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Volume 88 — Established 1876 Spa r t a , Michigran Wednesday, Ju ly 7, 1965 Number 27

Sparta Community Days THURSDAY, FRIDAY A N D SATURDAY, JULY 8-10, 1965

General Chairman—Allen Cumings

T h u r s d a y Evening Ju ly 8 - Kiddies night (Reduced r a t e s on ai l r ides ) 5:30-7:00 Li t t l e League Ball Game—Balyea t Fie ld

Cha i rman—Bob T a y l o r 7:00 P ie and Wate rmelon eating con tes t—Main S t r e e t

C h a i r m a n — J i m Lya l s F r i d a y Morning Ju ly 9 -

10:00 Cat t le Judging and Showmanship a t Balyeat F ie ld Cha i rman Mer l in K r a f t Ass i s t ed by Gera ld Heyt, Orv i l l e Schwartz , John Coffee , Lloyd Johnson, H e r r i c k Chase , Erwin Klenk , Cliff Andrus and Wilbur R e i s t e r .

10:00 A.M. F lower Show - Spar ta Garden Club - Civic C e n t e r 9:00 P .M. (No en t ry fee and No admiss ion charged)

C h a i r m a n — M r s . Rober t F i s c h e r 10:00 A.M. Ar t and Hobby Exhibi ts - Civic C e n t e r

9:00 P .M. (No en t ry fee and No admis s ion charged) C h a i r m a n - - M r s . S h e r r y Olin — C o m e and vote lo r the exhibi ts ol your choice

F r i d a y Afternoon July 9 -1:30 T r a c t o r Rodeo - Balyeat Fie ld

Cha i rman—Bi l l Rogers Ass i s t ed by C h a r l e s R o g e r s , John Sandison, Mar t in

Landheer , and Dean Wheele r

F i r e m e n ' s Water Bat t le on Division S t r e e t 4:30 C h a i r m a n — F i r e Chief Gale T a y l o r

F r iday Evening Ju ly 9 -6:45 Merchan t s Auction - Colonel S h e r r y Olin 8:00 Stage Show - 40 P iece Accord ian t roupe - Village

Park ing A r e a . Saturday Morning Ju ly 10-

9:00 A.M. Sidewalk Sale by Spar ta Merchan t s 9:00 P .M. Kiddie Movies -Spar ta T h e a t e r (No Ad miss ion charge)

10:00 A.M. Ar t and Hobby exhibi ts and F lowerShow-CJv ic C e n t e r (No Admiss ion Charged)

10:30 A.M. Kiddie Movies -Spa r t a T h e a t e r (No Admiss ion Charge) Saturday Afternoon July 10 -

1:00-5:00 Go C a r t Races - High School Pa rk ing A r e a Admiss ion .50-Adults .25-Chi ldren

C h a i r m a n — M a r v Fahl ing 3:00 Sky Divers - High School

Cha i rman - Marv Fahl ing 4:00-7:00 Chicken B a r - B - Q - Sparta State Bank Park ing Area

Cha i rman —Alvin Kinney Saturday Evening Ju ly 10 - (No Admiss ion Charged)

7:30 Apple Queen Contes t - Village Park ing Area Kent—Ottawa Hor t i cu l tu ra l Society Buck Mat thews—Maste r of C e r e m o n i e s C h a i r m a n — M r s . Wal te r Beuschel

8:15 Grea t Lakes Chorus - Village P a r k i n g Area 9:00 P resen ta t ion of the Kent-Ottawa Hor t i cu l tu ra l Society

Apple Queen for 1966 9:15 G r e a t Lakes Chorus (Continued)

10:00 F i r e w o r k s - Bulycat Field F u s e L igh te r — Gera ld Heyt

The Sparta Communi ty Days a r e sponsored by T h e Spar ta C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e , T h e Spar ta J a y c e e s and T h e Spar ta L i o n ' s Club.

CDAPTA RA!P_ T H E SPARTA FAIR I * r f t n I f t r M l l l ASSOCIATION:

"Allen Cumings P r e s i d e n t Mer l in Kra f t Vice P r e s i d e n t Gordon Reyburn S e c r e t a r y A. Bar th Ca r l son , J r T r e a s u r e r

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r r e a Bloom. 18, is shown with his VolksWagen " T h e C l a s s El imina-t e r " and the three championship t rophies he r ece ived in compet i t ive d r a g rac ing . The son of M r . and M r s . Wil l iam Bloom of King Bvld. in Spar ta and a 1965 graduate of Spar ta High School, he has en t e r ed the r a c e s th ree t imes and won all three t imes . T h e l a t e s t ach ievement was p l a c -ing f i r s t on Sunday, June 27 a t A c r e s Raceway.

