LEDGER E N T R I E S Being a Collection of Various

Topics of Local and

General In t e res t

N E V E R SAW A R U R A L S C E N E

OOCIAL W O R K E R S speak of many children in big cities who

have never been out in the oprfn count ry to see w h a t the real ru ra l picture looks like. Sympathy is fel t fo r the kid w h o has spent his whole l ife amid brick walls and concrete pavements , and who never saw wide s t re tches of forest and meadow and open field.

Somebody should give t ha t kid a chance to go to some camp next summer , and revel In the Joye of swimming and h ik ing and spor t s on the green grass . H e would roll in the di r t wi th ecstasy and go back to the city with a new hope In his hear t . Children were m e a n t to have the wide open spaces fo r the i r p laygrounds.

TOO MANT ORGANIZATIONS

C O M E P E O P L E say there a re too ^ many organizat ions , t ha t people fo rm so many societies and clubs t ha t not all of t h e m can be kep t going. If a society is formed and lives for a n u m b e r of years , It demons t r a t e s t h a t It was needed, and tha t It supplied some actual w a n t of the people. 4

Some towns have the type of people called "Joiners", who Join a lmost every organizat ion tha t comes along. They m a y belong to so m a n y d i f fe ren t t h ings t ha t they can not a t t end all of them, and they m a y spend too l i t t le t ime wi th their famil ies . People should not neglect their homes fo r th i s purpose, but good organizat ions pueh a town ahead and m a k e a communi ty a t t r ac t ive to newcomers and one which res idents h a t e to leave.

FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR LOWELL, MICHIGAN. JANUARY 30, 1941 —

No. 38

W. W. Gumser Is Named Head

Of Trade Group H a r r y F . Kel ly Del ive rs

S t i r r i n g A d d r e s s o n

A m e r i c a n i s m

/. O. Gregg Talks At Farm School

OLD P R E C E D E N T B R O K E N

' T H E INAUGURATION of Presi-dent Roosevelt for a th i rd t e rm

breaks a p recedent t ha t has existed since our gove rnmen t was founded 150 years ago. I t will not be the only eetablSshed custom tha t will be set &o!de a s the result of the prpsent world crisis.

It is doub t fu l if Pres ident Roose-velt would have cared to t ake on the heavy bu rdens of h is off ice again, if the world had not been going th rough such .a terr ible up-heaval. In a t ime when the old founda t ions a r e shaken as by an ea r thquake , m a n y u n e x p e c t e d th ings happen. People will be called on to a d j u s t themselves to many new si tuat ions.

P res iden t Roosevel t appeals to the American people to unite in sup-por t of f r eedom and democracy. They have d i f f e r i n g opinions as to how those principle* oliuuld be ap plied, but they will rally to suppor t t he government to which they owe an incalculable debt.

ATTACKS F R O M T H E AIR

T^OUR DAYS of mil i tary aviation maneuvers over New England

have Just indicated tha t m a n y cities and towns a long tha t coast would be open to a t t a c k by air. Thousands of volunteer observers helped watch fo r the p lanes tha t took the pa r t of enemy bombers. The mi l i tary observers declared tha t these ai r -c r a f t could have rained explosl /es and Incendiar ies on cer ta in citlea and • towns.

I t can be guessed t ha t s imilar condi t ions prevail in m a n y places "long the Atlant ic and Pacif ic coasts. W h i c h shows the necessity of a very s t r o n g navy, so powerful t h a t enemy a i r c r a f t could be spot-ted and a t t a c k e d long before they were re^dy to ra in their missiles of dea th and f i r e over our peaceful homes and workshops .

The Amer ican people have read with ho r ro r of the misery t ha t has descended upon the people of I o n -don and m a n y Bri t ish cities, as the onissiles of m a n ' s ha te come down wi th their p lague of destruct ion. They canno t tolerate the thought t ha t such th ings could happen to our peacefu l land.

A s t a t e t h a t can a f f o r d to spend 50 million dollarti a yea r f o r liquor, a s Michigan did in 1940, shouldn ' t worry touch over a tUt in the wel-f a r e load, wr i t es Ed i to r Muri H . Defoe In t h e Charlot te Republi-can-Tr ibune .

DEMOCRACY CANNOT D I E

T ' H E MAIN T H E M E of Pres iden t Roosevel t ' s inaugura l address

was t ha t democracy cannot die, be-cause It Is t he f r ee expression of the desire of the people.

I t may be objected t h a t in some count r ies democracy is not real ly

. alive, because there is no such de-sire for f r eedom. I n Germany, fo r Instance, the re docs not seem to be t ha t s t r o n g wish fo r self-govern-ment , T h e people seem to t a k e na tura l ly t o the Idea t h a t they e r e going to be led and bossed a n d directed a n d ordered a round . T h e y seem to l ike the Idea of hand ing over the control of the i r Uvea to some s t r o n g cent ra l power or one m a n dic ta torship , on the theory t h a t the men w h o run the government a r e be t t e r able to tell t he count ry w h a t It should do.

T h a t poin t of view does not seem general a m o n g the nat ions. All over the world outside a f ew d ic ta tor ruled countr ies , people are ques-t ioning t h e ac ts of the i r rulers, and d e m a n d i n g the chance to exercise cont ro l over these rulers .

The s t r eng th of the demorra t io na t ions lies m the f a c t t ha t people do th ings more will ingly if t hey do them freely . If you have two boys In a school, 4 n d one merely g e t s his lessons because he is told to, and m a d e to s tudy them, while the o t h e r ge ts them because he wan t s t o learn, there Is no quest ion which will go ahead fas te r .

So the count ry where people work and s t rugg le and f ight because they love t he i r count ry a n d w a n t to do these things, will accomplish m o r e than one where they do these th ings because ordered to do them. J u a l now thfi d ic ta tor countr ies a r e a little ahead In the g rea t g a m e of war , because they had six y e a r s to ge t r eady for war , while the democra t ic nat ions were asleep. "Vow t h a t the democrat ic count r ies

re awake , look for things to hap-pen t h a t will reveal t he undy ing power of f reedom a n d liberty.

"If you m a k e money your God It will p lague you like the devil.— Fielding.

Coasting Accident Is Close Call

I. O. Gregg, landscape specialist f rom Michigan Sta te College, show-ed some very Interest ing pictures on ornamenta l shrubbery to sixty people at the Adult Night school on Monday evening. Mr. Gregg brought out in his lecture the importance o ! se t t ing out shrubbery tha t blended In with Its set t ing and also to p lan t those varieties- tha t were not easily destroyed by pests and diseases.

W. Crlbbs, County agr icu l tura l a g e n t of Ionia, will discuss "Alfa l fa

Over 250 persons were present a t A l f a ! f a S c c d P roduct ion" on the annua l banquet of the Lowell Wednesday evening, Feb. 5. Many Board of T rade in the high school quest ions have been asked concern-gymnas ium Tuesday evening. , n & t h e , production of a l f a l f a seed

The following r.^w off icers were a n d ^ l e c a r e 0 ' plantings. These elected fo r the ensuing year : Pres- a n < * m a n y other problems confront -ident, W. W. Gumser ; vice presl- , n K t h e f a rmer will be discussed, dent . Henry Weaver ; d i rectors for M r - C r , b b 8 ' • Perhaps one of the two years . Robert H a h n and Melvin » t a t e

i • . b e 8 t informed extension L e w j a specialists. The motion picture,

The" unanimous election of Mr. "Nat ional F a r m Ncwsreel" will be Gumser as president of the B. of T. flhown-for the ensuing fiscal year meets j with general approval . Dur ing his residence here, Mr. Gumser has taken a n active pa r t In practically all communi ty activities, giving generously of his t ime and talents .

j ln acccpt lng the post, Mr. Gumser | s ta ted t h a t the objects of the Low-ell Boa rd of Trade a s contained in An unusual coast ing accident .oc-the wr i t ten Const i tut ion of 1906, curred last F r iday night a t the would be the doctrine for 1941-42.] Lowell electric light plant near The objectives will be: 1—To pro-1White 's Bridge. Loret ta , 12 and mote the commercial welfare of Theodora, 11, daugh te r s of Mr. and Lowell. 2—To m a k e Lowell a de- Mrs. Ted VanOcker , were sliding sit-able location for the inves tment down hill near the plant and mls-of capital . 3—To make Lowell more judged a turn , sliding out onto the a t t r ac t ive as a place of homes, j r iver below *he dam. The sled 4—To cooperats with all of our p u b - b r o k e through the ice, let t ing the lie ins t i tu t ions in their var ious en-j l l t t le girls down into abbut ten feet terpr ises . Mr. Gumser said t h a t ' o f water . work ing shoulder to shoulder, we Another sister ran into the plant will succeed. | a n d told her pa ren t s w h a t had

l happened and Mr. VanOcker went I and called to the girls. As it was about 8 o'clock a t night, he could not sec the girls but they answered his call. He immediately Jumped in and swam out to the children and got hold of them both but the ma-chines were runnipg, causing the wate r to churn a round and conse-quently Mr. VanOcker w a s prac-tically helpless.

•He instructed his wife to go into the plant and get a long spear, which she did. She caught it on Mr. VanOcker 's clothing and towed the group to where he could s tand on the bottom. Mrs. VanOcker then pulled one of the little girls out and in the meant ime had a?nt for J e r r y DeVine, ano the r plant employee, who helped pull out the o ther child and Mr. VanOcker .

Mrs. VanOcker says tha t if the girls had not been expert sw immers Uiey wouldn't have hnH R chance.

The incident was not f a r f r o m belntr t ragic and should w a r n all children to exercise ex t reme caution when coasting or ice skat ing.

W. W. Gumser

The reports of the Secretary , C. E. Kiel and T reasu re r H. L. Weekes were read showing tha t the feoard of T rade has a round J550 on h a n d to s ta^t the coming year ' s act iv-ities. Theron Richmond, out-going presloent , of fered the suggestion t . iat this year 's Showboat week bo made a home-coming celebration, Inasmuch as It will be Lowell 's 110th anniversary . N. E. Borger-son was then called upon to m a k e

Old Residents'to Banquet Feb. 3

Herbe r t M. Heaney, pres ident "of •Heaney'a Commercial College, will be the guest speaker a t t he annua l winter banquet and reunion of the

^ I d Residents Association to be a report of Showboat plans fo r 1941. held next Monday evening, Feb. 3.

Art Exhibit Is Noteworthy

Lowellites Visit In California Cotton Stamps to

Aid Relief Cases News f rom Mart Simpson, who with Mrs. Simpson, is vacat ioning in California, reads a s follows:

j "We are having real nice weather I n c l u d e s S c e n e s F r o m here with a shower now and then.

. v . . . | which seoma sent purposely t,o I n i S V i c i n i t y jbring the wild f lowers tha t will

The Lowell Women's Club m a y l ^ ^ " 6 . , ! " ^ cent flu siege. One teacher la ab- well be proud of its achievement l n l o t h e r d ^ j j j r a n d M r 8 T o m .

sent, howevei, due to a case oi h f 1 "* 1 "* k a n d Mrs. Je f fe r les and n , U n / / e d S t o t e _ \ D e P a r , 7 nc n t o f

or work n- the a r t i s t s of the Kent . . . . 'culture on F e b r u a r y 10, according Art Group to Lowell. The exhibition ^ ^ to an announcemen t made by John

•Tonight wo meet at Ger t rude ®Ur.PAUS _ M a . r k e t l n 8 .

Supt . W. W. Gumser reports t ha t school a t t endance is gradual ly get-t ing back to normal a f te r the re-

measles.

P r o g r a m O p e n s in K e n t

O n F e b r u a r y 10

Kent County will be open to the Cotton S t a m p P rog ram of the

UP and

The newspaper funny m a n has-which is cur ren t through this week, one about the m a n who of fe red a ' ^ ' o r d s

By K. K. Vlnlnr

Fo rmer Agent Passes

The many fr iends of Agnes Soren-son Richardson, who was home ex-

one about the man who offered a f f o r d s a decidedly InteresUng | . . i Adminis t ra t ion Representa t ive of , tension agent in Kent County f rom suggestion to the factory boas, of "tudy of cont ras t ing techniques and n™* ^ a , „ „ the United Sta tes Depar tment of 1927 to 1932. will be grieved to hear how to fix it so no one would bo 8 h o w s a broad lat i tude in the l n - C O j w T "J 31 J e i r e n e 8 - J*1'; Agricul ture. This announcement of he r sudden dea th a t El lensberg,

and Mrs Anderson and some Lrf)H f 0 | ] 0 W ) , m e e i i n g B between rcpre- iWash. . Fr iday. J a n u a r y 24. the last man in should blow t h e | An uncompromising realistic a p - A n S e , e 8 f o l k 9 - N c x t w e e k o u r c o i , s , n ' i . . late at the shop. His idea w a s t h a t | d i v l d u a l approach.

whistle. proach marks the pr ints and paint-ings of Donald Brown whose

good ideas. If a business is to win success, i t needs to conv _ _ the world th rough adver t i s ing that t ha t business o f f e r s special i d -vantages.

Jokes, Jests. Jabs and Jibes Just by J e f f : We have been told that when people rcach high al t i tudes they chew g u m In xfpr to relieve pressure on the ear d rums; In this la t i tude It a p p e a r s tha t some peo-ple chew gum In order to have cuds to stick u n d e r n e a t h table tops and cha i r bottoms. . . . Tha t s a m e fel-low who w a s so bi,7-hearted he would give you the shi r t f r o m his back, now hasn ' t a shir t . . . . I t Isn't any h a r d e r to unders tand Hit-ler than It Is to get the top off a f r u i t Jar tha t h a s been two years In the basement . . . . F r iend ly ad-vice to F . J . : S t ay away f r o m the L. A. shopping distr icts—too long a dis tance to t h u m b a ride back to Lowell

Silas Onlooker 's philosophy: If you can ' t give a few hours now and then to do th ings fo r yotra h o m e town, don't expect your h o m e t o w n to do many th ings for you. x

He s ta ted t ha t plans a re being made to lay aside several thousand dollars to secure be t te r en te r ta in-ment than has ever been presented, and to have a float showing a n exact replica of the Showboat buil t

a t the Rowe Hotel a t 6:30. P reced ing the banquet , f r o m four

to six, visiting will be the order of the day. Come and get acqua in ted and tell o thers of your ear ly ex-periences in this Grand River val-

on a t ruck to t ravel to the fest ivais ley, A varied p rogram for the evening

is a r ranged , hut old t ime dances and fa i rs du r ing the summer .

Speaks on Americanism

Toas tmas te r J a y Bolens then In-troduced Secre tary of S ta te H a r r y F. Kelly, who gave a s t i r r ing talk on "Americanism and W h a t I t Means."

I Mr. Kelly declared "We a re pass-ing through the most t ry ing t imes we have ever known and v/ith civilization gasping fo r existence, America mus t act. The pa th of war Is the pa th of death , bu t even so, we must not hesi tate .

"What can you do?" Mr. Kelly tasked. "Make youth realize t ha t i being an American Involves more j than Just t ak ing the privileges and advantages wi thout giving any-th ing In exchange. We cannot let vouth take Americanism for g ran t -ed but mus t make it valuable enough to f ight for.

"Michigan has had m a n y head-aches in the pas t but ton ieh t It ap-oears t ha t ou r s t a t e will bo the foremost in the United Sta tes in the coming crisis. We m u s t keen the uni ty of the s tate . No fac t ion or section In the state, because they do not like the way the ma jo r i t y of the s ta te operates , should he allow ed to consider wreck ing the uni ty we now enjoy."

Honora ry Showboat Admira ls At the conclusion of his ta lk , Mr.

Kelly was made honora ry admira l of the Lowell Showboat by C. H. Runclman, a s were W. V. B u r r a s of Lowell, H. K Flsk of Fl int , M. Harold Saur , Char les R. F e e n s t r a and others.

Owing to the absence of D. A. Wlngeler because of Illness, the necrology w a s r .'id by Dr . F . E. White, paying t i lbu tc to Char les W. Cook and Dr. S. S. Lee who had died dur ing the past year .

Music was fu rn i shed by t h e high school band unde r the direct ion of Orval Jessup . A special f e a tu r e roller ska t ing act w a s presented b> the "Whir lwinds" who a re appear-ing this week a t the Shr ine Circus lu Grand Rapids .

The program ended wi th the pledge of al legiance and the sing-ing of "God Bless America ." The decorative theme, waa also patr iot ic , t he color scheme being red, white and blue wi th a la rge 16x25 foot American f lag m a d e f r o m crepe paper, overhead sur rounded by lights. A large drawing of Uncle Sam, done by Lorra ine 'Haglund, waa displayed. R . B. Avery, Byrne McMahon, Dora Bangs and others deserve much credit fo r the deror-at lng.

will be the chief feature . Leon R. S tow is president of the

Old Resldenla ' Association and reservat ions for the banquet a t $1.05 can be mailed to him a t 536 Prospect Ave., SE., Grand Rapids, or by Phone 88233.

In 1871 the Old Residents ' Soci-ety waa organized in Kent County, but the name was changed to The Old Renldents* Association of Grand River Valley on .Tan. 26, 1375. Tho f i rs t banquet and reunion was held a t the Morton House on F e b r u a r y 8, 1876.

Anyone of good moral cha rac t e r and who has resided In Ionia, Kent or Ot tawa count ies fo r twenty-f ive years is enti t led to membersh ip In this association. Membership fee to Join Is J1.00, annua l dues f i f ty cents.

Annual Meeting of Kent Rural Bankers

The annua l meet ing of the K e n t County R u r a l Bankers ' Association w a s held a t the Richmond cafe here last F r iday evening wi th about 3ft present f r o m K e n t City, Rockford , Cedar Springs, Grandvllle, Byron Center, Caledonia and Lowell.

New off icers were elected as fol-lows: Pres iden t , R. S. McGowan of Caledonia? vice president , Bar th Carlson of Cedar Spr ings ; secre-ta ry- t reasurer , Wm. VanderWiere of Grandvllle.

Speakers of the evening were Atty. Kim Slgler of Hast ings , M. B. McPherson, cha i rman of the S ta te Tax Commission, R a y Brundage , executive m a n a g e r of the Michigan B a n k i n g Association f r o m Lansing, J . W . Harr t i r , representa t ive of the Sta te Bank ing Association.

PTA Annual Dinner Next Tneiday Evening

The annua l mid-winter d inner meet ing of Kent County Council P T A will be held Tuesday, Feb. 4, a t 6:30 o'clock In the Comstock P a r k high school. Supt . E d w a r d Becker will give the welcome address .

Dr . B. H , Massellnk will be the dinner speaker , his subjec t being "There is a Road to Peace." How-ard E. Walcot t , pres ident Kent

Intangible Tax Now Operative

R e t u r n s M u s t Be F i l ed

l ly M a r c h 1

Many Interes t ing and impor tant f ac t s r ega rd ing the new intangible t ax law w»ro brought out a t a recent mee t ing In Lansing fo r as-acsaors, e m m t y and municipal t rpnsurer? called by Melville B. Mc-Pherson of Lowell, cha i rman of the s ta te tax commission.

This new intangible t ax a f f ec t s Individuals and corporat ions under a law passed by the 1939 legislature.

Some of the impor tant pofnWBis-cussed a t t he meet ing were a s follows:

The new intangible t ax law will assess bank accounts, accounts re-ceivable, stocke, bonds, annuities, mortgages, land contracts , and roy-alties. The tax is s ta te collected, but local asscs«ors will cooperate and assist the s t a t e in the distr ibution of tax b lanks and assist the tax-payer in m a k i n g them out.

On non-income producing assets, the tax is one-tenth of one per cent of the face value or pa r value of the asset. On Income-producing as-se ts the t ax r a t e is 6 per cent of the income, but not over three- tenths of one per cent of the par 01 face value. The tax will therefore be one dollar per thousand for non-income producing aspets. and m a y go as high as three dollars per thousand In the case of Income-producing assets .

Face value or par value the only considerat ion. A $3,000 ex-empUou is allowed bank deposi t s whe the r they are income-producipg or not. Pe r sons whose tax f igures up to only seven dollars or less do not have to pay a t ax or file a re turn . All government , s tate, or municipal bonds a re tax-exempt.

The owners of intangible property have until March 1 to make their r e t u r n s and they a re advised to secure b l anks as soon as possible.

R e t u r n s mus t be made difect to the s ta te and like Income tax re-tu rns u n d e r penal t ies fo r failure to file.

I t was explained t ha t a wide d i f fe rence In the tkx on the shares of d i f f e ren t corporat ions is due to d i f fe rences in the pa r value of the shares and also to a provision which taxes the s tock on the basis of how much value is represented by invest-men t s wi th in the bo rde r s of Mich-igan a s compared to the amount of Inves tmeht in o the r states. Stocks or dividends on property wi th in the s ta te of Michigan are entirely e x e m p t

Mrs. P. H. Schneider of Akron. Ohio, lias invited a number of her Lowell f r iends In for a luncheon and cards.

"Last week we called on Vesta Smith McKennon. the daughter of

Home town thoughts : Success Is "Checkered Tablecloth" achieves a t t a ined by people ' r^ iower to con-1the utmost of a r t i s t ic importance in vince the world t ha t they have a v e r y simple subject .

Fasc ina t ing wate r colors on a Amos Smith of Lowell many years larger scale than arc generally seen ! nf?o, and Marion Gahan and her a re presented by J a n Wedemeier . aunt , both formerly lived nor th of Work ing very broadly and in clear Lowell and related to Toby Gahan color tones -such papers as her In Lowell. "S t r aw S tack" utilize color and light to enhance famil iar scened.

The show is notable fo r its fig-

"We a re surely glad to be able to enjoy our many fr iends out here

senta t ives of the Surplus Market ing Mrs. Richardson came to K e n t Adminis t ra t ion and local business County the fail of 1925 as a c lothing associations. extension specialist from Michigan

Under th i s program, the Depar t - S ta te College. In November 1927 ment d is t r ibutes cotton goods to she became the Kent County Home relief and ass is tance cases as part Extension Agent, a position she of the p rogram to provide a mar- filled until December 1 1932 ket for cot ton In the United States. i n 1931 8 he was marr ied to

Under the Cotton Stamp P r o g r a m Norman Richardson of Plainfieid persons receiving public relief In township. In 1933 the Richardson ' s any form will be able to purchase re tu rned to Washington s ta r t ing a cotton goods in any retail estab- f a r m l n a | o n c c r o n n e w , B

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l l . , , h . n , e ; L W h . e ; ! had bunt a horn,, d -_ and the splendid winter weather , sale, with the green and brown I i * , ! „ h o p / , - r , , . . . u re pieces and ou ts tand ing among then back to the home town and s tamps. If they a rc recipients of ° ! .• OI. l j U e ; n s 7 c a i M ® - - -- - a n d were active in extension and these is Ka te Weaver ' s "Dancer Rest ing." a large paint ing of a ballet dancer rest ing in the wings bathed in l ight reflected f r o m the stage and Sean Gary's "The Hunt -er," a strong, rugged por t ra i t of a man wearing rough clothes in his shack.

f r iends when Michigan v/eather is a t its best. We a r e now living in Los Angeles, but are get t ing our mail as usual a t VanNuys. which is but a shor t run over the moun-ta in f rom here.

"One week ago we were guests of , . J ane t Hill Kenna . daugh te r of

The more abs t rac t phases of M r a n d M r a . A r t Hill, a t a American Art a r e well represented l u n c h e o n I n h e r n e w h o m e l n

in the drawings , pa in t ings a n d | G I e n d a ] e

assis tance in the form of d i r e c t ! f o _ u t , r „ 0 1 . compensation, such as the social! w n | . . ' • j k security groups which include Old I * " ' * ' c h a r d » o n is survived by Age assistance, mothers of depend- h " i ^ a n d , two children. Dale ent chi ldren and the blind or WPA *nc* a n ? 9 e v e r * , * , 8 t

te r 8 a n d

workers may buy green cotton o t h e r s in and near Ellensberg. s tamps In an amoun t equal to their

pa in t ings sculpture of R icha rd honkers , who«ji» pa in t ings a re Individual In their muted greyed tones. His carved s tone hand piece Is so skillfully, pat ient ly and lovingly wrought t ha t it makes the viewer immediately wish to t ake it in his hands which is exactly w h a t the ar t i s t intended in the f i r s t place.

Several pictures painted in and a round Lowell arc included in the group of works shown by Rob Godfrey, who lives Just outs ide the village and whose work is repre-,' sented in the Metropolitan Museum' of New York. H i s canvas, "Back of Main Street" is an in teres t ing view of Lowell f rom the Showboat dock, a famil iar scene but with the ad-vent of the new bridges, one t ha t soon may be no more.

A noteworthy group of drawings and pr ints is included in this show and should be of interest to many of the spectators .

clothing budget over a three month period. For each dollar In this .clothing budget, fo r which they p u r - ' ^ j " a

; chase green s tamps , the federal Mrs. Kenna Til l ride with us to I government matches their pur-

Successful Year

Caledonia Cooperative Creamery successful season In 1940.

Thei r report, presented a t the an -^ ' " I n u a l meet ing last week, showed

Mr. . Schneider 's par ty next ^ * * * Our Ledger Is passed along to m a n y f r iends out here, so be sure and don't miss us. Zoa and I send our kindest wishes to all f r i ends back home.—Mart"

Locals Defeated By Belding Team

Lowell High School basket ball t eam went down to defea t before the s t r o n g Be ld ing ' High School t eam Monday night In the local gym. Belding took an ear ly lead and a f t e r the f i rs t qua r t e r was never in danger . The f i rs t half ended 21-7 In Beldlng's favor ; 32-12 a t the end of the thi rd period; and the ' inal score 45-25.

The local boys did not get s ta r ted until late in the four th q u a r t e r while the Belding boys were tossing them in with their eyes closed.

Sutphen with 14 points and Splcer wi th 10 led the Belding scoring, while Wlngeler with 14 and Shear wi th 10 points accounted for all of Lowell's points.

Godwin plays a t Lowell this Fri-day night . Godwin a t present is a t the top in the Grand Valley League. However, every team in thF League has been defeated a t least twice, so ooth teams will be bat t l ing to s tay in the runn ing Fr iday night.

Feb. 15 DeafHine For Game Reports

With F e b r u a r y 15 the deadline f o r r e t u r n of compulsory game kill repor ts by Michigan resident and non-resident hunters , considerably leoa ca rds have been mailed to the conservation depa r tmen t t han had been received In late J a n u a r y last year .

Fal l ing off in these r e tu rns which ref lect hun te r success or lack of It m a y be explained. In par t , by pos-sible declines In sales of deer and small g a m e licenses last fall. Delay of license dealers in repor t ing such sales has held up final tabula t ions bu t conservation depa r tmen t audi-tors will not be surpr ised If It Is shown tha t Incr-'-ised employment

' 'Joe'' Hutchinson Passes at Alma

Lowell f r iends of J . M. Hutchln-pon were s l a k e d to hea r of h is death Thursday morning in the hospital a t the Michigan Masonic Home a t Alma, where he had been ill for the past several days. Ma-sonic funera l services will be held at 2:00 o'clock Sa turday a f te rnoon In the Roth Chapel, Rev. R. M. Barks-dale nff i r ia t ing. Burial will be made in Oakwood cemetery.

J . M. Hutchinson

Mr. Hutchinson came to Lowell in April, 1914 and with his wife, purchased the Lowell Journal , the paper remaining in tha t ownership until the spr ing of 1930. when death took Mrs. Hutchinson f r o m the community. "Joe", as he was known to f r i ends up and down Maln-st.. continued the work of publishing the Journa l until about four years ago when he sold his business to the Ledger and went to live at the Masonic Home.

"Joe" had made f requen t visits in Lowell, never losing contact with the old home town friends. He was a learned and talented man and a t rue fr iend who will be missed by many in the community .

