Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-07-15

was in Ithaca, on business, Tuesday
morning.
Sale on White Panamas at Mrs.
Gaffney's Style Shop, July 18th. adv.
Will Borton went to Flint, Tuesday
morning on business with the Cheve-
rolet Automobile Company.
The Sport Shirt-plain, white and
fancy-5Oc to $1.00 at Messengers. adv.
Will Palmer left today for the
northern Crystal Lake, where he will
spend the remainder of the summer.
mother dear, may / go out to
swim? ?" Not unless you get bath
ing suit at Messengers. soc and
up. adv.
Vern Wright and Louis Hudson at
tended the big furniture mems con-
vention in Grand Rapids, the fore part
of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lang of Chicago are in
the city. The former is a representa-
tive of the Redpath Chautauqua as
thirty day man.
Mr.. Holiday head of the State San
itary Commission has notified w. H.
Parr to prosecute all persons allowing
dogs to run at large in the northern
part of the county.
Miss Georgiana Gossett spent the
week end at house party in Mt.
Pleasant given in honor of Miss Flor
ence Weles of Bay City, by her sister
who is attending the Normal.
The WR.C. Thimble Club will meet
with Mrs. f. Rollin, Gratiot avenue,
Thursday afternoon, July 30. Every
body come and bring some one else.
A potluck lunch will be served.
Auto statesmen report a bumper crop
of sales. Looks as though Rhodes,
Drummer and Patterson would be the
only ones to keep stationary in the
future and Rhodes is on the move most
of the time.
The days are getting shorter every
twenty four hours. This same ilum-
nation statement is true of the styles
in ladies skirts also. The days at
least will get longer some time; we
hope the same for the skirts.
E. C. Crandell left Tuesday noon for
Grand Rapids and Chicago, where he
will spend a week buying furniture
and rugs for the coming fall season.
Mr.. Crandell reports that he will lay
in the biggest and most varied stock
which he has ever secured.
Splendid union services were held at
the Baptist Church, last Sunday even
ing. The meeting was unusually well
attended. Rev. Jackson preached a
most effective sermon, bringing to the
big congregation a strong message.
These union meetings will continue
during the summer months with all
the churches uniting with the excep-
ton of the Methodist.
Ralph Chisholm of Breckenridge,
was in Alma, on business, Tuesday af-
ternoon. He will enter the University
of Pennsylvania, next year, to finish
his college course and Alma will lose
one of the greatest sprinters the Inter
collegiate has ever seen. He was a
junior in the literary department of
the college last year. He will enter
the commercial department of the u.
of p.
The Alma Lawn Tennis Association
will meet in the Alma State Savings
Bank, Friday evening, July 23rd, at
seven thirty o'clock. Everyone inter
ested in the game for the coming city
tournament should be present at this
meeting. Preliminary arrangements
for the tournament will be made. The
dates for the beginning of the 1915
tennis matches is August 23rd. The
fee to the association membership will
undoubtedly be the same this year as
last-seventy five cents.
The shrubbery and flowers sur
rounding the Masonic Home are most
beautiful. Much of the work of lay
ing these out and caring for them has
been done by residents of the Home.
Age and infirmity have been no bar to
the zeal of the residents to make their
home one of the most beautiful land
marks of very beautiful city. 1t is
no uncommon sight to see some resi-
dent bowed by age and long years of
toll and trouble, laboring to the limit
of his strength in the heat of the day.
If you should ever hear of any Re-
cord subscriber who is back in his
subscription, would you suggest to him
that the Record has spent a lot of
money for new equipment and is in
need of funds? OF course, you are not
such a one, for only careless people
let their paper run unpaid for, but you
might know of some such needless