The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-04-16

Mrs. Ben Goodfellow, Thursday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. M. Rathbone, who
spent the winter in Florida, returned
home, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM thinner spent
their third wedding anniversary visit
ing in Saginaw on Saturday.
Mrs. A. j. Amidon, who has been
very i'll of pleurisy for number of
weeks, is slowly improving.
Mesdames Phoebe Baker and W. S.
Arnold are spending the week with
Charles Baker and wife at Otter Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Hemingway, of
Hadley. were guests of the formers
sister, Mrs. Marshall Smith, and family,
last week.
Mrs. H. F. Congleton, of Flint, and
Mrs. E. Coleman, of Pontiac, spent
Saturday and Sunday with their aunt,
Mrs. E. Tuman.
Yesterday marked the fiftieth ami
versary of the assassination of Abra-
ham Lincoln, the grandest figure in
American national life.
Mrs. w. H. Taylor and children, of
Flint, spent Saturday and Sunday with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. Wing,
nd othor ral 10 tiyac IN Clio
Will Houghton, who recently under
went an operation for the amputation
of his leg, at Saginaw, is reported to
be making favorable progress.
DR.. A. E. Leach, at one time a ply
stefan of this place, is reported to be
very ill of typhoid, with little hope of
recovery, at his home in Saginaw.
"My watch is getting rusty" "Per.
haps the spring leaks" Spring leaks
are clarion call for our shingles.
Price lower this year, don't delay.
May Lumber Co., Clio and Mt. Morris.
Chas. w. Taylor was in Detroit on
business, Wednesday. Perhaps it was
only strange coincidence that Cleve-
land and Detroit played ball that same
day.
There will he oodles' of fun at the
Auditorium this evening, when the boys
and girls of the Epworth League, old
and young, will present the latest mirth
maker. Fifteen Miles to Happytown. ,"
Admission 15c and zoe.
S. A. Hopkins restaurant, in the
building formerly occupied by the post
Office, is now open for business The
fixtures are all new and the whole es-
Enlistment is very conveniently and
completely equipped to serve the pub
lie.
- A. ID. Ford and Fred Pomeroy and fam
lilies, who have been living at Albion,
where the gentlemen were employed
on an electric road, have moved to Sag
NAV, and the boys have again assumed
their positions as popular employees of
Iilc -. " Il 4. N.Y.
Mrs. B. s. Jennings, who had been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. e. w. Obee,
in Adrian, returned home last week,
being accompanied by the latter and
her children, Donald and Byron. Mrs.
Obee and children will, it is expected,
remain during the balance of the month.
The minstrel show given by the Boy
Scouts, last Friday evening, was well
attended and was very creditable, con-
sidering the fact that the boys had no
previous experience in that difficult
kind of work. u. Parsons, who drilled
the boys and took part in the program,
is entitled to considerable credit. The
entertainment Melted $500 for the
scouts.
The Importance of Clio as shipping
center and the desirable character of
the market it affords is eviden. in the
fact that since last September, F. M.
Houghton & Co. have shipped from
their elevator nearly 500 carloads of
produce. Imagine 500 freight cars in a
string. if you can, and you will have an
an enlarged regard for the importance
of your home town.
Elmer Powers auction sales. this
year. have been remarkably successful.
There has not been single failure
among the twenty odd sales which he
has conducted and the HARDWOOD Price
sale was one of the largest as well as
most satisfactory ever conducted in
this section, footing up to about So, 800.
The total value of property sold by Mr..
Powers this year is well above $50, 600.
r. r. Knight has bought out the in
terest of his partner, Roy Dickinson, il
the Clio Garage and will hereafter run
the business alone. In addition to 18th,
Famous Ford" which his firm haI
handled so successfully during the pas
two seasons. Mr.. Knight will this yea
handle the Studebaker, one of the mos
popular cars made in this country. Mr.