The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-24
LOCAL

visiting Chauncey Bates and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Rose at County
Line the past week.
Born, Sept. 16, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Brabbs, of Pine Run, 10 Id.
son. May he live to be a first-class
American citizen.
Edwin Ormsbee and Miss Ormsbee
entertained. the formers brothers,
Frank and Morris, and other friends.
of Otisville, one day last week.
C. o. Trask, president of the Valley
Telephone Co., and W. B. Service,
general manager, were in town Mon
day inspecting the toll lines of the
company.
Henry Ford, the famous automobile
manufacturer, bought blizzard" en-
silage cutter, at the State Fair, to use
on his model farm. Roy Lembach sells
the Blizzard
Mrs. Frank Palmer and Mrs. Frank
Price, of Jackson, Miss, and Mrs.
Horace Shelley, of Birch Run, spent
Monday at the home of VIM. thinner
Parties needing engraved name cards,
wedding or correspondence stationery,
should call at The Messenger Office and
see the beautiful line we are showing.
Andrew j. Lun1 was taken to Hurley
Hospital, Flint, Wednesday night, where
he underwent an operation for gall
stones. At last reports he was resting
as easily as could be expected.
Mrs. H. F. Bodine has been in Leslie
for the last two weeks assisting in the
case of her mother, Mrs. Ed. Rogers,
who has been very i'll of typhoid fever,
but who is now somewhat improved.
The Flying Squadron" of the Gene
see County Sunday School Association
held very interesting meeting at the
M. E. church yesterday, and meeting
of similar character will be held at
Otisville tomorrow.
Jobson & Hopkins have sold the Ed.
Dilley farm three and one-half miles
north of town on the Tuscola road to
James Farnham, of Tecumseh, who
will take possession next spring and
engage in the poultry business.
A team belonging to John O'Neil,
living north of town, ran away Monday,
with the result that Mr.. O'Neil sus-
tanned severely sprained ankle, and
the lumber wagon to which the team
was attached was quite badly smashed.
Mrs. Mercen C. Hurd and children.
who have been visiting here for several
weeks, left yesterday for their home in
Houghton, being accompanied by the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Buffum. The latter expect to be guests
of their daughter for about month.
Through mistake on the part of the
county commissioner of schools. the
date announced for the lecture of Miss
Nelson, the visiting nurse who was to
speak on tuberculosis, was week too
early. Therefore, Miss Nelson will
speak this. Friday. evening, at the high
school room and the public is very earn
estly invited to be present. Admission
free.
The Detroit Conference of the M. E.
church, concluded it's sessions at Port
Huron. Monday evening, reports indi-
eating that all districts are in a -four
ishing condition financially and spiritu-
ally. The many friends of Rev. and
Mrs. E. c. c. Benson were, of course,
gratified that their wishes had met the
approval of the Conference, whereby
the pastor and his wife are to remain
among us for another year at least.
Max Hummer, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd Hummer, while coasting in cart
on Vienna St., last Saturday, was near
ly run over by an auto driven by Seth
Palmer, of Everett. The latter was
driving very carefully. to which fact
the boy probably owes his life, and was
evidently not to blame for the accident.
He was a gentleman anyway, paying
the Doctors fee and buying the boy a
new cart. The latter was not greatly
injured.
Walter Knickerbocker, Russell Run
sells, Lyle Brown, Leo Tinker and
Earl Gillett left for M. A. C. Monday
where they will be Students during the
coming year. Walter Knickerbocker
will be graduate of the engineering
department and Russell Runnells of the
veterinary department with the classes
of 1916, while Lyle Brown and Leo
Tinker will enter the engineering de-
partment and Leslie Gillett will take
the course in agriculture.
Our readers will remember an article
which appeared in this paper several
weeks ago, detailing terrible accident
that befel Raymond Perry, who form