The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
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service the church edifce was built.
Rev. E. g. T.. Benson is the present
pastor.
Beside those previously mentioned, it
is impossible for us to ennumerate the
first ettlers in this immediate vicinity,
but notable among them were George L.
Bingham and family who settled in this
township in 1887, when Stevens L. Mas
on, the first elective governor of Mich
igan, was serving his first term. Ed
ward d. Bingham and Mrs. Susan
Huyck are :on and daughter. respect
lively, Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Bingham,
and having been born in this t-wnship,
are possibly its oldest residents. Other
early settlers were Daniel e. Montague
and family, who came at about the
same date as the Binghams. Edward,
Charles and Fred Montague, who still
reside in this vicinity, were the sons in
this family, and Mrs. Daniel Salisbury
and Mrs Sarah Critics. who reside at
outside points, were the daughters.
Hiram Benjamin and wife also came to
the locality at very early period, II.
l.. Benjamin, our fellow citizen, being
their son. Milton B Stage and wife
moved into the township in 1864, MIR.
Stage being surveyor by profession.
Mrs. H. l.. Benjamin is their daughter.
Mrs Mary Shaw is also one of the old
est livir @ residents of the locality.
The officers elect of Clio for the year
1917 are as follows: President. Charles
e. Taylor; clerk, VIM. g. Goodrich;
treasurer, Geo. Palmer; councilmen,
j. f. Wirth, A. N. Stuber, Marshall E.
Smith, Leonard j.. Scholl, B. f. Conlee
and w. II. Stout; assessor, Glenn Will
Jams; marshal, Chas. l.. Best.
Firms now engaged in business in
Clio are as follows: Ed. l.. Beeman and
Meeks q Wirth, dry goods and shoes;
Fox & Watson and A. N Stuber, hard
ware; G. W. Taylor. shoes and furnish
ings; E. E. Huyck, furniture, undertak-
ing and drugs; Geo. Daily, restaurant;
G. r. Robertson, drugs; Mccormick &
Conlee, furniture and ur.iertaking; G.
w. Jobson, Chas. Sturdivant and Caryl
d. Ives, BARRIERS; Jones & Haven, Pearl
Chown, r. Jones, E. X Warner and
Diamond & Co., groceries; j. w. Hurd,
5 and 10c goods and novelties; Mrs. N.
w. Mann, millinery and ladies' furnish
ings: Mrs. j. w. Hurd and Mrs. G. C.
Beeman, millinery; o. Peterson and
Fred Sturdevant, meats; McCrady q
Miller and l.. o. Sanderson, garages,
Harry Price, auto tire repairs: Knight
& Matzen and Earl Ayliffe, auto sales
agents. M. G. Doyle, agricultural inn
plements, 0. Forbush, matchmaker and
optician; VIM. English, baked goods and
confectionery; May Lumber Company;
E. w. Hymen. G. w. Hoff, Louis Lath-
er and VIM. Taylor, blacksmilhs; +. M.
Houghton q Co.. elevator; HI. Cum
Minis, dray line: Detroit Creamery Co.
milk condensary; Gillett Manufacturing
Co, furniture manufacturers; The Clio
State Bank, Leonard j. and Charles E.
Scholl, brick manufacturers (this busi-
ness was established by Thos. Oliff and
conducted by him with the greatest sue
cess for more than twenty years.; b.
Goodfellow and z. L. White, ply ysicians;
Il. III. Neelands, dentist; Russell A.
Runnels and w. r. Cox, veterinarians
Chas. III. Reed, publisher of The Clio
Jess LaDue, electrician;
j. j. Jones, postmaster.
This. briefly, and possibly with many
inaccuracies, is portion of the story of
Clio tor the first fifty years of her ex-
istence. From a struggling hamlet Of
the backwoods she has come to be a
thriving, modern village of probably
/ 1900 people. with telephone and tele-
graph lines reaching every part of the
country, and hourly passenger commun-
ication with the most important cities
of the state. What this age of start
ling change may bring forth no one can
safely prophecy. but if public spirit and
private enterprise continue to be the
most important factors in municipal
success, and if these qualities continue
TO be as characteristic Of Clio in the
next half century of her existence as
they have been in the past, she will be,
when she reaches the century mark, a
town. mayhap city, of which no cit
izen need be ashamed.
Ed. Note-Our readers will realize
that the materials of which the forego-
ing article is composed were gathered
from many sources and that the writer
has no personal knowledge of the mat
ters of which he writes. We assume,
therefore, they will be considerate OF
any inaccuracies or omissions, and, or
our part, we desire to announce, il such
errors are found, we shall be very glad
to correct them in future issues Of The
, Messenger.