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VOLUME 61—ESTABLISHED 1876 SPARTA, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1937 NUMBER 45

] NOTED ARTIST WILL NAME PROGRAM COMMIT- MRS. J. S. DRUMMOND 1 Army of Hunters ASSIST REV. ODEGARD TEE FOR GARDEN CLUB ENTERTAINS CLUB IN SPECIAL SERVICES Sparta Wins Over Forty-five members and guests of the I Tuesday. November 2. was Library Go to the North as Beginning November 15th Rev. A. O. Kent City Garden club enjoyed a din- Day In the work of the Casnovia Odegard. pastor of the First Baptist ner at Hotel Royal Monday evening. J FOOTBALL ladles' Literary dub. which sponsors Comstock Park The group then went to the home of , the Casnovia branch of the Kent Coun- church, will be assisted in a series of ty library. The members gave a book special services by Karl Steele, artist, Mrs. M. H. Saur for the regular month- j Deer Season Opens ly meeting. During the business ses- ! shower and money was given for the By Wide Margin and also Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Shaw, purchase of new books for the library. gospel musicians. , 5»n the president. Mrs. H. L. Miller j named the following program commit- A last minute repetition oi a Mr. Steele is a young artist of rare Kent City vs. Sparta The hostess was Mrs. S. J. Drum- familiar but still important warn- tee for the year: Mrs. H. L Miller. Mrs: Touchdowns by Willis and GMils' ability who has received wide attention. WILLOW PARK mond. In the absence of the presi- Long Punts Give Spec- ing; came from conservation officers He is a former student of the John N. M. Rossell. Mrs. Oscar Ostrum. Mrs. dent. Mrs. Walter Ebers. Mrs. J. O. to the effect: Be sure it's a deer Herron Art Institute of Indianapolis. Robert Kriger. PraJelgh presided. Mrs. V. R. Fancett tators Thrill and then be sure it has horns, be- Indiana. He was an honor student and Mrs. Ora Chad wick of Orand Rap- gave a report of the fall meeting of the fore you shoot. a scholarship winner from his first ids, a frequent visitor to the club, was Thursday, November 11 County Federation of Women's Clubs The blue and white warriors certainly semester enrollment. A year and half made an honorary member. As the held at Rockford. had "what lt takes" last Friday after- Hundreds ol hunters have been mov- ago he was awarded the John C. Shaf- speaker of the evening she gave several 00000000000000000000.* The music for the program was furn- noon and turned back the Comstock ing into Michigan's northern counties Parkers by the score of 27 to 0. This fer $500.00 first prize for the outstand- demonstrations for decorating holiday — GAME CALLED AT 3:30 P. M. — ished by Clarence Humphrey, violinist, this week enthused by prospects of the ing picture, "Frightened Horses'*, at the tables. She made two Thanksgiving and Mrs. Willard DeJonge. pianist. was a harder fought game than the best big game season in this state in twelfth annual Hoo&ier Salon art ex- center-pieces, a Christmas piece and a score indicates. Comstock elected to Guest speaker was Grace S. MoClure. receive and alternating the ball carry- several years, beginning Monday. Nov. hibit in Chicago. patriotic piece for use at various oc- librarian of the state library in Lan- 15. and extending through Nov. 30. casions. ing, White and Holland made two first At the exhibition last February he sing. She took as her rabjest the downs for the green and white. Deer, which with bear are the two won the Thomas aaeea auuer award The program was concluded by Mrs. "State Librarr", that institution which species of big game found in Michigan ANNOUNCE WINNERS FRANK EBERS, PIONEER for the outstanding landscape entitled C. B. Leaver who sang two solos. The IN RECENT "AG" FRUIT GROWER DIES is older than the state, established in After few unsuccessful line plays. which will be hunted, the other two— "Along the Ohio." Mr. 8teele will ap- next meeting will be on December 13 1828. It began with 131 books and Glllis right end ior the Parkers, got elk and moose—being protected at all pear every night at 7:30 p. m. from at the Methodist church when the hus- FAIR AND CONTEST AT ALPINE HOME now contains over 345.000. Michigan off a good punt which was downed times, are believed more numerous this Monday. November 15th until Sunday bands and other guests will be enter- was an early state to pass a county on the Sprrta twenty yard line. Then fall than in the last three or four years. November 21st. He will use the colored tained with a pot-luck supper. High school prize winners, three Frank Ebers. 