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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
ANNUAL SCHOOL
MEETING MONDAY
Two Directors to be Elected to
Fill Places of Those Whose
Terms Expire.
BUDGET TO Be VOTED UPON
Terms of President Sanderhoff and of
Secretary Archer Expire
This Year.

The annual shcool meeting of the
fractional district No. /, Pine River
and Arcadia, will be held in the Alma
high school auditorium on Monday
evening for the voting of the annual
budget of the district and also for the
election of two members of the school
board
Otto Sanderhoff, the president Of
the school board this year, and A. j.
Archer, who has been the secretary of
the board, are the members whose
terms expire with the annual school
meeting to be held Monday 1t IS
understood that both men are candi-
dates for reelection TO succeed them
selves, at the forth coming meeting.
The names of no others have yet been
mentioned for the places on the school
board nor has rumor even suggested
that surprize might be sprung at
the meeting by the placing in nomi-
nation of other candidates for mem
bers Of the school board, and it is ex-
pected that there will be no opposition
W lOi A4lt BidNtS VII AiIt
board.
The voting of the annual budget,
which will be made up by the board
this week, will be another matter
which will come at the annual school
meeting. 1t is expected that the bud
get this year will call for a material
increase over the budget of a year
ago, due TO the fact that all the in
structors in the schools will receive
greater salaries next year, and the
fact that there will be more of them,
together with the rising cost of the
various materials which are so ur-
gently needed by the schools.
1t would not be greatly surprising
if the budget on which the voters of
the district will be asked TO pass, is
fifteen to twenty per cent greater
than the budget of year ago.
The annual srhool meeting will be
a patriotic affair this year, upon the
suggestion of Superintendent Of Pub
lie instruction Fred Keeler of Ian
sing While speakers have not been
arranged for, it is certain that sew
eral good local speakers will be asked
to make short addresses. Patriotic
songs will be sung.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
BANKERS MEET
Gratiot County Bankers Meet in Itha-
ca Last Friday To Discuss Loans.

Pursuant TO call, representatives. Of
the banks of this county met in Ithaca,
Friday June 2Sth, and after extended
discussion unanimously adopted the
following Preamble and Resolution;
Whereas, il is the first business of
every American to help win the W.
for freedom and humanity. and
Whereas, the government Of the
United States needs the unified power
of the banks to make effective its
plans to float an issue Of six million
dollars of Az per cent Certificates of
Indebtedness, and
Whereas, our government asks rs
to invest 5 per cent Of our resources
each month for the next four months
in said Certificates Of Indebtedness as
preliminary to the Fourth Liberty
Loan, therefore
Resolved. that we as representa-
tives of the banks and bankers of
Gratiot county in conference assem-
bled hereby record our enthusiastic
approval of the financial plan above
indicated and pledge our hearty CO.
operation and support to the limit Of
our ability.
l.. A. Sharp, Chairman War Board.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
MICHIGAN WILL Be
SHORT ON HARD COAL
Fuel Administrator Prudden
Makes an Announcement
on Anthracite Coal.

Michigan will get less than half
of her hard coal requirement taken
care of, it has been made known in a
statement issued by Fuel Administra-
tor Prudden, and he is urging the use
of bituminous coal and wood where
ever it is possible.
An explanation made by him indi-
state will get the preponderence of the
/ POI 900 tons of anthracite coal al
lotted to the state because of the
great number of base burners and hot
air furnaces in use in those cities.
The statement follows:
ITO the public: "The allotment Of
anthracite coal for Michigan as made
by the United States fuel administra-
tion for the year commencing April
/, 1918, and ending April !, 1919, is
POI 900 tons. This amount of coal
is much less than one-half the amount
of coal needed for domestic use; a
large amount of bitumnous coal and
wood must make up the balance re-
quired.
THE problem of apportioning and
distributing equitably the available
anthracite coal is one of great i'm
portance. If sacrifice is to be made
shall each citizen bear his part or
shall other conditions be considered?
There are sections of the state
which have available wood and soft
should get along so far as possible
with the kind OF fuel most accessible
at is also true however, in those
sections having mines producing BIZ
luminous coal that many people have
base burner equipment suitable only
for hard coal, and if no hard coal is
allotted TO them would be required to
change and purchase a new heating
outfit that would burn soft coal. This
would be great hardship in the case
Of the less well-to-do people and the
necessary heating equipment would
be hard to obtain. These new equip
ments would mean steel and coal to
produce them, both of which materials
we need in war products at this time
1t would seem that all citizens having
hot water and steam heating plants
should burn soft coal and allow those
having base burner stoves and hot air
furnaces to have the anthracite coal.
Within a week a list of all the
towns and cities of Michigan will be
published giving the tonnage of an
thracite coal allotted to each.
1T is hoped that all citizens will
accept as gracefully as possible the
allottments as made as many condi-
tions must be taken into consideration
aside from mere population.
This list will be published from
Washington, and at the same time
certain rules and regulations cover
ing distribution in each community
will be issued by the state fuel adj
w. X PRUDDEN,
Federal Fuel Administrator !"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
WHEAT

