Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-04

! Mr.. and Mrs. Allie w. Knee and
son, Lester, returned from Lowell and
Keene Monday. They had been visit
| ing his people over Sunday.
Miss Alieen Finch of Rockford re-
turned home Saturday. She had been
here visiting Mr.. and Mrs. MILFORD
Bricker during vacation week.
Mrs. l.. +. Blair and daughter, Vel
| da. of Holland arrived Friday and are
visiting Mrs. Carey Bradish, Mrs.
Byron Moore and other relatives.
Peter Kammeras, who had been Wis.,
| ting relatives in Miriam and also in
this city, left Friday on his return to
st. Marie. He formerly lived here.
Miss Genevieve Vreeland, who
came here to visit her aunts, Mrs. II.
A. Smith and Mrs. Myra Gill, re-.
turned to Grand Ledge Saturday.
j. III. Hudson went to Alma on a
business trip Saturday. He is look
ing up location for his son, Jay Hud-
son, to get into the grocery business.
Mrs. Auriel Brakeman and two chill
dren. James and Harriet, of st. Clair,
near Detroit, have been the guests of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. Y. Gep-
! hart.
| Mr.. anil Mrs. Loren Brooks were
called to Lansing last week by the
serious illness of relative, Joseph
Piper, who was stricken with pneu-
monia.
VIM. Wilson of Grand Rapids, who
4 had been visiting his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Kennedy, left Sat
urday to visit his grandmother in
Greenville.
Mrs. l.. A.. Griswold, who has been
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Shelley
Chapman, returned home to Lakeview
Monday. Arthur Hoag accompanied
her.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lavender and
son, Wayne of Lansing were the over
Sunday guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Es-
mon L. Harrington. They left Mon
day for Trufant.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. r. Gurnet Of Grand
Rapids, who were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Cartridge and Mrs. Ar
thur Moore over Sunday, returned
home Monday.
Loyal Bunce had the misfortune to
get several fingers slightly clipped
while working at the joint planer in
the Belding-Hall factory last Friday.
DIR. Dutt treated the injury.
George Shoemaker returned to Flint
Monday. He had been home to help
his wife pack up their household
goods. Mrs. Shoemaker, however,
will not move there at present.
Asa Wood of Grattan was in the
city Monday on his way to Grand
Rapids. He is one Of the circuit
| Jurors in the Kent county court and
is on the last week of the term.
Oscar Bunce returned to Vestaburg
Monday. He had been the guest of
his brother, Eugene Bunce, having
stopped off here on his return from
Grand Rapids, where he had been for
treatment.
r. F. Fisher and his assistant, R.
o. Steen, of Chicago, have been here
the past week auditing the books of
the Bedding Bros. e. company. Mr..
Fisher has been the company's audi
tor for many years.
Miss Erma Arnold left Monday for
Evanston, Ill. She. stopped off here
for short visit with friends on her
return home from Ovid, where she had
been to attend the funeral OF her
mother.
Roy Simmons went to Alma Tues
day. He returned from Grand Rapids
Monday, where he attended services
in the Mel Trotter Rescue mission
over Sunday and sang several solos
at the evening service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Blassen of
Beal City, who have been spending a
week here with his brother, Theodore
Blassen, and other relatives, return
ed home Tuesday. Mr.. Blassen left
! here about fifteen years ago.
Mrs. A. II. Lawrence and daughter,
Mrs. Clint Green, were in Grand Rap
ids Friday Mrs. Lawrence had a
cage of dozen fine canary birds, all
singers, which she was taking there
to a bird dealer. They brought her
two dollars each
Mrs. Samuel Skellenger left Friday
to go to the Soldiers Home in Grand
Rapids. where she will remain for
some time. Her daughter, Mrs. Jay
Hubbard and grandson, Floyd Hub
bard, accompanied her.
, Capt and Mrs. ID. G. Crawford were
, visited last week, Wednesday, by a
company of their old friends and
neighbors from Ionia and most en-
. ioyable day of visiting occurred. They
brought along a pot-luck dinner which
! was reinforced by Mr. and Mrs. Craw-
ford and the event was one long to be
| remembered.
: Attorney |. L. Hubbell returnd from
, a trip on legal business to Chicago
Friday. He had been away several
days and during the time he went to
! Omaha; also to round up business
matters there. While in Omaha he
had pleasure of meeting Benjamin
, Angel, a former Bedding boy.
Lansing district group meeting of
J w. F. M. s., April 10-14, held in Itha-
ca, st. Johns, Ionia, Sunfield and Ma
son. The ladies of the M. f. church
, are invited to Ionia April IL. Take
, lunch. Tea and coffee served by en-
PERTAINING church. A group from this
, city plan to take the 11.45 train or
J that date.
Weds Couple on Minutes Notice
, Lake Odessa.-Justice Howard has
/ new slogan. 1t is weddings While
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