Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-31

Mrs. r. III. tuuucDack returned
home to Grand Rapids Friday, having
been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. FL
mer Wise.
Mrs. G. +. Holcomb and daughter,
Mabel, went to Spencer's Mills Mon
day to do some work on their ceme-
terry lot there.
Mrs. Frank Rogers and daughter
returned from Howard City Friday,
where they had been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. X. Carry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Cole of Ionia
and Miss Dolly Code of Greenville
were in the city Thursday to trim up
their cemetery lot.
Mrs. +. j. Knapp and Mrs. Mary
Ellis went to Grand Rapids Friday.
Mrs. Ellis has been here since the
death of Mr.. Knapp.
Mrs. G. f. Field, who has been the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. A. M.
Hall for a week, returned home to
Hastings Monday.
: Mrs. Iva Tenyck and daughter,
Orion of Grand Rapids came Monday
to go to Long Lake for a few days
visit with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Casner and
daughter returned from Ionia Mon
day, where they have been visiting
relatives over Sunday.
Miss Julia Kennedy returned to
Grand Rapids Monday, after having
been the guest of her people, Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Kennedy.
Mr.. and Mrs. John. Voss and baby
Voss have moved here from Ionia for
the summer. Mr.. Voss is pitcher for
the Bedding baseball team.
Al ..x.1
her visit in Stanton Saturday and will
remain here few days, before going
to her home in Grand Rapids.
The Modern Woodmen will attend
church in a body at the Church of
Christ Sunday and will meet in Odd
fellow hall at ten o'clock sharp.
Walter Hoffman of Detroit was in
the city Saturday for a short time,
before going to Toledo to join his
mother, Mrs. Frank j. Luck.
Mrs. Claude Elkerton, who was the
guest of her mother, Mrs. t. J.
Illusion and sister, Mrs. Rich, return
ed home to Dowagiac Saturday.
Mrs. Alice Peck and daughter, Miss
Nellie Peck, went to Mecosta Satur-
day to visit at their old home and re-
main there for the Decoration Day
service.
John Higgins was in the city Fri
day and Saturday and shipped his
household goods TO Lansing, where he
has concluded to make his home for
the present.
Frank Near was called to West
Branch Friday by the serious illness
of his father. He received a special
delivery letter notifying him to come
at once.
MIR. and Mrs. Chas. Wentland of
South Bend, Ind, who accompanied
the remains of Miss May Riker here
and attended the funeral, have re-
turned home.
VIM. Fuller was in the city Friday
He had been to Saranac and also to
his sons farm. He went to Green
vile for short visit before returning
home to Clare.
Z L. L. L. Hockey and daughter,
Grace, left Monday for Petoskey,
where they intend to spend the sum-
mer. Mr.. Hockey owns a couple of
dwelling houses there.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Stanton and her
brother, DR.. III. Greiner and Mr.. and
Mrs. f. A. Thorne and son, Maurice,
celebrated Decoration Day at the
formers cottage@"Dupont"-at Long
Lake.
f, Mrs. Charles Angevine left Satur-
! day for South Haven to visit friends
and relatives for a week. She form
erly resided in that city, but this is
her first visit there in twenty-five
years.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cooper arrived
home from Benton Harbor Saturday.
While there Mr.. Cooper could not re-
sist the temptation of fishing in Lake
Michigan, where he made several fine
catches.
Elmer f. Cook and ]. d. Aelick
drove to Rockford with an auto last
Friday and met Mr.. Aelick's mother,
who came from Ontario to make an
extended visit with her son and fam
lily.
/ Ambrose Spencer has improved the
appearance of his grounds in front of
his house very much by the removal
of the retaining wall along the side
walk. 1t has been graded and sod
ded down to the walk.
AS soon as George w. Moulton was
notified of the striking of his barn by
/ lightning and the killing of one of the
horses, he Immediately got busy to
find another horse to take it's place.
He located one and Art Jones was
called to look it over. A bargain for
the animal was made at once and Mr..
Jones brought him home.
Mrs. Lulu Weed and daughter, Ell
va, of Spokane, Wash, who have been
visiting her brothers, Ora and Seright
Collier for several weeks, left Mon
day for Ann Arbor, where her daugh-
ter, who has been on invalid for a
number of years. will be given treat
ment, before they return home to
Spokane.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Slayton of
Grattan were in the city Saturday.
They had been to Carson City to at
tend the wedding of Mr.. Floyd Cliff
and Miss Helen Wright. The bride
and groom accompanied them home
in their auto for a short honeymoon
trip. Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff will reside
in Carson City.
Mrs. Ella French, Mrs. Lee Post,
Mrs. Martha Holmes and Mrs. Herb
/ Angel attended the Pythian Sister