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The Holland Evening Sentinel from Holland, Michigan • Page 7

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2- 4 AGE TWO THE HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, EVENING SENTINEL TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1953 Authorities Hunt For Stock Broker; Suicide Feared FRANKFORT, Mich. (UP)--Authorities hunted by land, air and water today for a missing Pontiac 'Stock broker who sent a letter to his wife indicating suicide because a a in his ''accounts. The search centered around and Manisiec, whe're Eugene A. Parmenter's car was The letter said he intended -to drown himself in Lake Michigan. Parmenter, 53, who served 4 1-2 viyears for embezzlement 15 years ago, was manager of the W.

H. Protiva a brokerage house in Pontiac. His letter said he used the money for personal purposes. Auditors are checking accounts to determine the extent of the loss. Mrs.

Parmenter received the Monday air' her home in It was postmarked at Frankfort Sunday. In it Parmenter -said he was leaving his station at the Chippewa Hotel in Manistee and that he planned to rent a boat and drown himself in "They will find my body in Lake that's where I'll be," letter said. "I've rented a boat." "I'm very sorry for what I'm doing to you, but this is the propei way out." Benzie County Sheriff Fay Bryan i-said he could find no record Parmenter renting a boat and none reported missing. Parmenter flew to Frankfor "Friday in his private plane. They a cottage near there on Crystal Lake and the station wagon jva.s kept there for use during fre weekend trips.

Bryan said there was no indica that Parmenter had stayed a' cottage Friday night, and none of the hotel at Manistee Parmenter parking the station wagon there. When Parmenter failed to return home Friday night his wife worriec and drove to Crystal Lake in hopes of finding him there. The suicide letter was waiting for her when she returned to Pontiac. Homer Tinney, a Pontiac pilot and close friend of the Parmenters flew Parmenter's plane back to Pontiac Monday. He said Parmenter was not a reckless spender but "obviously had something on bis mind for several months." Services Arranged For Polio Victim ZEELAND (Special) --Funeral services for three-year-old Sharlene Weener.

who died of polio in Memorial Hospital in Grand Rapids Monday noon, will be held from the Yntema Funeral Home in Zeeland at 2 p.m. Thursday. The child, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Weetier, route Holland, was taken ill Wednesday, Aug.

4, and removed to Grand Rapids two days later as a polio patient. Her case was diagnosed as progressive polio with paralysis of both legs and she was put into a respirator. Last week I her condition became worse and I was described as critical. Surviving besides the parents I is one brother, Larry Dale; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Willis Zwagerman of Beaverdani, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weener, of Crisp; the greatgrandparenls, Mr. and Mrs. Hermanns "Weener, Crisp and Gerrit Sterken, Zeeland.

The Rev. Titus Heyboer will officiate at the funeral services and burial will be in the Zeeland Cemetery. Friends may meet the family Tuesday and Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. TUESDAY, August 18 TV Schedule Wilson Bccbe Com pony, Mt.

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Standard Time Cent. Daylite Saving :00 :15 :30 :45 Runyon Jit-porting Sports Corner On the i Police Spotlight i a i Koto nee Colby and News a i Blazers Trail Blazers Robert F. i CARRIER AIR CONDITIONERS PEERBOLT'S 19 Host 6th Phone 9728 Sheet Metal Heating NIAGARA ARMSTRONG FURNACES I 5 30 :45 Buck a Melody Mac- Peg i i A i i CSA I on Parade TBA (IBS -Sunimei i Captain Video Cuiitfiln Video SpiMieer Allen. NPIVI Chicagoland News Admitted Monday were Harry Cook, -217 West 14th Mrs. Donald JBurrows, 113 South Division; Mrs.

Raymond Kieft, Grand Haven; Ann Vander 28 West Main, Zeeland. Discharged, Monday were Mrs. Roger Prince and baby, 231 West Main, Zeeland; Mrs. Eugene Reimink, Glenn: Geerts, 824 Pine Mrs. Clarence Looman, 339' West 28th St.

Job Situation Good WASHINGTON (UP)--The Labor Department said today the job situation in the nation's major production centers was "relatively good" last month, despite the first signs of "loosening" in a year and a hall. 5 Miles S. Holland 3 Miles N. Saugatuck on U. S.

31 STARTS THURSDAY Legion Band io Present Ninth Weekly Concert The Holland American Lpgion Band will pi-esent its i weekly summertime concert tonight at 8 p.m. in Kollen Park i Arthur C. Hills a.s conductor. The program will include "Semper Fidelis March," Sousa; "Sun Valley Mountains Ogd'en: select ion from "Maytime," Romber.g; 'Asleep in fche Deep," Petrie, a tuba solo by Granville Cutler; "Walking Tune," G'rundman; "Vogue Overture," Holmes. Miss Jeanne Southern, soprano soloist, will sing a group of selections, "L'Amour Tou.jors L'Amour" and "Giannina Mia," both by Rudolf FrimJ, ani "Italian Street Song," by Victor Herbert.

