Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-11-25

LOCAL NEWS

Sale.-Adv.
Ed Adams has purchased the A. j
Hall farm, two miles west of Alma.
DR.. E. G. Sluyter, Osteopathic Ply
stefan, Vermuelen Block. Union phone
AZ. adv.
Ralph Miller and wife of Middleton
visited Roy Miller and family over
Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Failing spent
Thanksgiving with the formers par.
ents in Forest Hill.
Mrs. Frank Reed visited hel
mother-in-law at St Louis over the
week end.
j. A. Gerhardt spent Thanksgiving
with his parents at the old homestead
in Reed City.
The Alma Art club will meet with
Miss Olive Smith, Wednesday, Dec.
1st at 1880.
Mrs. c. II. Lowe visited her daugh-
ter, Miss Delta of Grand Rapids, over
the week end
Mrs. Gray of the Gray g. Gray
restaurant, visited friends in st. Louis
last Thursday.
Carl Racy of Miller's Grocery spent
Sunday with his wife at home in
Greenville.
Miss Nellie Nelson of Saginaw,
visited Miss Wealthy Graham over
Thanksgiving.
Mr. and Mrs. ID. Hitdlebaugh spent
Thanksgiving with Mr. Hitdlebaugh's
parents in Fenwick.
Otto Sanderhoff and family spent
Thanksgiving with his brother-in-
JAS Gargett in the country.
Miss Mae Kyes was Thanksgiving
visitor at the home of her cousin,
Mrs. L. d. Kyes of Shepherd.
Grays are still serving that unex-
celled coffee, pie, milk and those sand
witches that touch the spot.-Adv.
r. A. Stump who is employed at
Messengers clothing store visited his
family in Shepherd over Sunday.
Misses Gladys Carnahan and Orpha
Gresham of st. Louis, made bust
ness trip to this city on Saturday.
Miss Pearl Wonnacott of St. Louis,
spent Sunday with Claude Wood who
is employed as clerk at Messing
er's store.
The Ladies Guild of st. Johns
church will be held at the home Of
Mrs. A. j. Hall, Friday afternoon, Dec.
Goth, at , o'clock.
Messrs Walter and Will Caple
and their families of Clair, spent
Thanksgiving with their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Caple.
Parties here last Wednesday buying
cavalry horses for war shipment met
with very poor success. The class of
horses wanted are not raised by
Gratiot county farmers.
Mr.. Brearley, proprietor of the
Wright House, who has been confined
to his bed for the past two weeks is
now able to be up again.
Carl Street and sister Ethel, who
are attending school here spent the
week end with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dr. Street of Wheeler.
Fred Slater left Monday evening
for Chicago, where he will spend a
few days buying new and up to date
holiday stock Of mems and boys fur
nishings
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Burke and
little daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. Dee
Watus all Of St. Johns, motored
thru to spend Sunday with f. W.
Goodies and family.
Sunday. Nov. -, little girl came
to the home of Geo. Fisher in the
Opera House block Mother and child
are doing well, but some anxiety is
still felt for George
Lawyer Matthews and Chas Web
stcr of Ithaca stopped in Alma Friday
on their way home from the north
where they had been deer hunting
They each brought back fine deer
Isadcre Friedman and Frank Barn
ard Of Alma college went to Mt. Plea
SAINT on Friday afternoon to attend
The Normal party in the evening
Beth gentlemen report an excellent
time
Miss Lillian Coll former Alma
,oilePe stpdcut who is now studying
ccal music under Professor Knapp Of
az. Pleasant, rendered three fine solo.
IN the college chapel curing the chape
exercises on Friday morning.
Marjorie Delevan, daughter of c. l..
Delevan and a former Alma girl has
been appointed general chairman of
the second annual vocational confer
ence, which is to be held by the women
Of the University Of Michigan, at Ann
Arbor, Jan. -. - and 10.
| Fortuna Bros. Of Pontiac. who pur-
chased the Soucey block, on Superior
street, has purchased the lease of
| Champion Bros. and expects about
DECEMBER 18th to put in an up to date
wholesale and retail fruit store. They
are men Of experience in this line
and expect 90 start a large and ex-
lcnsive business. Champion Bros. will