Established June, 1893 LOWELL, MICH., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1959 Number 36

Select Board of Managers For Lowell Branch of the Y. M. C. A.

A count of the ballots this week revealed the choicc of the 130 char-ter members who returned their vote for members of the Lowell Branch of the YMCA Hoard of Man-agers. A nominatlnfj committee which was named at the meeting or organize last month selected thirty candidates for the board, the members were given a choice of 18.

The count by the committee found that the following were se-lected: for a one year te rm: Geo. Dey, Sr.. Herbert Elzinga. Dr. Thomas Hill, Dr. Orval McKay,

Motorcyclist Hurt Sunday on M-21

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Eugene Van Dam. 30. 3245 Opar %. W., suffered severe head lacer-ations. a broken left leg. broken

(Weft a rm and possible other injuries ' when the motorcycle he was rid-1

Ving was struck by a car driven by Samuel Harris. 45. of 543 Tine

V N. W. on M-21 about 4 miles West Lowell. The accident occurred.

6:04 p. m. Sunday evening, sher-j "s deputies who investigated the

Occident, reporti-d. when Van Dam go\ng west on M-21 missed his turn

swerved off the highway on shoulder and then back on the '

Igbway into the path of Harris who was also going west.

The crash threw Van Dam off the motorcycle. Ho was taken by ambulance to Butterworth hospital. Riding with hom on th^ motor-cycle was Robert Sparks. 21, of 154 South Broadway. He was thrown off the bike but not seriously in-jured.

Congregationol Church To Hove Condlelight Service

A Christmas Eve candlelight service will be held in the First Congregational Church of Lowell on December 24. at 11 p. m.

The brief service will be a period ot quiet prayer and meditation with the famil iar Chris tmas carols and scr ipture readings. In order to take Chris tmas out of the hurried rush antj put it into perspective.

.Mrs. Hugh Onan and Dr. Roy . Westc^tt will present the special

mus lc l fo r the service assisted by ' ! l l r s . Thomas Hill, organist. Mrs.

Ohan will sing "Adore and Be Still" by Gounod and " 0 Holy Night" by Adam will be sung by Dr. Westcott.

OPEN THl'RSDAY AFTERNOON

Lowell legion Lanes will be open on Thursday afternoon at 1:00.

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C. H. Runclmnn, Dr. Roy West-cott. For a two year t e rm: James Drooger. Charles Houseman, Har-old Jefferles, William Jones, Chas. Penrce, Kenneth Fletcher. For a three year t e r m : Arthur Bierl. Carl Hagen, Mrs. C. H. Bradshaw, Ber-nard Kropf. Dr. Robert Kyser, and Stephen Nlsbet.

This selection by the member-ship of the proposed YMCA branch will go before the Grand Rapids YMCA Board of Directors at their meeting on December 30, for their approval and the first meeting of this board of managers will be called.

Chet Hall, Executive Secretary of the Grand Rapids Y announced the first duties of the board of managers will be lo appoint a per-sonnel committee to select an ex-ecutive secretary for the Lowell branch. This will be done with the guidance of the Grand Rapids chap-ter secre tary and board. The sec-ond important consideration. Mr. Hall pointed out was to form a house committee, to find quarters for the local Y. Other decisions for the group just elected will be to decide If the funds available should bo used for a building In Lowell, assist with the Lowell Community Swimming Pool Project or be kept and just use the earnings to as-sist In carrying out a program In this a rea .

It was announced that applica-tion of char ter members are still being taken and anyone interested Is Invited to join the Lowell Branch of the YMCA.

Tabiilntlnn of Vote One year t e r m :

Herbert Elzinga. 84 Orval B. McKay, M. D.t 70 C. H. Runclman, G6 Thomas B. Hill, M. D., 68 Roy W. Westcott, 65 George E. Dey, Sr., 62

Two year t e r m : William M. Jones. 86 Charles Houseman, 75 Harold F. Jefferles, 73 J a m e s F. Drooger, 66 Charles Pearce. 64 Kenneth Pletcher. 64

Three yea r t e r m : Stephen R. Nesblt, 76 Carl Hagen, 72 Bernard Kropf, 67 Robert Kyser, 65 Arthur Blerl. 64 Mrs. C. A. Bradshaw, 63

ftAKERY CLOSED

Fluger Lowell Bakery will close beginning Christmas Day, Decem-ber 25. and will re-open Monday. January 4. c-36

The Public Is Invited to midnight Mass this Christmas Eve at St. Patr ick 's church of Pamell .

Mrs. Pattison Christmas Shops Early

Mrn, Maudio Pattison, 74, wife of Fred Pattison. former Bowne Township Supervisor anil present Kent County Drain Commissioner, does her Christmas planning early. Pictured here with some of the presents she made during the year to give as Christmas gifts. Among the projects a re three large a fgnsns for her three grand-sons; S half-site for her two little great-grandsorm and a great-granddaughter and 10 dainty organdy aprons for the girls of the fami ly ; the hooked rug in the foreground and another soon to be pot on the f r a m e are also to he gifts. Mrs, Pattison says everj-one skuuld liave a iiohby. Until about a yea r ago she kept busy with her ehurch, garden club and household duties. After suffering a slight stroke which curtailed her outside activities, she deelded to do something with her hands, so with the help of Mrs. E. L. Timp-HOQ she learned to crochet, and started her Christma* gift pro-jects last February . All that Is left to do now is to wrap these lovely gifts that have so many hours of careful labor in them. Until a few years ago Mrs. Pattison was the l edge r Alto cor-respondent. For soma 20 years before everyone had a telephone. It was her duty to tour the community visiting with all the fami-lies to record the area news.

With sincere gratitude for the warm friendships which

we have enjoyed, we extend greetings of the ieason to all of you#

whose good will and loyalty we count among cur most cherished

possessions. May the holidays find you in hearty good

health, surrounded by devoted family and friends.

The Lowell Ledger X

Lowell Wrestlers Annex First Conference Win

Lowell High's Red Arrow wrest-lers annexed their first Grand Val-ley Conference win last Wednes-day downing Godwin 40-18 on the Lowell mats . The meet , which fol-lowed a slate of exciting exhibi-tion matches, lasted only 45 min-utes as the Arrows hastily disposed of their opponents. Only four matches went beyond the first period, and three of these didn't survive the second two minutes. Coach Don Kelly's squad posted 7 pins and a forfeit by Godwin for their scoring.

Lowell 40—Godwin 18 95 lbs.—Moore (G) pinned Can-field (L); 1st period. 1:14

103 lbs.—Jim Hynes (L) pinned Taylor ( t l ) ; 1st period. 1:30

112 lbs.—Kerr (L) pinned Fran-cisco (G); Lst period. :41

120 l b s . - R o n Pot ter (L) pinned Wright (G): 2nd period. :58

127 lbs.—Lampkln (L) won; for-feit

133 lbs.—Kyser (L) pinned Czy-zyk (G); 1st period. :31

138 lbs.—Jacobus (G) pinned Vld-ean (L); 2nd period. 1:47

145 lbs.—Schwander (G) pinned C. Ford (L); 1st period, 1:07

1M lbs.—Lapema (G) dec. Onan (L) . I M

165 lbs.—L. Wingeler (L) pinned Leach (G); 1st period, 1:23

180 lbs.—Depew (L» pinned Tra-vlss (G); 2nd period, 1:46

H. W.-Wakef ie ld (L) pinned Gates (G); 1st period, 1:00.

Referee—Paul Haney (Time listed for pin is elapsed

t ime) Tuesday night. December 22, the

Arrows hosted Beldlng in their fin-al meet until a f te r the holidays,

(•rand Valley Wrestling East 2 0 Lowell 1 1 Godwin 1 1 Grandville 1 1 Rockford 1 1 Wyoming 0 2

Bob Thaler. L. H. S. Sports Reporter

Students Home For Hdidoys From Area

Most of the nearly two dozen students associated with the Meth-odist Churches of Lowell and Ver-gennes who a re home for the holi-days will be participating In the services Sunday. Four of them will give three to five minute talks on "A Student Looks at Religion". The others will take other parts In the service. Mr DeVlnney will preach a brief sermon appropriate ta the occasion. (Sunday Is Stu-dent Recognition Sunday In al! Methodist churchcs.)

Following the 11 o'clock service at Lowell, the Woman's Society of the Church will serve coffee in the church parlors honoring the stu-dents. All members of the congre-gation will be invited to remain and meet and greet the students 'over a cup of coffee."

Rotary News Last week Cary Stiff gave an

Interesting talk and showed his beautiful colored slides of "The Canadian Rocky's ." i This week we will hear the Hon.

Wallace Waalkes, Kent County Pro-bate Judge.

The following week Rotary will meet Tuesday. December 29, In-stead of on Wednesday. This will be our annual Christmas Father and Son Par ty . Gerald Rollins will Introduce Mrs. Thomas Reges, with puppets In a play, "Angels Aware."

Please remember this change of date.

NOTICE FOR FILING NOMINATION PETITIONS,

VILLAiSE PRIMARY

The last day to file petitions for the Village Pr imary election Is Monday, December 28. 1959, not later than 4 p. m. Petitions may be secured from the Village Clerk. Lowell City Hall.

LAURA E. SHEPARD. Lowell Village Clerk

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Carl Edward Franks. 21 Knocks Down Street Lamp

Lowell police reported that Carl Edward Franks, 21, of 1044 Lin-coln Lake Ave., ran up on the sidewalk, knocked over a street lamp, dragged It down the street damaging another parked car and drove away from the accident at 3:10 a. m. Sunday morning.

A man sleeping in the parked car Identified the car which was found parked in Franks ' yard. Franks appeared at the police sta-tion Monday morning to report the accident. He was ticketed by Of-ficer George DeGraw for leaving the scene of a property damage accident.

LOWELL LEGION LANES HOLIDAY SEASON SCHEDULE

Closed Christmas Eve Closed Christmas Day—All day Open New Year 's Eve 12 Noon

to 6 p. m . Closed New Year's Eve from

6 p. m. Closed New Year 's Day 'til 7 p.m. Open New Year ' s Day 7-11 p. m.

West Mich. Livestock Show Winners

l e d g e r want ads bring results.

The Grand Champion Steer of the Show was exhibited by Holi-day. F a r m s . Ada. It was purchas-ed by Jack Roberts of the Pant-lind Hotel. Weight 1.135 lbs., price per lb. 85 cents which brought a price of $964.75.

The Reserve Grand C h a m p Steer of the Show was exhibited by Walter Reed. Lake Odessa. It was purchased by Dallas Darling of Darling Freight Lines. Weight 1.-080 lbs.*, price per lb. 50 cents for a total price of S540. In the Lamb Division:

Grand Champ Pen was exhibit-ed by Don Elser, Litchfield. This pen was purchased by R. Van Val-kenbere If welched 280 lbs., sold at 50 cents per pound for a total of $140.

The Reserve Champ pen was ex-hibited by Linda Wetzel of Ithaca. This pen was purchased by Frank Ader. It weighed 245 lbs., sold at 40 cents per pound for a total of $98.

The Grand Champion Individu-al L a m b was exhibited by George and Fred Buckham. Rte. 1, Kala-mazoo. This lamb was purchased by Jack Roberts of .the Pantlind Hotel. It weighed 105 lbs., sold at i2.10 per pound for a total of $220.-50.

The Reserve Grand Champion Lamb was exhibited by James Weeks. Jonesville. This lamb was purchased by Frank Ader. It weigh-ed 100 lbs., sold at 85 cents per pound for a total of $85. Ii. the Swine Division:

The Grand Champ pen was ex-hibited by Howard Gray, Rte. 3. Kalamazoo. The buyer w a s Rich-ard Havenga. of East Paris Pack-ing Company. This pen weighed 735 lbs., sold at 21 cents a pound, bringing a sale price of $154.35.

The Reserve Grand Champ Pen was exhibited by William Henry. Rte. 2, Alto. The buyer was Mil-

ford Foess. This pen weighed 405 lbs., sold at 18 cents a pound, bringing a sale price of $72.90.

The Grand Champ Hog was ex-hibited by Howard Riley, of Rte. 3, Charlotte. The buyer was Jack Roberts, of the Pantlind Hotel. This hog weighed 250 lbs., sold at 90 cents per pound for a total price of $225.

The Reserve Grand Champ Hog was exhibited by William Henry, Rte. 2. Alto. The buyer was Mil-ford Foess. This hog weighed 210 lbs., sold a t 65 cents a pound for a total price of $136.50.

The average sale price of beef was $34.71 cwt., lambs $37 .^ cwt., and swine $18.33 cu t . Kent County Partlripsr.!".;

J im Phelps of Cedar Springs, placed third In the beef showman-ship contest. Herbert Phelps, of Cedar Springs, placed fifth In the swine showmanship contest.

The F a r m e r Peet Packing Com-pany award of $50 and a trophy for showing the champion hog in the junior class went to William Hen-ry of Alto. Bill also received the Downtown Kiwanls award of $50 for champion showman in the swine division and the West Mich-igan Swine Breeders' Trophy.

