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VOLUME 63 — ESTABLISHED 1876 SPARTA, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1939
Kent City Has Planned Elaborate Homecoming Program For Two
Davs Next Week. August 15-16 m >
ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDES TRACTOR PULL, BASEBALL GAMES, RIDES, CONCESSIONS, PARADE, F R E E MOV-
ING PICTURES, BALLOON ASCENSIONS AND G R A N D DISPLAY OP FIREWORKS
O n e of the biggest homecoming cele-brat ions in years will take place In K e n t City next Tuesday a n d Wednes-day, August IS and 1*. when the Motor City Shows, representing 30 conces-sions a n d ® rides, move into t h e vil-lage t o p i tch their ten ts a n d place ' he i r rides In the business distr ict of t h e village.
This special en te r ta inment comes to K e n t City highly recommended a n d the special fea tures connected wi th t h e show will a f f o r d considerable e n t e r -t a inment a n d amusement for t h e h u n -dreds who a r e expected to a t t e n d t h e homecoming.
Active Committee* Those in charge of the homecoming
include the general cha i rman , J . D. Kreps; f inance committee, N. M. Ros-sell, L. P. Saur and R. Kriger ; p rogram committee, C. B. Leaver. Ar thur T r o -faat . Chauncey Wylie and Andrew An-derson; publicity, W. DcJongs . Sen . Harold Saur and Marlon E. Moore.
Three thr i l l ing baseball games a re scheduled for the homecoming, one on Tuesday a f te rnoon at 2:30 o'clock when Jess E s t e r ' s Colored Athle t ics will play the Kent City Merchants . On Wednesday a f te rnoon a t the same hour the S p a r t a Independents will meet Kent City. On Wednesday m o r n -ing at 10:30 o'clock an indoor baseball game will played between Tyrone township f a r m e r s and Kent City m e r -chants .
Trac tor Pull Tuesday O n e fea tu re of the homecoming
which is a t t rac t ing considerable i n -teres t among the fa rmers will be t h e t rac tor pull Tuesday a f te rnoon a t one o'clock. T h i s is the first t ime a con-test of th is na tu r e has. been .staged a id It wl'l unquestionably be a big d r a w -ing card. T rac to r s entered In the con-test Include those furnished by How-ard Bettes of Spa r t a ; Chauncey Wylle of K e n t Ci ty; the Kent City F a r m Bureau a n d O. L. Humphreys a n d Sons of Casnovla.
T h e K e n t Clly American Legion band, which bears a fine repu ta t ion f o r i
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Sparta Took 12 To 11 Decision From Grand-
ville Last Sunday Locals Play Colored Athletics Li
Rockford Friday
Once again last week-end t h e Spar ta Independent baseball team put on their sand lo t - to -championsh ip act. On Saturday they d ropped a 9 to 4 de-cision to the Muskegon Colored Giants . In tha t contest the locals mode their 4 runs on 13 hi ts a n d commit ted 8 er -rors. T h e G ian t s m a d e the i r winning total on 9 hits. Duell a n d Rank form-ed the Spar ta batter)-.
I t was a fa r d i f f e r e n t story on Sun-day when the S p a r t a n s edged out the s t rong Grandvll le ou t f i t 12 to 11. The locals put on a s to ry book finish to climax a hectic tilt w i th R a n k driving in the winning run a f t e r two were out in the n in th inning. S p a r t a went into t h a t inning trail ing by one run. T h e f irst two bat ters w e n t out In order. Bock man and Kosy reached base on Grandvllle errors a n d Root received a base on balls to load t h e sacks. Rank ni t the f irs t ball p i t ched to him for a long triple against t h e r ight field Xence. scoring Bockman a n d Kozy and the ball game was over . Ksi lunus s tar ted on tne m o u n d for Spar ta but was relieved by Hut f l l z who received the credit for his s even th s t ra ight win Spar t a had 16 hits to 12 for the visit-ors.
Spa r t a will meet Elster 's Colored Athletic? a t Rockford o n Friday. Aug 11. a t 3:30 a t Rockford a s p a r t of their Centennial Celebration. Nunica will play here on S u n d a y wi th the game s tar t ing at 3 o'clock.
UPHOLDS REPUTATION OF YOUNG MEN IN-
VOLVED IN CHARIVARI
Editor Sen t ine l -Leader : Residents of Casnovia and commun-
ity feel keenly a n d resent the bad pub-licity heaped upon t h e six young men out of forty, who part ic ipated in the town's most recent charivari .
Press a n d radio continued to broad-cast t h e pa r t l c r l a r s >'.ntil the fac t s In the case became enlarged and dis tor t -ed. a n d l is teners who did not know Neil Conner , Virgil Lehmkuhle, Laur -ence Hul tgren. S a n d y Johnson , Bud Shaw and S tan ley Morton mleh t well decide they were roughnecks, rowdies and beer soaks.
