The Holland Evening Sentinel from Holland, Michigan • Page 6

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1955 THE HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, EVENING SENTINEL PAGE NINETEEN Allegan Residents Come to Rescue )f Family Stalked by Misfortune ALLEGAN (Special) All Alteon was turning to this week to help a family to which a devastat ing fire was only the latest in a series of crushing blows. "A family well worth saving" was the way the Rev. Andrew Lemke, pastor of the local Congre- fjaiional church, described Mr. and Mrs. George VV.

Michaels and their four children. Together with Ralph White, of the Rotary Club, Lemke is unofficially directing the rescue and rehabilitation effort. In effect, he's chairman of a committee that Wednessday began to appear as if it included the en- lire city. comfort and safety! the improved Last summer Michaels suffered a heart attack and was forced to quit his job in a Holland upholstery shop. In October Mrs.

Michaels underwent a major operation and was hospitaliezd for many weeks. Then, Monday night, just as' Michaels Was looking forward to being able to return to work within a month, fire struck the small house he had built with his own hands, five miles southwest of Allegan in Valley township. No ftre department serves the township and, within a short time, the entire house and everything in it was a charred ruin. The Michaels saved only the clothes ihey were wearing when the fire cause of which has not yet been determined roused them from their beds. Rev.

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afternoon the Elks lodge took the four children on a tour of local stores to replenish their wardrobes. The Rotary and Lions Clubs were pitching in and a collection was being taken up and clothes furnished bv employes of Brothers Machine Company. Boy Scout troops called to see what could be done and, in today's issue the Allegan News-Gazette published a plea for furniture and funds. The paper will serve as a collection agency for the fund. Furniture and other household goofls were being collected by Rev, Lemke and White who also-were trying to find temporary quarters in Allegan.

The children include Sally 7, William 6, Judy 3i and Roxie, jus! five months old. They are staying with relatives in Allegan, but the house is small and the family is anxious to get back together again. Meanwhile Michaels, who is only 30, is seeking light work in Allegan. Vriesland The Rev. Theodore Byland preached on the following subjects on Sunday, Dec.

and The Miss Marlene Hartgerink of Zeeland furnished the special music at the evening service. Junior C. E. met on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the church basement.

The Holland Zeeland Chapter meeting of the World Home Bible League was held at 3 p.m. in the Vriesland Reformed on Sunday. The Ladies' Missionary and Aid Society meets on Thursday at 2:00 p.m. in the church basements. The Sewing Guild met on Thursday, Dec.

1 in the church basement with Mrs. Gerrit Boss serving as hostess. Others present were the Mesdarnes a Schermer, Jacob T. De Witt John De Jonge, JUST RECEIVED OVER 1,000 NEW PLAID SHORT SLEEVE We believe this is the nicest group we've ever had at such an exceptional offer GOING OUT FOR ONLY 1 tit each and Sat. BASEMENT STORE EVERY BLOUSE UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED! FULL CUT BEAUTIFUL COLORS'.

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The next meeting of the Sewing' Guild will be held on Dec. 15 when the names of their secret pals will be revealed. The social committee in charge of the same are the Mesdames: Henry Wabeke, Martin D. Wyngarden, Will Vander Kolk antTj Dick E. Ver Hage.

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Beyer of Zeeland were Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Beyer and family.

Men's brotherhood on Thursday at 8 p.m. There will be election of officers. The Rev. Angus Brower will speak on his work in Africa. Refreshments will be served.

Catechism for the school children will be held on Friday. (Please, study lesson No. 9.) Sunday school pupils wiD practice for the Christmas program on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Parents, please help the children with their pieces. Sunday, Dec.

11, is Bible Sunday. A representative of the Gideons will share in the morning service. Following the service, a special offering will be received for the work of the Gideons. Due to termination service under our mission a the Vriesland Church has transferred our shares of support to other missionaries. We now have a 5700 share of support in the Rev.

and Mrs. Herbert E. Van Vranken. Their field is India. "We also have a $600 share of support in the Rev.

John Ter Louw of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Syrene Boss of Galewood were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Boss. i Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jousma, and Ruth Jousma of a Mrs. Simon Broersma of Vriesland were Sunday supper guests of Mr.

and Mrs- John Broersma and family- Mrs. Henry Wyngarden spent last week Wednesday with Mrs. Kenneth De Jonge and children of Zealand. Mrs. Margaret De Free and John DC Free of Zeeland were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.

and Mrs. Casey Wabeke. Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Wabeke, Beverly, and Ellen of Waylarld were Sunday guests of Mr.

and Mrs. Merton Wabeke, Sandra, and Nancy. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Nyhuis and.

family were Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Martin D. Wyngarden and family. Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Boss were Saturday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Syrene Boss of Galewood. Mrs.

