The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-04-19
LOCAL NEWS

Misses Minnie and Annie McCor-
mick left for Ridgetown, Ont, Satur-
day, called by the death of their aunt.
Charles Rindge, well known to the
older residents of Owosso, spent the
day in Owosso after an absence of 20
years.
A daughter, Phyllis Gail, was born
last night to Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Rey-
ol6s, North Water street. Mother
and babe are doing fine.
Mrs. Harry Osburn and son, Charles
Of near Pittsburg, Pa, are visiting at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Osburn
West Williams street.
Mrs. Charles Lahman is home from
Texas, where she has been spending
several months with her husband
Lieutenant Lahman is now on his way
to France.
A marriage license was issued late
Saturday afternoon to Walter H. Els
worth, aged 25, of Fairfield township
and George E. Vincent, aged 20, of
Middlebury township.
Miss Bess Garland has resigned her
position in the Corunna schools and
gone to Washington to accept gov
eminent clerkship. Mrs. Chas. Car
land will fill out the year as teacher
in Corunna.
The county road commissioners have
let the contract for the construction
of the three miles of reward road west
of Perry to William Clayton. This
is a class "B" nine foot road and the
contract price is $15,500.
Leroy w. Todd, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Albert Todd, of this city, and who has
spent much of the past year here, has
secured commission as first lieuten-
ant in the army, and will serve in the
forage and fuel department of the
quartermaster's corps.
Arthur Lindow, of Laingsburg, HUI
bert Connolly, of New Lothrop, and
R. A. Clark, of Laingsburg, left this
morning for Ann Arbor to take a
course of instruction in the ordnance
department at the U. of M.
Eugene Parker, aged 26, and Miss
Grace Taphouse, aged 10, both of
New Haven township, were married
Saturday by Rev. F. M. Purdy, pastor
-. the NJ. E. church. Ed and Hazel
Vanthe-ot, of Hazelton township, act
ed as witnesses.
Mrs. Frank Trask, 433 East Mason
street, announces the marriage of her
sister, Miss Louise Tozer, to Russell
Dodge Saturday afternoon in Flint
They, will reside in Ann Arbor, where
the groom is student at the iUniver-
sity. The bride has been making her
home with her sister in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Miner returned
this morning from an extended trip
in the west. They spent several days
with their son, Captain Harold Miner
and family at Fort Sill, Okla, and re-
turned home by the northern route
Mrs. Miner is much improved in
health.
Howard A. Pierson, Radio operator
in the navy, who has been home on
leave, left Sunday for Detroit where
he will spend few days with his
brother before returning to Harvard
University, where he expects to be as
signed to sea service. His mother
accompanied him to Detroit.
Roy Conger, bookkeeper at the Citi-
zens' Savings Bank in this city for sew
eral years has resigned to accept the
position of receiving teller at the
Highland Park State Bank and will be
succeeded by Burr Wood, and Leon
Willoughby will be added to the bank
force.
Robert Storrer, who has been a stu
dent at the u. Of M. for three years
past, and who enlisted last fall for
naval aviation, received orders the last
of the week to report to Boston Tech
nical school for instruction preparato-
ry to entering the service. He left
Saturday for Boston.
Ford automobiles belonging to Phil
lip Taylor of this city and W. A.
Spencer of Flint collided east of Cor
unna, severely injuring Mrs. Spencer
injuring one of Mr.. Spencer's eyes so
that he will probably lose the sight
and bruising all the other eight per-
sons who were in the cars.
James Thomas Bowling, 8-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. William j. Dow
ling, died at the family home on Mich
igan avenue Sunday after an illness of
three weeks with measles and pneu-
monia. The funeral was held at st
Paul's Catholic church, Rev. FIR. Slane
officiating. Surviving are the parents
and two sisters.
Lewis Moore died at his home in De-
troit April IL and the remains were