The Yale expositor., 1918-05-30
THURSDAY, May %, 1913
HERE AND THERE

Croswell graduates 26 young people
this year.
Eleven young people will graduate
from the North Branch school on
June 21st.
IL. A. Hopkins, of st. Clair, reports
all his peach trees dead as a result of
the severe winter,
A petition is being circulated at Ar
mazda for the purchase of tractor to
keep the roads in repair.
st. Clair citizens are excitedly await
ing the coming of the first Handy Bros.
train which is expected this month.
Mrs Abby Grifiiths, of Port Lamb
ton, knitted "a pairs of soldiers socks
during five months she spent in Marine
City.
Croswell now has two pool rooms.
After June LIST another one will be in
operation. Must be a good many
sports over there.
The st. Clair calf which was sold for
the Red Cross and the party held at
the same time Melted the society the
nice sum of $26250
Walter Williams, rural mail car
rier out of st. Clair, left on Sunday last
for Camp Custer. A new carrier must
be appointed as he had no substitute.
Milton Sawher, a st. Clair man, has
knit four sweaters and turned them
over to the ID. A. II. It's not his last,
either. This young man from i'll health,
is practically confined to his home.
Hourly service has been established
on the Shore line, that is, between Port
Huron and Detroit, of the Rapid Rail.
way. But on the other lines the date
for hourly service has been set for
June 18th.
Masonic lodge at Harbor Beach has
served fish dinners every Saturday dur
ing the winter and spring months, for
the benefit of the Red Cross work and
about 81, 900 has been turned over to
the society.
Up at Minden City a fish supper was
given the other night for the benefit of
the Red Cross and it took one hundred
pounds each of trout and whitefish to
feed the hungry crowds. However, it
paid the Red Cross 1880.
Minden City had big scare the other
day when the DeRosia hotel got alire.
A strong wind was blowing and it was
with difficulty that the fire was gotten
under control. If the hotel had gone, it
would have meant several other bust
ness places.
The big canning factory being built
now in Richmond is a most promising
industry for the town. The company
is also putting up sailing stations at
Goodells and at Washington, the out
put from which will furnish the Rich
mond factory produce.
Dogs stampeded a large flock of
sheep belonging to the Edward Walker
farm, south of Sandusky, one night
last week and nine lambs were found
trampled to death and several sheep
crippled. The loss was appraised and
paid from the dog fund, but such dep.
relations are dlscouraging to farmers
trying to raise sheep.
The wife of Rev. John Caldwell, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church in san.
dusky for the past five years, died on
May 22nd, after long illness from
cancer. Mrs. Caldwell was of lovely
christian character and endeared her.
self to all who knew her. She was
Sc ears of age and is survived by her
husband and three children.
Memphis had bad fire on Thursday
of last week. A passing train set fire,
by sparks, to the roof of the hay shed
of the Elevator Co, which was destroy
ed with many bales of hay and 2S
barrels of salt. The coal shed of +. q.
Coburn adjoining, containing % tons
of washnut, was also consumed. A few
days later Mr.. Coburn lost straw
stack on his farm by lightning and
only by hard work were the buildings
oovad