The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-08-22
LOCAL NEWS

Judge Matthew Bush left Friday
for an outing at Portage lake.
Miss Addie Grove left Friday for
two weeks visit in Bondville and VIII
mette, Ill.
Attorney and Mrs. Leon F. Miner
and children left Saturday for Topin-
abee where they will spend their va
cation.
Miss Irene Hume, who has been
teaching in Vermont the past year, is
visiting relatives and friends in this
city.
A. B. Cook and John Caruthers, and
families of Shiawassee township, left
Saturday by automobile for weeks
outing at Houghton Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Beswick have
returned from California where they
spent the last six months. He has
sold his property in Owosso and will
soon return to California to reside.
The annual county picnic of the G..
A. r. and the w. R. c. will be hello
September II. A cordial invitation
at McCurdy park, Corunna, Thursday,
is extended to all. Come, bring your
lunch and enjoy the day.
Mrs. Nettie Esslinger, of Owosso,
Friday began divorce proceedings
against Richard Esslinger, charging
cruelty. The family troubles of the
Esslngers got considerable publicity
recently when Esslinger had his SON.
in-law, John Perkins arrested.
Friday evening Mrs Mary Kaiser and
Mrs. Leo Mills entertained a number
of friends at miscellaneous shower
at their home on South Dewey street
in honor of Miss Florence King, whose
marriage to John Coleman takes place
next week. Miss King was the reci-
pient of many beautiful gifts in cut
glass, china, silver and linen.
News has been received here of the
deathin California, of Miss Mary Hol-
land, formerly of Owosso. The re-
mains are to be brought here for buri-
al. Miss Holland was employed in
the store Of Hall & Son, before ill
health made it necessary for her to
go west.
Misses Annie Sayles and Martha
DeFrend left Saturday for the Y. W.
G. A. town and county conference at
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, as delegates
from business girls club of the
Owosso association. They stopped in
Chicago enroute. Monday evening
Miss Virgie Mendenhall, secretary
and Miss Cornelia Nation left for
Lake Geneva. Miss Mattoon is a
representative of the girls council.
The twentieth annual reunion of the
Brown family association was hello
at McCurdy Park August 18th. Sixty.
two people were in attendance. The
day was ideal for an outing and 9
splendid time was enjoyed by all
Memberswere present from Brant
Henderson, Chesaning, Ovid, Laings.
burg, Howell, Fowlerville, Lansing
Flint and Owosso. After bountifu
dinner short program was rendered
Officers elected were: President, VIII
liam Brown; secretary, Mabel Crane
treasurer, Elmer Brown.
William Beacham, who recently re-
turned from overseas, where he saw
hard service and was wounded ant
gassed, was arrested in Detroit Sat
urday night by Deputy Sheriff Georg,
Herrick, on a warrant charging hin
with criminal assault on a 13-years
old Owosso girl. He was brought bacl
here and was held for trial. Beachmal
was in trouble before entering the ser
vice, serving time for receiving prop
erty stolen by his wife, who served
time for her offense. She stole al
most everything that wasn't malice
down, in the southeastern part o
owosso, and the officers found a goo'
drayload Of stolen property at Beacl
mans home.