The following are persons from Kent County who exhibited in the 1959 West Michigan Livestock Show. Steer Division: Herefords; Egypt Valley Hereford Farms, Ada; Ste-ven Carlson, Rockford: Martha Sheehan. Alto; Terry Sheehan. Al-to. Angus; Bruce Bergy, Alto; Marion Carlson. Alto: Deyo Fes-senden. Rockford: Jim Phelps, Ce-dar Springs; Roger Nielsen, Rock-ford. Swine Division: Yorkshire; Don Bergy. Lowell; C. A. Story, Grand Rapids; Harold Yoder. Alto; Riv-er Edge F a r m , Lowell; William Henry. Alto. Cross Breeds; Sally Anne Brown, Rockford; and Herb Phelps, Cedar Springs.

Appoint DeGraw Acting Chief

The Lowell Village Council Mon-day evening named George De-Graw acting Police Chief in the village lo lake over 'he duties, J anua ry 1st. This is the effective date of the resignation of Chief F rank L. Stephens.

Interviews are being held to se-cure another officer to take over the vacant position on the force.

Charter Election Dale

Village Attorney Richard Vander-Veen revealed that it may be pos-sible to hold the char ter election for the city as early as March 7th. If this is possible the village will not have to hold a general elec-tion on March 14.

VanderVeen also reported to the council that the model gas ordi-nance will be ready for council consideration on January 4. ahead of any gas installations in the vil-lage.

The street department reported that the work of removing trees and grading and graveling Maple Street has been started. The coun-cil also acted to change the present 80 percent co-Insurance coverage on the diesel and hydro genera-ting plant of the municipal utility to a replacement cost coverage.

Lowell Ladies Play Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus

Two of our Lowell ladles, Mrs. Robert Chrouch as Santa Claus. and Mrs. William Collins as Mrs. Santa Claus have been entertain-ing both adult and children's groups the past two weeks in Grand Rapids, Lowell and vicinity. They find working as Santa 's helpers a lot of fun and have received many Inquiries from the children, as to where their reindeer are. and where they live. They have told the children, because of not having snow they had to travel by car and that the reindeer stayed at the north pole.

They plan another year to visit many more groups as Santa's help-ers .

St. Patrick Students Pay Tribute To Teacher

Students of St. Patrick School. Parnell, on December 16, joined with their teachers and pastor In wishing the principal. Sister Mary Alicia, R. S. M. a Happy Feast Day. Songs were sung, presents given, and tributes composed by all.

The High School program In hon-or of her, opened with the senior presentation of a spiritual Ixwquet consisting of a High Mass offered that morning and many prayers and communions by the students. This was presented by Judy Qull-lan, senior president. Other num-bers included: the giving of a Christmas tree by Janet Woslnskl. Junior president, and Jean Weeks; a cake, presented by Donna Moon-ey. Sophomore president, and Ma-ry Jane Nugent, and was made by Clara Raaymakers ; and last but not least the "Freshmen had their say" with the presentation of fruit by Aline Straubel. presi-dent and Gary Drew, assistant.

Je r ry Nugent, chairman, closed the program by requesting a few comments from the pastor. Fa ther Gordon Grant. Fa ther graciously accepted the honor and expressed his gratitude for Sister's everlast-ing dedication to her teaching pro-fession.

By Mary Jane Nugent

Hugh VanderVeen Bowls 681 Series on Thiirsday

Hugh VanderVeen. a member of the King Milling bowling team, who bowls in the Up-Towners League on Thursday nights, put on an outstanding performance on December 17, when he rolled a 681 series.

VanderVeen. manager of ths Lowell Legion Lanes, bowled a 214, 231 and 236 game for his 681 series.

According to the alley records, this is the highest series ever bowl-ed on the Lanes in league action. Utner members of ihe King Mill-ing team are Lee Keech. Ron Hoist, Robert Kyser and Phil Kropf.

Hold Services Saturday For Mrs. George Rinard

Services were held Saturday af-ternoon in Grand Rapids for Mrs. Dena Rinard. aged 81. who passed away Thursday. December 17. in Butterworth hosplt

Surviving a re her h u s b a n d . George; three daughters. Mrs. Har-ry I Viola» Lee of Grand Rapids. Mrs. George (Ruth) Kinsley of Lowell and Mrs. Sidney i Doro-thy Cook of Ypsilanti; two sons. Henry of Grand Rapids and Roy of Lowell. Nineteen grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

TO CLOSE DECEMBER IS

Vic's Auto Service will be closed Saturday, December 26, for inven-tory. c-36

Marine, boating supplies f o r Christmas gifts. Williams Radio Sc TV. 126 North Hudson Street. Lowell. c-34-31

Read the Ledger Want Ads.

Cheerleaders lo Get New Uniforms

Arrows Travel To Manistee Dec. 29

Pictured ubove are Marie Ortnwskl and Gretchen Wesseli, two cheerleaders from Ixmell HIkIi School modeling ther new unlformH. Marie, who Is a member of the Varsity or Senior cheerleaders. Is giving Gretchen the pro's and con's on her white pleated skirt before the purchase of the rest of the skirts for the others in the group. New red cheerleadlng sweaters have been ordered, but have not arrived. Those Included in the varsity group are Mary Dewey, Carrie Albus, Suzl .lacobl, l^oulse Noah, Marie OrtowskI and Judy I'osthumus.

Gretchen who Is a member of the Junior Cheerleaders Is show-ing Marie the new red pleated skirt that her group recently pur-chased. They happen to bp keep-

> ing the white sweaters that were used last year . Included In her group are Jo Schlemltzauer. Linda Green. Kltly Ellis. Gretchen Wes-sel, Linda Averill and Mary Kay Winks.

Both groups will begin their mon-ey making projects for helping to finance the new outfits, the begin-ning of the year . The remainder of the cost will be taken care of by each Individual member. The group Is sponsored this year by Mrs. John Bergin. English and French instructor at Lowell High.

Marie, a senior at Lowell is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony OrtowskI of Ada. and Gretchen. a sophomore Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ty Wesseli of Lowell.

Brooke Mullen. L. H. S. News Editor.

Lowell High's basketball squad will make one of its longest road trips In recent years next Tuesday, December 29, when Coach Norm Gotschall takes his charges to Man-istee. The Manistee cagers a re tall and possess a powerful offense. They are one of the perennial court powers of the northern sec-tion of the lower peninsula. The Red Arrows must definitely im-prove upon last week's dismal showing against East if the 400-mile round trip is to be worth while. Game time is 8 Tuesday night. No reserve game will be played.

East Grand Rapids capitalized on ooor first and third periods by the Arrows to lake an easy 72-46 win last Friday. The Pioneers roar-ed off to a 17-1 first period lead as the Lowell team couldn't seem to find the basket. Against East ' s subs the Arrows pulled to within 10 points, 31-21. at the half. The victors then hit a hot streak that netted 26 points in the third f rame which just about decided the con-test.

Lowell 4 17 10 15-46 Eas t IT 14 26 15 72 J im Lawrence led the Arrows

with 9 points. Al Seeley and Carrol Eckman followed with 8 each. Dex-ter led the winners with 20.

The little Arrows finally found

St. Mary's Christmas Program Well Attended

The Upper. Middle and Lower grades of the St. Mary's School staged a Chris tmas program at the Runclman Elementary Building on Sunday evening. December 13.

The program was opened with an address of welcome and fol-lowed by a Dedication Hymn. A medley of Christmas Carols were sung by the combined grades.

Before a capacity crowd the stu-dents presented the Nativity play. "The Star of Christ." The play

an offense, and. with 6 ft. 4'in. R l c k | w a s staged In the following eight Belmers pouring in 17 points, gave the Pioneer seconds a real battle before bowing 60-52. John Kropf added 13 to the losing cause. Lowell 2nds 14 11 14 13-52 East 2nds 18 13 17 12-60

Follow the Arrows! Bob Thaler L. H. S. Sports Reporter

South Boston Grange

South Boston Grange will ha\'e their annual Christmas party on Saturday evening, December 26. Members nre to furnish home made candy, pop com or pop com balls.

There will be a 50 cent gift ex-change for adults and 25 cents for children. A short business meeting will be held. This business con-cerns all members, and you should

BANK TO CLOSE

Lowell State Savings Bank will be closed on Friday, December 25. but will remain open all day on Thursday, December 24. c-36

sequences: Prophet foretells the coming of the Prince cf Peace; Hera ld -p roc la ims the glory of Em-anuel: The Annunciation; Mary and Joseph on the way lo Beth-lehem: Shepherds on the hillside; The Throne-room In Herod's Pal-ace; Kings following the s tars ; and the final sequence was the Manger of Bethlehem.

The children were under the su-pervision and guidance of the Sis-ters of the school. The student body presented the Sisters with a Ma-donna floral bouquet for their ex-cellent help and assistance In pro-ducing 'hie well presented pro-gram.

To conclude the program a short talk was given by Father Strahan.

CLOSED ALL DAY The Runclman Co. will be closed

all day December 26. and January 2. c-35-36

LT. S. Colleges and universities spent nearly $1 billion on buildings and equipment last year.

The Utile l.i^lils Which Burn at Xmas Somewhat of an Innovation in ' ings that the Christ Child was bom.

Michigan, the Snow Methodist

church near Lowell. Is featuring a

Nativity Scene complete with the candle lighted LUMINARIAS, as Is the custom In the Southwest, on Sunday evening. December 27 from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.

The origin of the " luminarias" dates back to that holy night of long ago when the shepherds were keeping the watch, lighted fires for warmth, protection and light. These fires were burning brightly when the angels appeared to the shepherds bringing them the tid-

Snow Church Is located on Snow Avenue about six miles southwest of lonvell, or one and a half miles north of the old US-16 approxi-mately fifteen miles east of Grand Rapids.

This is something worth driving miles to see and may be viewed from your ca r while enjoying the Christmas music, better still come into the church parlors and enjoy the fellowship and light refresh-ments. No Charge. Remember that this Is for the one evening only that the LUMINARIAS will be lighted.

THF, liOWELL LKIXiKK, I.OUKI.I., MICH., DEC'. 24, 19.59

The Lowed Ledger H A R O L D JEFFERIbS.

EDITOR

Mcmbff Michigan Prtii Atioelallon Publ ihed e v c v Ihu r jda^ morn ing a l 105

Brcadwa*. Lowell . M ich igan. Entered a» Poit O l l l ce at Lowell , Mich igan, at Second Class Mat ter .

The Lowell Ledger , establ ished June 1093; The Lowell Journal , cs tab l i i hed 1864. Con-so l ida t fd v.'th the Ledger December 15. 1936. The A t o Solo, establ ished January, I9CM. Conso1 dated wi th the Ledger, June 1917.

Subscription Rates Per Year; Kent and Ionia Counties. 12.50; Elsewhere. $3.00.

NOTICE TO COIIHE8PONDENT8 CorresiKimlents ore asked to

have lliolr now* in for tlip New Year's Million on Monday, Dc-cember 28.

Lewis Electric Hotpoint - Maytag

SALES AND SERVICE

Service on All Makes Washers, Dryers

Refrigerators Phone TW 7-7746

Factory Trained Service Men "We Sell the Best and Service

the Rest"

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Candy canes and holly . . . 8Ure signs "f Christmas I May yours be brlRht and Kuy, filled with .love and laughter.

THE OFFICE OF

DR. H. R. MUELLER OPTOMETRIST

WILL BE CLOSED

Thursday througli Sunday. Inclusive Both Christmas and

New Year's Week-Ends Dee. 24 • Dee. 27th

and Dec. 8! . Jan . 3

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!

AltO' Bowne Church News

Sunday, December 27, 1959 Mom-InK worship 9:45 n. m., Church school 11 a. m. Rev. tyeynders' sermon topic, will be "The Song of Simeon." In the afternoon at 3:30 p. m. the combined Junior Choirs of Bowne Center and Alto will give their Christmas Musical program in the Alto church.

The Junior Choir will have a rehearsal Wednesday, December 23 at 4:30 p. m. in the Alto church and Saturday, December 26. at 3 p. m. in the Bowne Center church.

Itowno Center

Sunday, Dec. 27. Church School 10 a. rn. at the time of the morn-ing worship, 11 a. m. the combined Junior Choirs of Bowne Center and Alto will present their Christmas Musical Program In the Bowne Center church.

The combined Junior Choirs will have a rehearsal Wednesday, Dec. 23, at 4:30 p. m. In the Alto church and Saturday, Dec. 26. at 3 p. m. in the Bowne Center church.

Alto Baptist Church Notes

Christmas eve service will be held at the Baptist church at 8 p. m. on Thursday evening. Each musical group of the church has been asked to have a special num-ber for that evening. Ladles Sex-tet will sing "Room at the Man-ge r " ; Men's Quartet, "O Little Town of Bethlehem": Orchestra, "I t Came Upon the Midnight Clear"; Zimmerman Duet. "Won-der Savior" and other selections. Pastor and Mrs. Marquardt will sing an original Christmas song written by a friend of theirs who had sent it to them as a Christ-mas card this year. Scripture and poetry will complete the evening musical service.

Sunday special music will be presented by the men's quartet and in the evening by Jer ry Clum. The Sunday school adult depart-ment will complete the study of the Old Testament. January 3, they will begin the study of the life of Christ.

The p r imary department will have a par ty at the church on Tuesday, December 29. The chil-dren have been bringing gifts for a small t ree in their department. These gifts will be seen at this party and then sent to Africa to Jakie and Andrew Stauffer, the children of the church's mission-aries.

