The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-04-01
THURSDAY. April 1, 1915
HERE AND THERE.

c. w. Gilbert, an old resident of
Memphis, died in Detroit last week.
A string of seven Fords came through
by road for Brown City dealer last
week.
Almont council has prohibited roller
skating from the business section of the
village.
Thomas Clark, of Deckervile. com
mitted suicide Monday of last week by
hanging.
Four Alma college young men are
holding evangelistic services at the NJ.
E. church in Lambs.
The recent dry streets of Cass City
brought out the street sprinkler to lay
the dust. Better use oil.
Mrs. l. A. Memo, a resident of st.
Clair for thirty years, died last week
following an operation at the hospital
There was bread famine on in
Croswell last Saturday night when one
was unable to buy loaf for love or
money.
The annual Field Day Meet of the
Macomb County High School Athletic
Association will be held in Richmond
on June IL.
Mrs. Mary Perkins, widow of DR..
George Perkins, former residents of
Memphis, was brought to Memphis for
burial last week.
The Clifford Cheese and Butter fac
tory owned and operated by G. ii. Will
son, has now passed into the hands of
Amos l.. Kinney.
Armada's beautiful new Carnegie
library is completed and the old library
rooms have been fOrsaken for the new.
April 2Sth has been set for dedication
day.
The barber shop and pool room at
Berville were destroyed by fire last
week, caused by the explosion of the
gasoline water heater in the barber
shop.
Almont needs a larger and better
school building The Mothers Club is
exerting its influence amongst the tax
payers in order that something may be
done 10 better the condition of the
school.
Two Croswell II year old boys under.
took to hold up a storekeeper at the
point of gun one night last week, but
didn't do up the job in first class shape.
They are learning though. AT present
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The new county house at Goodells
will be entirely finished and furnished
in about two weeks. The Howard
Furniture Company of Port Huron is
furnishing the bedrooms of which there
are seventy-two, more than are needed
at present.
The merchants in Capac have made
an agreement to close their stores three
evenings during the week, and the PEG
pie may thus be able to do their trading
every other evening. Arrangements
have been made by the Capac Business
Mems Association for a street concert
to be given by the local band one eve
ming each week.
Mrs. Silas Arnot died at her home in
Jeddo on Friday last after an illness
extending over six years. Mrs. Arnot
was patient sufferer and her end came
peacefully. She leaves husband and
three children, Mrs. +. p. Southworth
of Croswell, Frank and Helen at home.
The remains were brought to Croswell
Monday afternoon for burial and inter
ment in the Croswell cemetery.
A bill has been introduced into the
state legislature to set the st. Clair
Flats district and Russells Island apart
from st. Clair county and join it to Ma
comb county, but st. Clair county peo-
pie object to this and will oppose any
such effort The bill is backed by De-
troit men who own summer cottages
there and who think they havn't been
given a square deal by the officials of
Clay township for the money they pay
over each year in taxes.
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