A trumipet trio consisting of Jim Vande Vussv Wise and Andries Steketee will play "Fantasy for Three," Rubinstein- Walters. Other selections by the band will be "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window," Bob Merrill, "Campus on Parade March," Meretta, and the National Anthem. Next Sunday evening the band will appear in concert at the Cascades Pank in Jaokson. ON TIME CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT Deposits Insured Up to $10,000 THE PEOPLES STATE BANK 7:00 7:15 7:30 7:45 Mirror Theater Mirror Theater Break Bank Break the Bank R. Thea.

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i a i Dull: i Show The Show 700 I I A AVE. FRIGIDAIRE APPLIANCES G5EERDS VELTFVIAN, INC. PHONE 2660 8:00 8:30 8:45 i Best i Best A a i A a i Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks Tales of the City Talcs of the City TBA TBA Where Was Where Was Spring Lake Club Plans Annual Fashion Show The Spring Lake Country Club's Woman's Golf Association will present its 16th annual a Fashion Exhibition Thursday afternoon at the club house. The show, scheduled at 2:30 p.m., will feature the newest fashion designs for fall, shown by a Grand Haven firm. Models from Grand Rapids, North Muskegon, Whitehall, Grand Haven and Spring Lake will take part.

Mrs. John Schultz is general chairman. Refreshments, entertainment and prizes are planned during the afternoon. Votes Uniform Funds GRAND HAVEN (Special) -The Grand Haven City Council Monday night decided to provide an allowance to equip their policemen and firemen with uniforms. The police department will be al- owed $100 for the first year for a new man upon completion of his probationary period and $75 a year for each man on the force will be allowed toward the cost of his uniform.

Firemen will be $50 a year toward their uniforms. THE FBI's TOUGHEST MANHUNT 1 HOLLAND SHRINE CLUB Holland SSt TWICE DAILY; 3 p.m. 8 p.m. FRI. AUG: p.m.

p.m, 21 CLEANERS No. We Give S. H. Green Stamps Elm St. elc 9:00 9:15 9:30 9:45 Judge for Judge for Big a a Meet the Veep Danger Danger Suspense Suspense 48th St.

Theater 48th St. Theater a a i a DUTCH BOY BREAD KEEPS YOU FULbOF PEP VIM VIGOR CHILDREN LOVE IT ASK FOR IT It's Fresher Tastier Mokes Better DUTCH BOY BAKING CO. 3.0:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 Runyon Reporting World Report Favorite Story Favorite Story The Big The Big Payoff The Bis PayoCr The Big Payoff Clover Theater Clover Theater Clover Theater Clover Theater Have Metal Decks HOLLAND SHEET METAL CO. 82 E. 8th St.

Phone 3394 Complete Ventilation Service 11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 Weatherman i i i i I On a a Begins at SO i i at. 80 Headline i i WEDNESDAY, AUGUST WKZO-TV (3) East. Standard Time WOOD-TV (7) East. Standard Time 1:00 House a 1:15 Who. What, "Where 1:30 Chic Chat 2:00 Big Payoff 2:30 Welcome Trav.

3:00 On Account 3:30 U.N. A 4:00 Buck Barrv Ad. 4:15 i Carnival 4:30 Doody 5:00 Report. 5:15 Sports Corner 5:30 Gtngerb House 6:00 Father a Quest 7:00 A 7:30 Date i 8:00 a 8:30 D. a i a 9:00 B.

i Bouts 9:45 Sports Showcase 10:00 Report 10:15 i Fisher 10:30 a i 11:00 a a 13:05 Sports Time 12:05 News 1:00 Double or Nolh. 3:30 Fo(o a 2:00 Detroit: a a 4:00 Atom Squad 4:15 Movie a i Foto Feature 5:30 Eddie Fisher 5:45 Colby and News" 6:00 Foto Feature 6:15 Sports Show 6:30 CBS News 6:45 TV's Top 7:00 A 8:00 Strike It Rich 8:30 Orient Express 9:00, Boxing 9:45 Sports Spot 10:00 Man vs. i 10:30 A Can Win 11:00 City Hospital Clover a Clover a News with Nichols 19, 1953 WGN-TV (9) Cent. Daylight Saving 1:00 a i Practice 1:10 a Man 1:30 Baseball 3:45 Extra I i 4:00 TV a i 4:45 i for Beany 6:00 a a i Video 6:30 S. A News 6:45 Chicago News 7:00 a Thea.

