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Rev Wel l ington and 'Uncle Cy'

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R e v . F r a n k R. Wel l ington, C a n -a d a ' s outs tanding Sunday School e v a n g e l i s t , will be the f e a t u r e d s p e a k e r at a F a m i l y C r u s a d e to be held f r o m 7 to 8 o ' c lock night ly f r o m Sunday, November 2 th rough F r i d a y , N o v e m b e r 7, at the F i r s t Bap t i s t C h u r c h of S p a r t a .

Known to thousands of c h i l d r e n a s the " M u s i c a l S to ry M a n " , he wil l b r ing his m u s i c a l saw and o the r I n s t rumen t s , m o v i e s , f i lm s t r i p s , s l i des , beau t i fu l i l l u m i n -ated f l anne lg raph , Tiny , T i l ly ,

MAN" TO CONDUQ SPARTA BAPTIST

Uncle Cy and T e r r y , the ta lk ing t i g e r , h i s ven t r i loqu i s t d o l l s and s u r p r i s e s g a l o r e .

A f o r m e r Bap t i s t p a s t o r and p s y c h o l o g i c a l c a s e - w o r k e r , comba t i ng juveni le de l inquency , R e v . M r . Well ington h a s c o n -duc ted s o m e of the l a r g e s t w e e k -long c r u s a d e s f o r c h i l d r e n he ld a n y w h e r e In th i s c o u n t r y .

Rev . Jay n DeBoe r , p a s t o r of the c h u r c h , and the c o n g r e g a -tion ex tend a c o r d i a l inv i ta t ion to e v e r y o n e to a t tend any o r a l l of t h e s e s e r v i c e s .

Auto Accident Claims Lives Of Father and Daughter

DeJohn, a l l of G r a n t , and L o w -e l l P r e m i e r of Mt. M o r r i s ; 6 s i s t e r s , M r s . R i c h a r d (Sharon) F o l a n d of Ravenna , M r s . Duane ( D a r l e n e ) Rose , M r s . Dan (Vick ie ) McClu re , M i s s T a m a r a DeJohn and M i s s Ka th leen D e -John , a l l of G r a n t ; and M r s . G e o r g e (Ruth) W i s s m i l l e r of Au G r e s ; and h i s g r a n d m o t h e r , M r s . P r e s l e r of S p a r t a .

P a m e l a Jo was born on M a r c h 3, 1964, in Muskegon and had l ived t h e r e al l of h e r l i f e . She w a s a k i n d e r g a r t n e r at the C a r r School t h e r e .

Surv iv ing P a m e l a J o a r e : h e r m o t h e r , M r s . JoAnne P r e s l e r ; one s i s t e r , T ina at h o m e ; h e r g r a n d p a r e n t s , H i r a m " B u d " P r -e s l e r of AuGres , M r s . M a r y Ann DeJohn of G r a n t , and M r . and M r s . Leon Pia t t of Muskegon; h e r g r e a t - g r a n d m o t h e r , M r s . S u -s a n P r e s l e r of S p a r t a ; and s e v e r a l aun t s and u n c l e s .

T h e Rev . David P h i l l i p s o f -f i c i a t e d at the f u n e r a l s e r v i c e s . B u r i a l w a s in Ashland C e n t e r C e m e t e r y .

Jo in t f u n e r a l s e r v i c e s w e r e he ld T h u r s d a y at the McKinley C h a p e l in G r a n t f o r R i c h a r d P r -e s l e r . aged 26, and h i s daugh t e r , P a m e l a J o P r e s l e r , aged 5, of 1334 Dren t Road, Muskegon, who p a s s e d away of I n j u r i e s r e c e i v e d in an auto acc ident on Sunday even ing , Oc tober 12. Among the s u r v i v o r s i s M r s . Susan P r e s -l e r of Spar ta , g r a n d m o t h e r and g r e a t - g r a n d m o t h e r of the d e -c e a s e d .

M r . P r e s l e r p a s s e d away on Sunday evening at Hackley H o s -pi ta l in Muskegon s h o r t l y a f t e r be ing admi t t ed and P a m e l a J o s u c c u m b e d to acc iden ta l i n j u r i e s on T u e s d a y a f t e rnoon , Oc tobe r 14, a l s o at Hackley Hosp i ta l .

