Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-06-05

sing NlSllOTS SATURDAY
Sheriff Alfred Willert of Ithaca
was in the city Monday on business
connected with his office.
President Harry Means Crooks of
Alma college was in Detroit the first
of the week on business.
w. w. Cushing of the firm of
Cushing & Benedict was in Grand .
Rapids on business Saturday.
Mrs. Harold Miller and son of 7
Flint are guests this week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. j. L. Miller.
Mrs. Knapp Of Detroit spent Mem
orial day in Alma. a guest at the
home of her mother, Mrs. NJ. Nc
Laren.
Chester NJ. Davis was in Detroit
over the week end on business for
the Central Michigan Light & Power
company.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid So
ciety will hold a baked goods sale
at the gas Office Saturday aftrnoon,
June adv.
T. Arnold Robinson left the first
of the week for Detroit and New
York on a several days business and
pleasure trip.
Alger H. Wood is in Owosso, Du-
rand, Howell and other southern
Michigan points this week in The
interests of Alma college.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Civic Improvement league will
be held Friday at 800 p. m. at the
home Of Mrs. Francis King.
A large number from here were in
st. Louis Tuesday attending the
meeting Of the Gratiot-lsabella
County O. f. s. Association.
Mrs. John Gongwer and son, Guy,
left the latter part Of the week for
Ashton, Ohio, where they are visit
ne with relatives for several days.
Edwin Mahr mas returned from
over a years service overseas and
has secured his discharge and re-
turned TO Alma. lie viii again be-
come an employe Of tie Republic
Motor Truck Company Inc.
l.. j. Green, who is attending the
Kirksville, Mo. Osteopathic college,
is spending a few weeks with friends
i'm this city. He viii he remembered
as former empioye Of the Republic
Motor Truck Company Inc Of this
city.
Word was received here the latter
part Of last week TO the effect that
Mr. and Mrs Maynard Cook Of Chi
cago. are the parents Of an eight
pound boy Mr. Cook viii be remem-
0ered as a son of Professor Albert
z. Cook Of Alma college.
Attorney and Mrs Romano Clark
have returned 20 this city, from Los
| Angeles, Cal, where they went a
few weeks ago. Attorney Clark has
| definitely decided not to locate in the
western state and expects now C
locate somewhere> in Michigan.
= The police report for the month
of May, submitted to the city com
e mission Tuesday evening shows eight
D arrests for the month two Of which
= were for drunkenness, and two fo
; speeding. Only three violations o.
= the curfew ordinance were reported
G Thomas Stitt of Fort Sheridan i
d visiting at the home Of his parents
: here for few days. Private Slit
u has been confined 10 the hospital a
Fort Sheridan for some little time
i and does not know how soon he viii
:, be released and given his discharg
D from the service.
u The work of excavating for tn
basement of the Church Of Chris
u which is being constructed at III
e -,
Il has been completed and the work o
laying the foundations has bee
> started. 1t is expected that thi
u work will be completed within
short time and that the constructio
le of the walls will be started.
Private Friedrich Rau Of Gran
u Rapids arrived in Alma the first O
the week 10 take charge of the locs
y recruiting office in the Merchant
u Building company block. Privat
y Smith, who has been here for tn
n past two months, has been transfer
X red TO Muskegon. Private Smit
ar has been fairly successful sine
g opening the Alma Office and Rau
in hopes of continuing the paC
s which Smith set.
III Tuesday evening the fremen {
" the city rendered a banquet to Cha
III Fishbeck, former chief Of the d.
partment, who is visiting the cit
or The affair was held at the fire ST
ou ton. Fishbeck was chief back in Il
iii old days Of the hand-drawn fire a.
ny paratus, and for a few years aft
ne Alma had a real fire team, but hi
TT never had the opportunity to ride
fire on a fire truck. So that q
former chief might have the pleasu
Of riding to a fire in this way, two
the firemen left the banquet, MAJ
their way up Wright avenue, ignit'
. two or three boxes which they o
~ taided from fuckers grocery, al
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