The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-11
SMYRNA


How are you all? We are glad
to see you.
Very quiet here Sunday. Unus-
ually so. Autos had rest.
Farmers are harvesting their bean
crop and getting ground ready for
next years grain crops.
Chas. Dolley of Edmore visited his
aunt, Mrs. Hattie Moe, one day last
week.
Mrs. Mary Tebbel and daughter
Nella were north of Cooks Corners
Sunday visiting Mrs. John Regain.
Mrs. Effie Itzenhouser of Lakeview
is visiting Mrs. Catherine Russell and
Amos Russell and wife.
Lester Beebe is over near Bedding
doing a job of carpenter work at the
home of Mrs. VIM. Aubill.
Mrs. Ida Shaw, Mrs. Nellie Mar
quis, Mrs. A. Barry and Mrs. Mary
Gray called on Mrs. Sylvester Os-
born Thursday.
1t is reported that a man from
Bedding will soon take the job of car
rying mail on Smyrna rural route.
Everybody will be sorry to have Ro-
bert Beebe quit. He has been a most
faithful and efficient carrier. 1t is
said that last winter where the roads
were almost impossible he walked Ii
miles to get the mail to his patrons.
Mrs. Caroline Gals of Belding visit
ed her daughter, Mrs. Alfred Davis
from Thursday until Saturday.
Backus Earle, who has been in
poor health for long time, is not as
well as usual.
Mrs. Elgin Condor was home from
Greenville over Sunday.
Miss limbaugh, our station agent
visited her home folks in Blanchard
over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Cook were in
Lowell Saturday. While there he
was taken quite sick with heart trou.
BILE and they did not return unit
Monday. Mr.. Cook is some better
now but not able to be out.
Mrs. Hattie Moe visited Mrs. Heller
Purdy Wednesday. 1t was a rainy
day and the ladies were not disturbed
by book agents or peddlers.
Will Cowles, who is one of the
threshermen got bit of straw in
his eye one day last week and con
sequently suffered much and looked a:
| if he had been engaged in a first
class fight. Our doctor removed the
straw and Will is back on the jot
again almost as good as ever.
Mrs. Geo. Hoppough was in Crane
Rapids Saturday visiting her son
Carl and family, who recently moved
there from Kalamazoo.
Mrs. Lottie Compton called on Mrs
Geo. Hanks Saturday afternoon.
Some of our Smyrna people say
they have to go visiting on Saturday
now and work on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Hull left Mon.
day morning to visit friends or rela.
tives. We don't know where they
went or how long they'll stay.
Don Martin. q millwright from Kali.
amazoo, who has been doing repair
work at the Tebbel mill the past two
weeks, returned home Saturday.
Mrs. Catherine Russell and Mrs
Effie Itzenhauser called on<Mrs. Syl.
vester Osborn Sunday.
Mrs. Eleanor Dicken, Mrs. Susar
Huff and Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Earle
were in Bedding Tuesday visiting with
the families Of Alvah Dodds and G.
o. Bignell.
Robert Earle and family moved in.
to Will Cowles' house last week.
Mrs. Alfred Davis and mother, Mrs
Caroline Gals visited Mrs. Kate Pur-
dy in Moseley Friday.
Chas. Carlson, K. w. Condon's
blacksmith, who was called to Camp
Dodds, Ia, last week has returned
He was not considered physically fiji
for the service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Earle and
daughters called on Mrs. VIM. Talbot
and the new baby Sunday evening.
Sunday guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. Insley were Mr. and
Mrs. Tim Rabbit Of Eagle, Mr.. and
Mrs. Reuben Graft and SON Clare. Of
Dandy and J. +. Insley and wife. Mrs
John Purdy and Mr.. and Mrs. Chas,