Mary an ft Wlegal enter ta ined the 4-H Club for the f i f t h meeting July 3 a t 7:30. P lans were made for t r ans -portation for 4-H camp. T h e mothers were present. Re f r e shmen t s of Ice cream and cake were served.

The four th meeting of the North Spar ta Cannnlg and Garden ing Club was held a t the home of Mary R u t h Si r ohm. Carvlln Schaefer is the pres-ident. 4-H Club camp was discussed which all hope to a t t end f rom Ju ly 6 tnrough l#. Two demonstra t ions were given, one how to iron and fold a man ' s shirt by Miss Schaefer a n d Wli-mine Baehre, and the second on how to make a Swedish tea r ing by Barbara a n d Emily Bradford. Weiners and buns were served and games played. Mrs. Norman Bradford was a guest, who organized the North S p a r t a 4-H Club, and Ardlth St rohm. who took the club when Mrs. Bradford left . When Miss S t rohm lef t for college Mrs. H. E S t rohm became the leader. 2 COL. BOX HEAD

Would you like to toss t h a t "good luck" charm, or Indulge in the sport of • 'barnyard golf," or are you in ter -ested in forming a Horseshoe Club in Spar ta? T h e n you are invited to be present Saturday evening, Ju ly 8, a t the home of I rwin Carlberg, 11 North S ta te S t . Spar ta (f irst house n o r t h of the S tandard Oil Oas Sta t ion. Main s treet intersection), f rom 9:00 to 9:30 p. m. Please be prompt .

Mr. Carlbcrsr. District of Columbia Horsesnoe Champion, h a s recently moved f rom the nat ion 's capital, Warhlngton, D. C., and h a s taken up residence a t the above address.

I t is planned to organize a Horse-shoe Club with league competit ion, ac-cording to ringer percentages. ATI pitching to be done under the electric ligh' s.

All interested are a ked to be pres-en t Saturday night sure, or contact Mr. Carlberg any time prior to tha t da te at the above address. Mail may be addressed to Box 143, Spar t a .

Mr. Carlberg la a son- in- law of Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Wood, Spa r t a town-ship. his tfjfe being the former Bernice Wood.

v We pr in t Wedding Invi ta t ions pnd

Announcements. Sent inel -Leader Pub-lishing Co.. Spar ta .

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This change has been made for the convenience of our coi. -ign-ore and buyers. Now ia a good time to marke t your livestock. Remember FRIDAY, JULY 7, our next SALE and every Fri-day following.

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SPARTA NEWS

T h e Farmer Buys War Bonds

by O. B. Jeenesd Chief, Division of Agricultural

Economics University of Minnesota

I 7 A R M F R B r o w n does not h a v e r to ask h imse l f w h e t h e r he o i u h t to buy W a r Bonds . H e knows t h a t eve ry ci t izen w i t h an income should lend p a r t of it to »he govern-m e n t to he lp win th i s w a r . The rea l ques t ion wh ich M r . Brown a n d all his fe l low f a r m e r s m u s t dec ide is how l a r g e h is i n v e s t m e n t should bo. The s i m p l e s t a n d bes t a n s w e r to th is is " b u y a l l you c a n . "

But w h a t a r e s o m e of the points which a f a r m e r n e e d s to weigh in deciding w h a t t h a t a m o u n t is in his p a r t i c u l a r c a s e ? F a r m income cer ta in ly is one . M o s t f a r m e r s a r e receiving c o n s i d e r a b l y l a rge r c a s h incomes Decause of t h e w a r . S o m e of the i n c r e a s e m a y be needed to pay p re s s ing d e b t . H ighe r t axes will t a k e s o m e . Bu* mos t of it ought to be 6a l ted a w a y in W a r Bonds fo r f u t u r e u s e .

P a r t of the c u r r e n t c a s h income r e p r e s e n t s w e a r a n d t e a r on m a c h i n e r y a n d e q u i p m e n t . War sho r t ages p r e v e n t f a r m e r s f r o m buying m a c h i n e r y o r building

m o n e y c a n be spent for these p u r p o s e s now, but m o r e cash wil l b e n e e d e d l a t e r on be-cause cf th is . E a c h f a r m e r ought to f igure the a m o u n t which th is in-volves. T h e bes t s t o r a g e p lace fo r the money which p r u d e n t f a r m e r s will «et a s ide f o r th i s use is War Bond j .

F a r m h o m e s wil l need new equ ipmen t a s wel l . E lec t r i c i ty h a s recent ly b e e n ins ta l l ed in m a n y f a r m h o m e s a n d m o r e will get th is se rv ice a s soon a s possible . F u n d s saved u p now c a n be used l a t e r «"» buy th ings to a d d to the c o m f o r t s of the h o m e a n d to ease the d r u d g e r y of f a r m w o r k .

W a r p r i ce s wil l not las t f o r eve r The f u t u r e will b r i ng y e a r s of low pr ices or b a d c r o p s a s v<?ll a s good y e a r s . S o m e of the p re sen t income will c o m e in mighty handy in t i m e s of low r e t u r n . F a r m e r s also a r e -*" ' ing f o r educa t ing the i r chi ldren, for old age and for the p roverb ia l r a i n y d a y . E a c n f a m i l y

should th ink a b o u t all of these n e t .is a n d s e t a s i d e money to m e e t t h e m . T h e r e i s no s a f e r p l a c e fo r such s a v i n g s t h a n War Bonds .

Should d e b t s be pa id be fo re Bonds a r e bough t? E a c h f a r m e r m u s t a n s w e r fo r h imsel f . Due and p ress ing d e b t should be pa id . If n e c e s s a r y , l ong- t e rm deb t should be r e d u c e d to a point whe re it c a n be c a r r i e d . A f t e r tha t , ava i l ab l e i n c o m e t e t t e r go into Bonds . Your own c o n s c i e n c e will tell you when you a r e us ing deb t m e r e l y a s an excuse fo r neg lec t ing to do your s h a r e in buy ing Bonds .

Wha t abou t bnying land? C a n >OQ h a n d l e m o r e land prof i t ab ly? Is it wor th the p r i ce a s l i ed? Can you pay for it out of e a r n i n g s when pr ices d r o p ? A specu la t ive boom in land m a y ge i -oc t of hand*. Bet-t e r buy Bonds than specu la te in l and .

