The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-05-05
HE CLAIMED
HE'D NEVER DO II
BUT He HAS
POPULAR YOUNG PEOPLE HE
THEMSELVES TO COUNTY
SEAT AND ARE UNITED


The impossible and preposterous
has happened-that is. at least our
friend Fred A. ("Scrubby") Haynes,
local wit and general all around good
scout has always told us that it was
impossible for him to get married
and that the idea was a preposterous
one.
He told Us that so many times thai
we really got to believing it and when
we heard, Saturday night, that he
was married it came as a distinct
shock to us and rather upset our
equilibrium to such an extent that we
have not hardly recovered as yet.
The marriage of Mr.. Fred A.
Haynes and Miss Mozelle Hicks, both
well known. respected and well lik-
ed young people of this city took
place Saturday afternoon at three
o'clock at the M. K. parsonage in
lonia, Rev. M. l.. Marshal, pastor of
the Presbyterian church of that city
performing the ceremony. They were
attended by their mothers, who acted
as witnesses.
Immediately after the ceremony
the happy young couple started out
on an automobile wedding trip to
Lansing and Grand Ledge where they
will visit for short time. after
which they will return to this city
and be at home to their friends at
206 north Bridge street.
The young couple had planned for
an early start and expected--and
were really desirous, Of getting mar
ried earlier in the day. The automo-
bile which they were going to use for
the trip had been all primed and
stood in readiness the night before
but during the still hours of the night
the machine had seemingly acted as
a magnet for all the old shoes, motto
cards and other trash usually con-
nected with such events, in the city
and it took some time land temper?)
for the removal of this stuff, there
fore the rather late start and the re-
sultant late hour of the wedding.
Mr.. Haynes, who is better known
to his many friends here as Scrub
by has lived here practically all his
life and has always been very popu-
lar among the people with whom he
associated. He is recognized as one
of the real wits of the town and his
friends have always stood for the
good natured witticisms which he has
aimed at them in times gone by. His
greatest delight, it seemed, was to
crack jokes on and sing comic, en-
barrassing songs and ditties about
the men who were tied down to
wife and family, pooh-poohing the
idea whenever it was advanced. that
he would ever. be married himself.
For that reason, the editor, who
has been the butt of MANY of Srub-
by's jests along with Mat Lafier and
countless others sat up rather late
the other night and concocted the
following ode to the new benedict.
We know it is rather touching in
spots but we trust that our readers
will keep from breaking down until
the last line Is finished. We gave
it the touching title which it bears
in honor of Mr.. Haynes and his mar
riage.
An Ode To Scrubby
No more he'll sing I'm glad Pm
free, for that can never, never be,
he's married now and got a wife,
to make him sick of married life.
The thought that two can live as
cheap as one, he'll find is just a
truthless pun and things which used
to make him smile will make him
gloomy all the while. High living
costs will take crack and make the
sweat run down his back from early
morn till late at night while grinding
out life's daily fight. The grocer
and the doctor too will add their bit
and send few of monthly bills for
him to pay and worry much what
he'll now saw. His sun has rolled
behind a cloud-in anguish now he'll:
cry aloud, ooh would that / had al
ways been, more easy on poor mar
ried men. Oh grant that | may live
to yearn for things which lightly
would spurn and love and peace and
happiness and wife and children to
caress and OH Lord, till my troubles
end, give me the same true, loyal
friends, those married boys have
been to me despite my jokes and
frivolty and also grant III always
be the same good scout they like to
see and that when | have run my
course, they'll say they knew some
one still worse. He's married now
he's Jumped the stick, our glad hand
to the benedict. Forget his wild talk
of the past, we know il couldn't al
wavs last and that some time he'd be
like us-a poor bill-paying married
cuss-
We don't suppose we hao ought to
be saying any more, but must add
that the many friends of the young
couple Join in with us in wishing
them health, wealth, happiness and
long life on their journey together.
B. III. s. Baseball
The local high school team has a
game with Sheridan here Saturday,
May 8. and plays Lake Odessa at
Lake Odessa, Friday, May Ia.