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Serving Ada - Cascade - Eastmont

VOLU ME I

Janet Carew, of Ada, registers a small look of anxiety as she she receives her first Salk polio shot from Dr. Virgi l Stover at the Ada school last Friday. Assisting Dr. Stover were nurses Mrs. Vernon Reyburn of Eastmont and Mrs.

1 Paul Roy of Cas:cade. Mrs. Wilamina Nicho lson from the ~ Kent County Health Department ga ve the needed words of as· surance and comfort as the shots were administ ered.

Salk Shot Given 2151 st and 2nd Graders At Ada School; Next Clinic May 27

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1955 NUMBER 6

Boat Capsizes in Storm

Double Drowning Tragedy Takes Life Martin School PT A

! Elects New Office.rs

At their regular April meet- Of Cascade Resident,· Rites Saturday i ng, Martin PT A approved the

slate of officers for the coming J. Stuart Ehle, 45, of 6l40 Wen­year, naming Mrs. James Byerly dell St., in Cascade, was drowned as president for the 1955-56 Monday evening when a boat car­school year.

Manistee was swamped during a sudden storm on Glen Lake near Leeland.

rying Mr. Ehle and his brother- Mr. Ehle and his wife Marion Other officers to serve with · 1 H E A d f m· aw, arvey . n erson o were visiting the Andersons ·at

Mrs. Byerly are: Vice president, their cabin over the week-end Mrs. Norval Clifford; Father EIGHT BUILDING PERMITS when the double tragedy occur-Vice president, Albert Houghten; FOR CASCADE IN APRIL red. The men had gone fishing 'feacher Vice president, Mrs. L. and after the sudden storm fail-Bcyer; Treasurer, Mrs. Pau1 Eight building permits were ed to return. Mrs. Ruth Rockway, Rumesik; Corresponding secre· issued during April, according to Glen Lake resident, found t he tary, Mrs. Robert Roodevoets; Gerrit Baker, supervisor. They bodies of the two men early Tues­R e cord in g Secretary, Mrs. were: Gerald VanPutten, dwell- day morning. George Woodall; and Historian, ing, 4954 Burton SE, Robert

I h Mr. Ehle was a member of the

Mrs. Albert Matson. Reyn out, dwelling 541~ 36th St.; Cascade Christian Church, hold-In other business it was an Charles Powell ,dwelling, 5359 . th t f d d t t

nounced that the 'recent PTA 28th St.; Kenneth Fandy, dwell-I mg He plos so tehacohn and fruths -· 4000 p tt A . ee. e a so was e ea o e

Bazaar held at Martin Schoo'. mg, a er~on ve., How- "Floor Sanding and Finishing 1 ealized approximately $350 ard Freck, dwelling, Gladys Dr.; C ,, b . hi h h · v· ·1 K . bl d 11. s o. , a usmess w c e con-

. irgi im e, we m?, pauld- ducted from his home. ACE Area Hardwares Opening and Expanding

mg Ave.; J. J. Versluis, shelter Funeral services will be con­house and boat ho1;1s~, Goodw~rd ducted from the Metcalf Mortu­Platt, and R. ~·Phillips, dwellmg ary in Grand Rapids, Saturday

Spring is in the atr, and bus- at 2828 Buttrick. at 1:30 p. m. with the R ev. Herb-inesses in the ACE area are ex(.· ert Barnard of Cascade officiat-panding. Nowhere is it more NOTICE TO ALL CAR OWNERS ing. Interment will be in t he noticeable than in the hardware Help Snow Community 4-H Cascade cemetery at approxi­trade with new openings and ex- club by having your gas tank fil. mately 2:30 Saturday following pansions taking place at all led at Seven Gables Gas Station, the services. ~lores in the area. corner of US16 and Snow Aven- Besides his wife, Mr. Ehle is

