Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-02-24
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

TINS Oince, TUESDAY.
Mrs. VIM Young spent Saturday and
Sunday in Kalamazoo.
Harry Craig, of INIT. Pleasant, spent
Sunday with friends in Alma.
Sheriff F. l.. Convis. of Ithaca. spent
Tuesday forenoon in Alma.
One fare for the round trip, special
train, through service fourteen hours in
Lansing. Friday, March A, K
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis King left for
Southern Pines, N. c., Wednesday after
noon Of this week.
The Woman s Club will meet at the
home of Mrs. j. w. Robinson, Monday
afternoon. February 80.
The w. r. @. Thimble Club will meet
with Mrs. Sarah Burris on Michigan
avenue. Tuesday forenoon, March 1.
Spend Friday. March q in Lansing.
Special excursion, lots doing. K
Claud l.. Chadwick, wife and baby Of
Ann Arbor, spent Tue sday with his
father, E. Mr. Chadwick of this city.
Robert Craig of Sault Ste. Marie,
student at the University Of Michigan,
spent the first of the week in Alma.
Regular meeting of the Civic Improve
ment League, Friday, March 4, at the
Free Reading Room on State Street.
Miss Violet Sandie left Monday for
Cleveland to enter the elocution depart
ment of the Cleveland School of Music,
Some of the remarks about the wea-
ther these days: Extremely cold last
night" mot any to hot this morning"
Ira Suane, late of Alma, but now of
Jackson, is the proud papa of pair of
twin ba bies, boy and girl, both doing
nicely.
Special train, half fare for round trip,
Alma to Lansing, Friday, March 4. See
ad
Seegmiller Brothers, of Cadillac, were
in the city several days this week look
ing after their interests i'll the Cash
Grocery.
Mrs. Il. II. Lindsey, of Vim, is gain
ing steadily after having a very serious
operation performed at Brainerd's hos
pital on Tuesday.
Gilmore Pettyjohn, who is employed
i'll the Ann Arbor depot at Ann Arbor,
spent Tuesday with his friends and rela-
tives in this city.
Visit the capitol city Friday, March, 1
Take i'll the special low price excursion.
George Wilson, of Ferris, sold nine
pigs, six months old, to Peter Banghart,
last Tuesday for S1S1,41. Who says
farming doesn't pay?
Cheapest excursion of the season to
Lansing, March 4, see ad.
Miss Ruth Smith returned to her
home in st. Johns, Tuesday, after
spending several weeks with her uncle,
E. l.. Smith and family of this city.
VIM. Demuth returned home Satur-
day. after spending several days with
relative in Toledo, Springfield, Young
ston and Cleveland, Ohio.
E. d. Mills, formerly with the Cen.
trial Michigan Produce Company but
now with the Saginaw Beef com pany,
was in the city on business, Wednesday.
Mrs. Walter Caple and Mrs. Sylvia
Gaffney will entertain the Ladies Aid
Society of the Presbyterian church,
Tuesday, March 2, at $3.50 p. NJ. at the
home of the former at 224 Centre Street.
c. Stanley Johnson, better known to
his friends as johnny, left this week
for his home in Ionia county. Mr.. John
son is not positive as TO what he will do
in the immediate future. He took the
examination for census enumerators
held here a few weeks ago, and may
take census in his home county, or he
may decide to enter the Mt Pleasant
Normal.
William Huntley, the well known
conductor on the Pere Marquette train
running through Alma, died at his home
in Saginaw, Wednesday morning about
three o'clock, The cause of his death
was pneumonia. Mr.. Huntley, as boz.
lived in kdmore and has always resided
in this vicinity.
club of about twenty of the college
students residing in northwestern Mich
igan has been formed with Frank Hurst
as president; Ethel Carey, secretary;
and George Law, treasurer, The pur-
pose is a social good time among its
members and the general promotion of
their interests as students.
The girls of Wright Hall gave what
they call a stunt party last Saturday
evening in the reception hall of the
dormitory. Burlesque. of such affairs
q tho faculty. apd tho cbo;r a., ct,a,,al