Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-10-05

Institute foot ball team.
Rev. Nudge will occupy the pulpit
in the Church of Christ at Sylvan.
Oscoda County, Sunday beginning a
series of special meetings.
Mr. and Mrs. p. f. Marsh and
sons, Mearl and Earl, were guests at
r. r. Purius' over Sunday. Mrs.
Marsh is a niece of Mrs. Purius.
The real event Of the season will
begin Saturday at Robinson's, when
1000 yards Of new Mill-end Dress
Goods goes on sale at about factory
cost
Arthur Hamlin returned Monday
from two weeks visit in Petosky,
Oden and other northern points. Mrs
Hamlin remained until later in the
week
Prof. F. E. Ellsworth and Arch
itect +. NJ. Wood visited Grand Rap
ids, Battle Creek and Niles the last
of the week inspecting various school
buildings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Smith of Tu-
cumcare, Mexico, arrived in Alma on
Monday for an extended visit with
Mrs. Smiths parents Mr.. and Mrs. c.
~ Weaver and other friends
Misses Rose and Leontine Mess
niger left for Chicago Wednesday
where Miss Messenger will continue
her music classes and Leontine will
take up work in the Art Institute.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres
byterian Church will meet Tuesday
! afternoon, October 10th at the home
of Mrs. J. S. Kurertzer, 702 Ora
tiot Avenue. A good time is desired.
Carlyn Delevan has resigned his
position as substitute carrier for the
local postoffice and left the first of
the week for Ann Arbor to begin a
four years course in the University.
The managers of the Alma Vaudette
have secured for Thursday. Friday and
Saturday, st. Leon & McCussick Com
edy Sketch Team who have just finished
a long engagement at Lansing,
and come to this city under fiatter-
! ing recommendations. ont forget the
matinee for children Saturday afternoon.
The Durand Lumber Co. have men
at work cutting 10000 feet of elm
timber on VIM. T. Hills farm in
North Shade. The logs are being
| drawn to Carson City and loaded on
cars there to be shipped to Durand
where they will be sawed for the pur-
pose of being made into hoops. One
especially fine tree was cut last week,
Tuesday, which measured 3s feet be-
fore there were any limbs.
Homer Ddnoam Agent for rhe De.
troit News during the summer months
and five men from the Alma Manu-
featuring Company's ball team go to
New York the middle of the month
to see New York and Philadelphia
play one of the worlds series games.
The trip was won by the combined
efforts of the agent and ball team in
the recent News subscription con-
test. They leave Detroit on a spec
ial train with diner and sleeper and
are the guests of the News" thro-
uGhout the trip
The Gratiot Co.. Soldiers and Sail
ors' Relief Association held their
annual meeting Monday of this week
at the office of E. N. Chadwick.
Annual reports were submitted and
the business of the Association cared
for The following are members OF
the commission: chairman, E. N
Chadwick; secretary, L. B. Longwell
St. Louis; and z. B. KILL OF Ithaca
Gerwood E Kress of Eugene, Ore
gon, accompanied by his daughter
Miss Nettie R. Kress, are guests OF
the formers son, James G. Kress OF
this city. 1t is 20 years since Mr.
Kress was in Alma, and he notes
many improvements. during those
years. Mr.. IKress reports Messrs.
Decker, Tinker, Club and other for
mer Alma residents as we'll and happy
in thir western homes.
Last Friday evening Miss Juno
Shepherd entertained the senior class
and High school faculty at her home
on Woodwork avenue. The rooms
were beautifully decorated with aut.
umn leaves and white asters. Fol
entertainment old-fashioned game:
were played and the ever popular
Spider web" was used in chasing
partners for lunch. AS there were
more boys than girls present the
scramble was a lively one. In the
dining room the walls were draped
with green and white chains, the class
colors, while profusion of pure
white asters and smilax decorated the
table and buffet A dainty three
course lunch was served and the frs
social event OF the senior class passed
pleasantly.
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