In Eastmont, Mr. and Mrs. I ue oi; May 7. All profi.t fr?m survived by one daughter, Judith D V P tfl . t h d gasolme sales on May 7 is gomg Ann; a son, Stuart Bruce; one on an or ie ave opene t th s c · th "E t t H d ,, . th o e now ommumty 4H club. sister, Mrs. Harvey Anderson of

e as m an ar ware m e Be ee· g M 7 t S M · t d t b th H 1 ack f th · · t t· s m you on ay a even ams ee, an wo ro ers; ar-

' 0 eir service s a rnn. Gables ry of Syracuse, N. Y., and Mor-

The VanPortfliet's are weil Sno:.V Community 4H Members ris of Wayland. known to Eastmont residents and t hey hope the new store

i will serve the area well. At Cascade, the Thornapple

Hardware on Cascade Rd., and Kingsland's Hardware around the corner on 28th St., are both doubling the size of their pres­ent stores. Ben Zoodsma, pro- j prietor of the Thornapple Hard-' ! ware has knocked cut the wall

With nearly 100 per cent par- I between his exisiting store a nd ticipation, 215 children in the I GIRL SCOUT ASSOCIATION the empty half of the same firs t and second grades at Ada TO MEET AT MARTIN SCHOOL huilding and was busy this and Cascade township schools 1 Ada Neighborhood Girl Scout week arranging and expanding received their. first polio vaccine j Association meeting will be held his stock. ~: !10t last Friday at the Ada a.t 1 p. m . at Martin School on Rex Kingsland, proprietor at ( chool gym. i May 9. The business meeting Yingsland's hardware is building

Dr. Virgil Stover of Grand ' 'Xill precede a workshop on out- a completely new brick front Rapids, administered the shots door cooking and nature hints, ~tructure on to his present loca· to all, assisted by nur ses from led by Mrs. Charles Johnson. All tion and plans to open the ex­Cascade a nd Eastmont and Ada neighborhood leaders and com- panded building sometime this PTA members who checked all rnittee members are urged to at- summer. records, and took care of the tend. At Ada, Dick Sytsma contiues children. , On May 13, girl scouts and with h is present butld~ng, but for

The second polio innoculation

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. their families will set up day the past few weeks his store has will be g iven on May 27, one co.mp at Camp Windy Crest on I housed the Ada Shoe Store own· , month after the .first shot. Ada i the Thornapple River, in readi- cd by B.ob Hand . . Bob . reports school will close on May 25th, 1iess for the summer . A picnic tha! he is expandmg his shoe :;o parents from that area are supper will end the day's fun. busmess and hopes to serve all •eautioned to remember to send ACE area residents in their foot-their children two c:tays later. 4H News wear _wants. _ . Also to be given the Salk vac Th K t C t 4H L d Busmess growth is a good s ign cine are all children who receiv- I Cl b~ en11. oun by k et~tlerds and offers more and better serv-' - u 1s se mg a oo en 1 e , . · d t h cd the polio shot during last I "Kent County Farm Plat Book," :ces to area res1 e i; s w. o can year's tests. This will be a boost· I proceeds of which will be used park. an~ shop eas1l)o, without a er shot. Parents of these child- tu construct a beach at the 4H traffic tie-up or frayed nerves. ren will receive a yellow slip camp located at Bostwick Lake. 1hrough the mail notifying them The book, which includes 26 ADA CHRISTIAN TIES FOR to have .the!r children innoculat- pages of maps, sells for $2.00 TH IR D AT FIELD ME ET ed at this time. per copy and can be obtained Ada Christian Sch ool "might

Upon Dr. Salk's reccommen· from Mrs. Glenn Marvin, Cas· have done better" last week at dation, the third shot of the cade Rd., and Mrs. Kilmer, 28th an "All Christian School field present series will not be given street. meet" held at Johnson Park last (mtil next December, seven Friday. With four schools partici-months after the May 27 vaccine. Look for Suburban Life weekly pating, Ada tied for third with

Walker school, h aving 99 points.

paisanba.I l..17£8 W.IO.i£ p:i;qul:!Jl:!n~ <1li1qsod uJ nl<lH

Winner of the event and banner given by the YMCA was the East Paris school with 139 points.