Perfect Attendance And Honor Roll

A record of perfect a t t endance for the f i rs t ocmester of this school year was mainta ined by the follow-ing Junior high school children. Eighth Grade : Margare t Bibbler. Robert Chrouch, Rex Collins, Helen Frederick, Lois Metternlck, Thom-as Slier, Jacquel ine Timpson, Rob-ert VanTatenhove, Lucille Wisner, Ha r ry Yelter.

Seventh Grade : Merle Alexander, Wlllard Denlck, Wayne Dennis. Raymond Fairchlld, Eileen Gi'mser.

has kept some h u n t e r s out of the iRoseanne Haglund, Donna Hunt , fields and woods In recent months . Humphrey Johnson, E a r n e s t Kauf-As of J a n u a r y 20, this year , 40,3451 man, Bruce Myers, Doris Potter , small game a n d 32,823 deer hun te r s .Dean Trlchler .

Winter Sports Event Here Thii Saturday

The win t e r sports play day to be sponsored here th i s week Sa turday la one of m a n y being held through-out the s t a t e by the I lecreet lon depa r tmen t of W. P. A. and its sponsors . In Lowell, t he Board of Educa t ion and the Board of T rade a re cooperat ing wi th W. P . A. recrea t ion leaders. J a m e s Topp and W a l t e r Gibson In the con-testa, snow a n d Ice events which will be held a t the High School s k a t i n g r ink f r o m 10:00 o'clock in the m o r n i n g cont inuous t h r o u g h o u t the af te rnoon.

The re will be speed races fo r boys and girls, fancy s k a t i n g contests, ska te and sled races, pick-up races and an open speed race.

All children wishing to par t ic ipate in sled races, be su re to br ing sleds.

had compiled with the law which requires the r e t u r n of report cards a t t ached to hun t ing licenses. On

[the same date last yea r 46,886 small game and 43,842 deer h u n t e r s had reported.

The law provides f ines a n d Jail penalties, e i ther or both, m a y be Imposed upon conviction of fa i lure to r e tu rn the repor t cards . The depa r tmen t , however, has not sought convictions under the law.

Ins tead , conservat ion of f icers In Michigan 's 83 counties last year were supplied wi th lists of hun te r s who had failed to r e tu rn their cards . E a c h o f f i ce r w a s supplied a list of 100 names. Repor t ing rea-sons given by h u n t e r s fo r such failures, of f icers listed forgetful-ness, claims t h a t ca rds had been mailed, or had been lost, a n d un-awareness of the law a s the more Impor tan t excuses.

W h a t action may be t aken by the depa r tmen t to speed r e t u r n of ca rds In fu tu r e weeks is not de-termined yet.

MEN'S TOPCOAT S P E C I A L

To close a small g roup of all wool topcoats, mostly blue-greens, popular models, sizes 33 to 42, choice Including tax, $12.95.

Coons.

County M. E. A., will also appea r on. -the program. Music will be f u r n i s h - w 1 1 1 ^ a w a r d e d to winners ed by the mixed chorus f r o m t h e j o f 4 1 1 events. en te r ta in ing school, and Lynn I N o idmiss lon will be charged and Clark, County School Commisaioner. j even t s are open to all people

Half- Year Plates On Sale Saturday

Once a m a n fo rms a n opinion he s t a r t s in te rpre t ing f a c t s In the l ight of h i s belief—he ceases to be a n Impar t ia l Judge of fac ts .

Sixth Grade : Verna Pot te r , Virgil Roudabush, J o h n Smith and Fran-ces Wisner .

The following pupils of the eighth grade were placed on the honor roll for the f i r s t semester : Clyde Daven-

tion—twenty-five cents. I w h , c 5 w f , n c r e a 8 e 1 4 ' (*X )

Direct relief and soldiers and s a i I - ! P o u n o f gu t te r over 1939. T h e ors relief cases In the Kent County " e a m e r y paid over $125,000 to Its area will receive brown s t a m p s in P ^ r o n s . The average price of but-an amoun t equal to their regular t e r f a t l n 1 9 4 0 was .312 cents a clothing budget, according to W a l - , l > o u n d a 9 sga ins t .278 cents in 1939. ter D. Robinson, local represonta-i ^ e company made $1600 worth of tlve. i improvement on their proper ty , put-

This method of cotton d i s t r ibu- ' t ' ng a wall under the warehouse , tlon will be handled through local plus a new off ice In the warehouse retail clothing establ ishments , and building. will add an es t imated qua r t e r of a 1 F red Spencer. Otto Schantz, million dollars of new business to George H e r m a n , Wal t e r Reuhs, local merchan ts , according to Mr. Feela Brown md Barney Nor thouse Robinson. "There are approximate- a re the directors. ly 42,000 persons in Kent County I — who will be able to benef i t under j Be t t e r Barn Now the p rog ram which we a re set t ing 1 up." Mr. Robinson stated. "Based 1 T h i 9 column has of ten r emarked on ou r experience In other a reas a t about "ill winds blowing someone least 80C?' of these persons will take s o m e good." immedia te advan tage of the pro-| T h e day a f t e r the November g ram and buy much needed wear- eleventh blow we stopped a t the E. Ing apparel . The ul t imate partici- E. Meyers fa rm, north of Spar ta , pation on '.he par t of local people is. The wind h id taken the east side of course, de termined by the iimita-, of the roof completely off a n d tlons of the program. H o w e v e r / b a d l y twisted the west side. The local me rchan t s wili find i t lo I he l r j ba rn doors were plan riamaged and advan tage to go out a f t e r this n e w j o n e was gone. business." Pass ing there the other day we

Direct relief clients in Kent Coun- saw the ba rn had a new hip roof ty will benefi t material ly when the and doors. Stopped to t ake a look p rogram opens February 10, b e - a t It. The new roof Increased the cause they will receive approxt ! a i , o r a g e capaci ty materlal lv. The mately $2*000 in brown s t amp l s . !

d o o r l h a t w a 9 l o B t t h e d a y o f t h e

.-uances These brown s t a m p s wl ' 8 t o r m w a f l f o u n d l n a neighbor 's arV0wn v, C ? f l h a».ny i ? ? 1 r e t a

in " e l d about forty rods away,

es tabl ishment , merchandis ing cot-i _ ton goods, who are cooperat ing: , . with the Cotton S tamp Program. Interes t ing New Book Mr. Dean expects every direct relief. Our off ice has received a copy recipient to t ake immediate advan- 'of the 1940 U. S. D. A. year book, tage of the Cotton P rog ram. "I ex- The title Is " F a r m e r s In a Chang ing pect practical ly every relief client World". We haven' t had much t ime to par t ic ipate in the p rogram, but t o p e r U 8 e t h e b o o k b u t l t p romises especially the mothers with depend- a o m e interest ing reading, ent chi ldren I am sure tha t all Congressman B. J . J o n k m a n sen t

^ l 1 1 * k e ' m m ® d ' a t e a d v a n - | t h e b o o k a l o n g w l t h a c o u p l e e x t r f t

Dean believes t h l T G ^ ' R a p ' i d s C o p 1 ^ ^ and Ketot County school children will be very materially benefi ted by the Cotton S t a m p P rog ram.

Windstorm Company Holds Annual Meet

Visitors Saw F i n e He rd

Carl Bradford . In S p a r t a town-ship, has a herd of Milking Shor t -horn cat t le that really milk. L a s t week Monday he and Mrs. B r a d f o r d en ter ta ined the Cent ta l Michigan Shor thorn Breeders Association.

The annua l meeting of the Mich-L T h e ® r a d f o r d h c r d " " m b e r 44 igan Mutual Winds torm insurance h e a d a 1 1 P ^ e b r e d with 15 cows Company was held a t the home roHking. This herd has been in Cow off ice in Has t ings on J a n u a r y 15. Test ing Association work con-

Dur ing 1940 the company made i t l n u o u s , y 8 , n c o 1 0 2 1 w l t h ^ood a nice gain in amoun t of insur- P r o d u c " o n records. ance in force and number of pol-l The visi tors t ha t day came f r o m icyholders, but it has been so del- a h a ' f dozen nearby counties. In uged with c la ims for losses f r o m addit ion te an inspection of the the s torm of November 11 tha t a herd the group had a fine d inner complete s t a t emen t could not be wi th a n a f te rnoon p rog ram fea-made a t th i s time. The one big t u r lng a ta lk by Russel l Horwood, winds torm of the year , Nov. 11,1 of the dairy depa r tmen t a t Michl-brought the company over 27,000 gan S ta te College. Horwood was a losses, amoun t ing to about $1.- Cow Tes t ing Association tes ter a t 250.000. the Bradford f a r m in 1921.

The action of the off icers and — directors of the Michigan Mutual G r e a t 4 . H Growth in s t a r t i ng a cash reserve f u n d several yea rs ago has proven to be When our a n n u a l repor t waa a wise policy. wri t ten last mon th we were curi-

This substant ial , well m a n a g e d , o u s to know w h a t had been the company has made an enviable growth of the 4-H Club p rog ram record, both In growth and service In Kent county the las t two years, to Its members . I t will pay these Digging up the s ta t is t ica l r epo r t s heavy losses of 1940 In full and still 1 for tha t period we found only one have a subs tant ia l s u m with which year tha t there wasn ' t an increase to ca r ry on in 1941. The overwhelm- in boys' work and t h a t waa in 1932. Ing number of losses f r o m this No- iThls w a s also t rue of the gir ls ' work vcinber s t o r m have been handled for the year. In 1936 the girls w i th the greates t speed possible, \vork showed a slight decrease when so tha t each c la imant might r e - l no supervision w a s available. celve remunera t ion a s promptly a s in this ten yea r period the re possible. lhave been close to 10,000 boys and

N o doubt the wide-spread s to rm g l r l 8 enrolled In c lub work which port, Darlene Keiser, Wal t e r K r o p f , a n d t h e l o 8 8 e 8 susta ined f rom It r 8 p r e 8 e n t 8 about 7,500 d i f fe rent Lois Metternlck, Eunice Miller. w i l 1 l c a d t o a n Increase In the v o l - | c i u b members . W i t h all these en-Beulah Roudabush. Be r tha J e a n l " " 1 6 «nfurance th i s year, a s It r u i i m e n t s there has been a high Schneider, M a r t h a Lou Stephens. 1 i"1 6 , ? , P a 8 ^ Those who percentage of completion. J a n e t T h o m e , Jacquel ine Timp-son and J e a n Schreur . Creates New Problem

Strand Calendar

Thursday, J a n . SO—Warren Wil-liam in "The Lone Wolf Keeps a Da te ; " also "Angels Over Broad-way" wi th Douglas F a i r b a n k s and R i t a Haywor th .

F r iday and Sa turday , J an . 31-Feb. 1—Frank Morgan in "Hulla-baloo" wi th Virginia Grey and Blllle Burke. Added Mature , "The Mummy's H a n d " wi th Dick Fo ran and Peggy Moran; also News.

Sunday and Monday, Feb. 2-3— The story of a tempes tuous era, the d r a m a of a tumul tous love, "Ari-zona," s t a r r i n g J e a n A r t h u r wi th William Holden and Warren ' Wil-l iam; also Cold T u r k e y and Latest P a r a m o u n t News.

Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 4-

WPA Sewing Project

j — ., . . Mrs. John Fahrn i , local branch who will favor with vocal s e l e c t i o n s . a n d a round Lowell. I t is hoped manage r of the depar tn ien t of atate, . . l t-

A shor t Founders ' Day p r o g r a m j a la rge crowd will t u rn out for this announces t ha t Secre tary of Sta te 5—"Friendly Neighbors" with the" will be presented by Mrs. J a y I. j win te r sports rally. j H a r r y F . Kelly has advised her .Weaver Bro thers and Elvlry, also Ramsdell , and the P a s t Pres idents ' ! t ha t ha l f -year plates fo r the f l r s t ;Spencer Char te rs . Lore t ta Weave r Club of Godfrey-Lee school havel Dance a t Belding Fr iday night, half of 1941 will go on sale here and John Har t ley . Added feature, p lanned a n a m u s i n g ski t , "A Li t t l e 'Hubbe l Hall, with Eddie Havl ik and S a t u r d a y morning. ["Young Bill H l c k o k " with Roy Bit of L e a r n i n g Now and Then," h i 8 orchest ra , 9:30-1:30. p38] The color scheme of the half- Rogers . unde r the direction of Mrs. Roy S. Head . Reserva t ions should be In by Monday a e o n to Mrs. E. C. Barnes, Grand Rap ids phone 76681.

The m a n who was tes today la-m e n t i n g yesterday will was t e to-mor row lament ing today.

lyear tags Is maroon let ters on! Thursday, Feb. Richard Arlen white background . Just reverse o f j a n d Andy DeVine In "The Devil 's the ful l-year plates. T h e y will be Pipel ine;" also "Men Against t he good until Augus t 31 of this year . |Sky" wi th R icha rd D'x.

carr ied winds to rm Insurance In thls i company a n d su f fe red losses were migh ty fo r tuna te . T h e losses wllli be paid 100 cents on the dollar, a n d 1 The quest ion is of ten raised In the company will not have to bor- f a r m meet ings and discussions row nor levy an ex t ra assessment , about the f u t u r e o? the horse and a s it has the needed cash. Imule. H e r e Is a quotat ion f rom

[a. Washing ton repor t . I "Es t ima t ing t ha t there will be an i increase of c^bout &J0.000 t rac tors

T#* UA1<1 H n a n U / v « - « i o n American f a r m s within the next 1 0 H o l d U p e n t l o n s e 10 years , a commit tee of the U. S.

w , . * rtrtu „ , . Depa r tmen t of Agricul ture t ha t has

a t the W ^ P A. sewinc r o o m * ™ b , s e n 8 t u d y , n « f a r m technology says l 0 . f

B e w l n S room on t h a t t h i l | w o u l d replace approxl-h ^ n L * f 1 5 6 0 mately 1.500.000 horses and mules. ? 2 r n n n n Trfm « ^ ^ 0 n t h e b a s l 8 o f » » ™ t e d feed re-

Thn nnhH i Ji ii^" i ^ qul rements and ave rage yields In tn l n n ln n l i t 1928-32. the ac reage thus released wnpjf hir i i ifor uses other t h a n product ion of work d o n e - b y local project m e m - h o r 9 e f e c d w o u l d a p p r o x i m a t e 3 ^ .

000 acres of g'-aln crops. 2.300.00U „ , acres of hay, and 2.400.000 ac res of

New Home Service p a 8 t u r c R > u g m y v o ] u m ( 1 o (

The Lowell Hotpolnt Company, production to be diver ted would be has obtained the services of a grad- the equivalent of 56.000,000 bushels ua te engineer to aid anyone Inter-'.of corn, 20.000.000 bushels of oats, estod in modern home heat ing and'2.600,000 tons of hay and 91,000 air conditioning. F r e e es t imates oiiltons of other concent ra ted feeds, new construct ion and remodel ing. Too few colts were being raised your old system. jln 1940. says the commit tee , to

We a r e the exclusive dealers in sus ta in even the n u m b e r of work th i s communi ty f o r General elec-t r ic commercial and home hea t ing and a i r conditioning. p38

stock tha t would be needed a f t e r t he est imated 1.500.000 head had been replaced by t r ac to r s . "

TWO THE LOWELL LEDOEB, LOWU.L, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY. JANUARY 80, INI

C l t t C o w e l l L e d g e r

and ALTO SOLO Publuirei! every Thursday tnorninf »t

sin E«»i Main Street. Lowell. Michigan, Efitered at Poatoffice at Lowall, Michigan, ki second Claw Matter. R. G. JKFFKRHCS, Editor and PnMlaher

Mrniber Mlrhlcnn FrrM AinorUrtloa Member NnllonaJ Editorial AjtoclattMi

Hnbecrl̂ tton Rate* Pajrabto to A Vear It.00; 8U months 11.00

Klngle Coplr* fte The Lowell Ledger, eatabUabed Juna,

1893: The Alto Solo, MUbliahed January 1»Ot. Con«olldaled June, 1117,

Ledger Entries UNUSED BRAINS

A FAMOUS philosopher was quoted as saying in a recent

address that there are more brains In America than anywhere In the world, but they are the least used.

Very many college professors and school teachers, who feel that a good part of their students are not using all the mental powers they have, would agree with this author-HOTND UOOTRIN* 1 Ity. They probably spend many days

tnrj goYernraent olflcial or board that and nights worrying over how they — «houid pubiiah at c a n induce such young folks to put accountinc oi . . . . .

bnn>llM public money fhould publlah at regular Intenrali an accounllng of It,,,. , .. . . . . •bowing where anjl bow each dollar to 'ba t partly Idle brain power to ipent. We hold Uili to be a fundamentaJ work. principle of democraUo government.

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W R I G H T A . J PATTER SO N

| The United States has had In the past more prosperity than has been

'attained elsewhere. The majority of people of course have not been

| wealthy, but conditions of living for •the average person have been easier than In Europe or elsewhere. Hence

| there Is a temptation for people to

Health - Hygiene Dissemlnntod through the Hftnt

County Health Department by the Joint Committee on Health Education comprising the Mich-igan Department of Health, Uni-versity of Michigan, Michigan State Medical Society and 19 Other Cooperating Organizations

THE NEED FOR EXERCISE

Examinations for military service are demonstrating in forcible fash-ion the fact that the long-con-tlnued trend to the cities and the shift from occupations requiring manual labor to those of a seden-tary nature are curtailing the amount of exercise required by everyone for the proper func-tioning of the body.

As a rule, the effects of a seden-tary life become more evident in the mid-thirties and af ter . There

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Mirror - ffon-Partisan V News Letter

take thlngo easy, and avoid great j Is Increased breathlessness on ex-effort, either of mind or body. jertlon. lack of mant ' J clarity and

efficiency. The American people are pleas-jure loving. Where former genera-tions spent a good part of their spare time reading newspapers and books under the evening lamp, there Is a tendency now for people to avoid activities that call for real thinking. The housewives usually work hard, and are often so tired that they do not have the mental energy to pursue any form of study that would tax their brains. They can't be blamed.

The schools do their best to Induce the young people to use

, their brain power. When the stud-was in 1937. but wns a trifle better e n ( 8 g e t o u t f r o m achool, and see than in 1938 and 1939. ail the pleasant things in the world

In 1940 the total furm income wns,that take time and energy, many Just under $9,000,000,000, aboutiof t h e i n j e t their brain power get

(Relented by Weatern Nevapa^er Union.i

TWO DIRECTIONS FOR FARM INCOME

DESPITE THE EFFORTS at crop limitation for the purpose of Increas-ing the national farm income by an Increase In farm produce priccs, and including all government pay-ment of bonuses of all kiiyls. the total farm income in the'United States was not as high in 1940 as it

11,383 for each of the approximate-ly 6,500,000 farms in the nation.

The future of the farm income in this country lies in two directions. One is Increased production of the farm products we can, and do to some extent, raise in this country, but which we now import to the ex-tent of about $1,500,000,000 each year, and a protected market for such products. In that list there are gome 60 Items American farmers can raise If properly encouraged to do so.

The other opportunity Is the devel-opment of a greater use of farm products In manufacture. Private

digestive ills, possible constipation, and some impairment of heart and lung function. There may be loss of appetite or, on the contrary, increased appetite, in which case the individual acquires surplus weight which places a fur ther strain on the vital organs.

The significance of the draf t ex-aminations, however, la found in the fact that even youngsters in their twenties are showing the undesir-able effects of too little exercise Test exercises increased the pulse rate to about 95 as compared with a normal of 72. Moreover, the pulse took an abnormally long time to return to the level determined be-fore the test.

shelve a bill proposed by Rep. Eld ward J. Walsh, Detroit, Demo-cratic floor leader, for appointment of a five-member agricultural com-mission on a staggered term basis.

2. Reporting out of Senate com-mittee of a bill by Sen. D. Hale Brake, Stanton, providing for nomi-nation and election of the state highway commissioner on a parti-san basis. This was to clarify the 1939 amendment making Judicial elections non-partisan, and is aimed a t the anticipated candidacy of Q. Donald Kennedy for state highway commissioner.

By Gene ADeman ' Rui 'ng by AUorney C.ncra 1

Herbert J . Rushton that the senate Instead of a bi-partisan form of may-confirm legally the Republican

state government being a liability. It appointments of former Hov. Dick-may prove to bo an asset in disguise Inson instead of the appointees of

Take it from Gov. Murray D. Gov. VanWagoner. Eleven days be-VanWagoner whose sense of humor fore he left office, Mr. Dickinson has seldom failed him and whose j sent the names of 58 Republican broad smile has already earned for |appolntmente to Fred I. Chase, him the title of "Happy Pat". 'secretary of the Senate. On Jan. 1,

Speaking at the Michigan State i inaugural day. Gov. VanWagoner Society dinner in Washington, the (furnished a rival list of 44 names. Michigan executive put the sltua-j The Rushton ruling is expected to tlon this way: "When I propose provide the Republican leadership anything to the Legislature we have | with something tangible for trading In Lansing today, it has to be good, purposes. I t may result in a dlvl-Otherwise you can imagine what sion of offices between the two

rusty. They may put that power to work when it comes to thinking out ways to make money, but they don't always realize that the more people know about what Is going on In the world, the more they In 1921, waa able to recommend impress the world with their Intelli-gence and power, and the better their chances are for all round success.

British medical authorities found that certain esercises contributed markedly to increasing the physical fitness of those entering military service. Out of that research. Dr. Martin Flack of the Royal Air Force

CHURCH PUBLICITY

r p H E ST. LOUIS Christian En-deavor Union Is giving an eve-

ning school course on church pub-licity to Its members. I t Is held that the churches need to present

.n lc rp r i . . h , . In the pail, and w | i | | t h . l r . n e w . m o r . .Kwl lwly , . n d

f n ' T T r , U C h r , " iUrM I t Industrial laboratories are permitted c a n a l 3 0 l n d u c e l e t o ^ to operate without too many o b - j c h u r c h

stacles. American farms can, as in the past, produce our food, and will In the future produce much of the raw material needed In manufac-turing.

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ALASKANS VIEW RUSSIA. JAPAN. WITHOUT FEAR

BRONZED, weather-bpnten John Frledland Is an old Alaskan sour-dough. typical of the he-men who have for many years braved the rigors oi the fur noilhland.

John Frledland knows Alaska from the far western tip of the Aleutian Islands to the farthest north Point Borrow. For the first time In 35 years, old John recently made a trip to the Slates and 1 had an opportunity of a visit with him.

He told me that people of Alaska —the hardy prospectors, miners, trappers und pioneer farmers—have no fear of aggression on the part of Russia, and they have only con tempt for Japan, looking upon it as a nation of poachers. He said the building of government air fields was welcomed, not as a defense measure, but as a means of Im-proving air transportation In the ter-ritory. Without armed protection, Frledland said he thought these new air fields would prove quite as con-venient a landing place for other planes, if any, as for the American planes.

But John Frledland had his full measure of Alaskan optimism and was fearful of nothing, unless It might be a reduction In the price of gold, which, if it came, would prove disastrous to Alaskan mining. He came to the States, traveled as far east as Chicago for a visit with old friends, stayed three days and then deported by plane for Candle Creek, Alaska, on the Arctic coast. BO he might have his big dredges ready for operation with the first glimpse of the summer sun.

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WHO PAYS? NONE OTHER THAN WE, THE PEOPLE

CONGRESS WILL MAKE an ef-fort to find more revenue for the fed-eral government by enacting new lax laws. The tax on America today as levied by municipal, county, state and federal governments takes 30 cents out of each dollar earned by the American people. And we all pay our proportion, whether or not we receive a tax bill.

If you rent a house, you pay the landlord's taxes. They are Included in your rent bill. If you buy n suit, about 25 per cent of the price is taxes. The same is true of any food you buy, or any other article of merchandise purchased. If you smoke cigarettes, you pay a federal tax of six cents on each package

The government collects from the manufacturer ' and the merchant. They add the taxes to the price of what they sell, and pass It on to each one of u i who buys their products.

In the end. It 1* not the rich who carry the burden of taxes. It is the average American—the men and women who work for wages, who maintain homes and who support families.

Corporations are supposedly heav-ily taxed, but U they could not. or did not, pass the taxes along as a part of the price of their product, they would soon be broke and mil-lions would be without Jobs.

We average Americans pay the cost of government through the things we buy. and the politicians cannot fool us by sending our tax bills to us.

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WILL THKY WAIT? WE NOW HAVE a navy of 321

fighting ships of various kinds, all In commission. We have on the way or "on order" a total of 368 addi-tional fighting ships which, if the de-fense program does not bog down, will be ready by 1947. That Is sup-posed to constitute a navy capable of defending all American coasts at the same l ime-enough ships to de-feat Hitler, Mussolini and Japan, ghould they all attack us a t the same time, and if they wail another s l i years. Will they wall?

FfeOM r o t nawt to t t e

The churches all like publicity, but many of them do not under-stand the best way to get It. Some of them give Just dry reading notices of events, which do not Interest people. A good writer would take hold of such a notice, and put human Interest Into It, so people would read it. Incidentally, It costs mouey to produce news-paper space, and It would seem only fair if the churches would take a little paid ^pace to help cove;1 the cos t

Animated Cartoon Tells Story of TB

"Good-bye, Mr. Germ" has ar-rived a t the office of the Anti-tuberculosis Society, 301 Associa-tion of Commerce Building, Grand Rapids. I t is a very amusing talking motion picture which was recently discussed In Time magazine as follows:

"Skulls to Ca^oons. Until recent-ly, health organizations tried to scare people about syphilis and tuberculosis with posters of gaunt men on crutches, skinny mothers spitting blood, public drinking cups shaped like skulls. Today public health educators have turned from the strategy of terror to the wiles of entertainment.

"Last week the National Tuber-culosis Association took a cue from Walt Disney, released the first animated cartoon on public health. The picture, which combines photo-graphs with drawings, is called 'Good-bye, Mr. Germ.' I t tells the adventure of 'Tee Bee', who swims around from lung to lung, raising an enormous family, and drilling through lung-pipes. The germ, who wears a top hat and cackles like The Shadow, finally gets trapped In a sanitarium. Message: Watch out for lingering coughs, get tuberculin tests and xrays."

This film and another new one entitled "They Do Come Back" ara both 16 millimeter sound films and are available for groups of any kind where the audience will in-clude 40 or more adults. The tuber-culosis society will send a machine and operator for groups of 50 or larger. t

MAUN

The accident statistics for 1040 will not be available for some time. However, it is almost certain that the t ra f f ic toll for 1940 will ex-ceed that of 1939 and also that of 1938. Again, mora people were kill-ed In t raff ic accidents than from any other cause.

We talk about national defense and the conservation of life and property, but our biggest problem Is the conservation of life and .health through accident prevention. When will the American public reallte tha t safe driving la not the other man's business but eve'-y-one's responsibility!

Be prepared for aome atartling In-formation the next few weeka when the f igures have been tabulated!

series of exercises which, while not offsetting completely the results of sedentary work, tended to Increase efficiency and promote health.

His suggestions could be sum-marized as follows:

1. Before rising in the morning: Stretch the arms to their fullest extent above the fiead while inhal-ing deeply. Then exhale, straining the abdominal muscles to force out as much air as possible. Repeat five times.

2. Assume a sitting posture in bed; bend from the hip while ex-haling. Return to prone position: inhale. Repeat five times.

3. Raise the legs above the head, bending at the hips, while exhaling. Return to prone position while In-haling. Repeat rive times.

4. On arising: Stretch arms above head: rotate trunk a t the hips while exhaling and inhaling deeply.

Bending the trunk to touch the floor with the finger-tips while keeping the knees straight, sta-tionary running, skipping, and shadow boxing are also recom-mended.

