Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-07-10

Clarence Wheeler and Morris Mes
singer spent the week end enjoying a
fishing trip on the Manistee river.
Mrs Peter Terwiller and daughter
of Portland, are guests at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs Dewitt
Vought.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hudson spent
the Fourth and the week end in Greg
DRY. guests at the home of the latters
parents.
Harry Jackson of Detroit spent the
week end in this city guest at the
home of his father, Rev. J. Frank
Jackson.
Born to Mr. and Mrs Larson at
Brainerd hospital on July 3, a girl.
Mrs. Larson will be remembered as
Marion Spinney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Low are in
Alma for a few days. They are
spending the summer on their farm
north of st. Louis.
Mrs. Carts Brown was called TO
Lake Forest, Illinois, yesterday 10
attend the funeral of her brother,
who died in that city Monday.
4 +. A. Cooley, general office mana
ger of the Republic Motor Truck
Company, Inc, has been in New York
on business for the past week.
Rev. and Mrs Sidebotham Of Mil
waukee were called here the first Of
the week TO attend the funeral of the
latter's mother, Mrs. f. w. Hooper
/ Paul Field, former coach at Alma
college. has returned to his home in
Albion He has not decided as yet.
just whore he will 20 this coming
year.
The DR. Frank c. Thornburgh resi-
dence on State street is being given
stucco finish, which promises 10
greatly enhance the beauty Of the
home.
Byron McCarty, who has been in
training camps in Louisiana, and
/ Texas, for the past fourteen months
has received his discharge from the
service and returned to MS home in
Alma.
Charles +. Warden Of Lansing and
John Spitzly of Westphalia, who are
interested in the projected Michigan
Northern Railroad, were in the city
for a few hours Monday.
Chester Robinson has returned 10
Alma, after few weeks visit with
his parents in Plainwell, and expects
10 resume his work at the Republic
Motor Truck Company, Inc, which ne
left nineteen months ago for the
service.
The regular meeting Of the Civic
Improvement League will take place
at Mrs Francis Kings house on Fri
day. July eleventh at three o'clock
A large attendance is requested as
business Of great Importance is TO
come up.
Russell Gaffney has left Russia
with the 3l0th engineers and is now
at Brest, France, from which port il
is expected that he will sail for the
United States within a day or two.
IL is expected that ne will be in Alma
again within the next two weeks.
Mrs. Floyd w. Moore and children
of Winona, MINI, are spending the
summer months at the home Of the
formers mother, Mrs. II. VI. Dun
ham, ST. This fall they will go to
Kalamazoo, where Professor Moore
has accepted a position at Kalamazoo
Normal
L. J. Archer was rather severely
injured at Mt. Pleasant on the
Fourth. While playing on the Clare
team in a game between that nine
and Mt. Pleasant he was hit in the
head with "A pitched ball. and has
been laid up for several days. The
drum Of one ear was broken
a 10000 fuel tank for oil has been
purchased for the oil engine at the
pumping station. 1t was stated at
the commission meeting Tuesday
evening that William +. Reynolds.
city manager had saved the city
about four hundred dollars on this
tank, because Of good buy
The officers of the Civic Improve
ment League and its members wish
10 urge upon every woman in Alma
the vital Importance of being present
and voting at the coming annual
school meeting at the high school on
next Monday evening. This is re-
sponsibility which no thinking woman
can or will shirk or neglect. The
candidates best equipped for positions
on the school board should be elected
at this meeting. DR.. +. J. Jackson is
the Leagues candidate man fitted
in every way, by knowledge Of Alma.
its people. its children, its general
needs. TO fiji this place. Or. Jackson
is man Of wide experience. pleasant
personality and broad education and
sympathies. Come and vote for him
at this meeting. Mrs. Francis King,
] president.