Free hot dogs & balloons to be "Family Night" features P r i z e s to be Given

Severa l p r i z e s will be given du r ing the S p a r t a C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e ' s two week p r e - C h r i s t m a s p romot ion . P r i z e s will be given on D e c e m b e r 12 and D e c e m b e r 19, Additional in format ion will 1)0 ava i l ab l e f r o m p a r t i c i p a -t ing m e r c h a n t s beginning r ight a f t e r Thanksg iv ing .

F r e e hot dogs and ba l loons f o r the ch i ld ren will be given away by the Spa r t a C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e a s it opens i t s two week p r e - C h r i s t m a s downtown promot ion p r o g r a m . The f r e e goodies will be given away be tween 5:00 p . m . and 7:00 p . m . on T h u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 10 at a p l a c e in the downtown a r e a to be announced l a t e r .

The S p a r t a m e r c h a n t s will begin t h e i r hol iday s e a s o n

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with a Santa Claus p a r a d e on Sa tu rday , D e c e m b e r 5 at 2:00 p . m . The l ine of m a r c h will be f r o m the Methodist Church through the downtown a r e a .

Santa C l a u s , on h i s spec i a l f loat , will lead the p a r a d e which will a l so contain f i r e eng ines , a bajid and $ group of e l v e s who will throw candy to' UiQ kids afonf rou t e .

Evening Hours Most Spar ta m e r c h a n t s will begin s tay ing open e v e -

nings until 9:00 p . m . f r o m D e c e m b e r 10 and will con -t inue to keep evening h o u r s until D e c e m b e r 24.

Santa C laus Santa Claus will be in h is Santa C laus house at the

te lephone company lot on D e c e m b e r 5 and the two week-ends that fol low. He will a l s o be downtown each night d u r i n g the l a s t week b e f o r e C h r i s t m a s .

Fami ly Night

A spec ia l Fami ly Night will be held on the evening of T h u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 10 du r ing which t ime par t ic ipa t ing m e r c h a n t s will give spec ia l a t tent ion to the chi ldren a s they c o m e to shop fo r the i r C h r i s t m a s g i f t s . Some m e r c h a n t s will de s igna t e spec ia l s a l e s c l e r k s to a t -tend to the ch i ld ren and help them find su i tab le gift i t e m s .

Fami ly Night will be the t ime when the f r e e hot dogs and the f r e e ba l loons will be d i s t r i bu ted to the ch i ld ren . The C h a m b e r e m p h a s i z e d that , b e c a u s e they cannot e s t i m a t e the n u m b e r of ch i ld ren that will come to town that night , the C h a m b e r will have 1,000 f r e e hot dogs to bo s e r v e d to the f i r s t 1,000 ch i ld ren that ask fo r them.

F r e e Movies F r e e mov ie s will a l s o be on the agenda at the Spar ta

T h e a t e r . The movies will be run f o r the chi ldren f r o m 1:00 p . m . until G:00 p . m . on Sa tu rday , D e c e m b e r 19,

The movies will give Mom and Dad a chance to leave the ch i ld ren in a s a f e p l ace while they go about the i r C h r i s t m a s shopping .

Back row, Left to right: Coach Ron Helmboldt; Jack Bul l i s ; G a r y Nason; Br i an Tindle ; Randy P a r m e t e r ; Don McCready ; Jon S o d e r s t r o m ; Mike Nor ton ; D a r r e l l B a e h r e ; Bob Rambow; C l a r k Olson; J i m Knauf; Leo Andrus; J i m Jakeway; Mike Eaton; Dan Kent; Steve Wever ; J e r r y Ri tzenhein ; Randy Ta f t ; Don Ches l ek ; Head Coach Tom C h r i s t o p h e r . It could be sa id that the Spa r t a High v a r s i t y football

t eam came of age th is s e a s o n , a s they f inished the i r bes t s e a s o n in 17 y e a r s . Most of the m e m b e r s of the 1970 squad w e r e b a b i e s when the 1953 t e am completed that h i s t o r i c a l unbea ten , untied s e a s o n .

Going into t h e i r f inal game l a s t F r i d a y , the S p a r t a n s had a 7 -0 -1 r e c o r d with only a 6 - 6 tie with Cooper sv i l l e spoi l ing a p e r f e c t s e a s o n . In e ight con te s t s the Blue and White s c o r e d 194 points while holding the i r oppon-e n t s to only 40.

