Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-06-22
LOCAL NEWS

Miss Edith Clark of Reed City
spent Sunday with her sister in this
city.
Or. +. G. Sluyter, Osteopathic ply
sician, Vermeulen block. Union phone
ADV.
Clarence Wheeler and family, and
Mrs. Hale of Jackson motored to Cad
lilac, last Sunday.
The Presbyterian Fortnight society
will meet next Tuesday afternoon
June 81, with Mrs. j. T. Ewing.
Walter Vliet, representative of the
Buick Motor Car company in Chicago
was in Alma over the week end.
Miss Edna Watson Of Breckenridge
was in the city over the week end
visiting relatives and old friends
+. l.. Smith made business trip TO
Philadelphia and New York i'm the in
terest of the Republic Motor Truck
company.
Mrs. NJ A. Holmes returned home
Saturday evening from Holly where
she has been visiting for the past sew
eral days.
Miss Mary Niblack of Cambria is
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Scattergood, Woodwork Ave-,
this week.
A fishing party consisting of John
Grover, Hubert Brainerd and Tom
Bates, spent Saturday and Sunday at
Half Moon lake.
T. Arnold Robinson will be located
in Detroit for the summer months
where he will do reportorial work on
one of the city papers.
f. c. Clapp and two sons motored
to North Star, Saturday, and spent
Sunday with Mr.. Clapp's parents, who
are residents of that city.
Miss Marguerite Snyder and Miss
Snyder of Edmore were week end
guests at the home of Joseph II.
Toilette, on Wright avenue.
L. B. Jackman has disposed of his
property in the city and will move to
Detroit Immediately where he will
take up his residence with his son.
II. J. Vermeulen of Lake City,
formerly of this place, has been en-
gagged as general manager of the
Campbell Mercantile Co, at Mt.
Pleasant.
Rev. A. B. Bowman left Monday
for Mt. Carroll, H., where he will
spend the week attending the General
United Brethren Christian Endeavor
convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Delevan accom-
panied by their children left this week
for St. Thomas, Canada, where they
will spend the greater part of the
next month.
Foster A. Fraker and family of La
peer spent part of the week in the city
at the home of Mr.. Fraker's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Fraker, on West
Superior street.
DR.. Harry Means Crooks, president
Of Alma, college, delivered the com.
mencement address before the gradu-
ating class of Boyne City high school
last Thursday evening.
The arrival of a baby boy at the
home of Watson b. Robinson in New
York City was announced this week
The youngster has been named
Thomas Arnold Robinson.
w. c. Bleamaster, director of ath
letics at Alma college and Alger Woo
left the first of the week for Urbana
. H.. wher they will study under Coacl
Zuppky during the summer term.
, A very delightful bridge and fiv
Z hundred party was given by Mrs
Simon Messenger at her home Of
: South State street, last Saturday af
( ternooa. Forty ladies were present.
I Mark Spinney leaves for Detroi
this week where he will join the ofiic
I force of the Columbia National Fir
Insurance company. Mr.. Spinney vii
( rcturn 70 complete his college cours
: in the fall
DR.. w. II. Mason of the First Pres
byterian church delivered the bac
7 calaureate address before the gradual
ing class of the Central Michigai
I Normal college at Mt. Pleasant, las
( Sunday evening.
I Mr.. and Mrs. Francis King attends
\ commencement week at Williams col
! lege, Williamsburg, Mass, from whic
7 institution Henry King received hi
/ bachelors degree last week. Follow
< ing his graduation Mr.. King will joi
I the editorial staff of the New Yorl
I Sun.
\ Two handsome homes will be bull
! on North State street by Mr.. Georg
! Moore and DR.. Lamb during the sum
1 mer. The present residences of Nh
: Moore and Mr.. Lamb will be removes
! to East End street The Knudsol
I property has already been secured an,
\ part Of it will be used as the site 70
! the new homes.
! Over seventy-five attended the re
I cital given by the pupils of Mis-
7 Minnie Cheeseman last Friday evenini
at her home on Wright avenue. Tn
7 program was well rendered and givei
\ hearty applause. Several parties iron