A walk lasting from one-half hour to three hoars should be taken daily, a longer walk once weekly and, if it can bo arranged, a walk-ing tnur of two to three weeks a t least annually.

The common tendency for lack of adequate tleep, a lack of protein and milk In the diet, the use of alcohol and tobacco, and the absence of an aim and purpose In life are heavy contributors to our In-efficiency.

chance It has of getting any con-sideration at all."

The first truly bi-partisan act of the VanWagoner administration was a ruling by the newly appointed civil servlco commission, created by constitutional authority, that all classified state empioyees— whether Republicans or Democrats —are to be considered henceforth as duly protected under civil service from patronage raids.

A ruling by Attorney General Herbert J . Rushton clearly vested the commission in complete Juris-diction over the state payroll cover-ing 18,000 employees, and Rushton said In effect that the commission members constitute "a rule unto themselves.",

(parties, according agreement.

lo bargclning

Provisions of Wage-Hour Law

This is one of a series of articles presented in cooperation with the Wage and Hour Division, U. S. De-partment of Labor, describing the purposes and provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Retail Exemption Persons employed in a retail or

service establishment, the greater part of whose soiling or servicing is within the state, are exempt from the minimum wage and overtime provisiona of the Fair Labor Stand-ards Act.

The grocery anu dry goods store, bakery and butcher shop are typical examples of retail establishments.

The shoe repair shop, barber shop garage and plumbing s h o p i B i n a r t p a t t e r n B . T o p r o . arc typical examples of servlco e s - u - . t

Decorators Urge

Use Colors "Interior decorators encourage

the use* of colors, and lots of It, in modern decorating," says Bruce Walter, of the Lowell Lumber and Supply Co. "For those home owners who are planning to re-doslgn the interibrs of their house, or to build now homes. It Is always well to consider wall Interiors that will enhance the background for any of the brighter colors which might be chosen.

"Wise planning of home In-teriors," he says, "demands the choice of materials allowing a free range of design from attractive period styles to gay modern motifs. Celotex Interior Finishes not only meet these requirements, but they give individuality complete freedom to express personalities and Ideas in

Weekly Scrapbook

The More Folks You Tell The More Goods You Sell

Week's Best Recipe

Bran Pie Crust: U C all-bran, 1V4 C flour, ^ t salt, % C shorten-ing, about 4 T cold water. Roll all-bran until very fine; combine with flour and salt. Cut in shorten-ing. Add water, a bit a t a time, until dough Is moist enough to hold together. Roll out on llghtlv floured board to about one-eighth Inch thickness. This mak?s a de-licious crust for pumpkin pie filling.

About Appleii

Cook apple rings in clear syrup. Drain, place a stewed prune In center, sprinkle with chopped nuts as a topping and serve around roast pork for a garnish Core apples, not pared, fill cavity with brown sugar with a lump of butter on top of apple. Pu t In deep pan, with water M inch deep, adding enough brown sugar for syrup. Bake In moderate oven and serve with whipped cream Core un-pared red-skinned apples, cut Into eighths, cook until tender In syrup to which you add about 8 while cloves. Remove clov3s before serv-ing.

Wash Day

A subscriber suggests lining a new bushtl baske: with oil-cloth to use for a clo'hes basket for washings. Cover a piece of heivy cardboard with oll-olotn to fit the bottom. This Is easy to clean

A light suds rinse a f t e r the first soiled suds-water has been wrung from clothes, Is very good for your laundry cleansing When wash-ing baby dresses or delicate fabrics, put them In a pillow case, tie shut and wash them In your machine with regular wash ing . . . . When you must hang your laundry in the basement, conserve space by hang-ing dresses, shirts and gowns on woo^^n coat hangers, ' they will also dry more quickly this way.

A Man's Tie

If the tie is wrinkled and you haven't time to press it, roll It up tightly and leave over night. The small creases will come out When pressing neckties, cut a piece of cardboard the shape of t i e tie and slip it Inalde of the tie. Cover with a damp cloth and previ with hoc Iron.

Inspirational

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne c* grace, tha t we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

—Hebrews 4:16.

Law Making Powers

The airtight amendment setting up civil service In Michigan also Impowered the commission with authority lo make its own laws and to construe the amendment In every particular. The legislature Is stripped of Its rights completely; partisan by-play Is relegated to ancient history.

Competitive examinations have been ordered to fill the Jobs of 2,785 state employees who have had no previous civil cervlce status And, furthermore, the commission has Indicated that politics Is to have no consideration in Its merit ratings; Republicans or Democrats will retain equal privileges of op-portunity.

Civil service advocates believe that the merit plan will Increase

verrunental efficiency and lower payroll costs. Former Governor Alex J. Groesbeck went on record favoring a ' i lvlng wage" to state workers In the lower pay bracket, indicating that stabilization of pay may make beginning Jobs of govern-ment more attractive financially for career employees.

Civil eeivice, once the but t of legislative Jokes, has regained much of its lost dignity and respect at Lansing. This has been due. In no small degree, to the publlc-acolaimed calibre of the commission personnel headed by George J. Burke, Ann Arbor.

Division of Spoils

In other respects, however, signs were In evidence lhat bi-partisan control would "by-party"—whether Republican or Democrat. Pick your own interpretation. '

1. The house committee on agri-culture released a bill whereby the commissioner of agriculture would be appointed by the slate board of agrlcalturo. I t was expected to

Survey of Small Industry

Following UD the appeal by Wi l Ham Knuds t f l* arms production chief for Immediate survey of all Industrial resources. Gov. Van-Wagoner ordered the state plan-ning commission lo conduct such a survey In Michigan.

Greater flexibility Is the need of the hour for decentralizing arms production, the governor pointed out In an Interview at Washington. This would enable small Industries to accept aub-contracts for a rms production, and would follow the success of British Industry In par-celing out smaller Jobs to small companies.

St. Lawrcnce Waterway

Another project which has been given the governor's blessing Is the Roosevelt endorsed program to open the Great Lakes, to ocean shipping.

At a lime when sea-board ship-yards are years behind in construc-tion of war ships and commercial vessels, the Great Lakes ports may provide needed facilities.

John C. Beukema of Muskegon, chairman of the executive com-mittee. National Seaway Council, points out: "No sound program for national and continental defense can be devised that does not Include the St. Lawrence navigation and power project. The Great Lakes-St Lawrence system is a potential northern Baltic. Remove the ob-•tmctlons along 68 miles of river and you open 2,500 miles of water-way, stretching as far aa Duluth and Chicago, to ocean traffic.

"Within this landlocked security the merchant marine wc and Britain so badly need can be built."

John L. Carey, mayor. Dearborn, also echoed the above belief that "this seaway would provide a means of building all of the necessary mari-time shipping .needs through the ability of our Great Lakes ship-yards to build and deliver ships to salt walei*."

Providing 4hc Middle-West with a seacoast equal to that of Florida, the waterway would open ocean shipping to more than 85 inland communities with backyards ex-tending into 17 states.

As would be expected, the rail-roads do not favor the waterway. Robert V. Fletcher, general counsel of the Association of American Railroads, has branded It as "un-sound economically and dangerous politically." Eastern and southern Interests are also cool to the Idea.

tabllshmenls. It should be pointed out that the

Act uses the words "employee en-gaged IN a retail or service estab-lishment." Because of tho use of the word ''in," the Wage and Hour Division holds that whore a chain of retail stores has a warehouse a t which goods are received from out of the state, the employees of the warehouse are entitled to a t least 30 cents an hour and overtime. The persons employed In the warehouse are not considered as belrig em-ployed IN the retail establishment.

(Additional Information may be obtained by writing lo or calling at the office of tho Wage and Hour Division, 728 Standard Bldg., Cleve-land; 348 Federal Bldg., Detroit; 211 Rowlands Bldg., Columbus; 1312 Traction Bldg., Cincinnati; Room 9, Central Station Postofflce Bldg., Toledo.)

NORTH CAMPBELL nir*. 5. Biow

Mr. and Mrs. S. Drew who have been seriously ill the past three weeks are some better at this writing and able to be up a few minutes each day.

Mrs. Harold Carlgan Is assisting with the work at the 8. Drew homo.

Callers the past week at the Drew home were Rev. Truesdell of Elm-dale. Mr. and Mrs Tom L«ece, Bon Bedell, Benny Headworth, Mr. and Mrs. Alfrtfto Bedell, Mrs. Sharland and sons Francis and Wlllard.

Leo McCaul and wife spent Wed-nesday evening at the George Mick home.

Mr. and Mrs. Mart Griffin of Flint were called home on account of the serious illness of her grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. 8. Drew. Mrs. Griffin remained for the week and Mrs. Peter Griffin accompanied her son home to care for the children.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Roth were In Ionia Friday on business.

Mrs. Bert Heaven h a - b?<»n numbered with the sick the past week.

Mrs. Eugene Heaven is under the rir'a r>nre.

Mrs. ^fark Troyer of Grand Rap-ids called "at the Bert Heaven home Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Shaffer and Abe Dlntaman were callers a t the A. L. McCaul home Sunday p. m.

Mr. Grlceiand Warner Nash were callers a t the Leo McCaul home Sat-urday evening.

Wm. Heaven has been doing chores a t the S. Drew home during their Illness.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Jackson called on Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Heaven Sunday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Todd and family spent Sunday with her slater, Mrs. E t t a Nash of Hastings.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Griffin called on Mr. and Mrs. S. Drew Saturday.

duce a typical background for any period room or achieve unusual effocts In modern rooms, these economical decorative materials can be grooved, stenciled, stained, pan-elled or painted to achieve any results desired.

"Interior finish materials have a decided practical use aside from their decorative value," Mr. Walter goes on to explain, "and offer two values for the price of one. Besides possessing decorative advantages, the cane fibers f rom which the Interior finishes are made contain millions of small air cells providing one of the most efficient Insulating agencies known to science. Applied to framework or over old plaster walls. Interiors are made cooler In summer, warmer In winter, and reduce fuel waste."

BU5 SCHEDULE

To Jo Gd. Rspids Lansing

9:68 i*. m. 7:20 a. m. 2:85 p . m . 11:25 a .m . 6:48 p. m. 3:30 p. m. 8:18 p. m. 8:54 p. m.

10:23 p. m. via St. Johns

12>05 a. m. to Ionia only

To Flint 7:20 a. m.

11:25 a. m. 6:64 p. m.

B U S D E P O T

P h o n e 3 0

H e n r y ' s Drug S t o r e

BAILEY CORNERS NEWS Mra. Adelbort OdHI

MORSE LAKE Mra. Frank Houghton

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Yelter and Lettle Klnyon were Sunday callers of Mr. and Mrs. I ra Wesbrook,

Mr. and Mra. Erneat English of Kent City spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lambson last week.

Rev. F. E. Chamberlain was a Sunday dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Yelter and family.

Prlscllla Smith, Doris Yelter, John Regan, Bob and Dorothy Clark were among those who attended the skaMng party Sunday afternoon In honor of Walter Wlngeler'a birth-day. •

Mr. and Mrs. Mac Watson and family of Alto were Sunday dinner guests of Jennie Yelter and Donald.

Mrs. John Ohlman and Mrs. Hen-ry Yonhera and Jsanne were Thurs-day afternoon callers at the Matt Metternlck home.

Merle Dawaon waa a Sunday sup-per guest at Frank Houghton'a i

Mr. and Mrs. Lisle Clark and daughters, Dorothy and Marilyn and Amy Yelter attended the Shrine c'rcuf In Grand Rapids Mon-day afternoon.

Robert Rowland spent Sunday a t EH win Flyun's.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Blakeslec were dinner guests of Fox In Lowell Sunday.

The Vergennes Methodist church services will be held a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ryder next Sunday. Come and bring your fami-ly-

Mr. and Mrs. Clare Phillips and Wm. Dawson were Sunday dinner gueata at the Thoo Bailey home.

Mr. and Mrs. M. B. McPherson entertMned the "Coffee Olub" last Wednesday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Charlea Rader of Portland spent Sunday with her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ryder and Rowland.

Mr. and Mrs. Roye Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ford and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Baker had luncheon with Ag-nes Sullivan last Friday.

Miss Juna Krum of Stanton spent Friday and Saturday at Lone Pine Inn. The occasion to attend the wedding of Mr. and M m Clare Phillips.

Mr. and Mrs. Roye Ford, Mrs. Chris Wittenbach and son Everett were Sunday dinner guests a t the Howard Kyser home to colebrato the birthday of their youngest son, Bobby.

Ralph Roth spent tho week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roth.

VERGENNES CENTER N. M. K.

Hello to the Ledger family and friends. The flu gets you If you go out to Christmas dinner or stay at home. If It gets any of you while away from home, I hope you will bo In as nice a home as I

Mrs. C o r a j have been, the Rev. and Mr?. T,. T. Dewey's home. I t Is nice to see and

Ernest Colby. Dr. and Mrs. Du-,hear f rom so many friends and Bols and Dr. and Mrs. Juhlln call-relatives, too. N. M. K. ed a t the last week.

John Freyermuth home

One can seldom Judge character by appearances. The hippopotamus is a member of the pig tribe. In fact, hippo lard can be made, and is generally of -flna quality. The meat of the beast, however, le said to resemble beef more than It does pork. The large appetite of the pig seems to run In the family, never-theless. A large hippopotamus has a stomach over ten feet long. Ana into this organ will f i t six biMhels of food.

Mrs. Jennie Townsend of Lowell entertained Sunday a t her home her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Clare Anderson, in honor of the 'r silver wedding anniversary. Those present f rom away wera Mr. ana Mrs. Chancey Freeman and family from Grand Rapids and Mr. and Mrs. J im Wright and fam-ily from Charlotte.

She—I wonder why we can't save money.

He—The neighbors are always doing something we can't afford. —Montreal Star.

Ofti/ds from a Holly Grower I

Buick SUPER Sedan. $1185,

'Member When— The only places you could buy

gasoline were the grocery stores? I t was the village marshall a n d

not the village treasurer who col-lected the village t^xes?

I t wasn't the League of Nations, but the tariff, tha t agitated the electors in political campalgna?

Those who don't look ahead faU to see the trouble under their nose until they fall over i t

o RDINARILY we don't go in for owner-testimonials.

But every now and then, along conies a letter that so perfectly portrays the way Buick owners feel about their cars that we haven't the heart to keep it from you.

Here, for example, we quote from Mr. Ambrose Brownell, English holly grower of Milwaukie, Ore.

M . . . When I drove that '41 SUPER out of F l i n t . . , and started a circle trip h o m e . . . I jotted down each gas purchase and mile-age to sort of figure my expenses . . .

was the same story. The Buick wormed through miles of city traffic. . , made num-berless stops to inquire directions, purred along in sizzling heat that made my feet feel like two fried eggs, b reezed over the Rockies at 9,000 elevation. . . and final-ly fairly stole home through the sinuous Columbia Gorge.

"Statistics? Of course: 3,200 miles; 165 gallons... Ethyl gas; 19.51 miles per gallon; gas expense—I'/woff per mile; total out-of-pocket expense—lM/ioo^ per mile.

. . Roy, I 'm glad 1 bought a Buick."

Mr. Brownell has other nice things to say about his Compound Carburetion-equipped 1941 SUPER.

But the point is that everywhere Buick is running up such astonishing records for thrift that let ters like this are common-place.

Why not drop in on your local dealer and try out the thrif ty traveler that brings ns orchids from • holly grower P

" I t wasn't long before I got sus-picious of something wrong . . . The gas gauge needle just didn't go down fast enough . . .

"But, Roy, all the way home it

BUICK P R I C I S

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' 9 3 5 ter rtie

BUSINISS c o u n

-kdtlivtrtd at Flint, Mich, State tax, optional tquipmmt and accessorits — extra. Prices sulyect to chanit without

notice.

WIELAND CHEVROLET SALES WALTER WIELAND, Propr is ts r 508 W. Main St. , Lowall, Michi fan

WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM

T H B LOWELL LEDGER, LOWELL, MICHMOAN, THURSDAY. JANUARY 30, 1941 T H R E E

SERVICE . . . . In Funeral Work

Means to us—being the u tmost in usefulness.

W. A. ROTH FUNERAL CHAPEL Nlghta 880 I'lrine 55

Ohtite/LtkPup B* GEORGE O-HALLORAN /

PUTTY-PUSS went to the barber-shop this afternoon and he took

mc along. The boss wasn't there; only Sedlltz the assistant That guy's nuttier than walnut candy and ought to be wearing a strait Jacket for a vest. He's so wacky that when he shaves himself he \juts lather on the mirror instead of his face. I curled up under the sink while Sed-lltz took a few practice strokes with the dippers on his own head. His head looks like n mohair footstool with busted spring^. The barber had a RtufTed owl standing in a comer and while he was busy cutting the Old Boy's hair I kicked the stuffing out of the owl. When Sedlitz saw his owl sprinkled all over the place he got hotter than a bowl of chlU. He shoved the shaving brush In the Old Boy's mouth and chased m e home. (Releaied by Western Newspaper Union.)

This and That From Around

the Old Town Irregular 69c silk hose In new

Spring shades a t Weekes*.

Mrs. Jennie Townsend spent Tuesday of this week in Lansing.

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dlntaman of Alto spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Layer.

Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Webster and family spent Sunday in White Cloud with relatives.

Marjorle French spent the week-end with her grandmother. Mrs. Douglas In Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Maynard of 1 Pontlac spent the week-end at tho

N . McCORDS— E . C A S C A D E home of Harley Maynard. Mrs. Effle Cox

Mrs. Vern Aldrlch will enter-tain the Whltneyvllle L A. S. Feb. 6 at her home. You are Invited.

Robert Cox of Holland and Clif-ford Draper of Muskegon spent the week-end with their parents.

Mrs. Mike Dahlka, Jer ry and Henry were Wednesday evening dinner guests at the Eugene Dahl-ka home.

Mrs. Stuart Draper spent Wed-nesday In Grand Rapids.

The 4-H Club met at the home of Mrs. Vern Aldrlch Saturday after-noon.

Mies Alice DeYoung is working for Mrs. Louie Wisner.

Mrs. Peter Buys visited Mrs. Bert Thompson and Mrs. J . Cox Monday afternoon.

Miss Dorothy Snyder of Cale-donia spent Thursday at the home of Mrs. Eugene Dahlka.

Andrew Houseman called on his sister. Mrs. J . Cox and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Thomas recently. Mr. Houseman reports that Mrs. House-man is much better.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dahlka vis-j Ited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Snyder at Caledonia Sun-day afternoon.

The Thomas school children at-tended the Shrine Circus Wednes-day.

Mr. and Mrs. Harve Lapp and their daughter Elsie and family. Mr. and Mrs. H a n y Llllle and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Clark of Grand Rap-ids were visitors at tho John Cox home Sunday.

Rex Draper, Fred and Robert Cox were Sunday evening guests at the Eugene Dahlka home.

Want adr pay. Try one!

IT WILL BE RIGHT OVER

Our sendee cn prescription filling is prompt as well aa accurate. Ywi can count on

'n an emergency. Call 268-F2.

f H K I S T i A I S E r e V Rexall Dny Store ^

Birds as Bait Many Inducements have been

used by Interior decorators and rental agents to Induce the apart-ment hunter to sign on the dotted line, but according to Frank Fen-nen, renting manager of Essex house, nothing has been quite as alluring In this respect as the de-mure canaries that sing merrily in the "show apartments" at Essex house. The birds, adding a chcer> note to the day, are said to be in-strumeniai in helping to rpnt the suites once the prospective leacee has laid eyes on the little creatures Even though "giving the guests the bird" is the last thing that any one would accuse dapper Mr. Fcnnell of doing, that Is what he really does, for the canaries go with the oport-

i ments.

Fresh, Home-Made

F U D G E

Ik, I S c

HATTIE SCOTT'S Kandy Kitchen,

jCoivell Stems

of25,30 and

35 2/earsylgo February 3, 1916—25 Years Ago

| School scheduled to open in the

Into the Lewis house recently va-cated by Amos Smith.

E. D. McQueen started work on a : large new livery barn.

Mrs. Dennison of Ada picked a bouquet of 12 pansies Jan. 23.

1 Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Clinton ,Weeks, a son.

SOUTH LOWELL BUSY CORNERS Mrs. Howard Bartlett

Mr. R have a

and Mro. Gerald Heaven new son born Jan. 17th.

3-th read Weekes'.

Monday afternoon In Caledonia.

Mrs. A. Velzy and grandson, Ted MacTavlsh, were Sunday guests of the Carl Wlngeler family a t Palo.

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lane of Grand Rapids spent the week-end] iwlth Victor's mother, Mrs. Katie! Lane.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bayman of Benton Harbor were guests Satur-day of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harter and family.

Miss Ina O'Harrow of Detroit spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Krum and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Roth.

Rev. and Mrs. Weldon Lane of Belding were Monday evening dln-| ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harold1

Harter and family.

Miss Margaret Lalley of Grand Rapids and Robert Lalley of Lapeer [spent the week-end with their [mother, Mrs. John Lalley.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Blakeslee of West Lowell were Sunday guests and spent the day with Mrs. Blakes-lee's sister, Mrs. Wm. Fox.

a home bakery onioUt" a a u aual. Miss Mildred Klahn visited Mrs. Wleland one day last

Flying Fish Ever hear about the flying game

warden who plants flsh from the air? His theory Is that if moose car. be served quick lunches from planes, why not shover down flsh for fishermen? And It works! The plane carries a water-filled tenk In the cockpit. In the tank are the smaU fiih. At a height of 200 feet above the lake to be stocked the tank Is opened, and down the flsh flutter like wet leaves In a shower of spray. Recently 15,000 fish—all trout—were sky-planted In the gla-cial lakes of the Beartooth range. Montana. It took several flights to dump them aU, but they're there now.—A. P. I. Bulletin

NOW ALL THE FAMILY

DRINK MILK

Because H's

PASTEURIZED

Many people who do not normally drink regular milk are now drinking PASTEURIZED MILK . . . dally and enjoying It and thriving on i t ! Tastes so much better too. Children and babk-s love it! j , j-.ttfdMM

The health of every member of your family will he safeguard-ed by this new and better milk. Why not have our mllkmsn s ta r t delivering PASTEURIZED MILK tomorrow?

Lowell Creamery Phone 37

Fresk Patteirized Skim Milk 5c ^L, 15c gal. Bring your owa container.

UmK Ckirck tl the fcnreie l i i d i y S i k N l i f 1 l : S t

Clfasses for alt and all are welcome.

taadriig i t 1 1 : 1 1 Text i Htbrevs 7:25. "Wherefore He is able to save them to the uttermost tha t come un-to God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for t hem."

Y o n g People': Service at 6:45

EvMgei i i t ie Senriee at 7:45

R . WARLAND, M i n u t e r .

Week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Lee were their daughters, Mrs. Mildred LaBar and Miss Cas-sle June Lee of Grand Rapids.

Mrs. James Loomls of Flint waa a visitor until Wednesday of this week with her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Englehardt.

The Misses Jane Peckham and Roberta iHahn attended a dancing party Saturday evening a t the Masonic-Temple, Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Gus Wlngeler, Wil-liam Ross and Miss EUa Ross of Ionia were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Rosa of Grand Rapids.

Sunday guests at the Will Mal-colm home were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Maloney and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Henry TenElshof of Grand I Rapids.

Miss Phyllis Weekes has return-ed to her home here a f t e r spending several weeks In Eaat Lansing with her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. E. A T.lnndav.

Miss Betty Lou Stuart , who at-tends business school In Grand Rapids, spent from Friday night until Sunday with her grandmoth er, Mrs. L. M. Yelter.

Mr. and Mrs. Jess Fox of Cale-donia were Monday evening callers at the R. L. Forward home. Sunday guests were Mr. and Mrs. Austin Forward of Standlsh.

Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Day were Mr. and airs. G. A. Gleruin of Evart, Miss Jacqueline Day of M. S. C., East Lansing, and Tim Wlllwerth of Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jahnke of Caledonia spent Friday afternoon and evening with Mr. and Mr*. Philip Davenport and family. Mrs. Jahnke and Mrs. Davenport are sisters.

Miss Ann Althaus and Revs Flteh of Kalamazoo are spending this week with Ann's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Althaus. Ann Is re-covering after a siege with the measles.

Week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harter and family were Miss Dorothy Wollln, Marvin Wol-lln and Clarence Kubllck of Benton Harbor. Miss Alice Swltzer of Belding was a Sunday gues t

New dress skirts, 52.00 at Weekes'.

Mr. and Mm. R. J . Rogers of A\-| ma spent Sunday and Monday of I this week with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bennett. All were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Kuith and family In Grand Rapids.

If your eyesight la poor. If you don't see as good as you used to, can't see a t a distance. It may help you to come to see us any Saturday afternoon in. the Kent Jewelry Store. Dr. Paul Stamsen, Optome-t r i s t c34tf

Mr. and Mrs. J . B. MacTavlsh and two sons of Sand Lake were Sunday afternoon callers of his brother, F rank and family. Mrs. Mary Mac-Tavt«h, who has been visiting a t her son Krank's hutue, returned with J. B. for • visit

Mr. and Mrs. Orvllle Spencer and daughter of Belding and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Spencer spent Sunday with Mr. and Mra. Clyde Spencer In Ionia. The occasion waa in cele-bration of the birthday annlver^ sarles of Mr. and Mrs. W. E . Spen-cer and Clyde.

Mr. and Mra. Clare Anderson of Vergennes, who were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary on Sunday, were entertained fo r din-ner a t the home of Mrs. Jennie Townaend. Others present were Mr. and Mrs. James Wright of! Owosso, Mr. and Mrs. C. Freeman of Grand Rapids and Mra. T. J . Read of Vergennea.

Neweat Spring print dreaaea. 11.19, $1.99 and 81.95 a t Weekea'.

The many Lowell frlenda of Mra. Ida Young will be pleaaed to hear that she has returned to her apart-! ment in St. Petersburg, Fla., a f t e r a stay of about three or four weeks a t the hospital. She was suffering from shingles. Her daughter, Mrs. Earl Behler of Grand Rapids has been with hor and expects to re-turn to her home the latter part of this week.

Virginia Hosley, Lowell Junior! student a t Cenln 1 State Teachers Colleg Mt. Pleasant, and :iej daughter of Postmaster and Mrs.j F. J . 'Hreley, has been appointed i to the general committee now com-1

pletlng arrangements for Central^! second annual winter sports carni-val, an event scheduled for Satur-day, Feb. 1. Virginia, as a member of the sub-group arranging refresh-menta, will have supervision of preparation: of "eats" and hot drinks for Intermissions In the elaborate winter aporta program.

B new school building on February1

• 7. Public Inspection Invited. Dedl-• cation to be In March.

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I week-end a t her home In Chelsea. .. . . wUh ih« o n F r , d a y n , K h t B a v o a n , c e P1"0' A!. .. P ° n e * l t h i ? " gram to a full house. A dellclou? Humming Bird Nylon hose. J1.35; Adding Machine Company 7 0 - ^ ^ dinner was enjoyed. Com-

silk chiffon. TDc a t ' " J ; ® , - . J . mlttee No. 3 will give program for Mra Jane Ecker passed away at F c b r U R r y . _ chas. Rlttenger, Pres.

