The Yale expositor., 1922-07-13
NeighborhOod News
From Nearby Towns
ITEMS TAKEN FROM NEWSPAPERS OF NEIGH
BORING TOWNS AND VILLAGES.

Deckerville will have new
boulevard street lighting system.
Picking of huckleberries has
begun on the marsh of Herbert
Heath, near North Branch.
A big Tuscola county Masonic
picnic is to be held on the Caro-
fair grounds on Tuesday, July 25.
st, Clair Masons now have a
new home, having moved into new
quarters on the second floor of
the Smith Hardware building.
The Daily Vacation Bible school
being held in Croswell, has an
attendance of 40 children. Rev.
G. H. Gaige is the superintendent.
Bruce McAllister, Brown City far
mer was badly injured last week,
when he was thrown from q hay
rack wagon to the ground, as his
horses ran away.
A. Fl. Perkins, prosecuting at
torney of Lapeer county, filed his
resignation with the county clerk
ON July 9th, to take effect imme-
diately, He gave no reason,
The new canning factory at
Deckerville started the canning
of peas on July 3rd, and has a
daily output of $4,000 cans of
peas. There will be season of
about four weeks.
Captain Geo. c. Tinsley, 20 yrs.
old, of the army air service, was
killed on July 9Th, at Selfridge
field, Mt. Clemens when he crash
ed to earth in making an effort to
avoid striking a hangar.
R, G, Green, proprietor and
manager of North Branch cleo
trio plant, promises the town
boulevard lighting as soon as the
water works system is put in,
which the citizens recently voted
for.
Marlette's hay sheds burned to
the ground on independence day,
with a loss of l3 car loads of bal
ed hay, 3 car loads of fertilizer,
car of salt and 5000 potato sacks.
The loss is partly covered by in
surance.
Charles Varblow, Is, of Capac,
wanting to cross the railroad
track where a freight train
stood, crawled under the cars,
when the freight began to move.
Varblow lived "A hours after be-
ing crushed.
Clarence Maplethorpe Of Avoca,
has been ordered by Judge Eu-
gene F. Law to pay his wife S5
week for support of their child.
He is also to pay her attorney
fee of $35 as he is suing her for
divorce and she is contesting the
suit.
Leota Johnson, teacher in the
Greenleaf school, Sanilac county,
is suing the district for a months
salary. It seems that Miss john
son did not teach one day, but
wants the full pay of $4,000. The
board offered her $1,000, which
she refuses.
Glen Hacker, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Hacker, of Mt. Glenn
ems, has completed the purchase
of the largest incubator in the
world for Matching chickens. 1t
will be installed in the Kentucky
Hatchery at Lexington, and will
have a capacity of 10000 eggs at
one time-Utica Sentinel.
L. j. Leonhard, a merchant in
Peck for about 80 years prior to
moving to Port Huron two years
ago, has decided that the old
town is best after all, and has
purchased the general stock of
merchandise from Blatt Bros. and
the Heberly building, and will
move back to Peck happy man.
Suit for S2,253 against the In
dependent Sugar company of Ma
rine City has been filed in circuit
court by the Semet-Solvay COM
pany, a New York corporation.
The plaintiff claims this amount
for goods delivered the Marine
City company in January, 1922.
The defendant was to pay upon
request but has so far failed to
comply, the New York company
alleges