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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
7
Mrs A E North of Williamston visited relatives in town while Mrs Arthur Wyeth traveled to Cedar Springs to see her mother. Numerous residents planned Christmas visits, school closed for a week, and many families spent holidays with kin in Ithaca, Gaylord, Mt. Pleasant, Vassar, and other areas. Local illness and operations were mentioned as well as shipments of wood to Breckenridge and changes in local businesses and care.
Christmas festivities color East Ferris with a school event at Klees where Miss Currie Hunt received a berry set as pupils celebrated. Nearby families shared dinners and visits, with extensive social rounds including a quiet Elm Hall wedding and a two week school vacation beginning January 10. Local residents, auctions, and postmaster changes also color the week’s notes.
Mre CAL Pratt returns home after her sister’s illness. Samuel and Philip Hicks visit Shelby to see relatives. Fisher's orchestra will play for a theater in Ithaca next week. Reid holds an auction sale in December. Winters left for Onaway to take a new position. A Christmas dancing party was held in the K O T M hall. Fred Slyix returns home after months in Alma. Sumner boys win a boot contest at LeVoy's pool room.
Arcada notes list local visits and holiday time with the Swope family. Jtte Ferris left for Wisconsin to visit her sisters after years apart. Mr and Mrs David McPaul spent Christmas with Alma Friends. Miss Bertha Downs teaches the school. Hazel Barnhill returns home ill from Alma. Henry Daymon and family visited his son north of Alma. Charles Miller left for Indiana to see his mother. Reta Fenner, alumna and teacher near Bay City, also home for holidays. Roscoe Daymon shows a new scatter sleigh. Sleighing is fine in the area. West Pine River mentions Miss Bird Wood staying over Sunday.
Ashley Lee Raycraft and family shared Christmas dinner with their Wat Tear St. Louis. Jim Basore and family of St. Louis spent days last week at Adams. Mrs Eliza Flemming and family celebrated Christmas with Wa Katenhus and wife. Wood and wife hosted sisters and brothers for Christmas dinner. Bruce Stevenson of Ashley spent Christmas nearby. Rufus Robins and wife of Owosso visited C P Johnson. Miss Anna Lentz visiting Ohio. Mrs Brooks of Owosso called here last week. C F Wright's sale well attended last Thursday.
John O'Brien of Decatur and James O'Brien of Big Rapids visit parents P L O'Brien and wife. Sunshine Club brightens 22 homes on Christmas Day. Norman Letchfield to lonia for holidays with parents. Henry Kriss helps Bert Setchfield. E D Dyer calls on nephew Clair Barber in West Ferris. Mrs W J Wilson and Miss Lura Dyer visit Westabury. Miss Anna Jorgenson and sister Marie visit parents. Ferris Center Sunday School elects officers with HM Landis as superintendent and Blanch Hare as secretary. Elmer Woodard spends a few days here visiting friends and relatives.
The report lists several families visiting relatives and sharing Christmas across Grand Rapids Offin Elm Hall Riverdale Cry stal Lansing and nearby. Notable names include J P Throop F D Hare Geo Douglass Warren Davenport Grant Beach and Mrs Griffin. The mentions span travel, dances, and holiday gatherings with multiple households noted.
West Sumner B Clow visited Edmore while W DeYoung of McBain visited relatives here Mrs C Nickerson of Remus visited J Stevens this week FE A Kelley and family spent Christmas at J Miles funeral of J Holland held Thursday at 2 p m verment in Ferris cemetery A A Kelley and family went to Ferris Saturday large crowd attended the dance at Maccabee hall Friday Sumner Grange to install officers Nutmaey S J Hubbell of Arcada to be installing officer
Archie Crane of Grand Rapids visits his uncle William Hutchinson and family Mise Stella Martin of Belding spends holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Beck and wife of Sommet spent Stenday at Archie McPaut's Mr and Mrs George Clarke of Muir have been visiting friends here Port Strable and wife of Alma spent Christmas with Mr Steable's parents Mr and Mrs Henry Poller visited with S Rexford and family of Ferris Mrs Ella Sawyer of Tiffin Ohio arrived Saturday for a visit with her
Mr and Mrs C Yourgs and wife. Mrs EI Feleh of Mulliken. Mr and Mrs C Noulhardt. Mrs J C Yering left last week for Vernon to join her husband visiting relatives there.
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