The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-01-08

Geneseeville, spent Sunday at the
home Of their aunt, Mrs. Charles E.
Taylor.
Miss Marie Cummings returned
home Thursday, after having spent
the holidays as the guest Of her
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Quigley, of Detroit.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Conquest, of
Grand Blanc, and Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Hathley and family, of this place,
spent New Years with Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Schofeld, of Mt. Morris.
The little six year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Newcomer, living on
the John Anderson place, north of
town, is quite sick, being afflicted
with both scarlet fever and diph-
liberia.
Miss Ella Guild underwent an op-
Grafton at Hurley Hospital, Monday,
for the removal of a tumor Mrs.
Alfred Peters and Mrs. William Pet
ers spent Tuesday with her and
report her as doing nicely.
The carload of the famous "Blue
Bird" Flour, advertised in The Mes
senger, last week, was delayed in
transit, but is now here. It's A No.
! flour and at the price advertised
is the biggest buy in food stuff in the
State of Michigan.
l.. +. Fent, a well known Montrose
farmer, has sold his farm in that
township and, having purchased a
home in Clio, expects to move here
in the spring, in order that his child
rem may have the advantages of the
public schools of the village.
Floyd Pratt and family are now
nicely settled in the new bungalow
just completed by j. F. Wirth, on
East Vienna st. Mrs. Pratt and lit
tie sen returned from Hurley Hos
pital, Monday. Both the little boy
and his mama are reported to be
progressing finely.
Mrs. Adah Wisner has returned to
her home after having spent seven
weeks as the guest of relatives in
Detroit, during which time she had
her little great granddaughter, Wv
ian Bond, with her. Mrs. Vilette
Bond is expected to arrive here soon
and will spend the remainder of the
winter with her grandmother.
Gleason, the small son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. j. Jones, is i'll of scarlet
fever 1t is said there are several
other cases of the disease in this vi
entity, and it appears to be preva-
lent at many points in the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joes' little son is MAX
ing as favorable progress as can be
expected.
Mrs. j. j. Parsons and daughter,
Frances, have returned to their home
after spending four weeks in Roch-
ester, N. Y, where they were called
by the illness and death of Mr.. Par
sons sister, Mrs. Mercen Robinson.
While enroute home they spent New
Years at the home of Mrs. Parsons
brother, N. B. Terry, in Toledo.
Our carload of "Blue Bird" Flour,
made and guaranteed by the Saginaw
Milling Company, as well as by our
selves, is now on sale. At $1,000
per bbl., whole or fractional pack
ages, it is several dollars under the
price we would have to pay for it at
wholesale to-day. Look up the whole
sale markets in your daily newspap-
ers and verify this.
Ray Ford has purchased the fix
lures and stock in the store at the
corner of Mill and Vienna streets,
and will keep a first class stock of
groceries and vegetables, as well as
specializing in ice cream, cigars and
confectionery. We are glad to well
come Mr.. Ford to the business fra
ternity of Clio land trust that he may
have successful mercantile expert
ence.
Earl B. Miller and sister, Miss
Marie Miller, were guests in the home
of their aunt, Mrs. Chas. E. Taylor,
during the holidays. Mr.. Miller is
connected with the dental department
of the U. S. Navy, and while he has
been stationed at Great Lakes, ILL.,,
for some months, he expects to be
detailed for sea duty in the very near
future. His sister, Miss Miller, lives
in Flushing.
A report which caused much sor-
row among the friends of the family
in this place, was to the effect that
little Tuleka Willard, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Willard, of Sagi-
nav, had passed away as result of
an attack of spinal meningitis. We
are glad to be able to announce that
this was unfounded. The little girl
was very i'll of bowel trouble, but is
now much improved.
Little Miss Margaret Terry, 3 year
old twin daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Terry, became so absorbed
in the delights of big picture book
that she did not notice which way
she was going until she backed of
the porch of the family residence,
with the result that she sustained a
fractured collar bone. The injury
was adjusted and now the little lady
is playing about almost as though
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