Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-08-12


ridge, was ia Alma, visiting friends,
Wednesday.
Howard Kramer OF Owosso, visited
at the home of Mrs. seigel Wilson,
asst Saturday.
The Gladioli Show will be held on
The Goth Of August, instead of the
18th at the Lancashire home.
There will be some big bargains in
white wash goods at Mrs. =. J. Ad-
ans Style Shop, Saturday. adv.
The L. o. r. NJ. n. Association of
Gratiot county will have basket
picnic in Wright Park, Friday, Aug.
2Oth. All Macabees are cordially in
vited TO attend.
A union church service will be held
in the Chautauqua ten, Sunday even
ing at seven thirty o'clock. One of
the Chautauqua lecturers will deliver
the addresses of the evening.
Chris. Renner was in Elm Hall
Tuesday, to assess the damages on
the buildings belonging to DR.. SHAFT
fer, which were burned to the ground
week ago. He placed the total dam
ages on the building alone at five
thousand eight hundred twelve dol
lars. The damages on the stock have
not been estimated as yet.
One fourth off on all wash white
dresses and skirts at the Style Shop,
Saturday. Mrs. P. ]. Adams. adv.
Gratiot and Montcalm counties are
literally supplied with "Buy 1t In AL
ma" signboards. The work of painting
these is being done by John Chick.
About hundred of these are scatter
ed about at advantageous points and
should be a good boom to business in
Alma. They are about four feet long
and two feet wide. They have plain
white background which makes a very
attractive sign.
A large class was admitted and TAX
en- through the mysteries of Owldom,
last Friday evening in Vaudette Hall.
All were very well pleased with it.
The Order of Owls will soon take its
place among the best orders in Alma.
1t will elect and install officers August
2lst, at seven thirty pm. in Vaudette
Hall. With this meeting the charter
closes. Join now while the charter is
open A. Vlenebome adv.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Christian church will meet with Mrs.
Herbert Allen. August 18th at pm.
Prof. John H. Rohr, who has been
located at the Arcadia Livery Barn,
for the past few weeks, is having fine
success training and correcting incor-
rigible horses. He handles kickers,
runaways and horses of that nature
and as yet has not found one which
he has not been able to break of bad
habits.
Seven members of the 1919 grad
uating class of the college together
with four invited guests, gathered at
the Presbyterian church, Saturday
evening for little reunion. The fol-
lowing members of that class were
present: Lucius Bagley, Henry Soule
Mrs. Essy Hooper Sidebotham, Rev.
H. n. Ronald, Miss Sadie Messenger,
Miss Laura Soule and Ray Baker.
This is the largest reunion the class
has ever held.
The helpers at the big Chautauqua
tent are a genial lot of fellows. They
are college men as rule who are
spending their summer vacations
travelling with the big white top.
They are Orville Bottoroff, of North
West Dental School, cashier; Henry
Devereaux of Ferris Institute, gate
man, whose home is in Mt Pleasant;
Harry Katz of Armour Institute, ell
ectrician; Ralph Gotta of University
OF Illinois, property man.
Special services were held in Elm
Hall, Riverdale, Sumner Center, and
Elwell by young people representing
the NJ. f. Epworth League of Alma.
AT all four places the Leaguers were
greeted with splendid crowds. Their
audiences expressed the keenest ine'
terest in the work. The following
people went from Alma: Mabel Whit
on, Eta Stuckey, Harold Redman, &C.
liza Creaser, Bessie Crvaser, Bethe.
Cummings, Verna Hole, Clara Schafro
fer, Myrtle Shellhaas, Edna Shellhaas
Minnie Chisholm, Vida Grieg, Lillian
White, Ernest Bacon, Albert Durham,
Miss Avery, Floyd Smith, Wilbur a.
Price.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hutchings, re-
turned to Alma, after an absence OF
two years spent on the Pacific coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hutchings visited all
along the coast from Tijuana, Mexico
to Vancouver Be, stopping at all the
principal cities along the route. On
their return they stopped to visit
their son Roe who lives in Superior,
Wyoming, they also stopped at Den
yer, Col, to visit their Oldest son Ed,
and at Chicago to visit three children
in that city, Ida A. Woodward and
Mabel and Arthur Hutchings. Mr..
and Mrs. Hutchings intend to settle
again in Alma, as soon as the people
now living in their home, vacate.