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" W^Si -T. V / k- y ARE YOU PAID UP? The expiration date ol your Sentinel- Leader fppears «ach week opposite your name oa the sddresa label. Al- ways keep It paid tn advance. THE SENTINEL - LEADER THE MOST WIDELY READ NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN KENT COUNTY'S MILLION DOLLAR FRUIT BELT Covering All'of the Best News of Spart*, K<*1 City, Casnovia and AH Adjacent Rural Territory CSC SEN TIN EL-LEADER CLASSIFIED ADS Everj' day" In the week we hear satis- fied customers tell us what fine re- sponse they received from their Sen- tinel-Leader Classified Ads. / SPARTA, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1948 NUMBER 48 Here's Sparta High's 1948 Championship Football Squad i WINNER! Awarded to Wm. A. Rcgers A Co. tor the must timely and decorative display windows in Sparta this week. With Christmas shopping In full swing, the "Winter Wonderland" nest- Top I r f . U. m b t : Rarbw. Cci; Itetano-. Nokcv Dul.ri, Locked. CpL. C. Ortn-.n. Tuttl., Wy~, »-*»«• E Ostman, Sheckler. Park*. Heath. T. Nekton, Stevens. R. Norton. StebMns. Murphy. Mgv Kik. Rogers, Fl- n 1 r 'f A BLi'E RIBBON Holy Family Altar Society Elects Officers Th? November meeting of the Holy- Family Altar Society was held In the spacious home of Mrs. Anthony Schol- ten at Peao.i Ridge. Miss Marie My- lan. who has frequently toured in sev- ^ ^ tL5 array or toys and artificial eral European countries and was a snow j n the center window a t W m . A. former teacher ln Paris and Switzcr- (Rogers ^ co is attracting; voung and land, related to a large and extremely oid Interested group of women, details of Tne mov tng ferrLs wheels and merry- her experiences at Fatlma in Portu- e 0 _ r0uni | give it a Christmas Carnival gal. the Orotto of Maooablello. near the i m and deIl)?hu the e ye or every village of passerby. Tils u one of the loveliest —. v. - Christmas display windows in Sparta : ihis week! NOTE: Each week until Christmas the Sentinel-Leader will award a Blue Ribbon in this eolnmn to the mer- chant whn, in nnr opinion, has the mo> t attractive window display of seasonable merchandise. Free Cooking And Freezer Demonstra- tion at Sparta Store field, Lundberg. Bull. Front row: Reed. Schaefer. Colby. Brooks. White. Bade TOW. Lcctka, Coach. EDITOR'S SISTER DIES AT LAFAYETTE, IND. H. J. Kurtz was called to Lafayette. Indiana. Monday. November 22 by the sudden death of his sister. Mrs. J. L. ; Hoyt. 59. w.'.o passed away in a La- ! fayette sanitarium Sunday following a I brief illness. Surviving besides Mr. Kurtz, arc an- other brother. Lldon of Fillmore, Cali- fornia; a sister. Mrs. Rex Martin of Washington. Ill ; four children. Jess. Jr., Mrs. Harold iHaiTieti Walkup; Howard In Purdue University and Dorothy, all of Lafayette. Funeral ser- vices were held Tuesday. Kent City High School Play Set For December 10 The play "Babies' Night Out' has been chosen by the dramatic* class o' Kent Clt High school for Ihelr fall production. The three-act corned." will be given at the school auditorium on December 10 a n d L under the direction of Miss Leon a Bukowskl. She will be assisted by student-prompter. Oerlane Vanderwoude. The following student* have been appointed for the various committees: Stage managers. Roderic Jackson and Dick Holmgren; properties, Dorothy Brown. Roberta Parsons. Barbara Sharp and Florence Sollday; sound ef- fects. J:«ck Carew. Roderic Jackson. Dale McWllllams and Bob Stark; ad- vertising. Barbara Trofast and Mary Kriger; tickets. JuaniU Gates snd An- na Bienk'.ewlcz; program. Betty Law- won and June Rider; ushers. Ann Af- •ton. Glenda Harwood. Jack Carew and Arden Williams. CASNOVIA P. T. A. HOLDS MEETING "The PTA met Wednesday evening in the school auditorium with a large _ _ a tendance. Dr. B. M. Mc Bride. Casno- . high game 219, did all right. vla's Osteopathic physician and sur-' scores: E. Staufler. 540; S. School- Kent City Boy Heads Ft. Knox Training Center Ret. Robert L. Clark, it was announced recently, has been selected as the out- standing trainee of the week in his Comma no at the 3rd Armored Divi- sion. training center at Port Knox. ! Kentucky. Ret. Clark will serve as the | Enlisted Aide to Major General Rod- I erick R- Allen. Commanding General | of the 3rd Armored Division. Superior i devotion to his training work, and ac- complishment of the highest typ; has entitled Ret Clark to hLs position on I t h e General's staff. Prior to his entrance into the Army ! on Sept. 15. 