Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-08-02
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Eddie johnston spent SUNDAY

soon.-Adv.
Douglas Fairbanks - ldlehour Sat
urday.-Adv.
Paul Birmingham visited with Bay
City friends Sunday.
You will find the best bread in
Butter Cup wrappers. O2-tf
Mrs. S. w. Vliet is visiting with
friends in Detroit this week.
VIM. S. Hart in THE Sunfghter +"
-Idlehour Wednesday.-Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bennett were
Clifford Lake visitors Sunday.
+. L. Rice was in Saginaw on bus
mess the latter part of last week.
Paul Birmingham was Grand
Rapids visitor the latter part of last
week
Garland hewitt Of the Mt Pleasant
Indian school was in Alma on bust
ness Monday
Mrs. Walter c. Vliet and son.,
Stanley, visited with friends in Lans,
ing Saturday.
\ J. +. Converse, John c. Chick and
Mr. Watkins were Crystal Lake Wis
itors Tuesday.
John Chick, Glen Boyd and DR..
Pringle were among the Crystal Lake
visitors Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. J. Osborn and Mr..
and Mrs. Homer Durham were Bay
City visitors Sunday.
}. n. Mccall Of Ithaca, editor Of
the Gratiot County Herald, was an
Alma visitor Monday.
Professor Reese Harrington Veatch
OF Alma college was Twining Wis
itor the fore part Of the week
w. +. Baker left Monday for San
dusky, Ohio, where he is attending
photographers convention this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Soule and family of
Baltimore, Md, are guests at the
home of the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Simon Messenger.
John Watkins of Titusville, Florida,
is a guest of Mr.. and Mrs J. c. Chick
this week. Mr.. Watkins and Mr..
Chick were old school mates
Mrs. H. w. Moore has returned to
her home in this city after a three
weeks visit with relatives and friends
in Lansing and Grand Ledge.
DR.. II. NJ. Crooks, president OF AL
ma college, was in Saugatuck, Mich
igan, over the week end. He gave
an address there Sunday evening.
DR.. Wheeler of st. Louis and Sher-
if Newell Bradford, members of the
county draft broad, were in the city
on business connected with the board
Monday.
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Nelson Smith left Monday for
trip through the western part of the
state, to look over the bean crop. Fol
lowing this he will go to Chicago and
Gibson City on business.
Tiny" Miner, former Alma high
school student, now in the u. S. navy,
was in Alma Sunday and Monday. He
left Monday for Philadelphia to join
his ship, the T. S. S. Stewart
A new coat of paint has been given
to the Gaffney block on South State
street which betters the looks of the
structure greatly. A new sign, "The
Gaffney Style Shop" also graces the
building.
Charles Button of Sumner, former
resident Of this city, was in Alma Wis
iting with old friends Tuesday. For
the past year Mr. Button has been
in the west for his health and only
recently returned to Michigan.
Eddie Johnston, clerk at the
Wright House, spent the fore part of
the week at the home Of his parents
in Yale. While enroute home he
stopped in Bay City to inquire about
the hospital corps, in which he may
enlist.
Gordon French, the Alma college
student, who left last spring to join
the Redpath chautauqua, is in Alma
this week with the Alma Redpath
company. French is considering leav-
ing the chautauqua and enlstng in
the service of Uncle Sam
The Redman wholesale grocery was
moved TO the new Redman building
on East Superior street Saturday.
The new building is just to the east
Of the Gas company and lies between
the switch tracks Of the Republic and
Swift's, just to the north Of the main
line of the railroad
Earl Whitney Vance is the second
employee of the Alma Record to leave
its employ to join the forces of IN
Gle Sam. Vance went to Grand Rap
ids Monday and enlisted in the hos
pital corps. Roy Perry was the other
Record employe to go TO the front.
He joined the u. 5. navy.
w. W. Cushing and Chester Bene-
dict were called to Hastings the fore
part of the week to attend the flu
neral Of Mr.. Cushing's mother, who
died at her home naer Hastings the
first of the week. She was about six
ty years of age and had been in good
health until quite recently.
The Eleventh Michigan Infantry
reunion will be held August 14th and
18th at White Pigeon, Michigan. l..
Ii. Mapes Of this city was a member
of Company f, f. n. Chadwick,
member of Company c. and Mr.. Cum
mings, member of Company +.
Some of them will probably attend
the reunion.
The Adams Express company NOV
ed its offices to the Redman block
on South Gratiot the first of the week,
land everything pertaining to the Of
fee has now been transferred to the
new location. The new place of bus
mess for this company gives il some