Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-30


for four weeks caring for her moth
er, Mrs. r. J. Gardner, who had her
hands severely poisoned from wood
she was using to replenish q fire In
the stove. Mrs. Gardner is eighty
four years old. Her daughter left her
much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Wright motored to
Grand Rapids Friday.
Leslie Calkins was home from
Grand Rapids over Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Travis gave a luncheon
party for number OF her friends
saturday.
Mrs. Mary Loudenslager of st.
Louis is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Dorman.
Mrs. Fred Brown spent Decora-
ton Day with Mrs. Arthur Rowley.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Whitney motor
with, with Mrs. whitneys sister, Mrs.
Mrs. Carl Steele and daughters,
Margaret and Marie, spent Wednes-
day with. her sister, Mrs. Holgar
Hansen, in Grand Rapids.
Mrs. Will Bennett and daughter,
Edith, spent Decoration Day with
friends in Newaygo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. DeVleiger and
son, Jack, motored to Grand Rapids
Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Cannon of Grand Rap
ids is spending a few days with
friends in the city.
Miss Nora Cameron left Saturday
for Alma, where she has accepted a
position as telephone operator.
Special on Panamas for Fridaysand
Saturday. Good, fine quality, sever
al different shapes, at only $1.9S.-
Stanton & Observation-Disclosures.
Special on Panamas for Friday and
Saturday. Good, fine quality, sever
al different shapes, at only Sl.9s.-
M. A. Cooley is doing some repair
work for Mr.. Weeks on his property
on Broas street this week.
Mrs. Bay Hoppough left Monday
for McCords, where she will spend the
summer with her mother, Mrs. Sears.
Mr.. Hoppough is working on the
Reeves farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Moore and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Peterson
and family, Ruben Bradish, Mrs.
Carey Bradish and daughter, Nova,
Misses Hazel and Mary Suits,
Messrs. Harry Conant and Elmer Har-
rington motored to Oakfield Center
Tuesday and spent Decoration Day
with their mother, Mrs. Suits. In
the morning they decorated the
graves of relatives in the cemetery.
The remainder of the day was spent
in fishing and a good time.
Mrs. M. Y. Gephart is able to be
on the streets again, after several
/ weeks confinement to her home.
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free will offering up to the time he
city between $50 and 300 persons
were at the depot to say goodbye.
They sang the songs they had learny
ed at the tabernacle. They shower
ed the whole Fixes party with flow
ers and many beautiful floral tributes
were sent during the meetings. Grand
Ledge papers speak in compliment
tary terms of DIR. Fixes, work and
the opinion is expressed that Grand
Ledge has had a great moral and
religious awakening.
Frank Bush, son of Fred A. Bush
of Howell, has enlisted in the infan-
try division of the army. Frank had
charge of his fathers job printing
office, but concluded he would rather
become aEsoldier.
Harry seymour and 1amlly went 10
Coral Friday. Mr.. Seymour is ex-
periencing some trouble with his
eyes.
Mrs. Ambrose Wright and Mrs.
Asher Shaw were guests at Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Luce's Saturday night
and Sunday.
Mrs. George w. Brown was in
Ionia Monday on business.
Miss Evelyn Bowen returned home
to Ionia Monday. She had been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. William Bowen.
Mrs. Mary Cannon of Grand Rap
ids has been in the city this week,
the guest of friends. She says her
Mrs. Calar Widdicomb ex-
poets to be called into the Red Cross
service and is enthusiastic in her
readiness to go.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. G.. Seabold of
are the guests of Mrs. John
Greenop. They came to remain over
Decoration Day and visit friends in
Orleans.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Algee of Bad
Axe left for Memphis, Tennessee ;
Tuesday. Mr.. Algee, who is connect
ed with the Bad Axe Tribune is on
a. short vacation and joined his wife
here at the home of her parents, Mr.. :
and Mrs. G. H. Daley.