8:00 Ringside 9:00 Press Conference TBA 10:00 a 11:30 News, Nichols 11:45 Sign Off AIL NEW THIS YEA8 WITH I LA THE EXCITIB6 iCKEEX. TEIEVISIM "MR. CIRCUS CLYDE BEATTY BMLIAKT MEW SUPER-SMCUCLH HERDS OF ELEPHANTS I I A BABY ELEPHANT IN CAPTIVITY I I i I A I RESERVED SEAT TICKETS ON SAL! SHOW DAY ONLY AT Model Drug Store, 8th ft River (SAME MMCCS AS AT SHOWGROUNDS! Bandit Robs Cashier Of $31 in Grand Rapids GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (UP) -A bandit robbed a woman cashier at Ferguson Droshe Ferguson sanitarium in downtown Grand Rapids early today and escaped with $31. Mrs.

Lorraine Marcellus, the 32- year-old night; cashier and switch- boa.rd operator, said the bandit, who indicated he had a gun bui: didn't show it, asked for change for 50 cents and when she filled his request, he demanded the rest of the money in the cash drawer. In the province of Laguna, Philippines, non-poisonous snakes called Dohol are caught; and beheaded, their blood being collected in cans. Fishermen dip their fishnets into the blood, then dry them for five hours. The nets become verv durable. Russia Pressed by Three Nations on Conference WASHINGTON-(UP)--The United Sfat.es, Britain and France pressec Russia today to meet on Austria's independence in two weeks and to quit holding up the unification Germany.

In identical notes to Moscow Monday, the Big Three formallj offered to withdraw; a controversial "short" treaty proposal to clear the way for Austria's liberation from eight years of Allied and Soviet occupation. They fired the new challenge only a few hours after informally denouncing the Kremlin's latest note on Germany as an attempt to stall a Big Four conference on German unification and to block free a-11-German elections. John Marshall, Stephen Field and John Harlan all served as United States Supreme Court justices, for 34 years. 5 miles S. Holland, 3 miles N.

Sougatuck on US-31 Open 7 p.m. STARTS TONIGHT SIOUX INDIAN'S STRANGEST ADVENTURED! ALSO WHTC A BROADCASTING A Holland, Michigan 1450 on your radic dial. Tuesday, Aug. 18 I 6:00 World in Brief 6:05 Sentinel News 6:10 Michigan News 6:15 Peoples Present 6:30 Pfeiffers Sports Notebook 6:45 Barber Bargains 6:50 Blue Barren 7:01 Hour of Charm 7:30 Zeeland Amateurs 8:00 Baseball Warmup 8:25 Cleveland at Detroit 10:55 Final News Wednesday, Aug. 19 A I 5:01 First News 6:05 Clock Watcher 6:30 Local News 6:35 Clock Watcher 7:15 Morning Meditation Rev.

Simon Vroorn 7:30 Clock Watcher 8:15 Family Worship Hour 8:30 Coffee Capers 9:00 Storyland 10:02 Howdy Missus 11:00 You Win 11:15 Meet Jean Hill 11:30 Zecland Hour 12:00 Noon News 12:05 News 12:10 Michigan News 12:15 Luncheon News Notes 12:30 Shop With Mary Emma Young 1:30 Baseball Warmup 1:55 Cleveland 'at Detroit Guardsmen Swing Into Heavy Action CAMP GRAYLING. Mich. (UP) Michigan National Guardsmen began, their second full day of summer maneuvers Monday preparing for the first of a series of rigid inspections they will undergo. Maj. Gen.

Walter L. Weibold, deputy commander of the Fifth Army, was the first high-ranking officer to watch the guardsmen go through their paces. "Gee, we just got here and they throw an inspection at us," one 18-year-old recruit said. Guard officials said unofficial reports showed nearly 9,000 men are attending summer training at three siles. The total included 7,000 ground force personnel of the -16th Division here, 500 air guardsmen at nearby Grayling Air and 500 members of the 46th Division, antiaircraft artillery units training at Camp Claybanks, and anti-aircraft target range 35 miles north of Muskegon.

Training began in earnest Monday following a quiet Sunday dur- ing which guardsmen attended church services and busied themselves making their tents livable. Guard officers said movement 1 the citizen soldiers from i homes in 53 Michigan cities during the weekend was accomplished "without mishap." Last units ar-: rived at Grayling shortly after noon Sunday. i Three Cars Damaged In County Accidents GRAND HAVEN (Special) -State police report two accidents Monday. At 4:55 p.m. on US-16 in Crockery township, cars driven by Clifford F.

Flake, 39, Grand Rapids, and Clyde LeRoy Horn, 55, Muskegon, were involved. Horn was charged with making an improper right turn. Considerable damage was done to both cars. At 9:30 p.m. on M-104 in Spring Lake Township, a car driven by Charles J.

