D Etfablithtd June, 1893 LOWELL. MICH.. THURSDAY, MAY 17.1956 Number 4 Grand River Creitt at 16.12 Ft. B'lddy Poppies Oil Sdt Will Move Three Home* for New Kroger Store in liOUell 'May 20-26 is Michigan Week May ^4, 25, "mmammr ^ I auiaII Dlnn^ Di^n Flooding Rivers, Tornado Alerts Buddy' Poppies will be on sale Lowell Plans Busy Day for Visiting by the Veteran of Foreign Wars Harass Residents Over long' Weekend Auxiliary to Post 8303 in Lowell Mayor Alden Bridges of Watervliet on May 24, 25 and 26, according to l^ou'ell and vicinity was spared The all-clear signal will he giv- Next week is "Michigan Week", School Band, and other local dig- an announcement by President any serious damage from the en by the fire siren and the fac- land on Monday, May 21. Mayoi nitaries will also be on hand to swirling skies and extremely hum- tory whistle, short blasts, for one Elizabeth Hawk. j Exchange Day will be observed Joyce Lasausky is chairman of give the Mayor a proper greeting. id weather over the week-end, in minute. by all cities, towns, and villages of Mr. Bridges expects to arrive in which a 72 hour period saw al- This warning system is just to the local Buddy Poppy Sale, and | our state. urges: 'Please, don't forget. Mr. Lowell at eleven o'clock Monday most 30 hours of tomado-alert be used in the event a tomado Village President and Mrs. Peter morning. weather conditions. is actually sighted and headed our and Mrs. Public!". ; Speerstra will journey to Water- Cora Troy and Lucille Adrianse The Lowell Village Council Will Thankful to have suffered only way. vliet for the day, and will be guests have been dectod delegates to the hold a special session in the mom- loss of sleep, we heard accounts | 1*100(1 Danger Over of that southwestern Michigan Department Encampment on June ing to exchange information with of six deaths elsewhere in Michi- town while the mayor of Water- the visiting mayor. Although fifty families living 21-24 at Bay City. Mary Ann Ayres gan, and 200 injuries, with prop- vliet. Alden Brides •vlll be our south of Main st. on the fust side and Zilpha Ketchum are alternates. Plan Ltinrhron erty damage In the millions when guest here in Lowell. of Lowell were warned Thursday Pouter Cheek* May 18 Jerald Roth, president of the twisters dipped down to rip | morning la.st week-that they may Winners of the Auxiliary-sponsor- Ma.vw BndgesulIlbeguenthe Lowe,! lioml of Trade, is rhair- IV. I P. treatment here, aceordmr' an of a luncheon which will be T'; Ihave ZT*0 !hcir honLei ^ied potteVcontentW*<*ve"their m Aside from heavy rains in somelcauae of high floodwaters, the rlv-|chp^ at a special session of the ito Mayor Day chairman William held in Mayor Bridge.' honor at areas in and around Lowell, lt er crcsted Saturday at 1612 feet; 'on M 18 ,cconling to h i Jones. Jr.. who has arranged for noon, at the Lou ell Masonic Tem- was just long hours of waiting and rather than the expected 18 ft. Wanda stinchconib. a pnhce escort to meet the visiton, p,,. Attendance at the dinner is at the Milage entrance; the High: by reservation onlv and samp watching skies listening to the ra- and began to fall back, hitting Next regular meeting of the Aux- I uv reservation only, and same dio and television, and one long 15.95 on Sunday morning, 15.89 in iliary will be May 24. imust be made with William Jones sleepless night for most of us, the afternoon, up to 16 feet on Netteri Defect Godwin; before 5 o'clock today (Thursday), while the skies all around us w^ro Monday moming, 16.09 Tuesday P. T. A. Program Changed Corner Vergannes Rd. ond Moin Sr. i There will also be a short program filled with brilliant flashes of light-' morning, and back down to 15 % Enter Regionols Friday j at the luncheon, according to Mr. .'ting. Tuesday afternoon. To May 28: Hood Waters Three LawcB Main street lot* ptotared above were purehawed last week by C. J. Steketee and As- LoweH's tennis team defeated Ro"1- TlIlmniMM Jiol mgiiHHi ficrHAMr Cover Recreotioa Park Hoelatos, who win bnlld a HO x 190 foot brick building, and adjaeent parking lot for seventy can, Godwin by snatching all matches Tour the Village Following the luncheon and pro- One tomado funnel was sighted which property will be Hulwequeatly be leaaed to tlis Kroger Company for a new More. The three from them Monday evening at God- The P. I* A. program to honor gram Mayor and Mrs. Bridges will in the Pratt Lake area Sunday mrideneM located on these lob» are owned