The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-06-11
SMYRNA

come 10 the tnlfSty VeXe atlOn.
Saturday will be Flag Day. Let's
not forget it this time. heretofore
many of US have forgotten until too
late. 1t seems now quite important
to remember.
Miss Flossie Gray is visiting Mrs.
Berthold Chickering, with her hus-
band.
Major #. r. Chase and George
Hanks attended the funeral Of AL.
Porter an old soldier, in Grand Rap
ids, one day last week. Edgar Berry
of Belding, accompanied them.
Mrs. Mary Gray visited Mrs. Ada
Hanks, Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Lizzie Weekes, of Vergennes,
was in Smyrna, Saturday.
Mrs. John Purdy and Guy Purdy
were Bedding visitors, Saturday.
Frank and Clark Hoppough, of Or
leans. who were over this way on
business, called on their brother, Geo.
Hoppough and wife, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Gals and
children, Of Belding, visited Alfred
Davis and wife, Sunday of last week.
Mrs, Ada Hanks visited with Mrs.
Charles Winkworth, Thursday after
noon.
Amasa Hull is cutting the grass
along the roadside on West street
for his horse. That's right. it keeps
the highway looking good as we'll as
the horse.
Mrs. la Gray is in -Greenville,
working for Mrs. George Keller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Cowles and Will
Cowles and wife motored to Belding,
Sunday, of last week and called on
Spencer Cowles and family.
Mrs. George Northway, of Detroit,
was the guest of her mother, Mrs.
Mary Tebbell, and other relatives
here, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elgin Condor called
on Ralph Bedding and wife, of West
Otisco, Friday. t
Mrs. Pinckney and Elton Hull and
wife and child, of Lake City, called
on A. L. Hull and wife, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hoppough
motored to Grand Rapids, Sunday.
Their son, Clayton Hoppough and wife
came home with them for a visit.
Among the Smyrna people who
went to Ionia, Saturday to attend the
eighth grade commencement and field
day doings were: George Tebbel and
wife and son, Arlo' Mrs. George Nor
thway, Miss Nella Tebbel, Hiram
Olds and wife and daughter, Bernice,
Mary Talbot, Laurence Gardner, How
ard Insley, Richard Cowles. Mrs. A..
Il. Penton and daughter, Gayla.
Mrs. A. l.. Hull was we'll remem-
bered on her birthday anniversary,
Thursday, with gifts of various kinds
from friends and relatives. Among
the gifts was birthday cake, pie
and other good things to eat besides
cards and things ornamental as well
as useful. She was greatly pleased.
Born-Saturday morning, June z,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Mehney, a
son. Jack LaVerne. Herb. seemed
to be several inches taller when we
met him Saturday afternoon, and a
smile was spread all over his face.
Mrs. Mehney's sister, Mrs. Frank
Caswell, is with her.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Hull were in
Belding, Thursday and called on Mrs.
Gambler.
Mrs. Helen Purdy has been home
from Bedding for several days. Her
son, Fred Purdy and wife are with
her and are having some paper hang
ing done and a new roof on the
house. Chas. Richmond and son,
Frank are doing the carpenter work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Ring, of Belding
called on the latter's home folks
here Friday evening.
Miss Hilda Van Every, of Belding,
was the guest of her cousin, Miss
Bernice Olds, Saturday niglE and
Sunday.
Mark Hull and grandson, Albert
Hopkins, of Keene, were guests of
A. l.. Hull and wife, Saturday.
Mrs. Bertha Cess and little son
Wendell, of Lansing, were the guests
OF her mother, Mrs. Mary Gray, Fri
day night.
Sunday guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Amos Russell were: Mr.. and
! Mrs. Herbert Regain and daughter. of
Belding, Frank Loomis, wife and
daughter, of Orleans and Mr.. and
Mrs. Irving Olmstead. Of Eureka.
Mrs. Ed. Insley, Mrs. AL. Barry
| Mrs. Will Cowles and Mrs. Hugo Gas
per and son, Donald, went to Ionia
Thursday. Mrs. Barry and Mrs. ms
lev called on their relatives, Mrs
Mirsheman and Mrs. Milton Schroeder
who are both i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hanks were
Belding visitors Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Tebbel and
son, Arlo, Joined family party al
the home CT Fred McNitt and wife
in Belding. Sunday. The day was
Fred McNitt's birthday anniversary
. Mrs. Elgin Condor. Mrs. Alfred
Davis and Albertal Harris were in
Belding Saturday.
Mrs. Alice r. Bignell and Claude
Bignell. of Palo and Mrs. Eva E. Big
nell, of Belding, called on A. L. Hull
and wife. Sunday afternoon.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Cowles
on Monday, June 8, IL pound boy.
/ Hero Re-enlists To Learn Trade
II When Corporal j. F. Rice arrived
in Grand Rapids after six months of
continuous service on the front in
France with Western Michigan's
126th Infantry he had the alterna-
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