A o has threep parts
COVERING, of several layers
middlngs This rich
in mpo 8 largely cellulose.
small of the seed from which the
of stored
of the kernel contains
develop mostly
and mineral salts and little fat
wheat kernel without
movin a dark flour.
WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR la only
a removed This
grinding and sft
which The resultant flour
which
and removed
he and" often
white flour
and 26 Of bran, shorts and mddlngs
100 mill
make This
Administration.
20 OF the wheat
kernel
S a flour"
whtest endosperm med
to only about 40
the kernel made the particular kind OF
balance
mddlngs.
he preparations
Noodles breakfast foods
sold under various
WHEAT EAT OTHER CEREALS
POTATOES
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
BIG INCREASE
School Census Shows Remarkable
Growth Since Last Year.

The annual school census which has
now been completed shows remark
able increase over last year, there now
being 1850 children of school age in
the school district.
This is an increase of thirty per
cent. over last year, and last years
figures, it will be remembered, in
dicated a 80 percent. increase over
two years ago, or a 50 percent in
crease in two years. This indicates
a most healthy growth for the city.
The first ward has 769 of the school
children, the second ward GIT, the
third ward POP and the fourth ward
262. This shows conclusively that the
school board was right when it
planned to build the new school house
in East Alma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
COMMUNICATION

A few weeks ago while seated at
the breakfast table with number Of
travelling men, the conversation natur-
ally drfted to the discussion of the
war situation and one of the men
made the following remark, II am not
a Christian, | do not belong to any
church, but | somehow feel that there
is a Great Overruling Spirit control
ling the issues of the day that we
must all reckon with"
The President of the United States
has requested the American people
to be much in prayer and am salts
fed that if we win the war il will not
he because of our superior armies, our
intelligence, or our wealth, for we
might have all these and still fail,
but il will be because of the cause
which we are fighting for and because
of the superhuman power that comes
to US and our allies by trusting, not
entirely in our arms, but in the Over
ruling Providence whose name we
have stamped on our coins; "ln God
We Trust
Robert f.. Lee once said. Gods
will ought to be our aim and ] am
quite content that His design should
be accomplished and not mine"
Situated at the foothills in Chiffon
county, Alabama, is the little town Of
Nerbena, where, every night at six
o'clock the church bells ring and
continue to ring for two minutes dur
ing which time every man, woman
and child, with bowed head, stands
and prays these words, God Bless
our President, our soldiers and the
Nation and guide them on to victory"
When the sound of the bell reaches
the ear of the inhabitants the OBJ
servance is universal. Men halt in
the street, wagons are pulled up on
the road, women pause from their
knitting and the children stop their
play while all repeat the prayer
mentioned above.
Would it not be fine thing TO in
troduce in Alma? Just at sunoown
let church bell ring and everyone
offer a prayer for the cause of De-
mocracy. The various churches could
take turns each for a week.
A citizen
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
NAME THE SCHOOLS

The school board, to avoid confu-
sion in the future, has named the va
rious schools in the city, and feeling
highly patriotic at the time, used pa
triotic names. The school in the
eastern part Of the city, now building,
is to be known as the Republic school.
The union school building at the cor
ner Of Court and Superior streets will
be known as the Washington school
and the primary building at the cor
ner Of Gratiot and HASTINGS will be
known as the Lincoln school.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
WAR SAVINGS
DRIVE IS ON
Solicitors Have Started a Can
vass of City for Subscriptions
for Stamps.
WILL VISIT EVERY ALMA HOME
Henry X. Pattengill of Lansing Gave
Fine Addr, IS al Meeting
Friday.

