Alma record., 1919-09-25
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

c. V. Calkins is in Saginaw today
on business.
Olive Thomas in "Toton,' Idlehour
Friday
You will find the best plead in
Butter Cup wrappers 02-tf-c
The Record office sells scratch pa
per padded, 25c per pound.-adv.
DR.. +. G. Sluyter, osteopathic ply
sician, State Savings Bank Building,
Alma, both phones. 57-tf
Carl f. Gallagher, city clerk, was
in Bay City and Saginaw the first of
the week on business.
Donald Dunham left the first of the
week for Albion, where he will enter
Albion college this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Medler of De-
troit are visiting friends in Alma and
Breckenridge for couple of weeks.
The official board of NJ. +. c. made
an every member canvas Sunday for
current expenses and met with splen-
did success
The Republic Motor game
scheduled for last Sunday was rained
off by the three day downpour which
started Friday.
The w. r. c. Thimble club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Pardee, 716
East Superior street, September 30.
Pot luck dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. John VeIwest of Kali
amazoo spent the week end in this
! of OF nf nd
Mrs. W. II. Smell.
Lieut.. Glenn Hulse of the u. S. n.
who has been visiting at the home of
his mother, Mrs. Mary Hulse, the
past three weeks, left Saturday for
Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney Burgess spent
the latter part of last week in Grand
Rapids, where they attended the West
Michigan State Fair.
Verne VanDuzen has resigned his
position with II. H. Soule, local CON
II actor, and will leave this week for
Ann Arbor, where he will enter the
University of Michigan.
Miss Ruth Schultz left Saturday
| for Ypsilanti where she will Join her
| parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Schultz.
She expects to attend the Michigan
State Normal in that city this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Drummer, DR..
and Mrs. +. T. Lamb and Mr.. and
Mrs. f. A. Davis were in Grand
Rapids the latter part of last week
attending the West Michigan State
| Fair.
Miss Esther Dunham has resigned
her position in the cost department
of the Republic Motor Truck Co. Inc,
and is leaving this week for Ann Ar
Dor, where she will enter the Univers-
ity of Michigan.
| Announcement of the marriage of
Miss Blanche Becker to Mr. Frederick
g. Brooks of Detroit on September
| p, has been made by Mr. and Mrs.
| II. A. Becker. The wedding took
place in Detroit
The Woodworth avenue bridge over
/ the race has been closed temporarily
Some of the eye-beams of the bridge
had rusted away, and it became ne
cessary to close the bridge until they
| could be replaced with new beams.
/ The next meeting of the Presby-
terian Ladies' Aid Society will be
held at the home of Mrs. W. A.
Bahlke Tuesday, September 80, at !
Il p. m. This will be the society's rally
day and also an experience social. All
ladies are cordially invited.
DR.. Helen Gage, who has Just fin.
II ished her internship at the Worcester
Memorial Hospital in Worcester
Mass, spent the last week end as the
guest of her sister, Mrs. II. S. Bah.
cock of Alma. She was accompanied
II by her brother, Jarvis l.. Gage, OF
II Wixom, Mich.
II The Official Board and their wives
met for banquet Tuesday evening
September %, in the basement of the
NJ. +. church. A very goodly mum.
II ber were present. Mrs. A. r. Smith
gave two recitations Stories anc
talks were also given by Paster Rev
H Duffey, DR.. Thornburgh, Dr. Mac.
II Curdy, Mr.. Frevert, Ezra Smith
II Mr.. Thum, Mrs Page and others