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Volume 94 - Established 1876 Spar ta , Michigan - Monday, April 5, 1971 Number 14

6th annual community Good Friday service o r ! , ! i

Planning the community Good Fr iday s e r v i c e s a r e (L to R) Rev. David Morton, Rev. Kenneth Anderson, Rev. Don A r c h e r , Rev. Don John-son, and Rev. Paul P a t t e r -son.

The min i s t e r s who will be taking part in the s e rv i ce a r e Rev. Donald Archer , Rev. David Morton, Rev. Ken-neth Anderson, Rev. Paul Pa t t e r son , Rev. Donald John-son, Rev. Franc i s Folley, and Rev. Henry Hoekstra .

Special n-.jsic will be under the di rect ion of Mr. Rob-e n Sti les.

The offer ing will be donated to the Kent City Community Dental Cl inic .

Seven a r ea churches will par t ic ipa te in the Community Good Fr iday Serv ices in Spar ta A r e a . The churches taking par t will be Sparta Methodist , Chapel Hill Methodist, The Ballard Church of C h r i s t , Tr ini ty Chr is t ian Roformod Church , M.imrelund Lutheran Church , Church of the Na/ .ar-ene , and St. Matthews Episcopal Church .

The s e rv i ce will be held at the Bal lard Church of Ch r i s t at 1:30 p .m.

Good Friday Services set

A combined Good Fr iday Service will be held at North Ches te r Baptist Church Fr iday , April 9, f rom 7:30 p .m. to 8:30 p.m. Churches par t ic ipat ing bes ides the host church will be North Casnovia Bapt is t , F i r s t Baptist of Kent City, and Snow Bible Church.

Klenk takes farm problems to Washington

Ladies invited for breakfast The Ladies of the Sparta United Methodist Church a r e

extending an invitation to all ladies of the a r ea to attend their annual Lenten breakfas t on Thursday , April 8 at 9:30 a .m. in the church.

Music for the occasion will be provided by Mrs . Victor Basset t with Mrs . Char les Rogers in charge of the special Lenten program entitled " T h e Real Chr i s t , Where is He?" by P e t e r J . Ediger .

Hostesses fo r the event will be the Wesleyan Service Guild. Nursery ca re will be provided.

Beth Pulsifer touring with college choir

Beth Ellen Pu l s i f e r , a 1970 graduate of the Sparta High School, is on tour with the Spring Arbor College Varsi ty Choir and Orches t r a . The choir is composed of 65 voices, mostly upper c l a s s m e n . Miss P u l s i f e r , a soprano, was a member of the Madrigal Singers in both her junior and senior yea r s at Spar ta .

The tour of the college group that s t a r ted last F r i -day, April 2, will take them up into Canada, eas t into New York, west into Illinois, and south into Kentucky. La t e r this spring the choir will be appearing on a live TV b r o a d -cast f rom a Detroit station and will make an appearance at the annual Michigan State Governor s ' P r a y e r B r e a k -fast in Lansing. They will a lso make numerous other appearances throughout the s t a t e .

The choir was under the di rect ion of D r . N. Hubert Wash.

Beth Ellen is the daugiiter of Mr . and Mrs . . lar i ia Pu l s i f e r , 600 8 Mile Road, Spar ta .

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George Klenk

George Klenk of Sparta visi ted Congressman Gerald Ford in Washington recent ly , together with o ther west Michigan F a r m Bureau off ic ia ls . Mr . Klenk is national a f f a i r s commit teeman for the Kent County F a r m Bureau . He gave a review of his s e v e r a l days ' visi t i;r " ' i ishlnp-to-i dur ing the late March meeting of tho Spar ' 7a.

Art awards announced

in annual Christian Art Show Majory K o s t e r ' s woodcut "Help Thou My Unbelief"

was given the Aid Association for Lutherans Purchase Award of the Tenth Annual Chris t ian Art Show by the j u r o r , Reinhold Marxhausen. The work of the grand Ra-pids a r t i s t was chosen for the top award f rom among 282 en t r i e s submitted at Peace Lutheran Church in Spar ta . It was selected because of i ts originality and the success of the a r t i s t in giving express ion to a Chr is t ian idea. "He lp Thou My Unbel ief" will become a par t cf the p e r -manent collection of the Chr is t ian Art Show in the Sparta church .

