The Owosso times., 1920-12-10
LOCAL NEWS

Joe Patrick, a 9-year-old boy has
admitted to Chief Hodges that it was
he who broke into Hartwell & Hart's
shoe store Friday night, by climbing
over the transom. The youngster
has been in numerous similar escap-
AIDES but nothing can be done with
him on account of his youth.
Miss Burge is survived by two
brothers, Walter and Donald Burge,
of Owosso, three .half-brothers,
Frank Haughton, of Easton, Victor
and Fred Haughton, of Detroit, and
three sisters, Nettie Burge and Mrs.
George Mallory, of Easton, and Mrs.
Lydia Smith, of Detroit. Miss Burge
was to have been married on De-
cember 22nd.
An unusual and very interesting
baptismal service was held at the
Congregational church Sunday eve
ming at 6:15 o'clock, when Rev.
Walter B. Denny, pastor of the
church, baptized Edwin Taylor Matt
son, infant son of DR.. and Mrs. B. G.
Mattson, former pastor of the
church, baptized Wayne B. Denny,
son of Rev. and Mrs. w. B. Denny.
The city commission is again con-
sidering the plan of renting room
somewhere down town for the mu-
nicipal court. The city clerks office
is too small for the requirements and
if the court is moved from the city
hall, the clerk will occupy what is
now the court room. The social
worker will probably have rooms on
the same floor with the justice over
Watson & Wright's store.
DEATH OF MISS FAITH BURCE
Faith Pearl Burge, of Flint, aged
% years, died Saturday morning al
Memorial hospital. Miss Burge sub.
mitted to an operation for appendi
citis Nov. %, and was improving
nicely until Wednesday noon, wher
she developed a case of peritonitis
which caused her death. She was
born March 6, 1898 at Easton, and
had lived at Easton all her life unit
six months ago, when she went to
Christian church at Easton.
An addition to it's floor space in
the basement has been made by the
d. M. Christian Co. and that under
lying the building formerly occupied
by the Fulmer Drug store has been
torn out, and the two rooms united.
The new section is being arranged to
harmonize with the rest of the stores
basement, and will be used for the
display of toys and other holiday
goods. This addition gives the COM
pany 1900 feet of floor space in
it's basement.
I The 62sympathy3ofl the co,fimunity
is extended 'toyMr. and tMrsI Leslie
Fince, Pine street, in the bereave-
ment that came to them late Satur-
day afternoon, when their son Rob-
ert George, six years old, succumbed
after an illness of only few days,
with diphtheria. The boy was taken
i'll Tuesday and from the start his
condition was very serious. News of
his death came as severe shock to
friends of the family.
Wynne Castaline, of Durand, who
is said by officers to be deserter
from the navy, is in the county Jail
and has waived examination on a
charge of burglary in the night time.
He has been bound over to the cir
cult court. Castaline admits having
broken into the home of Fred Dunk
ley in Durand recently and having
stolen phonograph. He came home
from the navy some time ago to at
tend his fathers funeral His mother
gave him $40 to pay his way back to
his ship, but instead of returning to
duty he went to Lansing where he
spent the money. He told the Off
GERS that he intended to sell the pho
nograph and use the money to pay
his way back to the navy.