Community Notes From Sumner Area Activities
Sunday visits span Big Rapids Vestaburg Higging's Lake and Alma as families gather. Baptismal services at F. M. Church baptize twenty four converts. Memorial day remembrances occur in Spencer Ferris Center cemeteries. A new daughter arrives to Mr and Mrs Clarence Caris on June 12. An ice cream social by Christian Endeavor anticipated June 17. Travelers and locals share weekend visits, business, and family updates across towns including Remus Ithaca Reed City Ashley and Saginaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afi
Siward Cox
Saginaw
Cummings
EB. O. Dyer
Clarence Caris
Ariving
Christian Endeavor
Church of Christ
Jennie Caszatt
Z. Dyer
Flint
Vestaburg Teams Set For June 17 Baseball Game
Vestaburg athletic team will meet Trufant in Vestaburg on June 17. Community gatherings include memorial service by I O O F and Rebekahs, with Rev. Hendricks delivering the sermon at the Church of Christ. Local residents travel among nearby towns for visits and events, including a big Riverdale fire drawing crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vestaburg
Trufant
Ed. Harding
St. Louis
Elton Hornbeck
Breckenridge News Highlights Local Deaths and Events
Breckenridge reports the death of Mr. Thomas Hattis after a lightning strike during a Friday storm. Funeral services were held Monday. Hattis, 78, long-time cemetery sexton, survived by a wife and six children. Other items note memorial services by Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, children’s day baptisms, storms injuring homes, and local residents with visitors and vehicle purchases.
Alma area notices and callers listing many names
Theodore Strackin shows improvement at writing. Martie Slingluff injures a leg playing ball and stays at home. Mrs. August Lindstorm and Mrs. Carl Kyes were Almi callers Tuesday. Wm. Gee in Amagesday. Harvey Delling a Alma caller Wednesday evening. Mrs. Charles Slingluff attended the funeral of Mrs. Alex Carnihan in St Louis last week. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Murphy and daughter Doris were Alma callers Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hutchinson, Mrs. Archie Fairchild and son Wendell, and Mrs. E. Pakehild and daughter Lois were Alma callers Wednesday evening. Wm. Ball visiting at Wm. Gee's. Mrs. Doris Slingluff weekend with parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Vibber and daughter Lorena, were Alma callers Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Murphy in Sumner last week. Mr. and Mrs. H. Ohmer and baby returned to Yale Monday after visiting here. Sumner Hoxie business calls in Ithaca Friday. Mrs. Florence Webb of Almaix visiting Owen Courter and family. E. E. Howard in Ann Arbor Wednesday evening. Miss Cora Fleming visited relatives at Alma Sunday. John McLachlan and Dan Schutt Alma callers Wednesday evening. Owen Courter Alma caller Saturday. Harlan Wood Alma caller. Chas. Catron in Alma Saturday. Archie Fairchild business caller in St Louis Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Cleverdon
Fred
Mildred
Carl Leonard
Big Rapids
T. Lang
Jess Tonlin
William
A. Gorton
Remus
F. J. Tucker
Vet Heron
Gus Heron
Alma
F. Tucker
F. M. Church
Cecil Johnson
C. L. Booth
North Star
Forquer’s
Misa Vance Woodard
James Hildreth
O. Hunt
Howard McClenathan
Wm. Phillips
Gee
Frances
Howard
D. J. Ayers
Smead
Theron Butler
Reed City
Chas. Booth
L. M. Forquer
Riverdale
Sidanna Phillips
John Phillips
Wm. Kirker
Kirker
Rev. Mudge of
Ashley
Rebecca
Spencer and Ferris Center
Mary Bailey
A. Mudge
Ethel Austin
A. R. Woods
Shepherd
