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The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-04-05
HIGHLANDS

Mr.. c. c. James is expected home
Friday from Detroit, Mich, where
he has been on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. R. Ridgeway and
daughter, Miss Ruby nd Mr.. c. w
james, spent Sunday in Douglasville
with their uncle, Mr.. Jack James.
who is very sick.
Miss Edna Perry, of near Mari
eta, and Miss Ruby Hardage visited
the family of Mr.. F. r. Kirk Mon
day afternoon and enjoyed "climb"
up on Little Kennesaw mountain for
wild flowers.
Messrs. Charley and Auther Bear
den visited in Atlanta Saturday night
and Sunday.
Mrs. C. c. James has her aunt, Mrs.
Northcutt, with her this week.
Katherine Hardage, of Kirk Cha
pei, spent Tuesday with Katherine
Kirk.
Mr.. j. B. and W. P. Bearden's ia
ther is in the hospital in Atlanta. He
was knocked down by street car
Sunday hurting his side.
Adrain Kirk visited Henry Hard
age at Kinks Chapel this week.
Several from here attended church
and singing at Mount Calvary Sun
day. Sure did enjoy the good ser
mon Mr. F. M. Lacy of Mount Olivet
delivered.
MUGGINS.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-04-05

For Sale. Several nice shoats, al
60 fifteen or tweny good brood sO~s.
w. A. Sans.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
FIRST DISCHARGED
SOLDIER RETURNS
TO CIVILIAN LIFE
HARRY HOLMES, CADET, IN AER-
IAL SERVICE MUSTERED OUT
AT FIT. MONROE, VA.

The first soldier in the national
army to receive his honorable dis
charge and return to his home in this
city was Harry Holmes, son OF Mrs:
Martha Holmes and he was mustered
out at Ft. Monroe, Va, Tuesday, No
vember 26, arriving home Saturday
evening, November 80, after having
been in the nations service about q
year during which time he has taken
q hard course of study and training
and should the war have continued
longer, he might have been over in
France within short time doing ac-
tive work with the flyers.
Harry enlisted in the aviation ser
vice and his standings in his studies
had always been of the highest, the re-
suit of constant application to the
work which he must take before re-
ceiving his commission as a flyer and
as a result of this Cadet Holmes was
in line for and would have received a
as lieutenant in the aer-
ial service had he been kept in the
service another week or so. After
this he would shortly have been sent
overseas and the chances are that he
would have been flying within a
short time.
Harry said that the government
paid him in full at the time when he
was mustered out and that they also
handed him the money to travel home
with, allowing him three and one-half
cents per mile for travelling expense
and that when he bought his ticket for
home, he could get and did get two
cent a mile rate, thus saving cent
and one-half per mile fncidentals. The
supposition had gained some ground
here that the soldiers, after being
mustered out, would have to pay their
own way home at the two cent per
mile rate, but the government pays
them for the trip beforehand.
Holmes is the first local man who
has been mustered out and returned
home. There are a number of others
who are enroute to mastering out
stations, but who have not as yet been
mustered out, who will perhaps short
ly return home to civilian life.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
CARELESS SHOOTING
NEARLY TAKES INN0-
CENT BYSTANOER'S LIFE
RIFLE SHOT PASSES THROUGH
LADY'S HAT CAUSING SCALP
D-ORDINANCE PRO-
HIBTTS SHOOTING.

