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Friday on business.
Mrs. c. III. Daley has been visiting
relatives in Fairgrove.
Mrs. Sarah Fuller has been visiting
friends near Kent City.
M. M. Benedict was in Grand Rap
ids Thursday on business.
A. L. Spencer was in Grand Rapids
last Thursday on business.
Mrs. w. l.. Hall visited with rela-
tives in Smyrna last Thursday.
Mrs. George Fingleton arrived from
Ada Monday to visit at Pat Fingle-
tons.
Mrs. Estella Finch went to Sparta
last Thursday to visit two weeks with
friends.
Joseph Buckley went to Edmore
last Friday to visit a few days with
friends.
VIM. Avery left here last Thursday
for Camp Custer, where he is now IN
training.
Mrs. Hattie Wakeman went to
Lowell last Friday to visit few days
with friends.
John Jakeway, residing west of
Smyrna, is the proud parent of a fine
son, born Friday.
Mrs. Alex Kelley and daughter,
Neva, were in Grand Rapids last
Thursday and Friday on BUSINESS.
c. w. Knight went TO Cascade last
Thursday TO attend che district con-
vention of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Rilla Scouten went to Grand
Rapids last Thursday to attend the
funeral of her brother, Willis Gleason.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. C. Greene went to
Ionia Monday for a short visit with
their daughter, Mrs. Quinn Altenburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Luscombe were
in Smyrna last Thursday visiting
their old friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Richmond
Miss Maude Balchaud and Mrs.
Julia Grinnell spent Saturday and
Sunday with Mrs. Pete Larson of
Greenville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Cook return
ed home to Ionia Monday. They had
spent the weekend here with rela-
tives and friends.
Gordon Bricker was home from
Flint over Saturday and Sunday He
is holding down a good position with
the Buick Motor Company.
Mrs. E. C. Armstrong and son,
EuMdIQ VI OdSlndWs uOiht
Thursday after visiting a few days
at the home Of o. NJ. Ayers.
Mrs. Arthur Giddings and daugh-
ter, Clara Of Lake, Clare County, who
have been living here the past few
months, returned home Thursday.
Mrs. Homer Westcott of -Ludington
returned home last Thursday after
visiting week at the home of Mrs.
Ira Westcott and Mrs Chas. Murray.
Eli Kendall is installing a furnace
in his residence. He has come to the
conclusion that it will serve better
than stoves for heat and cleanliness.
Mrs. Ed. Hilton returned from
Howard City Monday, where she had
been to bid her son, George, good
bye before leaving for Camp Custer.
Mrs. Mile Sewers and children are
moving this week to Pompeii, where
she will remain during the summer.
She has leased her house during her
absence.
Messrs. Neil and Stanley Gilmore
of Shiloh are selling their entire crop
of seventeen hundred bushels of po-
tatoes to a Greenville company at 95c
per hundred.
E. l.. Berry received a telegram
last Thursday from Hartford mich. +,
announcing the death of his brother,
Arthur Berry, and he left on the first
train for that place.
John C. Stump writes that he has
been accepted in the service and is
already wearing the button and uni
form and will go to camp very soon.
He is now Private John c. Stump,
Tenth Company, Columbus, Ohio.
Ray Mcconnell was home from
Camp Custer over Sunday. Mrs. Nc
Cornell accompanied him to Grand
Rapids Sunday night. He has finish
ed his course of instruction and is
now eligible for advancement in a
larger field Of duty.
Mrs. Seymour Stebbins of Ionia
was a recent guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Covert. She accompanied Mr..
and Mrs. James Henry here from
Keene. Mrs. Stebbins is eighty-five
years old and is remarkably well and
enjoys life in spite of her advanced
years.
Lester Brown and daughter, Ethel,
and the latter's friend, Miss Beatrice
Simons, went to Grand Rapids Satur-
day night to bring Martin Snyder
home. Mr.. Snyder is at Camp Gus
ter. Sunday night Mr.. Brown and
daughter took Mr.. Snyder as far as
Grand Rapids, where he took the
train for camp. His many friends
were glad as well as surprised to see
him.
Mrs. Leona Crawley and Baby
Crawley are the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
MILFORD Bricker this week. Mrs.
Crawley was formerly Miss Leona
Young, who was employed for many
years at Hotel Belding. Mr.. Crawley
IS a soldier in the Canadian army in
France and was severely wounded
while fighting valiantly for King and
country on the French battle front
over year ago. His wounds proved
to be bad ones, but not necessarily
fatal or would not cripple him for
further service, and when last heard
from he had nearly recovered.
The housekeeper may say "why
should I register?" but we find that
the housekeeper is a most accomplish-