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Volume 88 — Established 1876 Sparta, Michigran . Wednesday, June 30, 1965 Number 26

A > Sparta Community Days THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JULY 8-10, 1965

General Chairman—Allen Cumings

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THE NEW SPARTA P O S T ' t A S ^ R is Fdward Chorman of 52 Kin^ Blvd., who assumed the post on June 26 from Roy Titus. Mr. Chorman ha« been employed by the post office department in various capacities since 1942.

Kent City Village Constructs New Parking Lot

T h e combined e f f o r t s of the Kent City Communi ty D e v e i o p m e n t A s s o -ciat ion and the Vil lage of Kent Ci ty lias p rovided the v i l l age with the much-needed o f f - su - ee t park ing and a s m a l l p a r k a r e a . T h e pa rk ing s i t e i s located on Ma in S t r e e t a c r o s s f r o m the m a i n b u s i n e s s a r e a and is expec ted to be s u r f a c e d and r e a d y f o r u s e by Thursday of this week .

In this c o o p e r a t i v e ven tu re , the v i l lage p u r c h a s e d one of the lo ts and the Deve lopment Assoc i a t i on p r o c u r e d the lo t a d j a c e n t to i t f o r tile d e v e l o p m e n t of adequate o f f -s t r e e t p a r k i n g .

Following the ques t i onna i r e s e n t out by the newly organized Deve lop-ment A s s o c i a t i o n , i t was d e t e r m i n e d that pa rk ing f ac i l i t i e s w e r e the n u m -b e r one need a t Kent Ci ty. R e q u e s t s f o r a s m a l l pa rk a r e a w e r e d i s -c losed in this ques t i onna i r e a l s o .

T h e Deve lopment Assoc i a t i on i s p r e p a r i n g a b r o c h u r e to a d v e r t i z e the advan tages and f ac i l i t i e s of the v i l lage in an e f f o r t to a t t r a c t i n d u s -t ry . b u s i n e s s , a n o d i e r phys ic ian , and r e s i d e n t s to die a r e a .

o REWARD OFFERED

A $50.00 r e w a r d lias been pos ted fo r i n fo rma t ion leading to the a p -p rehens ion of the p a r t y o r p a r t i e s who have r e p e a t e d l y b roken into the building a t the Spar ta Rodeo Grounds and d e s t r o y e d p r o p e r t y d i e re . Any-one having in fo rma t ion about the v a n d a l i s m is r e q u e s t e d to cal l 887-4012 o r 887-9668.

H O M E - R U N H I T T E R S a r e giving: p i t c h e r s a r o u g h t i m e th i s y e a r —as these t h r e e young S p a r t a basebal l p l aye r s a r e witness . T h e y a r e ( le f t to r ight ) S teve Cumings , son of Mr . a n d Mrs. V e r n o n C u m i n g s of 55 Eck lund ; H w i g h t Anderson , son of Mr . and Mrs . J o h n Ande r son of W. Averil l ; and Chuck B laauw, son of M r . a n d Mrs . H e n r y B l a a u w of 18-Mile Road. T h e t r io a r e shown a t M o m b e r ' s P h a r m a c y col lect-ing a t r ea t , compl imen t s of P r o p r i e t o r Les t e r M e m b e r w h o said t h a t he would give each boy a f r e e soda, sundae , m a l t e d or d r i n k f o r h i t t i ng a home run in a l eague g a m e be tween t e a m s in t h e P e e Wee, L i t t l e

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O.T. McCready, aged 77. of 68 - L c a " L l " o i n C c ' -Washington S t ree t , Spar ta , pas sed Gordon of Grand Rapids ; one away ea r ly Saturday morning , J u n e s t e p - s o n , Robe r t F a l c o n e r of S p a r -26, at his home a f t e r a l inger ing ^ ^ v o s t e p - d a u g h t e r s , M r s . Ed i l l ne s s . He had been J u s t i c e of the (Mary Jean") Chorman and M r s . P e a c e for Sparta Township fo r the H # p 9 u l (Shir ley) M c F a l l , both of pas t 32 y e a r s . During mos t ot tliat gpa r t a ; fou r g r a n d s o n s ; d i rec g r e a t -t ime , Mr , McCready was a s soc i a t ed g randch i ld ren ; four s t e p - g r a n d c h l l -with Glenn Bradford in the B r a d - d r e n ; one s i s t e r , M r s . O s c a r (Ivali) f o rd -McCready Insurance Agency Wisner of Grand Rapids ; and t h r e e until h is r e t i r e m e n t a few y e a r s nephews. ago. T h e Rev. Don M. B a k e r of the

