L E D G E R E N T H I E S

Bein* a Collection of Various Topics of Local and

General Interest

THOMAS J E F F E R S O N

A P R I L 13, two hundred years ago, a man so-named Thomas Jef f -

erson, was born. The most famous one of ten children, he rose to prominence to f a the r three im-portant documents tha t imbibe the living principles of our democracy today. There passes with each great name certain truths that his time found fitting, that in his day were facta and In fashion. Much la out-moded by time. But certain out-standing principles, fundamental Ideals, are never out of style. Jef f -erson was the author of the Declar-atiqp of Independence, the statute for "VHrginia drawn up for religious freedom and he founded the Uni-versity of Virginia to further edu-cation. If you analyze these three principles you will see how Im-portant they are In our time. The years have only strengthened them and years to come will prove their worth.

FIFTIETH YEAR LOWELL, MICHIGAN, APRIL 8, 1943 No. 48

WOMEN BREAK LOOSE

^ H E FEDERAL Bureau of In-vestigation reports an alarming

increase of crime and offenses among women and girls. Boom conditions and easy money In the hands of youthful persons are held responsible for many of these out-breaks. Most of the women and girls are using the new money with discretion and judgment. There are some who can't stand prosperity, and who may not be safe if the money flows In freely.

In some of the homes where both parents are .working, ' there may be daughters who find it easier to earn a good pay envelope than to Invest or spend it wisely, tf they would put their spare csoh Into war bonds, it would be a wonderful help to them In getting more education, or a s a beginning fo r establishing marr ied life on a strong founda-tion. s

(THE COMPLAINING SPIRIT

J F ONE IS TEMPTED to com-plain about this or that minor

discomfort,, he might well think of our fighting boys. The boys 1m the Jungles, for instance, struggling to fight with legions of pest» biting them, and in a sticky and sicken-ing tropical air. Or the men ex-posed to incessant rains, particular-ly! in cool climates, when their clothes may often be soaked for a long time. And the men who get no batbis as they fight on in the dirt and mire f o r days. Or the men In the deserts, under a super-heated sun that would wilt down a civilian in America in a few hours.

Such things make anything like a lack of butter or meat seem ra ther trifling, when we still have plenty cf good food. I t m t y bo our national privilege tq groan a little, but some sense oi proportion tells us to laugh a t minor troubles.

FACTORIES IN RUINS

' p w o THOUSAND German fac-tories are believed to have been

wrecked by bombs dropped from Allied planes. As many photographs of such devastation are taken af ter-ward, It Is to be- supposed tha t this estimate is fairly accurate, Perhaps many of ftiese plants were only partly demolished, but when you reduce a considerable proportion of a workshop to ruin, the pnA ductlon of the rest is usually hamp-ered or stopped.

The Nazis have had In reserve masses of war. material, so that it may. take some months yet to see the full effect of this destruction. One would think that before win-ter comes again, 'we shall see Nasi military power show signs of heavy loss. The Nazis sowed the wind of the most cruel attacks on cities, and now they a re reaping the whirl-wind of a f a r greater destruction:

Board of Trade - On Flying Start E n t h u e i a s m Marks Firs t

D inne r Meet ing The first meeting of the Board of

Trade since the annual election of officers In February was held at the Lowell City Hall, Wednesday eve-ning, March 31, I t was a great meeting, beginning with a splendid supper served by Lowell school teachers who • v n washed the dishes. Mrs. W. W. Gumoer looked af te r the supper arrangements. Ladles of the community provided delicious casserole style food, from their own kitchens, hardly an ar-ticle of which called for ration stamps. Royden Warner presided at the piano for the group singing, which followed the dinner.

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Dr. J, H. Richer I Dies in Florida

Funeral services were held in St. Petersburg, Fla., for Dr. John Har-rison Rlckert, aged 82, who died there on Friday, April 2.

"Had" Rlckert, as he was fami-liarly known by the older residents of LOwell, was born in Keene^p., June 28, 1880, and moved to Low-ell with his parents when a boy of about 12 years. He attended the Lowdl schools and after studying to become a dentist returned to his home town where he practiced for several years.

Dr. Rlckert was also well known as a musician in this vicinity, hav-ing played in orchestras with the late R . D. Stocking and Harry Sherman. He also helped tp organ-ize the Lowell Building and Loan association, and was a member of the Masonic lodge.

Dr. Rlckert moved from Lowell to Greenville, then later to Detroit where he practiced for several years before moving to England. He resided in England with Mrs. Rlckert about 32 years. In the sum mer of 1940, because of. Ill health and ) conditions brought about by the war, they came to the United States to remain for the 'Juration.

Surviving besides t h e w i f e , Louisa, Is one sister, Mrs. Eva Look, and a niece, Mrs. Helen New-

Bruce C. Walter 1WS PresMent, B. of T.

Mr. Walter presided during the •business session following the din-ner, first calling upon all present to stand In silence for one minute to pay respect to the memoiy of Lt. Hoyt A. Phelps who died in the service of his country on March 25.

Mr. Walter reported that the old cannon in the West Side Park had been sold for junk and that the proceeds amounting to $35.00 had been given to the Red Cross war fund. Secretary H J . Rlttenger was called upon to read the com-mittee aaslgniments for the current year as follows:

B. M T. Committees

Budget—C, "Ft. Runciman, Day, Kslvfo LmHs, Mtr ls Oeorge Sversko.

Better Business—Richard Fife, Arnold Fairchllds, Dan Wlngeler, Theron Richmond, Howard Rltten-ger.

Village Improvement — F r a n k Newell, Dr. B. H. Shepard, N. E. Borgerson, Wm. S. Doyle, E. C. Foreman. —New Industry—Frahk McMahon, Dr. J . W. Trumble, H»»nry Weaver.

Program—M. N. Henry, Howard Smiley, Carl Preyermuth.

Sports and Recreation—Forrest Buck, Byrne MoMahon, W. 'A Roth, Jamos Gee, Carroll Burch.

4-H Club—Don McPherscn, Har-old Kelly, Theo Bailey, Ed Com-pagner, Robert Hahn, Ed Mueller.

Publ ic i ty-Harold Jefferles, Ed. Kiel, Claude Thorne.

Christmas Program—Herb El-zinga, L A. Weavor, F i ank Steph-ens, Bernie Bedell, Ed Reynolds.

Picnics—Peroy Read, Wm. Hart-, man, George Goul, Ray Avery, Jay Bolens. ,

T r a n s i t Workers —Lawrence Rutherford, John Arehart, Fred Hosley.

Officers and Directors

Following are the officers and directors who were elected a t the annual meeting; President, Bruce C. Walter; vice president, George Story; socretary, H. J. Rlttenger; treasurer, Ed Compagner. Direct-ors, the above named officers and Ji. D. Hahn, Claude Thorne and John Arehart ex officio.

Other Highlights

Acting upon suggestion of the Garden Lore Club the B. of T. has voted to offer S25 in War Savings stampd to be used as prizes for best Victory gardens raised upon the plot of ground alloted to the people of Lowell by C, H. Runclman for that purpose.

At the opening of the meeting President Walter called upon W. W. Gumser who gave an Interesting talk In support of the April War Bond sale which was received with hearty applause. Others who spoke Included Mrs. P. C. Peckham who outlined the splendid work being done In Lowell In making surgical dressings for the Red Cross and Don McPherson and County Agent K. K Vlnlng who discussed tenta-tive plans for the forthcoming 4-H club fair.

The meeting was a spirited one from beginning to end and augurs well for an active year for the B. of T. Lowell will be kSpt on the map.

Village street cleaners have been hard at work the past few days clanlng up sand and gravel and last remaining Ice from the curbs along the length of Main street and as a result the street presents a much neater appearance.

Mrs. Charles Doyle, local chair-man for the Red Cross, requests that If any person was missed In the Red Cross call and still wishes to contribute, he may do so. Phone Mrs. Doyle and you will be called upon.

Hardly a day passes but that the local fire department Is called out because of grass fires. On Tuesday there were four such calls. Grass fires are costing the village a heap of money. See Common Council no-tice elsewhere In this Issue regard-ing the necessity of obtaining a permit before etartlng such fires.

Leave It to the ladles of this community for knowing how to get up a good meal containing all of the essential vitamins a n d calories without encroaching upon precious ration stamps. That Board of Trade dinner was a real example of what can be done—even to pro-viding a second wedge of delicious homemade pie.

Excess purchase and hoarding of potatoes by consumers are prac-tices discouraged by officials who report that supplies the f irst of the year were only 1 per cent below normal. Federal food distribution administration officials suggest po-tatoes should be bought only as nended, baked or boiled with their Jackets on, or a t least peeled thin to conserve the minerals that lie close to .the skin.

One good way to show our affec-tion for the men and boys who have gone Into the armed services, Is to keep up the home town in such a fine condition that they will be proud of It when they come back. They think of the home town with deep affection. Meanwhile they are seeing fine communities as they go about the country, and perhaps noted places In foreign lands. This will make them more critical when they come back. They know what fine cities look like. If they get back and see that vthe old home town does not compare well with places they have seen, they will feel disappointment. Every time we put In good licks, Improving the home places, or cooperating for the general improvement of the com-munity, we help give the boys a happy feeling when they finally get back home.

Jokes, jests, jabs and jibes just by Jef f : I t Isn't just pressure these days that Is required to chew a sir-loin ftteak. . . . Even though It's a Victory garden, many a man Is go-ing to be tempted when he spades and finds fishing worms. . . . I t looks as though our farmers are able to grow anything, but farm labor. . . . The government suggests that housewives do their . own laundry. This has always been the rub around the tubs of Lowell. . . . With rationing, what are circus side-shows going to do for the "fat woman—the one and only . . . ."? . . , "It Is rather surprising," says Et ta Rlckner, " that proof readers have-n't committed suicide af ter cover-ing this much of the war." . •We're wearing out coupon No. 17," suggests Frances Jeff. ' "shopping with the A-B-C-D blues."

ell of Lowell. Throughout all his l i fe ,Dr. Rick- Spring Woolens for

ert maintained deefp interest in Custom Tailored Suits for Men Lowell affairs , having been a con-tinuous reader of the Ledger for f i f ty years. He was a gentleman of fine character and pleasing person-ality.

F R E S H BULK GARDEN SEED

We now have our full stock of guaranteed f resh bulk garden seed. Order your supply eartyv—C. H. Runclman Co., Lowell.

The Born line of woolens for spring, made to your measure clothes, shows plently of variety of 100% wool fabrics. Drop In a t your earliest convenience and see them.

Coons.

Repairs of tank cars In the Eas-ern fuel-carrying service cut Into oil deliveries in 1M2 by less than one-tenth of one per cen t

Republican Party Sweeps Michigan All candidates on the Republi-

can ticket were elected on Monday's biennial state election. The out-standing victory1 was that of Charles M. Zlegler who won the office of state highway commission-er which had been held by the democrats for the past ten years, under the reigns of VanWagoner and Kennedy.

The other successful candidates on the Republican ticket were Dr. Eugene B. Elliott, superintendent of public Instruction; R. Spencer Bishop and Ralph A . Hayward, regents of the U. of M.; Stephen S. Nlsbet, state board of education; Wlnfted G. Armstrong and Sarah VanHoosen Jones, state board of agriculture.

In the four-man race on the non-partisan ballot for justices of ' t e supreme court, (two to be elected^ Incomplete returns at th is writing; Indicate that the successful candi-dates are Nell E. Reid, republican and Bert D. Chandler, democrat.

In the two-man race for probate Judge of Kent county the victory went to Joseph R. Glllard who de-feated Menso R. Bolt by a margin that seems likely to exceed the 2.000 mark.

Lynn H. Clark, republican, was unopposed for re-election as county school commlesloner.

Incomplete returns indicate that both the constitutional amendments have been carried.

In Kent county the surprise of the election was the decisive vic-tory of Joseph R. Glllard, democrat* over Prosecutor Menso R. Bolt, re-publican, for probate Judge.

Lowell F.F. A. Boys Win High Honors

Lowell F. F. A. made a clean sweep in the regional F. F. A con-tests at Sparta, to which we sent three teams to compete.

T h e Parl iamentary Procedure team was composed of chairman, Vercel Bovee; secretary, Kekh Franks, team members, Howard DeGood, Alfred Thomet, Roger Krum and Richard Blcrl as alter-nate. This team won first by a margin of 17 points over nearest competitor, fielding

Stanley Ralys, a peak in# on topic, "Farmer Soldier on the Front", was the Lowell- F. speaker who won first place b y a margin of 635 points.

Richard Bowell and GfOlge M#t-ternick entered In a Livestock Louse Prevention contest and were award-ed f irst place.

The boys in these three teams will go to East Lansing on April 14 and 15, to represent the Lowell Chapter and one of the. seven re-gions in Mluhlgan. They will com-pete with other winning teams for the s tate championship. • By winning In these contests we received a total of $15 In prize money.

Kenneth Blerl and Dale Shade, as delegated, will represent the Lowell F. F. A. Chapter at State F. F. A. convention which will be held a t the same time.

Reporter, Roger. Krum.

NEWS OF OUR BOYS With The U.S. Flag

Staff Sgt. Albert C. Kyser and friend Corp. Louis Talon of Fort Sheridan, 111., spent Sunday with relatives here.

Pvt. Victor C. Lane, son of the late Mrs. Katie Lane, who was re-recontly Inducted, Is In the Infantry at Camp Butner, N. C.

Ted MacTavlsh who Just recently entered the Lockheed Vega Service School at Burbank, Calif., has been advanced to a Corporal.

Eugene Nlles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Nlles, who Is stationed at Camp Crowder, Mo., has received a promotion to the rank of Staff sergeant.

William Read, son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Read, who Is with the Maintenance Battalion at Camp Campbell, Ky., was promoted to the rank of Sergeant about the first of March.

Clifford C. Klumpp, Jr., 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford C. Klumpp, 228 West-av., Lowell, Is being trained for duty with America's sea forces at the U. S. Naval Train-ing Station at Great Lakes, 111.

Corp. Gerald Rollins, who has been transferred from Fort Wheel-er to Fort Bennlng, Ga., writes that he surely does enjoy the Ledger but scarcely has time to read it they keep him so busy* In school.

Ensign Richard L. Court has c o m p l e t e d his communications course a t Noraton, Conn., and spent from Thursday evening until Satur-day morning with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Court. He has been assigned to the commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet and left Saturday for the East coast on communcatlon duty.

Corp. and Mrs. Walter V. Graham returned to Fort Casey, Wash., Thursday after a 15-day furlough with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Graham and Mr. and Mrs. Anton Wlngeler. On Friday eve-ning about thirty guests were enter-tained a t the Wlngelnr's In their honor. They also called on uncles and aunts In Lansing and Marshall.

Mrs. Otto Wlsner was called to a the phone early last Sunday morn-

receive bir thday congratu-lations from her son, A|C Allen Wlsner, who is stationed at the Santa Ana prefllght training school. At the time Allen was enjoying a week-end paso, visiting his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Colburn (nee Ruth Wunsch), in Long Beach, Calif.

Esteemed Pioneer Enters Into Rest

Mrs. Emma Winegar White, wid-ow of the late Frank N. White, and a resident of Ldwell for nearly her entire life time at £8 years, passed away a t the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. C. Delmel, in Detroit, Tuesday morning, April 8, 1943.

Funeral services will be held In Detroit this (Thursday) a t 1:30 p. m., and In Lowell on Friday a t 2:30 p. m. in the Roth Chapel with Rev. C. E. Pollock the officiating clergyman.

Emma Winegar, daughter of Rob-ert and Hannah Winegar was born June 23,1858 In Lowell. She attend-ed the Lowell public schools, and af te r finishing taught school In the MnBrlde dis t r ic t

She was married to F rank N. White »nd to this union four chil-dren were born, all of whom sur-vive her. They are Mrs. E. .C. Delmel, Detroit, Robert I . White, Chicago, Dr. F. E. White and Ar-thur N. White, both of Lowell. There are also 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Mrs. White was an active mem-ber of the Lowell Methodist church for a great many years. Since the death of her husband 18 years ago, she has made her home with bar daughter in Detroit, exceipt for sev-eral weeks during each summer when they returned to the family home which they still maintain in Lowell. Burial will be In Oakwood

Lt. Bruce McMaiion Misses Home Town

Lieut, J . Bruce McMahon, with the U. S. Army Air Forces, writes from Blythe, Calif, to thank the Ledger for the "swell service" he has been receiving on his paper. He says. In part. 'There ' s no need of telling you what the home town paper means to me, the many let-ters you receive f rom the fellows In here. Is proof enough of its Im-portance. My bombardier, Lieut. Bond, never falls to read my Issue and he's f rom Wisconsin! I think we can amend your statement to read, 'the best little paper In the middle west.1

Main street will never look the same with the old west King mill gone. If many more alterations take place I m sure I'll never re-cognize It as the fa i r city I left a year ago. Please go easy on the old town, eh?

"The outfit I 'm assigned to Is a heavy bombardment group using the Flying Fortresses exclusively. Make no mistake, these ships are even better than the publicity they have been receiving. There's no ship In the air today that com-pares with them.

"Most of the B17's have feminine names like the Mary Ann and many others. Although ships like these are always referred to as 'she', the only she they remind me of Is Pansy Yokum! In a case like this I guess you'd rerer to the en-emy as Skunk iHJollowers, right?

"My job as f irst pilot, or air-plane commander, doesn't end when on the ground. I 'm personal-ly responsible for nine men of my crew. Patching up small squabbles and arranging for passes, etc.. Isn't so tough. But t rying to get these fellows to the Inf i rmary for their

Pvt. Harold Semerly, just recent-ly Inducted Into the army. Is nowj a t Camp Callan, Calif.

Pvt. Clark Morse, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Morse, has been sta-tioned at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

The Ledger wishes to acknowl-edge receipt of a copy of the "Army Veterans' News" from Lt. John J. Lalley, who Is assistant director of physical training at Deming, New Mexico. Jack says: "I am sending you a copy of the Army Veterans News In which our field has re-ceived recognition of which we are very proud. Lt. Hank Greenberg works out of this area and his recommendation of our program was very high. Since he last vis-ited here we have received con-siderable praise from higher com-mands as to the functioning of our program And the objectives which we are attempting to accomplish. Things are going swell and I en-Joy my work very much."

Earle Doyle "Acquires" North African Souvenirs

Renis Doyle Is In receipt of a letter from his son. Earl Doyle, dated N. Africa, March 3 from which the following excerpts were taken:

"I have 'acquired' a German bayonet and a French pistol. The bayonet Is a honey and belonged to a igoiy by the name of Ernest Konze which I thought was rather a coincidence. I am sorry to Inform "Bob Starkey that his mirror was lost when the luftwaffe paid our residence a little visit, but I will give him the bayonet which is about three Inches shorter than our own and would make an excellent hunting knife.

"The other day I found a German tank and on the motor, what do you think I saw in large letters? 'Made In Dearborn, Michigan'. Oh, Dad, It's a great war. I am fine and don't worry about me. Earl."

Notice—The Office of War In-formation imposes certain restric-tions regarding the publication of addresses of men In the armed services, and In order to comply with such regulations this netws-paper will hereafter omit certain designations regarding m i l i t a r y u n i t s etc. Complete addresses should be obtained from near rela-tives".

Notice of Annual Meeting

Annual meeting of the Saranac Protective Association will be held at Legion Hall, Saranac, Wednes-day night, A/prll 14 at eight o'clock. c48 —Fred N. Raymond.

Former Resident Dies in Newaygo

There will be a short service at 4:15 this (Thursday) afternoon at the family lot In Oakwood cemetery for Mrs. Myra Llllle Forman. 59, who died at hei home In Newaygo Saturday, April 3, following a heart attack. Mrs Forman was born In Coopersvllle, but lived In Lowell many years prior to and following her marriage to Clyde Forman, also of Lowell, April 1, 1908. She graduated from Lowell high school with the class of 1902 and also taught In the Lowell schools.

Besides her husband, she Is sur-vived by two sons, Robert, with the U. S. armed forces In Africa, and Richard, an army pilot stationed on the west coast; three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Laurenson, San Francisco, Miss Helen Louise For-man, also of San Francisco, and Mrs. Isabelle Llppert of Detroit; ' five sisters, Mrs. Austin Coons and Mrs. Jennie Engle of Lowell, Mrs. Laura VanAUsburg of Newaygo, Mrs. Louise Walkley, Lansing and Mrs. Earl Speaker of Lake Orion.; also one brother, Bert Llllle of Honor, Mich.

The pilot son, Richard, was rcuchcd on the wear coast and ar-rived by plane Monday, several days ahead of the two daughters, also in California, who because of priorities had to come by train. One sister, Mrs. Speaker, also came f rom Florida, where she had been spending the winter-. •

Funeral services will be held a t 2:00 p. m. this (Thursday) af ter -noon In Newaygo with burial In Lowell.

Laid to Rest With Impressive Rites

Relatives and friends In large numbers turned out to pay last respects to Lieut. Hoyt A. Phelps, who was laid to rest in Oakwood cemetery last Thursday afternoon. Services were held In the Methodist church, and as the long procession made Its way toward the final resting place, tribute was paid by 700 school pupils, who, standing a t attention, lined both sides of the streets for several blocks, with flag bearers a t each end of the columns —an impressive sight.

A firing squad from the U. S. Army Weather School at Grand Rapids, accompanied by a color bearer and their commanding offi-cer, gave a salute at the grave, and as a last gesture towards a fallen comrade, a B-24, four-englned bomber, winged overhead, followed by a smaller plane which circled the skies until the end of the cere-mony.

WPA Projects Aid to County

Many New Bridges, Roads Result of Intensive

7-Year Program Forty - two new and rebuilt j

bridges and more than 500 miles; of road and street Improvements a re among the major Improve-ments accctnplished throughout Kent county In the seven years that the WPA, Kent county road commission and the various town-ships collaborated In work proj-ects, Otto S. Hess, engineer-man-ager of the county road commis-sion reports.

During those years the units spent a combined total of $5,314,-674 for work in every township In the county Hess adds, with the WPA contributing $3,643,349, or 6a per cent, and the road commission and the townships contributing a combined total of $1,671,325, or 31 per cent. Of this latter total, $401,-000 was voted by the townships.

From Outset

"We have been told by George H. Waring, who headed the WPA in this district, that the Kent coun-ty road commission got more good out of the WPA program than any other similar unit," Hess states.

He added "this probably can be traced to the fact that in Kent county we participated In the WPA project program from the outset, at one time having a peak load of 2,500 men on our projects, while many counties and road commis-sions did not realize the full value of what the WPA had to offer un-til a long time af te r It had been in existence. Another Important feature, I believe, was the fact that, in co-operation with the WPA, the road commission at all times had full supervision of Its program, and our. plans developed without many hitches."

The bridge program, which in-cluded 20 entirely new structures and extensive rebuilding of 22 others, was In Hess' opinion, of the utmost Importance, while a close second was the Improvement of 126.7 miles of county roads. Im-provement of 68.2 miles of platted streets In Paris, Wyoming, Walker and Grand Rapids townships, near-ly half a mile of concrete paving, and 51 miles of blacktop surfacing.

Aid Minor Roads

Under the WPA program 358 miles of narrow minor roads also were grubbed clear of brush to make them more eaclly passablo, to Increase sight distances, and prepare for future Improvements.

The last WPA project executed in Kent county was the $85,000 Lee trunk storm sewer In Wyo-ming township, which was com-pleted in the record time of two months. This sewer Is 1.44 miles long. Another storm sewer, near-ly a mile long, was laid eai ller In the program. This was the West Leonard storm sewer.

Landscaping, grading, road-bulld-Ing, and drain work also was car-ried out under the WPA program In Johnson, Long Lake and Town-send parks.

"Look at the county map," said Hess. "There is hardly a corner In Kent county that wasn't benefited In-some manner. I t was a mlghtly worthwhile program."

UP and

By K. K. Vlnlng

4-H Achievement Day

Kent County 4-H Winter Clubs are making final plans for the 12th annual county-wide Achievement Day, to be held at Rockford high school, Saturday, April 17.

Ten district achievement days are being held previous to the coun-ty-wide event. The district shows are held to give the local folks a chance to see the exhibit and to eliminate some first and second years work. Programs are also planned at the local events.

The Rockford high school will be ready to receive exhibits Thursday afternoon, April 15, at 3:30 o'clock and will be open until 9:00 o'clock that evening for t h a t purpose. All exhibits must be in place and ready for the Judges by Friday a t 1 o'clock. Judging the exhibits, check-ing necetwary reports, and making awards requires considerable work.

The Achievement Day program proper will s tart Saturday morn-ing at 9:00 o'clock when the Rock-ford high school will be open for inspection of exhibits. The Rock-ford Chamber of Commerce are again cooperatlrtj to make the day a success. They will finish two free shows at the local theater, one at 9:00 o'clock and the other at 10:30 o'clock. The Association of Commerce are also furnishing a bottle of milk for each club mem-ber a t noon and to finish the day's program will offer door prizes fo r club members.

The afternoon's program will s tart at 1:30 o'clock. Lynn Clark, County School Commissioner, will be the guest speaker. Style show for both boys and girls will be part of the program with music and other entertainment. The Rock-ford high school Is m a k i n g this event possible by closing their school on Friday so that ex-hibits may be placed and Judged.

More than 1,000 club members will have a par t In the program this year.

Judges will be Miss Beatrice Boyle and Mr. P. G. Lundln, assist-ant club leaders from Michigan State College.

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War Loan

AUCTION SALES

Clarence Schwader, April 13

The farm I have been working for the past twenty years has been sold and I will sell at public auc-tion a t the farm 2 ^ miles south of Lowell on M-91, known as D. W. Miller farm or sometimes called the Post fa rm on Tuesday, April 13, starting at one o'clock sharp. With a good list of cows, horses, farm Implements and belt-power tractor. N. C. Thomas, auctioneer; Harry Day, clerk. See full list In this week's Issue of the Ledger.

cemetery. The death of Mrs. White marks j various yellow fever, cholera, typhus

the passing of a cultured lady, al-' * ways deVoted to her family and

and tetanus 'shots' Is really a Job.

