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VOLUME 73 — ESTABLISHED 1876 SPARTA, MICHIGAN. THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1950 NUMBER 15

On Englishville Musical Program

T h e Baptist Theological -Seminary and Bible Ins t i tu te choir, under t h e direction of Jos -pn Balbach. wttl present a sacrcd musical program S u n d a y evening, April 16 a t 7:45 p m at the E>gli»hvHle Baptl-t church

Included on ;ne p rogram will he r . u m b r s by the forty-voice cho»r. as Will as vocal and ins t rumen ta l solos, duets , and trios. T.ve public Ls cordially invited to thLs service a t the 7:45 hour .

Public Urged To Support Cancer Fund

"Str ike ba rk ; Give to conquer Can-cer!" T in is the chal lenging theme of the Ameri rc.n C a n c e r Soci : ty and Apr:l is Cancer C a m p a i g n month .

About 000 Amer icans will die of cancer within the next twelve months, it is es t imated. At i . a s t one- th i rd could have been saved had thry heed-ed cancer - e» rly s y m p t o m s and sougnt meJi-a l ca r Cance r str ikes one ol every two home-, in t h e U n f e d State? —our own or our neighbor 's .

Give generously to the American C a r t e r Society. for *ixtv cents of your dollar will atav r ight h e r e in this state. Research, educat ion a n d service in cancer for next ycwr d e p e n d on what ls raised th i s spring.

For fu r the r i n fo rma t ion contact Mrs F L Bull or Mr- Wel t e r Eber-

video News. By Leslie Line

SPARTA GIRL IN COLLEGE CHOIR

GOLDEN WEDDING TIME FOR BURGETTS

OF ALGOMA TWP.

Mr. and Mr.- Ernest B j r g . t t of Al-» »ma township will observe their gold-

\ i i ss Jean Bradford , daugh te r of M r and Mrs. Lynn Bradford, will tour

. Michigan with the 60-volc; Albion 7" ~ " ~~~ College a cappella choir f rom April 18 _

Te.evL-ioa viewers in t h i , a rea * m , G jf j , meeting 12 engagements unde r e - - wedding anniversary Sunday . April haw- a much larger variety ol pro- t h f b a ; o n 0» c o n d u r t o r Davk.' S t r i -k l - r jg a : their . omi g r a m s in store for t hem wi tnm tne Q j Albion College music facul ty . m-. ami Mr-. Burget t were marri d next few weeks with two new TV s ta - M i > f s Bradford, who is a f r e s h m a n at April 15. 1900 a : the S p a r t a Baptisr t ions scheduled to commence broad- Aj.bion, will sing in th? a l to -ection. church par -ona^e . Rev. Maynard of-cas t ing within th next month . K a i a - 0 | ) 3U n < c i ay i April 23. the Albion :hoir fic.ated. Mr and Mrs. Clarence Hull mazoo h a s announced the soneduied ^ , . e a r < 1 jn t b e West Ridge C o m - w e r e t h t i r a t tendant .? . Plan., are for

the two couples to spend the day to-opening of their f irst video s ta t ion . m m i l v c h u r c h Qf Chicago the second in Western Michigan, and work i s under way in G r a r d Rap ids for th ir second. Landing also began » . » • « * m opera t ing on the video wave; r ecen t ly . U / n l f h p r I p n 0 | | p i A a l though the station from the s la te ' s « a l l U C l L i L Q ^ U L I U capi ta l is comparatively weak.

Sponsor Comedy Play In April

gether. Due to Mr. Burge t t ' s hea l t h , no larg

celebration Ls being p l anned but they would be glad to h a v e their fr iends call bet w e n the h o u r s of 2:00 and 5 00 and 7:00 to 9:00 S u n d a y

Mr and Mrs. B u r g e t t have spent their ent i re marr ied l i fe on the f a rm where they now live a n d where Mr Burgett w a , born. He celebrated his 77th birthda-, Monday, April 10.

I t h a s been reported t h a t a few lo-cal television viewers have been able to receive broadcast- directly f rom M i l -wauk e and Chicago without the help of t h e G r a n d Rapids s ta t ion. S u c h te*-'casts a re weak, however. "Aunt Susie Shoots the Works ' is

• • • tiie title of the play tha t the Tr in i ty Spor ts Fans. Attention: WLAV-TV Lutheran Wal ther League will pr sent

has announced tha t It will tel. vL*? t h e at the Parish Hail April 2a and 30 35 games of the Detroit Tigers Amer i - T h e play wri t ten by F r . d Ca ld-can L ague Club tnrough W W J - T V . well and is being given by special a r -Dctroi t . a n d t ie Kalamazoo stat ion, rangement with Sarnu 1 French . T h televised game., will toe broadcast Th is is not just the u.,ual play t h a t direct f rom Briggs S tad ium in Detroi t the average ama t ur society produce.,. j u v a'stvVe" s h w and no t i l ts olayed at night or on S u n - It is. in fact, a m o t ex t r ao rd lna rv | ^ T h o - f i n ' ^ - e d w ' l l l l a u T a d a . s a n d hoiidavs will be tel cast T h e play, combining a., ic doe.-, all of the T h o~< »nt t . e s .ed will la e r f irst game to be carried th is way will qualities of a thrill ing mys te ry p'.a; be S a t u r d a y . April 22 with the Chicago and containing along with it a ver i ta -Whl t e Sox Plans are also being made bl<* tornado of ' a u * h , Following is by the G r a n d Rapids s ta t ion to carry the cas t : th games of th.- Cnicago Cubs a n d Laura Dawson. Corinne Reis ter ; Mrs. CTicago Whi te Sox tha t a re played a t O ^ r " n . which are avai lable in the field home" c i l d r e n - l i t e ra ture Books from the

5 PROGRAM ALBION COLLEGE BAND AND ORCHESTRA

SPRING CONCERT TOUR, 1950

SPARTA SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Sunday. April 16 a t 3:00 P . M .

