Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-08-03

day at Crystal Lake.
John and Russell Gaffney expect
to leave Friday for Walker Point for
their annual summer outing.
Rural mail carrier Eliar of Forest
Hill is enjoying a few days with
friends and relatives in Bay City
The Misses Bernice Pollasky and
Mary Sharp returned from their Chi
cago visit Saturday evening OF last
week
Mrs. Ezra Smith and son Donald
returned Saturday from an eextended
visit with friends in Oscoda and other
northern cities.
Messrs. Allen Berry, and Paul Nor
gan left this morning for Niagara
Falls on the Ann Arbor excursion
and expect to be gone about ten days.
The game of ball last Saturday
between Beebe and the Alma Mfg.
Co. teams resulted in score of to
3 in favor of the Alma Mig. Co. team
Attendance small.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jeffreys of
Chicago spent last week with their
Alma friends. Mr. Jeffreys is en-
ployed in the Carson, Pirie, Scott
establishment on Wabash avenue.
Miss Florence Allen, an employee
of the Central Michigan Produce Co.,
left Saturday morning for Their home
in Elsie, where she expects to remain
for some time taking a much needed
vac alton.
A card from V. II. Shepard Jays
he and family spent six days in Vel
lowstone Park, travelled 167 miles by
stage through the park, and July 81
played SNOWFALL with the real article
They report a most enjoyable time
| so far
J Vinton Gibson, who was princi-
pal of the Perrinton school last year
and had engaged for next year, has
resigned the position to accept bet
ter one as principal of the North Star
school Mr.. Gibson is recognized as
an able instructor.
A card from the Misses Swigart,
who are visiting at Klamath Falls,
Oregon, tells of an automobile trip
up the mountains during which the
men OF the party had to use snow
shovels to remove the snow from i'll
front of the machine Great country
this!
Pompeii is putting in a system Of
electric lights similar to the one in
operation in Middleton. Chas Kaiser,
who runs a woodworking shop and
feed mill has installed the plant Part
Of the wiring has been done and lights
were turned on in some places last
Friday evening.
Mrs w. A. futile returned Monday
evening from a visit in Flint and Du-
rand. While at Durand Mrs. futile
helped her father, s. w. Gates. cele-
brate his eighty-fourth birthday
There were two generations OF grand
children present Mrs futile reports
a very pleasant time
Mr. Henry Minor OF the Meyer
Clothing Co. returned last Friday
morning from a trip TO Omaha, Ne
braska, to visit his son, Vern, who
has been resident OF that city for
some time Vern also returned to
Alma with his father and is now
shaking hands with old friends.
Mrs William Stacy and two sons.
Leo and George. together with her
mother, Mrs. d. F. Abbott, of Seville,
were guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles c. Morgan. on Friday
of last week They left Saturday
morning for North Star to visit rela-
tives and friends for a few days.
An old darkey who was fearful of
being buried alive, left these instruc-
tons: After my time come, femme
stay as long as possible. Don't make
the funeral sermon too long, kaze
datll make me sleep only de sounder;
but blow the dinner hon over me.
Fl dat don't wake me, | sho' is gone.
The Record together with the citi-
zens OF Alma regret the departure
from our city OF this most estimable
family and wish them success in
their new home. The Record will be
weekly visitor at their residence at
1886 Madison street, Lacrosse, Wis.
Number one, volume one. of the
! Riverdale Promoter arrived in our
office Saturday of last week. The
paper is edited by John l.. Nichols,
formerly OF Napoleon, Ohio who has
installed print shop in the hustling
village of Riverdale. The first num-
Der is a 6-column quarto containing
thirteen columns of ads from the
hustling merchants of the village,
while the village news is given due
recognition. Success to the PRO
moter"
Monday, July 81. was the last day
that the Pacific Express Co. trans
acted business in Alma. On that date
the books were balanced and the
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