Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-07-01
Smyrna

Mrs. Elinor Dicken was i'm Bedding
one day last week visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. O. Bignell and family.
II. +. Barry and wife are i'm Mar
shall visiting for few days. Ed. ms
ley is taking Mr.. Barry's place at the
light plant.
I Mrs. DIR. Penton. Mrs. Cora Davis,
and Mrs. Flossie Baker were in Beld-
I ing, Tuesday evening to attend the
regular meeting of the Eastern Star.
This week the young people held
their picnic on the lawn at j. A. Cooks
home. Twenty of them sat down to a
regular dinner.
Mrs. Helen Purdy called on her son,
Fred, in Bedding, last Thursday even
! ing
Geo. Tebbel, DR.. Penton, j. A. Cook
and Mark and George Hoppough were
in Bedding Friday evening to attend
the third degree work of f. & A. NJ.
lodge.
on Sunday. July 5, 1914, the Beld-
/ ing Independents will play ball with
Smyrna at Smyrna. Game called at
2:30 Admission 10 and 10 cents.
! Everybody turn out and see a good
game
Mr.'and Mrs Frank Joslin, Mr. and
Mrs Ed. Condor and Marks Reuben
went to Grand Rapids, Thursday af-
ternoon. While there they called on
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Short and family.
on the Fourth of July, j. A. Cook
will have his store open until 11.30 "a.
m. So all who are III need Of groc-
cries plan to buy early.
Last Wednesday was little Edgar
Joslin's third birthday and according
ly his mother had planned to have
Edgar enjoy himself and invited in
about 20 little folks to help him. Each
little friend brought him a little gift
which pleased Edgar very much. A
fine lunch of ice cream and cake was
served The little folks all wished
they might have party every day.
Mrs. T.. W. Condor was in Lowell
between trains, Friday.
Carl Hoppough spent Sunday with
his wife and parents.
Louis Compton and wife are again
living in Smyrna as Louis has engaged
to help NJ. ]. Richmond of Barton
vile, during his haying.
Herbert Mehney, wife and son, AL
bert spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Northway.
Dr. John Dumon and daughter,
Alice of Centralia, Wash, who have
been visiting his brother, Charles, and
family for "a couple of days, left for
their home Sunday. They received
word that the DIS infant son was
quite sick.
Mr.. Beebe's sister, Mrs. Ida Bark
lay of Bedding visited him a couple OF
days last week.
Mrs. +. w. Condor is quite sick.
Ed. Cowles and wife and Pen Cow
les and wife went to Battle Creek, Fri
day for several days visit with their
relatives and friends there.
Vest Osborne lost one of his horses
last Saturday. Or. Hanks did all he
could for it and Dr. Keyser of Belding
was called but could not give any re-
lief After its death they opened il
and found it's stomach had bursted
Mrs. Abbie Williams of Bedding will
be at the home of Mrs. Ed. Insley
every Tuesday from IL until $50 to
give either vocal or instrumental les
sons to all who wish to take lessons.
There will not be any Maccabee
lodge here next Saturday evening as
/ il is July 4.
The social given by the Cleaners
last Wednesday evening for the bene-
fit of Matt Scheidt's family of Belding,
was we'll attended and about $3.50
was realized.
The ball game that was to have
been played Sunday between Bedding
/ Merchants and Smyrna was again
4 postponed on account of the rain. but
will be played at some future time,
when the weather man is in their
] favor.
Sunday, July 5, the Bedding Inde-
pendents VS. Smyrna will play here.
Game called at $3.50 p. IN.
Our new agent Will Wacha and
family are moving into the Frank
/ LOOMS house Mrs. Wachas sister,
Vesta Of Stanton is here helping her
get settled They all spent Sunday in
Stanton.
Little Lawrence Gardner returned
Monday from a weeks visit with his
uncle, and family, Mont Brown of
Cooks Corners.
Miss Nellie Tebbel went to Glare,
Friday, to visit her sister and her hus-
band, Mr.. and Mrs. Fay Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Hull went down
\ in keene last week to visit his brother
Mark Hull and family.
Vest Osborne has purchased the G..