Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-30

Mrs. Charles White went to Ambl
Monday for few weeks. visit.
Miss Gladys Shipman was a guest O
her sister at Greenville, Tuesday.
The misses Ora and Cora Butche
were Big Rapids visitors Tuesday.
Marion Cassell of Portland has beef
the guest of his mother-in-law Mrs. II
Nichols.
Postmaster, George w. Moulton
made business trip to Big Rapids
Tuesday.
Mrs. Mate Antcliff left Monday 70
a two weeks visit with her Mother a
Big Rapids.
VIM. J. Wilson went to the county
seat Monday to transact legal business
in the probate court.
Mrs. Emma Brown and her mother
Mrs. Luck went to Ionia Monday or
business in the probate court.
Miss Beatrice Stanton is home from
Fremont where she is teaching, to Re-
main during ashort vacation.
st. Mary's Guild will meet with
Mrs. Frederick A. Bush, Wednesday
April 3. A good attendance is desired
Miss Anna Larson returned to heI
home at Trufant, Tuesday, after a
weeks visit with Mesdames Broas and
Mann.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. S. Jacott of Green.
vile were over Sunday guests at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hila Spencer.
They returned home Tuesday.
An unusual opportunity is now open
to the public. A trip around the world
and at rates within the reach of all
This will be given March 81 by the
Epworth League. 42-2w
L. l.. Stocking OF Spain, South Oak.
ota in remitting for his paper says,
enclosed find order for one dollar for
the Banner. We can't get along with
out it as it is like letter from old
friends.
Mrs. III. l.. Van Benschoten and her
brother Clarence staley, of Krem, Nd.
were in tho city last Thursday guests
of Mrs. M. A. Chapman for few hours
between trains. They were on their
way TO Portland to visit their mother,
who is very sick.
Belding's popular young lady students
attending the state normal at Ypsilan'
ii are home for few days, Florence
Fisher, Marguerite Lamb, Jessie Vim
cent, iris McElroy, Grace Ballou, Nina
Weeks and Rena Angel. Miss Angel
is taking a special course.
Ormus Fullington died Thursday
morning at o. clock, after short ill.,
ness, aged So years, at the home of his
son, Ernest, Vergennes Center. He
had lived in Vergennes sixty-five years.
Funeral was held at the house Friday
at 2 p. M, Rev. w. ID. Ogg, pastor OF
the Congregational church officiating.
The Otisco and Orleans Farmers
Club will meet at Jerry Spaulding's
April Z. Program: Invocation, Rev.
Bussing; Music; Reading, Mrs. VIM.
Beach; Paper, Mrs. Chas. Johnson;
Question box, question, "Is an indirect
tax wrong?" led by r. A. Hawkins,
Discussion, J. ID. Strain; Reading Mrs.
Jerry Spaulding; Reading, Mrs. E.
Chickerihg; Question box, Mrs. VIM.
Wilson.
Nina, the thirteen year old daughter
Of Mr.: and Mrs. Will Russell passed
away at the family home about Loo
o'clock Saturday morning. She has
been sick long time and oil that
medical skill could do for her failed Ia
bring her back to health. The funeral
was held at the home on Monday after.
noon, Rev. G. III. Maxwell officiating,
and the remains were laid to rest In
River Ridge Cemetery.
OF course you always expect to see
the paper full Of local items and pleas
ant paragraphs, and the editor is crit
icised il he doesn't deliver the goods
Some time just take your pencil and
try for thirty minutes to scribble out {
string of items either news or other
wise and see how much space you
would be able to fill. You are in tn,
habit Of saying, There is nothing in the
paper" Some day take the paper, si
down take your pencil, copy off all tn,
local items and other home set mattel
in the paper, and you will be surprised
how long it will take you to do it, ant
how many sheets OF manuscript you
pile up.
| Only a small audience greeted tn,
production OF the Final Settlement a
the opera house Tuesday night. Man
ager Hetherington advertised this a,
guaranteed attraction and il should
have had a much larger patronage