Alma record., 1913-10-09
Town Line News

} Clayton Church who has been sicl
is reported better at this writing.
Harry Rockwell of Alma made .
business trip here the first of the
week
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Well OF Alma
spent Sunday with George Webb and
family
William Hart and wife spent Sun
day with their uncle, John Snyder
and wife.
! Mrs. p. Smith of Alma was in this
neighborhood calling on friends this
last week.
Mrs. Jane Church, OF Toledo came
Saturday to spend few days in this
vicinity with friends and relatives
and also in Alma and ST. Louis.
Mrs. H. Woodard, who has been
spending few days at the home of
her niece, Mrs. J. Gerber, and family,
in Lansing, has returned home.
Miss Hazel Webb, who has been
spending a few days with her sister,
Mrs. Arthur Childs, and husband
near St. Louis returned Saturday.
Charles Wood and family who
have been living on the +. Church
farm for the past few months are
moving TO Alma to make their future
home.
John Durkee OF Chicago was here
calling on friends the first of the
week. He visited with other rela-
tives in Bay City and Saginaw before
returning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dec Day are in Flint
at present They state that they ex-
pect TO travel for the coming year
and are undecided where they will
make their future home
O. Post and daughter of Vernon
spent Sunday with James Jones and
family He also visited with friends
and relatives in Alma and his brother
Elmer Post, and family, in Forest
Hill
Mr.. and Mrs. William Edgar are
entertaining the latter's sister, Mrs
w. f. Woodhouse, of Bridgeville,
Virginia, for a few days She also
visited with relatives in Bryon
Breckenridge and Ithaca before re-
turning to her home.
Lester King of Jackson spent
few days with his cousins. Mrs Wal
lace Amsbury, and husband and Lon
Housden Mr. King left the last of
the week, accompanied by Mr. Hous-
den, for Benzie county on business
to the formers farm.
Harry Rogers and family who came
Saturday to spend a few days with
his parents, William Rogers and wife,
returned to their home in Grand
Rapids the first of the week They
also visited Daniel Goggins and Mrs.
William Sloan in Alma
Mr. and Mrs Milton Chambers,
who have been spending a few days
with the latter's parents, Giles Isham,
and family, left the first of the week
for Grand Rapids where they will
make their future home. Mr. Cham
bers has sold his property in Alma.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Stevens, former
ly Of here but now Of Arcadia went
to St. Johns Wednesday to attend
the county fair was held there. They |
made the trip by driving through |
with their team. They will visit in |
Mason and Lansing before returning |
home
Clair Nelson and wife formerly OF |
here but now of Saginaw, state that
their daughter, Irene, who under
went an operation in that city few
weeks ago, is getting better, so they
have taken her home and hope she
will be able to attend school within
a short time.
Miss Ruby Palus left Thursday for
Fisher, Illinois, to spend number of
weeks with friends and relatives in
her old home town. She was &C
companied by her cousin, Ross Rob
inett, who has been here visiting
He also spent few days with rela-
tives in Breckenridge.
VIM Webb OF Williamson spent
Sunday with his brothers, George
Webb, and family, and Frank Webb
and family. He also visited with
Smell and wife and +. Brant
and wife in Alma, and Bert Osborn
and family in Riverdale, while here
He returned home the last of the
week
Herman Houghteling, formerly of
Alma, who has been very sick in Bat
tie Creek, passed away at the hos
pital in that city last Thursday. He
was taken sick at his work and was
hurried to the hospital where it was
found necessary for him to undergo
an operation for an abscess of the
stomach. He only lived few days
afterwards. Mr. Houghtelling was
forty-one years old and was the old
est son of A. Houghtelling. He also
caves one sister, Mrs. Emma Mes
bit, of Fremont, Ohio, and one
prot her William wbo lives in Rattie | ,