Part I — The Orchest ra Symphony in D Minor T h e S o r c e r e r ' s A p p r e n t i c e On the Trail, from "Grand Canyon Sui te"

Franck Franck

Grofe

' P a r t II — The Band The Purple Cartiival. March Alford Overture, The Hebrides "Fingal 's Cave" Mendelssohn The Three Kings . Smith

Trumpet Trio— Duane Fultz. John Clayton. Wilbur Dick

Symphony in E Minor "From the New World" Dvorak Car;oca Youmans

Marimba Solo, Beverly Worthington Hora Staccato ... Bennett-Dinicu-Heifetz An Old Familiar Air with Modern Trea tment

Butterfield-Bennett An arrangement made by Mr. Butterf ield in the

Orchestration class a t Albion Trombone Trio—

Calvin Gates, John Meyers, William .Horst St ra toswing - Walters Fight On! Albion! Peters-LaVigne

•Optional Soloists — Muriel Donaldson, piano; Richard Foor, bassoon; John Butterfield, bass ; Lawrence Black, t r umpe t ; George Raville, t rumpet ; Lloyd Miller, t rumpet .

(Admission 60c including tax) Sponsored by Sparta High School Band

Funeral Services Are Held For Law-rence F. Besnett And Wm. E. Snowdin,

L o n g t i m e R e s i d e n t s Of This Area Lawrenee V. B ^ n r t t 69. prominent Church of Chris t for 50 years a n d had

f ru i t grower and church leader m Al- served as elder, t rustee and Sunday pine township, d.ed S u n d a y a f t e rnoon . School super in tendent . April 9 a t his home on Ter . Mile Road a f t e r a two years ' illness.

He was born In Sand Lake, the son of Mr and Mr*. F r a n k B- snett . H« marr ied Florence Field J an . 17. 1912 and had been a f ru i t grower a n d f a r m e r in Alpine township for 40 years He was a member of the Balland>

Sparta Couple To Observe Their

60th Anniversary Th-

n a g e 60th anniversary of their m a r -will be observed* Sunday . April

Surviving is his wife. Fune ra l se r -vices were held Wednesday af te rnoon at the Baliard> C h u r c h oi Chr is t . Rev. O. E Wmtehouse a n d Rev . Roy Wea-ver off iciat ing, wi th burial in G r e e n -wood cemetery

Arrangement*, by Bettee-Hesse'. Me-morial Chapel.

William E. Snowdin. 95. died a t the home of his son, Mahlon. in Ravenna , Tuesday. April 11. a f t e r a two months ' illness

He was born Nov. 9. 1854 in Bndge -hampton township, the son of Mr. and Mr.- Wm. Snowdin.

He lived for 29 years m S p a r t a be-fore going to Ravenna to make his home. On Feb. 12. 1882 h e marr ied Florence Mansfield in Ravenna . H e was at one time a f a r m e r and operated

16 by Mr and Mrs. George B u r n e t t . a s tore In S p a r t a for about 25 res idents of S p a r t a for 50 years. They v e a r s -C—me to Spa r t a Mar 17. 1900.

T h e celebration will be a n open hoase program a t the American Lt-gion club from 3 to 5 p.m.

Burnet t . 83. was born in Ca i l ton , Mo Dec 11. 1866 and Mr former Ar villa Fuller . Marne 81 years ago. July 1. 1868. T h e y w re married in Big Rapids. Mr Bur -

l ne t t worked for many years for the former Welch Manufac tu r ing Co.

They have eight c :uldren. Harley of Detroi t ; Louis of Muskegon; Dewit" of Grand Rapids; Mrs. Mollie H u m m e l

I ol Battle Creek; J e r r y a n d Ber t of Muskegon; Mrs. Gladys Whi te . Ch ica -go. and Mrs. Orval Wester of S p a r t a ; 11 grandchi ldren; two g r e a t - g r a n d -

: children.

Surviving are hL* son; a daughte r , Mrs Fre<1 Wagner of Hast ings; six grandchi ldren; seven grea t -grandchi l -dren; a brother . Albert of Muskegon: two sisters. Mr, NeUie Manslield of

Burne t t the Detroit and Mrs. J o n r s of Wisconsin; was born a : M r s Snowdin died Nov. 13. 1946

Funera l services were Thursday a t the Bettes-Hessel Memorial Chapel . Rev. H W Ellmg-er off ic iat ing, wi th burial in Ravenna cemetery.

KENT CITY P. T. A. MEETS APRIL 27

The Kent City Publ ic Schools PTA will be held T h u r s d a y evening. April 27 at 8:00 p.m. in t h e K e n t City High school audi tor ium. T h e r e will be some vocal numbers by t h e 7 th grade s tu-

ff. ad journ

to a classroom wher Bet ty Lautner . Bookmobile Librar ian for the Kent Covniy Library, will speak on "The Land of Story Books."

Her talk will inc lude some of the beaut i ful books, both classic and mod-

County Fire Chief Speaks At Camp

Lake Meeting

DRIVERS' LICENSE OF-FICE OPEN SATURDAY

T h e dr ivers ' license office a t the S p a r t a village hall will aga in be open f rom 9 a.m to 4 p.m.. S a t u r -day. April 15 for the convenience of local a n d nearby residents whose l i-censes have expired

Deputy Sher i f f s from the K e n t County S h e r i f f s depa r tmen t will be t h e examiners.

Bookmobile will b^ used a s practical illustrations.