A bullet from a small caliber rifle
in the hands of boy who gave the
name of Cecil Mcclellan, came very
near causing serious injury or per-
haps death to Mrs. Carroll Spicer,
when she, together with Mr.. Spicer
and their baby were driving into the
city Sunday morning at about 1920
o'clock to spend the day at the home
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. c..
Spicer, and while it continued on it's
way without doing other damage than
a bad scalp wound, the bullet might
have taken a heavier toll and should
be taken as a caution to others who
are wont to fire rifles and the like in
the city or otherwise.
The accident happened just north
of the Brinton f. Hall orchard on
West State street and the Spicer fam
lily were in buggy on their way COM
ing east into town, when some boys,
who were hunting over in the orchard,
started rabbit, which started toward
the road. The Mcclellan boy raised
his rifle and shot at the rabbit, but
the bullet either went wild or it
struck a stone and glanced, at any
rate it hit Mrs. Spicer instead and
passed through her hat and inflicted
a severe scalp wound and then passed
on through the other side of the hat.
The wound bled freely and Mrs. Spi-
Ger was cared for by DR.. Dutt, who
pronounced it slight wound and not
dangerous.
After the shooting, the boy was
4. 4 A
shot, but said that he had aimed at
a rabbit and could not see how the
bullet was able to hit anything or
anyone but the rabbit. He regretted
that the shot had been fired and al
though he was conscious that there
might be trouble in store for him, he
did not try to evade the matter any.
With Mr.. and Mrs. Spicer at the
time was their baby and should the
shot have been directed so that it
would have hit the child's delicate lit
tie head instead of that of a more ma
ture person, the chances are quite
certain that life would have been
sacrificed for the carelessness of a
youthful hunter who had no business
hunting inside the city limits and who
even where hunting is permissible,
should be more than ordinarily care
full in what direction he is firing when
discharging a firearm of any discrip-
tion.
There is an ordinance in the city
which prohibits the discharging of
firearms within the city limits and
this local law could be brought into
play and trouble made for someone,
but inasmuch as that no more serious
injury was sustained than Mrs. Spi-
GER received, it is unlikely that the
parties who had such marrow escape
will enter complaint and The offender
will have undoubtedly learned les
son that will stick by him for a long
time to come.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
The Publishers
CORP. OWENS Is HOME
AND IN BAD SHAPE

Frank Owens, stationary engineer
at the Pere Marquette shops, return
ed last night from Minneapolis, Minn.,
where he went few days ago to
bring his son, Corp. Carl Owens, back
to Ionfa. Corp. Owens is an Ionia
boy, enlisted early in 1917 and left
with Company d, l26th infantry when
they sailed for France. A short time
ago he was invalided home from the
service and sent to Ft. Smelling, Mimi,
suffering from paralysis of the lower
limbs caused by diphtheria. The
young man, who is married, was for
merly employed in the paint depart
ment of the Pere Marquette shops.
His home is on Lincoln avenue. He
is said to be in a serious condition.
Iopia Standard. Corp. Owens is the
husband Of Mrs. Belle Owens, former
ly Miss Belle Aubill, and his many To-
cal friends will learn of the above
with genuine regret.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
LADY MACCABEES
OF IONA COUNTY
TO SWARM DEC. s
ALL DAY PROGRAM is ARRANG-
ED-GREAT HIVE OFFICERS
TO BE PRESENT AND TALK.

Friday is to be big day in the his
tory of the local hive of the Ladies of
the Maccabees for they are to be the
hostesses of the Ionia County Macca-
bee association and the local ladies
are planning on doing the matter up
right and proving that the members
of the association who come to this
city on that date will not be disap-
pointed in the enjoyment of a good
time, for with the splendid program
the other features which are so dear
to the, hearts Of all these Lady Bees,
how could they have aught but good
time?
The business of the association will
be transacted in the Odd Fellow hall,
starting at 10 o'clock in the morning,
Friday, and will continue until dinner
Continued on Page Eight.)
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
A CHANGE OF
OWNERSHIP At
= EAST END GROCERY
ROY CRANMER, FORMER PRO-
PRIETOR SELLS TO LOCAL
MEN-WILL GO SOUTH.

A change of ownership took place
Monday morning in the East End gro
Gerry store when Arthur Waite and
Edwy Webster, two well known and
highly respected local men took over
possession of the same, having pur-
chased the business, stock and good
will from Rcy Cranmer, who had own
ed it for a number of years past. The
deal had been pending for some time
back, but the inventory was taken
Sunday and the new owners stepped
in and grabbed hold of the reins on
Monday morning bright and early
and since that time groceries have
been moving something rapidly in the
east end of the city.
Each one of the members of the new
firm of Waite e. Webster, as the store
will hereafter be called is well known
in this city. Arthur Waite is a son
of Charles Waite and has been en-
gagged as an electrician by various
concerns for some years past, recent
ly at Lowell, from which place he
hurried back to enter into business
copartnership with Edwy Webster,
who for the past nine years has been
the efficient stock man in charge of
that department in the Belding- Hall
company office. Mr.. Webster is a
son of Ira Webster, Of the North side.
The young men have always been
very popular among the people of this
community and have always borne
themselves so that the popularity has
been well deserved and they will no
doubt draw a splendid trade from the
many acquaintance throughout the
city, which together with the natural
run of business from the immediate
vicinity in which the store is located
will make them prosperous merchants
within a short time. They are de-
serving Of a good business and we
hope that they will get it and that
their shadows may never grow less.
Mr.. Cranmer, when asked as to his
future labors, said to tell the people
that it would be "Mr. Cranmer for
Florida for the good old winter time"
and further than that he could not
say. Phil Belding, who has been
engaged as general all round man and
deliveryman at the store for some
time past has secured employment in
the factory.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION
(Official.)

