The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-02-11

SO much since his misfortune.
We, are informed that George Barns
is sick with the flu.
Born-January %. 1920, to Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Peterson, Of Larned,
Kansas, seven pound daughter.
Mr.. Hathorn, Of Grand Rapids,
came recently for a visit with James
Joslin and family He is now sick
with the flu, and Mr.. Joslin and fam
lily are also sick. Mrs. Joslin Is very
sick. Bert Norton and Fred Reeves
have been doing the chores for James
Joslin.
Mrs. Susan Krupp. of Bedding was
a supper guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Purdy, Thursday.
Ben Tower, who recently returned
from visit with relatives in Provi-
dence, r. l., was visitor at the home
of Bert Norton and wife, couple of
days last week.
c. w. Joslin recently had the mis-
fortune to lose rood seven-year old
horse. C. w. is sick with a cold.
Albert Northway said his feet got
in hurry the other day as he was
going down his walk and went so
much faster than he wanted to go that
about six feet of Northway made an
impression on the ice.
Mrs. Marvin Nash returned to Lam
sing Monday after a visit with Ed.
Insley and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Norton received
a box of oranges from Florida last
week but unfortunately they were
frozen so they were not as nice as
they would have been otherwise.
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Norton were Clare Norton and wife
of Orleans and the latter's sister,
Miss Lulu Smith.
Please, frienels, daesnvw el,Mhabfh
Please, friends, leave news items
at the Smyrna post office, the next
few weeks and you will greatly oblige
the correspondent.
On account of sickness, quite
number of members were absent from
the last meeting of the Smyrna
Friendship Club, Thursday. But those
who attended. and their guests, report
that they had a good meeting and the
usual most excellent dinner. This
was the annual meeting and the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Mrs. George Hoppough; Vice
President, Will HOGAN; Secretary,
Mrs. Peter Kohn; Treasurer, Mrs.
Frank Chase. Committee on enter
tainment for May meeting: Mrs. Liz.
zie Hoppough, Mrs. Peter Kohn and
Mrs. Elmer Wise. Two new members
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Moon, were
elected. The next meeting of the club
will be held the first Thursday in May
at the usual place, Smyrna, Maccabee
hall.
Mrs. Ed. Davis, of Breckenridge
arrived here Sunday night of last
week and was with her niece, Miss
Sadie Himebaugh during the last
hours of her illness. She returned
home Tuesday night.
John LaClear. of Edmore, was
called here Monday night to see Miss
Sadie Himebaugh. He returned home
Tuesday morning.
After a three weeks illness, Miss
Sadie Himebaugh, our dearly loved
station agent. passed to the Great
Beyond, Tuesday morning, February
2. 1920, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Insley, where, during her sick
ness she was tepderly and lovingly
cared for by Mrs Insley and her
mother, Mrs. A. Barry and the few
who helped them at brief periods of
time. Miss Himebaugh came to
Smyrna, August 81, 1918 to act as
station agent, which position she fill
ed most satisfactorily to the public
and to the railroad company. She be-
came a social member of Smyrna hive
L. o. T. M. in December 1919. Brief
funeral services conducted by Frank
Loomis, were held at the Insley home
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Frank
Loomis and Mrs. Robert Earle sang
and the services were attended by a
large number Of friends and few
relatives. Among the relatives was
the grandmother, Mrs. Orlando Perry
aged SO years. of Tustin. Thursday
morning the Lady Maccabees of the
Smyrna hive escorted the remains to
Smyrna depot, and Mrs. Olive ms,
ley, Mrs. A. Barry and Mrs. Ella
Nash went the remainder of the sad
Journey to Breckenridge. Among
those who attended the funeral ser.
vices here were the deceased's cousin,
Chester Davis, of Breckenridge, How
ard Insley, of Grand Rapids, Miss
Ruth Brown, of Belding, Miss Vesta
Gardner, of Lowell Mrs Marvin Nash
of Lansing and Mrs. Will Wacha, Of
Elwel. Raph Chisholm, an undertake
err from Breckenridge, came here and
relieved Arthur Fitzjohn, Bedding un-
dertaker, from accompanying the re-
mains to Breckenridge.
Sarah Helen Himebaugh was born
at Breckenridge, Mich, August o,
1888. She was graduate of the
Breckenridge High school in the class
of 1906, and Of the Gratiot County
Normal in the class of 1907. After
her education she taught
for three years, after which, she with
her father and mother moved 10 Ed
more. Michigan, in the year of 1911,
in which place she conducted and
with success millinery
business until the early spring of 1918
when she had to give up her business
owing to the condition of her moth
er's health to whom she gave her ev-
err constant care, until death relieved
the sufferer of her sufferings, May
81, 1913.
She then devoted her time to the