The Belding banner-news., 1921-11-23
FORMER LOCAL
PEOPLE IN WEST
HAVE GREAT DAY
h. l.. STRUNK, FORMER BRIDGE
STREET GROCER, BECOMES
WESTERN BOOSTER

Well, folks, here's letter from
Bernie Strunk, formerly proprietor
of the South Bridge Street grocery
store and who after selling the store
to Fred Travis, went west. While he
has been in Golden Californ for only
few months, we can see that ne IS
a 100 per cent booster and maybe,
if he remains there long enough, he
will soon be able to claim member
ship in the "Tripple-J ointed Liars
Club AN organization which ac-
cepts only California residents for
membership. L.. -, = % .,
Mr.. Ed. Engemann,
Belong, Mich.
Dear Ed
There has been considerable hap
pening here lately that | thought
might be of interest to our Beldlng
friends and knew of no better way
of letting them know than through
the columns of the Banner-News..
have been here nearly 8 months
now and have found California all
if not more than | expected The
days are all sunshine as yet altho
the wet season is approaching but
Judging from what people tell me
who have lived here some time, it is
not TO be dreaded and in fact does
not amount to any more than our
own rainy springs back in Michigan.
We saw an ad in the local paper
few days ago that the Little twins
were going to be at the Pasadena
theatre, SO twelve of US who live
in ndx,
and had a real treat enjoying their
canoes. They show evidence of hav-
ing put in real strenuous work in
their chosen profession and are real
artists in their line. At present they
are dancing in different cities around
this part of the country and | think
will have an extended tour of the
east this winter.
DR.. Little has fine location on
Western Ave. and his daughter, Ola
is teaching in one of the Los Angeles
schools under Prof. Millard, who as
a great many will remember was the
first superintendent of schools in
Belding.
Every one out here from Belding,
has been remarking that we ought
to have a Belding picnic, there are
so many of us out here and nearly
every state does have its own society
and a few of the larger cities also
have societies where they meet and
get acquainted. We finally decided
we would try it out and appointed
Armistice Day as the time and
Brookside park, Pasadena, as the
place. There were over forty former
Beldingites present and we had
very nice time. | am going to in
clude a list of those present and in
few months we will have another
picnic and try to have even more
present We had number of re-
grets from some who could not be
there and some others never ac-
knowledged receipt of their invita-
tion but those who were present were
very enthusiastic and each one will
try and see that the others come an
other time. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stall
drove clear from San Diego TO at
tend and were the life of the party.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Reinhard, came
over from Furrelton. Mr.. Reinhard
is a brother of Mrs. Kemp, on South
old timers got to reminescing, il
surely was a picnic. Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Simmons came over from Los
Angeles and we were only sorry that
we didn't have a piano so the ones
who had never heard him sing could
have had the opportunity. DR.. Little
and family and Ben Angel and fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Howard
from Los Angeles also were there.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. i. Covert and their
daughters, Marguerite and Catherine
Mrs. Emma Lamb, Miss Clarissa
Moulton, Mrs. Josephine Conner,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Chase, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. C. Phelps, Mrs. Pearl Me-
Ginnis and son, Arthur, Miss Jennie
Champenoy, Mrs. Arletta Anderson,