Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-01-23
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

Wanigas at Brunner's.-6iu
Smoke the best, Wanigas.-64-f
List your farm and city property
with Boyd & Parnell. isle
| You will find the best bread IN
Butter Cup wrappers. O2-tf-c
Mr.. and Mrs. +. L. Convis Of ltha-
ca were Alma visitors Friday.
Eat Model Bakery bread and pas
try and be happy the whole year
through. 76-4-c
Walter Vliet Of Chicago was in
Alma on business the latter part Of
last week.
DR.. Z. G. Sluyter, osteopathic ply
stefan, State Savings Bank Building,
Alma. both phones. Stiff
Harry Helmer, Alma college coach,
spent the week end in Mt. Pleasant,
visiting with friends.
Sheriff Alfred Willert of Ithaca
was in Alma Friday on business con-
nected with his office.
Ora l.. Smith Of Ithaca, prose
ing attorney Of Gratiot county, was in
Alma on business Friday.
Mrs Sylvia Gaffney Of the Gafney
Style Shop was in Grand Rapids on
business the first Of the week.
Mrs. II. NJ. Durham, Sr., was called
TO Grand Rapids last Friday by the
illness Of her son, J. VI. Durham.
George Moffett and A. Cook left
the first Of the week for Florida,
where they will spend the winter.
+. l. Smith was in New York the
latter part Of last week on business
for the Republic Motor Truck Co.
Inc.
|. S. Fink of Columbus spent the
week end in this city on business with
the Republic Motor Truck Company
Inc.
Marshal Allen of Saginaw was a
guest at the home Of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs lothian Allen, the latter
part of last week.
Glenn Wilbur, purchasing agent for
the Republic Motor Truck company,
is in Muskegon and Chicago TINS
!: week on business.
: The annual meeting of the Civic
Improvement league will be held at
the home of Mrs. Francis King, on
Friday afternoon, January 81.
|: Mrs Orange Sackett of Grand Rap
ids spent the week end in this city
with her husband, who is an employe
at the Republic truck plant here.
The Luther Circle of the VI. +.
Church Aid society will meet at the
home Of Mrs. Ed. Mclean, l05 Rock
ingham ave, Tuesday, January 20.
The Arcadia Ladies Aid society
will meet at the Grange hall for an
all day meeting Thursday, January
80. Everyone is invited TO attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Hoyt Of this
city are the proud parents Of an
eight-and- a-half pound boy. Harry
is the name that he will answer 10.
Miss Hattie Parsons received a
telegram from Chicago the last Of
the week, stating that her sister.
Mrs. Olive j. Rice. had died at her
home in that city.
! The annual meeting Of the Pres
byterian Fortnightly society will be
held at the home of Mrs. c. G.
Rhodes, 633 State street, Tuesday
afternoon. January %.
| J. d. Spinney, city attorney, was in
Lansing the first Of the week attend
ing a meeting of the various city
attorneys of the state, which was held
in that city Monday and Tuesday.
w A. Bahlke Of this city has been
retained by the government in its
telephone fight in Michigan and on
Wednesday he was in Grand Rapids
on legal business in this connection.
Owing to the fact that neither
Mayor King nor Mayor Pro TEN
Smith were present at the council
meeting, John c. Chick was appoint
ed acting mayor for the evening by
the council.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Siminton have
returned to this city, and he has
again resumed his position at the Re-
public. Art" just recently secured
his discharge at the Great Lakes
training station.
The Alma fire department was
called out at an early hour yesterday
morning 10 respond TO an alarm sent
in from North Woodwork, but the
fire was extinguished before the de-
partment arrived.
The Olivet- Alma college basketball
game at Olivet scheduled for Friday
has been postponed at Olivet's
request and the Jackson "Y" game
has been called off entirely. Olivet
in asking for the postponement claim
ed three Of her players were sick.
The game will be played February 6.
The high school basketball team
will play Greenville high school at
Greenville Friday night and is hop
ing for a victory over this five.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stitt returned last
Friday from a visit with their son
Rollo, of Bay City. The latter had
recently received long letter from
his brother, Pvte Thomas Stitt, over.
seas, who wrote that he had beer
given new equipment, gun, etc, and
was hoping TO be restored TO his ole
company now in Germany.
The Civic Improvement league il
in receipt Of several complaints, hav
ing come Of late, complaining Of the
Indifference Of householders about
keeping the walk and street in front
Of their house clean. 1t is decidedly
an untidy trick, To- use the street az
dumping ground for ashes 1
would save a great amount Of dir
from being tracked into stores ant