1948. R c \ Clark attended | Davenport-McLachlan Business Col- lege in Grand Rapkls. He graduated from Kent City High school in 1947 where he was a member of the .school basketball and baseball teams for two position, only two games behind. years. ... G. Shepard had a high scries ln this Ret. Clark has been extremely well league of 300- U. Weston 469; J. Rowe ! pleased with what he has found In the 411; D. Black mer 445; M. Nieboer 416; | Army so far. It Is his wish to con- CANDLE-LIGHT SERVICE her visit with Therese Neumann, the stigmatlst of Konnersoeuth upon whom world-wide attention las been focusei Miss Mylan also described the beau- tiful statues and objects of art and sculpture In European churches, the magnificence ol Vatican City and told |ol Deing received in general audienct by Pope Plus XII After hearing her experiences, the /act remains that God has a pervading presence in the world and cannot be lu. _ed out ol human affa'rs. Officers appointed during the busi- ness meeting for Holy Family Parish Unit of t.ie NCCW are: Pres.. Mrs. Ray Badgerow; vlce-pres. Mrj>. Walter B.ers; sec'y-tieas.. Jean S&plnski /Jtar Socit.y officers appointed: Mrs. Charles Warren; vice-pres., Mrs AT MAMRELUND CHURCH Claude Bailey: .sec'y Blanche Thome; traes.. Mrs. Joseph Gass. Coffee, assort-xi sandwiches and coo'les were served by ihe hospitality committee. Bowling News Tn Bhe Ma tor League it s still Frigld- aire and MPR Co. in u tie for leader- ship. A n d Uhe Westons and Van Lund- quists still lead the Mixed League. Plerson-Hoto .kiss still are leading the Kent City-Casnovla Women, but Free- land's have moved up Into challenging The Children's Missionary Society, assisted by members of the Women's Missionary Society, will appear ln a candle-light service Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. The children will represent the various countrtss ln wtyoh the Augustana Lutheran church carries on mission work including Negro and Mexican missions in the United States. The program will conclude with a special p.ayer servlcc in behalf of all missionary endeavors of the church A free will offering will be received A cordial invitation is extended to all. A ft*e cocking and freezer demon- stration will be held Thursday. Dec. 2 Pres., at 7 30 p.m. .'t the Sparta Home Appli- ance store. Several free gifts given. Mrs. Lois Ann Biicer of tie Home Service Dept. of Consumers Power Co wil' demonstrate. Basketball News Wolf Drug Store To Have Grand Opening Saturday PRODUCTION CREDIT ASSN. TO CELEBRATE 15th ANNIVERSARY Trinity Lutheran Church To Observe 60th Anniversary Trinity Lutheran Congregation of Conklin will celeorate the 50th anni- versary of the dedication of their * church Sunday. Nov. 28 In a morning and afternoon service. The pastor of Trinity, the Rev. R. A. Riess. will preach ln the morning Jubilee Service at 10:00. and Rev. Edward Lang of Grand Rapids will deliver the Jubilee Sermon at 2:30. The Senior Choir, under the direc- tion of R. A. Sund. will participate with the singing of two numbers: Praise to the Lord" Bach and "Bro- ther James' Air." The church edifice, seating about 500, was built during the pastorate of the Rev. H. O. Schmidt. 1873-1900. ani dedciated to the Glory of ihe Triuna God on Thanksgiving Day of 1898. t h e complete cost being $9174.93. In 1906 the pipe organ was boueht and instal- led, which has ever since served the lofty purpose of accompanying th*- d i - vine services in worship and song. As a dedication anniversary gift, the Ladies" Guild equipped their church with a complete and mcst ap- propriate set of new lantern lights to replace the former inadequate equip- ment. The church building and parsonage also were given a new coat of paint i in preparation .'ar this happy occasion. Trinity Lutheran Congregation cor- dially invites its friends to'Join them on t-.is anniversary day. and extends a warm welcome to all who have no church-home. Wolf's Drug Store, under the man- agement of Mr. and Mrs. R- 1L W.»lf, will have t'.ielr Grand Opening Satur- day. Nov 27. T-ere will be gifts for the ladies, balloons for the children and cigars for the men Saturday spe- - : clal w.11 b e double dip Ice cream cones L Stebbins 431; M. Lundquist 460. and D Bockman, 434. were other women wittn good scores. Caroll Johnson. 