and the h i g h school b a n d , under t he direct ion of Mr D a v -is. will con t r ibu te a pa r t on f h e p ro -g r a m .

T h e Honor Roll P laque is to be p laced in t he hall of ou r h igh school a s a r eminde r to the y o u t h of today a n d t h e youth of tomorrow of t he s ac r i f i ce made by the y o u t h of yes ter-day t h a t we might con t inue to live In f r e e d o m .

Crystal Flash Opens New Station In Sparta

A n n o u n c e m e n t has been m a d e bv C r y s t a l F lash gasoline of f ic ia l s t h a t t h e company has leased the Hlne

All Tickets For Minstrel Show

Saturday Sold Plans Under Way to Repeat

Performance Thursday, October 25

Food Chain Makes Record Peach Buy

Distribution of 242.644 bushels of t he 1945 Miehgian peach c rop th rough A & t* f o o d S t o r e s 1" 19 s ta tes was announced by the food cha in ' s divi-sional headqua r t e r s h e r e today.

•Hiis is t he la rges t vo lume of Michi-gan peaches ever h a n d l e d by the com-pany during o n e season, according to a s t a t e m e n t by F r a n k C. Knlesner . vice-president of A & P ' s produce buying aff i l ia te . I t exceeds the previ-ous high m a r k set In purchases las t year by approximate ly 34,000 bushels.

Based on the overage c a r lot of 303 bushels, this volume r ep re sen t s a total of 613 carloads, K n l e s n e r contirmed.

T h e company was able to handle th i s record volume t h r o u g h achieving a wider d is t r ibut ion t h a n heretofore, t he announcemen t said, wi th peaches going to such d i s t a n t poin ts as New York. Balt imore. T a m p a , Mobile. New Orleans. Des Moines a n d K a n s a s City.

Among the 23 cit ies listed in the a n -nouncement as m a j o r cen te r s of dis-tribution were Toledo, where A & P stores sold 35.500 bushe ls : Detroi t . 33.-895: Orand Rapids . 25.200: Milwaukee. 22,314; Chicago. 22 237, New York. 21.-780: Louisville, 10,334; Indianapol is 11.831, and C inc inna t i . 8,969

Nation's Fire Lose Is $900.00 Per Minute According To Farrer

In An Address At C. of C. Meet ONLY 47 r ; OF MERCHANTS WHO HAVE FIRES

RETURN TO BUSINESS

T h e n a t i o n ' s h u g e f i re bill r u n s a t $900 per minu te , was the s t a r t l i ng r e -m a r k m a d e by R i c h a r d E. F a r r e r , c h a i r m a n of t he speaker ' s commit tee .

YOUTH DIRECTOR AT SPARTA CHURCH

Michigan S t a t e Fire Prevent ion Asso-c ia t ion . a t last week's Chamber of Commerce meet ing .

Ano the r as tonish ing fac t about fires, as revealed by the speaker, was t h a i only 47'* of m e r c h a n t s who have their s tores destroyed by f i re r e tu rn to a c -tive business. -When a man b u r n s

NEXT SUNDAY cul-** ^ f a r r e r , "he loeea interest In | h i s r e ta i l venture . All one ' s labor .

l i fe t ime Rev Dale C r y d e r m a n , t he E s te rn t h r i f t a n d hopes of a r e

Regional Youth Di rec tor of t h e Free Me thod i s t church , will speak at t he

Mr. Hus?ey h a s r e t a ined his lease on S m i t h service s ta t ion on Highway the building ai*d p l a n s to re-es tabl i sh the d rug business when room is avai l -» b l e __

JUSt now Mi . n u » c ; . > »"T" lem is to f i n d a place to live. T h o house h*; h a s occupied since coming to S p a r t a h a s b e e n sold. T h e new-owner expec ts to occupy the house as soon as Mr. Kussey can f ind sui table living q u a r l e r s elsewhere.

SPARTA'S "ANGEL OF MERCY!

T h e count less f r i e n d s of Mrs. J a m e s B-.-ute will be so r ry to learn fciat sh* was taken to S ' Mary.-, hospi tal Mon-day :~r - r . opera t ion , which was suc-cessfully p e r f o r m e d Tuesday .

Mr I Beu te . who first came to S p a r -ta abo.it t en yea r s ai:o as a nur se m our fo rmer nosp i ta i . h a s been _>r. • L Bull 's a s s i s t an t since the hospi tal closed D o i n g t h e long years of t he war Mrs. Beu te h a s worked fa l th fu . lv and h a r d in b r ing ing relief to t he sick and i n j u r e d . Of t ime* it has been saM t h a t lives -have been spared vnd h c o e s revived when serious cases were b rough t to he r a t t e n t i o n du r ing the doctor 's absence . S h e t ruly h a s been a n ^ a n g e l of mercy ! " Mrs. Be - i t e s room n u m b e r Is 421 a n d the visiting hours a r e ' f r o m 10 « m to - P - m - ™ case you would like to drop her a ca rd or calf fo r a brief visit.

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Funeral Service Sat. For Axel Nequist

M-37. Just nor th of t h e h i g h school voca t iona l building.

T h e company former ly opera ted n o r ion n i m n u UUCvtly OppiioikC "" l station aimoii

n e w location.

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T h e M P R minst re l show which w l l be p resen ted a t the high school a u d i -t o r u m S a t u r d a y evening. Oct . 20. will d raw a capaci ty crowd

Lates t word f rom Art Berg. In c h a r g " of t ickets, is t h a t all seals for t ie p e r -fo rmance h a e e been sold. F lans , h e s tates , e.re b. lng made to rrive a n o t h e r show on n e x t Thursday evening to a c -c o m m o d a t e m a n y local and o u t - o f -town people who have expressed t h e desire to g e t in on the t i n . Nea rby town- Have also sent l n v i t r t i o n s to producer W m . OtobJ, hop ing the cast wiii be able w pu t w Wc i u w « »n the i r communi t ies . t

Head ing t o e large list or ei t e r t a i n -ers is Qeo. Fif ield as t he In ter locutor E.id men, or black face comedans are T F MeFal l . Chas. W a r r e n , W a r n e r Siegel. El lsworth Sml!h, p i c k Got ten a n d Van L mdquJi t .