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The Sparta Methodist Church will hold a chicken barbecue from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, July 15. If the weather is nice, tables will be set in the church parking lot. In the event of rain, however, the dinner will be served in the church dining room. Among the Methodist women who have worked toward making the barbecue a success are ( left to right) Mrs. William.

H. DeHart, Mrs. Lee Moore, Mrs. Victor Ridgeway and Mrs. James Esther. They are showing a poster made by Mrs. Sher-ry Olin. Adult tickets are $1.50 and chil-dren under 12 are $1.00. Tickets can be obtained from WSCS members or from Barth Carlson, Jr., at The Sparta State Bank.

New Joins Sparta

Clinic

ONE OF TWO INJURED SISTERS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL

One of the two l i t t le g i r l s s e r -iously in ju red in the automobile acc iden t of June 19 nea r Spar ta which c la imed the l i fe of the i r m o t h e r , M r s . Betty J e a n S t r e a m , has been r e l e a s e d f r o m the hospi ta l . The o lder s i s t e r ' s condition r e -mains c r i t i c a l .

Nancy -Kay I sberg , age 8, was r e l e a s e d l as t week f rom But terworth Hospi ta l and is now able to be in a wheel cha i r p a r t t ime. She would en joy c a r d s f r o m s o m e of her f o r -m e r Spar ta c l a s s m a t e s and f r i e n d s . H e r a d d r e s s i s : 828 Gr iggs SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, c / o John I sberg ,

E leven -yea r -o ld Debbie Anne I s -be rg is s t i l l unconscious and in c r i t i c a l condition at St. M a r y ' s H o s -pital in Grand Rapids .

Auction for

Community Days A wealth of a r t i c l e s donated by

Sparta m e r c h a n t s will be auctioned a t 6:45 p .m . F r i d a y in the park ing lot on Division S t r ee t by Colonel She r ry .

Among the a r t i c l e s a r e 100 g a l -Ions of gasol ine, two c a s e s of oil, p r e s s u r e cooker , dinner for the fami ly , new ladies d r e s s shoes , many gif t c e r t i f i ca t e s , ha i r lotion, used washer , cake, $25 watch, used gas stove, 100 dead night c r a w l e r s , dol ls , shaving kit, four newspaper subscr ip t ions , boat-outboard motor and t r a i l e r combination, used m o -wer . used water h e a t e r , shine kit, toy piano, r e c o r d p layer and bag of f lour .

New Driver Roy Titus Named i^rence w Aiiabcn hicense Center Justice of Peace

Lawrence W. Allaben, D .V .M. , will be a s soc i a t ed with the Spar ta Animal Cl in ic commencing T h u r s -day, Ju ly 1.

D r . Allaban is a nat ive of Grand Rapids . He i s a 1957 g radua te of E a s t Grand Rapids High School and at tended the Univers i ty of Kentucky fo r two y e a r s where he was a f f i l i -ated with the Lambda ChiAlpha f r a -te rn i ty . He holds a Bache lor of Science d e g r e e in Animal Husbandry f r o m Michigan State Univers i ty in E a s t Lans ing and rece ived Doctor of Ve te r ina ry Medicine deg ree f r o m that un ive r s i ty this month. He a s s i s -ted at the Spar ta Clinic l a s t s u m -m e r . D r . Al laben is an ac t ive m e m -b e r of the Kent ree Polo Club in Ada.

The newest m e m b e r of the v e t e r -ina ry staff a t the Sparta Cl in ic is m a r r i e d to the f o r m e r Susan C l a r k of Grand Rapids . M r s . Allaben is a g radua te of E a s t Grand Rapids High School and attended T r in i t y College of Washington, D.C. She rece ived a Bachelor of Sc i rnce degree in phy-

iiterapy <»t the Univers i ty of

T h e Sparta Pol ice Depa r tmen t has been designated as a s i t e of a new d r i v e r s l icensing stat ion un-d e r the new p r o g r a m which g rea t l y r e d u c e s the number of l icens ing s t a -t ions in Michigan.

