The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-08-13
Local News.

Cecil o. Post left Sunday for Cleve'
land, Ohio, to work for the Studebaker
Motor Co., travelling in Ohio.
Twelve young ladies are writing the
teachers examination being held at the
county sch, oil commissioner room in
Corunna. The work lasts three days.
Corunna has passed an ordinance in
an effort to do away with a lot OF ours
not worth the price of tag, and Aug.
Is will begin gathering in those not
licensed.
DIR. J. L. Rose of San Diego, Calf
| is a guest this week of Edward Carr
and E. F. Joslin on his way east to
visit Boston and New York and attend
the National G. A. R. encampment at
Washington.
Benson e. Finch have been awarded
the contract for the remodeling OF the
Judge Turner house, corner OF Wash
ington and Goodhue streets, into two
apartment house. 8. D. Butterworth
of Lansing, is the architect.
An alarm of fire from the Owosso
Manufacturing Co. g plant Wednesday
evening, called the department to put
out blaze started in the shaYings
on the floor of the boiler room. The
fire was put out by the fire fighting APP
paratus at the plant with little damege.
Walter Burns. aged 33 years, was
found dead in a barn on the Peter B.
Lennon farm near Lennon, Sunday,
having died of heart trouble, to which
he was subject. He lived with his
father and was unmarried. IL is sup
posed he became i'll on his way home
Saturday night and stopped at the barn
to rest.
Mary Taylor of Owosso, has started
divorce proceedings against Floyd Tay
lor The couple reside in Owosso. Be-
cause Mrs, Taylor is minor the suit
was started by her mother, Mrs. Mary
Lietch, as next friend. Cruelty and
non support are charged. The couple
were married in 1918.
Earl E. Durham, the Corunna drug
gist started work Monday on fine new
home on West State street. The build
| ing will be one of the best in the city
when completed. The first story will
be of brick and second of stucco. Mr..
Durham recently sold his home in Cor
unna to Geo. Brands.
Miss Jean Hurst, formerly of this
city, now instructor in the Normal
school at Richmond, KY, left Danville,
Ill.,, to join party of Kentuckians who
are travelling to the Pacific coast in a
special car. The party is under the
direction of the president of the college
in which Miss Hurst teaches
Misses Bessie and Inez Forster and
Harold Teller have returned from an
outing at liberia. making the trip by
auto. The young ladies have been
spending q month with their mother
and other relatives. They were accom-.
panied as far as Grand Rapids by Miss
Hattie Forster and Jay Stafford of
Elberta.
Supt. of Public Instruction F. l..
Keller has issued an order that prim-
airy school money must not be used for
any purpose except as provided by law
for the payment Of teachers salaries
and will employ clerks to travel about
the state checking up the treasurers'
accounts. Borrowing from the fund
for other purposes will be punishable.
Rev. and Mrs. George Tiefel left
Tuesday for their home in Orchard,
Neb, after being guests at the home of
the latter mother, Mrs. A. 81. Wietzke,
Corunna avenue. They were accom-.
panied as far as Chicago, ILL.,, by Mrs.
Tiefels sister, Mrs. B. Lahman, who
will spend several days with relatives
in that place.
i Word has been received by Owosso
Lodge Of Elks of the death in Texas OF
Fred Moore, member who formerly
lived at Corunna but who has been in
the west for some time on account OF
tubercular trouble. The lodge has
been assisting him By keeping him in a
santarium and was planning to bring
him back to Michigan where he might
be near his friends.
County Drain Commissioner Alonzc
Griffin of Shiawassee county, and Fred
g. Oppermann, deputy drain commits
sioner of Saginaw county, met the con
tractors of the Griffiths drain at the
court house yesterday, and reached
settlement satisfactory to all parties. &c
that now the work on the Griffithf
drain may progress uninterruptedly.--
Saginaw Courier Herald.
Henry M. Melchers, a brother of W.
J. Melchers of this city, died at ST.
Mary's hospital in Saginaw, Saturday
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