Wha t a b o u t t h e f a r m e r who s a y s " I p r e f e r to keep m y f u n d s in c a s h ? " S top to think, b ro the r , how s m a r t is t h a t ? Do you believe it good b u s i n e s s to h a v e idle do l . a r s lying a r o u n d ? If they a r e hid a w a y s o m e w h e r e s , they m a y Ret lost, s tolen o r d e s t r o y e d . P u t t hem to work a n d m a k e t h e m producc a r e t u r n fo r you . War Bonds a r e the s a f e s t i n v e s t m e n t ava i l ab le . They a r e b a c k e d by t h e s a m e govern-m e n t as t h e do l l a r . One is a s s a f e a s the o t h e r . While f a r m e r s buy Bonds in tending to hold t h e m , the E , F a n d G Bonds ord inar i ly bought by individual inves tors can be r e d e e m e d for c a s h if need a r i s e s . UilUkc t h e l iber ty bonds of the l a s t w a r , t hese r a n n o t be sold on t h e open m a r k e t a n d , hence , wil l neve r sell fo r f e w e r dol la rs t h a n they cos t .

F a r m e r s h a v e done a good job in buying W a r Bonds. They c a n m a k e a n e v e n be t te r showing it e a c h one will buy *".* he n i n . Re-m e m b e r , you help yourself a s w all a s you r coun t ry .

U. S. Treasury Drf-ai Imenl

He won't dodge thss-mM

Tha k ld l l be right there when his C. O. sr.-cs the signal. . .

There'll be no lime to think of better things to do with his life. THE KID'S IN IT FOR KEEPS—giv-ing all he's got, now!

We've got to do the same. This is the time for us to throw in every-thing we've got.

This is the time to dig out that extra h ' jpdr^! b'jeV* <nmH it (or Invasion Bonds.

Or make it $200. Or $1000. Or $1,000,000. There's no ceiling on this one!

The 5th War Loan is the big-gest, the most vitally important financial effort of this whole War!

5 " W A R LOAN

G I T READY TO ftUY THE B O N D Y O U C A N T A F F O R D

ALPINE BAPTIST CHURCH Morning Service—10:00 A M. Bible School—11:15 A M. Young Peoples Meeting—«: 15 P . M . Evening Service—7:30 P. M. Prayer Meeting Wednesday a t 8:00

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SPARTA METHODIST CH1TRCH Richard C. Swagger. MlnlaU*

10:00 a . m . Sunday school. Lynn Bradford, super intendent . The re is an Interesting class for every age group.

11.00 a . m . Divine Worship service. 7:00 p . m . Methodist Youth Fellow-

ship.

METHODIST CHURCH. KENT CITY Rev. William Noordyk. Pastor

Morning Worship—10 A. M Church School—11 A M.

NORTH CHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH J o h n DeVrieo, Pastor

Sunday School—10 .30 a. m. Worship a t 11:30 a .m . Mid-week services 8:30 p .m. a t vari-

ous homes.

WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH E. A Boyd. Pastor

O. H. I l anna , Snpt. of Sunday School Sunday School a t 10 a. in. Preaching a t 11 a . m . Preaching at 7:30 p. m.

ALGOMA BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. F. Ebngren. Pastot

Sunday 10:00 P.m.—Sunday School. 1100 a .m.—Morning Worship. 7:00 p.m.—Young People's Meeting. 7:45 p. m—Evening Gospel Service.

Wednesday 8:00 p m . - P r a y e r and Praise Ser-A cordial welcome is extended to all.

CASNOVIA REFORMED CHURCH Rev. G. W. Lao*. Faator

Phone 3941 Sunday—Morning Worship 10 o'clock.

Sunday School—11:15. Young People C. E.—7:00 P . M . Praise a n d Worship—8:00 P . M . Thursday a t 8 P M.—Midweek ser

vice of prayer and Bible study.

Born Sunday. June 25 to Mr. a n d • Mrs. Albert Hanna of Englishvllle, an 8«4 pound boy. Andrew Lee. a t Ander -son Maternity Home.

Born Wednesday. J u n e 28 a t Ander-son Maternity Home to Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Hall of Ken t City, R. 2. a nine-pound girl. R u t h Sharon.

Mrs. Ida Fonger and grandson. Rob-e r t Hall of Orand Rapids. Mr And Mrs. Ar thur La Vine re turned Monday a f t e r spending a week a t Silver Lake, near Mears. Enroute home they spent Sunday af ternoon and evening with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Roth of Shelby.

T h e Burt Circle will meet next week Wednesday. July 12. for a supper meet-ing on the Bettes hill, with the hus-b a n d s as guests.

Carol Watkins is spending a week ] with h e r sister. Eva May. in Chicago. I

Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Spangenberg have moved Into their new home on S Union 8t. which they puurchased f rom Mrs. Annah Nelson Brown re-cently.

Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Nelson are moving into their new home on the river road which they purchased re-cently f rom Mrs. Ruby Saur.

Mrs J. W. Spangenberg and daugh-ter Pa t ty returned last week f rom a t en-day visit with her sister. Mrs. C. M. Rocheleau. In Romulus, and her bro ther . Donald Jacobs. In Wayne She a t tended the open house and reception given in honor of Miss Elsie Roche-leau. who has joined the WAVES, and

Jerry Rocheleau. who h a s joined the Navy.

M r s Susie Wilcox and g r a n d d a u g h -ter lef t Tuesday for Columbus. Ohio, where she will visit he r son Russell for an indefini te time.

Mrs. A. Newman has been very ill for the past two weeks a n d her d a u g h -ter. Mrs Mabel Hendrickson of G r a n d Rapids h a s been taking care of her.

Mr. and Mrs. Wailie Coleman a t -tended the wedding of their g r and -daughter . Helen Jean Coleman, to B. Robert Saunders, Sa tu rday a f te rnoon at 4 o'clock in Klise Memorial Chapel.

Mrs. A B. Elliott a n d g randdaugh-ter. Mary Ann Morford. spent the weeeknd in Fremont vieiting realtives.

Mrs. W a n e r a H a u m a n and d a u g h -ter Linda of Grand Rapids a re visit-

| ing Mr. and Mrs. Van Lundquis t of S. Union St. Mr. H a u m a n is in the U. S. Navy.

