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Volume 8 8 — Established 1876 Spar ta , Michigan Wednesday, Augus t 18, 1965 Number 33

Kent City Schools Set Registration Schedule

The Kent City Community Schools will open a t 1 p .m. Tuesday , Sep-t emoer 7, according to Super intend-ent Maur ice Cochrane . All day s e s -sions will begin Wednesday.

P r e - s c h o o l r eg i s t r a ion is s ched-uled as follows: August 23-27, all k inde rga r t ene r s and new e l e -mental^ s tudents ; August 26, s e v -enth g r a d e r s a t 9 a . m . ; August 27. eighth g r a d e r s a t 9 a . m . ; August30, sen iors f r o m 8:30 a . m . t o4 :30p .m. ; August 31, juniors f r o m 8 :30a .m . to 4:30 p .m. ; September 1, sophomores f r o m 8:30 a . m . to 4:30 p .m . and September 2, f r e s h m e n f r o m 1 to 4:30 p .m.

Jack Buege To Leave for Peace Corps

Jack Buege, son of M r . and M r s . Floyd Buege of S, Slate S t ree t , S p a r -ta, will leave August 2S for th ree months of training for the P e a c e Corps a t the Univers i ty ol Arizona in Tucson .

Upon completion of the t ra ining. J ack hopes to be accepted as a Peace Corps Volunteer and be ass igned to Panama for a two y e a r tour of duty.

J ack is a 1961 g r a d u a t e d Sparca High School, Grand Rapids Jun ior O u i J g p c mm* recrtrrd his Bachelor of Ar ts deg ree in Bus iness Admin-is t ra t ion f r o m Michigan Slate Uni -ve r s i t y in E a s t Lansing in June .

A faculty meeting has been s c h e d -uled at 9 a . m . Thursday , Sep tem-be r 2.

All football p l aye r s a r e asked to r e p o r t to the high school a t 9 a . m . Tuesday , August 24, for the i r phys i -cal examinat ions .

It a l so is announced that the coun-ty health n u r s e will be a t the Kent City High school on Tuesday , August 24, to answer quest ions any s tudents o r the i r pa ren t s may have about healtli m a t t e r s .

Sparta School Calendar Dates

Sparta Area Schools Super in-tendent Joseph Puvogel announces the followimi school ca lendar for the y e a r 1965-66:

September 1-3 , Staff meet ings and student r eg i s t ra t ion ; September 6, Labo r Day; September 7, C l a s s e s b e g j i ; October 7 and 8, M.E.A. m e e t -ings - Grand Rapids; November 25-26, Thanksgiving r e c e s s ; December 23. C h r i s t m a s vacadon b tv ins ; J a n -uary 3. C la s ses r e s u m e ; Janua ry 21, F i r s t s e m e s t e r c loses ; J anua ry 24, Second s e m e s t e r begins; March 18. Kent County Institute; Apri l 7, Spring vacation begins; Apri l 12, C las ses r e sume ; May 30. Memoria l Day; June 3, School c loses .

Plynn Pennock New Sparta Band Director

Paren t s of ins t rumenta l s tudents in the Sparta Schools have a l ready had much contact with Mr . Plynn Pennock, the new band d i r e c t o r of Sparta High School.

Mr . Pennock is taking over much of the p rog ram previous ly handled by Mr. Robert Sti les who will devote m o r e ol his attention to the vocal mus ic p r o g r a m in the high school as well a s a s s i s t i ng with i n s t r u -mental mus ic in the e l emen ta ry and junior high.

Mr . Pennock is a graduate of Lowell High School. He rece ived the Bachelor of Music deg ree f r o m Ol i -vet Nazer ine College in Kankakee, I l l inois, and the Mas t e r of Music Degree f r o m the Univers i ty of I l l i-no is . He has had six y e a r s of teaching exper ience and comes to Sparta with fine recommendaUons f r o m Reddick High School, Reddick, I l l inois.

The s u m m e r ins t rumenta l p r o -g r a m was handled by Mr . Pennock and he jus t completed a week with the high school band at Band Camp.

Miss Nancy Wright and Miss Ruth Randall comple te the mus ic staff working with e l emen ta ry mus ic .

