Casnovia Honors Retiring Mrs. Edwin Clute L a s l Monday evening the e n t i r e

c o m m u n i t y of Casnov ia paid publ ic t r i b u t e to M r s . Edwin (Zei la) C lu te of I S - m i l e Road with a r e c e p t i o n in; h e r honor a t the Casnov ia School . She r e t i r e s th is week f r o m tha-school a f t e r t h i r t y - o n e y e a r s of t each ing in the publ ic s c h o o l s of this a r e a .

R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of the K e n t C o u n -ty and Casnov ia B o a r d s of Educa t ion , the Casnov i a P a r e n t - T e a c h e r A s s o -c ia t ion , and fe l low t e a c h e r s , jo ined with many of h e r s tuden t s , both p a s t and p r e s e n t , to wish h e r well on h e r r e t i r e m e n t and say " t hank y o u " fo r the many y e a r s of s e r v i c e she lias r e n d e r e d to youth and adu l t s . Many of the s t u d e n t s in he r c l a s s r o o m s in the p a s t few y e a r s a r e tlie second g e n e r a u o n that has l e a rned under h e r tu te lage .

Spec ia l g u e s t s w e r e h e r m o t h e r , M r s . C l a r a Brown of Kent City; M r s . C l u t e ' s m o t h e r , M r s . C a r r i e C lu te of Owosso ; and M r s . John (Dorothy) W i e r s of Wyoming, the C l u t e ' s only daugh t e r who is a second £ r a d e t e a c h e r a t P i n e r y P a r k School in that c i ty .

M r . G e o r g e Van Wesep , a p a s t deputy s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of die Kent County Board of Educa t ion , b rough t g r e e t i n g s f r o m the county s taff and pointed out h e r ou ts tanding r e c o r d a s an except iona l t e a c h e r of r e m e d -ia l r e a d i n g . M r s . Ivan E m e r i c , on behalf of tlie communi ty , paid t r i -bute to h e r f ine consc i en t i ous q u a l -i t i e s . She r e c o m m e n d e d that M r s . Clu te be ca l led on a s a r e s o u r c e au thor i ty in the f ield of n a t u r e and wi ld l i fe .

, M r . Vernon Bull, p r e s i d e n t of the Casnovia Board of Educa t ion , e x -p r e s s e d app rec i a t i on to he r length ot s e r v i c e a s a dedica ted t e a c h e r . As a token of e s t e e m and a p p r e c i a t i o n he p r e s e n t e d he r with luggage on behalf of the commun i ty . A s o c i a l hour followed the t r i b u t e s . It was a r r a n g e d by M r s . I rv ing Nyblad , M r s . Raymond Shaw, M r s . Ray L o o m i s . M r s . Mark Mersey and M r s . Bul l . M r s . Shaw and Nick Iwaniw p r e s i d e d a t the s e r v i n g tab le . T h e facu l ty m e m b e r s M r . John K a r s . p r i nc ipa l , M r s . Donald Moore , M r s . C a r l Loomis s e r v e d on hosp i ta l i ty .

N u m e r o u s highlights of M r s . C l u t -e ' s c a r e e r and her dedica t ion to s e r v i n g tlie people about h e r w e r e brought to light that evening . A m o s t r e w a r d i n g e x p e r i e n c e a f t e r y e a r s of d i l igen t study was r e c e i v i n g he r B a -c h e l o r of Science d e g r e e f r o m W e s -t e r n Michigan Unive r s i ty in K a l a m -azoo a f t e r many long y e a r s of d i l i -gent s tudy in ex tens ion c o u r s e s , spec i a l c l a s s e s and s u m m e r schoo l . She r e l a t e d that in the e a r l i e r days she had to take the i n t e r u r b a n t r a in f r o m Grand Rapids to Ka lamazoo to

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F o r da i ry ca t t l e g e t t i n g r o u g h a g e of m e d i u m prote in c o n t e n t such a s mixed h a y o r c o m si lage a n d h a y . 6,000 U S P U N I T S V i t a m i n A (as p a l m i t a t e ) p e r pound .

DAIRY PEL 13 Designed fo r ca t t l e g e t t i n g m a i m y l e g u m e r o u g h a g e of good qua l i t y . 4,000 U S P U N I T S Vi t amin A ( a s p a l m i t a t e ) pe r pound.