M r . P r e s l e r was b o r n on June 1, 1943 in Gran t and had l ived in Muskegon fo r the p a s t s ix y e a r s . On June 1, 1963, he w a s m a r r i e d to M i s s Jo Anne P i a t t in F r e m o n t .

He was employed by Misco Di-vis ion of Hownet C o r p o r a t i o n in Muskegon a s a s p r u e g r i n d e r In the p l an t .

Surv iv ing b e s i d e s h i s wife , J o -Anne, i s : one daugh t e r , T ina , at home ; h i s mo the r , M r s . M a r y Ann DeJohn of Gran t ; h i s f a t h e r , H i r a m " B u d " P r e s l e r of A u G r e s ; 7 b r o t h e r s , D a r r e l l DeJohn of F o r t C a r s o n , Co lo rado , Michae l DeJohn of Fo r t Knox, Kentucky, J a m e s , Rober t , T imothy and Scot t

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Special Meetings Scheduled at Snow Church

Snow Bible C h u r c h n e a r Kent C i t y wil l be having f a m i l y s t y l e m e e t i n g s with E v a n g e l i s t E l m e r F . M a r q u a r d t of Ba t t l e C r e e k , Michigan , November 2 - 7 s t a r .ing at 7:30 p . m .

E v a n g e l i s t M a r q u a r d t f e a t u r e s a s e r i e s of puppet s t o r i e s with s t e r e o sound, ob jec t l e s s o n s u s ing an unusual co l l e c t i on of b o t t l e s , and c o n g r e g a t i o n a l s i n g -ing us ing an o v e r h e a d p r o j e c t o r to f l a s h the w o r d s on the s c r e e n .

Rev . M a r q u a r d t w a s p a s t o r at L a n s i n g , Alto and Ba t t l e C r e e k , Mich igan b e f o r e going Into the e v a n g e l i s t i c f ie ld , so he Is wel l a cqua in t ed with p e r s o n a l n e e d s of f a m i l i e s .

Snow Bible C h u r c h Is loca ted on 18 Mile Road, one m i l e e a s t of Kent C i t y on M-57 (17 -Ml le Road) and then 1 mi le no r th on T y r o n e Avenue . ,

E v e r y o n e Is w e l c o m e .

Powder Puff Football Scheduled For October 25 In Sparta

SPARTA

I t ' s P o w d e r Puff D e r b y t i m e aga in !

S p a r t a n F ie ld wil l be the s i t e of an exc i t ing g r i d i r o n ba t t l e at 7:30 on S a t u r d a y even ing , O c -t o b e r 25, be tween the g i r l s of the S p a r t a High School jun io r and s e n i o r c l a s s e s .

Although t h e r e i s a good s p i r i t of c o m p e t i t i o n be tween the two t e a m s , t h e i r main o b j e c t i v e i s to r a i s e m o n e y for the s c h o o l ' s a t h -l e t i c a s s o c i a t i o n and to p r o v i d e an even ing of h i l a r i o u s e n t e r t a i n -m e n t f o r a r e a s p e c t a t o r s .

T h e m e m b e r s of the w e a k e r ( ? ) s e x a r e taking t h i s even t s e r i o u s l y and have been p r a c -t i c ing night ly In sp i t e of the co ld winds and m i s t y r a i n s . L e a r n i n g the r u l e s of the g a m e i s d i f f i cu l t enough, but the l a s s e s a r e t ry ing

h a r d to adhe re to t r a i n i n g r u l e s and have given up t ry ing to w e a r h a i r r o l l e r s under t h e i r footbal l h e l m e t s .

N u r s i n g a v a r i o u s a s s o r t m e n t of b r u i s e s and s c r a t c h e s , the j u n i o r l a s s e s a r e be ing taught the foo tba l l t echn iques by Bob O v e r h o l t while the s e n i o r s a r e work ing out g a m e s t r a t e g y with C o r k y Klk.

