The Yale expositor., 1922-05-04
THUMB TALES
TERSELY TOLD
Items Taken From Newspapers of
NeighbOring Towns and
Villages

Fifteen Memphis citizens have
contracted for a four-day Chau-
tauqua in that place next summer.
The new Ous line which adver-
tised to go from Brown City to
Saginaw, changed its mind and
now goes to Inlay City.
Marlette has already decided
to celebrate July 4th with q big
program, under the auspices Of
the Marlette Community Club.
The marshal at North Branch
will no longer allow coaster wag-
ons and roller skates to be run on
the sidewalks in the business sec
tion Of the village.
S. D. Bostwick for many years
in his active days, conductor on
the Grand Trunk railway, died at
his home in Algonac last week at
the age of "a years.
1t was an unfortunate blizzard
last week, which blew the glass
sash off James Warren's hot bed
in Memphis and froze over 600
thrifty tomato plants
Tuesday, May 8, will be one of
the biggest local buying events
in the history of st. Clair. The
occasion will be the first Dollar
Day ever held in st. Clair.
The manager OF the Star filling
station just located in Memphis
will furnish water free for
drinking fountain if the village
council will place the fountain
near its station.
A Harbor Beach fisherman
caught 36-pound lake trout in
one of his nets last week. 1t was
considered an unusually large fish
of its kind, as the average trout
weighs from two to five pounds.
George E. Sickles, a pioneer
business man Of Deckerville, hav-
ing conducted barber shop there
for the past % years, has now
sold out to Arthur Wilson, who
has worked in the shop for three
years.
The Croswell House in Cros-
we'll, may be closed to the public,
as c. j. Reynolds, who owns the
furniture, and Bert Hacking, who
owns the building, cannot come to
an agreement and Reynolds is
storing his furniture in another
building.
At a special meeting called in
Capac for the purpose Of voting
on a proposition of bonding the
school district for $4,000 for a
new school building there were
new school building, there were
153. The proposition was decisi-
vely lost. The people would not
even allow the architect to make
a speech.
Supt. Thompson Of Marine
City, has conceived the idea Of
holding a spelling contest in the
river district. The contest is
open from second grade up. Forty
words a week for ten weeks will
be given every class and every
weeks result and standing for
every grade will be turned in to
Mr.. Thompson.
Thos. Wood, of East China has
a flock of white leghorn chickens
from which he has gathered over
10000 eggs since Jan. 1. There
were LOO chickens of all kinds
in the flock from which he has
sold down to 600. Next month
he expects to add 1000 to his
flock by purchase. He now gath
ers 2S0 eggs a day.
The w. R. Roach Canning Co.
give its third annual banquet at
Croswell on Saturday last to its
growers. The banquet was held
in Arcadia Hall, 675 people being
served a roast beef dinner by lad
les of the Presbyterian church.
Rev. Hebert was the toastmaster
and speeches and music made
good after dinner program.
Asa H. Everitt, aged Ga and
single, was found dead in a field
on the farm of Jacob Hunkins,
near Cass City last Friday morn
ing. He had been seen the night
before under the influence of
moonshine liquor. About $165
was found in the mans pocket.
The death certificate stated that
death was due to natural causes
and exposure.