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Volume 94 — Established 1876 Sparta, Michigan Wednesday. Feb m a r / 4, 1970 Number 5

Sparta School Expansion Report Made

A Building P r o g r a m R e p o r t f r o m the of f ice of Spa r t a A r e a Schools Superintendent M r . J o s -eph Puvogel .

" T h e r eques t to the Municipal F i n a n c e Commiss ion in Lans ing f o r approva l of the $500,000 bond

• p r o g r a m was submi t ted in O c -tobe r , immedia te ly fol lowing the v o t e r s ' approval of addi t ions to the high school and C e n t r a l e l e -m e n t a r y school . Th i s appl ica t ion h a s not been approved b e c a u s e of a backlog of bond r e q u e s t s r e -su l t ing f r o m the r e c e n t high i n -t e r e s t r a t e s .

"On December 26, Gove rno r Mill iken signed public ac t 342 which i n c r e a s e d the ce i l ing on munic ipa l and school bonds f r o m s i x to eight per cent f o r 1970. T h i s legis la t ion h a s s t a r t e d m o v -ing the s a l e s on school bonds and, a s a r e su l t , ou r bond a p -p rova l i s expected In the nea r f u t u r e .

" T h e a r c h i t e c t u r a l f i r m of Mc M i l l e n / P a l m e r h a s been moving ahead with p lans and d r a w i n g s f o r cons t ruc t i on b ids . If the bonds can be sold by F e b r u a r y , c o n -s t r u c t i o n b ids can be taken in e a r l y March with work beginning i m m e d i a t e l y t h e r e a f t e r . "

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Practice Teachers At Sparta High

Six young people f r o m M i c h -igan co l l eges and u n i v e r s i t i e s a r e comple t ing t h e i r p r a c t i c e t each ing at Spar ta High School t h i s t e r m , accord ing to a news r e l e a s e f r o m the o f f i ce of the s choo l super in tendent , M r . J o s -eph Puvogel .

M i s s Ju l i e Colby i s working in the a r t depa r tmen t under the gu idance of M r s . C h a r l o t t e A m -b r o s e . M i s s Jacquelyn Sayles , a phys ica l educat ion m a j o r , is work ing with M r s . B a r b a r a Vo-g e l . Both a r e f r o m Michigan S ta t e Un ive r s i tv .

T h r e e s tudents f r o m F e r r i s S t a t e Col lege have been accep ted f o r p r a c t i c e teaching at S p a r t a . T h e y a r e Sam Denn, who i s work ing with Mr . H e s s e i Wever in s c i e n c e ; Wil l iam Johnson, who i s in b u s i n e s s educat ion with M r . W a g n e r ; and Bruce C o u r i e n who i s work ing with M r s . G l o r i a Roy in the m a t h e m a t i c s d e p a r t m e n t .

M i s s J an i ce Helmboldt , a s t u -dent at C e n t r a l Michigan Uni-v e r s i t y , is working with M r s . Schut and Mr . Solan ics in E n g -l i s h .

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Vacation in the Sparta Schools

Spring vacat ion in the S p a r t a A r e a Schools will c o m m e n c e at the c l o s e of c l a s s e s on T h u r s -day a f t e rnoon , March 26 and will inc lude Good F r i d a y , M a r c h 27, Monday, M a r c h 30 and Tuesday , M a r c h 31.

C l a s s e s will r e s u m e on W e d -n e s d a y morn ing , Apri l 1.

March 16 Operational Millage Vote Set for Kent City-Casnovia Schools

Spec, 4 Daniel Loses Life

A Kent C i ty s o l d i e r i s th i s a r e a ' s l a t e s t vict im of the w a r in V i e t n a m . Spec ia l i s t 4 Danie l L o u i s Behm, aged 21, son of M r . and M r s . Louis H. Behm of 13435 Pa ine Avenue, Kent C i ty , w a s ki l led on J a n u a r y 24 n e a r Chu Lui , South Vie tnam when a g r e n a d e detonated , a c c o r d i n g to a not i f ica t ion r e c e i v e d by h i s p a r e n t s f r o m the Defense D e p a r t -m e n t .

T h e young so ld ie r had been In the A r m y about 18 mon ths and had been in Vietnam a p p r o x i -m a t e l y one y e a r . He w a s a 1968 g r a d u a t e of Kent C i t y - C a s -novia High School .

