The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-06-16

the ram. IlOWtNSf uo great dmVuIL
of damage was done here. A part
of the willow tree in front of Mrs.
Maggie Beebe's house was broken off
and some of the. surface soil on vari--
Gus farms in this locality changed
ownership.
Saturday night will be the time for
the regular meetings of the Sir
Knights and Ladies of the Macca-
bees.
Rev. III. ]. Hallock of the Grand
Rapids Mission, will preach here next
Sunday at Lyceum hall. Services
will begin at ten o'clock a. m. stand
ard time. Services will also be held
in the evening and Sunday school at
the usual hour.
Carpenters viii begin the Job of
newly shingling the roof of the san
itarium building this week 1t takes
time and money to get such build
ing in shape for the work Mrs. Jes-
sic Wilfnger intends to do but she
has made a fine beginning and has
faith to believe that her plans and
hopes of success will be fully realized
The dawn of brighter day may be
near.
The fence builders for the p. M.
r. r. Co. are doing good job. We
understand they are to build ten
miles of fence. Well, that takes
them through Smyrna all right. So
we should worry.
Ed. Cowles. Will Cowles. Hugo
Casper, Leo Cowles and Earl Good
rich went to Port Huron Wednesday
to buy repairs for the Cowles Thresh,
ing outfit. They returned Friday
night,
Mrs. Herbert Mehney and Mrs.
Diana Hull were Bedding visitors on
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Lee and chill
dren of Bartonville visited with Mrs.
Lees mother, Mrs. Susie Harrington
Saturday evening.
Robert Beebe, of Belding was in
Smyrna on business, Saturday after
noon.
Mrs. Ada Hanks was in Belding
Wednesday and Thursday visiting
with friends.
Mrs. Ward Hoppough and daugh-
ter, Norma, were in Grand Rapids
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Condor and
little son, Carol, Mrs. Ellen Beedy
and grand daughter, Martha Beedy
and Mrs. Del Purdy were in Beldine
Wednesday.
Mrs. Roy Taylor and Mrs. Jessie
Wolfinger were callers at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester Osborn We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Lowden, of
Orleans visited the latter's father
Lester Beebe, Sunday.
Miss Bessie Peterson. of Bedding
visited Miss Fannie Earle Saturday
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aunt, Mrs. Hattie Moe, Saturday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Douglas and
daughter, Agnes, and their grand
children called on George Hanks and
wife, Saturday.
Hiram Olds and daughter, Miss
Rernice, returned home from Met
amora, Wednesday. They found
Mr.. Odds sister, Mrs. Fayette Swain
seriously i'll from kidney trouble and
other complications and she was no
better when they left her. She had
returned from the hospital to her
home at Metamora.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Northway
and Herbert Mehney, wife and little
son, Jack, motored to a cemetery in
Oakfield, Sunday to decorate the
graves of loved relatives with flow,
ers. Mrs. Diana Hull accompanied
them to Greenville and visited with
her son, f. Hull and wife, until
they returned. She found her son
little better so he was able TO get
about the house.
Mrs. Susie Harrington called on
Miss Fannie Earle, Sunday.
Bert Norton and Herbert Mehney
did big job of work in the cemetery
last week. They searched for and
found the leak in the water pipes
and mended it. so now the hydrants
are in working order and people can
now water their plants and flowers
any time without so much trouble.
They also purchased new hose and
now the grass can be kept in better
condition.
Rev. Luten, of Grand Rapids, who
was a guest of Mrs. Jessie Wolfinger
over Sunday and took charge of the
church services here, called on Mrs.
Susie Harrington and Mrs. Sylvester
Osborn, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Condor and
Mrs. Charles Condor were in Grand
Rapids Tuesday.
Mrs. Grace Winkworth, of Graf
tan and her cousin, Irene, called on
Mrs. George Hanks, Saturday even
ing.
Mrs. Bert Norton went to Chicago
Thursday to visit few days with her
sister. Another sister, Mrs. Bunker
of Bedding and her two children came
down here Sunday to help Mr.. Nor
ton prepare a pleasant surprise for
his wife on her return home.
Mrs. Glenn Lee and Mrs. Emma
Lee, of Bartonville called on Mrs.
Hiram Odds, Saturday evening.
Mrs. Jennie Noble, of Cooks Cor.
ners, visited with Miss Fannie Earle
Wednesday.
Mrs. Will Cowles visited at the
home of Leo Cowles and wife last
week and assisted with the house.
work while Mrs. Leo Cowles was
away.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elgin Condor mo-
tored to Greenville, Sunday, of last
week and visited George Keller and
wife.
Miss Mecelia Van Slyke is one of
the new silk mill girls in Belding.
She has employment in the white mill