The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-09-25
news ITEMS OF
The PAST WEEK
IN NEARBY CITIES

The population Of Port Huron
today is 29,975.
The 49th fair and races are be-
ing held in North Branch this
week.
The Dairy Products Co. is
Port Huron's newest business in
stitution.
Memphis has Jack the Peep
err" Somebody is going to shy a
brick at him.
The city of Port Huron is
styled as the "Silver Gateway to
the Golden West"
Mrs. Caroline Roth, of May
Vile, celebrated her 92nd birth
day on the l4th Of September
John Drant, a young lad, has
run away from his home in Peck.
His parents are anxious for his
return.
There are eight school districts
in Macomb county not opened
this fall on account of lack OF
teachers.
| 4. 7. Willoughby has sold his
grocery and gents furnishing
store in Memphis to A. Schultz of
Marine City.
ut. Clemens decides to raise
lS15,000 bonus to secure Handy
Bros. railway extension from Ma
rine City to Mt. Clemens.
Fred E. Church has begun the
publication of the Millington Her
laid. There has been no paper at
Millington for some time.
An exploding lamp in Masonic
ic lodge rooms in Port Hope oc-
casioned fire and loss to the
order of several hundred dollars.
Minden City will put up to the
voters the question of bonding
for six thousand dollars for an
electric lighting system for the
town.
A piece of land on Harsen's Is
land has been rented by c. C..
Smith as a shooting park and his
friends are now having some
sport.
The 1919 Athletic Association
of the Bad Axe school was organ
: lied last week with every one of
the 176 students enrolling as
: members.
: High prices of building mater
2 ial and labor, it is expected will
! make the new much wanted
< school building at st. Clair al
most prohibitive.
1 The Brown City Savings Bank,
at meeting last week, elected the
following officers: President,
e Charles Noble; vice-presidents,
4 Hugh McNair and j. E. Campbell,
NJ. D.; Cashier, Ezra w. Pepper.
Park Norman, of Lexington,
raised a good sized patch of China
Asters this year and has been
making regular shipments to De-
Z troit florists, thereby making a
= neat little profit for himself.
= Work has been started in Mar
inc City on it's new road, Western
y Boulevard. 1t will be one of the
: most modern types of road con-
o struction and will be composed
/, of reinforced, concrete 20 #.
wide.
II 1t is reported that new nation
y al bank is to be established in
h st. Clair, having the support Of
y several strong business men of
O Bay City, Pt. Huron, Marine City
and st. Clair. Developments are
expected soon.
; The new ice plant in Sarnia is
n now i'm operation and has capac-
ity of 60 tons, day. The owner
4 of the plant is part owner of the
r Port Huron plant and he expects
n to supply Port Huron and other
: towns near by with ice.
! In digging a ditch several feet
deep at Harbor Beach, laborers
found a series of heavy timbers
in almost perfect condition. Old
Y residents say that it is part of the
corduroy road used when the town
Y was nothing but lumber camp.
If An old barn which was being
t. moved in Richmond the other day
e revealed the hiding place of a
'f travelling bag filled with stolen
articles from different stores. The
D theft had not been noticed by the
r. merchants as the goods were
lie small and unnoticeable. A young
ID man had been arrested two weeks
)f before for the theft of money
in and accessories from local gar.
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