O n the con t ra ry they come f rom some of the oest homes in the com-muni ty a n d a re intelligent a n d law-abiding. Not one of them bears a bad reputa t ion , in fac t they are jus t as good a s anybody's boys. People who are acquainted with the case f r o m ail angles accord them their sympathe t ic unde r s t and ing a n d support.
Th i s ar t ic le Is In no way a r e t a l i a -tion for wha t h a s been writ ten before, but is a sincere explanat ion, which t h e people of Casnovia feel is due these young men a n d their parents .
MRS. MARY NORTON, Casnovla.
Char les Parka vf Ai#«?na Is ill a t hi* home with pneumonia .
Drake Orchestra Booked For Kent
City Homecoming One of the highl ights of the K e n t
City Homecoming next week. August 15 and 16. will be the dances which will be held night ly a t the new high school audi tor ium.
Bob Drake and his Collegians, a 10-piece band f r o m Western Sui te T e a c h -ers' college, h a s been definitely booked for these dances.
Soloists with the organizat ion In-clude Connie Crandal l . singer; Bo,» Watson, t rumpet , a n d Don Moore, for -merly of Ke. i t City, t rombonist . Floyd Smi th of S p a r t a is a member of the orches t ra .
Drake is now playing regularly a t the Gull Lake Country Club, K a l a -mazoo. Dur ing the winter m o n t h s ne Is fea tu red a t Masonic dances a n d en-t e r t a inmen t s and dances at both Ka l -amazoo a n d WSTC.
Mr. a n d Mrs. R. W. Pur tee of White Cloud were callers on Tuesday evening at the A. W. La Vine residence.
Family Escapes as Home Is Blown Away
—Grand Rapids Hera ld Photographer Mrs. Alton Whit-ximb a n d her three rhi ldren s t a n d i n g before the wreckage of the i r f a r m home
two miles north of Spar ta . Mrs. Whltcomb and h e r ch i ld ren were spared vhen they fell to t h e floor ms t h e wind ripped the dwelling f rom over thei r h e a d s . The floor and fu rn i tu re of the house can be seen In the background.
Wreckage Strewn in Wake of Kent County Tornado
NUMBER 32
SPARTA T ILIGHT SOFTBAI LEAGUE
STANI . *GS, SCHEDULE
Official l e a g w standings, August 9, are as follows:
Won Lost Pet . Casnovla J 0 1.000 Club 13 2 1 .887 S p a r U Ice C. ?*m J 1 .887 Foundry ^ 1 1 500 Ar tc ra f t 1 2 -333 High School . . . . . I 2 333 Carna t ion Milk 0 3 .000
Schedule for test of th is week and all of nex t week.
ThuTsumj, /niirdlt 15 — A i i u i i i »». High R^hool a t * h e Athletic Field a n d Casnovla vs. Carnat ion Milk a t the Foundry Field
Fr iday, August 11—Club 13 vs S p a r t a Ice Cream a t the Athletic Field a n d High School vs. Foundry a t the Foun-dry Field.
Monday. August 14 — Casnovla vs. Ar t c ra f t a t t h e Athletic Field and High School vs. 8 p a r t a Ice Cream a t t h e Foundry Field.
Tuesday. August 12 — Casnovla vs. Ar t c ra f t a t t h e Athletic Pield and Car -nat ion Milk vs. Club 13 at t h e Foundry Field.
Wednesday. August 13—Foundry vs. Ar t c ra f t a t t h e Athletic Field.
End of Second Round. If Casnovla wins both the first and
second rounds, there will be no league play-offs. However, if some other team In t h e league wins the second round, t he r e will be 8 play-off for the league championship .
Thoee f rom S p a r U who a t tended the S u m m e r Sh r ine party at Spr ing Lake Country Club last Friday evening were:
Mr. and Mr*. Glenn Abbott. Mr. a n d Mrs. W J Brack. Dr. and Mrs. F. L Bull. Mr. a n d Mrs. Harold O. Vaughan. Ivar Johnson a n d Miss Miles of Grand Rapids: Mr a n d Mrs. Joe Brooks. Mr. and Mrs. H. J . Kur tz and guest. Miss Mildred Johnson . Mr. and Mrs C. J . Lonnee. Mr. a n d Mrs. A. B Carlson.
Centennial At Rockford Starts
Thursday, Aug. 10 Commit tees In charge of the Rock-
ford Cen tenn ia l Celebration have com-pleted the i r p lans and the big celebra-tion will begin Thursday . August 10. and con t inue to and including S a t u r -day. August 12.
Owing to the na tu re of the program and e n t e r t a i n m e n t the largest crowds ever t o assemble In Rockford a re ex-pected to a t t e n d the celebration.
