The Yale expositor., 1920-12-09
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office building in its Christmas
stocking.
Some of Marlette's citizens are
considering the advisability of
changing to standard time.
A. P. Kenyon, pioneer ship
builder of Marine City, died at
his home last week from cancer
of the throat.
1t is reported that Michael
Shannahan, of Lambs, has pur-
chased the National Hotel in
Memphis and will conduct a road
house.
Marine City has a real live,
blue-coated arm of the law, just
appointed to assist in maintain
ing law and order in the COM
munity.
Macomb county is credited
with being the banner Red Cross
county in the United States in
points of organization and men,
Dership.
Editor Cowles, of the Port Aus
tin News, has two vocations. He
grinds out the news for his read
ers by day and by night he grinds
out pictures for his movie show.
The six-year-old daughter of
Robert Krantz, of China, had the
misfortune to burn herself Sc
verely when a coffee pot of scald-
ing coffee was overturned upon
her.
The U. S. Army Supply Store
has opened up for business in
Inlay City. M. Siegel, of Detroit,
is the manager, and full line of
army clothes and supplies will be
carried.
Sandusky and surrounding
country will enjoy a splendid pro-
gram from the Community gath
ering and Agricultural Short
Course given there this week Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday.
w. A. Bruce, who has been
operating a cold storage plant at
Richmond has installed machin-
cry for making butter and expects
to give the people of Richmond
tirst-class creamery butter.
Five hundred acres of land
near Bay Port have been leased
by company of Indiana people
for a period of five years. 1t is
understood that a modern truck
farm will be run, as the land is
muck.
Richmond citizens have planned
Community Christmas tree
which will be erected centrally q
week before Christmas, decorated
and lighted each night during the
Christmas week. Gifts will be So
licited for needy families.
Floyd Kennedy, aged 81, form
erly of Brown City, is in Jail al
Sandusky, charged with larceny
in connection with the theft o1
500 pounds of butter from the
Brown City creamery last Octo
Der. He was taken in Detroit.
John Curren, of Croswell has
eaten II consecutive Thanksgiv
ing dinners out of a dinner pal
while on his job at the Sugar fac
tory over there. A pretty gooC
record. Curren gets the rea
thing in an extra good dinner a
night.
The Croswell woman, whom i
was reported to the Port Huron
police as on her way to that city
eloping with man other than he
husband, was really not running
away from her husband at all
simply driving to Port Huron
later talk has it.
Captain Richard Kerwin ha
rounded out twenty-five years o
service in the police departmen
of Port Huron. Capt. Kerwil
joined the force as patrolman, af
forwards he became night SCI
geant and then captain, which pc
sition he has held for 13 years.
The Federated church at Capa
looks forward to improvement
and additions, one to be a Ladies
Aid room and another for socis
and athletic purposes. The Bar
tist church will also put on a neV
roof, and gallery inside an
paint and decorate inside and .ou
Guy Johnson, the mentally il
competent youth of Vassar, VIII
wounded the eight year old son G
r. ID. Ward with a pair of scissor
so badly that the child diet
was charged with murder in tn
first degree. Guy has been mer
tally deficient since youth, bu
never did anything vicious b'
fore.