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

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VOLUME 62 — ESTABLISHED 1876 SPARTA, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1938 NUMBER 19

Robert C. Day Dies At Daughter's

Home In Tustin Rober t Char l e s Day. 84 passed away

F r i d a y . May 8. a f t e r severa l weeks-illness a t t h e home of his d a u g h t e r . Mrs. H a r r y S m i t h la T u s t i n .

He w a s born a t B u r f o r d . O n t a r i o . J u n e 7. 1853. O n December 24. 18T7. he m a r r i r d Sylvia Alice Hess a n d to th i s union f o u r ch i ldren were born , who survive h i m : Mrs. Ca r l e ton E. Ehle of S p a r t a a n d St . Pe te r sburg . F lo r ida : Mrs. H a r r y Smi th . T u s t i n ; W a l t e r of Mar ion , a n d H a r r y of Lowell.

I n t h e i r early mar r i ed life the Days res ided in Gladwin , t h e n moved to L -roy a n d l a t e r to Spa r t a . T h e y h a d th? privilege of ce lebra t ing the i r G o l d e n W e d d i n g on December 24. 1927 a n d Mrs. D a y passed away Just t h r e m o n t h s l a t e r on March 24. 1923.

Mr. D a y had been a m e m b e r of thir Methodis t c h u r c h rVnce ea r ly m a n h o o d He loved i ts sendees a n d was a lways in a t t e n d a n c e a s long as h e a l t h p e r -mi t t ed . He loved the B:ble a n d spent m u c h t i m e reading It. A kind, loving h u s b a n d a n d f a the r , a n agree tble a n d f r i end ly neighbor , he was a lways a f avo r i t e wherever he lived. To know h i m was to love him. Mr . Day loved life, b u t was i cady a n d happy to be called to mee t his wife a n d o the r loved ones.

P r a y e r services were he ld a t t h e j h o m e of h i s d a u g h t e r in T u s t i n on | S u n d a y when the body was brought to i S p a r t a f o r burial in S p a r t a Greenwood j cemetery t h a t a f t e r n o o n a t 2 30 by the s ide of Mrs. Day the lev . J . K H o f f -m a s t e r a n d the Rev. G . W . Maxwell o f - j f ic la t ing .

Surv iv ing besides t h e four ch i ld ren a re six g r a n d c h i l d r e n ; two grea t g r a n d -c h i l d r e n ; two bro thers , Wesley of S p a r t a a n d Merr i t t of Lowell; n e p h e w s a n d n ieces a n d a host of f r iends .

Since Mrs. Day 's d e a t h . Mr . Day h a d s p e n t t h e s u m m e r s In S p a r t a wi th Mr a n d Mrs. Car le ton Ehle. several w in -te r s in F lor ida a n d t h e r e m a i n d e r of t h e t i m e w. th his o t h e r ch i ld ren .

ROTARY CLUB OF SPARTA ELECTS

L O N N E E PRESIDENT Many Children Take

Part In Colorful School Pageant

O n Tuesday a f t e r n o o n t h e h igh school enjoyed t h e ' Wedd ing of J a c k a n d J i l l " which took place in t l v gym a n d was a ma t inee of t h e p r o g r a m w h i c h M o v e d Wednesday evening . M a y 4th . It was a splendid p roduc t ion

: a n d t h e little people should be con-g r a t u l a t e d cn the i r h a r d work. We all

\ h o p e t h a t "Jack a n d Ji l l l lv ; happ i ly I eve r a f t e r . "

MISS MILL.CENT McELWEE GRAND RAPIDS ACTRESS

VISITS CASNOVIA CLUB

T h e p a r t of t h e min is te r was t aken [ by C lay ton G a r d n e r : a n d the br ide " J i l l " r w a s J o a n n e Pendel l a n d t h e groom | - J a c k S p r a t " was J e r r y Topp ing .

T h e m a i d - o f - h o n o r . Bo Peep , was

T h e Casnovia Ladies ' L i t e r a ry Club e n t e r t a i n e d wi th j be s t d a y a t t h ? p l easan t h o m e of 3grs. Eve re t t Mor ton on May 3. F i f t y women, inc luding m e m b e r s a n d gues ts were In a t t e n d -ance .

T h e pres ident . Mrs. W a l t e r Ebers. presided a n d Mrs. V. R. F a n c e t : gave a repor t of the work of t h e K e n t Coun-ty Fede ra t ion of Women ' s C lubs in t h e a n n u a l spr ing mee t ing a t Caledonia . Apr i l 28, T h e fal l m r e t i n g will be h?ld in Casnovia in October, w h e n t h e L. L C. will h3ve cha rge of a r r a n g e m e n t s . Mrs. F. D Hersey. c h a i r m a n of t h e i -b ra ry board , gave a r epor t of work d o n e in t h e Casnovia b r a n c h of t h ? K e n t Coun ty l ib ra ry d u r i n g t h e y a r .

Local Veterans Will Help Lowell Dedicate

New Club House

HIGH OFFICIAL OF SALVATION ARMY

V I S I T S SPARTA

T h ? p r o g r a m opened wi th mus ic by Mrs . C. B. Leaver a n d Mrs. Lyle R?x-

i j . , . , 0 1 j „ . K t _ . _ _ _ f c r d who s a n g two selections, accom-K i t a r o / i ider; b st m a n . J a c k H o r - . . . . . . u „ - .

w pan ied by Mrs. M. Haro id S a u r .

C. J . LONNEE W h o v l l d i rec t the activit ies of

the S p a r t a R o t a r y Club as i ts new president fo l lowing instal la t ion of of f icers J a n e 27. T h e elnb o rgan i -zed wi th 1"> c h a r t e r members h a s enrolled six new members du r ing the past year .

Last Minute

Kent City School Commencement Next

Wednesday, Way 18» C o m m e n c e m e n t exercises for g r a d u - .

i n e r . was J .mmie Mor tenson . Br ides -m a i d s were Gal l Brooks. G l e n d a H a r -

I wood. D.-lores T h o r s o n . 3nd Crys ta l | P r o c t o r .

F lower girls were Oelores Wool-w o r t h a n d J o a n Nequis t ; pages. Rober t L a r s o n a n d Donnie K i p p ; r ing b i a r e r s . C a r l Mo? e r a n d L a r r y W i n a r u ; u s h -ers . Bobby Norton. Buddy Line . R a l p h F i t z n e r and F rcnk Bueche .

G u e s t s included R a y m o n d R o m e y n . L e n o r e S te rkenburg . Buddy Ba lyea t , J a c q u e l i n e Bradfo rd . J o a n Weis. F lo r -e n c e Snyder . Eddie P a a s was "Kirfg Cole . "

" Q u e e n of H e a r t s " was M a r y Lou Hickok ; and o the r s in the cas t were

j G o r d o n Badgerow, M a r y Welch . How-• a r d Thompson . Mij rgare t Watk ins .

G o r d o n Welch. P a t t y Norton. Ard i th M u t c h l e r . W a r r e n Guiles. Rober t P i e r -s o n a n d "Humpty D u m p t y " was J u n i o r

I P o t t e r .

Eddie Speyers . c o m m a n d e r of t h e | K e n t County Counci l a n d h i s var ious

committees, a r e p l a n n i n g a big t ime 1 for Lowell on J u n - 15. when all posts j

of the Ken t C o u n t y Counci l will p a r -t ic ipate in an Amer ican iza t ion p rogram a n d dedica t ion of t h e Lowell Post ' s new I club house.

T h e mee t ing will s t a r t w i th a pa rade ( ^ which all posts" f l ags a n d colors will

be displayed a n d led by t h e G r a n d -vill- Drum a n d Bugle C o r p s and sons I a n d d a u g h t e r s of t h e Legion D r u m a n d Bugle Corps of Roekford .

