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A 2 0 - W o r d A d O n o W o e l c 3 5 c W « « k s $ 1 . 0 0

NOTICE: Electric a n d Gas Welding. Expert welding on all kinds of

machinery E. C- Littlefleld. Spar ta Welding and Machine Shop, Phone

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WANTED: Carpen te r work, new or remodeling. No Job too large or *oo

Free es t imates . Prices reason-Call Alfred Nixon. Phone 5176.

Sparta , W. Divison 8 t 6 ' 1 3 c

POR SALE: C a m p Lake lot and cot-tage. Easy terms. Inquire at White

Rose Ga* Stat ion. Ray Atkins. Sparta, Phone 4201.

TWO-PIECE living room >uite recov-ered a n d completely rebuilt. $2930.

Only $1.50 per week. Heights Up-holstery Co.. 2128 Division Ave., S Phone 3-0631, G r a n d Rapids. Open evenings unti l 9. 3-7-41c

FOR SALE: Team, harness, low wheel wagon, hay rack, roller, plow, potato

planter. Anson Knisley, Bailey. 4 - l l p

POR SALE: Swedish select seed oats. Medium red clover seed. Recleaned.

Also a J o h n Deere riding plow. Albert Atkinson. Casnovia. 4-18p

POR SALE OR TRADE: Good Model T Ford truck wi th Ruxte l gear. Good

rubber and in good runn ing condition Trade for trai ler or modern truck and pay cash difference. Also wood for sale. 4 miles no r th of Sparta . F. N. Church. Kent City. * " l l c

F R U I T LOANS a t cost. Grand Rapids Production Credit Association. 514

Murray Bldg.. G r a n d Rapids. Mich, t fn

WOOL WANTED: Highest Price Paid for Wool. Hides a n d 8heep Pelts

Lloyd Hansen. Phone 4301. Sparta, t fn

F O R SALE: Spar t an barley for seed. J . L. Chase. Kent City, Pnone Cas-

novia 3528. 4 - l l p

POR SALE: Remington Standard typewriter. Fully guaranteed. Only

$2930. This is a real buy. If you've been looking for a typewriter, come in and see th is one. Sentinel-Leader. Sparta .

GET T O P Pricee, correct weight and cash every Monday a t Ravenna Live-

stock Sales. t fn

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BABY CHICKS: Leghorns, Barred and White Rocks, Parmente r R. i

Reds, started chicks, sexed chicks and pullets. A hatch each Tuesday. Good blood lines of Michigan's foremost breeders. Blood-tested. Write for free circular a n d prices. Also Hybrid seed corn, home-grown, certified. Michigan Hybrid 1218 and Minn. 402. priced from $6 25 to $4 50 a bushel. T h e Abel Hatchery. 8and Lake. Route I . Phone 63 F5. S-30C

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PGR SALE: Oats and barley mixtures for seed. About 1/3 barley. Jacob

Spangenberg. Sparta . Phone 3857. 4 - l i e

POR SALE: "37 Ford Tudor, very clean, only 15,000 miles. One used

Allis-Chalmers WC tractor. McCor-mick-Dee ring 10-20 Tractors, $125.00 up. Howard Bettes Tractor B Sales, Spar ta . 4 - l l p

FOR SALE: Limited amount Golden Glow seed corn. Te&ted and graded.

E. Bergs t rom. Kent City. 4-18p

Of the board Instructed t o unanimous vote for the nom-Elmer K. Troost, G r a n d Rapids

township supervisor, who h a d been ex-pected to compete with Montgomery for t b e office, did not have his name in nomination.

High honors were accorded Super-visor Holmquist who received the ap -pointment of cha i rman of the Welfare Committee, one of tbe most important committees of the board.

Tentative Budget T b e report of tbe committee on

tentat ive budgets was referred to the K e n t county tax allocation board a f t e r It was submitted by Committee Chair m a n William Buehler. I t calls for a p -propriation of $1,373,81644 in 1941 and a tax rate for the county of $438 per thousand of valuation. As listed in t b e tentative budget. K e n t county will pay $285,150.87 for the general relief total of $870,301.35.

T h e tentative budget compares with expenditures of $1,338,993.43 in the fiscal year of 1939 and a n appropria-tion of $1,387.30445 for tbe >ear 1940.

Controversy developed over the em-ployment by the county of a n engineer to work for the WPA co-ordinating

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POR SALE: Alfalfa hay $8 per ton. Also plowing a n d dragging a n d disc-

ing by the acre. Bruce Thompson, Phone 2416. Spa rU. 4 - l l c

FOR SALE. Certified grass seed, all kinds. Place orders now for agri-

cultural lime a n d fertilizer for spring delivery. F G- Field s n d Son. Spar ta .

5-2c

FOR SALE: Porcelain top kitchen cabinet in f ine condition $6; small

porcelain top utility cabinet, new. $5; mirror 20x24. suitable for kitchen, 82. Mrs Henry Brott . Casnovia. Phone 2751. 4 - l l c

POR SALE OR TRADE: Young ser-vice boar. J . H. Fulkerson. R. 2.

SparU 4 - l l p

REFRIGERATORS: 6 cu. f t . DeLuxe electric refrigerator, brand n e w

884.9*. DeWaard Llectrlc Co.. 7S1 W Leonard, near Alpine, Grand Rapids. Phone 71488. t f n

WE REPAIR all makes of Washing Machines. We carry In stock carbon

brushes for all makes of vacuum cleaners. Phone 2161. William A. Rogers and Co.. Spar ta . t fn

LAWN GRASS SEED: Fancy mix-tu re ; Kentucky Blue grass, red top.

rye grass and white clover. Compare price and grade. Special 19c lb. John-son-Smith Company. 4- l lc

U & L

FOR SALE: Choice a l fa l fa clover and t imothy hay. Phone 4" 95, Spar ta

4-I8p

FOR RENT ed room.

