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Belnx » Collection of Varloua Topics of Local and FIFTIETH YEAK

General Interest

CANT GET AWAY FROM IT

r p H E SUCCESS of the fighting forces, territorial gains and

lowered resistance of the enemy, well deserves prominence on the f ront page of the newspapers, but so Is there another topic that finds wide-spread comment, a sub-ject so Important to the war effor t tha t without a solution your f ront page war news may be dire. Al-ready we feel the pressure of Ito being unsolved. This Is our In-creasing f a rm problem from which we can't escape, either from dis-cussion or worry.

In the Middle West the farmer Is gett ing ready for his spring crop season, lining up his repaired machinery, trying to work out labor conditions, planning work to his advantage. Whatever comes, lay your bets that he will do the best he can wi th what he has with which to produce! H e will be work-ing under a serious handicap and faces the demands for Increased crops, adding more poultry, raising more cattle. His work will be harder and many things arising to chal lenge production, the weather being an ever present one. Besides the shortage of help he is placed on restricted machinery allotments also repair allotments. He has a feed problem since feeding stand-ards are Imwer due to limited oil meals. Gasoline rationing Is a head-ache to the f a r m e r also. But re-gardless, you will find him doing his level best fo r his country. T h e majori ty of fa rmers aren' t yelling as hard about prices as they a re for labor, for help to Increase this production and the holler Is Justi-fiable. Help, equipment, gasoline, Is what he wants. Will he get I t?

W I N T E R AT HOME

TVlANT P E O P L E take vacations in winter, and hie themselves

to charming resorts where they get grand weather and the diversions of vacation life. Perhaps while they enjoy these comforts and pleas-ures, they miss many fine and in-teresting things going on at homo.

Those of us who are required by necessity or work to stick It out at home through the winter months, have many things to Interest and amuse us. The programs of the organizations a re still going on, except as affected by war condi-tions. These provide no end of pleas-ant, social affairs , agreeable meeting with friends, and the popular div-ersions of the time. There are so many good things to bo enjoyed In a nice community like Lowell, tha t many of our people are no t anxious to leave it at any time.

R U B B E R FROM DANDELIONS

r p H E GOVERNMENT has been experimenting with the p lant

commonly called the Russian dan-delion, with hopes that rubber can be developeii f rom I t Some of the plantings have developed good re> suits. The crop will flourish In the nor thern s ta tes f rom Vermont to Oregon.

If the Russian dandelion Is like the ordinary dandelion that flour-ishes In people's lawns, It will be a g rea t producer and will s tand many hardships. The householder will say that the dandelions tha t Infest his lawn will grow and thrive when good grass will wither and die. If the Russian dandelion proves a practical source for rubber, we may be able to grow many of our automobile tlrea In the back yards and vacant lots of the nation.

T H E WORLD A F T E R T H E WAR

f p H E T E R R I B L E calamity of war f r o m which the world su f f e r s

can be at t r ibuted to fai lure to m a k e good use of the victory won In the f irs t World war. Germany was thoroughly subdued a t tha t time, and Japan was not commit-t ing any special mischief.

The present wa r may be said to be due to the failure of the United States, Britain, and Prance, victors In the f i rs t war, to make good use of their victory, and plan for a be t te r world and a peace that would be permanent . Hence, we are told. It is necessary to plan bet ter this time, and so reconstruct world jiovernment t h a t no such thing can happen again.

Any plan t h a t will persuade the na t ions to settle down aud l lvejugt 8 U C h lads.

LOWELL, MICHIGAN, MARCH 4, 1943 No. 43

Late News From Rationing Board

Rei Processed Foods and Recapping Service Village election next Monday.

Supt. W. W. Gumsor, Coordinator of the Local Ration Board, repor ts that the work of issuing War Book n

A Lowell girl Is reported as say-ing she would get married If she

. . , could be sure tha t wedding guests w u . complets T h l . w 0 u l d t l l r o w ^ ^

was due in great measure to the promptness with which people ap-plied for their books, and to the help given by volunteers in issuing the books. Many of the women volunteers worked each of the 5 days. The following Books were Is-sued: Monday 720, Tuesday 920, Wednesday 776, Thursday 450, Fri-day 740, making a total of 3,005 Issued In Lowell.

Special Notice

War Books II will be Issued on Wednesday, March 10, and all those who. did not receive books , last week may do so on that day, a | the local Ration Board.

Regarding Proceasea Foods

Notice to Industrial and Institu-tional users of processed foods:

Res taurant owners and those who serve food commercially (cafeterias, religious organizations, etc.) must register this week at the local ra-tioning board in order to continue to purchase processed foods. They must go to the board and get Form No. 1307 or 1308 with a letter of Instruction and a blank of Instruc-tion, then proceed to fill out three copies of the form. They must re-turn these to the ration board on Friday of this week. At tha t time they wil receive a certificate which will allow them to purchase pro-cessed foods. Mr. Gumser states that someone will be at the Ration Board to answer questions at tha t time.

Recapping Service

Tires may be recapped by any tire dealer without application through the local Ration Board.

Village Publishes Annual Statement

The Village of Lowell has Issued Its annual s tatement for the year ending January 31, 1M3, with total assets amount ing to $621.144,.13. The outstanding points of the report are the increased valuation of the light and power. This is mostly due to tha addition of the 1,200 H. P. Diesel engine.

The total current assets of the village amount to (96,861.18.

Taxos receivable for the year .of 1942 a re $128.14, which Is a small percentage of > the total tax roll. The rate was reduced f r o m $1.20 to $.70 per hundred, which makes a low rate of taxation for the Village of Lowell.

A complete account of the annual s ta tement aa compiled by the Clerk's office will be found on page 6 of this Issue of the Ledger.

To Ask Farmers Farm Help Needs

The Fa rm Youth committee of the County Defense Council has be-gun a survey, through AAA field agents, to determine .vhether or not fa rmers of this county will require high school boys between the ages of 14 and 17 to work on their f a r m s this summer.

A questionnaire, draf ted by Arthur C. Guenther, chairman, is being distributed and f a r m e r s are asked to cooperate by providing the Information asked.

Community committees soon will be set up In the townships to serve as local placement committees. Chairmen of these committees will be contacted by Chairman Guenther and K. K. Vlnlngi county agricul-tural agent, who also is chairman of the Defense Council's Agricul-tural committee.

The Fa rm Youth committee is delaying enrollment of high school boys In both the city and suburban schools until the survey determines whether or not the f a rmers will

one way to get around shoe ration-ing.

The Women's Club of Lowell has announced that Friday, Mar. 5., will be the last day for the col-lection of books for the Service men. They wish to thank the many contributors for their generous do nations. Leave your books at the Ledger office before Friday c-ds .

Auctlnneer N. C. Thomas trans-acted busfliess here Tuesday, and reported that the auction sale of dairy cattle at the Murray Fa rms last Saturday was a huge succeiw. The sale brought $11,400 and was cried by the Colonel In just three hours. A large Jersey bull sold for -$510 and thir teen of the cows sold for f rom $200 to $250 each. Shortage of labor was the reason for the sale.

Since all distilleries have now been converted to the manufacture of alcohol for munitions, it has be-come necessary to add liquor to the long list of rationed articles. A cus-tomer may buy up to two quar ts of liquor a week, however, the pur-chase must be made all at one time as not more than one sale a week may be made to any one person. Oh yes. you will he checked on It! A signed slip will be retained at the liquor store and a number punched each time a purchase Is made. Well, up to two quar ts a week should be enough to sat isfy anyone who Is bent on trying to kill himself.

Housewives can' t Ignore the call which comes continually for them to save the household cooking fats for their government. This need for greases has not diminished and and In every case where you are for tunate enough to bring home the bacon, save t h e drippings! F rom fa ts come a force vital for defense. We derive glycerin from fa ts and glycerine goes into the manufac-ture of gun powder and ammuni-tion goes into the manufacture of peace, that is, until something else more effective is found. Advertising the ne^d of fats, no woman ot Low-ell but who is aware of the demand and necessity. I t takes little time to store the grease and then take it in pound lots to your meat dealer who will see tha i the right sources re-ceive It. Every housewife can help.

Weather : The first day of the week started with a blustering snow storm which lasted through-out the day, although the snowfall amounted to only two or three Inches. Since Sunday night enjoy-able winter weather has prevailed with some suhshlne every day. All of which is published for the bene-fi t of Lowellltes who have strayed fa r f rom home, leaving behind In-vigorating Michigan weather. A let-te r received this week f rom a friend in (sunny?) California, s ta tes that up to the time of writing, H had been raining cats and dogs for four days aud nights without letup. We are not pr int ing the name of the wrltci- In order to save her f rom possible reprisals by the Santa Monica chamber of commerce. P. S.—Mercury dropped to 10 be-low, Tuesday night.

Jokes, jests, jibes and jabs just by Je f f : Consider your blessings as you dress for church Sunday. ' In

Mrs. Joseph Snell Laid lo Rest at 63

Anna M. Snell, 63, died In a I Grand Rapids hospital, Saturday morning, February 27, a f te r a week's Illness. Funeral services were held at the late residence Tuesday afternoon a t 2 o'clock, with the Rev. Norman G. Woon, officiat-ing. Burial In Oakwood cemetery.

Anna M. Hill, was born In Me-costa County, Mich., August 31, 1879, the daughter of William and Mary Hill. She was united In mar-riage to Joseph Snell, November 27, 1897, a t Ludlngton, Mich. TWO children were born to this union, a daughter, Mrs. Florence Snay, of Detroit, and a son, James of Green-ville.

Mr. and Mrs. Snell moved to Lowell in July, 1937, and had re-sided here since that time. Mrs. Snell affiliated with the Rebekah lodge In 1907 In which she was always a fai thful worker.

Mrs. Snell Is survived by he husband, Joseph, and two children, one grandchild, three sisters, Mrs. Edward Shurlow of Stanton, Mrs. Berton Nelson of Blanchard, Mrs. Melvln Konkle of Lowell; one brother, Wm. Hill of Mlllbrook and several nieces and nephews.

King Milling Co. Sponsors Bond Ads

The King Milling Company of Lowell, "Your Neighbor for 68 Years" is sponsoring a series of war bond advertisements which will appear In the Ledger for six suc-cessive weeks, s tar t ing with ih ls Issue. See page 8.

We quote the following f rom the U. S. Treasury Department, Wash-ington, D. C.:

"As you are so well aware, spon-sored advertising Is the only method the Treasury Depar tment has for promoting Investment in War Bonds through newspapers, and It Is only through continued voluntary and patriotic contributions on the part of your advertisers that we can keep In f ront of the people the urgent necessity for 'for every body saving a t least 10% In W a r Bonds every payday'.".

Volunteers Wanted To Help Red Crou

Mrs. P. C. Peckham, local Red Cross dressing chairman, reports tha t the quota for Kent County surgical dressings has been In-creased to 72,000 dressings weekly. Mrs. Peckham says our volunteer attendance is larger but still more a re needed badly to reach the re-quired quota. Will the women of Lowell please respond immediately. The City Hall is open every Tues-day af ternoon a t one o'clock and remains open until 6:30. If you can give but one hour a week to this worthy cause, your oervlces will be appreciated.

Union Service to Open Lenten Season

A union service will be held Fri-day evening, March 12, commencing at 7:30 in the Lowell Congregational church. Rev. C. E. Pollock, pastor of the Lowell Methodist church will be the speaker at this service.

March 12, has been designated by the- entire Christian church as a world day of prayer. We Invite the citizens of Lowell to attend this service \yhlch will also commemor-ate the first week of the Lenten sea-son. Pas tors and laymen of all nearby churches are urged to co-operate.

Rev. Norman G. Woon, Rev. C. K. Pollock. Rev. R. C. Watiand, com-mittee on arrangements .

Farm House Burns While Family Away

The home of David Auslin, 3 miles southwest of Lowell, was com-pletely destroyed by f i re last Sat-urday morning while the family was away. The loss is estimated to be about $2,600 on the house, and another $1,000 on the furnish-ings. Cause of the fire Is unknown.

Boy Scout Campers To Meet Saturday

Members of the Order of the l Arrow, a national Boy Scout honor campers association will attend a general meeting of the Jlb-She-Wanagen Lodge at Camp Lion, just outside of Grand Rapids, Saturday afternoon and evening. The Lodge Is open to Scouts in the Grand Valley Council who are nominated and elected to membership during the camping season.

The purpose of Saturday 's meet-ing will be to help plan the pro-motion of Scout camping this sum-mer, and to vote on the proposed , „ . „ . Constitution and By-Laws recently ® a n i

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One sister, Mrs. Eliza Sheridan of

Vergennes Lady Is Ninety Today

Mrs. Mary MrAndrews Still Lives On the Same Fa rm Where Shej Was Born . .

Mrs. Mary McAndrews of Ver-gennes township is celebrating her 90th birthday today (Thursday), March 4. She has spent her entire life on the fa rm where she now lives, her parents having bough: 40 acres of the present f a rm from the government in 1834 or 1835. Mrs. McAndrews is the only one of

drawn up by the officers of the Lodge. Also under discussion will bo the formation of chapters for each of the Districts in the Grand Valley Council, so that each chapter can ^ v e service to Scouting in its own area.

Every Scout Troop has aspira-tions for one or more of its mem-bers to be elected to the Order of the Arrow, for these Scouts are regarded as outstanding in their cheerful willingness to serve.

There Is always plenty of room a t the top because many who get there go to sleep and fall off.

NEWS OF OUR BOYS With The U.S. Flag

A new address: Tech Corp. Rich- Harold Semerly, who entered the a id Booth, U. S. Army, 2200 Pros-pect Y. M. C. A., Room 6, Cleveland.

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Ensign A. A. Curtis has returned td duty at Norfolk, Va., af ter spend-ing ten days with his parents in Lowell.

Mrs. Earl Anderson has received word from New Guinea that her husband is well again, af ter being confined in a hospital for two months.

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Schwacha have heard f rom the following boy in the Navy. He would like to hear f rom his Lowell f r iends: Stanley A. Bessel A. S„ Co. 217, U. S. N. T. S.. Great Lakes, III.

Among the boys f rom Lowell and vicinity leaving this week Friday / o r Camp Grant , HI., are Carl D. Ke rAes , John M. Phelps, George W. Alexander, Jr., Richard A. Warner and Kenneth J. Wlngeler.

Pvt. Florlan Scherbinski, R. 1, Ada, has arrived a t the Engineer Replacement Training Center a t F t . Leonard Wood, Mo., for an inten-sive training program In prepara-tion for combat engineer duty.

George tiotfredsen, who is with our troops in Africa, now bears the title of Captain, having recently re-ceived this promotion. In writ ing home, George says he could have a leave If he wanted It but he didn't want to leave in the midst of things.

Pvt. Robert E. Ellis is now at-tending the Lockheed-Vega Service

Kent Is Leader in Diversified Crops

Caledonia Farmers ' Club heard K. K. Vlnlng last Monday evening discuss the problems In connection, with gasoline rationing, select ive l 3 e ' 1 0 0 1 a l B u , b a n k , Calif., for ad-servlce, and producing the f o o d ! v a n c e d opeclallsts- training in necessary to win this war. He stated | ( , r r o u n < 1 c r e w w o r k f o r the Air that by and large our democracy1 F o r c e - H l 8 n e w a d d r e f l B , s P v t -tended to work out the will of the l i o b e r t E 1 , l 8 • Lockheed-Vega Serv-people although it was difficult to i c e S c h 0 0 1 ' C l a M L 2 4 ^ 3 - Barracks believe at times. 2 2 ' Calif.

Vlnlng said t h a t Kent county had i „ , . not scratched the surface yet re- H ^ v e s have received word that

garding total food production, also ^ . J 4 *" 5 " - C - S t e e l e - a f o r m e r

tha t Kent county has the most k™®11 b o y - w a 8 r e P o r t e d

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in peace, should be adopted and backed up to the Hmlt. I t Is not so easy to formulate plans tha t will make everyone behave like a good little Sunday school pupil, which will Induce selfish nations to give up their destructive policies, and satisfy the normal aspirat ions of the human race

The f i rs t essert lal fo r a peaceful world a f te r the war, would seem to be for the peaceful nat ions to mainta in such strong mil i tary pow-er tha t no warl ike nation will dare a t t ack them. So long as we have peace, the world will m a k e good progress.

There will be terrific problems to be worked out. The hungry na-t ions will clamor for foo£ f rom our country, and for help In re-building their Industries. The United Sta tes will be genet ous, bu t when people have misfortunes they usu-ally have to emergie f r o m them through the i r own struggle and self-reliance. The American people cannot under take to solve all prob-lems of the whole world, bu t they will try to be helpful. The nations can all solve their own problems, If they will give up the Idea of at-taining prosperity through war , and concentrate on peaceful industry and commerce.

Phone or send your news to the Ledger. t f ,

Edward Roblnette and Edward Bolthouse recently have been added to the commit tee . .

Victory Gardeners To Meet in Lowell

An Important meeting will be held a t eight o'clock, Wednesday eve-ning. Mar. 10, In the Lowell City Hall, for all fa rm famil ies and townspeople too, who are Interested In rasing a good Victory garden this year.

Garden experts and Home Eco-nomics Specialists f rom Michigan Sta te College will discuss "The F a m -ily Food Supply" which, in view of present rationing, is one of the mos t important subjects before the public today.

Time and place of other meetings held on the same day will 'be found In Mr. Vlning's column, Up and Down Kent County Roads.

Red Cross Campaign For Kent, March 22-26

Kent county's Red Cross cam-paign will be conducted Intensively f rom March 22 through March 26. with a goal of $261,617. Howard C. Lawrence Is general chai rman and workers for the drive are being organised.

making a double-breasted s u i t jacket and trousers with cuffs. . . . You just can' t satisfy some folks! Bullfighters in Spain are gett ing the Bronx cheer by the fans for not giving enough for their salary. . . . According to George Herald, what worries him is whether they will put a woman in the post war peace conference and star t another war. . . . We bight have thought, assum-ing Africa to be the "dark conti-nent," they might not be advanced in thought. A Ledger reader says South Afr ica h a s a campaign against radio crooners, so we change our minds. . . . I t appears to many Lowell cftlzens that the Department of Agriculture and varied govern-ment agencies spend their time passing a hot potato around be-tween them while the f a rmer bakes. . . . We are even to busy to stop and make up Scotch jokes. . . . Quoting Reuben Lee: 'TJs fa rmers are going to be very popular with our d t y cousins this year—they kqow where their food Is coming from."

The man who watches the clock usually remains one of the hands.

WANTED

Names of Service Men The village of Lowell, under

the direction of the common council, will erect an Honor Roll upon which will be placed the names of all service men in the present war from Lowell and -Its surrounding a rea . ' Near relatives of service men are kindly re-quested to cooperate by furnish-ing names for the honor roll. Please print the name plainly and mall or bring same to Wm. Chris t iansen a t Christiansen's d rug store, Lowell.

ty in the state. There are more, . . . . . . f a r m . In Kent county than In a m - i ' " 1 " , l " l c

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other county and more f a rmt r a than1 M r " H ° w a r d K " 1 " ' " v " 0 " In the whole upper penln.ula o( I " ' r c u ' w " ' ' |

0 ™ " Michigan L. H. S. student and was well liked

Wa if „ by his classmates and friends. He stated that If each cow were to give one-half pint of milk more o „ „ „ , tTT u

Ho,, • . , P. F . C. Paul Birman came home per day, that Michigan'^ quota „ . . . . . , . . ... . . , , . Feb. 8 to spend his furlough with

could be met. Also, If each cow were . . j t,, ka . „ . i his mother, Mrs. Maud Blrman. to be given 50 pounds more grain . . . . , . .

rwv,- voo.. »»,« ».„i# i t . . . When he returned to his base at • P ' n t W0Ul<1 Feb. 15, he learned he

It w a . . very l n t . r , . t l n s meetlnS !h ^ * , n a - n ™ . ! . • " d j s o u t t . Sea laland. , J , Lee entered

and the a t tendance waa good apecl»l lxe | l h e .ervlce a year ago on January | on governors and propellers. At 5, g o ! n g t o t h e G r e a t n & v & 1

Stanley Powell Next Speaker | present his address is Corp. Paul Stanley Powell will be the nexi : B i r m a n . 7 9 t h Service Sqd (SPC),

speaker a t their regular meeting|U- Army Air Base, Rapid City, on Monday evening, March 8. Mr . ' 3 , D -Powell is a f a rmer of considerable! — repute f rom Ronald Township. L t - Nummer, who re-lonla County, was a member o f ; c e l v e d compound wounds several tha t s ta te legislature, and is at • w e e k 8 a 8 0 "somewhere near Guala-

Army last Tuesday, is located at Camp Grant, HI.

Pvt. Howard L. Dennle has been transferred f rom San Angelo. Tex., lo Maryland. His change of address Is: Pvt. Howard L. Dennle, A. A. F. T. T. C. Det., Flight 5, Class 24., District 264, Middle River, Mary-land.

Yeoman Gerald M. Henry is in Lowell for a few days' visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Henry, and friends. He Is attached to the U. S. Naval headquarters at Brooklyn, N. Y., and says he is enjoying his duties Immensely.

W. O. J . G. Geor:e Daly, who was recently t ransferred f rom the Canal Zone to an Officers ' Training Camp In Maryland, will be stationed In North Dakota. H e Is visiting his aunts, Mrs. Ed i th P ra t t of Sara-nac and Mrs. Wlli Deverlng of Lowell.

Frank L. Carr is with a Photo Reconnaissance troop somewhere in the South Pacific, arriving there some three or four months ago. Frank tells his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Carr , "Feellhg fine, spirits good. J u s t receiving my packages you sent in October."

Richard L. Lampkin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lampkin of Keene, has been promoted to the rank of Wing Commander at the Greenville Aviation School, Ocala, Fla. Com-mander Lampkin has two flight commanders, eighteen instructors and approximately ninety primary students under him.

Staff Sgt. William Wepman, who used to "carry the bail" here in the days of Coach Ronald Finch, sends a letter to the Ledger f rom which we quote: "I enjoy reading the Ledger as it has many interesting items, especially news about some of the boys. I correspond with Keith Kinyon, Lawrence Ridgeway, Melvln Boerma, Roman Maloney and a few others. At the present time I am in complete charge of administrat ing a n d eupervising about 700 men in physical training at Love Field, Dallas, Texas."

Windsor, Canada, died 3 ^ years ago at the age of 96 years.

Mrs. McAndrews' mother, Mary Conaty, of West Maid, Ireland, and her father, John Delaney, of King's County, Ireland, came to New York State when they were about 16 years old. They became acquainted and later were married by a travel-ing priest, as there were few churches, and moved to Chelsea, Mich., then to their fa rm in Ver-gennes.

They worked in the camp when they were building the G. R. & I. railroad from Kalamazoo to Grand Rapids. Mrs. Delaney was the first white woman to ride on that rail-road into Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Delaney cleared their fa rm and built a log house and barn which later were replaced by the present f rame buildings. Wolves would come at. night up around the buildings.

Mr. Delaney worked at times in Kalamazoo and bought provisions, walking and carrying them to their home here. Mrs. Delaney and a neighbor women picked cranberries and took them to one store at that time a t Campau Square, Grand Rapids, with oxen team, and bought groceries for the coming year, their only path a blazed trail through the woods. They crossed Grand River at Ada where the nearest postoffice waa located.

Mr. and Mrs. Delaney were two of a group of eighteen that organ-ized the f irs t Catholic church at Parnell about a 100 years ago. Mrs. McAndrews. their daughter, saw the blazed trails change into good roads of today, and fa rm equipment change f rom oxen to modern ma-chinery and tractors.

Mary Delaney and Mike McAn-drews were married in the fall of 1893, Mr. McAndrews dying in July, 1940.

UP and

By K. K. Vlnlng

Farmers Schools Prove Profitable

Dr. John Trumble presented a very Interesting talk on "Cattle Diseases arid Herd Heal th" at the f i f th meeting of the adult evening school last Monday evening.

On Monday, Mar 8, Albert T. Hall, local Ag. Instructor, will be on the job again a f te r being absent because of Illness. The subject for ditfcuasion will be "Grain in the Dairy Ration."

The fa rm machinery r e p a i r school being taught by Art Schnei-der in the P. J . Read building, is progressing nicely. Farmers with machinery to repair are urged to attend th is class and get the job done. This class meets every Fri-day evening at 8 o'clock.

S 1|C J. Lee Shear is surely happy to be home a f t e r having been In hospitals since July 9th because of a sever Injury to his leg received when a large rock rolled off a cliff and struck h im while he was on active duty with the Senbees In the

training statiofl. He saw training In

It me Damaged by Stove Explosion

Fire, which started when the flame on a kerosene cook stove crept too high, caused quite heavy damage to the Mae Anderson home cn Monroe-av.,near the high school; shortly a f te r noon Wednesday. The stove exploded In some way when Mrs. Maria Williamson, who has occupied the north apar tment in the Anderson home for the past two years, at tempted to extinguish the blaze.

Mrs. Williamson was burned about the head and wrists and ran into Mrs. Anderson's, then outdoors, where she was assisted to the home of a nelghbor_by two high school boys. Mrs. Williamson's burns are not considered serious but she Is

present the legislative counsel for c a n a 1 ' w r , t e 8 h [ * w , f e h e r e ^ y l n g : the Michigan State Grange and the 1 a m R t a convalescent camp State Bureau. Besides that, he is somewhere In Australia, coming a good speaker and a good story ' l n e - J u ^ /eceived my Chris tmas teller.

fore leaving tfie s ta tes on April 12, and a f t e r being Injured was taken first to New Zealand and back to the s ta tes on November 2, where he has been confined In Che U. S. Naval hospital a t Seattle, Wash. J. Lee ar-rived in Lowell last Thursday morning, having driven from the coast with an officer whose home is In Ionia. H e says It Is sure grand

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boxes. All Is O. K. except for quite I a sunburn I received while In I swimming." All of the Lt.'s fr iends I la and around Lowell are glad to 'know he is coming along fine.

Thursday, March 4 —"Wildcat" i — with Richard Arlen; also "Time to] The Ledger is glad to acknowl-Kili" with Lloyd Nolan. lodge receipt of a letter from P . F . C.hn Lowell.

Fr iday and Saturday, March 5-61 Milton D. Rogers, all the way from] —Constance Bennett and Patr lc | North Africa where our boys a re | CARD PARTY AT CITY HALL Knowles In '^Sln Town;" also the ^ v i n g a good account of them-Andrews s is ters In "Give Out Sis- selves. The let ter is dated Feb. 6, ters" with Grace McDonald. and says in par t : "Will write a few

Sunday and' Monday, Mar. 7-8— lines to let you know that I get the Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith in Ledger down here In North Africa. "Gentleman J im." Added News and ; I t seems very good to read about Shorts. {what Is going on back In the little

Tuesday and Wednesday, March 'home town, but the paper is

to be home, but m u s t leave March 8 to report back a t the hospital in Washington by the 14tih. J. Lee has been dividing his time between his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lodi Shear of Batt le Creek and his grandpar-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. Booth.

