Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-17

VIM. Hutchinson made business trip b
Grand Rapids Saturday.
Mrs. c. B. Hill has been visiting rela
tives in Portland few day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Loring Of Fairplair
were guests OF Mrs. j.. w. Lunn Saturday
Christian Science service every Sunda,
at the home Of r. M. Wilson at lo:45
everyone invited.
Ed Garfield has fixed up feed grind
ing mill and saw mill for lath at his place
east OF Chadwick school house.
H. A. Place OF Ionia is in Pittsburg
Penn. for medical treatment. He has
been in poor health for long time.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Trowbridge returned
Monday evening from Ionia where they
had enjoyed several days visiting among
friends.
Gerald Kimberly has gotten out some
calendars as Christmas souvenirs that
are certainly very fine and he has disposed
of lot of them.
Mrs. Lois Vanderlip and Mrs. Chas
Haviland Of Greenville were the guests
of their children. Mr. and Mrs. Will Hav-
iland. Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. May Mathewson of St. Louis, Mo-,
was an over Sunday guest OF her sister,
Mrs. Manley Hale. and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Bliss spent Sunday with them.
Church OF Christ: Subjects Sunday.
Dec. 20. 1880 a. m.-"Christ, the Lord"
z .. m.-"The Wise Men," The pastor
will speak at both services. You are in
vted to attend.
Mesdames Claflin. Mason. Gould. Daw-
ley. Butts. Eurick, Reed, Haviland. Wilson,
Pell and Countryman Of Greenville gave
Mrs. w. Haviland surprise Friday af-
tsrnoon and in the evening attended the
Victoria Rebecca Lodge No. 60.
c. w. wakeman and wife returned last
week from Lowell, Wyoming, where they
have been for several weeks. Mr.. Wake
man bought an improved farm Of so
acres few miles out from that growing
town and within a half mile OF Kane,
small village through which the railroad
runs. The land there is very productive
under irrigation. which system of water
ing is already installation.
J. G. Cowan, who purchased the Deitz
farm at Cooks Corners. has made many
improvements since moving there by re-
modelling all the buildings to suit his fancy
and the work is not all completed yet,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cowan settled in Grattan in
early life He came from New York state,
selling their fine farm there and coming
to their present location. Mrs. Cowan's
early life was spent near Ann Arbor.
Rev. VIM. Judd Of Lyons was the guest
of A. D. jerks over Sunday. Mr.. Judd
was the pastor Of the M. E. church here
twenty years ago and has host Of friends
in this vicinity. His eyesight is very much
impaired and on that account and also the
infirmities Of age he is on the retired list
Of pastors. He has filled many pastor
ates in Michigan, the last being at Luther.
Mr.. Judd was also veteran OF the civil
war. He went to Greenville Monday for
q short visit.
County Agent Jerome Lavery Of Ionia
was in the city this week to look after
Gladys Freeman, delinquent girl IL
years Of age. Her mother has left the
city, leaving the girl to find home as
best she could. and it was reported to
Supervisor B. c. Curtis that she was
running the streets and finding aplace to
sleep and eat wherever kind hearted peo-
pie to take her in, It was also reported
to the supervisor that she was getting in
to very bad company and bad ways and
he made complaint of the matter to the
Judge Of probate and the county agent.