Warm, modern, furnish-M-s Noble Gau t . Sparta

POR SALE: Six horses, five sets work harness. Must sell because of Ulneas.

Jay Morsman, Phone 3285. Spar ta . 4-l lC

FOR RENT: House, cow pasture and garden space, ten dollars per month .

T. C. Tee pie. Spar ta . 4-25c

WANTED: A small building to move on vacant property. Inquire Sen-

tinel-Leader, Spa rU. Phone 2141. t f n

POR SALE: Three bulls. WIU sell o itright or for servioe. Emanuel

Baehre. S p a r U . Route l. Phone 5293

FOR SALE: New Milch Cows, also W.C . Allis Chalmers tractor a n d

cultivator. OrvUle Schwart t . Inquire Howrrd Bettes. Tractor Sales. Spar t a . Mich. 4 _ 1 # P

POR SALE: Seed oaU. Recleaned Teat 35. Yield was 723 bu. per acre.

70c per bu. Phil Schwarts and Sofc. SparU. 4 miles west. Telephone 5282.

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committee which Is a "clearing house for all work projects whether they con-cern townships or towns.

Specifically, tbe board's voce was on a resolution introduced by Herman J. Wierenga of Wyoming township. I t provided t ransfer of 85.-000 from the contingent fund to the general fund, with not to exceed $3,-800 to be paid In salary to the engin-eer. George Landgrave.

Supervisor E. C. Albert opposed the resolution on ground t h a t it would add to the county payroll a n d several o ther supervisors supported his stand. Wier-enga and Mayor Welsh spoke on be-half of the resolution, asserting t h a t an engineer's work was necessary to tbe co-ordinating committee a n d de-claring that Landgrave, who is now paid b7 the WPA. had already saved the oounty $20,808 by his skilled advice on project cet-upa They claimed he could save much more if employed 'oy the oounty in tbe future .

- ra Dean, director of county welfare commission, was called to by Wierenga to address the supervisors. He spoke on behalf of employing Landgrave and pointed out the continuance of WPA projects cut down relief rolls and . therefore, the amount of money direct-ly appropriated by tbe county for re-lief. Dean also said t h a t adminis t ra-tive costs of relief had been reduced a n d there would probably be a balance of funds appropriated for operations of the welfare set-up

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Welsh was entirely "up to (be county" and declared the board should lend every assistance to the unfis in bringing out WPA projects. He asserted the WPA co-ordinating committee plan would probably be duplicated In many Michi-gan counties; that it is now being studied by several t h a t are anxious to cu t down relief rolls by keeping em-ployees working on township and city sponsored WPA projects.

Tbe resolution t ransfer ing the $5,000 was passed by a large major i ty when tbe roll call vote was finally taken.

health a n d f inance committees of board.

Supervisor E d w a r d Newland of Spencer township moved t h a t the chairman be instructed to make a t least one change each year in the per-sonnel of the board's f inance com-mittee. Supervisor Lamoreaux said be did not believe t h a t the present board had the legal right to bind fu tu re boards to such a rule. Other super-visors asserted tha t the board h a d no right to take away from the power of the cha i rman to appoint committees. There was no second to the motion.

Supervisor Prank L. Houghton of Lowell township then moved t h a t the finance committee be paid In the com-mittee be paid in the coming year at the same dally pay ra te of the pre-vious year. Supervisor Lamoreaux ex-pressed opposition to the motion, as-serting h e did not believe one commit-tee should receive more t h a n others. The motion cjfrried. however, on s roll call vote. -

Hugh J . Gray, manager of West Michigan Tourist and Resort associa-tion. sent an inv lu t ion to all supervis-ors to a t t end s "Know Michigan" week banquet in the Pant l lnd hotel a t 6:30 p. m.. April 19. The letter was read by County Clerk Lewis J . Donovan

Mayor Collins' resolution t h a t the board ad journ to May 7. when it will

Supervisor h e a r tbe tentative ra tes s«t up by the Tax allocation board, was passed.

Gaines township, whirl; approved in a referendum a proposal to come un-der the provisions of s U t e laws provid-ing for zoning regulations in town-ships. submitted a report of the elec-tion to the boaid. I t was received and filed.

A resolution of regret a t t lw death of the late Edward Owen was passed un-animously with County Clerk Donovan Instructed to send copies of the reso-lution to the bereaved family. |

Report of the fiiiance committee covering disbursements since the last supervisors meeting was approved.

Mayor Collins' resolution ins t ruct-ing the welfare coxmr ' t tee to meet a t least once each month with the coun-ty welfare commission was adopted.

S t tnd ing committees were approved o n recommendation o r Chairman Montgomery, as followa*

Coaumitteea In addition to the Welfare Commit-

tee. Holmqu.st is also a member of Committee on Drains. I ving Penn 'ng-tnn, Supervisor of Algoma towr ih ip was placed on the committees of leg-islation and Investigation and air-ports. Supervisor E. C. Albert of Al-pine township is a member of the public buildings committee.

Fulkerson W w M S t a t m d Sunday, tneir a ru i l i i jUr i -

Andrew Landheer of *nd sister. Mr. and Mra. Ivan Em-will celebrate their 35th

Silver W< Mr. and Mrs.

Kent City wedding anniversary Saturday. Apr:l 13.

Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Austin spent the week-end with their aon-ln-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Villers in Chicago

Mrs. S a m P a n t was removed from St. Marys to 3pa r t a hospital Sunday-She Is a little better a t th is writing.

The Misses Clara a n d Lora Turner were home for the week-end.

Mrs. James Ed son of South Bend was a week-end visitor a t the E. J . Soles home.

Mr. and Mrs. Case Wabeke and chil-dren and Mrs. Minnie Oariinger were Sunday guests of Mr. a n d Mrs. J . C. Wabeke of Fremont.