A soecial f ea tu re or t he show in-cludes ' special t ies by a g roup of t a l -en ted employees.

T h e o rches t ra will be u n d e r d i r e c -t ion of J a c k Davis. O t h e r musical n u m b e r s will be given by the club b a n d .

Area One War Chest Drive Getting Results

Reports f rom S p a r t a a n d the town-ships of Spa r t a , T y r o n e and Alpine, all of whio.t r e p r e s e n t Area One In i wie cur ren t W a r C h e s t drive, show « 39.53 per cent a l ready subscribed to- j ward the Tunc!, accord ing to Alvin He later and F r a n k Holmquls t . regional j cha i rmen.

Othe r cha i rmen compr is ing this dls-t r t r t a re Olenn B r a d f o r d . Soar ta . Ell Roberts , S p a r t a township . E J Casey. Tyrone township . C h a r l e s M o m V r , Alpine township u n d G u n n a r d V BJsrk of Tyrone .

In addi t ion to t n e War Cheat amounts repor ted for S p a r t a township th* Communi ty CouncU h e s a credit of $151.00 o ' a t o t a l repor t of $453.00

Spa ru i Village shows a tot".l report of $4,221 wi th $2,814 going to the 20 Nat ional War r u u d a n d 21 C o m m u n -ty Chest amende® a n d $1,407 going to the Communi ty Counci l .

T o date t he C o m m u n i t y Council has a total of $1,568.00.

SPARTA NEWS

m e m b e r s a r e u rged to be present a t t h i s meet ing. T h e de ta i l s of t he G a m e H u n t , the T u r k e y Shoo t a im the ame D i n n e r will be discussed a t this t ime.

Anyone wishing to sign up or be-come members or S p a r t a p u n t i n g a n d , ^ e Mich igan Ar t c ra f t F ish ing Club pr ior to th i s mee t ing 1X1 y

m a y do so by con tac t ing Melvin R. Rogers of t he Rogers Hardware Com-pany.

PFC. BLOOM

T h e new manager of t he s ta t ion will be W m . "Bill" Eloo. i . R e d Arrow vet-e r a n . now honorably d i scharged . Bloom s p e n t over four years in a r m y service

a member of t he 126th I n f a n t r y , ha l f of which was s p e n t ir. t h e Sou th P a c i f i c . , j ^

"Bi l l ' s" many f r i ends a r e glad h e is h o m e today a f t e r so m a n y years of d i s t i ngu i shed service a n d wish h i m r e a l success in his new work .

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WAY FOR H E L P

G E. Wil'.ett of S a n Bent io . Texas, a b ro the r - i n - l aw o ! W a l t e r A. T i tus .

Axel F . Nequls t . 76. "native of Sweden and well m o w n res ident of S p a r t a for 33 yeai-s. passed away Tuesday morn ing . 'Oc t . : 6 a t his home in S p a r -ta. He h a d been ill for about a year .

Born in Boxholm. Sweden. April 10, 1869. h e came to t h i s counu-y a t t h e age of 14 yea r s a n d sett led at W h i t e -hall. Whi le t h e r e he w o r t - d in t h e lumber woods, sawmil ls and the s h i n -gle mill. I n 189S h e moved to Neway-go where h e w a s employed for m o r e t h a n ten yea r s by the Newaygo P o r t -land C e m e n t Co. Coming to 3 p a r t *

Equ ipmen t Co.. t h e n later was employ- , Mrs . Wal ter T i tus . „-i k,. viirhlaan Ar tc ra f t Co.

Visiting a t t he home of Mr a n d Mr... V. H. F a h l i n g Sunday a f t e r n o o n were Mrs. A m a n d a Dinkei a n d g i a n d -daugh te r , Shi . ley. Mr. ar.d Mrs. G e r -ald H o n d o r p a n d da.ughter, J o a n , Mr. a n d Mrs. J o h n Mulder. Mr. a n d Mrs. M i r v i n Scho l ten . all of G r a n d Rap ids ; Mr. a n d Mrs. George Dinkei a n d d a u g h t e r . Nancy and Mr. a n d Mrs O e r r i t Mulder of Holland.

S u n d a y d inne r gues--s a t t he h o m e oX Mr. <wnd Mrs. Alfred SUVcn® weic Mr. a n d Mrs. J o h n L f r h m a n n of

moved to S p a r t a f rom the i r f a r m a n d will live in t he Armock house on C e n -t enn ia l avenue.

Members of Spar ta Maccabees will meet a t t h e hall Wednesday. Oct . 24.

Mrs. Xi. ' ty Norris of Casnovia ar^d G r a n d R a p i d s has been spending a few days wi th Mis. Leon Norris .

h a s t raveled all the way f r o m Texas J Miss H J d a Fahl lng. who reccn ... to erect the new c e m e n t block building Lresigned he r position a s c 1 ^ . „ . _ T ' a t r.hp S n a r t a RaUon Board, is s p e n d -fo r S p a r t a Cleaners

W h e n completed i t will be one of t h e most modern p l a n t s in Wes te rn Mio'.iigan.

Mrs. Fred T t u s of Lakevlew. Mien.

mother . Mr. R y a n a lso expects to vis-it the family while t he r e .

George Albee w a s Instal led as pres-ident of Club 18 of G r a n d Rapids S a n -day, Oct. 14 Mr. a n d Mr. Char les Momber of Alpine were in i t ia ted as new members on t h i s day also.

