Alma record., 1913-07-10
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Laurence Montigel spent sunday
in McBain.
Mrs. T. c. Blaisdell is visiting
friends at East Lansing.
Miss Minnie Cheeseman is visiting
st. Louis friends for a few weeks
]. w. Holmes of Lansing, formerly
of Alma, is in the city visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Grover of Elsie
were Alma visitors the Fourth and
over Sunday.
Miss Kate Morris of Albion was
the guest of Miss Eta Stuckey over
Sunday.
Mrs. Kate Sargent of Union City
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Butts, of Wright avenue.
Mr. Snyder of East Lansing visit
ed at the home of DR.. T. c. Blaisdell
last Friday
Miss Bellas and daughter Marie of
Mt. Pleasant were guests of Mrs. V.
II. Shepherd last week
Harry Milbourn, who has been
visiting at the home of Foster Fraker,
, returned to Eaton Rapids Tuesday
Mrs. Frank Shannon of Traverse
City was the guest of Mrs. P. M.
Smith last week.
Frank Way and Malcolm Smith
returned Sunday from Torch lake
where they spent week with the
Y. NJ. c. A. camp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Hutchinson of
Saginaw spent the Fourth with the
! formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs Geo.
Hutchinson.
Gaylord Dunham of Detroit was
the guest of Mrs. John Grieg and
other relatives in the city over the
Fourth and Sunday.
Mr.. Louis Hammond of Roscom-
mon is spending the week with Mr..
and Mrs. Darius Miller, 42s Euclid
avenue.
Harold Wilcox spent the Fourth
and the week end at Grand Rapids
and Howard City, returning to his
duties at the summer school Monday.
DR.. and Mrs. F. c. Thornburgh are
entertaining the formers cousin, Mrs.
Elmer +. Adams, of New London,
N. H.
The many friends of Henry Soule
will be glad to hear that he is grad
ually improving in health and expects
to greet them on the streets in a few
days.
An automobile party consisting of
Miss Lois Fraker, Miss Mabel Gun
ther, Harry Milbourn and Foster
Fraker, spent the day at Crystal lake
Monday
Wade Frost will occupy the pulpit
OF the Congregational church at Car
son City during the vacation weeks.
Mr. Frost will attend Mccormick
Seminary, Chicago, next year
Mr.. and Mrs. George Miller of
Highwood, Mich, formerly of Alma,
spent the Fourth at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Darius Miller, 42s Euclid
avenue.
Mr.. Will Hammond Of Pontiac is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Darius Miller,
and family. Mr.. Hammond has not
seen his sister for twelve years and
tt reunion the Fourth was a happy
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Stuckey enter
tanned Fred Wilson and family,
Henry Moench and family Of Car
son City, Mrs. A. p Moore and Miss
Geraldine McNabb of Sethton, the
Fourth,
Roscoe Tibbits, a former student at
the local high school, is spending a
few days visiting relatives and friends
in the city and surrounding country.
Mr.. Tibbits at present is living in
New York in the vicinity of Roch-
ester, where he is engaged in the
fruit business
George Argent and family of Ian
sing, George Argent, Jr., of Garry,
Ind, Charles Booth of Sumner, Henry
Rulison of Springfield, Mass, and
George Rulison Of Clifton Springs,
New York, were guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Booth over
the Fourth.
No more pretty spot can be found
in the city than the grounds at the
union station. During the past week
the rose bushes have blossomed and
the air is permeated with the sweet
odor of the rose. The bushes are the
creeping species and have completely
covered the small fence that partly
surrounds the lawn.
Parties passing through the city
the first of the week stated that the
huckleberry fields in the vicinity of
Houghton lake will not yield half a
crop this season. It is said the heavy
frosts that occurred early in June
are the cause. Many people at pres
ent are out of work and many will
probably be in want before the win
ter is over because they were depend
ing upon the berry crop this year
more than ever.
Mrs. Roy Parks is visiting her
mother Mrs. Oswald.
Mrs. A. J. O'Boyle spent Wednes-