The watch nieht service wHi be held this yea r from 9 to 12 p. m. on December 31. A feature will be the showing of the film, "John Wes-ley."

Alto Community News

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C h i s Christmas, we

sincerely wish

for you all the joys and

blessings of the

season. May abiding peace

and happiness be yours.

Gordon Johnson

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Sincerest Wishes

that your holiday be filled

with peace and contentment

Lowell Cafe

MRS. CLAUD SILCOX •

Alto Garden Club Hold Annual Christmas Party

The Alto Garden Club's Christ-mas party held at the Alto Meth-odist church Wednesday afternoon closed a most successful year of achievement due primarily to the fine leadership of a very efficient group of officers. Roll call on the subject "What I like best about Christmas" was answered by about 40 members.

After the business meeting a number of Christmas carols were sung led by Mrs. Matilda Doming, accompanied by Mrs. Ceclle Cron-Inger on the piano. Mrs. Hope Sar-geant gave a worthwhile and in-structive reading on "The Care of Christmas plants ."

Mrs. Gerda Toft and her assist-ants served a most delicious lunch from a table adorned with appropriate accessories and center-ed by a lovely Christmas a r rangement, the handiwork of Mrs. Hazel Yelter who also was respon-sible for providing a gaily lighted Christmas tree In the room. Mrs. Maudie Pattison presided at the coffee urn.

A "fishpond" in which members fished for numbers matching num-bered packages on the Christmas tree proved a novel manner of distributing the gifts. The meeting closed with the realization that It had been a year of good things and the club will meet again in March to begin another year.

Alto White Circle Fill Christmas Boxes at Meet

Although there was a ra ther small attendance at the White Cir-cle meeting at the home of Mrs. Arlene Hatch Wednesday evening, everyone reports an exceptional-ly Interesting evening. The house was tastefully decorated In keeping with the season.

Devotions were given by Mrs. Agnes Walker and following the business meeting the evening was spent filling Christmas boxes for the shut-ins in the community.

For diversion, Mrs. Violet Cleve-land presented three lively games which afforded much amusement. Hilda Sterzlck won first prize and Ethelyn Falrchild was second prize winner.

TO BE HONORED ON BOTH ANNIVERSARY

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bergy will be honored a t an Open House given by their children at the Bowne Center WSCS Hall on Sunday, Jan-uary 3, the occasion being their 50th wedding anniversary. Hours are from 2 to 5 in the afternoon. Friends a re asked to please oml^ gifts. .1

No invitations a re being Issued but all friends and relatives will be cordially welcomed.

PHONE UN 8-4331

Junior Choirs To Present Choral Program

Nineteen members of the com-bined Alio and Bowne Center Jun-ior Choir will present a choral pro-gram on Sunday, December 27. Their first performance will be made on Sunday morning at 11 a. m. at the Bowne Center Church. At 3:30 p. m. they will give the same program at the Alto Meth-odist church.

The choir is under the able di-rection of Mrs. Jane Graham. Miss Joan Linton serves as the accom-panist for the group.

Members of the Junior Choir a re June Bowman, Susan Bryant, Su-zan and J a i m e Clemence, Sheila, Bonnie and Wendy Craig, Bonnie Lipscomb, Sherrie Johnson, Mlch-cle Martin, Lois Kauffman, Jane and Phyllis Porritt, Iris, Sharon and Mary Dee Walker, Karen and Nancy Wingeler and Diane Whit-ley.

The public is cordially invited to come and hear the choir pre-sent this medley of Chris tmas car-ols and special numbers.

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Kent County Pomona Grange was entertained by Alto Communi-ty Grange in the Hall Thursday evening. The delicious potluck sup-per was enjoyed by over seventy members f rom different Granges In the county. Following the supper the program was held In the audi-torium upstairs.

Seasonal readings were given by Mrs. Irene Loveless and Mrs. Al-ice Anderson and Rev. Reynders gave a f ine short talk on "The True Meaning of Chr is tmas" . A very fine musical program was given by the joint Alto and Bowne Center Senior Choirs of the Meth-odist churches under the direction of Mrs. J ane Graham accompanied by Mrs. Pauline Bowman.

Numbers rendered were "The Snow Lay on the Ground", "The Bells of St. Mary" , "Deck the Halls", "Silver Bells", and "Jin-gle Bells".

The next meeting of Kent Po-mona will be at Carlisle Grange on January 21.

James A. Green Receives 10-Year Service Pin

James A. Green, Standard Oil Agent In Alto, will receive a serv-ice pin f rom R. M. Spooner, Grand Rapids District Manager, for hav-i Ing coipplqted 10 yea r s of servlcd .with. the Standard Oil Company^ " l tureen joined the Standard Oil Company on December 28, 1949 as an agent in Alto.

He is a member of the Alto Busi-nessmen's Association.

Mr. and Mrs. Green, who reside at 11432 Klrby In Alto, have hree, children: Mrs. Robert Grummet of; Alto, A 2-c Steven J . assigned to Dyers Air Force Base in Texas, and Linda who lives with her par-ents, and attends Lowell H i g h School.

They a re members and attend the Alto Methodist church.

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Alto Methodist WSCS met Fri-day afternoon In the church for their regular December meeting. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. Eleanor Green who called on Mrs. Urene Reyn-ders fo give the devotions. Follow-ing the business meeting, pro-gram chairman Mrs. Violet Cleve-land introduced Mrs. Herman Hoek of Grand Rapids who gave a won-derful Interpretation of the scene " I Bring You Chris tmas." During the talk she also sang parts of songs to Illustrate her meanings. She has a beautifully trained voice.

Mrs. Hoek's very original man-ner In presenting hep theme thrill-ed her listeners and made those who were present felt that this was surely a most welcome ad-dition to the observance of a holi-day season.

A most tempting array of va-rieties of cookies greeted the guests on their return to the dining room following the program. Lunch was served by Mrs. Myrtle Klahn and Mrs. Darlene Klahn and Mrs. Jes-sie Stoken served coffee.

Combined Choirs Give Concert at Bowne Center

The Alto and Bowne Center com-bined choirs gave a concert and Christmas Cantata which was much enjoyed by those attending, at Ihe Bowne Center Methodist church on Sunday evening. The singers were directed by Mrs. Jane Graham and accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Pauline Bowman.

The technique of the singing was so finished and polished as to ap-pear almost professional and the solo and duet numbers were es-pecially pleasing. Carrying the so-lo In the different selections were ihlr ley Petersen, Barbara Witten-bach, Ventia Wheeler, Carol Ster-rick, Hilda Sterzlck, Marjor le Win-geler, Qeraldine Craig and Ruth Ann Shade.

Other members of the choir were Doris Bergy, Jean Strand, Judy Strand, Diane Wlssman, Gloria Por-ritt, Mary Wlllyard, Mary Gelder-sma, and Donna Wlssman. During the Intermission Doris Bergy play-ed a lovely saxophone medley of Christmas music.

As a whole the excellence of this musical entertainment will long be a pleasant memory of this Christmas time.

South Lowell Circle Meets For Christmas Party

South Lowell Circle of the Alto WSCS met with Mrs. Mildred Pot-ter Thursday evening for their Christmas party. Mrs. E m m a Pros ton gave the devotlonals.

Mrs. Helen Wlttenbach gave two " lings appropriate to

Season, "The Cotyj and a poem- .

Guest. Mrs. Jane Graham favored by singing "Whispering Hope" and led In singing Chris tmas Carols with Mrs. Leona Wieland accom-panying.

Mrs. Wieland presented Re" , and Mrs. W. P. Reynders with a Christ-mas gift on behalf of the Circle. The remainder of the evening was spent In packing Chris tmas bas-kets for the shut-ins and for serv-ice boys. 1

A dainty and colorful lunch was served to close the evening's fes-tivities.

Kids Win Priies at Alto Christmas Party

Four hundred forty-nine number-ed sacks of candy, popcorn, etc., were passed out at the Business-men's sponsored party in Alto Sat-urday afternoon. Little Teresa On-an. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob-ert Onan, won the large doll. Mary Ann Courier, daughter of the J im Couriers won the sled and Alice Murray, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pitsch, won the wagon.

Freezin' Season Puts Fishing on#Ice

Winter's arrival hat again sal !ha «iege for lea fishing on Ihous-ands of Inland lakas In Michigan) Scanat •uch as Ihto aoflan Ihe sling of Ireexlng lomperalures and other encumbering ele-menl i fishermen must endure. A special leason for rainbowt on some 200 lakes during January and February will add mora sport for many of these a n o l e " of the leeways. Spearing also join: the scene during these months for a host of species on in-land non-trout waters. Fishermen must wall until February to spear s turgeon. '

Other Alto News

Mrs. Anna Falrchild, Mrs. Net-tle RlttenTer, Mr. and Mrs. Rich-ard Falrchild, Miss Carol McWhln-ney, Victor Porritt , Mr. and Mrs. Raymond House and-family, Mrs. Frelda Falrchild and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kretzman and son were all guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Falrchild Sunday for a pre-Chrlst-mas dinner.

Miss Carol McWhlnney and Lar-ry Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. Will-ard Lawrence and son, Gar ry and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph' Lawrence were Saturday evening luncheon guests at the Mr. and Mrs. F red Gaboon home in Lowell. Following thr lunch the group enjoyed slides shown by the Cahoons.

Misses Carol and Patty McWhln-ney and mother, Mrs. Robert Mc-Whlnney were Saturday forenoon callers at the h o m ^ of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hunt o f 1 Hastings.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rosenberg and Merle, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Houghton of lonra were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Headworth.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pattison were

MRS. SADIE DANIELS DIES IN GRAND RAPIDS HOSPITAL

Mrs. Sadie Daniels of M-50, Alto, passed away Tuesday morning, De-cember 22 In Grand Rapids Osteo-pathic Hospital from a blood clot striking the heart .

The body reposes a t Roth Fu neral Home.

She is survived by her husband, Clifford: three sons, Clifford, Forest and Bill; and one daughter, Ver-lie Mae.

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Mrs. Marian Yates left by p)ane Thursday for Mobile, Alabama, for a visit over Christmai .

Mr, and Mrs. Arvll Hellman left last Tuesday for Tucson, Arizona, to visit their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Elton Goodwin and children over Christmas.

Allen Cobb of Kalamazoo and Ronald Butler of Grand Rapids, called on Lester Bailey, Sunday.

Mrs. Ray Rogers and Miss Syd-ney Bennett called on Ed Bennett at the Blodgett hospital in Grand Rapids Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Mel Heering of Grand Rapids were Fr iday night guests of Mrs. Betty Baker .

Mr. and Mrs. Don Goodell of Keene were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Franks .

Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Ryder of Lowell were Sunday evening callers of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ryd-er.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Otzman of Detroit were Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Odell and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Myckowlak and Mrs. Betty Baker attended the Farm Bureau Christmas dinner at the Vergennes Hall Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Taylor were Saturday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Hur-less in Hastings.

Mrs. Betty Baker was a Sunday dinner guest of Mrs. Velma Baker and children.

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Myckowlak spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Oral Woodrick In Grand Rapids.

To place your ad in the Lowell Ledger, phone TW 7-9261.

Mr. and Mrs. James Green and Linda had a pre-Chrlstmas dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grummet and sons, the occasion being In celebration of little Bob-by Grummet ' s second birthday.

Mrs. Blanch Demlng of Kalama-zoo who spent several days last week with Mrs. Clair Flynn, re-turned home Sunday with her son, Eldred and wife and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pldgey all of Kalamazoo who called on Mrs. Flynn. Other callers at the Flynn home during' the week were Mr. and Mrs. Will Flynn of Caledonia, Henry John-son, Mrs. Lucille Watts and Mary, Mr, and Mrs. Richard Falrchild, Mrs. Leslie Graham, Mrs. Harvey Slater, Mrs. Orley Bums, Mrs. Al-ex Wingeler and Mrs. Evelyn Smith.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richard-son were Fr iday evening callers of the Everet Richardson family of near Lowell. On Sunday they visited Mrs. Richardson's brother, Clint Brewer and wife of Zeeland.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Over-holt of Caledonia, were Tuesday callers of Anna Falrchild.

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kretz-man and son Billy of Detroit were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Falrchild. Victor Porrit t of Bowne Center joined them for Sunday dinner.

West LoweP Mrs. Melvln Court

The United Brethren church held their Christmas program and t ree Sunday evening.

The Mapes School had their Christmas program and tree Tues-day evening at 7:30 this week.

Mrs. Joan Dawson and children spent Saturday in Grand Rapids.

Mrs. Ruth Bylenga of Grand Rap-ids was a Tuesday supper guest of Mr. and Mrs. Melvln Court.

Mr. and Mrs. James Kellogg and children of Grand Rapids wjsre Sunday afternoon visitors of Mr. and Mrs, Melvln Court, ' i

Randy Kamerling is home from Aberdeen, Md., on leave for sev-eral days. ••

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N. McCords-E. Cascade Mrs. Effle Cox

(Last Week's I tems) Robert Green of Key West. Fla.,

LS In the Navy. He came home to spend the holidays with his par-ents, Mr, and Mrs. George Green and family.

Mrs. Mary Wilson and son spent last Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Maud Wilson in Grand Rapids.

