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ORLEANS

Don't forget the W.. -. - ~. a.
Mrs. Nora Palmer's Friday afternoon,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Face were call
ed to Clinton county Saturday to at
tend the funeral of cousin OF Mrs.
Faces.
Berthold Chickering and family Wis
tied her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. X. 5.
Noddins, last week, Wednesday,.
Claude Decker went TO Lake Odes-
sa last Friday for a visit with his
brother, Walter, who has been very
i'll with typhoid fever, but is very
much better at this writing.
Mrs. Mark Hoppough and daugh-
ter. Margery, of Ionia, were over Sun
day visitors with her SON and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. +. c. Hoppough:
B. +. Common is reported on the sick
list. We hope he will soon be better.
Mrs. Alice Ross visited her sister
in-law, Mrs. Nora Palmer. last week.
Mrs. A. p. Sabine was an lonia
visitor Saturday.
Another link is broken and the
golden chain is severed" The Grim
Reaper has again entered our midst
and taken loved husband and faith
err, a kind friend and neighbor. Tues
day night, February 18th, death came
to Montgomery Spaulding after an
illness of less than a week. Mr..
Spaulding was many years resident
of Orleans but for twenty-five years
owing to- a physical disability he was
unable to take an active part in pub
lie affairs yet he never lost his in
terest in them, but was ever ready
with wise council and financial as
sistance for whatever would make for
the betterment of the community. His
bright smile and CHEEKY words will be
missed by host of friends. He leaves
a wife, one son, jerry of Orleans, two
daughters, Mrs. Chas. Lambertson of
Belding, and Mrs. Mares of Wheat
land, North Dakota, and many other
relatives, who have the deepest SYM
pathy of their many friends in this
their hour of trouble. Funeral SER
vices were held at the home Satur-
day, February is, Rev. r. V. Birdsall
of Orleans officiating. Interment in
Orleans cemetery.
1t would be a hard matter to con-
vince some of the residents of Or
leans that this is dry town, especi-
ally after their experience of last
week.
Mrs. Allie Mares of Wheatland, N.
Dakota was called to Orleans last
week on account of the illness and
death of her father, Mont Spaulding.
Fred White of Ionia spent Sunday
with his mother, Mrs. Cynthia White,
and other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Rich and chill
dren attended the box social at Guy
the roads and the proceeds were about
Hoppough's Friday night. There
was a good attendance considering
seven dollars.
Out-of-town relatives and friends
who attended the funeral of Mr..
Spaulding were: Mrs. Miner Keller
of Grand Rapids, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Lambertson and two sons, Mr.. and
Mrs. +. E. Fales, Walter Lambertson,
Mrs. Oscar Emery, all of Belding, and
Mrs. Leon Easterbrook of Shiloh. On
account of bad roads many friends
were unable to come.
Harold Palmer entertained a num-
Der of his small boy friends Satur-
day in honor of his birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wood enter
tanned a party of friends at dinner
and pedro last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. White were
Belding visitors Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Sabine visited
of Belding, Monday.
a Saturday caller at J. M. York's.
Mrs. Jay Olmstead and mother.
Mrs. Lucy Clements, left Monday
night for Lakeview to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Olmstead's uncle,
William Clements.
We hear that Mrs. M. L. Howe is
worse and she has the sympathy of
many friends in her suffering and we
hope she may soon be better.
Mrs. Arthur Brown and son, VII
bur, of Belding, visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy Wilbur, Gatur-
day.
Mrs. Fred Currie was an over Sun
day guest Of her son, Carlton, at
Lansing.
Hollis Hendricks of Ronald spent
from Wednesday until Friday with
Murray Wilbur.
Mrs. B. II. Wilbur of Bruce's
Crossing writes it was Al degrees be-
low zero February 10.
Robert Wardrop spent the latter
part of last week with his mother at
Fowler.