Mrs. A. Grawn has recently sold her property on Pearl St. to Mr. a n d Mrs Francis David.

Miss Anne Spangenberg. a Senior nurse in St. Marys hospital , h a s been t ransferred from the S t a t e hospi ta l in Kalamazoo to the May berry Sana to r -ium a t Northville, Mich. Miss Spang-

enberg will g r a d u a t e f rom St. Marys hospital in August.

Dr. and Mrs. C. S Miller enter tained over the weekend a t their cottage a t Silver Lake, the i r daughter . Mrs. Wm. E. Sykes of New RocheUe. N Y„ Mr. and Mrs. Ray J . Su t te r , and Apprentice Seaman William H Sut ter of Middle-ton. Conn, .and Dr . and Mrs. Wm. H. Lentz.

Dr. and Mrs. W m . H. Lentz are en-tertaining th is week a t "Miller Man-or" at Sliver Lake, a s house guests Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Haynes of Detroit and Dr. and Mrs. Lyle Serman of Dav-enport . Iowa.

Mrs. Hugh F r e e m a n is visiting Mr. Freemen's mother , Mrs. Harry F»sher, in Toledo. Ohio, th i s week.

Mr. and Mrs. F red Vanderhout and family of Bradley. 111., are visiting ills parents. Mr. a n d Mrs. Frank Vander-

I hout. on G a r d n e r St . On Wednesday, another son. Will, a n d family of Grand Rapids spent the day with them.

Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Ploeg of Niles called on S p a r t a f r iends during the holidays.

Mrs. Ina Robinson reports a nice lot of surgical dressings are being made each Tuesday a n d Friday at the Ma-sonic Temple. 3.MX) being turned in to Grand Rapids chap te r from June 13 to June 29. We w o n t fall those boys of ours who a re doing such a wooder-

Iful job 011 all war f ronts .

Bobby Carlson is ^pending a few days with his g randparen ts . Mr. and

' Mrs. David Car lson.

Don't you dodge this!

BUY MORE THAN BEFORE THIS MESSAGE SPONSORED BY

Michigan Artcrait Co.

FREE METHODIST CHURCH Rev. J. E. 8 - J i d e n . Piwtor

SUNDAY a E n VICES Sunday school meets a t 10 a. m.

Preaching Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock.

- Ravenna -I t 00 a.m.—Morning worship. 10:45 a m.—Sunday school hour.

THE CIIITRCFT OF CHRIST (Ballard. Bailey)

10:00 a m. Communion raid Worslilp a t Ba.lavd and Bible school at Bailey.

11:00 a. m. Communion and Worship at Bailey and Bible School at Ballard

8:00 p. m. Evangelistic Services at Bailey the first and third Sunday pnd 31blc Study a t Ballard the second and f cu r th Sunday.

8.00 p. m. Wednesday of each week Bible studv a t Bailey

WANTED at Once!

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W A N T - A D S FURNACE CLEANING: Also repair-ing. Get rid of dust and smoke. Leave orders a t Mat Kik'j; tavern, phone 6781 Spar ta . 7-20p

ATTENTION FARMERS: We can taxe care of i l l of your welding needs. Can bring portable welder to your f a rm if necessary. Expert automobile repairing. Alpine Welding Shop, 1619 Alpine Ave., near Richmond, G r a n d Rapids. t f n

STOCK OWNERS: We will call fo r your dead stock and pay $5.00 for

dead horses "\nd $2.00 to 4.00 for dead cows. Phone 8-2951 a t our expense. Independent By-Products Co.. G r a n d Rapids. t f n

ELECTRIC AND GAS WELDING^ Ex-per t Welding and Repair 011 all k .nds

of Machinery. Littlefleld's Welding & Machine Shop. Phone 5t>222.

COW STALLS: Single s t a " complete with flange, $2.29. These stall* a re

made of heavy-gauge pipe, guaranteed io s t and lots of abuse. See us for pipe ir-d fittings of all sizes. Grand Rapids °ipe and Supply Co , 847 Fron t Ave., Grand Rapids, Phone 92861. t f n

GET T O P Prices, correct weight a n d cash every Monday a t Ravenna Live-

stock Sales. t f n

HELP WANTED: Housekeeper for f a -ther and 15-year old son. Woman over f i f ty years old preferred. William Spl-cer. Cedar Springs, Mieh. 7-6p

FOR 3ALE: Gravel and fill and black top dir t . Zack Helsel, 1 mile east, *4 mile south of Spar ta . t f n

FOR SALE John IXero gra in bind-er . 8- f t . cut. tracto. hi tch. Used very little. Vaughan Farms. Ph 6878 7-6p

R A 3 B I T S FOR SALE: River road. T h i r d house nor th of Clark 's Gas and Oil Station. Martin VanderZand. 7-fip

HELP WANTED: Cherry pickers on or about July 12 to 15. Harry Lym-burner . ph. 4107 Spar ta . 7-6p

FOR SALE: Fiesta dishes, glassware, cooking utensils, wardrobe t runk, t ap -estry; other miscellaneous articles. Pfe^i'.e 5193 Spar ta . 7-Gc

F O R SALE: Milx fed Barred Rocks und Reds. Any amoun; up to 200. High grade fryers. S. W. Redmon, 5Vi miles n o r t h of Sparta , end of road then east 40 rods, north Vi mile. No Sa turday callers. 7-6p

F O R SALE: 400 bales of hay. I. Em-eric, 1 mile nor th of Casnovia. 7-6p

F O R SALE: Large Guernsey cow. 6 vrs. old. to freshen 10th of this month . Lar ry Prat t . 2 miles south of Spar ta , on M37. 7-6p

F O R SALE: Boy Scout h a t a n d shirt , both in good condition. 14$ 8o. Union S t . Phone 2721. 7-6p

F O R SALE: Good Springer Spaniel pups. Cheap for quick sale. See Bill Emory on Kellogg fa rm. 1V4 miles N of Spar ta . 7-6c

WANTED: Woman to assist with housework, good home and wages. 1425 Sigsbee St.. Grand Rapids. Call collect 8-3531. 7-6c

FOR SALE: Six acres >f hay. Gordon F. Allison. Phone 4163 Spar ta . 7-6p

F O R SALE: Ice refr igerator in good condition. Oak finish. Takes 50 of ice. Georgia Walker, cor. Cen ten-nial and State St. 7-6p

harvest cherry crops in Oceana and Mason

Counties Michigan cherries, famous for f lavor. sr*» war.ted by Uncle Sam for Army and Navy. C h e r r y •pro-duce rs need 25,000 pickers AT ONCE to harvest the crop.

