Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-10-03
ITHACA

business caller in Ithaca Saturday.
Mrs. Arthur Cross of Ithaca and
Mrs. A. IL. Wiseman Of Grand Rapids
spent last week in Detroit.
The young peoples Sunday school
class of the NJ f.. church gave a par
ty Monday evening in honor of Don
Leeley at his home south of town.
SIR and Mrs. Noble Glassbrook of
Marquette are spending a few days
with friends in town.
DR.. NJ. G.. Skinner Is entertaining
his mother from Toledo.
Mrs. Frank Harrington and Mrs
Alva Brader and little daughter
Betty, visited friends in st. Louis
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Burchard are
entertaining the formers parents
Mr. and Mrs. CLARK Burchard, OF
Lansing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden and two
daughters left for Ohio last week
where they will spend several weeks
before going to Florida.
Mrs. Gaylord Nelson of Oklahoma
arrived in Ithaca last Saturday
Mrs. Matte McEnderfer and
daughter, Muriel, of Pompei were
ltnaca Cdllers laSt week.
Mrs. Frank Brown, former res
ident of Ithaca now living in De.
troit. is visiting her mother, Mrs
Sell, on East Center street.
Mrs. Laura Sleight was the guest
of friends in st. Johns last week.
Mrs f. S. Goodrich and daughter
Helen, OF Albion were guests of DIR
and Mrs. Dean last week.
Mrs. Hattie T. Stacy spent the
week end with her niece, Mrs. Jay
Borough, of North Star.
Private Arthur Crooks Of CamI
Custer is visiting his parents, who
reside west of town. He has a five.
days furlough
Mrs. Asa Vance and Miss Flossit
Stockwell were in Lansing the first
of the week.
The Ithaca churches have arranged
for series of union prayer meeting:
to be held each Tuesday evening from
7 10 8 o'clock during the war. The
second meeting was held at the Pres
byterian church September "a. TIL,
bugle call was given at 6.45. TIL,
was d report given of the progress OF
the War since the last meeting. FIT
teen minutes was given to the read
ing of letters received from boys whC
have gone from here and the remain
der OF the time was given to sons
and prayer.
The American Red Cross asks foi
an additional five thousand tons Of
used or surplus clothing for suffering
Be gans. The campaign in Ithaca
was from September % to 30 anC
Ithaca residents were requested I,
send their donations TO Mrs. Chas
Barrone at the village hall
haIren T. Gross. aged So years
passed away September "A, after al
illness of several days of pneumonia
The funeral was held Thursday a
the Presbyterian church. Rev VIM
Roberts officiating. lnterment il
Ithaca cemetery.
Rev. and Mrs. T. II. Wright called
at the Alex. Macarthur home Tues
day They were on their way t,
Wheeler.
The Parent-Teachers meeting ha
been changed from the third Tuesda.
in each month to the first Friday o
the month The meeting for mex
month will be held Friday. Octobe
ith at the kindergarten room. Off
GERS for the coming year will b
elected at this meeting. A very in
structive meeting was held last Tues
day
Mrs. Mile Sower who has beer
visiting her brother, Floyd Erickson
returned to her home in Belding.
Mrs. Bert Long is entertaining he
aunt, Miss NJ. +. McAfee. of Phila
delphia, Pa.
Harry Parrish and wife and wife
mother, Mrs. w. f. Thompson, lief
last week for Buffalo and other east
ern points. They expect to visit Al
bany, Boston, New York, then &
south to Washington and Florida
They are making the trip by auto
mobile mad expect to spend the win
ter in Florida if they find it beneficial
to Mr. Parrish's health, if not, the
will go on to California. Mr.. Paris
will represent the South Bend Bal
Co. while in the south.
Word was received that Ralp
Sawvel of Breckenridge was serious
~ wounded in France and that War
Doyle, another Breckenridge boy
picked him up and had his wound
cared for.
Mrs. Vim. Stahl, who has been i
Ohio visiting relatives for some tim
has had a stroke of paralysis and
in quite a serious condition.
Floyd W. Barstow has been mad
captain and w. n. Barstow has bee
made lieutenant. Both are sons O
Mrs. Richard Easterly. Both are LAY
graduates of the Detroit Law schoo
Captain Floyd w. Barstow has bee
assigned to the Michigan College @
Mines at Houghton as an instructor
Lieutenant Barstow has landed safel
somewhere in France.
Mrs. A. j. Brown returned HON
last week from Jackson, where sh
has been spending some time Sh
reports a baby daughter at the HON
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Murphy. Sh
is called Mary Barbara. Mrs. Nun
ply was formerly Miss Jessie Brown