The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-10-15

George B. Sickmon, former
popular resident of Owosso, is a guest
of DR.. A. l.. Arnold. Mr.. Sickmon is a
real estate dealer in Mclean, N. Y.
Letters uncslled for at the postoffice
for the week ending Oct. 1915 are ad.
dressed to Fl. NJ. Lawson. Miss Blanche
Pennington, S. Toby, Frank Zeman.
Mis-. Arthur Lemieux of billiard,
Florida, is the guest of her sister, Mrs
R. Wallace, Prindle street. Mrs. Lem.
ieux will make her home here and her
husband will be here from Florida in a
few weeks.
Chas. Cakes of Shaftsburg, recently
re.instated as a rural carrier and trans
ferred to Owosso, will begin work on
Monday on route s. Carrier V. E.
Josenhans. who has served route g. has
been given route A.
The Corunna home coming planned
for Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
this week has been indefinitely post
poned. The action was taken Saturday
night by Mayor w. J. Simeon and DR..
w. T. Parker, health officer, because
there might be danger from the cases
of diphtheria in Corunna.
Mrs, Anna Thompson of Bancroft,
has begun suit through her attorney ].
81. Collins for divorce from Frederick
Thompson, livery stable owner. She
alleges cruelty, etc. An Injunction re-
straining Thompson from disposing of
any of his property was granted by
Judge Miner.
The Crown Circle class of the M E.
Sunday school held its regular business
meeting and election of officers Friday
evening in the church parlors The
following officers were elected: Presi.
dent, Miss Dora Thorne; vice president,
Miss Bessie Forster; secretary, Miss
Lena Schwartz; treasurer, Miss Hazel
Greenwald.
Mailing clerks Hugh Nj. Miller and
Vernon A. Douglass of the Owosso post
Office, who took their annual examina.
ton before II. A. Durkee of Detroit,
chief clerk of the railway mail service
last week, threw the 1886 cards with
one and two errors respectively and
were given standings Of 80 SO and SO SO
per cent.
Out of the class of 476 freshmen who
entered the Michigan Agricultural Col.
lege this fall, 100 were found delinquent
in grammer and $50 in spelling in
recent examination in which it is stated
that the questions asked were in no
sense technical The poor showing is
declared to be the result of improper
teaching of these important subjects in
the high schools of the state.
Hon. J. W. Fordney of Saginaw,
spent couple of hours in Owosso,
Saturday morning, while en- route to
st. Johns. Mr.. Fordney has had an
especially busy time since the adjourn.
ment of congress with private business
matters and with the calls from his
large district on public matters. He is
in fine health and spirits aid ready for
all kinds of hard work in the approach
ing session of congress.
The report of the road commissioners
of Genesee county shows that 404 miles
of state reward road were built this
year and 81 miles are now under way,
the work having been greatly delayed
during the year by the rainy weather
Since the county system was adopted
gil miles of roads have been built,
leaving so miles to complete the county
system. This has been accomplished in
very short time through bonding the
county.
Owosso and Corunna Communicates
Knights Templar attended the field day
at st. Johns, Friday, many ladies sc-
companying them. Exhibition drills
were given by all the Communicates,
and band from Lansing furnished
excellent music throughout the after.
noon. Dinner and supper were served
in the various churches and thorough
ly enjoy able time was had. Owosso
and Corunna were each represented by
about thirty Knights.
Al automobile driven by DR.. Fl. B.
Moore of Corunna, crashed irto the
clock post in front of Allison 81 Sons
jewelry store on Washington street
Friday. The iron post was knocked
down and the clock was demolished.
The brakes of the heavy machine failed
to work as the doctor was drying mp tc
the curb. A bumper saved the auto
from damage Another machine crash
ed into the curb this morning at the
same place and demolished bicycle
standing near the curb. The owner
drove away before his name could be
learned.