T h e ve te rans will m a r c h to Lowell's new club house a t which t ime It will j be dedicated a n d t h e n c e to the park ' wher Lowe'1's f a m o u s Show Boat is ! enac ted each year . G l e n D u n n h a s been secured as t h e p r inc ipa l speaker , bu t Carl Smi th , d e p a r t m e n t c o m m a n d -e r of t h e Legion will a l so sp rak b r ie f -ly a s well as o t h e r no t ab l e s f r o m legion circles.

T h i s meet ing is open to the public a n d all service m e n a re urged to a t -

. . t end a n d invi te the i r f r i ends a n d commi t t ee w h o served neighbors to a t t e n d also. F u r t h e r de-

tai ls will be publ ished la te r .

ASEBALL FANS SECURE PRIVATE

HI S FOR DETROIT

Mrs. Ebers in t roduced Miss MillUrmt McElwee of G r a n d Rap ids , w h o is a m e m b : r of t h e new stock c o m p a n y a ; Powers thea t r e . She p layed t h e p a r t of K a t e Rice in " B r o t h e r R a t " which was the f i rs t product ion of t h e com-p a n y . For t h e p leasure of t h e club :»he r ead "S ta r Wagon" , a t h r c e - a c t play to a very a t t en t i ve audience.

Mrs. E. H a r r y Norris was c h a i r m a n of cof fee . Mrs . Avery Ebers a n n o u n c e d t h e a r r a n g e m e n t s for G r n t l e m e n ' s N i g h t " on May 17. which closes the c lub season. T n e banque t will be serv-ed ir. Ve te rans ' hal l a t 6:30 p. m. by m e m b e r s of t h e E a s t e r n S t a r Lodge a n d reserva t ions should be m a d e w i ih Mrs . Rober t Kriger .

Charles L. Meek Dies Of Heart Attack

C h a r l e s L. Meek. 5% f o r m e r res ident

B R I G . H. P I G M I R E W h o spoke a t Monday evening 's

mee t ing of t h e S p a r t a Rota ry Club a n d vividly explain?.-' t h e Army's p rog ram which dea ls wi th preven-t ion a n d cu re of social ills.

THE D E A I / S OFF . SAYS THELMA CLUTE

Editor . T h e S e n t i n e l - L e a d e r : T h r r e weeks ago I adver t i sed in your

| paper tor a goat . Last week t accord -I ing to your Classif ied Co lumn) I a d -

vertised for a used mi lk ing m a c h i n e j A very h u m o r o u s s i t ua t ion . Indeed!

T o my f r i end w h o < u n k n o w n me) I w e n t to all t h e t roub le a n d expense of

adver t is ing for the mi lk ing mach ine . I I wish to say t h e fo l lowing:

"7 apprec ia te your t h o u g h t f u l n c s s • ? i " 5 5 ® £ ? L S 3 J £ f S i h S I p l a n s a n > fo rmula t ing rapidly for the of S p a r t a passed aw3 sudden ly f r o m a ' a n d Rtmerosity You m u s t be a k ind be held at t h e aud i to r ium next W e d - j -lesday even ing . May 18. at 8 o'clock. T h e S a l u t a t o r y address will be given by Bet ty Soerhe ide a n d the valedic tor-ian message will be given by Mae Ny-blad. D ip lomas wL'l be presented by Joe D. K r r p s . sec re ta ry of the board of educa t ion . A f ine program h a s been a r ranged by m e m b e r s of the g r a d u a t -ing class.

Bacca l au rea t e services will be held 1 \ L i w c j I f n m c S u n d a y even ing . May 15. a t the audi-i u n o I I L / I l i o i tor ium at 7 o'clock with the Rev. J . D.

Dand ignac del iver ing the address. Mus -

S p a r t a Rota ry Club bus excurs ion to De t ro i t on e i ther May 25 or 26. C o n -s i d e r s bl interest h a s been shown by icca! Ro!Allans a n d baseball f a n s con-c e r n i n g the t r ip a n d D. J . J o h n s o n , c h a i r m a n , sui tes t h a t reserva t 'onn have been placed ."or a large bus wit: i a s ea t -ing capaci ty of for ty passengers . O t h -er m e m b e r s of t h e excursion c o m m i t -tee a r e Joe Brooks a n d A. B a r t h C a r l -son .

Mr. Johnson s ta tes t h a t t h e cost of t h e t r i p will probably not exceed one

h e a r t a t t ack . Monday morn ing . May 9. In Des Moines. Iowa, en rou te f rom S a n t a B a r b a r a . Calif. , to G r a n d R a p -ids. where he h a d resid?d for several years . He was employed by Edward Lowe of t h e Lowe e s t a t e . Robinson Road . G r a n d Rapids . T h e Lowes also h a v e an e s t a t • in S a n t a B a r b a r a , f r o m which Mr. a n d Mrs. Me* k were r e t u r n -ing when he was tak. n ill.

i3om In Algoma township . Ken t i Issue of the Sent ine l , county . J a n u a r y 9. 1883. son of Ben- ( o t h e r way of l e t t ing

soul to be willing to spend t h i r t y - f i ve c n t s on me. knowing I a m u n a w a r e of where the credi t Is due . I t will please you to know I h a v e h a d several a n -swers to your a d v e r t i s e m e n t . I ha t e to spoil your e n j o y m e n t , b u t I must tell you th i s : "You h a v e n ' t 'got ten my goat ' . How could you. w h e n I haven ' t even bought one yet?"'

Please publ ish th is le t te r in your next a s I have n o my unknown

j a m m and Eiiza Meek, he h a d lived f r i end know how m u c h I h a v e en joyed ic will be f u r n i s h e d by the boy's glee i c e n t pe r mile on t h e p r iva t e bus. or m u c h of his life in S p a r t a a n d vicinity : t h i - s p rac t ica l Joke.

J O H N S O N I M P R O V E S OLIN L A K E S P R O P E R T Y

G e o r g e A. J o h n s o n o . tne J o h n s o n Milk Co.. Detroi t . f o r m ? r owner of t h e Modern Milk Co., of G r a n d Rapid.-, h a s engaged Or l r Yonkers . a c o n t r a c t o r of G r a n d R a p i d s to m a k e i m p r o v e m e n t s a n d en la rge his beau t i fu l rock g a r d e n a t O l m Lakes resort , one of the most b e a u t i f u l rock ga rd n s in Michigan.

club. E igh th g r a d e commencement exe r -

cises will be held Tuesday evening. May 17. at e igh f o 'clock at the aud i to r i um with m a n y g r a d u a t e s ' .iking p a r t in the p r o g r a m . D ip lomas will be p r -sented to th i s g r o u p by Carl Loomis. ' des i re , e igh th g r ade t epcher .

approx imate ly $3.00 for the round trip, w h e r e he owned a n d opera ted a gar -M r Car lson, ticket c h a i r m a n , says tha t and was a dealer in cars for sev-pas senge r s will be pe rmi t t ed to p u r - . years. He was a g rea t lever of c h a s e basebf.*' t ickets upon a r r iva l a t t h e ' p a r k with he privilege of secur ing w h a t e v e r price Mckets t h e f a n s may-

O w i n g to the f ac t ha t most of the J R o t a r i u n s are p l ann ing to t ake t h e t r ip

only a few seats r e m a i n foi o t h r s de-s i r i ng to join the group. Members of t h e c lub are u rged to m a k e the i r res-said to cost about $35,000. T h e Clarkes i S P E C I A L A I R M A I L

a r e busy ge t t ing ready for t n e opening j D I S P A T C H M A Y 1 9 T H i e r v a t k i a 5 immedia te ly e i the r with Mr. J o h n s o n or Mr. Brooks a n d those o u t -oi t h e resort season. J e s s O lms tead .

c o n t r a c t o r of K e n t C i ty , a lso h a s com- ' p le ted a large addi t ion to the pa rk ing The week of May 15 to 21 h a s b e n s u a e ' which was m u c h too smal l las t j des igna ted Air Mal l Week to ce leb ra te s u m m e r . T h e r e is also a new ra r t w i th | the twen t i e th ann ive r sa ry of the e s t a b -sl ider a t t a c h e d a n d a da i ry to supply , l l shmen t of a i r mail . co t t age r s with m'dk.

