Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-03-13
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

Buy the best. Buy DeLuNe.-fl-tf
You will find the best bread in
Butter Cup wrappers 02-tf-c
Bill Hart in Border Wireless
Idlehour Sunday. adv
The very best work is to be- had in
dry cleaning. pressing and repairing
at the ST. Alma Tailors adv
Mrs. z. j. Sluyter entertained
about fifty ladies Of the city at bridge
Saturday afternoon.
BE sure to see Riders Of the Pur
pie Sage" at the Liberty sunday
It's a wonderful picture adv.
President H. NJ. Crooks of Alma
college was in Grand Rapids on bust
ness yesterday
Dr + G. Sluyter, osteopathic ply
stefan, State Savings Bank Building,
Alma, both phones. 57-tf
Mr.. and Mrs r x. Wagner visited
with friends in Grand Rapids over
Sunday.
"Virtuous Wives Special attrac-
ton Liberty Tuesday and Wednesday.
adv.
Mrs, c. A. Miller was called to
Grand Rapids the first of the week by
the serious illness of friend.
Get program for next week S
Idlehour and Liberty shows. A big
day.-adv
The W r. c. Thimble club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Perry
Wright avenue, Tuesday. March ls
Fatty Arbuckle will be at the Idle
hour next Friday in Good night
nurse. It's pippn!-adv
Roy Perry, who recently received
his discharge from the United States
navy has resumed his former position
at The Alma Record office.
Saturday and Sunday ice cream
Special. Chocolate and vanilla ice
cream at SOC per quart. Deluxe
Candy store. Soft c
| lecture will be- given at the city
hall on March 10, on a new mode OF
taxation by +. Frank MacCalium
Mhor, who claims TO have a burden.
less system.
On Monday. March II, a St. Pat.
rick's dance will be given at the St
Alma academy over the postoffice
Music By 6ve-piece orchestra
Gentlemen, soc; ladies 25c.-adv.
The Alma Record has a letter from
Private Guy Congwer Of this city
which il desired to use this week. II
usas crowded out b. Lack Of space and
will appear in next weeks issue.
Rev. Dufey was in Lansing the
FIRST of the week attending a con-
ference held in that city relative to
the various phases OF the work of
reconstruction in the state. The
meeting was called by the governor
The annual meeting Of the Union
Telephone company will be held at
the Wright House parlors, Thursday,
March 10, for the purpose of electing
directors and other important bust
ness.
Mrs. Francis King of this city has
been appointed by Governor Albert T..
Sleeper as member of the state
committee 10 aid in reconstruction
The committee has tweny-six mem
bers.
I Next Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day the local committee for Belgium
Relief will accept clothes for the suf-
ferinR of that country Donations
may be left at the Edison Moore
Sample room, State street.
The local committee for relief in
Belgium is asking for discarded
clothing which may be sent TO the
suffering people of Belgium, millions
of whom are greatly in want of
clothes. The committee will receive
the donations at the Edison Moore
sample room, March 20, 81 and %,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Rev. Dufey will give another ad
dress Sunday evening at the NJ. r.
church on phase OF reconstruction.
The address will take up TO a great
extent the spirit of unrest in the
country. and the ways by which il
must be met. Rev. Duffey gained
some first-hand information regard
ing these conditions at conference
held in Lansing the first Of the week.
Quite frequently the question has
been asked, why do We have to do
Red Cross work any longer? | am
not very interested in it now-etc. "
The answer to such a question must
always be. "lf you would read, you
would know why" II is a foregone
conclusion that the uniformed wo-
man is the disinterested woman. Your
attention is directed to the Red Cross
Notes in each issue of this paper.