Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-12-08

| w. IL. Reed was a Grand Rapids
visitor on Tuesday of this week.
Byron f. Brown and family were
Sunday guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Wilson.
| VIM. A. Wilder, of Ionia, was i'm at
tendance at the X. L. meeting and sup
per held Tuesday night.
There is no small pox at the Bricker
House nor in Bedding reports TO the
contary Notwithstanding.
Mrs. Homer Hutchinson was the guest
of Mrs. Frank Holmes in Grand Rap
ids, for several days last week.
The Greens Ladies Aid Society will
meet with Mrs. William Hubert,
Wednesday, Dec. IL. All invited to
attend.
A shower of 90 beautiful post cards
was given to Miss Mary Barclay last
| Thursday, il being her birthday, by
her friends at the Richardson mill.
Letters received from Mrs. J. w.
| Lunn and daughter, Edith, report them
as having delightful winter in Cali
fornia and Mrs. Lunn as very much
improved in health.
Miss Alice Whittier, an elocutionist,
will give an entertainment at the
Ashley church Tuesday evening, Dec.
Ii, for the benefit OF the church. Adj
mission zoe, children Zoe
The many friends of Mr.. Chas Wag-
ner will be pleased 10 hear that he is
recovering from his late serious illness,
and hopes to be able To return TO Beld-
ing the later part of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Vedder, of Cow
| ington, were guests at Ray Watson S
over Sunday. His mother, Mrs. H..
Watson, and daughter Alice, of Green
vile, are visiting here this week.
A morning school of instruction is
TO be held with the local lodge here on
Feb. 2nd, four other lodges have been
called To meet here at that time, SherI-
dan, Greenville, Sand Lake and Graf
tan.
A goodly number of Royal Neigh
bors went 10 Greenville Saturday, Dec.
| 3rd TO visit Mrs. Mary Tuck. All en-
joyed dainty lunch and returned on
the evening train, every one reported a
pleasant time.
The four deer which Walter Lam
bertso nand his father killed on their
hunting trip recently arrived Tuesday
and they were as fine "A quartette of
bucks as a person ever saw. Photo
grapher w k. Menkee made picture
of them which will be highly priced in
future years.
Postmaster George w. Moulton Is
bound to make the Bedding post office
up TO date in every particular and this
week has had installed in the office a
stamp canceler and post marker com
bined which is by electricity, the mac
hine having motor attached To il, let.
t.rs and cards are fed into il rapidly
and the mech anism does the rest.
Rev. Arthur Trott, of Portland Mich
will speak in the Church of ChristineXt
Lords day at H;30 A. NJ. he was formly
a pastor lin St. Louis. The chorus will
render an anthem, "The World for
Christ" Solo and chorus, cam Sol
dier of the Cross Miss Emma Kirby,
Union temperance meeting at Congre.
J gational church in evening. Sacred
concert Dec. 18th welcome extened
Oscar Wilde Mclean, the four anC
a half months old child of Mr.. anC
Mrs. George w. Mclean, OF 2l6 Nortf
Bright street, was buried Tuesday
A brief service was held at the hous
. and the remains were taken To tn
M. h. church in Keene, where Rev
u. :. Bussing conducted services, afte
which the baby was buried in tn
Marble cemetery.
AT the missionary meeting OF til
r | dies of the ngregaliOnal churcl
ieid with Mrs. Face Tuesday, the (
lowing officers were elected for the ~
: suing year: President, Mrs. 1. :
! Barnes; Vice Pr, sidenl, Mrs. T.. Scll,
. gel Sec'y, MIS-. Nj. y. Chapman
Treasurer, Mrs. H. a. smith. III
f, society has had very prosperous yea
and the meetings have been interest
: ing, Mrs Barnes has been its presiden
a for the past year, and she did so we
!. that the members urged her To take
again. This branch OF the churc
I" work pledged $50, for missions and a
n ways succeed in getting the money.