E D I T O R O F HERALD W I L L A D D R E S S M E R C H A N T S

F r a n k Sparks , ed i to r of the G r a n d R a p i d s Herald , will be t h e guest speak -e r a t F r i day evening 's mee t ing of t h e S p a r t a C h a m b e r of Commerce . His "Ref l ec t ions of a n Edi tor" , which a p -pea r dai ly in the Herald , arc widely r e a d a n d evoke cons iderable discussion a m o n g Hera ld readers a n d s ince S p a r k s h a s m a n y personal f r i e n d s in t h i s lo-cal i ty . m a n y will w a n t to h e a r h im F r i d a y . Make rese rva t ions early wi th Wi l l i am A. Rogers, secre ta ry . T h e place o l mee t ing h a s no t yet been de-t e r m i n e d . t h a t i n f o r m a t i o n c a n be se-cured l a t e r f r o m Mr. Rogers .

A. & P. W I L L C O N D U C T ANNUAL C L E R K S ' SALE

T e d Bear , local m a n a g e r of t h e A. & P. s tore , s t a t e s t h a t nex t week h a s been des igna ted as t h e a n n u a l clerVs' sale *nd t h a t many u n u s u a l ba rga in s will be o f f e red dur ing t h e week Clerks, he s ta tes , a re privileged to m a r k down pr ices o n many grocery i tems dur ing t h e week as a courtesy to the i r cus-tomers . W a t c h for f u r t h e r a n n o u n c e -m e n t s in nex t week's p a p e r .

G E O R G E S M I T H D E N I E S R U M O R O F SALE

George S m i t h , propr ie tor of the Lone Elm. i n f o r m s t h e Sen t ine l -Leade r t h a t r u m o r s s t a t ing he h a d sold his place of bus iness a r e wi thou t founda t ion . Hi-t s st i l l doing business a t t h e wel l -known s t a n d a n d says sales a re increas ing dal ly wi th t h e a p p r o a c h of t h e spr ing season.

Everyone Is being urged to send at least one a i r ma i l let ter dur ing t h a t week In o rde r to f ind how rap id t h e air ma i l service is. A new a i r rou te is es tabl ished be tween G r a n d R a p i d s a n d Chicago t h a t will ca r ry air mail t o C h i -

five hou r s by t r a i n . Th i s wonde r fu l service may be h a d by merely add ing one t h r e e c e n t s t a m p to ord inary pos t -age. Dur ing Air Mail Week send one air mai l l e t t e r to some d is tan t po in t with a n a i r m a i l self addressed enve l -ope enclosed a n d discover for yourself the great sav ing in t ime via t h e air mail. •

A L E T T E R S E N T AIR MAIL W I L L REACH ANY P O I N T IN T H E U N I -T E D S T A T E S W I T H I N T W E N T Y -FOUR H O U R S .

On May 19th a special d i spa tch of air mail will be m a d e f rom S p a r t a Post Off ice a t 4:00 p. m. Th i s pouch will go direct to t h e f ly ing field making di rec t connec t ions w i th t h e planes a t G r a n d Rapids.

MRS. STANLEY COORS OF MUSKEGON SPEAKS

AT BLOSSOM TEA

s i d : t h e club can secure rese rva t ions f r o m M r C a r b o n .

A de f in i t e da te for the excurs ion will be a n n o u n c e d in a few days. R e s e r v a -t i ons will be accepted for m e n only for t h i s pa r t i cu la r excursion.

n a t u r e a n d en joyed h u n t i n g a u d f i sh-ing. Mr. Meek h a d t rave led a g rea t , dea l a n d m a d e a t r ip t o Europe with t h e Lowe fami ly several y e a r s ago'. He was a m e m b e r of the Masonic Lodge for m a n y years.

Surviving a re his wife. Corn i a and a daugh te r . Mrs Jess R. Field of G r a n t Rapid.-.; his mothe r . Mrs. Eliza Meek of S p a r t a ; o n e . b r o t h e r . Elsby of S p a r t a ; two s is ters , Minn ie M. Me k o.' ( S p a r t a a n d Mrs. Dewey C o n n e r of N o r t h Pa rk .

T h e body was brought to S p a r t a T u e s d a y n ight a n d will repose at the j h o m e of h i s mothe r . Mrs. Eliza MeeK of Eas t S p a r t a un t i l T h u r s d a y morn ing , t h e n will be removed to t h e Bet tes !

C h a p e ! where f u n e r a l services will be | he ld T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n a t 2:30. wi th

W e wish to extend our s incere t h a n k s i n t e r m e n t In the Myers cemetc ry . the j t o o u r relatives, ne ighbors a n d f r i e n d s Rev. J . K . H o f f m a s t e f o f f i c i a t ing . f o r t h e sympa thy shown a t t h e d e a t h — -of o u r dear f a the r . Rober t C h a r l e s Day. C A R D O F T H A N K S Especia l ly to Rev. H o f f m a s t e r a n d Rev Maxwel l for their comfor t ing words T h e Home Economics C o m m i t t e e of J a n d sympa thy s h o w n : the T h a y e r Algoma Gi&rge wishes to e x t e n d thei r | Gu i ld , t h e Cen t ra l Circle, those w h o t h a n k s to everyone who he lped m a k e s e n t beaut i fu l f lora l o f f e r ings a n d t h e i r play a success. Especial ly t o o t h e r g i f t s ; those who cal led to o f f e r ( . \rzie P inckney w h o dona t ed h i s inva l -s y m p a t h y : the re la t ives who gave s e r - oab le ass i s tance : to the Misses Lucille vice, a n d all those who In a n y way con- j B u h l a n d Joy Lonnee for t h e i r i n -be -t r l b u t e d to our comfor t . tween-ac t n u m b e r s ; to Rebecca D u n - ;

Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y S m i t h . h a m a n d Virginia P e n n i n g t o n for the i r I Mr. and Mrs. Wal t e r Day . songs; to t h e "Purp le Cows" w h o he lp- j Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y Day. sell t ickets, a lso to C l i f fo rd J o h n s o n Mr. a n d Mrs. Car le ton E. Ehle .

Sin erely yours . T h e l m a Clu te .

K e n t City.

500 Will Attend Rural Field Meet

At Kent City Rese rva t i ons h a v e been m a d e for a p -

p rox imate ly f ive h u n d r e d ru ra l pupils, p a r e n t s a n d t e a c h e r s who will a t t e n d t n e A n n u a l R u r a l Field Meet a n d Play Fes t iva l to be- he ld at K e n t City. F r i -day. May 13. 1933

T h e s e pupi ls represen t ing e ighteen ! ru ra l schools will compel* t h r o u g h o u t t h e day in fo r ty a th le t i c con tes t s divid-ed in to rive classes, for both boys a n d girls.

Ind iv idua l a w a r d s will be given to the f i r s t t h r e e In e a c h even t ; a medf.l for f i rs t , r i bbons fo r second a n d t h i rd places. T h e m a j o r a w a r d s will be two t e n - I n c h t roph ies which will be a w a r d -ed t h e schools r a n k i n g h ighes t in to ta l n u m b e r of points , one for t h e Gir ls ' Division a n d one for the Boys".

Luncheon will be served in t h e Audi-to r ium a t noon to all pupils , t e a c h e r s a n d visit ing p a r e n t s f r o m t h e compet -ing schools

Use p r i n t e d s t a t ione ry your personal l t -

t o express

Ministers Petition Merchants Regarding Proposed Lottery

Lonnee Is Next President of Sparta

Rotary Club C. J . Lonnee was elected pres iden t

of the R o t a r y Club a t i ts regular m e e t -ing Monday evening. Dur ing t h e p a s t year he served the club a s t r easure r . Lawrence J o h n s o n was elected vice-pres ident ; E. K. Lane succeeds himself as secere ta ry of t h e club a n d J . J . Ooer lng was chosen t reasurer .

