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Grandson of Paul Bunyon Spins True Yarn Recalling

Awful Forest Fires of '71 Tnm AModatloo 8«rvlc«

Gene AJIonuui, Monactr

G A T L O R D — " H o l y M a c k i n a w !

So you think thl§ 1M4 summer Is hot and dry? H'mp!".

"Old Eagle Bye" Jim Bunyon, the same old spindle-legged tobacco-chewlng printer of yore, squinted through hla spectacles as he snort-ed. The tone of his voice was enough to Indicate an old-timer's scorn.

"We hadn't encountered Jim since we visited Gladstone last August, we were surprised to find him, busy at his printer's trade, at the office of Paul MacDonaid's Otsego Coun-ty Herald-Tlmes here. En route to a publishers' meeting at Sault Ste. Marie, from whence next week's column will be written, we .paused for a minute while Jhn unfolded the story.

UI was Jufit a youugstor, that summer of 1871. Pappy was work-ing In a sawmill at Alpena, and I was being weaned on a plug of Kentuck. There's never been a town In Michigan so burned out as Al-pena. Back In 1862 the slash In the cut-over lands caught on fire, and flames raced along Thunder Bay river, wiping out the big sawmill of Locfcwood and Minor. Alpena was left a smoking ruin.

"Alpena folks built her up again, but forest fires returned In 1863, and 1867, and 1869. By the year of 1871, Alpena lumberjacks were klnda getting lonesome. The town hadn't burned down for two years, and life was almost In a rut.

T h a t W* fir® of 1871 oame after a long, dry summer. The sun shown day af ter day, and nary a cloud appeared In the sky. Crops were parched, and by the time of Sun day. Oct 8, the whole northern country was crisp as tinder.

'Holland was the first town to ttw hit by forest fire, fanned by a high wind. The Hope College town WIUJ pretty near razed to the ground. College buildings were In smolder-ing ruins, and 73 business houses were cleaned ou t At Manistee, some 160 miles north of Holland, the fire Jumped out of the woods Sunday afternoon and destroyed 206 homes.

"At Lansing the Michigan Aggie studenta turned out and saved the state cslpltol. Yes slrree! And In Midland county the shingle mills of George Rockwell. Collier ft Garber. and Reardon A Anderson, and DowUrs. •U of Midland, wera lal4 waste. Gratiot county too. was bad-ly h i t while flamea raced through the entire Saginaw valley from St. Charlt- to Birch Bon.

"And up In tht, thumb! Why the forest fires on that same Sunday. Oct 8. back In 1871. destroyed a lot of bustling towns, such as Sand Beach. Huron City. Ehn Creek. Rlch-mondville. Forestervllle and White Rock. .Most likely you never heard of White Rock, except on a bottle. Whlto Rock waa a booming town, on paper anyway, and when Doug-lass Houghton, state geologist, vis-ited it on his way to northern Michigan. It was just a naked rock, plastered with seagulls' droppings, where White Rock creek emptied

Into Lake Huron. "Other towns In the fires' path

were Ubly, Bad Axe, Port Huron. Tawas City and Cass City. The big lumber town of Saginaw was spared, somohow, although five buildings were destroyed over In East Saginaw.

"All In all .about two million acres of land were blackened by the great fire of Oct. 8 In the Lower Peninsula alone. And up In the U. P.—well, maybe you've heard of the big Peshtlgo disaster 7 miles south of Marinette In Wisconsin. This story was reported by Luther B. Noyes in his Marinette Peshtlgo Eagle which he'd started In June of that year. More than 600 persons died In a raging Inferno that swept Peshtlgo.

"My pappy often told me that this Oct. 8, 1871 fire was the great-est forest fire In the history of the

I I 1 1 FIFTY-SECOND YEAR

The Paper Shortage Growt More Critical

The Washington authorities re-port that the shortage of waste paper is still acute. Waste paper is called the nation s number one critical war material. The shortage Is so great that the army is now preparing to salvage what little It can In the North African and South Pacific war zones.

If the army has to send, across the oceans to get the waste paper It needs, there Is still more reason for the people to save all the paper they can from their homes and working places, The homes receive each week a large amount of paper in the form of newspapers, mag-azines. paper boxes, etc. It* takes very little effort to tie up this stuff, and. systems for collecling It

United States. They estimate t h e | i b o u l d ^ o r g a n l z e d as thoroughly total dead at 1.182 of whom morela B p0fl8ibie. than 600 were lost at the town of Peshtlgo.

"But strangely enough, this 1871 disaster up In the north country and across the lower peninsula of Michigan wasn't reported In the newspapers for several weekP. Not that the Journals In tnose days weren't on the Job. They were. Their headlines for many days were all about another news story you ve heard about The Chicago fire start-ed also on Sunday. Oct. 8, and It was weeks before Harper's Weekly printed anything about Michigan Peshtlgo. Can you beat that?"

Oaylord, with its altitude of 1,360 feet, has had Its fires too. Paul "MacDonaM, who owns the local newspaper, tells of the time when the smoke of forest fires could be seen in ail sides of the town.

To old-timers sucn as Jim Bun'-on and his tribe, forest fires have been a familiar part of the life of Michi-gan's north country. In the fall of 1923 a fire sprung up near Silver City, in the Porcunlnes, and swept over at least 600.000 acres of tim-ber and several lumbering camps. Near Escanaba. as late as 1933, a forest fire burned stubbornly from August to September 29, despite the efforts of more than 600 men.

Michigan, ^nce a lumber-produc-ing state, ha* become a great In-dustrial empire, world-famous for Its automobiles and furniture and

Hints For Fanners Who Hire Labor

By Donald J. Holbrook

Observation so far this year and conversations with workers In the fields last year, have proved one thing:—the farmer who used In-1

experienced labor successfully must follow a rather definite pattern in handling that labor. Therefore, we are presenting some Ideas which have worked successfully both last year and this year. Farmers should adapt these to their own situation. If rur fall crops are to be harvested we must get the most work out of the labor at hand. Following thes'* procedures may mean savings both In money paid out for wages and In a greater amount of work ac-complished by the worker.

First of all. the farmer should be sure that the machinery is In proper repair and working order. The worker should not be penalized when sent out to work with ma-chinery that Is out of repair.

In the second plac*. the farmer should get the good will of the in-experienced worker by pointing out the advantages of the Job. It Is Im-portant that the worker be put at ease at the start.

This done, the f t rmcr and work-er go to the field, experience has

LOWELL, MICHIGAN, AUGUST 3, 1944 No. 13

Warning Issued to Users of Fuel Oil

Mrs. George DeGraw of the Lowell Ration Board states that early this spring renewal forms were s;nt to all users of fuel oil for heat. A vast majority of consumers have failed to return their renewal forms to the local board for processing and issuing.

OPA recommends that all tanks be filled during summer months to eliminate extra work and bob-tall d-eliveries.

If the heating equipment Is non-portable with a factory built-in blower or fan, please add this In-formation to your application.

other producU. Its north country is Vrorei. If the four following steps becoming, more and more, the healthful haven for vacation-peek-ing city dwellers from cltlea through the mid-west.

And when the hot and dry sum-mers appear, a few ageless natives, such as Jim Bunyon, scan the cloud-lees skies and tnlff the air and then spin those yarns about old Michigan when lumber waa king and forest fires were something to tell your children about.

We almost forgot to tell you about Jim Bunyon'a grand-pappy. He was a Michigan lumberjack whoso stature was befitting such a great state. Yep, his first name was Paul.

Up ami D#wn Kent Ownty Roads By K. K. Vining, Kent Couaty Agricultural Agent

Kent Comity Sural Schools will have a fine exhtdt of art, science, and work at the Kent County 4-H Club Fair. Mrs. Hazel Allyn of the School Commission Office has been collecting the best in the county and will display them a t the fair. The fair management la glad to give space and offer premiums for rural school exhibits. We have had occasion to visit fsirs In nelgb/bor-log counties and have always wish-ed that Keut County Schools could NJ better represented at our 4-H Fair.

Looks Ilka a good Uveatock ex-hibit. Many requests hair* come in from dairy and . beef d u b memibera for Bangs t e s t enough to keep the extension office with Dr. Morris Lamoreaux and Dr. John Trumble busy for a couple of days. All 4-H club members woo own purebred cattle must have them registered In their own name and present their certificate to Richard ICachlele at the :alr In order to claim the 60 per cent increase In any premium money they may win.

West Michigan Holstein Breeders' Association will have their annual black and white ahow a t the Blod-gett Riding Stable on East Leonard Street Thursday, August 24. This show has become a real Holstein feature In this area. Martin Buth, Jr., of Comstock Park Is In charge of arrangements. Sorry this date conflicts with our 4-H club fair.

Edwin Parmeter and Carl Hess-ler ft Sons of Courtland townphlp, are Kent County's two certified seed potato growers this year. Par-meter will have 65 *ores of seed and the Hesslers 16 acres. VarieUc*.

to be grown are Riuset Rurals, Chlppewas. Katahdln, ind Menomi-nee. The last named Is the new scahproof varWty developed by M. 8. C.

Looks like Kent Ooafcferfmit men will have chance to Use German War Prisoners In harvesting apples and peaches. A meeting of fanners, farm labor assistants, and county agents met at Peach Ridge one day last week to make preliminary plans. Muskegon. Ken t and Ottawa farmers will share In the labor from the camp. Muskegon folks have a certificate for the camp. Sparta folks had done some ad vanced work on a camp site. No definite decision has been made by t i p army but it looks promising. The camp would probably contain 800 prisoners. More details later if the camp la o. k'd.

Plenty of publicity has been given to a new Insecticide known as D. D. T. The extension office has had a number of calls In regard to getting this material. I t Is all al-lotted to the army except some for many destructive insects but it also kills beneficial ones. The college la using some of this material In a local orchard for control of Ori-ental Peach Moth. Potato growers have a small amount for use. Folks shouldn't get It Into their heads this Is going to be a cufeall insecti-cide. It will kill honey bees as well as codling moth.

Oh yea, this week's column starts another year of writing I t Guess M is nimzber 8 oi number 6.

JOIN UNCLE SAM—Serve your country and yourself by donning the uniform of the Woman's Army Corps. Go all over the world on all the fighting fronts or stay In this country. You can pick your own branch of the service. Inquire at Army Recruiting Station, 117 Ionia, N. W., Grand Rapids. Mich.

Once I met a little girl, Whose skin was fine as silk. For every day bevide her plate There was a glass of Lowell Cream-

ery pasteurised milk. cl3

Phona your neira to the Ledger.

SOFT C O U A B SHEBT FOB s m o n s B WEAK

Fine count broadcloth, assorted neat patterns,, summer weight, soft collars, sixes 14 to 17. $1.70. Coons.

Back the invasion with war bends

with their accompanying sugges-tions are followed successful work can be done by these workers. One quKe important rule to -e remem-bered Is this—If the worker has not learned, the farmer has not taught him. The Instructions are as follows:

1. (Prepare the worker—Get his complete attention on the Job. Find out what he already knows about the job. Get him Interested In learning the Job. Show Its Import-ance. Place him In correct position.

2. Prevent the lob—Tell. show, illustrate, and question. Take up one point at a time. Stress key points. Point out safe working habits.

3. Try out performance — Have him perform the job. Have him tell and show you. Have him explain key points. Ask questions and cor-rect errors. Continue until you know he knows.

4. Follow up—<Put him on his own. Advlae him clearly what to do In emergencies. Check bis work on the Job to make certain he Is working correctly.

The Emergency. Farm Labor Office and Its staff stand ready to help In every way In breaking in these new workers on farm jobs this fall.

Library Gets Bonus f rom State Board

The Lowell Public Library has received a check for 1126.76 from the State Board for Libraries, ac-cording to Miss Inez Rutherford, librarian. This Is the grant from the General Library Fund for which the library has qualified this year.

Our library receives this bonus because the local tax support Is being maintained. If the local tax support drops, the library would not be eligible for this additional assistance.

The library board decides how these grants are spent so the pro-jects are designed to fit our li-brary. Miss Rutherford explains. Only capital expenditures are pro-hibited.

Our grant Is part of the State Aid to Public Libraries Fund set apart by the Legislature for the develop-ment of Michigan libraries. The 1944 Special Session appropriated $300,000 for the 1944-46 fiscal year which will help libraries hold the line under wartime conditions.

LEBBABY NOTICE

The LoweU Public Library will b« closed for the annual vacation from Aug. IS to Aug. 26th Inclusive, opening Tuesday. Aug. 29th. Pa-trons may draw extra 'books for this period. 13-14 Inez Rutherford. Librarian.

Read the Ledger Want Ads and sav« monev

SgL Joe Hill Home After 57 Missies

His Plane and Crew Given rtcdil For Deetroylug a 3,000-ton J ap Freighter and Damaging Others In Same Convoy

Tech. Sg t Joseph L. Hill, veteran 9i 57 missions totaling over 200 hours In the southwest Pacific theatre of operations, hac been en-joying a three weeks' visit at home, with his wife, Mrs. Beulah G. Hill In Ionia and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Art Hill, In LoweU. He gradu ated from Lowell high school In 1937 and has been in service two yeans lest May, the last 15 months of which have been In the Pacific area.

Holder of the coveted Air Meual and two Oak Leaf clusters awarded him recently In ceremonies In New Guinea, he has participated iTOMft outstanding raids made by the Air Apaohes, hottest MltchWl strafen-unit in the fifth air force.

Sgt Hill waa a crew member on one of the planes commanded by Capt Jack Manders, who was giv-

n the Distinguished Flying Cross foi diving his plane Into the side of a Jap warship. Sgt. IHSH's plane and crew waa given credit for de-nollshlng a 3,00C-ton Jap freighter

and damaging others in the same convoy. The plane was hit several times and ripped through the wing by flak. Though dangerously close to the water, a-̂ .d still under enemy fire, his pilot completed the run and. with part of the wing gone, nursed his ailing plane back to the base, making a perfect landing.

Sgt. Hill was awarded the Air Medal for hla part In this mission. He has slrce fiowr> on missions •in the capacity of radlo-operr. tor-gun Tier. over Hollandla, Wewak, Madang and Blak Island.

Sgt. H1U, accompanied by his wife, left last Friday for Miami Beach, Fla., where he Is resting for two weeks, awaiting assignment for further duty.

Well Known Farmer Claimed by Death

Clyde Franolaco, 60. a well-known and highly respected dtlzen of Grattan township, passed away late Friday. July 28. at his farm home, following a stroke which he suffer-ed on Thursday. Mr. Francisco was a lifelong resident of Grattan, hav-ing been born there December 12, 1888,. the son of Charles B. and Emma Francisco.

On June 24, 1908 he married Blanche Jakeway, who survives him. He also leaves to mourn their loss, two sons, George at home and Corp. Charles Francbco In West French Africa with the armed forces; his father. Charles B. Fran-cisco; two brothers, James and

Thome's barber shop and beauty parlor is being repainted and re-decorated this week.

The mumps cpidemic is on the decline. In all, some 30 odd cases have been reported to the local health office.

Western Michigan's quota of new cars for rationing during August has been sharply out to only 26. The July figure /as only 42. That 1940 model begins to look like a pretty good car after all.

Asked whether the Democratic alcgah of "Don't change horses In the middle of the stream" would offer much of an argument In the campaign. Dewey retorted:

"1 should say that was demol-ished in Chicago. They changed half of the horse."

A not-so-loud inquiry as to "which h a l f brought a grin but no reply.

The new National Restaurant Price Control regulation in oper-ation as of July 31 is a combination of features that have been in effect for about a year. Restaurants and all other eating establishments In the 30 west Michigan counties will be hold to a celling of five cents on a cap of hot coffee, including cream and sugar, unless a higher price waa charged during the week of October 4-10, 1942.

Botullnus Is the latest scare-word. It's the bug that gets into non-acid foods and spoils them In can-ning. Vegetables and fruits for example. The add foods, like toma-toes, are not so dangerous, but that botu)<nus germ Is hard to kill In non-acids, escept by the high tem-peratures made certain with pres-sure cookers. The whole land over, Mrs. Housewife Is nelng warned to use pressure cookers In canning, even if she has to borrow one or beg Its use. Death lurks In the jar of chicken or peaches that has no* been cooked hot enough. And when you throw the spoilage out—burn I t to prevent the spread of the germ.

The National Safety council re-ported Friday that notwithstand-ing gaa .-atloni.ig. the nation man-aged to do enough driving In the first six months of this year to pile up a traffic death toll of 10,870. This Is an Increase of 10 per cent over the same period last year, and if the six-month trend continues throughout the remainder of 1944 the death toll will be about 26,700 compared to 23,400 last year, the

Glenn, all of Grattan; one sister.'council reported. 'The continued Mary Zahm of Grand Rapids, and lncraase in travel and accidents is four grandchildren; also several'more perplexing," said Donald S. nieces, nephews and a host of friends.

Funeral services were held Mon-day afternoon at the farm home, with the Rev. H. S. Ellis officiating. Burial In Oakwood cemetery, Low-ell

SPEAKER COMINQ SUNDAY

Rev. V. W. Waltmou of Grand Rapids will be the speaker at the First Methodist church next Shin-day morning a t eleven o'clock. Mr Waltman Is a represeotatlve of the Temiperaoce Foundation of Michi-gan and will receive contributions for temperance work from any

ho wWh to give f o r thla purpose.

Berry, director of the council's traffic and transportation division, "In view of the fact that the na-tion's auto supply is dwindling at the rate of 7,000 cars a day." The conclusion is inescapable that part of the Increased traffic accident toll, as well as the Increased travel. Is due directly to use of black mar-ket gaa," Berry said.

INSURANCE

Fire, automobile, and all types General Insurance. Peter Speeretra, Agent Phone 269, Lowell. cl3tf

The all-time record lake trout, caught la'*t year out of Marquette, weighed 53 pounds.

More Furlough Gas Given Servicemen

A Now Policy Provides That a Member of the Armed Servicee on Leave Will Bo Entitled to One Gallon Per Day Up to 30 Gallons

Members of the armed forces on leave or furlough will be granted gasoline rations of 3 to 30 gallons, L W. Rutherford, Chairman of the Lowell War Price and Rationing Board announces.

The new policy, provides that a member of the armed services on leave or furlough for a period of three days or more will be entitled to one gallon of gasoline for each day of his leave or furlough up to a maximum of 30 gallons. This new rule, Mr. Rutherford explained, re-places one granting a fiat five gallons to every member of the armed services on |pave, furlough or pass, regardless of the length of the leave.

Mr. Rutherford said that this new rule, which will adjust the amount of the ration to the length of the leave or furlough, will ellml-inate the unfairness of the old policy. There have been many com-plaints that It was unfair to the man serving out of the country and returning after a long absence to receive only 6 gallons of gasoline for one long leave or furlough, while a member of the armed forces who got many short leaves re-ceived much more.