Pol ice Chief Gene Heugel r ece ived off ic ia l not if icat ion on Saturday that Spar ta would be one of the s ta t ions in Kent County to i s s u e l i c ense s . Under the new s y s t e m , a co lored photograph of the l i c ensee will be p a r t of .every d r i v e r s l i cense .

T h e new p r o g r a m will take e f f ec t the l a t t e r p a r t of July, Chief Heu-gel sa id , a f t e r the c a m e r a has been rece ived and al l e x a m i n e r s have been schooled in the new s y s t e m .

Michigan. T h e Al labens have moved to S p a r -

ta and a r e r e s id ing a t 19 S. Union Street .

D r . G e r a r d Heytfounded the S p a r -ta Animal Cl inic in 1946 and D r . Wayne Bannick joined the s taff in 1957. D r . Al laben ' s addition to the Spar ta Cl inic wUl give Spar ta t h ree f u l l - t i m e v e t e r i n a r i a n s .

Roy A. T i tus of 45 S. State St. has been appointed to fill the unex-p i red t e r m of Jus t i ce of the Peace in Sparta Township caused June 26 by the death of O.T. McCready. Mr . T i t u s was appointed to the post a t the r egu l a r monthly meeting of the Sparta Township Board.

The t e r m will exp i re in 1967 when Mr . T i tus will have to seek ree lec t ion . Lyle Anderson is the other Ju s t i c e of the Peace in Sparta Township.

M r . T i t u s will maintain his o f -f i c e s a t h i s home. Hours will be announced l a t e r when he i s sworm into the off ice during the l a t t e r p a r t of Ju ly .

T h e new Jus t i ce of the Peace se rved as Spa r t a ' s Acting P o s t -m a s t e r f r o m October of 1961 until this p a s t June. Before this he was on the Sparta Village Council f r o m 1950 until 1961. A r e s iden t of Sparta s ince 1946, he owns Sparta C l eane r s .

o T h e Kent City Lions Club wUl

hold a chicken b a r - b e - q u e between the hours of 5 and 7 o 'clock Sa t -u rday , Ju ly 17, in cfce pa rk .

Lined Plastic

DRAPES PLACES • FLORALS

27 X 84

4 7 C PAIR

Seamless

NYLONS MICRO MESH

3pair $1.00 Sleeveless

SHIFTS JUMPER STYLE

V-NECK BUTCHER RAYON

$ 1 . 9 8

CANDY ORANGE SLICES

1 9 Pound

4 5 R.P.M.

POP RECORDS

9 C EATH

BEN FRANKLIN

STORE

Mrs. Ethel Bull Rites Held in Grant on Tuesday

F u n e r a l s e r v i c e s w e r e he ld T u e s -day a f t e r n o o n a t the McKinley C h a -pe l in G r a n t f o r M r s . E the l M. Bul l , aged 79, of Ba i ley , wife and m o t h e r of a p r o m i n e n t f r u i t f a m i l y , p a s s e d away S a t u r d a y a t h e r h o m e .

M r s . B u l l ' s husband , John , and t h r e e s o n s , Vernon of C a s n o v i a , a n d Kenneth and Rodney of Ba i ley , own and o p e r a t e e x t e n s i v e f r u i t hold ings in the a r e a which inc lude s e v e r a l s t o r a g e s .

M r s . Bull w a s b o r n F e b r u a r y 9, 1886 in Casnov ia T o w n s h i p and l ived t h e r e h e r e n t i r e l i f e . She and M r . Bull w e r e m a r r i e d M a r c h 27, 1906, in Muskegon . She was a m e m -b e r of the T r e n t G r a n g e and a t t e n d -ed the N o r t h C a s n o v i a B a p t i s t C h u r c h .

