The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-04-27
THURSDAY, April 81, 1916
HERE AND THERE.

There IL scarlet fever in the home of
Terrence Gallagher in Elk township.
Peck citizens have the question of
oiing their streets under consideration.
The Episcopal church at Dryden was
struck by lightning recently and dam
aged $500 or $500 worth.
Mr. and Mrs. j as. Foster who have
spent the winter in Florida, returned
to their home in Peck last week.
VIM. Wark, rural mail carrier out of
Peck, has moved his family to the
Wark farm in Speaker township.
The new press for the Jetfersonian
at Croswel has arrived and been set
up and the paper will soon 0e enlarged.
The Cass City Grain Co, which al
ready operates seven elevators, will
build another at Salzburg, a suburb of
Bay CITY.
DR.. Fixes, founder and director of
the "Soul Winners League" has been
holding ten days series OF meetings
in Croswell.
st. Clair is going to have lot of con.
crete pavement laid this season, boule-
ward lights are to be installed and many
other marked improvements to be
made.
Dates for the Chautauqua at st. Clair
this summer are July 1926. Five hun
dred tickets were pledged last year.
This seasons program is said to be the
best ever.
The Cass City Chronicle is publishing
interesting reminiscent story letters
from pioneers and their children, of
early day good old times in the Thumb
district of Michigan.
Mrs. l.. S. Fenton. of Lexington, died
last week after an illness of several
months. Mrs. Fenton was the mother
of Mrs. Chas. Noble, of Brown City,
well known in Yale.
| The Sanilac county board of super
visoTs met last week and accepted the
new court house from the contractors,
the Covell Co. The building is up to
spe cifications in all respects
About forty thousand dollars has
been distributed among farmers around
MELVIN since last fall in exchange tor
live stock. Ten carloads of horses
have been shipped from Melvin station.
The class of 1916, Cass City high
school, has left the choice Of the min
lister, who is to preach the baccalau-
reate sermon, to the Ministerial Asso-
citation of their town. 1t falls to the
NJ +. pastor this year.
The body of the nine year. old daugh.
ter of John Caroline, of Marlette, who
was drowned three or four weeks ago,
was found few days since about two
miles from where she fell in. A bank
of sand had closed over her.
The third vote on the high school
proposition It Peck taken last week
was another defeat, vote standing 81
to A. However it is only a question
of time and short time at that before
the proposed and much needed high
school will be built
Richmond experienced the biggest
fire in years early Tuesday morning.
The department store of Cooper ~ Son
and the Elliott House were practically
destroyed The buildings and contents
are total loss. Fire originated in the
basement of the store and reached two
oil tanks which exploded.
The body of "Wild Bob" Burman,
auto speed king, Of Detroit, arrived at
Inlay City Saturday from Corona, Cal.
where he met death in the races there
a week ago. The body laid in state at
the Masonic Temple until 200 o'clock
Saturday when the funeral services
were conducted. INLAY City was Bur.
mans boyhood home.