THURSDAY, DECEMEER 7, 1950 THE s m r m E L - L E A b E B , SPARTA, MICHIGAN

Gi f t Suggestions ! G I F T S FOR T H E E N T I R E F A M I L Y FROM 50c U P

Kodak C a m e r a s

Coty f o r Disc r imina t ing Women Amity Bil l folds —

• Yardley f o r Men * Golden Chance by Aye r

Evening in P a r i s P a r k e r P e n s and Pencils Yardley and Coty C o m p a c t s S t a t i o n a r y Ronson L i g h t e r s * W h i t m a n ' s Chocolates, Eve rybody ' s G i f t * Old Spice f o r W o m e n

D u r a t o n e P las t ic Cards Len thr ic , M a k e r s of Tweed * Max F a c t o r of Hollywood

(Gilbert Chocolates

Christmas Box Candy F i n e s t Selection in Town — S c h r a f f t ' s — W h i t m a n s — Gi lber t ' s

ro/7 w / -

Revlon U p and Nail Magic S u n b e a m S h a v e m a s t e r

• G I V E A F L A S H

to t h e

Photo Fan

Nationally Advertised

Nationally Popular

OUR C A M E R A P A Y M E N T P L A N Makes Camera P u r c h a s e s So Easy

Crinkle C r y s t a l Atomizers Shick Elect r ic Razors * Yardley oi London

Chip Racks b i f f in Amer ican Compacts * S e a f o r t h * F r i e n d s h i p G a r d e n — M a k e r s of Old Spice Cr ibbage Boards

Musical P o w d e r Boxes Zippo L i g h t e r s

* Old Spice f o r Men * S c h r a f f t ' s Chocolates

Wol f ' s Drug Store P H O N E 71891 WE GIVE S & H G R E E N STAMPS

F R E E

G I F T W R A P P I N G

for

E A R L Y M E N

S H O P P E R S

Franchised Dealer

COUNCIL I : ROC E E DIN GS

JFS.-

R e g u l a r m e e t i n g of S p a r t a Village Counci l otilled t o o r d e r b y P r e s i d e n t K u r t z . All m e m b e r s p r e s e n t .

Minu tes of p r ev ious m e e t i n g r e a l a n d app roved as j e a d

F inanc i a l r e p o r t by B. H. P u t m a n . Motion by B u r g e t t , s econded by T i -

t u s t h a t t h e c u r r e n t bills a s a p p r o v -ed by toe F i n a n c e C o m m i t s be i ,aid. Yes -Ti tus , Wes ton . F ie lds . Nokes . B u r -ge t t . P u t m a n . C a r r i e d .

R e p o r t of Police Chief Heugol . T h e m a t t e r of m a k i n g c o a s t i n g o n

Prospect Street .-.ale for c h i l d r e n was

r e f e r r e d t o t h e S a f e l y a n d S t r e e t C o m m i t t e e .

A c o m m u n i c a t i o n f r o m M r . R. W. Wi l l i ams , s u p e r i n t e n d e n t or C a r n a t i o n Milk Co. r e q u e s t i n g t h a t au to rnaUc b l i n k e r s be ins t a l l ed a t t h e C. & O-r a l l r o a J t r a cks c n G a r d n e r S t r e e t Tor t h e s a f e t y of m o t o r veh ic les was r e a d . T h i s was r e f e r r e d t o t h e S a f e -ty C o m m i t t e e w i t u p o w e r t o ac t .

A r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o r t h e F i n a n c e C o r p o r a t i o n of D e t r o i t g a v e a ta lk o n I r o n r emova l p l a n t s f o r Vil lage w a t -e r .

A special m e e t i n g w a s ca l led f o r M o n d a y , D e c e m b e r 11 a t two a .m.

Upon mot ion m e e t i n g a d j o u n n e d . Wal l i e T . C o l e m a n .

Vi l l age Cle rk

Tax Notice ! I will lie at Thea Anderson ' s Res t au ran t a t Casnovia

»n Monday. December 11 to collect Taxes.

MAE MUNSON T r e a s u r e r of Tyrone Twp.

12-7-c

State Police Open Ranks To

New Recruits T h e M i c h i g a n S t a t e Po l ice h a v e

opened u p r e c r u i t i n g in p r e p a r a t i o n fo r a t r a i n i n g schoo l sess ion to s t a r t s h o r t l y a f t e r t h e ho l idays , i t i s a n -n o u n c e d by C o m m i s s i o n e r D o n a l d S . l»eona«rd.

Men i n t e r e s t e d In jo in ing t n e d e -p a r t m e n t m a y o b t a i n f u r t h e r i n f o r -m a t i o n by g o i n g t o any S t a t e Po l ice p^s t o r by w r i t i n g t o t h e S t a t e Civil S e r v i c e C o m m i s s i o n o r t h e S l a t e Pol ice h e a d q u a r t e r s in E a s t L a n s i n g . A p p l i c a t i o n ? s h o u l d be f i led a t o n c e so t h a t q u a i l f l . - a t i c n p r o c e d u r e s can. be c o m p l e t e d in t i m e fo r c a n d i d a t e s t o < n t e r t h e schoo l .

C a n d i d a t e s m a y be m a r r i e d or s ing le o u t m o s t be b e t ween tl ie agvs a l 21 acid 30 inc lus ive , n o t less Cnan f ive fee t 10 i n c h e s i n h e . g h t . o l good p h y -sical bui ld a n d in good h e a l t h . D r a f t s t a t u s a l s o will be cons idered . D u r i n g t h e n i n e - w e e k school sess ions Lrain e e s a r e p a i d $100 a m o n t h a n d live a t t h e » . h o o l .