An ou t s t and ing feature ls the his-torical p r o g r a m book which lias been issuM in connect ion with the festivi-ties. O n e - t h o u s a n d of these books have been p r in t ed and are being dis-t r ibuted. T h e sale of these books Is in charge of Dr. J . P. Peppier a n d W. S t u a r t Powle.
A pa r t i a l list of the activities in-cludes a baseball game Fr iday a ' t e r -noon between Spar t a a n d the Colored Athletes ; b a n d concert by thfc FERA band of G r a n d Rapids, and many f ree acts in t h e a f t e rnoon and evening of each day.
A big p a r a d e Is to be neld Friday in addition to horse-pull ing contests, bal-loon ascensions and a i rp lane rides. The Centennial ls sponsored by the Rock-ford Board of Trade .
Globe-Trotter Is Quest Speaker At
Rotary Meeting An unusua l t r ea t was In store for
the members of S p a r U Rotary club, who a t t ended the meeting Monday noon at Brown's r e sUuran t , with Will-iam "Admiral Bill" Mac Henry of Fill-more and Long Beach. Calif., as guest
MacHenry. who Is a Spanish Am-erican war veteran has within recent years visited 82 countries all over the world. Dur ing his remarks he vividly pointed out m a n y at t ract ive features of some of these countries including New Zealand. Australia, the Hawaiian Islands. Phil ippines. Gibralter . Eng-land. Scot land . India. China. J a p a n , and the Arab ian countries.
Speaking of Australia MacHenry said. " I n all my t ramps a n d travels I have never me t with finer, more kind-ly or more intell igent people t h a n the Austra l ians They go out of thei r way to a m a n to do one a favor. No t ips are permi t ted a n d 88 per cent of t h e Austral ians a re native bom. Many have tr ied to tell the Austral ians how to run their country, but the native Austra l ians have no more use fa r t h e m than a last year ' s bird's nest.
'Souva. in Fi j i , formerly a cannibal Island, now under English rule. Is a fine, u p - t o - d a t e city of 20XXX inhab-i tants a n d h a s an excellent museum Many of the nat ives h a r e large, bushy hair , some as Urge ss a bushel basket They don ' t need ha t s
"At Gibra l te r" . said MacHenry. "we climbed the rock. And here's some-thing you d o n * see in newspapers A ret ired Br i t i sh a rmy officer whom we happened to mee t oo shipboard, met his old cap ta in In Gibral tar , who told us in oonvwraatkm t h a t he knew posi-tively t h a t dur ing the last six months the Brit ish h a d sunk six outlaw sub-
ESTROYED MANY TYRONE TOWNSHIP BONES, ORCHARDS AND GRAIN CROPS DURING THE TERRIFIC STORM TUESDAY
REISTER REUNION
T h e Relster Reunion will be held Rnnrfay A nonet 13 a t t h e home of Mr . a n d Mrs. George Kober. Those on t h e commit tee this year a re Mr. a n d Mrs. Andrew 1 leister, G r a n d Rapids ; Mr. a n d Mrs. Charles Fahl ing, Lisbon; Mr . and Mrs. Ed White. S p a r t a , s i r . a n d Mrs. George Kober. Spa r t a .
Pageant Presented At Gclden Wedding
Celebra t ion Friend** Crowd Church to Near
Capacity Honoring: t h e Rev. and Mrs. Maxwell
By CAltLETON EHLE Tuesday evening, August 8. will long
be cherished by the Rev. said Mrs. G . W. Maxwell, who were the honored guests on their F i f t i e th Wedding An-niversary at a reception given by the i r scores of f r iends at the S p a r t a Me th -odist church, and under the very able direct ion of Mrs. P L. Bull, president of the General Aid society of t h e church .
Golden Wedding celebrations a re i n -deed very few In number in any one communi ty . I t was with real joy in ant ic ipa t ion of having a reception which would to some degree convey to Mr. and Mrs Maxwell t h e love a n d es teem In which they are held t h a t a commit tee made plans to do th is Joy-ful task in a manner so bef i t t ing such a n occasion.
As a young man Mr Maxwell spent some years in and about Ravenna , and clerking In a general store p a r t of t h a t t ime. T w a s there the cour tship of t h e Maxwells ripened, and. based upon these facto the en te r t a inmen t commi t -tee p u t on a real pageant of several scenes wi th a cart of some f i f t een pe r -rons. Th i s pageant depicted the wed-ding, the home life, the growing f a m -ily. and, the many years given to t h e minis t ry by this much beloved m a n . Moat appropr ia te music was rendered d u r i n g the pa^9 n t , a n d such old f a v -ori tes i s . " I was Seeing Nellie Home", a n d "Home, Sweet Home", made a n es-pecial hi t .