About those deeds of valor you friends, active In her church and B p o k e o f j e f f r l l TOtUe f o r a .T [ D g , a f fa i rs of the community. s l d e . a t t b t T o k y o B h o w Admiral

Halsey meant when he said . . A young woman of Dallas, Tex.,

taking a man's place, Is a "sales-man" in an exclusive men's store.

and It there's anything left of the damned place, we'll burn it down!"

"Sincerely, J . Bruce"

STRAND CALENDAR

Thursday, Apr 8 - ' T r a l t o r With-in" with Don Barry and Jean Park -er; also "Apache Trail" with Lloyd Nolan and Donna Reed.

Friday and Saturday, April 9-10— "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" with Fay Balnter and Hugh Herb-e r t j also "The McGuerlns from Brooklyn" with Wm Bendix and Grace Bradley, and News,

Sunday and Monday, April 11-12— Mickey Rooney In "A Yank a t Eton" with Edmund Gwenn and Ian Hunter. Added News and Shorts.

Tuesday and Wednesday, April 13-14—George Sanders and Herbert Marshall In "The Moon and Six-pence;" also added Shorts.

Thursday, April 15—"Sf- otage Squad" with Bruce Bennett and Kay Harr is : alsc( "Code of the Outlaw" with Bob Steele and Rufe Davis; News.

Social Evening, April 9 Boys and girls in the 7th and on

up through the 12th grades are cor-dially invited to attend a party a t the City Hall this week Friday eve-ning, April », sponsored and super-vised by the Child Study Club.

A new and Interesting program has been arranged. Come at eight for three hours of fun. Music by the orchestra, community singing and games.

A good attendance Is our reward.

VICTORY GARDENS

There are still a number of plots available to the community for a Victory garden on the Runclman community garden plot. Anyone In-terested In having a Victory gar-den, please call Mrs. H. Englehardt or Mrs. John Headworth.

APPLIANCE R E P A I R SERVICE

Complete repair service for elec-tric ranges, refrigerators, washing machines, small appliances, also oil burners. Phone 168, Lowell Hot-point Co. c48

Notice to the Public

Before starting grass fires with-in the corporate limits of the vil-lage of Lowell, apply for permit at the office of the village clerk In the City Hall.—By Order of the Common Council. c48-4t

•STARTS APRIL 12

Sixty thousand "Gallants" are needed In Michigan to sell Bonds. This means one for each 100 popu-lation and Lowell needs between thirty and forty live wires who will volunteer. • I

All those who sell a t least $1,000 worth of "E" Bonds will receive a citation from State Headquarters. There Is no limit to territory. Those who will offer their" services will receive proper credentials and In-structions. Call Harry Day a t No. 3, or W. W. Gumser a t 2-F2.

The following are already en-rolled: B. A. McQueen, R B. Avery, C. R. Burch, F. F. Coons, Wm. S. Doyle, Herbert Elzlnga, E. C. Fore-man, W. W. Gumser, M. N. iHJenry, D. A. McPherson, Frank M. Newedl, Dr. Douglas Oatley, W. A Roth, C. H. Runclman, Ardls Schneider, Frank Stephens, D. A. Wlngeler, Rev. N. G. Woon, H. J. Englehardt, F. J . Hosley

Lowell's share of "E" Bonds Is $50,000. Any purchaser may call any Gallant and the Bond will be delivered to the home.

Do not fail to read the opening announcement on page 7.

Classified ads bring results '."Yy one and be convinced. tf

Wisdom Is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use—Thomas J. Watson.

Direct Challenge to Home-Town Merchants

(An Editorial)

The greatest shortage in the American economic system Is rub-ber. As a result drastic changes In the American mode of living will p obably be necessary. Most of Europe has gone back to "horse and buggy days," except there are few horses and no buggies. The automobile for civilian use Is almost non-existent

In America the automobile greatly changed our living. I t helped make cities bigger and small towns smaller, because people thought nothing of going 50 to 100 miles to shop. As automobile use Is re-stricted, the small towns will become more Important.

What does this mean to you, Mr. Small Town or Rural Bus-iness Man?

Doesn't It suggest that the small town Is about to have a rebirth as a trading center, and In this change Isn't there opportunity with a capital "O"? For these people "who have thought nothing of going 50 to 100 miles to shop" are going to think more about the wear and tear on their automobile tires. They are going to be-gin to think more about their shopping nearer home.

But do not think, Mr. Merchant, that people are going to be forced to trade with you because you are located where you are. I t Is not going to be as easy as that to get back the trade tha t has been going away.

The merchants In the cities aren't going to surrender that trade without a fight. They are going to bring their advertising mes-sage Into your community and they are going to use every method they can—Including perhaps the development of the mall order business—to hold on to that trade.

So you, Mr. Home Merchant, had better be stirring yourself r ight now before they get the Jump on you.

Preaching the doctrine of " t rade at home" Isn't enough. Urging people to support "home enterprise" isn't enough. You have got to show them why trading at home means money In their pockets. That they can buy as good quality a t home as elsewhere.

This car and tire crisis offers an opportunity for showing them. What are you going to do about it? And when?

The Ledger, which covers the Lowell trading area, can help you reach the people, no matter whore your store Is located In this area. You will always find us willing and ready to work for you as your salesman.

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HOW IDEAS HAVE CHANGED

A N E W S P A P E R joker r e m a r k s t ha t some boys who used to be

happy riding on the slow old hay-car t on a f a rm, eometlmes com-plain now If asked not to run t he i r ca r s 60 miles an hour.

Many folk have dr i f ted away f r o m the simple Interests of early youth. Some of them were once satisfied wi th the quiet diversions of an old t ime small town. jThe song of the birds, f ishing In the river, the wiclal picnic In the woods, gave them keen satisfaction. As^ they have gone out In the world, such simple th ings have often lost thei r zest. If they could be satisfied today w i t h the comradeship of fr iends, reading of newspapers and books, simple home amusements , the war t ime restrict ions would not annoy them so far , and they could ge t along on lean money.

-TOUGH- T I M E S

r p H E R E M A R K is f requent ly made t ha t the people a re living

through tough times, and they feel entit led to sympathy. Life of course h a s a lways had tough times, even when there w a s no war. Many people have tough t imes when their dea r ones are seriously 111 or are taken away. Many people had tough t imes In the recent depres-sion, when for years work w a s scarce. Many people have had speci-ally tough t imes of late, tf thei r men and boys have gone away to the Var , and are In scenes of dan-ger. I t Is tough not to hear f r o m them for many weeks, and to feel cons tan t anxiety.

Also many people In the districts where fuel oil wos rationed have had a tough time while living h poorly heated houses, par t icular ly if their water pipes froze. Many of them were old and ailing folks, not well equipped for such a strain. Many people have had tough t imes because their business had to close, or their jobs were lost due to war condit iona But many of this la t te r class have gotten along well, by f inding new opportunit ies In es-sential industries.

The re Is a very g rea t n u m b e r of people who have not had speci-ally tough times, and they should not Join any chorus of compla in t If they merely r a n a little sho r t of bu t t e r or meat , they have been able t o f ind plenty of good food. The re a re lots of good subs tit utea.

The g rea t major i ty of the peo-ple who have had really tough t imes have dons l i t t le oomfdaln lm. The women whose men have Joined the a r m e d forces hold their heada high, and one hears little lament ing f r o m them. They want their m e n to do their duty, and they see no uae In grieving, and they cher ish the hope of a happy re turn .

So If all we have suffered Is In the line of Inconveniences and de-privation, let u s not exaggerate little upsets, and th ink they a r e real suffer ing. Our privatlonu in Michigan a re slight compared wi th w h a t they s tand In Europe.

H O M E TOWN T H O U G H T S

H o m e town thoughts a re won-de r fu l things. They lead to town progress a n d prosperi ty. B u t though t s alone do not accomplish results, unless followed toy act ion and service end energet ic work . Our Board of Trade Is t ha t k ind of a n organization.

W h e n you buy s tuf f of the home •tores, you know it Is good a n d w o r t h the money. The home s to res can ' t atfford to give their home people any th ing else.

Some of the business people who t h i n k they can ge t a long with little or no advert is ing, come out like some f a r m e r s who th ink they need l i t t le or no fert l l l rer .

SOUTH BOSTON Miss Bails Yooog

Miss F r e d a F a h r n l spent the week-end wi th he r cousin. Miss Joseph ine Heator , In Orange.

Mrs . W m . Bustance, Mrs. Ha t t l e R icha rdson and Mrs. Nellie Leece of d a r k s v U l e spent Tuesday a f t e r -noon wi th Mrs. Nellie Young.

Miss B e t t y R o t h h a s been re-engaged a s teacher in the Lowe d is t r ic t l a Bown; .

M r . a n d Mrs. B e r t MoCall of L a k e Odessa spen t Sunday a f t e r -noon wi th her parents , Mr. and Mrs. F r e d Fah rn l .

George Koteskey of the South Bel l schood w a s awarded a prize of $8.00 In Defense s t a m p s on an essay on the subject , "How 1 Shall He lp to P roduce Food for Freedom," in a contes t fo r ru ra l school pupils, sponsored by the Ionia Co. AAA.

Mrs . Nellie Young a n d fami ly received a le t ter las t week f r o m P f c . W a r n e r Nash , who la In t h e sou thwes t Pacif ic . H e says the Island on which he is located w a s once a cocoanut p lanta t ion and the decay ing cocoanut* m a k e an ex-cellent place fo r fi les and mos-qui toes to thrive. Some of the t i m e he h a s helped guard pr isoners of w a r , w h o he says, a r e a sly and t r i cky race of people.

S g t Scot t O'Belrne Is leaving th i s week f o r Maxwell Field, Ala., a f t e r a fu r lough wi th the home folks.

Election Results Nearby Townships

The Republican t icket had no opposition In Monday's election In the townships listed below, the off icers elected being a s follows:

Buwne Township

Supervisor Fred Pa t t i son ; clerk, Leonard Johnson; t reasurer , E lmer D i n t a m a n ; h ighway commlspioner, Leonard W a r n e r ; just ice of the peace, Alden Po r r i t t ; board of re-view, J o h n Krebs ; constable, Pe te r F. Kline.

Vergonnes Township

Supervisor, Edwin D. Mueller; clerk, E lmer Wl t t enbach ; t reasurer , Vernlce F r a n k s ; h ighway commis-sioner, Guy Ford ; just ice of the peace, R. Bruce Tower ; board of review, Karl Blerl; constables, Carl Kropf , Albert Ford . William Muel-ler, F r a n k Jones .

The proposition to re turn to the caucus sys tem of nomina t ing candi-dates was lost, the vote being yes 50, no 106.

Ada Township

Supervisor, J . C. W a r d ; clerk, Charles H. Nelllst ; t reasurer , Hen-ry Fase ; high-way eommlMloner, Geonge Anderson; just ice of the ncace, Roy Richardson; board of review, J o h n VandenBurge ; con-stables, Pe te r VandenBurge, George Washburn , Berna rd Rooker .

Cascade Township

Supervisor. Reid C. Towne; clerk, Gerr l t B a k e r ; t r easure r , J a k e A Ocsterhouse; highway commission-er, Andrew Zoet; just ice of the peace, 4-year t e rm. Arch E. Wood; board of review, 2-year term, Ra lph P . Auble; constables, Ed. Oosterhouse, Alfred Scott , George Venneman, Alex Rocek.

Lowell Township

Supervisor , F r a n k L. Houghton; clerk, E l m e r S. Whi te ; t reasurer , Rosella Yelter ; h ighway commis-sioner, E lmer Yelter ; Justice of the peace, vacancy, Howard J . Rl t ten-ger ; Justice of the peace, full term, Howard J . R l t t enger ; board of re-view, Seymour Hesche; constables, F red Gramer , Orlwy Rulason, Eu-gene Carr , F r a n k L. Stephens.

ALTO NEWS* Mrs. F r e d Pa t t i son

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Hie Family and American Democracy

8—Rellglor

Our nat ional l e a d e n realize the Importance and necessity of reli-gion in the home and family. The Whi te House Conference on Chil-dren In a Democracy, called by the Pres ident , J an . 18-20, 1940, to con-sider child development, health, and protection in America, centered the nat ion 's a t tent ion on the needs of our children and youth. One of these needs admit ted by the Con-ference Is religion. The Conference made plans for enlarging the oppor-tunit ies fo r religion in normal f am-ily life.

Th is Conference recommended tha t nation-wide recognition be given to the fundamen ta l place of religion In the American f ami ly s o d cu l tu re ; t h a t p a r e n t s teaohers be a le r t to help chi ldren f ace life's s i tua t ions with the help of vi ta l a n d creat ive religion; t h a t f u r t h e r s tudy be made of the uses of religion in personal o o u a t d i n g I t recommended t h a t t h e churches emphasise their common ends and recognize ths l r common communi ty responsibilities. I t also recommend-ed t ha t pract ical s teps be t a k e n t o (1) m a k e more available the re-sources of religion a s a n Impor tan t f ac to r In the democract tc way of life, and ( I ) develop personal and social Integri ty. T o th i s end, t he conference formed a Commission, represen ta t ive of education and organized religious 'bodies, to s tudy ways of meet ing the child's need for religious education. jThus, our government has gone on record a s realizing and a t tempt ing to ac-complish w h a t the American fam-ily, t o a g rea t extent a t least, has failed to do! F o r t I t Is on the shoulderp of the family t ha t t he main responsibility fo r reUglous education of t h e child his, even more than on the church, cont rary to some present day opinions. This our government has realized, and has, therefore , t aken up the respon-sibility t h a t the family has shirked.

Examples of unsurpassed hero-Ism, coming to u s f r o m the present world war , have also stood ou t a s witnesses of the Christ ian f a i th and rsllglnn and itn neesssary place In our democrat ic way of life. P e r -haps no one m a n has done more to bring forcibly to the mind of every American citizen the u t te r basic necessity of f a i th In God than has the well-loved Edd ie Rickenbacker . The now famous s ta tement , "There a r e no a the i s t s In fox-holes", came out of the ter-rible hell of Bataan , (some say of W a k e Island, a s well) and h a s l e f t Its Imprint on the mind of the American citizen of the t r u th of the ut ter dependency of every soul on God, and of every soul 's u l t imate and I r refutable need of belief in Him. The unforget table s tory of endurance and heroism now known a s t ha t of "Three men on a R a f t , " aga in i l lustrates the s t rength t h e h u m a n soul receives f r o m an ad-mi t ted dependence on and fa i th In God. T ime and space do not pe rmi t cont inued reference to ex-amples, coming out of our part ici-pation In th i s world-wide holocaust, proving t h e f a s t Increasing reali-zation of all Amer ican democrat ic w a y of life. F a i t h in God Is democ-racy ' s oomenrtone.

(To be continued)

Alto Library Board Meeting

Mesdames Howard Bar t le t t , V L. Wat ts , Claude Sllcox and H. D Smith met wi th Mrs . Fred Pa t t i son F r iday for their quar ter ly m e e t i n g which followed a 1 o'clock lunch-eon. Pres iden t Smi th called the mee t ing to order and minutes were read by Mrs. V. L. Wa t t s . Alto l ibrary h a s the largest circulat ion in the county at present.

L ib ra ry Notes

New renta l s a r e "Mrs. Pa rk ing -ton" by Louis Bromfield; "The Bride Saw Red" b y Rober t Carson "Novsj ty On E a r t h " by Duley; "Be Young With Me" b j \ F r ances Fros t " F r o m This Day On" by Spaulding "Bend In the R ive r " by J a n Valt ln "No Match f o r Murder" by Webb "To a Blindfold Lady" by Joseph Put re l l and "Dead Center" by Col Una. Recent magazines were do-nated th i s week by S tan ton EUett and Mrs. Wm. Falrchlld.

Mrs. H. D. Smith, Librar ian

Farewel l Pa r ty

Mrs. George Tobias and Mrs. Ray Linton, were host eases for the fare-well pa r ty honor ing Wm. Reynhou t a t the Grange hall, Thur sday eve-ning, April 1. A large crowd w a s present , g a m e s and visit ing were enjoyed, and a delicious lunch served. A purse of $22 w a s coliecteu and presented t o Mr. Reynhou t by Basil H a y w a r d . Those p resen t ex-pressed their bes t wishes f o r his fu tu re , and Bill thanked t h e m for their g i f t and the p leasan t mem-ories he will have of h i s m a n y f r iends .

Whi te a r d e Aid

Mrs. F red A r t h u r will en te r ta in the Whi te Circle for t he i r social a f te rnoon Wednesday, April 14, a t 2 o'clock. Mrs. Claud Sllcox Is cha i rman of the r e f r e shmen t com-mittee.

Alto Locals

A fellow has to be a contort ionist these d a y s to pull through. H e h a s to keep his back to the wall and h i s ear to the ground. H e m u s t keep his chin up, his nose to the gr inds tone and put h is shoulder to the wheel. H e m u s t keep a level head and both fee t on the ground.

Ensign F r a n c i s Campau gradu-ated f rom Midshipman school a t Columbia Universi ty, N. Y.. M a r 31. H e was one of 50 f r o m a class of 980 to be chosen for immedia te service, and had to report to Nor-folk, Va., Monday morning to await t r anspor ta t ion to the Pacif ic , where he is assigned to an ammuni t ion ship serving the Pacif ic f leet .

Sugar m a k i n g has been the order of the day a n d some g r s n d syrup produced. Season closing and spr ing plowing is beginning. #

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gephar t enter ta ined the i r euchre club Mon-day night . A f t e r a cooperative sup-per, euchre w a s In play. Mrs. R. D Bancro f t and Basil H a y w a r d won f i rs t prizes, and Mrs. P e n y i Da-mouth and Claud Sllcox won conso-lations.

idr. and Mrs. Jul ius Wes te r and son R icha rd were Sunday dinner gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. Pau l Hof f -man of nea r Freepor t . Other gues ts were Mr. and M m Lewis Eldr idge and fami ly of MulHken, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Met ternlck Jr., and daugh-ter Connie, Mr. and Mra. J o h n An-derson and son, Arthur , and Miss Lucille Alexander of Lowell, the dinner* being in honor of A r t h u r Anderson who is home on a &-day leave f r o m the Grea t Lakec t ra in-ing station.

Mrs . E rnes t R o a r k and mother , Mrs. Roxle Ellis were T h u r s d a y supper gues ts of Mr. and Mra. El-m e r Ellis In Lowell and also called on Mrs. J enn ie Chaterdon in Ldw-ell.

Mr . and M r a Clarence Car r of Grand Rap ids were Wednesday cal lers of Mr . and Mrs. F r a n k Mac-Naughton .

Mr. and Mrs. Wal te r Ryde r of Grand Rapids , Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Dyger t and two children of Lan-sing and Ka te Curley called on Mrs. Carrie Dyger t and son Clate and wife Sunday.

Mr. and Mra. Claude Silcox called on Mr .and Mrs. Wayne B a n n a n (Rose Cummings) and new little daughter , Mary Louise, who a r -rived March 19. Mr. and Mrs. Sll-cox were d inner and supper gues t s of Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Cummings and daughter Barbara , all of Lan-sing.

Mrs. W m . Reynhout enter ta ined wi th a fami ly par ty fo r he r hus-band F r iday night . Mr. Reynhout lef t Sa turday fo r Camp Grant , HI.

Mrs. Lawrence Richardson spent Sunday a f t e rnoon wi th he r sister, Mrs. Clare Por r i t t .

Mr. and Mrs. R a y Linton enter-tained Mr. and Mrs. Harold Tha le r of Green for d inner Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Behler of Lake Odessa and Mrs. Rose Kiel of Lowell called a t the W a t t s home Sunday.

Mrs. Stella Cress of F reepor t came Monday to spent a few d a y s wi th her daugh t e r and son-ln-laAv, Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Bunker .

Mrs . Mary R a t h e r of LCwell spent Tuesday and Wedneaday wi th Mrs. B. R. Sydnam.

E m . 8|C Mar t in Devennsy, came home T h u r s d a y morning on an 8-day leave to visit hia wife a t t he Ted Scott home. They a re also visiting the i r p a r e n t s a t Wlll iam-ston a few days.

Corp. and Mrs . Wal t e r G r a h a m of For t Casey, Wash. , called on Mr . and Mrs. B e r t Sydnam Tuesday evening.

Mr. and Mrs . Wal t e r Ryde r of Grand R a p i d s were Sunday cal lers a t the R o a r k home, a n d Mr. and Mrs. Robe r t Johnson and chi ldren "and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J o u s m a and baby were d inner gues ts a t t he Roarks .

M r .and Mrs. Ed Clark spent Sun-day with their son Floyd and fami ly in Kalamazoo, and their g r and daughter , A u d r a re tu rned home with them f o r a week.

Mrs. T. T. Bra t ten of Riverside spent Sunday and Monday wi th her husband a t the F r a n k Kline home.

Mrs. Rueben Lee of South Lowell called on M r s Fred Pa t t i son and Mrs. Moff l t Wednesday.

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Mrs. Li la Overholt of Gaines was a Monday visitor a t her sister 's , Mrs. R a y Linton.

Mra. Emerson Colby and son Pe t -er of Ba t t l e Creek visited the S la t e r and Colby homea f r o m T h u r s d a y until Sa turday .

Lit t le Gall McMahon of Lowell spent a few days last week wi th her g randparen t s , Mr , and Mrs. J o h n Linton.

Mr. and Mrs. Don Flsk and daugh te r Bet ty and Junior Del tz of Beldlng were Sunday visi tors a t the Lawrence Gephar t home.

Mr. and Mrs. Sid MacNamgihton were Wedneaday guests of the i r slater and brother-in-law. Dr . and Mrs. W m , Nor th rup In Ionia.

Mr. and Mrs. F . E. Chamberla in and son of Lans ing were S u n d a y guests of Rev. and Mra. F. E. Cham-berlain. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Black-burn and three daugh te r s of Mon-tague were a f t e rnoon callers.

Sally Flnels of Lowell is spend Ing th i s week wi th her g r and par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. E lmer D i n t a m a n while convalescing f r o m measles.

Mr .and Mrs. R. D. Banc ro f t a n d children called on Mr. and Mrs. H e r b e r t Cronlnger Sunday . The Cronlnger chi ldren were ill wi th the f lu las t week.

George Skldmore has been U1 with pneumonia, b u t able to alt up a t thia wri t ing. Mra. Joasph lne Foote spent S a t u r d a y n igh t wi th them.

Mr. and Mra. Wm. Reynhout w e r e supper gues ts of Mr .and Mrs. Geo. Yaeger in Grand Raplda Wednea-day night .

Mr. and Mrs. E l m e r D i n t a m a n accompanied Mr. and M r a Gerald Flnels and daugh te r Sally to P o r t -land Sunday to call on Mra. Oscar Rice, who la confined to h e r bed wi th a h e a r t a i l m e n t

Mrs. Cora Vander l ip spent Mon-day night wi th he r daughter , Mrs. Floyd H u n t in Grand Rapids .

Mra. Haro ld Nye and Mrs. H . D. Smi th have made, and pu t in all buslneas places, acme very nea t and pat r io t ic glass con ta iners f o r the Box-a-Month d u b . Now w e can aee if one is ge t t ing low and help o u t

CARD O F T H A N K S

We wlah to t h a n k all thoae who were so kind to us dur ing o u r Ill-ness. p48 Wal te r Be igy and Fami ly .

STAR CORNERS M r a I r a Blough

Mr. and Mrs. Guy Quiggle and Bud of Cascade, Corp. and Mrs. Wal t e r Graham of For t Worden , Wash., w e r e Tuesday evening guests a t A E . WIngeler 's.

Mr. and M r a Harmon Olthouse, Mrs. F r e d F i t c h of Dut ton and Mrs. W m PnrhMi of Campau L a k # were Sunday a f t e rnoon visltora a t Wm. O'thouse's.

Mr. and M r a I r a E r b and fami ly were Sunday d inner gues ts a t the Aust in E t b home. Mr. and Mrs. Roy E r b and son were af ternoon ca l le ra Mrs. Lizzie Ferguson and J o h n Br igh ton of Grand Rapids, Mra. Alma and Glen Stahl were supper and evening guests .

M r a Albert Slabaugh accompa-nied Mr. and Mrs. L. S u t t e r to Illlnoia and I n d i a n a to a t t e n d a funera l of a relat ive recently.

Mra. Lloyd Blough and Mrs . Dar -ry Schut t of G r a n d Rap ids spent the week-end wi th the home folks. M r a Oeach and M r a Schu t t called on Mrs . Lenna Jchnaon Sunday a f te rnoon .

Mr. and M r a Phi l ip Wlngeler en ter ta lned a n u m b e r of f r i e n d s of Lowell and Grand Raplda and local vicinity to w a r m sugar l a s t week.

Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Blerl of Lowell were Wednesday evening callers a t t he J o h n Kreba home.

Mr. and Mrs. Z i m m e r m a n of Grand R a p i d s w e r e Sunday a f t e r -noon visitors a t the Stahl-Seese home.

Mr. and M r a F r a n k K a u f f m n n and chi ldren and Mrs. I d a K a u f f -man called a t t he H a r r y Johnson home In Grand Rapids, Sundny af te rnoon.

Callers the pas t week a t t h e R a y Seese home were Mrs. W m . Olt-souae, M r a Ashel Thompson, Mrs. Ellen Seese, Mrs. Aust in Miller and Mrs. E lmer Miller. Sunday visi tors were Mrs. Lloyd Link and Mrs Floyd McCherkln.

Mra. AUbie Lee of Grand Rap tdT spent Tuesday wi th her daughter , Mrs. Byron Weeks and family .

Rev. and Mrs. Andy H o f f m a n o i Charlot te were Thursday gues ts of Mrs. Lizzie H o f f m a n , and Mr i M a r t h a H a r r i s w a s a F r i d a y vis-itor.

Mr. and Mra. Harold N a s h and •on of Lowell a n d Miss Alice Nash were Sunday a f t e rnoon vis i tors a t the MIshler-Nash home. Mr. and Mra. Wil l iam Miahler and Gwendo-lyn were evening callers.

Mr . and Mrs. Milton Mlshler, Mrs. F a n n y Mlshler a n d son Erv in , and M/a Lydla K a r c h e r were Sunday dinner gues t s of Mra. Lizzie Hoff -man. Mr. and M r a Lem Zimmer-m a n were a f t e rnoon callera.

