The Yale expositor., 1912-11-21


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The annual meeting of the Decker
vile Agricultural Association will be
held on Saturday, Dec. z.
The Dryden News, three columns
wide and ID inches long, chOck full of
news, is being issued by G. E. Terry.
The ladies of the Research club at
Marlette have opened reading room
and social will be given to buy books.
The Methodist church choir at Cros-
well has undertaken to give the people
of that town fine lecture course this
winter.
The Dow House and hostelry at
HarbOr Beach has been sold to Leo
Gwisdalla who purchases the property
as an investment.
The merchants of Richmond have
agreed to close their business places at
& o'clock standard time each night
hereafter except Saturday evenings.
A fire in Croswell early one morning
last week did a good deal of damage to
John Bros. fruit and confectionery
store and also to MILFORD Macklem's
law office.
Rev. Ohm Caldwell, formerly pastor
of the Presbyterian church at Mar
lette, was installed over the Presbyter-
ian church at Sandusky last week with
impressive services.
The proprietor of the moving pict-
ure theatre started in with shows on
Sunday at Capac, but there was such
general protest against it that Sunday
shows were quietly cut out.
Oscar Black of Inlay City who is 80
years of age is the oldest voter in that
vicinity. Fifteen times he has voted at
the presidential election, casting his
first ballot for Pierce in 1852.
Leedie Anderson and John Stanley
are bound over to the circuit court for
selling liquor to an Indian and
squaw. Judge Law has imposed sew
eral heavy fines lately for similar often
Ses.
1t is stated by Port Huron's health
officer that at present there is not a
single contagious disease in that city,
and that all precaution is being taken
to keep sanitary conditions in good
shape. 5ri -
Mrs. Mary Needham, "a woman 80
years of age, was struck by the Grand
Trunk train at Smiths Greek, where
she resides, and instantly killed. She
was walking on the track and it is
thought she did not hear the whistle
as she was somewhat deaf.
Little Bob, a PAGER from Deckerville,
who campaigned over the Thumb last
summer and Hal Paige, another Deck
erville PAGER, are scheduled for matt.
nee race on their home track as soon
as the track gets in good shape. Both
are rated as good young PAGERS.
The people of Port Hope, Harbor
Beach, Forestville, Forester, Port SAM
lac and Lexington, points between
Saginaw and Port Huron, are very de-
sirous of getting good service from
steamboat line and efforts towards es.
tablishing such line are being made.
George Rochefort, Y years old, living
at Bad Axe with his three months
wife, % years of age, shot at her four
times and then turned the revolver up
on himself. Rochefort is dead and the
wife will die. 1t is thought there
might have been quarrel over prop.
erty.
Miss Mary Eliza Logan, St. Clair
county school teacher, is the first wo-
man in the county and probably in the
state to take out full naturalization
papers since woman's suffrage amend
ment carried. She took out her first
papers in 1908 and last week was
granted full. She expects to vote at
the spring election.
The Farmers Cooperative elevator
at Sandusky was purchased two weeks
ago by John ii. Murphy and stock
company was organized last week CAPT
talized at $4,000 and incorporated
under the state laws. The officers are,
Pres, w. A. Williams; Vice Pres, M.
M. Stone; Sec'y-Mgr., j. IL. Murphy;
Treas, w. IL. Burgess.
Eddie Squires, an Inlay City lad,
was caught in the act of taking money
from the cash register in II. f. Hold
ems drug store one night last week. A
man had been posted in the store TO
watch, as money had been missed sew.
eral times. Squires let himself into
the building with skeleton key. He
admits having done the trick before.
Suit has been started in the circuit
court by the Port Huron u Northern
Railway company to recover 1854
which was paid to the city of Port
Huron under protest, for the special
election held on April to vote on the
railroad franchise and also on bonding
for the new Military street bridge. 1t
is contended that the city should have
paid the expenses inasmuch as the two
questions were submitted at the same
time.
A unique service was advertised in
the Richmond Review last week to be
held in the Congregational church on
Sunday evening. The topic of the
evening was "What you like to do for
your community, and it was to be
handled by several addresses from
prominent men. This week the Re-
view will state what it would like to do
for the betterment of the community.
Next week we will publish some Of the
ideas set forth by these progressive
and loyal people.