The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-02-13


the probationary conditions imposed on
Fay Siillman, Owosso wife deserter.
last week, and entered an order for
him to furnish bond in the sum of
$1,000 to paw to his wife elk dollars per
week for her support
Angus Firms, aged. 81 years, died
Thursday at his home on Martin street
from pneumonia. He ia survived by
the widow and one daughter, Mrs
Anton Gerelich. Mr.. Firus has been
employed at the Woodland furniture
factory. The funeral will be held Sat
urday, Rev. Hahn officiating.
A motion for new trial WAS made
Wednesday by the attorneys. Matthews
q Hicks, representing the defendant in
the case of Rumsey & Co, Chicago
grain brokers, against the Young. Ran.
d )lph Seed Co of Owosso. A jury la
week gave the plaintiff a Judgment of
81. 034 GO, the full amount asked
John c. Bartin, "a years old, died
at his home, 622 Martin street, of
pneumonia at 1850 yesterday morn
ing. Mr.. Martin was born in Ger
many June %, 1845, and coming to
Owosso in 1852, had since made his
home here. His wife died a year ago
last December and there survives two
daughters, Mrs. John L. Hochstadt, of
Dearborn, and Mrs. Martha Greenthal
of Owosso.
Pneumonia caused the death in Lam
sing Feb. of Mrs. Frank Bovee, who
will be remembered in Owosso as Mary
Swain, the daughter of a superinten-
dent years ago of the Owosso schools.
Anna Mach, 18 year old daughter
of John Mach, died Friday at the fam
lily home on North Chestnut street of
pneumonia following influenza. Her
father is employed at the factory Of
the Owosso Sugar Co. A sister of the
deceased girl, Frances Mach, died last
week of pneumonia.
1t will be necessary to take up with
the Roumanian consul in Detroit the
matter of the settlement of the es-
tate of John Selucici the Roumanian
who died recently in Owosso Of burns
sustained while at wor kat the Ameri-
can Malleables Plant. He left an es-
tate of $1,000 to his daughter in Rou-
mania. His widow also lives in that
country. Most of the estate was in
Liberty bonds and cash in the bank.
The city commission has appointed
Bates X. Lucas as city clerk to COM
plete the unexpired term of E. F.
Conant, who resigned recently. Mr..
Lucas began work this morning. Mr..
Lucas had been employed by the Ann
Arbor Railroad company, and is re-
garded as highly efficient. He served
in the army as an auditor during the
war. The commission has not as yet
named a city treasurer to succeed NJ.
F. Grove who has been appointed city
assessor on a full time basis.
Judge Collins has denied a decree
of divorce to Mrs. Bugbee of Lansing
against Roy Bugbee of Perry, which
was tried last week, taking up day
and half. Mrs. Bugbee charged
non-support, but failed to make a
showing sufficient to convince the
court that she ought to have de-
cree. Bugbee contested the case but
did not file cross bill. He claimed
that his wife was friendly with an
other man.
Mrs. Olive Herrick, probably Owes
SOS oldest woman died Friday evening
at o'clock at the home of her son,
M. A. Herrick, proprietor of the
Sunnyside greenhouse. Death was
due to the inirmities of age. Mrs.
Herrick was 81 years old, having
been born June 26, 1922 in the state
of New York. She was married in
1912 to Nathan Herrick, who preceded
her to the grave. She came to Owosso
nine years ago from Durand with her
| son.
The Owosso High school basketball
teams Saginaw Valley interscholastic
championship hopes received another
severe jolt at the armory last night
when Bay City Eastern high took the
measure of the locals by score of &c
to 16. Bay City Western got the de-
cision over the Owosso team a week
earlier by the margin of a single point
after the home team had whipped both
Saginaw high school teams.
Mrs. Robert Riley, AZ years old, dice
this morning at o'clock, Of hear
trouble at her home at the corner Of
Shiawassee and Clinton streets. Mrs
Riley came here last spring with hel
husband. She is survived by her hus
band, one son, Clarence, eight year.
old; her father Felix Begin, of Shia
wassee township, who is confined I,
his bed by"paralysis; two sisters, Mrs
James Riley, Of Shiawassee and Mrs
Michael Percell, of Owosso, ans
Phillip Begin, of Toledo.
Mrs. Effie Whitney, wife Of Leonard
o. Whitney, an Ann Arbor railroad
engineer living at 600 Lincoln avenue
died at $50 Wednesday evening o
bronchial pneumonia developing frcp
influenza, after an illness Of O., vera