LEDGER E N T R I E S Being a Collection of Various

Topics ol Local and General Interest

ENTERING THE NEW YEAR

TyTANY are the thoughta thai come to the reflective person,

as one more of the» periods of time called years drops Into the lap of history. The past seems such an irrevocable thing. If we have done things in 1941 that we regret, we can never erase that record. I t is a black mark against our lives, like the bad mark on the school record that the old time teacher used to show the tardy pupil, as a sign that he was not doing as well a s he could.

If the year that hae passed has seen many kindly deeds, many acts of helpful service, we can look backward to those 12 months with some satisfaction.

Each year should show something achieved, some new lessons learned, some bet ter command over our-selves. If in the old year we cher-ished many foolish fears, we should have acquired some higher philoso-phy that would make those f ars slink back into .the seldom visited corners of our minds. If we have devoted ourselves to the taaku of daily life with enthusiasm, we can probably feel we are better workers, better citizens, more valuable to our employers, to our customers, and to the public, than we were a year ago.

Now we enter a new year. Some • will say we shall be burdened and pestered with war troubles, and that wo can make little new prog-ress. Every year brings new op-portunities. If it is to be a year of trial or even of suffering, we can gain new powers over ourselves and the world, by learning to meet these new experiences.

A hopeful, cheerful outlook on life helps make the new year a happy one. We ordinarily find in the new year about what our temperament looka forward to. If ,we are full of gloom, the nerw year Is likely to be gloomy. If we approach the new time with confidence and good cheer, we usually find plenty of happiness ae we tread the ways of life.

FORTY-NINTH L O W E L L , MICHIGAN, J A N U A R Y 1, 1942 No. 34

Tire Rationing News of Our Boys

Begins Monday ^ t h e ^ s - F l a g

f p H E studied

IMl IN HISTORY

YEAR I M l will long Pomona Grange Has Installation

Annual Reports Show Group Thriving

The December meeting of Kent County Pomona Grange was held a t Spencer Grange December 18. Earl Brewer, assisted by Ethel Brewer, Ina Bowler, Zellah Keech, Blanche Hessler and Don Elsby, installed the officers of Kent county and Spencer Grange in a joint installation service.

County officers Installed were: Master, Carl Hcssler, Rockford; Oyerseer, Jojvn jNash., Beldlng; Lecturer, Gerald Kltson, Rockford; Steward, Kent Brown, R. 2, Grand Raiplds; Assistant Steward, Glenn Baker, Cedar Springs; Chaplain, Elizabeth Clark, Rockford; Treas-urer, Roland Depew, Alto; Secre-tary, Lula Elsby, Romford; Ceres, Blanch Hessler, Rockford; Pomona, Frances Ewlng, Byron Center; Flora, Almeda Minion, Rockford; Lady Asalatant Steward, Stella Bak-er, Cedar Springs; Pianist, Zellah Keech, Rockford.

The annual reports of the coun-ty ofneers and quarterly reports of local granges show a thriving con-dition of the organization. Master Hessler and Mrs. Hessler gave re-ports as delegates to the Michigan State Grange Convention at Sault

recovery. Around 5,000,000 more!81®- M a r , « . reporting a very large people have gone to work. We d read , i nven t ion only six delegates being the lightnings from heaven, but a b s e n t ' a high record of the dry rot that comes when m e n i ^ 0 ^ ® attendance. Granges in the plead fo r a job, and ordinary bus i - ! u PP e r Peninsula are flourishing necs can find nothing for them, , "* 1 considerable Indian blood was has mostly passed byt We can see | noticeable among the delegates the sun of hope coming over t h e . ' r o i n ^PP61" Peninsula. horizon. In due time the world! C o u n t y ^ « n g e discussed a pro-will say that wars a re barbarism's o f cooperation with the de-final hold, and tha t it is up to us ! '® n M organizations of Kent county, to make such horrible things im-j l t ^ M voted to offer the 14 Grange possible 'Halls in Kent county if it became

I necessary to evacuate wom*n and DEMOCRACY SHOWC SPEED c h i l d r e n from the viciiilty of de-

Ifense plants in Grand Rapids. These r P H E DICTATOR governments say ^ halls are all equipped with kitchens

that democratic countries act and service for 50 to 100 people, too slowly. That in a country ruled Cod Hessler was designated with by dictators, everybody is right up'power to act and cooperate with on his toes, and people do at once the county organizations for de-

will long b« in the history books.

Youngsters will be told that it s tarted in darkness, when Germany had succeeded in gobbling up a dozen or more countries. An in-vasion of England by a terrible force from the sky and sea was expected, and many authorities predicted the conquest of the Island.

As the year went on, the clouds lifted a b i t Germany af te r having signed a treaty of friendship with Russia, suddenly took the opposite course, and hurled its millions of men and thousands of tanks and planes against its former associate. They expected to overwhelm the fovlets In about two months. The soldiers of the steppes proved better f ighters than was supposed.

The American people had hoped to keep out of the war, but they could not resist )the desire to aid democratic countries struggling against the invaloers. As a result, without warning, the powerful Jap-anese planes and ships descended on us.

When Germ any and Italy de-clared war on us, the United States was finally plunged into the bloody whirlpool. 'The dictator countries accomplished one thing they did not expefet, tha t the land which they had regarded as a sleepy and Indifferent aggregation of dis-puting people suddenly rose in its wra th and declared war with a speed tha t no dictator ruled land could exceed.

I t has been a year of economic

The rationing of tires and tubes under federal regulations to con-serve the nation's limited supply of crude rubber takes effect in Mich-igan January 6. On and af te r that date, no tires may be sold except by official authorization.

the things they need to do. While In a democratic country, it is claimed, the people quftrrel and

fense. A resolution was adopted recom-

mending tha t the Michigan State dispute and fight, and action needed | Grange seriously consider adopting a t once is often delayed for m o n t h v a well developed youth program or years. j Including the organization of Coun-

I t does work that way manyi ty Grange youth groups for the times in democratic lands. The;purpose of promoting mature lead-United States has Just given a mighty example of prompt action. I t declared w a r agaist Japan, Germauy, and Italy, and passed a comprehensive drs i t law, with a Rp««d that probably amazed those

ership in the Grange. Resolution adopted recommend-

ing that the State Grange Executive Committee adopt a mn™ satis-factory system of in'onnlng: Sub-ordinate and Pomona Granges as

nations which claim they have a l to the merits of bills introduced in monopoly on quick action. the Legislature which are of in-

The dictators used to think that j teres t to agriculture giving each your Uncle Sam was a talkative grange a better insight on the pub-old gentleman who sat around in hang-outs and told stories, but that Ue was too comfortable and f a t to do any real hard fighting. They are liable quite soon to discover their mistake.

ENEMY ALIENS

T U A ^ Y ALIENS who are citizens of some country with which the

United States is a t war are said to be Trorried about their status. They have heard of people of their nationalities who were arrested or questioned on suspicion that they were aiding the enemy. These anxious folks a * if they are headed fo r a similar difficulty.

The United States has a large number of residents who are Ger-

lic af fa i rs and a sound basis for discussion of such bills.

Resolution adopted expressing great sorrow for the loss of a beloved and valuable servant in the death of Pas t State Master Ketch-am and urge Subordinate Grange to drape its charter for 30 days in respect to his memory.

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Former Resident 1$ Laid to Rest Here

Funeral services were held in S t Mary's Church, Lowell, last Satur-day morning for Miss Annasftatia Flynn, 48, who passed away in De-troit hospital on' December 28.

man, Italian, or J a p a n e ^ c i t i z e n s . I m a d e l n 8 t -The great majori ty of them are MlBJI F ] y n n W M t h e y o y u x g t % i

qniet people who will daughter 0f the late Mr. and Mrs. trouble They should realize t h a t l j o h n p j y ^ t o T m t r r „ l d , Q t j o f

the Axis powers have carried on a n j ^ . j , , S h e ^ aurvived by five «fs-enormous amount of treacherous I teri, Mr.. Jennie Fltzpatrick of De-flftJi column work in many lands. ( t r o l t , Mrs. Rose Hoover of Pontlac,

Harry Maines of Grattan Center this week completed the purchase of the news stand and confection-ery store which has been operated for the past few monthc by Lorenzo Parsons, who has moved to Hol-land. The new proprietor states that he plans to add new equipment and serve hot lunches. Mr. and Mrs. Maines are now living a t "The Elms."

C. K. Merriman of Eas t Main street has received an Interesting letter f rom George H. Batchelor of San Francisco, Calif., which says in part: ' T h e Barbary Coast is near-ly all empty, just a few Italian restaurants. There are no boats leaving the ferry. The J a p stores are all closed here and the doors sealed the same as box cars. Things look a little creepy a t night when ail is in darkness."

Postmaster F. J . Hosley reports that 35,900 letters went through the cancelling machine the five days preceding Christmas day, thus cre-ating an all-time high in this de-partment. Last year fo r the same period the count was 27,000. Parcel post mail this holiday period was about one-third less than 1940. The sale of s tamps for the calendar year 1941 will reach a total of $15,300.00 or $500.00 more than one year ago which was the peak year.

* Voluntary subscriptions for the

American Red Cross are being re-ceived a t the Red Cross booth a t Christiansen's store. The booth Is in charge of Mrs. Charles Doyle, who is serving as local chairman. The Red Cross needs many millions of dollars In order to carry on humanitarian work among, o u r boys in all branches of the armed forces. I t is hoped that all citizens will call a t the booth promptly and contribute as generously as pos-Jible.

This week we doff our hat to Thomas H. Chaffee of Vergennes-tp., mentally alert and active physically in spite of his 77 years. Mr. Chaffee does all the work on his 90 acr« farm except for a little help a t harvest and finds time to help his neighbors occasicaally. In winter he does quite a bit of butchering, his score last winter being a total of 212 head of hogs and cattle. Mr. Chaffee has been a reg-ular subscriber of the Ledger for over 49 years, s tar t ing with the first issue.

Jokes, Jests, Jabs and Jibes Just by Je f f : We understand that play-ing cards were originally invented by a crazy man, and that is alright with us! . . . A new broom usually sweeps clean unless It is being used by a child trying to be a big help to mother. . . . A Lowell man refused to go to a card par ty with his wife because he would ra the r stay home and listen to friendly s^guments on his radio. . . . Lindbergh says he writes his own speeches. Look how many of us put our foot in it by some of our speeches that we wouldn't put in writing. . . . iMany cmbarassing things have happened to me in my day, but no one has ever ye t sung a telegram at me.

Local Defense Councils Have Final Say

j Here are some questions and answers clarifying details of the government's tire rationing pro-gram:

Q. When does rationing begin? A. January 6. Q. What kind of tires will be ra-

tioned? A Only new automobile, truck

and motorcycle tires, tubes and cas-ings. No restrictions are placed on purchases of used tires, retreads or recapped tires, or on bicycle tires.

Q. Who will be allowed to buy new tires?

Eligible Groups A The ration regulations estab-

lishes seven groups of eligibles, covering vehicles used exclusively In protection of public health and safety or for essential freight and bus transportation or industrial and commercial operations.

Q. How about the average motor-ist?

A Unless he is a physician, a surgeon, a visiting nurse or a vet-erinarian, he can not buy a new tire.

Q. What can the average motor-ist—including the car owner who lives In a rural area removed from other transportation—do to keep his automobile running?

A. He can only observe all pos-sible methods of conserving h i i present tires, try to "double up*' with neighbors driving to woj*k, buy used, retreaded or recapped tires.

Taxi Drivers, Too Q. What about taxi drivers, trav-

eling salesmen and other persons using their automobiles to earn a living?

A. They ar* in tha same class with the average motor is t

Q. How are truck owners af-fected?.

A. The only trucks for which new tires may be obtained are those used "exclusively" fo r transporta-tion of ice or fuel, materials for construction or maintenance of public highways, public utilities or production facilities; transporta-tion essential to roofing, plumbing, heating and electrical repair serv-ices; transportation by any com-mon carrier or for waste and scrap materials; or transportation—with an Important exception—erf raw ma-terials, semi-manufactured goods, and finished products. Including f a rm products.

Q. What is the "important excep-tion?"

/ Ocorge H. Miller received a letter last Saturday from his son George, who is in the U. S. Navy and who is believed to be In the Hawaiian tt lands. The letter was written on December 18 and was postmarked U. ti. Navy. George said he waa O. K. and for his father not to worry about him. The letter was censored and so it is not known where he is. George was a t one time a member of the Ledger staff by whom he Is remembered as a hostler and a mighty fine boy.

(Pvt. Fred A. Cox, who was in the SiSrd School Squadron, Elgin Field, Fla., has been transferred to Lyn-dall Field, Fla.

Clark Boulard, formerly of Bowne Center, is now serving in the U. S. Army and Is In training at Camp Polk, La. His address is 33rd Armored Regiment, Camp Polk.

Mr. and Mrs. Bry Condon have had word from their son, David R., that he is safe. He is with the U. S. Navy and his mall address Is: Care Postmaster, Box 10, New York City, N. Y. He has been in the service two years and the last his folks knew was stationed at Norfolk, Va., but in his last letter he was not aljowed to reveal his whereabouts.

Lieut. G. Samuel Yelter has re-turned to his post of duty a f te r a ten day leave.

Junior Ayres, who has been serv-ing as city mall carrier on the east side for the past several months, •has enlisted in the U. S. Marines and will go to Detroit on January 10 to take his final exanination be-fore being inducted into service.

Pvt. Robert Schneider, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schneider, has been transferred from the ^Medical Corps and is now stationed at Fort Monmouth, N. J., where he will re-ceive four months' special training in the Signal Corps.

Maxwell H. Thompson, who Is serving in the U. S. Coast Artillery with the rank of Major, is a grand-son of the late George H5ne, whose father was Martin Hine, founder of one of Lowell's pioneer families. Major Thompson's mother, whose maiden name was Martina Hine, spent her girlhood here and is well remembered by Mrs. Earl Thomas, Mrs. Ari Hill, Mrs. Clara McCarty and no doubt many others.

Delivery Trucks A. No new tires m a y j i a ^ 9 » . ReyneUB. Bca of Mr. and

chased fo r a truck which is used to transport commodities to an ultimate consumer for ' persouol, family or household use.

Q. Does that mean delivery trucks operated by retail grocer, a depart-ment store, or other businesses?

A- Yes. Q. What about milk or bakery

trucks? ' A. Technically, they fall under

the ban; in practice, it Is believed possible that some future provision may be made for theh benefit. But it may Involve enforced "pooling" of their delivery facilities to reduce the number of trucks operated by each company. Most f irms operat-ing large fleets of trucks or taxis, however, have fairly large stocks of new or retreaded tires on hand and may not Buffet immediate effects f rom the rationing plan.

Rules For Buses Q. What about buses? A. Buses with a capacity o f ' 10

or more passengers, used exclusive-ly for public transportation, are on the eligible list. This includes school buses and company buses used to carry workers to and from their jobs. Company buses arc barred, however. If p u b l i c transpor-tation facilities are "readily avail-able."

Q. Will farmers have to go back to the old metal wheel tractors and Implements?

A No. The regulations approve purchase of new tires for f a rm equipment, other than automobilea or trucks, if tires are essential to operation of equipment

Q. Where do motorcycles and bi-cycles come in?

A Motorcycle tires are subject to rationing; bicycle t ires are not and their sale Is unrestricted a t the present time. However, no more bicycle tires are being manufac-tured except to fUl defense orders.

Q- Who will do the actual ration-

A. Docal rationing boirds, made up of meuiberfi ol local defense councils, are being established. They will have rlnal Jurisdiction within their communitiea and will issue certificates on application per-mitting eligible persons to purchase tires.

I t Is up to these residents to avoid sjiy such action, and show complete loyalty to our government One would think they would be thank-ful to live under a government which will let them speak freely, and which asks only that they be loyal and helpful.

Want ads pay. Try oos.

Mrs. Bert Myers and Mrs. John Dawson of Lowell and Mrs. J . M. Gilbert of Grand Rapids and two brothers, Leroy of Wlxom and Ed-ward of Det ro i t

The sincere sympathy of all is extended to the bereaved relatives.

Memory is the thing we forget with.

Red Cross Worken Resume Work Tuesday

The local committee announces that the Red Cross Surgical dress-ing class will resume work on Tues-day afternoon, Jan . 6, a t 2 o'clock, in the City Hall. With the extra work assigned to the group more workArs are needed and any woman may Join. The only equipment needed is a wash dress and a cover-ing for the head.

Teachors Sponsor Red Cross Party

The Teachers' Club is sponsoring a Community Bridge party a t the City Hall on Mondsy evening, Jan. 5, and the entire proceeds will be turned over to Mrs. Charles Doyle, local chairman of the Red Cross! All citizens are Invited and although no charge will be made, a collection will be taken. The teachers have al-ready made Individual contribu-tions to the Red Cross in the pres-ent drive for funds but .are anxious to do all in their power to increase the fund in Lowell. All expenses for the party will be paid by the teachers. v

A. F. Zwemer, president of the club, has made the following ap-pointments for the party: Mrs. Ray Avery, general chairman; Miss Marjorie Donahue, chairman of decorations and Miss Doris Mao-Kellar. chairman of refreshments. The campaign for funds is going along nicely a t the school and vir-tually every child has made a donation.

Staff Sergt. Jack Peckham, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Peckham, who is stationed at Camp Fresno. Calif., telephoned his parents from the Camp on Christmas Day. Jack has been in the Army since last Ap-il.

TO.. LOWELL

From Glendon and Kathryn

Swarthout

Written for readers of The Lowell Ledger

Our Columnists Meet Up With Hectic Experiences (Written in the smoking room of

the S. S. Cottica enroute from Trin-idad to Barbados).

The traveller South America-bound reaches Trinidad with high hopes, with feeling of satisfaction and relief which comes when the halfway mark of a journey is reached.

Only seven days by sea, and one's ship lies in the harbor of the most fabulous, gayest city in all South America, the capitol of a nation vaster In area than the continental United States, Rio de Janeiro!

And so we reached Port-of-Spain. Our ship lay about ten miles out in the crowded roadstead, with the large passenger and baggage launch alongside. We tipped our Dutch steward lavishly, bestowed smiles upon our fellow passengers, made our way cautiously down the long ship's ladder into the rocking launch far below.

It was exactly nine o'clock in the morning. Here is what transpired during the following four hours and approximately the way in which it transpired:

Reaching shore we struggle suc-cessfully through the customs, then check our bags until we shall be able to find rooms . . . since we!

ISP and

wide, dusty streets . . . open-sided streetcars . . . traffic consist-ing principally of American army trucks, reconnaissance cars, jeeps, oeeps, and other examples of Army jargon . . . an imposing marble post office incongruous in a setting of garish f rame buildings . . . the names of firms and shops which seem to be a directory of all the races and peoples on earth . . . Japanese, Chi-nese, English, Scotch, Russian, Spanish, American, on and on. . .

Along the sidewalks American soldiers stride with all the freshness and Ingenuousness which comes from origins in Illinois, Ohio, Flor-ida, Massachusetts and Montana . . . leaving the business districts the fences and walls are a profusion of poinsettas and bougalnvillla . . . houses are low and patlced, built for comfort and to harmonize with their exotic setting . . . we ride be-side an expanse of preen contain-ing cricket and rugby fields, riding grounds, a parade ground . . . there arc probably seventy-five acres in all. and in the States we should call it a recreation park . . . the British call it a Savannah, the Queen's Park Savannah, to be e x a c t . . . it is now eleven o'clock.

. . . . . . . , | At the American /Consulate the were to stay a month in Trinidad, n e W B lH a l l b a d t h e tremendous our living quarters must be chosen l n f i u x o f A m e r i c a n 8 since the new

C.' H. Reynolds, has been transferred from Camp Haan, Calif., to duty near Los Angeles, where his regiment is on guard duty a t aa alrplaue factory. Herb-ert is with the medical detachment of the 65th Coast Artillery and has charge of the dispensary.

Among the 121 accepted for U. S. armed service a t Grand Rapids re-cruiting stations recently were the following from this vicinity: Navy, John C. Osmolenski, 22, Ada; Roger M. L o t t 18. Bowne; Edwin I. Boe, 19, Caledonia. Marines, Kenneth L Beak, 21, and Robert E. Stanard, both of Ada. All except Stanard left Monday for Detroi t where they were to receive final examination from where they were to be sent to the naval training station a t Great Lakes, HI., and the marine training station a t San Diego, Calif.

Pvt. John T. Jones of Fort RlTey, Kan., telephoned to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Jones, on Christmas eve and talked to members of the family. John said he is feeling fine and having a good time. He is in the Cavalry unit a t Fort Riley.

Coming Events

with special care . . . wo had heard of the housing shortage in Port-of-Spain while on the ship, yet we had learned by now to rely completely on the American Consul . . . these estimable gentlemen had ftot failed us yet.

bases were begun has created an acute housing problem . . . people wait months to obtain tiny rooms . . . every large house or apartment building hps a waiting list . . . we had best go on to the British Island

'of Barbados where accomodations We engage a cab and set out for Plentiful

the Consulate . . . t h e ride gives only, „ a cdnfused impression of the cityi (Continued on Page 8)

Experts Tell How to Save

On Fuel Costs Home owners can effect sub-

stantial savings in fuej costs by fol-lowing a few simple rules In the operation of coal burning furnaces, according to Miss Harr ie t Elliott Associate Administrator oi t h e Office of Price Administration and head of the Consumer Division.

Householders arc notorious coal-wasters, heating men report, prin-cipally because they haven't kept up with the latest techniques in fur-nace operation. Wastage of coal amounts in extreme cases to one ton out of every three consumed.

For Instance, many misguided shovelers cover their burning coal completely when adding new fuel. They shouldn' t added this way;

Farmers Favor

Should Apply Now for 1942 Allotments

"Final figures show that the Materials Program for 1941 was very popular with the Kent County farmers." stated J o h n McCabe, Chairman of the Kent County Triple-A Program. "Nearly one thousand Kent County farmers availed themselves of the opportun-. Ity of obtaining lime or marl as an advance on their payment for 1941."

The 1942 Materials Program pro-vides that any farmer to be eligible for farm payment must have at least

,20% of his total crop land in soil Coal should be c o n g e r v j n gr ignd-usea. payment (ex-

clusive of parity payments and pay-1. Set dampers So that coal iSiments on special crops) may be

burning brightly. 'earned under the 1942 Triple-A Pro-2. Add new fuel in one section o ' ,g rem by carrying out soil-building

the firebed. i practices. Among the soll-buildlng 3. Leave a 'bright spot" of glow-1 p r a c t j c e s ^ja^ m a y be performed

for payment are the application of 0-20-0 or 0-20-20 on conserving land-uses or the application of ground limestone, marl, or sugar beet refuse

ing coals exposed on the surface to ignite gasses given off by the new fuel.

4. Leave the exposed "bright spot" at the left, right, front o r j j j m e on" the farm^ back of the firebox on successive l a f a r m e r doesn't have the firings to keep the top of the firebed j r e a j y he can make appllca-reasonably level. t i o n , f o r 0.20-0, 0-20-20, ground lime-

If the firebox isn't big enough t o | 1 ! t o n e m a r l o r s u g a r b e e t r e f u i e

add sufficient coal in this manner, U m e through the Materials Pro-burning coal may be piled upon t h e | g r a m a n d h a v c t h e c o > t o f t h e ^ sides of the firebox and new c o a l | t e r l a l d e d u c t e d f r o m his 1942 Triple-added In the crater. Take care to A p a y m e n t . disturb the firebed as little as pos-sible.

Another great American furnace room superstition is that a little

The Program for 1942 has been received very favorably by the farmers of Kent County. Six car-loads of 0-20-0 and 0-20-20 have been

The Teachers' Club of the Lowell high school are sponsoring a bridge and rum party to be held In the City Hall on Monday evening, Jan. 5, at 8 o'clock. The proceeds will be given to the Red Cross. A. F. Zwemer, who i> president of the club, has appointed Mrs. Ray Avery as general chairman of the affair .

The Women's Club will meet next Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 7, a t 2:30 a t the home of Mrs. N. E. Bor-gerson. Mrs. M. B. McPherson is the chairman for day.

The Good Will Club will meet a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. York Kohn on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 7. There will be election of office™ and all members are urged to be present

Ladles of the Vergennes Co-operative Club will have a potluck supper and an evening of enter-tainment for their husbands on Thursday, Jan. 8, at the home of Mrs. George Johnson.

?oal In the firebox goes a longer way! u k e n f r o m t h e b y t h e f a r m e r B than a lot of coal. I t doesn t By, a n d m o r e c a r B a r e o r d e r e d . keeping a five-inch thick fuel bed ' F a r m e r 8 h a v e a l r e a d y

and by bringing the level of c o a i : t h e i r intentions of using several right up to the firing door, h o u s e - ' t h o u s a n d t o n B o f p . o u n d limestone holders will save the most fuel.la r t w e l l „ thousands of yards of provid ng they use the dampers m n r l a n d r ^ r e f u M l i n i e

The Vergennes Methodist Church are having a New Year's eve serv-ice on Dec. 81 a t the Vergennes Grange Hall. All are welcome.

for the Lsdgtr, f U k

Oaklsigh School will be host to the Kent County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations a t a luncheon meeting on January 6. Business meeting a t 10:80. The speaker will be Lieu t Leo M. F. Doyle. Motion pictures will be shown and con-ferences scheduled.

The Ladies of First Methodist Church will open the Thrif t Shop In the City Hall on Saturday. Jan . 10, to continue for one week. A baked goods sale will be held in connection. There will be many good bargains which you should plan to take advantage of. ' c34

The Dorcas-Estlier group of the W. S. C. S. of the Methodist Church will meet on Tuesday afternoon. Jan. 6, a t the home of Mrs. R. S. Miller. Please bring needles and thimbles.

prdperly. The experts lay down these broad

rules as a starting point: 1. Set the turn damper (also

cailsd the '^butterfly" or "plate" damper) to a position giving the most obstruction to the hot air go-ing up the chimney consistent with the maximum amount of heat needed upstairs.

'2. Regulate the furnace or boiler between banked position and full steam ahead by moving the check damper and ashpit damper. (The check damper should be open When the ashpit damper is closed, and vice-versa).

Firing door slots usually should be open a f t e r adding fuel, as long as the flames are swirling high above the fuel bed, and closed when the small, peaked flames appear. Never open the firing door to bank the fire. Tha t wastes fuel. If the fire won't 5ank properly, use small-er-slsed coal, layer of ashes on the grates. Shake the grates less frequently to permit the ashes to accumulate on them. If this fells to hold the fire, have furnace or boiler checked for leaks and smokeplpe checked with a d ra f t gauge.

Proper maintenance of boilers or furnaces will save coal. Flues and heating surfaces should be kept |

The Chairman urges all farmers Interested In obtaining materials, especially commercial fertilizer, to come as soon aa possible to the Kent County Trlple-A office located at 344 "Spencer Street, N. E., Grand Rapids, Michigan, to make applica-tion for same as it may be impos-sible to obtain later shipments due to increased demands on railroads by national defense.

Strand Calendar

Thursday, Jan . 1—"Moonlight In Hawaii" with Jane Frazee and Johnny Downs. Added feature, "Married Bachelor" with Robert Young and Ruth Hussey.

Friday and Saturday, Jan. 2-3— Thrilling, battling, iwlng, "40,000 Horsemen" with Grant Taylor and Betty Bryant; also Melody Master,

or keep a thicker S i r t o o n ' B n v i t 7 a n d t h e l a t M t

xvews. Sunday and Monday, Jam. 4-5—

"The Feminine Touch" with Rosa-lind Russell, Don Ameche, Kay Francis and Van Heflln; also Stooge Comedy, Snapshots, Cartoon and News.

Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan . 6-7 —"Nine Lives Arc Not Enough" with Ronald Reagan and Joan

wlr» b n u h T water free of rust and scale, cracks

By K. K. Vlnlng

Christmas tide Thoughts

We are writing this column a t home. Yes, I am at home the day before Christmas picking up a little tag end vacation that was coming to me. I have been just puttering around and doing the things I like to do.

The Vlnlng family will be to-gether for their Christmas tree and dinner. Bud Is home from Ann Arbor, but has been busy peddling surplus mall. Jean Is home from Michigan State College and is help-ing put Into practice the Home Eco-nomics training she has been get-ting over there.

Radio Is full of two things today —Christmas carols and the war. Not enough carols and too much war. The carols make one wonder sometimes If perhaps a little bit more of the spirit that the man Jesus came on this earth to teach were lived up to that wars would not come to an end. Nations could well afford to do these things. Of course before nations do anything, men themselves would have to do i t

Mrs. Vlnlng and I attended the Symphony concert l a s t Friday n i g h t Scattered all through the crowd that filled the main audi-torium to capacity were some 300 to 400 soldiers from Camp Custer. Could not help but look a t these boys and wonder how many would get home Christmas and how many boys all over the country would be In army camps and not he able to be with the home folks. There are quite a few former 4-H Club boys from Kent county In service all over the country and I could not help but think of those boys and their families at this Christmas time and i s we have said previous-ly just what a futile thing this whole war business is. They are talking about peace af ter this war. Well, they did It 23 years ago and here we have another mess on our hands.

