The Yale expositor., 1920-05-27
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Alfred Appel will open up a new
theatre of the movie kind in
Marlette.
On June End the first circus of
the season will visit Port Huron.
This will be the John Robinson
Show.
The Richmond Driving Club
will hold it's first matinee of the
season on the local course Mon
day afternoon, May 81.
Inlay City will celebrate its
fiftieth anniversary by semi-cen-
tennial celebration and home COM
ing on July 1st and End.
Committees are working on
plans for the celebration in 1921
of the centennial Of the establish
ment of the county of st. Clair.
Thumb district Orangemen are
planning on their annual July
18th celebration at Port Huron.
1t is expected 10000 people will
be present.
Port Huron high school COM
mencement exercises will be held
in the Majestic theatre on We'd
nesday, June 16. There are 30
graduates this year.
Chin Junj Mini, chef at the
chop suey restaurant in Port
Huron, was taken very i'll sudden
ly while at his work and died af-
ter being taken to the hospital.
Kruth Bros, bakers of Lapeer,
have announced they will give up
the making Of pastry, as they
can get no sugar, so its up to La
peer citizens to eat bread and
butter.
If "the farm life is the most in
dependent life in the world" as
city dwellers are so fond of say
ing, now is the time for them to
become Independent. Every farm
is calling them.
A number of complaints were
made against Robert Springborn,
of Marine City, for permitting
minors to frequent his pool room.
He was fined $4,000 in police
court last week by Judge c. R.
Black.
Samuel o. Aikman, prominent
Port Huron citizen, head of the
Aikman bakery, died last week.
All Wholesale and retail grocer
les. meat markets and bakeries,
and citv Offices were closed during
the hours of the funeral services.
The long and severe winter has
lowered the condition of all live
stock from one to two per cent
below that of last year. Sheep
and swine are still up to the ten
year average in condition, but
horses are one per cent below and
cattle are two per cent below.
Ed Packer, Capac started Monday
morning and drove to Onaway-
320 miles-at which station he
has 230 acres of pickles contract
ed for the II. N. Weller Co. He
will, also go to Posen, where he
has Is acres, and to Vanderbilt
where he has 60 acres. At CapaC
he has 40 acres of cabbage ano
100 acres at Almont.
Folks who miss an occasional
newspaper or suffer from few
days delay in the delivery of 9
letter, have little to complain OF
the Burleson postal service
thinks the proprietor of Burke's
drug store at Cass City. He lately
received a letter postmarked al
Washington, d. c.. February %
1918, and was 'on the way triflC
over two years.
Miss Mary Hess, of near Union
Vile is in a hospital at Bay City
with slight chances for recovery
with a bullet wound in the abdo
men. Miss Hess had procured 2:
calibre rifle with which to shoe
rats. In her excitement, when {
nest of the rodents had been un
covered she started clubbing then
with the stock of the weapon
when it was discharged.
The southern part of Stag Is
land will soon have waterways o.
canals. in place of streets ant
people will boat instead of walk
After much study it has been de
cided to build system of canal
by the Fraternal Fellowship As
sociation, as the ground on thi
part of the island is much lower
Besides being more economical
the canals will add much to tn
attractiveness Of the summer re
sort.
People were very doubtful
when st. Clair merchants inaug
urated the nine o'clock closin,
time for Saturday night of it
working out right, but the frs
Saturday nights trial proved it
mighty good thing. Sunda,
morning had a different feeling
entirely for those who hithert
had worked hard until midnight