The Yale expositor., 1919-11-13
NEWS ITEMS FROM
NEARBY CITIES
Thumb Tales Tersely Told
Interesting Items Cleaned
From Our Exchanges

The Safety Burglar Alarm sys-
TEN has been installed at the Al
gonac Savings Bank.
Thomas Dawson, pioneer of
Memphis died last week after a
long illness caused from gangrene.
Mrs. Albert Stephenson, well
known pioneer of Columbus, died
at her home last week at the age
of 90.
Marlette has an idea that she
should have free mail delivery
too, as we'll as Croswell. Well
why not?
Night school started last week
at the high school in Port Huron
with an enrolment of Is pupils,
both sexes and all ages.
A number of the leading farm
ers of Columbus, Casco and Rich
mond townships, have organized
Cooperative Buying and Selling
Association.
Mrs. Martin Mushow, an aged
woman of near Harbor Beach, was
run down by a machine as she was
walking to church and died in
very few minutes.
The Capac Journal had the mis-
fortune last week Of not receiv-
ing its package of ready prints, so
it mailed out its home print sec
tion to it's readers.
Mrs. William Eveland, of st.
Clair, was 81 years old November
2. She received several bouquets
of flowers and numerous birthday
gifts from friends.
/ A petition for the incorporation
of a bank at Marysville has been
filed with st. Clair county clerk.
Fifteen stockholders were named
and 100000 is the amount of
capital.
Edward Pinney, of the Ex-
change bank at Cass City, was
stricken with severe illness last
week and was very low but later
somewhat revived, although his
condition is very serious.
Mrs. Stella Buck, wife Of DR..
Buck, of Capac, died at her home
last week after a Today illness.
Mrs. Buck was resident of Ca
pac for many years and was an
intensely public spirited woman.
The wedding cake which furn-
ished the center piece on the table
at the wedding luncheon of Doro-
thy Stewart and Leonard Writer'S,
Algonac young couple, was one of
two baked q years ago when the
brides parents were married.
DR.. Frasier, for the past sixteen
years the only physician in Lex
ington was found the other morn
ing at his home partially uncon-
scious and evidently victim of
apoplexy. His wife was away. Wis
iting. There seems to be no hope
for recovery.
The two chemistry classes in
the Marlette school were taken
recently on a trip to Saginaw,
where they went through plate
glass factory; a salt block;
chemical works and an artificial
ice factory. They profited great
| ly by the experience.
| Croswell will have new NOV
ing picture house. 1t will be a
brick building covered with stucco
As by 80 feet, costing in the neigh
borhood of $4,000, and will have
la capacity of 600. David Quail
and w. j. Carter are at the head
of the enterprise.
| Milk has been selling in Port
Huron for 13c per quart. An in
crease of two cents has now been
made by the investigating COM
lmittee as fair price to all and
1 because of the increase of popu-
lation, the decrease Of herds and
TO protect the local milk supply
from Detroit.
f. r. Perry, of East Berlin, pas
sed his 83rd birthday last week
with several of his friends who
came to dinner. Mr.. Perry has
been an unusually active man for
his age, doing all the fall plow-
ing on his farm, where he settled
Ififty-nine years ago. His earlier
years were spent in numbering
and he has passed through and
iovercome many obstacles of pio-
neer days.
Ludwig Tollmer, of Flint, went
! last week to visit the Family OF
JOS. Berkenhauser, near Capac. He
, was given room for the night
, and when called in the morning
: did not answer. One of the fam
, lily stepped into the room to extin.
: guish the light which was burning
: and saw the man on his knees be
: fore the bed, head buried in the
clothes. Not answering repeated
calls, investigation found him
dead. He had answered his call
while saying his prayers the night
, before. AS he had no relatives
: in this country, the remains were
buried in Capac cemetery.