John VanSpronsen and Pete Haga, both with 19 points were high scorers for Ada Christian.

. With t he event a success, plans were made for another meet next year, at which Ada hopes to do better.

Don't forget the TB bus will be at Egypt Grange h a ll Wednesday !\fay 11 from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m.

Billy (12), a nd Jerry (18) Vanstee of Cascade hold the eight rainbow t rout they took from Gove Lake early last Sat­urday as the season. opened. Good catches have been reported from both the la ke and from trout streams in Ada a nd Cas­cade townships.

Tr o u t fishing en thusiasts

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. planting last fall, though som e swarmed over township streams la rge trout (161h to 18 inches) last week-end, opening the sea- from a planting a year earlier son with good catches- and also were a lso hooked. the inevitable disappointments According to Claude Quiggle for some anglers. there are still a lot of fish to be

On Gove Lake, where r ecords caught, with flatfish doing the of catches are kept for the state, best job so far this year . Trout 81 rainbows were taken the first will not spawn in the lake since day, with 17 more finding their they must have shallow, gravel way to the frying pan on Sunday. bottomed running water before Most fish were from the state's they will reproduce.

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for ch est X-ray. Remember any- The cornertsone laying of the one who handles food must have' Congregational church · will be an OK card so come and be X- held Sunday May 8, following the rayed. morning worship,

Mr. and Mrs. Homer Morris were Friday night supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Afton at Kent City.

2 SUBURBAN LIFE, MAY 5, 1955

Serving Ada - Cascade - Eastmont Published every Thursday morning at 112 N. Broadway, Lowell.

Harold Jefferies Publisher

Roger Tusken Editor

Cascade N ews R eporter-M r s. John Hamer Ada News R eporter- M rs. Tom Morris

Subscri ption Rates

$2.00 per year within the state of Michigan. $2.50 per year elsewhere

Mothers C lub

Cascade School Mother's Club will hold their last meeting of the school year at 1 :30 p. m. on May 5th at the school. Mrs. Joseph Fox's group is in charge 1 of refreshments. Mrs. James I MacGregor and Mrs. Myron Oat­man will conduct the installation I of new officers elected during the meeting.

Now Open For Business

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Phone 99-6518

Neil Den Houten 6728 28th St. Cascade

Dykhouse & Buys Service

GASOLINE DELIVERED

Live Bait Minnows - Worms

Crawlers

Phone GL6-9044 At Cascade

Mrs. Nellie L ewis, Conserva­tion Drive, announ ces the en­gagement of her daughter, Marilyn June to Theodore H ill, Jr., son of Mr. and M rs. Theo­dore Hill, Sr. of Otsego. The wedding will take place July 1, at West Cannon Baptist church.

We make our future best of the present.

by the

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Phone A lto 2121

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Ii you are, you can qualify for "Wolver.ine's" Safe Driving Collision and earn full coverage without paying any more than others pay for $50.00 deductible. Here's how it works:

See your Wolverine Insutance Co. agent today and have him explain how this Safe Dtiver Plan applies to you.

Orville A. Summers AGENCY

710 I Fase St., Ada Phone Ada 72791

Letter to Editor Scouts Camp Out Plan Coming Events I VanderJagt's Barber ShoF'

6813 Cascade Rd. From Friday night until Sun- I Open Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat.

To the Editor: day morning (April 29-May 1) I Evenings 'til 9:30 Those of us in favor of improv- found 31 scouts, explorers, leaders I Phone 99-6401

ed r oads throughout C a s c a d e and fathers en)· oying the beauti-"th M Closed All Day Thursday township will agree wi r . ful summer weather at Chief I