SPARTATOOTBALL MEETING MONDAY AT HIGH SCHOOL

All boys in the ninth through 12th g r a d e s at Sparta High School this fall who a r e in te res ted in going out fo r football a r e asked to at tend a meet ing a t 7:30 p . m . Monday in the high school c a f e t e r i a .

The coaching staff a l so would l ike to urge al l p a r e n t s of boys going out for football to attend this m e e t -ing.

Miss Memo McKelvey, lef t , Kent City l ib ra r i an , looks on as M r s . Eunice Vanderveen, Branch Superv i sor of the Kent County L i b r a r y , r ight , shows i l lus t ra t ions in a popular book to the th i r ty - seven a r ea youngsters who gathered at the l i b r a ry l a s t Wednesday a f te rnoon for the final meeting of the Reading Club and Story Hour, The chi ldren , all of whom had read a r equ i r ed number of books, we re given a t r e a t a t the conclusion of the s to ry hour . Miss McKelvey r e p o r t s that the Kent City Garden Club has given two new bulletin boards and a peg board to the l i b r a r y for their display window. The Kent City L i b r a r y , located in the S a u r ' s Store building, is open on Wednesdays and Saturdays f r o m 10:00 a . m . to 5:30 p.m. and on Sa turdays f r o m 10:00 a . m . to 12:30 and 1:00 to 5:30 p.m.

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The new edifice of Tr ini ty Chris t ian Re-formed Church will look like th is picture when the church is completed before Jan-uary 1, 1966, according to Pas tor Henry Hoekstra . Located a t t he corner of S. S ta te St. and Kings Blvd., the edifice will cost ap-proximately $40,000, excluding furn ish ings . .

Seat ing capacity will be about 200. Contrac-tor is The Pheasant Hills Construction Com-pany of Grand Rajiids. The congregation is holding services in the American Legion Hall on S. Sta te St. Trini ty 's parsonage is located a t 305 S. S ta te St.

Sparta Planning Commission Initiates Preliminary Steps

Af te r s o m e months of p r e p a r a t o r y organiza t ion , die Sparta Area R e -gional Planning Commiss ion has t a -ken the f i r s t s t e p s toward the f o r m u -lat ion of a plan fo r die o rde r ly growth of the communi ty .

Following an organiza t ional m e e t -ing in Apr i l , a t which t ime o f f i c e r s w e r e e lec ted , a s e t of by- laws was wri t ten and adopted. T h e th ree p a r -l icipailng uni ts , the- vi l lage, the township and the sc l ioo ld i s t r i c t , a c -cepted die bylaws and agreed to con-t r ibu te to the opera t ional expenses of the C o m m i s s i o n .

According to these by- laws , die Commiss ion will cons i s t of twelve m e m b e r s , four f r o m each unit. The

Sparta Advance Book Sale Hours

Advance book s a l e s n r r avai lable a t both the Sparta Jun ior and Senior High Schools dur ing the weeks of August 23 and August 30 on the fo l -lowing schedule :

JUNIOR HIGH: P r e - s c h o o l s a l e s will be Monday, August 23 through T h u r s d a y , August 26, and Monday, August 30 through Wednesday, Sep-t embe r 1 f r o m 8:30 to 11:30 a . m . and 1:00 to 2:30 p .m .

SENIOR HIGH: P r e - s c h o o l s a l e s will be each morning f r o m 8:30 to 11:30 and each af ternoon 1:00 and 2:30.

Monday, August 23 (all day) and Monday morn ing , August 30, - 9th g rade only.

Tuesday, August 24 (all day) and Monday a f te rnoon , August 30 - 10th g r ade only.

Wednesday, Augus t25(a l l day)and Tuesday morning , August 31 - 11th g r ade only.

Thursday , August 26 (all day) and Tuesday a f te rnoon , August 31 - 12th g rade only.

All Grades may purchase books on Fr iday , August 27 and following r e -gis t rat ion of the i r g rades on T h u r s -day, September 2 and Fr iday , Sep-tember 3.