» * • Graves, Arvin S w a r t h o u t ; LaSal le Rad io and movie comedian. Bob Johnson. Walter Reister ; J o h n n y Ro-

Hope h a s been reported dickering over gers. Gordon B a . h r e . Slick Conway. a $1,000,000 TV contract . If so. it Walter Beuscht-l. Director, Mr. A S top- 4 T T . - V T , n v HrtVVI F R C » would be the highest in the business, penhagen. I r.-> 1 i u . > n u n L E . n n . Ar thu r Godf rey is s .cond with $900.- I t is a f ine thing to encourage th . M . m o e i , of the S p a r t a Independent 000. I ta lents of our a m a t e u r actors and ac - Bowlers League will s tage their annua!

• • • tresses, so let 's all tu rn out a n d have banquet a t the R a n c h House on Rive ' You should see Horace Heidt a n d his an evening of fun wnen "Aunt Susie Road Friday veiling April 14, 'wi th

Orig inal Youth Opportuni ty programs Shoots the Works!" "chow" served promptly a t 7 o'clock, a round TV circles this fall. You prob-able h a v e heard his Su : day night C B S

BOOK REVIEW F E A T U R E S CASNOVIA

L .L .C . PROGRAM T n e Casnovia Ladles Literary C lub

abl«. h a v e neara nis b u : aa> nigni t n a • . T T * 1 n 1 L T~V a * p rogram He will unlikely have t h e K e n t C l t V H i g h S c h O O I U r a i l i a t l C S

* «nnii5rtr. ^ ^

Class To P r e s e n t T h r e e - A c t Comedy Drama April 20th-21st

same spon-sor. • • •

If you saw the Gillette Cavalcade of Spor t s f ight broadcast la ; t Friday, you .-aw a thriller, Joe Baski. who ou t -ve ighed his opponent by 31 pounds. scored a T K O over Bernie Reynolds ir. Romanes, tragedy, comedy and d r a - little lad;.; Joan R a n s o m as Meg. the a heavy weight bout a t S t . Franc is a r e n a m a a r e a j i t o be found in the th ree - hou.->. kepper. and J u a n i t a Gates, as the in New York. T.ie referee called the a c t play. -^Little Women." which will sw e t - tempered B e t h . You will see f igh t to a halt in 2:08 of the seventh be presented by the Dramat ics Class their mother , the f a m o u s Marmee. round when Baski floorod his younger Ken t City Hign school in the a.idi- played by Je r l ane VanderWoude. and opponen t for the seventh s t ra igh t t o n u m April 20 and 21 at 8:00 p.m. tneir invalid f a t h e r . Mr. March, by t ime, twice for a count of 8 and twice it was adapted by Arthur J ca rue , f r om Roderick Jackson. saved by t h e bell. Baski was 28 years ^ celebrated novel by Louisa M. Al- You will laugh a t t h e irascible Aun t old while Reynold, was 24. Don't miss c o t t , and Ls said to be as r e f r e sh ing March, w. ose bark is worse than her th is week's bout. Fr iday a t 10 p.m. a i ^ novel itself. All the well-known bite, played by Helen Clark, and will

• * • charac ters are there , living out the i r love old Mr. Laurence , the wealthy Machine to prevent t r a n s - ijves and loves behind the footlights, neighbor, by Dick Holmgren . You will

You will see Mary Kriger as Jo, t h e aamire Lauri . played by Bud Alton, tomboy; Evelyn Harwood as Amy, the and his bashfu l t eache r . Mr J o h n

Brook, bv Bill S tevens . T D 1 V I T V I I T T H F R 41ST Y o u ** a m u s e d ^ Hannah, the I K l . N l l i L I l H r , l ( A . > a 11-meaning cook, played by Artha

G U I L D R E P O R T S O N Lew i,. ar.d Peufes^or Bhaer. by Lynn B V K E D G O O D S S A L E Lev.-ls. The Ne: rhborhood girls who

come in to see the p lay tha t J o wrote

Adolph Nelson. K e n t County Fir t Chief , was guest speaker at the C a m p Lake Communi ty Club Fr iday evening. April 7.

Due to the fire a t the pavilion a few weeks ago the people a re eager to learn more about organizing for fire prevention and fire f ight ing.

Mr. Nelson g a v e o u i ^ c e l l e n t talk on f i re h a z a r d s and fire f ight ing. He cov-ered the h igh spots on wha t he could of fe r ?h«s communi ty on the subject of f i re prevention and f i re f ight ing.

Assurance was given the communi ty t h a t he would be more t h a n glad to bring out his equipment to ins t ruct the men how to use it in case of a lire. He made i t clear t h a t if there was a fire a lways call two county f i re de -p a r t m e n t s

I t Ls verv impor t an t t h a t the women q u a i n t t h e m s e ^ s ^ t n f i re equip- s p f a . m g ^ revi8W , . T h p b y m m t Also the importanoe of repor t - B e r L r a m Brooker. a story of t h e t ime mz a f i re orooerlv in order to s a \ e , _ _T , . ... ±, ,

Varsity Club Selects Queen

J o a n Nequlst. popular and a t t r a c t i v e

S P R A Y M E E T I N G I member of the S p a r t a High Sdiool \ T u I a * m w U T A P 4 * * 1 . * S 6 0 ' 0 1 " c l a » * h a s chosen queen o f

A l I V L L . > K s l U K A b t t-n e va r s i ty Club's annua l dance which Lowell McKinney Informs the S e n - will be held a t the school gym Friday

t inel-Leader tha t a spray meet ing will evening, April 21. be held a t Klenk ' s storage F r iday ev- R u n n e r s - u p in the voting con:est enmg, April 14 at 8 o'clock. held a t the school recently and who

Ray Hudson of MSC will be the guest will represent the Queen ' s Court , are speaker. Lois Klenk. Lorinda Lane. Nancy Mil-

ler and J a n e Fraleigh. Members of the dance -pa r ty com-

mittee are Jer ry Shoup . Eli Roberta, Pete Heath . Eugene O s t m a n . Geo, Fl-field Jer ry Sheckler . Don S t a n t o n arid Ronnie Nokes.

