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' L o w e l l ^ L e d g e r S u b u r b a i i t L i f e VOL. 91 NO. 6
Five Women Nominated For Jaycette's Award
The Lowell Jaycet tes are proud to annouhce that five ladies will be honored for their service to the com-munity on Thursday, May 23, at St . Mary's School at 7 :30 p.m.
Mrs. Phyllis Lessens was nominated by St . Rita's Guild, Mrs. Evelyn Wittenbach by Lydia Circle of United Methodist Women, Mrs. Lila Thaler oy the United Methodist Pre-school, Mrs. Sandra VanWeelden by the teachers of the Middle School , and Mrs. Doris Gardner by the Women's Club.
The program, sponsored by the Jaycettes, is free for anyone to a t tend. Especially invited are the friends and family of the nominees and, of course, their spon-soiing organizations. Last year it was a "ladies night" but this year husbands are encouranged to at tend.
Entertainment will be provided by Sue Stephenson, Miss Lowell Showboat ; Sue Condon , Lori Courser, stu-dents of Mrs. Prisciila Roger's speech class, and a style show by The Deb Shop. The finale will be the presenta-tion of the award for the Woman of the Year.
THURSDAY, MAY 16,1974 VOL. 20 NO. 7
Smile When You Buy Your Poppy
When you are asked to buy a Poppy during the com-ing sale (May 16 ,17 , and 18) in this communi ty , do it with a great big smile on your face. And remember, that it is the most grateful investment of your loose changc you can ever make!
Across America tens of thousands of men and wom-en volunteer Poppy sellers arc offering y o n a once-a-yeai oppor tuni ty to personally thank the uniformed lads who have made the supreme sacrifice and those countless men in hospitals who may never again be physically fit.
Maybe the government does give a few bucks a month to their survivors and maybe the disabled arc given free hospitalization, bu t the help you can give them through the Poppy sale conducted by their own organization comes from your h e a r t - n o t through what you are forced to pay in taxes.
If your gratitude means more than lip service, buy and proudly wear a Poppy when it is o f fe red by a Vet-eran of Foreign Wkrs or American Legion volunteer.
New Laws Destined To Aid Local
Houghton Celebrates 94th School Taxpayers
At the age of 94 , Frai\^ Houghton of 613 Avery Street, Lowell, keeps active by working in the yard, and taking short daily strolls.
Mr. Houghton who was born in Lowell Township, what is now Grindle Drive, celebiated his 94th birth-day, May 13.
He farmed for a living, beginning a» the age of 16 on a farm on Morse Lake near Alto. For 19 years, 1938-1957, he acted as supervisor of Lowell Township. Up-on his retirement, he moved to Lowell to his present home.
Mr. Houghton had four sons and one d a u g h t e r -Lloyd, the oldest who passed away two years ago, Howard of Detroit , George of Lowell, Lewis of Grand Rapids, and Frances, with whom he resides.
Besides week-end birthday wishers, Mr. Houghton also received greetings f rom Vice-President Gerald Ford.
To Hold 25th Reunion Lowell High School Class of 1949 will celebrate its
25th reunion June 22 in Middle Villa Inn in Middleville. There will be a Get Re-acquainted Hour at 6 : 3 0 p.m.; dinner will be served at 7 : 3 0 p.m.
Class members who have no t been contacted may call Mrs. Wayne Cookingham, Grand Rapids, 949-7634.
There are two new legislative acts in the works to help local taxpayers with the problem of financing school operat ion and school buildings. The first is Sec. 27 of the Sta te Aid Act of 1973-74 which provides for funding by the state of a part of all bonded debt of the district for construction.
The other act now in the Legislature is h .ving some trouble as it conflicts for a t tent ion with budget bills and the ad journment for primary and general elections.
Is Michigan Farm Tax Raltof Near?
For many years the Michigan farmer has been pay-ing a disproportionate property tax. The tax is payable even though the farmer may have suffered a loss. There is gpfltta&son to believe that tax relief is near.
Pending Legislat ion-Farmland Open Space Bill No, 4244 provides a voluntary program of tax relief plus a saving of good and vanishing.agricultural land for farming. T h e following is an outline of the main par t i of the bill and suggests that you contact your local representative and watch the newspaper for more de-
tails. Voluntary Program
A. t o quaMfy as a fa rm
1. 4 0 acres or more agricultural.
2. 5 to 4 0 acres gross $ 2 0 0 per tillable acre. 3. Specialty farm.
B. Application 1. First request to local Township Board for review. 2. Request sent to s ta te Land Use Agency. 3. Final assessments handled locally. C. Condit ions of Accepted Plan
1. Transfer a share of development rights to State . 2. Will be no non-agricultural development for ten
' " . years. 3. Proper ty tax limited to 7 percent of adjusted
gross household income. a. Either a credit t o Sia ie Income Tax or a direct
rebate from State. b. Proper ty may be lold to another farmer without
penal ty if use is the same. c. Farm may be rented under the plan. D. Penalty for broken contract
1. All tax credits and rebates plus 6 percent are re-payable.
C. Local Monies
1. Land would be assessed as today. 2. Total tax would be collected locally as presently
done t o assure revenue for local schools and township operations.
If this bill becomes law, money needed for school operations should be easier to raise because the local farmer would pcy a tax only on his net income which fluctuates widely f rom year to year.
Lowell High School principal, Dennis McMahon, re-turned to the witness stand last Thursday, undergoing four hours of cross-examination by Attorney James White, as White probed for so f t spots in the administra-lion's chargcs against Gilbert Woolworth, Lowell High School history teacher.
During the first three hours of the public tenure hear-ing, McMahon repealed test imony covered in the open-ing session before Attorney Thomas Nordberg complet-ed the administration's presentat ion.
McMahon told the Lowell School Board that the Personnel Committee of the Lowell Educational As-sociation (LEA) agreed last December to work with Woolworth in trying to help him in the areas of Mc-Mahon's concern.
Charges against Woolworth stem from the classroom observations made by the high school principal begin-ning last October and continuing through March 6th of this year. Woolworty has been on suspension with pay since March 6. . Lack of classroom discipline, sti^dent complaints of not learning, and incidents of unprofessional con-duct arc the basis for the charges of incompetency brought against the censured teacher.
Under cross examination. White focused on Mc-Mahon's testimony that this was the first year a tenur-ed teacher had been evaluated since McMahon was hir-ed as principal three years ago.
White also placed emphasis on McMahon's lack of knowledge in Woolworth's teaching subject, history with sub-topical courses.
When McMahon, unable to remember the topic of one of the course on which Woolworth was evaluated.
White asked McMahon how he could made judgments on classroom methods when he didn ' t even know what was being taught.
Questioned by White if the principal had ever made any a t t e m p t to learn whether Woolworth 's students learned any less than o ther students, McMahon con-ceded he had no "hard evidence" that they were n o t .
White elicited test imony revealing McMahon had, in an early written reprimand, advised Woolworth that unless he showed improvement he would be discharged at the end of the year. White stressed the point the early and repeated th iea ts of dismissal might have had some bearing on Woolworth 's uncooperative reaction . to evaluation reports.
In answer to a query by White, " D o you think Mr. Woolworth has any s trong points regarding his teach-ing abi l i ty?" McMahon said, " I think he has the know-l edge - the educational b a c k g r o u n d , " - b u t felt he wasn' t able to pu t it across in the classroom.
Board member, Phil Kropf , given the oppor tuni ty to quest ion McMahon, asked if.the principal's presence in the classroom should have been a deterrent t o some of the alleged student misbehavior. McMahon said he had no real way of knowing whether classroom con-duct was worse -o r b e t t e r - a s a.result of his presence.
The public tenure hearings were scheduled to contin-ue on Tuesday, May 14, Friday, May 17 at 7 p .m. and Wednesday, May 22, beginning at 1 p .m. Hearings are held in room K 3 4 at Lowell High School.
JEREMIAH JOHNSON--Will be at t h t S t r t n d Thaa t r t , Lowdl , Mich. Mamorial Day Waakand, May 24 thru tha 27th. c5-6
A Week For Accidents. . .
A new school bus, with only a faw miles on the speedometer, was heavily damaged last week, when hi t
by a 5,000-gal. oil tankar .
Last week, although the street condi t ions were good, it seemed to be the week for accidents, which resulted in injuries to four.
Luckily no children were aboard a Lowell Area School bus, last Tuesday morning when it was struck broadside by a 5,000-gallon oil tanker at the intersec-tion of Foreman Road and Lincoln Lake Avenue.
The tanker, loaded to capacity, headed for the In-dustrial Tool and Machine Shop on Godfrey Street, was driven by Jack Miller, 43, of Taylor, Michigan. The truck failed to s top at the marked intersection.
Mr. Miller was rushed to But terworth Hospital, where he was last reported still in critical condition. The driver of the 'new* bus which was enroute across town to pick up a load of students, was driven by Jessie Chavez, 36. He was treated anjl released at a lo-cal doctor 's off ice for minor cuts a n d bruises.
At 2 :50 p.m., that same a f te rnoon , a Clarksville man lost control of a car, hitting a tree headon on Fre-
mont Street , near Monroe Street , in the city limits. Taken to Butterworth Hospital was Edward Mason,
an employee at Attwood Corporat ion, who sustained multiple cuts on his hands.
A Wyoming man was seriously injured early last Thursday moming when his car left the roadway and struck a tree on Cascade Road in Lowell Township.
Chr;s Johnson, 14, of 422 Grindle Drive, Lowell, was slightly injured last Friday morning when he was hit by a truck at the intersection of West Mam and . North Hudson Streets.
The you th , enroute to school, crossing at the light, was hit by a truck driven by Roger L. Bieri. The vehi-cle was traveling south on North Hudson, turning east at the light,.No ticket was issued.
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Car hits t ree head-on.
Probes Testimony For Soft Spots
NEW BOOTH—Michigan Bdl Talaphona Company lias installed a new public telephone booth on East Main Street, in f ron t of the Lowell City Hal!.
R E S I G N S - B e t t y J . Rogers, Lowell City Treasurer, has submitted her resignation. It became effective lest
Friday, May 10.
HOSPITALIZED-Mrs , Mac (Rosie) Fonger is in Blod-gett Mamorial Hoapital, Grand Rapids, where she is un-dergoing tests and observations. The owner of Rosie Drive Inn, she would enjoy a l ine or two f r o m her Low-ell friends and patrons,
CELEBRATING-Jack and Esther F a h m i , b o t h active in civic and communi ty affairs for many years will ba celebrating their 56 th wedding anniversary on May 31. The Fahrni 's reside a t 610 East Main Street.
LAST N I G H T - T h e Lowell Lions Club will terminate their weekly bingo games o n Thursday night. May 23. Taking a summer break, tha games will resume in the fall.
E X P A N D I N G - A new addi t ion t o the State Savings Bank on East Main Street is under construction. The new floor space is being added t o the north side of the building.
P R O M - T h e Juniors and Seniors a t Lowell Senior High School will pu t on their best bib and tucker this Saturday night for their annual Prom dinner and dance,
A T T R A C T I V E - T h e new wood rail fencing, engulf-ing the J R B Insurance Agency on West Main Street is very eye-catching,
OLD MODELS—Lowell's five automobile dealers will have on disolay this week only , ant ique cars, provided by the Grand Rapids Chapter of t h e Horseless Carriage Club. The d u b will hold their annual Swap Meet and Flea Market at tha Lowell 4-H Fairgrounds this Sunday, May 19,
E M P O R I U M - T h e 'Good Ole Days' Emporium will return t o the Lowell 4-H Fairgrounds this Saturday, with most activities getting underway at 8 a , m , - f l e a markets, fa rm produce, auctions, arts and crafts, etc,
Ada Histor ical Society
Schedules Th i rd Meeting The Ada Historical Society will hold its third meet-
ing Thursday, May 23, at 7 : 3 0 p,m. in the Ada Town-ship Hall. All interested Ada area residents are urged to a t tend.
Commit tees are now being formed to begin re-search, including the identification of events and plac-es of loc ,*' historical interest.
Ult imately, the Society hopes to be instrumental in the publishing of a history of the area, and in the placing of Historical Markers on authenticated and designated sites.
A total loss.
Break-Ins Keep Patrolmen Busy
Broken into Sunday night or early Monday morn-ing, May 4 or 5, was Rosie Drive Inn on West Main Street. The intruder entered the building through an old vent above the back door .
Taken during the en t ry was approx imate ly $190, Patrolling Lowell Police off icers found t h e hack door of the business slightly ajar at 1:20 a.m.. May 5, which was the probable exit route .
The same night, the Sor tex Corpora t ion on Sou th Hudson Street was b roken into, but Monday ' s investi-gation showed that no th ing was missing.
A small window was broken to gain en t rance in to the building.