Born on D e c e m b e r 5, 1948, in

Louis Behm in V ietnam

G r a n d Haven, he had l ived in the S p a r t a - K e n t Ci ty a r e a f o r the p a s t f o u r t e e n y e a r s .

Surviv ing b e s i d e s h i s p a r e n t s , a r e s ix s i s t e r s , Kathy, P a t r i c i a , L inda , P a m e l a , LeeAnn, Vicki , a l l at home; h i s g r a n d p a r e n t s , M r s . M a r i e M c C a r t h y of G r a n d Haven and G e o r g e P a l m e r of S p a r t a ; and s e v e r a l aun t s and u n c l e s .

T h e Rt . Rev . M s g r . T h o m a s O. M a r t i n o f f i c i a t ed at the f u n -e r a l m a s s held T u e s d a y m o r n -ing of t h i s week at the Holy F a m -i ly C h u r c h in S p a r t a . B u r i a l w a s in Lake F o r e s t C e m e t e r y , G r a n d Haven. A r r a n g e m e n t s by H e s s e l -C h e s l e k F u n e r a l Home of S p a r t a .

Special School Election Scheduled For March 16 at Comstock Park

The Coms tock P a r k Schools B o a r d of Educat ion m e t on W e d -n e s d a y evening, J a n u a r y 28, at

43.3 Percent of Taxes Collected in Sparta Twp.

S p a r t a Townsnip T r e a s u r e r M r s . M a r i a n T e l d e r r e p o r t s that 43 .3 p e r cent of the tax r o l l had been co l lec ted a s of J a n u a r y 31.

T a x p a y e r s a r e r e m i n d e d that t hev have until F e b r u a r y 14 in which to pay the i r t a x e s . Al te r that da te , an addi t ional t h r e e p e r cen t co l lec t ion f ee wi l l be added . T a x e s will be r e t u r n e d to the county a s del inquent a f t e r F e b -r u a r y 28.

Dog l i c e n s e s a r e due and p a y -ab le to M r s . T e l d e r unt i l F e b r u -a r y 28.

which t i m e it was dec ided un -a n i m o u s l y by the b o a r d to a sk the d i s t r i c t v o t e r s to approve a r e n e w a l of the ex i s t ing 19 m i l l s f o r o p e r a t i o n a l p u r p o s e s . Date f o r the e lec t ion was sot at March 16. L a s t day of r e g i s t r a t i o n fo r t h i s e l ec t ion i s F r i d a y , F e b r u a r y 13.

The levy i s being sought f o r a t w o - y e a r pe r iod and wil l Include the 1970-71 and 1971-72 schoo l y e a r s , a c c o r d i n g to M r . John F e h s e n f e l d , C o m s t o c k P a r k School Supe r in t enden t .

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W.C.T.U. To Meet S p a r t a W.C.T.U. will mee t at

10:30 on F r i d a y morn ing , F e b -r u a r y 6, at the home of M r s . H o m e r Gi l le t t f o r a pot luck lun -cheon and work m e e t i n g .

A vote on ope ra t i ona l mi l l age f o r the Kent Ci ty - C a s n o v i a C o m m u n i t y Schools i s schedu led f o r Monday, March 16. The m i l l -age r e q u e s t e d i s the s a m e a s in the p a s t two y e a r s ; 15 m i l l s .

" L a s t year 12.5 of the 15 voted w e r e l e v i e d , " s a i d M r . J a m e s

Ward , super in tenden t of schoo l s . " I t i s d i f f icu l t to f o r m u l a t e an e x a c t budget at th is t i m e a s s t a t e a id has not been decided by the l e g i s l a t u r e . P e r s o n s voting In t h i s e l ec t ion mus t be r e g i s t e r e d no l a t e r than F e b r u a r y 13. P r o -p e r t y owner sh ip i s n o t a r e q u i r e -m e n t in th i s e l e c t i o n . "

Ambulance Fund Drive Off to a Fast Start/

S p a r t a C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e d r i v e to r a i s e funds f o r an a m -bu l ance h a s boomed off to a f a s t s t a r t . To date , m o r e than half of the $6,000.00 goal h a s been r e a c h e d and it is hoped that the r e m a i n i n g funds will be r e c e i v e d t h i s week .

