Belding banner., 1917-02-14
NEIGHB0RH0OD NEWS


Portland.-Miss Nora Strong, Of
Wayne, Mich, is expected to arrive
Saturday and will begin work Mon
day as special teacher of the back
ward pupils in the grades of the
Portland schools. The need Of an in
structor of this kind has been recog-
nized by the board for some time, but
no definite action was taken until re-
Gently. Miss Strong is graduate
Of the Ypsilanti State Normal col
lcge.
Mistakes Hired Man for Horse Thief
Portland.-The hired man at w. A.
Lyons came near being taken for
burglar last Saturday evening, or
rather, early Sunday morning. Mr..
Lyon was awakened by footsteps in
the snow and listening, he heard the
barn doors roll open. Feeling fully
convinced that he was about to be-
come the victim of a professional
horse thief or maybe something
worse, Mr.. Lyon jumped into his
clothes. grabbed a shotgun and crept
cautiously toward the barn. Just as
he reached the building, the suppos-
ed burglar started out another door
and think the man was going to
get away, Mr.. Lyon let out lusty
EHalt! who goes there?" whereupon
the man meekly answered "this is
nie." Further investigation showed
that the hired man had just returned
from a meeting of the "never sleep"
club and was doing the morning
chores.
Buy Thoroughbred Cattle
Stanton.-Several weeks ago Fred
Pakes and Samuel Graham of this
city made a trip to Illinois and pur-
chased a carload Of blooded short
horn cattle. These gentlemen were
so successful in disposing of them to
the farmers of this locality who be-
live in improving their stock that
they recently made another trip and
purchased two carloads (seventy- eight
head) of young shorthorn and here
ford bulls. The cars arrived on
Wednesday of last week and one car
was unloaded in this city and the
other at Lakeview. They offer them
for sale and no doubt they will soon
be disposed of to the wide-awake
farmers of this locality who know the
necessity of having pure-bred sires if
they expect to improve their herds.
Good Game With Greenville
Stanton. = The Greenville high
school basket ball team and nearly
40 rooters journeyed here very COM
fdent of an easy victory in the con-
test with the Stanton quintette. In
about the first ten minutes of play
Greenville secured four-point lead,
but from then until the end of the
half the scoring was even, the half
ending IL to z. Stanton started the
last stronger and made six points
before Greenville scored. The game
ended 21 to 10 in the visitors favor,
Stanton winning the last half by two
points. Stanton out-classed the WIS.,
itors in basket throwing and on the
defense, while Greenville excelled in
in passing. Fouls were not called
very close, giving Greenville an ad-
vantage as they were much heavier
than the Stanton boys.
Stole the Wrong Kind
| st. Johns.-Last Thursday doubt
full looking urchin was seen eyeing
the candy case in the Parr drug
store. Mr.. Parr kept watch of the
boy until he left the store. After
attending to trade for few minutes,
, Mr.. Parr noticed a half-pound box of
candy was gone and started up the
street in search of the boy. He sue
ceeded in overtaking a couple of the
lads companions and talked to them.
One of them admitted that his play
mate had taken it, and said through
his tears, 81 told him not to take it;
/ didn't want him to get it, I'd rath-
er had cough drops"
Maccabees Enjoy Rabbit Supper
observation-disclosures a meeting
Of the Knights of Maccabees, the
members were given treat rare in
the shane of rabbit supper.