Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-11-28

here this week helping his father, !
ID. Holman, with auction sales
Mr.. and Mrs. l. A, Sanderhof of
Owosso were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Sanderhoff over Sunday
The Alma Art club will meet the
afternoon of December 4th, at the
home of Mrs G. V. Wright on Wood
worth avenue
l.. c. Stinchcomb was called to
Sunfeld Tuesday morning by the i'll
ness of his mother who is suffering
with typhoid fever.
Addison Wilson, a ministerial stu
dent at the college, preached at the
First Presbyterian church at Mt
Pleasant last Sunday.
Merle Ellison left last Saturday
night for West Branch for few days
hunting trip. Mr. Ellison expected to
return to Alma last night.
Next Sunday, Dec 1st, Prof. II. M.
McCurdy will address the w. w.
Bible class of the Alma M. T. church
upon the subject, The Lunatic Boy"
Mrs. Amos Button of Sumner is
very low with pneumonia. Her con-
dition is-~slightly improved and her
friends have hopes for her recovery.
c. l. Wise of Elyria, Ohio, is
spending a couple of weeks with his
cousin, J +. Wise Mr. Wise is
here for the purpose Of buying cattle.
Miss Minnie Patrick and M. A.
Wheeler and daughter of Lansing
are spending Thanksgiving at the
home of Mr. and Mrs Archie Brown
Captain Johnson OF the college
made visit to his home at Cadillac
last Thursday to convince his parents
and friends that he was not dead yet
Prof Claiming w. Parsons of
Michigan Agricultural College was in
Alma Saturday and Sunday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Par
sons
]. r. Bateman, of the Hearts Ease
farm, southwest OF the city, received
carload of sheep from Chicago last
Friday and expects another carload
this week
Leon Stinchcomb received word
Tuesday morning that his mother is
i'll with typhoid fever at the Stinch-
comb farm near Sun6eld Mr. Stinch-
comb took the noon train for Sun
field.
The Alma Art club met at the home
of Mrs. L. n Baker last Wednesday
afternoon Miss Dunlap read an ex-
ceptionaly interesting paper on the
subject OF Industries in South AM
erica.
Ford Gargett spent Saturday and
Sunday in the city. Mr. Gargett is
travelling for the Iowa Separator Co.
in the territory surrounding Grand
Rapids and makes that city his head
quarters.
O. T. Davis of the Michigan Piano
Tuning Co will be in Alma the first
week IN Dee ember to attend to all the
work which will be ready for him at
that time. Please leave your orders
at Scattergood'o s;c-c.
Ray Tomlin is assisting evenings
in the Wright House barber shop
during the absence OF Ernest Role.
Mr. Role is having serious trouble
with his eyes and last Friday went to
Saginaw to consult specialist
Rev W. H. Long, for the past three
years pastor OF the First Presbyterian
church at Nj Pleasant, ecently re-
signed his passionate because OF i'll
hcalth Rev Long will move on a
farm with his brother, Burt Long.
near Ithaca
+. ID. Let's OF Battle Creek has
charge temporarily OF the Western
Union office at the Arcadia. Mr.. Let's
is an old newspaperman with many
interesting stories to tell Of his ex-
periences in the south He wa press
agent for a number of years for the
Pacific r. r. on their famous hunt
ing trips that they used for the pro-
noting of the country. Several of
Mr. Let's articles were printed in
such magazines as the Country Gen
tleman and the Sunset. The operat-
ing business is merely pastme with
Mr. Let's and he consders\it a nice
little vacation to get int 4 city like
Alma for a month.
Beginning Dec LIST, 1912, the Vau-
dette theatre will give to its patrons
a high class photo play show with no
vaudeville. There will be three reels
of better class motion pictures nightly
than shown hitherto. There will be
plenty Of good music For a week
after the opening every night beau-
tiful lady's gold bracelet will be given
away free to the lady holding the
lucky ticket The lucky number will
be shown on the curtain Other and
different prizes will be given each
week until after the holidays. There
will also be special prizes for child
rem