Mrs. Henry Glocksm. wi th Mrs. W m Bosch as assi»ting hostess , en ter ta ined ten members a n d gues t s of tiie exec-utive board of t he W o m a n ' s Society oi CluiStiA" Service at lUiiClicOn at Glocksin's home. T h u r s d a y . Oct. 11.

. Following t h e l u n c h e o n aud social

. u d M r , Ous 9 teven?on

Lt . C o m m a n d e r a n d Mrs. Gordon Balyeat visited h i s pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. O. E. B a l y e a t l a s t week. He has been on 15-day leave a f t e r spenduig two years in med ica l servic2 in t n e South Pacif ic a n d h a s now been as -signed to f u r t h e r d u t y at the Naval Hospital a t P a r r i s I s l and , S o u t h Caro-l ina.

T n e S o u t h S p a r t a Neighbors Club m e t a t t ne h o m e ol R u m Neis^n on Tnursciay, Oct . 11 w i t h n ineteen pres-

M R CRYDERMAN

Free Methodis t c h u r c h In S p a r t a next S u n d a y m i m i n g at 11:00 o'clock. Be-fore h is conversion and call to t he minis t ry . Mr. C r y d e r m a n was s ta f f p h o t o g r a p h e r on the Detroi t T imss , covering varlour. activit ies Including Sports . For t he pas t six years, h e h a s been working wi th youmc people t h r o u g h o u t t he eas te rn pa r t of t he Uni ted S t a t e s a n d C a n a d a . Special s ing ing by t h e ma le qua r t e t t e .

Humeston To Direct Halloween Party

F r e J H u m e s t o n h a s been appo in ted c h a i r m a n of S p a r t a ' s Hal loween par ty which will be s t aged Wednesday. O c -tober 31.

T h e p a r t y is sponsored by the local Found a- io l. W m . A. Rogers, pres ident . T h e S p a r t a F F A headed by Dean Al-len will decora te a n d he lp clean u p the m a i n s t ree t for t he par ty . C. J . V a n D e n H o u t a n d h i s commi t t ee will be in c h a r g e of games.

wiped out in fires." Mr. F a r r e r , who seemed well versed

in t h e f ire prevent ion program, began h is in te res t ing discussion by s t a t i ng t h a t f i re was one of man ' r greatest discoveries. He told of how the Greeks ol old f i r s t Invented f l ame th rowers and how the Ind ians fouh t pioneer* by b u r n i n g them out with blazing fagots.

J a p a n , he said, was once aimost to -tally dest royed by "Jelly gasoline." an

j i n s t r u m e n t used qui te successfully in j t he recen t war by m a n y na t ions

W i t h o u t f ire we would be wi thout , canned goods, hea ted homes. Fi re Is

a g r e a t aid to Industry and t r anspo r -; ta t ion . S> f i re has an Impor tan t par t

in t he development of our resources. I he sa id j " B u t t he servant t u r n s on t h e m a s -i ter ." ne said, "when It gel* out of con-trol. F i re d e p a r t m e n t s canno t p reven t fires." h e said, " they can only a t t e m p t to pu t t h e m out."

"Every t ime a building burns we're at war ." said Fa r re r . We're ail t ry ing to be carefu l , but it 's o f t en Che ca r e -less nelg-.bor who is respors lb 1 - f o r our f i r e losses.

More American homes are wiped out by f i re t h a n in th ree o ther nat ion*. F a r r e r said. Th i s Is largely fcccauso of poor cons t ruc t ion . Only a city t n a t has a conf lagra t ion has learned the h a r d way about cosily fires, he suld.

T h e speaker was Introduced by J . H a r r y Brace, the evening's p rogram c h a i r m a n . Gues t* Included members of t he village council and the vohin-»eer f i re d e p a r t m e n t .

(By Carol Holme*-KorU)

W h a t do you and your family ta lk about at. b reakfas t?

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I par t icular ly remember one woman wi th whom we stayed when we were on the road. We ha.«i arr ived f r o m Nebraska a n d w^re unusual ly t ired Genera l ly we were shown directly to our rooms and then forgot ten . B u t in tn i s ins tance when we were abou t

W m . H. D e K a r t will be in charge of i set t led a t ray was sen t to us w i t a t he publ ic address system. Jack Davis f r a g r a n t hot tea and delicious l i t t le will lead the b a n d . Miss Morse of t he ( cakes. I do no t believe any th ing ever school fecu l ty will, wi th t he aid of | wasted qui te so good and I never f o r -

a t t he S p a r t a Rat ion ing a few weeks a t tne home of her u a j e n t s Mr and Mrs. V. H. F a h l i n g .

l . D T o t t e n and f a m - ent . T n e nex t m e e t i n g will be h t . d ilv of Whi t eha l l visited the i r son. R a y j a t the home of Mrs. Bailey on Nov. 8 a r d wife and their f a t h e r a n d m c - h e r . T n e Wesleyan berv ice *-«uiid of t h e Mi a n d Mrs. J . C. Hodgins . fo r t he ; Methodis t c n u r c h m e t for a pot luck

o ther teachers , h e l p in p lann ing cos-t u m e awards , J o e Gass will secure noise makers . H. J . Kur t z will d i r ec t the J a c k - O - L a n t e r n contest . Ed L a n e will show movies, while Wi l f red C u m -ings a n d the Legion Post will serve r e f r e s h m e n t s .

Begin now to get costumes ready, says c h a i r m a n Humes ton .

PETITIONS FOR

got he r thought fu lness .

