The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-12-26
Seen and Heard
in Michigan

died from the accldental dlscndrSe Oh
q gun while rabbit hunting at Grass
Bay.
Charlottesville 1919 budget for
Eaton county has been prepared by
the board of supervisors. 1t totals
$4,000.
Petoskey-Paul Bathke. in the gas
supplies division at ST. Jean Dumonts,
France, is reported dead. December l.
of influenza
Port Huron-W II. Reid announced
he had plans prepared for 100000
motion picture house on the site OF
the former city opera house.
Bay City-John F. Varty, for num-
Der of years cashier Of Pinconning
State bank, is dead at the home of
w. S. Fotheringham, of pneumonia.
Mason-Bernice. 3.year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Grover Akers, OF
Aurelius, fell backward into pan of
scalding water, and died a few hours
later
Bay City-S. r. Birchard and Robert
Linwood recently and broke the late
bathing record by taking a dip in
Saginaw bay.
Kalamazoo-Demobili of the
Kalamazoo College s. A. T. c. is now
completed. All the members of the
State Normal s. A. T. c. A. have also
received their discharges.
Petoskey-Boyne Falls was threat
ened with complete destruction by fire
when flames swept the Kockiak gro
Gerry and spread. to other buildings.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
South Haven-A memorial curtain
and victory arch will be placed in the
South Haven High School in honor of
Maj. Edward B. Thompson, whose
death in action was reported recently.
Cheboygan-Private Carl Bennett,
son of Andrew Bennett, Weadock far
mer, is reported as missing His
parents believe him In hospital in
France, from which he wrote recently.
Port Huron-W. o. Lee, former state
commander of the Grand Army of the
Republic, has announced his candi-
dacy for commander-in-chief at the
national encampment to be held at
Columbus, O.. in August, 1919.
Port Huron-Fifty St Clair county
and Lambton, Ont, county beekeepers
were here in a joint session. DR..
Burton H. Gates, provincial apiarist
for Ontario, and B. f. Kindig, Michi-
gan state inspector of apiaries, spoke.
Ann Arbor-Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Whitney have received a letter from
their son describing how he had cap
tured IL Germans single-handed. Be-
fore the letter reached here they were
notified that he had been wounded and
later died in hospital.
Charlotte-The Mulliken creamery
las been leased by John Bender, pro-
prietor of the Durand creamery, and
is being repaired and will be opened
on a larger scale within a few days.
Cream will be accepted daily at a
cash price three cents above the Chi
cago market
charlottesville first intimation Mr..
and Mrs. G. NJ Leedy of Kalamazoo
township had that their son Azor had
been wounded in France before the
war ended was when they read his
name in the list of a shipload of
wounded soldiers that had arrived In
New York city.
Kalamazoo-Judge Albion Titus ex-
presses the belief that unless the city
agrees to pay more than so cents per
halliday for jury service that cases
must be heard before women juries
There has been virtual strike against
jury service because OF the rate OF
remuneration.
Saginaw-The dollars and cents
value Of the boys and girls agricul
tural club work in Saginaw country
is shown in report of Miss Theresa
Mcdonald county leader, showing
that boys and girls had planted gar.
dens who produced foodstuffs valued
at $6.S4S in 20 clubs.
Charlotte-Len Harwood, so years
old, was found suffering from hunger
in his home when he called for help
from a.window. For some unknown
reason the mans aged wife had locked
up the house and left the city after
posting sign on the door warning
against removal of any household
effects.
Cheboygan-Henry Dargan has let
ter from Lieutenant r. G. Johnson
Three Hundred and Tenth engineers
in Russia. giving details regarding the
drowning of his son. Private Arthur
Dargan. The letter says Private Oar
gan lost his life in the Dvina river
after answering a call for volunteers
to swim ashore from a rowboat &c
carry comrades who could not swim
from boat helpless under enemy CUR
fire.
Jackson-Their movements sur
rounded by secrecy. all prison Off
cials, II is understood being warned