Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-01-03
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

Born, Sunday TO Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
f. Richly. "a boy.
Mae Marsh in Sunshine Alley
Idlehour, Sunday.
Wv Caple was in Mt Pleasant on
business Wednesday
You will find the best bread in
Butter Gun wrappers. OFT
Miss Dorothy Jackson spent Sunday
and New Years day in Belding
The Woman's club will meet with
Mrs. Maynard Pringle, POI Hastings
street, on Monday, January 18th.
Special Observation-Disclosures, Thurs
cay. Dorothy Dalton in THE Price
Mark"
Return engagement. Douglas Fair
banks in "The Lamb. "-Idlehour
Tuesday.
Daniel Goggin returned last week
from Chicago, where he was called 10y
the serious illness of sister.
Taylor Holmes in Efficiency Ed
gar's Courtship. tonight, Friday.
You will like the star and the play
Mr.. McNeal OF New Brunswick and
John Caneff of Louisville, KY, spent
Tuesday in Alma, guests of r. l..
Goggin.
A regular meeting of the Alma
chapter No. As O. h. s., will he held
Friday evening, January 4, at 1880 in
the masonic hall.
DR.. Elton of Idaho, who is taking a
post graduate course at Chicago, Wis
tied his sister, Mrs. j. j. Osborn, OF
this city yesterday.
Miss Eva Soper of Raymond, Wash
ington is visiting at the home of her
cousin, George Soper. Miss Soper is
Superintendent of schools at Raymond,
Mrs. Il. F.. Stebbins left the fore
part of the week Cor Homestead, Fla,
where she will spend the balance of
the winter at the home of her parents.
Mrs. George lines will open first
class ladies tailoring and dressmak-
ing parlors at Mrs. +. A. Benefits
Hat shop. Come and give US a trial.
24-1 C
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. H. Smith entertained
twelve guests at Il watch night party
at their home New Years evening. A
fine time is reported by those who
were present.
The venerable arch-deacon Jermin
attended service i'm st. Johns church
Sunday. He paid an official visit to
the church at st. Louis, and came to
Alma to attend the Vesper service.
The Misses Celia and Myrtle Creas-
or. who have been spending the holt
days at the home of their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. =. W. Creaser, have returned
e Cheboygan, where they are teach
ing in the high schools of that city
this year.
Mrs. Maynard Pringle and daugh-
ter, Josephine, spent the holidays IN
Detroit with DR.. Pringle's parents
Dr.. Pringle spent Christmas with
them returning the following day
while Mrs Pringle and her daughter
rcntaincd in Detroit until Monday.
Very impressive We're the Christmas
communion services and the New
Years services at ST. Mary's church
made the more so by the beautiful
! manner in which Elizabeth, the -four
year old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. c
II. Goggin, sang the communion hymn
The Alma high school basket bal
team is again practicing under the
direction of coach Maxwell, and indi
ications are beginning to point to fast
QUINTET TO represent the orange anc
!, black this year. The schedule is no,
| entirely arranged yet, but will prob
ably be completed within another
| week.
II The st. Johns Sunday school HEX
| its Christmas exercises on Friday
| the 2Sth, Holy Innocents' day. Aftel
supper, the evening was passed in Z
| very delightful manner. Mrs. w. 4
Wilson presented some of the scholars
| in series of tableaus, which were
II wonderfully effective. AS usual ever.
H scholar received present from tn
II school.