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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1918
Page
8
Our friends heed government urging to buy early and select Christmas gifts from our varied stock of gift articles and furniture. This year offers useful and needful gifts, including pieces of good furniture that combine beauty and service.
A mixed digest of local names, visits, memberships, and imminent events. Mentions Wangan at Brunner’s, Carl Walthers on business in Sageiaw, and Hy Goggin in Belding on legal business. Socials include Woman’s Club meeting at 30 State Street, hair work deliveries by Mr and Mrs Wright of Belding, and Presbyterian Ladies' Aid plans. Also notes teens’ high school victory, a free lecture at Eastminster chapel, and obituaries of Aubrey McDaid and Nancy Hamilton with burial details.
Private Albert Beaudry, enlisted earlier this year, was picked up as a deserter by Chief Oscar Vibber. Heauhy, attached to Langley Wichct Thai Balloon Detachment, left for parts unknown to obtain a motorcycle to aid escape. Beaudry’s health and fate remain unresolved as officers monitor the situation amid ongoing patrols. The report mentions a French Canadian man, David Benuitey, and notes the city park board’s plan to add gray timber wolves and other animals to Wright Park under Chairman Frank F. Smith.
Evangelist CM Smithson arrived Tuesday to lead services at Pinestreet Church of Christ with a growing audience each evening. Cadillac musician May directs the large chorus and J E Sturt and wife from Coe will assist with personal work and special solos. Topics for the remainder include Christ the Final Authority in Religion, Selling the Birthright, and a Sunday program with Bible school, 11:00 preaching on A Good Soldier, a 4:20 mass meeting, and a Sunday evening sermon on The Kind of Church that Alma Needs.
The Mt Pleasant squad led by Helmer prepares for a crucial 1918 season clash against the Grange and Black. Expect a hard contest as normal town teams seek victory. The game kicks off at 2 PM Saturday, timed to reduce work disruption. Corp. William F Grabowski, a former Republic employee and Plant 2 inspector, was reported seriously wounded in action on October 1.
Alma high defeated Ithaca 15 to 0 after a persistent comeback keyed by a fast, scrappy team effort. Harry Helmer had rebuilt the Alma eleven into a heady squad, scoring on three drives with third quarter and late fourth quarter points and a missed kick.
Clyde McElfresh superintendent of Republic Motor Truck dies from Spanish influenza after relapse following illness. Body sent to Bellfontain Ohio for burial. Corporal Robert E. McLaughlin, former Republic employee, gassed at the front with eye injuries but recovering. sister Louise and BR McLaughlin are in the filing and traffic departments.
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