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urday evening from two weeks trip
visiting relatives in Wadsworth, Bar
berton, Akron, and Cleveland, Ohio.
A. A. Westerland and daughter,
Mrs. c. Montague, who were called
here by the death of Mrs. George
Porter, returned home to Paris Fri
day.
/ Don White and sister, Alta White.
returned to Detroit Monday. They
had been here to spend a few days of
the Easter vacation with their par
ents.
The banns of holy matrimony were
published for the first time Sunday at
st. Joseph's Catholic church for Au-
gustus> Laux of Miriam and Claudine
Goodrow Of this city.
Miss Alice Smith, who was here
from Big Rapids few days last
week returned to the Ferris school
Friday. She likes the school and ex-
poets to finish the course in May.
Mrs. j. w. Remington of Grand
Rapids was in the city Monday look
ing for a house. She is the wife of
one of the contractors who have the
job Of building the memorial library
building.
A. l.. Beach was called here from
sickness of his baby. Mrs. Beach is
visiting his mother, Mrs. @. w. Quick,
and the baby was threatened with
At the county meeting of the M. w.
A. held in Ionia last Wednesday,
Chas. Coon was elected delegate to
attend the state camp at Flint, May
2. Mr.. Coon is clerk of the local
camp and is one Of the prominent
Woodmen of the county.
Ex-Prosecuting Attorney Herbert
c.. Hall of Ionia has gone to Lansing,
where he takes up work with VIM.
A. Neer and company, stock brokers,
whose headquarters are in Detroit.
Mr.. Hall will look up business for the
company in the central and eastern
part of the lower peninsula.
1.-THE Price She Paid" by Clara
Kimball Young at Empress Theatre,
April 13.-adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Godfrey and
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Godfrey and
children spent Tuesday afternoon and
evening with their mother, Mrs. M.
A. Godfrey. 1t was Mrs. Godfrey's
SEVENTEEN birthday. A very nice
supper was served, which was enjoyed
by all. Many remembrances of the
| occasion were received by her during
the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cranston and
family returned from Belmont Mon
day, where they had been to attend
the fiftieth wedding anniversary of
his father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gardner Cranston, at the old farm
home. There were more than one
hundred present. The Cranstons
were former pioneer residents of
Plainfeld township Kent county.
Josiah Grim of Fenwick and son,
John Grim, of this city returned from
Grand Rapids Friday, where they had
been on a visit few days. Mr.. Grim
purchased horse and buggy of An
son Hancock Saturday, the man who
had his hand cut off in the accident
which befell him in the basket fac
tory, and will use it on his farm near
Fenwick. He returned home Sunday
Mrs. Will Gregg of Onaway left
Friday on her return home, going
first to Big Rapids for a few days.
She had been here on a short visit
having attended the convention of
Yoeman held in Bay City. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gregg were resident here about
sixteen years ago moving to Onaway
after leaving here, where he is now
city clerk.
Lewis Granger was in the city over
Sunday from Alma. He is holding
down a good position with the Re-
public Motor Truck company. He
says the city is booming and the
truck company are turning out LOT
of trucks every day, averaging about
one thousand a month. The company
recently sold one to Fred Locke, the
Standard oil man, of this city, which
he is running in the delivery of his
oil and gasoline.