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Vol. 74—No. 19 THURSDAY, AUGUST 17. 1967

Showboat to make maiden '67 voyage

Top acts win amateur night honors... An exciting Hiraax to the 1N7 l i t e m Search,

coordinated by television station WZZM ta co-

operation with the Lowell Lions Qib, prodaced

tlx outstanding entertainment acts last Sat-

nrday night. A total of 31 acts vied for the

honor which earns the winners the opportunity

to perform one evenlig each m the Lowell

Showboat r

A large crowd enjoyed the singers, Instri-

mentallsts u A entertainers as they went all M

to win the nods of jndgcs drawn from area

radio and tdevlstoa stations.

Winners indndc: Monday, the Charleston

Flappers, dancers; Tuesday, the "Six Pak," a

rock band; Wednesday, the Modern Dixieland

Jazz Sextet; Thursday, Lois Smith, comedy

shit; Friday, Lois Schochl, dancer, and Sat-

urday, Dave and Chock, comedy and folk

singers.

With the toot of the boat's whistle, the musical sounds of every popular tunes a'playing, the excitement of the passen-gers in their colorfu! costumes, the folks along the river bank, the shouts of the crowd, the traditional Lowell Showboat gets underway for six great nights of outdoor entertainment August 21.

The first trip down Flat Riv-er for the 1907 show will take place on Monday evening at 8:30, and will continue nightly throughout the week, with the sixth trip and performance sch-eduled for Saturday, August 26.

The nation's top music man, "the Irreplaceable hero of the very musicians who have re-ceived more votes than the man himself in the swing magazine pools," Louis "Satcnmo" Arm-strong will be the Showboat's headline attraction.

Armstrong will apear along with his all-star musical group which includes Marty Napoleon,

Buster Bailey, Jewel Brown, Buddy Catlett, Danny Barcelona and Tyrte Glenn.

Millions of words of praise have been written about Louis Armstrong, his trumpeteering, his singing, his recordings, his movies and his appearances. His name is synonymous with the word entertainment.

Bom and raised in New Or-leans, the home of the origi-nal Mississippi showboats, Arm-strong spent an importani part of his early musical career playing on a Mississippi River excursion boat.

It was while playing comet with "Fate" Marble's orchestra on the Dixie Belle during its 1920 and 1921 summer cruises up and down the river that he learned to read music. Up until that time he had played by ear only.

As a child. Louis would go down to the New Orleans river front to swim with his friends and then to sing with them, he says. This was his earliest ex-

perience with music and per-forming. The boys would form a quartet and stroll along the streets of New Orleans singing for pennies.

Today at 67 years of age and with more than 50 years of per-forming behind him, Armstrong is still in tremendous demand.

Other features spots in the week long entertainment on the dock stage of the Showboat in-clude:

Lenny Colyer, a smooth talk-ing comedian, who sings a song or two and is a brilliant im-pressionist. providing enjoyable entertainment for all.

Doug Hart & Avis, hilarious, unbelievable acrobatics w i t h breathtaking routines that make them the comedy king & queen of the tight-wire.

Rounding out the program will be the Showboat singers, the Gordon Raynor Dancers, the band, the traditional comedy of the Showboat colonels, and the amateur night winners.

Tiger recruits start training

The newly formed all-Michi-gan Detroit Tiger Recruit Com-pany is now undergoing basic training at the U. S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois.

Upon arrival, the "Tiger Com-pany" spent a whirlwind three days of processing. They receiv-ed their uniforms, obtained their first Navy haircut, and under-went extensive medical and den-tal examinations. They also took an all-important series of tests to determine their aptitude for specialized training after their basic training and possibly the rest of their lives.

During their recruit training, the Tiger Company will be in fierce competition with the Chicago White Sox Company, from the State of Illinois.

The competition includes mili-tary drill, personnel inspections, barracks cleanliness, athletics & classroom work. Flags and cer-tificates are awarded to the com-panies with the highest scores

in each field of competition. A member of Tiger Company

b Jim R. Speerstra of Lowell, who is married to the former Candy Roth.

His address during recruit training will be James R. Speer-stra. SR B52-28-70, Company 335, Batallion 22. Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes. Illinois, 60088.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

There will be a public hearing on the proposed budget of the l^owell Area Schools for the 1967-68 school year, on Monday, August 28, 1967, at 8:00 p. m.. in the Lowell Senior High School Library. Copies of the proposed budget may be obtained at the Office of the Superintendent of Schools of the Lowell Area Schools. This notice is published as required by Act 43, Acts of 1963.

Harold Mettemick Secretary, Board of Education

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Pacer entry eliminates four cars at Grattan

The Pacers Racing Team had its first big monev-winner entry Sunday, August 13. at Grattan Raceway.

He drove a Ford in E-Ps and eliminated 4 cars. Our two oth-er entries in C-S and K-SA won their classes fcr trophies.

The Pacers will hold a busi-ness meeting at Robert Kings Sunday. August 20, at 7 p. m.

Bible School The Church of the Nazarene,

Avery and Washington Streets, Lowell, will hold its annual Va-cation Bible School August 21 through 25.

Mrs. Russell Spray and Mrs. James Roberts will be the di-rectors. There will be classes in Bible study, Bible memori-zation, music, and handicraft.

All children 4 through 14 years of age are welcome.

Emil 0. Nelson rites Wednesday

Emil O. Nelson, aged 78, pass-ed away Monday morning at his home at 527 Lafayette Street, Lowell.

Mr. Nelson was a member of the Lowell Lodge No. 90, F&AM, where the membership, in con-junction with the members of Cyclamen Chapter No. 94, had honored him for his many and faithful services to Masonary k its affUiates.

This Spring. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson had been host and hos-tess to his brother and sister-in-law. Governor and Mrs. Hjal-mar Nilsson of Sweden. It was the first time the brothers had seen each other in many years.

In addition to Governor Nils-son. Mr. Nelson Ls survived by his wife. Dora,' one other broth-er. Fritz of Robson. British Col-umbia; one nephew, and two nieces.

The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon under the auspices of Lodge Lodge No. 90, F&AM. in the Roth Funeral Home.

The Rev. Robert Webber of the First Methodist Church of Lowell officiated, and interment followed In the Otisco Cemetery, near Belding.

Fishing derby

this Saturday The annual "fishing derby",

sponsored by the Lowell Moose Civic Affairs Committee, will be held this Saturday, August 19.

All fishermen or fisherwomen between the ages of six and 12, who did not officially register at Curtis' Cleaners on Satur-day, may still do by calling 897-7867 or registering before 8 a. m. on Saturday, August 19, at the Moose Lodge on East Main St.

The bus will be loading prom-ptly at 8 a. m. Saturday morn-ing in front of the Moose Lodge. The fishing derby will be held at the VanderVeen Lake, two miles east of Lowell on M-21.

Any parents is invited to help as we can always stand an ex-tra hand If anvone has any extra life jackets, we will be

Kd to borrow them, and see t they are retumed follow-ing the fishing expedition.

The famous Moose Chuck Wa-gon will be on hand to satisfy the hungry anglers.

The bus loaded with tired and happy anglers will be back in Lowell by one o'clock, in the city parting lot, adjacent to the Moose Club.

School board approves code for apparel

The Lowell A r e a Schools' Board of Education at their meeting Monday evening ap-proved a "code of dress" for students in the junior and sen-ior high school as submitted by the principals.

The code modeled after that in effect in most West Michi-

r school districts describes limits. The code is sensi-ble and simple.

"Students are at all times to dress in an acceptable manner. Eccentricity of dress will not be tolerated. Mini-skirts, slacks or bermuda-type shorts for girls and numbered jerseys or ex-tremely tight trousers, a n d shorts, for boys will be ban-ned during school hours.

"Hair styles also come under the code. Boys' hair which falls over their ears or collar is unacceptable for class. "Day-light" must show between the eyebrows and forelock.

"Outsized hairdos for girls will not be acceptable and bangs must clear the eyebrows.

"Hemlines on girls' dresses must come to the knee when the wearer stands. Boys must keep shirts buttoned to within one button of the collar. Boys or girls who wear shirts and blouses with tails must keep that portion of the garment tuc-ked in place.

"Any deviation in raiment described in the dress code will result In the individual return-ing home to alter his or her ap-pearance."

To reign over Kent i-H Fair

Jean Ann Reed of Four Mile Rd., NW, is the queen of the 33rd annual Kent County 4-H Fair. Her court consists of Sally Nybiad of Kent City, Kathy ')esch of Freeport, Kathy De-Vries of Byron Center and Di-ane Huyghe, Ducoma Drive. NW.

Jean's specialty Is music and Vshe Is scheduled to sing on the

Fair program Thursday night, when she and her court will be presented.

Other features Thursday night will be the livestock parade and the Share The Fun Acts.

Jean's 4-H career began five years ago when she first par-ticipated in the 4-H program. She has made clothing, photo-graphy and Junior Leadership her specialties. She was a win-ner in the style revue and will model a beautiful formal at the State Fair in Lansing.

A recent Kenowa Hills grad-uate. Jean. 18. will attend Grand Ranids Junior College in ihe Fall.

Antiques are to live with

Mrs. Violet Dasher, left, and Mrs. Theo Schutt are r.hown admiring a perfect ex-ample of a DeMare hand-painted buffalo pottery vase which Is featured at the VI Lee Bah shop io Lowell Also

' leatared at the shop are art glass, pattern glass, colored and cot glass Items as well as hand painted china hy R. S. Prussia, Dresden, Ir Wave-crest. i

Local collectors and collectors-to-be would do well to enter the wonderful world of antiques to be found at the Vi Lee Bob Shop on East Main Street. Housed in the old bank building, this new shop Is a collectors' paradise, featuring a many-fac-eted line of American antiques, not imports.

