The Yale expositor., 1912-03-28
HERE AND THERE


The sub-district oratorical contest
will be held in Croswell. April 5th.
a movement toa organize an Oddfel-
lows lodge in Lexington is on foot.
There are no houses to rent at
| Armada and the scarcity is being
| felt.
Armada Epworth Leaguers keep a
PAPER rack at their depot filled with
| Christian literature
| William Morrow who has been
| postmaster 1T Port Austin for the
past 10 years, died last week
| One of st. Clair's needs is that of
an elevator and Il progressive man to
buy hay, grain and farmers produce
Editor Harding of the Melvin Gaz-
cite, has been having hard time
with rheumatism and confined to his
home.
Deckerville citizens voted in favor
of waterworks at the election last
week but the electric light PROPOSE
ton was defeated.
Robert Morrison, formerly editor
of the Sanilac Jeffersonian. has gone
to Texas and will make his home
there if the country suits him.
The organization of the ST. Clair
| Shipmaster's Association was made
| in st. Clair last week with a charter
membership of forty.
A large gray timber wolf was seen
in the vicinity of Almont last week
and several local hunters went after
it but the wolf got away.
The case of DR.. r. A. McGregor
the Ubly physician charged with
homicide in connection with the
death of the Sparlngs, will be called
for Tuesday, April 2.
The -four mill and elevator at
Brown City was obliged to shut
down last week on account of water
running into the engine room. If
warm rain comes, a flood in the
east part of town is imminent
Henry b. Miller of Port Huron is
having hard time making both ends
meet He has wife and eight chill
dren all of whom are down with
measles. Miller was arrested and
fined a short time ago for larceny.
The ladies of the Civic Improve
ment Auxiliary in Lexington, have
started this seasons campaign by
planning flower beds on bleak cor
ners and desolate spots in their |
town.
telephone company has been or
ganized at Vassar by representative |
farmers and business men. The raise |
in price for the use of the phone |
this year has caused this. A stock
company with capitalization Of |
$4,000 will be formed.
Mrs. Ben Streeter, Is years old, |
of Port Huron, is without a home as
she is now unable to work and her
son, whom she has supported all |
his life will not now help her The |
police are trying to locate a home for |
the old lady.
The directors of the Farmers State |
Bank at Armada celebrated it's first |
birthday by a big dinner and social
evening on st. Patrick's night. The |
wives were present also to help in |
the success of the interesting event |
The new bank is in prosperous con-
dition.
1t is rumored that the Titles city |
of Brown City is to have another
newspaper. If the citizens and bust
ness men of Brown City should put |
a little Of their boosted boosting quail
tiles behing Editor Cawood in his
efforts to wave the Banner success
fully, the result would be such that |
the Banner would fill the whole bill
Edward Matteson, for many years
president of the Mussey Farmers
Club and of the Capac Grange, died
at his home near Capac where he
had lived since 1869, on the 29th of
February of pneumonia. His wife
lay i'll with the same disease and
died on March 18th A double fune-
raj was held March 20.
The Capac Journal states that Geo.
e. Allen has accepted a position in
a Touring mill at Flint and will move
him family to that city. Does this
mean that Capac citizens have turned
down the proposition for new grist
mill for Mr. Allen who has been one
OF the best of citizens for many
years?
A great skin game was played in
Port Huron city one day last week
and number of victims tell the
story. A man goes from house to
house with crates of would be eggs
and sells eggs at II cents the dozen,
not less than crate to a person.
Soon the buyer finds he has two lay
ers of eggs and the rest of the box
filled with sand. Police scour the
city but the stranger makes good his