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

Rev c. l.. Wood was a Maldron Wis
itor over the week end
Louis Hudson was IN Ithaca on bus
mess last week Saturday.
lothian Ale was in Ithaca on bus
mess last week Saturday.
Henry Mcnamara was in Ithaca on
business last week Friday,
Malcolm Wilcox was in Detroit on
business over the week end.
+. L. Smith transacted business in
ST Johns on Monday of this week.
l.. A Sharp was in Battle Creek on
business on Tuesday of this week.
Pearl Decker of Elsie was in Alma
on business on Tuesday of this week.
Leroy Genesta transacted business
in Detroit the fore part of this week.
Or. +. G.. Sluyter, osteopathic ply
sician, Vermeulen block. Union phone
41.-Ad
A. w. Brock left Tuesday on a
short bushes trip to Toledo, Cincin-
natl and Cleveland.
Attorney William A. Bahlke trans
acted legal business in Ithaca on Sat
urday of last week.
Miss Mae Hamilton spent the week
end in Lansing, guest at the home
of relatives in that city.
For sale: twelve seven-room houses
ranging in prices from 81 $50 10 3d.
600 on contract. Blakley a. Ward
Ed. Hannah and Floyd Glass left
/ Tuesday for Detroit 10 attend the
hardware dealers convention which is
meeting in that city.
For sale We have foi sale twelve
good seven-room houses that will
range in prices from 81 800 10 $1,000
on contract. Blakley 4 Ward.
Carl & Stone have rented rooms
in the Creaser block where they will
handle their real estate and insur-
ance business after February 10th.
F. w Gargett is attending the Kan
sas City, Kansas, automobile show
this week in the interests Of the Re
public Motor Truck Company, Inc.
j. +. Sartor Jr, was called TO
Cleveland. Ohio, on Tuesday of this
week as witness in the government
case against the Double Service Rub
bel company.
Coach Harry ilelmer, Gordon
French and Eddie Johnston went to
Mt Pleasant game and get line OF
the Ypsi five which played Alma Sat
urday night here.
Archie Wood, who is attending the
University Of Michigan at Ann Ar
tor, spent the latter part Of last week
in a Ina, guest at the home Of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs f. NJ Wood.
Harley Williams of the Western
Carburetor company. who has been in
Charles City, Iowa, for the past few
weeks, returned TO Alma last week
Friday and spent the week end here.
w w. Cushing left Monday for
New York City, where he will pur-
chase spring goods for the Gushing Il
Benedict store here and the Cushing,
Mccain & Company store at Brecken-
ridge. He will he gone for several
days.
The Arcadia and Seville-Sumner
farmers clubs will meet Thursday,
February 22nd, at the Presbyterian
church here Members and others in
terested should notice that the meet
ing comes earlier than usual.
Owing TO the failure Of furniture to
arrive the office here Of the Lewis
Manufacturing company will not be
open for few days yet. Mr.. Eyre,
the local manager, hopes to be able TO
Il. L.. IL l.
within the next week.
a card received Monday from DR..
} +. Suydam reports that he is enjoy
ing life in California. He says that he
has been all over the southern part of
the state and mentions that fact that
he went swimming in the Pacific
ocean Il week ago last Sunday while
visiting at Long Beach.
Henry Soule. contractor and builder
OF this city, purchased the Charles &.
Rhodes residence on State street the
latter part of last week He will not
take possession OF the house until the
repairing on the Lancashire home, re
Gently purchased by Mr.. Rhodes, is
completed. so that they may move in
T. it.
A big clock has been placed on the
Wright House corner and with every
thousand dollars raised for the Alma
college endowment fund. the hand
of the clock checks it up. Watch the
hand the balance of the week. Alma
college has aspirations, and the clock
shows what she aspires 70 in Alma.
Watch the hand
The Alma fire department was call
eo to answer three alarms between
midnight Saturday night and Sunday
noon One alarm called the depart
ment to West Center street, another
to Berman's and the other simply pull
ed the fremen out of bed and down
t. the fire hall the department not
leaving the hall on this alarm The
losses were exceedingly small.
The Alma college basket ball team
leaves Friday morning on two days
trip. playing two VI l. A. A. games.
Hillsdale will be played Friday night
and Adrian college Saturday night.
4 lima must win both games to stay
in the peunant chase Both games
viii be hard ones. as they will be
played on small floors, but hopes are
high that both will he brought into
camp
a surprise St Patricks' party in
honor Of Miss Ruth Gushing was held
90 the home of her parents on Wed
resday evening Of this week. at which
time twelve young girl friends were