" W e a r e going s e n i o r s p r o m i s e . s m a l l In n u m b e r s t r o n g e r and we ' l l show them we can f igh t h a r d e r . "

" T h e y haven ' t got a c h a n c e , " r e t a l i a t e d the j u n i o r s . " W e ' l l show them up on S a t u r d a y n i g h t . "

While the g i r l s r e t u r n to the l o c k e r r o o m fo r pep t a l k s and f r e s h e n i n g of makeup d u r i n g h a l f -

to w i n , " the " W e m a y be

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Sunday was a busy day fo r M r s . F l o r e n c e Athearn of Maple S t r -e e t who e n t e r t a i n e d h e r f a m i l y at d i n n e r . Included w e r e her daugh t e r and s o n - i n - l a w , F r i e d a and David Hoover of De t ro i t who spen t the weekend with t he i r m o -t h e r ; he r son and d a u g h t e r - i n -law, Wayne and Dawn Athearn and the i r son, B r u c e , of G r a n d Rap ids ; and he r g r a n d d a u g h t e r and he r husband, G l o r i a and Dan Wynalda and the i r two c h i l d r e n , Debbie and Danny, a l lo f K a l a m a -/ o o .

t i m e , the c rowd will be e n t e r t a i n -ed by the Pu f f e t t e s , a m a l e c h o r u s l ine .

T i c k e t s a r e lx?ing sold by m e m -b e r s of the Jun io r and Sen io r C l a s s e s o r can be p u r c h a s e d at the g a t e . Adults - $1 .00 ; S tuden ts 50?.

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The Sentinel Leader T H E S E N T I N E L L E A D E R • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER ^2,^ 1969

343 S. UNION ST.. SPARTA, MICHIGAN 49345

Published Weekly on Wednesday at Sparta, Michigran

SECOND CLASS P d S T A G E PAID AT SPARTA, MICHIGAN

BARRY D. BRAND, Editor - Publisher Subscription postpaid, one year In a d v a n c e - $ 1 . 5 0 In Kent , Ottawa, Muakegon and N e w a y g o Counties. E l sewhere >4.00

Sparta Youngsters to 'Trick or Treat' For UNICEF Monday, Oct. 27 " T r i c k o r T r e a t f o r UNICEF, the annual d r ive f o r f u n d s to help the needy, s ick and u n d e r -p r iv i l eged c h i l d r e n in al l p a r t s of the wor ld , will be unde r t aken by the m e m b e r s of the J u n i o r D e p a r t m e n t of the S p a r t a Uni ted Methodis t Church f r o m 6 to 8 o ' c l o c k on Monday even ing , O c -t o b e r 27.

T h e s e 4th, 5th and 6th g r a d e r s wil l be accompan ied by adu l t s and will wea r ident i fy ing a r m -b a n d s and c a r r y p la in ly m a r k e d c a n n i s t e r s in t h e i r h o u s e - t o -house c a n v a s s fo r s u p p o r t of the United Nat ions I n t e r d e n o m i -nat ional C h i l d r e n ' s E m e r g e n c y Fund . Th i s i s the 15th annual UNICEF p r o j e c t by the young-s t e r s of the Spar ta c h u r c h and i s s p o n s o r e d throughout the United Methodis t C h u r c h e s unde r the a u s p i c e s of the Counc i l on Min-i s t r i e s Socia l C o n c e r n s C o m m i t -t ee . M r s , G e r a l d i n e C o s t e r i s c h a i r m a n of the local c o m m i t t e e .

The S p a r t a c h i l d r e n will join m o r e than 3.5 mi l l ion o the r A m e r i c a n ch i ld ren in c e l e b r a t i n g UNICEF Day by t r i c k - o r - t r e a t -ing to he lp 900 mi l l ion c h i l d r e n in developing na t ions . The UNI-C E F r e l i e s p a r t l y on Hal loween

c o l l e c t i o n s to f i nance 500 l o n g -r a n g e p r o g r a m s in m o r e than 120 c o u n t r i e s .

