Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-20

Mrs. K. r. Ostrander went to Kala-
mazoo to be away several days on
Mrs. Mary Raby and SON, Robert
were in Detroit visiting her relatives
last week.
Mrs. Fallie Race, who has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ernie Grinnell
and other friends here, returned home
to Kalamazoo Monday.
Mrs. George Cottingham of Green
vile, who was the guest of her son.
and also Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Cowles,
returned home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Reeves en-
tertained the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. L. Reeves; also his
brothers, Harlan and George.
w. b. Reed and Miss Allie Arm
wine left Tuesday for Detroit to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. George Y. Reed and
the new daughter, Mary Ann.
Mrs. Tom Dawes and two daugh-
ters, Pearl and Hazel, will spend the
Christmas vacation with relatives at
Grand Rapids and other places.
Mrs. G.. f. Smith went to Grand
Ledge Tuesday to meet her mother,
Mrs. Stone, of Romeo, who will spend
the Christmas holidays with her.
Mrs. David Wherry and sister from
Laingsburg have returned from
Muskegon and she will accompany
her sister home for visit there
Mrs. VIM. Gardner of Carson City
has been the guest of Mrs. Chas.
Brown. They went to Grand Rapids
Saturday to remain over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E. Conant and
daughters, Trellis and Dorothy, leave
the latter part of the week to spend
the holidays with relatives at Grant.
John Stump, who has been board
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Sweet,
and whose health has not been good
returned home to Stanwood Monday.
Mrs. Irving Grinnell and Miss OIL
ga Niche were called to Moseley
Monday to attend the funeral of the
little child of Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Purdy.
Mrs. r. H. Hall and mother will
the latter part of the week. They
several months.
Jesse Duboise of Fremont, form
er Bedding resident, writes the Ban
ner that he has disposed of his farm
near that place and is having pub
lie sale of his personal property this
week, and intends to move back to
Bedding again in the near future,
among old neighbors and friends.
His many friends here will be pleas
ed to welcome him.
Francis Brooks will come the lat
ter part of the week to spend the
holidays with her mother, Mrs. Anna
Brooks. Francis attends the school
for the deaf at Flint.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Reeves report
a very enjoyable meeting of Clean
ers held in Grand Rapids, to which
Mr.. Reeves was delegate from
Shafter Arbor, Otisco.
Mrs. Frank Fish of Owosso, who
had been here assisting Mrs. George
w. Fish, returned home Friday. Mr..
is still very sick and no hopes are en-
tertained for his recovery.
Clayton Steele will arrive home
the last of the week from Ann Ar
Dor, where he has been attending
the u. of NJ, to spend Christmas and
New Years with his parents.
Mrs. Manly Lansing returned to
Ionia Friday. She had been here to
look after her house which she has
leased. She will remain with her
sister, Mrs. Dorsey, for the winter.
Miss Bertha Runnell has been Wis
iting relatives and friends here for
a few days. She is now employed in
the office of the Alkali company in
Wyandotte as a stenographer, and has
a good position.
Miss Esther Pinkham returned
Wednesday from Ann Arbor to
spend the holidays with her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Pinkham. She
has been attending the u. of Nj. this
year.
Misses Mildred Soules and Ines
Sandy returned home from Mt. Pleas
ant Saturday, where they have been
attending the central state normal,
to remain over Christmas and the
holidays.
Mrs. E. l. Arnold accompanied her
daughter, Juliametta, to Grand Rap
ids Friday. Miss Juliametta went
from Grand Rapids to Chicago to re-
main with her sister, Matte, until
after Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quinn Altenburg of
Ionia came up last Friday and ar
ranged for having their goods ship
ped there. They have secured
house and will soon be nicely settled
in their new home.
VIM. Ward and his father, Silas
Ward, made business trip to Grand
Rapids Thursday. While there they
took a look at the new Willys-Knight
car which recently came into Wills
possession so easily.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. E. Duryea of
Traverse City were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. M. l.. Updyke over Sunday.
They had been to Lansing to attend
the meeting of the state grange and
stopped off here on their return home.
In the writeup last week of the
party given by the employees of the
brass factory the part in the pro-
gram which Howard Shannon took
was inadvertently omitted. He gave
a very interesting "Chalk Talk" and
is certainly an expert in handling
the crayon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Chaffee of Nor
folk, Virginia, who were the guests
last week of Mrs. Matilda Rinker and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rinker, left Thurs
day on their return home, stopping
off at Grand Rapids a few days to