Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-05-11
LOCAL NEWS

on business.
Mrs X. II. Brown made business
trip TO Grand Rapids, Thursday.
w. F. Burdict of Shepherd was in
Alma business caller Wednesday.
DIR. NJ. Pringle entertained his faith
er of Detroit, the first of this week.
Mrs. Jno. Chick and Mrs. John
Grover were at Ithaca Thursday on
business.
Fred Slater was in Detroit the last
of the week on business for his St.
Louis store.
Alma Lodge |. O. o. F. will go TO
ST. Louis, Friday night, to work the
first degree.
Leon Stinchcomb and Claude Struble
were in Detroit, last Sunday, driving
home Ford cars.
Jno. A. Shafer of Middleton has
moved to Alma and has taken up his
home at ia River st.
Miss Ethel Lewis of Crystal spent
the first of the week with her sister,
Mrs. G.. V. Wright.
C.. NJ. Johnson and a party of ten
left, Thursday morning, for Detroit
to drive back IL Ford cars.
Arcadia Ladies' Aid society will
meet with Mrs. Frank Keefer on
Thursday afternoon, May 18th.
c. NJ. Johnson was in Saginaw,
Tuesday, driving home a new Silent
Night auto for r. j. Lathrope of
Elwell
G. b. Porter has moved back into
his old quarters in the Ellison build
ing. Too much music is unsatisfactory
for optical work.-Adv-
The ladies' Of the Baptist church
win hold baked goods sale at the
Gas Co., Office ON Saturday afternoon,
May 18th.
About thirty Alma people made up
an auto party to Saginaw, last Thurs
day night and attended Madame
Butterfly at the auditorium.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wilbur spent
Thursday i'm Grand Rapids Mrs. Viii
bur visited friends while Mr. Wilbur
attended to business.
The degree team Of the Alma /. O.
O. f.. were in Elwell, last Tuesday
night, giving the first degree to a
large class at that place.
The Ladies Aid society of the Pres
byterian church will be held at the
home of Mrs. H. c. Moore. 53l State
street on Tuesday, May 10th.
The Alma Music store will hereaf-
ter occupy the whole store on Superior
street, Mr. Porter having moved back
to his old stand on State street
II. S. Connor who has been in Cali
fornia for some months returned We'd
nesday. nipht. He will move his
family there and expect to make 1t his
permanent home
Dan Covert of Billings, Montana, a
brother of the late Mrs. +. B. Soule,
spent Sunday with friends here Mr..
Covert will be remembered as a form
er hotel man at Ithaca.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ Johnson of Alma
and Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Sandel of FL
we'll will visit Toledo, over Sunday,
and will drive home a new Silent
Night auto for Mr.. Sandel.
The city council at St.Louis appro-
preates $3.50 per year for the support
of a band One of the considerations
is that two street concerts are to be
given each week on the street.
Mrs. c w. Ainsley returned home
from Ann Arbor, Wednesday night,
where she has been for several weeks
in "A hopsital Her many friends will
be pleased TO know that she is much
improved.
The Record job department has just
issued a very handsome pamphlet this
week for the First State Bank. 1t is
we'll filled with halftone cuts of the
officers and empoyes and interior
views of the new building.
Elmer Francis, foremrly manager
of the Belle Telephone CO., at this
place now at Mt. Pleasant, was in
Alma, last Friday Elmer is invest
ing in some Alma real estate and
contemplates building some houses.
President II. NJ. Crooks has been
engaged TO deliver commencement add
dresses at the following places: May
% Forest Hill; May 27, Elm Hall;
June 8, Elsie; June 3. Ithaca; June
Is, Boyne City; June 81. Alma June
22, Mt Pleasant.
n. j. Brown, b. S. Crepe and Her
bert Sanford of Mt. Pleasant were in
Alma Wednesday on business con-
nected with the new Crepo addition.
They inform the Record that the pros
poets are good for several new houses
being built on their addition this sea-
son.
The Ladies' of the Civic League of
Ithaca, are floating a proposition to
buy "A piece of land west of that vii
lage which is a very handsome grove
and will convert it into public park.
A portion of the money has already
been raised and their success seems
an assured fact.
DR. NJ. Pringle, the dentist, has an
advertisement in this issue, that will
be of interest 10 many who need
dentistry. For some time the dentists
of the county have by mutual arrange
ment refrained from pushing their
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