The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-12
LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. C. M. Warner, of Erie, Pa, is
the guest of Mrs. F. A. Watts, North
| Saginaw street.
Herman Dignan, of the Arthur Ward
store, is confined to his home, having
had toe amputated.
George Ross left Monday for Pur-
due university, where he will study
chemical engineering.
w. j. Black, of Corunna, has begun
divorce proceedings against Marian
Black, charging desertion.
Miss Ruth AFFORD, w. Main street
has left for Battle Creek where she
will act as kindergarten teacher in the
public schools.
Chas. E. Rigley has been absent or
business during the week for the
Estey Mfg. Co., in Chicago and al
other points. =
Pearl Norris and Robert Thompson
were assessed one dollar each Satur.
day by Justice Friegel for riding their
wheels on the sidewalks.
DIR. B. G. Mattson was in Lansing
Monday and Tuesday, attending an ex.
ecutive committee meeting of the
Congregational State Association.
Auditor General o. B. Fuller has
designated The Times to publish the
annual State tax sale list for the COM
ing year for Shiawassee county.
Mrs. Anna Ordiway Monday began
divorce proceedings against Eli Or
diway of Owosso, charging non-sup.
port. They were married in July 1919
C. d. Mattoon of this city has gone
to Hudson where he will act as in
structor of Manual Training in the
public schools the coming year.
The eighth annual reunion of the
Watson family was held at the home
of Ed. Watson Of Venice, Friday, Sept
5. Sixty-one members were present
Miss Merle Lemon, who has been
visiting friends and relatives here, has
left for Chicago, en- route to Osake
Iowa, where she will teach piano and
organ.
A number of Owosso and Shiawas-
see county people bave attended the
Clinton county fair at st. Johns this
week, Phillips & Taylor running ar
auto to accommodate passengers.
To close up estate of Amos Will.
liams, l am offering two lots for sale
very cheap on South Ball street, just
south of Ridge. E. o. Dewey, IL
North Washington ST., up stairs.
Richard, the nine-months old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Quart, 403 North
Water street, died Sunday after 6
weeks illness with bronchial pneu
monia.
Floyd M. Pope, Of Laingsburg, OBJ
tanned judgment Of SIS and costs il
justice court Monday Afternoon
against Oliver c. HOLSTER, also Of
that village. He claimed that Hollis
ter shot his valuable bird dog.
J. H. BRANDED and LON Patterson
left Friday for Huntington, West Vir
GINA, to attend the convention of thu
u. A. S. E. They make the trip b!
motor and expect to be gone about tel
days.
The Mccall and Dewey schools
south of Owosso, have been consolidat
ed, and every morning % children
from the Mccall school are carried tt
the Dewey school by a Phillips &
Taylor bus. The innovation is yer.
popular with the youngsters.
The annual picnic of Owosso Coun
Gil, United Commercial Travellers, wa
held at McCurdy park Saturday af
ternoon. A picnic dinner and game
and sports were features of the en-
joyable gathering. About rs mem
bers and their families attended.
The Oakley Elevator Co., of Oakley
has filed articles of incorporation wit
the secretary of-state. The company
which will do a general elevator bus
mess, dealing in hay, grains an
beans, is capitalized at $4,000. TIL
incorporators are E. Dean, Merritt
Dean and Edward j. Laarman.
Il The Isbell Bean Co., which abou
year ago bought the elevator busi
ness owned by Fred WEIGH on Sout
Washington street, is spending abou
$4,000 in the installation of new ma
chinery. When the work is complet
ed, the elevator will be second to non
in equipment and capacity to handl
grains.
Another chapter in the near-feu
between Saginaw and Shiawasse
county officials, which has been gradr
ally growing in intensity for som
years was written Tuesday when 9
the direction of the County Road Con
missioner Bailey, one half mile of roa
extending south from the Sagina
county line, one the Corunna-C hesar
ing highway was blocked. 1t will n
main blocked as long as the injunctio
secured by Chesaning people recent.
against this county, stands.
Miss Addie LeffingweH, returne
nurse, has been engaged by the scho'
board to fiji the position of nurse
II = n n Ia l.