Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-01-19
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Mrs. VIM. Haysmer left Monday
for a visit in Grand Rapids with friends
residing there.
The w. e. Il. U. will meet Friday
afternoon, January u at 2:3O o'clock
with Mrs. +. A. Thorne.
NJ. +. Ritter, wife and baby returned
to GAINESVILLE Monday after pleasant
visit here with friends.
The pupils of the Green school will
have box social at the home Of Don
Dean, Friday evening, January q.
Everybody invited.
Rev. +. b. Irving attended meeting
OF the American Society Of Christian
Workers and Bible Conference, in
Grand Rapids this week.
Lewis Granger left Saturday for
Saginaw and from there will go TO
Ludington where he has been engaged
TO work for the Pere Marquette Rail-
road.
Patrick Barrett a well known resident
OF Ionia died Friday OF heart failure, in
Detroit sanitarium where he had
gone for treatment. He was q member
OF the firm Of Barrel & Scully, cigar
manufacturers OF IOnia.
A. n. Bedding and son, Fred Bedding
OF Rockville Conn. were in the city a
couple of days last week. Mr.. Bedding
was on his way TO California for short
business trip and his son accompanied
him AS far as Chicago.
a sleighload of twenty of the neigh
bors and Belding young lady friends OF
Mrs. Bert Storey drove into the door,
yard Tuesday and gave her a great sur
prise. Wheeler Pond chaperoned the
party and delightful afternoon was
spent
avid" Howe's salve is becoming
famous. A lady in Texas relative of
Mrs. NJ. l.. Howe in Orleans, was bit
ten by snake several years ago, the
wound didn't heal under expert treat
ment Wild sent couple boxes OF salve
down six months ago and the lady is
now well.
The Court of Honor worked q sur
prise last week Wednesday night on
its chancellor, j. III. Younger, and
about thirty members invaded the
house causing him TO surrender. Games
were played, refreshments were served
and Mrs. Jane Bowles presented him
with rocker in appreciation OF his
work in the order for the last four years
TheIKalamazoo Evening Press has
this to say of former Bedding girl who
is attending school there. "The sue
cessful contestant of Portage street
School of Kalamazoo was Miss Ethel
Foss first prize which is TO be framed
copy of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, the winners to be engraved on a
silver entablature and set into frame
as a permanent honor TO the fortunate
contestant. The subject of the essay
was samuel Adams, Father of Ameri-
can Independence.
Adam Wagner is out again and
attending 10 business at his desk in the
Bedding Building and Loan Office after
few days confinement at home Last
week Thursday he submitted TO another
operation at Butterworth hospital 10
remove slight growth in the eye and
nose duct which has been troubling
him for year or more, the operation
performed by DIR. Smith has given him
much relief and he is greatly improved.
Mr. Wagner allowed the operation u
be made without taking an anesthetic,
and was on the operating table for an
hour.
Joseph Curtis was in the city from
his farm Saturday, he has passed his
eightieth birthday which occurred IN
December. He came TO Michigan near.
ly fifty years ago and settled near F'ish's
mill in Otisco, with very little cash or
hand, and worked around at odd jobs
finally purchased twenty acres OF land
built house and a few years later solo
the property and bought an eighty neal
where he resides now. He tried living
in the city for year and half about
nineteen or twenty years ago but qui
and went back TO farming where he II
enjoying life and good health, witt
enough of this worlds goods TO keel
the wolf from the door.