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The Press and Others

This column Is running along in its third year. The County Agent will soon be starting another year of extension work, most of which of this time has been spent in this county. This has been an enjoyable job, what you might call one of good adventure. One of the things we have enjoyed doing has been writing this column but the writing would be of no avail if It were not for the folks back In the news-paper offices that print i t So we Just want to take this chance of thanking the country newspapers for their kind help and cooperation. Up in Cedar Springs, arc the "Clip-per Girls." exponents of the Red Flannel Day and they are working hard to make Cedar Springs a big-ger and better place to live. Over a t Lowell are cheerful Rem Jefferles and his son Harold. We always like to stop and buzz with Rem a few minutes while we are over there. Over a t Grandville, looking af te r the destinies of that par t of the country, is John Pope. At Rockford is Ed. O'Brien and his wife, and down in the south end of the coun-ty, is E. B. Blett, better known as "Ernie," who jealously guards the events and things that happen in the south end of the county. Up at y ' Sparta is H. J. Kurtz, the Spar tan , ' whose weekly Sentinel reaches the west and north par t of the county. Coming back here in Grand Rapids we must not forget Dan Runnells over a t the Grand Rapids Press, who edits the Fa rm Page and vari- f ous extension activities in K e n t ^ county. Just down the street, from the Press, is the Herald. Here John Wurz, managing editor, pens off some pood editorials on 4-H Club work. To all these folks the exten-sion staff over In the Y. M. C. A Building extend their greetings for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with many thanks for the publicity which they give us. Then up or. Spencer Street is John McCabe, chairman of the A. C. P. program, with his office and field staff . We wish to extend our greet-ings to them.

Then out In the country we want to extend greetings to the multitude of 4-H Club leaders, except for whose heip the 4-H Club program could not be carried on. To those many farm folks whom we work with through"the year, and to the new ones we are always glad to . , , meet, we extend greetings of the " season. To the schools, service clubs, business and commercial or-ganizations in small towns that have been a factor in making ex-tension' wnrk a success this past year, we extend our heartiest sea-son's wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

K E E P YOUR HUNTING LICENSE

Throw away your old fishing li-cense when the new year rolls around, but keep that hunting li-cense for another nine months, conservation officers are advising sportsmen. New licenses are needed for fishing begininng January 1, but this fall's hunting licenses do not expire until September 30, 1942. When seasons on game are closed, small game licenses are required of sportsmen getting gun permits to h u n t crows, predators or other un-protected animals.

Santiago, Chile, is considering a 138,000,000 road construction proj-ec t

which permit air to leak Into the furnace or boiler sealed with fur-nace cement. Dampers, g r a t e r doors that are defective should be replaced.

I n many furnaces, use of the smaller-size domestic coals will re-sult In fuel economy. These b u m more slowly, therefore less heat goes up the chimney. They are par-ticularly good for banking a fire, or may be used in combination with larger sizes If hotter fires are needed.

Louisiana" with John Wayne and Ona Munson.

Thursday, Jan. 8—"S m 11 i n g Ghost" with Brenda Marshall and Wayne Morris; also "Blonde From Singapore" with Florence1 Rice and Leif Erickson.

Belfast—For selling strawberries fit too high a price a street vendor was arrested and, fined in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Sam, the chore man, returned from the city with a scarfpin that contained a ^'diamond of no usual size." I t was the pride of his heart and the envy of his village com-panions. His employer, a f te r a week of basking in Its radiance, said: "Sam, is It a real diamond?"

"Wall," repied Sam. "if it a i n ' t I've been skun out of a half dollar.

BEAT. ESTATE TRANSFERS

Walter J . Hayward and wife to Melville B. McPherson and wife, p a r t southeast %, section 25-7-9, Vergennes township.

County of Kent to Joseph W. Svo-boda and wife, par t lot 33, block 2, Citizens plat of Ada township.

George W. Lally et al, to James L Nlschan and wife, lot 53. Island Pa rk plat, Murray lake.

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DIAMOND HEAD A8 GOOD AS GIBRALTAR

SEVERAL YEARS ago I sol with Captain Wilson on the veranda of his home. looking over the placid waters of Pearl Harbor near Hono-lulu. The harbor Is but a salt wa-ter lake opening Into the Island of Oahu from the Pacific. It was origi-nally not much more than a marsh that had been dredged to a depth of some BO feet In places. It is a lake of many arms and bays, with suf-ficient anchorage room to accom modate all of the American navy.

On the far side, across from tht homes of the naval offkers. Is the club house of the Honolulu Yacht club, and the landing place of the Pacific clipper planes. Near the center Is an Island un which is lo-cated the naval air Held.

There was no war. or thought of war when I sat there with Captain Wilson. There was oot even an ap-pearance of any preparation for war. On the far shore a clipper plane, in from Manila, rode at an-chor and was being loaded wlth| mail for San Francisco. In that same arm several small sail boats were engaged in a race. In an-other arm a battleship and cruiser were anchored, and near them were two or three destroyers. No one of these fighting ships offered any evi-dence of beinji ready for sea. They did not mar in any way the peace-ful appearance of the scene.

"This does not look like the Im-pregnable fortress I had expected to see," I said to Captain Wilson.

"It was not Intended that all the defense preparations should be In sight, but an enemy would find them here," was his simple reply. He did not tell me more, and should not huws done so, but while In the islands, I learned a little of what these preparations wero. No effort was made to cover up that entire division of American soldiers at Schofield field, the army headquar-ters In Hawaii, and as fine a divi-sion of fighting men as one could find in any man's army. Oflkers of the army, quite properly, would not permit me a view inside of Diamond Head crater, a veritable moun-tain fortress. I know it is lit-erally filled with great guns, each capable of throwing 1,900 pounds of steel for a distance of more than 20 miles. In the subterranean pas-sages of that fortress are stored suf-ficient munitions, food, water, medi-cines and other materials to last for more than a year. Diamond Head is not a second, but a first Gibraltar.

Along the shores of Oahu are other great guns, one of them with-in a block of the Royal Hawaiian hotel at Waikiki beach, and another

-beside the Honolulu harbor. At Pearl Harbor there were vast

quantities of storage facilities for oil, gasoline and naval munitions. There were dry docks and repair shops, everything to complete the most formidable naval base in the world. Into it the government, through the years since the annexa-tion of the islands, has poured some-thing near like a billion dollars. Now it is worth all of that, and more. It insures the safety from serious at-' ' of our western mainland

THE LOWELL LEDGER, LOWELL, MICHIGAN THURSDAY. JAN. 1, 1942

N A Z I - S O V I E T W A R

GER/WJ ' EIGHT P O I N T S

HIGH COURT C H A N G E S

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O P T H E YEAR

1941 COMHIID i r

EDWARD C. WAYNE

The year began with these im-portant events: January

I—Hitler in a speech predicted "victory in 1941."

S—New c o n g r e s s c o n v e n e d , heard President ask "all out" aid for democracies.

20—President Roosevelt Inaugu-rated for third term.

21—Civil rioting broke out in Ru-mania signaling beginning of Nazi "putsch" in Balkans.

12—Women ond children ordered to leave I Moscow.

10—Japanese cabinet (alts and U placed by one more "warlike."

: 17—Part of sovernment evacuatei Moi ' cow.

21—Russians hurl back altacki on Mot cow front Fifty Frenchmen ordered executed (or alaylng of Nazi army ofTlclal In France

23—Nazis report fall of Important Russian city of Kharkov.

November 3—U S. warns Finland to cease fight-

Ins Reds. 8—U-boats will Are on U. S. ships,

says Hitler. British lose S2 planes In sweeping continent raids.

12—Finns reject U. S. plea to make peace with Russia.

13—urltlsh aircraft carrier Ark Royal sunk by torpedo.

20—British launch new surprise offensive in Libya.

2ft—Nazis break through to flank Mos-cow Axis troops slow British Libyan drive.

29—Russian recapture Important city of Rostov.

December 2—Italy bares big revolt plan; attempt

to kill Mussolini falls. 8—Britain declarer war on Finland,

Hungary and Rumania. President Roosevelt announced he had previously dispatched peace plea to emperor of Japan.

7—Japan unleashes devastating surprise otfack on Hawaii and Philippines and follows this with declaration of war on U. S.

January 4—Italian defense in Albania reported

broken. 7-Creeks push back crack Italian

troops. Jl—Nazis and Russ sign new trade pact. 17—Russian. Rumanian clasbcs disturb

Balkans. 21—Civil rioting break* out In Rumania. *7—Rumanian revolt leaders executed

at civil rioting la ended. February 9—Winston Churchill in world-wide

radio broadcast asks U. S. for "tools, not men" to defeat Axis powers. Admiral Darlan named vice premier and foreign minister of Franca as Laval loses out.

10—Great Britain breaks diplomatic ties with Rumania.

11—Russia reported to have okayed Nazi thrust Into Bulgaria. Nazis fly army to Balkans.

18—Britain mines Singopore sea ianea. 18—Japan offers to mediate European

war. 22—Nazi army units reported 80 miles

inside B-jIgaria. 26—Anthony Eden reaches Turkey for

war talks. March 1—Bulgaria loins Axis. German troops

enter that nation. 2—Turkey closes Dardanellea as Nazis

push Uirough Bulgaria to Greek ana Turkish frontiers.

12—British rush aid to Greece 20—Crown council of Jugoslavia ap-

proves program of passive aUionce with Axis; Serbs angered; three ministers quit in protest.

t7—Boy King Peter takes Jugoslav throne as Axis rule is ended In bloodless coup d'etat.

April 9—Bengasi, eastern Libyan capital,

taken from British by Nazi and Italians.

8—U. S. declare* war on Japan, as does Great Britain. Germans give up winter attempt to win Moscow.

9—-Japanese planes reported over San Francisco bay; "mistake" alarms In N. Y. • Manila bombed; Japs claim capture of Guam.

10—British admit loss of warships Prince of Wales and Repulse off Malaya,

11—Germany, Italy declare war on u. S and congress votes declaraUon against them within four hours aftei news is received. U. S. army bombers sink 28.000-ton

4TEN BIGGEST' EVENTS OF 1941 Sflecled by BAUKHAGE

(WNU Wtthlng'.oa Corrupottdtnl.) Adoption of the lease-lend law.

The Rooscvclt-Churchlll meet-ing at sea.

The Frealdent'a ahoot-on-slght order.

The Inauguration of a President for a third term.

German Invasion of Russia. Failure by Germany to achieve

its objective: destruction of the Red army.

Revision of the neutrality law. Bending of American troops to

Iceland.

U. S. war with Japan, Ger-many, Italy.

Defeat of rigid price control by farm-labor coalition.

6- -J;...* invade South China ilong 250 mile const. Italian diplomats In U. S. are re-stricted In movements ond Detroit and Newark Italian consulates closeC by slate department

23—Turkish dlpiomatlc sources reveal that Russia has promised aid to Tur-key If forced to flght Germany.

April 1—Mexico and U. S. sign treaty to

share air bases. 8—Request by Axis powers to surren-

der seized vessels rejected by Mex-let)

12—Denmark trolled) vol

Jap battleship Haruna. 13—Dutch announce sinking of four Ja-

pan transports; 4.000 lost. 15—Rush report Nazis smashed from Bal-

Uc to BUck sea. 16—U. 8. destroys 26 Jnp planes in . . •n}"shlng Philippine landing attempt. 17—Adrr. Klmmel, commandtr of Pa-

cific fleet, and two top ranldnf army omcers In HawaU removed as after-math of Pearl Harbor lossts. 19—Japanese effect Unding at Hong Kong.

•—Germany declares war on Jugo-slavia and Greece. Invasion starts. Addis Ababa. Ethiopian capital, en-tered by BrlUsh.

16—"Worst bombing" of all time hlls London. Jugoslav army collapses.

19—Greece announces suicide of Pre-mier Korlrls. King George heads new government. British troops land In Iraq to guard vital oil supplies.

22—Nazis crack both ends of Allied de-fense line In Greece and reach his-tory-famed Thermopylae pass.

27—Nozii; advance guard enters Athens. May 1—Iraq protests landing of British

forces to protect oil fields. 9—Iraq forces fight British, shell Im-

portant airport. 9—British regain control of Iraq oil

pipeline Stalin takes U.S.S.R. premiership.

12—Rudolph Hess flees Germany and lands in England.

14—Largest warship afloat. Britain's 42.-000-ton Hood, is sunk by new 33,000-ton German batUeshlp Bismarck.

17—BriUsh navy sinks batUeshlp Bis-marck after thrilling sea battle.

June 5—German forces reported In Syria.

Free French forces in-

January 3—New congress opens, seventy-sev-

enth. 6—President asks "all out" aid to ("e-

mocracles in congress message. 15—U. S. orders C.I.O. to end strikes In

defense plants. 20—President Roosevelt inaugurated for

third term. 22—Justice McReynoids resigns from

U. S. Supreme court. ai—President meets British ambassa-

dor In orecedent-breaklng greeting off U. S. coast

July 1—Men who reached the age of 21 since

October 16. 1940, register for the draft.

7—President Roosevelt informs con-gress that U. S. armed forces have occupied Iceland

IS—Grand Jury names German reich in indicting 33 as spies.

17—Nation's second peaceUme draft lot-tery held.

II—President asks extended term for draftees. Nationwide drive for scrap alumin-um opens.

26—President mobilizes Philippine forces on wartime basis.

SI—President form* gnomic defense board to wage economic war on Axis. Wallace named head. Gas stations ordered closed at night in Eastern Seaboard states.

August 1—Oil shipments to Japan banned. 6—C.I.O. calls strike at huge Kearny,

N. J., shipyards. 7—Senate passes act extending draft

term by 18 months. B—OPM puts steel under full priority

control. 11—Installment buying curbed to check

InflaUon trend. 12—House passes draft extension bill. 15—Gas rationing ordered for eastern

states. 16—President returns to O. 8. after his-

toric sea meeting with Winston Churchill.

tack coast

I saw Pearl Harbor and the tor-tifievtions in peace time. It is a different picture now. The big guns, the warships and the airplanes are doing the job they were put there to do. The place of Hawaii in our defense will advance its claim for statehood as the forty-ninth state.

• • • PARTNERSHIP SHOULD BE LABOR-EMPLOTER RELATION

I WAS IN EUROPE in 1918, and for a short time in that section of Belgium retaken from the Germans just before the end of the war. On my return, a Belgium acquaintance, who operated a chain of laundries in Chicago, called on me to learn of what I bad seen in his naUve country. During his visit the sub-ject of the new attitude of labor was discussed and I explained what English leaders had told me would be needed to appease labor in that country.

"Labor U not entitled to consid-eration," said my visitor. "Labor has no brains. If I were to turn my buainess over to my employees tomorrow, in tlx months it would bft wrecked. There would be nothing l e f t "

"Pouibly that is true." 1 replied, "but there is another thing that is true. Should you find yourself with-out the help of labor tomorrow, and unable to get other employees, you would be out of business at once."

He did not like my statement, and one of our troubles of today is that there are too many employers who fail to recognize the partnership be-tween labor and capital

• • •

PRICES SHOULD BE REGULATED

AMERICA CAN and will pay the cost of defeating the Axis powers, whatever It may be, but America should not and must not, have to pay an excessive price because of waste or greed. The government can take from capital any profits made on war production, but the price of ships, planes, tanks, guns, of all war equipment is largely de-termined by the price of labor.

•» We need a regulation of prices, in-cluding the price of labor.

6—British and vade Syria,

10—U. S. freighter Robin Moor reported . . f.4?^ U-boat in mid-AUantlc. 11—British and Free French in Syria

take Damascus. '2—Germany attacks Russia. ^2-30—Brest-LltovEk, Vllna, Kaunas,

Dvlnsk and Lwow fall to Nazis as Russians hold on north and south fronts.

July 2—Stalin orders "scorched-earth'

cy.for Ruisia as Germans advance. poll.

9—Britain halls U. S. occupaUon of Ice-land.

13—Soviet claims sea victory over Nazis. Russia-England sign mutual aid pact Armistice signed In Syria.

15—Japanese form new cabinet under Prince Konoye.

23—Vichy France accepts Jopan's de-mand for military control of French Indo-Chlna,

25—Japan's assets frozen by U. 8. and Britain.

2S—Finnish govemment breaks relaUons with Britain.

August 7—First Russian air raids on Berlin.

10—Russia admits Nazi gains in Kiev and Leningrad sectors,

14—Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt meet at sea and issue eight-point declaration of peace alms.

10—Soviet agrees to conference of Rus-sia. Britain and U. 8.

24—Rusio-Brltlsh troops Invade Iran. 25—HiUci aud Mussolini tnC conferencc

on "eastern front." Septamber 1—President Roosevelt calls on D. 8.

to crush Axis power. 4—Nazis claim Russia thwarted on

Black saa, 7—America freighter Seafarer bomoed

and sunk In Hed sea. 1ft—Nazis report fall of Kiev. 24—AnKlo-American peace alms and

post-war food pool plans

February 3—U. S. Supreme court upholds wage-

hour law. 9—House passes lease-lend bill. 260—

165. ft—Wendell Wlllkle reaches O. 8. after

Inspection trip to British ls<es; backs U. S. aid to Britain.

25—C.I.O. votes strike at four Bethle-hem Steel plants.

28—Bethlehem Steel strike ended. March 1—C.I.O. strike shuts Chicago plant of

International Harvester. 11—Soft coal miners under John L. LewU

open wage parley In New York with operators. President Roosevelt signs leate-lend bill and flow of arms abroad begins.

12—President Roosevelt asks congress for $7,000,000,000 to ala Britain un-der lease-lend bill. Paralyzing cold and high winds sweep north central U. S.. killing 66.

1ft—President Roosevelt appoints super medlaUon board to settle labor dis-putes.

27—President signs 17,000,000.000 aid-to-Britain blii.

28—U. 8. aid pledged to Jugoslavia In Axis resistance.

30—U. S. seizes 63 Italian, German and Danish ships in U. S. harbors on charges of sabotage.

April 1—United Mine Workers of America

besln soft coal strike. ^ 3—C.I.O. calls strike in huge Ford

Motor company River Rouge plant; 85,000 affected. Plant closed. House votes inquiry of rtrikes In de-fense Industries.

3—Scores hurt in bloody skirmishes at strike-closed Ford plant in Detroit.

4—Ford closes 44 assembly plants and factories.

6—AlllsChalmers strike definitely set-tled by medlaUon.

9—North Carolina. 35.000-ton batUe-shlp. Joins U. S. fleet. First dread-naught completed for navy in 18

29~-Bi itlsh-U. 8. commlMlon for aM to Russia opens in Moscow.

October 2—Executions reported curbing anU-

- JJ'11 "Prislags throughout Europe. 10—Russians admit troops are falling

bcck toward Moscow.

years. 10—IT. S. assumes protecUon of Danish

colony of Greenland. 11—C.I.O. strike against Ford Motor

company is settled. 29—Charles A. Lindbergh resigns com-

mission as colonel In U. 8. air corps reserve. AfletmaUi of dispute wlUi F.D.R.

2ft—Soft coal strike setUed. May 1—Treasury opens defense bond sell-

ing^ drive. 5—F.D.R. orders large increase In pro-

ducUon of heavy bombers. Coastguard .(U. S.) board* seven Jugoslav ships In U. 8. ports.

26—President Roosevelt signs Uie SS-per* cent parity loan bill for wheat, cot-ton, corn, rice and tobacco.

27—President Roosevelt proclaims an unlimited naUonal emergency dur-ing a fireside chat. He reasserted the policy of "freedom of the seas."

30—New Jersey waterfront is swept by t29.000.000 flre.

June 1—Market quota restricUons on wheat

approved by over 80 per cent o» farmers in nstion.

5—Fifth of army plana producUon Ued

S) as C.I.O. workers strike at the orlh American Aviation company

In California. ft—Army takes over shike-bound North

American aviation plant at Ingle-wood on orders of F.D.R.

12—Justice Harlan Flske Stone made chief lusUce ol Supreme court as Robert Jackson and Sen. Jamas Byrnes get high court posts.

14—President Roosevelt "freexes" Nazi and Italian asseta.

19—U. 8. orders Nazi consulates close by July 10.

20—Thirty-three die In submarlae 0-9.

19—Ford signs union contract wtth C.I.O.

22—U. 8. state department condemns Nazi attack on Russia.

29—Giant B-lft successfully completes first test hop.

24—Strike at Kearny. N. J., shipyards ends as navy takes over.

September 5—Senate passes largest tax bill In

U S. history. 11—President orders U. S, navy ,u

shoot at Axis ships sighted in "de-fensive" waters.

18—Congress gets new request for $6.-000.000.000 lease-lend. Lynn Stambaugh. Fargo, N. D., at-torney. named commander of Amer-ican Legion.

20—President signs S^-billlon-doliar record tax bill.

25—Duke and Duchess of Windsor visit Washington. D. C.

October 1—Increased taxes on many commAM-

ties become effective. 6—George Hopkins, parachutist, res-

cued from top of Devils Tower, Wyo., after six day*.

11—Navy reports seizing Nazi radio sta-tlons in Cuba and Greenland.

17—U. S. destroyer Kearny torpedoed with loss of 11 lives while on patrol duty off Iceland.

IB—Martin Dies committee lists 1,124 In U. S. service with ainiiations with subversive groups.

21—Government announces sinking of two U. S. ships; Lehigh, flying U. S. flag off Africa, and Beld Venture. Panamanian flag off Iceland. All hands saved.

24—Gasoline sales ban in eastern states lifted.

27—"We're at battle stations" and "the shooting has started" keynote Presi-dent's Navy day address.

30—Strike of 53.000 miners in "capUve" coal mines broken by 15-day truce agreement after five days. Army take.-, ever Bendix. N. J., plant of Air Associates. Inc.. to keep up

SroducUon of vital aviaUon supplies, r. S. destroyer Reuben James tor-

pedoed and sunk while on convoy duty off Iceland; 44 saved. 83 miss-ing.

November 2—U. 8, coast guard transferred tc

navy control. 13—House completes congressional ac-

Uon on neutrality act allowing mer-chant (armed) snips to sail through war zones

16—Captive coal miners again out on

17—President signs order permitting arming of U. S. merchant ships.

22—Lewis calls off capUve coal mine strike, agreeing to mediation.

28—House votes s-man price control board after defeating plan for one-man rigid control.

government (Nazi con Ids pact giving U. S. pro-

tection over Greenland. 13—Japan and Russia sign neutrality

pact In surprise dlplomaUc move. 14—Treaty ends 100-year border feud

between Venezuela and Colombia, 26—Twenty-one American republics

reach agreement for unified utiliza-tion of 160 idle foreign flag ships In American ports.

May 3—Ex-King Carol .ind Magda saU for

Cuba from London. 17—Iceland's parliament votes to dis-

solve union with Denmsrk; becomes republic.

18—Egyptian ateamer Zamzam sunk In Soufn Atlantic with 120 Americans aboard.

20—Brazil refuses France's request to resume air service from Dakar.

21—Germany. Italy, permit France to build continental air force.

June 1—Pope Plus XII defends the rights of

man against extensive state Inter-ference In a radio address.

6—Four thousand Chinese suffocate In Chungking air raid shelter.

14—Bolivian cabinet resigns. 15—Six Danish ships taken over by

U 8. 24—Latin-American nations asked to ban

Axis consuls ousted from U. 8. July 1—China breaka dlplomaUc Ues with

Germany and Italy. 7—Outbreak of military clash between

Peru tnd Ecuador is reported. 13—Peru claims fresh attacks by Ecua-

dor. 17-U. 8. 'blacklists" 1.800 LaUn-Ameri-

cans as having Axis affiliations. Em-bargo placed on their goods.

1ft—Bolivia squelches Nazi putsch. Ousts Germsn attaches.

24—Argentina government asks Peru and Ecuador to end dispute.

August 6—Costa Rica suspends all Nazi busi-

ness In country. 9—Argentina lails Nazi suspects and

nips alleged plot to overthrow gov ernment.

28—American republics agree to use all foreign owned ships seized In ports.

Stptember 1—Mexico's President Camacho pledges

co-operation for hemlsphert defense. 18—Washington announces Peru. Chile.

Bolivia and Argentina enter new agreements in economic war on Axis.

23—Four slain i.s Mexicans riot at president's home.

24—Argentina moves quickly to nip plotted Nazi conspiracy.

25—Three hundred more Orms In LaUn on U. S. blacklist

'Axis'

December 1—Rail strike averted by wage boost. 7—Mine workers win union shop In cap-

Uve coal mines. 8—President calls for aevea-day week

and all-out effort In defense Industry "Victory driv"?."

11—America First Committee disbands. 13—Fourteen convicted In New York as

Nazi spies. 15—Navy Seoetary Knox Issues report

on losses at Pearl Harbor. 16—President names JusUca Roberts

head of Pearl Harbor Inquiry board. IS—Laura Ingalls, famous woman filer,

seized by U. 8. as German agent.

America against

October ft—Arnulfo Arias arrives In Cuba after

coup which ousted him as president of Panama. Replaced by regime more favorable to U. S.

11—Japan and U. 8. agree on plan for bringing U. S. clUzena home from Orient In Japanese ships.

14—Argentina and V. 8. sign trade pact cutting various tariffs.

20—Panama approves arming of mer-chant ships carrying her flag. Many U. S. ships on Panama registry since war began.

November 6—U. S. makes billion dollars In lease-

lend available to Russia. 10—Churchill pledges immediate aid if

U. 8. Is forced to fight Japan. 14—U. 8. marines withdrawn from China. 17—Saburo Kurusu. Japan's special en-

voy to U. 8.. begins "peace talks" In Washington.

24—U. 8. troops ordered to Dutch C-ilsna. Brazil %nd Argentina back move.

27—G. S. Messersmith, career diplomat, named U. 8. ambassador to Mexico.

28—U. S. gives Japan "peace" formula for Far East.

December 1—President asks Japan for explanaUon

of troop moves into Indo-Chlna. 7—Canada. Costa Rica and Nicaragua

declare war on Japan. 12—U. 8. seizes 11 French ships. 13—Five hundred persons killed in Peru

landslide. 15—Turkey notifies U. 8. It will remain

neutral. 15—Martinique and United SU.tes reach

naval accord.

i0—N ""riBland syndicate, led by Bot Quinn. buys control of Boston Na tional leagua baseball club.

May 3—Whlrlaway wins Kentucky Derb>

setting new Derby and track recon of 2:01 2-9

7—Hank Greenberg. star-Detroit base ball player. lnducted"into army.

ft—Billy Boose wins world mlddlewelglr championship over Ken Overlin.

24—Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer will TKO In seventh,

30—Mauri Rose of Indianapolis wins 800 mile automobile speedway classic

June 2—Fred Perry, former English Davis

cup star, wins national professional tennis singles title.

7—Craig Wood wins National Open Goll championship.

14—Patty Berg wins Womon'a Open goll championship,

18—Joe Louis knocks out Billy Conn In IS-round thriller.

22—Frankle Parker and Pauline Betr win national clay court singles ten nls tlUes.

25—Washington university rowing crew wins Poughkeepsle championship.

July 1—Joe DIMagglo sets all Ume majpi

league batting record by hitting safe ly In forty-fifth consecutive game.

9—American league wins All-Star garni at Detroit 7-9.

13—Vic Ghczzl wins P.G.A. golfing Cham plonshlp.

17—Joe DlHaggio's hitUng streak stopper at 56 consecuUve games.

29-Freddle Coohrano wins welterwelgh-title from Frltzle Zlvlc.

August 6—Bill Gallon wins Hambletonlan, trot

Ung classic. 9—Sammy Snead wins Canadian Open

Soif championship. lawalian Island swimming team

wins A A.U. national championships 30—Marvin ("Eud") Ward wins U. S

amateur golfing crown. Lon Warneke. Cards' veteran rlghi bander, pitches no-hltter agalnsr Reds.

September 4—Yankees clinch American league pen

nant. 7—Bobby Rlggs wins naUonal tennis

championship. 15—Brooklyn Dodgers clinch lft41 Na

tional league pennant. 2ft—Joe Louis defends UUe by TKO In

sixth round with Lou Nova. October 9—Yankees win World Series over

Brooklyn Dodgers, four gomes oul of five.

ft—Alfred Kobcrtson, famous Jockey, rides six winners out of seven races In single dsy; 12 parley would have won over M.wTooo.

29—Ten million, two hundred fifty thou-sand fans saw major league base, ball games In past season, officials announce.

November 4—Dolph Camllli, Dodgers, named Na

Uonal league's most valuable player U—Joe DIMagglo. Yanks, named Amer

valuable player as Illinois foot'

l i l l t t ' l

lean league k most valuable player Bob Zuppke resigns ball coach after 29 years.

15—Lou Boudreau. 24 years old. named „ manager of Cleveland Indians. 29—Tony Zale wins middleweight cham

plonshlp over Georgle Abrams. December *—Mel Ott signed as manager of New

\ork Giants. ft-Whirlaway voted "Horse of thr

Year." 10—Cleveland pitcher. Bob FeUer, enlist). . In navy.

