Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-13
GOODFELLOWSH|P
CLUB ANNUAL MEET
WAS BIG SUCCESS
MEMBERS AT
TENDED BANQUET AND PRO-
GRAM AT HOTEL BELDING

The Goodfellowship club which met
in Hotel Belding Friday for its an
nual banquet, also celebrated its 25th
birthday. The club was organized on
the Fourth of July at the home of
John ( Hessler in Grattan, where
twelve couple had met to spend the
day and on the suggestion of some
of the members a permanent organi-
zation was affected adopting the
name of Goodfellowship club. In the
company composing the charter men,
bers were: Chas. Eddy, Lon Smith,
George Acker, Silas Ward, E. +.
jerks, E. L. Brooks, Frank Macarthur,
w. c. Spicer, John Hessler, J. A. Les
sitter, John Emmons, George Smith,
and Hilton Watkins and their wives.
Meetings were held with some of the
members a few times and later the
date of the annual meeting was
changed to February with summer
picnic at some place to be left in the
hands of the committe as to date. The
membership was limited to seventy
five couple. The annual meeting was
held one year4in Greenville but it was
decided to make the annual meetings
permanent in BeldinR.
There was a large attendance Fri
day and when the president, Guy ID.
Weter, raped for order at noon, the
parlors and upper hall were filled
with a goodfellowship bunch indeed,
all of them wearing a "taken tag"
which indicated that their profles had
been drawn by a coterie of expert ar
lists, Immediately upon their arrival.
The pictures, seventy of them had
been arranged on the walls and there
was much interest and merriment in
the guessing contest which was a
special feature of the day.
The records of the last meeting and
the meeting of the summer picnic
were read by Mrs. Guy d. Weter, the
secretary, and the treasurer's report
was made by w. c. Spicer.
The names of Mr.. and Mrs. Wess
Porter and Mr.. and Mrs. A. ID. Fris-
toe were presented for membership
and were elected.
| The election of officers resulted in
the choice by acclamation of f. C.
Lloyd, president; Jerry Spaulding,
vice president; Mrs. Z. c. Lloyd, Sec
rotary and w. c. Spicer, treasurer.
: At the close of the business session
the company were very pleasantly en-
tertalned with song and piano music
by Mrs. Ada L. Harrington of Grand
Rapids.
Promptly at two o'clock the presi-
dent announced dinner and very soon
seventy-two places at the banquet ta-
bles were filled, where a fine menu
was served, one which called forth
many expressions of satisfaction for
its quality and the excellent service
by an efficient corps of walters.
The prizes in the guessing contest
were warded, after the diner, Mrs.
Ray Macarthur taking first prize,
three thimbles full of sugar, and
Mayor Clyde A. Knapp, second, two
Jumps of coal the size of a peanut.
Accompanying the prizes was a verse
which each of the victors read to the
company, summing up the situation
very uniquely.
A military and conservation of food
and fuel initiatory service was con-
ferred upon the candidates-Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Whitney, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jerry Spaulding and Mrs. c. A.
Knapp, Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Spen-
GER and Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Gardner.
which closed the events of the day.
Many expression of a compliment
tary nature were heard among those
present of the way the club had been
cared for by Mr.. Dunham and his eff
ficient corps of assistants.
The 25th anniversary was certain
ly among one of the best meetings of
the Goodfellowship club in its history.