Stop Cnlnnta Courier VOL 42 COLOMA, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MAY 12.1939 NO. 40 Junior-Senior Dance One Killed; Six Hurt Supervisors Adopt or 1939 WAS and Prom First Event MUCH INTEREST IN Budget for 1940 BEST EVER PRESENIED of H, S. Commencement in Crash on IIS-31 OPERATION OF UNI PEANT Big Time Is Expected at High School Wet Pavement and Heavy Traffic Little Change to be Made In Tax Rate seven states, Dolores Momany, 7- Gymnasium on Friday Evening of Responsible for Death of Chicago for the Coming Year—No Action electing a board of directors from Contracts Are Being Solicited for Crowd Estimated at 200,000 Witness- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. This Week. Man on Sunday—Sixth Victim in Taken by Board to Help Finance their own number and organize their Dale Momany of Watervllet, won own policies. The local plant Is well Cherries—Hope to Secure Suf- ed Gorgeous Parade as it Proceeded third place In the Juvenile girls' County This Year. Blossom Festival. equipped and the Farm Bureau has Throufh the Twin Cities Last group. Dolores was also Watervllet's ficient Fruit and Financial Backing established good connections for Bud Princess and rode on a float In Calendar of Events Andrew Kurent, 46-year-old Chl- The Berrien county board of super- marketing the canned product. Saturday Afternoon—Floats Were the Children's Parade Thursday af cagoan, was Berrien county's sixth visors, in a meeting adjourned from to Open Coloma's Cannery. Thursday night's discussion In- ternoon, which drew third prize. The following is the calendar of automobile victim of the year 1939. the April session, approved the coun- cluded the amount of capital neces- Beautiful—Many Bands Added to Other winners In the twlrlers' con events for the Coloma high school Kurent met his death on Sunday ty budget for 1940 as recommended Considerable interest is being sary, how it would be raised and how teat were: Maxlne Surman, Peru, 111. commencement notivitles. evening on US-12 between Bridg- by the finance committee. shown in the reorganization of the the farmer would finance his crop Attractions of Afternoon. was awarded first prize in the junior Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom man and Sawyer, when a car driven The amount of money to be raised canning plant located at Coloma and during the marketing process, Facts girls' class. Florence Vallquent, Chi- in the high school gymnasium on by Frank Kurent skidded on the to operate the county next year, if more than 80 farmers from Berrien were presented to show that the It is estimated that a crowd of at Thursday evening, May 12th. pavement and crashed into a car and Van Buren counties attended a least 200,000 people lined up along cago, was second, and Gloria Ann the budget is approved by the county grower will never be able to have a Alma, also of Chicago, was third. Senior trip to Detroit on Friday going in the opposite direction, driven tax allocation board and then formal- meeting he'd in the Coloma school voice in naming the price he will re- East and West Main streets in Ben- and Saturday, May 19 and 29, spon- by Charles Marento of Sawyer. The Tuesday evening to discuss the pro- ton Harbor and Wayne, Ship and Daniel Madden, of Chicago, won ly adopted by the supervisors at their ceive for his fruit until he has a sored by Supt. and Mrs. Alwood. occupants of both cars were Injured ject. State streets in St. Joseph last Satur- first In the Juvenile boys' contest. October session, is almost identical share in processing and marketing Paul Gene Rossal, Peru, HI., was Baccalaureate services, Sunday and Kurent died a short time later with that raised for 1939, according The plant is now held by the Farm It. day afternoon to view the 17th an- evening. May 21, at the high school second, and Walter Bossawen, Mish- at Mercy hospital. to Supervisor John Warman, chair- Bureau Cooperative Canners and A fair percent of growers present nual Blossom Parade, and the gen- auditorium, with Rev. Ray S. Ut- Those Injured In the accident in- eral opinion of those who witnessed awaka, Ind., third. Jo Ann Eberhart man of the finance committee. Clark Broody and Dan Petch from signed contracts for a portion of Mlshawaka. was first In the girls terback in charge. cluded Mrs. Andrew Kurent, Chi- the Lansing office were pi ent to the pageant is that it was one of the Class Day program, Tuesday eve- Tax Rate Unchanged their 1939 crop, as a nucleus toward group and Zelpha Dwornlk, * Peru cago, bad scalp cuts; Frank Kurent, answer questions nnd discuss plans. a permanent organization. It is up most colorful that has ever been ning May 