Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-02
LOCAL ITEMS
About Our Town and It's People

Mr.. and Mrs. Nj. l.. Osterhout en-
tertained at six o'clock dinner last
Wednesday evening Rev. and Mrs. w.
A. Bliss and three daughters, Gene
We've. Edna and Alice, also Rev. and
Mrs. w. Il. Doty and their son, will
liam and friend Helen.
Pierce Kingsley and brother in-law,
VIM. Nestelskie of Grand Rapids are
here working in the Mooney building
painting the scenery for the new En-
press theatre. The curtain and scenes
are To be some OF the finest in the
state. They will have to be seen to
be appreciated. The Messrs Kings
ley and Nestelskie are contemplating
making this their permanent location,
as the former has two sisters working
in the silk mills. Mr.. Kingsley has
been sign and scenery painter for
years. He has painted the curtains in
fifty eight theatres in Michigan and
was for years scenic artist at the Gar
rick, Grand Rapids
jay Hubbard is spending this week
camping at Long Lake.
Miss Marie Reed spent Sunday i'm
Grand Rapids with Mrs. w. III. DoX-
see.
Roy Simms principal of one OF the
Livingston, Tennessee schools, visited
Rev and Mrs. Chas. NJ. Pease a couple
Of days last week,
Rev. and Mrs. Chas. NJ. Pease and
Mrs. Peases parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. l.. Iden of Canton, Ohio, motored
to Grand Rapids Thursday and spent
the day with friends.
Miss Nary Il. Brown of Toledo
Ohio, came Saturday To spend several
weeks with her uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Brown.
The milkmen of Bedding having
come to a satisfactory agreement, the
price OF milk on and after September
7th, will be seven cents per quart for
all sold at retail.-Adv.
Rev. and Mrs. A. ]. Blair went to
Jackson Thursday. where Mr.. Blair
had been called TO officiate at the
funeral of one of his old parishioners.
Mrs Blair remained over Sunday, and
Mr.. Blair returned there Tuesday for
a wedding in the same family.
Mrs. James Cramer went to Lans-
ing Monday, TO visit her daughter.
while Mr.. Cramer is attending the
National Encampment Of the G.. A. Il.
at Detroit, this week.
Among those attending the prelim
mary meeting for the rural school
teachers Of the county held at Ionia
last Saturday, were the Misses Julia
Travis Mary Gore, Leoni Gore. Lydia
Moon, Hazel Ortt, Ruey Sage, and
Blanche Glass.
Chas. Murray of Munith, state tax
examiner, has been here the last
week He is at work on reassess-
ment of .Otisco township.
Miss Ann Bracken returns Monday
TO La Grange. Ill. where she will re-
sumo her work as teacher i'm the pub
lie schools.
Mrs. c. w. Washburn of Chicago.
returned home Friday after visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Washburn.
The l.. A. S. of the NJ. +. church
will be doing business at their old
stand on Saturday evening, Septem-
Der 6. All are cordially INVITED TO
come and partake Of the creamed
potatoes. meat loaf. and other good
things too numerous to mention for
only 20 cents right here in war time.
ADV.
Clyde Knapp and Sumner Wilson
left Monday night for Big Bay, where
they will spend two weeks huntiYe
and fishing.
FIR. II. s. Klenner OF Delray was the
guest of FIR j. NJ. Zindler Thursday
and Friday.
The local park board has closed a
contract with Landscape Gardener
Munson OF Grand Rapids for the
making of blueprints of,the City Park.
The aim Of the work will be to enable
the board to work intelligently to-
ward the identifying of TIE park.
The recent nominees on the Repub-
lican county ticket are meeting this
Wednesday afternoon in the office of
the County School Commissioner, II.
H. Lowrey, to elect officers for the
County Campaign committee.
Two aeroplane flights daily at the
Greenville Fair, Sept. 9-10-11.-Adv.
Sherman Hulburt. was released in
Justice Lapham's court last Tuesday
on his furnishing $500 bond to keep
the peace for ninety days. Hulburt
pleaded guilty on August 81 to a
charge Drought dEdlHSt iiill ny MS
wife i'm which she alleged that he
threatened her life. He was unable
to furnish sureties on that day and
was sent to the county Jail Bond was
furnished by Christ Choate and Vern
Leach.
The members of the Church of
Christ are building a new kitchen on
the southeast corner of the church.
The south wing of the auditorium is
also being partitioned off and will be
made into a dining room. A new fur
mace will be added to the building
soon.
Miss Nettie Rice of Fremont, Ohio,
who has been spending the summer at
Mackinac Island, visited Miss Jessie
Leonard last week. She returned to
Fremont. Monday.
} Mrs. Roy Walters, who has been
visiting her brother, Fred Walters and
family, left Monday for her home in