Mr. an ' ' Mrs. Oscar BJork and f a m -ily were Sunday d inne r guests of Mr. and Mis. Ar thur BJork of SparU.

Mrs. Abbie Leaver of Kalamazoo is spending the week with her son. C. B Leaver and family.

Spar ta -Kent City W. C. T. V. Next Friday af te rnoon. April 12. the

Spar ta and Kent City W. C. T. U. or-ganizations will have a Joint meeting a t the Methodist church here with the Sparta union furn ish ing the program.

Rev. and Mrs. Oeorge Wingard were in Port Huron Thursday to a t tend the funeral of a relative.

Mrs. George P a n t a t tended tlie fun -eral of her sister. Mrs. Minerva Gross, in Grand Rapids Sa turday . The bur-ial was in Alpine cemetery.

The following relatives were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Fulkerson: George Olmstead and daughter Doris; Mr. a n d Mrs. Roy Dexter and children a n d Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thomas a n d son Michael.

Milmer Pick was calling on friend^ here Saturday. Mrs. Pick I» in E. Lan-sing with her mother . Mrs. Alvord, who has been very 111.

Mrs O. Fonger h a s rented her house to Mr. a i d Mrs. Robert Sprague and left Tuesday for 0"-and Rapids where she will make her home with her son. John Cole and family.

Mrs. Maggie Curtis* who has been seriously PI for several months, has so far recovered u to be able to walk about the house.

Mr. and Mrs. Anson Graybll and family of Fremont who formerly lived on the Bowha)l f a rm, were Sunday guests of the Samson family.

Mr. and Mrs. William Bolthouse. Jr. .

eric of Muskegon. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burton who have

been with Mr. a n d Mrs Marion Moore for some t ime while Mr. Burluu was convalescing f rom an operation, re-turned to their home In Manistee Sa t -urday.

Cecil Abbott who was play director here last year has been appointed super intendent of a r tc ra f t for the sUte .

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Casey were Sa tur -day evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs F. H Thomas in Grand Rapids.

Miss Mar ian Sorenson returned Sun-day to G r a n d Rapids a f te r spending a week with her mother. Mr? May Holly, and her grandmother . M n . Em-ma Brackett .

Mrs. Hatt le DuClos. Mr. and Mrs. William Rosseli and son and Mrs. Carrie Abbott of Conklin were callers a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Rusco Sunday.

Mrs. Mullinick <nee Melllasa Gould) of Owoaao. formerly of Kent City, and her daughter . Mrs. Bullls of Grand Rapids, called on Mrs. Mary Llnsey Saturday af te rnoon.

Mrs. Alfred Boberg. Mrs. Edd 0«-t rom and Miss Anna Swanson a t tend-ed the funei-al of Miss Emma Ekbom of G r a n d Rapids Thursday afternoon.

Bruce Thompson moved the house-hold goods of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cadwell to their new home on a farm near Lowell. Monday.

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VOLUME 64—ESTABLISHED 1876 SPARTA, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY. APRIL 18. 1940 NUMBER 16

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Clean-up Program T h e retailers committee of the

S p a r t a Chamber or Commerce have been pa r t i cu l a r^ arNve In ins t i tu t ing a spring c lear -up campaign for this community. Members of this committee, which includes Floyd Schut . Olen Hammer . Prank Cnossen. Donald Hinkley and Robert French, met laat week with representatives of the var-ious cooperating organization, to as-sist In the formulation of defini te plans a n d another meeting Is sched-uled for this week.

T h e committee urges every retailer to join wholeheartedly in th is civic e f -for t . Peop'e like to be served by neat , personable clerks In stores t h a t are f resh and clean. This campaign will give every merchant an opportuni ty to check the appearance of h is store personnel, as well a s the condition of his ' business premises, with a view to Improving them during these c lean-up weeks I t Is suggested tha t every store pu t in fresh window t r ims for this drive.

T h e retailers committee h a s likewise p lanned to assist the residents of this communi ty with their own c lean-up problems. Two gigantic four pvge ad-vertisements to appear in t u e Sen t in - i el-Leader during the campaign will be chock-ful l of special offers by local merchan t s on clean-up Items Watch fo r these advertisements

SPRING MUSICAL IS ENJOYED BY MEM-

BERS OF SPARTA LLC

HOBBY SHOW SPONSOR-ED BY P. T. A. NEXT

TUESDAY EVENING

Music lovers of Spar ta enjoyed a Spring Musical Wednesday. April 3. when the Ladles' Literary club was en -tertained in the spacious home of Mrs. F. L. Bull. T h e music committee was In charge of the program. Mrs. C. E. Wilson. J r , chai rman, assisted by Mrs. Robert French. Mrs. Oeorge Bettes and Mrs. Jacob 8pangenberg.

The ar t is ts were Lorraine Hardesty Amon a t the p iano; Ned Colby, violin-ist and Robert Tuller, cellist, all f rom Grand Rapids. They appeared in trio groups and solos lc seven groups of numbers. They showed excellent choice of selections, going from familiar com-positions and others very colorful and interesting. T h e ensemble Is an organ-ization. capable of the best In strong music and as soloists were outs tand-ing.

From the composers. Rachmoninoff , Chopin. Rlznskl. Masslnet. Brahms and others were offerings such as Russian dances. Morris dances. Preludes. Waltz groups, nocturnes a n d Hungar ian music.

Have you a hobby? If you have you are probably Interested in showing it to others. The people of Spar ta are Interested in knowing wha t you do and what can be done with leisure time.

The P.-T. A. is sponsoring a Hobby Show to be held In the school gymnas-ium. Tuesday evening. April 23. from April 23 from 7i00 to 10:00 o'clock. The exhibit is open to all pupils and adults who would like to display their hob-bles—needle work, carving, handicraft , wood work, collections of stamps, coins, pictures, etc. Anything t h a t has been made or collected as a hobby.

