The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1921-04-27
SMYRNA

although many are injured by the
recent freeze, there is still promise
of fairly good crop of brries.
There was a general exodus of
Smyrna people to Belding, Sunday.
Mrs. Ellen Beedy is quite sick with
influenza.
Mr.. and Ms. George Hanks were
visitors at the home of Grin Hanks
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Downing, of
Ionia, who recently returned from
trip to California, were the Sunday
guests of Ed. Insley and family.
Mrs. C. w. Joslin was in Bedding
Wednesday visiting with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ed. Tower.
Mr.. Branyan, )of Muir, visited over
Sunday with A. j. Ga -dner and fam
lily.
Mrs. lone Winchell and daughter,
Phillis, visited with friends in Grand
Rapids from Friday until Monday.
| Mrs. lila Clark was a dinner guest
of her mother, Friday.
/ Mrs. Anna Campbell, who return
ed to her own home two weeks ago,
after staying through the winter
Warren Gardner and wife, is quite
sick and Thursday went back to their
home to stay.
Robert Beebe has sold his Smyrna
property to Bedding parties. He was
in Smyrna Saturday and while here
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester
Osborne and was supper guest Of
Bert Norton and wife.
NJ. and Mrs, Wesley Armstrong of
Rockford, were in Smyrna Thursday
and Friday visiting their relatives,
Albert Northway and wife, Mrs Da-
ma Hull and Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Northway.
\ Mrs. Ila Clark was in Ionia last
week from Wednesday until Friday
visiting her daughter and son-n-law
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Richmond are
entertaining sister of the latter,
Miss Youngs, of Lansing.
\ Mrs. Sylvester Osborne was Bel
ding visitor Thursday
John Tebbel, his mother, Mrs.
Mary Tebbel and Miss Nella Tebbel,
were in Lowll, Thursday, calling on
George Northway and wife. They
said the roals, no matter which way
went, were something awful.
Miss Bessie Peterson, of Bedding,
visited over Sunday with her home
folks. She called on Miss Fannie
Earle, Saturday.
Mrs. Orinda (Dumon and Fred Du-
mon and wife visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Sylvester Osborn, Monday evening.
Charles w. Joslin celebrated his
seventy sixth birthday anniversary,
Monday. Lots of people have done
that very thing you msy say, and we
will agree with you. but very few
!, can boast, as Mr.. Joshn can, of liv-
ing in one locality all those years,
and never missing a town meeting
since ne was of voting age. He says
he has voted in the same precinct
fifty-fve times. He is well inform
ed on all ancient history of the town
ship, even back to the time when he
played with the little Indian boys and
had harty appetite for Johnny-cak
He has family of grown-up sons
and daughters, and several grand
children, and hetrealizes that he is
not as young as he used to be, but
he doesn't need to take a back seat
for any of them yet He can do some
farm work, reads and keeps up-to-
date on politics and current events
and when he has nothing else to do
he plays game of solitaire.
Mrs. Nellie Cowies called on Mrs.
Estella Osborn, Wednesday.
} Mrs. Maggie Beebe was home from
Bedding a short time Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Winters, of
} Greenville and Mrs. Ewing, of Mich
: igan City, called on Mr.. and Mrs
Bert Norton, Sunday of last week
Mrs. Ewing was resident of Smyr-
ma in her girlhood days and will be
better remembered by her maiden
name-Clara Loase.
, See Harold Lloyl in Captain
Kidd's Kid, Wednesday and Thurs
, day, May 4 and 5.
!; Walter Towne and wife and Mrs
Hiram Odds were in Bedding Wednes-
day evening calling on Ralph Van
Every and family. Mrs. Van Every
has been quite sick but is some bet
ter now.
Mrs. Frank Joslin, of Belding was
a guest of James Joslin and wife on
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hanks visited
with Ray Ring and wife in Bedding
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Kohn and
daughter, Margaret, were Sunday
guests of Charles Condor and fam
lily.
Walter Towne and wife motored to
Bedding Sunday and visited a while
with Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Johnson.
Mrs. Elgin Condor called on Mrs.
Sylvester Osborne, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Cowles went to
Detroit, Friday to visit with friends
) They intend to be gone week or
more.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Berry and Mrs. e.
J. Knapp, of Belding, were in Smyr-
ma, Friday. The ladies visited Mrs.
Mary Tebbel and daughter, Nella,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Berry and Mrs.
Knapp were supper guests Of Albert
Northway and wife.
The Ladies of the Maccabees will
hold their half-night dance at the
Smyrna Maccabee hall, on Friday
night. Bill including war tax, 75c.
This is the dance which was post
poned from last Friday night on ac-
count of the storm.
i Mrs Ernest Bunker of RaldinU