81, died at his home in library law. The trend of the library the Ketchman lads got busy and by The deer herd suffered less last winter chalks under varied lighting effects to highest in order; Apples — George Alpine, Sunday, November 7, after an work shows that the taste in reading off tackle, line bucks and end sweeps, than in several because of the compara- illustrate different gospel messages TOM WALSH ISSUES Schwartz, Arnold Schaefer, Marvin Illness of five weeks. of Michigan people is improving rap- Stebblns. Warren. Bock man and Willis tive mildness of the weather and ab- which will be giveh by the pastor. 1 Schaefer. Poultry — Archie Ctimings. Funeral services wers held at the 'dly. She commended highly two books advanced the ball to the Comstock five sence of heavy, long staying snow In WARNING ON "COLLEC- , Blaauw Vege_ home Wednesday afternoon with the lately reviewed in the Casnovia club yard line. most sections of the state. Counts Mr. and Mrs Harvey Shaw, of Chi- TIVISM" IN CLUB TALK SSSS-SSt SSS^SS^-^SL Rev. J. K. Hoffmaster officiating. Pall- work. "Life With Father" and "Coun- Willis on an end run with splendid cago. 111., will havce charge of the mus- taken during the summer indicated in- i ,""' ****?**."* -'=««wh- I Cumings, Carl Swenson. Bernard Rey- bearers were Lawrence Besnett, Earl Sh try Kitchen." two of the choicest books blocking took the ball over for the first ereases in the number of deer in more ! £ ^ri »* Thomas. E. Walsh, former Sparta burn Grain—Archie OiaJaift ~ .J3 S. Felt. E. W. Field, Clifford of today. score of the game. sections than showed decreases. j •SSJLj thZZ wtiwli? citizen and manager of thr, • . - - nern- Martin,T? Joseph Schweitzer. r Burial Mrs. V. R. Fancett. Mrs. William Extra point >vas made by a line buck, Although bear are not numerous in ^ J? *"" p-n^: ./.I-,;—* T 'VTO ST'1—Mrs. C. J. Johnson com- Michigan, their numbers are also be- ,*nt a varied pro November 11. 1937

] Kate Smith Russell Pringer Portland Justine Spangenberg SIXTH GRADE iheSpart The sixth grade exhibited Michigan CHUCKLES about health, pictures concernt Plctor* PUBLISHED THROUGH THE COURTESY Miss Broxholm: What Is the mean- tec Lion of wild life. They^??* ^ ing of the word matrimony ? tures of birds and pictures «? ^ P>c- OF THE SPARTA SENTINEL • LEADER Norm Bradford: Pa the r says it isn't pU a word; it's a sentence. and the students drawed W **taM, bulletin boards. ** tor Vh- - SCH°OL FAIR Thursday, November 11, 1937 Mr. Hoffmaster was addressing the Publisher , students the other day in the assembly A 1 room. Jfg.'a?!** .•* k AjS^gs.V2 * I»££££ ZS'liz,*" •r —• My dear friends," he started. "I will S>uJarV°U Iadies and gentlemen he- Kober", Pew, < didn't cause I know you too well" <"?» ««d fountain, .2^5? for a long time" '^Ss^sfebeano s ADVERTISING Hugh Freeman. EIGHTH GRADE hallre, lunch I hear you have The eighth grade exhibit for the "Ag' ThSTe girjS*l who earne«• -Ttr'&.'td fifteen R »"«. «£\J£"£Sshootin- "g until win a trip to ChSjo aTS£ SUlrtp^tntM« ME jh.-«asd-5-isss "/ sac 8 8 w JX Promise you a Jot of fun. ' as ong as you do ^ geline s Home. SfSiSw SOCIAL r _. SOCIETY NRWs B , SEVENTH GRADE "jraCTRT THE GREAT" 5S£3 Srt2 B "£".,a 5pK>ity The seventh grnde had some verv Emory G. Anderson the Ryan a , , ;^«<= our I glfls. sixteen eirl* r?"* °' JnUrestingexhibjts for the fair in their SS =s ^ sr-— room- On several tables they had ^2!68 representing the followinR- •M ftvS? of °w **** Standlsh^-'Llfe Irs. Tornado, Uf^ lar e e Man audiences. This rmewtZ- K if * a a njr aush th#» o, » " Columbus Before AstomobUe. Compeamuion opportunity the ST-So i,S* «5' '» surprised toiff was name cards on wh<„k ere g!