LEDGER UP and ENTRIES ELLL Being a Collection of Various Topic* of Local and FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR LOWELL, MICHIGAN. AUGUST 1, 1940 No. 12 General Interest HOME TOWN AFFECTION Showboat Delegation EOPLE do not always real- 4-H Club Fair ize how deep are the ties of On Radio Program Paffection which exists between The Lowell high school baAt, themselves and their home town. numbering 53 members, was tft Great Crowd Welcomes They often take all the pleasant Cash Premiums guest of the Lowell Board of Trade features and friendships of their and the Lowell Showboat at the home circles rather lightly, as If ball game last Saturday In Detroit. these things were not very Impor- Accompanying the band were fl5 tant. Yet when they go away Over $1,000 The George R. Lundberg resi- Lowell business and professional from these places, may of these dence which Is being constructed men. folks feel pangs of homesickness Big Event Opens Here On on West Main street is well under All were on hand in front of the Ninth Lowell Showboat for years, and are never • quite way and Interior plastering Is about Michigan theatre in Detroit at 12:45 to appear on the Harry Hell- (By K. K. Vining) reconciled to the loss of all these August 21 and Runs ready to begin. It Is expected that man "Fan-on-the-Street" radio pro- pleasant and beneficial activities the new home will be ready for oc- Column StartH Second Year For Three Days cupancy in the early fall. The gram broadcast over the Michigan and relations. house is of beautiful design and Radio network. This week's column ends a year It would be fine If we could Premium books are being mailed will have every modern con- C. H. Runclman, Interlocutor of of column writing for this county realize better in our dally life how this week to 1500 Kent County 4-H venience. the Showboat, answered many agent. The Inspiration came a year close these ties of affer.tlon are. Club members, leaders and others questions about the Showboat and ago In June when he heard Schuy- If we did so realize them, we would Interested In the 6th annual event E. C. Foreman expects to start the program given at the Showboat ler Marshall, of St. Johns, In a talk give more time to the good causes to be held at Lowell August 21, 22, construction work within the next performance. The entire group to agricultural extension folks re- of our home town, and It would and 23. two or three weeks on his new home sang "Here Comes the Showboat." mark that any county agent should be a pleasure to give effort and More than J1000 Is offered In cash on the 28-acre tract In the west part be able to write a good column a thought to maintaining Its useful premiums this year which Is an In- of town, known formerly as Watts week out of his every day work. activities. crease over previous years.* Hill. The house will be of English We decided to try it and a year Livestock club members are busy colonial design about 70 feet In Runciman Shows ago this next week the first copy BACK TO THE OLD JOB grooming cattle, hogs, eheep, swine length, two stories high In the mid- wa^ sent out. dle with sweeping wings at each tt. t HAuaTt are your sentiments colts.... fo. r the.. fairu . • . We wondered what to call the end. The site is a picturesque ono Way to Problem \\ 7 „„ ft-nm n vn exhibits will be In place on column. Our office secretary, Mrs. and the new home will be a valuable W cation and "ake hold of »• ***** The state social welfare commis- Frances Sattlcr, suggested. "Up Judges Wednesday• morning, Aug- acquisition to the town's assets. old Job again? Do you rebel a sion is divided on the question and Down Kent County Roads," ust 2l8t. Exceptions are baked of little when you have to put on n..n»» i. whether It can finance relief and that name has been used. goods, which should be In place by Great worn Is being carried on . .. ._ .. ,, the harness and pull the load 1 th ,e ln Some weeks It has been a trial Wednesday morning at 11:00 o'- among the Boy Scouts In Kaiama-l " " 7^ ' ^ ^ennlum again, nnd if the harness rubs on zoo by Herman F. Jones, president!ror 750,000 annually, the sum to find the time to write bat we clock. note that in writing this way there the sore spots? Open classcs In grains, veg- of the Kalamazoo Office and School «PProp«ialed by the 1939 leglsla- tu for th urre t is no putting it ci f. There should be a feeling of etables, canning, household arts, Servlce, Inc. He U the son af Mr. " . * ? " blennlu"^ Ch l rn an W lt r F Grl nd The column has caused us to happiness when one returns from flowers, and livestock are offered and Mrs. Frank Jones of Fallas-i ® i l » >! - " » a vacation to his home in a good burg. On August 9 Mr. Jones plans CommlsBioner M. Clyde Stout assert- observe more closely the goings on In addition to the 4-H club classes. ed th town like Lowell. Even If we have to take the Eagle Scouts on a trip «t 18.750.000 a year would see of farm folks and doings In tin Cash prizes are also awarded in e eeen grander places with more down the Montreal river canyons tol^" counties and the state through county. We have tried to watch these classes. th advantages, we should realize that Batchawana Bay, through the e two-year period. Commisiion- the current farm papers and other All 4-H Club Judging Is on the er8 the frlenshlps and intimate ties Danish system or by groups. This rugged country which Is primeval ! C. Christian and Louis publications that come to our office which one makes In such a com- method gives credit to the young- much of the way. Keep up the good | C. Mirlanl said they are Just as for Items that we feel might inter- work, Mr. Jones. 'certain It would not. munity are worth more than any ster who really does a Job of fitting est farm folks. — I Commissioner C. H. Runclman Interesting Night Scene Shows the Robert E. Lee After Dropping Anchor at the Showboat Stage. splendors can be. Anyone who and getting an exhibit ready. This Generally we write six to eight The hottest place In town the'declares that 18.750,000 will be suf- has a Job should thank the Lord Is particularly true of livestock pages of paper "copy". Mrs. Batt- past two weeks has been the Diesel .ficient, "provided that the leglsla- for It, In a time when many have where a well fitted animal might ler types It to about two pages eijgine room of the Lowell Munic-|ture provides funds for the 30,000 not been able to sell their ser- not be of good type. This method 21 Great Acts Feature 2-Hour Show double spaced and has It in the ipal light and power plant where I persons waiting to draw old age mall on Friday afternoons. vices to the world. also means that every club member the temperature remains around HE LOWELL SHOWBOAT again retained Its talned before. The Dorothy Byton Girls also gave assistance. The Kent County rural papers gets a ribbon or card award and a 120 degrees all day long. A man Is weather luck when the big annual show got un- the show a gaiety and life that have been lacking in THE THIRD TERM ISSUE cash premium. A commission spokesman said that have been nice about printing It required to be on duty there all the Runclman's plea for transfer of T der way last night under a clear July sky. A previous years. Other star acts were Earl Parch- Judging of all exhibits will be in One paper outside of the county rPHE ISSUE of a third term for time the engines are running. The the elderly from relief rolls to record-breaking, cheering throng was on hand to ment, famous radio star; the Morlok quadruplets in charge of members of the exten- uses It. any president Is going to be low condition of the water at the age assistance was based on the pre- greet Robert E. Lee DC as the 90-ft. craft made a an ail new revue, and the Fritz family. sion staff at Michigan State Col- We hope you readers have en- settled this year once and for all. dam north of town has made It mise that upwards of 4.000 persons graceful swing around Cat-tall Point and pulled up The newly-developed finale was one of the high- lege. Jo <fd lt We have had much ,eft It will be a good thing to have necessary to run the engines about on the relief rolls are eligible for to the newly-designed dock stage. lights of the show. The Singing Marines sang a verse > P - People wishing premium books 8Ure ln writ,n one thing settled In this unsettled 15 hours every day to supply the the other form of aid. Every person in the audience agreed that decora- of "God Bless America" and were Joined by the i 8 ^ Should you have or extra entry blanks may have an world.