The Owosso times., 1911-07-14
NJ orrico.


Morrico.
About twenty of the old soldiers ant
! their wives gathered at the home o.
Frank Payne in Pittsburg, Saturday, t.
spend the day. Mrs Payne served al
excellent dinner. Mr. and Mrs Ansor
Howe of this place were among thu
guests-B Ward was kicked in the
head by a horse while playing on the
farm of George ARRAY. The horse was
one of three doing some plowing. and
was crowded by its mates, causing it to
strike out with its hoof. The blow was
slanting one just escaping the temple
Ernest Kelly had the thumb on his
left hand broken Saturday, while ad.
justing his wheat binder, at mis- farm
north of town-Arthur Benson has
gone to Forest City, Ia, to conduct q
Normal school there this week-W E
Morris of Freeland, former editor OF
the Morrice Times, visited at the home
of w E Brown Sunday-Mrs B E
Locke and Miss May Stanley went to
Ypsilanti Monday, to review their grade
work at the summer normal-The
annual reunion of the Coates family
was held at this place Friday at the
home of Rev Fred Coates. Thirty two
members OF the family were present,
ipcI,,d;pn thraa for,;l;as fro,,, EI;o@
two from Port Huron, one from Toledo,
three from INLAY City, number from
Detroit. and VIM Coates and family of
Des Moines, la. A pretty feature of the
occasion was the christening of Rob-
bins s Coates, son oe VIM Coates, by
Rev Fred Coates, grandfather of the
babe, Robin having become new
member of the family since their last
meeting. The tables were spread under
the trees in the yard at the parsonage,
both dinner and supper being served
there The next meeting of the family
will be held at the home of Joseph
Coates in Flint-Mr and Mrs ] T
Bancroft arrived from Springport Sun
day. They were accompanied by their
niece, Miss Leda Perry, who will re-
main for a visit-Curtis Olcott re-
turned Sunday from New York, where
he has been spending the past year with
friends-Miss Maud Bartholf is con.
valescing from her recent operation-
Mrs Minnie Pratt, who taught the Nor
gan school last year. will spend this
year with her parents, Rev and Mrs w
w Benson---Mrs J @ A Cook and
grandson, Leon Morrice returned from
Hillsdale Saturday, where they have
been visiting several weeks-Miss
Josie Carl, manager of the Union tele-
phone. will take vacation this week,
Miss Belle Coates taking her place at
the switchboard-Mrs F A Botsford
returned to Port Huron Saturday even
ing. She was accompanied by her little
sister, Helen Davis--The Misses Ag.
mes and Nellie Jordan, accompanied by
their brother, Peter Jordan, visited
friends in Dexter from Friday until
Monday-Dewey Bliss and Mrs Kittie
Simons accompanied his mother, Mrs
Susan Bliss, to Benton Harbor Sunday
night. Mrs Bliss was injured by a fall
some time ago. which resulted in an en-
larged neck. She went to Benton Har-
Dor for treatment--Dr Stevens of De-
troit, is spending few days at the
home of Q A Cook, east of town
Gus Fritcher of Gladwin, was here the
first of the week to visit his wife, who
is i'll at the home of Mrs Mary Coburn
Samuel Atkins of this place,
will visit her great grandmother. Mrs
Almond Thurston, who lives near Mar.
shall. Mrs Atkins and a sister, Mrs
Fred Patterson, are the only living rel.
atives of Mrs Thurston, who is one hun.
dred years old, and recently was mar.
ried for the fourth time-Mrs Kittie
Simons visited Mrs George Bliss, who is
critically i'll at her home in Perry
Joseph Yerian is critically i'll at his
home north of town. His trouble being
a general nervous breakdown. His
Edith Topping, of Bancroft,
is here helping care for him-Wil
Cohoon returned from Detroit Monday,
to spend the summer vacation here with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs Robert Cohoon
Viola Allen and Theodore
Mette of Detroit, spent the first of the
week at the home of II G Allen, her
brother.