Good Pay for Good Workers

Here's an opportuni ty to combine prof i t with family food needs in Michigan's cher ry land. You will be paid 2c lb.; jrood pickers can make good wages.

Transportation, Housing Will be a r ranged through your county agricul-tural ag nt. Get a group to go with you. But you must act at once--wi thout delay!

K. K. VINING County Agricultural Agent

Cc\oerating with Michigan S ta te Depar tment of Agriculture and Michigan Association of Cherry Producers.

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BEEF SHORT R i 5 S 1 fir Pound

Green Onions i G p d o m e Grown. 2 bunches 1 V V

Round Steak Q f i p Young, tender—Lb. v U v

POTATOES California Wa»hed— I ' . S . N o . 1 — P k .

79c

DE LUXE COFFEE IGA Brand—Pound 31c TABLE SYRUP 23-oz. Bottle 11c Sandwich Spread Pint J a r 21c Grapefruit Juice 46-oz. Can

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TOMATO JUICE 16-oz. Can 21c SALAD MUSTARD \ 2-Pound Ja r V W

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Pork Chops OOP SUNKIST OfUNGESiQf BUTTEK P o u n d U U V Med. Size— lhxz . CREA*ERY-r««md 46c Hill Bros. COFFEE

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SPARTA FROZEN FOOD LOCKERS Phone 6611 T H E LG.A. STORE N o r t h Union St. WE CLOSE AT ! • T. M- ON SATUBDAY WE CLOSE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON D I V I N G MAY, JUNE, J U L Y AND A I G C S T

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VOLUME 67 E S T A B L I S H E D 1876 S P A R T A . MICHIGAN, THURSDAY. J U L Y 13, 1944 NUMBER 28

Bailey Girl Weds Pvt. Kirk

In Detroit Leona Esther Hendrickson. daughter

of the late Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hen-drickson. and sister of Mrs. El win McGrady of Bailey, and Pvt . Harry Thomas Kirk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kirk of Detroit , were married in the Oulld room at the Je f fe rson Ave. Presbyterian church In Detroit , Sa tur-day af ternoon a t 5 o'clock. Dr. Henry Forbes read the double r ing ceremony and the bride was given In marr iage by her brother. Edward Hendrickson. Audrey Gaines. accompanied by R u t h Johnson, sang "'I Love You Truly." Both girls are classmates of the bride at Henry Ford Nursing school.

The bride wore white marquisette, witn t ight l i n ing ooaice. nign rouna neckline, and full skirt and wore her mother 's wedding veil. She carried white rosebuds and baby brea th tied with s t reamers of white sat in ribbons. Her sister. Violet Ann Hendrickson. was her only a t t endan t , and wore pink marquisette and carried matching rosebuds.

Sgt. Wm. A. Kirk, brother of the groom, acted as best man . Joe Pierce and Kenne th Litt le were ushers. Mr and Mrs. Kirk and Mrs McGrady were master and mistresses of ceremonies.

A reception was held a f t e r the cere-mony a t the church. Pvt and Mrs. Kirk le f t for Chicago for a shor t wed-ding trip, a f t e r which the groom will return to Camp Gran t , Illinois Medical Corps.

MRS. E T T I E W H I T N E Y DIES A T D A U G H T E R ' S HOME IN G R A N D RAPIDS

Mrs. Ettie Whitney. 76. resident of Bailey community all her life, died Sunday morning. Ju ly 9 a t the home of her daughter . Mrs. Libbie Camp-bell In Grand Rapkls. She was the widow of the late Raymond Whitney, prominent f a rmer of Bailey vicinity, who died in 1939. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors for many years She was born J a n . 12. 1866 In Ashland township and was married to Mr Whitney Nov. 12. 1890 In Muskegon.

Mrs. Whitney is survived by one son. Leon of Bailey, the daughter in Orand Rapids; two slater*. Mrs Theda Hutchinson of Muskegon. Mrs. Mary Miller of G r a n d Rapids, and live grandchildren.

Puneral services were held Wednes-day af ternoon a t North Casnovla Bap-tist church, conducted by Rev Freder-ick Pinch of Newaygo with burial in S e a m a n cemeterv.

Northern Kent County

5th W a r Loan AREA No. I

S p a r t a . Kent City, and t h e Townships of Alpine, Tyrone and Spa r t a

(By Caf-,1 Holmes-Kurta)

New Wings Ordered For Sparta Honor Roll

New wings have been ordered for the Spar ta Honor Roll and additional names of boys a n d girls In service ^rom this area are being placed on the roll.

Anyone having a relative or who knows of a soldier whose name does, not appear on the honor roll, or those desiring corrections, are asked to get In touch at once with Mrs. M 8. Al-len or Frank Glllctt .

The new wings and names are being constructed a t a local industry and will be a t tached to the honor roll in the village park within » few days.

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FORMER F O U N D R Y E M P L O Y E WINS

ARMY PROMOTION

OUR QUOTA WAS

$314,000 H E R E ' S HOW W E ST W D '

T O T A L S A L E S

$464,300 Oversubscription . . . .

ITEMIZED A S F O L L O W S : S p a r t a Pos toff ice Foundry Payroll Deduction Carna t ion Company Spa r t a S t a t e Eank ... . Muskegon Pis ton Ring Co., S p a r t a Division Peoples S t a t e Bank Kent City Bank (Includes Ty rone Township) Paul C. Miller

TOTAL S A L E S •

$150,300

$ 3,500.00 16,000.00

. 10,000.00 192,100.00 50.000.00 62,700.00 80.000.00 50,000.00

$464,300.00

Lieut. Leon E. Buhl. 30, Platoon Leader In the 56th Battalion of the | I n fan t ry Replacement Center a t Camp Welters, Texas, was promoted to t h e ' grade of First Lieutenant . He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elgy Buhl, of Sunnyvale. California, and is married to the former Inez Walker of Weath-erford, Texas Prior to his military

. , , . service, which has already won for hlni We trlea only once to raise water- the American De.'ense ribbon Lieut

melons, but we never p lanted any Buhl was employed af the Muskegon again for we found them all a t various j Piston Ring Company foundry. Sparta frmes broken and scattered f rom the [ division. He was commissioned June field to the street A fa rmer tells of fc i instance when he hid h is patch in the cornfield, but thinking he would be kind to the boys he took them out and gave them a b'.g melon. T h e next morning he went into the field and discovered tha t every melon had been taken away. 8o he learned not to be kind about Informing bi. ys where his watermelons were growing.