The L. H. S. Girls' Club are spon-soring a public card party at the City Hall, Friday. Mar. 12. at 7:30 p. m. General admission 15c, high school s tudents 10c. Each table will play any game they wish.

a P r i z e 8 t o b e S i v e n winners of each

9-10—"A Night to Remember" with j month old when I get It. There arc t a b , t ' I j i 8 : h t refreshments. Tickets Loret ta Young and Brian Aherne; [two of us fellows from Lowell h e r e l o n 8 a l e a t C h r i s t i a n s ® n 8 o r f""0"1

plus Comedy and Shorts. I In this battal ion. Sonny Denton and a n y m e m b e r o f G i r l 9 C l u b - c 4 3 - 2 t

Thursday, March 11 —"Men of .myself. I am feeling fine these days. San Quentin" with J . Anthony 'Hhighes; also "Stand By All Net-works" with John Beal and Florence Rice; plus News.

Tell my f r i ends to write." The Lodger is very sorry that because of OW1I regulations, addresses of sol-diers overseas cannot be printed.

Gabardine Jacke t s for Spring

Seal brown, teal, cocoa and tan, zipper and button coats, full rayon lined, sires 36 to 48. $7.45, a t Coons'.

f rom shock. The fire was confined to the

north apar tment , the damage to the house being covered by insur-ance. The furnishings, which were owned by Mrs. Williamson, were almost a total loss.

Read Runciman 's Ad Farmers and others will be in-

terested hi the timely announce-ment of the C. H. Runciman Co. on page 7 of this issue. The theme of the full page advertisement is "Manpower Needs Food Power lo Win" and lists such spring needs as tested field and garden seeds, stock and poultry feeds, sprays and fer-tilizers, word fence posts, etc.

Auction Sales

Manuel Yelter, Mar 16

Having sold his farm, Manuel Yelter will sell at public auction a t the farm, 7 miles southwest of Lowell, on Tuesday, March 16, a good list of horses, cattle, hogs, implements and tools, feed, and s o m e household goods. N. C. Thomas, auctioneer; H a r r y Day, clerk. See adv. in full In March 11 Issue of the Ledger. 43-44

Advice to Selectees Who Are Needed on Fa rms

The county war board has been receiving quite a few requests re-cently for help In getting boys out of the army. These requests have come from farm folks who feel the need of the boys on f a rms the coming summer. Some boys In the service have writ ten us directly.

There is little that the county war board, or extension service, can do from this end of the line. The request for discharge mus t be made by the soldier to his com-manding officer. I t Should be In y r l t lng and contain a clear state-ment of facts concerning conditions a t home. If the commanding officer desires more information he re-quests the same through proper channels to the county war board who will be glad to act on the same.

And while we are on the sub-ject of selective service we would like to call attention to a mat te r tha t is overlooked by the selectee when he is classified. If the classifi-cation is 1-A and the registrant wishes it changed for various rea-sons he should request in writing for a hearing before his selective service board. This should be done within ten days a f te r receiving his classification. If he is continued in the 1-A class he can appeal his case. The request for an appeal should be made in writing and with-in ten days of notification of his continuance In Class 1-A. This in-formation is all stated on his clas-sification card bu t we have found so many t imes that registrants didn't read the card and then came an induction notice and they want to know w h a t to do to get a defer-ment or a reclassification. The registrant can save himself and the selective service board some trouble if he will request his hearing and appeal r ight away instead of letting the mat te r drag.

Practical Way of Helping

The Rockford Chamber of Com-merce Is get t ing at the f a rm labor problem for their area early in the season. They have arranged to list all available help in tha t town for f a rm work. Worli at the Wolverine factory is spotted a t times and .some of those folks will be glad to do fa rm work. The listing sheets are going to contain other town people as well. The Rockford Co-operative Association will act as a clearing house for the help, re-ceiving- requests f r o m fa rmers and passing It on to those who win work.

The plan was explained a t the Chamber of Commerce guest night last week and was well received by the f a r m e r s present.

The guest night, or f a rm night, sponsored by the Chamber of Com-merce, was well attended and bet ter than a year ago. Charles Figy, Commissioner of Agriculture, was the speaker. He discussed In an Interesting way the work of his department and Its problems In war time.

(Continued on back page)

Local Boy Scouts Hold Joint Rally

A very successful Scout rally was held in the parish house of the Congregational church on Monday evening.

Guests of troop No. 101 was troop No. 102 and the Scoutmaster, a number of committee men aud parents, and Scout Fieldman Lyle Frye and Mrs. Frye of Grand Rap-ids, and Scout Commissioner Cram-er and Mrs. Cramer also of Grand Rapids. Mr. Cramer led the boys in a series of games and contests. Mr. Frye conducted a Court of Honor in which Scout Ralph War-ner was given a Merit Badge for aviation and Scouts Robert An-drews and Walter Eyke were awarded their Tenderfoot pins.

The local Scout Troops, No's. 101 and 102, a f te r a period of difficulty In getting started, are now making real progress and beginning to get firmly established.

Toxoid Clinic to Be Held Here Wednesday

Kent County Health Department will conduct a clinic f o r admlnls-tnitlon t f toxoid for the prevention of dlFfithcria a n d vaccination against smallpox at Lowell school on Wednesday, March 10,1943 f rom 9:80 to 10 a. m.

P a r e n t s an< especially Invited t o ' bring pre-school children to this clinic.

Diphtheria Is a serious disease, the greates t number of cases and the highest death r a t e being among children under five. At the same time, have your child vaccinated against smallpox. Vaccination as done a t present, Is a simple pro-cedure, and leaves only a small scar.

Take no chances. Protect your children.

Kent County Health Officer J . D. Brook. M. D ,

Prohibit ing the use of tin in re-pairing certain small-type g a s meters will save more than 126 tons of this metal a year.

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The Family and American Democracy

(The 39th In a ser ies of articlcB the Lowell Child sponsored by

Study Club.)

I 8—Religion

I Religion of necessity m u s t bo In-| (-hided as one of the vital and es-sential requisi tes of the cha rac t e r

Three MonUiB Mc, Single Copies" S o : 0 ' * h o ^ democra t ic clUxon. Our '.•he Lowell Udger, MUMUted i ™tlon. our democracy, was bui l t on

1893; The Alto Solo, oatabllahed January religious fa i th , w i th religious free-

m r n s o n c b n s l Bl

o f l t * f o u n d a t l o n . Conaoiidnted wiUi the Ledger December W e e n u m e r a t e r e l i g i o n h e r e a s t h e 15' 1#38- iSth essential of democra t ic charac-

^ e r , not because It can in any w a y

TOO MANY M I S T A K E S b e considered relatively unlmpor t -' ant , but we touch on It las t bo-

p R E S I D E N T R O O S E V E L T re- c a u 8 e 0 f l t g v e r y b n 8 | 8 ^ i n e v | t .

cently told how the aoldlera in able Importance.

foreign lands hea r abou t m a n y j At various periods of prosper i ty complaints being m a d e in the and pride, we, as a nat ion, have United Sta tes about home condl-j forgotten ou r religious foundat ion, tlono, and how m a n y people a r e have forgot ten ou r God. S'adly, it bi t ter about war t ime h a r d s h l p a ' seems somet imes to t ake a crtoia Before people say too many things or a ca lami ty to m a k e people re-about those difficulties, they should j member God. So It Is with a nation, reflect t ha t the story of such com- j with our nation, today. Dr. Hugli plaining goeo a long way. I t m a y Magill, General Secre ta ry of the discourage our brave m e n fa r away, In ternat ional Council of Religious and it encourages the agen t s of the Educat ion, says In Paren t s ' , Our Axis who a re listening. children need God aa no generat ion

If people su f f e r hardsh ip because ever needed H i m before I" of some mis take t ha t could be recti-1 I t may help any pa ren t , who fled, they are enUtled to make doubts Dr . Maglll 's s t a t ement , to reasonable p r o t e s t If this can b% follow up his reasoning. All Intelll accomplished quietly, t h a t is f a r gent parents , us well a s the child

ALTO MEWS Mrs. F red Pa t t l son

Alto Buslnpaii Men's Supper

Alto business men were given T h u r s d a y evening, special t r e a t

when, Mrs. Merle Rosenberg ' s dlvi sion of Whi te Circle served a de-licious fish supper , and Mrs. Rosen berg Is being complimented ns special good f ish f r y e r and they were not boughten f ish. They were caught t h r o u g h Ice by Alto and communi t ies ' good nlmrods, 140 them. Secre tary of the Aid repor ts net proceeds f r o m the suppe r were $13.27.

better. The people cannot expect perfect

action, without any mistakes, f rom those who are manag ing war t ime life. We have to allow a margin fo r error. The complaints made by the people are usually aibout things f a r less onerous than those suf-fered by our ftgihtlng men.

T H E P R E S S P R O T E C T S PEACE

^ H E AMERICAN Society of Newspaper E d i t o r s recently

adopted resolutions in which they ask for the f reedom of the press all over the world. If such freedom could be maintained In all lands, If. Is not likely tha t w a r s would s tar t again.

I t Is not probable t h a t the ma-jori ty of a n y count ry w a n t war . If a large element In some countries did want f igh t ing before the present war s tar ted, they are probably convinced by this t ime t ha t war brlngB only misery and destruction. If the re could be f r ee newspapers and f ree discussion In all countries, the voice of the peo-ple would protes t aga ins t the hor-ror of w a r so s t rongly t ha t no

experts, agree on the Importance of Establishing right hablta. "Right habi t s mus t have a h igher basic sanction and reason t h a n Jusi proper nu r tu re of childhood, as preventat ive of cr ime, Insanity, and neurotic, unhappy, maladjus ted adults. A necessary high baste sanction and r e a s m for Intelligent

j child guidance Is f a i th in Ck-d. Re-ligion l if ts child guidance out of the rea lm of the expedient, onto a higher plane, tha t of a better, ful ler life."

"Only by m e a n s of an all-em-brac ing religion can we bopn to develop cha rac t e r tha t will s tand the s t ra in of changed conditions and removed restraint*. Only thus can we hope to develop m e n and women who can h e a r the s train of modern l ife witl iout despair or oollapse: who can still bel le \o In a day when self lshneM will be overcome by love, and ha t r ed by good-will; who can IOOK up, and love, and laugh, and l i f t - And, as Ralph Wallace pu t s It, In the Read-ers' Digest, "Without religion—lead-ership will lack the spi r i tual quali-ties necessary to build Justice and tolerai;oe Into the lives of m e n dur-

government would dare s t a r t any Ing the post-war e ra of reoonatruc-such conf l i c t j tJon."

There Is danger of w a r when! governments prevent the people f r o m expressing the i r thoughta, and f rom learning the t ru th . A f ree press is the power by which t h e common sense of the people ex-presses Itself, ahd vetoes the ter-rible ac t ions of leaders who look for w a r and conf l i c t

(To be cont inued)

Weekly Scrapbook

Editorial Conment

GOOD A P P O I N T M E N T

The recent appoin tment by t h s S t a t e W e l f a r e Commiaaion, of Charles Bu t t r l ck of Caacade aa t h a «late-aelec:ed member of the K e n t County Social Welfare B o a r t , meets with the universal approval of the cltizena of K e n t county.

Mr. But t r lck la a f o r m e r chair-m a n of the K e n t county board of supervlaora, and by t raining, ex-perience, and t emperament ia ex-ceptionally well qualiflad fo r t h e post to which he has been named.

NOT ENOUGH HATET

A Ledger reader r e m a r k s tha t in general Amer icans don ' t seem aa emotionally upset In th i s war a s dur ing thd f i r s t World War , t ha t you don' t get so much of "hate" . Edl tor lale have been wr i t ten about u s f ight ing bet ter if we would g e t more worked up, "get mad", as they put It. Americano don't l ike injust ice, will not sanct ion cruelty and both has been two fea tures great ly s tressed by our enemy. Bu t to w h a t avail would ha te bring u s

W a r Ra t ion Board Busy

We wish to t hank the war ration board tha t worked ao diligently at the Alto school house Monday through Fr iday, reg is te r ing 1,024 persons. E rnes t Rosenberg w a s re-sponsible for t ak ing persona for Ins t ruct ions and getting] the ma terial and F r a n k Kline helped the following ladles a t the school; Mes-dames George Skldmore, J a c k Por-ritt, Wm. Fair-child, G a u d Slloox Lawrence Rlchardaon and Mary Sinclair and Marion S tau f fe r . Many helpera bought the i r d inner in the school dining room and repor t a delicious well balanced meal, cooked by Mrs. Ra lph Hun t ing ton . Our school chlldre'.t cer ta in ly en joy their lunchea at a very small cost, especi-ally their home m a d e bread.

Week's Beat Recipe

Lemon Meringue P ie : 1 baked shell, >4 c sugar , c flour, 3T corn-1 a w e e k w l t h h e r n l e c e > M r 8 - Joe s tarch. H t salt, 2 c boiling water , 1 C o r r , ? a n a t I r v l n « -

Alto Locals

Sunday one of our typical a tormy winter days, s t rong cold wind and snow, but sun sh in ing nicely this Monday morning.

M m H. D. Smith and Connie and Mrs. H e n r y Slater were Sa tu rday luncheon gues t s of Mr. a n d ' Mrs. Emerson Colby In Bat t le Creek. Mrs. Wm. Reynhou t worked In l ibrary dur ing Mrs. Smith 's ab-sence.

J . W. 'Livingston f rom Washing-ton, D. C , spen t the week-end with his f a the r , J o h n Livingston and M r s George H a n n a w a y f r o m St. Louis also visited her g r a n d f a t h e r over the week-end, a n d together they called on Mrs. Victoria Smith on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Ju l ius Wester , Jr. , en ter ta ined S u n d a y wi th a birth-day d inner in honor of Richard Wester and J u l i u s Wester , Sr . Gues ts were Mr. nd Mrs. A1 Streel-man and Marie Wester of Grand Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wester , Eddie and Mable Wester , Mr and Mrs. Haro ld Wester and Douglas, Ju l ius Wester , Sr., and b ro ther Fred.

Mrs. Dan Winegar and Donna Jean called on Mrs. Ju l ius Wester Thur sday a f t e rnoon .

Mrs. Ern ie R o a r k has one of the most beaut i ful windows In the coun-try, one large ge ran ium h a s 14 blooms.

•Mrs. E l la F lynn h a s gone to stay

Alto Locals

Mrs. T. T. B ra t t en of Rivers ide came Monday to spend several days wi th her husband, the P . M. s ta t ion agent .

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Johnson a n d fami ly of Grand Rap ids spen t Sun-day evening with Mr. nd Mrs. Chas. Colby.

Mrs. J o h n Campbell spent Sun-day with he r s is ter and brother , Mrs. Alma D a h l m a n and Glen Sny-der a t Campau Lake.

Mr. and Mrs. Dee Decker and children of Sb ranac were S u n d a y dinner gues t s of Rev. and Mrs. P . E. Chamber la in .

I^awience Richardson was able to come home f r o m Bu t t e rwor th hoapital Sa tu rday , where he under -went an appendectomy, Lawrence soya he Is feel ing good and will soon be back work ing In the gar-age. /

Cl i f ford Draper , who h a s been a t Grea t Lakes T ra in ing s ta t ion fo r 6 months , and his wife of Muskegon, called on his aun t , Arl ie Drape r Sunday, and a r t visi t ing hla parenta , Mr. and Mra. S tewar t Draper , before leaving in a Ww days fo r Cal i fornia .

Mr. and M r a Guy L v f l i and fami ly of G r a n d Rapida were Sun-day d inner gueata of Mr. and Mrs. He rbe r t Croninger a t Campau Lake .

Mr. and Mrs. E rnea t Johnaoi and family and Mr. and Mra. P e t e Bencke r and son were Sunday din-ne r gues t s of the f o r m e f s d a u g h t e r and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. How-a rd Cariglon in Grand Rapida.

Mrs. Wm. R e y n h o u t en te r t a ined Wednesday with a d inner a n d quil t -'Kgi bee. Guests were Mesdames J o h n B r a n n n n , Lincoln Dyger t , O. K. Graham, Clyde G r a h a m a n d Miss Anna Eas te rby , Mrs. Lucy Duell and Mra. Nellie Timpson were a f t e rnoon callers.

Mr. and Mrs. S a m Onan of Ypsl-lantl , called on Mr. and Mrs. Leon-a rd J o h i w j n S u n d a y a f t e rnoon .

Mra. Mat t Met te rn lck called on Mrs. J o h n Campbell F r i d a y a f t e r -noon.

Mrs. J a m e a Green and ch i ldren of West Lowell were Sunday guea t s a t t he H a y w a r d home.

Mra. L a v e m Kowalk and son Duane of Grand Ledge, a n d Mrs. Howard MacLaren of Cha r lo t t e were Sunday d inne r gues ts of t he i r parents , Mr. and Mrs. Sid Mac-Naughton , and on S a t u r d a y K e i t h MacNaughton and daugh t e r J a n e t of Grand Ledge called a t t he Sid MacNaughton home and the m e n at tended the big sale a t M u f r a y F a r i n s a t H a r r i s Creek, one bull selling a t $600.

Rev. and Mrs. J . G. Ballard and f a t h e r and Albert Baldwin w ^ n t

Coopersvllle to visit the f o r m e r ' s f a the r and sister .

1H c white corn ayrup, 3 eggs, 1-8 c lemon Juice, 2 t g ra ted lemon rind, 4 T sugar . Combine sugar , flour, cornstarch, salt In top of double boiler. St i r In boil ing wa t e r slowly, careful to prevent lumping. S t i r In

i syrup. Cook over boiling water , s t i r r ing constant ly until mix ture is thick and smooth. Then cook slowly, otlrrlng frequent ly, until corns tarch is cooked, about 15 minutes . Beat egg yolka and one egg white. Stir In the hot mixture . Cook all to-gether about two minutes. Before removing f r o m heat s t i r in lemon Juice and gra ted rind. Cool and place In shell. Cover wi th mer ingue made by beatlngi 2 egg whi tes with 4 T sugar , add ing la t te r gradual ly as beaten In. B a k e mer ingue In oven of modera t e hea t unt i l f i r m and lightly brown.

Day of T h r i f t

Only heat the amoun t of wa te r you need for the coffee. T u r n heat Jow under vegetables a f t e r they s ta r t s teaming. While oven Is al-ready hot have your ent i re meal cooked In It. Shoe ra t ion ing de-mands we t a k e ca re of those on hand by c reams and lotions, having heels repaired and s to r ing shoes

In s topping them, to winning the carefully. Keep a spot remover close war and commanding a peace? at hand f o r your clothes Use a Surely level heads, s t rong wills and sponge and p r v a l n g cloth when s teady nerves will go f u r t h e r t han tempests and emotional upsets. W e don ' t have to th ink of the foe a s naugh ty boys, keeping bad com-p a n y and not realteing what they a r e doing, but we can be more effect ive in punishing t h e m by pro-ducing on a la rge scale, t ra in ing and hav ing our bat t le-cry unity and cooperat ion Instead of hate . Clear th ink ing Is an Impor tan t weapon, and ha t red robs the mind of thte.

W H E R E I N F L A T I O N BEGAN

F r o m Cassopolis Vigi lant :

"Cracking down" on labor by de-creeing a for ty-e ight hour work week wasn ' t such a ha rdsh ip on labor as the headllnea might Indi-cate, because the men a re to receive time-and-one-half for the extra e ight 1<ours. A m a n w h o receives one dol-lar per hour f o r work f ive days pe r week will receive $1.50 pe r hour f o r the ex t r a e ight hours, o r $12.00 f o r j a t home! his last day ' s work each week, a l l '

'of whldh we consider ia being p re t ty nice to the worke r but a

pressing clothes a t home.

She Docs I t So

A subscriber passes on th i s sug-gestion fo r an easy way to Iron shirts , a t least she feels i t to be the best and quickest . F i r s t , presses the wrong side of collar a n d neck-band, then r igh t side. Then holds shir t up about a n Inch below back yoke, lays It on the i roning board and irons a round the neck to the f ron t and out to sleeve seams. The sh i r t is double dur ing t h i s process of course. T a k e next each sleeve, cuff f l rat . Follow with but toned side of f r o n t next the b a c k and f inal ly the f r o n t side wi th the p l e a t P r e s s t h e collar, bu t ton ah l r t and put face down, lengthwise on board. Fold shi r t one-third over on each side, lay aleeves diagonal ly back and fold whole g a r m e n t in the middle. A real ly profeaaional job

B e a t i n g E g g s

little rough on t h . U x p a y . , . h o " r " , ! ? ^ P l " , w U h c < ,"1

h o to f u n r n h the m i l l i o n of ^ b r e f ".f T 8 " oh It, tar. of ex t r a money to p . y * . b S . ' " ' ° C b " d

Certa inly t h l . admln l . t r a t lon h u ^ , w h " c ther<. le a cu r r en t

yielded to o r g a n i c labor In . v w y l " ' b l ^ u T f Instance which h a . a r l K n . No . V - ; 8 l h , m 1 0 ' d ler will d r a w pay-and-one-half f o r ! the t ime h e puta in in excess of fo r ty hou r s per week.

' An 82-year-old Galesville, Wis., mechanic , with a s ingle machine in h is home, t u r n s out p a r t s for nava l o rdnance a s a w a r product ion sub-con t rac to r .

Def in i t ion of a Go-Get ter : A m a n j w h o r u n s o u t of g a s two miles j f r o m a s ta t ion. '

M W i

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B u r n s Anderson of F l i n t who works In Lansing, drove here to call on hla mothe r and aunt , Mre. Anderson and Mrc. Flynn Fr iday evening, a n d together they called at t he Leon Anderson and John Flynn homea.

M r a Marvin Bussell w a s a din-ner gues t of Mrs. Marie Bergy and Mrs. Josephine Foote Thursday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Sid MacNaughton were a t the i r f a r m and In Grand Ledge Wednesday .

M r a E r n e s t R o a r k a t e Sunday d inner wi th her daugh te r , Mrs. Ray-mond J o u s m a and husband and baby In Alaska .

Rev. and Mrs. J . G. Bal la rd went to S a r a n a c Wednesday to visit her s i s ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W m . Chorley.

Mrs. El izabeth Wie land Is spend-ing a few days a t he r home In South Lowell, bu t will soon re turn to the Livingston home where her sister, Mrs. Achebon is employed.

Miss F r a n c e s P o r r l t t ^pent Tues-day wi th Mrs. Rose Por r l t t , and Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Bergy of Grand Rapids were Wednesday a f te rnoon callers.

Mr. and Mrs. Vernor Lynn of Cascade were Sunday gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Kline.

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Neu-becker of Wyandot te , and Pvt . F red Neubecker of F o r t Custer spent the week-end with their par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Neu-beckcr.

L i e u t Velma Anderson of the Army Nurse Corps a t Camp McCoy, Wis., came Sa turday n ight to visit her mothe r a few days. Callers Sun-day evening were Mrs. Vivian An-derson and son Fa j r e l l , wife and baby of Hostlftge and Corrine Gless of South Bowne.

Mr .and Mrs. Leon Lodewyk of Grand I tap lds were Sunday af ter-noon callers a t t he home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Loveland.

Mr. and Mra. B e r t r a m Scott of

SOUTH BOWNE Mrs. J e n n i e P a r d e e

Methodlat Church Notea

The sermon sub jec t next Sunday will be "The Evidences of Chris-t ianity". Also nex t Sunday will be "Layman ' s Day". T h e r e will be a number of speakers , both men and women. The re will also be special music. E v e r y m e m b e r Is eapeclally requested to a t t end . Thla week ends the "Week nt Dedicat ion" do not fa l l to be there . The re will be a church n ight d inner on Thur sday evening, March 18, followod by a "Round Table Dlacuaaion" on our re la t ions and a t t i t ude toward the negros and J apanese .

Lieut. Orren F r o a t haa been sent to For t Sill, Okla., to the off lcer 'a t ra ining school.

Mr. and Mra. Clare F o r d were Sunday gues ts a t the Dell F o r d home.

Mrs. E m m a McDonald w a s home f rom G r a n d R a p i d s over Sa tu rday night and Sunday.

Gene Kropf w a s home f r o m Wil-low R u n over Sunday . Htf called on his parents , Mr , and Mrs. Chris Kropf.

J o h n A n d r e w s and sons, Joe, John a n d J i m a n d the i r a u n t Mrs. Clara Comrle of G r a n d R a p i d a were supper gues ts of Ted E l h a r t and family Sunday.

Mrs . Mary McAndrews haa not been so well t h e pas t week . She *[111 celebrate he r 90th b i r thday March 4th.

iMra. F red Blaaer has been quite 111 the pas t week .

FAIXASBURG & VICINITY Mr*. Wesley Miller

H a r r y Woodcock a n d H e n r y Sohut t of G r a n d Rap ids were Sat -u rday cal lers of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Garf ie ld .

Claude Booth of Midland and his daugh t e r Virginia of Grand Rapids were home last week-end1.

Sgt . Johnnie R i c h a r d s of Sioux City has been spending his fu r lough with Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y V a u g h a n a-nd family and visi t ing o the r f r iends In the vicinity of Lowell. He called a t the homes of William S tauf fe r , Mrs. Claude Booth and Wesley Miller on Sa tu rday .

Helen Vaughan and Sgt . Johnn ie Richards were S u n d a y dinner gues ts of Mr. and Mrs . Ivan Hebe r t and callers of Mr. and Mrs. W a r d Con-ner In Keene.

Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Wr igh t and sons spent S u n d a y wi th he r mother , Mrs. C. Myers, In Lowell.

T h e Char les Miller family have moved f r o m the Dave Garf ie ld place to a f a r m In Ionia county.

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Miller, W a r d and Dale Miller and Mrs. H a r r y Vaughan were In Grand Rapida last Thur sday evening to see mov-ing pictures of Aus t ra l i an soldiers in New Guinea, which were shown a t the Armory.

Mr. and Mrs. F red Meyers a n d Adeline and Fred , Jr . , a r e moving

G r a n d Rap ids and mother , M r s . i f r o m C a r l K y 8 e r ' a r m t u t h e l r

Mabel Scott of Lowell were Sun-day evening cal lers a t t he Ted Scot t home.