T h e T. Cook fami ly enjoyed warm sugar a t the F reeman H o f f m a n home Fr iday evening.

The contr ibut ions fo r the Red Cross f rom S t a r dis t r ic t were $121.25. Much credi t to Mrs . Alma Stahl and Mrs. Eugene Krauss .

Gary Nash had the misfor tune to b reak his a r m Tuesday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Weeks of Lowell were Sunday af ternoon gues ts a t Byron Weeks'.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blough were Thur sday supper guests a t I ra Blough 'a

Mis . Ellen Seese is spending a few weeks with he r daughter , Mrs. Wm. Olthouse and husband.

Mr. and Mrs. Byron Weeks and daughters spent Fr iday evening a t the Floyd Stahl home.

Up and Down Kent County Roads Cont inued f r o m f i rs t page)

W a t e r Up a t Boatwlck

We stopped a t the 4-H Club Camp a t Bostwick Lake the o the r day and found the wate r r ight up a t the camp'a f ron t door. Laat year 's campers will remember the f i re circle where c a m p fires were held. Well this a r e a Is half under wa t e r and unless the lake goes down a new si te fo r campf l res will have to be held. The c a m p went t h rough the winter in good shape. The white pine trees m u s t have had a heavy crop of seeds fo r the g rounds are covered wi th cones. Wind blew off a small piece of roof ing on one cabin. S o m e Improvements are planned fo r c a m p this year . Ten ta -tive dates fo r this year 's session In camp a r e Ju ly 8 to the 22.

N o Order Necessary

Maurice Sowerby, of Oakfield township dropped in the off ice the other day. In the course of the dis-cussion h e told u s he tr ied to buy aome seed b e a n s bu t the dealer inaiated he have a n order f r o m the County W a r Board. I t was a new one on u a We called the food liviaion a t O. P . A. They told us here wan no need fo r a w a r board

order bu t t he seed dealer or any f a rmer aelling aeed muat keep a record of t h e sa le of b e a n s f o r seed, who bought them, the a m o u n t s any ge rmina t ion records. These should be kep t a s a m a t t e r of record.

How to P a c k a g e Vegetables

Ken t -Ot tawa Vegetable G r o w e n Association will mee t April 18 a t the Wyoming P a r k h igh school a t 8:00 o'clock in the e v e n l y . Dls-cuasion will center a round how to bundle a n d package vegetables fo r m a r k e t Lack of rubber bands, twine and cer ta in p a c k a g e s h a s created a serious si tuat ion in the vegetable Industry.

Out of c i ty apeakera will discuss With the g rowers the i r m a r k e t i n g problama

Still G r e a t e r E f f o r t s In IMS

Michigan 4-H Clubs gave good service In food production In 194f and are m a k i n g plans to mater ia l ly Increase the i r e f fo r t s t h i s year .

A G. K e t t u n e n repor t s t h a t In 1942, 12,000 boya e n d gir ls h a d crop projects wor th $440,000. Six hundred beef c lub member s produced 300 tons of beef wor th $96,000. Da i ry club m e m b e r s totaling) over 4,000 had an ima l s and produced dairy products wor th $480,000. P i g club members produced over 400,000 pounds of p o r k wor th $60,000.

MORSE LAKE Mrs. Lisle Clark

SOUTH SIDE—SBGWUN Mrs . Char les Young

Mr. a n d Mra. Lynn F le t che r and Alyn s p e n t Sa tu rday a f te rnoon With t he i r daugh t e r and aister, Mra. Russel l Slble, n e a r Ionia

Lit t le Sal ly Winks a n d Sharon MuHen have the meas lea

E a r l B lauch and J a c k vBaum of Grand R a p i d s were callera Sunday a f t e r n o o n on Alyn Fle tcher .

M r a H e r r o n vlalted S a t u r d a y a f t -e rnoon a n d Sunday wi th Mr. and Mra. A r t h u r Jus t i ce a t Clarksvllle. Mr. a n d Mra. Jus t ice b rough t he r home S u n d a y a f t e rnoon a n d called on Mr." a n d M r a J o h n Tucke r .

Mr . a n d M r a Clarence Chamber s and eon of W a y n e called on her p a r s n t a Mr. a n d Mra. J o h n Tucker , S a t u r d a y evening and on Sunday called a g a i n with his parents , Mr. a n d Mra. L e r o y Chambers .

U. A H a w k of W a y a e spent the week-end wi th his f ami ly here .

Mlsa Vlrgle Risen of G r a n d Rap -lda s p e n t Thur sday evening with he r p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mra. Clyde R icha rds .

R i c h a r d Young was a m o n g those w h o w e n t to C a m p G r a n t S a t u r d a y morning .

Mr. a n d Mrs. Rober t Bai ley and sons called a t the Char les Young home S u n d a y a f fe rnoon .

Mr . a n d Mra. Loyal Mullen of L a n s i n g w e r e week-end gues ts of h is pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mullen.

Mr. a n d Mra. Clarke Fle tcher of Wayne , Mr . and Mra B u r k e Ken-yon a n d baby son of BeEsville and Mr. a n d Mrs. Russel l Slble of Ionia apent SumDay wi th their paren ts . Mr. and Mra. Lynn F le tcher and Alyn

Mrs. Lloyd Sbahl and. baby daugh-ter, Dorene, apent a couple of days with her p a r e n t s Mr and Mrs Floyd Yelter

Mr. and Mra. George iHtoughton and daughter Ela ine were aupper gueata Wedneaday evening of her s i s ter and family, Mr. and M r s . Ear l S imons In G r a n d Rapids.

Cal lers a t Lisle Clark's du r ing the week were Mr. and Mrs . Clair Yel ter of Freepor t , Mrs. V. R. Jacobs , Mrs. George Wieland and daugh te r s a n d Mrs. F red Da l s t ra and daughters .

Miss J e a n n e Metternlck, w h o has been working In BatUe Creek, has been t r ans fe r red to u r a n d Rap ids again. She Is enjoying this week 's vacat ion with her parents , M r . ^ n d Mra. Mat t Metternlck.

Mra. E m a n u e l Yelter la con-valeaclng f r o m pneumonia In Blod-ge t t hoapltal, Grand Raplda.

M r . and Mra. Floyd Lambaon apen t Sundny wi th her paren ta , Mr. and Mra. E r n e a t Engllah, a t K e n t City.

Don ' t fo rge t the Morae L a k e PTA a t the achoolhouse F r iday n i g h t April 9. An Intereattng p r o g r a m Is being plarnind by Mra f W r g e Houghton a n d a box social la to be the event of the evening.

Mr. and Mrs. War ren Hepf lnge r of Grand Rap lda called on Mr. aud Mrs. Lealle Hobba Sunday a f t e r -noon.

Mra. Charlea Sterzlck visited he r sister , Mrs. Glenn Yelter, l e s t week Thur sday a f t e rnoon .

Mr. and Mra . Fred D a l a t r a a n 4 f ami ly were Sunday a f t e rnoon vie-Itora of her b ro the r and wife, Mr. a n d Mra. Mar t in Johnaon, a t Byron Center .

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F a n n y w a s thoroughly a n g r y a t h e r swimming teacher.

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little girl of Chelsea were S u n d a y dinner gues t s of Mr . and Mrs. Glenn Higglna.

Mr. and Mra. Ellsworth R a y m o r of S a r a n a c were Sunday a f t e rnoon caUera a t the Rlckert-Cahoon home and evening callera were Mr. and Mrs. Guy R l c k e r t and two children. G u y Glacier of Orleans was a Mon-day morning guest.

Luel la iHlgglna la IH with the meaales. Li t t le Rober t Sparka and Gayla Spa rka were quite 111 wi th the meaalea laat week.

Mr. and Mra. Loul i Blough vis-ited a t t he Glenn Weeka home Sun-day n ight and Mouday.

Kenne th Smllay of Ba t t l e Creek apent last Sunday with Wayne Hosklns.

Mr . a n d Mra. Lee Jonea re tu rned to the i r f a r m last week a f t e r spending the winter a t the i r Ionia home.

Ixmiae AveriU, who la a t t end ing business college In G r a n d R a p l d a apent the week-end wi th her pa r -ents here.

Mra. H . R . Chamberlain, Daisy R lcke r t Dor i s Oeach and P a u l Rickerf a t t ended the fune ra l of

their brother-in-law, Dell Wea ther -by, In G r a n d Raplda Monday. H e was a f o r m e r resident of Keene.

For rea t Renwlck entered Blod-get t hoapltal laat Tueaday fo r ob-aervatlon.

Mr. and Mra. Milo Read and aon of Muakegon were week-end gueats of Mr. a n d Mra. W a r r e u Reed.

The Idea l Club wHI be enter ta ined by Mrs. J u n e Mlchaud April 8 fo r the regular meeting.

Mr. and Mrs. C. J . Nye of Green-ville were S a t u r d a y n igh t caHers of Mr. and Mrs . Glenn Weeks and f a m i l y

Delbert Hardj? re turned home f r o m Det ro i t last F r iday a f t e r spending a week with h is daugh t e r and family .

Benea th the spreading ches tnu t t ree The vlllagie smithle snoozes;

No nag, slnoe 1928 B a a b e e n to him for shoeses;

Bu t no>w t h e r e Is no gasoline. The smi th le cannot sneoae.

Ins tead of c a n , there will be seen Nags, w h o m u s t have shoos.

Ordera f r o m Uncle S a m a r e to X-r a y every m a n before he la t a k e n into the a r m e d forces. A ches t X-r a y p i c tu re will show tuberculosis before a person feels sick.

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R e v . a n d Mra. E m o Auaema of f o i l i n g , HI., spent Monday a f t e r -noon a n d n ight wi th Mr. a n d Mrs. Fred Houseman .

M r . a n d Mrs. Claude Cole spent S u n d a y w i t h Mr. and Mrs. Kenne th Ingensoll In Kalamazoo.

W m . Hesche spent the week-end wi th h is sister , Mrs. Amel ia CSark, In Kalamazoo.

Mr . a n d Mra. She rman Reynolds a t t ended the fune ra l S a t u r d a y of the i r brother-in-law, B . F . White , a t Cfeledonla

Mr . a n d M r a J a k e P r o s e and d a u g h t e r Nel l of Grand IRaplds were S u n d a y gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. F red H o u s e m a n .

Mr . a n d Mra. Lawtoa Cole and daugh te r s , spen': S u n d a y evening wi th Mr. a n d Mra. W m . FalrchUd a t Alto.

Mr. a n d Mra. Mart in Schneider of Sou th Lowell called on Mias Ethe l Shilton F r i d a y af te rnoon.

Mr . a n d Mra. Clarence Snyder of Ka lamazoo spent Sunday wi th Mr. and Mra. She rman ReynoSds.

Mrs . Claude Cole received a card a n n o u n c i n g the bi r th of a son, E r n e a t Dean, to Mr. and Mrs. F r a n c i s Lawrence (noe K a t h r y n Slsson) of F l in t on April 8.

Mr. and Sirs. J a c k S tephen and daugh te r . Rose Marie of Det ro i t spen t the week-end wi th Mr. and Mrs. R a y m o n d Hesche.

L e d g e r w a n t ade br ing results.

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" T R A I L E R V A G A B O N D "

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By WARREN BAY LEY

C U L V E R CITT, CALIF., METRO-GOLD WYN-MAYER STUDIO

Moat of us t a k e ou r movies fo r g ran ted . We en joy one o r we don't , h a t w e do not t a k e Into oonslderat lon the a lmost unbeliev-able Ingredients t h a t go Into Its making .

,On lot 1 a t th i s studio the re is a two-story concrete building tha t houses the make-up depar tment . H e r e tho f amous J a c k Dawn and his co rps of experts can, in one hour , m a k e 1,200 people appear to be w h a t t h e ^ a re not. Wigs, plastic make-ups, beards, mous taches and other med iums do the t r ick. Dawn is a sculp ture as well as a n art is t .

Another building conta ins the .wardrobe depa r tmen t where clothes m a k e the man—and the woman. H a n g i n g row upon row a re cos-tumes , u n i f o r m s of every nat ional-ity, period clothes f r o m Colonial bust les t o the grass sk i r t s of Afr i -can belles. H i t s depar t ipent handles a s m a n y a s 8,000 players In a day. Here Irene, t he , f a m o u s designer, c rea tes those gorgeous gowns fo r H e d y L a m a r r , J o a n Crawford, Gre ta Garbo, E leanor Powell and many o the r feminine s tars .

A research depa r tmen t , which answer s an average of 500 ques-t ions a day, assures authent ic i ty In every detail In every picture. Fi les range the walls, conta ining d a t a and photographs, books and documents cover ing every known subject . The researchia ts could. If they had the t ime, baff le any quiz p rog ram on t h e air .

A mus ic depa r tmen t , w i th a per-sonnel consist ing of dtetingulshod composers and song wr i te rs , Is coikstantly crea t ing tho melody fo r pic tures . The l ibrary qar r ies more

a re there . Along with these depa r tmen t s on

this lot of varied Interest a r c the cu t t ing rooms, " the hope and des-pair of ambitions." On the cu t t ing room floor a re the discarded cellu-loid l ikenesses of those who fall . I t has to be t h a t way, t rag ic a s It sounds. Not every asp i ran t Is a potential s tar . Skilled fi lm editors study the f i lm wi th microscopic care. A hopeful youngster Is tes ted before the cameras and the resul t Is f lashed on a project ion room screen. F rom this have come the celebretles who now dominate the Hollywood scene.

F a r hack on the lot a re the f i lm vaults—concrete pill boxes—now protected behind g rea t plies of sandbags . I n these vaul ts is buried t reasure—the negat ive f i lm of tr i-u m p h a n t pictures , each In Its meta l can, sealed and Inanimate, ye t s t rangely throbbing with life. T h e r e Is a s tory In these vaults—the s tory of Hollywood t ha t has not yet been wr i t ten .

Then , t ravel ing to " the back lot" —where exter iors a re fi lmed, we come to the s t ree ts of New York and Chicago, London and Parl i jus t a round the corner a min ing town and beyond quain t Now Eng-land village wi th its white-spired church . There is a jungle, and a few y a r d s f a r t h e r on Carvel, the town where the f a m o u s H a r d y Fami ly , of the screen, lives those stories which so many millions follow with avid interest . In ano ther aectlon there s t ands a gray, forb idding prison; some dis tance away a rail-way station, and—believe it or not. In the mos t remote corner of the lot, a zoo, with Hons, elephants , wa t e r buf fa lo t ha t s ta r red in "The Good E a r t h " and o ther p ic tures .

t h a n 2,000,000 Items. Classic o r | a couple of camels and severa l swing, It 's there . The M-G-M music I American buffalo. Certainly It Isn't d epa r tmen t Is appropria te ly Hol ly- ' too much of a n exaggerat ion to wood's Tin P a n Alley. Near ly alii say of this m o v h wonder land-of the noted Broadway sbngsmlths! has everything.

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T o w n s l ike t h e above a r e bufl t toprovlde the background f o r j u s t one s o m e t h a t m a y run f o r one m i n u t e on the screen. T a k e n o n lot No. 2, Metro-Gokhvyn-Mayer Studio, Cuiver City, Calif. — S t o r y by Tra i le r Vagabond.

" T R A I L E R VAGABOND" is spdhsored and appears in this paper t h rough the cour tesy of

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

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Weeds Play Part In Wartsae Sakd

An untold weal th of weeds s t ands ready this spr ing to t a k e some of t h e edge f r o m food ra t ion ing f o r persona w h o are will ing t o t r a m p the wooda a n d Idle f ie lds and g a t h e r the e n s p tops before the weeds g r o w rank .

A t least n ine such weeds ge t a recommendat ion f r o m Dr. H. ,T. Darl ington, bo t any professor a t Michigan S t a t e College. There ' s a s m u c h or more p leasuro In the ga the r ing a s there is In the eating, he says.

Lead ing the list is t he well-known dandelion, ga thered like the res t when young a n d tender , b u t usually avai lable right in the f r o n t lawn. F o r a crisp salad, t h e dandelion can b e blanched b y loosely cover" Ing wi th several l aye rs of paper weighted a t the edges.

Common In Michigan Is the cur ly dock or yellow dock. Th is should be ga the red young and tender, be-f o r e It g e t s a foot high, a n d oooksd a s a pot herb . As f o r dandeUona, f o r those w h o fai l to apprec ia te t h e b i t t e r taste, t he cookln® wa te r should be changed several t imes d u r i n g the brief cooking period.

A cousin of sp inach Is In the group. Thla Is lamb's qua r t e r s , us-ually found In cul t ivated f i e l d s Cu t t i ng f o r the table should be when p l an t s a r e six to 10 Inches high, cooked aa spinach f o r a b o u t 20 minutes . The mar sh marigold o r Amer ican cowallp Is ano the r edible p lan t f r o m which leaves and s tems a r e boiled and served aa spinach is nerved.

The t rue wa t e r cress is fami l ia r to many . I n Michigan it iu common In hilly a reas , f o u r ' ' ^a a b rook elde g rowth float! ' . ; ; > t h e clear, cold wa te r . Lea rtu a n d tender shoota a re used f c - salad.

Wild chicory can be t rea ted like the dandelion. Boiling he lps t o rid the dlah of the n a t u r a l b i t t e r taste . P o k e or akoke la no t a s common a s the o the r s bu t is well known In eas te rn atates. Common chick-weed, ano the r lawn pest, resembles spinach In t r e a t m e n t and tas te .

Pu r s l ane Is In th i s edible weed group b u t Is more of a V a r m w e a t h e r c rop and will no t be com-m o n unti l Victory g a r d e n s likely a r e o t t e r ing a m o r e n a t u r a l weal th of table greens, vi tamina -t.id min-srala .

THIS AND THAT FROM AROUND

THE OLD TOWN

Joann Ellis spent the week-end with Sue Houghton In Ionia.

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Coons and David visited f r i ends In E a s t Lan-sing Sunday af ternoon.

Mrs. Eld Hotchkiss and daugh t e r Evelyn were Sunday dinner gues ts a t the J o h n Schwab home In Rock-ford.

Clare Phillips re tu rned to his work a t Willow R u n a f t e r hav ing been home a week because of Ill-ness.

Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y N. Brlggs called on their son Hilton and fam-ily in Grand Rapids, Sunday a f t e r -noon.

Miss Lee Stephenson, third grade room teacher , Is a t her home In Vicksburg rocoveringi f rom an oper-ation.

Mr. and Mrs. J a c k S tephen of Detroi t were week-end gues t s of relatives a t Speley Corners and Lowell.

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Russel l of Beldlng were Sunday gues t s of their daugh te r and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weaver .

Mr. and Mrs. E lmer El l is at-tended a card par ty Monday eve-ning a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gephar t In Alto.

Mrs. L. J . Benson and daugh t e r Buclah and Miss Margare t Webb all of J ackson were Sunday gues t s of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Ayres.

Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Henry, Sunday, were Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Henry and Miss Alice Henry of Grand Rapids .

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey H a y s m e r were Sunday dinner gues ts of her b ro ther , L. D. Ailing, In Grand Rap-Ids. Mrs. Wm. H a y s m e r w a s also a guest .

Mr. and Mrs. J o h n F r a n k s , who have been spending the win te r In Detroit , re turned last S a t u r d a y to their home on Vergennes-rd. fo r the summer .

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Conan t and daugh te r of Rockford were Sunday guests of his b ro ther T im and fami-ly and also called on Mr. and Mrs. Ray Alexander.

Pvt . Howard Thur te l l r e tu rned to Northf le ld , Minn., las t week Tuesday a f t e r spending a five-day fu r lough with his mother , M r a Howard Thurtel l .

R. D. VanDyke of Dayton, Ohio, accompanied by his daugh te r , M r a Wal te r Reed of Lake Odessa, spent the week-end wi th his pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph VanDyke .

Mr. and Mrs. Glen Robinson and family of Lena ing visited their mother , M r a El la Rctoinson on Sa turday . Sunday callers were Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brlgga of Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mre. Wm. Cosgriff ac-companied by Mrs. Henry Johnson and grandson, Richard Johnson, visited Sa tu rday evening a t the home of Mr. and Mra. J o h n W a t t s in Bowne.

Congra tu la t ions to Char les Han-er, son of Mr. a n d Mrs. F . E. H a n e r , who h a s been elected fo r member-ship in the P h i K a p p a Delta, honor society a t Kalamazoo on the basis of h is scholast ic a c h i e v e m e n t

Mrs . L. E. Cour t of Greenville spent f r o m Monday unti l Sa tu rday of las t week In Detroi t , t hen re-turned to the home of he r parents , Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Gould, where she was met by Mr. Court , both r e tu rn ing to Greenville on Sunday.

Mr. and Mra. M. N. Henrry drove to Greenville las t Tuesday evening to call on hia mother , M r s C h t s . H e n r y a t t he home of hia sister, Mrs. Rudolph Newton. Mrs . Hemyi who celebrated her 95th b i r thday In March has seven g randsons In the service.

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On the Bridge, Lowell

LOWELL ITEMS OF 25, 30 AND

35 YEARS AGO

Mrs. Elizabeth Lalley w a s a week-end guest at the Robe r t K a n e home In Mt. P leasan t .

Mr. and Mrs. Verne Lea ry and family of Has t ings spent Sunday with h i s parents , Mr. and Mrs . Chet Leary.

April 11, 1918—25 Years Ago

' The Board of Educat ion engaged j H. R. Smith aa super in tendent of | the Lowell schools for 1918-19. to I succeed S. C. Mitchell, resigned.

Mrs. Euphemla Hardy, 83, passed away a t the home of her son Geo. In Keene.

A. E. McMahon accepted a posi-tion with Kellogg &,McOlnness In their grocery s tore at Grand Rap-Ids.

Ar thur B e h r e n s of Big Rap ids new clerk a t t he Henry d r u g store.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Denny pur-chased the J a k e Mohrha rd t f a r m west of town.

Charles Taylor of Traverse City Sunday c l l . r . . t t h . B , r t P u r - 0 „ a C h . p l n T . y l o r of Grand R ^ p l d .

chase home were Mr. and Mra. Ed ^ , 41 , ,,, Host of Grand Rap ids and Mr. and Mra. E rnes t Roth .

Monday night supper q u e s t s of Mr. and Mrs. G r a n t W a r n e r were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Peck of Ka lama-zoo and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bu t t r l ck and Mra. Rose Hansen of G r a n d Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Lee's g rand-daughter , Virginia Lee Blerl, 6 year old daugh te r of Mr. a n d Mrs. Rudy Blerl of Grand Raplda h a s been dancing fo r Bond dr ives ' -a t school rallys In the city.

Sunday guests of Mr. and George Lee were Mr. and Mrs. Cl i f ford Cook and son J ack , and J a c k L a r -sen of Grand Rapids, and Mr. and Mrs. Monte King who recent ly moved back to Grand R a p i d s f r o m Mt. P leasant .

Mrs. Wilson W a s h b u r n , who Is still In Blodgett hospital , is re-ported to be Improving. Mra. H a r -old Washburn , who la keep ing the Washburn home dur ing he r ab-sence, spent the week-end a t he r home In Detroit .

Mr. and Mrs. Darl D u r y e a and children, B a r b a r a and Rona ld of Grand Rapids spent over S u n d a y with their parents , Mr. a n d Mrs. J a spe r Duryea. Mr. and Mra. Roy Wenger and son of Grand R a p i d s were also Sunday gues ts of the i r parenta.

Mrs. El la Myers of L a k e Odessa who has been visit ing her sister , Mrs. Ed Walker the pas t week, re-

were called hero by the serious III-nese of their f a the r , George P. Tay-lor.

John Kellogg making a good re-covery f rom his serious d ine r :

A grand patr iot ic rally i-as held at the City Hal l In Interests of the third Liberty Loan.

Geonge K r u m , 74, died a t the home of F. P . Soules a t Woodburn, Ore., where he had been spending the winter months .

Mra. Will Buck enter ta ined six-teen girl f r i e n d s with a birthday party In honor of her daugh te r , Mabel.

Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Knee spent a week a t t he home of their son, John at Coral. '

Mrs. M. R. Har twel l re turned to her home a t Marshall a f t e r car-ing for he r sister, Mrs . L. P . Thomas, fo r two weeks

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Bishop re-turned to the i r home a t Lakevlew af te r spending the winter with Mrs. S. Brower here .

Rosa Roth of Vergennes went to Montana to teach for the remainder of the school year .

April 10, IBIS—SO Years Ago

George Layman and f a m i l y moved into the J o h n Flynn house.

Lewis H e r m a n of Mlddlevllle re-turned to Lowell a f te r an absence of two years , to work In the Bent Rim factory.

Mr. and Mrs. John R l t t e r of Nebraska visited their sister, Mrs. E. C. Terry .

A mar r iage license was issued to Thomas J . Malone and E d n a M.

turned to her home on Sunday. Mrs. B ^ o f G r a t t a n . t IK/n 11* Af'n * Walker ' s nephew, Ra lph Dodds of Keene, w a s a F r i d a y vis i tor and Sunday dinner gues ts were Mr. and Mrs. J i m Topp, J r . , of Sa ranac .

New Restrictions on Phone Service

F u r t h e r telephone res t r ic t ions un-der order of the war product ion board, announced b y the Michigan Bell Telephone company, prohibit any Installation of telephone serv-, ice excepting on a condit ional basis.

Where faci l i t ies a re available, in-stal lat iona can be made only on condition t h a t the Ins t ruments be given up by the appl icant f o r serv-ice If they should be needed la ter for w a r or o ther essential purposes. In some places It will be possible to provide aervice on a party-l ine but not on an Individual line baals. The order applle^ to service moves f rom one location to another , aa well as to new Installations, i t w a s atated.

The latest W P B order alao pro-hibits not only the inatallation of reaidence extension telephones, but also the i r reconnection fo r new occupanta, and f u r t h e r limita the expansion of cent ra l off ice equip-m e n t and exchange plant .

P a t e n t s aelzed by the Allen P rop -e r t y Custodian and m a d e avai lable to public Inspection occupy 76 feet of . ihelf apace.

We offer yon teroiee at a time when kindnetM and a human touch of understanding it mott needed.