On May 9 , a rock was thrown through the window at ihe ERB Lumber Company on West Main Street , where the culprits m a d e their entry. Again, investiga-ting officers found no th ing missing.
A 1961 Chevrolet was stolen f rom Imperial Motors on West Main Street on May 10. The b r o w n colored vehicle had no keys in it , or license plates on it at the t ime of thef t .
ROSIE DRIVE INN-Specia l This Week: Clam & Fries, dW, Chicken By the Bucket . Family n i te , Tuesday, 4-8 p , m „ Hamburgs 30^, Fries 254, Hippi Burgers, 604. S u n d a y morning specials, Sp f t Serve or Sealtest Ice Cream. c 6
2 Lowell Ledger-Suburban Life, Miy 16, 1974
FREE PRESSURE CHECK Persons shopping at Woodland Mail, 28 th Street
and East Beltline, SE. will be able to have their blood pressure checked free of charge from May 16 through May 18.
"We aim simply to screen people for high blood pressure-or hypertension, as it is called," explained Mrs. Joseph O'Brien, R.N. and Red Cross Director of Nursing and Health Programs. "Our volunteer nurses will refer those with high blood pressure readings to their own physicians for follow-up."
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Momentum Builds As Pageant Hears Momentum is buildi/ig
up for the 1974 Miss Lowell Showboat Beau-ty Pageant, as three more girls join the list of title seeking contestants .
The latest entries have been received by Mary Jane Dey, Theresa Althea McMahon and Daphne Diane Watson. They will join eight other gi r ls -Lori Courser. Meg Rey-nolds, Teresa Ryan, Kim-berly Waller, Sue Condon, Leisa VonEhr, Jody Ford, and Tara S p r o t t - o n stage at the Lowell High School auditorium June 1.
The Lowell Area Jay-cees, pageant sponsors, have revealed the contest will get underway at 8 p.m., with a panel of se-lect judues making the final decision.
Mary Jane Dey
Eighteen-year-old, Mary Jane Dey, a senior at Lowell High School , is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Dey of 4 0 4 Lincoln Lake Avenue. Lowell.
She en joys knit t ing, drama, swimming, camp-ing and bike riding. She
bas had special training in dramatics for two years, and has been involv-ed in the French Club, and has served as a teach-er's aid.
As her talent presenta-t ion, Miss Dey, will do a skit.
rjg / Theresa McMahon
Miss McMahon, who has had seven years of special band training, has also been active in drama for one year.
To be a June graduate at Lowell High School, she shows horses, teaches pre-school catechism ai St. Robert 's in Ada, re-ceived three first place ratings in District Solo Festivals, and teaches clarinet.
For the pageant. Miss McMahon, 18, will give a clarinet solo. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McMahon. 3006 Kissing Rock Road. Low-ell.
Doing a song and dance routine as her tal-ent presentat ion. Miss Watson is a s tudent of the Cascade Academy of
Daphne Wat;on
Dance Arts. A junior at Lowell Sen-
ior High School, she has been active in dramatic Forensics and the Drama Club. She would like to attend Michigan State University to s tudy medi-cine when she graduates in 1975.
Miss Watson, who re-sides at 1474 Lockwood Court, enjoys dancing and drama.
Garden Br iefs Choose vegetable vari-
eties for your garden with an eye or. how they will adapt to your locality. Think about the length of the growing season and their resistance to di-sease.
Select varieties that mature in less than 100 days to makfe sure you will have full-grown veg-etables before that early fall f rost . Bright red to-matoes taste be t te r than little green ones.
Make sure to choose disease-resistant varieties whenever possible. Many new hybrid varieties now are available that resist or tolerate a number of trou-blesome garden diseases.
Choose carefully, and make sure you have the bes: harvest of all this year.
In conjunction w i th the Flea Market and Swap meet t o be held this Sunday, May 18, at the
Lowell 4-H Fairgrounds by the Grand Rapids Chapter of the Horseless Carriage Club, Lowel l I .
Car Dealers w i l l have on display in the i r showrooms this week only, "Cars of Yesteryear"
IMPERIAL MOTORS-LOWELL 1450 W. Main-Lowell
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1926 Chrysler
JACKSON MOTOR SALES 930 W. Main-Lowell
1921 Dodge •••1919 Dodges
STOP IN A N D MAKE A COMPARISON. . . YESTERYEAR VS. TODAY!
THOMET CHEVROLET & BUICK 1250 W. Main-Lowell
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1925 Chevrolet •••1940 Buick
WITTENBACH SALES & SERVICE 749 W. Main-Lowell
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1933 Pontiac
STOP IN A N D MAKE A COMPARISON. . . YESTERYEAR VS. TODAY!
AROUND the AREA
Mrs. Jack Stevens of Lowell, recently returned home from a three ./cek trip to So. San Francisco, California, due to a death in her family. She spent her time with a cousin, Mrs. L.M. Grubbs and while there toured var-ious points of interest.
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Ridgewood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center , 4 5 3 0 Cascade Rd. SE, held a special Mother's Day event, sponsored by Michigan Nursing Home Association's state wide celebration to their Mothers-in-residence to launch National Nursing Home Week, May 12. A treas-ure hunt and maypole resulted in awards for the grand-children.
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The appointment of Marva Pritchett as a counselor tor the Kent County Health Department sickle cell screening, counseling and information program has jeen announced by Dr. W.B. Prothro, Director.
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Richard E. Cheverton. 58, News and Editorial Di-rector for WOTV, Grand Rapids, died May 8 at Butter-worth Hospital in Grand Rapids following a long ill-ness. Cheverton became News Director at WOTV in 1956 after serving as News Director of foyr stations in Iowa.
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Chrys Childress of Ada, has been initiated into Or-acle, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, upper class hon-orary society. Election to membership in Oracle is con-sidered one of the top honors that an Ithaca College student can attain. Members are selected on the basis of scholarship, participation in College activities, and fellowship within the student body. Miss Childress, a junior in Speech Pathology and Audiology at Ithaca, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J .F. Childress of 960 Cramton i'J.E., Ada. She is a '71 graduate of Forest Hills High School.
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EMFA Kevin L. Vezino has enjoyed a two week's leave at home visiting family and friends. Mr. Vezino has been stationed at Great Lakes Naval Center , Chica-go, Illinois and left Monday, May 13, for fur ther train-ing at Norfolk, Virginia.
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Dr. Richard D. Siegle, DVM, a member of the Low-ell Area School Board has been chosen to fill a one year vacancy on the Kent Intermediate Association of School Boards for 1974-75.
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Nancy Jane Doyle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Doyle of Lowell, was awarded a B.A. degree during commencement exercises May 12 at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia.
\ • • • Carolyn Merriman of Lowell, has been granted a jun-
ior membership in the American Angus Association, at St. Joseph, Missouri. This new junior membership en-titles the member to register purebred Angus at regular membership rates and to ihe privileges of the Associa-tion until the age of 21. At that time jun ior members are eligible to convert to lifetime memberships in the Association.
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Robert Hayes has been a patient the past two weeks at Blodgett Hospital.
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Belva Rhines has been released f rom Butterworth Hospital.
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Rev. Richard Greenwood, 31, will become the pas-tor of the First Congregational Church of Lowell on June 2.
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Mrs. Kathryn Bouwman. 58, of Grand Rapids pass-ed away unexpectedly May 12. Among her survivors is a daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs.iMarvin (Jan-ice) Bouwman of Lowell.
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SP/5 Michael J . Heiman has enjoyed a two week's leave at home visiting family and frienas. Mr. Heiman has been stationed at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Mary-land and left Monday, May 13, for fu r ther training at Fort Riley, Kansas.
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Frank Houghton celebrated his 94th birthday May 13. Among his weekend callers were Mr. and Mrs. R. Baber (Suzanne Houghton) of Lake Orion; Mrs. Lloyd Houghton of Ionia; Dr. and Mr. Ray Houghton of White Pigeon; Rev. Eversole from Alto and Lewis Houghton f rom Grand Rapids.
Happy Birthday
MAY 16 Herb Elzlnga
MAY 17
Rosemary Post
MAY 1 8
Wayne Hendrick . William Choriey
MAY 19 Donald Kelly Gerald Meredith Helen Tttzlaff
MAY 20
Virginia Ridgway Fred VanOcker Mildred Wireman Robert Morgan Laurie McMahon Ida VanderJagt
MAY 21
Rev. Dean Bailey Vern Keim
MAY 22
Kim Lathwell Joan Smith
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It's anniversary time for Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Bedell, May 18; Mr. and Mrs. David Sterzick, May 21; Mr. and Mrs. John Jones . May 23.
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Mother's Day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stevens and family were Kevin Vezino and Michael Heiman, both on home leave respectively f rom the Navy and Army.
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K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Michigan, is the new assignment of Air Force Sergeant Thomas L. Dewey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dewey, 7064 Two Mile Road. Ada. Sergeant Dewey, a weapon mechanic, was assigned to Sawyer from Clark AB, Philippines. He will be working with the 410th Munitions Maintenance Squadron. A 1971 graduate of Forest Hills High School, the sergeant at tended Grand Rapids Junior College.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Vezino celebrated their 25th anniversary May 7. They were honored by their children on Sunday, May 5, with a dinner party at Savory Street Restaurant. Making it a dual celebra-tion were the May 5 birthdays of Kevin and Kerry Vezino. The party was at tended by Mr. and Mrs. Rob-ert Vezino and son, Mike, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A Ve-zino, Kevin Barry, Jay, Sherri, Jon and Kerry Vezino and Miss Mary Stevens.
Mrs. Edla K. Hagens, 91 , mother of Mrs. Julien W. (Mary Jane) Fowler of Ada, passe-l away May 12 at the Grand Valley Nursing Center.
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Services in Newaygo were held Wednesday for Mrs. Bertha F. Palmer, 66, who died May 11. Her survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Fighn of Lowell.
Miss Judy Stevens was an evening Mother 's Day dinner guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Heiman and family of Ada.
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Navy Seaman Recruit Steve A. Battjes, son of Mrs. Jean L. Vantvinen, graduated from recruit training at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois.
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Airman Chris G. Wolfe, son of Mrs. Gail V. Wolfe of 250 Elizabeth Dean, Lowell, has completed Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Dur-ing his six weeks training, he studied the Air Force mission, organization and customs and received special instruction in human relations. The airman is remain-ing at the Air Training Command base for specialized training in the security police field. Airman Wolfe, whose father , Robert E. Wolfe, resides in Grand Rap-ids, a t tended Lowell High School.
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Miss Mary Stevens was an evening Mother's Day dinner guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Vezino and family of Lowell.
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Hooker Chapter Hosts For Party
Lowell Hooker Chapter No. 73, Royal Arch Mas-ons, hosted a most congenial group at the Lowell Ma- . sonic Temple Saturday, May 11. The occasion was or-iginated b y the Spring meeting of RAMA^Royal Arch Mason's Association) which brought Masons and their families f r o m several Chapters in Central West Michi-gan, including Grand Haven, Muskegon, Sparta, Grand Rapids. Cedar Springs and Ionia.
After a short business meeting late Saturday after-noon, a full Italian style dinner of spaghetti and meat balls, with Italian sausage and grated cheese was en-joyed., This was prepared from a family recipe furnish-ed by Tony Maurici w h o also acquired the special ma-terials, and was served by Clark and Greta Parsons and David Miller.
The guests were welcomed at dinner by J. Fred Ca-hoon, as Excellent High Priest of Hooker Chapter, who acted as host. Gordon Johnson, PHP, presented a Certif icate of Merit t o Donald McPherson, PHP; and Gould Rivette PHP presented a certificate of 25-yaaT membership to Or/a l Jessup, PHP, also to James Pow-ers of Ionia a cert if icate of Honorary Membership.
After dinner the tables were cleared and the group enjoyed an evening of general sociability with games and prizes for the winners, all conducted by Gould Ri-vette.
FALSE ALARMS! A not-so-bright c h a p was elected to the town coun-
cil, where the first proposal he made was to buy a new fire engine. "What will we do with the old engine?" another ci ty father asked. "Well, for one things," he offered, "We could use it for false alarms!"
Lowell Ledgrr-Suburban Life, May 16, 1974
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Adn Church Wi l l Sing
Amazing Grace' The choir of the Ada Community Reformed Church
will be presenting a cantata Sunday, May 19, at 6 p.m. at the Ada Church entitled "Amazing Grace."
The cantata is composed of parts of familiar hymns such as "Amazing Grace," "Love Lifted Me." "Blessed Redeemer." and "At Calvary."
The cantata will be directed by Mrs. Jean Vader, a fifth grade teacher at the Ada Elementary School. She is doing a marvelous j o b with the choir and all volun-
tarily. Accompanist for the performance will be Mrs. Linda
Perdok, church organist. Mrs. Perdot has been>affiliated with the church for many years.