Mrs. Claud Silcox and Mrs. Law-rence Richardson were Fr iday din-ner gues ts of Mrs. Valda Chater-don In Lowell and the three Chater-don chi ldren accompanied their a u n t home for the week-end.

a m U J . W A R B O N D S

Dr. C. T. PnUarst lanla , M k h i g a n

l y e , E i r , H o n ft T h r o a t

Your eyea scientifically re-f r a c t e d ; f r a m e s and mount-ings styled in the most mod-ern types lo f i t you Indivld-uoily.

O F F I C E HOURS

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former f a r m nea r Lakevlew. T h e y were S u n d a y d i n n e r gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. W m . Keech and aons.

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Miller and Ward and Dale w e r e S u n d a y din-ner guests of M r . and Mrs. F . E . Boynton a n d called' on Alice Hell-man. Alice la recovering f r o m a n appendectomy.

Mrs . M a r y Ard ls of Lowell w a s a d inner gues t of Mrs. Russel l Ander-sen and Mr. and Mrs. S t a u f f e r last WednesWay.

Mr. and Mrs. W m . S t a u f f e r a n d Richard , Mr. and Mrs. Emlel Stauf-f e r and Mrs. Russel l Anderson and Donnle spent S u n d a y with Mr. and Mrs. T o m C h a l m e r s and N a n c y ta G r a n d Rapida.

Mrs . Claude Booth. Mrs. W m . S t a u f f e r and R i c h a r d spent F r iday wi th Mr. and Mrs. E. S t a u f f e r and Mrs. Andersen.

Mr. and Mrs. Archie T h o m a s and father , Wm. T h o m a s of Cascade were Sunday a f t e rnoon gues t s of J a k e Gless and Corrine,

Mrs. Mar t in Kunde and daugh te r Donna a t tended a b i r thday par ty for R. T. Kunde In F r e e p o r t

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hostet t -ler were last Sunday d inner guests of the former ' s parents , Mr. and Mrs. Merle Hoste t t ler .

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Miller and dauj ihter Helen and baby visited the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Glbbs In Mlddlevllle, Sunday .

Sor ry to hea r t ha t Mrs . Lenna Johnson was t aken to Blodget t hos-pital Sa tu rday .

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Miller and daugh te r Helen spent S u n d a y with Mrs. Miller's people, Wm. Blough and wife In F reepor t .

Mrs. Paul H o f f m a n and son spent f r o m Tuesday until T h u r s d a y with her mother , Mrr . J o h n Ander-son In Alto. Mrs. Anderson will go to Lansing w h e r e her hu(rt)and Is employed.

Pvt . Clare C lum of F lo r ida and sister Beatr ice Blough were callers a t J e r r y Blough 's F r iday a f t e rnoon .

Mr. and Mrs. J e r r y Blough ac-companied Mr. and Mra. Albert Slabaugh to Clarkavllle Wedne®-dayi

Lauren Bergeron, air aervlce com-mander of Dayton, Ohio, apent f r o m Wednesday unti l S u n d a y noon with his wi fe and f ami ly a t t he home of he r parenta, Mr. and Mra. H a r r y Cramer .

Mra. L e n a Shu l t z of G r a n d Rap-Ida and daugh te r , Mra. Kenne th Lumber t and baby of F l i n t were

[Friday Evening g u e a t s of the fo rm-er's parenta , Mr. and Mra. A. T. Eash.

Corp. Nick C r a m e r of F o r t Casey, Wash., and s later , E d i t h Cramer of Kalamazoo were , Tueaday eve-ning gues t s of Wil l Mlahler'a.

Mra. Orvln Allerdlng a t t ended the Bre th ren Aid T h u r a d a y a t t h e home of Mrs. D a n K a u f f m a n In Logan.

Ar thu r P a r k e r of Ba t t l e Creek and g randson Bobby P a r k e r were Sunday a f t e rnoon gues ta of his daugh te r , Mrs. Floyd Wal ton . Bob-by remained wi th his a u n t and uncle fo r some t ime.

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P i s t a n c e c a l l u n l e s s

r o i l y p e e e s s a r y !

Mrs. Housewife, you and your family are patriotic citireng—• eager to aid the w v effort in every way you can.

Long/ Distance telephone lines are communication channels that help make America's war production fast and efficient Many of them are crowded with essential war messages today, and the less important civilian calls must not interfere.

You can do your part by following these rules:

Do not make a Long Distance call unless it is really important.

Keep every call as brief as you can.

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M I C i l l O A N B E L L T B L B P H O l f B C O M P A N Y

MOSELEY—MURRAY LAKE Mrs. E v a E n g i e

R e m e m b e r the Jolly C o m m u n i t y Club wi th Mra. E r n e s t P l n k n e y on March 17 f o r d inner . B r i n g your empty f l a t t ened t in cans.

Mrs. Marie R l c k e r t waa home f r o m Grand Rapida T h u r s d a y and with he r f ami ly had' d inne r wi th Mr. and Mra. Victor Clemenz in Lowell and all w e r e supper guesta of Mr. and Mrs. Ed , Clemenz In honoj» of the b i r t hday of Mr. Clem-enz and Shir ley Rlcker t . '

Capt . and Mra. Andrew Hoover and baby and L e n a Z a h m of Lan-sing were S u n d a y gueata of Mr. a n d Mrs John iHloover.

Mr. and Mra. E d w a r d Thompson were guesta S u n d a y a f t e rnoon of Mr. end Mra. W m . Thompaon. The l a t t e r a n d Mra. J o h n Hoover and E rnes t apent T h u r a d a y a f t e r n o o n

SOUTH L O W E L L BUSY CORNERS Mra. H o w a r d Bar tks t t

In the Albany, N. Y., area, w h e r e ra t ion b a n k i n g h a s been In opera-tion, the ra t ion cur rency deposited In par t i c ipa t ing b a n k i n g off ices represented a n ave rage of 900,000 pounds of s u g a r a n d 3,900,000 gal-lons of gasoline a week.

M r a E . H. R o t h was In Grand Rap ida S a t u r d a y a n a called on Miss E d n a Allen a n d found h e r much improved In hea l th ,

Mlas El izabeth Hos te t t l e r w a s a gues t of her s i s ter , Mrs. H o f f m a n a n d fami ly In Elmdale , Sunday. E a r l Wioland accompanied her .

The South Lowell Aid Is helping w i t h the genera l aid d inner a t Alto Fr iday . Let u s all go.

El izabeth Wie land w a s a t the home of George Wieland a few days, enjoying a ha rd cold.

J a n e t Colby spen t the week-end wi th Marian Wieland.

Nelson Yelter visited a lady f r i end In Ionia S a t u r d a y evening.

Mr. and Mrs. George Wie land and d a u g h t e r s were Sunday gues t s of Mrs. Wleland's bro ther , Lyie Clark and family .

Mrs . H e n r y K l a h n called a round our neighborhood T h u r s d a y a f te r -noon.

Dee Yelter , who commenced work a t Willow R u n a week ago Monday, w a s home this pas t week-end.

Lyle Condon and son apent an evening ' a s t week a t t he home of Mrs. Leona Wieland.

T o m Jef fe r les , wife a n d baby called a t George Wleland ' s Sunday a f t e rnoon . Mr. *nd Mrs. R u d y Wlt-t enbach were Sunday evening call-ers.

T h e Chas. R l t t e n g e r s were Sun-day d inne r ^(uesta of R a y Rl t t enger and family .

E i g h t y a r m y t r u c k a carrying aoldlera stopped a t the Sweet school corners . The boys nad d inner be-side the road and were on their way In abort t ime. I t waa Interest-ing a n d created a lot Intereat a m o n g the neighbors .

Mra. J o h n Miller accompanied F r e d Wlngeler and wife to Detroi t Sa tu rday . Mrs. Miller vlalted her s later and new bW>y. T h e y re turned ear ly Monday morning .

T h e J o h n Mil lers repor t t h a t F red Helm, an uncle t h a t l ives wi th them, Is In very poor heal th .

Do not fo rge t t he Red Cross will be expect ing o u r help t h e next few days. I n g ra t i t ude for o u r comfor t a t home, let ua do all we can fo r the comfor t of ou r boys su f f e r ing some'where f o r UP.

T h e P . T. A. h a d a nice meet ing a t t he school house F r iday n i g h t A h u m o r o u s ski t w a s presented by Mr. and Mrs. Chas . R l t t enger . Mrs. Wm. K i l g u s ^ J m Wells. Violet Ster-zick and Mar ian Kl lgus s a n g much to the pleasure 'of all and Marian and Marie Wie land sang very pret-t i ly together . Chas . R l t t enge r also played a mou th orgnn w i t h p iano accompaniment . The re w a a lots of good food and a l l had a good time.

SO. KEENE— NO. BOSTON Mrs. E d . P o t t e r

with Mra. Glenn Sower in S a r a n a c . Mr. and Mra. Bob F o r d a n d

daugh t e r were S u n d a y gueata of Mr. and Mra. J a k e Staal .

Mr. and Mra. S a m P a t t e r s o n spent Sa tu rday even ing in G r a n d Rap ids and called on his s i s ter in the hos-pital.

Mr. a n d Mra. Milton Wilcox and family were S u n d a y gueata of Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Thompaon. Mrs . Ann Danton, who visited a t the Wilcox home f r o m Wednesday un-til Sunday, is now vis i t ing a t t he F . Thompaon home.

•Mr. a n d Mra. E r n e s t P lnkney wers Sunday d inne r guesta of Rev. and Mrs. Woon in Lowell.

Vivian Ha le a n d girl f r i e n d of Lans ing were week-end giwsts of Mr. a n d Mra. I jeon H a l e and family.

Mr. and Mrs. T o m Ford and baby of Grand Rap ids were Sa turday gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Moore. Ttoe l a t t e r apent T h u r s d a y after-

noon wi*h Mra. L a u r a Dawaon in Lowell.

Mr. andl Mrs. B r a y t o n Golda and family of Lowell apent S u n d a y eve-ning wi th Mra. Floy Golda.

M r . a n d Mra. J a m e s Den ton spant S u n d a y a t t h e Orley R u l a s o n home, 18 be ing p resen t fo r a b i r th-day d inne r for t he i r mother , Mrs. Mary Hans fo rd .

Mra. Edd ie P o t t e r a n d three chil-dren, Mra. Paul P o t t e r a n d two chll-, dron a n d Mrs. Ed. P o t t e r spen t las t Thur sday a f t e rnoon in Ionia.

Mr. a n d Mra. P a u l P o t t e r and Mr. and Mrs . Eddie P o t t e r visited Sat -u rday evening a t t he Byr^n P o t t e r home in Grand Rapida .

Mr. a n d Mra. R a l p h Whea ton a n d Marie of Greenville were d inne r guesta S u n d a y a t t h e Ed . P o t t e r home a n d Mr. and Mra. Jomea D e a n of Lake Odessa Were guests a t t he Paul P p t t e r home Sunday.

Volunteer Army, 3,000,000 Strong, Servea Nation Through Red Cross

Washington, D. C.—Five hundred thousand aurglcal dreaalngs a n hour—

No, tha t ' a not the product ion schedule of some g a r g a n t u a n , high-ly mechanized m a n u f a c t u r i n g plant .

I t ' s w h a t 2,000,000 women—par t of the a r m y of 3,000,000 t ra ined R e d Crosd volunteer workers—are ac-complishing a s the i r contr ibut ion to the w a r e f f o r t f r o m the home f r o n t • .

In cities, t owns and h a m l e t s up, down and ac ross the country, wom-en of all ages f r o m a w r y s ta t ion in Ufa are w o r k i n g side by side in Red Cross product ion rooma. They know tha t In f ield d ress ing s ta t ions and hospitals wi th in r a n g e of enemy guna, Amer ican f i gh t ing m e n a re depending^ upon them.

The work of these women and the very existence of the A m e r i c a n Rdd Cross Volunteer Special Serv-ices depends on public suppor t of the 1943 W a r F u n d appea l fo r $125,000,000.

I n Chicago recent ly a aoldier, wear ing the Dist ingulahed Service Cross walked in to a product ion center in a d e p a r t m e n t a t o r e . Though t fu l ly he wa tched the Red Cross women work . One of t h e m looked up, aakdd h i m a b o u t him-self. He told t h e m h e waa 21, i iod been In the A r m y th ree yeara and had been decora ted twice a f t e r be-ing wounded in action in -the South Pacif ic . T h e n he added;

" I w a n t to t hank you women fo r supplying R e d Cross surgical dress-ings. If two of you worked all day long you couldn ' t begin to m a k e all t he dress ings I needed when I w a s in the hospital ."

Th is Isn't all R e d Cross volun-teera do, no t by a long s h o t They

I n cities a n d t o w n s throogfaont t h e U. &, 340*000 B e d Croaa vobmteera a re cont r ibu t ing t o t h e Na t ion ' s w a r e f f o r t Upper k i f t a Bed Croaa Motor Corps m e m b e r a d j u s t s t h e engine of h e r ca r . B i g h t comple te confidence in th i s B o n e ' s a ide ia regis tered by the i n f a n t she holds . Below, women l ike theke last y e a r produced BSMfiOOfiOO surgical d ress -ings f o r the a r m e d forces .

moke kni t ted g a r m e n t a f o r the a rmed forcea, c lo th ing f o r t h e wa r ' s refugees . T h e y w o r k In hospitals and camps aa nuraea' aides and Gray Ladies. T h e y do clerical work fo r ra t ion ing cen te r s and d r a f t boards. T h e y learn wholesome cook-ing and-serv ing . T h e y can nu r se a balky motor a s well aa any man . They a r e Indefat igable and atead-fast . Proof is In this s tory f r o m Monmouth County, New Jersey .

"A Red Croas chap te r service especially reques ted by the A r m y and highly valued b y soldiers and coast g u a r d s m e n ata t 'oned here Is the dally vlalta of patrola ^ l o n g the beachea and a t F o r t IHkncock b y the can teen corpa' mobile kitchen.;

Night ly, the Red Croaa t ruck , dr iv-en b y a motor corpa gir l and manned by two can teen w o r k e r s goes o u t with ia load of co f fee and cocoa, s t acks of doughnu t s and open packages of c igaret tes . I n bit-ter winda, ra in a n d snow, lone aan-trlea or groupa on bleak n igh t s lie-t e n f o r the low toot of the r .a 'ueen horn or walcli fo r the fuedle glim-mer of the pa rk ing lights aa the t ruck makea I ts w f y th rough tha d i m o u t Thla t r u c k haan ' t mlased going o u t a s ingle n ight alnce Octo-ber.

Cu t t i ng the t in con ten t of tooth-paate a n d ahavlng c ream tubea will aave a b o u t 100 tona of t in hi IMS.

T H E L O W E L L L E D G E R , LOWELL. MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1948 T H R E E

"TRAILER VAGABOND"

By WARREN BAY LEY

P H O E N I X , ARIZ.— T H E LOST DUTCHMAN MINE.

If you have a th i rs t fo r adven-tu re and a hanker ing for gold In huge quant i t ies , both of your de-s i res can be sat isf ied j u s t 35 miles eas t of th i s capi ta l city of A r i z o n a -if you a re lucky. Wi th in a n hour ' s

the two youngest bought r anches and ret i red to a l ife of ease. Pedro, however, organized a par ty of 60 m e n and r e tu rned fo r n o r e gold. F o r m o n t h s the par ty worked the veins, unt i l a scout reported t h a t t h e Apache Ind ians were concen-t r a t i n g the i r forces fo r a n a t t a c k .

r ide of t h i s busy metropolis is a | Quickly bury ing the m a j o r p a r t go ldmine—f inde r s keepers—rich be- j of t he i r weal th , t h e pa r ty t r ied to yond the t r ea su re of Capta in Kldd. j escape. The a t t e m p t was unsuccess-Thousands have tried their luck fu i and every member of the p a r t y looking fo r the burled t reasure and w a s massac red . "The Indians , not a t least six have died In their at-tempt , but you may bo the lucky person.

In every wes te rn s t a t e t h a t pro-duces gold i t Is a n easy m a t t e r to p ick u p a story of a lost gold mine, bu t usually when the ta le is inves t igated i t is found to be j u s t a u o t h e r s tory cooked up f o r the benef i t of eastern visitors. B u t "The Lost D u t c h m a n " nea r t lds city Is founded on fact—its h is tory Is a ta le of massacre , thievery, e a r t h q u a k e Mid murde r .

In 1845 one Miguel Pora l te jour -neyed Into th i s then unexplored a r ea In s e a r c h for gold. A f t e r nu -merous small f inds he became con-

ca r ing f o r w m l t h , emptied the re-main ing gold on the ground and kep t the c a n v a s bags. In 1914 two prospectors recovered $18,000 of this gold while digging a t t he site of t h e massac re .

T o t h e Indians , Superst i t ion Mounta in w a s sacred ground. H u n t -ing w a s taboo —trave l ing w a s banned. I n an e n i e a v o r to keep out f u r t h e r In t ruders the mine s h a f t s were filled and all t races of the whi te men removed. Bu t In 1880 the vein waa rediscovered b y two m e n named Jacobs and Ludl. Whi le work ing the mine they were murdered b y Jacob Walz, "The Dutchman , " and his par tner , Jacob

vlnced t h a t somewhere In the Welscr . As soon as Walz realized Supers t i t ion Mounta ins there waa wea l th in untold quant i t ies . R e -t u r n i n g t o his home in C h i h u a h u a City, Mexico, ho organized a pa r ty of six a n d placed It under t h e command of his three sons, Pedro , R a m o n and Manuel. I n 1848 th i s

the wea l th of the mine, he In t u rn murde red Welser .

F o r m a n y years Walz worked his 111 got ten mine. Numerous at-t empt s were m a d e to follow h i m a n d locate the source of his weal th . I n every case h e outwitted o r killed

p a r t y re-entered the t e r r i to ry a n d I h is pursuers . In 1877 he re t i red in discovered a rich p lacer mine a t j Phoenix w h e r e he passed away In the p resen t s i te of Mormon F l a t . 11891, aged 88 years. He had not While t h e two younger b r o t h e r s ' vlalted hla mine in 10 yeara. mined thla r ich bonanza, Pedro ] On May 3, 1887, a n ea r t hquake w e n t f u r t h e r into the moutalna in search of the source of the p lacer gold. H e discovered not onc, but e ight rich veins.

In the .winter of 1848-47 the th ree b ro the r s r e tu rned to Mexico w h e r e

shook the mounta ins . Cliffs toppled and hillsides wore shaken down. Somewhere unde r the debris the re lies "The Lost Dutchman," Ari-zona 's mos t f a m o u s mine. W h a t a re you wa i t ing f o r ?

CLIFF DWELLERS

THIS AND THAT FROM AROUND

THE OLD TOWN

Scenes such aa the above a re seen f r o m m a n y of the main h ighways in p ic turesque Arizona.—Story by Tra i le r Vagabond.

" T R A I L E R VAGABOND" is sponsored and appears in this paper t h r o u g h the courteay of

W. A R O T H

F u r n i t u r e Dealer a n d F u n e r a l Direc tor

206 W. Main S t P h o i u S5

VERGENNES CENTER N. M. K .

They were supper guesta of Mr. He i lman ' s cousin, Ber t Hollman.

Falrchllda ^ " I Clyae wore In Grand Rapida Ff l -

The w e a t h e r h a s been so c o l d | d f t ^ M r » pairohl lds i»p»nt Fr iday and b lus te ry this w in t e r t ha t only n l g h t a n d S a t u r d a y with he r ion. a few were out to the dedication of f lace Sunday. Take notice of the poles and ctandarda, too, and t h a n k Mr. F red Roth for them.

Mrs. McAndrews will be cele-b ra t ing he r 90th b i r thday anni -versary t h i s (Thursday) . I a m s u r e we will all be wishing he r a very happy b i r thday .

Leonard Kferr of Lans ing and Mr. and Mrs . E a r l Maloney of Lowell vlalted the i r mother , M r a Rose Ker r , Sunday. Mrs. George S taa l of Lowell spent one evening last week with her mother .

C h a r l e s Read of F l in t came Sat-u r d a y to apend several days wi th hla parenta , Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Read . Sunday dinner gueata were Mr. and Mrs. Horace Weeks and son B r u c e of Lowell, and suppe r gueata were Lawrence Blgga and son L a r r y of Balding.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Lawrence Biggs a n d chi ldren were Sunday d inner gtfeats of her parenta , Mr. and Mra. K a r l Biarl.

Mrs. Orr ie Groenenboom's f a t h e r apent laat week wi th he r .

Mra. Claro Anderson and daugh-ter called on M1M Net t le Ker r Wed neaday af te rnoon.

R o w l a n d Ryder waa out of school last week with the ohlokenpox.

Mr. a n d Mra. Arvil Hol lman spen t S u n d a y In Grand Rapida wi th t he i r daugh te r , Alice, who la in a hos-pital recovering f r o m appendicit is .

Arnlm in Lowell. Sa tu rday a f t e r -noon the two Mrs. Falrchl lds vlalted Mrs. Dick Ruther ford .

Mr. end Mrs. Vera Ca r t e r of Mlddlevllle visited their coualn, Mlas Net t le Ker r Sunday a f te rnoon .

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ryder and son Rowland spent Sunday with her mother , Mrs. Chas. R a d e r In Por t l and .

Glenn Saylcs haa been 111 with the flu for a week.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Washburn spen t Sunday In Grandvlllo.

Pvt . Lloyd Wlsner of Fo r t Custer spent the week-end In Lowell.

Mr. and Mrs. Bob W a r n e r of De-troi t spent the week-end in Lowell.

Lee Condon of Willow R u n spent the week-end a t the Bry Condon homo.

Bob Yelter of Michigan State College spent Sa tu rday night In Lowell.

Mrs. Ge r t rude Harg rave was home f rom Willow R u n over the week-end. •

Evere t t But ler of Goodrich spent the week-end wi th his mother, Mrs. Olive Butler . »

Mr. and M r a Chas. Decker of Clarksvllle spent Sunday a t the J . C. Ha t ch home.

J a c k and Gladys Bergln of Kala-mazoo spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. R a y Bergln.

Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Cour t of Greenville were week-end guests a t the F r a n k Gould home.

Mrs. Ed. Hotohklss and daugh te r spent Sunday a t the Wal t e r Blakes-lee f a r m In South Lowell.

Mrs. Anna .Hansen of Sta-nton spent two days of last week with her sister , Mrs. l e n a Luz.

Mr. and Mrs. Don P a r k e r of Ionia were Sunday cal lers a t the C. L. F . Wil l iamson home.

Mrs. Rober t Ellis spent par t of last week In Ypsllantl with Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Fletcher .

Mr . and Mrs. Cecil Wing and son of Grandvlllo wore Sunday callers a t the home of Mrs. N. Blakeslee.

Mrs. Ha t t l e Rouse has re turned to he r homo on Elm st. a f t e r a two months ' s tay wi th Mrs. Lau ra Blair.

Mrs. H. P . Gotfredeen of Lanr ing spent a few hours in Lowell on Monday enroute" to Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fo lke r sma of Grand R a p M s were Sa tu rday callers a t t he John Hoadworth home.

Mr. and Mrs. I rwin Flnels and chi ldren of Ionia were Sunday din-ner gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Flnels .

Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Johnson of Bowne were Wednesday a f t e rnoon gues ts of the i r s l s t o r ^ M r s . Wm, Cosgrlff.

Mr. and Mrs. William Holdrldge and children of Grand Rapids wore Sunday gues ts at the Vern Arm-s t rong home.

One day las t week Mr, and Mrs. Glen D r u m m o n d and baby of De-troi t were gueata of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Armst rong .

Mr. and Mrs. J a c k Englehard t a n d daugh ta ra Doris, Dorothy and Char lene were Sunday d inner gues ts a t the H. J . Eng leha rd t homo,

Mrs. P . J . Flnels and Mrs. L. W. Ru the r fo rd lef t Monday for Cali-fornia . T h e y expect t o be gone a mon th and will visit Los Angelas f l r a t

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Russell and Mr. and Mra. AI Wells of Beldlng were supper gues t s a t the home of Mr. and Mra. Henry Weaver Sunday evening.

Mrs. A r t h u r H a r d i n g and Mrs Bernard P a t t e r s o n and daugh te r of Grand Rap ids were luncheon gueats last T h u r s d a y a t the homo of Mrs. Pau l Kellogg.

Mr. and Mrs. Char les K r a f t spent Sunday wi th their aon and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Booth in Grand Rapids and their son, Corp. Rich-a rd Booth of Cleveland, Ohio.

Fresh , H o m e - M a d e

BUnERSCOTCH and ANISE SQUARES

III. 2 0 c Hatlic Scott's Kandy K i tchen

On the Bridge, Lowell

LOWELL ITEMS

OF 25, 30 AND 35 YEARS AGO

Mr. and Mrs. Robe r t L. Jones spent Monday In Grand Rapids.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Roy Perce a n d daughter Bet ty of Grand Rap ids spent Sunday wi th Mrs. Mary Charles.

Miss Ardls Schneider spent the week-end In Mt. P l easan t and St . Louis with Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Peacock.

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Walsh of G r a n d Rapids visited a t t he home of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Simpson Wednes-day evening.

Mrs. F r a n k Sohwacha and daugh-ter-in-law, Mrs. Morse Schwacha , went to Louisville, Ky., over the week-end to visit Corp. Tech. Morse Schwacha.

S. E. iHhiff of E v a r t was a dinner guest Thur sday a t the home of h is sister, Mrs. Reuben Lee, while on his way to a business conference in Grand Rapids .

Miss Doris MacTavlsh left yes-te rday f o r Chicago, where she took a plane to Albuquerque, N. Mex., to visit her youngest brother . Aviation Cadet F r a n k MacTavlsh, J r .

Mrs. Ed. B e n n e ' t (nee Geneva Holcomb), who has been vIsltlnK her mother, Mrs. Nellie Holcomb and Harold, r e tu rned to her home In Jacksonvil le, Fla„ Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Hlmpaon spent Thursday In Grand Rap ids with Mr. and Mrs. Schrouder. They had dinner In Grand Rapids in the evening with their son. Allhen Simpson.

ECHOES OF GRAND RIVER DRIVE

Sophie Osmolrnskl

Pvt . Louis Wisniewski, who has been spending fourteon days wi th his parents , expects lo leave fo r camp Monday, March 1.

Visitors a t the homo of Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Osmolenskl wore Mr. end Mrs .Frank Wlimllowski and family of Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs, George Canton of Indlunu, have re turned to Grand Rapids. Mr. Canton has been work-ing on defense a t Kingsbury, Ind., and has obtained a release.