W. A. ROTH. FUNERAL CHAPEL N i g h t s Utt

S u n d a y evening aupper gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. R o t h were Mr. and Mra. Raymond Chase and daugh t e r Dorothy of T rave r se City, Pvt . W m . Chase of N a v y Pier , Chi-cago, Pvt . R icha rd Tr imble of San Diego, Calif., and Mr. and Mre. Oscar Brezlna.

Wealey Althaua of Cadillac waa an over-night gueat S a t u r d a y of hia parents , Mr . and Mra. Ernea t Althaua, on hia w a y to Chicago on business. S u n d a y callera were Mr. and Mra. Will Roth, of L a n a i ^ j , Mr. and Mra. Ed Tucker and Cheater Warne r , all of Clarkaville.

Mr. and Mra. Allen Behle r of Lake Odessa spent the week-end wi th her mother , Mra. Rose Kiel, whose b i r thday was observed a t a f ami ly d inner Sunday a t t h e home of Mr . and Mrs. Carl F reye rmu th . Mra. Kiel w e n t b a c k to L a k e Odes-sa wi th the Behlera f o r a short visit .

E d Olney came Sunday f r o m De-t ro i t a f t e r h is wife and aon, who have been visit ing he r pa ren t s , M r and Mra. Raymond Bergln , fo r the pas t week. T h e y r e t u r n e d t o De-t ro i t Monday nfch t accompanied by Mr t . Howard Thurte l l , who will spend a couple of weeka w i t h her husband and fr ienda.

Mr. and Mra. Wm. Collins and children Ronald and Ros le Jo , and Mra. R u f h Gaun t , vlalted S ta f f Sgt. J a m e s G a u n t and wi fe a t Bat t le Creek, Sunday. They w e r e accom-panied by Mrs. Lodl Shear who re turned to her home t h e r e a f t e r spending a f ew days In Lowell with he r parents , Mr. and Mra. Booth.

Mr. and M r a Morae Johnson of J ackson spent Sunday wi th their mother , Mrs. Clara McCarty. Mrs. i.Vm Johnson, who, w i th her chil dren Dean and Sandra , has been s tay ing wi th her m o t h e r unt i l they can f ind a house In Grand Rapids where they a r e moving f r o m Ben-ton Harbor , r e tu rned to Jackson w i t h her s is ter f o r a week ' s v i s i t

The f i r s t mee t ing of the Garden Lore Club will be held Wednesday a f te rnoon, April 21, a t 3 o'clock s h a r p a t t he high school gymna-s ium. Fol lowing the business meet-ing and receiving of dues, there will be slides a n d Iccturc on Victory gardens , p repared by the New York S t a t e College of Agricul ture , Cor-nell Universi ty, ahown In four sec-tions, the f u n d a m e n t a l s of vege-table gardening, p r epa ra t i on of the soil to ha rves t ing the crops, by Al-ber t Hall.

All members of the G a r d e n Club a r e urged t o be present and anyone in the communi ty , also the school pupi ls Intereated In Victory garden-ing, are invited to a t t end . 48-49

GARDEN LORE CLUB

P H b ,

The Favortd

3-BUTTON

SUIT for

SPRING b y

M. BORN

$ 3 5

Notice the naturil let to the ihoulden, its eaiy-fitting wiiit and well-defined cha t . Here'i STYLE that'i prized by men and young men ililce. Tailored for you, and you alone—and that mean* perfect fit. custom dh-tinction. Priced to make yov aa outstanding value.

George Comstock had the index finger of his r ight hand broken while a t work a t the basket factory.

Anton Kal l inger purchased the James B u c h a n a n f a rm opposite the plant.

Mr. and Mrs. Adam Behler re-turned to the i r home in South Low-ell a f t e r spending the win te r in Tavares, F la .

Miss E r m a Scott employed in R . E. Spr inget t ' s office.

Mrs. Millard Saylea critically ill, having suf fe red a atroke of paraly-sis.

Miss I r ene Stone went to Fal -mouth , to be employed dur ing the mill inery season.

Miss I da Taylor c lerking for U. B. Williams.

Atonzo Miller rented Mrs. L. A. Car ter ' s f a r m west of Lowell.

M r a M. McMahon and son J i m rented Mra. Dale Morgan'a house.

Nell Sayles of Kalamazoo spent his vacat ion a t the home of his g rand fa the r , E . F . Denny.

Mr . and Mrs. Will Converse moved into Asa Vandenbroeck ' s t enan t house near Moseley.

Allle Hood of South Lowell vis-ited his daugh t e r in Joliot, 111.

New Regulation Affects Farmers

The new a m e n d m e n t to the po-ta to regulat ion covering seed po-ta toes a s well as potato stock, re-classlflea the f a r m e r a s a coun t ry shipper and makes him subject to Maximum Pr ice Regulat ion 271.

The celling price on U. S. No. 1 potatoes In 100 lb. bags will be In-creased five cents to m a k e the price $2.j5 per c w t , effect ive April 1. To this base price may be added cer-tain a m o u n t s depending upon whether the f a rmer sells his po-tatoes th rough wholesalers, direct to retai lers, or direct to consumers : also whe the r the potatoes are de-livered to te rmina l marke t s .

A new regulation, M P R 312, s e t s prices on maple syrup producers to retailers, $2.91 per gallon; pre ducers to consumers, $3.39 per gal-lon. To these prices, actual t rans-por ta t ion charges may be added. Reta i lers have a set m a r k u p on all syrups under M P R 238.

Fa rmers , retai lers and processors having quest ions on prices or regu-lations should wri te to: Office of Price Adminis trat ion, Keeler Build-ing, Grand Rapids, Mlchtean. Other new regula t ions on f reah produce, poultry, eggs, etc. a r e being dis-t r ibuted f r o m Grand Rapids dis-trict off ice which has recently been expanded and now h a s jurisdict ion over all counties In the western half of Michigan.

CHAMP HATS In the Ring for Spring

The Hat with the Million Dollar Look!

New colors, new shapes, same old qua l i ty

$39 S to $5

EAST CALEDONIA Mrs. S. M. VanNamee

April 9, 1908—35 Yearn Ago

Silas Collar, 81, a res ident of Ver- lweek a n d every week.

They ' re In the Army Now Bow-Wow! And H O W !

How tena of thousanda of Amer-Ica'a doga which have gone to war a re aelected and t ra ined la de-acribed in a timely. Informat ive a r -ticle by t h e fo rmer editor of the Kennel Club Gazet te , Louis de Casanova, In The Amer ican Week-ly wi th thla Sunday 'a (April 11)

jlaaue of The Det ro i t Sunday TImea. Ge t t h e Detroi t Sunday TImea this

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith of Grand Rapids were Sunday vis i tors a t the Ed Rank in home.

Mr. and Mrs. R. Nelson of Spa r t a spent the week-end with their daughter . Mrs. Al Gilbert and fam-ily.

Mrs. D. B. H a n r a h a n and son of Grand Rapids vll l ted at S. Van-Namee's Sunday.

Rev . Wheeler of Hast ings , while changing a * t i r e in f ron t of the J . C. Proctor home Fr iday evening, was s t r icken with a hea r t a t t ack . Passers by carr ied v l m in to the Proctor home but he died before the doctor arrived. He w a s a fo rmer pastor a t Caledonia.

Don' t forget the E a s t Caledonia Ladies Aid, Wednesday, Apr . 14. Come prepared to help m a k e dress-ings for Red Crosa.

Mra. Michael Sheehan ar r ived home Wednesday night a f t e r spend-ing the winter wi th Michael In Texas and New Mexico. Mike will be home on fu r lough in abou t a week, and she plans to r e tu rn wi th him to a camp In Nebraska .

Miss Maude Her ron of St . J o h n s apent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. S. VanNamee .

W m . Conway of F l in t visited a t the Gene Bruton home las t week.

David E . MoConneU, 77

Fune ra l aervlcea, wi th the Rev. C. E. Pollock off ic ia t ing, were held S a t u r d a y a t 2:00 p. m . In the Roth Chapel f o r David E . MeOonnell. 77, w h o pasaed a w a y T h u r s d a y morn Ing, April 1, In G r a n d Raplda. He w a s a fo rmer res ident of thla vicinity. Bur ia l w a s In Oakhill cemetery In Grand Raplda .

H e la a u n i v e d by one daughter , Mra. F red H . Smi th ; he r husband ; t w o grandchi ldren, Mra. M a e Lit t le a n d Corp. David E . Smi th in the mar ines ; th ree s tep-grandchi ldren, F r e d W. Smi th of G r a n d Raplda, J a c k 8 . Smi th of Det ro i t a n d Mra. Ela ine Pa r sons of Ann Arbor, and two grea t -grandchi ldren .

gen nee f o r 55 y e a r n pasaed away. | C. R. Beebe, agen t f o r tho P e r e

Marque t t e rai l road company a t Lowell f o r two years, w a s p romoted to a atat ion a t Greenville.

The h o m e of Mr. and Mrs. Wal te r Morria w a s deatroyed b y fire dur-ing their abaence.

Mr . a n d M r a W. L. Merr iman moved f r o m the Village to the i r home In Vergennes.

A. E. R y d e r In charge of H. N a s h ' s new Implement s tore a t Smyrna , r e tu rn ing to Lowell each night .

A d a u g h t e r w a s born to Mr. and Mrs. W o r t h y Wlllard.

Mra. C. W. P a r k s re tu rned to Lowell a f t e r spending several m o n t h s a t Twin Falls, Idaho.

Mra. C. Guy P e r r y enter ta ined twenty young people In honor of the b i r t hdays of her son Lloyd and J o h n R o t h .

Mr. and Mra. Nesbit Ta te of Minneapolis were gues ts a t the H. J . Ooena' home.

H e n r y Rl t tersdorf o f Keene bui lding a new barn . »

•Ray P a r k e r moved f r o m G r a n d Rap ids to a f a r m in Lowell Center .

Al K n e e purchased the f o r m e r B e r t Bowen place In Keene-tp. of Eng le Hahsen , who moved to Low ell.

W m . She r ra rd of Langford , S. D., vlalted hia son, F r a n k a t Fa l las -fcurg.

P h o n e 9101, Greakowiak'a s tand for deHvery.

news adv

Weekly Scrapbook Week's Best Rec ipe

P e a n u t But ter Cookies: % cup peanut butter , 1 egg, Vi cup short -ening, 1^4 cups flour, 1 t soda, Vt cup white sugar , Vi t vanilla, H t salt. Cream shor t en ing and sugar . Add vanil la and peanut but ter . Beat well. Add s i f ted fiour, soda and s a l t Shape Into smal l balls a n d f l a t t en with fo rk . B a k e on cookie sheet about 10 minutes In modera te oven. Yield: 36 cookies.

JThey Say Use Nu t s

Gra t e car ro ts a n d mix wi th chopped n u t s for a sandwich fill-i n g . . . Add wa lnu t s or pecans to salads, f rui ts , p u d d i n g s . . .Add sal t -ed peanuts to sweet sauces fo r dease r t a . . .Spr ink le chopped nu t s over top of cake b a t t e r j u s t be fore pu t t ing Into oven.

Rowing coach: So you w a n t to come out fo r the crew, e h ? Ever rowed before?

F r e s h m a n : Only a horse, s i r .

DON'T WORRY About Ra t ion ing and Po in t s

Eat at Rkbmond's Foods In Good Var ie ty

Courteous Service

B i c h m o n d ' s C a f e

T H E R O N RICHMOND, Prop . P h o n e 9106 Lowell

P h i m b l n g ,

H e a t i n g ,

Sheet metal Work.

RAY H. COVERT T h e P l u m b e r

A N N U A L M E E T I N G O F BUILDING * LOAN ASSN.

Not i ce of annual meet ing of I^weM BuUding ft Loan Association-Stockholders :

T h e a n n u a l meet ing of the Lowell Bui ld ing ft Loan Association will be held a t t he S ta te Savings B a n k Monday evening. April 19,1943, a t 8 o'clock.

The mee t ing ia fo r the purpoae of electing th ree directora fo r t h r e e years.

| And fo r the t ranaac t ion of such j other bualnesa a s m a y lawful ly oome before the meet ing .

I W h e t h e r you a re a n Investor or a i borrower , you a re a s tockholder and you a r e entitled t o a vote fo r

! each s h a r e of stock you hold in the aaaoclatlon.

A r t h u r F . Armatrong, Prea . F r a n k F . Coons, S e c y

c4*-2t

WAR RESTRICTS Telephone Installations

to a Conditional Basis

NO INSTALLATIONS

can be made In some sections

UTOER an order of the War Pro-duction Board, telephone instal-

lations can.be made hereafter only on a conditional basis. The order requires that an applicant agree to share his line with others, or to relinquish his service entirely, if the facilities are needed later for vital war or other essential purposes.

Service moves to new addresoes for present telephone users also are on a conditional basis.

In some places, no installations can be made because the facilities arc being used to capacity and critical material shortages prevent expansion of the telephone system.

These and other wartime restric-tions will inconvenience mrny persons, we know. However, we shall continue to supply service whenever possible, and we look forward to the day when we again can give all the service wanted, when and where wanted.

Michigan Bell Telephone Company

Ledger w a n t ads b r ing results .

The Telephone System is Overloaded • . . Please Keep All Calls Brief!

F O U R T H E L O W E L L L E D G E R , IX)WELL, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, A P R I L S. IMS

SO. KEENE— NO. BOSTON Mrs. fld. Po t t e r

SOUTHWEST BOWNE Mrs. L. T. Anderson

Now changes In this distr ict : T h e | Mrs. Michael Sheeha-a, who has P a r d e e places have been sold, a l so 'been with her husband a t Roswell, t he Alfred Haskins ; Mrs. Compton'a New Mexico, the past five months , place rented to a family named re turned home Thursday . She was

Larsen. Don't forget Jolly Communi ty

Club meets third Wednesday this month for a f te rnoon and potluck supper wi th Mrs. Ruby Fuller on the Wilkinson f a rm.

G r a n d m a Maloney is very III a t th i s writ ing.

Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Chambers of near P r a t t Lake and Mr. and

ws

a Sunday dinner guest a t the Em-met t Sheehan home. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wlcr-cnga and little son Lee of Mlddle-vllle.

Mrs. George Howard and little son Raymond were Tuesday a f t e r -noon visitors of Mrs. Leon Ander-son and Mrs. John McDonald.

Mr. and Mrs. John Troy and fam-

Qhurch

ZION M E T H O D I S T C K U R C H J o h n Claus, Pa s to r

German preaching a t 10:00 a. m. Bible School a t 11:00 a. m. You aro cordially Invited.

Mrs. Clarence Chambers of Ypsl- ily were in Grand Rapids Sa turday , lantl were Sunday gues t s of Mr.]Miss Jul lanne accompa-aled them and Mrs. Andrew Juh l and family. | home for over the week-end. Evening gues ts were Mr. and Mm.; Mr. and Mrs. George Howard and Keith McCall of nea r Lowell. little sons visited relat ives In Grand

Mrs. Marlon Pickney of Grand Rapids last week.

Rapids waa a week-end gueat of Mr. and Mrs. Er rnea t P lnkney . Sun-guests were Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Plnkney.

Llbble Car r was a Thur sday guest of" Lizzie Hoover. Sunday gues ts were Mr. and Mrs. Aloyslua Hoover of lenla.

Mrs. F r a n k Thompson and Mrs. Ann Denton visited a t the Wm. Thompson home Thur sday morn-ing. Sunday guests were Ern ie and Mrs. Ne ta Nofslnger of Grand Rapids. Afternoon gues t s were Mr. and Mrs. Glen Sowers and Eleanor of Sa ranac and evening guests were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thompson.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Fle tcher of Wayne were Sunday guests of her parents , Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Den-ton.

Mrs. Lucy Bartel l of Grand Rap-Ids was a week-end guest of her parents , Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mull-kaltis.

Glen Rlcker t and daugh te r s had luncheon Sunday evening wi th Mr. and Mrs. Theo Clemenz In Grand Rapids.

Sunday gues ts of Ann Denton at her home were Mr .and Mrs. Elver t Balrd and son.

Mr. and Mrs. Rober t Ford and daugh te r were Sunday af ter r .ccn guests of Mr. and Mrs. J a k e Stahl. Mr. and Mrs. George Stahl were also guests.

Mr. and Mrs. Herber t Howden and two daughters of Dearborn were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Moore and all, accompa-nied by Mrs. Eleanor Ford, spent Sa tu rday evening a t a show In Grand Rapids . Loren Moore of De-troi t was a Sunday dinner gues t a t t he O. Moore home.

Mrs. Tom Ford and son and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Moore called on Mr. and M r a Russell S te rk lns In Grand Rap ids Monday evening. They also called on Mrs. Cather ine Ford .

Mrs. Adr ian Vandenhout spent Thursday a f t e fnoon a t the Ed and Paul P o t t e r homes.

Sunday dinner -guests a t the Ed Po t t e r home were Mrs. Cella Boss, Mafy Anna Po t t e r and I rene Leln-j huls, all of Grand Rap ids and Mr. and Mrs. Ra lph Whea ton and daugh t e r c ' Greenville and Mr. Mrs. Pau l Po t t e r and children. Af t -ernoon gues ts were Howard Ma-loney a n d Mr. and Mrs. Eddie P o t t e r and three girls.

Mr. a n d Mrs. George F r a n k s were Monday callers of H r . and Mrs. EM Po t t e r .

Mrs. Leon Anderson called on Mrs. Stephen Bake r Thursday . She Is recupera t ing f r o m her recent operation a t the home of her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Fo r r e s t Baker , a t Caledonia. Mesdames Mary Reynolds and John Troy were Wednesday a f t e rnoon callers.

Mrs. E m m e t t Sheehan spent f r o m Tuesday until Wednesday evening with her daughter , Mrs. Edward Wlerenga, a t MiddlevHle.

We a re sor ry to hea r t ha t t he in-fan t son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mc-Donald is not gaining as f a s t aa their f r iends wish. He Is still a t St . Mary's hospital.

Melville EBls of Clarksvllle is visiting his daughter , Mrs. Merrill Champion and family a t the Owen Nash home.

Mr. and Mrs. B e r n a r d iHUllen were Monday evqnhng gues t s a t the Leon Anderson home.

Miss Mary Sheehan of St . Mary 's hospital Is spending a couple of days' vacation a t her home here .

I n v e i t i g a t o n F i n d T h a t

Mi lkweed I t D e f e n s e N e e d Milk weed, a plant which every-

body regarded as a worthless weed, has become a vital defense mater ia l .

At a recent conference held at Chicago with Dr. Boris Berkman, v l o holds the basic patent on the gaming process and the manufac-ture of many useful articles f rom milkweed, it was decided to con-struct a plant in Michigan which calls for the processing of about a million pound* of milkweed floss. It is es t imated that growers in that region will be paid about $200,000 for their first year ' s crop of milk-weed.

I t has been indicated that finan-cial assistance will be available f rom the navy depar tment for the

Ear ly Buy ing of Coa l

Is A i d to W a r Ef fo r t If by September 1 every coal bin

Is filled and every coal dealer ' s yard is well stocked it will be a m a j o r contribution to the war effort.

Homeowners a re urged to place their orders for next winter 's coal immediately in order to pe rmi t rail-roads to haul the max imum tonnage of war goods later in the year .

Homeowners fu r the rmore are urged to store every ton of coal they can take and, if space is avail-able, to build extra bins.

Pr ices are almost sure to be high-er in the fall and winter. They will not be lower.

The following suggestions for the safe storage of coal are offered by the bureau:

1. Do not store coal nea r any external sources of heat such as s t eam pipes.

2. While coal tnay be safely piled to any height without danger, pro-viding air is either excluded or al-lowed f ree circulation,•in pract ice it is not advisable to pile coal higher

i than 12 to 15 feet. 3. Foreign combustible mat ter

such as oily r ags and paper should not be permit ted to become mixed with coal which is being stored.

4. Do not permit old coal to ac-cumulate in corners or on the bot-tom of piles or bins.

In order to assist retai l coal deal-ers in immediately building up their stocks of coal in excess of present normal requirements , the RFC has set up a plan to provide loans to retailers on all coal shipped f rom producing mines prior to August 1.

CHRISTIAN S C I E N C E SOCIETY

Cor. Washington and K e n t

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

"Are Sin, Disease, and Death Rea l?" will be the subjec t of the lesson-sermon 'n a l l Chr is t ian Science Churches th roughout the world on Sunday, April 11.

The Golden Text (Psa lms 67:1-2) is: "God be merci ful un to us, and bless us; and cause His face to shine upon us; tha t thy way may be known upon ear th , thy saving health among aH nat ions."

Among the Bible c i ta t ions is this passage (Matt . 15:30): "And grea t mult i tudes came u n t o him, having with them those t ha t were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cas t t h e m down a t Jesus ' feet ; and he healed them."

Correlat ive passages to be read f rom tho Chris t ian Science text-book, "Science and Hea l th with Key to the Sariptures," by Mary Baker Eddy, include the following (p. 395): "When divine Science overcomes fa i th in sin and In ma-terial methods of healing, t hen sin, disease, and dea th will d isappear ."

F I R S T CONGREGATIONAL CH.

Rev. N. G. Woon, P a s t o r

Church School—10:00 a. m. Morn ing Worship—11:00 a. m. T h e P e r r y Group will m e e t a t the

home of Mrs. Emily Murray , 400 N. Je f fe rson , on Fr iday, April 9, a t 2:80 p. m.

C H U R C H O F T H E N A Z A R E N E Lowell, Mich.

Rev. R . C. Wnr land , P a s t o r

i u n d s y School a t 10:00 a. m. N. Y. P . S. a t 7:00 p. m. Jun io r Church service a t 7 : 0 0 p . m . Evangelist ic service a t 7:45 p. m. P r a y e r m e e t l n g Wednesday , 7:45

p. m.

WARE DISTRICT Hi H. w .

Val ley F o r g e Chape l W a s

F o u n d e d by a Minis te r The Washington Memorial chapel

a t Valley Forge was founded by a Philadelphian, the late Rev. Her-bert Burk, the Protes tant Episcopal minister, who for 30 years was Its rector . When he was stationed in Norristown he became interested in the idea of a chapel at Valley Forge, and in 1003 he preached his now-famous sermon at All Saints ' church in Norristown, recommending the establishment of this church as a "memoria l to the Church's most honored son." A hall was obtained

F I R S T M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H Cecil E. Pollock, Minis ter

Sundr.y School meets a t 10 o'clock next Sunday m o m i n g .

"The Cross in a World of Values" will be the sermon sub jec t a t 11 o'clock. The pas tor will preach. There will be special o rgan and choral music.

V E R G E N N E S M E T H O D I S T CH.

'•The Law of the Seed" will be the sermon xubject a t 9:30 o'clock next Sunday m o m ' n g . T h e pastor will preach.

Sunday School will meet a t 9:45 for the lesson s tudy.

The W. S. C. S. will mee i with Mrs. Adalbert Odell Thur sday a f te r -noon a t 2:80.

CATHOLIC P A R I S H E S

S t Mary's—Lowell Rev. F r . Jewell , P a s t o r

8:00 a m., Low Mass and sermon. 10:00 a. m., High Mass and ser-

mon.

S t Pa t r i ck ' s—Paroe l l Rev. F r . McNeil, P a s t o r

8:00 a m., Low Mass and sermon. 10:00 a. m., High Mass and ser-

mon.

Sympathy Is extended to Mrs. Mildred Phelps and Mrs. El izabeth Phelps and fami ly in the loss of their husband, son and b ro the r .

B. M. McDonald and Mrs. Lillian Weeks cailed a t the Fi lklns home recently.

Mrs. Charles Snyder of CloVls, New Mexico, accompanied Mrs. Mildred Phelps home last week Monday. They were met in Chicago by Bernard Kropf and Gera ld Ky-ser. Mrs. Snyder remained fo r sev-eral days.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kyse r and Mrs. Ra lph Combs ,o f Detroi t we re overnight gues ts a t their pa ren t s ' home one n ight last week.

Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Coger of Gove Lake were S a t u r d a y evening cal lers a t Carl Wlt tenbach 's .

Glendon Bovee was home f r o m Detroi t Thursday .

Lar ry P l t sch Is en te r ta in ing the red measles.

T h e United Worke r s will mee t with Mrs. Gerald Kyser this week Thursday.

Week-end gues t s a t I. F . Fi lk lns ' were Mr. and Mrs. E rwln Paulson, and Mrs F o r r ^ t P ickens of Twin Lakes. S u n d a y caller* were Mr. and Mrs F r a n k Rowland a n d J |f> and Mrs. A n d r e w R o w l a n d of Bedding, Mrs. Pear l Cot ter of Smyrna , Rev. a n d Mrs. D. F . W a r -ner of Lowell, Mrs . W. D. Pos t , Miss Amy Post of Belmont , Mrs. P e t e Marker , I r ene Kl tchel and Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph J o h n s o n of Grand Rapids ,

W a r e Story is work ing a t t he A C spark plug fac tory in Ionia .

Mr. and Mrs. F r e d G r a w b e r g a r e nicely settled in their new h o m e on the F r a n k F r e e m a n f a r m

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kyser have pur -chased the Hotchkiss f a r m a n d a re moving there soon.

Floyd Feasel of Ann Arbor vla-lted his niece, Mrs. W a r e Story and family Sunday.

Callers a t Roy Kyser 's las t week were Miss Dorothy Morris, Mildred Souzer and Ted McDonald of Ada, P rof , and Mrs Verne F r e e m a n , Bethel, Shir ley a n d Rober t of E a s t Lansing, Mr. and Mrs F r a n k Free -man, Mrs. Lee MHler a n d Miy. Evalyn Brlggs of Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. Berna rd Kropf of Carson City, Mrs. Belle Collar or Grand R a p l d t , Mrs. Wal te r Bills of Lansing, Mrs. George Ellis of H a m m o n d , Ind., Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Rose of S a r a -nac, Mr. and Mrs. For res t Rose of Detroit , Mrs. Carr ie Ayres, Mr. a n d Mrs. HarVey McClure, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kyser, Mr. and K i t L. ^nard Blossom, Mr. a n Mrs. Clair Alder-ink, Pvt . and Mrs. J o h n Phe lps of a t . Pe te rsburg , Fla., Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Brake , Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kyser, Mrs. M. N. O'Belrne, Pv t . Scott OBelrne of Alabama, Mr. and Mfs. Smith Kyse r and Luclle, Mr, and Mrs. F r a n k Hal l and Mrs. H e r t o r t Hall of Ionia, Mr. and Mrs. Ra lph Kyser, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Kyser, Mrs. Lyle Bovee. Glendon Bovee of Detroi t , Mrt . Jess ie Ca-hoon aud Mrs. Helen Wlt tenbach .