The choir, though small in number try to play a vital role in church worship services.
The congregation enjoys and appreciates the service the choir has given the past year.
You, the public, are cordially invited to attend our services and hope that you will receive a message through our worship and song.
OES Friend's Night Members and friends are cordially invited to Vesta
Chapter's No. 202, 'open friendship night' Saturday, May 18. at 8 p.m. in the Ada Masonic Temple.
The program will honor a special office. Renew old friendships, make some new. and share
with us an evening of sociability and fun.
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Coming Events
Women's Club Installs Officers
YOUTH FOR UNOERSTANOING
INTERNATIONAL DINNER
May 15 Lowell Middle School
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5:3Q-s-W© p. m.
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM EX-CHANGE STUDENTS-ADULTS, $3.25 CHILDREN. $1.00.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 Vesta Chapter No. 202 of Ada will meet Wednes-
day, May 15, at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Temple.
THURSDAY, MAY 16
Golden Swingers-Lowell Senior Citizens will meet this Thursday noon, May 16, for poUuck dinner at the American Legion Hall. Games will follow. Come and bring a friend.
St. Mary's Altar Society Spring rummage sale Thurs-day and Friday, May 16 and 17 f rom 9-5 at the rectoiy garage, 222 Lincoln Lake Ave., Lowell. c5-6
FRIDAY, MAY 17 Hooker Chapter No. 73, Royal Arch Masons, Low-
ell, will hold a special convocation for the propose of conferring the Most Excellent Mastei degree, in the Masonic Temple at 9 0 Lincoln Lake Avenue, Lowell, on Friday, May 17.
SATURDAY, MAY 18 Card Pa r ty -A t the South Boston Grange, Saturday,
May 1 8 , 8 o'clock. Everyone welcome.
Vesta Chapter No. 202 'open friendship night' at 8 p.m. at Ada Masonic Temple.
The Lowell Lions Club and Lowell Airport Boosters will give a 3^ a lb. airplane ride Saturday, May 18, at the Lowell Airport, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
TUESDAY, MAY 21 Island City Rebekah Lodge No. 282 of Lowell will
meet Tuesday, May 21, at the IGOF Hall at 7 :30 p.m.
The Wyoming and Grand Rapids Recreational De-partments are co-sponsoring the annual West Michigan Get-Together for Senior Citizens at the Michigan Na-tional Guard Armory, 44th Street, Wyoming, Tuesday, May 2 1 , 1 0 a.m. to 3 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 The Lowell Varsity Club will serve their annual
chicken barbecue at the High School Cafeteria. Wed-nesday, May 2 2 , 5 to 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, MAY 24 Roast Beef Dinner-Family Style. Sponsored by
Ada Masons and OES at the Ada Masonic Temple, ser-ving from 5-7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, JUNE 7 The Ada K.emen will conduct their .'iimual Fire-
men's Auction on Friday, June 7, at the Ada Town-ship Hall, starting at 7 p;m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 8 The Saranac High School Alumni dinner-dance will
be held Saturday, June 8, at Morrison Lake Pavillion, banquet at 7 : 3 0 p.m. and dancing form 9 'til 1. If you are not on mailing list to receive invitation please call: Joy (Warner) Shimmel, 897-8184; Brenda (Jack-son) Griffin, 642-9519; Curt Chadwick, 527-9494.
The Thomapple Valley Lions Club Qpen A i r F k a Market at the Lions fc|k, Thornappte River Dr.,Vfe-A
tween Ada and Caiwfllc, Saturday; J u n e 8.
Hymn Sing Sunday The Lakeside Christian Reformed Church at Cam-
pau Lake will be having a Hymn Sing Sunday, May 19, at 9 p.m.
Special music will be provided, and coffee will be served after the evening service. Everyone welcorr*.
Woman's Club nawly installed officers are, f r om l e f t . - f r o n t row, Mrs. Stanley Ga rdner, Mrs. George Nottwara. Mrs. Georsa Lane, Mrs. Harry Richmond; back row, Mrs. Everett Wittenbach, Mrs. Norton Aver r ,
Mrs. Leonard Sinke, Mrs. Marion Schutt , Mrs. Howard Crum, Mrs. Rommie Moore; Mrs. Richard Seidel not prasant.
The Lowell Women's Club enjoyed their annual spring luncheon and installation of officers Wednesday, May 8, held in the Education Building of the First Unit-ed Methodist Church of Lowell on East Main Street.
The occasion began with a delicious luncheon includ-ing many gourmet dishes, prepared by the women of the church's Lydia Circle, under the direction of Mrs. Donald Kelly and Mrs. Arnold Wittenbach.
Program chairman was Mrs. Richard Siegle, who presented Paul Balaam and the Chamber Choir from Lowell's High School, with f if teen members present. They sang several selections^ mostly a cappella, and demonstrated a high degree of skill.
The meet 'ng concluded with the purpose of the day, by installing the recently elected officers for the ensuii.g yea.. Mrs. Leo Denny acted as installing offi-cer for president, Mrs. Harry Richmond; first vice-pres-ident, Mrs. Rommie Moore; second vice-president. Mrs. Marion Schut t ; Recording secretary, Mrs. Leonard Sinke; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Norton Avery;
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Lowell Women of the Moose, Chapter 1388, will . hold a meeting, Monday, May 2 0 , 8 o'clock p.m. in their club rooms.
There will be an election of officers for ,74-'75. The installation date will be announced and balloting on candidates will ensue.
Academy of Friendship Ghapiet Night proved a success. A fine attendance of co-workers saw the larg-est enrollment of candidates this year and chairman Betty Fugitt 's table decoarations and lunch were ap-propriate for the month of May.
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Ada Christ ian Reformed Church 7152 Bradfleld S t , S.E. - 676-1698
R E V . ANGUS M. MacLEOD
676-1698
Morning Worship
Sunday School
Evening Worship
9 :30 a. m.
11:00 t . m . 6 :00 p. m.
Calvary Christain Reformed Church Of Lowel l
115! W. MAIN STREET 897-8841
RtV. BERNARD FYNAARDT
Worship Services 10:00 a. m. 81 6:00 p. m.
Sunday School 1 1 : T 5 a . m .
S U P E R V I S E D N U R S E R Y D U R I N G A L L S E R V I C E S
WELCOME FRIEND!
Fi rs t Congregat ional Church Of Lowel l
(Member United Church of Christ)
NORTH HUDSON AT SPRING STREET, LOWELL
i Moming Worship
Church School Classes
10 a.m.
11 a.m.
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Ada Community Reformed Church 7227 THORNAPPLE RIVER DRIVE - 676-1032
REV. W1LI RED TILT
Morning Worship Sunday School
Evening Worship
10:00 a. m. 11:20 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
WE I N V I T E Y O U T O M A K E T H I S
C O M M U N I T Y C H U R C H Y O U R C H U R C H H O M E
WELCOME T O A L L I
Eastmont Bapt is t Church 5038 CASCADE ROAD, S. E.
REV. ROBERT McCARTHY
Sunday School
Morning Wonhip
Evening Worship
Wednesday Prayer Service
9 :46 a. m.
11:00 a . m . 7:00 p. m.
7 :15 p.m.
Forest Hil ls Community Reformed Church
CORNER ADA DRIVE AND FOREST HILLS AVENUE Panoiuge: 4637 Ada Drive - 949-1372
Wonhip 10:00 a. m. 8« 6:00 p. m.
Sunday School 11:15 a . m .
REV. SIMON NAGEL
" T H E C H U R C H W H E R E T H E R E A R E NO
S T R A N G E R S " W E L C O M E S Y O U
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Alto - Bowne Center United Methodist Churches
11363 - 60TH STREET - ALTO - 868-3131
DR. JOHN EVERSOLE. MINISTER
ALTO - Corner Kirby and Harrison
Morning Worship 9 :45 a. m.
Church School 11:00 a. m.
90WNE CENTER - 84th Street & M-50
Morning Worship 11:00 a .m . Church School • 9:45 a. m.
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Fi rs t Baptist Church • Alto CORNER OF 60TH STREET k
BANCROFT AVENUE
Sunday School
Worship
10:00 a. m.
11 a. m. 8 (7 :30 p. m.
Wednesday Prayer Fallowihip
Tetephonc - 868-3011
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7 :30 p. m.
First United Methodist Church Of Lowel l
62J EAST MAIN STREET 897 7514
"Children And The Church" Luke 4; 14-2i
Wonhip Church School
8:30 aim. 8t 11:00 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
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Bethany Bible Church 3900 EAST FULTON
REV. RAYMOND E. BEFUS
Morning W o n h i p 9:50 a. m. (Broadcast 10 a. m. WMAX 1480)
Sunday School 11:15 a . m .
Evening Service 6 :00 p. m.
Wednesday Service 7:30 p. m.
Fi rs t Baptist Church - Lowell 2275 WEST MAIN STREET
Sunday School
Moming Wonhip
Evening Services
Word of Life
Wednesday Training Hour
10:00 a. m. 11:00 a. m.
7 : 0 0 p. m. 8 :15 p. m.
. 7 : 3 0 p. m.
REV. EARL DECKER - 897-8835
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Church Of The Nazarene • Lowell 201 NORTH WASHINGTON STREET
REV. W. E. HOLCOMB
Church School 10:00 a. m. Moming Wonhip 11:00 a. m.
J i i . . Teens, Adults 6:45 p. m.
Evening Service 7:30 p. m. Mid-Week Service (Wednesday) 7:30 p. m.
N U R S E R Y P R O V I D E D - C O M E & W O R S H I P W I T H US
Treasurer, Mrs. Howard Krum; parlimentarian, Mrs. Everett Wittenbach; Press Reporter, Mrs. George Note-ware; auditor, Mrs. Richard Siegle; and for Board of Directors, Mrs. George Lane and Mrs. Stanley Gardner.
OPEN LETTER from
DAVID GERST
Dear Friends,
Children's activities should not be restricted despite a death in the family. If anything, young children need to play more and harder when their parent or par-ents are in mourning. The trage-dy needs to be explained to chil-dren in a simple manner so that the child comprehends the rea-sons for the tears and grief The child needs to express his grief in strenuous pby and vocal ex-pression. aivay from the mourn-ing parent if necessary.
Respectfully,
R O T H - 6 E R S T FUNERAL HOME IOWEIL MICHIGAN
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Snow United Methodist Church 3189 SNOW AVENUE
between 28th and 36th Streets, Eaat
STEVE BEACH-PASTOR-897-8008
Moming Wonhip
Sunday School ( All Ages)
Youth Group
10:00 a. m.
11:00 a. m.
3:00 p. m.
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St. Matthew Lutheran Church 5125 CASCADE ROAD. S . E
"Where Worship Is A Family Affair"
Sunday School 9 : 4 5 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m.
N U R S E R Y P R O V I D E D
REV. JAMES E. I1ENN1NG
Phone-942-9091
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Trini ty Lutheran Church |LCA| 2700 EAST FULTON ROAD
Wonhio Service Sunday Church School
N U R S E R Y P R O V I D E D
8:30 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. 9 : 3 0 a.m.
PASTORS
RAYMOND A. HEINE. JOHN D. BLAKEMORE
Vergennes United Methodist CORNER 01 DARNELL AVE. A BAILEY DR.
THE REV. PHILIP CARPENTER
Wonhip Service
Coffee Hour
Church School
10:00 a. oi.
11:00 a . m .
11:15 a . m .
" T H E L I T T L E WHITE C H U R C H O N T H E C O R N E R '
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Tri-County Baseball Season Opens
The two divisions of the Tri-County Baseball League will ooen their 1974 season this Sunday, May 19. All games this year will start at 2 p.m., except for contests slated to be held under the lights.
The northern division of the league will be compos-ed of teams from Sidney, Lowell. Middleton, Lakeview, and Belding. Pewamo, Fowler, Hubbardston, Ionia, and Portland will make up th": southern division.
The Lowell team, managed by Alan Baird of rural Lowell, will play all of their home games on the field at Fallasburg Park. Lowell's schedule is:
May 19, Hubbardston, here; May 26. Sidney, here; June 2, Middleton, here; June 9. Portland, there; June 16. Pewamo, there; June 23, Belding. there; June 27, Lakeview, there.
July 5. All-Star game at Portland, 8 p.m.; July 14, Fowler, here; July 21, Middleton, there; July 28. Beld-ing, here; August 4, Ionia, here; and August 11, Lake-view, here.
Test Driving Skills The annual Kent County School Bus Drivers'Roadeo*
was held last Saturday at Cedar Springs High School. Although this is not mandatory that Lowell drivers
attend, as it is not required by the State, many of the local school personnel attended to improve and test their skill.
