Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-01-15
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

DIR. Il. j. Carney was In Pompen
on business yesterday.
1T Pays to Advertise"-Bryant
Washburn-Idlehour Sunday.-adv.
Watch for Douglas Fairbanks in
when The Clouds Roll By."-adv.
MIR. and Mrs. Albert Dumas were
Mt Pleasant visitors Friday evening.
Mrs. S. B. Cook visited with rela-
tives in Mt. Pleasant the latter part
of last week.
Il. A. scarborough of Chicago was
in the city on business the latter part
of last week.
Oh, Boy! "Fatty" Arbuckle in "The
Hayseed" Wednesday and
Thursday.-adv.
DR.. f. G.. Sluyter, osteopathic ply
stefan, State Savings Bank Building,
Alma, both phones. Stiff
Election of officers Of local Amer
lean Legion post Tuesday. Vote
straight on the Blue Ticket.
Do you know "l3 Soap-Unlucky
for Dirt ?"-See Bryant Washburn in
at Pays to Advertise" -Idlehour,
Sunday.--adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. r. Swiss returned
Monday from New York, where they
attended the New York automobile
show last week.
! G.. j. Maier was in Mt. Pleasant
Friday and that evening attended the
Mt. Pleasant Normal-Alma College
basket ball game.
Womenl Do you know What
| I E,,fI
nett can tell you-Idlehour Monday
and Tuesday.-adv.
Kick? Kanter Kant if you vote
the Blue Ticket at the election of
officers of the American Legion local
post next Tuesday evening.
+. C. Crandell has returned from
business trip to Grand Rapids and
Chicago. In the former city he at
tended the annual furniture show.
Otto Sanderhoff and lothian Allen
were in Big Rapids Monday attend
ing the annual meeting of the Four
Drive Tractor company of that city.
Guy w. Smith. a resident Of the
Michigan Masonic Home here, died
Saturday at the age of 83 years. The
body was sent TO Grand Rapids Mon
day for burial.
Verne Bamber and Robert G. Wat
son left Monday for East Jordan, to
assume charge of the furniture and
undertaking establishment, which
they recently purchased in that city.
When a wife wants children and
her husband hates them, what hap
pens? See "The Thunderbolt" at the
Regent Theatre, Thursday and Fri
day, January % and 23.-adv.
Professor T. J. Gates of Penn State
University, Penn State, Pa, visited
with Alma friends the first of the
week Professor Gates is a graduate
of Alma high school with the class
of 1912, and also attended Alma col
lege, and has wide circle of friends
in this city.
The Alma fire department was
called out twice Sunday by fire
alarms. Once the department was
called to the Suydam block at the
corner of East Superior and Wood
worth, and the other time to a resi-
dence on Center street. Little dam
age was done either time.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Scaf of
Harbor Springs were in Alma Mon
day enroute home from Breckenridge,
funeral of Mrs. Andrew Shaver, a
sister of Mrs. Scalf, on Sunday.
Mrs. Shaver was formerly resident
of this city, having moved to Brock
enridge just few weeks ago.
The Francis Willard Union will
meet at the home of Mrs. +. c.
Crandell, $40 Woodwork avenue,
Wednesday afternoon. The subject is
scientific temperance instruction,
leader, Mrs. Adeline Page. All mem
bers are urged to be present and to
bring any money which may have
been collected for the Jubilee fund.
The Woman's Club will meet with
Mrs. Francis King, Monday, January
10, at 2:45 p. m. Mrs. Clay II.
Hollister of Grand Rapids, who has
recently returned from France will
speak on the subject Our Friends
in France" Members of the Art
Club and Civic Improvement League
are most cordially invited to attend
| this meeting.
Miss Bertha Welch, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. b. Welch and Verne
Watson of this city were quietly
married at the home Of Rev. Duffey,
pastor of the ~ f. church on New
Years evening, it has been learned.
They were attended by Hubert WEIGH,
a brother of the bride and Miss
Geraldine Parks, relative of the
groom. They expect to reside in
| Alma.
Manager c. w. Erickson of the
! local Office of the Western Union
Telegraph company announced this
week that in common with thirty
two thousand Of their fellow en-
ployes in other cities, the members
of the local Office force, who have
been with the company for six
months will participate in salary in
creases commencing January /,
which total over five million dollars
per year. Those employed over six
months will receive a fifteen per cent
increase, and those employed less
than that time will get a ten per cent
! increase.
William +. Reynolds, city manager,
and John c. Chick, commissioner,
were in Mt Pleasant Monday even