Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-09-15
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

announced yet on either road.
w. ID. Tucker of Ithaca was in Alma
on business the first of the week.
w. Is. McCauley was i'll Flint on a
business trip the latter part of last week.
Mrs. Barton Young left Monday
morning for Flint where she will join
her husband.
$ Bert. Gray and. wife of Grand Rapids
spent. Sunday with the formers father,
Frank +. Gray.
IL Miss Marion Phillip of Toronto, arrived
in Alma Monday for visit at the home
of.Mr. and Mrs, Geo. +. Bishopric.
%W MTED-Ans assistant cock either
manor woman. Enquire at Wright
Hrll, Mrs. Il. A. Albertson. 1645.t3
n FLOYD Callahan and family of Toledo
are spending about ten days with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Callahan
of this city.
Miss Gertrude Dodge and mother re-
turned to their home in Mt. Pleasant,
Tuesday after an extended visit in Alma
and vicinity.
Mrs: Josephine st. Johns returned
Tuesday noon from Detroit, where she
has been spending the summer with her
brother, Stewart Vandemark-
George Fink was home from Crystal
couple of days the first of the week.
He says that the popular little lake re-
sort has had the best season in its
history.
Next week O. L. Convis and b. G.
Button leave for their new homesteads
| in Montana. Frank Reid, II. A. Hub
bard and Robert Smith will leave little
later in the fall.
Misses Hazel Hunter and Ada String
/ ham y returned to their homes, the
former to Flushing and the latter to
Clare, Tuesday, after several days
visit at the hons of V. H. Shepard.
S. l.. Bennett has his new plate glass
! front all in place. Paperhangers have
been busy on the interior this week.
The result is a much finer looking build
ing, both outside and in, and Stevie's
will undoubtedly be more popular than
ever this year.
Alma was visited by a fine, heavy
rain carly Monday morning. 1t was
the most severe electrical storm of the
year and probably the greatest amount
of water fell at one time. The storm
was a'general one, the whole state get
ting a good drenching.
DIR. A. F. Bruske will preach Sunday
morning at the Presbyterian church
This will be the first sermon Of the col
lege year Thisswas not announced last
Sunday but it is hoped this will advertise
it to some extent and help draw the
attendance of which DR.. Bruske is
worthy.
Special rates are being offered this
week. over the p. NJ. r. X. to Grand
Rapids where the West Michigan State
fair is in progress. The Grand Rapids
fair is especially good this year. the
high standard set by former ones being
made still higher 1t compares favorably
with any Of the annual fairs
The Alma Lyceum Course for 1901
opens November Is with the Florentine
Orchestra followed in January by Judge
Alden, in February by Judge Lindsay,
in March by Whitney Bros, and in
April by Alton Packard. The same old
price one dollar pays for the course of
five entertainments. Watch for further
announcements.
Alma will be we'll represented in COL
leges this year. The largest delegation
willsbe in Alma college, which is just
as it should be. Mt. Pleasant and
Ypsilanti normals will follow with half
ozensstudents each, the University OF
Michigan will claim six, M. A. @. will
have three, while eastern schools will
have several. The exact figures cannot
be given as many schools do not open
for several weeks yet, but Alma will
probably have about forty young people
in college.
Miss NJ. +. Haughawoht, dean of
Wright Hall, returned to Alma last
Saturday evening. She has been spend
ing the summer in the British Isles
Misses Mullenbach and Roberts return
ed 'FRONT.' Germany early this week. All
of them have had most enjoyable vaca-
tons. 1t was the first trip across the
waters for Miss Roberts. Miss Mullen
bach having been student i'll Germany
several years ago, while the first mentio.
Ell has made several trips to England
and Italy.