The shop, run in partnership

SMrs. Violet Dasher of Wayne, Ichigan, and Mrs. Theo Schutt of Lowell, Is filled by the over-flow of Mrs. Dasher's show stock. Following the death of her husband. Mrs. Dasher im-mersed herself in the collecting of antiques. As she became more and more interested and knowledgable. she branched out into the antique business.

She began to do antique shows and during her travels acquir-ed enough antiques so that she decided to open a shop. T h e Lowell location came about thru her friendship with Mrs. Schutt.

The name. Vi Lee Bob, was evolved from a combination of Mrs. Dasher's first name and the names of her two grandsons.

Mrs. Dasher traveled to 35 antique shows during 1966 from Fargo, North Dakota, to the southem tip of Florida. She has been busy indeed with her dis-plays at shows this year with her next venlure at Hudson's Plaza in Detroit with m a n y more to come. Local enthusiasts will be interested to know that the Vi Lee Bob shop will be represented at the Grand Rap-Id's exhibit to be held at the Civic Auditorium on November 2, 3 and 4.

While Mrs. Dasher specializes in glass and china of all varie-'ties in her show exhibits, they are adding a general line of antiques at the shop to include dolls, pictures, pottery, clocks, fumiture and other diverse i-tems in the shop itself. A re-cent purchase is a needle box originally used in the old R. D. Stocking store in Lowell to house sewing machine needles.

According to the partners, an-tique collecting is becoming a young person's hobby. Time con-suming and rewarding, the functional items will increase in value in a very few years. A case in point would be the old hand painted plates which have almost doubled their value in the past two years.

Mrs. Dasher and Mrs. Schutt cordially invite everone to come in and browse in their new shop. Even though you may not be a collector yet. it is a wonder-ful place to do your gift shop-ping for special events such as Christmas and birthdays.

Giant *be fihre glass ani-mals added color to Main Street during 4-H fair week.

Several merchants rented the beasts to give the com munlty a tie-in with the 4-11 Fair going on.

• Milk and gasoline price wars

have waged up and down the Main Street for the past several years, but now it Is a coffee war. A while back some res-taurants went to 15c for coffee, then it was a second cup free with meals and others free even without meals.

Today there is even the old lie cup of coffee!

• I.owell Police recovered a

motorcycle reported stolen in Grand Rapids parked at Curtis' Laundramat on West Main St. Thomas Briggs, 19, of Grand Rapids was inside the laundry. He had taken the cycle without permission from the Grand Rap-ids Honda sales where he work-ed.

When police called Harry DeMnll to impound the motor-cycle for the Grand Rapids Police, he damaged the cycle and injured himself trying to ride it back to his business place on West Main Street.

• Lowell authorities are receiv-

ing many complaints about the littering along Ooerley Drive leading to the city dump. Paper, limbs and trash are strewn a-long the roadway from improp-erly loaded vehicles and trail-ers.

Police have asked people who live alone the road or observe this littering to get the license numbers and re-port them for proper action.

• Leroy C. Baker. 52. of Mt.

Pleasant, visiting in Lowell was picked up last Wednesday eve-ning for molesting a 7-year-old local girl. He admitted to the local police that he had com-mitted like offences recently in Ionia, Lake Odessa and Sara-nac.

He was returned to Mt Pleasant Training S c h o o l where he had been prior to his parole three months ago.

James Carey follows wife in death

James W. Carey, long time resident of the Lowell area, died Wednesday. August 9, at Sunshine Hospital In Grand Ra-pids following a long illness. He was 88 years old.

Mr. Carey survived his wife, Bertha, by only ten days. Ber-tha and James Carey were united in marriage on July 9, 1900 and had just celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary this summer

He is survived by one son. Everett of Lowell; three daugh-ters. Mrs. Albert (Edna) Mason of Grand Rapids. Mrs. Walter (Beulah) Shells of Charlotte, and Mrs. Robert (Beatrice) Mumford of Lowell; U grand-children, 23 great grandchil-dren and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Friday at the Roth Funeral Home in Lowell with the Rev. Russell Spray of the Lowell Nazarene Church officiating.

Interment was made in Oak-wood Cemetery in Lowell.

Licenses revoked Drivers' licenses of 1.057 Mich-

igan motorists were suspended and those of 561 were revoked the past week by the Michigan Department of State.

For the reasons listed, the fol-lowing area drivers lost their licenses, according to the week-ly report of suspensions and re-vocations.

James Myrton Fitzpatrick, 29, 517 Avery Street, Lowell, unsat-isfactory driving record, revok-ed.

Richard Neil Main, 22, 6020 Grand River Drive, Route 3, Lowell, unsatisfactory driving record, revoked.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

A Public Hearing will be held at 8 p m. on Tuesday. Septem-ber 5, 1967 in the Council room of the city hall at 301 East Main Street, Lowell. Michigan.

The purpose of the hearing will be to hear interested par-ties relative to proposed re zon-ing of a parcel of land south of M-21 and extending 230 feet west from the center line of Valley Vista Drive extended to a depth of 300 feel, from AA Agricultural Residential to C-l Limited Highway Commercial.

Laura E Shepard City Clerk

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LOWELL BEER STORE Open every day and evenings

until 10 p. m. Sunday until 9 p. m. cl9

Should they serve? petition says No! Board gives approval A considerable portion of the

Lowell School Board meeting Monday ni^ht w:>s spent in dis-cussion of a petition submitted to the hoard by Richard I'etk-ham and signed by 17 citizens of the district.

The petition requested the school board to have members of the staff cease acting as part time police officers.

The board discussed the re-quest but the majority did not favor prohibiting teachers or ad-ministrators from outside activi-ties as long as they were not determental to the operation of the school or the good of the youth of the community.

The petition was aimed at Superintendent James Pace and teacher Gordon Gould, although they were not named directly. Mr. Pace who has served as a deputv and police officer in oth-er communities along with his school work, contributes sever-al hours a week to the police department.

Pace told the board, that he enjoys police work and does not receive any pay for his volun-teer help to the department.

Gordon Gould, a member of the guidance staff of the high school does not serve on the po-lice department during t h e school year, a member of the Lowell Police Department, at-tending the meeting reported.

Mr. Gould only works on civil defense alerts while school is in session, the officer stated.

The determining of whether serving on the police department was not in the best interest of the school system was left up to the descretion of the super-intendent by the Board.

Jones Resigns

David Jones, a Junior high school science instructor asked to be released from his contract by the board, so he could take a position as principal in Water-vliet Junior high school.

The board agreed to release Mr. Jones. The Superintendent revealed that he has hired a-nother teacher for the position.

Bids Accepted Bids on milk. gas. fuel oil and

motor oil were received at the meeting and the contracts for

the coming year were approv-ed for all except the milk con-tract.

The only bid received lor the milk was from Borden Dairy, who were about a cent higher on both white and chocolate milk then the price of Highland Hill Dairy, that has supplied the milk for manv years.

The board agreed to reject the bid on the milk It was discovered on Tuesday, that a mix up in the dates for sub-mission of bidding was made, and Highland Hill Dairy had in-tended to submit a bid.

The Board accepted the low bids of Berwyn Kloosterman for Standard Oil of 65 cents for mo-tor oil; and 13.45 cents per gal for gasoline. The bid of C. H. Runciman Company for fuel oil of 11.235 a gallon was also ac-cepted.

Bids were received from Wit-tenbach Sales and Service Com-pany and Jackson Motors to lease three nine-passenger sta-tion wagons to the school for the nine month school year.

The low bid of Jackson's for $1,990 00 for the three units was accepted.

Meet on Boundaries

Harold Mettemick. Dr. Rob-ert Reagan and Superintendent Pace reported on meetings with Caledonia a n d Forest Hills* Board of Education representa-tives on school boundaries.

These preliminary meetings a-greed that study of the prob-lem be conducted and recom-mendation be brought to the 3 boards.

It was generally acceptable for property exchanges only, and not just outright losses from one district to another.

Superintendent Pace revealed that he has had several com-plaints about the condition of the baseball stands and the lighting on the ball field. This part of Recreation Park has been transferred to the owner-ship of the school district.

The high school only uses the diamond in the spring and has no use for lights on the field. The board considered removing the ancient grandstand and the old lights when money Is avail-able.

Lowell YMCA swim team will conclude 1967 summer season

The Ix)well YMCA Swim Team will conclude its 1967 summer season this week with the Mid-Michigan Conference meet at Jolly Roger this Satur-day.

The Lowell team, in its first year as a separate team, has compiled a record of 3 wins and 4 losses for the season. The Conference meet Is expected to be a battle between Jolly Rog-er. Holland, and Northville Park for top honors Resides Lowell, other entries are from Rock-ford, Grandvllle, and Forest Hills.

Qualifying races will be held on Thursday at 9:30 a. m. for ages 10 and under, and at 1 p. m. for ages 11 and up. Finals will be on Saturday peginnlng at 1 p. m. at the Jolly Roger pool in Grand Rapids.

On last Thursday the local squad dropped an exciting meet to a strong Northville Park team 325-284. Several outstand-ing performances highlighted the afternoon for the Lowell contin-gent.

Best Freestyler

In the most noteworthy indi-vidual performance of the sea-son thus far. Rusty Steffens served notice that he ranks a-mong the best 10-and under free-style swimmers in the state by clocking an amazing 13.4 sec-onds for the 25 yard freestyle event. This bettered his former record by nearly a full second.

Rustv also clobbered his for-mer 25 yard backstroke record with an 18.4 seconds time, and anchored the 10-and-under boys freestyle relay to a 1:06.0 rec-ord time.

Teammates with Rusty on this relay were Jim Reagan, Mike Hendrick and Brian Doyle.

Jim Reagan clocked 15.5 in the 25 yard freestyle, finishing third in 10-and-under boys, but his time was an excellent rec-ord for a 9-year-old boy and was under the old 9-and-10 boys record of 15.7 before this year.

