•BNWfltiMEwl t LEDGER ENTRIES YOU OUGHT TO HAVE REA80NI RSTABL1SHED JUNE. 1893 LOWELL. MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, AUG. 11, 1949 NUMBER 15 Russian Cartoonists, humorists Merl« Bickford who has operated and satirists, charge that Russians Blckford Shoe Service on Main St. South Boston Goroqo Littk Undo Kotrt don't laugh enough. They are up- for the paat several years an- held by an official Russian Journal nounced this week that the busi- Clark-Ellis Post Looted Soturdoy Niqht Is StM Unconscious Report Folio Early which said such deductions were ness Is now under the manage- Tools and equipment valued at Little Linda Koert, 7-year-old "fully justified". Newspapers ara ment of Glenn Gooden an exper- 1800 were stolen sometime Saturday Everything Is Set for daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius too grim, they add. Three Moscow ienced shoe service man. Mr. Blck- Locates Yets For jnight by burglars who broke Into Koert, who was so critically In- Learn What To Do publications have done away with ford expects to move to Grand | D / J Harvey McClure's Garage, on US- jured July 21 when she ran Into humor sections entirely. i6 2 m,|e9 ea8t o the It Is Just like we have always Rapids where he Is now employed. liKiiranrp KfMiinn ' ' Kent-ronia the side of a truck while crossing * * * liiMiiaiitc **™*uu.county ijM lonia County gherlff the street near her home. Is still Before It Strikes said, that If things aren't funny, Take It easy thes® hot summer Ben Neve reported. In Buttcrworth hospital and has what Is there to laugh about? That the American Legion will This is the season of the year From what we read about Russia, days, the Michigan Department' of assist all local veterans In applying Neve said the rear door was Kent County 4-H Fairneve r regained consciousness at when polio seems to be more pre- Health Is warning oldsters.' forced and tracks showed a car or any time, her parents report. we doubt very much If the folks for their National Service Life In- valent and many people are alarm- with the keenest sense of humor, Deaths from heat prostration and surance Dividends has been an- truck had been backed up to it At times there has appeared to ed at the Increasing number of sunstroke reach their peak In Aug- nounced by Oscar J. Nelson, com—during the night. Opens at Lowell on Tuesday • be some encouraging symtoms for could get much merriment out of cases already this year. However, living. Maybe It just "ain't funny." ust. Both result from prolonged mander of the Clark-Ellis Post No. I The owner reported half of his her recovery but at the present this is no time to get alarmed, but exposure to sun or Intense heat. '152 of the American Legion of Inventoried stock was taken. Loot New and Outstanding Features she is still In very critical condl-.there no be(ter t|me than right People past their middle years, Lowell. included tools, a valve-grinding set, t*011* 'now to inform ourselves about what ; HELP ARTHRITIC8 and those who have high blood | ..Qy,, p i|| necessary fire extinguisher, a one-horsepower Kent County's 4-H Club Fa'l Is I 1:00 p. m.—Auction sale of gifts 08t w have the Lowoll citizens are watching with'to do and how to get help when I Medical men tell us that the pressure, or disease of the heart 'applications which veterans will electric motor and auto parts. to open Tuesday. Aug. 16, and don-jto 4-H Club Fair, and Lightweight a great deal of Interest and anxiety'polio strikes. oldest disease known to man is or kidneys are In more danger ,have to make to the VA to get their tinue through the 19th. at the f-H(horse pulling contest. this little girl's struggle for life, j since June 4th this year Grand'arthritis. They find traces of It In than others. / iNSLI dividends." Commander Nel- Such things as over-exertion, de- ajd. c n n8 or h,r e mp son 8 ^;r'«"„tr'e1 rar CM K-.J rr'covery. ' " "" new cases of pollpolioo anandd 1111 off lananss finfindd thosthosee gianteiantss Inhabitenhabitedd ththee hydration, over-indulgence in food ..Every veteran who heId hi9 of the agricultural highlights In Showboat. James Goff, Age 15 the county and promises this these patients have died from the land before man. So, arthrllls la of drink, worry, fatigue, anger and NSLI policy for 90 days or mor. Friday. August 19 disease. There were sixteen ad-j nothing new, but it's cure would lack of sleep add to the danger. to be bigger and better than eve . will have a refund coming to him. 9:30 a. m.