Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-11-09


Geo Sharrar was in Elsie on bust
ness Tuesday.
Miss Laura Gossett visited friends
in Ithaca last Saturday.
Homemade candy, the kind mother
made, can be had at Luchini's. X
Fred. Fullerton of Howell was an
Alma visitor the first of the week.
Mrs. Charles Johnson of Ferris Wis
tied Mrs ID. NJ. Vim the first OF the
week.
Mrs. Fred Amsbury spent the lat
ter part of last week with Ithaca
friends.
Miss Iva Amsbury returned Tues
day from a visit with friends in
Standish.
II. b. Ward, principal OF the High
school spent Sunday at his home in
Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs +. Ballinger and Mrs, Frank
Ballnger are guests at the home of
Mrs. d. NJ Vrim,
Floyd Gargett, captain of the Fer
rs Institute football team, spent
Sunday with his parents in Alma.
Mrs. Sylvia Blackmere OF Flint ar
rived in Alma last Friday for an ex-
tended visit with Mrs " d. Strong.
The college football team and
Ithaca High school team had lively
skirmish on Davis Field Wednesday
night.
The Womans Club will meet Mon
day afternoon, Nov 10 at the home
of Miss Sadie Messenger, 80 State
street.
d. w. Robinson with two OF his
assistants are holding a cloak and
suit sale in St Louis today and to-
morrow.
Mrs. w. A. Bahlke and sister, Mrs.
+. 4 Coddington, were Saginaw Wis
itors Wednesday and Thursday of
this week
The Presbyterian Fortnightly will
meet with Mrs. a. f. Bruske, sol w.
Superior street, Tuesday afternoon,
November 14th.
The High School foot ball team
will leave Friday afternoon for Al
pena where they will play the Al
pena team Saturday.
Miss Laura Amsbury entertained
the sophomore class Of the High
school at her home on Lincoln aven-
nue. last Wednesday evening. a
very enjoyable time is reported.
r. J. Fraker, alderman from the
third ward left this week for New
berry where he will make his head
quarters while he is in search OF his
legal allowance of deer
Papers were signed Wednesday
morning whereby Leon Stnchcomb
and wife became owners of the house
in which they are now living on
Hastings street and which was for.
merly owned by Mr. and Mrs. c. V.
Wright
Officers OF the 1911 Alma Poultry
and Pet Stock show are busily at
work making preparations for the
show. which will be held December
to s. in the north room of the I. O.
O. F. building on State street Sec
rotary Hollenbeck reports the out
look good for a rousing exhibition.
Floyd Luchini arrived in Alma last
Monday evening from Bagni di Lucca,
Italy. where he has been for the past
ten months. Mr.. Luchin sailed from
Havre October 2sth and and arrived
in New York city November 4th. He
sailed on the steamer Loran and re-
ports rough trip across the Allan
tic Mr.. Luchini will assist his bro
Their at the Superior street candy
store.
Last Thursday evening about thirty
friends Of Miss Laura Crandall assem-
bled at her home on Woodwork
avenue to help celebrate her birthday
anniversary Games and refresh
ments, including a birthday cake dec
Grated with candles were the princi-
pal features of the evening. The af-
fair was a complete surprise to Miss
Crandall and served as a pleasant
ending for one year of life and q
| happy beginning OF another.
When Warden Fuller of the State
: reformatory appeared before the
! ways and means committee at Ian
sing last spring and asked for an APP
e preparation to buy 40 acres Of lane
e adjoining the reformatory premise
: upon which he had secured an optiol
s at $40 per acre. he was told by
member of the committee that
Q didn't pay to buy land for state insti
a buttons, as the superintendent di
: not now how to run farms. The leg
, islature bought the land, however
. and the refsrmatory got possession
g in May and has just finished harvest
: ing the first seasons crops. The re
v suits are 1920 bushels of potatoe
g from the ten acres OF upland, wort
$500. and 80 tons of marsh hay fror
the lowland. worth $500, total O
:, $500 from land. costing $500. BE