W h e n I see girls today wi th the i r ha i r down t.ieir backs. I r emember a girl f r i end of long ago. Her n a m e was Zae. I o f t e n wonder where she is now. S h e was the envy of all t he girls in t he ne ighborhood for her ha r hung a lmost to t he h e m of her sk i r t and she wore lt e i the r in one long thick b ra id down her back or in one heavy

W V T F R S O F T E N E R ! braid. H e r mothe r bought red shoes i ror her a n d we though t t.-:ey were

r r n - w thP direct ion of C G u s t a v ! beau t i fu l . Lcvely .soft ha i r fal l ing ov-Dah l in pe t i t ions are being circulated e r t h e shoulders^ is one of t he •

t h roughou t t h e village sunoor t ing a cus toms girls. BraJds a r e atwa,y * cute , but long ha i r u more a t t rac t ive .

GARDEN CLUB

M / Nequls t mar r i ed Miss Lydia M. MAJOR BRACE Al ton Hodg- h o a t S s e s were Mrs. Leonard Vaughan . Elmquis t of Whi teha l l . December 26. RETURNS TO STATES o f New Era were Mrs. Ruby L d k ^ s . Mrs Laura Rosen-7804 T h e couple celebrated the i r gol-1 J X - c S u l in bag? in £ the i r l imi t of ; raad and Mrs. W a y n e Douglas Pian» den wedding ann iversa ry Dec.*mber 2o. . p r e d C. Brace, son of Mr. and . . . were discussed ior a candie - l igh t m u -

Surv lv lng besides h is wife. Lydla, Har ry Brace, h a s r e t u r n e d to t he T n e m , m 5 e r s of the Ba l l a rds S e w - ] sical and tea to be gi a r e six sons. Ca r l , R a y m o n d a n d Jxm. u n i t e d S ta t e s and is e n r o u t e home a . - . C u . _ l e m e e t a t t ne h o m e of Nov. 16. Mr*. J a m e s G a r - n e

. — O D./»r> lrH in t n e .W- v i t h Lhr i v - ... _

opening_ of t he pheasai i t season. T h e y wa te r so f t ene r fo r t he local p lant . I r e t u r n e a nu-iie j A - W i r : " . : r r i ^ n a M v » i 7 h a n . t m p e w u o n s wnen completed a r e

to be presented to t he Village Council A m a n of eighty has been found who and s teps w:ll be taken la ter . Mr. D a h - never took a vacation. T h a t explains lin s ta tes , to de t e rmine the cos». of his longevity. He's never been ex-such an add . t ion to the water p lan t , h a u s t e d by a vaca t ion!

WELCOMES TEACHERS Tu 0f S p a r i a : S Sgt R i c h a r d to toe 1 a rmed forces, now home on f u . l o u g h .

T h e K e n t City G a r d e n Club m e m - T 5 y e m o n of F o r t Ord . Cali l . ; a n a bera and the i r husbands h a d » «>; p f C . N o r m a n of G r a n d I s land . Neb. ; operat ive d i n n e r m the Method i s t | d a u z n t e r . Mrs Will iam H. ( R u t h ) chu rch pa r lo r s last Monday evening j H c n n i n g of G r a n d Rapids: 20 g r a n d -w i t h t h e facu l ty a n d their wives a n c l < ch i ld ren . six g rea t -g randch i ld ren , h u s b a n d s as guests. T h e tables and , j j e q j i s t reposes m the Be t t e s t he rooms were beaut i ful ly decorated wi th fall f lowers a n d a u t u m n leaves.

Af te r t he o m u c i l i e pres ident . Mrs. Clarence Johnson , presided a t a 9 i o r t business meet ing . T h e report on the Harves t Fes t ival was made. $118 was cleared. T h e money ls to be used for - - - - ratief

t e r 28 mon ths In t he Pac i f ic with t he 12th regiment . 1st cavalry division. H e , recent ly wrote his wife t h a t one of | , ,

All members a n d f r i ends are

t h e doctors In his u n i t was sent to ca re for Tojo when the premier a t -t emp ted suicide. T o j o w a s t aken to t h e headqua r t e r s of t he reg iment s med ica l corps for f u r t h e r care.

Brace and o the r members of aaaj . Memoria l Chape l , where f u n e r a l vices will be held S a t u r d a y at 2.00 h l s w e n t a shore In

! - . . - • in Qoarta F*t*"-oc ioca . w.wi u . « r s i c . . v ... —,— •• p la ins cemete ry . Rev. C h a s Mills o f f i c ia t ing .

T h e m e m b e r s of the Ba l l a rds Sew- • sical and tea to be given m tne c n u r c a - -^- ' r Sow l&. JOS*. JAUIC^ G«ir»-iicr an-

Russell Gilbert on T h u r s d a y . Mrs. Leonard V a u g n a n wiU be cha i r -- - - men. T n e Gui ld also voted to make

a donat ion to t he W a r Ches t . Mrs. R . S c h a r p h o r n of G r a n d R a p -

ids came out to Mrs. Car l F. Cauen o and took Mrs Ca l . en to G r a n t to call

Leonard B r u m m e l and he r

urged to a t t e n d . No. to r Communi ty Club will m e e t

T h u r s d a y . Oct. 25 a t t h e h o m e of T n e l m a Bellamy.

Mr. a n d Mrs. R

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W. K

—..•Hi ~ «^poin ted war »•••• en. a oommlOee on nomina t ions Bh«-1 caUed on Mr Leaver who gave a shor t i Oct i

G e u . MacAr thu r . l i e w a s - -Man i l a and won the bronze s ta r mt-dal in Leyte. Previously h e served in Aus-t r a l i a . New G u i n e a a n d the Admira l ty I s l ands .

_ P E. Hodgins of De- on Mrs trol t sDent t he forepar t of t h e week new baoy g-rl. t h e n drove to Newaygo S S S s na ren t s . Mr ar^l Mrs. J . E l a n d tooic in t he beau t i fu l fall coiors

j along t ae h ighway. Mrs. Cal.en came j a p a n w i to ? P " 8 " " Hod s ins .