*en w^iioor in typing practice. I M much lch We 8 — ? k" THE SILENT ONE. better Priday. evening.. which we »J , Vl " 3name 6Ve s ning. Scme w^eRXrtT^,^ ' " I hope certain n.. ii. nine. sZL tZ** that evenJa- a(!u„ - oe^n-^'geTlSe^ I INSURANCE Henie. Jack and jfu BIrSf' ^° »3r B bftra n a Sr u *»»«h i— - __.. ®nd then being wyck. Romeo and jEmJ !f Stan- i" n„r^^reT ~ America which were ^mad e by the ^s S peace treaty gp.g— P™P= er. Olive Ovi T^one Pow- •»«;; sasESSss. • «. ob» o,, p^;c en£ They succeeded ^ m^ng S A room very attractive. a f_- _ . , -O 'i«ayplay . MMrr . r.anOeoi, ,. J4T thttne of th^ I penny hunt wm - V.q_ . ^ FS'^SL'H. _*"> "art*,. „»e Sparta SUte Bank Bldg. & sr£=& -Vara other 0.»e "Thar She ami? Charlie Andrus • T.11 he cSTltrlkes 7 Valid Reasons for The only way a sucker can save his face is to laugh it off. d Spalr S paX tbe' hL£° t"?W » mod j JohSn .t j J . ARMISTICE DAY "Bmarty- — Spangenberg Refinancing \ our Home ^uTth" "Danger—Love at Work '^ Bockman . WITH AN out very efficiently e sii bacoacx* and be miserable. " rh"" Boy" .... james Hen 1 ti/!5 t 5 l Britton spent Mrs. Oscar Murr a of Bailey. Mr. and of the class—or giggle. Jus' ««« •>«* ®nd ! a short program was given. Mr. Leaver I next ^Qinach Babv" y 500 M Hugh Muma a walk out. causini. Just is straightened *V-~3 -*r Interesting speech. trnrUM^m , aoy 22FX2X S J5EZH?* ^ " "d two daughters anH mor. _ J ._ 7 -*-»<• FHA LOAN fnrt r(» , ... . ,1and Mrs. Hazen Playter and son of motion as possible. , by the county and were given advertisement sayings "You to guess or strike at. One run came in. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Eitel visited rel- I Grand Rapids vjuff^^T" , . sheriffsheriff. . HanHankk Smitftaii h (Marvin Heft) -nd — Maxlne StivtTtef atives in Traverse Cltv Saturd-»c», «* ccicui«nuu w Considerable Slgnifl- Hal Dean (Norm Bradford) who 's on Then the climax to the party—lunch, Sunday. the outs with Helen but by this, re- and was it good! Tuna fish salad, "The You and Me that Used to Be" .. _ 1—Low inl Primarily, of course, it is an occasion of jollification. The gains his sweeUe pie's favor. Mean- fresh rolls, sweet cider and pumpkin Doris Ryan while. the property man, Huburt Mont- pie. We surely had a wonderful time. ® 2—Repayment in monthly installml veterans of the AEF desire to keep alive the happy recollection morency (Garth Hawley) who plays 14 RADIO CHARACTERS which include principal, interest, tax- of the great occasion when the guns ceased their murderous roar parts in the show, tucks the audience THERE'S A PARTY COMING Fibber McQee George Leary Molly .... Esther Mcrz es, fire and tornado insurance prem- and the harsh regimentation of army life approached a close. in his vest pocket with his clever act- Harrah! The Jun.ors are going to Q iums—everything. ing and gets a curtain call. give a party next Friday in spite of JacV Armstrong "Steb" But the celebration is significant from another point of view. The Lone Ranger Kenny Johnson .'J—There are no big bills to meet. Helped along by the quips of Marvin the Sillic Sissies Symphony Society's It does not celebrate the time when we embarked upon some great Protests. They were trying to slim- 1 Lulu Belle .. Eleanor Barry 4—Monthly payments approximately military adventure. It does not commemorate some great victory Myers, comedian, played by Art Ham- Little Orphan Annie Elinor Ryan merlind. Joy Edsie (Oeraldine Scott) ulate interest In their symphonies, but i - $10 per thousand. or the birthday of some great general. Ii merely calls to mind the heavy lady, Hattie Howe (Evelyn they finally gave In to the insults and ! ^t 'I 1 11 'litlhrilnl It:>i1<«n«>rfmimx III I 4*1 pH • 5—Up to 20 years to pay. the universal happiness of the American people upon the good Heath i the candy butcher, and Caro- slams of the student body.—Bob Mc- j Parland said to be sure and mention i DR. c. L. GRIGWARE 6—Loans made up to 80% of property news that the war was over. lina Coleman (Jennie Rose Cutler) : OPTOMETRIST the character woman, the play turned the fact that they did give in. value. There lies a thought in this which reflects the present day out to be amusing and realistic. It is to be a dress up af'air. and - In McGowan Bid*., Sparta, Mich ; Office with Drs Bull and Miller o 7—No refinancing necessary American attitude toward war, especially any war which we do The producUon was directed capably Floyd Smith and his gang are to furn- not start and in which we have no direct interest. American joy ish the music for dancing. OGice Honrs—'Wednesday, ' p. If you live in Sparta, come in and let us by Miss Elizabeth Jackson. • m until 9 p. m. Other evenings give you more detailed information. We will knew