Russel l Shepherd of Newaygo received the $100 cash s e c -ond p r i ze fo r his acryl ic and ink work entitled "Sold S h o r t . " The award was made available " in appreciation of Chr i s t i an a r t by the people of God of St. F ranc i s Xavier P a r i s h - C o n k l i n . "

Mr. Marxhausen selected 77 of the entered works for the tenth exhibit. The display of contemporary Chris t ian a r t will be open to the public f r e e of charge f rom Palm Sunday through Eas t e r , April 4-11, between 1:00 and 9:00 p .m. at Peace Lutheran Church, 1225 12 Mile Road, Sparta . A collection of 44 pieces of chi ldren ' s a r t which was not juried may also be seen .

Four $50 cash p r i zes were awarded by the judge who is a r t ins t ruc to r at Concordia College in Seward, Neb-r a s k a . The Michigan Consolidated Gas Company award went to Edgar Boeve of Grand Rapids for an item in mixed media titled " G o d ' s G r a n d e u r . " The Sparta State Bank award was given to John Kraley of Muskegon for a work in egg tempera and lead entitled "Dos Canciones del Alma de San Juan de la C r u z . " The Spartan Dis-t r ibu tors of Spar ta pr ize was awarded for the acryl ic " . . . a new e a r t h " done by Grand Rapids ' a r t i s t Gwen-dolyn Pot t . "Genes i s I I , " a batik by Dora Ro^enzweig of Grand rapids received the prize given by Baker Book House and Hansen and Seel man Bottled Gas,

Bill Betts of Battle Creek was granted the $50 Gift Cer t i f i ca te of Anderson-Krupp Ar t i s t Supply Company for a construction called "Requiem for an Old Church . " Bruce Jo lde r s rna ' s weaving " S e p a r a t i o n " was chosen recipient of the $35 cash award f rom Hefne r ' s Art Gal-l e r i e s . Eleanore Smith got the $35 Gift Cer t i f ica te given by Dolores ' Art Store for an untitled ce r amic plecp. Jane Cheney was awarded the $25 Gift Cer t i f i ca te of Douma Art Supplies for " M a c r a m e C r o s s " made of white cotton twine.

The presentat ion of the ten p r i ze s will take place at the Ar t i s t s ' Reception scheduled for 8 o'clock on Sa tu r -day April 3 at Peace Church. A tape recording of r e m a r k s made by the j u ro r as he was select ing the works for the exhibit and designating the awards will be played.

Three special events have been scheduled by the Sparta Lutherans in connection with the exhibit of contemporary Chr is t ian a r t . On the evening of opening day, Sunday, April 4, at 7:30 p .m. , some d rama will be presented In Peace Church by Norman and Sandra Dietz, profess ional a c to r s f rom New York Ci ty . The Ladies Coffee on Tuesday, April 6, beginning at 9:30 will feature a talk on pr in t -making by a Calvin College a r t in s t ruc to r , Chr i s Stof-fel Overvoorde. Michael P . Church , d i rec to r of cul-tural a f f a i r s for the U of M Extension Serv ices , will p resen t a s l ide- ta lk entit led "Having Eyes - See Ye Not!" on Tuesday evening at 7:30. Before and a f t e r all events , the tenth exhibit of Chris t ian ar t may be seen.

4 Kent City HI students

outstanding teenagers Four Kent City High School s tudents have been s e -

lected as Outstanding Teenager s of Amer ica for 1971, according to C a r l o s A. F lor ido , pr incipal . Selection for the Outstanding Teenage r s awards p rogram auto-matically qual i f ies these s tudents for fu r the r s ta te and national scho la r sh ips and honors . Local nominees a re Kimberly P e t e r s , daughter of Mr. and Mrs . Richard P e t e r s ; Gary Westcot t , son of Mr. and Mrs . Kaye West-cott; Marcia E s t h e r , daughter of Mr . and Mrs . J a m e s Es the r , and Daniel Shirey, son of Mr. and Mrs . Burdette Shirey.

Nominated by their p r inc ipa l s , the Outstanding Teen-a g e r s of Amer ica a r e chosen f rom individual schools a c r o s s the country for excel lence in community se rv ice and academic achievement . The local s tudents will now vie fo r the Outstanding Teenager of the Year Trophy to be presented by the s t a t e ' s governor . S imi la r t rophies will l)e presented to winners in o ther s t a t e s . The state winners a r e selected by the Outstanding Teenager Awards Selection Commi t t ee , in cooperat ion with the Board of Advisors . F rom am »ng the 50 s ta te winners , one boy and one gir l will be chosen for the national scholarsh ip p r i ze of $1,000 to attend the college o r universi ty of thei r choice.