Bring all material for exhibit to the gymnarium on Monday or Tuesday, April 22 and 23. Try to have your ex-hibit arranged by noon on Tuesday.

Help us make a good demonstration of what is being done in our commun-ity during spare time. Members of tne committee a re Wilford Cummlngs and Leonard Newton.

New Officers Are Elected For Sparta

Ro ta ry Club 11 last Monday's meeting of S p a r t a

Rotary club. Dr. C. 8. Miller was elect-ed to succeed Dr. F. Bull a s presi-dent for the enduing year. O the r o f -ficers elected include O. E. Balyeat. vice-president a n d Ed Lane, secretary-t reasurer . Directors elected a re Ha r -old O. Vaugban. O. A. B a r r e t t a n d C. J . Lonnee. Present officers will serve

Fire Destroys Krey Home Near Casnovia

The farm residence of Mr. a n d Mr<*. Phillip Krey. 4Mt miles west of Casno-via on Bolt highway burned to the ground Tuesday af ternoon.

Mrs. Krey a n d Mrs. Schriner . who with her husband occupied rooms on the second floor, were raking the yard when they discovered smoke on the roof.

Men nearby tr ied to put the f i re out with water but could make no head-way. The f i re probably caught f rom sparks on the roof which was of wood shingles.

Jasnovia f i re depar tment answered the call a n d the spray trucks from the Praielgh orchards helped materially In keeping the f i re f rom outlying build-ing. W. P. A. workmen nearby helped carry the household goods f rom t h e first floor a n d nearly everything was removed, but very little could be taken from the second floor.

Less than ten years ago the Krey'a barn burned and It was replaced by a fine new J a n e s Way structure.

Th-j loss of the house cannot be es-timated a t this time. I t was built about 45 yea r s ago and all oak finished Inside. I t was partially covered by i n -surance.

The Kreys are now living In a small house in the same yard, which had been built fo r Mr. Krey's mother .

PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND LIBRARY

MEETING MONDAY

Carl Metzgar. former G r a n d Rapids ! YMCA executive, now general secre-j tary of the YMCA at S t Clair. Mid l -

and Miss Addle Gilbert. County Li-I barr ian of St . Clair county, will be guest speakers a t the f i f th anaua l din-ner of the Ken t County Library As-sociation a t the G r a n d Rapids YWCA Monday night . Ap.il 22. a t 7 o'clock.

Friends of t h e library movement throughout Ken t county a re Invited to at tend the meeting, a n d officer? of the Association hope t h a t every small town library and branch library in the coun-ty will be represented.

Nancy Hessler, talented y o u n g daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hessler of Courtland township, will give sev-eral variety numbers, dancing and sinking; and o ther musical numbers are also planned.

DR. C. S. MILLER

'AVIATION PROGRAM" ENJOYED BY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS

unt i l t h e installment of the new off ic-ers the latter pa r t of June .

T h e district conference will be held Apri l 2 ' and 22. a t Jackson wi th ap -proximately 100 members represent ing R o t a r Clubs of western Michigan" p l ann ing to at tend. T h e principal speaker will be Dr. A. P. Haake of Chicago, nationally known economist.

Loc-u members planning to a t tend a r e Dr . and Mrs. F. L. Bull. Dr . and Mrs. C. S. Miller. Mr. a n d Mrs. C. Laurence Johnson, Mr. a u d Mrs. Ot to Baehre, Mr. and Mrs. Ed L a n e and Mr. a n d Mrs. William A. Schaefe r .

Thirty - two members o f Spar ta Chamber of Commerce a t tended the regular meeting held last Friday eve-ning a t MasonW temple.

The gue^t speaker was "Buck" Steers of Lansing who discussed air mail servlciiig. Mr. Steers also en -tertained the group by showing some very fine moving pictures. He also outlined methods which it Is quite likely Spa r t a will carry out in the proposed airplane field for this com-munity.

Joe Gass, club secretary, spoke a t length concerning the annual c lean-up campaign which will be held th is year f rom April 26 to May 4 and which Is sponsored by the Chamber of Com-merce.

Amateur Program At Our Theatre

Thursday, April 2S T h e "Search for a S ta r" contest, be-

ing conducted throughout Western Michigan by Pennsylvania - Centra l Airlines a n d the West Michigan Tour -ist Resor t Association, will con-duct a S p a r t a contest, a t the Our Theat re , s tar t ing next Thursday eve-ning. April 25 th.

Young singers, musicians en te r t a in -er*. 10 or over are eligible to par t ic i -pate in th i s contest, and may secure official b lanks a t the boxofflce of the theatre, or a t this newspaper. Entries a re coming In rapidly, so ambitious, talented young people in this area are urged to make their application early.

T h e winner of the Orand Final con-test to be conducted m rtr«»»d Rapids In July will go on a never- to-be-fc--gotten tour of triumph by Pennsyl-vania Airlines to Washington, where they'll s tay a t the Hotel Mayflower, where they 11 visit Radio City, the Worlds Fai r , a n d be the guests of the Hotel Commodore

T h e f i rs t elimination in Spar ta sec-tion oi th is contest will be presented f rom the stage of Our Thea t re n e s t Thursday evening, and a capacity a u d -ience is anticipated.

CARD OF THANKS

ANNUAL VILLAGE PING PONG TOURNA-

MENT IN PROGRESS

By SAM KETCHMAN T h e second annua l village ping pong

tournament sponsored by high school Jun ior class with Fred Humeston as tournament manager, got under way last Thursday, April 11th. a t the gym.