Jensen that schools should com e Noonday Camp at Yankee first. They always have! Springs, South of Middleville. -----.---&--H---t•

Cascade No. 4's financial prob- The adults attending were Plumbing ea 1ng !ems are not new to us. We were Scoutmaster Vern Reyburn, Asst. not born yesterday. Until the Scoutmaster Rober t Kooiman, Ex­last few years, we have struggled plorer advisor James Pryor, and with the finances of the school fathers Darrel Oakes, Harold since the turn of the century, Buttrick, Lloyd Hardesty, Tommy while on the other han~ since the Ray and Milton Heaven. Cascade Dam. was built, N~. 4 The boys participated in camp. had comparatively easy g~mg. outs, cook-outs, hikes and tr eas­However, schools wer~ ~tnctly ure hunts. They also passed problems of the local dist~ict and I tests in firebuilding, nature study not of the whole township. We tram'ng cooking and overnight did not trouble the r est of the . ' township with our problems, why campmg.

Equipment and Service Hotpoint Appliances

Phone Ada 5821

Ada Heating & Plumbing

587 Ada Drive does No. 4 have to do so now. May_ 6-7 the explo: ers of troop

The facilities at Lowell will be 334 will compete with other ex- :..__ ____________ _ ample to ta ke care of our high plorer troops in a canoe r ace school pupils for years to come., from Carlton Park, near Thorn­Or isn't Lowell good enough any <>.pple Lake, down the Thornapple more? They are g lad to have I River to Cascade. our pupils! To Hold Cou r t

We would like to see a new Boy Scout Pack 334 will hold a high school in our area eventual- Court of Honor on Monday, M~y ly, but are not r eady for it as 9 at 7:15 at the Cascade Chns­yet. In the mean t ime, lets have tian Church. the whole township benefit from Scholarship merit badges will the improved roads, so that this be awarded to Mike Caswell and problem can be taken car e of Willy Fry. once and for all. With the com- Home Repair merit badges ing generations, school problems have been earned by Joeseph will never be settled, but the Kent and Willy Fry. roads by and large will be. One Second class scout award will thing at a time- we can't do both. be presented to Richard Buttrick

Let's give the old timers who a n d Le o Dean. Tenderfoot have struggled along with their awards will be given to Boyd local school problems for years, Kooistra, Fred Hardesty, William the benefit of enjoying improved Merrow. roads and appreciate them, as we The program will include col-do ! ored slides taken on a hunting

Case Heemstra trip through Montana and Wy­

CASCADE CAL EN DAR OF MAY EVENTS

Thursday, May 5 - Mothers' club meets at 1 :30 p. m.

Friday May 6-0smer-Coller wedding, Cascade C h r i s t i a n Church. American Legion meets.

oming.

FOUR CITIES WITH MILLION TELEPHONES

Only New York, Chicago, and London have previously passed

Gardens Plowed AND DRAGGED

New hydraulic operated tractor too ls. R easona ble rates

W e do it the way you want it ... when you want it

Phone 99-6327

Alfred Scott 2715 Tho rnapple River Dr.

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Lawn Boy Power Mowers

We Got ' Em at The Lowest

Pr ices .. .

$79.SOup Trade-Ins A ccepted

Stop In And Look Them Over Saturday, May 7-Tri-Cees of

Cascade Christian Church 6:30. Cradle Roll bake sale, 10 a. m., Cascade Pharmacy. - Monday May 9- Legion Auxili­ary Executive Board meeting.

With t he installation recently of its one-millionth telephone, Detroit became the fourth city in the world to be ser ved by a ­million or more phones.

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1he million mark. I Phone 4811 Dick Sytsma

PHONE WANT ADS to 9261. --------------

ADA HARDWARE

Tuesday, May 10-C a s c a d e Farm Bureau.

Wednesday May 11-S. E. Sec­tion, Kent County Teachers club.

