Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-03-22
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

ma on business on Wednesday of this
week.
Mrs. GiherSon and Mrs 4. Shaw
were Owosso visitors on Tuesday of
this week
Marcus Pollasky of Detroit was in
Alma visiting with relatives and
friends over the week end.
Fred Soule of Baltimore, Mary
land, was a guest at the home of rel
atives in Alma over the week end.
The Alma college spring vacation
starts tomorrow. The college stu
dents will return to Alma April 18th.
Alma's public schools will close TO-
morrow for the annual spring vaca-
ton and will remain closed for a
week.
James Bicknell of Glare, cashier of
the Citizens Savings Bank in that
place, was i'm Alma on business yes
terday
Elmer Francis of Mt. Pleasant is III
Alma on business today He will be
remembered as former resident of
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Robinson of
Bay City spent Sunday in Alma, the
quests at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs
c. A. Miller.
George Delevan has traded his farm
fol stock of good nj Sunfield and
has gone to that place, where he will
conduct store
An Alma high school dancing party
will be held in the l. O. o. +. hall Fri
day evening, March 23rd Dancing
starts at 900 p. m.
Twenty-Five members of the local
lodge of F. & A. NJ. No. 244, went to
Ithaca Tuesday evening to attend a
school of instruction.
William Bittner has sold his drug
store in Saginaw and has returned TO
Alma, and will make this city his
home until he finds another location.
Miss Gertrude Shaw has returned
to her home in Dover. New Jersey,
after spending the winter in Alma,
guest at the home Of Mr. and Mrs.
A. Shaw.
The first base ball game of the sea
son is scheduled for April 18th with
the Mt Pleasant Indians. this being
Just one week after college opens,
following the spring vacation.
Teams are hauling away the refuse
that has been piling upon Superior
street during the winter months. The
scraper piled it up, and a number of
teams are now engaged in hauling it
TO the dump.
Work OH the A. j. Hall Hat started
this week, and il will be rushed 10
completion The structure is being
built at the rear of the A. J. Hall res
idence at the corner of State and
Center streets.
George II. White. a former resident
OF Alma, died suddenly in Lansing,
March l4th. The body was brought
to Alma by the X. of 7. lodge. The
funeral was held March 18th. in
charge of the X of p order.
Material for the building Of the new
Wholesale baking company is being
hauled to the grounds on East STU
perior street this week, and it is ex-
pected that the building operations
will be started within couple of |
weeks.
Gordon French, pitcher. will not
be- available for the Alma college base !
ball team this year French leaves
with the close of the week 20 join a |
Redpath chautauqua crew in the
south lie will return to college in I
The fall and captain The foot ball team.
The fore part Of this week the Sa-
giuaw News carried four column /
story on the rapid growth of the City /
OF Alma. and estimated the population /
AT 1000 The story was illustrated /
with cuts OF the college. the Republic (
Truck company, the Michigan Ma
scric Home and the Alma plant Of I
nc Michigan Sugar company
Would you nave your daughter
marry a convict See Valeska Su-
ratt ia The Straight Way" az the .
Ctnesta Vaedette Monday settle
Just received thousand dollars
worth Of rubbcrs of all kinds and .
descriptions for children, boys, misses.
ladies' and men Heavy and light .
weights Cal at Proud, for rubbers
S3-lt-c
The Post intelligence for March .
II published ia Seattle, Washington,
carried a column story on the cross
country trip Of the Republic Dispatch
truck. The story was illustrated by
four large pictures of the truck One
OF them showed the truck leaving Al
ma. one showed it climbing a steep
hill. another saw it ploughing through
the mud and the fourth showed it
plunging through snowdrifts.
The following from the State Jour
nal of Lansing regarding former
Alma boy which will be of interest
to many: Kenneth Tubbs, 400 North
Sycamore street, whose father was
the late Seth Tubbs. private secretary
OF Or. James Z. Bradley, during his
term Of Office as auditor general, has
received today prize of $50 from
the Curtis Publishing company,
awarded him as fourth mention in
contest for subscriptions for magas
zines. Kenneth is in the eighth grade
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