Although a disappointing crowd turned out for the f irst night to wit-ness the preliminary matches, it was hoped tha t , when the finalists meet Monday. April 22, there will be a large crowd present because there was plen-ty of action which a lot of people

Revision of State Tax Laws Results In Direct Saving of

$92,000 This Year, Says Brown

l wish to t hank all those who re-membered me so kindly with letters, cards, and gif ts dur ing my stay in the hospital. Also the Rebekah Lodge, No. 195, the Harmony Chapter , No. 34. and Mizpan Sunday school class for the beautiful flowers *nd plants.

Orateful ly , Mrs. A. B. Elliott.

Announce Winners In Kent County 4-H Club Winter Program

DAIRY CLINIC AT SPARTA NEXT WED. EVENING

During one of the Adult Dairy school meet ings it was planned to have Mr. Coles f rom MSC ta lk Artificial I n -semination for Dairy Herd Improve-m e n t However J im Hayes will be in S p a r t a Wednesday evening. April 24. a n d will pinch-hi t for Mr. Coles Mr. Hayes spreads Dairy Gospel in Mich-igan as extenslonist f rom MSC. All f a r m e r s are Invited next Wednesday evening a t 8 o'clock in t h e Spar ta High school assembly room.

West Spar ta Quitting Club me t with Mrs. Ed Myers Tuesday.

Roundup of Juveniles By Sheriff Blacklock

Roundup of a group of juveniles who have been troubling the sher i f f ' s de-partment by stealing cars, breaking In-to stores a n d committ ing other dep-redations in the Ken t City, Spa r t a and Cedar Springs areas was announced Monday by Sheriff Hugh Blacklock. Two Kent City boyg were the f irst taken into custody

8heriff Blacklock said names were being withheld pending disposition of the cases, probably in p r o l a t e cour t

| He said be believed the ar res ts made this week would stop the "cycle" of juvenile crimes.

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GARDEN CLUB NOTES

Members of Spa r t a Oarden Club met a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Post Monday evening, owing to the Ill-ness of Mrs. Robert French, a t whose home the meeting was scheduled to be held.

Following tbe business session the Male Quar te t f rom the • Methodist church sang a n old English hun t ing song and two negro spirituals. Mrs. O. A Barrett , hort icultural c h a p m a n of the club, read a short article on "Ever-

Hundreds of ent r ies completed dur-ing the winter in t h e K e n t county 4-H club program were judged over the week-end by Miss Beatrice Boyle of East Lansing, assis tant s tate club leader, and Mrs. R u t h Lohm&n Smith, federal extension servioe staff member, and 14 girls of the county and eight boys will a t t end the annua l 4-H club week a t Michigan S ta te College In J u n e as a result of their work.

K. K. Vlnlng, county agricultural agent, and Miss Eleanore Densmore. home extension agent , compiled the results of the Judging.

The achievement day of the winter club members was held a t Rockford Saturday and awards were made there.

Girls scheduled to a t tend the 4-H club week program in J u n e are as fol-lows: Mary J a n e Week of Grand

ViinhwwU OtlhSJH Of Otl?" donla, Jean Blaser of Moseley, Mar -ine Van Oss of Walker. Savannah Hunderman of MacKlnney, J ane t Witte of Winchester . Nina Nielsen of White Dove, Hester Richards of Carl. Margaret Sobie of Steele's Corners. Marjorie Kitson of Steele's Comers. Eileen Ingersoll of Colton. Crystal Homrlch of Byron. Claire Jensen of Oakleigh and Eleanor Hook of Oak-leigh. T h e Misses Kitson. Jensen. Blaser. Hook and Ingersoll will repre-sent the county In the style review a t the state even?

Boys who will a t t end the state pro-gram include: Earl Perry of Benham. Donald Biggs of Colton. William Schmidt of Mapes. Robert Swanton of Cook. Robert Lincoln of East Nelson, Wilbur Bailey of Zlnser. Harold Kil-bourne of Oa*. Grove and John Bale-ski of Carl.

The five girls chosen to represent the county in the style review design-ed and made dresses dur ing the winter and modelled them a t the achievement day program.

Mrs. Freeman, Widow of Civil Wir Veteran

Died List Monday Funeral Service* WU1 Be Held

Thursday at 2:00 o'clock

Mrs. Ella Meeker Freeman. 82. widow of t h e Rev. B . M. Freeman, who was a Civil war veteran and a Baptist m i n -ister. passed away a t her home In Spar ta , Monday, April 15. having been 111 for several months

Ella Meeker was born a t Lisbon, SparU township, Kent County. Mich-igan. March 12, 1858, the daughter of Allen a n d Electa Meeker. She was united In marriage to the Rev. Howard M. Freeman, March 11. 1680. T o this union three children were born. Ivy, R u t h a n d Paul, two of whom survive. Ivy. Mrs. Will Yager, died In 1917, leav-ing a daughter , Lyndall, now Mrs. Be area, who made her home with her grandmother .

Mra. F reeman Uved t h e greater p a r t of her Mfe In this vicinity having r e -sided In Spar ta for over f i f ty years A few years were spent In Howard City and o ther pastorates of her husband's . Mr. F reeman was the founder of the North Chester Baptist church. He passed away In September. 1929.

Mrs. F reeman was a conscientious and devoted worker In t h e church and communi ty giving of herself willingly a n d untir ingly. Hers was a life of ser-vice to all who needed her.

S h e la survived by one daughter . Ru th , Mrs. Ora Helsel of Spa r t a ; one son. Paul of Wood. Wis.; one brother, Albert Meeker of Spa r t a ; six g r and -children; one great-grandchild, many other relatives and a host of f r iends who extend sincere sympathy to t h e family a n d will forever cherish beau-t iful memories of Mrs. Freeman.

I t may truly be said of her. "Well done, t h o u good and fa i th fu l servant . Enter t h o u Into the Kingdom of thy God."

Results of the Thursday evening ses-sion were as follows:

In t h e adul t lower bracket. Gordon Brace, a pre- tournament favorite to win t h e singles championship, defeated Dr. C. S. Miller and Oustav Dahlin. for the r ight to meet Laurence J o h n -son in the semi-finals.