Neighbors and friends extend heir sympathy to Mrs. Fanny Thomas and family.

Pat Bentley has been confined to his home due to illness.

Bill Wilson of Grand Rapids vis-ited his brother, Carl Saturday af-ternoon.

Geraldine Huff and E lmer Pea-cock of Grand Rapids visited the Cox home Monday.

Robert Cox of Grand Rapids vis-ited his parents Wednesday af ter noon.

George Green is feeling better at this writing.

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for b Merry Christmas, Make It Safe! Will Christmas he a holiday or

a horror day for you and your ? f a m i l y ?

The National Safety Council ask-ed that question today as it an-nounced a campaign in December to reduce accidents on the high-ways and in the home.

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Langlie, former g o v e r n o r of Washington, is now president of the McCall Corp., New York City.

"Emphasis during the month-long campaign." he said, "will ho on the moral responsibility Americans hove to prevent accidents.

"The person who through disre-gard for safety Injures or kills another person has violated a com-mandment.

"Thou shall not kill' refers just as surely to motorists on the high-way and chance-takers in the home as It does to the berserk man with a loaded shotgun.

"Motorists who drink and then drive, homeowners who carelessly use matches, candles or Christmas tree lights, a re morally responsible If death or Injury results."

One target of the National Safety Council holiday campaign is the office party that relies on the bottle for Its fun.

Langlie emphasized that the cam-paign will not attempt to dampen holiday gaiety.

"We're just as much In favor of office part ies as the next person," he said, "but not when they spill out tipsy people to climb behind the wheel of a car and drive on the highway.

Snow Commimlty Mrs. S. P. Reynolds

A very large and appreciative audience attended the community Chr i s tmas ' services held at Snow church last Friday evening. The children gave a very nice pro-gram and an offering of over fifty dollars was received for the Meth-odist children's home at Detroit.

Look for the announcement of

Peace On Earth In this year 1959, the world U not everything we would like

it to be. We have a talent for organization, and a positive genius for making thlngn—machines that are marvelously intricate and precise. Yet, among ourselves, we have never been able to fashion anything except the uneaslest kind of peace on earth, a hesitant, suspicious at tempt at good will toward men.

Hut once a year, at Christmas, the vision Is available to us. Dimly we catch a glimpse of what the world might he If our ability to produce could be matched by an ability to understand.

Our ahorteomings are many and glaring. Even today, hal/ Ihe world goes to bed hungry every night. And over n% all streak the rockets. We live under the fearful shadow of our own new-found ability to make the earth a dead and shattered star , drift-ing lifeless through empty space.

And so, for each one of us individually, we make this Chris tmas wish. May we capture and bold throughout the New Year that spirit of love and peace a n d brotherhood that we can all glimpse ut ChristmaH time. As Ihe vision grows brighter, so wlH our world.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Elmdale Mrs. Wm. Lott, Mrs. I ra Sargeant

the Lumlnaro and Open House to be held at Snow church next Sun-day night. Everybody welcome.

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Blanding. Sr. of Greenville were supper guests Saturday evening of Mr. and Mrs. John Blanding and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Blanding and children were overnight guests.

Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Wlttenbach

and sons attended the Christmas service of carols and pantomime Sunday evening at the Martin Cor-ners Methodist church. The serv-ice was the result of the com-

bined efforts of the four churches on the Hastings circuit where Mr. Wlttenbach serves as assistant min-ister. Later In the evening the Wlt-tenbachs were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Melvln Smith in their beau-tiful new home near Hastings.

Mrs. Clyda Burras of Lowell,

spent Tuesday aftenoon with Mrs.

and Mrs. Claude Cole. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cole of Grand Rapids were also visitors of the Claude Coles this past week and Mrs. Kenneth Ingersoll of Kalamazoo spent Friday night with them.

Can A Bank Wish You A Merry

If you want fo be very literal about it . . perhaps not. For a bank after all is buildings and vaults, desks and adding machines.

More important, though, a bank is people. If is the combined skill and knowledge . . . the hearts, hands ano hopes of individual people.

Our common purpose throughout the year is to serve you well . . . to bring you sound, safe, convenient banking. We are proud of compe-tency, yet always aware of our obligations.

And now, at this special holiday season, our sincere wish—as your friends and neighbors and as a bank—is that you enjoy a good old-fashioned Merry Christmas.

OFFICERS

C. H. Runclman Prestdent H. J. EngleharJt Vice President Harry Day Executive Vice President

and Cashier D. A. Wingeier Assistant Cashier Herbert Elzinga Assistant Cashier

'A Friendly Bank In a Friendly Town*

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Harry Day H. J. Englehardt E. C. Foreman J. P. Freeman M. W. Gee L. E. Lampkln C. H. Runciman R. M. Shivel

STATE SAVINGS BANK Lowell, Michigan

Over $4,500,000.00 Total Resources

Member of the Federal Reserve Banking System and

The Federal Depositors' Insurance Corporation

Capital $200,000.00 Surplus $130,000.00

May each and everyone receive a special blessing at this Holiday season, and may one and all have a Merry Christmas.

Miss Linda Cisier and friend Frederick Martin of Grand Rapids were Saturday evening visitors of Mr. and Mrs. John Pollice also of Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Stohl left Saturday on a two weeks vacation trip to Florida.

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Sargeant and Mr. and Mrs, Marvel Neeb were among those who attended the De-cember meeting of the Ionia Coun-ty Pomona Grange at Portland, Saturday, Enroute home the Ser-geants called at the home of A. L. Northrup and Mlsg Irene Sargeant.

Miss Linda Clsler spent Thurs-day at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Clsler.

Two groups of singers from the Mennonlte church were out singing carols at various homes of the lo-cal communities. The writer has not learned where all the one group sang, which took the area south of the church, but those taking the route north, stopped at the homes of Mrs. Eliza Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Will Lott, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Carigon, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Stahl, Mrs. Grace Craig Mr. and Mrs. John Lott, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Sargeant, and Mr. and Mrs. Erin Johnson and possibly others, also leaving a gift at each home The young folks and young married folks are certainly to be commended upon this fine Christ-mas spirit, which they bring to the various homes each year .

Mrs. Hattie Post of Lowell is keeping the home fires burning while her daughter and hubby. Glen and Alma Stahl are On a tr ip to Florida.

The local churches, Nazarene. Calvary Brethren and Hope Breth-ren each presented a Christmas program Sunday, and large audi-ences .were in attendance to re-ceive these fine entertainments.

The West Campbell Club mem-bers met Thursday at the home of Mrs. Ira Sargeant Thursday with all the members but two be-ing present to enjoy the potluck dinner and afternoon activities. Of-ficers elected are President, Mrs. Lena Hlnes: Vice-president, Mrs. Pearl Roth: Secretary. Mrs. Mil-dred Stalter: and Treasurer, Mrs. Hope Sargeant. The revelations of the secret pals drew a number of ohs and ahs as to their secret friend had been during the past year. Following the opening of the gifts, candy, popcorn, nuts and pea-nuts were then served, after which they departed for home, having accepted the Invitation to hold the January meeting at the home of Mrs. Glendora Wright of Clarks-ville.

We learn that dogs had been in the Howard Clinton flock of sheep, but have not learned the extent of damage done. We understand that there is a pack of dogs, usual-ly six in number, which are fre-quently seen in the local a rea . Officers have been notified a num-ber of times, but the dogs dis-appear before officials ar i ive. I t is claimed t h a t ' t h e Home port of several of the dogs is known.

Clinton Thomas,.;^ neighbor who moved to Muskegon, poased away last Sunday evening,- and was bur-ied Thursday af ternoon: in Snow Cemetery. m (

Reed the Ledger Went Ads.

Gove Loke Mrs. Leon Seeley

'THE liOWEI.T. LEDGER, LOWFI.L, MICH., DEC. 21, 19.-.9

(Last Week's Items)

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Seeley re-turned last Monday from a six weeks vacation in Arizona.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dennett of Cascade spent from Wednesday until Friday with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy La-Marte in Harrisville,

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Seeley spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Darold Seeley and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Norton of Kalamazoo spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Norton and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Seeley were Wednesday evening callers at the Vemor Seeley home.

Mr. and Mrs, Ray Moore and family attended the graduation exercises and reception for the nurses of St. Mary's hospital, Sun-day afternoon. The services were held in St. Andrew's Cathedral and the reception In Loretta Hall at the hospital. There were 60 in the class, one of whom was their friend. Miss Sheila Rice of Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gessner, Sr. of Grand Rapids brought a carry-in dinner Monday to Ihe home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gessner. J r . and family in honor of the birth-day of Mrs. Paul Gessner. J r .

Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Seeley were Sunday callers of Mr. a j j i Mrs. Vemor Seeley aq4 Xamtf^.

Segwun Community Mrs. Jessie Rathbun

CORRECTION - Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jones entertained last Sun-day with a pre-Christmas and birthday dinner.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stauffer have moved into the Dannard Con-verse home on M-91.

Sandra Wilcox spent the week-end with her girl friend, Connie Stiles.

Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Dawson entertained Saturday evening with a pre-Chrlstmas affair with rela-tives and friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Kctchum, Maxine and Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ketchum called on Mr. and Mrs. Claire Morris In Stanton Sun-day afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Baker and son were afternoon callers of his mother, Mrs. Sable Baker.

Mrs. Gordon Johnson accompan-ied her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shaffer to Indi-ana and Southern Michigan to vis-It friends and relatives Sunday.

Sympathy Is extended to the Roy Rinard family In the death of Mr. Rlnard's mother who passed away In Butterworth hospital last Thursday.

Minnie Hawk who Is chairman of the Women's Division at Vet-erans Facility gave their Christ-m a s party Friday for 18 residents.

Chris Kyser, son of Dr. and Mrs. Bob Kyser had a tonsil operation last Thursday In Butterworth hos-pital.

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FOR SALE—1953 MERCURY Mon-terey Hardtop. Two-tone paint, radio, heater . Leather upholster-ing. New set of duals. Lowered. Needs minor repair on trans-mission. Can be seen at 10767 Belle Road. Clarksville. c30tf

RED RUSCUS, Evergreen boughs, potted plants, cactus, dish gar-dens. and planters. Berry branch-es and dried foliage for table arrangements . Birchwood Gar-dens. 730 Godfrey St., Lowell, TW 7-7737. c-31tf

NEW POLAROID CAMERAS -With electric eye. Indoor pic-tures without flash bulbs with 3,000 Speed Picture Roll and re-peat Wink-Light. Available for your old camera too. ONE YEAR TO PAY. Avery's Jewelers.

c21 t f

ICE SKATES-Man ' s size 9, ladies size 6, child's size for 7 to 8 year old boy. $3.50 per pair. TW 7,-9844 or TW 7-9261. p34 If

BOOMS CEMENT STAVE S I L O S -The silo with extra, extra heavy air-tight inside glaze, hooped to ACI specifications. Every silo is made and hooped to hold and keep ensilage and high moisture com. Order early, avoid l a s t minute rush, save S $, early ord-er discount now in effect. Orie Groenenboom, R-l, Lowell. TW 7- j 7 0 6 2 . C 3 3 - 4 1

ATTENTION TRAPPERS - Have an order for 10,000 muskrat , 2,000 raccoon, 500 mink. Am paying top marke t prices to get them. Will buy at my residence on Mondays. Wednesdays, Satur-days and evenings. G, Corson, located 5 miles southwest of Cas-cade at 4929 Pattison ave., S. E., Grand Rapids, Mich. Phone MY 8 - 8 8 2 1 . C 3 3 - 4 5

J E W E L R Y - T h e lasting gift. For her: rings, pearls, costume jew-elry. For him: Rings, cuff links, tie bars. TERMS. Avery's Jew-elry and Gift Store (Lowell). Open evenings until 9. Phone TW 7-9375. c34-36

HALLMARK GREETING CARDS. There's a Hallmark card for everyone and every need . . . to welcome a new baby or to wish great-grandpa a happy birth-day . . . to mark the important moments in the lives of those you love. Remember your friends and dear ones this easy, thought-ful way! Available at Christian-sen Drug Store, Lowell.

PRE-INVENTORY SALE

CEILING TTLE. 5 SIZES

ONLY 8c PER SQ. FT.

WALTER'S LUMBER MART

P

e a c e o p e a r t l )

A Child was bom. and there came to earth

glad tidings of great joy.. . of 'Peace on Earth, Good

lOill to CDen. As the Star of Sethlchcm »hone on

that ^Holy ^ight , may the true spirit of Christmas «hinc upon

you and your# at thU gloriou# teawn.