Thursday, May 12-Cradle Roll Cascade Christian Church.

Sunday, May 15- Church Night Fellowship, Cascade Christia n Church.

Monday, May 16 - Cascade Fire Department. Ch r i s ti a n Church Building Fund Cam­aign kick-off dinner.

Tuesday, May 17-C as cad e Home Demonstration Group.

Friday, May 20-American Le- r gion.

Thursday, May 26- Cub Scout Pack meeting.

Friday, May 27- American Le­gion Auxiliary.

Sunday, May 29-GOC Dedica­tion Ceremony of the Thornapple Post.

Twenty-four per cent of all dri-

l vers involved in fatal auto acci­dents in the U. S. last year were under 25 years old.

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Bob Hand, Prop. Phone 4811

FRESH

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Chuck Roast lb. 49c Quaker . Freshlike

TOMATO JUICE SWEET PEAS 46-oz. can 2 7 C 12-oz. can 19c

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Tom M o r r i s accompanied ''- Clyde Pearson of Grand R apids

to Charlevoix Lake for a few days fishing last week.

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SPARTAN BRAND GRASS SEED

with Me r ian Blue Grass

ESTIMATES GIVEN ON LANDSCAPING

Phone GL4-0820

Jake Moerdyke

IF YOU W ANT TO BUY - SELL - RENT OR TRADE . . . TRY A WANT AD WITH SU BURBAN LIFE. JUST CALL LOWELL 9262 A ND P LACE YO UR AD.

For Sale-General BABY BUGGY- 1-yr. size crib a nd

mattress, good condition. Reas­onable. Phone Ada 4307. c6

WHITE EMBDEN and Toulouse mature geese for strawberry or other weeding or ornamental purposes. Specially priced, $3 each or will trade for chickens. Call Ada 72047. c2

KNAPP Cush ion Arch S HOES S izes 2-18 Widths AAAA to

EEEE Men's - Women 's and Boys

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Phone GL 1-0956 ED. STRONG

F R E EZER UWNERS-Custom meat service. Wholesale rates. Weaver's Ada Market. Phone Ada 3511. c23tf

MOTORS TUNED Brakes Re-lined a nd Repaired

C. S. Cookingham 1795 Laraway Lake Dr., S E Grand Rap ids 6, Mich igan

Attend Library Meet

S UBURBAN LI F E, MAY 5, 1955

EGYPT EXTENSION GROUP OBSE RVE NATI ONA L WEEK

This is National Home Exten­sion week. The Egypt Extension and Thornapple E xtension groups are observing this with displays of "Takin g it Easy in the Kitch· en." These displays are exhibit­ed in the window of the Ada Hardware.

The· Egypt g roup have their display centered around various

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Honey Creek School' A beautiful day and n ice cr owd

at our old school on last S unday afternoon netted the PTA a round $100. ,

Let MARSHALL BELDING

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Insura nce ( incl. group plans) Fire-Auto-Liability

Pensions and Annuities PHONE ADA 3077 J knives, their uses and care of

tlJem. The Thornapple group's -------------display is on the various uses of a utility ~art and how to save steps w ith one.

When you ar e in Ada stop a nd view these displays.

The extension lessons a nd so­cial h ours, held r egula r ly each month a r e of gr eat interest and benefit to everyone. New m em­bers are welcome to join.

Chairman of the E gypt gr oup is Alice Anderson and Hazel Brian is chairman for the Thorn­apple group.

Nathan Neesley of Buttrick I road was a Saturday night din­Her guest of Mr. and Mrs". How­

ANNIE'S GRILL AT CASCADE

Dai ly " Special" Dinners Short Order.s

Open 8 A. M. to 7 P. M. Daily Closed Sundays

SPECIAL!!