Town Topics

A i g c m a C o m m u n i t y C l u b will ho ld t f i e i r C h r i s t m a s p a r t y T h u r s d a y . Dec . 14 w i t h Mrs . H o w a r d ^ r u t h .

F o u r M i c h i g a n S t a t e col lege c o e d s a r e e a r n i n g six h o u r s c r e d i t in a r e -r e t a i l i n g c o u r s e by work ing in t w o O r a n d R a p i d s d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e s fo r s ix weeks . I n t h e g r o u p is Mis s E v e -l y n e L a V i c e of S p a r t a .

M r . a n d Mrs . M o r t o n A t h e a r n w r i t e • r o r a L a r g o , F lo r ida , w h e r e t . iey a r e s p e n d i n g t h e win te r . " W e d o e n j o y Che S e n t i n e l so m u c h . "

M r . a n d Mrs. E W. S m i t h a r e a t t h e Villa P a r k s A p a r t m e n t s , S t . P e t -e r s b u r g , F l o r i d a , w h e r e t h e y wi l l s p e n d t h e w i n t e r . 24 P T .

Sport Scope By L E S L I E L I N E

T h e d e f e n d i n g ICen-Owa l e a g u e c h a m p i o n Coopersv i l le B r o n c o s d e -f e a t e d t h e S p a r t a S p a r t a n s 56-21 F r i -d a y n i g h t . T h e S p a r t a n s , w h o h a r d l y looked l ike

b a s k e t b a l l p l aye r s In c o m p a r i s o n w i t h

f

t h e Bronco* w e r e h a r d l y i n t h e c o n -t e s t f r o m t h e s t a r t on . A t o n e t i m e t h e v ic to r s led by a 10-0 m a r g i n . T h e m a i n f a c t o r w a s t h e lack of p r a c t i c c .

Coopersvi l le b e g a n ea r ly to r u n u p a big lead over t h e S p a r t a n s . A t t h e e n d of t h e q u a r t e r s t h e B r o n c o s led 16-3. 32-7. a n d 44-14. T h e S p a r t a n s c o u l d n ' t d o a n y t h i n g o f f e o a h f e t y

a g a i n s t t h e r u g g e d d e f e n s e of t h e Coopersvi l le t e a m a s Is I n d i c a t e d by t h e f i n a l score . D u r i n g t h e e n t i r e c o n t e s t t h e r e were a t o t a l of 45 f o u l s c a l l e d .

Coopersv iBe ' s s t a r , r i g h t f o r w a r d , J o h n Hod so::, w a s tl ie o i g f a c t o r fci t h e Broncos win. H e d r o p p e d in a t o t a l of 19 p o i n t s t o l ead t h e s co r ing

| f o r b o t h t eams .

T h e S p a r t a scor ing w a s q u i t e even ly i d iv ided . F o r w a r d C h u c k A n d e r s o n a n d G u a r d J e r r y S h e . Icier t a l l i e d s ix e a . M i k e F e i c h t e n b e i n e r w a s sec -o n d wi th four . O n l y f ive f ie ld goaLs were m a d e by t h e S p a r t a n s t h r o u g h -

[ o u t t h e con tes t .

G r a n t 5 3 — K r n t C i ty 24 i n t h e open ing g a m e of t h e 1950-51

cage season, lo r t h e K o n t C i t y E a g l e s ; t h e O r a n t T ige r s of t h e N e w a y g o j C o u n t y A. A. m a u l e d t. e K e n & o n i a n s 53-24 o n Bhe vic tors f loor . T h e T i g e r s

j h a d been previously d e f e a t e d by Uie C o m s t o c k Parle P a n t h e r s 32-27.

T h e O r a n t 5 w a s r ed h o t t h r o u g h -ou t t h e e n t i r e c o n t e c t a l t h o u g h t h e y were ou tp l ayed i n t h e f i n a l p e r i o d .

G r a n t go t off t o a f a s t s t a r t In t h e g a m e r u n n i n g u p a h i g h s c o r e ear ly in t h e tilt . A t t h e end of t h e o p e n -ing per iod t h e T ige r s loJ by a m a r g i n of 11-0. At t h e e n d of t n e ha l f t h e y h a d p u s h e d the i r l ead t o 28»9 a n d a t t h e end of t h e t h i r d p e r i o d t h e y led 35-17.

H i g h p o i n t m a n fo r t h e g a m e a n d f o r t h e K e n t o m a n s was C a r l S n a m -bers . w h o n e t t e d 16 p o i n t s . F o r t h e v ic tors , K r i k k e n e t t e d 9.

G R A N D OPENING

Sherry's Furniture

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Stores

Cedar Springs Friday and Saturday December 15-16

F R E E L U N C H A N D C O F F E E

DOOR P R I Z E S

O P E N E V E N I N G S U N T I L C H R I S T M A S

R E A D A L L T H E A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

How can you pass up prices like these ? AS w e ' v e been saying for quite

k- a spell — " W h a t e v e r your price range —Better buy Buick."

But maybe we 'd bet ter get down to b rass tacks, as to just what this suggestion means .

In the lower-price field, this has been happen ing :

Four out of ten Buick SPECIALS—

bought by people with a car to trade

in—have been bought by folks who

formerly drove one of the so-called

''low-priced three." They found

they could afford a Huick!

In the fine-car field, something e v e n m o r e i m p r e s s i v e h a s h a p p e n e d :

Four out of five people who looked

at a ROADMASTFR and another very

distinwished automobile decided in

favor of R OA DM 4 STEFT!

So — w h a t e v e r your price range, take a look at our prices —and at wha i you get for your money .

W h a t you get is the thrill of own-ing the greatest Buick of al! t ime — as regis tered by record-break-ing sales.

Whut you get is power and style and comfort and pe r fo rmance that a re hard to match in any o the r automobile.