O. E. B a l y a t a n d D. J . J o h n s o n were re-e lected d i rec tors of t h e club. H. J . Kur tz , i m m e d i a t e pas t -pres iden t , r e -m a i n s a m e m b e r «r the board of d i r -ectors. T h e present of f icers c o n t i n u e to serve t h e club unt i l J u n e 27 w h e n the new o f f i ce r s will be inducted In to of f ice wi th app rop r i a t e exercises.

W i t h t h e exception of the secre tary , t he re is suoposed to be a t u rn -ove r of o f f i ce r s a t t h e close of the y ra r . C l u b leaders believe t h a t t h e best i n t e r e s t s of the c lub c a n be sus ta ined by s p r e a d -ing c lub leadersh ip a n d r rsponsibi l i ty upon as m a n y members each year a s possible.

T h e gues t speaker of the evening was Brig H. P u g m i r e . new divisional com-m a n d e r of t h e Salvat ion Army fo r Wes te rn Mich igan , whp spoke br ief ly emphas iz ing t h e unique p rog ram c a r -ried on d a y by day by t h e great o r -ganiza t ion he represents .

T h e Army, t h r o u g h i ts S u n d a y schools a n d o t h e r cha rac te r bui lding work, proceeds on the basis of the old saying an ounce of prevent ion Is w o r t h a pound of c u r e ' . " he said.

"Night ly services a re supp lemen ted by s t ree t meet ings a n d it h a s been t h r o u g h these outdoor meet ings t h a t the Army h a s b-come known as t h e •church of t h e street c o r n e r ' . "

" F r i e n d s to the h u m a n derel l r t . t h e d r u n k a r d , t h e sick, the d o w n - a n d - o u t -er. t h e Army ' s e f fo r t s . " he said, " a r e di rected wherever poverty or misery exists."

P u g m i r e also spoke of the work which Is d o n e by t h e Army t h r o u g h Its Indus t r ia l home, social center a n d a t Evangel ine h o m e and hospital . At t h e conclusion of his talk he sang a solo a n d reques ted the club member s t o Join In t h e r e f r a in .

O t h e r Army guests were M a j o r H a r r y Booth, divisional secretary a n d C a p t a i n H e r b e r t Pugmi re . In cha rge of t h e G r a n d R a p i d s temple both of wh"»m spoke br ief ly a n d o f fe red musical se lec-tions. M a j o r Will iam J . Pu idue . f ie ld represen ta t ive , who h a s o f t en m a d e visits t o Spar" a. in t roduced t h e guest speaker a n d o f fe red t h e invocation.

It was suggested a t the close of t h e meet ing t h a t the e n t i r e staff of t h e Salvat ion Army be invited to p resen t a p r o g r a m In S p a r t a in the nea r f u -ture .

OUR THEATRE WILL FEATURE JOE BROWN'S

L A T E S T PICTURE

"We. t h e unde r s igned pastors , pe t i t ion t h e local m e r c h a n t s t h a t they take a s t a n d aga in s t the proposed p l a n of us ing lottery in any sales p romot ion scher re . Such m e t h o d s a r e c o n t r a r y to the laws of m a n a n d God a n d t end to encourage our people to look for r ewards without labor, a n d lower the mora l s t and ing ot t h e communi ty . "

C A R D O F T H A N K S Signed:

Rev. G . R. Brown , M a m r e l u n d L u t h e r a n church .

Rev. A O. Odega rd . F i r s t Bap t i s t c h u r c h .

Rev J . K e n n e t h H o f f m a s t e r . F i r s t Methodis t chu rch .

Rev. H. E. Myers. Wesley a n Methodis t chu rch .

Rev. B. R. Pa r sons . Free Methodis t chu rch .

MRS. ADDIE TRYON WILL CELEBRATE 90TH

BIRTHDAY SUNDAY

Mr. a n d Mrs . C h a r l e s Cut ler a re a t ruck to move the ! o p ning the i r h o m e next Sunday . May

CARD OF THANKS

I wish to t h a n k all those who so k ind ly remembered me wi th cards , f l ower s a n d p l a n t s du r ing m y rccent Il lness.

Mrs. Phoebe E. Biv.izo.

Subscr ibe to The- Sen t ine l -Leade r .

w h o fu rn i shed s t age a n d helped se t i t up. We feel ' 15. between 2 o'clock a n d 8 p. m. in de ply g r a t e f u l to you all. honor of the i r a u n t . Mrs. Add*. T ryon

Home Economics C o m m i t t e e . of Cedar Spr ings , on her 90th b i r \ h -Marie P e n n i n g t o n . C h a i r m a n . | day. All old f r i ends , ne ighbors and

acqua in tances will be welcome to call T h e a n n u a l Mother a n d D a u g h t e r

b a n q u e t will be held F r i d a y evening a t the Bapt i s t chu rch . A special p ro-g r a m is being a r r anged . M a k e reser-vat ions.

and renew f r i endsh ips

E n t e r Nat ional S n a p Sho t contest . B st p r in t ing a n d developing a t Brack ' s Drug Store. 'Adv.)

K R O G E R S T O R E 1IAS SALE ON S U G A R

W a l t e r Miller, m a n a g e r of the S p a r t a Kroger store, calls a t t e n t i o n t o an a d -ve r t l semen t In th i s week 's paper of a ! gave s o m e of t h e s t i r r ing and d r a m a t i c special sale on sugar re f ined f r o m even ts of h e r l i fe . Michigan-grown beets. Shoppe r s who a tr io. Mrs. F r e d Humeston . Mrs

Several womcTi f r o m Centra l M e t h o - ; dlst c h u r c h . Muskegon a t t ended t h e I Blossom T e a given by the Miss ionary ; group of t h e Methodis t church T u e s -day a f t e r n o o n . Mrs O. E Balyea t | spoke on t h e Inspira t ional n a t u r e of | S u s a n n a Wesley ' s life. A brief r esume of the r ecen t miss ionary convent ion a t the S tevens ' ho te l In Chicago was giv-en by t h e p r e s iden t of the Muskegon j group. Mrs S t a n l e y Coors of Muske-gon ta lked on t h e spiri tual du t i e s of j mothe rhood .

In t roduced by a shor t prologue given by Mrs. E. Ph i l Brads t rum. Mrs. F. L

I Bull i m p e r s o n a t e d Susanna Wesley a n d

The Kentonian PUBLISHED THROUGH T H E COURTESY OF T H E SPARTA SENTINEL - LEADER

G r a d e Edi tor—Lavon D u n n Spor ts Ed i to r—Har ry Pe te r son Ed i to r - in -Ch ie f—Marc ia S a u r

Supplement—Kent City School News Thursday, May 12, 1938

buy t h r o u g h adve r t i s emen t s appea r ing In t h e Sen t ine l -Leade r wl.l confer a favor by tel l ing such m e r c h a n t s t h a t " t h e y saw t h e not ice in t h e paper

H I G H W A Y SAFETY P R O G R A M S DRAW C R O W D S

T h e Highway S a f e t y p rograms , which were he ld in K e n t City a n d S p a r t a re-cently. were well a t t e n d e d p ros ing tha t t h e people of our t e r r i to ry a re i n t e r -es ted in the saving of h u m a n life. Over 250 a t t e n d e d t h e K e n t City mee t ing las t T h u r s d a y a n d e n j o y e d a very f ine p r o g r a m with Fred Sea r l . . prosecut ing a t t o r n e y a s t h e guest speaker Con> C- F V a n B l a n k e n s t e y n . of t h e Mich-igan S t a t e police, addressed a f ine g roup wh ich a t t ended t h e S p a r t a mee t -ing a t t h e school house Tuesday eve-n i n g Char l e s W a r r e n presided and t h r e e reels *»f p ic tu res were shown Corp Van B l a n k e n s t e y n emphas ized t h e n u m b e r of acc iden t s caused by carelessness and said m a n y peopV- fa i l -ed to h a n d s

J a m e s G a r d n e r a n d Mrs. Mark De Jonge sang t w o numbers , a n d music dur ing t h e * tea was played by Miss Fr ieda Du hi berg, violin, and Mrs. D. J . Moore a t t h e piano.