The Outstanding T e e n a g e r s of Amer ica p rogram was crea ted in 19G7 to encourage young people to take ful advantage of the opportuni t ies in A m e r i c a . The awar ^ ! 1 r ^ p ^ n t p d annually, and biographies of all tbob

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page 2 SENTINEL LEADER, SPARTA, MICHIGAN - MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1971

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3 yr. old Nursery News

by Barbara Klenk

The children of the three year old group of the Sparta Cooperative Nursery School were really bubbling with excitement as their guest spoke to them. Mrs . Terpst ra who is one of the moms and also a nurse, demonstrated many procedures strange to the children that they must go through while visiting a doctor. They brought home play stethoscopes, tongue depressors , pill holders, medi-cine measures , play (that looked like the real thing) hypodermic needles and the works. This acquainted the children without scar ing them about visits to the doctor and nurse . Frightening experiences can last a lifetime. The nurse encouraged friendly, happy, and healthful attitudes. This is so important to small child-ren. This visit will be long remembered by the child-ren.

Male Senior

Citizens by Arzie L. Pinckney

Well, at last af ter waiting over five years we have beat our record. We counted 87 men out for a cup of coffee and a donut. They were all regulars - not one new one. Now, if those gadflies who are still hanging around down in Florida had been where they belong, we could have gone well over 100. Or, if some of our home boys who are usually on hand had been there , we could have made it. Of 21 April babies on our roll call, only six were present. Archie Burch, John Kober Sr . , John Line, E. T. Smith, Martin Beuschel, and Sybrand Buys were on hand for us to sing Happy Birthday to them. We were happy that they were able to be with us .

John Line, who has just gotten out of the hospital was present. Believe it o r not, our good friend and long time member, Mr. John Kober Sr . will celebrate his 92nd birthday next Sunday. We were sure happy that he could be with us and hope that he will be able to be with us many more birthdays.

We understand that Stanley Pitsch is some bet ter but is is still in Intensive Care in Butterworth Hospital.

Now men, this will be the last time that we will have a chance to put you in mind of the fact that the ladies have invited us to a potluck dinner Wednesday, April 7 at noon in the dining room of the church. Like the old song "Come After Breakfast , Bring Along your Lunch, and Leave Before Supper t ime" , and you will have a won-derful time. A free will offering will be taken at the tables. So, be sure to be on time.

We are quite happy with our 1971 roll call.

Spartan

Hi-Ughts V i c k i e Norman & Ang ie Murray

Last week students at Sparta High were engaged in many activities.

Three FFA members attended the 43rd annual FFA convention at East Lansing on March 24 - 26. Craig Schweitzer was elected Regional Vice President . Con-gratulations!

On Tuesday, March 30, Forenslcs students competed In the Tri -Rlver Conference tournament at Coopers-vllle. The following students took a f i r s t place medal: Doug Schut, Bill Snip, Vickie Norman, Nancy Quay -Multiple Reading; Joan Badgerow - Declamation; Janet Eary - Extempk Eary - Extemp; Mary D'Amour - Serious Interpretation; and Gall Okkonen - Story telling. Mary Johnson took an Honorable Mention In Humorous Interpretation. As a group Sparta 's Forenslcs students were f i r s t runners-up In the League.

The next day three representat ives from Project Re-hab presented an assembly on drugs to the student body. They told their personal experiences as addicts and warned students not to become Involved with drugs.

Another activity of the week was a slave auction spon-sored by the FFA on April 1. Twenty FFA members were sold and will work an eight hour day for whoever bought them.

The following day, Friday, Sparta 's Varsity Choir and Madrigals participated in the annual Tr l -River Choral Festival at Greenville. After being judged, they p rac -ticed with the other groups and sang as a massed choir that night.

Another event on Friday was the receiving of report .:ards. Once again moans echoed in the halls of Sparta High!