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wesslnge. e " ^ ^ J ^ ' ^ ^ c ^ a r e l ' t ? " •' Mr. and Mra. Fred Hulbert of W<,Ck 0 r 8 < > - b C p r e p a r e d t 0

In Ann Arbor and Detroit ^ J l d ef * * * * , V e n * • u r P r ' " Mrs. Elizabeth Wleland Is feeling

Miss Margaret Allen, teacher In I t . n J v n " t l l V r a ^ i ^ L n l d s ^ w h e ' r e m U C h b e t t e r a n d W h e n t h e W a r m

the Lowell schools. Is confined to ,, . w c a t h e r arrives, will be able to get

her home with the meaales. Colf-ava " " ' Ralph Story of Haatlngs spent Clare Althen finished his trip week"

the wcek-end with hla son and fam- through Michigan coming home to M r 8 H K I a h n w h o h a e b e , n y, M r - a n d ^ Oeorge Story. I " " n , h resuming | n a h o f p l t a l l n C ! c v e l n n ( , b n c k

Mr. and Mra. Vine Hunter were aJ* r 0 U t 0 8 t h r o u K h 0 h , o and Indl- w U h h e r d a U g h t e r who lives In recent visitors at the homo of Mr. . . . . . . Cleveland, having had an operation and Mrs. Ernest Carter at Palo. • N ^ w

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Mrs. Henry Weaver and children Born, In Grand Rapids to Mr h e , f . a t ] j o m e , u spent Monday in Belding with her and Mm. Glenn Conklin (Florence p n f / ' t a M r ^ l n d Mm John Clwk parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Russell. Hill), a wn, Norton Jack. K n d L v

anM ' w ^ m 0 V e d / 2 l T h o ! e , n t h e neighborhood who 7 J f " ^ • « ! e p t e . d like to read can get a fine election

f e r ^ f a t t h c A U o ^ r a r y . Mrs. Dr. Smith n l n t h e M , c h , » a n l« In cfiarge and glad to help you.

W W 7 - . ? ° r -r . Library Is open Tuesday and Sat-Wnahlnirinn uyt!" £ ^ w , n : urday afternoons. The library board

\ p " r c h a 8 e d 18 making a drive for old magazines with hin Hon Rn h m a h l s h o m e and papers to raise money. Please with his son Ray. He was accompa- c a n 6 9 F , 1 3 a n d w e w l l l l c k t h e m

nled by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis UD

S > n T w L a n d J- B- W a r d an<l Ward Marlett of l i i n ! S V J 5 0 b e e n V i 8 , t , n g Grand Rapids visited their sister

A H r e ' a t l v e 8 - and aunt. Mrs. John Miller Sundav. A daughter was born to Mr. a n d ; E r n M n l n e R o t h w a a a g u n d a y ^

N o \ Atkinson of District | Miss Gwendolyn Roberts and Miss M ' „ . „ , _ Mella Schroeder of Grand Rapids

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K e " y 4 Denton g p e n t t h e Week-end with Mr and

^ hnm f T k I 1 ° m a k c Mrs. Oxel Johnson. emolo^d ^ g W e r e R e v - True* 1 *" and wife and

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Freyermuth, r ,®re „ . Glenna were Thursday night dinner

and family were Sunday callera of l d „ n f J , f U C s U ' o f M r - a n d M r 8 - W m - K 1 , » u ' ,

Mrs. Freyermuth's stater and fam- , t f h p n i r p - d '®d a t hi® h o m H and Marian. Glenna spent Sunday lly, Mrs. Lloj-d Dunn of near Muske- j o h n . . . _ with Marian. Other Sunday guests gon. R o

J ° h n ^ " 0 g R P u r c h a a e d the G. W. W e r e Mr. and Mrs. Amlel Frledll « Bangs 4 Co. grocery. Mr. Bangs a n d nene.

$8.95 coat and leggin sets, $8.95 at remaining with the new owner. Weekes'. i A daughter was born to Mr •

Arnold Kruogar and G e o r g e ™ ^ of Ada. S O . K E E N E - N O B O S T O N Story attended a convention of the A™LArr,<?n M u t u a l ^ " " I c a n Mra. Ed. Potter Standard Oil Company In Detroit % Insurance Company, i Tuesday and Wednesday of this j 0 ' P r o m i n e n t residents o r T h e B o n e Head Club met Friday

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Mrs. Henry Weaver attended a shower In Belding Wednesday eve-,nlng honoring Mrs. Howard Wood.

New blouses and sweaters, $1.19 a t Weekes'.

Mrs. Clara Geelhood Is spending the week with her sister and hus-band, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Matthews, a t Cedar Springs.

Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Meengs and daughter, Rosalyn of Flint were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Morwe over thc week-end.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Raymor and Shiriev Ann spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wheat and daughter of Ware Distr ic t

week. Miss Lorene Kyser. who la a Caldwell of Grand Rapids, formerly, n , c e c r o w d p r C 8 e n t . Card games

student nurse at Blodgett Hospital, of Lowell was elected vice presl- a n d d a n c l n ( f f o r m e d a m u 8 emen t Grand Rapids called Sunday after- dent and D. G. Look of Lowell was n n d a n l c e 8 U pp e r was perved. noon on her parenta, Mr. and Mrs named a s one of the directors. M r a n d M r 8 G i e n Rickert called H. L. Kyser. —— . o n j i e r p a r e n t s Friday evening In { Wednesday visitors of Mr. and 0 ' n i a r y Z, 1911—30 1 ears Ago Lowell. They were sick with flu. [Mrs. J a m e s Collins were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mitchell, 59, formerly I Andrew Hoover of Lansing, Mr. iMrs. Frank Sheridan and daughter, of Lowell died very suddenly at her and Mrs. Aloyslus Hoover and Mrs. Myra Rosema and Mra. Lole home In Grand Rapids. Mrs. Mitch- daughter of Ionia, Mike Hoover of Jaspersc, all of Allendale. ell was a prominent club woman. Grand Rapids and Mr. and Mrs.

Mr AnH Mm Rove Ford Mr-! H n earnest church worker and n L«o Hoover and Sally were Sunday Chris Wlflenhach and Evart Wltten- 8 trong writer. She had a leadlng fue s t s at the John ^ e r home, bacn of Ve.ircnncs Sundav Par

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HICKORY HOLLOW Mrs. Mary Rickert

Charles Wood of Brighton visited the home folks Saturday and Sun-day.

Lawrence Englerth of Kelloggs-vllle called on his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Andy Zoet, Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Harlle Hunter spent Sunday In Flint a t the home of their son, George and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewie Teff t and son Alfred and Guy Kickert of Detroit came Friday night to the home of

Mr. and Mrs. John Hulzinga andlMr. and Mrs. Theron Cahoon to get children were entertained with a 'Mrs. Guy Rickert, who had been lovely flsn dinner Sunday night at spending a week with relatives, all the home of Mr. and Mrs. John returning to their homes in Detroit

and Mrs. Glen Sower and children bacn of VereTcnncs ounuca.y -dinner guests of Mr. and Mis. H. L. a l . l , i e Lowell home-^ming. Kyser In honor of Bobby Kyser's A carryall with twenty friends w e r e aunday raomlng guests of birthday. o l M r - a n d Mrs. Fred DeWeert of M r - and Mrs. William Thompson.

Cascade drove out from Grand Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson were Printed silk dresses, $3.96 at Rapids and enjoyed a midnight Friday p. m. visitors. Guest** were!

Weekes'. luncheon and Dutch breokfaet with L0"1® Johnson and Nell VanKelken| The many Lowell frlendti of F. P. .of Grand Raplda on Sunday. ,

MacFarlane will be glad to hear Edgar Kennedy, 55, died at his Several ladles met Friday with that he haa left the hospital In De- h o m e l n Keene af ter a long Illness Da'8>" Rickert at her nome toj trolt and Is recuperating at the Charles McCarty left for Los w o r k 0 , 1 bedspread for the club. , home of his daughter, Mrs. Roy|-'^n?eles> Calif., accompanied by1 George Ralmer was a caller at! Yerex a t 224 Waverly, Highland Charles, Jr., who went as far as t t e J o h n H o o v e r home Wednesday.! Park. He Is reported as being very'Palisades, Colo., to visit Dean Mc-! Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hale and

'Carty and family. family were Sunday guests of Mr.!

Mrs. Ear l Hunter returned from and Mrs. Garrle Ralmer and family, a several weeks' visit at her old! Mesdamcs Hillis Tlscher and home In Listowell, On'u 0 , 6 1 1 Tower were Saturday p. m.

Leo H. Smith closed his crate ^cal1 6" o f Mrs. Paul and Mrs. Ed factory here and went to North ^ o ^ a r -Chllllcothe, III., to Join a brother ; Mr- and Mrs. Paul Potter and I |ln mercantile pursuits. .baby and Mrs. Gllmore and Mi. and

Mr. and Mrs. F rank Kelly v i s i t e d Mrs. Dick Edlin and children were his parents here before leaving for i S u n d a y guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy

i their home In Springfield, Mass., W h i t 8 e 1 1 i n I o n | a - Mrs. Gllmore re-1 F r a n k had been In Grand R a p i d s ^ r n e d to her honv Sunday evening. | during January attending the semi- Callers Sunday morning a t the I annual furniture exhibition. E d and Paul Potter homes were

Archie Condon was thrown out i Howard Maloney, Phillip Graves of his cutter and broke a bone and Seward Wyman. In his lef t arm.

much Improved.

Mr. and Mrs. John Ingersoll were happy lo receive word that their grandson, Bernard G. Aldrlch of Kalamazoo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Aldrlch (nee Ida Ingersoll), was graduated In the military police class of 24 a t Camp Beaure-gard, Alexandria, La., and is now a full-fledged member of the com-pany.

Hulzinga. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wood of

Grand Rapids visited Mr. and Mra. A. E. Wood Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Mj;on Henry were Saturday night luncheon guests of

Sunday. Dinner guests Sunday at the

home of Mr. and Mrs. Theron Ca-hoon were Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy, Jr., and children and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Rickert and son

Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wood. Blllle. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Allen have Bill Mlshaw returned home from

rented the Walter Clark farm and the hospital Saturday. moved on Friday. | Mrs. Daisy Rickert was called to

Mrs. Jennie Williams returned the home of her daughter and fam-home Monday from Canton, Ohlo,|ily In Grand Rapids Friday by the where she spent a few weeks with!illness of Clayton Sparks, her daughter, Mrs. George Lane and family.

Tragic End of "Stahlln'a 100% Perfect Delilah"

In an article to bo found In The American Weekly In the February 2 issue of The Detroit Sunday Times, Pierre Lazareff, former edl-tor-ln-chlef of the Parls-Solr, re-veals startling facts about "the con-fession and fantastic double life of the Communist "Black Angel" who made her dream of luxury real by betraying all who loved and trusted her. Be sure to get The Detroit Sunday Times.

Phone Parsons ' news stand for delivery. adv

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Rev. Robert W. Bogg

Fa ther Robert W. 3ogg has been appointed general chairman of ar rangementa for the welcome of the Most Rev. Joseph C. Plagens, who will be Installed In S t Andrew's cathedral In Grand Rapids on Feb-ruary 18 as the f i f th bishop of Grand Rapids. Fa ther Bogg was formerly pastor a t S t Mary's church here In LoweU and will be remembered by many friends.

Martin Nortbook. our former H F A I X A S B U R G & V I C E W T Y man, Ilvlng on the Charles Erns t ^ farm on the Ada road, was quite ^ ^ badly Injured by the overturning!"" of a load of wood. i F. E. Boynton of Grand Rapids

Edward Stlnton died very sud- received the rooster given away denly at his home In West Lowell, last Friday evening by thc Fallas-a t the age of 54 years. ibu.-g 4-H Club boys. The rooster

Benjamin Soules sold his tenant 'was donated by their leader, Har-hotise to Mrs. E. G. Hoag of Grand ivey Eickhoff. The boys received Rapids. $1.40 and will purchase tools for

Abner D. Thomas, 86, a Bowne their 4-H work. pioneer, died a t the Warren Llllle! Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Booth of home here where he had made his near Ionia were Sunday dinner home for a couple of years. guests of his uuJlZ and aunt, Mr.

Two Pere Marquette freight and Mrs. Will Booth. trains, extras, came together while Mrs. Dave Garfield callcd on running between Elmdale and Low- Mrs. Terry Dean of Lowell Satur-ell, severely Injuring three of the.day.

CoL "Wild BUI" Donovan Discusua America's Fitness

Are Americana soft through too luxurious Ilvlng? Colonel "Wild Bill" - Donovan, World War com-mander of the famous Fighting 69th tells why this nation's men, .women, boys and girls ara tougher, mentally and physically than Ger-man propagandists would want us to believe. Read what he says about democratic principles, leisure time, white collar workers and fascist theory In th is inspiring ar« t ide . I t appears in This Week, T^e Detroit News Sunday magazine.

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crew of one train, making a veri-table slaughter house out of a car full of sheep, and piling up engines and cars In a most picturesque way.

February 1, 1906—85 Years Ago

The; Lowell township board ap-pointed Frank N. White to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Supervisor L. H. H u n t

Frank Kopf, son of Mrs. Good-rich Kopf of Lowell, was married a t Bremerton, Wash., to Miss Grace McDlarmid a t the home of the, bride's parents there.

Edward Campau, 80, president of the Thornapple VaUey Pioneer As-sociation. died a t Alto. In the early days he was employed as a stage driver on the Grand Rapids 4 Kala-mazoo Uage route and came to the farm home In 1855 where he had since lived.

M r a W. K. Morgan entertained a number of relatives In honor of the 80th birthday of her father, Mr. Holcomb.

A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Story.

Mr. and Mrs. J . N. Hubbell of Eas t Lowell enjoyed new potatoes raised in the basement of their barn.

Asa Vandenbroeck and Miss Rose Heff rcn of Parncll were united In marriage.

R . D. Harker of Boston Center, while operating a buzz saw, his

jleft hand came In contact with the isaw, severing one finger and badly mangling three others.

j Mrs. Emily Bangle, 69, died a t

Those who e n j o y c f i s h dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bradley Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stauffer and daughter Rose Mary. Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Tate and son. Dean Trishler and Lee Stauffer of Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dennis and grandson. Dickie Dennis, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Edlngcr and son Robert Lee. Mr. uad Mra Emlel Stauffer and Lloyd Stauffer.

Mrs. John Wright has been under the doctor's care the past week wi th pleurisy and Mr. Wright has been having larynglUs. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Myers and son Bruce and Mrs. Clarence Myers of Lowell called on them last Sunday.

Godfrey Oesch has been quite sick tolth asthma.

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Garfield were Sunday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Petersen honor-ing Mr. Petersen's birthday.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vaughan were calling on friends In Graad Rapids Sunday and called on Wayne, the little son of Jacob Miller of Lowell. Wayae was taken to a hospital last Friday after drinking aome wlntergreen oil.

Mr. and Mre. Floyd Dennis re-ceived word from Glenn Saturday. He hud arrived at Camp Custer and expected soon to be sent to California.

Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs., Wesley Miller and family were Mr.| and Mrs. John Boynton and Syl-vester Hllf.9kl of Wyoming Park. Mrs. Alice Pa r r of Grandvllle and Bill Jones and Jack Brown of De-troit. F. E. Boynton and wife of

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the home of her daughter. Mrs. G r a n d R a p i d 8 w e r e c a i l t f r g F r j - [ Mary Sa rgen t day evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Chambers, Miss Inez Frazec and Mrs. Wesley] lef t for Litchfield. III. for an ex- M i U e r o f l h l j . gchool district en-tended visit with their son. j o y e d t h c ^ a n d demonstration

Leon McCarty recovering from a t Walters School, by Mre. Roberts, a severe Illness resulting from blood o n c a r e o f children's teeth Monday

! poisoning In his lef t hand. afternoon. Mrs. George Mannls fell on an,

Icy step, f ractur ing a bone In heri lef t arm and bruising her head. j The Gold Coast of Africa may ba r

James Mulr and family moved Europ-rn refugees.

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Methodist Church Notes

Rev. P. E. Chamberlain's sermon topic for Sunday, Feb. 2 at Bowne Center and Alto churches will be "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

Library Notes

Alto Locals

Fred Arthur, who has been ill with pneumonia for several days

Alto Locals

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Howlett of Williamston visited Rev. F. E. Chamberlain last week.

Don't forget the Community Card party at the Alto Grange Hall Friday evening, Jan . 31 for the benefit of infantile paralysis vic-tims.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Smith and daughter Prlscllla attended the

waa able to be taken home from Shrine Circus Monday evening. Mrs. Glen Loveland was a Sun-

day d i n n e / guest a t her sister's home In Clarksvllle.

Mrs. Basil Hayward waa a Friday evening supper guest of her daugh-

Blodgett hospital Saturday and is recuperating nicely at their apar t -ment on Henry-st.

. . . . ui 4 .u M r - a n i i11"8- L e o n Anderson and New books now available at the ^ C l a l r o f B o w n e s p e n t

Alto Library are: evening at the Wm. Anderson home. , t e r . Mrs. James Green and famllv Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck; M r 8 E s ther- .Ferguson of Grand Gove Lake. '

A r ^ n d the Corner, Axthur Pound v i w U t ; i I ] | e a M r a n d Mr. and Mrs. Pe r ry Damouth A Peculiar Trwasure, Edna Ferber; M n F r a n k B u n k e r o v e r S u n d a y . were hosts to the Alto Euchre As O™ Gardener to Another. Lucy ^ R o g e a c c o m p a n l e d Club last Monday night. Mrs. Ba«l

The library is Indebted to Mrs. ^ o f h e r A'vin B e r j y and famUy ^ a n e r l e R o m b e r g Howard Bartlet t for the loan of 40 t o

w Caledonia Monday af ternoon books and to Mr. and Mrs. D. D. T " grandson Tommy. Mr. and Mrs Holcomb for the gift of a set of f.01" t h e l r c 0 U 8 l n ' M r 8 - N a t h a n , Elwood Sullivan all of Ionia books. Also Mrs. E. L. Timpson and a i o i r , t -Mrs. Cap Fuerstein donated several Mr. and Mrs. Pe r ry magazines to be sold, proceeds t o ' m o t o r e d to Detroit Sa turday

were the prize winners. Mr. and Mrs. John Sullivan and

THURSDAY, JANUARY 80,1M1

S T A R C O R N E R S Mra. I ra Blough

Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wlngeler with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Qulggle spent Monday a t Grand Rapids.

Miss Vada Seese called a t the Hof fman home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Pau l Hoffman were evening visitors.

N e w s F r o m G r a n d Rap ids Of F o r m e r B o w n e F o l k s

Clara M. Brandebbry

Mrs. Alvln Helntzelman has been a t the home pf her parents, Webb Rounds and wife of near Paris , Mich., for three weeks helping to care for her father, who is very 111 and Mid to be falling steadily. Mr Rounds was a resident of West

Mr. and Mrs. Har ry Johnson and IC*mP»>ell for many years and was daughters of Grand Rapids were k n o w n t o m t t n y , n E " 1 Bowne. Saturday visitors at Mrs. Will Kauffman ' s .

Mr. and Mrs. A. VanderWelle and children have moved to Grand Rap-Ids where Mr. VanderWelle is em-ployed at the postofflce.

Mrs. Susie Whitney of near Free-port came last Thursday to visit he r sister, Mrs. Ear l Glldden a^d o ther relatives lor a couple of weeks, but 'she and the Gllddens re-| ©eived a welcome surprise Satur-

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blaser and d a y even>n8: when In walked Mrs. daughter Jean. Mrs. Katie Blaser. Mrs. E. Mueller of Lowell and Mre. John Hapeman of Lansing were Sunday afternoon visitors a t I ra Blough's.

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Whitney's son Lloyd of the U. S.l Marines, who came home on a sev-en day furlough f rom New York] and came to the city to find his I mother. Mrs. Whi tney returned toj her home near Freeport , accom-panied by her son Lloyd on Sunday ' evening.

Mrs. Suslo Whi tney of Freeport |

ing home Tuesday. 1 house attended a birthday dinner S a t l i r c i a y n , g h t -

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Houghton of Clarksville were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sll-cox. Callers Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Hesche. Pa t ty and Ronald of Snow district, and Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Dygert and daughter Lois of East Lansing.

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Dygert of near Lake Odessa are spending a few days with their mother. Mrs. Carrie Dygert.

Mr. and Mrs. George Yaeger were Friday evening guests of Mr. and Mrj. Laverne Bryant of Middleville.

Master Roger McMahon and Sally Fineis of Lowell spent Sunday af ter- Sunday afternoon, noon with the former's grand-parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Linton.

Mrs. John Linton spent Fr iday af ternoon and Saturday with her daughter. Mrs. Roger McMahon and family of Lowell.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Head-

Mrs. Ray Linton called on M r a J M r a "d ' b ' i f 0 r O I t h o u , e ^ Sun-! s - Brandebury and Henry Smelker of Freeport Tues-day.

Mr. and Mrs. Amos Sterzick and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hobbs spent Sunday evening in Lansing visiting Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Perry .

Mrs. Dan Wingeier returned home Sunday evening from Ionia where she has been caring for her father, Chas. Wlnans for several days. Mr. Wlnans has a bad ulcer on his eye, but Is Improving slowly.

Clifford Draper of Muskegon and Stuar t Rex Draper of N. McCords visited their aunt, Arlle Draper

ce Curtlss oflday, N. Manchester, Ii<dv who were week-end guests of Miss Cleone Hayward

Walter Wlngeler was pleasantly surprised Sunday when a number of

celved a card f rom W. wife re- i

H. Pardcel Tuesday saying he was staying 1 with his daughter, Mrs H. Miller

I.T. . __ T „ his school mates came to remind i a n d in Elkhar t , Ind., and M r and Mrs. Vernor Lynn called 1.1,0 o f h i 8 birthday. The afternoon ^ w h , l e t h e r e w a r e a , o t

oc the former 's mother, Mrs. Chas. Lynn, who is recovering from a major operation a t Pennock hos-pital in Hastings, and on their return stopped in Alto for dinner with Mr. and Mrs. P . F. Kline.

Card of Thanks

mother, Mrs. Roxle Ellis, caUed worth called on Mr. and Mrs. Wm. on Mr. and Mre. Owen Nash Sun-H a r r i s In Grand Rapids Fr iday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Roark and mother Mrs. Roxie Ellis were Sun-day dinner guests of Mr. and M r a L. J . McCaul.

Mrs. Frank McElwain and daugh-ter Bernlce of Grand Rapids were Sunday afternoon callers of Mr. and Mrs. George Skldmore.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davis had Sunday dinner with their son-in-law and daughter , Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Timpson and In the a f te r -noon they all called on the former ' s brother, Wm. Davis, who is ill In Blodgett hospital.

The Alto Garden Club Is spon-soring a lecture by Donald Morri-son of the Ferry-Morse Seed Co., noted authority on seed and plant

Wc want to say "Thank You" to all those who so kindly assisted us at the time of our auto accident

Mr. and Mrs. Allison Roark and on Sunday, Jan . 19. son called a t the Ernes t Roark | Mrs. Iva Hodges home Monday enroute to thei r new'pSS Mrs. Mvrtlce Richards home Ip Detroit where Allison has a position,

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Roark and Card of Thanks

I wish to thank my good neigh-bors and f r iends for their many acts of kindness shown me during my recent illness. Also the White Circle for the nice basket of frui t and all others who sent f ru i t or cards. P38 Arlle Draper

day evening and found them con-valescing f rom recent flu at tacks.

Mrs. Rose Porr l t t was a Sunday dinner guest at the Alvln Bergy home in Bowne.

Mrs. Henry Klahn. who recently underwent a goiter operation a t the University Hospital jn Cleve-land. Is now convalescing very nicely a t thc home of her daughter . Mre. Albert McCleary In tha t city. Mra. Klahn is nowable to be up for her meals and is gaining in s trength dally which will be good news to her friends in this vicinity.

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Behler of Lake Odessa were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Val Wat ts .

Mr. and Mrs. Basil Hayward. Mra. Dick Fairchlld. Mrs. Howard Krum,

E A S T C A L E D O N I A Mrs. 8. VonNamee

Mr. and Mrs. Ear l Manning vis-ited f r iends near Kalamazoo Sun-day.

Mr. and Mrs. C. G. DeCou and son Billy of Has t ings spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. VanNamee.

Vivian Pr-ictor was home f rom Whitehall over the week-end.

Bertha Sanborn, Ethel Frisble and Stella VanNamee attended the Social Club a t Mary Stauffer 's last Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Frisble and Billy spent Saturday night and

Miss Vemice Benson and Mrs. Val breeding. This lecture JS illustrated | Wat ts attended a sectional teachers by slide films and sound records club meeting in Cascade Wednes-and will be given a t the Alto j day evening. M. E. Church on Wednesday eve-, Mr. and Mrs. Basil Hayward were ning, Feb. 19. There Is no ad- Sunday morning breakfas t guests Sunday visiting rlcatlves at Frult-mlssion charge, but a silver col-1 of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. P o r t -lection will be taken. {VanVranken of Hastings. Mrs. Van- M l a s

Larry Richards the small son of Vranken Is In very poor health. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Richard^, j Frederick Loveland is ill with the whose leg was fractured In an auto flu this week. collision last week west of Alto, is; Marie Watson was Monday over-now coming along nicely although night guest of Jacqueline Fahrni he will have to remain In the hos- in Lowen. pltnl another two weeks. The Rich-j Mabel and Marie Watson and ard's family are spending the win- (Richard Gephart attended a tobog-ter with Mr. Richard's sister, Mrs. gan party given by the Girls' club Iva Hodges, who purchased and the Hl-Y Club at Bertha Brock the f a im formerly known aa P a r k near Ionia Thursday evening the Fred Grote fa rm. Mra. | Mr. and Mrs. Nels Larson (nee Hodges, whose head was badly Ella Wester) of Grand Rapids, lef t hur t In the same accident. Is Thursday morning for Texas. They also improving but will be unable plan to s tay about six weeks with to return to her work for 4 or 5 Mr. Larson's brother, Throls Larson W w k 8 . „ ! a a d h i 8 w l f e - T h e y Plan to

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dlntaman j visit Warren Aldrlch and family were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. 1 Throls Larson was milk tester here

some years ago. and made his home with Howard Aldrlch.

and Mrs. John Layer of Lowell. Mrs. Ida Brown of Grand Rapids

was an over Sunday guest a t the Elmer Dintaman home.

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hun t and Judy of Grand Rapids called a t was spent skating on Morse Lake

Phyllis Scott visited her sister, Mrs. Harold WeJton and family last week.

Gene Bruton and Michael McGihn spent Thursday af ternoon in Hast-ings.

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Welton and children spent Fr iday afternoon In Clarksville visiting Mr. and Mrs. Andy Welton.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Konkle and son of Grand Rapids spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. F rank Welton.

Miss Maude Foley of Grand Rap-Ids visited at the Hillen home on Saturday.

C A S C A D E Mrs. M. VanderJagt

c r w i - r r t : hirfhHov n u . n e r le&- S h e 10 a t St. Mary's hos-

Elmer Dlntaman's Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Linton visited

the latter 's parents. Mr. and Mre. J . W. Thaler of Green Lake Sunday af ternoon.

Mrs. Stella Cress of Freeport visited her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. F rank Bunker several days last week.

bir thday Sunday. Thc af te rnoon p i ^ i

af ter which refreshments

waa spent ska t ing a f t e r which sup-per was enjoyed a t home.

Mr. and Mrs. F rank K a u f f m a n and son, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stahl and Donald were Sunday dinner guests of their mother. Mra. Will K a u f f m a n and son Clare.

Mrs. Rhea Church and Allcr Nash caUed at the Mlshler and Naah home Sunday afternoon.

Rev. and Mrs. Claus, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Blough. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Johnson were among the callers a t the Blough home the past week.

Congratulations to Lloyd Blough and Elolse Oesch who were quietly married at Grand Rapids Wed-nesday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Krebs ac-jompanled their son George to Grand Rapids Thursday where the lat ter left for Kalamazoo for the induction camp.

S O U T H S I D E — S E G W U N Mrs. Clarence Mclntyre

Mr. and Mrs Chester Coley of Indiana spent the week-end with his sister. Mrs. Lloyd Dawson.

Mrs. Lewis Jones spent Thursday In Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Elvyn Pot ter spent Sunday with their parents . Mr, and Mrs. Lewis Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones and children called In the afternoon.