The new furlough rations, worked out by OPA In conjunction with representativea of the Army and Navy, will now range between

three-day leave or furlough to maximum of 30 gallons for 30 days. At the suggestion of the Army and Navy, no ration will be granted for passes (to Army personnel) or liberties (to Navy personnel), or for leaves or furloughs of less than three dsys.

To receive hla ration, Mr. Ruther-ford said, the member of the armed services should apply to the War Price and Rationing Board,having Jurisdiction over the automobile he expects to drive, and present proper leave or furlough papers. The ration will be issued In the form of cou-pons or gasoline purchase permHe. or a combination of the two.

News of Our Boys

minimum of three gallons for a o v o r jso f c e t i o n g . w l t h f o u r 0 f f i c c r f , and 26 enlisted men. He expects to go to some ship yard and pick up his own ship in about three weeks.

• • • Paul Johnson, who has been sta-

tioned In the Aleutian Islands the past two years, has returned to the States and Is in California at pres-ent His main statement when he talked with his cousin, Mrs. Elsie Summers, was "Boy, do these trees look good to me. Michigan sure is a beautiful place!"

• • • R. Jack Maxson, S M 3/c. son of

Mrs^ A. J. Young of Lowell, is serv-ing on the S. S. Buchanan, the destroyer which recently won the coveted Presidential Unit citation, presented by Admiral Ernest J. King, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet and Ch.'-jf of Naval Operations.

* • • Horace Summers, home for the

week-end from the Naval base at Dearborn, where he Is attending school as a machinist, says that it Is a very nice place with new bar-racks and excellent food. The swim-ming pool Is entirely marble, the "largest one he ever saw." The boys are required to swim dally. Horace is a member of the Naval choir.

•<r • • . Lieut. John J. Lalley and Mrs.

Lallny came last Thursday for a three day leave with his mother, Mrs. John Lalley, L t Lalloy having just finished required work at Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Va. The training re-ceived there Is physical therapy

various games with prizes for the ^ ^ u c m t l o n M l reconditioning for women and races and games for d l 8 a h l < , d ^ tu rn ing trom the children with plenty of prizes ^ p r e p j i p e t h < . m i o r r e t u r n

r o r a , ,• to civilian life. This is the 2nd class of Its kind to graduate In the U. S. and 120 officers were chosen to at-tend this school. Lt. Lalley is as-signed to headquarters of the 6th Service Command at Chicago. Mrs. Lalley will stay with her mother In Ionia.

• • • iMaynard E. Tucker, S K 1/c has

returned to Miami, Fla., after a 15-day leave with the home folks In South Boston. Maynard, who has been on the staff In the disbursing office there, expects a change of duty and will be transferred to New Orleans In a few weeks, where he will be commissioned to a ship. His wife, who resides with her people near Nashville, returned with him for the remainder of the summer vacation when she expects to resume her school duties as teacher In the rural district near her home. Maynard was a guest of honor at a family gathering held at Fallaaburg Park on Sunday when all • enjoyed a fried chicken picnic dinner.

LoweU Soldier Writes of Battling Germans in France

And First-Hand Impressions Pfc. Robert D. Yelter, paratrooper, and son of Mrs. Rosella Yelter,

Is back In England again after having been with the 82nd Airborne Division that spearheaded the Normandy invasion. Bob writes:

"Well, you want to know what happened, and my Impressions. Here are a few things: My outfit, the jOSth, took the first town to be taken

in France. We accomplished all of our missions on the Jump and the Division stayed at the front longer than any of the D-Day Divisions. We were with the first to land on France, 4 to 6 hours before the beach landing wao made. The ag-gressiveness of the guys and their unorthodox methods and their will-ingness to press forward at night as well as day had Jerry scared to death, as we found from many dif-ferent prisoners. Of course he wasn't the only one, at times! They were afraid to surrender, too, be-cause they were told we would kill them, which did happen many times In the Initial phases. One group of prisoners said 'If you'd take those guys in the boots and baggy pants away (the paratroopers) a heck of a lot more would surrender.' We found many Russians, Poles, and Czechs who were forced to f ight using their families as a threat. Always, the true German was a hard nut to crack. Oh, I could tell you countless things but you would gain nothing. I know how you feel but someday It'll come out In the wash.

"As for my Impressions, naturally they were terrific. I had the hard-est landing I ever had and waa ex-tremely lucky—came down thru a tree and onto a road between two high banks. I was completely stunned for about 2 or 3 minutes and then I came to, realizing some-one was running up the road to-wards me. Then I found I was completely tangled up and wraipped up In the lines of my 'chute and couldn't even get to my rifle. Well, I sweated a drop or two. I got to my knife, strapped to my leg, and began cutting my way ou t I cut my hands and legs both, more than I did the lines. Anyhow the steps were getting louder and I was sweating colder, and then the most wonderful sight—a horse, who had been scared by the spectacle of the whole thing—countless planes, ack ack and tracers flying, and then hundreds of men and equipment in chutes coming down all ove-. Anyhow. I was darn glad to see that horse*

"We have received the Combat Infantry Badge, a presidential c l t # ton . and are to receive a French decoration for liberating the first town. We were relieved of duty on my birthday (July 11) and that waa about the nicest way to celebrate that could have been thought up!

Cpl. Hugh A. Young has been transferred from Westover Field, Mass.. to Charleston.. S. C.

• * * Rodney Kropf. S 2/c. has been

transferred from Newport, R. I., and Is now stationed at Farragut. Idaho. * • i

Mrs. Alvln J. Weils has received word from her son, Johr* J. Prys. U. S. N.. that they had left the invasion area and would not be home as soon as expected.

* * * Corporal Perry Peckham arrived

Saturday from Las Vegas, Nev., for a ten day visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Peckham and will leave August 8 to report at Lincoln, Neb.

* • • Mrs. Norma Doran of Parnell has

received word that her son, Lieut. Donald Doran. who was first re-ported missing In action over Hun-gary since July 7, Is safe at his base in Italy. No other details were given.

• • * Mr. and Mrs. Bry Condon have

received a message from their son, Bry Condon, S 1/c. from France, saying that he was well and O. K. and to tell the folks back home "Hello." * • •

The war department announced Saturday the award of the distin-quished flying cross to Capt. James B. McMalion of the U. S. army 8th air force. It is expected that Bruce will be home on leave In the not distant future.

* • • Lt. (Jg) Bruce C. Walter has been

made a skipper of an TjOI (L). a ship quite complete In every detail.

B.ofT. Announces Consmonity Picnic

The Lowell Board of Trade will sponsor a community picnic at Fal-laaburg Park. Thursday. Aug. 17. from 2:00 p. m. until dark, with transportation furnished for all those who have no way to get there. These picnics used to he an annual affair but have not been held the past two or three years on account of the war.

A. (HI Stormzand is ^eneral chair-man and will be assisted by George Herald. Carl Munroe, Ray Avery, Arnold Falrchild, George Goul and Harold Engkhardt. Mr. Stormzand states that there will be a softball game, horseshoe contests.

The sports and recreation com-mittee Is composed of Forrest In Buck, Byrne McMahon, Carroll Burch and Adrian Zwemer.

Potluck supper will be served at 6:30. Bring your own service. Hot and cold drinks will be furnished.

STRAND CALENDAR Thursday, Aug. 3—"The Sulll-

vans" with Anne Baxter and Thomas Mitchell.

Friday and Saturday, Aug. 4-5— "Nine Girls" with Ann Harding, Evelyn Keyes and Jinx Falloen-burg; also "Whispering Footsteps" with John Hubbard and Rita Quig-ley. Latest News events.

Sunday and Monday, Aug. 6-7— Marjpuot COBriaa In "Lcat Angel" with James Craig and Marsha Hunt;, also Selected Short Subjects and News.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs-day. Aug. 8-9-10—Frank Sinatra in "Higher and Higher" with Mlchele Morgao. Jack Haley. Leon Errol and Marcy MbQulre.

Back In England

"Since coming back to England I've been getting around a little during the last 6 days. You see, furloughs were waiting, as well as 2 •months' full pay! The Colonel tells us to relax, so-oo—we hit first for Bonny Scotland, ending up In Glasgow, after spending the night curled up In a 2 x 4 baggage rack on the train. (If you think trains are crowded at home, perish the thought!) We were the first Yank Paratroopers to be seen In the north and you may be sure we took full advantage of the f a c t The girls all seemed beautiful and friendly as puppies (of course we were Interested in seeing the d ty ! ) The most wonderful things of all though were beds with lovely fresh white sheets; food on dishes; honest to-john Coca Col." (at the ARC), showers, and that wonderful feel-ing of freedom, being able to do what you want to do without know-ing tl^at your every move might be your last.

"We did more walking every day than we did in 7 days of normal training, It seemed like, did a lot of dancing, that Is the biggest amusement outside of movies, and they do have some nice dances. We wore surely Impressed with the Scotch people, they were swell to us. Saw the beautiful Loch Lomond, spent a couple of nights In Carlisle, a northern English city, and our last night. In Leeds, the center of the clothing Industry. Here the gals were even more beautiful and thicker than Glasgow! Next day the train pulled In, already full and hundreds waiting. We had to get that train—sooo—thanks to our slim hips—thru the narrow window we goes, and pulled 3 women In af ter us. I came piling into a lady's lap, she looked up and said 'Oh Para-troopers, eh??' AH In all we had a swell time, everything's fine, and I 'm now 21 like I used to dream of when I was a mere young 'un; 's not much difference t W I guesr! And for gosh sakea, toe only rea-son I told you I was hit Is because I believe In being true about a thing, and I thought you would understand It that way. So forget about I t I'm okay now, and how about a lot of lettaiv?? Regards to everybody and an my love, Bob.^

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1FM Ernie Pyle at the Front

Pillboxes and Tanks Wrecked in Street Fighting

Yanks Take Another City With

Only Snipers and One Pillbox Left

By Ernie Pyle

IN NORMANDY.—On up the street a block there see! to be fighting. I say seemed to be, because actually you can' t always tell. Street fighting is just as confusing as field fight-ing.

One side will bang away for a while, then the other side. Between these sallies there are long lulls, with only stray and isolated shots. Jus t an occasional soldier is sneaking about, and you don't see anything of the enemy at all. You can' t tell half the time just what the situation is.

Editorial FARM MORTGAGES

In the beginning, when war was firat bringing In money, the farmer sold his hogs, catUe, tobacco, grain, cotton and soybeans for a good price, then paid off the mortgage. It was evident they were remem-bering another war when other farmers went out to buy faitnland and used the mortgage-way of pay-ing. Came the crash and the farm-er was head over heels in debt. Prices fell and many a sad farmer became a wiser man through the experience.

It was a relief to know that dur-ing this war during prosperous times, the farm mortgage deot was greatly reduced. It looked like a lesson well learned. However, the mortgage curve is on the incline again. We count to ten before we say -'what again!" but it appears that en old disease is beginning to creep up on us. Inflation is work-ing In the rural areas again, In the light of farmers going in debt. In the cl les It Is spreading to a lot of real estate expansion with folks paying prices for houses that won't hold when war Is over.

The farm mortgage debt Is about 16,600,000,000. And there are farm-ers around Lowell who can tell you It wasn't so long ago that It waa Just double that amount Just re-member that plaster comes high when It Is In the form of a mort-gage. Keep the figures down and so your blood presaure. Farmer Pete.

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

A political party may present an excellent list of candidates, but If its organization work Is defecUve, It will lose many votes. If the American people all attended care-fully to their Dolltical duties, and voted at every primary and elec-tion unless urgent reasons kepi, them away, political organization would not be so necessary.

With many people forgetful of the voting dates, and many who

, seem indifferent, and with people so absorbed In their own tares, worries, and Interests, It takes a lot of organization work to round them up and get out a full vote. A vast amount of unpaid service Is given in political organizations. If It were not for this system, the total vote cast would be a great deal less.

I t Is the business of political organization to reach Into all the election districts, to secure the support of active committees and workers, who will contact voters, and persuade their friends and neighbors to vote for the candidates of the party, and attend to what-ever matters call for attention dur-ing a political campaign. Thla means a vast amount of work. If this work were not done, the vote cast at elections would be far less.

Some people do political work in the hope uf eventually obtain-ing some political advancement for themselves. This is legitimate. If they are qualified for the offices they seek. The world of politic* has too many selfish people who are seeking first their own interest, and who lack the qualifications that should be required of holders of piibllc office.

It la fortunate that there Is a great body of men and women who are keenly Interested in politics aa a result of public spirit. They de-vote a great deal of time and at-tention to this work, In the desire to get the best possible government and advance the causes in which they believe.

Ernie Pyle

BLACK MARKET GASOLINE

rpHBRE IS NO mysterious, extra supply of gasoline for the Black

Market. Civilians are now getting all the gasoline left over after the military needs are taken care of. The Black Market steals your gas-oline, It comes right out of essential civilian supplies. The supply Is al-ready limited, and operations of the Black Marketeers make that much less for the rest of us. The way to beat Black Market theft Is not to give the racketeers a chance. Endorse all your coupons as soon

. you get them, and refuse to accept gasoline without giving up the proper number of coupons.

About a block beyond the hospital entrance two American tanks were sitting In the middle of the street, one about 50 yards ahead of the

other. I walked toward them. Our Infantrymen were In doorways along the Ktreet.

I got within about 50 feet of our front tank when It let go Its 75 • m i l l i m e t e r gun. The blast was terrlUc there In the narrow street. G l a s s

came tinkling down from nearby windows, smoke puffed around the tank, and the empty street was shaking and trembling with the coo-cussion.

As the tank continued to shoot I ducked Into a doorway, be-cause I figured the Germans would shoot back. Inside the doorway there waa a sort of street-level cellar, dirt-floored. ApparenUy there was a wine shop above, for the cellar was stacked with wire crates for holding wine bottles on their sides. There were lota of betUea, but they were all empty.

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I went back to the doorway and stood peeking out at the tank. It started backing up. Then suddenly a yellow flame pierced the bottom of the tank and there was a crash of such Intensity that I automaUcally blinked my eyes. The tank, hardly 50 feet from where I was standing, had been hit by an enemy shell.

A second shot ripped the pave-ment at the side of the tLnk. There was smoke all around, but the tank didn't catch fire. In a moment the crew came boiling out of the turret

Grim as it was, 1 almost had to laugh as they ran toward us. I have never seen men run so violently. They ran all over, with arms and heads going up and down and with marathon-race g r imaces . They plunged into my doorway.

I spent the next excltcd hour with them. We changed to another door-way and sat on boxes in the empty hallway. The floor and steps were thick with blood where a soldier had been treated within the hour.

What had happened to the tank was this: They had been firing away at a pillbox ahead when their 75 backflred, filling the tank with smoke and blinding them.

They decided to back up )n order to get their bearings, but after back-ing a few yards the driver W«E so blinded that he stopped. Unfor-tunately he stopped exactly at the foot of a side street More unfor-tunately there was another German pillbox up the side street All the Germans had to do was take easy aim and let go at the sitting duck.

The first shot hit a tread, so the tank couldn't move. That was when the boys ^ot out I don't know why the Germans didn't fire at them as they poured out.

The escaped tankers naturally were excited, but they were as Jubilant as June-bugs and ready for more. They had never been in combat before the Invasion of Normandy, yet in thr^e weeks their tank had been shot up three times. Each time it was repaired and put back in action. And it can be repaired again this time. The name of their tank, appropriately, is "Be Back Soon."

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The main worry of these boys was the fact that they had left the engine running. We could hear it chugging away. It's bad for a tank motor to Idle very long. But now they were afralr] to go back and turn the motor off, for the tank was still right In line with the hidden German gun.

Also, they had come out wearing their leather crash helmets. Their steel helmets were still inside the tank, and so were ihelr rifies.

"We'll be a lot of good without helmets or rifles!" one of them said.

The crew consisted of Corp. Mar tin Kennelly of Chicago, the tank commander; Sgt. L. Wortham. Leeds, Ala., driver; ' Pvt Ralph Ogren of Minneapolis, assistant driver; Corp. Albta Stoops. Mar-shalltown. Del., gunner, and Pvt Charles Rains of Kansas City, the loader.

Private Rains was the oldest of the bunch, and the only married one. He used to work as a guard at the Sears. Roebuck plant In Kansar City.

"I was M. P. to 1,500 women." he said with a grin, "and how I'd like to be back doing thatl"

The other tankers all expressed loud approval of this sentiment.

Tank Cnv?r. Martin Kennelly of Chicago wanted to shpw me Jusl where his tank had been hit. As a matter of fact he hadn't seen It for himself yet. for he came running up the street the moment he Jumped out of the tank.

Bo when the firing died down a little we sneaked up the street nutil we were almost even with the disabled tank. Bui we were careful not to get our heads around the corner of the side street, for that waa where the Germans bad fired from.

The first shell had hit the heavy steel brace that the tread runs on, and then plunged on through the aide of the tank, very low. "Say!" Kennelly sujd In amaze-

ment. "It went right through our lower ammunition storage box! I don't know what kept the ammuni-tion from going off. We'd have been a mess if It had. Boy, It sure would have got hot In there in a hurry!"

The street was still empty. Be-yond the tank about two blocks was a German truck, sitting all alone In the middle of the street It had been blown up, and Its Urea had burned off. This truck was the only thing you could see. There wasn't a human being In sight anywhere.

On the comer Juit across the street from where we were stand-ing was a smashed pillbox. It was in a cut-away comer like the en-trances to some of our comer drug-stores at home, except that instead of there being a door there was a pillbox of rainforced concrete, with gun slits.

The tank boys had shot It to ex-tinctlon and then moved their tank up even with it to get the range of the next pillbox. That one was about a block ahead, set In a niche in the wall of a building. That's what the boys haa been shooting at when their tank was hit They knocked it out however, before being knocked out themselves.

For an boar there was a Ian in the fighting. Nsbedy did any. thing about a tUrd pillbox, aronnd the coiner. Oar sec-ond tank pulled back a little and Just waited. Infantrymen worked their way up to seoand-atory windows and fired their rifles np the Bfile street without actually seeing anything to ahoot a t

Now and then blasts from a 20-mm. gun would splatter the build-ings around us. Then our second tank would blast back in that gen-eral direction, over the low roofs, with its machine gun. There was a lot cf dangerous-sounding nclse, but I don't think anybody on either side got hit

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I didn't stay to see how the re-maining pillbox was knocked out But I suppose our second tank even-tually pulled up to the comer, tumed and let the pillbox have i t After that the area would be cleat of everything but snipers.

The infantry, who up till then had been forced to keep in doorways, would now conUnue up the street and poks Into the side streets and into the houses until everything was clear.

That's how a strong point in a city Is taken. At least that's how ours was taken. You don't always have tanks to help, and you don't always do it with so UtUe shedding of blood.

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Hundreds of Jobs now exist for Wacs in the Army Air Forces. You may choose your |ob' and statlos you wish to asrva with.