Sets 3 Records

Satiy Doyle notched three new records in the ll-and-12 girls division. She remained unbeaten in the 50 yd. butterfly this sum-mer by edging previously un-defeated Debbie Holt of North-ville in a close race. Her time of 35.6 seconds chopped 1.4 sec-onds off her previous mark.

Sally also swam a record 42.9 for thie 50 yd. breaststroke. and teamed with Margo Norton, Lou-ise Doyle, and Nancie Gwatkin for an outstanding new record of 1:07.8 for the 100 yd. medley relay event.

Also claiming three new rec-

ords was Kathy Reagan in girls 3-and-10 competition. Her time of 16.1 in the 25 yd. freestyle tied the team record set by Nancie Gwatkin last summer. Kathy's 19.3 second perfonnance In the 25 yd. backslroke cut .5 if a second from another of Nancie's records. In addition, Kathy tied her own butterfly record with a 19.7 effort for 25 yards, and remained unbeaten in that event.

Margo Norton in girls ll-and-12 also broke or tied tnree rec-ords. Besides the record-setting medley relay, Margo set a new mark of 38.3 for the 50 yd. back stroke, and tied her record of 30.9 for the 50 yd. freestyle.

Other Record Breakers

Other noteworthy team rec-ords were set by David Chris-tiansen with 22.0 seconds in the boys 6-and-under 25 yd. free-style, Patty Curtis with 1:32.5 in the 100 yd. individual medley and 39.8 in the 50 yd. butterfly for girls 13-and-14. Roseanne Ritzema with 24.5 for 9-and-10 girls 25 yd. breaststroke. and Jane Reagan with 40.5 and 43.4 in the 50 yd. backstroke and breaststroke events for 13-and-14 girls.

In boys 13-and-14 Doug Abel, Rick Seese, Pete Olson, and Dale Kropf teamed up for a 2:02.3 record in the 200 yd. freestyle relay. Dale Kropf also recorded 1:14.2 for a new mark in the 100 yard individual med-ley.

These swimmers will be a-mong the team leaders in this week's conference meet, and several could become confe--ence champions. All the swim-mers have done a fine job and have made great improvement over the summer. The Lowell Y team is still a young team & looks to be considerablv strong-er next summer and the year after.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

A Public Hearing will be held at 8 p. m. on Tuesday. Septem-ber 5. 1967 in the Council room of the city hall at 301 East Main Street. Lowell. Michigan.

The purpose of the hearing will be to hear interested par-ties on a request for Prelimin-ary Approval for proposed Val-ley Vista Plat No. 4, which is located immediately west of parcels fronting on Valley Vista Drive and north of M-21. on which existing apartment build-ings are located.

l^ura E. Shepard City Clerk

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Fall sports work outs

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The physical conditioning pro-gram conducted each year for Kail sports participants at Low-ell high school will start Mon-day, August 21, at Recreation Park, near the swimming pool.

Everyone who plans to parti-cipate In the Schools Fall Sports programs should take part in the conditioning sessions which will be held twice daily this year.

Condition and practice clinics will be held at 1 p. m. and 7 p. m. enabling the athletes to attend one or both of the ses-sions before school starts In

tember. Candidates for varsitv, jun-

ior varsity, Freshmen football teams and cross-country will re-port for thoir physical exami-nations at the high school lock-er room Tuesday, August 22, at 7:30 p. m.

Physical cards have been mailed to last vear's athletes. Anyone not receiving one in the mall, should pick up one at the high school office before report-ing for the examination on Au-gust 22.

Prospective sports candidates are to bring their completed and signed physical cards to

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Nessena Walter, John Canstield speak vows

Ann Arbor Christian Reform-ed Church was the scene, Sat-urday, August 5lh, at 12 noon, of the marriage of Miss Nes-sena Lee Walter and John Hart-ley Cansfleld.

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of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Chad-wlck Walter, Riverside Drive, Lowell. The bridegroom Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur CansfieW of Bay City, Michigan.

Rev. Alvin L. Hoksbergen of M.S.U., and former minister of this church, performed the cere-mony. A1 Travis of University of Michigan Graduate School of Music was the organist.

Miss Angela Maurer of De-troit and Ann Arbor was Miss Walter's onlv attendant and Mr. James Bradner of Berkley as-sisted as best man.

Seating the guests were Mr. Joseph Borgen of Plymouth and the brothers of the bride, James Craig, Robin Ties and Frederic Jon Walter. Peter Walter, Miss Walter's youngest brother, light-ed the candles in the double candelabra setting.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Price of Rochester, Michigan, broth-er-in-law and sister of t h e groom were Master and Mist-ress of ceremony at the church. Mr. and Mrs. Biuce Chadwick Walter, II, assisted at the re-ception which was held in the University of Michigan Men's Union. Tables In the Andersen Room of the Union were set for one hundred guests.

Mr. and Mrs. Cansfleld are traveling through Nova Scotia and wffl return to their home at 3700 Dexter Road in Ann Ar-bor In time for the Fall term at Schoolcraft College In Livon-ia where Mr. Cansfleld is Di-rector of Financial Aids and Student Placement and Mrs. Cansfleld Is an Instructor in the Mathematics Department.

S. C. Gilbert Gene Walter and wife Martha of Ft. Lee, Virgin-ia, were unable to attend the wedding. Mr. Walter was taking part in the graduation ceremony to Senior Status Review, OC Brigade. U. S. Army Quarter-master School.

Bride b bonored

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cans field were host and hostess at a rehearsal dinner for twenty guests Friday evening. August 4th at Webbers in Ann Arbor.

Mrs. Clinton Chris toff enter-tained a group of Miss Walter's friends and neighbors with a Dessert Shower at her home on Riverside Drive.

Dr. and Mrs. Bradner had a Sunday night supper in honor of the bridal coirole at their home in Livonia, u r . Bradner is president of Schoolcraft Col-lege.

Mrs. and Mrs. Jack Hoekze-nv-i and daughters gave a bride and groom supper and shower at their cottage tn Grand Hav-en.

Mrs. Harry Myers of Ionia entertained her niece with a buffet luncheon at her Long Lake cottage.

The women taculry members of Schoolcraft also honored their co-worker with a miscel-laneous shower on the afternoon of July 29th in Livonia.

Family dinner honors couple wed 50 years

Mr. L Mrs. Richard S Bren-nan observed their golden wed-ding anniversary July 24 with a family dinner at their home, 535 Lee Avenue, NW, Winter Haven, Florida.

Mrs. Brennan a former resi-dent of Lowell. IK the former Gladys L. Raymond.

Mr. and Mrs. Brennan have four children. The eldest son. Mr. and Mrs. Bill E. Brennan and family of Saginaw spent the anniversary week with bis parents.

Marie is at present with her husband. CW3 George McMul-len on tour of duty in Germanv with the U. S. Army

Dr. and Mrs. William (Gladys Jean) PareUck and family live at Akron, Ohio, and expect to spend Christmas with her par-ents.

The youngest son, Richard, is convalescing at a Veterans' Hos-pital In Georgia.

Many expressions of congratu-lations were received by Mr. and Mrs. Brennan. They are always glad to get a iuessage from friends and acquaintances.

Our list of servicemen's names and addresses grows and changes all the time, but one thing remains the same . . . the bovs love to get the cards and letters they receive bearing news from heme.

Remember that even though they like to hear from you all, servicemen do not always have time to sit down and answer each letter Immediately. Their time belongs first to Uncle Sam and last of all to themselves.

Anyone wishing to add a name and address or a birth-date to this list may do so by

the Ledger t postcard the Information. We

will be glad to print it.

Keith A. Anderson, SN 693-80K, USS Kerwin. A. P. O. 90, In care of F. P. O., New York, New York. 09501. N

Gary L. Barnette, N.M. S-R-2 Dlv. USS Samuel L. Gompers AD-37, Puget Sound, Naval Ship-

rd, Bmnington, Washington.

Pvt. Robert BibWer, Co. K 8th Bn. 3rd Tng. Bde. Inf. AB-IV, Ait-2nd Patton. Fort Gor* don, Georgia. 39905.

Pfc. Dan J . Biggs, 2288089. Marine Detac.iment, USS Tope-ka. CLG-8, F.P.O. San Francis-co. California, 9M01.

A3c Thomas A. Bishop, AF 168-79580, 3640 PTW. Box 592, Laredo Air Force Base. T e n s .

Richard E. Bosworth, SA 915-61-K USS Marino G. VaUeio, SSBN 956. Mare Island, Vallejo. Caltfornia.

Pfc Robert E. Boyd, 22857C2, E. Co.. 2nd Bn., 9th Marines, F. P. O. San Francisco. Cali-fornia

(G-S) A.P.O., San Francisco, California. 96238.

A2c Barry Gene Hunt, AF 6806327 Box 799. C.M.R. A.P.O. lew York, New York. 09109.

Douglas R. Hunter, 916-8341, 2nd Dlv., US

Master Sgt. Dennis E. Brenk, Robert Pond Lane, Chiocoppe lis, Massachusetts.

Sp-4 Robert Chipman, RA168-75656. Co. C., 22, 1st Infantry Division, A.P.O., San Francisco, California, 91345.

Pfc George F . Converse, RA 16929896, HQ 1st Bn. 33rd Art-illery, A. P. O.. New York. New York. 91177. •

Captain Charles H. Cronlnger, 1st TRF, Box 2717, A. P. O., New York. New York. 09238.

David C. Dawson, B521793. Co. 761, SR. USNTC, San Diego, California. 92133.

S-Sgt Donald L. Dawson. 28-620, 14Srd (X, SW, Leisure City, Florida. 33030.

Sp4 Ariln T. Daughterly, RA 16851171, B Btry.. Ind Bn., (Hawk), 71st Art>', APO San Francisco, California, 96207.

