The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-05-22
Mrs. Ressia Gr;aya ord Joroh+ar aro

super eAcellenC degree on class of
candidates at Corunna, May 90.
Corunnas first band concert last Sat-
urday evening on the court house lawn
was much enjoyed by listeners.
Owossc business men have agreed to
close their stores from 1 to o'clock
Saturday, May 80, Memorial day.
Miss Agnes Battle, teacher in the
Bryant school. has been taken to her
home in Mt. Pleasant because of illness.
Bart VanValkenburg of Lansing, is
spending 30 days in the county jail
because he failed to pay board bill of
$25. SO at Durand.
The City Commission continued the
hearing on the closing of part of How.
ard street to May % at the Monday
evenings meeting.
J. E. Everden has returned from
Toledo, Ohio, accompanied by his
mother and brother of Pittsburg Pa,
who will make visit here.
Mrs. Charles Howard, her daughter,
Mrs. Marjory Derrin and granddaugh-
ter of Detroit, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. M. Terbush, King street.
Corunna ladies will begin tomorrow
on "burdock campaign" Work will
begin at in the morning, stopping for
a pot luck dinner on Mayor Simeon's
lawn.
The Masonic lot at the corner of
Washington and Mason streets has
been graded this week and with the ad-
dition of a flower bed and growing
grass will become slightly corner.
Miss Anna Deal of McAlister, Okla,
will visit Owosso relatives and friends
next week on her way east for trip in
Europe. She has accepted her position
as supervisor of music in the McAiister
schools for next year.
THE TINES last week fell into the
same error as did some of the papers of
the county in not marking paid politi
cal announcements advertisement. 4"
This was an oversight in our case and
hereafter all paid matter of this kind
will be marked.
The funeral Of the late Villa N E.
Kreher was held at the Elks' temple,
Sunday afternoon, Exalted Ruler J. E.
Rigley and Chaplain Hugh Nichols
reading the Elks' burial service, and
Rev. G. H. Hanks speaking appropri.
stely of the deceased.
Mrs. Elmer Barlow died at her home
in Durand Sunday after an illness of
three months. She is survived by her
husband. three sisters and a brother
and host of friends who mourn her
heath. The funeral was held Wednes.
day afternoon at the home with burial
at Vernon.
The Owosso high school base ball
team again defeated the Corunna high
school nine in the regular mid.week
game at McCurdy park, Wednesday
afternoon by score of ID to 6. Shaw
and Cummins composed the battery for
Owosso, and Bouck and Martin made
up the battery for Corunns.
Mortimer Noble, aged 80 years. died.
May ID, at his home near Morrice, after
a long illness. He Is survived by his
aged wife, two sons, Charles at home,
and George of Jackson, and one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Edward Wight of New
Mexico. The funeral was held Satur-
day, Rev. J. D. Youngs officiating
An old land mark the home on the
old Eugene Wallace farm three and
one-half miles east of Corunna, was
totally destroyed by fire Sunday, with a
loss of $500. Charles Wheeler and
family escaped from the building and
saved much of the contents. The
place belonged to Amos Parmenter.
The county road commissioners base
received notification from Frank F.
Rogers, state highway commissioner
that J. j. Cox. of the engineering de.
partment of the University of Michi-
gan, and class or varsity engineering
students, would come to this county
May 20 for the purpose of making a
survey on the two miles of trunk line
road applied for in Owosso and Middle
bury townships.
Mrs. Ferdinand Schmidt, aged So
years, died Monday, at her home on s.
Chapman street, after long illness
The funeral was held Wednesday from
the home at / o'clock and Salems Luth.
eran church at 3 o'clock, Rev. T. G.
Hahn officiating. She is survived by
her husband and four children, Mrs
Otto Setback of Corunna, Mrs. Earl
i Hamilton of Lansing, August Schmidt
of Hammond, Ind, and Carl Hauser of