Laurence Johnson drew a bye in t h e f irst round, won on a default f r om Glen I n m a n and defeated E Blcken-bach to place him as the opponent of Gordon Brace in the semi-finals.

T h e geme between E. Blckenbach and Johnson was easily the outs tand-ing ma tch of the evening.

Both of these men a re very con-sistent and gave a great exhibition of ping pong.

O the r entries in the lower bracket were E. Weston, who was eliminated

1 by E. Blckenbach. and Cliff Lonnee, of | square dance calling fame, who was

del eated by Oustav Dahlin In the upper bracket. S. Ke tchman

won the right to compete in the semi-finals. by defeating Ed Lane. M. De-Jonge and W. Lentz. Ketchman will meet J . Gardner who fought his way through by defeating Dr. Bromley, a f t e r winning his f irst two matches on defaul t s over G. F1 field and Don Willis.

Other entries In the upper bracket were L. Newton, who was defeated by Humeston.

As It shapes up a t the present, the men's semi-finals will have Oardner vs. Ke tchman and L. Johnson against G. Brace, with the winners of these two games meeting in the finals for the singles championship.

Bet ter keep the date of Monday. April 22, open and come to the gym to witness the championship matches. S t a r t i ng time will be a t 8:00 sha rp I

Preliminaries lor the s tudents singles tournament was played on Tuesday, April 18th. There were quite a few outstanding matches with the result t h a t the s tudents f inals on Monday. April 22. promises to be quite Interest-ing. S tar t ing time for the s tudents singles will be *. :15 o'clock.

Concerning the adul ts and students doubles tournament . Mr. Humeston re-vealed t h a t he Intends to pair off t h e contestants so as to have a fa i r ba l -ance as Indicated by the contestants pa*i performance.

He also stated tha t the losers in the singles tournament would be paired off as par tners In the dou. les t ou rnamen t if they so desired-

Editorial By JOE GASS Secretary Sparta

Chamber of Commerce

Commends County Treasurers For Providing: Accurate Rec-ords of Tax Sale Notices

The streamlined civic beautlf ica-tion program for Spa r t a h a s dem-onstrated tha t good citizenship is good business. In t h a t It brings re-dprocative benefits to everybody.

Some of the benefits derived from such a program are t h e de-velopment of community spiri t ; the building of better citizenship; cleaner streets; reducing fire losses; renovating public buildings; making a more heal thful village, and making homes more beautiful .

Nothing can replace the pride Which comes f rom a clean a n d well kept home and a well developed and beautiful community In which to live.

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day » ' t e m c c n a i 2 o'clock a t the Bettes Chapel, wi th interment in Spa r t a Greenwood cemetery, the Rev. A. O Odegard officiating.

Former Sparta Residents Hold

Annual Banquet

For the benefi t of those who were unable to at tend the Detroit Flower show Mrs. Wal ter Ebers. Mrs. E. Phi l Bradstrum and Miss I rene Hef t gave short ta lks on their impressions of the

m, Mrs. Ebers telling about the Chrysler Gardens : Mrs. Brads t rum

cussing "Shadow Boxes" and Miss Haft describing the Edgar Guest gar -

The main speaker of the evening was Fred Humeston who described various methods need in soil analysis a n d ta lk-ed about fer t i l iser*

During the social hour < kitchen shower was given for Mrs. H J Kur ta T b e hostess servs refreshments with Mrs. Walter pouring.

LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION TABOOS

P O L I T I C A L ADS

A recent rul ing jus t announced by the liquor control commission forbids the placing of political advertising in taverns.

The regulation which was unani-mously adopted states. "All poitloa; advertising designed to advance or promote the candidacy of any Individ-ual seeking public office a t the hands of the electorate, such as posters, signs, placards, hand-bil ls , or any other mat -ter purporting t o bring the public's a t -tention to such candidacy. Is hereby prohibited in all Class A and B hotels. Class C establishments, all taverns a n d club licenses."

T h e commission fu r the r states t h a t th is ruling does not apply to nominat-ing petitions Commission members are Orrln A. DeMass. Murl H DeFoe. Alva M. Cummins . Fred O. Ehrmann

More t h a n 100 persons a t tended the 12th a n n u a l banquet of the Spar ta club of O r a n d Rapids Monday night In the Founta in Street Baptist church. T h e S p a r t a n club is composed of former residents of Spar ta now living In G r a n d Rapids. Russell Forwood. president of the

club, presided over the meeting and three former Sparta residents were speakers: Dr. Lynn A. Ferguson. For-

G. Averlll, superintendent of in East Grand Rapids, a n d

T h o m a s E Walsh, manager of the K e n t County airport.

Walsh. In speaking of h is life in 8par*a, remarked the world. In its present s ta te of hostility, could use more small towns, where fr iendly in-terest Is shown in each person in the town.

Other officers of t h e club a re Mrs. Char lo t te OOptn. vlee president; Hazel Meyers, secretary-treasurer, a n d Mrs. Edward C. Thompson, registrar. Elec-t ions will be held a t the club's summer picnic. Approximately 225 families a re enrolled in tbe organisation a t

Edgar Bergen. Charlie McCarthy, Mort imer Snerd will be seen In the picture. "Charlie McCarthy. Detective" which will be shown a t the Our T h e a -tre Friday and Saturday, April 19 and 20. I n the supporting oast are Rob-er t Cummlngs. Constance M"*"* MMI Edgar Kennedy. Charlie unravels t h e mystery surrounding a baff l ing society murder when he. with Edgar Bergen, Mort imer Snerd a n d the balance of the cast a r e drawn into the affair .