Mis. John Detmors of Ionia re-turned home f r o m Santa Ana, Calif., March 1, She visited Mrs. Abraham, for a shor t t ime Monday noon. Mrs. Detmors called on Miss Marlon Gahan . who is a s ' s ter of Mrs.' Abraham, while in California.

Miss Suaan Grans t ra , who Joined the WAAC'a, expocts to leave f o r camp this week.

March 1st found our school with an added enrol lment of two boys, J a m e s Llddle, whoso parents moved on the Grochoskl f a r m , and Daniel Ooldner, whose pa ren t s have moved here recently. Wo hope our new boys will like u s as much as we like them.

E l m j r Hill h a s moved to the David Hill f a r m .

BAILEY CORNERS NEWS Mrs. Mabel Gross

March 7, 1918—25 Years Ago

Mrs. J a n e CushlngJS, died a t the home of her brother , A. P. Bur r , In South Boston.

H. L, Shu te r employed a t the Lowell S ta te Bank .

A son waa b o m to Mr. and Mrs. J ames Collins.

Herber t Brezlna enlisted In the Field Artil lery.

Miss Anna Cuddihy visited her brother, L i e u t George Cuddihy in New York and vicinity.

Lt. Charles S tock ing home f rom San Antonio, Tex., on a fur lough during which t ime he w a s marr ied in Detroit to Miss J a n e Lundqulst

Mre. E m m a Root Remington, n former resident of South Hoston, died at Mercy hospital, Bnkrrsvillo, Calif, aged 88 years,

William Bi t tner , clerk nt HeniVa drug store, w a s d ra f ted and sent to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., thla mak-ing the thi rd clerk Mr. Hniiry lf»»t since the war s tar ted .

Word was received here of the death of Mrs. C. W. Pa rks nl her homo at Twin Fulls, Idaho, funera l and burial to bo In Ixmell.

Rev. Bliaha Mudge, well kn.iwn in lx»well and VeiRennes, died nl Vlnnlia, Calif, Ho opened n splect school In I,owel| In 1HW1,

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs Burton Keller of Indianapolis, for-merly of Ixiwell.

Mrs. John Winglar of Kansas City visited old Lowell friends.

Mr. and Mrs, A. M. Andrews sold Iholr f a rm In South Boston to Mr. and M m Will Draper .

Ralph Chase able to be about af ter his long Illness. Mrs. Chase nUo Improving.

Mrs. W. M. P, J e r r e t t seriously ill with typhoid fever.

March 6, 1918—30 Years Ago

Hobert Ford and family moved from Grand Rapids to Lowell.

Ecker and Hatch sold to H. H. Pr.ck fo r F, A. Stowell of Hast ings , thnlr wood-sawing machinery, Mr. Stowell and family coming to Low-ell to make their home.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Carson.

Mra M. B. Conklin w a s called t o Fort W a y n e by the Illness of her little g r anddaugh te r .

Mr. and Mrs. J . T. Eploy moved here f rom McCords. occupying Mrs. Robens' cot tage on Monroe-st.

Mr. and Mrs. G. M Tren t and baby of Spencer , Va., come fo r an extended visit with her mother . Mre. F . G. H o f f m a n .

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hller pur-chased a home in Grand Rapids.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ra lph Gil-bert, a t Ogema, Saskatchewan, a daughter.

Cards out announcing the m a r -riage of Orr is Howe Shackleton to David R. Eason, in Grand Rapids .

The Michigan 3 o n t Rim and Baske t Mfg. Co., p lanning to m a k e a 50 x 50 two-story addition to Its Lowell p lan t .

J o h n J a y of Lowell and L e n a Arnold of Ionia were united In mar r i age In Grand Rapids.

A daugh t e r was born to Mr. and Mrs. R o y Bloomer of McCords.

Mra. J a m e s Gibson went to De-troi t t " epend several weeks wi th her daugh t e r .

Mr. a n d Mrs. F . T. King and Florence re turned f rom their t r ip to P a n a m a and the West Indies.

M a r c h 5, 1908—85 Years Ago

Muskegon fac tory comes to Low-ell. Will m a n u f a c t u r e wood carv-ings, a r t fu rn i tu re , f ixtures, etc.

T h e 20th annua l convention of the Kent County Sunday School assocl-

Th«

No. 1

DOUBLE BREASTED f i r Spring

by

M . BORN

$ 4 0

Sof t , etiy model ing t h r o u g h t he i l imiMeri and chc»t and t he V-effecl of the i l i g h t l y wider j j p c l i give t h i i sui t a d is t inct ion

i h a l ' i hard to beat . C o m e in, let in i h o w you t he ip lendid new line of c u i t o m weaves and color-ingi . Real valuei!

SOUTH SIDE—SEGWUN Mrs. Char les Young

Mrs. C. Moln tyre

F r a n k Ryder was a. Sunday caller at Lone Pino Inn .

Alice He l lman was taken to the hospital las t Wednesday for an|atU)n w a s held In Lowell wi th 225 operat ion fo r appendicitis. She is1 in a t t endance . ge t t ing along f ine and expects to : Will Stone w e n t to Ann Arbor to come home this week, Thursday, i accept a position with a tailor In

F r a n k K u p g i a w a s a Sunday din- j -ha t city. nor gues t a t t he Theo Bailey home. I Mr. and M r s B. R. Clinton and

Old Keys Needed ' To Help Win War

An appeal ia made to newspapers th roughout the country to advocate a "Key Kollflction Kampaign" . You can help to ksap more ahips, planes, guns, U n k a and ammuni t ion going Over The re" to ke p our a rmed

forcea winning, by t u r n i n g In all your old and unused keys Into "Kaya fo r Victory". Theae keys con-ta in nickel, ailver, copper, b r a s s and stae), a n d a re "cri t ical" meta l s needed now.

I t la luggeated tha t school chil-dren, clubs and aocletiea cooperate in th i s campaign to help in th i s na t ional emergency.

Kayo m a y be brought to the Ledg-er off ice. Pub l i sh . r will aee t ha t they a r e tfhlpped to tha S ta te De-fense Council.

We offer you service at a time

when kindneMt and a human

touch of understanding is

most needed.

W. A. ROTH FUNERAL CHAPEL P h o n e U ^ I g h U MO

Saturday gues ts a t the G r a n t War -ner home were Mrs. John Scot t and chi ldren. Mrs. Devennoy of Alto, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Peck of Kalamazoo, Mr. and Mrs. Loo But-t r lck and Mrs. Rose Hansen of Grand Rapids .

Mr. a n d Mrs. Orley B u r n s of South Bowne a-nd Mr. and Mrs. Loyal R l c k n e r of Eas t Lowell were Sa turday evening callers at the Glenn Sayles home. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Sherwood and daugh te r Deanna of Det ro i t were Sunday callers.

Miss Ca rmen Wlngeler of Kala-mazoo and Miss Rose Wlngeler of Detroi t were week-end gues ts of Mrs. M a r y Wlngeler . Mr. and Mrs. Cakl Wlnge le r and family of Pa lo and Mr. and Mrs. Owen H a r p e r and family of G r a n d Rapk i s wore Sun-day cal lers on Mrs . Wlngeler .

Mr. and Mrs. Monte King of M t P leasan t c a m e to Lowell on F r i d a y artd Mrs. George Lee joined them to visit re la t ives In Grand Rapida for the week-end. Mr. K i n g re tu rned to M t P leaaan t Monday and Mra. King s tayed in Lowell unt i l Thur s -day before r e t u r n i n g home, t ak ing Mrs. Lee wi th her.

Mrs. A . B. Howard re tu rned homo las t S a t u r d a y f r o m S t Mary 's hospital . G r a n d Rapida, w i t h he r new baby boy, J a m e s Ar thur , w t 8 lbs., 4 oza., born Wedneaday, Feb. 17. News of the son-a a r r iva l waa sent by te legraph by Dr . Shepard t o the proud f a t h e r who is serving his count ry a s a m a r i n e engineer some-where on the Atlantic.

Golden G. p reone . In renewing his Ledger subscription f r o m E a s t Hampton , N. Y., where he a radio operator , says : "We have all been well all winter , a n d w h a t a win te r it h a s been. No par t icu la r news a round A m a g a n a e t t this year ; the Coaat Guard keep close watch and have m a n y men on patrol con-tinuously, out of m a n y s ta t ions . Al though w e are still civilians, the Coaat G u a r d now opera te ou r s t a -tion f o r t h e purpose of s a f e ty of l ife a t aea."

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Houseman of Edmore s p e n t Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ber t Baker .

F red Gross h a s been ill fo r sev-eral days wi th the flu.

Mr. and Mrs. Adalber t Odeli were Sunday evening cal lers a t the D. A. McPherson home.

bwo chi ldren, Charley and M a r y of Ada, w e n t to Ann Arbor to be t rea ted fo r hydrophobia, having been bi t ten by a puppy.

H o w a r d Bar t le t t of South Lowell left f o r Newbern, N. C.

Miss E the l Stone and H a r r y KIngsley were marr ied In Grand

Mrs. R a y Zahm, Mrs. Harold! Baplds . Hur ley and Mrs. Chas. Far re l l of! The Lowell Bapt is t church In-Grand Rap ids were Sa tu rday din-' stalled a new F a r r a n d organ, chapel

nor gues ts of the la t te r ' s sister, Mrs. Chas. Collar.

Shir ley Gross and Arleen Roth accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Arvll Hel lman to Grand Rapids Sa turday a f t e rnoon to call on Alice Hellman, who Is In the hospital .

"Telephones recent ly Installed were a t the Chas. Collar and Arvll Hell-m a n h o m e a

Mrs. Donna Miller and son Har-old Dollaway were Wednesday eve-n ing supper gues t s a t Lone Pine Inn .

Mr. and Mrs. F . C. Hel lman and Mrs. Noble Culy and chi ldren of Lans ing were Wednesday and T h u r d a y g u e s t s a t the Arvll Hell-m a n home.

Fos te r Bishop of Cascade apent Wednesday nlg'ht w i th Lester Bailey.

Austra l ia , t h rough reciprocal aid, haa fu rn lahed American forcea wtih more than 28 million pounds of f r e sh meats , 20 milllona pounds of potatoes, 25 million pounda of f ru i t , a n d a lmost 5 million q u a r t s of milk. i

Plumbing, Heating,

Sheet K<tal Work.

RAY H. COVERT T h e P lumber

style wi th pipe tone action. George Beatey, 76, died of pneu-

monia a t h is home hero. J . E . P a r k e r re turned f r o m a

severa l weeks ' t r ip through Color-ado.

Mrs. M. A. Carr returned f rom a two mon ths ' visit with relat ives a t I thaca , Hillsdale and Saginaw.

Mrs. Ruby HIne Booth of Spear-flsh, S. D., w a s a guest of Mrs. H. J . Coons.

Dr . Mary Danfor th , fo rmer ly a res ident of Lowell, visited Mr. and Mrs. S . P . H l c k a

Mrs. Maude Jus t i ce and Mrs Nellie Bobbins of Clarksvllle spent F r iday a f te rnoon a t the John Tucker home.

Mr. and M r a Clyde Spencer and son of Ionia spen t Sunday with their parents , Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Spencer. Orvllle of Beldlng was a d inner gues t on Monday.

Mrs. F r a n k Schwacha and Mrs. Morse Schwacha went to Louis-ville, Ky., on F r i d a y to meet Corp. Tech. Morse Schwacha of For t Knox and spent the week-end re-tu rn ing Monday. Corp. T e c h . Schwacha Is leaving For t Knox.

Mrs. Chas. Scnwacha of Detroit , Is In H a r p e r hospital, where she unde rwen t an operat ion on Monday, Feb. 22. Her sister , Mrs. F r a n k Schwacha, reports her as get t ing along nicely.

Mrs. Her ron spent Saturday a f te r -noon and Sunday a t the Ray Davids home In Clarksvllle. Mr. and Mre. Davids brought he r home Sunday a f te rnoon .

W. H. Gormell of Cascade called on his sister-in-law, Alice DeCom-morce Sa turday af te rnoon.

S tanley Bessel of Detroit , a nephew of F r a n k Schwacha, has Joined the Navy and would like to hea r f r o m any of his f r iends in Lowell. His addres s will be found In News of Our Boys.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jones enter-tained their daugh t e r and husband, Mr .and Mrs. Elvyn Po t t e r -and little daugh te r of Midland over Sun-day. They a t t ended a b i r thday an-niversary d inner In honor of Mrs. Jones ' mother , Mrs. Mary Bans-ford a t the home of another daugh-ter, Mrs. Orloy Rulason, sixteen being present to wish Mrs. Rons-ford a happy bi r thday.

Mrs. Max Tomllson was taken to Blodgett hospital on Wednesday of last week w h e r e she w a s oper-a ted on.

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Slble of Ionia, Mr .and l^rs . Lynn Fle tcher and Alynn were Sunday gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. F r e d Kenyon. Mrs. Burke Kenyon Is a guest a t the F . Kenyon home.

Mr. and Mrs. Rober t Bailey and fami ly and Leroy Guild of Grand Rap ids were S a t u r d a y evening call-ers a t the Chaa. Young home.

J im Compton is carirvg- fo r Levant Sinclair, who Is confined to his bed.

Sunday evening luncheon guests a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Mclntyro were Mr. and Mrs. Mykowlak, Mr. and Mre. Clyde Mul-len and Mrs. Chas. Mclntyro.

Mr . and Mrs. Emerson Stevens and children, Mrs. Ethel Stevens and children spen t the week-end wi th Mi . Stevens ' fa ther . In Wau-seon, Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. Elvln P o t t e r and little daugh te r spen t over Sunday wi th Mr. and Mre. Lewis Jones.

A Bird In The Hand This old saw was never more

t r ue than i t is today

QUALITY CLOTHES are still available and in sat isfactory variety. Replacements are rapidly becoming more diff icult .

CEILING PRICES are still in force. Do not hoard—it ' s unpa t r io t i c . Buy your ac tua l needs now and avoid d i s a p p o i n t m e n t .

Carter's Business and Dress Oxfords $4.95

Carter's Kangaroo Oxfords and Shoes $5.50 to $7.50

Wolverine Shell Horsehide Work Shoes $2.95 to $5.85

M E N ' S SUITS 100% wool, in Tweeds, Twists , Herr ingbone , She t lands a n d hard finish Worsteds. S tou t s , s t ubs a n d reg-

ulars.Sizes 35 to 50. to $ 3 7 . 5 0

100% Wool Mackmaws $9.75 32 oz. Mel ton plaids.

Boys' sizes $7-95

Capeskin and Suede Leather Jackets Both b u t t o n and zipper styles.

$9.85 to $15.95

Shaker Knit Pullover Sweaters $2.95 In camel , luggage, teal , maroon , green.

100% Wool Trousers $3.95 to $8.50 Tweeds, her r ingbones , coverts and worsteds.

Corduroy Jackets $5.45 W a r m lined, zippered.

Combination Wool-Leather Jackets Warm lined $7.45

All prices include sales tax

Qoons

SEELEY CORNERS Mrs. S. P . Reynolds

Mrs. Sherman Reynolds will be hostess for W. S. C. S dinner at her home on Wednesday, Mar. 10.

Snow P. T. A. will hold a penny supper a t the schoolhouse, Thurs-day evening, Mar. 11. Serving will begin a t 7:30. The p rog ram of the evening will be In charge of the school children.

Snow church was presented wi th 30 new Methodist hymna l s by Wil-liam Hesche a s a memor ia l to his wife, who passed away In August 1941.

Carl and Wlllard S tevens of P o r t Huron visited their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Les ter Antonldes Satur-day af te rnoon.

Rev. and Mrs. Howard Carey and son Eugene of Grand Rapids were supper gues ts of Mr. a n d Mrs. Sey-mour Hesche S a t u r d a y evening.

Mlss^ Naomi Valent ine of Has t -

ings was a d inner guest Sunday of Mlas Florence Bur ras .

Mrs. Llbby Cole a n d Mrs. Jennie Wesbrook called on Mrs. A n n a B e r t r a n a t St. Mary 's hospital In Grand Rap ids l a s t T u e s d a y af tor -noon and spen l t h e evenliig w k h Mras Be r t r an ' s daughter , Marion;

R a y Cornell is a t Ferguson Sanar ] t a r i um where he u n d e r w e n t a n op-, ora t ion las t Sa tu rday .

Mrs. A. J . P o r r l t t and son Vic tor of Bowne Conter a n d Mr. and Mrs. Wil l iam FalrchUd a n d son of Alto (were d inner gues t s Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Lawton Cole.

The wife and d a u g h t e r of Lieu-t e n a n t B e r r y wore ha l ted by a sen-t ry on duty, who had orders to allow no one to en te r by t ha t ga te .

"Sorry, b u t you will have to go a round to the m a i n gate."

"Oh, b u t we're the B e r r y a " "Lady, I don't ca re If your the

cat ' s meow! You can ' t go th rough this gate." •

NORTH BELL DISTRICT Sirs. E l m e r Marshal l

I

Mrs. E l m e r E. Marshall w a s in I t h a c a F r i d a y on business and was a luncheon guest of Rev. and Mrs. G. E, Truesdel l of North S ta r r . Mrs. Marshal l and daughter E u d o r a have re tu rned to their home , Marigold F a r m , a f t e r a mon th spent in the Ha tch a p a r t m e n t In Lowell. E u d o r a Is employed as a n Inspector In the AC Spa rk P l u g plant in Ionia.

•Mr. a n d Mra. J o h n F r e e m a n were In Ion ia on business Sa turday .

Mrs. Guy Ta l l an t is visi t ing her son-in-law and daughter , Mr. and Mrs. A r t h u r Norton in Detroi t .

Leslie Newman is quite ill. the doctor w a s called fo r him Monday.

Miss F e r n Mclntyro u n d e r w e n t a m a j o r operat ion a t Blodgett hos-pital S a t u r d a y and is doing a s well as possible. Mrs. S. L. Mclntyre and son Kei th visited her Tuesday.

S g t Scot t O'Belrne of Maxwell Field, Ala., expects to be home In about t h r e e weeks for a v i s i t

Mr . a n d Mrs. Joe Schwab a t t end-ed a f ami ly d inner Sunday a t the home of he r mothe r In Spar ta .

SOUTHWEST BOWNE Mrs. L. T . Anderson

M r a Ze tha Anderson, fa ther , T h o m a s Gr i f f in and daughter- in-law, Mrs. Robe r t Anderson of Grand R a p i d s were S u n d a y gueata a t the Leon Anderson home.

Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Brownell , l i t t le son, Bob a n d b ro ther W a y n e of Ionia spent Sa tu rday wi th their h ro the r , R o y a n d family on the M u r r a y f a r m a n d assisted with t h e sale.

Mr . a n d Mrs. F red Spencer of LeBange were Sunday guesta of the i r daugh te r a n d son-in-law. Mr. a n d Mrs. D o r r Glidden and little Arden .

Mr. a n d M r s . John Troy and daugh te r s , Ju l l anne and Alice a t -t ended a p a r t y a t "Lit t le Eden," honor ing Wil l iam Troy of Parnel l , w h o en t e r s t h e a r m y Wednesday.

T imo thy Sheehan of Grand Rap-Ids visi t ing h is a u n t and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. E m m e t t Sheehan.

B u r n s Anderson of Flint , mother , Mra. Wil l iam Anderson and aunt , Mrs. E l la F lynn oif Alto were Fri-d a y evening visitors a t the Leon Anderson and J o h n Flynn homes.

Wil l iam P o r r l t t is wi r ing the buildings a t the Dor r Glidden home.

W i t h the r e t u r n of snow and f reezing weather , little Robin Red Breas t won ' t f ind it a s p leasant a s i t w a s a f ew days last week. Several of these little fea thered f r i ends a re back with us again.

c

CHAMP HATS In the Ring for Spring

The Hat with the Million Dollar Look

N e w c o l o r s , n e w s h a p e s , s a m e o l d q u a l i t y

$395 to $5

i

FOUR THK LOWELL LKDOER, LOWELL, MICHIOAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, IMS

Winter Concrete f ( e w s

Helps rarmers (Continued from P a f « 2)

Almopt any average winter day a n ( j D a u n r h l e F S can be used for placing concrete; n n for a barn floor, a feeding floor DOWDe t e n t e r B a n q u e t for hogs or In chicken houses, ac-cording to agricultural englnerra. T h e M o t h e r Rn<1 S o n . a n d

In wartime, when th2 spring and i Daughter banquet at Bowne Cen-•ummer demand9 for labor w i l l T R u r s d a y evening waa attended repay any tlmesavers completed In ^ «-'venty-8lx. A dellcloua chicken winter, a properly placed concrete d l n n e r ^ 8 e r v e d followed by a Improvement may aave time, feed i P r ° K r a m :

and patience throughout the rert Invocation. Rev John McCue; of the year p o p Bin8 : ,nK' conducted by Mrs.

Water or "gravel need not be M c C u e 5 toaatmaater. Henry A. heated if the temperature la above Johnaon; toaat to fathera Char-40 degrees. Concrete laid Ih w ln - ; l o t t e ™*PO™; Ward Boul-ter. however, should get a protective ' *>\0' Mrs. John Simpson; toaat covering of straw or hay for at t 0 J * ™ ' 1 r*-leaat 48 hours to keep out f r e t ' P 0 ^ - M " - F 1 ^ d Fb-nn; solo, while the new concrete Is s e t t i n g . I * ™ a

Dd d r e " ; ' S e v e n

When temperatures are below 40 o f M f t " • ^ M c C " e -degrees, aand and gravel should, 1 w a s v o t e d t o r ^ e a t t h e o c -be heated, oeparately, by piling over j0U9 o n n e x t y e a r ' old culvert pipes or oil druma and ' building a fire inside. Materials P- T. A. will repeat the

SOUTH BOSTON Miss Bello Young

Victory program on March 19. Watch for fur ther announcement.

should be raked over to warm the aand and gravel evenly. No frozen lumps should go I n t o the mix. Water for mix can j Alto Locals be heated in old drums, tankaj S u n d a y v l 8 l t o r 8 a t t h e h o m e o f

or kettlea. The cement, f o r m - l M r a n d M r 8 R o y D e m l n K w e r e

ins, but a small par t of a batch. M r a n d M r a G e o r g o M ^ a n d

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hyatt of Grand

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood mov-ed last week from the Stuar t tenant house to Mrs. Me-da Evans' house in Clarksvllle.

P. F. C. Gerald D. 'Fahrnl from Camp Hood. Texas, is spending a few days' furlough with the home folks.

Mr. and Mis. Fred Grawburg moved recently to the Frank Free-man farm.

Mrs. Verne Klahn had a telephone call Sunday evening from Mont-gomery. Ala., f rom her cousin, Sgt. Scott O'BeliTio, who is stationed a t Maxwell Field.

Miss Josephine Heator apent the week-end with her coualn, Miss Freda Fahrnl .

Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hlllsburgl and children of Muakegon apent Sunday at the Chrla Fahrnl home

Wayne Fahrnl la recovering from an attack of bronchial pneumonia.

Nearly a hundred army trucka several Jeeps and two officers' cars passed through thla vicinity In long line Thuraday on old US-16.

E L M D A L E Mrs. I ra Sargcant

need not be treated. When the concrete Is poured the

temperature of the mix should be between 70 and 80 degrees. Too ziot a mix will set too fast.

Outdoor concreting In f a i r weather or early spring Is simplified If the grade Is prepared In mild weather. Further Information can be obtained from the agrlcurural engineering department at Michi-gan State College.

Warming

Sand and gravel can be heated by piling over metal culvert pipe or other improvlaed heater In which fire ia built. Heat cand and gravel separately.

Mixing

Rapida. Mesdames Wm. Falrchlld, Henry

Johnson, John Nash, Perry Da-mouth, Chas. Clark, John Krebbs, Wm. and Alden Porrlt t and Fred Pattlson have completed their point rationing inatructlons In Bowne-lp., and found everyone very willing to cooperate In every way to help win this war and help feed our boys properly.

Abe Eaah spent Tuesday night at the Pattlson home and accompa-nied Supervisor Pattlson to Grand Rapids Wedneaday.

Mrs. Harry Curry and Ruth Marie of Grand Rapids, formerly of Alto, called on Sad* Wilson Tuesday and Mr. and Mrs. Orln Graham In South Lowell were also Tuesday guesta.

Staff Fgt. Reuben Neargarth of Baltimore, Md.. and wife and baby and Mrs. Leslie Hobbs called on Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dlntaman Wednes-day evening.

Mrs. Henry Klahn of South Low-ell. Mra. Will Klahn and Mrs. Elmer Yelter of West Lowell and Mrs. Frank Falrchlld of the Alto White Circle, met with their chairman. Mm. Elmer Dlntaman Tuesday to

I plan their menu for their general aid dinner Friday noon, Mar. 6, a t Alto Methodist church, to the public.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Murphy of [Grand Rapids called on Miss Sada | Wilson Tuesday. Mrs. Murphy (nee Josephine VanDyke) Is an old schoolmate of Miss Wilson.

| Roy Deming reports that he and | his pasaengers, while driving home I from work Saturday afternoon, saw ja flock of wild geese flying north-i west.

Mr. and Mra. Lawrence Rlcnard-I son were In Caledonia Tuesday and

Water ia being heated by kindling called on the latter's sister, Mra. a fire under an old metal oil bar- Melvln Sherington. rel. Water can also be heated In Word haa been received here by large kettles or boilers. relatives that Joe Batey of Alto,

Protection : underwent a serious operation a t [University Hospital, Ann Arbor. He i Is aa good as could be expected.

P v t Eld red Deming of Atlantic City, N. J., and Buddy Deming of Freeport, visited Tuesday and Wed-nesday a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Deming. All were dinner guesta a t the home of Mr. and Mra. Clyde Deming in Grattan, W^lnesday. Eldred haa Juet com-pleted a six montha' training) for Airplane Mechanics at Sheppards Field, Texas; also a six week's courae at the Glenn Martin plant

tected against freezing by cover-; 'n Baltimore, Md.. followed up by ing with waterproof building paper | a short course in inspection a t

New concrete foundations are pro-

and then with hay and straw.

O u r Freedom

Is Priceless

Atlantic City, N. J . He ia now prepared for overseas assignment, which he expects soon.

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

i Mr. and Mis. Marvin Couraer of ; Kalamazoo were overnight guests of Lula O'Brien Thursday.

j Mr. and Mrs. Bill Condon visited s u n d ' ' > -

e^rapaim to compieu the n«Uon'g and Mrs. Delbert House. M r U m l , r » , , , 4 w " 8 u - » Mra. Fred Rlckner spent the day

i Monday in Grand Rapids with her What I myself saw in my four parent®.

years in Europe gave me a new i A missionary from Bolivia, gave realization of the priceless r i i h t i i an Interesting talk Sunday morn-

By JOSEPH E. DAVIHS

Former Amhauador to Russia and Belgium.

which we here enjoy. No secret police can in the night

whisk us away, never again to be seen by those we love.

