The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-01-08
BOYS OVERSEAS
WILL Be GLAD TO
SEE THE FOLKS
MANY SMILED INTO GRAND
RAPIDS NEWS MANS CAMERA
LAST SATURDAY MORNING.


More than $50 people from this city
and vicinity braved the intense cold
which prevailed last Saturday morn
ing and awaited the first operation
of the moving picture man, George
Ledward, who had been sent to this
city by the Grand Rapids News and
the Old National bank at the request
of the editor of this paper and many
a local boy now serving with the
army forces in that far away over
seas country will some day lcok at
the faces of the home folks and be
glad. as a result of the visit of the
moving picture outfit to this city at
this time and for this purpose.
The Grand Rapids News and the
Old National bank of that city were
the recipients of many complimentary
remarks for sending this feature to
this place and the Banner-News also
received many words of thanks for
the effort which it had put forth to
induce the movie outfit to come here.
During the time that the camera
was being prepared and during the
taking of the pictures we got some
mental photos ourselves, which when
reproduced on one large plate looked
something like they are shown in the
large picture on page three of this
issue.
We wish to explain the picture as
near as we can and in case we have
made any mistakes in the names or
the pictures do not quite resemble
you, or flatter you, don't kill US but
take it along with the other bitter
stuff this great war has produced.
Up at the top of the picture can
be sim Operator Geo. Ledwardl
while Bert Rummler is telling the
people who are advancing toward the
camera to get their good old Michigan
smile into this. Lloyd Underwood is
telling them, "All right now, watch
the birdie"
The youns lady standing befone
the dresser in the upper left hand
corner of the main picture getting
ready for the event, whom we have
named Maggie, was either Mabel
Smith or Mrs. Howard Ferguson and
either enc of their smiles would look
mighty good to someone over there.
Directly underneath can be seen Art
Dehn putting on his brother, Johns
clothes, while directly underneath him
we see Mayor Elmer Fales as he ap-
peared at his home that morning
when he was getting ready for the
event and telling Mrs. Fales that he
would have To wear his boiled shirt
that forenoon as he was going to be
movie star.
Up at the top Of the main picture
can be some some baby smiles which
we shot, while underneath them is a
little girl who had sign with the
words Hello Daddy" on it across her
D - s- 11C
holding up her war baby so its father
can get better view of it. Under
meath them can be seen a girl who
wore q signboard which admonished
her lover overseas to cut out that
stuff with the Parisienne girls, while
I right under her is Will Oberlin with
IA sign on him which said, Were
proud of you, scn," which he hoped
/ his son, Kenneth, would see when
i the pictures are shown over there.
The man up on the high building is
old Pat who wanted to get in the pic
ture and who was SO busy that he
could not leave the store and so he is
/ yelling, Hey Get me in that Maj.
i Frank K. Chase, who cannot be seen
but who is leading the procession up
to the camera is telling the ladies who
came directly after him to "get that
smile on-we're getting near the
camera"
Our next scene is an imaginary one
Of course. 1t shows the pictures event.
ually being shown in a theater over
across the ocean where the boys are
now waiting. Clarence Bailey can
be seen saying, "There's the folks, by
jimmy" Willis Nichols sees the pic
ture Of his sweetheart in the film pic
ture and confesses that There is
the only girl in the world" while
Otis Benson, seeing his mother in the
crowd on the screen, says, Gee! this
is great idea"
Art Strong can be picked cut in
the foreground of the picture saying
that I'm going to drop my French
girl, Gertie looks mighty good to me"
We just knew that John Dehn, over
there in Francewould be able to pick
out his clothes on his brother Art,
when he saw him in the picture and
John is saying, "Look at my kid
brother in my duds. Wouldn't that
get you?" Lyle Madden came into
the theater late and got there just in
time tc see his father, Charley Mad
den, appear on the screen and Lyle
is saying. Look at Dad. He looks
better'n Dug Fairbanks"
Editors Note-There is nothing
true about this picture so far as we
know. We just happened to pick
up an old plate that looked as If II
might fit in here all right. and we
are reproducing it just to show how
good we could make it work out, us
ing the names of local people and our
boys over there to do 1t WITH