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Bard-Ma tic Mrs. Grace Whaley and Ada WANTED TO RENT-Garage in Libr ary Board attended the an·

vicinity of Ada. Maurice Stan- nual spring meeting of the Kent nard, Ada phone 5044. c6 County Libra ry held at the new -----~~------.

ard Hender son. Garbage Eliminators Girl Scouts branch Library a t Harvard, Mon·

. day, May 2. Those attending The 1st year g irl sc.outs, ten- were Mrs. R obert Morris, Mrs.

derfoot rank, ?f Girl Scout, James Cooper , Mrs. J ohn Adri· r I troop 80, entertamed 2nd and 3rd I anse, Mrs. Frank Richardson. I , :>ear scouts. at a cook-out on Sat- Newly elected board member and I urday, April 30. L eaders Mrs. a guest Mrs. Vesta Richardson. Karl Keck, and Mrs. Wayne Fel· · A delicious ham dinner was serv- 1 lo"'."s, enjoyed hot d?~s, potato ed by the Mothers' club a t the chips and all t he fixmgs along Community Ch a pel with the 21 girls who attended. ·

Whether you 'r e buildi ng or remodeling you'll find. we have all the materials you'll

need •. ~ at reaaonable prices.

As the piece de resistance, the DON'T RAKE UP girls served the traditional girl

scout desert, consisting of gra· THOSE LAST ham cracker s, chocolate and a golden toasted marshmallow put

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of a glowing camp fire .

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Svoboda have r eturned after spending the winter months in St. Petersburg Florida .

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Lowell, Michigan

Last Times Tonite: "Deep in My Heart"

Fri., Sat., May 6 and 7

Saturday Midnight May 7

"THE THING FROM ANOTHER W ORLD"

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3 Disney Cartoons A Long Comedy

Doors Open 11 :30 Regular Pric:es!

- RICHAl\D TOOD ·JEAN PETERS

Tues., Wed., Thurs. May 10, 11, 12

NEXT WEEK: "THE LONG GRAY

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SUBURBAN LIFE, MAY 5, 1955 I

TR I P TO MEXICO Ada Cascade

Eastmont - REPORTS-

Mr. and Mrs. Sybrant Dyk­house, Jeanlin Dr., returned April 27, from a two and one-half week trip to Mexico. They flew from Chicago directly to Mexico City where they spent most of I their time sight seeing in a 200 mile radius about and around the city. The Taluco open air mar-1

•ket was one of the most fascinat- Roger Tusken

I ing sights, with all the wares dis-played on outdoor booths, and We w~nt to we!.come some r_ie~ everything from vegetables to I readers. mto the ~uburban Life mules on sale. fold this we~k, smce we have

. . added approximately 100 names I A v1s1t to Taxco, a small moun- of Eastmont residents to our

tain village that has been made mailing list plus some other resi­into a n~tional shrine_ provided dents on Ada, Route 1. We hope them with many P1C?1resque they like the paper and it will scenes for the many movrng pict- be coming their way the next few ures ~hey took. T~e . streets of weeks. the city are the ongmal. cobble- Whie we are thinking about stone .. the ~oofs _colored t1l~, and it, somebody pulled a boo-boo, the village is built on the side of

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and last week's edition of Subur-the mountain. . . . . . ban Life for Grand Rapids, R-3,

Four days ~f v1s1tmg m be~uti- got mislaid at the main postoffice ful _Acapulco mcl_uded more s1~h_t- in Grand Rapids. This caused seemg and a sail on the Pac1f1c some very frantic telephoning on Ocean. . . . my part-until the paper was

. I_n_ Mexico City they ~nJo~ed ·found. Actually, the post-office

Spr ing Chores Nancy War d at 7-2411 or Gordon Svoboda at 7-2801.

