Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-05-22

been a missionary among the Indians
about 1859.
Mrs. Frances +. Burns. Great Lady
Commander of the Lady Maccabees
left Monday night FOR Detroit 10 at
tend a meeting of the State Commun-
ity council and will go from there to
Marshall and Kalamazoo.
\ special election was held Monday
i'm the court room in the Commercial
Savings bank building TO vote on the
proposition Of bonding the city 10 the
amount of $4,000 TO be used in the
paving of Michigan and East Wash
ington avenues. The proposition was
carried by "A vote of 473 TO H.
The quota for the St. Louis Meth
odist church in the Missionary Cen
tenary campaign Of the NJ. +. church
of the United States was 81 $50 per
year for five years ending May %.
1919. During that time the st. Louis
church has raised the sum Of $500,
averaging 81 500 per year. The church
is in a very successful condition. hav-
| ing doubled its membership since the
present pastor. Rev S. b. Ford came
here SIX years ago. They have also
rebuilt their church building which
was burned about Is months ago.
The ST. Louis high school gave its
first annual -" hop Friday night,
May Is, in the l. O. o. +. hall. II was
one Of the largest invited parties
ever given in the city. Ffty-fve
couples attended Inere were -
couples from Alma and others from
surrounding towns. Morton's orchcs-
ira furnished the music
/ Mrs Janet Branch went TO Shep-
/ herd Tuesday and from there to
/ Owosso 10 attend the convention of
the Lady Maccabees Of Isabella, Ora
tiot and Shawassee counties.
Frank J Reed spent Sunday in the
/ city visiting friends He Just re
turned from France where he spent
thirteen months in active service
Francis o Melia has been quite III
for the past week bat is some better.
st. Louis high school played base
ball against the high school at Shep-
herd Friday afternoon. The score was
four to nothing n favor of Shepherd.
Mrs. Brooks. mother of Mrs Celia
Nichols died Thursday at the age Of
So and WAS buried Saturday She
was one Of The oldest residents OF
this city
Mr. and Mrs. Felix OMelia left
Tuesday fer s. Mary's college South
Bend, to attend the graduating exer-
cises IN music Of their daughter. Miss
Bernicc O'Melia
Misses Dorothy Mitchell and Flor
ence Thompson of Alma college spent
Sunday with Miss Kathryn Branch Of
this city.
The ST. Louis high school chorus
viii give the play. The Windmlls Of
Holland Friday night IN the Colonial
theater
Mrs Janet Branch, and Mrs. f. J.
Alexander attended the L. O. 7. NJ.
meeting of Clare and Isabella counties
at Shepherd last Thursday.
Howard Wilson was kept at home
from ~ a c. last week 10y illness.
returning 20 East Lansing Saturday
Ivan Taylor of Mt. Pleasant visited
+ Francis O'Melia Friday and attended
the -" hop.
Those from here attending the
Shriners Ceremonial i'm Saginaw
/ Friday were Mr.. and Mrs. John
, Iuger, Carl Faunce and sister. Mrs
laBret, Mr.. and Mrs Clare Bernard,
Otto May, Thomas Brewer and Dir.
Louis Ludum
Dean Wilson and wife Of Grand
/
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. a. S. McIn-
tyre
Rev S b. Ford will deliver a ser
mon Sunday May %, to the w. X. c.
and c. A. X. at the Methodist church
The North Side Jolly Neighbors
met with Mrs. Rebecca Jackson on
Union St, last Thursday Afternoon.
Mrs. Felix OMelia and son made
a business trip to Saginaw last week
Wednesday.
Mrs. A. Giles spent last week
Wednesday with her mother in Breck.
enridge.
F. W Hughes visited his farm in
Mecosta county the latter part OF
last week
The work Of putting down the test
well for the city water works vii
soon begin. The drilling machinery
is on the ground and the pipe is ex.
pected soon
Rev. $. b. Ford was in Grand
Rapids last week.
+. c. Ohland a. Co., successors {,
the Humphrey d Ostrander anC
Palmer hardware stores, have secured
the services Of Miss Cecil Parsons "a.
bookkeeper.
Mrs. Robert Gladstone spent last
week Thursday in Alma with hei
daughter, Mrs. Lutz
Mrs. Ida Clark OF Ohio is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs George W Clark Of thi.
city.
Mrs j. V. McKeon Of East Tawa,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Blanch,
Nichols.
Mrs. w L. Yost attended the May
Festival at Ann Arbor last week.
Mrs. Fred Beach is entertaining hei
sister, Mrs. Mary Andrews. Of Penn
sylvania.
John Berry has sold his residenc,
on Center street 20 William Fuller.
Mrs. Verne Wilste is visiting he
brother. Oliver Armstrong, in Racine
Wisconsin.
Charles Dawson, former superin
tendent Of the st. Louis schools, ha
been appointed assistant superintend
ent of the Grand Rapids schools.
: w. r. Brewer has sold the business
lot just north of the Tiffany store 4
ID. f. Harrison.
George Vliet was in Detroit on bus
mess last week.