Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-03-21
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Sharrar & Moore do not just list
your farm; they SELL it for you.

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your farm; they SELL it for you.
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b. l.. Hartwick of Saginaw was
in Alma on business the first of the
week
c. l.. Chadwick. of Ann Arbor
spent Sunday with his people. Justice
and Mrs +. n. Chadwick
Miss Florence Mink of Carson
City was the guest of Miss Margaret
Stuckey over Sunday.
Go to Gray q Gray for auction sale
lunches. Call for prices. Buns, dough-
nuts. rolls. cakes. etc. l72it4
Mr.. and Mrs William Caple of
Clare spent Saturday and Sunday in
Alma as guests of the formers par
ents.
Miss Anna Seaford, stenographer
in the offices of the Union Telephone
Co, at Alma, spent Sunday in the
city.-Owosso Times.
Earl Holmes, who has been SER
iously i'll at his home ON Woodwork
avenue is improving and will doubt
less be able to resume his school
studies after the spring vacation.
Friday ends the winter term in the
public Schoole Next week teachers
and pupils will enjoy a vacation, re-
turning to begin work on the last
term of the school year the following
week.
In the suit in assumpsit. Ezra NJ
Gibbs vs.. John Satterlee before Jus
tice Chadwick. judgment was render
ed on March 10th, in favor of plain
tiff J. w Myers, Ithaca was at
torney for plaintiff. The defendant
was represented by Ray Mccall of
Ithaca.
William NJ. Smith will be a candi-
date for state senator to succeed {.
c. Vaughn in the Fifteenth district
The latter will not be a candidate for
denomination, and as this county is
entitled TO one more term. Mr.. Smith
will be a candidate
The pupils studying under Miss
Minnie NJ. Cheesman Instructor in
Piano, Alma College. gave their an
nual open class program Tuesday
night ut Miss Cheeseman's studio,
Il3 Wright avenue. This program i
given each year before the parents
of the children About eighty guests
were present from Alma and the
surrounding towns
The Alma college male quartette
started Tuesday on a four day trip.
Tuesday night they give their pro-
gram at Edmore. From Edmore.
they go to the Thumb having engage
ments at Carol. Elkton and Bad Axe
for the three succeeding nights The
work of the quartette is receiving
state wide recognition. They have
engagements to fill far into the
spring.
The fire department was called
out a few minutes past noon Satur-
day TO answer call turned in on
Maple street. Eli Browns residence
took fire which was extinguished be-
lore the company arrived. A lamp
exploded and was quickly thrown out
of the window. 1t did not clear the
porch however and broke as it
struck. The oil caused quite blaze,
but quick work saved an ugly and
perhaps a serious fire.
AT the / O. O. +. temple last Fri
day evening the Rebeccas took in
four members. 1t was the first time
the new work was exempliiied The
new work proved very impressive
and exemplifcaton of it of very
high order After the work the men,
bcrs sat down to a banquet, which
was highly enjoyed. When the ban
quet was over. Sister Medler arose
in the capacity as toastmistress and
another hour of much pleasantly was
had.
The young ladies class Of the
Presbyterian church Sunday school.
taught by Miss Olive Smith enter
tanned H. c. Moore's class of young
men at Miss Smiths home Saturday
evening The home was prettily de-
corated in green and white and the
green" predominated in the cos
tunes of the guests. A progre ssive
word contest from "St Patrick as the
chief entertaining feature with other
games and numerous Irish stories
made the evening hours happy ones.
A dainty two course lunch was SER
we'd by the hostesses.
The announcement made by offici-
ais of the Union Telephone Co., to
the State Railroad Commission that
the Company has ordered modern
switchboard for its Owosso exchange
to cost approximately $4,000 and
that new office building is contem-
plated will be good news to Owosso
citizens generally Plans for a two
story brick building to be erected
upon the lot owned by the Company
at the corner of Exchange and Water
streets have already been made and
rs soon as the specifications are pre-
pared bids will be called for The
present outlook is that the building
will he erpctpJ NJ IN carly date 1s II