In addi t ion to h e r husband and t h r e e s o n s , s h e i s s u r v i v e d by a d a u g h t e r . M i s s Helen Bull of Ba i l ey , a b r o t h e r , H e r s h e l Brown of Ba i l ey ; a s i s t e r , M r s . F r e d A n d r e e o f B a i l -

CAKD O F T H A N K S W e wish to e x p r e s s o u r s i nce re

t h a n k s a n d a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r t h e b e a u t i f u l f l o r a l t r ibu te s , m e m o r i a l g i f t s , c a r d s a n d m a n y o t h e r a c t s of k i n d n e s s a n d s y m p a t h y s h o w n to u s d u r i n g t h e i l lness a n d d e a t h of o u r be loved h u s b a n d , f a t h e r , g r a n d f a t h e r a n d b r o t h e r , O. T . M c C r e a d y ; espec ia l ly t o R e v . D o n B a k e r f o r h is m a n y ca l l s a n d c o m -f o r t i n g words , t o t h e blood donors , t h e pa l l bea re r s , M r s . C. E . Wi l son , o r g a n i s t a n d to t h e s t a f f of t h e Hesse l F u n e r a l H o m e f o r t h e i r t h o u g h t f u l n e s s . W e a lso wi sh to t h a n k t h e K n i g h t s of P y t h i a s f o r t h e g r a v e s i d e service .

— T h e f a m i l y of O. T . M c C r e a d y 7-7-c

o C A R D O F T H A N K S

A s ince re t h a n k you to m y m a n y f r i e n d s a n d t h e c h u r c h f o r t h e i r ca rds , calls, p l a n t s a n d p r a y e r s wh i l e I w a s in t h e hospi ta l .

— T e d J o h n s o n 7-7c

ey ; and e l e v e n g r a n d c h i l d r e n . T n e Rev. J e r r y P a l m a o f f i c i a t ed

a t the s e r v i c e s . B u r i a l was in Nor th C a s n o v i a C e m e t e r y .

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SPARTA PASTOR JOINS MEET AT GRAND LEDGE Among m o r e than 300 m i n i s t e r s ,

t e a c h e r s , and youth l e a d e r s a s s i s t -ing a t the Annual Adven t i s t Conven -tion a t Grand Ledge , i s P a s t o r Geo. W. Valent ine of Grand Rapids , p a s -to r of the Seven th-day Adven t i s t C h u r c h of S p a r t a . P a s t o r Valent ine

is helping to " p i t c h c a m p " fo r the conc l ave which will run f r o m Ju ly 8 - 1 7 .

THE SENTINEL LEADER Wednesday, July 7, 1965

Now's the Time to move up to a good late

model used carl

1964 Galaxie 2-DOOR HARDTOP - V-8

$1995

1964 Fairlane STATION WAGON - V-8

$1695

1963 Galaxie COUNTRY SEDAN • V-8

$ 2 0 9 5

1963 Fairlane 500 2-IX)OR - V-8

$1395

1963 Ford 3 0 0 4 D00R $1195

1961 Fairlane 2 - d o o r $ 4 9 5

1959 Fairlane SOO^ooor $195

1959 Ford STATION WAGON $ 2 4 5

1961 Falcon STATION WAGON $ 5 7 5

1957 OMsmobile z-door $ 9 5

Cars on Display at Lot — 147 N. State St. LAMBERT RENS—Salesman

LOT O P E N FRIDAY NIGHT

JOHNSON BROS. Fonl Phone T U 8-0461 T U 7-5281

The Lady's Tool Kit Wouldn't these sturdy, nickel-plated

kitchen shears look pretty hanging on

their own solid cherry wall rack in your

kitchen? Always on the job! Made only

for us in Sheffield, England, they

snip through vegetables, poultry, fish,

and meats easy as can be' And, my

goodness! i t 's a screwdriver and lid

pryer-upper, a tack hammer, a gripper

for sticky bottle tops and a beer bottle-

cap opener. We'll send it to you—

postpaid—in either light or dark

cherry finish. With it we' l l send our

big, new. colorful 124 page catalog—

FREE! It 's an $8.45 value

, o r o , , l y $795 (CataJog a lone—50c)

C a r l Forslvixxd. t (l-'utJinr iuid I'hrxftf Sons) 122 E. Fu l ton St.. Grand Rapids. M ich .

Why yes, phone GLenda/e 9-8101 . . . we'll be glad to charge it!

BARGAIN DAYS Bonus Dividend CLIP THIS COUPON

iSpartan White Bread 2 •11

One Loaf Free with purchase of 5 |

6 1% LB. LOAVES $1.00

WITH THIS REED'S COUPON AND FOOD ORDER OF $5.00.

(Good thru Tuesday, July 13, 1965) § "GOOD MEAT MAKES GOOD MEALS"

SPARTAN SELECTED

ROUND STEAK u 79c

SPARTAN

SLICED BACON b 6 9 c

SPARTAN

SKINLESS FRANKS 2 u PK 9 9 C

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