T h i s ambulance i s to be m a i n -ta ined in Spar ta fo r s e r v i c e In the S p a r t a , Kent Ci ty and Casnov ia a r e a . It wil l be o p e r a t e d by the S p a r t a Support Unit , a g roup of m o r e than twenty thorough ly t r -a ined vo lun tee r s , and will be d i s -pa t ched through the S p a r t a P o l i c e D e p a r t m e n t On an a r o u n d - t h e -c lock b a s i s .

J i m Mor tensen , Kent C i ty and C a s n o v i a Area C h a i r m a n , r e p o r t s that the Vil lage of Kent C i ty h a s con t r ibu ted $1,000.00 and the Vi l lage of Casnov ia has given

$500.00 f o r th is p u r o o s e . In the Spa r t a a r e a , S p a r t a

F o u n d r y Company Division of the Muskegon Pis ton Ring, has do-na ted $500.00 and the Spa r t a S ta te Bank has con t r ibu ted $5Ci.OO a l s o . One of the loca l s e r v i c e c lubs has p r e s e n t e d $ 500. 00 and a m a j o r cont r ibu t ion h a s been r e c e i v e d f r o m ano ther In-d u s t r i a l conce rn . Another m a j o r con t r ibu t ion has been given by the Kent C i ty State Bank a s well a s a m o u n t s f r o m m a n y ind iv idua ls .

P e r s o n s who wish to help make it pos s ib l e to obtain an ambu lance f o r Sparta , and have not been c o n -t ac t ed f o r a donation n - a j s e n t m o n e y In c a r e of the Ambulance Fund , S p a r t a State Bank, o r m a y l e a v e t h e i r donat ions at the bank .

Be s u r e to include your n a m e with your donation a s a r e c o r d of c o n t r i b u t o r s i s being kept .

Everything is "Ship Shape" a l Sparta ' s Explorer Post

The f i r s t E x p l o r e r P o s t in th i s North Kent a r e a w a s c h a r -t e r e d on Monday even ing , F e b -r u a r y 2, a t the S p a r t a A m e r i c a n L e g i o n Ha l l . Th i s Sea E x p l o r e r un i t Is be ing s p o n s o r e d by the L e k s t r u m - B u r n e t t A m e r i c a n L e -gion P o s t f o r boys who a r e f i f -t een y e a r s o r o lde r o r a r e in the ninth g r a d e . Seventeen boys w e r e r e g i s t e r e d f o r t h i s p h a s e of Scouting f o r high schoo l youth.

P a r t i c i p a t i n g In the c h a r t e r i n g c e r e m o n i e s w e r e , l e f t to r i gh t : Sea ted - P e t t y O f f i c e r F i r s t C l a s s J a m e s C . Selby, U. S . Navy, a m e m b e r of the t roop c o m m i t -tee and a d v i s o r ; Jo seph G r e e n -l ea f , Skipper of the pos t ; R o b e r t Apel, V i c e - C h a l r m a n of the Me-noke D i s t r i c t of the G r a n d Val-

l e y Counc i l , BAS; L. W. C a v e r -ly . Legion Pos t C o m m a n d e r and m e m b e r of the t roop c o m m i t -tee ; and H a r r y E m m e r t , I n s t i -tu t iona l R e p r e s e n t a t i v e .

Standing a r e : t h r e e new c h a r -t e r m e m b e r s and the i r Second M a t e - Dale Heugel; Tom Heu-gel ; Doug Heugel, Second Mate of the new pos t and L e g i o n n a i r e ; and G r e g Claxton. All boys a r e f o r m e r m e m b e r s of S p a r t a T r o o p 280. Doug and G r e g a r e Eagle S c o u t s .

Gene Heugel , ac t ive in Scou t -ing f o r m o r e than 20 y e a r s and L e g i o n n a i r e is a isc 0 m e s t i w r of the t roo i : : iminittee.

T'Ih " jnip- ' p lans to mee t each f i r s t and th i rd Monday night at the Spar ta Legion Hal l .