T h e dance Is not open to the public, the commit tee s ta tes .

Sparta Scouts Awarded Honors

At Banquet T n . e e Spa r t a Boy Scouts were p re -

sented Eagle awards a< the annual Boy Scout banquet Monday evening a t the Baptist chu rch I t is a ra re occa-

T n e S p a r t a team of S t . Marys hospi-tal Service League will meet with Mrs. H J . Kur t z Thursday a f te rnoon . AprU 20 a t 2:30 o'clock ins tead of th is week.

Mr a n d Mrs. Edward Slack and two met a . the p leasant country home of i i o n t o have three boys receiving E a - daughter. , of S t a n t o n were Easter S u n -Mrs. Vernon Bull Tuesday-April 4.

Af te r a sho r t business session, the program c h a i r m a n presented Ann F r a -leigh. who saug "Agnus Dei" a n d "Come Unto Him." pieces app rop r i a t e for t h e season. S h e was accompanied by Mrs. F. H. Thomas.

Miss Lela Wate r s gave a very in-

evenmg. scout honors a t one t ime. Following the supper C. Amburgy

led in group singing. A special n u m -

day d inner guests of h is parents . Mr. and Mrs. A L. Slack

Las t S a t u r d a y callers a t the home

was given by C. Dexter pictures were shown by W of the boys a t C a m p Shawondossee las t summer

of the Herods. telling of Barabas . J o h n par t ic ipat ing in the Cour t of Honor r * * w * ; i s o n Tainted out some of the t h e B a > > t l s t a n d ^ t r i a i 0 1 J e s u s b e " was Don Jacobs, local Scou tmas te r

disastrous t h imrs^ha* occurred recent- t o r W a t e ' t h e crucifixion a n d urial . w h o p r ^ e n t < d Tende r foo t badges to

ber was sung bv Dean Cumings . J e r r y o i ^ r and Mrs. Alton Ca rpen t e r were David. Duane and Don Bradford G . M r s - Evan Shaw. Mrs. George Vander -McMullen presented "A Defini t ion of meer. Mrs. Mildred Sur ton and Miss a Boy." A humorous skit on baseball F ru in .

R o h m , a n d Cumings

ing a f i re properly t ime a n d pe rhaps lives

W a n t e d : mi t t e r t rouble in the middle of excit-ing mystery program.

F o o t n o t e : For two weeks in a row. the Monday evening mystery program. "L igh t s Out ." s ta r r ing Jack LaRue a s na r r a to r , has been in terrupted because ot t r ansmi t t e r trouble a t t h e orogram's source. T n e first time we d idn ' t ev-en ^ee tne ending

proper repor t ing of a f i re At t h i s meet ing Chief Nelson wa»

asked w h a t type of equipment should , b( obta ined to f u r n i s h Che community j protect ion in case of f i re At this meet- j ing Mr Howard VanderVeen, resident of the lake, was appointed Assistant F i re Marshal of the gro%*e P lans are j being made to zone off the community and appoin t f i re wardens for each zone in case of fire

T h e next meeting of the Community

T h e whole world must believe or be Qass and Rober t Wilson. lost." Wilf red Cumings. a member of the

Miss W a t e r s poured at a table cen- board of review, presented second class tered with an a r rangement of Eas te r p ; n s t o B l u .Russell, K e n n e t h Graves , flowers. T h e social hour was in charge o c r d o n Blackmer. David S te ine r t a n d of Mrs. H. G. Clintsman. wi th Mrs. Allison. A f i rs t class p in was Zola C l in t sman and Mrs. Alex Br id-ges assist ing.

INFANT DIES T h e i n f a n t daugh te r of Mr. a n d Mr<

R a y T o t t e n died Wednesday

awarded to J a c k Rowan. Field executive Paul Young of t h e

G r a n d Vallev Council gave lrfe badges

"Meeiny

life

By Carol Holmes-Kurt* T h e best thing about spr ing—it comes

to' Robert (Hoover, Bow-in Rowre a n d w h e n 11 s most! s t a r badges to Dean Cumings. Russell

n igh t . Ras te r and Ronny F r a n k . J u s t in case you missed the column. ;""® "J — A D r i l 12 a t BlodscU hospital Chief Scout executive H e r m a n Seeing Li fe was basking under the

< * £ Z ! I n Graves ide b-.rial Friday a t 10 a m Brandmiller of G r a n d Valley Council sun lamps in Batt le Creek San i t a r ium Rev. H W. Hilinger will off iciate . spoke and presented Wal ter H a t t o n . all of last wee*.

Surviving besides the pa ren t s a re a Char les Gold and Craig Larson "wltn T n e former mayor of Cincinnat i ,

T h e M a r t h a - H - t h . r Division of T r i . . - are play d bv .Joyce Anderson Donna ity Lu the ran Guild held the i r regular parSOn_-". Lucile BJvrk a n d Mary Kelly, business meeting April 5 a t 8 p.m in You will miss a r. al t rea t if you fai l

p revent ion

^ \ T D O T K r n R n ^ o m e Sophie F r a n k , Conk- t o s e e - ^ t t l e Women ." A I K t n i v r u i t u l i l l f wi th twenty members pr sent. T h e plav is being dlr

Are you interested? T h e CYC (ChrLstian Youth Cinema* will have its f i r - t rally Sa tu rday . April 15 a t

play is oemg d . rec ted by Miss Commit tee reports on the baked Leona Bukowski. who h a s been assist-

goods sale showed a ne t prof i t 01 ed by s tudent d i rec tor Joyce Anderson. $56.00. T h e group voted to t u rn m T h e following s t u d e n t s a re in charge

o'clock T h e meet ing will be held in the dance pavilion p a r t where movies .. ... . y.,- \rr V-Alcr»" m firp OUrvlvmg oeSiUCS UK itiC a v-iio.i«ro u u i u — — —

