Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-07-05
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

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Norma Talmadge in "Fifty-Fifty"
-Idlehour, Saturday
Final chapter of THE Secret King
dom dlehour, Sunday ADV
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller and fam
lily were in Crystal for the Fourth.
Return showing Of Fatty" Ar
buckle in The Butcher Boy'-ldle-
hour, Saturday.-Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest McCarn of
Evert spent the first Of the week in
Arcadia township, guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Pearl Beard
The furniture for the new McPhaul
barber shop is in place and it is ex-
pected that the new shop will be
opened in a few days
Workmen are starting to place the
concrete for the basement walls of
the Merchants Building association
structure on South State street.
The Red Cross dance at the Ma
sonic home last Friday evening was
well attended and nice sum WAS
realized for the society from IT.
Amsden's Saginaw orchestra furnish
ed the music for the dance. The
crowd enjoyed fine evening
Lee Raycraft, one of Pine Rivers
prominent farmers, received a severe
injury last Thursday. 1t seems that
while Mr.. Raycraft was milking, the
COW was taken with a dizzy spell, and
fell in such manner as to catch Mr.
Reycraft beneath it, breaking his leg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stone, Gordon
McClosky and Miss Rule Northrop
were at Houghton Lake last Satur-
day. Miss Northrop returned Mon
day night and the others Of the party
Wednesday evening. They report a
fine time and plenty of good fishing.
&. A. Miller was in Detroit and
Flint the first of the week and drove
a new Patterson automobile home
with him. Mr.. Miller has secured the
county agency for this car and will
have something to say through the
columns of the Record in the near
future in regard to this automobile.
Mr. and Mrs Carl Washburn, Mr..
and Mrs. +. X. Willett, Mr. and Mrs.
I. w. Creascr, Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ.
Page, Mr. and Mrs. John Gongwer,
Mr.. and Mrs H. NJ. Lands, Mr. and
Mrs. Baylis and Mr.. and Mrs. +. A.
Gill spent the Fourth at Bass Lake,
where they enjoyed splendid time.
The Lanshaw players, who have
fgained an cnviable reputation in this
city, which they have playing for
years, will appear in A I'm a
the coming week, commencing
Monday night A fine repertoire of
plays at the popular prices. Alma
people will welcome a return engage
ment Of this popular troupe.
Fred Won Thurn, a well known en-
giueer OF the Republic Motor Truck
Company. Inc, has, resigned his po-
sition here and accepted a position
as general manager Of the Triangle
Motor Truck company, "a new concern
which is located at st. Johns. Mr..
Won Thurn expects to leave for st.
Johns this week, to take up his new
work. The Triangle Motor Truck
company, organized a few years ago
is now breaking ground in st. Johns
for its new factory.
The thirty Alma people who went
on the guarantee for the Redpath
chautauqua this year held potluck
supper at the Presbyterian church
last Thursday evening, and at that
time completed arrangements for the
forthcoming chautauqua. Following
this meeting. Mr.. Bryant OF kaa-
mazoo, field secretary Of the Mich
igan Good Roads association, gave q
/ splendid talk on good roads, and sen
timeht was created among those pre-
sent, which it is hoped will soon lead
to q county good roads association.