M r . McCready was b o m in Spar ta Spar ta Methodis t C h u r c h conducted on June 21, 1888, to the la te J a m e s fune ra l s e r v i c e s held Monday

^ and E m m a Reed McCready. He was a f t e rnoon a t the H e s s e l Chapel in a m e m b e r of the Sparta Me thod i s t Spa r t a . Bur ia l was in Greenwood Church and the Knights of P y t h i a s . C e m e t e r y . G r a v e s i d e s e r v i c e s w e r e

He i s survived by his widow, under the a u s p i c e s of the Knights Stena; two sons, Kenneth of S p a r t a of Columbus.

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Rev. Theodore F. Sirotko The Rev, T h e o d o r e F . Sirotko

has become the new Vicar of St, Matthews* Ep i scopa l Church in S p a r t a . He s u c c e e d s F r . Gary G a r -ne t t who has s e r v e d as Vicar for die p a s t t h r e e y e a r s .

Rev. Sirotko and his wife, Phy l l i s , liave two ch i ld ren . M a r y Anne, 2, and Kathleen, nine months . They will make the i r home in die V ica rage which die chu rch r e c e n t l y bought a t 195 South S t r e e t .

1 he new p a s t o r of f ic ia l ly a s s u m e s his pos t Ju ly i , however , he will

not begin his w o r k in die Spar ta a r e a until August following a s u m -m e r e n c a m p m e n t a t F o r t Hamil ton, New York, a s a Chapla in in the A r m y R e s e r v e .

A nat ive of Muskegon and g radua te of Muskegon High school Rev S i r o -tko was g radua ted May 20 f r o m Nashotah House Episcopal Semin-a ry in Hashotah , Wisconsin .

Rev. Garne t t will devote his fu l l -t i m e to Holy C r o s s Episcopa l Church in P a r i s Township soudi of Grand Rapids .

West gate to Hold July 4th Celebration

Bonnie Smidi , M i s s .-Cornstock P a r k , and h e r c o u r t , flanl:ed by s t a t e and a r e a po l i t i c i ans , will lead on old fashioned Four th ot Ju ly c e l e b r a -tion in Wes tga te Vil lage on Monday,

July 5, acco rd ing to J o s e p h R . S t r a t -man, Wes tga te A s s o c i a t i o n p r e s i -dent . A p a r a d e s t a r t i n g a t noon will kick off die f e s t i v i t i e s followed by r e f r e s h m e n t s and a neighborhood ga the r ing in die Wes tga te P a r k .

Sena tor and M r s . M i l t o n Z a a g m a n , R e p r e s e n t a t i v e and M r s . Mar t in Butli. Alpine T o w n s h i p S u p e r v i s o r and M r s . Lloyd Hill will p a r t i c i p a t e in die p a r a d e widi M i s s C o m s t o c k P a r k and h e r c o u r t . Also appea r ing in die p a r a d e will be all of the P a s t P r e s i d e n t s oi theWestga te A s s o c i a -tion: T h o m a s McDougal l (1959), P h i -lip Nunn (1960 , David Colby M a r -tin J r . (1961) Rex K r a u s b a u e r (1962) Ronald Mantey (1963), and Wil l iam Minch (1964); o v e r 200 Wes tga te a r e a youngs t e r s r id ing the i r c o l o r -fu l ly d e c o r a t e d b i c y c l e s ; the Alpine Township F i r e Depa r tmen t , and s e v -e r a l ant ique c a r s . 1 he Kent County S h e r i f f ' s D e p a r t m e n t will head die p a r a d e along widi a sound c a r to p rov ide m a r t i a l m u s i c .

T h e P a s t P r e s i d e n t s of die W e s t -gate Assoc ia t ion will be p r e s e n t e d widi tokens of the i r p r e s i d e n c i e s by

KENT CITY LIONS TO HOLD BARBEQUE JULY 17

T h e Kent City Lions Club will hold a chicken b a r - b e - q u e between the h o u r s of 5 and 7 o ' c lock S a t -u r d a y , Ju ly 17, in die p a r k . T i c k e t c o - c h a i r m e n a r e C l a r e R e y b u r n a n d M a r u i c e Coch rane . Telephone r e -s e r v a t i o n s can be made by ca l l ing OR8-2391.

o SPARTA CLEANERS TO CLOSE NEXT WEEK

The Sparta C l e a n e r s wll 1 be c losed Monday, July 4, through Saturday, July 10, for the alimiwl vm-nflon® nf iiji

Miss Comstock Park

Miss Coms tock P a r k who a l s o will in t roduce die od i e r honored g u e s t s a t a s h o r t c e r e m o n y in die W e s t -gate P a r k following die p a r a d e . Special f a v o r s and t r e a t s will be given to al l of die youngs t e r s who pa r t i c ipa ted widi deco ra t ed b i -cyc l e s . P i c n i c lunches will be on s a l e .