Nazis Continue to Surrender When Going Gets Tough

We saw coming up the street past a wrecked German truck, a group of German soldiers. An officer walked In front, carrying a Red Crostf flag on a stick. Bob Capa, the photographer, braved the danger-ous funnel at the end of the side street where the damaged tank stood, leapfrogging past it and on down the street to meet the Ger-mans.

First he snapped some pictures of them. Then, since he speaks Ger-man, he led them on back to our side of the Invisible fence of battle. Eight of them were carrying two Utters bearing two wounded German soldiers. The others walked behind with their hands up. They went on past us to the hospital We as-sumed that they were from the sec-ond knocked-out pillbox.

Keep On Backiag tin Attack Witk Beads

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COMPLICATED ARRANGEMENT OF FARM CREDIT

FOR A WEEK I have devoted a portion of each day to an effort to fathom the Intricacies of govern-ment farm financing as operated by

(10 different agencies of the govem-' ment.

In a brochure of less than 30 pages the Citizens National committee, 1409 L street, Washington, has at-tempted to Interpret how It Is done and with what result, through only a small portion of these ten or more agencies. It Is not the fault of that Committee that I do not understand; It Is because the whole thing is so intricate and so complicated that it is beyond the scope of my thinking and analytical capacIUes.

It reminds me much of that in-verted pyramid of industrial and finance corporations built by Insull, the crash of which tumbled many thousanv*], supposedly wealthy or well-to-do people from a pinnacle of Imagined wealth to the depths of poverty. 'Die only staple thing about that Insull Inverted pyramid was its foundation of operating utility plants. •Hiey continuci to operate. The only staple thing about the various financ-ing administrations, corporations, bureau#, associations and what have you in this medley of farm financing, is thte foundation, the credit of the government, backed by the pocket-book of the American taxpayer.

I think my week ef stndioua ef-fort ancceeded in imtangllng one small snarl. As I interpret H, congress, in 198S, established Production Credit Corporations and Asssciatiens, the Prednction Credit Associations being the offspring of th« Corporations. The Corporations were financed with government fends, and these, in torn, financed the Asso-ciations with government fluids and without any interest charges. The investment of the government, through the Credit Corporations, was represented by non-voting stock in the Asso-ciations. As conditions im-proved, congress had expected the farmers to buy op this gov-ernment-owned stock and make ef these Associations privately owned farm cooperative flnano-ing organitatlons.

Ten years after the government started these AssocintSrvs there were, on December 31, 1943, 5^3 of them in operation, with a total capi-talizatlon of $102,405,970. Of that amount the government still holds, through ProducUon Cvedlt Corpora-tions, 175,770,460. The farmers had taken over $26,831,916. The farmers then owned-24 per cent, and theirs was the voting stock. The farmer members controlled while the gov-ernment provided most of the funds.

That was as far as I oould get without assistance so I tried a local banker. He could not help me; the compIicaUons involved in the gov-ernment's farm loaning operations were beyond him. From the report of the Committee he understood many of the Associations were los-ing propositions, despite the fact that they paid no interest on the government money they were loan-ing. That, possibly, was the reason the canny, hard-headed, conserva-tive farmer did not buy up the gov-ernment stock in ProducUon Credit Associations.

BEAUTIFUL FESTIVAL OF ORANGE. CALIFORNIA

WE AMERICANS, east and west revere our past generations. In Boston the Pilgrims are never for-gotten. In New York the early Dutch settlements are commemorat-ed. in Virginia the memory of Capt John Smith and his Jamestown asso-cfates is kept evergreen. So it goes from ocean to ocean. The West im-mortalizes those pioneers who were the founders of mighty states. Typ-ical of the West is the annual fruit harvest festival at Orange, Califor-nia. Each year it portrays the past and the present In the colorful parade are representatives • of the cowboys and the corrgirls of the not far distant past; the stage coaches that are still remembered as the means of public travel; the hidalgos of the Mexican days only 100 years ago; the burros of the miners from the nearby hills, and the horses, pin-tos and broncs. without which no celebration in the West Is complete. With these remlnde-s of the past were the evidences of the present-the bright-colored uniforms of the high school bands, led by high-step-ping, bare-legged majorettes; beau-tifully decorated autos for which gas had been saved that the owners might pertleipate In the three-mile line of march. It was a mingling of the past and the present that keeps e?er green that past of romance and adventure that was the West

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THE EFFORT WE MADE, at the instigation of our theoretical bureau-crats, to Russianize the American farm cost the taxpayers more than 200 million dollars. That was not much as compared with billions, but each little bit added to what we spend mounts into the billions. Gov-ernment-managed. collectivist farms proved a complete flop. That ex-penditure helped no one other than the bureaucratic farm managers,

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THERE IS NO SILVER LINING to the cloud over Hitler's head.

T h e proper kind of exercise for people trying to radios is to push themselves orwr.y from the table three tknaa a day.-

Ledger Entries LEND A HAND

rpHE HARVEST comes to part of America, and the combines of

the countryside go rolling over the land to top and deliver, the wheat comes threshed and clean. There la a Job In haying time, when Work-ers toll and sweat until the day Is done. Hot sun beats down on tollers In the fields even though that mechanized way of the com-bine haa done away with the num-ber of hired hands. 16 to 25 of them would rea5> and bind into aheavea In one day, the work that is done by your combine In an hour. But the beauty found in the paintings of gleaners, might lose its effect of serenity If a panting combine stood In the foreground as a trademark of progress.

You might recall the old-fash-loned husking bees. Now machines leave nothing In the fields, even for the birds, when the process is completed. Ears of corn are pulled off by machinery, are shelled in the same operation. Advance in raking and atatfldpg: hay, scatter-ing and mowing, by mechanical means, still Isn't the whole story of hard rural work. Farmers around Lowell are having their days filled, fields are yielding, ctaps are ripen-ing an£ top often no help la avail-able to do the Jobs that must be done by man hlmseii. The picking of cnerries, of peaches and aptples and berries, are done by humarw and not robots. Let us not become so dependent upon machinery that we neglect to do the work that it can't do. The fanner asks for help for now, for next month and the naxt.. Give it to him.

THE BIRD STAMPS

rpHE 1944 FEDERAL migratory bird hunting stamps are now

being sold. Ninety per cent of the money received from these stamps will help purchase and maintain waterfowl refuges throughout the country. The remainder of these funds will be used for printing and d'strlbutir# the stampa and for enforcing the migratory bird law.

The protection of migratory birds is something in which not merely hunters, but all the people are In-terested. In former years before the country realized the necessity of protecting birds, many valuable species wore exterminated. Today good sportsmen want the game laws enforced, so that game shall be plentiful. The fanners and the pub-lic want birds protected, because they destroy insect pests.

ANXIETY ABOUT FAMILIES

jyj^ANY FAMILIES who came from Europe during compara-

tively recent years have things to worry about as to their own rela-tives in the old country. Many of them are doubtful about the fate of those near and dear to them, and in some cases have no idea whether they are living or dead, whether they have been shut up In concentration camps or have suf-fered Intolerable cruelty.

Many oi these people In countries conquered by the Nazis are not likely to have any means of com-municating with their relatives, and it may take until the end of the wai to get any news from them. War has terrible effects to separ-ate families, and It cuts deep places of division between people and those they love.

BRIGHT BUSINESS SPOTS

A NEWSPAPER philosopher says that one way of putting bright

spots In bustneai. Is not to be afraid of getting dirt spots on your cuffs.

The prosperity of the country will depend to some extent In future years on how far people are willing to do the things that the World wants done. If they pick and choose and prefer td lie idle lather than take a Job that means getting their hands dirty, they won't help as well as they might to keep buslnesc going and the people well em-ployed.

During the war millions of peo-ple who formerly would have stuck to "white collar Jobs", have gone into the factoriea for war produc-tion. They have rendered splendid service. A similar spirit after the war will help solve the problems of that period.

SHEDDING SWEAT'

r p H E WORD "SWEAT" once thought not to be very re'lned.

I t was considered more cultured to say "perspire". That old sentiment seemed to dtsappesr when people adopted the warm garment which tCiey called the "sweater", and which is very comfortable, not merely on cold and wintry days, but also on cool evenings in sum-mer. /

The story of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden says that God told Adam that ' In the sweat of his face he should eat bread". Peibaps it was better for Adam's development that he should sweat In hard toll, which cultivates the habit of Industry and avoids tbe indolence that often comes when life is too easy.

The modern worlck appreciates sweat, and countless people are shedding a lot of it, as they toll in shops, on farms and in gardens this summer. They are to be hon-orsd for their effort, which Is pro-ducing victory for their country. They usually grow stronger as they sweat and their physical powers are developed.

terS Criticises Poatofflce

July 26, 1944. Editor of the Ledger:

Perhaps I have no reason to com-plain, but I try hard to be an honest upright citizen, and have trHd to bring my children up as such. My young son and grandson, ages 11 years and 6 years, have been saving their pennies, and the rest of the family help them. They have been buying defense stamps with their money, and, in turn, bonds.

(Fortunately, however, until today, they did not go to the Lowell post-office with their pennies, and have had no difficulty in getting their stamps. Today they had the chance to go to Lowell, so they took their money to buy stamps; but the peo-ple In the postoffloe were so busy they could not count the pennlee, •Krere' were no other patrons in the building at the time, and the boys said there waa a man In the office doing nothing.

Perhaps the poscoffice employees don't have to count pennies. It is too bad the government coins thenu And it might be those people get suoh ulg wages they don't need to

ve peninles. I 'm sure I don't know. But whatever the reason, I think that any government em-ployee who sells government stamps and bonds and Is toq busy to count pennies for such purchases, had better get In the armed services and find out what It means to be—too busy.

Mrs. Wells, Lowell, R. R. 2.

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VERGENNBS CENTER N. M. K.

l a s t Thutsday night Mr. and Mrs T. W. Read gave a supper for their grandson, Sgt Wm. (Read. Othare present beside the guest of honor were Charles (Read of Flint Mr. and Mrs. Percy Read and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker of Lowell.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Falrchild and Ashel had a picnic dinner with her brother a t Pontlac Sunday. The brother leaves this week for the service. )

Arba Wood of Alto spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Read. Supper guests were Mr. and Mrs. L. (Biggs and children of Beldlng.

Mrs. Ansel Falrchild was a sup-per guwt of her son, Arnlm and family at (Lowell Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. M. B. McPtieraon spent Monday and Tuesday with her brother and sister at Chirle-volx.

Charles Read of Flint spent from Wednesday until Friday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Read, and his nephew, Sgt. Wm. Read.

Sunday guests a t tbe Mrs. Rosa Kerr home were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Staal and Sandra of Keene, Miss Selma Kerr of Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Kerr and sons find their old nelsrhbore, the CMrwlnakls of Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. L. Biggs and chll dren of Beldlng were Sunday eve-ning callers cf her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Bleri, and brother Stan-ley.

Mrs. Dan Vos visited Mrs. Gooaen Monday forenoon.

Miss Estella Anderson of Lowell spent the week-end with her par-onta, Mr. and Mrs. Clare Andcrsoa.

Mrs. 'Henry Watson and Gloria of Smyrna spent Sunday afternoon with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Falrcbihl. Callers were Mr. and Mrs. Daluth of Grand Rapids.

Miss Barbara and Phyllis Hell-man spent last week In Ionia with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Preston. Saturday afternoon the Prestons brought the girls home and had supper with their daughter and famUy. The gkls are spending this week In Holland with their other grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hellman.

Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Read accom-panied his nephew and wife, Mr. and Mm. T. J. Read, to Wbodiand Wednesday afternoon.

Bvy and sell through want adva.

SOUTHWEST BOWNE MRS. L. T. ANDERSON

/ Mesdames Nora and Myria An-derson attended a shower on Mrs. Nella Bouma at the home of Mrs. Glenn Sanborn Friday evening.

Mrs. Bernard McDlarmid of Cas-cade spent Saturday with her sister, Mrs. John Tuinison and assisted with the threshers.

James Troy did not return to St. Louis Monday as stated m last week's Items, but spent the greater part of the week witk brother, John and family leaving for S t Louis, Mo., Saturday morning.

The Ice cream festival given for St. Patrick's church Sunday, July 23 was a decided success, proceeds being $173.

Mrs. Josephine Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Anderson accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Leon Anderson and son Claire to East Lansing Sunday. The former rfpant the day with her •on Bum and wife while the rest enjoyed picnic dinner with Mrs. Margaret Anderson at Potter's Park, later all were supper guests at the Bums Anderson home.

Miss Anna Gagnon of Detroit is visiting at the Smmett Sheehan and John Trry homes.

Mrs. John Troy and Mrs. L. T. Anderson called on Mro. Mary Rey-nolds Tuesday afternoon.

Mrs. Gerald Anderson spent Wed-nesday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan McCarty In Wayland, and also called at the home of her brother, Edward McOarty, their lit-tle son Dick returned home with her remaining until Saturday eve-ning.

Mrs. Jeanne Hostettler and son was a Tuesday caller of her mother, Urs . Glenn Godfrey.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sheehan, aon Terry spent Saturday evening and Sunday with his parentn, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Sheehan and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wkrenga and sons were Sunday guests. The former left Monday mom in g for hie

In North Carolina. (Mrs. Josephine Anderson of Alto

spent Friday with her son Leon and family.

Miss Mary Sheehan, who if tak-ing a few months nurses' training a t Kalamazoo State hospital, Spent over the week-end at her home here.

Mrs. L. T. Anderson, son Claire were Tuesday evening visitors at the Gerald Anderson home. Harold Vreeland was also a caller.

fhis raises a Question

A piciurt like thia raises a question . a . for you to answer. •

At this moment, hundreds of thousands of America's finest young men are fighting in the greatest military effort of this war. For them, there are no half-way measures.

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If you can say "yes" to that question—and no one can, who isn't actually under fire—that's fine.

If n o t . . . go out now and buy those extra War Bonds. The Bonds you didn't think you could quite afford.

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Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cheabro entertained Mr. and Mrs. H. S.

Peterson of Cedar Springs, Mr. and Mrs. LeeMoyne Noffslnger of Grand Ledge and Mrs. Lora Noffslnger of Grand Rapids as dinner guests Sun-day.

Jeane Aldrich of Grand Rapidu spent the week-end with her grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Aid-rich.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Klnyon, Billy and Ruthanne, Mr. and Mrs. Rich-ard Kinyon and Gladys Miller at-tended the Kinyon reunion held at Ionia park.

Pvt. Richard Kdnyon and wife are spending the week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kinyon.

Local News

Richard is on a two weeks' fur-lough.

ECHOES OF GRAND RIVER DRIVE

Shirley May Bylam*

News of their son's promotion to Captain In the Air Corps has been received by Mr. and Mrs. John Bafeskl, Grand River Drive. Capt Baleskl has been serving overseas with the "fighter squadron" for 17 months In North Africa, Sicily, Italy, India, and recently in China,

Arthur and Robert Tusoh are going to see the Tigers play ball at Lamar Park Wednesday evening.

Mr„and Mrs. John Bylsma. Jr., and family were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bums Bylsma In Grand Rapids.

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Roberta Hahn has been attending a five day house party at Toledo.

Mrs. E. L Kinyon Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Thos. Leece, at Clarks-vllle.

Mrs. Mable Beebe of Ionia was a Thursday guest of Mrs. Eugene Carr.

Marjory McQueen Is spending this week In Lansing with Mr. and Mrs. Elllb Sigler.

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Sweet of Ionia were guests at tho Clyde Col-lar home Sunday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Art Schneider and Mr. and Mrs. Al. Blaser spent last week vacationing near Lake City.

Mr. and Mrs. James McCormlck of Ada were Sunday morning call-ers of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cosgrlff.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Clemenz were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Althaus. northwest of Low-ell.

Jimmie King spent several days with the Clifford Cook family hi Grand Rapids, returning home on Tuesday.

Mrs. L J. Dekhanty Is spending two weeks at Ludlngton with her husband who Is on shore leave for that time.

Clare Brown and family, who have been hi the North helping with the cherry harvest, returned home last Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. DeVrle* re-turned to Detroit last week Tuesday after spending a week at their home In Lowell.

Mrs. Arnold Krueger and daugh-ters have returned from a two months' vlalt with Mrs. Martha Speckkn In Nlles.

Mrs. Clara Geelhood of Sandusky Is spending a two weeks' vacation in Lowell and Grand Rapids with relatives and frlenos.

Jill and Judy McMahon are spending from Tuesday this week until Sunday In Muskegon with Carol and Jollne McCarthy.

Mrs. E m eat Blrns of Chicago re-cently spent two weeks with Mrs. Alton Mick. Their husbands are with the Filth Army In Italy.

Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph VanDyke of Dayton, O.. spent last week-Wed-nesday and Thursday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R VanDyke.

Miss Shirley Bannan accompanied Mrs. Kenneth Wood to Grand Rap-Ids Saturday where they spent the week-end with Mr. Wood's people.

Robert Horn of Eugene, Ore., is visiting his mother, Mrs. C. IHL Horn, for two weeks. He is profes-sor of English at the University of Oregon.

Mrs. Bert Myers was on the slok list last week.

Vema Belle Doran of Ada has been the guest of Joann Ellis this week.

Miss Jean Travis of Ionia Is vis-iting her grandmother. Mrs. Vertle Morse.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Grindle and Joan spent the week-end in Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dodds of Keene spent Sunday aftemoon with Mrs. E. C. Walker.

LOWELL ITEMS OF 1 SOUTH BOWNE 25 AND 35 YEARS AGO

| The singing class from the O. M. July 81, 191»—28 Years Ago ; church came to the home of Mr.

Bu. ln« . Men', picnic held . t the M " J " r > ' ' ° r 1 h>'m" Wert Side park with ddogalton. • I n « M r ' l s " " ' o n , " " d

from Mlddlevllle. C.ledonla, Alto.l1" h " ^ and doe. no Improve Clarksvllle, Freeporl. M c C c . r d , " »" h e r w l » h ' Luke Odessa. Saranac and Wood-i M r s - Alice Coles and daughter, lanj^ I Shirley of Detroit came Saturday

Cecil Hawley. 14. son of Alllelfor a two weeks' vlalt with her Hawley of Keene. drowned In Grand River.

, Licensed to wed: John J. Powels, Claradell Hill went to Alma Mon-|A d f t a n d B e r n i c e M I r e , a n d t Grand

day to spend a few days with her aunt, Mrs. Harry Paterson.

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Daverman and children spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Patterson In Keene.

Dr. and Mrs. Frank Tredenlck of Grand Rapids were guests of his mother, Mrs. Hattie Rouae, Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Matt Kernanan and children and Jack McCarty of Flint spent the week-end with their father, Leon McCarty.

Mr. and Mrs. Homer Diefenbaker and daughter. Miss Helen of Grand Rapids called on Mr, and Mrs. Charles Radford Sunday.