19—Site of Rose Bowl football classic foe January 1 shifted to Durham. N. C. for Duke-Oregon SUte game.

January

January 11—Radio and picture comedian Jot

Penner. 20—Dame Margaret Lloyd George, wife

ot British statesman. 29—John Metaxas. "strong man" states

man ol Greece. February 1—William Glbbs McAdoo. World wai

secretary of Ueasury. ft—Reed Smoot, former Republican sen

ator from Utah, 27—Rep. William D. Byron. Maryland

killed In air crash. 23—Ex-Kldg Alfonso of Spain. (In exile

In Rome. Italy.) March 6—Gutzon Borglum. famous U, 8. sculp

tor. April 2—Count Paul Telekl. premier of Hun

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IS A CALL F O R DOLLARS!

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guna which your money will help to buy.

Qo to your bank, poet office, or savings and loan association. Tell them you want to buy De-fense Honda regularly, starting now. . . .

AIR 3 WARN MCS ON e r H

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9—ienf

I—"Bowl" games attract 340.000 foot-ball fans.

all

sinking of D. 8.

January -1—Two U. S.Canadian reciprocal air

llota approved. 14—Ecuador rounds up leftists after riot 22—Thailand and Indo-Chlna seek peace

terms. 30—More D. 8. aid to China would pre-

vent American Involvement la Far Eastern war. aays Generalissimo Chiang Kalshek.

February 4 President Batista of Cuba assumee

command of army to nip "plot" 6—U. i . and Mexico reach cocapre-„ "««* Mtghbor" agreement 17—Wives and children of Atnericaa

army officers leave Philippine*. 0 0 Chiaeee

neds to renew support.

March

5—U. 8. and Mexlce finian nefettrflsa on BBtaal assistance pact g ^ C g o l ^ o f Romania ftoee | p *

Eari Dew wins IftM Jockey UUe. 13—Christoridls whips Bettlna for light-

heavyweight boxing championship. 21—Bob Feller signs record breaking

(for pitcher) contract ($30,000) with Cleveland.

31—Joe Louis knocks out Red Bunnan in fifth round of UUe go.

February 3—Elmer Layden, Notre Dame coach,

named commissioner of pro foot-ball.

14—Frank Leahy, Boston coUege, named football coach at Notre Dame. Vtllllam Hoppe wins three-cushion billiard championship for second consecuUve year.

21—Tony Zale knocks Steve Mamakos out In fourteenth round to retain middleweight championship.

March 19—New York crowns Golden Glove

champlona; Henry Allen heavy-

nWoe'liulj^stope Abe Simon in thir-teenth round.

24 Gregory Rice of Hotre Dame sets new world's two-mile Indoor run rec-ord with 8 minutes, 51.1 seconds at Chicago Relays.

April 4—Carl Storck reelins as president of

National Profess ional Football

4-Cralg Wood wins Maotar's golf tour-nament at Atlanta, Ga.

B—Joe Louis stops Tony Musto In nlath round of heavyweljpt battle. Buddy Baer 1X0 over Tony Galen-tc t̂n seventh round ot heavyweight

12—Joe PUtak wins national handball championship lor seventh consecu-

"Bruins win Stanley cup champlonahlp. beating De-

Morris Sheppard (Texas). 13—Dr. Annie Jump Cannon. famou>

woman astronomer. 23—Maurice L. Rothschild, outstandinc

U. S. merchant. June 3—Lou Gehrig, Uje "Iron Horse" o.

baseball. 4—Former Kaiser Wllhelm U died r

Dcorn. 12—Daniel Carter Beard. Boy Scout o

fielal. 22—Sen. Pat Harrison of Mississippi 26—Sen. Andrew Jackson Houston n

Texas. 27—William Guggenheim, copper mil

Ilonaire. 30—Ignace Jan Paderewskl, world li.

mous pianist and former premk. of Poland.

July 3—Sam H. Harris, one of Broadway r

most successful theatrical managers 14—Fred Fisher, founder of famous auto

body building company. 20—Lew Fields, famous comedian. 27—Howard Jones. U. S. C. footbol

coach. Edward B. McLean, former ownr Washington Post and ClndnnaU Er quirer.

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prafit at matar i ty .

August

season opens game.

1—William R. Davis. tnternaUonaU,\ icnow.i oil man.

7—Bruno Miftsolinl. second son ot Italy's premier.

September Sara Delano Roosevelt. Presidenfr mother.

October 9—Louis DemlHtx Rrandels. former Su

preme court JusUcc. 9—Helen Morgan, famoua singer oi

torch songs rty. attorney gen Harding aammls

NEUTRALITY REVISED

19—Harry M. Daugherty, atto: eral In Warren tratlon.

16--!larold W. McCormlck, chairman ol the board, Intarnational Harvester.

U—Edward Cudahy, founder of packlnr company bearing his name.

November 17—Ernst Udet. Nad atr chief. 23—PeMrtval Chrtatopher Wren. British

author ("Bean Geete.") 25—Presidtnt Pedro Cerda of Chile.

December 1—orado B' A d a m ' ' (ran Col-

first Jap raid on Pearl Harbor.

MEET YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHRORS The Lowell Ledser

Special Articles In Every Issue Of Inportnee to Farners

The year drew to a cfo'w with these important events: December

7—Japanese attack on U. S. If followed by declaration al war.

t—U. S. and Great Britain d«< ciare war on Japan. Nazis give up wintar at* tempt to takb Moscow.

II—Germany. Italy declare war on U. S. . . . Confress an* awers this in tour hours, recognizing state of war.

IS—Germans c m a t h t d from Baltic to BUck ica—Rus-sian claim.

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N E W Y E A R G R E E T I N G S From LoweH's Business Firms

and Institutions

BEST WISHES TO RIL

And now ive're r**../ to sponge off the slate and start <i spotless page. May that page of 1942 he the red letter page of all your lives . . . may the records which ere to be written thereon become more glowing and successful as the year advances, and may the chief entries of Auditor Time be Health, Happiness and Prosperity.

H a r e l d L . W e e k e s

I n G r a t e f u l A p p r e c i a t i o n . .

A WORLD qrown tired and

n weary is reborn at the

stroke of 121 In sending you

our New Year greetings it is

with the wish that the joyous

spirit of New Year's Day will

extend far into the year, and

tha t 1942 w i l l b r i ng you

more of life's real values

than any year that has gone

before.

M c Q u e e n M o t o r C e . Chrysler, Plyaanti Sales

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Ship Ahoy! Yes, we would need a whole ship to carry our messages of appreciation and good will to ail our friends whose loyalty to us has made 1941 a

banner year. That 1942 may bring you joy, health and

prosperity is the wish of every member of this

organization.

K i n g M i l l i n g C o .

W i l l i a m C . D o y l e , P r e s i d e a t

The ringing of the New Year Is music to our ears. May you find yourself In the midst of good times all through the year, In harmony with health, Joy and prosperity.

Lowel l G r a n i t e Ce .

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In the coming year may all your troubles be lltUe ones and nothing a smile won't fix. And, may the New Year bring you health and happiness.

C o o k ' s P l u m b i n g Dave Clark, Mgr.

y e A *

We prescribe a future of Joy, health and happiness for you and yours for the coming New^ Year. May this be the best everT with all good things, and your fondest hopes realized.

J o h n F a h r n i

Cream Station and

Implement Store

1942

SutloUftU

May you and your loved ones enjoy the best of the coming New Year. We hope your home Is blessed with health and hap-piness all through the year.

Curtis-Dyke Ford Sales and Service

In crowning the New Yeor king for nnothor 365 days

we close the door upon past mistakes and look hope-

fully forward to a year of greater fulfillment. The

progress of the past is but our starting point, ond now,

•.hanks to the support you have given us, we have set

still higher goals of service and value to our customers.

That the New Year may usher In for you a

new era of Prosperity, Health and Happiness is our

sincere wish.

M c F a l l C h e v r o l e t

Chevrolet and Buick

Wurf/eui-

.TMfS

May the ringing ot the New Year bells tune In our heartfelt wishes for your all-vjar enjoy-ment and good cheer, coupled with health and success.

Newell Mfg. Co. Frank Newell, President

1.0. Alteaburger, Vice Pres.

• For many years a t this t ime we have been wishing yon a Happy New Tear, and have fonnd Joy la the doing of it. This year it seeou even more appropriate because of the tronbled times throngh which

we have passed.

We dedicate ourselves to ntlll greater service to yon. to greater courtesies. Everyone la this concern feels this re-sponsibility and accepts It

gladly.

K r o g e r G r o c e r y

& B a k i n g C o m p a n y

Marjean Fonger Mary Sterken Mac Fonger Roy Cook Jay Bolens

A sparkling year to you and yours with nothing but hap-piness, Is our wish for you to enjoy ill through the year.

Thome's Beauty Parlor and

Barber Shop

Claude Thorne

Happy New Year! At this Joyous season wa wlah to expreaa our sin-cere feeling of good will and friendship to the many friends and cuatom-era whom It has been our privilege to serve during mi.

May you rlda"hlgh,wlde and handsome" every day In 1942, and may the best of everything be In store for you and yours.

Kie l G r e e n h o u s e

Edward Kiel "Say It With Flower."

To all our customers, a merry portion of good health, prosper-ity and good fortune always, and may this year of 1942 bring about the realization of all your

hopes.

Richmond's Cafe Theron Richmond

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May you reap a harvest of plenty In the year ahead, and may every minute abound with health, wealth and good times a-plenty. A Joyous New Year to you and your loved ones.

Downtown Dairy Pasteurized Milk, Cream

Winton Wilcox

May life bring all the riches it can hold with health, prosper-ity and happiness Increased two-fold. That's our wish for you as you go your way—Happy New Year every day!

Ray Covert " T h e P l u m b e r "

A toast to 1942! May you find your star of fortune, and skies of blue. With a year filled with prosperity, health and cheer—to you and yours, a very Happy

New Year!

Mrs. H. C. Scott

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Here's a parachute jumper we will all welcome as he comes floating down out ol December's last dark skies. We hope he Is bringing manY bright, happy days for you I

You have been good to us In the past, and we want to say "Thanks for everything." Happy New Year, and— we'll be seeing youl

Hahn Grocery Bob Hahn

IMuUear

May luck and health abide with you each day In the coming year. And, though we are not superstitious . . . We see only good signs for your future

through 1942.

B i b b l e r M o t o r Sa l e s O L D S M O B i L E

Cecil Bibbler

If the past year has failed to give you everything you hoped for, we hope 1942 will turn over a new leaf of good luck for

you In all ways.

R u d y ' s

S u p e r S e r v i c e S t a t i o n Phillips 66 Products

i Rudy Wittenbach

• We'd like to say aaapt more than jus t " thank Jem," and heaps more t haa Jwk "Happy New Year ," b e e a M yenr Idadness baa meant m much to us in 1941.

ir We'll say i t dur ing 1942, ne t with mere words, bat with aaor* value and more service written Into every transaction.

• So a t this time we simply say thank you, and Happy New Year!

Bob Feckt Lowell Gamble Stare

Wishing you a New Year that 's merry and bright with untold Joy, health and happiness each day and each night.

V a n ' s S u p e r M a r k e t

To us the sky is the limit where your New Year happiness Is concerned. May this year record unequalled Joy and good times for you.

Central Garage A. H. Stormzand

"Ring Around ihe Roslc,*' "Drop the Handkerchief1 ' and "Farmer In the Dell" are all symbola of happj' New Year dr -s of long ago. Wo say Happy New Year now to yon with the hope that some of thli old-fash-ioned spirit of New Year's, with its carefree festivities and its unalloyed enjoy-ment will sweeten and brighten this New Year's season for yon.

SEASON'S GREETINGS We are more than justified in feeling happy at the dawn of die N e w Year, and take this opportunity of

expressing our sincere appreciation for your contri-

bution to our success in 1941.

Our wishes for you are many and varied, and can hardly be set down in this space, but chief among

them is the wish that your every eloud may have a silver lining. May 1942 be rich in its blessings for you

and youra.

L o w e l l B a k e r y

G e s r g e H e r a l d

^Jib'mgs of Joi| You've rung the bell

for us, and we're

ringing it now for

you—ringing in 365

Howdy grand and glorious

Folks days of health, hap-piness and prosper-

ity for 1942.

This is our wish

for you at this happy

New Year season.

Bickford Shoe Repair C. D. Bickford

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P r i c e - R i t e ; B i c k f o r d R e s t a u r a n t Hardware and Supply 1 Mrs. C. D. Bickford

Majt this New Year mea for yon a joyous strei gthening of old ties and associations, and i happy gain in the num )er of those you cowvt as friends. May it mean more health, more prosperity, more joy of Hiring.

Gee's Hardware

May your Journey through 1942 be crowned with .health and prosperity and be a milestone of happlnecs and success in your life.

Bailey Acres Milk and Cream

The# Bailey

ia to mi i w

Let the bells ring out a year of happiness and Joy for you, blessed with g o o d friends, health and good fortune. Just our way of saying a very

ipy New Year!

W«|>inai i ' s S t a r * Mala S t , Lowell

CARD OF THANKS tt Just a little New Year's wish for our J L many good friends. May all the cards be IcEl in your favor during 1942!

This past year we have been more keenly aware than ever of the value of your friendship. Only because of friends like you have our growth and service been possible. We thank you sincerely and wish for you a streak of good luck that will continue for 365 days.

Lowell Lumber k Supply Co, Clara» Ed., Abe and Bruce

R I N G O U T THE OLDl RING IN T H E NEW1

Let us give a toast to the bright young New Year! Let us drink to the better, happier days we know must lie ahead in 19421

here's tc yoo, our

loyal. friends and custom-ers I Good health, good

c h e e r , a n d — H A P P T N E W YBARI

Lowell Beer Store Jack Fonger

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ALTO DEPARTMENT Mm. F r e d Pat t i son

Rixi Cross All-Games Pa r ty

The local Red Croes Committee will cooperate with the Grange in sponsor ing an al l-games par ty in the Alto Grange Hall, Fr iday eve-ning, J a n . 2, proceeds to be given (Lake. to Red Cross. Everybody come a n d i How could I have forgotten to have a good time and help. A lunch {mention the man who helped S a n t a

| will be served by committee.

Alto Locals

The Misses Cleone Hayward and Dorothy Clark V e r e Fr iday eve-ning d inner and overnight gueste at the Chas. Smith home a t Morse

SOUffH LOWELL BUSY CORNERS

Mrs. Howard Uurt let t

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The Mail Man, a lways courteous, kind and cheerful , takes pains \ the s l ightest detail, collects our pennies f rom out the wet or snow-filled containers wi thout complain-ing. On special occasions, brings our packages and safe ly depoeits them inside. He is a member of our neighborhood family—Our M a i l Man.

The Red Cross Drive—Saturday 's paper reported Red Cross already a t Hawai i , se t t ing up F i r s t Aid tents , k i tchen tenta, f ind ing homes for the homeless, d is infect ing to stop dis-ease, sending nurses, doing the h u m a n t h l n g a We are t hank fu l for any organizat ion tha t helps relieve the su f fe r ings of our boys a t the f r o n t ; we who a re home In com-for table beds and not under gunf i re can do tha t much for some mother ' s son—give to the Red Cross—5 times as much as you did before. Scribe will collect; please have the money ready as It m u s t be in by the 7th.

The Bar t l e t t s had X m a s d inner wi th mother , H a n n a h Bar t l e t t and E d n a Allen in Lowell. Our daugh-ter and he r two sons accompanied us.

Mr. and Mrs. Oxel Johnson had X m a s dinner on X m a s eve, gues ts being their son Haro ld and wife and William K i n g and X m a s day they were gues ts a t William Gran t ' s a t Morrison Lake.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Johnson had their daugh te r and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Er ic S t r and and Eric 's brother, Carl and wife all of Bat t le Creek, for X m a s day guests.

Mrs. Leona Wieland, Richard . Mar ian and Ear l were a t George Wleland'e X m a s day along wi th Mrs. El izabeth and Wal t e r Wieland. I t w a s Baby N o r m a Jean ' s f i r s t C h r l s t m a a

Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Miller and two sons went to Vestaburg, guests of Mrs. Miller's paren ts . Mrs. Miller and boys s tayed unti l Sunday.

Ber t Wlllett, wife and son Chester were dinner gues t s X m a s of the i r son, Guy Wlllet t and family in Clarksville. This has been an an-nual a f f a i r fo r 15 years .

W m . Kllgus f ami ly en ter ta ined his sister, Mrs. Amlel Friedll, her husband and daugh te r and their

Sunday School Chr is tmas P a r t y

Sixty mothers and children at-tended the Xmas pa r ty a t the Alto Methodist Church Tuesday evening, Dec. 23. The children and teachers, Mrs. Chas. Smith, Miss Cleone Hay-ward, Mrs. Ray Linton, Mrs. W m . Reynhout and Miss Doris Yelter, led by J o h n Clark, who played his accordian, sang Chr i s tmas carols a t the following homes : Mrs. Net t le Ellis, Mrs. Fred H u n t at the J o h n Por r l t i home, Mrs. Lucy Duell and Mrs. E. M. Foster . On r e tu rn ing to church a delicious supper w a s served to them at tables decorated In keeping with Xmas , by some of the mothers of the children, a f t e r which an Impromptu program was given by the children. Chr i s tmas tree with gif ts fo r all followed. Mothers and chi ldren decided it was a very happy and successful party.

Alto Locals

May Bowman spent X m a s with Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Young a t Gaines.

Mrs. Bert Sydnam visited 10 days wi th her daugh te r s In Pont lac and Detroit . Mr. Sydnam came to Pontl-ac Wednesday and Mrs. Sydnam and g randdaugh te r J a n e Orr lne re-turned with h im Fr iday and the l a t t e r will spend a week here.

Miss Marie Compe of St. Louis a f r iend of Mr. and Mrs. J a y Living-ston was sent to Ann Arbor con-vention as a de legate f r o m Mon-san to Chemical Co., St. Louis. En-rcu te she visited a t the F r e d Smith

to f a i th fu l ly in d is t r ibut ing g i f t s h e m e and spen t Chr i s tmas with at Business Men's par ty . Pardon J o h n Livingston. Miss Compe, who me please, Basil Hayward . This " a l l - ' w a s b o m in Switzerland, where In-Monday news" for Chr is tmas and 1 her parents now reside Is a very

Alto Library Notes

A new book on our rental shelf, "Strange Woman", by Ben Ames Williams. This new novel by t h e au thor of "Come Sprlnc", probes thought fu l ly Into the hear t and mind of a woman. I t Is also a broad Inspiring novel of Maine. I t h a n k Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bunke r fo r a book also very gra tefu l to Mr. and Mrs. J . Paul Keeney and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Slater fo r magazines do-nated. Library board meet ing has been postponed and will be held Friday, J a n . 9, with a (li:18 luncheon at l ibrary, business meet ing follow-ing.

Pres ident , Mrs. H. Dudley Smith .

Methodist Church Notes

Rev. F. E. Chamberlain 's se rmon topic fo r Sunday a t 10 a. m. Is "The Church In Peace and War" .

The church w a s filled to hea r the sacred program which the chu rch gave th i s year. Mrs. Chamber la in was program cha i rman . Rev. Cham-berlain opened the meet ing wi th prayer . The p r i m a r y depa r tmen t was accompanied by John Clark , Jr . , on h is accordian and s a n g carols by candle l ight. Kay Maxson spoke f r o m memory the "Story of the Bi r th of Christ ," f rom St. Luke ' s Gospel. Marie and Marian Wieland pang a due t ; Ela ine and R a y m o n d Houghton rendered a Xmas due t on the violin and piano; Mr. and Mrs. David Sterzick and Wm. Reynhou t accompanied by Miss Doris Ster-zick sang "Oh Holy Night"; Mrs. Basil Hayward »-ead the C h r i s t m a s Story and slides were shown pon-t r ay lng the life of Christ . The

Alto Locals

program was interspersed wi th daughter , Mrs. R a y Lumber t , Ray. n u m b c r 8 t r o ™ the choir and clo£«ed and the chi ldren fo r Xmas' day. ' * l t h , h e benediction. Miss Marian Kl lgus re turned to Kalamazoo with t h e m for a f ew days.

R a y Ri t tengers enter ta ined the Carl Ri t t engers f r o m Cr nd Rap ids and Howard Ri t t engers Irom Low-ell and Charles Rlt tenger-s enter-ta ined their two daugh te r s ' families, Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Taylor, Bar-bara , Nedra and Nancy of Lake OdesBa and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lyon of Alto.

Mrs. F reda Wi l l i ams and two sons of F l in t visited her parenta, Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Ri t tenger and bro ther "Harold and f ami ly at F r a n k

X m a s d ^ y . ^ A n d r e w R l t i s n g e r a m f t j ^ o b c t were ' ques t s

Mar t in Pe te r sen ' s a n d Mr. and Mrs. St rouse a n d f ami ly had K m a a a t home. '

J o e Sterxick 's were a t houiaj[ wi th son Ernes t , wife a n d d a u g h t e r f r o m Char lot te . E r n e s t s tayed ovejt- Sun-day and J a m e s Davidson of M u s k e -gon w a s a Sunday guest .

F r e d Sterz ick 's w e r e VonderHuevel ' s fo r David Stersdck'n visited in Ionia X m a s day.

Mr. and Mrs. Wells had 'a f ami ly X m a s ga the r ing on F r i d a j i

Chas. Colby's visi ted hl4 sister, Mrs. Leona Wieland over thle week-end. I

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NORTH CAMPli l Mrs. S. D r e w

Roy Heaven spent t h e p^s t week with Mr. and Mrs. Mil ton ' Heaven n e a r Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. D o r r Layje and Alice were S a t u r d a y evening, gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. Al f red Bed t l l .

Mrs. F lora Heaven a n d son. spent Chr is tmas with Mr. a n d M r / Vern Arms t rong and fami ly a t Uowell.

Mr. and Mrs. Ber t J a c k s o n and Mr. and Mrs. Leazenby were Chris t -mas gues ts of Mr . a n d Mrs. Gene Heaven.

Mr. and Mrs. Mar t Griff in , Car-ole Joan a n d Billy of Fl int spent F r i d a y night and S a t u r d a y with Mr. and Mrs. Carl R o t h .

Mr. and Mrs. Andy Kimo of De-t ro i t are spending several days wi th tholr daugh t e r and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. E l m e r Miller.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lach ine t t and f ami ly spent C h r i s t m a s with the fo rmer ' s pa ren t s In Grand Rapids .

Mr. and Mrs. D o r r Layle and Alice enter ta ined several relat ives fo r d inner on C h r i s t m a s Day.

Mr. and Mrs. O r a Miller were cal lers at the Roy Seese home Sun-day a f te rnoon .

Vern Trowbridge Is visit ing his daugh te r . Mrs. Glenn Oversmlth a n d fami ly In Grand Rapids.

P v t . Elwln Rosenberger of F o r t Bennlng, Ga., spent the pas t week wi th his parents , Mr. and Mrs. Dwigh t Rosenberger . Elwln, ac-companied by two boys f rom Beld-Ing, lef t Sa tu rday , Mr . and Mrs. Rosenbe rge r dr iv ing them through. T h e y will spend N e w Year ' s the re wi th their son Elwln.

Mr . and Mrs. Glenn Layer of Al to were Chr i s tmas guests a t t he Leo McCaul home.

Mrs. A. L. McCaul and E leanor visited Virginia Ann S h a f f e r a t Blodge t t hospital F r iday .

M r . and Mrs. Alf red Bedell spen t

Wish ing you all a Happy New Year.

Chr is tmas visi tors here a^d the re : Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Foote were gues ts of his niece and nephew, E. P. Grubb In Grand Rapids. J o h n Campbell a te d inner wi th his mother , Mrs. Addle Campbell and aunt, Mrs. Anna Nichols of Mc-Cords. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Scott and family spent X m a s with he r pa t -ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gran t Worne r at Lowell and J . O. Scott enjoyed din-ner wi th Mr. and Mrs. Sam Snyder and daughters , Mrs. Alma Dah lman , Mrs. J o h n Campbell and Glen Sn>^ der; Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Scott of Lans ing and Mr. and Mrs. Carroll K r a f t and son of Dutton were also guests. Rev. and Mrs. F. E. Cham-berlain were with their daugh te r , Mr. and Mrs. Chac. Gri tzner of Newaygo; Mr. and Mrs. J . P . Keen-ey went to Muskegon for d inner with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fu lk .

Mrs. Henry Holly of Dutton callsd on Mrs. Fred Pa t t l son Fr iday .

Mrs. F r a n k Fairchild accompa-nied her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Rich-ard Fairchild to Grand Rapids Wed-nesday and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fairchild.

Mr. and Mrs. Glen Livingston of Detroit came Wednesday a f t e rnoon to visit their f a the r , John Living-ston and Xmas d inner gues ts were son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Livingston of Kala -mazoo.

J o h n Livingston was taken ill Chr is tmas night and is confined to his bed. We hope for a bet ter report next week.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy MacNaughton and son Junior, Mrs. Fannie H u n t -ington and little Sherry Joy Mac-Naughton and Mr. and Mrs. Clar-ence C a r r of Grand Rapids were Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k MacNaughton ' s ' X m a s guests. Mrs. HunUngton re- ' malned fo r a visit.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richard-son were Xmas gues ts a t a family dinner a t Mr. and Mrs. Ernes t Rich-ardson 's home a t Klmdale and spent the evening wi th Mrs. R icha rd -son's brother and wife, Mr. snd Mrs. Harold Brewer and son L a r r y of Grand Rapids. Mrs. Lydla G r a n t of Lans ing was also a X m a s gues t of the Rlchardsons and Is remain-ing fo r a n Indefinite visit.

Chr i s tmas d inner guests a t the John Linton home were Mr. and Mrs. Roger McMahon and chi ldren of Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. George Yaeger of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Mary Bryant . Afternoon cal lers were Mr. and Mrs. Val Johnson of Dearborn .

Mr. and Mrs. Basil H a y w a r d , Miss Cleone Hayward , Mr. a n d Mrs. J a m e s Green, Ll la Lee and Steven were Chr is tmas eve guests of Chas. VanVranken In Hast ings. Mr. and Mrs. Hayward and Cleone remained for Chris tmas Day.

Floyd and Wal t e r Bergy and their families, Howard Bergy and Marie G r a h a m were a m o n g the Chr i s tmas dinner gues ts a t t h e Hugh Keger-reis home a t Holy Corners.

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Pat t lson, Mr. and Mrs. O. E . Meyer and son of

New Year ' s is r a t h e r hard. Mrs. Lucy Duell spen t X m a s with

her d a u g h t e r and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Lor ing a t LaBarge.

Mr. and Mrs. E r n e s t Rosenberg and Mr. and Mrs. Merle Rosenberg called on Mr. and Mrs. John Dutch-er and new son Sunday af te rnoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gephar ' and R icha rd and Mr. and Mrs. F i sk Gephar t and baby spen t X m a s wi th Mrs. Gepha r t ' s brother , Don F i sk and fami ly a t Belding and Mr. and Mrs. Merle Rosenberg and son and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Houghton and daughter were Chr i s tmas guests of their pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. E r n e s t Rosenberg. M r a Car l Kelser of Marlon w a s an a f te rnoon caller.

Mrs. Ne t t l e Ellis spent the week-end wi th Mrs. Carr ie Layer In Low-ell.

Mr. a n d Mrs. F i sk Gephar t re-turned to Beaverton Sunday a f t e r a week 's visit with the i r parents , Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G e p h a r t

Mr. a n d Mrs. J a c k He rp of De-trQlt' H o w a r d Welsmer, Mr. and Mw. Haro ld Met ternick and son and Miss May Bowman and Pvt . Arnold Young were X m a s d inner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Young and all we re Tuesday evening din-ner gues t s of Mr. a n d Mrs. Haro ld Metternick in honor of Arnold, who had to r e t u r n to C a m p Livingston, La., S a t u r d a y and Mr. and Mrs. Herp r e tu rned to Detroi t Fr iday.

Mrs. R a l p h Auble and son Ronald of Cascade called on her mother , Mrs. E. M. Foster Tuesday and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Auble of Grand Ledge called on the i r mothe r Xmas .

About 50 old f r i ends and neigh-bors called on Mr. a n d Mrs. E . D. Yelter a t Wes t Lowell, Tuesday evening, Dec. 23, It be ing thedr 50th wedding anniversary, to wish them many m o r e happy anniversar ies . They received m a n y lovely gift*. G u e s t j were t reated to a de l ldous oyster supper , coffee and cakes.

Mr. a n d Mrs. A W. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Jaaperse , Pau l ine and Gera ld of Ada and H u b e r t F r e y e r m u t h of Grand Rapids called at the Harr is-Wilson home Sunday evening.

Mrs. Mary Shoemaker of Lans ing spent one day last week with Mrs. John Linton .

Mr. and Mrs. George Houghton, Elaine and Raymond of Morse Lake were Monday evening d inner gues ts of Mr. a n d Mrs. P r a n k Fairchild.

