The Yale expositor., 1919-02-06
State
Happenings


Muskegon-Major ]. II. Waldron,
who has been several months fighting
overseas, has returned to the United
States.
Sunfield-This city will have an cleo
trio light plant of its own If plans OF
the business men materialize. A COM
mittee will investigate the cost.
Grand Rapids-Guy Willis, Y. NJ.
c. A. secretary, has returned from
France limping from wounds received
while at work in the st. Miehle sector.
Muskegon-With Jerome e. Turner,
judge of the municipal court, as chief
speaker, Muskegon workers dedicated
Liberty arch, gift TO returning
heroes here recently.
Bay City-Theodore Stegmann has
received letter from his son, Lawr-
ence, who was reported as missing in
action, stating that he Is we'll and
billeted near Coblenz.
Reed City-H. M. Buchanan has re-
ceived word that his cousin, Capt.
John McGregor, single handed, killed
four Germans and captured eight dur
ing the fighting at Cambria.
Constantine - Churches, schools.
movies, pool rooms and all public
meeting places here are closed because
of the flu. About 80 per cent of the
victims are school children.
Sturgis-Mrs. Julia Lockwood, SO
Fawn Township to the Town Hail. six
miles distant, that she might register
TO vote at the spring election.
Owosso-Albert Fink and Reginald
Farley. Detroit youths, pleaded guilty
to a charge of breaking and entering
in the night time. They were remand
ed to await sentence ON February 10.
Constantine-Mrs Flora Defender
fer, OF Three Rivers, and Miss Cleo
w. Shellengarger, of Sturgis, are can
didates for the position of school com
missioner. Three men want the job
also.
Reed City-During last year Osceola
County has expended nearly $4,000 on
mothers pensions, according to the
annual report of Judge West Total
cost to the county for needy cases was
$4,000.
Grand Rapids-The Bissell Carpet
Sweeper Co. has just received large
order for sweepers from an English
firm. This is the first foreign CON-
mercial order received for nearly two
years.
East Lansing scores of
boys and girls who won champion
ships in their home counties as gar.
deners and Gamers will be entertain
ed during February as guests of the
NJ. A. c.
Allegan-Plans for the erection of a
tuberculosis sanitarium for Allegan
County have not been given up. Bus
mess men here are at work devising
means whereby this institution can
be secured.
Redford-Avoiding a collision with
another automobile, c, H. Smith, of
BEDFORD, drove his machine directly
into a telephone pole. His mother-in-
law, a passenger in his car, received
a bad cash in the forehead.
Grand Haven-The Ottawa County
road commission will build a new wide
concrete road from this city to High.
land Park, summer resort, and will
then build a parkway where a. least
1000 automobiles can be parked at
one time.
Ionia-Verne Bowen, farmer, who
1t Is charged, beat Theodore Rein.
hardt. another farmer, so badly that
his life was despaired of for a while
was found guilty by jury of assault
to do great bodily harm. He was re
manded for sentence.
Grand Rapids-Plainfleld Township
Kent County, is defendant in a $40,
900 damage suit resulting from a
road which caved in, allowing Roy
Vinton, the driver of large load OF
straw, to be buried beneath the straw
when the wagon overturned.
Holland-William DePledges entire
family is threatened with extermina
ton as the result of pneumonia. A
boy. one year old, is the only survive,
and he is dangerously Ill with the
disease. DePledges and his wife dice
within five days of each other.
Ann Arbor-While searching for 8
revolver thrown away by a bootleg
ger when placed under arrest, depn
ties halted second car containing e
4. Johnson and r. C. Sims, Detroit
who were arrested charged with VIC
lating the Prohibition Law and pait
fines Of 5000 and costs each.
Grand Rapids-A Great Lakes sailo1
in uniform was sent to the reforma
tory at Ionia by Judge Durham 1,
Superior Court. Harold Tinker. tn,
sailor, was arrested on a charge O
burglary. When arraigned before n,
promised to return 10 the training sta