The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-02-08
LOCAL NEWS

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Mrs. w. d. Burke will leave Mon
day for Florida for a stay of two
months.
Miss Dorothy Pitts left Thursday
for a stay of several months in Cali
fornia.
Misses Louise Gould and Falice
Parker were home from the University
Sunday.
County Treasurer Richardson has
paid Auditor General Fuller $4,000
1917 state tax.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Woodland left
Sunday on business trip to Chicago
and Milwaukee.
D. M. Christian spent part of the
week with Mrs. Christian at the sahi-
forum at Battle Creek.
Harry B. Martin, formerly of this
city, has been elected secretary of the
Michigan Casualty Company.
Mrs. A. M. Bentley, Jr., and Mrs.
Stanley Beebe visited their husbands
at Battle Creek, Sunday.
Mrs. E. T. Austin, of Sterling, ILL.,,
formerly of this city, has been a guest
this week of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Todd.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Wordard and son
Pier left Sunday for Asheville, N. c.,
where Pier will enter private school.
A. & w. Begun have purchased 40
acres in section II, Bennington town.
ship, from James Johnson for $4,000.
All German aliens over 10 years tf
age must register between Feb 4th and
Oh at Office of Chief of Police at city
b il'.-Adv
City Treasurer GROVE paid County
Treasurer Richardson $4,000 Friday,
on the city's portion Of 1917 state and
county tax.
An eight pound daughter, Helen
Margaret, was born February 4 to
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford Grattan, SIG
North Park street.
o. H. Hall and Harry Hoose have
purchased the West Side milk house
and will operate milk, cream, butter
and produce business.
ROLAND Kinney, aged q years, Of
Durand, was given 80 days in the
county Jail, Saturday, by Justice Mich
OILS, for non-support.
Wallace Fishbeck, of Howell, aged
60 years, died Sunday at the home of
his son, o. w. Fishbeck, in this city.
The remains were taken to Howell
Wednesday for burial "os'o fo7 '"! to-.
The body of Harry, Miller, who died
in California, arrived in Owosso Sun
day and the funeral was held from the
Baptist church Tuesday, Rev. H. A..
Waite officiating.
The u & / club of Henderson, will
meet Wednesday, February IS, for
dinner at the home of Mrs. Herman
Hawn, in New Haven. All members
are urged to be present and bring their
husbands and friends.
Federal authorities wish to locate
Cleveland L. Beardslee, formerly of
Owosso, for military service. He was
exempted last year because of wife.
She has begun divorce proceedings for
non-support and he is now subject TO
service.
Mrs. c. M. Pittinger, formerly Miss
Florence Newsom, has received let
ter from her husband who has arrived
in France with regiment Of u. S.
engineers. The letter was written
January 7, and was the first word re-
ceived from him in two months.
The estate of the late Arthur Turn
err, of Corunna, amounting to $1,000,
can not be probated until the British
consul is notified and had an opportun-
ity to be heard as two of the heirs are
residents of England, one British
soldier in France. The hearing is set
for April 8.
William Winters plead guilty in JUS
tice Friegel's court Saturday to steal
ing 300 pounds of sugar from an M. c..
freight car last Friday and was sem
fenced to 80 days in the-bouse of COR
rection. William Wilson plead guilty
to knowingly conceaGng stolen goods
and was placed on probation for one
year.
The county road commissioners re-
jected all bids for % miles of state re-
ward road in different parts of the
county Saturday at Corunna, all being
considered too high and many bidders
being kept away by cold and some by
their inability to see the roads while
covered with snow A new date for
bids will be set.
Louis Pardee, of Durand, who has
served most acceptably for three years
as turnkey at the county Jail, has re-
signed and Sheriff Griffin has appoint
ed his son, Llye Griffin, to the posi-
ton. The latter has been acting as
a clerk for the draft board for some
time. Mr.. Pardee's resignation is re-
GREETED as he was good officer and