The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14
LOCAL


r. r. Knight and Chas w. Robert
son were in Flushing, Friday.
Mrs. VIM Giberson, of Saginaw. was
guest of Clio relatives Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Bodine and Mrs.
G. W. Jobson were in Flint, Friday.
Read the proceedings of the new
council. They contain much of interest
Mrs. Chas. S. Bliss, IF South Bend,
Ind, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. p.
E White.
Mrs. j. G. Chambers visited her
daughter, Mrs. Guy Selby, in Flint,
Wednesday,
Mrs. P. E White, who has been quite
i'll with grippe the past couple of weeks,
is now convalescent.
The Misses Cora and Katharine Gu
lick, of Bancroft. are visiting their
aunt, Mrs. C. II. Reed.
Mrs. NJ. H. Clancy, of Springfield,
Mass. has returned home after visit
with her neice, Mrs p. E. White.
Mrs Hemingway and daughter,
Ella Catherine, of Hadley, were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Smith, a few
days last week.
Don't fail to see the new hats for
men at Ed. l.. Beeman's. They are in
the new pearl gray and brown coors
and in the extremely popular Trooper"
shape.
the Grand Rapids Veterinary College.
IL ha. ch, inin
next year, which is considered very
fine distinction for student.
Owing to the large amount of adver-
Using carried in this issue of The Mes
senger, we have been obliged to cur
tail some"of the news matter sent to
Us for publication. We are sorry to do
this but it has been unavoidable
Rev. E. G. T.. Benson wen. to How
ell. Monday, to attend the Flint District
Ministerial Conference. He was &C
companied by Mrs. Benson who made
use of the occasion to pay visit to her
parents.
Glenn Williams, j. F Wirth. Ed. L.
Beeman, Dr. r. II. Neelands and H..
Reed were elected delegates at the
township caucus held Wednesday, to
held in Flint next Tuesday.
The Ruth Circle of the Ladies' Aid,
the south side of the house for those
not knowing which side they are on,
are to have bake sale at Bert Wilson s
grocery on Saturday of this week.
Please don't fail to respond this time.
Little Eva Havener, granddaughter
I1f III III ~ hn
has been ill of heart trouble since
Christmas, is now with them. The lit
tie girl is confined to her bed, but the
doctors are hopeful that she may event.
ually recover.
Mrs. Carrie Eaton, of Seaside, Ore. =,
in renewing subscription to The Mes
senger, has the following to say of con-
ditions in that country; every mill is
running and everything is on the boom.
The price of lumber is going up with
sugar and that is 10c lb.-and then
some.
On Saturday of this week the bort
Automobile Co., will have on exhibit
ton at their local salesrooms in Doyle
Bros store, beautifully decorated
chassis of their popular car. This
chassis is so arranged that anyone can
examine in detail its mechanism and
see how thoroughly and perfectly it is
constructed. The bort is represented
locally by Pat Doyle and on Saturday,
in addition to the chassis above men,
toned, several completed cars will be
on hand and Mr.. bort will personally
assist in explaining the merits of the
car. The attention of our readers is
invited to the advertising of the bort
Co. which appears in this issue and to
that which will appear frequently here
after during the season.
On Tuesday evening, April 25, Major
DeHull N. Travis. of Flint, will deliver
his famous lecture, '"The Man Without
a Smile" at the Auditorium, for the
benefit of the Temple fund. Major
Travis, as many of our readers know,
was private secretary to Gov. Chase S.
Osborn, has been a member of the
prison board of Michigan and has made
a special study of criminals and pris-
ons, which covered the entire country
The lecture which he will deliver here
is the outgrowth of that experience
and has been delivered from Chautau-
qua platforms in this and other states
for several years with great success.
We have no hesitation in predicting
that all who attend this lecture will &c
away from it with larger and more
helpful view of life and its responsible
ties and we hope and believe the lect
urer will be greeted with large audi
ence.
A slight typographical error in last
weeks Messenger made j. G.. Var
Vleet's majority for justice appear 10l
instead of 20l, as it should have been
And as it is said that 'open confession
is good for the soul" we might as wei
clear up the whole bunch of errors thai
has weighed somewhat heavily upor
our mind: We mistook Mrs w. G..
Lewis for Mrs. +. S. Cleveland last
week; fact is that both these venerable
ladies are so equally charming to meet
that we are forever and Unnecessarily
perhaps, getting them mixed. Also ar
item in the. township financial state
ment published two weeks ago made
the whole amount expended in road dis