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Local News Items From Alma and Nearby Few Notes
Alma and area residents are mentioned in a string of brief items. Christmas and holiday visits include Rt. Brown and daughter Helen in Greenville, Mr. and Mrs. Wagner in Grand Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Taft in Plymouth, and others. Discharges from military service include Ralph Miller at Camp Wadsworth and Ralph Wheaton at Camp MacArthur. Casualty lists name Orville L. Allen, Carl E. Sibert, and Herbert W. Simison as wounded or slightly wounded. Deaths include Margaret Thomas, Lucile Grovier, and funeral notices for William Van Buskirk. Several local residents travel or relocate, with notes on private and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Slayter
State Savings Bank
Alma
Brown
Helen
Greenville
R. B. Wagner
Grand Rapids
John Gongner
Mansfield
Ohio
Orville L. Allen
Ithaca
Mra. Taft
Plymouth
J. N. Tay
Ralph Miller
Camp Wadsworth
S. GC
Edward Brehm
Minneapolis
Minn
Y. H. Shepard
Carl E. Sibert
Thhaca
James Ostrander
Houghton
Margaret
Joseph Thomas
Arcada Township
Donald Howe
Orvile Howe
Lafayette Township
Bell Cohoon
St. Louis
California
Ralph Wheaton
Camp MacArthur
Texas
S. L. Bennett
Opera House
Donald Smith
Hicks Field
E. J. Smith
Byron McCarty
Herbert W. Simison
Pleasant Avenue
Hubert Brainerd
Transport Truck Company
Mt. Pleasant
G. M. Rockwell
Rochester
N. Y
Edna Kelly
Detroit
H. B. Crawford
Harry Rockwell
Robert Schultz
Ann Arbor