Cascade and Bowne Rev. F r . E . H . Race t te , Pas to r Services a t 8:30 and 10:00 a. m.

F I R S T B A P T I S T C H U R C H O F L O W E L L

Mel Stadt , P a s t o r

10:00 a. m.—Bible School Classes fo r everyone.

11:00 a. m.—Morning worship . 6:80 p. m.—B. Y. P . U. 7:30 p. m.—Evening service. Everyone welcome. Wednesday, 8:00 p. m.—Midweek

prayer service.

ALTON C H U R C H (Undenominat ional)

H. E. Oilmore, P a s t o r

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

O u r Bible reading contes t closed with a record of 8,300 c h a p t e r s read by the members of the Sunday

and the first service was held In construction and the operation of! Valley Forge on May 17. 1903. Sub-thls new defense industry. i sequent refusal of use of the hall

The fiber, it is reported, can re-] led to the erection of a temporary place kapok, which has been im-| f r a m e chapel, known now as the ported f rom Java . Ceylon, the Dutch | Theodore Roosevelt chapel. This Eas t Indies, and lands now con- j was opened on September 27, 1903. quered or menaced by the spread of i and the next June President Roose-J a p Invasion. i velt made an outstanding address

In t x p t r i n u n t a l t e r n It h a . b « n l l h t r e . The pre .ent chapel . I te found that one pound ot milkweed U,e g l ( t ol Mr. . n d MV.. C h . r l e . * ' 0 ° l d u r ' n g , h s ' floss has enough buoyancy to BUB- M. Todd. The cornerstone was laid e w e r e a w a r d e d t o t h e w l n " tain 50 pounds of •. j igh t and that a ! June 19. 1903. as part of a national life Jacket containing two or three j celebration of the 125th anniversary pounds of floss will hold up a m a n in | of the evacuation of Valley Forge by the wate r for some 100 hours. i Washington and his army. The

The first year or two nothing bu t j founder struggled to raiso funds un-wild milkweed will be available fori U1 1914 when Mr. and Mrs. Charles this new factory, but it is hoped that i Custis Harrison began their cam-plantings will be made and the weed I paign to complete the chanel. In cultivated. 191G it was completed.

AMERICAN HEROES BY LEFF

Marine P v t Irt CltM M. G. Hoffman, survivor of the U. S. S, QUINCY, wss a loader on one of her big gnna until she was sunk daring an engagement with the Japs off Savo Island in the Solomons.

Hoffman is typical of the crew. You are helping Hoffman and his buddies when you buy bonds during the Second War Loan Drive. They give their live*—Yon lend your money. . J

m a k e their a n n u a l t rek to the par-sonage a t Bostwick Lake. A sen-ice of song and pra ise will be held which will be followed by u social hour. Mr. and Mrs . R u s t extend a cordial welcome to all who would come.

L U T H E R A N S E R V I C E S Rev. R . W. Mohard t

Services a t 8 o'clock Sunday eve-ning a t City Hal l . Everyone wel-come.

ners. Sue M a t F a r l a n e and Eugene Elckhoff .

Worship service a t 8:00 p. m. Subject , "Who iHlath Relieved Our Repor t and to Whom la the Arm of t h e . L o r d Revealed7' ' , I sa . 53:1. We preach Christ Crucif ied a s the rem-edy for a s infu l world. Surely we will all agree tha t die world s tands in need of someone or something. A s o n g w r i t e r once repor ted : " W h a t the world needs is Jesus . Just a glimpse of Him."

Prayer . P ra i se and Bible Study on Wednesday evening, place to be announced. Let u s r emember our nat ion In prayer . Sure ly t h a t Is the duty of every Chr is t ian .

E L M D A L E N A Z A R E N E CHURCH Rev. Wm. Kelley, P a s t o r

Sunday School—10:00 a. m. Preaching—11:00 a. m. P r a y e r meet ing Wednesday a t

8:00 p. m. (

All a re welcome.

U N I T E D B R E T H R E N C H U R C H O F W E S T L O W E L L

F. B. Harwood, P a s t o r

Bible School—10:00 a. m. Classes for all ages. Harold Green, Supt .

Quar ter ly meet ing next Sunday a t 10:30. D. H . Car rach , the pre-siding elder.

P reach ing service—11:00 a. m. Jun io r Endeavor S u n d a y evening

a t 6 o'clock.

ADA COMMUNITY R E F O R M E D C H U R C H

- W. B. Kolenbrander , P a s t o r

Morning services a t 10 o'clock. Sunday School a t 11:16 a. m. Evening service a t 7:80 o'clock. C. E. a t 8:40 p. m. . Midweek P r a y e r Service every

Wednesday a t 8:00 p. m .

CHURCH O F XHJSJ UK1STI1KBN Elmdale , Mich.

Rev. Wm. E . Tombaugh , Pas to r Clarkaville, Mich.

Sunday School a t 10:00 a. m. Morning worship a t 11:00. Young People 's meet ing a t 7:30

p. m. Evangel is t ic service a t 8:00 p. m. P raye r mee t ing Wednesday eve-

ning a t 8:00. Everybody welcome.

ALTO B A P T I S T C H U R C H W. B| Gardner , Pas to r

GOSPEL H A L L M E E T I N G S At German Alethodist Church

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

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

meet ing and Bible study.

CASCADE C H U R C H O F CHRIST J . F r a n k Green. Minister

Residence, Grand Rapids. R. 3 Telephone 827-F6

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

ALTO M E T H O D I S T CHURCH

F . E. Chamberla in , Minister Alto Parsonage , Phone 50

Worship service—10:00 a. m. Sunday Schobl—11:00 a. m.

ADA CONGREGATIONAL CH. - Henry L. R u s t Minis ter

Miss Charlot te F i tch , P U n U t

Sunday School a t 10 o'clock every Sunday.

O n next Sunday even ing there will be no service in ou r church, but the members and f r i ends will

B O W N E C E N T E R METHODIST C H U R C H

Rev. J . W McKuc. Pas tor

Sunday School—10:00 a. m . Worsh ip Service—11:00 a. m.

OLD T I M E M E T H O D I S T CHURCH McCords, Mich.

Sunday School—10:00 a. m. P reach ing Services—11:00 a. m

and 8:00 p. m. Young People 's League—7:15 p. m. Thursday P r a y e r Meeting—8:00

p. m.

In Belgium, 14-year-oldB a re be-ing taken f r o m their p a r e n t s b y the Nazis and indentured to G e r m a n "foster pa ren t s " as f a r m laborers.

" R s n e g o i i a t i o n "

M i g h t T o u c h Y o r

Under no other circumstanccs I j the fine spirit of neinhborly co operation shown to better advantage In a rural community than in the case of fire or other calamity. This friendly spirit is not based upon per-sonal interest, but upon the deep sympathy that just naturally a r i s o in case of disaster. Of course, there is a personal interest if the fire threatens our own property, but we like to think this unity of spirit in our rural life is typical of America

There is this same community of interest between industry, labor and agriculture, although sympathy for each other 's troubles seldom comes to the surface.

Every fa rmer knows that his best market for the produce of hiB farm is our local domestic market . He depends upon this domestic market to consume over 90 per cent of what our American farmg produce each year. If anything happens to hli domestic market , like the depression and loss of employment in the ea r l j thirties, agriculture Is at once af fected. On the other hand, if any thing happens to the buying power ol agriculture, industry is hurt just as badly.

Right now congress is considering the renegotiation of all govemmeni contracts. The law was passed or. April 28, 1942. Some people are urging that these new renegotiation bureaus should examine contracts made long before the law wa.» passed.

Take the case of a contract made in 1940. The work has been done and paid for; taxes have been paid to the government on the profits, if any; labor has been paid and the money balance distributed either in repairs to plant or perhaps paid in dividends to stockholders.

Danger of Retroactive Measores, Suppose that same thing happened

to oar local store, or even to ear fa rmers themselves. Suppose the prices we received for oar crops, or the conservation payments by the government for 1941 or 1940 were suddenly to be " renegot ia ted ." Ev-ery farmer has ei ther fed ont or sold his crop, purchased new ma-chinery or perhaps painted the barn , or bonght a new dress for his wife. If, under a retroactive law, he were suddenly put up against (#e threat •f renegotiation, all of his credit, and perhaps even his investment would be disturbed.

No one wants unfair profits Or ex-cessive dividends out of war con-tracts. Investigation has shown that over 95 per cent of industry and business made no excessive profits out of the war. Certainly no farm-ers have received excessive prices for f a rm crops.

Now Is the Time for Unity We want to get on with this war.

We must have unity. Unity is based upon mutual confidence in our gov-e m m e n i and in each other. We are all looking forward to a re turn ol peace af ter the war has been won. We will then want to resume our domestic markets , replace worn-out f a r m machinery and resume our normal t rade relationships. Indus t ry . i d business will need all of their American ingenuity and strength to provide Jobs which, in turn, furnish our domestic marke t a f te r the war.

True, renegotiation ot present is applied only to industry and con-t racts with the government. But we all recognize the good old American principle tha t what is t auce for the goose is sauce for tlw gander.

If bosinesa con t r aua can be re-negotiated under a law pasaed long a f t e r tho business contracts were made , how about the sanctity of oar own contracts?

Jus t now the fire seems f a r f rom our own neighborhood, but if we look closely, our domestic markets , both cow and a f te r the war, are Involved. We can well take t ime off to show a little neighborly spirit and help put out the fire.

T H E O L D J U D G E S A Y S

J J d l h hTM

"Had any news from George and hia family since they moved away, Judge?"

"Yes, I had a letter torn him day before yesterday. He's in Kentucky... the family's fine and they all like it there. George says he has a fine job in a beverage distillery. He brought out an interesting point in his letter I hadn't thought of before. He said that while the beverage distillers are work-ing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week turning

out war alcohol for the government for ammunition, tires, medical tupplies and chemicals, they still are able to account for nearly a billion and a half dollars in taxes each year. That's o a account of the fact the beverage distillers, though working 100% for the government, are still able to supply the public with beverages from the reserve stocks made during peacetime.

"Quite an unusual case, isn't it, Jim?"

Cmjttmet of AkoMie Btrtrai* Industriu, Inc.

ELMDALE Mra. I r a Sa rgean t

Curly Myers lef t Monday fo r Norfolk, Va., where he waa to re-port to the Navy or. Tuesday. H i s f r i ends and neighbors ga the red a t the I r a Sa rgean t home S a t u r d a y evening where a social t ime w a s enjoyed.

Charles Neal, who has been on governmenta l construcUon work for the past year , r e tu rned home to thla locality the f i r s t of the week .

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Schwab and son of Lanc ing wore S a u r d a y eve-n ing supper gues ts of hie p a r e n t s , Mr. a n d Mrs. Clinton Schwab.

Mr. and Mrs. George P i k e r of De-troi t were over Sunday gues t s of the le t ter ' s uncle and aun t , Mr. and Mrs. E l m e r Miller.

Mrs. Adah Motter and Mr. and Mrs. Semlah Seeso of F r e e p o r t spent Sunday a t t he Wesley K c l m home.

F r iday evening caUera of Mr. a n d Mrs. Orvle S t ah l wore Mr. a n d Mra. Lloyd S tah l and daugh t e r Doreen and Mr. and Mrs. D a n K a u f f m a n .

Haro ld Mtiler is absen t f r o m school, hav ing the G e r m a n measles .

Mr. and Mrs. Norman K i n g have received the announcement of the bir th of a daugh t e r to Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Blough of Grand Rapids .

Born, to Mr. and Mra. Dan Mc-Clure, a six pound son, Reginald, a t Pennock hospital ea r ly Sunday morning, April 4.

LOGAN Mrs. D. W. K a u f f m a n

S u n d a y callers a t E l ton Church ' s wore Alden a n d Clare Eash , Mr. and Mrs. PlKillp Lot t and son, Mrs. J a m e s Scha f f e r , Mr. and Mia. Ovid Miller and family and Mrs. Lloyd Zerbe. .

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Glhba were Sunday evening callers a t the Gor-don Stabl home-

Mr. and Mrs. Char les Wieland were Sunday guests a t the E l m e r Wlney home In Lake Odessa.

Mrs. Llbble Layer a t t ended the lAides ' Aid a t Bowne Center Mon-day.

Mrs. Cora Kermeen is work ing a t the Leo Kvser home.

Mr. and Mrs. David H o f f m a n spent S u n d a y evening in Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. J a k e K a u f f m a n and daugh te r R u t h of Millersburg, Ind., were week-end guests a t t he Dan K a u f f m a n home.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe K a u f f m a n and family were Sunday d inner gues ts a t Dan K a u f f m a n ' s .

Mr. a n d Mrs. Leo Kyser a t t ended the f u n e r a l Thur sday of Lt . Hoy t Pbelpe in Lowell.

Mr. and Mra. M a t t Boynton of Grand Rapids spen t S u n d a y a f t e r -noon a t t h e Dan K a u f f m a n home.

Copper salvaged f r o m copper-coaled ca rbons of motion p ic ture project ion a rc l a m p s In 8,600 U. S. thea te r s would b r ing in 270,000 pounds of copper.

4 * U J . V A I M H O S

T h e P e o p l e s * E d i c t

Money to pay for the war, yes; but no money for frills in the civil operations of any of our governing bodies. That Is the edict of the American people.

lOluUlfoHRuif'Wiili

W A R B O N D S Wishful thinking will not halt Hi.

l e r s tyranny, nor will •'span-change" financing give us the mon ey necessary to win this war. Si s tar t today investing in your coun t ry 's War Bonds with tea per rent oi more of your earnings.

Ill

Wishful thinking will not help you to buy that new furni ture when the war iii won. But your money saved in War Bonds wi l l Join the Payroll Savings Plan at your office or fac-tory. Let ' s "Top that Ten Percen t . "

U. S. 7 r m n r j r Dfparlmtnl

" T h e g r ea t e r p a r t of t he cour-

age t h a t is needed in the world

is not of heroic kind. Courage m a y

be displayed in eve ryday l ife as

well a s on his tor ic fields of «

tlon. T h e common need Is for

courage t o be honest , courage to

resis t t empta t ion , courage to speak

t h e t ru th , courage to w h a t we real-

ly are , a n d not to pre tend to be

w h a t we a re not, courage t o live hones t ly wi th in ou r m e a n s a n d not dishonestly, upon the m e a n s

o t h e r a " And the re w a s the d a r f t e e who

though t the h a r d e r he pulled tho t r igger t h e Cwther the bul le t would

go.

lei Bs Tell Yog Abut

PROTECTION

Loneer-UMtma Toughe r

TU j tert jhows how (left) ordlntrr wrf.ee below . . . (rUht) bow '' Man io (be rituborsb P "U»e" tad eUstlc inddmitcly

•intliUa

•Pittsburgh Paints, Enrlehsd with "Vi t o 11 t e d Oils" S t s y "Live" and Eiastie

THT' Spring, you wi l l want paint that not only bcudtifies your h o m e but will also give it that

"p lus" protection that 's essential in wartime. So instead of using ordinary paint, get Pi t tsburgh Live Paints , enriched wi th '"Yitoiiied Oils ."

T h e s e "Vko l i i ed O i l s " remain in the paiat film » . . keeping it young, elastic, LIVE . . . enab-ling it to retard c r a d u n g , peeling and blistering . . . building up that extra durability which means long-lasting, money-saving jobs.

W e have a complete line of Pit tsburgh Live Paints for every surface . . . wood , plaster, con* Crete, brick, stone, metal.

of "Vitol i ied Oi l s " are used in paint formulae . . . Sun-Proof

House Pain t System . . . Wallhide Jhe

Flat, Scmi-Glo»s and Gloss . . . Pit tsburgh Floor Enamels . . . Pi t tsburgh Waterspar Enamels . . J P i t t s b u r g h IronfaCide System fc * . P i t t s b u r g h Barnhide • • • Pi t tsburgh Cementhide.

Come in and let us show you scientific tests which prove the increased efficiency and economy of l i v e Paint Protect ion;

j S r a S S S i r r VTilleri" or.bnuh mirks. Tlie

PITTSBURGH PAINTS

G E E ' S H A R D W A R E P h o n e 9» L o w e ! l f M i c h i g a n

IWAHT-ADSI Want Adv. Rat«»—35c for 25 words or less, if over 25 words, add le per word. If ordered by mall, please enclose coin or stamps.

F O R SALE—Peach trees, l e a d i n g j p O R SALE—'Pair of three-year-old varieties, State Inspected, 20cj mares , working every day. Rudy each. J . C. Proctor , Alto, Mich.,} Wlt tenbach, Phone 226-F12, Low-R 1. p47-4t' ell. p48

T H E L O W E L L L E D G E R , L O W E L L ^ MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, A P R I L 8, 1M3

AUCTION SAIJS of s tock, tools and 1 POUND - Rowboat. Owner may household goods, April 10, at the f a r m of Mrs. Wm. Compton, 1V4 miles nor thwes t of Saranac . p47-2t

have same by descr ibing and paying for ad. H. DeBonte, 150 Hudson St., Lowell. p48-2t

F O R SALE—HO tons baled t i m o t h y , F O R S A L E OR RENT—8 room and clover hay mixed; also nearly new, green e-namel ki tchen range wi th hot wa te r connection. Phone 3060 Ada. Adolph WIM, Ada, R. 2- p «

SOLD T W O FARMS last week. If you have good land and buildings, and the price Is r igh t and you want to sell your f a r m , wri te or see W m . A. Armst rong. Ada, R. R. 2, or Phono Rockford 6823.

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house wi th modern conveniences, 2 ac res of land wi th small f r u i t ; also 1939 4 dr . P lymouth sedan. Ot to Wlsner, Lowell P h o n e 264-F3. p48

N. C. T H O M A S Auction Sales

_ i Bookings for auction sales may

be mavle through the l/owell l edge r . : Harry Day, Lowell, or with ni«i direct.

Tuesday A p r i l 13 — Clarence !

Schwader , Lowell, Holsteln cattle,1

2 horses. 3 brood sows, full list. Wednesday^ April 14—John Tuln-

hoff, James town, Guernsey and Jersey catt le, full list of tools and feed.

Sa tu rday , April 17—John Hoover, W. Caledonia.

Sa tu rday , April 24—John Kelser, Eas t Caledonia, 25 head cattle, 4 horses, large list.

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

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

S h e e t Me ta l W o r k

Call 78 D A V E C L A R K , M g r .

F I V B

Financial Considerations

86 By H . I . K I N G

(McClure Syndicate—WNU Fea tu res . )

JFOR SALE—2 sows with pigs, s t a c k of a l f a l f a hay, s t ack of mixed hay, c ream sepa ra to r and feeder pigs. J o h n Whea t , 2Mi miles southeast of Lowell a t Ware school. p48

F O R R-HTNT — P a s t u r e for sheep, with sp r ing wate r It the field. E. F. Cllley, Phone 88-F3. c48

F O R SAIJD CHEAP—Living room suite, d in ing table, 4 chairs, buf fe t , tea car t , kitchen cabinet, Red Star gasoline range, gas range, 8-10x10-10 rug with pad, etc. May be seen April 8 and 9, a f t e r 6:00 p. m. A. Marsman In H . Mat thews house on Peck 's hill. p48

F O R S A L E - 8 0 a c r e fa rm, 8% miles nor theas t of Lowell, M-91. Rat ion your own food—this soli will b r ing for th. 10 room bunga-low, basement barn, 4 stall garage, need paint ing. P l en ty of stock and tools. Reasons : poor heal th and son. d ra f t ed In a r m y last Sep-tember. If you have help you a r e all set . Wi th cash, might t ake In small acreage or house and plot

. of g round In. or n e a r edge of Lowell. W m . R. Wilbur , Beldlng, R . R. 1. p48

A. W . H I L Z E Y The Anctieneer

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

Services t h a t Sa t i s fy and T e r m s T h a i a re Reasonab le

Sa tu rday , Apr. 10—W. C. Moeller, Southwest Caledonia, general sale with good tools and Hols te ln cowa, hay and gra ins .

Monday, April 1^—Wm. and Jo« Brower, Caledonia or E a s t Dut ton, general sale with Guernsey cows, good Dodge t ruck a n d t ractor , two bottom t r ac to r plow. '

Wednesday , April 14— H e n r y Warners , nor theas t Du t ton or Caa-cade-tp,. general sa le wltfi 19 good cows, good tools, h a y and grains , young t e a m of horses and brood sows, la rge list.

Book da tes with D . A. Wlngeler of Sta te Savinirs B a n k , Lowell,

WANTED—Single horse plow and harness . Call Lowell Phone 150-F12. A r t h u r A. 'Hulkonen, R. 2, Lowell. p48

F O R SALE—Pai r of lady's shoes, worn one week, brown oxfords, size 5Mt C. No s t a m p needed. See me a t the Kroger store. Madeline Vlckery. p48

MATCHED sh i r t s and p a n t s for work . Sanforized Jeans a n d hei^ r ingbone twills In blue, ta-n and green . Trousers $2.75, sh i r t s to m a t c h $1.95. Coons. p48

F O R SALE—6-ton s t ack of t imothy hay ; also a goo^l horse. Ernes t Aithaua, Lowell Phone 150-F3.

p48

WANTED—Married man by month on f a r m , all modern equipment . T. 4?. Martin, Ionia, Mich. R. 3.

p48

H E I N Z P I C K L E CONTRACTS P ick le contracta can be secured a t tho Fahrn l c r eam stat ion. See our new buying plan. o46-8t

WANTED—Pota toes , seed or table stock. Wm. DeMan, 1626 Chanv berlaln. Grand Rapids, Michigan. G. Rap ids Phone 53470. p4d-13t

W A N T E D —All k inds of custom plowing; also 12-24 H a r t power t r a c t o r and plow for sale cheap. No Sunday calls. Ga r r e t t De-Vries, 124 Ami ty St., Lowell.

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G A R D E N PLOWING—For gardten plowing, call Lowell P h o n e 251-F3. J i m Carey. c47tf

F O R SALE—Modern 7-room house and ga rage wi th two lota. Owner leaving Ada. Call Cornellua Jas-perse, Ada 72506, or 97458 Grand Rapids . c47tf

NOTICE, L E D G E R R E A D E R S — Fr i enda of tne The Ledger hav ing business In the P roba te Cour t of K e n t County will donfer a favor on the publisher by reques t ing the cour t to o rde r probate notices published In thle paper. The Cour t will be glad to comply with the requeat when madr .—Respect -fu l ly . R. G. Je f fe r les . tf

WANTED—Lady of middle «»gfl housekeeper, one adul t In family. Apply a t once to Mrs. Maude VanDusen, 517 Howard Street , LoweTl Phone 285. c48

F O R SAT.E—Nearly new, a q u a coat and bonnet, 2years size. Phone 492, Lowell. p48

W A N T E D — A used folding baby carr iage, In good condition. Phone 96-F4. p48

F O R SALE!—2 brood sows, due to f a r r o w this month ; second li t ter . J o h n CampbeN, 1 mile n o r t h and 4 mile west of Alto. c48

W A N T E D —Oil burn ing brooder stove, In good condition. He rbe r t Clark , Lowell, R. 2. p48

Successful Ra t Cont ro l

Needs In te l l igent Act ion Successful control of rats is a

mixture of determinafion to get rid of them and observation of their feeding and nesting habits.

From this position the next step is to choose bait ra t s will take readi ly, .because no poison however destructive will be effective unless the rats cat i t On that account at least three types of fresh, a t t ract ive poisoned bait slfould be exposed at the same time. Small pieces should be placed in ratrunwajrB, and around the wall line of buildings, and in attics and basements. Baits m a y be laid on squares of paper to m a k e removal easier, and to chcck results.

Ex t r eme ca re Bhould be taken to keep poisoned bait out of the reach of children and livestock.

Similar ca re should be taken in choosing bait for traps. When com-mon snap t raps are used, baits should be tied securely to the trig-ger and the baited end set to the wall, in runways, near holes, and where rats feed. Nut meats , sliced apple, breadcrust , salt pork, or ba-con rind make good bait .

F O R """ENT—170 af res pas tu re land wi th runn ing water , 2 miles nor th of Ada. Mrs. Wm. Stonebraker , 4156 Springfield St., Fl int , Mich.

c48

WANTED—Board, room and care for aged mother. Call 221, Lowell.

c48

F O R S A L E - O a t a fo r seed and feed. E a r l McDlarmld, IVi mHcs south of US-16 on M-91. p48

FARMERS—We need more c ream. P a y i n g 54c for bu t t e r f a t . Lowell Creamery . c47tf

ALFALFA HAT for sale, baled. Any amoun t a t | 18 per ton a t b a r n ; $20 per ton delivered In 8 ton loada. Phone 6j}834, Al tadale F a r m , Ada. c47-5t

F A R M E R S ' A T T E N T I O N — W i l l give $8.00 and up for your worn-out and crippled stock. Mus t be alive. Wri te Roy Cooper, R . 2, Rockford , Mlch.^or phone Rock-ford 6711. c35tf

Standard Time Act No established s tandards of t ime

existed in this country prior to 1883 when the railroads adopted the four t ime zones now in use. Generally influenced by local rai l road time, each state or municipality adopted one of those s tandards by statute, ordinance or public sen t imen t No federal law respecting standard t ime was enacted until March 19, 1918, when the standard time ac t created t ime zones for the United States and Alaska and authorized the Interstate Commerce commis-sion to define the limits of each zone. Congress is empowered un-der the commerce and the weights and measures clauses ot the Con-stitution to fix the s tandard t ime to be observed in the United States for all purposes, but has never com-pletely exercised this power.

