Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-06-12
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
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John c. Chick was in Saginaw yes
terday on business.
You will find the best bread in
Butter Cup wrappers O2-tf-c
Connors brick ice cream Saturdays
and Sundays. Winslow Bros.-adv.
DR.. f. G.. Sluyter, osteopathic ply
stefan, State Savings Bank Building,
Alma. both phones. 57-tf
Mrs. II. S. Thompson Of Williams
ton was in Alma yesterday for the
annual Alma college commencement
exercises.
Mrs. Marshall of Mt. Pleasant was
a guest at the home of Mrs. A. j.
Hall yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Button of Lam
sing are the guests of Alma friends
for a few days.
Hubert Brainerd of Mt Pleasant
visited with is parents. DR. and Mrs
l. n. Brainerd Sunday.
Fred Osborn has gone to Bay City
where he will visit with relatives for
the next few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w Hayes are the
proud parents Of a boy, born to them
on Monday of this week.
Glenn Wilbur, purchasing of the
Republic Motor Truck Company Inc,
was in St. Johns on business yester-
/ day
The Presbyterian Aid society will
meet at the home of Mrs. r. c.
Grimm, $50 Wright avenue, Tuesday
] afternoon, June II.
/ Rev. and Mrs. William H. Mason
, of Saginaw were in Alma yesterday
attending the commencement exer-
cises of Alma college.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. l.. Smith and son,
left yesterday for California, where
the former has been called on bust
ness for the next few weeks.
Charles O. Warden, who is inter
ested in the Michigan Northern Rail
road project, was in the city yester-
day for several hours on business.
President Harry Means Crooks is
at Cadillac today, where he will give
/ the commencement address at the
commencement exercises Of Cadillac
4 high school today.
I Mr. and Mrs James Nisbet of
Twining were in Alma for the com
mencement exercises at the college
this week as their son, Stephen, was
one Of the members Of the gradual
/ ing class.
The next meeting Of the Alma
Delphian club will be held next Mon
day evening, June Is, at the home OF
Mrs William McFadden. 62i Pine
street at 1880 All members are in
vited to be present
Mr. and Mrs Frank McConkey of
Coldwater- former residents Of this
city, were in Alma yesterday attend
ing the commencement exercises of
Alma colleges Their daughter. Mil
dred, was one of the graduates.
The Shepherd high game
scheduled for yesterday was rained
off in the fourth inning with the
score standing TO for the local
team. Stearns, pitching for the
local team, had men on bases in near
/ ly every inning, but could not be
touched when hits meant runs.
Mrs. Fred Swartz of Tracy. Calf.
is visiting at he home of her sister.
Mrs. C. II. Smith, 2O3 West End st.
Lawrence Montigel received his
discharge from the service last week
Thursday and returned to his home
I in this city. He is visiting in Ann
Arbor for few days this week.
|. NJ. Hatch of Cleveland. Profess
sor Kendall Brooks of Mt. Pleasant.
Rev. James NJ. Barley Of Detroit.
NJ. w. Tanner of Saginaw, J. +. See
ley of Caro-. w. o. Hughart, Jr.. of
Grand Rapids. Rev. Willard X. Spen-
Ger Of Ionia, and John w. S. Pierson
of Stanton were among the mem
bers Of the board of trustees of Alma
college, who attended the meetings
Of the board here this week.
Although the Alma high school
baseball team made a great rally in
the ninth inning of last Fridays
game with Ithaca high, the locals
were unable to overcome the lead
that the county seat lads had and
went TO defeat by a score Of TO ;.
Hits by Cross. Durham and Creech
came near to making a tie, but the
hit needed to give the tie or a victory
could not be secured, a caught foul
ending the hopes of the Alma team.
The Colored Giants have been
billed by the Republics for a Satur-
day bout on Republic field and a hot
game is being expected from the star
eolored aggregation This game as
well as the Sunday battle with the
American Oil company team Of Jack
son will be called at $3.50 D. m.
Pitching selections for both games
are still in doubt, but the fans are ex-
pecting that Olmstead and Truckey