Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-04-11
BIG RALLY HERE
FRIDAY EVENING
Liberty Loan Meeting to be Held
in Alma High School
Auditorium.
FAMOUS JACKIE BAND HERE
Famous Great Lakes Band Enroutt
TO New York Will Stop Here
for Meeting.

The various committees of the
Third Liberty Loan are now intensely
covering Gratiot county and it is very
probable that there will not be "A man
OF woman in the county, who will not
be invited to purchase Liberty bonds
of the Third Liberty Loan during the
month.
The campaign in Alma started off
with rush yesterday, with the So
lcitors making thorough canvass
from house TO house, and ii will be
continued until il is certain that no
more subscriptions can be secured IN
the city.
The city was placarded heavily the
fore part of the week under the direc-
tion of County Chairman j. w. Rob
inson, in preparation for the drive in
the city which started yesterday. The
fina. work of the committee in their
respect was to place Liberty bells on
the door knobs of every home in the
city, to wake the residents up to the
fact that the drive was on and that
Alma's committee was out seeking 20
make Gratiot and particularly the
city of Alma go way over the top on
the Third Liberty Loan.
A number of workers are out for
each ward, and are working under
the city committee which consists Of
William A. Bahlke and l.. A. Sharp.
The committee for the first ward con-
sists of James f. Mitchell, Rev. W.
NJ. Duffey, c. f. Benedict, Fred Row
land and Alex Drummer. The second
ward committee is j. NJ Montigel F.
l.. Glass, Frank Smith, S. l.. Bennett
and Harry Gerber. The third ward
committee consists of Carl II Wash
burn, John A. Chick, F. n. Notestein.
w. B. Amsbury and +. f. West. In
the fourth ward Jotham Allen, Henry
Soule, F. F. Polasky, VIM. Knudson,
and r. II. Wilcox are out after sub
scriptions to the loan
Friday evening there will be big
Liberty Loan rally here which will be
staged in the Alma high school audi
torium, at which time the famous
Jackie band of the Great Lakes Train
ing school will appear in Alma, stop
ping off here for the night on its tour
through the country TO New York
city, in the interests of the Third
Liberty Loan. Alma is indeed fortu-
nate in beng able to get the famous
Jackie band to come to cities as
small as Alma. The band is under
the direction of Lieut.. John Phillip
Sousa, and is known over the entire
country AS one of the best of the many
service bands that the government
has.
The band will arrive in Alma from
the west Friday night at 1850 and will
remain in this city over night and will
go to Saginaw at 1920 a. m. Satur-
day
In connection with the big rally to
be held at the high school, there will
also be big military parade, in which
the Alma high school cadets, the
Jackie band, workers of the Liberty
Loan, and probably military trucks
will take part.
II is expected that with the list Of
speakers for the evening, that Alma
will stage the greatest patriotic rally
which has ever been seen i'm this city.
ii is impossible to give anything
like an accurate estimate of the Al
of the subscriptions this week, as
reports from the various committee
men are still out. 1t is certain how
ever, that Alma will again do her
part. III everyone who can will come
across.