F O R SALE—Gray griding, 8 yeara old, wt. 1300. Will take cow In t rade. Claude Richardson, Ada, P h o n e 3354, 1 mile nor th of Lena Lou, on Cannonsburg rd. p46-2t

Today's Paying Prices per dozen

for Eggs—Federal-State Grides

E x t r a Large , Grade A 38o Large, Grade A 87o

xUum. Grade A S3c Large , Grade B 85c

Klluin. Grade B Stc

BERGTf B R O S . E L E V A T O R

AHo, MU-h. Prices subjec t to change

LOCAL MARKET REPORT Corrected April 7. 1943

W A A C 8 AT WORK—-Waacs In mo to r t r anspor ta t ion work know the value of moving euppliet . This W a a e dr iver cleans the mo to r of her ton-and-a-half t i u c k a f t e r a day's dr iv ing a t an A r m y p o s t Each Waac dr iver ia responsible f o r the eleucliness and upkeep of the vehicle assigned to. he r . A t A r m y posts and stat ions th roughou t the tonnt ry W a a c driver* a re doing much af the work of driving Army

vehicles, releasing able-bodied soldiers f o r f ight ing duty. Each Waac dr iver undergoes a n intensive t r a i n i n g course in motor t r a n s -por ta t ion and maintenance a t a W A A C t r a in ing center before being assigned t o ' d u t y ; #

Wheat , bu Rye, bu. Corn, bu Buckwheat , c w t Barley, bu Oats, b u Cracked Corn, cwt Corn and Oats Feed, c w t Corn Meal, cwt Shelled Com, cwt Bran , cwt Middlings, cwt P e a Beana, cwt Light Red Beans, cwt Da rk Rod Beana, JSWt Light Cranber ry Beans , cwt.. Yellow Eye Beans, cwt Wool, lb But te r , lb Bu t t e r f a t , lb E w a , dor . Hogs, live, cwt Hogs, dressed, cwt Beef, live, lb Beef, dressed, lb.. Chickens, lb

1.S2 . .70 . .90 . 2.00 . .80

. .00

. 2.40 , 2.35 . 2.40 . 2.25 2.32H 2.32%

. 5.30

. 5.70

. 6.70

. 5.80

. 6.35

. .47

. .50 H

. .54 .28-.31 . 16.60 . 22.Q0 .08-15 .18-.25 .24-.30

No Qui t te r

Wife : "Will you love me when my ha i r Is g r ay?"

Hubby : "Why not,? H a v e n ' t I s t u c k wi th you th rough brown, black, red, and blondo?"

Ri'finishint Imitation Leather If the surface of the covering is

not too badly worn artificial leather upholstery can be successfully paint-ed. In the first place, a good clean-ing by washing with a mild soap is required to remove all poBsible grease or wax. Then wipe,off wf^h denatured alcohol. Touch up the worn spots first with j apan or auto enamel and then go over the entire surface. I t Is of importance that each coat I b applied very thin—rath-er two coats than one heavy one— and that plenty of t ime is allowed between coat^. The final finishing Is done with either a high grade chair-seat varnish or pure shellac.

— by U. 8. War Department Bureau of Pabllo Rclatlnm RIVER IN NEW GUINEA—Fording streams fai New . Guinea is an everyday gccurence among

Men In uniform with packs seek shallow water. Nat Amer ican soldiers,

deep pools. i t i vo helpers are heedless ol

Safety for Industrial Plants Manufacturers , plant, mill and

factory owners are being enjoined to co-operate in a safety drive by using paint of contrast ing colors on dangerous machinery. I t is urged that consideration be given the safety value of p-ilnting m a c h i n e s so that its color will contrast with the mater ia l or meta l being worked on. also that walls and floors be painted in light colors to utilize all illumi-nation. In this way, dangerous working pa r t s would s tand out dis-tinctly, and the chance of accidents caused by poor viiibility would be reduced.

F a r m e r s A s k e d t o S h a r e

Mach ine ry W i t h Others Most f a r m machinery wears out

f rom misuse, abuse or lack of use. says D. S. Weaver, agricul tural en-gineer of the State College Exten-sion service. He suggests that war-t ime shortages of f a r m machines offers the owner of a combine, hay baler, corn picker, peanut harvester or t rac tor the opportunity to get the max imum value out of a piece ol machinery by doing custom work.

"Share your farrh machinery with others ," Weaver suggests. "Custom work has several advantages and. of course, some disadvantages. The chief advantages a re that more working hours can be obtained f rom the investment in e q u i p m e n t Tin-operator of a custom machine Is usually bet ter qualified to run his par t icular equ ipmen t and do a bet ter job of i t than a re a large num her of individual opera tors who do not have occasion to use their ma chines m a n y days in a y e a r . "

The f a r m engineer says that rela-tively few machines wear out from actual use. A machine that is in constant use is usually kept in bet-ter condition. It is lubricated regu-larly and kept In good repair .

"When one considers that f a rm use of most machines is Umltfd to a few days in a year , whereas in-dustr ial machinery Is used practi-cally the entire year, f t is easy to realize the importance of working as many days as possible with fa rm machinery ," Weaver stated.

Another method of relieving the shortage of f a r m equipment, sug gested by the extension specialist, is co-operative purchase of separate ifems. While experience in this method of handling equipment Is limited, sat isfactory plans probably can be developed for the increased use of this method. With f a rmers responding to the call for more food, no stone should be left unturned to develop means of overcoming the shortage of f a rm labor and the scarcity of f a rm equipment, Weaver declared.

T TP TWO flights of s tairs In a ^ dingy office building, in an ob-scure side-street, was a door upon which appeared the name of Amos K. Foljambee. There was nothing to indicate the nature of the busi-ness transacted behind the ground-glass panel of that door, but that it was a business of absorbing impor-tance to those who had connection with It was shown by the anxious looks of those who entered Mr. Fol-jambce 's presence and the despair-ing or fiercely desperate looks of those who left it. Not every visitor, of course, at first. Now and then a man would pass through the door with a confident air and emerge with a satisfied smile. But he did not do this many times before he became as the others.

For Amos Fol jambee was a mon-ey lender—a broker, he called him-self—and one of the most remorse-less, shrewdest, graspingest Shy-lock that ever lived.

A widower of fifty, slovenly In his dress and supposed to be immune from female charms Amos had. of late, begun to spruce up wonderfully in hli attire.

The change had come about soon after Amos, calling upon Mr. Man-ville Brookhurst In the way of busi-ness, had chanced to cast his eye upon Madeline, daughter of the broken-down gentleman whom he held in his grip. Madeline was twenty-two, handsome, witty and proud. She had many suitors, went everywhere and everybody said she might m a r r y a fortune any day she chose. Brookhurst 's only hope of financial salvation lay in her do-ing so. Amos, who kept tab not only on his cuntomers but upon their relatives, knew all this and, In the belief that one of the many rumors of the girl being about to make a wealthy marr iage would prove to be true, had advanced Mr. Brookhurst a considerable sum.

But Madeline's marr iage to a man of g rea t wealth being un-accountably delayed Amos be-came alarmed and shut off sup-plies. He took no long chances. He calculated that by selling out Manvllle Brookhurst root and branch, and doing it right off, he would be able to get back his investment pins a miserable eight per cent. It was while calling upon Mr. Brookhurst to announce to him this ult imatum that he first saw Madeline.

He absolutely forced his way past the servant, who said that Mr. Brookhurst was III and couid see no one, entered the living room and found the invalid and his daughter together. Brookhurst turned pale a t the sight uf the Intruder, fell back in his easy chair and pressed his band to big heart ; while he begged Madeline to leave. —

Brookhurst looked at him help-lessly. Then Amos said with a sigh, "What a wonderful creature your daughter is, Mr. Brookhurst."

'You did not come here to tell m e t h a t ? " replied Brookhurst

"No, oh no,' replied Amos. "The fac t is I c a m e to talk business with you. Bui I tee you are ill and, perhaps we had better postpone our conference until you feel stronger. I will call again in—in a few days ."

Amos called often after that on one pretext or another and z\ eadh visit he pressed further loans upon Mr. Brookhurs t which the weak man took. At each call Amos in-quired for Madeline and inquired in a manner which seemed to threat-en.

Finally one n ight Amos sprang the trap. Brookhurst mustered a force which had not been his for years. "I t must rest with h e r , " said he. "Go, go a t once. Come here two days f r o m now to receive your answer. G o l " Surprised a t the turning of the worm, and not a little disconcerted, Amos went. Brook-hurst called in Madeline and told her the whole story.

"What would you have me do?" she asked quietly when her father had ended.

"De a s you please," he replied. "Tom Harrington is in the l ibrary."

I said Madel ine; "he called while you were busy with Foljambee and 1

i took him In there. Let us consult him. He ought to have something to say—for we have just become engaged."

Tom cam» in quite gay and deb-onair; an ex-service man, well set up. working for twenty-five dollars a week while he "learned the textile business." Brookhurst having re-covered f rom his astonishment went over h l i story again and Tom heard it with no change of his buoyant manner. "Well. Madge," said Tom, "what do you say? Are you going to rr.zxsy h i m ? "

"No," replied Madeline. "I 'd starve first—but—but poor fa ther !"

Tom actually laughed. "Don't you worry ," said he,, " tha t old dud can't hurt us. I 'm twenty-five to-morrow. No, I haven't gone crazy, that does have something to do with it. You see Uncle Abijah Jencks left m e his half million in trust un-til I was of the age of twenty-five. And Amos K. Foljambee, a crony of Uncle Abijah's, was the trustee. It 's my money he has been lending ou t My lawyers are all ready and tomorrow I'll make Amos K. give an accounting that will make his head swim. Come, Madge, give us a kiss. You don't mind, do you, Mr. Brookhurst?"

HARRIS CREEK Mrs. Basil Vreeland

The prospect of a good time will ge t almost anybody ou t of a sick

Mederlc Burns came home Fri-day f r o m an a r m y c a m p in Mary-land fo r a n 11-day fur lough.

Mra. Berna rd Flynn and daugh t e r Romaln drove to Bat t le Creek Wed-nesday and took Mrs. Ben F la r le ty and sons home wi th them a f t e r spending a few days a t the home of her parents , Mr. and Mrs. Bern-ard Flynn.

Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Flynn and son Joseph were Lowell and Grand R a p i d s visi tors Fr iday.

Mrs. Margare t Sllcox and Mrs. Basil Vreeland accompanied Mrs. Glenn Sanborn to Grand Rap ids Thursday .

Mr .and Mrs. Joe Wenger and son Howard were Sunday visi tors a t the Vern Wenger home, and Rober t Schmi t t and son of Grand R a p i d s were callers.

Mr. and Mrs. Vocelle and daugh-ter Margare t of Kalamazoo were Sunday af ternoon visi tors a t the Berna rd Flynn home. Ted McDon-ald was also a caller.

Mr. and Mre. Far re l l B u r n s and son, Mr. and Mrs. J e a r d Hlllery and daugh te r s of Grand Raiplds, Mr. ftnd Mrs. John McDonald and daugh te r s , Mederlc Burns and Mlsa F r a n c e s Meyers of Plalnwell were Sunday vlsltore of their parents , Mr .and Mrs. Wm. Burns .

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Notest lne and family, Mrs. S tewar t Johnson and daugh te r . Miss P a t t y Welton, Rob-er t Schmi t t and son, Mederlc Rurne and Miss Frances Meyers, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Sanborn, Mr. and Mrs. Anson Schlefla and Joseph Flynn were Sunday callers a t the Sllcox-Vreeland home.

CARD O F T H A N K S

We wish to express our sincere apprecia t ion to the American Le-gion and Auxiliary, the Lowell schools, South Boston Grange, rela-tives, ne ighbors and f r i ends for the beau t i fu l f lowers and their many o the r expressions of sympathy.

Mrs. Hoyt A. Phelpe, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Phelps, Pv t . and Mrs. John M. Phelps,

c48 J o a n p;id Catherine.

Man criticizes woman for her ext ravagance , but she never was te s $2 worth of shot-gun ehelis to ge t a 25-cent rabbi t .

Nor, does she go Into a res taur -ant fo r a 25-cent sandwich and leave the wai t ress a 25-cent t ip because she smiled so sweetly.

There a re almost 30 billion ra t ion s t amps contained In the 150 million copies of W a r Ration Book Two, or more t h a n all the poatage s t amps produced by the Government dur-ing the pas t 12 years.

'About all some girls know about cooking Is how to bring; a man t o a boll."

"Willie, this Is Mr. F la t t , who's very anxious not to miss the 4:15 t ra in . I can' t see him off , so I w a n t you to m a k e sure he gets there In time."

Willie looked at the clock, doubt-fully, then he went out In f ront a n d whist led. Mr. F l a t t hurr ied out a f t e r h i m and the door closed.

Ten minutes la ter Willie was back looking like a person who h a s achieved something.

"He got there In t ime all r ight. I made sure of t h a t "

"How did you do It?" " I se t the bulldog a f t e r him

and he got there wi th th ree min-utes to spare."

Acknowledge all Introductions warmly .

DR. H. R. MYERS Osteopathic

Physician and Surgeon

24 Howard S t , Lowell P h o n e 206

Off ice Hours : 10:00-12:00 a. m. 2:00-5:00 and 7:00-9:00 p. m.

F. E. WHITE D E N T I S T

Negonce Block, Lowell, Mich. Closed Thur sday Af te rnoons

P h o n e s ; Office 151 Res . 188

FOR WARTIME -g ECONOMY '

. 1 SHOP A&P! D, E, F BLUE STAMP VALUES

Canned Vegetables

DEL MONTE PEAS No. 303 ( i i o i . ) 9 i« t t

I0NA CUT GREEN BEANS No. 2 ( i w ) e.n

CREEN VALLEY DICED BEETS ^ I0NA SPINACH No. 2 [18-oz.) can

A & P GOLDEN CORN No. 2 (2001.)

A&P WHOLE KERNEL CORN No. 2 uo-oa) «••

Canned Frulfs I0NA PEACHES ' / j ' i OR SLICED No. Vfa (W-ot) c«n

8UITAHA FHUIT COCKTAIL No. I [l&-oz.) can

A i P F S U I T COCKTAIL No. 2I/| {30-ol] can

BETTY BLUE KIEFFER PEARS No. I fl&-oz.) can

I0NA BARTLETT PEARS W i ( » - » ! « •

Canned J u i c e s

POLK'S UN8WT. GRAPEFRUIT JUICE

CAMPBELL'S TOMATO JUICE —

H VEGETABLE JUICE

FLORIDA UNSWT. GRAPEFRUIT JUICE

m .

13

14

8 11

14

14

! 4

13

24

11

21

9

12 2

4

« I C 1

1 7 c

2 ' " 2 5 4

l i e

2 ' " 28c

1 4 c

1 4 c

2 0 c

2 * - 3 3 c

3 3 c

1 1 c

2 3 c

2 9 c

1 0 c

1 6 c 1 3 c

A & B RED STAMP VALUBS Canned Meat and Fish

ARMOUR'S POTTED MEAT B'/j-oz. can

M R M E L ' S SPAM 12-ox. can

COLO STREAM PINK SALMON i ^ c .

PERFECT STRIKE CNUM SALMON A A P WHITE MEAT TUNA 7-oz.can

UNDERWOOD MUSTARD SARDINES > ° ~ <*•

m .

1

5

7

7

3

4

PHI CI

35c 22o

2/o 4 0 c

1 2 c

UNRATIONED FOODS! 4NN PAGE SALAD DRESSING , , A & P CIOER VINEGAR . . . .

A A P PLAIN OLIVES

M L T A N A PEANUT BUTTER . . ,

ANN PACE RASPBERRY PRESERVES HELLO-WHAT CEREAL . . ,

3 1 c

^ 12c

. 2 K : 2 7 c

AAP MACARONI VALUES

2-lb. pkg 1 9 c

3-Jb. p k g . _ . . J 2 8 o

7-oi. pkg 5 c

16-02. pkg 1 1 c

Night grain-shocking- par t ies by local business men and other town volunteers helped save the gra in crop In Walworth, County, Wis., last year, a s m a n y as 10 grain fields being cleaned up In a single night .

About 8 pounds of dehydrated I r i sh potatoes are the equivalent of a bushel of r aw potatoes weighing 60 pounds.

m

* r i J .VAl lONDS

DR, J. W. TRUMBLE V E T E R I N A R I A N

Office—123 N. Division St.

Phone 63 Lowell, Mich.

B. H. SHEPARD, M. D. Phone 47

J. A. MacDONELL, M. D. Phone ! ! •

Office Phone 36

Off ice Hours

2:00 to 4:00 P. M. each week day

7:00 to 8:30 P . M.. Men., Wed., Sat.

For the Dura t ion

House 35 Off ice 50

D. H. OATLEY Dent is t

Off ices in rooms former ly occupied by the City S ta te B a n k

D R R. T. LUST1G Osteopath ic Phys ic ian and Surgeon

Specializing in Rec ta l Diseases

Rec ta l San i t a r ium

D R . P. M. WELLS. Associate

Genera l Pract ice—X-Rny

43 Lafaye t t e , S. E . G r a n d Rap ids

P h o n e s : Off ice 83173; Res . 52434

o W s q o o o BLOOD DONATIONS A WEEK ARE NEEDED BY THE AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR OUR ARMED FORCES/

E RED CROSS IS ONE Of THE LARGEST MOV/i THiATRi OPERATORS-/*/ / MOVIES FOR

SICK AND CONVALESCENT FIGHTING MEN HERE

AND ABROAD.

^HROWSH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, FOOD PARCEL^ CLOTHING, SOAP AND OTHER COMFORTS ARE RECEIVED BY HUSOmMS Of WA* in

ENEMY CAMPS/

Want-Ads 0 Bring Cash Cus tomers to Your Door " '

SELL - BUY - TRADE - RENT It'a Easy To Do With a Ledger Classified Ad!

Want to sell your Piano? Want to buy an Electric Washer? Want to trade your Typewriter for a used Accordion? Want to Rent that spare room? A Classified Ad in the Ledger is the answer! That 's how you can reach hundreds of interested people—in the quickest time, and ' at the lowest cost. And many times, one insertion has done the trick! The Ledger Classified Section is read by folks who WANT what you have to sell . . . and used by folks who can save you money t n the things YOU want. The cost is amazingly low! Get all the facts now. Call 200.

25 Word Ad One Week 35c - Cash with Order

bt: •^r T H E L O W S X LEDOKB. LOWELL, MIOHIOAN, THURSDAY, APRIL i , IMS

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS VBBAOE OF LOWELL

Offlcla] The regular meeting of the Com-

mon Council of the Village of Low-ell was held In the City Hall Coun-cil rooms Monday evenlnig, March 1, 1943.

The meeting was called to Order by President Arehart a t 8 p. m.

Trustees present: Day, Shepard, Roth, Christiansen, Rutherford.

Trustee Speerstra absent. The minutes of the meeting held

February 15 was read and approved. It was moved by Trustee Day and

supported by Trustee Shepard that the financial statement of the Vil-lage of Lowell for 1942 be accepted and published In the Lowell Ledger. Yeas, 5; Nays, 0. Carried.

It was moved by Trustee Day and supported by Trustee Shepard that the following bills be paid:

Light ft Power

F. J. MoMahon i James McMahon Byrne McMahon Mert Sinclair Paul Rickert Chas. Blllinger Kittle Charles Mabel Knapp Jer ry DeVine Ted VanOcker Ray Ingersoll Lloyd Ooff Robert Stuart Carl Thum Herb Swan Michigan Bell Tele 14.27 Vine Hunter 2.50 Art Hill 15.36 W. H. Salisbury Co 25.16 Graybar Elec. Co 30.50 Melaon Industrial Sup 14.85 H. J. Hartman Foundry Co. 1.50 Elec. Supply Co 53.78 Kuhlman Elec. Co 68.20 L. R. Klose Electric C o . . . . 22.64 B. Sc W. Distributing Co. . . 6.26 Mich. Bell Telephone Co. . 15.00 L. W. Johnson 120.00 Price-Rite Hardware 126 Diamond DX Oil Co 20.68

162.00 98.28 99.36 87.48 90.00 66.00 56.83 12.98 57.65 55.26 62.26

60.00 7.00

48.00

PUBLIC NOTICES Seari. Mwwtnm and White

Attorno* 'or 831 Mlchl«mn Tnuit BMg. Ormnd lUpW., Mtehlpui

MORTCAOE SAI-E Default having b««n made In the coo-

dttlona of a certain mortgage dated Octo-ber 21. 1940, executed by Morrlfon Brigh-ton and Oneida Q. Brighton, husband and wife, tenant* by the «ntlretl«, of Lowell. Kent County. Michigan, to the Lowell Building k Loan Aaaoclatlon. a Michigan building and loan corporation of Lowell. Kent County. Mlchlr>n. recorded on No-vember 13. 1940 in the office of the RegUler of Deeda for Kent County. Mich-igan. In Llbtr 879 of Mortgagee, on pagw S and «: fnd became of aald default the principal fum of »ald mortgage and all fuma unp»<d thereon have been de-clared to be Immediately due and payable and the tharea of atock pledged aa collat-eral thereto forfeited; and

Said mortgage in IU entirety being now due and payable, and on which mortgage there U claimed to be due at the date of thla notice for principal 1908.89. for Interrat f7fl.76. and for taxea and Inaur-anc* paid by the mortgagee, plus lnter«M thereon. 126.49. being a total amount due and unpaid a t the date hereof of tl.011.14, to which will be added an attor-ney'a fee of »3S.OO aa *lpulated for in aald mortgige. and the co* of forecloaure; and no ault or proceeding having been Instituted at law or otherwise to recover said debt or any part thereof, by reaaon of which default the power of aale con-tained in aald mortgige haa become oper-ative;

Now. Therefore, notice la hereby given that under the power of aale In aald mortgage, and In purauance of the atatute in such case made and provided, aald mortgage will be forecloaed by a aale of the premla<J therein deacribed at public vendue at the North front door of the Court House In the city of Orand Raplda, Kent County, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Clreult Court In • l id County where the premlsea are situ-ated. on Wednesday, the 14th day of July. 1943. a t 10 o'clock In the forenoon

50 0 0 ' O n t r a l War time. Staid premises are deacribed In said mort-

gage aa follows: All that certain piece or pwcel of land

situated in the Village of LoweU. County of Kent and State of Michigan, described

Lot number four (4) of Block eight (8) of Lee'a addition to said Village of Low-ell. according to the recorded plat thereof. Dited; April 5. 1943.

LOWELL BUILDING * IX)AN ASSOCIATION, Mortgagee. By FRANK F. COONS. Secretary.

c48-13t

Ada News (Mrs. Hattle R. Fltoh)

Ada Locals

ALTON—VERGENNES Mrs. Clyde Condon

Mr. and Mrs. Petersen had their children and their families home with them Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Claude Condon and Mr. and Mrs. BUI Condon and Nan-cy were Grand Rapids visitors Pri-

Mr. and Mrs. George Chaffee mo-[ day.

Total 51,405.04

Mich. Hoop'l. Bene't. Aaen.J 10.80 Continental Casualty Co. . . 5.00

Total

Water Works

Julius Basler Michigan Bell Telephone..

$15.80

CHANCERY NOTICE

STATE OF MICHIGAN, THE H t P E R I o f t COURT OF ORAND RAPIDH. IN CHAN-CERY.

At a aesalon of said Court held at the City Hall In the City of Grand Rapids. In said County on the 10th day of Febru-ary. A. D. 1943.

Present: HON. THADDEUS B. TAYLOR Judge of Superior Court of Grand Rapids. CARL GEIDNER. PtaJntlff,

3821 3.31

Total

City Hall

Light & Power $ Mich. Bell Telephone W .A. Roth Fred Gramer

$41.52

.90 3.72

Total. %

General

R. E. Springett $ Leo Davcrman Lowell Signs Fire Department Lights . . . W. A. Roth Kalamazoo Fire App'ts. Co. Frank Stephens 50.00 Paul Kellogg 11-25 Wm. Collina 600 Dave Clark 6.00 Ray Covert 6.00 Wm. Haysmer 5.00 Art Martin 5.00 Carl Havens 5.00 Ray Hand 5.00 George Wood 5-00 i Ray Alexander 5.00 Henry VanTatenhove 5.00 Sylvester Blbbler • 5.00 Dick Rutherford 5.00 Jay Bolens 5.00 L. A. Tanner 5.00 Fred Gramer 38.06 Gene Carr 60.00 L. E. Johnson 50.00 Dr. MacDonell 25.00 Frank Major 25.00 Mildred Brindle 20 00 Mich. Bell Telephone 5.84 Prlce-Rlte Hardware .60

EVA MAY GEIDNER. Defendant. ORDER OF P f R U C A T I O N

In thla cauae it appearing from the affidavit on file that the defendant. Eva May cfeldner, la not a resident of the State of Michigan, and it cannot be aa-certalned in what State the defendant resides, aa plaintiff Is Informed and be-lieves;

Now, Therefore. On Motlor. of Gale Saunders, attorney for plaintiff.

It Is Ordered t h u the defendant. Eva May Geldner. enter her appearance in said

.cause on or before three montha from 1.801 the date of this order and that unlea* 9.901 she does appear personally or by an

| attorney on or before three months frotr ' the date aforesaid that aald Bill of

1 6 3 2 Complaint shall be taken aa confessed and that she be held in default of an-swering the same.

It la Farther Ordered that within forty days from the date of thla order that the plaintiff cauae a copy of thla order to be published In the Lowell Ledger and that Uie same be publlahed for at leaat si* successive weeks unless a copy of thla order ahall have been served upon the defendant at least twenty day* before the time prescribed for the appearance of the de-fendant aa aforesaid.

It Is Further Ordered that a true copy of this order be sent by registered mall, pontage prepaid, to the last known address of Uils de.endant.

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-at

31.63 1.50

24.36 22.59 15.00 6.00

State Saving* Bank $5,000.00

ToUl $5,459.83

Street

Fred Gramer $ 13 86 L R Gin rich ft Son* 4.75 L. A. Tanner 60.00 ^Jncob Mi lkr , , s s _ v ^ 2.00

"Price-fllte Hardware 4.54 DX Service Station 14 60

Club l icense Application

Notice is hereby given that the club. Loyal Order of Moose, No. 809, whose premises are located at 210 E. Main St., Lowell, Michigan, has applied to the Michigan Liquor Control Commission for a club license to sell beer, wine and spirits to bona fide members only, an/d that It Is the Intent of the Liquor Con-trol Commission to grant said li-cense upon the expiration of ten days from the date thereof. Dated April 5, 1943. c48

BOWNE BUGLE NOTES Miss Myrtle Porri t t

Total 5 98.75 Grand Total $7,038.26

Roll Call: Trustee Day, yes; Shepard, yes; Roth, yes; Chrlatlan-aen, yes; Rutherford, yea Yeao, 5; Naya, 0. Carried.