The pro«pcct ol a Tew days vacation at the beach are In the off ing. The tent i« b»ln» nal^Kart for CSC ".ore round, and i t always seems to hold up for another year. We have had more real vacations with the tent t h a n in all the cottages we have ever rented. In the fall of ' 1930 as we closed our Chautauqua season we met the man who owned the outf i t . He had set it up only once and declared his camp-ing days were over. He sold the en -tire outf i t to us for almost nothing. The tent, without a center pole, was of extra f ine canvas with steel corner poles, a folding metal bed with ma t -tress. folding ' ab le and four chairs. I bought pillows and blankets f rom the woman we were rooming with and away we went. We pitched the tent near a river Just out of Indianapolis and worked hours getting it up as we had little idea how it went together. But finally it was up and the next day we bought a gasoline stove, some rugs and dishes and thoroughly en-Joy.ni the experience. We spent sev-eral weeks the next summer In our tent a t Mackinaw City and came back by the way of Ludlngton. Almost ev-ery year since then we have used the tent for a week or ten days and f ind it about the most sat isfactory vacation there is. Tor one Is outdoors all the time and there is no housework.

Gladys Taber writes almost our in-nermost thoughts on the subject of canning when she says. "All of a sud-den everything seems to be growing like mad and all ready a t once. Gar -dening and canning use up the best of a month, but I don' t regret It—at least not of ten. Sometimes vague vi-sions of a life of ease and idleness flit through my mind. But a f t e r all. ease and Idleness d o n t belong in th is world today." Almost everyone looks for -ward to the day when he will not be quite so busy, yet ask any retired per-son how he feels and you will f ind he

9. 1943

Mr and Mrs. Everett LeBrun and family of Chicago were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs. Clayton Ander-son.

CLARK SCHOOL N E W S

T h e Happy Hour Club will meet with Mrs. Herman Nelson Friday af ternoon. July 11.

Lowell Anderson spent Wednesday, Thursday and Friday In Grand Rap-ids on business.

Miss Marilyn McDonald spent f rom Wednesday until Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. L o w ! ! Anuerson and family. Her parents . Mr. and Mrs Roy McDonald, and Mrs. O. J . Millar, were Sunday a f t e rnoon guests a t An-dersons .

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Vile. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Houseman. Mrs. Christine Holmgren and Geraldine. who has Joined the WAVESs, spent Sunday af-ternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Holmgren and family.

Miss Alma Anderson spent Thurs -day In G r a n d l i p i d s with Mr. and Mrs. O. J . Miller. Mr. Miller under-went a minor operat ion last Saturday but is gaining nicely.

Dick Holmgren was kicked in the mouth Sunday a f te rnoon while play-ing with his riding horse, losing sev-eral teeth.

Mrs Irving Nyblad and children spent Thursday with Mrs. G. A. Ny-blad while Anne was in Grand Rapids -ar lng for Mark Stouten, who had his tonsils removed.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Holmgren and family. Mr and Mrs. Lowell Anderson and family and Miss Alma Anderson, were among those who at tended a house warming for Mr. and Mrs. Julius Nusdorfer on Wednesday evening.

Mr .and Mrs. Lowell Anderson spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Anderson and family.

Mrs C. D a > Hoi ben has received word from her husband, W O . (J.G.» C Dale Holben. t h a t he has arrived safely in England His brother Dar-rell Is also located In England

Mrs. Christ ine Holmgren. Dick and Geraldine. and Mr

Rotary Club Hears Talk By

John A. Collins An almost 100'". a t tendance turned

out for the Rotary Club meeting Mon-day noon, with John A. Collins, mayor of East G r a n d Rapids, as the gueut speaker.

Rotar ians met a t the fire barn' and the fire truck was used to take the ' Swltzer Fighters ' ' for a ride. Mem-bers of the Bettes Bombers walked the ent i re dis tance to the Lone Elm. fol-lowing the truck.

Both teams did an excellent job in support of the 5th Loan drive and the oond wagon.

Geo. W. Bet tes gave both teams a real thrill when he clinched the hon-ors for his t eam with an order for $50,000 in bonds from Paul C. Miler.

This was the largest individual or -der Tor bonds ever received in any of the local war bond drives and to Mr. Bettes »oes the honor of making the sale.

Much credit is also due E K. Lane and Wm. H. DeHart and the entire group of club members for their sup-port in the drive.

Mr. Collins was introduced by Frank D. Kellogg. T h e meeting next Mon-aay will be in charge of Ot to Baehre.

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Our school district sold $3,325 in the F i f t h Loan drive.

Mr. and Mrs Wayne Harrison »-c-turned Sunday from Montague where they have been vl.Ating Mrs. Harrison's brother . Wei ham Winters

Mr. and Mrs. Will Harrison visited Mr. and Mrs. Rhoda Trufel t Sunday a t Half Moon Lake.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Vlckers en ter -ta ined his nephew. Jer ry VicLers, and Mr. Church for Chicago the past week

Mr and Mrs. Kenne th ' Muma re-turned home Sunday af te r a week"? visit with her parents . Mr and Mrs. Ar thur Campbell, and her brother El-ino who was nome on a shor t furlough.

Clark Muma of Allegan came Friday for his mother who h a s been a t Mr a n d Mrs. Pearl Mama ' s foi the pas; th ree weeks.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Bouma at tended he r uncle's funeral i» Spar ta Sa tur -day af te rnoon. |

Mrs. Anthony, who has spent the past two weeks with Mrs Krey. re-tu rned to her home Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Shaw, Mrs. Clarn Shaw and son Claude. Mr. and Mrs Glenn Shaw ar.d daughter Dolores, and the Gates sisters of Casnovia had a Four th of July supper a t Half Moon Lake.