598. with games of 217 a n d 201. and Olen Bradford. 524. geon. gave a mcst interesting talk on hLs work. explaining Osteopathic treatments. Mrs. LeR~-./ Stanley en- tertained with slides showing pictures of her son's trip through the western states. At the business session it was voted to buy $100 worth of Supplementary Readers. A committee was appointed to buy an oil or electric water heater for the school lunch room. Tae next meeting will be on Friday evening. Dec 17 a t 8 o'clock, when the school will give a Christmas program Many interesting meetings are planned for the first of ihe year. In January. Mrs. Lois Ann Baker of the Home Service Dept. oi Consumers Power Co. will conduct a cooking school. The February meeting will feature a demonstration of a sound movie projector and for April Mrs. Baker will again be present to show how to prepare foods for the frozen food lockers. master 533; K. McCready 502; M. Ra- man 510; B. Nokes 519; C. Kellogg 508; M. Allen 500; I. Johnson 539; A. Bols- ter 541; C. Chapman 557. tinue on witk his Army career by at- tending the Army Security Agency School in Fort Meade. Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Clark. Ret. Clwk's parents, live in Kent City. — *— With the football season now only a for five cents. Do stop in and get ac- subject for the "Hot Stove league." | quail.ted with this young couple, who basketball will soon take over the spot- have come to Sparta to nuke their light position. The Spartans will open home. TVtfs is the former Hussey Drug the home season w,£h their first game S ore coming up Dec. S. OBITUARY Grace Isabel Plavrer was horn at the farm home south and east of Kent City. Nr.v. 15. 1879. living there school Thursday evening. Dec 2. !,er hie. iith the excep- aniioinced by Andrew Lampen. tl0 » of *P«' f *n Lansing and Plans to celebrate the 15th arniver- sary of the Grand Rapids Production Credit Association at the annual j -stockholders' mAning m Rockford Higt were •cretary-treasurer. T;iere will be a Samnaw, where sire received her edu- proarani Including a business meeting cation. . and entertainment featuring a Wl^S = She moved with her parents Mr. s: age show from CMlc.igo. The meet- and Mrs. G. K Playter. U. the village Ing is open to the farmer pujllc and lent City w!U fur- agncultjiral leaders. A crowd of more : h a n .'>00 farmer.; is expected to a<- The association has an active membership of 750 fanners and >erves Kent. Ottawa. Muskegon, Allegan, Ne- waygo and Mason Counties. CASNOVIA LIBRARY HOST TO LIBRARIANS nish the opposition, and remembering TRINITY LUTHERAN the quality or the game they put up V ftITNfi I»FOI»I F TO last year, liwcreat should be of a very 1UUISU I r . U I L r . iu high order ' { PRESENT PLAY About forty bets have been working _ . ifu .,. under Coaflb Barber s direction. The young peop.e of r o f Mrs. Melba Haight of Paw with the txU&ti athletes now I theran church are prepanng a pla^t- These are all-day meetings once a out and Casnovia Library is host to t.ie Kent and Muskegon County librarians "in servlcc" training class. There are six classes ln all. under the instruction month for six months. About 20 li- brarians from the Kent-Muskegon area attend these meetings. Deaths BULLETIN reports of the condition ol SPARTA LADIES LITERARY CLUB Sparta Ladies Literary Clu> will meet Wednesday. Dec. 1 at 2:30 o'clock in 3ae club rooms. Mrs. Percy Atkin- son will speak on "Better Movies " Hostesses are Mrs. J. Spamenberg. Mrs. M. Purdy and Mrs. M Kehoy. ANNOUNCE APPROACHING MARRIAGE MRS. LUTHER MOODY Mrs. Luther A. Moody. 88. a former resident of Fruit Ridge, died Sunday. Nov. 21 at her home ln Evart. Sne came to the Sparta area with her family in 1862. and was the daugh- , •er o' Mr and Mr.; Sunuel H Gar- White. OsUnan and Tuttle. Other flrat don Eir'.rt years later the famUy team members will come up irom the moved to" Osceola County. second string of last * ear ^ ^u^berg. Funeral services were held at the BuU, Relsner. Falconer. Norton. Ful- Methodist church with burial in Forest kerson, Dufort, Rogers. Brooks and . .Anderson are all fighting to make the free to cnuane ths tewpo will step up he presenied in t e p.trish hall on Fri- quickly. T W are finding the hard- \ d a y evenins. Dec. 3 and Sunday even- wood somewhat different going than lug. Dec. 5. ,. r IU ,_. the turf but are getting their legs ad- t The play, entitled Grandma Step hwtJd and will be ready to go. Of!," is a three-act larce comady. L 1 It is t o be expected that tbe Spar- ^ the direction of Mrs Otto tans may show a different style of Klenk and Mis.