Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-07-27
LOCAL NEWS

day.
Miss Dorothy Jackson left Friday
for a visit to Plat Lake, Benzie
county.
Bert Hicks and family enjoyed a
days picnicing at Bass Lake, last
Saturday.
DR.. f. G. Sluyter, Osteopathic ply
sician, Vermeulen block. Union phone
47-Adv.
Mrs. f. T. Rapson and children left
Wednesday for few weeks visit with
relatives i'm Flint
Ralph Wheaton of Detroit spent
the weekend with relatives and
friends in the city.
Lucius Bagley of Morris, Okla, is
visiting at the home of his father,
DIR. +. A. Bagley.
w. S. Proud and J. p Losey left
Tuesday afternoon for weeks fishing
trip to Houghton Lake.
Miss Ruth Kelly left Monday
afternoon for several weeks visit with
friends at Grand Rapids
Mr.. and Mrs. James Greene left
for their cottage at Long Lake, near
Howell, last Saturday, spending Sun
day.
Master Kenneth lIitdlebaugh enter
tanned six of his friends from 2:30
o'clock to 800 o'clock, Monday after
noon.
Miss Marion Chick, who has been
visiting for the past ten days in De
troit, returned home Saturday eve
ming.
Miss NJ. j. Kellogg paid flying
visit to her sister, Mrs. Jackson, last
week. Miss Kellogg was on her way
north
f. H. Weese and Mrs. Weese are
spending their vacation at Beulah.
They will be out of the city for
couple of weeks
f.. c. Marsh, vice president of
the Mcmillan company of New York
City, was i'm the city a few hours,
Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Zelma Colmer, a graduate of
the Kindergarten department of
Alma college last June, is visiting
Miss Edna Campbell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Allen of
Saginaw spent the week end at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. lothian Allen
on North State street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Whitney and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitney of Blanch-
.ard are visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Dudley Hoyt.
+. A. Leonard has received the an
nouncemnt Of the marriage of his son,
Harry J. Leonard, to Miss Helen W.
Costello on the evening of June 23rd.
Director of Athletics, w. C.. Blea-
master, after spending several weeks
at the University of Illinois, return
ed to his home in this city last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Drummer spent
Sunday at Morley. Mr.. Drummer re-
turned the first of the week while
Mrs. Drummer will remain for a few
days with friends.
VI. NJ. Witherspoon of the Redpath
Chautauqua is in the city this week
doing the advance advertising for the
chautauqua which opens in this city
next Monday afternoon.
DR.. l.. G. Beshgetoor was in Vesta-
burg, Friday morning, arranging to
open an Office in that town. DR..
Beshgetoor will spend one day week
with the Vestaburg people.
An auto party composed of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Miller and Mr.. and Mrs.
Stump motored to Detroit Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stump will visit in
Canada a short time before returning
home Mr. Miller expects to ride
home i'm new Ross automobile.
Alger Wood, who has been attend
ing the University of Illinois sum
mer school, during the past six weeks,
returned home Saturday. Mr.. Wood
will remain in the city the remain
der of the summer vacation at the
home of his parents on Ely street.
A card from Ray Swigart, who is
enjoying a few weeks vacation at
Mama, Florida and other southern
cities, states that the fine ocean
breezes are better than what we get
in Michigan. In fact there have been
very few ocean breezes here lately.
Elmer Francis, district manager Of
/ the Michigan Telephone company
l WIFI OlllttS 1T WI. i itel0eiiiNs was a
caller, Friday, in the city. MIR. Fran
els was formerly manager of the
| local exchange of the Bell company.
Miss Maude Barber of Lansing is
visiting at the home of her sister,
Mrs Floyd II. Glass on Ely street.
Gratiot county gave 1851 of the
/ 1859 signatures on the home rule
amendment petitions on file at Lam
sing. This county's share, on a basis
of 10 per cent of the 1914 election
vote, was 1913, the returns being near
~ three times that figure and equal
to p per cent of the county's vote two
years ago. In all l2l 500 voters in
the state signed petitions, S,31l names
arriving too late for filing. The home
rule amendment will empower each
city, village and township, voting as a
unit, to decide the liquor question foi
itself 1t opposes the statewide pro-
hibition amendment also up for vote
| in the fall