235 Preset!* I t is impossible to give personal m e n -
tion to each a n d every one to whom words of praise are most certainly due. T h e words of this skit were wri t ten by Mrs. O. E. Balyeat. who is deserving of commendat ion for the effective m a n -n e r In which the earlier years of t h e mar r i ed l i fe of the Maxwells were so interest ingly portrayed. Each c h a r -
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Hawkics To Be Pr incipal of
Cassopolis School K e n n e t h Hawkins who h i s t a u g h t
h e r e for the past eight years has r e -signed to accept the pr incipalship or t h e high school at Cassopolis Mr . Hawkins will be greatly missed on t h e school faculty as well as in the com-muni ty . He Is completing work a t t h e Universi ty th is summer for his Mas -te r s Degree and will en te r on t h e dut ies of h is new job ve i l equipped f r u m the s tandpoint of experiences a n d scholast ic training. His place he re is to be filled by Willis Gelston of High-land Park . Detroit. He Is a g radua te of Alma College with a f ine record h a v i n g ma jo r s in Biology a n d History a n d minors In Economics. English. La t in a n d French
O t h e r teachers new on the facul ty a r e : Hilla Lame of Pontiac, g r adu -a t e of t h e University of Michigan who h a s been teaching for three years a t P t t s ford a n d Coleman. S h e will have the pod t l cn formerly held by Miss Xr-land. Nelva Zandbergen. g radua te of Hope College will teach m a t h e m a t i c s : J a n e Tyshko of Jackson, g radua te of Ferr is Ins t i tu te will teach commercial Bet ty Lemartz of Bi rmingham a n d g r a d u a t e of Albion wlU teach f i f t h grade. Hilda Crandal l of Howell, a n d g r a d u a t e of Albion will teach th i rd grade. Edith Louise Clark of Jackson, a n d gradua te of Michigan S t a t e Col-lege win teach ar t .
All of these teachers a re rour year g radua tes with degrees a n d have m a j -ored in the part icular subjects which they a r e t o teach.
T h e da te of opening of school h a s been set for Monday. September 11.
STINSON REUNION
T h e Stlnson family reunion was held Sunday. August 8 a t Moore Park with about sixty members preesnt A boun-t i fu l d inner was served a f t e r which t h e
s insss meeting was held. Of Pee r s elected were Lowell Stlnson. pres ident ;
Ice c ream was served a n d pUyed- T h a n k s to Ar t T ro fa s t fo r br inging In the Detroit baseball game over his portable radio. K. W. Bow-m a n of K e n t City. S3 years old. was t h e oldest member present a n d the young-est . Marietta Chapman, daughte r of -£ r a n d M r s Otis C h a p m a n ol Spa r t a .
T h e meeting next year win he a t
WHITCOMB FAMILY HAS THRILLING ESCAPE AS DWELL-ING IS RIPPED TO SHREDS; WORTHY NASH
TAKEN T O HOSPITAL? FAMILY O F FIVE IN ENSLEY TOWNSHIP HURT
COMMITTEES ARE A P P O I N T E D FOR
SPARTA FLOWER SHOW
The Seventh Annual Flower Show, sponsored by the S p a r U G a r d e n Club, which will be staged Sa tu rday . August 28, in the City P a r k promises to be one of t h e loveliest events of the sea-son.
Following is a complete list of com-i r ' t t ees which are cooperat ing In p lan-n ing the show:
Oenera l committee. Mesdames Ar th -ur Post, E. G. Anderson. C. E. Wilson. Sr., E. Phil Brads t rum. Lou Keller. Je rome G o e n n g ; Listing a . id Marking, Mrs. M W. -Bunch . Mrs. J . H. Brace. Mrs. Alvin Relster. Miss I rene Hef t .
En te r t a inmen t a n d Luncheon. Mrs. P. L. Bull. Mrs. Robert French . Mrs. George Bet tes; Registrat ion. Mes-dames. Hazel Norris, W. J . Brack, V. J . Chase; Specimen. Mrs. Wal te r Bloom-er, Mrs. Guy O. S e a m a n ; Publicity. Mr a n d Mrs. H. J . K u r U , Mrs. E. Phil Brads t rum; Ref reshments . Mrs. A. Anderson. Mrs. I. E. McOow.in. Mrs. Fred Clark, Mrs. C. L. Johnson .
F l o w e r a r rangement , Mesdames Glenn Abbott, A. Pinckney. Lowell Mc-Kinney, L. Gi l lam; Special a r r ange -ments. Wallie Coleman. E. C«. Ander -son. George Bettes. Robert French . William Noller; House p lants . Mes-dames O. E. Balyeat . J . H. Brace. F r a n k Purdy. Wallie Coleman.
