Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-02-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Is. r. Elliott enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Miller
Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Blough enter
tanned friends from Ferris Thursday.
The V H. S. boys and girls went to
Crystal Friday evening to play bas-
ket ball with the high school boys
and girls of that place. The girls
as usual came home the winners but
the boys were defeated.
The Royal Neighbors will serve a
25-cent dinner in the William Carts
store building the day Of the Street
sale which is to be held at Nestaburg
on Saturday, February 18th.
r.. n Race, Roy McGilliviary, Stan
ley Geisel and several of our young
folks accompanied the V. II S boys
and girls to Crystal Friday evening.
The Shepherd high school boys and
girls and the Mcbride high school
boys and girls came to Vestaburg on
Friday evening. February 10th, to
clash with the V II. S. boys and girls.
You will be permitted TO see all three
games for the small price Of 10 cents
for children and 20 cents for adults.
Come and help your local teams by
your presence.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. }. Briggs, accom-
panied by their daughter, Mrs. Stev-
enson. spent the week end in Edmore
with their daughter, Mrs. Vern Cook,
and family.
Miss Gladys Harris. who works in
the bank at Six Lakes was home the
first Of the week Monday being Alb
raham Lincoln's birthday and the
banks were closed.
Mrs. Edna Hubbard entertained the
Current Topic club at her home Fri
day afternoon. Roll call was respond
ed To with current events after which
the members present listened to some
very interesting descriptions of Ha-
wall in the following order: The
Country OF Hawaii" by Mrs. Hub
bard; Its Display AT the Exposi-
ton by Mrs. Peasley; Its People,
by Mrs. Meddick. The latter telling
of natives she was personally ac-
quainted with. Mrs. John Horton
gave a talk on "A Model Home" Aft
Ell the business meeting the hostess
served chocolate Bon-Bons with
souvenir baskets as favors. Mrs
Horton will entertain the club Friday
afternoon. February 23rd.
The Vestaburg farmers institut,
went along with flying colors this
year and the general opinion is that
the program was the best ever hac
at Vestaburg. While the train from
the west was over one hour late tn,
program was well along when the
principal speaker, F. n. Church. ar
rived. County President +. l.. Dear
was unable 10 attend the institut.
and his pep" and vim were missed
On the other hand, local chairman
Thomas ID. Meddick, carried on the
program in a very capable manner
In the evening, Mrs. A. l.. Wright o.
Bad Axe gave a very capable address
on "Our Children" This talk wa
we'll received by the large audience
and created a great deal of favorable
comment. Public Health by DR.
NJ. c. Hubbard, was a subject tina
was very interesting as well as in
structive. Credit is due those tina
helped make this an interesting pro
gram, but all praise should be givel
to Thomas Meddick. president o
Richland township. as only through
his faithful work could such pro
gram have been gotten up. This fac
was realized by those attending AM
was made known by his being re
elected for next year, after many ef
forts on his part to keep out Of it.
The program was as follows
Forenoon Session
lnovation-Rev. Samuel BollingeI
Address Of Welcome William n
White
Most Desirable Cash Crops 70
Michigan. \. Church
Discussion-Ch Charles Hicks
Afternoon Session
Piano Mrs II. r Fisher
VOCAL Mrs Beach
Question Box. in charge Of + n
Church.
points in Straw Culture'-Abran
Snyder
Farm Accounts and Invoices r
y. Church.
Discussions Frank White
Recitations-Geo Wilson.
Township Unit School SYSTEM