The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-02-19
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Marine City wants a double
track of the Rapid Railway on its
Main street.
Frank Smalldon, Peck's hard
ware merchant will close out his
stock and move to larger town.
A band of twelve pieces has
been organized at Applegate by
instructor G.. M. Bice, of Lexington
The flu ban has been lifted in St
Clair and schools, churches and
other public places are open again
Mr.. and Mrs. George Upper, OF
Mt. Zion, celebrated the golden
anniversary Of their wedding last
week.
Harbor Beach is an ideal loca-
tion for a fish hatchery and it is
probable one may be established
there.
Thomas A. Edison, whose boy
hood days were spent in Port HUI
ron, passed his 73rd birthday on
February 18th.
After being without a black
smith for many months, Emmett
now has one in the person of Ray
Fuller, of Richmond.
The principal of the Memphis
school having resigned, Miss Isa-
bel Wilson, of Almont, has been
engaged for the remainder of the
lyear.
The Diamond Crystal Salt Co.
are erecting garage which will
house all the automobiles of the
lemployes and the Office force, also
all bicycles.
Farmers between Memphis and
Richmond worked three days
breaking an automobile road. The
banks of snow on either side were
several feet high.
The Orr Estate Hardware Com
pany, Sandusky will build a brick
l70x1O0 feet Auto Sales and Ser
vice station which will be ready
for occupancy by May first.
| The Baptist church at Cottrell-
vile, used during the war for Red
Cross Headquarters, has been
sold to the Starrville NJ. E. people
and is being moved to it's new loca-
ltion.
Port Huron has a newly organ
lied Rotary Club with % represen-
tatlve men as charter members.
The object of the club is primari-
ly one of service to the community
Shirley Stewart is the president.
Two physicians, Drs. Wax and
Loeffter, were sent last week from
Lansing to Harbor Beach to assist
DR.. Wagener in caring for the sick
OF the community. The other resi-
dent doctor, DR.. Armitage, is down
with diphtheria.
John Num-, an employe of the
Croswell sugar factory, was off
duty for three weeks with a sore
toe. He has just discovered that
the toe was out of joint and after
having it put back in place, he will
soon be back in his own place
again.
. Peck and vicinity is having a
: terrific run of the influenza epi-
! demic, nearly every home having
one or more members sick. DR.. l..
E. Cochran, the only doctor there
| had to leave and go to the hospital
in Port Huron on account of his
own sickness.
The New Haven postoffice was
; broken into one night last week by
J skilled burglars, who dynamited
! thesafe, carrying away all the
books, money and postage stamps.
The postmaster is unable to deter
, mine the loss. There is no clue
to the burglars.
DR.. w. j. Harrington, one of
. Michigan's most prominent medi-
cal men, and directing surgeon of
: Hubbard Memorial hospital at Bad
Axe for the past Ia years, died
last week at this hospital after a
short illness, from pneumonia. He
was 81 years of age.
A $4,000 shortage was found
in the Harbor Beach State bank
) funds, and the defaulting cashier.
{ Henry Binkle caused the deficien-
; Icy by forging notes, forging checks
2 and Juggling accounts and bank
Z balances. The shortage has been
: made good by the stockholders
and Mr.. Binkle stays to take his
punishment.
l The body of Joseph West was
found in the snow on a road near
, his home in the vicinity of Rich
mond last Thursday morning. II
: is believed that West, who is a for.
eigner, was connected with q gano
) OF whiskey still operators and his
r murder is laid at their door. For,
4 foreigners were arrested the dav
r before in Columbus township on 2
charge of operating illicit stills
and are in the county Jail.