The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-19
LOCAL NEWS

| Rev. and Mrs. f. d. Draper left
Monday for two weeks outing at
Beulah.
Mrs. John Love of Roscommon, is
in Owosso, caring for her sister, Mrs.
Frank Fish.
James Corcoran has returned to
his home in this city after spending
several weeks at Beulah.
Both Corunna teams lost their
games Sunday. The city team was
defeated by Chesaning to 2, and the
All Stars lost to Bancroft, to 6.
A decree of divorce was granted
Mrs. Minnie Lowe of Middlebury
against Charles Lowe, Monday, in
circuit court, after a property set
Element has been agreed upon.
Floyd H. Bason and family have
removed to Lansing from this city.
He has been connected with the Field
Manufacturing company until re-
Gently, when he entered the real es-
tate business.
A picnic for all the boys and girls of
the community between the ages of 1
and 10 years will be given by the Con-
nor Ice Cream Company next Friday.
The company will furnish ice cream
and drinks for the children and they
are to furnish lunches.
Owners of property in the down
town district, in front of which the
sidewalks are being repaired by the
city, will be billed for the work at
once and they will be requested to
pay at the earliest possible date.
Likewise, people for whom the city
has done similar work in the past,
and who have not paid, will be asked
to settle as soon as they can.
Martha Lucille, the oldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Durham,
died Tuesday night at the family
home, over Durham's drug store,
Corunna, after an illness of only two
days. Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at the home,
Rev. B. E. Allen officiating.
Mrs. C. C. Cunningham, of Chica-
go, formerly Mrs. Sullivan of this
city, and her daughter, Miss Ruth,
who is a student at the M. A. c., are
in Corunna visiting Mrs. Cunning
hams mother, Mrs. Elon Pond. They
expect to be there about a month.
Sam Silverman, who is alleged to
have collected $4,000 worth of farm
produce in and around Corunna and
paid for the same with checks which
could not be cashed later, was ar
rested in Detroit last Thursday on
a charge of forgery. Deputy Sher-
ifs Wayne Taylor and Friess went
to Detroit Friday and brought Sill
verman back to Corunna for prose-
cution.
Announcement of the engagement
of Miss Hazel Goodrich, who has
taught in the Owosso8 high school for
the past six years to Charles c. Tuck,
principal of the high school was
made at a party given in Marshall
August IL in honor of Miss Ruth
Cleary, who was visiting Miss Good
rich at the time. The wedding will
not be held until some time late in
the fall, it is expected.
Completion of the pavement be-
tween Corunna and Owosso is ex-
pected within a short time now, as
the construction company has prom
Used to begin laying the concrete
within ten days or less. Some delay
was experienced last week due to the
fact that the company doing the ex-
cavation work feared that they could
not get their pay for their work be-
fore spring. Assurance from bond
ing company that the payment would
be Forthcoming at the completion of
the job started work again, how
ever.
T. Clifford Shepherd, landscape
expert of Monroe, arrived here Tues
day to begin work on the improve
ment of Bentley park, for which the
contract was signed last week. Mr..
has complete plans for the
work and the blue prints are now
complete, he stated. The plans call
for much shrubbery around the park,
which will be planted this fall, as
much as possible, and some trees
and other plants which will not be
planted until later. Work on the
wading pool, the sand piles for the
the sidewalks, and the band
stand will be begun at once.