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SPARTA NINTH GRADE

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1st s e m e s t e r

Diane Be lcher Diane Berndt K a r l Brev i t z Mona Bur leson T e r r i Bylsma Diane Denhof Debbie Gal in i s G e r a l y n G r a s i e w i c z M a r y Gu i l e s C h a r l e s Husa Wil l iam I r i sh Beth Johnson Judy Johnson Jef f Lovel l Mar i lyn Lunger Kathleen May Susan May Col leen Moore Gai l Okkonen 4

L o r i P ike Ri ta Rienke * Debra R e i s t e r Kathy Richmond LuAnn Schumuker Dary l Schut Dennis Simons Shei la Snowden J a m e s Snyder * C r a i g S o d e r s t r o m Diane S o d e r s t r o m Nanci Tobey Mike VanderHyde Wayne- VanLaan Jeff Vos Sandy Weston C h e r y l Youngquist

HIQH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL

TENTH GRADE J a n i c e Antor M a r j o r i e Antor J i l l B a s s e t t G r e g o r y Claxton B a r b a r a Cook C h a r l e s Cour t ade Alice Denhof J a n e t E a r y • Mel inda E r ick son Sandra G r a u b W a l t e r Grzybowsk i T i m Hammond Susan Knight Dean L a r s o n Douglas Laughlin Sharon London D a r l a M u r r a y P a t Neely Linda Nelson Michae l Nitschke S a n d r a Puvogel Nancy Quay Diane Ring B a r b a r a Ryan D e b r a Schwei tze r C a r o l Smith Jon S o d e r s t r o m Sandy Tunget t L a u r a VanderWerf f Cindy V i s s e r Peggy Webber David W e s t e r Steve Wever

ELEVENTH GRADE

K a t h e r i n e Antor Ronald Austin Monaca B a e h r e Cynthia B l a c k m o r e Don Buege Roxanne Claxton * R o b e r t Cumings M a r y D ' A m o u r

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A s t o r y p r in ted in the " L o n -don T i m e s " t e l l s about the poor lady In South Af r i ca who was f ined In c o u r t f o r s o m e m i n o r t echn ica l o f f e n s e . When the judge l ev ied the f ine , she r e a c h e d in h e r vo luminous s k i r t s and p r o -duced a gold coin which she gave to the c l e r k of the c o u r t . As s h e tu rned to leave , the c l e r k ca l l ed to h e r and sa id , " W a i t a m i n u t e . The p r i c e of gold h a s gone u p . " So he gave h e r the change , which amounted to m o r e than the o r ig ina l c o s t of the gold co in . H e r e i s s o m e s t r a n g e m a t h e m a t i c s . She paid h e r f ine

D e b r a Ead ie * L i n d a F l e e t P a t Heinbeck P e t e r H e s s l e n J e a n Heyt M a r l e n e Hockeborn M a r y Johnson D e b r a Johnston Wanda Kent Dan Kik B r u c e Klenk* J u d y Knowlton M a r l e n e Kober * Joanne Moore Angela M u r r a y Vick ie Norman * J u d y Ogg S teve Okkonen C a r l a Reyburn M a r g a r e t Ri tzenhein Kath leen Robinson Sandy F e e r i c k M a r k S c h a e f e r Kathy Scheueneman C r a i g Schwei t ze r Miche le Schwe i t ze r R o b e r t Shooks John Snyder Dale S o d e r s t r o m Deborah T e e s d a l e Ken Whi t ake r L inda Wood

TWELFTH GRADE B e a Akkerman * Dwight Anderson * Diane Antor Mike Antor Den i se Badgerow • K r i s Badge row T o m Badgerow Al ice B a e h r e Den i se B e c k e r J u l i e B e r g M a r y Beusche l J a m e s B r e v i t z C h a r l e s Blaauw C a r o l y n B l o o m s t r o m Donna Buczynski R o g e r C h a p m a n L e s l i e C r a m t o n M a r k Dean Douglas Dekker Ann G a r d n e r J a n e G r e s s John Hamil ton B r e n t Havens * B r e n d a Hinebeck K a r e n J a k e w a y Kay Klein M a r t h a L a m p h e a r J o y Lovel l L e e M c F a l l David Naber Sandy Norton L inda Norve l l * P a t Olson C h e r y l P a r k e r Ruth P i t s ch Diane P l e s c h e r * Kim P o s t m a J u l i e P o t e s Diane Robinson C a t h y Rudzinski Dawn Schut Scot t Siegel Dawn Sp i t ze r * M a r l e n e T r a x l e r J a c k V i s s e r Mar i lyn Whitney

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C o n s u m e r s Power C o m p a n y p l a n s to invest m o r e than $232 mi l l ion In 1070 on expans ion and i m p r o v e m e n t of i t s f a c i l i t i e s .

The announcement w a s made by A. H. Aymond, ch i i i rman of the b o a r d and J a m e s II. C a m p b e l l , p r e s i d e n t .