The War Savings drive in this
city was opened with meeting Fri
day night at the high school audito-
rum with Henry r. Pattengill of
Of Lansing as the speaker Of the even
ing.
Mr.. Pattengill spoke of the various
acts that have been committed by the
Huns, acts which no self-respecting
people could allow to let go un-
noticed. and Of the necessity for
carrying this war through to a finish,
or as he expressed it, of hghting the
next war now.
He spoke of the necessity of keep
ing from making premature peace,
before Germany is licked to a frazzle
and the whole Potsdam bunch put out
of power, and brought out in a force
ful way the need of standing behind
the boys at the front, with our money.
Following his address City Chair
man Charles r. Murphy appointed the
ward chairmen for the drive which
started Monday. The ward chairmen
and their workers for the house to
house canvass which took place the
INST Of the week follow:
First ward-J. w. Blakely. chair
man; f. A. Schultz, Earl Parker.
Frank Parker, j. S. Knoertzer. VIM.
McFadden, j f. Fuller. Rev. Priest.
Chester Benedict, A. j. Archer, Joseph
Watkins, w. A. Bahlke, Otto Sander
hoff and Fred Slater.
Second ward-H. VI Glass. chair
man; Floyd Glass, F. r. Smith. Ed.
Hooper, Fred Bradford. NJ. Ray Kim
ball, A. w Brock, II. VI. Dunham.
Third ward-A P Cook, chairman;
+. n. Notestein, J. r. Ewing. II. NJ.
MacCurdy, c. H. Washburn, Dr. Ran
del, Prof. +. E. West, H VI. Crooks.
c, NJ. Johnson, c. 0. Ward.
Fourth ward-L. A. Sharp. chair
man; Nelson Fullerton Jotham Allen.
Karl Adams. j D. Helman. L. B.
kehn, Rev. Jackson, Rev. Fr. OToole.
Edward Lake. VIM. Knudson. c. G.
Rhodes, p NJ. Smith.
The solicitors started their work
Monday and are visiting every house
IN Alma with the pledge cards. The
first two pledges reported TO the city
committee, consisting Of c. r.
Murphy and II. NJ Durham, called for
the purchase of approximately two
hundred dollars worth of stamps. The
solicitors have large number of wv.
5. S. pledged for 1918" buttons. which
are being given TO those who make
War Savings pledges. The city com
mittee has secured War Savings Ser
vice buttons for the various workers
in the wards, which are different than
the pledge buttons and indicate who
the workers are.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
NEW SUGAR RULINGS
TOOK EFFECT JULY
Three Pounds Person Per
Month is the Limit, Except
for Use i'm Canning.

The new sugar rules are in effect,
and the merchants are now limited to
the sale of three pounds of sugar per
person month. Not only that, but
in the towns and cities the sales are
limited to two pounds at a time, ex-
cept where the sugar is desired for
canning.
The new regulations are drastic,
and will make il hard for the repeater
Of a year ago 10 obtain sugar by going
from store TO store and making small
purchases. 1t promises to do away
with boarding sugar to great extent
and will provide punishment for vio-
lation
All sugar, excepting maple sugar
and grape sugar comes under the new
rule and is included in the limit of
three pounds per person a month
Under the new ruling now in effect
the grocers are not able to obtain over
a thirty day supply at any one time,
or 10 have more than that amount on
hand at any one time
Penalties are provided for people
who hoard sugar under the new rules
and also for the grocers who violate
them. Grocers are also given the
right to demand the knowledge from
the patrons the amount of sugar
which they have had during the
month.
II is still possible for people to OBJ
tain sugar in lots of twenty-five
hounds by making application to the
contv food administrator, G. J.
Chambers.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
GIVEN AWAY
Thrift Stamps Given to Ambitious
Young Lads of this City.

