Alma High alumni banquet ends year with toastmaster Delavan
The Alma High School Alumni Association annual banquet closed with Toastmaster C G Delavan and Paul Crandall leading for the class of 1910. Guests gathered at eight thirty in the Wright house to a lavish menu, toasts honoring graduates and teachers, and remarks by Alger Wood, B L Johnson, Miss Porter, and Dr J Day.
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Alumni Association of
Alma High School
Delavan
Paul Crandall
Wright House
C Cr. Wood
Earl Duery
Alger Wood
Longfellow
Ly Johnson
Burdett
Jessie E. Potter
Riley
J Day
Janes G. Gargent
Cigero
Floyd T. Smith
Shakespeare
Delovan
Ahimni Association
Wip
Legiante 10
B. L. Johnson
James G. Gargett
Floyd Smith
Alma College
Marcella Adams
Paul H. Austin
J. Ethyl Bower
Dallas D. Brock
Clyde J. Greaser
Rita E. Day
Marjorie Delavan
Gretchen Eyer
Lester
Toledo Visitors Tour Alma on Private Motor Car
About fifty to sixty Toledo wholesale merchants visited Alma on a private motor car trip via the Ann Arbor line. They aimed to meet patrons along the route, arrived around 3:30 but were late, and toured local firms including Gosline Coal, Bank of Commerce, Toledo Glass, Merrell & Co, Crown Eager Mull, Weeds Cobury, Mank Lumber, Grandy Coal, and other Toledo area businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Alma
Ann Arbor
W. A. Gosline Coal Co
R. D. Cronetional Bank of Commerce
Second Mmnational Bank
Bis
Booth@lunn Co
Hardy Paint and Varnie ® Co
Bostwick Braun Co
Church, McConnell Co
Gasser Coffee Co
Feilbach Co
Merrell & Broer Co
Goodsell Mig. Co
Collier Barnett Co
the Merrell Co
Crown
Eager & Mull Co
Standart Strneme
Yoder
Culbertson
Moragon Refining Co
R. WH. Lane & Co
Chiesa Co
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ames, Homner Co
Mate and Window Glass Co
Beans Market Rises as Farmers Replant Lentils
The bean market has been rising with a twenty cent per bushel price hike. Hand picked beans fetch about $1.45 to the farmer, boosting demand among bean jobbers statewide. Farmers, busy replanting after a hail storm, are shifting land to beans, with a Detroit meeting in early July to set new bean grading methods for future buying. The Michigan Bean Jobbers Association plans its regular meeting in Detroit in September.
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Michigan Bean Jobbers' Association
V. P. Cash
Riverdale
Michigan Bean Men
Detroit
Thief From Minstrels Captured After County Chase
Sheriff Rowell Deputy Ennis and Frank Convis led a long pursuit in Gratiot County aided by Glen Ballard from M A C and farmers to capture Wilber Collins a traveling thief who stole a suitcase of clothes from the Allenhite Minstrels. He was jailed then fined or jailed in Detroit for larceny.
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Gratiot County
Rowell
Ennis
Frank Convis
Glen Ballard
Wilber Collins
Ithaca
Brown and Davis
Liw
Arcada
Newark
Emerson Townships
Bara Capolas
W. A. Thomas
Emerson Township
Thomas
Frank Conyis
Conyis
Gidley
Detroit House of Correction
Detroit
Alma Building and Loan Annual Meeting Notice
The Annual Meeting of the Alma Building and Loan Association will be held at the office of the Secretary Monday evening July ard at 7 P.M. Smith, Sec'y.
