Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-14
GRATTAN.

day caught cold.
Clarence Osgood of near Greenville
took dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Lessiter Nov. II.
Lagee Hall leads the local potatoe
raisers with 5000 bushels, 1000 more
than the Ladner brothers.
w. j. Lessiter raised Northern Spy
apples measuring Ii inches around.
Unlucky-they won't keep.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Ward, mar
ried about a half score of years, a
daughter, first heir. Congratulations
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Johnson of Grand
Rapids visited their nephews and
family, Manly, George and Charles
Written, last week.
Elmer Brooks has "shut up shop"
for short time, going to Edmore's
hunting grounds and incidentally to
visit j. Gibbs and family.
Mrs. Mary Weeks Byrne has had a
message that her son Edgar so very
sick with typhoid fever in Arkansas,
is better, but is not out of danger.
Ira Smith and wife have arrived
from Detroit, South Dakota, and are
at present with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Smith. Dakota has no
charms for Ira.
Miss Maude Hart commenced her
school in the O'Brien district, Oak
field Monday, and Miss Clark of Rock
ford commences her school in the Les
sitter district Nov. Is.
The next social of the Ashley and
Grattan L. A. S. will be held with Mr..
and Mrs. Clinton Green, Nov. % even
ing. Refreshments fried cakes and
coffee. All invited.
DR.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Spencer enter
tanned the Grattan Centre L. A. S.
this society being of one of the three
churches in which Rev. Kruse labors,
Grattan. Oakfeld and Cannonsburg.
Mrs. Vim. Lessiter, who is to make
Bedding her home and is building
nice house and barn was greatly sur
prised Nov. to find the barn up and
all painted, also the house so it begins
to look homelike. The barn is 16x24,
looking good enough to live in. Mr..
Wood is hustler to build.
Mrs. Geo. Hall was most agreeably
surprised last week with a visit from
her brother Ernest Nicholson of Luth-
er, whom she has not seen in some
time. Mr. Nicholson was one of our
Grattan boys, getting part of his edu-
cation at the Mason schoolhouse. He
also called on a few friends but all
too few.
Mrs. G. H. Godfrey had a pleasant
visit from her daughter Cora and her
friend Miss Free, both of Grand Rap
ids. Mrs. Godfrey was called to Alton
Tuesday by the death of her friend
Mrs. Chester Church, whose burial
took place that day. Lately almost
every week our pioneers have been
passing on before"
T.. V. Strong has received word from
his brother Elmer, whose only son and
daughter are suffering from diphth-
eria, that the daughter is now only
able to sit up for short time, and the
son is yet confined to his bed, but re-
covery looks certain at present. AS
friends cannot visit them, they did not
know the case was so bad. Mr.. and
Mrs. Strong and family were all born
in Grattan, having host of friends
here who deeply sympathize with
them.
Later: f. V. Strong has just re-
ceived a telegram from hiss brother
Elmer that his son is worse and will
require another nurse.
AS noticed last week a large and
enthusiastic company met their for
mer pastor and wife, Rev. and Mrs. J.
E. Sharpe now of Edmore, at the hos
pitable home of Mr.. and Mrs. II. Cook,
who are ever ready to lend helping
hand. 1t was to be picnic dinner
not summer style with everything as
cold as possible, but hot chicken-pie,
escalloped potatoes, delicious coffee,
etc. with all the other accessories for
home feast. After dinner came
musical treat with our popular musi-
clan Fred Connell at the organ, end
ing with that ever new hymn, "Blest
Be the Tie that Binds" followed by a
beautiful prayer by Rev. Sharpe be-
the farewells we're said. Mrs. j. f.
Dempsey of Grand Rapids who is Wis
iting at Mr.. Beardslee's was among
the guests, and said that she never
before had passed such happy day
among company of strangers, COM
paratively, as this and we trust many
pleasant acquaintance were formed.
The annual convention of the Oak
field township Sunday School associa-
ton was held at Ashley church Nov.
10 with most pleasing results although
Rev. Kruse and +. X. Mohr could not
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