The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-08-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Spaman and
three sons, Of Grand Rapids. were
Sunday guests Of John Tebbei and
wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Purdy, of
Ionia, visited with their grandmother
Mrs. Helen Purdy, Sunday Of last
! week
Mrs. Lettie Booth, Of Grand Rap
ids, visited with Mrs. Helen Purdy
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Purdy last
week from Thursday until Saturday.
Russell and Eugene Lee, Of Bar
tonville were Sunday guests Of their
Grandma Lee at the home of Mrs.
Mary Tebbel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Lowden and
Robert Beebe, of Belding were Sum
! day guests Of their father, Lester
Beebe.
Mrs. M. j. Osborn, of Belding, is
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester
Osborn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Gardner and
sons, Winfield Gardner and Mrs. Ada
Hanks called on N. G. Douglas and
family, Wednesday. Mrs. Gardner
got seven little ducks Of Miss Agnes
Douglas to take home with her to
Merritt.
George Hanks attended the funeral
of Leaander Berry, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Hull visited
in Saranac last week and over Sum
day with relatives and friends.
Nh and Mrs, Ralph VanEvotry
and daughter, Hilda, of Bedding and
Hiram Odds, wife and daughter, Ber-
nice, were entertained at the home
of Will Cowles and wife Sunday.
Robert Beebe has purchased house
and lot in Bedding on Pearl street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Tebbel and
son, Arlo and Mrs. John Tebbel at
tended the Greenville fair Thursday.
Mrs. Tia Gray, of Greenville visited
her sister, Mrs. Virgil Gardner, at
the home of George Hanks and wife,
Friday evening.
Mr. mad Mrs. George Kohn and
daughter, Margaret, from near Pale
and Mrs. Charles Mead and children
from Lansing came Sunday for visit
with Mrs. Ellen Beedy and Charles
Condor and wife. Mrs. Mead and
children will remain here for a more
lengthy visit.
Mrs. G. o. Bignell, of Belding, was
in Smyrna, Wednesday.
Mrs. A. j. Hale called on Mrs. Ida
Hanks, Saturday.
Mrs. Chas. Condor and Mrs. Chas.
Winkworth attended the Greenville
fair Friday. Mrs. Condor received
number of premiums on fancy needle
work cf various kinds at the fair.
Mrs. Herbert Mehney also received
premium on a tatted center piece.
Mrs. Frank Joslin, of Bedding, Wis
tied with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar Condor, Tuesday of last week.
Miss Fannie Earle had the mis-
fortune to slip with her crutches
while getting about in her home Sat
urday evening and fell. She was all
alone at the time and had much diff
Guilty in getting on her feet again.
She sustained some severe bruises.
Wednesday afternoon Mrs. George
Hoppough and daughter, Miss Cora,
had occasion to go to Bedding and
Mrs. Hoppough left some meat cook
ing on the oil steve and told George
to turn out the blaze when it had
cooked sufficiently. This he tried to
do all right, but for some reason it
refused to turn out and kept blazing
higher. Finally he tried TO take it
out doors but it stuck en- the thresh-
old and refused to go any farther.
While he was working the door cas-
ing caught fire and just about that
time Mrs. Hoppough and daughter
returned. They called ofor help and
Guy Purdy, who was near by came
and they socn landed the oil stove
outside and put out the fire, but
everything in the kitchen was smoked
black. 1t was a close call,
Mrs. Ada Hanks called on Mrs. I
Sylvester Osborn and Miss Fannie
Earle, Saturday afternoon.
Florentus VandenBroeck, on Bar
ryton and Miss Florence Murphy and
brothers, ice and Ed, of Whites (,
Bridge, called on Mr.. and Mrs. Bert |
Norton, Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Earle and
daughters, of Detroit, are again res
idents of Smyrna, and he is back on
the job of carrying mail over the ru-
raj route. We all give them hearty
welcome home.
Miss Bessie Gray, of Easton, visit !
ed her sister, Miss Flossie Gray, In
Greenville the latter part of last week
and Miss Flossie went home with her
sister to visit two or three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Purdy, of Bel
ding, were guests of their mother,
Mrs. Helen Purdy.
Mrs. Maggie Beebe is home from
Sunnyside for two or three weeks
vacation. While here she is helping
Miss Fannie Earle with her work.
Mrs. Bertha Coss and little son, re-
turned home to Lansing, Friday.
Mrs. Hettie Davis and daughters,
Emily and Matilda, of Grattan and
Mrs. Will Engel and baby, of Moseiey
visited with John Purdy and family |
Sunday. Mrs. Davis and Miss Emily |
called ON Mrs. Helen Purdv.