THIRTY-FIVE ATTEND MEETING O F KENT

E D I T O R I A L T h i s wfek concludes t l « f ina l s e m -

es t e r of the school work for This year , a n d s t a r t s us out on a long s u m m e r va-c a t i o n For th ree m o n t h s we have a c h a n c e t o rest f r o m t h e past weeks of h a r d work, a n d to come back in t h e f a l l ready for all t h a t will be In s tore fo r us.

T h e school year t h a t h a s ju s t passed h a s gone quickly a n d h a s been fil led w i th many activities. As. a whole t h e yea r h a s been a successful a n d happy-o n e for all. and. In a way. we h a t e t o

C I T Y G A R D E N C L U B *»ve it behind. In all of our extra-' c u m c u l a r acUvities. whe t lwr it be s p o r t s plays, music, or t h e like, we ha*-e shown good co-opera t ion a n d a f i n e school spiri t W i t h i t all we h a v e h a d o u r part ies a n d e n t e r t a i n m e n t s to

1 a d d amusement to c u r schedule .

IW e are facing C o m m e n c e m e n t Week

w i th m u c h ant ic ipa t ion , b u t wi th a t o u c h of regret . Twelve seniors a r e g r a d u a t i n g th i s year , a n d one t eache r

T h e May m e e t i n g of the K e n t City G a r d e n Club w a s held a t the home oT Mrs Lowell S a u r Monday evening M r s -dames O s c a r Os t rom, Joe Baxter . A r t h -ur T r o f a s t a n d Ada Robinson a v i a t e d t h e hosVas- Th i r t y - s ix member s were

p r o m ? W h a t s t a r t e d t h a t case of Spr ing

fever in t h e school? W h y all t h e t eache r s t ry t o assign

twice a s m u c h work d u r i n g the last week of school?

W h a t everyone, especially t h e S e n -iors. will d o a f t e r school Is ou t ?

W h a t ye edi tors will do wi th no school p a p e r t o write u p fo r th ree mon ths .

p resent . T h e m a i n p a r t of the business mec t -

L1? ~ I U ^ n ^ T u s . W e s h ^ n B t e t h e m qillU-Show which will be held J u n e 11. T h i ^ m u c h ^ w r hope they will miss u s deve lopment of t h e flowers will , t n d o u r h igh school, a n d we sha l l o f t e n mine w h e t h e r or not tha t da t e will be , , Q j f r i endsh ips m a d e h e r e

_ . . . . W e wan t to t h a n k t h e m all for t h e co-, M a n ' »nd B e t t y Soerheide s a n g two , ) p r r a t l o n a n < j he lp they have given us cher ry t rees

reat iM dangers by waving of songs a c c o m p a n i e d by Mrs W p e 4 j w . a y s And, let us add with t h e J u n - I vah Anderson—to wear he r a h i t e hill passing, round ing s h a r p Jonge . M r s R. H Huff gave a sp lendid ' t heme , a "bon voyage" to t h e m prom' dress on some f u t u r e occasion

- » V- 1 — - — A M H f V « M V f » «

SENIOR A M B I T I O N S B a r b a r a J e a n n e Tay lo r—to be a great

musician, or a t least a t e ache r . Bet ty Soerheide—to go to Wes te rn

S t a t e and—who knows?—perhaps be a school m a ' a m .

Car l G r e e n — to be sa t i s f i ed with n o t h i n g less t h a n the Pres idency .

Ear l K e r r — t o come back t o K C H S. some day a n d throw p a p e r wads for old t imes sake.

E leanor Nelson- to have t h e smallest to t s in some k i n d e r g a r t e n room call h e r "Mrs . Wood."

ou t on some race t rack .

SCJIOOL S C H E D U L E T h e schedule of even t s for the r e -

m a i n d e r of t h e y e a r is a s follows: May 13—Rural Field Meet <9:00 to

3:30>. May 13—Baseball wi th Coopersvil le--

at Coopersville 3:30. May 13 J u n i o r - S e n i o r Banque t s n d

Dance—6:30 a n d 8:30 May 15—Baccalaureate Addres s May 16. 17 a n d 18—Semester e x a m -

inat ions. May 1 7 - E i g h t h Graele Commence -

m e n t May 18—High School Commence-

ment . May 19—All-School Picnic . May 20—Report C a r d s given out . May 27—Alumni B a n q u e t .

Mr. a n d Mrs Henry H a c h m u t h a n d A m a n d a H a c h m u t h of Comstock P a r k were F r iday n ight gues ts of Mrs. Noble G a u t .

Mrs. Noble G a u t a t t ended t h e M o t h -ers ' Day T e a a t Godwin school last F r i -day a f t e r n o o n a n d on S u n d a y spent Mothe r s ' Day wi th Mr. a n d Mrs. C h a r -k*s S a u r in G r a n d Rapids .

At the M o t h e r ' s Day services Sunday I a t the Bapt i s t chu rch . Mrs. H a t u e | L ight was t h e oldest m o t h e r a n d Mrs.

Donald O r e y was t h e youngest mother , a n d were p re sen ted with beau t i fu l p lan ts . At t h e Methodis t chu rch Mrs. S a r a h Wi l l i ams was t h e oldest m o t h e r . Mis. Lou C u m m i n g s h a d the largest family p resen t , a n d Mrs. Mark DeJonge was the younges t m o t h e r . Each r e -ceived bouque t s of spr ing flowers.

Mr a n d Mrs Cl i f fo rd VanDenHou t were cal led to G r a y l i n g S a t u r d a y by t h e ser ious i l lness of Mr. V a n D e n H o u t ' s s t e p f a t h e r . H. Milner . w!k> is in Mercy hospTtal.

Mr a n d Mrs E. G . Anderson spen t f rom T h u r s d a y un t i l Tuesday visiting fo rmer S p a r t a res iden ts in Louisville. K e n t u c k y ; Mr. a n d Mrs T h o m a s G r i f -f i th a n d Dr. a n d Mrs. E E St r ip l in In add i t i on to a t t e n d i n g the a n n u a l K e n t u c k y Deroy. they wen t to F o r t Knox. B a r d s t o w n . t h e site of "My Old K e n t u c k y H o m e " a n d t h e Lincoln Memoria l .

T h e r e a r e n ' t many people so f u n n y as Joe E. Brown can be when he p u t s his mind to it . And he really pu t s h i s mind to it in his la tes t picture . "Wide O p e n F a c e s " which Mil be shown a t Our T h e a t r e . Fr iday a n d S a t u r d a y . May 13 a n d 14. As an a m a t e u r de tec -tive. Joe c a n get in plenty of t rouble. O n t h e s a m e p rog ram win be a T h r e e Stooge comedy a n d news events .

Rep le te w i th action, l aughs a n d f lue cha rac t e r i za t ions . "A Yank a t Oxfo rd" . S u n d a y a n d Monday. May 15 a n d 16, o f f e r s Robe r t Taylor in his most c o n -vincing role. Taylor is p resen ted a s t h e cocky a l l - s t a r a th le te who comes t o Oxford to " t e a c h the na t ives" a n d h i m -self l ea rns p len ty in re tu rn .

T u e s d a y a n d Wednesday. May 17 a n d 18. a double - feature p rogram will be shown. "Scandal S t ree t" , a s tory of how gossip innocent ly begun c a n f o r m a d r a g n e t to t r a p the r epu ta t i on * p d t h r e a t e n t h e live of a beau t i fu l g i r l ; t h e second f e a t u r e is "Cassidy of B a r 20". s t a r r i n g Bill Boyd.

State of Michigan

SEMESTER E X A M I N A T I O N S T h e second semes ter examina t ions

will be given Monday . Tuesday, a n d Wednesday. May 16. 17. a n d IS. T h o s e

S P R I N G DANCING P A R T Y

| T h e Spr ing Danc ing par ty , sponsor-ed by t h e Casnovia C h a p t e r . O. E S . a n d held in t h e school gymnas ium Fr iday even ing was a successful a f f a i r . More t h a n 125 couples d a n c e d to t h e music of Don K i n g ' ; o rches t ra . T h e pa r ty was u n d e r t h e l eadersh ip of Mrs Leroy Mervau a n d her he lpers were Mrs E Mor ton a n d Mrs. L S tan ley Delicious r e f r e s h m e n t s were served la ter in t h e even ing with the c o m m i t -tee in cha rge .

