Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-04
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Ford Gargett left Monday for Grand
Rapids where he will continue his
studies at ChurchilPs commercial col
lege.
Mrs Thos. Gobel departed for her
home at Flint last Saturday after
spending the week in Alma as the
guest of Mrs. Mary Wilson.
Claiming Parsons is spending the
spring vacation with his parents. Mr..
Parsons is Senior in the engineer
ing department OF M. A. c.
Joe Cohen left last Sunday for
couple of weeks visit at Elmira and
Wheatsport, N. Y. 1t is rumored that
Mr.. Cohen is getting in line to join
the benedict club.
Fred. Gargett who has been at
tending Churchill's Business College
of Alma, returned last Saturday to
spend the spring vacation with his
parents.
Miss Rua Day returned last Friday
from Ypsilanti where she is a student
at the Normal Miss Day will spend
her vacation with her parents, brand
Mrs. J. n. Day.
Miss Katherine Vim arrived in
Alma last Saturday to spend the
spring vacation with her relatives.
Miss Vim is teacher in the public
schools at Suckles.
Arnold Robinson, who is Fresh
man at the Michigan Agricultural
College, returned to Alma last Satur-
day to spend the spring vacation
with his parents Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Robinson
Mrs John Murphy was a passen-
ger on the p NJ. train west Saturday
afternoon Mrs Murphy will spend
a few days in Grand Rapids where
she will visit her daughter Mrs. Leon
McCloskey.
M. A. Brooks left for his home at
Champagne, H. Saturday, after spend
ing the week in this vicinity. Mr..
Brooks purchased farm south of Al
ma last August He intends to move
on it some time during the coming
year.
A new private car has been re-
ceived by the officials Of the Ann Ar
Dor railroad from the Pullman car
shops. 1t is said that the new car is
a model OF strength and beauty and is
far ahead Of the business car the road
officials have been using during re-
-,
their OwOsso shops
J. L. Sparkling and family have lea
sed the residence at 43O Woodwork
avenue They moved to Alma last
Monday from their former home at
Bay City Mr.. Sparkling recently &C
cepted the position of chief engineer
at the sugar factory, coming here
from the Bay City sugar factory,
where he was employed as head mill
wright
David Bishop, who has been in
charge of the weighing station of the
Alma Sugar Co. in Stanton the past
two years, has been transferred TO
Breckenridge and is moving his
household goods TO that place.
Dave" is a genial gentleman, and
many friends here regret that bust
ness calls him to another held-Mont-
calm Herald.
A broken drawpin caused the sec
ond smashup in two weeks in the
Pere Marquette yards at St. Louis
at two o'clock last Friday afternoon.
Extra No. sos backed toward regular
No. 213 and when the drawpin broke
the two trains crashed together, de-
molishing the cabooses. A wrecking
train from Saginaw cleared the track
and traffic was resumed before even
ing. No one was injured.
Frank Dimes of Crystal is under ar
rest for writing threatening letters
to John r. Hudson, of Middleton of
whom he purchased an automobile.
After using it to carry passengers be-
tween Crystal, Riverdale and Elm
Hall he sold it, but got considerable
less than he had paid Hudson and de-
manded that the latter pay him the
difference His letters were written
in threatening terms and were turned
over to the postal authorities, who
made the arrest-Edmore Times.