The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-09-03

day Tor ST. Louis, 10 attehu the tuner
al of a nephew.
Mrs. j. Eichenbeig, who has been
visiting at the home of l.. G. Epson,
returned to her home at Alma, We'd
nesday.
4 Miss Jennie Hulteen who has been
visiting her cousin Miss Esther Hofr-
man, left for her home in Alma. We'd
nesday morning.
The Grattan Cleaners will meet AT
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J.. Emmons
Saturday evening, September 8. Re-
freshments of fruit and melons will
be served.
A John Campbell, Of McCord, together
with the Mrs. was up for the Labor
Day celebration and also visited with
his uncle, Ed. Eutphen and family and
other relatives and friends.
/ Walter Meach and wife, of Muir
former residents of this city were in
the city on Labor Day, renewing old
acquaintances and visiting with rela-
tives. Walter met the Editor on the
street and recalled the time when he
was our foreman down in the stretch
err department of the Richardson Silk
mill and the stretcher force went out
on strike. We lost the strike, but
Mr.. Meach handled the situation like
a diplomat and proved himself a good
fellow with both the strikers" and
the company and soon had things run
ming as smoothly as if there had
never been rifle on the water.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herb Angel, of Alto,
were Labor Day guests of his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. J. 7. Angel.
Alfred Locke and his father, Will
bur Locke. of Ionia, both former res
idents of this city, were Labor Day
visitors here.
Ed. Higbee, of Ionia, came up here
with his smile on Monday and circu-
lated around over the city during the
Labor Day doings and enjoyed himself
meeting old time friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Mcconnell who
have been at the Wabasis club house
for the summer season, arrived in the
city Saturday and will remain here.
Mrs. Mcconnell will visit for a time
with her parents at Lakeview before
coming back here to stay.
Mrs. H. H. Ostrander and her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Smith, of East
Division street, together with the
latter's children, returned on Friday
dINCIfOCll lIOiil q WISH Will liGE rel
atives at Blanchard.
Mrs. Villa st. Onge of Battle Greek
arrived in the city Sunday and was
the guest Of her sister, Mrs. George
w. Thomas and family for over Labor
Day.
Duncan Kerr, of Monticello, Ind,
was in the city over Labor Day and
met his cid friends. Mr.. Kerr was
a sort of general favorite while he
was a resident of this city and has
pleased many local audience with
his splendid singing. He has charge
of cotton working room for Mar
shall, Field & Co., in their Monticello
Ind, plant.
Fred Olds and his sister, Mrs. Isaac
Ribble returned to their homes at
Lapeer, Saturday morning after has.
ing attended the funeral of the late
Lloyd Odds and visiting at the home
of Hiram Odds and Ralph Van Every
Miss Martha Robinson left here for
Farwell Saturday morning and she
will visit with her parents there for
a time
Mrs. Forest Greenwalt left here for
Remus Saturday morning where she
visited with daughter over Sunday.
Miss Minnie Leetch left here Satur-
day morning for Mt. Pleasant, where
she will take up her position as a
teacher in the schools.
Miss Marion Russell went "a
Greenville Saturday morning after
having been a guest of Miss Ruth
Whitmore for several days.
Forest Fish returned from Lake Cl-
ty Wednesday night and he says that
while there he saw Carl Ritterst,rf
a former local man WHO is now en-
gagged in a successful horse and auto
.i'ery tusihess at that place. M.
Fish went up in the Lake City Dis
trict to purchase some cattle and got
a carload which he. shipped to this
place.
Mrs. Ed. Whitford went to Ypsilan-
ii, Saturday noon, where she will join
Mr.. Whitfcrd and take up her resi-
dence there, they having concluded to
bid goodbye to Bedding for time at
least as Mr.. Whitford has splendid
position in that city with a company
for whom he worked once before.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Howard, Of
Ionia, were Labor Day guests at the
home of her sister, Mrs. w. L. Covert
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Dossett of
Grand Rapids arrived in the city Sat-
urday to visit over Sunday and Labor
Day at the home of her brother and
sister, Aid. Fred McCue and Mrs.
Milo Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thad Wood and
daughter, Irene. of Ionia, visited the
formers father. Willis Wood and 9TH
err relatives here Sunday.
Mrs. Matilda Rinker Is gaining very
slowly.
Mrs. John Phillips, of McBrides and
Mrs. Ernest Soules, of Detroit, visit
ed their mother, Mrs. Frank Gibson
and family.