C. H. R U N C I M A N C O M P A N Y

CHILDREN'S OUTGROWN Goth-ing. stored in attic or closet, may be sold through an inexpen-sive Ledger Want Ad for cash to buy new outfits. Just Call TW 7-9261 for quick fast, results. p36

PRE-INVENTORY PRICES 2x6 - 5c P E R UNEAL FOOT

USED 1" P I P E - 8c P E R FOOT ALL PRE-INVENTORY PRICES

END DEC. 31

WALTER'S LUMBER MART

ICE FISHERMEN—I have at my bait shop the following live bait : com borers, 55c per doz.; wax worms and caddis worms, 25c per doz.; reedimites, 35c per doz.; night crawlers, 15c per doz.; speck size Lake Michigan shiner minnows, 15c per doz.; pike size minnows, 50c per doz. All bai^ in outdoor tanks, self-serve day or night. Gold's Live Bait & Tackle, N. Hudson ave., Lowell.

p36

AUCTIONEER SERVICE-My re-cords in sales work speaks for itself. Make your sale date with m e now. I'll help you plan. Geo. VandeiMeulen. auctioneer. Ph. Dutton MY 8-8571. p36

PIANO TUNING and Repairing. Have your piano Jtuned electronic-ally. Tuning, $7.50 plus mileage. Orval Jessup, Phone TW 7-7366, Lowell. c36 tf

FOR MUFFLERS, tail pipes, fuel pumps, brake shoes, batteries, paints and oil filters, try Western Auto f irs t . c23 tf

ONE YEAR TO PAY for diamonds, birth stone rings. Jewelry, watch-es, clocks, silver, Argus and Polaroid cameras, transistor and clock radios, shavers. A gift for everyone on your list. Open every evening till Christmas. Avery's, Jewelry and Gifts, Lowell TW 7-9 3 7 5 . C 3 3 - 3 6

FOR SALE-TRUCK or House-trailer wheel and tire, 7:00x15, 8-ply, used less than 100 miles. John Long, Clarksville. p35-36

SEELEY CONSTRUCnON-BuUd-ing and remodeling. Cement work, basements, blocks, chim-neys and fireplaces. Houses, gar-ages, additions and barns. All kinds of buildings. Experienced and guaranteed work. Ph. L. J . Seeley. TW 7-9164. c2 tf

CHRISTMAS SPECIALS—Poimet-tias. Begonias, Dish Gardens, Planters, Wreaths, and Holiday decorations. Birchwood Gardens, 780 Godfrey St., TW 7-7737. Open daily. c35-36

REFRIGERATION SERVICE, Re-frigerators, freezers, milk cool-ers . Clark Fletcher. Phone TW 7-9390. c9 tf

GUARANTEED WATCH, ring and jewelry repair . Avery Jewelers, Lowell. c7 tf

PRE-INVENTORY SPECIAL

BLACK 3-IN-l SHINGLES

5133 PER BUNDLE

WALTER'S LUMBER MART

For GOODWILL used cars ' C and trucks, see or call

DOYLE - SCHNEIDER PONTIAC. We trade, finance and guarantee, 423 W. Main, TW 7-9257, Lowell. c47 tf

F E E D E R PIGS for sale. 8 weeks old. Landrace and York. James Rittersdorf, Route 1, Beldlng. TW 7-9778. p36

FOR SALE-BLACK ANGUS bull. 20 mos. old; 2—8-ft. metal chick-en feeders, 53 each. TW 7-7055.

c36

FOR SALE—A GOOD CAR, Ply-mouth Dlx. Coupe, radio, spot light, fog lights, visor, good seat covers, directional signals, new battery. 1950 model. Mileage 49,-000. Reason for sale, also have late Chevrolet. 5200, including snow tires, 5225. Ada. OR 6-1148.

c36

10 VALUABLE CHRISTMAS door prizes. Free ticket with every purchase or payment. Avery's Jewelrv and Gift, (Lowell), Ph. TW 7-9375. c-34-36

FOR SALE-WOOD AT FARM or delivered. Also man ' s mackinaw. TW 7-7057. c27 tf

TRUSSES—Trained fitter, surgical appliances, etc. Koss Rexall Drugs. Saranac, Mich. c39 tf

DIAMONDS AT SPECIAL prices. Terms. Evenings by appointment. Avery Jewelers, TW 7-9375. e l l tf

TRANSISTORS, Clock and Port-able radios. Stereophonic and other portable record players. One year to pay. Avery's Jewel-ry and Gift Store, Lowell, evenings !til 9. Phone TW 7-'

LAKE ODESSA

LIVESTOCK SALE

There Will Be No Sale on Dec. 24

Sale As Usual

December 31

M a y your Christmai bo

as bright as the lovely

trimmings on your tree.

BOYD'S GROCERY

Peace May the peace and

good will of Hiefint

Christmas be with yo« ond yours, olwoys.

RICKERT ELECTRIC

anil

May you enjoy

a Christmas rich

in all the spiritual

joys of this

holy season.

McDIARMID

IRON & METAL

SEPTIC TANKS CLEANED—For prompt service, phone Frances Sloan, Orleans, Michigan, RO 1-3508. c21tf

Real Estate FHA FINANCING

Available on Country Building sites, Ihi miles north of Lowell on Vergennes Street. "Will Build to Specifications". W I L L I A M SCHREUR, Contractor & Builder TW 7-9189. c36 tf

REAL ESTATE SERVICE in any type of property. Wm. A. Arm-strong, 30 years experience. Ph. Rockford VO 6-1203 or write Rte. 2, Ada. c22 tf

Farm Loans "LOW INTEREST RATE"—Long

T e r m Nat ' l F a r m Loan Ass'n. 468 Kinney Rd.. N. W. Grand Rapids 4, Mich. Phone GL 3-1905.

c21 tf

Wanted W A N T E D FARMER TO S E I J .

hybrid seed com for an estab-lished company. Good commis-sions. Give detailed locations. Write to Box 147R, Lowell. c3^38

WANTED-YOUNG MAN 21 yrs. old or over for clerk and laborer, permanent position, must be able to type and pass physical, union wages. Apply Skelley Oil Co., Alto. Mich. c36

Have Buyers For: 2 or 3 Bedroom Home with 5 or

more acres near Cascade or Ada. 3 o r 4 Bedroom Colonial or large

Ear ly American home near Cas-cade, Ada or Eastmont for Chiro-practor .

2 to 4 Bedroom home in Lowell, under 59,000, prefer contract.

F a r m up to 80 acres, under 515,000. R . J , Timmer Realty, 583 Ada Dr. , OR 6-S90L c35 tf

For Rent FOR R E N T - N E W L Y Decorated,

lower unfurnished apar tment with garden space. TW 7-7523. c36

SMALL FURNISHED APT. for rent . TW 7-9887. c36

FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED apt. for rent. 3 rooms and bath. Heat furnished. 1078 Lincoln Lake ave. TW 7-9728. c36

Good Things to Eat

FOR S A L E - B E E F AND PORK. Wrapped ready for your freezer. Also butchering of beef and hogs 6 days a week. Alto Meat Pro-cessing Plant, UN 8-3411. c27 tf

F R E S H LAKE MICHIGAN Perch. Get them fresh and see the dif-ference. Also smoked fish. OR 6-SOIL c30 tf

FOR SALE-APPLES, Spies, De-licious, Cortland. Leonard R. Kerr , 10038 Bailey Drive, N, E., Lowell, TW 7-7457. c34 tf

Personal WEDDING INVITATIONS — Nap-

kins. gift-box stationery, 1-day service; open evenings. Free brideS books, J . • C. Keena, 635 Thomas, S, E., Grand Papids. CH 3-1838. c35 tf

MERRY CHRISTMAS

FROM ALL OF US AT

WALTER'S LUMBER MART

WEDDING INVITATIONS in vari-ety of styles and printing. Your wedding picture will be printed without charge in the paper . If you order your invitations here. Orders processed in at least ten days. Lowell Ledger, TW 7-926i. Lowell. c27 tf

P A P E R TABLECLOTH—Deluxe embossed finish. White rolls, 40 in. by 300 feet, 54.25 roll. Avail-able at the Ledger office, TW 7

9261, p41 tf

EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY-Reliabl^ man or woman from this area to distribute complete line of cigarettes, candy, nuts, or gum through new automatic vendors. To qualify party must have car, references, and cash capital of 5800. Excellent earings part time —Full time more. For personal interview give phone, etc. Write P. O. Box 156. Rochester, Minn.

p36

PAINTING A N D P a p e r h a n g i n g -1960 sample wallpaper Vi price. Howard Norcutt. Ph. OW 3-2298.

C 3 6 - 3 9

WANTED TO RENT-House . by middle of January , for h i g h school teacher and family of two small children. Contact W. W. Gumser a t Lowell High School. TW 7-9216, P36

Hastings Livestock Sales December 18, 1959

Feeder Pigs <..-5 5.00-516.25 Top Calves 535.00-540.00 Seconds 528.00-535.00 Common and Culls ....518.00-528.00 Feeder Lambs $14.00-516.50 F a t Lambs $16.50-117.50 ^ Young Beef $18.00-524.10 Beef Cows 511.00-516-00 Bulls 518.00-520.30 Top Hogs 512.50-513.20 Second Grade 511-75-512.50 Roughs 5 7.00-5 9.00 Boars 5 7.00-5 8.50

Top Calf $40.00 Glenn Haywood Hastings R-2

Top Hogs $13.20 Rinehart Zertjke Vermontville

There will be no sale Friday, Dac. 25. Chris tmas Day. We will sell again Friday, Jan. 1, Ne>V Year 's Day.

Ledger want ads bring results.

Suburbs By The Truckload Suburbs a r e spreading fa r the r out into the wide open

spaces as our population con t inue to grow by leaps and

bounds — and truck transportation makes this giant ex-

pansion program possible. That ' s because trucks a re the

only transportation system flexible enough to service all

the out-of-the-way places people are moving to these days

, . . Trucks go wherever there are roads—so homes (and

factories and business establishments, too) can be located

just about anywhere and everywhere in this big country

. . . No mat te r where you live or do business, trucks as-

sure you fast, efficient service for all your trans|>ortatlon

needs.

N i c U g u T r n e k i a g A n o e l i l l o n

Fort Shelby Holtl e Detroit #

You'll Enloy Every Minute of Every Hour

at th i Big Wheel ^

PUBLIC SKATING Due to many requests we wlH have additional skating during the Christmas vacation. In addition to our reguiar schedule of Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and Sunday nights and Saturday and Sunday Matinee we will be open the afternoons of December 29, 30, and 31 and will welcome the New Year in with a gala New Year's Eve Party December 31st from 8:00 to 12:30.

PRIVATE PARTIES Monday — Tuesday — Thursday

Buy the kids skates for Christmas $11.88 And Up

THE LEGION'S

BIG WHEEL Phone TW 7-7360 East Main, Lowell

METinds We hope your holidayg

will be as lull of warmth A

and friendliness, as

merry and bright

as the glad young

voices of caiol singers.

A joyous Christmas

Jay Bolens Ford, Inc.

/

South Boston Mlsi Belle Young

The local F a r m Bureau group known as the Grand River Jolly Neighbors, had an attendance of about 50 at their annual Christmas party December 11, a t the Odd-fellow Hail in Saranac. Ail enjoy-ed the bountiful potluck supper which was followed by a short program consisting of group sing-ing of Christmas carols, several numbers by the children and ac-cordion music by Joy Fahmi . Gifts were exchanged and Santa Claus and his helpers passed out t reats to old and young.

South Bell teachers. Mrs. Tra-' J e r s e y and Mrs. Allen and pupils

will have their Christmas program Tuesday afternoon, December 22, at the schoolhouse.

Scott O'Beirne has returned from his California trip, and called on his cousin. Mrs. Verne Klahn. Thursday.

"Two local families, the Alton Micks and Bruce Fahmis . will be hosts to two foreign students f rom MSU over the week-end following Christmas.

Mrs. Rose Tallant was £»n over-

night guest Dec. 1 2 at the Pred Fahmi home and on Sunday all attended a family dinner at the McCaul home at Lake Odessa.

Charles Klahn and Norman Daw-son are taking accordion lessons from a teacher who comes into this vicinity from Battle Creek,

Little Steve McCaul spent Mon-day with his grandmother, Mrs. Fred Fahmi. while his mother went to Grand Rapids.

The boys and girls in the South Bell 4-H Club had a fine Christ-mas party Wednesday evening at the Larry Cahoon home.

Fred Broadbent is making 5 trips a week to Butterworth hos-pital for t rea tments following his lung surgery there.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS

Correspondents are asked to haave their news in for the New Year's edition cn Monday, De-cember 28.

WARM COMBINATION

Matching woolen muffler and glove sets provide excellent "cold day defense." and are sure to get a warm welcome on Christmas morning.

KLEINHEKSEL'S FARM SERVICE

i n v i t e s y o u t o s e e j h e x A

NEW EXCLUSIVE

V l R I G H T . POWER BLADE SAW

NO OTNIR SAW LIKI IT

WtrU*! Soffit Piwtr Sawl

ONLY $18?JO including 20" BLADE

Com# in for FRSB DemorulraHon today

KLEINHEKSEL'S PAftM SERVICE

McCords, Mich Ph. UN 8-5281 C 3 6 - 4 0

*1

t ^ 1

G r e e t i n o s

^ JVcrc's to you, our good

friends and patrons... our sincere

appreciation for the privilege of serving

you and best wishes for a happy holiday season.

Vic's Auto Service

v

jolly old Santa

himself, we're full of good

wishes for one and all

for a holiday season that

will long be remembered

for its good cheer and happiness.

King Milling Co.

Lowell Council Proceedings Regular session. Monday eve-

ning, December 7. 1959. Council was called to order by

President Jones at 8 p. m. Roll call: Trustees Thompson.