Terry M. Dawson. G.M.M.-S. N., USS MacDonough, DLG-8, in care of, F. P. O.. New York, New York, 19601.

Pfc Gary L. DeGood. U. S. 54954141, USA, Strat Co., Sac, Phu Lam, Viet Nam, A. P. O. • San Francisco, Caltfornia, 962-

Terrance L. Dykstra, HA B-503824, Hospital Corpsman, Na- • val Hospital. Portsmouth. Vir-ginia, 23708.

Pvt. Engle. R.C., 2288675. Bas-ic Infantry TRNG. ScoL 0351-18, Second D. ITR. Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Californ-ia. 92055.

Pfc Gerald M. Estes, 2311317 L Co., 2nd Pit. 3-9 3rd Marine Division. Care of FPO. San Francisco, California, 96602.

Pvt. Rick A. Fonger, US 549-62786, Btry B, 6th Bn., 9th Arty, A.P.O., New York, New York, 09169. 1

A-lc Stanley L. Ford, 4756 TRNSP SQ(ADC) Box 3621, Ken-dall Air Force Base, Florida, 32403. t

Sp4 Gary L. Gage US 5586-5415, 110th Transportation Com-pany Depot, APO, San Francis-co. California, 96367.

Pvt. Charles W. Geldersma. US 54968864. Co. A. 11th Bn.. 3rd Bde. 2nd Pit., USATCA, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 40121.

Richard L. Goodwin, 210-7. "A" Co., 13th Eng. Bn.,

5th Marines Div.. (Rein). ' F.M.F., Camp Pendleton. Cali-fornia, 92055.

Pfc John Grawburg, 2246183, 3531 USMC. 3rd Tank Bn. H&S Co., MT Pltn.. in care of FPO, San Francisco, California, 96602.

Col. Richard A. Green. 219-1623, USMC, H & S Co.. (Comm.) PH.. 3rd Bn.. 5th Mar., F. P. O, San Francisco, California, 96602.

Sgt. Floyd Holiday. US 5589-5016. 120 Aviation Co. AMF. APO, San Francisco, California.

Pvt. Derek Hanson, US 5496-1009. 324 Signal Co.. R.R., Fort Hood. Texas. 76544.

Pfc Robert C. Bess, US 5405-2195, 160th H. E. Maint. Co. *

USS AusUn, LPD-4, F P.O., New York, New York. 09501.

Harry M. Knoop. GMG3. 693-80-63, USS Blue. D744, Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California, 96601.

.s Sp4 DarroU G. Kelly, US 558-9fv411, 41st Engr. Co.. (Port-Const), A.P.O., San Francisco, California, 96491.

Michael B. Kettner, SN 916-83-30, Dermllllon, AKA, 107 R

.JWv., F.P.O., New York, New York.

« Pvt. Wayne N. King, US 549-BS312. Co. D., 1st Bn. 5th CST Bde. 5th Pit. Fort Dix. New Jersey, 08640.

Sp 4 Keith Kropf. US 55829518, Co. C, EBW, 37th Armour, APO, New York, New York. 09066.

Pfc John E. LaBlne, US 558-96408, A Btry, 7th Bn, 16th A. P. O., New York, N6w Yor 09034. •

A3c Gene Lewis. AF 16846865. CMR, Box 614, Francis E. War-ren Air Force Base. Cheyenne, Wyoming. 82001. •

' Gerald Lipscomb. Cascade Mo-tor Hotel, Room 301, 1st Avenue West and 3rd Street, Duluth, Minnesota. 55806.

Sgt. Robert G. Lipscomb. 191-9312, USMC, Transport Com-pany. 9th MT. Bn., 1st Motor Transport Battalion. F. P. O., San Francisco. California, 966-02.

Sp4 Lester Paul Manley, US-55892S02, 406 TC Det., A. P. O., San FrandscOj California, 96-238. Blrthdate. May 4.

Gordon E. Marshall EN 3. •USCGC Gresham (WHEC-387), iUSCG Squadfon.Three, c-o FPO, •Ban Fnmasco. California 96601

Pfc Albert E. Martin. RA 169-Servlce Battery 2-44Ui

t.. Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

l-'ASc Gordon A. Meyers, AP-i 16806796. JAC Box 1614, Grand

Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. 58261.

16850085. 778 Radar Sqd .JADC) Box 169, Havre, MontaSt, 59-501.

Major Roger McMahon, 5276 E. Broadway, A. P. O., Seattle. Washington, 98737.

Pvt. Garry L. MUler. US 549-58585, Class 73. Co. T, 4th Bn., USAECB, Fort Belvolr, Virgin-ia, 22060.

Sgt Wayne Miller, 1843A. Pat. ton Drive, Fort Mead, Mary-land.

A3c James R. Murray, A.F., 11929012. 28th O.M.S.. Box 307, Ellsworth A.F.B. South Dakota, 57706.

Sp-5 Philip G. Overholt. RA 16785421. 330th RRC, Box 1*3, A.P.O. San Francisco, Californ-ia, 96355

Pfc Gerald Parker, US 54963-606, Co. W, School Brigade, US-ASCS Fort Monmouth, New Jer-sey, 07703. Blrthdate August 21.

S-Sgt. Raymond Ramsdell, 2Jin.i l.tsa Lane, Kansas City, Missouri.

Pfc Wllbert Roberts, US 549-53546, 613 Fid. Sev. Co., A.P.O. New York, New York. 09029. Birthday, May 31.

Pfc. David A. Rogers, RA 16930411, HHC USA SUPCOM, Saigon, APO, San Francisco, California, ril 12.

APO New York, New York. Blrthdate April, 14.

Pfc Kerry A. Tap. US55896412, ' „ . HHC. 506th Field Depot, Di- Gy. S g t . rector of Sendee*. Rpefer Pit Hout. 116235

Marine Air Base, Sq. 16, F.S., A. P. O.. San Francisco, Cali-fornia, 96602.

rector of Services, Reefer PH., APO San Francisco, California, 96243. Birth date, March 2.

Pfc. Darrel J . Taylor, US-54954110. 3 DMT Co., Ird Inf., Dlv., A. P. O. New York. New York, 09036.

Pfc. Thomas Thompktos. 2212 Beach Ave., Armor 3rd Class. Mississippi City, Mississippi, 39-

Pfc. David Tichlaar, 27th ORD Co. APO, New York, New York. 99171.

L-Cpl. Benjamin J. Tisron. 2imn. Mag. N. H&MS-S6. E-Club, F. P. O., San Francisco, California, 96602.

S-Sgt Roger Topp. 5th TCS, Box 280. A.P.O. 96274, San Fran-cisco, California.

Pfc R. B. Tower, Jr., 2202337,

Gy. Sgt. Robert J . Vanden-Hout, 1162251, Pruviskmal Ser. vice Bn., Maintenance Com-pany. F.P.O. San Francisco, California, 91962. Birthday, Au-gust 1.

Pfc Karl Van Spronsen, US 56-814, 463, Hq. Brty.. 4th Msl. Bn., 517 Arty., Fort Clayton, Canal Zone, Tphog»: 86827.

F. W. Verepoor. US Atox, Ar 6. DC Div., c-0 F.P.O.. San Francisco, California, 96601

Ron D. Wilson. 160-941 SN. USCG Coos Bay, P. State Pier, Portland. Maine, 94190.

Pfc Stanley Wlngeier, W 54161788, Btry. D., 7th Bnr, (HAWK), 2nd Artv., A. P. O., San Francisco. Caflfomla, 99801.

Jack T. Young. FN 1376786, USS Galveston7cLG-3, A. Dlv-islon, F. P. O. San Francisco, California, 96601.

96307. Birthday, Ap-

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Pfc. James L. Rogers, RA. 54952114. Box W. Co. €. , 71st Matat, Bn., A.P.O., New York, New York, 90139, March 27.

A1C Steven C. Roth, AF1902-9023, CMR Box 1399, Hamilton Air Force Base, California, 94-934

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S-Sgt. Dennis A. Schumaker, AF 16564291. 640th ACW Sq., Box 129. A.P.O., New Yore, New York. 09864.

Pv t Wesley Shaffer. US 549-65166. Co. F. 4th Bn. 1st Train-ing Pit. USATC Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 40121.

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based on outstanding performance tn all phases of the daalartkip. It assures cus-tomers top quality, conscientious service, a complete selection of New Dosi^e cars and trucks with the 5-year and 50,000-mile warranty; Dependable Used Cars, honest dealings, top facilities, and factory-trained mechanics using the katest equip-ment and tools. Above all, it assures satis-faction during and after the sale.

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& Wisconsin, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cauklns of Detroit were Saturday visitors at Alex Wln-geler's. Mrs. Don Calrk of Pa..

Mr. and Mrs. M. Watklns and daughter from Nashville, Ten-nessee are visiting their par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Free-man.

Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Freeman attended a family reunion at Mrs. Richard Romalne's house In Comstock Park.

Mr. Harold Llnd Is In Blod-gett Hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. George Yager of Plymouth visited Mrs. Yag-er 's mother, Mrs. Iva Linton. Saturday. Mrs. Yager spent the night with her mother while her husband had business In Grand Rapids.

Rev. and Mrs. Roger Rollins and children have retumed to their home In Cambridge, Ohio after a vacation month with friends and relatives In Michi-gan.

Frank Vart Dusen who has been on a 3 month's vacation at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Don MacNaughton ^eft Thurs-day evening for San Francisco, California.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Makme and F. C. Makme of Grand Ra-pids were Friday evening sup-

Cr guests of Mr. and Mrs. try Lawrence, daughter, Lisa

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Lea, and Miss Patty McWhln-ney.

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Porritt and children of Traverse City attended the Lowell Class of '52 reunion In Grand Rapids and during the wwkend visited their parents Mrs. Marguerite Porritt of Alto and Mr. and Mrs. Byron Weeks of Lowell.