None of us can be deprived by any party, state or tyrant of those pre-cious civil liberties which our lawt and our courts guarantee.

None of us can be persecuted for pracUcing the faith which we found at our mother's knee.

None of us can be persecuted, tor-tured or killed because of the fact that an accident of fate might have made us of the same race as the Nazarene.

No American can be placed by any party or government in a regi-mented vise which takes from him or her either freedom of economic opportunity or political religious lib-erty.

What would the millions of unfor-tunate men, women and children In Europe give to be able to live and enjoy such a way of life?

Ing at the Alton church. Sunday school attendance was 72.

Mrs. Douglas Jenks will enter-tain the Alton Ladies Aid next Thuraday afternoon. Mar. 11, a t her home on M-44.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Buckingham of Beldlng were Sunday callera of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Condon.

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wlttenbach and son Gerald and Mrs. John Blerl were In Grand Rapids Mon-day. This waa Gerald's laat trip to the doctor for the electric burns he received six montha ago.

Mildred and Coleta Converse were Sunday guests of Mrs. Etele Con-don In Lowell.

Miss Mary Blerl waa In Detroit over Sunday.

Mrs. Mary McAndrews ia ob-serving her 90th birthday this week Thursday.

One day r ecently aa Clyde Con-don waa taking some hay out of the

Mr. and Mrs. Charlea Stahl and Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Stahl were laat Sunday dinner gueata of Kenneth Stahl and family.

Mrs. Wesley Kelm entertain*! the West Campbell Extension Club laat Wedneaday.

Mr. and Mra. I ra Sargeant and Dan Weaver were Ionia ahoppera Friday.

Wayne Dawson and family of Saranac were laat Sunday gueata of their parenta, Mr. and Mra. J ay Leece and family.

Vern Kelm spent Saturday night and Sunday with Frederic Klahn In South Boston.

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Miller pur-chased a new car last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe! Burkland were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Lott.

Sunday guebts a t the Joe Stahl home were Mr. and Mrs. Mose Hoff-man of Goshen, Ind., Mrs. Alma Stahl and children and Miss Vic-toria Miller.

The Misses May Schrock and Hilda Sultter accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Moae Hoffman home from Indiana, the former having attend-ed the Bible School and the latter aaslated with the houaework a t the home of her uncle. Mr. Everaal.

Aviation Cadet Ralph Post and wife of Brldgeman. Mich., were laat Tueaday gueata of the former'a sis-ter, Mrs. Harold Percell and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Protus Kauffman attended the funeral of the latter's mother, Mra. Caroline Hochetettler, at White Cloud laat Wedneaday.

Sgt. Alwyn Roaenberger of Ft. Bennlng, Ga., arrived home Wednes-day to atiend the funeral servlcea of his grandmother, Mra. Lulla Layer.

Abel Dlntaman had a cloae call from loalng hla home 'by fire Sun-day afternoon. U p o n returning home from a neighbora he found tha house filled with smoke, fire having started on the studio couch, which was badly damaged, also burning several blankets and a woolen shawl before It waa ex-tinguished.

Pvt. Ervin Stahl has Informed his brother Glenn that he is now stationed a t Staten laland. New York.

Abel Dlntaman left Monday for Alto, where he expecta to r rmain for an Indefinite time at the Frank Falrchlld home.

Ada News (Mr*. Hattle I t Fitch)

Guest Speaker a t Club

A regular meeting of the Ada Ladles' Literary Club waa held1 laat Thursday afternoon in the club room at Ada high school. Mrs Carole McCormick was chairman of program and Mrs. Stephen Collins was guest speaker and Mra. Alice Ward hostess for the day, aaslsted by Mrs. Anne Afton.

Mrs. Collins chose for her subject, *1 Hear America Singing." Mrs. Colllna drew a vivid word picture of a vast parade of peoples passing endlessly by, eaoh group singing their theme song appropriate to that particular time or group. Occa-sionally there was a solitary singer who emerged from the parade to sing alone for a short while, but whose song soon was blended In with all the other theme aonga.

Songa of the southland, the w^at-ern cowboy songa, the hlll-blUy music and songs of the lumberjacks from Mt. Katahdln In Maine to the pines of Oregon were told of.

There were the battle aonga with-out which no nation could carry on and America'a flrat war song waa "Yankee Doodle" and later In thf i procession came the songa of the North and the South and donl-Inatlng these waa to be the never forgotten hymn, 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic," that Inaplratlon to all marching men, that "Truth" la marching on.

The American Indian paaaea us with his strange rhythm in song and beating of druma, and then we hear the American negro whose spirituals have bccome American classics and American aonga have the background of the folk aong of many nations, the Slavs, Italians, French, German, In fact, all peopl« have mingled their songs with our*.

Some few have been solitary sing-ers and perhaps our most famous singer was Steven Collins Foster and iila songs are our nation's moat beloved, and are now world claaalca. Mrs. Collins' talk was very beautiful and she waa given a vote of thanka by the club for the pleasure she had given to them.

Mrs. Julia Weasel gave the cur-rent events and Mrs. Kathryn Svo-boda gave a very fine review of Alice Duer Miller's book of verse. The White Cliffs."

On March 11 the club will hold a Kitchen Jamboree with Mlas E. Eleanor Densmore. home extenalon leader, speaking on the "Home Guard." Mra. Anne Afton is chair-man and Mrs. Marvelle Averill. hostess. Members will report a t roll call by telling of "My Worst Bar-gain" and Mrs. Charlotte Svoboda will give tfie thumbnail book re-view.

During the social half hour the hostesses served a dainty lunoh. i

U O V E L A K E Mra. i i , L. Coger

Mr. and Mrs. Orrle Catt and son Glenn of Kalkaska, spent a few days laat week with Mr. and Mra. Guy Qulggle ' and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lewla.

Arnold White of Lowell waa a week-end visitor of hla friend, Bud Weller.

Mra. Lura Storm of Pontiac spent from Wednesday until Monday with her parenta. Mr. and M n . R. J Slater at the Coger home.

Recent callers of Mr. and Mra Isaac Wood were Mr. and Mra Lewis Clark, Mr. and M r a Nulty Bush, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wenzlel and Mr. and Mra. Ben Bush.

Margie Gergory of Grand Rapids spent the week-end with her grand-mother, Mra George Gergory.

Mrs. Merle Coger and Mra. Lavern Coger attended the funeral aervloea for Mlaa Mantle Towne in Grand Rapids laat Tuesday ae did Mrs Chaa Buttrlck and Grover.

HICKORY C O R N E R S Mrs. Ethel Yelter

near

WHO CARES?

Ada Locals

tenth grade a t

The new proprietor of the village store stood at the door one morning gazing gloomily at the all but empty street.

A little girl who had Juat turned the corner paused uncertainly be-fore him, a crumpled pound note in one hand. Instantly Isaac was all smiles.

"I say," began the little girl, "does my mummy owe you a pound?"

"She does," said the proprietor. "And—and whose little girl are you?"

Well, in this war, those are ^ ^ g some r.ay out of the things In our lives which are in " d t h r € e 0 P 0 8 s u m 9 . who

perhaps, had moved Into warmer quarters.

Jeopardy. Our boys are dying to pre-serve them for us.

Then we can do no less than to Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Odell were "say yes" and fill those war stamp ! c a U l n S through this neighborhood albums. It is our duty and privilege • M o n d a y organizing his helpers In to help the secretary of the treasury, j t h e township for the Red Cross Mr. Morgenthau, in his magnificent | d r i v e -effort to do the tremendous Job of j Mrs. MoSorley and Helen Clark getting the money to keep our boys supplied with the weapons with which to fight our fight.

Surely- that is little enough for us to do on the home f ron t

U. S. Treasury Dtpartmtnt

Milk bricks a re being made. Thirty-three pounda of powcer f rom an original 29 gallona of milk are jpreased Into a nine-inch cube under hlgfa pressure.

of Beldlng spent the week-end with Mr. and Mra. Fay Clark.

Mrs. Sarah Ennes and daugihter Mary Alice of Stanton were Sunday visitors of Ethel VandenBroeck and Mr. and Mra. Floyd Clark.

Mra. McSorley apent Saturday evening with Ethel VandenBroeck.

Our greatest glory consista not In never falling, but in rising every time we fall.—GoMamlth.

Tripped Him Up "It 's no use," said the director,

"I'll have to get a new stenogra-pher."

"Pity," said his colleague. "Miss Faire seems a nice, obliging sort of girl."

"Oh, she certainly Is. But she will keep interrupting me when I'm dictating to ask me how to spell words."

"That 's a great waste of time." "I don't object to t h a t " explained

the director, "but It looks so bad to have to keep saying I don't know."

PRECARIOUS

"I hope you never rock the boat." "No. This canoe tips over so eas-

ily you don't have to rock it."

Diplomatic A young man, calling on his best

girl one night, was faced by a poser when she suddenly asked; "Jerry, which do you like best, an ugly woman with great intelligence or a pretty one without brains?"

But Jerry was wise and didn't in-tend to get caught on that one. "Mary, dear," he replied quick as a flash, "I prefer you to either one."

In Michigan tuberculosis now kills a t only one-third the rate It did when the Michigan Tuberculoalu Aasoclatlon waa organized on Feb-ruary 21, 1908. Yet tuberculoala la still the leading cause of death for the age group between 16 and 45.

The tenth grade a t Ada high school will hold a penny social a t the school house Tuesday evening, March 12, a t 7:80 o'clock. Everyone Is Invited to attend and the pupils hope to have a large crowd.

Mlaa Gertrude Kamp of Ypsllantl apent the week-end In Ada with her parenta, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kamp and had aa her guest, Mlaa Margaret Falrbanka of Grand Rap-Ids.

Mm and Mrs. Elmer Allen, Mrs. Clayton Grant and Betty of Lan-sing and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bowera of Grand Rapids were Sunday gueata of Mr. and Mrs. I ra Teeple.

Mr. a.id Mrs. Hugh Rltter of Dut-ton have moved Into the Folaom house on Thornapple »t., S. Ada/

Mrs. Harry Fitch spent Friday in Grand Rapids with her slater, Mrs. Nellie Weber, and mother, Mrs. Charlotte Harris.

Mr. and -Mrs. Norman Wrlde and Marion spent Sunday afternoon In Cascade visiting Earl Wrlde.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Martin of Cascade Road called on friends In Ada Sunday afternoon.

Friends of Mrs. Mable Freeman will be glad to hear that she Is get-ting along nicely and although quItQ weak Is now able to get down to the dining room once a day. Mrs. Freeman hopes to be able to leave the hospital some time in early April if she continues to improve.

Mr. and Mrs. Ward Boynton of Merrltt called on Mr. and Mrs. Webb Ward on Wednesday of this past week.

Mrs. Glenn McPeck visited her daughter, Mlaa Phyllia McPeck, In Ionia this paat week.

Wesley Chaffee of the ' Great Lakes Training Station In Illlnola, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Chaffee, and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Tronsen of Arable were also Sunday guesta and had a family dinner party.

Sunday afterooon callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Chaf-fee were Mra. Betty McLaughlin and Mrs. Virginia Waahburn and son Raymond.

Mrs. Blanche Ward spent one day this paat week In Ionia with her son, Morris Ward and family.

The Republican caucus for Ada township will be held a t the town hall on Saturday afternoon, March 6, a t 2 o'clock to nominate township officers and conduct such other buslneaa aa will legally come before me meeting.

Mrs. Anna Waahburn and son Darrell of Grand Rapids spent the past week-end In Ada with Mrs. Mary Harr is and on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. George Slllaway of Cedar Sprlnga were visitors a t the Harrla home.

Mrs. Eva Huver and aon Dickie, and Mra. Ua Yelter and son Dickie Joe called on Mra. Ethel Yelter and son Edward Saturday evening.

Paula Hilton Is entertaining the mumps this week.

Mrs. Marvin Huver and daughter Mary Joan spent last week with relatives and fr iends In Detroit.

Mlaa Pauline Yelter of Ionia apent Saturday and Sunday with the home folks.

Little Dickie Joe Yelter spent Saturday evening with hla grand-mother and uncles.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yelter apent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mra. Marvin Huver.

Mlas Pauline Yelter and brother Kenneth attended the show In Low-ell Saturday evening.

MICHIGAN FARMERS ASSURED FERTILIZER FOR '43 CROP SEASON

WPB Order Makes Some Nitrogen Available for

Most Farm Uses. U T I T H A T kind of fertilizer will 1

VV have for growing crops this year?" Is a question Michigan farm-ers are asking as they prepare to break all war-time records in pro-ducing foods, fats and fibers for Un-cle Sam's fighting forces, civilian population und our allies.

Michigan farmers know that a considerable portion of the chemical nitrogen supply has been "draf ted" by munitions factories for making bombs, shells and other explosives. No nitrogen was used for fertilizing small grr.'ns oown last fall. None will be available for small gi-alns planted this spring. Nor will there be any for use on melon or cucum-ber crops.

How about other cropa? Will there be any chemical nitrogen available for them?

The answer la yes. And as for phosphorus and potash, no one need worry. There will be plenty for all farm purposes.

Must Stretch Nitrogen. But every pound of nitrogen will

have to be stretched out to the ut-m o s t In order to obtain the maxi-mum benefit from the nitrogen available for agricultural purposes in 1943, the War Production Board in collaboration with the U. S. De-partment of Agriculture ba t prt. pared regulations concerning the production, distribution and use ol fertilizers. Fertilizer manufactur era, their dealers and distributors, county agents, agronomiita of state colleges and experiment stations, agricultural organizations and indi vidual farmers are cooperating In every way to make the program ef [active.

A total list of grades numbering 21 has been approved for sale in Michigan in 1943, of which eleven will contain chemical nitrogen. None other than these may be sold. For the sake of economy. It has been suggested to manufacturers thai they offer not more than two grades In any given ratio, rather than offer all the approved grades. It is likely that manufacturers will choose from the approved list those grades which farmers have proved are most beneficial to them and con tinue to supply these during the coming spring.

The complete list of approved grades is as follows: 0-14-7; 0-12-12; 0-16-8; 0-14-14; 0-10-20; 0-20-10; 0-9-27; 0-12-24; 0-20-20; 0-12-36; 2-12-6; 2-8-16; 2-16-8; 3-12-12; 3-9-18; 348-9; 4-10-6; 4-12-4; 4-16-4; 4-24-12; and 18 or 20 per cent super-phos-phate. For side or top-dressing vegetables only, a 10-6-4 grade is likewise provided.

Basis for Use. In cases where Michigan farmers

have been accustomed to use a com-plete fertilizer containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potash, special regu-.ations have been developed oased on the fertilizer grades applied in the fall of 1940, spring of 1941 crop year.

County advisers, agricultural ex perlment station workers and all fertilizer producers, dealers and distributors have detailed Informa-tion from which they can give farm ers specific advice regarding proh lems based on WPB rulings.

In the event a Michigan fa rmer Is growing small grains in 1943, oi used an analysis containing less S per cent nitrogen on other crops in the 1940-41 season, he may substi-tute any of the following grades for his 1943 operations: 0-12-12; 0-10-20; 0-12-36; 0-20-10; 0-14-14r 0-12-24; 0-14-7; 0-20-20 ; 0-9-27; 0-16-6; and 18 or 20 per cent superphosphate.

For grades used In 1940-41 on Michigan crops other than small

. , grains, the foHoWing sutatltutlona Thank God every morning when m a y b e m a d e . G r a d e 8 with 2 per

THE OLD JUDGE SAYS...

3

"Judge, there's been quite a bjtof talk going around about prohibiting liquor in various spots around the c o u n t r y . . . around the Army camps for one thing. What do you make of it?"

" Well, Henry, I size it up about like this. It looks to me like the folks who are doing the talking are shooting a little bit higher than most people seem to realize. Sort of like the salesman who gets his foot in the door and before you know it he's sold you

a bill of goods. Wouldn't surprise me a bit if what they're really aiming for is to take in the whole country again. We all know it didn't work the last time. All we got was bootleg liquor instead of Ugal liquor...plus racketeers, gangsters and the worst crime wave the country ever saw.

"Seems to me we've all got our hands full to win this war without starting up an argu-ment we just got through settling a few years back."

Confrtnet of AUohoiic Btmaf InduHritt. Inc.

EAST CALEDONIA Mrs. 8. M. VanNamee

Mr. and Mr®. Frank Bouma en-tertained a par ty of relatives Sun-day, it being the second birthday of their daughter, Marsha.

Mr. and Mra. Ed Rankin and daughter Barbara spent Saturday evening in Grand Rapida.

Mr. and Mra. Bob Smith of Grand Rapida were Sunday gu^ifta of Mr. and Mra. Ed Rankin.

Mlas Doris Sanborn waa home from Kalamazoo.

Mrs. Harold Welton and children apent Friday In Grand Rapids.

Bernard HUlen, Jr., In entering the Navy this week.

Mr. and .Mrs. Maynard Dutcher apent Wedneaday afternoon In Grand Rapida, where they called on Mr. and Mra. Al Dutcher, find-ing them feeling better.

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Reynolds of Grand Rapida vlalted a t the Lester Bartlett home Sunday.

Mra. Bertha Miller and daughter Theresa were Sunday guesta at the Proctor home.

Treaaury offlclala regard the pur-ohaae of life Inaurance aa particu-larly helpful in heading off Inflation becauae money paid for life Inaur-ance •premluma la definitely with-draw.! f rom spending channels— and more permanently than thru other forma of savlnprs.

SMYRNA Mrs. Albert Hauaorman

McCORDS MATTERS Mrs. R. T. Willi urns

Mr. and Mra. Leo Cowlea have sold their f a rm here to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Shaw. The Cowlea will move on their farm In Keene ahort-ly, their tenanta, Mr. and Mra. Har -old Davla, moving thla week to the Harold Gardner farm, west of Smyrna.

Clyde co l te r ia on me slok list. Mra. Elmer Laaco of Beldlng waa

hoatesa to the Jolly Eight Bridge Club laat Thuraday evening.

Mr. and Mra. HaroW ^obdell of Grand Rapida w e r e week-end guesta a t Ed. Inaley's.

Chaa. Qulggle and his g-randaon Buddy had a akating par ty on Go ,*e Lake laat Sunday. Mr. Qulggle will be 78 years old next June. Buddy had to admit It would take aome practicing on the 26-yard daah, pigeon wing and figure eight, to be aa good aa Grandpa.

Mr. and Mra. A E. Wood enter-tained Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eardley of Fox and daughter Jean and Mrs. Myrnla Haaklns of Alaska fo r Sun-day dinner. ,

Mrs. Andy Zoet, Mrs. Jen Wil-liams and Mra, John Krum worked

Mra. Edgar Joalln of Beldlng! Z x " , T „ . can . , hom. Sa turd .y from Aon J 1 " 0 " " 0 , , • c , " 1 < ,

Arbor hospital, but haa to go back i for treatments occaalonally, I ' ^ e Bunch met a t the

Harold Hauserman and R o b e r t 1 W f t U e r c , a r k * h o m e night. Albert are on a trip to K e n t u c k y ' F l v e t a b l e 8 w e r e 'n play, M r a Sarah this week with a truckload of po- j® 0 0 * ^ taking high tatoes and will bring back coal. 8 c o r e ' Barbara Bataa and

The farewell party t t the hall on M r 8 - BIgler won consolations. Monday night for Ruaaell Loe and! M r - a n d Mra. John Hulzlnga and Charlea Moore, Jr., waa well a t -^ 0 ^® 1 " - Mrf. Frank Hulzlnga vla-tended. They left for camp W e d - 1 4 * 1 F rank Hulzlnga, who is still neaday. jat the Fergwrson hospital, but they

Mrs. Ola Purdy,. who Is In A^n report he Is gaining very r-lcely. Arbor hospital and had one iegl Mr. and Mrs. Campbell and amputated recently, doea not gain, t l a u 8 h t ® r of Kalamazoo were week-aa faat aa h e r many friends wlah. ! ®nd Ijueata of Mr. and Mra. Myron

Mr. and Mra. Ernest Gleger are Henry. spending a time with his brother, Carl and wife, preparatory to mov-ing soon to his farm south and east of Smyrna.

Mr. and Mrs. R. Postma and Mr. and Mre. Ben Postma and son n-otored to Zeeland Saturday night to visit Mr. and Mra. John Styff.

you get up that you have some-thing to do tha t day which must be done whether you like It or not. Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed In you a hundred virtues which the Idle never know.—Charlea KIngsley.

Want ads pty . Try one. tf

cent nitrogen are to be replaced by 2-6-16; 2-12-6; or 2-16-8. Grades with S per cent nitrogen are to be re-placed by 3-9-18; or 3-12-12. Grades with 4" per cent nitrogen or more are to be replaced by 4-10-6; 4-12-4; 4-16-4; or 10-6-4. Multiple strength grades are to be replaced by 3-18-9; or 4-24-12.

YANKS ARRIVE IN FIJ I ISLANDS-—When s contingent of American troops recently landed at the Fiji Islands In the Southwest Pacific they were greeted by friendly native* instead of the cannibals the boys had read about in their school books, Picturei of landing scenes by the U. S. Signal Corps disclose the touch of civilisation among the one-time eaters of "long pig." Left , Pfc. Benjamin H. Burton with good reason admires the abundance of criap hair on this Fijian's head. Some natives bleach their hair with lime and go in for elaborate headdress. Right, Serg t Charles Auski, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., checks aupplies loaded on a train on an island rsilroacL

FIGHTING FRONT IN AFRICA—Additional news from North Africa makea more impressive the success of operation* against the enemy. One wsll executed landing and occupaUon waa a t Fedala, French Morocco. Above, lauding anti-tank batteries on the beach near Fedala. Below, first U. 8. flag over the beach bead a t Fedala Harbor in token of a aucceaafol operation. It waves over a machine gun mounted on oackin*

T H E LOWELL LEDGER, LOWELL, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1943

if • •• i - i .i —mi ia,i"i'i." :•

I W A M T ' A P S W a n t Adv. R a t a — 3 5 c f o r 25 words or lees, if ^ver 25 words, add 1c per word . If ordered by mail , please enclose coin or s t amps .

FOR SALS!—Roan mare, 3 years old, or will trade for good Guern-sey or Jersey cow, Fred Broad-bent, Clarksvllle, Mich, R, 1, p43

FARMERS—We need more cream. Paying 63c for hu t t e r f a t Butter-milk for feeding, 2c a gallon, Lowell Creamery. c37tf

FARMERS' ATTENTION — W i l l give |8,00 and up for your worn-out and crippled stock. Must be alive. Write Roy Cooper, R. 2, Rockford, Mich., or phone Rock-ford 6711. c85tf

FOR SALE — Good , used portable milking machine, "Chore Boy," Davkd Wlngeler, Alto, R. R. 2. Alto Phone 602, p43

FOR SALE—Modern walnut buffe t and large dining table. In good condition. Phone 202, Mrs, Peter CNell. p43

FOR SALE—80 acre farm, good house and h a m , also good young orchard. Call Peter Petersen, Lowell, R. R. 1, or call 189-F13.

I* i *48

TOR SALE—Brood sows, to farrow soon. O. R. Eaton, Phone Sara-nac 2232, p48

FOR SALE—F20 Farmall t ractor and 2 12-lnch John Deere plows. Mt-s, Sophie Slomskl, Sft miles west, 1 mile north of Lowell, p43

EXPERIENCED FARMER would like work on farm, dairy farm preferred. Leslie Newman. R. R. 3. Lowell. p42-3t'

C O O K P l n m b i D g a n d H e a t i n g

Sheet Metal Work

Call 78 DAVE CLARK, Mgr.

LOST—Brown ana white Springer apanlel. Carrol Potter. Lowell. p43

FOR SALE—Sap pan, f t , new. Prlce-Rlte Hardware, Lowell. p43

STRAYED from my farm, a gilt. Reward for Information of aame. Francla R. Smith, R, 2, Lowell.

p43

FOR SALE1—A Jeraey and Brown Swlaa cow, due In 30 days; 3 year old Holsteln cow, fresh; also sowa, due to farrow soon. Leonard Okker,, f i rst house east of Ware school. c48-2t

P U B L I C NOTICES

WANTED— To buy a used kitchen range, wood or coal, David Aus-tin, Lowell, R 2, p43

FOR SALE—6 feeder pigs. Leander Pltseh, Lowell, R. R, 3, or call 166-F12, c43

FOR SALE—Several tona of good mixed hay, Inalde. Inquire Herm Heematra, Ada. R. R. 1. p43-2t

FOUND —Springer Spaniel male dog, liver and white, Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Elmer E. Mar-shall, R. R. 3. p43

WANTED—Pony cart, state price and condition; also Duckbill culti-vator teeth. Write Mra. Fred Pat-tlson, Alto, or Phone 561, c43

MAPLE SYRUP LABELS —With your name and addreaa Imprinted on a label that meeta government requlrementa, I w fo r J1.60 or 200 for $2,00. Lowell Ledger. 48-3t

FOR SALE—Round painted dining table and1 7 painted chairs, 2 oo-caalonal tablea and walnut bed-room suite, complete. Mra. A. C. Blaaer, Phone 189-F2. o43

FOR SALE—Year old Bronze tur-key gobbler. Mra. Thos. Malone, R. 1. Beldlng. p43

LOST—Feb. 23. between Lowell and Bowne Center, section of red truck rack. Finder please call 95-F3. Lowell, or write Sam Pat -terson. R. 3. Lowell, c43

WANTED—Lady to do Ironing, Call 378 or see Mrs. T. Dean. 117 South Washington St., Lowell. p43

FOR SALE — Prairie State incu-bator, 460-egg capacity. In yood condition. Leo Kyser, Alto, R, 2,

p48-2t

NO CHANGE In Shell Horsehide, the world's moat amazing work ahoe leather, the only leather on earth with a tough center layer or ahell that relnforcea the leather aa steel rods do concrete. $2.95 up, a t Coons'. p43

ATTENTION MOOSE MEMBERS —Moose Lodge, No, 809, will re-sume their Saturday night dances, Mualc by Modernalres. No cover charge.—Houae Com. c4S-2t

MAPLE SYRUP LABBLfi—Printed to government requlrementa with a blank for signing your name, IHc each. Lowell Ledger. 4S-8t

WANTED—Girl for housework, in modern equipped farm home, two In family, no children. Mrs. Clare Por r l t t 1 mile west, % mile south of Bowne Center. Alto Phone 281.

c43

FOR SALE—^Second cutting alfalfa, nice and green; also some good first cutting. Call 68-F4. Winton Wilcox. p48

FOR SALE OR TRADE for city property, 40 acre farm, good land, good bulldingB; a alio, electricity, quite modern, 8 miles northeast of Lowell, known aa the George Ralmer farm. See Claude Staal, Lowell. c42-4t

P R E P A R E FOR THE FUTURE

Learn the p r i n t l r ; t rade now and thus make sore of a Job a f t e r the war. H i e Ledger office has an opening for a capable young man or woman willing to begin aa an apprentice. Call at the Ledger office fo r Interview.

