Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-07-04
Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith and and

and Sunday at their homes ir Ai'ii'
Prof. and Mrs. J. T. Ewing ie
turned Saturday evening from A. u
Arbor where they have been atte1A
ing the commencement exercises OF
the university.
Miss Lizzie Fisher of Riverdale,
who was student at the Alma high
school the past year, is attending the
summer school at the Mt. Pleasant
Normal.
Miss Alma Weight, who has been
teaching at Williamson curing the
past year, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Knight Van Flint at Riverside-Lan-
sing Journal.
J. l.. Campbell and Frank Bennett
drove Mr.. Campbell's car to Detroit
last Friday. They attended the
Tiger-White Sox series and returned
Sunday.
Alexander Duncanson and Leslie
Koepfgen are attending the Mt
Pleasant Normal summer school.
Both are playing with the baseball
team.
Misses Sena and Jessie Potter left
Saturday for Thompsonville where
they will spend the summer. Both
will return to Alma in the fall to con-
tinue their work in the schools.
Miss Lillian Habilan of Three Riv-
ers returned to her home Monday
morning after two weeks visit with
her father, Isaac Habilan, at his
home on Mechanic street.
L. L. Taylor of Mt. Pleasant was
business caller in Alma Saturday
John NJ. Durham spent part Of
Saturday at Breckenridge on legal
business
Mrs. c. J. Bisbee of Bad Axe is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.
Moore at their home on State street.
Edward c, Clapp spent Sunday
with his family at North Star.
Rev. J. NJ. Barley of Detroit and
c. B. Chatfield of Bay City attended
the executive committee meeting of
the Board of Trustees at the college
last Thursday.
Mrs. John Schick and daughter
Mildred left the fore part of the week
for Cleveland, Ohio, and eastern
Pennsylvania where they will visit
relatives for couple of weeks.
Clifford Carey left Saturday night
for Detroit where he has secured a
| position in the Peoples State Bank
for the summer. Mr.. Carey will be
back in the fall to continue his work
at the college.
Attorney James G. Kress spent
Thursday at Pompeii where he tried
a case in the Justice Court of that
place. The case was non-suited, At
torney Kress appearing for the de-
/ PENDANT
Miss Winifred Null, who has been
employed at S. l.. Benefits for the
past three months, left Sunday for
her home at Elm Hall Miss Null
will spend few weeks at her home
and then go to Petoskey for the sum-
mer.
Miss Elizabeth ]. Campbell of De-
troit, and a resident at the Masonic
Home since last April, died last
Wednesday at the age of sixty-hve
years. The funeral services were held
Friday and the nterment made in
Riverside cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. J. s. Caple are en-
joying the Fourth with their children
Charles Caple of Candaigua, n. Y,
Alvah Caple of Toledo, William Ca
pie, Clare. and Walter Caple of this
city. That Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Caple
will have most pleasant Fourth is
a foregone conclusion.
AT the First NJ. +. church, Alma,
Tuesday, July ~, 1912, debate, ere
solved, that Sunday labor is justi-
able" Affirmative, f. S. Smith, u.
Holmet. Negative, John Dunham,
p. w. Creaser, K S. Searles. Judges,
L. A. Sharp, H. c. Moore The pub
lie is cordially invited.
Miss Winifred McClosky, who was
the guest of Mr., and Mrs. Fred
Grover last week. returned to her
home at Carson City, Thursday.
Prof. Frank Notestein and family
left the fore part of the week for
Otsego Lake where they will spend
the summer in their cottage
Mrs. c. Sullivan and Reginald
McClinton departed Thursday for
Chicago, where they spend a few
days with Dr. N. F. McClinton. From
Chicago they will go to Eugene, Or,
to spend the summer.
Miss Grace Pulfrey visited friends
at St. Louis last Saturday.
The spillway on the mill race back
of the Alma Grain and Lumber Co.
is nearly completed. The food
washed the spillway and necessitated
its entire rebuilding. 1t is about ~
feet wider than the old one and has
five ga.es to let the surplus water
pass through into the main stream.
The estimated cost of the construc-
ton is $1,000 In all probability work
will be completed this week.