M o r e specifically — you get the p o w e r - w i t h - t h r i f t of B u i c k ' s f a m o u s F i r e b a l l h i g h - c o m p r e s -sion engine — a style that s tands out in any company—a ride wi th the comfort of coil springs on e v e r y whee l — and per fo rmance that m a k e s you feel like the head man on any highway.

Be t te r come in today — and see what can be done about gett ing quick de l ivery .

Typical Delivered Prices on Today's New Buicks

ftwick SMCIA1 6-pat*. Sedonet Ko^*l 46D C I Q 0 9 whh de luxe trim . .

fteick SPECIAL 6-fWtf.

4-doer Sedan Model C9(IA(l 410 with de luxe trim O f c v U U

Buick SUPER 4-pa*(.

2-door Riviere Model S2172

$2820

•wick ROADMASTIR 4-poM. 4-door Riviera Sedan with DynaRow Drive* (Moi?el 73R »«••)

Opr-onof .<jo.p/n.n», dote foraf fore*. If any, odditianol. fricei may vary tlighrty in odioifbftg commvn.t..i due to 1t1.pp.n9 chars**. All price* cub/ect <0 change without notice.

+Stondard on fOAOMAJTEt. op Mono/ at aire cot/or. 5UHt and SrtCIAl ma<U.

you* UY 70 ottATti vAive r Irn* In HtNtY I TAWQg. ASC H*mork. Monda,

Better Buy Buick-Now f

r USEFUL"AND

LOVELY

. . . TO SUIT HER

AH popular m a t e r i a l s ta i lored, d r e s sy s ty les f avor i t e colors.

Smart Handbags

$ 2 . 9 8 S h e will be t h r i l l e d w i t h a s t u n n i n g n e w p u r s e P las t i c s , r a y o n f a i l l e , s u e d i n e i n t o p h a n d l e , u n d e r a r m , boxy , a n d shou lde r s t r a p s ty les .

S P A R T A M O T O R S 300 State St. Sparta, Mich.

WHIN IKTTIR A U T O M O I I I I S ARI BUHT BUICK W i l l BUILD THIJM

L e a t h e r Bi l l folds

$ 1 . 9 8 S m o o t h sa&fcle l e a t h e r . Z i p -p e r p o c k e t , c h a n g e p a r s e 2 -co lo r s .

Gif t Boxed 2 Hankies

5 9 c Box

W n l t e c o m b -e d l a w n , m u l -t i - c o l o r e d . p a s -t e l 4 - c o m e r t r i m s .

3-PIECE BOOTHS S E T

ALL W O O L

$1.98 I n f a . . t s m a t c h i n g s w e a t e r , b o n -

n e t . bootees i n nove l ty k n i t .

W h i t e , maize , p ink , b lue .

\ Women ' s Rayon P a j a m a s

3 - S T Y L E S

$ 3 . 4 9 B u t c h e r boy. m a n - t a i l o r e d w i t h M a n d a r i n co l l a r o r m a n - t a i l o r e d c i u b co l la r s ty les . 3 -oo io r s

3Z 7

W O M E N ' S N Y L O N S L I P S L A C E T R I M M E D

$ 4 . 9 8 Lovely, l ong : -wear ing 2 - b a r t r i -c o t k n i t n y l o n . 2 S in. l ace top. b o t t o m . A d j u s t a b l e s h o u l d e r s t r a p s .

FLORAL PRINT ROBE R A Y O N S A T I N

$ 1 1 . 9 8 S c a t t e r e d rose p r i n t In w r a p -a r o u n d s t y l e w i t h d i a m o n d box qu i t t ing . L ined . I n 3 -co lo r s

Chi ldren ' s Red Gowns

S I . 7 9 F l a n n e l e t t e . L o n g .sleeves, J n t t e r e s t i a i f p t r i m : Sixes 3 t o 8.

CARL J. WAHLSTROM & CO. SPARTA, MICHIGAN

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VOLUME 73 — ESTABLISHED 1876

Covering All of U»c Best News of Sparta, Kemi City, Casnovia and All Adjacent Rural Territory

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SPAKTA. MICHIGAN.' TH URSDAY, DEC. 14, I960

Public Invited To Grand Opening 0! Sherry's New

Cedar Springs Store Sherry OLn, S p a r t a ' s aggressive

f u . n l tur« dealer is ex tend ing a n k m -ta t ion to e-veryone to a t t e n d the grand opening of h i s •&trv f u r n i t u r e store In Cedar Spr ings Fr iday a n d Saturday. Dec. 16 »nd 16.

Th is new- Jtore was purchased du r -ing the past si_ tuner a n d Mr. Clin has Just completed a la rge addi t ion to the building which Is located no r th oi t h e town's business distrVrt on high-way M - l ? l .

Dur ing h i s grand opening celebra- | t lon. Mr Oiin will o f f e r many f ine >

lack Davis To Direct Christmas Concert

T n e Senior High School Chorus will present Its a n n u a l Onrtotmas Concert under the direction of J a c k U . Davis. I Thursday evening, Dec. 21 a t 8:00 in • t h e high school aud i to r ium.

T h e full chorus of 180 voices has !

been working on several numbers . Two of these Include solo p a r t s by soprano ! A n n Fra.eigh a n d D e a n Cumings ' bari tone. As a special f ea tu re the Oirl 's Olee club will sing "Snow Le-gend."

Our guest soloist for the evening will be Miss Patr icia B a r ends en.

A apodal a r r a n g e m e n t of S J e n i Niaht by Mrs. Verna Moore, with Mr. DeHar t as nar ra tor , will conclude the program.

T h e accompanists fo r t h e chorus arc Beatrice Vandermeer and Faye OUlam.

door prizes a n d a buf fe t lunch will be served a i roughou t the two days and evenings.

