Alma record., 1912-04-11

of last week in Alma visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Steward are
entertaining Mrs. Stewards son, S.
Rason and wife, from Cross Village.
Miss Lola Sipes departed Saturday
morning for Grand Rapids where she
will spend few days visiting friends
and relatives.
f. ID. Varnum, who runs an eight
chair barber shop at Petoskey, was
in the city a few days last week call
ing on friends.
Ralph Goggin, who is attending
school in Ann Arbor, spent a few
days Of this week with his aunt, Mr..
and Mrs VIM Rogers
Miss Mable Page left Saturday en-
route for Grand Rapids, Chicago, and
Farmer City, I'll. Miss Page will make
her home at Farmer City,
w. w. Cushing left Monday morning
for Ludington where he will be en-
gagged for a short time taking an in
voice Of a stock of goods
Fischers Pan-American Exposition
orchestra passed through Alma last
Friday on their way to Ithaca where
they played a dance in the evening.
Miss Ella NJ Robinson Of Detroit,
niece of j. W. Robinson of this city,
was the guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs j. w. Robinson Easter Sunday.
Mrs. Lewis Zimmerman of st.
Louis was brought 10 Brainerd hos
pital last Saturday afternoon suffer
ing from severe disease Of the eye.
Miss Donna Mclaughlin, who has
been visiting her sister, Miss Vera
| Mclaughlin at the college, returned
to her home at Yale last Saturday
morning.
Miss Leontine Messenger is spend
/ ing her vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Simon Messenger Miss
! Messenger is a student at the Art in
stitute in Chicago.
The residence Of Mrs. Elisha
( Church on r. F. d. No. was totally
consumed by fire last Friday. The
fire is supposed TO have started from
a defective chimney.
Attorney John Dunham of the firm
of Kress & Durham, left for Chicago
! last Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Dun
ham expects to be gone a week at
tending to some legal business.
Roman Clark. formerly a student
of Alma college, and at present en-
tered in the law department at Ann
Arbor, visited friends in the city last
Saturday. Mr. Clark was on his way
home to Caro-.
DR. j. y. Day and family left last
week for Houghton Lake where they
will make their future home. Or. Day
has an excellent field for practice there
and also is very much in love with the
| fishing in the lake.
| Master Arle Ryder of Alma visited
from Friday until Sunday with his
grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. George
Ruse. His sister, Miss Thelma, who
had been spending several days here,
returned home Friday.-Shepher Re-
! publican.
Messrs. Arthur Goodhall and
Charles Button attended the Fischer
dancing party at Ithaca last Friday
evening The party was given by the
young people of Ithaca. Fischer's EX
position orchestra from Kalamazoo
! furnished the music.
|. II. Church will be our highway
commissioners for another year. The
people of Pine River are glad TO think
Mr.. Church has taken his old place,
for the good that he will do for our
roads the coming year and for the
good that he has done,
Through the omission of one line of
type in last weeks issue of the
Record the item referring to Bert
Hayes name appearing on the Social
| list ticket for city attorney of Grand
Rapids, stated that Mr. Hayes was
elected whereas Moses Taggart of the
Republican party received the elec-
| ton.
The house on the James Miller
| farm a mile and a half west of Alma
burned to the ground shortly after
noon Wednesday. The house was oc-
cupied by Charles Huggett and fam
| ily All the furniture was saved by
the aid of the farmers in the immedi-
ate community. No other buildings
burned; no insurance.
Ralph Goggin, who is junior in the
law department at Ann Arbor, ar
rived in the city last Friday evening
| to spend the spring vacation. Mr..
Goggin was accompanied by f. l..
Unmuth of Ishpeming. Mr.. Unmuth,
also a student in the Michigan law
department, will spend his vacation
here as guest of Mr.. Goggin
F. Foray, a fireman on the Ann
Arbor railroad was injured last Tues
day night at North Star. Mr.. Foray
was shaking the CRATES of the engine
when the accident occurred. In some
way he slipped and fell, breaking a
couple of ribs and being hurt intern
ally. Foray was brought to Alma and
taken to Brainerd hospital. His home
is at Grand Rapids
Dwight Harwood of Plainwell spent
Sunday in Alma visiting friends at
the college. Last year Mr.. Harwood
was a Freshman at the college. This
year Mr. Harwood is attending Hills
dale college where he is an assistant
in the music department Mr. Har-
wood gave an impromptu concert at
Wright hall Sunday afternoon. He
was assisted by Miss Mary Clark Of
the college and Miss Grace Roberts.
Miss Laura Ingman, who has been
member of the college faculty since
the beginning of the school year. re-
l.. tai Ia,