Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-07-13
LOCAL NEWS

I. ii. Bennett Of Detroit, was in the
city over Sunday.
George Sharrar was in Saginaw,
Saturday, on business.
T. A. Burt was in Saginaw the last
of the week on business.
Frank Mosher made business trip
to Ionia over Saturday and Sunday.
Harry Lott was in Saginaw Friday
looking them over at the Saginaw
races.
DIR. f. G. Sluyter, Osteopathic ply
sician, Vermeulen block. Union phone
47.-Adv.
Superintendent of Schools w. IL.
Ganyard of Mt. Pleasant was in the
city, Saturday.
Miss Georgiana Gossett and Fay
Gossett spent the week end visiting
friends in Grand Rapids.
Miss Myrtle Ienhath left Satur-
day for an extended trip to Spring
Lake, Detroit and Toledo.
c. NJ. Johnson and Leon Stinchcomb
were i'm Detroit the last of the week
attending to business affairs.
DR.. McNabb, w. II. Parr, Royal
Hyde and W. w. Cushing attended
the races at Saginaw, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Blaksly and Mr..
and Mrs. o. w. Hayes motored to
Crystal, Sunday, and spent the day.
George Moore, treasurer of the Re-
public Motor Truck company, was in
New York City, several days this
week.
Mrs. III. Weston of Lansing is Wis
iting at the home of Mrs. X. A. Wad
ley. Mrs. Weston is former resident
of this city.
Dave Mindell of Grand Rapids, who
has been spending the week with
friends here, returned to his home,
Saturday morning.
Archie Mccall was in the city, Fri
day, endeavoring to sign a contract
with the Pilbeam Carnival company
for the county fair.
Mrs. +. Blake Mcdonald of New
York City is visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. J. Fraker
on West Superior street.
Mr.. and Mrs Bert Eckert and Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Walters were in Sagi-
nav, Saturday, attending the races of
the Saginaw Driving club.
DR.. William II. Mason occupied the
pulpit of the First Presbyterian
church in Holland, Sunday, exchang-
ing with DR.. A. +. Bruske.
Prof Beddon, head of the depart
ment of public speech at Central
Michigan State Normal college, was
in the city Saturday of last week.
Mrs. Ezra Smith, accompanied by
the Misses Mildred McConkey, Gladys
Bradner, Marie Doane and Master
Gerald Smith, spent the week end at
Bass Lake.
Mrs. G.. w. HOFFMAN, who has been
visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs.
F. L. McConkey, for the past two
weeks, returned to her home in Kala-
mazoo, Friday.
Miss Velma Sharp, who has been in
Washington, ID. c., for the past year,
has returned to her home in this city
and will remain during the summer
vacation.
Representative J. 7. Hughes of the
Redpath Chautauqua Bureau was in
the city Friday and Saturday open
ing the advance advertising campaign
for the chautauqua.
Miss Maude Hooper returned, Fri
day, from Ann Arbor, where she has
been taking postgraduate work at
the University of Michigan. Miss
Hooper will spend the summer vaca-
tion with her father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. F. w. Hooper, Philadelphia
avenue.
The limit set by Commissioner
Parker for the cutting and destroying
of all noxious weeds was announced
as July 5, but several property hold
ers in the central part of the city have
not as yet given heed to the warning.
1t should not be the duty of the com
missioner to make further announce
ment as the state law gives him the
power TO deal with such offenders.
Steps should be taken Immediately.
A few examples of stringent appli-
ance IF the novious Ivaad law xyould he