Hostesses. Mesdames L. McKinney, George Kra t t . F. L. Bull. Fred Clark. L E. McGowan; Jun io r G a r d e n club. Mrs. C. L. Johnson, J . Goerlng. Mr. Humes ton; a r ranging for judges. Mrs. L. Keller. Mrs. C. E Wilson. Sr.
Ravenna Will Stage Homecoming Satnr-
day, August 19 T h e citizens of Ravenna will cele-
b ra te thei r 38th annua l homecoming Saturday. August 19. which ls expected to bring hundreds of people to the town to meet old f r iends a n d renew experiences t h a t would otherwise go almost forgotten, says the Ravenna Times.
A very a t t rac t ive p rogram h a s been a r ranged beginning with a soap box derby and a kiddies' parade, which will be held In the morning. O the r ou t -s tand ing events include a baseball game between S p a r U a n d Ravenna , a thlet ic contests, greased pole climb, balloon ascension and free s tage en t e r -ta inments .
A highl ight of t h e homecoming In-cludes the personal appearance of Cap t . Ryan , former Whi te Sox s tar , who will cover th i rd base as coach du r -ing the baseball game between R a -venna a n d S p a r U .
Typewri ter r ibbons for ail makes of machines, 75 c e n u Sen t ine l - !*»d r r
A tornado, which swept in the wake of a terrif ic wind a n d ra in storm s t 3:00 o'clock Tuesday a f te rnoon , caused considerable damage to f a r m homes, orchards a n d gra in crops In the vicin-ity of Tyrone. Ensley a n d Solon town-ships as It swept over th i s area f rom Kalamazoo end cont inued nor theas t through portions of Newaygo. Mont-calm a n d Gra t io t counties.
Beside* in ju r ing several, the coct was est imated to run close to 8600.000 as homes were leveled a n d woodlots were mowed down by t h e f r eax wind.
In our immedia te a r ea the cyclone f i rs t s t ruck In the vicinity of t h e Frank S a u r f a rm la southwes t Tyrone town-ship. where it took t h e roof off of s large ba rn ; Jack Daye lost a windmill a n d several peach trees. Six large steel towers on the power llz*; crossing Will Pike's f a rm, were c rumbled to the ground. Pike also lost a number of peach trees.
T h e wind then t raveled along t h e a n g h n s road, breaking windows a t the
AMERICAN R E D CROSS WILL AID FAMILIES
E F F E C T E D BY STORM
Mrs. L. S HID m a n . executive secretary of t h e G r a n d Rapids Chapte- of the American Red Cross, phoned t h e Sent ine l -Leader immediately following t h e storm Tuesday, of fer ing wha tever assist-ance necessary to r e h a b l l l U t e the families in this a r e a whose homes were completely demol ished by the cyclone.
When Informed of t h e serious-ness of the cyclone, Mrs. Hillman made a special t r ip t o S p a r U Wed-nesday morn ing to inspect the wreckage and while he re received a telephone communica t ion f r o m Howard Bonhan . regional director of St. Louis, who sa id officials of the Red Cross l e f t t he r e Tuesday n ight for Ka lamasoo to check on th* damage done by t h e storm.
Donald W. S U k e t e e of Grand Rapids, cha i rman of t h e Disaster Relief committee, also Informed the Sent inel -Leader t h a t the Red Cross will render assis tance t o all families In need, so t h a t nor -mal independent l ife c a n again be resumed as soon a s possible.
Russell Anderson f a r m home, besides wrecking t h e barn a n d a chicken coop. Continuing on to Bill Rush ' s f a rm the cyclone destroyed t h e ba rn and dam-aged the residence as well a s the f a r m home across the road .
Worthy Nash H u r t Prom t h a t point t h e wind swept over
the Nash f a r m . 2 miles eas t a n d mile south of K e n t City, where a falling corn crib In jured W o r t h y Nash, who was taken by ambulance to the But te rwor th hospital , Orand Rapids. At t endan t s t he r e said Mr . Nash bad suffered a broken >oU^r bone, back Injur ies a n d severe cuts about the head. J a c k Nash escaped injury.
T h e s torm then s t ruck the Elton (Continued on P a g e Six)
LLOYD KING ALL SET TO ROUND UP HIS HEREFORDS
T h i s pic ture was t aken on the Rosenberg homestead by William Becker of Sar. Diego, Cal i fornia , while visiting in Spar ta . M r s Becker was formely Marie Miller, nleos of M r s Kate Rosenberg. Mr . Becker h a s one of the isu-gest engraving businesses oo the coast. T h i s picture represents Lloyd King, eon of Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge King, r iding Queen" ready to round up his Hereford* Besides his ca t t l e h e has a
nice f ru i t business. Lloyd loves f a rming and a while in school. He fc also a grea t lover of music. The f a r m le \ mile west of Tishon and was originally purchased by his f a the r . Ben j amin Rceenberg. Dr. Ernest Anthony. once said. "Fa rming is a profession a s wen a s a m a n who would ra ther be a f a rmer t h a n anything else Is ' to
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GET READY NOW It isn ' t p leasant to think of win te r while en joy ing t he warm
days of summer . But summer is t he t ime when your home should be* prepared aga ins t the cold and ra iny period ahead , in the in-te res t of c o m f o r t and f i re prevention.