Martin P. Wyngarden and Pearl Wyngarden Sunday callers on Mrs. John H. Van Welt at the Parkview Home in Zeeland. Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Berry, Stephen, and Susan of Grand Rapids were Sunday callers at Simon Broersma home. Mrs. Margaret De Free of Zeeland, Mr. and Mrs.

Casey Wabeke of Vriesland were Saturday callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milo Gerard in Grandville. Mr. and Mrs.

Donald M. Wyngarden of Hudsonville were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marlm D. i Wyngarden and family.

BLACK CHOKEBERRY Game Thrives on Black Chokeberry While the flowers shown here appear Irom March through June, the fruits are edible throughout August and September. These berries may persist on the trees until the following June, providing they arc not eaten by sqnie hungry bird or mammal. The plant is a which may rarely exceed 10 feet in height. The Black Chokeberry, or, the French call it, the Gueules Nories, grows in swamps or on poor, relatively dry land from Nova Scotia to western Ontario and south to Florida and Michigan. Often it thrives and produces fruit abundantly on dry cindei It also seems to prospoi both in'the shade and when exposed to intense sunlight.

As the name implies, the pur rle-shaded fruit, when mature may be almost black. It varies the Allegan Council Approves Bid ALLEGAN (Special) At 3 special meeting Tuesday night Al- egan's City Council approved the low bid of the Fairbanks-Morse Company of Chicago on a new diesel engine, generator and switch gear for the city electrical plant. The contract to buy is subject to the approval of voters of the required bond issue for the new engine and a building to house it. No date has been set for the election. Also at the meeting, Rex Orton, city attorney for the past eight years, asked to be relieved of his duties as of Jan.

1, due to the press of private practice. No action was taken on the request by the council. At the council's regular Monday night meeting, City Manager P.H. Beauvais' plans for a new lighting system for the business district approved and he was instructed to prepare bidding documents for an early letting. PJans call for 33 new fixtures for Trowbridge, Hubbard.

Brady and Locust Sts. The new system will provide a minimum of one-foot candle of light at the street level, Beauvais said, more than ten times the present amount. Council also voted to give hams to city employes again this Christmas. The apnual gift is based on the rebate from workmen's compensation insurance which was the Choked to Death NEW BALTIMORE, Mich. (UP) --Russell LaValley, six month old son of Airman and Mrs.

David LaValley, choked to death Wednesday when a morsel of food lodged in his windpipe. Woman Acquitted MORRISTOWN, N. J. (UP) -Mrs. Ida Pontery was acquitted of a murder charge Wednesday in the pistol slaying of her husband, a prominent physician who performed abortior.d.

VALUE THAN EVER BEFORE greatly in its persistence on a TM ever tlvs year plant, sometimes Tshe council voyted to mainta in and sorneiimes remaining for The flowers depicted in the picture are usually abundant and superficially resemble pear blossoms. Actually the plant- is closely related to the pear. However, in the Chokeberry fruit, there are none of the grit cells ihat so conspicuously characterize pear fruit flesh. As the name implies, the taste of Chokebery fruit is quite different from the excellent flavor of our cultivated pears. The fruits of Black Chokeberry have been found in the stomachs of ruffed grouse, sharp-tailed grouse and prarie chicken.

In Wisconsin, it is estimated that Black Chokeberries constitute about five percent of the autumn food of sharp-tailed grouse. The plant is eaten on occasion by white-tailed deer and by cottontail rabbits. Under some circumstances, it seems to be seriously attacked by a fungus blight and by insect borers the ski slide again, keeping the road open and the area lighted The tow will be in operation and the community council will have a supervisor there during regular lours. Mitchell Wants Action EVANSTON, 111., (UP) Stephen A. Mitchell, former Democratic National Chairman, said Wednesday the, Dixon Yates issue will not be closed until two high government officials resign and President Eisenhower "reprimands" his assistant, Sherman Adams.

MORE FOR YOUR OLD WASHER Woman Trying to Put Out Fire Dies of Burns JACKSON, Mich. (UP) Mrs. Wynn Moore, 51. Jackson, died today at Mercy Hospital of burns suffered Tuesday when her clothing caught fire. Her daughter, Maureen, 17.

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