T h e new store. Mr. OOin says, "to loaded to the r a f t e r s " with a fine display of f u r n i t u r e which h e la anx-ious for everyone to see.

Mr. Olin came to Spa r t a Just aix years ago « «n he purchased Che f u r n i t u r e s tore he now operates, f rom Claude Oillette. A few years la te r he purchased the S p a r t a P u n c t u r e Ex-change f rom R a l p h T n u m a .

He is t h e owner too. of one of the

O U R A N N U A L

BABY SHOWER Ml s. Edward Wit*. Mrs. I h o m a s

Stevens, and Mrs. R icha rd Fresby en-ter ta ined a t a baby shower on Friday. Dec. 8 in honor of Mrs. Edward H. Aune. Ref reshments were served to 12 guests a> d Mrs. vAune received

m a n y lovely gifts.

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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21

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Many of our subscribers tell us tha t this is always one of the most interest ing papers of the year. We ask your support toward i ts continued success. Phone 2141 f o r space reservation.

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SPARTA GARDEN CLUB HAS CHRISTMAS PARTY

The a n n u a l Chr i s tmas par ty of Bp*rU G a r d e n club was en joyed m the home of Mr. and Mr* Wilbur Retster Monday evetiing wi th about th j r ty members and f r i ends present .

Mrs. Leslie Anderson was introduc-ed by Mrs. H. J. Kurtz , a n d gave a review of Zona Gale 's boo*. "Spring-vale for Chr is tmas '.

A special collection was t aken to be given as a Chr is tmas g i f t to some needy family. For e n t e r t a i n m e n t the guests were asked to wr. te original a - r t o t m a * poems, the priae going to Mrs. Russell Sohuillng.

Ref reshments were sei ved by the nostess, assisted by Mrs. R. C. Van- j Antwerp, Mrs. A E. Houk a n d Mrs Kurtz, with Mrs. Wal ter Bloomer, re- i

! tiring president, at the coffee urn. The .January meet ing will oe w. th

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bloomer, when i Mrs. Lou Keller, new president , will

preside

NUMBER 50

Casnovia Periled When Night Fire Levels Two Homes

Kent City, G r a n t , Spar ta Fire T r u c k s Rusk To

Of fe r Assis tance

T * t Ca aovia homes were destroyed by fire early Fr iday morning during a blizzard which swept burning embers for several blocks, and for .. time periied the en t i re communi ty

SHERRY AND B I S "ROYAL PRINCESS"

finest a i rp lanes a t the S p a r t a Airport which h e h a s named the "Royall Pr in -cess" a n d wfnlch h e uses o f ten when making business contacts .

Sher ry ' s f u r n i t u r e store in S p a r t a and the new store he h a s taken over tn Cedar Spr ings are both a t t rac t ing more t h a n passing a t tent ion for their •xcellenoe a n d a large stock of high <rade fu rn i tu re . They are rapidly tak-ng tt-.eir place along with the best

fu rn i tu re s tores in t h e country.

Sentinel - Leader Northern Kent County News A s Repor ted In December , 1927

C. Fullmer is slowly recovering from typhoid fever.

crate .

An interesting mee t ing of the WCTU was held at t h e h o m e of Mrs. Hine Smi th . Mrs. E M. Averill pre-sided. T h e next meet ing will be held a t the home of Mrs. Asa Cutler.

Floyd S o u t h won first priae Li a n a i rp lane contest . Seoond price went to Ford Sivet t and third to Harrison Brace.

Notfce To All Sentinel - Leader

Subscriber*!

J o h n Nelson, who lived nor th of Bal l Creek, died a t his home.

T h e Village Council me t Ln regular session. Trustees p r e sen t : E. Armo-Jt, I. MoGowan. M. Athearn , C. E. John -son. A. H. Meeker a n d D. J . Johnson. Meeting called to order by Wm. A. Rogers, president.

J o h n Crowley, 99. died a t the home of h is son, John L . west of Spar ta .

When the legion m e n f rom the 5th dis t r ic t gathered tn S p a r t a Monday they were welcomed by Commander Wilf red CiumrgK.

Twen£y-two loads of livestock have been shipped to the Det ro i t market in t h e past 40 days, according to J . R . Bettes. manager .

Alpine township board h a s divided t h e townsnip into two voting precincts according to a notice filed wi th Coun-ty Clerk. Neumann, by F . H. Klenk. Clerk of the Township.

Car l Bradfo rd h a s t h e mumps .

Mr. a n d Mrs. T h o m a s Dempster of G r a n d Rapids took d inner witti Mr. a n d Mrs. Wm. Mledema Sa tu rday ev-ening.

Henry Ford is now adding to his museum an old fashioned drug store. His representa t ive called a t Pe rham' s drug store, K a n t City last week look-ing for cas t off ant iques. Had it not been for t h e f i re which destroyed the business m 1907, there would have been some very good collections for Ford 's drug store.

Word h a s been received of the dea th of Orr ln E. Ramsdell , who formerly operated the Frank Roberts black-smi th shop.

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SPARTA MAN TO ATTEND | INDUSTRIAL CONVENTION

T o p personnel and Industr ial re -la t ions people f rom Michigan indus-tr ies a r e expected to a t t end t h e f i r s t Workshop Conference on Indus t r i a l Rela t ions Problems a t Michigan S t a t e College, Fralay. Dec. 16.

More Chan 40 execUUves will g a t h e r to discuss problems of personnel se-lection. training, and admin is t ra t ive leadership.

Marshal l L Vaughan to a member of t h e Personnel P a n n i n g Commit tee .

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM T h e Church of the Naza^ene will

be present ing their Ch r i s tmas C o n t a t a S u n d a y evening. Dec. 17 a t 7:30

T h e public to cor\lUlly invi ted .

