Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1918-01-16

ence Holcomb is able to be around
again after her severe illness for the
past two weeks. Her son, Clyde
Brown was here from Detroit and
brought with him nurse. Mr.. Brown,
owing to business, left Monday, but
Miss Dixon, the nurse, stayed until
Saturday and left via Flint for De-
troit.
Mrs. Fred Smith and Mrs. Ransom
Abbey were called to Elwell last week
to attend the funeral Of Cornelius
Rexford, who died in Saginaw, aged
seventy-eight years. The deceased
was an uncle Of Mrs. Smith and Mrs.
Abbey was his sister. He leaves one
brother in Lowell, and a sister in Big
Rapids. Mr.. Rexford was brother
of the late Mrs. A. d. Wright, who
died at her daughters, Mrs. Smith,
here about six weeks ago.
Walter Earle has moved to Smyr-
ma, where he is the rural carrier, taxi
ing Frank Joslin's place on the route.
A meeting of sink City Lodge /. o.
o. f. will be held Tuesday night, Jan.
% for installation of officers. The
noble grand wants every past grand to
be present without fail.
The regular meeting of the w. G.
T. u. will be held with Mrs. Mark Fl.
Brown on Thursday, January "a. This
is the day of prayer designated by the
National w. C. T. u, and every
member with guest is urged to be
present.
The L. o. T. M. will meet at Mrs.
III. A. Loewe's Wednesday afternoon,
January %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clay Tallman OF
Washington. ID. c.. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Tallman of Mer Rouge, La,
are in the city this week, called by
the death and burial of their mother,
Mrs. III. Clay Tallman.
Aldo Riker was in the city Mon
day on his way from Edmore to Grand
Rapids, where he is living. He had
been there on business for the COM
pany for whom he is working.
Mrs. Sarah Lessiter entertained
Mrs. Alonzo Brown and her son, and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown, to
dinner Wednesday. Mr.. Brown Is
home for few weeks from Manistee.
At the annual meeting of the Con-
gregational church in Greenville last
week the most important action TAX
en- was the conso, lidation of the
church and society, heretofore two
corporate bodies, into one corporate
DOQX WIFI Tile IldllC. nt II III OF SOif-
greational church of Greenville." Ar
were executed and placed on record
in harmony with the Congregational
usage.
The Ladies' Social Circle will meet
with Mrs. Ella Holmes Tuesday af-
ternoon at the usual hour, with Bo-
hemian lunch. Ladies please note the
change in day.
DIR. and Mrs. Slatterly, who were
here last summer giving a course of
lectures are now in France as army
physicians.
The snow around Ernest Shawley's
house in some places was piled up
from eight to ten feet deep and his
boys and other kids have dug line
of trenches and tunnels up there
which resemble the picture cf those
ON the German battlefront.
Mrs. i. G. HELEN of Rochester, N.
", is here visiting at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Ed. Trail She came
last Wednesday and will return this
week.
Bowels clogged, sick headache, no
fun is ii? Why not have that happy
face, red cheeks that come with good
digestion? Holsters Rocky Noun
tain Tea makes the bowels work reg
ular, natural-makes you feel like
new. Take it tonight. II. J. Connell.
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Mrs. f. f. Fales and Mrs. Merton
Smith returned from Ionia Wednes-
day, where they had been tied up by
the storm since last Thursday, the
day they left here.
The board OF supervisors commenc-
cd in Ionia Monday afternoon for. the
January session. Only five members
were present. The others were un-
able to get there on account Of the
tieup by the storm. They adjourned
until Tuesday afternoon.