The Sentinel Leader 343 S. UNION ST.. SPARTA, MICHIGAN 49345

Published Weekly on Wednesday at Sparta, Michigan SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT SPARTA, MICHIGAN

BARRY D. BRAND, Editor - Publisher Subscription postpaid, one year in advance -$1 .50 in Kent, Ottawa, Muskegon and N e w a y g o Counties. Elsewhere $4.00

and w a s in tu rn paid a dividend. Has someth ing l ike that eve r

happened to you? You w e r e much upse t that a f i r e o r a new r o a d put you out of your home, but you ended up living in a b e t t e r p l a c e than you had b e f o r e . Your c o m p a n y moved to a n o t h e r city^ and you faced the l o s s of your job, but your new posi t ion t u r n -ed out to be m o r e p ro f i t ab l e than the one you had b e f o r e .

I have seen people e x p e r i e n c e i l l n e s s , s u r g e r y - - l o s s of l i m b s , and r e t u r n home f r o m a hosp i ta l much r i c h e r sp i r i t ua l l y . I r e -m e m b e r one pe r son , who had un-d e r g o n e m a j o r s u r g e r y at a g r e a t f inanc ia l cos t , sa id to me , " I would not exchange that e x p e r i -e n c e f o r a l l the money in the w o r l d . " God at t i m e s t a k e s s o m e th ings out of our hands so that they will be e m p t y to r e -c e i v e the g r e a t e r b l e s s i n g s .

R o m a n s 8:28 s ays : " A n d we know that all things work toge t -h e r f o r good to them that love God, to them who a r e the ca l l ed a c c o r d i n g to His p u r p o s e . " and in P s a l m 110:71 we r e a d : " I t i s good fo r m e that I was a f f l i c ted , that I might l e a rn thy s t a t u t e s . " If the a f f l i c t i ons God a l lows to c o m e to us b r ing us to Him for

Witnesses Set Three Day Conference

Assoc i a t e m i n i s t e r s with the l oca l congregat ion of J e h o v a h ' s W i t n e s s e s will join with 1,200 o t h e r de l ega te s for a t h r e e - d a y Bible s e m i n a r at P l a inwe l l ' s High School , F e b r u a r y G - 8.

Mr . L e s l i e Chipman, p r e s i d i n g m i n i s t e r of the C e d a r Sp r ings congrega t ion , will head the loca l de legat ion and s t a t e s that a l l Kingdom Hall mee t ings will be suspended for the week-end p r o -g r a m . He sa id that one of the high poin ts of the a s s e m b l y will be the F r i d a y evening segment of the p r o g r a m that will focus a t -tent ion on the p r o b l e m s t e e n -a g e r s have in mainta ining a c lean C h r i s t i a n consc ience while s u r -rounded with a soc ie ty of e v e r lower ing m o r a l s .

sa lva t ion in J e s u s C h r i s t then we end up with a dividend ins tead of a l o s s . Strange a r i t h m e t i c , indeed.

Henry Hoekst ra , P a s t o r T r i n i t y Chr i s t i an R e f o r m e d Church

REGISTRATION NOTICE

VILLAGE ANNUAL ELECTION

MONDAY, MARCH 9. 1970

TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE

VILLAGE OF KENT CITY COUNTY OF KENT, STATE OF MICHIGAN

Notice is hereby Kiven, tha t in conformity with the "Michigan Election Law," I, the undersigned Village Clerk will, upon any day, except Sunday and a legal holiday, t he day of any regular or special election or pr imary election, receive for registration the name of any person who possesses the qualifications of an elec-tor in said Village^not already registered, who may apply To Me Personally for such registration. Provided,

•however, tha t I can receive no names for registration dur ing the t ime intervening between the THIRTIETH DAY before any regular, special, or official primary election and the day of such election.

Notice is hereby further given that 1 will be at

MY HOME

31 N. Second Street, Kent City, Michigan

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1970

As provided by Section 151.10 Michigan Election Laws, From 8 o'clock a.m. until 8 o'clock p.m. on said day for the purpose of REVfEWING and REGISTRATION and REGISTERING such of the qualified persons in said VILLAGE as SHALL PROPERLY apply therefor.

The name of no person but an ACTUAL Resident of the Village at the time of said registration and entitled under the Constitution, if remaining such resident, to vote at the next election, shall be entered in the refiria-tration records.

All the provisions relative to registration in Town-ships and Cities shall apply and be in force as to regis-tration dn Villages.

—CLARE REYBURN, Village Clerk