Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-05-27

Bert Reynolds and wife of Albion
spent the week end in Alma.
Miss Edna Macomber, spent the
week end with friends in Merrill.
Geo. Carl and William Bahlke were
in Ithaca transactins business, Wed
nesday.
Harry Stevens spent the week end
at the home of his parents in Breck-
enridge.
Ezra Smith went to st. Louis in the
interests of the Republic Motor Truck
CO., Tuesday.
Miss Rosemary Button of Sumner,
visited friends in Alma, Sunday, en-
route to Lansing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Myers of For
est Hill, visited friends in Alma the
fore part of this week.
Pearl Decker spent the fore part of
the week in Alma, returning to Flint
Wednesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Gongwer and Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Mccullough spent Sun
day with friends in Merrill.
Miss Mary Holland and Miss Helen
Colburn of Mt. Pleasant, wer guests
of friends in Alma. Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. Francis King spent the
week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Lowe, in Grand Rapids.
Nelson Smith has opened garage
i'm the cement feed barn for the sale,
repairing and storing of Hupmobiles.
Mrs. Gladys Orgady of Chicago and
Miss Lena Bellelle of Saginaw spent
Sunday with Mrs. Hubert Brainerd
Mr.. and Mrs. Letter Beemis spent
Sunday with the formers parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Beemis. near Riv-
erdale
X. j. Fraker visited his son Foster
and wife in Lapeer, over Sunday. Fos-
ter is a teacher in the high school of
that city.
Miss Goa Wheaton and Miss Marg-
aret Sharrar, spent Saturday and Sun
day in Riverdale, the guests of Miss
Ruth Van Alstyne.
Ralph Wheaton returned last We'd
nesday from Houghton Lake, where he
spent few days on fishing trip.
He reports a great eaten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Swope and
Mrs. f. NJ. Highfied of Riverdale, at
tended the confirmation at the Epis-
copal church, Monday evening.
Ward Hodge of Breckenridge re-
turned to his school work at Alma
College Monday after being confined
to his home for the past week on ac-
count Of illness
Mrs. Alfred Hutchinson returned
Monday afternoon from Edmore,
where she has been spending the past
two weeks, the guest of her brother,
Mr.. j. w. Pfeifler and family.
There will be no city delivery Mon
day, owing to the Postal Clerks and
Mail Carriers conventions. Mail can
be secured at the postoffice during the
hour from ten until eleven o'clock.
G. NJ. Hartley will open a pop corn
and peanut shop in the store building
vacated by the Grinnell Piano agents.
These two articles will be his special
tiles but he will also carry big line
of confections.
The Odd Fellows of Alma went to
st. Louis, Tuesday evening. The
Grand Lodge officers of the state put
an ideal meeting for the benefit of the
assembled members. Ritual Services,
etc. were performed. Grand Master,
Miles Gray and Grand Secretary Fred
Rogers were present.
Frank Smith, the Maxwell man. has
fitted up a good looking Office in the
building formerly occupied by the Mel
son Bros. In connection with this of
flee he has a garage which will be a
service station for this county and the
three adjoining townships of Isabella
county. He reports that the sale OF
this car is progressing finely.
Word was received from Charles
Murphy, Tuesday mornig that the OPP
GRAFTON which was performed on Mrs
Murphy at Lakeside Hospital in Cleve-
land was very successful and that she
was rallying from the effects of il very
satisfactorily. DR.. Kryl, one of the
greatest surgeons in the country, per
formed the operation.
Mrs. A. G.. Faunce who, while riding
in her buggy with her husband, one
mile south of Shepherd was struck by
the south bound train, last Thursday
afternoon, died at Brainerd Hospital
Friday morning at three o'clock as re.
suit Of the severe injuries which she
received. She had suffered conclusion
Of the brain and many internal injur.
les. Mrs. Faunce was very old. The
remains were taken to her home neal
Shepherd where funeral services were
hid Monday.
The Alma college baseball team was
billed to play the Belding Independent:
at Belding, Wednesday afternoon but
the rain and cold weather necessitatec
the postponment of the contest. Fri
day the team leaves for Albion where
return game will be played with the
Methodists. From there the team will
go to Kalamazoo for game with Ka
zoo College. Should the team be de-
feated at either of these places il