The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-24

Mrs. p. S. Wilson returned Monday
from visit in Detroit.
Mrs. ]. NJ Beckwith and daughter
spent Monday in lansing
Major E. D. Ellis, of Detroit, was il
Owosso, Monday and Tuesday.
Fred Marvin and Andrew Green
were in Detroit this week to see bal
games.
Leon Forster and wife of Flint spent
Sunday in Owosso. He left for Holly
Monday.
Z. j. HOLMAN and Geo. Gabriel were
in Holly on telephone business part OF
the work
Roy Dean, of Mt. Pleasant spent
Monday night in Owosso, the guest of
r. L. Chase.
Miss Kittie Farrell has returned to
Detroit after a visit with her father,
James Farrell.
Fred Wickham has returned from
Flint and is again in the blacksmith
business on Ball street.
Walter Dimmick of Bay City, was in
Owosso Monday. He is a stakeholder
in the New Haven Coal Co.
Geo. M. Clark is making his trip this
week as travelling man in a new Ford
auto which he recently purchased.
Miss Josephine Gerow and her guest,
Miss Francis Joyce, of Utah, returned
to the Z. of NJ, Tuesday morning.
The ladies of the First M. E. church
enjoyed coffee at the home of Mrs. A.
H. Let's Main street, Wednesday.
Owosso Lodge K. of P. worked some
degrees last evening and then partook
of lunch and spent an hour socially.
Andrew Geeck has secured contract
for the erection of a 14foot span
bridge over Bear Greek, near Chesaning.
The Knights of Columbus held
special session last night to which the
ladies and other guests were invited.
The Pythian Sisters enjoyed a social
session at the X. of P. hall Wednesday
evening after the regular lodge work.
j. H. BRANDED was in Ionia Monday
to inspect the water works boilers
there. He was in Ashley on business
Tuesday.
Corunna Commandery Knights Temp
lar met last evening and conferred
the Red Cross degree, the new officers
doing the work.
The Owl Club was entertained Satur-
day evening at Samuel Beelbys, the
host being home from jackson, Ohio,
for short stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Brown and
baby of Minneapolis, Mimi, and Mrs.
Aretta Dean, of Ypsilanti, visited
friends in the city part of the work.
David Wicks, of this city, brakeman
on the Ann Arbor, was seriously and
probably fatally injured at Milan the
latter part of last week while switch
ing. He is at the home of relatives in
Azalia.
Will T. Leckie, of Dowagiac, prom
inent travelling man, who has made
Owosso regularly for years, died at
Kalamazoo, Monday. He was grand
esteemed loyal knight of the Michigan
Elks and was a welcome lodge visitor
here
The Kappa Delta Phi fraternity held
its annual banquet at the Wildermuth
hotel last Friday evening, number of
guests from out of town being present.
The Tan lambda Chi fraternity held a
banquet the same evening at Connor's
cafe.
A freight train on the Ann Arbor
going north Monday morning was de-
rallied at Henrietta by broken frog,
several merchandise cars being badly
broken up. No one was injured and as
the track was alongside a spur traffic
was not delayed.
The Girls' club of the Baptist church
called on Mrs. E. A. Curry and Mrs.
s. E. Dean Tuesday and furnished
music for them, they being unable to
attend services. Meetings like these
are held every other week and Bible
study meetings are held on the alter
nate week.,
The banquet for the Y. M. G. A. gym
nasium class members at the rooms last
Friday evening was successful and
pleasant affair There was a large at
tendance and was the closing event of
a year of unqualified success of the
gymnasium work. After the elegant
supper was served VIM. Hives, acted
as POSTMASTER, and talks were given by
Secretary Sidenius on the years work,
G. J. Rentschler on Basket Ball Goals,
John Hughes on "The Value of Physi.
cal Exercise" John Mcdonald on 'The
Half Nelson" l.. B. Allison on "Clean
Sports" DIR. A. M. Hume on How to
Live 100 Years.