Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-06-17
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+. O.. Sluyter, went 10 Lansing, tues
day to take the state oteopathic exam
nation.
Frank Pollasky and ID. w. Robinson,
went to Detroit on business, Wednes-
day afternoon.
II. c. Moore, cashier of the State
Savings Bank, went to Howell this
morning to attend a holstein sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Blakely, were in
Detroit, the latter part of last week,
transacting business and visiting
friends.
Miss Barbara VIM returned from
her school, Wednesday, to spend the
summer with her mother, on College
Street
Mr.. and Mrs J. w. Blakely and Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Slater, motored to lth-
AGA and other south Gratiot towns,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hudson spent
the Sunday with Mr. Hudson's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hudson of
Riverdale.
Charles Button, John Chick, and Al
Beeson, spent Wednesday at Crystal
fishing. 1t was the opening of the
bass season
Mrs. NJ. j. Fraker is in Kalamazoo
this week attending the Department
Convention of Woman's Relief Corps
She is a delegate from the local corp.
Miss Beulah Martin who has been
visiting Alma friends FOR q few days
went to Mt. Pleasant to attend the
commencement exercises at the Cen
trail Normal.
Miss Daisy Slater, who is attending
the Mt. Pleasant Normal, spent the
week end at the home of her brother,
Fred Slater, returning to her school
ro.k, Monday morning.
The Camp Fire Group, Minnehaha,
of which Miss Olive Smith is leader,
went up the river, early Wednesday
morning for a picnic They were ac-
companied by invited guests.
Mrs. Rogers, mother of Miss Mabel
Rogers, head of the domestic science
department of the public schools, is
visiting her daughter for a few days
arriving Wednesday noon from Lans-
ing
. The meeting of the Ladies Aid Soci-
ETY. of the Presbyterian church will be
held at the home of Mrs John Caple
3O4 Woodwork Avenue, Tuesday af-
; ternoon, June 22nd, at the regular
: time.
The Junior High school pupils and
. teachers held a big picnic in the city
{ park, Wednesday afternoon at which
. about one hundred pupils and teachers
: were present. Games and a big lun-
cheon featured the entertainment.
Miss Flossie Clark returned from
Sebewaing, Saturday to spend the
summer vacation with her parents
: Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Clark, on River
. Avenue. She has been teaching in the
public schools of that city for the past
year.
. Superintendent of Schools Kinney
of Lakeview was in Alma, for a short
. time, ednesday, visiting friends He
{ was a former resident of Ithaca.
; J. +. Converse transacted business
: and called on friends in Shepherd
Wednesday afternoon
/, Paul Crandell, Miss Laura Crandell
Marshall Allen, Miss Margaret Allen
+. II. Reese, Miss Flora Roberts, Mis-:
: Francis Kirk nd George Maier, went
J to Saginaw, Tuesday afternoon with
the Sluyter wedding party, all but
Misses Kirk and Roberts, returning il
. the evening.
: G. V. Wright, the furniture man
) was in Toledo, Thursday and Friday
. attending the annual convention of tn,
, Furniture Directors association. Over
: five hundred representatives. from
Z Ohio and Michigan were present anC
{ an especially helpful series of meet
: ings was held.
w. A. Marks, gas engineer for thu
2 Gratiot County Gas Co. went to Sagi
nav, Tuesday, for an operation on hi
z eye DR.. Slack performed the opera
z ton the same day with very satisfac
4 tory results. Angus Letch, manage
: of the company, took him there in hi
) car.
z DR.. Beshgetoor returned from
Z weeks vacation trip TO Indianapoli
!. and Ann Arbor, where he visitc'
Z friends. Since he returned Saturda
! evening, he removed his offices fror
IS the Delevan block TO his new suite i
! the Merchants Realty block. BY tn
q latter part of this week he will b
= ready to take care of his practice i
= his new quarters.
y Albert Tompkins, prominent farm
. err of Emerson township, fell dead c
: apoplexy, expiring in neighbors arm
Tuesday morning, while conversin
with him. The deceased was fifty tw
years of age and leaves a wife but n
10 children. The funeral services wei
10 held today at his home. Mr.. Tompkir
" was a we'll known and prosperou
id farmer in Emerson township.
to Mrs. Dulong who has been visitin
Of at the homes of Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie