Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-03-14
vESTABURG ITEMS
BY Our Own Correspondent

them 10 care for him. Mrs. Lewis
Priest accompanied them.
The Misses Mildred Upper, Loreene
Cornell, Doris Nickerson, Iva McDole,
Bernice Shores and Kathleen Cum
mings and Messrs. Clare Stauffer and
Stanley Geisel attended the dance at
Edmore Friday night.
Claude Manley and family and Mrs.
Emma Baker of Riverdale were Sun
day visitors of his mother Mrs. Banch
Manley.
Hornbeck Bros. have put in a
garage.
Earl Pratt son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Plat went to Detroit Friday
evening having been called there to
take an examination for the service
as he was working there on regis
tration day. As he has failed on two
previous examinations he told his
parents he would wire to them if he
passed On Monday no word had been
received
Mr.. and Mrs Ford Sander of St.
Louis who came to the home of the lat
tiers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jollie Hare,
to bid her brother Otto Marion fare
well before he left to enter service, re-
turned to their home Monday morn
ing.
Mrs. S. Evans of Detroit was a
Wednesday visitor of Mrs. VIM.
Carts.
Mrs. Blanche Marley and grand
son, David Marley Jr., were in River
dale Wednesday visiting her son,
Claude Manley, and family.
Miss Alice Mel of Stanton came
Friday evening to visit her sisters
and was accompanied home Saturday
by her sister, Miss Helen Mel, who
returned here Sunday evening.
Robert Wine has gone to Crystal
to spend some time with his grand
parents.
James McGilliviary was in Saginaw
Saturday.
Mrs. Blanche Manley and Mrs. Ed
ma Manley and son went to Stanton
Saturday morning and returned home
on Sunday.
Mrs. Mae Hilsinger returned to her
home in Elwell Friday evening after
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin Corder.
Fred Cornell was in Grand Rapids
Saturday.
John Thomas of Alma was Fri
day visitor OF Francis Zuver.
Harold Stauffer spent the week end
in Alma.
Mrs. Charles Snyder and daughter
returned home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gage of Saginaw
were Wednesday visitors of Mrs
Martha Walker before going to Fer
ris to visit Mr. and Mrs. Jpnes
Thorpe.
Charles Snyder was in Alma Fri
day.
Hugh Walker spent part of last
week in Grand Rapids.
Miss lamba Reagan spent the week
end in Edmore with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Michael Reagan
Mrs Alice Carts who has been
spending the past few weeks at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Jessie
Gorsuch, left here Saturday for Ian
sing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Reader and
daughter of Toledo came here and ex-
pect TO rent a farm and remain here
to live. At present they are visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Read
er.
The c. w. B. NJ. will meet at the
home of Mrs. John Horton for an all
day meeting Friday, March 30 as
they will have their Easter dinner or
that day.
A son, ArdaIe Vern, born to Mr..
and Mrs Nern Hornbeck Tuesday.
March 9Th
W. c. Wine. John Brown and Mar
shall Harrington went to Stanton Sat
urday and were among those Of our
citizens who did not arrive home nutil
Sunday p. m. as the blizzard which
struck here Saturday was worse at
other points beyond Edmore, making
it necessary TO use the r. VI. snow
pillow.
Miss Bernice Shores spent from
Friday evening until Sunday evening
in Edmore with her cousin, Mrs. Nern
Cook
Mrs. Aida Miller who was a Friday
guest of Mrs. VIM. Carts went to AL
ma on that evening to visit Mrs
Myrt Barrett and on Saturday morn
ing left for Tecumseh to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Bertha Randall, and
family.
Otto Marion, son of Mrs. Jollie
Hare, who has been running a garage
here, went TO Alma Thursday and en-.
listed in the service of Uncle Sam as
an electrical engineer. He took his
examination at that place Saturday,
came home to bid his friends farewell
then returned to Alma Sunday even
ing, completed arrangements and left
for Columbus, Ohio, Monday morning,
March 18th. From there he expects
to go to the coast to wire submarines
and such work as he is called upon to
do as an electrical engineer Rela-
tives and friends join in wishing him
a safe journey to and from service.