T h a t evening, a f i r e w o r k s d i sp lay fo r the a r e a r e s i d e n t s will be p r o -vided by the Westgate Assoc i a t i on to c l imax die d a y ' s a c t i v i t i e s . M e m b e r s of die Fou rd i of Ju ly C o m m i t t e e a r e : Wil l iam Minch, c h a i r m a n ; Marv in Johnson , John L a r i m e r and Ronald S imonson, p a r -ade; J ack Zuve r ink and Bob Hake, food; B r u c e Ki tz row, f i r e w o r k s ; T h o m a s Eady , Bill Goltz and C h a r -les Manning, pop; Ronald Mantey and C h a r l e s C o c h r a n , pa rk p r e p a r -otl 'm.

Algoma Township Plan Commission

At die f i r s t meet ing of the newly c r e a t e d Algoma Township Planning C o m m i s s i o n held on June 21 R o b e r t F i s c h e r was e lec ted Cha i rman , Don-ald Ives a s V ice -Cha i rman and J a c k C l a r k a s S e c r e t a r y . Other m e m -b e r s of die Commiss ion a r e Rex Ricl iardson, Jack Van Dyke, R o b e r t Dufor t and Hugh Long.

It will be die pu rpose of the P l a n -ning Commiss ion to p r e p a r e a c o m -p r e h e n s i v e plan f o r the fu tu re d e v e l -opment of die Township . T h i s will include a r e a s and regula t ions f o r r e s iden t i a l , c o m m e r c i a l and p o s -s ib le indus t r ia l growth.

The P lanningComrniss ion will a s -sume die dut ies l o r m e r l y vested in th i Zoning Board and will in i t ia te sue: ng changes as they may find n e c e s s a r y to c a r r y out the i r p lans .

VETERANS MEETING A mee t ing of a l l World War I

v e t e r a n s , widows, wives , and s i s t e r s will be held a t 1:00 in the a f t e r -noon on T u e s d a y , Ju ly 6, a t the Algoma Grange Ha l l ,

M r s , F e e n s t r a will d i s c u s s the Alaskan e a r t h q u a k e .

CASNOVIA N E W S Mr. a n d Mrs. L e o n a r d F r e e l a n d

a n d t h e i r g r a n d s o n , Calv in , w e r e S u n d a y g u e s t s of M r . a n d Mrs. Car ro l l Car l son and f a m i l y a t Mus-kegon . Mr . a n d Mrs . E m i l Ha l l -m a n w e r e T h u r s d a y e v e n i n g cal l -e r s a t t he F r e e l a n d home .

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1965 Chevrolet Impala 2-DOOK HARDTOP - V-8 - Automatic -Factory Air Conditioning.

1963 Chevy 11 Especially Marked

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1962 Lincoln Continental ALL THE LINCOLN LUXURY FEA-TURES!

1962 Corva i r GREENBRIAR $1255 Ideal as Van or Panel Truck or for Family Camping Trips.

1960 Corvair $ 5 9 5 4-DOOR - Automatic - Heater - White Walls, Economical Transportation.

I960 Chevrolet BISCAYNE $ 5 9 5 2-DOOK - Black 348 - Stick

1959 Chevrolet Impala $ 7 9 5 2-DOOR HARDTOP - V-8 - Automatic -White with Red Interior.

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Each Specially Priced at $ 9 9

1959 Chevrolet Pickup 1/2-TON - Mechanically Good - Body Rusty

1956 Chevrolet 4-DOOR — 6 Cyl. - Runs Good!

1959 Morris Minor BUCKET SEATS - Good Transportation!

1957 Ford 4-DOOR — V-8 — Stick - Radio.

1957 Olds

1958 Olds 4-DOOR HARDTOP.

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RAY STOUT CHEVROLET 2 DOORS EAST OF TRAFFIC LIGHT IN KENT CITY

Marne Man Drowns at Olin Lake

T h i s a r e a ' s f i r s t d rowning v i c t i m was T h o m a s L e s l i e G a r c e a u , age 21, of M a r n e who l o s t h i s l i f e on Sun-day even ing in Olin Lake c a s t of Kent C i ty .

