The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-10-18

Mrs. j. b. Nicholson, OF Grand
Rapids, is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Marshall Smith.
If you are in trouble with tired
feet, corns or bunions, we invite you
to call at our store on Saturday, Oct
ober &c, and get the advice of foot
expert free of charge. There is no
string to this; it won't cost you
nickle. See out big ad elsewhere in
this paper. Meeks & Wirth.
Ross Greenburg, of Detroit, was
the week end guest at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Jewell.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. w. Irving and
son, Charles, of Flint, spent the
week end at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert LaDue.
Henry Utley made a business trip
to Flint, Saturday.
Mrs. Harry LeBar and Miss Irene
Boutwell, spent Friday evening in
Flint.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Scott have
returned to their home after several
days visit with the formers sister,
Mrs. Alva Stevens and family of Cor
unna.
Mrs. Fred Cooper, of Detroit, Wis
tied her sister, Mrs. Austin Cum
mings, Friday, and in the afternoon
the two ladies went to West Branch
to visit their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
R. Lonney.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. d. Meks spent
Friday evening in Flint
Mrs. S. S. Slocum, of Saginaw,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Shorten, Thursday.
Mrs. Clarence Everette, of Bir-
mingham, visited at the home of Miss
Verna Lembach, Friday
Mrs. Ina Bunker and son, Milton,
spent several days this week with
relatives in Flint.
In the front. window of the Mes
senger office is displayed sugar beet
raised by Andrew Littlefeld, that
weighs seven pounds. Mr.. Littlefield
has a splendid crop of beets on the
entire ten acres which he used this
season for that purpose.
Arthur Butler has brought to our
office several beautiful samples of
different varieties of apples produced
by his orchard. Some of them are
new kinds and they are very hand.
some. Last week Saturday Mr.. But.
Ter picked quart and half of fine
Strawberries from his vines of the
,, lever bearing" variety. We are also
indebted to w. E. Paine for some
magnificent apples of the winter pip
pin variety.
The township clerk has issued near
ly 90 hunters licenses up to the
!. present time. The beautiful fal
4 weather has made the woods anC
fields very alluring.
Mrs. H. H. Stanley has received
: from her son, Oliver, now in France
a German trench helmet of the sam,
o sort as that sent to the editor b.
e Ralph Alvord.
In recent letter to his sister, Mrs
Ed. L. Beeman, Jess LaDue says tina
d he finds army life too busy to per
: NIT of home sickness, but that if eve
:. he gets back to, good old u S. A. tn,
t great bronze Goddess of Liberty il
S New York harbor will have to turf
:. around quickly if she wants to get
second look at him. We can appre
ciate just how Jess and other Ameri
a can boys feel and we look forwar,
n to their return with longing secon'
= only to their longing for home. "Mi'
$ pleasures and palaces though we ma!
roam, be it ever so humble there's n,
a place like home"
Nelson Marshall, who was tn
: victim of an accident in sleepin,
S dormitory at Ann Arbor, as note'
last week, has had the injury repaired
at st. Joseph's sanitarium and j
y making good progress as can be ex
s. pected. He was under the influence
. of ether for three hours while tn
operation was in progress, and as tn
!, injury is to the knee cap it is no
known just what the outcome may be
:, but is possible that the young man
e limb may be permanently injured.
e His many friends hope that this vii
7. not be the case.
Clare Scott, serving with tn
: American army in France, has writ
e ten his parents an interesting lette
: telling of the things he has seen i
:, Europe. Being an American farme
i boy, he is considerably critical o
= the way they cut grain by hand an
!. thresh with horse power over there
. He says that one man cuts NOR
y grain in America than twenty-five
= men cut in the French fashion. Blu
, the way they are threshing tn
Boches, we opine, appears just abou
u right to Clare.
& A rumor was current in Clio, Wee
nesday, to the effect that Lieut.. Wa