The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-08-04

Roy c. Ecker and son, Of Chicago
and Chas. Loase and wife Of Green
vile were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Norton, Friday.
Mrs. Hugo Casper, Mrs. Will Cow
les. Mrs. Jessie Wolfnger and Mrs.
Van Slyke called on Mrs. Chas. Kink-
worth, Thursday.
Rev. Luton, of Grand Rapids, was
caller at the home of Sylvester Os-
born and wife Sunday.
The over Sunday guests of Mrs.
Mary Tebbel and Miss Nella Tebbel
were: Mr.. and Mrs: w. E. Williams,
F.. E. Williams and wife and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Wygart, of Lansing and
Thos. Jones, of Windsor, Ont.
Mrs. Marcia Rappleyea, of Geneva,
N. Y, visited over Sunday with Will
Cowles and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Uhlhorn and little
daughter, of Chicago, are visiting
with Bert Norton and wife for few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Sussex and
daughter, Iris, Of Detroit, were in
Smyrna Sunday. Mrs. Sussex and
Mrs. Clayton Baker called on Mrs.
Sylvester Osborn.
The Hoppough family held their
annual reunion in Smyrna, at Mac
cabee hall this year, and about fifty
members of the family met there
last Saturday. The weather was all
that could be desired-not too hot
nor too cold. They had very pleas
ant time visiting, feasting and enter
tanning each other. Of course they
had aa excellent dinner-that goes
without saying. And the entertain
ing-they are quite a musical family
and music was the maip part of the
program. Master "Bobbie" Hop
POUCH. the six-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Hoppough, and grand
SON of Frank Hoppough and wife,
gave some fine selections on the cor
net and is really a little wonder. He
has entertained audiences in Brook
give the names Of all who were at
oldest members-George Hoppough
reside in Smyrna, were there and the
sisters, Mrs. Carrie Coleman and
attend the reunion. Among those
/ lIOil away WtIts llOpPOukn
and wife and Mr.. and Mrs. Clark
and two children, of Orleans, Mark
Hoppough, wife and daughter, Merle,
and Marjory, of Ionia, Lee Hoppough
Carl Hoppough, Miss Verle Hoppough
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Christensen and
son, of Grand Rapids, Eugene Hop
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Mrs. Alice Peterson and others too
numerous to mention. Officers were
elected as follows. President, Carl
Hoppough; Vice President, Mark
Hoppough; Secretary, Miss Bessie
Peterson; Treasurer, Guy Hoppough;
Historian, Mrs. Lydia Howard.
Colt Beedy and John Sutton of
Lansing, visited with Chas. Condor
and wife and Mrs. Ellen Beedy, Sum-
day.
Bert Norton were: Mrs. Ella Bunker
of Bedding, Mr.. and Mrs. Clare Nor
TON and Jack Murphy and daughter
Florence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Olds and
I Mrs. Maggie Beebe were in Belding
( Saturday evening.
wi. anu SUI, Vi DttTOlL
who have been enjoying camp life at
Long lake, a couple of weeks, were
guests of Miss Gayla Penton for a
few days this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Van Every
and son, Byrl, of Belding, were Sun
| day guests of Hiram Olds and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Condor were
Sunday visitors at the home Of Frank
/ TiIlnfonx. opA xxy,fa pa~fLo
and Mrs. Vina Swain came home with
chem.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Insley. their son,
/ Howard, Miss Ruth Brown and Mrs.
A. Barry motored to Ionia Sunday to
attend the Downing family reunion.
Miss Bernice Olds accompanied
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Rowland and
Walter Towne on visiting trip to
st. Louis, Saturday. They returned
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hanks visited
with the latter's brother, N. c. Doug
las and family, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Hanson, Mrs.
Ida Hanson, of Bedding and her
guests. Mrs. Lucy Mack and Mrs.
Nora Whale, of Cleveland, Ohio. call
ed on Lester Beebe, Sunday.
Mrs. Chas. Winkworth and her
cousin called on Mrs. Mary Gray on
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Ethel Loomis was a Sunday
dinner guest Of Amos Russell and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hogan were the
Sunday visitors at the home of John
Purdy and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Spencer, of Bel
ding visited with Emmett Gould and
wife Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kohn and two
daughters from near Palo were Sum-
day quests of Chas. Condor and wife
and Mrs. Ellen Beedy.
Mrs. Ray Tillotson and the Misses
| I oraSta and Hilda Andres callod ON