The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1922-08-24
Neighborhood News
From Nearby Towns
ITEMS TAKEN FROM NEWSPAPERS OF NEIGH
BORING TOWNS AND VILLAGES.

paved streets.
Girl Scouts of Port Huron, are
camping at Cedarwood this week.
Sandusky schools open August
18th. The teaching staff is COM
plete.
The new Emergency hospital in
Port Huron, has been opened to
the public.
The Farm Bureau picnic at
Goodells last week was a big sue
cess. About 5000 people partic-
ipated
A Smiths Creek farmer had
eighteen turkeys stolen the other
night, and no trace can be found
of them or the thief.
Seven Tuscola county farmers
are in wrong on a charge of skim
ming their milk before taking it
to the Creamery at Vassar.
S. B. Rice, storekeeper and for
mer owner of the Elkton cheese
factory, was found dead in bed
one morning last week, aged 61
years.
A $4,000 bonding proposition
for new Sanilac county infrm-
ary will be submitted to the peo-
pie of that county at the Novem-
Der election.
One million dollars worth of
new roads are now being built in
Sanilac county under the largest
road building program in the
County's history.
The third ward in Marine City
is so large that provision is now
being made to divide it into two
parts, which will be of decided
advantage to both.
In the early part of September
Deckerville will celebrate the com
pletion of it's Main street paving
by holding a homecoming carni-
val 10 last two days.
Memphis citizens are enthus-
iastiG over having a waterworks
system installed in the village.
Investigations are being made by
committees as to details,
The county picnic held at the
county park near Cedarwood last
Saturday was largely attended
and everybody had a good time.
There was a parade and a band,
and everythin'
A permanent Chautauqua or
ganiZation has been formed at
Richmond after the close of this
seasons five-day entertainment.
This association insures a Chau-
tauqua every year.
A Tuscola County Postal We'll
fare association was formed re-
Gently at Caro-, and officers elect
ed after banquet given to postal
employees of the county and
friends to the number Of 200.
The 3-year-old son of Rev. and
Mrs. A. Salyer, of Brown City,
was badly bitten in the cheek and
on the side of his head by stray
dog The dog is being carefully
watched for symptoms of hydro
phobia.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Baker. a
we'll known couple of st. Clair
county, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary in Port HUI
ron on August 18th, with six
sons and daughters and their
children.
The home of Frank Autterson,
in st. Clair, has been quarantined
for several weeks for two cases of
whooping cough. Mrs. Autter-
sons father was i'll also in the
house, and it has just developed
that he has smallpox.
Oil shale has been struck at
depth of 1856 feet at the well To-
Gated on the Yokey brothers farm
a mile and a half east and south
of Burnside. This is considered
strong evidence of the presence
of oil, the men who are driving
the test well say.
Marie Duchene, a 14-year-old
girl of st. Clair, holds the record
for her sex for long distance
swimming in this part of the state,
having swan across st. Clair riv-
er from Mooretown, on the Cana
dian shore, to st. Clair, with a
strong current running.