Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-08-19
LOCAL NEWS


sician, Vermuelen Black, Union phone
AZ. adv.
Justice of Peace, AL. Mann, was i'm
Grand Rapids, on business, Monday
morning.
A. c. Wyant and family motored
to Indianapolis Friday to spend few
days with friends.
George Young returned from a
short visit with relatives in Owosso,
Monday morning
President Grawn of the Mt. Pleas
ant Normal was in Alma on business
Saturday morning.
Walter Vliet of Chicago was in the
city the latter part of last week visit
ing his wife and son.
Joseph Cohen was in Shepherd Fri
day to look over a farm which he is
contemplating buying.
DR.. Randall was in Ithaca Saturday
on work connected with the Gratiot
County school inspectorship.
c. II. Beallie of the Masonic Home,
is visiting his daughter in Rochester,
New York, for few weeks.
Fred Delaney of Portland, for a
number of years a barber in this city
visited friends here Saturday.
Miss Ruth Shook of Vestaburg Wis
tied at the home of Mr. and Mrs. j.
w Robinson over the week end
Miss Margaret VIM was in Ithaca
Friday and Saturday of last week
attending the teachers examination.
George Glow, an employee of the
Republic company, spent the week
end with his family in Mt Pleasant.
Miss Grace Webb of Springfield, H.,
is visiting her brother, Clifton Webb,
an employee of the Record office, this
week
Edward La Fontaine has purchased
q house on Pine avenue from Victor
Shepherd and will move there immed-
lately
c. L. Delavan, one of the Gratiot
county poor commissioners, was in
Ithaca, on official business, Monday
morning.
Mrs. +. Armstrong of Saginaw,
formerly Miss Carrie Rowland a stud
ent in college was in Alma Friday
afternoon to attend the shower given
by Mrs. f. b. Mcdonald in honor Of
Miss Laura Brown.
James Stauffer an employee of
the Republic company spent a weeks
vacation at his parents home near
Vestaburg.
Milton Holmes who has been spend
ing a two weeks vacation in New York
City any Atlantic City returned home
Friday noon.
Arthur Lippert one of the city mail
carriers left Friday afternoon for a
two weeks vacation in Wolverine. His
wife preceded him by two weeks.
DIR. T. c. Blaisdell returned from
short trip to Turner, Michigan, Fri
day where he gave an address at a
chautauqua program in that town.
Miss Edith Cook of Cleveland, o.,
arrived in Alma Friday noon to spend
few weeks vacation at the home of
her parents Prof. and Mrs. A. P.Cook.
Mrs. Wesley Parr and Mrs. A. b.
Scattergood are giving a shower in
honor of Miss Laura Brown, this af-
ternoon. Six young ladies have been
invited.
Rev. Lewis S. Brooke of Howell
who has been spending the past week
at the home of Prof. and Mrs. A. P.
Cook motored to his home Friday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. C. R. Messenger who has been
visiting at the home of her mother on
Cedar avenue for the past two weeks
returned to her home in Cleveland
Friday morning
Mr.. and Mrs. William Rhodes of
Brocksville Canada, who have been
visiting at the home of his brother
Charles Rhodes returned to their
home Friday morning.
Lee hummer who recently moved
to Belding, to take charge of the farm
left at his fathers death. was in AL
ma, for a few days the fore part
of this week, on business.
f. j. Case of Athabasche Landing,
Canada, manager of the Imperial
Bank of Canada visited at the home
of his aunt Mrs. A. w. Wright, the
latter part of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Case and two
children of Chatham, Ontario, return
ed to their home Friday morning
after spending a few days with Mrs.
A. w. Wright and the Misses Case.
Misses Media and Carrie Bergy of
Caledonia, visited for a few days with
their brother Albert Bergy of this
city, the latter part of last week, re-
turning to their homes Monday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Smith and fam
lily will start today on an auto tour
of southern Michigan to be gone a
week or more. At Plainwell they will
meet friends and from there go to
Otsego Lake to spend a few days.