SENTINEL GROUP FUNDS, INC.
Supplemental Dated January 31, 1997
to Prospectus Dated April 1, 1996, as amended on April 17, 1996
Effective February 1, 1997, the name of the Sentinel Short-Intermediate
Government Fund is changed to Sentinel Short Maturity Government Fund.
Sentinel Financial Services Company ("SFSC"), the Fund's principal
underwriter, is sponsoring a sales contest during the period February 1, 1997
to December 31, 1997, in which registered representatives of all broker-
dealers who have elected to participate in the contest can qualify for a trip
to a destination to be announced by achieving sales of shares of the Funds
(other than Sentinel U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund) and sales of accounts
managed by American Guaranty & Trust Company, SFSC's trust company affiliate,
aggregating at least $500,000, and may bring a guest at SFSC's expense by
achieving such sales of at least $750,000. In addition, registered
representatives of all broker-dealers who have elected to participate in the
contest can qualify for a second destination when said sales aggregate at
least $1,000,000, and may bring a guest at SFSC's expense by achieving such
sales of at least $1,500,000. Branch managers of all branch offices which
achieve such sales of at least $4,500,000 can also qualify for the trip and
may bring a guest at SFSC's expense.
