Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-03-17
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day evening.
J. ID. Aelick and wife, were called "a
Ionia Monday, by the death Of an aunt
Mrs. ID. G. Aelick.
Mrs. A. Sparks and Mrs. f. LaDu
went to Coral Monday for short visit
with friends and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jacott of Green
Vile were over Sunday guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hila Spencer.
City Health Officer Stanton says he
intends TO prosecute all violators of the
quarantine laws in the city hereafter.
The ladies social circle, will meet
with Mrs. M. Y. Gephart Wednesday
afternoon, March 23rd, at the usual
hour.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. r.. futile Of Barton
vile spent last week visiting relatives
and friends i'm Greenville, McCords and
Alto.
Floyd Erickson OF Ithaca, and Mrs.
Conklin of Orlerns, were guests of their
sister, Mrs. f.. M. Sower, Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Mrs. Il. III. Colbry and Mrs. p. L.
Deber returned TO their home at st.
Louis Monday, after few days visit
with Mrs. Il. A. Warne.
Mrs. Frank &. Durfee and daughter
Francis left Monday evening to join
Mr.. Durfee in Detroit where he has
fine situation in an automobile factory.
Mrs. B. 5. Wisner returned to her
home at Vickeryville, Tuesday, after
short visit at the home of relatives and
friends in this city.
III. l.. Page and wife of Grand Rap
ids were guests OF DIR. and Mrs. Smith
over Sunday. Mr.. Page returned Mon
day, but Mrs. Page remained for few
days longer.
This is ST. Patrick's day in the morn
ing, and all the evening for that mat
ter. Rev. Edrie Collins Sunday school
class will celebrate the event with Miss
Gertrude Wilson at her home.
o. A. Ball, the optician, has moved
to Ionia TO live with his daughter for a
while. Mr.. Ball has resided here %
years and has many friends i'm the city.
He is conservative and painstaking
workman in his line.
William Wadsworth has been home
from Detroit this week. He is estab-
fishing agents for the sale of fine en-
encyclopedia of six volumes specially
adapted for ready reference in the home
or school, and is making good.
Mr.. Melve Flagar of Aberdeen,
WASH, and Mrs. May Hunt of Ionia
were quietly married at their farm
home recently bought and furnished,
Rev. Hinterman of Ashton officiating.
They are now at home TO their friends.
The Banner is in receipt of a copy of
the Seattle Daily Times from o.. j. Fos-
ter of Everett, Wash, giving descrip-
ton of the terrible avalanche at Wei
lington, Mace and Burt, with illustra-
tons of the wreckage and the work of
the bodies of the dead. The
awful catastrophe is simply indescrib-
able.
Mrs. Clara Stanton of Grattan was a
guest of Mrs. +. b. Lapham over Sun
day. She expects to move TO Lansing
in few weeks TO reside, having her
family with her. Mrs. Stanton built
the "Pioneer" cottage at Long Lake a
few years ago, which she will dispose
of at a reasonable figure, as she will be
unable to look after it.
Clay II. Keeney went to Ionia, Tues
day, on business connected with the
suit, which the township of Otisco has
brought against him to declare his
slaughter house nuisance, he says the
injunction has tied him up from using
it for three months and now he proposes
to ascertain why there isn't something
diOiiB tnC iiii~ vi IL II
nuisance, if il is nuisance, he is under
heavy expense and inconvenience ( r
slaughter house work now and may
bring an action against the township
for damages later on.
Henry NJ. Caukin of Greenville, was
in the city Tuesday, he was formerly
surveyor and did lot of work i'm that
line more than fifty years ago, i'm platt-
ing villages, surveying new railroads
and straightning out contested lines.
In 1855 he mede the first plat of
Laphamville, now Rockford and ten
years later made new plat of the
same place. Mr.. Caukin is approach
ing his eightieth birthday, is pretty
rugged yet and says if he had good eyes
he could do surveying and run lines as
accurately as he did i'm younger days.
asst Wednesday evening was the