-. Edna. Gug<! game than formerly, since Ooach Bar- The leading characters are: Gran- der has had some experience in fitting dad, taken by Philip Schaefer and his his game to his material. New faces solicitous daughter. Arva Jean Kobe.-. will- be in evidence.' too. Such old other characters are Carol Fabling. , - - shown no sism? standbvs as "Chuck" Switzer. BiU Dons Kober. Marilyn Klenk. Connne; bwn set. but bm has atotwn no sign. Sheckltr. Jerry Goeri n (? a n d Bob Mc- Reister. Lois Klenk, Melvin Wilten-»! whatever o. consciousness. Cracken will be missing, and new ma- burg. Roland Failing. Dolores Wilten- burg. Danial Lutz, Donna Reister and be Wyse. j Carl Fahling. Harland Reister Ls acting a.s stage and ivvperUes manage!. Mrs Carl Schaefer and her orches- tra will entertain between acts. terlal will have to be presented. Returning lettermen will Latest Mr M W Burtch. state that she is still critically ill in St. Marys hospital Sne has. however, been removed from the oxygen tent, one brohen leg has ATTENTION MEN! Bib overalls, lined and uniined work Jackets, socks, work gloves handker- chiefs. Shoe repair a specialty, at HOWARDS. 231 E. Division. Sparta Phone 72281. (adv.) ln 1U20. llting there until 1937. She was a faithful member of the B«ptist church, and loved her Lord devotedly. A^fer leaving Kent City, she spent about 2'a years in Grand Fapids There she ut\ .ted with the United Brethren church by letter from the home group. In 1939 she was received Into mem- bership In the Otterbeiu Home at Lebanon, Ohio, a national home under the auspices of the United Brethren church. She was able to come home for a vacation In the summer time for several years, but declining health has Paw. | prevented this for the past five years. She departed this life, to be forever with her Lord. Nov. 14. 1948. leaving to mourn their loss one brother. Arthur Playter of Kent City, apd one sister. Myrtle < Mrs. Joe Leff> of Blue Island, 111.; nephews, nieces, other relatives and many friends. Interment at Ot- terbeln. cemetery. Mr and Mrs. John Schwab of Rock- ford announce Che engagement and approaching marriage cf their daugh- ] - ter. Alma, to Robert E L. Mills of n O rth Red Bank. New Jersey. Mr Mills is tlxis wee^ the sor. of Rev. and Mrs. O.^as. W. K. I iine used Mills. The wedding will take place soon after Christmas. SILVER ARROW CLUB SCORES of the archers must be in the squad. Some material new to this school may also be found, but for the most part' this is still an unknown quantity. . . We wis".. Coach Bernle and his squad most successful season and are sure McGOWAN ESTATE SOLD Carol Holmes-Kurtx SPARTA NEWS —V. JS.ST. SS; K , ~ » ™ - " S B s - i f ; the small 16-inch targets., starting whistle tx»ts »t 7.30 •on Dec. The scores for the men: Glen Har- A new scoreboard is being: wood 629: Ray Atkins. 563. to take the place of the old timer For t ne women Lana Rollir.r.. 4?0; which is being retired after years of Marian Nelson, 365; Virginia Puflet, service. 354 i There wiU be two boys' games with Kent City- The girls will get together PTA. BOARD MEETING j a t a later date. Tie complete sched- The Executive Board of Sparta PTA ule as it now" stands: CORRESPONDENT, MRS. DAISY HOLBEN. PHONE $351. met at tne nome of Mrs Waller E^rs i Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Final plans were made for the Benefit Mo- i vie Reports of the various committee Mr and Mrs. J- Bolt of Ballards grandmother as Ed and Shirley are chstirm e n were heard. Tea was served Corners are the parents of a 7S-pound toe parents of an 8-pound. 6-ounce b>. t he hostess and her daughter. Kath- daughter. Carol Jean, born Wednes- son. born Nov. 13. Bi*-n Gerhardt III leer , div Nov 17 ntenuis will remember Ed attended Apiary o t t h e L*m- | U m e and " oreaux Bros Post. No. 7»'«. met at vum t -; : Dec. 3—Kent City here. Dec. 10—Hudsonville. 14—Coopersviile there. 17—Comstock Park here. 7—Cedar Springs there. 11—Sand Lake there. 