Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-01

/ Rathbone Sisters INSTALLATION has
been postponed until their next reg
ular meeting.
Roy Murray of Detroit who visited
relatives and friends here for week
has returned.
Mrs r. ID. Newcomb left Wednesday
for an extended visit with relatives
in Coopersville.
Mrs. Jared Sprague and daughter
Isa spent several days at Bear Lake
visiting relatives
Miss Carrie Carter. of Lansing is
visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs. A.
b. Carter this week.
Mrs. n. Wallace will go TO Bridge
port, Mich, to visit sister and re-
main during the winter.
Mrs. A. o. hummer is in Orleans
caring for the sick. They entertain
ed Mrs. Carrie Coffin and family Sat
urday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Byron F. Brown are
entertaining the Brown Bros. and
their wives, of Charlotte. They will
remain until Friday.
Mayor John F. Bible of Ionia was
in this city short time Wednesday
morning. He was on his way TO Clare
to attend a banquet of the Cass Club.
Rev. Butler was called to Shiloh
Sunday afternoon to preach the fun
eral sermon of Abraham Simcox aged
so years. The interment took place
at Woodward Lake,
The Ladies Social Circle will meet
with Mrs. Z. B. Lapham next We'd
nesday at 2:30 p m. 1t is the annual
election of officers and all are re-
quested to be present.
The Ladies Aid society of the M
E. church will hold their regular ten
cent tea at the home of Mrs. A. ID.
jerks Wednesday from 5 to I p m.
Business meeting at 4 p. m.
There will be communion services
at the Methodist Church next Sunday
morning Subject for the morning
The New Years Race" in the even
ing. The Coal Mines of the Bible. !"
Will Trimble who spent several
days with his parents returned to Bay
City Monday. Will has a fine posit-
ion in one of the large machine shops
there and is doing we'll and likes the
place very much.
Alderman M. j. Demorest retired
Saturday from Hoosaick N. Y.
where he and his wife were called last
week on account of the death OF her
brother Edward Richmond. Mrs.
| Demorest remained for a few weeks
visit.
DR.. and Mrs. Willis Little entertain
ed a sleigh load of relatives Tuesday
composed of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G. Ray
of Rockford, Miss Eva Little of Can
nonsburg, Ray Borner and the Misses
Iva, Floy and Lulu Borner and Her
1
Marion Ray of Cannon.
The annual business meeting of the
Congregational church and sociey will
be held at the church this even
ing commencing promptly at 1880
O'Clock. All members and attendants
of the church are earnestly requested
to be present and hear the yearly re-
ports and other business transacted,
| At the close the ladies will serve re-
| freshments and all are invited to re-
main for social hour.
This is the best time of the year to
collect Red Trading Stamps. When
you are buying your Holiday gifts al
Bedfords Jewelry store or hay!ng
photos struck of at Merell's gallery,
or looking up toys for the children al
Hearsey's Bazaar or laying in some
of the useful things at Carten's big
dry goods store. Ask for Red Trad.
ing Stamps.
The Salvation Army, Capt. w p
Stewart in charge, gave a free Christ.
mas dinner to Ionia's poor. Over two
hundred sat down to the tables al
Army barracks, and enjoyed the gen
erous and coinmendable efforts of this
worthy band of workers. To bring
about the purpose accomplished re-
quired a large amount of hard work
for which the army is entitled tc
much praise-Ionia Sentinel.
The Annual election of officers fol
the Bedding city cemetery association
will be held at Rodney Gleason''
Saturday evening Jan. 3rd. and we
are very anxious that there be full
house The contract for the well ant
outfit has been let to be ready for use
in May next so let us keep on in the
work until our cemetery will be des
irable place 10 look upon, after thu
meeting light refreshments.
II ATE CTEACON SFC'Y