The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-30

rived home Wednesday from their
wedding trip.
Rueben Beehler and Dean Shoulders
have opened barber shop in the Lin
coin theatre building.
Mrs. R. B. Hitler, of Bay City was a
guest of her sisters, Mrs. Edward
Striker and Mrs. Byron Foote, this
week.
Hattie B. Hall, of Owosso has begun
divorce proceedings from Joseph Hall.
Cruelty and drunkenness are given as
the causes.
Mrs. DR.. Harry, Arnold and daughter
arrived in Owosso Saturday from Co
lumbus, Ohio, for visit with DR.. and
Mrs. A. l.. Aronld.
Harry Johnson was here from Camp
Custer Saturday to see the Owosso-
Saginaw football game and spent Sun
day with Miss Marguerite Hollis.
Banns of marriage Of Miss Mayme
Hamberry and John Corcoran and
Miss Kate Hamberry and Daniel Crit
fifth, all of this city were called at
high mass Sunday at st. Paul's Catho-
lie church.
Howard Taylor is guest of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Taylor.
He expects a call to service in the
aviation corps next month. He has
been employed by steel corporation
at Massilon, Ohio.
Miss Dorothy Kerwin has returned
to her home in this city from Hough-
ton where she has been the past year
with her sister, Mrs. Fred Ruff, and
will take post graduate course in the
Owosso high school.
Andy Dadik, who was to have gone
to Camp Custer last week with Shia-
wassee men, left Sunday night for
Chicago and on Tuesday was struck
by a street car and is in hospital.
1t is claimed Dadik did not think he
was to serve on account of previous
injuries but his action is regarded as
suspicious.
Mrs. A. w. Splitter, aged 80 years,
passed away Sunday at her home in
Easton after long illness. The fu-
neral was held Tuesday at the home.
Mrs. Splitter was born in Ohio, coming
to this county in 1878 and had since
lived in the farm near Easton. She
was highly respected Christian wom-
an and her death is sincerely mourned.
Surviving are three children, w. H.
Splitter, A. E. Splitter and Mrs. Car
RE Hills, all of this county.
Hugh M. Miller has received word
that his father, John u. Miller, now of
Pasadena, Calf, but formerly of this
city, is very i'll in hospital there
Mr.. Miller has been in poor health
for two years and his condition has
gradually grown worse. He was
formerly a prosperous farmer living
north of the city and later resided in
Owosso for some years before going
vest
Owosso high school football team
has chance for Saginaw Valley foot.
ball championship. 1t is generally un
derstoOd that the Arthur Hill eleven's
chances for the championship were
good until they encountered the Owes
so team Saturday. The Saginaw boy!
had not until then met with defeat
having tied with the Detroit Eastern
High. Arthur Hill plays the Saginaw
Eastern High Thanksgiving and i
they win this game it will mean tina
Owosso will carry the colors.
A report submitted to the city com
mission Monday by COMMISSIONS
Hanscom showed that there was les'
sidewalk built this year than for |
number of years back. This was du'
to the high cost Of building materials
Only S$664.03 was expended for thi'
purpose. 1t cost the city $62.11 fol
cutting obnoxious weeds, the smalles
amount in the history of the city
while the cost of water sprinklinf
also showed big decrease, due to thu
fact that so many streets were sprink
led with OIL
The local draft board has received
notice from Camp Custer that six O.
the men recently sent from this count!
had been rejected as being PHYSICAL!
unfit for the service. The men wh'
were rejected are: Rollie G. Arthur
Perry; Ashby Mortley Arnold, Ovid
Lyle Fay Parr, Durand; Michae
Spring, Owosso; Ernest Stadlberger
Durand, and Clinton McCann, Perry
These reflections mean that the boar'
will have to select more men to max
up the quota for the county. The,
have enough men certified for the ser
vice to fill in the vacancies.
ii James Oliver Curwood has pur
chased from E. s. Brewer, strip o
land, 40 feet wide and 140 feet lonl
on the rear end of Mr.. Brewers prop
erty at Shiawassee and Oliver street
, and plans to landscape garden tn
nIot This oives Mr. Curwood n niue