Sunday. Monday. Tuesday and Wed-nesday. April 21. 22. 23 and 24. Wal t Disney's latest fea ture length cartoon. "Flnoochio" will be shown. There will be a matinee 8unday s tar t ing a t 3:00 p. m wi th a continuous show the re -a f t e r with shows a t 5. 7 and 9 p. m. T h e story of Plnoochio concerns a wood-carver named Geppetto who creates a little puppet boy of pine. Be-cause t h e kindly old man loves chil-dren a n d has never had any of his own. t h e Blue Fairy brings the mar ion -ette to l ife to be a son to him. But Plnocchio has to prove himself worthy, and the story concerns the many scrapes and adventures h e undergoes before th is is accomplished Some of the characters in the picture are. P l n -oochio. Ceppetto. Figaro and Cleo t h e pet ki t ten and goldfish of Geppetto. who do not speak but fully comprehend and respond to all conversation direct-ed to them, the Blue Fairy, J imlny Cricket. Lord High Keeper of the Knowledge of the Right and Wrong. J . Worthlngton Foulfellow. Giddy the Cat, Stromboll, Lampwlck and Monstr? the Whale.

Thursday, April 25. s double f ea tu re program will be s h o w ^ Joel MoCrea and Nancy Kelly will oe seen in t h e picture. "He Married His Wife", a com-edy drama. T h e second feature will be "Days of Jessie J a m e s " with Roy Rog-

Junior Class of Sparta High School

Plans Programs (By FRED HUMESTON)

Two big school events are on the horizon for friends of High school students I The Spar ta High Junior Class Is a t tempting to make enough money to f inance the Seniors to the customary banquet and prom to be held Friday evening. May 24.

There are 56 Juniors and 66 Seniors eligible for the prom and brnque , quite a bunch to enter ta in!

About above events: T h e Juniors are sponsoring the Village High School and Adults Ping Pong Tournament again this year. The Adults and S tud-ents are now ready for the Semi-f inals and Final* Competition on Mon-day evening, April 22. Details con-cerning this tournament may be found elsewhere in this issue of the Sentinel-Leader. written by Sam Ke tchman .

The other event where you can be of support Is a t the Jun 'o r Jamboree scheduled to be held on Thursday eve-ning, April 25. one week from today This will be a cross between a Carni-val and a Minstrel Show. I n the school gym you will be surrounded by enter tainment of a carnival na ture T h e stage will be the scene of a Min-strel for your en ter ta inment . This alone promises to be well worth the price you p t y a t the door. P lans call for some high class talent f rom the village!

Some School Calendar Dates : April 22—Monday — Finals of Ping

Pong Tournament . April 23—Tuesday — P.-T. A Hobby

Night. April 25—Thursday — Junior J a m -

boree. April 30 — Tueaday — Baseball. Kent

City, There. May 3 — Friday — Baseball, Hudson-

vllle. Here. May 3—Friday — Mother -Daughter

Banquet. May 9 —Thursday — Kindergar ten

Program. May 10—Friday—Varsity Club Dance. May 10—Friday—Kent-Ottawa Sen-

ior High Track Meet. May 11—Saturday — Ken t -Ot t awa

Junior High Track Meet. May 16-17—Thursday-Friday, Junior

Play, "Mystery a t Midnight". May 17 —Priday — Baseball, Cedar

Springs. There. May 24—Friday—Junior-Senior Ban-

quet and Prom.

Sparta Garden Club Suggests Removal

of Rubbish Heaps

"Revisions of the s t a t e tax laws e f -fected by the last legislature have proven, a f te r the f i rs t year 's operation, to have been a sound advancement which provided the S ta t e a net saving of $92,000 th is year a n d which would have saved 8160,000 h a d they been adopted two years sooner," Auditor General Vernon J . Brown said today.

The Auditor Genera l est imated t h a t the work of county t reasurers this year accounted for a saving of 8172.009 In the compiling and providing up- to-date tax lists which were Impossible under the old system where the Audi-tor General 's office a t t empted to keep records for 83 counties.

This cost reduction was offset by new duties assigned to Brown's de-par tment which call for additional ex-penditures of about 880.000.

"The sale th is year h a s been more complete a n d more accura te than any in history of the Sta te ." the Auditor General said. "For th i s record we can-not give too much credit to the coun-ty treasurers for their cooperation and the work of their staff members.

"Their effor ts have resulted in a great savings to the people of the S ta te a t large and the accurate records they provided from which tax sale notices were published, el iminated many a n -noyances of previous years to property owners who had paid their taxes a n d then found their property erroneously listed for tax sale."

Under the former law county t reas-urers were required to keep records of tax collections, some of t hem made to township and municipal treasurers. They were also required to Inform the Auditor General of all payments made to them for the purpore of posting a Master Tax Record mainta ined by the S ta te Auditor for all t he 83 counties.

Brown pointed oa t tha t , under the old system, delays In the transmission of these records accounted for the fac t that In 1939 the S ta t e advertised far sale Z92.SU5 parcels of property on which belated tax payments had been made prior to paymeut deadlines. For the print ing alone of tnese descrip-tions the S ta te lost 878,000.

Under the new system t h e county treasure r» provide current ly posted llsU to the pr in ters a n d are able to make corrections u p unt i l the final day of printing.

•The additional work '>ccassloned by the new legislature Is partially t em-porary." Brown said, " and i t occure be-cause the State is ad jus t ing Its t a x delinquency a f t e r years of tax mora-torla. The added costs arise f rom the alteration of records t ransfer r ing titles to new owners as the result of the 1938 sale and the r e f u n d tax sale a. oney to purchasers of property which has been subsequently redeemed by the original owners.

"This Is. t o a large degree, a tempor-ary situation a n d it will drop off as soon as the 1932 t o 1938 accumulation Is cleaned up," h e said. " I think I can explain it by point ing cu t t h a t In 1938. in the f i rs t sale a f t e r years of tax moratoria. there were 1.308,509 parcels of property advertised for tax sale; a year later th is f igure dropped to 811.509 a n d for 1940 we estimate the number to be about 322,000

"Tul i MicoliA uww JAVyic wuu waiM to hold their property a re again begin-ning to pay their taxes a n d when the first rush Is over our work will drop o f f " .