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a t tend s u m m e r schoo l . O t h e r i n t e r e s t i n g d e t a i l s of e a r l y

e x p e r i e n c e s included teaching a t Snow and C l a r k Schoo l s w h e r e h e r l a t e f a t h e r , h e r m o t h e r , and she h e r s e l f a t tended a s a ch i ld . She a l s o taught a t Johnson , B a l l a r d . Canada C o r n e r s , and Casnov ia Schools . She men ioned tlie f a c t t h a t d u r i n g tlie d e -p r e s s i o n days a s many a s twenty a p p l i c a n t s would be made f o r one r u r a l school pos i t ion w h e r e the s a l -a r y had dipped to only $30.00 a m o n t h .

In addi t ion to work ing widi young-s t e r s through tlie y e a r s , M r s . C lu te

h a s w o r k e d f o r b e t t e r m e n t of the t e ach ing p r o f e s s i o n by s e r v i n g a s p r e s i d e n t of both the Muskegon and Kent c h a p t e r s of the Michigan E d u -ca t ion A s s o c i a t i o n . She a l s o was a m e m b e r of tlie E x e c u t i v e B o a r d of the Kent County Boa rd of Educa t ion f o r two y e a r s . L a s t f a l l , s h e was an a l t e r n a t e d e l e g a t e of Region 9 to the Michigan Educa t ion C o n g r e s s in G r a n d R a p i d s and worked widi the d e p a r t m e n t of c l a s s r o o m s tudy . H e r i n t e r e s t s in youth c o n t i n u e s ou t s ide tlie c l a s s r o o m as ev idenced by the f a c t tha t s h e was a 4 -H l e a d e r of a r e a boys and g i r l s f o r twelve y e a r s .

M r . and M r s . C lu te have no d e f i n -i te p l a n s f o r r e t i r e m e n t , a l though they hope to be ab l e to m a k e good u s e of the g i f t luggage by taking t i m e f o r s o m e t r a v e l l i n g . T h e C l u t -e s wil l o b s e r v e t h e i r 40di wedding a n n i v e r s a r y on J u n e 16 of th is y e a r . 1 hey have l ived on tlie 5 5 - a c r e f r u i t f a r m on 18 -Mi le Road m o s t of t he i r m a r r i e d l i f e .

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A n n o u n c e m e n t i s m a d e that tlie s u m m e r r e a d i n g p r o g r a m of tlie S p a r t a C a r n e g i e L i b r a r y will be conduc ted f o r c h i l d r e n f r o m the th i rd t h rough the s ix th g r a d e s . Opening d a t e s will be announced l a t e r .

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F u n e r a l s e r v i c e s w e r e held S a t -u r d a y a t the Jonkhoff F u n e r a l H o m e in Grand R a p i d s f o r M r s . Luc i l l e Van Houtum, aged 76, widow of M a r -t in Van Houtum, of 61 Mayfie ld A v e -n u e . G r a n d R a p i d s , who p a s s e d away on T u e s d a y a f t e r n o o n . May 25, in B u t t e r w o r t h Hosp i t a l .

She i s s u r v i v e d by two s o n s , John of S p a r t a and Don of Saginaw ( f o r -m e r l y of S p a r t a ) ; two d a u g h t e r s , M r s . Lloyd ( L a v e m ) R e i d s m a , M r s . David ( M a r g a r e t ) DeWit t of Grand R a p i d s : twelve g r a n d c h i l d r e n ; two g r e a t - g r a n d c h i l d r e n ; two s i s t e r s ,

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M r s . J a m e s P l a t s c h o r e of Grand R a p i d s and M r s . John Lant ing of Muskegon.

D r . Donald K. Black ie of C a l v a r y R e f o r m e d Church of f ic ia ted a t the s e r v i c e s . Bur ia l was in Woodlawn C e m e t e r y in Grand Rapids .