T h e S p a r t a n s f in ished T r i - R i v e r play with a 4 -0 -1 r e c o r d , giving the t e am an undisputed League c rown, Greenv i l l e f in i shed one half g a m e behind the S p a r t a n s , with a 4 -1-0

The C o m s t o c k P a r k P a n t h e r s jumped off to an e a r l y l e a d aga ins t the S p a r t a n s las t F r i d a y in the s e a s o n f ina l , but fe l l to de fea t a s the S p a r t a team s c o r e d t h r e e t i m e s to take a 22-7 v i c t o r y o v e r the i r a r c h - r i v a l .

The P a n t h e r s m a r c h e d the opening kick-off 54 y a r d s in 8 p l a y s to the S p a r t a 15 before the S p a r t a n s held off the d e t e r m i n e d s q u a d and a field goal w a s t r i ed . The S p a r t a n s w e r e gui l ty of an o f f - s ide pena l ty on the kick, h o w e v e r , and with four th down and goal on the ten the P a n t h e r s s c o r e d the f i r s t touchdown of the g a m e . C o m -ing a round h i s own le f t end, Bob Schumaker went in fo r the s c o r e and a f t e r a penal ty on the f i r s t t r y fo r point , R e n i e r Bulder spl i t the upr ights for an e a r l y (8:22) 7 - 0 Comstock P a r k lead.

A t 3:21 of the second q u a r t e r , Mar io B u r n s of the Sp-a r t a n s put the v i s i t o r s on the s co reboa rd a s he ended a 59 yard dr ive by s c o r i n g f r o m the 1 on a second down and goal s i tuat ion. A Blaauw to Jack Bull is p a s s f o r the c o n -ve r s ion was incomple t e , giving the P a n t h e r s a 7 -0 h a l f -t i m e edge.

F r o n t row, Lef t to r igh t : Dennis Lang , Mgr . ; Coach Dave Stoy; Bob P o s t m a ; Pa t Heinbeck; T i m Klein; Mar io B u r n s ; Rick K r a u s e , Co-Cap ta in ; R o g e r Andrus f C o -cap ta in ; Bob Blaauw; Dennis De B o e r ; Dale S o d e r s t r o m ; L a r r y C a r t e r ; Kim M y e r s ; Mike Ri t z ; Ken Whi taker ; Mike Bitely; T e r r y Bayes ; Jeff Lovel l , Mgr .

T r i - R i v e r s l a t e , t h e i r only l o s s be ing a 22-14 dec i s ion to S p a r t a ,

O t h e r a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s of the 1970 t e am w e r e a 20-0 v i c t o r y o v e r a r c h - r i v a l Rockford in the s e a s o n o p e n e r 28 -0 and 26-0 shutout wins o v e r Lowell and Grand Ra-p ids E a s t C h r i s t i a n r e s p e c t i v e l y , and the win o v e r G r e e n -vi l le which snapped a fou r g a m e Yellow J a c k e t win s t r e a k ,

F r i d a y n igh t ' s con tes t at C o m s t o c k P a r k saw 12 s e n i o r s play t h e i r l a s t footbal l g a m e f o r S p a r t a High a s Roger A n d r u s , Mike Bi te ly , Mar io B u r n s , Dennis D e B o e r , Bob B laauw, L a r r y C a r t e r , P a t Heinbeck , T i m Kle in , Rick K r a u s e , Kim M y e r s , Bob P o s t m a and Dale S o d e r s t r o m hung up t h e i r c l e a t s .

The S p a r t a n s c a m e back s t rong in the s econd half and s c o r e d twice while holding the i r opponen t s s c o r e l e s s . The f i r s t second half Spa r t a s c o r e c a m e with 6:14 le f t in the th i rd q u a r t e r a s Blaauw hit Bul l i s along the w e s t e r n s i d e l i n e s and J a c k s c a m p e r e d 20 y a r d s untouched fo r the TD. Once again Blaauw connected f o r the PAT, th i s t i m e to L a r r y C a r t e r , and the S p a r t a n s hold a 14-7 l e a d .

With a l i t t le o v e r a minute p layed In the final p e r i o d , B u l l i s s c o r e d h i s s econd touchdown of the evening a s he went over f r o m the 9. Blaauw r a n f o r the poin ts a f t e r .

