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Kent City News M r . and M r s . Andrew Johnson

w e r e supper gues t s of his n i eces and nephews at the home ot M r . and M r s . Leon Swift at C e d a r Spr ings . T h e r e w e r e 28 p r e s e n t .

On July 26, the Rusco fami ly r e -union was held at Johnson P a r k . T h e r e w e r e 53 m e m b e r s of the fam

iiy p r e s e n t who helped George Rusco c e l e b r a t e hi* 95th b i r thday .

M r s . Ralph White spent las t week with her daughte r , Kathleen, M r s . Kenneth Baker in Colon while Ralph and Kenneth w e r e at tending the Vo-Ag meet ing in Eas t Lans ing .

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School p icnic will be at Long Lake P a r k , Sect ion B, next Sa tu rday , August 8.

M r . and M r s . Manly Lynch and M r s . Ida Osborn at tended the a lumni mee t ing of the Casnovia School Sat-u rday and r e p o r t e d a ve ry enjoyable evening.

M r . and M r s . Rober t Mi l la rd and fami ly of Lake Orion w e r e gues t s of thei r p a r e n t s , M r . and M r s . Di l la rd McClurg F r i d a y night and lef t Satur-day lor H a r p e r I ;»ke to spend the i r vaca t ion .

M r . and M r s , J . C . Higgins and g randdaugh te r , Cor inne of H a r r i s -burg , N.C. who have been vis i t ing t h e i r s i s t e r and b r o t h e r in law, M r , and M r s . C a r l C a r l s o n , and t he i r n iece , M i s . Caro lyn Graham and fami ly , left Sunday night fo r the i r home.

M i s s Da r l ene Ingerso l l of Spar ta spent a few days las t week with h e r g r a n d p a r e n t s , M r . and M r s . Andrew Johnson .

Miss Luanne M u r r a y is spending the week with her g r a n d p a r e n t ^ , M r . and M r s . Ross Hiroopof Gran t .

M r . and M r s . Will am Rexford a r e expected home the last of th is week f r o m A r k a n s a s whe re they have been in m i s s i o n a r y work .

M r . and M r s . C h a r l e s Mundinger en t e r t a ined the Ca r l Mundinger fam-

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ily Sunday at a birthdi.y dinner on Sunday, honoring Mark and Rachel Mundinger . Dianne Mundinger is on the National Honcr Roll and was chosen to attend Wolverine G i r l s ' State at Ann A r b o r , David Mundinger w i s se lec ted to go to Wolverine E.oys' Sta te at E a s t Lans ing .

M r s . Lu ther Johnson of Casnovia en te r t a ined with a cof fee pa r ty last Saturday a f t e rnoon honoring M r s . T e n a O s t r o m of Chicago who was viBltiMj' r e l a t i v e s and frien< • l u r e . O the r j'lie.-.ts included Mrs*. L# OS t r o m , M r s . Ann Johson , M r s [Esther Saur , and M r s . Mildred Aver i l l .

C a l l e r s at the Andrew Johnson home las t Thur sday we re : Vlr. and M r s . Nick Dyks t ra and M r . anil M r s . Al Schadiem of Ravenna.

M r . and M r s . Harvey Marvin and fami ly and M r . and M r s . Den Matt son and fami ly w e r e Sunday d inner gues ts of Mr . and M r s . John De Vr ie s of Grand Ledge .

I C 3 Roger Mattson left Monday for the M e d i t e r r a n e a n , t h e i r f i r s t s top will be Spain.

Mr . and M r s . Joe Kreps cal led on f r i e n d s h e r e Wednesday. Fhey a r e both teaching school in Lansing.

Ralph White at tended a Vo-Ag T e a c h e r s c o n f e r e n c e held last week in Kellogg C e n t e r in Eas t Lansing.

Linn W i lder and Har ry S h i r e y a r e spending s o m e t i m e in the hospital having t e s t s , e tc .

Air pollution can he ha rmfu l to c r o p s afr well as to humans . In c r o p s it causes p o o r h developed l eaves , f l owers or f r u i t s . It can a l s o r e t a r d growth and tower yie lds .

THE SENTINEL LEADER Wednesday, August 5, 1964

M r . and M r s . tout Clark ot Par.erson. New J e r s e y spent a shor t t ime WedjH NtJay af te rnoon with Mr» . C . W. I wlkrson. M r s . Clark is the f o r m e r Mable Lee who tauj hl school h e r e for s eve ra l y e a r s and >tayed at the Fu lke r son home.

\ l r . and M r s . I o r e s t f as ie t ly and son, Richard , and M r . Fred \Vickard of Nuniea were d inner gues ts of Mr , and Mrs . John Bennett on Saturday,

Mr. and M r s . ! loyd Keinhout and son. Rex, of Grand Rapids were Sim-day gues ts at the Loren Dudley home.

Mr . and Mrs . George Murray left Sunda\ for Canada where they will m.-ei the i r (.laughter, I 'a:.. and family , M and Mr- . David ( . raham of New Hi m p s h i r e . Ihe two fami l i es a r e planning to camp foi a week, then th* Graham family will come home with George and I ins lme Mur-ay and r e m a i n fo r t h r e e weeks .

The annual Nielson Family e ui ion was held Sunday at Half .Moon Lake Pa rk . 4s member:- were pre sen t .

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Elk Applications Deadline Aug. 10

Application c a r d s for the special elk hunting season Dec. 5 -13 a r e being picked up at a rapid pace r epo r t s the Conservat ion Depart ment.

