Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-21
Short Ren's Of Interest Re-
Lattng TO tie Tosvn and It's
People, told In a Single
Paragraph.

Jesse 4. Hall of Chicago has been
in the city this week.
Mrs. G. j. Seely and children are
visiting In Port Huron.
Fred A. Washburn is taking in st
Louis and the exposition.
Mrs ]. K. VanCleef of Ithaca, N.
Y. is guest of her sister, Mrs. r w.
Trussell.
The Washington Club picnic will be
held at Ganton's pavilion, Baldwin
Lake, Aug. 10.
John Donovan has has had a fine
cement walk put down in front of his
store this week.
Misses Ona and Ina Stanton have
been guests of Miss Lutte Gordon in
Greenyille this week.
The Rathbone Sisters will serve ice
cream and cake on the lawn near the
band stand Saturday evening.
Bert Gaines of Rockford, a resident
OF this city Is years ago, is in the city
this week painting Floyd Totten's
house.
Delbert Olmstead and wife of Berk-
ley, Virginia, are spending a week or
ten days at the home of Ben. Hall of
Long Lake.
Boys, you had better start right in
training the rooster. Nine dollars in
prizes for the fowl race at the Farm
ers Festival, Ionia. -
Miss Gertrude Wilson and Miss
Nora Sprague have accepted the po-
sition of fifth and second grade teach
ers in the Bedding schools.
Mrs. FL. S. Campbell and mother
and Miss Cherrie Campbell returned
Monday from a visit with Harry
Campbell and wife at Flint.
Isaac w. Bush of Howell was a call
er at the home of his son, Frederic, OF
this office last Saturday night. He
left for home Sunday morning.
AL. Shaw and wife who have been
here for couple of weeks returned
to Lansing Wednesday. Mr.. Shaw
has been assisting his father on the
farm.
John w. Cooper says he is pretty
busy man these hot days, setting up
farm machinery and selling buggies,
the kind he has been advertising in
The Banner.
Will the party.who picked up pair
of rubber gloves near a telephone
pole on the north side Wednesday
please leave at the Spencer Electric
Light office as they were not lost.
The Bedding cemetery association
will hold its regular meeting July 25,
at the heme of Mrs. Knapp on Pleas
ant street. The new lock and KEYS
are here and key may be had at
any time.
Dwight c. Sheldon went to Ionia
Wednesday on business and incident
ally stepped into the meeting of the
postmasters of the county, which was
being held there. on invitation of
Congressman VIM. Alden Smith.
Divorces were granted in the cir
cult last Saturday in the cases of
Edmund z Whitford Wy. Addie M.
Whitford; Marion carp VS.. Ellis carp;
Bert G. King vs.. Jessie S. King and
Mary Eva Wilkins vs.. Floyd wilkins.
Ladies and children are cspec tally
invited to attend the Farmers Festi-
val at Ionia in August. Everything
will be refined and orderly and the
committee in charge guarantees that
all shows and exercises on the streets
will be clean and moral.
Mrs. w. L. Atwood and daughters,
Bernice, Avis and Esther are visiting
at the home of L. G. Fales in Orleans.
The many friends of Miss Bernice
will be pleased to learn of her grad.
uation in the Latin course from the
Detroit Central High School.
Rev. A. B. Curtis of Greenville gave
a very interesting stereopticon SER
mon at the Congregational church
Sunday evening, his subject being
watchfulness, or "The COLLINS will
get you if you don't Watch Out" The
pictures thrown on the canvas we're
excellent in illustrating the thoughts
of the speaker. 1t is the intention of
the society to engage him for a series
of sermons later in the season.
DR.. w. E. Dockery, of Big Rapids,
started out last week as a travelling
salesman for the DIR. Green Chemical
Co., which gives the company two
men on the road, and the force in the
packing department has also been in
creased. The mail orders, also, are
evidence that the goods are good
enouge to sell themselves. The COM
pany Is located in Ionia and has an
advertisement in the Banner.
The Ladies Social Circle will serve
a 10 cent supper at the Cong'l church