The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-03-15
LOCAL NEWS


Born, Tuesday. to Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Clarke, q son.
Born, March 7, to Mr.. and Mrs. Will
AFFORD, State street, son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Payne are NOV
ing to Benton Harbor.
Mrs. w. L. Parker is home from
stay of several weeks at the sanitarium
at Battle Creek.
Mrs J. D. Cummings went to Ann
Arbor Wednesday, for an operation for
gall stones.
Prosecuting Attorney S. @. Pulver
spent the week at Washington, d. c.,
on business.
Mr. and Mrs. N. V. Boylan and son
Phillip, left Tuesday night for their
new home in Pekin, ILL.,
A marriage license was issued We'd
nesday to Kenneth Mcdowell aged Is
of Owosso. and Mary l. Kinney aged
IS of Sand Lake.
George Ross, son of William Ross,
North Washington street. has joined
the Canadian army and will probably
sail from Nova Scotia for France soon.
Mrs. Alexander Mckee, of Rush
township, was taken to the state hos
pital at Pontiac Friday. She had been
detained in the county Jail several
days.
M. A. Marshall and others have
decided to D. B Shepard and John A.
Robson $40 acres of land in sections 90
and 81, Middlebury township, the con.
sideration it is thought being $14 500.
Charles F. Benjamin, of Perry, has
begun suit for divorce from Azelia
Benjamin. They were married in No
vember, 1909, separating a year ago.
He charges cruelty.
The Corunna school board has voted
to eliminate the spring vacation of
the schools so that the summer vaca-
ton may be as long as possible to give
the pupils chance to work on farms.
Charles Signs, aged SO, passed away
suddenly at his home in Corunns Wed
nesday evening. The funeral will be
held this afternoon at the Corunpa M.
E church, Rev F. M. Purdy officiating
Deputy Revenue Collector Mckenzie
will address the Improvement Associ.
alton at it's luncheon next Tuesday and
will be at the post Office next Monday
and Tuesday on his last visit before
reports mustbe made as to l9l7 income.
Judge Bush has ordered Earl Har-
rison Hunt Of Sh:awassee township,
taken to the State hospital at Pontiac.
He thinks some one il trying to drug
him and refuses to work He is 81 years
old, married, and has two children.
Mrs. Fred A. Watts underwent a
major operation at her home. North
Saginaw street, Tuesday. The opera.
tion proved successful DR.. Parker OF
Corunna, performed the operation and
Drs Phippen and Arnold were the
attending physicians
81 Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Benoy of this
city have received word from their son
Lieut.. Evan Benoy, that he has beer
promoted to the rank of first lieuten
ant. He is with the 54th coast artil
lery, stationed at Fort Mckinley, Port
land, Me-, and has been detailed as
regimental adjutant.
A fire at the home. OF e. O. Dewey
Thursday. was caused by an explosion Of
gasolene which leaked into the furnace
room from an abandoned tank ia the
yard put in over fifty years ago in con
nection with lighting system and
which had not been filled with gasolent
in thirty years. e. O. Dewey's hair
and eyebrows we're singed in attempt
ing to keep the fire in control until the
arrival Of the fire department.
Mrs John Carney Of Owosso town
ship, passed away Sunday, at Provi
dence hospital, Detroit, where che was
receiving treatment for anemia. The
remains were brought to the home and
the funers! held at st. Pauls Catholic
chui cb. Wednesday. Mrs Carney WIS
formerly Miss Catherine Sheridan, born
in Hszelton township for'y years az
She was married five years ago and II
survived by her husband and brothers
and sisters.
William E. Maloney, aged 40 years
died Wednesday at his home on East
Main street after long illness will
tuberculosis, the past ten months il
bed. The funeral was held this morn
ing from st. Paul's Catholic church
Rev. FIR. Slane officiating. Mr.. Ma
loney was born in Flint, coming t.
Burton with his parents and lived OF
the farm until fourteen years ago
when he came to Owosso. He is sur
vived by his wife, who was Miss wal
Marie Soules, and two children, aged
three and one years.