The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-02-19
Wolverine
News Brcvitics

Bessemer.-At a special meeting
held in Ramsey the township decid
ed to bond itself for 100000 to build
new schools.
Potterville-Henri Debouck has sail
ed for Ostend, Belgium, to visit his
mother, brother and sister in Fland
ers, whom he has not heard from
since the war.
Ann Arbor-Dr. V. G. Vaughan
dean OF the medical school of the
University of Michigan, says there is
no value in the so-called incubation
against influenza.
st. Ignace-John S. Bourmans, Es-
canada, who was lost for several days
in the woods near Thompsonville, was
badly frozen and died after both feet
had been amputated.
Port Huron.-Public school teachers
OF Port Huron have been granted 500
annual salary increase by the board
of education. School janitors were in
creased SO month.
Standish-A rich harvest in fur has
been made in northern Michigan this
winter. Near st. Helen, a trapper
caught six foxes in two weeks, which
netted him $25 to $50 each.
Grand Ledge.-Mrs. Cora Smith, 70
years old, daughter OF Abram Camp
bell. one of the three original settlers
Of this village is dead. This village
was named by her mother.
Pontiac-For the third TIME in a
year. firemen and patrolmen OF Pom
tiac have been granted salary raises.
Their pay running from $1,700 to
81 $50 under the new schedule.
Grand Rapids-mterest rates on
loans are likely to be increased from
to per cent by the members Of the
Grand Rapids Clearing House assoc
iation. The rate will be made uniform.
Pontiac--Production will start at
the Friend Motors plant within few
days, according to announcement Of
Otis c. Friend, who purchased the en-.
tire holdings OF the Olympian Motors
company recently.
Manistee-Frank Rengo, a Kaleva
potato dealer, believe he established
q record for travelling long distance
with a single carload of potatoes,
phen he completed a 500-mile trip to
Louisville, KY.
Gold With nP Mrs
Elizabeth Willets, 81 years DID, David
A. Fetterly, "a, is the only surviving
member of the family Of IA children
of Capt. George Fetterly, who served
in the war of 1912.
Royal Oak-George Schliskey, local
young business man, is dead. victim
OF sleeping sickness. Schliskey was
affected with the strange malady fol-
lowing an attack OF influenza. He was
for more than one week.
Lansing -Michigans new industry.
sheep raising, gives owners a wealth
of $26,248, 900 for their 2,224,000 head
which have an average value Of $11.S0
per head, according to reports receiv-
ed by Coleman c. Vaughan, secretary
OF state.
Holland.-The Rev. Lambertus ].
Hulst, Christian Reformed pastor for
Z years. has just celebrated his nine
ty-fifth birthday. Rev. Mr. Hulst is
the Oldest pastor in the church. He
his seventy.frst ordination
last fall.
Tawas City-Iosco county's infirm-
airy was destroyed by fire with an esti.
mated loss OF $4,000, partly covered
by insurance. Twelve inmates in the
home when the fire broke out, escap-
cd without mishap. The Gre started
from sparks from a defective chimney.
Lansing employees, involved
In the Newberry case either as defend
ants or witnesses, will lose their state
pay. State employees are allowed a
vacation year. When this
is used up their pay is stopped ac-
cording to Auditor General o. B. Full
Ter.
Sandusky.-Horses as well as hui
man beings are suffering from the
present epidemic OF influenza here, ac-
cording 30 several veterinarians, who
declare that there are 300 cases OF
the disease ayaong horses in, SAM
lac county. Fatalities among the
however, are few.
Lansing-Delegates from 35 county
farm bureaus In attendance at the an
nual meeting OF the Michigan State
Farms bureau here. appropriated $751;
900 for preliminary financing OF a
department OF the organ
igation TO operate on an extensive
scale handling most OF the many sup
plies needed by Michigan farmers in
wholesale quantities on a cost basis.
Detroit-Roy Luikart, father OF
Edna and Shirley Luikart, Royal Oak
who were poisoned by their
demented mother three months ago,
has fled a petition in probate court
asking that the children, now in the
German Protestant orphanage, be
placed in his custody. Relatives of
Mrs I.uikart who ia confined in the