14—Open. 21-22—Kenowa Tourney. «W NOTICE ^ IOOF* lMdl*wSnesda'y 'night. Sixteen Air Line*. H( u the olde^ grandson the home of Mrs. Charles S. MU- a DO' luck Christmas supper and party West Sparta. dessert. Mrs. Jack Davis and ^ lrs - a p o t 1UCK onrisuj * \lrs Tina Johnsons new teW(OOne Vandermeer are assisting hostesses. ior™tt>e _ combined members and tol-f to Tinajohnsonji new lies of tne Past and Auxiliary, on the number u 3892 Mrs. C. E. Wilson and Margaret De- Oroot drove to Toledo'over the week- end. where Mrs Wilson visited her brother. Not man Jones. Jerry, son of Mr. and Mrs Truax. would be pleased to hear from his friends. He »s located In Germany His address: Pvt. Gerald Truax. R. A. A fine program is planned with Mrs Paul Goebel giving a book review. Pr,r fcraranortation olease call Dec- Dec. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. City. .Tan - 28—-Kent City there Feb. 1—HudsonvUie. Peb. 4—Ooopersville here. Feb. 11—Comstock Park. Feb 15—Cedar Springs here. Feb. 25—Newaygo there. Kent * « \jVU» V 4*r*--' - " night of Dec. 15 at the IOOF hall, at S 30 o'clock. There will be a Christ- mas tree and a gift exchange. Every- one bring a 50c gift and their own ta- ble serviee Committees are: Kitchen. Mrs. Pauline Harrington. Mrs. Evelyn Chapman and Mrs. Funtce Gortoy. program and tree. Mrs. Rutn Pratt. M r s Gertrude I*^LL a^S^J«JN ^ \A .PO C'O P M , New! ^ Vf .Mr " a n d Mrs. Forrest IngersoU. ^ H York. N Y Members 25039438 iRV-KL74» <A) Prov Co daughter. Pearl. For transportation pleas Mrs. Harold Vaughan. ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT Mr and M--s. C. W. Voyles of Sparta announce the engagement of their to Robert Ingerso'.l. Lamoreaux and make this a real party. Attention: Don't miss the benefit of Sparta Ladies Literary of the Kent City Sparta S S S S v ™ 1 SOUTH SPARTA NEWS a at StmfjAT^re r u n l o r a u ur ^ ^ given by Lucie , Mrs. Lawrence Pratt. Corr. vou aav.i ^ n ^ . r see y o u t% luncheon guests of Mills MoCall ot . evening luncawo^^ ^ Mrs R G Kutali underwent a seri- Sunday Grand Rapids. Mr. and N Brown of A-s.iand Center. jue**!, 1^. ^ u u m C F i a c ^ w h Mrs Gordon Goodfellow the weekend with her and Mrs. Wm. Witt of Nelson have Howell. returning home Tuesday Mi. and Mrs Addph .1^"^ T n S ^ Z J S S t K E N T CITY TO HAVE togiw her a rousing -Welcome Home" Convention of fire chiefs. He had no NEW TEN-CENT STORE par - - The evening was spent in trouble^he says, in swapping M.i -h.gan M , and Mrv Richard Peacock of - for rtLrus frult Cooper al . Montague are opening a ten cent store her up P. T. A. BENEFIT MOVIE Each year Sparta P T. A. has given . money for some school need. This year P T A. is hoping to give a substantial amount toward the Field House at Balyeat Field. Tntmday. Dec 1 at the Sparta Theatre, the P T A. will sponsor a movie. "Penrod and Sam." There will be two shows, 7 and 9 p.m.. including singing with words on screen and an educational short. Bert Nokes will act as master of ceremonies School chil- dren and football players will sell tick- ets and they will be on hand at the thsatre. See ad eleswhere In tftils pa- per Mrs. Prank White and Mrs. Jbhr. Feichtenblner are in charge of ticket sales. A THANK YOU The Ham Dinner given in Che Spar- ta Methodist church on Nov 16 w a s a very successful venture. The commit- The II-acre McGowan estate at 875 Nine-mile Rd.. NW. in Alpine township was sold recently by Mrs. Grace Yerka to Raymond Rved. »er vice station operator-hauler, and his wife. The property was fisted and sold through Kinney A Buys C o. Brides tbe spacioos brick house and three-stall parage, the estate include* a nine-acre private came reser- vation which shelters four grown deer and two fawns. flower conservatory and a decorative pool. 1 he hooM rooms and »efvanls' quarters over the garage. Mr*. daughter. Gladys Mr Go-wan. purchased the property at 47 Centennial Ase'.. focw-rly owned by the G. C. Steveiwons. for Florida. 20x30-foot has three bed- Yerks and her They plan to leave soon FIRST METHODIST CHURCH Sparta. Michigan Rev. H. W. Ellinger. Minister Church School at 10 a.m. Classes for all ages Nursery tor small children during church service Sunday iporning worship service at 11 a.m Sermon by the past-* and music by the vested choir. Visitors always welcome Intermediate Youth Fellowship. Sun- day a t 5 p m . - »• review attend. All members are urged ssi pwk " ah " > - su,,d * y . .v.. in Orand Raotds Monday. aooui ' of New Jersey, where she had West veer in Orand Rapkta . spending the past four week' Floyd LAmtwon of o>>r.ngs f with her niece. Mildred A beaut!