no bounds when news flashed around the world that the Hope we'll be seeing you! I by appointment. Phone 173 war had ended. The people did not question the terms of the SYMPHONY SOCIETY o tfladly tell you exactly, how much an FHA The Symphony Society met last QUACKS AfD QIJINKS Loan on your property will cost. armistice. They did not pause to wonder whether it had come too Tuesday In the Music Room at 11:45. Doris Ryan is still fight'ng atjout soon as some diplomats believed. They were merely elated to The next few minutes were occupied the Symphony Society. Can't sh, f»nd know that it was all over, and over in time to save the lives of !n the consumption of lunch. The a boy to quarrel over? BALLARD & ROGERS several hundred thousand American young men. meeting was called to order bv the Freshmen, if you're mad nt those president. Helen Spangenberg, and the cracks in last week's pap^r come and This attitude they reflected nineteen years ago has only be- see me instead of D. Ryan or B. Mc- minutes of the last meeting were read Farland come more pronounced with the passage of time. As soon as and accepted. Dues were collected and FIRE. WINDSTORM we were back pursuing the activities of peace we questioned the two projects were discussed. Then the : uoc n puisuiug MV acuviwes U1I peace WE questioned ine "**" WERE UKIBKO. men tne Sparta State Bank wisdom of r * eal ent 4I'T«* INSURANCE of our part in that war, and began to express the con- PJ" ^ turned the meeting over to NCM. viction that that America has no place in quarrel* which are brewed the pr^L" for thfne« tSJ°SSS many thousand miles away. ings. Guests were welcomed. They Member of the Federal Reserve Bank Now with war threats almost screeching from several quar- included Mrs. W. Carlson. Mrs. Verna WM.H. LENTZ Moore, Mrs. Wilson and Mlas Jackson. SAFE . . . BECAUSE ITS SOUND ters of the civilized world, we may well recall our expressions of Mrs George Bettes sent her regrets CHIROPRACTOR located hi recent years on the subject and insist UT>on a national policy at not being able to come. The spon- SPARTA. MICH. Win. A. Rogerc which will keep our armies on out own soii and our battleships sor, Mr. Martin will bring some records Off. 218 PHONES Res. 159 I *rd SPARTA, MICHIGAN in our own territorial waters. of the symphony to be played at Qrand Rapids on Friday, November 12. We Let's make this Armistice Day of 1937 an occasion when we feel a class ln music appreciation reaffirm our national determination to avoid foreign entangle- should have its place In high school Styling a» different ai ments. because so many students do not go on MODERN-MODE It i» beaufiM, fof Ihii to college where they do have these bigger-looking, better- -o classes. Miss Jackson gave a wonder- STYLING HERE'S GOOD EVIDENCE ful report on English Folk soiigs and looking low-priced cor. Georgia Bettes played an example of During the past year many of the largest industries in Am- Folk Song on her 'cello. Next, accom- erica have placed substantial advertising schedules in the Sentinel- panied by Mrs. V. Moore. Mrs. Wil- Leader and other similar small newspapers. The list of these son sang an English Folk Song and it was swell. The meeting was then ad- £ advertisers is rather imposing. It includes such names as the journed. Smooth—powerful- manufacturers of Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, Ford, and Terraplane PERFECTED positive . . . fhe safe motorcars; Mobilgas, Gibson and Grunow refrigerators, Corduroy brakei for modem travel tires, Norge appliances, General Electric stove and radio, Sher- SENIOR CLASS QUILT HYDRAULIC The seniors raffled off their quilt giving maximum win-Williams paints, Aladdin Products, Consumers Power Co., at the intermission of the Ag. Play ^BRAKES motoring protection. Michigan Bell Company, Gas Company, insurance companies, etc. Friday night. Mrs. Mary Boros won Does anybody imagine for a moment that the executives of the quilt. these companies are placing advertising in the Sentinel-Leader to help the editor and to support a newspaper in this community ? SENIOR CIRCUS The seniors are beginning work on (WITH SHOOCrtOOf What does the business man a thousand miles from Sparta care their cirrus to be held Friday, Novem about the editor or this paper. Aside from the business reason GENUINE STEER I