The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-28

T. e. Stebbius> Is in Martinsburg,
w. Va, to assist large farmer in the
harvesting of his bean crop.
Mrs. William Green accompanied
Mrs. Agnes Mullen to her home in New
York Wednesday for a months visit
Mr.. and Mrs. 1 II. Keeler of Grand
Rapids, spent part of the week in
Owosso. driving to Flint yesterday with
Owosso friends.
Mrs. Sarah Thompson, Woodlawn
avenue. entertained her four children
and ten grandchildren Sunday at fa
milY reunion.
Co. 90, Michigan State Troops, drilled
at Lsingsburg. Wednesday evening,
On Monday evening j. o Parker re
viewed the company and addressed the
men. after Lieut.. Pulver had given in
formation in bsyonet exercise.
John Meachsm, Bradley street leaves
this week to make his home with his
son Joseph Meacham in Detroit, after
working or over thirty years In the
Woodland factories in this city. He is
over 70 yeays of age and has been in
poor health for some time.
Frank Mcintosh. of Perry township.
has suffered in the past year as few
men are called upon to suffer. While
in Ohio to attend the funeral OF his
mother his wife passed away. Soon
after his home burned, and later his
daughter submitted to serious opere-
ton, followed Sunday by the death OF
his sixteen year old son, John, as the
result of an automobile accident three
months ago in which his back was
broken.
Will Maroney, aged 90 years, died
Wednesday at the home of his aunt Mrs.
Margaret Murphy, West Main street.
after long illness with tuberculosis
He had been in Copemish until re-
Gently and had spent week at Burton
and then came to this city apparently
much improved but was taken i'll
Tuesday and passed away Wednesday.
He was born in Owosso in 1895 and is
survived by his mother, Mrs. Emma
Clark, and a sister in Lonsdale, Rhode
Island, his grandmother at Copemish,
his aunt an uncle The funeral will be
held at st. Paul's Catholic church Sat
urdAy, Rev. FIR. Slsne officiating
While returning home from Ann Ar
Dor Monday, L. II Christian and A. L.
Arnold in the formers Cadillac road
ster collided with Ford car owned and
driven by J. Hoffman, OF Detroit, near
Fowlerville, the collision being caused
by neither driver being able to see the
road because !of clouds of dust. Mrs.
Hoffman's mother suffered broken hip
and jaw. The Ford car was wrecked
and wheel taken off the roadster. Mr.
Christian secured an ambulance to take
the injured lady to Lansing.
The district appeal board has for the
second time denied the claim of E gle
W. Somers, Fairfield farmer, who
wished discharge on the ground of
being member Of a religious body
opposed to war. He asked not to be
subjected to trench duty if compelled
to serve. He became baptised mem
Der of the religious society June 8, 1917
George Horn who went to Battle
Greek Sept. 10 with the first large con.
tingent of Shiawassee men, has been
granted exemption bv the district board
as he has wife and two children, the
fact not h.ving been made known to
the district board, at first, as he filed
claim as q farmer. He will be recalled
from the cantonment
Other Shiawassee county men whose
claims were allowed and discharges
granted on occupational grounds are
Leon Lecuresux, Corunna, farmer; Will
liam M. Scollen. Bancroft, farmer; LIE :
lie " Andrews, Durand, farmer, and
Earl @. Stimson, Elsie. farmer. The
claims of Herbert o. Seward, Owosso,
farmer, and VIM. McEntee, 3O1 East
Comstock street, Owosso, were disal-
lowed. Aubrey G.. Griffin and Frank
G. Griffin, of Ovid, denied discharges
on their appeals from the action of the
local board. -