Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-04-29
County Correspondent
ITHACA


DR.. NJ. G.. Skinner and VIM Nc
Fadden, were in North star Sunday
i'm the interests of the Gratiot County
Sunday School association.
Theo Goodwin, eldest son of Mr..
and Mrs. T. A. Goodwin, is confined
to his home by illness.
Mrs. Amos Street, who has been
seriously i'll for the past two months
is able TO ride out. The nurse, Miss
Hudson, returned to Ovid, Tuesday.
Mrs. j. H. Smith who has been con-
fined to her home by illness for the
past fortnight, is improved and out.
c. A. Price and Warren A. Stahl,
were i'm Lansing last week on bus
mess.
George Lanphere is charging and
remodling his residence on South JEFF
] ferson St.
! j. Clark of Saginaw spent the past
week at Ithaca with friends. '
Philip Frise was in Lansing last
week
Hamilton Bovee and wife, who have
pent the past fortnight in Lansing,
have returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. n. Guthrie visited
/ i'm Breckenridge last week.
Miss Mabel Salisbury of Middleton
spent Saturday with Ithaca relatives.
Mrs. J. Alverson entertained her
sisters, Misses Bertha and Annette
McLaren of Alma, last week.
Daniel Weaver made a business
trip to Lansing this week.
Mrs Morris Marquette is entertain
ing Mrs. Lavina Dalrymple of Grand
Rapids.
Thos. Burt of Illinois made a bus
mess trip to Gratiot County last week
Mr. and Mrs. Price and daughter of
Maple Rapids visited at the home of
| Mr.. and Mrs David Reichard at It'll
aca last week.
Mrs Summett and son of Carson
City, transacted business in Ithaca,
Saturday.
Miss Gretchen Marquette closed a
very successful term of school at Bee
be, Friday last.
Miss Hazel Scarf is quite i'll again
with nervous breakdown.
Clearance II. Shields and wife of
Owosso, spent the week end with II.
j. Dodge and family at Ithaca.
Mr.. and Mrs. Misner have moved
into the house recently vacated by
Thos Tyrrell.
Henry Whtford and family of Ash
ley motored to Ithaca the first of the
week.
Miss Coral Mertens visited in Alma
Sunday.
j. l.. Barden made a business trip
to Detroit last week.
Otis Jessup and wife are both in
the u. of NJ hospital at Ann Arbor,
for operations for appendicitis
which were performed ten days apart
Both are doing nicely.
II. X. Pattengill of Lansing attend
ed the Institute last week and spent
short time with Ithaca friends.
II. McKibben and wife of North
Star, were Ithaca visitors, Friday.
Miss Lola NJ. Order and mother,
and Mrs. Allen Orser and daughter
of Ashley, visited in Ithaca, Saturday.
John Kinsel returned Monday from
visit in Toledo
member of Edgewood lodge, I.O.O.F.
and that organization had charge of
the funeral services which were held
Sunday afternoon, April Is, at the
Presbyterian church at Lafayette,
Rev. r. L. McLain, State Chaplain of
the IO.O.F., officiating. The floral
! tributes were many and beautiful, and
showed the high regard with which
he was held by his associates. In
terment was made in the family lot
at Lafayette cemetary.
Last Friday morning about eight
clock, fire broke out in the roof of the
j. l.. Hass residence, apparently hav-
ing caught from spark, as the fire
did not burn near chimney The
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found that the fire was about extin-
guished. Loss was about $50. fully
covered by insurance.
The remains of Mrs. Susan Drumm
Jones, who passed away Saturday
morning, were taken from the under
taking rooms of j. l.. Barden, Tues
day, to the Baptist church in North
Emerson, where services were con-
Quoted by the pastor, Rev. Priest, in
torment being made in Emerson GEM
etary. Her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Per
ny, and grandson, Chas. Perry of
/ Paulding, Ohio, were called here.
Henry Walbridge was arrested Sat
/ les Coleman Walbridge, who has
| fight with Ben Chapman, fiagman at
IHt oWiNSH nSdi tire utpVIs anu ie was
/ taken to the county jail Chapman
could not be found then, but was
found later, and both men were taken
/ before Justice Salter each being fined
/ 50. and costs 1t is claimed that both
had been drinking. The fines were
paid.
Walter d. Mari was born August
G, 1878 in Livingston County. Mich
! igan, and is the son of Enos and Eliz-
abeth (Watson) Mari. He died Tues
/ day, April -, 1915, at Traverse City,
where he was taken a short time ago,
| for treatment. The remains were
brought to j. l.. Barden's undertake
/ ing rooms on Friday last and later re
moved to his mothers home in La
/ fayette township. His age was SO
4 years. months and I days. He was
never married. His father died in
March 1913. He leaves his mother,
one brother, Jesse b. Mari, and a
foster sister, Mrs. Gladys Cooley, all
o. Lafaytte township. He was a
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