Alma High School baccalaureate sermon urged self discipline
Rev J Frank Jackson delivered the baccalaureate sermon at Alma High School in the Presbyterian church. He urged graduates to pursue high ideals, act on dreams, and faithfully fight life’s battles with patient effort and steadfast faith in God. The service featured mixed choir music and solos by Mrs Sidebotham and a duet by Miss Johnston and Miss Hood.
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Alma High School
Presbyterian Church
J. Frank Jackson
Episcopal Church
Presbyterian
Episcopal
Essy Hooper-Sidebotham
Leora Johnston
Florence Hood
J. Ewing
Doxelvay
W. H. Cook
the Baptist Church
Sidebotham
C. L. Wood
The
Free Methodist Church
George Eliot
Romola
Lilla
Thinker and Fighter LaSalle Tombstone Epitaph
Fragmentary lines on LaSalle tombstone praise a dual ideal of Thinker and Fighter. The text offers admonitions to dream think and plan while urging self awareness and adherence to good through steadfast personal discipline.
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LaSalle
Bucket Brigade Fails to Save Six Buildings Fire
A midnight fire in a village destroyed six buildings above stores including a barber shop and a doctor's office. Citizens organized a bucket brigade due to no local fire department. Loss exceeds $8,000 but insurance coverage is noted. no injuries reported and some household effects saved.
Fourth of July in St Louis to Feature Balloon Ascensions
St Louis prepares a full Fourth of July celebration with Col. L Saviers as president and Will Iseman as secretary. Henry C. Smith of Adrian is set as speaker. Events include balloon ascensions, harness racing at the driving park, baseball at the Athletic park, music by the St Louis corner band, and a night fireworks display. The town invites all residents to attend.
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St. Louis
Gratiot
Ithaca
Alma
St Louis
Col. L. Saviers
Iseman
Henry C. Smith
Adrian
St. Louie Corner
Michigan Piano Tuning Company Representation in City
The Michigan Piano Tuning Company will be represented in this city for several days. All those desiring work done, present care orders at Scattergood's store now in order to receive prompt attention. O. E. Davis, Secy.
Alma public schools set 1911 12 staff changes
Eight instructors depart Alma public schools as the 1911 12 year begins. New hires fill vacancies in the high school and special departments while resignations create hard to fill gaps in mathematics and the department head position. Notable new teachers include Luchtman Potter Maxwell McGreaheam Soule Leisinger Drake.
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Alma
EE Ellsworth
H. B. Ward
Arthur C. Luchtman
Olive J. Smith
Lena M. Gould
Tessie FE
Potter
Lena O. Potter
Floyd A. Maxwell
Harriet E. McGreaham
Cora Dunlap
Margaret H. Winn
Laura HK. Soule
Bertha McLaren
Winnifred G. Trapp
Frances M. Stitt
Beulah M. Martin
Annette McLaren
Pauline Chick
Blanche Leisenring
Pearl Turner
Etta E. Hearn
Allene Brown
Lexington
Jessie Potter
Maxwell
Pleasant
McGreaheam
Mt. Pheasant
Clare
Constantine
Laura B Soule
Flint High School
Alma College
Miss Leisinger
Hudson
Hudson High School
Ypsilanti Normal School
Miss Drake
Harbor Beach
Currier
Aluim High School
University of Chicaco
Margaret Cameron
University of Michigan
Berths Tawcart
Ian
Bronson
Alma school staff reshapes training and art programs
Miss Maude Hurford built Alma's manual training into a leading state program over two years before moving to Coldwater with her parents. Cora Hearn raised music and drawing to high standards before becoming firthister in music in Holl is Michigan. Harriet Parrell, a top kindergartner, returns home to Elk Rapids. Carrie Shaw leaves the second grade for Ludington, praised for her faithfulness and efficiency.
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Maude Hurford
Alma
Alina
Cora Hearn
Holla
Michigan
Firthister
Harriet Parrell
Elk Rapids
Carrie Shaw
Ludington
School Bank System in Public Schools Shows Growth
The school year ends with a robust bank system in public schools. Average weekly deposits began at 17.33 dollars for forty weeks totaling 693.20 dollars. Last twenty weeks surpassed the average, with students saving over a thousand dollars by the year’s end. Deposits of one dollar or more are moved to city banks, and almost all savers do so. Bookkeeping is handled by students, providing practical business experience, with little extra teacher effort required.
Adrian College Faculty Recommends Bruske for Honor
A June 20 communication from Adrian College President Antony to Rev. A F Bruske D D LL D of Alma Michigan states the Adrian College faculty unanimously recommends him for a distinguished honor. The note dated June 20 acknowledges approval by the faculty and expresses pleasure in the recommendation.
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Bruske
Antony
Adrian College
A. F. Bruske
D.D
Ll.d
Alma, Mich
Doctor Bruske
Award of Trustees for LLD4 Endorsed by Board
The document records the board’s unanimous adoption of a recommendation to confer the degree of LLD4 upon the individual. It expresses the alma mater’s pleasure at proving him worthy and entitled, and extends best wishes for continued success in his work.