Drivers who took part f rom the local system includ-ed: Eileen Comdure, Kathy Rexford, William Rexford, John McKinley, Mary Harold. Roger Stranger, Sharron McKinnon, Jack Adams. Barb Merklinger, Jan Martis. John Vos, Donna Miller, Shirley Lane, Sue Heible, Peg Hayes, Doris Balcom, Jane Adama. Jess Chavez and Supervisor Dode Collins.
Silver Dollar Trap
Shoot This Sunday Alto Sportsmen's Club will hold a Silver Dollar
Trap Shoot Sunday, May 19th, beginning at 9 a.m. 'til?
The Shoot is open to the public and refreshments will be available for a family affair day of fun.
The Alto Club is located on the comer of 60th Street and Timpson Avenue, west of Alto.
HEARING SET TO CONTROL WABASIS LAKE WATERCRAFT
A public hearing will be held May 23. by the Depart-ment of Natural Resources to present proposed rules for the control of watercraft on Big Wabasis Lake. Oak-field Township. Kent County.
The hearing is set for the Oakfield Township Hall, 11009 Podunk Avenue, Greenville, at 7 p .m.
Condutt ing the hearing will be DNR boating special-ists. who ask interested persons ' •> submit oral or writ-ten i.omments.
Long
Wait ing
Line! Movie Goen lined up
for more than two blocks Friday night awaiting the opening of two Walt Dis-ney features at the Strand Theatre in Lowell. "Su-per Dad" and the "Son of Flubber" were on the marquee for a week long appearance.
OWLING Summer Hours
Thursday 1 to 5 p. m. Saturday 6 to 9 p. m.
American Legion Lanes 805 E. Main. Lowell - 897-7566
Grummet's Shot Put Hits 46 Mark
The Lowell trackmen were scheduled for three meets last week, but only competed in one, as jousts against Ionia and conference foe Coopersville were
cancelled to later dates. In the only meet. Greenville defeated the Red Ar-
rows by a 94-29 count. Two sophomores provided bright spots for Lowell as Brian Doyle broke up a strong Yellow Jacket Combo in the 880 yd. run, fak-ing second with a 2:08 in the 4 0 degree weather, and Bill Grummet led Lowell's third consecutive sweep of the shot put , putting the 12 lb. weight beyond the 46 ' mark.
The Thinclads competed in the Tri-River conference meet at Coopersville Tuesday, will take on Coopers-ville's team in a dual for third place in the conference at Recreation Park Thursday at 4, and will run Region-als at Ovid-Elsie's track this Saturday.
Conference standings are:
Greenville 6 0 Sparta 5 1
. LOWELL 3 2 Coopers villa 3 2 Lakewood 2 4 Belding 1 5 Cedar Springs 0 6
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Baseball League MIDGET DIVISION
Week May 6-10
AMERICAN LEAGUE-Expos 19, Angels 12, win-ning pitcher. VandenBerg. Astros 15, Twins 14, winning pitcher Emery; home runs by Emery, Lakatos (2), and Trapp.
White Sox 14, Angels 2, winning pitcher Flath. Home runs, Flath and Westerhuis. Twins 8, Expos 7, winning pitcher Lakatos. Home run, Trapp.
NATIONAL LEAGUE-Dodgers 11, Mets 5, win-ning pitcher Washburn. Giants 18, Padres 11, winmng pitchier Landman. Jets 23, Mete 18-, winning pi tcher Marsh.
Reds 18, Dodgers 14. winning pitcher Kwaitkowski. Mets 15. Giants 11. winning pitcher Edlin.
CANOE MARATHON IUNE 1 The Grand Rapids Central YMCA will sponsor their
second annual Grand River Canoe Marathon June 1, from Ada to Grand Rapids.
Beginning at 11 ;30 from Chief Hazy Cloud Park, on Pettis Road, Ada, the race covers approximately 18 miles ending at Riverside Park on Monroe Avenue in Grand Rapids.
^ For more information call 458-1141. The registra-tion deadline is May 31.
Books Prompt Idea
A pioneer lof t , decorated with antiques, in-cluding a stove, tools, a milk pail, a desk and a few jugs has been built by the third graden at the Flat River Annex.
The Lowell students in Miss Hoat's class erected the loft with the help of Mn. Beute, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Starkweather and Mn. Smith.
The students got the idea for the project while reading Laura Ingalls Wilder books.
CABARET POPS SERIES The Grand Rapids Symphony has enlarged its popu-
lar summer Cabaret Pops series to four concerts begin-ning Wednesday evening. May 29th In the Civic Audi-torium. Tickets for the entire series are available now at the Grand Rapids Symphony office. Exhibitors Building, and tickets for individual concerts will go on sale beginning May 15.
Lowell Ledger-Suburbtn Life. M«y 16, 1974
Green Giveaway The long awaited night is drawing near for members
and guests of the Flat River Snowmobile Club. General chairman. Casey VanderMeer, reports all committees have everything under control for the Spring Dance to be held Saturday. May 18. at the Qua-Ke-Zik C u b . Marcie has promised a delicious buffet supper. Just call Nancy and Julie, the "flower girls." Music will be furnished by Jan Wellman's orchestra.
The highlight of the evening will be the awarding of prizes to the winners of the Great Green Giveaway.
A few tickets are still available for the Dance and the Giveaway. To obtain them, contact Casey Vander-Meer. Mike Fugitt. George Sheck, or Polly Souser.
COME O N E - C O M E ALL
Boys 8 to 13 Years 1 1
Thornapple Valley
Youth Football
REGISTER NOW!
(Lowell American' Legion Hall
May 18 10 a. m. to 4
If you're going to play This F a l l . . . S | G N u p N 0 W !
ALTO BOYS PLEASE REGISTER IN LOWELL
New registrants must be accompanied by lx}th parents, and have their birth certificates with them.
$5.00 Registration Fee
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ART'S ( § j a m 104 E. Main St.. Lowell 897-8196
MEET BILL AMUNDSON.. . He's a professional truck driver's professional. And
he's serving as Michigan's Driver of the Year for 1974. Secretary of State Richard Austin presented him with that honor in Pebruary, Bill has spent the last 34 years driving all kinds of trucks, mostly in city traffic, cover-ing over 1% million miles all without an accident.
We wanted you to meet Bill, especially during Nation-al Transportation Week, because without him, and the millions of other truck drivers, Michigan would not have the benefit of competing in the market places of the
world.
MICHIGAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATION, Inc.
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LOWELL AREA SCHOOLS Week of May 20
1974 MONDAY:
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THURSDAY:
FRIDAY:
Turkey & Gravy with Noodles Buttered Peas Rolls or Biscuits & Jelly Jello with Fruit Milk & Orange Juice Barbeques Pickles, Carrots & Celery Whole Kernel Corn Brownies & Applesauce Milk Beef & Gravy on Mashed Potatoes Buttered Peas & Carrots Hillbilly Bread or Rolls Assorted Whipped Desserts & Milk Pizza on a Bun Green Beans Tossed Salad Chilled Fruit Cocktail Milk & Orange Juice Fish Patty with Tartar Sauce Oven Fried Potatoes W/Catsup Buttered Mixed Vegetables Potato Bread Peaches & Milk
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Easton United Methodist The Easton United Methodist Women will give a
miscellaneous bridal shower for Connie Hodgman and Gwen VanNieuwenhuyzen o n May 18, at 7 : 3 0 p.m. Miss Hodgman will be marr ied June 8 t o Lynn Brooks of Saranac. and Miss VanNieuwenhuyzen will marry on June 15 to Henry Nelson of Ionia. T h e shower
will be held at the Easton Church . The women of the Easton Church will have a Bake
Sale May 24 at the First Secur i ty Bank of Ionia. On June 2, the Church will have Recogni t ion Sun-
day for their High School graduates. H o n o r e d will be Donna Montgomery f rom Ionia High. Pamela Carigon. Teresa Rowley . Debra Possehn. Philip DePo t ty . and
Steven Beattie f rom the Saranac High School . On June 9 t h there will be a Family Pot luck Picnic
. and Farewell Party for Rev. and Mrs. George Chaffee , at Bertha Brock Park. Table 14 at I p .m. Rev. Chaffee will be going to Jackson First United Methodis t Church
as Associate Pastor.
. May Cancer Drive Mr. Bernard Adgate is t he chairman f o r Ihe Ameri-
can Cancer Socie ty fo r the Saranac area. Saranac volunteers inc lude Mi. and Mrs. Art Davis,
Mrs. Max Campbel l . Mrs. R o n Rolfe. Mrs. Ann Card. Mrs. Jane t Gr i f f in , Mrs. Robe r t Zander . Mrs. Orville
Slagle. Mrs. Evelyn Jackson , Mrs. Gerard Neuman . Mrs. Tom Chickering. Kit. Don Darby . Mrs. Fran Bor-
up . Mrs. Francis Gladding. Mrs. Dale Rhodes . Mrs.
Lyle Denny and Bernard Adgate , for business.
DRIVER IS TICKETED Linda Ruth Chase, 16, of Saranac was to sepk her
own t rea tment for injuries sustained last Wednesday a f te rnoon af te r her car was struck in the rear by one driven by Bernard George Kau f fman .
The Chase car was wai t ing to make a l e f t turn f rom M-21 in to a private dr iveway near J o h n s o n Road, po-
« lice said. K a u f f m a n was t icketed for careless driving.
< WINS GOLD MEDAL 4 David Clark of Saranac, won a first place gold med-
4 al in the 11 t o 12-year-old heavyweight class at the ^ 13th annual Michigan S t a t e University J u d o Invitation-
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Area Corrcspondenl-Mrs. Ralph Wheston. Call Saran-ac 642-613o.
Weekend guests ce lebra t ing bo th Wayne a n d Audrey Henry 's bi r thdays and Mother ' s Day were their daugh-ter. Mrs. Pat Gardner and family.
Mrs. George C o b b a t t ended the Lake Michigan Pres-byterian Association fo r Ladies. Wednesday at O a k
Hill Church at Grand Rapids . Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Tay lor were
Mr. and Mrs. Cl i f ford Sco t t and family, Mr. a n d Mrs. Mike Scot t and fami ly and Mrs. Barbara Coll ins and
t w o daughters. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dick C a h o o n and
family were Iva C a h o o n , and Mr. and Mrs. J im Kelly and family.
Mother ' s Day guests of Dr. and Mrs. Mil ton Slagh were Mr. and Mrs. J o h n R h y m a of Hol land, Steve Slagh of Chicago and Ka thy Slagh of Grand Rapids .
Mother ' s Day guests f o r dinner of Sable Kent were Mr. and Mrs. Don Bowen and family of R i c h m o n d , Mr. and Mrs. Robe r t Harding and family of Ka lamazoo ,
Mr. and Mis. Emery Bowen of Belding. A f t e r n o o n visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Jay Swiger of Clarksville and and Mrs. and Mrs. Evere t t Bowen of Belding.
Jessie Cahoon . Mr. and Mrs. Paul King and Carl
Hatch were Sundsy d inner guests of Anna Evere t t of
Lowell. Saturday evening guests of Sable Kent were Mr, and
Mrs. Ken Rober ts of Grand Rapids. Mrs. John Brings, Mrs. Terry Abel and Angie, all
f r o m Lowell, spent Thur sday a f t e rnoon wi th Eliza Johnson . Mrs. / "fred Conr ight , Mrs. Crystal Mansfield
and Mr. and Mrs. T o n y Gagnon had Mother ' s Day dinner for Eliza J o h n s o n a t the Show Boat Inn , Lowell .
Sunday a f t e rnoon gues ts of Eliza were Mr. and Mrs. Erv Richter , Jim J o h n s o n and Pam West of Grand Rapids.
Mr. and Mrs. F rank Borup were Mother ' s Day guests
of Gilbert Borups,
Sheryl Krebs of Ionia spent the weekend wi th her
g randmother , Helen Decker . Mother 's Day visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Whi te
were their daughter , Nila Norden of Lowell and son , Darrel Heshe.
All her children called on Hazel Tower , M o t h e r ' s Day.
