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Lansing over Sunday.
George Curtis made a business trip
to Greenville Saturday.
Miss Agnes Jonas was home from
Grand Haven over Sunday.
Miss Annie Nelson left for few
days visit in Saginaw Friday.
Mrs. George Coats went to Lans-
ing for few days visit Monday.
Mrs. Ambrose Wright went to her
old home at Edmore Saturday on
business.
See us for secondhand Ford cars.
Ames & Observation-Disclosures.
George Cooper went to Greenville
Friday for short visit with his rel
atives there.
Mrs. L. c. Devendorf is visiting in
Greenvlle and Eureka. She went
there Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Harmer left for
Entrican Saturday to look after the
farm few days.
Ray Hubbard and sister, Mrs. De-
light Laws were in Greenville visiting
old friends Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Storey were in
Mcbride over Sunday.
Duncan Kerr made business trip
to Grand Rapids Saturday.
Miss Rosina Bignen returned to
her work at the prison school house
in Ionia Monday.
Mrs. w. III. Ecker left Tuesday for
Flint to visit her son, Clarence
Braley, for a few days.
Miss Christine Petersen has been
visiting in Sidney few days. She
went there last Saturday.
An exceptionally good buy: One-ton
Republic truck used one season. Ames
& Advertisement.
Jack Helger of Camp Custer was in
the city over Sunday visiting friends.
Mr.. Helger enlisted from Detroit.
Mrs. Chas. Knapp, Miss Lizzie Will
son and Mrs. George Rhoades were in
Grand Rapids for the day Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Glazier of Or
leans were in the city Monday to at
tend the burial of Oliver j. Wheeler.
Ernest Upper returned to Farwell
Monday. He had been visiting rela-
Itives and friends here for few days.
Carleton Washburn of Chicago was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred A..
Washburn, spending the weekend
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. v. Essex of
Grand Rapids were the over Sunday
guests of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. B. Essex.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rowley re-
turned to Edmore Monday morning.
They had been visiting at Hiram
Hull's in Chadwick.
Mrs. Helen Smith of Ionia, and her
daughter, Mrs. Verne Roberts, and
Mel Peterson visited j. B. Lus-
combe's one day last week.
Mrs. Lizzie Sullivan, who has been
hotel, left for Wheeler Tuesday. She
had also been the guest of Mrs. Geo.
White.
In renewing their subscription for
the Banner, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Griffith of Louisville, KY, state that
"old Kentuck was no summer resort
this winter"
]. p. Andersen was in Grand
Rapids over Sunday, returning Tues
day, where he went to visit his wife's
son, Patrolman Hansen, now on the
police force.
Mrs. Chauncey Shepard and chill
ldren, Margaret and Bernice, who had
been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Withrow, returned home to Brecken-
ridge Saturday.
Mrs. j. B. Luscombe is recovering
from long illness. She was out on
the porch for the first time March Is,
having been confined to the house
since December.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Green took
the train here for Grand Rapids
Tuesday, where they will make a few
days visit, while the farm is getting
lin shape to work.
Mrs. w. J. Pollock of Cedar
Springs was the guest of Mrs. Ella
Holmes over Sunday. Mrs. Holmes
accompanied her to Grand Rapids on
her return home Monday.
Campfire Girls benefit at Empress
theatre, April 8. Jack Piclford and
Louise Huff in "What Money Can't
Buy" The proceeds to go for the
care of Belgian babies.--Adv.
John Lewis made trip to Crystal
and Butternut Saturday. He said he
was going to keep an eye out for some
maple syrup and would ship some in
if it could be purchased.
Mrs. Michael Kemp was called to
Portland last week to attend the fun
|eral of her brother, Peter Seible, ag-
ed sixty-four years, one of the prom
inent residents of the village.
In the write up of the special meet
ing of the w. c. T. u. held with Mrs.
Cook recently the splendid violin
numbers given on the program by the
Little sisters were inadvertently
omitted.
The remains of the late Joe Noble
will be brought here for burial in the
Otisco cemetery from Cleveland next
Monday, March 25. The body will be
accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Flor
|ence Noble.
Ed. Stahlin and friend, Charles
Hathaway returned to their work at
the Michigan MARI company's plant
at Banks lake. They have some fine
pictures of the plant which will go
into operation soon.
Warren Lawton, former resident
here for few years, died last week
in Cedar Springs at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. C. Langford. His son,
George, who lived here with the fam
lily, is now in the army in France.
Miss Heller, T.aphauo waQ homo from