The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-10-04
THE OWOSSO TIMES
EDMUND o. DEWEY. EDITOR.
OWOSSO, MICH, OCT. 4, 1919.
Local News.

Chss. E. Rigley was in Grand Rapids
the first of the week on business
Herbert Hawcroft and wife were
guests of friends in Mason, Sunday.
Mrs Louise Sullivan and daughter,
I Miss Ruth, leave Saturday for Pasa-
dens, California, to spend the winter.
The amount of state tax apportioned
to Shiawassee county this year is $780,.
575, large reduction from the amount
of last year.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Williams expect
to 90 to Owosso Saturday to spend some
time with their son, DIR. F. II. Williams
and family.-Mason News.
Miss Fanny Mead and Mrs. Grace
wesener returned Wednesday evening
from stay of nearly. three months at
their cottage near Topinabee.
Miss Edith Ruebekam, formerly of
this city, now of Trauerse City, has
gone to Mt. Pleasant where she will
study music at the normal this year.
The machinery at the plant of the
Estey Mfg. Co. was started Monday
and work commenced on saving lum-
Der for the sample line of furniture.
The steel beams for the front of the
8. S. Miner building were placed in
position Tuesday and with no further
delays in the arrival of material the
outside work on the building will soon
be completed.
+. w. Burr, superintendent of the
Productive Department of the Reliance
Motor Truck Co., has been transferred
to the Northway plant. Mr.. Burr will
go to Detroit the first of next week but
will not remove his family to that place.
Paul DeRose. an Italian fruit dealer
in Lansing, formerly of this city, was
refused citizenship papers recently. be-
cause he had gone to Italy and remain
ed out of the country for more than six
months.
The county jail was inspected by the
board of inspectors Friday and declared
to be in excellent condition. The board
recommended the purchase of blankets
for the Jail. Fifty-two prisoners have
been confined in the Jail since Febru.
airy.
G. S. Baldwin returned from Nash
vile, Tuesday, where he made the
awards on Berkshires at the Tennessee
State Fair. Mr.. Baldwin also attended
the Tri-State Fair at Memphis and
attended the annual meeting of the
American Berkshire Congress.
Harry Young, who is taking post
graduate work in Albion college, has
been engaged as chorister at the Con-
gregational church. Mr.. Young will
be in the city two days and half each
week and will spend part of the time
in doing work with the young people
of the church.
One hundred members of the church
and congregation of the Corunna Ave
nue. NJ. E.. church and other friends
rendered reception in the parlors of
the church Friday evening, as well
come to the new pastor, Rev. E. G.
Dewey and family, and a farewell to
the retiring pastor, Rev. E. r. Steven
son and Mrs. Stevenson.
Rural mail carriers will doubtless be
little delayed during this month and
next in leaving the offices throughout
the country for their trips. due to the
fact that all mail handled has to be
counted and weighed, each class sepa-
rately. The same regulations apply to
all mail brought in by them for dis.
patch.
The ann ual meeting of the Congre
gational church and society was adj
journed Tuesday evening to Oct. 9TH,
at which time it is hoped that all
pledges on the bonded indebtedness OF
the church will be paid and the mort
gage cancelled. Within two years the
debt of the society has been reduced
from $500 to less than than $500 and
there are pledges enough to wipe out
this sum when paid.
e. A. Bowd of Lansing, architect for
the new building to be erected by the
Union Telephone Co., was in the city
Monday, when the contract for the
heating and plumbing was awarded to
Kelley g. Douglass. The Company has
sold the warehouse on South Water
asreet to Carl c. Wright and will build
= new one in the rear of its Office build
inc. This will not only give the Com
pany a large amount of storage room
but il will also consolidate all the bust
ness in the city at one place.