Mrs. Christ ine Fahl ing and Mrs. August Schamber and daughters visit-ed Mrs. Schamber "s mother . Mrs Beach, nea r Conklin Sunday af ternoon a n d evening.

Mari lyn Puwney of Spar ta visiteJ Norma J e a n Schamb»r over the 4th.

SMITH REUNION H E L D SUNDAY

The descendants of William and Polly Smith and their families met for their 25th annual reunion a t the home of Mr and Mrs E. W. Smith •ast Sunday. T h e picnic d inne r was served in the yard and gardens of the Smith residence. Dr Ward Ferguson of Grand Rapids presided a t the bus-iness meeting. Smi th Lown. 87 years old was the oldest member and the in fan t daughter of Homer Gil let te the youngest.

Officers elected were: E. W. Smitn. president; Homer Gillette, secretary; Hine Smith, treasurer. Eight of the immediate family are In the armed s e n Ices. Communicat ions f rom rela-tives in Moravia. N Y.. were read with tne hope that another year they too can be In Sparta . The a f t e rnoon was .pent in visiting and reminiscing, and plans were made to meet at the same place next year.

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Recreation Program The recreation director wishes to

announce an addlUon of playing time Tor adults and ten-age s tuden t s who work during the day Beginning Fr i -day. July 14. Mr. VanEerden will be at the .'chool to conduct softbal]

. j ames. Notices have been p 'aced in j the factories *lso. If ,-ncugh interest

is shown, a league will get underway. So come over and play ball a t 7:00 p m instead of sitting around on the main street.

Mr. VanEerden aiso says t h a t no in-crease h a s occurred in the children at tne playground during the day Don't play around in the streets. Come to the playground every week day from 9 to 12 a m. and 1:30 tr 4 00 p . m .

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Lekstrum Post Sponsors Circus

Here In August The Rudolph T Lekstrum Pofit, No

107. American Legion, has completed plans toward sponsoring Mills Bros 3-ring circus for two performances . Thursday. August 3.

The show has a fine grcup of per-formers. trained animals and o ther varied at t ract ions .

The circus will pitch its tents w-st ol th« Legkn hall Advance tick-its will be on sale soon. Legion members state.

The Mills Bros, circus will come here irom Greenville and move to Fre-mont following its local appearance .

Adventist Group To Cooperate In Education of Chinese Youth

Louis >1. Mms. s ta te commissioner of revenue. Ukn t a vvonr l look a t a 51.76&.142 check f.-om t h e Michigan Bell Telephone Company as its semi-ann a l property tax payment , ea r -marked by the Consti tut ion for t h e Primary School Fond. ILs tax of J3.-538.284 is the largest payment into the Primary Fund and is paid in lieu of

I Plans for t h e education of many hundreds of Chinese young people to fill places of leadership In the organ-ized church work as ministers, teach -

1 ers, secretaries and other church work-ers In China, were presented recently in an Interesting program given by the Sparta Seven th-day Adventist Sab-bath School.

To help provide for their training college, re-es tabl ished near Chung-king, was the cen t ra l point of interest, and the regular of fer ing for the day was enlarged to make this possible

The Japanese bombed and destroyed this school in 1937 when it was lo rated near Nankin, members were told. Re-established nea r Hongkong, Its work was well under way when lt was sud-denly closed with the breaking of thp war in the Pacif ic on December 7. 1941.

Not to be thwar teu . teachers with their families, a n d a large number of s tudents made the i r way through per-ils and hardsh ips to the wartime Chi-na capital city, Chungking, a journey of 3.000 miles. There , with the help of the Mission directors, the China Tra in -ing school again resumed operation, this t ime m temporary buildings and tents.

After foreign missionaries were with-drawn because of war, former native Chinese s tuden t s have beeomc the leaders oi t h church movement and are \a l ian t ly carrying on throughout Free China.

Town Topics The male quartet f rom I n d i a n a who

recently gave an en te r t a inment a t the Wesleyan church called a t the Teeple home and sang several selections for Mr. Teeple. which were enjoyed im-mensely.

Charles Tucker of Los Angeles. Cal.. was a recent vistor of Mr a n d Mrs. T. C. Teeple.

Dr Gordon Brc.te of Grea t Lakes Training Station spent ten days with his parents . Mr and Mrs. Ha , ry Brace. He is being t rans fe r red to Oceanside. California.

Att'y J o h n J. Colignon of Green Bay. Wis., visited Mr and Mrs J . H Brace the past week. He is the bro-ther of Mrs Brace.

Mr. and Mrs Ernest Langmack of Milwaukee. Wis., were gucst i of Mr and Mrs J K Brace the week of July 4 The Lan^macks are parent® of Mrs Harrison Brace.

Miss Harriet C. Smith of G r a n d Rapids spent the weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs. E. W Smi th

co t t i ge owners at their co t - i Three new member!, were taken :n Lida Herenueen t p e n t ^ S u n d a v ' m *Ce ^ ^ »*£? of * n w ? l a d l h e meeting was very successful, dar Springs with friends

local levie*. The company 's total U M ' a ^ (Tpenings ^ Christ ian 'wSrk^ ef-forts are now being made to add ouilJ-Ings and provide the equipment need-ed. The Sabba th Schools around the world, the program brought out. Joined on this day In raising funda for tn:s purpose.

According to latest figures, the s tu-dent body has reached a total of more than 200. a number of Industries have been s tar ted, a n d more than eighty students ar? paying all or part of their tuition by working In the Adventist publishing house, also re-established there. Dispensary work has been add-ed. with a Chinese physician heading Its work.

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4-H C L U B NOTES

DIU for 1943 was over $14,000,000.

Sparta C. of C. Meets Thursday

On Bettes Hill T h e regular monthly meeting of the

Sparta Cnamber of Commerce will be held this Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clock at the Oeo W. Bettes tower wart of Spar ta .

Claude Gillette, p rogram chairman Tor the evening, says there will be a hamburger fry. besides a speaker and other features

Members are urged to come on tirr™. v

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• — + » Well, this Is another hot momlr.g and everything is dry for want of rain.

Gtista Vogel is ill. Sorry to hear It and hope lt is not serious

Frederick Rothen tha le r and wife are spending a few days with his mother. He has to go to Call lornla in eleven days. Don't know whsre he will land then.

