Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-03-07
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
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Dorothy Dalton in Love Letters"
-idlehour, Friday-adv.
Mrs. Milton Holmes is the ownei
Of fine new automobile.
l.. J. Gardner of Saginaw was in
Alma on business Tuesday.
Mrs. Verne Calkins of Port Huron
was an Alma visitor Saturday.
Marguerite Clark in "Bab's Mat
inee Idol"-Idlehour Thursday. adv.
Elmer Francis of Mt. Pleasant was
in the city on business the first of the
week.
Geraldine Farrar in Joan, the Wo-
man" -Idlehour, Sunday and Monday.
adv.
DR.. Carney was in Durand over
Sunday, having been called there to
perform an operation.
Cecille b. DeMille's Cinema mas
terpiece, Joan, the Woman'-Idle-
hour, Sunday and Monday.-adv.
The Presbyterian Fortnightly will
meet at the home of Mrs. George
Moore, North State street, Tuesday,
March r.
Walter C. Vliet, president of the
Chicago Republic Truck Company,
was in Alma on business the fore part
of The week.
Il. B. Wagner, manager of the Ora
tiot County Gas company, was in
Saginaw on business the latter part
of last week.
Superintendent of Schools, A. +.
Schultz has returned from Atlanta
City, where he attended the national
convention of schoolmasters.
Word comes to the Alma Record to
the effect that DR.. f. A. Gill is slowly
improving in health, although not yet
able to attend to his work at his
office.
Henry Mcnamara of this city has
purchased the buildings on the Cen
trail Heights subdivision property
and intends to remodel them and make
his home there.
The George Huffman auction sale
held Saturday realized for Mr.. Kuhl-
man over $1,000 more than he ex-
pected, and was one of the most sue
cessful which Auctioneer Holman has
ever had. Alma Record advertising
again drew great crowd to the sale.
Mrs. Clarence Banghart has re-
signed her position as an instructor
IN the local schools and expects to
leave the latter part of the week to
JOIN her husband in Detroit. The
teachers Of the school tepdered her
farewell reception the latter part
of last week.
Robert Notestein of this city, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. n f. Notestein
has enlisted in the United States
army in gas defense work. He re-
turned from the College of Wooster
last Saturday and was called Sunday
to report at Washington. He left
Alma Monday
Over thirty enlistments are re-
corded by the local recruiting Office
during the past week. Lack of space
prohibits the publication of list until
next week. Alma is certain to pass
the eighty mark in two months be-
cause of the weeks work from the
local office, and Alma will have a GEN.
trial office.
The Eastern Star Chapter of Alma
has been asked by the Grand Chapter
to adopt a French orphan; that is to
feed and clothe a French orphan for
one year. To meet this expense this
Chapter is planning to give. a pro-
gressive 500 party in the near future.
Watch for date and place in next
weeks paper.
Carl II. Washburn, cashier Of the
First State Bank of this city, has been
called upon to take the Craftsmanship
of Gratiot county for the third Liber-
ty Bond campaign. Mr.. Washburn is
a hustler Of the right sort and under
his direction it is certain that Gratiot
county will have a Liberty Loan cam
paign which will be blinger.
The weather summary for February
given out by p. NJ. Smith this morn
ing shows a maximum temperature
of As degrees on the 18th and 20 de-
grees below on the 9Th. The total
precipitation was 1863 inches, the
greatest in twenty-four hours being
l.26 inches on the twelfth. There
was eight inches Of snowfall during
the month. The month had nine
cloudy days and six clear days.