Alma City Notes Wide Roundup Of Local Visits
Wanigas at Brunners and several Alma residents travel for business in Ithaca Grand Rapids and Detroit. Miss Barbara Wynne teaches in Flint and returns home for holidays. New Year greetings and visits mark the week as local families host relatives from Gary Bay City Saginaw and Saginaw. A factory shutdown and a false alarm at Alma’s fire department are noted along with a grave report of Julius Shoemaker reported dead in France. Medical society plans meet while civil and social events fill the town calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanigas
Brunner's
J.J. Osborn
Ithaca
Alma College
Model Bakery
J. J. Osborn
William E. Osorn
Grand Rapids
Barbara Wynne
Flint
Walter Caple
Mt Fleaxsot
Alma
W. W. Caple
Clare
Alma Ite Department
EB. G. Sluyter
State Savings Bank
Charles Hayward
Breckenridge
Republic Motor Truck Company Inc
Marcus Pollasky
J. J
Elizabeth Holmen
Alethe Taylor
Mt. Pleasant
Paul Crandell
Saginaw
Blanche Dickinson
Base Hospital
Camp Custer
M. J. Kellogg
Detroit
A. B. Scattergood
New Year’s Dance Draws Large Crowd in Alma
A New Year’s night dance at Alma High School gym attracted a large turnout from the factory and city. Club officers organized a top variety program headlined by Visher’s orchestra and a refined ensemble that pleased attendees with a lively mix of tunes and dancers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Im
Alma
Greve
Visher
Broneht
Trial testimony and church officers noted in city report
The narrative recounts defense and prosecution arguments with claims of perjury, alibi gaps, and witness credibility concerning Brennan. It also records officers elected at the First Church of Christ annual meeting including elders deacons and trustees, plus Sunday school key posts and the extended invitation to Reverend J. S. Raum to return for another year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heali
William M. Smith
Beaudry
Smith
Miles Purvell
Saginaw
Brennan
Midland
Marshall and
Corunna
Kelly S. Sears
Stewart
van Rench
W. A. Dusenbery
W. A. Boyd
Mr. Mathis
Treva Zinn
W. G. Davis
Hebur Holmes
A. T. Scholty
A Many
Aln Bartling
J. 8. Raum
Margaret Holmes
W. A. Hoyd
Raum
Ain
Ballman Dead Manager of Republic Cafe
W G Ballman manager of the cafeteria at Republic Motor Truck Company died at his home Wednesday night after a weeklong illness of influenza. He came from Chicago about a year ago to head the cafeteria and earned many friends in Alma and the city. Funeral arrangements were not yet completed according to the undertaking parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Bennett
Julius Shoemaker
The
Republic
Alma Concern
France
Ernest Sanderhof
Saginaw
J. A. Sanderhoff
Owonto
Alma
Onto Sanderhoff
Alfreda Udelle
Benzonia
Arthur Udelle
Steve Kienel
Teabolln
Brainerd Hospital
Catholic Riverside Cemetery
C. F
Ed. Moffett
X-Cel-All Company
C. A. Miller
Gratiot County Good Health Society
First State Bank
Roy Perry
Texas Haa
Dell Perry
W. G. Ballman
Republic Motor Truck Company Inc
Ballman
Chicago
Farming transfers and holiday gatherings noted in local district
Southeast Coe Will Beard plans a garage on the BE Leonard farm and will relocate from St Tavuin. J Myers rents the Johnson farm and L Inman rents the Cook farm. Grant Leonard and wife visited Alma for Christmas at daughter Mrs Charles Oliver. Albert i and family with Henry Bryant spent Christmas in St tz at Alvin Hopkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Beard
Obituaries and notices from Alma area
Obituary notices record the deaths of L Burge family member influenza and pneumonia with burial at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Doris Barbara Murphy aged three died in Alma. Garvie Lucille Grover died aged one year, seven months. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy. Alma Savings & Loan announces annual meeting January 13 1919 for director election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Barbara
Bert
Etta Murphy
Belleville
Michigan
Alma
Lucille Yay Ee
Fred Grover
Lucille
Rose
Daty
E and
Mia
Alma Savings & Loan Ass
Alma Savings & Loan Association
Kai- Tee
D. L. Johnson
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. V. Wright
Mich
Bartley’s Market
Union
Armour's
Swift's
Little Rock Coal Company
Hell
Republic Cafe
G., B. Porter
Optometrist
State Street
Ste
Nelson Smith
Gratiot Avenue
Alma, Mich
Lester A. Sharp, Pres
Francis A. King
Carl H. Washburn
Savings Club
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