The Yale expositor., 1922-01-05
Items Taken From Newspapers CT
NeighbOring Towns and
Villages

Mt. Clemens has new dali
again.
There are five cases of small
pox in Capac.
Navigation closed on the river
December 26th, 1921.
Macomb county's county CLERK
issued 900 hunters licenses dur
ing the season just closed.
The business men of Almont
will pay the expense ola night
watchman for their village
The mile of bad road south o.
Capac has recently been gravel
led and is now in good shape
Elkton held it's first Alumni
banquet for many years, Tuesda.
evening, Dec. 81 Covers were
laid for fifty persons.
Leo Blackburn, of NOrthBranch
has purchased the furniture store
stock and undertaking Business
of the late c, L. Berry, Mayville.
The Farmers Mutual Fire In
surance Co. of Huron county gain
ed over a million dollars in growtl.
last year, according to the annuai
report of the company,
Waldo Herman, publisher OF the
Elkton Review will print paper
in his EllIton Office for Owendale
which has been without a weekly
paper for several years.
The light house at Harbor
Beach closed for the season on
December 9th. The coast guard
station at the same place closed
on the last day Of the year.
The Croswel' jeff says thas
Grandpa Kerslake, who is 81
years of age, entertained his
children and grandchildren on
Christmas to the number of 20.
Rev. w S. Steensma of the Con-
gregational church in St Clair,
has received a call to the Jack
son Congregational church. He
has not made public his decision.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hart, Oh Ar
mada, celebrated the golden an
niversary of their wedding Oh
Christmas day. Mrs. Hart's moth
er, who is alive and 80 years of
age, attended her daughters 50th
wedding anniversary.
While Leon Kile, II years, of
Memphis, was playing with q
rifle, it was accidentally discharg-
ed the bullet striking Leslie
Richie, a IS year old boy in the
abdomen. He was Immediately
rushed to the Port Huron hospi-
tai where ar operation was per-
formed. 1t was thought he would
recover.
According to financial reports,
one is led to believe that some
fairs are better managed than
others. 1t seems that the Caro-
fair association had credit bal
ance of S218.0O from its last fair,
Bad Axe had a balance of $53l.32
after paying all expenses. Cass
City is in the hole some $1,000
worth. Croswell has a cash bal
ance of $45684 and SanduslSy
writes mo funds" on its checks.
John Mattieson, who was SEN
fenced to serve from five to ten
years in Jackson for embezzling
$500 from the Farmers State
Bank of Deckerville, of which he
was cashier and manager, in Jan
uary 1918, was parolled by Gov
Groesbeck Friday last. The trial
Judge recommended that he serve
five years. He has now served
three, and the Judge and prose
cutor joined in recommending
his parole.
The McGregor Pere Marquette
lping station burned to the
ground last Saturday evening and
station msster Bert Polworth is
thus relieved of his duty of keep
ing the bigtank filled for the pres
ent, at least. Some Of the pipes
in the engine room were frozen
and Mr.. Polworth used a torch to
thaw them out. He had gone away
for a few minutes and when he re-
turned end opened the engine
room door the flames burst forth.
Despite the fact that many vol
unteers soon gathered, the build