Alma record., 1913-09-11
LOG Al HAPPENINGS

Mt. Pleasant last week.
Mrs. Mabel Strong Cleland spent
Sunday at her home in St. Johns.
Mrs. Ray Best and little son, north
of Alma, are visiting Cheboygan rel
atives.
Archie Maybee has returned after
few weeks visit at his home in
Elsie
Justice of the Peace A. Mann was
in Shepherd on business the last of
the week.
Miss Edna Abbott has accepted the
position of clerk for the Consolidated
Light & Power Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Archie Brown
were among the fair visitors at Mt.
Pleasant last week.
Robert Cook of Detroit is spend
ing a few days with his parents and
friends in this city,
Mrs. George Sharrar is spending
the week in Chicago with her sister,
Mrs. l.. A. Johnston.
Miss Florence Strong left Monday
for an extended visit with friends in
Holland and Chicago.
Messrs. George Peery and F. O.
Ruggles were in Breckenridge on
business last Thursday.
Rev. and Mrs. J. Frank Jackson
and daughter Dorothy spent the last
Of the week at Bass Lake.
Mrs. Mary A. Glow spent few
| days last week with her sister, Mrs.
w. A. Jackson, in Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. L. w. Race was among the
Alma visitors at the West Michigan
Fair in Grand Rapids last week
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Stinchcombe
spent part of last week with Grand
Rapids friends and also attended the
fair.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Strong of At
lanta, Georgia, are guests of the for
mer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. w. D.
Strong.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kimball and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Kimball of
Crystal Lake spent Sunday with West
Parr and family.
Dr. and Mrs. Gill accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. West Parr motored to
Saginaw Sunday and were the guests
of Mr.. ellis parents
Miss Letta Soper left Sunday for
Romeo where she will teach in the
primary department of the public
school the coming year.
Francis King has purchased a new
1914 Cadillac touring car. William
Rogers bought the machine Mr.. King
has been using the past year.
w. w. Flathau and wife returner
the last of the week to their home in
Cheboygan after few days visit
with Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Stinchcomb.
Mr.. and Mrs Mckenzie chaperoned
a river party Saturday evening which
was given in honor of their niece,
Miss Katherine McGraw, of Urbana,
Illinois.
Mrs, Dell Slate, who has been the
guest of Mrs. Ada Greig and other
Alma relatives the past several weeks,
returned Saturday to her home in
Summit, N. J.
Mrs. John Dougherty and little son
of Cadillac are guests OF the latter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fl. B. Stuckey,
Mr.. Dougherty came Saturday and
returned Sunday evening.
Misses Beulah Parr, Florence and
Margaret Allen were guests of Miss
Alice Kennedy of St. Louis on Fri
day. Miss Kennedy entertained in
honor of Miss Jane Avery.
Miss Carrie Nelson, who graduated
from the college in 1912, was mar
ried last Sunday to Mr.. Earl Osger-
by of Clarksburg, West Virginia
Miss Nelson has many friends here
who extend best wishes
The West Michigan conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal church con-
venes in Battle Creek this year The
conference begins the seventeenth of
this month and holds over the fol-
lowing Sunday Many changes are
expected to take place both in pas
tors and district superintendents.
The remains Of Mr.. Bush, who died
in Vernon few days ago, were taken
through Alma last Wednesday to St.
Louis for burial. A short service
was conducted at the grave by Rev.
w. z. Doty. Mr.. Bush was for a
number of years in the furniture and
undertaking business in St. Louis,
but has more recently made his home
in Vernon. Two sons, one from
Pittsburg, Pa, and Dr. Bush of Chel-
sea, both of whom attended the fun
eral survive their father.