Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-01-26
Short Rems of Interest Re-
Latfns TO the Toqun and It's
People, told IN a Single
Paragraph.


in Portland Tuesday.
Geo. o. Tooley went to Detroi
Tuesday on business trip.
Mrs. DIR. Book, of Greenville, was ;
guest of Mrs. M. +. Tuck over Sun
day.
Mrs. G. r Perry was the guest O
Greenville friends on Monday after
noon.
Let all your children go to Hia
watha, at church of Christ, Friday
afternoon lOc.
Mrs. M. Unger was the guest of hei
son at Lyons over Sunday, and re
turned home on Monday.
Miss Laura Dayton returned to hel
home at Fowler Tuesday, after Wis
II with her parents in this city.
Clothes pins lc per dozen at Gibson:
Bazaar.
James Layden, of Alberta, North
West Territory, is guest of his sis
ter, Mrs. Ed King, of this city, this
week.
Mrs. A. w. Puett, of Lansing, ar.
rived in this city Tuesday for a visit
at the home of her mother, Mrs. +. j.
Wood, of the North side.
Misses Flossie Spicer, Marguerite
Lamb and Florence Fisher. of Beld-
ing, we're the guests of Miss Retta
Jacobson Friday and Saturday.
Greenville Call.
The 18th Annual Midwinter Fair OF
the Montcalm County X. & L. 0. T
M. M. Association will be held at
Stanton, Feb. End, 1905. Picnic din.
ner and fine program.
Mrs. Adam Wagner entertained a
party of ladies at most delightful
high noon dinner last Friday, after
which plea SAINT social afternoon was
enjoyed by the company.
Mrs. w. II. Hicks returned to her
home at Morley Monday, after at
tending the funeral of Mrs. Ann Hig-
gins, at Smyrna and visiting friends
here for short time.
Lester Grant, who has for long
time been in the employ of the Ran.
ney Refrigerator Co. in Greenvllle,
has gone to Battle Creek to take the
superintendency of the Perkins Re-
frigerator plant.
The Ionia County Fair Association
held it's meeting last week and found
that there was little money on hand
after paying all indebtedness. The
next fair will be held at Ionia on
August 80, 30, 81 and September l.
Mrs. Mary McCaul, of Owosso, who
has been guest of her daughter
Mrs. c. G.. Shelter, for the past -four
weeks, left Tuesday for home. Mr.
She ffler accompanied her as far as
Greenville, where she changed cars
The remains of Mrs. Ann Higgins
who formerly resided in the vicinity
of the Brink schoolhouse in OtiscC
township, were brought to this city
Saturday night from Traverse City
and taken to Smyrna for burial. The
funeral was held in that village Sun
day. Mrs. Higgins was IS years o.
age and the cause of death was acute
bronchitis.
The Story of the Pink Rose is Z
service that is being prepared FOL
next Sunday evening at the Congre
gational church. 1t is a service Of
story and song, the story being writ
ten by Mrs. Whitemore, of the Door
OF Hope Mission of New York. The
story will be read, interpreted will
several choruses, quartettes and
duets. Everybody is invited.
Grade nine of the High school wa
among the number of jolly sleigh
riders last week, going Friday nigh
to the home of Miss Vanderbrook( a
member of the class by invitation o.
Mrs. Il. Vanderbrook, where tn,
merriest kind of an evening wa
passed in games and fun loving inter
course. A welcome addition to tn,
evenings pleasure was a most abun
dant supper served them by Mrs
Vanderbrook.
Rev. DIR. Curtis on Sunday morning
at the Congregational church preach
ed forcible sermon on the excuse
made by people for not attending
church, joining the church or work
ing for the advancement of Christ
kingdom here on earth. The excu:
es were puntured so thoroughly, tina
the excuse makers had not an
ground on which they could hav
been in the habit of standing left
: Greenyille Call.
l While delivering goods last Frida
!. afternoon, Z, Z. Hudson of the Mort
E side grocery, had the misfortune I
d break the small bone in his leg. Th
5 horse he was driving started up an
n Gene jumped to get the lines thinl
: ing IL was going to run away and |