School opens Tuesday as area residents host visitors
Public schools open on Tuesday September 2nd as Alma and surrounding towns report a wave of visitors. Mrs Rockwell travels to Toledo while Paul Crandall returns from a Canadian northwest outing. Several locals visit Detroit Saginaw Ann Arbor and Crystal Lake trips mark the week with guests from Duluth Ithaca and New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell
Toledo
Sun
B. W. Ellison
Florence Allen
Caro
James Morrison
Wesley Parr
Saginaw
Elmer Francis
Mt. Pleasant
Francis King
Detroit
J. T. Ewing
Indian River
Nellie Slaughton
Duluth
W. H. Parr
C. J. Brown
Seigel Wilson
Smyrna
W. H. Firke
Mansfield
Illinois
Alma
H. Gerbed
C. L. Delavan
Ann Arbor
Robert Lee
New York City
C. R. West
State Dairy and Food Commission
Harriett Fleming
Ithaca
J. H. Fleming
Edward Brehm
Cadillac
Ransom Allen
R. J. Fraker
Bass Lake
Marion Chick
Alta Parr
Crystal Lake
Charles Pettyjohn
Elmer
Guy Campbell
Local Gappennings of Alma and vicinity active visitors
A string of social notes from Alma lists Miss Bernice Pollasky visiting her father Frank Pollasky in Chicago while others in Hillsdale Ithaca Saginaw Rochester and Montague host or travel. School postings include teachers Miss Ella Bitner Miss Vinnie Boothe Miss Maude Hooper and Miss Edna Allen preparing for new posts. Civic League meetings and calls for shrubs alongside personnel moves at Alma Manufacturing and local schools are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Pollasky
Chicago
Frank Pollasky
Thomas
Hillsdale
Edna Allen
H. Currence
Fostoria
Ohio
G. Archie Brown
Ithaca
H. C. Richardson
Saginaw
Minnie Crandall
Rochester
N. Y
C. J Brown
Ella Bitner
Montague
Billson
Wesley Parr
Alma State Savings Bank
Roy Swigart
Mt. Pleasant High School
Foster Fraker
Eaton Rapids
Nibblick
Reading
Vinnie Boothe
Hopkins
Civic Improvement League
Henry Fruch
J. W. Miller
W. C. Wells
Lyman Woodruff
Rockford
Ilinois
A. Case
St. Catherines
Ontario
A. W. Wright
TB. R. Moore
Bay View
C. J. Brown
Pembroke
Alma Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Walter A. Wood Company
Curious Old-Time Punishments Across Nations
A digest of historical penalties from New Amsterdam to Salem recounts varied sentences for crimes, slander, desertion, and offenses. Dutch era punishments include a box for the poor and a soldier stitched to a stake with a cannonball overhead. Scottish and English penalties feature public shaming and odd remissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Amsterdam
Thomas Cornel
Jonas Jonassen
West India Company
England
Edruntarde
Newcastle on-Tyne
Scotland
David Leyes
Dabheddit
Balrfuttit
Salem
Mass
John Gatshell
Party Honors Brown Returning From Canada
Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Titus on South Grover avenue a party was given for Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown who have recently returned from Canada. Mrs. Brown is remembered as Miss Frances Church. The gathering featured games and a “match it up” bouquet activity followed by ice cream and cake for thirty five guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Titus
South Grover Avenue
Walter Brown
Canada
Riverdale and Alma Social Notes and Local Sports
Alma youths attend a Friday barn dance while Riverdale loses to Vestaburg 1 to 0 in a Sunday hall game. Riverdale girls Rhea Tallon and Ethel Vanalstyne plan to attend Alma High. Linwood Langin visits from Flint. Lew Rhoades trips to Edmore. Sam Alexander welcomes a baby boy. Elm Hall beats Blanchard 12 to 10. Capins from Lansing visit old friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Riverdale
Vestaburg
Corsage
Sanders
Rhea Tallon
Ethel
Ruth Vanalstyne
Alma High School
Linwood Langin
Flint
Ed Miner
Lew Rhoades
Edmore
W. P. Cash
San Alexander
Sam
Elm Hall
Blanchard
Ray Capin
Lansing
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stuckey’s Tdependent Cash Grocery
R van Ellie
Coldwater
Floyd Glass
St. Johns
Paul Crandall
Canadian Northwest
Alberta Dunham
Whitley More
C. A. Williams
George Williams
Pine River
W. H. H. Smith & Son
St. Louis, Mich
Alma Records
3Ratiot County
Alma C. J. Hrown
Econd
Ma.cer
Optometrist
Superior
Mich
W. A. Macy
Joseph B. Bowles
J. P. Losey
Superior ST
Alma, Mich
Michigan Farms
Earth
Opera
Hattie Mills
Stanton High School
Sullivar
Opera House
Owens
J. M. Montigel & Son
Michigan
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