Michigan Teams Shine at Chicago Stock Show
Michigan sent entries from the Agricultural College and Boys and Girls Club to the International Livestock Show in Chicago. Calhoun County provided the Boys Club judging team with William Peters, Ovid Martin, and Leo Kellogg, coached by C. B. Ackley and E. A. Turner. Six MA C students formed the student judging team among competitors from other colleges. Also featured were cattle, swine, and sheep judged in open classes with MA C coaching by Professor G. A. Brown.
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Michigan
Chicago
Michigan Agricultural College
Chiba
Agricultural College
Calhoun County
William Peters
Homer
Ovid Martin
Leo Kellogg
Athens
Michigan State Fair Management
C. B. Ackley
E. A. Turner
M. A. Cy
G. A. *Irown
M.A. C
Past Masters Entertained by Alma Lodge 344 Masons
Past Masters of Alma Lodge No. 344 F and A M were entertained at dinner by EB Fuller. Attendees included Olmstead Ting Johnson Bennett Murphy Parker Parker Tomlin Stankey Allen and former Grand Master Herbert Montag- ue. After-dinner talks and a diversion spurred plans to form a permanent Past Masters Association. Preliminary steps toward organization were taken at the meeting.
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Alma Lodge No
Pastee
EB Fuller
A. I. Olmstead
D. N. Ting
D le Johnson
J. Bennett
Charles R. Murphy
Frank O. Parker
Karl ©. Parker
W. R. Tomlin
Merrill Stankey
O .A . Allen
Aloe
Herbert M. Montague
Joint American Legion and Women's Auxiliary Meeting
A joint meeting of the American Legion and its Women's Auxiliary is planned at city hall rooms this Thursday evening December 1. All members are urged to attend as officer elections loom and a program of talks by local figures plus home talent music is planned, followed by refreshments and a social hour.
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Presbyterian Brotherhood
George Herst
Herst
Aloa
Alma
Princeton ‘Theologiea! Seminary
Fierst
American Legion
City Hall
Legion
James Howe
Ferrie Institute
Big Rapids
Tanlac
Look-Paterson Drug Co
Alma College
Ann Arbor
Christian Calling
Michigan
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid
Local Happenings Tersely Told
A compact column lists social events and notices from Alma area including meetings of the Woman's Club at Wright Hall, Child Conservation League, and Presbyterian groups, plus ads for local vendors and entertainment such as a Christmas Victrola Club, theater notices, and church bake sales. Individuals named include J. J. Osborn, Fred Osborn, Annette McLaren, Mrs. D. W. Robinson, Prof. F. E. West, Mrs. E. J. Alverson, and Mrs. M. McLaren with attendance notes from Ithaca, Detroit, and Kalamazoo. The piece mentions Tanlac demand, local drug ads, and upcoming events through December 14.
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Tom Mix
the Woman's Club
Dee
Wright Hall
J.J. Osborn
Fred
Bay City
Harold Lloyd
Annette McLaren
Ithaca
Bleinhans Floral Co
Alma
B. G. Sloyter
State Savings Bank
Paterson Drug Co
High Schol Auditorium
A. J. Smith
Maple Rapids
Verne
W. Knapp
M. McLaren
Child Conservation League
D. W. Robinson
Walnut, Street
F. E. West
McNamara-Rose
G. V. Wright
Ladies of the
Royal Neighbor Circle
Medler Electric Shop
Miss Spaulding
Qn House
South Arcada Hotel
Joseph Robe
Newark
Ohio
Robe
Saginaw and area residents gather for visits and family news
Josph Drew visits his two sisters Mrs Thomas Smith and Mrs Warren Simmons. Mrs Mina Campbell mourns a loss. L S Chapman family hosted in Saginaw. Nathan Udell loses a horse. Mrs Miner and son from Detroit travel home after visiting Hazelton kin. Troyd Brown welcomes a baby girl born November 17. Al Jacob Cedar Springs and Byron Gage Oregon visit uncle A F Nestle. Lyman McDade visits his parents Abe Eckert and Mire Eckert. Elmer Brown’s wife returns home from Emerson care duties.
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Josph Drew
Saginaw
Thomas Smith J
Warren Simmons
Mina Campbell
L. S. Chapman
Nathan Udell
Miner
Detroit
Hazelton
Troyd Brown
al Jacob
Cedar Springs
Mich
Byron Gage
Oregon
A. F. Nestle
Lyman McDade
and Mire
Abe Eckert
Thanksgiving Visits and Obituary in Gratiot County
Local notices describe Thanksgiving visits among Dell Groves, T Smiths, Bert Bailey of Alma, A F Nestle family, Abe Eckert, Lester Ward, Gay Horton, and others. An obituary reports Theron Lawrence Kress born December 4 1884 in Liberty Township died November 18 1921 aged 86 years 11 months 14 days, with survivors including wife Anna Smith and children James Arthur Mary E Theron Leroy Ivah R Miller.
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Theron Lawrence Kress
Liberty Township
Jackson County
Michigan
E. J. Miller
Kress
Gratiot County
Anna Smith
James Arthur
Mary E
Theron Leroy
Sumner Township
Ivah R. Miller
Pine River Township
Rachel
Church of God
He Gee
Remembered Husband and Father Dies After Long Illness
A devoted husband father and Christian passed after two years of declining health with a seven week final illness. Funeral services were at Sumner Center M B E Church led by Rev Geo Brown of Sheridan. Burial followed in Prite cemetery. Card of thanks from family expresses gratitude for support, flowers and prayers from friends neighbors minister and choir. Brown Ward Co. ads note coal availability.
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M. BE
Sumner Center
Geo. Brown
Sheridan
Prite
Lalso
Anna Kress
E. J. Miller
Leroy Kress
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Elmer Brown
Lloyd Brown
Emerson
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St. Done . Tempel Than
Alta
Teaee
St. Good
Lansin,. D. &. Foster
Davis
Bartley’s Market
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C. A. Connor Ice Cream Co
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PRIN
Robert Ruxtun
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