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BOOK BAG FAD Speaking of b a c k - t o - s c h o o l , book

bags like the ones used by E u r o p e a n s tuden t s a r e v e r y much " I n " on co l lege c a m p u s e s al l o v e r tlie coun-t ry . I he o r i g ina l s w e r e m a d e of s tu rdy o l l v e - d r a b m a t e r i a l but new t rend i s to b r i gh t gay d e n i m s and p r i n t s . T h e y a r e s i m p l e to make and look l ike a pillow c a s e with a d r a w -s t r i n g . P r a c t i c a l , too. Le t your i m -aginat ion be your guide.

BREAKFAST ON T HE RUN A s e a s y to g r a b a s a p i ece of

toas t , and twice a s nu t r i t i ous , i s b r e a k f a s t - in - a - sandwich . B r e a k -f a s t - s k i p p i n g has become a n a t i o n -al h a z a r d and i s v e r y p r e v a l e n t among s c h o o l - a g e ch i ld ren . Set a good e x a m p l e you r se l f , then m a k e it e a sy f o r the h u r r i e d youngs t e r .

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Fi l l a sandwich with c i n n a m o n -f l avored a p p l e s a u c e . Dip tlie s a n d -wich In beaten egg liiinned witli mi lk , then g r i l l a s you would F r e n c h T o a s t . Spr inkle with c innamon and s u g a r m i x t u r e .

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— f o l k s w o r k t h e m s e l v e s t o d e a t h t r y i n g to g e l t o w h e r e t h e y c a n t a k e it e a s y . — C a r l C. W o o d , T h e P l a i n s ( T e x . ) R e c o r d .

'Letterbox* T h e S e n t i n e l - L e a d e r s h a r e s with

o u r r e a d e r s a por t ion of a l e t t e r r e c e i v e d f r o m D a r r y l K e l l e r who i s s t a t ioned with die U.S. F l e e t Sonar School a t Key Wes t , F l o r i d a . He i s the son of M r . and M r s . G e o r g e K e l l e r and a 1963 g r a d u a t e of Spa r t a High School .

May 9, 1965

D e a r J o u r n a l i s t s : T h i s i s to i n f o r m you that I have

s u c c e s s f u l l y comp le t ed the S - l S o -n a r T e c h n i c i a n C o u r s e , and g r a d -uated Apr i l 16 with a f inal a v e r a g e of 91.05, t in l sh lng e ighth In my c l a s s .

I have been r e c o m m e n d e d a long with f ive o t h e r s in my c l a s s to a t -tend 26 O p e r a t o r s School, which d e a l s with the N a v y ' s n e w e s t e x p e r -imenta l long r a n g e s o n a r e q u i p -m e n t . T h i s school will s t a r t on May 10 and run about four weeks , a f t e r which we r e c e i v e twenty days of a c q u i r e d l e ave . I p l an on being h o m e c lo se to the da t e of June 1, b a r i n g any u n f o r s e e n inc iden t s .

A f t e r l eave , I will be a t tending P r e Com in Newpor t , Rhode Is land,

Engaged M r . and M r s . Raymond J a c h t of

S tebbins S t r e e t , S p a r t a , announce the engagemen t and approach ing m a r r i a g e of t h e i r d a u g h t e r . Dawn Lee , to R o b e r t L. F o s t e r , son of M r . and M r s . Kenneth W. F o s t e r of 32nd S t r ee t , Wyoming.

T h e couple plan to be m a r r i e d on S e p t e m b e r 11 in P e a c e Lu the ran C h u r c h of Spar la.

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Yet am I with you in the s p i r i t . . . beholding your order.

— ( C o l . 2 : 5 )

God b l e s s e s u s w i t h o r d e r , a n d w e h a v e p l e n t y of t i m e . W e l i v e i n e t e r n i t y . I t is t h e r i g h t u s e of t h i s p a r t i c u l a r m o m e n t in w h i c h w e a r e l i v i n g t h a t i s i m p o r t a n t . I f w e fill t h i s m o m e n t w i t h c o n s t r u c t i v e , pos -i t i v e t h o u g h t , w o r d o r a c t i o n , wre n e e d n o t be c o n c e r n e d w i t h t h e n e x t d a y , m o n t h o r y e a r . L e t ' s l ive in t h e n o w .