Mr. and Mrs. J a c k Paul and eon and Miss Ann Millard of At lanta , Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Colby and f a m -ily of P lymouth a re visiting Mr. and Mrs. E a r l Colby a few days. Mr. Pau l re turned t o At lanta Sun-day and Marion and Miss Millard will r ema in until New Year's.

Mrs. Leon Anderson of H a r r i s Creek and daughtei Margare t of Lans ing called on Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Anderson Saturday.

Interest ing conversat ionalis t , having former ly visited he r pa ren t s every two years. Miss Compe accompanied Dexter Smith on his t r ap l ines and found this a m o s t in teres t ing ex-perience.

vSO. KEENE — N O . BOSTON Mrs. Ed. Put te r

Happy New Year to Edi tor and s taf f and all the readers f rom ye scribe.

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Clemenz, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Clemenz and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R icke r t and girls were Chr i s tmas d inner guests a t the K. S. Ricker t h o m e and in the evening for luncheon and Chr is tmas tree all with Mr. and Mrs. George F r a n k s and girls and Mr. und Mrs. Wesley Clemenz and son were guests a t the Glenn R icke r t home.

Pomona Grange Has Installation

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Ada News (Mrs. Ha t t i e R. F i tch)

Chr i s tmas E v e a t Church

Fa i th and pat r io t i sm were com-Reeolutlon adopted t ha t extend-1

Ing congratula t ions to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bigler of Whitncyvll le |blned themes fo r the annual Ch'rlst-Grange on their Golden Wedding i mas eve p rogram given at Ada Con-Anniversary. I gregat lonal Church by the children

Standing committees appointed ' of the Sunday School under the dl-jfor the yenr 1942 were: Executive j rectlon of Miss Nellie Smith, Supt .

Mr. and Mrs. Ear l H u n t e r and |Committee, Carl Abel, Sand Lake; To open the p rogram our coun-Mrs. Moore were Chr i s tmas gues ts Richard Bowler, Spa r t a ; E a r l Brew- try's f lag was escorted to the a l t a r

Ada Locals

SOUTH BOSTON Miss Unite Young

Mrs. Guy Thorpe, Mrs. Lylo Con-don, Miss Jewell Mick and Lewis Mick, Jr., motored to Marion, Ind. las t week Monday and were accom-panied home by the i r b ro ther . Bur-ton Mick, who is spending the holi-day vacation wi th the h o m e folks.

Raymond Bell won a recent caller in th i s vicinity. His parents , Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Bell, f o r m e - resi-dents here, a r e l iving on a f a r m nea r Plerson.

Misses J e a n Tucker and Bet ty R o t h are home f r o m the Wes te rn Michigan College of Educa t ion at Kalamazoo f o r the holiday vaca-t ion.

Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Mick a n d f a m -ily and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Condon a t t ended fune ra l services fo r Mrs. Velma Granger-Mick in S a r a n a c on Wednesday a f t e rnoon .

Mrs. Nellie Young and fami ly had Chr i s tmas d inner wi th the Char les N a s h family a t Clarksville Thurs-day. The Nash ' s received a cable-g r a m December 24 f rom Honolulu, f r o m their son, Orvin, who was on t h e repair ship, "Thornton" , located a t Pea r l H a r b o r a t the t ime of the J apanese Attack. The mesage said, "Merry Chr i s tmas and don' t worry".

Mrs. Chas. Condy (Marie Stan-n a r d ) wri tes f r o m Tujunga , Calif., t h a t they had the i r f i r s t black-out the night of Dec. 18 and it gave t h e m ra the r a queer feeling, .r:

F r e d Walter , aged 64, passed away Monday a f t e r a long illness. H i s wife, f o rmer ly Gert ie Wood-man , two sons, Edward a n d A. L., a daughter , Leona and two grand-children survive. Funera l services and burial were In Sa ranac Fr iday af te rnoon. Rev. Blood off iciated. The Wal ter fami ly have resided for several years on the Lewis Cool f a r m east of the Grange Hall .

Mr. and Mrs. John Sterzick en-ter ta ined their children, grandchi l -d ren and her f a t h e r , Thomas Wood-head for Chr i s tmas dinner.

Mr. and Mrs. E r n e s t Tucker had their children and families all home fo r Chris tmas.

Mr. and Mrs. L . A. Mick had a family dinner and Chr i s tmas tree Thursday a t the i r home. The i r son Alton expects to leave next week for a r m y duty.

Mr. and Mrs. E rnes t Roth ond tomily were Chr i s tmas gues t s of he r sister, Mrs. Simon Wlngeler and fami ly In Bowne. Several f r c m this vicinity a t tended the presenta t ion of the Chr i s tmas canta ta , "Bethle-

of Mr. and Mrs. Paul . Smith and family nea r Blanchard and la ter went to Detroi t ana visited a t the E lmer Moore home. Mr. H u n t e r re-turned S u n d a y evening but Mrs. H u n t e r and Mrs. Moore remained fo r a longer v i s i t

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hale 'had all thc ; r family home except Ph lorus and wife fo r Chr i s tmas dinner.

Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Denton, Mrs. Anna Denton, Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Fle tcher and Harold Denton had Chr i s tmas d inner with Mr. and Mrs. Krombeen and family In Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Vander-zand and daugh t e r of Milford, Ind., were supper guests F r iday of Mr. and Mrs. Adr ian Vandenhout .

George and Henry Hoover of Pont lac came home Wednesday evening a n d stayed over Chr i s tmas a t the J o h n Hoover home. Christ-mas m o r n i n g guests were Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hoover and family. Aloy-slus Hoover was an a f t e rnoon guest Chr i s tmas Day. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hoover of Lans ing were Wednesday n ight and Thur sday guests. Gerald Rollins w a s a Tues-day a f t e rnoon caller. Sunday din-ner guests were Rose Hoover and Ear l Hoover and family of Pont lac . F red Roasch w a s a Sunday eve-n ing caller.

Clara Thompson spent all day Tuesday a t the W m . Thompson home.

Mr. and Mrs. Ear l Bowers were Sunday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. J a k e Staal .

Mr. and Mrs. Paul P o t t e r and son were Chr i s tmas dinner guests a t a family ga the r ing of the Deane f a m -ily a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Shir ley T u c k e r in Sa ranac and spent the a f te rnoon a l the Ed. Pot-te r home.

Chr i s tmas gues ts a l the Ed. Po t -te r home were Mrs. Cella Boss and Mary Anna P o t t e r and Joan and Billy Roth of Grand Rapids , Mr. and Mrs. Ra lph Whea ton and daughter of Saranac , Wilbur Pot-te r and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie P o t t e r and three daughters .

Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Maloney en-ter ta ined abou t 24 fo r Chr i s tmas dinner. The guests p resen t were f r o m Detroi t , Lansing, Saranac , Greenville and Grandville. Grand-m a Maloney of Greenville, who Is 104 years old, remained to spend the rest of the winter .

Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Maloney en-ter ta ined Mr. and Mrs. Cecil W i n g and family of Grandville on Sunday.

er, Byron Cen te r land given the nat ional pledge and Legislative commit tee : Maurice [the national a n t h e m was sung by

Post . Rock fo rd ; Charles Keech. p r e s e n t Rockfo rd ; Abraham Newell. Cedar ' From the t iniest tot to the senior Spr ings; Wayne Williams, Cedar V o u p in the Sunday School all had Springs; Rober t Roth , Grand Rap- 11 P a r t t o d o - T h e 8 m a l 1 b o y 8 and ids; Gaylord Tisdel, Cedar Springs; iK'1-18 recited poems appropr ia te to Maurice Sowerby, Rockfo rd ; Percy 1 C h r i s t m a 8 a n d 8 8 o n l y t , n y chll-Ewlng, Byron Center and Lisle | ^ c a n ^ w e r ® ^ c u n n , n « Clark, Lowell. i a n d 8 0 8 m a r t a 8 e a c h 8 t o o d a t the

Economics commit tee: Rose Grls- t h e l > r o ' wold. Cedar Springs^; I rene ^ o v e - ; ^ ^ 8 e n , 0 r * r o u p

gave the Chr i s tmas story, "The Light of the World" and all looked very lovely in the i r fo rmal dresses donned fo r the occasion.

o , . . . i The audience assisted in this pro-Resolut ions commit tee : Randall ; g r a m b y t h c 8 i n g l n g o f o l d

Hallack, R. 2, Grand Rapids ; Roland i C h r , g t i n M hymns and carols with Depew, Lowell; H a r r y M i n i o n , | M | S 8 Charlot te F i tch organis t for Rockfo rd ; P e r c y Ewlng, Byron>the program.

less. R. 2, Grand Rapids ; E the l Rogers, R. 2, Grand Rap ids ; Ethel Brewer, Byron Center ; Stella Baker, Cedar Springs.

Center ; Clifford Alles, Rockford ; F r a n k Bartel , R. 2, Grand Rapids ; Lee Marshall , Byron Center ; Rich-ard Loveless, R. 2, Grand Rapids; E lmer Yelter, Lowell; Leo Gohler, Cedar Springs.

The evening program, in charge of Lec ture r Gerald Kltson, w a s fea t -ured by an Illustrated ta lk on "Land Use Planning" , by J o h n Stone, As-sis tant County Agricul tural A g e n t Mr. Kltson announced an officers ' conference 4n Grend Rapids , J anu -ary 17.

EAST CALEDONIA Mrs. 3. VanNomee

B e r n a r d Drape r and little daugh- hem", at the" Clarksville Congrega-

ELMDALE Mrs. I r a Sargcunt

Again combining pat r io t i sm with f a i th the collection was donated to the American Red Cross w a r fund .

Af te r the servtces g i f t s f o r the children t ha t had been placed unde r a lighted Chr i s tmas t ree were dis-tributed.

Club to R e s u m e Meetings

"Let us open the door of the New Year daringly and expectantly, fo r the world is yet young and the God of goodwill has only begun to make known to us his t reasures ."

This Quotation is the theme fo r the Ada Ladies' L i t e ra ry Club a t their f i r s t meet ing fo r the new yea r on J a n u a r y 8.

Mrs. Belle F a u l k n e r is c h a i r m a n of p rogram and Mrs. Hugh Black-lock of Grand Rapids will be guest speaker . Mrs. Blacklock h a s spoken on d i f f e ren t occAlons in Ada and has a lways proved to have a message of impor tance fo r he r l is teners and club members can look fo rward to a n in teres t ing pro-gram.

M a t t e r s of impor tance to the club will also be discussed a t t he busi-ness meet ing and It is hoped t h a t all members caiv be present so t h a t these subjec ts can be thoroughly talked over.

P lans will be discussed on Red Cross activities fo r club members and also home defense.

Response a t roll call, ' I t ' s the Law." Hostess for day will be Mrs. Kat ie Smith.

E n g a g e m e n t Announced

Mr. and Mrs. Leo J a spe r se an-nounce the engagement of their daughter . Miss Paul ine Jasperse . to H u b e r t F r e y e r m u t h , son of Mr.

Mrs. Stanley Peel and fami ly of M I 80 J 0 * 1 " *i*ytrmuih of

Evar t , sp rung a surpr i se on them ^ by arr iving in Ume f o r dinner. M t f 0 r t h e w e d d , n K -

Donald Miller and mother , Mrs. E d n a aliller spent the week-end wi th relat ives a t Cayuga Falls, Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Welton and family spent Chr i s tmas with Mrs. Welton's parents , Mr. and Mrs. Don Scott in Grand Rapids .

Mr. and Mrs. J . C. Proc tor and Vivian spent Chr i s tmas with Mr. and Mrs. J a k e Det twiler In Grand Rapids.

A fami ly p a r t y ga thered a t the f a r m home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wlllet 's on Chr is tmas Day. Mr. and Mrs. C. Dutcher , Mr. and Mrs. Mi-nor Du tche r and family, Mr. u i d Mrs. A. E . Dutcher . J o a n Loughlln and Mrs. Wlllet, Sr., were their guests. Mrs. C. Dutcher and Mrs. Wlllett, Sr., i r e spending some time a t the f a rm.

Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y Miller and family a n d Donald Miller and mother a t tended a fami ly ga ther -ing a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Snyder in Caledonia. Mr. and

ter of Muskegon called on Arlle Draper Thur sday and Stuar t Rex Drape r of North McCords was a supper gues t of his aunt , Arlle Draper Sunday evening.

Chr i s tmas visitors he re and the re : F r a n k Klines t o Mrs. G r e t t a .

P roc to r s and Mr. and Mrs. Claud i Goldner 's of Cascade X m a s eve and to Mr. a n d Mrs. Har r i son Hughson ' s of G r a n d Rapids fo r dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Clare P o r r i t t Mrs. Rose Por r l t t and Mr. and Mrs. Ah1n Bergy a n d family t o Mr. and Mrs. M. E. B e r g / s a t Grand Rapids . Mr. and Mrs. Swi f t Winegar ' s to Saginaw for d inner with their daugh te r and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Mac Henderson and daughte r . Mr. a n d Mis . Carl Kelser and Doris and Mrs. Delia Sllcox of Marlon and Mary and Addle Sinclair with Mr. and Mrs. Claud Sllcox. Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Wat t s and Ronald and Mrs. A. F . Behler to J o h n Behler ' s In G r a n d Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Sid MacNaughton en ter ta ined with a Chr i s tmas din-ner and supper gues t s were M r , Mrs. Kenne th Fos te r of Lansing, Mr. and Mrs. H o w a r d MacLaren f rom Dewlt t , Mr. and Mrs. Kei th MacNaughton and daughter J a n e t , Mr. and Mrs. Vern Kowalk and son Duane of Grand Ledge, Dr. and Mrs. W m . N o r t h r u p of Grand Rap-ids a n d Josephine Salsbury. The i r grandson, Duane is spending the week, wi th them.

Mr. and Mrs. Abe Reynhout and baby of Grand Rapids were Sunday dinner gues t s of h is brother , W m . Reynhou t and wife.

iSrt. Arnold Young re tu rned to Camp Livingston Sa tu rday a f t e r a 16 d a y fur lough.

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Blossom and fami ly and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ki r schenman and fami ly were Mon-day d inne r guests of Mrs. Nellie Tlmpson.

Miss Viola Daniels of Grand Rap -ids spent F r iday wi th her mother , Mrs. Vorlle Daniels and family.

Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Green and family of Cascade were Sunday guests a t t he Hayward home.

Mr. and Mrs. George Welfare and f ami ly and Miss Beatr ice Cdbum of H a s t i n g s were X m a s gues t s of their pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. P e t e r Tilkins. Mr. and Mrs. Nels Larson of G r a n d Rapids called on the Ti lkins Sunday.

Doro thy and Phyl l i s Chat terdon of G r a n d Rapids a r e spending the week wi th their uncle and a u n t , Mr. and Mrs. Claud Siloox. Mrs. Sllcox called on her sister and f a t h e r In Grand Rapids Monday a f te rnoon .

Mr. and Mrs. Russel l Carr of E . Lansing. Mrs. Wal t e r Grill and son of Hollywood, Calif.. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd H u n t and daughter , Mrs . Cora Kermene , Mrs . Ida Brown. Mr. apd Mrs. Bob McWhlnney a n d Mrs. Cora Vander l lp were X m a s d inner gues t s of Mr. and Mrs. E l m e r Dln taman . Af te rnoon callers were Mesdames Oscar Rice of Por t land ,

t ional Church Sunday evening. This w a s a f ine musical production and was under the direction of Rev. Jaggers , with Mrs. Dale Hansen pianist .

News From Grand Rapids Of Former Bawne Folks

Clam M. Brandshury

E ° ^ M o t tt i t o ' lVol Johnson of D e t r o i t George

P ^ f l ^ n h h v a n d . . M r 8 - F r e d . Y a 6 g e r of Grand Rapids, Mrs. m * i n ° C r Roger McMahon and Sally Flnels of C h r i s t m a s wi th Mr. a n d Mrs. J o h n

Tay lo r In Lowell. \ jMr. and Mrs. iikiwara Hattlson andiLcwel l .

A s ta tement issued by tl/e Federa l home toGrS? ^ i l ' I n ^ a f U r - ' h f ^ l ^ ^ ^ o n i a ^ r i s t o w ^ noon all went to the Meyer home and helped en te r ta in her T r e a s u r y on last Augus t 1, shows

J h a t the nat ional debt of Ahe Uni ted i t es now totals *51087,335,656.

is j u s t f i f teen billion dol lars • b o r t of the s t a tu to ry l imit of |66,-000,000,000.

and were their lunch guests. Robe r t Haynor , who boa rds a t the P a t t l s o n home, spent X m a s with his par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Haynor and family a t Wheeler .

eve sister .

Mrs. William Kelly and fami ly of Char lo t te and he r fa ther , D a n Youngblood and wife , to a goose d inner X m a s Day, r e tu rn ing t o the Livingston home F r i d a y a f te rnoon .

Mrs. Lloyd Wllksns , nee Malslc Whitney, recent ly received a letter f r o m her bro ther , Lloyd Whitney, w h o Is wltli t he U. S. Marines sta-t ioned a t Pea r l Harbor , s ta t ing t h a t he w a s sa fe and O K. Lloyd Is the youngest son of Mrs. Susie Whi tney of n e a r Freepor t . He h a s been a t Pear l H a r b o r fo r some time and no news had reached his rela-tives since the d isas ter the re until last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pot t ru f f spen t their Chr i s tmas wi th Mrs, P o t t r u f f ' s s is ter , Mrs. El la Bannan and family of Lowell.

W e are very sor ry to repor t tha t Mrs. Po t t ru f f w a s t aken seriously ill with a gall t rouble Monday morning. She waa reported as rest-ing better Monday af te rnoon.

Alvln Helntzelman, wife and fam-ily spent Chr i s tmas wi th Mrs. Helntzeln^an's parents , Webster Rounds and wife of Par i s , Mich.

Mrs. Alvln Heln tze lman is car-ing for her daugh te r , Mrs. Mabel S h a f f e r and t h a t new granddaugh-t e r t h a t came t o the S h a f f e r home Chrl.'rtmas Eve.

Homer Diefenbaker and family a t tended a Chr i s tmas pa r ty a t the home of Mrs. Lydla Por r l t t in So. West Bowne S a t u r d a y n i g h t

J . S. Brandehury and wife a t e their Chr i s tmas d inner a t the home of the fo rmer ' s daughter , Mrs. Gil-ber t Heer lnga of Platofield Road.

Will Glasgow, wife and Mildred enjoyed their Chr i s tmas dinner a t a t the home of Mrs. Glasgow's brother , Dewey Hogan and family of Powen Sta t ion.

Word has reached us of the re-cent death of a fo rmer Bowne boy, E z r a Henry, of near Marshall , Mich. Ezra g r e w to manhood In east Bowne and at tended the Logan school. Wo will mis# him a t our school reunions a s he was a regular a t t endan t fo r m a n y years and seemed to en joy coming.

J o h n Mlshler and wife spent their Chr i s tmas wi th the home folks.

Addison E r b and wife of Grand Ledge spent Chr i s tmas with their daughter , Mrs. F r a n k Mart in and family.

J o h n Keller and wife visited the f o r m e r ' s s is ter . Mrs. Mellnda Lite and Roscoe Cus te r and wife (nee Mabel Lite) of nea r Sunfleld one day of last week.

A P ICTORIAL HISTORY O F 1941 . . . AND AMERICA IN WAR

Headlines of one of history 's most d ramat ic years . . . revelwed wi th text and s t r ik ing Illustrations. In-c luding a full color picture of Pres-ident Roosevelt signing the Decla-ra t ion of W a r . . . In this Sunday's Issue of De t ro i t Sunday Times. Th is Is a s t i r r ing record you will w a n t to keep. Be sure to ge t De-t ro i t Sunday T imes this week and every week.

P h o n e Pa r sons ' news stand fo r delivery. a ( j v

Many men know how to f la t te r f ew know h o w to praise.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. ohroyer spen t Chr is tmas with Lester Long and family nea r Clarksville.

Duane Krauss enjoyed Christ-m a s d inner wi th his g randparen ts , Mr. and Mrs. Dan Weaver .

Mr. and Mrs. Delton Tyler and son spent Chl rs tmas eve with their pa ren t j , Mr. and Mrs. Orv in Ailerd-ing and Pa t r ic ia near Freepor t .

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Miller enter-tained the i r niece and husband of Detroi t over Chris tmas.

Mr. and Mrs. P ro tus K a u f f m a n and fami ly enter ta ined with a Chr i s tmas dinner , those being pres-e n t were Miss Elizabeth Hoshstet-ler, Mr. and Mrc. Eli K a u f f m a n and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Heaven and children.

Chr i s tmas Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ora D. Miller and family were Chauncoy Miller and Mrs. Mary Miller and children of South Bos-ton, Mr. and Mrs. Ora L. Miller and fami ly of Grand Rapids and Mr. and Mrs. Alvln Stahl of Sou th Campbell.

Mr. end Mrs. Dolton Tyler and son were C h r l s u n a s Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k K a u f f m a n nea r Bowne Center and in the eve-n ing they called on Mr. Tyler ' s par -ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wi lbur Tyler a t Clarksville.

Miss Arlene Miller is unable to a t t end school, su f fe r ing f r o m a ga the r ing In her ear.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Krauss at-tended a family ga the r ing a t the home of Mr. ar.d Mrs . J . WJ Krauss a t Alma.

Mrs. Susie Miller and Mr. and Mrs. W m . H o f f m a n spent Christ-m a s wi th Pau l H o f f m a n and fam-ily near Freepor t .

Ervin S t ah l began work for Wal-te r Wlngeler a t the Freepor t ele-vator .

Sunday callers of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Weave r were Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Krauss , Pe rcy Rosser and Mrs. Leon Howk.

Ervin and Glenn Stahl a l e Sun-day d inner with their uncle and aunt , Mr. and Mrs. Dan Weaver . Erv in also called a t the Leo E r b home in Grand Rapids.

Mr. a n d Mrs. I r a Sa rgean t and d a u g h t e r Gladah and E d w a r d An-derson a t t ended a ga ther ing of the Sa rgean t fomlly which was held on Cr lhs tmos Day with Mr. and Mrs. J o h n S a r g e a n t In E a s t Campbell. Thir ty-seven were present to en joy the t u r k e y a n d duck dinner.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Trow-br idge en ter ta ined their chi ldren and fami l ies Chr is tmas Day.

Mrs. Eugene Krauss and son Duane a t t ended the wedding of the fo rmer ' s g rea t niece. Miss Ardl th Shepard . In Grand Rapids Sa tu r -day evening.

Russel Anderson and f r iend. Miss Pau l ine Reed of E lkha r t , Ind and EM ward Anderson and f r iend. Miss Gladah Sa rgean t spent Sunday wi th the boys' parents , Mr. and Mrs. Ot to Anderson of Grand Rapids.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Homer Overholt and baby spen t Sunday wi th Delton Tyler and family.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Leonard Lot t en-ter ta ined wi th a Chr i s tmas d inner and those present were John and Will Lo t t and wives, Mr. and Mrs. D a n McClure and son Wm., Phil l ip Lot t , Miss Florence Miller, Miss F r a n c i s P o r r l t t and Sylvester Bou-lard .

Chr i s tmas day gues ts of Mrs. Alma S tah l and children were Mr. and Mrs. Moses H o f f m a n and son*-Vlveron and Vurl and family of Goshen, Ind. and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stahl .

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stahl enter-ta ined all of their children and famil ies Chris tmas.

The Diefenbaker re lat ives ga ther -ed for a family pa r ty a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. F r e e m a n Diefen-baker Chr i s tmas night .

Correction

In un art icle which appeared In j this depa r tmen t In the Issue of Dec.

Mr. and Mrs. S. VanNomee s p e n t ' 1 8 a typographical e r ror was made Chr i s tmas with Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Hanrahan .

Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Batey were children and grandchi ldren number ing forty-two: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Batey and chi ldren of By-ron Center , Mr. '•nd Mra. Burson Bowens of Dutton, Mr. and Mrs. E. Hll lman and fami ly of Home'Acres , Mr. and Mrs. Russel l Wells and fnmlly of Ionia, Mr. end Mrs. E a r l Sanderson of Houghton Lake and Mr. and Mra. Geo. Linton and f a m -ily of McCords.

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Welton and Pa t r ic ia were Chr i s tmas guests a t the home of their daugh te r and husband, Mr. and Mrs. S tewar t Johnson In Grand Rapids.

regarding the numoer of bookc cir-culat ing f r o m the Ada l ibrary dur-ing the pas t year , which we a re glad to correct . Thc Ada L ibra ry under the capable management of Mrs. Ha t t i e W. Green, l ibrar ian, circulated 2,251 books Instead of 225, as erroneously printed.

Ada Locals

Chris tmas services In the local churches opened thc oDservance of Chr i s tmas this year . The usual Chr i s tmas p rogram given on the eve of the holiday was held by members of Ada Congregat ional Church S u n d a y S6hool unde r the direction of Miss Nellie Smi th . Long

... ^ oefore the holiday Ada homes were

Mr. and M r a G ^ l o r d ^ E i w l e j ' d n d ! d e ^ 0 r a t e d w , t h 1 , g h t a a n d w r e a t h « daugh te r of Sand Lake and Mra. Chester Manning and little son of Grand Rapids spent Chr i s tmas wi th Mr. and Mra. E a r l Manning. Chester Manning, son of the Ear l Manning 's enlisted in the navy and a t present is ill in the hospital a t Great L a k e s Tra in ing Station.

Mr. and Mra. Maynard Dutcher enter ta ined their family to a Christ-mas d inner and t ree on Chr i s tmas Eve and on Chr is tmas D a y Mr. and Mra. Geo. Houghton and family of Morse Lake were their guests

LOWE DISTRICT Mrs. Ger t rude T h o m a s

Mr. and Mra. Chas. Demlng of Alto, were visitors a t the J o h n Nash home Sunday a f te rnoon .

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Church and son, Mra. Amanda E r v i n and Mra. El la Nash called on Mr. and Mra. E lmer Ellis of Lowell Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Guy Smith and Lloyd accompanied Mr. and Mrs. W a t t Thomas to Lans ing where they enjoyed Chr i s tmas d inner wi th John T h o m a s and family .

Alice N a s h and H a r r y S ta i r s spent S a t u r d a y evening with Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Flnkbeiner of Hast ings .

Mr. a n d Mrs. Myron Thompson enter ta ined their chi ldren and fam-ilies Chr is tmas Day.

Mr. and Mrt. Guy Smi th visited Mr. and Mrs. J a k e Gless Tuesday evening.

Miss Marian Smelker of North-vllle spent a few d a y s wi th her par -ents, Mr. and Mra. Orvin Smelkar.

Mr. and Mra. J o h n N a s h enter-tained Mr. and Mrs. Harold N a s h and son, Mr. and Mrs E a r l N a s h and baby, Mra. J e n n i e Flynn and Clare and Har ry S ta i r s Chr is tmas Day.

Mr. and Mis. F r a n k Thompson and son were Sunday visitors a t the H e n r y and Asahel Thompson homes.

Mrs. Merrill K a r c h e r and chil-dren spent Sunday a f te rnoon wi th her parents , Mr. and Mra. W a t t Thomas . J e r ry has j u s t recovered f r o m the chicken pox.

Jus t i ce Is in no respect promoted by war.—Chas. Sumner .

The wise use of money Is all

t he advan t age the re i s In hav ing

money.—Benjamin F rank l in .

Expediency Is the principle of m a n ; principle Is the expediency of God.—W. Fea ron Hclllday.

The Bal t imore oriole builds the largest and f ines t bag-nest. Black horse-hair makes up some of the most beautiful , a l though s t r ings a re somet imes used. F r e q u e n t l y the nes t is a mix tu re of hair , grass , s tr ing, and f ibers f inely woven and mat ted Into a n Incredibly solid bag t h a t ^s used only once, but which will r ema in in good condition fo r several years.

and evergreen t rees gaily l ighted on the lawns and on the holiday family par t ies wi th t h e usual tu rkey din-ner were held In most homes.

Mrs. F r ances R e a m s enter ta ined on Chr i s tmas by Inviting a group of f r iends to her home to enjoy the holiday and bount i fu l d inner . H e r guests Included Mr. and Mrs. Chas . Frazler , Osca r Arm' tage , Miss Net-tle Naf lcorn and Ber t Fance t t .

p o s t m a s t e r and Mrs. Mor t imer Lampor t enter ta ined a fami ly group on Chr i s tmas Day and their d inner guests were Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Whl t temore , Mr. and Mrs. W m . Furne r and Mr. ana Mra. J a m e s F u r n e r and daughter , Annalee.

Mr. and Mra. F r a n k R icha rdson and daugh te r , Alice Ann and Mr. and Mra. Alfred Nordberg of Cas-cade motored to Grand R a p i d s on the holiday to enjoy Chr is tmas wi th Mra. J o h a n n a h DeGroot and her daughters .

Mr. and Mrs. Ha r ry F i t ch and daughter Char lo t te spent the hol-iday and had Chr is tmas d inner with Mra. Charlot te Ha r r i s and Mr. and Mrs. J . J . Weber and family . A gaily decorated Chr is tmas free was admired and Chr i s tmas g i f t s were exchanged.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nelllst mo-tored to Grand Raplda on Christ-mas Day to spend the holiday wi th Mr. and Mrs. Kenne th N e l l l s t Max Souzer f r o m the G r e a t L a k e s N a v y Station wlt^i Mrs. Sourer and Mil-dred, Edwin and Donald a n d Mrs. Souzer 's mother , Mrs . Ryker t , were also guests a t the Nelllst home. Gi f t s were exchanged and a f ine Chr is tmas d inner enjoyed.

