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Robbery At Saranac
Saturday night, Robert Stevens
came to l. Metzgar's Livery barn and
wanted to stay all night and was per-
mitted to do so The next morning
Mr.. Metzgar missed his pocket book
containing something about thirty
dollars in currency and $685. in bank
notes. Metzgar called up the sheriff
at Ionia who soon rounded up young
Stevens and took him to Ionia where
he confessed to Prosecutor Watt that
he took the money. He returned the
money. He has not been arraigned
yet.
4 Celebrated Silver Wedding Over Al
Sand Lake
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Bradley enter,
tanned jolly party over Christmas,
the occasion being their silver we'd
ding anniversary, and very sumptu,
Gus repost was served. All their chill
dren being home for the occasion. Mr..
and Mrs. Otto Oberlin and son, Ray
mond and Miss Ivah Bradley, of Bel
ding, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Landon
and son, of Grand Rapids, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Bradley, of this place be,
ing present; also Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Bergman and the Miss Katherine and
Roma Strowbridge were present to
enjoy the festivities of the day and
evening.
The following item from the Cedar
C.~;,.r-- Cl;rNa,. mill ho ~ inf n.
many Bedding people.
New Years day Miss Dorothy Pol
lock entertained for her guests, Ar.
thur and Louise Hillman and Edwin
and Marion Edsell, of Greenville, the
young people attending the New Years
party in the evening. Miss Hillman
and Miss Edsell are college friends
of Miss Dorothy's at the Conserva-
tory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio" Miss
Pollock is former Belding girl.
Over in Sheriden the other day Will
liam Rasmussen saw a rabbit go into
length of eight inch well pipe at the
east end of the condensary and immed-
lately hunted up Ed. Holmes and pro-
posed that they proceed to lower the
high cost of living and start the New
Year right. He stationed Ed. at one
end with a pole while he went to the
other to catch the rabbit when it came
out. Ed. run the pole into the pipe at
one end while Bill looked in at the
other when, Bang! The rabbit saw
Bills face which had not been shaved
for several days and doubtless mistoek
it for brush pile, made dive for it
and struck him squarely on the nose
Bill blinked and inquired if his nose
was bleeding and his intended dinner
scampered away and the cost Of liv.
ing resumed its former high price.
Bill is all right as bear and deer
hunter but when it comes to rabbits
he is dismal failure.-From Sheri-
den Advertiser.
Reverend Ross, of the Congrega>
tional church at GAINESVILLE for the
past three years will enter a new field
at Big Rapids, on the eighteenth of
January.
The Grand Ledge Times dis
plays pride in a local son, who is
slightly known in Beloing.
Another Grand Ledge boy who is
steadily climbing the ladder of fame
and who deserves bouquet is Arthur
M. Coville, son of Mr.. and Mrs. C..
M. Coville, of this city During the
recent war he won a commission as
Lieutenant. After the war he en-
tered the school for salesman con-
Quoted by the Nordyke- harmon Co.
of Indianapolis, manufacturers of
high grade automobiles. He has
made good at the business. Mr..
Coville is attending the auto shows
in the interests of the Marmon Auto
Co. at New York, Philadelphia, Chi
cago, Kansas City, Galveston and San
Francisco. He has been appointed
Western Representative of the Mar
mon Auto Co, with headquarters az
SanFrancisco, and takes up his new
duties upon his arrival there. Mrs.
Coville is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Coppens here, and expects
later to join Mr.. Coville at SanFran-
cisco.
Byron l.. Linch, Stanton merchant
for the past twenty three years, died
on January sixth He was well known
in Belding.
Another town with a son who has
received honor.
Ada man given medal for X. of G.
work overseas.
George Headley, hardware deale<
Of Ada and Knights of Columbus
worker abroad, has been awarded a
medal in appreciation Of his work by
Admiral Knapp, senior naval cam.
mander of the American overseas
fleet. Headley was the founder and
director of the Holborn Club of Lon
don, which catered to American sol
diers and sailors. He was in charge
Of a dance given at the Savoy Hotel
in London and on August II, 1919
which was attended by Gen, Pershing.
From Lowell Ledger.
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