With the v ic to ry , the S p a r t a n s f in ished the i r bes t s ea son s i n c e 1953, a s the t eam f in ished with a 8 - 0 - 1 season r e c o r d . The l o s s fo r the P a n t h e r s was the i r eighth a g a i n s t no wins and a t ie . The S p a r t a v i c t o r y was a l s o the eighth c o n s e c u t i v e Spar tan v i c to ry o v e r a Comstock P a r k team a f t e r having losing e ight s t r a igh t to the P a n t h e r s .

Main St. Christmas lights to be installed soon

The Spar ta Main S t r e e t C h r i s t m a s light p r o g r a m is e n t e r i n g i t s f inal s t a g e s with the new d e c o r a t i o n s due to a r r i v e in Spa r t a within a few d a y s .

O v e r 40 d e c o r a t i o n s will be u sed , one f o r each light pole in the downtown shopping a r e a . The total cos t of the p r o j e c t will be about $2,500 with mos t of it go-ing t o w a r d s the c o s t s of the l igh t s . The ba lance , about $600, will be needed to pay the C o n s u m e r s P o w e r C o m -pany f o r ins ta l l a t ion of the l ights on the light po l e s .

The newes t of the d e c o r a t i o n s used in p rev ious y e a r s will 1x5 put up a l s o . The o l d e r and m o r e worn holiday d e c o r a t i o n s will no longe r be u s e d .

The Vi l lage h a s con t r ibu ted $1,000 to the C h r i s t m a s light p r o g r a m with the ba lance of the funds coming f r o m the local C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e , A C h a m b e r s p o k e s -man sa id that they w e r e s t i l l s h o r t of t h e i r s h a r e of the fund but expec ted to r a i s e it b e f o r e the end of the month .

Former Sparta teacher returning to classroom

M r s , Klenk, a r e t i r e d Spar ta t e a c h e r , is showing h e r m a t e r i a l s f r o m J a p a n to s o m e of the S p a r t a C e n t r a l E l e m e n t a r y four th g r a d e r s . Dur ing h e r v i s i t with the ch i ld ren , she a l s o showed and n a r r a t e d s l i d e s she had taken du r ing h e r t r i p to J a p a n , The to-rtL r r u u v n f r o m M r s , H o l l a n d ' s , M r s , S tou t ' s , M r s , S h a f t ' s and M r s , T r i m b l e ' s r o o m s a r e s tudying Japan , F rom lef t to r ight a r e Pat ty Denhof , Mark Moody, T a m m y J a c o b -son , M r s , Klonk, C a r l Nlckola i , Leonard Mi l l e r , Evelyn Grzybowsk i and Amy Lang*

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A f t e r a t ense game F r i d a y , November 9, Spa r t a tied Coopersv i l l e 6 - 6 , Th i s m e a n s that we a r e the c h a m -pions in our league .

The following Monday the school held a s p e c i a l a s s e m b l y , Mr , B r a d f o r d , a q u a r t e r b a c k f r o m S p a r t a ' s l a s t c h a m -pionship team dur ing 1953 spoke . Then the 1970 c h a m -pionship team rece ived the i r t rophy ,

Sa turday , November 10, Steve Okkonan was S p a r t a ' s r unne r at the s t a t e t r ack mee t in Ann A r b o r , He placed 13th, Congratula t ions!

Two school c lubs , the F u t u r e H o m e m a k e r s of A m e r i c a and the Spanish Club, held the i r in i t i a t ions l a s t week. Everyone had a g r e a t t ime ini t ia t ing t h e i r new m e m b e r s .

Last Tuesday s e v e r a l Gove rnmen t c l a s s e s took a field t r i p to the Grand Rapids Po l i ce Station and to the U, S. J u s t i c e Cour t where they saw a j u r y t r i a l . The t r i p was in t e res t ing a s well a s i n f o r m a t i v e .

As the da te of the school play swif t ly a p p r o a c h e s , the cas t and c rew busi ly p r e p a r e f o r iJiose big nights of November 19, 20 and 21, Th i s y e a r the play will be t h e a t e r - i n - t h e - r o u n d . T h i s means the audience will s i t in c i r c u l a r rows around the p e r f o r m a n c e .