All the Rothen thaler young folks were home Sunday to spend the da}' with Frederick before he leaves.

Mrs John Ebers came home from the hospital Thursday. We are glad she is better.

Orley Downer has a lovely lot of sour cherries ready to pick

The North S p a r t a Canning and Garden Club girls a t tended 4-H Camp Vlning last week a t Bostwlck Lake. Those who a t t ended were Barbara and

tEmily Bradford, Maryann Wegal. Car-olyn Schaefer . Wilmlne Baehre. Mary R u t h St rohm. A'l the girls won coun-ty honors and will a t tend the Mich-igan Slate 4-K Fa i r In September. Car-olyn Schaefer and Wilmlne Baehre demonstrated t h e Ironhig of a shirt, and the Bradfo rd girls demonstrated the making of a Swedish roll. Emily Bradford was chosen as one to go to Lansing to judge food. Carolyn and Wilmlne will judge canned fruit . The girls were chosen by Lola Green, Stale Extension leader. T h e next mee"ng win be witn Mr. and Mrs. Georg? Baehre. Tuesday. Ju ly 18.

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A N N O U N C E MARRIAGE

„ . I First Lt. Leon Buhl and Miss Inet Hope he ha* j Walker of Wea the r fo rd . Texas, were

„Witw t h e m I married Friday. J u n e 2. Chaplain Ha i -.4 d p e reading the ceremony. Lt. Buhl. cherries about ready to

Gamp La us Lin8§ Reported by MRS. CLARENCfE COOK

and sweet pick.

Mrs. Alia Cranmer a n d Mrs. Mary Ostrum drove up and picked cherries for their own canning one day last week.

Haying Is nearly done around here and some wheat has been cut. and there Is quite a lot to cut . It looks verv nice.

SPARTA LIBRARY NOTES

dings. Mr and Mrs Pant . Mrs LaVine T n e next meeting will be Tue-day. July and daughter and grandchildren ol I 25 a t 8 o'clock. Cadillac. Mr. a n d Mr^ Bill Held and the Char les Lass family.

Mrs. Chris Arr>dt and two niecse are spending aj . extra ween al their cot-tage, the "Pine Rest."

Weekend callers of the Clarence Cooks were Rudy Flck. Charles and Frank Bazzette. Mr. and Mrs. William Bazzette and *on Billy. Miss Ada Dyk-»tra and the Richard Mulders. The

The J a m e s Truax family called on the George Carrs Tuesday evening.

Th is hot weather has brought plen-ty of folks to the iaXe iaie.y, old and voung alike. Even I broke down and WvTU in. the f irst time in three years —and I've a good sunburn to prove it.

S P A R T A PTA NOTES

Mulders were also enter tained a t a T h e first monthly meeting of Spar-and Mrs C a u d e | f l s h fry Sa turday evening by the ta PTA executive board was held a t

Houseman called on Mr. and Mrs Ar- ( Cooks the school Tuesday af ternoon. July 11. a r i ? J®?1113 ' There will be a new orchestra play- A r u l 1 <Juorum was present. The va-

and Mr* G A. Nyblad and famil) i n g a l c a m p Lake Pavilion uus c a n c >" t a r mother vice-president will aundajr af ternoon. Saturday evening, everyone welcome. ^ r i l l e d next month . I t has been rec-

. . . w w . i . . ^,aw k®*™* Bolmgren and | and Mrs Guy Rldgeway were! °nunended tha t P T a dues be increased looks with envy a t the busy people. I Mrs Robert Wagner spent Sunday ev-• g u n < j a y c a j ] € r s Q j thejj- daughter and * r o m 2 5 cents to 30 cents for eacn

X T * * T? ' " S M r s . A n - ' f » m l l y y the M e l Z L V r r e t u * ^ membersh ip A vot- will be taken in happiest time of his life were the days | derson ar.d M l » Alma Anderson. M r s M a u d W e l c h w h o w b w n m ' September Mr* K Harper asks th*r

Mr. and Mrs. Amcud Stream and Detroit the past few dsvr. h=:ir ! commit ter rh»trTr»*r> when he was working toward his goal. ana navmg a m v e a tnere ne to una u w | sons were guests of Mr. and Mrs Nor- home thrill of life almost entirely gone man Weston and sons on July 4th.

books to her f rom last year. The next

July 9 July 9 July 9 July 10 July 11 . July 12 July 13 July 13 J u l y l o July 16 July IB July 19. July 1 9 . EdMafi birthday*.

Jaquay cottage Mrs. Pat Singleton has been staying

with her daugh te r and family. Mrs. Charles, the past week

Mr and Mrs. Jess Giddings had as guests over Sunday and the Fourth . Mr .and Mrs Russell Priefeld of Pon-Uac. Mrs Lena Jacquln. Mr and Mrs. Albert Forbes of Dearborn. Mrs Erma Crawford of Everett . Washington, and Betty Broman of Allegan. Mrs J ac -quln stayed over lor a visit

Mr. and Mrs Lowell S tauf fe r have moved to Thompson ville to make their home Indefinitely, due to the serious

VeryT Da veriport { J j j * 0 1 U n S t a f f e r ' s mother . Mrs J a c k Hoben Mr »nd Mrs. Pioya bowman spent

Fred Stedman. A S **>'« o t ^ w e k 4 1 h o m '

' Ms^ i ' r ^F^ i r s . i - i I a t tending ' he Tuesday e ren -S U ^ e - l l n « . U * a * Camp Lake Im-

- > provemeni Association were Mr Kurb -the boy* la acrvke always and especially on thrtr steader. Mr Pan t . Mr and Mrs Rlch-

ot these men alon« with ether , r d Mulder. Mr and Mrs Twitchel.

