Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-09-26


Paving contractor Lowrey laid the
last brick in the 1912 Superior street
paving contract last Friday evening.
A little son arrived to gladden. the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Slater
on Grant avenue, Monday morning.
Hon. w. A. Bahlke left Wednes-
day morning for Grand Rapids to
attend the Democratic. State conven-
ton.
w. d. Strong and son, Dar, spent
Sunday at Owosso visiting Mr..
Strong's mother Mrs. Frederick
Strong.
Miss Hattie Mills, who is teach
ing in the high school at Stanton,
spent Friday evening and Saturday
in Alma
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Parker left
| Wednesday morning for Lake City
to attend the county fair held there
this week.
Mrs. May Magnue departed We'd
nesday for Box Elder, Mont, where
she will visit at the home OF Charles
Harlock.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Winton of
Newark, New Jersey, were the guests
of Prof and Mrs. A. p. Cook last
Monday.
Dr. J. W. Austin, chiropractor and
family left Saturday for San Jose,
Cal, where they will make their flu
ture home.
A three-way hydrant with six
inch inlet has been placed on the
northeast corner of State and Super
Tor streets.
Paul Kress left Monday noon for
Big Timber, Montana, where he has
a position coaching in the high school
of that city
Mrs. Vern Morgan left Saturday
afternoon for Flint to join her hus-
band who has a position in a shoe
store of that city.
Mrs. Archie Brown returned last
week from Grand Haven where for
two weeks she was the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Tiffey.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson,
living on the Goggin farm, west of
Alma, welcomed baby girl to their
home last Tuesday.
Ray Besore recently purchased the
] Brant residence on Gratiot avenue
and will Occupy the residence about
the first of October.
Hon. r. A. Ely, Francis King and
c. J. Brown left Monday for Detroit
to attend the Republican state con-
vention held there Tuesday.
Bradley Stone of Ithaca was a
caller in the city last Friday. Mr.
Stone, accompanied by Lloyd Froush,
spent the week end at Saginaw
Next Saturday the Alma high
school football team will play their
first game with St Louis high school
team. The game will be played here.
Miss Eva McBain, who has charge
of the kindergarten department of the
ST. Louis schools attended the recep-
tion at Wright Hall last Friday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Brown are
entertaining Mrs. Browns mother
Mrs. Patrick of Detroit, also the
Misses Frances and Elizabeth Tip
pey.
Arnold Robinson left Monday fol
East Lansing TO commence his soph-
omore year in the agricultural depart
ment of the Michigan Agricultural
College
William Murphy has taken the
place of Rodney Burgess in Rhodes
drug store for the winter. Mr. Bur
CESS is continuing his work in the
high school.
Joseph Starter, publisher of the
Journal and chief OF the Alma Fire
Department, spent the last three day:
of last week the guest of friends anc
relatives in Detroit.
After several weeks spent in tht
+ city the guest of her daughter, Mrs
c. ]. Brown, Mrs. B. r. Moore lief
Monday for an extended visit will
her son, f. A. Moore OF Detroit.
, Mrs, w. II. ONel of Sault Ste
Marie was the guest of her daughter
Miss Margaret O'Neil, at the open
r ing reception of the college held a
Wright Hall last Friday evening.
The Detroit Evening News of las
Saturday devoted three columns o
: its issue to a write-up OF the Eleventh
district Republican nominee for Con
gress, Francis Linquist of Breenville
Maynard Cook left Friday after
noon for Madison, Wis, to continu
his work in the engineering depart
y ment of the state university Thi
is Mr. Cooks second year at Madison
r. n. Mclaughlin and Barne,
r Boarsma are attending the Loya
Order OF Moose convention held a
:: Lansing, the last half of the week
They went as delegates from the loo a
lodge.
: Mrs. J. Ross of Ionia, after a tw
weeks visit with her son, Mr.. E.
3 Ross, and family, returned to he
: home last Saturday. Mr.. Ross accom-