T icke t s may be pu rchased at the door f o r the r e g u l a r p r i c e .

Students rece ived the i r r e p o r t c a r d s F r i d a y , Once again g r o a n s echoed through the ha l l s of S p a r t a High,

Steven Quay receives WMU assistantship

Steven C, Quay, son of M r , and M r s , LaGene Quay of 105-13 Mile Road, Spa r t a , has r ecen t ly r ece ived an u n d e r g r a d u a t e a s s i s t a n s h i p f r o m Wes t e rn Michigan U n i v e r s i t y ' s Honors Col lege ,

He will work under the d i r ec t i on of D r . Stephen B, F r i e d m a n , a s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r of biology, on a p r o j e c t en t i t led , "Regu la t ion of Metabol i sm by Glucose and Gluconate in Pseudomonas F l u o r s c e n s , "

Quay i s a junior at WMU, m a j o r i n g in biology and m i n o r -ing in ma thema t i c s and c h e m i s t r y .

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At the g e n e r a l mee t ing of the S p a r t a C o o p e r a t i v e N u r s e r y held at the Masonic T e m p l e , a c r e a t i v e workshop was p r e p a r e d by the t e a c h e r s of the N u r s e r y School , M r s , Donald Gohn and M r s , J a m e s P u n c h e s , A f t e r a s h o r t b u s i n e s s mee t ing , the m o t h e r s w e r e put to work c r e a t i n g p i c t u r e s f r o m s o a p s u d s , making c o l l a g e s , f inge r pa in t ing , s c u l p t u r i n g f o r m s f r o m Magic C l a y , c r e a t i n g m o n s t e r s f r o m milk weed pods , and d e c o r a t i n g felt f i nge r puppe t s . Many c l e v e r , o r ig ina l a r t i c l e s e m e r g e d . T h e r e w e r e lo ts of d i s p l a y s with inexpens ive ideas to p rov ide s o m e c r e a t i v e e x p e r i e n c e s fo r p r e - s c h o o l e r s , M r s , Gohn and M r s , P u n c h e s p a s s e d out s h e e t s tliey had c o m p i l e d , ' ' H e l p -ful Hints f o r Haggard H o m e m a k e r s " which have a d d i -t ional i n f o r m a t i o n f o r h o m e p r o j e c t s . Much work was

put into th i s workshop , and it was v e r y wor thwhi l e . T h e ch i ld ren have been making c o s t u m e s fo r a T h a n k s -

giving p r o g r a m to be given fo r t h e i r m o t h e r s the two d a y s b e f o r e Thanksg iv ing , a half hour b e f o r e t h e i r d i s -m i s s a l t i m e s . They made h e a d d r e s s e s of f e a t h e r s and co lo r fu l n e c k l a c e s . They will be keeping t i m e to Indian m u s i c with d r u m s and s h a k e r s , A v e r y i m p r e s s -ive t eepee h a s been d e c o r a t e d by a l l the to ts with lots of Indian d e s i g n s artd many o r i g i n a l o n e s . Indian songs and d a n c e s will be p r e v a l e n t a round a c a m p f i r e . The to t s will be a w a r e of the p a r t the Indians played in o u r f i r s t Thanksg iv ing ,

Sparta Scout Troop 280 holds Court of Awards With the Boy Scouts of T r o o p 428 a t t end ing , S p a r t a ' s

T r o o p 280 held i ts Fal l Cour t of A w a r d s at the Spa r t a Commun i ty Bui ld ing on Monday, November 9,

S c o u t m a s t e r Ralph S t ade lman , A s s i s t a n t S c o u t m a s t e r Leon A r m o c k and C o u n s e l l o r Haro ld Moody conducted and i m p r e s s i v e c e r e m o n y .

F o u r T e n d e r f o o t Boy Scouts w e r e inducted: J i m and T i m B e a r d s l e y , Dan A r m o c k and M a r k El l io t t , P r o -moted to Second C l a s s was J i m El l io t t , P a u l E l l e r -man b e c a m e a S t a r Scout and Allen K i e f e r was p r o -moted to Li fe Scout ,

Dur ing th i s p a s t s u m m e r many M e r i t B a d g e s w e r e e a r n e d with those a s s o c i a t e d with the o u t d o o r s being mos t p r o m i n e n t . It i s through the e a r n i n g of MeMt B a d g e s that Boy Scouts advance through the v a r i o u s r a n k s with that of Eagle Scout be ing the h ighes t a w a r d .

