The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-02-20

E. L. Powers, Clifford Sparks and
Otis Scott attended the funeral of
Bert Stafford, in Saginaw, Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Finger, of West
Branch, spent the week end at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Lather.
i Mrs Hazel LaBar is spending the
week visiting relatives and friends in
Grand Rapids, Mt. Pleasant and Fife
Lake.
Caravan steel cut coffee, 22c at
r. Jones'. Thrift stamp coupons are
given in addition to all the bargain
prices.
Radiator repairing and soldering.
Good work at reasonable prices. John
r. Lacure, third house west of
Smith Hopkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie >Gillett, of
Flint, spent Sunday with the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l. d. Gillett,
and family.
You are very cordially invited to
patronize our market for your meats.
Complete stock of the best, cut to
suit you. L. d. Hayes.
Lieut.. Allen Petrie has returned
from France and has been visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. R. Petrie,
this week. He was gassed, but is re-
covering nicely.
Chas. Begole, Jr., has returned
home, after taking a four weeks
course in tractor management at M.
A. C. He says the instruction was
very practical and valuable.
Our venerable fellow townsman,
j. w. Buffum, has been quite i'll of
broncho-pneumonia for the past ten
days, but is now improving nicely,
as his many friends will be glad to
hear.
Mrs. Jennie Johnson, of Sanborn,
N. Y, who visited at the home of her
cousin, Mrs. I. d. Gillett, and other
relatives, returned to Ann Arbor,
Tuesday, at which place she has been
spending the winter with her daugh-
ter.
! We have been informed that Mrs.
Hattie Simpson, sister of Mrs. Geo.
Hurd, passed away recently at her
home in Flint, but have been unable
to learn any particulars. We under
stand that Mrs. Simpson was well
known here.
Mrs. E. C. Campbell went to De-
troit, Friday, to meet her husband,
Corporal Campbell, who has been
stationed at Newport News for some
months past. They expect to take
up their residence in Alma, where
Mr.. Campbell was engaged in bust
ness before going to camp.
Friends here have received word of
the death Of Mrs. Peter Rogers, of
Flint, which occurred Saturday, Feb.
Is. Mrs. Rogers was formerly Miss
Mary Reed, and will be well remem-
bered by the older residents, as she
resided here for many years. Flu
neral services were held Monday
morning from the home in Flint and
the remains were taken to Lansing
for interment.
Louis Lather attended the Repub-
lican state convention at Lansing,
Tuesday, as the delegate from Vienna
township. He reports an enthusiast
tic convention and plenty Of stirring
oratory, some of the most eloquent
speakers being ladies. Oh, well,
we've always conceded that they have
the gift of CAB, and that all they re-
quire is an opportunity to become as
fluent speakers in public as they un-
questionably are in private.
Albert Chase is recovering slowly
after very serious illness of blood
poisoning. The original infection
was caused by the entrance of a
small piece of steel, so small that Mr..
Chase did not know about it, into one
Of his fingers. Then the finger be-
gan to swell and be painful, then he
whole arm, the ultimate result being
siege Of illness that has kept Mr..
Chase in bed for about month and
that has reduced his weight from
191 lbs. to possibly 1875.
Stanhope Huyck spent the week
end at home. Stanhope is now
staying at the home Of his sister, Mrs.
E. r. May, in Flint, and will remain
with her until the return Of Mr.. May
from New Mexico, where the latter
plans to stay for about year. 1t is
fortunate for Mrs. May that she has
big brother like Stanhope to keep
her company during the lonely period
occasioned by her husbands absence,
and, likewise, it was fine thing for
the big brother to be willing and
ready to go. Stanhope is attending
Flint High School and says the ex-
perience up to the present has been
very agreeable