The P. F. will have a "Work - ------Day for Christ." If you· have Wanted. Wan t Ads for Subur-any of those spring chores that' ban Life. 50c for 20 words. Call you have been dreading to get at Lowell 9261. let the P. F. do it. Any money ------------ ­earned will be used for Altar sup-plies for the Church. Call either

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Roller, Sickle-Ba r, Snow Blode, Sweeper. Seeder. So iker. Etc .• available .

v~s1tu:ig the largest ~)Lill f1ght~ng I does a pretty fine job delivering I

I rrng 1_n the ~orld, with a seatmg I all the thousands of pieces of I Soc ial & B usiness Print ing capacity of ;:i0,000. mail that. come in each day, and Phone 9-661 3

I . we can understand an error. We

Sui:-imer roundup f?r children make a few ourselves. (JusC ask 1 551 E ast ern, S E, Grand Rapids entermg. Ada Kmdergarten I my wife). I o r by appo in t m ent at m y home

FREE DEMONSTRATION CA L L ...

FARM SERVICE

KLEINHEKSEL'S Ph. Alto 2193 I

school w1ll be_ held Tuesday,_ ~ay I want to keep plugging away 8428 Fulton Ada 5591 10, at Ada High School buildmg, for Suburban Life want ads be- ------------.-: McCords, Mich.

at 10 o'clock. 11 cause they offer one of the ~ost -------------

! __ reasonable ways for you to buy, I PA INTING AND sell, rent, or offer any service NOW Is The Time~

you have to the most people at DECORATING the least price. Just 50c for 20 SERVICE YO.UR-

words ,and 2c for each word over 120. Call Lowell 9262 and we wil be glad to see that your ad gets into the next edition of Suburban Life.

So far we have had two letters

I to the editor, both offering dif­, ferent views on the blacktopping i question in Cascade township. We

I are happy to receive opinions. Some persons have asked us if i we publish any letter, or if we

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cut out parts of them . We w ill publish any letter that is s igned and in good taste, and the only

I reason we would ever cut a letter For all your decorating needs,

CALL US! would be because it is too long and we wouldn't have the space

Interior and E xterior W ork Guaranteed Over 10 years' Experience

Suburban Decorators

I to print all of it. Before we ever would cut one, ( and I have never done it) we would call the writer to make certain that we are not taking out any of the "meat" of

J the letter. So if you have any-

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thing you want to write-feel free to do so. You don't have to hold office-the only requirement J

Put you r port able in ti p-top summer r ead i­ness with FRES H EVE R READY Batter i es

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The wor l d 's sma llest Por t a b le Radio - uses miracl e transist ors in place of tubes

Buckley's TV & Appl. Service 681 3 Cascade Road F. JAY BUCKLEY

Annual Vegetable and Flower Plants FOR YOUR YARD AND GARDEN

Petunia s Tomatoes

Zinnias Cabbage

Broccoli Marigolds

Cauliflower Asters

Peppers JOE FULLER, Contractor 1 is that you hreathe. I I This is short this week-but Box 164, Ada Phone 5986 I

--------------: :.-.---- - - ---------' spring fever is fogging our brain ·and we can't think of anything

AND MANY OTHERS

Ada

Cascade

Eastmont

FREEZER FOOD

PLAN

m ore for the present.

Dr. and Mrs. H . D. Irland of

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5800 E. Fulton, have as their guests, Miss Eunice Graham wh o is director of nurses at Peeunale

'hospital at Hilo, Hawaii.

Buy Them by the Dozen or by the Flat

Bos-Koetsier Greenhouses Phone CH1-3742 or CH1-0259

1674 Spaulding, SE Y2 mile Suoth of US-16

Free Baseball Coin

POLAR - 10-0 Z.

doz. $ J07 ARMOUR'S Strawberries

Chuck Roast Choic:e Franks R egular Price 33c pkg.

SNOW CROP

44lli. "Ballerina" DINNERWARE F R E E WITH YOUR PURCHASES

GLACIER CLUB - All Flavor'5 HERE!

Fr. Fried Potatoes

Ice Cream v,Gal. 73c weaver's ada market 567 ADA DRIVE OPEN DAILY: 8 A. M. TO 6 P. M.