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The
Alma! Building and Loan Association
M. Smith
Sec
Miller Bros Grocers Open 6 to 6 Daily Full Week
Attention readers Miller Bros the grocers announce opening Monday August rat at 6:00 a m closing 6:30 p m except Saturday when open late to accommodate trade They state they work long hours five days and as many as needed Saturdays The for business Mill er Bros The Grocers
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Miller Bros
Miller Brob
Lindley 18 Honored for Columbia Scholarship
Adelbert Lindley of Lupton Michigan, Alma College graduate, wins a Columbia University scholarship. Few scholarships were offered among about one thousand applicants reflecting his top grades, college paper staff service, YMCA work, and self-supported study. He will study law next year at Columbia. The award honors both Lindley and Alma College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert Lindley
Lupton
Michigan
Cliss of Wit
Alma College
Columbia University
Lindsley
Alma
Lindley
Columbia
Fargbly
Alma Girl Marries in Mexico Bride of Frank J Nagel
Miss Lulu Brock, daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Brock of Alma, wed Frank J Nagel in Parral Mexico on June 7. The civil ceremony was conducted by the Jefe Politico and a Congregational minister performed the religious service. Two Brock brothers attended, and Miss Brock has studied at Alma High School and Alma College before earning a Michigan University degree. She has taught in private schools for American children since leaving Alma two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Mexico
Lulu Brock
Frank J. Nagel
Jefe Politico
Evenig
Miss Brock
Miss Bradley
W. E
Arthur Brock
W. A. Brock
Educa Han
Alma College
University of Michigan
All Sunc
Children of America
Busines
Rock Brothers
Mrs George Weeks Dies After Illness at Ann Arbor
Mrs George Weeks of Ithaca died in University hospital Ann Arbor after four months of treatment for an abscess. Her husband Mr Weeks had taken a position in Owesso as creamery manager and accompanied her to Ann Arbor, returning home as she worsened. A week ago Saturday she gave birth to a baby girl now living. the infant was taken to Ithaca with the mother's body. Three other children survive. Funeral held Monday in Ithaca. Gratiot county friends extend sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
George Weeks
Ithaca
Weeks
Owesso
Owesse Creamery Company
Circus Tent Fire Sparks From Matches On State Street
A group of boys playing with matches started a burlap circus tent fire on North State Street Saturday morning. A boy in the group tossed a lit match, igniting the burlap. passersby quickly extinguished the blaze before substantial damage occurred.
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North State Street
Alma Gains Excellent Rail Service With Two Railroads
Alma enjoys enhanced railroad facilities as the Ann Arbor and Pere Marquette railroads increase passenger trains to eighteen daily plus motor cars. Frequent north and south routes, two midnight fast trains, and improved freight service connect Alma with Toledo Frankfort and major Michigan centers, boosting tourism and local transit.
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Union Station
Alma
Ann Arbor
Pere Marquette
Atin Arbor
Toledo
Frankfort
Michigan
Some Apt to Meet Trouble
City Marshal John Wright has faced many complaints about motor vehicle law violations. The article outlines state rules on lights after sunset, yielding to horses, passing directions, speed limits inside city limits, safe speeds near curves and bridges, and reducing speed to ten miles per hour near people or rigs with warning. Penalties for violations are implied.
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John Wright
Beconti
Criminal penalties and enforcement rules for motor vehicle offenses
The text outlines fines and imprisonment limits for first to third offenses, sentencing limits for Justices of the Peace, and records sent to the Secretary of State. It preserves civil action rights, assigns liability to vehicle owners, restricts local motor vehicle ordinances, and allows police arrest across county lines for known violators. It notes a clause about displaying lights and signaling, with a continuation on page 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jurther
Detroit
Alma Wool Buyers Ship Nearly Seventy Five Thousand Pounds
W P Cash F E Pollasky and C L Brewer dominate Alma wool purchases totaling about 75 000 pounds. Cash shipped four carloads to Boston with most sold to that market. Pollasky bought 27000 pounds sent to Boston and Detroit. Brewer purchased 21000 pounds for Rhode Island plus 7000 at Elm Hall and 25000 at St Louis. Prices averaged 194 cents per pound. Season is one of the largest in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
W. P. Cash
F. E. Pollasky
C. L. Brewer
Detroit
Rhode Island
Potter Takes Reins as County School Commissioner
Potter is elected Republican county school commissioner and will assume duties Saturday. A Ithaca High School and Alma College graduate, he gained recognition for scholarship and teaching work including a 1940-41 stint as an academy instructor in the city. His administration is expected to run efficiently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uoward Potter
Potter
Porter
Ithaca High School
Alma College
Academy of the College
Birds Have Seen by Roy Eckert
The author recalls encounters with a sparrow delaying its pursuers in grass and a kingfisher diving for a minnow. He notes an abandoned nest beneath a fallen tree, traces of sticks and bones, and mentions a hummingbird nest with four pea-sized eggs found in a honeysuckle vine. Continued on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Eckert
Graduation Exercises for Class of 1911 at Realty Opera House
The class of nineteen eleven received diplomas Wednesday evening at the Realty Opera House. The Girls Glee Club sang, Rev. W. E. Doty gave an invocation, and Miss Roth Bennett played a difficult piano solo. Prof. D. K. Waldo delivered a practical address urging health, work, love of nature, and sociable recreation, with humor and broadening contact as essential. Certificates were presented by Supt. Ellsworth, naming graduates and listing class members. The class colors were red and white, with the banner “Knowledge Conquers All.”