T h e s e developing c o u n t r i e s c o n t r i b u t e 2j d o l l a r s f o r e v e r y UNICEF d o l l a r spen t f o r s u p -p l i e s and e q u i p m e n t . UNICEF p r o g r a m s a r e des igned to b e -c o m e a l a s t ing and p e r m a n e n t p a r t of the aided c o u n t r i e s ' e c o n -o m i c s .

F o r i n s t ance ; 10C can p r o v i d e 50 g l a s s e s of mi lk ; 25C can buy a b a s i c educa t ion kit f o r a s choo l ch i l d ; $1 .00 i s t r a n s f o r m e d into a s t e t h o s c o p e f o r a ch i l d hea l th c e n t e r in B r a z i l .

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Kent City Seniors Have Paper Drive

The s e n i o r s of Kent C i t y - C a s -novia High School a r e conduc t ing a p a p e r d r i v e on T h u r s d a y , O c t o -b e r 23, F r i d a y , O c t o b e r 24, and S a t u r d a y , Oc tobe r 25.

P e r s o n s with p a p e r and m a g a -z i n e s to be p i cked up a r e r e -ques t ed to ca l l 675-7206 o r 678-7571 o r b r i n g p a p e r s to the high schoo l pa rk ing lot on Kent S t r e e t .

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at the high degree of integrity with

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mitments- If you need a Personal

Loan to meet an emergency situation,

we suggest that you stop f irst at Kent

City State Bank.

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Introducing Mrs. Lois Brown . • • One of o u r new s e c o n d g r a d e

t e a c h e r s in the Kent C i t y - C a s -novia E l e m e n t a r y School t h i s y e a r i s M r s . L o i s B r o w n . She t e a c h e s in the C e n t r a l E l e m e n -t a r y School and h a s a l i v e l y c l a s s of ac t i ve y o u n g s t e r s .

M r s . Brown w a s b o r n in I n -d i a n a and l ived on a f a r m ten m i l e s south of I n d i a n a p o l i s . She a t t ended school at C e n t e r G r o v e in G r e e n w o o d , Indiana , and it Is i n t e r e s t i n g to note tha t s h e r e -t u r n e d to the s a m e s c h o o l a s a t e a c h e r f o r t h r e e y e a r s . She a t -t ended the U n i v e r s i t y of Indiana

and r e c e i v e d h e r B a c h e l o r of A r t s D e g r e e f r o m Aquinas Co l l ege .

Ac t iv i t i e s dur ing high school inc luded 4 - H work in which M r s . B r o w n e a r n e d a s c h o l a r s h i p to Ind iana U n i v e r s i t y . She was s e -l e c t e d to speak on na t iona l r a d i o f r o m Chicago c o n c e r n i n g h e r 4-H w o r k .

B e s i d e s t r a v e l l i n g e x t e n s i v e l y in the U.S.A. the Brown f a m i l y took a t r i p to Ancho rage , Al-a s k a , by way of the Alcan High-way . Another f a m i l y t r i p found them tou r ing in E u r o p e - - f i r s t to G e r m a n y , then to S w i t z e r -

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land, F r a n c e and I ta ly . T h e y a l s o t o u r e d England , I r e l a n d and S c o t -l and .

C o l l e c t i n g an t i ques i s a hobby which i s among M r s . B r o w n ' s v a r i e d i n t e r e s t s . She i s a l s o ac t ive in the Kent County A s s o c i -at ion fo r the R e t a r d e d and in the Ph i Iota Xi, a na t iona l p h i l a n -th rop ic s o r o r i t y . She r e s i d e s with he r husband in the sou theas t p a r t of G r a n d Rap ids and i s a m e m b e r of the Mt. Auburn Methodis t C h u r c h .

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Investment Opportunity THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SPARTA is issuing

bonds in connection with the construction of their new

church building.

The bonds are being issued in denominations of $25, $100,

$200, $300, and $500, with larger denominations available

upon request. The bonds will yield 7% per annum matur-

ing 5 years from date of purchase. Interest will be paid

semi-annually.

For more information, contact Mrs. Edward Chorman

(887-2411) or Mrs. Richard Potes (887-9976) or Church

Off ice (887-8377).

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