Mrs. Kat ie B u r t lef t Tuesday to spend the holiday wi th h®r son-in-law and daughter , Mr. and Mrs. Leon F r e e m a n and family in Grand Rapids.

Mrs. Mable F r e e m a n spent Wed-nesday n igh t and Chr i s tmas Day with her bro ther , F red Hask lns and members of the Hask lns fami ly a t their home in Grand Rapids .

Mr and Mrs. Clartc Nelllst enter-tained on. Sunday following the hol-iday wi th a f ine tu rkey dinner . Thei r gues ts included Mr. a n d Mra. Ber t Fox and Kenne th Fox of Cas-Thelr gues ts i.jcluded Mr. and Mrs.

Dorothy Coppens had recovered sufficiently f r o m an appendectomy to be able to be brought home f r o m But te rwor th hospital. Grand Rap -IdS' on Wednesday so tha t she could en joy Chr is tmas Day a t home. Dorothy Is ge t t ing along nicely now and Is able to be up once aga in .

Miss Ger t rude K a m p of Grand Rapids is spending the holiday va-cation wi th he r parents . Mr. a n d Mrs. P e t e r Kamp,

M.. and Mrs. Wm. Schultz of De-troit called on- Mr. and Mr t . F r a n k Richardson on Friday.

M r and Mrs. .Trank Richardson AJ*C® A n n enjoyed the t ra -

ditional Norwegian fish d inner a t midnight Chr i s tmas eve wi th Mrs. Richardson 's parents , Mr, and Mrs. Alfred Nordberg, a t Cascade

Miss Betty Hansen of Lakvlew was a week-end guest of Miss Charlot te Fi tch a n d Mr. and Mrs H a r r y Fitch.

Mrs. F rank le Loveless of Grand Rapids spent the past Sunday with Mr. and Mra. A r t h u r Loveless.

The many f r i ends of Wal te r She rman will be sorry to learn t ha t he Is seriously III a t St. Mary's hos-pital . Grand Rapids, and will e i ther w a n t to visit h im a t the hospital or send him a card and all will wish fo r his speedy recovery and r e tu rn to his family.

Mr. and Mrs. Shir ley Ward spent Chr i s tmas Day and had Chr i s tmas d inner with Mrs. Hugh Ri t te r a t Caledonia. Mrs. R i t t e r had all mem-bers of the family home for d inner and to enjoy the holiday.

M " - Tony Ortowskl en-ter ta ined on Chr i s tmas Day with a d ' n . n ° r - H e r f a the r , Orle Chaffee , and her g rand fa the r , Lllburn Chaf-fee. were guests.

r w f r « i » a n d M r 8 , F r e d B r e t h a u w of Detroi t were cal lers or Mr. and Mrs W m . Furne r and Mr. and Mrs! J a m e s Furne r on Chr i s tmas Day.

Mrs. Mary H a r r i s spent Christ-mas Day a t Cedar Spr ings wi th her

famfly G * o r S e Sillaway and

Mr. and Mrs. Glen Clinton had a family par ty on the holiday. Mr. Clinton was home f r o m Masslllon Ohio, for the week-end and Jacob K a t z and daugh te r , Miss Laurel Ka tz were present fo r the Christ-m a s festivities.

, n d T o , n also had a family p a r t y a t thei r home on the holiday wi th a bounteous d inner and a gaily l ighted tree was enjoyed and g i f t s were exchanged. Mr. and Mrs. G lenn Chaf fee were home form Grand Rapids, Tom Chaf fee and Mrs. E f f l e Goozen of Vergennes and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Morris , Eugene a n d Joanne .

Mr. and Mrs. P e t e r K a m p had all the members of the i r family home f o r the holiday: Ethel , s tudent n u i s e at St . Mary ' s hospital and Miss Gertrude K a m p of Grand R a p -Ids James Henry K a m p and Mr.

R o n . " " ' F r , n k K , ' m p " d

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn E. McLaueh-. Invited the i r son-ln-lrw and daughter , Mr. a n d Mra. K. C

£ n d 8 0 1 1 h o m e f o r the Chr i s tmas Day celebrat ion.

A Z V : a n d M r B - Rona ld Tronsen of Amble spent the holiday wi th the i r parents , Mr. and Mra. Geo. Chaffee.

Dr . and Mrs. H o w a r d O. Mess-M a r J o r i e Sue,

Wednesday afternoon, for S , > e n d C h r i » t m a s eve and

the holiday with Mrs . Howard Mess-

2 a n f l y a n d 0 t h e r m e m b ® r s o f the

^ Mrs. Wll lard Marks and J a c k and Jeanne had Chr i s tmas dln-ne r In Eas t Lans ing with Mr. and

n Z * t ? / r r k s a n d d a u g h t e r < J a c k a n d J e a n n e s tayed over

unt i l Sa tu rday wi th their grand-pa ren t s and M „ s Neva E r k s

V t d a W l t h t h e m ' ^ t u r n i n g home to Eas t L a n s i n g on Monday

M f ^ a n H n « M r ^ < ^ ^ v , o 8 K e , , o f ? * a n d

h r L w J . f ^ K r u m enjoyed m 0 ? , ^ h r l B t " a s morn ing

r n ? f ^ m n ^ r * - E d - McCormlck and family as Is their usual custom each year on the holiday

t a J S ' i « S d M ni - ? d - M c C o r m l £ * en-~ , 0 n t h e h ° 1 , d a y * « t h a fam-

ily par ty for members of the McCo>

h A t u r k e y d ' n r - e r was MIm 7^ I S ' o W e r c " C h a n g e d . f r o m U . c C o r m , c k w a s home -Trf w ^ f o r t h e holiday, Mr. M u s k ^ n n N a C h , U ! e l a n d son of Muskegon were present , Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McCormlck and family of Grand Rapids and Mr. and Mrs

i 4 t r i c k m , c k a n d R o b e r t ttnd

* r J i n d M ~ " F r e d Telder. F reda and Marilyn motored to Wyomine

t ^ d i t i o " f11* ko ' lday to enjoy the t radi t ional C h i r s t m a s d inner with

flmlty ^>berl Te,der and

, 1 i r - a n d Nell J a spe r se a t -n v J r l . M a m u l y p a r t y o n Chr is tmas n ight a t the home of Mrs. Elizabeth H o u r a n In Grand Rapids, given for Claire Houran, who is leavinc ear ly in J a n u a r y to report to the Marines fo r duty. Other members of the Jasperse fami ly were pres-ent and Mr. and Mrs. Guy P a t t e r son, Mrs. George P a t t e r s o n of Cas-cade Mr. and Mrs. J a y Pa t t e r son a n d Mr. and Mrs. Haro ld S immons of Grand Rapids.

Week-end gues ts of Mr. and Mrs Raou l Loranger were Mr. and Mra. David Wet te r lund and daugh te r J a n e t of Pont iac .

Mr. and Mrs Joseph Ward, J r , of B a y City spent last Tuesday visit ing Mr. and Mrs. R a o u l Loranger .

Wesley Chaf fee and fr iend spent Sunday a t Amble visi t ing Mr .and Mra. Ronald Tronsem

Mra. Annadell R icha rdson of Cas-cade was a d inner gues ts on Sunday of Mr. and Mra. P r a n k Richardson .

Many f rom Ada will be Interested to learn tha t Claire H o u r a n of Grand Rapids h a s enlisted in the Mar ines and will report ea r ly In J a n u a r y . Claire has m a n y f r i ends In and about Ada.

Mr. and Mra. A r t h u r Brunlkool a r e being congra tu la ted on the b i r th of a 7 lbs. son, born Monday morning, Dec. 29, a t the i r home In Ada.

Mr . and Mra. P e t e r Brunlkool , Sr., spen t Chr i s tmas D a y In G r a n d Rap-Ids a s gues ts of their son, P e t e r Brunlkool , J r . , a n d h ts family.

Ga r r e t t S tukk le of Grand Rap ids spent the week-end In A d a wi th his son, Herman S tukk le and family.

BUS SCHEDULE

In Effect June 27

To G d . R a p i d s

1 0 : 8 8 a . m . 8:86 p. m. 8:01 p. m. 6:48 p. m. 8:88 p. m.

10:88 p . m .

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8:80 p. t b l • 9:86 p. m,

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To Ftrnt

9:55 a . m . 1:M p. m. 5:64 p. m.

• Operates F r iday , Sa turday and Sunday only.

Phone SO BUS DEPOT

Henry's Drug Store

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T H E L O W E L L L E D G E R , LOWELL, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, JAN. 1, 1942 FTVB

W A M T ' A P S Want Adv. Rates—35c for 25 words or less, if over 25 words, add 1c per word. If ordered by mail, please enclose coin or stamps.

VERGENNES CENTER N. M. K.

F O R SALE—80 acres on M-21, large j house, basement ba rn , electricity,1

r u n n i n g water , J1500 to deed. :

balance self support ing. Immedi-a te possession; 100 acres, house, j barn, th ree poultry houses, run-n ing water , electricity, $2500. O u r j mot to more for less and over a ! 100 sales to sat isf ied customers In 1941 is our gua ran tee to you. H. T. & N. S. Johnson, Saranac . c34

F O R SALE—Broiler bat ter ies , 800 broiler capaci ty . J o h n Long, 2 miles west of Clarksville. p34

£ h u r c h ^ j e w s

Miss Nett ie Ker r wishes to t h a n k her m a n y fr iends for the lovely shower of greet ings she received a t Chr is tmas .

The W a t c h Night meet ing for the Vergennes Methodist church h a s been cancelled.

Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Blerl and

SOUTH BOWNE Mrs. ilennle P a r d e e

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Behler spent Tuesday evening at Harold Voder's.

W. H. P a r d e e spent X m a s at the

Nash home In Clarksville. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Eaeh enter-

ta ined with a fami ly dinner fo r Chris tmas.

Mrs. J enn ie P a r d e e spent Sa tur -chlldien and Mr. and Mrs. Ot to .day evening a t the Alden Por r i l t Bieri and J o a n of Grand Rapids}home to a X m a s tree and supper , and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Biggs : Marie J e a n and Jun io r Mc-and chi ldren of Belding and Mr. and | Robe r t s spent their vacation In Mrs. John Husa r and Rusaell were! Muskegon wi th their sister. X m a s eve dinner gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. Ka r l Bieri and Stanley.

Mr. ^ n d Mrs. Lo Andrews enter-tained their chi ldren to a Sunday

F O R SALE—Comput i rg gas p u m p and 1.000-gal. tank, showcase, 1936 Ford V8 Coupe—will t a k e t r a d e ; daybed, sow and 9 pig& W a n t e d to buy—Yearl ing bull,

ZION M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H John Claus, P a s t o r | T u e s d a y ^ , . 3 A r n l m Fal rchl lds of i d i n n e r .

English preaching a t 10 o'clock. |Lowell called on Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Mr. and Mrs. E m o r y Kelm and Bible school a t 11:00 o'clock. Fairchi lds. Wednesday guesto were 1 daugh te r Beulah of P leasan t Val-You are cordially invited. ^ r s . H e n r y Watson and Gloria of l e y ^ n t their X m a s wi th Harold

iSmyrna a n d Sunday callers w e r e i Y o d e r a n d family. Norma Yoder r t m i A T l A N s r i F N C F ROCIETY'Mra. Allen and daughte r . The Aliens I accompanied t h e m home for the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY : a r e m a w a y t h l ( 1 w e e k week^

Cor. Washing ton a n d K e n t Adrian C r a m e r and three s is ters a re vlr i t ing their sister , Mrs. Lll-

a t 11 o'clock (cmiea on ne r imuncr , mio. zuai-cun Sunday School a t 11:00 a. m. Wr igh t and Mra. Jennie Towneend The reading room Is located In * Lowell Sunday a f te rnoon .

the church building. I t is open to Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Bake r and the general public f r o m two to four Mr. and Mrs. Ear l Maloney of o'clock each Sa tu rday a f t e rnoon . Lowell re turned f rom New York

"God" will be the sub jec t of the Sa tu rday night, br inging Mra. Bak-in all Chr is t ian j er 's sister , Ger t rude home with

Hols te in or Durham. J o h n Regan , on US-16, 4 miles west of M-«6.1 lesson-sermon ... Alto Phone 655. c 3 4 Science Churches th roughou t the t h e m f o r a n indefini te stay.

world on Sunday, J a n . 4. 1 Sgt. Delos Buckingham of Camp The Golden Text ( Jude 1:25) is: I Livingston, La., called on Mr. and F O R SALE—Second growth green

oak wood a t my f a r m In Fal las-burg.i D. L. Garf ie ld , P h o n e 7-F14.

F O R SALE—A small Round Oak hea te r . Wesley Miller, Lowell P h o n e 7-F2. p34

( . "To the only wise God our Saviour , be glory and majes ty , dominion and power, both now and ever ."

Among the Bible c i ta t ions is this p a s s a g e (Deuteronomy 6:4-5): "Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God Is one Lord, And thou sha l t love the Lord thy God with all th ine hear t , and with all thy soul, and with all thy might."

Correlative passages to be read f rom the Chr is t ian Science text-book, "Science and H e a l t h wi th Key to the Scr ip tures ," by Mary Baker Eddy, Include the fol lowing (p. 465): " G o d Is Incorporeal, divine, supreme, inf in i te Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life , T ru th ,

WANTTSD--Bookkeeper w i . h . c - ^ ^ ~ coun t ing t ra in ing or experience. p o t p n t omniscient, and omnlpres-Apply Centra l Michigan Off ice BelnR. and His reflect ion Is

F O R SALE—2 young, f resh Guern-sey cows, calves by side. Adrian VandenHout , Lowell P h o n e 119-F4. pS4

R E G I S T E R E D J E R S E Y BULL f o r sale, $75.(30. Forward-Sybil s t ra in . See on f a r m a t Bowne Center . P . L. Boulard : 155 Fu l l e r Ave., 8, E., G r a n d Rapids. P h o n e 8-0333.

p84

C h a f r Company, E a s t Main St., Lowell. cS4

W A N T E D — G e n e r a l housework . C a n give references. Al ta Rus-sell, Alto, R . R . 2. p84

F O R S A L E — E x t r a good ea t ing potatoes. Mra. E . F . Cllley, Low-ell P h o n e 88-F3. c34

H O U S E F O R R E N T —$10 wi th ga rden s p o t Take Ada-Pamel l road two miles, then l e f t on n o r t h road abou t 3 miles, f i r s t house on r i gh t h a n d side. F o r in-fo rma t ion call Grand Rapids 5-8920. p34-2t

WANTED—Housekeeper , one who w a n t s good home r a t h e r t han big wages . F r a n k Jones. Fa l lasburg . Lowell P h o n e 9107-F3. p34

78 A C R E S ON U3-16 a t Clarksville •Road, good land a n d buildings, $1,975.00 F . L. B. mortgage. Make cash o f fe r this week. D. C. Meese, 326 Eve re t t Dale, Lansing, Mich.

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P U R E B R E D Duroc Red stock hog, fees $1.00. F . L. S teenman , 2% miles nor th of Lowell on Lincoln Lake road, then f i r s t house off

ent Being, and His man and the universe."

CHURCH O F T H E N A Z A R E N E Lowell, Mlcl»

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

Sunday School a t 10:00 a. m. T o "Train a child In the w a y he should go" .you m u s t lead In pa ths of r ighteousness. S t a r t t he New Year r ight! Br ing the fami ly to church and Sunday School.

Morning sermon a t 11:00. Topic, Not a New Leaf , Bu t a New Bir th . "Ye Must B e Born Again.1

N. Y. P . S.—6:45 p. m . Evangelist ic Service—7:45 p. m. iPrayermeeting on Wednesday a t

7:45, a f t e r which a g roup will a t -tend the watch-night service a t the Old Time Methodist Church a t Mc-Cords.

G O S P E L H A L L M E E T I N G S At Gorman Methodist Church

3:00 p. m.—Sunflay School. In te r -est ing lessons and classes fo r all ages, f r o m God's complete text book, the Bible.

7:30 p. in.—Gospel preaching. The birth, dea th and resurrec t ion of Our Lord J e sus C h r i s t The s tory

Mrs. P e r c y Road Fr iday . Mr. and Mra. E a r l Maloney of

Lowell and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hask lns and children of Ada visited their mother , Mrs. R o s a K e r r Sun-day.

Mr. and Mra. Ka r l Bieri, Mrs. Lawrence Biggs and t h r e e children of Belding and Miss Net t ie K e r r were X m a s d inner gues t s of Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Husa r .

Mr. and Mrs. Percy Read enter-ta ined the i r family Sunday instead of X m a s as Marian and Ger t rude could not be there unt i l Sunday. The i r chi ldren were all home except James , w h o is a t C a m p Livingston, La .

Mr. and Mra. Leonard K e r r and sons of Lansing, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Baldus a n d Betty of Holland, Ke i th and Se lma Ker r Of Muskegon, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Rlgney and Miss Sue K e r r of Grand Rap ids and Mrs. Chas. Aust in and children spent X m a s wi th the home folks.

T. Cha f fee and Mrs. E f f l e E . Goozen had X m a s d inner wi th Mr. and Mra. Tom Morris.

Mr. and Mra. R . Blackford and sons of Grand Rap ids had X m a s d inner Tuesday evening wi th he r s is ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ryder and son. Chr l s tmae day gues t s a t the Ryde r home were Mr. and Mra. Chas. R a d e r of P o r t -land and Mr. and Mra. Ber t B a k e r and son Louis. Sunday the R y d e r s were d inner guests of the Black-fords in Grand Rapids.

Han Gerber a t Sheboygan, W l a Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Blough and

Lela S tarbard of Welcome Corners and Mr. and Mrs. J e r r y Blough spent X m a s with Es te l la Rosier.

Mrs. Alice Ga rdne r and b ro ther E m o r y a t t ended X m a e exercises a t t he Moulton church.

Miss Ed i th Cramer of Ka lama-zoo spent her vacat ion wi th her parents , Mr. and Mra. H a r r y Cramer .

Md. and Mrs. Char ley Baker , Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Flynn and daugh te r s Maxine and Geraldine spent X m a s eve wi th Mrs. Alice Gardner and b ro the r Emory.

Mr. and Mra. Will Coagriff of Lowell and Mra. Jennie Pardee , Mrs. Este l la Rosier were in Lake Odessa F r iday a f te rnoon .

Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Mlshler of Grand Rap ids were X m a s guests of Will Mishler 's.

Mr. and Mra. Wil l iam Por r i t t and family spent Sunday wi th Mr. a n d Mrs. E lmer Yel ter a t Lowell.

Jun io r Blough of Freepor t wi th his g randparen t s , Mr. and Mra. J e r -ry Blough were In Caledonia Tues-day.

Mr. and Mra. Will Glasgow and daugh te r Mildred of Grand Rap ids were callers a t J e r r y Blough's on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. J e r r y Blough were Sunday d inner gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. R o y McRoberts .

WEST VERGENNES I). D. Krum

C. M. Himebaugh and wife spent XmaB with Dr. Bowman and family In Detroit .

Mrs. Ruby Hudson w a s a X m a s guest of her sister, Grace Blanding.

Carl Roth, Sr.. enter ta ined his children and grandchi ldren X m a s eve with a d inner and tree.

Carl J a m e s and wife enter ta ined their children, Arleigh Wheeler , wife and baby of Benton Harbor and Chas. Dixon and wife of De-trol l with a X m a s d inner Sunday.

D. D. K r u m and wife, E rnes t Roth and family, Jessie and Ina O 'Har row of Detroi t enjoyed X m a s d inner and a tree, wi th Mr. and Mrs. Howard K r u m and family.

Harold Himebaugh and fami ly were In Toledo. Ohio Xmas , the guests of G. White and wife.

Richard Houseman and wife of Edmore were X m a s guests a t Ber t Baker 's . Mr. McCann and Mr. Adrl-ance of Grand Rapids were X m a f morning visitors.

The Wit tenbachs enter ta ined wi th a family dinner and tree Xmas.

F i a n k Klpp and wife and Virginia K r u m of Detroit and Ruby W a l k e r spent Xmas Day with J o h n K r u m and family.

Rush Randall and wife of Middle-vllle were Sunday gues ts a t t he Hermance and Gross home, Mrs. Hermance re turned home wi th them to spend a few days.

LOWELL CENTER Clara B. Aldrlch

Mr. and Mrs. Guy Slocum and son Don and Mrs. Myrtle Burch were X m a s gues t s of Mr. and Mra. Ear l Kinyon.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Aldrlch and daugh te r J ean and Russell Aldrich all of Grand Rap ids were X m a s gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Aldrlch.

Gerr i t Ri tzema and daughters , Clara and Stella spent X m a s ev-̂ wi th an a u n t in Grand Rapids .

Russell Aldrich and f r iend were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Aldrlch Saturday.

Mrs. Gladys Miller and Stella R i t zema spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Simon Boomer.

Mr. and Mrs. E a r l Kinyon, Billy and R u t h Ann spent Thur sday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Rowland.

MOSELEY - MURRAY LAKE Mra. W. Engle

• JUST ADD THIS UP! T h e l a r q o i t T o t m M u t u a l Fire I n s u r a n c e C o m p a n y

• in Mich igan . ,

. y n il jjN - Over one q u h r t r r mil l ion f .i l iars m

(fl \ : P r asse ts • - L i b e r a l , b l q n k c t c o v e r a q e o n F a r m S Pi rsorwnl Proportv

- l!iow r o t e s Based on ind iv idua l classifi-

' I j ^ H y j t l O " • t a t i o n y * - O u r r-xtm : r rDveraqc tor .Ho .ssrhr/.ti

1 1 - c o m *

r / M S O U N D , E C O N O M I C A L F I R E P R O T E ' C T I O N

1 m r r n r r T w r 702 C h u r c h S t ree t . F l in t M. h igan

W. V. Bur ras , Pres ident H "K Fisk S e c r e t o n

K E P S S I E N T E * B T

Robert . Uene and Louis Howard spent X m a s with Mrs. Lizzie Davis and son Mar t in In Grand Rapids.

Tom Malone and fami ly spent X m a s In Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. George Barnes , Mildred and Milton spen t X m a s wi th relatives in Belding.

Mr. and Mra. J o h n McDonald and T . eon Char les spent the week-end Jun io r Hemmgsen of Fo r t K n o x . i n Chicago.

was a caller a t t he Hermance-Gross

H a r r y Day Lowell D. A Wlngeler Lowell Gran t Warne r Lowell R. E . Spr lnget t Lowell

A R . Smith Lowell -R- M. Fer ra l l . R. S, G. Raphls H . J . R i t t enger Lowell Les te r Antonldes. .R. 2, Lowell

PUBLIC NOTICES

home Sunday. J o h n Po t t e r and

O R D E R A T P O I N T l M i Tt .HE FOR H E A R INO CLAIMS

S U t e of Michigan. T h t P r o b » U Court M r . a n d M r s . T e d E l h a r t e n t e r - ! f o r ihe County of Kent .

tained Mr. and Mrs. Roye Ford . wrtfe were X m a s Day guests and Mr. and Mra. Fred Ford . Dale and Mrs. Grose re tu rned home wi th Margaret Ford and Judson Corey tnem to help them move to their X m a s Day. new home on M-66. j Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kropf enter-

F r a n k Gott of Twin Falls, I daho tained the i r children and grandchil-dled recently. He was a fo rmer dren X m a s resident of thle vicinity. | Mrs. Clayton Engle arr ived Mon-

The two Ford families and Dale day morning f r o m Mayport . Fla.. and Margaret were X m a s day t o stay wi th h e r mother , Mrs. Eva guests of Ted E l h a r t and wife. 1 Engle.

Mrs E v a Engle spent X m a s with

to le f t . . , 4 l tha t never grows old to those who

i hear and love It most. F O R SALE—Cows, one new mllch,; 7:30, Wednesday e v e n i n g - P r a y e r

o the rs to f reshen, one 4 year old meeting a n d Bible Study. horse. Mar t in Koolman, 3 miles Let 's pray for our beloved country wes t of Foxes Corners. p34 and those In author i ty . They need

— — j God's care and wisdom; BAIT—For Ice fishing. 209 S. Je f - ! Sunday evening, J a n . 4, is the

ferson, Lowell.

T Y P I N G P A P E R —Good quali ty, h a r d finish, whi te Sulphi te bond, 100 sheets size by 11 fo r 23c, Including sales tax. Inqu i r e a t Ledger off ice. tf

p32-4t j date for thc New Year ' s children's program. This is your personal In-vitation to be present .

W A N T E D — L i g h t housekeeping rooms or 3-room a p a r t m e n t , e i ther furnished" or unfurn i shed . W r l t a M. E . H e r r m a n n , 23 La-faye t te , N. E., Grand Rapldo.

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QUALITY F U R N I T U R E , L O W E S T P R I C E S —

2-plece l iving room sui te In beau-t i fu l heavy velour $89.50 Lounge chair . In a heavy velvet, only $19.80 Pul l-up ohalra $4.78 4-plnce m o d e m Amer ican bed-room suite, In walnut , only $89.50 4-plcae beau t i fu l E igh teen th Cen-t u r y bedroom suite, on ly . . .$84.50 9x12 Ax mins t e r pug, a wonder fu l buy a t $29.75

E V E R Y T H I N G F O R T H E H O M E In addit ion to o u r complete line of new fu rn i tu re , we have a num-ber of l iving room, dining room and bedroom suites, k i tchen fur -ni ture, beds, spr ings and m a t -t resses which m u s t be sold "for s torage charges. Come in- fo r these real ba rga ins . Grand R a p i d s Storage Co., 1418

Lake Drive, SE., Grand Rapids . Open Evenings until 9:00

d l t f

SEELEY CORNERS Mrs. 8. P. I teyi iolfe

H o r : enr CREEK Mrs. E . U. V.

Mr. a n d Mrs. George Anderson and family spent Wednesday a f t e r -toon wi th he r mother, Mrs. L.

Blair a t Grandville. Mr. and Mrs. David Veens t ra

and daugh te r s spent Tuesday eve-ning wi th Mr. and Mra. J a m e s Mc-Caul and family.

Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson j j . CoX h o m e .

N. McCORDS—E. CASCADEIHER AUNT- MR8 HETTK D A N 8 AND

Mrs. E f f l e Cox I ^ ' ^ ieUt Oren FrOSt l e f t Monday for Lousiana a f t e r spending hi t

Mr. Rober t Cox le f t F r iday by 1 furlough with his parents , Gordon t r a in to spend a week with h is F ros t and wife. brother , F red A. Cox, who is s ta-t ioned a t Lymdall Field, Fla .

Mr. and Mrs. S t u a r t Draper en-ter ta ined their children and family of Muskegon and Miss Arilc Drape r of Alto for Chr is tmas .

Mrs. S tua r t Draper and Mrs. J . Cox spent Monday in Grand Rap ids

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dah lka were gues ts of her parents , Mr. and Mrs. H e r m a n Snyder of Caledonia Chr is tmas .

We a re sor ry to hear Marvin Dah lka was very sick the pas t week.

Berron Moore of Holland and Miss Mary J a n e Morrison of Grand Rap ids were X m a s gues ts a t the

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F r o s t enter-tained, Mr. and Mrs Allison Roark and son, Mr. and Mrs. Don Mc-Pherson and chi ldre- and L i e u t Oren Fros t Xmas .

ADA CONGREGATIONAL OH. H e n r y L. Rus t , Minis ter

Kar l J ean , Minis ter of Music George DoHar t , P ian is t

Sunday School a t t en o'clock every Sunday.

Meeting of P i lg r im Fellowship, 7:00 p. m .

Evening prayers a t 7:30. On th is f i rs t Sunday oi the new yea r the regular quar te r ly Communion serv-ice, with the minis ter ' s communion homily. A special o f fe r ing will be ta4{en a t th i s service f o r the benev-olence objects of the church .

Annual meet ing of the church with election of of f icers will be held on Mondr^r, J a n . 8, when a pot luck dinner will be served a t 7 o'clock. Reports of all d e p a r t m e n t s a re to be In wri t ing.

ALTO B A P T I S T OHUBCH W. B . Gardner , P a s t o r

Bible School—10:00 a. m. Classes for all ages. E i m e r G r a h a m , Supt .

P r each ing service —11:00 a. m, Topic, "Look Up."