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Wis
W. E. Doty
Methodist Church
Roth Bennett
D. K. Waldo
Western State Normal School
Kalattazoo
Jeln
Lincoln
Lee Cluth
Ellsworth
Cig
Wim, Atkinson
Clarence Banghart
Ruth Bennett
Marjorie Bildson
Mix Bildson
Win. G. Brewbaker
Calihan
Hazel Cary
Irene Dallas
Samuel Deitz
Wealthy Grain
Georgians Gossett
Sandra Godfrey
Verne Handley
Istin Howe
Helen Judge
Ruth Kelley
Elaine Losey
Elsie Lindner
Anna Luty
Byron McCarty
Dewey Murphy
Taira Miller
Lillian Mosher
Edwin Mahr
Mildred McConkey
Fern Nelson
Nellie Nelson
Mamie Osborn
Bessie Oswald
Helen Pars
Malcolm Smith
Fannie Thompson
Archie Wood
Ralph Tinkham
Evra Smith
Marcella Adams
Paul H. Austin
J. Ethyl Bower
Dallas D. Brock
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HS. Auomat Baru
C. G. Delavan
Toastmaster
Parr
F. Bishbeck
Sadie B. Gerard
Roy J Gulick
Bristow Hood
Harry D. Jackson
Lola A. McCarty
Ella J Miller
Lawrence E. Monticel
Floyd D. Oswald
Ernestine Trene Palmer
Beulah L. Parr
T. Arnold Robinson
Bessie J., Schwartz
Letta M. Soper
Mabel A. Wyant
Alger Hl. Wood
Laurel G. Welch
Dr. J. N. Day
J. N. Day
Eulna Day
G. S. Chesterton
Jamies Gargett
P. W. Creaaser
P. W. Creaser
Mertie Creaser
Celiy Creaser
C. L. Delavan
C. J. Delavan
D. Lloyd Johnson Floyd Smith
Cora Hearn
G. L. Wood
G. J. Wood
Julia Wynne
Paul Delavan
Jessie Potter
Franz Bahlke
Theresa Gee
Frank Parker
Merrill Stuckey
Paul Kress
Beulah Parr
Bertha McLaren
Annette McLaren
Olive Smith
Jennie Smith
Mary Pringle
Mildred Kress
Fenton Fishbeck
Edith Palmer
Carlyn Delavan
Etta Hearn
Channing Parsons
Hazel Bahtke
Jessie Callihan
A. W. Brock
Paul Morgan
Elsie Boyer
Vern Johnson
Paul Crandel
Vinnie Booth
Grace Messinger
Sadie Messinger
Mildred Schaffer
Inn Ayward
Ch VanWegan
Sherriff Rowell
Sherriff Ennis
Chase
Minstrels
Pal
Brock Nagel Wedom
Lulu E.M. Brock
Jane
Parral
Ang Arbor
Marshall Wright
Messrs Cash, Pollasky and Brewer
Potter Takes
Reguie
Waldo of
Kalamazoo
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