Cha i rman of the Commiss ion is Dr . G e r a r d Heyt, die Vice-Chai r man i s A, Bardi Car l son , J r . , the t r e a s u r e r is Ed Sode r s t rom, and the s e c r e t a r y i s M r s . J e s s e Vande rmee r . Fol low-ing a r e the odier e ight m e m b e r s :

Duane Bradford , A, G, Meyer, F r ed Humes ton, John Snyder, Emi l Kober , John Spangenberg, Ed Lane, and Rober t Todd.

T h e Commiss ion lias heard f rom m e m b e r s of die planning commi t t ees of Ada Township and Coopersvi l le , both of which communi t ies have en -t e r ed into p rofess iona l planning p r o -g r a m s . SubsequenUy, an interview witli F rank Suggett, p ro fess iona l city p lanner , and E v e r e t t ! hompson, bodi of Wil l iams and Works, Planning, Consul tan ts , was held. T h e r e will be f u r t h e r in terv iews be fore a de -cis ion is made a s to who will work with u s . No f i r m decis ion conce rn -ing use of f edera l aid has been made, but the Commiss ion Is investigaUng boUi s ides of die quest ion.

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Alpine Firemen Answer Call to Heeren Storage

Damage was held to a minimum Uianks to die p rompt r e s p o n s e at 2 a . m . Saturday by four teen m e m -b e r s of die Alpine Township F i r e Depar tment who fought a blaze a t the Hee ren B r o t h e r s cold s to rage located on Alpine Avenue jus t north of Six Mile Road.

T h e t i re , which broke out in die wooden p a r t of the roof , was blamed on s p a r k s f r o m a cutting torch used dur ing the day. Const ruc t ion work has been c a r r i e d on at die building to r e p a i r and rebui ld por t ions of i t des t royed by die tornado l a s t Pa lm Sunday.

o Sparta Youngsters to Hold Backyard Carnival For Muscular Dystrophy

A group of Sparta youngs ters will hold a backyard carn iva l on T h u r s -day af ternoon to benefi t the Muscular Dystrophy Fund. T h e gala event is scheduled f r o m 1:00 to 5:00 at the

First of Four New Businesses Opens at Casnovia

The f i r s t of four new Casnovia ous inesses has opened in a newly const ructed building located on the nordiwest co rne r of Kenowa Avenue and Waterloo St ree t .

Tony ' s B a r b e r Shop has been opened In die new building by Tony P r u s of Hesper ia . Mr. P r u s , who was b o m in Sparta , lived in Muske-gon before moving to Hesper ia four y e a r s ago. He and his wife plan to live In a t r a i l e r near Half Moon Lake.

Owners and con t rac to r s for die building a r e Virgil Free land and Eldon Eck. 1 hey said diat the build-ing will be called 1 he Big Dlperand Include bes ides Tony ' s Ba rbe r shop , a beauty shop, r ec rea t ion and r e s -taurant .

T a r g e t date for opening the r e s t -aurant is before Labor Day. It will be operated by Mr . and M r s . F r e e -land. Operadng die beauty shop will be Karen Pendall whose pa ren t s a r e M r . and M r s . Harold Pendall of Casnovia .

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Sparta Jaycees Soapbox Derby

Boys and gi r ls in die North Kent a r ea should c i r c l e die date Saturday, September 28, on dielr ca lendars in expectation of die soapbox derby to be sponsored by the Sparta Jaycee chap te r .

T h e r ace s will be held a t wa te r -tower hill under die supervis ion of a c rew of Jaycees headed by Bob I ay -lo r . Boys and gi r ls can enter widi anydiing diey have built to r a c e on wheels .

Signing up for die r ace s can be done a t the fountain in Member ' s P h a r m a c y .

home of Pa t r i ckTinda l la t34HF / ' . r -g reen Street In Spar ta .

WORLD WAR 1 urday . August 28. Sponsoring i t is All ve t e r ans of World War I and the fted Flannel B a r r a c k s and Auxil-

the i r wives a r e invited to a picnic ia ry 3402. Those attending a r e asked scheduled a t the Long Lake Shelter to bring table s e r v i c e and a dish to House f r o m 11 a . m . to 4 p .m. Sat- p a s s . Coffee will be fu rn i shed .

