The Yale expositor., 1922-05-25
THUMB TALES
TERSELY TOLD
Items Taken From Newspapers of
NeighbOring Towns and
Villages

Memphis village council is be-
ing petitioned to buy oil for the
dusty streets.
Port Hope council IL mighty
busy laying out and Identifying
tEe new village park
Christopher Murphy, one of
Sanilac county's public men, died
at his home in Sandusky last week
aged 80 years.
The dance pavilion of Lakeside
Park was opened for the season
on Friday night last and the hall
was crowded to its doors.
Croswell citizens are consider
ing the advisability of buying
more land adjoining their school
building for school purposes.
The Burr farm south of Almont
is being converted into vine
yard. Over a thousand Concord
grape vines have already been
set out,
1t is reported that DR.. G.. S.
Tweedie has bought the Sandusky
hotel building and will remodel it
for hospital This will seem
good enterprise for Sandusky.
A vault to cost $1,000, will be
built this year in the Memphis
cemetery as dscIded upon by the
cemetery association. Six hun
dred dollars is already available
foi the purpose.
Brown City merchants have
decided that they and their clerks
need more vacation periods, so
will close their places of business
every Thursday afternoon during
June, July and August.
Community Day will be observ-
ed il Deckerville on Friday May
70, by monstrous bee to be held
at downing Cemetery for the
making OF this cemetery into the
finest one in Sanilac county.
AT the mass meeting held re-
Gently in Almont to determine
whether the Community hospital
should be continued or not. it
was voted to continue its opera
ton, and the twelve members on
the Board OF Directors were re-
elected.
Lloyd Nunham, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Nunham, Of Sandusky,
passed the recent teachers ex-
animation with one Of the best
standings among the many appli.
cants for certificates. Owing to
the fact that he is under the age
limit of l8 years, the board could
not issue him a certificate.
Lewis Lake, aged % years, VIII,
lives three miles north of Lum,
was seriously injured Wednesday
when a chain broke on the stump
ing machine he was operating and
struck him on the leg between
the knee and ankle, crushing the
bones and inAicting other injur-
les which may make it necessary
to amputate the leg.
The Tri-county Association OF
o. E. S., comprising the counties
of Sanilac, Huron and Tuscola,
held a big get-to-gether meeting
on Friday of last week at Cros-
well, as guests Of the local lodge.
There were about 800 present and
the chapter room was moved to
Arcadia Hall. A banquet was
served at $3.50 at the Community
house.
County officials are investigat-
ing a rather mysterious robbery
at Sandusky. When the Sanilac
Oil company gas station was clos
ed for the night Saturday $4,000
was placed in the gas pump on
the outside of the building as
usual. When the station was
opened Sunday the pump was
locked but the money had dis
F. II. Austin, teacher Of science
and athletics in Deckerville high
school, was recently maltreated
and beaten up by Henry Merri-
man, whose ire was aroused on
account of Austin's attentions to
his niece. The young people took
the case into their own hands
next day, getting a license and
getting married. Austin then re-
turned to take charge of his
school work, and his wife, who is
a high school student, returned