. * bro ther . Steven, and grandparents . Mr. Eagle awards. The mothers were given and Mrs. Alden Pmckney of S p a r t a min ia ture eagles which were pinned on Ohio, now a judge, was there. Regard-and Mr. a n d Mrs. L. D T o t t e n of by the boys. les of the f ac t t h a t he h a d crossed t h e Whi teha l l . A surprise presenta t ion of an Eagle ocean 13 times and lived a more or

Ar rangemen t s by Bettes-Hessel Me- r ing was made to Don Jacobs by the less exciting life, he was a t gym with morial Chapel . th ree Eagle Scouts. Mr. Brandmi l l e r the rest of us each morning a n d

j presented it in behalf of the bo»ys. marched and square danced en thus i -N O T 1 C E astlcally every evening

Town Topics

7:45 in Rockford High school and the $ 1 0 0 t o t h e G u i i d

sound f i lm, "The Power of God will p j . . ^ ,R£jS l e T will en t e r t a in stage manage r ; E>or.na Parsons and be by Maury m e O u l l g y h a - horn , A p r ^ . 9 ^ M r , H c I t n ClarX. p rope r ty . D , c , H o l m e r e n .

of the production s t a f f : LaVern Lang.

the advertising; BUI Steven.,, tickets; Joan

Mr and Mrs. Cart E. B Johnson ar T h e Rebekah Lodge will have a card Something new—something d i f f e ren t leaving Monday via p lane for a visit ? a r t y AprU 14 at the Odd Fellow hal l —Lady Borden chocolate a lmond ice with their son "Bud" who is with T h e public is invited 4-6-131 cream at B f C K S 4-43c

Pea , e and J a n e J ackson , book-holders. T n e Sewing cla«s unde r t h 1 direction

the costumes.

L e h m a n n . assisted by Max i r e T a k n« a t the organ; Jar.e King, violin and ^ o u P i n . . . . Ed McCar thy , bas-s soloist. Tne re was a group discussion on Qf Ar thur Benson is assisting with

T h e s e rallifl, will be held every two having a rummage sale dur ing J i e w e . k s a l ternat ing with other to**ns month of July. for t h e meeting place. P lans were completed for the d inner

— to be served to the teachers of t h e F A R M B U R E A U N O T E S North-and West District Conference

T h ' F a r m Bureau Women ' s Commi t - w h i c h is being held in Tr in i ty Pari.,h tee wiL" meet Friday. April 14 a t 1 h a ! 1 A P r i l 1 1 • 1 2 a n d 1 3

o'clock, in the Red Room of the YMCA. Mrs. Frank served jello. eake and Gera ld Whi te will speak on "Our coffee. T n e ladies enjoyed a social G r o w i n g Socialism." Mrs. Mar jo r i e hour. K a r k . r . s t a t e director of F a r m Bureau Mrs. Louise Schamber will open her Women ' s Activities, will also be pres- home to tr>e group for the May mee t -ent . » *. ing.

D ? a t l m

TWA in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. E. Phi l Brad.strum

wri te f rom Washington , D C.. where they will be for about two weeks, a f t e r which they will re turn to their Spa r t a home.

Lamoreaux Bros. Pest No. 7579 and the Auxiliary to the Post will hold a joint instal lat ion of off icers with Ce-da r Spr ings and Rockford Posts and Auxiliaries on Wednesday night . April 19 at the Rockford school a t 8 o'clock

Volume Sales Of Carnation Reported Highest In History

Of Company, Says Williams

A cunning, p lump 170 pound gal was also there. S h e h a d traveled all over the world, but what interested her most in the various places was whether the service a n d food were good. W h e n we lef t she had managed to get down to 158 pounds 'Why do you get so heavy?" we asked. S h e giggled. " I ea t too much," she replied. " I Just love to ea t ! "

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SPARTA ENJOYS STATE-WIDE RECOGNITION THROUGH MOWER DEALERSHIP

MRS MARGARET C V R T I S Mrs Margaret Cur t i s . 60, died at her

home in S p a r t a Wednesday . April 12 following a shor t i l lness.

She had lived in S p a r t a since 1939. coming here f rom Walke r Stat ion. She was born April 12. 1890 in Cooper-ville. the daugh te r of Mr. a n d Mrs. J o h n Hoban. S h e mar r i ed R a n s . l a e r Cur -tis in October 1907 in G r a n d Rapids.

Surviving are h e r h u band; four sons. Leo of Byron Cen te r ; Harold. Carl and Lawrence of Spar ta ; tn ree daughters. Mrs. Marv in Wilmerink 1 Helen> of G r a r d R a p i d s ; Mrs. Wm.

R W Williams, superintendent of fresh milk and ice cream, cereals a n d Four fa t boys were there—they came the S p a r t a Carnat ion milk p lan t , today feeds, were *24r> 605.367." Mr Wil l iams from St . Louis and each tipped the

^ revealed the Company's f inancia l r e - said. scales a t about 400 pounds apiece. I t All those members from S p a r t a wish- p ^ . . f o r m 9 H e recently r e tu rned "While this represents a 5T- decrease was really something to see them to-mg to have t r anspor t a t i on to Rock- f r o m a n a n n u a i superintendents ' mee t - f rom the previous year, due to lower gether. let alone one a t a time, and ford will please call Wilma Caine or l c a t c a r n a t i o n ' s Los Angels Cal i f , selling prices of many products, the when one eased himself down on a G e r t r u d e Ingersoil Members will meet headquar te r s , where he met wi th ex- 1 volume of sales was the highest l a the chair or a davenport—well! a t t h e I O O F hall in S p a r t a at J :30. ecUtives 0f ^ Company and discussed '• history of the Company . • • • Mr. ar.d Mrs. Claude Lands t ra , Dep*. i a - e s : dairying and milk product ion 1 T h e men and women of our S p a r t a A bride entered the room and found off icers of G r a n d Rapids, will do the methods p lan t share in the credit for th is excel- her new husband reading t h e f u n n y installing. • 'Carnat ion 's total dollar sales for all I lent record." he added. papers. "My gosh." she exlaimed in

