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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1920
Page
5
Hudson advertises exchange opportunities for city property including 120 acre and several other farms with good soil and proximity to markets. It mentions two 80 acre farms, a 40 acre farm, an eight room house with modern amenities, and bonus city property so buyers should call promptly.
Funeral services held for Mrs John Glynn at North Star church with Rev Roberts officiating. Interment in North Star cemetery. Numerous visits from residents, trips to Detroit and Chicago noted. Community notices include travels of Keonaid, Wicks, Fleming, and Chapin families and upcoming meetings of the Women Foreign Missionary Society.
Erwin Hunter spent early week with Raymond Veeder at Stummerton. Mr and Mrs Wells and others hosted visits. a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Roy Crist. Webb and Carpenter families held gatherings including a Midland weekend house party. Distorted entries mention Gen Lentz, Midland county relatives, and various social visits with neighbors near Poin, Dhanngard, Mt Pleasant, and vectors of small town life.
A town gathering in St. Louis for the funeral of Wm. Bradley drew many local residents and relatives from Alma Riverdale Evimore Ithaca and nearby towns. Attendees included Rev. H. R. Strong and family and numerous family members and friends from Alma Eaton Rapids Vestaburg and Perinton.
The text reports funeral services for Myra Schaeffer with a Methodist church service led by Rev. Strong and burial at Shepherd Cemetery. It notes Mrs. Butcher visiting her niece Mrs. Claude McFarren in Shepherd and mentions the civil service exam in Alma on August 28 for a postmaster position at Film Hall.
Grace Harris and daughter Kimble of Battle Creek visited brother-in-law F B Harris and family, returning home Friday. Dorothy Custer of Lakeview visited her aunts Minnie and Lettie Custer and relatives. B Harris and daughter Margaret planned a trip to Lansing and Mason area relatives. J B Hoy visited relatives en route to Gladstone. Ryan Schnepp and wife visited their niece. Greenhoeus resumed work at Hubbard Drug. Mrs Hunt of Lake City visited Martha Walker and Peter Bradley. About 100 Vestaburg residents attended the Alma bio virus event.
The town welcomes stricter speed limit laws and enforcement as safe travel concerns rise on the highway. Attendance figures include a large gathering at a Sunday camp meeting with Bishop Alwood of Indiana preaching in the new tabernacle, where over $2,064 was raised to cover debts.
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