Mrs. N. E. Borgerson and sen Normle returned last Friday from Buttons Bay. where they have been harvesting their cherry crop the paat three weeks.

Miss Sarah Bannan spent week-end in Grand Raplda w l t h ' h a d n o t m e t i n 8 0 i o n g that Will Mrs. Dorothy Smith. Mrs. Bannan f a i l e d t o recognl*e hla patron at the

people, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Johnson and family. Morse Johnson of Jack-son waa an overnight guest Satur-day.

Rapids; Miles D. Grant, Elmdale Miss Francis Porritt visited Sun-ami Mildred F. Hewlett, Ionia. 1 day afternoon with Mrs. Stella

Will 'lull sold his property In [Rosier. northern Michigan and will makej M r a j e n n l e p a r d ( . e a n d Waneta hla headquarters In Lowell here- M r 9 E d n a johnaon, Mra.

Lucille Watts and daughter, Mary after. Harry Holland bought the Glbbs

restaurant and rooming house. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Simpson pur-

chased and moved to a home on Griggs St.. Grand Raplda. i . ... . , t. . *» x*i

Ml,. Mabel Charle. r e t l i r neJ Mr»- M l " -

and Miss Mabel Watts were In Lowell Friday and were dinner guests of Mrs. Will Cosgrlff.

Miss Mabel Watts was an over-

borne from a visit with Mrs. Merle Burger at Constantino.

The Floyd Steed and O. J. Yelter families camping at Bostwlck Lake for a week.

Mrs. George McGee of Detroit vis-iting In Lowell, accompanied by her son, Frank, who just returned from Fiance.

Mr. and Mra. Ira Wlnegar of Toledo on a surprise visit at the

Oieiw. S. Wlnegar home. The brothers

spent Saturday there with her sis-ter, Mrs. Edwin Pottruff.

Mr. and Mrs, Walter Finger and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Maloney and daughter Margie of Grand Rapids spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Malcolm.

Mrs. George Lee went to Grand Rapids last Wednesday to help little Sharon VanWlngen celebrate her birthday, and remained with the VanWlngens until Saturday.

Mrs. Harold Ray mo r and family are spending a two weeks' vacation at Sandusky with her brother, Ray-mond Geelhood, and slater, Mrs. Bert Tefft and daughter, Carolyn L M .

Mrs. P. J . Flnels accompanied her slater, Mra. Helen Young of Portland, north over the week-end where they vls,4»d old friends at Harrison, Clare, Farwell and Lake Station.

Mrs. Roy L. Swanson of Minne-apolis. Minn., returned to her home last week after spending ten days with her abier and brother-lu-law, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar J. Nelson, In South Lowell.

Mrs. Myron McDonald and daugh-ter Judy of Kalamazeio spent last week with Mra. Jsck Bergin and returned home Sunday with Mr MoDonald, who apent the week-end at the Bergin home.

•tore. About 25 neighfoora gave a sur-

prise party on Mr. and Mra. Geo. Murray, who were leaving for an indefinite atay at Royal Oak.

Miss Maude VanArsdale returned from from a three weeks' visit In New York City.

Mrs. Harry Anderson and three daughters returned from a visit with relatives In several places in Canada.

Dr. C. M. Freeman of Ada and wife returned from a vacation trip on the Great Lakes.

August 0, 1909—36 Years Ago

Mrs. Beulah Dued and her sister. Mrs. Ellzabetn Crabb, entertained

. . . . . I for dinner last Saturday night for Ed. Olney and family were at the ^ u p e ^ M t s P e c k .

J. R Bergin home for the week-end ^ M I m A u d i e p 0 f l t a n d M r 9

from Nottawo, Mich., where he haa purchased a garage and filling station.

Mrs. O. B. Soehner of Port Huron, accompanied by h e r grandson, Douglas Klrby of Detroit, spent last week with her sister, Mrs. W. W. Gumser.

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Nash Mole Traps Large Assortment of Teapots

2 and 3 gal. Crock Churns Butter Crocks Presto Fruit Jars

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Mr. and Mng. George Cepnlck and two children of Detroit spent part of last week with her sisters. Mrs, Orval Jessup and Mrs. Arthur Young and families, and grandpar-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Chet Leary.

Mr. and Mrs. James Topp and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Topp, Jr., and baby of Saranac spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. James Topp, Jr . Audrey Topp is Just re-covering from a two weeks' Illness.

Mr. and Mra. Alfred Ehrllch and two children of Owoaso were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Williamson. Douglas Parker, who Is home on furlough, and wife of Ionia were Friday night dinner guests.

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Coklnos of Chicago arrived Monday to spend a few days with their cousins. Mr. and Mrs. RUchard MaoNaughton and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mao-Naughton, and other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Edna Johnson, daughter, Mrs. Lucille Watts and Mary Elto^-beth of Bowne Center, Miss Mabel Watts of Chicago and Mrs. Jennie Pardee and Wanetta Schray of South Bowne were Friday dinner guests of Mra. Wm. Cosgrlff.

Mr. and Mrs. Art' Schneider and family joined a family gathering Sunday at Croton, at the home of their father, Chris Bleri, 37 being present from Owosso, Corunna, Muskegon and Lowell. Miss Bertha Jean Schneider was nome from her work in Grand Rapids over Sunday.

J. William Williams and Miss Celia Lewis were married at the home of the bride's mother here.

Wm. Cheetham passed away at his home east of Lowell at the age of 77 years.

After 14 years "on the road," Frank P. Hakes concluded to settle down and purchased the livery, bus, transfer and feed business of Dr. E. D. McQueen.

Charles Kyser's barn in South Boston was struck by lightning and burned along with hay. unthreshed grain, and farm tools.

Fred C. Wlsner bought Mrs. Lydla Stevenson's farm at Cascade.

A farewell party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Yelter In West Lowell In honor of Bessie and Paul Curtlss, who left later for Oregon.

Mr. and Mrs. Freema;. of Alymer, Ont. came to spend the summer with their daughter, Mrs. J. M. Carew, at Ada.

Fred Malcolm attending the races at Windsor.

Mrs. J. E. Lee went to CalfTiet to visit her son, Dr. S. 3. Lee.

Mr. and Mra James McPhereon retumed from a three weeks' visit In Detroit.

Mrs. Harry Pettlt and Mrs. A. Coats and daughter Eunice left for a ten days' vacation at Niagara Falls and Lockport, N. Y.

Misses Cora Howe and Beatrice VanDyke left for Clinton, Iowa, tc spend two weeks.

Mr. and Mrs. R. VanDyke re-turned from a ten days' outing in the Cluft) House on Pere Marquette river. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clark of Mt. Pleasant

Will Murphy and family moved to Traverse City.

Chris Bergin. C. W. Wlaner, A. W. Weekea and P. H. Roe left for

six weeks' sightseeing trip to Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

nie Bouck Saturday. Mrs. Joe Metternick. Jr., and

daughter, Connie, and Mrs. Rich-ard Wester of Alto visited the past week at the Paul Hoffman home.

Mrs. Orvln Allerding and daugh-ter attended the Church of the Brethren Sunday School picnic at Fallaaburg Park Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Merle Hostettler entertained the Mlshler reunion Sunday.

Mrs. Lucy Grayblel. Eldon Shank and family of Freeport, III., were here to attend the Mlshler reunion and for a visit with other relatives and friends.

Mrd. Ray Seese of Eact Bewne visited Friday with Mra. Orvln Allerding. In the afternoon they called on friends In Freeport.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jonea, Mrs. Clara Brandebury of Grand Raplda. and Mrs. Spenor Johnson were re-cent callers at the Jerry Blough home.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hoffman en-tertained the Carlson reunion Sun-day.

Corp- Robert Brock and wife cf North Carolina were callera on the latter'a sister. Waneta Schray and Jennie Pardee Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mra. Ed Lacy, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Porritt, Mrs. Alden Poi^ rltt were In Grand Rapids Fri-day. Mr. Lacy, who has been in poor health, went to have x-rays at Blodgett hospital.

Mrs. Alma Wlngeler Flngleton of Hastings, formerly of Bowne, re-ceived word from the war depart-ment, Thursday, that her son, S. SgL Richard Flngleton was report-ed missing In action over Germany July 13. Richard waa radio operator and gunner on a B-17 bomber. He graduated from Hastings high school in 1941 and enlisted In the air forces Jan. 2, 1943, receiving his training at Scott Field, HI., and Las Vegas. Nev. He recently re-ceived the air medal for exception-

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Rayon Slacks $3.95 to $5.95

Gabardine Slacks $7.95, $8.50

SPORT SHIRTS Broadcloth short sleeves $1.95

Rayon short sleeves $2.59

Rayon lon9ilccvcs /plain$3.50

Rayon long sleeves, plaids $3.50

Gabardines $4.50 te $5.95 plain Hhndea

Broadcloth soft collars $1.75

SUMMER ANKLETS English Rib white l i d colors 50c

Rayon Fancics 35c

Fancy Sport Anklets stripes 39c

Tropical Worsted Suits Gray, tan, brown and stripes

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Bathing Trunks $1.95 to $2.95

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. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cummlngs of ally meritorloua achievement while n a c a i T 8 p e n d l n g a f e w d a > 1 ! a t

participating In five aeparate com- | t h e K r o p f h o m e M r a ^ bat mlaalona over continental Eu- m l n g B a n d M r a K r t ) p f are attend-r aP e- ing Camp Vining this week.

Adelbert Ford was in Grand Rap-First commercial pig Iron to be ids Friday on biuslneas for tbe

produced In Michigan was smelted , Lowell Lumber Co. In a blast fumaje at Union City,] Mrs. Allison Roark and children Branch county. In May. 1»47, from spent a part of last week at the bog Iron ore obtained In Union.'Gordon Frost home. Glrard. and Butler terwnshLps. Mr. and Mra. Simon Elhart were

Thursday guests at Ted Blhart's. Clara Jean and Jo Ann Elhart re-turned to Zeeland with them for a few days' visit

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Elhart and son Kenneth spent Sunday in Zeeland.

Mrs. Laura Mae Engle called on Mrs. Hettle Davis and family Tues-day.

A lack of small change is Just about as embarrassing as having no money at all on your person.

A string of "easy payments" cer-tainly makes the months gallop along.

Acreage loss from forest fires In Northern Michigan so far this sea son totals 12,152 as compared with a 1943 loas of 18,563. Last week's loss, as reported by the conserva-tion department, waa 331 acres with 59 fires reported

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LOWELL DIST. NO. 5 MRS. 3. P. NEEDHAM

Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Needham and family visited Frank Hynes and sister Anna near Grandvllle on Sunday. Mr. Hynea had the misfor-tune, while unloading hay, to have the fork fall from the top of the bam. one tine passing through his foot. I t will be a number of months befone he can use his foot.

I t was quite a sight to see a plane dutftlng a tomato patch on the Verwys farm Monday morning.

Mrs. O. K. Graham's 4-H girls' olUb will meet Wednesday with Miss Marlon (Needham.

Mrs. George Hazel has been en-tertaining her alster from Lake Odessa,

Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Lee of South Boston were callers at the Needham home Monday evening.

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Mra. Edna Miller and grand daughter Eileen rtlurned home Frl day after spending about a month visiting relatives in Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hovery and children of Grand Rapids visited at the Barl Manning home Sunday.

EJd. and Patricia Hlllen accom-panied Mr. and Mrs. James Abra-ham and Jimmie to the chicken din-ner at Parnell Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bouma en-tertained Mrs. Bouma's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Derks, and her brother and sisters and families on Sunday.

Mrs. J. C. Proctor spent Friday night and Saturday with her moth-er. Mrs. J. Dettwiler, In Grand Rapids.

The Ladies' Aid and Social Club honored Mrs. Frank Bouma with a party Friday night at the home of Mrs. Glenn Sanborn.

Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bruton and Michael McGlhn visited Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nulty at Wayland Sun-day.

A L T O M E W S Mra. Fred Pattiaon

Bad O O M

The Alto center of the Red Cross is ahead of ita quota for July and is receiving excellent support from the ladies of the community, six-teen being preaent last Friday at the schoolhouse where they meet every week from 10 to 4. They are now working on apron kit bags and "housewives" for the U. S. Navy and turned in 50 "houaewives" and 25 completed kit bags on Mon-day of this week and received 15 pairs of slippeis to be completed as soon as poeslble. Some ot the Alto ladies who are unable to go all day to sew have very kindly offered to help out with furnishing food for the noon lunch for tha workers, and this la greatly appre-ciated.

White Cbcle

The White Circle will meet with Miss Maude Herron of S t John*[Mrs. V. L. Watta Wednesday, Aug.

9, for their regular meeting. Dessert will be served at 1:30. A cordial in-

Dont forget the dinner at East j vltatlon is extended to all members Caledonia church Wednesday, Aug.land friends.

spent the wepk-end with Mr. and Mrs. S. VanNamee.

Alto Locals

Jimmie Courter returned to the Pfttlson home Monday after spend-ing a few days with hla mother and brothers at Marion.

Cpl. and Mrs. Lloyd A Heas vis-ited Mr. and Mra Owen Ellla at Lake OdesaaThursday night

Mr. and Mrs. James Green and children and Mr. and Mrs. Baail Hayward visited the latter'a father, Chas. VanVranken In Hastings, Thursday.

Mr. and Mra. Vern Wllaon of Grand Raplda were Sunday aftei-noon callers at the Baail Hayward home.

Mr. and Mrs. Merle Rosenberg and Larry spent Sunday with the John Sullivan family In Ionia.

Mr. and Mra. Floyd Houghton and Suzanne of Ionia were Sunday

HARRIS CREEK MRA BASIL VREELAND

Mr. and Mrs. Vera Wenger and family spent Sunday evening with the latter'a parcnta, Mr. and Mrs. George Martin, at Galnea.

Raatie Hoover was in Battle Creek last Tuesday to see about his eyes

Misses Addle and Mary Sinclair of Alto called at the Silcox-Vree-land home Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. Bernard Flynn and daugh-ter Bernadean called on Mrs. John Weaver at Hastings laat Thursday.

Mr. and Mra. Jerald Anderson accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Leon Anderson and Clare to Lansing on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Flynn, aon Jo9:ph and Mra. Ella Flynn were in Hastings Wednesday and called on the former's sister, Mrs. John Weaver, who is In the hospital, ex-pecting to undergo an operation.

Miy and Mrs. Vern Wenger and

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. . 4 . . . family spent Sunday calling on rel-lunch guest, of Mr. and Mra. Ernest a t l v e i | n e a r N M b v l U € > ^

SEELEY CORNERS MRS. 8. P. REYNOLDS

Mrs. Lester Antonldes will be hostess for the W. S. C. S. on Wed-nesday evening, August 16. Ice cream and cake will be served.

About thirty former pupils of Snow school with their families and friends met Saturday at the W. S. C. S. hall for one of the pleasant-est reunions in the history of the organization. After the picnic din-ner waa served at noon the business meeting and a most enjoyable pro-gram was given and ice cream and cake were ecrved.

Mr. and Mi-a. Howard Watrous and children of Riverside Drive were supper guests Thursday eve-ning of Mr. and Mrs. Lester An-tonldes.

Mrs. C. E. Snyder of Kalamazoo is spending a two weeks' vacation with her parenU, Mr. and Mrs Sherman Reynolds.

Mra Henry Froezc spent Tuesday of last week with Mrs. Gus Levin in Grand Rapids.

William Heache called Sunday afternoon on his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mra. Leo Bloom-er.

Mr. and Mrs. Lou Antonides and daughters of Grand Rapids spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Antonides.

Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cole of Grand Rapids called on his brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cole Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. Hulda Flnels of Ixxwell srent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mra. M. J. Schneider, and Wednes-day evening guests at the Schnei-der home were Mr. and Mra. Har-vey Haysmer and Mrs. Philip Schneider and son Bruce of Lowell

Mr. and Mra. Sherman Reynolds and daughters spent Sunday after-noon with Mra. Belle White in Caledonia.

Mr. and Mrs. Claude Silcox, and Phyllis aad Richard Chaterdon of Alto spent Sunday evening "Wtth Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Hesche

Mr. and Mra. L W. McFall and son spent the week-end with his sister, Mrs. Nancy GL'Jette in Cedar Springs.

Miss Patty Hesche spent several days last week with Donna and Jean Dalstra.

Mra. Frank Leatherman and son Nelson of Ypsllantl and Mra. How-ard Sprowl, recently of Hampton, N. J - are vlslti j their parents, Mr. and Mra. Jack Nelson.

Oalkra at the Cecil Seeley home the past week were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Choloysko of Chicago and Frank Janesk of Snow Avenue and Vernor Seeley and son Darrel of Grand Rapids. Mra. Clara Youngs and children of Grand Rapids were Wednesday aftemoon and evening guests, Gerald Youngs remaining until Friday with his cousins.

Mr. and Mra. Cecil Seeley and family, Frank Janesk. Leonard Vennennan and Gerald "ioungs spent Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Vos and Mary.

George Venneman, Dorothy and phlllp of Southwest Cascade and Case Mulkln of Chicago visited their uock, Leonard Venneman of But-trick Avenue, Sunday.

Cecil Seeley and Charkc of But-trick Avenue attended the Snow school reunion Saturday afternoon.

Mra. Cecil Seeley rsoelved a let-ter recently from Pvt. Budd Bishop in France. Budd Is fine.

jyeonard Venneman spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Phillips and family.

Walter Blakeslee and Mr Mra. S. T. Seeley, in company with Mr. and Mrs. John Schwab of Rock-ford, motored to Carson City Sun-day to attend the funeral of their aun t Mrs. Dan Blakeslee, 92 yeara old. Services were held at tbe Con-gregational church there.

Mra. Mary Osborn of Grand Eap-ids is spending a few days at the S. T. Seeley home.

STAR CORNERS MRS. IRA BLOUGH

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Collins of Grand Rapids spent Sunday at tho Stahl-Seese heme.

Mra. Ellen Seese of Freeport spent a couple days last week with her daughter, Mra. Wax Olthouse.

Mr. and Mrs. Thad Wigfleld of near Saranac were Sunday evening callera at Ray Seese's.

Mrs. Alma Mlshler and daughters, Marcella and Mrs. Earl Nash at-tended a reunion a t the Murl Hostettler home Sunday.

Sunday guests of Mrs. Lizzie Hoffman were three sisters, Mrs. Roae Blough and daughter of Johnstown, Pa., Mra. Harry Hoct-tettler, with son. Earl and wife of Shipahewana, Ind., Mra. Suale Mil-ler and daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Short and family of Midland, also Mra. Harold Groff and baby of Lake Odessa. Mra. Lydla Karcher, Mr. and Mrs. David Hoffman and the Freeman Hoffman family. Mra. Lucy Stahl was aa afternoon caller.

Mrs. George Krebs and baby, Mrs. W. Kowalczyk and Georgle were supper guests at the John Krebs home Sunday evening.