Notice is hereby given that a gen.
eral registration for the women cleo
tors of the city and for all male cleo
tors who are not at present registered
will be held in the council chambers
in the city hall on Friday and Satur-
day, December 6 and z, between the
hours of o'clock a. m. and o'clock
p. m, the board of registration being
in session at that time for the pur-
pose Of registering the names Of all
persons presenting themselves for
such registration for the purpose of
qualifying themselves as electors for
the special election which will be held
in this city on Tuesday, December II,
1918.
F. E. Conant,
Clerk Of City Of Belding.
Dated Wednesday, November 20, 1913
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
DR.. GEO. WALKER
BUCKNER is TO
LECTURE HERE
is SPECIALIST ON ANGLO-AMER-
ICAN RELATIONS-vICrORY
BOYS AND GIRLS TO EARN
MONEY SELLING TICKETS.

Belding Is to enjoy rare feast
when DIR. George Walker Buckner,
recently of Southport, England, now
of Connellsville, Pa, delivers his great
lecture on "Great Britain and the
World War" at the M. E. church on
Wednesday evening, Dec. IL.
DR.. Buckner has spoken to many
large audiences during the past year
to their delight and profit. A law
yer, an educator and a clergyman, he
left America seven years ago and
took residence in England and began
the task of studying the empire with
view to interpreting her life to his
American countrymen. Three years
later the nation became involved in
the world war and for four years he
studied the nation at war.
While in England DR.. Buckner was
signally honored by an invitation
from the Church of Christ of Crick-
eth, Wales, to speak upon the occa-
sion Of the Homecoming Of the pre-
mier, David Lloyd-George, who is .
member of that congregation.
The proceeds from the lecture will
go to meet the county Y obligation to
the support of the syate and foreign
work, which items were not included
in the recent United War Work cam
paign. Secretary Lee Hartwell did
not consider it wise to solicit the
community for these worthy causes
so soon after the drive and so con-
ceived the idea Of bringing this strong
lecturer into the county. The price
of admission is 35c. AS the Y. N.
C. A. secretary is chairman of the
Victory Boys in the county, he has
submitted a ticket selling plan which
will enable Victory Boys and Victory
Girls to earn their pledges. Each
boy and girl who sells 10 tickets will
be given two tickets. One ticket
may be used to attend the lecture
and the other sold for 35c or both may
on the pledge. Principal l.. Hook
stad has charge Of the sale of tickets.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
A Card From Old "Chick."

The editor is in receipt of the fol
lowing card from AL Cichy, formerly
proprietor of "Cichy's ready-to-wear
store" in this city and until more re-
Gently employed in the Celrite gro
cery up until the time of his enlist
ment. The wording on the card was
as follows: Dear Old Top: Please
send me a Banner-News, 1st class
mail. Get my address from Bricker.
France sure is some nice country.
Have seen lots Of England and Ire
land. The French girls have them
all beat. Very nice. Have lost all
track. of the Bedding boys since / got
to France. Give the o. K.-Celrite,
The Dawes, Frank Howe, The Red
Onion Cafe bunch, Old Man Waldo,
Roy Cranmer and all my friends my
best regards. have taken my belt
up two extra notches since got
across. I do not know when I'll
get back, but I'm coming back to the
best town on the map some day. Re-
CARDS, Pvt. Aloysius l.. Cichy, u. s.
Army, A. Z. F."
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
Ladies, Literary Exchange Club.

On Thursday afternoon, Nov. 21,
the ladies met in their new club room
in the City library building after a
suspension of several weeks on ac-
count of the prevalence of flu.
For the study of the afternoon, Mrs.
Carrie Lloyd read an interesting pa
per prepared by Mrs. Mary Barnes
on "Noted Women of History" and
Mrs. Blanche Willoughby, a paper on
"Noted Women of Today" which was
especially. good after which followed
a discussion of, both papers. Mrs:
Rena Trull gave the first chapter of
the years serial story which was of
high order. Mrs. Marcia Ireland
gave a most delightful informal talk
on the Sandwich Islands and her i'm
pressions from her three years spent
there and all members not present
missed rare treat not only from the
pleasure Mrs. Ireland gave but also
from the entire program.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
MASONS ELECT
OFFICERS At
ANNUAL MEETING
JAMES M. LANGSTON is HONOR
ED WITH WORSHIPFUL MAS
TER QFFICE-LODGE is IN
NOILIQNOC aNII