STUDY CLUB OPENS YEAR T h e K e n t City S t J d y C lub opened room of Firs t Methodist

ffUMta to* welcome the homecoming of l t s y w u - Tuesday a f t e r n o o n w i t h an day a f t e r n o o n at 2 o"Blo< " in te res t ing meet ing. T h e president , p . l

A r t h u r Holmgren , gree ted the 0 f t h e D a t e Line

FAMILY REUNION A fami ly r eun ion was held S u n d a y .

a t t h e home of Mr. a n d Mrs J ^ k T a n d totroducd the new m e m b e r s I F D. Mon tgomery T h e r e were 35

° ( M r ° O l S i ' b o r g sang th ree numbers . | s U - EUian Montgomery .

' several ^ n g s Mr a n d Mrs. E t h a n Montgomery. b r r , and the gues ts w h o were the ber . s ang several songs. 1 ~ — Casnovia Ladies ' L i t e r a ry Club.

Mrs. Mark Hersey f avo red the group wi to two sougs .wl th Mrs. Case Wabeke a t t h e p iano

Mr* Holmgren In t roduced M r s S S Nesbet of F . e m o n t . who presented a p lay reading of a c u r r e n t New York favor . t e . " I R s m e m b e r M a m m a ' ' which was much enjoyed.

Af te r t he p rog ram tea w-as served by the off icers ac t ing as hostesses, Mrs. M H. Sau r pour ing .

T h e nex t meet ing will be o n Tues -day evening. Oct. 23 a t t he Pu lkerson-

nome recenuy xrom tne nospitai . Mr. a n d Mrs. Leo Murray motored Wednesday,

to Ka lamazoo S u n d a y to take the i r daugh te r . W a n d a , to enroll as a F re snman in W e s t e r n Michigan Col-lege. Those who wish to write to her . address B06 W h e a t o n .

T n e l i r s t fall m e e t i n g of Our Lady

plus its m a i n t e n a n c e . I f ind as I grow older t h a t I do no t

P F P f » T ? T O F -VTH O F ' c a r e for crowds or noise or too m u c n K h l O.C 1 " f c A J " y * t p u ' I R T conversa t ion T h e lovely momenta of

_ f ' - y tLa mv l ife t h a t I r emember seem to have George A l ' - j - m " b c c n t h e { J u : e t uioments . I recall a

T u e s d a y o f t he d e a t h or Allen_ J i m ^ rven ing walking down a city S t e w a r t in L a n s i n g Monday. He wa> : ^ sof tness of t he fa l l ing tr.e son of t he la te Rev. J o h n S t ewar t . ^ n o w T h e l l g h t s r e r . e c t i n g th rough fo rmer pas tor of the S p a r t a Bapt i s t ^ m i s , Q f t h e ^ o w f u k e s . t he qu ie t -church . | n e s # o { t h e s t reets . I r emember com-

A sister. Marga re t , survives. F u n - ( -«•»>-- !=te cnc Tiizh* n n d 3t<?p-era : services were neid in i^nsir t i i

CASNOVIA JR. FARM BUREAU NOTES

Mrs. Avery Anderson n a o a s guests a t he r Hess Lake cot tage. P ine Lod^e. l a s t T h u r s d a y Mrs. Lou Keller . Mrs. Wal t e r Ebers. Miss I rene H e f t , Mrs H. J- K u r t z and Mrs. J J . Goer lng.

T h e W o m a n ' s Society of Oa r i s t l an Service will meet in t h e recept ion

chu rch F r i - . , l l X i . oek when Mrs of Perpetua l Help S tudy Club will be V a n c c T u e s d a y evening. OcU 9. T n e

Bull will present t h e book. "Wes t wl ta Mrs. C. Arends , Wednesday even- j P a ; . e d to discuss all new Hostesses will be , mg. Oct 24

T h e Casnovla Jun io r F a r m Bureau met a t the home of Mari lyn a n d J a n e t

Mrs. B e r t P u t m a n . Mrs. Henry G i o d t -s in and Mrs. Huber t Smi th .

Mr a n d Mrs Henry Glocksin en -t e r t a ined Mr and Mrs O. E. Ba lyea ' a n d Mr and Mrs Hlne S m i t h a t d i n -ne r S a t u r d a y

Mrs. George Albee u n d e r w e n t a m a -

After t ak ing a sho r t course with t.ie American Air l ines a t LaGuard la F.eld. New York Ci ty . Miss Rosemary Warren ls now located at t he Detroi t City Airport , do ing personnel work for the Airlines.

Mr. a n d Mrs F r a n k E Metzger

j mee t ing was ca l ' ed to discuss business. Twen ty - seven m e m b e r s were present . T h e g roup will

Oc t . 18 Oc t . 18 Oc t . 18 Oc t . 19 O c t 20 O c t . 21 Oc t . 11 r v t 23 Oc t . 23 Oc t . 24 Oct . M

Mrs Alice C u s h m a n ( Oct. 29 Mr*. Harold Hoag Oc t . 27

J a n e Noller Oc t 26 Mrs. Isabell H a m m o n d (88) Oct . 30

Sad ie Culver ; Oct. 30 Rober t Monroe Oct. 30 Maxine Reis te r Oc t 31

Luwetl Mi l tabarger , Oct . 31 .. Hooer t M a r s n a u «jct. s i

l i t . Rober t Anderson Nov 2 Cl i f ford Rogers Nov. 11

D e a n Hoag Sgt . William H P l a n k . T h o m a s home

M r s A m a n d a S t a u f f e r (811 Mrs Fred Biar .chard

K a t h e r i n e Slegel R o y B. Da r l i ng Dorothy Bowler

Mrs Eugene S p r a y t

Clare B O r e e n D o r u R y a n . tohnaon

NOTICE

WILL OUR C U S T O M E R S PLEASF. C A L L F O R T H E I R W O R K P R O M P T L Y . A L S O K I N D L Y B R I N G H A N G E R S A S WE » A u -LY NEED T H E S P A C E

STAKTA CLEAVERS

ior o p e r a t o r a t Bu t t e rwor th hoispta l .spent S a t u r d a y n i g h t and Sunday in a week ago Wednesday. S h e Is re - J Rockford a t t he h o m e of Mrs Metz-ported to be convalescing sa t i s f ac to r - eer 's b r o t a e r - l n - l a w and sister. Mr

w-Mr. a n d M r s L. D. T o t t n a n d family

of W h i t e h a l l spent S u n d a y a r d Mon-day a t t i e home of th? i r -son and d a u g h t e r - i n - l a w . Mr arvd Mrs. Ray T o t t e n a n d enjoyed p h e a s a n t h u n t i n g Monday .