T h e Spar t an Distributors. S p a r t a , ber d a m o n j them Michigan, have jus t installed the very T h e public is invited to see the i r f ine la test lawn mower sharpening equip- di<>piay of 27 models of mowers, reel s t e l l a r J > Evelyn > of F l in t , and Marion m e n t obtainable and are now able to or rotary trepe C u r ' U of S p a r t a ; n ine grandchi ldren; s h a r p e n and repair any make m o w e r , Thay also have r c e n t l y e: gaged the four brothers. Char les Hooan. Coopers-of a n y size. They also carry in stock services bf Mr Edwin Majeska . former ville; J o h n H o b a n . G r a n d Rapids; thousand.? of dollar* in parts. I t is factory field representat ive for Toro . Mart n H:»ban K a l a m a z o o ; Leo Hoban. surpr is ing to know tha t all Toro moiw- who will con ac t their many d e i l e r s T ra \ rse City; t h r e e sisters. Ka thryn ers a n d p a n s wnlch a re sold in Michi- <hardware, machinery, e tc . i . cities. Hoban. Ka lamazoo . Mrs Isadore gan . with the exception of the "Thumb" (golf courses, regularly. Mr Howard Oro*i. G ' a n d Rap ids ; Mrs Cora S te-are h a n d k d through them, more so Lawrence, who has been in their e m - vers. Conklin. since T o r o whom they represent , is the ploy for three years, will be in c l a rge Funeral services will be held Friday world's largest manufac tu re r s of m o w - ' o f the»r servicing depar tment . a t Be. tes-He,sel Memor ia l Chapel . er» wi th sizes vary ing from 17-inch to J "Happy Sco t ty" (Floyd Schu t as he Rev H W Ellmger off ic ia t ing, with 22- inch in cut. l is known by many of us» said, "wi th burial in Greenwood cemetery.

All cities cemeteries, parks, golf all the golf courses which I h a w con-courses, schools, s t a t e and federal in - tacted, I only had time to play golf / A v r D 1 T I f s t i tu t ions are contacted periodically by with one person all last -jear and ther. < ON OR ATI l a t i o n h . th<m. carrying the name of S p a r t a lost most of tne games T o Supervisor F r a n k Holmquist. t h roughou t the state. We were much I But . what d i f ference does t h a t Spa r t a township, upon h?s appointment impressed on being informed tha t t he re make," he *aid. " I still had a wonder- as cha i rman of the equalization corn-are only 76 distr ibutor* in the U a l t t d fu l Um« and hope to play more o f t en mittae, K e n t Counay board ol super-s t a t e and that our city can be n u m - t h u summer." vUon i

ALTAR SOCIETY HOLDS LUNCHEON MEETING

T h e Altar Society of Holy Family

products , including evaporated milk. -Carna t ion ' s largest expendi ture d u r - consternat ion. T I - ! • .njA " <f . Wi l l iam. . WOl III -

have marr ied a book

R A I F R D F M O N S T R \ T I O N for raw materiaLs. We paid $184,797.-n A L r ' n . . V 541. or 7C.24^ of our dollar sales to One Nassau Coun ty census taker

T h e Altar Soeietv of Holv Famuv ^ p r i < ? a y c v e n i n g ^ f r U . 1 4 f , 8 da i rv f a n n e r s aU over the nat ion for found nothing but a cemetery and a n

P,T^ A - M Z. ^ ' ! r ^ m a T t S e v ' ^ l a n t o ' t i T I S f a ^ ' b a l S ^ f ' ° * 4 2 4 -» 2 5 « 3 0 2 " o l A demure , gentle l i t t le person ex-

day noon. A business meeting was held and Rev T V. MoKenna gave a short address

Hostesses were Mrs. W Whitney. a t e s also, how the bales a re hand led Mrs Marshall Vaughan, Mrs. C. S top- a n d unrolled. ker. Mrs Ar thur C h u r c h and Mrs Evervone Interested is invited to Marvin Snyder . come

According to Mr. Will iams. C a . n a - : and they tell me the reason I adore tion realized a net income of $7,764.- them is because subconsciously " have 5d9. just 2:16% of its sales. Of th is always wanted to kill someone!" amoun t . $4,951,926 or 2JB% of sales • • •

retained in the business, whi le ber en te r the room, the speak-w . $2,612,673 or 1.141 were paid a s divi- woman a l i t t le b i t sloppy.

I I I F V n p r V Q B I C X S no» have Sherbets m p in t d e n d s ^ Carna t ion s many Mockhold- K « i r - n t . r d r e « disheveled. A L L E N O P E N S rxi-kares Orange. Dineanole or r a sp - c r . ~ r n £ r i .

S H O E R E P A I R S H O P ber ry ; also lemon sherbet h a n d - ^ a r e proud to say," Mr Wil l iams

I Allen announces the opening of a shoe repair shop in the building ad-jacen t to Hammer Jewelry. H e suc-ceeds J o h n T r a g n a . who h a s re turned to G r a n d Rapids, his fo rmer residence

packed 4-13c

her hair unkempt."ner dress disheveled, but when sne spo<e one forgot appea r -ances in the complete cha rm of her

added, " t ha t many of our employees p^scHiai'ity. Her lovely eyes, ha l t dosed c m shares in our Company .

D O N T FORGET!

as she spoke her de*-p sympathet ic smile her unders tand ing and wisdom, her chuckle of humor and in closing.