Check up on your heat ing plant f i r s t of all. Furnaces and chimneys should be thoroughly cleaned, and necessary repairs made by a qualif ied expert . Likewise, clean out t he fue l bin and when you s tock it a r r ange your fuel in an orderly manner . Papers or rags mixed in with wood or coal may resul t in spontaneous heat ing.
It is ve ry possible t h a t cer tain minor changes in construc-tion in your home are advisable as an aid to f i r e prevention. Wood beams ex tending into chimney walls, fo r instance, have s tar ted many f ires . And adequate f i r e s tops are al l- important .
Check over any exposed eleetric wiring — da rk days bring maximum demand for light, and heavy use of electric hea t ing ap-pliances. Don ' t make amateur repairs yourse l f—bad wiring has caused many a serious f i re . Your electrician will do i t properly, and what l i t t le he charges is insignif icant in t he l ight of t h e fac t it may save your home f rom destruct ion.
Finally, go through the house thoroughly, and clean out ac-cumulat ions of papers, magazines, discarded clothes, broken furn-i ture and o the r inf lammable junk.
Get ready f o r winter now. I t ' s a lit t le job t h a t pays big div-idends.
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SILVER ANNIVERSARY FAIR This y e a r m a r k s t he 25th anniversary of t he Ionia Free Fair ,
"Mich : gan 's Grea tes t Outdoor Even t . " In honor of t he two men, Fred Green and Fred Chapman, whose fores ight and inspiration helped make t he exposition th<» gr»at event i t is today, the fa i r management under Howard C. Lawrence has secured t he grea t -est p rogram of education and amusemen t ever seen a t Ionia.
Heading the en te r ta inment is t he huge n igh t revue, "Am-ericana", s t a r r i n g 12 internationally f amous circus and .vaudeville acts. Topping off each per formance is the spectacular f i reworks display t h a t has made the Ionia f a i r noted t h roughou t the coun-t ry .
Pres ident Lawrence promises thri l ls galore, including the automobile daredevils f r o m tho New York World 's Fa i r , J immie Lynch t roupe ; the comic low-alti tude f lying s t u n t s of Captain Dick G r a n e r e ; the "bat-wing" j u m p s by Charles Z m u d a ; t he rich-est ha rness racing purses and f a s t e s t field of en t r i e s in t he fa i r ' s h i s tory ; and championship auto races.
Celebrants by t he dozen have accepted invi ta t ions to be pres-ent. These include Governor Luren Dickinson and United States Senator A r t h u r Vandenberg, potential presidential nominee.
Several of t he f a i r ' s 14 exhibit depar tmen t s a r e already book-ed to capacity, assur ing a record number of compet i tors fo r the $15,000 in premiums. F a r m e r s will f ind a complete program await ing t hem, ranging f rom horse pulling contes t s to a special Fa rm Bureau and Grange event.
If Ionia 's two famous Freds, Green and Chapman , could re-turn dur ing t he week of Augus t 14-19 and see the i r brain-child grown to a lusty young giant, t hey would m u r m u r , "Well done; well done."
not show on t he price t ag the housewife sees in a store. They boost t he cos ts of the commodity, but , like the o ther policy, add noth ing to t h e f a n n e r ' s share . Nor does it add anyth ing to t h e profit*; of t h e processor, handler , shipper or grocer, or to the quan t i ty or quality the consumer receives. The ex t ra cash sim-p l y g o e a b a c k t o o i e g o v e r n m e n t — f o r m u r e e c o n o m i c e x p e r i -menta t ion .
I t '8 a vicious cycle! *L
S A B O T A G E ~ Comment ing editorially upon recent political t rends involv-
ing nat ional policy, t he New York Times has th is to s a y : "Per -haps t he mos t serious aspect of t h e new program is tha t it ca r r ies j f u r t h e r t h e implication t h a t recovery cannot be es.p<feted to come f rom p r iva t e initiative, t h a t p r iva te investment opportunities have dried up, tha t "capital ism has reached a s t a t i c s ta te ," and t h a t t he economic machine can be kept going only by an increas-ing subs t i tu t ion of public p ro jec t s fo r pr ivate enterpr ise in t he inves tment field . . . The belief t h a t p r iva te investment must be displaced by government inves tment m u s t in the end lead to s t a t e capitalism and to an increasingly state-dominated economy, t he u l t imate resu l t s of which a r e sufficiently clear abroad.