I t waa moved by Trustee Ruther-ford and supported by Trustee Christiansen that the meeting ad-journ. Yeas, 5; Naye, 0. Carried. JOHN O. AREHART, President,

LEWIS E. JOHNSON, Clerk.

A special meeting of the Common Council of the Village of LoweU was held In the City Hall Council rooms Thursday evening, March 11, 1943.

The meeting waa called to order by President Arehart at 5:15 p. m.

Trustees present: Trustee Day, Chrlstlanaen, R o t h , Rutherford, Shepard. Trustee Speerstra absen t

The Clerk read the results erf the VUlage Election held March 9, 1943.

I t was moved by Trustee Day and supported by Trustee Ruther-ford that the election be confirmed. Yeas, 5; Nays. 0. Carried.

Roll Call: Trustee Day, ye® Rutherford, yea; Christiansen, yea; Roth, yea; Shepard, yes.

Moved by Trustee Shepard and supported by Trustee Christiansen that the meeting adjourn. Yeas, 5 Nays, 0. Carried. JOHN O. AREHART. PreaWent,

LEWIS E. JOHNSON, Clerk.

Mr. and Mrs. Morse Johnson of Jackson and Mrs. Don Johnson and children were Sunday evening callers at (Henry Johnson's.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cosgriff of Lowell. Mrs. Henry Johnson. Paul and Dick were Saturday evening callers at John Watts'.

Corp. and Mrs. Orlo Hostettler of Lincoln. Nebr., Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rosenberg of Mlddlevllle a n d Henry Johnson, Jr., were Sunday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs, Lawrence Johnson.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boughner of Lake Odessa and Mrs. Lawrence Johnson spent Tuesday in Grand Ru-plda.

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Porr i t t of Free-port, Mrs. Corwin Porri t t and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Porrit t and family were in Grand Rapids Saturday morning to see Francis Porritt , who left for the army.

tored to Rlverdale on Sunday to visit Mrs. Chaffee's father, W. C. VanAllstlne. ^

Mrs. Harry Fitch spent Thursday In Grand Rapids visiting her moth-er. Mrs. Charlotte Harris, and her sister. Mrs Nellie Weber.

Wesley Chaffee. Fireman 3rd Class, U. S. Navy, is now stationed at Norfolk. Va.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Peters and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smith of Flint spent the week-end in Ada visiting Mr. and Mrs. Carl Peters.

Orvies Kellogg attended funeral services held Monday afternoon for his old friend and neighbor, Vane Thompson, at the Thompson home at Cascade.

Mrs. Mable Freeman expects to be In Ada for a brief visit a t her home on Thursday. She has a short leave from the Soldiers' Home hos-pital and will visit relatives in Grand Rapids on Wednesday,

Mrs. Grace Whaley, who has been 111 with the fin. Is now able to be out once again and hopes to take over her duties as librarian this Friday. Mrs. Alice Morris and Mrs. Kit Martin have worRed at the li-brary during Mrs. Wha le r s ab-sence.

The fire truck a t the Ada Kent County garage was called out on Monday evening in response to a call for help at the Tuttle house located near the Ada-Vergennes town line. The fire was caused by an explosion In the basement and the house burned to the ground In spite of all efforts to save it.

Ada residents were more or less Indifferent to the various issues ai the election on Monday for the vote was a very light one. The entire Re-publican slate was elected to office with no opposition.

Mr. and Mrs. J . VandenBerg and Mr. and Mrs C. Hoeksema of Grand Rapids called on Mr. and Mrs. Herman Stukkie this past week.

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Stukkie and family motored to East Lan-sing on Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stukkie and to see their new baby son, who has been given the name of Peter Lee.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nelllst gave a farewell party a t their home on Monday evening for their son, Ken-neth, who leaves for Camp Grant, III., on Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Nelllst and daughters of Grand Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Nelllst and children, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morris and Dorothy and Mrs. Kenneth Nelllst. Dick and Marilyn were present.

Dick Wehler of Ohio, who former-ly lived In Ada, called on several friends here on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kingsley of Chicago arrived in Ada on Tuesday and are visiting Mrs. Mary Harris.

Mr. and Mrs George SiUaway of Cedar Springs were Sunday visitors of Mrs. Mary Harr is and on Friday of this past week Miss Marguerite Washburn of Grand Rapids spent the day with her grandmother.

Kirk Ford of Blteley la spend-Ing a few days with his brother, Fred, who has been sick.

Robert Blgga entertained Sunday at the Southern, honoring hia par-ents wedding anniversary. Guests were his parents, Mlse Jean Faah-baugh. Miss Arlene Ackles and Morris Biggs. They called on Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Roberta In the af t -ernoon.

Mrs. Crady has ibeen on the sick Hat.

SPRING HILL —EAST ADA Mrs. Ear l Voaburg

McCORDS MATTERS Bin. R. T. Williams

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Burton I Mrs. Ruth Hotchkiss of Allegan of Grand Rapids were Sunday vlsl- and sister, Nola Wood of Grand tors of Mr. and Mra. Arthur Bur-ton.

Adrian Moerdyke of Muakegon I

Rapids visited Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wood Saturday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. John Postma vis-apent Saturday and Sunday with ited Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bigler Mrs. Moerdyke and Marinus on the Saturday night. farm. ; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Workman of

Dora, Grace. Effle and Ann Dutton visited Mr. and Mrs. R. Theule of Grand Raplda were | Postma Sunday. recent vlsltore of th^lr parenta, Mr. I Mr. and Mra. Frank Pattison and and Mrs. T. Theule. Miss Seltaema'Mr. and Mrs. John Hodgman of of Orand Rapids waa a Sunday | Grand Raplda visited Mr. and Mrs. visitor. | A. E. Wood Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Slsson and) Mr. and Mra. O. H. Clark, Mr. and Richard Slsson of Grand Rapids;Mrs. Elmer Llskey and son Rich-were Sunday vialtora of Mr. a n d ' a r d a n d M r s I d a M i n # r w e r e S u n . Mrs. Earl Voabui* and family. | d a y f ^ t s a t the Clark-Other recent callera were Mr, and Williams home In honor of Mrs.

« « 1?V- Wrnr.t . n . n t q , .n^-»! M r 9 - M T o m , l n " o n o f Lowell. Mr. Walter Clark's birthday. Mrs. Eva Kropf apent S u n d a y , . ^ M p , v.nM.rm.rW -nH fwn M r a n d M r g_ B o b B , a c k b u r n a n d

LaBARGE RIPPLES Mra. Vern Lorlng

/frr 0.S.VAi tONDS

WEST LOWELL Mra. Meivin Court

Mrs. Miles Monks entertained Mr. and Mrs. Neal Wolfred of Sara-nac and Mr. ant^Mra. Guy Monka for dinner Sunday in honor of Mrs. Wolfred'a birthday

The U. B. Church will hold Ita quarterly meeting Sunday a t 10:80 a. m.

Mr. and Mra. Ellla Rollins and sou Roger of South Lowell were Monday caHers of Mrs. Velma Daw-son.

Mrs. Howard Watroua and Mra. Guy Monks spent Friday In Grand Rapids.

Ensign and Mrs. Richard Court visited their parenta, Mr. and Mra. Meivin Court, Thursday and Fri-day. Ensign Court h i s been assign-ed to the commander in chief, At-lantic Fleet for communication duty and left Saturday for the Etmt coast.

Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hough, who have been spending the winter with her mother, Mrs. Lake In Grand Raiplds, returned to their home Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Art Brown of Kala-mazoo spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Claud Lorlng.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Timm and fam-ily of Grand Rapids spent Sunday with their parenta. Mr. and Mr&. Henry Timm.

Mrs. J . Freyermuth and Dr. Juh-lln of Greenville were Sunday call-ers a t the Vern Lorlng home.

Sunday callers a t the Ora Daw-son home were Mr. and Mrs. Claud Henry of Grandviile, Ruth Miller, and Mre. B. Davison of Grand Rap-Ids, Don Lake, Miss Kate Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Jer ry Lurk of Alaaka.

Emerson Eckert , who has been very sick the past week, Is im-proving.

Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hough are visiting her brother, Leater Lake and family a t Lake Odessa.

Will Knight has sold his farm to John Kelser and the Knights have purchased the Linsley house.

Mr. and Mrs. Dwlght Gosling and son Dale and sister, Mlsa Gosling of Home Acres were treated to warm syrup a t the Vera Lorlng home Thursday night.

Mr. and Mra. W. O. Hepflnger of Grand Ra)plda were Sunday call-ers at the Colin Campbell home.

Mr. and Mra. George Sanburn of Alaaka and Charley Sanburn were last week callera a t the Ralph Rathbun home.

East Caledonia Ladies Aid will hold their regular aid dinner in church basement, April 14.

LaBarge Friendship Club motor-ed to the home of Mrs. Ivan Denise In Alto for their April meeting. They served a lovely dinner at noon to nine guests. The day waa spent In piecing quilt blocks.

with her artster, Ina Smoot In Beld-lng.

Mr. and Mre. Elmer Wlttenbach had the Gauw and Anderson fami-lies with them Sunday.

Mrs. Clema Condon of Grand Rapids and former Smyrna resi-dent, died a t her home Sunday from a heart attack. Burial waa In Smyrna cemetery Tuesday af^ar-noon. Her husband, Charles Coft-don, passed away last fall,

Mrs. Roye Ford and Mrs. f 'Wd Rlckner worked on the election board Monday. Vergennes town-ship voted 106 to 80 to keep the primary system of selecting candi-dates rather than going back to the caucus way.

Marvin Leach came home from the hospital Saturday but must stay hi bed for another week. His father, Vern Leach, called on him Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Arch Condon, Esale Condon and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Condon called a t the Mike Weeks, Lula O'Brien and Dick Balrd homes Sunday. At the Fal laAurg road a deer crossed both roads ahead of them and stopped as If waiting for i ts partner to catch up. ^

Alton church was nearly filled Sunday evening for their (Special services. Come next Sunday and brin»gi your neighbor.

Mr. and Mra. Claude Condon and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Condon and children were Sunday gueata of Mr. and Mrs. Will Buckingham. It was little Bonnie Lou's first visit to her Grandma Buck ingham^

Fire destroyed the home^of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lyon Monday fore-noon on the Morris Trumble farm, east of Moseley. They have their house partly completed that burned a few years ago and werp living in one of the smaller buildings. Mrs. Lyons was alone at the time and In very poor health, and waa only able to get out herself. By the time Mr. Lyon came from the fields the fire was beyond saving any-thing.

Mr. and Mra. Gordon Frost caUed on Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Condon Sun-day and on Mr. and Mrs. Will Huff-man at Potters Comers. Mrs. Frost's brother Phil and wife are leaving Chicago, owing to his poor health and may come to Lowell to live.

Arlene Ford and her grandmother Mrs. Yelter of Grand Rapids spent the week-end wfth Mr. and Mre Guy Ford and attended church aerv-lcea Sunday evening at Alton.

P v t Tom Read will leave Friday to return to Sheppards Field. Te*.

Mr. and Mm. Levi Weeks and daughter Corrlne of Grand Rapids were guests of the Mike Weeks family Sunday.

Mrs. Howard Kropf spent Sun-day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shores in Keene.

Ruth Ann Duncan Is wlthfther Grandmother Kropf this week.

Mr. and Mra Howard Kropf Were given a charivari Friday evening.

Mrs. Lula O'Brien has been on the sick list thla week.

We have just received a letter from a cousin. Corp. John Hath-horn, of Idaho, whom his parents had not heard from since Novem-ber. He had been away from hi* company for a !on!g thne and hftd eaten British field rations all that time. Said he would grant that no one would starve on them. An-other boy we were glad to get a re-port on was Corp. Clayton Engle, who sailed several weeks ago and waa recognised by Corp. S. J . Ayers. who is also in the Marine service. Sgt. Red Huf fman reports every-thing fine and OK with him.

Mr*. Howard Kropf wa* honored Saturday afternoon with a shower by Mis* Janet Fr i tz and her mother. A hearty welcome to the nelghboiv hood was expressed to Mrs. Kropf by the lovely gifts she received. Re-freshment* were served by the hoat-

1 and Mrs. Bill Vandermark and two children of Grand Rapids,' Walt

•Alley, Ed Lewi* and Bob Phillips daughter*. Peg, Maxlne and Ker-rln of Montague visited Mr. and

and Mrs. Jacob Bultendyk. Mrs. A. E.. Wood Sunday afternoon. The Strong Happy Sewer* 4-H Mr. and Mr*. Henry Boe*koI of

Club met with their leader FridayiGrand Rapids called on Mr. and afternoon. |Mrs. Ray Coat* and Mr. and Mrs.

Mrs. Griffith of ^homappie River Andy Zoet Thursday night, entertained with a birthday party for Patsy Fr iday evening. The young guests were Mary Hoffman, Dorothy Heematra, Ardl* DeGood, Grade Vosburg, Gladys Buitendyk, and three little friend* from Grand Rapids.

Mrs. Earl Vosburg waa a recent caller of Kate Smith.

Nellie Smith of Ada, who has been very ill, is Improving.

FALLASBURG & VICINITY Mr*. Wesley Miller

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bradley were Saturday callers of Mr. a n d Mrs. Emlel Stauffer.

Virginia and Joyce Booth are entertaining meaales^ and the Wm. Keech and J o h n Wright famllie* are still having flu.

Mr. and Mr*. Tony Ortowskl and baby of near Ada spent the week-end with Mr. and Mra Huber t De-Vrlea

John Maur has moved Into Fred Jones' house. Fred 1* working for Clare Culver.

Mre. Claude Booth returned home last week Thursday af ter a three weeks' visit with relatives in Kan-sas.

Mrs. Will Booth of Lowell aqd Mrs. Lodl Shear of Battle Creek were recent callers of Mr*. Claude Booth and Mr*. Wm. Stauffer .

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vaughan and Billy spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Storey in Grattan. Helen Vaughan spent Saturday night and Sunday with them.

Ralph Dennis and two sons. Ed-die and Dickie of Grand Rapids and Leon Dennis of Lowell were Sunday callers of Mr. a n d Mrs. Floyd Dennia

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. S tauf fe r and Richard ^)ent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Gelger near Smyrna

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tower and a friend of Midland were Saturday callers of his aunt, Mra James and brother Bruce Tower.

Carl Kyser visited his son. Staff Sgt. Albert Kyser. Sunday at the Myron Kyser heme. Staff S g t Ky-ser aud a f r iend from For t Sheri-dan, III. were spending a short t ime with fr iends and relative* around Lowell.

Carl Kyser has a nice new team of black mares, weighing about 1,600, and is all set to work his f a r m thia summer.

MOSELEY—MURRAY LAKE Mrs. E r a Engle

Mr. and Mra Leo Goodman and son Clair Culver of Detroit, were week-end visitors of Mrs. Clair Cul-ver.

LOWELL DIST. NO M n . J , P. Needham

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SOUTH BOWNE Mrs. Jennie Pardee

Mrs. Jennie Pardee and Miss Wanetta Schray visited Saturday afternoon with the letter 's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brock in Lake Odessa.

Mrs. Lydia Karcher is spending a few da>s with Mra Lizzie Hoff-man in Eas t Bowne.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Porri t t and daughter Marjorie and Ed Lacy were in Grand Rapid* Saturday.

Mrs. Jennie Pardee and Wanetta Schray were callers a t the Alden Porri t t home on Thursday.

Mr. and Mr*. Paul Hoffman aro giving a dinnet Sunday in honor of her brother, Arthur Anderson of Great Lakes Naval Training Sta-tion. The other guests were Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson of Alto. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Wester of Alto, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Eldridge of MulHken and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Metternlck of Ada. ,

Mr. and Mrs. Lester Blough and baby were in Lowell Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Lester Blough and baby were Sunday dinner guests of her father, Chris Fahrnl and sister In South Boston.

Mr. and Mrs. Jer ry Blough will

celebrate their golden wedding an-nivereary on Friday, April 9. and on Sunday, the 11th, they will hold open house from two to four and seven to nine for their friends and neighbors

Mra Martin Kunde wa* In Alto and Lowell the past week on busi-ness.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Mlshler and daughter Gwendolyn were Sunday-dinner guest* of Mr. and Mr*. John Thayler In Campbell.

M r s. Thlrza Thompson a n d mother, Ellen Sce*e, were visitor* the past week at Mr*. Floyd Wal-ton ' s

Mr. and Mra Farrell Anderson and baby of Hastings were Sunday guests of J ake Gless and Corrlne.

Barbara Boulard of Bowne Cen-ter was a Sunday dinner guest of Marjorie Porri t t .

Mr. and Mra. Jer ry Blough were Sunday dinner guests of Russell Blough and family in Freepor t

Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Johnson of Bowne Center were callers of Jennie Pardee Monday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. LaGrand Calller and son were In Vermontvllle Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. WUI MMiIer and daughter Gwendolyn, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Eash were last Sunday din-ner guests of Mr. and Mra John Mlshler In Grand Rapid*.

Mrs. Martin Kunde attended surprise party on Mrs. R. T. Kunde in Freeport Sunday evening.

P v t Ervin Curtis* of Camp Pbll-llps, Kan., and Mra Curtiss and baby of Lowell were caHers a t Mrs. Jennie Pardee's, Sunday afternoon

Martin Kunde, who works in Hastings, is having a two weeks' vacation a t home.

Visitors the past week a t Steve Miller's were Mr. and Mrs. Milton Murphy and Mr. and Mra. Har ry Kelly of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Jo-sephine Miller and Mr. and Mr*. Joe Lardie Of Calodonia, Mr. and Mrs. WUI Blough of Freeport and Mr. anfi Mr*. George Welch of Battle Cre«k.

Stave Miller and famUy attended the sale of Robert Showerman In Sunfield Saturday. . Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cosgriff of Lowell, Mrs. Jennie Pardee, Mr3. Estelia Rosier and Mian Wanetta Schray were Sunday evening call-ers of Mr*. Lenna Johnson, who recently returned from the hospital.

Phone or send your news to the Ledger. tf

VERGENNES CENTER N. M. K.

Mr*. Frank Baker and Mr*. J . B. Hawk of Lowell were Tuesday caH-ers of Mr*. Baker'* grandparent*. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Read. Sunday caHers were Mr. and Mre. Horace Week* of Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Biggs and children of Beldlng and Miss Delia Kloostra and mother.

Mr*. Ida Falrchlld* spent Wed-nesday afternoon with Mra Chas. Rogers of Lowell.

Mr*. M. B. McPherson spent Tueaday in Detroi t

Susan McPherson i* entertaining the measles this week.

Sunday dinner guests at the Arvil Hellman home were her parents, Mr. and Mra. Precton of Ionia, and Mr. and Mrs. Merle Hellman and children of Mason.

Barbara Hellman spent Sunday night with Shirley Williams and Phylii* Hellman spent Monday night with Joyxe William*.

Mr*. Anaei Fairchllds called on Mrs. Carr and Albert Anderson Saturday afternoon. Albert *eems real pleased to *€e the old neigh-bora

Mr*. Earl Maloney and Selma Kerr of LoweU spent the week-end with their mother, Mr*. Rosa Kerr. Sunday callers were Mr. and Mra. Leonard Kerr and son* of Lansing.

Amim Fairchllds of Lowell was F ' iday dinner guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Falrchi'ds. Sun-day caller* were Mr. and Mra Hen-ry Watson and daughter Gloria of Smyrna, Mr*. Arnim Falrchlld* and Renee of Lowell and Mr. and Mra. Clare Anderson and Estelia and Donald.

Mr. and Mra John Husar of De-troit and Loren Cobb of Grand Rapids called on Mr*. Humr'* sis-ter, Mr*. Karl Blerl and famUy. and her cousin. Miss Nettle Kerr, Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Husar also called on their aunt, Mr*. Rosa Kerr and family and Mr. and Mr*. Sam Ryder

Inspirational

I t i* not required of every man and woman to be or to do some-thing great; most of us must con-tent ourselves with taking small par ts in the chorus, as f a r as pos-sfblo without discord.—Henry Van-Dyke.

Because the farm that I have been working for the past twenty years has been sold, I will sell at public anction, at Uie farm, 2)4 milec south of Lowell oa M-91, known as the D. W. Miller or the old Post farm, on

T uesday, April '43 Mr. and Mra. Stephen Rennell*

and children of Lansing were Sun-day gueabi a t the Chris Kropf home.

Mr. and Mr*. John Rennells and daughter Ethel were Sunday guests a t the Clare and Lloyd Ford homo

Mr. and Mr*. Ace Chrlatianaon and son and Mr. and M r a Kitchen of Grand Rapid* were guef ts of Mr. and Mr*. Lee Keech, Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wiley and Mra Hotchkiss of Lowell were Fri-day guest* a t Clare Ford ' a

Mr*. John O. Wlngeler of Lowell la spending a few days with her son, Gus Wlngeler and wife.

Mr. and Mr*. Simon E lha r t and son of Zeeland were Sunday af ter -noon and evening guestr of Ted Elhart and family.

Sunday afternoon caller* of Mra. Eva Engle were Mr*. Lizzie Davis and son Martin of Orand Rapid*, Mra Lulu Kropf . Morris Blaao and Mis* Clara Rltzema of LoweU.

Mr. Reugsegger and family of near Saranac are moving: on the Will Byrnes farm east of Mose-ley.

Mr*. Iva Fritz a n d daughter, Janet entertained with mlscellane-ou* shower In honor of Mr*. How-ard Kropf last Saturday afternoon.

Mlsa Emily Davis of Eas t Grat-tan spent Wednesday af ternoon with her cousin, M r a E v a Engle.

CARD OF THANKS

We wi*h to thank all those who remembered our son, Terry, with fruit , toys, card* and other acts of kindnes* during hi* recent IH-ne*a p48 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Flynn

Just 61 year* ago, an obscure country doctor named Robert Koch announced his proof that the dis-ease tuberculo*is was caused by a rod-shaped germ—the tubercle bacillus.

Shun idle goasip; never meddle in personal affairs.

Those who live on the mountain have a longer day than those who live in the valley. Sometime* aH we need to brighten our day Is to rise a little higher.—Anon.

Son: Dad, what waa your great ambiUon when you were a kid?

Dad: To wear long pants. And I've got my wish. If there'* any-body In th is country who wears his pant* longer than I do, r £ Ilka to aee him.

Caller* on Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jame* Needham were Rev. and Mr*. Clau* and Mr. and Mr*. Harold Graham of LoweU and Mi** Tiffany, teacher a t the Bennett school.

Prayer meeting was held a t the home of Mr. and Mr*. Charles Thompson Thursday evening.

Lynn Clark of Grand Rapids vis-ited the MoBride school during the week.

Mr*. I*abeUe Needham her slater. Mr*. Earl Starbard, who I* on the *ick list, on Monday.

Mr. and Mr*. Clarence Schwader entertained her parent*, Mr. and Mr*. Charles Oberlin of Belding over Sunday, also her aunt and uncle.

Jame* aud Emmeit Needham at-tended the funeral of their friend, Dell Weatherby, in Grand Rapid* Monday afternoon.

Chet Place of Detroit waa a vis-itor of the home folk* over the week-end.

Mr*. Frank Scbwacha and daugb-ter-in-law caJled on Mrs. IsabeUe Needham Sunday.

HICKORY CORNERS Mrs. Ethel Tc

HOLSTEIN CATTLE

Holsteln Cow, 8 yrs. old, bred Aug. 29 • Holsteln Cow, 7 yrs. old, bred Oct 23 Holstein Cow, 7 yrs. old/to freshen in April Holstein Cow, 8 yrs. old, bred Jan. 13 Holstein Cow, 7 years old, bred Oct 3 Holstein Cow, 8 yrs. old, bred Sept 16 Holstein Cow, 10 yrs. old, bred Jan. 24 Heifer, 18 months old, bred Dec. 6 Heifer, 18 months old, bred Dec. 18 Heifer Calf, 3 months old Boll Calf, 2 months old Holatein Bull, 2 yrs, 4 months old

These cattle are the result of 20 years of continuous breeding with high producing dams and good sires. I have raised every

' one of them and can recommend them to anyone looking for good Holsteins, and would not sell only for above named rea-son. Breeding dates and other information given at date of sale. All cattle Bangs tested by Dr. J. W. Trumble. All reacted negative.

HORSES

Bay Team, w t 2800, with harness

HOGS

10 Brood Sows, bred Male Hog, 1 yr. old

Commencing at One O'clock P. M.

IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, ETC.

It par* to advertise la the Ledger.

Mr. and M m Ivan Blough and aon Dean of Clarksvllle spent Thursday with their mother, M r a Ethel Yelter.

Tom Heaven I* on the *ick l i s t Mr. and Mr*. C. W. Schwab and

daughter. Mr*. Dick Fairchllds of Alto caUed on John Yelter and M r a Elizabeth Meddaugh Sunday af ter-noon.

Caller* a t the home of Mra Ethel Yelter Sunday were Mr. and Mra. Clate Schwab of South Boston, Mr. and Mrs. Ward VanDyke of Grand Rapid*, Mr. and Mra. Nick Kloo-sterman and *on Berwyn of Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. Clint Schwab of Elm-dale and Mr*. Richard Falrchlld* of Ako. M r a Pauline Stuart of Clarksvllle spent Saturday and Sun-day at home.

Edward Yelter apent from Thurs-day until Sunday with his sister, Mr*. Le tha Blough and family In ClarksviUe.