FOR SALE—12 horse power Fair-banks-Morse engine, mounted on steel trucks, will sell reasonable. E. D. Yelter, Ada, 1 mile north of McCords on U. S,-18, p42-2t

W E BUY AND SELL

CONSUMERS POWER $ 4 . 6 0 a n r f $ 6 . 0 0

P R E F E R R E D

W R I T E OR CALL

81821 JOHN R. SCHERMER &C0.

729 National Bank Bldg. Grand Rapids

Ekdal Buys, Representative

FOR SALE—2 white boars, weight around 200 lbs. Can also use corn and rye for feed. Earl J . Mc-Dlarmld, 1% miles south of US-16 on M-91. c43

CHANCKRV NOTICE

OTATE OF MICHIGAN. THE SI PKIUOR COURT OK (IRANI) RAPIDH. IN CHAN-CERT.

At a iMilon of ta ld Court held nl the City Hall In the City of Grand Rapldi. In laid County on the 10th day of Febru-ary, A. D. 1941.

Preaent: HON. THADDEUS B. TAYLOR Judge of Superior Court of Grand Rapid*. CARL OEIDNKR, PUlnUff,

va EVA MAY GEIDNER, Defendant.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION In thla cauae It appearing from the

affidavit on file that the defendant. Eva May Oeldner, la not a realdent of the State of Michigan, and It cannot be as-certained In what B u t e the defendant realdei, aa plaintiff Is informed and be-lieves; \

Now, , Therefore. On Motion of Gals Sounders, attorney tor plaintiff.

It Is Ordered that the defendant. Eva M-»y Oeldner, enter her In said cnuse on or before three monu>s from the date of this order and that unlem she does appear personally or by an attorney on or before three months from the date aloresald that said Bill of Complaint shall be taken as confessed and that she be held In default of an-swering the same.

It Is Further Ordered that within forty days from the date of this order that the plaintiff cause a copy of this order U> be published In the Lowell Ledger and that the same be published for a t least six succeislve weeks unless a copy of this order shall have been served upon the defendant a t least twenty days before the Ume prescribed for the appearance' of the de fendant as aforesaid.

It i s Further Ordered that «< true copy of this order be sent by registered mall, postage prepaid, to the last known address of this defendant.

THADDEUS B. TAYLOR. Judge of Superior Court of Grand Rapids.

Examined, Countersigned and Endorsed by me JACOB M. VANDERWAL.

Clerk. Attest: A True Copy JACOB M. VANDERWAL,

Clerk. c43-6l

FOR SALE—Large quantity of throw-out potatoes, for home use. 100 lbs. for $1.00. Wm. Bolthouse Onion Storage, Clarksvllle, Mich.

p4l-3t

HARNESS SHOP NEWS—Hand-made harnesses, repairing and oiling, at the Kerekes Harness Shop, on M-21. 1 mile east of Lowell. Phone 139-F13. p41-4t

FOR SALE—Brood sows, one to three yeara old. Two to aell out of six, "due now to April 1. Theae are high grade Duroc Jeraey sows, of good size and form, choice $90. 3^4 miles east of Bowne Center. O. C. Austin, R. 2, Clarkavllle, MlCh. p48

WANTED FARMo FOR SALE— Please write full description. Square Real Estate Sales & Ex-change, 1691 PlalnfleM Ave., N. E , Grand Rapida. p41-3t

Todiy ' i Paying Prices per dozes

for E j f i — F e d e n l - S u t e Grades

Extras, large 86c Extraa, medium SSo Standarda, large 34c Staadarda, medium S2o

BERGY BROS. ELEVATOR Alt*, ML»h.

Prioes subject to change

We'Remove Dead Asi iuis For Prompt Removal of

Old, Crippled or Dead Horses and Cows

PHONE IONIA 400

CUyesrin Recovered

from . Animal

Fata wm Help

Horses x wfal

$JS0

• • • MS

Cattle

• • • ss

LOCAL MARKET R E P O R T Corrected March 3, 1943 . . .

W h e a t bu $ 1.52 Rye, bu. 70 Corn, bu 90 Buckwheat, cwt 2.00 Barley, bu 80 Oats, bu 50 Craoked Corn, cwt 2.40 Corn and Oats Feed, cwt 2.35 Corn Meal, cwt 2.40 Shelled Corn, c w t 2.25 Bran, cwt 2,S2Mi Middlings, cwt 2.32% Pea Beana, cwt 5.10 Light Red Beana, cwt 5.00 Dark Red1 Beans, cwt 5.00 Light Cranberry Beans, cwt.. 5.00 Yellow Eye Beans, cwt 6.25 Butter, lb 50% Buttsrfat . lb 53 Eggs, doz 30-.33 Hogs, live, cwt 15.25 Hogs, dressed, cwt 22.00 Beef, live, lb 08-.15 Beef, dreaaed. lb 16-^5 Chlckena, lb 23-.23

VALLEY CHEMICAL CO.

N. C. THOMAS Auction Sales

Bookings for auction aalea may be made through the Lowell Ledger. Harry Day. Lowell, or with me direct.

Saturday, March 6 —Menno C. Weber, Saranac, household gooda only.

Monday, March 6—Dr. W. C. Hacker. Green Lake, 21 head of cowa and young cattle, pair horses, extra good tools.

Wednesday, March 10 — F r a n k Addla, Greenville Rd., Eaat Rock-fnrd, full Hat

Friday, March 12—Henry Moran, Harvard, 25 head of cattle, lafge l i s t

Saturday, Mar. IS—Hiram Raab, Caledonia, 13 head Durham cowa and young cattle, 4 young horaea, full list tools and feed.

Tuesday. Mar. 16—Manuel Yelter, Alto, all day sain.

Wednesday March 17—Tyler Af-man, Wayland. all day sale.

N. C. /THOMAS, 4405 So. Division Ave Grand Raplfo, Mich. Phone 3-2082.

IdUdtyouHuy Wdk

WAR BONDS While we have not beard so much

about them, our air-borne command la Inferior to none. We have thou-sands of these especially trained troops and the glider is a necessary factor In their successful operation.

£hurch ws

ZION METHODIST CHURCH John Claua, I'aator

English preaching a t 10:00 a. m. Bible School at 11:00 a. m. You are cordially Invited.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY Cor. Washington and Kent

Morning servlcee and Sunday School at 11 o'clock every Sunday.

"Man" will be the subject of the lesson-senr.on in a l l Christian Science Churches throughout tho world on Sunday, March 7.

The Golden Text (Romans 8:14) Is: "As' many as are led by the Spir-it of God, they are the aons of God."

Among tho Bible citations is this passage (Genesis 1:26): "And God said. Let us make man in our image,, af ter our likeness; and let them have dominion over the flab of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creep-ing thing that creepeth upon the earth."

Correlative passages to be read from the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to th^ Soriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy, Include the following (p, 258): "God expresaes In man the infinite idea forever developing It-aelf, broadening and riaing higher and higher from a boundless baala,"

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CH.

Rev. N. G. Woon, Paator

Church School—10:00 a. m. Morning Worahlp —11:00 a. m.

Special aids fo r Lenten devotlona are available for all who wlah them, Lenten devotlona for young people and the Fellowahlp of Prayer. Theae are free.

Tho men of the church will meet for potluck aupper, fun, fellowahlp and Inaplratlon on Wedneaday eve-ning. March 10. at 6:30 In the pariah house. Dr. Harold Skldmore will be guest speaker. All the men of the church are cordially Invited.

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Lowell, Mich.

Rev. R . C. Worland, Paator

Sunday School a t 10:00 a. m. A drive for now members la In progress and Is meeting with real success. Come and help ua.

Preaching at 11:00 a, m, N, Y, P, S. service a t 7:00 p. m.

Emerson Stevena will be the leader. Evangelistic service at 7:45 p. m.

The time f rom 7:30 to 7:45 will be occupied with a scripture t reasure hunt.

Mid-week prayer meeting, Wed-nesday a t 7:45 p, m.

We bnlld gliders In three types and their capacity Is a military se-cret. The type shown here costs about $19,000 each. Buy War Bonda with at least ten percent of your In-come every payday and help pay for these gliders for our intrepid fighting men. y. 5. r r M r a f y Difvrimtnt

A. W.H1LZEY The Auctioneer

Dutton, Mich. Services that Satiafy and Tenna

Thai a re ReaaonaUe

Saturday, March 6 — Wlerenga Bros., Dutton. Large list of good tools Including Farmall tractor and all steel hay loader, good team of horses.

Book dates with D. A. Wlngeler of State Savings Bank, Lowell.

FIRST METHODIST CHURCH Cecil E. Pollock, Minister

Sunday School meets a t 10 o'clock next Sunday morning.

"The Invaalon Front" Is the ser-mon subject for the 11 o'clock pub-lic worahlp service next Sunday morning. The paator will preach.

The choirs and the Scouts will meet a t the church Monday eve-nlgn.

Bible reading, song and prayer In the upper room Wednesday eve-Ing at 7:30.

Youth evening of Bible, song and roller skating Thursday evening at the usual hours and places.

VERGENNES METHODIST CH.

Preaching and Sunday School at the church a t 2:30 next Sunday aft-ernoon. In addition to the pastor's brief message, Walter Gumoer, sup-erintendent of the public school system In Lowell, will speak on the subject, "The Church and Patriot-ism." The whole community Is In-vted to attend.

FIVE

the minister. You are Invited to be present.

ALTO BAPTIST CHURCH W. B| Gardner, Pastor

GOSPEL HALL MEETINGS At Gorman Motfiodlst Church

3:00 p. m—Sunday School. Inter-eating lessons and classes for all ages, from God's complete text-book. the Bible.

7:30 p. m.—Gospel pdeachlng. 7:30, Wednesday evening—Prayer

meeting and Bible study.

LUTHERAN SERVICES Rev. R. W. Mohardt

Services at 8 o'clock Sunday eve-ning nt City Hall. Everyone wel-come.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LOWELL

Mel Stadt, Pastor

10:00 a. m.—Bible School Classes for everyone.

11:00 a. m.—Morning worahlp. 6:30 p. m.—B. Y. P. U. 7:30 p. m.—Evening aervlce. Everyone welcome.

.Wednesday, 8:00 p, m.—Midweek prayer aervlce.

ELMDALE NAZARENE CHURCH Rev. Wm. Kelley, Paator

Sunday School—10:00 a. m. Preaching—11:00 a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday a t

8:00 p, m. All are welcome.

ALTON CHURCH (Interdenominational) H. E. Gilmore, Paator

Sunday School—10:30 a. m. John Gauw, Supt.

Worahlp aervlce—8:00 p. m. Knowing that. In the crlsla thru

CASCADE CHURCH OF CHRIST J. Frank Green, Mlnlater

Residence, Grand Rapida, R, 3 Telephone 827-F6

Bible School—10:00 a. m. Worship and sermon—11:00 a. m.

LOGAN Mrs. D. W. Kauf fman

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Mishler were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Rachel Stahl.

Art Stahl and his mother spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Austin Erb.

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kyser enter-tained Mrs. Kyser's aunt, uncle and cousin from Nashville Sunday.

Mrs. Leo Kyser has received word from her cousin. Pvt. Walter Roush, who Is overseas.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Glbbs en-tertained Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rogers and family on Sunday.

Mrs. Llbble 'Layer attended the Bowne Center Ladles' Aid banquet Wednesday evening.

Charles King and family called on Mrs Llbble Layer Sunday.

Spenor Johnsons are enjoying new windows and floor In their dining room.

Miss Velma Kauffman was home from Lowell over the'week-end.

Floyd Stahl, Jr., went to Grand Rapids Tuesday evening for his examination. 1

Darlene Wieland was the week-end guest of Kathenne Stahl.

Gordon Stahl and Dan Kauff-man made a business trip to Lan-sing Saturday.

Gordon Stahl la Inatalllng a new evaporator In hla sugar ahanty.

Arnle Stahl apent Saturday night and Sunday with Frederick Zerbe.

Sunday dinner gueata of Mr. and Mra. Dan Kauffman and family were Gordon Stahl and family.

Using Less Canned Foods Big Help in Winning War

The American people from now until September 1 ,1944, will be able to use about 13,000,000 cases of canned fruits and vegetables month. During the 1941-42 year they were able to use nearly 30,000,-000 cans a month. So our pantry shelves will not contain the usual stocks. Lack of ration coupons will often tell the housewife that she needs to find something else for dlnne;.

The production of canned fruits and vegetables haa been one of the wonderful features of American life. It has given us these luscious and nutritious foods a t all seasons, so the home table need never lack variety and substantial value. The foods are prepared at remarkably low prices, considering the labor re-quired.

The wonderful skill with which these things are packed Into small compass, so they can be shipped all over the earth with the leaat poa-alble uae of cargo apace, makes them tremendously useful In feed-

ing our armed forces. The boys fighting on the hot sands of tho desert, and amid the stifling jungles of the tropics, need the best possible food.

The hungry populations of Rus^ sia, whose men are fighting llko tigers In our cause, need a share of those foods, so they can live and produce war equipment. The same is true of the populations of Eng-land, crowded Into a narrow laland which haa not land enough to feed Itself.

So we need to give up some por-tion of our pantry stocks, and do It with a cheer of encouragement, so that our hoys and our friends can be well fed. The people who have put up good stocks of canned foods have shown themselves extremely wise. Let us hope that many more will go In for home canning and preserving, and will be able to get all the contalnera they want, so the

food suppllea of the coming aummer

can be utilized.

HARRIS C R E E K Mrs. Baail Vreeland

STAR CORNERS Mra. I ra Blough

WHITNEYV1LLE Marljano Bates

• ALTO and BOWNE CENTER METHODIST CHURCHES F. E. Chamberlain, Mlnlater Alto Paraonage, Phone 50

Alto Worship service—10:00 a. m. Sunday School—11:00 a. m.

Bowne Center Sunday School—10:15 a. m. Worship service—11:15 a. m.

OLD TIME METHODIST CHURCH McCords, Mich.

Sunday School—10:00 a. m. Preaching Services—11:00 a. m.

and 8:00 p. m. Young People's League—7:15 p. m. Thursday Prayft : Meeting—8:00

p. m.

During the past year, the life In-surance agents of the country set up war bond purchase plans for 44,000 woriters dally, the average daily amount of sales and pledges being $5,500,000 bonda.

Charlea Mumford of near Cale-j Mr, and Mra, Norman Kauffman donla apent Sunday with hla and' family and Mr, and Mra, Law-coualn, Mra, Edna Gelb and daugh- rence Sutter and family were Sun-ter Ruth, iday dinner gueata at Albert Sla-

Mra. Mary McGee of Grand Rap-baugh'a . Ida apent Thuraday a t the Erneail Mra. Lloyd' Blough and Chriatlne Barnea home. Wlngeler returned home Thuraday

Arthur Mcplure spent Sunday night with Mrs. Madora Miller In Grand Raprds. Mr. and Mrs. Noble McClure, Wllma and Gordon went after him Monday evening.

Sunday dinner guests at the Levi Cooper home were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lampln and Eleanor and Mr. and M*s. Sam Onan of Detroit.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Douglass and Grace spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fero and Dougle at Battle Creek.

Mrs. Belle Sinclair called at the Lewis Douglass home one day last week.

Little Terry Flynn Is home from the hospital and Is much better.

Mr. and Mrs. Jerald Raab and Jerry spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Raab.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Graham called on Mrs. Miller In Caledonia Wed-nesday.

The W. S. C. S. will meet at the home of Margaret Vandenhout on Thursday.

Sunday dinner guests a t the Wm. Bates home were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rawllngs and Jeanne and Miss Marljane Bates.

We are sorry to hear that Miss Elizabeth Wright, slflter of Mrs. While waiting for point rationing Rockefellow. has been ill. We are 'o go into effect, an Enid, Okla., glad to report that she Is better grocer found that a placard, "Use now. Your Common Se.iae," posted In his

Dick Doezema reported for duty canned goods repartment, served t -with the U. S. Marines laat Friday, restrain would-be food hoarders.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wenger and sons, Howard and Clifford Wenger of Corpus Chrlstl. Texas, were Sun-day dinner guests a t the Vern Wen-ger home.

Mrs. Margaret Silcox and Mrs. Basil Vreeland accompanied Mra. Glenn Sanborn to Kalamazoo Sun-1 gathering at the homfe of Rev. and day afternoon. Miss Doris Sanborn [Mra. Warland at Lowell Thursday returning to her school work there!evening.

evening af ter visiting friends at Ft. Wayne, Toledo and Detroit.

Mra. Rachel Stahl and1 aon Arthur were Saturday evening vlaltora at Auatln Erb'a.

Mr. and Mra. Byron Weeka and daughters attended a young people'a

The Ira and Roy Erb families were Sunday dinner guests at Aua-tln Erb's. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Erb and

and the rest were callera at the James Mills home, also calling a t the Donna Yerrlngton Ijomc and |

the Mike Davis home in Hastings. iMr. and Mrs. Lampman of Grand Mr. and Mrs. Harry Firestone!Rapids wore supper guests,

and daughter of Monroe spent the1 Mr. and Mra. Wm. Blough called week-end with their parenta, Mr. |at I ra Blough'a Wedneaday. and Mrs. Wm. Burna ! Misses Anna and Margaret Win-

Robert Burns was inducted into geler called on their sister, Mrs. the army and left for Fort Custer!Fred Oesch, a t Blodgett hospital Friday. j Wednesday and found her gaining

Burna Anderaon of Flint and nicely, expecting to return home Mra. Wm. Anderaon and Mrs. Ella soon. . Flynn of Alto were Friday evening gueats at the John Flynn home.

Mr. and Mrs. Vern Wenger and family were Sunday evening guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Mat tin of Gaines and Mary Martin returned home with them to spend some time with her sister and Is going on the bus to Tier school work In Caledonia.

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Steele and aon of Mt. Pleaaant and Helen Kropf of Lowell were week-end gueats at the Byron Weeks home.

Mr. and Mra. Charlea Stahl and Donnie called a t Ray Seeae'a Sun-day afternoon.

Mr. and Mra. Ralph Stahl and aon called on their mother, Mra. Ida Kauffman, Sunday.

Mr. and Mra. David Wlngeler and aona enjoyed a flab dinner with Mr. and Mra. John Krebs Monday.

To be happy be frlcndo with everybody, advfawa a famous In-dustrialist

DR. H. R. MYERS Oatoopathlo

Physician and Surgeon

24 Howard S t , Lowell Phone 296

Office Houra: 10:00-12:00 a. m. 2:00-5:00 and 7:00-9:00 p. m.

F. E . W H I T E DENTIST

Negonce Block, Lowell, Mich.

Cloaed Thuraday Afternoona

Phones: Office 161 ' Res. 186

DR. J . W . T R U M B L E VETERINARIAN

Office—128 N. Dlvlalon S t

Phone 62 Lowell, Mich.

B. H. S H E P A R D , M. D. Phone 47

J . A. MacDONELL, M. D. Phone 110

Office Phone 86

Office Houra

2:00 to 4:00 P. M. each week day 7:00 to 8:30 P. M., Mon., Wed., S a t

For the Duration

Poet—My hear t la In the ocean. Seaalck friend—You've got me

beat.

Houae 36 Office SO

D. H. OATLEY Dentist

Offices In rooms formerly occupied by the City State Bank

DR. R. T. LUSTIG Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon

Specializing In Rectal Diseases

Rectal Sanitarium

DR. P. M. WELLS, Associate

General Practice—X-Ray

43 Lafayette, S. E . Grand Rapids

Phones: Office 88173; Res. 62434

CATHOLIC PARISHES

S t Mary's—Lowell Rev. Fr . Jewell, Pastor

8:00 a. m.. Low Mass and sermon. 10:00 a. m.. High Mass and ser-

mon.

S t Patrick's—Parnell Rev. Fr . McNeil, Pastor

8:00 a. m.. Low Mass and sermon. 10:00 a. m., High Mass and ser-

mon.

Cascade and Bowne Rev. Fr . E. H. R^cette, Pastor Servlcee a t 8:30 and 10:00 a. m.

ADA COMMUNITY REFORMED CHURCH

W. B. Kolenbrander, Pastor

Morning services a t 10 o'clock. Subject will be "Governing Our Thoughts."

Sunday School a t 11:15 a. m. Evening service a t 7:30 o'clock.

Subject, "Concern for the Soul." "Fear not that thy life shall come

to an end, but ra ther fear that It shall never- have a beginning."

UNITED B R E T H R E N CHURCH O F WEST LOWELL

F. B. Harwood, Pastor

Sunday School a t 10:30, followed by preaching. Superintendent, Har-old Green.

Junior Endeavor Sunday evening at 6 o'clock.

Bible School—10:00 a. m. Classes for all ages. Charles Thompson Supt

Preaching service—11:00 a. m.

CHURCH OF T H E BRETHREN Elmdale, Mich.

Rev. Wm. E. Tombaugh, Paator Clarksvllle, Mich.

Sunday School a t 10:00 a. m. Morning worship at 11:00. Young People's meeting a t 7:30

p. m. Evangelistic service at 8:00 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday eve-

ning at 8:00. Everybody welcome.

ADA CONGREGATIONAL CH. Henry L. Rust, Minister

Miss Charlotte Fitch, Pianist

Sunday School at 10 o'clock every Sunday.

Worship and sermon at 7:30 p. m. 'The Attitude of the Christian in a Time of War" will be discussed by

R B l l O I I " P O I I I T S " B R E the s n m E euerv-UIHERE BUT Rkp RRS THE "URIUES"

CANNED A N D BOTTLED VEGETABLES A N D JUICES m i WIIOHT P f K I RATION POINT*

n i M 1 lb. 4 ox.

IACH

I0NA CORN CREAM STYLE WHITE t • 0 • No. 2

can 1 lb. 4 ox. l i e 1 4

A&P CORN GOLDEN lANTAM , • e e i No. 2

can 1 lb. 4 or. 1 3 c 1 4

A&P CORN W H O L E KERNEL 6 . 1. • • a s No. 2 can

1 lb. 4 oi. 1 3 c 1 4

I0NA PeAS . . . • e e s No. 2

can 1 lb. 4 oi. 1 3 c 1 6

DEL MONTE PEAS . . • a S s No. 2 can

1 lb. 4 o i . 1 7 c 16

A&P PEAS . . . i s s • Ne. 2 can

1 lb. 4 o t 1 7 c 1 6

IGNA CUT CREEN BEANS • 0 • s No. 2 can

1 lb. 3 oi. 1 3 c 1 4

SULTANA WHOLE GREEN BEANS • s s No. 2 can

1 lb. 3 oi. 2 2 c 1 4

RELIABLE CUT WAX BEANS i s 0 s No. 2 can

1 lb. 3 oi. 2 1 c 1 4

I0NA SPINACH . . • s a s No. 2 can

1 lb. 4 oi. 1 3 c . 1 1

DEL RICHES LIMA BEANS • • 0 B No. 2

can 1 lb. 4 oi. 1 0 c 16

CAMPBELL TOMATO JUICE • • s • 20-«i.

can 1 lb. 4 o t 1 0 c 1 4

IGNA TOMATO JUICE • s • • No. 300

can 13"/, ox. 7 c 8

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ION POINTS

Here's How to Shop

for Rationed Foods at A&P Stores

CANNED A N D BOTTLED FRUITS

lONA PEACHES SLICED . . T R •

No. 2' / i can

1 lb. 13 01. 2 0 c 2 1

THANK YOU PEACHES MICH. SLICED • R t II-oz. I I OL 9 c 8

DEL MONTE PEACHES HALVES . R R R

No. 2 ' ^ 1 lb. 13 01. 2 7 c 2 1

SULTANA FRUIT COCKTAIL . R R R

No. 1 can 16 ox. ^ 1 7 c 1 1

UBBY FRUIT FOR SALAO R R •

No. 2 can

1 lb. 4 ox. 2 3 c 1 4

I0NA BARTLETT PEARS . . R R •

No. 2'/^ can

1 lb. 13 ox. 2 3 c 2 1

THANK YOU BARTLETT PEARS R R •

No. 21/2 can

1 lb. 13 ox. 1 6 c 2 1

I0HA APRICOTS . . . R R •

No. 2"/2

can 1 lb.

13 01. 2 1 c 2 4 K P APPLESAUCE . . . R R R

No. 2 can

1 lb. 4 01. 1 1 c 10

H^THPORT CHERRIES RED SOUR PITTED R •

No. 2 can

1 lb. 4 01. 1 6 c 14

FOHO CHERRIES RED TART IN SYRUP R R » No. 2

can 1 lb. 4 01. 2 2 c 1 4

Is a helpful sarvlca A & P ou to m o k o your r a t i o n '

point shopping aotlor. Sht lvos a n d bins stockod with rationed foocU carry both price tags and ration points ( s e e Illustration) to quickly tell y o u how much you are ro-qwlrod to pay In cash and ration-points for each Hem on display. This means you con make quick comparisons of tha points each f e e d requires for porchase as you

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SIX TMifi LOWELL LBDOEB, LOWKLL. MICHIGAN. THURSDAY. MARCH 4, IMS

ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT of t h e

Village of Lowell, Michigan For the Fiscal Year Ending January 31,1943

The Annual S t a t emen t of t h e Village of Lowell, Michigan, as prepared

by t h e clerk, a t t h e close of business, J a n u a r y 31, 1943.

Approved and ordered publ ished a t t h e regular mee t ing of t h e Village

Council held Monday, March 1, 1943.

