Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-01-17

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Miss Thompson, teacher in the
Union school, recently resigned her
position because of i'll health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Clark returned
Wednesday noon from a two months
visit in Pensacola and other points in
Florida.
"The Natural Law" which was to
have played at Wright opera house
Tuesday evening, was snowbound and
unable to get here.
Merrill Stuskey of the local post
Office force, has been made secretary
If the local examining board for civil
service examinations.
Mrs. II. NJ. Durham, ST., left this
morning for Grand Rapids, where she
will visit her son, J NJ Durham, and
family for short time
The ladies aid society of the Pres
/ byterian church will meet Tuesday
January 22nd at the home of Mrs. l..
o. Ellison, 423 Gratiot avenue.
Ralph c. Ely, son Of the Hon. T. A
Ely of this city is the federal food
administrator for New Mexico. He is
a Deming, New Mexico, attorney.
The mid winter examinations in the
Alma public schools will be held this
next week, marking the close of the
first semester of the school year.
The Alma fire department was
called to the residence Of Barton II.
Young Tuesday forenoon by a small
blaze. The loss was very slight
one.
The Luther Circle of the NJ. +. Aid
society will meet with Mrs. Mckinney
500 K. Downey St., Tuesday afternoon
January 22nd at 2:30. Remember
the day.
The Alma fire department was
called to the home of Mrs. Morey by a
small fire Sunday, which did very
little damage before being extin-
guished.
A new food campaign is to be in
stituted this coming month, which will
be under the direction Of John Math-
ews Of Ithaca, who has been named
chairman for Gratiot county.
Miss Helen Cone, teacher in the
local schools, recently suffered from
fractured shoulder, when she slipped
on some ice and fell. She will be un-
able to attend 10 her work in the local
schools for short time as result.
Robert Notestein, who has been Wis
iting at the home of his parents,
Prof. and Mrs. N. F. Notestein, m
turned Tuesday to Wooster, O., to take
up his work again in The College of
Wooster. He is senior there this
year.
Because of the severity Of the
storm last Saturday the carriers from
the local post Office were not able to
make their usual trips. One trip in
the residence district was all that was
possible and the carriers had mighty
hard time in completing that one.
The mid-winter meeting of the AL
ma college board Of trustees, which
was to have been held the first Of the
week, was called off because Of the
weather conditions which made it next
to impossible for the trustees to get
to Alma. 1t will probably be held
later.
Putnam e. Bemis will move their
auto livery the latter part of this week
from the Schick feed barn on East
Superior street to the old Ford Ga
rage on West Superior street. The
Hubbard plumbing shop, which has
been located there, is being moved
into the Arcadia hotel block.
There will be meeting of the
school officers of the county held at
Ithaca, January both, the meeting
having been called by School Commits.
sioner Howard Potter. II is desired
that all directors of school boards at
tend this meeting. The meeting will
be held at the court house.
The Alma Record is in receipt of a
communication from Mrs. w. II. Parr.
X f. d., Quakertown, Pa, which
speaks in glowing terms of the well
come which the Alma Record receives
at their home each week, and CONVEYS
the Information that it is read three
or four times, including even the
advertisements.
Mrs. II. NJ. Montague. who has been
spending the past three weeks visiting
with relatives and friends i'm Cadillac
and Traverse City, returned to her
home the fore part of the week. She
was accompanied home by Mr.. Monta-
que, who has been visiting in those
cities for the past week. On their
return they were snowbound, and at
one time it took their train fourteen
hours to go seven miles.
The Alma supervisors went TO Ttha-
ca Monday morning with every ex-
pectation that there would be a meet
ing Of the supervisors. They found.
however, that the roads were so i'm
passible that not quorum of the
supervisors were able TO get to the
county seat The meeting was adj
journed until Tuesday. We also
learn, that when a mile out of Ithaca.
q snowbank held up snowplow and
the train and that they were forced to
walk in.
VIM. s. Hart and Louise Glaum in
a return engagement Of "Hells Hing