The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-03-28
LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs Walter Fl. Lewis of
Saginaw. were In Owosso Saturday to
attend the funeral of Frank G. Law
renee and visited relative over Sunday.
Representatives OF the broom indus
try which may locate here. have been
invited to attend the Tuesday luncheon
Of the Impro, enent association next
week.
Miss Elsie Whipple and Miss Arlene
Lawrence will go to Chicago today to
b. the weekend guests Of Mics Flor
elce Wsid. who is attending the Chi
cago School Of Art.
At the Current Topic club meeting at
Mrs A. Vests Monday afternoon, Mrs
Lee Woodland will give her paper Old
War Paintings and Posters" The
Larned collection Of posters will be on
exhibition.
The $4,000, 900 financial drive of
the Methodist Missionary Centenary
has been postponed from the first
week in April to the week of May 10
and the entire organization for the
Centenary has been offered to the
United States government to aid in
the Sixth Liberty Loan drive to be
launched in April.
w. A. Rosenkrans, treasurer, is
sending out cards to all who made
pledges in the recent united war activ-
tiles drive, and who have not paid
them in full to come in and do so as it
is the desire of those in charge to
close the matter up. Many who made
pledges have paid nothing while others
have paid only a part. Mr.. Rosen-
krans is at the State Savings bank.
Mrs. Roy Wood. IT'S North Hickory
street, deed at one o'clock Monday
morning in q Lansing hospital where
she was taken last Saturday. Mrs
Wood, who was 83 years old. suff, red
an attack of Influenza last fall and had
been in poor health since. She Is sur
viv, d by her husband. foreman at the
American Malleables plant. three chill
dren, Ray. Robert and Donald, her par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs John Shier Of
Owosso, and four brothers and FIVE sis
tiers. The body was brought here Mon
dav afternoon from Lansing. The
family came here from Detroit about
five ears ago and made their home ut
IT'S North Hickory street
Two petitions for paving were sub
mitted to the city commission Monday,
and referred to the commissioner of
publ: improvements. Residents on
Ball street from Oliver, to King. asked
that that street be paved, while prop
ertv owners on Cor1nns avenue asked
th' that thoroughfare he paved from
Washington street to the city limits.
Residents in the south western part OF
the city. " hich was flooded two weeks
ago during the high water time, have
sent a pc itiou asking the commission
to build a combination surface and San
itary sewer It was referred to Com
missioner Hanscom.
Ward Strauch, Shiawassee township
farmer, was discharged in justice
court in Durand Tuesday when he wa.
exonerated of charge of violation Of
the prohibition law. Prosecutor Mat
thews recommended that he be dis
charged, declaring that he would no
ask jury to believe the stories o.
witnesses of the character of those
who would have been the only ones tt
. appear against Strauch. 1t wa,
Strauch who drove William L. White
his bride, and Almonda Schultz ant
Edward Simmington from Corunna t,
Vernon recently. Strauch let the foul
out at the bridge in Vernon and sool
afterward the bridal party was arrest
ed for being drunk. They declaret
/ that Strauch gave them the whiskey
White is under arrest for perjury af
ter having been discharged on tn,
charge of drunkenness. Simmingtol
will have his trial tomorrow on ,
drunk charge and more serious
charge will be preferred against him
, The Schultz girl paid $40 fine ant
her father took her home. White
bride was freed and her father tool