FEED

150 bu. Oats 50 bu. Rye 5 bu. Seed Cora 8 tons Alfalfa Hay 6 acres Corn in shock . Quantity Cora Fodder in shock

Quantity Late Potatoes, field run

Ideal-Deering Grain Binder, 7 f t cut, good running condition

McCormick-Deering Cora Binder, rebuilt last year

David Bradley Cora Planter, fertilizer at-tachment

Lets Feed and Roughage Grinder, large size McCormick-Deering Walking Plow 2-Horse Walking Cultivator 2 .Riding Cultivators Wagon with rack Wagon with dump boards 3-Section Drag .; {T 2-Section Drag Spike Drag Roller Titian Tractor

Pulley Belts Sets of Harness

1 dozen Hone Collars 2 Hay Forks, Ropes and Pulleys Tank Heater Old D^Lavsl Cream Separator, No. 15 2 sets Tinware for DeLaval Separator, No. 15 Clover Seeder Feed Cooker Potato Sorter Gas Engine and Pump Jack 10-gal. Cream Can Small tools, forks, shovels, saws, etc., too

numerous to mention

HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES

Eureka Garland Range Large Davenport, leather seat and back Library Table Dining Table 2'buraer Oil Heater Bedsprings 2 Ferneries Kitchen Stool Numerous other small articles

TERMS:—All sums of $10.00 and under, Cash. If interested In time terms, make ar rangements with clerk before sale.

Clarence Sdiwader, Prop It pays to advertise in the Ledger. I . C . T I O M A S , A i c t i N M r m n BAY. « «

THE LOWELL LEDGER. LOWELL, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, IMS SEVEN

The 2nd War Loan Starts April

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13 billion dollars must be raised! THE GOVERNMENT of the United States is asking ns to lend it 13

billion dollars in the next few weeks. We can do it. And we must

do H. Every American must realize the truth:

In this, oar toagfaest war, we've made a good start. We've trained a lot «l men—made a lot of weapons—built a lot of ihips.

But it's only a start. No man or woman among ns would contend for a single instant that we're doing enough now to win this war I

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We've Got to Build Morol We broke all records buildlcg 8 million tons of shipping last year. Bnt grim-faced Army and Navy men will tell yon that the 18 MILLION tons we're building this year still won't be enough!

We've Got to Fight Morel From now till this war is won, America must be on the offensive. In ever-increasing numbers, your ions, brothers, husbands must go into actual battle. Our losses have already begun to mount—and they will not grow 1<

get this: in doing your duty, you're doing yourself one of the blggetl favors of your life I

For United States War Bonds are the greatest investment in the world —•bar none. They're investments tailored to fit your particular situation. And they give yon the chance of a lifetime to order and get the kind of world you want to live in after this war. Every cent you pat in War Bonds now will help to guarantee plenty of peacetime jobs maifiwg peace-living for every one of ua

For your Country's sake—for your own sake—invest all you can/

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And We've Got to Buy More War Bonds! Sure we're all baying War Bonds now. Bnt we've got to help pay for our increased fighting and building . . . We've got to match, as best we can, the sacrifice of those Americans who are toiling and sweating os a dozen battle-fronts—with the bloodiest yet to come. The blunt fact is this: to keep our war machine going; we've got to dig up 13 billion extra dollars this month. IS billion dollars over and above our regular War Bond buying!

In the next few weeks you may be visited by one of the thousands of volunteers who are contributing their time and effort to this Drive. But don't wait for him. Make up your mind now that before this drive is over, you're going to march right down to your nearest bank. Post Office, or plaee where they sell War Bonds, and do your duty. And don't ever for-

T h « r « A r o 7 D i f f o r e n i T y p o s o f U . S . G o v o r n m o n t S o c u r l t f o s —

C h o o s o T h o O n o s B e s t S u i f o d F o r Y o u :

Unltod States War Covings Bonds—Sorios b The perfect investment for individual and family savings. Gives you back $4 for every $3 when the Bond matures. Designed especially for the smaller investor. Dated 1st day of month in which payment is neceived. Interest: 2.9% a year if held to maturity. Denominations: $25, $50, $100, $500, $1000. Redemption: any time 60 days after issue data. Price: 75% of maturity value. ^ ^

Treasury Bonds of 1964-1969: Readily marketable, acceptable as honk collateral, these Bonds are ideal investments for trust funds, estates and individuals. A special feature provides that they may be redeemed at par and accrued interest for the purpose of satisfying Federal estate taxes. Dated April 15, 1943; due June 15, 1969. Denominations: $500, $1000, 850Q0, $10,000, $100,000—also $1,000,000 if registered. Redemption t Not callable till June 15, 1964; thereafter at par and accrued interest on " -any interest date at 4 months' notice. Subject to Federal taxes only. Price: par and accrued interest. .. > *

Othor Securities: Series "C" Tax Notes; %% Certificates of Indebted. ness; 2% Treasury Bonds of 1950-1952; United States Savings Bonds Series "F"; United States Savings Bonds Series <<G."

THEY G 1 THEIR LIVES.. .YOU LEHD YOUR MONEY! This Advertiiement Spoosored by

State Saviigt Bank W. A. Roth C. H. Ranciman Frank F. Coons

UNITED STATES TREASURY WAR FINANCE COMMITTEE — WAR SAVINGS STAFF VICTORY FUND COMMITTEE

E I G H T T H E L O W E L L L E D G E R , L O W K L U MICHIGAN. THURSDAY, A P R I L 8, IMS

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Get Your Share of

LOWELL CREAMERY BUHER

Worth every one of the eight

ration points it costs . ..

Rich in Food Value which

everyone needn in his diet.

Piimcll StlldcntS 1 ^ s l e e m e < ' I >wcU Couple Observe Golden Wedding

In Lively Comdy

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Let Cottage Cheese, E g g s and M i l k t ake the p lace of mea t In you r m e a l s

L O W E L L C R E A M E R Y E. A. COMPAGNER, Prop . Mich.

Make Your Butter Go Further—It's Patriotic

Even spreading the but te r on

bread t akes on a new mean ing in

wart ime, since it's now a question

of spreading thin, not th ick.

The use of other fa t s fo r cooking geto encouragement f r o m the home economics extension staff at Mich-igan Sla te College. Some house-holds a re even adopting t r icks learned In the war of a qua r t e r of a century ago. Then it was price, now it's par tr iot ism.

In cooking, for instance, some of the bu t t e r subst i tutee m a y includc liquid f a t s such as salad and cook-ing oils, or lard, white hardened cooking f a t s or pan dr ippings f rom

cooked meats . For s t re tchlug out the household

but ter , he re are some t lpe useful to tha t end :

Serve th r i f t y servings, one pa t to a person, or even half a pat.

Members of the family should eat up all the b u t t e r they f e t , or not t a k e as much f rom the table supply.

Cooks ehould m a k e flavor count by using bu t t e r only where It will taste the best, on bread or on vegetables.

No but te r should be lost by poor storage. Tight covers and s tor ing in cool p lacfe will protect the food f rom s t rong odors.

Bu t te r spreads f a r t h e r If c reamed or ' l ight ly softened, but not mel ted. In lunch baskets , the but te r goes fa r ther when helped out by mayon-nais? or peanut but ter . Some fam-ilies mix but te r with milk, or wi th m i l k and gelatin to m a k e a whipped blend.

(By G. Loughlin)

j Doris Brooks and Ha r ry Morris [have been selected to play the j leading roles In Ned Albert 's three act comedy, "I'm In the Army Now," which will be presented by the sfuder ts of St. Pa t r i ck high school,

jParnell , on Friday evening. May 7, i in the Lowell high school audl-Itorium. Rehearsal of this delight-j ful ly a m u s i n g tale of family life and c i rcumstances Is under the di-rection of Sister M. Edmund, R . S . M .

C o n t r a r y to his mother ' s belief, Bronson Robertson OHlarry Morris), the hero of the play. Is found by the d r a f t board to be physically perfec t and Is conscripted fo r a yea r of mi l i tary t ra ining. Th is news shocks Ma, but delights young Toby, his f if teen-year-old brother , who f inds joy In m a k i n g life miserable for the spoiled and petted Bronson. Pv t . Bronson Robertson r e t u r n s to his home for a short visit a t t he end of six mon ths of t r a in ing to. . . . Bu t then, why bother now with tales of the g rea t " re fo rmat ion" and the a t t empt to regain the f r iendsh ip of Lctly (Doris Brooks )? You will Hnd out about all t ha t on May 7.

Care For Your _ Year Older Car

With cars a year older and gradual ly wear ing out, pa r t s and repair service more dif f icul t to ob-tain, and very few new or good used ca r s available, "Care for Your Y e a r O l d e r Car" will be the subject of S tandard Oil Company of In-d iana ' s spr ing adver t is ing cam-paign opening April 1 and con-t inuing fo r three months .

In dra.-aatlzing this theme the company will advert ise "10 S t a r War t ime Tune-Up," a modern ver-sion of tune-up campaigns used In previous years . Newspaper adver-tising will show typical customers , such a s w a r workers , a f a rmer , a soldier and his mother , a W A V E and her fa ther , who have bene-fi t ted by a tune-up by S t anda rd Oil dealers.

O the r advert is ing will include a service s tat ion banner, curb signs, a window sticker, a dealer handout card and an announcement every week on S tandard ' s daily f a r m radio broadcasts .

WUai Ifou Ruy Wiilt

W A R B O N D S

Widows appear to thr ive on a f i f th of the income they received as •wives.

Every shipyard in our country is setting amazing records in the con-struction of a merchant mar ine so essential to the transport of supplies and men to the seven seas. The overall cost of these hundreds of ships now building runs into mil-lions of dollars.

Many of them arc called "Victo-r y " ships and you are contributing to this victory by your purchase of War Bonds . . . a t least ten pei^ cent of your income, every payday. We'll need these chips af ter the war, too. when Peace comes.

V. S. 7 rensury Daportmtnl

THE ASS THAT STARVES WITH HIS MASTER

Language of Billions Hard to Comprehend; but Bond

Buyers' Dollars Are the Key

One of the reasons why the f inanc ing of the w a r carr ies less d rama and is less easily understood than the actual f igh t ing or the production line is t he f ac t tha t t he language necessarily is in t e r m s of billions.

Representa t ives of the W a r Fin-ance Commit tee , looking forward to the Drive which will s t a r t April 12, when the United S ta tes Treas-ury- will seek upwards of J13 billion, emphasize, however, t ha t it is t he sum to ta l of m a n y hundreds and thousands of dol lars which pro-duce t h e one and one-half billion dollars per week needed as the w a r proceeds.

While a man who has, say, $500 ex t ra in his checking account f inds i t diff icul t to visualize how his money can be more t h a n a d rop in the bucket of billions, the W a r F inance Committee points out t ha t if the s a m e reasoning were carr ied to its logical conclusion it could be a rgued tha t t h e r e is no necessity f c r any par t icular individual to join t h e Army, Navy or Marines. Yt^ w h e n these Individuals join forces the i r combined e f fo r t means the d i f ference between winning or losing t h e war. I t was, of course, a combination of individuals who blasted the J r p s out of Guadal-canal.

By the same token the individ-uals' f ew hundred dollars are not impressive by themselves but when joined wi th the dollars of count-less o the r citizens, t rus t funds , estates, insti tutions, labor and busi-ness organizat ions and others, they quickly t u r n in to an invincible a r m y of f ight ing billions.

Mr. and Mrs. Gain W. Bangs, whe

celebrated their golden wedding

anniversa ry March 25, w e r e honor-

ed by a d inner and surprlstw open

hcuse a t the home of the i r daugh-te r and husband, Mr. o a d Mrs. Royden W a r n e r , on the following Sim day.

Mr. B a n g s was born a t Mather-ton, Mich., and came to Loweil as a young m a n to work fo r the P e f e Marquet te rai l road. Mur t lce Ko^f . whom he marr ied , was born in the

Rationing Facts At a Glance

same home where they now reside. They have spent their en t i re mar-ried l ife In Lowell except fo r a few years in Pon t l ac ana Detroi t . Two daughters , Mrs. Royden W a r n e r and Mrs. Gordon Johnson, reside in Lowell a n d one son, Gain, in Orleans.

Gues ts present a t t he d inner and open house were f r o m D e t r o i t Grosse He. Grand Rapids , Coopers-vllle and Lowell t o congra tu la te Mr. and Mrs. Bangs v.nd o f fe r best w ^ h e s for the f u t u r t .

SOCIAL EVENTS COMING EVENTS

Both are hungry. For both

there is not much promise cf

lood. Why? Because they live

in Greece.

Because in Greece the Axis

took every scrap of food and

every source of food—and de-

liberately left the people, the

dogs, and a few useless burros

to starve and to die.

Remember the farmer of

Greece as you cat your Friday

evening supper. Remember

h im t h e nex t day , as you

market your produce. Remem-

ber—and buy Bonds. All the

U. S. War Bonds that you can.

Buy Bonds with every cent

that you don't actually need

to run your farm.

Buying" Bonds wi1! not only

help win the war, but will pro-

vide you with a nest-egg for

the future. They are the best

investment in the world to-

day. They never sell for less

than you paid for them. They

increase in value every year.

In ten years, they arc worth a

third more than you paid.

And you can cash them any

time after sixty days if you

need the money. Bay Bonds

now —from your bank, post

office, or rural mail carrier.

Coffee

S t a m p 26 good fo r 1 pound througrh April 25.

Sugar

S t a m p 12 valid for 5 pounds through May 31.

Shoes

S t a m p 17 good f o r 1 pa i r th rough J u n e 15. (Certain types of shoes not rat ioned).

Gasoline

No. 5 s t amps in A book good fo r 4 gal lons through May 21; B and C book s tamps good a s no ted on book, bu t renrwal appl icat ions should be mailed 30 days before expiration.

Ti res

All t i res should have had their f irst inspection by th i s time.

Fue l Oil

Coupon 4 good fo r 11 gallons th rough April 17 In Zone A. No. 5 coupons must las t f r o m March 11 until October 1 f o r both heat and hot wa te r .

Processed Foods

Blue s tamps D. E and F a re valid f r o m March 25 th rough April 30.

Meats , Cheese, But te r , F a t s and Canned F i sh

R e d s tamps in Book 2. The week-ly point a l lo tment Is 16 which will allow Individual consumption of about 2 lbs. of mea t a week, 4 ozs. of bu t t e r and 2 oz. of cheese. All canned fish is valued a t 7 points a pound. Stairtp A now valid; B, Aprl! 4; C, April 11; D, April 18. These all expire April 30. S t a m p E valid April 25< expirat ion unan -nounced.

Approaching M a r r i a g e

Mr. and Mrs. John N a s h of Bowne Cente r wish to announce the approaching mar r i age of their daughter , Alice Lucille, ' to H a r r y Stehr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stehr of Mlddlevllle, on April 10, a t 3:30 o'clock a t their home wi th the Immediate famil ies present .

Fo rmer LoweU Girl W e d s

Mrs. F r e d a Williams of Fl int , formerly F r e d a Rl t t enger of Sou th Lowell, was marr ied recent ly In the Pa rk iand Presbyte r ian Manse in Flint , to Guy Ordway. also of Fl in t .

Mrs. Ordway Is a t eacher a t the Roosevelt school and the couple will live a t 207 E. R a n k i n S t .

Social Brevit ies

The Brldge-a-dears met wi th Miss Mary Arehar t laat T h u r s d a y eve-ning. High score winners were Mrs. J o h n Gallagher and Mrs. Ray Avery.

Mrs. Mat t ie Rulason enter ta ined with a euchre par ty Wednesday •evening fo r eight guests. P r ize win-ners were Alice Denny. R u b y Roth and E s t h e r Fahrn l . Delicious re-f r e shmen t s were served by the hostess.

Mrs. Leo Denny en te r t a ined the Altar Society of St . Mary ' s Church with a tea a t her home F r i d a y a f t -ernoon. Elect ion of off icers took place as follows: Pres ident , Mrs. John Lalley; vice president . Mrs. Byrne McMahon; secre tary a n d t reasurer . Mrs. Leo Denny.

The P a n d P Club met Thur sday evening a t t h e home of Mr. and Mrs. E r n e s t Roth . High scores were held by Mrs. Clyde Collar and E rn i e R o t h .

The Book F o r u m met a t the home of Mrs. T h e r o n Richmond Wednes-day evening, where Mrs. Ray Avery reviewed "The Lieutenant ' s L a d y " by Bess S t ree te r Aldrich.

The Child S tudy Club met Mon-day evening a t the home of Mra. Eldon . Wolfe, the lesson, "Stabil i ty of the Fami ly In a Changing World," being given by Mrs. T. J . Klesler.

The P e r r y Group of the Congre-gat ional Ladies ' Aid will mee t wi th Mrs. Emi ly Murray. 400 N. J e f f e r -

iscn S t . on Friday, April 9. a t 2:30 p. m.

The German Ladies ' Aid will mee t Thursday . April 15, a t the home of Mrs . Albert Blaser in

|Altcn, a t 2:00 p. m.

Regu la r meet ing of Cyclamen Chapter , No. M. O. E . S., F r iday evening, April 9, a t Lowell Masonic hall.

. Rockford Chapter , No. 215, O. E. S.. en te r ta ins the K e n t County

| o f f icers and Ceda r Spr ings Chapter this (Thursday) evening.

M a n ^ a g e l i c e n s e s

Richard J . Belmers, 22. Lowell; Mildred B. Jablonskl . 21, Grand Rapids .

Phone your newe to the Ledger .

Salute to the Flag A congressional resoluUon, adopt-

ted on December 22, 1942. changes the procedure fo r pledging alle-giance t o the flag. The s ta tement . " I pledge allegiance . . . " la now rendered by s t and ing wi th right hand over the h e a r t The resolution adds : . . civilians will a lways show ful l respec t to the f l a g when the pjedge is given by merely s t and ing a t a t tent ion, men remov-ing the headdrees." I t will be noted t h a t thia f o r m of sa lu te does a w a y wi th the f o r m e r p rac t i ce of ex tending the a r m toward the f lag.

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MORE LOCAL N E W S

S T R A N D , LOWELL

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A P R I L M O

T h i s Is one of a ries of six messages f r o m your U. 8. T r e a s u r y De-a n d Is published th rough t h e courtesy of

The King Milling Co Your nmghhor for S3 jwt

— ALSO —

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SUNDAY AND MONDAY, A P R I L 11-12

DID YOU K N O W THAT—

Andrew Carnegie endowed 2.000 public l ibraries In the Uni ted S ta tes?

Argent ina , in South America, is the g rea tes t m e a t p roduc ing coun-try In the wor ld?

S t August ine. Fla., Is the oldest c i ty In the Uni ted S ta tes?

L. E. W a t e r m a n Invented the f i r s t successful foun ta in pen?

T h e f i rs t public school estab-lished In Amer ica w a s the Boston La t in School In 1635?

Automobile t i res pick up more nails on rainy days?

A cricket can jump one hundred Inches?

T h e ear th h a s been weighed? The U. S. Bureau of S t a n d a r d s has set t he figure a t six sextillion tons This Is wr i t ten with the figure 6 followed by 21 zeros.

Phone or sand y o u r s a m t o t h a Ledger.

Mlas J a c q u e F a h r n l and a girl f r iend were week-end gues t s of Yvonne Thompson a t M t P leasan t .

Murl Hiler, a f o rmer Lowell res-i d e n t Is the newly elected pres ident of t h e Ionia Chamber of Com-merce.

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kal l inger and son of St . Joseph were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Kall inger .

Mr. and Mrs. Will J . Morse spent Sa tu rday n ight and Sunday wi th their daugh te r , Mrs. Archie Trav is and family in Ionia.

Mrs . Ha t t i e Rouse l e f t Tuesday for a week 's visit in Grand R a p i d s with he r son and wife. Dr . and Mrs. F r a n k Tredenick .

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cameron of Wyandot te a n d Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Weldenback of Det ro i t were week-end vis i tors a t the Cameron home.

Mrs. R. D. J-Iahn and Mrs. P r a n k Newell a t t ended a style show and tea a t t he Women ' s City Cluto in G r a n d Rapids , Wednesday a f t e r -noon.

F r i ends a re glad to see Edward Bake r o r du ty again a t the M u r r a y Cafe, a f t e r a several weeks ' ab-sence, r ecupera t ing f r o m his recent operat ion.

Wal t e r Kropf . having spent a week a t home a f t e r an eleven weeks ' conf inement In t h e hospital wi th a broken ankle, r e tu rned to h is work in Det ro i t last Monday.

Mrs. Lucy Barkley, a l though con-fined t o h e r home w i i l a broken ankle, is happy to ac t a s home nurse to little T o m m y Vaughan who Is sick and confined to h is bed.

Mrs . W m . Booth who tr ipped over a r u g and dislocated her shoulder one day last week, was t aken to the hoapltal. t hen re tu rned to he r home w h e r e she is progressing favorably .

Mr. and Mra. D. B. Squire , Low-ell, R . 2, have re tu rned home a f t e r spending the pas t ten weeks in Has t ings , where Mrs . Squire h a s been recupera t ing f r o m a ser ious back Injury.

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k MacTavlsh have sold their home on N. J e f f e r -son-av. to Mrs. Char les P . Austin, who expects t o t ake possession in May. Capt. Aust in Is in Aus t ra l i a with the American forces.

Mr . and Mrs. Rudolph Veitplanck and two grandsons . J i m m y and J o h n of Ed more, called on Mrs. Fred Malcolm e n d Abby. Mrs. Grace P i t che r re tu rned home wi th t h e m a f t e r a week ' s visit here.

Mr. and Mrs. E m e r s o n Stevens and chi ldren and Mrs. E the l Stev-ens and two sons l e f t F r i d a y fo r Wauseon, Ohio, to a t t end fune ra l services fo r Mr. Stevens ' f a t h e r S u n d a y af ternoon, r e tu rn ing home Monday a f te rnoon .

Les ter Dawwm. Herbe r t Dawson. Mrs. C. L. Molntyre and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Newell spent Sunday with Mr . and Mm. Seymour Daw-son and fami ly in Detroi t , also saw the i r nephew, Serg t . R o b e r t Dawaou, w h o was home on a brief v i s i t H e re tu rned to Sioux City. Iowa, Sunday by plahe.

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TUESDAY AND W E D N E S D A Y , A P R I L I M A

Leonora straightened the objecti on he r desk with g rea t care. She, had pu t he r desk a t the end of her room facing the door so that when her m o t h e r came in she would have to crcfts the whole room under Leo-nora ' s s t e m executive eye to get to her. F r o m movies and pictures in t h i newspapers Leonora had gotten a good idea of how the desk of a busy woman of affairs should look.

With an important scowl, Leonora picked up a sheet of paper . Now she was two people — herself, the busy woman, and her own stenographer. "Miss Simpkins. take a letter to the Secre tary of the Treasury, will you?" she murmured under her

a breath. " Y e s . i m m e d i a t e l y . "

lAMra s h e murmured back at herself.

L e o n o r a c l e a r e d h e r

v. • \ i tav. \ t h r o a t a n d l o o k e d a t t h e ceiling for in-spiration. Miss Simpkins b e n t

over the sheet of paper hanging on the words about to f a l l

" D e a r Mr. Morgenthau." — "Got t h a t ? " — "Yes. m a d a m . "

" I am—ahem—thirteen y e a n old and anxious to be of all possible service to the country a t thla t ime, a h e m !

" I ea rn a weekly income of f rom $1.17 to $2.12 by helping with the housework and by shovelling snow. I a m a t present in possession of one War Savings Bond and a m buying s t amps weekly. I want lo become a m e m b e r of the 10 perccnt Club. 1 feel It to be—ahem—not only my duty, bu t my privi lege" ("How do you spell pr ivi lege?" asked Miss Simpkins. "Don't bother m e with these detai ls ." said Leonora )—mj privilege as an American to Invest a t least ten percent of my income in War Bonds.

Yours t ru ly ," "Get that off a t once. Miss Simp-

kins ," said Leonora. "Yes, Ma'am!! You Certainly a re an important woman, m a ' a m , " said Miss Simp-kins.

(Letter f rom an actual communi-cation in the files of the Treasury te^artment) U. S. Trmtury Dtfcrlm**

Wai te r H. Ellis, 78

Wal t e r H. El l is waa born Bran t ford , Canada , April 10, H e came to the United S t a t e s whel very young, living nea r Alto am Caledonia, Mich., most of his Uf H e w a s m a r r i e d to Addie L. cheater , a t Caledonia, October 1891. They w e n t to Yak ima Valley] Wash. , in 193«.

Mr. Ell is was a f a r m e r of his act ive life and a lover God's g r e a t out-of-doors wi th na tu re ' s wonderland. Temperament-ally he w a s most kindly disposed and a f r iend of all men. H e a m a n of high moral principle^ and a believer in the Chr is t ian r ligion.

Wel te r El l is passed into eternlt>| Sunday moming , March 28, 1943; lacking only 13 days of being 76 years old. Surviving relat ives a r e hia wife, Adoie Eilis; on* son, Claud El l is of Cleveland, Ohio; on^ daugh te r , Mrs . Lcona Dutcher ol Wapato , Wash . ; four grandchi l dren, Mrs. B e r n a r d H a r m o n Pa t r i c i a Du tche r of Wapa to , ice Dutcher of Seatt le and JacU Ellis of Cleveland, and t h r e e great-l grandchi ldren, and one b ro ther , Ed-ward Ellis of Caledonia.

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Bronze medals will cont inue to go to servicemen cited fo r bravery or eff iciency, b u t reduct ion In cop-pe r ma te r i a l for Insignia a n d ap-pa re l of t he a rmed luroes Trill save m o r e copper t h a n (be amoun t used in meda ls .

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An £2 Paso , Tex., citizen job a a a ra i l road u r e m a n prev h im f r o m planting: a Victory don, h a s o f fe red 2 t t acres of land to anybody who will i t providing the user pays fo r cost of IrrlgaUon. , x

' I t is a lways hard t o f ind a f o r a m a u who doeont w a n t one.

A Norwegian church w a s t a k e n over by the Naxis a s a b a r f o r •oldlers, and la ter when It h a d been s t r ipped of all fu rn i sh ings . Includ-ing p lush around t h e a l tar , i t w a s used a s a s tore and accommodat ion f o r Nazi troops.

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BIRTHS

T o Mr. and Mrs. Adr ian DeBlaay of Grand R a p i d s (nee H a r r i e t Roe-lof f ) f o r m e r teacher here, April 8, a girl. Donna Marie.

R E A L E S T A T E T R A N S F E R S

O t t a A. Andrews and wife to Mart in E . Simpson and wife, p a r t of lot 6 Ac, Block 11. Avery 's plat of the Village of Lowell.

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