Two Spa r t a Boy Scouts w e r e advanced to the r ank of Eagle Scout , Bil l Wheat and Steve H e l s e l , Bill Wheat was p r e s e n t e d by U, S, A t to rney John Mal inowskl and Steve Helse l was In t roduced by Judge John T, L e t t s .

Judge L e t t s , in h i s r e c o l l e c t i o n , r e c a l l e d only one Eagle Scout a p p e a r i n g b e f o r e h im in the c o u r t r o o m , and that fo r a m i n o r o f f e n s e . A t to rney John Mal inowskl did not r eca l l any i n s t a n c e s in which a Boy Scout was involved .

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F i f t y - two s e n i o r c i t izen l ad ies met In the Methodist Church b a s e m e n t on November 5, 1970, Two v i s i t o r s , J e n n i e Condon and Dora P r i e s t we re we l comed , B e r t l n e Het land , Ruby Sau r , EInora Gentz , and C l a r a Hals tead w e r e back with u s .

Today , being our 5th a n n i v e r s a r y , Lil l ian Blough read a br ie f h i s t o r y of ou r c l u b ' s a c t i v i t i e s .

F i f t een c h a r t e r m e m b e r s w e r e p r e s e n t today. B i r t h -day cake , Ice c r e a m and cof fee w e r e s e r v e d .

A cake with f ive c a n d l e s w a s lighted by C ra Sau r , J e s s i e Ches lek and M y r t a Nequis t , The g i r l s h i d s o m e t roub le blowing the cand le s out , but quickly d i scove red the r e a s o n . T h i s cake was taken to F l o r e n c e o'pangen-b e r g , a f o r m e r p r e s i d e n t who i s r e c o v e r i n g f rom a s t r o k e ,

M a r g a r e t Gl l le t , o u r new p r e s i d e n t could not a t tend. Her husband, Howard , h a s r e tu rned f r o m the hospi ta l and i s s t i l l s u f f e r i n g much pain in h is back .

Our vice p r e s i d e n t . Hilda Snip, opened the meet ing bv r ead ing a poem. The s e c r e t a r y and t r e a s u r e r repor t s -w e r e read and approved .

Our Sunshine C h a i r m a n , C o r a S a u r , r epor ted two g e t -well c a r d s s e n t .

S o r r y to h e a r Ve lma Brock Is In the hospi ta l fo r s u r -g e r y , and Rebecca P u l s i f e r who i s in Ca l i fo rn ia has a b roken a r m ,

M r s , Snip read a l e t t e r f r o m o u r f r i e n d , Vern lce C o u r s e r , We enjoyed the witty manne r In which she told of t he i r t r i p to F l o r i d a and the new r e s i d e n t s in t h e i r t r a i l e r p a r k . (Ra t t l e snakes )

Pau l DeYoung, a Ro ta r l an s e n t a l e t t e r explaining a den ta l s e r v i c e p r o j e c t which D r . R o s e b e r r y i s work -ing on . The Rotary Club gave $500 to has ten the work and now a r e ask ing con t r ibu t ions f r o m o t h e r s to pay them back .

We d i s c u s s e d th is m a t t e r , but did not have enough In the t r e a s u r y to give now. We have Informed them we could not donate now,

November 19th h o s t e s s e s will be Ida Gi l l am, Alice L a m o r e a u x , C o r a C a r p e n t e r , Lil ly Borkowsk l , Mur i e l , F r e n c h and Gera ld lne F r e e .

Lynn Bradford tells about old Sparta photo

Lynn B r a d f o r d cal led us the o the r day , wonder ing if we had ques t ioned what a l l the m a n u r e s p r e a d e r s were doing on Dvislon S t r e e t In the p i c t u r e run on the f i r s t page of o u r l a s t i s s u e .

It s e e m s the p i c t u r e was taken a s p a r t of T r a d e - D a y , s p o n s o r e d by the Henry Smith Implement S to re , In In-t roduc t ion of the 4 - L e a f C l o v e r Manure S p r e a d e r by In te rna t iona l H a r v e s t e r , The Smith Implement S tore was located w h e r e the new W e s t e r n Auto Assoc i a t e S to re h a s j u s t opened .

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