Ninety-eight more young lads of
this city have a splendid chance to
start saving Thrift stamps is the
word of NJ. Messenger of Alma, who
has this number of these stamps for
the first ninety-eight youngsters COM
plying with the one small demand
which is made.
1t is simple one. He requires that
the lads just affix three other Thrift
stamps on the Thrift card to obtain
one stamp as gift. To loan Uncle
Sam seventy-fve cents is all that is
required, to receive a stamp to make
IL one dollar loan.
MIR. Messenger makes no other re-
quirement. He asks only that the
lads start the Thrift habit. Two have
applied out of the hundred who can
obtain stamps. Niney-eight more can
have a Thrift stamp by loaning his
government the price of three.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
DREW CROWD
MY Four Years in Germany" at Lib
erty Theatre Filled House.

my -Four Years in Germany" the
story of Gerard in Germany, which
was filmed at the Liberty theatre
Wednesday and Thursday nights, was
another of those high grade pictures,
and the management Of the theatre
was greeted with filled house both
nights.
Both nights people were turned
away from the show house, being un-
able to secure seating accommoda-
tions for this popular picture, and it is
certain that had it been played a
third night that it would have drawn
another good house.
The people of Alma have become
accustomed to good pictures, and are
willing to turn out TO see them.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
THREE SENT
Men Go From County to Vancouver
Washington for Training.

On orders for a special induction,
three young men of Gratiot county
were sent Tuesday to Vancouver Bar
racks, Vancouver, Washington, where
they will report to the commander Of
the aviation section.
The men thus ordered to report are
men qualified for limited service. They
are Lewis IT, Nelson, Herbert J.
Knowlton, and Alton Beach. From
Alma the men went to Saginaw, then
up the lakes and across the northern
tier Of states to Washington. where
hey arrive July 6.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
FOR RED CROSS
Republic Girls Bonate Nearly Five
Hundred Dollars for Work.

l.. a. Sharp, chairman of the Red
Cross drive here was more than
mildly astonished one day the first of
this week, when Miss McHale, of the
Republic, walked into his office and
left with him a donation to the Red
Cross from the girls of the Republic
plant.
He was not astonished that these
girls, who have answered every APP
peal, should have made donation,
but rather at the size of it. 1t took
his breath away, momentarily. The
sum donated by these patriotic young
ladies was S474.50.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
TWO PAGE ADVERTISEMENT

y. w Robinson's dry goods stores
have two page advertisement in this
issue of the Alma Record calling at
tention to the July sale which will be
held at these Alma stores for the next
two weeks. Look it over, you may
find it well worth the while.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
NOTICE

Many subscribers to the last Red
Cross drive appear to have forgotten
that July / was the first pay day.
The pledge cards will be at the Alma
banks on Saturday July 7th. Please
make oood YOUR promise. The money
is needed for our boys in khaki.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
GOOD RAIN
Three Weeks Drought Broken by
Heavy Rain First of Week.

A three weeks drought which was
beginning to parch crops in this sec
tion of the state was broken Sunday
by heavy rain which continued al
most the entire day.
Without question the heavy rain
saved thousands of dollars worth of
crops in this section of Michigan
which were beginning to suffer great
~ from the prolonged dry spell
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04
CLOSE PART OF DAY

On July 4th, this year, the Alma
post Office will be open from 200 a
m. until l1.00 a. M, FOR the distribu-
tion of the mail, etc. The carriers
will make one delivery in the morn
ing.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04

The Masons of Alma expect to get
into their new Masonic temple within
the next two weeks. 1t is understood
that the meeting of the 18th of July
will be held in the new lodge rooms.
The Moose lodge will take over the
old Masonic lodge rooms.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04

IT, A. Burt and C. V. Calkins are in
Chicago on business.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-04

w. X. PRUDDEN,
Federal Fuel Administrator ,
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-01-12
(To be Continued)

Mrs w. D. Carter entertained in honor
of Miss Loretta Sawyer of North Yakima
and those present pronounce it one of the
most complete entertainments that has been
given in the city for many months. Tt was
in the form of a musical and the color feat
was poinsetta. It was full dress affair
and number Of invitations were issued and
the most of them receiving invitations were
present. The program of the evening was
as follows:
Piano selection, Mrs. Henry Williams; vo
cal solo. Mrs. Lorenza Cole: reading, Mrs.
j. n. Drake: vocal solo. Mrs. Belle Tyler;
piano solo, Miss James; vocal solo, Mrs. Es-
tella Johnson; reading Mrs. Calvin Arm
strong; piano solo, Mrs. Lorenza Cole vocal
solo, Miss Loretta Sawyer
Those in the receiving line were Mrs. w.
u. Carter, Miss Thelma Crawford, Miss To-
retta Sawyer Miss Pauline Cragwell, Miss
James, Mrs. Vivian Austin Spearman, Mrs.
James and Mrs. Sawyer
Mrs. Carter was assisted in the arrange
ments by Mrs. Calvin Armstrong, Mrs. Min
ME Wilson, Mrs. Pearl Miller, Mrs. j. B.
Scott, Mrs. James Golden, Mrs. William
Chandler, Mrs. Nelson Y. Fisher, Mrs. JOS
eph Williams and Mrs. Geo. Bright
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-01-12

