Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-03-18
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Wednesday.-adv.
You will find the best bread in
Butter Cup wrappers. 02-tf-c
Geraldine Farrar in THE Flame of
the Desert" Idlehour today.-adv.
DR.. E. G. Sluyter. osteopsthic ply
sician, State Savings Bank Building.
Alma, both phones. 57-tf
d. McQuag of the Symons whole
sale grocery, spent the week end at
his home in Oscoda.
Charles II. Goggin, attorney, left
yesterday for several days business
trip to London, Ontario.
Mayor Charles r. Murphy returned
Tuesday from few days trip to To-
ledo and Sandusky. Ohio.
Mrs. Garberson of the Symons
wholesale grocery spent the week end
visiting with friends in Lansing.
Rev. l.. l.. Dewey of Ithaca was in
the city Friday evening in the inter
ests of the Inter-ehurch movement.
Have buyer for modern bungalow
on east side, $500 to pay down. Lewis
Hudson, over Idlehour theatre.-adv
The next meeting of the w. V. B.
@. will be held at the X. of p hall
Monday evening, March % at 1880
sharp.
Mrs. +. l.. Smith was in st. Johns
Tuesday to attend the funeral of f.
J. Lyons, prominent attorney of that
city, who died Sunday.
The Ladies Guild of ST. Johns
Episcopal church meet with Mrs. Ed.
Hannah at 426 State street. Tuesday,
March %, at 300 p. m.
Alma hive No. 332, l.. o. T. NJ. will
hold its next regular meeting Friday
Afternoon, March 26, instead of Thurs
day. Visitors always welcome.
Mrs. Montague's division of the
Presbyterian Ladies' Aid Society will
hold a pastry sale at Ellison's store.
Saturday p. m, March 2O-adv
A petition is being circulated for
pavement on Woodwork avenue,
south, and it is expected that it will
be submitted to the city commission
next Tuesday evening.
A special meeting Of Alma Chapter
No. AZ, o. f. S. will be held Tuesday
, evening, March %, for initiation. The
Chapter will be the guests of the AL
ma chapter that evening.
The Republic Circle Club will hold
a banquet next Thursday evening at
the Republic Cafeteria, with James
Schermerhorn of The Detroit Times
as the principal speaker of the even
ing.
That Easter display of hats at the
Quick millinery shop on Woodwork
Ave, in the old library building, is
worth seeing Come and look it over
before making your spring purchases
adv
A communication was received by
the city commission Tuesday evening.
asking that the commission approp-
riate the sum of $4,000 for the Alma
Masonic band, which expects to give
weekly concerts on the streets during
the three months, following May |.
The W. b. A. ladies will hold box
social at the X. of p. hall Monday
evening, March %, and all members
are requested to bring lunch for two.
Coffee will be served. This social
will be held Immediately after the
business meeting. Have the hus-
bands and sweethearts come.
First Sergeant FRANC Burgess, who
is in Alma, was stationed on the
Mexican border for three years be-
ginning September 1914 During this
time he states, he had all the excite
ment a young fellow would want. For
a year and half Sergeant Burgess
was on detached service with the
LIST Provisional Motorcycle Companf.
and toured the border from one end
to the other. He is also interested in
the Army recruiting drive now being
waged here.
Lieutenant W. Y McBurney and a
party of six men are now stationed
in several near by towns with their
headquarters in Alma, for the pur-
pose of recruiting for the 18th In
fantry and for the army in general.
He thinks he will get the quota owing
to the fact that most of the men with
him have had several years service
and have travelled around consider
ably since they Unlisted in the army.
Lieutenant Mcurney has been with
! the 14th Infantry for over two years.
joining it when it was stationed at
Vancouver Barracks, Washington.
which is the home of the regiment.
He was with the regiment at Fort
Wright, Washington, and at Camp
Dodge, Iowa, where the regiment
trained for overseas duty. The l4th
Infantry went to Camp Custer last
November, and has found il a very