Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-05-03
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Who is The Silent Menace?
Final Chapter of Liberty Monday.
Clara Kimbal Young in "My OH
cial Wife" Idlehour Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Ray Tomlin are the
proud parents Of GIRL born last
Friday
The plat Of The Grafton Heights ad
dition was accepted by the council
Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gerber left
this morning for Fremont. having re-
ccived word of the sudden death Of
his mother.
Word has been received here that
Claude Chadwick, formerly of this
city, Will move from Toledo, Ohio, 10
Ann Arbor
"A Wagner, local manager Of the
Union Telephone company, was IN
Owosso on business connected with
the company this morning.
The Presbyterian Fortnightly soci-
ETY. will meet at the home of Miss
Fanny Sharrar. 5l3 Gratiot avenue,
Tuesday afternoon, May Sth.
Simon Messenger left this morning
for Battle Creek, 20 visit with his fla
ther-in-law. Michael Pollasky, who is
taking treatments in the Battle Greek
sanitarium.
Mrs S. V. Hollenbeck, AN old and
respected resident of this city, died
last Saturday after long illness.
The funeral was held on Tuesday.
Obituary next week
Mrs James McManus. who has
been visiting at the home of her
brother. V. F. Cash. and family. re-
turned to her home in ST. Johns,
North Dakota, this morning
f.. Berman d Son were given per
mission by the council Tuesday even
ing to locate scales, the work to be
done under direction of the city en-
gineer and street committee.
William Pernell and NJ Mcintosh
have bought out the j A. Mann real
estate business Mr.. Mann will con
,iuuc to use the same Office during
In, rest of his term rs justice.
NJ Bollstrom, president of the Boil
strom Engineering company Of De
troit. and +. +. Pangburn OF Battle
Greek, a director i'm this company,
were in the city on business We'd
nesday.
+. +. Polasky was in Battle Greek
the fore part Of the week visiting with
his father, who is in the sanitarium
Il, th.t .;,, TIL. ,raJ ,ront 1on,o,, -
reported as being very i'll with little
hopes for recovery.
Warren A. Deloung Of McBain,
former resident of this city. is the
first man from McBain to answer the
call of Uncle Sam. He will 90 10
Fort Sheridan at once for training
At the present time he is attending
NJ. a. c.
The common council OF the city of
Alma on Tuesday evening gave +. f.
Pollasky permission to construct an
outside stairway to the basement Of
the Pollasky block The basement UNI
der Muiphy's drug store is to be fit
ted up for barber shop, it is said.
The Crandell & Scott furniture
store is displaying in its windows this
week the first real oriental rugs ever
handled by an Alma firm. The rugs
have charming designs and fine
colors for which oriental rugs are
noted. and make most attractive
window display.
Gloyd White. aged IS. died in
Grace hospital in Detroit April 10Th,
the cause of death being spinal men
nights His father and mother. Mr..
and Mrs H. l.. White, and Mr.. and
Mrs Jake White went to Detroit and
returned with the body. The funeral
was held Wednesday.
The Alma high school baseball
team will meet Mt. Pleasant high at
Mt. Pleasant Saturday, and it is ex-
pected that the locals will have to
play great brand of baseball to win
Had not Alma staged jubilee in the
FIRST inning of the former game the
locals would have been trimmed by
the Mt Pleasant lads Alma scored
five runs i'm her first inning.
Five arrests were made the past
week, TOUR paying incS ana the HItn
taking trip to the county jail Jay
Dorsey arrested April Goth paid S6.75
for being drunk Herbert Bail. drunk.
paid fine OF 1915 April 30th. Ralph
A bbott paid fine Of S474 for violat-
ing the traffic ordinance on the Both
,chn Schermerhorn arrested for be
ing drunk May'lst got fifteen days
when could not pay his fine. John
Yates arrested May Bird paid fine
OF SS75 for being drunk
4. K. Smith of this city was one of
the sixteen delegates chosen from the
iC,000 Woodmen in Michigan to at
tend the national convention of this
order which will be held in Chicago,
Illinois, June rs TO 23rd. Mr.. Smith
attended the state meeting AT Flint
Tuesday and Wednesday as rep
rcsentative of Gratiot county. The
sixteen men chosen for the national
convention are cx-senators. Judges
and business men of the state, and it
. Is no small honor that has been CON
fered upon the Alma man.
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