Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
Mrs. O. +. Webster is at Buffalo.

Wednesday was the first real hot
day of the season.
Attorney f. A. Miller of Ionia was
in the city on business Monday.
The north side laundry is to be sold
next Tuesday at mortgage sale.
Miss Lena Webster has gone to her
home at Luther for the summer.
Mrs. Frank Willard has resumed her
old position at Chave's Variety store.
Mrs. Vern Pope returned last
Thursday from her two weeks visit at
Flushing.
Miss Marjorie Black of Greenville
was the guest of Florence Fisher on
Saturday.
Miss Edith Kennedy is now waiting
on customers at F. ID. Lincoln's bar
gain house.
Bert Waldo and wife of Ionia spent
Sunday with his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
|. r.. Waldo.
Mrs. Il. b. Wearing of Lansing is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John w. Cooper.
Mrs. b. G.. Curtis mother who has
just recovered from long and severe
illness, left Saturday for Alma.
Mrs. w. b. Reed and son expect to
leave about next Wednesday on a six
or seven weeks visit in the east.
Carlton Washburn arrived home
from the U. of NJ at Ann Arbor We'd
nesday evening for the long vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. f. Deitrick of Cres-
ton, Iowa, are visiting the Ireland
families. They are on their bridal
trip.
Mrs. Miller, of Buffalo, n. Y, better
known in Belding by her maiden name
May King, is visiting friends in this
city and vicinity.
Mesdames +. r. and A. +. Weter
returned Tuesday from several days
visit with friends in Greenville, Oak
field, and Rockford.
a shooting gallery has opened in
Wallace's building and the merry
crack of the rifles keep time to the
monotonous tunes of the organ.
DIR. Mcdonald who has been visiting
Bedding one day in each four weeks
goes north for the warm season and
will not be here again until Septem-
Der.
Supt. Marvin has received an APP
pointment as conductor of the State
Teachers Institute to be held at
Gladwin, Aug. 5, and continuing two
weeks.
In accordance with the special pro-
clamation by Gov. Bliss naming June
ii as Flag Day, the Public Schools
will give patriotic programs in the
various departments.
The Portland ball club defeated
Greenville on the grounds of the for
mer last Thursday q to ?. Wednesday
return game was played at Green
Vile and Portland went down Is to 5.
O. c. Wright, the genial editor of
the Ionia Express was in the city last
Thursday and made pleasant call at
the BANNER office. His brother is in
charge of the carpenter work end of
J. f. Huntley & Co. building con-
tracts.
A number of Bedding gentlemen
with sporting proclivities went to
Greenville Wednesday afternoon to
see the Greenville-Portland ball game.
1t was good game up to the sixth in
ming, then Portland struck yellow
streak and the balloon went up.
Fred Underwood returned Monday
from his trip to Athens. While there
he had the pleasure of witnessing the
marriage of his sister Miss Clemen-
tine Underwood to G. A. Croninger,
principal Of the public school of that
village which took place last Friday.
Also he attended the dedication of a
fine new Masonic temple.
The troubles and sickness of the
Mowrey family are more or less well
known TO our readers. The father,
James Mowrey, died Friday and was
buried Saturday in Orleans. He was
70 years of age and was an old soldier.
His two daughters were in the last
stages of consumption at the time
and the older, Charity, aged % died
Tuesday. She will be buried today,
also at Orleans.
The DeDoster families will soon be
pretty well scattered for awhile any
way. The mother, Mrs. VIM. III. De-
Coster, daughter Bertha, son Irving
and his bride left Tuesday morning,
as previously announced for Mass
achusetts. Fred and Allen are pack
ing their household goods and they
expect to leave next Tuesday for
South Dakota where they have an
uncle and where they go on sort of
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