Mrs. Myrtle Strlggow spent Mon-day with her brother, Shlrl Hudson.

Mr. and Mra. Alvln Ketchum, Emerson Stevens and Mrs. Gerald Mullen spent Monday In Ann Arbor.

Mrs. Clarence Mclntyre at tended the funeral of her cousin, Miss Nina Eastcrday In Traverse City [iUng their sons. Otto* and Owen and Saturday and called on Mr. and Mrs. [have been the guests of Mrs. Hana

of flu around them they had es-caped It so fa r but sal^l he stayed j In very closely most of the time. I His card announced tha t Mrs. Jcs;-nle Pardee of South Bowne wns In Blodgett hospital fo r an operation for goitre. We a re very sorry to hear of Jennie's poor health end we extend our sincere sympathy to: her and hope tha t she may receive j help and speedily recover. We will miss her a lot f r o m the Ledger's rank of correspondents.

Will Glasgow, wife and Mildred 1 attended the annual meeting of the Old Settlers of Grand River Valley held Monday night In the Rowel Hotel. Mrs. Glasgow was re-electea j secretary of the association which | post she has held for several years.

Sunday was a happy day for Mrs. ' Whitney at the Glidden home. Mr. and Mrs. Glldden enter ta ined mem-bers of the Whitney family to a sumptuous dinner In honor of the homecoming of Lloyd Whitney ofi the U. S. Marines. Those present 1 were Mr. and Mra. Walter Lewis I and family of nea r Freeport . Ar thu r | Webb and wife of Batt le Creek,] Mr. and Mrs. R a y Parkinson ofi Lansing. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wil-1 klns-of the city. Lloyd Whitney en-1 listed in the U. S. Mai lues a year ago and has been In various par ts of the world dur ing the year but more recently has been In South America, coming f rom Brazil to New York last we«K. After a te'/rl days he will r e tu rn to U s ship { Louisville In New York.

The Glasgows received a card on I Monday fom Mrs. A. T. Eash, writ-ten out In the garden a t the home of Mrs. Mattle Hanaford In Ingle-J wood, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Eash I

,ve been having a joyous time v i s - I

Donald Mullen and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Har ry Briggs and

children were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. Mullen.

Mrs, Lee Creer of Big Rapids. Mr. and Mre. E. Creer of Grand Rapids spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jones.

A L T O N - V E R G E N N E S Mrs. Clyde Condon

ford for a couple of days and will do some more visiting and slght-aeelng, expecting to visit the Grand Canyon and Texas before coming Lome.

W H I T N E Y V I L L E Marl jane Rates

Boyd Condon was a t Sunshine Sanitarium In Grand Rapids Tues-day for examination and t reatment .

h ™ C * * T g e l l r r e l a t , r " * n d Levi Cooper Later In the here and her sister In Saranac this t h . t r week.

We are glad to report tha t Mrs L. M. Douglass (Ber tha) Is much bettor.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Onan and chil-dren of Lowell and Mr. and Mrs Henry Lampln of Wyoming Park were Sunday dinner guests of M r

Fred Blaser got a 6-lb. pike Mon-day and a 5-lb. one Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rickner spent Sunday with her parents in Grand Rapids.

Friends of Lynn Mason are glad Mrs. Clarence Mulder and Mrs. served at fh* WlncrpUr l

M i n n l e VanderMaas attended a to know he is a t home now and Wlngeler home. i s tork shower for a friend In Grand up around p a r t of the time.

Mr. and Mrs. Claude Condon. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Condon and Torn Condon were Grand Rapids visitors last week Frldey.

Mrs. C. O. Condon spent Saturday af ternoon in Lowell with hei m o t h e r

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Biggs of De-troit and R u t h Biggs oi Gmnd Rapids were home over the week-end.

Mm. Glen Adgate of Saranac

ILTM xr_ 1 . i r .. r , - ouwwva AW a xucuu 111 LMIlllU - l* ^ S . . V * * ' ^ o f ^ P ' d - Saturday evening. They re-six boys to the Shrine Circus Mon- port a f ine time. day afternoon. Those In the pa r ty Mr. and Mrs. Martin VanderJagt, were Kenneth and Donald Tlmp- Jr., were dinner guests Sunday son, Martin Juhl, Virgil Daniels, evening of Mr. and Mrs. Martin George Huntington and Ronald VanderJagt, Sr. W a t t B - 1 John Cordtz is on thc sick t is t

OPENING! Federal - State

E g g G r a d i n g S t a t i o n

Co-operating with the Federal-State Egg Grading Service to make a more profitable market f^r your eggs, we an-

nounce that Lyle S. Vogt, Egg Grading Expert, will be at our elevator on

SATURDAY, FEB. 1st, 1941 to explain the service to all poultry raisers. This service

has proved to be a money-maker for the poultryman, and yon will want to learn aboat i t

I f y o u a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n g e t t i n g M O R E M O N E Y — M O R E P R O F I T

f r o m y o u r h e n s , w e c o r d i a l l y i n v i t e y o u t o c « p e i n a n d t a l k w i t h

M r . V o g t .

More Money for Your Eggs! B e g i n n i n g M O N D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 3 , w a w i l l s t a r t p u r c h a s i n g e g g s

e w y d a y . W c k n o w t h a t a l l « g g p r o d u c e r s w i l l g r e a t l y p r o f i t b y

t h i s n e w m a r k e t f o r t h e i r e g g s .

BER6Y BROS. ELEVATOR A L T O , N I C U M S A H

day their son Reed called. M r and Mrs. Joe Smoker and

family of Grand Rapids were Sun-day guests of Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Warner.

The Ladies' Aid will meet a t the Verne Aldrlch home Thursday Feb. 5, for dinner.

Andy Zopt Is repairing- the floor of the church kitchen.

Ed. Shimmel and Robert Munger are cutt ing logs for Carl Graham.

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Dundas and daughter of Grand Rapids visited Mr. and Mrs. Levi Cooper reccnt.y.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bates were dlnper guests of Mr and Mrs. Rich-ard Rawllngs of Beverly Tuesday

A number of high school s tudents f rom this community at tended tho Barkenall Tournament basketball games, played a t Caledonia high

entertained last Thursday honoring school. Kelloggsvllle took Cale-her sister, Mrs. Robert Wlngeler o n l ( i o n , a ' B c lmm^ for the trophy In an her birthday. Other guests were e * c i U n « T h u r B d a y n'ght. Kel-Mre. Gust Wlngeler, Mrs. F red! l o S « B V , n e w 0 0 w l t n a four point Blaser, Mrs. Chas. Gelger and Alice , e a d -

Wlngeler Bob Biggs has a broken ankle

caused f rom a tree hit t ing him while he and his brother, Morris were cutting wood last week.

Mre. Dell Condon, Mr. and Mrs Clyde Condon, Alvln Davis

C A M P A U L A K E Mrs. E . R. Hurd

Saturday evening guests a t the and 'Herber t Croninger home were Mr.

Louis Peterson spent the evening (and Mrs. W e s l e y Croninger of last week Tuesday at the George .Detroit and Mrs. Mae Croninger B a m * home. land - o n Bradley of Middleville.

Mrs. Hettle Davis will celebrate! Mrs. Byron Pat terson accompa-her birthday next week on Feb. 5 nled Mrs. Flint Curtis to Santuac and will be 84 years old. Mrs. Davis has always lived here In this com-munity and Is one of Its m o s t

Thursday where they attended the Saranac Women's Club.

Donald and Carl Sherlngton spent highly respected citizens. Another [from Thursday until Sunday with fine old lady. Mrs. Peterson of nea r j a y Tinker a t Parmalee. Smyrna, reaches her 84th b i r thday also next week on Feb. 4. Mrs. Peterson was formerly Alice Hop-poufrh and taught school before her marriage.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Thompson spent Sunday evening with the Lyle Ellis family.

Little Barba ra McDlarmid re-turned home Sunday a f t e r spending

Mrs. Clyde Francisco fell on the the week with a n uncle and aunt, ice In their yard last week Wed-1Mr . -and Mrs. J a c k Johnson of nesday and f rac tured her leg nea r Coopersvllle. the hip. She will be in Blodgett hospital for several weeks.

Employment Problem "Your boy Josh says he's going to

town to ssek employment" "Yep," answered F a r m e r Corn-

tossel, " I don't blame him. Every-body feels occasionally like gettin' away in* lookin* for work 'stld o' stayln' where he knows If n be wait-In' fur him regular ."

your Plausible Answer

Father—You must study English lesson diligently.

Son—Why am I to learn English? Father—Half the world speaks it,

my boy. Son—Is not that sufficient?

Caught She—Are you fond of moving pic-

tures, Jack? He—Oh, yes, Indeed! She — Then perhaps you won't

mind bringing some down out of the attic for mother.

In the blind instinct of w n there is a prevision of fu ture hap-penings for which reason gives nc w a r r a n t

Mr. and Mrs. Herber t Cronizurer and family were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lewis of Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. E lmo Scott of Lan-sing, Mrs. John Campbell of near Alto and Mro. Alma Dahlman of Qrnnd Rapids enjoyed a bir thday dinner Sunday a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Snyder, the occasion

in honor of Mrs Dahlman'f Mrs. Daniman received

gifts. 'Mrs. Stella Warner spent Sunday

Iwl th Mr. and Mrs L J . McCaul of Whltneyvllle. Other guests were Mc. and M r a E r n e s t Roa rk and Mrs. Roxle Ell is of Alto. „ " Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Ha r ig and

family spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. F r e d Pttseh.

The Campau Lake Extension group will meet Wednesday, F«fc 8th with Mrs. Maynard Harig. Time, one o'clock sharp .

Jacob Miller of Dorr returned home Sunday a f t e r spending the week with his sister and husband, Mr. end Mrs. F red PItsch.

Mr. and Mrs. Lou McDlarmid, Mr. and Mrs. Reed Cooper and Mr. and Mrs. E. Hurd spent Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cooley and grandma. Games were enjoyed with a lunoh served at

K R O G E R

VALUE ^ SENSATION!

- K R O G E R S GREAT

- C A N N E D F O O D S

P r i o s t S l a s h t d i U n b s l U v a b U S a v i n g s I Don' t m i s s th i s o p p o r t u n i t y to s a y s . You m a r n o t b a r * a n o t h e r c h a n c e a g a i n t o o n .

PINEAPPLE A v o n d a l e - F i n a l y S h r a d d e d

SAUERKRAUT PEAS, CORN

IN SUGAR SYRUP SLICED

(Dizen 89c) O N . 0 C

. 2 %

cais or GREEN BEANS

3 N o 2 c a n s 2 5 c d « M

23c 95e

GIANT PEAS

SIFTED PEAS F a n e * G r a t i a " A " 2

AVONDALE PEAS

AVOMALE TOMATOES Begmlor 10c Sellers

GREEN BEANS

Coun try Club n Ko. 2 Fancy Grade "A" ^ cam AwC

(Dozen cam 91.17)

Fancy Grade "A" L cans 2 5 C (Dozen cam $1.45)

3 29c (Dozen cans f 1.10)

3 HO. 1 cam

(Dozen C O M fi5c)

Mo. S

PEACHES SLICES C HALVES 2 25c

AVONDALE PEACHES S l i c s or HolTes (Dozen cam fl.SS]

FRUIT COCKTAIL laiioan 10c

25C APPLE SAUCE COUHTIY CLUB AVOMDALE

CUT

SEASIDE LIMA BEANS

SPINACH commnr CLUI P f l R U COUMTIY CLOT I f U H H WHOLE EEUTEL Golden Bantam

f i f l P U VACUUM PACKED b u n n WHOLE IEBNEL Country Club Goldsn Banlaai

KROGER DOG FOOD C O U N T R Y C L U B

TOMATO SOUP 4 19c

K I N G S Y E L L O W

CORN MEAL

5 Jfc. 1 2 i c

3 "oij 29c (Dozen c a m 11.10)

3 "oSJ 25c (Dozen cans 95c)

3 "oU 29c (Dozen c a m f 1.10)

2 23c (Dozen cans f l.SO)

2 ! ^ 19c (Dozen cans S1.08)

13 i ± 39c

GRAPEFRUIT

3 5 J 23e (Dozen aaus 37c)

COUMTBT CLUB Ho. t WHOLE SECTIOHB can l O c

(Dozen oam f LIB)

FRUIT JUICES (Dozen SBc) 3 ^

Pineapple - Orauge - Grapefruit or Blended 25c

Giant GRAPEFRUIT JUICE (3 Ho. X oam 23c - Dozen

Annou 'e Star Corned Beef or

ROAST BEEF 2 ^ SPAM A HOBMEL PBODUCT

COUNTRY CLUB MILK

U-oz.

Toll

C O U N T R Y C L U B

TOMATO JUPCE Dozen A Tnll A A 8 9 c v cs is Z O C Giant oan 16c - Dozen fl.ftS

C L O V E R V A L L E Y

PEANUT BUTTER 2 t 1 9 c

15c 83o)

39c

27c 39c

C O U N T R Y C L U B

PORK & BEANS Z 5 c

3 Tall oam iSc - Dozen 85c

K I N G ' S P U R E

BUCKWHEAT FLOOR 5 . * 1 7 c

TWINKLE 6ELATINE DESSERTS

ROLL BUTTER Latoma Club Sparkling Water or

GINGER ALE CATSUP CHILI SAUCE WHEATIES Country Club

CORN FLAKES Country Club

WHEAT GEMS

3 1 Qc 24Vfe-lb. s a c k 51 2

4

63c COUMTBT CLUB

COUHTBT CLUB

commnr CLUB

Large bottles

Large bottle

8-oz. bottle

3 Large

pkg«.

25c 10c 10c 10c

25e

69c

fHiHIHiiifl

FLOUR KINfi'S SINCERITY

FLOUR WESCO FEEDS

E X T R A D I S C O U N T S O N T O N L O T S

198-lb. taf v TOM

SCRATCH FEED si .80 *34.75 EGG MASH s2.15s41.75 20% DAIRY FEED si .83 s35.25 16% DAIRY FEED si .05 s32.00 CHICK GRAINS s1.95s37.65

FRESH ! " H O T . D A T E D "

SPOTLIGHT COFFEE Bleb blend ol the ^orld'e oboioe coifees

Ground lo your order.

~ lb. b a g ( M b . kag 14c) 39c

P I E - C O O K i D S M O K I D

S h a n k

Half " - A I C

S m a l l S i zes (Butt H a l l lb. 25c)

SLICED BACON ib. 25c PICKLED PIGS FEET » lOe DRItu DEEF K-fei** 15c PERCH and WHITE FISH Ib. 17e DEEF SHORT RIDS •> 15c COTTAGE CHEESE BAOL, XL. 0Q VEIN-X SHRiMP FILLETS OF PERCH Large Size

FRES-SHORE OYSTERS

HAMBURGERFRMK

» • 2 5 c

^ 1 7 c

K * 25c

FRESH! CLOCK B R E A D BAUD JUST MIAMI

Bashed bom oven to etore.

2 ^ 10c F L O R I D A O R A N G E S

8»»29c J U I C Y

N a n c y H a l l - S w e e t

POTATOES 5 * - 1 9 * Large SO Sine

ICEDERG HEAD LETTUCE TViC

IDAHO POTATOES I S £ * 20t 5 e

5c 5c

20c

FRESH CARROTS FRESH DEETS SHALLOTS LEM0HS

NATIONAL APPLE WEEK I - _ F a n c y M i c h i a a n

" i JONATHANS 5 J X 2 3 <

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W E R E D E E M O K A N C E A N D B L U I F O O D S T A M P S

KROGER i ACCIET THIS AMAZIN9 •VABANTII

umtm k « v OS Ntan eeeni eM W « • e * M li m s ate

H I C K O R Y C O R N E R S Bin. Ethel Tt

Mr. nnd Mm. Robert Yelter spent Thursday evtenlng with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin S u v e r .

Mi*. Charles Timpson and Mrs. John Timpson and children of Al-to, Mrs. Marvin Huver a n d Mrs. P r a n k Transue and children of Mapes District and Mrs. Robert Tel ler spent Thursday af teruoon with Mrs. Pau l Hilton and chil-dren.

Mr.,. Letha Blough and son Dean of Clnrksville called on her moth-er Sa turday afternoon. He r brother Kenneth returned nome with her and spent Saturday night and Sue-day.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hof fman of Freepor t called on Mr. and Mrs. Pau l Hilton and family recently.

Mrs. Ethel Yelter and daughter Pauline and son Kenneth at tended

ihe wedding reception of her niece >uid W u a u d , Mi. olid Mr*. W a r d VanDyke, Sunday af ternoon a t the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Nick Kloostennan a t Lowell.

Mrs. Ethel Yelter spent f rom Sunday evening until Tuesday eve-ning with her brother, John 2chwab and family a t Rockford, also vis-ited wi th her sister, Mrs. Ernes t Donley and family of Ligonier, Ind., and father , Lewis Schwab, a t the home of John family.

Miss Pauline Yelter spent Tues-day night and Wednesday with h?r sister, Mrs. Letha Blough and fam-ily a t Clarksville.

Do you

we sell

Prospective Customer: keep fountain pens here?

Clerk (brightly)-: No, them.

Proepeotive Customer: Okay, but keep Ihe one you migh t have mli me if you hadn ' t been so s m a r t

W E P A Y

Fer l e d er K t a b M S T O C K

N r m S S CattleS2

Phooe Collect

l i m y

M o i i c i l C o i i f M y

Year of

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O V E R 3 , 5 0 0 P E O P L E R E A D T H E LEDGER E V E R Y WEEK . .

i W A M T * A P S WANT ADV. BATES—S6c F O B U WORDS OB LESS, I F OVKK « WORDS ADD 1c F E B WORD. TWO W E E K S FOB « * , FOUK WEEKS' FOB SLOe. I F O B D E B E D BY MAIL PLEASE ENCLOSE COIN O B STAMPS.

FOR R E N T — 1 0 acres of oat ground, 7 acres corn ground, 10 acres pasture. Mrs. Charles Thomas. 1 mile north of McCords.

FOR SALE—5 tons of alfalfa hay and 50 • shocks of corn. Pau l Kranz. 1 mile west on M-21 and H mile north. p38

Buy Insurance

That Insures . . . .

CITIZENS' MUTUAL Auto Ins. Co.

Gerald E. Rollins A g e n t

Phone 66-F5 Lowell

MANY MOTORS are s t a r t rd f if ty | times a day! Wasteful! The new

Super Shell gas gives you quick, j easy starting, saves fuel. Buy it

at thc Bert L. Moore Service Sta-1 tlon, E. Main St., Phone 9109, | LoweU. c38

IS T H E R E any young fa rmer who j would be Interested In buying a

first class 50 acres of land near Alto worth $50. per acre ($2500.00) and a good 6-room house and big red basement barn worth $4000.00 (together worth $6500.00) for $4000.00? If so or If you prefer to rent, see Joseph H. Martin, 1001 People's National Bank Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. c3ft-2t

FOR RENT—160-acre farm, good soil, 1% miles f rom market . In - j quire of Mrs. Leo Denny, 504 E. Main SL, Lowell. c37-4t

C U R T I S - D Y K E Phone 44 Lowell

STOCK OWNERS—We call for your d tad stock and pay $3.00 for horses and $2.00 for cows. Call 82951 at our expense. Independent By-Products Co., Grand Rapids.

p36-4t

FOR SALE—O. I. C. stock hog. A. J . Smith, west of Grand Trunk depot, then Vi mile soulh on town line road, then go west to second farm. p38

FOR SALE—Spy apples, hand-jilck-ed and sprayed. Graded in 25c, 50c, 75c and $1.00 per bushel. In Henry Tredenick's basement. Bring containers. B. R. Sydnam, Alto, Mich. p38

S P E C I A L O u t S ^ - f t E n d T u b ,

O n e 1 7 x 1 9 L a v a t o i r ,

O n e C l o s e t , w i t h w h i t e

s e a t .

C o m p l e t e w i t h t r i m t o w a l l .

REGULAR PRICE $98.96

• Special $74.95

C. W . C O O K P l u m b i n s ; H e a t i n g

L O W E L L MICH. Call 78 aatd let us serve yon.

« DAVE CLARK, Mgr.

RE-PAINT RE-CLEAN RE-STENCIL

Your

F a r m a l l T r a c t o r SPECIAL O F F E R

$ 6 . 9 5

Percy Read & Sons Lowell Phone 227

THESE WANTS ADS. are little servants willing to work for you nt extremely low "wages." Call on them frequently. 35tf

DO YOU DO REPAIR WORK of "any kind? Inform the public. Peo-ple want to know about it. Use a want adv. 35tf

LEGAL NOTICES

WORKERS!—You are needed in Michigan Industries producing for America's National Defense. Register now with the nearest Micalg rf State Employment Ser-vice Office. p35tf

FOR SALE—Lttz John Deere com-bination cutting box and feed grinder. Thomas Jef fery , on the Leona Wleland farm. p38

B a r g a i n s i n U s e d C a r s

H E L P WANTED—For ice harvest if cold weather continues. We will start about Feb. 3. Spring Brook Ice Co., Lowell. p38

USED TRACTORS— F-12 Far ma 11. F-14 Farmall. Percy J. Read & Sons, Lowell. Phone 227. c38

1940 Plymouth Coupe. 1939 Plymouth 2-Door. 1939 Plymouth 4-Door. 1938 Plymouth 4-Door. 1938 Plymouth 2-Door. 1938 Pontlac 2-Door. 1937 Chevrolet 2-Door. 1936 Chrysler 4-Door. 1936 Plymouth Coupe. 1936 Dodge 2-Door. 1936 Ford 2-Door. 1935 Ford 2-Door.

\ E L E C T R I C I A N

CALL

K i n y o n E l e c t r i c C o .

For Experienced Electrical Service on old or new wiring.

ESTIMATES F R E E

All work confor tn i to Nat ional Elvctrlc C o c .

P h o n e 2 2 3 L o w e l l W« carry WorWman'* Companaa t ion

CM, tf

STOCK MINERALS—Your Moor-man dealer in Kent County is Fred E. Hall, R. 2, Alto, Mich. Moorman Mfg. Co., Qulncy, 111.

p36-4t

AdvrrtlMfnenl for EWtr l ra l Work for Mnnk paJ Elwtiic I 'Ual and KytUro VHtase ot LowrU, Mlrhlran.

Coatrart No. 2

Sealed proposaU will be received by the Village of Lowell a t their office® In Lowell. Michigan up to 7:30 P. M. Eastern Star.dard Time on Feto. 5th. 1941 for Electrical Work for Municipal Electric Plant and Byatem. and. bid* will then and there be publicly opened and read aloud.

The work Include! new iwltGb cublclet for the entire dlesel plant, power conduit and cables, house service transformers, rewinding of old 200 KW generator, power t raMfonner . street light regulators, feeder voltage regulator. distribution system power transformers, reconnecting or re-winding 2 phase motors for three phase service, line capacitors and other electrical work. '

Under other contracts, the Village Is furnishing and Inatalllng a new 8M KW alesel unit and accessory equipment arx* making foimdatlons and building changes therefor; rewinding present 7 phase 408 KW generator for 3 phise service and fuml-fctag and Installing new governor for the 40h KW unit; furnishing and installing conduit and wiring for dlestl engine accessorl<* and for llghUng and other station use: sad doing other electrical work as specified.

No bidder may withdraw his bid within 30 days af ter the date set for the opening thereof.

Each proposal shall be accompanied by a certified check, bank draft , or a bid bond by a recognlred Surety Company, similar to a U. 8. Government Standard Form Bid Bond. In the amount of Hve per cent (5 per cent) of the amount of the bid payable to the Village of LoweU, Mich-igan. as security tor the acceptance of the Contract.

The Contract Documents, li,eluding plans and specifications for the work, may be obtained at the office of Ayres. Lewta. Norrls and May. Consulting Engineers. 506 Wolverine Building. Ann Arbor. Mloh-Igan and may be Inspected at the office of the Village Clerk, Lowell, Michigan. A deposit of 120.00 will be required on each set of plans and specifications, all of which will be refunded upon their use In a bona fide proposal or upon their return In good condition within 5 dsys af ter the bidding date.

The successsful bidder will be required to furnish satisfactory performance and labor and material bonds and Insurance coverages.

The right Is reserved by the Village to reject any or all bids »nd to waive any Informalities In bidding, In the Interest of the Village. Dated. Jan. 20, 1011. VILLAGE OF LOWELL. MICHIGAN LBW18 E. JOHNSON.

Village Clerk. C37. 2t

L " D o Y O B M i a d . . ? "

He's welcome to It! And you're welcome to the friend-ly, f ree sen-Ice you get here. Courteous a t tendants w i l l check you car quietly and quickly, advise you and serve you—at no extra c o s t Motor-ists like to drive In to this modem service station for belter service, better motor-ing—greater economy.

H e i m T e i a e o S t i t i o i

BILL HELM, Prop.

Phone 9114 Lowell

Goodrich Tires

Deloo Batteries

C a r Washing a specialty

U S E D C A R S 1940 Plymouth 2-Door Sedan. 1939 Plymouth 2-Door Sedan. 1939 Plymouth 4-Door Sedan. 1939 Plymouth Bus. Coupe. 1938 Plymouth 4-Door Sedan. 1937 Plymouth 4-Door Sedan. 1936 Plymouth 4-Door Sedan. 1937 Chevrolet 2-Door Sedan. 19^7 Pontlac 2-Door Sedan. 1936 Pontlac 2-Door Sedan. 1940 Dodge 2-Door Sedan. 1940 Dodge Bus. Coupe. 1939 Dodge Bus. Coupe. 1937 Dodge Bus. Coupe. 1938 Dodge 4-Door Sedan. 1937 Dodge 4-Door Sedan. 1935 Ford 4-Door Sedan. 1934 Ford 2-Door Sedan.

Gould's Garage

FOR SALE—Brood sow, also about, 35 Barred Rock pullets in pro-duction now. David B. Sterzick, Lowell, R. R. 2, 5 miles south a n l

mile west of .'/owell. p38,

BUTTERMILK and Skim milk for ' stock feeding. 2c per gallon. Lowell Creamery. Phone 37. c38-3t

L o w e l l M a r k e t R e p o r t

rmm Thr Golden Hour Sewers

M c Q u c c n M o t o r C o . Phone 124, Lowell

c38

FOR SALE—Pair big mules. $80. kind and gentle; feeder pigs, a.'! sizes; tank heater, $2.00. J im Monks, ZVt miles west of Grand Trunk depot p38

FOR SALE— 1939 Pontlac Tudor. 1938 Pontlac Tudor. 1937 PoAtlac Tudor. 1937 Pontlac 4-Door. 1939 Plymouth 4-Door. L. E . Johnson, Pont lac Sales &

Service, Phone 173, Lowell. c38

STOCK OWNERS' ATTENTION— We pay $3 to $10 for horses; cows, $2 to $8. Service within 2 hours, seven days a week. Roy Cooper, Phone Rockford 6711. c36tf

'ELL—You can sell anything with Ledger wants ads. tf

' V S -bte ' for

CURTIS-DYKE I

General Electric

C a m e r a S i z e

RADIO ' 1 4 "

F o r m e r l y so ld f o r $19.95

SPECIAL, as long as the

supply lasts.

Atieition, Farnert! W a t c h Lowel l H o t p o i n t

C o . a d v e r t i s i n g for a n -

n o u n c e m e n t of e p e c i a !

i n t e r e s t t o al l f a r m e r s

of t h i s v i c i n i t y .

We give Gold Stamps

Lowell Hotpolit Ce. Phone 168 802 W. Main S t

ORDER APPOINTING TIME FOB HKAJU ING CLAIMS

Slate of Michigan. The Probate Court for the County of Kent.

At a B c o l o n of eald court, held at the probate office, in the city of Grand Rap-id!. In «ald county on the 11th day of January. A. D., 1841.

