The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-18

Mrs. r. A. Ward OF Laingsburg, Is q
guest of her son. DIR. w. e. Ward.
Born. Sunday. to Mr. and Mrs. G. e
Bond, North Washington street, son.
Born. Tuesday. to Mr.. and Mrs. Her.
bert Montague. Lingle street. a daugh.
ter.
Mrs. E. Stoddard of Boston, is guest
OF her father, Rev. C. G. Carpenter,
West Williams street.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. 8. Allison arrived
home last evening, having spent the
winter 10 California and Arizona.
Boy scouts were excused from school
part OF the week to assist in necessary
ways in entertaining visiting Odd Eel
lows
Advertise ed letters at the Owosso post
office for the week ending May 10, 1917:
Chas. N Brisner. Leonard Desein, Mrs.
John Norsse. Mrs. Helen Skinner.
The wedding of Miss Lena Byrnes,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Byrnes
of this city, and j. J. Douglass of Lans-
ing, was solemnized at Lansing, Tues
day.
Chris Rentschler will close his photo
gallery for the present because the high
price of materials makes it impossible
to make any profit at reasonable figure
for pictures.
Frank Harding of Corunna, has en-.
listed in the U. 8. navy and been sent
the Great Lakes training school. F.
Gurnie Willard of Corunna, has been
ordered to Fort Sheridan.
Walter LaLone. aged 81 years, was
sentenced to pay fine of $25 or serve
on the county roads 80 days by Justice
Nichols, Saturday, for stealing beans
from Jay Warner of New Haven.
Private Raymond Stack of the 33rd
Michigan infantry, is visiting his
mother, Mrs. Catherine Stack. Miss
Alice Stack, of Cohoctah, spent Sun
day with her mother.
The marriage of Miss Marjory Aus
tin, daughter of Prof and Mrs e. T.
Austin formerly of Owosso, will be
solemnized at Sterling, H.. June Q.
Miss Elsie Whipple of this city will act
as bridesmaid.
Howard Pettibone of Corunna, left
for the training camp at Fort Sheridan,
ILL.,. Saturday. Ray Derham formerly
OF Corunna. now postmaster at Dewitt,
has gone to a training camp, and his
wife will conduct the postoffice during
his absence.
The boy scouts cleaned up the Ma
sonic lot Saturday morning making it
in more presentable c.ndition. TIE
scouts also Distributed the blacards an
nouncing the free examinations being
held this week by DIR. William DeKIeine
and seven nurses at the city library.
Miss Matte Workman, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Workman, of
this city, and Louis II. Burgdorf, of
Saginaw, were united in marriage
May 18th at the parsonage of Sal
ems Lutheran church, Rev. T. G.
Hahn officiating. They were attend
ed by Miss Louise Bankkau and Ru-
dolph Workman, brother Of the bride.
Commissioner F. l.. Hanscom re-
quests that all persons desiring oil
sprinkling in front of their property
this summer, get their petitions in
at once. 1t takes three weeks for pc
titions for oil sprinkling to go thru
the commission, and Commissioner
Hanscom wants to make up his dis
tricts as soon as possible. The
sprinkling will cost three cents pei
foot frontage on streets on which
oil was used last year and three and
one-half cents per foot on streets
where oil was not used last year.
Miss Eva Smith of o wosso township,
wo the gold medal contest at the coun.
ty W. 9. T. U. convention in this city
last week, her subject being who
Killed Joes Baby2" The judges were
! Supt. M. W. Longman, Mrs A. F
Howard and Miss Marie Brewer. The
I other contestants were Miss Myrtle
johnson IF Henderson, Mrs. @. Rich
| ards of Lennon and Miss Ruth Ogden
of Perry.
G E Godfrey of Bancroft, has been
! appointed administrator Of the estate OF
John g. Morgan of Bancroft. consisting
Of claim against Genesee county
, automobile owner, who drove his CHI
into wagon containing Mr.. Morgan
throwing him out and injuring him SC
, that he died one week later J. T. Nc
Curdy has been retained to begin suit
or secure a settlement for the admins
traitor.
We have received copy of that most
useful and handy little volume Of ts
, pages. Booklet 272 Roster of the Sixty.
Fifth Congress Of the United States,
published by the American Protective
League, New York, and mailed with
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