Mothe r ' s Day visitors in the a f t e rnoon of Mr. and Mrs. D o n Rolfe were Mr. and Mrs. Craig R o l f c and family of Ionia. Evening guests were Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Golombisky . Mothe r ' s Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Weeks were
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Beaukema, daughter and Ethel Good-
ell. Mother ' s Day guests of Freda White were Mr. and
Mrs. C laude Jackson , and Esther She rwood . Mr. and Mrs. Herman Chase were Mother ' s Day
guests of their daughter , Dr. and Mrs. N o r m a n Gatze-
meyer and three chi ldren of Mason. Mothe r ' s Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Darold Simp-
son were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schneider of Reed City
and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Simpson.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Benjamin were Mothe r ' s Day guests of their daughter , Mr. and Mrs. T o m Boguslaski and fami ly of Allendale, o ther guests were his parents , Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boguslaski of Grand Rapids , Erla J o h n s o n of Por t land, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Timinskis and fami ly of Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ben jamin and family o f Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mathews and family
of Lowel l and Mr. a n d Mrs. David Benjamin a n d fam-
ily o f Saranac. Clara Chadwick was a Mother ' s Day guest of her
son, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Chadwick and fami ly . Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Curt Chadwick and family of Ionia ; Nora Chadwick is recovering f r o m minor dental
surgery a i home. Mr. and Mrs. Bmce Chadwick a n n o u n c e the bi r th
of a Boy named Sco t t William, May 7, at Os teopa th ic
Hospital at Grand Rapids. Erla Johnson of Port land is spending her 2 week va-
ca t ion a t Lester Benjamins. Fe rn Garrison was a Mother ' s Day guest of her
daugh te r , Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sat t ler and T i m m y of Grand
Ledge. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. F red Barcy and fami ly of Grand Ledge. Fred had surgery on his knee,
Tuesday . T o d a y ' s average g r o c e r y c a r t - h o l d s one b a b y and a
w e e k ' s wages of groceries. Rachael Diamon was a guest of her daugh te r , Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Evans and family this week e n d . S u n d a y
guests were Virginia and Pat Andres .
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hatidis of Morrison Lake were
Saturday supper and evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Murl Childs. Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Sut ton of Hastings
were Thursday evening guests. Mother 's Day Sunda>
guests of Maynard Su t ton and family were Mr. and
Mrs. Murl Childs. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Haskins were weekend guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Norman H e n r y , Kalamazoo. Henry s
have a daughter n a m e d Kista, weight 8 pounds , 3
ounces . Mr. and Mrs. Ward C o u r i e r were Mother ' s Day
guests of her daugh te r , Mr. and Mrs. Ron MaHar and
family of Belding. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Benjamin spent Saturday eve-
ning with Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Benjamin. Sunday , Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Benjamin and family of sou th Ionia
took their pa ren t s t o the Golden Ladle in Grand Rap-ids for Mother ' s Day dinner . Sunday evening she re-
ceived a phone call f rom her son , Paul and family in
California. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Seller, Mrs. Tom Hagan, Mr.
and Mrs. Max Campbel l and daughter , Deanna, were
at Coleman at a Mother ' s Day gathering. Mrs. Harold Seller was a Fr iday Mother ' s Day guest
of her mo the r , Mrs. Agnes Campbel l . Her Sunday guests were Mr. and Mrs. William Young jr . , Ionia, and
her daughter , Mr. and Mrs. J a c k McGraw and family of Carson Ci ty .
Mr. and Mrs. Max Campbe l l , Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Sieler and Mrs. T o m Hagen were at Shipshewana, Indi-ana , Sa turday .
Mrs. R a y m o n d Goniwiecha and three children, R u t h , Michigan, a t t e n d e d the funera l of Helen Voorheis Sat-u rday and visited many o t h e r relatives and fr iends m the vicinity. T h e y were overnight guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee C a h o o n . Scot t Clare Nead, baby son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Nead, was bap t ized at the First United Methodist C h u r c h of Lowel l , Sunday . Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cahoon a t t ended .
Mother ' s Day callers at Lee Cahoon 's h o m e were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Powell and son, Brian; Dennis Nead, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cahoon and family, Mr. and Mrs. Cilester F o x and fami ly of Vermontvil le and •
Richard Nead and Robin of Perry. Mother ' s Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cahoon
were Mr. and Mrs. Gary C a h o o n and family of Grand Rapids and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cowels and family of
Lansing. Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Bart le t t were Mother ' s Day
guests of their daugh te r , Mr. and Mrs. Marc DeMaat and family of Grand Rapids. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Bartlett of Middleville were guests. Mrs. Helen Voorheis , aged 71, passed away Sunday .
A bridal s h o w e r was given by Mrs. Maynard White
and Laura White of Ionia recent ly for Connie Hodgman . w h o will mar ry Lynn Brooks June 8 th .
Mr. and Mrs. Kenne th Foster of Greenville were Tuesday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Whealon.
A b i r thday supper was given for her fa ther , by Mr. and Mrs. Roger MacDonald and family. Those a t tend-
ing were her parents , Mr. and Mrs. Bill S ta l ter of Clarks-
ville, Mr. and Mrs. Bob T u c k e r and family of Clarks-ville and Mr. and Mrs. J e r ry Stal ter and family of
Clarksville. Hospital repor t s : Ionia were med ica l -Mrs . Howard
Scofield, Mrs. Theodo re Allen Walter LeMeau, and sur-gery, Ronald Pennock . ^ i r t h ; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brown, a girl 7 pounds , 4 ounces. Discharge: Angela
Capps, Mrs. Edward Brown and baby and Mrs. Theodore Allen. Belding: M e d i c a l - E t h e l Flippin.
Mrs. Rose Lowry has moved back t o Saranac.
Thursday a f t e r n o o n guest of Edith Wheaton was j Ethel Paulson of Grgenville.
Mr.-and Mrs. ftogw MkcDbnald were guests of h e r : : parents , Mr. arid iCto. Bttf Sta l ter of Clarksville, SaturJ i
day a f t e r n o o n .
JOHN ALSYS PASSES John M. Alsys, 78 . of Saranac, passed away May 12
at the Ionia Manor . He is survived by his wi fe , Helen; a son , Clarence
of Bloomfield Hills; a daugh te r , Mrs. Lorraine Snyder
of Reed C i ty ; and six grandchi ldren. Services were held May 14 at the Barto & Son Funer-
al Home. Burial in L i thuanian Freedom Cemete ry .
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First Aid and Field Training. Her h u s b a n d . Robin L. Miller, lives at 5015 David
Highway, Saranac .
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Ionia. A June 15 wedding is being pLnned .
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Miss LeeAnn Galbrcath and James Ronald Clark were united in marriage on April 20 in an a f t e rnoon wedding at the First United Methodist Church of Low-ell. The double ring ce remony was pe r fo rmed by the Rev. Dean Bailey.
Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Gal-
breath of Lowell and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Clark, also of Lowell.
The bride entered the sanctuary on the arm of her father , adorned in a white floor-length gown featur ing
a lace and simulated pearl t r immed bodice. The cuffs , center f ront and b o t t o m of the A line skirl were also t r immed with lace. An open crown camelot-slyle cap of lace and simulated pearls held her finger-tip veil. She carried a cascade of whi te rosebuds and lavender
accenting flowers. Maid of honor , Miss Pamela Galbrealh . and brides-
maid. Miss Paule t te Clark, wore ideptical b lue and laven-der chiffon dresses lined wi th purple ta f fe ta . Each girl wore a picture f rame hal and carried b o u q u e t s of blue and white carnat ions .
Best man . Randy Kuiper and ushers. Leroy and Lonnie Miller, a t t ended Ihe groom.
Aflei the ce r emony , Ihe couple was hono red at a reception in the church Fel lowship room. Master and Mistress of ceremonies were Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lenz of Hastings. Assisting a b o u t the room were Barbara Miller. Pamela Clark. Karen Lenz and Lurena Gal-brea lh . ^
Following a h o n e y m o o n in Niagara Falls. Canada , the groom re turned lo his naval station in Millington, Tennessee.
The bride, w h o is cur ren t ly employed al A m w a y
Corpora t ion , is residing wi th her parents.
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Mrs. J u d y Edwards of Hastings and Donald Dalman
of Algonquin Lake, have announced the engagement of their daughter , Susan Lynn lo Steven Bennet t .
The fu tu r e br idegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Bennet t of rural Del ton .
Miss Dalman is a senior at Hastings High School . Her fiance is a 1973 gradua te of ThornappJe-Kellogg
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United Methodis t Church in Hastings.
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Dexter and Louvella Conkl in . Grace Niles, Bill and
Mayoma Dawson. Noel and Carla Black, Seifert Build-ers and S u p p l y . John and Evelyn Briggs. Ar t ' s T V . Al
and Lila Grover, Reiser's Kitchen. Donald Gerard , Smith & C lemen / Motor Sales.
Walt Gumse r . The Deb Shop . Vice-President and
Gerald F o r d . Lowell Au tomot ive , J o h n F. Ro th , Speerstra Agency. Roth-Gerst Funeral H o m e . Buyers Guide. S tan and Doris Gardner , That 'Spec ia l" Place,
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Wingeier and family . Arnie 's Stand-
ard Service. Carl K r o n f . Ball Floral and Gift S h o p . Deer Run
Golf C lub , Vern Phelps Sta le Farm Insurance , Walter
(Red) G r a h a m . Robert and Janet Stevens, Bill Eggle-s ton. Clark Plumbing & Heating. William J . R o t h . Beachum's Furni ture . Ken and Shir ley Anderson , Clark Ellis Post-American Legion Lanes & Skat ing
Rink. Lowell Granite C o m p a n y . Sally Doyle , Brian Brown,
Harry DeMull , Maureen Doyle. Lloyd and Jo Ri tzema,
Graydon and Barbara Brown. Harold and Rose Ball. Riverview Inn . Nor thern Propane Gas Co . , Norm Bor-gerson, Jackson Motor Sales.
Wi t tenbach Sales & Service. A t t w o o d Brass, Rus-sell and Lucille Coons , Michael Hech t , Jack and Madge Manrow. Arnold and Margaret Payne . Blaine and Flor-ence Bacon. Orval McKay. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Rash, Doris Myers Beauty S h o p . Herbert Mueller , Lippert
Pharmacy. James and Elsie Lasausky. J R B Agency, Gloria
Roth . Bruce and Margaret McMahon. R u t h R ichmond , Thome t Chevrolet and Buick, Edi th Roth Parks, Show-
boat Res tauran t . Reedy Real Es ta te , Dey Machine Shop, A e r o Liquid Transi t . Inc., Kropf Orcha ids .
Annie ' s Yarn & Needlecraf t . R o t h L.P. Gas Inc.,
Ralph R o t h . ERB Lumber C o m p a n y , The St rand The-atre, Lowell Beer S to re , John and Marion Hughes,
Wepman ' s Clothing & Shoes, Ru th Herr ick, Fairchild
Oil, Lowell State Savings Bank. Industr ia l Tool. Freihofer & C o o k . Gene ' s A u t o
Service. Robert Doyle. Brooke Brown . Imperial Mo-
tors. Michele Doyle. Charles & Dolores Doyle . Mrs. Robert Yates . C.J. Chr i s tof f & Sons ' Inc. . Ron and Sharon Wit tenbach. Hugh and F lo rence Young.
Bruce and Olive McQueen. Orville B. J ackson . Thomas and Mildred Bellows. T o m R i c h m o n d . Ber-nard and Belly Kropf . Larry and Becky Wi.igeier, Jack and Flo Beggs, Marie Ling, Margaret Hoats , Eleanor
Haan, S a m and Ida Yci ter . Rev. T h o m a s Niedzwiecki. Roy and Marion Wescol t . J o h n Cur t i s , Richie Cur-
tis. Mr. and Mrs. Cl i f ton Whitaker , Evely Elko. Pat O'Neill 's Transmission Service. Rober t and Doro thy Forst , Mary Warner. Johnsons ' T h r i f t y Mart. Ray and
Anne Borgerson. Gerald and Eleanor Rollins. Lowell Lions Club . Thoral and Mary Shaw. King
Milling Co . . Lowell Educat ion Associat ion. Mrs. E.C. F o r e m a n . Mrs. R. H. Cadwell . Rose R o t h . Clark and Leah Vredenburg . Patricia Curt is . Debra Curt is . Kevin and J a n e Smith. Super ior Furn i tu re . Showboa t Auto-
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NO $1 A LOAF, ONLY A LOT OF SHAKEN BAKERS
r i lpuscwjves don ' t have lo worry abou t the price of bread soaring lo SI a loaf. t h o U . S . Under Secretary of
Agricullirre says. I t 's just someth ing dreamed up by the bak ing industry.
" T h e r e ' s plenty o f wheat available, more than we
can u se . " says J. Phil Campbell . I t 's jus t that for the first t ime , the na t ion ' s bakers have had to go out and find available whea t . Campbell says.
" T h e y came in and told us. ' T h e r e ' s no w h e a t , ' " Mr.
Campbel l says. "We told them. ' I t ' s there . You just have t o go find it. ' "
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Lowell L«dger-Suburbin Life, May 16, 1974
In Dollars And Cents, People Should Know
Representat ive J o h n R. Ot te rbacher (D-Grand Rap-
ids) has in t roduced legislation which w o u l d require that all p roposed millage bal lots con ta in a descr ip t ion of the proposed millage in dollars per t housand of as-sed valuation. The bill is similar to a p roposa l tha t be-
came a vehicle for ma jo r school aid r e f o r m in J u n e of 1973, and which was rejected when the r e f o r m pack-age failed t o receive suppor t on the House f loor .
