Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-03-21

Have you seen those embroidery
| founcings at l.. n. Bakers? 1724t2
John Moore, resident of Cole
man, spent Monday in the city.
+. A. Under left for Romeo last
Monday on a short business trip.
c. ]. Wright left for Saginaw Tues
day morning on short business trip.
G.. Verne Wright made a business
trip to Owosso and Corrunna Mon
| day.
II you have a farm to sell, see
| Sharrar & Moore. 1617tf
day.
F. A. McFarran of Shepherd
spent Monday in the city on bust
! ness.
J. B. Dow of ST Paul was in Al
ma the first part OF the week visit
ing G. NJ. Mccarthy.
Get your auction sale lunches at Gray
& Gray's, Alma. Lunches our speciality.
Best eats in Gratiot county. l724t4
Earl Grace has moved on to the
| Bamber farm south of the city now
owned by Jesse Fuller
Mrs. n. s. Baldwin OF St. Louis
spent Monday in Alma visiting
friends and shopping.
Mrs. F. ]. Nichols left Monday
for St Louis where she will spend a
few days visiting friends.
H. c. Richardson is having his
household goods moved to the Pol
lasky residence on State street.
The Peoples party OF Pine River
township hold their caucus at 2
O'Clock at the town hall at Forest
Hill.
G. Archie Brown of the firm of
Wright & Brown will occupy the
north half of the Naples after April
| first.
Mrs. ]. II. Shepherd left Monday
for Mt Morris where she is spend
ing the week visiting friends and rel
atives.
Will Rowley departed for his home
at Detroit last Monday. Mr.. Rowley
has been visiting friends the last two
weeks in Alma.
Claude Chadwick of Ann Arbor
spent Sunday and the first of the
week with his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
f. n. Chadwick
Lester Sharp who is attending the
University OF Chicago is spending a
couple of weeks as the guest of his
father /. A. Sharp.
Mrs. Olive Black and son William
spent some time visiting friends in
this vicinity last week and Monday
left for their home in Saginaw.
Carl O. Weaver travelling represen-
tative, Detroit Free Press was in the
city the first part of the week He
placed the circulation of his paper
in this city in the hands of Theo
Higbee.
James /. Kress dropped in the
city last Monday for a short visit
with his parents Mr.. and Mrs. James
G. Kress. Mr.. Kress is travelling for
the Valley City Chair Co, Grand Ra-
| pids He has the state of Ohio for
his territory
The second story Of the Gaffney
block is being remodelled. The old
partitions have been taken out and
| the new plans assure very comfort
| able and desirable living apartment
Z. c. Housewald and ]. T. Hudorn
who are doing the work expect TO
have it completed by April 18th
Miss Katherine Booth, art instruc-
tor at Alma college left Saturday
morning for her home in Detroit
Miss Booth has been quite serious
ly ILL., Saturday Miss Booth was
sufficiently recovered TO make the
trip and expects to be able to take
up her work again at the commence
ment of the spring term.
Coach Dennis II. Grady handed in
his resignation to the board of trus-
tees of Alma college last Tuesday
night. The resignation will take eff
feet at the end of the present school
year. Coach Grady has been at Alma
two years His work marks him as
Alma's most successful coach. 1t has
been rumored that Mr.. Grady will
coach large western university the
coming year.
Wednesday evening in the Method
list church the Sunday school classes
taught by DR.. F. c. Thornburg. the
women's class and Rev. W. +. Doty,
the business mems class. united in a
farewell gathering for Mr. and Mrs.
| l.. NJ. Sweet, who have left to re-
side on their farm near Merrill a
pot luck supper was served at $50
o'clock after which Dr. Thornburg.
Rev. Doty, II. l.. Holmes and Prof.
| McCurdy each gave a short talk.
Several other members of both
classes also gave impromptu speeches
including both Mr.. and Mrs. Sweet
the talks being interspersed with mu-
sic consisting of a duet by Mr. and
Mrs. H. l.. Holmes, quartette COM
posed by Messrs. Rowland. Holmes,
| Stinchcomb and DR.. Thornbury and
/ l.