Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-22
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


Job Sleight spent Wednesday in
Ithaca.
T. J. Blair of Elm Hall spent Tuesday
in Alma
Only two more shopping days to
Christmas.
The city schools close tomorrow for
the holiday vacation.
w. j. Melchers Of the Union Tele-
phone Co., was in Saginaw, Saturday.
DR.. Maynard Pringle is still very
81 OK man, but his recovery is confidently
expected.
The noon train north on the Ann
Arbor railroad was over three hours
late Wednesday.
Miss Emma Swigart is expected home
today from Charlevoix, to spend the
holidays with her parents and friends in
this city.
There will be Quarterly meeting ser
vices at the +. M. church this week
beginning Friday evening and continuing
over Sunday.
Miss Laura Brown was in Owosso,
Wednesday to meet Miss Bernice Pol
lasky who was on her way home for the
holiday season.
Fred w. Roland. cashier of the Alma
State Savings Bank has purchased the
George Moore residence on North State
street. Mr., Moore gives possession
March first.
Miss Peterson who for some months
has been in the employ of the Central
Michigan Produce Co., leaves today for
her home in Iowa, where she will spend
some time with friends and relatives
Miss Bessie Kellogg of Rochester, N.
Y, arrived in Alma, Tuesday to be pre-
sent at the wedding of her sister, Miss
Grace Laycock which occurred at the
I.aycock home south of Alma yesterday
afternoon.
Mrs. John Hicks for over forty years
a resident of Gratiot county, died yester-
day afternoon at her home on East
Superior street. Mrs. Hicks was we'll
known not only in Alma but throughout
I the surrounding county. Obituary
next week.
A. B. Scattergood the jeweler, had in
stalled last week an electric sign that
gives West Superior street metropolitan
appearance. The sign can be readily
seen at night for a distance OF two
bl ocks, and attracts the attention of all
pedestrians.
Thursday was one of the big days for
the st. LOUIS Sugar Factory as we'll as
for the farmers Of this section, for the
reason that it was the second pay day
for beets delivered and over $3.50. DOC
was paid out the bulk of it to the farmers
adjacent to that city.
Last week the Record asked its
readers if they had seen the 20 pound
stick of candy in Luchini's window
The facts are no one knows its weigh,
and Luchini Bros. will give it away
Christmas day to the person guessing
earest it's actual weight. They invite
yon to call and see it.
E. E. Brown and family expect to
spend Christmas day in Otsego, the
guest of Mr.. Browns brother, George
of the Otsego Union. Tuesday, they
Is leaves Chicago over the southern route
III for Los Angeles, Cal, which city they
reach Saturday, Dec, 81. Mr.. Brown
1t now expects to make California hi
E. future home.
The Record office is in debt to Mr.. o
IL Z. Crouch of Lindsay, California, FOL
Dr. some beautiful oranges picked from hi
own grove near that western city. Mr.
IN Crouch and family are pleasantly located
ID in their western home and extend {
cordial invitation to their Alma friends
70 to visit them and enjoy the beauties o.
n that part of the U. S.
H. A. Graham is in Alma filling the
IN place of principal in the high school dur
=, ing the absence of Harold Ward, who il
ST at Chicago hospital, victim of ap
pendicitis. MIR. Ward has successfully
. passed through the operation and is or
the road to recovery. His father is will
him. Isabella Co. Enterprise
y 1t is probable that Pompeii will have
pickle sailing station. ID. M. Sears
" representative of Reed, Murdoch q Co
of Chicago, was in the village last weel
ID looking over the ground and conferinl
with business men and farmers. He
came again Tuesday and is now solicit
ing acreage. Mr.. Sears says that if he
can secure contracts for 100 acres the
10 station will be established and he has nc
4 doubt of being able to do this. A build