Alma record., 1919-08-21
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

The certificate is approximately lO
by Ia inches in size.
You will find the best bread in
Butter Cup wrappers. O2-tt-c
"The White Heater" is wonderful
Idlehour Monday.-adv.
Paul Birmingham was in Detroit
on business yesterday.
George L. Harmon is in Detroit
for a few days on business.
A. A. Chick spent the week end
fishing on the Manistee river.
Fatty" Arbuckle and Marguerite
Clark Idlehour, Friday.-adv.
Thomas Gobel was an lonia visitor
the latter part of last week.
John T. Mathews of Ithaca was in
Alma Monday on legal business.
Leon Stinchcomb was in Bay City
on business the first of the week
Charles Watson of Breckenridge
was in the city Monday on business.
+. j. Lyons, attorney, of st. Johns,
was in the city on business Monday.
A. w. Davis left Tuesday for Bay
City and Saginaw on short business
trip.
Nicholas Bardavill left yesterday
for few days business trip to Chi
cago.
Will Davis of Detroit is visiting at
the home of relatives in this city for
a few days.
DR.. +. c. Sluyter, osteopathic ply
scian, State Savings Bank Building,
Alma. both phones. 57-tf
The Misses Annette and Bertha
McLaren are visiting their niece,
Mrs. r. Paul Sachs, i'm Newark, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Allen spent
the week end visiting at the home
of the formers parents near Forest
Hill.
Lost, east of Elm Hall auto tire
and rim 34x31a. Finder please re-
turn to this Office and receive re-
ward-adv.
Major Rich and J. A. Daugherty
of the Michigan State Board of
Health were in the city yesterday
on business.
You get twenty-four hour service,
and guaranteed French dry cleaning,
if you look for the gold lettered sign.
St. Alma Tailors-06-tf-c
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Drummer and
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Davies and
families are enjoying a ten days
auto trip through Canada.
Miss Mildred Schick of this city
spent several days visiting at the
home Of Miss Maurine Hosse of Mid
land. She returned home Sunday.
Ager II. Wood, athletic mentor at
Alma college this coming year, was
in the Thumb district Of the state
last week on business for the college.
Miss Maurine Hosse of Midland
came Sunday and will visit for the
next two weeks with the Misses
Mildred Schick and Ida Archer of
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. w. Moore and
family, who have been spending the
summer here, left TIE latter part of
last week for Kalamazoo where they
will make their future home.
Miss Lola Adkins of Big Rapids,
Mich, who but recently returned
from Los Angeles, California, has
been the guest of Mrs. Raymond +.
Lake and other Alma friends.
John @. Chick, Floyd H. Glass,
William Reynolds, city manager, and
James G.. Kress, city attorney, were
in Lansing Friday consulting with
the State Board of Health and the
Utilities Commission.
Verne Handley has returned from
overseas, secured his discharge, and
the latter part of last week returned
to Alma. Handley saw more months
of service in France than nearly any
other Alma man who went overseas
W. j. Melchers of Owosso, general
manager Of the Union Telephone
company, and l.. l.. Conn of Owosso,
secretary of the company, were in the
city Tuesday attending a meeting of
the directors of the company which
was held here
Mr. Beshgetoor has been asked to
speak next Sunday evening at the
| Union service on The Tragedy of
Armenia" Mr. Beshgetoor suffered
at the hand of the Turk himself and
escaped from a Turkish prison to
I
with the horrors of the last few
years and can speak with authority
on the tragic experience of Armenia.
The movie is TO be called to the aid
of the ti-tubcrculosis workers in
their campaign against tuberculosis
in Michigan. During August and
September the Michigan Atni-tuber-
culosis association has made arrange
ments to show a stirring tuberculosis
prevention drama in most of the
upper peninsula, and after that the
film will be used in theatres in the
lower part of the state.
In addition to the above is pic
ture by f. II. Blashfield, the artist
who did the mural work in the Cap
itol building. 1t SHOWS soldier,
armed, kneeling in front of Columbia,
and Columbia is triking him on the
shoulder with the fat of the sword,
the ceremony of old times in accord
ing knighthood. The several ranks
of men are standing behind present
ing arms. A draped flag is behind
Columbia.
Sergeant Emery Freeman of l4th
Balloon Co. attached to I'd Division
of A. f. F. arrived at the home of
his parents in Alma Friday of last
uaak He aplietad Eahruar1y 1Q 1919