Neal Mai t in and son Elmo of H a r -r i e t t s were Sunday guests of Mr. a n Mrs H u g h E Weston

Mr. a n d Mrs VictOT Olson of F l in t spen t S u n d a y with her sister. MU> J e a n n i e O ' l le t t . Mrs Olson remained for a fev days ' visit.

Mrs. C. L. Ryan a n d ch i ld ren . Pa -tr icia a n d Eid ie . left Monday fo r Los

a t t e n d a m e e u n g a t Shelby. Wednesday . Oct . 17. All m e m b e r s are asked to a t t e n d . Next mee t ing Is Oct . 30.

a week ago Wednesday. S h e ls re - J Rockford a t t h e h o m e of Mrs Metz ger 's b r o t a e r - l n - l a w and Mrs. Ben Roosa

Mr and M r s M a r t i n Ingersoli of O r a n d R a p ' d s were Sunday d inner guests a t t he h o m e of h is parents . Mr and Mrs. F o r r e s t Ingersoli . Mar t in , who h a s Just r e t u r n e d home f rom Europe, «erved near ly three vears in t he service a n d h a s served twenty m o r . ™ — • * " H e Is to repor t back to Pennsyvan l a Oc t . 20 for his dis-charge. ~

Frank E Metzer . who h a s served years in service, and served 18

months overseas to Burope. h a s receiv-ed his m s c n a r g e a n d is now a t nome

i i r i n _ , His bro ther . Leon Metzger, who served A n - a l e e i ' o e l l t Enrou te t h e y ' w i l l stop j about four yea r s in t h e navy, h a s also a t St i l lwater , OKLA to visit Mr. Ryan -a J been d i scharged

IN MEMORIAM T h e flowers in the Memorial W i n -

dow a re In loving memory of Axel F Nequist .

T h e Bet tes Memoria l Chapel .

ping to sit on the porch s teps before going ' n . T h e stillness, t ne pecul iar n igh t sounds, t he moon th rough the trees, t he sof tness of the darkness all a round . Early morn ings a r e beau t i fu l when the frost lies whi te and heavy over the fields I feel po-et ical a t various t imes of day. a lovely parly morning , a beaut i fu l la te even-ing—a quie t snowy day.

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Cancel la t ion of Order L-169 m e a n s t h a t sh i r t tai ls are back again D u r -ing the war they provided between 1 a n d 1V» million e x t r a sh i r t s a yea r for t h e a rmy T h a t ' s what th ree Inches lopped off t he millions of dozens of sh i r t s produced annual ly adds u p to. However, there will no t be too m a n y long- ta i led sh i r t s on store shelves to t ime for Chr is tmas .

Fun-Fost Plens Announced! AU roads W*d to Apart* School on Fr iday . NOT. 9. Why4* R e m e m -

ber last year's Fwn-Fe*t? Here comes a n o t h e r with equally *• m a n y inn<ul t r e a t s in s tore to r yoo.

Be t h e r e when t h e doors swing «n»en a t 7 :00 p. m. Have thooe po.*k e t s all a - j ing le. W h y ? To tnsa re yoarself a gala esrening a n d r w PTA a coming year o/ f inanc ia l sweesai. Oh, yes! Bring y a w »PI*e-tite*. kiddies! Grown -ops. too! T h e r e will be food.

W a t c h t h e More* fo r clever poster* being made by owr School Ar t Dept . Also wa tch nex t week's local newspaper for impor t an t

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1945 T H E S E N T I N E L - L E A D E R , S P A R T A , M I C H I G A N

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T. i e t e n d e n c i e s of t h e t imes h a v e lly on S u n d a y when they r e t u r n e d to fMi iuwi t h - « l w of fami l ies to S o u t h Haven.

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Editorials Might be well fo r t h e h u n t e r

who f i re* hi* s u n when he see* t h e buvhr-> move a n d w i t h o u t •eeing a n y game, to s tay h o m e awhi le a n d prac t ice wi th a pop-r u n .

WARTIME SCHOOL SERVICES

O n e of t h e f e a t u r e s of t h e war e f -f o r t h a s been the service r e n d e r e d by t h - school s u p e r i n t e n d e n t s a n d m e m -b e r s of t h e facu l ty in l ead ing t h e t h o u g h t of y o u t h t h r o u g h t he se cr i t ical war years. T h e boys a n d girls h a v e been deeply sUrred by t h e e x c i t e m e n t s of war . a n d It h a s bee; , d i f f i cu l t for s o m e of t h e m to give a d e q u a t e t h o u g h t t o the i r s t ud i e s a n d p r e p a r a t i o n f o r l i fe . T h e school people have met t h ' * s i t ua t i on wi th grer t wisdom. T h e y h a v e inspired the young people wi th s t r o n g pa t r io t i c feel ings, and t h e de -s i r e to coopera te to t h e best of t he i r abi l i ty wi th t h e wr.r e f f o r t T h e y h a v e insp i red Uw* boys a p p r o c h i n g t h e t i m e w n ? n they m a y be cal led fo r mi l i t a ry service, w i th s t rong fee l ings of loyal ty t o their coun t ry , a n d wi ;h a r eady wil l ingness to p e r f o r m w h a t e v e r s e r -vice m i g h t be asked of t h e m .