Dey, Doyle. Fonger. Absent: Trustee Schaofer. The minutes of the Inst regular

session (Trustee Schaefer entered meeting) of November 16 were read and approved as read.

The clerk read Police Chief Ste-phens' report covering the period of Nov. 1 through December 5 and Mr. Stephens' letter of resigna-tion from the department, which stated ho will retire on or about January 1. (See MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS).

Residents of Maple Street were again present to learn of progress in plans for repair of that street. They were informed that Bekman Company would remove the trees in question in the very near fu-ture. It was decided that Mr. Place would survey it in preparation for grading: he suggested that a catch basin there would probably be nec-essary: that decision would be made af ter the grading was done.

Assessor Bailey was present to recommend that personal tax state-ments from the property owners so taxed, be required. He also rec-ommended that if the Board of Review raised an assessment, the property owner should be so noti-fied. (Discussion deferred due to press of other business.)

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clarke of Avery Street personally protested the removal of a village-owned tree because of moving a house onto Jefferson Street. Counsel ex-plained that no one property own-er ' s right had been violated in this case, as the tree was a village-, owned tree, but that in the new city charter now being written, per-1 mits to move residences or build-! ings a re being given ample study i and regulations will be contained | in the charter . The village will | secure prices on trees with a view to planting one there, depending on the price obtained.

B. J . Kempker gave a detailed explanation of engineering plans and costs of lighting Main Street with fluorescent lights, set in con-crete posts. His estimate of light-ing from West to J a m e s Street was 542,000. with 92 units being used. He was authorized to seek quotations on materials. The pro-gram would be by special assess-ment, and 5 areas would be cre-ated.

Superintendent Westenbroek sug-gested the need of an ordinance on gas installations in Lowell, conr trolling gas services and gas pip- |

ing into the buildings. At the sug-gestion of Trustee Schaefer, At-torney VanderVeen was empower-ed to draf t such an ordinance.

More dlscusaion took place on the practicability of one-way traf-fic on N. Riverside Streets, and the most feasible manner of park-ing in the city lot north of Gee's Hardware. (See MOTIONS).

Trustee Thompson was authoris-ed to engage the services of John Topp for doing any repair work needed from time to t ime on the Public Library building.

Trustee Fonger cited the need of new snow fencing on the Main Street bridge; to Street Superin-tendent Westenbroek.

The clerk reported th? following deposits since the November 16 meeting:

General Fund Liquor tax 5170.00 Parking fines 5.00 I /iwell Cosmopolitan Club 25.00 Frank Stephens 59.25 Howard Rittenger 200.40 Lowell Township 5.00

5464.65 Street Fund

Village-Lowell General Fund 5171.60

Christiansen Supermarket 69.17

f. M. Rood A Co. 44.48 The Lowell Ledger 2.00 Gee's Hardware 16.65 Hahn Hardware 5.70 C. H. Runciman Co. 17.33 G. E. Supply Co. 649.81 Doubleday Bros. & Co, 99.29 Mich. Municipal Utilities

Assn. 20.00 Kelley's "66" Service 30.44 Lowell Liimhpr A Coal Co. 3.32 Welding Gas & Supply Co. 1.20 Root-Lowell Mfg. Co, 5.20 Leonard Refineries. Inc. 4.350.00 Richler & Son 407.82 Reta Martin, Twp. Treas. 171.77 Marvel Refining Co. 1.108.58 Hetler Equipment Co. 114.35 Graybar Electric Co. 27.23 Kirkhof Dist. Co. 32.78 Certanium Alloys &

Research Corporation 13.66 Hayden Supply Co. 15.77 G. R. Supply Co. 23.92 Litscher's Wholesale Elec. 9.69

1 American Appraisal Co. 1.750.00 C. Lee Cook Co. 824.80 Line Mater.al Industries 194.45 B. J , Kempker, Engineers 190.00

: Mich, Hospital Service 217.80 Debt Retirement Fund 249.96

5240.77 Bills payable since Nov, 16 meet-

ing: General

Payroll ended 11-22-59 5621.68 Village-Lowell Street Dept. 171.60 Lowell Municipal Utilities 93.49 Mich. Bell Telephone Co, 56.90 C, H. Runclman Co. 535.11 Arwell, Inc. 15.00 The Lowell Ledger 62.38 Light & Power Petty Cash 24.14 Lowell Municipal Utilities 73.17 S. D. Wingeler 103.28 Copy Papers . Inc. 10.32 Lowell Public Schools 23.40 Treasurer of Kent County 6.50 Payroll ended 12-6-59 620.38 Kessler Office Supplies .98 Mich. Hospital Service 64.36 Wlttenbach Sales & Service 16.58 James M. Hare, Sec.-State 1.50 VanderVeen, Freihofer.

Cook & Bryant 108.75 Jackson Motor Sales 268.46 Hahn's Hardware 93.46 O. E. Bieri & Sons 105.00 Model Coverall Service. Inc. 16.20 John R. Topp 5.00 Wayne Hoag. Dog Warden 40.00 Village-Lowell Street Dept. 179.55 Bruce's Shell Service 2.00

515.150.64 Street

Payroll ended 11-22-59 5 621.27 Lowell Municipal Utilities 49.35 Bichler & Son 154.68 Payroll ended 12-5-59 527.87 Williams & Works 522.50 Pickitt & Schreur 25.63 Light & Power Petty Cash 12.12 Lowell Municipal Utilities 12.30 Mich. Hospital Service 38.36 International Salt Co. 369.90 Hoekstra Truck Equipment Co. 6.25 Wittenbach Sales & Service 438.75 Jas. M. Hare, Mich. Sec-State 100 Jackson Motor Sales 17.30 Hahn's Hardware 80.74

52.878.02 Water & Sewer

Light & Power Petty Cash 5 18.92 Lowell Municipal Utilities 468.70 Gee's Hardware 3.25 Lowell Lumber & Coal Co. 1.42 Joseph G. Pollard Co., Inc. 5.54 Haviiand Products Co. 158.50 East Jordan Iron Works 88.75 Homelite 67.13

53,246.20 Light & Power

Light & Power 52,587.74 Mich Dept. Revenue 630.84 Federal Reserve Bank

Detroit 607.80 Mich. Bell Telephone Co. 50.45 Light & Power Petty Cash 71.41 Model Coverall Service 40.60 Light & Power Deposit

Refunds 55.00 Mobil Oil Co. 508.80

1 i/W any, many good

wishes to you and your

family for a

holiday season

fust singing

with happiness and

good cheer.

•0

rn

Joe Azzarello

Chevrolet & Buick

w

As we approach the peace

and quiet of the Holy Night may Hi$

love fill your heart with joy and happiness,

Howard While Jewelers

5812.21 GRAND TOTAL 522.087.07

MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS IT WAS MOVED by Trustee

Thompson, supported by Trustee Dey. that the following resolution be adopted:

WHEREAS the resignation of our esteemed Chief of Police. Frank L. Stephens, has been submitted due to the fact that he has com-pleted more than 30 years of police w o r k and, in his opinion, has Reached a ret irement age,

NOW. THEREFORE, be it RE-SOLVED. that :

1. The Village of Lowell grate-fully acknowledges the many years of outstanding service given to its law enforcement by Frank Ste-

p h e n ; and 2. That the Village of Lowell is

also grateful for the outstanding contribution made by Frank Ste-phens to the Civil Defense pro-gram. for which he has been so largely responsible in the Village of Lowell; and

3. That the resignation submit-ted is regretfully accepted.

Yeas. 5; Nays. 0. WILLIAM M. JONES, President

Attested: Laura E, Shepaid. clerk.

IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Dey. supported by Trustee Schaefer, that Plan "A" for parking cars in the city parking lot north of Gee's Hardware, be adopted. Yeas, 5. Nays. 0.

IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Schaefer. supported by Trustee Dey. that approval be given to Kenneth C. Black Associates, Inc., Architects of plans for the pro-posed bank building and building permit granted through the regu-lar channels. Yeas: 5. Nays. 0.

IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Dey. supported by Trustee Fonger. that the bills payable since last regu-lar meeting of November 16 he al-lowed and warrants in the several amounts.

Yeas. Schaefer, Fonger, Doyle, Dey, Thompson. 5. Nays. 0.

On motion of Trustee Schaefer. Council adjourned at 10:55 p. m.

Approved December 21. 1959. WILLIAM M. JONES, President

LAURA E. SHEPARD. Clerk

Public Notice

VANDER VEEN. FREIHOFER, C O O K i BRYANT. A f t v i .

835 W. Main St.. Lowt l l , Mich. NOTICE OF HEARING-APPOINTMENT OF

ADMINISTRATOR AND DETERMINATION OF HEIRS

State of Michigan, The Probate Court to' the County ot Kent

A t a l e t i i on of la id court, held at t h i probate of f ice, in the Ci ty of Grand Rap-id i , in la id County on the

7th day of December A . D. 1959. Preient: H O N . A . DALE STOPPELS. Judge

of Probate. In the Mat ter of the Eitate of

RAYMOND F. BYRNE. Deceaiec Notice i i Hereby Given, Tnat the peti t ion of

Beatrice B^rne, praying that the adminl j tra t ion of l a i d ei tate be granted to Beatrice Byrne, or to jome other ju i tab ie per ion; end thet Ihe he in of la id deceaied be deter-mined, wil l be heard at tne Probate Court on the

5th day of January, A. D. 1959, at 10:00 A . M .

It 1$ Ordered, That notice tnereof be given by publ icat ion of a copy hereof for tnree weeki coniecutively prev ioui to te id day ol •leering, in the Lowell Ledger, end that Ihe pel i t ioner ceuie e copy of thi$ notice to be kerved upon each known party in intereit at h i i le i t known a d d r e u b / regi i tereJ mail, return receipt demended, at leait fourteen (14) deyt pr ior to luch heeiing or by penona l tervice at lea i t five (5) dayt prior to luch Hearing.

A . DALE STOPPELS, Judge of Probate

Kent County, Michigan A true copy ROLAND R. ROBEY,

Regiiter of Probete. e34-34

WTTE LOWELL LEDGER, LOWRLL, Midi , dec. u, iM I

murmirivm

WANTADS

'

extend our warmest greetings with the hope

that this Holiday Season brings you and yours

a full measure of good health and happiness.

May all the joys of Christmas remain with you

throughout the coming New Year.

Heini Texaco

\

JUet us rejoice, for once again Christmas is

here, to lift our hearts with its inspiring promise of

peace on earth...good will toward all men.

Newell Mfg. Co.

COOKS' CHOICE Mrs, Newlywed—and Mrs. Long-

er-Wed, too—will wdcome gift of an up-to-date cookbook.

PRACTICAL AND BEAUTIFUL Modern electrical housewares,

now designed to match the skill of the silver craftsmen, make es-pecially good gifts because they are beautiful as well as practical.

Ledger Want Ads bring results

Santa Claus is the garbled Am-erican version of San Nicholaas, thr Dutch name for a Roman Cath-olic bishop who became the patron saint of schoolboys during the Mid-die Ages,

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS

Corrcspoiulcnts a re asked to have tlielr news in for the New Year 's edition on Monday, De-cember 28,

you is that your holiday will be just

blooming with happiness. And to

you, too, our sincere thanks for your

loyal f irrcnage and friendly good will,

mmm

Jackson Motor Sales

Warm and hearty good wishes to our friends

and neighbors. As you deck the halls with

boughs cf holly...as you hark to joyful carols

. . .may the season bring you much happiness.

L ^ o o n s

FOR A DINKiilR TMATS AW ACE C N CHRieTMAS DAY

THIS

ENGLISH WALNUTS BRAZIL NUTS MIXED NUTS

O lOCAl UAMMAIU. UL

55 C lb

YAMS

3129c Get Your:

• TURKEYS • CHICKENS • GEESE R O H A M S FOR

YOUR CHRISTMAS DINNER

GRAPES 2 lbs. 29c

ORANGES 49c doz.

TANGERINES 39c doz.

S J . M A I N ST LoyveLt.

TIIK T-OWEIX T.EDr.ER, I-OWEI.L. >r i r i l . . DEC. ?4, 19St

CHRISTMAS CAROL SING AND MESSAGE

Christmas Morning — TO O'clock

City Hall

CALVARY CHAPEL EVERYONE WELCOME

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Rfirgy to Observe Golden Wedding Anniversary

First Congregational Church HUDSON AND SPRING STREET

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SOIL and WATER CONSERVATION

DONALD KLINE. S. C. 8. Editor By Yonr S. C. D, Directors

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bergy, 11495 60th Street. Alto, will celebrate iheir Golden Wedding Anniversary on Sunday. January 3. Prepara-tions nre being made for open house at the Bowne Center WSCS Hall from 2 to 5 p. m.

T h e y are looking forward to meeting their friends and have requested that gifts be omitted.

Mr. and Mrs. Bergy lived in the

Bowne Center Community on the f a r m now occupied by their son until eleven years ago. when they moved to their present home on 60th Street in Alto.

Mr. and Mrs. Bergy hnve two daughters and one son; Mable, at home; Rose of Grand Rapids, and Warren of Route 2. Alto. They al-so have five grandchildren.

coming events The Past Noble Grand Club will

meet next Monday evening. Dec. 28th at IOOF hall. Election of club officers and revealing of secret pais. Hostess Mrs. Elvyn Potter and Mrs. Charles Clarke.

