Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-22

LeOna 1OungS le1L MONDAY Tor ner
home in Sault Ste. Marie, where she
will spend the holidays with her par
ents.
Frank Donelson of Maple Rapids
was the guest of friends here the lat
ter part of last week, returning home
Saturday.
Miss Ora Butcher of Grand Rapids
was the guest of friends and relatives
in the city last week, returning home
Saturday.
Irving Grinnell spent Saturday and
Sunday at Keene, at the home of his
wife's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Niche.
George Whitney went to Lansing
last week to work in the automobile
factory, he having received a letter
calling him there.
Mrs. M. A. Godfrey and daughter,
Cora, were in Greenville to attend the
funeral of Oren Green, which took
place there, Saturday.
Mrs. Arthur James was called to
Grand Rapids, Saturday on account
of the serious illness of the husband
of Mrs. Elsie Larabee.
Mrs. Sarah Lessiter spent a very
pleasant weekend at her old farm,
visiting old friends and neighbors.
She returned home Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt Odds, Mrs. Olds'
mother and sister, and Mrs. Robt.
Barron motored to Grand Rapids Sat
urday on a shopping tour.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph I. Angel left
Friday for Omaha on three weeks
visit to there son, Ben Angeles, who
has been a resident there for the past
fifteen years.
Perry Whitford was in the city Sat-
urday. He is nursing a bad case of
erysipelas in his right arm, which
has been troubling him for the past
five weeks.
Miss Louella Arnold, who is attend
ing Olivet College this year, ar
rived Saturday to spend the Christ
mas vacation with her mother, Mrs. +.
l. Arnold.
Miriam Arnold of Chicago came
Saturday to spend the holidays with
her mother, Mrs. E. |. Arnold. Miss
Arnold is a teacher in une public
schools there.
Joshua Fuller of Clare was in the
city, Thursday. He had been to his
farm, near Ionia, the VIM. Conner
farm which he purchased a few
months ago.
Herbert Stacey of Sand Lake, for
merly of this city, and later of Sand
Lake, has purchased a fine farm a
few miles east of Rockford and is
moving to it this week.
Mrs. E. j. Knapp and son, Clayton,
go to Grand Rapids, this week, to
spend the holidays with E. j. Knapp's
sisters, Mrs. Mary Ellis and Mrs.
Chas. Knapp, and other friends.
Miss Zita Gonyea left Saturday for
friends there, before going on to Har-
ris vile, where she will spend the
Christmas vacation with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vern c. Divine and
two daughters, Maurine and Betty
Belle, arrived Monday evening from
Chicago, to spend the holidays with
Mrs. Divine's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
W. F. Bricker.
Mrs. James Clark of Mcbride stop
ped off here Saturday to visit with
relatives. She was on her way to
Eagle to attend the funeral of Sam
uel Pitchford, aged 75 years, an old
resident there.
Mrs. Andrew Little went to Grand
Rapids, to see her daughter, Sadie
Warden, who has been under treat
ment in Butterworth hospital for two
or three weeks. She reports her i'm
proving very much.
Mrs. Bruce Allen and son, Austin,
day to visit her father, VIM. Hough,
over Christmas. Mr.. Allen has sold
his business in Breckenridge and will
look for another location.
Mrs. w. B. Reed returned from
Detroit Thursday, where she had been
to see her son, George, who had been
confined to the house by sickness. She
left him much better and able to be
at his work again in the bank.
On Wednesday afternoon, Deccem-
Der Is, the Busy Bee club entertained
the Misses Heidley, D'Anjou and Will
let's, in whose grades the girls. be-
long. The girls presented Helen Ire
land with an ad-a-link bracelet on
which the words BUSY Bee Club"
were engraved.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Johnston of
Coral were in the city Monday on
heir way to Los Angeles, Calf. They
will first go to FIT. Wawne, Ind, Mr..
Johnston has sold his property in
Coral, and intends to spend the win
,er there. Mrs. Johnston was for
ner resident Of this vicinity.
Mrs. Lottie York and Mrs. Alva
Face of Orleans were in the city,
They accompanied Mrs.
Eta Shaw, who has been in Orleans,
Friday, and gave an address there for
he w. c. T. u. on temperance and
he white slave traffic. Mrs. Shaw is
one of the best speakers in the state.
She is president of the state union.
1t makes a publisher feel good to
nave John Smith or Tom Jones meet
him on the street and hand him a
dollar with the remark 81 don't know
when my subscription expires, but just
give me credit for this anyway" But
don't be all timid in case your name
doesn't happen to be Smith or Jones.