Carna t ion milk prices for f irst half of December, 82.60, for a 4 per cent d i rect ratio.

A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nellson. T h e mother is a daugh te r of Chas. T ro fa s t .

Carl Vogel cut the end ol his third f inger off to the f i rs t Joint. He got the end of it between a barrel and a

Mrs. H. J. Kur tz writes f rom Chi-cago t h a t in making up her Chr i s tmas gifts, s h e bousJ.it a box of white face powder fo r the colored maid a t Uiclr hotel.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Badg-erow. a boy, Charles James .

LawTenoe Bodell. formerly of the Spar ta High School .from atmch h e was gradua ted in J u n e 1927 and now to a fullback with the Brown a n d Gold gridders, was awarded a football lette* a t the annua l men's d inner held at W S T College.

Mr and Mrs. Adam Redding had i Sunday d i n n e r with Mr and Mrs Or-ville Vaughan .

25th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Rev. a n d Mrs W. O. Richards were honored by member s and f r iends on their 25th wedding anniversary, Dec. 5, with a ohicken supper. The re were about 100 present .

T r * y were presented wi th many beaut i fu l and useful gifts, -among which was a lovely pla t form rocker which was given to them by t h e church.

A n k e p rogram followed the sup-per , t h a t al l enjoyed, everyone wishing them m a n y more happy years together serving t h e Lord.

O u t of town guests present were Rev. and Mrs. J . T. Liddeil a n d Rev. a n d Mrs. Paul Mayfleld and son of G r a n d Rapids. Mr. and MRS. Ted Green of Morley, Mrs. R u t h Merr i t t of Comstock Park and Rev. a n d Mrs. A. D. R i c h a r d s of Flushing.

CONGRATULATIONS Mr. a n d Mrs. Donald Over-holt of

S p a r t a announce tf.ie b i r th of an 8 lb. 3 oz. boy, Ronald Eugene, a t t h e S ted-m a n Matern i ty Home.

S e a t l j s FRANK D. INMAN

Frank D. Inman . 80. of S p a r t a died suddenly a t his h o m e Monday. Doc. 11. He was born March 28. 1890 ln Ada Township, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E I n m a n . H e h a d re -sided for 2 years in S p a r t a , coming here f rom Conklin.

He marrVd Neva Rowlln, Dec. 12. 1912 in Marne. a n d w a s employed by the Muskegon Piston R i n g Co . during the years h e lived ln S p a r t a .

Surviving are his wife, Neva; three daughters . Mrs. Edward ( lone ) Schmuker and Mrs. Harokl (Rhea) Plncfeney, both of O r a n d Rapids , and Mrs. Rowland (Alice) Bowerson of Capec; two sons. Dr. Glen A , of Sha -wano. Wise., and Ca r l E-. of Daven-port . Iowa: 19 grandchi ldren .

Funeral services were held Tuesday af te rnoon a t the Bettes-Hessel Mem-orial Chape* with Rev. C . W. Hutch-ens officiating. I n t e r m e n t ln Green-wood cemetery.

LOWELL E. T R O F A S T Lowell E Trofas t . 56. of Saginaw,

died suddenly f rom a h e a r t a t tack a t h is home Sunday. Dec. 10. He was writ known as a posta l t ranspor t cser*. A former res idant of Spa r t a W-inity. h e was born a t Casnovia, Sep t 3, 188S. t h e son of Char les A a n d Amanda Trofas t . H e h a d lived i n Saginaw 19 years, moving there

f rom Manistee. He marr ied Ethel Peterson J a n . 26. 1920. who died Mar 27, 1942. Three years later h e m a r -ried Lempi Maki on Feb. 13. 1945. Mr. T ro fa s t was a member of St Johns L u t h e r a n dhurch , Masonic lodge. American Legion, a n d National T rans -port Association.

Surviving are h s wife; two daugh-ters. Mrs. Donald M. > Betty) Johnson of Saginaw and K a t h e r i n e of Mus-kegon; a s tep-son, Pfc. Oeorge R. Pegg of U. S Marine Crop.; a brother . Paul L C. of O r a n d Rapids; four grandsons.

Funera l services were held Tues-day a f t e r n o o n a t the Frazee Funera l Home. Saginaw, a f t e r Whksh Mr. Tro-fas t was broutfnt to t h e Bettes-Hessel Memorial Chapel where services were held Wednesday a f te rnoon . Rev. Wes-ley Samuelson off ic iat ing, wi th Inter-men t In Greenwood cemetery.

City. B e m l c e Schoonmaker of Cold-water . and Mrs Peggy Balyeat . S p a r -ta ; a brother , Charles Cooper. G r a n d Rapids ; two sisters. Mrs. Bemlce Stoepker and Lillian Werts of G r a n d Rapids ; 16 grandchi ldren.

Funera l services will be held a t 2:30 Fr iday a t the Walsh Funeral Home. Cedar Springs , with in te rment in Morley cemetery.

MRS. JENNIE B. DOYLE Mrs Jenn ie B. Doyle. 91. died S a t -

urday, Dec. 9 at the Shangle Con-valescent Home a f t e r a two mon ths ' illness.

S h e was bcxa March l . 1895 in Al-goma township winere she spent all of her life. S h e was a member o f ' the da l l a rd Corners Church of Chris t .

Surviving a r e a daughter . Hazel K. Mur ray of Kalamazoo and two g rand-sons.

Funera l services were held Tuesday a f t e r n o o n a t Bettes-Hesssel Memorial Chapel . Rev. O E Wln.tehouse of -f ic ia t ing . with in terment in Myers cemetery.