Geraid Gi tmore — to be a business i s tuden t s hav ing a n ave rage of B or m a n whc.m people won ' t call "Romeo"

Har ry Pe te r son—to be t h e proverb-ial "Swede" f a r m e r a n d p l an t h ' s own

curves a n d driving a t any t ime wi th - , paper on T h e W h y s of My Border _ - -— - * «m.-v .whiu " » • « ' «« "Peonies was ou t hav ing the car u n d e r comple te i A wor thwhi l e paper on

cont ro l . He stressed the fact t h a t every given by M r s E Austin e f f o r t should be m a d e to educa te peo-ple t h r o u g h scnoola. p r e * a n d person-al i n s t ruc t ion relat ive to more sane driving oa our hi|hwajs.

Mrs Ed B l o h m as chapla in closed t h e mee t ing w i th a lovely story.

Subscr ibe f o r t h e

WE WONDER! W h y t h e Seniors won' i tell anyone

t t h e d a t e of the i r "skip d a y " ? W h a t makes everyone w a n t to know

1 w h o everyone else is t ak ing to t h e

be t te r for th i s semes te r will be exempt f r o m t h e exams. T h e schedul* for t h e th ree days is a s fol lows: MONDAY A. M — 8 : 3 0

Algebra. P l ane O e o m e t r y and C h e m -istry. MONDAY P. M —1:00.

Biology. Wor ld His tory a n d English

EXECUTIVE OFFICE - Lansing -

Joe Montgomery—to be chief speaker a t t h e nex t a lumni banque t .

Mae Nyblad—to be a s ec re t a ry with | L i t e r a tu re he r f ine of f ice work a s a r e c o m m e n d s - j T U E S D A Y A. I I . t ion. English X. Engl ish I L s n d advanced

Marge Wilder—we w o n d e r ? Clvica Rober t Westbrook—to t r y his Ford (Cont inued on P a g e Six;

CARD OF THANKS . We wish to e x t e n d our s incere t h a n k s

to our re lat ives , f r i ends a n d ne ighbors for the i r k indness and sympa thy d u r -ing t h e i l lness a n d d e a t h of our d e a r f a t h e r . J o s t Nickolai We also wish to t h a n k Rev. H o f f m a s t e r for his words of consolat ion. Russel l Porwood for h i s s inging a n d those w h o sent the beau t i -fu l f loral t r ibutes .

M r s E. L Perk ins . M r s Albert Atkinson. Mrs. F r a n k Chamber l in . Miss Bessie Nickolai, C o n r a d Nickouu.

P R O C L A M A T I O N

W h e r e a s , the Pos t Off ice D e p a r t -m e n t a t W a s h i n g t o n Is sponsor ing Na t iona l Air Mall Week f r o m May 15 to May 21 Inclusive, a n d

W h e r e a s . T h i s is t h e T w e n t i e t h a n n i v e r s a r y of regular a i r mal l se r -vioe In t h e Uni ted S t a t e s a n d

W h e r e a s . I believe t h a t t h e ci t i -zenry of Michigan h a v e a lively i n -teres t In t h e development of a i r mai l in o u r Nat ion.

Now T h e r e f o r e . I . F r a n k M u r -phy. Oove rno r of t h e S t a t e of Mich igan , do hereby des ignate t h e week of May 15 to May 21 a s Air Mail Week for all of Michigan a n d do call upon our people to m a k e proper observance of th is week by liberally pa t ron iz ing t h e air mal l a n d o the rwise evidencing thei r a p -prec ia t ions of t h e e f fo r t s of t h e Post O f f i c e D e p a r t m e n t to provide th is necessary servioe for our s ta te .

G iven under my h a n d the O r e a t Seal of the State , t h i s e leventh day of April, in t h e year of our Lord. O n e T h o u s a n d Nine H u n -d red Th i r ty -e igh t , and of t h e Commonwea l th t h e O n e Hundred a n d Second

FANK MURPHY. Oovernor

By t h e Oove rno r : Leon D. Case.

Sec re ta ry ot S ta te .

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4 —Everyone excited over their Re-R B L M THREE RADIO N E W S 13th changes and win mean good luck

S u V " ^ E S £ T ^ - o r d lor the Spa r t an nine. ^ j port Cards.

•Radio" Is the most o f t e n ^ e a n L * £ * e £ T E N N I S MATCHES WHEN IS A FISH NOT A FISH? by the third graders. Q q g * ? * * " • Wednesday n'g&t tennis matches Ever since the Sen io r s have a n -gradually J u r n i n g ^ t o a b r o a d c a s j n g ^ b e t w e e n ? t h e h l g h s c h o o l a n d n o . need the production ol the great

LiiliVlVllWll — admission is charged. lc word. Minimum

stat ion We are m £ l n g an £ £ £ £ \ the S K « t of comedy ent i t led "The Poor Pish by ing Radio Booklet. W e a r e l L u s t e a t t n g , w a r r e n a n d Ed Ne- Wilbur Braun a t t h e Spar ta High the many uses ol radio by c l i p p i n g ^ " ^ ^ e e n defeated by School on May 19th a n d 20th there has and drawings. Our s p e ^ s tudy to- ; : I n the second been great interest exhibited by local day showed that a d v e r l l s e r s g l v e u r . a s w r e o i whQ ^ ^ thtaLtregoers. Since it was announced good programs if we c t o W ^ P J ^ * * ^ c h o S and Kenny Streeter. the t h a t the cast had been chosen, every-g rams wisely. We are fi l l ing.one buUe- w^Tagam defeated. In the body wanted to know who was going tin board with pictures of_radlo arUats h.gh ^ h o o i g^ a n d King to play Sylvester Pish, the boy who gets we most enjoy. Another wi th £ ^ r r v on o ^ e i i S e a n d Bud Johnson into a peck of trouble and Is never re-of some program n o t s o f t a e t o U j g n Barry^on o ^ e ^ a n d ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ to. We have another c h a - t sho g again defeated in spite of cur taai of the play.

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c h*r£cj>0c- ^ jgM r w tMg t Notices: Published free. a re "learning to be more choosing good radio p rog rams

Sentinel established 1876—Leader established 18»5—Combined 1900

T h e Kent City Press a n d t h e ° C a m o i l a Herald merged with The SenUnel-Leader in 1931

We In the lMt set between Louis Bradford to impersonate Sylvester Fish

have"the £ * radio In our room j ! ftSTaK M M a t t S S S l i S J i d V J S S s m o v e % m c ^ n D ^ h l g h ^ h o o l won by a score of 6-4. | of ^ u a ^ U n ^ h a v e called N o n n j n

We heard a singer sing one of the 7-5 and 2-6. songs we heard a t the Opere t ta > ' e s L"~ day. " I Love You Truly voted

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NEW YORK. May

JUNIOR r C N NITE — " - - ..o-hooi T ime" a t 2:00 P Well, the Juniors scored another * T « T people have point last Friday night , and showed in. tills i lwrpoo .. . ii» * a • h jah school dk new and different been c h o w i to try to f ind W- L- S e n ^ X l n m e n t . T h e gym was We hope they find roped off for dancing and tables were

_ RASFRALL NEWS around the gym. and we also had wiUt-

11 — BUSINESS - What can be done sparta P g * their

•BEHIND THE SCENES IN AMERICAN BUSINESS* - By John Craddock -

at Sand Lake. They

t h e * S p a r t a n s ^ Spar ta high school par ty sometime.