Speaking of his bill. O t t e rbacher sa id . " I t ' s a rela-tively simple and s t ra ight-forward m e a s u r e which would have the e f fec t of assuring tha t individuals vot-ing on millage proposals k n o w what passage of the millage would mean t o them in dollars a n d cen t s . "
"When people are being asked to p ick u p the tab
for governmental services with a regressive p rope r ty tax ." Ot te rbacher added , " t h e y at least ough t to k n o w
exactly what they are going to have t o p a y . "
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Lowdl Ledger-Suburbin Life, May 16, 1974
Open House To
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Mr. and Mrs. Harry TrcDenick will be honored at an open house honor ing their 50th wedding anniver-sary Sunday . May 19. at the VFW Hall In Sheridan
f r o m t w o until 5 in the a f t e rnoon . The celebrat ion is being hos ted by the couple ' s chil-
d ren . Mr. and Mrs. Harold TreDenick . Mrs. Charlene
S o u t h w a r d , and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hogar th .
Friends and relatives are welcome.
Retired Alto Farmer
John W . Krebs Dies J o h n W. Krebs . aged 77 , of 7068 Wingeier Ave.,
Al to , passed away May 10 at the S p r i n g j r o o k Manor
fol lowing a lingering illness. A retired f a rmer . Mr. Krebs is survived by one
daughter . Mrs. Frank ( I rma) Porter of Belmont ; f ou r
sons. Clare of Lowell. George of Alto, Harold of East-mon t and David of Grand Rapids; . two sisters. Mrs. Raymond ( F a n n i e ) Seese of Freepor t . and Mrs. Lorria Blough of Grand Rapids; nine grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday morning at the
Apostolic Christian church . Alto, with the Rev. Benja-min Maibach officiat ing. In te rment Bowne Cente r
Cemetery .
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Bowne /
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Please Take Notice that the Bowne Town-ship Zoning Board will hold a public hear-ing on Friday, May 31st, 1974, at 8:00 p.m. (EOT) at the Bowne Township' offices in Alto, Mich. The purpose of the hearing will be to consider the use of the following de-
scribed property.
The South % of the SE!* of Sec. 32, T5N R9W, Bowne Township, Kent
County, Mich.
from agricultural to a park and recreational use.
Evelyn Smith Township Clerk
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PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF LOWELL
RESIDENTS An Adjourned Public Hearing will be held before the Lowell City Council at the Reg-ular Meeting of Monday, May 20,1974, at 8:00 P.M. in the Council Room of City Hall, 301 East Main Street.
The purpose of the hearing will be to listen to all parties interested in the complete re-vision of the Lowell City Zoning Ordinance No. 22 which has been recommended for adoption by the Lowell City Planning Com-mission-Citizen's Advisory Committee. Said revised zoning ordinance includes among others, six (6) zones for Planned Unit De-
velopment.
A copy of the proposed revised ordinance is on hand at the office of the City Clerk for public review during normal working hours.
Blaine E. Bacon, City Clerk City of Lowell 301 East Main Street
« Lowell, Michigan 49331 616-897-8457
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Add Two And A Half Take Away One
ABOVE THE BOARD
Board members Monday night t o o k act ion t o fol-
low the recommendat ion of the cit izens c o m m i t t e e on school needs and will ask for a t w o and one-half mill tax increase in the coming June 10 elect ion.
The board n o w has the dif f icul t task of expla ining to the taxpaying voters just h o w they in tend t o add VA mills and then t ake away one so that the ne t increase will only be one and one-half mills t o the t axpayer . (This amounts t o approx imate ly $ 1 5 . 0 0 per year t o the average t axpayer living in a S 2 0 , 0 0 0 house) .
Due to inf la t ion and sky rocke t ing prices ( t h e price »•
of school bus gasoline alone went f r o m 13.9 cen t s per gallon to 37.8 c e n t s per gallon dur ing this past year), an increase of t w o and one-half opera t ing mills i sncc-essary to con t inue t o opera te within a balanced bud-
g®1-On the o ther h a n d , it is possible t o reduce the debt
ret irement tax ( m o n e y to pay o f f the new bui ld ing . d e b t ) by one mill since ihe increase in p rope r ty evalua-
tion has actually brought in more m o n e y than original-
ly anticipated. In a t t empt ing t o make it pe j f ec t ly clear, board mem-
bers stressed again that it is against the law t o take any m o n e y from a bui lding f u n d and use it fo r t he general
operat ion of the schools. Tha t m o n e y can be used for
building purposes only . Unlike the opera t ional millage where an increase in
local evaluation only means tha t the Sta te will have to
cont r ibu te tha t m u c h less, all t he tax m o n e y in a build-ing bond stays right in the school ' s bank a c c o u n t so
tha t an increase in evaluation actual ly brings in more m o n e y to pay the debt o f f fas ter .
Therefore , it is possible t o t ax o n e mill less for the
b o n d issue so t ha t even though the opera t iona l millage will be going u p t w o and one-half mills, t he actual in-
crease to the tax payer will be one and one-half mills. Stating tha t they did no t like lo increase the mill-
age at all but tha t it was absolute ly necessary in order t o balance the budge t , board member s also called at-
t en t ion to the fac t tha t 7 5 percent of the o t h e r schools tha t comprise the Kent In te rmedia te District levy a higher millage than the local sys tem.
True, they a d d e d , that Lowell also levies one of the highest millages of all 2 0 in deb t re t i rement b u t this is because of the n e w buildings and when y o u combine the entire t ax rate fo r bo th deb t and opera t ion , Lowell
is n in th f r o m the b o t t o m in the total a m o u n t levied. • • •
Four pe t i t ions have been filed b y those w h o will vie in the June 10 elect ion fo r t w o school board vacancies.
Running again t o fill their o w n expired t e rms will be Dave Wingeier and Dr. Robe r t Reagan. R u n n i n g for the
first time will be T h o m a s Hein tz leman, 18-year-old Lowel j High School senior, and Orion Thaler , senior
high science teacher w h o will ret ire at the end of this
school te rm. • » •
The board s lso received the repor t by the commi t t ee
on suspension and expulsion wi th the only notable change being al lowances made fo r various age groups
instead of one hard and fast rule for senior hign '^chool s tudents right o n down t o kindergarteners .
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Board member s next t o o k a few minu tes out of their busy agenda t o discuss a le t te r that appeared in last ^
week ' s issue of the Ledger which compla ined of the unappreciat ive conduc t of representat ives of the Kent
In te rmedia te School Districts Boards of Educa t ion w h o gathered at t he Middle School last week fo r a dinner
hosted by the local board .
"We feel t ha t it was entirely a misunders tanding ," Board President Reagan said, " s ince bo th the Middle School Choir and Band were engaged to orovide dinner
music as a background and were no t appear ing as spe-
cif ic pe r fo rmers . " The complaint was that those attending the dinner
continued with their conversations rather than giving the music their undivided attention-they did, however, applaud at the end of each number.
Art W a r n i n g s spec ta tor at the meet ing , said that his son had been part of (he band and had remarked
u p o n arriving h o m e tha t the adul ts d idn ' t seem to pay any a t ten t ion to them. Warning added t ha t perhaps
the Middle School s tuden t s were t o o y o u n g and inex-perienced to. realize just wha t was expec t ed of back-ground d inne r music and perhaps the board should
have stuck wi th taped music over the in t e rcom rather
than embarrass the s tuden t s . Supt . Leonard Sinke said tha t he was very sorry if
the s tuden ts and their pa ren t s had been o f f ended but tha t the boa rd wanted t o give the s t u d e n t s the musical
exposure b u t that it was no t a concer t and perhaps their ins t ructors had not ful ly explained their role to
them. He added that he had received very complimen-tary remarks regarding the y o u n g musicians f rom those
w h o a t t e n d e d and tha t b o t h he and the board were
very proud of the s tudents . • • •
Three m o r e resignations were received f rom teachers current ly wi th the local sys tem. Nancy Bauer, Runci-
man first grade teacher , and Pat O'Brien, middle school teacher, are mov ing ou t o f this area, and Allen Way, teacher for the emot iona l ly impaired, is leaving since there are n o r o o m s available fo r his par t icular t y p e o f c lassroom unt i l t he new bui ld ing addi t ions are com-ple ted .
Ada Carnival... Fun And Games
The Ada School Carnival will be held S a t u r d a y , May 18, f r o m 4 t o 7 : 3 0 p .m. in the Elementary School o n Ada Drive. ,
There will be f u n and games fo r the w h o l e family . Water games will be a big hit this year wi th apple bob-bing, sponge t h r o w and candle squir t . T h e C o u n t r y S tore has s o m e surprises this yea r with checke r match-
es set up b e t w e e n parent and chi ld , pickles on a st ick and many in teres t ing i tems t o b u y .
Other b o o t h s will be : S p o o k R o o m , S i lhoue t tes , First Aid, C a k e Walk, Cork G u n , Dart Bal loon and Under 6 r o o m .
Dinner will be served in the Mult i -purpose R o o m . The menu will include ho t dogs, wi th sau rk rau t , if y o u
like, s loppy- joes ; pie, d o n u t s , p o p and c o f f e e , all at reasonable prices.
There will be a closed bid auct ion held on a quil t made by Mrs. Vade r and her 5 th grade chi ldren. Tick-
ets for the ra f f l e t o be held are being sold b y the chil-dren now. Y o u need n o t be present t o win . Among the
prizes will be a lawn m o w e r , tape recorder and m a n y
others . All p roceeds go t o the school . The Co-Chai rmen
are Sue C o o k and Linda Huizing; Sheila Miller is in
charge of the f o o d service; Marilyn C r a w f o r d , C o u n t r y Store and Bonnie Whaley, publ ic i ty . The Carnival is
sponsored b y the School ' s P T O .
50th Open House Mr. and Mrs. David Sterzick will be honored a t an
open house th i s Sunday . May 19, c o m m e m o r a t i n g their f i f t ie th wedding anniversary. The ce l eb rauon win be held f r o m 2 t p 5 p.m. in the First United Methodist
Church of Lowel l ' s Educat ional Building. Mr. and M n . Sterzick, w h o reside at 1 2 5 0 5 - 5 2 n d
St ree t , Lowell , were marr ied May 2 1 , 1 9 2 4 . T h e y have resided for the past f i f ty years at their present home .
Hosting t h e open house will be their c h i l d r e n - M r .
and Mrs. David Hedrick of Ionia, and Mr. ruid Mrs. Al-
ien Roth of Lowell , and their families.
A cordial invitation has been ex tended t o all of the
Sterzick's f r iends , neighbors and relatives t o a t t end .
They have requested ' n o gif ts please. '
Legol Notices COUNTY OF KENT
TOWNSHIP OF CASCADE
THORNAPPLE HILLS DRAIN
NOTICE OF MEETING TO HEAR OBJECTIONS TO APPORTIONMENT OF COST OF ABOVE INTRA-
COUNTY DRAIN
NOTICE IS HEREBY G IVEN that th« con of tt>« Thornappla Hllli Drain to ba locaind In tha abova namad townthlp hat baan tantatlvaly tpportlonad aa follow*, to-wit:
Townthlp of Catcada 100.00% County of Kant, on account of
dralnaga of county hlghwayt - 0 • * Stat* of Michigan, on account
o* dralnaga of atata hlghwrv* - 0 -%
Mn. Vader'i f ifth grtd« c U » makw a quilt to b« told in a dosed bid auction, during tha
carnival.
Mrs. Gertrude Zoet Passes At Age 79 / A f o r m e r Al to area res ident , Mrs. G e r t r u d e A . Zoe t ,
aged 7 9 , wi fe of the late Ben Zoe t , passed away Satur - . day evening. May 11, at Crestview Nurs ing H o m e , and
was t aken t o the O'Brien-Gerst Chapel 'n Cascade. She is survived by her daughter , Mrs. Virgil (Patr ic ia)
DeSota of Grand Rapids ; six grandchi ldren, Michael, Mrs. Michele Fr iends, Mary Beth, Marie Lour fc , Melissa
and Margare t . Funera l services were held Wednesday at 1 o ' c lock
at the funera l chapel wi th the Rev. J o h n Eversole bf Bowne C e n t e r Uni ted Methodis t Church of f ic ia t ing .
I n t e rmen t was made in the Bowne Cente r C e m e t e r y .
MAN'S LONG-TIME FOE Locust^ have plagued mankind since h i s tory began.
A s " ' a rm of these insects could des t roy in jus t a single
day e n o u g h whea t t o supp ly 3 million persons .