Mra. Clarence Binnan spent Sat-urday and Sunday with her nar-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Erb. On Sunday aftemoon they all called on Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Weaver at Elmdale.

Entertains for Nleoes

Mra. Wm. Falrchild entertained with a party Wednesday aftemoon for her nieces, Madelyn and Phyllis Cole, who were spending a few days with her. Dinner was served at noon and the aftemoon i spent playing games and writing letters to Raymond, who is In the Pacific. Guests were Mrs. Robert McWhlnney and children, Gary and Carol, Mary Ellen and Virginia Bryant Larry Rosenberg and John Frederick Porr i t t

Alto Locals

Mra. O. E. Meyer and son Tommy of Grand Rapids called on her mother, Mrs. F.ed Pattlson, Thurs-day and together they were din-ner guests at the Moffit-Saniborn home In Alaska. Mra. M off it re-turned to tbe Pattlson's for a visit They also called on Mrs. Jack Simp-son and mother, Mra. Nell Clark.

Mrs. Lawrence Richardson was a Wednesday'supper guest of Mr. and Mra Everett Richardson and family In Elmdale and spent the night with Mr. and Mra. Ernest Richardson.

Mia. Ray Lacey and Mra. Emma Kllpfer were supper gueeta of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Stauffer Monday night

Mr. Floyd Drake, superintendent oi Clark Memorial Home In Grand Rapids win be the preacher at tho Alto Methodist church next Sun-

Rosenberg. Mra. Lawrence Richardson waa

a Friday supper guest of Mr. and Mra. Lawrence Headworth.

Juliua Wester and Fred Pattlson Joined Fred Martini in Grand Rap-ids early Monday morning and they left for a week'a fishing at Snow Islands, acrosa the straits. Mra. Pattlson and mother, Mra. Moffit will spend the week visiting thu Meyers In Grand Rapids and Ed-ward Pattlsons in Lansing.

Mr. and Mra. Emerson Stauffer called on Mr. and Mra. Ed Lacy and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Porritt Thursday night Mr. Lacy has very poor health.

Mr. and Mra Raymond Webster and two little girls, Laura and Nancy, of S t Clair Shores, have been spending a week with their parents, Mr. and Mra. Geo. Tobias.

Miss Flossie Tobias of Lansing. Mra Paul Tootas and brother of Charlotte, spent Sunday a t t h e home of their parents In honor of their mother's birthday.

Rev. and Mra. Tlmms left San-day for two weeks at. Winona Lake, Ind., to attend the Golden Jubilee, where Rev. Tlmms has charge of all the children's work Pt the Chris-tian Temple.

Card 3f Thanks

Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Olthouse I day morning, Aug. 6.

and

of Dutton visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Olthouse Friday.

Joan Mlxter of Wheaton, 111 spent Friday and Saturday with Ivan K. Blough-

Mra. Francis Shaffer Is gaining nicely at home since her return from the hospital, last week and Sunday callers were, Mr. and Mrs Rudd Vorbeck of Albuquerque, N M.. Mr. and Mrs. A L. McCaul, Mr. and Mra. Edwin McCaul and fami-ly, Mra. Roy Seese of near Clarks-vllle, Mr. and Mra. Raymond Shaf-fer and son of Caledonia, Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Kelley. Mrs. Wm. Kilgus and Marlon of Elmdale, Mr. and Mra. Leo Bloomer and Ruth Ann, Lois Metternick, Mra. Merle Rosen-berg and June Sullivan, Mrs Marlon Shade and daugtier, and Mra. Glenn I^yer of Alto, also several neighbors.

Miss Irma Krefl» retumed home from Fort Wayne, Ind., Wedn day evening where she had been visiting Mra. Clare Krefcs and friends.

Mr. and Mra. John Krebs and son, David, Mra. Ray Seese and Caxl, had birthday dinner with Mrs. Ira Blough and family Tues-day.

Earl Hostettler of Indiana called on A E. W'.ngeler Sunday morning,

Mr. and Mrs. George Hooper and Mra. Julia Godfrey of Freeport were Saturday aftemoon visitors at Clare Kauffman's.

Marilyn Oesch spent a few days at the Fred Grawburg home near Clarksvllle last week. Katherlne Oesch Is assisting with the work there thia week.

Mra. Richard Falrchild, %lra. Lawrence Richardson and Mrs. John Linton of Alto called on Mrs Clare Kauffman Thursday after-noon.

Phlllp Seese was at Hastings hos-pital Monday and had the cast re-moved from his foot and Is gain-ing nlceiy.

Darlene and Irene Weeks ac-companied Rev. and Mrs. Warland and Mary Netwell from Lowell, to Indian Lake Thursday to attend the Nazarene Young Peoples' Con-vention, retuming home Saturday.

Mra. Frank Kauffman and chil-dren, Mra. Ray Seese and Carl and others enjoyed S. S. picnic at Fal-laaburg Park Saturday,

Mr. and Mra Kenneth Stahl and son Verle were at Grand Rapids Sunday enjoying their first air-plane ride In the aftemoon.

Many good-looking girls don't know tbe soore. By the time they know the score, they're no isnger good-looking. i

In Michigan, pheasants have shown a preference for fertile open country having some bsushy cover or marsh area and an abundance of com or grain. Branch county.

Back the Invasion with war bonds.

Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Stauffer were hosts over the week-end to the former's brother, Albert and wife of Hastings.

Mr. and Mrs. Claud Silcox called on their uncle and aun t Mr. and Mra. EM Thomas In Freeport Sun-day afternoon.

Miss Frances Porriti of Bowne Cents,' called on Addle and Mary Sinclair Saturday aftemoon.

Will Harris of Grand Rapids is visiting his brother-in-law and sis-ter, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Head-worth for a few days.

Mr. and Mra. Claud Silcox and niece and nephew, Phyllis and Rich-ard Chalerdon visited at the Sey-mour Hesche home Sunday eve-ning.

Mrs. Wm. C. Anderson visited her son, Bun. j Anderson and wife in Lansing Sunday.

Mra. Ida Brown spent a few days with Mra. John Layer in Lowell.

Connie Smith was an overnight guest of Dorothy Chaterdon at the Claud Silcox home Friday.

Mr. and Mra Lincoln Dygert and Miss Genevieve Graham visited at the Alger Dygert and Grant Harri-son homes In Grand Rapids several days last week.

Corporal Lloyd A Hess and Mra. Hess attended the Carlson reunion at the Paul Hoffman home Sunday.

M. Rlnenger of Cedar Springs called on the Mosses Addle and Mary Sinclair Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gephart were week-end guests of t h e i r daughter, Kathleen, and Miss Vir-ginia Gates at a cottage at Grand Haven. They brought their little grandson Jerry home with them for the week.

Little Linda Clare Krueger of Grand Rapids spent the week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mra. Frank Bunker. Dorothy Chaterdon assisted with the housework nt the Bunker home.

Dr. and Mra. E. M. Shaeffer of Battle Creek were in Alto Wednes-day to attend the John Freyermuth, Sr., funeral and called at the Law-rence Gephart home.

Mr. and Mra. Basil Hayward at-tended an "Open House" at the Gain Bangs home in Lowell Sunday aftemoon in honor of the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mra. Royden Warner.

Mr. and Mra. Jacob Geldersma received a telegram from Washing-ton that their son, Sgt Cornelius, better known to his friends as Jeff," had been wounded in Jaipan

and that more news would follow. Sgt Geldersma has seen action in the Marc halls and at Kwajallen. There are three other brothers also serving their country, two in the Pacific, Henry C., S 1/c, Maurice, gunners' mate and P v t Russell at

Johnston, Via.

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Flynn and family attended the Parnell dinner Sunday afternoon.

Margaret Slloox and Mra. Basil Vreeland and son Harold called at the Amos VanArderhome hi Mlddle-vllle Sunday evening.

Mrs. Ella iFlynn spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. John McfDocald and family.

The bam on the Wm. Bums farm was destroyed by fire last weeki Friday. Tbe fire was thought to ^ , a 5 t w e « k a t t h e h o m e o f Mr*-have su i ted by tbe backfire of alFr^d Saladln. who has been ill

News From Grand Rapids Of Former Bowne Folki

CLARA M. BRANDEBURT

We are all very happy for Mra. Doran that she has received wordj John Mlshler and wife and Frank from her aon, Donald, who waa re- Martin, wife and two daughtera at-

tended a reunion of the Mlshler family at the home of Mr. and Mra. Murl Hostettler near Freeport on Sunday. The gathering was In hon-or of Mra. Hostettler's sister, Mrs. Lucy Graybill, her son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mra Eldon Shonts of Freeport HI. Mra. Gray-bUl resides at Dakota, 111. The latter will remain for a longer visit but Mr. and Mra. Shonts will retum home this week.

Mrs. Ella Ronnan of Lowell vis-ited her slater, Mra. Edwin Pottruff, Saturday. Mrs. Pottruff was very in last week, but Is reported better this

Mra. Barl Glldden was taken to S t Marys hospital last Wednesday for treatment of an Infected foot and diabetic trouble. She Is report-ed as being some better.

Mrs. Lydla Brighton and a friend from Lowell called to see Mra. Glldden at the hospital recently.

Mr. and Mra. J . S. Brandebury and grandson. Jack Heerlnga, mo-•ored oat to Logan last Wednesday. J. 8. and grandson went fishing on

ported missing In Italy, that he is o. k., but that his plane had been shot down. Mra. Doran ex-pects he will get a furlough. We hope so.

The Parnell dinner has come and gone and it seamed like a bigger crowd than ever.

The Altar society will hold Its meeting and card party, sponsored by Mra. Chas. Collar, and Mra. Gar^ ret Downes and daughtera, Ger-trude and Ann, at the Vergennes Town Hall, Aug. 10 at 2 o'clock.

Mra. Paul Hurley and children of Coldwater has been at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gahan the past two weeics.

Eileen Howard Is spending a few days with her aunt Miss Ethel Howard before going back to St. Louis, Mo.

Tommy MoGarry was the proud little man to receive the $300 bond at Parnell, Sunday.

Mra. Kate Byrne of Detroit Is spending a few days with her son and family, Mr. and Mra. Alfred Byrne.

Mra. Allen Weeks and her sister, Theresa Byrne of Grand Rapids spent last week at their cottage at Crooked Lake. jand at the Lacy-Porritt home. We

Mra. John P. Malone spent one,are sorry to reoort that Mr. Lacy

W « A r o B u y i n g

P O U L T R Y AO kinds of live poultry

H l g h o s t P r l e e s P a i d

Bergy Bras. Bentor

ELMDALE (Too late for last week)

Mr. and Mra. Wm. Shroyer, Mra. Areta Smith and Miss Areta Miller called last Tuesday on Lester Long, who Is recovering from a major operation at Blodgett hospital.

Tech. Cpl. Duaoe Krauss and buddy, P v t John Buchanan of Cftmp McCoy, Wis., enjoyed a week-end pass with the former's parents, Mr. and Mra. Eugene Krauss, and fiancee. Miss Mabel Wester.

Elmer Miller is out again and is assisting with the farm work.

Wm. Kelly has been con-ducting a series of meetings at Lake Odessa.

tractor used to draw the hay In the b a m .

Bernard Flynn and daughter Bernadean went to Nlles with a load of lumber Tuesday rooming, spending o w n l g h t with their daughter and sister, Mrs. Ben Flariety and family.

Mr. and Mra. Jake Geldersma re-ceived word that their son Jeff was wounded In service. They have the sympathy of their many friends. They have three boys In the serv-ice.

M a n y women are joining the WAC to serve with the Army Air Forces. If you are between the ages of 20 and 49 with no dependents under the age of 14, you may be able to qualify for one of the many vacancies that now exist

Mr. and Mra. Frank Costello and Arlen* of Flint visited lelallves and attended the Parnell dinner, Sunday. Eileen Howard went home with them to spend a few days.

Mr. and Mra. John P. Malone had dinner last week with Wm. Mc-Grath and daughtera. Sister Albert and Sister Alberta at Ionia.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beimera and family of Ada cpent Sunday night a t the John P. Malone home.

I love the man that can smile In trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. Tls the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct will pursue his principles unto death.—Thomas Paine, i

and Mra Brandebury jentertaining their g r a ^ d d ^ b t ^

Johnson called on Mrs. Jerry Blough Mra. Eugene Krauss attended a

shower for her great niece, the former Pauline Erb, and husband at the home of Mr. and Mra. Austin iBrt> last Friday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. George Stahl enter-tained a number of relatives in honor of Mrs. Stahl's brother, John flirkty's birthday.

is in very poor health. Mix. Blough was feeling much better that day. The Brandeburys and Jack *ere supper guests at the Sp«flior John-son home,

Miss iEldeine Preston, who is em-ployed as bookkeeper In this city, visited her parents, Cecil Preston and wife, in CHhstlnga last Thurs-day

Real culture, according to Dr. Ox-nam, is what is left after every-thing a student has learned has been forgotten. "Culture," he says, "consists of a quickened and deep-ened understanding; breadth of out-look, appreciation of beauty, re-finement of taste and delicacy of feellug; a sense of measure that assumes modesty of Judgment; a critical habit of mind and an un-biased approach to fact; and a heart that has deep sympathy and strength of courage.-'

Some Hnstte

Chapman returned from lunch and rushed into his room.

"Anyone call while I was out?" he asked.

"Yes," replied the gir l "Smith came in about his account He wanted it settled."

"And you told him that I had left for Europe this mom Ing 7" asked Chapman.

The girl nodded and rallied: "Yes; and that you woudn't be back until this aftemoon."

Buy and sell with Ledger Want Ads. They bring results.

I wish to thank my relatives, neighbors, and friends, also the White Circle, and Garden Club for the flowers, f ru i t g i f t cards and many acts of kindness during my recent Illness. clS Mra. Wm. Falrchild

FALLASBURG & VICINITY MRS. WECLEY MILLER

Dorothy Billings and daughter of Grand Rapids spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Emlel Stauffer and Mrs. Russell Andersen. Mr. and Mrs P. A Tate and Dean Trischlar of Ionia were Sunday evening vis-tors. Mra. Lester Stauffer accompa-nied Mr. and Mrs. Tate to their home where she will spend a few days with them.

Charles Gould of near Saranac spent l&st Tuesday night with Billy Vaughan and with Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan and Billy, called on Staff Sgt Carl Moore In Beldlng. Staff Sgt Moore is on furlough from N«w Guinea.

Arnold Kaser and Mr. and Mra. Warren Bovee of Grand Rapids and L t Warren Bovee spent Su day with Mr. and Mra. F. E. ton at their cottage.

The DeLoof children of Bailey Road are taking turns vacationing with their sister, Lenora Tower and children.

Mr. and Mrs. John Freeman and Mra. Bernard Kropf of South Bos-ton were Sunday callera of Ed AW ger and daughter Ina. Rev. Ellis of Beldlng and Fr*d Williams of Smyrna were Monday callera.

Mr. and Mrs.^Wm. Stauffer and Richard and niece, Judy, Joyce Booth and Dale Miller were Sun-day ̂ sven Ing callers of Mr. and Mra. John Gelger and family in Smyrna.

Mr. and Mra. Pete Petersen and Mr. and Mis. Ernie Doying wer^ Sunday callers of Mr. and Mi& Dave Gozfield.

Last Friday Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Freeman of Chicago, Mra. Estella Wright Mrs. Jennie Townsend and Estella Andersen of Lowell called on Mr. and Mra. John Wright and sons. Sunday evening callers were Mr. and Mra. Sam Myers and Mr. and Mra. Sherman Rowland of Mapef district

Mr. and Mra. Lyle Denick of LoweU had fish dinner last Friday with Mr. and Mra. Dave Garfield.

Mr. and Mra Bob Saxton of De-troit spent from last Friday to Sunday at the Jones ccitage. Mrs. Jones. Mr. and Mra. Bill McCor-mlck and son Pat of Detroit and cousin Galen Whitman of Milbury, Ohio, Mary Ford and Mra. Ed Jones of Detroit are spending this week at the cottage.

CaMera at Wm. Rexford's Sunday afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Avery of Murray Lake, and Glen Record and friends of Grand Rap-ids.

Mr. and Mra. Afcert Stauffer of Hastings and Mr. and Mrs. Emer-son Stauffer of near Alto and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bradley were Saturday callera of Mr. and Mrs. Emiel Stauffer.

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here in Michigan as a member of the Women's Army Corps. Many vacancies now exist In the Army Air Forces for Woes. The jobs are vital In our war against the axis.

Walter Wlnohell shouted over the radio, "We will not tolerate the in-tolerant" Eventually everybody gets tired of being tolerant.

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M. Miller and family of Wayland were vtskora at the H. Miller home the past week.

Visitors at the J. Cox home the past week were Mr. and Mra. H. Vanderatolpe and Clayton House-man of Grand Rapids, Mr. and Mra. Charlie Qulggle, Mrs. Sam Prevost and H. Ford of Muskegon.

Mrs. Frances Cor and daughter Diane spent the week-end with Mr. and Mra. Clinton Marsh In Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Prevost were in Grand Rapids Wednesday on buainesa.

Mrs. Mary Osborn of Grand Rap-ids is visiting Mr. and Mra. Charlie Qulggle and other friends.

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RATES are based stricUy on uniform Want Ad style. Because of the small amounts involved, charpo ads are accepted as an accommodation. Out-of-town advertisements must be ac-companied by remittance in coin, stamps or check. PHONE 200. Copy for Advs on this page must be in tbe Ledger Office before 4:00 p. m. Tuesday.

FOR SALE—Hay, straw and oats. FOR SALE—Farmali F-12 tractor. Amos Sterlck, Alto, Mich. Phone] cultivator and plow. Melvln J. 614. plWK

Neuritis - Rheumatism—SIATIOO,; -doctor's prescription, speedy re-j FOR lief from joint pains, backache, lameness, 75c. Christiansen's Rexall Drug Store, Lowell. rrliMt

Stahl, 1 mile west of South Bos-ton Grange hall. Lowell, R. 3. pl3

SALE—Modern house on Monroe St., Lowell; 75 acre farm, small new house. 1 mile from Lowell; 100 acres southwest of Clarksvllle, good buildings, on

FOUND Sum of money Saturday. g o o d r o e d T e r m g ^ 7 . F 5

Owner may have same by iden- L o w e l l o r G r a n < 1

tlfylng and paying for this ad. I Heath Geib Co. Mrs. Dave Clark, Phone 224.

FOR SALE —5-humtr oil stove,! with built-in oven. Phone 142-F8.:

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PUBLIC NOTICES Frank iloochtan, Adm.

I/)wfII, MkMtM n.NAI. ADMINISTRATION ACOOI NT State of Ulctilcui. The Probote Court

for Uie County of KenL At a aeMion of Mid court. heM at th t 1

probate office, tn Uie City of Grand Rap-! Ida, In aaid County, on the 20Ui day o f , July. A. D. 1944.

Preaent: HON. JOSEPH R. GILL ARC, | Judge of Probate.

