Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-01-22

Monday to help his father move.
Mrs. O. +. Law is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Roy Cumrod, in Elm Hall.
Miss Letta Soper has been i'll with
la grippe at her home the past week
Susie Hitchcock of Howell is visit
ing this week with Mrs. c. H. Button.
Mrs. c. n. Andrews of Elm Hall
spent Monday in Alma on business.
Roy Shepherd ofPosotum, H., was
in Alma on business the last of the
week
Will Becker of Urbana, Illinois,
was an Alma visitor the last of the
week.
Miss Hazel Crandell. telephone op-
orator from Elwell, was an Alma
visitor Thursday
Rex Allen spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George +. Al
len, of Wheeler.
Miss Rena Currie left Monday for
weeks visit with John Chase and
family at Elwell.
Miss Baker of Detroit spent a few
days last week with her sister, Mrs.
Ben Mccullough, of Alma.
Elmer Stevens spent Saturday and
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Manley Stevens, in St. Louis.
Mr. Collins, Chicago, manager of
Swift & Company's plant, made a
business trip to Alma last week.
Mrs. Avery Kappe left Saturday
for a short visit with her father-in-
law, Mr.. August Kappe and family
in Howard City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harve Carter are
visiting with her brother, Mr. John
Coon and his family at Greenville,
this week and next.
Allen |. Burgy was called to Gale
donia last Thursday by the death OF
his step-father The funeral services
were held Sunday afternoon.
EdPierson of Detroit was the
guest OF his brother and wife, Mr.
and Mrs Carl Pierson, the last of the
week and over Sunday
The kids" were skating on the
pond above the dam Saturday after
noon. The ice was the best it has
been this year. though it was not en-
tirely safe.
Richard Oberlin, engineer, who has
been employed on the switch engine
in the Alma yards, left Monday for
Saginaw where he will engage in
similar work.
T. A. Burt of Urbana, H., who has
been spending the past few weeks in
Alma in the interest of the Burt
Sharrar & Moore Land Co., returned
to his home Saturday evening.
II. c. Hansen, of Grand Rapids
Assistant District Superintendent OF
the international Correspondence
School was in Alma last week con-
Quoting display at Rhodes Drug
store.
The cloak and suit store, formerly
owned by Mrs Bart Miller, on SUI
perior street, was sold by Frank Pol
lasky Friday to Mr.. F. ]. Adams and
wife. Mrs. Adams has been clerking
in Browns Bazaar and took charge
OF the store directly after the pur-
chase.
A surprise party was given Mon
day night at the home of Mrs Ida
Zibble in honor of her birthday ami
versary. Guests were present from
st. Louis and a splendid supper was
served the company and needless to
say ample justice was given it,
The Ann Arbor railroad company
has put new fence along the north
side of the walk at the west of the
depot. 1t was much needed and il
should have been done long before
as the sidewalk is about two feet
above the level of the ground on the
north side.
Tuesday night the water pipes in
the Wright House froze solid, and
about the middle of Wednesday fore
noon they began to thaw out and the
water trickled through the ceiling in
to the bank. Soon it started TO come
faster and the books and papers had
TO be gotten out of the way, the
plaster began to fall in places and on
the whole the bank was in confusion
and disorder for few hours.
Gilbert +. Porter gave a farewell
party at his fathers home in Alma
Saturday. Mr. Porter has been con-
nected with a firm in St. Louis and
leaves for Detroit Monday or Tues
day, where he will engage in some
manufacturing work Miss Rena
Reeves. Marguerite Evans. Heller
Barber and Messrs. Walter Wood
and Stiles Kennedy, of St. Louis
were invited guests. A supper was
served at FIVE o'clock, after which
Miss Reeves entertained the guests
by several selections on the guitar
and Miss Evans on the piano. Every
body sang and enjoyed themselves
in various ways until time for the
nine o'clock train, on which the St.
Louis guests returned to their homes