Lt. Edgar Foster of Percy Jones hos- ""•wling will be August 8 p i t a l Bat t le Creek, spent two days at P T A officers are : Pres.. Mrs Ed-nis cottage last week. * a " d Harper ; secy. Mrs. C W K

Jess Giddings is giving his cottage itreas.. Mra Joe Brooks; teach-a new coat of paint this week. c r v*ce-pres.. Sara Lee Cllngan; fa-

Miss Gladys Llmbough of Owos*> t * l e r vlce-pres_. Chester Amburgey. spent a two days ' vacation a t the v

E N G L I S H VILLE

- Oeorge Murray July 19 ..; I w * ; j u l y 20

Virgil Bodell J u i y 20 M r s C. L. Gold ' July 21 P r a n k Hildreth July 22

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BOM Williams i J u l y M ---- - Virginia Bueche J u l y 37

1 R. K. Andree <86 years old> Mrs. Russell MacDonald July 28

Milton C. Wylle July 29 ' Eddie English July 30

— Mrs. Leslie Anderson | July 30

Mrs Martin Denhof Frederick Davenport

Dariene Reister - David Allison

Mias Elaine Johnson Miss Arlene Johnson Albert M Hale. Sr

trUndm and raftatirea birth da4«a. Tfcere la no charge f a r listing t h e n here. Mr and Mrs M Raman. Mr. a n d Mrs

T h a n k s to whoever was responsible for the news last week to my absence

Mi-ryann Green Is still In Detroit visiting her mother

Ar thur Church is oack a t work af te r his illness.

J e a n t u e Babcock visited with Doro-thy Johnson for a few days.

Mr and Mrs Albert Hanna had vis-i tors Sunday.

L B S tua r t and ZeJla had visitors Sunday

Mr and Mrs Rodney Hammond and family and Mr and Mrs Oeo Pies®ch-er and re tu rn -ed home from a delightful campmu trip.

T h e Ladies' Aid enjoyed a picnic d inner In Brlggs Park last Thursday

lone Ingersoll of Algoma has re tu iT-ed f rom Pasadena. Ca i l f , where she

Bert Pu tman , Miss VanOrts. Mra Mel- ; h a s been for the winter months J ® " Giddings , T h e school meeting was wei. a t tend-

a n t Mr. and Mrs. C.araace Cook. l ed Monday evening

Fred Stedman. 35. husband of Mrs Marie A . ^ d m a n . is receiving his initial naval indoctrination at tile U.S. Naval Training Center. Grea t Lakes. Illinois.

Mr .and Mrs John Coalter of Mus-kegon. Mr and Mrs Elwin Coalter and their families spent the 4th of July on the lake. In the evening the ia t te r called on Mrs. Coalter s parents , Mr and Mrs Blackmore of near r tavenna.

Sunday visitors of Mr, and Mrs F Hugh Clark were Mr and Mrs Erwm Reister and daughter . Charlot te , and Frieda Beu.schel of Conklin and Mr and Mrs. Pearl Muma of Casnovia.

Mr and Mrs Miner Purdy have re-turned from vacationing for several seeks at their cabin at Big Bend Park on Muskegon River

Are there story-tellers, or readers, in Spar ta who would line to help with story-hour a t the l ibrary? We plan to have stories every Wednesday dur -ing August at 3 p. in., and ask your

* ou t children, ox any age. who like stories, to come and listen to them Please let your l ibrar-ian know how you feel about this.

If you wain to find a quiet, cool spot during these hot days, why not try your library? Many f ine books and magazines await your pleasure there.

who is the son of Mr .and Mrs. Elgi-Buhl of Sunnyvale. Calif., Is stationed at Camp Wolter. Texas. They spent several days In Da 11p,s. Texas, on a short honeymoon and will make the?r home In Wea the r fo rd Lt. Buhl Is the brother of Mrs F. Hugh Clark of Soar t a

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Mrs. Homer Gil let te. Barbara Bull, Mar tha Waldher r . Betty Hanna and Delores Preston a t tended a 4-H meet-ing on "Food Prepara t ion" a t Camp Vlning Friday a f te rnoon .

Walter H. Ebcr:: spent w k weckcuu at Northport with fr iends.

Mrs J o h n Heuss. Margaret Huess and Mary Sher idan a re visiting the Walter H. Ebers

Marilyn E r h a r t . Suzanne Goerlng and Margaret Ebers will leave Sunday for Camp Vlning on Bostwlck Lake

r o N f t R 4 T I 1 . 4 T I O y 8 !

Pvt and Mrs Herman Scott . J r . . i r e being congratulated on the birth of a daughter . Cherie Ellen, a t But te rwor th hospital. Thursday. July 6 Mrs Scott is the former Alma Norton, daugh te r of Mrs George Norton of O r a n d Rap-ids, formerly of Casnovia Pvt. Scott has been on furlough for about two weeks from Camp Crowder Mo Mrs Scott makes her home a t 1000 Cass Ave.. S E.. Grand Rapids

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Spar ta Garden Club members and their families will have their annua l picnic Monday evening at 6:30 s h a r p on Bettes Hill. Bring table service and sandwiches

ELECTION N O T E S

Total votes cast In Spar ta 243 Kelly 21C; Brown 146; Keyes 60:

- 'onkman 118: Masse]Ink 96; Saur 106; Post 186 County off.ee rs average vote 20a

For delegate "1 County Convent ion: D J Johnson 132; Mrs Chloe Ander -son 94 Democratic ticket. R A An-derson

KENT c r r v Tota l vote cast 1S5. Vote for delegate to Couuty Conven-

t ion: Advthe Swenson 74. C. B ver 68.

NOTICE! Ordinance Governing Fire Alarms

and Traffic to be Enforced

At the t ime of the fire call on July 11th, the volunteer firemen, driving cars to the fire, had a great deal of diff icul ty In reaching the scene of the fire, because of the large number of bicycles and cars fol-lowing the fire truck to the fire.

There is a village ordinance and a s tate law governing the follow-ing of a f i re appa ra tus within 500 feet and parking within one block of the fire, and we a re a t this t ime giving this warn ing as a f inal no-tice to anyone violating this law. they will be given a summons Into court for the violation

It is the duty of a volunteer f i reman to answer the a larm, but due to the congestion of t r a f f i c and persons, who insist in answering the alarm when It is no concern of theirs, it is Impossible fo r the firemen to answer the alarm In safety vn themselves and others , so we are tak-ing this opportunity to ask you to leave your cars parked a t the curb, and to yield the right of way to the fire trucks and f i remen answering the call.

As t ime goes on there will t>e some false f i re a l a r m calls, and at these times any person following the truck or in any way congesting the traffic, will be given a summons for the violation

We are asking you to please cooperate with the f i re depar tment in this way to fu r the r the efficiency of it* work a t all t imes

' Signed • C. VAN DEN H O L T

C h W of PoOce and Fire. Sparta.