"The t r u t h is t h a t p r iva te en te rpr i se will recover quickly enough if we allow it tn dn «n. A whole network of obstacles t o t ha t recovery exists in many presen t government policies, and the f i r s t s t ep of government should be to remove these obstacles."
W h a t h a s failed in th i s country is not pr ivate capitalism— which gave us the highest s t anda rd of living in the world, and b rought u s f r o m an ins ignif icant place in the company of nat ions to t he world ' s foremost economic power in a century and a half . The real f a i l u re has been t h a t of ® «warnmi>nt nolicv based on regimenta t ion , and s t a t e capi tal ism. It has had ev^*y opportun-ity to prove itself dur ing t he las t few stormy years. Almost every th ing i ts sponsors desired has been tried. And what have been t he resul t s? Unemployment is nearly as grea t now as a t the wors t depression lows—business and investor confidence, the essential of all democratic progress , has been shat tered and large-ly des t royed—indust ry looks wi th f e a r into an undecipherable f u t u r e — a n d the entire nation is weighed down with unbearable national debt , and with a fiscal policy whose inevitable end, long enough continued, is national bankrup tcy .
" P r i v a t e enterprise will recover quickly enough if we allow it to do so." Truer words were never wr i t ten than those And all our f u t u r e s depend upon t h a t being done before the deliberate sabotage of pr ivate enterpr ise h a s gone so f a r t h a t nothing is l e f t for t he renaissance.
Fur Pelt Takes Near-ly Million Animals
Says Specialist
aton recently ruled t h a t In 1939 the skunk t rapping season is to be open only November 1 to J a n u a r y 31. In previous years no closed seasons pre-vailed for skunks.
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were af ternoon callers. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Larson and
family had business In S p a r t a Prlday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Vlckers attended * picnic a t Newaygo Park Sunday.
! Mrs. Edward Wesicc: : is en te r ta t s -t ing her nephews f rom Muskegon ant1
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Would you know how many coyotes. badgers, musk ra ts or bobcats or other fur bearing animals were caught In season by Michigan t rappers In the last 12 months?
T h a t was one of tne phases which R. o . Hill, extension specialist in game a t Michigan State College when he surveyed 1938-39 trappers ' reports sub-mi t ted to the Michigan State Depar t -men t of Conservation with which he tcllaborates. In all counties nearly a million animals were taken for f u r or bounty, with fur worth about $1,250.-000.
Of 11 kinds, wolves were least n u m -erous and numbered but 59. Muskra ts were most numerous, as t rappers sent iu icpOit* iijuiuiuiq( liwr season's catt^u | ua rn iw was approximately 782,924. Skunks took j nesday whUe second place with an apparent ly low annua l t rapping of 34.485.
Other animals caught In t raps have been estimated a t 32.550 weasels. 1S.634 opossums. 17.546 mink, 6.501 raccoons. 3.159 foxes. 2.098 coyotes. 532 bobcats and 503 badgers. Approximately three-four ths of the entire f u r t ake came f rom farm lands In the s ta te ' s 44 southern counties.
More t h a n curiosity Is represented In Hill's tabulation and estimates garner -ed from totals In all the counties.
T h e figures serve as a guide In com-put ing animal population, the t rends thus aiding in establishing seasons and kill limits.
Skunks, for instance, are more valu-able than the average person suspects. Although the odor may be offensive. t ays Hill, the skunk has value for fur and eats large numbers of grubs and other insects detr imental to f a r m
i crops. The s tate conservation com mis-
' . Coon try Garden Club Miss Beatrice Arends enter ta ined,
the Country Garden Club Thursday. August 4, with Mrs. Bur.ce and Mrs. Wood as assisting hosU&ses. A pot-IUCK dinner was served cafeteria style. Several games and contests were en-Joyed. The next meeting will be w.th Mrs. Ethel Osbun. September 7. with Mrs. Breeden and Mrs. Castonia as-sisting.
W. Bertrand. C Ber t rand. Mr. Vlck-ers. Wes Hanna and C. Bennett a t -tended the ball game a t Spar ta on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs Clyde Bunce and Mrs. Stella Dohm were shopping In Muske-gon Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Hurley h a d tne mls-v K*v 1M V>>d.
gathering e^^s In the barn.
Ben Muma went to Saginaw Monday with a load of apples.
Our Sunday School members with their families had a wiener roast at Moore's park Priday evening. There were 41 present.
YOUNG MEN IN AMERICA IN TROUBLE
What happens to young Americans who are out of work, discouraged, of ten desperate. Stanley High, well-known for his brilliant articles on tne nation, got the answer for the question by combing the country for facts ' Read the second article In his import-ant series. I t wil lappear in This Week, the magazine with Sunday 's Detroit News. —Adv.