Presen;. Hon. CI.ARK E. HIGBEK. Judge of Probate.

lu UW M-t t r r of the of Nora I -Tlionuu, Deeeaiod.

It appearing to the court that the time for preaentatlon of claims agalnit sold •state should be limited, and that a time and place be appointed to receive, exam-ine and adjust all claims and demands against said deceaaed by and before satd court:

It is Ordered. That all the creditors of aald deceaaed are required to present their claims to said court at said Probate Of-fice on or before the I t th day of Uarcfa. A.D., 1841. at ten o'clock In the fore-noon. said time and place being here-by appointed for the ezamlnaUon and adjustmiint of all claims and demands against said deceaaed.

I t is f u r the r Ordered. That public no-tice thereof be given by publication of a copy of this order for three succeaslve weeks previous to said day of hearing, in the Lowell Ledger, a newspaper printed and circulated in said county.

CLARK E. HIGBEE, Judge of Probate.

A true copy FRED ROTH.

Register of Probate. c36. 31

Where Cars Run Thousands of Miles Without License Plates

STATE OF MICHIGAN. HLPE1UOR OOCBT OF GRAND KAPIDS—IN CHANCERY. NO. 6807. #

At a session of said Court held at the Superior Court Chamber In the City Hall. Grand Rapids, Kent County. Michigan, on the 3rd day of January, A. D. 1841.

Present HONORABLE THADDEU8 D TAYLOF, Superior Court Judge. CHARLOTfE BTEPHAN, PlalnUff.

vs KENNETH BTEPHAN. Defendant

Order of Pnblk^Uoo

In this cause It appearing from affidavit on file that it U not known In what s ta te or rounty Kenneth Stephan, defendant herein, resides, but ihat his last known address was 212 Jefferson Avenue, S. E., Grand Rapids, Michigan; \

Now, Therefore, on motion of Gerald Henry, attorney for the plaintiff.

It Is Ordered that the appearance of aald non-reildent defendant be entered herein within three (3) months from the date of this order, and In case of his appearance that he cause his answer to the Bill of Complaint to be filed and a copy thereof to be served on the plaintiff 's attorney within fifteen (15) days af ter service on him of a copy of said Bill of Complain' and notice of this order, and in default thereof that said Bill of Complaint be taken as confessed by said Kenneth Btephan, non-resident defendant: and.

It Is Further Ordered that tne said plaintiff cause a notice of this order to be published in the LoweU Ledger, a newspaper printed, published, and circula-ting In said County of Kent, and that salii publication be commenced within forty (40) days from the date of this order, and that such publication be conUnued therein once In each week for six (6) successive week*, or Uiat plaintiff cause a copy of thl i order to be personally served on raid non-resident defendant a t least twenty days before t i e time above prescribed for his appearance.

THADDEUS B. TAYLOR, Superior Court Judge.

Examined, Countersigned and Entered by me. CARL F. ME1NKE,

Deputy Clerk. Attest : A True Copy CARL F. MEINKE,

Deputy Clerk. GERALD M. HENRY, Attorney for PlalnUff.

Business Address: 402 Federal Square Bldg., Grand Raplda. Michigan. c36. 6t

BAIT for ice fishing, 209 South Jefferson Ave., Lowell. Sylvester Bibbler. p35-4t

A FOR R E N T adv. will find a good tenant for you. 35lf

FOR SALK—Dry wood, $2,00 per cord. Earl Vosburg, Ada. p36-3t

TOR SALE—Pair of bay colta, 3 years old, broke to work, well matched, will make 1600 lbs. Elof Erlckson, 1% miles south-east of Alto on M-50. p37^ 4t

60

CURTIS-DYKE Phone 44 Lowell

MEN WANTED to select their win-ter overcoat from a group of all wool garments, In sizes from 35 to 42, at a special close-out price including tax, $19.75. Coons.

FOR SALE—Jersey cow, just fresh, cheap. Robert I. Johnson, Whlt-neyvllle. p38

COUPON—This ad good for 50c credit on any permanent booked

- before Feb. 15. Fermanents from 2.50 to $5.50. We now give mani-cures. Stiles" Beauty Shop, Phone 385-F2. p3t

Corrected Jan. 30, 1941 Wheat, bu $ Rye, bu Corn, bu Buckwheat, cwt

| Barley, cwt ! Oats, bu jCorn and Oats Feed, cwt Corn Meal, cwt Coarse Cracked Corn, cwt . . . Shelled Corn, cwt : Bran, cwt 'Middlings, cwt I Flour, bbl Pea Beans, cwt Light Red Beans, cwt

WANTED ROOMERS—Two warm P,arh

k "" rooms, hot and cold water In bath, vJnow Fv P B 2 i r ^ T rwi ' 205 Av.ry S t , block north o , A * ^ P , t o r e - P?8 Russet Potatoes, cwt

The Golden Hour Sewers met at the home of Jean Blaser on Satur-

.40|day> J a n - 25- T h e meeting was call-

.60 iec* ^ crJe' - by vice president, Vlr-^ glnla Ford and roll call was taken

1.00 with one member absent. Skating 32 and a marshmailow roast followed,

j gol Next meeting will be held on L55 j F e b * 1 0 -1701 —Avis Storey, Reporter. 1.48

Dodge & Plymouth Sales Phone 269, Lowell

1.45 150

CARD O F THANKS

c38

lb

We wish to thank our friends and 5.30 relatives for the financial ^Ifta and 2.50 letters, cards, plants, flowers, 6~r> candy and many other Rifts and ".6ij kindnesses shown us during the 3.35 recent illness of Mrs. B.ougn. 2.90 p38 Mr. and Mrs. Ira Blough.

.90

.80,

.31

.33! A P P L E R - S t a n d a r d varieties, sev- , ..

eral grades, 25c to $1.50 bushel, l b "

4 F ^ . ^ ? r L 09 ^ , ^ t ^ 1 ,v*. ^ 8.00 the frlenda, n e i g h b o r and the

4 miles northeast of Lowell. c39-4t H o g s d r e s 8 e d i CWf ^ American Legion for their many Beef, live, lb 04-15 kindnesses, beautiful tributes and

GAUD O F THANKS

We wish to extend our heartfelt 13..15 thanks and sincere appreciation to

g.OO the friends, neighbois

SPECIAL! live,

|Bepf. dressed, |Chickens, Ib.. .

lb..

1940 Plymouth Del. Sedan official Call For $ 1 7 5 . 0 0 d o w n C i t i z e n s ' V i l l a g e C a u c u s

.10-.22 messages of sympathy which we

.09-.13 h a v e received In the hour of our deep sorrow.

Mrs. Elizabeth A. Pheipa, Hoyt, John, Joan and Catherine.

1939 Mercury, $150 down. 1938 Ford Tudor, $125 down. 1937 Ford. $80 down. 1936 Ford Tudor, $60 down. 1936 Chevrolet Tudor, $60 1935 Ford, $40 down. 1934 Ford. $35 down. 1933 Chevrolet, J35 down. 1932 Chevrolet, $30 down.

Ezy Payment on Balance

C U R T I S - D Y K E

Notice Citizens' held day,

Is hereby given Village Caucus

A business man of our acquaint-that a a n c e Bums up his opinion of the wm be A x i s * T o , { i o P11^1 t h u s : " C i d >'ou e v e r

Ford Sales & Phone 44

Service lit.

FOR SALE—New milch cow with heifer calf; porcelain table-top cabinet and white enamel kero-sene range. Elmer Marshall, R. R. 3, Lowell. p38-2t

FOR SALE—Porcelain finish gaso-line stove with elevated oven; Kalamazoo range; medium size Florence heater, cheap. After 4:30. Adrlanse, 12 Smith Ave., Lowell

p38

1 at Lowell City Hall on Men- h e a r o f anyone taking in a partner Feb. 17, 1941, at 7:30 o'clock, w h e n business is good?"—Christian

down- p m i f 0 r the purpose of placing in Schmc® Monitor. nomination the following candl-j dates for village offices for the en- Mother—How does It happen that

|suing term: Village president, vll- y o u . r e a g a i n a t t h e f o o t 0f the ilagc clerk, village treasurer, village s p e m n g c i a B B ? 'assessor, all for one year; and) I three trustees lor two years; and jthe transaction of such other busl- a wwj O i l T C V Iness as may properly comc before | ^ y y ^ i"l 1 L I L I L I 1

The Auctioneer D u t t o n , M i c h .

Services that Satisfy and Terms That Are Reasonable

Tuesday. Feb. 4—R. B. Avery, East Sand Lake. General sale with 14 good cows, tools, hay and grain. Large list.

Book your dates early to get the dates you want.

Book dates with D. A. Wlngeler, at State Savings Bank. Lowell.

Lowell I By order of William Arehart, c38|Fred Cramer, H. N. Briggs, Vil-

lage Committee. Dated Jan. 20, 1941. c37-4t

SQUEEZE It's surprising how much punch

and effectiveness can be squeezed into a Want Ad in the Ledger. That's why our Want Ads get re-sults so fast. Try 'em. Rates are only 35c one time, 60c two times, $1.00 for four times. For 25 words or less. Read each week in more than 2000 homes. tf

STILES' DRESS SHOP Bargains-Play suits, slack suits, nighties, pajamas, sweaters and blouses, H price. $1.49 to $1.98 skirts $1.98 to $2.98 dresses, sale price $1.00. $1.29 new spring dresses, 2-hour sale, from 2 to 4 p. m. Sat-urday $1.00. Stiles' Dress Shop, Lowell. p38

BUY BETTER USED CARS HERE

1940 Chevrolet Master Deluxe Town Sedan, heater and de-froater, like new.

1938 Chevrolet Master Deluxe Town Sedan. This black beauty has low mileage and cannot be told f rom a new car.

1987 Chevrolet Master Deluxe Sport Sedan, heater and de-froster , a beautiful family car.

1986 Chevrolet Master Deluxe d p o r t Sedan, a f ine car for a little money.

1936 Dodge Short W. B. Truck. 1937 Chevrolet Pick-up, a low

mileage pick-up. Will give some one fine service.

WIELMD CHEVROLET OHEVBOLET & BUICK SALES

Phone 108 LoweU

c38

FOR BALE — White sewing ma-chine. Mrs. Iva Hodges, miles west of Alto on townline road. p38

Two a u t o m o b i l e s w i t h o u t license plates have been aver-aging 25 miles a day on Detroit streets and getting away with it. No traffic cop holds t h e m up. Detroiters do not know of these cars or the streets M I which they run.

The pilots of these unlicensed autos drive in eternal darkness excep t f o r t h e i r h e a d l i g h t s , which b u r n cons t an t l y . T h e beams of these headlights flash on crystal pillars and arches and roadbeds as the cars curve and twist through 20 miles of

B f streets in the great salt mine ~ lying a - quar te r of a mile be-

neath the traffic of De t ro i t Few Detroiters even know

tha t the mine exists. T h i r t y y e a r s ago i m m e n s e

deposits-of salt were discovered a thousand to fifteen hundred feet below Detroit 's west side. A shaft was sunk by the Inter-national Salt Company, which has been burrowing under De-t r o i t e v e r s i n c e . D i s t a n c e s finally became so great that the automobile idea got into the company's head.

The difficulty was tha t no road ran into the mine.

The only way was by vertical shaft . So the salt company put its problem up to the Ford Mo-tor Company.

The next difficulty was that a regular d o s e d car wouldn' t

fit into the shaft . So a couple of convertibles

were sent over and the" tops re-moved. Then into the depths of the shaf t went the topless cars. There was no need to pu t the tops on again, for no rain or snow ever falls in the city of salt, where the tempera ture is always 58 degrees.

One of the cars was assigned to foreman Edward Yipee, who has worked in the mine since the shaf t was first sunk in 1910.

The other Ford is equipped as a repair and maintenance car and is used chiefly by the mechanical trouble shooter in keeping the mine's far-f lung machinery in working order.

OHDEK APPOINTING TIME FOB HEAK INO CLAIMS

Stat* of Michigan, The Probate Court for the county of Kent.

At a seulon of laid court, held a t the proba»» offlr*, m tha o«y of Grand Itap-idj, in eald county on the 24th day of January, A. D., m i .

P-wont, Hoc. JOHN DALTON. Judge of Probate.

In thr Mattirr of the Estate of AS>M B. Condon. Deccaacd.

It appaorinc to the court that the time lor preaentatlon of against said estate ahould toe limited, and that a time And place be appotated to reoelve. examine and adjust all claims and demands against said deceased by and before said court:

It Is Ordered, That all the credttora of said dsceaetd are required to prestat thstr claims to said court a* said Probate Office on or before ihe Utti toy s< March, A. » . , m i , at ten o'clock la the forsnoon, sata Ume and place being hereby appointed for tbe OTamlnattoo and adjustment of all claims and demands against said dsoeased.

It is Furttosr Ordered, That uublic no-Uce thereof be gWen toy publication of a copy ot this order for three success ire weeks prerious to said day of faeirioc. in the Lowell ledger, a newspaper printed and circulated in said county.

JOHN DALTON, Judge of Probate.

A true copy: KRED ROTH,

Register of Probate. c3«-3t

To Whom I t May Concern

My wife, Evelyn having lef t my home and family, I will not be re-•ponsihle for any debts contracted by her.

Floyd W. Foster December 38, 1M0. cS5-4t

Trade In your old tires on New

Standard Crest Tires! Center Traction T r e t d

Iniulated Cords

Tougher, Longer Wear-

ing Tread

Cord Breaker Strips

Built Up Buttress

Unconditional Guarantee

Every Gamble Ure is guar-auteed Ln writ ing without lim-it aa t6 t ime or mileage. T h a f a the strongeet guarantee ever

SAVE 2B% •n Co J and W*KI Heaters

Look over my line

Expert l i t '17 Charm; Charging ra te of 9 amps, or b M guaranteed.

lit Rentals 5c per day

Bob Focht Autkt r ized Dialer

C a m M a S f t t r c a

%

WHERE would you look?

• To see if someone found your dog?

-k If you wanted to rent a house or apartment?

• To buy livestock?

In the LEDGER WANT ADS, of course

You're not the only one looking. Every week hundreds of readers study that page. If your ad was there, they'd read it too.

When You Want To Tell People Something—

BSE THE WANT ADS

The

Lowell Ledger Phone 200 Lowell, Mich.

SIX V M K U O W E L L L E D G E R . U l W E L i , MICMIOAN, THURSDAY, J A N U A R Y SO, 1M1

Good Short Story

THE TESTING OF HARVEY

$ B y F L O R E N C E M E L U S H

( U c C l u r c S y n d i c a t e — W N U S e r v i c e . )

j f Y! E

\ A b e i n

1 V 1 h o u s e

BUT it 's good to this old summer with you again.

Esther . And you haven't changed—just as prim and pretty

j a c igaret te . Tha t ' s pcrfcct. I wish ' 1 didn ' t have to go away Fr iday, but j I know I can depend on you to i ca r ry it through, f o u never were | a quit ter . When I come back you

be f ree and Harvey not heart-j broken, but very likely engaged to | Martha Kent. You know, he always ; admired h e r . " i "Yes, I know he did. Can ' t we get out in the air? It 's ra ther warm he re . "

"Sure we can. But don't speak with that ladylike air . Esther . Say.

' "Gosh! but I 'm hot. ' " "Gosh, but I ' m hot ," Es ther

and sedate as ever. That gray |cchoed obediently, dress suits you. Esther. It matches i • • your eyes ."

Blanche Avery glanced approving-ly at her fr iend's t r im figure clad with not unbecoming severity.

Esther Bardcn's large, clear eyes were a little wistful as she an-swer ed brightly:

Six weeks later Blanche found her fr iend in the old summer bouse again.

"Oh, Esther! That gray muslin! You're pr im and as sweet as ever. And now fas t your hair has grown. It curls so becomingly round your

But It's True

9 sret* loaacN • -:sfBt(Ts OFMf* v w r c / r y j

WEEKS

Th*. (fAttnwm , eiCHTtAftS-

And you haven ' t altered, either. { f a c e You've been a good spor t Blanche—just as pert and mischic vous and up-to-date as ever . "

"Oh, piffle! If you call me up-to-date I wish you could see thc Woodmansee girls. Their fall suits are a scream. I came out on the car with my cousin Harvey and if you could have seen his face when they got aboard. Can you imagine i t ?"

"Easily. Blanche." Blanche laughed with a knowing

air. "Of course. You know him in all

his phases. I 've kept t rack of you. cherie, and in thc car Harvey was quite confidential. He's expecting a raise f rom the bank soon, and he hopes to be able to announce his engagement I didn't ask who."

The shadow in Esther ' s eyes deep-ened.

"But we aren' t e rgaged y e t " "No. But of course you will be.

You are as good as engaged?" "Or as bad. Blanche." "Why. Es ther Barden! Harvey's

as good as w h e a t Isn ' t he. now?" "Oh, yes. better, perhaps ." Esther

said with a little sigh. " E it some-times one looks for a few poppies in the w h e a t "

"We think so much of him in the fami ly , " Blanche went on with a positive little nod. "He is so de-pendable: always the same :"

"I know. Blanche." Es ther an-swered wearily; "but sometimes one might like him to be different ."

Blanche looked thoughtful—for her.

"Pe rhaps I cught to tell you. Es-ther. I saw Harvey in at Hunt and Forsyth 's , and he was buying a ring. Wasn ' t it for you?"

" I suppose it was . " "And you mean to refuse i t?" "No, Blanche. I can't , af ter things j

have gone so far . But I a lmos t ' wish I could."

"Why. E s t h e r : " J ' I t ' s jus t like this. Blanche. You

know I spent a month in Melton wiUi Anne Golding. and I me t young men tha t are so different. They take you by surprise, even shock you a little. You don't al-ways know beforehand just what they ' re going to do or say n e x t "

"But I'll tell you one thing. Es-ther Barden: If you were marr ied to Ned Golding or any of his bunch, you'd be worried to pieces about what he might say or do next ."

" I don' t want to m a r r y Ned Gold-ing or any or his bunch. It 's just that I have seen more of the world and have different ideals. But I 've gone so fa r that there seems noth-ing for m e to do bul to go on with."

" I see. dearie. You don't want to break Harvey's hea r t . "

"Of course not ." "And you wouldn't for anything be

dishonorable." "Not for the world." "So when he offers the ring you'll

feel bound to accept i t " " I certainly shall ." Blanche's vivid little face was all

alight with eagerness. "Es ther , if y MI'11 put yourself in

my hands for a I:ttle. he'll never of-fer i t Not thct I'd advise you to turn Harvey down, but if you're sure you want to. it 's dead easy. Are you g a m e ? " •

"But v/hat do you mean. Blanche?"

| I 've kept the run of you." Then, with a sharp, swift glance at Es-ther ' s hands: "Why. Es the r ! "

Es the r quietly held up the spar-kling solitaire in its plat inum set ting.

"Yes . Blanche. It will take me years to live down all the ridiculous things I 've said and done, and we ' re engaged af ter all. Sit down Elanchc. and I'll tell you about it. Harvey would seem perplexed and troubled, but he didn't drop as wc thought he-would. I was trying to think of something worse to do. and I went to Romney for a little shopping. 1 slipped into Foley 's for lunch, and Harvey and his Aunt Harr ie t were on the other side of the screen. I couldn't help overhearing their conversation."

"Did you try. E s t h e r ? " " N o , " Es ther confessed. "1 lis-

tened. She was urging him to drop the affa i r because I had become a notorious flapper. He told her that was only a passing phase, that 1 was good and sweet a t hear t and that he had loved me too long and too well to think of anyone else.

" I slipped out, and Blanche. d ; a r . when he c a m e next cay and offered m e the ring, could I turn down such love constancy as t h a t ? "

" I should say n o t This stone is the real thing and just the setting mus t have cost him $50. We've put the dear fellow to an awful test and how nobly he has borne it! And you know, Estlier, I never did advise I t "

" J u s t this. You know how Harvey hates a flapper. I 'll make a flapper of you irtHess than no time. We'll go shopping tomorrow. You'll have to drop some of your prim little ways, smoke a few cigarettes, and put a more up-to-date tone into your conversation. I t will be glorious fun when we once get s tarted. But I'll have to skip." glancing a t her wris t ^Tomorrow, Esther? We'll take the 8:15 for Romney to have a good long day for your t ransformation. We'll go to the ba rber ' s first of all."

' T h e ba rbe r ' s ? " faltered Esther. "Sure. Doesn't Harvey loathe

bobbed ha i r?" "Ye-es." Esther hesitated. She

wasn ' t quite sure she wanted Har-vey 's distaste for her to reach the point of loathing. "Yes. Blanche, he does . "

Blanche held Esther firmly with be r vivacious gaze.

"Es ther , are you backing out, or will you be a spor t?"

" I will be a sport ." "Good worit! Only, remember If

you ' r e sorry af terward that I didn't • d v l s e t t ; and don't miss the t ra in !"

Es the r kept her appointment, and Blanche whirled her f rom place to p lace until, by four o'clock, she con-sidered the t ransformation com-plete.

"Oh, J t s iher !" she choked, "you're a s c r e a m . But you m a k e a pretty flapper, dearie . Ju s t look at your-self in this long m i r r o r . "

E s t h e r gave one glance. "Oh. B l a n c h e ! " she echoed, sinking into the depths of a convenient chair.

" E s t h e r ! Be a s p o r t Here, light

W i n d o w s D o M o r e T h a n

L e t L i g h t I n , S a y B u i l d e r s

Windows a re all-Important in con-trolling the outside appcarance of a home and its inside decorative ef-fects. as well as contributing to the comfort and happiness of the occu-pants, s tates the American Builder. "Some of the newest ideas in home building for cutting costs and in-creasing quality apply to windows." the magazine explains, "and that is fortunate, since the public tas te seems to be more and more toward glass, cheerful interiors and sun-shine. We a re all getting to be sun-worshipers—in the home and apart-m e n t as well as on the bathing beach; and windows, windows and more windows a re being callcd for.

'Analyzing the work of some of the country's most successful opera-tive builders brings out the fact that they are practical ly designing their best selling houses around Its win-dows. In their mos t profitable homes the windows a r e something more than mere openings in the wall. They have a f a r grea te r role than that of letting light In and keeping out wind and rain and snow. They a re utilized as one of the most ef-fective of sales points In focusing attention of the prospect, whether he ' s a buyer or a renter .

"P ic ture windows decide many a home sale by f raming a favori te view. Use of peach-colored plate glass often adds to the beauty of a

j scene. And a picture window over the sink or a corner window may be the means of lifting that kitchen to a new plane of beauty and cheer— the difference between a domestic workshop of drudgery and an invit-ing unit of the home."

The magazine then points out that In cases where an objectionable view seems to make windows in tha t par t icular wal! seem imprac-tical. It is possible to use such pat-terned glasses as louvrpx, with its directional louvre-like lines, which exclude the exterior view but bring in light and provide interior decora-tive smartness .

"Where there is a landscape to be 'captured ' for the wall, leaded win-dows. of course, should be discard-ed In favor of one large pane of poHshed plate glass, clear or in any one of several tinted plate glasses, such colors as blue, peach and gold adding r ichness to any scene." The importance of double glazing, or "window conditioning." Is another important consideration In both home building and buying, the pub-lication emphasizes.

"The t rend to larger windows, oft-en whole walls devoted to glazing, ha? been greatly nceelerated by win-dow conditioning, now tha t the old-style s torm sash has been modern-ized and pre-fit double-pane sashes have been developed," the art icle states. "The c o m f o r t fuel-saving and health a i v a n t a g e s a r e so obvi-ous that m a n y builders have come tQ look upon window conditioning as a definite sales factor.

KMC CBORCiV-OF EHSL*tJO~ WO UK H/tm CUT eVEKV D*/nmie

HIS zcrHKi...

Escaping from a s laughter bouse, the s teer w a s chased the first day. d isappeared , miraculously m a d e its way through 10 tnlles of city streets to nea r the mualcipa! boundary, where It found seclusion In a wooded district . It was finally caught, a f te r it had destroyed much foliage.

SOME J U M :

An I r i shman who had been in Alaska told the following story: "I landed m e boat on an island. I went ashore, and when I got up to about the middle of the island I me t the biggest bear I ever see in m e whole life. There was only one t ree on the Island, and I made for that tree. The nea res t l imb was a big one, about twenty feet f rom the ground, and I jumped for i t ."

Somebody listening to the story asked: "Did you make i t ? "

The I r i shman replied: "I didn't m a k e it going up. but I caught i' coming down."

HANDING IT TO m i

F i r s t Artist—Lend me your thumb tack fo r this drawing.

Second Artist—Aw. use one of your | fiiiser nails!

Hasn ' t Worked Much "How long has your hired man j

been working for you," inquired F a r m e r Bcntover.

"About two hours ," replied F a r m -er Fumblegate .

"Why. I thought he had been here longer than t h a t "

"He has. . He's been here two months . "

S c i e n c e F i n d s N e w T y p s s

O f W h i l e - T a i l e d D e e r

Ten new deer, hitherto unrecog nized sub-species of the white-tailed Virginia deer, which ranges over most of t empera t e North America, have just been described by Smith-sonian Institution zoologists.

In some cases they differ mark-edly from the commonly recognized Virginia deer in size, coloring and shape of head and antlers . They are. for the most p a r t found only in restr icted environments where they may have been known for gen-erations to local hunters but have eacaped the attention of science.

One of the most notable is the Carmen mountain deer, found in the high mountains of northern Coahuila ia Mexico. For years Texas hunt-ers have recognized that the deer in this region differed noticeably from those found in their home state. They are d rab colored ani-mals without the conspicuous black-ish tint of the upper side of the tail found in most other Virginia deer varieties. They have moder-ately spreading antlers with much shorter and smaller tines. The ant-lers also have a distinctive crescent or basket shape.

On Hilton Head island, off South Carolina, is a smaller subspecies of the Virginia deer that is especially notable, the zoologists found, be cause of its narrow, highly arched brain case. This brain variation probably has been the result of many generations in such a restrict-ed env i ronment Nothing is yet known that would distinguish its general behavior f rom that of the ordinary Virginia deer.

Rumo

FORGET-ME-NOT

To old Mr. Biffin was delegated, the honor of presenting the vacuum-cleaner purchased by the staff as a token of their esteem for Miss Jones, the typ is t who was leaving the office : to get marr ied .

He rose, blushed nervously, and said: "On behalf of my colleagues and myself, I congratulate you, and beg you to accept this little g i f t We hope t h a t as you employ it to f ree your home from unwanted d i r t ; and litter, you will be reminded of1

your old f r iends at the office."

A Fai r Return Out of his kindness of hear t a fa-

mous comedian went to entertain the pat ients in a big hospital. After giving an hour 's show he dec la red he must dash away to get ready for his evening performance.

"Oh. c o m e ! " said the senior sur-1 geon. "You 've been very good to us. You mus t have some r e f r e s h m e n t "

"Afraid I haven ' t t ime ." "Then a whisky-and-soda or a cl-i

g a r ? " "No, thanks, r e a l l y ! " "Oh, hang it, man . you mus t have

something with us! Have a leg off?

THE TRUTH I

"Are you going to Es te l le ' i dance?"

"No, I'll be out of tewn that day . " "I wasn ' t Invited ei ther ."

Weather Report Mrs. B.. on her way to the gro-

cery. got drenched with a real cloud- i burst of ra in but on her way home It had stopped raining and the sun I was shining. A little boy sitting on | the sidewalk playing in the mud j looked up and said to her :

" I t is going to r a in . "

Plenty Tongh!-"Listen to this, Bessie ." said Mr.

Tubb. "This art icle s ta tes that in some of the old Roman prisons that have been unearthed they found the petrified remains of the pr isoners ."

"Grac ious !" exclaimed Bessie. "Those must be what they call hard-ened cr iminals ."

