Alma Public Schools Noteworthy in City History
Alma's public schools are praised as a cornerstone of the city, growing from a small beginning to a modern system. The piece notes a commercial department offering bookkeeping and typewriting, a new high school built after a fire, and a 65 000 dollar high school building vote. It details rapid enrollment growth, overflow classrooms, and a 45 000 dollar ward school planned for the Elmwood site with facilities like a gymnasium and assembly room.
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Alma
Alma Public Schools
Union School
Gratiot Avenue
Inter Moin Public
Rtien
Lydon
Elmwood
Michigin
Ann Arbor
Grand Rapids-Saginaw
Toledo
Frankfort
Midigin
Amimi W. Wright
Alma Plans for Growth With Water Sewer Paving Demands
Alma, facing rapid growth, plans to upgrade water mains sewers and paving. The city extends paving along Superior Michigan State and Wright avenues toward the Republic Motor Truck plant. A large bond issue funds sewers and boulevard lighting as Alma moves to modernize its infrastructure.
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Alma
Maine
Superior
Michigan
State Street
Superior Street
Michigan Avenue
Republic Motor Truck Plant
Alyo
Wright Avenue
Republic
West Superior
College Hill
East Superior
Grover Avenue
Dita
Alina
Pine River
Alma Grain & Lumber Company
Superine
Tix Downey
Almate
Alma Michigan a Growing Industrial Heart of the Midwest
Alma rises from a timber town to a thriving industrial center led by the Republic Motor Truck Company and Michigan Sugar. Key benefactor Amimi W. Wright spurred colleges hotels sanitarium and Libby McNeil Libby operations. The city now hosts a two thousand worker truck plant and a large Libby plant with six buildings and a sugar beet processing legacy.
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Public Motor Truck Company
Alma
Republic Motor Truck Company Incorporated
Republic Trucks
Whdat
Nn Normal School
Alma College
Toa
Ness Block
Tory
Michigan Sugar Company
Michigan
Alina
Swift & Company
Alma Manufacturing Company
McVicker
Masons of
Libby, McNeil & Saibby
Libby, McNeil & Libt
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Stanton
Alme
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State of
Lnion School
Gost
Wonder
Teval Alma Manufacturing
Daly
Aladdin
the Depot
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