—Exhibits open to the jmltted over the past week-end. be! There are such a large number * * * The VA expects to pay out approx-j Formerly of Lowell ' 1 uesday, August 16 public. Notice to Farmers ( Tuesday s Grand Rapids statistics of sufferers, many badly crippled, Alcoholics anonymous was form- imately <2.800.000,000 In these re-l 6:00 p. m.—Fair officially opeifr.r 10:00 a. m.—4-H archery contest. •v .... « Hhow: m0Bt gufferjng great pain. ed in 1936 by an Arkansas doctor: funds. Payments per veteran are h0fl ital3 48 8:00 p. m.—Evening program Vn 1:00 p. m.—Finals of 4-H softball Ro* Wnaof aWDIItOt 1T"1 P —- Much has been written 'about who had almost lost his practice Expected to average about $175 ac Dies From Injuries arena with music, special acts. tournament. I\C. fTIICdl flu CdHC, ' convalescent homes 34 arthritis, diets and baths and medl- 2:00 m 1 becausBecause ofr excessive aruwnidrinkinBg aianmd icorain(cording tiwo thme VA¥«.. Applications . I Service Club rflndleliffhMnir per*- 2:00 pP.- m.—Heavyweigh-— t horse O 'Released to homes 4 clne offered for relief. Bllti „ Beem8 a New York broker who had cured should be filed as quickly as po»-| Jamea Goff, 15, Saranac student, m cand ellgMing Mje pulling contegt I)eatJ ony Notices of 1950 wheat acreage 1 that more and more oenple are himself of drunkenn slble because it will take weilia and died in Ionia County Memorial bos-; 4:00 p. m.—All exhibits released. allotments for all known farms in added to the list of afflicted. It Is Imonths for a veteran to get his re- pltal Sunday night six hours after] Wednesday, August 17 Ths A. A's are doing a great For amusement there will be a Kent County were mailed on July: Total 97 the hope of those who know the work and it !• to be regretted fund check." suffering a skulon l fracture .~.andt jr . g-QQ a. —m.—Judgin g starts In all1 ferris whee,• Kiant 8w,nK». merry-129, 1949 to all persons having an At the first sign of illness, call misery that accompanies it, that that so many people pour into Big Manhunt Is On jbroken Jaw iIn an auiomoonautomobile acci-departments and continues throthrouu A-go-roun* d and octopus on the interest In these farms, according .your own doctor. If he suspects'something will soon be found to their stomachs that which steals ' Actually' cLmander Nelson ex- ' b"' ,,OUtheai,t 0f 0Uout t thth"e day ,,n,untin l completed. ^ ' grounds for this year. Also foodjto John McCabe, chairman of the polio he will report the case andicure arthritis away the brain. 10:00 a. m.—Exhibits open to the stands. Ice cream, popcorn, cold Kent County AAA Committee. arrange for hospitalization .plained. The American Legion will| He wafl fats|Iy inJured wh,le rld. • * * pU b',5 „ . J ,drir^; "tc; .. „ _ ! Any person who does not receive hom« care. as indicated I put on the biggest manhunt In jng in a car driven by Donald 1 ft SUMMER'S GOODS One of our long-time Ledger history In trying to locate veterans Ea,! Heaven, 21, 3aranac. It Is re- children ^ n * ^"It allotment notice through I " your doctor says It Is polio readers has called our attention to Are you an advocate of gadgets who are eligible for he NSLI re- port*! « left front tire blew out 4 00 p m-Pet parade 1othe r projects_P-i.11 -. Open classes. In ithe mail and who believes that and requires hospltalixation, the an article headlined In a newspap- funds. — c har er 0 the " aviwucai Uor1 prefer tWo iwuftiroughs ait%? . Somww—-ew seiz— e !and the machine overturned. 4:30 p. m.—First round of 4-H|KralnB. potatoes, vegetables, fruits, they should receive an allotment I[2°®' . Pt ' National er In another dty, recording a rhe VA are advised to call at the county Foundation will help arrange for summer's savory benediction, the whio>. miirhf PABIIV hftnnen' " estimates that some; Heaven was also hospitalixed with baseball tournament. foods, capned goods, baked goods, ragedy which might ewlly happen.16(W000 veteran|| ^ to head and ^ Iaceratlona and transportation to a treatment cen-'ear of corn, and use hand manlpu- 8:00 p. m.—Evening program with [candles and flowers. AAA office, 207 Spencer St., N. E., to wytw ev«LowelL lN8LI Mfundl ,. Commander Nelson bruises. Grand Rapids, 5, Michigan as soon ter. As soon as the patient goes latlon. Others need a manufactured t ry livestock parade, special acts, horse Free admission to the fairgrounds to the hospital—or If your doctor, handle with prongs to stick In each The • i° t t '' !»id.