The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-07-24
THURSDAY, July "a, 1919
HERE AND THERE

shortage.
Almont's annual homecoming |
will take place August 13 to 10.
The bean warehouse and eleva-
tor at Cass City was totally de-
stroyed by fire last week with a
loss of $4,000.
VIM. f. Johnson, of Memphis,
died on his birthday, July 18th,
aged SO years.
Property has been purchased IN
Inlay City and kindergarten
school will b ebuilt.
A state librarian will be sent
to Marine City to organize the
new city library and catalog the
books.
Handy Bros. are planning the
extension of their road from Ma
rine City. into Detroit in the near
future.
Floyd Jarvis, of Memphis, has
secured the position of professor
in English literature at the Uni
versity of Maine, at Orono,
Maine.
A great deal of petty thieving
is being done at the Croswell
Sugar factory and also at the can
ming plant. A stop will be put to
it at once.
DR.. Brush, of PORT Huron, per-
formed five operations in Cros-
we'll on Tuesday of last week.
Two were appendicitis and three
tonsils and adenoids.
Labor day in Marine City will
see big celebration by the Labor
Unions and Welfare Associations.
A monument is to be erected in
honor of the soldier dead.
Donald w. McNicol, of Fran
ingham, Mass, has been engaged
as director of the Community
house. at Harbor Beach, also as
physical director of the local
schools.
One of the oldest houses in
Marine City having been built IS
years ago and also used as fur
niture and grocery store, is
now being remodelled into mod
ern bungalow.
Elton Hurlbert, local agent for
the Edison electric company at
Richmond barely escaped electro
cution while repairing a break.
He was severely burned about the
back and legs.
The plans for the new school
building proposed to re built in
St. Clair have been found too ex-
pensive and cheaper ones will be
made before the question is put
up to the voters.
Mrs. Chas. E. Lutes is first
woman member of the board of
education at Richmond, being
elected to office at the annual
school meeting last week in place
of j. E. Weter, whose term ex-
pired.
Now that the intake pipe has
received proper repairing, st
Clair citizens are not so much in
fear of their drinking water be.
ing contaminated although the
water of Black river at its best
is none too pure.
The huckleberry swamps near
Almont and Romeo were busy
places the past week, the crop be.
ing a large one. At the Forc
swamp near Romeo, the price OF
the berries is &c per quart anC
| pick them yourself.
Jens Laursen, Of Marlette, is
home after thrilling experience
| in the 339th. lie was captured by
| the Bolos, given frozen fish anc
black bread to eat, clothed Il
cootie infested clothes, and helc
| captive for six weeks.
| The Capac Journal has started
upon its 33rd year of newspaper
existence and is doing it very sue
| cessfully. The Journal states i
! is glad to have the birthday:
I come along, as then the subscrib
ers are most eager to pay up anC
. renew, looking upon the act a.
one of reward for faithful worl
: and good service.
= Port Huron city boasts of
3 resident 67 years OF age, Twin.
4 there Sd years, who has never
Z smoked, drank any intoxicatin,
3 liquor, seen motion pictur,
E show, never been to the theatre
never seen circus, never beer
sick, and owes not a penny Hi,
name is Samuel See and ne owl,
his home on Gordon street.
Port Huron is planning a bi,
celebration for Sunday August 8,
and Monday, September l, il
honor of the 1000 soldiers an,
+ sailors of st. Clair county. TIL,
county will again go lover tn,
I top" and it is expected that a com
mittee from every town in tn,
county will fall in line to help il
every way possible. Bronze med
ais are being prepared to presen
each soldier.
L Robert Booth, a well-to-do an,
prominent citizen of Dryden, con
Quoting a lumber yard in Almont
M was driving to his business earl,