Here was NOTICE

S a t u r d a y night . April 15 is the a n - The Townsend Club wiB have a pe- he r f i rm. . Mr. Allen, who has been employed r.ual Casnovia Firemen's Ball which dro party and meeting a t the Odd Fal - a woman who h a d .ived deep*, a n c

for a number of years In O r a n d Rap- will b e held a t the school aud i to r ium low hall in Spar ia AprU 13. T h e r e will thoroughly emerged sweet a. a ids shoe repair shops, has been a Spar - Ticket* m a y be secured f rom a n y be a pot luck d inne r a f t e r the mee t - t r i u m p h a n t in the la .er year* o. . er la resMant Tor flva years, ovsmbar aT th* fire d«paru»ent . lag. The pubUe to invited. i ure.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1960 T H E S J f i N T l N K L - L K A x i f c J t , &Jf A U ' l A , M J C i i i u A ^

T H E SENTINEL-LEADER Published Weekly on Thursday at Sparta , Michigan

En t a r «d a t t h * Pout of f i re . M i r h ' g a n . a s Second Class Mall

H. J . KURTZ Editor — Publisher

PHONE 2141

MJACBEK — Michigan P r e * A m d a t t n National Editorial Association Michigan Farm Bureau

S s b s c r f p t i o n pes t paid . ene year te 3d»anc». ?? 50 »n Ken*. Mn»-kegon and Newaygo Conn tie*. Elsewhere (3-50.

National Advertising Representat ive: Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc. 3£Schi*au Press Service. Inc. 188 W . R a n d o l p h SC. Chicago. nL East Lansing. Michigan

A & P f i les Formal Answer Denying All

Anti-Trust Charges T h e Grea t , A t l a n t i c & Pac i f ic T e a

Co QatSy den ied g o v e r n m e n t a n t i - t r u s t c h a n t s in U S Dis t r ic t Cour t Monday < April 10) a n d t e r m e d t h e civil su i t a g a l r u t It a n e f f o r t to c h a n g e t h e n a -t ion ' s " - m i r e economic s t ruc tu re . "

I n i ts ilT.st f o r m a l answer to ' h e c o m p l a i n t s. e k i n f dissolut ion ot t n e •jO-year-old food c h a i n . A &— P ^aid the re "Is n o Jus t i f i c a t i on in f ac t o r i.i la-*r for t h e d r a s t i c a n d conf i sca to ry d e s t r u c t i o n " of t h e company .

A A P d e n i e d in de ta i l the c h a r g e of r e s t r a i n t of t r a d ? a n d monopoly b rough t u n d e r t h e S h e r m a n Act, D e -f e n d a n t s J o h n A. H a r t f o r d , c h a i r m a n of t h e bc>ard. G e o r g e L. H a r t f o r i. t r easu re r , a n d t h e A & P asked t h r o u g h counse l t h a t the compla in t h> dismissed.

ings t o t h e consumer a n d especially t o t h e voTKer f a m i l i e s "

T h e e f f e c t ol th* c o m p a n y ' s ac t iv i -1 t ies " h a s n o t been to r e s t r a i n t r a d e o r i t o p r e v e n t compet i t ion . " t h e a n s w e r c o n t i n u e d . ' O n t h e c o n t r a r y , i t s c o m -

i pe t i t ion h a s great ly p romoted t r a J e ' a n d i n c r e a s e d compet i t ion . "

T h u s , d i sso lu t ion of t h e c o m p a n y . A Ac P sa id , "would resu l t in a decrias»-

j r a : h e r t h a n o n inc rease in compe t i -t .on ." T h e answer w a s filed by t h e New York law f i rm of Cahi l l . G o r d o n ,

i Zach ry a n d Reindel

S o m e people go ' r o u n d in circles: | o t he r s get circles f r o m going ' round.

1 I t ' s a n a p p r o p r i a t e coincidence t h a t I t h e word • A m e r i c a n " e n d s In "I c a n . "

PRIDE . . . T h a t ' s us . . . and tha t ' s you! We're proud of our long ' l i s t of satisfied depositors — and our depositors a re proud of t h e feeling of security they

derive f rom a steadily ing savings account.

rev.'-*

Peoples State Bank

SPARTA, MICHIGAN

Accoun t s In th is b a n k u p to $5,000 a r e ln>ured in ful l u n d e r t h e pro-vis ions of t h e B a n k i n s Act of 1933.

N e w s p a p e r s Reach T h e -dost Teople every d a y !

J O H N A . I I A R T F O R I )

" T h e p l a i n t i f f . A <fc P con tended , "is a sk ing t h i s c o u r t to adopt , by Judi -cial f i a t , n e w a n d ex t remis t pr inc ip les of law wh ich would resu l t in a c o m -plete r emode l ing of t h e e n t i r e e c o n o m -ic s t r u c t u r e of th i s c o u n t r y . "

A & P t e r m e d i t s expans ion a " n a • t u ra l g r o w t h . " wh ich c a m e a lmos t e n -tirely f r o m wi th in t h e c o m p a n y a n d no t by m e r g e r s o r by buying o u t c o m -pe t ing c o m p a n i e s .

T i i e a n s w e r said t h a t A <fc P " h a s m a d e s u b s t a n t i a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o w a r d revo lu t ion iz ing" t h e food bus iness , " w i t h e n o r m o u s a n d incalculable s a v -

H O W A R D ' S SHOES

MEN'S BIB OVERALLS — 8-OZ.

$2.39 MEN'S 8-OZ. WAISTBAND

$1.89 CHILDREN'S SHOES

Strong Composition or Crepe Soles, sizes 9 to 'J

$2.98... $3.59 CHILDREN'S SHOES

Composition Soles, sizes 8 ' / j lo 2'. 2 - \ alues to S3.98 While they last—

2 pr. for $ 2 * 9 9

TWO STYLES MEN'S L E A T H E R SOLE DRESS S H O E S $7.50 Value

$5.75 YOU SAVE AT

HOWARD'S SPARTA

AUCTION * SALE »

AT THE RESIDENCE. 27' N. UNION ST., SPARTA, MICH.