F O R SALE—Dwellings located on J e f f e r son and South Hudson. Wr i t e Mr . Saxe, Genesee-Dlamond Oil Co., 3638 S. Saginaw. F l i n t Mich. c32-4t

B E L L T H A T E X T R A F U R N I -ture . T h e r e a re buyerra f o r any-th ing you have to sell. Use a for sale ad In the Ledger . tf

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USED CARS 1941 Dodge Custom 4-Dr. Sedan. 1939 Dodge DeLuxe 4-Dr. Sedan. 1938 Dodge Bus. Coupe. 1937 Dodge 4-Dr. Sedan. 1987 Dodge Bus. Coupe. 1936 Dodge 2-Dr. Sedan. 1941 P lymouth 2-Dr. Sedan. 1939 P lymouth Dlx. 4-Dr. Sedan . 1939 P lymouth Bus. Coupe. 1937 P lymouth Dlx. 4-Dr. Sedan. 1937 Chevrolet 2-Dr. Twn . Sedan. 1936 Ford Ton P ickup . 1936 F o r d Pane l Delivery.

Gould's Garage Dodge * W y m o o t h Sales

P h o n e M9, Lowrf l

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—PameU Rev. Ft. McNeil, P a s t o r

8:00 a. m.. Low Mass and sermon. 16:00 a. m.. H i g h Mass and ser-

mon.

Cascade a n d Bowne Rev. Ft. JL H . Booet to, Pa s to r

Services a t 8:80 and 10.00 a . m.

Snow P . T. A. h a s been postponed until F r i day evening, J a n . 9.

Mr. and Mrs. Manley S w a r t h o u t of R e m u s are moving into the Seymour Hesche home. Mr. Swar th -out will work fo r Mr. Hesche dur-ing the coming ysa r .

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Antonldes and Mr. anc' Mrs. Les ter Antonldes and chi ldren were d inner gues ts Chr i s tmas Day of Mr. and Mrs. Arnlm Fairchi lds «tt Lowell.

Chr i s tmas Day gues ts of Mr. a n d Mrs. Seymour Hesche and Wil l iam Hesche were Mr. a n d Mrs. Leo Bloomer and chi ldren of N. Mc-Cords and Miss Be t ty Boe r sma of Grand Rapids.

Mr. and M-s. R a y Cornell of Low-ell, Mr. and Mra. Wal te r Alley a n d little daugh te r of Grand R a p i d s and Mr. and Mrs. Robe r t F r a z e r were Chr i s tmas Day gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Cornell.

Mr. and Mrc. Darre l l B u r r a s of Sandusky.. Mich., Marguer i t e B u r -r a s and Mr. and Mrs. Elvln Hosk-Ins and daugh te r of F l i n t , we re holiday gues ts of Mr. and Mra. W. V. Bur ras .

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Snyder of Ka lamazoo and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Rober t son of Pont lac were week-end g u e s t s of Mr. and Mrs. S h e r m a n Reynolds and Sunday all were din-ner gues t s of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Aldrich In Whltneyvllle.

Mr. and M r a Lou Antonldes and chi ldren of Grand Rapids were din-ner gues t s Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Antonldes. Nancy Antonldes s tayed fo r a sho r t visit wi th P a t t y Hesche.

Marlon B u r r a s underwent a ton-sl lectomy on Monday of this week.

The Chr is tmas en t e r t a inmen t presented by the chi ldren of Snow School a t the church w a s grea t ly enjoyed by a large crowd. T w e n t y dol lars was the o f f e r ing given fo r the Children 's Home a t F a r m i n g -ton.

spent Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. David Veenstra.

Mr. and Mra. David Veenst ra and daughters were X m a s d inner gues ts of his folks. Mr. and Mrs. Mar t in Veenstra , Mr. and Mrs. Albert Veen-s t ra and son of Grand Rapids .spent the a f t e rnoon and evening.

Karl Condon and fr iend of De-troit. J o h n Kruger , Fred Frazee, Joe Secore, and son of Grand Rap-ids. J a m e s McCaul and children wore cal lers a t the home of Dave Veens t ra Sa tu rday .

Mr. and Mrs. David Veenstra and daughters , Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kulper and son, Mr. and Mrs. Leon-ard Fase and sons. Pvt . Henry Fase f r o m Illinois spent Chris tmas evening wi th their folks. Mr. and Mrs. H e n r y Fase . Sr., and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kulper and son spent S a t u r d a y evening with Mr. and Mra. David Veenstra and daughters .

Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s McCaul and family were Chr i s tmas dinner gues t s of his folks, Mr. and Mrs. Ed VanderHeuvel a t Grand Rapids.

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

SMYRNA Mrs. Albert H a u s e r m a n

Mr. and Mrs. J . Cox and son Rober t were Chr i s tmas eve supper gues ts at the home of Mr. and Mra. Charlie Qulggle.

Mr. and Mrs. S t u a r t Draper were In Lowell Sa tu rday af te rnoon.

P A L L A S D I T R G & V I C I N I T Y Mrs. Wesley Miller

The i America we love Is a way pf life. I t Is made up of hundreds of i simple th ings t ha t we take- for - ' g ranted . Should w c lose these th ings w e would be will ing to navl billions to buy them back, but then It would be too late.

At a session of wud court, held »t thf probate off ice . In the city of Grand Rap-ids. In said county on the 2Dih day of December A. D. 1941.

Present . HON. CLARK E. H I G B E E . Judge of P roba te .

In the M.it ter of the KstaSe of Ella C. Pos t , n e c r a s r d .

It a p p e a n n g to the court tha t the t ime for p rcsen t i t lon of claims apa lns t sa id e s t a t e should be limited, and tha t a t ln r and place be appointed to receive, examine and a d j u s t ail claims and demands acainst u l d deceased by and before said cour t :

I t Is Ordered, T h a t all the creditors of said deceased are required to present their claims t o said court a t said P r o b t t e Of-f U e o a o r before the 2«fh day of Februa ry A. n . IS42, s t ten o'clock In the fore-noon, sa id time and place being hereby appointed for the examinat ion and a d j u s t m e m of al l c laims and demands agalns : said deceased.

I t is F u r t h e r Ordered. That public no-tice thereof be given by publication 0! a copy of this order fo r three successive weeks prev 'ous to said day ot hear inc , ID the Lowell Ledger, a newapaper prmted and circulated in said county.

CLARK E . H I G B E E . Judge of P r o b a t e

a t rue copy: I F R E D ROTH.

Reg l s t t r of P roba te . c34-3t

CHANGE O F NAME

S t a t e of Michigan. The Proba te Cour t for the County of Ken t .

At a session of s i l d cour t held a t the p roba te office, in the City of Grand Rap -ids. in said Countv. on the 13tb day of December. A. D. i jMI.

P r w e n t : HON C L A R K E. H I G B E E . Judge of Probate .

I n the Mat te r of the Es t a t e of T h o m a s P r i n h l n * Stlener. Chnnge of Name.

T h o m a s Pershing SUener having f.iod In sa id court his peu t ion praying t h u an order be entered herein chang.ng the n a m e of peUtioner f rom Thomas Pershing Stlener to Thomas J a y Reeves.

I t Is Ordered. T h a t Tnenday the OUi J a y of J a n n a r v , A. D . I M t , a t ten o'clock in the forenoon, a t sa id p r o b i t e offica, be and is hereby appointed for hear ing said petit on;

I t is F u r t h e r Ordered, That public notice thereof be given by publlcatloo of a copy of this order , fo r three successive weekJ previous to said day of hesirlng. In the Lowell Ledger, a newspaper printed and c i rcula ted In said county .

CLARK E. H I G B E E . Judge of P roba te .

A t rue copy: F R E D ROTH.

Regis ter of P roba t e . c32-at

HICKORY HOLLOW Mra. Mary Ricker t

Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Dennis and Lawrence and daughter , Doris Jean of Lansing spent Chr is tmas a t the T. S. Cahoon home.

Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s T e f f t and family and Mr. and Mrs. Clair Be rnd t spent CLris tmas a t the heme of Mr. and Mrs. Ber t Te f f t

DR. R. T. LUSTIG OSTEOPATHIC

Physic ian and Surgeon General P rac t i ce

Special Attent ion to Rec ta l Diseases near Lowell. « j , . . . Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ricker t , Mt and

(Prapared a n d equlpped to t rea t M r 8 T h p r o n C a h o o r a n d d a u h t c r

P l e • ' P S a p f e ' . f n . d Jan ice and mother, Mrs. Mary without hospital izat ion). R i c k e r t a t t c n d p d t h f l s H v e r w e d d i n K

anniversa ry of Mr. and Mrs. Leon 43 Lafaye t te , SE, G r a n d Rapids Phones : Off ice 38702; Res. 38019

Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Wr igh t and sons spent Xtnac day a t the home of her pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. Clar-ence Myers a t Lowell.

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dennis drove to Cedar Spr ings Sunday and brought back her paren ts . Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Rus jc l l to spend the winter w i th them.

Mr. and Mrs. Char les Carey and daughter of Sa ranac and Mr. and Mrs. Char l e s Curt is and two chil-dren of Po t t e r s Corners and Bill Johnson of Grand Rapids spent Chris tmas day with their parents , Mr. and Mrs. Ezrn Johnson.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Booth ac-companied Mr. and Mra. Lodl Shea r and fami ly to Grand Rapids Christ-mas Day where they were d inner jguests of Mr. and Mrs. Merten

• lAlderlnk. Mrs <?fflnif.v ia in „ ,uk tv, i M r 8 - Haro ld Sneathen spent Mon-Mra. S tanley S h a w Is i[l with the a t the Emiel S tau f fe r home

Sgt. H a r r y Vaughan lef t for Camp Livingston, La., Sa tu rday evening. He has been home on a four teen

Negonce Block, Lowell, Mich.

Closed Thursday Af te rnoons

Phones : Office 151 IC«8. 186 j n g t h e holidays with relat ives here. I Naur lne Cahoon of Lans ing is spending her Chr i s tmas vacat ion

Phone 32

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It Ii Not True To Say: - W e did every th ing possible" unless Chiropract ic w a s in-cluded.

Hra. : 10-12 a. m. Wi, 7-8 p . m.

W. A . LARGE Chiropractor

X-Bay Service

Phone 42 K t a g Block Lowell

F I R S T CONGREGATIONAL CH. Rev. N . G. Woon, Pas to r

Church School—10:00 a. m. Let every member , off icer , teacher, s tudent be on h a n d fo r the f i r s t Sunday of the N e w Yeax.

Morning Worship—11:00. The ser-mon theme Is a quest ion, " W h a t Shall I Live F o r In 1942?" Special music wi th o rgan and p iano to-gether and an a n t h e m Is being pre-pared by our minis t ry of music.

The Llla Group of the Ladles ' Aid will mee t a t the home of Mra. Ar-thur Arms t rong on Fr iday a f t e r -noon th is week, J a n . 2, a t 2;30. All of the members a r e urged to a t tend .

The Cheerful Doers will mee t with Mrs . E. L. Kinyon on Monday evening, J an . 6, a t 8 o'clock.

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

Sunday School a t 10 o'clock. Regu la r sermon a t 11 o'clock.

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

Dakar—Regu la r mo to r passenger and f re igh t se.-vlce Is being estab-lished across t h e S a h a r a deser t to conduct Dakar , 1 West Africa, and Casablanca, F r e n c h Morocco.

Berne, Switzerland Is shipping large quant i t ies of milk to Ger-many, where It i s conver ted Into commodities for o ther t han food purposes.

Glendon Bovee had the misfor -tune of ge t t ing his c a r wrecked on his w a y home f r o m Det ro i t Chr is t -mas eve. Eas t of Howell he w a s faced with the choice of h i t t ing a n on-coming car , a stalled ca r on the pavement , or a row of large trees, and he chose the stalled car . His c a r was badly wrecKed, b u t the d a m a g e w a s covered by Insurance. Al though Glendon si lffered a mo-men t ' s "blackout" his only In ju ry w a s a bruised knee, and his f ami ly and f r i ends a re thanRful It w a s no worse and a re proud of his quick t lhnklng.

Mr . and Mrs. Edwin Y. Marshal l spen t Chr i s tmas eve In E lmdale wi th he r paren ts . Rev. and Mra. Gordon E. Truesdell .

Mrs. Evalyn Br iggs of Yale Is spending the holidays wi th he r par -ents, Mr. and Mra. Ed. Hotchk l s s . E v a r t Hotchklss of Det ro i t and Gilber t N a r t k a r of Pon t l ac spent Chr i s tmas a t t he Hotchk lss home.

Mra. Lyle Bovee and Mrs. E l m e r E. Marshal l were in Maple Rap ids F r iday a f te rnoon .

Miss Jean T u c k e r of Ka lamazoo Is home for the holidays.

Ke i th Tapley and Leonard Lewis of Detroi t spent Chr is tmas wi th their parents here.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schultz and chi ldren who have their house t ra i le r parked un Marigold F a r m , spent Chr is tmas wi th he r pa ren t s a t B e a r Lake nea r Manistee, re-t u r n i n g Sunday n ight . The chi ldren remained with the i r g r a n d p a r e n t s fo r the rest of the winter .

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Y. Marshal l look Lylo and Glendon Bovee to Lanslnjr Sa turday where they m a d e the Insurance a d j u s t m e n t on Glen-don's car. Mr . and Mra. Marshal l were luncheon gues ts of Mrs . Chas. F o r m a n and Mrs. G. W. Blsbee.

flu. Mr. and Mra. Leonard Blanding

of Muskegon were Chr i s tmas guests of their parents , Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Matt lson.

Mra. Evelyn Mooney will r e tu rn home th is week f r o m the Greenville hospital, where she underwent an operat ion fo r appendici t is .

Mrs. E l m e r Lasco was hostess to the Jolly E i g h t Bridge Club Tues-day evening wi th a Chr i s tmas par ty and exchange of gif ts . .

Mr. and Mrs. Wal te r Rogers of Lowell were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hause rman and family .

Lor ra ine Insley is spending a few days In G r a n d Rapids , the guest of her uncle and aun t , Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Insley.

Mr. and Mra. Howard Insley, Mrs. EM. Insley and Mrs. Albert Hauser -man spen t a day recently In Lan-sing.

Mr . a n d Mra. J e r r y Devlne spent F r iday evening wi th Mr. and Mrs. John Maya.

Mrs. Bessie Reeves and Mra. Kat ie Reeves accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Robe r t Noddlns and two chil-dren on a ten days ' vacat ion visit-ing Mrs. Bessie Reeve 's daugh te r and family, Mr. and Mra. Stoel Hul-bert . In Connect icut .

The Maccabees a re having a pub-lic instal lat ion on Thur sday eve-ning, J a n . 8.

Leo R ichmond of Kent City spent Wednesday n ight with his sister. Mra. Albert H a u s e r m a n and they all a t e C h r i s t m a s d inner a t H a r r y Richmond ' s In Vergennes .

o48tf W a n t ads pay. T r y ons ;

MAPES DISTRICT Mrs. S. M. Rowland

Miss Let t le Kinyon and Mr. and Mrs. S h e r m a n Rowland and Marie were C h r i s t m a s guests of Miss Inez Frazee In Lowell.

Mrs . I sadora Onan and Elery Onan spen t Chr i s tmas wi th Mr. and Mrs. Claude Schmidt and fam-ily.

Mr . and Mrs. E a r l Kinyon and son Blllle and daugh te r R u t h Ann were T h u r s d a y evening callers a t the S. M. Rowland home.

Mr. a n d Mra. Orley Rulason. Mr. and Mrs. Mor t Rulason and son Merle and Mrs. Ber t P a l m e r were C h r i s t m a s gues t s of Mr. a n d Mrs. George Miller In Lowell.

Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Rowland and Mar ie spent Wednesday evening a t the Claude Schmidt home.

day l^ave. Corp. Donald P . Tower came

home S a t u r d a y evening f rom F o r t Custer fo r a four day leave. Mr. and Mrs. Wal t e r Tower and children of Midland spent Sunda with their b ro thers and aun t nnd called at t he Wesley Miller home Elulne Miller accompanied them to Midland to spend several days. Mr. and Mra. Bill Tower and daugh t e r of Midland spent Monday and Tues-day at the Tower home.

Mr. and Mra. H a r r y Vaughan and children, Helen, Billy and H a r r y Jr., and I rene Bollock spent X m a s eve at t he home of Mr. and Mrs Glenn P u n k In Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Zwlers and fam-ily of Kalamazoo, Mr. and Mra. Har -ry S t a u f f e r and daugh te r of Low-ell. Mr. a n d Mrs. Tom Chalmers and daughter of Grand Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd S t a u f f e r and son, Mr and Mra. Russell Andersen and son and Les te r S tau f fe r were at home with their pa ren t s and grand parents , .Mr . and Mra. Emlel S tauf -fer and "Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bradley on Chr i s tmas Day.

Mr. and Mrs. E d Storey of Grat -tan and Mr. and Mra. R o y V a u g h a n and T o m m y spent X m a n day with their parents , Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y Vaughan.

Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Gleger and children, Mr. and Mrs. Bill S t a u f f e r and son and R o m a n Maloney, Rob ella Bollock, I r ene Bollock a n d Sgt Ha r ry V a u g h a n spent Chrls t -nas day with Mr. and Mrs. Claude Booth and family.

Anita W h i t e spent the week-end with Alma Stiles.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill S t a u f f e r and son were S u n d a y evening cal lers of Mr. and Mrs. E. S t a u f f e r .

Board m e m b e r s of School dis t r ic t No. 8, of Keene and Fa l l a sburg school dis t r ic t No. 1 fr. , held a special m e e t i n g Monday morn-1 n g, December 29, 1 3 41, a t Keene G r a n g e Hall, to g r a n t e request of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davenpor t to have 80 a c r - s of their property set over Into Dis t r ic t No. 8, of Keene the reby giving them the privilege of sending the i r chi ldren to tha t school which is nea re r their home t h a n Fa l l a sburg school The gran ted reques t t ak ing effect in the 1942 taxes and p r imary money.

At the t ime of his death. In Sep-tember, 1687, J o h n Alden w a s the last surviving member of the May-f lower company.

" B a c k f r o m y o u r holiday, e h ? Feel -any c h a n g e ? "

"No t a penny."

"I th ink , doctor, my husband Ir wor ry ing about u-oney."

"Ah! I th ink I can relieve him of tha t " '

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

Hale Sa tu rday evening. Mrs. Grace Vanderl lp gave a sup-

per Sa tu rday eevning for Mr. and Mrs. Ar thu r P inckney and children of Detroit , Mr. and Mrs. J a m o s Nichols of Ionia and the Dell and George H a r d y families.

Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur P inckney and children of Detroit are spend-

APPOINTHENT OK ADMINIBTBATOB

Sta t e of Michigan. The Proba te Cour t f o r Uie County of Kent .

Al a session of M i d court , held a t Cie P r o b a t e Office In the cU» of Grand Raj>-ids In said Cour ty , on the 12lh d a y of November A D. 1841.

Present , Hon. C L A R K E. H I G B E E , Judge of P roba te .

In the Mat te r of the E s t a t e of Albert T a b o r , also known iui Jon K a t n , D e w i w d .

Roland M. Shivel hav ing filed In said cour t his petition praying t h a t the ad-minis t ra t ion of sa id es ta te b s granted t o himself or t o some other su i tab le person.

I t Is Ordered, tha i the lo th day »»f Ja i ra -a r y A. D. I M t . a t t e t o'clock In t h e forenoon, a t r a id p roba te office, be and Is hereby appointed fo r hear ing said peU-t lon:

I t Is F u r t h e r Ordered, that pUbUc notice thereof be given by publloaUon of a copy of this order , fo r three suooe®-s lve weeks previous to said day of hear ing . :n the I / w e l l Ledger a newr paper pr inted a n d circulated in sold county.

CLARK E. H I G B E E , Judge of P roba t e .

A t r u e copy. F R E D ROTH,

Regis te r of P roba t e . c33-3t

D R . J . W . T R U M B L E with relatives here.

V E T E R I N A R I A N

Office—123 N. Division S t

Lowell, Mich.

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

J. A. MucDONELL, M. D. Phone 110

Negonoe Block, Lowell

Office H o u r s 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m.

TO SELL 'EM, TELL

'EM-With An Ad

mm South Lowell Club

Members of t h e South Lowell 4-H g roup met las t Sa tu rday a t t he home of the i r leader, Mrs. O. K . Graham, for the annual Chr i s tmas par ty . All en joyed the games, re -f r e shmen t s a n d exchange of g i f t s .

P h o n e your aewo to the Ledger

Off ice P h o n e 36

House S6 Off ice 501

D. H. OATLEY Dent is t

House 223-F3 Off ice 222-F2J

H. P. GOTFREDSEN Physician a n d Surgeon

Offices In room former ly occupied i by the City S ta te B a n k

LOWELL PUB. LIBRARY GRAHAM BLDG. — W E S T S I D E

— O P E N —

Tuesday, Thursday , Sa turday f r o m 2 to 8 p. m .

A U D I E E . POST. L ibra r ian

W E PAY

For Dead or Disabled Stock Horses $5 Cattle $4

P r o m p t Service

Phone Collect

Valley Chemical Company Telephone Ionia 400

" F o u r t e e n t h Year of Service"

An Incredible aer ia l fea t took place recent ly In Austral ia , when two Air Force planes became Inter-locked about 3,000 feet above an a r m y field. The pilot of t he upper machine, a f t e r order ing all men In both sh ips to ball out, b rought the planes safe ly to the g round .

T h e y M a r c h j r o m I n d u s t r y t o U n c l e S a m ' s F l e e t

I p f p l p l i m- mmmrnrn

-'DEARBORN, Mich.-This is a familiar' scene at the vast Ford Rouge plant, where blue-jackets by the hundreds are being: pre-pared for duties with Uncle Sam's fleet The recruit sailors are shown marching to their

Navy Service School within the plant after attending the day's classes in mechanical trades. Henry Ford, through the Ford Motoi Company, provided the school and its f a d l i ties without cost to the Navy.

n x THE LOWELL LEDGER, LOWKLL. MICHIGAN THURSDAY, JAN. 1, 1MB

New Year Greetings , . - « ! ! % • *

From Lowell's Business Firms and Institutions

i

RING out the old! Ring in th* new! There's a wanning of the heart as the New Year

dawns. Eat, drink and be merry!

For your friendly patronage dur-

ing the past year we thank you

sincerely. It is the wish of every

member of this organization that

you may find 1!>42 filled with good

things . . . new horizons, greater prosperity, and greater joy in liv-

ing. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A Happy New Year... Ring, bells, ring! Tis New Year's, and may it be a happy onel May the year continue to be good to you as the months roll by, and may it bring you more health, more happiness and more prosperity than you have ever known.

At least, that is our wish for you at this joyous New Year's season. Wc greet you all and look forward to see-ing you soon.

Staal's Lunch C l a u d e , Lee, Lloyd, H a n k a n d E a r l

We are glad to My fare-well to 1941 and rejoice with you at the dawn of the New Year, for we truly believe i t opens wide the portals to better things.

Wa hope that Father Time, with his quiver full of days, has many goldea ones reserved for you, and that your New Year celebration will be full of iolllfication and enioy-T^nt

Htwari Rittenger All Kinds of Insurance

Hi! loYeir MflPPy DfU) Y£

m »

WE welcome the New Year becausc wc know it marks thc beginning of

another chapter. Thc stage is set for another act.

Looking backward we see the things we might have done, but did not.

Looking forward wc sec the things wc plan and resolve to do. May the sun

shine brighter, the days grow longer, may new hope invigorate and cheer

us. The Year of Grace One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-two is at

kand, and we welcome its arrival.

C. H. Rmcuui , Elevator aid Geaeral Farm Snppliet

We also welcome the New Year because we know it will bring many aew opportun tries te be of service to you, and to express through this secricc our sincere appreci-ation of your friendship. We wish you a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!

TO EVEtY PATRON AND FRIEND WE SAY HAPPY

NEW YEAR, AND WE SAY IT WITH A U THE HEARTI-

NESS AT OUR COMMAND.

WHATEVER SUCCESS WE HAVE ENJOYED DURING

1941 HAS BEEN OF YOUR MAKING. WITH THAT

THOUGHT IN MIND WE PLEDGE RENEWEJ EN-

DEAVORS AND DETERMINATION TO SERVE YOU

STILL BETTER DURING THE YEAR AHEAD.

Lowell Hotpoint Co. Melvin Lewis - Car l Wood

Just a timely and friendly greeting to

let you know that we wish for our

friends and customers a whole shiplcad

of good things—spiritual and material

—for 365 days. High thanks we owe

you. And high thanks we give. God

bless you and keep you!

Reynolds' Men's Wear Ed Reyno lds

G R E E T I N G S ^ A l l n t o a r d f o r 1942,

and tke top of t h e wor l J

to you as we swing ' i t o

tke new O'-kii of Better

Days to Come. M a y tke

joyous spir i t o f t k e N e w

Year pervade y o u , and

may 1 9 4 2 pour gifts into

you r cup unti l it is filled

to o r e r (lowing.

Kent's Jewelry Store G . C . K e n t

HUPPIEST HEW m a # AIL

f «

This organization has grown up with fhis community, and, during good times and bad, has clung stead-fastly to the principle •hat the good w l of its cus-tomers is an asset beyond all price, and we are willing to break precedent, at times, in order to retain it.

In this spirit of appreciation we wish for you and yours the most enjoyable and prosperous New Year you have ever known.

Foreman Poultry Farm

A TOAST TO OUR FRIENDS N o w — w h e n t h a t price-less th ing called Time occupies t h e spotl ight , we pause to consider t h a t p r i c e l e s s t h i n g called FViendship, In our business we could not be wi thout it, and be- r -cause we value i t s o [ highly we are de-

M

termined, during 1942, t o t a k e s t i l l f u r t h e r steps to merit your con-tinued f r iendsh ip and loyalty to us.

May t h e sands of t h e h o u r g l a s s b r i n g y o u

-JJ many golden hours y of happiness in the

yea r to come.

William Christiansen Drugs , Icc C r e a m a n d Locker P l a n t

nm la this, our New Tear*i greeual to o v friends,

we would capture, if we could, somfc of the

merriment of the days whea sleifth - bells jingled on the frosty air.

As true merriment is an affair of the heart,

und not of season, that is the kind of (oy we

are wishing for yoo now. Loads of good luck,

loads of good cheer and good health to you all.

« * ¥

F. P. MacFarlana Co. S. D . Wingefar

GOOD LUCK TO YOU Another year . . , another page . . . Father Time in thc role of a youngster!

In a world grown young over night we wish you

an abundance of jollity and merriment, and. in a

larger sense, the complete happiness of realization in the days to come.

May we hope for a continuance of the pleasant

relations which have meant so much to us in 1941?

Percy J. Read & Sons Percy , J i m , Bill , F r a n k a n 4 M a r i a n

HuoUtri

E. C. F o r e m a n

ffisr h s FOR

Sreetings

Ts the Mes la the Service

from

Rnrerview Inn Cur ly Howard

Closed New Year's Day

Special New Year's E r e Pa r ty

Just as a snowball grows bigger as it rolls down-hill so may the blessings of the New Year grow bigger for you as the months roll by.

We are going to give you mere reason than ever in 1942 foi giving us your valued patronage.

Leonard Studios C h r i s L e o n a r d

'HERE are many words In the dictionary . . . big wordi and fi+He words . . . words

with the tpfendor of royalty, words wHh the brilliance of diamond*, words as pretentious as tha sweep of a peacock's train.

There are homely words, too, and between home

foHcs like ourselves these are tha ones we choose to

carry our simple New Year message to you. Many

thanks for your kindness, and every good wish for a Happy New Yaar.

W. A. Rotk F u r n i t u r e mad F u n e r a l Oi roe tor

G o o d wishes f o r all fo r t h e c o m i n g yea r . We

s h a l l e n d e a v o r , a s i a y e a r s p a s t , t o s e r r e y o u

t o t h e b e s t of o u r a b i l i t y . Your c o n t i n u e d

p a t r o n a g e will be a p p r e c i a t e d , a s a lways .

Palace Cleaners S.pbt Cramer, Hirrict Kupp, Either OH Frcjenntk

N a s n r t t E N r v i a e

'< You'll be sitting on top of the 1 world when our propbeciea for

your New Year come true. Here's wishing you luck and Joy and a Happy New Year.

Heim Texaco Station • BUI H e i m

! U L H f l l l T H £ O i O R l O U S 11 £ U ' Y E A R

Blow, bullet , blew! *Tb New Year e fa la . l i m e l o b e i o B ? ,

t i m e to r e n e w o l d

a c w o e i a t o B c e t . t i n e

l o m a k e a e w

f r i e n d * .

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p r o s p e r i t y a n d in-

M a * It m a r k • Irmly

g r a a l m i l e * t o n e fa*

U f a .

Uwell Crturerj u Mr*.

Q t e e t u u f l t a r '

Standing on the threshold of the New Year we look forward with great faith in the future, confident that the important and impressive lessons of 1941 will help light thc way for 1942. Every member of this organiza-tion joins in wishing for you and yours a full realization of those fine opportunities and blessings of which the New Year is agent and herald.

now as the New Year dawaa we again express oar appreciation to yea aad yaw neighbors far kavtef cootrib-

impOTtMat ^ U mr tnUumti sneceat to

Lowell Municipal Light anil Power Plant

P e w

F r a n k J . M c M a k e n , S u p e r i n t s a d e u t

I t . I . IL W. • . feA, L W. M w M

T H E LOWELL LEDGER, LOWELL, MICHIOAN, THURSDAY, JAN. 1, 1942 S E T B f

(ID Plan Celebration

Of Many HoliSa

During ISeiv Year]

v<* }0

Simple Games Enliven Party

Last Week's Letters ELMDALE

THE sun shone bright through the half-frosted windows of the Per-

kins' hotel room. On his chair in the corner Ralph squirmed uneasily and avoided looking at Sheila.

