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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1919
Page
3
County news notes from nearby villages share scraps of events and happenings. The brief items cover small incidents, local meetings, and everyday affairs drawn from neighboring parishes for the current period.
Special Correspondent reports on community events in Newark and nearby, detailing furloughs, engagements, and arrivals. Mentions Mrs Alfred Willert and others, church gatherings, a fatal illness, and local trips. Notes about soldiers, a home funeral, and charity drives. many names and places appear in a sprawling, fragmented recap of the week.
Bertha Cleverdon and others visited Alma Wednesday. Rev. Roberts of Ithaca spoke at Sunwer schools commencement. Music by Fischer orchestra. Various locals attended services and events Friday and Saturday. Home visits, callers, and visits from Alimo and nearby towns are listed with dates and names.
My Special Correspondent recounts George Falor’s World War I service with the 42nd Rainbow division, 166th supply company, discharged at Camp Sherman Ohio on May 17 1917 and returning home late that week. The piece lists neighbors and friends visiting families in Vestaburg including Taft, Mivrteenen, and Hamlin households, with many townsfolk dropping by their cottages and local homes.
Social events and meetings described include a Mission circle meeting at Mrs Robert Eichurn Priday on June 6, visits by Dill and Samay to St Johns, and a Gleavers' party with about 800 attendees. Ethel Anderson united in marriage to Leland Geaburn Vrideen on Sunday. Wanigas and local groups mark Second Sunday observances and women’s activities noted.
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