Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-08-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Jude Spencer OF
Grand Ledge have been visiting rela-
tves and friends here and also trans.
acting business.
Mrs: M. L. Deitz went to Lakeview
Saturday.
Miss Dorothy Hudson returned
from Ionia Saturday.
Mrs. Ella Raymond returned from
Flushing and Flint last Thursday
having visited relatives and friends
there and at several other places.
Miss Jessie Warner was in Ionia
Saturday.
city to visit his daughter, Ethel
Mrs. M. A. Cooley, Mrs. Harley
Wright and Mrs. Preserve c. Curtis
were in Ionia Saturday and visited
Mrs. VIM. Allen, who was celebrating
q birthday anniversary.
Ray Edwards and family left
Tuesday for week at Long Lake.
Miss Allie Sabine left Monday for
Petoskey seek relief from the hay
fever.
Miss Georgina Asselin returned
Monday from her visit to the whole
sale millinery houses in Buffalo, De-
troit and Cleveland. She also spent
the weekend at the home of her
brother in Flint before returning
home.
Mrs. w. A. Lee of Sheridan was in
the city Saturday visiting at the
home of ]. B. Luscombe. She was ac.
companied by Clarence Breadslee of
Bushnell.
Fred and Harry Meade spent Sun
day in Ionia with their mother, Mrs.
Milo Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vern C. Divine and
daughters, Betty Belle and Maurine,
returned to Chicago Saturday after
noon. Mr.. Divine was here on bust
ness for week, while Mrs. Divine has
been spending the past several weeks
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. F.
Bricker.
Carroll Daley spent the weekend
in Grand Rapids on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ID. Aelick and Don
and Glenna Cook spent Sunday with
friends in Sparta.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Leach started
Saturday on a trip to Kankakee, ILL.,,
to visit Mrs. Leach's brother, George
Young. Mr.. Leach also expects to go
to Lowell. Indiana for short visit
at his old home, then to Marcellus,
Mich, to visit Mrs. Leach's niece and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Welch.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Derrick
of Grand Rapids, a 41e-pound daugh-
ter. Mrs. Derrick was formerly Miss
Cora Butcher of this city.
Irving Grinnell has gone to Alma
to work.
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are guests of the latter's mother, Mrs.
Albert Rich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Hawley of
Lowell were in the city Friday attend
ing the funeral of Leo Burt. Mrs.
Hawley is a sister of Mr.. Burt's.
Mrs. Ella Holmes has returned
from Ionia, where she had been over
Sunday.
Andrew Hemingway of Howard
City and son, c. Hemingway of Am
BILE were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Hilton last week, returning home
Monday. While here they formed
fishing party up the river, but report
ed poor luck.
Clark Graves and family and Ed.
Grummet and family, son and son-in-
law of Clark Graves of Grand Rapids
motored here in their automobile and
spent Sunday. George Graves and
wife had Just returned from New
York City, where they had been pur-
chasing goods for the Chaffee Furni-
ture company.
Mrs. G. M. Blett and granddaugh-
ter, Violette Himelberger, returned
from Grand Rapids Friday, where
they had been visiting in company
they had been visiting. In company
with her son, f. B. Blett, and family
and Paul Lecke and wife they MOTOR
ed from here to Rockford and spent
some time at Bostwick lake.
y Elizabeth Harris, daughter of Mr..
snd Mrs. Albert Harris, whose eye
was impaired some months ago, was
obliged to have it removed in order to
save the other. The operation was
performed in Grand Rapids recently
and the little girl is now doing nicely.
An artificial eye will be adjusted by
the specialist in few weeks.
Harrison Pierce of Greenville was
in the city Saturday the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. John Bowles. Mr.. Pierce,
who is approaching eighty years of
age, recently motored to Napoleon
and visited the old farm home where
he was born, it having been II years
since he left there and had never been
back. He said the old house still re
mains and he took look through it.
He said he did not see good crop of
beans on the journey.