p. 14 | THE OWOSSO SCHOOL

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 9, 1901

THE OWOSSO SCHOOL

ABOUT two years ago the land known as the Owosso camp-ground was bought by one of our brethren, who laid it out in village lots, and invited our people to build upon these lots, and to establish a school for the instruction of our children and youth. This met with a hearty response from the members of the Owosso church, who bought lots and built comfortable homes. A nurse, a graduate of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, who had been sent to Owosso by the Medical Missionary Association, is among this number.

The school is favorably situated, between Corunna and Owosso, having the benefits of country air and surroundings, yet near enough to the city for business purposes. The school building has two apartments, with a seating capacity for sixty pupils. Two teachers are employed. This year forty-two students have been registered, though not all have been in attendance at one time. The school is supported by tuition and contributions, the tuition for the current year being only $1.50 a month.

The church owned a house of worship in the city, which was sold, and a new church building erected on the lot joining the school lot.

Persons wishing to change their place of residence can find no better location for church and school privileges, in Michigan, than this. Those looking for missionary fields will find plenty of work in these two cities. Mechanics receive good wages in both cities. Owosso is a manufacturing town with good shipping facilities over the Grand Trunk, Michigan Central, and Ann Arbor railroads.

Building lots in Middletown, as we call our settlement — the townspeople called it the Advent Addition — are cheap; and electric power for manufacturing purposes can be secured at very low rates. Building lots will be given to brethren wishing to build for business purposes to advance the message in this locality.

Already a few industries have been started, which, with some financial aid, may be made a great help to the school by furnishing employment to parents and older pupils.

Those wishing further information should address John Sheldon or John I. Snow, Owosso, Mich.