MRS. LOUIS SCHOONMAKER Mrs. Louis SChoonmaker, 48. of

Spa r t a . R. 2. passed away Wednesday Dec. J3. a f t e r a lingering illneas.

Bonn Lola May Cooper in Luther , Mar 10. 1902. she marr ied Mr. Schoon-maker Aug 31. 1919 In O r a n d Rapids and had lived in n o r t h e r n Ken t Coun-ty most of her marr ied life.

a o r v t v f c * a re i-er husband; three i sons. Finley of Cedar S : r ings , Oeorge j of K e n t City, Russell a t home; five

daughters . Mrs. Gera idine Miller, Ho- ; ward City Mrs Ethel Hetos of Cedar Springs. Mrs. Betty Hctoa of Ken t

BABY BROYONT Marilyn K a y Brovont. 4 months old,

daugh te r of Mr . a n d Mrs. cxlen Bro-vont, G r a n d Rapids, passed away early Wednesday, Dec. 6 a t But te rwor tn hospital.

Surviving besides the pa ren t s a re two li t t le brothers . Donnie a n d Doug-las. Also the pa te rna l g randparen t s of Freeport . Mr and Mrs. Tobias Bro-vont, and t h e mate rna l grandrootfier Mr* Byron English. Kent City; several uncles a n d aun t s and a hos t of other relatives.

E a s y Mari lyn Kay , was laid to rest tn Babyland. Rosedale Memorial Park Cemetery . O r a n d R*xads. Services were held a t t h e Alt Funera l Home. D e a t h was due Vo a hea r t ail m e a l

Sparta Church Cantata Next Sunday T h e S p a r t a Methodist c h u r c h pre-

sents the Chris tmas C a n t a t a a : d P a -gean t . "The Chr is tmas Song of t h e Ages' ' on Sunday evening, Dec. 17 a t 7:30 p m .

Included ln B.ie Chr i s tmas s tory are t h e " 'Songs of the Firs t Chr i s tmas , " Chr i s tmas Songs of the Ages", and A Her i tage of Chr i s tmas Song". T h e cast Includes the Primary, Jun io r , and Senior choirs; narra tors , Mrs. Harolo V a u g h a n and Mrs. Wal te r MiUer; I sa iah , Donald S t a n t o n ; Mary, J e a n T a n n e r ; Joseph, Fred Humes ton ; Shepherds , Bill Rogers. F r a n k Stevens. G l e n n Burget t a n d Mike Fe l rh t enbe ln -e r ; Angel. Joan Wahls t rom; Wise Men J a m e s Gardne r , Floyd Buege, a n d Arlle Houk.

Those aiding in the product ion a re S t age . J o h n Feichtenbetner ; Light ing. Mr. Onapman ; Proper ty . Mrs. Chas . Rogers a n d Mrs. Roy Burge t t ; Music. Mrs. J a m e s Gardner , Mrs. Fred Humes ton , Mrs. Ra lph B a r n u m a n d Mr. Bernard Wchlferd ; and Welcom-ers. Mrs. Arlle Houk a n d Mr . Lynn j Bradfo rd . Tlie director Is Mrs. C. j Laurence Johnson.

A cordial invitation is extended to the public to a t tend th is worship se r - j vice.

"Fighting Spartans" Bow, 40 - 35

r By Les Line

S p a r t a ' s "Figjvting Spar t ans" , p lay-ing the i r first game o n Sine S p a r t a hardwood, lost a hear t breaker to t h e Cedar Springs Red Hawks Tuesday . 40-35. T h e game was won in t h e f i n a l three minutes a» the vkrtors overcame a 5 point lead T h e S p a r -t a n s played their hear ts out t h r o u g h -o u t the entire contest bu t were u n -abfle to hold the Cedar S p r i n g s f ive in t h e f inal minutes of play. Wi th a m i n u t e and a half remain ing a n d Ce-d a r holding a slim two point marg in , t h e Red H»wks resorted to s ta l l ing tac t ics to keep the ball f r om tine S p a r t a n s I n t h e p re l iminary con-test the Spa r t a second team edged Cedar 33-30 in a second thr i l ler .

At the end of the f i rs t period of play, t h e game was tied a t 7-7. S p a r -ta broke away to a one po in t lead a t t h e half 19-18, and held a t h r e e point m a r g i n a t the completion of t h e th i rd q u a r t e r . 30-27. At one t ime the S p a r t a n s led 29-20.

Wi th four and a naif minu tes of play remaining, the locals held a 35-29 lead but a barrage of Cedar scor-ing. led by Rex Bremmer . brought it u p t o 35 even Cedar then forged a h e a d a f t e r 2 scoreless minu te s to win. Mike Feichtonbelner was h igh point m a n for the S p a r t a n s wi th 10 tal l ies Chuck Anderson followed wi th 8. For the Hawks t t was Rex Brem-m e r wi th 13 and Dick Morris wl tn 11. Next week the S p a r t a n s t ravel to Comstock Park for a game t h a t was pos tponed because of t ravel conJs-t ions last week. For t h e reserves ln the i r win over Cedar Springs. 33-30 Don Bradford led the scoring wi th 11 po in t s a n d Duane Bradford a n d Dick TrfcaW* lollowed with 6 each.

Rev. Ellinger, Former Sparta

Minister, Dies T w Rev. Henry W. EUknger, 71. re-

tried minister, died suddenly last Thursday evening a t his home ui Ka l -amazoo. He suffered a h e a r t a t t ack a f t e r a t t empt ing to shovel snow out of h is driveway.

Jus t tills pa>t June . Rev. Ellinger. who had served the S p a r t a Methodist Church as its pastor for several years, announced h i s plans of re t i rement and t h e family moved into a newly pur -chased h o m e in Kalamazoo.

Since mis re t i rement h e h a s been serving the Methodist Church a t Hick-ory Corners.

