Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26


New Years dancing party at E. ].
Mason's, Grattan.
Morris Hines and family spent
Christmas in Grand Rapids.
Born on Tuesday morning to Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Foster, boy.
L. l. Taylor of Lowell went to
Grand Rapids to commit suicide.
Clyde Cummings has secured a good
position with the Pere Marquette Ry.
Greenville is working for another
r. f. d. south and east from that
city.
Mrs. Eva Blystone returned We'd
nesday evening from her visit in the
east.
Misses Eva and Ethel Stevens are
Petoskey visitors during the holt
days.
Mrs DR.. Stanton returned Satur-
day from spending few days at De-
troit.
Mrs. Walter Beebe was granted
divorce in the circuit court last
week.
w. S. Hammontree is spending a
few days with friends in Gratiot
county.
w. c Martin spent Christmas day
with his relatives at Butternut, Mont
calm Co.
Miss Matte Youngs left Monday
for two weeks visit with friends at
Fowlerville.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. f. Webster enter
tanned his mother from Greenville
over Sunday.
Mrs. f. A. Ryerson and children are
spending few days with friends in
Grand Rapids.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Locke of Ionia
have been guests of their parents
here this week.
w. j. Clark, wife and son are
spenning the holidays with relatives
in Toronto Can.
Miss Lena Leonard intends going
to Chicago after Jan. LIST to continue
the study of voice culture.
Miss Elsie Foster, who has been in
Detroit, has returned home for the
holidays and may not return there.
Geo. Richmond of Ann Arbor has
been spending few days with his
parents and friends in this vicinity.
Miss Bertha Sheldon of Ann Arbor
is expected this evening to visit her
brother, DR.. G. E. Sheldon aud family.
A large number of subscriptions to
the BANNER expire with this issue and
we hope we may have prompt renew
ais
Mrs. G.. A. DeHart went to Byron
Tuesday to be present at the wedding
of her niece, Xmas day. She will re-
main one week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hill and Mrs.
Belle Mann went to Grand Rapids
Wednesday to attend the wedding of
4hloo lpOoolS ANN w.
Leon Osterhout his taken a posi-
ton as billing clerk in the Pere Mar
quette freight Office at LaCross, Ind,
and left for there Friday.
Ben Angel, commercial traveller
for the Richardson Silk Co.. west Of
Chicago, is home spending the holi-
days with his parents. Mr., and Mrs.
j. T. Angel. .
Ed. Sutphen is home for the holt
days. He has been travelling in Indi-
ana for a Grand Rapids art concern
and expect to 90 to Kentucky for
them after Jan. LIST
The weather for Christmas was
very nice and enjoyable, except that
most people were sorry it was not
just little colder so the snow would
not have melted so rapidly. Sleighs
were in use but there was not quite
enough to make good sleighing. =
The next regular meeting of the
Bedding City Cemetery Association
at the home of Mrs. Geo. r. Gleason,
and it is proposed that after the
business is transacted to watch the
old year out and the new year in.
Light refreshments to be served.
A fuel famine is one of the dangers
that confronts us, and the worst of it
is that it is by no means local con-
dition either but also all over the
country generally The great cause
is because the railroads are unable to
handle the coal offered them for ship
ment. If the weather should become
severe and stay so, it would indeed be
very serious problem.
The Odd Fellows, Daughters of Re-
beccas and their invited friends will
hold social and watch meeting in
the l. o. o. f. hall on Tuesday night