M g 1 S 5 K S intr new factories or enlarging existing factories thus providing i n g a n d Sack catc

i. f l r m a n v ueonle Las t month only $ 1 3 , 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 worth of ^ f l v e h i t s and jjruc -ks and bonds were sold, lowest since November. 1935. In next w i l l ' l » g ^ e * t

h 0 p e the old wp-$177,000,000 worth of new securities^ were^ssued. | toy.luclt o n Friday the

S T h t J w M by V.mTlmmerman> timely hit with two men on base. T h e bat tery for Sparta was Ransom p i s h -ing and Sack catching. Ransom allj^w-

• s t iuck out ten . The Hudsonvllle. Frl-

on the telephone and have gleefully shouted "Hello. Is th is you. you poor Flsh?~ and then they Just howl with glee. But t h a t Isn't half as funny as the situations in the play itself. Syl-vester Fish Is a superstitious boy. If he should happen to walk under a lad-der. or if. by accident, someone should happen to open an umbrella In the house, it sends h im Into & veritable frenzy of nervousness. And there are plenty of reasons for him to be nerv-ous during the action of this highly

. amusing play. J U S T IMAGINE'. Don'1 t h e d & t e a n d

1 m a k e ?£

1.—Th? seniors not being excited your mind t h a t you * * t j j j j

••jllSSwSis and Dora Vander- F ^ h ^ m a k e s ite init ial bow on May 19

of Davenport . Iowa, spent the week-end with Mrs. Amanda Dinkel and o t h -er relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Relster enter-tained t h e following Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schamber and son. Hardy Schmidt and Esther Merz.

Josr.ph Swatcheno left Tuesday for Neenah. Wis., due to the Illness of his sister.

Sunday , April 30. Mr. and Mrs. V H. Fahl ing enter ta ined in honor of their mother. Mrs. Peter McNiff's 80th b i r th -day, which was April 29. Those from other towns were. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Otter be in a n d Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Reeves a n d daughter of Davenport . Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Topp of Al-lendale and Mrs. Emma Poelderman of Grantk. Rapids, besides her children. A very sumptuous dinner was served to about th i r ty relatives.

Mrs. Sophia Seelman celebrated her 80th bi r thday on April 29 also, but Mrs. Seelman was tea ill to have any enter -ta inment . She is at the home of her daughter . Mrs. Martin Relster. Both ladles received a nice shower of b i r th -day cards.

Mrs. Mulaer and Mrs Peterson of G r a n d Rapids spent Monday In Conk-lin visiting Mrs. Emelia Peter and sis-ter. Margare t Kra f t , and Mrs. Rose Relster.

ALGOMA NEWS

(May 5 I tems)

Mrs. J e a p Daly of Chalmers school invited parents to a t tend Achievement night a t school Wednesday evening. Under her supervision for the past year the a r t of drawing and singing of the children have Improved remark-ably. T h e talk given by Mr. Guen the r and pictures shown by Consumers Pow-er Co. were enjoyed.

Mrs. B. Pennington of Belmont a n d her mother . Mrs, Eva Bennet t of near Roekford were Monday af te rnoon guests of Mrs. Ella Fonger. I t was Ber-ma's bir thday.

Mr. and Mrs. L. Finch and son of Nor th Park and his mother called on Mrs. J . B. Doyle Sunday af ternoon.

Sunday dinner guests a t Malcolm RoseUs were Mr a n d Mrs. F r a n k Holmquist and Lucille. One Monday evening Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dufort a n d Robert of Spar ta . Henry. Sr.. and Henry. Jr . . Bloom and Miss Lcnne Gustafson called on Rosells. Mrs. Ros-ell called on Mrs. Pocock and Lottie Fonger on Monday.

m. m.

T H E S E F O R SALE ADS G E T results quickly. T r y o n e . SENTINEL-

LEADER. Spar ta .

N C M X-RAY

W M . H . LENTZ C H I R O P R A C T O R

SPARTA. MICH. Off. 218F2 PHONES Res. 218F3

BALLARD & ROGERS

FIRE. WINDSTORM

A I T ® INSURANCE

located In Wm. A Roger* A Ca.

Hardware

April, 1937, The way"things are going now it is likely tha t less than WOO.OOO, | ^ 000 will be investe $ 2 , 8 3 5 , 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 i n v e s t . , ^ ^ A o O . W O l igure of 1937. .In other

3.—Everyore Arithmetic done a t class time. play.

000 will be invested in industry thisyear-_ Compare thta with t he I

borhood of only $5. _ _ _ _ _ 0

WASHINGTON — While the President cruised 1,000 miles

wemmmm

C O U N C I L P R O C E E D I N G S

K ™ a r d V o n V ~ n . anxious to leLve Washington before Senators a k ^ w i t h interest the primary e l ^ b o n s in Ala-

a, Indian important primary contest v

ed dry . for convenient disposal

A device which c r u s h c ^ l d ^ o r blades i n t o p o w t o

A payroll satchel when Snatched

hand Some of the 27,762,009 new coins, valued at $1,001 minted by the U. S. t reasury during April . .

rnM^TIMFR VICTORY — A three-judge Federal court last

owning a cash-and-^arry store aml ^ ^ ^ j Y a s ebee^ unable to

S f v e b S n m r ^ d ^ ^ b e n e f i c i a l to the public and not harmfulI to any o n ^ " Consumers were hopeful the decision would have a bearing on similar laws in other states.

DO YOU KNOW THAT — 11,497 m o r e v a c a t i o n e r s a d a v

railroad car forJ2B,000 it cost • ^ . T o encourage tourist

S S S M T - r s S a f - " 6 = ; S " fares and gasoline prices . . •

HEADLINES — Jesse Jones, RFC chairman, urges grea ter

c a t w a s , gage appraisals dunng - r e c o v Private crop forecast-

^ w ' i ^ ^ t ^ - e s ] s i n ^ l 9 « £ . «

^ X ( ^ r B ^ a h A l f v e , Buck SHOE SHOP VANISHES

MANCHESTER—Attracted by what sounded like an automoblle c rash ing into a b u i l d i n g ^ : regents — ^ ^ ^ p

r iver bank was supported by poies: frost working out of the shop h a d disappeared

n ^ * mill. -

T r y Sentinel-Leader W a n t A d s

' George W. Bettes Funera l Chape l a n d M o r t u a r y AMBULANCE SERVICE DAT

OR NIGHT

No Extra Charge » « C b » H ! j f r r t e f Se rvW Wortky ot

P H O N S S i w - r * chape l i n n

v a n e Phone^ C h a r | | » ^ o o J U a t City

ART A 1 » IDCHSTLAN

— O f f i c i r 4 —

Bond Debt Fund Band Fund

1,000 00 500 00

policies this session. o

BOW OF RICE — The biggest movement ever undertaken

fO°nr J i m e ' n t l f ta^undreds"of of W

supplies to more than 30,000,000^ Chinese civilian refugees.

THINGS TO WATCH FOR — A grocery bag that automatic-

Common Council met In regular session on May Snd. 1938-

T h e meeting was called to order by President Kellogg.

Trustees present: R. A. Ander-son. Walter Bright. Char les War -r . n . Charles Cutler. J o h n G Ryan, and Guy O. Seaman.