Sheila and Ralph werc troupers.

The new year of 1942 will roM 1: Wednesday night on the stro'ro i 12 with thc usual number of hoi

I days and three "j inx" days. In eluded in the calcndnr are threi "Friday the 13ths." in February March and November.

President Roosevelt will celebrate his birthday, Friday. January 30 The following month will call foi

On the stage they were billed ail ^ observance of the birthdays ot Seabee and Perkins, but in private | two previous Presidents. Lincoln^

birthday anniversary life they were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Perkins.

Sheila watched her husband thoughtfully for a few moments. Then she edged over and planted herself on his disengaged knee. "1 don't know whether to laugh or cry," she whispered running her An-gers through his curly locks. "Fri-day we s t a r t Ten solid weeks ol straight booking. How much money have we, dear?"

Ralph removed Sheila from his knee and stood up. "Thirty-three dollars," he announced solemnly aft-er a careful inventory of his pockets. "And thirty of that goes for the hotel blli when we check out Fri-day."

"I can't ask for an advance until we've played at least one perform-

"Tbe check," Ralph said casually *TII pay It now."

ance. That leaves us three dollars tc live on for three days."

Before Ralph could question her or a ik whit she was going to do, she had popped one of Uie dollars mtc her p u n e and disappeared into the ha l l

In a half hour she was back laden with supplies, " ihe re , " she said ex-ultantly. "Liver sausage, bread, but-ter and pie. En^mgh for lunch and dinner."

Ralph stared and then suddenly began to lau?h hysterically.

His wife was indignant "What's the Joke?" she demanded tarUy

Ralph finally got his breath and gave her a hug. "Darling. I couldn't help i t I was just laughing at the Irony of the thing. How are we go-ing to eat all this stuff? We haven't a knife, a fork, a spoon, a plate or a tablecloth. As a matter of fac t we haven't even a table."

Sheila gave one weak litUe moan and threw herself on the bed. Ralph watched her stupidly for a moment and then suddenly his face began to light up slowly like a beacon. "I've got i t ," be roared. "Sheila, how much did you spend for all this?

His wife looked bewildered through her tears. "Seventy jenta," she fal-tered.

"Fine," Ralph beamed. "Coffee Is fifteen cents In the dining room downstairs. No matter what you or-der they send up a table with all the trimmings. We'll just ring up room service, order two cups and for thir-ty cents we can have our f e a s t "

Sheila caught on right away. Care-fully she concealed the food under the btd and Ralph phoned down for room service.

In a few minutes the waiter ap-peared and laid the cloth. When he had finished he presented the menu.

"Just two cups of coffee." Ralph gave the order carelessly.

The man nodded mechanically and disappeared Into the halL In a short while he was back with a fra-gran t steaming pot of coffee. He poured It Into the two cups and re-tired.

Ralph and Sheila beld their breath until his footsteps faded away down the hall then they locked the door nnd dove under the bed after their supplies.

Finally, when they bad disposed ol all the pie and sandwiches they could bold and after they had care-fully boxed the remainder to keep until supper time. Ralph phoned for the waiter.

He knocked softly a t the door, en-tered and began to stack up the plates and remove the Uble.

"The check." Ralph said casually. ' T i l pay It now."

"The check?" The waiter looked bewildered.

"Yes, the check," said Ralph nervously. "Didn't you bring It?"

"Why. there are no checks today," said the waiter. "This is New Year's day. Everything Is on the house. And do you know." be added In a sudden b u n t of confidence, "you're the only people In the hotel that didn't order the ahole menu." He shouldered the portable table and started down the hall. "Happy New Year," bs called.

Sheila and Ralph stood huddled to-gether in the doorway. "Happy New Year," they murmured faintly.

(UcChir* B m a i e a t a - W I f U Service.)

will fall OH Thursday, Februar j 12. and Wash Ington's on Sunday, February 22 S t Valentine's day will be Satur-day, February 14.

Ash Wednesday, February 18, will mark the beginning of Lent St. Patrick's day, March 17, comes on Tuesday. Saturday, March 21, will bring a welcome visitor—spring.

April Fool's day. the first of April, will fall on Wednesday. Army day. April 6, commemorating the day thc United States entered the World war, will fall on Monday. Pan American day will be observed Tuesday, April 14. Palm Sunday falls on March 29, to be followed on April 3 by Good Friday and on April 5 by Easter Sunday. '

Child Health day falls on Friday, May 1. May 10, the second Sunday of the month, marks the observance of Mother's day. Memorial day. May 30—the occasion of the Indian apolis automobile race—will fall on Saturday.

Flag day comes on Sunday, June 14. The first day of summer and the longest day of the year will be Mon-day, June 22. With a bang the en tire naUon will greet the first Satur-day in July—the glorious Fourth.

Labor day comes on Monday, Sep-tember 7. Autumn will mark the end of summer on Wednesday, Sep-tember 23. HaUoween—October 31 —will be on Saturday, and Arm I sUce day, November 11, on Wednes-day. Thanksgiving will be Novem-ber 19. This will be the last year It Is observed on the third Thurs day of November.

Then comes Christma* on Friday to be followed a week later by 1943

Mra J. B. Anderson spent Sun-day and Monday with her daugh-ter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Flnkbeiner in Hastings.

Mr. and Mrs. Vern Wenger and family spent Sunday with the former 's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wenger near Caledonia.

The Social Club held their Christ-^ . j %. J %I ai.ni m n 8 party at thc home of Mary Delton and Mr. and Mrs. Skllland y ree laad last Wednesday and 15

;an of Belding, Mr and Mrs. May- m e i n b c r 8 a n t l t W ( ) v l H t o r ( j w e r e

ferd Heaven and Mrs. Lafra

"A \ M r - a n d M r s - J o c Huer of Grand Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.

Dan Weaver were Miss Evelene Wilcox and friend of Conklln, Glenn

A Christmas dinner was enjoyed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.

^ _ _ Lott and family Sunday. Among | b i i v C l h 0 8 0 present were Mr. and Mrs.

i l C V V X C e l l H Dan McClure and son Wm. of Grand Rapid.", Mr. and Mrs. Ran-dom Moore and children, Patsy and

HARRIS CREEK

New Year's Offers Chance to Secure

Potent Good Luck New Year's day affords everyone

the cpportunlty to bring him sell good luck throughout thc year. Al least that is supposed to be true ac-cording to several old superstitiom concerning the beginning of a nev. year.

The "First Foot"—the first person to enter the house on New Year's morning—plays a significant role in the family's future fortunes. He must be a dark man to bring good luck, but If he also brings a gift and "carries L»" more than be "takes o u t " then the house is as sured peace and plenty for a whole year. The most auspicious gifts at luck-brlngCM are a lump of coal and a red herring.

Unmarried persons are advised tc look out of the window on New Year's morning. If you see a man. it Is a sign you will be wed before the year is out. Should you see a horse, you can have a wish, and It will be realized within the year. Tc see a dog is lucky, but a cat fore-tells worry.

A little care will make It possible to bring uneself good luck for thc entire year. Wear something new, 11 possible, on New Year's day, but the garment must be put on wher you first dress In the morning. Re-ceipt of a gift Is ccrtain to carry luck. Wish everyone you meet "A Happy New Year," but rcmembei when the greeting is given to cros* your fingers for luck. 3« sure you say "rabbits" as the first word when you bake before snyone hat bad a chance to speak to you.

Love's progress will be aided oi New Year's day if you are careful to put on the* left stocking before the right. T^ie potency of thl; charm is supposed to be lucre a sec if you do all things as far as pos slble left-handedly during the day

JoyouM celebrations throughoul the nation will welcome In 1942 on the stroke of 12 Wednesday night. This young miss takes her celebrat tag quite seriously « s she blows our

0 , d W •« » party in New York

New Year's parties are al-ways fun, but they will achievc new life and interest if several new games are included with the old favorites. Spelling bees and guessing contests have been played for many years, but a few modern vari-ations of these games can make them more popular than ever.

Spell sdrawkcaB ^ i t " e enthusiasm win probably ly noticed when a good old-fashioned spelling bee is announced. Before the game is over, however, the guests will probably be wondering ir they ever knew how to spell be cause the words in this contest must be spelled backwards.

A litUe comptUMon will enllvei tte game, so arrange the guests Int.

fWlf 'T t C ' m 3 - t h e n ^ then that to save embarrassment th' words wlU aD be simple ones. Eacl contestant will be eliminated fron the game when he makes his ser

S S i S ? ' a n ? t h e team to b-•polled down loses the game. Afte casually announcing that the word-must be spelled backwards and will no second chance" If a wrong star-is made, start the game going wit> •Imple words such as dog, c a t bo^ and so on.

When the players have caught on I W o r d s to^easingly diffi

bf du i 2 a m e movin« ant< to dispel any possible suspicion ot ! ^ ° n U " n ' t 18 best to read th.

vanee 8 p r e p a r e d 1 0 a d

Guessing Time. Anybody can estimate the lengu

cf a scconc^, but few people know how long two or three minute, wi],

Have the guests sit In « circle around Uie room and announce that you a re going to ask them to esti mate the amount of time It takes for four mjnutes to pass.

O a p your hands when the four mimues is to s ta r t To prevent th.-guests from counting out the time tc themselves, pass around some mor. refreshments, cr if someone can plax S S P ' i n £ a 5 0 , 1 8 they aU know TTiis wiU not last more than a mln ute or two, and It will throw th,

completely off count Ther, •It in silence, waiting for the time

m i K ? ' t h e * U e , t a w a i h**1" calHng off four minutes." and from

otf i tself0 g a m e ^ t a k e c a r t

The "secret of success" ai a par-ty of this kind is to play each game only a short timr before changing to - new gam. . No matter how much

f V E T ? , a r e e n j o y i n g • w m e . i ; I i advisable to stop the game after

V ^ Z U U : ' c h a " " to

and Ervin Stahl, Mrs. Alma Stahl. Mrs. Lydla Karcher and Mr. and Mrs. Will Hoffman.

Mls.i Virginia Ann Shaffer under-went an appendicitis operation In a Grand Raplde hospital about 2 o'clock Monday morning.

Edward Anderson and friend. Miss Gladah Sargeant accompanied by the former's parents and brothers. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ander-son and Carlen and Keith of Grand Rapids spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Murlln Straight at Lansing.

Ira Sargeant and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lott accompanied the latters eon Rodger to Grand Rapids Mon-day afternoon when Rodger enlisted in the navy.

HICKORY CORNERS

Mrs. Lucy Duell of Alto spent Fri-day with her granddaughter, Mrs. Robert Yelter and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yelter and Kenneth attended the Christmas program at Mapes school Friday night

Mr. and Mrs. Mylo Schwab and Sarah Jane of Sunfleld, Miss Paul-ine Yelter of Portland, and M m Letha Blough and son Dean of Clarksville spent Sunday with their sister and mother, Mrs. Ethel Yelt-er and family. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mra. Clayton Schwab and »on Joe and wife of South Boston and Mr. and Mrs. Ward VanDyke of Grand Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yelter and baby and Philip Keolrer of Portland.

Raplda spent Sunday afternoon with Mra. Edna Gelb and daughter Ruth.

Mrs. Dorothy Brown and pupils gave a very nice Christmas tree and program at the echool house last Friday night.

Mrs. Fred Kegle and daughter 'Elizabeth apent Friday evening at the Sllcox-Vreeland home.

Mrs. Ella Flynn Is spending the Christmas season with the William Anderson family in Alto.

Mra. Margaret Sllcox. Mrs. Basil Vreeland and son Harold spent Saturday afternoon at the A. B. Campau home In Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Lults and dough-ter of Ceresco spent Thursday with Mrs. Edna Gelb and daughter Ruth.

Mr. and Mrs. Vern Wenger and family spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Rogers near Cale-donia.

Mr. and Mrs. Amos VanOrder of Mlddlevllle spent Sunday at the Sllcox-Vreeland home.

George 0 . Chonnor of City spent the week-end Bernard Flynn home.

Mrs. Edna Gelb and daughter Ruth attended a family gathering and Christmas tree at the Lults home In Caledonia Sunday

Present Day Calendar Result of Many Beliefs

The calendar has been regulateo by mathematics and astronomy. Ii has been compounded of supersti Uons and religious rites. Primitive man noted the new moon, watched it wax and wane. He knew thr moods of the seasons, and aftei awhile he sensed they came at regu lar intervals and that their comlnF would be sure. The ancient Egyp tians calculated time from the rls

1 Ing of the Nile, which occurs In mid June. The North American Indiani computed the length of a Journey in so many "sleeps." The Gregorian calendar, which is built around sun. earth, moon and star*, is as accu rate as scientific knowledge -can make i t It Is the calendar most d the world follows. Some conserva-tives In eastern, churches of Ortho-dox faith d ing to the Julian calen-dar, which is 11 days later.

This year is 3802 in Japan, 5703 to the Jews. In mid-January thc Roman year MBS win begin. In February, th* Mohammedan year IML

But here in America U is 1M2. Let** make the most of every shin-ing hour!

Tim* marches col

Indians of Santo Domingo Pueblo In northern New Mexico believe that eagles control the movements of the clouds.

BOWNE BUOr E NOTES

Bowne Center L. A. S. served 24 members of the Teachers' Club with a chicken dinner Wednesday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Oiiey Burns called on Mr. and Mra. Eldon Hunsberger and Mr. and M r s Robert North a t Plainfield Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. Utter is visiting her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Don Utter.

Mrs. Corwin Porri t t has been on the sick list the past week.

Mrs. Floyd Flynn and Maxine! and Geraldine attended thc Star school program Monday evonlng.

Doris Ruth Fahrni of South Boston spent Wednesday a n d Thursday at Stanley Coles.

The sympathy of this neighbor-hood is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ellis in the loss of their son, Gerald.

Mr. and Mra. Lawronce John-son and sons and Mrs. Stanley Colea were in Lake Odessa Saturday eve-ning.

Miss Lois Thompson underwent a

Health - Hygiene Disseminated through the Kent

County Health Department by thc Joint Committee on Health Education comprlnlng the Mich-igan Department of Health, Uni-versity of Michigan, Michigan State Medical Society and 19 Other Cooperutlng Organlxntionfl.

LAXATIVE FOODS

Carson at the

bo cured In time by Including in the dally diet four cooked frui t* or vegetables. Especially recom-mended are string beans, beets, turnips, oranges, pears, and apple-sauce. Small amounts of spinach or other green vegetables are also beneficial.

Water la as Important as food In devising a diet for the consti-pated individual. An Intake of 10 to 12 glasses a day is not too much and may, in itself, be all that is needed to restore bowel function. A glass of cold water taken one hour before breakfast and on re-tiring Is helpful.

The addition of a new food, auch as applesauce, to the first meal of the day often serves as a trigger mechanism to Induce the Impulse suggesting elimination. Too often.

'What are some comr^on foods: having a laxative action?" askal G. G.

Any answer to the question must assume that G. G. Is aware of the many causes of chronic constipation and has considered and discarded all save that relating to diet. I t j should be remembered, however,!the sufferer has developed the that this condition may also b e ; f a c u n y 0f excluding from consci-caused by obstruction of the in-'nugnosg this impulse, when it oc-testinal tubes, disease of t h e | c u r 8 | a n ( j i because of haste, nervous-intestinal t i s s u e s , nervousness n e s a o r disturbed mental state, dis-which inhibits the normal action ! r e g nrds the signal. The condition of the stomach in the course of ; i8 rarely found in those who live

tonsllectomy a t Lowell ThursdayIdigestlon, absence or impairment of i r o u t i n c i y . w h o expect the elimina-the quality of the bile, Improper t i o n H i K n n | n t ft p a , t icular time and functioning of the diaphragm and ;wno provide for unhurried, response, abdominal muscles, reflex action' While some drugs have been and. largely, through failure to de- f o u n d useful In treating constlpa-velop good habits of elimination atuton, they should be employed only an early age. Other factors also.by a skilled phjslclan to correct contribute to constipation and may specific conditions. Self-prescribed operate in combination to produce pUrg t ttives do more harm than good abnormal retention of the feces. a n d the mineral oil habit may be

Not only quality but quantity of pernicious.

and is recovering nicely.

LOWELL DISTRICT NO. 5

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schwarder spent Monday with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Oberlln In Beld-ing.

Mrs. C. Baker called on her mother, Mrs. James Needham, Sr., and found her Improving and as comfortable aa possible after her recent fall.

The Christmas exercises a t the McBrlde school on Friday night was a grand success and a fine program was enjoyed.

The R«tort Courteous!

The Art of Printing ia the most important invention that was ever introduced to the world In Its ef-fects on the human mind, and of consequence on all civilized society: It preserves and disseminates all dl«coverles and Improvements In the arts and sciences: It commemo-rates all other Inventions: it hands down to posterity every important i event; It Immortalizes the actions' Boas: "Young man. you ought to of the great and the good; above take a lesson from the busy bee." all it txtenda and diffuses the wordj Office Boy: "I try to. sir. I see of God to all mankind."—Orcutt. my honey every n ight"

Under the title, "Where It Should Be", the Boston Globe publishes the following:

The young author sent the manu-script of a book he had written to the literary editor asking him for his opinion of I t and mentioned that he had several other irons In the fire. "Put this with the other irons," came back the brief

food must be considered in its relation to the Individual's constitu-tion. Thus, the tall, slender person who has a short Intestinal tract does not require the bulk that Is demanded by the short, stocky type with long gastro-lntestinal tract.

There is much evidence to indi-cate that good bowel function Is fostered by an adequate Vitamin B Intake. However, a sufficient quantity of food containing this vitamin must be ingested daily to promote elimination. To eat spar-ingly and attempt to repair this deficiency by taking Vitamin B complex will not serve the purpose.

Among the foods which are gen-erally recognized as having laxa-tive properties when consumed in adequate amounts are whole wheat bread, cooked fruits and vegetables, meat, peanut butter and, in mod-erate amounts, yeast.

Many a case of constipation can

MR. MERCHANT ^ The EYES of THE ^

t r * C O M M U N I T Y WOULD ^ BE ON YOUR A D -

IF IT HAD BEEN IN THIS ISSUE A

Y O U C A N T Q U I T A D V E R T I S I N G YOU'RE TALKING TO A PARADE

, NOT A MASS MEETING ^ .

Resolutions 'Silly,' Psychiatrist Says

New Year's resolutions are Just a bit silly In the opinion of Dr. Francis J. Gerty, professor of psychiatry at Loyola university. He believes that a person who makes resolutions Is something of an ex-hibitionist In addition to being quite childish. "And moreover," he adds, "he probably won't carry It out any-way."

Dr. Gerty asserts that New Year's resolutions have little value. "I don't think resolutions are the best methods of curbing our little dif-ficulties and correcting ourselves Tb* best method is giving some thought to what causes our troubles and trying to correct them ration ally-

"People must remember there are human limitations. Humans can't be perfect They should do the best they can without straining, for the minute they strain, as they do with New Year's resolutions, they make a botch of their eflorts."

Children especially should not be encouraged to make resolutioos, in his opinion. "A child should be taught to do the best Job b* can a t aU times and not sav* his dif ficultles for one particular time and tear them up by on* superhumst effort that Is almost sure to fafl."

SEND HIM T H E H P M E PAPER

Ha* your eon entered an army camp? Send him the Ledger—It'* like getting a long and interesting letter from home. These boya do appreciate their home paper. Bend to any address for $2.00 a year, pay-able In advance. tf

, who h f ine young son seven year i of age was asked why he d idn t play golf. " I want to make a pal of my •on," he answered, "and I think the best way to do that Is to give him the best way to do that is to some of my time, to spend week-ends and free time doing the things he can do. When he Is old enough to swing a golf club then we'll play golf together.

We pledge ourselves to this cause A Statement by

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company

We make tikis pledge publicly to our national govemment and to the people of the United States:

That we will cooperate unhesitatingly in every effort of authorized govem-ment agencies to prevent unwarranted rises in prices of foods.

That we will continue our effort* to reduce the spread between prices paid to the grower and prices charged to the consumers.

That to this end we will continue to do everything in our power to assist the farmers and growers of America in the orderly marketing of their products at the fairest possible prices to them.

That we will make every effort to hold our inventories at the lowest point con-sistent with good service to our customers because hoarding, whether by whole-salers, retailers, or consumers, will cause higher prices.

That we will endeavor to continue to pay our employees the highest wages and to give them the best working conditions in the grocery business generally.

That we will make every effort to continue to sell food at retail at the lowest gross margin of profit in the history of the retail grocery business. ^

Today we are providing food for our customers at the lowest gross profit rate in the history of the retail grocery business. This means that we have achieved efficiencies in the distribution of food never before attained. More of your food dollar goes for food and less for overhead expenses than ever before. No other great retail business in the United States in any field is operated with such a low cost of distribution.

No one in the food business can control the wholesale price of food. Only the govemment of the United States has power to do this, and for the protection of our people this power in the government is now a necessary power.

Today, with the nation at war, wc believe that no private interest hat any rights in conflict with the general public interest

The armed forces of the United States are today receiving more and better food than ever before in our national history. It is equally important that all of our people working and living behind the lines, meix, women and children, shall be better fed and better nourished than ever before in our national history.

M H a i ****** uun!"#!"/11 VSrtsfi * i i i i i iT. : ,-.«es>»e-- :.--.v -• .1 •

E I G H T T H E LOWELL IJSDOER. LOWELL. MICHIGAN THURSDAY, JAN. 1, IMS

* * * A THOUSAND THANKS * * * Let us all make m e r r y and be jolly, for t h e r e Is reason sufficient. New leadersh ip is a t the Wheel of T ime and br ighter ports a r e in the offing.

As for ourselves, under the s a m e leadersh ip and with the s a m e f r iends to help us we expec t to reach new heights of serv ice to this c o m m u n i t y in 1942. A thousand thanks for past favors .

We wish you a holiday of unbounded m e r r i m e n t and joy. and a New Year reple te with benefi ts and blessings.

WEAVER'S FOOD MARKET

So. American Letter Social Events (Continued from first page)

Murrles in Cal i fornia

This and That From Around

the Old Town Miss Cassl" Lee spent over the

week-end visiting In Mt. Pleasant .

Mrs. Alloc Morse spent last week in Detroit with her sons, Harold and Ar thur .

Mrs. J o h n Layer had as her guest over the week-end her sister, Mrs. Nettle Kills of Alto.

Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Topp spent over the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Max T i f t In Kalamazoo.

Marlon Richards spent the week-and In G r a n d Rapids a s the guest of hor cousin. Pear l Glldden.

Kenneth Livingston of Camp Polk, called a t the Mrs. .Myrtle Alexander home Fr iday evening.

Mrs. Ha t t i e Walker and sister, Mrs. Ella Myers of Lake Odessa are visiting f r iends In Sa ranac this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Gardner of Bloomfleld Hills and Mrs. Lena Luz spent Sunday In Edmore with rel-atives.

Mrs. El la Robinson and R. L Forward were guests Chr is tmas of Mr. and Mrs. Herber t Connor In Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. R. L Young of Battle Creek spent Chr is tmas with Mrs. Young's parents , Mr. and Mrs. Wm. P. Laux.

Mrs. Jesse Cahoon spent over the week-end In Greenville with her daughter nnd husband, Mr. and Mrs. Milan Por ter .

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown and Mlfs Helen Hunter , daughter of M r 8 E l l 8 e K r o P f w c r e d inner guests

Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kropf at Moseley.

Mrs. Charles R. White spent Christmas with her husband, who Is stationed with thc U. S. Army a t

Mrs. Herbert Connor of Grand Rap-ids spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Robinson and family In Lan-

We taxi over to the Queen's Park Hotel . . . a small double room can I Mr. and Mrs. Ea r l Hun te r of be endured for ten dollars a day . . . ' Keene-tp., was united In marr iage we taxi away f rom thc Queen's P a r k ' w i t h Kenneth Ogg, son of the Rev. Hote l . . . there Is ro help for It . . . Mr. W. D. Ogg and Mrs. Ogg of we must clamber aboard the S. S. Sierra Madre, Calif., on Chr is tmas Cottica again, go on to Barbados, day a t ten o'clock In the morning. j c a m p Liv ings ton LiT catch a boat for Rio f rom there Thc groom's fa the r officiated. . . . we stop a t the marble post; The groom and hlo parents a re John Richards Is spending this office, leave a forwarding address. ' former residents here, the Rev. Ogg|]J*®k in Indiana visiting his grand-tear open four wonderful air mall | at one time being pastor of the ] father, F r a n k Richards, and his letters f rom h o m e . . . Lowell Congregational Church. sister, Mra. J ames Heare.

By thc time we return to the! Miss Grace Ogg, tiie groom's sls-j Mrs. Delia Osborne spent Sunday customs It is five minutes past I ter, and Bette and Lois Ogg, the | a f t e r n o o n and evening with her noon . . . and an unhurried offlclalj groom's nieces, were the bride's : 8 0 n . i n . i a w a n d daughter , Mr. and explains tha t thc last passenger a t t endants . Mr. Glen Ogg aervedl Mrs. Clarence Reed, In Ionia. launch for the Cottica lef t a t his bro ther as best man. j e n r. ». • w *» twelve o'clock. . . I run along thc | Immediately following a family M r 8 - E " a Robinson with Mr. and water f ront . . . out In the harbor our (Christmas dinner, the newly weds ship whistles Imperatively . . . the j left for a shor t honeymoon In Palm Negroes who own private launches i Springs, Calif. sense we a re In trouble, want ten | Mr. and Mrs. Ogg have many . s l n P-dollars for the t r ip . . . f rankly, I lose f r iends here who extend best wishes j Mr. and Mrs. Harold Yelter enter-a good American temper . . . sud-jand congratulat ions. tained for dinner on Chr is tmas Day, denly a vision floats before my | Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Horn, daugh-eyes, an American flag s tanding! Sliver Anniversary P a r t y Iter Dorothy and son Charles of

m * n u f f t r f ' i n n . f l l ? X h S About 90 fr iends and r e l a t i v e . ' E a s t Lansing. TOe combination is Idwd j ga thered a t thc home of Mr. and Harold Schertel of Mt. P leasan t

eTab the Bklm>tf by the shoulder M r s ^ H a l e K e e w - t p . last a n d Caaaie L e e . t t e n d e d the G a m m a when he has docked ts A m e r - ! ^ a , a r d a y e v o n i n s t o h p ,ce S ! B m a Chi sorority dinner dance

' lean? thank H e a v e n , ' h U n a m T I s b r a t e tA

h e l r w e d d i n « a n n VCr- Friday night at the Pant l lnd Hotel. Lindsay, he Is f rom Florida . . . s u r e ' a r y - P " ™ 0 [ Grand Rapids.

o u t ' t ^ e ? / S r i a n d Presented by Ernes t Plnkncy.l Mrs. Will Gavlt t of Lake Odessa out to their boat . . . we head o\ii a t w a a 8 nen t p lavln(r l s P e n t Tuesday af ternoon with her thirty-five per . within a "ilnute! J h c ^ o ^ n l n g was M r 8 , e / W a l k e r . Mrs. F r ank

^ k e T w r r ^ t snrnJ* POiluck supper waa served at mid-1 Myers of Lake Odessa Is visiting ^ ^ i S I T n w ; n | K h t a n d a n departed to t he i r ' he r sister. Mrs. Walker .

" homes In the wee hours of the | T h e Misses Jessie and Ina O'Har-row have re turned to their home In Detroit a f t e r visiting several days with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Krum and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Roth.

Miss Evelyn Yelter, Lieut. G. Samuel and Rober t Yelter were luncheon guests of Dr. and Mrs. R. T. Lustlg a t the Women's City Club. Grand Rapids, last Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Heare of Decatur. Ind.. Charles Richards of Rldgevllle. Ind.. and Miss Vlrgls Risen of Grand Rapids were Christ-mas guests a t the Clyde Richards home.

Mr. and Mrs. Ned Kyser and | j H P i daughter and family. Mr. and Mrs

We made an i t inerary In haste, not Sliaier—Alley Douglas LaDue and daugh te r of

war had ^ a f f M t e d 1 t r a n T ^ t l i l n I Marguerite Alley of I^wel l {"dland were Chris tmas guests of " r r y a h . l o f G r . n d R a p l d J ^ - - M * . C r ! S.ory Grand

In leisure. were married last F r iday night a t " a P , a B -

tlea's rail shouting encouragement , to us . . . tno Cottica Is tu rn ing . . . morning wishing the happy .couple we make It . . . just . many more years of wedded life and

As I sit here In the leathered smok- a p p

Ing room of a blacked-out Dutch ' . . ship on the way to an English Observe Golden Anniversa r j

Island which wc had never expected Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Yelter ccle-to visit, I t rus t you will pardon a brated their 50th wedding ar.nlver-temporary feeling of bit terness. jsary a t their home In West Lowell

Trinidad looked Intensely Inter- on Tuesday, Dec. 23. About f i f ty esting. We should have enjoyed our relatives and f r iends gathered to month's s tay. Indeed, we travelled help make this a del ightful event, almost two months and over three leaving many lovely gi f ts in honor thousand miles to reach It, and we of the occasion. Delicious refresh-wt re g ran ted the pleasure of a ments were served. hectic four-houro' stay. j Their many' f r iends wished Mr.

