The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-09-19
CAMP CUSTER GUEST
HOUSE IN so DAYS
CONSTRUCTION WORK BEGAN ON
19-AcRE SITE DONATED
FOR PURPOSE.
ACCOMMODATE FOUR HUNDRED
FraternItIes and Cities Expected
to Build Community
Houses.

which will be erected at a cost OF
$250,000, and which will serve as a
private soldiers club In which they
may find recreation, and their moth
ers, fathers, sisters or sweethearts
food and lodging at reasonable rates.
7. w. Hanson, of Grayling, chairman
of the community house committee,
and one of the congressional district
chairman of the War Camp Commun-
ity Service, in making the announce
ment, stated that the building would
be dedicated in 60 days or less.
Several Other Buildings.
"The community building is being
constructed on the 19-acre site do
mated by two generous citizens OF Bat
tie Greek because we expect that fra
ternal organizations and communities
will build or rather, pay for buildings
to be constructed by us to be used
as their own club-rooms for soldiers
who may come from those commune
ties OF belong to these fraternal or
CARNATIONS.
I'VE expect such cities as Grand
Rapids, Jackson, Detroit and others
to build such buildings, and have no
doubt at all that every fraternal or
ganization in the state which can in
any way afford to do so will desire TO
be represented on the 19-acre site.
Room for 400 Guests.
THE community house itself will
afford sleeping accommodations for
about 400 persons. Relatives and
near friends of the soldiers may come
there and fined good food and good lodg-
ings at reasonable rates. They will
be well taken care of by representa-
tives OF the War Camp Community
Service, WHO will locate and notify
the soldiers they desire to see. There
they can see them in their own rooms,
and have much of the privacy of home.
Operates In other centers.
What the w. c. c. S. is doing in Bat
tie Creek, it is doing outside every
one of the fifty or more military camps
and training stations in the United
States.
has been placed in a service flag in
Niles, Michigan home, writes from
New York City, where he is now sta
toned, to a friend in Camp Custer,
as follows:
The w. c. c. S. In New York.
"T am a booster for New York. They
treat uniformed men just right, do so
much for them In fact, we could not
take In one-tenth OF what was free
to us.
"The War Camp Community Service
is the big thing in New York. We
slept in a hotel in the heart OF the
city, with a bath, for 25 cents Satur-
day night, breakfast for 10 cents, or
80 cents for the best, including ham
and eggs. At 9 a. m. the street in
front was lined up at both sides with
automobiles, some busses, and we took
seats, no crowding, and started out
to see the city. Each of us had a
guide book with the important places
shown. Each car had plenty of CT
garettes of the best kind, cigars, and
one of the cars had a beautiful girl,
and her chauffeur was driving. l
cannot start to enumerate the differ
emit sights, but we saw all of Fifth
avenue, Riverside Drive, Central
Park, Woolworth Building, where we
went to the top, 5S stories, and took
view of the city; saw the Tombs,
Bridge of Signs, the East Side, Bow
cry, Chinatown and lots and lots OF
other important places.
v : Grants Tomb.
ION Riverside Drive we got off and
had our pictures taken and visited
Grants Tomb The visit to the tomb,
which is a $650,000 one, was very inn
pressive, as everyone walked in on
their toes, hats off, and If they spoke
it was only in whisper. No orders
to be quiet, but il reminded me of
some one just passed away. The tomb
seems to be built in the prettiest part
of New York, overlooking the Hudson,
with Palisade Park on the other side
CT the river. The park is on hill
side ard at night is very nicely iilului-
mated.
L
"kt 1890 p. m. we got back to
headquarters again, with numerous
invitations to dinner, and it kept us
guessing wheretogo, as we had to be
back for the matinee. We finally
had a good chicken dinner, with lots
of ice cream and cake and cigars, near
the theatre district, given by Catholic
Woman's Club.
"At 2 D. nj. we went to the Casino
theatre, where the talent of New York
theatres entertained us for about
three hours. There were several other
theatres we had tickets to for the night
performance, but we had to be back
in camp, so couldn't go. I am enclos-
ing some of the tickets.
by the way, we had about so sail
ors from San Diego with us at the
Casino, and they we're called on the
stage and cheered, then cheers for the
great victories on the other side. Then