The Yale expositor., 1907-07-05
Brockway.


er was in town Wednesday.
Samuel Fields and son William Wis
tied in West Brockway sunday.
Miss Mary Cotter, of Emmett, visit
ed with Brockway friends on Sunday.
Joseph Maynard, of Spring Hill, call
ed on old friends in town Monday even
ing.
Master Tom Magner is visiting his
sister Mrs. Eleary Herman at Peck
this week.
Charles Cameron is preparing to raise
large barn on his farm southeast of
the village.
County school Commissioner Black
ney called on the Brockway directorate
Wednesday.
Mrs H. Smith visited with her dau-
ghter Mrs. ID. j. Davidson in Port HUI
ron last week.
Bill Streeter spent couple of days
last week in Port Huron looking up
impOssibilities.
Alvah Reyes now drives brand new
surrey a recent purchase from Thomas
Wharton of Yale.
John Jackson is pushing the mason
work on the Patterson barn, expecting
To finish il this week
The Fourth was quiet day i'm Brock
way. IL seems that even the time
honOred crOaker was tabooed.
William VanNorman, of West Brock
way, visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
g. NanN orman in this village Saturday
last.
Rev. u. j. Culinane, of Yale, was in
town Saturday afternoon giving the
children of II. Joseph s catechstical
instructions.
Rev. Father Culinane of Yale, will
celebrate mass i'm 1t. JOseph's Catholic
church this village next Sunday morn
ing at $50 o'clock.
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Miss Mary CotteT, a student at the
Ursuline Academy at Monroe is spend
ing her vacation with her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Patrick Cotter near here.
The Misses Nellie Wagner. Nellie
McGrattan, Anna Magner and Anna
Quain attended the Sth grade gradua-
tion at Ayoca last Tuesday evening.
Some of our citizens enjoyed the
novel sensation of two celebrations of
"the day we celebrate" by visiting
Ayoca July 3rd and Brown City on the
! Fourth.
We are glad to note that John
Jurdan an old and highly respected
resident of this locality is able To be
around again after his late severe spell
of sickness.
Crops have had a phenomenal growth
during the past few weeks i'm this sec
ton, this being especially true in refer
ence to hay which in many instances
will be ready to cut next week.
Mrs Patrick McKenney left last week
for her former home in Central New
York where she will visit with her
parents during the next three weeks.
Her two children, Patrick Jr., and
kathrine accompanied her.
Very little Improvement is noticed i'm
the condition of Mrs. Dennis McNer-
ney who is dangerously i'll at her home
west of this village. Mrs. McNerney's
trouble is heart failure of yiruent
nature, but it is hoped she will even
tually recover.
James Biggerstaif, wife and family
Oh DtlIOll, NlSlltu Will Ills NONSlll JOlill
Patterson and family the first of the
week. Jim is an old time Brockway
boy who has met with success in the
city, and his old friends here are indeed
glad to see him prosperous.
The George Mcintyre implement
house of Yale, on Saturday erected "a
large wind mill for John Patterson. 1t
is Mr.. Patterson's intention to erect a
large tank and pipe the water TO his
house and barns, when he will have one
of the most convenient farms i'm this
part of the township.
While there would be no fortune to a
store keeper i'm BrOckway never the less
TO the person who would open good
general store in the village there is as
sured good trade, as il is in the vicn-
ity only waiting for the enterprisng
merchant to 90 after it. BrOckway has
had varied experience i'm the retail
trade with nO failures To look back to.
The man starting here would not nee
essarily have to have unlimited means
the need being to have - stock cover
ing wide range of articles. With
such a stock his success is assured in
/ advance.
lilo - lllt illitll Nthi VI Ai' olh INV
pathmaster system, that has been in
vogue since Michigan became n state,
and as is usual at the fms of every
thing the last incumbents are making
the most of their opportunities and
leaving to the new commissioner and
! his assistant heritage of as bad roads
as possible. The old system was as
good as any that could be devised, il it
was only worked as its designers in
! tended But that was where the rub
came in, as on an average not one-half
the statute labor was put on the roads,
and that i'm hap-haZard slip-shod
manner, without thought of future
consequences, as long as the work was
done, but now with our general over
seer. and the payment of road taxes in
money the work should be done and
done right, the only requirement being
that a qualified man be placed at the
head of the department and all con
sdered under the supervision of the
State Commissioner. Michigan should
i'm the next few years have highways
second To none i'm the world as the
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