Man-Must-Lhre Thesis Vocational guidance Is pa ramoum

in an educational system designed to equip men and women to earn livings. Dr. T. Luther Purdom of the University of Michigan believes. It is his thought that school instruc-tion must be predicated on p. "man-must-live" thesis to prevent a re-'•olt of youth and taxpayers.

Country Paper The office boy entered the editor 's

office and said: "There ' s a t r a m p outside who says he hasn ' t had any-thing to eat for six days . "

"Br ing him in ." said the editor. "If we can find out how he does it we can run this paper a while longer ."

Which Came First? Lincoln, 111.; Lincoln. Ind.; Cadil

lac. Mich.; La Salle, III.; Packard Mich.; Buick, Colo.; Buick. Mo.; Graham, Ind.; Hudson. Ind.; Mer-cury, Texas ; Nash, N. D.; Chrysler. Ala.; De Soto. Fla. ; Dodge, Mass.; Pontiac. Mich.; Plymouth. Ind.; Chevrolet. Ky.; Ford. Ind.; Ford. Kan.; Austin. Tex., or Austin. Ind.

Much Difference "Dad, what 's the difference be-

tween a s ta tesman and a politi-c i a n ? "

"A s ta tesman, my son. wants to do something for his country; a politi-cian W a n t s his country to do some-thing for h i m . "

Henry F o r d once eald to me, "Do you know . the d i f ference between the wise m a n and the fool? Well, the wise m a n knows a thing can ' t be done and he doesn ' t find out t ha t it can be done until some fool who doesn ' t know that it can ' t be done comes along and tries it and does i t ."—Edgar A. Guest

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A S . • U N O U K T L T S .

Drink Up She—Ah, let m e drink my fill of

the exquisite beauties of this s ta r ry | night!

He—O, EL There ' s both thc Big Dipper and *he Little Dipper.

WOULD BE T H E R E

Dentist—Your appointment, Mrs. Bargaii ihunter, Is two-thirty tomor-row.

Mrs. B.—Oh, doctor, make it two-twenty-eight and I'll be sure to be here!

I t ' s the T e e t h "Yes, I ' m a cosmopolitan. My fa-

ther was Irish, my mother Italian. I was born in a Swedish ship off Bar-celona, and a m a n named McTavish is my dent is t !"

"What ' s McTavish to do with I t?" "Why. that makes m e of Scottish

ex t rac t ion!"

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Too Much Work-Two old settlers, confirmed bache-

l o r s , sat in the backwoods. The con-versation drifted f rom politics and finally got around to cooking.

"I get one o' them cookery books once, but I never could do nothing with i t . "

"Too much fancy work In it, e h ? " "You've said it! Every one o'

them recipes began the same way: T a k e a clean dish—' and ihat set-tled m e . "

Caught Smoky, the beautiful Pers ian cat,

started out for an early morning walk. During her absence the side street near her home was oiled. On her re turn she had to cross the street to get back. She del iberated for a while, then with high and hand-some steps she daintily crossed the road.•

T a l n ' t No Good School Teacher—Now, Bobby,

spell needle. Bobby—N-e-i-d-l-e. needle. Teacher—Wrong, there is no 1 in

needle. Bcbby—Well, ' t a in ' t a good n-jcdle

then.

Needs His Pan ts Mrs. Spiffle—No, I did not sew

that button on your trousers. I was too tired. Which Is more i m p o r t a n t anyway, your wife or your t rousers?

Mr. Spiffle—Well, there a re a lot more p laces I can go without a wife than I can go without my trousers.

Lucky Man—Do you believe in luck? Friend—Well, I should say I do.

See tha t fa t woman In the big ha t and the red dress? Well. I once asked her to be m y wife!

Saves Money Dealer—By selling you this car I

am losing ten dollars. C u s t o m e r - 1 tell you what—I

won't buy the ca r and we will split the ten dollars.

WHY SHE LAUGHED

"Mabel laughed a t every one ot my effor ts a t w i t "

"Yes, she h a s beautiful tee th ."

Op-Mrs . Tat t lebaum—Do you

that you talk in ywiu sleep, Henry? Mr. Tatt lebaum—So you begrudge

m e even those few words!

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T H E L O W E L L LEDOHR. L O W E U . , M1CBFOAN, THURSDAY. JANUARY 90, 1941 SEVEN

A T T H 5

ZION M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H He tha t loveth not knoweth not J o h n Claus, P a s t o r I God; fo r God is love,"

English preaching S u n d a y a t 10 Correlat ive passages to be read o'clock. The subject will be "How ' r o m t h 8 Chr is t ian Science text-

Id Art T h o u 7 " book, "Science and Heal th with Bible School a t 11 o'clock, Key to the Scriptures," by Mary You are cordially invited. Bake r Eddy, include the following

|(p, 275): "The star t ing-point of F I R S T METHODIST C H U R C H divine Science is t ha t God, Spirit ,

Wal te r T. Ratc l i f fe , Minister i 8 All-in-all, and tha t there is no

10:00 a. m . - C h u r c h School. "Man ™ n d ' - t h 4 t ^ U

shall not live by bread alone, bul by Love, and the re fore H e is divine

every word that proceedeth out 0 f P r i n c ' P l e -

t h l C l ^ U ah ^ M o r n i n g Worship . Religious f reedom means f reedom to worship as we please. I t docs

Rober t M. Rarkada?*, Minister 10:00 a. m.—Sunday School. Our

not "m*ean**frecdom to neglecl wor! Sunday School i sp l anned to help all sh ip at all. Let us prise our liber- " "den i t and the ChrisUan way more ties. Continuing the ser ies of se r - : c o • mnno nn tho "Phiipph Anrt tho Pon- 1 1 : 0 0 a- m.—Worship Service. In mons on the pie," the pastor will preach on "Our Spiri tual Her i tage ." We in-vite you to worship with us.

7:00 p. m.—'High School League. Mid-week service of prayer,

praise and study every Wednesday a t 7:30 p. m. We are s tudying the Epist les of Paul.

Church and the Peo- . , will oreach o n ! W o r 8 h l p t o B e t h c r w e « P c r l o n c c ' nreacn on ^ a n d H i g m p a n l n K f o r l i f e T h e

Church has something to give to everyone. W o r s h i p with us on Sun-day as we th ink on the theme of "Real Religion,"

6:00 p. m,—The Harmony Club will meet w i th Mr, and Mrs. Rich-ard Koewcrs Sunday evening.

The Cheer fu l Doers will meet on Monday eveninz a t eight o'clock at the P a r i s h house, Mrs. Henry R u s t of Bostwlck Lake will ta lk on thc subject , "I Am Mary." All are invited.

CATHOLIC P A R I S H E S S t Mary's—Lowell

Rev. F r . Jewell . P a s t o r

8:00 a. m.. Low Mass and sermon. 10:00 a. m., High Mass and ser-

mon.

S t Pa t r i ck ' s—Parne l l Rev. Fr . McNeil, Pa s to r

8:00 a. m.. Low Mass and sermon. 10:00 a. m.. High Mass and ser-

mon.

Cascade and Bowne Rev. F r . E . H. R a c e t t e P a s t o r

Services a t 8:30 and 10:00 a. m. 10:00 a. m.—Church School. 11:15 a. m — P r a y e r Services. 7:30 p. m.—Preaching. 8:00 p. m., Wednesday—Prayer

Meeting.

L O W E L L BAPTIST C H U R C H Sunday School—3:00 p. m. Classes

for all ages. Gospel preaching service—7:30

p. m. "The Good N e w s of Salva-tion."

P r a y e r meet tng Wednesday, 8:00 p. m. Come and br ing your Bible.

Everyone welcome to our services.

C H U R C H O F 'i'H Lowell, Mich.

Rev. R C. War land , Pa s to r Sunday School a t 10:00 a. m. (Preaching a t 11:00 a. m. N. T. P . fi. a t 6:46 p. m. Evangel is t ic Service a t 7:45 p. m. P r a y e r meet ing Wednesday a t

7:45 p.

CHRISTIAN S C I E N C E SOOIETY Cor. Wash ing ton a n d Kmit

Morning service every Sunday a t 11 o'clock.

Sunday School a t 11:00 a. m. The reading room is located In

the church building. I t is open to the general public f r o m two to fou r o'clock each S a t u r d a y a f te rnoon .

"Love" will be the subjec t of t he lesson-sermon in all Chr is t ian Science Churches th roughou t the world on Sunday, Feb. 2.

The Golden Text ( J e r emiah 31:3) is: "The Lord ha th appeared of old un to me saying. 'Yea, I have loved thee wi th an ever las t ing love;

lerefore with loving kindness have I d rawn t h e e . ' "

Among the Bible c i ta t ions is this passage (I John 4:7-8): "Beloved, let us love one ano the r ; fo r love is of God; and every one t h a t loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

CHURCH O F T H E N A Z A R E N E Elmdale , Mich.

Rev. Gordon E . Trumidell, Pas to r Church School—K):00 a. m. Morning Worship—11:00. Sermon

by the pas tor . N. Y. P . S. and Hi N. Y.—7:15

p. m. Inspi ra t ional Service—8:00 p. m.

OLD T I M E M E T H O D I S T CH. McCords. Mich.

J a m e s G. Ballard. Minis ter

Sunday School—10:00 a. m. Preaching—11:00 a. m. and 7:30

p. m. P r a y e r Meet ing Thursday, 8:00

p. m. You will f ind a welcome a t all

our services.

\ W H I T N E Y V I L L E and SNOW M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H E S

Rev. F leming, Minis ter P reach ing service a t 10 o'clock

at Snow Church and a t 11:30 a t the Whltneyvll le Church.

Sunday School a t 10:30 a t Whlt-neyvllle and a t 11:00 a t Snow.

This is a cordial welcome to these services.

CHURCH O F T H E B R E T H R E N Elmdale . Mich.

Rev. W m . E . Tombaugh , Pas to r Ctarluvl l le , Mich.

Sunday School a t 10:00 a. m. Morning worship a t 11:00. Even ing service a t 8:00.

ALTON CHURCH 10:00 a. m.—Sunday School fot

children, young people and adults, in charge of H. E. Gllmore.

7:45 p. m.—Gospel Service. Come and enjoy the evening with us.

ADA COMMUNITY R E F O R M E D C H U R C H

W. B. Kolenhrander , Pa s to r

You a re invited to worship witn us.

Morning subject , "Christ 's In-carnat ion."

Evening subject , "Choosing a Road."

P r a y e r meet ing every Wednesday evening in the church haaement.

Young People 's meet ing Sunday

a t 8:40 p. m. "Jesus ' Teaching on Praye r , "

"Non-church-goers wouldn' t feel at home in heaven."

SOUTH L O W E L L CHURCH Services every Sunday a t 2:45

p. m. A message f r o m the Word by Rev. Ber t Bake r of Grand Rap ids All a r e welcome.

CASCADE C H U R C H O F C H R I S T J . F r a n k Green, Minister

Residence, Grand Rapids. R. 3 Telephone 827-F6

Bible School—10:00 a. m. Worsh ip and sermon—11:00 a. m.

ALTO and B O W N E C E N T E R M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H E S F. E . Chamberlain, Mlnistci-Alto Parsonage , Phone 50

Alto Worsh ip Service—10:00 a. m. Sunday School—11:00 a. m.

Bowne Center Sunday.School—10:15 a. m. Worsh ip Service—11; 15 a. m,

ALTO B A P T I S T C H U R C H W, B, Gardner , Pas to r

Bible School a t 10:00 a, m. Ed-ward Wood, Supt .

P reach ing Service at 11:00 a. m. Even ing service—7:30 p. m.

and son Mart in were callers a t the Ford home and a t the Lew F r i t z home.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Fros t and Mrs. Robert Wlngeler expect to leave next week for a mon th ' s s tay a t Long Beach. Florida.

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Rexford of Kent City were Sunday gues t s a t tho Ted E l h a r t home.

W E S T L O W E L L Mrs, Melvin Court

Thc Mclntyre school distr ict will have its monthly PTA meet ing Fr i -day evening. Feb. 7. a t 7 o'clock. There will be a special p rog ram

j consisting of movies to be shown [by Mr. Zwemer of Lowell high school. A penny supper will be served at 7 o'clock, before the pro-

A d a N e w s (Mrs. Ha t t l e R Fi tch)

Thomas H. MacNaughton Honored By Grange

Egypt Grange had the unusual opportunity on F r iday evening, J an . 24. to hold a golden jubilee celebration, the occasion being in honor of Thomas H. MacNaughton, whose membersh ip in the order had reached f i f ty years .

Many members of the Grange were present for the occasion and several dis t inguished guests. C j v u s Jasperse , State Lecturer for the Grange, presented Mr. MacNaugh-gram. ___ ___ J

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Baker of lonh>'^on with his golden sheaf cert if icate, were Sunday gues t s of Mr. and Mrs t h i g ceremony being very Impres J o h n Baker. give and Egypt Grange presented

Mrs. Isadore Onan nnd Elery Mr MacNaughton with a gold pin Onan were S u n d a y dinner gues t s | a huge threc-t lered angelfood of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Schmidt . cake was given to Mr. MacNaugh-

Mrs. Melvin Court . Clyde Dawson t o n . T h c c a k e w n s d o c o r a t e d w J t h

and Mrs. J o h n Baker went to g 0 ] d a n d lighted by f i f ty golden Travc>*sc City F r iday to a t t end thelcandles . funera l of Miss Nina E a s t e r d a y which was held Sa tu rday a f t e rnoon , re turn ing home tha t evening.

Claude Whea ton and son were

P r a y e r meet ing every Thursday ! d i n n e r K u e 8 t » o f t h c l r B U n t>

M r 8 -evening Melvin Court. Monday,

Communion thc f i rs t Sunday ir M r 8 - Isadore Onan spent Tuesday each month, with her mother . Mrs, Helen Rey-

nolds.

ADA CONGREGATIONAL CH. Henry L. Rus t , Minis ter

Church School—10:00 a. m. Sunday meet ing of the Pi lgr im

Fellowship—6:45 p. m. Even ing Worsh ip and Sermon—

7:30. Choir meet ing Tuesday evening,

7:30. A cordial invitation to all who

would worship with us.

S E E L E Y C O R N E R S Mrs. S. P . Iteyiioldi*

the old doors on the church bui lding

U N I T E D B R E T H R E N CHURCH I w l t h ° e w e a 8 y t ° 0 P e n doors . So O F W E S T L O W E L L ^ o m e to the services each Sunday

las you miss a splendid sermon each Sunday you s t ay away

Mrs. Merrl t t Reeves and Mrs. Buell. daughters of Mr. MacNaugh-ton. came f rom Detroit to a t tend the i r fa ther ' s golden jubilee anni-versary celebration.

O the r guests were Carl Hessler. Mas te r of Pomona Grange, and Mrs. Hessler and their daughtei Nancy who gave a very graceful t ap dance; Gerald Kltsnn, Pomona Orange Lec ture r and Mrs. Kitson and Mrs. El izabeth Clark. Chaplain j of Pomona Grange, all f rom Silve-

jLake who gave several del lghtfu [ Snow P. T. A. will meet a t the readings. Mr. and Mrs. Elsby a m ' I

school house on Fr iday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Keech were present next week. Mrs. Dals t ra has c h a r g e ' f r o m Algoma also. of the program. j Mr. MacNaughton received m a n y

The W. S. C. S. of Snow church , jcongratulat lons fo r his long and formerly Snow L.. A. S., has replaced I f a i th fu l membership In the o rde r

and thc good wishes that many more years were ahead to enjoy hi.-

F . B. Harwood, Pas to r

10:30 a. m.—Sunday School. 11:30 a. m.—Preaching. 7:30 p. m.—Christian Endeavor ,

followed by preaching. Cot tage P r a y e r meet ing every

Thursday .

M O S E L E Y - M U R R A Y L A K E Mrs. W. Englo

Mrs . Sa rah Purdy and F r a n k W h i t e enter ta ined the following Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Dell Ford and daugh te r . Mre. Kate Crady, Miss E d n a Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Clare Fo rd , Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ford In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ford ' s and Mrs. Purdy ' s bir thdays, which occurred d u r i n g the wsek.

Mr. and Mrs. Allison R o a r k a r d l i t t le son moved to Detroi t Mon-J a y where he has a job.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kropf were g u w t s Sunday evening a t a fami ly Kalamazoo spent Sunday with Mr.

Miss Marguer i te Bur ra s r e tu rned to her work a t Fl int a f t e r spending the past week a t home because of her mother ' s illness.

Mr. and Mrs. F red Houseman and daughters epen t Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wiennim of Grand Rapids .

Mr. and Mrs. Lester Kennedy and children of Grand Rapids were sup-per gues ts of Mr. and Mrt-. Seymour Hesche Sa turday .

Mrs. Lois Tidd and daugh t e r Helen of Lowell spent Sunday with their mother and grandmother , Mrs. Helen Reynolds.

Mrs. Pear l Cornell of Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. W a l t e r Alley and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hendr icks of Grand Rapids were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ot to Cornell.

Mr. and Mrs. John Vincent and children of Bf-'.tle Creek and Mr. and Mrs. Kenne th Ingersol l of

g range associations.

d inne r a t t he home of Char l e s Taylor of Grand Kapids in honor of the wedding anniversary of their pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. George Tay-lor.

Mr. and Mrs. Archie Duncan and daugh t e r of Lowell were Sunday evening callers of Mrs. E v a Kropf and family.

Rev. and Mrs. W a r n e r of Lowell we re callers F r iday of Mr. and Mrs. Ted E lha r t and a t the Dell F o r d home.

Mr. and Mrs. Ear l Kropf a n d Dell Kropf were Sunday cal lers a t Chr is Kropf ' s .

Mr. and Mrs. Will Engle were Monday a f t e rnoon cal lers a t the F r a n k Reugseggor home.

Mrs. Evelyn Lewis of Grand Rap -ids, Miss L a u r a Lewis of Chicago were Sunday evening gues ts a t the Clare Ford home. Mre. Lizzie Dav i s

and Mrs. Claude Cole.

"Thc World Thnt Is to Bo"

Rev. Charles Helsley. Pas to r of E a s t Congregational Church, was guest speaker a t Ada Ladies' Liter-a r y Club last Thursday a f te rnoon and Mrs. Ru th Lyons was hostess fo r thc meeting.

Rev. Helsley chose for his topic. "The World T h a t Is to Be." a t ime ly subject and one of very real In-terest . He f i r s t spoke of the com-for t s we women took so thought lessly in cont ras t to the old world's t ragic conditions of life for women in countr ies a t war or Invaded by war , and that this conflict abroad In the world was the result of cen-tur ies of rest lessness by common peoples.

Thc war of today was named a s a World Revolution, led by the work ing class caused by economic and social unrest , leading to wha t vas t results only history can ever tell. But plainly indicated to us is t h a t conditions of life as we now know them a rc to be swept away

Mr. and Mrs. Bert DeVrlea of jos inevitably we arc swept into this Grand Rap ids were Sunday dinner world revolut ionary current . gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. F red House-man.

Great revolutions that hod spread over much of the world were toid

Mis. I sadore Onan of West Low- o ' by Rev. Helsley. He spoke of the ell spent Tuesday with her mother , Mrs. Helen Reynolds.

Mrs. Claude Cole and Mrs. Law-ton Cole spent Monday evening with Mrs. Lois Tidd of Lowell.

A born f igh t e r never s t ays on the mat a f t e r the f irst knockdown.

Dolclnl: And you wouldn ' t begin a journey on F r i d a y ?

Dzudl: Most certainly not . Dolclni: T h a t ' s a silly superst i-

tion. Dzudl; I t 'o no supers t i t ion in my

case. My pay day is Sa tu rday .

OVER 2 7 , 0 0 0 C L A I M S R E P R E S E N T I N G

About *1,250,000 in Losses Were Sustained by This Big Company Because of the Windstorm which Swept Over Michigan November 11,1940

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N o o t h e r w i n d s t o r m w i t h i n t h c 5 5 y e a r s ' e x p e r i e n c e o f t h e M i c h i g a n M u t u a l W i n d s t o r m

I n s u r a n c e C o m p a n y e v e r d i d s u c h g r e a t d a m a g e ^ i n M i c h i g a n

^ C A S H O N H A N D T O P A Y

Carrying a cash reserve on hand, a policy adopted by this progressive company a few years ago, has enabled the policyholders of the Michigan Mutual to always receive checks promptly in payment of their losses. Had it^not been for this cash reserve this company would have had to levy an extra large assessment before these losses from the November stbrm could have been taken care of, causing policyholders to wait months for their pay. Under this cash reserve plan, here is what this big company has be 'a able to do through the work of its competent adjusters and office workers,

ADJUST ALL LOSSES AND PAY ALL CLAIMS PROMPTLY WITHOUT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT

• When the thousands of •claims came piling into the home office after the storm of last November, our

vast force of adjusters uid office employees began at once the tremendous task of taking care of losses. While there have been certain delays, they have been in no way the fault of this company or its force. Bad roads and weather have sometimes slowed up the work of our adjusters. The chief obstacle to more rapid adjustments and payments was the overwhelming number of claims filed. Settlement of claims has been made just as rapidly and quickly as was humanly possible.

The progressive policy of this company has been vindicated. I t has rendered a service to i ts policy-holders unexcelled by any other windstorm insurance company, and at a minimum loss of time. The manage-ment of this company wishes to thank its policyholders for their splendid spirit of cooperation. This company still has a substantial cash reserve and is prepared to take care of its policyholders after the next windstorm.

Over 12IMXI0 Policyholders Over $446̂ 000̂ 000 Insurance in Force Over 55 years' Service to Property Owners

A Michigan Mutual Windstorm Policy supplies the Protection You Need

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T y r a n t Caesar, the Hitler of hlo t ime, who conquered many lands, his rise to power and fall of h .s empire, the religious and political movements in Europe, the Renais-sance and re format ion leading to the es tabl ishment of Pro tes tan t Churches and troubles caused by unions of church and s ta te and their separa t ion .

The causes in England which sent tha t small band of Pilgrim mon and women to Lyden, Holland, and ihen to New England to establish the foundat ion of free schools, pub-lic assemblies, the freedom to wor-ship and democrat ic principles of life we so abundant ly enjoy today was toid of.

But greates t of all forces down through the centuries has been "Fa i th" a s t augh t by One with twelve disciples. This force alone has cont inued to r'^e in s t r eng th to cont inue unceasingly to spread and has countless millions of followers today. To th i s fai th we must cling if the world t ha t emerges f r o m this World union or revolution is to be s t rong and brave.

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P&P FOOD STOR€S Ada Locals Ada Locals son of Grand Rapids . Mr. and Mro.

Among those f rom Ada a t t end ing Many in the village a re ill w i t h l ^ 1 " ® ^ ^ M l ' d d l e v l l i r M r a " Amanda the r e tu rn engagement of the pic- flu - - ^ and Mrs Wll lard Rich- 0 1 i n Church and ture, "Gone With the Wind ' are ardaon have both been quite m. I r w ^ n a n d

a h1A Mr. a n d Mrs. Robert Morria and f l a r a Jo Ward is helping t ake care * ° n

v , E l ^ i n ' Dorothy. Mr. and Mrn Wal t e r of them. V H H . t i Afton. Sr., and Wal ter . Jr . , and Mr. | Mrs. Ha t t l e Green, l ibrar ian, r e - i ^ c e y and Mrs. F red Hall, and Mro. J a m e s MsCormick, Boh porta t ha t fo r ty new books have! M r 8 - ® o n " e y a ,J1 . ^ e n y 0 , " . and P a t . been added to the l ihrary, m a k l n S Graud RapMB colled on her s i r ter .

Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s F u r n e r 215 In all and that the re are 100 M r s - H a l 1 a n d r81X11 'y ^ t " spent last Thursday evening in magazines t ha t are popular selec- u r d a y . . . . r ,

.Grand Rapids visiting Mrs. J . M. t lons wi th patrons. Also books on M r s - E a r l Nash and son, Ga r ry ' k i s j c h r l s t e n s e n and son, J i m Christen- Selective service regulat ions have Alden re turned home from Pen-

been added and dra f tees can find nock hospital in Has t ings Wcd-fai th we can have the courage t o l M n

face tne experience ahead of all of w l l l a rd Marks and Ralph Averlll, any Informat ion they wish to have, nesday morning. Jr. , motored to St. Helens on Sun- on organizat ion and adminis t ra t ion . ! Lowell Teeter of Caledonia w a s day on a hunt ing tr ip. regis t ra t ion, classification and se- a Tuesday evening caller a t Law-

A good crowd a t tended t h e church lection, f inance, physical s tandards , rence Johnson 's . b i r thday d inner on T h u r s d a y night delivery and induction. | Ronald Doxta tor of Grand R a p -and a good sum was realized. Mrs.i Mrs. Verne Furne r and Mrs. ids called a t the Fred Hall 's Sun-Henry Rus t gave a most enjoyable Marion F u r n e r a t tended the Kent day evening. p rogram following the dinner . I Coupty Republican committees" | Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Coles and"

Mr. and Mrs. Wlllard Ku lpe r and luncheon Tuesday noon a t Herpol- chi ldren spent Sunday evening wi th Darlent- and J im motored to Grand-"sheimer 's tea room, honor ing Judges Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kyser of Logan, ville Sunday to v is ' t Mr. and Mrs. William B. Brown, Leonard D. 1 Children of the Bowne Center Cecil Wing. Jack Wing had a cast Verdier . Cornelius Hof f lu s and school a t tended the Shrine Circus

u s .a this the most in te res t ing period of world history w a s the parUng though t left with us by Rev. Helsley.

A brief quest ion period followed Rev . Helsley 's talk which brought out m a n y Interesting points in re-ga rds . to the w a r and resul ts that led up to this conflict.

Mrs. Lyons assisted by Mrs. Alice Messmore and Mrs. Marion F u r n e r , who pres ided a t the tea urns, served a da in ty lunch. The tabic

put on his f rac tu red leg on Fr iday Thaddeus B. Taylor, a t St . Mary ' s hospital and was

E r m a J e a n Bettes of Lowell was t r , n J W i l l a 8"PPer guest of Mr. a n d Mrs.l

Mrs Am, Aft ° n , F c b - 1 3 - w l t h [ W a l t e r Af ton and son Wal te r . Jr. . , e r a m 0 f ^ Monday evening and a t t ended thr h ^ " J 1 " 1 0 " J u m e r h a 9 i S h . i n e C i r c l l 8 w l t h t h e n i a t t h r j

i T c S T U S i r " ' C ' v i c Audi tor ium. Grand R . p . d . , I

a t Grand R a p i d s Tuesday a f t e r -noon. Don Utter . F r e d Hall, Victor Er ickson and Dee B r y a n t furnished, t he t ranspor ta t ion .

T h e commit tee in charge of t h e 1 play being put on in the near f u t u r e

Bowne Extension Group by the Bown« Cente r P . T. A..

