Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-02-03
LOCAL NEWS

interesting column.
} Cecil Johnson left last night for
Detroit on business.
Mrs. N. Dalph of Saginaw spent
} Sunday with Mrs. A. j. Hall.
Vern Gardner of Saginaw called
on old Alma friends last Friday.
Mrs. John ID. Spinney spent Sunday
with her sister at Grand Rapids.
Fred Rowland was in Grand Rapids
last Friday and Saturday on business.
L. A. Sharp made a business trip to
Saginaw Monday and Detroit Tues
day.
John j. Herman Of Toledo, wasin
Alma Tuesday the guest Of c. A. Saw
! kins.
A. l. Barber of Mason, Mich, spent
Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. Floyd
Glass.
Mrs. Woodland was in Grand
Rapids the last Of last week on
business.
Fill up the coal bin, the ground
hog failed to see his shadow last
Wednesday.
Archie Brown of Detroit, spent
Monday and Tuesday in Alma visiting
old friends.
Mrs. C. Flewelling entertained Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Canwell of Detroit
over Sunday.
A little boy came TO the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Brown of Arcadia
township, Jan. 26.
The l. 0. o. +. lodge rooms are be-
ing replastered and decorated. Dan
Rich is doing the work.
Alger Wood teacher in the high
school at Fenton spent Sunday with
his parents in Alma.
The date of the annual Fireman's
Ball is Feb. %. Arrangements are
being made for big time.
Mrs. John Glass left Monday for
Henderson, n. Y, to attend the fun
eral of a brother of Mr.. Glass.
c. w. Parsons and Ollie Hayes of
the Republic Truck Co., attended the
auto show at Chicago last week.
Second semester work has been
taken up at the college this week
with a number of new enrollments.
Claude Struble of the Ford garage
is in Detroit this week, he will re-
turn Friday, bringing two new cars.
, Ralph Goggin who is attending law
. school at Detroit spent Sunday with
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Goggin
Next Saturday is Bargain Day, will
show up variety Of bargains, look
them over, Gaffney's Style Shop
Adv
Roy Miller is minus the end Of one
} finger on his right hand, catching it il
am electric coffee grinder last Sat
urday.
II. A. Miller the genial editor Of
the Courier, Mt. Pleasant, was II
! Alma Saturday last caller on The
! Record.
c. Dashiell Collins, Linotype opera
3 tor for The Record attended a meet
ing of the Typographical Union il
< Saginaw Sunday.
The ladies Of the Catholic church
will hold a Bakery Goods sale a
Pages Hardware store next Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. E. Ewing of Detroit returned
home last Saturday after a week:
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Howard Willard.
Mont Mcfarland a senior at the
college left last week for Owosso
where he has accepted position in the
Owosso high school.
John Behal a resident of the Count!
Infirmitory died last Wednesday
morning. He was a former residen
of Wheeler township.
|. E. Mills received a letter from
his daughter at Rudgard, U. p. stat
ing that on Sunday last she and ;
party took a sleigh ride and whel
leaving in the morning tt was Il
degrees below zero and ontheir re
turn that night it was raining.
County Drain Commissioner Lay
cock of Ithaca was in Alma Thursda.
enroute for Saginaw to attend join
meeting OF SaglndW anu 0IdllO
counties over a drain both counties ar
interested in.
The Alma branch of the Alm
Sugar Co, have 5000 acres contracte
for next year, more acreage than the
will probably be able to handle and
may be necessary to cancel some.
Joe Sarter the fire chief slipped o
some ice formed on the back pore
of the Blanck residence, where a fir
occurred Wednesday morning an
broke two ribs and sustained sever;
y bruises.
4 f. c. Crandell informs US that he ha
4 one of the largest crowds he ever sa
y at an auction sale in attendance {
y the sale held on his farm, two mile
! south of North Star yesterday. M
+ Crandell says that he had people fro
Y Forest Hill, Riverdale, Elwell and Ell
= Hall and nearly every locality of Gr'
= tiot county was represented. M
+ Crandell advertised his sale in Il
y Record and is more than pleased vii
Z the results.
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