Gable 27, Grand Rapids, went into a ditch. Considerable damage was done to the 1953 model car. Gable, who was given a ticket' lor excessive speed, told officer someone pulled out from a nearbv tavern in front of his car. Bandit Gets $200,000 FLORAL PARK, N. Y.

(UP)-A bandit, warning that "anyone who moves is a dead one," cleaned out the vaults of the Franklin National Bank here today of an estimated $200,000. 'Little Kinsey' Report LONDON (UP)-- The London Daily Sketch published its own "little Kinsey" report today, concentrating on'mothers and American soldiers as. subjects for its statistics. NEW A I AID CUTS BATTERY EXPENSE! The amazing Audivox Model 71 i Transistor' Hearing Aid which reduces operating expense by and requires no battery will be shown in Holland Thursday, August 20. by Mr.

L. F. Wood at the Warm Friend Hotel from 1 to 5:30 p. m. This tiny, Inconspicuous hearing aid is a product of Audivox, successors Electric Hearing Aid Division.

Makers of 6 entirely different hear ing aide to fit all hearing losses. Come In or call Mr. Wood Thursday at the Warm Friend Hotel, phone 3131" for Free Home Demonstration. Adv. Women See Red Over Gray Statue GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

(UP) -A group of women here are seeing red over a gray statue' they want painted blue in a minor echo of the Civil War. They are members of the women's relief corps of the Grand Army of the Republic. In a letter to the city commission, the women claim that a 40- foot monument to a union soldier on Memorial Square in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids, is gray and should be blue, "in honor of the boys in blue." "That statue i and never has been in memory of Confederate soldiers who wore the gray. We feel that gray paint on the "statue is an insult to our order and to our forefathers. "We are asking you to please have the statue repainted back to army blue or even black.

Let us be able to point with pride at the monument of those we loved and honor our boys in blue," declared the letter from a 13-woman committee of the organization. Workers Can't Stand Smell MARSEILLE, France, (UP) Striking street cleaners and gar-1 bage collectors here issued a com- i munique today announcing the i only reason they were back at was they could not stand the smell themselves. I Once they clean up things a little they will resume their strike, the communique said. Youths Apprehended GRAND HAVEN (Special) -Muskegon Heights police took into custody for local police Wednesday Harold Dirk Vermeulen, 19, Muskegon Heights, and Francis Eugene Buttis, 20, Ravenna, wanted on a charge of breaking and entering in the nighttime. The pair allegedly broke into the apartment of Jean Mills at 111 South Second St.

sometime during the night of Aug. 12 and took some clothing and S2 from a small bank. Entrance was a i through a rear door. It also is suspected the pair, with possibly a third party, again entered the same place Aug. 14.

Tour of Bars Nets Fine FLINT, Mich. 51-year- old Lansing woman was fined S60 in municipal court here Monday for taking a 4-year-old boy on a tour of bars. FOR RUGGED WEAR PRECISE TIMING Moisture proof Shock resistant Stainless steel ease Luminous dial Anti-magneitc Wrth famous movement of accuracy. JEWELERS 24 8th Streot Ocean steamers can sail 2.000 miles up the Amazon River from the Atlantic Ocean to Iquitos, Peru. Wake Up To More Comfort Without Nagging: Backache KajjRing backache, loss of pepandenerjry, fcentiaches and dizziness may be due to slowdown of kidney function.

say fjood kidney function ia very important to health. When some everyday as stress and strain, causes this important function to slow down, many folks suffer napc- Jring backache--feel miserable. i bladder irritations due to cold or-wrong: diet may cause jjettinKup i requentpassages. ncelectyour kidneys if these conditions bother you. Try Doan's Pills--a mild diuretic.

Used successfully by millions for over 50 years. It's amazing how many times Kive happy relief from these discomforts--help the 15 miles of kidney tubes and filters flush out -waste. Get Doan's Pills today! WEDNESDAY! ALL IT'S SCENES FILMED IN SCOTLAND, CORNWALL AND On The MEDITERRANEAN! ADVENTURE! THE MASTER OF ALLANTRAE 'N 8r TECHNICOLOR ERROL FLYNN News 'KING OF THE SKY' STARTS THRUSDAY LANA TURNER "LATIN LOVERS" 6 DAYS Starting Aug. 31 ALAN LADD in "SHANE" TODAY A SWELL MOVIE TREAT FOR THE-YOUNG IN HEART! MCMk GAT. NEW Hi, NEW, OSK YOUTHFUL MUSICAL I AFFAIRS "DQBIE REYNOLDS VAM-PQSSE PLUS! 50 Minute Tom Jerry ALL COLOR CARTOON CARNIVAL! STARTS THURSDAY! Walt Disney's "SWORD THE ROSE" PLUS! "PROWLERS OF THE EVERGLADES" BEFORE SEEING THE RED BARN THEATRE PRODUCTIQN OF "BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE" Aug.

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