APPROVED BY T H E FINANCE COMMITTEE:

HARRY DAY

WILLIAM CHRISTIANSEN

PETER SPEERSTRA

DEPARTMENTAL BALANCE SHEET, JANUARY SI, 1»4S

ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS: L. & P. Water Works Village Cash On Hand $ 25.00 Cash In Bank I 4,611.45 Lee Estate Bonds 68.888.00 Cash In Lee Fund-- - — 836.39 Bonds Purchased. ' . 4,600.00 Sinking Fund 6,000.00 Road Monies 11,816.34 Accounts Receivable 2,906.64 $ 267.04 Inventories 2,139.85 210.00

Total Current Assets $ 5,071.49 $ 267.04 $ 96,861.18

OTHER ASSETS: Accounts Receivable $ 4,673.76 $ 466.85 Taxes Receivable - $ 2,504.40

Total Other A«et8 S 4,673.76 $ 466.86 $ 2,504.40

FIXED ASSETS: Land, Buildings and Equipment 5639,600.69 $165,176.36 $180,182.83 Less Depreciation 259,406.37 67,881.39 36,627.89

Total Fixed Assets, Book Value |380.194.22 $ 97,294.97 1143,654.94

DEFERRED CHARGES: Insurance Prepaid $ 772.59 % 95.^3 $ 297.14

Total Deferred Charges $ 772.59 $ 95.83 $ 297.14

TOTAL ASSETS $390,712.0'j $ 98,114.69 $243,317.66

LIABILITIES

CURRENT LIABILITIES: L. & P. Consumer's Deposi ts . . . $ 1,956.05 3% Sales Taxes Collected 86.19 Unpaid Bond Interest— Accounts Payable Notes Payable 66,600.00 Victory Ta^ Collected 40.32

Total Current Liabilities $ 68,681.56

RESERVES: Accounts Receivable $ 4,713.31 Delinquent Taxes Road Monies Lee Memorial Lee Fund

Reserves Total $ 4.713.31

SURPLUS $317,317.19

TOTAL LIABILITIES $390,712.06

Water Works Village

$ 9tt) $ 2.637.51

Total $ 25.00

4.611.45 68,888.00

836.39 4,600.00 6,000.00

31,816.34 3,168.68 2,349.85

$102,188.71

$ 6,140.61 2,504.40

$ 7,645.01

$984,969.78 363,816.66

$621,144.13

$ 1,165.66

$ 1,165.56

$732,144.41

Total $ 1,956.06

85.19 9.00

2,637.61 66,600.00

40.32

$ 9.00 $ 2,637.51 $ 71,328.07

$ 427.30 $ 2,504.40

11,815.34 68,888.00

836.39

$ 427.30 $ 84,044.13

$ 97,678.39 $166,636.02

$ 6.140.61 2,504.40

11.816.34 68,888.00

836.39

$ 89,184.74

$571,631.60

$ 98,114.6? $243,317.66 $732,144.41

ANALYSIS OF SURPLUS

L. & P. Water Works Village Total On Hand January 31, 1912 $314,950.32 $101,425.77 $159,605.43 $575,881 62

CREDITS: Light and Power 19,480.94 19,480.94 Adjustment Check 1.23 123 B a n d 458.69 458.69

T o t a l $334,432.49 $101,425.77 $159,964.12 $595,822.38

DEBITS' $ 8'206-73 ' 8^06-73

^ W C - • 7.096.62 7.095.62 W f t e r W^rks . $ 7.624.96 7,524.96 c , t y H a U 1.364.47 1,364.47

Total Charges $ 7,624.96 $ 16,605.82 $ 24,190.78 T w • " — T $334,432.49 $ 93,900.81 $143,298.30 $671,631.60 Adjustments (17,116.30) $ 3,777.58 $ 13,337.72

Balance January 31. 1943 - $317,317.19 $ 97,678.39 $166,636.02 $571,631.60

Aucfuita Augusta Travers—you know, the

one who runs the little hat shop dov/n on Main Street—she's always been dead set against gambling 'in any form. Never will forget when I was a kid and she found little Ham-my. her youngest nephew, playing marbles for k a p s out back of the shop. Took it on herself to give him a whaling and point out the evils of gambling. She's a strict woman, Augusta, reel s tr ict Good as gold, of course. But mighty set against the lighter things of life.

Well, so you could have knocked us all over with a feather when Augusta started he r g a m b l i n g c a m p a i g n f o r War Bonds and

Z \ S t a m p s , right rz. out in the win-k dow of her shop.

F i r s t she got hold of the pho-

tographs of every boy here in town who's joined up. and pasted them on a big board in the window, with little American flags at the corners. Half the town was down there watching her do it. She left the middle empty. Then she brought out a placard she'd had printed up and put it in the mid-dle, and this Is what it said: "These are the Local Boys who have enlist-ed in America s War—They are bet-ting that you are buying War Bonds and Stamps—Hitler and the Japs are betting you aren't—Place your beti Inside."

My wife couldn't wait to get her-self down there and Inside Augusta's shop to see what in the wide world had happened to her. turning right around about gambling like that. You know my wife. She kind of likes to talk. She went right up to Augusta and said. "Augusta Travers, seems like something's come over you. Why. I never thought I'd see you running a gambling campaign in your own shop."

Mean to tell me It's a gamble whether this country buys enough bonds to win this war?" Augusta asked.

I forgot to say. Wasn't just a hat my wife brought home. Was a hat and a $25 bond.

(Story from an actual report in the flies of the Treasury Depart-ment.)

Remember: It takes both—taxes and War Bonds (and more War Bonds)—to run the War and combat inflatisn! {). S. Treasury Dttartmenl

TAXES RECEIVABLE JANUARY 31, 1943

Delinquent tax for year 1930..- $ 92.76 Delinquent tax for year 1931 136.91 Delinquent tax for year 1932 79.88 Delinquent tax for year 1933 755.18 Delinquent tax for year 1934 606.67 Delinquent tax for year 1935— 114.15 Delinquent tax for year 1936 157.10 Delinquent tax for year 1937 100.20 Delinquent tax for year 1938 98.64 Delinquent tax for year 1939 81.46 Delinquent tax for year 1940 70.82 Delinquent tax for year 1941— 182.60 Delinquent tax for year 1942. 128.14

Total Delinquent tax j 2.504.40

BOND RETIREMENT AND INTEREST SINKING FUND

RECEIPTS: Balance on hand January 31, 1942.— , Received from Tax R o l l . . . Received from Light & Power

Total Receipts for the year DISBURSEMENTS:

Transfer to General Fund $ 4,526.80

Balance on' hand in Bank

$ 4.526.80 1,679.34 4,320.66

$ 10,626.00

( 6,000.00

STREET FUND

Receipts and Disbursements for Year Ended January SI, 1943

Gas Tax Received Calcium Chloride Sold Care of M-21 Black Top and Sewer Permits

Dtebursement Receipts 4S.47 22.15

266.20 20.00

Total Commissioner $ Painting Streets Haul Rubbish Cleaning Grading and Graveling Repairs Supplies Truck No. 3 Expense Truck No. 4 Expense Tractor No. 6 Park Maintenance Snow Removal Sewer Repair Labor on Bridge Labor on Flag Pole Treee removed Maps License Sidewalk Repair Holidays Trailer License Sanding Catch Basin Street Work Roadside development Insurance ,

360.3G 75.98

734.69 816.25 486.63 303.08 663.66 672.10 493.48 102.76 681.38 130.17 111.50 91.66 78.26

128.09 7.95 2.00

81.40 10.00

.50 44.50 67.00

420.55 301.06 291.85

363.82

About threfr-fourths of all sports equipment now being manufactured goes to members of the armed aerv-loea and to those receiving pre-In-due t ios military t ra inlof .

Total | 7.145.55 Depreciation on Trucks 303.89

Total $ 7,449.41 Exceaa Disbursements $ 7,095.62

BAND FUND

Receipts and Disbursement* for Year Ended January 31, 1943

„ „ Disbure«ements Receipts Tax Roll $ 666.01

Total Uniforms Trip to Ann Arbor.

Total Excess Reeelptv—

66.32 40.00

GENERAL FUND

Receipts and Dlsbureoments for Year Ended January 31, 1943

L. E. JOHNSON,

Village Clerk,

JOHN A. AKEHART,

Village President.

Disbursements Receipts $ 452.37 Delinquent Taxes .

Licences Received: Pump Tax (1941) Bills Pedd led .* Restaurant License Building Permits I I Liquor License— _ I " Billiard License I.I__ Fines Received Taxes-1942 Ada Township Fire Calls Lee Estate Intangible Tax __I Red Cross 1. Harold Englehardt I I

Total Attorney $ 239.10 Health Officer __ 300.00 Serk„L-.-V 1,116.00 Fire Chief — 160.00 Firemen 938.00 Fire Truck Expense 60.66 Nlghtwatch Fire Truck— 1,263.26 Garbage Collector 300.00 Insurance 491.08 Lighting Expense 206.86 Election Expense " 34.35 Marshal 989.50 Nlghtwatch 1,898.00 Special Police 697.60 Printing - 227.60 Electric Current for Gateways 212.40

10.00 345.61 32.11

6.86 420.00 600.00

10.00 62.60

108.75 6.00 1.29 8.00

11.76 49.50

326.61 10.00

.60 175.00 10.00 7.91

160.00

7.00 44.00 15.00 4.00

807.50 20.00

144.65 7,283.27

176.21 2,010.00

729.00 6.77 1.00

$ 11,699.77

PWA Sowing. Office Expense Boulevard Light Expense Insurance : Trustee Salary III..IIII_I_._ IIII Llbranr • Lee Memorial " Bonds for Clerk & Treas. Civilian Defense P. M. Rental I Supplies . Board of Review Expenses of T r e a s u r e r . i . Michigan Municipal L e a g u e . . . Flag Pole Flowers Meals Assessor Scrap Drive Returned taxes Treasurer Street Lighting Current 4,718.40

PUBLIC NOTICES ot Mlrhlxim. order of the t'oiucrvk-

Uon t'ommlssien—Otter

The Director of Coniervatlon. having made a thorough Inveftlgation of con-dltlona relative to otter, reccommendi cer-tain regulitlons.

Therefore, the Conservation CommlMlon by authority of Act 230, P. A. 1625. hereby orders that for a period of one year from March 10, 1M3, It shall be unlawful to take otter by any means in any of the counties of the state, except that in the fol-lowing counties they may be taken from March 15 U 31. inclusive: Mecosta, Arenac, Q lad win, Clare, Osceola, Missaukee, Ros-common. Ogemaw. Iosco, Alcooa, Oscoda. Crawford, Kalloaska, Antrim, Otaego, Mont-morency, Alpena, Preaque Isle, Cheboygan, Charlevoix, Bmmet, Midland, and Isabella and In the upper peninsula from April 1 to April 15, Inclusive, In accordance with beaver and otter regutaUona for IMS-

Signed, sealed, and ordered published this twelfth day of January, 1M3.

JOSEPH P. RAHILLY Chairman

WAYLAND OSGOOD, Secretary.

Countersigned: P. J . HOFFMAaTER.

Director. cl0-4t

Total Disbursements $ 16,691.76 Depreciation provisions.— 4,313.74

Total Cost Expense $ 19,906.50 Excess Disbursements $ 8.206.73

LIGHT AND POWER FUND

Earnings and Expenses for Year Ended January 31, 1943

Metered Sales to Consumer Penalties charge consumer . . . Street Lighting Water Electric Power— Merchandise Sales . 1 Cash Discounts Labor Sales Electric Sorting Gas Tax

Total Inventory January 31, 1942 $ Merchandise Purchased Inside Wiring Purchased Lamps Purchased Fixtures purchased Free Service and Motor Repair Fuei Oil purchased

Expenses Earnings $ 73.454.41

400.48 4,718.40 2,103.00 4.225.18

136.?4 167.36 87.50 84.10

3.09280 981.80 278.97

1,499.33 831.07

2.227.78 5,927.13

$ 86.376.76

Total $ 14,838.88 Lees inventory January 31, 1943 2,139.85

Total $ 12,699.03 Interest 1,080.00 Iirslde Wiring Labor 1,608.24 Superintendence and L a b o r . . 1,417.60 Hydro Labor at plant 4,120.49 Hydro, Misc. Supplies and Expense 120.06 Lubricants - 16.93 Maintenance of Plant Buildings 79.77 Maintenance Res., Dam and Water Ways 112.80 Maintenance Hydro Electric Equipment 702.10 Maintenance Misc. Power Plant Equlpmant — 993.42 Gas Generation Labor 2,736.51 Lubricants - '-..-jt—>. 635.60 Misc. Supplies and Expenses ! 230.92 Maintenance of Buildings 661.65 Maintenance of Engine 2,815.62 Maintenance of Power Plant Equipment 1,408.04 Maintenance of Transmission Lines.— 3,961.03 Changovcr f rom 2 to 3 phase 1,203.14 Distribution Expense i 1,733.47 Expense of. overhead conductbrs 846.45 Maintenance Overhead conduntors 46.61 Malnt t ransformers and motors . . . . . . 613.66 Read Meters 603.76 Maint Street Lighting Equipment 400.87 Office Salaries 1,535.84 Misc. General Expense 330.46 Freight Account 400.00 Office Expense 326.16 Printing - i 204.16 Insurance 1,366.40 Pickup No. 7 361.45 Screenalde No. 8 221.66 Chevrolet Sedan No. 9 372.21 Trailers 1.00 Ford V-8 No. 16 18033 Chevrolet Truck No. 6 40.49

Roland M. Shlvel, Atty. Grand Rapids. Mkh.

FINAL ADMINtffRATION ACCOUNT Statfc of Michigan. The Probate Court

for the County of Kent. At a session of said court, held a t the

probate office. In the d t y of Grand Rap-Ids, In said County, on the 2flth day of February. A. D. 1943.

Present: HON. JOSEPH R. GIILARD, Judge of Probate,

In the Matter of the Estate of Mary Hugties. Deceased.

Roland M. Shlvel having filed in said court his final admlnlstraUon account, and his petition prayln# for the allow-ance thereof and for the assignment and distribution of the residue of said estate.

I t U Ordered, That the 28rd day of March A. D. IMS, a t ten o'clock In the forenoon, a t said probate office, be and Is hereby appointed for examining and allowing said account and hearing said petition; ,

It Is Further Ordered, Tha t public notice thereof be given by publication of a copy of this order, for three succasslve weeks previous to said day of hearing, in the Lowell Ledger, a newspaper printed and circulated in Mid county,

, JOSEPH R. GILLARD, Judge of Probate.

A true Copy FRED ROTH,

Register of Probate, c43-3t

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS v VILLAGE OF LOWELL

Official

The regular meeting of the Com-mon Council of the Village of Low-ell was held In the City Hall Coun-cil rooms, Monday evehlng, Febru-a ry 15, 1943.

The meeting was called to order by President Arehart a t 8:00 p. m.

Trustees present: Trustee Day, Roth, Rutherford, Christiansen.

Trustees Shepard and Speerstra absent.

The minutes of the meeting held February 1,1942 read and approved.

The results of the Village Caucus held February 15, a t 7:30 p. m. read.

The president appointed the fol-lowing: Election Inspectors, Trus-tees Rutherford, Roth, Christian-sen, Day; Election Commissioners, Harold Jefferles. Rudolph VanDyke, R. E. Sprlngett.

I t was moved by Trustee Chris-tiansen and supported by Trustee Rutherford that the above appoint-ments be confirmed. Yeas, 4; Nays, 0. Carried.

I t waa moved by Trustee Day and supported by Trustee Christiansen that the Village of Lowell buy $6,000 of 2tt Series G Bonds. Roll Call: Trustee Day, yes; Roth, yes; Ruth-erford, yes; Christiansen, yes. Yeas. 4; Nayti, 0. Carried.

Trustee Shepard now present. I t was moved by Trustee Roth

and supported by Trustee Ruther-ford that the following bills be paid:

City HaU

Fred Gramer $ 9.90 Lights j—. 2.70

Total $ 12.6O

Water Works

Julius Basler $ 38.21

General

Myrtle Taylor $ 7.50 Kalamazoo Fire Apps. Co._ 206.20 Frank Stephens 30.00 L. E. Johnson 60.00 Lylla Johnson 26.00 Gene Carr 60.00 Fred Gramer 38.06 Fire Dept. & Bd. Rm. Lights 21.92 Gateways 29.10

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MY l O N I t F M NATIONAL KFENIC

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Walter R. Wieland Adm. Lowell, Michigan

ORDER APPOINTING TIME FOR HEAR-ING CLAIMS

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

At a session of said court, held at the probate office. In the city of Grand Rap-Jds in said county on the l«ih diy of (Mildred Brindle 20.00 FTDnury A. D. 1943. 1

Present, HON. JOHN DALTON, Judge of Probate.

In lhe Mutter of the Estate of Christian G. Wieland. Deceased.

I t appearing to the court that the time for presentation of claims against said esbite should he limited, and that a time and place be appointed to receive, examine and adjust all claims and demands against said decelsed by and before sold court:

fi If 0 r d!rd ' a I ' cr*<Moni of i r i i i a A u t o E l p c t r l r aald deceased are required to present their A u t o HJ PC t r i e claims to said court a t said Probate Office on or befors the 27th day of April A. D. 1043. a t ten o'clock In the forenoon, said time and place being h»reby a p p o i n t e d , McFall Chevrolet

Total $ 486.78

Street

Fred Gramer $ L. A, Tanner Jacob Miller Ray Hovlnge

13.86 30.00 4.60 8.00

19.84

X I F K I I I N T I S I T •

rfarry Day Lowell O. A. Wlngeler Lowell Grant Warner Lowell R . E. Sprlngett Lowell A. R. Smith Lowell R. M. Ferral l . .R. 8. G. Rapids H. J . Rlttenger Lowell Lester Antonldea. .R.2, Lowell

LAST WEEK'S LETTERS

K E E N E BREEZES

Mrs. Don Goodell's father passed away a t his home a t Cheboygan last Friday, Feb. 19th. Mrs. Goodell and brother, Wm. Burgtorf and sis-ter, Letha Burgtorf left Saturday for Chefcoygan to attend the fu-neral.

Mr. and Mrs. Clare Wilkinson Gee's Hardware 14.96 Lansing were called hdre Sunday Ralph's Tiro Shop 12.00 to attend the funeral of their uncle.

# 4v . . — . 40.50 for the examination and adjustmeia of all; Wm Helm 14 24 claims and demands against said deceased l „

It Is Further Ordered. That public notice 1 H a r o l d Kelley 7.05 thereof be given by publication of a copy of tW* order for three eucr.esslve weeks previous lo aald day of hearing In the Lowell ledger , a newspaper printed and circulated In said county.

JOHN DALTON. Judge of Probite.

A true copy: FRED ROTH,

Reglater of Probate. c « . 3 t

Curtis & Dyke 23.65

Total $ 213.59

Light & Powe/

Total $ 46,976.02 Profit before depreciation Denreclatlon

$ 39.400.74 19,919.80

Net Profit $ 19,480.94

WATER WORKS

Earning* and Expenses for Year Ended January 31, 1943

Metered Sales to Consumer Penalties Charged to Consumer Cash Discounts

Superintendent $ 32.44 Hvdraullc Labor 927.46 Operating expenses 87.23 Malnt. of Electric Pump. Equip 196.24 M a l n t of Misc. Pump. Equipment 1,202.42 Malnt. of Buildings ^ 64.27 Maint. of Pa rk 12.27 Electric Power 2.103.00 Misc. Dist. Exp.. Capping Wells 5.204.06 Malnt. of Mains 769.39 Maintenance of Meters 144.59 Maintenance of Hydran ts 53.00 Insurance 160.90

Expenses Earnings $ 7.042.34

33.01 .33

$ 7.075.68

Total 4 10,937.29 Loss before depreciation Depreciation

Total Operation Loss—

CITY HALL FUND

3.881.61 3,643.35

$ 7.624.96

Receipts and DUboraementa f o r Yew Ended January 31. 1943

Rent — Disbursements Receipts

$ 100

Total Jani tor Lights Fuel . .

$

Supplies Insurance Removing old flag pole Telephone — .'

257.40 27.06

420.86 129.44 33.96 f .89

5.00 45.62

2.00

Total Depreciation

978.12 388.35

Total - $ 1,866.47 Excess Disbursements w $ 1,364.47

10622

$ 566.01

I 488.89

WEST LOWELC Mrs. Melvln Court

Mrs. Isadora Onan called on Mr. and Mrs. James Munroe Wednes-day afternoon.

The house of Mr. and Mrs. David Austin burned Saturday forenoon, with all the contents. The family was not. a t home.

Mra Charles Dawson is working is Ionia.

Carl and Wlllard Stephan of Holly •pent the week-end with their sis-ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and M n . Guy Monks.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Watroua

Registration Notices For the Annual Township Election

and Biennial State Election To Be Held On Monday, April 6,1943.

/ Lowell Township

To the Qualified Electors of the Town-•hip of Lowell, County of Kent. Slate of Michigan.

Notice la hereby fciven that In con-formity with the "Michigan Election L a w " , I, the undersigned Township Clertt. will upon any day, except Sunday and a legal holicUy, the day of r t f u l a r or special election or piimary elecUon. receive for registration the name of any legal voter In said Township not already registered who may Apply To Me Personally for such registration.

Notice Is hereby given that I will be a t my office every daiy except Thursday afternoon from 0 o'clock a . m. to 6 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of R*. viewing the Registration and Registering such of the qualified electors In said Town-, h l P M Properly Apply therefor, and on Tuesday, Mar. 10, 1W3, the twentieth day preceding said election. Last D iy for general Registration by personal ap-plication, from S o'clock a m. to 8 o'clock p. m. Dated Feb. 25, 1B43.

E. 8. White, c 43-2l Lowell Twp. Clerk.

To the Qualified Electors of the Town-ship of Vergennes. County of Kent, StUe of Michigan.

Notice Is hereby given that I will be a t my home every day except Sunday, for (he purpose of Reviewing the Registra-tion and Registering such of the qualified electors In said Township as shall Properly Apply therefor, and on Tuesday, Mar. 18. 1943, the twentieth day preceding said

.$ 14.45 17.46

State Board of Tax Adro. - 126.29 Fairbanks-Morse Note - 607.80 Pete Mulder 5.06 Zimtnarman Oil Products . . 529.96 Depoait Refund 7.50

2.72 C. E. Hunt ft Co 2.25' Briatoi Company •4 .S3 Electric Supply Co - 17.40 Kirkhof Electric 2.99 Central Garage - 23.59 Kreuter Faasen 6.53 L. R. Kiose Electric C o — . 60.47 Lowell Lumber Co . 14.94 Michigan Bell Telephone..- 3 " ! Sinking Fund - 2,000.00

. 162.00 Jamea MoMahun 98.28

. 37.48 Byrne McMahon . 99.36 Paul Rlckert 90.00 Chas. Billlnger 56.00 Kittle Charles 56.82 Mabel Knapp 8.85

57.65 Ted VanOcker 55.26

52.-26 60.00

Robert Stewart 7.00 42.00 48.00 4.74

Sinclair Refining Co 41.98

Total .34,476.12 Grand Total .$5,227.30

Roll Call: Trustee Day, yes; Roth, election. Last Day for generei R s g t o t r a t k n j y e s ; R u t h e r f o r d , y e s ; C h r i s t i a n s e n ,

c43-2t Elmer Wlttenbach, i

Vergennes Twp. Clerk.

i ' r S S . " S S S T i . T ' " • " " " j y " : Shepard, y « Ye . . , 5 : N . y . , 0. Dated Feb. 25, m3. I Carried.

I t waa moved by Trustee Shepard and supported by Trustee Chris-tiansen that the meeting adjourn. Yeas, 5; Nays, 0. Carried. JOHN A. AREHART. President

LEWIS E. JOHNSON, Clerk Approved March 1,1943.

Bowne Township

To the Qualified Electors of the Town-ship of Bowne, County of Kent, State of Michigan.

Notice Is hereby given that I will be at my home every day except Sunday, for the purpose of Reviewing the Registra-tion and Registering such of the qualified electors in said Township as sfrill Properly Apply therefor, and on Tuesday, Mar. l«, 1943, the twentieth day preceding said election. Last Day for general Registration by personal application, from 8 o'clock

m. until 8 o'clock p. m. Dated Feb. «5. 1M3.

Leonard Johnson. c43-2t Bowne Twp. Clerk.

Cascade Township

To the Qualified Electon. of the Town-ship of Cascade, County of Kent, State of M i r h l y n

Notice Is hereby given that I will be a t my home every day except Sunday, tor tin purpoee of Renewing the Regis 'ra-tloa and Registering .uch of the qualified electors In said Township a s stnll Properly Apply therefor, and oo Tuesday, Mar. Ifl, m a . the twenUeth day preceding said elecUon, Las t Day for general Registration by personkl application, from 8 o'clock •%. m. until 8 o'clock p. m. Dated Feb. 23. IM3.

Oerrtt Baker c43-2t Cascade Twp. Clerk!

MRS. HOUDLNFS TRYSTS

WITH HUSBAND'S GHOST

Read how . . . as told in the American Weekly with this Sun-day's (March 7) Issue of The De-troit Sunday Times . . . the famous magician's widow tried for 16 years to contact Houdlnl's spirit, but fin-ally was convinced before her re-cent death t h a t "his greatest fea t of all" was impossible. Get Sun-day's Detroit Times.

Phone Greskowiak's news stand for delivery. adv

and chlHfren were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Alley in Grand Rapids.

The P. T. A. will have a penny supper a t the school house Friday evening, March 6, a t seven o'cloc-.

Mr. and Mrs. L, E. Court of Greenville were Sunday afternoon callers of Mr. and Mrs. Melvln Cour t

Cilfford Evans and family are moving this week f rom the Fred McDonald farm to the Erneat Colby farm near Alto.

Scientists In India who worked on the problem of w a r m ' clothing for the growing Indian Army dis-covered a process of treating cotton cloth with the seeds of two nat ive trees, and have produced a finished product that is warm, soft, aod durable.

"The nerve which never relaxes— the eye which never blanches— the thought which never wanders— *che purpose tha t never wavers— these are the masters of victory."

Great souls have wills; feeble have only wishes.—Chinese

Proverb. / f - r U .S .WA» C O K f S

Harvey Brown. (Beatrice! fftevens and Nellie

Horton of Grand Rapids were Sun-day callers a t the Lewis Stevens home.

Carrol Nellsen has been 111 a few days with the flu and was out of school. '

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hoskins and son, Wayne, L. M. Cahoon and Cor--win Cahoon, Blanche and June Goodell and Esther Stebblns, all attended the funeral of Harvey Brown.

Richard Lewis Cahoon left Wed-1 nesday for Fort Custer, also Mitch-ell Sprout of Ionia.

Mr. and Mre. Warren Reed and Mr. and Mrs. Don Pierce and R i t a , were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clayo Reed In Mulllken Sunday.

Naurine Cahoon oi Lansing apent the week-end a t the Cahoon home.

Boyd Marrow of Greenvillr is spending a few day a t the Dell Lee home.

Mr. and Mrs. Glen Graham of Grand Rapids were Saturday eve-ning callera at the Corwln and Theron Cahoon homes.

Mr. and Mrs. C. J . Nye and son, Garrie of Greenville were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Weeks and Mr. and Mrs. Garr Compton were callers.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gelger of Ludlngton were week-end guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Sparks.

