The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08
Letters From Subscribers.

The following letter was received by
and was handed TO us for publications
Los Angeles, April Goth 1908.
Dear Father
| am having Charlie write this
letter for me for about two weeks ago
/ broke my arm. | haven't written be-
fore as | wanted to be able to say that
it is doing well. 1t is beginning to
knit and the Doctor says that in few
weeks | will be all right again.
l slipped off the back steps and
fell to the ground about three feet.
Aside from the Inconvenience of hay
ing the arm in sling and tightly
bound / am perfectly well. received
your letter day before yesterday and
was glad to know that you are able to
be around and you must not worry
about me at all.
| have no news to write but will
write again in week or so and tell
how | am getting along. Tell brother
Charlie that am getting the EXpositOr
and thank him for sending it.
Remember me to all the family. l
hope Earl and Glen are enjoying their
visit Your loving daughter
Tuna Ward.
Address 1868 West 18th St.
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Petoskey April 20.
To the Editor of the Expositor
Although the local historical as
sOciations connected with PetOskey
may not be familiar to your readers, pos
sibly some one may find an item of in
terest in review of some of them. AS
is usual with all progressive towns, Pc
toskey has several structures that were
built in primitive times, when many
difficulties were encountered. One of
these was the First Methodist church,
the building of which was begun in
the year 1877, the corner stone being
laid in July of that year. From local
information we learn that the first serv
ice held by the Methodists in the village,
was in 1875 in slab schoolhouse on the
site of what is now the Levinson De-
partment store on Lake st. The church
was formed with six members, four of
whom were ladies. There was no res
ident pastor but the Rev. Wood Of
CharlevoiX filled the appointment. The
first quarterly meeting was held in a
saw-mill on the shore of Little Traverse
Bay, but it was so noisy there that they
had to adjourn the service, and they
changed to the second floor of a build
ing on the present site of what is now
the Grill Cafe, the first floor being oc-
cupied as a saloon. The first organ
used in the service was small portable
one, owned by Mrs. Bump, one of the
members, and was played gratuitiously
by her.
Soon after this the services were held
in the Howard st. schoolhouse, where
they were continued for some time.
The new church was brought TO a near
stage of completion the latter part of
the year of 1877, the first service being
held on watch night of the new Year
of 1878. The succeeding pastors were
Revs. Tilden, Sly, Whitmore, Sherman
and Ball. Under the ministry of the
Rev. ID. o. Ball petition and subscrip-
ton list was started for the building of
a new church, the former one being
considered too small. The old church
was then moved to its present site, and
the construction of the new one was
begun in 1889, and the following year
the work was completed. The Rev.
David Engle conducted the dedication
services, and the succeeding pastors
have been Revs. Thompson, McGregor,
GrOsenbough, Marten and w. j. Will
son who is now the present minister.
The membership now numbers nearly
seven hundred, having had only six
members in the start. An elegant pipe
organ costing two thousand seven
hundred dollars has taken the place of
the little portable organ of thirty years
ago, while a choir of trained voices and
a soloist constitutes a part of the in
teresting services. The old church
around which so many sacred memories
must hover is being torn down to make
room for the Carnegie Library, the
erection of which will be begun at once
| might mention many places of inter
est and the varying beauty and fasci-
nation of the scenery of the Northland
where hundreds of tourists come every
summer for harbor of rest, but fear
you, Mr.. Editor may have already exer-
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