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T h e Coms tock P a r k B u s i n e s s M e n ' s Assoc ia t ion i s p lanning i t s F i r s t Annual H o r s e Speed Racing Show to be held a t 2:00 on Sunday a f t e r n o o n , J u n e 20. It will be held on the Grand Rapids S p e e d r o m e p r o p e r t y a t Uie s i t e of tlie old C o m s t o c k P a r k F a i r g r o u n d s .

T h e speed r a c i n g show will be a f u n d - r a i s i n g even t and p r o f i t s will be s h a r e d e a c h y e a r with a s e l ec t ed C o m s t o c k P a r k o r g a n i z a t i o n . T h i s y e a r , the G r e e n H o r n e t s D r u m and Bugle C o r p s will be die r e c i p i e n t s . T h e C o r p s los t i t s mee t ing p l ace a s well a s i t s i n s t r u m e n t s and u n i f o r m s when die A m e r i c a n L e -gion P o s t No. 47 of C o m s t o c k P a r k burned to tlie ground l a s t N o v e m -b e r .

T h e even t wil l be conducted by, and unde r the r u l e s of, the Statewide Speed H o r s e A s s o c i a t i o n , a n o n -p r o f i t c o r p o r a t i o n , which handles many county f a i r s , fund r a i s i n g s , and c e l e b r a t i o n s . A s u c c e s s f u l 3rd annual r a c e w a s r e c e n t l y held a t tlie Nat ional T r o u t Fes t i va l in Ka lkaska .

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May 31, 1965 VEAL. . _ . sold u p to $34.00 |M*r cwt . BEFJF S T E E R S & H E I F E R S - -»old u p to $24.00 per cwt . B E E F B U L L S -- . . sold u p to $19.10 p e r cwt , B E E F C O W S sold u p to $17.50 p e r c w t . F E E D E R C A T T L E .. »old $Ifl.rt0 to $22.00 p e r cwt . HOiJS _ sold u p to $21.50 p e r cwt . S O W S - ... Mold up t o $19.85 p e r cwt . B O A R S sold u p to $15.10 p e r cwt . F E E D E R P I G S sold $11.75 to $16.25 each H E N S sold up to $1.05 each R A B B I T S . sold u p to $3.10 e a c h D U C K S . . . . . . sold u p to $1.10 oaoh

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f o r 16 weeks , then on to C h a r l e s -ton, South C a r o l i n a , to ca tch o u r new sh ip , the U.S.S. Davidson (DE 1045) which will no t be c o m m i s -s ioned unti l J a n u a r y , 1966. It will be home por t ed out of P e a r l H a r b o r d u r i n g i t s f i r s t y e a r in the F l e e t .

1 f ind tha t I m i s s Spar ta and al l i t s wonder fu l people m o r e than e v e r , but I be l i eve al l di is school ing and t r a in ing i s wor th the s a c r i f i c e of t h r e e r e m a i n i n g y e a r s away. I can only hope tha t the town itself d o e s not grow so big diat I cannot r e c o g n i z e i t upon my p e r m a n e n t r e -t u r n .

I a m now taking a c o r r e s p o n -d e n c e c o u r s e f r o m the Cleve land Ins t i tu te of E l e c t r o n i c s , which should he lp m e in the E l e c t r o n i c s Techno logy p a r t of my d i i rd c l a s s pe t ty o f f i c e r s e x a m this coming D e c e m b e r . I p a s s e d my p r a c t i c a l f a c t o r s e x a m f o r the r a t e of SEA-MAN, on Apr i l 21, and will be t ak -ing the F l e e t wide exam f o r SEA-MAN on May 19.

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t he r i s down h e r e now, I can only te l l you that we n e v e r had as many days In Michigan f i l led with so ' m u c h w a r m wead i e r . Although the humidi ty Is ve ry high a lways , we have a i r condit ioning in our b a r -r a c k s , which i s somewha t of a c o m -f o r t to u s .

My c l a s s was on s e a phase 70 m i l e s out to s ee , when we got a m e s s a g e ove r tlie sh ips te le type that e ight p e r s o n s w e r e ki l led in the Grand Rapids a r e a by a s e v e r e s t o r m thought to be a tornado, and I was w o r r i e d until two days l a t e r when I p laced a cal l home to find out that Spar ta was s t i l l on the m a p .

Until June , then, I will s ay " a n -c h o r s a w e i g h " .

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