Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-08
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

Butter Cup wrappers. O2-tf-c
Eat Victory bread. Buy it fresh
from your grocer twice daily. 55-2-c
Fred Wright of Lansing was in
Alma on business the fore part Of
the week.
Go to Vans restaurant to eat.
Change of management. Mrs. Hav-
ems, prop. 55-1-p
J. MARYLAND and family of Detroit
visited with old Alma friends the
first of the week.
Professor and Mrs. F. f. West and
family are leaving today for Otsego
lake for a short vacation.
The next meeting of the st. Alma
Review will be held Monday evening,
August 10 at the |. o. 0. f. hall.
Miss Marjory Chase of Bedding
was Sunday visitor at the home of
Rev. and Mrs. J. Frank Jackson.
Robert McMillen, state editor of
the News Courier of Saginaw, was in
the city on business this morning.
Mr.. Marzolf, an aged resident Of
Emerson, was overcome by the heat
Monday while grading oats at Ithaca
Mrs s. +. Osborn was called to
Bay City Wednesday by the very
serious illness of her mother, Mrs.
Alton.
The new fall and winter styles are
now on display at the st. Alma Tail
ors'. See their large adv in this
paper.-adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Robinson are
the proud parents of an eight-pound
girl, which arrived at their home
Tuesday morning.
Milton Jackson Of Bridgeport,
Conn, visited at the home Of his
father, Rev J. Frank Jackson, over
the week end
Mr.. and Mrs. +. J. Alverson and
Howard Alverson and family of
Ithaca spent Sunday at the home Of
Mrs. NJ McLaren.
f. O. Marks is selling his house
hold goods and will soon move to
California where he will make his
future home
Mr. and Mrs. S. ". Knapp of De-
troit, who have been visiting at the
home of relatives in Ithaca and Alma,
returned to their home Sunday.
The Central Michigan Light e.
Power company has been ordered to
move its poles in front of the Red
man building on Gratiot avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Parker and Mr..
and Mrs. ~ f. Saad left last evening
for an overland trip to Beulah, where
they Will resort for the coming week.
The Misses Annetta and Bertha
McLaren attended the third annual
reunion of the McLaren family, held
at Woodland park in Ithaca Saturday.
The work of eXcavatng the base
ment Of Alma's new fire station is
proceeding rapidly. and ID is expected
that the foundation walls will be
started in a few days.
A large lumber of people from this
vicinity went to Shepherd Tuesday
afternoon and evening to see the fire
which did a great deal of damage
there that day
+. w. Ruggles, c. G. Rhodes and
+. l.. Smith Of this city attended a
meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Republic Motor Truck Company Inc.
which was held in Cleveland Tuesday.
Harry Helmer, coach of Alma col
lege athletic teams, and during the
summer months, one of the field
agents, is enjoying a vacation at the
home of his parents at Parma until
the middle of the month His wife
and children are with him.
Miss Georgia Ingold of st. Louis,
resigned her position at the Republic
Truck Company, TO accept position
as private stenographer with the
fogg'n law firm. The position was
formerly filled by Miss Crystal Her
ron, who is now at the Republic.
Farmers in the eastern part Of
Sumner township, twenty in number,
have purchased a complete threshing
outfit for the purpose of reducing
their threshing costs. Harry Shat
fer is president of the company and
Leo Gee is secretary and treasurer.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Myrn Hill are the
proud parents of a nine pound boy,
which gazed out at the world for the
frst time Saturday morning, rub
bered at his dad, thought he would
pass muster, and then went quietly
to sleep, in spite Of the fact that his
father was dancing with joy.
Mrs. w. w. Medier was called TO
Detroit the first of the week by the
serious illness Of her six months old
grandson, who died few hours
later The body was brought to Alma
by the parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Medler, the funeral being held here
yesterday afternoon. Interment was
made in Riverside cemetery.
Tuesday evening hte city council
rejected the request of p. T. Bang
hart, that the new fire station be
built so that the front line of the
building would be even with the front
line Of the Banghart home just to
the north. The matter was taken up
at an executive session. II is the
outgrowth of the original sale Of the
property on which the building is
being constructed, TO the city.