The Belding banner-news., 1920-09-22

The leaves are falling down,
And soon the fields and forest trees
Will be all bare and brown.
The convention for Faith home and
the promotion Of Bible salvation be-
gan Saturday. There was not . very
good attendance 1t the Saturday
meeting, but Sunday was better
Sunday was Rescue Mission day,
Rev. s. B. Shaw. Of Grand Rapids,
and five men from the mission were
present and gave interesting talks
Mel. Trotter was not with them which
was rather disappointing to the
greater part of the people here, but
It was said he would come at later
date. One in his talk said 'If II
wasn't for the grace of God some of
US couldn't live with ourselves" Rev.
5. b. Shaw promised to remain in
Smyrna until Thursday or Wednes-
day night. He gave q sermon Mon
day. Tuesday, September 21 was w.
G. I. u. day with Mrs. Eta Saddler
as speaker. = A picnic dinner was
mentioned on the program. Wed
nesday Rev. s. 3. Shaw was to have
charge Of the meeting again. Thurs.
day will be mission day with Rev.
BERN, returned missionary in
charge Of the meeting. Friday. Rev.
5. b. Shaw will have charge again.
Saturday, Atty Fred Warner will be
the speaker, and next Sunday Fair
mount Mission and Edgewood Mis-
sion will have the day. There will be
children's meeting every day at
400 o'clock p. m. A number of peo-
pie were here from Belding, Sunday,
to attend the afternoon services.
Among them were Rev. Mr.. Rookie,
Mr.. and Mrs. z. B. Lapham and Mr..
and Mrs. Smith.
Guy Purdy made a business trip to
Ionia, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hoppough
were Sunday guests of Mrs. Alice
Peterson and family.
Mrs. George Keller, of Greenville,
visited with Elgin Condor and wife
Sunday night.
Mrs. Ila Clark assisted her mother
Mrs. George Hanks. with her work
of canning fruit, Monday and Tues
dav. A j. Gardner and wife were
callers there Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Richmond
went to Greenville. Sunday, to see
the formers sister, Mrs. Lucy Kaser,
who is sick in the hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hanks visited
with. Bert Norton and wife, Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Mary Gray was in Belding
last week from Tuesday until Friday
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Lloyd
Maxwell. Miss Mable Maxwell came
home with her and visited until Sun
dav night.
Last week Sunday visitors at the
home of Bert Norton and wife were.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Middleton. Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Polhemus and Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd Winter, all of Green
vile.
See "The Birth of Race" at the
Empress, Wednesday, September 20.
A. j. Gardner took a trip to Shell
by last week, Tuesday, and returned
Wednesday with load of peaches.
Oh. no, not that kind, we mean the
real fruit that grew on trees.
Poor little kitty cat! He Died he
did! He was pretty little tiger cat
and he belonged to Mrs. Sylvester
Osborn, but last Saturday night while
roaming around. as all cats will. he
fell into bad company and forgot.
Evidently he got the worst of it and
ran-up pole to escape any worse
punishment, but alas, it was not a
telephone pole, it was owned by the
electric light company and the top OF
it was ornamented by big trans
former. He climbed over along the
wires but he didn't come down again.
No. not until he was helped down and
then laid away in the friendly earth.
Mrs. Bert Norton is the happy
owner of new electric sweeper and
cleaner.
Mrs. Kate Mast is here visiting her
son, Jesse Mast, and family. Mrs.
Mast and Mrs. Jesse Mast called on
Mrs. Will Cowles. Sunday:
Miss Kathryn Smith called on Mrs.
Sylvester Osborn. Friday. Miss
Smith visited over Sunday with her
home folks in Big Rapids. :.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Mehney and
little son. Jack, were Sunday guests
of John Mehney and family.
Hugo Casper went to Moseley Sum-
day.
Mrs. Lester Kimberley and Mrs.
Jennie Noble, Of Cooks Corners,
called on Miss Fannie Earle, Satur-
dav.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Condor gave a
dinner Sunday in honor of their sis
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tha Buck, who started Monday on
their homeward journey to Califor-
MIA. Twenty five people. relatives
and friends were there and had a
good time, and it goes without say
ing they had bountiful and excel
lent dinner. Among the guests pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Benedict Tow
er, Mrs. Lulu Condor and daughter:
and Ed Tower, of Belding; Mr.. and
Mrs. A. r. Winchell and children. of
Detroit; Frank Joslin. wife and son
Edgar. of Belding; George Keller, Of
Greenville: Elgin Condor and wife
and Charles Condor, wife and son,
Carol and Miss Martha Beedy.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hanks visit
ed with Chris Choate and family, on
Thursday.
son, Albertol, were in Ionia Wednes-
day visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Love-
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Schroeder. Of
y l. a