Kent County d e p u t i e s r e p o r u d tha t G a r c e a u was s w i m m i n g with f r i e n d s Sunday even ing when he told t h e m he was going to s w i m a c r o s s the l ake and back aga in . T h e y added tha t when h i s f r i e n d s w e r e r e a d y to r e t u r n h o m e about 9 p . m . , they f a i l ed to f ind h im . His c lo t i ics and towel w e r e s t i l l in his c a r . Me was l a s t s e e n a t 7:30 p . m .

T h e Kent County S l i e r i f l ' s d e p a r t -m e n t was a s s i s t e d by the S p a r t a P o l i c e D e p a r t m e n t and the S p a r t a Civ i l D e f e n s e R e s c u e Squad in d r a g -g ing o p e r a t i o n s Sunday n igh t . Scuba d i v e r s d i s c o v e r e d the body abou t noon on Monday.

M r . G a r c e a u w a s taken by H e s s e l A m b u l a n c e to the T h r o o p F u n e r a l H o m e in C o o p e r s v i l l e . F u n e r a l a r -r a n g e m e n t s a r e pending .

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Area Scouts Spend Week at Shawondossee

T w e n t y - s i x Boy Scouts f r o m S p a r -ta t roop 280 a r e spend ing this week a t C a m p S h a w o n d o s s e e on Duck L a k e n o r t h of Muskegon . I he youths and the i r c o u n s e l l o r . Gene Heuge l , l e f t Sunday a f t e r n o o n f o r a funpacked week f i l l ed with ou tdoor s p o r t s , h i k -ing, canoe ing , s w i m m i n g , hand i -c r a f t , c a m p c r a f t , n a t u r e ac t i v i t y , and comple t i on of r a n k s and m e r i t b a d g e work . F r o m the t ime that r e v e i l l e s o u n d s in the m o r n i n g unt i l t aps a t night, the Scouts wil l c rown a s m u c h ac t iv i ty a s p o s s i b k - into e v e r y waking m o m e n t . More than 200 Scouts f r o m the G r a n d Valley Counc i l a r e a t t end ing c a m p di is week . C a m p a c t i v i t i e s wil l c o n -c lude a f t e r t h e i r noonday m e a l on S a t u r d a y .

High l igh t s oi the week inc lude Counci l f i r e s on Sunday and F r i d a y even ing and local c a m p f i r e s a t t h e i r c a m p s i t e of Winnebago, tapout f o r c a n d i d a t e s of the O r d e r of the A r -row, an h o n o r a r y s e r v i c e o r g a n i z a -t ion of the Scou t s , Sof tbal l g a m e s a g a i n s t the c a m p s t a f f , and u sua l ly a canoe t r i p to I .ake Mich igan .

Loca l Boy Scouts r e g i s t e r e d a t the c a m p di is week a r e S teve Blon-d in , G r e g B e u s c h e l , G e r r y B a z z e t t , D a r r y l Ca lhoun , Jolm Colby, M a r -vin Colby , Don C u r t i s , Dennis D e -B o e r , Mark Dean , Lewis F o l k e r t h , Robin l l o s k i n s , Regg ie I l o sk ins , I orn Heuge l , Doug Heuge l , Mike Hovey, Randy Kenny, Dan Kent, R o g e r Kent , Dave K e m p , T o m Kemp, G e o r g e M a t t h e w s , J a m e s N a s h , Bob N a s h , Dennis S a l i s b u r y , M a r k Spangen-b e r g , and Steve W e v e r .

Dick Smi th Joined tlu- g r o u p on Monday to a s s i s t with the p r o g r a m . A d r i a n DeVoogd e x p e c t e d to he lp d i r e c t the a c t i v i t i e s of the g r o u p d u r -ing die l a t t e r p a r t of the week .

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Casnovia News

M r s . Adolph L a r s e n r e t u r n e d to die h o m e of M r . and M r s . Boyd C l a r k Sunday a f t e r spend ing die p a s t t h r e e weeks in C h i c a g o .

M r s . J . E . L i l l i e is spend ing di is week widi h e r s o n - i n - l a w and d a u g h -t e r , D r . and M r s . C . R . P a r c e l s , and f a m i l y in Grand R a p i d s .

