The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-05-22

Chas. H. May. of Detroit, was in the
village Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Thomas diff. who has been quite
i'll, is gaining steadily day by day.
Mrs. Jane Moody is reported quite
i'll. She is past ninety years of age.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Krater, of
Jackson. are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. H..
F. Bodine.
Mrs. z. w. Tinker has gone to Hot
Springs, Va, where she will spend the
summer months.
Mrs. E. ]. Macomber, of Flint, was a
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. diff, Tuesday.
Carroll Mclean, of Birch Run, is oc-
cupying the position of accountant at
the Condensed Milk factory.
Mrs. Alex, Richardson was taken very
i'll with acute Indigestion, Wednesday,
but is at present improving somewhat.
Miss Tina Arnold, of Saginaw, will be
a guest of her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. }. F. Arnold, during the summer.
Wilbur Curtis has been suffering with
rheumatism for several days so that it
has been impossible for him to fill his
position at the milk factory.
Mrs. Phoebe Baker had the misfor-
tune to sprain her wrist badly a few
days ago. The injury was very painful
for time but is now getting better.
Mrs. Ruth Keakoff is visiting her
granddaughter, who lives an the old
homestead near Montrose, where the
first named lady resided for many years.
Miss Bessie Day was the week end
guest of Mrs. Elgis Burkman, 623 Pat
rick street, Flint. Mrs. Burkman was
formerly Miss Winnifred Holden. of
this place.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, of Hersey, visited
her aunt, Mrs. Mary Stevens. Wednes-
day and Thursday of last week, going
from here to Flint and Eaton Rapids
where she will visit other relatives.
The Christian Endeavor Society will
serve supper at the M. P. church Satur-
day, May 30th. Following is the menu:
Potato salad, baked beans, cold boiled
ham, bread and butter, pickles. jello,
assorted cakes, coffee. Supper served
from five till all are served. Supper zoe.
w. F. Tufford is now more than ever
convinced that life is just lone darned
thing after another" On Sunday, last,
one hundred and fifty-seven automo-
biles, and possibly more, swept majesti-
cally past his residence. Thirty-seven,
by careful count, kicked up the dust be-
tween the hours of three and seven.
A special meeting of Vienna Lodge,
F. & A. NJ, will be held next Monday
evening, at which time matters of very
much Importance relating to plans for
the new Masonic Temple will be con-
sidered. In addition to the business
session an informal social meeting will
be held and refreshments served. The
attendance of every member is particu-
larly requested on this occasion.
J. j. Jones received last week from
IT,. j. Hill, who recently removed from
this place to Sunnyside, Washington,
several samples of green fruit, showing
how much further advanced is the sea-
son there than here. The apples were
nearly as large as walnuts and the cher
ries were half grown. All the samples
were absolutely free from defect of any
kind. showing the effect of compulsory
spraying which is enforced in that state.
Out of the 1923 articles displayed in
the big show window of Hurd's Variety
store the past week, Miss Ruth Chap
pell listed 3O12 of them, using outside
view only, thereby winning the first
prize given for the most complete list.
Prize consisting of az piece dinner set
and 10000 coupons on the piano. End
prize of 5000 coupons won by Annah
Habkirk; Bird prize of 5000 coupons won
by Gladys Tufford; 4th prize of 1000
coupons won by Marion Chown; 9Th
prize of 1000 coupons won by Villette
Struble.
Rev. C. w. Stephenson, pastor of the
First M. P. church of Detroit, occupied
the pulpit of the local M. P. church
last Sunday evening and preached an
eloquent sermon. A curious co-inci-
dence of Rev. Stephenson's visit is
found in the fact that while here, and
on Sunday evening, tenant house
which he owns in the west part of town,
caught fire from defective chimney
and was slightly damaged. The house
is occupied by Mr.. Armstrong and
family and the blaze, which started
near the chimney, was extinguished be-
fore the arrival of the fire department.
Rev. Mr.. Stephenson's wife, who was
with him on the visit, is daughter of