The whole mess Is somewhat and Mrs. Yelter many more happily character is t ic of the tr ip so far , a t marr ied years together. least where It inerary Is concerned.:

We expected to visit the Islands of Martinique. Guadelope, Dom-inica, St. Kl t t s and St. Lucia. We have missed them completely, by a good many hundred miles. We planned to touch every country in South and Central America except Venezuela, and our ship has just made a tour of the Venezuelan coastline.

We wanted tremendously to spend a month on Trinidad. We spent four hours.

And now we are doomed to spend that month on the Island of Bar-bados. about which we know ab-solutely nothing. Fur thermore , we are now steering north and east, not south.

We ask your Indulgence. G. S. & K. S.

P. S.—Our dinner menu on thc S. S. "Cottica" Nov. 28{h. 1941, Kon-inlljke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappl j N. V. (Royal Nether-lands S teamship Company): Salted Anchovy Canapes, Creamed Aspara-gus Soup, Poached Red Snapper-steak. French Style, Steamed Pota-toes. Glaced Nu t of Veal Blzantlne. Soursap Ice Cream. Pineapple and .Mocca.

CARD O F THANKS

To those who expressed their sympathy in so many beaut i ful and practical ways during our recent bereavement, we extend our hear t -felt thanks .

Mrs. Ann Roth . p34 Carl Roth and Family.

the Fi rs t Methodist parsonage by the Rev. C. E. Pollock.

They wore at tended by Mr. and Mrs. Lee Holland. Other guests a t -tending were Mrs. George Porter of Cedar Springs and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Walsh of Ionia.

Social Brevit ies

The Book Review Club members enter ta ined inelr husbands at a 7 o'clock dinner a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Foreman Tuesday evening.

The next meet ing of the Amer-ican Legion Auxiliary will be held on Monday. J a n u a r y 5 a t t h c home of Mrs. Bessa Hatch instead of a t the City Hall, on account of the Red Cross meeting.

HICKORY CORNERS Mrs. Ethel Yelter

Breathes there so dead

a man with soul

Mr. and Mrs. B. F r a n k Hilton of Nor th P a r k spent Chr is tmas Day with their son Pau l and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Blough am", son Dean of Clarksville. Miss Paulino Yelter of Por t land and Mr. and Mrs. Rober t Yelter and baby Dickie spent Chris tmas with the i r mother. Mrs. Ethel Yelter and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Pau l H o f f m a n and Dale of Freeport spent Sunday with Mr. and M r a Rober t Yelter. Eve-ning callers were Mr. and Mrs. C. Tlmpson of Davis Lake and Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Transue and sons of Mapes District.

Brit ish archi tects are working Who h a s never turned around and on a two-year scheme for rebulld-

sald. "Hmmm. not bad." ' ing Br i ta in a f t e r thc war .

Lowell Church of the Nazarene

Wishes You Jl

H A P P Y N E W Y E A R ! STMT TIE IE« YEAR RIGHT! Retolie to be a real Bible Cbrittiaa aid every day

ia tbe year will be a happy day.

May God Richly Bless You This Year, Is My Prayer

REV. R. WARLAND, Minu te r

Mr. and Mrs. J . C. H a t c h re-ceived a Chr is tmas card last week from Mr . , and Mrs. U. B. Williams, who a re on their way to Sarasota . Fla. The card was mailed f rom Tallahassee. Fla.

Mrs. Charles Schwacha. son Bill and daughters . Daphne and Beverly of Detroit were Chr is tmas callers of Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Schwacha. Bill has enlisted In the Marines and leaves for San Diego. Calif.. J a n . 8.

Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Huyck of Carson City spent Chr is tmas with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Rlckner. Mari lyn Rlckner re turned home with them and remained un-til Sunday when her parents went af ter her.

Guests on Chr is tmas of Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Coons were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mange and fami ly of Muskegon, Mr. and Mrs. I. V. Fry of Byron, Ohio, Mrs. D. G. Mange of Harbor Spr ings and Miss Myrtle Taylor of Lowell.

Mr. a n d Mrs. H. J . Taylor of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Ethel Bur t were Chr i s tmas dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y L Briggs and family. Mrs. Wm. J . Anderson and daughter, Betty Jay, of Grand Rap-Ids were evening guests.

Sunday d inner guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Gould were Mr. and Mrs. George Ingersoll of Ada, Mr . and Mrs. Howard Gould of Cadillac, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Elliott of Ionia and Gould Rlvet te of Lansing. Howuid Gould and wife remained for a few days' v i s i t

Mr. a n d Mrs. Carl French and two daughters , Mrs. Douglass of Holland, Carl Wlngleier, wife and three daughte rs of Palo, Mr. and Mrs. Char les Westle of ML Pleas-ant and F r a n k MacTavlsh and fam-ily were Chris tmas guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Velzy.

Mrs. Marion Peacock of St. Louis spent Chr i s tmas and until Sa tu rday with h e r parents , Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Schneider. Mr. Peacock came Sa tu rday and remained until Sunday when all re turned. Ber tha Jean Schneider re turned wi th them and will remain unti l New Year Day.

Word has been received here of the dea th of H a r r y Alverson of Rolla, Mo., who for many years was a resident of Lowell. Mr. Alver-son was iiarHed in 1S96 to Marie Schoenhiiar of Grand Rapids, who survives, and two sons. Tommle and Theodore. Lowell f r i ends of Mr. Alverson extend sympathy to the bereaved family.

Chr i s tmas Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bowen a t White 's Bridge were the i r children. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hitchcock and daughter of near Ionia. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cordtz a n d children of Gramd Rap-ids and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Bake r and son of Ionia; also Miss Grace Moon of Rockford and M i l s Eleanor Matulait is of Grand Rap-ids.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cosgrlff were u Lake Odessa Fr iday af ternoon.

Miss Jacqueline Day spent the Christmas holiday In New Orleans, La.

Mrs. Ar thur Rober ts of Summit City visited her sister-in-law, Mrs. OIlvo Butler, on Sunday.

Mr. nnd Mrs. F. J . Hogan of Grandville werc visitors Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Washburn .

Miss Donna Stormzand of Grand Rapids spent Wednesday and Thurs-day of last week with her paren t s here.

Mr. and Mrs. Imber t ka l l lnger of Jackson spent over Sunday with his parents , Mr. and Mrs. Anton Kal-linger,

Mr. and Mrs. John Scot t 4nd fam-ly of near Alto were Chr i s tmas Day

guests of hor parents , Mr. and Mrs. Gran t Warner .

Corp. Keith Trumbul l of South Carolina and Miss Lucille Alexan-der spent Chr is tmas with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Shult l i .

Mrs. L. W. Ru the r fo rd left on Sunday evening for an extended visit with her daughters and other relatives In California.

Mr. and Mrs. Dick Snyder and son Richard of Grand R a p i d s were J a t u r d a y evening gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cosgrlff

Mr. nnd Mrs. J . J ia le and three daughters of Mus'tegon Heights were gueate Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. George Hale and ramlly.

Mr. and Mrs. Orval , Jessup were Fr iday evening callers of M r- a n d Mrs. Irve Dlntaman a n d daughter , Sally Gano, In Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Yelter and Colleen at tended thc 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. bel ter In West Lowell last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Forward and son Junior and Max Blakeman of Kalamazoo were recent Sunday vis-itors a t the home of Will Devering.

Dr. J . H. Bergin and family spent last week In Lowell a t the home ot Mr. and Mrs. Art Hill and family and left' Fr iday morning for Sara-sota, Fla.

Chris tmas Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Basil Hat lnger wore Mr. and Mrs. M. L Maxfleld and Mr . and Mrs. Durwerd Maxfleld, all of Greenville.

Mr. and Mrs. Orval Jessup and son and Howard Jessup of the Navy Pier, Chicago, were Chr i s tmas Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. J e s s u p a t Rockford.

Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Jessup of Rockford spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Orval Jessup and Roland returned home with them to ivlslt until Thursday.

Kather lne Mueller, who has been confined to her home for the past aeveral weeks, has the New Year wish of her many f r i ends for a speedy recovery.

Chris tmas Day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. F. Williamson were Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Nanry, Mr. and Mrs. John H o f f m a n of Ann Arbor and Joseph Ultz of Chicago.

Mr. and Mrs. Russell C a r r of Eas t l a n s l n g and F rank C a r r of Chicago were Christmas guests of their parents . Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Carr. F r ank returned to Chicago Sunday morning.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Spenqer of Ionia were Sunday evening bailers of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Spencer. Clyde, Jr . , re turned home with his pa ren t s a f t e r a three days' visit with his grandparents .

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Washburn had as their guests on Christmas, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Washburn , Mr. and Mrs. Harold Goff and children of Lansing and Mr. and Mrs. Har -old Washburn of Detroit .

Mrs. Alice Strong, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Edwards of Marshall and Mr. nnd Mrs. L. A. Mosey and mother . Mrs. I rene Mosey of Lansing were Chr is tmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Graham of South Lowell.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard MacNaugh-ton of Grand Rapids. Lloyd F ros t and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mac-Naughton enjoyed a visit with the i r uncle and aunt , Mr. and Mrs. L. R . Andrews, In St. Joseph Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kreuger and children spent Chr i s tmas a t Nlles and Michigan City, Ind. Pa t r ic ia and Nancy Ann remained a t Nlles with their grandparents , Mi1, and Mrs Charles Specklen until Sun-day.

Mrs. Rose Kiel enter tained her children for Christmas. Mrs, Helen Kiel and son Donald of Bat t le Creek visited until Saturday, Mar-ilyn and Ru th Ellen Dunn of Mus-kegon remained to spend until New Year's.

Mrs. Hat t ie Rouse and daughter , Mrs. Libble Taplln, were Chris tmas Day guests of Mrs. Maude Van-Dusen and F rank They plan to spend New Year 's Day with their son and brother, Dr. F r ank Tre-denlck and wife In Grand Rapids.

Chr i s tmas Day guests of Marcel Mlche were Mr. and Mrs. F ranc i s Davidson of Alma, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mackey and children, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Newman of G r a n d Rapids. Mrs. Bry Condon, Bry, J r . , and Lee and Mr. a n d Mrs. R icha rd Nead and children were a f te rnoon and evening callers. Phyllis Mler of Grand Rapids was also a guest.

Sally Lou Flnels is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Oscar Rice, In Port land •.his week.

Mrs. Annie Acheson Is spending over the holidays :n Lansing with Mr. and Mrs. John Allen.

Mr. i n d Mrs. Lester Ross of Cass City visited relatives In Lowell f rom Friday until Sunday af ternoon.

Mrs. P. J . Flnels re turned to Chi-cago with Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ather-ton and son, whore she p lans to visit a week.

Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Pollock spent Chris tmas In Lansing with their son-in-law and daughter , Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hof fman .

Mr. and Mrs. Merle Dawson at-tended a family dinner on Christ-mas Day a t the home of Miss Anna Easterby In South Lowell.

Mr. and Mrs. R'.ahard Lester and her sister, Alice Holm, spent Christ-mas with their fa ther , Charles Holm, In Gladstone. They re turned home MolTday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Deverlng were overnight Wednesday and Christ-mas Day gues ts of Mrs. Edi th P r a t t in Saranac . Mrs. Deverlng visited ner sister unti l Monday.

Chr is tmas guests of Mrs. H a n -nah Bar t l e t t were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ear t le t t of South Lowell, Mrs. Helen Eyke and Clinton and Walter of Grand Rapids.

Rev. nnd Mrs. C. S. Pollock en-tertained her sister, Mrs. L W. Mills and their Infant granddaugh-t e r Annet te Elizabeth Hof fman , of Lansing several days last week.

Mrs. Florence Bailey and Lester enter ta ined on Chr is tmas eve for Mr. and Mrs. Theo Bailey a n d Betty, Mr. and Mrs. Clare Phll l lpps and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Jones and Harold.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Otis Wood and children, Carl Wood. Char les Wood and Mrs. Agnes Dollaway a t tended a family gather ing on Chr is tmas night a t the home of Mrs. Bernic<i Bekkcr In Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs . Ar thur Lowrcy, Mr. and Mrs. Har ry Kinsley, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Speaker, Ar thur a n d Lucille wero Chris tmas Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Blonshlne and daugh te r s In Grand Rapids.

Mrs. D. B. E r b of Delton re turned to her home Monday a f t e r spending thc past two weeks with her daugh-ter, Mrs. Wilbur N. Pennock. Mrs . Ross W a r n of Grand Rapids spent Fr iday and Sa turday with Mrs. Pennock.

Chr is tmas Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Art Hill were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hill of Por t land , Orton, Charles and Gordon Hill of Detroit, E r h a r d Ncllsen of F o r t Collins, Colo., Chris Bergin, Char les Bcrgln and R. D. Bergin of Lowell.

Mr. and Mrs. Lew B. Morse en-tertained on Chr is tmas Day for the following guests. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Morse and Sally of Carson City. Mr. a n d Mrs. Archie Travlc ind family of Ionia and Mr. and Mrs. Will J . Morse.

Mr. and Mrs. Huber t Fogleson and S a n d r a of Lansing. Mr. a n d Mrs. Vern Yelter of G r a n d Rapids and Mr. a n d Mra. J a c k Cody and children of Howard City were Christmas Day guests of Mr . and Mrs. A r t h u r Acheson.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Lloyd Jones enter-tained the i r family on Chr is tmas Day. the following being present , Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hcover and two daughters , Mr. and Mrs. Theo Bailey and daughter Bet ty and Mr. and Mrs. Clare Phillips.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Knight and son Harold of Detroi t spent the holidays with her parenta, Mr. and Mrs . M. E. Simpson. They werc all Ch r i s tmas dinner guests a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Althen Simpson in Grand Rapids. Mrs. Knight visited In Grand Rapids for two days and then all re turned to Detroi t on Sunday.

WEST KEENE Mra. F. A. Daniels

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wilcox en-tertained for Christni ' is d inner forty members of the Wilcox fam-ily-

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Moore enter-tained for Chr i s tmas dinner, H a r -ley Dennlson and daughter Marlon, Eleanor Moore and Tom Ford of Grand Rapids, R u t h Miller of Smyrna, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Golds and Delorea and Sally Howden

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pa t t e r son were Chr is tmas eve guesta of her paren t s near Alto and on Chris tmas Day were gues ts of his mother . Mrs. Fannie Pat terson, In Grand Rapids . Mrs. Addle Daniels was a guest also.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pat terson at-tended the funera l of bis uncle, Max Pa t t e r son , Sa tu rday af ternoon.

Rosemary Lawton was a Grand Rapids vis i tor f rom Fr iday unti l Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Thompson were Chr i s tmas Day guests of her son, Howard Ralmer and family In Grand Rapids .

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wilcox were Sunday callers a t F red Roth 's In Vergennes.

Brayton Golds a n a family called on his parents , Mr. and Mrs. George Golds, Sunday evening.

Mrs. Sheldon Cahoon and Mrs. Art Cahoon of Sa ranac and Miss Gladys Cahoon of Detroi t were Fri-day callors of Mrs. Addlo Daniels.

Wilbur N. Pennock

Wilbur Newman Pennock, only child of Edmund I. and Mar tha Newman Pennock, was born Octo-ber 17,1900 a t Delton, Mich. At the early age of ton yea r s ho lost his fa ther and the loss lie keenly felt throughout his life.

H e at tended Has t ings high school, 1918-1919 and was mar r i ed to Miss Olive E r b of Delton on September 17, 1920.

Af te r f a rming fo r about two years a n d a half ho at tended Dodges Radio Inst i tute , Valparaiso, Ind., removing to Grand Raplda In May, 1^24 where he waa employed by the fl. S. Kresge Co. a s purchaser of radio equipment. In 1926 he en-tered the employ of the Corduroy Rubber Co., where he had since been employed with the exception of two years dur ing the depression. For the past five years Mr. Pen-nock had charge of the Ti re Repair Depar tment .

Af te r an Illness of three weeks he passed away December 17, 1941 a t Pennock hospital, Has t ings .

f r a y e r was held a t his home in Lowell on Sunday, Dec. 21, with funera l a t Hfinton Fune ra l Home In Delton with burial in Pennock cemetery.

Surviving a re the widow, Olive; three children, Loree, U. 8. Navy, whereabouts unknown; Gloria and Plynn a t home; two uncles, Herb-ert Pennock of Kalamazoo, Clar-ence Pennock of Wichita , Kan. ; two aunts , Mrs. Mary Jamison of Co-lumbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Susie Ty-ler of Rodney.

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We wish to t h a n k our many fr iends and neighbors for the many acts of kindness and thoughtful-ness throughout the" Illness and death of our husband a n d fa lhef , Wilbur N. Pennock. Especlnlly do wo thank the Wust Side Neighbors, Miss Purdy ' s second grade room. Dr. H . P. Gotfredsen a n d W. A. Roth . Your kindness will over be remembered.

Mrs. Wilbur N. Pennock. p34 Loree, Gloria and Plynn.

Junior Farm Bureau A large crowd viewed the show-

ing of conservat ion f i lms a t the Jun io r F a r m Bureau meet ing on Thursday evening, Dec. 18. a t the Vergennes Grange hall.

John Croll, Ken t County con-servation officer; Max Crego, cam-eraman and Chester Bonney, con-servation supervisor, conducted this par t of thc program. T h i s was the f i rs t meet ing tha* a large number of Junior F a r m Bureau members ' parents have ever a t tended. Jean F r a n k s was Ins t rumenta l In. secur-ing these f ine films.

The Jun io r F a r m Bureau lost the services of a very f ine of f icer In. the person of Gerald Tornga, who ten-dered his resignation a t th is meet-ing," having moved to Grand Rapids, he f inds it Impossible to continue to a t tend regularly. He has served the Jun io r F a r m B u r e a u aa an offi-cer dur ing its en t ln , brief career, f i rs t as repor ter and t h e n a s pres-ident. He la succeeded by vice pres-ident, Edwin Roth. A new vice president will be elected a t the next meet ing which will be held Thurs-day night . Jan . 8. a t the Vergennes Grange hall. The commit tees will be: Ref reshments . Douglas Jenks . Dorothy Jenks, Royal Clark and Jane t Fr i tz ; En t e r t a inmen t , Helen Farrel l and William Myers.

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WEST LOWELL Mrs. Melvin Cour t

Mrs. Velma Dawson entertained her fa ther , George Tucker and brothers. Maynard and F ranc i s for dinner Chris tmas and Rev. and M m Myron Dawson of Fowi.irville were Fr iday d inner g - f s t s .

The U. B. Church and Sunday school had their Chr i s tmas progran ' and t ree a t thc home of Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Munroe F r iday eve-ning. P o t luck supper and cof f i c were served a f t e r the p rogram.

Mr. and Mre. Ar thu r Green en-ter ta ined their children and grand-children Christmas. The i r Bon By-ron and family of Grand Rapids a re moving to Detroi t th is week.

Dr. and Mrs. William F i r t h and two sons of Grand Rapids wer«» Wednesday callers of Mrs. Velma Dawson.

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Court enter-tained with a family d inner Christ-m a s Eve .

H. H. Dawaon enter ta ined 20 of his children and grandchi ldren for d inner Chris tmas.

S u n d a y guests of Mr. and Mrs Melvin Court were Mr. and Mrs. EarJ Wheeler and four children and Clarence Whea ton of Grand Rapids.

SOUTHWEST BOWNE Mrs. L. T. Anderson

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Miss Margare t Anderson of Eas t Lansing spent f rom Wednesday un-til Sunday wi th he r parents . Mr. and Mrs. Leon Anderson and Claire.

Chr l s tmae guests here were Mr. a n d Mrs. L. Wlerenga and sons of CRU-lUm Center and Mr. and Mra. Fred Spencer a t the Dor r Glldden home. The Owen Ell is family of Alto a t the Merrill Champion home and the Sidney W l e r s m a family a t the J o h n Troy home.

Mr. and Mrs. E d Wlerenga of Mlddletfll*. Mr. and Mra. Mlcheal Sheehan of Caledonia a n d Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fo tchman of Grand Rap-ids were Chris tmas night guests a t the E m m e t t Sheehan home,

j Mr. and Mrs. Leon Anderaon and family joined the o the r members of the Thomas Gr i f f in family vu Chr i s tmas dinner a t the Richard Houseman home in Grand Rapids.

| Miss Margaret Batey of Grand Rapids spent p a r t of laat week a t

] the F red Spencer home. j Mrs. Ella Flynn Is visit ing her plot^r. Mrs. W m Anderson of AKo.

Mrs. L. T. Anderson a n d daughter 'Marga re t were Lowell visitors on 1 Sa turday ofUrnoon, also called on Mr and Mrs. Wm. Anderson of Alto.

Mr. and Mrs. Dor r Glldden were Sunday guests a t the F red Spencer home.

We extend our sincere sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. E lmer Ell is and family of Lowell in the i r sad be-reavement .

Lawrence Anderson of Grand Raplda, Mr. and Mrs. CliffonI Flnk-beiner of Has t ings were Chns tmas gues ts of their parenta , Mr. and Mra. Joe Anderaor .

Gerald Houseman of Grand Rap-lda is spending his holiday vaca-tion a t tbe Leon A n d a m m home.

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The new building of the Lowell Municipal Light & Power Company was wreckcd by the giving a w a y of Its foundat ion. The building was a complete loss except for a la rge amoun t of tile, of which It was con-atructed. E rwln Rldgeway waa In charge a t the . t ime of the ca lami ty and his wife was with him. The f irs t w a r n i n g they had was the dim-ming of the l ights and tho fa i lure of the a p p a r a t u s to respond to Its usual demands. Cracking sounds were heard and the Rldgeways had barely reached the door when the whole central p a r t of the concrete floor a n d a large pa r t of the back wall of the building went down In a crash. The a l a r m used for summon-ing help in caae of trouble waa sounded and a number of n e i g h b o r Ing f a rmers responded quickly and gave valuable service In prevent ing f u r t h e r loss. The Commonweal th Electr ic Company took over tha village load.

Rev. C. A. Jacokes. fo rmer ly of Lowell, passed away a t the home of his daugh te r in Alma.

Wayne Young lef t for Ann Arbor , where he accepted a position.

Roy Hovlnga and Kate VanTim-mer, both of Ada, were united in marr iage . .

F r a n k Wilbur and wife purchased the F r a n k Collins home.

Mrs. Clarence Mcln tyrc en te r -tained with a shower honoring Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Baker , newlyweds.

H. M. T r a s k re turned f r o m Tampa, Fla., where he visited his brother .

Mrs. Ruby Walker Chaae passed away a t Blodgett hospital a f t e r an Illness of only a few days.

Lawrence Endres and wife of Freepor t moved Into J o h n Free-man's tenant house In Sou th Bos-ton.

Mr. and Mrs. J . P . Hubbel of E a s t Lowell enter ta ined with a farewel l par ty fo r the i r son Ward of Wash-ington, D. C., who apent the holiday vacation with his parenta.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles G a r d n e r lef t for an extended visit wi th rel-at ives a t Por t land and Sunfleld.

Miss Leona Scot t and Leon H a l e were married In Grand Rapids .

Miss Rosa Ro th of Vergennes went to Louisville, Ky., to visit he r uncle, Carl Al thaus and family .

J a n u a r y 4, 1918—30 Years Ago

Will M. Chapman, 56, a f o r m e r Lowell resident, passed away a t his home In Los Angeles. Calif.

Sena tor William Alden Smi th booked to speak a t the annua l ban-

quet of the Lowell Board of Trade.-H. H. Reed and Mrs. Hannah

Johnson, both of Lowell, were C a r -ried In Grand Rapids.

Bernlece, four-year-old daugh te r of Mr. and Mrs. George Barber , j] passed away a f t e r a brief Illness.

A daugh te r was born to Mr . and Mrs. F r a n k A. Byrne of Parne l l .

Mrs. F. G. H o f f m a n returned f rom a ten days' visit In Wyoming, Can.

Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith le f t for a visit wi th the former 's parenta a t Beaver Creek, Minn.

Guy Tal lant and Rose Fahrn i . both of South Boston, were uni ted In marr iage .

T. A. Murphy sold his residence to F. B. Rhodes.

Wm. Fox. Sr., accompanied his son, Will and family to P o r t Huron to remain Indefinitely.

F. G. H o f f m a n was quite serious-ly Injured by fall ing off a ladder while a t work a t the fu rn i t u r e factory. 1

Leroy Moye of Dupuyer, Mont., spending several weeks a t the home of his f a the r In Vergennes, his ar-rival being a surprise to the family.

A. W. Knee was called to E lkha r t , Ind., by thc death of a nephew.

J a n u a r y 3, 1907—55 Years Ago

Mrs. Fannie Fletcher, 85, for many yea r s a resident of South Bos-ton, passed away a t the home of her son, K . H. Fletcher here.

Miss Edi th Gygec- of Keene and Joseph Elmondorph of S a r a n a c were united In marr iage a t thc home of the bride's parents .

Will She r ra rd of Langford, S. D., visited his brother F r a n k a t Fallas-burg.

A son. was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Brighton of Logan.

F r a n k Giles wen t to Birming-ham, Ala., a f t e r a visit with his mother here.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Clifton White were given a surpr ise par ty honoring thei r 25th wedding annlveraary.

P v t S. S. Courtr lght , one-time Lowell pr inter , wro te an Interest ing let ter to the Ledger of soldier life In the Phil ippines.

Miss Jessie Oliver enter ta ined the L. H. S. Class of 1905 a t her home.

Sylvester Langs of Butler, Ind. , ' spent the holidays with his sister , Mrs. M. J . Kopf.

Mrs. Guy Morgan, Misses Llla Lawrence and Lillian Ede lmacn gave a ki tchen shower fo r Mrs. Ra lph Nbron (Marion Hill) .

George Fowler a n d son Clarence of South Butler, N. Y., came for a visit (with their uncle and aunt , Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Winegar .

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ea r l Brown of Vergennes.

CARD O F T H A N K S We wish to express our g ra t i tude

for the floral of fer ings and a c t s of kindness shown us a t the dea th of our sieter,

Mrs. Bert Atyers. pS4 Mrs. John Dawson.

The American Red Cross Needs Your Contribution

To Carry on War Relief The people of Ken t County m u s t

raise by vo lun ta ry contr ibut ion $120,000 as the i r share towards the W a r Relief F u n d now being raised by the American Rod Cross. The 50 million dollars Is necessary t h a t this relief agency may ca r ry on. Not only on the batt lefields a n d In the navy conflicts, but t h a t the boys In camps, the people m a d e homeleM by aerial a t tacks , the sea-men se t ad r i f t when their ships a r e torpedoed, and tha t ambulances , s t a f f s of nurses and doctors, med-ical a n d surgical, a s well as clothing and food may be assured to those who a r e the victims of war .

The task is one of the most gigantic ever under taken by th is organizat ion. However, it should not be understood any of the money raised for th i s w a r f a r e f u n d will be used for the purpose of member-ohlps In the Red Cross. All of this money will be spent for the above purposes and many o thers which emergencies necessitate. One c lear fac t Is tha t this voluntary contr ibu-tion proposition should no t blind Ken t County people to the urgency of giving. E v e r y dollar will be needed in order tha t this m e r c y or-ganization may do its work effici-ently and effectively. The K e n t County Commit tee feels t h a t th is work of the American Red Cross, especially dur ing war times, i s so well understood tha t pressure meth-ods fo r raising funds should be un-

cessary. Hoveve r , every d t i s e n Should bear in mind t h a t K e n t

County must do Its share by giving every dollar of the $120,000 so t h a t 50 million dollar fund may be com-pleted.

So f a r , the response to thb Red Cross appeal In Ken t County has been grat i fying. However, the goal is still f a r away, a n d in order tha t It may be raised, i t will be neces-sary fo r every citizen to extend himself in the ma t t e r of giving. This dr ive and the need for the money is absolu'.oly necessary a n d It is urgent tha t it not be confused with thc usual $1.00 "membership donation dur ing Red Cross enroll-ments. I t Is expected t h a t in o rde r to raise $120,000 in Ken t County tha t a g rea t deal of sacrifice will be necessary. However, the w a r is on and the Red Cross is in the field and every citizen of these United States, mus t do his or he r sha re towards Its maintenance.

'it you have not been approached a n d if you have not subscribed, kindly d o so a t once. Every news-paper in the County of K e n t is runn ing a coupon which can be filled o u t and sent with your con-tr ibution to the Red Cross head-quar te rs . Make this contribution as large a s possible and send i t imme-diately to the American R e d Cross headquar ters . Grand Rapids, Mich., or leave it with your Red Cross authori t ies , or a t a Red Cross booth in your locallly.

The Lowell Red Cross booth win be found a t Chris t iansen 's store and is in charge of Mrs. Char 'ea Doyle, local cha i rman.

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