08 Dec 1920
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1920
Page
1
At a Geo W Myers Post meeting two tickets were filed for next year’s officers. The Whites and Blues tickets name H E K Reece as commander and Rev John Mulvey as post chaplain on both lists. Campaign managers F L Ton and Larry Kettell lead the rival sides as districts brace for a lively contest with campaign funds approved.
City officials expect the formal Alma water system report by engineer J B Rumsey to be ready for the next city commission meeting Tuesday evening. The informal findings supported investigating manager Reynolds and backing the Pittsburgh Destoings Steele bid for a 200000 gallon tank. Mrs Mary Church, who has won nursing, returned to Ithaca this week.
Salvation Army launches its Christmas drive urging the public to support the needy. Officers in uniform gather in city corners as a call goes out to provide 100 bushel baskets to feed the hungry and shelter families.
Governor Albert K Sleeper calls county city and township authorities to inform veterans of Victory Medal applications. Western Michigan should send to Grand Rapids Army Recruiting Office 211 Monroe Avenue while Eastern Michigan uses Detroit Woodward Avenue office. The notice, dated November 30, requests officials to stimulate medal applications. Phi Phi Alpha Elect officers named at Almacollope College with Claire Perry as President and Roy Williams as Treasurer among others.
One hundred eighty six members of the Alma Chamber of Commerce began a citywide membership drive in the first half day. Workers canvassed every area, securing new members and sharing enthusiasm for Alma to become a leading “city beautiful.” A noon luncheon featured talks by W. W. Cushing and others. Plans for a big Victory banquet at Alma High School were announced, with tickets to be sold at $1.00 to fund the campaign.
Two local Farm Bureaus at Riverdale and Elwyll organize with presidents secretaries and treasurers to streamline fertilizer purchases. State and local bureaus aim to supply reduced price farm supplies including fertilizer flour and dairy feed. The plan emphasizes lowering costs to benefit rural and urban communities and outlines proposed fertilizer grades and formulations.
Monday evening the Royal Arch Masons elected officers for the coming year. High Priest E. O. Parker. King C. V. Calkins. Scribe Edward Schulte. Secretary D. L. Johnsen. Captain of the Host Robert King. Principal Sojourner G. V. Wright. Royal Arch Captain Russell Gaffney. Master of the Third Veil Earl Tanford. Master of the Second Veil Glen Campbell. Master of the First Veil Merrill Stuckey. Treasurer Karl Adams. Tyler Glen Crimp.
Three men were picked up after being seen drinking denatured alcohol. John Smith of Flagstaff and Charles P. Mahoney of Mason were jailed after appearing before Justice William H. Rogers with charges of vagrancy and drunkenness. Officers found a quart bottle containing denatured alcohol in the courtroom. Smith had 85 cents. both men were held at the county jail and later moved to Than Ly by officers.
Disfigured English novelist Arnold Bennett visits Chicago with sculptor Lorado Taft who will lecture on the Lyceum course Monday evening. Bennett seeks the soul of the people and finds it in Saint Gaudens Lincoln statue, a reason for the artist’s work. Following are jurors for the Circuit Court term opening December 1 with names and towns including Alma Ithaca Middleton North Star St Louis and others.
East Lansing says the Black Walnut tops Southern Michigan lists for roadside planting per Michigan Agricultural College Forestry Department. Prof. A. K. Chittenden notes nuts aid timber and fence posts, provide light shade, and suit pasture planting. plant two or three nuts per spot buried two inches deep with winter stratification and extra seeds to offset rodents.
Alnea proposes an railroad ordinance placed on file and read for the first time. It calls for traffic speed controls at crossings, signal bells, track adjustments to meet street grades, and penalties for violations. The measure allows gate or flagman enforcement and limits train stopping to five minutes. The article also previews The Idol Dancer at The Strand and notes cast members and related film showings with local lore.
Work is pushing rapidly on remodeling the former A-Cell-Au Paint plant into the Alma Foundry & Manufacturing company. A two ton cupola will enable four tons of castings daily, with offices and pattern rooms in the winged building. Additional facilities include blacksmith and woodworking shops, a Little Giant Paper Press, and plans for furnaces and other products to boost Alma as a regional manufacturing center.
Ten men rolled three games each Thursday December 2 to determine total pins for a five dollar donation from G J Mayor clothing store. Food games added to the evening while city bowlers aim to boost season form for a possible A B C tournament entry next March. December prize is a pair of men’s shoes from Shoe N Hat Co. Mulvey 224 182 Minnis 186 208 156 550 Grabowski 210 178 Johnston 178 105 140 522 Bond 20 Gee 157 Anwelur 154 147 182 482
The Alma College chapel hosts the third Lyceum Course lecture Saturday at 8 15 pm. Sara Alice Pollock will speak on The Colonial Period in American Literature and the public is invited. An auction sale by Delos Grosvenor follows at his farm near Alma.
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