Mrs. Margaret Pitcher of Los Angeles and Mrs. Charlotte Pit-cher of Crystal Lake called on their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Al-bert Martin Sunday afternoon.

Last week visitors of Mr and Mrs. Melvin Court were Rev. and Mrs. Wayne Wheeler and two daughters of New Philadel-phia, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wheeler of Grand Rapids, Dr. and Mrs. Phil Herschelman of Hartford. Conn., Mrs. Richard Court, Dick, jr., and Kathy of Hastings, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bevier.

Miss Agnes Perry, who re-cently closed her Lowell home to take up residence In Grand Rapids, has retumed to her Lo-well address at 326 Riverside Drive. Mrs. Jennie Condon of Lowell has been staying at the Perry home.

Mr. k Mrs. Larry Lawrence, Lisa Lea, and Miss Patty Mc-Whlnney were Monday evening callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Stoddard.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Rolfe

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Alto Party Line Mrs. Euberti Silcox. 868^710

William Nash Colorado man dies; rites held

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Deming, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jousma and Mrs. Owen Nash drove to Li-mon, Colorado, last week Mon-day to attend funeral services for Wm. P. Nash who passed away very suddenly on Sunday, August 6th, at his home in Li-mon.

Mr. Nash was bom in Bowne Center. Michigan to John and Alice Nash on February 16th, 1885 and moved to Limon in 1906 and settled there where he spent the rest of his life.

He was married to Zella Fowler on March 25. 1939. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Loren-zo, John and Owen.

He is survived by his wife, Zella. and one sister. Olive Ber-gy, and a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held in Limon and interment was in the Limon cemetery.

TOPS record loss of 23

The Alto Able TOPS Club had their regular meeting Thursday evening at the home of Mary Alice Bancroft. They report a weight loss of 23 and one half pounds for the eight members.

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Don't let the Mank expression on hk face fool y t i ! It's really WUIard Lawrence, well disguised.. . yon can't even see him!

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Mrs Donna Blocher won the contest for the most points re-quired in the weight loss pro-gram. A new contest will be started in the club next week.

Any one Interested please con-tact Mrs. Connie Vaughn, 868-6654.

Just arrived Mr. and Mrs. Martin Tuttle,

Who live in the George Blocher tenant house are the proud par-ents of a little daughter. Klmmle Sue who was bom at St. Mary's Hospital on July 31.

Visiting here; attend reunion

Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Hes-che of Mesa, Arizona, are visi-ting Michigan relatives and all their friends this month. They have been guests at the Leo Bloomer home for a few days, and also at the home of Mrs. Claud Silcox.

On Sunday. Mrs. Silcox ac-companied them to East Lansing where they attended the 50th annual family reunion of the Bunker Family, at East Lans-ing City Park. Nearly 80 rela-tives were present from sever-al different towns and cities in the state.

Officers elected for the com-ing two years were Rev. Earl Copelin of Ovid, president; Ar-thur Berry of Unslng. vice-pres-ident; and Mrs. Barbara Cum-mlngs Copelin of Ovid, secre-tary and treasurer.

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Sunday. August 20, 9:45 a. m. Church School, 11 a. m. morn-ing worship. The speaker will be Elder Adelbert Dodds. 7 p.m. businss meeting. Family night following.

Wednesday, August 23, 8 p. m. Mid-week worship service. Sj> ker to bring the lesson Elder Floyd LaLone.

Mrs. Peny Harris arrived on Wednesday from Norfolk, Virgin-ia, to visit her sister-in-law, Mrs. L. M. Headworth for sev-eral weeks.

Alvin Bergy and Mable were Sunday supper guests of the Warren Bergys in celebration of the tenth birthday of Alvin's grandson John Bergy.

Harry Lunsford is in Blodgett

Hospital in an oxygen tent suf-fering with pneumonia. Alvin Bergy and Mable eot word Mon-day evening that he was slight-ly improved.

Mr. and Mrs, Dick Fairchlld called on Mr. and Mrs. Zara Bolter of Hardy Dam and on Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Schneider of Brooks Lake Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rosenberg accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Wes-ley Kelm to visit the Shrine of the Pines near Baldwin on Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Doran of Angola, Ind., are visiting the latter's sister, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Scott this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Neubecker and boys vacationed from Thurs-day until Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Steven Neubecker at their cottage at Grand Haven.

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Kauf-man and the latter's mother. Mrs. Lydia Birkey visited the Kauffman's daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Sape of Detroit over the week end.

Mrs. Genevieve Layer was a Sunday supper guest of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McCaul of Pedler Lake.

Bobby Loveland of Grand Ra-pids visited his uncle and aunt and cousin. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Loveland and Fred part of last week. His mother, Mrs. Ralph Loveland, his sister. Barbara, and the twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. James Loveland came after him Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Graham attended the open house cele-brating the 25th wedding anni-versary of Mr. and Mre. How-ard Bergy of Grand Rapids on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Graham and children, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Reynhout and daughter-in-law Gerri, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bergy and family, Mrs. Crystal Bergy, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bergy and fam-ily and Mrs. Pearl Dygert were among the guests who attended also.

Mrs. Anna Fairchlld was able to attend the Clark Circle lun-cheon meeting at the home of Mrs. Jen Williams of McCords Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter. Bencker and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fair-child were Sunday evening call-ers of Mr. and Mrs. William Fairchlld.

Mr. and Mrs. William Fair-child and mother, Mrs. Anna Fairchlld had dinner Sunday with Victor Porritt.

Mrs. H. D. Smith was a week end guest of her son-in-law and d.iughier, Mr. and Mrs. Dick LeValley and family of Ionia.

Mrs. Mildred Tobias accom-panied her granddaughter. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Strikwerda and children of Sparta to Potters Park in Lansing Sunday to- at-tend the Tobias Reunion.

Mrs. V. L. Watts was hostess at a dinner party Saturday in honor of her husband's birth-day. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. George Montague and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Behler and Mr. and Mre. Jerry Behler. all of Lake Odessa, and Earl Beh-ler of Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Watts were Sunday afternoon callers of Mrs. George Skidmore and Jack Behler at Butterworth Hos-pital and Mre. Meda Behler at Clark Memorial Home.

Mr. and Mrs. James Green and Mr. and Mrs. Steven Green and children were Thursday visitors of Mr. and Mre. Rob-ert Grummet and family at their campsite at Silver Lake.

Mr. and Mre. Emerson Stauf-fer and Mre. Jack Simpson spent several days last week at the Simpson cottage at White River near White Cloud.

Mr. and Mre. Melvin Sherring-ton of Caledonia accompanied Mr. and Mre. Lawrence Rich-ardson to Grand Rapids Sunday afternoon, where they visited the Harold Brewer family. On their way home, they called on Mr. and Mrs. Walter Walbridge of near Dutton.

Mr. and Mre. Whitley Creech and daughter, Mrs. Lee and her three daughters all of Battle Creek spent Thursday afternoon and were luncheon guests of Mr. and Mre. Emerson Colby.

Mr. and Mrs. Everett Poe and sons of Shaker Heights, Ohio, visited their parents, the Rev. Rollie Poe family last week.

Mr. and Mre. Glen Yelter were Friday evening callers of their niece Miss Pauline Enz of Lake Odessa.

Mr. and Mre. M. A. Watson accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Glen Yelter to South Bend. Indiana, on Sunday. August I, where they visited their sister, Miss Aud-io Yelter lo her new home.

Mrs. Jennie Williams of near McCords wm hostess to ter of the members of the Clark Cir-cle at a luncheon meeting at her home Wednesday. The lad-ies enjoyed an afternoon of fel-lowship together.

Mr. and Mrs. Denton Wilcox attended the Class Reunion of the Lowell High School Class of 1952 at Ihe North Park Legion Hall Saturday evening.

Mrs. Herbert Cronlnger, lo-cal, Mre. Otto Dygert and Mrs. Francis Algiers of Kalamazoo called on Mr. and Mre. B. D. Bancroft Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mre. Dennis Hess of Mt. Pleasant were Friday eve-ning supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hess and Linda and Alfred Carlson in honor of Den-nis* birthday. On Sunday they all atended the Carlson Reun-ion at Caledonia Lakeside Parte.

Mre. Loma Aylworth and Miss' Pat Burr retumed Sunday from a week's vacation motoring in the south and to North Carolina.

The Searchers Motorcycle Club

had a steak fry at the Paul Kinyon home Saturday evening. About fourteen adults and sev-eral children were present.

Out-of-town guests at the wedding ker

- W H H H B H j evening were from Saginaw. De-troit, Toledo. Ohio. Charlolte, Grand Rapids, Sparta, CMDOV-ia and Ravenna.

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WiH Fennema and Ralph B. Olthouat, co-owner* of South

wedding of Miss Iris Waf Kent Oliver, a farm equipment to Gary E. Mixer at the dealer at Alto, and Ed Hesskr Methodist Church Saturthy of Hessler Bra . , BeldtaTat-

Snow Area MRS. S. P. REYNOLDS

The Turetees of Snow Church are planning a woric bee at the Christian Center Saturday, Au-gust 19, from 9 a. m. to 12 noon. All whp can help are ask-ed to attend.

Mr. and Mre. Urban Llpps of Lowell accompanied Mr. and Mre. Kenneth Fox on a tour last week of the Upper Penin-sula.

Mr. and Mre. Henry Brown attended the Walker-Mixer wed-ding at the Alto Methodist Chur-ch Saturday evening.

On Tuesday and on Friday-of last week Mre. Gary Davef 1 their man took Mre. Leo Daverman to Lansing to see her mother, Mre. Edith Hyde, who has un-dergone surge7 there.

Mrs. Leah Welsh and three daughters called on her aunts and uncles, Mr. and Mre. Chas. Dennett and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Slater and cousin Paul Slater of Cascade Friday. Mre. Welsh and daughters are from Cool-

llers at the Henry Brown home this past week were R. A. Phillips of Buttrick Ave.. Mre. Nora O'Droscall and Carl Sim-merer.