Auction Coffee. Monday, Decem-ber 28th at 9:30 a. m. at the home of Mrs. Keith Tapley. for Deborah group and their guests. Bring baked goods, children's clothing, jewelry, white elephants, etc. to auction off.

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Revised farm plans have been made with Roy Truax on the Roy Ford f a r m in Vergennes Twp.; George Keech, Courtland Twp.; David Hessler and Harley Dryer on the Harold Kitson farm, Grat-tan Twp.; Norman Bradford, Spar-ta Twp.; and Keats Rasmussen, Spencer Twp.; and Walter Schli-entz. Alpine Twp.

Roy Truax who has leased the Ford f a r m has observed the bene-fits of Soil and Water Conserva-tion on neighboring farms. He plans to use minimum tillage and pasture improvement to produce more feed for his dairy herd.

George Keech, whose farm plan was number two in the N. E. Dis-trict has revised his rotation. Field strips will be used on two fields of the former Zarbock farm.

An added 80 acres will be soil mapped for David, Ted and Jack Hessler to be used mostly for an additional orchard. Their young or-chard is well cared for, is pro-tected by sod. Extensive mulching has been used.

Harley Dryer repor ts high crop yields f rom field strips on the Kit-son f a r m . Barnyard manure and green manure crops have built up a good supply of organic mat ter . Soil testing will be used to arrive at the most economical balanced commercial fertilizer needed.

Norm Bradford uses three crop rotations to fit their soil types along with minimum tillage. Rye grass has been used in place of Balboa rye as a cover crop.

Com, oats and one year of hay is grown on the flat , sandy loam soils.

Com. oats and four years of hay is planted on the heavier, fairly level fields—the hay fields used for rotation pasture . Continuous hay, reseeded in oats or wheat is used on the hilly, rolling fields.

Drainage already done on the Bradford farm includes 315 rds. of open ditch and over five miles of tile.

Keats Rassmussen has 60 addi-tional acres to be included in his plan. His revised conservation plan includes field strips, hedgerow re-moval. t ree planting ^and a revised crop rotation.

Walter Schlientz plans to install a pit pond for s trawberry and rasp-berry irrigation.

Dick Drullinger and I were pleas-ed to present conservation f a r m planning information to the first session of the Cedar Springs Adult F a r m e r Class the evening of De-cember 14.

Several younger fa rmers attend-ed. Others in the group have new or revised soil and water conser-vation plans.

John Coady and the Ag. teach-ers have been of real service lo their community in their "Con-tinuing Education" classes. Phil-lip Roberts, now the FFA Ad-viser. plans extensive conservation projects with his classes.

P ine plantations scattered over Kents Soil Conservation Districts show a striking green contrast to the winter scene whether or not snow is on the ground. The "Con-servation Needs" survey shows that 20.000 more acres could be reforested. We find an increased interest also in conservation man-agement of mixed hardwood wood lots.

New Arrivals A bay girl weighing 6 pounds and

4 ounces was bom on December 3 a t Ionia County Memorial hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hale. The Hales who reside at 709% Lafayette St.. Lowell, have named their new arrival , Stacie Lee.

B o m Dec. 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shimmel '(Carol Jean Lits-chewski) of Allegan a 9 pound 4Vi ounce girl. Theresa Marie.

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Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kropf and sons left December 18 for St. Pet-ersburg and other places in Flori-da. They will spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Butler.

The Charles Posthumus family called on Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mar-tin and family of Grand Rapicft FYiday evening.

Mrs. M. E. Simpson visited her son and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Simpson of Grand Rap-ids Sunday.

The Job's Daughters held a Pro-gressive Dinner Monday evening. The hostesses were Miss Janice C a u s e . Mrs. Carlen Andersen and Mrs. Arnold Wittenbach.

Callers of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Mettemick M o n d a y aftemoon were Mrs. Ethel Yeiter of Lowell and on Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Orley B u m s of Alto.

Miss Pat Wittenbach who is tak-ing special nurses training at the Traverse City Hospital will spend f rom Wednesday night until Sun-day night with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amold Wittenbach.

Diane Posthumus called on Gay Carey at Blodgett hospital Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Amold Wittenbach and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wingeier at-tended the Shrine Christmas party at the Masonic Temple in Grand Rapids, Fr iday night.

The 4th grade Campflre girls have chosen the Indian name Wa-suta for their group, which means truthful f i rm heart . We have had a busy schedule. We made tray favors for the Rest Home for Thanksgiving. We had election of officers, which a r e : President. Lynn Thomet; Vice-president, Su-san Barber ; Secretary. Laura Coons; Treasurer . Tana Zahm. and Scribe. Susan Griffith.

We have been making Christmas presents for our mothers and dads. Thursday we had a Chr i s tmas^ar -ty and sang Chris tmas carols, ex-changed gifts and had refresh-ments.

Susan Griffith, Scribe

Miss Grace Moon Wed In Beal City Rectory

Joseph Breuei and Miss Grace Moon of Beldlng were marr ied by Rev. Fr . Neubecker, Saturday af-ternoon. Nov. 28. 1959 at 5 o'clock In the rectory at Beal City. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kolorlk were their attendants.

Joe and his wife were school-mates in their youth, when both attended school in Ionia County. Miss Moon, age 74, Is well-known In this community as she worked for Hazel Hoag and other estab-lishments here. They are at home

' to their friends at ihelr fa rm home nea r Real City.

Servicemen Richard •!. Cline

Specialist Four Richard J . Cllne,

20. stepson of Richard Riley, | Clarksville, Mich.. Is par t ic ipat ing, with the 3rd Infantry Division's 68th Armor In extensive Army training tests at the Hohenfels (Germany) training area .

Tlie training tests, designed to determine unit effectiveness under realistic combat conditions, were scheduled to be concluded Dec. 22.

Specialist Cllne. a tank crewman In Company D to the 68th Armor, entered the Army In August 1957 and was stationed at Fort Bennlng. Ga., before arriving overseas In March 1958.

Cllne is a 1957 graduate of Lake Odessa High School.

Collins J . Purchase First Lt. Collins J . Purchase,

son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert M. Pur-chase. Bowes 'Rd., Lowell. Mich., recently was graduated from the eight-week Sixth Army Instrument Flying School In Oakland. Calif-ornia.

Purchase entered the Army last July and completed basic training at Fort Dlx. N. J.

The 25-year-old soldier Is a 1947 graduate of Lowell Public High School and a 1954 graduate of Michigan State University In East Lansing.

Library Corner Main and Hudson

Nexv week Ihe library will be open on Wednesday. December 30. instead of Thursday, December 31, so the hours will be:

Tues., Dec. 29 1-5 p. m. and 6-8:30 p. m.

Wed.. Dec. 30 1-5 p. m. and 6-8:30 p. m.

Sat., Jan . 2—10: a. m. to noon and 1-5:30 p. m.

The pre-school children's hour will be resumed on Saturday. Jan-uary 9, at 10 In the morning. It is hoped that many three and four year olds will attend the story hour.

The staff of Lowell Library and of Kent County Library Headquar-ters extends to all a sincere wish for a happy and merry Christmas.

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Ionia County Pomona Grange met Saturday, December 19, with Portland Grange. About seventy members and several guests were present for the dinner.

After the business meeting. Wor-thy lecturer, Marvel Neeb present-ed a program which Included vocal duets by Dorene and Darlene Stahl of Clarksville. also Carol Ransom and P a m Smith of Ionia, and a vocal trio, Ross Livingston, Paul Stuart and Bill Williams of Clarks-ville.

Readings were given by Hope Sargeant, Grace Willis. Belle Bur-ger, Jane Nusbaum and Pearl Mil-ler.

The Ionia County P o m o n a Grange Drill team gave a demon-stration of their work. Gifts were exchanged and popcorn and candy were passed.

The January meeting will be with Banner Grange and there will be a pie baking contest In charge of the Home Ec. Committee.

Engagement Announced

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Schafer of Coopersvllle. wish to announce the engagement of their daughter. Al-ice June, to Terrance Gage, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gage of Lowell. A June wedding Is planned.

CARD OF THANKS

This Is the only way I have to greatly thank the ladles of the So. Lowell Aid Society for their annual Christmas box of fruit , candy and food. Also Walter Wieland for the j a r of honey. c36 J a m e s Needham

IN MEMORIAN

In loving memory of our father, Lloyd Jones, who passed away De-cember 26. 1949. Sadly missed by— p36 The Children

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May I thank all those who have been so kind to m e and my family during this past month. Your gifts, cards and visits have been deeply appreciated. c36 Margaret Harris

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I wish to thank m y many friends and neighbors for the cards, flow-ers. food and many acts of kind-ness which were so helpful during my stay In the hospital and long convalescense at home. Thanks for everything. c36 Elsie V, Racine

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I wish to thank Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hemlngsen and the Ford garage for the lovely plants sent me while in the hospital. A n d thanks also to Mrs. TUdon Pinck-ney and Mrs. Albert Smith for car-ing for my children, and our thanks to Jay Bolens. p36 Delores Ellison

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Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Dewey from Now Haven, Conn., and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Althaus, Jr . , of Valparaiso, Ind., are spending the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Althaus, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Day.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kyser had a pre-Chrlstmas party at their home Sunday evening for the fami-lies of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Ky-ser of Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bishop of Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Edson O'Harrow of Grand Rapids and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Collins and daughter Con-nie from Lime Lake, will be Christ-mas dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs Floyd Boyce.

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Mr. and Mrs. W. K. I usk of Lansing, the Sam Yelter family, Mrs. Vorna Yelter. and the Her-bert Swan family of Lowell, will bo Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Speerslra and Mrs. Ho-sella Yelter.

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Roth en-tertained at their home Sunday with a carry-In pre-Christmas din ner for the Roth families. There were 53 present from Coral Ga-bles, Fla.. Muskegon. Grand Rap-Ids. Ionia. Detroit. Ann Arbor, Has-tings and Lowell, Michigan.

Mr. and Mrs. John F . Porritt of Grand Rapids were guests at a birthday dinner at the Schnitzel-bank Restaurant, Grand Rapids. Saturday evening, given by Mr. and Mrs. Byron Weeks.

John Fahrnl and Fred Fahmi spent the week-end with their sis-ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Blahnlck of Nfew Buf-falo. Michigan.

Mrs. Anna Yardley called on her daughter, Mrs. Ethel LaBrecque of Grand Rapids, Friday.

Christmas dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas will be Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robinson and Ricky from Grand Haven and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Llnd and family of Lowell.

Mrs. Ida Mullen, Miss Mildred Mullen, Mrs. Bessie Kyser and Mr. and Mrs. Gary Elckhoff and Perrl were Sunday guests of Mrs. Donna Holllday and family of Lansing.

Mrs. Frank Kelser imd son. Lar-ry will spend Christmas Eve with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cahoon and family at Grand Rapids, also Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs. Mian Porter of Greenville.

Mr. and Mrs. Nick Kloosterman called on Rev. and Mrs. David Wamer of Woodland, Thursday eve-ning.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clarke spent Sunday aftemoon with Mr. and Mrs. Forest Wilkins at Grand Ledge.

Mrs. William Collins, Mrs. Jas. Collins. Mrs. John Bannan and Miss Agnes Pe r ry visited a t the Clark Home In Grand Rapids. Thursday aftemoon.

Mrs. Otto Conrad is visiting her son and family of Rochester, N. Y.

for ten days. Deadline Monday For I Joe Callahan left Tuesday for The New Year's Edition SummerhiU, Pa., for the Christmas holidays deadline for news items as

Mr. ana Mr . . Nick K l o c t o r m n n « : » « « M ^ (or our Sow V n , r t . j lu"' Kdilion of llie Ledger next week.

had their family gathering Satur-day evening for their pro-Christ-mas dinner.

Miss Mildred Mullen spent the week-end In New Hudson with the John Cash family.

Mrs. Jennie Townsend Is spend-ing the holidays with her two Jions and their families at Lansing.

Guests of Mr. and Mrs. J a c k Fonger and family for Chris tmas Thlelan of Adrian, Mich., and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas from Col-umbus, Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Davenport called on Mrs. Christine Davenport of Alpine and Mr. and Mrs. Nor-man Davenport of Sparta, Sun-day aftemoon.

Mr, and Mrs. Kenneth Fo rman and Joan of Muskegon and Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Dalrymple of Low-ell were Sunday night lunch guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Miller.

Rev. and Mrs. Roger Rollins and Julie of Grand Rapids, spent Sat-urday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Rollins and Mrs. Mary Rol-lins.

Fred Jones was taken lo Sun-shine hospital last Friday.

Norton and Hoyt Avery attended the Citizens for Michigan meeting held in 'Grand Rapids Thursday evening. George Romney was the principal speaker.

Friends of Mrs. Nora A. Peek-ham who wish to correspond with her may forward their letters and cards to Nora A. Peckham, Capi-tal City No. 2, 1323 Mary Avenue, Lansing. Michigan.

Mrs. Iva Linton and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bryant called on Mr. and Mrs. Ira Blough of Alto. Sunday aftemoon.

In the t rue spir i t of the glorious Holiday Season

we e x t e n d ou r s i n c e r e w i s h e s f o r t h e g o o d h e a l t h a n d h a p p i n e s s

o f a l l o u r d e v o t e d

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will he Monday. December 28 at noon, since the New Year 's boll-day fails on Friday.

