The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-12-26

tin, Friday morning, nine and one
half pound daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Hurst have gone
to Danville, ILL.,, where they will spend
the holiday vacation with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Rosenkrans.
West Oliver street, left this morning
for several days. stay in Detroit.
Miss Frances Cooke, teacher in the
Detroit high school is a guest of DR..
and Mrs. F. F. Hoyer, East Oliver
street.
Mrs. G.. B. Powell and daughter
Sue have returned from Anderson, In
diana, where they have been visiting
relatives for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Grove of West
Main street left Thursday for Will
NETT, ILL.,, to spend Christmas with
their son Bert A. Grove, and family.
Judge Collins has directed that a
seven-year-old daughter of Henry and
Nellie Stevens, divorced last Septem-
Der, be restored to the custody of Mr..
Stevens.
Judge Collins has taken under adj
vlsement the case of the Jersey Shore
Trust Co. against the Owosso Savings
bank, tried Monday and Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Loring of
Alma, and Miss Mildred Mack, of Cal
umet are spending the Christmas
holidays at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. o. Loring, West Oliver street.
Mrs. Edna Priest and son Harold
are in Big Rapids to spend the Christ
mas season with her daughter, Anna,
and other relatives. Harold will enter
Ferris Institute for the balance of THE
school year.
Miss Gayle Friegel, who has been
touring the east with the "Look Who's
Here" company, is spending a few
days at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. F. Friegel, Mason street.
A petition has been filed in probate
court for the appointment of an adj
ministrator of the estate of the late
Lawrence Constine of Rush township.
He left an estate of $4,000.
The bort Motor Co., of Flint, has
rented the vacant Fox and Mason fac
tory for the storage of cars. About
80 cars arrived here yesterday to be |
stored. The company expects to put
between 300 and 400 in storage there
John B. Muffat, ST., aged 81 years.
died Sunday at midnight at the home
OF his son, John B. Muffat, Jr., on the
Ryan farm, eight miles north of
Owosso. Senility was the cause of his
death. The funeral was held at the
home Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Gale, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Green and Mr.. and Mrs.
j. ID. Royce will go to Florida soon to
remain during the winter. Mr.. and
Mrs Royce will visit their son YER
non, who resides at Tampa, where he
has good position.
Harry R. Durham, of Fairfield, who
has been under treatment at the u. of
M. hospital for six weeks, returned
nome the latter part of the week.
greatly relieved and feeling quite like
new man. He passed through two
operations. His friends hope for his
complete recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Byerly royal-
~ entertained the clerks of the Byer-
ly stores in Owosso, Corunna and Ovid
and their families Monday evening.
A fine banquet was served at Low
ett's cafe after which the party num-
bering 35, repaired to the Byerly home
on North Ball street, ad enjoyed an
old fashioned Christmas party.
Death claimed John Babcock, 62l
years old and pioneer and well-to-
do farmer of the Burton neighborhood
at his home at 12:45 Tuesday morning
as the result of an injury he received
when he was struck while walking
across West Main street the Tuesday
just preceding Thanksgiving day, by |,
w. H. Launstein's automobile.
On Monday of this week, d. d.
Dunning reached his 85th birthday
and to make the event one long to be
remembered, Mrs. Dunning had
birthday dinner, the invited guests be-
ing H. s. Dunning and wife, Geo. Has
kins and Rev. Edison Dunning. Mr..
Dunning is one of Perry's pioneer cit
liens and is a man well liked by all.
and we all hope for him many more
happy and eventful birthday anniver-
Journal. II
On Monday evening, Miss Elva Da-
Wis, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Davis of New Haven, became the
bride of Mr.. j. Phillip Kiel of Flint. L
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren II
Doan. About 35 relatives and friends
invited to the Doane home for re-
ception, thinking the young couple
were already married, were surprised II
when at nine o'clock, attended by Wen
dell Doane and Miss Gertrude Davis.
sister of the bride, they took their
places and were married by the Rev.
]. j. Moorish, of st. Johns.
Chief Hodges Monday took into II