Harold Simpson has been 111 with the flu and sinus trouble.

Mr. and Mre. Norman Hlftgins spent the week-end In Saranac with relatives.

Theron Cahoon is slowly recover-ing f rom his recent accident and Is able to step on his foot.

Bud Possehn of Detroit spent the week-end with his parenta.

Roger Gorhardt returned to his station in Florida the 12th, af ter visiting his wife and new born son a t the Gus Gelger home.

EAST CLARHSV ELLE

Mr. and Mre. Milo Reed and baby of Muskegon spent Monday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Jackson.

Mr. and Mrs. I ra Sargeant called Monday evening a t the home of Mr a n d Mrs. G. L. Roth.

I ra Erb. who waa on the sick list last week. Is able to be out ag^in.

Mr. and Mra G. L. Roth and family were guests a t a farewell dinner, given a t the home of Bert Hanson, honoring his son, Bert, Jr., who leaves soon for the army. Other guests were f rom Detroit, Lansing and Ionia.

Prof.: Oxygen is essential to all aninuil existence, yet i t was dis-covered only a hundred years ago.

Student: What did they do be-fore It was discovered?

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MANPOWER fOOD POWER re ww/

Millions of Americans have been mobilized for the fighting front. Millions more have been mobilized to produce the weapons of war. And the farmers of America have joined forces to produce the food that will empower fighter and worker to win free-dom for mankind! Get your farm in the fight: help America fulfill its quota of vegetable and fruit, poultry, livestock, and dairy production!

TESTED Medium [June Clover] $18.00 bu. Mammoth Clover $13.50 bu. Alsike Clover $18.00 bu. Michigan Grimm Alfalfa $30.00 bu. Montana Grimm Alfalfa $30.00 bu.

C E R T I F I E D H U R O N S E E D W O L V E R I I M E S E E D O A T S

Montana Common Alfalfa Sweet Clover (White Blossom) Sweet Clover (Yellow Blossom) Brome Grass Timothy

$ 1 . 1 0 per buhei

8 5 c per bishel

$30.00 bu. $ 9.00 bu. $ 9.00 bu. 16c pound 10c pound

Kins s K N Crost S E E D C O R N

M I S - B36 - S31

F E E D S "Better Feeds lor Better Chickens" Blue Ribbon Starting and Growing Mash

$335

Made with 500 lbs. per ton PURINA Sapplemeal

per 1 0 0 lbs.

Blue Ribbon Egg Mash $3.30 per 100 lbs. Fresh Mix Egg Mash $2.90 per 100 lbs. Blue Ribbon Scratch Feed $2.20 per 100 lbs. Blue Ribbon Dairy Feed $2.40 per 100 lbs. Steel Cut Cracked Corn $2.30 per 100 lbs. Ground Whole Corn No. 2 $2.15 per 100 lbs.

COAL Keep your coal bin FULL!

Within Two Weeks We Will Receive

a Stock of

FRESH GARDEN SEED

SPRAYS and FERTILIZERS in bbl. lots Lime and Sulphur

Arsenate of Lead Dow Dormant

15c gal. 13c lb.

80c gal. bulk - 75c gal. bbl.

Place your order for fertilizer soon! It will be alloted on the basis of what you used in 1941-42.

WOOD FENCE POSTS 7 Ft. 5 In. Top 37c - 7 Ft. 3 In. Top 20c

WE WANT TO BUY YOUR WOOL AND BEANS WE ARE PAYING 45c A POUND FOR GOOD WOOL

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SOCIAL EVENTS

WEDDINGS

JUNIOR FARM BUREAU | Patrick'i Day party held on Thurs-day evening, March 11, a t the Ver-

The Junior Farm Bureau met on • gennes Grange hall. The main part

February 25, a t the Ver-enncs Grange Hall. Hiram Andre gave a very fine talk on the "Valuj of Inaurance" at thla meeting.

The motion was made and carried to send oick carda to Allca Hellman and Alfred Thomet who have been hoaplta 'utd due to appendicitis

operations. A committee of the following

membera waa alao appointed to take charge of our war bond drive aa fol-lowa: William Myera, Royal Clark, Louis Baker, Robert Cramton L . Ralph Roth.

The next meeting will be a St.

Wilcox—Rlttenger

Mrs. Elsa Rlttenger and Reuben M. Wilcox were united hi marriage on Saturday evening, Feb. 27, a t nine o'clock, the ccremony taking place a t the Methodlat paraonage. Rev. C. E. Pollock officiating. Attendants were Mr. and Mra. Fred Roth.

Mr. and Mra. Wilcox will realde at 317 High St., Lowell.

Wrong Poitore TiraYou Outl

Get a

S P E N C E R

to give you h e a l t h f u l , rentful

suppor t and good pos tu re .

MRS. H. 1. RITTENGER 417 Spring S t Phone 867

COMING EVENTS

Townaend—llcnton I Tho Lowell Women's Club will

Maty Marie Henton, daughter < f | m e e t a t t h e h o m e o f M r B . B r u c e M c . Mr. and Mra. Royce G. Henton of Q u e e n Wednesday, March 10. Delton, Mich., became the bride o f | ' Aviation Cadet David M. Town-' T h e A l t o n A W w l u ^ ^ jend, son of Mr. and Mrs. J . Mort te r talned at the home of Mra Townaend of 503 Amity St., Lowell. Douglas Jenks on the afternoon of on Saturday evening, Feb. 20, a t Thursday, Mar. 11. seven o'clock In the Firs t Methodist Church. In LaJunta. Colo., by the T h e ^ t r o n s of Kent Coun-Rev. Swectland. with the candle- t y q . E. S. will meet Wednesday light service and ring ceremony. j M a r c h 1 0 a t t h e M M o n l c Temple in

The bride was gowned in a street Grand Rapids, with a plcnfc lunch length white gabardine dress with a t 12:30. business meeting following black acceaqorlea and wore orchids, the luncheon. They were attended by friends of the groom'l training group. A brief, Members and the public at Urge reception followed .ae ceremony In a r e invited to the 39th annual meet-the church parlors. Mrs. Menton. ^ o t t h e Q r a n d Rapids Antl-tuber-nother of the bride, waa preaent. jculoals Society which will be held

Mrs. Townsend Is a Junior a t Monday, March 8, a t a lunfrieon Albion college and expects to re- at 12:15 p. m. In the green rooai «f turn to finish her school. Cadet the Y. M. C. A. cafcterla. Henry Townsend will receive his wings on Hekman, president of the so«lety. March 10 and will become a second;win preside, and only annual busl-Ileutenant at a very Impressive ness will be transacted. Very short ccremony. Mr. and Mrs. J . M. reports will Be prcaented and five Townaend will leave for Colorado dlrectora will be elected to the thla Saturday to be In attendance.

Mra. Hall Honored

board. — Regular monthly meeting of

Lowell Lodge. No. 90. F. A A. M., Tueaday evening. March 9. Building

Mra. Albert Hall waa honored on, c o m m l t t e e h a 8 , m p 0 r t a n t report to Monday evening with a dessert A n B r a t h e r i l ^ terested ihower at the home of Mrs. W. W. Gumser, about 25 gue«ts being )resent. A springlike atmosphere vas given the party by the bright .•ellow of daffodils , and the yellow 'heme was carried throughout the locoratlons. Hostesses for the eve-ning were Mrs. Gumser. Mrs. Ray \very. Mrs. Byrd Beachum and Mlas Madeline Dehmel.

Marriage Licenses

Joaeph R. Totoraltla, 28, Grand Rapida; Alice Anne Tlminakla, 25, R. P. D. 1, Lowell

Reatbcn M. Wilcox, 80, Lowell; Elaa Rlttenger, 75, Lowell.

of the program will be a box social I to raise a small amount of money i to buy new phonograph records for our phono-radio. This Is to be an unusual box social duo to the fact that the boys are to bring the boxce. Edith Farrell Is In chirgc of this party. The entertainment committee i s as follows: Jean Laughlln. Margie Schllentr. and Robert McCormick.

Oren Ford, Pub'y. Chm.

TRIM SHIP FOR ACTION!

Thrift is a praiseworthy virtue In anyone, but particularly admir-able in our ancestors.

THE COW £ET

THAT DIDNT MILKED

"fche was a Holstein. There are

many like her on our farms,

i But this cow was xlot on an

American farm. She was graz-

ing in a little pasture in Hol-

.Jand, native country of the

Holstein, when hell broke

loose. A new kind of horrible k.

he'll called a blitz.

She went crazy. She ran un-

til her tongue hung out. She

wasn't milked that morning,

or that night, or the next day,

or the next Her beautiful

udder spoiled.

But maybe it is just as well

—Hitler and his men take all

the milk. They take every-

thing from enslaved Holland.

Social Brevities

The Men's Club of the Methodlat Church entertained the women at a dinner Tuesday night.»

The Book Review Club met Tues-day night at the home of Mrs. Ed. Reynolds. Mrs Robert Hahn re-viewed the play. "The Skin of Our Teeth" by Thornton Wilder.

The Monday Book Club met at the home of Mrs. Hatt le Thurtell. Mrs. Jean Wacbterhauser reviewed the book. "Sergeant Sue" by Jeanne Bowman.

Miss Evelyn Yelter was honored at a birthday luncheon Feb. 28, a t the Woman's City Club In Grand Rapids, given by her auqts, Mrs. R. T. Lustig and Mrs. C. H. Smith.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Ntiweli. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Shlvel and Dr. and Mrs. DuBois of Grand Rapids were guests last Friday evening at a seven o'clock dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. M. B. McPherson. the table being beautifully decorated with spring flowers.

Mr. and Mrs. I. O. Altenburger entertained with bridge Saturday evening, high scores being won by-Mrs. Clyde Collar and Oscar J. Brezlna.

The members of the Book Forum were entJrtalned by Mrs. Mildred Brindle at their meeting Wednes-day evening at the home of Mrs. Wm. Arehart.

should be there. Work In Ist degree. Refreshments. Arnold Wlttenbach. W. M.

The Child Study Club will meet Monday evening a t the home of Mrs. Lee Miller. The lesson. "Train-ing Our Children to Meet the Prob-lems of W a r and Its Aftermath" will be given by Marion Ruther-ford. The annual dues must be paldj to the Michigan Association by March 15. Those desiring member-ship should be prepared to pay the dues a t this meeting. For diversion there will be a brief program.

The Women's Extension Class of Moseley will meet at the home of Mrs. Dick Balrd Tuesday afternoon. March 9. The lesson will be "Care and Repair of the House."

GOOD PHILOSOPHY

Robert L. Jones dropped Into the Ledger office recently and left a ew words of good philosophy

which we pass along to readers: We're passing through thla world but once, so when you leave It, try and leave It better than you found I t

We are engaged In a war to save our American tradition of liberty and opportunity for ourselves and our phlidren. Our leaders have commit-ted us to become the arsenal of de-mocracy; to furnish food for our •Hies; through our lend-lease to help rtnance the Allied war machine and. Bnally, to raise and equip an army of some 10 million men.

Any one of these Jobs Is a tre-mendous undertaking. We are thou-sands of miles from the theater of war, and this Involves tremendous problems of transportation. All of these Jobs together will tax every resource of the United States. Al-ready we face rationing and priori-ties in our materials and acute short-age of manpower, and a burden of taxes which indicates our financial resources are strained to the ut-most.

Of a certainty, we must have com-plete unity If we are to do this Job. and face the postwar future with hope and confidence.

American Industry, agriculture and finance must use to the maxi-mum the productive power. Initia-tive and Intelligence latent In every American.

No Tltnc or Place for Drones

There must be no drones hidden away on public payrolls, engaged in peaceUme experiments which are useless under the emergency of war. Every branch of our military serv-ice Is devoted lo the sole purpose of lighting and winning this war. Our government, .both local, state and national, should Inspire and lead In the, support our civilian population gives to the war effort Unnecessary civic expenditures, surplus payroll-ers, useless economic and social ex-periments have no place in a war emergency.

The new Congress Is tackling this Job with a will and a purpose. Those Congressmen are our representatives and we. the people, should support them to the l imit Right now they are trying to bring some oixler and efficiency In the prevention of exces-sive profits in war contracts by the Army. Navy and Maritime commis sion. The present law, passed by the old Congress, provides for a •'re-negotiation" of their war contracts by each department

New Boreaus Not Needed

There are over three million of these contracts. Not more than 5 per cent will show any excessive profits after taxes have been paid. The ordinary man on the street would say that Ihe Internal Revenue Department can easily discover any excess profit from any war contract. Certainly we can u:e the manpower that would be wasted to much better advantage In other places.

We, the people, want Congress to adopt the most direct, efficient and economical method of Jolng this Job. None of us believes In excess profits on war contracts. There are ceil-ing prices on most things we pro-duce. Now let's get at the Job of cutting down unnecessary civic ex-penditures and cutting unnecessary pa/rollers eft the payroll.

SOUTH BOSTON GRANGE

Regular grange will convene Sat-urday evening. March 6. Worthy Master urges that all applications for membership must be presented the month of March. Mrs. N. M.

y>'Belrne will give a report of her trip to the Sout!i and her visit with her sona, who are both in the same Army Camp.

Each member Is to report on some Item or article of the Febru-ary Issue of the Michigan Patron.

If possible, a member of the Ionia County Red Cross chapter will be present to speak on the work which Is carried on by the Red Cross.

Supper will be served potluck. Worthy Lecturer.

MORE LOCAL N E W S

Remember this story as you

milk your good herd. Keep

on remembering it—and keep

buying U. S. War Bonds —

every dollar's worth that you

possibly can.

Buying Bonds will help

with the war right now—and

be one of the best investments

you ever made. They never

sell for less than you pay for

them. They increase in value

every year.

If held for ten years, they

return $4 for eveiy $3 invested.

They can be cashed any time

after sixty days if you need

the money. Buy Bonds—for

yourself and for your country

—at your bank or pott offic*.

& / / MAKE [VERY MARKET DAY BOND DAY

This Is one of a aeriee of six messages f rom your U. S. Treaaury De-partment and Is published through the courteay of

The King Milling Co. Vour neighbor for S3 years

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Forman of Newaygo visited a t the home of her sister. Mrs. Eugene Engle. Tuesday. Mrs. Ralph White of Grand Rapids visited Mrs. Engle on Friday.

Mrs. Frank Newell attended a luncheon at the Women's City Club In Grand Rapids this Thursday noon, at which Dr. DuMond, profes-sor of history at U. of M., gave a talk on current events.

Supervisor F rank L. Houghton attended a luncheon meeting at the Peninsular Club, Grand Rapida, on Monday, tho guest of the city com-mission. fdr the purpose of dis-cussing pending legislation vital to both county and city.

Mrs. Walter J . Kropf spent Mon-day and Tuesday at the home of her sister-in-law. Mrs. Charles D Stocking, In Detroit, and visited her husband who Is confined to U 3. Marine hospital with a broken ankle. I t is expected that It will be another three weeks before he will be able to leave the hospital.

Those from away to attend the funeral of Mrs. Anna Snell Tuesday afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hunter and Mr and Mra. E. A. Wurm, Detroit; Mrs. Wm. Belgrad, Miss Mildred Prat t , Lou Bolton and Mrs. Junior Miles, Lansing; Mr. and Mrs. Arden Harris and Mra. John Nelson, Grand Ledge; Mr. and Mra. Wm. Ayres, Kalamazoo; Mra. Pearl Isbell, Ludlngton; Mr. and Mra. Lloyd West and Mrs. Eugene Cobb, Grand Rapids; Mr. and Mra. Garrett Belmers. Grand Haven; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Schrlener and Mr and Mra. Mllo Worthy. jGreenvllle; Mrs. George Wlsner. Mrs. Jessie Marsten and Mr. and Mrs. E. Kunkle, Blanchard; Wm. Hill, Mrs. Bruce Relckert, Mrs. Lulu Williams and Louis Capen, Mlllbrook; Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hill and son, Toledo; Mr. and Mr?. R. D. Verplanck, Edmore, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Shurlow j)t Stanton.

The accident prevention program of the United States Department of Labor saved over a million man-days for war production last year.

AdvaBtagef Of

EMMCO INSURWC: again goes over the air every Sunday a t l t :00 Noon.

We are your friendly Einmoo agent In Lowell.

CALL US FOR GOOD

I N S U R A N C E

H. J. RITTENGER, * g t Call 144 .

Up and Down Kent County Roads ConUnued from flrat page)

Gas For F a r m Tractors

We have been helping a t ration headquarters In Grand Rapids on applications for non-hlRhway gas for farm tractors. This request Is for the next three months, March, April and May A lot of folks must be optimists for work In 'March, for a good many applications ask for gas for 10 to 12 hours a day and 26 days a month. One appli-cant had a 40-day month on his sheet We have tried our best to allot sufficient gas for any and all fa rm work the coming three months but the weather man may fool us and hand out some good days in March. If you run out of gas for the tractor there will be more for you.

One thing of Intereat waa the large number of coupon books turned back to the board. The heavy snow and extreme weather has certainly stopped a lot of trac-tor work.

Pine and Spruon Trees

Letters are going out to a good many Kent county folks about pine and spruce seedling trees. Extension Service will again take orders and bring the trees to the county for distribution. These trees are for farm woodlot or for farm wind-break planting. None to be ueed for any ornamental or landscape purposed -

Varieties that will'be handled are red. white, jack and scotch pine. Seedlings are available In-all these. Transplants available are red and white pine. The only spruce avail-able will be white spruce, these available in seedling and trans-plant sizes.

Trees wll come from the fore^ry department at Michigan State Col-lege and the state nurseries at Hlg-gins Lake.

No orders can be taken for less than 500 trees nor lesa than 100 of anyone variety.

Anyone Interested In planting these trees can get fu r ther Informa-tion from the county agen t s office.

Plans are being made to continue plantings on the five school forests this year. There Is a possibility that one or two more high schools may make plantings this year.

The Family Food Supply

As a patriotic contribution to the war effort the homo food supply-ate^ as "tops". As an aid to strain-

ing pocketbooks and tired appe-tites. a good variety of f ru i t s and vegetables f rom the home place haa no equal.

I t takes about 100 quart Jars to hold the canned frui t and vege-tables needed by one person In a year plus about 25u pounds of stored vegetables as cabbage, potatoes, onions, squaab. beets, carrots And two bushels of apples It would cost approximately |200 to buy this food out r ight

Now multiply this amount by the number of persona In the family and you will agree that tha quick answer for most families is to raise and can at home a t least part of this food.

L U N C H E S For Busy People

Can be Quick and Nutritious Dairy foods ore the answer!

Cottage Cheeae, Milk and Butter.

We are glad to bo able to supply you.

Call 87—Morning Delivery

C v M a g e C h e e s e 1 3 c lb .

LOWELL CREAMERY

C O T T A O t

Lowell E. A. OOMPAGNER, Prop. Mich.

Kent County Librtry To Hear Major Popkess

Major Edwin Popkeas, Intelli-gence Department of the Army Weather School in Grand Rapids, will be the main speaker at the luncheon of the Kent County l i -brary given In honor of Mra. D. N. Llpke Saturday, March 6, at-12:30 p. m. a t the YWCA in Grand Rap-Ids.

The Major will speak on his ex-periences in North Africa and the other theaters of war where he served before coming to Grand Rapids.

Rev. Henry Rust of Bostwick Lake, president of the Library As-sociation, will be master of cere-monies. Community singing will be led by Lynn Clark, Commissioner of Kent County Schools, and Miss Grace Knowles will preside at the piano.

Reservations for the luncheon are being made with Mrs. G. S. Felt of Sparta, Michigan.

Village Election Notice ia hereby given to the

Qualified Electors of the Village of Lowell, State of Michigan, That, the next regular Village Electloti will be held at Lowell City Hall within said Village on

MondfT, March 8, A. D. 1943

at which election the following VU-j lage Officers are to be elected, via. Village President, Village Cler Village Treasurer, Three Trust for Two-Year Term and Asaessor.

The polls of said election wil open at 7 o'clock a. m., or as soon thereafter as may be, and will re-main open until 5 o'clock p. m.. Eastern Standard Time, on said day of election.

LEWIS E. JOHNSON, Clerk of said Village

Dated February 16,1943. c42

S T R A N D , L O W E L l ,

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MARCH 5-6

THE ADDREUJS SISTERS HOTTEST SPOT OF THE OIL DECADE!

BENNETT Ib t t kH NOWLES

BOWNE CENTER PTA

The February meeting of the Bowne Center P. T. A. was held Friday evening, Feb. 19, with the program In charge of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Johnson, Mrs. Henry Johnson and Mra. Alex Wlngeler. The meeting opened with the sing-ing of "America" by the audience, followed with a Candle Lighting ceremony In honor of Founders' Days "Keeping the Light". ' Mra. Ruth Headworth gave a short talk on the topic, "Effect of the War On the Child", followed by an ad-dress by Rev. McCue of Freeport. An interesting and amusing quiz contest waa conducted by Mrs. Hen-ry Johnson, and two films were shown by Walter Wlngeler. Lunch was served by Mrs. Enoch Carlson and Mra. Joe Dyke.

Mra. Lawrence Johnaon, Publicity Chairman.

Rationing Facts At a

Jo t down or clip these Impoftanlj ration deadline dates for Michigan:

Coffee Stamp No. 25 In ration book NoJ

1 becomes valid Feb. 8 and will good fo r one lb. of coffee through midn igh t March 21, a period of abi weeka instead of five.

Sugar Stamp 11 good for three poun

from February through March 1 Both coffee and sugar ccupons ar. f rom the same War Ration Book

Gasoline S tamp No. 4 f rom Basic Mil

Ration A Book, worth 4 gallons o gasoline, good beginning Jan. 22 and through March 21. Stamps in B and C books, also valued a t 4 gal-j Ions, good for the period aa noted on the f ront of such books.

Tires—Inspection Deadlines

Caacus Calls Lowell Township—RepuMtam

A Republican caucus for the Township of Lowell, Kent County, Michigan, will be held a t Lowell City HaU on Tueaday, March J6, two o'clock p. <ra local, time, for the purpose of nominating can-didatea of said party for the several township offices to be filled at an-nual townShip election, April 5,1943.

Our goal is a good garden for gupefviaor. Township Clerk. every farm family. Garden experts and Home Economics speclallbts from Michigan State College will discuss "The Family Food Supply" on Wednesday, March 10 at the following times and places:

10:00 a. m . y B o s t w l c k Lake church and Caledonia High School.

?:00 p. m.—Grand Rapids Y. M. C. A. and Spar ta High School.

8:00 p. m.—Low-ell City Hall and Cedar Springs High Cchool.

WUtljouHuylOiiU

W A R B O N D S Many of the women of the Wom-

en's Auxiliary Army Corps are al-rerdy overseas serving in various capacities to help win the war. The WAACS go through a strenuous training to fit them for the arduous duties they must perform.

SUNDAY AND MONDAY, MARCH 7-8

Ledge r Class i f i ed A d s Ge t Resu l t s

mLfCfNN and prpo*

r

1! Knockout

Township xioesurer. Justice of the Peace to fill a vacancy and Justice of the Peace for full term, Highway Commissioner, member of Board of Review, and i Constables.

By order of Committee. Signed: E. S. White.

c43-2t Township Clerk.

Bowne Township—Republican

B o w n e Township Republican caucus will be held Friday. March 12. 1948. a t eight o'clock p. m., local time, a t the Bowne Conter township hall, for the purpose of nominating candidates for town-ship offices and for transacting of such other business as may proper-ly come before said caucus.

By order of committee. Leonard Johnson,

c43-2t Bowne-tp. Clerk.

Cascade Township—Republican

A Republican caucus for the township of Cascade will be held Saturday. March 18. 1943. a t 1:80 p. m., local time, a t the Cascade Town Hall, for the purpose of nominating candidates for town-ship offices. ,

By order of committee. Gerrlt Baker,

c43-2t Cascade-tp. Clerk.

Books First Follow-up Insp. "A" Mar. 31 Every 6 mot. "B" Feb. 28 Every 4 mosj "C" Feb. 28 Every 3 mos. "T" Feb. 28 Every 2 mos Tire engineers say Inspections]

land consequent stltch-in-tlme re-pairs a n d recapplngs greatly extend t ire life. Any motorist with a stake In this country's well being will jbest protect the rubber on his car by not waiting until the last minute l o r t i re '.aspectlons.

Fuel OU Coupon 4, valued a t 11 gallons,

Is good through April 16.

Shoe*

Stamp No. 17 In Hook No. 1 good for one pair until June 15.

A high school in Harleton, Pa., started a tin can collection contest between rooms and wound up the week wifH 29,000 cana.

A oniform for a WAAC, complete, costs approximately $170.00. The quartermaster 's department must provide thousands ol th-m. Your purchase of War Bonds helps pay for these uniforms. Invest st least tea percent of your Income In War Bends every payday through a Pay-roll Savings plan at your office or f a c t o r y . */. i Treasury DeParlmenl

IN MBMORLAM. In loving memory of our dear

Harold Wardell, who passed away !our yeara ago, March 1.

The flowers we put upon your grave May wither and decay. But the love and remembrance of

you Will never fade away.

p43 Uncle Chan and Aunt Josle.

CARD OF THANKS

Our heartfelt thanks to aU who extended comforting sympathy and help in our recent sorrow. For the beautiful service, floral offerings and other kindnesses, we are deep-ly grateful.

Mr. and Mra. Glenn Layer and Family. Mr. and Mra. Dwight Roaenberger and Family. p48

"I've got a f reak on my farm. I t ' s a two-legged calf."

"Yes, I know. He came over to call on my daughter last n i g h t "

Treat the W i f e and the Fami ly !

They wttl enjoy Btahmond's good meals on Sundays or any other time. H i e wife de-serves a rest occasionally, d o n t forget t h a t

Table and counter service both day and n i g h t

Richmond's Cafe THERON RICHMOND. Prop

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' W h a t is that peculiar odor 1| smell around the post office?"

• I t ' s probably the dead let tera '

JACK CARSON-AlAN HALE-

CARD OF THANKS

Our heartfel t thanks to all who extended comforting sympathy and help In our recent sorrow. For the beaatiful aervlce, floral offerings, and other kindnesses, we are deep-ly grateful.

Joseph Snell. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Snay. Mr. and Mrs. James Snell andi Son. p48

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Hie Japs locked Mm in lbs face sad stomsch, smsshed Urn widi their fish, mm. i«bbed him with s pitchfork and left hiir for dead, but Pvt E. O. Msere came through tUs ordesL Now you come through. TsuVs 4MM yeur bit; now do your beM Bay mace War Bonds.