NO} of desiring a good advertising medium in this market, what per- So ioIe—so comfortable sonal interest can he possibly have? KNEE-ACTION —to different . . . "the No, obviously this advertising is placed in our newspaper world's finest ride. Kecau?e the men who spend the money for advertising know that it is the most effective medium of reaching a good market. (WITH SAFETY GLASS They're not satisfied that the advertising they place in metropoli- AU A SOUND) tan papers, magazinss, or farm journals covers adequately tne ALL-SILENT Larger interiors—lighter, brighter colon — and small town field. It is quite evident that they realize that it is ALL-STEU BODIES not enough merely to reach the public through one or a few THEATRE Unlsteol construction, TOWN SEDAN making each body mediums. They desire to take advantage of every possible agency SPARTA to convey their messages. Two Shows — 7-9 o'clock fortress of safety. This advertising is placed only after careful study of med- iums and markets. It is placed on a cold blooded, dollar and cents FRIDAY — SATURDAY basis. It's purpose is to produce business. And it is evident that November 12 - 13 VALVEJN-HEAD it does produce business by the fact that many accounts are re- peated year after year. ENGINE ability. Here, we believe, is an effective answer to the feliow who BOBBY BREEN BASIL RATHBOME I does not believe that advertising in the Sentinel-Leader pays, that Giving protection SPORT COUPE it is just an expense and a waste. These giant companies which MM A WISH against drafts, smoke, have found that our columns may be used effectively to produce Mod«i Oily) sales didn't get big by making mistakes or by throwing away COACH money. FISHER NO DRAFT o VENTILATION Our Gang Comedy — GOOD MANNERS News •ON MASTT* Of una Suppose on some occasion your home were crowded with HMO0CU ONir guests. Suppose some individual who arrived early persisted in SUNDAY — MONDAY occupying your entire davenport. Such a display of insolence and November 14 - 15 selfishness would contribute but little to his popularity, we know. Such things don't happen in homes, but for some strange reason certain individuals exhibit equally bad manners when they park their cars. They will occupy a busy location for hours when SEDAN they might just as well store their cars on some sidestreet They will ignore the parking lines and thus occupy an area where two cars might be parked. They will crowd other cars, set their brakes, lock their doors and go away without a thought for the difficulty that the adjacent motorist will experience when he tries THE CAR THAT IS COMPUTE to drive back into the stream of traffic. Because of this apparent tendency to exhibit bad manners on the part of a substantial number of motorists, parking re- strictions have been adopted in some cities. Experiments are also being conducted with parking meters which compel the mot- h's great fo drive a Chevrolet, wKen you can have your choice orist to pay for the luxury of storing his car at some busy loca- of any one of these distinctive body types .. . when you can tion. But in a community like Sparta where parking restrictions CARTOON cannot easily be enforced and where the installation of parking own a car of such outstanding beauty, comfort and safety meters is auite out of the question, such a solution would not TUBS. - WED. TH1IRS. . . . when you can enjoy all of Chevrolet's modem, up-to- be practical. November 16 17 - 18 What we must depend upon is the development of a sense of date advantages—at such low prices nH with such ext.emely courtesy and good manners. If you plan to spend a considerable low operating costs. amount of time in the business district, or if you are employed there, try to find some parking space for your car other than NOW AT CMfVtOirr MOTO* WVTSJON. CMMI Motor. _ the busiest corner. Many shoppers frequent the business section. "General Motors Installment Plan—Monthly Payments to SuiP?W Their visits are of brief duration. Frequently they are compelled Purse. A General Motors Value" to carry heavy package? from the stores to their cars. They should have an opportunity to park for short periods in the busy PRICES! section. Sparta Motor Sales It is only a matter of common courtesy to consider the con- Saur & Saur venience of someone else. Sparta, Mich. Kant City, Mich.