The Yale expositor., 1914-02-26
HERE AND THERE.

boating.
The Sanilac County Field and Track
meet will be held in Brown City June 3.
The new brass band at Capac has
made its initial bow TO the public and
has been pronounced good.
Marlette water looks good, tastes
better and best of all, has been pro-
nounced scientifically clean and pure.
M. A. Beedham, who has been work.
ing on the Croswell newspapers for
some time, has secured a position in
Detroit,
The Challenge Roller Mills at Kinde
burned to the ground last week, with a
loss of $4,000 partially covered by
insurance.
The Bailey billiard hall at Croswell
was broken into last Friday night and
the thieves carried away about 800
worth of cigars, tobacco, etc.
Mrs. Mary Whiting, resident of st.
Clair since 1859, died last Sunday at the
age of SO. Her husband who was COL
Henry Whiting, died in 1887
There are many applicants for the
pOstmaster's job at st. Clair. The can
didates have been exceedingly busy.
they can taste the plum.
The annual county meeting of Odd
Fellows was held in Port Huron on
Monday. About 300 Odd Fellows were
present and successful session was
held. A big banquet and program
ended the evening.
Harvey Howse, a Sandusky livery
man, had his hands and feet 80 badly
frozen in the recent cold spell, while
returning from Yale to Peck, that it is
feared that one hand and foot may
have to be amputated.
Something new in the club line has
been organized at Algonac by twenty
five men. The ladies are TO be invited
to join, No further information seems
to be available excepting the name
which is The Pin, Feather and Fur
club, whatever that means.
The safe way across the st. Clair
river on the ice from ST. Clair city had
been marked out by some careful per-
son with boughs of evergreens, and
some other imaginative person had
termed it, 1.-The Trail of the Lonesome
Pine, which appropriate name sticks.
A farewell banquet was rendered
Port Huron's retiring postmaster, Burt
ID. Cady, at the Elks Temple in Port
Huron recently Flftyon covers were
laid, the company including John ).
Wittlitf, the incoming postmaster. A
diamond stick pin was presented Mr..
Cady.
Bert G. Preston, who has spent more
than a quarter of century in the
banking business in Armada, has re-
tired from the institution which he
founded. w. w. Lyons, the. present
cashier, purchased the stock of Mr..
Preston, who with his wife, has left for
Florida for the remainder of the winter.
The second annual banquet of the
Zach Chandler club of Sanilac county
on February Il at Croswell, was beyond
doubt a decided success. Three hund-
red and thirty persons sat down to the
banquet tables in the opera house, after
which splendid program of speeches
and music occupied the time till two
in the morning.
Inlay City has lost by death during
the past week three pioneer residents,
namely, DR.. John Z. Egglestone, a
prominent citizen and physician for
the past thirty five years. Mrs. George
w, Jones wife of DR.. Zones, who had
z. G.. Kennedy for over forty years
we'll known resident
The Armada Graphic has completed
a quarter Of century with II. j. Bar
rows as publisher and last weeks issue
was put out with sixteen pages of
interesting matter pertaining to the
history of Armada during the twenty
five years, with cuts of streets and pub.
lie buildings and up to date local news
matter. 1t is a paper to be filed away.
A serious charge is up against Ma
rine City physicians who are said to
have concealed contagious diseases
Astounding in the river town. AT the
present time there are 25 cases of con-
tagious diseases there, including small
pox, diphtheria and scarlet fever. Ty-
phoid and pneumonia, of which there
are several cases, have been covered by
the doctors also. The Marine City Re.
porter refutes the above and says that
this sweeping statement should be
retracted by Dr. Smith, who has been
making Investigations for the State
Board of Health.
Robert Walsh, Port Huron's wealth
lest citizen, the largest real estate
owner and heaviest tax payer in the
city, died in Daytona, Florida last Sun
day. Mr.. Walsh's property holdings in
Port Huron were enormous and it is
estimated that he was worth a million
dollars. He was about 80 years of age.
His wife died fifteen years ago, and the
only child of the couple, son, died in
1884 at the age of 20. The body of Mr..
Walsh was brought to Port Huron for
burial.