T h e school people h a v e enli&ted t h e e n t h u s i a s m of the y o u n g s t e r s fo r t h e var ious dr ives a n d sa lvage c a m p a i g n s , t o which they m a d e a r e m a r k a b l e c o n -t r ibu t ion And they -have insp i red ii»e young people wi th d e t e r m i n a t i o n t o s t u d y ea rnes t ly a n d p r e p a r e t h e m -selves well for mi l i t a ry service :.nd for l ife.

I ' ru i r s i rah l r ideas a r e f r e q u e n t -ly r e f e r r ed to a s "Kniali town s tu f f . " A f f o r d i n g t o ou r idea, the re hi more smal l t o w n s tu f f in hit; oitiew t h a n a n y w h e r e else.

"TOP KNOT COME DOWN" S o m e J a p s h a v e said t h a t t h e pride

of the i r n a t i o n r-as h u m b l e d w h e n the i r E m p e r o r H i r u h i t r cal led on G e n . M a c A r t h u r a t t he t a t t e r ' s h e a d q u a r -ters . If so. l t did t h e m s o m e good to be t h u 3 humbled

T o t s r e m i n d s one of t h e old p r e a c h -

tone U n i t e d S U t e t . A c e n t u r y a g o fami l ies of six o r e i g h t ch i ldren were very common . I n t hose old d a y s ch i l -d r e n could be r a i s e d Inexpensively Pood was c h e a p , a lso clothing, a n d t h e d e m a n d s fo r e x p e n d i t u r e for t he se c h l l d r r 1 • • ' • f a r less. Now it h a s be -come a n e x p e n s i v e t h i n g to raise a big fami ly , to e d u c a t e the ch i ld ren . ar\r\ give t h e m w h a t e v e r they need In c lo thing a n d c a r e f o r t ne i r var ious a l i -m e n t s .

Many young peop le delay m a r r i a g e because they f ee l t h e lack of m o n e y to t a k e on t h e e x p e n s e of m a r r i e d life. T h a t p r o b a b l y h a s a t e n d e n c y In some cases t o l i m i t t h e n u m b e r of ch i ldren they wUl h a v e . I t could be

Miss Lots s t r e a m spen t t h e weekend w i t h he r p a r e n t s , Mr. a n d Mrs. Edward S t r e a m .

Mr. a n d Mrs Wi l l iam M u n s o n now .lave a t e lephone . No. 2S62. Messrs. Nels Ho lmgren . M a r t i n J o h n -

son a n d Haro ld Swain s p e n t Monday w i t h Mr . a n d Mr*. Lewis Ho lmgren a n d t h e m e n h u n t e d p h e a s a n t s .

Mr. a n d Mrs . Boyd C la rk expect to t a k e t he i r son, Pvt R a n d a l l Clark , back to c a m p o n Tuesday a n d spend a few d a y s wi th reiaUves in Chicago while t he re .

Lola Anderson spen t S u n d a y with Mr. a n d Mrs . H e n r y B r o . t a n d Cpl. R o b e r t Bro t t .

C l a rk School P T A -ne t o n P r d a y

Real Estate Transfers IN N O R T H E R N K E N T C O U N T Y

wished t h a t p l a n s oould be developed j n i g h t a t t h e school house wi th our by which c h i l d r e n cou ld be b r o u g h t u p new of f icers . Mrs . Leroy S tan ley , a t less expense T a a t is a d i f f i c u l t ! p r e s i d e n t a n d H e r m a n Nelson, secre-proposl t ion u n d e r m o d e r n casts of l iv- ' t a r y - t r e a s u r e r to charge . I t was vot -m g | ed on to c h a n g e ou r m e e t i n g n ight

Anyway t h e c h i l d r e n of the f a m i l y , back to t h e f i r s t Monday n i g h t In t h e cons t i tu te a n i n c e n t i v e to the p a r e n t s m o n t h a s it was f o r m a n y years . T h e to display e n e r g y a n d devotion in c a r - p r o g r a m commit tee , Mr. a n d Mrs. Roy ing fo r t h e m , a n d providing t h e S o n e s o n ar»d Mr. a n d Mrs. Edward m e a n s by w h i c h t h e y can have t h e i r S t r e a m , h a d p r epa red a n ice p rogram

sha re l ife

of t h e a d v a n t a g e s of mode.-n

er who was said t o have t a k e n his t ex t f r o m t h e j * o r d s of S c r i p t u r e . •Top k n o t come down . " W h e t h e r h e r e fe r red to s o m e way Uie w o m e n wore their h a i r or t he i r h a t s , o r w h e t h e r he was r e fe r r ing t o people ' s h igh pr ide, is n o t wholly c lear . W h e n h e w.as asked where h e f o u n d t h o s e words in t h e Bible, he rep l ied t h a t t h e Bibl? says. "Le t h i m t h a t is in t h e house top no t come down . " a n d h e mere ly abbrev ia ted those words.

Anyway t h e r e were m a n y top k n o t s in J a p a n t h a t great ly needed coming down T h e Bible says t h a t p r ide go-efch be fore des t ruc t ion , a n d i t c e r t a i n -1> proved so In t h e case of J a p a n .

T h e people a r e told t o w a k e up a n d look a f t e r t he i r pol i t ical Interest*. Many of t h e m d o so e v r , two yea r s on e jec t ion day. but a lot of t h e m go to s l eep the day a f t e r .

" B r i g h t skies will socn be over me." says t h e good old h y m n . So m i g h t s ing t h e s e '">ks w h o come home Just be fore d-*wn.