The annual meeting of Belding
lodge, No. 335, F. & A. M, was held
Monday night at which reports from
the secretary, treasurer and trustees
for the year just ended were received,
showing the lodge in excellent condi-
ton as to finance, membership and it's
social and fraternal activities. The
lodge has a membership of more than
200 and aside from its regular Ma
sonic work the rooms are equipped
with all conveniences for the enjoy
ment of the social life of the frater-
nifty and the friends of the members.
At the meeting after the close Of
routine business the following excel
lent corps of officers was elected and
installed for the ensuing year and the
outlook for a progressive and pros
porous cne in Masonic circles in the
city is very bright. The retiring
worshipful master, Arthur Foss, made
brief address and thanked the men,
bers for their hearty cooperation dur
ing his term of office.
Worshipful mayter-James M.
Langston.
Senior warden-Edwy Webster.
Junior warden-Wesley Porter.
Secretary-L. B. Moore.
Treasurer-W. Lee Cusser.
Senior deacon-C. N. Wilson.
Junior deacon-Mark Leetch.
Tyler-Frank Howe.
Chaplain-Henry j. Leonard.
Stewards Peterson, Allen
Tuttle.
Vern Brown was reelected house
committee and was the installing Off
Ger assisted by Earl Wilson as grand
marshal.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04

Little Marguerite Simons, three
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Simons of Frankfort, where
the father is in the u. s. Wireless SER
vice, has the distinction of bringing up
the rear in degeneration procession
which is headed by. her great-great-
grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Thomas. Of
Vermontville and who is now nearing
her 96th milestone in life's journey.
The homes of four of the parties ap-
pearing in the five generation picture
are in this city with the exception that
Harold Simons and his family are at
Ludington during the time that he
il in the service Of the government a.
q wireless operator. Mrs. Thomas
1w1S one Of the earliest settlers In
bounty and 'tpfessnt lives With
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
Is Pushing Holland Furnaces.

Guy M. Smith, of Ionia, former
proprietor of plumbing and heating
shop in this city and who removed
to Ionia a year ago so that he would
reside in the city where his business
headquarters would be, was in the Of
fee Monday morning and ordered an
advertisement inserted in this paper
to be run on the front page and at
twice the regular rates, at that, tell
ing about the service which he could
give with the installation Of one Of
the famous Holland furnaces. Guy
says that he has been pushing the
installation Of these warm friend
makers and that he has sold 16 Of
them in this city this fall, with still
moro on his order list TO be installed.
Guy says tAat anyone insten .
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04

Some person or persons living in
this city or close around it have sunk
to the rather low level Of stealing
u. S. flags off from the graves of sol
diers who lie buried IN the cemeteries
here. A certain mother of young
soldier who made the supreme sacri-
fee within the past few months, has
been missing the flags which had
been placed on the grave Of her son
and on Sunday, just about dusk she
left the grave after having made a
visit there. Monday morning when
she again visited the grave the flag
was gone. The information has been
given that it is certain young man
in this city who is to blame for the
missing flags and should he be caught
at it, it may go rather rough with
him for short time.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
PICK OUT THE GOOD ONES
COMERS AT THE EMPRESS

Friday-vivian Martin in "The Fair
Barbarian. A Lasky- Paramount.
Saturday-Ethel Barrymore in a
Metro play, "Our Mrs. McChesney."
This was also Miss Barrymore's big
stage success last season.
Sunday and Monday-Mae Marsh in
q Goldwyn, Money Mad"
Tuesday-"America's Answer" sec
ond u. 8. government war film which
It 10 . patriotic duty that all should
eee.tC 80 onod4
Thursday and Friday-"The Whip.
one ~ the bigYUgt -yefsen Soeeesseev-.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
A Thanksgiving Party.