E a r l C h a p m a n of G r a n d Rapids c a l l e d on M r . and M r s . Ge ra ld E l l i o t t and M r . and M r s . Randal l C l a r k on Sunday.

M r . and M r s . Keith W e l l m a n of Hudsonv i l l e announce die b i r t l i of t h e i r f i r s t chi ld , a d a u g h t e r . Ju l ia M a r i e , J u n e 26 in Z e e l a n d hosp i t a l . She i s die f i r s t g r a n d c h i l d f o r M r . and M r s . L a w r e n c e W e l l m a n ol C a s -novia and die f o u r d i i o r M r . and M r s . A l f r e d Wiebe r of Muskegon .

M r . and M r s . B u r d e t t e S h i r e y a n d f a m i l y a r e now moved into d i e i r h o m e a t 74 Main S t . , which they p u r c h a s e d f r o m M r s . C a r r i e C l in t s m a n ,

M r . and M r s . H a r r y Van Dyke of H u d s o n v i l l e v i s i t ed d i e i r c o u s i n s , A r t and E l e a n o r L e u s e n k a m p , on W e d n e s d a y . C h i l d r e n wish ing to t ake s w i m -ming l e s s o n s a t Half Moon L a k e m u s t s ign up on Ju ly I o r 2 f r o m 1 to 3 p . m . a t die l a k e . L e s s o n s wil l begin Ju ly 6.

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T h e e n g a g e m e n t ol M i s s J o y c e rviartna v a n u y K e . a a u g n t e r ot M r . ana M r s . J a c k Van Dyke of 14 Mile Road , to M r . J a m e s R icha rd C a r l s o n of Cheboygan , h a s been announced by he r p a r e n t s . Mr . C a r l s o n i s die son ol M r s . E l l e n C a r l s o n of R o s c o m m o n . I lie couple arc- planning to be m a r r i e d D e c e m b e r 4.

LISBON WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SHOPLIFTING A Lisbon a r e a women p leaded

gui l ty of shop l i f t i ng c h a r g e s e a r l y F r i d a y even ing b e f o r e J u s t i c e Louis Smid i of Kent Ci ty and paid a l ine of $25.00 p lus c o u r t c o s t s .

T h e woman , in h e r e a r l y f o r t i e s , was a p p r e h e n d e d a t G r o e n d y k ' s Su-p e r M a r k e t South of S p a r t a when she

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t r i e d to concea l a m a n ' s s h i r t , a b l o u s e , and a package of s a l t e d nu t s in h e r p u r s e . 1 he goods taken a m o u n t e d to about $6.00 and w e r e r e t u r n e d to the s t o r e .

THE SENTINEL LEADER Wednesday, June 30, 1965

Following

at Our Sale Monday,

June 2 8 , 1965 V E A L » o l t l U P t o $31.00 p e r c w t . B E E F S T E E R S & H E I F E R S - sold u p to $24.40 per c w t . B E E F B U L L S sold u p to SI9.60 p e r c w t . B E E F C O W S s o l d u p to $17.40 p e r c w t . F E E D E R C A T T L E .. - - - sold $16.00 to $25.50 p e r c w t . H O G S - sold u p to $25.50 pe r c w t . S O W S .... sold u p to $21.50 pe r c w t . KOAI tS ----- sold ui) to $14.50 pe r c w t . L A M B S sold u p to $23.25 pe r c w t . F E E D E R P I G S sold $10.25 to $16.00 e a c h H E N S sold u p to 95c each R A B B I T S sold u p to $1.35 e a c h G E E S E sold u p to $2.50 e a c h

963 H e a d of L i v e s t o c k 59 C o n s i g n m e n t s of P o u l t r y & R a b b i t s

T h e S a l e h a s t h e l a r g e s t n u m b e r of b u y e r s p a y i n g t h e h i g h e s t m a r k e t p r i ce s f o r y o u r l ivestock.

N O S A L E M O N D A Y , J U L Y />, 1965

V a l u a b l e F r e e G i f t g iven a w a y a t 9:00 P .M. every Monday n i g h t . You m u s t be p r e s e n t to win.

RAVENNA LIVESTOCK SALES A U C T I O N H E L D E V E R Y M O N D A Y A T 5:00 P.M., R A V E N N A , M I C H . J . P A U L H E R M A N , M g r . P h o n e U L 3-2952