SMALL FAMILIES Warl ike g o v e r n m e n t s h a v e f r e q u e n t -

ly urged the i r people to h a v e more chi ldren , a s a m e a n s by w h i c h they could develop g r e a t e r m i l i t a ry power »T*V. I —. — i m m x o n . V» »» A / 4 f / » * A1U) • • » « < - w . . - v

purposes of d e f e n s e a g a i n s t aggressive ne ighbors . If It w a s w a n t e d as a t h r e a t t o ne ighbor n a t i o n s a n d for possible a t t a c k oil t h e m , a c a m p a i g n fo r such increase of m a n p o w e r h a s been a d t p l o r a b ' e use of power .

I n t h e Uni ted S t a t e s publ ic sen t i -m e n t says t h a t every f ami ly should b -le f t f r ee to dec ide how m a n y ch i ld ren it should have, a n d it a b h o r s t h e idea t h a t ch i ld ren should be b r o u g h t in to the world a s a m e a n s >f Inc reas ing a na t ion ' s abil i ty t o m a k e w a r a n d a t -tack i ts ne ighbors

How w ; u t h e G e r m a n s a n d J a p s t ake to d e m o c r a t i c ins t i tu -tion.-? D o n ' t k n o w , but the las t yea r of w a r c a v e t h e m exper i -ence in r u n n i n g , which migh t h e l p t h e m w h e n i t comes to r u n -n ing fo r o f f i ce .

| CLARK SCHOOL NEWS * T h e H a p p y Ho . i r C lub h a s b e e n

pos tponed o n e week, f r o m Oct. 19 to Oct 26 a n d will m e e t with Mis . Boyd C l a r k a t t h a t t i m e .

C a p t . H a r r y S o r e n s o n has r e t u r n e d f r o m overseas d u t y a n d is expec t ing h i s d i s cha rge f r o m t h e a rmed services soon.

Mrs. C. Da le H o i b e n received a t e l e -g r a m f r o m h e r h u s b a n d . W O D a l e Hoiben on P r d a y s a y i n g t h a t he w a s in t h e S t a t e s a n d hoped to be h o m e some t ime t h i s week .

Mrs . C h a r l e s R a m s e y , n r c M r r t ' r . Alice S tan ley , whose h u s b a n d h a s r e -

cent ly been d i s c h a r g e d f rom t h e Coas* G u a r d s , h a s b e e n w i t h her p a r e n t s . Mr and Mrs. I^eroy S tan ley , a n d S t a n -Icy a n d B r u c e R a y m o n d fo r severa l days. Mr a n d Mrs . Ramsey a re n o w located in Bay C i ty .

Mrs . Fel ix C a u k i n s and d a u g h t e r s spent the w e e k e n d wi th her sister a n d fami ly . Mr. a n d Mrs A r t h u r H o l m -gren . Mr. C a u k i n s c a m e for h is f a m -

whlch cons is ted of p i a n o accord ian solos by Haro ld Vogel, vocal solos by Alice f e i e r s o n accompan ied by Mr*. A r t h u r S w e n s o n ; a ta lk o n "Wisdom a n d U n d e r s t a n d n g " by Pas to r Brown a n d p i a n o accord ian solos by Mrs D o n a l d M a t t s o n . T n e p r o g r a m com-m i t t e e for t h e n e x t mee t ing . Nov. 5. will be Mr. a n d Mrs. I rv ing Nyblad a n d Mr a n d Mrs. Corl iss Ho iben . T h e l u n c h c o m m i t t e e is Mr. a n d Mrs. P red Cadwel l . Mrs . Wil l iam P r e e m a n a n d Mr. a n d Mrs. An tone Hoiben .

I r v i n g C. J o h n s o n a n a wife to E r n e s t R o g e r s a n d wife, p a r t S E 1 . . sec. 35-» - U . S p a r t a Twp.

F l o r e n c e H. J o h n s o n to E r n e t R o g e r s a n d wife, p a r t SE«*. sect ion 35-9-11. S p a r t a T w p .

M a r y D a u c h y to Wi l l iam R e c x a r i . J r . . p a r t S E U . sec. 30-10-11. So lon T w p .

E l m e r O . Wilson a n d wU* to Bess ie E m p i e , pa r t NEV», sec. 33-10-11. S o l o n Twp .

H e n r y Ear l Car r tck a n d wife to R e e i W o o d a n d a l f e . lot e, etc. . b lock C. C a m p L a k e Resor t .

P r a n k J . Gil le t t and wife to J o h n L R i c h a r d s , lot 8. S p a r t a He igh t s Add t o Vi l lage of S p a r t a

A n n a H e ban to J o h n C. Mol a n d wi fe .

p a r t N E \ . sec. 2-S-12. Aip .nc T w p L e e S . Br a lord a n d wife t o C h e s t e r

A m b u r g e y a n d wife, p a r t N W ' , , sec. 28-9-12. S p a r t a Twp.

W a l l l e T. Coleman a n d wife to W i l l i a m W . D a r g i e a n d wife, let ! . etc.. block

m

IS. N a s h ' i F i r s t Add. Russel l J a q u a y s a n d wife to P r a n k J

Romanowsk l a n d wife, lot 33. block C. C a m p Lake Resor t .

E l ton W n t c o m b a n d wife t o H e n r y G. B e n n l n k and wife, p a r t N E ' 4 . sec

1-8-13, Alpine T w p . • L e o n a r d Roelof. g rdn . . t o Alex P ra se r

a n d wife, p a r t S E S . sec. 30-9-11. Algoma Twp.

'Al ice M R Gi l l e t t e to F r a n k l i n D S c h u l t t a n d wife , p a r t SWVi, f r l . sec. 30-9-13. A lgoma T w p .

O e o r g e H. Wilson t o P e t e r B. P e t e r -son . pa r t NW f r l . M. sec 1-9-13. S p a r t a Twp.

Maud Weaver t o P e a r l T . S m i t h , et a l . p a r t lot 48. etc. . C h e n e y & Stebbins Add.

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