Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-03-25
Register Saturday, April 2.

Register Saturday, April ?.
This has been good week for sugar
making.
Jen Walker, the plumber, is at Smith
Il Cars. X
Does not this weather taste like horse
radish and parsnips?
General Manager w. j. Melchers of
the Union Telephone Co., is in Lansing.
Miss Nora Farrell, who spent last
week in Alma, returned to her home i'll
Alden, Saturday.
Frank Power of Ithaca, is visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Porterfield on Pine avenue.
For Rent-A suit of living rooms,
electric lights, lavatory, city water,
drain, etc. Apply this office.
The W. r. {. Thimble club will meet
with Mrs. John Minnick, 3l2 Prospect
ST., Tuesday afternoon, March 30.
Rev. Robert Elder had the misfortune
to sprain his ankle Saturday. While he
is quite lame, he is able to get about.
Mrs. G. c. Rhodes entertained a num-
Der of ladies at luncheon last Saturday
in honor of her mother, Mrs Blanchard.
The largest assortment of shirt waists
in Alma may be found at Mrs. Bart
Miller's. You are invited to inspect
the new lines
The township board Of the township
of Pine Rive, are holding their annual
session this week at the town hall at
Forest Hill.
tertained the girls of the college
freshman class lat the formers home
last Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. o. Tuttle entertained
a Komona club of ten to a six O'Clock
dinner last Friday evening. Mrs Frusch
assisted in preparing the repast.
l.. l.. Conn of the Union Telephone
Co., is in Saginaw il attendance upon
the annual meeting of the Michigan
State Independent Telephone Associa-
ton
J. NJ Montigel has just received car
load OF buggies as well as large in
voice of wire fence and Lowe Bros
farmers paints. Read his advertise
ment.
The Pine River telephone association
will hold their annual meeting Monday,
March 20. The meeting will be held at
town hall at Forest Hill and large
attendance is expected.
o. G. Simonds, the landscape gardner,
was in the city Tuesday Mr.. Simonds
look ed over the Central school grounds
and will advise with the school board
the better way TO beautify the grounds.
Active preparations are now in pro-
gress by the officers of the Grand Ira
verse Lincoln club for the annual ban
quet to be held in the city opera house
in Traverse City on the evening of
April ..
The Offices at the Alma Grain &
Lumber Co.'S grain department have
been re decorated, maple floors laid,
new desks installed and the whole place
given an attractive appearance as a re-
suit of the work now nearing compile
ton.
The Record Office is indebted TO Hon
f H. Dodds for a copy of House Bill
No 1898. now IN the hands of the COM
mit,ee ON WAYS and means. The bill is
designed TO provide revenue, equalize
duties and encourage the industries of
the United States and for other purposes.
Ia fast game of basket ball played
at Alma last Friday evening the Alma
high schools girl basket ball team de-
feated the Lakeview high school girls
by the score of ? TO .. The game vas
played in the college gym. and attracted
a large number. Lakeview defeated
Alma a week previous but the superiority
OF the Alma team WAS clearly demon
strated last Friday.
Tie following appeared in the State
dispatches Ct last Saturday. Some
time ago it was announced that the late
DR.. Cooper Of Detroit had left his spien-
did library of several thousand volumes
to Alma College. IL is now on its way
but with II is to come another gift.
Leonard Lawrence. the we'll known
business man, was life long friend of
DR. Cooper and in order to make the
memorial still more suitable he has
announced that he will send his fire
library to the college, to be PLACED with
Or. Cooper's books. I"
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