In Uie Matter of Uie Ealate of Iliailea E . ' Clark, Deroued.

Frank Houghton. admlnUtrator. having filed In aald court his final admirtstratlon ] •ccount. and hU petition praying for the i allowance thereof and for the aaMgnment and distribution of the m l d u e of said estate.

It Is Ordered. That the 15th day of A n n u l A. I). 1944, a t ten o'clock In the forenoon, at said probate office, be and is hereby appointed for examining and ai los-ing said account and hearing said petition;

It la Further Ordered. That public notice thereof be given by publlcaUon of a, copy of this order, for three succeeslve weeks previous to sa'd day of heartng. In the Lowell Ledger, a newspaper printed and circulated In said county.

JOSEPH R. GILLARD, Judge of Probate.

A true Copy, Fred Roth. Register of Probate. cl2-3t

SALE)—Duchess apples, by-peck or bushel; also electric washing machine. Mra. E. L. Timpson, Alto, Mioh. pl3

WANTED —A teacher for rural SALE—1940 National house school, 4 miles northeast of Low-ell. Phone 119-F11. pU

FOR SAUB—2 good work mares, weight about 1300 each. Grant Sherman, Bowes Rd. plS

FOR SALE—Used circulating heat-er, in first class condition, hums coal or wood; also 30-gal. galvan-

trailer, good condition Inside and out. Fully equipped. Call at 307 N. Hudson, Lowell, after 5:00 p. m. cl3

FOR SALE—5-burner Kalamazoo kerosene range. Albert Reug-segger, 2 miles tast of Moseley.

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Ized range holler and James J. Gee. Lowell.

stand. cl8

USED CARS—1939 Pontiac Oedan.l 1939 Otvrd Tudor. We pay highest j prices for used cars. Webster's Used Cars, 120 N. Monroe, Lowell. Phone 323. cl3

I NOTICE—We are now receiving additional copies of the Saturday Evening Post Call for your copy. Ha.Ty & V's Sweet Shop. pl3-2t

JUST RECEIVED—A dozen really good rim night latclNs (cylinder pin tumbler type). No priority. $1.75 each. Radio Service Co., 206 E. Main, Lowell. pl8

WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS in insurance, we can fill them. Low rates, prompt claim service and full protection. Poter Speerstra, General Insurance, Phone 269, LoweU. cl3

M. Shlvel, Atty. M8 Michigan NathraaJ Rank Rldg.

Grand Rapid., MfeUgvi

FINAL ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT State of MictUgan, The Probate Court

for tbe County of Kent. At a session of said court, held a t the

probate office, in the City of Grand Rap-Ids. In said County, on the 13th day of July. A. D. 1944.

Presect: HON. JOHN DALTON. Judge of Probxte.

In the Matter of the Estate of Anna Yonkman, Uereaaed.

Roland M. Siuvei haviu* filed In ssjd court his final administration account, and hla petition praying for tbe allowance thereof and for the assignment and dla-tributloo of Uie retrtdue of laid estate.

I t Is Ordered. Ttiat the day of Angost A. D. 1944, a t ten o'clock in the forenoon, at said probate office, be and Is hereby appointed for examining and allowing said account and hearing aald peUUoo

It la Further Ordered. That pubkc no-tice thereof be given by publlcaUon of a copy of this order, for three suooeaslve weeks previous to said day of h e a r t * , tn the Liwell Ledger, a newspaper printed and circulated In said county.

JOHN DALTON. Judge of Probate

A true Copy. •FRED ROTH.

Register of Probate. c l l -3 t

EASY TO CUT COST of work shoes. Switch to Wolverine Shell WANTED—WHl Horsehldes, the world's toughest shoe leather. $3.95 up. Coons. pl3

WANTED—To buy used cars, light models preferred. McFall Chev-rolet, Phone 298. cltf

buy all kinds of livestock, especially feeder pigs. Bart Middlebush, Ada, R. 2, 1

WANTED—Western saddle; also ' west of Parnell. p6-12t will sell rubber tire farm wagon. F A J ^ a : R S _We n e e d m o r e c r e i u n . Harry Mathews. Ada, Micb., R. 1, Box 201 (Phone Lowell 254-F12.

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FOR SALBJ—A brass bound ward-robe trunk. In good condition. Ralph Boerma, 167 Pleasant St., Lowell. pl3

Paying 54c for butterfat. Open dally until 6 o'clock, Saturdays until 9:00 p. m.—Lowell Creamery.

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FOR SAUB—Red Astrachan apples. Carl James, Lowell Phone 62-F12.

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FO(R SALE—-S-room house, close In, with bath, lights and double garage. Price $2,200. A. R. Smith, 212 E. Main, Lowell. cl2-13

Back the invasion with war bonds.

Today's Paying Prices per dozen

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Prices subject to

LOCAL MARKET REPORT Corrected August 2, 1944

Wheat, bu $1.39 Rye, bu 1.00 Corn, bu 1.29

2.50 1.25 .70

2.70 3^5 2.68 2J0 2Jt 2M 6.00 6.75 6.75 6.00

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Buckwheat, cwt Barley, bu Oats, bu Cracked Corn, cwt Corn and Oats Feed, cwt Com MeoLynrL Shelled Corf, cwt Bran, c w t Middlings, cwt Pea Beans, cwt Light Red Beans, cwt Dark Red Beans, cwt Light Cranberry Beans, r w t . . Yellow Bye Beans, cwt (AU beans bought on a haad-plcked basis) Butter, R) 50 Butterfat, lb 64 Eggs, d o t . . . . JO Hogs, live, cwt 12.00 Hogs, dressed, cwt 18.50 Beef, live, lb 08-J5 Beef, dressed, lb 18-.25 Chickens, lb J3-.24

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Sheet Metal Work

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OBI)KB APPOINTING TIME FOR HKAR-ING CLAIMS

State of .Michigan, The Probate Court for the County of Kent. .

At a session of said court, held at the ' probate office. In the city of Grand Rap-Ids. In said county on the la th day of July A. D. 1944.

Present. HON. JOSEPH R. GILLARD. Judge of Probate.

In tSie Matter of the Estate of Mary E. Wykes, Deceased.

It appesilni; to the court that the time for presentation of claims against said entate should be limited, and that a time and place be appointed to receive, examine and adjust all claims end demands against; said deceased by and before said court;

It In Ordered. That all the creditors of | said deceased are required to present Uielr claims to said court at said Probate Offlco on or before the SSnd day of Srptenibrr A. D. 1944, a t ten o'clock In Uie forenoon, said time and place being hereby appointed; for the examination and adjustment of ail! claims and demands against said deceased.;

It Is Further Ordered. That public notice | thereof be given by publication of a copy of this order for three succeaalve weeks I previous to said day of hearing, in thei Lowell Ledger, a newspaper printed and I circulated in said :ounty.

JOSEPH R. GILLARD, I Judge of Probate, j

A true copy: FRZ1 ROTH,

Register of Probate. cl l-St

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ORDER APPOINTING TIME FOE HEAR-ING CLAIMS

SUte of Michigan. Tbe .Vobate Court for the County of Kent.

At a session of said court, held a t Cue probate office. In the d ty of Grand Rap-Ids. In said county on the 12th day of July A. D. 1944.

Present. HON. JOSEPH R. GILLARD. Judge of Probate.

In thr Matter cf Uie Estate of Fred WlttMibaeh. Deceased.

It appsarlns to the court that the time for pr««eoti»ioo of claims a«aln«t said estate should be hmUnd. and that a Ume and place be appointed to receive, examine and adjust all claims and demands against said deceased by and before aaid court;

U la Ordered. T t a t all the creditors of said deceased are required to present their claims to said court a t said Probate Office on or before the U t h day of SefOember A. D. 1944, a t ten o'clock in Jie forenoon, said time and place being hereby appointed for Uie examination and adjustment of ail claims and demands against said deceased.

U Is Further Ordered. Tbat public notice thereof be given bv publication of a copy of thla order for ihrae aucceaslve weeks previous to said day of hearing. In the LoweU Ledser. a newspaper printed and circulated in said county.

JOSEPH R. GILLARD, Judge of Probate.

A true copy: FRED ROTH.

Register of Probate. c l l -3 t

Rot and M. Shlvel. Atty.

ORDER APPOINTING TIME FOR HEAR-ING CLAIMS

ffW of M k h i c u , Tbe Probate Court for the County of Kent.

At a aeaslon of said court, held a t the probate office, In Uie d t y of Grand Raj>-Ida. In said county on the 23th day of July A. D. 1M4.

Present. HON. JOHN DALTON, Judge of Probate.

In Uie Matter of tbe Eatate of P H t r Marklewtet, Demaaed.

It appearing to the court that the Ume for presentaUon of claims agatnet said estate should be ItmUed. and that a Ume and place be appoinied to receive, examine and adjust all claims and de&aads against said deceased by and before aaid court;

It ta Ordered. That all Uie creditors of taid deceased are required to present their claims to aald court at aald Probate Office on or before the M i day of Oetaker A. D. 1*44, a t Mo o'clock In Uie forenoon, aald Ume and place belt* hereby appointed for Uie examination and adjuatxnent of all claims and demands Mtainst aald deceaaed.

It is Further Ordered. That public notice thereof be given by publlcaUon of a copy of this order for three successive weeks previous t o said day of baarlns. te the I,<«weU Ledger, a newapaper printed and Mrculated In said county.

JOHN DALTON, Judge of Probate.

A true copy: FRED ROTH.

Register of Probate. cl3-3t

Wacs are needed to serve with the Army Air Forces. You may be able to qualify If you are between the ages of 20 and 49, with no de-pendents under the age of 14.

Compared with the writing busi-ness, a visit to the dentist Is a pleasure.

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L O W M X . L O W M m o n o A y , T H U M D A T , A U G U S T g, im

SOUTH BOSTON TOUNO

•* RtUMcd by 0 . B. War D c p t r t a m t B n m n ef Pnblie RtUtkmi

U. S. A. UNIFORMS—WAG Lieutenant Irene D. Jennings, 209 Sonth Kenwood Street, Royal Oak, Michigan, helps with the fitting of a new blouse for WAC Pfc. Nelda J . Turner, New York City. Pfc. Turner with the other American-born womes, until recently, jerved with the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Sarric*), the WAAJS (Womta*! Army Air Force), and the WRENS (Women's ftoyal Naval Sorriee).

WAC MARRIES IN AUSTRALIA—Pfc. Madge Lamping, of San

Gabriel, Calif., met Cpi. Whitlock, of Salt Lake City, while both were

serving in the Southwest Pacific. They were high school sweethearta

who had not oten caoh other for five years, and thedr's was the firat WAC wedding tn Australia.

You can Join the WAC. Write or call at U. S. Army Recruiting Sta-tion., 117 Ionia Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Mrs. Ear l Harker entertained a group of relatives and friends re-cently honoring the birthday of her brother, Sgt. Kenneth Tucker, who was home on furlough. S g t Tucker and wife have returned to his a rmy base at Camp Howae, Texas.

Pfc. Alfr td Roth visited recently at the Ernest Roth and Thad Wig-fleld homes. He is being trans-ferred from Texas to California,

j Gilbert Noyes is visiting his sls-iter, Mrs. Prank Platte, near Holt I land assisting some with the f a rm ' [work there.

Mr. and Mrs. John Sterzlck and] Edwin Ransom and wife of Lansing are spending a f(w daya at Buck-: ley, Mich., visiting Mr. Ransom's1

parents and other relatives.

Mrs. Thad Wigfleld recently re-i celved birthday greetings via cable-, pram from her cousin, Fred Roth , | who is In the U. S. medical corps In Italy.

Miss Jewell Mick Is assisting with government project work In De-troit this summer.

Seaman Maynard Tucker has re-turned to Miami, Fla.. accompanied by his wife, who will stay until Maynard is assigned to sea duty, which he expects soon.

Mrs. Bruce F a h m l was hostess Thursday afternoon to 18 ladles honoring Mrs. Jack Sterzlck. Bingo provided amusement for the af ter-noon, a f te r which delicious refresh-ments of Ice cream and cake were served.

Rev. and Mrs. Burton Mick of Allegan visited at the L. A. Mlck home last week.

Mrs. Nettle Kinyon returned to her home in Lowell Monday a f t e r ipending several days with her sis-ter, Mrs. Thomas Leece.

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lewis are '.he proud parents of a daughter, bom July 28 in Blodgett hospital.

SOUTH SIDE —SEGWUN MRS. CHARLES YOUNO

Miss Zelma Frost of Ionia Is spending this week with her cousin, Jacky' Page.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mullen spent Sunday with their son, Loyal and wife near South Lowell.

Alice DeCommei-ce returned Wed-nesday from S t Mary's hospital, where she was taking treatments.

U. A. Hawk was home from Lan-ding over the neek-end.

Patricia and Sandra Jones r.f Lansing are visiting their gnand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lefwis Jones.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Keyes of Rock-ford brought Mrs. Frederick Boyd and little daughter Bonnie Kay of Wayne to visit Mr. and Mrs. F. J . Boyd over the week-end. They re-turned to Wayne Sunday evening with Frederick.

Miss Barbara June Chambers and Miss Marian Beecher of Pontlac spent Friday forenoon a t the Chas. Young home.

Mrs. V. Pierce and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Morse of Detroit apent the week-end with their slater, Mra. F>ank Schwacha and family.

Harry L Chambers is spending a couple of weeks with his slater, *r.B. Chas. Young and family.

SLIOHT MISUNDERSTANDING

A shy young lady sat next to a distinguished bishop at a formal din-ner. For some time she hesitated to speak to him but finally, seeing some bananas passed, she seized the opportunity to start conversation.

"I beg your pardon, but are you fond of bananas?"

The bishop, who was slightly deaf, replied: "Pardon me. but what did you say?"

"I said," replied the young lady, blushing furiously, "Do you like bananas?"

The bishop pondered a moment, then answered; "It i i a curious question, but I have always pre-ferred the old-fashioned nightshir t"

Theory and Practice Him—I'm glad you're impressed,

dear, by all the explanations I've given you on banking and currency and inflation.

Her—Yes, darling. But I still can't understand how anyone could know as much about money as you do and not have any.

Teacher — Is that gum you at» chewing?

Toughy—No, i t ' / tobacco. Teacher—Oh, I beg your pardon.

Sea! Tears At an entertainment one of the la-

dies had Just finished singing "My Old Kentucky Home" when a man in the audience was seen to be In tears,

"Are you from Kentucky?" asked a neighbor.

"No," answered the tearful stranger, " I 'm a musician."

It 'a the War Junior—A person must be brave

to go to church these days. Minister—Why do you say that

my son? Junior—I heard Dad say that last

Sunday there was a big gun in the pulpit, the choir murdered the an-them and the organist drowned the choir.

Na More Fan Doctor—Don't feel badly, little

man. your sister Is better now end soon will be out of bed.

Junior—I know i t And now she'll be eating all the things herself that people bring tor her.

M a s K M M t M l t s r i O l S / l u i S W RagryiCimoMS T n w c a w r i o w , I K w i ' i W 4 t ) a i « m o » - / i H < i M W > o y » JOB w r m o u r a t o n ^ fueMltTWMH.yTMKOPTMTCMMOr 1W fthV.ft.

ON THE HIGH ROAD TO PARIS—Past buildings reminiscent of the days of Crecy. Poitiers and Agincourt, American soldiers traverse historic battlegrounds in Northern Franca. The modern rifle and armored ear have made almost unbelievable improvement in weapons since men fought with the pike and long bow and armored knighta lad the way on horseback, but the landscape with orchards and hedgerows and mediaeval arehitaetare baa changed but little.

Seme Joke I see by the papers whers a fellow

stole a fur coat to square himself with the girl friend. The least she can do now is to bake him a cake with a saw in i t

Completely Fallen Groom—What's thin cake, dear? ? Bride—Lucifer cake. Groom—I thought you teid you

were going to make an Angel cake. Bride—I was, but | ft ML

Cloae Resemblance Joe—Old man bald pete McGregor

reminds m e of heaven. Bill—1 don't get the connection. Joe—There's no parting or dying

up there1

Mmch Teo S e w Harry—Flying experts gay that!

rocket planet will carry passengers across the continent in five years.

Jerry—That's too alow. I could walk It In t h a t

E A S Y C U B E

Patient—Every time I have a cu^ j of coffee I get a stabbing pain in my eye. What shall I do?

Doc—Take the spoon out of your| cup!

Some Lying Lion Hunter—When that lion ran across i

my path, I had no gun to I took | a pail of water and poured it over his head and he ran away.

Second Ditto—I gueased you must have because when that lion ran into camp and I stroked his mane, I no ticed it was still wet

AltentUm!! Sergeant—What's your name? Rookie—S-S-S-S-S-S—Smith, S-Sir. Sergeant—We'll call you Smith foi

thnrt!

RalMMd by U. S. War Ovpartmtnt. Buroui of PublU lUUtiona WACS IN NEW FIELD UNIFORMS—Left, members of the Women'a Army Corps, dressed in their overseas field uniform, set out

for a hike somewheu In England. Leading them In P v t Ann F. Dietrich, New Kensington, Pa. WACS have been assigned to behind-the-Iine jobs in France. Right, a group in their new field dothei take time ont for a drink from their canteens and a "brush up*' on their study of the French language. Left to right, Pfc. Lucille CoUint, S29 Selby Avenue, S t Paul, Minn.; Pfc. Goldie Johnaon, 720 Second Street Louisville, Ky. , and Pfc, Mollie Weinstein, 2554 Weet Euclid Avenue, Detroit Mich.

LOOK OUT, TEACHER

GoodSdUhr

itie proudest title

In the /Irmy

IT CONSISTS of two simple words.

Yet every soldier who's worth his salt covets i t

This title is simply:

"Good Soldier."

It isn't just happenstance that so many women in the WAC have earned this title—the proudest in the Airoy.

For whercvei Wacs are working, both here and overseas, there you find a job well done. And done with a spirit so gallant and fine that high Army officers everywhere say of the WAC. . .

They're soldiers. Good toldicn!"

Qood soldiers...

McUMH sfajfalh/ m mq* for combat

W O M E N ' S A R M * C O R P S

• Ton run. irfTOntATtOtt ahout eh* Wonten't Army Corp*, f ntarmst U.S. Amy lUendttitg Stmfum. Or mmil thu coupon

U. S. ARMY RECRUmNG STATION 117 Ionia, N. W.

Grand Raplda, Michigan tease send o»- -

Checking pilots to and {horn war zones

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Please send me, without any obligation on my part, the new ilhistrated booklet about tbe Wacs...telling about the jobs they do, how they live, their training, pay, officer selections, etc.

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says about baldneat: "I t is nea t"—

Tom Draler.

