Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-01-06

turned TO Detroit
Mrs. Fred Thompson has returned
from her visit in Howard City.
Charles J. Locke and Bessie Nj.
Smith were married last week.
+. &. James, wife and daughter spent
Monday with relatives i'm Palo.
Geo. M. Boyer, of Grand Rapids,
called on his many Bedding friends
this week.
Ernest Shawley and family spent
New Years with relatives in Leaning
ton, Ontario.
Mrs. Avis Crane and daughter, who
visited here during the holidays, have
returned home.
Geo. Bandfield, agent for the Hup-
mobile, is building fine garage 25x50
feet in Portland.
Hiram Lexington, who was recent
guest at Mrs. James Henry's, has re-
turned to Grand Rapids.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. j. Russell returned
last week TO Luther, after visit with
w. II. Olds and other relatives here.
Ed b. Reed, who has been employed
by the Herald Publishing Co. for the
past few months, left Monday night for
Chicago.
w. j. More is laid up with rheum-
atism OF sciatic form. He is able
only to get out as far as the barn, with
the help of cane.
Miss Jessie Cowherd went to Ionia
last week to meet her friend, Miss Es-
ther Martin of Brantford, Ontario, who
is coming here TO live.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Underhill and
her son, Glen Thompson, returned to
Rockford last week, after a pleasant
visit at Leland Thompson's.
Mrs. w. b. Maxwell and daughter
Mabel returned to Grand Rapids last
week, after few days visit with Rev.
G. w. Maxwell and family.
A one.day farmers institute will be
held at the Grange hall in Grattan
January II. Let all the
farmers ''set up and take notice"
Mrs. Ellen Gregg, who returned re-
Gently from Onaway, where she has
been visiting her son viii for several
is much improved in health.
L. w. Mills and family have gone to
Detroit to live. They moved here about
a year ago and have made many friends
during their stay, who regret their de-
parture.
Dean Face, who is taking law course
in the Ann Arbor university, was home
over the holidays to eat chicken, turkey
and the pies and other fixings that
mother makes.
At &. NJ. Slayton's in Grattan holi-
day guests were Miss Ona stanton of
Detroit, Edward Vanderveen of Joliet,
ILL.,, and Miss Eleanor De GIRAFFE of
Grand Rapids.
f. w. Howard and family left last
week for Florida. Mr.. Howard will
return in a few weeks, leaving his
wife and daughter Mabel to spend the
winter in that mild climate.
The Odd Fellow and RebeSah lodges
held a watch night social last Friday
evening at their hall and enjoyed a
pleasant time with games, refreshments
and visiting until II o'clock, midnight,
watching the old year out.
Mrs. II. II. Vincent and children have
returned home to Nashville, having
spent the holidays here Her husband,
Hiram Vincent, now of Sharon, where
he is doing a job of numbering with sale
headquarters at Nashville, was here
also.
III. H. Bedding left Monday for Chi
cago, where he expects to make his |
home in the future. He was accom-
panied by his son Hiram who will |
spend a week in that city. Mr.. Beld-
ing will not move his family to
Chicago for the present
The sad news comes of the death of |
Mrs. Winnie Mason Johnson at her
nome in New Mexico on Dec. 10. She
had large circle of friends in this vi
entity. She was the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Jay Mason, formerly of Graf
tan.
Spencer Gibson made desperate eff
fort TO spend Christmas with his par
ents in this city. He is working in
Dubuque, Iowa, and left there i'm time
to reach home for good Christmas
dinner Saturday, but his train failed TO
reach Grand Rapids in time for him TO
catch the morning train TO Bedding and |
he did not arrive here until after supper
Saturday night. He left last week
for his work again, being de-