- called on Mrs. C. E Oooper Wednes- fully decorated cake was preaeated her day by ihe hostesa. Mr*. Oladya Ptockney. w which she cut and everyone had tea. Attention: Dont miss «he ber.efit movie P T A Is offering Twrsday. Dec. in Montague, where they have lived for Die past two years. Mrs Peacock formerly lived in Grant. Mrs. C. Lamoreaux *>ent the week- end wish her sister at Charlevoix Mr and Mrs Irvtn Allen and sons attended a birthday party for her fa- LUNCHEON PLANNED Mrs C. Warren will be hostess at a luncheon Toesday. Nov 30 at har home to members of Our Lady of Per- petual Help Stpdy ClJh. honoring Mrs " leaving soon who contributed tn any way to Us sue- 7 30pm . w . . rr especially grwteful to The Ttjayer Guild »ul mee» Mondaj. M- Ku"z Tor supplying the tickets Nov 29 at the home o: Mrs K S fr« also Pinch's Food Market 'or se- Markendorf for a 6 30 pot _luck sup- curing the coffee and napkin-s, to ev- Thanksgiving party^ eryone who helped in C* kitchen, din- The Oarr Circle T sJ B Taf7£ ^thTSn^r 6 ^'- tn 4n io^ n b e " quite a task to thank Junwr Ch~ir practice Wednesday at 4 individually for and the Senior choir at 8 p.m TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH Conklin. Michigan Nov 28—Jubilee Service. 10 a.m. Jubi'ee Service. 2 30 p.m The Rev E M Lang. Grand Rapids, speaker Nov 29—Senior Choir. 8 30 p.m. Nov 30- -Church Council. 8 p.m . par- sonage. Dec. 1 —Advent Service. 8 pm. Dec 2—Walther League Play. "Gran- dad Ste^' Out." Parish Hall. 8 p m Ticket* at door. We saw morning come. Monday! How quickly one's life Is hanged. When the telephone rang Sunday ev- ening there was no portent of sad tidings, bin it brought news of a death in our family—of one very dear to joth of us! • • • Thoughts at my desk Monday morn- ing: Wish a paper salesman would come in—I'd like to buy a sneet of paper! This morning—on my desk, no ruler, no scissors, no uencils. no paper, no pen. no ink! Nevamae com- plains that she does not even have a desk! * * Seen on Main Street: Phil Hogan carrying two pies over to the Method- ist church. In case you don't know. Phil makes them himsell and also de- licious cakes, too. so his vlfe fells me! * The irresistible Jimmy brings con- stant Joy to my heart. He explained. "I drank a coke, and I have a heady- f Like this song: "Powder your face with smiles Make up your eyes with laughter." I d o like those few people who smile, too. with their eyes! * I adorr«J the lecturer Saturday He discussed contemporary problems; dy- namic pe pie; bastiaiis of strength, the inevitability cf war. and the defeatist attitude He came from the East. No- body ever does talk like that around here! Sparta's No. 1 Mystery Man— V. Y. Tuttle— What's your middle name, to honey?" • • • Someone suggests when children get out of hand, put them in a bubble bath. This might be a good thing to try out on some grownup*.! I Just love the accounts of older peo- ple who die around 100 or so who al- ways attribute their long lives to hard work! s I can have more fun over a bottle of coke—or on practically nothing at all. over and bayond a cujrof tea! It each 3 "XI"aparti^Theatre Pun for a#. Let's ther. Aael Butier of Orand Rapsls. on Bl?kow returned home ^Born to Mr and Mrs George W Ive'n" Anderson 'who * leaving soon w'pl^e"'coo- The WCTU will met Dec 3 al 31 30 a t Jhind^v eienlng from Chicago, where Klelbusch a daughter. Linda Kay. for Florida Club members held their the yrjr fine ^ ^ocne of Mrs. E O Anderson SThas b,-cn visiting her son. Skfwm weifht six pounds. Friday. Nov. 19 at last meeting at the home of Mn. 3. sider | Mrv CiuU will glvg a book wife. She i* also a proud.U M hoae, JM Ut Olvuwo, ftparta. Oapuaki. s k «uljr FREE METHODIST CHCBCH Corner I'nion i«l Grove V. Kay Rowt. Paster meet Tuesday. Sunday School—10:00 a.m Mr Bernard Elve. Supt. all ages Morning Worship—11:00 a m . Evening Service—7:30 pm. Service—7 .30 p m Talking to people ajout their names —imagine my surprise upon inquiring of a m a n w h o entered the office about his firrt name to have him ~eply, "My Classes for I name's Nathan lei." That was almoat as good a one as Odysseus! a e a Tnis year—for the first time in my Wednesday Prayer Service—7 $0 pm UIc — . ..-^vtog Day alone! All are welcome. now It is about time to give thought The Revival Services have been post- to writing the annual poem for yosffl because of *> much sickncas-, Chnstmasl

