Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-09
Short Hems of Interest Re-
Lafins to the Town and It's
People, told In a Single
Paragraph.
Local ~
BrevitieS.

w. /. Benedict is i'm Detroit, this week
attending the meeting of the Michigan
State Pharmaceutical Association. He
will also purchase holiday goods from
New York.
The ladies Of the Bedding Cemetery
Association will hold sale of aprons,
quilt tops, holders and fancy work at
Wilson & Skellenger's store, Saturday
afternoon, June 18th.
Il. N. Cole, who has been in Wash
ington for the past year. returned home
last Thursday, he likes the western
country very much and thinks that is
the place for a young man to settle
down.
w. ID. Pond is on crutches this week,
he was in the stable, on his farm last
week and one of his cows crowded on
To him, when she was moving around
TO her place, she stepped on the top OF
his shoe and bruised his ankle which is
giving him considerable discomfort.
George Darling of the local Garage
firm of Doxsee and Darling spent the
early part of the week in Newaygo re-
pairing a Thomas Flyer automobile.
Mr.. Darling is an expert i'm his line and
has reputation for doing excellent
work. The local firm are having a
splendid run of business.
avid" Howe of this city and Luke
Robinson of Lowell, are now the only
surviving members of the Stocking and
Claflin band, which furnished music
for many of the old time dances in this
region Of the country in the 60ties. Mr..
Robinson recently celebrated the 5Oth
anniversary OF their wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur James enter
tanned company of about % one even
ing last week in honor of his brother,
Albert James who is soon TO take a
bride. The guests were all men and
they showered Albert with lot OF
kitchen utensils and other convenient
articles for household use. Mrs James
served elegant refreshments.
Miss Edna Maxwell enters the ranks
of successful teachers, her term of school
closed last week in the Seeley district
with picnic of the parents and children
on the lawn and followed with fine ex-
ercises in the school building. The
good work done in books was proven
by one pupil trying the eighth grade
examination at Ionia and passing sue
cessfully.
Not often can man go through life
without occasionally being the target
OF malice and Islander. How TO act
when thus attacked may, to some ex-
tent be governed by circumstances
But nothing can excel the wisdom OF
the old age who, when told that some
one was speaking evil of him, replied,
GAIL the more reason then that l should
so live that no one will believe him.
A former Bedding girl teaching in far
away Montana vouches for this, she
writes: al had girl i'm school who had
come TO the boy stricken age and was
very severely smitten with the malady.
One question in examination was:
What is Physiology? Imagine my
CONSERVATION when l read Mays
answer, Physiology is the science that
treats of the boy, its parts and uses.
However when had read more of the
paper / decided she had only made
mistake in spelling-had omitted the a.
Miss Cora Adams, who is principal
of the Ellis school at Bedding and has
been engaged for the sixth year, came
home for Decoration day. Friday after
noon before she left for home each O
the children in her school brought hel
q bunch of violets and told her they
were for her fathers gave on Decoration
day. There was large dish pan full
This was beautiful tribute, and on
which Miss Adams deeply appreciated
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