The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-07

Mrs. Eta Mclaughlin and Mrs. j.
A. Less;.er are at Wabasis lake this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Whitscell have
been entertaining his sisters, Mrs.
Pryor of Kalamazoo and Mrs. Stephen
Schermerhorn of Palisades, Neb.
They left for their. homes Tuesday.
The latter have resided in the west
more than 80 years. They recently
sold their farm and will take life cas-
Ter.
Miss Helen J. Lapham has returned
from Mt. Pleasant where she attended
the summer normal for teachers and
will teach at the Orleans. school be-
ginning Sept. l.
McElroy B. Simmons, of Camp Nc
Arthur, Waco Texas, swung off from
the early train up from Grand Rap
ids Monday morning and surprised his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Nj. Simmons
by showing up in this way and an
nouncing that he was going To be
with them for. a short visit. Roy. as
we all know him best, is one of the
"Y" workers at Camp Macarthur and
had been with large number of sol
diers who had been sent from that
place to New York, to embark from
some port near there and he decided
that while on his way back he would
take run up into old Michigan and
Belding. the old home town. And,
by the way, about the first thing that
Roy said when he looked around and
gave the old familiar sights the "once
over" was, "How clean this place
looks, Ed, compared to other cities
that one sees when travelling" He
is looking as tanned as a Mexican and
says that he feels just as good as he
possibly could.
Born. to. Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Hol-
land. of Detroit, on Monday, August
5. an eight and one-half pound son.
Mrs. Holland was formerly Miss
Gladys Harrison, a daughter of DR..
and Mrs. f. ID. Harrison. of this city
and the news of the arrival of the
new grandson made Grandpa Harrison
Just wild with icy. The doctor was
feeling so good over the news that
when we asked him how old he was
he Lied like sixty and said that he
was thirty, but later on corrected this
and said that he felt like thirty. Both
mother and son are reported as doing
nicely.
Mrs. C. E. Holcomb and daughter
are attending the Brown family re-
union at the Wabasis lake grove this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. and Mr.. and
Mrs. p. /. Phillips of Grand Rapids
were Sunday guests of DR.. and Mrs.
w. A. Dutt.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ant
cliff, on Monday, August 5, an eight
and one-half pound daughter, who will
answer to the name of Margaret Luz
IL x.oo&La~ and tho
daughter are progressing nicely.
A. L. Cichy, one of the local boys
who were sent with a recent quota
from this city, arrived here Friday
for a short furlough with friends.
Mrs. Sep. Hutchinson and children
of Flint are visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Out
man.
Miss Annette Boiten and niecds
Alberta of Grand Rapids visited at
Mauice Reeds and Bert Gregg's last
week, returning home Sunday.
Prvt. Ray Van Glider of Fort Sto-
rey, Cape Henry, Va, arrived home
Monday on a furlough, TO visit with
his mother, Mrs. Nellie Van Glider.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rueckert of
Grand Ledge were the guests of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Bunce
on Sunday.
Mrs. Byron F. Brown and children,
Dorothy and Carroll, are spending a
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Snyder
at Cadillac.
The next meeting of Bedding grange
will be held in the G. A. r. hall Sat
urday, Aug. 10. All come. business
of Importance to transact.
A Mi-o-na stomach tablet taken af-
ter meals will prevent any distress
or uncomfortable feeling. Guaranteed
by WortIey & French.-Adv.