Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-02-17
LOCAL NEWS


Alma on business this week.
Mrs. E. C. Crandell visited friends
at Durand the first of the week.
Mrs. l.. N. Baker spent the first of
the week with friends at Howell
A. G. Leitch was in Saginaw Mon
day on business for the Gas Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gerber and
son Charles, were in Ann Arbor Tues
day on business.
Mrs. j. C. Foster owing to poor
health will visit her son in the West
for "a few months.
Mr.. John Clarity of Bay City was
the guest of X. Friedrich and family
Saturday and Sunday.
) S. Messenger was in Bay City last
Saturday attending the sale of a large
bankrupt stock there.
Vern Gardner of Saginaw former
Alma resident was in Alma on bust
ness the first of the week.
Clarence Miller of Grand Rapids
was in town Saturday. on business
connected with the new theatre.
Mrs. L. N. Baker, Mrs +. c. Gran
dell and Mrs. Critics spent the week
end with Mrs. George Argent at Lam
sing
l.. A. Sharp was in Battle Creek
and Kalamazoo the first of the week
on business connected with the Wright
estate.
William Moody has purchased the
80 acre farm north of the Parkinson
church of his grandfather, Silas
Moody.
Charles Button who has been in a
hospital at Lansing for some time
returned to Alma Tuesday much inn
proved.
|. Ii. Mckinney, superintendent of
the Alma Sugar branch was in Bay
City, Monday on business for his
company.
Ray Wheaton has resumed his posi-
ton on the road with Bedding paint
house. ne represented on the road
last year.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Church of Christ, will hold bakery
sale at l.. +. Rather's store, Satur
day evening, Feb. 10.
( Last Monday was by far the coolest
morning of the year, the government
thermometer registering u degrees
below at o'clock "A. m.
Chef Benedict is getting ready to
move in to his new home lately pur-
chased of j. c. Foster corner of
Woodstock and Downey
The +. and "A. M. bowling team left
this p. m. for Saginaw where they
will play a matched game with the
Masonic team of that city.
Messrs. Page, Sanderhoff. and
Clapp attended the Michigan Hard
ware Dealers Association at Grand
Rapids, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Roy Barnes of Copemish, spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Barnes of this place. Roy is
nicely located in the grocery business
there.
Ira Bissell of Ann Arbor is visiting
his niece, Mrs. c. +. Runner. 1t is
40 years since they met before not
withstanding they both lived in the
state.
DR.. NJ. Pringle will take in the
Consistory meeting at Bay City, Fri
day night and on Saturday will at
tend a very important dental meet
ing at Detroit.
Miss Eva Barnes attended the Nj.
A. hop at Lansing last Friday night.
The affair is an annual event and is
1 looked upon by the students as the oc-
casion of the year
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. William Coop
er of Detroit baby girl, Friday
morning. Mrs. Cooper is here visiting
at the home of her mother-in-law,
Mrs. William Cooper.
Work was commenced again on the
new theatre the first ofthe week, a
lack of material hung work up for a
few days but it is expected now to
rush things to completion.
j. c. Foster has leased the Bahlke
4 building on Woodwork avenue, at the
rear of Davis barber shop and has
moved his cigar factory there, he is
nicely located and ready for business.
United States Circuit Judges KNAPP
pen and Dennison and District Judge
/ Sessions filed an opinion in the Unit
ed States district court in Detroit on
Monday afternoon, sustaining the
Pere Marquette 2-cent fare law.
u. II. Patrick representing the
/ Frank +. Miller real estate agency
of Detroit, is in Alma this week, sell
/ ing Detroit lots. Several of our peo-
pie purchased two years ago and
many have disposed of them at a
handsome profit.
Auctioneer Holman informs The
Record that on Tuesday he held his
100 auction sale since Oct. 18th and
is billed every day up to March 10th.
On one day he turned down six sales.
Mr.. Holman is a very popular and
successful salesman.
Hugh Mcl.aren prominent farmer
Of New Haven township has pur-
chased the Timby property on Super
Tor street, west. He expects TO move
the present house to lot on Park
street and build two and possibly
three houses on State street.
Arthur II. Stone Of Breckenridge,
has located in Alma and has formed
a partnership with George Carl under
the firm name of Carl & Stone and
will carry on a real estate, insurance