was pursued them with arms and was met
in the war of the revolution by these col
onies, that sturdy band of yeoman, our
revolutionary fathers, patriot in the cause
of human freedom who to man, rose with
his armor CT faith on, though poorly equip
ped for the terrible encounter which was to
follow.
And though these patriots were often de-
feated, driven from post to post, and though
they suffered every hardship, famine, cold
and fatigue. yet they endured to the end
finally conQuering and establishing a new
nation, founded upon new principles of gov
eminent, based upon the broad privileges of
freedom: freedom for mankind. freedom for
the world; offered freely to all who would
seek it's folds 1t was the promise and the
offer to whomsoever will might come and
partake Of the waters of ,-freedom,-
freely. and freely to enjoy all of it's privil-
eyes 1t was the stone hewn out of the
mountain that is taken from out of, or away
from, the nations and rejected of men. For
long ages the builders of nations had re-
iected this stone, freedom; but it is no
longer rejected, for it has become the head
OF the corner.
CTo be Continued)
Evening journal., 1918-03-05

worid-conflct. these countries arc bet
ter able to turn out planes from their
highly organized factories than they
are 10 supply IN great numbers the
type Of men qualified 10 handle those
planes.
The United states. however. is a great
reservoir filled with keen, daring, de
termined young men Of the sort that
make good aviators. I'm supplying us
these planes. our allies are not depriv-
! ing themselves Of equipment but are
simply turning over 20 us who can fur-
nish fresh man-power. machines which
they can produce beyond their ability
10 man.
The several thousand machines we
are securing abroad, however, are
very small part Of the machines under
contract. Our capacity for airplane pro-
duction. now multiplied more than 100
times above that OF a year ago is Just
entering the stage where rapid output
is possible. Where a few hundred ma
chimes were produced In January over
/, thousand will be produced In March
In expanding our airplane capacity
one big handicap has been that new
= sources Of supply for many necessary
: materials had 90 be developed.
The requirements for spruce alone
thrice exceeded the entire spruce out
3 put Of the country.
! There was no time 10 wait for private
4 industry 70 develop our spruce produc
4 tion. so the government. overnight
. coulmandeered all available supplies o
: clear seasoned spruce and went int
a the forests for more.
} The government Is now operating II
n own mills in cutting spruce for ar
h planes. and in order TO increase tn
Z supply 20 tho mills has sent into III
forests whole regiments OF enlisted foi
.e esters
,e AS these men work against lumber
"a lacks regularly employed, they recei'
ir FOR their work the lumberiacks pa
,n instead Of that Of the usual army ma
Is For Uncle sam. even In war, VIII ~
" 'scab" his soldiers against labor.
I'd AS In lumber for planes. so in line
FOR covering the wings. in dope Il
ne treating the linen to make it waite
IN proof, and In numberless other item
is New sources Of supply have had TO
Evening journal., 1918-03-05

created or substitutes developed. The
big job has not been the turning out
OF alrplsnes and motors. but In devel-
oping the industrial organization 10
handle aviation production and TO sus-
tain our great aviation organization
once 70 is established.
I'm addition 20 the score OF training
fields established in the United states
the aviation section has built It's own
experimental laboratories, concentra-
/ ton and embarkation camps and has
set up In France a great training school
of It's own and eight big motor assem-
bling shops, manned by American me-
chanios.
Airplanes shipped from this country
are knocked down. the wings packed
Nat against each other 10 save spac'
and the fuselage or body, cut In two
is telescoped, the smaller rear end heinl
placed inside the forward half. Eve
az this. the space required for shippin