It is planned to have the Ledger In the malls Wednesday morning so that our readers will have the paper a little ahead of time rather than a belated edition.

Cooperation of all our advertisers and writing staff will l)e appreciat-ed. May all enjoy a pros|)erous and Happy New Year!

A Case in Point by Chuck Carfy

The sign on Ihe porch read : "Room For Rent." The landlady greeted each guest with a very warm and welcome smile. She had operated the rooming house for a number of years. Although some of the guests remained with her for long periods, other stayed only briefly.

Several months ago death came to the little landlady unexpectedly. People who knew her thought It

| might have resulted from an over-worked and tired heart. The medl-

! eal report, however, revealed what | house were Informed of their ex-none suspected tuberculosis. Yes, far advanced and active tubercu-

| iosis.

i Those who lived In Ihe rooming | posure lo this insidious disease, 1 and each was urged lo seek Chest (X-rays and TB tests. IOM unsus-; peeled infection wreck their fu-

tures. But what about the others? What about those who had lived in the house but had moved away? There is no way lo check those.

Tt is a pity that this Kent County landlady's tuberculosis was not dis-covered in time to prevent death and possibly a long train of in-fection which may take decades to run lis course.

Oftontimes. as illustrated by this case of a Kent County landlady.

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tuberculosis in Michigan is report-ed for the first lime on death cer-tificates. This is unfortunate. Her untimely death could have been averted had she Invested a few minutes for a TB Test and a chest X-ray.

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Home and Office Drinking on Rise A Growing Cause of Auto Accidents Teenage automobile drinking par- ties. They often end up as fatali-

ties on our recoids. Visibility Worscna

Driver visibility worsens with early dusk and as salt and mud throw translucent layers on ca r windows. "Moreover ," Hare said, "pedestrians who meander into the street a f t e r having a few drinks a re more difficult to see and the un-steady walker is more likely to wander into the path of a vehicle and be killed due to this com-bination of weather conditions and his inability to navigate normally."

"Just for the lives we'd save and not for the incongruity and ques-tionable good taste and morals of mixing alcohol with Christmas, I 'd like to see the office drinking par-ty eliminated," Hare said. " I ' m pleased to see that many f i rms are no longer serving alcohol and that a few are making their an-nual event a sort of open house for the families of their e m p l o y

ties, tippling at house parties, and over-imbibing at oflice part ies dur-ing the December holiday season are a growing cause of highway accidents and fatalities.

J a m e s M. Hare, Chairman of the State Safety Commission, has point-ed out that the common belief that people who die as the result of alcohol have done their drinking at bars and taverns is not* in line with the facts.

Hare said, "During late Decem-ber and early January when the hours of daylight are the shortest in the year and home and office parties a re more frequently held, we know that the toll of dead among drinking pedestrians and drinking drivers will rise again."

Intoxicated Pedestrians Recent Department of State stu-

dies show that 42 percent of all pedestrians and drivers who a re killed in Michigan, die as the re-sult of alcohol. As the total num-ber of imbibing drivers and in-toxicated pedestrians rises during these gray wintei days the num-ber of fatalities is bound to rise.

While collecting evidence on fa-talities among drinking drivers and drinking pedestrians State Depart-ment investigators found that an ever-increasing number had been taking one drinl: too many at house parties, had been drinking while parked in their cars, or have let office party conviviality influence their better judgment. Teenagers, too. who cannot legally buy in bars, often find ways of getting a six-pack of beer or a bottle of wine which they drink in ca r par-

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eye," gifts of auto accessories will make fine presents for a man . Consider compasses, searchlights, safely jacks, tools and even a new set of t ires.

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have their newn in for the New Year's edition on Monday, De-cember 28.

Even tne best poetry, if read with a muted voice accompanied by soft music, makes me a little sick.

o Q i d a y G k & z s i -c r / t this festive season, we look back upon a year of

meeting old friends and making new ones. To all go

our hearty thanks and happiest greetings. May each

and every one of you have the merriest holiday ever.

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n a k i i f , love u d i a u f t t e r

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d a s c e tf all t fcese a i d

B i n t l r t u f r H t r t i i t a a t t

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tfct s e a s e i s is the p a r .

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PO*M Ritual Htbtd Start Christipos tuitom

The celebration of Chris tmas brought back the birthday party.

To the early Christians, it was unthinkable to celebrate one's birthday—much less the birthday of Christ. Birth meant the assump-tion of original Bin and frequently the beginning of a life of perse-cution and perhaps mar tyrdom.

Birthday festivities, moreover, were a pagan custom. The Pha-roah of Egypt and Herod c e l e brated their birthdays, as the Bible relates. But It was sacrilege even to suggest that a Divine Being had a birthday.

In the SCO's however, this att i-

tude was beginning to change, tn the year 354 the Bishop of Rome declared December 25 to be the anniversary of the birth of Christ.

But It took another pagan ritual to help establish Christmas. The ancient peoples of Europe had been accustomed to celebrating the win-ter solstice, when the sun seems to return to the Northern Hemis-phere, In late December. The pag-an feast commemorating the vic-tory of light over darkness was simply replaced by the Christian festival honoring the "Light of Life."

Unless you are the victim, no-thing Is funnier than kids mimick-ing their elders.

To you and yours, we

extend warmest wishes for a

holiday season that finds you

all wreathed in happy smiles.

The Rolling Agency

All good wishes to you for a holiday

full of fun and festivity.

L. W. Rutherford & Sons

Weheqrthe

wonfUrful music of

Christmas carols and our holiday

{oy grows ond deepens. We wont

to share ft with all our friends, and

to wish them a truly happy season.

Showboat Restaurant TonvZoovas

rCo cach and every valued

friend, we wish good fortune

without end. Here's to your happiness, health

nod good chder, ar (his joyous season

and throughout the New Year. May your holiday

time be merry and bright, and may

all your dearest wishes turn out just right.

RotlT. 8

CuQiplete Home Furnishings

u

We're joining Santa

in sending best

wishes for a very

happy holiday to

everyone, everywhere I

Roth Funeral Home

Tor all our friends and neighbors we send this

Yuletide wish. May the joy of Christmas meet

and mingle with the happiness in yonr heart. May the spirit of Chr ii Unas ever dwell with you.

The Dalstra's Lowell Rest Home

To you, from us . . Merry Christmas and a

happy Holiday Season. May your blessings

multiply and your days be full of the wonder

and joy of i i v i o g l

Superior Furniture Co.

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Hahn Hardware

PRACTICAL, UNUSUAL sidered only as seasonings. Mary Morr, of the foods and nutrition department a t Michigan State Uni-versity, suggests serving onions as a creamed or sauteed vegetable.

A lonely man will do bet ter if he talks to the bnrtender instead of the B-girl.

Help Fight TB

We're singing out our warmest wishes^ to you for a Holiday richly reward-ing in good cheer and happiness.]

Clark Plumbing & Heating

meBt CHHISTMAS

WISHES

O h , holy, peaceful

Chris tmas!

Ut every hear t

rejoice in the

spiritual

inspiration and

blessings of the season .

Al & Myrtle Hermans The Gamble Store

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M y N e i g h b o r s

"Now think, Hartwlg, Isthis the time to ask for a raise?"

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old-fashioned enough to get fintimental about Christmas ...to conjure up visions of happy reunbns, stockings hung by the hearth, tinsel hung on the tree. In this hearty spirit, we wish you the season's best I

Curtis Laundry & Dry Cleaners

y/f twins N Joy

sacred mcjiiage

blessings

Gee's Hardware

I t is our s incere wish tha t the spiritual beauty and

festive joy of the Christmas season light up your days

with bright hope and happiness.

McQueen Motor Co.

a®

M a y your Christmas shine brightly

• with good cheer and good fellowship

...abounding in all the happy sighU and sounds

of this festive season. That's our sincere wish to

you and yours, as we sing out "Merry Christmas!"

Christiansen Drug Co.

Lansing Observer

Last Minute Tax Program by Legislature Only Stop-Gap Measure. We Hope

THE LOWELL LEDGER, LOWELL, MICH., DEC. 24, 1959

By Frank G. Morris

Bleeding and battered by their 11 month free-for-all, legislators

1 and Gov. Williams staggered to 1 their feet for another round and suddenly heard carolers singing an

j ancient promise of peace on earth [and good will to men.

They could no", betray the Spirit I of Christmas by kicking Santa 1 Claus in the teeth.

So for this merry Christmas, [Michigan has a new tax package tied with soiled old string Instead of bright ribbon—but welcome none-

1 tholess. In this year of political cut-throat-

ing. the pink-cheeked gentlemen 1 in the red coat and white beard turned out to be Senator Frank

1 Beadle, of St. Clair, chairman of | the Republican caucus.

Because of the faith shining in | his eyes and the longing hope in jhls voice, Beadle caught both Re-publicans and Democrats by their

| hearts. Beadle talked with Gov. Williams

[ while hymns of peace rang through Lansing f rom loud speakers at the

| top of the National Bank Tower, j He had a s t range presumption that I for a few hours, a t least, they were humans seeking understand-ing instead of party advantage.

The GOP leader then went indi-1 vidually to Republican Senators [who have been accused of stub-| bomess because they were fighting desperately for a principle in which

| they sincerely believed. He pleaded next with Democrats

in the corridors and in committee rooms and found them willing to

| listen. So the break came on an eve-

ning that was exactly seven eve-nings removed from the glowing night when the promise of brother-hood is renewed throughout all

| Christ 'andom. It could not have come earlier

jThe legislators of both political parties had fought too long and at too great a cost In prestige to have surrendered before the final

I hour when there was no a l tema jtive except disgrace for all.

The lawmakers had finally reach-1 ed the point of no return.

No one Is proud of the temporary

tax package. The new tax on cigarettes, cigars

and tobacco will be resented.

The levy on whiskey could be , ustlfied if it produces a little more temperence.

But the three percent telephone tax will cost the people another S8 million «r more that many can ill afford.

Selling the 550 million worth of U. S, Government bonds for $40 million will anger war veterans.

And the S13 milllon-a-year boost In the corporation privilege fee Is a blow for industries already stag-gered by high s ta te taxes.

But the big point of the com-promise, transcending all of the an-noyances and grumbling that the new taxes will produce, is that Michigan is not being burdened with an income tax.

After 11 years of battling. Gov. Williams lost the main objective of his career—the levy -that was intended to shift most of the cost of government to the corporations that already are struggling to sur-vive in this s tate of sky-rocketing labor costs.

Yet corporations are being hit hard by the new tax legislation this year. This point has not been made clear,

An increase in the Business Ac-tivities Tax, passed last August, will cost industry another S8 mil-lion annually.

The final package Included a $13 million boost in the privilege fee.

This $21 million blow hit corpora-tions on the very day when busi-nessmen filled the municipal court room in Battle Creek to testify to the Senate Tax Committee that the cost of operating in Michigan has reached the breaking point.

They blamed the high state lev-ies (now going higher) and the pyramiding production costs forc-ed on them by the UAW.

Senator Carlton H. Morris, of Kalamazoo, cha i rman of the com-mittee investigating job opportuni-ties, and Senator Clyde Geerlings, of Holland, chairman of the tax committee, were so impressed by the testimony they would not listen to Senator Beadle in his role of peace-maker.

Both voted against the corpora-tion privilege fee increase.

And next day Dr. Dwight Ynte-ma, Hope College economist who has spent two years comparing Michigan business taxes with the levies in other industrial states, reported that the tax load here is double that in Ohio, Illinois, Indi-ana, New York, New Jersey, Penn-

sylvania and Wisconsin. His inquiry was completed be-

fore the legislature added another $21 million in business levies.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS Correspondents a re asked to

have their newn in fur Uie New Year 's edition on Monday, De-cember 28.

/ I s a n o t h e r Chr i s tmas

d a w n s , m a y its good

chee r p e r v a d e every home ,

l ighten eve ry hea r t , b r i g h t e n e v e r y

life. Especia l ly m a y you a n d you r s

pa r t ake in f u l l measu re of all t h e joys

a n d blessings of t h e Day . M e r r y Chr i s tmas , alii

Story & Thome Mobile Products

C. H. Runciman Co. Distributors

take a gift of words, wrap it with

good cheer, adorn it with a friendly smile, and send it on its

way to you and yours. What it is? It's our package of holiday wishes*

ywmly lelt, heartily said. May your Yuletide season be merry and

bright...filled with lasting conlintmenf.

LOWELL MUNICIPAL UTILITIES Roger Westenbroek, Supf. — Light & Power Committee: Elmer Schaefer, Jack Fonger, George Dey

Water & Sewer Committee — Charles Doyle, Elmer Schaefer

John T. Jones Robert W. Waters Howard Antonides Ted VanOcker Austin Ingersoll Clare (iiesa

J e r r y DeVine Wayne Bean Har ry Burch Herbert Haines M a r y Walsh bully Hoover

Robert Steward

Edward Mlnard

Marvin McQueen

Sharon Dais Ira

John Rinard

Jack Ryan

Clement Orindle

Kenneth Morgan

J i m Ryder

Aaron Thumiisoa

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Closed at 6 P.M. Open Sot. 9 A.M. to 7 P.M.