Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-15

rates.
The Misses Leone Porter and Verda
Carol Of Grand Rapids were guests Of
Edith Knapp over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs J. n Armstrong had the
pleasure Of entertaining his uncle, Johr
Mooney. Of Yale, over Sunday
w w. Huelster, Of Grand Rapids,
managed TO get train from Grand Rap
ids and arrived in the city Monday
Albert Race, Of this city. and May
Summerlot, Of Hillsdale, were married
last week in Ionia by Justice Taylor.
Homer C. Hutchinson is home this
week. He will make another short trip
and return to spend July 4th with his
parents.
W. n. Lanphierd, who, recently moved
from Cooks Cornerf, has opened ba-
zaar store in Stanton and he writes that
the prospects for success are good.
The eighth grade graduation exercises
are to be held in the High school room
Wednesday, June 2 st at o'clock. All
patrons are cordially invited to be pres
ent.
Oscar Johnson, of Entrlcan, was
guest of Arthur Conner over Sunday
| He left here Monday to visit his daugh-
ter, Mrs. r. II. McGinnis (nee Pearl John
SOM.
Mrs. Grace Winfield, who has been Wis
ting her parents, Mr.. ard Mrs. Kale, and
helping to care for her grandfather, Mr..
Allen, has returned to her home near
Luther
Not single correspondence reached
our office last week in time for publica-
ton. This week we give our readers the
benefit of both old and ate news from
the rural districts.
The June Teachers Examination will
be held at Ionia Thursday and Friday,
June 5th and 10th; for second and third
certificates only. Hinsdaes Art OF Study
is the basis for Theory and Art questions.
The tent located on the lots east Of
Friedman's was not placed there for
circus purposes. Haysmer Bros. we're
driven out of the basemen. under Perces
store by the flood and no other suitable
room being open for them hey are car
rying on barber shop there.
Mrs. M. A. Nash, who IS stopping with /
her daughter Mrs. Howard Wilcox is
quite sick Dr. c. o, Jenion, of Green
vile, was called to see her Monday. Mrs.
Nash is the lady to whom the Banner is
indebted for the files Of the Bedding Home
News of twenty-five years ago, and from
which clippings each week are published.
| L. Hubbell returned from the Upper
Peninsula Saturday where he had been
with Frank Miles Of Ionia, on business.
They made the trip after doing some
fishing in company with the Olika Waikiki
Club of Iona AMI this city, which had an
outing near Onaway week be-
fore last F. A Washburn, H. L. Page
and c. NJ Wise also returned and report
plenty Of fish we're caught and eaten.
The body Of VIM Alvord, the engineer
who with fireman Joyce was instantly
killed in the wreck last week near the s.
n. of c. was brought to this city last
Friday after the funeral which was held
in Ionla. The parents Of the young man
Eua - nd -
take the tram for that place. where the
grief stricken father and mother deport-
ed the remains of their loved son in the
cemetery near by.
Mrs Flora j. Eokert died Wednesday,
June 9th, athome of her sister, Mrs. r.
X Ross, where she had been staying a
few weeks Her age was So and she
leaves husband, Chas Eckert, Of Or
leans but no children, the only son dying
about a year ago. She was a member Of
Orleans hire of L. o. T. M. Mrs. E. E.
Fales is a 30 sister Of decedent, and
Charles Pilmer, Of this city. a cousin
Funeral service will be at Green church,
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terment id Green cemetery. Stan
dard.
John and Norm Barker, Of Campbell,
had sweet job of ferryng last Tuesday
night. At about two o'clock when it was
pouring down the hardest, they happened
to think that their sheep we're on the
creek flats, so they fastened to the res
cue and found them perched upon logs,
stumps and every available high spot and
so the work Of ferrying them out of there
began The night being dark they estab-
lished lantern at the edge Of the high
ground and another by the sheep, thus
the towing, distance Of about twenty
twenty rods began, and out Of 46 sheep
they saved AZ.
Mrs. Jerome Beadle was standing at a
window at her home in Owosso Monday
Afternoon watching the storm when
sharp flash Of lightning almost blinded