Bo;n Sept 22. 187Q in G r a n d Rapids the Rev. Eillnger's life was the story of a shoe fac tory worker who climbed throuflh the rarics of t h e minis t ry to executive positions in the Methodis t church.

The son of !poor parents . J o h n D. a u K a t h e n n e Ellaiger. he was forc-ed to leave One seventh grade of the Orand Rapids public .schools to take employment in a shoe factory. As a young man, he became act ive in the Methodist chu rch and on Sunday 's conducted a class for young people. While still young, h e le f t the factory to prepare for the minis t ry doing Janitor work to f inance into educat ion. He was g radua ted f rom Albion college in 1913.

Following graduat ion, h e served in Methodist pas tora tes in Hanover , Si in-fleld. Shepherd , and Fremont , before going to Ufe Simpson c h u r c h in Ka l a -mazoo in 1926. He served iha t church nine years and was appointed super-in tendent of the K a l a i m a o o district of Van Bure:i, Allegan. S: . Jo^epX Berrien, o i d Oass Counties. He held t h a t position more t h a n five yea^s a n d la ter was stat ioned at S t Johns and Spa r t a

H e leaves his wife, the former Miss Nellie E. Taylor, whom h e marr ied Sept. 9. 1908; one sister. Mrs . Ida De Oroot. O r a n d Rapids ; two grandchi ld-ren a n d a number of nleoes a n d nep-hews; also a daughter . Mrs. E b n e r (Beth) Jirlkovic of Jackson.

Pune al services were meld a t the Simpson Methodis t chu rch a t 1.30 Monday a f te rnoon . Burial was a t Mt. Ever-Rest Memorial cemetery

OBSERVE T H E S E SAFETY RULES FOR

A MERRY CHRISTMAS DO choose a smal l tree. It 's less af a fire haza rd . Dispose of gif t wrappings (promptly outside i. e house Take t ree down when need-les s t a r t to fal l . DON'T use co t ton , paper or other f lammable m a t e r i a l for decorations. D o n t use candles. Don' t use f r ay -ed light s t r ings or worn extension cords. Don't overload circuits. Don' t leave t ree l ights burning *then you go ou t . Don ' t smoke or use matches nea r tree.

T h e f i re was f i rs t discovered in t h s Earl S t in soa h o m e a t two o'clock In the morn ing . Cause of the fire was reported a s an overheated stove.

T h e f lames spread quickly to the next door residence of Wayne Wtssel . Both homes were burned to the ground along with all household f u r n -ishings.

T h e a d j a c e n t liome of CUsnovia F:re Chief Russel Morton was in emi-nent d » ger but f i remen f rom r i en t City, G r a n t . Ravenna and S p a r t a halted the f lames before they spread fu r the r

The loss of both homes was est i-mated a* around 816.000 Chief Mor-ton a n d f i remen Gleiin Humphreys and J i m Whi t e of 8 ;e Casnovia f i re d e p a r t m e n t a e r e slightly Injured while l ight ing the f lames.

T h e Stznson home to owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. B S t in son, who a re -pending the winter tn Bradenton Florida.

Earl and Gordon St inson as well as a s Mr a n d Mrs. Wessel arid th ree d i l d j e n were forced to flee their homes.

Tlie Wessel family a re now living with Mr. W e s t ' s pa ren t s in Muske-gon a n d Mr St inson to a t the home of his daugh te r . Evelvn T»ner of Kern City.

SPARTA ROTARY NEWS

Spar ta Rotaaians hea rd a lot about Michigan's penal inst i tut ions, winy and how they operate, w i th G a r r e t t Heyns. warden of the Ionia Reformatory as guest speaker Monday .

The average prisoner doesn't waji t to stay, he Is anxious to get out. the warden said. P r i sons used to be in-st i tut ions of p u n i s h m e n t , now they are t r ea tment centers .

The warden told of the efforts he put for th to es tabl ish vocational t ra in -ing a t Ionia to p repare prisoners for use 1 ul occupations according to thelr indlv .dual abilities when they are re-leased or paroled

Warden Heyns was Introduced by Ot to Baehre w«no p lanned tne pro-gram.

The meeting next Monday wiU be in the na tu re of a Ch r i s tmas par ty with the customary g i f t exoh*:ige.

ENGAGED Mrs. Byron English amr.ounces tlie

engagement of her daugh te r . Eloise. to Rid a r d Lobdell, son of Mr. and Mrs Harry Lobdell, S r . of O r a n d Rapids.

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT ENGLISHVILLE CHURCH

The Chr i s tmas program of t.ie Eng-ltshville Baptis t Sundav school will oe held Wednesday. Dec. 20. a t 8 p m

T h e program will be conducted by members of the Sunday school and will include special music, rec i ta t ions and a play entit led. T h e Meaning of Clhrtotznas." F r i ends to Englishvil le a re invited to a t t end .

ALTAR SOCIETY PROGRAM FEATURES BOOK REVIEW Mrs. Walter Ebers enter ta ined the

Altar Society of Holy Family Pa r i sh at the December Chr i s tmas meeting held last Tuesday evening.

A very interest ing p iogram was en-joyed by 3 e group consisting of a book review given by Miss Mary La-Versa of G r a n d Rapids . S h e chose as her book "The Ca rd ina l " which was writ ten by Henry Morton Robinson. Mr. Anthony Brink of Aquinas College favored the group wi th solo selections , and also led a communi ty sing.

Hostesses for t h e evening were Mrs. Louis Eaton. Mrs. Lester Momber. Mrs. j Norrls Helsel. Mrs. Char les Warren, and Mrs. Wal ter Blackmer .