PLANNED USE REPORT GENERAL REVENUE SHARING
General Revenue Sharing provides federal funds directly to Ibcul and state governments. The law requires each government to publish a report of its plans for the use of these /unds to inform its citizens and to encourage their participation in deciding how the money ought to be spent Within the purposes listed, your government may change this spending plan.
PLANNED EXPENDITURES
CATEGORIES IAI CAPITAL (Bl OPERATING/ MAINTENANCE IC1
1 PUBUC SAFETY Fire Protection S $ SI ,000.00
2 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION S s
3 PUBLIC Roidi Maintentnce TRANSPORTATION 1 $
4 HEAL I H
5 RECREATION
6 LIBRARIES
7 SOCIAL SERVICES FOR AGED OR POOR
8 FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
9 MULTIPURPOSE AND GENERAL GOVT.
10 EDUCATION
11 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
12 HOUSING & COM-MUNITY DEVELOPMENT
13 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
14 OTHER (Specilvl
15 TOTALS
$_ » . » 4 5 . 0 0
$
$650.00
T H E G O V f R N M I N T G F
V E R Q E N N E S T U U N S H I P
ANTICIPATING A GENERAL REVENUE SHARING PAY-
MENT OF $ 5 ; 4 9 5
FOR THE FIFTH ENTITLEMENT PERIOD, JULY 1 .1974 THROUGH JUNE 3 0 , 1 9 7 5 . PLANS TO SPEND THESE FUNDS FOR.THE PURPOSES SHOWN,
y ACCOUNT NO. 2 2 S k J 4 1 0 2 2
VERQENNES TOWNSHIP
TREASURER KENT COUNTY
LOWELL RT 2 MICH 4 9 3 3 1
$5,495.00
ID) Tht n«w* media hava baan advUad that a copy of this 'aport hat baan ptiMahad In a local nawtpapar of ganaral circulation. I hava racorda documanUng tha contanta of thia
taport and thay ara opan for pubSo acrutlny at.
1051 Uncoln U k e SE; Lowell, Mich.
IE) ASSURANCES IRafano iniiruction El • ?saura to Sawataiy of tha Traaaury that non-<fiacflmina-tion and oihar atatutocy laqulramantt littad In Part E of tha inatructioni accompanying thia report wUI ba compOad with by thia racipiant govanuynt jyith raspact to tha anlhlamant
.fund* rapqtfyJ haraon.
1 L of Chial
Carl Kropf Supervitor 5/13/74
Nama & TiOa—Plaaaa Print
100.00%
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Draina«a Board for tha Thornappla Hllla Drain, will maat at 11:00 A.M., Eaatarn Standard Tlm«, on Friday, tha 3l8t day of May, 1974, In tha Kant Count/ Building. Room 311, In tha City ot Grand Raplda, Michigan, for tha purpoaa of haarlng any objactions to tha said ap-portlonmant of tha coat of tha Thornappla Hllli Drain.
NOTICE IS FURTHER G IVEN that tha plant, tpa-ciflcationt and attlmata of cost of tald Thornappla Hllla Drain alto, a daacrlptlon of tha araa to ba tarvad tharaby ara on flla In tha offlca of tha Kant County Drain Commlttlonar, 1500 Scrlbnar Ava., N.W., Grand Raplda, Michigan. Tha tald attlmatad coat It $10,000, but tha spportlonmant parcantagat at finally attabllth-ad by ihla Dralnaga Board thall apply to tha actual cost of aaid drain whan finally complatad.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that at tald haar-lng any public Corporation to ba attastad, or any tax-payar tharaof, will ba antltlad to ba haard.
Thia notlca la givan by ordar of tha Dralnaga Board for tha Thornappla Hllla Drain.
Datad: May 6 ,1974 . Frank W. Bouma, Kant County Drain Commlttlonar, Chairman of tald Dralnaga Board
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TOWNSHIP OF GRAND RAPtDS TOWNSHIP OF ADA
COUNTY OF KENT
NOTICE OF HEARING
RE: PETITION TO LOCATE, ESTABLISH A N D 4 — CONSTRUCT AN INTRA-COUNTY RELIEF DRAIN IN THE TOWNSHIP OF GRAND RAPIDS A N D THE TOWNSHIP OF ADA, | -KENT COUNTY. MICHIGAN
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that purtuant to tha provlalona of Chaptar 20 of Act No. 40 of tha Public Acta of 1966, at a man dad, a patltlon waa fllad with tha County Drain Commlttlonar of Kant County. Michigan, patltloning for tha following projact, to-
wit:
Location, attabllthmant and conatructlon of an Intra-county rallaf drain to rallava, Improva, anlarga, ax-tand and Intar-connact tha Martin and Baak Drain and natural .watar courtat In tha araa dralnad by tha Martin and Baak Drain locatad substantially as fol-
lows:
M A R T I N AND BEAK DRAIN
EXISTING D R A I N CENTERLINE DEfaCRIPTION
AS FOLLOWS:
Baglnnlng at tha Northaaat cornar of Lot 83, Royal
Oak Eatatat Subdivision, Sactlon 31 T7N, R10W, Ada
Townthlp, Kant County, Michigan; Thanca northwaat-arly to a point on tha Watt Una Lot 86 of tald plat B4.5 faat South of tha North wast cornar of tald Lot 85; Thanca Northwattarly to tha Northwatt cornar of Lot 28 of tald plat; Thanca Waatarly to tha Northwaat cornar of Lot 32 of said plat; Thanca Waatarly to a point on tha Waat Una of Lot 34 of said plat 60 faat South of tha Northwast cornar of said Lot 34; Thanca Waatarly to a point on tha Eastarly Una of Pattarton Avanua 120 faat Northarly along tald Eatt Una from tha moat Southarly point of Lot 177 Eatt-Mqnt plat Sactlon 36, T7N, R10W, Grand Rapldt, Townthlp. Kant County. Michigan; Thanca Watt to tha cantar-llna of Pattarton Avanua; Thanca Northarly along taid cantarllna to tha cantarllna of Catcada Road M-45; Thanca Northarly to tha Southwatt cornar of Lot 103 Orchard Homaa plat Sactlon 36, T7N, R11W, Grand Rapldt Townthlp. Kant County, Michigan; Thanca Eattarly to a point on tha cantarllna of Pattarton Ava-nua 106 faat North of tha cantarllna of Catcada Road M-45; Thanca Northaaat to tha Northwatt cornar of Lot 130 Orchard Homaa plat Sactlon 31 , T7N, R10W. Ada Townthlp. Kant County. Michigan: Thanca EMtar-ly to tha Squthwaat cornar of Lot 34 of tald plat; Thanca Northaaatarly to a point on tha cantarllna of
Saratota Avanua 300 faat North of tha cantarllna of Caacada Road M-46 (Point of Ending).
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that tha Dralnaga Board for tald projact hat contldarad tha tald patltlon and hat mada a tantatlva datarmlnation that tald pa-tltlon It tufflciant and tha tald projact it practical; hat givan tha nama " M A R T I N AND BEAK RELIEF DRAIN" at tha nama of taid rallaf drain and tha name " M A R T I N A N D BEAK RELIEF DRAINAGE DIS-T R I C T ' at tha nama of tha dralnaga dlatrlct tharafor; and hat mada a tantatlva datarmlnation that tha fol-lowina public corporatlont thould ba ataaltad for tha coat of tald projact, to-wit:
Stata of Michigan - on account of drplnaga to atata highway!
County of Kant - on account of dralnaga to county hlghwayt
Townthlp of Ada Townthlp of Grand Rapldt
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that tha aaid Dralnaga Board will maat on tha 4th day of Juna, 1974, at 11:00 o'clock A.M., Eattarn Daylight Tlma, In Room 311, Kant County Building. Grand Raplda. Michigan, for tha purpota of hearing any objactlona to tha mattar of ataatalng tha cott tharaof to tha pub-lic corporatlont' abova namad. At tald haarlng any public corporation to ba attattad or any taxpayer tharaof, will ba antltlad to ba haard. ,
Thlt notlca It givan by ordar of tha tald Drainage Board for tha Martin and Baek Relief Drain.
/a /FRANK W. BOUMA, Chairman of the Drainage Board for the Martin and Baak Relief Drain Kent County Drain Commlttlonar
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Lowell Ledger-Suburbin Life, May 16,1974 9
r TELL IT TO THE WORLD WITH
/ / / PLACE YOUR A D TODAY BY CALL ING 897-926!
R E A L E S T A T E
G E N E R A L
WANTED TO BUY
Q U A L I F I E D LAND CONTRACTS
Cill or s m u t at 217 West Main Straat , L o w d l .
LOWELL SAVINGS & LOAN
ASSOCIATION L o w d l - 897-8421
F A R M " *
BOOMS RED k WHITE TOP SILOS: Now in our 46th year serving the more •ffirestive and cost coniclous f t rners . Sues for every purpoie. Get all Ihe facta before you buy. Find out what a really heavy plaster coat is. Is it applied with a cement gun like we do? We install the foundation. Our trucks are self un-load-ing with hydraulic booms. Silo-Matic k VanDale Eauipment. Early order dis-counts in effect. Booms Silo Co., Inc., Harbor Beach, Mich. 48441. Phone: 517-479-6654, or contact: VanStrien Sales k Service, Hudsonville, Mkh., Phone: 896-9946 or Wylie Imp. Co., Kent City, Mi. Phone 678-7686. c42-8
A N N O U I M C E M E N T S
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Rummage Bin, below Dr. Reagar.'s Of-fice, West Main, Lowell, is open Satur-days !0 a.m. to 5 p.m. Good supply of usable articles-something new added cach week. c45tf
F O R S A L E
M f S C E L L .
ROCK TUMBLERS-Saws, Grinders, Grits, Polishes, Rough Material, Mount-ings, Gifts. POTTER'S PEBBLE PAL-ACE, Vx mile north of Cascade Road or 4 miles south of Lowell at 4073 Seg-wtin, Lowell 897-7178. c25-tf
I It A Ti)U H ; h i
BINGQ
EVERY TUESDAY
7:30
Al to American
Legion Hal l
ranc MIA
PAPER TABLE COVERING-For Ban quels, weddings and parties. 40 in. by 300 f t . $5.95 per roll, plus tax. Lowell Ledger, 105 N. Broadway. Ph. 897-9261.
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FOR SALE-Toyota Sales and Service. New cars-used cars-parts and service. New car prices, start at S2,436. Don't buy anything until you buy a Toyota. Harkness Toyota, Inc., 1154 Grandville Ave. Ph. 245-2281. Grand Rapidv Mich.
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BIG GARAGE SALE -Bet ty and Clara arc at it again. Two garages full. You name it, we have it. Wheel chair, antique typewriter, mini bike, drums, welder, furniture, tires, clothing (all sizes), stove, etc. You'll have to see it to believe i t Thursday, May 16 and Friday, May 17, 9 a,m. lo 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18 'til noon. 515 N. Hudson St., LowelL Come help us clcan out our garages and fill yours. c6
1972 D O D G E
Colt, four door. This sharp little sub-•compact is the answer to your econ-omy wishes. Air conditioning, auto-matic, radio, vinyl bucket seats and only 81,000.
JACKSON MOTOR SALES 9 3 0 W. Main-Lowel l—897-9281
A BRAND NEW-brushed Velvel Sofa with Mr. k Mrs. Chair, 2 end tables, I coffee table and 2 lamps. Left in laya-way. Regular $298, $10 down, balance $177, also walnut bedroom, double dresser, full size chest, headboard, mat-tress and boxsprings, $10 down, $188 full price. King of Diapowt^ 1100 Leop-ard NW, Grand
CLASSIFIED A D RATES Cash Rates: 20 words, 75 centa; three cents for each additional word. All enors in telephone advertise-ments at sender's risk. Rales based strictly on uniform want ad style. If not paid on or before ten days after insertion, a bookkeeping charge of 30 cents will be added. Box numbers in care of this office, add 5Of
All Classif ieds Will Be Accepted Through Noon On Tuesdays
Call 897-9261
FURNITURE-3 complete rooms of fur-niture. Take over S5.00 a week layaway payments. 7 piece living room, 5 piece dining room, 4 piece bedroom. Original $995, unclalmod balance only $600 for all 16 pieces. Call 456-1787, ask for Mr. Roy. c6
1 9 7 2 C H E V R O L E T
Vega Wagon. This economical, hard-lo-find model is real nice, has new whitewall tires, radio, four-speed, bucket seats and vinyl interior.
