Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-09-14
LOCAL NEWS


Ralph Miller of Middleton was an
Alma visitor yesterday.
{. III. Decker transacted business in
Elsie last week Friday.
Mrs. w. r.. Baker was a Brecken-
! ridge visitor on Wednesday.
M. NJ. Hauck went TO Detroit this
morning on short business trip.
j. j. Osborn left yesterday for Il
short visit in Bay City with relatives.
Waiter Mallory of Elwell was in
Alma on business on Tuesday of this
week
Ben Mccullough was Mt Pleas
ant visitor the latter part of last
week.
Rev. c. l.. Wood was a Brecken-
ridge visitor on Wednesday of this
week.
Attorney James A. Greene trans
acted business in Mt. Pleasant. We'd
nesday.
Thomas G. T. Hughart of Grand
Rapids was in Alma on business, We'd
nesday.
Or and Mrs. +. G.. Sluyter spent the
week in Flint, guests of the formers
parents.
Reuben Root visited at the Michigan
State fair in Detroit the latter part
OF last week
Miss Ruth Durham, VINO has been
spending the summer at Douglas, ar
rived home today.
Mrs. Andrew Shaw spent the week
end IN Toledo, Ohio, where she was a
guest Of relatives and friends.
Workmen are busy this week, re-
finishing the offices Of DR.. Sluyter in
the Alma State Savings Bank build
ing.
5. W Case spent the latter part
of last week in Detroit, and while
there attended the Michigan State
fair
The ". X. c. Thimble club meets
al the home of Mrs. Sol Wilbur, Tues
day, September 10Th. Pot luck sup
per.
Mrs. G. A. Quick returned last
Thursday from Petoskey, where she
has been spending the past six weeks
with relatives.
Alonzo Beshgetoor and Merritt Mil
Ter left last week Friday for Lafayette
Indiana, where they entered Perdue
university on Monday of this week.
Miss Edna Swigart and brother,
Ray, who have been visiting with
friends in Rochester, New York, for
the past two weeks, have returned to
Alma
The Hon John W. Hance Of Mt.
Pleasant was a pleasant caller at the
Record office this morning. while en-
route from Mt Pleasant to Grand
Rapids.
red Thornton of Buffalo, New
York, who has been visiting with ref=
atives and friends in and around Alma
for the past week, returned to his
home today.
John Russell of Saginaw and his
father, George RUSSELL of Toronto,
Ontario. visited at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Malcolm McIaren on We'd
nesday and Thursday.
Malcolm McLaren and daughter,
Bertha, and Hugh McLaren, wife and
children, attended the McLaren family
reunion held at the home of Dan Me
Laren in New Haven on Saturday.
Miss Mae Hodgson. the new physi-
cal director for women at Alma col
re has arrived here from Iowa City.
Iowa, and has started preparations
for her new work with Alma college.
Eighteen new houses have been
started in Alma during the past week.
seemingly "A goodly number for place
the size of Alma, yet far from the
number that should have been
started
NJ. +. Barker and Isaac Russell left
! yesterday for Ann Arbor, where they
will attend the annual reunion of the
| old 18th Michigan cavalry. which is
/ belne> held in that city the last few
! days Of this week.
Coach Harry Helmer was in the
city on Tuesday. He does not expect
I 20 be able to get house before Octo-
| Der. and IN this case will be forced TO
drive back and forth with his car each
day from Mt. Pleasant
Professor and Mrs j. I. Ewing left
ioi New York, yesterday, where the
! professor expects to do research work
during the coming year. He also ex-
poets TO visit at various of the large
eastern schools and get in touch with
theiI methods
Mr.. and Mrs T. B. Taylor and Mrs.
, Lucy Taylor of New Hudson and Mrs.
Lewis Baker of Pontiac are visiting
at the home of their sister, Mrs. c. 4.
Quick on River avenue and with their
niece. Mrs William Schf of Seville
township, while enroute 10 their homes
from Petoskey, where they have been
spending month.
President H. NJ. Crooks OF Alma
college was in Saginaw last evening
for the dedication of Merrill home,
which has been presented to the
board of the Presbyterian church 10y
the descendants of Mr.. Thomas Mer-
ril Of that city. who will be recalled
by old residents of Alma. as one OF
the original donors to the fund that
brought forth Alma college.
Football practice is being held every
night after school. with big bunch
OF men out, trying for places on the
1916 Alma high school team, and
things are beginning to look as though
the high school would have classy
eleven this year. Coach Kimball is
) sparing no pains to get his men into
shape, and is starting in by pounding
the fine points of the game into them