New Librory Books i ^ . i

The following books and se t s of books have been add-ed to the Reference and Re-search Department of the Sparta Township Library:

1971 World Book Encycl-pedia 2 - volumes; 1968 Britannlca - 23 volumes and 3 Britannlca Perspect ive; 1970 Merit Student Encyclo-pedia - 20 volumes; 1970 World Book Dictionary - 2 volumes; 1970 Cowles Ency-clopedia of Science, Indus-try and Techology; 1970 Complete Antique Pr ice List by Ralph Kovel; World of An-tiques by Ralph Kovel; Care and Repair of Antiques by Thomas Ormsbee; Pract ical Guide to Antique Collections by Geoffrey Wills; Better Homes and Gardens Cook-ing Arts Library - One Vol-ume a Month;

Also The Pract ical Ency-clopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement;

Better Homes and Gardens Family Medical Guide; 1971 Depression Glass In Color by Sandra Stout; Michigan Ghost Town by Roy Dodge; Life Cycle Library - 4 volumes plus Parents Ans-wer Book - Sex Education; Life Science Library - One a month - The Body - D r u g s -Ships - Planets, etc.; En-chantment of North Amer-ica - 18 volumes; Dentistry and Its Victims by Dr. "Pau l Revere" ; The Green-ing of America by Charles Reich; Ecology Series by Sorvall and Schwartz. - Our Troubled Waters , the World Exhaust, How Many are Too Many? Mist of Death; Re-search Paper Guide - How to Write Research and Term pape r s by Sherman; Psychic World of Pe ter Herkos by Norma Browning.

OPEN LETTER

Dear friends,

The Easter season is here, with its bright sun-shine, warm breezes, and returning birds to quicken the pulse and signal a new and glorious resurrection of life. During our weekend country drives, let us enjoy life and protect it, with sensible speeds and careful driving.

Sincerely,

MBii-r i f o m e r a l H o m e i ' l i j > V j f J MERNARD R HESSEL DANIEl L CHESLE

J l—'* ' SPARTA, MICHIGAN

Sparta Nursery News

Virginia Cook, Publicity Chairman

A trip to the sugar bush was made by the Sparta Co-operative Nursery School tills week. The y visited the Lowell Ingersoll fa rm on Grange Avenue and rode a

hay wagon to the sugar bush which was lots of fun. Over 600 t rees a re tapped by the Ingersolls, and the children observed how this was done. They went into the shed, and by standing on a chair , peered Into the big kettle of boiling syrup. Each tot was given a paper cup of delicious maple syrup to sample. The Nursery School purchased some syrup to be used on pancakes the tots will make themselves. Many farm animals were seen on the hay ride back to the fa rm. This trip was enjoyed by all.

One day the tots made instant pudding themselves. They topped the pudding with whipped cream and cher r ies to make It a desse r t that looked as good as it tasted!

The Easter Par ty will be held at the Nursery School on April 7 and April 8. There will be no school on April 9, 12, and 13, due to the Easter Vacation,

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Kent City school lunch

April 5 - 7

MONDAY Chop suey on biscuit

or r ice Peanut butter finger Fruit Milk

TUESDAY Goulash Buttered corn Bread and butter Applesauce Milk

WEDNESDAY Whipped potato and gravy Buttered green beans Bread and butter Eas ter cake Milk

April 8 and 9 - No School

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COUNTY OF KfNT ) 831

I, tho undoralinod, the duly qualified Clerk of the County or Kent, State or Mlohlcan, do Hornby certlTy that tho TolltwlnR la a true mid complofn nopy oT n rooolutLcn adopted by tho Kent County Bunrd oT Coranlaslonera '»t. an adjourned roKulfir meeting hold on tho 17th day oC March, 1971, tho orltfinal of which 13 made a part of the official minute book on rile In my office. , J

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto aftyxod my nffLcj/al signature this 17th day of March, A. TK 1971/ , ) , ( A-'

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RESOLUTION BY CQMAI^IONER WINTER

WHEREAS, tho Village of Sparta hna fllod n petition with tho Kon*. County Board of Commlsolonera to alt#»r the boundarleo of the Village of Sparta by annexing thereto that property described In a petition of the Village of Sparta datod February 1, 1971, and

WHEREAS, pursuant to tho provisions of Sec. 6, Chapter XIV of Act 3, P. A. 1695, na amonded. It Is necossary that the Kent County Board of Commlnslonors hold a hearing touching tho proposed bound-aries of the Village of Sparta,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that at the meeting of the Board of Commlsslonors of Kent County to bo held on Tunsday, tho 13th day of April, 1971, the Kent County Board of Comnlsslon-rs will hold a hearing touching upon the proposed change of the boundaries of the Village of Sparta and will determine as to whether the prayer contalnod In the petition or any part thereof shall be granted, arid

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all parties interested may appear before the Board of Kent Coiinty Commissioners and be heard, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution bo published in tho Sentinel-Loader for three consocutlvn weeks Imrn d-lately prior to April 1 •, 1971, and

BE IT FUHrilEH RESOLVED, that « copy of tho petition remain on file with the Kent County Clerk for inspection by any Interested party.

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