The Rev. and Mre. Martin Rudolph and family of Rogers-vllie, Tennessee, are spending several days with Mr. and Mre. Howard Seeley.

Mrs. Clare Carey has arrived home after spending 10 days as the house-guest of Mre. May-me Wheeling, Mr. and Mre. Carl Dembeck, Carol, Linda a n d Susan of Fairview, Pennsylvan-ia. She also visited friends in Petroila, St. Petersburg. Frank-lin, Tarentum and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Mr. and Mre. John Blanding took their son David to the Wes-ley Woods Church Camp Sun* day and then they and the rest of their children went on to Kal-amazoo where they were sim-per and evening guests of Mr,; and Mrs. C. E. Snyder.

Downs Lowtl 7 to 4 in d i a m o n d IOOD o l a v

In the Tri-County Baseball League Sunday, Tim Grlsdale pitched and batted Perrlnton to a 7 to 4 win over Lowell at Lowell.

Grlsdale collected two hits for the winner's to keep Perrinton's hopes alive for the northern di-vision title.

Roger Butcher took the loss for Lowell, which dropped the local nine back Into the cellar spot in the southem division.

In other league action Port-land and Lansing split a double-header at Portland with Port-land winning the opener 6 to 2 and Lansing taking the night-cap 6 to 5.

Vermontville edged Lakevlew 9 to 7, and a pitcher's dual at Sheridan between Sheridan and Pewamo ended with Pewamo topping the home team 4 to 1.

t, b the battle for first place If' in their northern division Sid-

ney beat the league's leaders, .,jy Mr. and Mre. Harold Mains ; Belding, 7 to 3 and crept with-

0J, a n d M r #a n d Mre..! in a half garni of the lead. .

Clart Hoxie spent four days, last week touring the upper pen- r j • • •

IS: Don rosi e n ^ " State 4-H show with a birthday dinner Saturday night for her husband Don and her sister Mre. Madllyn P f a l l e r J l Other guests present were Mr.1; ', . PWIer and their sons, Mr. ami' f m m Mrs. Lawton Cole and Mr and Z™"1 Mrs. Robert Shaler and son. t h r g u « h o u t Michigan will focus

August 22-25

Mr. and Mre. Seymour Hes-che of Mesa, Arizona and Mr. and Mre. Leo Bloomer spent Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Dalstra.

Mr. and Mre. Howard Seeley and their houseguests. Rev. and Mrs. Martin Rudolph and fam-ily, attended the Sharpe reunion at Gordon Park Sunday.

Mre. John Blanding and Mre. Clara Dalstra entertained at Snow Christian Center with a shower honoring Mrs. Robert Sharier and son John Alden.

Mr. and Mrs Roy Thompson, of Lowell called on Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fox Saturday eve-ning and Sunday afternoon the Foxes called on Mr. and Mre. Neil Geelhoed of Failasburg Road.

Mre. Clare Carey is hostess at a 5-day Bible Club being held in her yard this week.

Mre. Gary Daverman enter-tained Sunday afternoon with a bridal shower for Miss Pat Hinckley of Monroe.

Mre. Alice Reynolds was en-tertained Tuesday evening at a dinner in Lowell, by her grand-daughter Helen Kurts and on Wednesday her daughter Mre. John Blanding took her to din-ner at the Sveden House in hon-or of her birthday.

Mrs. Henry Brown called on her cousin Mrs. Pearl Averill of Ada Thursday.

Mr. and Mre. Clinton Issacs (the former Mre. Mary Mac Donald) of Florida called on Mr. and Mre. Howard Seeley Monday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs Alex Robertson in company with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Beoao^ of Lowell aptnt four days at Mammoth Cave nod wum points of interest in the Southern States

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dalstra of Buttrick Avenue called on Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Dalstra Sunday evening.

Mr. and Mre. Mac Cune and Mr. and Mre. Lloyd Bertran had dinnti- at the Sveden House on Saturday evening in honor of Lloyd's birthday.

Mr. and Mrs Clifford Dalstra and children called on Mr. and Mre. Darrell Hesche of South Boston Sunday evening.

Mr. and Mre. Alex Robert-son attended the Robertson re-union at Sunfield Sunday.

HARDLY ANY MEANING

"I'm writing to tell Jack that I didn't mean what I said in my last letter."

"What did you say in your last letter?"

"That I didn't mean what I said io the one before."

on this statement for four days next week—instead of Just re-peating it in idle conversation. The occasion is the annual State 4-H Show being held on the Michigan State University cam-pus, August 22-25, points out Dr. Gordon L. BecKstrand, director of Michigan 4-H - Youth Pro-grams.

This 4-H highlight sUrted 52 years ago in connection with

' the Michigan State Fair. State 4-H Show was moved to the

i Campus at East Lansing dur-ing World War n when the State Fair was suspended. Since that time 4-H members have staged their own state at Mic

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Decorating-gay summer projects; neighbors have good ideas

Belding, tended Oliver CorporaUon* 1N7 Growing "O" field demonstra-tions at the Chirtai Potter term near Dowliog Gri t f , Ohm, Mgh day, August 7.

A wide range of new products for the coming fall, winter, and spring seaaone was introduced and many of them were demon-strated under actual fleld op-erating conditions, often in competition with similar-sited models made by other manu-facturers.

Dealers from throughout sev-eral states In this area witness-ed Oliver president Sam White, Jr.. and his top management team from the Chicago head-quarters of the farm and con-tractors equipment subsidiary of White Motor Corporation pre-sent the new products, which will be ready for distribution to dealers and customers later this year. On the following day, Farmers Day, dealers within driving range attended w i t h

sir Tnvltea 1( local farm guests to view the new machinery in action.

The two-day field event was one of eleven such demonstra-tions being presented in princi-pal agricultural areas across the country during July, August, and September.

Any lime is a time (or dec-orating, but summer seems to be the particular time when gay projects are considered. Slick macazines are full of ideas, us-ucally njstly, but you can peek over your neighbor's fence and pick up some good suggestions for free. Then with a little Imagination, switch them a-round and p re s to . . . fun and games for all.

When Mre. John Blssell was faced with a large, blank wall In her guest house, she thought that rather than cover It with pictures, she would ask her guests to sign their names in various colore all over it.

The Arthur McGraths Joined the fun by putting a hex sign on their bam. The center shows a big green shamrock and the message Is "Good Luck to the Irish. The Francis Maggotis added a hex to their house and in addition have some faclnatlng carved faces in their water-side garden. Although only two feet tall, the carvmgs are remins-cent of the huge faces on East-er Island.

Ever since the glacier days Michigan has had a plethora of boulders and stones. Some of these are intrinsically hand-some. Little children pick up "pretty stones" to show their mothers or to put in pockets for mothers to discover on laundry

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lowever, there Is a special word for aeetetic beachcomb-ing objects such as old bits of cork and nicely eroded rocks . . . these are trouvailles. A number of residents have used this kind of item to decorate both outdoors and within. Mre. Peter Price is one who uses her artist's eye to discover interest-ing pieces. She picks them up on trips and when she returns home, she polishes the rocks, until they shine as though wa-ter was running over them. Hie smaller stones are fashioned in-

ieces of jewelry. or a bit of whimsey, how

about the old fashioned footed black and white bathtub in the corner of the Marshall BeM-Ing's property? It is filled with the bright green leaves, and viv-id red blossoins of geraniums that make even a rainy day cheerful. It rests on a 'rflOor" of crushed white stones and there are small tpuldere and a gnome looking on. At the far end of the tub where the phimb-ing should be, stands a garden torch instead of a shower head. The background for this Ingeni-ous arrangement Is a wooden fence, green' tt^ees and blue skies.

And speaking of peeking over fences, have you seen the won-derful * Garrit four foot tall pop-com-llke flow-ers are called Jewels of Tibet. Two years ago when they were traveling in Ohio, the Bakers spotted them at a nursery. They bought two bulbs to try and

since each bulb divides each year, they now have four and expect to be blessed with eight next year. Early In the season the blossoms were purple and were made of many parts as are lilacs. The stems are ex-tremely strong. Mre. Baker said, probably because the or-iginal plants grew on mountain sides.

The Robert Horton's have a "fun sign" in front of their house on Forest Hill Road, it says, "Slow . . . Turtle Crossing" and depicts that ponderous, stately, moderate moving, mo-lasses-in-January animal in a friendly manner. In the winter he wears a scarf, in the sum-mer he rests in the shade.

With a little bit of paint, some

Sdding and a creative touch, re. Matt Ver Hil turns old nail kegs into patio stools. These can also be made iato planters or bases for benches and ta-bles and when lined with tic, can be used for containers.

Finally today, peering over one fence, we find that John Hoe has painted a number of metal pipes of various widths and lengths in many colors and hung them from a tree where the breezes catch them and they swing together making un-usual musical sounds through-out his garden.

So, you see, you really donl have to pay the long price for ideas. Just "borrow71 from a neighbor or maybe create your own.

South Lowell MRS. GEORGE WIELAND

Thirty children and grandchil-dren of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wells helped them celebrate their 36th anniversary Sunday.

Mr. and Mre. Richard Nordof, Mre. Elizabeth Wlssman, Mr. and Mre. Don Bergy, Mr. and Mre. Walter Wieland^ Mr. and Mre. George Wleland, Mr. and Mre. James Peterson Mrs. and Mre. Harold Mettemick, Earl Wieland, and Donna Smith at-tended the wedding of Miss Jean Stand in Detroit Saturday evening.

Mrs. Marie Fredrick a n d girls are spending a few days

with Mr. and Mrs. George Wie-land and Bill.

Mr. and Mre. Alvin Wells call-ed on her brother, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson of Balding one day last week.

