Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-03-03
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Austin, Union phone 2S9.
Vance Woodward of Sumner spent
Monday with j. n. Day Sr. and family.
The Ladies Union of The Baptist
church met last Friday with Mrs. +. J.
Sluyter.
Harry Moore has accepted position
with the Michigan Creamery Co., of
Saginaw.
Messrs. Struble and Burdick of
Shepherd were in Alma, Monday, of
this week.
Miss Edna Day returned Monday
from two weeks visit with friends in
Grand Rapids
The Ladies Guild of St Johns church
will meet with Mrs. B. Button OH Thurs
day afternoon.
Mrs. Henry Hudson is supplying as
teacher in the city schools during the
absence of Miss Hearn
Rev c. Ryan conducted the funeral
services in Ithaca for Mrs. Seth Ward
last Sunday afternoon
George Ferris of Hicksville, Ohio,
spent Saturday and Sunday in this city
the guest of his mother, Mrs. @. Ferris,
Mrs. f A. Wright. the dancing
teacher, has leased the opera house for
Monday evening, March %, for a pink
two step party. Announcement later.
Monday March I, Messrs Ezra Smith,
Clint Nelson and f. w. Hooper expect
to start for Omaha TO testify in case
pending in the U. S. circuit court of
that district
The feature for Mrs. Wright assembly
at Woodman hall Monday evening,
March = will be fire fly dance. This
is something new and novel and should
interest all lovers of The dance.
The Civic Improvement League will
hold Its regular meeting in the Free
Reading room, Friday afternoon, March
4th, between the hours of three and
four. All members are urged to be
present.
Miss Wertz who last season was
trimmer at Mrs. Gaffneys millinery
parlors, has returned TO Alma and &C
cepted her old position for the ensuing
year much to the qualification of her
numerous friends
Miss Townsend the popular book
keeper at the Alma Mfg. plant has
rendered her resignation and will spend
few weeks with her parents in North
ern Michigan. Rumor says congratula-
tons will soon be in order.
Prof F. E. Ellsworth left Monday
for Indianapolis where he will spend
the week in attendance upon the session
Of the National Associating Superintend.
ents. U. S.. Senator Beverage is to
address the assembly this evening.
Mr.. d. H. Dickinson who has been
soliciting acreage among the farmers
around St, Louis for the raising of
cucumbers has secured over 200 acres
and says that the sailing station will be
ready as soon as the crop is ready to be
harvested
Ezra Sherman Gorham of Mt Pleas.
ant died Thursday night, February H.,
1910, at half past six o'clock after a
short illness from which he seemed to
be recovering. He was stricken sud
denly with respiratory paralysis and
died in fifteen or twenty minutes in the
presence of his family.
The Pere Marquette coal chute built
in Edmore about seven years ago, was
DESTROYED by fire shortly after eleven
o'clock Tuesday night. Just how the
fire originated it is unknown. There was
100 tons of coal in tie pit which was
destroyed also two cars loaded with coal
The original cost of the coal dock was
about s. 900.
Monday Myron l.. Vincent,''a st. Louis
boy was arrested by two detectives in
the first National Bank of Detroit and
held charged with forging the signature
of the Hail Lumber Co of Lansing to a
check for S23 Two other checks with
the signature of other persons in the
same hand writing were found on his
person.-St. Louis Independent.
The high school basket bali team lost
a game to the Bay City eastern highs
last Friday evening at Bay City by a
large score. The local team was doubly
handicapped through the loss of for
ward Wood who was unable to play on
account of an injured knee, and by the
fact that they were playing on slippery
floor, which made their customary good
team work and passing very cratic
A dispatch from Bay City says that
the ordinance committee of the city
council has agreed upon the terms of a