See It Today At
JACKSON MOTOR SALES 9 3 0 W. Main—Lowel l -897-9281
BENTLY 60" - Mediterranean Stereo Console, Repossessed after 3 months. AM/FM Radio, 8 track tape player, 4 speed tape player, 4 speed record chang-er. Sold for $489, now with $20 down, balance $279 or $3.25 pet week. Rex King of Discounts, 1100 Leonard NW, Grand Rapids, Mkh. 456-1787. c6
SOUND EQUIPMENT-Stereo Demon-strators Nikko 100 wt. Receiver Amp. $369, now $240. Glenbum turntable with magnetic cartridge, $89.95, now $65. Speakers by Utah, Prefix and Ome-ga up to 30% off. Rex "King of Div-counts" 1100 Leonard NW, Grand Rap-ids, Mich. 456-1787. c6
BINGO
Every Saturday
7 p.m.
Lowell Moose Club
|upsta i rs |
JACKPOT
BINGO FRIDAY NIGHTS
7:30 p. m.
Lowell V.F.W. Hal l
East Main Street
WRCH day and Thursday, May 22 and 23, from 9 a.m. 'til 6 p.m. Clothing-all sizes. Dish-es; men's hats, size 7Vi and miscellaneous. 3271 Behler Dr. SE off 7100 Cascade Rd. SE. > c6
1974 DODGES
Over 80 new cars and trucks, all mod-els, all sizes, all at Special Spring Pric-
JACKSON MOTOR SALES 9 3 0 W. M a i n - L o w e l l - 8 9 7 - 9 2 8 1
SEWING MACHINE SICK?-See the King for a 5 point spot check: Tension, Stitch length, timing, oiling and motor. 1 can of oil and pack of needles all for only $4^95. Free pick up and delivery. 456-1787. Rex Sewing Center, 1100 Leonard NW, Grand Rapids, Mich. c6
TIMELESS FURNITURE-Made only by Carl Forslund, 122 Fulton, Grand Rapids. p2tf
SEE THE O L D
AND T H E N E W . . .
Two 1919 Dodges and one 1921 Dodge on display this week at
JACKSON MOTOR SALES 9 3 0 W. M a i n - L o w e l l - 8 9 7 - 9 2 8 1
P E R S O N A L
ATTENTION:
RESIDENTS OF VERGENNES TOWNSHIP
Until fu r the r no t i ce please call 8 9 7 - 9 0 8 0 concern ing voter regis-t ra t ion and e lec t ion in format ion .
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I rene Osborne.
Townsh ip Clerk
THAT "SPECIAL" PLACE"-2I5 Weal Main, Lowell. New Houn: Mon., Tuea., Wed., 10-5, Fri. 10-7. Thur*. k SaL, 10̂ 1 p.m. Come In And See Our New Ar-rivib! New Shipment-Channel I poly-ester print dreftes. Shaker Square Cot-tons, 14V4-24%. Donna Lee, 36-54 Long Sleeved, White-Navy. Brown Knit Tops-Denim Look Slacks. Infants-New bom thru 21 lb. Candee Cane Childrentv-Knit Mates Top and Slacks 7-14. c6
AFTER THIS DATE-I will not be re-sponsible for any debts other than con-tracted by myself. Howard Crap$e». p5-f
TRUSSES-Trained fitter. Surgical appli-ances, etc. Koss Rexall Drugs, Saranac, Michigan. c39-lf
Lowell
Lions' Club
lackpot
BINGO EVERY THURSDAY
7:30 p. m.
Deer Run Gol l Clul) 13955 Cascade Rd.
Southeast of Lowell (near Kent-Ionia County line)
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Lightweight, balanced design — easy tfne-
' man operation.
• Bores holes for fence posts, trees and fertilization.
• 1 ^ " Jacob Chuck attachments for drilling wood, steel,
concrete. ' (LESSAUGAR)
ALL AMERICAN POWER PRODUCTS
iSba Village iterbUiart
Versatile two-speed transmission for a variety of jobs.
• Takes auger drills up to 8" diameter.
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I N M E M O R J A M
IN MEMORIAM
In loving memory of our son, husband, father and brother, D. Daniel Tisron, who left us to be with God one year ago May 19,1973.
Lord keep Your arms around him, And in Your loving care;
Make up for all he suffered. And all that was unfair.
It broke our hearts to lose him. But he did not go alone;
For a part of us went with him. The day God called him home.
Lord in Thy precious keeping l-eave we now our loved one sleeping.
Mom k Dad Wife k Son Sisters k Brothers Nieces k Nephews
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Cascade Historical Society To Adopt Const i tut ion
The Cascade Historical Society will mee t May 16, at 7 :30 p.m. in the Cascade Township Hall at 2800 Orange Street . S.E.
On the agenda will be the election of off icers and the adoption of a const i tut ion. Old photographs and records, brought in, will be marked for identif ication.
This meeting, and membership into the Society, is open to all interested area residents. Addit ional infor-mation can be secured by calling Dorris Palm, at 949-1337.
Township Opposes Expansion
STRAND PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL] SHOW HOURS BELOW
ONE FULL WEEK FRI., MAY 17 THRU THURS., MAY 23
FRIDAY AT 8:00 SATURDAY AT 7:00 AND 9:00
SUNDAY AT 7:00 MON. THRU THURS. AT 8:00
The Public Hearing scheduled for the May 13th regular Lowell City Council meeting was adjourned un-til May 20th , the next regular council meeting night. In a brief explanation of the proposed amendment to Zoning Ordinance No. 22, to be considered at that time, City Manager Blaine Bacon said the amendment would allow for Planned Unit Development (PUD) permitting more "f lexibi l i ty" in planning and develop-ment. The amendment pertains only to undeveloped areas of the City and also clarifies zoning regulations.
Commenting on the City's request for a feasibility study for possible expansion to the Lowell City Air-port. Vergennes Township Supervisoi, Carl Kropf , told Council members there had been "a great dea l" of concern voiced by township residents having nega-tive feelings about any enlargement of the airport .
Kropf stated that as a result of this concern, and "after talking it over with township board members , " the board would go on record as being "very definite-ly opposed" to fur ther expansion. Kropf sa idl ie felt the Council should be made aware of their fee l ings-before "you get t o o far down the road."
Mayor Anderson, pledging the City's coopera t ion , promised to keep the township informed in the mat-ter.
Interest in the development of Lowell'a airport as a 'satellite' was sparked when the City learned there is federal money available to finance expansion should a s tudy prove it to be feasible.
The City has made a request, through the Kent County Board of Commissioners, for financial aid to-wards the $5,000 cost of the s tudy.
Howard Clack, director of Senior Neighbors, was present to report on the current activities and services offered through Senior Neighbors, a federally funded program, the funds filtering down through Sta te and County levels. There are four centers in the coun ty bu t .
Naval Recruit
Training Grad
P L A N T
I Tomatoes
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Melons
Others
Petunias
Marigolds Geraniums Others
William Bos Greenliouses
1674 Spauiding, S. E. Between Cascade Rd., and Burton St.
Navy Airman Appren-tice James R. Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Clark of 11187 Grand River ? ^ad. Lowell, grad-uated f r o m recruit train-ing at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illi-nois.
He received nine weeks of intensive instruct ion in seamanship, small arms training, fire fighting, close order drill, first aid and Naval history.
He will now report to a formal school for speci-alty training or to a ship or shore stat ion for on-the-job training.
LOWELL VARSITY CLUB'S A N N U A L
LOWELL
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WEDNESDAY
MAY 22 5 to 7 p.m
MENU - One-half delicious charcoaled chicken, potato sal-ad, baked beans, pie, coffee or
milk. Adults, $2.00 Children Under 12, $1.25
(Reduced Portion)
PICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM ANY VARSITY CLUB MEMBER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL OR AT THE DOOR THE NIGHT OF THE DINNER.
to da te , Lowell is the only one outside the City of Grand Rapids. Clack gave credit to Arnold Wittenbach, member of the Kent County Board of Commissioners, in bringing Senior Neighbors to Lowell.
Clack also revealed that federal funds will diminish with local units of government then expected to make up the difference through revenue sharing monies.
While there have been great improvements made t o the Lowell Center, Clack stated kitchen facilities are still needed, requiring about $1 ,400 and asked if the City might be able to help ou t in that area.
Acknowledging the Senior Center as filling a defin-ite need in the communi ty . Mayor Carlen Anderson assured Clack that Council would consider the request. Vergennes Township Supervisor Carl Kropf . said the township might also be willing to offer some assistance, not ing the Center was of benefi t to township senior residents as well.
Council adopted a resolution allowing a flood plain s tudy to be conducted by the corps of engineers. There is no cost to the City involved and Manager Bacon said he felt there would be valuable information t o be gleaned from the s tudy. Any future growth in the flood plain area, for which federal money might be sought , would depend on the results o f the floor plain s t u d y . Bacon said. It is also a first step in making flood insurance available to residents in the flood plain area.
Concerning the recent peti t ion by a number of Main Street merchants for better enforcement of the two-h o u r parking limit, Oelores Dey, representing the Chamber of Commerce, s ta ted it was the decision of the Chamber to try and work for better cooperat ion among the merchants and their personnel in observing the parking limit.
In other business, Manager Bacon suggested lo Council mtmbers that some thought be given fo the paving of Howard Street west from Amity Street lead-ing to Bushnell Elementary School. With the future ex-pansion to Bushnell, not only street paving, but side-walks in that area would be desirable. Bacon said. Agreeing, Council members discussed ways and means of financing. ' ,
Howard Street was not a part of last year 's street improvement program and though there are funds re-maining, they are to be rebated to proper ty owners on the imposed chargcs roll. In discussing this fact , one property ownfer present , said "Well, why don ' t you use t h a t - y o u ' v e got our money n o w , " to which Council Harold Jefferies quipped, "Where were you last year when we needed y o u ? "
Rotary Picks
Dove Beach On Wednesday, May 8 , the men of Lowell Rotary
commenced their meeting with a prayer of thanksgiv-ing to God led b y Rev. Dean Bailey, and the pledge of allegiance to our country lea by club president Arnold Wittenbach.
Included in the Rotary Sing-a-long was "The Maple Leaf Forever" in honor of a Canadian visitor, Felix Wagner. Mr. Wagner was a guest of Norm Borgerson, as was Ray Borgerson, Howard White, and Harold Englehardt. Other guests included Jay Fisher, guest of J im Flickenger; Janet Nef f , guest of George Cook; Frank Evans, hosted by Arnold Wittenbach, and Jun-ior Rotarian guest. Bruce Friesner.
A special welcome was extended t o Hugo Hammer-slag, who had j ecen t ly returned f rom Florida.
The Rotary Camp Emery Commit tee , consisting of Ed Kiel, Dean Bailey, and Dennis McMahon, announc-ed that Lowell's representative to the Rotary Youth Leadership Camp will be Dave Beach.
Program Chairman, George Cook, introduced the * speaker, Paul Goebel J r . , County Commissioner. Mr. Qoebel spoke of the interesting things that happen to a candidate running for public office. For example, . when he was at tending the annual dedication of the deer herd in Cadillac he received a hear ty bump f rom the lead deer.
Concerning current concerns and questions: gun control , abort ion, school dress codes, morals, etc. , Mr. Goebel warned about a t tempting t o impose our wish-es on the civil rights of others. He fu r the r said that resorting to the use of force may no t solve our prob-lems. Mr. Goebel explained that in using force, we as-sume that we have all the guns, which is not necessarily the case. If we react wi th violence, what will keep everyone f r o m resorting t o guns, anyt ime someone does not agree with their views.
As is cus tomary, the guest speaker was asked t o draw
a name f rom the Rotary Wife Fun Fund Barrel. Phil Johnson's name was drawn; and, since Phil was pres-en t , Mrs. Johnson will receive a nice purse.
Camp Fire Girls' Spring Council Fire
Lowell Camp Fire Girls will hold their annual Spring Council Fire Tuesday^ May 21, at 7 :30 p.m. in the Runciman School. Parents and friends are invited to at tend. i
Awards will be presented to the AdventUiC groups on the Trial Seeker's, Wood Gatherer 's , and Fire Mak-er's levels, and the girls will receive the honor beads they have earned by completing Action Crafts and Try-Ads. Two Discovery Club members will be receiving the rank of Individual Torch Bearer; Marta Schneider in Gardening, and Beth Rivers in two fields. Interior Decorating and Swimming.
The Blue Birds who are in the 3rd grade group will be "flying u p " into Camp Fire. They will be given Fly-Up patches for their ceremonial jackets and scarves bearing the symbolic crossed logs and flame of the Camp Fire Girls.
As a service project, all groups are collecting canned goods to be presented to the Communi ty Center food depot .
There will be a rehearsal for the Council Fire at 3:15 in the all-purpose room, also on May 21.
OPEN HOUSE Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Seeley of Grand Rapids
will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at the Cascade Christian Church in Cascade on Sunday, May 26, from 2-4 p.m., with an open house given by their daughters, Mrs. Genevieve Folkert of Addison, Mrs. Virginia Hendricks of Sand Lake and Mrs. Margery Ru-dolph of Williamsport. Maryland.
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