The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-06-26

Mr.. and Mrs Chas. Ellis spent tn
first of the week in Detroit.
W. E. Jordan has accepted position
with the Owosso Grocery Co.
Mrs. VIM. Welch.of Arcadia, is spend
ing the week at A. d. Chases.
Robert Allison and family of st
Johns, spent Sunday at G, S. Allison g
Hugo Wesener and son of Saginaw
spent Sunday at Mrs Bertha Wesener's
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Heath of Bottineau
N. OAK, are guests of Mr. and Mrs
Chauncey Heath, their parents.
The Degree of Honor met tTuesda,
afternoon for social time at theshomt
of Mrs. Nettie Dwight, Water street.
M. d. Corey has purchased an Oak
land automobile touring car and ha
also accepted the agency for the car.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Tuttle and child
rem of Denver, Colo, are spending the
week with friends and relatives in
Corunna.
George Gray is travelling for the
Iriquois Cigar Co. of Flint, having the
territory formerly covered by James j.
Brown of this city.
Miss Bessie TAFT formerly of Corunna
but now a teacher at Holly, Colo, spent
part of the week in Comma Miss
Grace Eaton of Oak Park, Ill. is also a
visitor in Corunna.
The marshall has been instructed to
post notices forbidding bathing in the
river in the city limits unless the bath
ers wear bathing suits, and violators
will be punished.
The Willing Workers of the Church of
Christ met Wednesday with Mrs. G. M.
Keene. The Daniels Band of the Sun
day School served ice cream and cake
at the home of Mrs. H. L. Northup,
Tuesday.
Mr.. Glen Stever and Miss Dora Mann
were married at Durand, Wednesday
morning and left for Ohio for visit
with relatives. Mr. Stever is an Ann
Arbor employ and his wife has been
employed at Joyce & Lear's millinery.
Both have many friends who wish them
much joy.
The fire department was called to the
home of Fred Hiese, South Chapman
street, Sunday, by fire caused by a
defective chimney. The fire was easily
extinguished. Another alarm Tues
day morning sent the department to the
Frieseke brick yard sheds which were
somewhat damaged.
Owosso and Colfax Lodges of Odd
Fellows and the two Rebekah lodges of
the city attended service at the First M.
E. Church Sunday and then decorated
the graves of departed members. Rev.
G. w. jennings preached an able SER
mon. About one hundred fifty took
part in the exercises at the cemetery.
bitches on East King and East Main
Main streets are to be lowered and tiled
the expense to be divided between the
second ward and the city at large. A
wall will be built along the drain at the
corner of Shiawassee and Bradley
streets and payment will be made from
the Comstock creek funds.
Probate Judge j. s. Stockwell of
Pontiac, talked to the Congregational
Brotherhood Sunday on the subject of
the juvenile court and the training and
saving of the youth of large cities, Civ
ing many interesting facts and ideas.
Judge Stockwell is greatly interested
in this work and aroused an interest
among his hearers -
Zuber Bros. have asked the council
to amend the ordinance recently passed
which compels them to close their bowl
ing alley at fen o'clock, claiming that
many games started early in the even
ing might run over the hour and as
there is no gambling in connection with
the business but simply place for ex-
ercfsing in playing a game of skill no
harm could result.
Geo. H. Swarthout of this city has
accepted an offer to become physical
director of the Pasadena, California, Y.
M. G. A. and will begin work Septem-
Der LIST. He will be at the Lake Ge-
neva training school during July.
Owosso friends are pleased at his selec-
ton for this position although they re-
greet the leaving of the city of himself
and family.
Petitions were received by the coun-
Gil Monday for the sprinkling of North
Ball street, for cement bridge over
Chapman creek north of the Owosso
Mfg. Co.'S factory on the west side of
the street and one oyer the gully fur
Their north on the same side of the street
and for sewer for the Independent
Stove Co. and residents beginning in
the center of Bradley street. and thence
to the river on Lynn street.