04 Apr 1912
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1912
Page
1
General Manager Jotham Allen announces Alma sugar factory will enlarge to raise daily capacity from 800 to 1,260 tons within months. Enlargement cost exceeds 250000 dollars, no new building, extra boiler room and new equipment planned. Enhanced output aims to shorten campaigns, cut costs, and boost annual tonnage beyond prior years.
Grand Lodge officers paid a formal visit to Alma last Friday meeting with local members and reviewing lodge activities. The event highlighted fraternal outreach and community programs supported by the Alma lodge.
Spectator trains from Detroit and Saginaw poured hundreds into Alma for the dedication of Michigan Masonic Home. Officers of the Grand Lodge led by James B. Dillon arrived with state leaders. Gov. Osborn attended. Thousands visited all day as crowds swelled through the lobby and building. Seeley Birchard directed registration for finance committee.
The Bay City jute man James E Dillon amused attendees with impossible answers as the dedication event unfolded smoothly. Alma lodge members guided crowds through the Home, lunch was served, and volunteers assisted with errands showing commendable organization and hospitality throughout the day.
A radiant spring day marks a memorable milestone for Alma as the community celebrates a standout event that will be recalled for years. The joyous occasion shines with local pride and lasting memories for all involved.
A detailed program outlining dedication ceremonies including music selections, entrances of Grand Lodge officers, memorial tablet unveiling, and multiple addresses by high officials such as Governor Chase Osborn and Grand Secretaries. The sequence features songs like Boys of the Old Brigade and Like Unto an House Built on An Hill, and ends with America.
A letter to J M Montigel from railroad commission official G W Dickinson states Alma needs passenger station facilities Plans and specifications will be requested from railroad companies and an order will be issued soon to construct a new station within a reasonable time.
Wayne of Ithaca visited the city last Thursday to see friends. Doors open at 7 30 plan. Vern Morgans moved Monday from Miller block to Park street Smith residence. Roy Frusch who worked in Ithaca recently visited friends. Ralph Miller family moved Monday to Woodworth avenue leasing Tom Clarke residence. Attorney John D Spinney and daughter Melba spent the week at Ewart visiting brother-in-law Frank Lovereen. W Johnson left Thursday for a month long central Michigan trip to Grand Ledge Belding and Greenville. Captain H D Ferris and wife of Harbor Beach visited Prof F E Ellsworth and family. Ferris is superintendent of the ate saving station at Harbor.
In a special edition dated Sunday October 30, the citizens of Alma learned that A W Wright donated Alma Springs Sanitarium to the Michigan Masonic Grand Lodge for use as a home for aged and feeble masons. The dedication by Grand Lodge officers drew over 1200 masons from across the state. Wright, born July 5, 1822, remains in his 90s and watched the event from his home. A bronze memorial tablet and a painting of Wright will adorn the Home’s lobby as a lasting tribute.
Universal language of the heart frames Stetson's Uncle Tom's Cabin as a moral classic on human liberty and the soul. The production draws crowds with pathos and humor, offering high class vaudeville interludes. Rae G. Ballow r Vestaburg was in the city on business last Thursday.
The third annual horse show was held Saturday at John £ 6. Schick's feed barn on Superior street under Henry McNamara and G. B. Hircok. The event drew about two thousand spectators despite rough roads and heavy carloads of horses shipped in from Gratiot county. Entries included Fitzgerald Bros. with seven draft horses and Fred VanBuskirt with six draft horses averaging 2,500 pounds per team. The parade route went from the barn to Superior and State streets to Orchard avenue and back via Gratiot avenue. Officials praised the show as extraordinary for the region and noted the large draft horse entries and the overall value of animals shown.
George J Sandell of Elwell was in town last week after returning from Detroit where he sold two car loads of livestock. Mr Damon and Mrs Damon departed for Benton Harbor due to illness of Mrs Damon's brother Elmer Coomer.
Gov Chase 8 Osborn reports a long beet run last year due to poor beet quality at Alma factory. Wages next year likely around 115000 while last year 520000 paid to farmers. 10000 acres under contract, rising to 12000 acres next summer, with potential 760000 in beet value, amid drought then heavy rains lowering sugar content.
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