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MIDGET AUTO RACES AT 3 I G E L 0 W F I E L D
E V E R Y TUESDAY N I T E
With Art HartsffeW ind Harry H a r t out of the races for the rest of t h e season a t Blgelow Field in Grand Rap-ids. o ther d r i v e n ' names will appear more o f ten in the win columns a n d It wili probably result In more irtvers ap -pearing a t the Blgelow races as here-tofore drivers have been staying away because of the fact tha t they didn ' t have much of a chance with Art Hartsfleld and Harry Har t in the l ine-up. Until his accident. Art Harcsfield had won t h e last straight eight f ea -ture events. Both drivers are su f fe r -ing from broken limbs received In a spectacular crash last Thursday n igh t in Detroit which snuffed out the life c ! Bill Mitchell, veteran driver who has made every race meet held a t Blgelow Field. Bill will be sadly missed by r ac -ing officials a n d drivers as well and he wul be remembered always by the members of the racing fraterni ty .
Next weeks' races will consist of eight fea tures with the qualifying runs s tar t ing a t 7:30 and the first event taking place a t 8:30.
G o l d e n G l e a m s
"For what glory Is It If when ye be buffeted for your faul ts ye shall take It paUently, but If when ye do well and suflei for it. ye takf It patiently, ihls Is acceptable with God." I Peter 2:20.
"The tasks that Ood gives us to do come hand In hand with s t rength to carry on." — F. M. H.
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F R E E D O M FLOURISHES W H E R E B I B L E IS R E A D In these days when democracy is being forced to t ake stock
of her resources, lovers of human freedom will read with encour-agement t h e releases f rom the annual report of t he American Bible society, whose 123rd annual meeting was held recently and whose sole purpose fo r a century and a quar te r h a s been to make t he Bible available to all men of all nations, however l i t t le they may have wi th which to purchase it.
Wherever th i s g rea t book has been seriously read h u m a i freedom h a s f lourished and democrat ic ins t i tu t ions have been born. Ear l Baldwin in an address in Toronto recently expressed his belief t h a t Britiar-'s disposition to a t t e m p t t he solution of the in ternat ional problems by hones t deliberation and conference roots back in to generat ion upon generat ion of Bible reading by the people of England. Even in t he face of t h e d ic ta tor ' s edict the Bible out-sold "Mein K a m p f " in Germany las t year by 200,-000 copies. La t in America fo r whose t rade and f r i endsh ip dicta-tors a re s t renuously bidding has a hunger f o r t he Scr ip tures tha t is apparent ly insatiable.
Chin* wi th all her appalling needs bought more complete Bibles f r o m the society than ever in her h is tory . Japan likewise increased he r purchases by about 10 per cent over t he year be-fore. Meanwhile the Scriptures moved into a dozen new languages in 1938, b r ing ing t he total number of tongues in which some par t of t he Scr ip tu res have been t rans la ted to 1021. I t is now conser-vatively es t imated t h a t nine- tenths of the people of t he world might h e a r some substant ial p a r t of the Scr ip tures read in their native tongue. No b w » h* the w w w even I&inuy approaches this record. As long as th is continues human f reedom has a great ally.
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T H E FARMERS G E T W E A T S L E F T The Agr icul ture Depar tment has jus t made a s tudy of f a rm
prices and announces t h a t in 1938 t he f a r m e r s got lower prices fo r their products than in pre-war days, bu t t h a t t he consumer was paying more f o r the products. In o ther words, a l though more money was being spent for agr icul tural commodities, t he f a r m e r was ge t t i ng less of i t
The depa r tmen t ' s Bureau of Agricul tural Economics then goes on to give some fancy explanat ions of why t h i s condition ex-ists. One reason, says t he bureau, is t ha t d is t r ibut ion costs are higher . T h e bureau adds off icial ly: "Of course m a n y f ac to r s have influenced changes in price* of f a r m products since t he pre-war yea r s ; mone ta ry and other fac tors a f fec t ing t he general price level, changes in population, industr ial act ivi ty and consumer purchas ing power in the U. S-, changes in internat ional t rade and foreign demand conditions, and changes in both t he domestic and foreign supplies of f a r m products ."
But t h e r e is a more simple—and more probable—factor the bureau h a s apparent ly overlooked. The fac tor is riarht under the bureau 's nose in t he adminis t ra t ion ' s policies of economic experi-mentat ion.
And in those policies several causes may be found, but two are easily seen and should be pointed out. One is t h e policy of forcing h ighe r wages (and the re fore higher costs) in t he indus-tr ies which mus t process and dis t r ibute f a r m products . The re-sult is s imple—it boosts the price t he consumer p a y s f o r tlie prod-uct. but doesn ' t cut t he f a r m e r in f o r any larger s h a r e of the food djjhfc ...
The o the r is the policy of forever adding new taxes on food nrodocts. These a re mostly hidden, undercover t axes which do
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