Mr. and Mre. Walter Wleland and Mr. and Mre. George Wie-land spent Sunday with Mr. and Mre. Eldred Pudney in Mt. Cle-mens.

Mr. Gllbeert Shea of Jamacia Plains spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. David Sterzlck.

Mrs. Merle Miller of Summer visited her sister Miss Mary Sterzlck a few days last week.

Mre. Bertha Mr. and Mre,

X and lenger Glen Rlttenger

and family attended Expo 67 in Canada list week. , |

Y will offer fitness classes

Terry Bambrlck, Executive Di-rector of the Lowell "Y" an-nounced this week that physical fitness classes started last Wed-nesday evening at 7 p. m. •The c^ss-,. mtfiklos clalsthe-

nlcs a n d .designed to help even the mosf W of shape Indrndual". The clatees are of-fered to both adult men & high school age boys.

The exercises will be on a idual basis of intensity, start-

easily and gaining m inten-sity as nme» parses

Time will also be Included for "tunning (Jogging) at the 7 p. m class and for those interested at 7 a. m. everyday. All par ticipants will meet at Recrea tlon Park.

There is no charge for partici pation. Questions can be answer ed by calling the Y office at 323 W. Main Street at 897-7875.

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tlon" are the maj of this event. There uation and learning in 4-H project areas here, parents, and leadsis. Ac-tion exhibits, demonstrations, public speaking, archery and ri-fle shoots, tours, and a continu-ous dress revue are only a few of the activities that will be underway during the week.

The development of the 4-H member Is the main concern during this event Members par-ticipate in their exhibit by ex-plaining what has happened and why they chose a specific pro-ject or activity. The entire pro-gram is designed to make State 4-H Show a training and resburce-idca experience using the physical resources and fac-ulty of Michigan State Univer-sity.

Outstanding 4-H members will be named during the week for special recognition and !ater to represent Michigan at various national events.

Crafts project members will tour the furniture industry in Grand Rapids while home de-sign members will spend a day in Detroit. Horticulture mem-6ere will tour hortlnilture in-dustries in Western Michigan. Other members and leaders will tour the Veterinary Science de-partment, t i e Cyclotron, and science laboratories of Michigan State University.

The Unlveraily's InUamuud building, .student union, a n d football stadium will house the many exhibits and activiUes during the week. Many activi-ties will be underway during the entire week—one exception Ls the horse show which takes place on Thursday only.

State 4-H Show Is well worth a visit. It is open to the pubhc and no admission is charged. Printed programs are avanaoie through county ofOces of the ^operat ive Extension Service.

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Ayes. 8. Nays 0. Motion car-

Lowell Area School Board of Xdacatiou Organi-

^Uoiial meeting, July 19, 1K7 Meeting called to order at

7:30 p. m. Member Jones was administ-

ered the oath of office by Mem-ber Reagan.

Motion by Reagan and sec-ond by Shade to appoint Mem-ber Jones as Acting Chairman. r, 6. Nays, •. Motion car-

Roll call: Members present. Coons, Mettemick. Shade, Ger-ard, Reagan and Jones.

Members Absent: Rlvette.

1. Election of officers

Motion by Coons and second by Shade to elect Dr. Reagan as president of the Board.

Ayes, 6. Nays, 0. Motion car-Ayes rled.

President Reagan took char-ge of the meeting at 7:38 p. m.

Motion by Gerard and second by Jones to elect Dale Shade as vice-president of the Board. ^ Ayes, 6. Nays, 0. Motion car-

Motion by Shade and second by Jones to elect Harold Met-temick as secretary of the Board. ^ e s , 8. Nays, 0. Motion car-

Motion by Mettemick and sec-ond by Shade to elect David Coons as treasurer of the Board.

Ayes, 6. Nays, 0. Motion car-

4. Official Check Signatures. Motion by Coons and second

by Gerard to authorize the fol-lowing persons to sign school checks:

General Fund, treasurer, Da-vid Coons.

Building and Site Fund, presi-dent and secretary. Dr. Robert E. Reagan and Harold Metter-nlck.

Bookstore, hot lunch and pay-roll funds. Superintendent of Schools, James Pace, or business manager, Richard Williams.

Internal Accounts, when check are countersigned by the Sen-ior High School Principal. Carl Hagen: Junior High School Prin-cipal, John Gabrton; Superinten-dent of Schools. James Pace; or business manager, Richard Williams.

Ayes, 6. Nays, 0. Motion car-Aye rled

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2. Regular Meetings

Motion by Mettemick and sec-ond by Coons to hold the reg-ular meetings of the Board of Education on the second Mon-day of each month In the Sen-ior High School Library, 750 Foreman Road, Lowell, Michi-gan; and said meetings will start at 7:30 p. m. ^ Ayes, 8. Nays, 0. Motion car-

3. Depository of Funds Motion by Coons and second

by Shade to name the State Savings Bank of Lowell as the official depository of the school funds.

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Aye rled.

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19. 20 acres, E 97 acre? of SW K, Sec. II.

ValuaUon; $5,000.00

C. Owner: Charles & Mich-ael Thomas. 11501 Grand Riv-er. Lowell, Michigan.

Description: W'k of NE>4 Sec. 30. E',4 of NW%, Sec. 30, 90 acres.

Valuation: $8,500.00

D. Owner: Russell and Don-na Flsk, Route 3, Lowell.

Description: Com at SW com-er of NWV N 12 4-13 rds. S 12 4-13 rds, W to P of B, Sec. 20, I acre.

Valuation: $100.00 Ayes, 6. Nays 0. Motion car-Ayes,

ried.

Regular Meeting

1. Motion by Gerard and sec-ond by Coons to approve min-utes of the regular meeting of June 12, 1987, and the special meetings of June 15, 1987, and June 28, 1987. (Amend Item No. 5, meeting of June 28, 1987, to change dale from July 3 to Ju-ly 10, 1987.)

Ayes, 8. Nays 0. Motion car-

2. Motion by Shade and sec-ond by Gerard to approve pay-ment of the general fund and the building and site bills as listed.

Ayes, 8. Nays, 0. Motion car-

8. Motion by Meternlck and second by Shade to borrow $100,000.00 on anticipated state aid. Bids from several banks are to be obtained, and the president and treasurer of the Board and Superintendent Pace are empowered to act as a com-mittee on final agreemnt of loan.

Ayes. 8. Nays, 0. Motion car-ried.

9. Motion by Shade and sec-ond by Coons to designate the Superintendent of Schools to sign teacher contracts as the Board representative.

Ayes, 8. Nays 0. Motion car-ried.

10. Superintendent Pace w a s

3. If Member Rivette as the plaque at the Bushnell School will name the members of the Board and their offices during the 1986-87 school year.

4. Gary Gilbert, president of the L. E. A., reported that there was not a majority of the teach-ers attending the meeting to rat-ify the master agreement, but that the agreement was tenta-tively approved and sent to the M. E. A. attorneys for review of Its contents. Final approval is expected very shortly.

5. Donald Beachum accepted Ihe appointment to serve on the Board of Canvassers.

8. Motion by Shade and sec-ond by Gerard to appoint Mem-ber Mettemick and Superinten-dent Pace as a committee to contact the Caledonia Board of Education in regard to the Joint transfer of property. Superinten-dent Pace Is to contact the For-est Hills Board of Education to request a joint meeting concern-ing boundary problems.

Ayes 8. Nays, 0. Motion Car-ried.

7. Motion by Gerard and see ond by Mettemick to request the Ionia Intermediate District Board of Education to trans-fer the following property from the Saranac District to the Lo-well Area District:

A. Owner: Dorothy M. Mil-ler, Clarksville. Michigan.

Description: N*4 of NWV ex-cept 40 rds N & S off Send. Sec. 30, 60 acres.

Valuation: $1,400.00. B. Owner: Michael and John

Thomas, Route 3, Lowell, Mich-igan.

Description: W% of SE%, Sec.

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requested to negotiate the use of Ed Boyd's tractor and mower at the Alto School site.

il. Motion by Shade and sec-ond by Jones to amend Item No. 8 of the special meeting of June 28, 1967, to offer J o h n Gabrion an administrative con-tract as Junior High School Prin-cipal for the salary of $10,400.00 for ten months' employment. r, 8. Nays, 0. Motion car-

Motion by Mettemick and sec-ond by Shade to adjourn at 10:05 p. m.

Respectfully submitted,

Harold Mettemick, Secretary

Board of Edic t tlon Special Meeting, Jnly 24, 1917.

Meeting called to order at 8:10 p. m. by Vice-President Shade.

Roll call, members present: Mettemick, Rlvette, Shade, Jon-es. President Reagan arrived at 8:22 p. m. Member Geran* arrived at 9:45 p. m.

Member absent; Coons.

1. The joint meeting with the Forest Hills Board of Education was tentatively established for August 9, 1967.

2. Motion by Rivette and sec-ond by Mettemick to request the Ionia Intermediate District Board of Education to transfer the following non-resident prop-erty from the Saranac District to the Lowell District:

A. Owner: Clark and Greta Parsons, DeWitt, Michiran.

Description: Pt SE'A Com at SE Cor of W4 of SE% then N 180 rds, W 4S ids, S 160 rds, E to beginning except cem-etery grounds & exc com at pt 1071 ft. N of Cen of US 16 & Kyser Rd, then W 205 ft, N 212.5 ft. E 285 ft and S 212.5 ft beg exc along beg N. 8U de-grees 37' 30". E 755.3 ft from SW cor of SW^ of SE% then N 89 degrees 37' SI", E 208.7 ft, N 0 degrees 22' 30", W 208.7 ft, S 89 degrees 37' 30", W 208.7 ft, S 0 degrees. 22' 30", E 208.7 ft to pt of beg Sec 20, 38 acres.