THE SENTINEL L E A D E R Wednesday, Augrust 18, 1965

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Some ol Che Sparta High School band m e m b e r s a re shown during one of the daily concer t r e h e a r s a l s held last week during Band Camp at Ot-tawa County 4-H Camp Pottowattami near Grand Haven. Fif ty-seven bandsmen spent five days of intensive marching, r ehea r sa l s , and more marching under the direct ion of Spar ta ' s new Band Director Plynn Pen-nock. Enthusiasm rated high throughout tlie camp sess ion a s die student bandsmen learned to co-ordinate their effor ts in marchinR formations and concer t harmony. 1 hei r schedule included time for recrea t ion , swimming, and of course , eating. (My, how those teen-agers could eat!) The camp was sponsored by the Sparta Better Music Builders at no charge to the s tudents . Paren ts of the students and Mrs . Pennock helped in the p r o g r a m .

Sparta High School Sets Student Fees for Courses

Sparta High School students will be paying fees in the following cou r -ses during the 1965-66 school year :

ART - These fees will be charged to cover the cost of such i t ems as paper , paint, yarn, clay, shee t cop-p e r , r a f f i a , e tc . , used in p ro jec t s which become the proper ty of the s tudents .

METAL and WOODSHOP - To pay the cost of s c r e w s , nai ls , paint, so lder , r ive ts , welding rods , gas, sandpaper , e tc . , used in p ro jec t s which become the proper ty of the s tudents .

HOME ECONOMICS - T h e s e fees provide the food ma te r i a l s for cook-ing p ro jec t s which students con-sume or take home and also to p r o -vide fo r c l a s s room r e f e r e n c e m a -te r i a l s which will take the place of buying a text book.

COMMERCIAL (TYPING, C L E R -ICAL PRACTICE, SECRETARIAL PRACTICE and BUSINESS MACHIN-ES) - In these courses , the fees cover cost of texts supplies by the school, typewriter supplies , " s p o i l -a g e " of mate r ia l s used in comple t -ing assigned p ro jec t s , paper tapes and instruct ional ma te r i a l s .

MECHANICAL DRAWING - A smal l fee is charged to cover the cos t of drawing paper used by the s tudents .

ENGLISH CLASS - All butSpecial English C la s se s will pay a smal l fee to cover the cos t of special magazines and r e f e r e n c e mate r i a l s used in the c l a s s r o o m s on a c i r cu -lating bas i s .

PHYSICAL EDUCATION - T h e s e fees pay for providing towels and their daily laundering. A lock de-posi t is requi red , the ma jo r portion of which is refunded if the lock is turned in a t the end of the school y e a r . The port ion not refunded is used for replacing locks that become worn out.

ADVANCED BIOLOGY - Students provide their own dissect ing kits and purchase the specimens used in dissect ion act ivi t ies .

HALL LOCKERS - Each student pays a smal l fee to cover replace-ment of locks and locker de te r io ra -tion due to reasonable use .

To cover the cost of items coc-sumed by students in these courses , in any way odier than fees based up-on average cost per student, would pose impossible bookkeeping prob-lems which would cost more in c l e r -ical help than the i tems a re worth. 1 he only al ternat ive would be to

provide these i tems f r ee and add the cost to the tax bill. It been found that when the indiviciial = ce-dent absorbs the cost in fees . the\ do tend to t rea t the mater ia ls used with more ca re than otherwise, ac -cording to Sparta High School P r i n -cipal J ames Gardner .

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Comstock Park Sets Football Physicals

Comstock Park High School a th-let ic Director Joseph Cassin an-nounces that physical examinations fo r football and c ros s country will be given at 9 o'clock on Monday morning, August 23, in the high school gymnasium.

All boys in grades nine through twelve who a re interested in p a r -ticipating in fall spor ts must r e -p o r t fo r physicals . Equipment will be i ssued at this time also.

T h e f i r s t football pract ice is scheduled for Wednesday, Septem-ber 1.

A m a n s e l d o m loses h i s s h i r t if he k e e p s h i s s l e e v e s ro l l ed up. J o h n M a v e r i c k , T h e C h e r r y v a l e ( K a n s a s ) R e p u b -l i can .

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