Saturday, April 2 2 , 1 p. m.

HOUSEHOLD GOODS

2 Gas Ranges

Servel Gas Refrigerator

9 x 12 Rugs

Dining Room Furniture

Chairs

Living Room Furniture

Bedroom Sets

Miscellaneous Garden and Other Tools

Disher and Kitchen Utensils and Other Arti cles Too Numerous To Mention

TERMS - CASH

Mrs. Elizabeth (Sam) Perkins OWNEH

R. L. Mc IN TYRE, Auctioneer LYLE SQUIRES. Clerk

LOOK!

12 inch Television

for only

»16995

A PRICE YOU C A N T BEAT

AN AMAZING

BARGAIN

Reg 52.29

Fielders Glove

1.11

Firestone Budget Plan

SELECT WHAT % A j YOU W A N T

^Tire$fo«e SPECIAL — Just Arrived!

Re«. 2.98

PLASTIC RAINCOATS «

i

BOY'S 26-IN.

Firestone Pilot Bike

As low as

36.95 NATIONALLY KNOWN

8.2 cu. f t .

Refrigerator 5-year warranty

$ 1 6 9 9 5

Buy it for

a wt iK

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Hurry . . . Hurry . . . Thee* Won't Lost Long! Hard-to-Better*, but it's True . . . Now Firestone Oder* You a Raincoat (or the More Price of a Pressing Bill] They're Finest Quality . . . So Lightweight . . . So Smart Looking! Fold "Em Up . . . Tuck Tm in Your Pocket . . . Carry One in Your Car and Save Every Time It Rainsl GET HERE EARLY!

F » r e $ t o t u POWER MOWER

* Powerful 1 Vj H. P. .V.elor

* JO-lnch Cutting S e e l

* S o m i - P n e u m o t i< T i r o *

Simple ecougb fo r a child to SpCIaU' Hiu> n u ; HCVHi'ola controls . Come in a n d see i t t o d a y .

1.6 II. I \ $ « • % 4 V 5 0 1 1 9

Fishermen - - -W e Have A Complete Line O f Fishing Equipment

BOOTS — RODS — REELS — PLUGS — LINE — FLIES — ETC.

Carlson & Meyer Spuria Mich.

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Corner

Every woman likes lo have eonfidcncc in her grocer.

We m&ke every effort at A&P to give you:

Qual i ty foods a t money-saving prices.

P rompt , courteous «"<! efficient service.

Full ueiglit and cor-rect change.

If we should ever iail you on any of t he se counts, please let us know.

Please write*

Customer Relations Department, A&P Food Stores,

420 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N. Y.

COMPARE A*P's VALUES! EVERY ITEM IS LOW PRICED EVERYDAY IN THE WEEK Del M o n t e o r Llbby

PEACHES Hershey's

COCOA Roman

CLEANSER Bowleno or

SANI-FLUSH Famo

PANCAKE FLOUR Gerber's

BABY FOOD Campbell's

TOMATO SOUP

He » / , CAB 27C

I.I,. 39c 21c

, 14e ,A 27c

. . 19c

5 We

4 .... 33c

... 10c Ann Pago

SALAD DRESSING C o l d Stream

PINK SALMON Sure O o o d

MARGARINE

TOMATO SOUP Hum Label

KARO SYRUP

•t. lo/

CORN MEAL

2 ».

2 19% •» C.IM

5 * —

5 ,fc-

41c

37c

39c

25c

47c

29c

Waldorf

TOILET TISSUE Dro/t, Vol.

SURF OR TIDE Out. Oxydot, tab, »ln$o or

SUPER SUDS Ooo-Lltb

DILL PICKLES Wkltohouto

MILK OoIden Cream Style

I0NA CORN

3 20c

le* 0*1- 26c

»*e. 26c

* 25c

i * " 3 4 c

^ 1 ~~ 23c

S w i f f ' s

CORNED BEEF F r o i x o -Amer i can

SPAGHETTI Dole Crushed

PINEAPPLE Chicken of the Sea

GRATED TUNA Whole Kernel Corn

NIBLETS Large Tender Peat

GREEN GIANT dexo

SHORTENING Moyml

12 oi. tin

2 * IS",-

No. 2 c«n

i'/j-oi. csn

12 oi. can

No. 303 c«ns

43c

27c

29c

33c

15c

39c

71c

CELATIN DESSERTS 4 - 25c

.... w 19c A M . Page

KETCHUP

3 bo" 20c

u « 2 4 c

Polt Naptka

LAUNDRY SOAP Cleanmr

SPIC & SPAN

LAUNDRY STARCH 3 % 33c

24 - 34c

JtoJey ' e

WAFFLE SYRUP

Fresh, Tender, Oreen

ASPARAGUS Gordon Fresh

RADISHES fmmey U a « finger Site

CARROTS ftortda U.S. Ho. f — Site A

POTATOES Prooh, Tender Oolden Heart

CELERY

ORANCES — ,s#

• 25c

2 ^ 1 1 c

10 63c

- - • 55c

Brown-N-Serre Rolls

CL0VERLEAF Pineapple'Cocoonut

BUNS POTATO CHIPS

HOME STYLE BREAD

SPANISH BAR CAKE

DONUTS "

POTATO BREAD

16c

,i te 25c * u ' 59c

^ 18c

— 29c

JT?j 18c

15c

American Cheese Food

CHED-0-BIT Cheese

FRANKENMUTH

TANCY LINKS Ml id Cheddar or

COLBY CHEESE PbUa. or Sardem

CREAM CHEESE ftoob

BRICK CHEESE

2 lb. !««f 71 c

, 5 0 c

31c

» 4 6 c

18c

48c