Crystal
Theodore Strackin
Martie Slingluff
August Lindstorm
Carl Kyes
Wm. Gee
Harvey Delling
Charles Slingluff
Alex Carnihan
St. Louis
Arthur Murphy
Doris
Wm. Hutchinson
Archie Fairchild
Wendell
E. Pakehild
Lois
Wm. Ball
A. J. Murphy
Sumner
H. Ohmer
Baby
Yale
Sumner Hoxie
Ithaca
Florence Webb
Almaix
Owen Courter
E. E. Howard
Ann Arbor
Cora Fleming
John McLachlan
Dan Schutt
Memorial Day at the Cemetery
On Memorial Day the village gathered at the cemetery to prune briers and weed graves and honor the dead. A Stranger receives guidance from a Worman who recites the layout while a mother with her son listens and learns the fate of a small grave the child asks about.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worman
Alma Michigan City Commission Meeting June 13 1922
Alma city commission convened in regular session at 8 p m with Mayor Murphy presiding. quorum present. Minutes read and corrected from adopted to approved. Bills listed from Alma Foundry, J Wilson, Overmyer, Vine, Graves, Sutton, Faught, Shong and many others. Move to approve accounts as read. clerk instructed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Michigan
Council Chamber
Charles R. Murphy
Glass
Arthur
Chick
Creaser
Alma Foundry & Mfg. Co
J. Wilson
B. Jones
P. Jerome
Kessler
Rosenbacker
Tk Gee — — AO
Borr
He Voeler
M. Mapes Segean
W. Lowe
C. Williams
W. Wheeler
J. McCann
R. Broadhead
L. McCann
R. Williams
Kirkby
I. Zimmerman
Alma City Council Adopts Water Pump Purchases and Ordinance Amendments
City commissioners approve air lift pumps for water supply needs and endorse filing Ordinance 217 amending Section 111 of Ordinance 70 from 1908.actions include adjournment motion, with mayor Chas Murphy and clerk Clarence Blanck signing. Printed in The Alma Record advertisement 10-3w.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghana
Chick Creaner
Archer
Glass
Creaser
Wm. BE. Reynolds
Chick
Chie
Alma
Michigan
Ayes
Lass
Glane
Cremer
Chas. R. Murphy
Clarence F. Blanck
Fish oil derived feed additive processed into powder
A historical note describes converting fish oil into a bovine feed additive by crushing or grinding, drying, and treating with a proteolytic enzyme to solubilize the albumin content, then extracting with water and drying into powder for use as a food mass.
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Trex Sumner
Maxine
Thelma Hornbeck
Mr. E. Harding
Ronald Whitney
Arnold Greenhoe
Audrey Curis
David Manley
Hans Findsen
Lansing
Reta’ratives
Manley
Zinn
West
Salt Creek
Wyoming
Tatter
Colorado
Verre Hornbeck
Elton
Rebekahs
W. Hendricks
Richland Cemetery
Stanley Langdon
William Piffer
Charlotte Greer
Chris Downs
Elwell
A. Sprague
A. F. Wood
Near Riverdale
Jennie Greer
Rel
Breckenridge
John Swope
Agnes E. Crawford
Millard Hopkins
Odd Fellows and
Rebekah
Odd Fellow's
Masters
The
Baptist Church
Alex Mitchell
Kansas
Congregational
H. W. Stillman
Thomas Hattis
Hattis
Mr. Hattis
Lewis Gillis
Carl
Gillis
George Huntoon
Gers- Hine and
Zuker
Carmen Fairbanks
Donna
Winterset
Town
W. 0. Watson
Marie
Hilda mi Zigger
Peamsee Elwell
Harlan Wood
Chas. Catron
City Commission
the Warnit & Hewitt CO
Dintritetors
Toledo
Obie
le Nsville
Ind
Alma Record
Foley
George J. Cathartic
RYZON
Ama Creamery Co's
Dairy Foods
Heli
Alma Creamery
Shelby, Oceana Co
West Michigan
Shelby
NEW Era Co-Op
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Hawley, Mer
Beulah
Crystal Lake
Frankfort
ANN Arbor Railroad
Guy Finks Pate
Fisk
Bollstrom Motors Inc
Mich
Geo. P. Stone
Atty
S. C. Burgdorf
Bartley
Ee Materials
Home Lumber & Fuel Co
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