Belding banner., 1918-03-13

Miss Doris Mulholland Of Trufant
was in the city Wednesday.
! Mss Helen Darby of Pittsburgh
arrived last week and will have
charge Of the trimming at the Stan
ton 4 Sabine millinery store. Miss
| Darby is q very capable and efficient
trimmer and has spent some time in
the eastern millinery market.
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Mrs. Fred Davis died Monday, af-
tter an illness Of several months from
cancer. She was brought home from
the city hospital only a week ago
where she had been for treatment for
six weeks. Her remains will be taxi
en- to Blanchard Thursday after a
brief service at the home at two
o'clock D. m, for burial. Beside her
husband she leaves five children, two
daughters are living here.
Prosecuting Attorney j. Clyde
Watt, Undersheriff Mark Hoppough
and Mrs. o. c. Felch, stenographer,
were in the city Tuesday in Justice
Spencer's court investigating and tax
ing testimony in the breaking quar-
antine case.
Ransom Abbey has moved this week
to his new farm in Orleans.
Mrs. Caroline Gals has returned
home from Detroit, where she has
been spending the winter with her
son, Fred. While away she took a
trip to Niagara Falls and Buffalo and
also crossed over to Windsor several
times. She enjoyed her extended visit
very much, although there was con-
siderable ,sevebe weather mixed In
with it. Miss Sadie Dumbeck of De-
troit returned with her and will re-
main a guest for some time.
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Guy M. Smith moved to Ionia last
week He and his family are now
very comfortably settled at 307 Rice
street, but the best news of all is and
in which he and his wife and rela-
tives, especially Grandpa and Grand
ma Fred Smith are the most interest
ed, is that fine boy came to live
with them Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Ray Waldo was in Ionia We'd
nesday.
Geo. w. Moulton was up from Ionia
Wednesday. He says the new call for
men from Michigan means that Ionia
county will have to furnish about
four hundred more men.
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Mrs. Mark Worden went to Carson
City Tuesday to pack up her house
hold goods and ship them back to
Belding.
Mrs. Ada B. Olmstead returned
home to Midland Wednesday. She had
been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Caverley a few days.
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Mrs. Otto Lehman left Wednesday
for Standish to visit her mother
few days.
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Will Ward transacted business in
Greenville Wednesday.
Miss Florence Beedle left for few
days visit in Ithaca Wednesday, and
from there will go to Indiana.
Alfred Demoray, who had been Wis
iting relatives here, returned home to
Spencer township Wednesday.
On Monday evening Of this week
the Christian Endeavor Society Of the
Congregational church met at the
home Of Miss Clara Moulton for a
potluck supper, followed by the
monthly business meeting and social
hour. There was a large attendance
and all thought it an especially good
supper, interesting business meeting
and pleasant social hour. The next
meeting will be held at the home of
H. A. Smith the first Monday night
in April.
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