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ran L O W U i L O W J 4 MICBJOAN. THURSDAY, AUGUST I , l t44 SEVEN

Ada News ( M r a . f l a t t i e R . F i t c h )

Qhurch CJJe WS

F I R S T M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H

C. E P o l l o c k , M i n i s t e r

| Sunday School at 10 o'clock. Ada Locals 1 Public worship and sermon a t 11

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Stukkle 0 ' c l 0 c k -and children spent Sunday evening' B l b l® reading, song and prayer In Grand Rsplds visiting Mr. and t h # t a l im t tk service on Wednes-

Mrs. Nell Welmhoff. ^ e v « n l n I * 8 O ' c l o c l t - u

Mrs. Carl Duthler spent all day ' • very warm, a cool room Wednesday In Grand Rapids visit- w i l 1 b e available for thla service.

Ing Mrs. George Steenstra. Mr. and Mrs. Raouel Loranger VERGENNES METHODIST CH.

spent this past week at Beaver 1 The minister will preach and con-Island on a vacation trip and re- duct the morning worship service port that It was unusually lovely up Rt 10 o'clock. Following Uie ser-there. men, the Sunday School will meet

Mrs. Orvles Kellogg hsd her l i t t l e* 1 1 0 : 4 5 -granddaughter, Mary Ellen McOor-mlck, of North Ada as a week-end MUST CONGREUATIONAL CH. gueat. | Rev. N. O. Woon, Pastor

Mrs. IHhzel Ortowskl and Marie | Church School—10:00 a. m. were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Worship Servlce-lliOO a. m: The Mrs. W W. Ward. jPllgrlm Fellowship will have com

Mr. and Mrs. Mile. Faee ^ d P ^ e c ^ , of the servlce. The

Rosle spent Sunday a t Fallaaburg 7 * • e r v l c <#

w ! 1 1 ^ visiting (Ray iFase. Miles and R a y i ^ n , e m b e r t o f t h e organltatlon; went fishing In the river above the "»POrta will be presented by mem-

dam and had Hne luck, and a fish w h o 0 1 1 v e t c o n f e r -f ry was much enJoy^L I " " ' ^

The Misses Ethel and fflrther by one of the members. The oholr

ADA OOMMUNTTY REFORMED CHURCH

W. B. Rolenbrander, Pastor

Morning service at 10 o'clock. Sunday School a t 11:15 a. m. Evening service a t 7:30 o'clock. ChrlsUan Endeavor at 8:40 p. m.

CASCADE CHURCH OF CHRIST J . F r a n k Green, Minister

Grand Rapids. R S. Phone 8S7-FI

Sunday School—10:00 a. m. Worship and Sermon—11:00 a. m.

CATHOLIC PARISHES S t Mary's—LoweU

Rev. Fr . E . J . Jewell. Pastor 8:00 a. m., Low Mass and sermon. 10:0d a. m., High Mass and ser-

mon.

S t Patrick's—Parnell Rev. William J . Murphy

8:00 a. m., Low Mass and sermon. 10:00 a. m.. High Mass and ser-

mon. •

Cascade and Bowne Rev. Fr . E IL Raoette, Pastor

Services a t 8:10 and 10:00 a. m.

[OLD TIME METHODIST CHURCH McCords, Mkh.

Sunday School—10:00 a. m. Prsaohlng Services—11:00 a. m.

and 8:00 p. m.

UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH OF WEST LOWELL Rev. C. Clay, Pastor

Sunday School—10:00 a. m. Preaching Service—11:00 a. m. Christian Endeavor—7:80 p. m.

CHURCH OF T H E BRETHREN Elmdale, Mich.

Rev. Wm. E Tombaugh, Pas tor Clarksvllle, Mich.

Sunday School—10:00 a. m. Worship Service-11:00 a. m. Young People's meeting—7:30

p. m. Evangelistic Service—8:00 p. m. Prsyer meeting Wednesday eve-

ning at 8 o'clock.

Phone your news to the Ledger.

Kamp went to Detroit on Friday night and then went to YpsilanU on Saturday evening to spend the week-end with their sister. Miss Ger tmde Kamp.

will share In the service. All young people affiliated In any way with our church, a n d their fr iends are especially invited.

The Pilgrim Fellowship will be e n r a a t muz ip . l Mrs. Nicholas H*rtel. who ^ repreaented a t Bostwlck Lake

been so seriously 111, is reported ^ TraUmakers Camp No. 11. by the

be somewhat Improved and te a b t o f c * 1 * ; * 5 ^ ^ to be about once again. j " " 1 P ^ r i c t \ , K r W ^ ! \ A ^ ] " t

P a t r i d a Anne and Morris Eugene ^ inclusive. (Rev. Erwin Brit-

w a m of Ionia are making an ex- U l n o f ^ ^ d , r * c t o r -tended vacation vioit with their I grandparects, Mr. and Mrs. Webb C H I " ® T I ^ f * ™ C B iOCIETY Ward i C w Waahlngton and Kent

Mr. and (Mra. Homer Morris and' Morning services a t 11 o'clock Joanne and iR«v. and Mrs. Henry L | * v e r y Sunday. Rust of Bostwlck Lake were fiun-i "Splr l f will be the subject of the day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. teason-sermoo in all Christian Joe Svoboda a t the cottage a t Sll-'6cl«nce Churches throughout the ver Lake. world on Sunday, Aug. 8.

Pv t . Robert McCormlck has re-1 The Golden Text ( I Corinthians oently been moved from the A l r ^ l i ) .

Among the Bible citations Is this passage (John 4:24).

Correlative passages to be read from the Christian Science text-

Field a t Amarillo, Te*., to study at the Gunnery School at HarMngen, Tex., and writes his parents that he likes It there very much.

Mrs. Glenn Clinton has received book, "Science and Health with word that her son, Sgt. Keith ClIn-jKey to the Scriptures'*, by Mary ton, was presented with the Purple Baker Eddy, Include the following Hear t at a ceremony held In July I (p .S84). somewhere In England, for wounds received in action. The Colonel in his group made the presentation. % t Clinton is the first one from Ada village to rccelve the Purple Hear t .

Gerald Jasperse went to Buttes-worth hospital on Friday to have an Injury to the knee bone taken cafe of. The knee has been placed In a cast and Gerald Is not expected to have to stay a t the hospital very many days.

Mrs . Grace Whaley went to Grand Rapids on Wednesday te make an overnight visit with her sister, Mrs. Walter MdConnslI.

Mrs. Jack Kings!ey had as guests on Wednesday, her friends, Mrs. Mary Worden and Miss Frances Dodds of Chicago.

Mrs. James H. Stllson's daugh-ter, (Mrs. Max Baitwur, and grand-daughter, Sharon Lyn Barbour, of Marae spent this past week as her guesta.

•Mr. and Mrs. James H. Stllson were dinner guests on Friday eve-ning of their friends, Mr. and Mra. George Woodard. In Grand Rapids.

Mr. and (Mrs. Norman Wride and Marion visited Mr, Mid Mrs. Roy Stevens and aon, (Pvt Isiwrence Stevens of Florida who was home on furlough, a t their home on Cas-cade Road on Sunday evening.

Joanne Morris is spending a few days this week In Grand Rapids vlslUng her aunt, Mrs. Winnie Chaffee.

Mr. aaid Mrs. H. L Bronson of Saginaw have been guests of Mr. and Mrs George Wensel foi the past ten days and Mrs. Wenzel's niece, Mrs. Ha r ry Ash of Holly was a week-end guest.

McCORDS MATTERS MRS. It. T. WILUAMB

ZION METHODIST CHURCH J o h n Clans, Pas tor

English preachTtog a t 10:00 a. m. Bible School a t 11:00 a. m. You are cordially, invited.

F IRST BAPTIST CHURCH O F LOWELL

Rev. Guy DlUon, Pastor

10:00 a. m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a. m,—Worship Service. 6:30 p. m.—Young people 's meet

Ing. 7:30 p. m.—Worship Ssrvlce. Midweek prayer and praise serv-

ice. Wednesday evening, 8 o'clock. Hea r Mr. and Mra. Paul LaBatx.

the Highway Evangelists and Musi-cians, August 10, a t 8:00 p. m.

ALTO METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Wm. E. Tlmms, Minister

Morning worship a l 9:45. Subject, "Christian Perseverance."

Sunday School a t 10:45 a. m.

BOWNE

Sunday afternoon caller* of Mrs. A. E. Wood were Trooper LeRoy H u n t and family and Oscar Berg-land and family of Rock ford.

Mr. and Mrs. John Pos tma at-tended the Mlshler reunion Sunday a t <he Merle Hostettler home.

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Postma and Mr. and Mrs. John Postma visited Mr. and Mrs. Ben Workman Sun-day night.

Mr. and Mrs. !R. Postma and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Workman visited Mr. and Mrs. F red Fuss and Mr. and Mrs. Louie Smith near Lowell Sun-day.

Walter IHioughton of Harrah,, Wash., was a recent af temoon call-er and supper guest at the Clarii-, Williams home.

Mrs. OUle Oliver and children of Midland spent several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rayj Coats.

Mr. and Mrs. Waller Clark and' Mrs. Jennie Williams attended the berry pickers' picnic a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin VanderJagt Saturday. Seventeen were present and a bountiful potluck dinner was aerved a t noon with ice cream, lemonade and cake to finish up on. Mrs. J . C. VanNorman was an hon-ored guest, It helng her birthday.

Mr. and Mra. George Lane and children of Canton, Ohio, arrived a t the Clark-Williams home Sun-day. Callera were Mr. and Mrs. George Lane, Sr., of Aldatr, Mrs. Wlllard Kallna of Benton Harbor, Mr. and Mra. G. H. Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Eiskey and son Richard of Grand RapMa.

CENTER METHODIST CHURCH

Rev. Wm. E Tlmms, Mfailster

Sunday school, 10:08 a. m. Morning worship at 11 o'clock.

Subject 'Christ ian Perseverance."

CHURCH O F THE NAZARENE Lowell, J t k h .

Rev. R . C Warland. Pastor

Sunday School a t 10:00 a. m. Preaching a t 11:00 a. m. and 7:45

p. m. N. Y. P. S. a t 6:45 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at

7:45 p. m.

LUTHERAN SERVICES Paul T. Gutknocht Pastor

Services a t 7:80 p. rn. a t the Zlon

Methodist Church. Everyone wel oome. MeeUngs will be held regu-larly every Sunday evening.

ALTON CHURCH (Unienomlnatloiial)

Alfred Anderson. Pas te r

Sunday School—10:30 a. m. Young People's MeeUng—7:15 Evening services a t 8 o'clock.

Subject, "The Man Tha t Remem-bered God."

If you want to understand the operation of a complicated machine, get your Information from some-one who knows Just a little more about It than yourself; an expert will mire you In an avalanche of details.

HICKORY CORNERS URS. ETHEL TEITER

(Margot and Paula Hilton are spending this week with their grandparents a t North Park.

Mrs. Letha Blough of Clarksvllle spent Friday with her mother, Mrs. Ethel Yelter, and Dean returned home with her af ter spending the week with his grandmother.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cooley of Lowell spent one evening last week at the John Yelter home.

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Huver and children spent Wednesday after-noon In Ionia, Little Danny and Mary June staying with Mrs. Ethel Yelter.

Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Hilton spent Wednesday In Grand Rapids on business.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yelter and son Dickie Joe of Potter 's Corners and Kenneth Yelter of McCords spent Sunday at home.

Margot and Paula Hilton spent Wednesday and Thursday with Dean Blough at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Ethel Yelter.

Edward and Kenneth Yelter and

Rtlewed by U. 8. W»r Department Burrtu of Publte lUUtloni NiOiTING UP IN BOUGAINVILLE—At dawn American doughboys clear out the Japs who infil-

trated within the lines during the night Infantrymen follow the cover of a tank. Note the soldien

sprintrinsr from their foxholes to join in the attack.

nephew, Dean Blough, spent last son, Dickie Joe, of Potter 's Corners

Thursday evening a t Campau Lake.'spent Thursday at home and picked

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yelter and huckleberries.

"With all their faults, no one

wishes you success more than your

credltort."

E U f D A I . E NAZARENE CHURCH Rev. Wm. Kelley, Pastor

Sunday School—10:00 a. m. Worship Service—11:00 a. m. N. Y. P . 8 . -7 :80 p. m. Evangelistic Service—8:00 p. m. Prayermeetlng—Wednesday, 8:00

p. m.

GOSPEL HALL MEETINGS At German Methodist Church

8:00 p. m.—Sunday School. Inter-esting lessons and classes for all [agea, f rom God's complete text-book, the Bible.

8:00 o'clock Thursday evening— [Prayer meeting and Bible Study.

ADA CONGREGATIONAL C H Henry L. R u s t Minister

Sunday School—10:00 a. m. Worship and Sermon—7:80 p. m

Sermon by the minister. A cordial invitation to all who

haws no other church home.

ALTO BAPTIST CHURCH W. R. Gar t ea r , Paatar

B M a School—10:00 a. m. Charles

M i D t o r i l y , this is the most important . . . meet urgent phase of the whole

war.

The moment is at hand for Ameri-can soldiers to give everything they've got in a supreme effort.

Depend on them. They will write history.. . write it with their blood.

Financially, too, this is the most important, most urgent phase of the war for America.

This is the moment our soldiers depend on us to make our supreme effort in this war! We've got to make history too!

Don't fall America now. Buy Bonds. Buy Bonds and keep on buy-ing Bonds even though it begins to pinch.

And if you think that's a sacrifice, just look at the casualty list in this newspaper . . . then go out and buy some more!

Sponsored and indorsed In Behalf of the Men In Our A n a e i Forces b y the Lowell Ledger

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Bus Schedules SLOW TIME

To Laming, Ann X0 Gr. Rapids Arbor , Detroit 9:05 ii. m. anil Toledo 9:50 a. m.

7:10 a. m. 2:25 p.m.

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To FLINT 1 -.25 a. m.

Trip to

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12:15 p. m. 11:10 p. m.

6:00 p.m. Fri., Sa t , Sun.

John W. Freyermuth Laid to Rett i t 8S

John W. Freyermuth, 88, who had been a resident of Olivet for th« paat aeveral montns, passed away at his home there Sunday morning, July 23, following a long Illness.

The dtceased was born Septem-ber 11, 1858 at Havana. Huron county, Ohio, the son of John and Caroline Freyermuth. When he waa six years old, the family came to Michigan and settled on a farm In Lowell township. Kent county.

October 8, 1888, he was married to Ine?. I. Horn of Carmel, who sur vlves him.

Mr. Freyermuth waa a member of the Alto Methodlat church, prayer service was held at the Burkhead chapel. Olivet, at 12:30 Tuesday, July 25, and at 3 o'clock the funeral services were held from ;he Alto Methodist church. Rev VV. E. Beckett of Charlotte, who was pastor of the Alto chuixh for several years, officiated. Interment was In Whltneyvllle cemetery.

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COMING EVENTS

Annual Kent County 4-H Club Fair, at Lowell, August 23-24. Utf

The Hatch reunion will be held with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hatch on Sunday. Aug. 13.

The Cheerful Doers will meet a t the Congregational Church on Mon-day. Aug. 7, at 8:00 p. m.

The Mdntyre District No. 9 will hold their annual school reunion Saturday, Aug. 12, at the aohool. —Melvln Court, Sec^y. 12-13

The Lila Group of the Congrega-tion»l Ladies' Aid will m«et with Ura. Arthur Armstrong thla Friday aftemoon at 2:30.

The annual Yelter reunion will be held at FaDasburg Park Sunday, Aug. 6. Picnic dinner at 1 o'clock. Please bring own drink.—Sec'y.

The 18th annual Ford reunion will be held on Labov Day, S e p t 4, i n . the Alton churchfcbasement. Your service will be rerniahed.— Mrs. Hazel Ford, Qeo'y.

The Good Will Club will hoi* their annual picnic at Falladburg Park, Sunday, Aug. 6. Dinner a t one o'clock, near the pavilion. Please bring your own table serv-ice, drink, sandwiches and a dish to pass. All members and their families are invlteA

CARD OF THANKS

1 wish to thank all those who so kindly remembered me with cards,: letters, flowers and gifts during my stay at the hospital. pl3 Mrs. George Alexander.

Bowne Kitahpn Mnlda

A group of very efficient 4-H members served a delicious demon-stration dinner at the Bowne Aid Hall, Wednesday, July 26. guests being Mesdames Posthumus, Krebs, Russell, Wlngeler, Clarke, Simpson, Blough and Flynn.

The menu, prepared by the girls, consisted of pineapple cocktail, cheese crackers, escalloped pota-toes and ham, peas, vegetable plate, molded salad, rolls, pickles, jelly, and apple pie a-la mode.

The 4-H colors, green and white, were carried out In the attractive table decorations with candles and place cards with the 4-H In mono-gram.

After dinner a short program was prcoented, in charge of France* Posthumus, who gave a few words of welcome and called on laahelle Boulard for a toast to the mothers and guesta: Mra. Freda Rusaell, responded with a toast to the girls. Mrs. Esther Simpson gave a beau-tiful vocal number and Mrs. Ed-wina Wlngeler, leader, spoke a few words commending the girls on their projects in food preparation. The 4-H pledge was given by the group.

Those completing work In thia project are Frances Posthumus, Dorothy Russell, Eilene Russell. Peggy Posthumus, Kathryn Oesch. Tsabelle Boulard, Geraldine Flynn and ITvelyr Johnson

APPRECIATION

I wish to take this way to thank all my kind relatives and friends for their many acta of kindness, flowers and gifts during my unex-pected trip to the hospital and since my return home. Thanks. cl3 Mrs. Archie Condoa.

Keep your address up to date and avoid missing copies of the Ledger.

JUNIOR FARM BUREAU

The Junior Farm Bureau met on Thursday evening, July 27, a» the Vergennes Grange Hall and new officers elected as follows: Presi-dent, Ralph Roth; senior vice presi-dents, Louis Baker and Barbara Canfield; junior vice presidents, Kenneth Anderson and Avis Lamp-hear; secretary, Marilyn Fritz; treasurer. Royal Clark; publicity chairman. Bud Condon; sergeant-at-arms, Edward Koolman and Shirley Gross; counsellor, Donald McPherson; assistant counsellors, Aileen Myers, Orer. Ford. Mrs Oren Ford, Donald Anderson and Mary Farrell; camp chairman, Mary Farrell.

—Oren Ford, Pub. Chmn.

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STRAND THEATER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, AUG. 4-5. ADMISSION l«c and SOc

ACTION!

T H E L O W L L L O W L L MKBPGAlf, THUBgDAT, ACGUW I, 1 H |

MORE, LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. B. A. Charles is Viiitiog her daughter, Mrs. Peter VOB, In Flint.

Mra. Bert McNoilly spent Monday with her slater, Mrs. Wm. (Roth, in Vergennes.

Mra. Harold Yelter and Colleen left today (Thursday) for Toronto, Canada, for a two weeks' visit with relatives.

Waller Houghton, who lives in the Yakima Valley In Washington, visited a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer EUls.