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ARE YOU PAID UP? T h e e x p i r a t i o n d a t e o l y o u r S e n t i n e l -L e a d e r f p p e a r s « a c h week o p p o s i t e y o u r n a m e o a t h e s d d r e s a l abe l . A l -w a y s k e e p It p a i d tn a d v a n c e .

THE SENTINEL - LEADER THE MOST WIDELY READ NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN KENT COUNTY'S MILLION DOLLAR FRUIT BELT

Covering All'of the Best News of Spart*, K<*1 City, Casnovia and AH Adjacent Rural Terri tory

C S C SEN T I N E L - L E A D E R C L A S S I F I E D A D S

Ever j ' d a y " In t h e week we h e a r s a t i s -f ied c u s t o m e r s te l l u s w h a t f i n e r e -s p o n s e t h e y r ece ived f r o m t h e i r S e n -t i n e l - L e a d e r C l a s s i f i e d Ads . /

SPARTA, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1948 NUMBER 48

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E M E L A N D E R ' S ELEVATOR — SPARTA KENT CITY FARM BUREAU

COMSTOCK PARK F E E D CO.

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AUCTION SALE Saturday, Nov- 27

2<', MILES WEST. M1I.E SOI TH O F RAVENNA

2 5 Holstein, Guernsey a n d Jersey Dairy Cows

TB and Bangs Tested. Several Fresh, o the rs to f reshen soon. A real top herd.

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ALLIS-CH ALMERS TRACTOR * INTERNATIONAL CORN HUSKER LARGE LIST OF OTHER TOOLS 500 B A L E S OF HAY Come Early — Everything Must Sell

LEE ROBINSON, Owner J . Paul Herman, Auctioneer S. J . Linck, Clerk

ELECTRIC RANGE

WITH UPS-A-OA/SY 4 Sur fcua U n i t s o r 3 S u r f a c a U n i t s , P l u s D a a p w a l l K o o k a l l

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Ridgely Studio Phone 3981 — SPARTA

(No appointment necessary except Tuesday)

Wm. A. Rogers & Co SPARTA, MICH.