The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-05-19
LOCAL

Mrs. John A. Caddy, of Detroit, is
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. l.. Beeman
this week.
Mrs. w. H. Taylor and little sons, of
Flint, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Haven, Sunday.
Mrs. F. M. Houghton, Mrs. l.. B.
Fuller, and Mrs. Will Rogers spent
Wednesday in Flint.
A. E. Struble, of Mt. Pleasant, has
been a guest of his mother, Mrs. Adah
Wisner, for several days this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Torrance and
sons, of Flint, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Jenkins and family.
VIM. Martin and wife, and son Ralph,
of Adrian, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. E. Conlee. The ladies are sisters.
Mrs. Barbara Wright. of Atlas, was
a guest of her brother, Allen Toby, and
wife from Saturday until Wednesday.
Detroit is having one big time today.
on which suspicious occasion Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt is the guest of the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Bodne and son,
Oscar, leave tomorrow for Highland
Park where they will visit friends for a
week.
Mrs. j. w. Buffum, who is taking
treatment in sanitarium at Kansas
City, is making satisfactory progress
toward recovery.
The Board of Commerce of Mt. Nor
ris, are to give "Get Together Ban
quet" next week Wednesday evening,
beginning at eight O'Clock.
Mrs. Chas Munger, of Otisville, Mrs.
Laura Ayler. of Genesee, and Mrs. Dan
Chandler. of Mt. Morris. visited their
cousin, Mrs. C. w. -Jobson, the first of
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. McComb and son,
Howard, and Mrs. Charlie Louer, of
Lansing, motored to Clio, Saturday,
calling on Mrs. A. Richardson and other
relatives in the community.
Delbert J. Hurd, Jr., seven-day old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Hurd of
County Line, died Saturday. The sor-
rowing parents will have the sympathy
of all who know them.
Some of our village philosophers say
there are about 200 brands of religion.
But that isn't so many when you re-
member that there are about 70, 1852, 1854
brands of cussedness.
Mrs. Sarah l.. Rogers has returned to
Clio after spending the winter with her
son, Arthur F. Rogers, near Turner,
Arenac Co. On her way home Mrs.
Rogers visited a few days with her
brother, George Aplin, and wife at Bay
City.
Warner Leavenworth, of Walled
Lake, was a pleasant caller at The
Messenger sanctum. Wednesday. He
is looking fine and says that the farm
is the place for him, also that Mrs.
Leavenworth and the children are well
and happy.
While we are commiserating over the
cold and backward spring, it may be
comforting to know that it is better
than last year. One year ago Wednes.
day night it showed and it rained every
day during the latter half of May and
almost every day during the first half
! Captain Karl Boy-Ed. former Ger.
man military attache. at Washington
has been decorated by the Kaiser with
the Order of the Red Eagle. Some
eagle, that, and it was probably al
right for the Kaiser to hang it on i'm
because Ed. kind of put the double
cross on US.
Adam Ketteman while unskillfully
plotting brand new Overland car from
Saginaw to his home in Flint, Wednes
day evening. ran the machine full till
into the Mill St. bridge and only the
railing saved him and his son-in-lav
from going over into the ravine below
The gentleman was just learning t.
drive and his car was quite badly dam
aged.
Speaking of the possibility of raising
q crop of. oats, where the sowing i
done at this or latter period in May
Allen Toby says that six years ago h
sowed oats during the last week il
May and that they grew splendid!
and yielded sixty.five bushels to thu
acre. So. here's hoping that Providenc,
viii smile upon US after ali; smile Il
follow the tears, so to speak.
o. M. Field has purchased fin,
power spraying outfit and proposes t.
take care of his fruit trees in scien
tific manner. The machine was pur
chased of firm which manufacture
such apparatus at Flushing. It i
mounted on truck and operated by
gasoline engine. The tank holds 20