Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-08

Miss Lottie Young spent the first part
of this week visiting friends in Mt.
Pleasant.
The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian
Church meets with Mrs. VIM. Wright
next Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Fink leave to-
morrow morning for Crystal Lake for
the summer season.
Misses Sadie and Grace Messenger left
this afternoon for Ann Arbor, where
they will attend the May Festival.
The Lumber yards of the Alma
Grain q Lumber Co. are filling up with
lumber and new cars are arriving every
day. IL will not be long before this
will be the best lumber yard in the
county.
Lester Hoyt of Pasadena, Cal, is in
Detroit and expects to visit Alma some
time next week
Mrs. j. A. Hoyt of Pasadena, Califor-
MIA, arrived this morning to spend the
summer months with her daughter, Mrs.
f. l.. Convis.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ p. Cheney of Dan
vile, Illinois, are in Alma. They were
called here by the illness of the formers
mother, Mrs. B. +. Cheney. who is at
the hospital. Mrs. Cheney recently I'M
derwent al operation and is reported to
be recovering.
The rooters who accompanied the
High School BASE Ball team to Ithaca
were; Misses Leontine Messenger, Alma
Vought, Day. Becker, Eaton, Barbara
and Julia Wynn. Eyer, Emsley. Ans
bury, Taylor. Allen, Hall, Walker and
Messrs. VIM. Club, Franz Bahlke, G.
Delavan and James Argent.
A brood of l01 chicks were Matched
out of 1913 eggs in an incubator owned
by Mrs. +. l.. Buckberrough. The
chicks are now two weeks old and in
thriving condition. Only one has died.
The LOG little white Wyandottes are quite
an interesting sight. The name of the
incubator used was the Surehatch made
in Clay Centre, Neb.
The Isabella County Republican Of
last week, said: IS. a. Fletcher has
purchased the new cement block feed
barn in Shepherd and is moving his
family here. Mr. Fletcher states that
he has disposed of his go acre farm west
of Alma, where he has been residing, TO
Perry Dershem.
The High School Base Ball team
played Ithaca last Friday afternoon at
Ithaca. The game was not good one,
there being much hitting of the ball.
The final score was 10 to IL in Ithacas
favor. The Ithaca boys gave recep-
ton to the Alma team and to the large
bunch of rooters who accompanied the
team There was dancing and a pleas
ant time for all.
John Crone of Seville was tried in
Justice Chadwick's court Thursday
Crone was arrested on the charge of
assault. James Kilbride being the plain
tiff. w. A. Bahlke was the attorney
for the defense, while Prosecuting At
torney Everden tried the case for The
People. Crone was discharged on the
first charge and Immediately arrested
again, charged with carrying concealed
weapons. Kilbride was the plaintiff
and the trial is set for Nay is.
The Bachelor Girls Club met We'd
nesday evening of last week at the home
of Misses Gala and Grace Burns. The
usual good time was enjoyed and the
bachelor girls were treated to surprise
party, when several Of the "horrid
men" broke into the kitchen and confis-
Gated the dainties and midnight lunch
which had been prepared. The bsche-
lor girls were righteously indignant ca
and it would not behoove the boys to
repeat the act ~
Those who went to hear VIVA. Edgar
Cell lecture at the Presbyterian Church
last Wednesday evening were delighted
with the speaker and his address. About
$50 people were present. He talked at
length about his experiences in the Can
nibal Islands, his subject being 1.-The
Annihilation of Cannibalism." His
whole thought and theme was what
Christianity Lad done for the different
nations of the world. These present
state that they were favored with some
thing exceptionally good. Mr.. Cell
went from Alma TO Petoskey, from
which place he will go to Colorado,
lecturing in the various large cities of
the state.