By July 22, more than 15,000 prospect ive elk milters had obtain-ed applications with the l a rges t number, over 10,000, in the south-ern half of the Lower Peninsula, over 4,500 in the northern half, and the smal les t number , about 115, :n the Upper Peninsula.

ihe Department i ssues this r e -minder : deadline for applying is Aug. 10. Fi l led-in ca rds along with a cer t i f ied check, c a s h i e r ' s check, or money order to cover the $25 li-cense fee Vnusi be pos tmarked on o r before that date.

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Mr, and M r s , Robert Conran of Sparta announce the engagement of the i r daughter , Susan Bobbie Conran, to Naval Petty Off icer Donald John Byle, son of Mr. and M r s . John Byle of Kent Citv. No wedding date has been se t .

Miss Conran is present ly employed at the Nelkor Beauty Studio in ( .rand Rapids. Her f iance is an e lec t r i c i an in the Submar ine Division of the U. S. Navy, stationed at New London, Conn.

Kent City Businessmen protest Closing of C & 0 Station

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ARMOCK ORCHARD SUPPLY Conklin, Michigan

K E N T CITY FARM BUREAU Kent City, Michigan

FRANKLIN REISTER AND SON Conklin, Michigan

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Despi te p ro t e s t s by Kent City bus inessmen that closing of the Kent City s tat ion of tlie Chesapeake & Ohio Railway would be a s e r i o u s blow to t ranspor ta t ion serv:.ce in the com-munity, the r a i l road is continuing to seek pe rmi s s ion to remove its agent and r eve r t to a nor agency station operat ion in Kent City.

P r o t e s t s were lodged by Kent City bus inessmen during a Michigan Public Serv ice Commiss ion hear ing in Grand Rapids last week. Those at the meet ing were Lyman Clark , manager of the Kent City F a r m Bur -eau: Robert J . Krigur , president of the Kent City State Bank; Robert VV. Brot t , owner ol Brott Lumber anil

We Quote the Following Prices Paid at Our Sale Monday, August 3, 1964 V e a l

wold up to $31.00 per cwt . B E E F STEERS & H E I F E R S . .sold up to $22.00 per cwt . B E E F BULLS

up to $1)1.70 per cwt. * ° l d U | > t o * 1 < U o l»%r cwt .

F E E D E R CATTLE . »old $14.25 to $19.50 per cwt .

s o ~ 8 0 l d u p t 0 $ 1 7 , 8 0 p e r c w t -R f A so 1<1 up to $15.00 per cwt. ^ »old up to $11.30 per cwt .

- »old up to $18.50 per cwt . nBBIUSR wold $7.75 to $15.25 each

— —- »old up to 80c each »«I<1 up to $1.50 each

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790 Head of Livestock 70 Consignments of Pou l t ry & Rabbi ts

The Sale has the la rges t n u m b e r of buyers paying the highest m a r k e t prices for your livestock.

Valuable F r e e Gif t *iven away a t 0:00 P.M. every Monday night . You m a s t be present to win.

The ladies of St . Cather ine ' s Church, R a v e n n a Will have cha rge of the r e s t a u r a n t nex t Monday

RAVENNA LIVESTOCK SALES AUCTION HELD EVERY MONDAY A T 5:00 P.M., RAVENNA, MICH.

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Fuel Company. A r a i l road reques t to c lose the

s tat ion had been denied April 4, 1963, by the MPSC.

Otto F. Sonefeld, MPSC Railroad Division D i r ec to r who conducted the hear ing , said the commiss ion would i s sue another o r d e r in the case within 90 days of reer ivini ' his r e commendat ions .

Comments f rom the Kent City bus inessmen ran as follows: Mr . Kr ige r : "I believe that the station should be kept open in view of the i n c r e a s e in gra in and f ru i t products at Kent City. I t 's to the advantage of the e n t i r e community to keep the s tat ion o p e n . "

Lyman Clark questioned whether s e r v i c e would be maintained at its p re sen t level In Kent City without the s ta t ion. The Kent City Fa rm Burea t is the l a rges c u s t o m e r for the rai l road , most of its volume coming dur ing gra in ha rves t . Air. Clark poin ed out that in 1963

there were 142 c a r s shipped out ot Kent City with most of it being agr icu l tura l p roducts .

" T h e r e ' s enough bus iness to jus t ify the station remaining o p e n , " according to Mr . Brott who also s e e s a fu tu re need for more rail t r a f f i c into the community during the y e a r s to come.

Victory Ridgeway, manager o f National Fru i t Produc t Co., Inc., exp re s sed regre t that the t ime might come when the s at ion is forced to be c losed. However, he said no bus iness should continue to opera te if it can ' t show a fa i r prof i t ,

Iht r a i l r o a d ' s r evenues were $34,3?0 for the ca lendar year 1959 and $33,492 the next yea r . In 1961, however , p rof i t s cl imbed to $52. 034, only io tall in P>62 to $3s,s5>. r epor t ed ly because of lower ship-ments resul t ing f rom poor c rops , Fhe 1963 profi t f igure was $53.70.1.

The r a i l road of f ic ia l s have con tended the shipping scheduling can be handled by the company ' s agent at Spar ta .

Spar ta , Kent City and Newaygo p resen t ly a r e the only C & O sta t ions open between Grand Rapids and Baldwin.

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