The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-12-13
Brockway.

Tuesday.
Patrick Cotter threshed his fall crop
this week.
Mrs. M. Magner is recovering from
her recent illness.
Mrs &. Quinn is slowly improving
after her recent illness.
Miss NJ. Rodgers spent Sunday with
friends and relatives in Avoca.
Mrs. :. Balmer, who has been very
sick during the past few weeks is re-
covering.
Miss Birdie Wagner returned home
Friday after weeks visit with friends
i'm Melvin.
Lyde Smith, of Port Huron, spent
part of lastWeek in this vicinity look
ing after his farm.
The material for the new fence
around st. josephs Catholic church is
still on the ground.
John Hickey, the Port Huron tomb
stone man, transacted business in
Brockway Thursday.
A. f. Pratt, of Almont, has moved
onto the Mcdonald farm formerly
owned by VIM. White.
The young people of the village are
thinking of organizing pedro club,
under the title of Y. p. A.
John KenneY, proprietor of the
Dewey House, Emmett, was a Brock
way visitor Tuesday afternoon.
Edward McKenney has severed his
connections with the Patterson farm
and will leave for the west next week.
Geo. shannon, who is juror OH the
present circuit court panel, spent Sun
day with his family in this village, re-
turning to Port Huron Monday.
The soft weather of the past week
caught severe cold Monday night,
and travellers can now move around
dry shod.
The different fraternal orders work
ing in this village will elect otliC ers
during the present month for the COM
ing year.
Rev Father Cullinane will celebrate
mass in st. Joseph's Catholic church,
this village, at prompt 100 o'clock,
Sunday, Dec %.
Mrs. Ellery Hartman, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nj.
Magner, during the past few weeks, re-
turned TO her home in Detroit We'd
nesday.
\. +. Smith has shinged and made
other extensive mprOvements around
the homestead, quarter mile south of
town, all of which adds much TO the
appearance of the premises.
After the recent furry in martial
circles on the town line, when divorce
was looming on the horizon, a peace
maker appeared and acted the part of
the Good Samaritan, bringing peace TO
the family.
The AOOG of Brockway has inaugu-
rated a contest for new members. and
all are active rolling in the applications
the prospects being that at least 80 new
members will walk the plank" when
the public installation occurs in Jan
uary.
Mrs. VIM. Laycock and daughter
Helen visited with relatives and friends
in Valley Center the last of the week.
She returned home Tuesday and was
accompanied by her sister, Mrs. VIM.
Pierson, who will spend the week in
Brockway.
John Glassford has finished up his
seasons work and retired to his home
in this village where he will spend the
winter. Jack is a great judge of the
weather, being able to forsee the tie-up
a week ahead, SO all who are not pre-
pared for winter should profit by the
signs.
Several from this place attended the
social and rattle given by the Sacred
Heart parish, in Central Hall, Yale,
Friday night. \ horse was rallied on
which 500 was realized and $50 was
made on the social. FIR. Command, the
well-known Trenton priest, won the
horse.
The proposed nuptials of William
Streeter are again postponed on ac-
count of the sickness of the intended
bride who is a native of Cincinnati. O..
and a person of varied claims. one
whom "Bill" says he Can well afford to
wait for. "Moro Castle" has been In a
state of siege during the past week as
the host of Bills friends have called
and rendered their best wishes to the
veteran on his new happiness. That
the intended is a straight laced dame
may be inferred by the requirement
that Bill quit drinking and shave off
his Napoleanic goatee. The first re-
quirement he complied with at once,
but the loss of his whiskers will be
sore trial to William, as he says they
are dear friends, being born in '67, on
the Sioux reservation and raised every
where, but, "you see John, if she says
60, go they must; go they will have to,
no matter how dear they are to me-"
A pen reveling in luxury, a Pullman
car, has been prepared in the barn, and
"Pomp" has been installed therein and
is fast getting acclimated, and learning
the name of his new Mistress, Sarah
Jane Honeydipper. A sweet name
and Bill says she is just as sweet as the
name sounds.