23rd, at high school au- Chicago, chest and spine injured; staged by the blossom committee. second. The attitude r the Farm Bureau is to other farmers in the vicinity to ditorium. Charles Maranto, Sawyer, cut and Also, the county tax rate will re- Minerva Mlnear, Buffalo, N. Y.. main the same at 4.4 mills. How- to be of serv n, they made it help get enough acreage to make the The floats were numerous and more won the senior girls' contest. Evelyn Commencement exercises, Thurs- bruised; Vincent Maranto, Sawyer, plain that if the.t s any practical beautiful than ever before; there day evening. May 25th, In the high ever, if the state legislature passes volume of fruit necessary for a sea- Jane Ritter, Mlshawaka, was second cut and bruised; Eugene Lewis, way i . ' -h the Coloma plant can son run. It is very necessary that were plenty of fine high school and school auditorium. Bridgman, possible skull fracture; new relief regulations which will and Ina May Jones. Chicago, third. require the county to pay the 40 be made i serve growers, the action be taken at once, as this pro- college bands to keep the line of George Walbrldge. Toledo. Ohio, was School picnic on Friday, May 26th. Mrs. Jennie Cotman, Hartford, leg Farm Bureau would cooperate. march enlivened with good music; percent share of relief costs instead ject means much to both the growers first in the senior boys' class. Merle fractured; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley The plan as presented is to get and to the community. Cherries are there were plenty of beautiful young Slevlewlcz of Chicago, cut and of the cities and townships, which Smith. Mlshawaka. was second, and now pay the proportionate share, the contracts for enough fruit to operate the only fruit being considered at ladies riding on the floats aside from Jack Edward Brown. Chicago, third. ClaM of 19S9 bruised. the queen and her court; there were county tax rate will be Increased by for the season and let the growers be this time. Another meeting will be In the Junior boys' class, Robert Arcus, Rose Mary. a mill, making it 5.4 mills. called into the stockholder meetings, held at Sodus in the near future. beautiful horses and ponies and Abbott, Glenwood Park, 111., was enough of the comical entries to in- Becht, Richard. Mr. Warman pointed out that If first, and Charles Anderson, Chica- Becht, Jack. this change is made,the tax rate for terest the entire crowd, as the parade go, and Teddy Smirnlotls, Benton Berrien County Weddings wended its way along the four miles Caprez, Rodney. the townships should be cut a mill, ANNUAL BLOSSOM TEA Harbor, were tied for second. of the line of march. Cordaro, Lewis tnereby balancing the total tax levy Notes of the Courts DeField. John at the same figure, only It will be col- WAS% DELIGHTFUL AFFAIR Parade Prize Winners DeRosa, Jack Miss Mildred Lucile Graham, lected as a county tax instead of a SUPERVISORS ORDER LOOSE Elsenhart, Marjorie daughter of Mrs. Mabel O. Graham local tax. Following is the list of prize win- Elliott, Howard of Benton Harbor, and Lowell Miller, Anthony Palencher of Niles paid a ners in the floral parade: DOGS SHOT OR IMPOUNDED More than 100 ladies attended the fine of $50 and costs of $4.90 In Jus- Fisher, Oscar son of Sheriff and Mrs. Charles L. Estimate Expenditures second annual Blossom Tea given Sweepstakes—House of David. Friday, Eleanor Miller of St. Joseph, were united In tice Collier's court in St. Joseph on Lodges and Organizations—Musi- Departmental expenditures total Tuesday afternoon at the Congrega- Monday on a charge of driving while Friday, Jean wedlock at the home of the bride's tional church. The event is a de- cians Union, first; Benton Harbor The Berrien county board of super- Greco. Joseph mother on May 4, 1939, Rev. Howard $4,18,290 in the budget, and the esti. intoxicated. Palencher's car is re- Elks, second; American Federation of mated revenues $97,000, leaving a lightful social affair given each sea- ported to have struck another car visors on Monday gave Its Judiciary Greco, Steve A. Blanning, pastor of the Congrega- son as a contribution to Blossom Hosiery Workers, third. committee full power to act in an ef- Hafer. William tional church, officiating. The event balance to be raised by taxation of parked at the curb on State street in tee, as requested. The finance com- Week festivities and is regarded as St. Joseph and driving it across the Retail Division—Preston Lumber fort to check the rapidly growing Hathaway, Robert took place on the 26th birthday an- one of the fine social functions of the Co., first; Benton Harbor retailers, rabies epidemic In Berrien county.