ValuaUon $1,400.00

B. Owner: Fred L. Esslalr, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Description; EMi of SE% Sec-tion 17, 80 acres.

Valuation: $2,100.01

C. Owner; Ethan Barrett, Grand Rapids. Michigan.

Description; Part of NW% C on cen of Grand River Rd 468 ft E from NW cor Sec 29, th E 415 ft. S 172 ft to 1-96 R-W, th Wly alg sd R-W 559 ft, N 223 ft to P of B, Sec 29, 24.97 ac-res. ' •

Valuation: $800.00

D. Owner; Datrell and Lu-ella Hesche, Route 8, Lowell, Michigan.

Description: SEV4 of NE14, Sec 20. 40 acres.

Valuation: $600.00 Ayes, 5. Nays, 0. Motion car-

ried. 3. Motion by Mettemick and

second by Shade to install a sewage lagoon at the Alto School for the approximate additional cost of $6,960.00.

Ayes, 5. Nays, 0. Motion car-ried.

Motion by Rivette and second by Shade to accept the results of the special school election as certified by the Board of Can-vassers

Seven mill operating levy for three-year period. Yes 782: No. 565, Issue declared passed.

Ayes 5. Navs, 0. Motion car-ried.

Motion by Rivette and sec-ond by Mettemick to adjoum at 9:45 p. m.

Kespectiully submitted, Harold Mettemick, Secretary

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Purchese 4-H animals at auction; you'll do more then help the hard-working kids show a profit tor their work.

One year I butchered two ov-er-aged lambs for the freezer. My children wouldn't even touch the meat. This was before I read the following In an old, out-of-print book entitled "A Self-Made Merchant's Letters to His Son." It went something like this;

Dear Son, years ago I was clerking In a general store and had a little weakness for live-stock. While I couldn't afford to plunge in it exactly. I man-aged to buy a little shoat that I reckoned on carrying through the Summer on credit and pre-sentlng with a bill for board In the Fall. He was just a plain pig when he came to us, and we kept him In a little sty, but we weren't long In flndtag out that he wasn't any orolnary root-and grunt pig. The first I knew your Ma was calling him Toby, and had turned him loose. Never saw such a sociable pig; wanted to sit on the porch with us. He used to run down the road squealing for joy when he saw me coming home from work.

Well. It got towards Novem-ber and Toby had had a good Summer. I never saw a pig that turned com into fat so fast, and the stouter he got the better his disposition grew. I reckon I was attached to him myself, in a sort of a sneaking way, but I was mighty fond of hog meat, too, and we needed Toby In the kitchen. So I sent around and had him butchered.

At dinner the next day I no-ticed Ma looked mighty solemn as she set the roast of pork in front of me, but I strayed off, tfimking of something else, as I carved, and my wits were off wool - gathering sure enough when I said: "Will you have a piece of Toby, my dear?"

Well sir, she just looked at me for a moment, and then burst out crying and ran from the table. When I asked what was the matter, she stopped cryine and was mad In a Min-ute all the way through. Called me a heartless, cruel cannibal. That seemed to relieve her so that she got over her mad and began to cry again. Begged me to take Toby out of pickle and bury him in the garden. I rea-soned with her, and in the end I made her see that any obse-

les for Toby, with pork at t cents a pound, would be a

pretty expensive funeral for us. But n n t and last she had man-aged to take away my appetite so that I didn't want any roast

rk for dinner or cold pork or supper. l i n t night I took Toby to a

store keeper at the Crossing, who I knew would be able to gaze on his hams without burst-ing Into tears, and got a pretty fair price tor him . . .

So, no commercial pets for me. I'm even careful now to warn the kids not to name the kittens!

A man muit be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. —Addison

When next you see a broad field of golden grass, of the

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something to consider carefully. The riots will be analyzed.

Like the test plots at the col-lege. examined In the search for a better yield and a more resistant strain, we'll want to leam from Detroit, Newark and Cambridge.

A study of the tom and brais-ed remains of the current Civil Rights program will show us that brotherhood has suffered a truly serious blight, of much more Importance than any smut epidemic. And, of course, we must try again; In this type of farming the virtue lies in the straggle, not In the prize.

Emerson said: "The best way to pay homage to the truth is to use it."

If one of the sublimest things In the world Is plain truth the

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genus Triticum, very likely you, too. will think of the hymn by Massachusetts - bom Katherlne Lee Bates who composed "America, the Beautiful" while on a summer trip to the Rock-ies in 1893. Only a real clod could fail to sense the beauty of a sea of amber waves of grain.

One of the first crops grown by ancient man, a few grains of wheat were carried Into the Westam world by Columbus in 1493, and by Cortes into Mexico in 1519. Today the annual per capita consumption pf wheat In the United States alone is near-ly four bushels. In the world It exceeds the production of rice, the chief food In the Orient.

The USSR, China. India. Can-ada. Ffthce, :•*!>•, Argentina. Spain and Australia are all Im-

recent Trath-In-Packaglng Bill may have moved us au a little further on the majestic road to sublimity. Of course we're all concemed with "truth" In America; the political Credibili-ty Gap has become this year's household word.

But don't be too sure, how-ever, that our recent national focus on "truth" has sufficiently prepared us for what Time magazine this past week calls "Arabia Decepta."

The unique and euphoric hy-perbole now rampant In the Fertile Crescent recalls the words of Jean Fleming (Ameri-can educator 1881-1950), "Truth, like a bird, Is ever poised for fltaht at man's approach."

If one hopes to make any sense at all out of the Middle East situation he'll just have to school himself on the working of the Arab mind which prides Itself on rhetoric and resonance at the expense of meaning and content.

I have a friend who recently contributed an article to a na-tional religious magazine on "Obfuscatlon of Signification." He was having fun with those educational processes which seemed to be primarily design-ed to hide the truth. I should call the professor's attention to Gamal Abdel Nasser, graduate of the Florid School of the Ob-scure.

What really troubles, how-ever. Is the thought that the Arab fantasy of the power of the will has made the "truth" as expendable as the desert sand. Notwithstanding It's far-cical overtones, the whole thing is really a playing around with WAR. the nastiest three-letter word extant.

There's a thousand jokes about it. When you hear the next one think of George Ber-nard Shaw, He used to say. "My way of Joking Is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world."

"With this ring I thee w e d . . . "

The slick magazine advertise-ment asked the question; "Is there any excitement left to give a man who free falls from ten thousand feet?"

The full-page full-color illus-tration, beautifully done, show-ed a helmeted young man "ex-citedly" tumbling through the wild blue ( " . . . he wears dan-ger like an accessory; challeng-es the wind, takes his chances on the unexpected") The ad

we give the brave an electric wristwatch.

I mused for a brief time on what else one might give this adventurous dare-devil.

How about a new book for the lad on the famous sand gar-dens in Kyoto, Japan? I under-stand the Japanese are showing an exciting film at Expo 67 which explores the philosophy of man's oneness with nature— the essence of his way of life. It discusses these beautiful sand gardens. Now, I'd like a gift like that!

After several other sugges-tions I gave up. really unable to answer the agency people's question In the mouth of the young eagle with the white cov-eralls and a hard hat. I turned the page.

There was the perfect ans-wer! A pharmaceutical com-pany's assurance, based on cur-rent actuarial studies, that new-lyweds have a good possibility of celebrating their golden wed-ding anniversary in the year 2017.

Now, that's excitement with a future. Just what the brave bird needs—a roost he can call his own! So we'll give him a wedding. And he can take it from losen: "Nothing else de-mands so much from a man." Right?

world during every month of the year.

Like brotherhood, also men-tioned In "America, the Beauti-ful," and which has just had Its Hessian fly attack, wheat, too, suffers from disease and insects. There has been tremen-dous progress with wheat, many new varieties, highly resistant to saw-fly, jolntworm, grasshop-per and chinch bug: the world's advance in the cultivation of brotherhood is somewhat less spectacular.

Our man Emerson believed the true test of civilization was. not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man the country turns out. Last week's "harrow-iiig" isperlcnces have given us

Awarded sales plaque Robert and Evelyn Bames,

Route 3. Lowell, have been a-warded a Personal Sales Award Plaque by the Amway Corpora-tion. Ada. presented to Amway Distributors who attain a high personal sales goal.

The plaque can be earned an-nually by those of the more than 75.000 Amway Distributors In the 50 states and Canada who reach the qualifications in a given three month period.

In presenting the award. Am-way Corporation Chairman of the Board Jay Van Andel and President Richard De Vos per-s o n a 11 y congratulated the Barneses on the performance of their distributorship, giving spe-cial recognition to their out-standing sales achievement rec-ord.

Reading Cluh Summer Reading Club mem-

bers and guests will be enter-tained on Wednesday morning, August 23, at eleven o'clock at the Lowell Library.

Two films. "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," and "A Night at the Peking Opera," will be shown, followed by a picnic lunch In Richard's Park.

Each child Is to bring a sand-wich. Pop and potato chips will be furnished.

Bring your list of books read this summer.

- Y pool-schedule

Mondays: 9-12 Swim Team; 12-1 Waterbables instruction; 2-4 Open Swim; 4-5 Local class-es. all levels; 5-7 Llfesavlng; 7-8 Open Swim; and 8-9 Syn-chronized.

Tuesday: 9-12 Swim Team; 12-1 Waterbables; 1-2 Women's Slim & Swim; 2-4 Open Swim; 4-5 Local classes: 5-7 Llfesav-ing: 7-8 Open Swim; and 8-9 Adult Swim.

Wednesday: Same as Monday. Thursday; 10:00 11:30 Open

Swim; 12-8 Same as Tuesday's schedule; and 8-9 Junior High Swim.

Friday: Same as Monday ex-cluding Synchronized.

Saturday: 10:00-11:30 Open Swim; 2-4 Open Swim; and 7-9 Open Swim.

Sunday: 2-5 Open Swim.

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