Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-07-01
LOCAL NEWS


was in Alma on business, Monday.
\ Mrs. C. j. Brown and daughter Miss
Laura, spent the week end with friends
in Ann Arbor.
Miss Eta b. Smith of Crystal, spent
Tuesday visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. G. V. Wright.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson and Mr.. and
Mrs. Parrish of Ithaca, were in Alma,
visiting friends, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Chick and little
son visited Mr.. Chicks grandmother,
in Maple Rapids, Sunday.
George Glow, employee at the Re
public Motor Truck, spent the week
end at his home in Mt. Pleasant.
\ Fred Bradford, the well known Ar
cada township farmer, went to Beld-
| ing on business, Monday morning.
Misses Ruth Kelly, Thelma Lindsey,
Messrs. Glen Rockwell and Arlo Eek
ert, spent Sunday at Crystal Lake.
Ben Jones, an employee at the Ford
garage, left for Gand Rapids, Monday
afternoon to spend weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Leonrd, enter
tanned at Sunday dinner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Beach and Mrs. Henry Lands.
f. NJ. Wood, went to Lowell, Mon
day morning to superintend the build
ing of the new schoolhouse in that
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. F. Scott and daugh-
ter Naomi, were Sunday guests of c.
f. Gallagher and wife and Mr.. and Mrs
f. A. Leonard.
Mr.. and Mrs. leonard Mitchell and
family and Mr.. and Mrs Claude Stru-
BILE and family, went te Mt. Pleasant,
Sunday on pleasure trip.
John Marchmont, who is practicing
law in New York, returned to Alma.
Monday, for short visit at the home
of his aunt, Mrs. A. w. Wright.
Miss Laura Gossett left for Mt.
Pleasant, Monday noon, where she will
attend the summer session of the cen
trail Normal for the coming summer.
C.. j. Dutt and son Charles. who are
building big barn, just north of the
line between Isabella and Gratiot
counties, spent Sunday at their home
on Pine street.
John Schick, left Monday morning
for Mt. Pleasant, Millbrook, Blanchard
and Coleman, where he will place a
few orders for horses providing he can
secure the kind he desires.
) Eugene Walker, Patrick Whitecraft,
Gler ParSons, Cecil Johnson and Bert
Reynolds, went to Detroit. Monday
morning, to drive back five more of
} the 1900, 900 yearly output. The birth
record in the Ford family of Alma,
and environs is increasing at an alarm
ing rate. There are nearly as many
Fords floating around as there are Ford
stories
The lecture given by Elder Frank
Beach on the subject of Jamaica, Sun
day at the Church of Christ, was list
ened TO by a large and appreciativc
audience. He exhibited mny beautiful
curios. His wife sang several excel
lent solos which were enjoyed very
4 much. Mrs Beach has a well trained
Z voice and she assists her husband with
the services he holds in connection
! with his mission work.
{ Enrol Stafford, junior in the col
lege. who has been spending TIVE
! weeks in Indiana, selling books, re
turned to Alma, Friday afternoon t.
visit friends before going to his HON,
in Cadillac. He will spend the sum
I mer there About ten of the student
Z are selling books in that part of thu
country. He says that judging from
the number of their sales TO dat
! northern emigrations of marked pro
) portions will begin soon.
! The genial "Dick" Hughes, of Ithac
! and former County Clerk, spent Mon
Z day in Alma, transacting business
4 "Dick" said that he might move to Al
! ma, with his family in the near future
Z Should he come he would cheer up on
= community considerably besides bein
! the biggest asset to our city baseba
Z team. II is said that when "Dick
Z leaves town with his home team, pee
, pie go miles to the ball park to &c
! kidded by him.
! The Pere Marquette railroad at tn
y direction of District Superintender
Hayes, has provided the Alma pa!
}. senger station with a brand new NOV
! err. This concession is really epoc
I making. Up to this time the thre
7 stations at Edmore, Greenville and A
! ma, have had single lawn mower b.
Z tween them which was given a rio
Z each day between these cities. tt
! mower was secured for the beautif
J grass plot and flower garden whiC