Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-16
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X. y. Forqucr and Chas. Booth
were III Anna .4onday on b-aincsi.
Wm. Ea..lctt ret1rnel Tuesday
from locAsridge.
y. g. uen,4 .aI =. Andre of Alma
were Acl "a business Wednesday.
II. A. Glow. wife, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Fullerton We're in ithaca las,
week Wednesday spending the day
with relatives and friends
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Fowler and
Chas. Booth and wife were in Ithaca
Wednesday on business. They mo-
tored to Alma and attended the play
in the evening.
Miss Irene Conarton is visiting
her parents this week
Ernie Harris and jeff Lang attend
ed the |. O. G. +. meeting here Tues
day evening. There were many good
byes as they were leaving their homes
here and good positions in Alma to
join the ranks that left Alma Satur-
day for Columbus. Ohio.
Ora Akin Of Alma was here on
business Wednesday.
Miss Lottie Pelton returned to
Grand Rapids Thursday.
Mrs. Elmer Seaman was in Alma
visiting her daughter, Mrs. John Rob
son last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. F.. McClenathan
motored 10 Weidman Thursday to
visit relatives
Chas. Ostrander and wife We're in
Ithaca Tuesday on business.
Clare Sturde,ant and wife and Mrs.
Rosa Rundio and children OF Elm Hall
were entertained at the home of Mrs.
Chas. Ostrander Wednesday.
Mrs. Elmer and Mrs. Hattie Monk
were in Carson City shopping Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Rolla Lance and son,
Keith, OF Fowler motored here Thurs
day to spend the day with relatives
and friends
On Thursday night Of last week
during the windstorm that passed
over this place little Deforrest Jolly
was awakened by the crash OF falling
timbers as his fathers barn was
blown down. and sprang out of his
bed to see what was the trouble. He
had hardly left his bed, when the
brick wall of the house was driven in,
filling the bed where he had becen
sleeping, with the debris. Then the
roof was blown off the house, wreck
ing the dwelling so that the family IS
for the present compelled to live in
part of Carl Fishers house.
Glen Hicks of Lansing came Satur-
day to visit his parents over Sunday.
Cassius M. Grow Of Alma was here
l., |. u hAnn
so badly damaged by the cyclone that
passed through here Thursday night.
A great many barns and silos were
entirely destroyed and some stock
killed in the range of the storm.
Mrs. VIM. Fowler entertained her
brother, Clint Nelson, of Saginaw
over Sunday.
Mrs. viii Kneer and son of Ithaca
were week end guests of her brother
Theron Butler, and wife
Frank Ostrander and John Ferris
attended circuit court at Ithaca Tues
day
Mrs. VIM. Ewing and daughter,
Grace. left Tuesday for an extended
visit with relatives in Waterloo and
Winterset, Iowa.
brother, Frank, and John Ferris were
guests Of Frank Tucker and wife Of
Alma Tuesday.
Mrs. Sam Hicks of Elm Hall spent
Thursday with her sister, Mrs. Ella
Hicks.
VIII Hicks and family of Alma
called on his mother Saturday.
Allen Stoffer and wife were in Alma
Saturday on business.
The 9Th grade examinations were
held here Thursday and Friday. Five
young ladies were entertained at the
home Of Mrs. Lucy Henderson.
Ovid Seaman will be greatly missed
in this locality as he was fine mu-
stefan and instructor. He left Satur-
day to join the boys that were leaving
Alma for their new duties at Column
bus, Ohio.
We're and Ireth Ferris of Alma were
at home Sunday with their parents.
John Ferris and wife.
c. A. Button has returned to his
home in st. Louis after a weeks visit
with his son. Amos.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith of Maple
Rapid were entertained here Sunday.
Howard Phillips and wife of New
Haven were weekend guests Of his
parents.
Miss Mildred Cleverden visited her
grandmother, Mrs. Mary Elmer, Sun
day.
Clair Kramer Of Alma spent Sun
day with friends here.
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