Thanksgiving dawned very rainy
and wet overhead as well as under
foot but that did not prevent the live
ly party from gathering at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Peterson on
Morton avenue who gathered to enjoy
the feast of good things as well as q
good visit Those present were Reu-
ben Bridish, Mr.. and Mrs. Carey
Bradish and daughter, Nova, Mr.. and
Mrs Byron Moore and two children,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Conant Of Beld-
ing, Mrs. M. f. Stults of Oakfield,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Blair and daughter,
Velda of Muskegon.
At the noon hour all par-took of q
bountiful dinner consisting Of roast
turkey with dressing and all the other
trimmings necessary to complete the
menu, to which all did justice. They
spent the remainder of the day in Wis
iting and the little folks furnished
singing and recitations and the grown
ups sang "The Star Spangled Ban
ner." At a late hour they wended
their way home. Mr.. Blair returned
to Muskegon Friday morning. Mrs.
Blair and daughter remained few
days longer. 1t was a day that will
be remembered for some time.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
Well Showered.

Monday evening the Young Ladies'
Sodality of st. Joseph's Catholic
church gave kitchen shower at the
home of Cecilia Honson in honor of
Mrs. Carl Casper, formerly Miss
Belle Parker.
About % were present and many
and useful gifts were given her. The
evening was spent in playing games,
music, etc. Light refreshments were
served, after which all wishing the
bride a happy life, departed for their
homes. 4f
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04

John Reynolds, aged 80 years, died
suddenly Thursday morning at his
home on Alderman street. following
a very short illpess caused by indiges-
tion of an acute nature. Mr.. Rey-
nolds had been around the city We'd
nesday, and in the afternoon he had
returned from town and before he
retired for the night he told his
daughter, Lulu, that he would wait
until the morning to attend to some
matters which he might have taken
care of that night. At 2 o'clock
Thursday morning Miss Reynolds
heard him moving about and she
came down to investigate. Miss Rey-
nolds found him quite i'll and within
a short time he was dead, despite the
fact that all was done for him that
could be done. Mr.. Reynolds was a
fine old man, well liked by all who
knew him and those who were used to
seeing his familiar figure around
town and at the depot crossing where
he frequently acted as supply man,
will miss friendly greetings greatly.
Although incapacitated by illness
from doing any heavy work, Mr.. Rey-
nolds had the spirit and would gladly
do as much for neighbor as he would
do for himself. His was a nature
which did not measure his friends by
their financial circumstances, but by
their real Christian worth and in his
passing a good man lis gone forever.
Mr.. Reynolds is survived by three
daughters, Miss Lulu Neyrolds of
this city, with whom he lived, Mrs.
Inez Leighton Of Blanchard and Mrs.
Frank Gerred of Boyne Falls. Also
by four brothers, Will and Richard
of Ionia, Guy of kalamazoo and De-
los of Beulah and one sister, Mrs.
Millie Conner of this city. The fu-
neral was held from his home here
on Saturday afternoon at o'clock,
Rev. Norton officiating and the re-
mains were taken to Blanchard, where
Rev. Grimm officiated and the re-
mains were laid to rest beside those
of the wife who preceded him into
the Great Beyond, the day following.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
Showered Recent Bride.

The lady friends of Mrs. Stanley
Hubert, formerly Rebecca Balcom,
met at the home of Mrs. Frank Gam
Der Tuesday evening and gave her a
young bride was the recipient of many
useful and valuable gifts.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
TAXES

Treasurer's Notice for the Collection
of Taxes.
Notice is hereby given that / will
be in the treasurer's office at the
City hall, Belding. Mich, Dec. 10,
1918, at l o'clock p. m, for the collec-
tion of state, county and school taxes
that have been assessed and levied in
the city of Belding. Office will be
open every afternoon and evening un-
til further notice.
VIM. K. Fisher, =.
City Treasurer.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04
"The Light in the Clearing
Nctice-s1O Reward.

We will give the above reward for
information which will lead to the
conviction of persons shooting out or
breaking lamps from the street light
ing system.
Spencer Electric Light & Power c.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04

The regular Cleaner meeting of
Grattan arbor, No. 372, to be held
with Companions Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Pierson Saturday, Dec. 6, will be post
poned until further notice. -
Fannie Macarthur, Lecturer.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-04


her son, Eli, near Vermontville. An
other son, J. H. Thomas, resides in
this city. Mrs. w. j. Craven, her
daughter, resides in this city, as does
daughter. Harold Simons and his
little three-year- daughter, who il
Mrs. Thomas great-great-grand-
daughter reside at Frankfort.
The photo above was taken some
time last summer when Harold SIM
ons was on furlough and was taken
at the home Of his great-grandmother
near Vermontville.
The young lady bears the distinc-
ton Of having six grandmother and
three Rrandfathers.
Mrs.. Thomas 10 enjoying fairly good
health forsa person Of her edvapced
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