Fred Teets of Yale, Mich., and Polk City, Fla., spent Friday night with Elmer Ellis. He formerly lived on a farm near Alto.

Michigan State Radio Highlights

Station WKAR. . .870 KC Michigan State College

Discussions on Cuechoalovakla and the stake of small nations In the war and the peace have been resumed by Dr. Karel IHJujer, of the Michigan State College physics de-partment, each Thursday a t 8; 16 p. m. over the college radio station WKAR.

Another program which was shift-ed temporarily has been changed back to Its old time of 10:30 a. m. on Tuesday and Thursday. That is the "Bookman", a program of re-views of the latest books conduct-ed by B. J. Knlttel, of the depart-ment of speech.

Miss Margaret Beanblossom

with her grandparents, the Rev. and Mrs. David F. Warner.

J The Interlochen music camp

r w n „ n I. »hla xvoMJ , ) r 0 a d c n 8 1 8 W , U C O n t , n U e through Saturday, Aug. 20. T h . . e hroadcaal. come to WKAR by direct wire from the camp. A variety program of chorus and soloists la heard al 7 p. m. each Thursday; the National High School band each Fr iday ,a t 7 a. m., and the National High School orchestra each Saturday at 7 p. m.

SUNDAY AND MONDAY AUGUST 6-7

Sun. Matinee 8:00. Adm. 12c - 26c Evenings, 7:0M:80. Adm. Itc - SOc

TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY, THUESDAY, AUG. ^0-10. ADM. UfrMe

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ellis visited Uielr mother, Mrs. Jennie Flynn and John Nash and daughter at South Bowne Sunday evening.

Guests at the Dr. H. Myers home since Monday are his mother, Mrs. J . B. Myers and nephew. Stewart Myers, jr., of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Mr. and Mrs. Alvln J. Wells were In Lake Odessa Sunday to attend the memorial services for their nephew, Carol E. Goodsell, who was killed In Italy, May 23.

Ken Weed, proprietor of Ken's Recreation, became 111 Tuesday night and was removed to Osteo-pathic hospital at two o'clock the next morning for observation.

Mrs. Phil S. Krum Is spending two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. H. L. Barptwell, in Grand Rapids, and at terued the Batey family re-union at Reed's Lake on Sunday.

Mrs. Newton Coons was taken to Blodgett Memorial hospital last week Wednesday for x-ray treat-ments, and returned home Friday, since wh'ch time she has been Im-proving.

Mr. and Mrs. H. H. P r a t t of Buffalo, N. Y., have been guests of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Schaofer, for the past week, leaving for home on Wednesday.

Mrs. Howard T. Thurtell returned home Tuesday af ter spending a week in Montgomery, Ala., where her hustoand, an air cadet, graduat-ed from his pre-fllght training at Maxwell Field.

Frank L. Houghton and children and their families met Sunday at the Houghton home at Morse Lake for a dinner and family reunion In honor of Sgt. Lewis Houghton and Walter C. Houghton from Wapato. Wash.

Mrs. Ida Young entertained her granddaughter of Grand Rapids and Silver Lake from Wednesday until Saturday. Wayne Young wae a dinner guest on Monday, also a welcome caller was Mrs. Virginia Slayton of Detroit.

Don Dickerson who has been in University hospital, Ann Arbor since the 26th of June, having un-dergone an operation there, was returned to hla home Tuesday noon of this week and his friends will be glad to know thai he is making rapid recovery.

Mr, and Mrs. Sam Myers have moved to the former C. M. Rulason farm in west Lowell, which they recently purchased. Their many Lowell friends wish them best of luck. The Myers home on Amity street has been sold to Mrs. Gao. Golds who moved In this week.

SO. KEENE —NO. BOSTON MRS. ED. POTTER

Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Blancbard are visiting their son, Paul Smith and family for awhile, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hunter and Mrs. Moore of Plymouth are spending this week of his vacation at their home in LowelL

Mrs. Gerald H. Gardner and Mrs. Donna Gardner of Lansing were guests Sunday at the Joe Multl-kaltis home.

Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Rickert at-tended the celeibratlon of the 25th vedding anniversary at Mr. and Mrs. Royden Warner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gain Bongs, Sr., in Segwan.

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ford and Sandra of Grand Rapids are spend-ing a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Moore.

Mrs. Marian Plnkney of Grand Rapids was a week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Plnkney.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P ranks enter-tained for supper, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Franks and son of near Pox's Corners, as a farewell party for tl.e son of the Fred Franks, who is leaving for the Navy.

Vivian Hale of Lansing was a week-end guest of her moth.ev, Leona Hale and family. Mrs. Jack Hale of Ada was a Sunday guest

Lois Eva Ralmer Is visiting while a t the home of Mr. and awhile a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson.

Betty Lou Fraoks spent the week-end at the Fred Franks home.

Mrs. Ida Staal was a dinner guest Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Ed. Maloney In Lowell.

Mr. and Mrs. James Hill and sons of Detroit were Thursday

i guests at the Ed Potter home.

Hounewivet Should Avoid Shocks on Waih Day

Of all the casuallies of washday, burns and scalds are no doubt the most common, but If you arc using an electric washer don't forget abou*. the danger of shock. Wet hands and wet floors, especially wet cement floors, carry electricity almost as readily as wires. Dry your hands thoroughly before touching a corn, twitch or other electric fixture. Where damp floors increase the dan- > ger of shock, wear an ordinary pair i of rubbers or mbber-soled shoes for' the sake of safety.

It is a good plan to have your electric washer grounded. This may be done by attaching a copper wire

Flowers Are the Perfect Gjft

for the SNIT-IR

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"Flowers Telegraphed Anywhere"

Phone' 225 Lowell

SOCIAL EVENTS

Celebrate Silver Wedding

On Sunday, July 30, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Johnson, assisted by Lucille and Dora Jean Warner, held open house for the pleasure of Mr. and Mrs. Royden Warner, who cele-brated their 25th wedding anniver-sary.

About 100 guests were enter-tained on the lawn where an arbor had been built, and covered with daisies and ferns.

Among the relatives from out of town were Robert Warner A A M 1/c of Gross He and his wife of Grand ^aplds; also Mrs. Mary Warner and Olga, mother and sis-ter of the groom, and Mr. and Mrs. Alva Warner and daughter of Mull-iken.

Past Officers Entertained

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E . Radford entertained the paat officers and line officers of Palestine Shrine and

to a bolt on the frame of the washer; the'r families at their home Sunday and connecting It-to a water pipe or | afternoon. Tables were arranged lome other nearby "ground.Mf«®»en. on the lawn where forty-five guests any electric current that might, in,enjoyed a six o'clock picnic dinner. an emergency, come in contact with Ihe frame, would carry off through the ground wire without injury to anyone touching the washer.

Be especially cautious in connect-ing thfc washer. If possible, make the connection at a convenient out-

This was followed by a social hour af ter which they were entertained with trave* pictures and lecture by Dr. Bert Quick of (Lowell. Arrange-ments and program were planned by Mrs. Pearl Keene Glldler of Grand Rapids, president oi the past

Guests were present from Benton Harbor, Grand

let in the wall. If it is neceswry t o | o f n c t l , . k ^.oci 'atlon. plug It Into a drop cord In the base j ment be sure that the socket U of R | l p W t i Greenville, Hastings,' Rook-bakellte or porcelain. Wlnanemer- f<>rd M a r n € ^ c u i f . gency you havt to make a connec tion from a meial socket—take no chancel—play safe by standing on a j dry rubber mat or a piece of dry board while "plugging In" oc turning on the switch and always make sure both the cord and your hands are thorougHly dry.

Social BrerMea

The Misses Kathryn and Anna Lalley entertained with a family dinner al their home last Tuesday honoring Mr. and Mrs. (Robert Lalley, and Jim MoManon enter-tained the name group at the Laden Tea Shop in Ionia on Wednesday.

Mrs. Reuben Lee entertained with a stork shower in honor of Mrs. J e f f e Elliott of South Lowell Mon-day afternoon at her home. Friends and neighbors enjoyed brain teaser games which were won by the guest of honor. Many useful and pretty gift* were presented to Mrs. Elliott and delicious refreshments were served.

Mrs. Oscar J . Nelson of South Lowell was pleasantly surprised last Thursday by a birthday lunch-eon given In her honor at her home by Mrs. Clara Kingdom, Mra. I ra Marehall, Mrs. Rebecca Clark, Mrs. Oiive Ayres, Mrs. Mable Miller and l i ra . Beathea Stevens. A potluck lunch was enjoyed and each <}ne left a g i f t

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Btocsom, Leonard. Jr., and Susan attended the wedding of Mr. Bloasom's daughter Barbara Sunday In Grand Rapids, when she waa united In marriage to S 1/c John Loslnger, also of Grand (Rapids. Tbe couple will spend their honeymoon at Grand Haven, af ter which the groom will leave for duty on hla ship.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Boerma served a chicken dinner Sunday to 14, who helped erect a cottage on their lot a t Murray iLake. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Boerma, P a t t y and Garry Kane, David Hogan, 'Violet Kitchen of

Is recommended. In small gardens Comstock Parte, Dick Fonger, Al-the plants may be dusted with lime bert Albright, Robert Whitby and

Expert Figures Amount! Needed for Home Cannin;

An extension nutrition specialist at the Pennsylvania State college, of-fers a few equations to show how many cans the housewife may ex-pect from fresh fruits and Victory garden vegetables.

Snap beans—1 bushel (28 pounds) cans 14 to 18 quarts, or 2 pounds can one quart; lima beans—1 bushel (before shelling) cans 6 to 8 quarts or 4 to 5 pounds, unshelled. can 1 quart; beets—1 bushel (60 pounds) cans 18 to 20 quarts, or 2Vi pounds can 1 quart

Berries, except stravberries—1 crate (24 quarts) cans 18 quart*, or 1% to 2 quarts can 1 quart; carrots— 1 bushel (50 pounds) cans 17 to 20 quarts, or 2 ^ pounds can 1 quart; cherries—1 bushel (50 pounds) or 1 crate (24 quarts) cans 18 to 22 quarts, or 1H quarts unoltted can 1 quart; greens—1 bushel (12 to 16 pounds) cans 3 to 7 quarts, or 2 to I pounds can 1 quart.

These figures are only approxi-mate, but they will give the house-wife some Indication of the quanti-ties she may expect

Attack Few Plauts Gardeners, alarmed by the emer-

gcace of Japanese beetles, are Mi-vlse^ that relatively few plants are seriously attacked and damaged by the pests. Hand-picking and killing where there are only a few beeOes

or. if a sprayer is available, sprayed with a solution composed ef one pound of hydrated lime and three gallons of water. •

Of the vegetable plants, asp ara gus, beans, rhubarb, and sweet corn are the most eagerly sought by the beetles. The flowers most often at-tacked are cannas, dahlias, holly hocks, marsh mallow, rose mallow, snapdragon and zinnia. Among shrubs, the beetles concentrate on rose, shrub-althea, Virginia creeper, barberry, butterfly bush, crapemyr tie, lespedeza, and Oriental flower tag cherry.

Loiif l i lneu F tU l to Mrs. Emily E. Buchanan

Funeran services were held last Sunday In Crldersvllle, O., for Mrs. Emily E. Buchanan, who passed away Wednesday, July 26, In Christ hospital, Cincinnati, O., af ter an Ill-ness of six years.

Mrs. Buchanan was well known to many Lowell people, having lived here for a number of years with her daughter, Mra. D. A. Wln-geler. For twenty-five years she and her husband, the Rev. C. S. Buchanan, served aa mlaslonarics In Java and Malaya.

Surviving besides Mrs. Wlngeler, are two other daughtera, Mra. Gil-bert Spaude, who teaches in Kel-loggsvllle while her husband is in service, and Miss Elma Buchanan, nurse at Christ hospital In Cin-cinnati.

MOdew a Parasite The mildew is a true parasite and

obtains its nourishment by an ab-sorbing system which penetrates the plant tissue, extracting the sap which otherwise would nourish the host. Mildewed plants are usually weak-ened, their leaves become yellow and fall prematurely. Since the powdery mildew- Uve over winter ta the form of resting spores that mature on fallen leaves, the collec-tion and burning of fallen leaves is an additional precaution against spread ot the dbease. Infected shoots of plants are also a source oi tafection ta the spring and these should be removed and destroyed.

"If it took you a couple of yeara to learn to talk, by tills time you should know whan to

•on, Maryan LrfDnc of Washington. •D. C., and Melvln Boerma.

Mra. Lucy Duell of Alto spent hist week Tuesday at the home of her frlsnd, Mrs. Leo Denny. Mra. Denny, enjoying a surprise, invited

'en of Mrs. Duell's fr iends in Lowell to spetd the a f t e r m x # with her, amd when the door bell rang She requested Mra. tDuell to answer, and there stood the surprise party. Lonch was served by the hostess and a very pleasant afternoox. was spent by all.v

Little Marcia Althaus celebrated her 10th birthday, Thursday, July 27, with a party for the following guests, Jean and Joan Blonshlne, Johnnie Stauffer, Sandra Thomp-son, Darlene Johnson, S h i r l e y Winks, Joyce Hyder, J4n McMahon and Marilyn Goff. Mra. Lloyd 3lon-sliine and Mrs. Lloyd Stauffer" also attended. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mra. Carl Mapes a t Washington, (D. C., on Sunday, July 30, a son, John Joseph, weight 7 lbs., 14 o n . Congratulations to Mr. A d Mra. C. (HI R o n d m a n on their first grandson.

Good Care of Refrigerator Aidi Food Preiervalion

The warmer the weather, the more essential It is to take the best care of the refrigerator. Spilled foods should be wiped up Immedi-ately with a cloth moistened with eoapy water. Every time the re-frigerator is defrosted it should be given an all-out washing. Every-thing In the box. Including the, ihelves, should be taken out and washed In warm soapy water, rinsed, dried, and replaced when cooled. In the regulation Ice-box, the ice compartment usually needs weekly cleaning, to prevent forma-tion of slime and clogging of the drain pipe.

Vegetable crispers and other (lass and enamel containers should not be overlooked In the regular cleaning, and If lettuce or other vegetables have rotted in them the washing should be done with good hot soapy water followed by boiling for several minutes to kill the mold that may have formed on the dish. Left-overs of cooked foods, too, should always be placed ta thor-oughly clean containers, and prefer-ably containers with covers. For bowls without covers, use the pan-try-panties or cover with a saucer or plate.

While the Inside of the refrigera-tor is the most important part as »ar as food is concerned, the out-side should not be neglected. Fin-ger marks, food splashes and mop splashes should be removed as soon as they occur to preserve the flne finish. A soapy doth will do the trick ta a trice, and save more laborious leaning later on.

German Canals Before the present war, Ger

many's canals alone would havt formed a dftch half way from New York to San Francisco. Canals and navigable or canallted rivers formed a great inland waterway system to taltag 7,500 miles, Including the Rhine, the Elbe and Oder, and t*. a lesser extent ihe Danube and We* er. Operating on this network wa? a fleet of 17,500 vessels which each year handled 130 million tons ol freight. A fifth of the fleet, used In the Rhine district carried more than half the water-borne traffic.

Huge barges up to 2,500 tons plied the Rhine. Ihe Dortmund-Ems ca-nal could accommodate l,S00-ton barges, while the Elbe river wat being dredged for freight carr ien up to 700 tons. Smaller barges trav-eled the upper Danube below Reg ensburf and the Oder river system

i r v H i v i Don't lot a voidable Illness

keep you from your Victory

Job. If your resistance Is low

you may imed vitamins.

Drink fiOWRLL CREAMERY

PASTEURIZED MILK for

Vitamin A and D.

Stay henlthy In these hard

working day* by drinking

plenty of milk.

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Phone 87 Lowell

IONIA COUNT i' AG NOTES A. A. Griffith, Ionia Co. Agent

The extreme response shown by Ionia County residents to the drive made by 4-H Club and F. F. A. leaders throughout the county to obtain funds to support their 4-41 Club and F. F. A. Fair waa so good that kadera are making all neces-sary plans for staging the second 4-*! Club and F. F. A. Fair to be held at the Ionia Free Fair grounds on August 17,18 and 19,1944.

There will be classes available for every project thitt any 4-H Club member has carried during the winter and summer of 1943-44.

4-IH/ Club members a re expected to make an exhibit for each project which they have carried.

It is expected tha t the premium book will be available from the printer about August 4 and will be distributed at that time to 4-H and F. F . A. leaders and membern !i»rovighout the entire county.

RATIONING FACTS

Processed Foods

Blue Stamps, Book 4, A8, through Z8 ana A5, B5, C5, D6, E5, and F5, good indefinitely. Five new stamps to be valid Sept 1.

Mtoats, Cheese, DaUer, Fats and Canned Fish

Red Stamps, Book 4, A8, through Z8 and A5, B5„ and C5, good indefi-nitely. Three more stamps to be valid Aug. 26.

Stamps 1 and 2 on "airplane" sheet in Book 8 good indefinitely.

Certiflca.es for purchase men's rubber boots and rubber work shoes good Indeflnltely.

Use Ledger Want Ads.

Late Blight Late blight a common disease or

potatoes and tomatoes ta wet sea-sons, causes a loss of leaves, and Is likely to kill the entire tops o< potatoes. If the disease comes ear-ly, It greatly reduces the yield oi potatoes; if it cjines late it cause: rotting of the tubers. The greatesi damage to tomatoes is the rottinfi of the fruits.

A dust or spray is the only sun means of control for blight and the material must be applied regularly Plants must be kept covered with r copper dust or spray at all times which means frequent application; to keep new growth cc .ered. Spray tag before a rata is most effective as tafection by blight often occur: before the copper material can bi applied to the crop after the rair has passed.

Stamp A-12 good for three gallons through £>ept 21. B-S, B4 and C-S and C-4 coupons good for five gallons each. (Write state and li-cense number on face of each cou-pon immediately upon receipt of book.)

Peal 0 0 Periods 4 and 5 coupons good

now and until Septetnber 30, 1944. 10 gallons per un i t All change making coupons are now g o o d . Period 1 coupons for new heating season good now.

Berry For best results with ratpberrie

and blackberries the bushes shoul( be summer-pruned by pinching o cutting off the tops of the new shoot when they reach a height of abou two feet.

Heading back will cause the plant to grow into a tree-like form wit lateral branchet Instead of tall, ur. branched canos that are easil: blown about or bent over by th< wind. Summer-pruning needs to hi done at weekly intervals for two o. three weeks.

All blackberries, black raspber ries and purple raspberries need t> be tipped back. Red raspberrie. should not be headed back becausi then they do not form latera branches readily but send up tnon suckers from the roots. Ib is is uo desirable.

Stan^) 30, 91 and 32 In Book 4 good for 5 S>a. indefinitely. Stamp 40 good for 5 lbs. for early canning, good through Feb. 28, 1945.

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