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Besshin
Birds I Have Seen contest motivates boys in Alma schools
The Women’s Civic Improvement League held a nature study contest for Alma public school boys. Arlo Eckert and Donald Reid won seventh and sixth grades prizes for essays on Birds I Have Seen. Judges praised student work and two books on bird life were awarded, with prizes presented by Dr Bruske.
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Women's Civic Improvement League
Bruske
Lme College
Arlo Eckert
Donald Reid
Hansford MacCurdy
College
Chas. Rhodes
Civic Improvement League
Gretta Bagley
Harold Emmons
Harold Nevills
Theodore Kress
Lynn Barnes
Harold Barnes
Edgar Blanck
Kenneth Montigel
Albert Atkinson
Joseph Wilson
Chad Creaser
Clarence Banghart
Dewey Murphy
Frank M. Chapman
Arlo Bekero
Winds Oy
Ernest Letus Thompson
William Lovell Finley
Mia
A. F. Beuske
Caroline Delavan
Faculty Vacation Plans Spread Across the State
The college faculty will be dispersed nationwide over the vacation, with most remaining within the state. A notable number will stay local, while a few attend to duties elsewhere.
Alma School Census Shows Population Growth
Miss Kate Wynne reports Alma’s school census now lists 830 children, up 57 from last year. The gain suggests four to five hundred dollars more state primary money and reflects growing families and business expansion in the city.
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Kate Wynne
Alma
Card of Thanks for Miners and Death of Our Husband and Uncle
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness shown us during the long illness and death of our husband and uncle. Mrs Michael Koffenberg or Peter Koffenberger.
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Michael Koffenberg
Peter Koffenberger
Death of J B Scott of Cran dell Scott firm
J B Scott of the Cran dell and Scott furniture firm died in Alma after illness on a trip from Fremont. Born 1878 in Holly Oakland County, he lived in Ithaca and Joliet before settling in Fremont and Alma. Survived by wife Arabella Crandell and daughter Dorothy. Funeral Friday at two, burial in Holly.
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J. B. Scott
Crandell & Scott
Senit
Alma
Fremont
Grand Rapids
Scott
E. ©. Crawdett
Frank P. Merrill
Ithaca
Joliet
Illinois
Scott & Son
F. M. Scott
J. 4. Scott
E. C Crandell
Convis & Convis
Arabella Crandell
Dorothy
W. H. Long
Mt. Pleasant
H. L. Crain
E. ©. Crandell
Woodworth Ave
Holly
Graduation Program by Public School Pupils in the Park
Pupils of public schools held a Friday afternoon graduation in the park. The event showcased Bible readings, invocations, songs from multiple grades, dramatizations, calisthenics, and a newsboys drill. Teachers Miss Winlap, Miss Turner, Miss Stitt, Miss Trapp, Miss Farrell, Miss Brown, Miss Hearn, Miss Chick, Miss Shaw, Miss Chick, Miss Martin, Miss A. MacLaren Sears, Miss Taggart, Miss Wine, and Miss Bertha McLaren led various performances by grade.
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Ellsworth
Marquette
Alma
H. B. Ward
University of Chicago
Fred Currier
Yale
Gould
Owosso
Cameron
Traverse City
Potter
Thompsonville
Smith
Cora Hearn
Maude Harford
Benzonia
Bronson
Miss Dunlap
Misses McLaren
Miss Winn
Mt. Pleasant
Taggart
Chick
Stitt
Miss Trapp
Etta Hearn
Rey
W. H. Clark
Little Tin Soldier
Winlap
Miss Turner
Miss Stitt
Miss Farrell
Miss Brown
Miss Hearn
Chick Newsboys
Miss Shaw
Mistress Mary
Martin Calisthetics
A. MacLaren
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Wdleton
Bucket Brigade
Oly
Michigan Piano Tuning Company
F. Currier
Misses Cameron
Harford
Farrell
Shaw
DR. Ruske
Alma Citizen
Civic Imp. League
Dr. Bruske
Donald Reid and
Europe
West
Higgins’ Lake
Cook
Jay Cliebe
New York City
Union Seminary
Prof Notestein
Otsego Lake
Notestein
J. C. Notestein
Wooster University
Wooster
Ohio
Denver
Chicago
Colorado
Margaret Haughavour
New York
Pusmer
upWot
Nebraska
Jane Mullenbach
Bess Lou Farley
Chickashaw
Oklahoma
Austin
Texas
Josephine St. Johna
Detroit
Miss Roberts
Viola Weis
Eloise Waring
Techmseh
George Chorchill
Jackson
Howard Potter
Dennis H. Grady
MacCurdy
Leroy
Were Tnty
Gi Senol
Firm OF Crandell & Scott
Sears
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