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Lutheran Church To Present Program Of Christmas Music

The Junior and Sen io r Choirs of Trini ty L u t h e r a n chu rch , n e a r Conk-lin will present the i r a n n u a l progrum of Chr is tmas music in one fo rm of a u^ndleiight service in t h e church on Sunday evening. Dec. 17. a t 8 p m .

This is the f i l t h a n n u a l presenta-t ion of Chr i s tmas favor i tes by these choirs. To is service will be under the direction of Mr. A. C. Stoppenhagen. Mrs. Edna S c h a e f e r will accompany on the piano. A to ta l of approximate-ly 65 voices will par t ic ipa te ln the program.

The public is invi ted to hear this music. No admission will be charged.

T h e program: G r o u p I—Junior Choir—Little Onris t Child. Sweet And Holy. Frances Wil l iams; O Holy Night ; Beside a Manger Lowly, Oeorge Kessel. Group II—Senior Choir— Now. Bright and Still , Frances Will-iams; O Holy, Bl issful Night, 18th Century Melody; Comfor t Ye My Peo-ple, Ernest S c h m i d t ; T o Thee We Sing, Peter D. TTcach; Angels We Have Heard O n High . Old French Melody; God Rest You Merry. Gent le-men. English Carol . G r o u p i n — Combined Choirs—O Lord. How Shall I Meet Thee. M. Teschne r ; Come Hi-ther . Ye Children. J . A. Schulz; Chris t -mas Eve. AIT. A. Beck.

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Komedy Kings To Play Basketball At Kent City

T h e Komedy K i n g s of New York City, internal-avally famous negro basketball club wh ich specializes in clown tactics, will r aake their initial appearance In Ken t City high school gym. Mc rxiay cught a t 8:15. Opposing the colored comed ians will be the S tandard Collegiate Oilers, a group of high school coaches f r o m this vicinity including Oeorge Lewis. Whi te Cloud; Hobe Lewis. Ba ldwin ; Dune Lectka. S p a r t a ; Ke i th Krause , wr.-ate Cloud <-nd MSC college s t a r

A suitable p re l iminary between Kent City and S p a r t a elementary grades will s t a r t a t 7 o'clock Popu-lar prices of 75c for adu l t s a n d 50c for children will prevai l .

Cage fans who w a n t to see a game Just a little out of t h e ordinary will »«Joy Monday n igh t ' s g a m e Tickets are on sale a t t h e h igh school, or may be purchased a t t h e %/**-

Children Await The Arrival Of

S a n t a Claus Many boys a n d ^Irls of th is vicinity

a re eagerly awai t ing the annua l visit of S a n t a Claus

Well kids. Jolly old St . Nick to ex-pected to ar r ive In S p a r t a Friday a f -ternoon. He'll be back aga in S a t u r -day a n d r e t u r n every day next week until Chr i s tmas .

I t looks like a busy a n d exclUng t ime for all of the chi ldren who ere P a n n i n g to meet S a n t a Claus ln S p a r -ta as h e comes to dis t r ibute g u t s a n d to get acquain ted with h is youn* fr iends. *

The e n u r e business distr ict h a s been d e c o c t e d with trees by s tuden t s of the FFA group of the lu*h school, who are cooperat ing with the Cha-nber cf Commerce.

Myriads o» colorful l ights add much to the pleasure of n igh t - t ime shop-pers.

All re ta i l stores are ready for the rush of last m i n u t e shopp-rs . H u n -dreds of a t t r ac t ive g i f t i a r e now an display on many counters through>ut the retail dis tr ict .

Windows too. have been attractive-.-decorated Extra help h a s been se-cured to assist pa t rons in their pur-chases.

Pract ical ly all retai l s t i r e s will bs open evenings unti l Chr is tmas .

T h e post office reports the usual rush of incoming and ouv* >ing mail Rura l ca r r i e r s h a v e also t aken on added responsihil i t .es dur ing the ex-change of Yuletide gifts.

All c h u r c h e s are p lann ing special Chr i s tmas programs Tor the holiday season Special exercises wUl be held in all our schools.

Many homes have already displayed unusual a n d clever outdoor decora-tions.

The real Chr i s tmas spiri t already prevails in the business districts, schools, churches and homes cf no r the rn K e n t County.

NOTICE For your convenience the Casnovia

postoffloe will oe open unt i l 6 p m . f r o m Dec. 18 through Dec. 23

J 1932: Somebody says the depression is pract ical ly over now. but t h e people

! do not yet realize it. At t h e ^ t ime Homer Rodrfheaver wrote. 'TVe know we a re going to h a v e bet ter t imes because we oouk in t have worse!" • • •

( F rom a le t ter wri t ten in 1880: "They say t h a t t h e use of i . . toxicants oasts the American 'x-opie in two years. enough to pay .he na t iona l debt • » •

Slgsbee School Day* 1907—Miss 0*Keefe, our teacher

said she saw Mr. a n t t h , t h e writer of Amcrica. a i d whan, t h e song was sung for h im h e said t h a t h e wrote the last verse as a prayer , so it should be sung very soft ly.

• • • 1907 - S e n a t o r Hunt ley Russell toid

us about t h e capi ta l Mid wC»t they do there He s a n g the Sword of B u n -ker Hill. < He always d id!)

• • • 1907—Captain Belnap spoke to us

m assembly. H e fought In t h e Civil war. W h e n h e was 18 h e voted for Abraham Lmooin to be president .

• a • Found a list of resolutions we made

i m 1914. One was. "Reaodve to look on the bri^r.t s ide If it h a s no br ight side, d o n t look a t It a t all. Lock a t

: something else. "Dont be a grouch. 1T>ere ar».

; enough grouches in the world wi th-ou t you." .

• • a From our unJonown f r iend ' s dlary-

Dec. IS, 1873—-Want t o S p a r U « a d

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