Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-09
SARANAC

1uy AtWOOu Oh DetTOlL Visltcu HIS
sister, Mrs. b. N. Talcott last week.
j. Clyde Watt and wife spent Fri
day last in Grand Rapids.
Mrs. A. A. Caesar of Middleton was
called to Saranac last week by the
serious illness of her mother, Mrs.
James Woodruff.
Albert Browns Wednesday and the
their hall on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Richard joins her husband in
Lansing this week for several weeks
stay.
Mrs. T. S. Barber spent the day
in Lowell, Friday, making a call at
the Ledger Office.
The Rev. r. N. McLain of Ithaca
came to this village Saturday last to
hold a series of revival meetings at
the Congregational church. Mr.. Nc
Lain spoke TO the men Sunday after
noon and reported seventy listeners.
The mems meeting will be repeated
the coming Sunday afternoon and SER
vices will be held every evening ex-
cept Saturday evening for three weeks
to come.
The married folks" held a dance
at Hunters opera house on Tuesday
evening last at which sixty-eight cou-
Piles tripped the light fantastic. The
promoters, Mrs. Joe Billinger and
Claude Branson were more than sat-
isfied with the success of their eff
forts and the local orchestra togeth-
er with Mr.. Graham of Ionia, were
given many compliments.
b. N. Tadcott's lumber yard caught
fire Tuesday evening while Mr.. Tai
colt and wife were in Grand Rapids
attending the lumbermen's convention
G.. II. Diamond and wife discovered
the flames, after they had been rag
ing for probably half an hour and re-
ported the fact to the fire department
and at the dance hall. The building
and contents, however, were entirely
lost The surrounding buildings were
caved. Mr.. Talcott places the value
of the loss at twenty-five hundred dol
lars, but says it was entirely covered
by insurance.
The body of Mrs. Mary Smoak, an
old pioneer resident of Keene town
ship was brought to Saranac from
Chicago last week. She had been win
tering with her son, Judson. The in
terment was made in the Pinckney
cemetery.
Archibald Stewart Of Berlin died
Sunday morning at his home and was
buried from the Congregational
church at two o'clock, Tuesday, un-
der the auspices of the 0ddfellows
Mr.. Stewart was sixty-six years of
age, and leaves two grown sons, JAS.
of this place and Leroy of Quinn, u. p.
The local talent of Saranac gave
minstrel show last Friday evening to
defray the deficit in the expense ac-
count Of the lyceum promoters and
came off with a ninety-dollar house.
The local hits were for the most part
kindly, but made laughing success
and the orchestra has reserved for
itself page in local history.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. S. Barber, Mr.. and
Mrs. t. o. Hartwell and son, Ward,
and Mrs. Anon Otis drove to Berlin
Thursday last to attend the Berlin
Aid meeting The laid" is non-sectar-
ian and is organized for social and
philanthropical purposese and has con-
siderably more than a hundred men,
bers. Much good has been done the
needy by this organization in and
around Berlin, and many happy social
meetings enjoyed as well.
Miss Daisy Binford of Macon, Ga,
was hired by the state library COM
mission and the Saranac board of edu-
cation to catalogue the high school
library of six hundred volumes. Miss
Binford came February and will be
in Saranac at least two weeks. Her
home is on a four-thousand-acre cot
ton plantation in Georgia, which re-
ouires five hundred negroes TO work.
She is staying while here with Mrs.
T. S. Barber and proves an interesting
encyclopedia Of southern lore to her
new made friends and acquaintance
of this village.