The Yale expositor., 1920-06-17
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ENduBellCdl CHuICH dI OdpdC ulcu
last week.
Croswell Seniors put on their
play Wednesday evening, "All of
Sudden. Peggy"
The Sanilac County Normal at
Croswell graduates nine young
people this June.
The pea viner at Peck is COM
pleted and ready for business as
soon as the crop is ripe.
r. p. Hallock has received word
of his re-appointment as postmas-
ter of Almont postOffice.
Harbor Beach will have a rous-
ing old celebration for July Fourth
Great plans are being made.
The Ladies Library .Associa-
tion at Richmond had a tag sale
recently and secured about $50.
Chester Williams, veteran of
the Civil war, died at his home in
Capac last week, at the age of 86
years.
C. c. Cary, FOR Is years with the
Marlette Leader is now foreman
of the Croswell Jeffersonian. He
has bought a home in Croswell.
f. w. Keifer has been elected
president of the Port Huron Sui
phite & Paper Company, at Port
Huron, succeeding the late E. w.
Voight.
Frank Vannest. formerly of
Peck. was the lucky man to draw
the Oldsmobile touring car given
away by the Masonic order at Sag
inaw recently.
The lumber from the disman-
tied elevator at Valley Centre has
been moved to Roseburg where an
elevator will be built by the Kerr
Grain d Hay Company.
Erva Grimes, of Peck, has grad
uated from the Port Huron Bus
mess College and has accepted a
position with the Michigan Sugar
Company at Croswell.
All public gatherings were pro-
hibited in Capac last week on ac-
count of the prevalence of diph-
liberia. This knocked out the COM
mencement exercises.
Five cases of diphtheria were
reported in Capac last week. They
are Mrs. A. NJ. Niles. Dorothea
Niles, Mrs. Medbury, Hazel Hans
man and Vera Brennan.
The Diamond Crystal Salt Co.
at st. Clair are being seriously put
out on account of the shortage of
cars for transportation. They
should use thirty cars daily.
Capac's Community Council is
planning on naming the streets of
Capac, on investigating the condi-
tions of the different cemeteries
and various other good things.
1t was noised about that the
Borden Condensory at Sandusky
had closed down for good, but the
report was false. The plant was
closed for two days waiting for de,
layed supplies.
Stag Island resort is open this
week for the season. j. L. Boyer
of Detroit, will be in charge of the
whole island. The island is now
!, owned by the Oddfellows, Masons
, and Phythians.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Watson
and family, of Sapdusky, were
1 driving to Port Huron on Sunday
with a four-months baby in the
, mothers lap. Reaching Peck the
|, child was found dead, probably
/ due to suffocation.
! Agreement has been made be
) tween the FIVE garages in St. ClaiI
! that only one VII remain open o.
? sunday, each taking it's turn, am
that no work is to be done, tn,
r open garage to only sell oil, gas
oline and supplies.
n At the Sanilac county field NEE
; in Croswell last week. Sandusk,
n high school boys won the NEE
K and also the ball game. Croswel
. girls took first in their contests
A perfect day and a big crow,
,. made an enjoyable time.
d While Mike Sosnoski, of Por
8 Austin was at church, children Sc
s fire to his barn, destroying it, to
g gether with 1900 bushels of bean
which he had carried over for tw
l. years and at one time could hav
o sold at ten dollars the bushel.
K From 800 to 400 eight gallo
J cans of cream are shipped dali
o to Detroit by the people of tn
Thumb district. II is estimate
Ie that this amounts to $4,000
II weekly. Huron and Sanilac cour
II ties also send a carload of poultr
n to Detroit weekly.
Nine pure-bred Holsteins b,
longing to Henry Miller and tw
" fine cows of Arthur Plagens, {
e. Richmond, were ordered killed
t, State Veterinarians after appl,
r ing the tuberculin test and fndin
rs these animals affected. The Stat
ID allows 500 per head for pur
bred cattle.