The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-04-12
Local News.

W. K. Washburn made business trip Il
Westphalia Wednesday
The school board met Tuesday night and
transacted routine business
Archie Tyrrell and Ward Carl were
guests of Flint friends Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. K. Warren are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. NJ. Dewey In Lansing
Mrs. Albert Sherman returned Tuesday
evening from a visit with Jackson relatives.
c. R. Hutchings, of Chesaning, formerly
of this city, visited OwossO friends Tues
day
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Griffith spen
Sunday at the home of the formers parents
IN this city.
Mrs w. w. Dennis. of Ovid, has been
the guest of her father, John Faxon, part
OF the week.
Mrs. w. Smith and daughter, Mrs. A. G.
Sax, returned Monday evening from visit
OF few days in Flint.
~, DIR. Arthur Scott spent Sunday in
Laingsburg with his brother. A sister
from Toronto was also visiting there at the
same time.
Ira G. and Arthur l.. Curry were called
TO Brighton Wednesday evening to attend
q the funeral of their grandmother, Mrs.
J, Thompson.
\ Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Mclaughlin and Mr..
2 and Mrs. Frank Mclaughlin, of Vernon,
! were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. l..
! Nichols Sunday.
The Bay View Reading Circle held its
Monday meeting at the home of Mrs K. M.
Richardson on Mulberry street. Light
refreshments were served after the program
/. had been carried out.
G. B. Radford arrived home yesterday
morning from a trip in the northwest
Extending oyer nearly three months. He
teSxpects to leave again on another trip to
- TTayas almost Immediately.
,VeaE w. Washburn, of Fairfield, has been
'res& guest of his son, Aid. w. E. Washburn,
All his city part of the week while attend
Y the meetings of the county board of
y canvassers of which he is member.
Mrs. G.. w. Loring returned Wednesday
1. evening from Bergen, N. Y, where she
was called by the death of her sister. On
her return home she stopped a few days
{, with Mr.. and Mrs n. A, Finch, In Buffalo.
Mrs. Josephine M. Gould will go to Sag
inaw Tuesday to attend meeting of the
OK ,cutive committee of the Michigan State
Federation of Women's Clubs. While
there she will be the guest of Mrs. w. h.
Lewis.
John Ashford has been appointed
engineer at the water works to succeed G.
A. Beebe. Jack Is a good machinist as
well as engineer and takes an interest In
that kind of work beyond the mere putting
ia of the required time.
Harry Orr, OF this city, left yesterday
morning for Annapolis where he will spend
the next four weeks in special preparatory
school getting in the best possible shape Tor
the entrance examination to the Naval |
Academy, which takes place on the 18th of |
the coming month.
Rev. b. r. Matrau, former rector of |
resigned as rector of st. Barthoomew's
church, Chicago, on account Of poor health.
he will 90 south for month and then go to
Massachusetts, to spend the summer by the
seaside. During the eleven years he has
been In Chicago the membership OF his
church increased from 40 to 800, and a
hne church aud other parish buildings were
erected.
B. s. Hopkins, of this city, has just been
selected as superintendent of the Menominee
city schools at salary of $500. Mr..
Hopkins acted as principal Of the Menominee
high school in 1898 and 1899 and taught
there altogether three years so that his
selection is made with knowledge of his
ability. He graduated from Albion College
in 1895 With the degree of A. b. and the
following year took the degree of M A.
He has been studying in Columbia
University during the year just passed.
The woman's Club listened to two inter-
esting papers at Its Saturday afternoon
meeting, the one on Ford's "The True
George Washington" read by Mrs. Green
man, and the other by Mrs. K. l.. Deyeraux
on Revolutionary Times as Sketched by
NoveIIsts." Besides her paper Mrs. Green
man had brought a number OF very interest
ing relics of of the early days OF this coun-
try, including autograph signatures of
George III and George W. and number
OF fine old pictures. The paper prepared
by Mrs. Devereaux was one of the finest
which has been given during the year
and had been so thourghly prepared that
IL was given without notes of any kind /
She was heartily applauded when she fin ,
ished. The club was favored with 500
by Miss Jones.