Trustees absent: none. The minutes of the last meeting

were read and approved. The Finance Commit tee r ported

upon the following bills: Rex Filkins. labor $ William Gdlett . labor Clarence Cook, labor George Spangenberg. labor Lynn Johnson, labor George Burnett , labor J o h n Tesch. labor J . L. Moxon. l*bor Darrell SwarU. labor _ • C o n s u m r s P o w e r C o .

lights & power for April and May

Sentinel - l eade r . Election notioes *

G R Gas Light Co gas William A. Rogers & Co..

supplies Crane Co.. supplies E C. Littlefield. repairs F. G. Field, supplies Forbes Stamp Co.. supplies Wm. R- Burgess, pa in t ing R. R Express Co Spar ta Oil and Gas Co.,

supplies ••• C E. Gillette, supplies William A. Rogers & Co..

supplies •-Peoples S ta te Bank, sup-

plies — v"v; Sentinel - Leader, p r in t ing

and supplies C. VanDenHout. sa.ary David Filkins. salary Willard Amidon. salary Orlie Williams, collecting

garbage C. G. Dahlin. clerk Michigan Bell Te lephone

Co . serrtces -Spar ta Fdy Co.. supplies William Noller. supplies .... Johnson Bros., supplies William Noller. supplies ... Sentinel - Leader. Counci l

Proceedings and special notices —

E v a Crowley, s ignboard rent • - - —

Harold Morgan, s ignboard rent —- — • •

Charles Trot ast, s ignboard rent

Kel 'er Tractor Equip., sup-plies -

Sparta Motor Sales, s u p -plies .... •

Richards Mfg. Co., supplies Johnson Bros , supplies E. M. Averlll, special

sor T . C. Teeple. special

sor Fire Dept.. fire practice Fairbanks Morse, on weU

equip. Sentinel - Leader, publ l sh-

i n g Annual F inancia l Statement ~ William Noller. supplies laau

Motion made by Br igh t and sec-ond:d by Seaman t h a t the bills be

27 80 52 60

300 46.80 28 00 360 360 5 20 100

681 36

25 20 4 86

21.57 1.76 7.50 200 1 38 2.50

.42

I.69 .75

36.90

20.00

42.35 165.00 1-5.00 125.00

22.50 25.00

II.78 122

14.10 14.43 4.63

22.68

4 00

400

4.00

7 76

3 50 7.55 1.00

800

800 900

1.342 66

approved and the Village Clerk be instructed to draw checks for same.

Yeas Anderson. Bright . Cutler. Ryan, Seaman and Warren. C ar -ried

Upon recommendation of Presi-dent Kellogg the Street Comm.t t re was authorized to purchase a dust layer for our gravel s treets

The Street Commit t e reported tha t the sidewalk In f ron t of John-son Bros. Oarage was not in n « d of repair. Thus, no readjus tment is necessary.

William Rogers. E. W. Smith and Lawrence Johnson repres nt lng the Spa r t a Chamber of Comnv*rc3 discussed with the Council the raising of one-half irvlll tax to sup-port a band.

Fivfe petitions were present d re -Questing curbs and gutters on South Street . Vine Street . Pearl Street and Alma Street . Said peti-tions were referred to the Street Committee.

Motion made by Cutler and sec-onded by Ryan tha t O:o . F. Smith be granted a permit to allow danc-ing in connection with his tavern business located at 304 S. State St. with 200 square feet of floor a rea reserved for dancing and seating capacity of 50. Th is permit 's re -vocable a t the pleasure of the lo-cal governing body, the Village Council. " , . . „ .

Yeas: Anderson, Bright , Cutler. Ryan, Seaman and Warren . Car-ried.

President Kellogg officially des-ignated May 10 and 11 as clean-up days for our village.

Motion made by War ren and sec-onded by Cutler tha t the bracket street light located on the no r th side of Willow Park be t ransferred to t h : corner of Prospect and Clay Streets.

Yeas: Anderson, Bright . Cutler. Ryan. Seaman and Warren. Car -ried. .

Motion made by Ryan and sec-onded by Seaman t h a t the peop.e living outside of our village limits and connected with our village sewer system should be assessed a charge of 35.00 per annum for such service.

Yeas: Anderson. Bright. Cutler. Ryan. Seaman and Warren . Car -ried. .

Motion made by War ren and sec-onded by Seaman t h a t Utt.loOOo be raised by direct taxation for the year of 1938 In these respective funds : Genera l Fund Street Fund — Sewer Fund Fire & Water F u n d Light Fund - -

Total $16.700 00 A reduction of 32.000 00 being

made in this year s budget In com-parison with last year s budget.

Y as: Anderson. Bright. Cutler, Ryan. Seaman and Warren. Car-ried.

Upon motion the mreting ad-journed.

C G DAHLIN, Village Clerk

t * CONKLIN NEWS J .

—I-

Positive Safety..

• May 5 Items) Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Condon and Mrs |

Viola Condon or Lowell spent the week i end with Mr. a n d Mrs. Arthur Con-don.

Mr. ana Mrs. Aiireo Courtade and | faml v spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William Torrey a t Grand Rapids.

Esther Lachman spent Sunday with :»hyllis Fahling.

Mrs Anna Keas Is caring for her slst r. Mrs V. H. Schaefer who Is 111.

Mr and Mrs. Robert Jablonski and family and Mrs Blanche Framholz and daughter spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs George Jablonski.

Earl Rhodes a n d friend. Jo Mudd. spent the week-end with Miss Mudd's relatives a t Varna . 111.

Mrs. Delia McNitt enter tained Sun-day Mr and Mrs. Ollbert Farmer and L B. Fa rmer of Muskegon. Mr. and Mrs J a m e s W h a n and Mr. and Mrs Iv<M» W h a n of G r a n d Rapids, Mr and Mrs. Claude McNitt and Mr. and Mrs. Floren McNitt.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Otterbein and Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Reeves and daughter

There are some valuables tha t nothing can replace.

Keepsakes, Important Papers, Insurance Policies can

never he duplicated if lost or destroyed.

It costs so little to provide absolute protection that

you're taking undue risks if you fail to use our safety

vaults. Ask us for details regarding rental and

s t rv ice.

Accounts In this bank up to $5,000 are Insured in full under the pro-vision;. of the Banking Act of 1933.

S P A R T A S T A T E B A N K

Member of the Federal Reserve Rank

. BECAUSE IT'S SOUND SAFE

SPARTA, MICHIGAN

$4,000 00 4.500.00 2.000.00 2.000.00 2.700.00

Dr. A. J O H N C R E G O O P T O M E T R I S T

Offloe—Mrs- N. O a u t Residence DAYS—Wednesday and Sa tur -

day until 8 P. M

K. W. M U T C H L E R - C h l r o p r a e t o r -

MeGOWAN BUTLDING Off. Ph. 357 Spar ta Re*. P K 3®0

C . S . M I L L E R — D e n t i s t —

Off. 173 - P h « « * » - Re*. SPARTA MICHIGAN

Emory G. Anderson

Li fe .

INSURANCE

Sparta Sta te B*nk Bid*.

NOW, young ladies what made voa grow so fast , and

s tar t laying so early?

Because! We were fed Kasco Chick S ta r te r which is for sale at The Sparta Feed Co.

Try Oar New Mixer ami Make Anything Yoo Wtah. — Pbane M F t

F E E D C O .

So fat t B R E A D

Large Loaf 8 c

doi

lb.

can

' / r i b -

pkg.

pkg. 3-lb.

can

cakes

PB?* Ro l f s • • • • * • • • • •

Sunswcet Prunes . . . • -Sunsweet Prunes . . . . . . 2 ik*. Wyandotte Cleanser . . . . Nectar Green Tea . . . . . None Such M i n c e m e a t . . . Spry SHORTENING

Lux - Lifebuoy Soap . . . 4 Rinso LARGE

Lux Flakes LARGE

Babo Underwood Sardines . . . . Del Monte Peaches lona Peaches « 17c B r i l l o P*9 ® c

Bixby's Jet-Oil Polish . . . . . 15c Whi te Shinola . . . . . . . botr ta 10c Woodbury ' s Facial Soap 3 cakas 25c Waldorf Tissue . . . . . . 4 roik 19c Scot Tissue 3 25c lona Porlc and Beans . . can 5c A n n Pafe Ketchup . . . . Kf i 11c

5 c

1 0 c

1 7 c

9 c

1 7 c

1 3 c

5 3 c

2 5 c

pkg 2 1 c

pkg. 2 3 C

can 1 3 c

can 7 C

i': 1 9 c

WHITE HOUSE MILK

4 £ 25c

SPARKLE DESSERT 4 pkg*- 15c

N E W

POTATOES U. S. Ne. I

10 lbs 23c

HEAD LETTUCE

60 SIZE

2 fo r 1 5c

GREEN*BEANS FANCY STRINGLESS

2 ib, 15c

PINEAPPLE JUMftO I t SIZE 2 for 35c

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