The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-06-22

guests of relatives for several DAVIS
The county road commissioner
have let the contract of constructing
a 30-foot cement bridge two miles
west of Byron, to Hoadley Stewart
of Saginaw.
William Honey, formerly an EN-.
| ployee of the Times, but who has been
in the employ Of Detroit undertake
er for a time, has enlisted in the hos
pital corps at Detroit.
Lawrence Osmer left Sunday on q
business trip to Pittsburg, Pa, st.
Louis, Mo-, Cedar Rapids and Mar
shalltown, Iowa and Chicago, Ill.
While in Chicago he will attend an
alumni banquet given by his school.
G. III. Hulburt, local architect, has
completed plans for alterations to be
made on the Hartshorn garage build
ing on East Main street. A new show
room and Office will be installed and a
steam heating plant put in.
The estate of the late Elcza j. Gil
lett, Of Bennington, amounting to
$4,000 will go to three daughters and
three sons after small bequects are
made to grandsOns and stepdaughter.
The will was filed Wednesday.
Mrs. Herbert Hawcroft and son,
Robert, have gone to Brooklyn to
be the guests of the formers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Densmore.
Little Frances Hawcroft has been
there since Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo Beemer, of
Grand Rapids, visited in Owosso and
Corunna this week. Mr.. Beemer re-
turned to his reportorial duties with
the Grand Rapids Herald Thursday,
but Mrs. Becmer, who was formerly
Miss Cleo Carmody, will spend sever
al days with relatives here.
The Corunna l. O. o. F, No. GA,
and Rebekah No. IA, extend cor
dial invitation to Owosso lodges l. U.
o. F. Nos. SO and 436, and to the Star
Of Hope and Colfax Rebekah lodges
to unite with them in the Memorial
exercises to be held Sunday morning
at 10 o clock, June "a, at the M. E..
church in Corunna.
Rev. T. G. Hahn, Prof. William
Rudow and Otto Setback left We'd
nesday to attend the annual confer
ence Of the Michigan district of the
Lutheran church, which will be held
at Jenera, Ohio, during the week.
There will be no preaching or Sun
day School next Sunday at Salem
Lutheran church in this city.
The following persons have been
arranged and fined for speeding Sat-
urady on the highway east of New
Lothrop: Mrs. Ella M. Richert, of
Flint, fine and costs, $500; Lloyd
Case, Flint, fine and costs, $500;
George Bower, Flushing, fine and
costs, $3.50; Cecil Kent, Flint, fine
and costs, $500.
AT its meeting Tuesday afternoon
the board of education voted to grant
diploma to Gerald w. Fauth now
midshipman at the United States
naval academy at Annapolis, but who
would have graduated with the 1917
class Of the high school. Mr. Fauth
had 13 IA credits when he left school
and since going to Annapolis, has
gained "a credits or more than the
number necessary to graduate.
An eighth grade agricultural asso-
citation, with 81 members, has been
organized here. Glenn Smith was
elected president; Thos. Coake, vice
president; Arthur Weber, secretary,
and Pier Woodland, chairman Of the
program committee. The first meet
ing of the association will be held
Monday night and thereafter it will
meet every two weeks. On alternate
Monday nights the high school ag-
ricultural association meets.
The Qwosso White Sox defeated
the New Way Motor Co. team, Of
Lansing, here Sunday by score Of
10 to 5. The Lansing team scored all
its runs in the first inning on three hits
and errors. Thereafter the visitors
got but four hits and no runs off
Giffei. Owosso got Ii hits. The
pitching of Giffei, the first basing Of
Kench and the base running of Mar
vim, were features. The Oldsmobile
team plays here next Sunday.
Henry d. Hall, 80 years old and a
resident of Owosso for s;xty-five
years, died at the home Of his son,
Jonah Hall, 725 North Dewey street,
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. He
was born in Lenawee county, New
York, March %, 1923. He came with
his family to Owosso in 1852 and had
since resided here. He leaves the son
at whose home he died, and three
grandchildren. Mr. Hall had been in
capable for a number of years but
formerly was employed in well dig
ging, masonry and other labor. The
funeral was held from the home Tues
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