Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-18

| Mr.. and Mrs. William Barton and
| family spent the weekend at Black
Bass lake hunting and fishing. and
while there captured eight rabbits
and the limit of perch.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Ames, Mrs.
s. McCreary and Mrs. Mary Gilman
returned Monday from Hudson and
Hillsdale, where they have been visit
ing for the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Hall took the
train here Monday morning for Weld
man. He went there to look after his
elevator business and Mrs. Hall made
visit at Frank Rowley's at Edmore.
One dollar off on any trimmed hat
and a special lot of untrimmed
shapes, for one dollar each on Dollar
Day.-adv Stanton & Sabine.
Mrs. j. H. Jackson Of Detroit was
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. James
Caverley, from Saturday. until Tues
day. Mrs. Jackson, foi&nerly Miss
Sylvia Wilson, was quite we'll
known here before her marriage.
Postmaster and Mrs. w. f. Bricker
are in Chicago this week. They are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Divine;
also relative of Mr.. Bricker from
Florida. Mr.. Bricker will also pur-
chase goods for his fall trade while
there.
Charles King has resigned his posi-
ton as baggagemaster at the station
and Matt Jonas has taken his place.
Charley has wrestled the large
amount of baggage which is trans
fered daily for the past six months
in good shape.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Carr and Mr.. and
nf fn Mvo "A
M. Whitney, Mrs. Emma Beckwith
and C. F. Long of Grand Rapids mo-
tored over and were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Wilbur G. Whitney Sunday.
The Michigan Baptist State conven-
ton is being held in Battle Creek this
week. Those in attendance from the
local church here are: Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Bliss, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wilson,
Mrs. M. j. Demorest and Mr.. and Mrs.
E.. E. Chapple. The session closes
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Wilson and son,
Robert and daughter, Louise, and Mr..
and Mrs. Merton Smith and daughter,
Kathleen, motored to Casnovia Sum
day and spent the day with Mrs.
Wilson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. o. ID.
Blanchard.
M. Richards, who has been the
guest of his niece, Mrs. Hattie Brown,
left Friday for Allegan. Mr.. Rich
ards came to Michigan some time ago
from the west, where he has resided
and been doing business along the
numbering line.
Mrs. Will Shepard and daughter,
who have been guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren Shepard for several weeks,
left for Traverse City Monday, where
Mr.. Shepard will be located in his
new work of district evangelist for
the M. +. church.
VIM. j. Altenburg has purchased of
Mrs. Sarah f. Cottrell lot number 80
of the Belding-Ellis addition. The
deal was made last week and in the
transaction Mr.. Altenburg turned in
his automobile. Mr.. Altenburg has
already begun repairing the house
and will put in electric lights.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. MINER were in
Grand Rapids Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. MINER attended the reunion OF
the 21st Michigan, the old regiment
of which he was a member and fought
in during the Civil war. He says the
attendance was very small from the
fact that there are but very few of
the old boys left
| Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Brown re-
turned last Saturday from their cot
tage at Long Lake, where they had
been for two or three weeks. Mr..
Brown is looking and feeling pretty
we'll. Their daughter, Bessie, is
teaching in Grand Ledge and Miss
Rena is teaching in the Seeley dis
trict.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quinn Altenburg,
who have been in Charlevoix during
the summer, are guests of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. c. Green, and
his father, w. j. Altenburg. Mr.. AL
tenburg, who has had busy summer
at the Pere Marquette station in
Charlevoix, is on a vacation and be
and his wife intend to take trip to
Niagara Falls and may also go on q
western trip as far as California