But the public Is cautioned, accord-ing to the Auditor General , against the possibility of e r rors t h a t still are certain to creep Into tax records. T b e Auditor Genera l warns all property owners to scan sale lists in counties where they own proper ty .

"Even though one m*;- believe his taxes are all paid, it Is possible some Item may b&ve been missed or some tax clerk may have posted the pay-ment against a wrong description. Every property owner should make certain his land is not being sold for unpaid

CARP OF THANKS

SEVERAL RECEIVE CALIFORNIA ORANGES

William MacEenry. world w i d e traveler, who makes his pe rmanen t home in Fillmore and Long Beach. Calif. , pleasantly surprised a number of 0 p a r t a f r iends this past week by sending them several crates of tionally large, juicy a n d

t b e Ken t County Federa-tion of Women ' s Clubs a t Lowell Thursday were Mesdames Dave J o h n -son. O. E Balyeat. Herman Engstrom, Fred Clark. F. i* Bull. Walter Ebers.

a n d Mrs. Manly

Mrs. Dan Parke r a n d son Leon flew from Muskegon to Milwaukee *»iM*y where Mrs Parker h a d been called by the serious Ulneas of her brother. J o h n Harrison. Leon returned on Monday, but Mrs. Parker will rental ly. Leon repor ts t h a t hie joyed the flight much more Chan s h e had anticipated and may use the same

of t ranspor ta t ion

To t h e Spar ta Methodist church, a n d M r a F. J . Schlueter. Mrs. E

O . Anderson. Mrs. Daisy Holben. mem-bers of the Micpah class. Cent ra l Circle. T h a y e r Guild. WCTU a n d all neighbors and friends who so gracious-ly and generously contributed to my comfor t during my recent lBneaa

Z wish to thank you all a n d hereby show my deep appreciation of same.

Mrs H. H. Smith.

Thsy are among the largest oranges »en In th is terri tory and proved

quite aeeeptable gifts. .Those receiving crates of which we have reoord a re Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge

Bettes. Mr. and M r s William A Rogers and Mr and Mrs. H. J . Kur tz .

While visiting Spa r t a last August. Mr. MacHenry spoke before memb> of t h e Rotary Club a n d related s o very intereeting personal ftwrldsi which occurred during his recent t r ip around the work!. Some of tbe o r anges he sent were distributed a t Mon

s meeting of tbe Spar ta O u b

At the regular monthly meeting of tb*> Spa r t a Garden Club. Monday eve-ning. April 15. a t the home of Mrs. Arthur Post, plans for cooperating in the Spring Clean-Up Campaign were turned over to the club's library and civic committee. Members of this committee are Robert French. Mrs E. Phil B rads t rum Mrs. C. E Wilson. Sr.. UNA MRS. E. G. Anderson.

I t was suggested t h a t tbe committee draw up a Ust of unsightly spots along the highways and on o ther properties to be submitted to tbe village au thor -ities. Rubbish heaps, t r a sh piles, and dilapidated signs will all be considered fai r game during the c lean-up season.

Publicity for tbe village flower show was placed in the hands of the club's publicity committer headed by Mrs. Oienn Abbott.

A cafe te r ia supper sponsored by Bur t Circle win be served in the C h u r c h dining room next ^ April 34. f rom i o'clock unti l all

T h e menu will include

Wilson of Otsego, Mr a n d Mrs. R Zuelph and of Orand Rapids and Rev J o h n dermae of O r a n d vllle day sel ler , a t tt

Nina and M r s

MRS. PORTEEN SPEAKS TO CASNOVIA SOCIETY

KENT CITY STUDY CLUB CLOSES SEASON

W I T H LUNCHEON

T h e Kent City Study Club closed a very successful and profi table season with a lovely luncheon a t tbe Hotel Royal Tuesday af ternoon, a f t e r which Mrs. Schriber of Orand Rapids review-ed one of the newer b o o b . "Loon Fea ther" by Iola Miller Th is review was so much enjoyed t h a t M r a Schrib-er has been invited to give another book review when tbe club reconvenes m tbe faR.

In a meeting on Wednesday. April 10, in tbe Casnovia Methodist church social rooms sponsored by the Ladies Aid society, Mrs Emll Porteen. Mus-kegon county's f a r m e r field woman bringing to the public t h e nat ional agricultural f a r m p r o g r a m addressed the Aid members a n d guests on the three fundamenta l purposes of the program.

First , soil conservation and improve-men t of the soil; second, stabilizing and mainta in ing adequate food sup-plies for all the people; third, to ob-tain a fa i r share of the nat ional in -come fo r agriculture.

Stressing the necessity of earing for tbe land and the danger of neglecting what Ood has given to us. the beauti-fu l land of America, Mrs. Porteen illus-t ra ted her lecture wi th pictures of f a r m oondittons projected on a screen.

Mrs. Herschel O Cl ln t smar , tbe president, presided a n d presented the speaker. Mrs. H e r m a n Schroeder was hostess and assisted by her committee, served coffee dur ing tbe social hour.

M.- and Mra Clare I n g r a h a m of OoopersvUle were Monday night guests j Fred • . of Mr and M r a M. 8 Allan Bruggir

JURORS DRAWN FOR C I R C U I T COURT

H. J . Kurtz a t tended a meeting of tbe Kent County J u r y Monday and the following jurors drawn f rom this James Calne. Rockford: Fred Fry, 2oma: Fred Jebb. Alpine; M r s Oriswold. Nelson: Peter Buth. P la in -field; M r a Adele Pearaatt. Solon; Mrs

a n d M r a Mfrmw of