Thc Bowne Center Ex t ens ion . '™ e t . n t t - h e h o m e o f M r B - **** H*11

B O W N E B U G L E N O T E S Miss Myrtle P o r r l t t

Ada Locals

Keep Fr iday . Feb. 7. as a da te to G r o u P w i l 1 h o l d their next meeUng ^ n e f l d a y

a t t end the play to be given by the * t h e o t ^ ^ two Girl Scout groups in Ada. W c h e r l n F « e p o r t Fr iday . Feb. 8th tit le of the play Is "The Spinsters A 1 1 d a y meet ing with d inner at Convent ion" and will be given at noon. Lesson will be on the "Care Ada high school. A small fee will and Grooming of Clothes".

a f t e rnoon to m a k e

NORTH BELL DISTRICT Mrs. E lmer Marshal l

Ma t t r e s s Making Pro jec t Freder ick , little son of Mrs. Mor-jrls Cahoon broke b o t h bones of h is

Bowne township fami l ies in te r - j le f t leg below the k n e e in a coas t ing

Mr. and Mrs. Ha r ry F i lch spent Sa turday a f t e rnoon in Grand Rap-Ids visitlne* Mrs. J . J . Weber and Mrs. Leona Gulliford and Sa tu rday be charged . Miss Lyn (Prevey and evening In Lowell visit ing Mrs. Miss Illione Schadt. scout leaders, Aurllia F i t ch . a re in charge of the project . Every

Sunday vis i tors of Mr. a n d Mrs. 'one is invited to a t tend . . . - 0 Joe Svoboda were Mrs. Ruby | Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Richardson ested in obtaining appl icat ions or |accident last week. The f r a c t u r e Gillispie and daughter Crystal o f ,were hosts to the Ada Br idge Club infor tnat ion rega in ing the m a t t r e s s was reduced a t Pennock hospital. Grand Rapids . a t t he f i r s t meet ing of the 1 9 4 1 sea- |n iak ing pro jec t being pu t on bylHast i .gs, and he re turned to his

Alice Ann Richardson spen t the son a t thei r home on S a t u r d a y e v e - t h e government m a y obtain them home where he is ge t t ing along very week-end a t Cascade vis i t ing he r 'n ing . H o n o r s w e n t to Mrs. Phi l ip j f rom Mrs. Lawrence Johnson of well. g randparen t s , Mr. and Mrs. Alfred iWat terson and Wll lard M a r k s and jBowne Center or Mr. F r e d Pa t t i son | M m Claude H a r k e r who is a Nordberg. jconsolationb to Mr. a n d Mrs. W a l - o f Alto. Most small f a r m families, surgical pa t ien t a t the Ionia hos-

Mrs. Mar lon Furner , cha i rman of . ter S h e r m a n . Following the games |also some residents of small towns pltal , w a s not so well the f i r s t of hostesses f o r the annua l guest!a da in ty lunch w a s served. Mr. and a r e counteu a s eligible to t ake a d - t h e week. night of Ada Ladies ' L i t e ra ry Club,[Mrs. Wll lard Marks will en te r ta in van tage of this m a t t r e s s of fer . | Mr. and Mrs. J o h n F r e e m a n spent has called a committee mee t ing a t | t h e club a t its next mee t ing Satur- Wednesday and Thur sday in Chi-her home on Tuesday evening to discuss p l ans fo r thc a n n u a l ban-quet. Ass i s tan t hostesses a re Mrs. Belle F a u l k n e r , Mrs. Caroline Richardson and Mrs. Ka the r ine Richardson. Guest n ight will be held Thursday , Feb. 28, a t Adja high school.

Many Ada ladies who have in re-cent years been members of Home Extension Classes must have been saddened by the news of the death of Mrs. Agnes Sorenson Richard-

day, Feb. 22. Mrs. Wlhn l f r ed L insday w a s hon-

or guest a t a surpr i se pa r ty given

Local Items cagxi where they a t t ended the s tyle show of the Vogue Fashion School

M r a Floyd Flynn, Mrs. Don Utter , in wh ich theii d a u g h t e r Bet ty took by member s of thc Ada school Mrs. Stanley Coles and Mrs. Law- paxL T h e y also a t tended the s t age board and their wives and famil ies I rence Johnson were in Has t ings p lay "Life W i t h F a t h e r . " on S a t u r d a y evening In the c lub- |Tuesday af ternoon w h e r e they | Claude H a r k e r a n d son E a r l we re room a t Ada school, t he occasion called on Mrs. Ear l N a s h a t Pen- d inne r gues t s Thur sday of Mr. and being in honor of Mrs. Linsday's nock hospital . They also called on Mrs. Earner E. Marshall . b i r thday anniversary . A delicious Mrs. Merle Ka rche r a t F reepor t . | Glendon Bovee and E v a r t Hotch-potluck supper was enjoyed a n d | Mr. and Mrs. F red Hal l and son kiss of De t ro i t spent the week-end those present were Mr. and Mrs. David accompanied the i r daughter , w i t h the i r p a r e n t s here. E v a r t took W m . Cannon and sons, Mr. and Mrs Mr. a n d Mrs. Rober t Townsend of his a r m y examinat ion Monday. Robe r t Morr is and Dorothy. Mr. Grand Rapids , to Bat t le Creek Sun-1 Gilbert N a r t k a r of Pont lac w a s

son a t E i l ensburg Wash., las t Fri- and Mrs. Henry Fase a n d children, day a f t e r n o o n to visi t f r iends . t h e week-end gues t of Mrs Eva lyn day. Mrs. Richardson was home ex-1 Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s McConnlcki Mr. a n d Mrs. H e n r y J o h n s o n a c - E r i m r r t e n g . l 0 r L - * ? e ! 1 A f 0 r C ° u n t y a n d , a n d Rober t and Pa t r i ck , Mr. and companied M r a Jenn ie P a r d e e t o j Miss I rene Mott of Grand R a p i d s conducted classes in Ada fo r sever-!Mrs. W. C. Afton anu W a l t e r and al years a n d w a s exceptionally well 'Allen Linsday.

J ? * 1 . . S l ; e T ^ , e , t • ^ kK

e r a l | Among those on the sick list is the Ada Ladles Li terary Club , e v - ; M r 8 V l r ^ n i a W a j , h h u r n i w h o h a s

era times. Many of us gained e x - ; ^ l t e f o r t h ( . , 1 J 0 V c r a l

perlence in home economics under ' e j . her direction. Miss Sorenson was . . . . . marr ied to Norman Richardson M , 8 S Charlot te ^ ' 8.i ^ dur ing h e r services as e x t e n s i o n U n ' v w r t t y of Grand R a p i d s Is agent and the couple left soon a f t e r h o m e 111 , hopes to by a i rp lane for the west coast, call- r ® t u ' " n 1 0 h « r » t u d , e s t h e l a t t e r P* r t

ed there by the grave illness of h e r i 0 ' t h ' 3 w c e ' t -fa ther . Mr. and Mrs. Richardson | W o r k was s ta r ted on F r iday to remained in Washing ton s tate 1 r epa i r the steeple a t the Ada Con-where they cleared the land for a j gregat ional church . Considerable n e w f a r m home. Besides the bus- damage w a s done dur ing the high band, a son and daugh t e r survive winds to rm on Nov. 11. This is a and several bro thers and sis ters . Sunday School p r o j e c t

Blodgett hospital F r i d a y a f t e rnoon -was the gues t S a t u r d a y night and where Mrs. Pa rdee remained, under- Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Bovee. going a goiter operat ion Monday Steve Sparks and Miss Ha Dickson morning. of Keene were d inner guests Sun-

Miss E leanor Densmore of Grand day. Rap ids w a s a Monday a f t e rnoon Miss Eudora Marshall spen t the caller of Mrs. Lawrence Johnson. I week-end in Chicago where she

F r i ends of M r a Agnes Sorenson a t t ended the Senior Ball of t h e Richf rdson, f o rmer K e n t County Chicago College of Osteopathy as Home Extension agen t , were very the guest of Dr. William C. Clouse. sor ry to hear of he r recent death Dr. Clouse, the youngest m e m b e r in Washing ton . of the senior class was awarded

Mrs. Stanley Coles and Mrs. Law- a scholarship by the Chicago hos-rence Johnson spent T h u r s d a y in pital of Osteopathy where he will Grand Rapids . ' in te rn fo r a year .

Callers a t Floyd F lynn ' s the past week were l l r . F lorus J o h n s o n and Read the Ledger ads.

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E I G H T T H E LOWELL L E D G E R , LOWELL, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY SO, 1941

Social Events

Surprise Bir thday Par ty

Mrs. Kather ine Blaser was pleas-

Mary Bailey Becomes Bride of Mr. Phillips

A pre t ty wedding roremony took

LOCAL STANDARD OIL AGENT BIRTHS AWARDED T R I P TO DETROIT

George Storv. looa] S tandard Oil To Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lane of Company agent, a t .ended the Com- ^ „ . pany s annua l sales conference, held a daughter , Sandra Jean. o n J a n - a n t i y 8 u r p r i 8 e d Wednesday at place in the Bailey Methodist a ' the Book-Cadillac Hotel. Detroit . h c r h o m e when a group of f r iends church last Fr iday afternoon when! on Tuesday. This all e x ^ n s e P ? d l f

T ° ^ J 4 ? " called lo help her celebrate her 75th Miss Mary Jane Bailey, daughter of t r :p was awarded Mr Story for of Clarksville. a . V l b . « m . Dann> b i r t h d a y T h e r ( > w e r e 8 e v e r a l ^ Mr. and Mrs. Theo Bailey, became having won a major sales contest Lee on J a n u a r y 17. presented by the guests and they the bride of Clare Phillips, son of, conducted during the last quarter ; — enjoyed a four-tiered decorated Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Phillips ofi of last year, among all company | a n d m bir thday cake made by Mre. Blaser's Lowell. The Rev. Andrew Hoffman agents in th i s area. The conference C a n a n d w . J J a r e c 0 u s j n s who nev- granddaughter , Jean Marie Blaser. of Charlotte read the marr iage was a t tended by approximately | inrU- and s t rawberry ice cream and service and music waa furnish-, J on i er t rus t to luck; and s t rawberry 450 company salesmen and SO com- w i l l i s t h e c h . ) d o f Energy. Can chocolate cake. ed by Mrs. Arnold Wittenbach. pany agents representing the Mien- ^ ^ s o n o l . pjypj^. Mr8_ Blaser came to this country Charlene and Marilyn Kyser sang igan terr i tory. a n d W o n . t a r e C 0 U S i n S i look, in the spring of 1888 f rom her "Because" and "I Love You Truly."

always out of work; native land. Switzerland. She has! Strength grows out of wenknes- Won't is the eon of Never Try. and enjoyed America and especially

ses mastered. Can't is the son of Shirk.

v m m j o v S P E N D T H E M H E R E !

Every rod cent lias a value all it 's own at Weaver's. Our prices are set to the very last penny possible fo r foods of the finest quality. R i d i n g over this list of our food prices will convinoe you tha t you save more when you br ing your pennies to us.

SPAGHETTI 25e WHEATIES T r t * 10c PRESERVES' * * 19c T O M A T O E S 2 5 c PEANUT BUTTER ^ 19c HERSHEY'S c , l i M

WHEAT CEREAL MILKRed and White

Evaporated

l - l b . c a n

R & W 28-oz. box

tall cans 3

13s 15c

20c CARE F L O U R " ™ . 19c | i | A A S I A NEW IMPROVED

GRANULATED SOAP w v n w i i v 2 l a r q e b o x e s

OXTDOL Green & While

COFFEE 3 lbs. 39c DO-NUTS

29c Ig. box IBV^c

B b e & White

COFFEE Ib. 20c

SCHULZE plain or sugared

Red & White

COFFEE Ib. 25c

doz. IOC

BIRDS EYE SPECIAL! Rdd, Ripe, Delicious

RASPBERRIES Box serves 4 p a c k a g e 21c

FANCY F L O R I D A Fancy Sngar Loaf

CARROTS ORANGES BANANAS bunch 5c 200 s ize 4

d o z e n • ™ 4 lbs. 25c

SAUSAGE Grade 1 Ib. ISc SLICED BACOR Ib. layer 23c FRESH GR0IRD BEEF lb.18c

BACON SQUARES Ib. ISc BEEF TM6IE . . lb. 15e PL SHLII. RMST ctr.cit Ib.l7e

£at for Proteins

SNORT RIBS BEEF lb.1Se BEEF POT ROAST lb. 22e PORK CHOPS ni cits Ib. 21e

Meat is Nature's Best Flavored Food!

U / E A V E R ' C P O O D M A R K E T

P b o n d W S

F O O D M A R K E T

We give Gmld Stamp* W Bmlivr

Kent County, where she has lived; | since her marr iage in June, 1888 to | Christ Blaser of Lowell, who died Ju ly 12, 1933. Mrs. Blaser had been a fai thful worker on the f a r m in Vergennes-tp. where her son, Albert C. Blaser now lives. She has tax receipts from 1884 tha t the Grand-father Andrias Blaser paid, wri t ten by Don Covert and one from 1887 written by Ed. Alger who were then treasurers. Mrs. Blaser re-turned to her homeland in 1912 and found many things changed. She moved to Lowell in 1916 and has re-sided here since.

Past Noble Grand Club

The Past Noble Grand Club held

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More Paragraphs From California

Writing from Santa Monica, Calif., under date of J an . 22, Mrs. R. G. Jef fer ies sends more interesting news, which reads, in par t ;

| "I don't know where to s ta r t in to tell you about the week's doings. Better tell you about our t r ip to Mt. Wilson, 6,000 feet above sea level.

| Well, I did not notice the high alti-t u d e even in my ears, but Doris had ; nose bleed and had to let her corset out so she could breathe. At the

| top, is a f ine hotel and a 100-in. 'telescope.

i "I counted 25 deer in one spot. T h e y were so tame, one came up land put,his nose in my hand. They know they will be fed.

I "When you get away up there and you breathe in tha t a i r your lungs and head feel as though you had given them a bath, they feel so clean.

"We also went to see the alligator f a rm and the ostrich fa rm. We saw Amy Semple McPherson's 4-Square temple.

"Then Sunday, I bet I did some-thing you folks were not able to do and that was to eat picnic dinner out of doors, sun shining so bright and warm. We were on our way to Palm Springs. Well, you would just

Attend the public euchre party w o n d e r w h o e v c r 8 o l d such an idea this week Fr iday night a t 8 o'clock t o , a n y h u m a n being. I t is only a in the American Legion dubrooms . w ^ e s P a c e 'n the road; no water,

{Everyone welcome. cSS, 0 0 ^ ' s t r e e l s lined with shops and I such prices! I don't know of a

. . . - ^ , place in or around Lowell as unin-The next meet ing of the Lowell teresting and lacking In beauty as

Woman s Club will be Wednesday. Pa im Springs. If they had FaJIas-

Tayior 6 1 0 f M r S ' J O h , 1 ^ u r £ . P a r k out here they would all

Coming Events

Pancake supper 25c Wednesday evening. Feb. 5. a t the Saranac Methodiat Church. Pancakes, saus age. f r iedcakes and coffee, all the pancakes you desire. Serving from

io;80 until 8:00 p. m. cS8 the first meeting of 1941 with Mrs.' Nettle Kinyon Tuesday evening with a seven o'clock potluck din-ner. followed by the regular bus iness session. Mrs. Don Phillips. retiring president, called the meet-ing to order in the absence of Miss Nina Chubb, the new 1941 presi-dent.

Mrs. Phillips turned the meeting lover to Mrs. Minnie Hawk, vice president, who told in part the The bride wore white with a fin-, meeting plans for the year. ,gertip length veil and her sister, The South Boston ladies' exten-

A goodly number were present Betty, her only at tendant , wore a sion class will meet Wednesday. and enjoyed Mrs. Kinyon's hos- .blue gown fashioned in the Bame Feb. 5. a t the home of Mrs. John pitality. manner . Both carried colonia1. Sterzick. There will be potluck son, another couple f rom Grand

The February meeting will be at bouquets. lunch at noon and the lesson in the iRapids ( f r i ends of the Andersons), the home of Mrs. Joseph Snell. Roy Myers acted as best m a a and a^e rnoon will be on the ca re and and Mrs. Ger t rude Johnson.

' John Jones and Sam Ryder were " P ^ 1 " of clothes. The pa r ty which "Next week Doris and I have an ushers. " was planned for lha t day fo r the invitation to go to Orange. Mrs. i Fo r the wedding, Mrs. Bailey members and their husbands has 'Pa l l i son has Invited mft to spend

An especially interesting meeting chose a black and white af ternoon b e e n Postponed. | the week-end at Surf Beach with .vas enjoyed by the members of gown and the groom's mother wore! j herself and Mr. and Mrs. Dibble

| the Ware School PTA on Friday soldier blue. Both had corsages of T h e South Lowell extension class and I gladly accepted. evening, Jan . 17. Two gentlemen snapdragons and roses. ^ m e e t Tuesday. Feb rua ry 4 a t ' were present f rom the Anti-Tuber- a family dinner a t the home of 1110 home of Mrs. Marion Shade. miosis association in Lansing a n d ' t h e bride's parents followed the ' showed moving pictures on the ceremony and a reception was held B i e Democrat rally a t Lowel!

i causes and prevention of t u b e r - F r i d a y evening in the Lone Pir.e C i t y H a l 1 Thursday evening, Feb. ; culosis. inn. home of the bride's grand 6- a t 8 o'clock. The County corn-

Following the pictures. Mrs. mother . nilttee will be present and all local [Evelyu Pinckney presented five ac-j The wedding caused spcciaJ in- D e m o c r a t B a re urged to come and

be wild with delight. "Mrs. Simpson called up and I

am going down to Hollywood to-night to play cards with Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Simp-

Ware School ; T A

"Believe it or not, I haven' t been in L. A. inside a store yet, but hope to go soon. At t he Fa rmers ' Market , I had the pleasure of meet-ing Zasu P i t t s face to face. She looks just like her pictures.

"Oh. yes. I went t " o E. S. meet-ing here Monday night. Had a very nice time. There were about 200 there. It was the Chapter 's birth-day party. They cil led for any past mat rons or patrons f rom other jurisdictions to please step to the sidelines and be escorted to the

fou r others, one f rom

Enjoy Toboggan Par ty

Dcrdion pupils ' r e m Saranac who terest because of the fact tha t it Pc t acquainted—Lowell-Tp. Demu-j ravored the audience with several was the f i rs t t ime in its 75 years of crat Committee. selections. existence t ha t t he Bailey Methodist

The program was secured through church had been opened for such a( T h e Vergennes Co-Op«r*tiva Club i the cooperation of Mrs. Hazel ceremony. The land for the church, i™11 " ^ t a t the home of Mrs. Geo. Tower of Saranac. which s tands on a corner of the Johnson on Thursday. Feb. 13. Mrs.

(Bailey f a rm, was given to thc com- ^ t ' r n ' c e F r a n k s and Mrs. Martin East , so lou r otners. one ! muni ty fo r a church site by the H o u s e m a n have charge of the pro- Coronado Beach. Calif., three f rom ; bride's great -grandfather . Smith cram. Illinois and myself were introduced.

The Misses Gracia Haysmer and Bailey In 18C5. The la rd was ac-l T h c . v gave Michigan a very nice Mary Sterken entertained with a i quired on a grant f rom the govern-1 P ' a n s are b«>ing completed for the hand. dinner last Wednesday evening at ment . Neighbors united in building!Valentine card and benefi t party! "I will have to tell you about a

I the home of Miss Sterken a f t e r thc church which has been used n s 1 0 ^ ' l e ^ ' n the ballroom of the man tha t my cousin. Loon, met in which tobogganing was enjoyed at a place of worship ever since. Masonic Temple in Grand RapilSiOne of thc paries, who turned out to Bertha Brock P a r k . Those present | Mr. and Mrs. Phillips arc bo th \ c i n t h e evening of Feb rua ry 14.;be Clayton Heaven f rom near were the Misses Kay Kyser. Mar- ;graduates of Lowell hieh school T h i s i s a n a 1 1 games pa r ty and the Clarksville, who said he had a jean Fonger. Doris Stormzand. J a c k ' a n d have many friends in the com-}Proceeds will be used for the bene-

WhL C 0 M 1. H a n d C o r n S h e l l c r , $ 1 . 8 3

G e n e r a l P u r p o s e S h o v e l , 59c

B a r n S c r a p e r , 9 1 . 0 0 P u s h B r o o m 9 0 c

3/ 4 , 5 , 6 T i n e F o r k s

F i b r e H o r s e B r u s h e s , 2 5 c ~ n r "

m J 'C r R i IT IE' :iJ!D!W!i;:

Brooder Coops M o d e r n l o x 12

C a n b e b o u g h t f o r a t low as $5.00 p e r m o n t h .

B u i l d i t y o u r s e l f N O W or h a v e i t d e l i v e r e d c o m - , p i e t e .

Fonger, Mac Fonger. Lester Bailev xnunitv who wish • the greatest ^'t of crippled children. Reserva-Bob Eliis. Hoyt Phelps and Richard;happiness . They plan to make their i^ons may be made with Mr. and Fonger. jhome on Nor th Washington-st . in ^ r s - Ar thur Griswold, cha i rmen:

] LoWcll. j Mr. and Mrs. John R. War ren . Mr. . . . — ^ 1 jnnd Mrs. Martin DeRuiter . Mr. and

Wedding K«coption | M r 8 F r s d R Kimball and Mr. and Mr. and Mre. Nick Klocsterman i, T h r , , o a c h c r w a s tesUng the M r s . George M. Brecn

entertained at their home on W knowledge cf a kindergarten rfass Main-st Sunday with a wedding ! T o s 8 , n g a h a l r d o l l , i r o n t h e d e B k The Good Will Club will meet reception in honor of her sister 8h

Te said sharply: "What Is tha t?" with Mr^. E t t a Wicks at the home

and husband Mr and Mrs Ward ^ " t a n t l y a voice from the back of |of Louis Cahoon Feb. 5 for af ter-VanDyke .nee Beatrice P c h w f c b ) I the room replied: "Tails". who were married on J a n u a r y 18.!

cousin in Lowell. Mrs. Vern Arm-strong.

"Yes. I have been by the office where J a c k Peckham works. Will stop in when I go by again. I have been t ry ing to get to Alhambra to see John and Nita Weldon but haven't made i t yet bu t will, one of these days.

"If all these fine trips, invitations and interest ing places keep on com-ing. don't look for me until spring,

noon meeting and tea. Please be but I will poon be tooting around

About 60 guests were present i from Clarksville, Ionia, Rockford. Saranac, Grand Rapids, Ligonier, | Ind., and Lowell.

Rod and Gun Ladies' Night

Ladies' Rod and Gun will meet ' tonight (Thursday) with hosts and! hostesses. Miss Mary Arehar t , John | Arehart, Mrs. Lizzie Lalley, James i McMahon and Mr. end Mrs. H. J . ' Englehardt .

Prizes a t the last ladles' night were awarded to Mrs. W. W. Gum-

• ser and Mrs. Ar thu r Curtis.

EntertainK al Dinner

Mrs. Hat t le Peckham entertained I the following ladies for a seven o'clock dinner Tuesday evening: Mrs. Melville McP'.ierson, Mrs. M. N. Henry, Mrs. F. H. Swarthout, Mrs. Jean Wachterhauser and Mrs. F. E. White.

P 4 P Br id re Clnh

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Collar enter-tained the P & P Bridge Club at

| t b i i r home last Thursday evening for dinner. Honors in bridge were awarded to Mr. and Mrs. E . H. Roth.

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present for election of —Mrs. Sarah Miller. Pres.

officers.

The Es the r Circle of t he Metho-dist Church will have the i r next meeting February 4 at 2:30 at Mrs. Orval Jessup's.

There was a young fellow named Cook,

Who went for a walk wi th a book: He crossed a street reading. An auto came speeding— Poor Cook, He neglected to look.

Russel J . Boyle.

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Hold Annua] Winter Dinner

The members of the Fortnight ly Club held their annual winter din-ner a t the home of Mrs. K a y Bor-gerson Tuesday evening.

Marr iage Licenses

Richard Malcolm MacNaughton, 24. Lowell; Maxine B. Hill, 27, Grand Rapids.

Ferr is G. Miller, 24, Lowell, Route 3: Lucy Manoogian. 20. Grand Rap-ids.

William Helmer

A former well-known and respect-ed citizen of Lowell. William W. Helmer, 84 passed away at h i s home in Benuidjl, Minn. Saturday morning, J an . 18. The funera l was held Tuesday p. m. J a n . 2lBt with Rev. Lester Warford , P a s t o r of the Presbyterian church, officiating. In-terment In Greenwood cemetery.

He was born July 18, 1856, a t Lowell, Michigan. Mr. Helmer was married to Olive Catherine Me-Whinney Ju ly 2, 1876, and lived In the vicinity of Benuidjl the paat 40

; years. Surviving are two daughters,

Mrs. L. A. Zimmerman of Hibblnp and Mrs. Pear l M. E a s t m a n of An-derson, Indiana ; a grandson, David W. Helmur of St. Pau l ; two sisters, M r a Belle Lowell of Benton Harbor and Mrs. Gertie Goodrich of Bogota, N. J.; three nieces, Mre. N. B. Grln-nell of Benton Harbor ; Mrs. Anna Fairchlld of Alto; and Mrs. I d a Forsythe of Bra inard; and th ree nephews. D. F. Helmer and A. F . of Grand Rapids and Claude Beadle

i of Lowell. Both of his daughters were with

Mr. Helmer during his lllnese and iat the time of his death.

Toleration is a custom of looking 'with open minds a t beliefs not In 'harmony wi th our own. Fanat ic ism w tola ration In rsvsnw.

S T R A N D # FRIDAY AND SATTKDAY, JAN. 81, F E S . 1

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the bend."—Frances J e f f .

More Local News New 59c sport blouses at Weekes'.

Betty Haines of Grand Rapids visited her mother ovex the week-end.

Doris and Jack Weeks of Saranac spent the week-eng with Mrs Nora Haines.

Harley Balcom of Lowell has en-listed in the U. S. Army Air Corps and will be sent to Scott Field, 111.

Mrs. E lmer Shaffer and daughte r , Lois of South Bowne were visi tors ' of Mrs. Wm. Cosgrlff last week Wednesday.

Mrs. E m m e t t White is seriously ill at the home of her daughter , Mrs. George Arehar t . All f r iends hope she will be well again soon.

Mrs. Dora Johnson Fuller of S t Louis, Mo., is spending several weeks wi th her mother , Mrs. E m m a Johnson and visiting old f r iends here.

Biiss Dorothy La the r and Miss E m m a O t t o of Muskegon Heights spent the week-end with their s ister and niece, Mrs. N. E . Borgerson and family.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Car l Cordtz and daughter J ane t of Grand Rapids spent Sa tu rday night and Sunday with Mrs. Cordtz's parents , Mr. and Mrs. C. E . Bowen of White 's Bridge.

Best wool snow suits, $3.95 u t Weekes".

•"-luiewJves —See Lowell Hot-point Company for a new Hotpolnt electric ki tchen with fluorescent lighting. Lighten your daily and give you more hours oif free-dom f r o m kitchen drudgery. p88

Mrs. Raymond Sla ter of Grand Rapids was a week-end guest of her aunt , Mrs. Ida Krum. Sunday guests were Mrs. Krum ' s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mis. Har ry Wisner of Grand Rapids.

Richard MacNaughton, Mies Max-ine HIU and Mr. and Mrs. Doneid MacNaughton motored to Lans ing Sunday where they met Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Nash, who took them to Fl in t to visit Mr. and Mrs. D. F. But t*

All win te r coats now $7.75 and $11.76 a t Weekes'.

Sunday guests of Mrs. Nora (Haines were Mr. and Mre. L. C. Tloe and daughter Barba ra of Barry ton , Mr. and Mrs. Bob Weeks and children of Saranac , Mrs. Jen-nie Ha ines and A. Raymond of rBelding.

Richard Fonger . 13-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Fonger of Lowell, received a nose f r a c t u r e Monday night when he was struck by a n automobile wh«n crossing the s t ree t In Grand Rapids. He was t reated at But te rwor th hos-pital.

In Memoriam In loving memory of our dea r son

and brother, iUchard Lewis, who passed away one year ago, J anua ry 29. One year has passed since that

sad day The one we k n e d was called away. Gcd called him home, It w a s His

will, Bu t In our hear ts he livsth still. .

I Mother. D a i and Btatar.

B u y e c o n o m i c a l p o r t a b l e h o g h c u c e f c r g r e a t e r p r o f i t s . C o n . e i n a n d gee t h e m .

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