by the Richard MacNanghton, Donald MacXaughton and win. This gives Lowell 7 confer- local youth organizations, original- be taken on a tour of the Village, morning at 12:52. This was trav- Howard White familim. and will be moved to new locations In Lowell. ence wins and 3 losses, and places ly scheduled for this past Monday, including the Municipal Utilltle* eling in an easterly direction to- After nearly a year of investi-. Kroger has been at their present them in third place behind unde- the 14th. has been rescheduled p,ant ,he man ward Ionia, so Lowell was not gating possible sites for the loca- Icttrtoo, on thc bridge, since 1929 feated East and second-placei >' industrial plants. for Monday. May 28th. High flood and othet 0 1 5 of ,oc,| alerted. Ionia was not damaged, tion of a new Kroger store in Lo- j when they purchased thc C. Thom- Grandville with a 6-2 record. - ' P ' * l interest. however, as the twister must have waters at Recreation Park drench- well, the company finally picked | as chain of stores. Lowell has to meet Grandville The committee in charge of this gone aloft. ed the football field, which neces- this location at the comer of Main j The comer house pictured a- here on May 23, as their match special day joins with all the citi- 7 ons of IjOWo11 ,n sitated cancellation of the first st. and Vergennes road, one of the bove, the former W. R. Andrews last Thursday was cancelled. They - lending a hear- The busy weekend started Fri- ty w day afternoon about 1:40, when date, inasmuch as there was a busiest intersections in the village. I home, is now owned by their also have to play East and Lec ^«>me to Mayor Bridges, an alert was sounded, but was definite lack of large enough boats grandson. Richard MacNaughton of one more time in this season. If I Statewide Observance lifted later that evening at 8:33. to take care of the audience and! Moose SoftboN Seoson Ypsilami; this has been the res- all goes well, and we hope it does. | About 400 mayors and village Then Saturday at S:S5 P. M ' cast". idence of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. the boys may nab a second place i Presidents will take part in the the U. S. Weather Bureau station The Campire Girls, Blue Birds, Opens Here Tuesday Large. Thc latter have now pur- in thc Grand Valley conference. I Exchange of Mayors Monday May- Another new family have decld-1 In singles competition Monday,or John Kent of Wakefield and in Grand Rapids announced that Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts have The Spring and summer season1 chased the house and will have spent a great deal of time pre- od to make Lowell their home.] George DcVries defeated Jack Mui-, Mayor Lloyd Ferguson of Madison a major portion of Lower Mich- Mr. and Mrs. Steve Rhodes have! of scheduled Moose Softball games j'4 movcd to the 1000 block of Vei^ iean was under another alert—the I/aring a varied program for the 1 lor 6-4. 8-6 and Jim Lind took i Heights will make the longest ex- taken an apartment at 415 Avery, will get underway next Tuesday gwrnes road all-clear for which was not sound-1 citizens of Lowell to enjoy. Be Ron Hale 6-3. 2-6 and 9-7. | change. 580 miles. Village presi- moving here from Grand Rapids May 22, when the local The neighboring homes owned ed until 5:22 a.m. Sunday, the sure to mark this new date on The teams of Hartley and Nash, dents Hy Dahlka of Gibraltar and He is employed by Brochu and M*** team ; H tangle with the by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mac- longest tornado-danger period on your calendar, and plan to attend Bcrgin and Barton and Champion i Howard Malone of South Rock- liaas Corp., fn Grand Rapids. |Grand Rapids Veamsters under the Naughton. and Mr. and Mrs. How- record here. the P .T. A. program. and B. White all won their doubles w-ood will make the shortest trip, * * • at Recreation Park. Game ard White will be moved to the matches. [stepping across the Monroe- Way- Then, after a sleepless night, The Ledger wil print the pro- 1 8 as in 51 8638008 Iwe certainly enjoy getting tet-i "* P® • 1000 block of North Hudson st. Other Games This Week | no County line. A number of we were again alerted on Sunday,! ifram next week. ear the ocal toarn loo t tors from our subscribers from, y ' ' .s Next home tennis match is Low-: counties, including Branch, Iron, at 11:56 a.m., for possible toma- „ - s,ron 8 out of state, especially when theyi* ** K, if not stronger, than'Mrs.