The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-12

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The calendar says spring begins
March 81. Now dream of plenty.
Garden seeds have arrived In the
various groceries and general stores.
Don't these muskmclon pictures make
your mouth water?
Saturday night will be the time
for the regular meetings Of the Mac
cabees
Mrs. Catherine Russell was i'll the
past week.
Mrs. Robert Earle and daughter,
Helen. visited Mrs. w. b. Travis in
Belding Wednesday.
Mrs. Mary Tebbel and daughter ,
Miss Nella entertained Mrs. Orinda
Dumon and Fred Dumon and wife
Friday evening.
Those who wore rubber boots Sat
urday could walk in them nd ON
SMYRNA hill. Those who, didn't wear
rubber boots could DO likewise.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Hull and Her
bert Mehney and wife were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert North
wav.
f. w. Condor and wife were Beld-
inc visitors Saturday.
Howard Insley was home from
Grand Rapids over Sunday. ~
Remember, st. Patrick's day will
be observed on Saturday. March 10,
instead of Monday. the 17th- Every
bodv welcome to Join the merry crowd
at Maccabee hall.
Mrs. A. B. Penton called on Mrs.
Will Cowles Thursday evening.
We were sorry that Colt Beedy's
name was not attached to the poem,
'The Kaiser's Finish" published in a
recent issue of the Banner News. We
all liked the poem very much and had
it been generally known that Colt was
the uthor it would have been appre-
ciated still more for Colt is enc OF
our Smyrna boys.
Mrs. Chas. Condor was in Belding
Saturday.
Mrs. Olive Insley, Miss Sadie
Himebaugh and Miss Olo Higbee
were in Grand Rapids last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Hull were Beld-
ing visitors Friday. Saturday they
drove to Keene for visit with rela-
tives and friends.
Remember well and bear in mind,
a cafeteria dinner will be served at
Maccabee hall Saturday. The Mac
cabee ladies will furnish the dinner.
We don't know how much you will
pay for the dinner. 1t all depends
on the greatness of your appetite.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Brink were
guests CT George Hanks and wife on
Thursday.
Mrs. Jas. Joslin and little daughter
went to Grand Rapids Thursday to
visit few days with relatives. Mrs
Ed. Tower of Bedding accompanied
them. They returned home Satur-
day evening and Miss Ella Hathorn
came home with her daughter, Mrs
Joslin, for visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Cowles visited
John Purdy and wife Thursday even
ing.
Hosner Andrews of Vergennes, a
brother of Mrs. Helen Purdy and well
known here, died at an early hcui
Saturday morning, March 8. He was
i-78 years old and had been in poor
health long time from kidney trou.
BILE.
! Mrs. A. J. Gardner of Detroit Wis.
! tied Warren Gardner and wife Sat
urday. That evening she went tt
Bedding for a visit with relatives.
Mr.. and MRS. Sylvester Osborn
Mrs. Orindas Dumon and Fred Dumor
were dinner guests of Alfred Davi.
and wife Thursday.
Mrs. Olive Insley and Frank Davi.
helped furnish music for the /. o. o
f. dance in Belding Friday evening.
Mrs. Chas. Winkworth has been OF
the sick list several days.
Mrs. Will Cowles visited Mrs
Henry Harris last Sunday.
Mrs. w. Estabrook was very i'll las
week from an attack of Indigestion
Her daughter, Mrs Fred Dumon
cared for her during her illness.
Mrs. Vina Peake of Langfcrd, s. D.
visited Alfred Davis and wife Satur
day and Sunday. Georoe Davis, wifi
and daughter were Sunday guest,
also.
Mrs. George Tebbel was in Beldin,
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elgin Condor, Glen
Sayles and Chas.. Condor visited Gee
Keller and wife in Greenville Sun
day.
It is reported that Mark Rubens l
quite i'll at the home of Austin Slay
ton in Grattan.
Alfred Davis and Guy Purdy visite
with the sawmill folks III Keene Fri
day.
Thursday, Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Lex
Mrs. Emma Lee, Mrs. Earl Ncrto
and Mrs. Will Cowles enjoyed I
sleighride and called on Mrs. Hiraf
Odds over on Smoky Row.
Mrs. John Purdy called on he
niece, Mrs. Eva Engel at the hospits
in Bedding last Monday.
Mrs. A. L. Hull and Mrs. Alfre
Davis called on Mrs. Robert Earl
Friday.
Miss Ruth Whitmcre and Miss Ss
die Himebaugh were Bedding visitor
Saturday evening.
Will Cowles and Lloyd Odds ar
busy hauling wood.
The old sanitarium building woul
make good factory. Why don
somebody start one?
The train was little late Saturda
night but there was no earthly us
for it being on time, John Tebb,
didn't go to Belding.
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